Summary: China aims to build a more effective and influential national carbon market by 2027, expanding its coverage to major industrial sectors and establishing a comprehensive voluntary emission reduction trading market. By 2030, the goal is to create a carbon pricing mechanism with clear rules and reasonable price levels, based on quota control and a mix of free and paid allocation. The plan includes improving the management and supervision of existing carbon emission trading pilot markets, promoting the application of verified voluntary emission reductions, and enriching carbon market trading products. China also intends to strengthen international cooperation and participate in the formulation of carbon market mechanism rules under the Paris Agreement. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Ahead of the 2025 SCO summit, a CGTN-produced documentary, "Xi Jinping's Cultural Connections," launched on SCO member state media outlets. The documentary aims to explain the essence of Xi Jinping's cultural thought and the deep cultural roots of his governance philosophy, while showcasing China's efforts in cultural heritage protection. Presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan sent congratulatory letters to the launch. Over 20 CGTN programs will also be broadcast in SCO countries, promoting a sense of shared destiny. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided article.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of continuous Party spirit cultivation for CCP members, arguing it is essential for maintaining principles and direction. It highlights that Party spirit isn't automatically strengthened with seniority and requires constant self-reflection and learning from the Party's innovative theories, including Xi Jinping Thought. The article further suggests Party members should purify and elevate themselves through serving the people and strengthen their Party spirit through taking on responsibilities. The piece references Xi Jinping's 2001 letter to his father, stressing the importance of maintaining a "bright light" of Party spirit.
Summary: Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), and State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin co-chaired the 10th meeting of the China-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in Beijing. Zhao emphasized that under the guidance of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era maintains a healthy and stable trajectory, citing deepening political trust and effective cooperation across fields. He called for strengthened legislative exchange and cooperation to promote bilateral ties and multilateral coordination, including upholding the "correct" historical narrative of WWII and genuine multilateralism. Volodin echoed the importance of the bilateral relationship and pledged to strengthen exchanges with the NPC to contribute to Russia-China cooperation across various spheres. Peng Qinghua also participated in the meeting.
Summary: The 13th meeting of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC opened in Beijing, focusing on the formulation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for national economic and social development. Wang Huning, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, presided over the opening meeting, emphasizing the importance of the plan for achieving socialist modernization. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang delivered a report, highlighting the achievements since the "14th Five-Year Plan" and stressing the significance of the "15th Five-Year Plan" in comprehensively implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party. No mention of the United States or US-China relations appears in the article.
Summary: Since the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan, China has added or expanded 40 ports of entry, bringing the total to 311. This has effectively created a comprehensive, three-dimensional network of open ports spanning the country's east, west and central regions. The initiative aims to facilitate global trade. Further details are available on page two.
Summary: The article discusses Zhejiang province's efforts to promote green development and build a green, low-carbon, and circular economy, following Xi Jinping's instructions from September 2023. These efforts encompass industrial upgrades, energy transition, and institutional innovation, with examples including upgrades to port infrastructure, development of hydrogen energy in Jiaxing, and turning waste into valuable resources. Traditional industries are being transformed into high-end, intelligent, and green sectors. The province has also implemented strategies such as "shifting birds from cages" (*tenglong huanniao*) to replace outdated industries with emerging ones, and promotes the recycling of agricultural and marine waste.
Summary: The article discusses the "Opinions on Promoting Green and Low-Carbon Transformation and Strengthening the Construction of the National Carbon Market," emphasizing reform as a key driver. It highlights the shift from mandatory to voluntary emissions reductions via interconnected carbon markets to achieve China's dual carbon goals. The piece advocates for a unified market, effective policy tools, and a systematic approach to expanding market coverage and coordinating resources. Ultimately, it aims to build a more effective, dynamic, and internationally influential national carbon market to foster green production and lifestyles, contributing to ecological progress. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At a press conference, Director-General of the General Administration of Customs Sun Meijun presented achievements in safeguarding national security and promoting high-quality development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, noting that the customs agency has been focused on enhancing regulatory effectiveness and service levels. Deputy Director Zhao Zenglian highlighted the establishment of an all-weather epidemic monitoring network covering over 220 countries and regions, creating a closed-loop chain from abroad to the national border. Deputy Director Wang Jun reported that the number of special customs supervision zones has increased to 174, covering all provinces, and that China has signed 519 cooperation documents with foreign counterparts, including 85 new customs cooperation mechanisms with Belt and Road countries. The conference touched on efforts to combat smuggling, protect biosecurity, and ensure the quality and safety of import and export commodities, while also addressing intellectual property rights by citing the seizure of 1.83 million suspected infringing products. China's customs regulations are now considered optimal among 53 economies assessed by the World Bank.
Summary: A new infrastructure project in Guizhou province's Rongjiang county is providing employment opportunities for local villagers. The project, funded with 53.86 million yuan, focuses on building roads and other infrastructure to support the local white tea industry in Usha village. This initiative aims to increase income for villagers, particularly those who have been lifted out of poverty, by offering wages for construction work and future employment opportunities in the tea industry. Villagers are also receiving technical training to improve their skills and earning potential. The project is expected to employ over 1,800 people and distribute over 20 million yuan in wages.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the National Standardization Committee have approved and released a new national standard, "Technical Requirements for Transportation Safety and Multimodal Transport of Power Lithium Batteries," set to take effect on February 1, 2026. The standard specifies requirements for classification, packaging, consignment, loading, temporary storage, multimodal transport, and emergency response related to power lithium battery transportation. It aims to improve the efficiency and safety of transporting these batteries, considered crucial for the resilience of the new energy vehicle supply chain. The standard also addresses issues related to inconsistent documentation and redundant information reporting across different transportation modes. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: China's Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration jointly released an announcement clarifying VAT policies for express delivery services, specifying that revenues from express delivery services should be taxed under the "collection and delivery service" category. The announcement also addresses VAT deductions for network freight operators, allowing input tax credits for fuel and road tolls if specific conditions are met. The policy is effective from the date of the announcement, with prior unprocessed matters to be handled accordingly and processed matters remaining unchanged.
Summary: Guangzhou's registered business entities recently surpassed 4 million, with a 57.3% year-on-year increase in new registrations in the first seven months of the year, reaching 548,400. Guangzhou has focused on fostering a business-friendly environment by streamlining administrative processes and promoting digitalization of government services. These initiatives include reducing business license processing times to under 10 minutes online and easing registration requirements. This also extends to simplifying changes, cancellations, relocations, and transitions from individual businesses to enterprises.
Summary: The article discusses Zhejiang province's efforts to promote green development through industrial upgrades, energy transformation, and institutional innovation, highlighting specific examples like the Zhoushan LHD marine tidal power station, the transformation of traditional industries with "transition finance loans," and the development of zero-carbon industrial parks. The article emphasizes the province's shift towards green and low-carbon circular development, as reiterated by Xi Jinping during his inspection in Zhejiang in September 2023. It also highlights the port of Ningbo Zhoushan's advancements in electrification and renewable energy integration and Jiaxing port's development of hydrogen energy applications. The province is focused on cultivating green and low-carbon industries.
Summary: The article reports on Jiange County, Sichuan Province, developing a nighttime cultural tourism consumption area utilizing the high-speed rail station plaza. This area features a blend of Three Kingdoms and Shu Road cultures, focusing on nighttime activities like entertainment, food, and performances, including Sichuan opera face-changing. The aim is to attract tourists through a combination of cultural performances, immersive streetscapes, and trendy experiences. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China and other Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states are strengthening cooperation in green development to promote sustainable economic and social development. China is sharing its experience in desertification prevention and control with countries like Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan, including techniques for water-saving irrigation and afforestation. Energy cooperation is a priority, with Chinese companies investing in renewable energy projects like wind farms in Kazakhstan and solar power plants in Azerbaijan. SCO member states are collectively contributing significantly to global renewable energy capacity. China is also working with SCO members to protect biodiversity, such as snow leopards and coral reefs. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tianjin summit will be held from August 31st to September 1st, with leaders from over 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizations attending. China, as the rotating chair of the SCO, emphasizes the "Shanghai Spirit" of mutual trust and mutual benefit. Azerbaijan, a dialogue partner of the SCO, actively supports China's chairmanship and participates in various SCO activities. President Xi Jinping and Azerbaijani President Aliyev established a comprehensive strategic partnership in April, enhancing cooperation within the SCO framework. Both countries oppose external interference and advocate for a fair and just international order.
Summary: Vladimir Nosov, nephew of Soviet air force commander Aleksei Blagoveshchensky who aided China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, discussed the historical cooperation between the Soviet Union and China in fighting against fascism. Nosov highlighted Blagoveshchensky's contributions, including downing Japanese planes, and his own efforts to preserve the memory of Soviet assistance, such as establishing a memorial in Wuhan. He emphasized the importance of remembering the true history of WWII and opposing attempts to distort it, especially regarding the atrocities committed by the Japanese. He also praised the Chinese Communist Party's role in uniting the Chinese people against the Japanese. Nosov noted Xi Jinping's recent visit to Russia and highlighted the shared commitment of both countries to upholding the correct historical perspective on WWII and safeguarding the post-war international order, and China's commitment to world peace, referencing Xi's statement about the shared heritage of the Chinese and Russian people.
Summary: This article asserts China's indisputable sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea, rooted in historical context and solidified by the post-WWII international order, particularly citing the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation requiring Japan to return territories seized from China. It emphasizes China's role as a victor in WWII and a key architect of the post-war order, rejecting the notion of China as a passive recipient. It states that China will not allow certain (unnamed) countries to take advantage of China in the South China Sea. China is committed to resolving disputes peacefully and transforming the South China Sea into a region of peace, friendship, and cooperation.
Summary: Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with South Korean President's Special Envoy Park Byeong-seok in Beijing on August 24th. Wang stated that President Xi Jinping and President Lee Jae-myung had reached an important consensus on promoting China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership. Park conveyed a letter from President Lee to President Xi, stating the new South Korean government wishes to return the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership to the right track. Park further stated that South Korea respects the One China policy and wishes to develop relations with major powers, including China.
Summary: Ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the "2025 SCO Countries People-to-People Exchange Activities" were held in Beijing. The event, co-sponsored by China Media Group (CMG) and the SCO Secretariat, received congratulatory letters from the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan. During the event, the SCO countries media cooperation mechanism was launched, advocating for deeper collaboration among media outlets to build consensus and promote cultural exchange. CMG also launched the "Silk Road Star" music project with Kazakhstan and "Together See China: Harmony Tour" media event.
Summary: The official website for the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit news center in Tianjin has been launched, and the physical news center will open on August 28, 2025. Located at the Meijiang International Convention and Exhibition Center, it will offer comprehensive services including broadcasting, press conferences, and cultural exhibits. The website will provide the latest summit news, and five city tours are planned for registered journalists from August 28-30. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A symposium was held in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, during which two books on the topic were released. Zhao Zhimin of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences stated the publications, in multiple languages, provide academic support for revealing historical truth internationally and refuting historical errors. The books, led by the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delve into the Japanese invasion of China and its lingering postwar issues from multiple perspectives. Around 70 experts and scholars from over ten research institutions and universities from China and Japan participated. Participants emphasized that revealing the truth is the basic respect for history and reviewing the war is to consolidate the victory, safeguard international justice, and defend the hard-won peace and tranquility.
Summary: A seminar in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted by the South African Institute of International Affairs, focused on strengthening global trade cooperation amidst rising protectionism, with discussions centering on the role of South-South cooperation. African Continental Free Trade Area Secretary-General Wamkele Mene highlighted China's contributions to African infrastructure and connectivity through initiatives like the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative, aiding African integration. South African trade official Shololo Mhlubi-Peter noted that China's zero-tariff policies provide market access for African products and support the development of local value chains. South Africa anticipates stronger Sino-African cooperation in agricultural and automobile manufacturing.
Summary: The second Seychelles-China Film Festival opened in Victoria, Seychelles, featuring approximately 180 attendees including Chinese Ambassador Lin Nan and Seychellois ministers Vido and Valentin, and Commander Rosette. Lin Nan stated the festival, commencing with the premiere of "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru," commemorates the 80th anniversary of China's victory in the Anti-Japanese War and aims to foster understanding of China. Seychellois official Andre noted the event helps promote mutual understanding and practical cooperation between the two nations. The festival is co-organized by the China National Film Administration and the Chinese Embassy in Seychelles.
Summary: In response to a record 12.22 million college graduates in China this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has launched an action plan to bolster youth employment. The plan focuses on providing services such as job postings, training, and financial assistance, with local governments establishing platforms to connect graduates with employers. Companies like Huawei and JD.com are expanding recruitment, supported by government subsidies and financial aid. The initiative also includes skills training programs in emerging industries and entrepreneurial support, such as subsidized loans and free incubator space, to foster youth employment and entrepreneurship.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of leveraging one's "home field advantage" for personal and national development. It argues that individuals and regions should identify and cultivate their unique strengths, adapting to changing times to create new advantages rather than relying on past successes. Active initiative and a sense of ownership are crucial to transforming "home field advantage" into a winning position. The article uses examples of individuals dedicating themselves to their work to show the importance of contributing to China's development. By embedding individual aspirations into the nation's development, everyone can contribute to the success of Chinese-style modernization.
Summary: China aims to build a more effective and influential national carbon market by 2027, covering major industrial emission sectors and achieving full coverage in key areas for voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading. By 2030, the goal is to establish a carbon pricing mechanism with clear emission reduction effects and sound rules, integrating with international standards. The plan focuses on expanding the carbon market's coverage, improving quota management, promoting voluntary emission reduction trading, and enhancing market vitality through diversified trading products and expanded participation. To ensure the carbon market's success, the plan emphasizes strengthening management systems, improving carbon emission accounting, and reinforcing data quality supervision. China also aims to deepen international exchange and cooperation, actively participating in the formulation of carbon market mechanism rules under the Paris Agreement.
Summary: The 2025 Beijing Culture Forum, co-hosted by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Beijing Municipal Government, will be held September 23-24, focusing on the theme of "Cultural and Technological Integration and Development." The forum aims to promote cultural prosperity and exchange, with the permanent theme of "Inheritance, Innovation, and Mutual Learning." Approximately 800 Chinese and foreign guests, including officials, experts, and industry representatives, will participate in discussions on topics such as digital empowerment of cultural heritage and innovation in network culture. The event is intended to build a cultural bridge and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The forum also involves the release of important achievements and a culture and industry investment event.
Summary: Li Xinliang, a retired officer who formerly served as the Commander of the Beijing Military Region, died in Beijing on August 13th at the age of 89. Li, a veteran who joined the army in 1953 and the CCP in 1956, held various commanding positions throughout his career, including Commander of the Guangxi Military Region and Commander of the Shenyang Military Region. He was a representative to the 13th, 14th, and 15th National Congresses of the CCP and a member of the 13th and 15th Central Committees. He attained the rank of General in 1998. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Yan Zhixiang, former Deputy Director and Party Committee Member of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), passed away in Beijing on August 16, 2025, at the age of 90. Central leaders expressed their condolences to his family after his death. Yan's career included roles as a pilot and various leadership positions within the CAAC, culminating in his role as Deputy Director. He was born in August 1934 and joined the CCP in 1956. He also served as a representative of the Eighth National People's Congress and a member of the Ninth National Committee of the CPPCC.
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Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping has emphasized that major economic provinces must play a leading role in achieving national development goals, taking on greater responsibility in implementing major national strategies. These provinces, accounting for over 60% of the national economy, are expected to stabilize economic fundamentals and drive growth by focusing on innovation, reform, and national strategic implementation. The article highlights the need for these provinces to not only achieve economic growth but also to promote common prosperity and balanced development across regions. The article cites reporting in Singapore that such provinces have set ambitious growth targets. The article did not mention the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses how various Chinese cities are revitalizing their waterways to stimulate local economies and improve public services. It highlights examples such as Linhai's Xiangnian Creek, which attracts tourists, and Nanchang's赣江, which has been transformed into a recreational area. The article emphasizes the importance of balancing ecological protection with economic development, citing examples like Danjiangkou's success in attracting beverage companies due to its clean water. Furthermore, it stresses the need for meticulous planning and management of waterfront spaces to enhance public services and create more livable urban environments, ultimately improving citizens' quality of life. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 World Robot Conference was held in Beijing from August 8th to 12th, highlighting China's continued focus on robotics. China's robot industry saw a 27.8% increase in operating income in the first half of the year. China remains the world's largest market for industrial robot applications for the 12th consecutive year, spanning sectors from automotive manufacturing to petrochemicals and home services. Technological advancements are accelerating the application of robots, promising further benefits for the real economy.
Summary: The article discusses the phenomenon of AI "speaking nonsense" (信口开河), manifested in temporal errors, biased values, and fabrications, highlighting the limitations of current AI technology and lagging ethical development. It attributes the issue to technical shortcomings in large language models, poor data quality, and inadequate regulation. The article warns of the dangers of AI-generated misinformation and its potential to disrupt public order. To address this, the author recommends stricter data cleaning, improved error correction models, AI content governance regulations, and unified ethical standards, referencing the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services" issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China and other departments.
Summary: This article, authored by the Party Secretary of Zhaohua District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, discusses the district's efforts to realize the economic value of its natural environment ("Two Mountains" theory) by balancing resource utilization with ecological preservation. Zhaohua District is developing its forestry economy, eco-tourism, and related industries like food processing and handicrafts, while emphasizing sustainable practices and cultural integration to avoid over-exploitation. The author stresses the importance of upgrading industries and empowering them with culture to translate ecological resources into assets for the people. The district is also developing ecological industries and industrial parks to enhance the ecological performance of its industrial structure. The author argues that these efforts will contribute to rural revitalization.
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Summary: The article highlights Tibet's efforts in ecological preservation and restoration, guided by Xi Jinping's directive to protect the region's environment. These efforts include implementing ecological protection laws, large-scale afforestation, and establishing a nature reserve system centered around national parks. Consequently, the Tibetan region has witnessed improvements in its ecological environment, boosting local economies through eco-tourism and specialized agriculture, as well as increasing the deployment of clean energy. These initiatives have improved living conditions and increased incomes for local residents. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A memorial to revolutionary martyr Peng Tainong was recently visited by elementary school students organized by the Baida Township Cultural Station in Huidong County, Guangdong. Peng, born in 1915, joined the CCP in 1937 and organized anti-Japanese activities in the Dongjiang area, including publishing articles, forming anti-Japanese groups, and putting on plays. He was killed in 1943 while protecting comrades, and was posthumously honored in 2015. Local officials plan to renovate Peng’s former residence to promote his revolutionary spirit. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Zhao Xiaofeng, an 84-year-old woman in Dongying, Shandong Province, has been providing free haircuts for 56 years, including home visits to elderly residents with mobility issues in the Cuiyuan community. She began by cutting hair for coworkers in the fields and later extended her services to those in need within her community. Over time, her efforts led to the establishment of the "Xiaofeng Free Hair Salon" in 2011, which now includes over 300 members and 20 locations. Zhao also collects red beans to represent each act of service and shares them with children to inspire volunteerism.
Summary: Xianju County in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, is utilizing a "Party branch + cooperative + farmer" model to strengthen local specialty industries. This initiative aims to boost entrepreneurship, employment, and income for farmers within their communities. The provided image shows employees processing rice noodles at a cooperative in Baitazhen, Xianju County. There is no discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A fine arts exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War opened at the China Art Museum on August 25th, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The exhibition features over 300 pieces of art from various institutions, including paintings, prints and sculptures. Divided into five sections, the exhibition highlights the Chinese people's patriotism, their arduous 14-year resistance, and China's significant contribution to the victory against fascism. The exhibition aims to promote the spirit of the war of resistance and runs until September 18th. Interactive digital experiences and public education activities will also be offered during the exhibition.
Summary: An exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War opened in Macau. The exhibition, supported by the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, is hosted by the Macau SAR government. Approximately 280 individuals, including SAR government officials and figures from various sectors of society, attended the opening. The exhibition utilizes historical images and videos to display the 14-year struggle of the Chinese people against Japan from 1931-1945. It will be held at the Complex of Commerce and Trade Service Platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries until September 24.
Summary: Ningxia aims to receive 100 million domestic and international tourists by 2027, focusing on unique resources and developing eight key tourism sectors. The region will establish a "one axis, one corridor, one core, three zones" tourism framework, featuring the Yellow River cultural tourism axis, Helan Mountain wine tourism corridor, and a core cultural tourism zone in Yinchuan. Ningxia will prioritize desert, wine estate, and cultural heritage tourism, among other areas. Over the past five years, Ningxia's tourism market has seen annual growth of 24.08% in visitor numbers and 40.23% in tourism spending.
Summary: The television drama *Gui Dui* (归队), a key work commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, premiered on CCTV-8 on August 25th. The series focuses on the spiritual journey of Northeastern Anti-Japanese United Army soldiers who had lost contact with their organization, highlighting their commitment and resilience in the face of adversity. The production team aimed for historical accuracy by filming on location in Northeast China and meticulously recreating the environment and conditions faced by the soldiers. The drama seeks to embody the spirit of the Great War of Resistance through depictions of human emotions amidst the conflict. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the reporting on the drama.
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Summary: The article highlights the enduring appeal of brick-and-mortar stores among Chinese consumers, particularly younger generations, by examining trends in fresh food supermarkets, trendy toy stores, and maternity shops. Customers enjoy the experience of selecting live seafood, buying trendy toys, and getting professional service at these stores. The trend of "eating gu" or buying goods at trendy toy shops, especially blind boxes, is gaining popularity, with young customers viewing them as a form of "social currency." Maternity shops retain customers because of the ability to see and feel the products firsthand.
Summary: This article discusses the continued popularity of brick-and-mortar stores in China despite the convenience of online shopping. It argues that consumers are increasingly seeking experiences and emotional satisfaction ("heart-price ratio") alongside value for money. The piece suggests physical stores can thrive by leveraging their ability to provide tactile experiences, personalized service, and novel consumption scenarios. By meeting these diverse needs, physical stores can contribute to boosting consumption and economic growth.
Summary: NPC Vice Chairman Cai Dafeng attended the opening ceremony of the 5th China-Mongolia Expo in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, noting its 10th anniversary and its importance in promoting the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative. Cai emphasized China's commitment to developing relations with Mongolia and implementing the consensus reached by the two countries' leaders. He expressed China's desire to consolidate political trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and advance the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future. Prior to the ceremony, Cai met with Mongolian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh.
Summary: The Ministry of Justice announced the commencement of the second training session of the "Youth Lawyers' Western Practice Program" in Yan'an, Shaanxi. Three hundred young lawyers will be dispatched to over 270 public legal service institutions in western China for a year of practical training. The program, initiated in 2024, aims to bolster legal support in the region, with the first batch handling over 5,000 legal aid cases. The Ministry of Justice urged the lawyers to dedicate themselves to the legal construction of the western regions. Local judicial administrative organs, lawyer associations, law firms and public legal service institutions are to strengthen cooperation and coordination, to make sure to do a good job in service support.
Summary: A grain train carrying rice and other processed foods departed from Fuyang, Anhui, bound for Qidong, Jiangsu, marking the first multimodal transport "single bill of lading" grain train in the Yangtze River Delta. The goods will then be transferred to Shanghai and shipped to Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi. This "single bill of lading" system streamlines logistics by offering a single point of contact and payment for the entire transport process, reducing costs and improving efficiency. The new system aims to bypass the need for coordinating with various carriers for documentation, handling, and transfers. This new system makes no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Ounait Cable Group in Qinghai province has developed specialized cables tailored for the harsh high-altitude environment, boasting features like UV resistance, cold resistance, and corrosion resistance. These cables, holding 15 patents, were developed to address issues such as rodent damage and cracking due to extreme temperatures encountered in local photovoltaic power bases. Local government support facilitated collaboration with academic experts to overcome these challenges. The company secured partnerships with five central state-owned enterprises (央企) through government-organized supply and demand matchmaking events. Ounait is now involved in setting industry standards for photovoltaic cables in high-altitude regions, and is expanding into aluminum cable production, aiming to replace copper.
Summary: The Teledyne headquarters base, dubbed a "super-grade zero-carbon building," has been put into use in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Located in Laoshan District, the building achieves 100% green electricity self-sufficiency through integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, tiered battery energy storage, and collaborative charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons per year. The project focuses on the integration of "charging network, micro-grid, and energy storage network" and relies on a digital intelligent platform for efficient regulation, saving energy costs by about 30%. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article commemorates the Hundred Regiments Offensive, highlighting its significance in bolstering Chinese morale during the arduous phase of the War of Resistance against Japan. It emphasizes the Communist Party's leadership and the strength of the people's war, noting the 125,000 battles fought by communist-led forces, resulting in 1.714 million enemy casualties. The piece underscores the profound national awakening, unwavering fighting spirit, and resolute conviction of victory during the 14-year war. It concludes by asserting that the great spirit of resistance continues to inspire Chinese youth to strive for national rejuvenation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the Global Security Initiative (GSI) proposed by Xi Jinping as China's solution to global security challenges and promoting world peace. It criticizes Western realist views on security for exacerbating global tensions through power politics and bloc confrontation. The GSI advocates for a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security approach, emphasizing the principle of indivisible security and promoting dialogue and win-win cooperation, which is contrasted with the U.S.'s approach to security. It notes that the GSI has been incorporated into over 120 bilateral and multilateral agreements. The article frames the GSI as a key component of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of "problem consciousness" (问题意识) for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres as a crucial quality for navigating complex situations and advancing work. It argues that cadres must be able to identify, confront, and resolve problems, avoiding complacency or evasion. The piece highlights the need to ground problem-solving in practical experience and learn from the masses, rather than relying on subjective assumptions or outdated methods. By addressing real problems, cadres can foster innovation, drive development, and strengthen the Party's ability to meet challenges. There is no direct mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, achieving common prosperity (共同富裕) in border regions is vital for China's modernization and the construction of a strong nation. It stresses the importance of border regions as multi-ethnic areas crucial for national security, connecting domestic and international economies, and facilitating ethnic exchange. The article acknowledges progress made in these areas since the 18th Party Congress, but notes disparities in development and public services between these regions and the rest of China. It calls for strategic integration of border regions into the national development agenda, improved public services, and promotion of both material and cultural enrichment to foster a strong sense of community. By strengthening its border regions, China aims to set an example for other countries on managing inequality and promoting ethnic unity.
Summary: The article discusses China's shift from relying on new construction land to redeveloping existing, underutilized land to achieve economic goals. It highlights several case studies where local governments are revitalizing inefficient industrial areas, such as in Hangzhou and Shishi, often through public-private partnerships that increase land utilization rates and attract new industries. Other cases like Wuhan also demonstrate how unused land can be used for education and public services. According to the article, these redevelopment efforts not only boost local economies but also improve quality of life by addressing public service shortfalls. The United States is not mentioned in the article.
Summary: Li Feng-hui, founder of Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Technology, stated his company is building a commercial GNSS occultation meteorological constellation to improve the accuracy of weather forecasting with domestically produced data. Li aims to reduce China's reliance on foreign platforms by establishing an independent commercial atmospheric detection system in space. Yunyao Aerospace has already launched 46 meteorological small satellites as part of its "Yunyao Meteorological Constellation" project and plans to expand to a 90-satellite network. This network is designed to provide real-time global atmospheric monitoring and minute-level early warning information. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou successfully completed its load test on August 25th, indicating its imminent opening. Ninety-six heavy trucks, weighing a total of 3,300 tons, were used to test the bridge's capacity. Construction on the 2,890-meter-long bridge, a key part of the Liuzhi-Anlong expressway, began in January 2022. The main span of the bridge is 1,420 meters, with a height of 625 meters from the bridge surface to the water.
Summary: The People's Bank of China, the National Administration of Financial Regulation, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration jointly issued a notice outlining 15 specific measures to enhance financial support for high-quality forestry development. The notice focuses on deepening financial services for collective forest tenure reform, strengthening financial guarantees for key forestry strategies, increasing financial investment in the high-quality development of the forestry industry, and establishing mechanisms for realizing the value of ecological products. The measures include increasing innovation in forest tenure mortgage loan products, expanding the scope of mortgageable forest tenure, and extending loan terms. It also emphasizes supporting national reserve forest construction and other key ecological projects through diversified investment mechanisms and tailored financial products for forestry operators.
Summary: In July, China's electricity market saw a 7.4% year-on-year increase in trading volume, reaching 624.6 billion kWh, according to the National Energy Administration. Provincial and inter-provincial transactions increased by 7.3% and 7.9% respectively, while green electricity transactions jumped by 43.2% to 25.6 billion kWh. From January to July, the cumulative electricity market trading volume reached 3.59 trillion kWh, a 3.2% increase year-on-year, accounting for 61.2% of the total electricity consumption of the whole society. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China will implement a revised mandatory national standard (GB 17761-2024) for electric bicycle safety technology on September 1, 2024, updating nearly 200 technical specifications to enhance safety and prevent modifications. The standard aims to reduce fire hazards, prevent speeding, and limit unauthorized alterations to batteries and controllers, while also improving user experience by adjusting weight limits for lead-acid battery models. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and other departments have jointly issued guidelines to facilitate the transition, focusing on production, certification, sales, registration, and consumer protection. A three-month sales transition period allows existing vehicles to be sold until December 1st, and consumers are advised to verify CCC certification and product qualification certificates when purchasing. No mention of U.S.-China relations or the U.S. are in this report.
Summary: In the first seven months of the year, the China Development Bank (CDB) issued 385 billion yuan in loans to advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries, a 51.3% year-on-year increase. According to a CDB official, under the guidance of relevant departments, the CDB is actively using re-lending and other support policies to increase support for key industrial chains and projects. The CDB is providing medium- and long-term financing support for areas such as domestically produced large aircraft, high-end equipment manufacturing, and new materials. The CDB is also reported to be visiting companies to tailor financial service plans.
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Summary: Li Linchang, a 100-year-old veteran, joined the anti-Japanese war effort in 1937 after his father was killed by Japanese soldiers, motivating him to fight for his country. He served in various anti-Japanese armed forces, including the Jinchaji Anti-Japanese Armed Forces, and participated in guerilla warfare behind enemy lines. Li emphasized the importance of the support of the people in achieving victory against the Japanese. He also expressed the hope that future generations will work hard and contribute to the country. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued an interpretation concerning criminal cases involving concealing criminal proceeds, effective August 26, 2025. This interpretation clarifies judicial rules and unifies legal application, particularly addressing the crime of concealing criminal proceeds, which is closely linked to telecom network fraud and online gambling. The document specifies methods of concealing proceeds and clarifies the standards for determining "knowledge" of criminal origin, emphasizing a comprehensive assessment of social harm and incorporating considerations for leniency based on cooperation with investigations.
Summary: Shanghai Anpu Experimental Technology Co. faced intellectual property challenges when a former employee allegedly leaked a key technology, prompting them to seek assistance from the Songjiang District Market Supervision Bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau). The bureau quickly investigated, confirmed the technology as a trade secret, and halted the infringement, preventing significant losses for Anpu. Anpu has since established a comprehensive compliance system for intellectual property protection, with the help of the bureau. The case reflects Shanghai's broader efforts, outlined in its optimized business environment action plan, to strengthen intellectual property protection and improve the business environment for companies. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Police in Yunnan's Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture received a report of an Asian elephant in a cornfield. Officers used drones to divert the elephant and safely evacuated a nearby farmer. The police station has responded to 98 incidents involving Asian elephants in 2023, including rescuing injured or trapped elephants. Police continuously monitor the elephants to ensure both their safety and the safety of local residents.
Summary: On China's ninth Disability Prevention Day, the China Disabled Persons' Federation reported that the 2021-2025 National Disability Prevention Action Plan is progressing well, with some targets already met. Key achievements include high rates of premarital checkups (over 75%), prenatal screenings (over 90%), and routine management of chronic disease patients at the grassroots level (over 60%). Vaccination rates for children remained above 90% and the elimination rate of major endemic diseases in counties, cities, and districts surpassed 95%. Over 85% of people in need of basic rehabilitation services and basic auxiliary equipment have been covered by such services.
Summary: A village in Guangxi province supported a young, returning resident, Feng Weiming, in establishing a factory producing goods such as headphones and tablecloths for export. The village party secretary, Nong Shouqing, backed the initiative with collective investment and facilitated a special loan, creating 200 local jobs and boosting the village's collective income. The factory is planning to introduce Zhuang brocade processing to make cultural products. The Jiangzhou district has implemented a "Young Goose Abundant Wings" action to strengthen the reserve force of village-level cadres through training and support for entrepreneurship. The district has encouraged 15 reserve cadres to lead seven village-level collective economic projects.
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Summary: Marking its 15th anniversary, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone is deepening integration with Hong Kong, exemplified by the "1510" plan at the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Park to support Hong Kong entrepreneurs. The zone emphasizes modern service industries and emerging strategic sectors like cross-border e-commerce and financial leasing, aiming to be a "demonstration window" for reform and opening up. Qianhai is also developing international services, innovation, and lifestyle amenities to attract global talent. The area facilitated cross-border data flow between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the medical sector. The zone is focused on building a global hub and platform to promote international trade.
Summary: Liaoning province is focusing on integrating industry and education, cultivating skilled workers, and expanding international cooperation to promote high-quality vocational education. Practical training and industry-partnered "order-based classes" are closely aligned with industrial development needs. The "Mozi Workshop" overseas industrial college project has been launched in multiple countries to facilitate the export of high-quality education resources. These efforts are intended to support regional development and the revitalization of Northeast China, with 230,000 skilled personnel being trained annually.
Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to create a more birth-friendly society by focusing on practical measures to ease the burden on parents. It highlights examples like renaming "maternal and infant rooms" to "childcare rooms" and establishing separate "father-infant rooms" in public spaces. The author praises these small changes, along with recent national policies such as childcare subsidies, as important steps towards supporting families and encouraging childbirth. The article advocates for continued refinement and precision in addressing the challenges of raising children.
Summary: China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security reported that a special "100-Day, 10-Million Job" recruitment campaign held online from August 18-24 featured four sectors: machinery and equipment, cross-border e-commerce, healthcare, and automotive. Over 27,000 employers participated, seeking to fill over 312,000 positions. The "Employment Online" platform also hosted live-streaming job fairs featuring human resources officials and employers from manufacturing, transportation, real estate, and business services, among others. The report does not mention the United States or Sino-U.S. relations.
Summary: Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has implemented "micro-updates and light renovations" in the Xicang area, upgrading the traditional market area into the Xicang Market Cultural and Creative Park to create new cultural consumption scenarios. The initiative aims to revitalize the local economy by transforming a traditional market. The article highlights the park as a consumer site, with a photo depicting citizens shopping at the park. There is no mention of U.S.-China relations or any U.S. involvement.
Summary: To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the region will allocate an additional 2 billion yuan to implement ten new livelihood projects, supplementing the initial 14.8 billion yuan budget. These projects focus on increasing income, elderly care, childcare, medical insurance, and social security. The initiatives include establishing new mechanisms for newborn medical insurance and childcare subsidies, increasing insurance and pension standards, and providing subsidies for heating and postal services. The package also includes one-time subsidies and consumer vouchers for vulnerable populations, and special contributions.
Summary: Guangxi has launched a free HPV vaccination program for girls aged 13-14, aiming to vaccinate nearly 960,000 women between 2025 and 2027 with domestically produced bivalent vaccines. The initiative, jointly implemented by multiple departments including the Health Commission and the Women's Federation, builds on previous pilot programs and fundraising efforts by the Women's Federation. Vaccination information will be tracked within the immunization program's information system. The program was enacted after suggestions and proposals were presented by members of the People's Congress and CPPCC. This program signifies full coverage of free HPV vaccines for women of appropriate age in both urban and rural parts of Guangxi.
Summary: Hu Yuekai, deputy director of the infection department at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, warns of rare "brain-eating amoeba" infections from freshwater sources during summer outdoor activities. The amoeba, thriving in warm waters (25-42°C), can cause severe conditions like encephalitis with high mortality rates if entering the brain, typically through the nasal cavity. Hu recommends avoiding swimming in natural water bodies, especially preventing water from entering the nose, and maintaining hygiene when handling soil or potentially contaminated water. He advises seeking immediate medical attention for symptoms like fever and headache, informing doctors of any prior contact with soil or water.
Summary: An aging service network has been established in Chengwu County, Heze City, Shandong Province, integrating resources from the county, towns, villages, and individual families. Leveraging a smart elderly care platform, leading enterprises are providing services such as meal assistance, bathing, cleaning, transportation, and medical care. Integrating medical and elderly care functions through the county's medical consortium pilot program, most of the county's elderly care institutions have achieved a combination of medical and elderly care. Chengwu County is also implementing home modification programs for elderly residents, reducing the risk of accidents by removing thresholds, installing non-slip handrails, and installing bedside rails.
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Summary: A "Science and Technology Small Courtyard" (科技小院) was established in Heilongjiang province's Hebei Forestry Bureau in July to promote ecological protection and industrial upgrading in the area. Experts from various fields, including ecology and medicine, are working with local forestry workers to improve techniques in areas like *Ganoderma lucidum* (灵芝) cultivation and forest-based healthcare. The goal is to translate scientific findings into practical methods, cultivate local talent, and develop a replicable model for sustainable development in other forestry regions. The article mentions plans for a "Hebei Ecological Command Center Smart Platform" that will integrate data on forest fires, wildlife activity, and *Ganoderma lucidum* growth. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Twelve Chinese government departments, including the Supreme People's Court and the National Development and Reform Commission, jointly issued an "Opinion" to strengthen coordination in law enforcement and judicial work to protect the ecological environment and promote high-quality development in the Yangtze River Basin. The "Opinion" emphasizes strengthened communication, unified law enforcement standards, and joint actions in areas such as pollution prevention, fishing bans, and river management. It promotes a balance between legal proceedings and governance, supporting joint actions by administrative enforcement agencies in sensitive areas, and advocates for ecological restoration through cross-departmental collaboration and inter-regional cooperation, including the transfer of funds and implementation responsibilities across administrative boundaries. The document does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Yunnan Province will implement the "Regulations on the Protection of Rivers Flowing into Key Highland Lakes in Yunnan Province" on September 1st. The regulations aim to clarify management responsibilities and standardize key governance aspects for comprehensive lake protection by establishing a "lake-to-river" legal framework. It establishes a "9+1" regulatory system for the province's key highland lake governance, providing legal support for lake management. The regulations emphasize strict control and classified protection of rivers, establishing lists of rivers flowing into lakes and defining prohibited activities. The new rules include groundwater monitoring, risk source remediation, and an online monitoring network.
Summary: China's Central Meteorological Observatory issued a blue alert for heavy rain on August 25th, forecasting significant rainfall in northern regions from the night of the 25th through the 28th. The Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the China Meteorological Administration, also issued orange alerts for potential mountain floods and geological disasters. The forecast includes moderate to heavy rain across a wide swathe of northern and western China, with some areas expecting torrential downpours. Specific regions like western Beijing and central Hebei are expected to receive particularly heavy rainfall. The article makes no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: Chengdu Industrial Vocational and Technical College has cultivated a "Shu Arts, Chengdu Craftsmanship" campus culture brand by integrating local culture, industrial spirit, and vocational education. The college emphasizes a five-element integration of "red gene, Tianfu characteristics, craftsmanship, professional connotation, and school history" and a three-fold mission encompassing Chengdu's industrial development, cultural inheritance through a Sichuan-style campus, and the cultivation of skilled craftsmen. The college has achieved success in talent development, cultural preservation, and societal impact, fostering student achievements, award-winning cultural projects, and recognition as a model institution. The college's cultural initiatives have garnered attention from mainstream media and other vocational institutions.
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Summary: This article features advice from Chengdu cycling coach Zheng Yulin on safe cycling practices in various conditions. It emphasizes the importance of adequate lighting and route selection for night riding, including maintaining a safe distance from parked cars and being cautious at intersections. It also covers strategies for riding in adverse weather conditions like rain, wind, and ice, focusing on adjusting speed and maintaining control. Finally, the article highlights the importance of cycling etiquette to minimize conflicts with pedestrians and other road users, such as signaling intentions and yielding to pedestrians. The United States and U.S.-China relations are not mentioned in the article.
Summary: The Chinese national rhythmic gymnastics team achieved success at the 41st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, winning a gold medal in the group 5 ribbons event and a bronze medal in the 3 balls 2 hoops event. The team, featuring a mix of veteran and new gymnasts including Wang Lanjing, Ding Xinyi and others, presented routines with themes of "Chinese style" and "Black Monkey King." Their gold-winning routine was inspired by "Pingtan Impression." In the group all-around competition, the Chinese team placed fourth.
Summary: The Chinese national team secured three gold and three silver medals at the WTT Star Contender Sweden, with Sun Yingsha defeating Wang Manyu in the women's singles final. Lin Shidong took silver in the men's singles, losing to Sweden's Moregard in a close final match. Sun Yingsha secured her fourth WTT Grand Slam title after a 4-2 victory. The women's singles final was a competitive match between the world's top two players, with Sun Yingsha ultimately prevailing.
Summary: The Chinese national women's volleyball team defeated Colombia 3-1 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, securing their advancement to the top 16 of the 2025 World Championships. China recovered after losing the second set and ultimately won due to the performance of players like Li Yingying, Zhuang Yushan and Wang Yuanyuan. China, along with the Dominican Republic, has secured a spot in the next round, and they will compete to win the group on August 27th. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The "Factory BA" basketball tournament in Tiexi District, Shenyang, concluded with the Tebian Electric Apparatus Shenyang Transformer Group team successfully defending their title. The tournament featured 42 enterprise teams and attracted large crowds both in person and online, with over 300 million online views. Tiexi District is leveraging the tournament to boost local tourism and consumption in the old industrial base. Local officials plan to expand the tournament next year to include more teams from Shenyang.
Summary: The General Administration of Sport's Tennis Management Center recently held a launch event in Beijing for the "China Season" tennis tournaments, unveiling the brand logo and slogan. The "China Season," a crucial points window before the year-end finals, will feature nine tournaments starting September 14th in Beijing, Chengdu, and Hangzhou, and concluding November 2nd in Jiujiang and Hong Kong. Several tournaments have announced their player rosters and begun selling tickets, with the China Open seeing sales double compared to last year's opening week.
Summary: Harbin Electric Corporation (哈电集团) reported significant growth in key economic indicators over the past four years, including an average annual increase of 93.2% in total profits. The company highlighted its role in major projects such as the Baihetan Hydropower Station, featuring the world's largest single-unit capacity hydropower generators, and the Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant. Harbin Electric emphasized its commitment to technological innovation, with over 5% of revenue invested in R&D, contributing to advancements in high-capacity hydro-generators and supercritical power units. The company aims to enhance core competitiveness and contribute to national strategies.
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Summary: To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II, Germany held various memorial events emphasizing the importance of remembering history to prevent recurrence, with Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner urging society to learn from the Nazi era to safeguard democracy and peace. Exhibitions at the Nuremberg Trials Memorial, including a new exhibit on the Tokyo Trials, highlighted the prosecution of war criminals and the need to maintain justice. The Central Office for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes continues to pursue Nazi criminals worldwide. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Malaysia is actively promoting green energy development nationwide, exemplified by solar panel projects in Selangor, Penang, and Terengganu, reducing electricity costs for businesses and residents. Since August 1st, companies purchasing green electricity through specific schemes are no longer required to pay a 1.6% renewable energy fund, potentially reducing costs by 5-10%, according to Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah, who is also Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation. Malaysia aims to increase renewable energy to 70% by 2050, with solar power as a key driver and plans to launch a Renewable Hydrogen Roadmap in 2026. The government is using subsidies, loans, and tax incentives to promote the transition to sustainable energy. Malaysia is also exploring a cross-border green hydrogen corridor along the Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System.
Summary: A new "Keqiao-Xinjiang-Central Asia" freight train route has been launched from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, to improve the speed and efficiency of textile exports to Central Asia. The route aims to reduce transit times and lower logistics costs for China's textile industry. The route leverages key ports in Xinjiang to reach Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries. Shaoxing's China Textile City, with an annual transaction volume exceeding 400 billion yuan, sees nearly 60% of its exports going to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
Summary: A study published in *Joule* suggests that space-based solar power (SBSP) could help Europe reduce grid system costs and achieve emissions targets by continuously collecting solar energy. The study modeled NASA designs, including an innovative heliostat and a more mature planar array, finding the former could reduce grid costs by 7-15% and replace up to 80% of wind and terrestrial solar power. Researchers recommend pursuing both designs despite the planar array's lower efficiency due to its higher technological maturity. Significant technological hurdles remain for SBSP implementation, including large-scale wireless energy transmission testing. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Mexico and the United States are reportedly set to sign a new security agreement aimed at curbing the flow of U.S. weapons into Mexico and reducing the flow of drugs, particularly fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, into the U.S. The two countries also plan to strengthen intelligence sharing and joint operations along their nearly 2,000-mile border. Mexico has repeatedly called on the U.S. to strengthen gun export controls and track illegal weapons. Mexico believes that the U.S.'s institutional defects in gun management and the huge arms trade interest chain have become a major source of obstacles for Mexico to effectively combat drug-related violence. The U.S. has criticized Mexico for not doing enough to stop fentanyl from flowing into the U.S., threatening tariffs if Mexico doesn't take action. Experts suggest that unless the U.S. reduces drug demand and tightens gun control, Mexico's pressure on drug and gun issues will be difficult to fundamentally alleviate.
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Summary: The article focuses on Heihe, a Chinese city bordering Russia, and the close ties between it and the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. Residents can cross the Heilongjiang River in as little as two minutes via hovercraft, enabling frequent cross-border visits. The piece highlights the cultural and economic exchange, including the popularity of Russian goods and cuisine in Heihe, and the presence of Russian culture and language in the area. It also discusses a local internet celebrity, "Peterov," who showcases the unique blend of cultures in his livestreams. The article notes the increasing popularity of learning Chinese in Blagoveshchensk and the efforts to promote cultural exchange between the two cities.
Summary: The Amur region and Heilongjiang province jointly host around 200 cultural and sports events annually, primarily in Blagoveshchensk and Heihe. The 15th Russian-Chinese Cultural Fair recently took place on both sides of the Amur River, featuring exhibitions and performances. This year's events heavily emphasized the 80th anniversary of victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, including a joint memorial ceremony on the river. The close cultural ties and celebrations unite the people on both sides of the Amur River.
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Summary: Since 2011, Tibet has dispatched nearly 300,000 cadres to villages, focusing on strengthening grassroots Party organizations, promoting rural revitalization, and fostering ethnic unity. Cadres have been working to improve village infrastructure, increase incomes through tourism and improved agricultural practices, and provide essential services to remote communities. One initiative involved establishing a brand for local tea products near a tourist site, significantly increasing villagers' incomes. Another cadre helped to revitalize the yak industry. The article also highlighted efforts to provide disaster relief and support in border regions, reinforcing the idea that "the home is Yumai, and the country is China."
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of maintaining the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) tradition of hard work and frugality, even with improved living conditions. It warns against extravagance and corruption among officials, highlighting the need to prioritize the people's interests and avoid wasteful spending. The piece references the Party's historical roots in self-reliance during the Yan'an period. It also mentions updated regulations and innovative digital tools aimed at promoting thrift and preventing waste in government operations. The article positions these efforts as essential for preserving the CCP's legitimacy and connection with the masses.
Summary: In Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, the Qianjin district is improving community governance by transforming Party-Masses Service Centers into "community service complexes." These centers offer services like clothing repair, elderly care dining, and entrepreneurial support. One resident, with the support of the local Party committee, opened a clothing repair shop in the center. Residents are also participating in community patrols and reporting issues to community staff. The district has converted over 70% of these centers into resident activity areas and employment assistance zones.
Summary: The Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shenyang Institute of Automation's Underwater Robotics Research Laboratory (URRL) dispatched the "Hai Dou-1" submersible to the South China Sea for scientific applications, preceded by a Party branch mobilization meeting to establish a temporary onboard Party team. URRL Party Secretary Li Zhigang emphasized the importance of returning with valuable scientific data, highlighting the "Hai Dou-1's" advancements in technology. The URRL has a tradition of establishing temporary Party organizations on research vessels, and party members play key roles in critical positions, with some sacrificing personal opportunities for the sake of maritime missions. The article emphasizes that advances in China's underwater robotics are inseparable from the Party's leadership.
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Summary: China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) recently released measures to enrich television content and promote the supply of broadcast and audio-visual content, sparking industry discussion. The measures aim to address industry pain points by adjusting existing policies, such as those related to costume drama ratios, "one drama, two stars," episode limits, and advertising restrictions, to provide more flexibility while preventing past problems from recurring. These adjustments, which also aim to improve administrative efficiency, are in response to the changing media landscape and the challenges faced by traditional television in the face of mobile internet and emerging audio-visual formats. The goal is to revitalize the television industry and promote high-quality content creation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Recent revivals of classic plays in China, such as "Camel Xiangzi," "The Physicists," and "Jane Eyre," demonstrate a trend of reinterpreting classics for modern audiences. These productions seek to infuse contemporary relevance into enduring works, fostering a dialogue between the past and present. The aim is to capture the spirit of the original work while incorporating modern artistic language and stagecraft. This revival movement reflects a growing cultural confidence and a desire to both preserve cultural heritage and foster artistic innovation. By re-examining classic works, modern artists are trying to capture the essence of the modern era, and to generate a "new classic" unique to this time.
Summary: The documentary *Where the Heart Rests* focuses on the lives of Japanese war orphans in China to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory against Japan. The film explores the complex identities of these orphans, who are both descendants of aggressors and victims of war, and highlights the enduring trauma caused by the conflict. It showcases the kindness of Chinese adoptive parents who raised them, emphasizing the compassion shown even during times of hardship. The documentary also touches upon the difficulties the orphans face reintegrating into Japanese society later in life. By focusing on individual experiences, the film reveals the indiscriminate harm caused by wars and serves as a reminder to cherish peace.
Summary: The "CNT Live" HD screenings of the China National Theater of China, including the play *Green Snake*, are being held in over 30 theaters, utilizing digital multi-camera technology to enhance the viewing experience. *Green Snake*, adapted from Lilian Lee's novel and directed by Tian Qinxin, offers a new interpretation of the "Legend of the White Snake" with a focus on the characters' motivations and desires for self-improvement. The play, known for its blend of classical and modern elements, has toured internationally, including appearances at the Kennedy Arts Center and the Edinburgh International Arts Festival. The performances by Qin Hailu, Yuan Quan, and Xin Baiqing, along with the production's stage design, have been lauded for their ability to create emotional connections with the audience. The play’s international tours, including to the United States, are contributing to the dissemination of Chinese stories.
Summary: The article discusses the popularity of Chinese historical micro-dramas, citing "Ink Rhyme Reborn" (墨韵新生) as an example. These dramas, while employing exaggerated and humorous storytelling, are praised for their accurate portrayal of traditional skills, such as ancient book restoration techniques approved by experts at the National Library. The author contends that the success of such dramas lies in their combination of serious artistic integrity, accurate core knowledge, and unconventional storytelling. The author suggests that a longer series could better showcase these skills.
Summary: This article reviews the short documentary series "Eye-Catching Treasures," which uses modern language and humor to introduce uniquely shaped cultural relics to a younger audience. The series employs playful narration and anthropomorphic animation to make the artifacts relatable and engaging, connecting them to contemporary emotions and experiences. While maintaining cultural significance, the documentary also provides informative background on the artifacts, such as the historical context of the Tang Dynasty's zodiac figures and the debated uses of the Western Zhou cloud-patterned bronze five-pillar object. The author advocates for more such "eye-catching" cultural documentaries that present Chinese culture in an accessible and lively manner. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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The carbon market is an important policy tool for actively addressing climate change through market mechanisms and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. At present, China has established a national carbon emission trading market for key emission entities to fulfill mandatory emission reduction responsibilities and a national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market to incentivize voluntary emission reductions by society. In order to promote the construction of a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential national carbon market, with the consent of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the following opinions are now put forward.
I. Overall Requirements
Guided by Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, fully implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Economic Thought and Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Ecological Civilization, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, balance the needs of green and low-carbon transformation and economic development, adhere to an effective market and a capable government, adhere to the basic positioning of the carbon market as a policy tool for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate the construction of a unified national carbon market, expand the scope of implementation and participating entities in a planned and step-by-step manner, create a more fair, open, and transparent market environment, strive to achieve the optimal allocation efficiency and maximization of benefits of carbon emission resources, promote the deep transformation of traditional industries, cultivate and develop new quality productive forces, stimulate the endogenous driving force for green and low-carbon development of the whole society, and provide important support for actively and steadily promoting carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and building a beautiful China.
The main goals are: By 2027, the national carbon emission trading market will basically cover the main emission industries in the industrial sector, and the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market will achieve full coverage of key areas. By 2030, a national carbon emission trading market based on total quota control and a combination of free and paid allocation will be basically established, and a national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market with integrity and transparency, unified methods, broad participation, and alignment with international standards will be established, forming a carbon pricing mechanism with significant emission reduction effects, a sound rule system, and reasonable price levels.
II. Accelerate the Construction of a National Carbon Emission Trading Market
(1) Expand the coverage of the national carbon emission trading market. According to industry development status, contribution to carbon reduction and pollution reduction, data quality foundation, and carbon emission characteristics, expand the scope of covered industries and greenhouse gas types in an orderly manner.
(2) Improve the carbon emission quota management system. Establish a carbon emission quota management system with clear expectations and transparency, and maintain policy stability and continuity. Comprehensively consider economic and social development, industry characteristics, and the cost of low-carbon transformation to clarify medium- and long-term carbon emission quota control targets in the market. According to the national greenhouse gas emission control targets and carbon emission dual control requirements, properly handle the relationship with energy security, industrial chain and supply chain security, and people's livelihood security, scientifically set the total quota, and gradually shift from intensity control to total control. By 2027, industries with relatively stable total carbon emissions will be given priority to implement total quota control. Steadily promote a combination of free and paid carbon emission quota allocation methods, and orderly increase the proportion of paid allocation. Establish a quota reserve and market adjustment mechanism to balance market supply and demand and enhance market stability and liquidity. Reasonably determine the proportion of using verified voluntary emission reductions to offset carbon emission quota compliance.
(3) Strengthen guidance and supervision of carbon emission trading pilot markets. Coordinate the national carbon emission trading market and the carbon markets carried out by relevant local pilots. Existing carbon emission trading pilot markets should be built and operated in accordance with relevant requirements to help regional green and low-carbon transformation. Encourage carbon emission trading pilot markets to take the lead in expanding coverage, improving market adjustment mechanisms, innovating regulatory methods, and developing carbon finance in a healthy and orderly manner, and explore experience for the construction of the national carbon emission trading market. Establish a regular evaluation and exit mechanism, and no new local or regional carbon emission trading markets will be built.
III. Actively Develop a National Greenhouse Gas Voluntary Emission Reduction Trading Market
(4) Accelerate the construction of a voluntary emission reduction trading market. Establish a scientific and complete methodology system, accelerate the development of methodologies for key areas with significant sustainable development benefits, high social expectations, and both social and ecological benefits, and effectively serve social voluntary emission reduction and the realization of ecological product value. Strengthen the whole-chain management of voluntary emission reduction project development, validation, implementation, and emission reduction verification. Project owners, validation and verification agencies should abide by the principle of integrity, strictly implement commitments, and actively accept social supervision. Strengthen the overall management of national carbon emission reduction resources and standardize various voluntary emission reduction trading activities.
(5) Actively promote the application of verified voluntary emission reductions. Advocate and promote Party and government agencies, enterprises, social organizations, etc., to actively use verified voluntary emission reductions to offset carbon emissions in green supply chain management, large-scale activities, fulfillment of social responsibilities, and green and low-carbon lifestyles. Party and government agencies and state-owned enterprises at all levels should play an exemplary role. Improve the rules for offsetting verified voluntary emission reductions, improve international recognition, and actively serve the international compliance and product carbon neutrality of relevant industries and enterprises.
IV. Focus on Enhancing the Vitality of the Carbon Market
(6) Enrich trading products. Steadily promote financial institutions to explore and develop green financial products and services related to carbon emission rights and verified voluntary emission reductions, and increase support for greenhouse gas emission reduction. Establish and improve policies and systems such as carbon pledge and carbon repurchase, standardize financial activities related to carbon emission rights, and expand enterprises' carbon asset management channels. Establish and improve a carbon pricing mechanism based on the national carbon market, and make full use of the price discovery function of the national carbon market to provide effective price signals for financial support for green and low-carbon development.
(7) Expand trading entities. Support banks and other financial institutions to conduct carbon pledge financing business in a standardized manner, steadily promote qualified financial institutions to participate in national carbon market transactions under the premise of complying with laws and regulations and controllable risks, and introduce other non-compliance entities at an appropriate time. The national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market will gradually introduce qualified natural persons to participate in transactions.
(8) Strengthen market transaction supervision. Standardize the release of major policy information, improve market transaction risk prevention, early warning and disposal procedures, carry out national carbon market price tracking and evaluation, and promote the formation of reasonable transaction prices. Strengthen the supervision of trading behavior, and severely crack down on behaviors that disrupt market order and manipulate the market. Establish a compliance risk assessment, early warning, and management system for key emission entities to prevent compliance risks. Strengthen the supervision and management of carbon financial activities, guide financial institutions to provide financial services in accordance with market-oriented and rule-of-law principles, and guard the bottom line of preventing systemic financial risks.
V. Comprehensively Strengthen Carbon Market Capacity Building
(9) Improve the management system and support system. Establish and improve a management system that is adapted to the development stage of the national carbon market, conducive to strengthening unified supervision and management, with clear powers and responsibilities, and efficient operation. Strengthen the national carbon market management capacity building. Promote the construction of a full-chain, digital, and intelligent national carbon market management system, registration and registration system, and trading system, strengthen service functions, and ensure data security.
(10) Strengthen carbon emission accounting and reporting management. Improve the enterprise greenhouse gas emission reporting system. Combine with the construction of the national carbon market to accelerate the revision of the greenhouse gas accounting and reporting guidelines for key industries and enterprises, and transform them into national standards when conditions are mature. Implement classified management of carbon emission accounting, improve the accounting system based on emission factor method, and explore carbon emission accounting based on automatic monitoring. Strengthen the allocation, use, and management of key carbon emission measurement instruments, carry out verification or calibration in accordance with the law, formulate measurement technical specifications, and carry out carbon emission measurement review. Implement monthly storage of key parameters for key emission entities.
(11) Strictly standardize carbon emission verification. Improve the verification technical specifications for key industries, clarify the key points and requirements of verification, and standardize the verification process. Promote validation and verification agencies to strictly follow the principles of objectivity and independence, honesty and trustworthiness, fairness and impartiality, and professional rigor, conduct comprehensive verification of carbon emissions, and ensure the accuracy and credibility of validation and verification results. For key emission entities that consistently maintain high-quality carbon emission reports, verification can be simplified in combination with actual conditions.
(12) Strengthen the whole-process supervision of carbon emission data quality. Consolidate the main responsibility of key emission entities for fulfilling carbon emission accounting and reporting, and promote enterprises to establish and improve internal management systems for carbon emission data quality. Local ecological environment and market supervision departments, together with relevant departments, should strengthen the daily supervision and management of carbon emission data, comprehensively use technologies such as big data, blockchain, and the Internet of Things to improve the level of supervision. Increase the investigation and punishment of illegal and irregular behaviors, and severely crack down on fraudulent behaviors.
(13) Strengthen the supervision of technical service agencies. Implement qualification management of certification agencies for verification agencies in the national carbon emission trading market, and clarify access conditions, codes of conduct, and exit mechanisms. Strengthen the management of carbon emission-related inspection and testing institutions, and establish a mechanism for clearing out violating institutions. Actively cultivate technical service industries such as consulting services, inspection and testing, and validation and verification, conduct regular evaluations, promote the healthy development of the third-party technical service market, and create more international professional service institutions. Promote technical service agencies to strengthen industry self-discipline management.
(14) Improve the information disclosure system. Key emission entities, registration and registration agencies, trading agencies, technical service agencies, financial institutions, etc., should promptly disclose relevant information such as emissions, compliance, transactions, and pledges in accordance with relevant requirements and accept social supervision. Establish a data sharing mechanism for carbon market-related departments. Strengthen credit supervision and management of key emission entities, technical service agencies, and financial institutions in accordance with the law.
VI. Strengthen Organizational Implementation and Guarantee
(15) Strengthen organizational leadership. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, all regions and relevant departments should combine with actual conditions to grasp the implementation of these opinions. Party committees and governments at all levels should strengthen organizational leadership, actively promote green and low-carbon transformation, strengthen policy support for the construction and operation of the carbon market, strengthen supervision and management of key emission entities, and earnestly do a good job in quota issuance, quota compliance, and data quality management for key emission entities in their respective regions. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) should strengthen the overall coordination, organization, implementation, and tracking evaluation of carbon market construction, and systematically promote the implementation of tasks. Relevant departments should strengthen coordination and cooperation and regulatory guidance according to their respective responsibilities to form a joint force for work. Major matters should be reported to the Party Central Committee and the State Council in a timely manner in accordance with procedures.
(16) Strengthen policy and legal support. Study and improve relevant laws and regulations to provide legal support for the construction of the carbon market. Carry out legislative research on the management of greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction transactions. Improve the long-term mechanism for the connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, carry out procuratorial public interest litigation in related fields in accordance with the law, and increase the joint crackdown on illegal and criminal activities in the carbon market. Improve the system of adjudication rules, and support administrative organs in performing their administrative regulatory responsibilities in the carbon market in accordance with the law. Strengthen the policy coordination and institutional connection between the national carbon market and market-oriented mechanisms such as green electricity and green certificates. Formulate rules for registration and transaction fees for the national carbon market. Improve the national carbon market fund clearing mechanism and improve the efficiency of fund clearing. Reduce the institutional transaction costs of the carbon market.
(17) Deepen international exchanges and cooperation. Actively participate in the formulation of carbon market mechanism rules related to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (《巴黎协定》), and promote a global green, low-carbon, and just transition. Strengthen international consultations and dialogues. Strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of carbon markets, and promote international mutual recognition of technology, methods, standards, and data. Promote China's carbon market construction practices and experiences through multiple channels.
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Beijing (北京), August 25)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 25th (Reporter Liu Yang (刘阳)): As the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) Summit approaches, the launching ceremony for the special program "Xi Jinping's (习近平) Cultural Connections," produced by China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), on mainstream media in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries was held in Beijing (北京) on August 25th. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov (扎帕罗夫) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (夏巴兹) sent congratulatory letters, warmly congratulating the broadcast of the program. Starting today, the program will be broadcast on mainstream media in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries such as Russia (俄罗斯), Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦), Pakistan (巴基斯坦), Iran (伊朗), and Belarus (白俄罗斯).
"Xi Jinping's (习近平) Cultural Connections" carefully selects vivid stories of President Xi Jinping's (习近平主席) concern for cultural inheritance and development, explaining to international audiences the essence of Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought and the profound cultural foundation of President Xi's (习主席) philosophy of governing the country, vividly interpreting the value concept of "cultural prosperity leads to national prosperity, and cultural strength leads to national strength." The program, through on-site visits to places where Xi Jinping (习近平) worked or conducted research, in-depth interviews with people who worked with him, and the selection of vivid and fresh examples, presents a three-dimensional picture of China's (中国) practical efforts in exploring the origins of civilization and protecting cultural heritage in the new era, demonstrating the long-standing historical heritage, profound connotation, and inclusive openness of Chinese culture (中华文化).
At the event, the China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) Excellent Program Exhibition was launched simultaneously. More than 20 excellent programs from China Media Group (总台), such as "The Chinese Path to Modernization (中国式现代化之路)," "Striving in China (奋斗在中国)," "Green Belt: China's Experience Enhancing New Vitality in Central Asia (绿色纽带：中国经验提升中亚新活力)," "Intelligent Manufacturing Future: Exploring China's New Energy Full Industry Chain (智造未来：探秘中国新能源全产业链)," "China Science and Technology Innovation Ceremony (中国科技创新盛典)," "Hello, Robot! (你好，机器人！)," "Aerial China: Tibet (航拍中国·西藏篇)," and "Scenery: Xinjiang (风物·新疆篇)," will be broadcast successively on more than 30 mainstream media outlets in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries, allowing audiences in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries to jointly experience the "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation bond" of neighboring mountains and rivers and harmonious coexistence.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵 成
Carrying out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee throughout the Party, strengthening Party spirit cultivation is an important requirement. Why does the Party Central Committee always emphasize strengthening Party spirit cultivation and require Party members and cadres to "learn until old age, cultivate until old age"?
-- Netizen of People's Daily Online (人民网)
To answer this question, we must first clarify what to learn and what to cultivate. For communists, the first thing is to strengthen Party spirit cultivation, put political cultivation in the first place of Party spirit cultivation, draw Party spirit nourishment from the Party's innovative theories, and persistently cultivate the "inner mind" of communists.
Many people have had such experiences: those who rush to the front in emergency, difficult, and dangerous tasks such as earthquake relief, and those who are most active in their daily work, often turn out to be Party members. This is what we often say, Party members should look like Party members. Where does the good image of a Party member come from? It comes from Party spirit.
If the Party spirit is not strong or pure, it will be difficult to stand firm in all aspects. In the reports of some fallen officials, we often see expressions such as "loss of Party spirit principles" and "deviation from Party spirit principles." Party spirit and principles are mentioned together. Once the Party spirit is lost, the principles are also lost, and the direction is lost.
Why emphasize "cultivating until old age"?
Party spirit will not naturally increase with the increase of Party membership or the promotion of positions. Just as rooms need to be cleaned frequently and mirrors need to be wiped frequently, Party spirit cultivation also needs to be constantly cultivated and refined. Only by constantly "asking the heart" and asking for cultivation and determination can we achieve "no shame."
In 2001, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Governor of Fujian Province (福建省), said in a letter to his father, Xi Zhongxun (习仲勋): "Whether in the era of white terror or during the period of ultra-leftist lines; whether being framed or in adversity, there is always a bright light in your heart, always adhering to the correct direction." Taking tempering Party spirit as a lifelong subject requires continuous removal of impurities, elimination of viruses, and prevention of pollution to ensure that "there is always a bright light in the heart."
How to "cultivate until old age"?
Draw rich nourishment from the Party's innovative theories. The examination questions of the times are constantly updated, and there are new and higher requirements for the mental state, ideological concepts, quality and ability, and work style image of Party members and cadres. The Party's innovative theory is a treasure house of thought, which contains both ideological weapons for transforming the subjective world and scientific methods for transforming the objective world. Studying and implementing Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought, Anhui (皖) and Zhejiang (浙) provinces have explored the "Xin'an River Model (新安江模式)," the country's first cross-provincial river basin ecological protection compensation mechanism, moving from "protecting water together" to "sharing prosperity in one region"; adhering to finding ideas and methods from the Party's innovative theories, Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) uses the "double-sided embroidery" of humanities and economy to embroider a prosperous picture of Gusu (姑苏) in the new era... These examples fully demonstrate that only by getting the thinking methods right can we wholeheartedly identify with the Party's theories and guidelines and policies, while accurately grasping the policy orientation and scale, vigorously implementing them, and ensuring that the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments are implemented and effective.
Purify and sublimate in serving the people. Party spirit, in the final analysis, is a matter of position, and the people's position is the fundamental political position of our Party. From Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄), who "had all the people in his heart, but only himself," to Li Baoguo (李保国), who "helped the mountain people get rich and became a Taihang (太行) Foolish Old Man," to Zhang Guimei (张桂梅), who "let students have lights in the distance, roads under their feet, and light in front of them"... True communists have always shown the brilliance of Party spirit and the power of personality in wholeheartedly serving the people.
Temper and strengthen in taking responsibility. Party spirit can only be distinguished for its truth and color after being tested by struggle and time. The key period of climbing slopes and crossing ridges, and rolling stones uphill, especially requires that strong spirit of revolution plus hard work. Further comprehensively deepening reform must overcome difficulties, breaking through the "bottleneck" problems of science and technology requires seizing the day, and promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance by starting with grasping work style requires being serious and tough... Truly taking up the burdens that should be shouldered is the Party spirit responsibility and political nature that communists should have.
Carrying out centralized study and education throughout the Party is an important way for our Party to promote self-revolution, and it is also a valuable opportunity for Party members and cadres to strengthen Party spirit cultivation. With the solid development of in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee, Party members and cadres will consciously temper their Party spirit, improve their ideological awareness, face difficulties head-on, and take the initiative to act, and will surely continue to open up new horizons for reform and development.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25th. Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, co-hosted the tenth meeting of the China-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee with Vyacheslav Volodin (沃洛金), Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, at the Great Hall of the People on the 25th.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京), the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has maintained a healthy, stable, and high-level development momentum. The two sides have continuously deepened political mutual trust, strengthened strategic coordination, and promoted cooperation in various fields in an orderly and effective manner. Facts have proved that China-Russia cooperation is mutually complementary and has enormous potential, which is a strategic choice made by both sides based on their respective development and revitalization.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. The mechanism exchanges and cooperation between the legislative bodies of China and Russia have set a precedent for bilateral and multilateral legislative body cooperation and accumulated useful experience. The National People's Congress of China is willing to work with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state as the fundamental guideline, give full play to the role of the cooperation mechanism platform, continuously strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and help the in-depth development of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. The two sides should maintain the good momentum of close exchanges, enhance understanding and mutual trust, and consolidate the political foundation for mutual support and solidarity and cooperation. It is necessary to expand the content and form of mechanism exchanges, adapt to the development needs of China-Russia relations in the new era, base ourselves on the functions and responsibilities of legislative bodies, learn from each other's experience in governing the country and administering state affairs, legislation, and supervision, and help each other's national development and revitalization; promptly approve relevant bilateral treaties and agreements, promote the implementation of cooperation agreements and projects, and provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries; give play to the characteristics and advantages of NPC deputies and parliamentarians, and 牵线搭桥 (qiān xiàn dā qiáo - "lead the line build the bridge," to act as a go-between) for economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges; invigorate exchanges between women and youth representatives and parliamentarians, encourage and support local legislative bodies of the two countries to strengthen exchanges, and form more down-to-earth and people-benefiting cooperation results. It is necessary to strengthen communication and coordination within multilateral mechanisms such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the BRICS Parliamentary Forum, make a common voice, resolutely defend the achievements of the victory of World War II, promote the correct view of the history of World War II, safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core, practice true multilateralism, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Volodin (沃洛金) said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has developed in depth. The State Duma of Russia is willing to strengthen friendly exchanges with the National People's Congress of China, focus on implementing the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, give play to the role of the Russia-China Parliamentary Cooperation Committee mechanism platform, and make contributions from the legislative bodies to promoting all-round cooperation between Russia and China, optimizing the business environment, deepening cultural exchanges, jointly promoting the correct view of the history of World War II, and safeguarding multilateralism.
Peng Qinghua (彭清华) attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 25th (Reporter Jiang Jie (姜洁)) The 13th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协) opened in Beijing (北京) on the morning of the 25th, focusing on consultations and discussions regarding the "Formulation of the '15th Five-Year Plan' for National Economic and Social Development." Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (中共中央政治局常委) and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协主席), presided over the opening meeting. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (中共中央政治局常委) and Vice Premier of the State Council (国务院副总理), was invited to attend the meeting and deliver a report.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated in his presiding speech that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial time to consolidate the foundation and fully exert efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization, and it is very important to plan the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period well. Members of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协常委会) must conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on the preparation of the "15th Five-Year Plan," profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards," with a strong sense of political responsibility and historical mission, closely focusing on the goal of basically achieving socialist modernization, closely focusing on the theme of the Standing Committee meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协常委会会议), actively consult and offer suggestions, and contribute to the scientific formulation of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) pointed out in his report that the formulation and implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" is of great significance for fully implementing the strategic deployment of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) and promoting Chinese-style modernization. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and forge ahead, and China's economic and social development has achieved a series of new great achievements, and its economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have reached new levels. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for consolidating the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), accurately grasp the new changes and new requirements of the development situation, conduct in-depth discussions, gather wisdom, prepare the "15th Five-Year Plan" with high quality, reasonably determine goals and tasks, accurately plan and implement major strategic measures, and ensure that decisive progress is made in basically achieving socialist modernization.
The opening meeting heard a report from the Chairman's Meeting of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协主席会议) on the work of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) in the first half of 2025 and an explanation on the drafting of the "Regulations on Proposal Work of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (Revised Draft)" (《中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会提案工作条例（修订草案）》).
This Standing Committee meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协常委会会议) will last for two days, and members of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (政协常委会) will conduct group discussions on eight topics.
Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协副主席兼秘书长), and others made reports and explanations on relevant topics.
Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (中共中央政治局委员、全国政协副主席), and Hu Chunhua (胡春华), Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Wang Yong (王勇), Zhou Qiang (周强), Leung Chun-ying (梁振英), Batel (巴特尔), Su Hui (苏辉), Shao Hong (邵鸿), Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Chen Wu (陈武), Mu Hong (穆虹), Xian Hui (咸辉), Jiang Xinzhi (姜信治), Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), He Baoxiang (何报翔), Wang Guangqian (王光谦), Qin Boyong (秦博勇), Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), and Yang Zhen (杨震), Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协副主席), attended the meeting.
Return to TopAccording to the General Administration of Customs, since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has added and expanded 40 open ports, bringing the total to 311. This has basically formed a three-dimensional land, sea, and air, and an all-round opening layout in the east, central, and western regions, achieving "**关通全球、物达八方**" (guān tōng quán qiú, wù dá bā fāng - "customs connect globally, goods reach all directions," signifying smooth customs clearance and extensive trade connections worldwide). (Related reports on page 2)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 军 刘军国 郭雪岩
Power plants, releasing new explorations into energy transformation. Zhoushan LHD Marine Tidal Energy Power Station (舟山LHD海洋潮流能发电站) builds "windmills" on the seabed, independently constructs units, and uses the ebb and flow of seawater to generate "green electricity";
Factories, forging a strong impetus for industrial transformation. Huzhou's "Transformation Finance Loan" helps Hongchang Aluminum (鸿昌铝业) transform its production line, saving energy and improving efficiency, adding new vitality to traditional industries;
Parks, gathering great potential for carbon emission transformation. Hangzhou Cocoon SPACE Industrial Park (杭州茧SPACE产业园) replaces carbon with photovoltaic power generation, reduces carbon through equipment transformation, fixes carbon through resource recycling, and facilitates carbon trading by purchasing carbon credits, transforming the park from 1,771 tons of carbon emissions per year to "zero carbon."
In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Zhejiang (浙江): "Unswervingly promote the green transformation of development methods and establish a sound economic system for green, low-carbon, and circular development."
Industrial upgrading, energy transformation, and institutional innovation, Zhejiang (浙江) enhances the "gold content" of growth by increasing the "green content" of development. Walking on the land of Zhejiang (之江大地), the "transformation" of green is visible everywhere.
"Transformation" lies in transformation and upgrading.
On the coast of the East China Sea (东海之滨), wind blades turn high. Among the reflecting photovoltaic panels, 200,000-ton container ships slowly berth, and intelligent trucks shuttle in an orderly manner... Green and wisdom are intertwined on the coastline of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Meishan Port Area (宁波舟山港梅山港区). In the first seven months of this year, the container throughput of Meishan Port Area (梅山港区) was 7.4782 million TEUs, an increase of 14.66% year-on-year.
In June, with the grid connection of the last 6.25 MW wind turbine, the Meishan Port Area (梅山港区) wind-solar-storage integrated project was fully operational, generating more than 40 million kWh of electricity since 2024, equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by about 24,000 tons, supporting the strong pulse of the world-class port.
"The electrification coverage rate of large equipment in the port area reaches 100%." Chen Zihao (陈子豪), a power supply and distribution technician in the port area, said that the electrification rate of trucks is expected to exceed 80% this year. Around source-end cleaning, terminal electrification, and regulation intelligence, Ningbo Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港)'s green engine is upgraded again.
Going north along the coastline, the transformation and upgrading of Jiaxing Port Area (嘉兴港区) relies on "hydrogen" power.
A number of hydrogen-powered trucks with white, blue, and green paint shuttle between the yard and the terminal. "The port area has put 100 hydrogen-powered trucks into operation, saving about 3 million yuan in costs and reducing carbon emissions by about 5,000 tons per year compared with traditional fuel vehicles." Cheng Xuan (程暄), Deputy Director of the Engineering Technology Department of Zhejiang Seaport Jiaxing Port Co., Ltd. (浙江海港嘉兴港务有限公司), introduced that hydrogen-powered trucks do not consume energy due to repeated braking, which is especially suitable for port operations; the nearby chemical industry provides abundant industrial by-product hydrogen, which can be directly transported to the port area's hydrogen refueling station through pipelines.
Jiaxing Port Area (嘉兴港区) actively develops the hydrogen energy industry, forming a complete industrial chain of "production, storage, transportation, refueling, and use," and actively explores application scenarios. Soon, 64 TEU hydrogen fuel-powered container ships will be launched for operation, and the green transformation of transportation will be accelerated.
"Take the green transformation and upgrading of industries as the top priority." Traditional industries are accelerating towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, and green productivity is constantly activated.
"Transformation" lies in replacing old industries with new ones.
In Shangyu District (上虞区), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang Gepai Cobalt Industry New Materials Co., Ltd. (浙江格派钴业新材料有限公司) has just completed a new round of technological transformation. "The 2,000-ton high-performance electrodeposited cobalt technological transformation project will help us open up new tracks in aerospace." Wang Guanghui (王光辉), general manager of the company, said that the project site was originally a traditional chemical industrial park, and after secondary development, it has become the "cradle" of strategic emerging industries.
Shangyu (上虞), which started with the traditional chemical industry, began to replace old industries with new ones in 2017, implementing closure and elimination, production suspension and rectification, relocation to parks, and on-site transformation for inefficient, high-energy-consuming, and highly polluting enterprises.
"Replacing old industries with new ones is not a simple replacement, but a systematic reshaping." Hang Bo (杭波), Deputy Director of the Shangyu District Economic and Information Bureau (上虞区经信局), introduced that the local area has integrated land resources and built characteristic industrial parks, successively introducing high-end equipment, new materials, and other emerging industries. In 2024, the output value of Shangyu (上虞)'s new materials industry will exceed 100 billion yuan.
From "vacating space" to "revitalizing industries," Zhejiang (浙江) continues to promote the "replacing old industries with new ones and phoenix nirvana" of manufacturing.
In Changxing County (长兴县), Huzhou (湖州), after two rounds of rectification and upgrading, the industry has leaped from lead-acid batteries to new energy batteries, the number of enterprises has decreased from 175 to 16, and the output value has increased by 14 times; in Lishui Economic Development Zone (丽水经开区), 43 inefficient industrial enterprises were repurchased or disposed of as a whole last year, and 716 mu of industrial land was revitalized, using small and refined projects to "thread the needle," and green manufacturing is accelerating.
"Promote the strategic adjustment of the economic structure and the fundamental transformation of the growth mode" "**拿出壮士断腕的勇气** (ná chū zhuàng shì duàn wàn de yǒng qì - "show the courage of a warrior cutting off his wrist," to be resolute and decisive in making difficult choices)," get rid of the dependence on extensive growth. A large number of "fine birds" are taking off, and advanced manufacturing clusters are accelerating their cultivation.
"Transformation" lies in turning waste into treasure.
"Eating" straw and "spitting" out green energy. Straw, citrus peel, fallen leaves... These common wastes are being "reversed" into bio-based fuels, helping to reduce carbon emissions.
Walking into the laboratory of the Bio-based Chemicals Research Institute of Zhejiang University Quzhou Research Institute (浙江大学衢州研究院生物基化学品研究所), reactors, fixed beds, and other equipment are operating in an orderly manner, and Li Zhenglong (李正龙), the head of the research institute, is guiding the team to carry out research on "straw turning into aviation oil."
"Straw has great potential and broad application prospects." Li Zhenglong (李正龙) introduced that in addition to aviation fuel, straw can also be turned into agricultural mulch film and special paper. The team has independently designed and built a pilot-scale amplification device to explore more high-value ways to utilize straw.
Technological innovation empowers, "ecological burdens" become bio-based materials and bio-based energy, agricultural waste is rejuvenated, and garbage in the sea is also successfully "landed."
0.2 yuan for each plastic bottle, 5 yuan per kilogram for old fishing nets... Wang (王), a resident of Dachen Island (大陈岛) in Taizhou (台州), can earn more than 1,000 yuan a month by picking up marine plastic waste.
In response to the difficult problem of marine plastic governance, the "Blue Circulation" marine plastic waste governance model has opened up channels for resource recycling and reuse, allowing discarded fishing gear and plastic bottles to be turned into clothing, stationery, and mobile phone cases, greatly increasing the "value" of marine waste. Up to now, through this model, Zhejiang (浙江) has cumulatively recycled 58,000 tons of marine plastic waste, reducing carbon emissions by 52,200 tons.
"Accelerate the cultivation and growth of green and low-carbon industries, and actively develop green technologies and green products." Promoting green, low-carbon, and circular development at a high level, Zhejiang (浙江) has formed a number of再生资源 (zài shēng zī yuán - "regenerated resources") industries with an output value of 10 billion yuan, and green production and lifestyles have become a trend.
Green development is the underlying color of high-quality development, and new quality productivity itself is green productivity. Taking the transformation of development concepts to lead the transformation of development methods and economic structure, adhering to the path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon development, the "green" tide is surging in the land of Zhejiang (之江大地), full of vitality, and "transforming" towards the future.
(This reporter Wang Pingping (王萍萍) participated in the writing)
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Accelerating the green and low-carbon transition and stimulating endogenous动力 (nèi shēng dònglì - "internal driving force") is key. The "Opinions on Promoting Green and Low-Carbon Transition and Strengthening the Construction of the National Carbon Market" makes deployments, demonstrating a clear orientation of increasing momentum and adding vitality through reform.
Green and low-carbon development is related to the quality of high-quality development and the foundation of sustainable development. From "mandatory emission reduction" to "voluntary emission reduction," through the complementary connection and interconnection of the two markets, effectively mobilizing the enthusiasm of the whole society for emission reduction is an important way to promote the realization of the "dual carbon" goal. At present, China has built the world's largest carbon market covering greenhouse gas emissions.
To build a unified market and make good use of policy tools, it is particularly necessary to establish a systematic concept. Whether it is to orderly expand the scope of coverage of industries and greenhouse gas types, or to strengthen the overall management of national carbon emission reduction resources, promote the better combination of an effective market and a promising government, and strengthen policy coordination and institutional linkages, it is possible to actively and steadily promote progress.
Taking the construction of a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential national carbon market as an opportunity,凝聚 (níngjù - "to gather," to condense) a strong joint force of common participation, common construction, and common sharing, and accelerating the formation of green production and lifestyles will certainly better help build a beautiful China.
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On August 25th, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a series of thematic press conferences on "High-Quality Completion of the '14th Five-Year Plan'," introducing the achievements of the customs in safeguarding national border security and promoting high-quality development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
"Since the '14th Five-Year Plan,' the customs has focused on improving regulatory effectiveness and service levels, and significant progress has been made in the modernization of the customs, providing strong support for high-quality development and high-level opening up," said Sun Meijun (孙梅君), Director of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署).
Annual Supervision of Import and Export Goods Volume is the Largest in the World
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the customs has supervised an average of 5.2 billion tons of import and export goods annually, with a value of 41.5 trillion yuan, the largest volume in the world, and is safe, stable, and controllable. A total of 5.15 million prohibited items involving politics, guns, and explosives have been seized, more than 70 types of infectious diseases have been detected in 180,000 cases, and more than 200,000 batches of unqualified commodities have been disposed of. A total of 9.7 trillion yuan in taxes has been collected. A total of 23,000 smuggling crime cases have been investigated.
Resolutely Build a Solid Quarantine Defense Line at the Border. Zhao Zenglian (赵增连), Deputy Director of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), introduced that since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the customs has initially established an all-weather epidemic monitoring network covering more than 220 countries and regions. The port quarantine defense line is more solid, and a precise prevention and control system of "one policy per country, one policy per disease, and one policy per port" has been explored and established, creating a closed-loop chain from overseas to the national border and then to the home.
Maintain a High-Pressure Posture in Combating Smuggling. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the customs, together with relevant departments, has investigated a total of 23,000 smuggling crime cases, with a value of nearly 480 billion yuan and involving more than 60 billion yuan in taxes. The "Mission" action has investigated 3,032 smuggling drug crime cases, seizing 15.7 tons of various drugs such as methamphetamine and cocaine.
Safeguard National Biosafety and Ecological Security. Carry out standardized construction of port animal and plant quarantine capacity, equip more than 10,000 sets of advanced facilities and equipment, and put into application 147 front-line rapid testing laboratories. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the customs has detected 11,000 species of imported animal diseases, seized more than 1.1 million tons of smuggled frozen products, and intercepted nearly 5,000 batches of illegally imported biological products, all of which have been returned or destroyed according to law.
Strictly Control the Quality and Safety of Import and Export Commodities. Establish a risk prevention and control monitoring system for the quality and safety of import and export commodities, and pay real-time attention to risk information on the quality and safety of commodities at home and abroad. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," more than 9 million batches of import and export commodities have been inspected, and more than 10,000 batches of unqualified mineral products and recycled metals have been returned. Strictly prohibit the entry of foreign garbage, and return more than 4,000 batches of solid waste. Carry out comprehensive整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," to rectify or consolidate) of dangerous goods at ports, and detect 130,000 batches of unqualified dangerous goods. Closely monitor commodities closely related to public life, and cumulatively detect 12,000 batches of unqualified commodities and 68,000 unqualified vehicles.
"One-Stop Online Service" Basically Covers the Entire Chain and All Links of Cross-Border Trade
New breakthroughs have been made in trade facilitation. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, national customs clearance integration was fully realized. The "Single Window" for international trade has become China's "digital portal" for connecting with world trade, and the "one-stop online service" has reached 25 categories and 964 items, basically covering the entire chain and all links of cross-border trade. "Smart Travel Inspection" covers 80% of aviation ports.
In terms of smart customs construction, the global "Smart Customs" online cooperation platform jointly developed by China Customs and the World Customs Organization has registered 142 countries and regions. Customs widely uses inspection robots and non-intrusive inspection equipment, and deeply integrates big data and artificial intelligence into all aspects of supervision. Develop a big data intelligent risk control model to identify the risk of each customs declaration in real time from more than 100 dimensions, automatically control and intercept high-risk customs declarations, and the seizure rate is 16 percentage points higher than random control. Promote the remote video inspection mode, reducing customs clearance waiting time by more than 80%.
In terms of cross-border trade facilitation, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the General Administration of Customs (海关总署) united with more than 20 national ministries and commissions to carry out special actions for cross-border trade facilitation every year. The participating cities have expanded to 25 cities in 17 provinces, and a total of 108 reform and innovation measures have been introduced, which are welcomed by enterprises. According to the results of the enterprise survey released by the World Bank in April this year, China's customs and trade regulations perception index is the best evaluated among the 53 participating economies.
New Progress Has Been Made in Promoting High-Quality Development. China's exports have more "new content." In 2024, the export of the "new three items" will increase by 2.6 times compared with 2020; the sources of imports are wider. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 271 kinds of agricultural and food products from 81 countries and regions were newly approved for access, and the import of bulk commodities, advanced equipment, and key components was diversified; the regional structure is better, the eastern region is stable in quantity and quality, and the central and western regions are making efforts to rise, with an average annual increase of 7.9% in import and export.
The export of "new content" is inseparable from the customs' escort for innovation and creation. In recent years, games and movie peripherals such as "Black Myth: Wukong" and "Ne Zha" and cultural and creative products represented by Labubu are becoming new favorites of global consumption, and at the same time, some counterfeit and infringing products have appeared. Data show that since the beginning of this year, the customs has intercepted 1.83 million suspected infringing Labubu products.
In order to maintain a fair and healthy international trade market environment, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the customs has seized a total of 260,000 batches of suspected infringing goods, nearly 400 million pieces, effectively curbing the momentum of infringement in the import and export links.
Customs Special Supervision Areas Contribute 1/5 of China's Total Import and Export Value
The construction of open channels and platforms has reached a new level. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has added and expanded 40 open ports, with a total of 311, basically forming a three-dimensional, east-west, and all-round port opening layout. Comprehensive bonded zones and other customs special supervision areas have become new highlands for local opening up, contributing 1/5 of China's total import and export value with less than 1/20000 of the land area.
Ports are the gateway for national opening up. Zhang Baofeng (张宝峰), member of the Party Committee and Director of the General Office of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's port pattern of "east-west coordination and sea-land-air linkage" has become increasingly perfect. 63 ports have carried out pilot construction of smart ports, and the port capacity has been continuously improved. In 2024, the import and export freight volume of water transport ports exceeded 4.3 billion tons, an increase of 10% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan"; aviation ports increased by more than 17%; and land ports increased by more than 19%. Convenient and smooth port channels allow more "Made in China" to accelerate to the world, and also allow more "global good things" to quickly enter the Chinese market.
Wang Jun (王军), Deputy Director of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 19 new customs special supervision areas were added, bringing the total to 174; the layout is more optimized, covering all provinces. In 2024, the import and export value of customs special supervision areas increased by more than 30% compared with 2020.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the customs has deepened international cooperation. 519 cooperation documents have been signed with foreign countries. 85 new customs cooperation mechanisms have been established with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road," reaching 138. In 2024, China's imports and exports with co-construction partners reached 22 trillion yuan, accounting for more than half of the total import and export value, and the average annual growth of imports and exports with emerging markets such as ASEAN, Latin America, Africa, and Central Asia was more than 10%.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 苏 滨
The scorching sun blazed, the branches and leaves drooped, and an industrial road under construction stretched from the foot of the mountain to the top.
This is a supporting facility for the white tea industry in Wusha Village (乌厦村), Liangwang Township (两汪乡), Rongjiang County (榕江县), Guizhou Province (贵州省), and also a work-for-relief project in the area.
"It's convenient for the white tea to be transported out of the mountains, and we can also earn money at our doorstep. Everyone is eager to work, and the road is being built solidly!" Wu Xiuhua (吴秀华), a formerly impoverished villager, stamped his feet on the newly hardened road surface, a smile on his dark face.
The village cooperative has 521 mu of tea gardens. During the busy farming season, 56-year-old Wu Xiuhua and his wife weed and prune the tea gardens, earning 100 yuan per person per day, working for three months a year. At other times, he works as a laborer on construction sites, earning 150 yuan a day. This February, when he heard that an industrial road was to be built for the tea garden, he immediately signed a labor contract with the village committee.
"The village has 897 people, half of whom are formerly impoverished households. There are 560 laborers, 300 of whom work outside the village. The rest are mostly over 50 years old, so we have to find ways to solve employment locally," said Yang Guangfan (杨光凡), secretary of the Wusha Village (乌厦村) Party branch. Previously, the cooperative's tea garden could solve the employment of seven or eight hundred people per year, with a total salary of nearly 900,000 yuan. This year, with the work-for-relief project, an average of thirty to forty people are employed every day, more than 80% of whom are formerly impoverished households.
This work-for-relief project lasts for one year and includes an industrial road and a walkway, with a total investment of more than 6.6 million yuan. The 10.41-kilometer industrial road was previously a muddy road, narrow, steep, and with many bends. It was impossible to go up on rainy days and people were unwilling to go on sunny days.
"Employment 'grows' on industry! When the road is built and the industry rises, there will be more opportunities for work." These days, every morning at 7 o'clock, wearing a safety helmet and a reflective vest, and carrying a sickle and a hoe, Wu Xiuhua and his wife drive a tricycle to the top of the mountain, and together with more than 30 villagers, they cut grass and remove roots, clearing the initial shape of the walkway on the steep slope. They are now general workers, earning 170 yuan per person per day. When the large-scale paving of bricks and stones and hardening of the road surface follow, they will have the opportunity to become skilled workers, and the salary can rise to 300 yuan per day.
Wu Xiuhua is confident in himself: first, he has worked as a mason, repairing ditches and embankments, and has experience; second, the village has sent technicians for training, and if he studies hard, he is expected to shift from "labor-intensive" to "skill-based."
At 11:30 noon, under the shade of a tree, several villagers sat in a circle. Wu Xiuhua moved a stone and sat down. Braised fish, lotus root slices, zao chili, vegetable soup... everyone took out a dish and put it in the middle, with meat, vegetables, and soup. After a nap after the meal, Wu Xiuhua picked out a handful of Houttuynia cordata from the soil pile and found a handful of ferns in the cut weeds, "We have something to go with the wine tonight!"
As one of the last batch of impoverished counties, Rongjiang County (榕江县) has received 53.86 million yuan in special work-for-relief funds since the beginning of this year, implementing 9 projects, driving more than 900 people to work, and distributing more than 8 million yuan in labor remuneration. These projects are declared by the villages and then approved by the County Development and Reform Bureau (县发展和改革局) and other departments. In addition to industrial support such as roads, there are also other infrastructure construction, human settlement environment improvement and other projects. It is estimated that all the completed projects will absorb more than 1,800 workers and distribute more than 20 million yuan in labor remuneration, with an average increase of more than 10,000 yuan per capita.
"Through work-for-relief, we can help the people who have been lifted out of poverty to stabilize employment and promote income increase. 'Small projects' leverage 'big livelihoods'," said Duan Bijuan (段碧娟), deputy director of the Rongjiang County Development and Reform Bureau (榕江县发展和改革局).
Wu Xiuhua goes to the construction site almost every day. He can earn money and learn skills while working. When the project is completed, he can still find work. This idea is not only in his mind.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 25th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) - The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (市场监管总局) (National Standardization Administration (国家标准委)) recently approved and released the national standard "Technical Requirements for Transportation Safety and Multimodal Transport of Power Lithium Batteries," which will be implemented on February 1, 2026.
Power lithium batteries are the "heart" of new energy vehicles, and their safe and efficient transportation is crucial to improving the resilience of the industrial and supply chains.
The standard specifies the classification and grading of power lithium battery transportation, as well as the requirements for transportation packaging, consignment, loading and unloading, temporary storage, multimodal transport, and emergency response. It innovatively establishes a grading standard for power lithium battery transportation and improves the packaging performance requirements for batteries in use and used batteries. At the same time, it clarifies the relevant documents and information sharing requirements for multimodal transport of power lithium batteries, supporting the solution of problems such as inconsistent documents and repeated information filling between various modes of transport, and promoting convenient and efficient transportation of power lithium batteries.
This standard is of great significance for further improving the transportation efficiency of power lithium batteries and enhancing transportation safety control capabilities, and is conducive to better building a new energy industry chain.
Return to TopBeijing (北京), August 25th (Reporter Wang Guan (王观)) Recently, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) issued the "Announcement on Clarifying Value-Added Tax Policies for Express Delivery Services, etc.," clarifying that the income obtained by express delivery companies from providing express delivery services shall be subject to value-added tax in accordance with the "collection and delivery service."
The announcement shall be implemented from the date of its issuance. Matters that have occurred but have not been processed prior to this shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the announcement, and matters that have already been processed shall not be adjusted.
The announcement points out that taxpayers with road freight transport operation qualifications for network platforms who engage in network freight operations, and who purchase and deliver finished oil, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, dimethyl ether, methanol, and other types of vehicle fuels (energy) and road, bridge, and gate tolls to actual carriers, and who simultaneously meet the conditions stipulated in the announcement, are allowed to deduct their input tax from their output tax.
Return to TopGuangzhou (广州), Guangdong Province (广东省), August 25th (Reported by Hu Jian (胡健) and Wang Yunna (王云娜) of this newspaper) - The number of business entities in Guangzhou (广州) City, Guangdong Province (广东省) recently exceeded 4 million. In the first seven months of this year, 548,400 new business entities were registered in Guangzhou (广州), a year-on-year increase of 57.3%.
In recent years, Guangzhou (广州) has been creating an industry-friendly, enterprise-friendly, and entrepreneur-friendly business environment. From promoting fully electronic commercial registration to "one-stop online processing and one-window collection" for starting a business, to full coverage of intelligent services, government services have continued to leap towards convenience and intelligence. Through intelligent government service mini-programs, the processing time for business licenses to start a business has been reduced from 20 working days to within 10 minutes, with an online application rate of 99%. The registration conditions for enterprise names, business premises, and business scope have been continuously relaxed. Measures such as "license after permit," separation of licenses and permits, and joint processing of licenses and permits have effectively solved the problem of "**准入不准营**" (zhǔn rù bù zhǔn yíng - "allowed to enter but not allowed to operate," referring to the situation where businesses are approved for registration but face difficulties in obtaining necessary permits to operate), facilitating enterprises in handling matters such as changes, cancellations, transfers, and "individual to enterprise" transformations.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 军 刘军国 郭雪岩
Power plants, releasing new explorations into energy transformation. Zhoushan LHD Ocean Tidal Energy Power Station (舟山LHD海洋潮流能发电站) builds "windmills" on the seabed and independently constructs generating units, so that the ebb and flow of seawater can also be transformed into "green electricity";
Factories, forging a strong impetus for industrial transformation. Huzhou's "Transformation Finance Loan" helps Hongchang Aluminum (鸿昌铝业) to transform its production line, saving energy and improving efficiency, adding new vitality to traditional industries;
Parks, gathering great potential for carbon emission transformation. Hangzhou Cocoon SPACE Industrial Park (杭州茧SPACE产业园) replaces carbon with photovoltaic power generation, reduces carbon through equipment transformation, fixes carbon through resource recycling, and facilitates carbon trading through purchasing carbon sinks, transforming the park from 1,771 tons of carbon emissions per year to "zero carbon."
In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Zhejiang (浙江): "Unswervingly promote the green transformation of the development mode and establish and improve an economic system of green, low-carbon, and circular development."
Industrial upgrading, energy transformation, and institutional innovation, Zhejiang (浙江) is increasing the "gold content" of growth by increasing the "green content" of development. Walking on the land of Zhejiang (之江大地), the "transformation" of green is visible everywhere.
"Transformation" lies in transformation and upgrading.
On the coast of the East China Sea (东海之滨), wind blades turn high. Between the reflections of photovoltaic panels, 200,000-ton container ships slowly berth, and intelligent trucks shuttle in an orderly manner... Green and wisdom are intertwined on the coastline of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Meishan Port Area (宁波舟山港梅山港区). In the first seven months of this year, the container throughput of Meishan Port Area (梅山港区) was 7.4782 million TEUs, an increase of 14.66% year-on-year.
In June, with the grid connection of the last 6.25 MW wind turbine, the Meishan Port Area (梅山港区) wind-solar-storage integrated project was fully put into operation. Since 2024, it has generated more than 40 million kWh of electricity, equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by about 24,000 tons, supporting the strong pulse of the world-class port.
"The electrification coverage rate of large equipment in the port area reaches 100%." Chen Zihao (陈子豪), a power supply and distribution technician in the port area, said that the electrification rate of trucks is expected to exceed 80% this year. Around the source-end clean energy, terminal electrification, and intelligent regulation, Ningbo Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港)'s green engine is upgraded again.
Going north along the coastline, the transformation and upgrading of Jiaxing Port Area (嘉兴港区) relies on "hydrogen" power.
Hydrogen-powered trucks with white, blue, and green paint shuttle between the storage yard and the terminal. "The port area has put into operation 100 hydrogen-powered trucks, which saves about 3 million yuan in costs and reduces carbon emissions by about 5,000 tons per year compared with traditional fuel vehicles." Cheng Xuan (程暄), deputy director of the Engineering Technology Department of Zhejiang Seaport Jiaxing Port Co., Ltd. (浙江海港嘉兴港务有限公司), introduced that hydrogen-powered trucks do not consume energy due to repeated braking, which is especially suitable for port operations; the nearby chemical industry provides abundant industrial by-product hydrogen, which can be directly transported to the port area hydrogen refueling station through pipelines.
Jiaxing Port Area (嘉兴港区) is actively developing the hydrogen energy industry, forming a complete industrial chain of "production, storage, transportation, refueling, and utilization," and actively exploring application scenarios. Soon, a 64-TEU hydrogen fuel-powered container ship will be launched, and the green transformation of transportation will be accelerated.
"Taking the green transformation and upgrading of industries as the top priority." Traditional industries are accelerating towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, and green productivity is constantly activated.
"Transformation" lies in replacing old industries with new ones.
In Shangyu District (上虞区), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang Gepai Cobalt Industry New Materials Co., Ltd. (浙江格派钴业新材料有限公司) has just completed a new round of technological transformation. "The 2,000-ton high-performance electrodeposited cobalt technological transformation project will help us open up new tracks in aerospace." Wang Guanghui (王光辉), general manager of the company, said that the project site was originally a traditional chemical industrial park, and after secondary development, it has become a "cradle" for strategic emerging industries.
Shangyu (上虞), which started with the traditional chemical industry, began to replace old industries with new ones in 2017, implementing closure and elimination, production suspension and rectification, relocation to parks, and on-site transformation for inefficient, energy-consuming, and polluting enterprises.
"Replacing old industries with new ones is not a simple replacement, but a systematic reshaping." Hang Bo (杭波), deputy director of the Shangyu District Economic and Information Bureau (上虞区经信局), introduced that the local government has integrated land resources and built characteristic industrial parks, successively introducing emerging industries such as high-end equipment and new materials. In 2024, the output value of Shangyu (上虞)'s new materials industry exceeded 100 billion yuan.
From "creating space" to "revitalizing industries," Zhejiang (浙江) continues to promote the "replacing old industries with new ones and phoenix nirvana" of manufacturing.
In Changxing County (长兴县), Huzhou (湖州), after two rounds of rectification and upgrading, the industry has jumped from lead-acid batteries to new energy batteries, the number of enterprises has decreased from 175 to 16, and the output value has increased by 14 times; in Lishui Economic Development Zone (丽水经开区), 43 inefficient industrial enterprises were repurchased or disposed of last year, and 716 mu of industrial land was revitalized, using small and refined projects to "thread the needle," and green manufacturing is accelerating.
"Promote the strategic adjustment of the economic structure and the fundamental transformation of the growth mode" "Show the courage of a strong man to break his wrist and get rid of the dependence on extensive growth." A large number of "talented birds" are taking off, and advanced manufacturing clusters are accelerating their cultivation.
"Transformation" lies in turning waste into treasure.
"Eating" straw and "spitting" out green energy. Straw, citrus peel, fallen leaves... These common wastes are being "reversed" into bio-based fuels, helping to reduce carbon emissions.
Walking into the laboratory of the Bio-based Chemicals Research Institute of Zhejiang University Quzhou Research Institute (浙江大学衢州研究院生物基化学品研究所), reactors, fixed beds, and other equipment are operating in an orderly manner. Li Zhenglong (李正龙), the head of the research institute, is guiding the team to carry out research on "straw to aviation fuel."
"Straw has great potential and broad application prospects." Li Zhenglong (李正龙) introduced that in addition to aviation fuel, straw can also be turned into agricultural mulch film and special paper. The team has independently designed and built a pilot-scale amplification device to explore more high-value ways to utilize straw.
Technological innovation empowers, and "ecological burdens" become bio-based materials and bio-based energy. Agricultural waste is rejuvenated, and garbage in the sea is also successfully "brought ashore."
Plastic bottles are 0.2 yuan each, and old fishing nets are 5 yuan per kilogram... Wang (王), a resident of Dachen Island (大陈岛) in Taizhou (台州), can earn more than 1,000 yuan a month by picking up marine plastic waste.
In response to the difficult problem of marine plastic management, the "Blue Circulation" marine plastic waste management model has opened up channels for resource recycling and reuse, allowing discarded fishing gear and plastic bottles to be turned into clothing, stationery, and mobile phone cases, greatly increasing the "value" of marine waste. As of now, through this model, Zhejiang (浙江) has cumulatively recycled 58,000 tons of marine plastic waste, reducing carbon emissions by 52,200 tons.
"Accelerate the cultivation and expansion of green and low-carbon industries, and actively develop green technologies and green products." Promoting green, low-carbon, and circular development at a high level, Zhejiang (浙江) has formed a number of再生资源 (zài shēng zī yuán - "renewable resources," materials that can be recycled) industries with an output value of 10 billion yuan, and green production and lifestyles have become a trend.
Green development is the underlying color of high-quality development, and new quality productivity itself is green productivity. Leading the transformation of development mode and economic structure with the transformation of development concepts, adhering to the path of ecological priority and green and low-carbon development, the "green" tide is surging and vitality is surging in the land of Zhejiang (之江大地), "transforming" towards the future.
(Our reporter Wang Pingping (王萍萍) participated in the writing)
Return to TopRecently, in Jiange County (剑阁县), Sichuan Province, tourists enjoyed a Sichuan Opera face-changing performance.
Jiange County (剑阁县) utilizes the area in front of the high-speed railway station plaza and underground passages to create a nighttime cultural tourism consumption area that integrates Three Kingdoms culture and Shu Road culture. With nighttime tours, nighttime food, and nighttime entertainment as highlights, it links "cultural performances + immersive blocks + trendy play experiences" to attract tourists to visit and experience.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宦 翔 曲 颂 章凯风
Protecting the ecological environment and promoting green development are the consensus of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries. In recent years, China has strengthened exchanges and cooperation with other SCO member states in the field of green development, helping the sustainable economic and social development of various countries and promoting the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. The SCO is taking practical actions to transform the consensus on green development into concrete results, making "SCO contributions" to global green development.
Using Experience Sharing to Enhance Ecological and Environmental Welfare
In the saline-alkali land of the Aral Sea coastal area in Nukus (努库斯) city, Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦), cotton fields stretch out, and the cotton on the branches is growing well. This is the "Photovoltaic + Cotton Water and Fertilizer Integration" planting experimental demonstration zone jointly built by Chinese enterprises and the Aral Sea International Innovation Center (咸海国际创新中心) of Uzbekistan.
The Aral Sea (咸海), located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, straddling Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) and Uzbekistan, was once the fourth largest lake in the world. Since the 1960s, the area of the Aral Sea has shrunk by more than 90%, and the dried-up lakebed has formed a desert area of more than 50,000 square kilometers. The Aral Sea has become a heartbreaking "Tear of Central Asia."
Over the years, Chinese and Uzbek scientists have worked together to explore solutions to the Aral Sea ecological crisis. The two sides signed an Aral Sea ecological management agreement and built a water-saving cotton field demonstration area. Wang Ping (王平), the Chinese technical负责人 (zhèng gāo jí gōng chéng shī - "senior engineer"), from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (新疆生态与地理研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), told reporters that China's planting and water-saving irrigation technology has increased local cotton production by more than two times. The promotion of this technology is expected to greatly increase crop yields, improve the livelihoods of local cotton farmers, and alleviate the Aral Sea ecological crisis. Habibullaev (哈比布拉耶夫), director of the Aral Sea International Innovation Center, said: "China has accumulated rich technologies and experience in desertification prevention and control, water-saving agriculture, and other fields. We hope to continue to strengthen cooperation with China to promote the in-depth and practical ecological management of the region."
In Mongolia (蒙古国), the China-Mongolia Desertification Prevention and Control Cooperation Center (中蒙荒漠化防治合作中心) deeply participates in Mongolia's "Billion Trees Plan" (十亿棵树计划) by assisting in the construction of ecological protection and restoration demonstration areas, promoting China's mature tree planting, afforestation, and sand control technologies and models, and carrying out cooperation in sandstorm monitoring and early warning; in Kazakhstan, China and Kazakhstan cooperate to carry out the construction of ecological barriers in the capital circle. The two sides jointly compiled technical regulations and built a 23-hectare ecological barrier experimental demonstration base, with a promotion and application area of 10,000 hectares... China has successfully embarked on a road of desertification prevention and control with Chinese characteristics, actively sharing technologies and experience with all parties in the SCO, and working together to carry out desertification management.
In July this year, the China-Central Asia Desertification Prevention and Control Cooperation Center (中国—中亚荒漠化防治合作中心) was inaugurated in Ningxia (宁夏); in the same month, a delegation composed of officials and agricultural and forestry experts from the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦生态和自然资源部) visited Ningxia to learn about local sand control technologies and experience. Maksat Yelemesov (马克萨特·叶列梅索夫), Vice Chairman of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan, said: "China's achievements in desertification control are admirable, especially the innovative measures in grass checkerboard technology, drought-resistant plant breeding, and characteristic industries in sandy areas, which are worth learning from."
2025 is the "SCO Year of Sustainable Development." Since China took over as the rotating presidency, it has implemented a number of activities in the field of green development, shared successful experiences in green development with SCO member states, strengthened exchanges and cooperation in the field of green development, promoted the implementation of the Global Development Initiative (全球发展倡议) and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (联合国2030年可持续发展议程), and continuously enhanced the SCO's momentum for development.
Using Energy Cooperation to Enhance Green Development Momentum
On the green grasslands of Kazakhstan, as far as the eye can see, wind turbines stand on the vast horizon. This is the Akmola Wind Power Project Cluster (阿克莫拉风电项目群) invested and constructed by Chinese enterprises in the local area.
According to reports, the project cluster has a total installed capacity of 221 megawatts, which can supply 843 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity to the local area every year, saving 278,300 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 686,600 tons. The project cluster's wind turbines and monitoring control and data acquisition systems all use Chinese equipment, which can adapt to the local climate characteristics of long winters and frequent extremely cold weather, and effectively reduce operation and maintenance costs, strongly promoting Kazakhstan's energy transition and local people's livelihood improvement.
Energy cooperation is one of the priority directions for cooperation within the SCO framework. SCO countries actively introduce renewable energy development strategies and set emission reduction targets and medium- and long-term renewable energy development goals based on their own national conditions and development needs. The "China-SCO Renewable Energy Cooperation Report 2024" shows that SCO countries contribute half of the world's renewable energy installed capacity; as of the end of 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy power generation in SCO countries reached 2.31 billion kilowatts, which is 14.5 times the amount at the beginning of the organization's establishment, accounting for about 50% of the world's total. In 2024, the newly installed capacity of renewable energy in SCO countries was 420 million kilowatts, accounting for about 72% of the world's newly installed renewable energy capacity, of which China contributed more than 370 million kilowatts.
Rashid Alimov (拉希德·阿利莫夫), former Secretary-General of the SCO, said that SCO countries advocate the widespread use of renewable and alternative energy sources, adopt various more cost-effective and environmentally friendly technologies, and promote energy security and energy transition.
In recent years, China and other SCO countries have made significant progress in cooperation in photovoltaic, wind power, hydropower units, nuclear power, smart grids, and clean and efficient utilization of traditional energy. China invests in photovoltaic and wind power generation in Central Asia, exports equipment and technology, and trains local talent. Chinese new energy vehicles are also very popular.
The Gobustan Photovoltaic Power Station (戈布斯坦光伏电站) built by Chinese enterprises is Azerbaijan's (阿塞拜疆) first large-scale new energy project, with an annual power generation capacity that can supply 110,000 local households and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 200,000 tons per year. New energy vehicles of common Chinese brands travel on the streets of Azerbaijan. Elnur Soltanov (埃尔努尔·索尔塔诺夫), Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, said that China's innovative breakthroughs in the field of green energy are remarkable, and Chinese brand electric vehicles have made positive contributions to promoting the green transformation of Azerbaijan's transportation system.
Using Biodiversity Protection to Share Green Development Achievements
China is one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world and one of the first parties to sign and ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity (生物多样性公约). China actively promotes ecological civilization construction, deepens exchanges and cooperation with other SCO countries, promotes green development through biodiversity protection, and shares green development achievements.
The snow leopard, known as the "King of the Snow Mountains," is distributed in the high mountain areas from Central Asia to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) and the Mongolian Plateau (蒙古高原). Many SCO member states are snow leopard habitats. SCO member states agreed to work together to protect the snow leopard species and the natural ecological system for their survival and reproduction. China has jointly promoted the implementation of the "Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program" (全球雪豹及其生态系统保护计划) with Kyrgyzstan (吉尔吉斯斯坦), Pakistan (巴基斯坦), and other countries, and has carried out a lot of effective work. In recent years, the number of wild snow leopard populations in China has continued to grow. Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (赛义德·古拉姆·穆斯塔法·沙), Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, said that the number of snow leopards in Pakistan is recovering, which is the result of cooperation and joint protection among SCO countries.
Overlooking Colombo (科伦坡), the capital of Sri Lanka (斯里兰卡), from a high altitude, a 3.7-kilometer-long semicircular artificial dam is like an arm, embracing the coast of the Colombo Port City (科伦坡港口城). Observed underwater, this breakwater is more like an "undersea garden" dotted with corals and fish. Here, Chinese enterprises have adopted a technically improved unique breakwater design to create suitable conditions for the natural growth of extremely picky corals. According to expert surveys and statistics, there are 73 species of corals and 114 species of fish, including endangered species such as the Napoleon wrasse, within the breakwater. Since 2024, Chinese and Sri Lankan expert teams have carried out a series of coral research cooperation to further enhance the "undersea garden," adding 68 new coral nursery groups and successfully cultivating more than 5,000 coral plants, continuously improving Sri Lanka's coral ecological research and protection level.
The Gulf of Iskenderun (伊斯肯德伦湾) in the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea is one of the important areas for the spawning and hatching of endangered green sea turtles and vulnerable loggerhead sea turtles. Not far away is the Hunutlu Power Plant (胡努特鲁电厂) jointly developed and constructed by China and Turkey (土耳其). The Chinese enterprise operating the power plant prioritizes ecological protection and chose a more expensive optimization plan at the beginning of the construction design to leave a passage for sea turtle reproduction. Data show that the natural reproduction of sea turtles has not been affected by the power plant. Local sea turtle protection expert Oğuz Türkozan (奥伍兹·图尔克赞) said, "According to the data currently available, the number of sea turtles in the relevant area remains stable, which is inseparable from the power plant's efforts to protect them."
From the sharing of experience in preventing and controlling desertification to the win-win cooperation of clean energy, and then to the collaborative protection of rare species... China and other SCO countries work together to carry out green cooperation, promote regional ecological improvement and global environmental governance, jointly build the foundation of ecological civilization, jointly take the road of green development, protect the green earth home, and build a cleaner and more beautiful future for mankind.
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Tianjin Summit will be held from August 31st to September 1st. More than 20 national leaders and heads of 10 international organizations will attend the summit-related activities. The Tianjin Summit will be the largest summit in the history of the SCO and will surely be a grand event of unity, friendship, and fruitful results. Since its establishment 24 years ago, the SCO has always advocated the "Shanghai Spirit" of "mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and pursuit of common development." Its influence and attractiveness have continued to expand, and it has become the world's largest regional international organization in terms of area and population. China, as the rotating chair of the SCO from 2024 to 2025, has so far held more than 100 important activities, effectively promoting the "hard connectivity," "soft connectivity," and "heart connectivity" among SCO member states.
Azerbaijan became a dialogue partner of the SCO in 2016 and is an important member of the "SCO family." China and Azerbaijan maintain close cooperation within the SCO. Azerbaijan has provided strong support for China's work as the rotating chair, sending high-level representatives to attend various activities hosted by China, such as the SCO Political Parties Forum, the SCO Energy Ministers Meeting, the 2025 SCO People's Friendship Forum and Friendship Cities Forum, and the SCO National Green Development Forum. China is pleased to see Azerbaijan's in-depth participation in cooperation in various fields of the SCO and has repeatedly stated clearly in bilateral political documents its support for Azerbaijan to enhance its legal status in the SCO.
On April 23 this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (阿利耶夫), who was in China for a state visit, and jointly announced the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, opening a new chapter in all-round cooperation between the two countries. China and Azerbaijan's mutual support and close cooperation within the SCO framework is a vivid manifestation of the implementation of the important consensus of the two heads of state and is also the due meaning of promoting the "Shanghai Spirit." The two sides empower regional cooperation with high-level political mutual trust and high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," contributing to the construction of the "five common homelands" of unity and mutual trust, peace and security, prosperity and development, good-neighborliness and friendship, and fairness and justice with the strength of China and Azerbaijan.
China and Azerbaijan are working together to strengthen unity and mutual trust. The two countries actively practice the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, and have always firmly supported each other on issues involving sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, respecting each other's independent choice of development path, and setting a model of equal treatment, mutual assistance, and mutual benefit and win-win results between large and small countries.
China and Azerbaijan are working together to maintain peace and security. The two sides firmly implement the Global Security Initiative, continuously deepen security cooperation, jointly prevent the "three forces," support the political settlement of hotspot issues, resolutely oppose external forces interfering in internal affairs, and make constructive contributions to promoting international and regional peace and stability.
China and Azerbaijan are working together to promote prosperity and development. The two countries are working hard to implement the Global Development Initiative and have achieved a series of cooperation results in investment, trade, clean energy, digital economy, and other fields, actively promoting the construction of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, and playing an important role in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and ensuring the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain.
China and Azerbaijan are working together to consolidate good-neighborly friendship. The two countries jointly implement the Global Civilization Initiative, carry out in-depth cultural, educational, tourism, local, think tank, and other people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, inherit the "Silk Road Spirit," enhance people-to-people connectivity, and transcend civilizational estrangement with civilizational exchanges and transcend civilizational conflicts with civilizational mutual learning.
China and Azerbaijan are working together to defend fairness and justice. Both sides are important members of the Global South, hold the same or similar positions on major international and regional issues, advocate maintaining the international system with the United Nations as the core, oppose hegemonism and power politics, advocate true multilateralism, and are the backbone force in defending international fairness and justice.
大道不孤，众行致远 (dà dào bù gū, zhòng xíng zhì yuǎn - "A just cause finds great support," a great road is not lonely if many walk it together; meaning that a righteous path will attract many followers and lead to a bright future). China is willing to work with the vast number of SCO countries, including Azerbaijan, to firmly promote the "Shanghai Spirit," further deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, unite and cooperate in a turbulent world, move forward side by side on the road to modernization, and work together to build a better SCO community with a shared future.
(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Azerbaijan)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢亚宏
From November 1937 to early 1941, during the difficult times of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Volunteer Group in China fought the Japanese invaders in Nanjing (南京), Wuhan (武汉), Chongqing (重庆) and other places, becoming a vivid portrayal of the two countries joining hands against fascism. Soviet Air Force Lieutenant General Alexei Blagoveshchensky (阿列克谢·布拉戈维申斯基), commander of the Soviet Volunteer Group in China, was one of them. Recently, Blagoveshchensky's nephew, Vladimir Nosov (弗拉基米尔·诺索夫), was interviewed by a reporter from this newspaper, recounting that historical story of sharing weal and woe.
After the Lugou Bridge Incident (卢沟桥事变) broke out in July 1937, Blagoveshchensky volunteered to come to China to participate in the war, serving as the captain of a fighter squadron. He was extremely brave in battle, and with his bushy beard, he was affectionately called "Zhang Fei (张飞)" Captain by his Chinese colleagues. From December 1937 to August 1938, Blagoveshchensky shot down 7 enemy planes alone and 16 enemy planes with his teammates in cities such as Nanchang (南昌) and Wuhan (武汉). Due to his outstanding performance in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" and the Order of Lenin, among others. In 1985, Blagoveshchensky and other Soviet pilots revisited Wuhan (武汉), where they met their Chinese comrades who had fought the enemy together, and they maintained contact with each other ever since.
Nosov (诺索夫) took over the baton of this combat friendship. Nosov's (诺索夫) family has preserved many archival materials from Blagoveshchensky's (布拉戈维申斯基) service period. Nosov (诺索夫) jointly initiated the establishment of China's first "Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team Exhibition Hall" in Wuhan (武汉), and has cooperated with the Chinese side many times to hold activities in China and Russia. Nosov (诺索夫) said that his father participated in the Soviet Patriotic War, and his uncle Blagoveshchensky (布拉戈维申斯基), while fighting in China, witnessed the enormous damage caused by Japanese air raids on cities such as Wuhan (武汉). The heinous crimes of the fascists as aggressors are irrefutable and 罄竹难书 (qìng zhú nán shū - "exhaust bamboo write," too numerous to record).
"The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) adhered to the mass line in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, established the anti-Japanese national united front with an uncompromising stance, won the heartfelt support of the broad masses of the people, and made great contributions to the final victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War," Nosov (诺索夫) told reporters. "My joint commemorative activities with the Chinese side are to hope that the younger generation will remember the original face of history and resolutely fight against the attempts of some countries to tamper with the history of World War II."
In September 2015, Nosov (诺索夫) and other descendants of Soviet veterans who aided China were invited to Harbin (哈尔滨) to participate in the commemorative activities for the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He noted that Chinese partners, visitors, and others were very familiar with the history of Soviet-Chinese cooperation in fighting against the invaders, had deep respect for the deceased martyrs, and that the Soviet Martyrs' Memorial sites in many parts of China were also well maintained. Nosov (诺索夫) said: "We appreciate the Chinese side's firm attitude in safeguarding historical memory, and other descendants of veterans are also active on the front lines of Russian-Chinese friendship, maintaining contact with the descendants of my uncle Blagoveshchensky's (布拉戈维申斯基) Chinese comrades, hoping to pass on the friendship forged by our ancestors with their lives."
In May of this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) paid a state visit to Russia and attended the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Great Patriotic War. Nosov (诺索夫) carefully read President Xi Jinping's (习近平) signed article entitled "Drawing Lessons from History and Creating the Future Together" published on the occasion of his visit to Moscow. He told reporters: "President Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote, 'China and Russia are both great countries with splendid civilizations, and the Chinese and Russian peoples are both great peoples with heroic bloodlines,' which impressed me deeply. Russia and China have a high degree of mutual trust and set an example in adhering to the correct view of the history of World War II and safeguarding the post-war international order. We look forward to Russia and China creating the future on the basis of remembering history and safeguarding fairness and justice on the international stage."
Nosov (诺索夫), who has visited China many times, has witnessed China's rapid development. He said: "The current China has undoubtedly undergone earth-shaking changes compared to more than 80 years ago. China understands that peace is hard-won, always adheres to an independent and peaceful foreign policy, and is committed to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The current global uncertainty is increasing, and China's determination is even more valuable."
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China's sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea are rooted in a long history and forged in the international order tempered by war. China's will to defend its territorial sovereignty is unwavering, and its will to safeguard the post-war international order is unwavering.
Over the long river of time, the South China Sea has seen stories of freedom of navigation, smooth trade, technology dissemination, and ideological integration unfold day after day. In this historical process, China's sovereignty over the South China Sea Islands and its related rights and interests in the South China Sea have been established, with full historical and legal basis.
In the early 20th century, Western powers intensified their aggression against China and Southeast Asia and began to covet the Nansha Islands (南沙群岛). However, the aggressive actions of the powers were unanimously opposed by the Chinese government and people. Before and after the outbreak of World War II, Japan gradually occupied most of China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea. On December 1, 1943, the governments of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom issued the Cairo Declaration, announcing that the purpose of the three countries was to have Japan return to China the territories it had stolen from China, such as Northeast China, Taiwan (台湾), and the Penghu Islands (澎湖列岛). The Potsdam Proclamation, issued on July 26, 1945, explicitly required that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be implemented."
After Japan's defeat, the Chinese government dispatched senior military and political officials on the warships "Yongxing" (永兴), "Zhongjian" (中建), "Taiping" (太平), and "Zhongye" (中业) to the Xisha Islands (西沙群岛) and Nansha Islands (南沙群岛) from November to December 1946 to hold ceremonies, re-establish sovereignty monuments, and station troops. Based on the re-geographical survey of the South China Sea Islands, the Chinese government organized the compilation of the *Gazetteer of the South China Sea Islands* in 1947, reviewed and approved the *Comparison Table of New and Old Names of the South China Sea Islands*, and drew the *Map of the Location of the South China Sea Islands* marked with the discontinuous line in the South China Sea.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. As the main battlefield in the East and a major victorious country in the World Anti-Fascist War, China has made huge sacrifices and decisive contributions to the victory of the war and the establishment of the post-war international order. China is not a passive recipient of the post-war international order, but one of the creators and defenders of this order. The Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation are important legal documents constituting the post-war international order and have indisputable international legal effect. According to relevant documents, Japan must return the Chinese territory it stole to China.
China has painful historical memories of the infringement of its territorial sovereignty. China, which has developed, has never "**以大欺小**" (yǐ dà qī xiǎo - "the big bully the small," the strong oppressing the weak), and will never allow individual countries to "**以小讹大**" (yǐ xiǎo é dà - "the small blackmail the big," the weak blackmailing the strong) in the South China Sea. China's sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea are rooted in a long history and forged in the international order tempered by war. The South China Sea issue is not only related to China's sovereignty, security and development interests, but also to whether the principles of justice, the spirit of the rule of law and the concept of peace established by the post-war international order can be truly practiced. China's will to defend its territorial sovereignty is unwavering, and its will to safeguard the post-war international order is unwavering. At the same time, China has always been committed to working with the directly involved countries to eliminate interference from outside the region, manage maritime differences, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly explore effective ways to resolve disputes in a peaceful manner that are in line with historical reality, based on international law, and truly make the South China Sea a sea of peace, a sea of friendship, and a sea of cooperation.
(The author is the Director of the Institute for Regional and Country Studies, China Institute for South China Sea Studies (中国南海研究院).)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25th (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with South Korean President's Special Envoy Park Byeong-seug (朴炳锡) in Beijing (北京) on the 24th.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that after the inauguration of the new South Korean government, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) had a phone call and reached important consensus on promoting the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level, pointing out the direction for the development of bilateral relations in the next step. The two sides should adhere to the original aspiration of establishing diplomatic relations, firmly adhere to the direction of friendship, expand common interests, improve national sentiment, and properly handle sensitive issues.
Park Byeong-seug (朴炳锡) asked Wang Yi (王毅) to forward President Lee Jae-myung's (李在明) letter to President Xi Jinping (习近平), stating that the new South Korean government is willing to promote the South Korea-China strategic cooperative partnership back on track. The South Korean side has always respected the one-China principle and is willing to develop relations with major powers such as China in parallel.
Return to TopBeijing, August 25th (Reporter Liu Yang (刘阳)) As the twenty-fifth meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (上海合作组织) (SCO) is about to be held, the "2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation National Cultural Exchange Activities," co-sponsored by China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the SCO Secretariat (上海合作组织秘书处), was held in Beijing (北京) on the 25th. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov (扎帕罗夫) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (夏巴兹) sent congratulatory letters, wishing the event a complete success.
At the event, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation National Media Cooperation Mechanism was launched, and the "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation National Media Cooperation Mechanism Initiative" was released, advocating that SCO national media should deepen cooperation to build consensus on development, take practical actions to share media responsibilities, and enhance mutual understanding and affinity through cultural exchanges.
At the event, China Media Group (中国中央广播电视总台) and the Kazakhstan Radio and Television Complex under the President (哈萨克斯坦总统广播电视综合体) jointly launched the "Silk Road Star" cooperation project. The project is the first music project jointly participated by singers from Central Asian countries, the Caucasus region, and China. CMG (中国中央广播电视总台) CGTN (中国国际电视台) has joined hands with mainstream media from SCO countries to launch the media event "Together Watch China: Harmony Journey."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Tianjin, August 25th (Reporters Li Kun (李鲲) and Song Rui (宋瑞)) - Reporters learned from the official website of the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit Press Center that the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit Press Center will officially open on August 28, 2025, at 8:00 AM.
In order to better serve journalists reporting on the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, the summit has established a press center in Hall S2 of the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center (天津梅江国际会展中心), Phase II. It includes functional areas such as a comprehensive service area, a media public work area, a media dedicated work area, a press conference area, a radio and television technical service area, a science and technology culture interactive display area, and a media catering and tea break area, providing all-round services such as radio and television, press releases, official images, summit information, science and technology culture display, catering, and transportation.
On the 25th, the official website of the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit Press Center (https://scochn2025.cn/) was officially launched. From now on, the press center will continue to publish the latest news about the summit on the website.
The press center will also arrange five city visit activities from August 28th to August 30th, and registered journalists are welcome to sign up to participate.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 25th (Reporter Li Qiang (李强)) A new book launch and international academic seminar commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held in Beijing (北京) on the 25th. At the meeting, the Chinese and foreign language versions of two academic works, "The Japanese War of Aggression Against China and Its Post-War Legacy, Problems and Impacts" and "Facts and Truths - Interpreting the Second Sino-Japanese War," were released. Approximately 70 experts and scholars from more than 10 research institutes and universities in China and Japan (日本) attended the meeting.
The two works, led by the Institute of Japanese Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院日本研究所), conduct multi-faceted and interdisciplinary research on the Japanese War of Aggression Against China and its post-war legacy issues. The books use detailed historical materials and rigorous argumentation to reveal the aggressive nature of Japanese militarism, the far-reaching harm of war crimes, and the complex impact of post-war legacy issues.
Zhao Zhimin (赵志敏), Secretary-General and member of the Party Leadership Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), stated that the publication and distribution of relevant works in multiple languages provides academic support for revealing historical truths, clarifying fallacies, and refuting erroneous historical views in the international community.
The experts and scholars attending the meeting stated that restoring the truth is the minimum respect for history. Reviewing the war is to consolidate the achievements of victory, safeguard international justice, and defend the hard-won peace and tranquility.
Return to TopPretoria, South Africa, August 25 (Reporter Dai Kairan (戴楷然)) On the 25th, the South African Institute of International Affairs held a seminar in Pretoria (比勒陀利亚), the administrative capital of South Africa, on the theme of "Strengthening Global Trade Cooperation in the Face of Rising Protectionism: Can South-South Cooperation Be the Answer?" Participants discussed topics such as the global trade system, African continental integration, and the prospects for China-Africa cooperation.
Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, said that under cooperation mechanisms such as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, China has helped African countries improve infrastructure and enhance connectivity, which is of great significance to the African continental integration process.
Nomalungelo Ginindza-Mabuza, Deputy Director-General of Trade at the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, said that China's announced zero-tariff policies and other measures not only provide markets for African products, but also help African countries build local value chains. South Africa looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China in agriculture, automobile manufacturing and other fields.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nairobi, August 25th dispatch (Reporter Huang Weixin (黄炜鑫)) Victoria (维多利亚) news: The 2nd Seychelles China Film Festival opened on the 22nd in Victoria (维多利亚), the capital of Seychelles (塞舌尔). Chinese Ambassador to Seychelles Lin Nan (林楠), Seychelles Minister of Health Vido (维多), Minister of Education Valentin (瓦朗坦), Commander of the Defense Forces Rosette (罗塞特) and other dignitaries, as well as about 180 local people attended.
Lin Nan (林楠) said that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and China has made a great contribution to the victory of the war. The film festival premiered with the documentary "The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru" to jointly remember history and 以史为鉴 (yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn - "take history as a mirror," to learn from history). It is hoped that the people of Seychelles (塞舌尔) will learn more about China through the film and jointly promote the development of bilateral relations.
Seychelles (塞舌尔) National Heritage and Arts Council Secretary Andre (安德烈) said that the event will help promote mutual understanding and pragmatic cooperation between the two peoples.
The event is sponsored by the China National Film Administration (中国国家电影局), the Chinese Embassy in Seychelles (中国驻塞舌尔大使馆), and the Seychelles (塞舌尔) National Heritage and Arts Council, and co-organized by the China Film Archive (中国电影资料馆). It will last until mid-September.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邱超奕 姜晓丹 李 蕊
The employment of college graduates and other young people is related to people's livelihood, economic development, and the future of the country. This year, the number of college graduates in China has reached a record high of 12.22 million. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) is focusing on implementing the employment service campaign for college graduates and other young people, focusing on publicizing service lists, carrying out precise services, pushing job information, organizing training and internships, and providing assistance to those in need.
The 2025 employment service campaign for college graduates and other young people started in July and will continue until December. What services have been launched in various regions and departments, and what results have been achieved? The reporter conducted interviews.
Connecting the dots, precisely matching needs
"After graduating from university, I submitted more than 30 resumes, but I never found a suitable position, and I was unemployed at home for a while." Chen Jia (陈佳), who lives in Yuecheng District (越城区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, said that when she was anxious and confused, the human resources and social security platform of Gaobu Street (皋埠街道) in Yuecheng District called her and recommended several job opportunities based on her major and job search intentions. Now, Chen Jia (陈佳) works as an administrative specialist in a manufacturing company: "Thank you to the platform for helping me find a satisfactory job. The company I work for now is close to home, and I can also enjoy government talent subsidies."
"We will call college graduates who have not yet found employment in our jurisdiction one by one to communicate, provide job recommendations, career introductions, policy publicity, and other services." Meng Donglan (孟东蓝), a staff member of the Yuecheng District (越城区) Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, introduced that Yuecheng District (越城区) has helped nearly 2,000 graduates find employment.
Since the beginning of this year, Shaoxing City (绍兴市) has included college graduates who have not yet found employment in the "Key Group Employment Assistance Online" digital platform to provide assistance to more than 7,300 local graduates; more than 290 college graduate recruitment activities have been held, reaching employment intentions for more than 40,000 people.
In order to fully promote the employment of college graduates and other young people, human resources and social security departments in various regions have introduced a series of measures to connect the employment supply and demand sides and achieve precise matching. Establish a real-name ledger for registered unemployed college graduates, and proactively contact them to understand their job search intentions and needs; intensively hold a series of online and offline recruitment activities such as the Hundred Days and Ten Million Recruitment Campaign, the National Urban Joint Recruitment Campaign, the Golden Autumn Recruitment Month, and the State Recruitment Action to provide graduates with sufficient job information; focus on low-income families, zero-employment families, families monitored to prevent returning to poverty, and disabled and other disadvantaged graduates, carry out paired assistance, formulate personalized assistance plans, prioritize job recommendations, prioritize organizing training and internships, and prioritize providing career guidance to achieve "**一帮到底、不落一人**" (yī bāng dào dǐ, bù luò yī rén - "help to the end, leave no one behind," to provide comprehensive and continuous support to ensure everyone benefits).
Taking multiple measures to actively stabilize and expand employment
Since the beginning of this year, the majority of enterprises have played an active and proactive role in absorbing employment, taking multiple measures to stabilize and expand employment.
Huawei (华为) has opened more than 60 types of positions and plans to recruit more than 10,000 fresh graduates this year, with a year-on-year increase expected to be in the double digits; JD.com (京东) will provide more than 18,000 positions for 2025 graduates on the basis of providing more than 50,000 positions for students in school over 3 years... Behind this is the active efforts of various regions to increase job potential, increase support for enterprises, optimize recruitment services for enterprises, and strengthen recruitment and employment security.
"We hired 5 graduates this year, and the government gave the company a one-time job expansion subsidy of 1,000 yuan per person." The personnel manager of a supply chain technology company in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东) Province, said that the subsidy policy reduced the company's operating costs, effectively alleviated the company's employment pressure, and injected impetus into the development of private enterprises.
Guangdong (广东) Province issued a plan to guide small and medium-sized enterprises to stabilize and expand jobs. It is reported that in the first half of 2025, Guangzhou (广州) will fully promote the implementation of the one-time job expansion subsidy policy, with a cumulative distribution of 19.164 million yuan in one-time job expansion subsidy funds, driving the employment of more than 19,000 college graduates and unemployed youth.
Financial support for enterprises has been increased, and one-time job expansion subsidies and one-time increases in personnel and capital for state-owned enterprises have continued to be implemented... A series of support policies have been accelerated and implemented to give enterprises more support for stabilizing and expanding employment.
College graduates and other young people are the main force of innovation and entrepreneurship, and supporting their entrepreneurship is conducive to better leveraging the multiplier effect of entrepreneurship driving employment.
Since the beginning of this year, in order to create a good entrepreneurial environment for college graduates and other young people, human resources and social security departments in various regions have taken a variety of measures: increasing the implementation of the entrepreneurial guarantee loan policy, giving eligible college graduates and other young entrepreneurs government-subsidized loans of up to 300,000 yuan, giving small and micro enterprises loans of up to 4 million yuan, and college graduates and other young people who are starting a business for the first time can also apply for a one-time entrepreneurial subsidy if they meet the conditions; coordinating the construction of entrepreneurial incubation carriers and the construction of industrial parks to provide low-cost site support for graduates and other young entrepreneurs, and government-invested entrepreneurial carrier sites are preferentially provided to college graduates and other key groups free of charge; promoting entrepreneurial training camps, supporting localities to carry out characteristic entrepreneurial training, and implementing training subsidies; building entrepreneurial service outlets covering urban and rural areas, developing "entrepreneurial companion spaces" at the "doorstep", and providing all-round and full-cycle entrepreneurial services.
Strengthening training, skills illuminate the future
Recently, the State Council Employment Promotion and Labor Protection Leading Group issued guiding opinions on carrying out large-scale vocational skills improvement training actions, focusing on key groups such as college graduates to continuously strengthen vocational skills improvement training. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and others are also vigorously implementing the "Skills Illuminate the Future" training action.
Shandong (山东) innovatively launched the pilot work of the "Campus Micro-Training Skills to Promote Employment" project, anchoring the development needs of emerging industries such as the low-altitude economy, the digital economy, and the green economy, and carefully selected 85 "micro-training" projects in 43 provincial universities and technical colleges, focusing on developing courses with broad employment prospects such as drone driving and Internet marketing. Forty projects have been reviewed and started, attracting more than 1,800 college students to actively participate.
Under the guidance of the Qingdao (青岛) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Qingdao Port Bay Vocational and Technical College (青岛港湾职业技术学院) was approved as a pilot unit for the project, and Wang Shengfa (王升法), a student of the college in 2023, is a beneficiary. Relying on the training resources provided by the school, Wang Shengfa (王升法) worked hard to train and successfully obtained a nationally recognized certificate. With this certificate full of "gold content" and his own excellent comprehensive qualities, Wang Shengfa (王升法) successfully joined the Qingdao Port (青岛港) team.
Various regions have organized special training on new formats and new occupations, and promoted job search ability training camps, involving resume writing, enterprise visits, on-the-job training, etc., which have effectively improved the job search and employment ability of college graduates.
In Liaoning (辽宁), with the "Skills Illuminate the Future Craftsmen Help Revitalization" training action as the traction, professional conversion training projects with a maximum length of 6 months are precisely created for eligible college graduates and other young people; in Jiangsu (江苏), new occupational training suitable for college graduates is developed, and the deep integration of industry, education, evaluation, and employment is promoted, and talents are customized and precisely trained in accordance with the "school-enterprise co-construction, cyclical training, and apprenticeship management" method; in Shaanxi (陕西), the "Vocational Training Enters the Campus" activity for college graduates is carried out, encouraging training institutions to enter the campus and carry out training closely related to job search and employment.
Uninterrupted and warm employment services will continue to deepen, promoting early and high-quality employment for college graduates and other young people.
This issue is coordinated by: Zhang Jiaying (张佳莹)
Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)
Return to TopBy: 周珊珊
"Super League" is hot, and "Gan Super League" is rising rapidly. On the field, fans and commentators often repeatedly mention the concept of "home court." Corresponding to "away game," "home court" games are often easier to play to one's advantage—familiar venues, fan support, and a warm atmosphere constitute a unique "aura" boost.
Stepping out of the arena, whether it is the trajectory of personal growth, the context of local development, or the journey of the times, all are playing out the deep logic of "home court."
For individuals, it is about finding the life coordinates of the "home court." Whether life is devoted to a "track" or heading towards the "wilderness," it is all about finding the roots of the "home court." Based on his job, Yuan Longping (袁隆平) devoted his life to the "dream of enjoying the cool under the rice," and Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) helped more than 2,000 girls change their destinies. Listening to the call of her heart, Zhong Fangrong (钟芳蓉), a girl from Hunan (湖南), applied for the "unpopular" archeology major with high scores and became a guardian of Dunhuang (敦煌) after graduation. The "home court" of life is a "spiritual home" that allows advantages to shine, synchronized with the needs of the times and traveling with one's own love.
For localities, it is about building a solid foundation for the development of the "home court." Different regions have different resource endowments and their own "home court advantages." However, the "home court advantage" is not immutable. Some places once prospered due to coal and flourished due to oil, but later faced the dilemma of resource depletion. Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), not only maintains the advantage of being the "world supermarket" but also leaps to become a global digital trade center, precisely because it continues to stage clothing changes. Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南), is neither a famous film city nor has a tradition of playwriting. How can it become a "micro-short drama town"? It lies in the innovative integration of transportation advantages, cultural heritage, and unique production models. This also inspires us that the true value of the "home court" is never about guarding the family property and 吃老本 (chī lǎo běn - "eat the old capital," to rest on one's laurels), but about accurately grasping the pulse of the times, accurately positioning oneself in the overall situation, and creating new advantages in transformation and upgrading.
On the sports field, if players are passive and slack, even the most familiar home court will suffer an upset; if players fight hard with enthusiasm, even the most unfamiliar away game may turn the tables against the wind. Gaining insights into the laws of victory and defeat from the home and away games of events can help us better think about how to transform the "home court advantage" into a winning advantage for development.
Taking the initiative is a connecting bridge. No matter how superior the home court is, if there is a lack of subjective initiative, one will only "hold the water tank and shout for thirst." Feng Ji (冯骥), the producer of *Black Myth: Wukong* (《黑神话：悟空》), chose Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), not only because of the Internet atmosphere and university resources, but also because it is a place "where you can calm down and do things." Hangzhou (杭州) has a "home court advantage," which benefits from the province's forward-looking layout of "Digital Zhejiang (数字浙江)" construction, and also comes from adhering to the service concept of "no disturbance if there is nothing, and response if there is a request" and active action. The home court advantage and proactive action complement each other, and the accumulation over time is a sure win.
A sense of ownership is the cornerstone. The distinction between "host" and "guest" lies in the uncompromising sense of responsibility. Some time ago, the story of Li Qian (李倩), the only female police officer in Motuo (墨脱), Tibet (西藏), went viral on social platforms. After more than four years of guarding the border, she has gone from novelty and unfamiliarity to steadfast dedication, saying "The place where I stand is China (中国)," and calling herself "not a guest of Motuo (墨脱)." Simple words express a strong sense of ownership and demonstrate the firm belief of ordinary people. Soaring in the ocean of science, strolling on the cultural highlands, dedicating oneself to the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside... The motherland is everyone's home court. Everyone strives to be the first and takes responsibility, which will surely make China's (中国) development flourish and China's (中国) story more exciting.
The home court is not elsewhere, but at our feet; the advantage is not God-given, but created. In Chinese-style modernization, everyone is a home court player. Embedding the coordinates of personal struggle into the latitude and longitude of national development, and writing a struggle answer sheet with "home court consciousness," there will be no mountains that cannot be overcome or obstacles that cannot be crossed.
Return to TopThe carbon market is an important policy tool for actively addressing climate change through market mechanisms and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. At present, China has established a national carbon emission trading market for key emission entities to fulfill mandatory emission reduction responsibilities and a national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market to incentivize voluntary emission reductions by society. In order to promote the construction of a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential national carbon market, with the consent of the Party Central Committee and the State Council (国务院), the following opinions are now put forward.
I. Overall Requirements
Guided by Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, fully implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Economic Thought and Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Ecological Civilization, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, balance the needs of green and low-carbon transformation and economic development, adhere to an effective market and a capable government, adhere to the basic positioning of the carbon market as a policy tool for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate the construction of a unified national carbon market, expand the scope of implementation and expand the participating entities in a planned and step-by-step manner, create a more fair, open, and transparent market environment, strive to achieve the optimal allocation efficiency and maximization of benefits of carbon emission resources, promote the deep transformation of traditional industries, cultivate and develop new quality productive forces, stimulate the endogenous driving force for green and low-carbon development of the whole society, and provide important support for actively and steadily promoting carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and building a beautiful China.
The main goals are: By 2027, the national carbon emission trading market will basically cover the main emission industries in the industrial field, and the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market will achieve full coverage of key areas. By 2030, a national carbon emission trading market based on total quota control and a combination of free and paid allocation will be basically established, a national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market with integrity, transparency, unified methods, wide participation, and international alignment will be established, and a carbon pricing mechanism with obvious emission reduction effects, a sound rule system, and reasonable price levels will be formed.
II. Accelerate the Construction of a National Carbon Emission Trading Market
(1) Expand the coverage of the national carbon emission trading market. According to industry development status, contribution to carbon reduction and pollution reduction, data quality foundation, and carbon emission characteristics, expand the scope of covered industries and greenhouse gas types in an orderly manner.
(2) Improve the carbon emission quota management system. Establish a carbon emission quota management system with clear expectations and transparency, and maintain policy stability and continuity. Comprehensively consider economic and social development, industry characteristics, and low-carbon transformation costs to clarify the medium and long-term carbon emission quota control targets in the market. According to the national greenhouse gas emission control targets and the dual control requirements for carbon emissions, properly handle the relationship with energy security, industrial chain and supply chain security, and people's livelihood security, scientifically set the total quota, and gradually shift from intensity control to total control. By 2027, industries with relatively stable total carbon emissions will be given priority to implement total quota control. Steadily promote a combination of free and paid carbon emission quota allocation methods, and orderly increase the proportion of paid allocation. Establish a quota reserve and market adjustment mechanism to balance market supply and demand and enhance market stability and liquidity. Reasonably determine the proportion of carbon emission quota settlement offset by certified voluntary emission reductions.
(3) Strengthen guidance and supervision of carbon emission trading pilot markets. Coordinate the national carbon emission trading market and the carbon markets carried out by relevant local pilots. Existing carbon emission trading pilot markets should be built and operated in accordance with relevant requirements to help regional green and low-carbon transformation. Encourage carbon emission trading pilot markets to take the lead in expanding coverage, improving market adjustment mechanisms, innovating regulatory methods, and developing carbon finance in a healthy and orderly manner, and explore experience for the construction of the national carbon emission trading market. Establish a regular evaluation and exit mechanism, and no new local or regional carbon emission trading markets will be built.
III. Actively Develop a National Greenhouse Gas Voluntary Emission Reduction Trading Market
(4) Accelerate the construction of a voluntary emission reduction trading market. Establish a scientific and complete methodology system, accelerate the development of methodologies for key areas with significant sustainable development benefits, high social expectations, and both social and ecological benefits, and effectively serve social voluntary emission reduction and the realization of ecological product value. Strengthen the whole-chain management of voluntary emission reduction project development, validation, implementation, and emission reduction verification. Project owners, validation and verification agencies should abide by the principle of integrity, strictly implement the promised matters, and actively accept social supervision. Strengthen the overall management of national carbon emission reduction resources and standardize various voluntary emission reduction trading activities.
(5) Actively promote the application of certified voluntary emission reductions. Advocate and promote party and government agencies, enterprises, social organizations, etc., to actively use certified voluntary emission reductions to offset carbon emissions in green supply chain management, large-scale activities, fulfillment of social responsibilities, and green and low-carbon lifestyles. Party and government agencies and state-owned enterprises at all levels should play an exemplary role. Improve the rules for offsetting certified voluntary emission reductions, improve international recognition, and actively serve the international compliance and product carbon neutrality of relevant industries and enterprises.
IV. Focus on Enhancing the Vitality of the Carbon Market
(6) Enrich trading products. Steadily promote financial institutions to explore and develop green financial products and services related to carbon emission rights and certified voluntary emission reductions, and increase support for greenhouse gas emission reduction. Establish and improve policies and systems such as carbon pledge and carbon repurchase, standardize financial activities related to carbon emission rights, and expand corporate carbon asset management channels. Establish and improve the carbon pricing mechanism with the national carbon market as the main body, and make full use of the price discovery function of the national carbon market to provide effective price signals for financial support for green and low-carbon development.
(7) Expand trading entities. Support banks and other financial institutions to carry out carbon pledge financing business in a standardized manner, steadily promote qualified financial institutions to participate in the national carbon market trading under the premise of complying with laws and regulations and controllable risks, and introduce other non-compliance entities at an appropriate time. The national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market will gradually introduce qualified natural persons to participate in the transaction.
(8) Strengthen market transaction supervision. Standardize the release of major policy information, improve market transaction risk prevention, early warning and disposal procedures, carry out price tracking and evaluation of the national carbon market, and promote the formation of reasonable transaction prices. Strengthen the supervision of trading behavior and severely crack down on behaviors that disrupt market order and manipulate the market. Establish a risk assessment, early warning and management system for the performance of key emission entities to prevent performance risks. Strengthen the supervision and management of carbon financial activities, guide financial institutions to do a good job in financial services in accordance with market-oriented and rule-of-law principles, and adhere to the bottom line of preventing systemic financial risks.
V. Comprehensively Strengthen Carbon Market Capacity Building
(9) Improve the management system and support system. Establish and improve a management system that is adapted to the development stage of the national carbon market, conducive to strengthening unified supervision and management, has clear powers and responsibilities, and operates efficiently. Strengthen the national carbon market management capacity building. Promote the construction of a full-chain, digital, and intelligent national carbon market management system, registration and registration system, and trading system, strengthen service functions, and ensure data security.
(10) Strengthen carbon emission accounting and reporting management. Improve the enterprise greenhouse gas emission reporting system. Combined with the construction of the national carbon market, accelerate the revision of the greenhouse gas accounting and reporting guidelines for key industries and enterprises, and transform them into national standards when conditions are mature. Implement classified management of carbon emission accounting, improve the accounting system based on emission factor methods, and explore carbon emission accounting based on automatic monitoring. Strengthen the allocation, use and management of key carbon emission measurement instruments, carry out verification or calibration in accordance with the law, formulate measurement technical specifications, and carry out carbon emission measurement review. Implement monthly storage of key parameters of key emission entities.
(11) Strictly standardize carbon emission verification. Improve the verification technical specifications for key industries, clarify the key points and requirements of verification, and standardize the verification process. Promote validation and verification agencies to strictly follow the principles of objectivity, independence, honesty, trustworthiness, fairness, impartiality, professionalism, and rigor, conduct comprehensive verification of carbon emissions, and ensure the accuracy and credibility of validation and verification results. The key emission entities that continue to maintain high quality in carbon emission reports can simplify verification in combination with the actual situation.
(12) Strengthen the whole-process supervision of carbon emission data quality. Consolidate the main responsibility of key emission entities for fulfilling carbon emission accounting and reporting, and promote enterprises to establish and improve internal management systems for carbon emission data quality. Local ecological environment and market supervision departments, together with relevant departments, strengthen the daily supervision and management of carbon emission data, and comprehensively use technologies such as big data, blockchain, and the Internet of Things to improve the level of supervision. Increase the investigation and punishment of illegal and irregular behaviors, and severely crack down on fraudulent behaviors.
(13) Strengthen the supervision of technical service institutions. Implement qualification management of certification institutions for verification agencies in the national carbon emission trading market, and clarify access conditions, codes of conduct, and exit mechanisms. Strengthen the management of carbon emission-related inspection and testing institutions, and establish a mechanism for clearing out violating institutions. Actively cultivate technical service industries such as consulting services, inspection and testing, and validation and verification, conduct regular evaluations, promote the healthy development of the third-party technical service market, and create more international professional service institutions. Promote technical service institutions to strengthen industry self-discipline management.
(14) Improve the information disclosure system. Key emission entities, registration and registration institutions, trading institutions, technical service institutions, financial institutions, etc., shall promptly disclose relevant information such as emissions, performance, transactions, and pledges in accordance with relevant requirements and accept social supervision. Establish a data sharing mechanism for carbon market-related departments. Strengthen credit supervision and management of key emission entities, technical service institutions, and financial institutions in accordance with the law.
VI. Strengthen Organizational Implementation and Guarantee
(15) Strengthen organizational leadership. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, all regions and relevant departments should combine their actual situation to grasp the implementation of these opinions. Party committees and governments at all levels should strengthen organizational leadership, actively promote green and low-carbon transformation, strengthen policy support for the construction and operation of the carbon market, strengthen supervision and management of key emission entities, and conscientiously do a good job in quota allocation, quota settlement, and data quality management for key emission entities in their respective regions. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) should strengthen the overall coordination, organization and implementation, and tracking and evaluation of carbon market construction, and systematically promote the implementation of tasks. Relevant departments should strengthen coordination and cooperation and regulatory guidance according to their respective responsibilities to form a joint force for work. Major matters should be reported to the Party Central Committee and the State Council (国务院) in a timely manner in accordance with procedures.
(16) Strengthen policy and legal support. Study and improve relevant laws and regulations to provide legal support for the construction of the carbon market. Carry out legislative research on the management of voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction transactions. Improve the long-term mechanism for the connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, carry out procuratorial public interest litigation in related fields in accordance with the law, and increase the joint crackdown on illegal and criminal acts in the carbon market. Improve the system of adjudication rules, and support administrative organs to perform their administrative regulatory duties in the carbon market in accordance with the law. Strengthen the policy coordination and system connection between the national carbon market and market-oriented mechanisms such as green electricity and green certificates. Formulate rules for registration and transaction fees for the national carbon market. Improve the national carbon market fund clearing mechanism and improve the efficiency of fund clearing. Reduce the institutional transaction costs of the carbon market.
(17) Deepen international exchanges and cooperation. Actively participate in the formulation of carbon market mechanism rules related to the Paris Agreement (巴黎协定) on climate change, and promote a global green and low-carbon just transition. Strengthen international consultations and dialogues. Strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of carbon markets, and promote international mutual recognition of technology, methods, standards, and data. Promote China's practices and experience in carbon market construction through multiple channels.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25) (新华社北京8月25日电)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), August 25th (Reporter Yang Shujun (杨淑君)) -- With the approval of the State Council (国务院), the 2025 Beijing Culture Forum, co-sponsored by the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), the Beijing Municipal Party Committee (北京市委), and the Beijing Municipal Government (北京市政府), will be held in Beijing (北京) from September 23rd to 24th.
The 2025 Beijing Culture Forum takes "Inheritance, Innovation, and Mutual Learning" as its permanent theme and "Integrated Development of Culture and Technology" as its annual theme. It will thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s cultural thought and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the forum, deeply practice the Global Civilization Initiative, build a bridge of culture, deepen exchanges and dialogues, promote cultural and people-to-people cooperation, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind with the power of culture and civilization.
This forum includes a main forum, 6 parallel forums, more than 20 professional salons, and the regular Beijing Culture Forum Living Room activities. It will invite domestic and foreign guests to focus on the integrated development of culture and technology, and conduct in-depth exchanges on topics such as digital empowerment of cultural heritage, technology stimulating cultural originality, integrated development and breaking circles in the audiovisual industry, new technologies improving the quality of public culture, innovative development of online culture, and respect for the diversity of civilizations, so as to gather wisdom and strength for promoting cultural prosperity and development, and mutual learning among civilizations.
It is reported that the forum will invite approximately 800 Chinese and foreign guests, including heads of central and local propaganda and cultural units, well-known experts and scholars from home and abroad, representatives of world-renowned cultural institutions, representatives of leading cultural enterprises, cultural celebrities, and industry leaders. The forum will also hold special events for the release of important achievements, and supporting activities such as the Cultural Industry Investors Conference.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25th. Li Xinliang (李新良), a retired cadre at the Zhengda military region level and former commander of the Beijing Military Region (北京军区), passed away in Beijing (北京) on August 13th due to illness, at the age of 89.
Li Xinliang (李新良) was a native of Laiyang (莱阳), Shandong (山东) Province. He joined the army in 1953 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in 1956. During his revolutionary career, he served as a platoon leader, staff officer, section chief, regimental chief of staff, deputy division commander, division commander, commander of the Guangxi Military Region (广西军区), deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region (广州军区), political commissar and commander of the Shenyang Military Region (沈阳军区), and other positions, making contributions to the revolutionary, modern, and regularized construction of the army.
Li Xinliang (李新良) was a representative of the 13th, 14th, and 15th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), a member of the 13th and 15th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), a representative of the 9th and 10th National People's Congresses (全国人民代表大会), and a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会常务委员会) and deputy director of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee. He was awarded the rank of Major General in 1988, promoted to Lieutenant General in 1993, and promoted to General in 1998.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 23rd. Comrade Yan Zhixiang (闫志祥), former Deputy Director and Party Committee Member of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, passed away in Beijing (北京) on August 16, 2025, due to illness, at the age of 90.
After the death of Comrade Yan Zhixiang (闫志祥), relevant central leading comrades expressed their condolences in different ways and expressed their condolences to his family.
Yan Zhixiang (闫志祥) was born in August 1934 in Anxin (安新), Hebei (河北) Province. He started working in August 1951 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in January 1956. From May 1954 to March 1956, he served as a pilot in the 73rd Regiment of the 25th Division of the Air Force. From March 1956 to July 1973, he successively served as a student in the Tianjin (天津) Training Brigade of the Civil Aviation Administration, co-pilot, captain, squadron leader, and captain of the Beijing (北京) Flight Brigade of the Civil Aviation Administration, captain of the Training Brigade of the Beijing (北京) Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration, and Deputy Chief Captain of the First Flight Corps of the Civil Aviation Administration. From July 1973 to June 1995, he successively served as Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民用航空总局), Deputy Director and Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民用航空局), and Deputy Director and Party Committee Member of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民用航空总局).
Yan Zhixiang (闫志祥) was a representative of the Eighth National People's Congress and a member of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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Major economic provinces are like the spine and beams, bearing great responsibilities.
Stabilizing the fundamental economic landscape of the country is inseparable from the "ballast stones" of these major economic provinces.
From emphasizing that "to fully achieve the '14th Five-Year Plan' development goals, major economic provinces must shoulder the main responsibility" to proposing that "major economic provinces should have greater responsibility in implementing major national development strategies," General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions contain important methodologies for steering the Chinese economy and promoting high-quality development.
To win the decisive battle of the "14th Five-Year Plan," time is tight and tasks are heavy. How can the role of major economic provinces be better leveraged? As the "ballast stone" for stabilizing the fundamental economic landscape of the country and the "locomotive" for driving economic growth, how can major economic provinces shoulder the main responsibility well? A sense of mission, focus, and driving force are three key words.
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A large boat bears a heavy burden; "shouldering the main responsibility" reflects a sense of mission.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "major economic provinces not only refer to large economic volumes, but also mean greater responsibilities in the overall national development." By truly enhancing the sense of mission in doing economic work well, major economic provinces can demonstrate greater achievements.
Behind the sense of mission is a holistic view. Major economic provinces account for more than 60% of the national economic aggregate, and their "completion" of "required actions" has a pivotal impact on the overall national development.
This makes it easier to understand why General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out when talking about major economic provinces: "If you do not shoulder this main responsibility, national modernization cannot be achieved. You are pivotal and irreplaceable."
A sense of mission means clear goals. Aiming at fully achieving the "14th Five-Year Plan" development goals and tasks, "seize the opportunity when you see it and work hard."
Beijing (北京) has released 59 measures to support the high-quality development of the private economy, Guangdong (广东) has introduced measures to promote the deep integration of manufacturing and productive service industries, and Hubei (湖北) has expanded the financing coordination mechanism to all foreign trade enterprises... In order to complete this year's target tasks, major economic provinces are making efforts in both stabilizing existing stock and expanding incremental growth, actively responding to external risks and challenges, and demonstrating the role of "ballast stone."
Singapore's *Lianhe Zaobao* commented that China's major economic provinces and key towns have set their 2025 growth targets at around 5% or higher, showing these places' political sense of responsibility to "bravely shoulder heavy responsibilities."
A sense of mission is also a sense of urgency. It is necessary to stimulate the spirit of seizing the day and the tenacity to overcome difficulties, "seize all favorable opportunities" and "bring up the enthusiasm of all parties."
By building a number of high-standard farmland demonstration areas with an average investment of more than 3,000 yuan per mu, Henan (河南) "bears the responsibility for food security," and the total summer grain output this year was 75.01 billion jin, achieving stable production and a bumper harvest.
To meet the needs of orderly cross-border flow of data security, Anhui (安徽) is formulating a negative list of data exports and preparing to build a data compliance service center, actively adapting to the restructuring trend of international economic and trade rules.
The more dangerous, the more forward; the steeper, the more climbing. Major economic provinces face difficulties head-on, are tenacious and unyielding, and dare to take on the "hottest potato" and shoulder the "heaviest burden," demonstrating "broad shoulders" and a "big heart," which is where the resilience and confidence of the Chinese economy lie.
By striving with a sense of mission to shoulder the main responsibility and acting with a sense of urgency that seizes the day, major economic provinces have much to offer and much to achieve.
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The main beam is the core of load-bearing, and "shouldering the main responsibility" cannot tolerate any carelessness; the focus must be accurate.
"Take the lead in promoting the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, strive to be the first in promoting deep-level reform and high-level opening-up, take the lead in implementing major national development strategies, and set an example in promoting common prosperity for all people." During this year's National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation, profoundly pointed out that Jiangsu (江苏) should grasp these four key points of shouldering the main responsibility, which has important guiding significance for major economic provinces to shoulder the main responsibility.
What kind of dialectic is contained in this? It is necessary to have a broad perspective and to adapt to local conditions.
First, observe the overall situation. Clarify "what is the most important mission of a place" to know what the overall situation needs.
Faced with an increasingly uncertain external environment and at a critical stage in the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan," technological innovation is the key variable and winning momentum for the Chinese economy to overcome obstacles. Major economic provinces have a solid industrial foundation and gather innovative resources. They should not only take the lead in "reasonable growth in quantity," but also set an example in "effective improvement in quality."
Grasp the upgrading of traditional industries and promote the growth of emerging industries. Guangdong (广东) strives to promote the technological transformation and digital transformation of more than 10,000 industrial enterprises, has more than 1,500 core artificial intelligence enterprises, including 147 national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, ranking first in the country.
Increase R&D investment and accelerate the transformation of innovative achievements. Jiangsu's (江苏) R&D investment has increased for three consecutive years, accounting for 12% of the national total; in 2024, a provincial-level basic research special fund of 2.48 billion yuan was established, which has increased to 2.68 billion yuan this year. Since last year, 20 special policies have been intensively introduced to accurately break down the institutional and mechanism barriers to the transformation of achievements.
"We must consider what we are doing and why we are doing it from the overall situation and from lofty ideals" to be able to act with conviction in the final year.
Then look at a specific area. Developing new quality productive forces cannot be done in a rush, let alone in one model. "The implementation must also be combined with reality and adapted to local conditions." Only by seeing one's own positioning clearly, grasping core advantages, and making steady progress can one "not only win glory for one's own region, but also add color to the overall situation."
Shanghai (上海), the forefront of reform and opening up, deeply links global resources and deepens "talent introduction through competitions," "talent introduction through activities," and "talent introduction through policies" to "accelerate the construction of a science and technology innovation highland with global influence."
Sichuan (四川), a western province, is laying out 100 major key core technology tackling projects "from 1 to 10" and forming 35 provincial-level pilot R&D platforms, focusing on "building an innovation highland in the western region."
Planning a region from the overall situation makes the region clear; promoting the overall situation with a region makes the overall situation advance. By fully combining the "capabilities of a region" with the "needs of the overall situation," major economic provinces will surely inject surging momentum into the overall development while achieving their own development.
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The main beam is the structural support, maintaining the overall stability of the building. "Shouldering the main responsibility" requires exerting a driving force.
"Better leverage the radiating and driving force of major economic provinces on regional and even national development," "better leverage the driving and supporting role," and "make greater contributions to stabilizing the national economy"... The Party Central Committee has high expectations for major economic provinces, which is both pressure and motivation.
Driving force represents "striving for the first." Major economic provinces cannot be "beautiful alone," but must also be leaders and be able to lead.
Since the C919 large aircraft took off from Shanghai (沪) two years ago, Nanjing (南京) has fully participated in the relevant work of fuel, hydraulic, and air management systems, Hangzhou (杭州) provides the mid-fuselage assembly and manufacturing of the central wing, and Hefei (合肥) focuses on the localization development of oxygen systems... A "manufacturing circle" of aircraft equipment suppliers centered on Shanghai (上海) has quietly risen, and the "Yangtze River Delta chorus" of domestic large aircraft manufacturing has sounded.
Whether it is promoting integrated development or leading reform and tackling key problems, major economic provinces can better release driving force and demonstrate leadership, and cultivate and expand more growth poles.
Driving force means "helping the weak." Major economic provinces can not only benefit "neighbors," but also be good at cooperation and seek win-win results.
Qinghai's (青海) vast Gobi Desert is engraved with the imprint of "Jiangsu (江苏) intelligent manufacturing" in the deep blue "photovoltaic ocean"; the Minning (闽宁) Intelligent Computing Center project with a total investment of 180 million yuan in the Ningxia (宁夏) Industrial New City constructs a cross-regional computing power coordination network... Under the background of East-West cooperation and counterpart support, major economic provinces not only send cadres and projects, but also pass on technology and management experience "hand-in-hand."
Giving a man a fish and teaching him how to fish, major economic provinces shoulder the main responsibility in coordinated development, demonstrating that Chinese-style modernization is a modernization that leverages the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and is a modernization that "leaves no one behind."
Driving force is also reflected in "setting an example." Major economic provinces are not only economically strong, but also benefit the people's livelihood and promote common prosperity.
Shandong (山东) has made it clear to cultivate 200 community-embedded elderly care service institutions and develop various childcare models such as unit-run childcare and community-embedded childcare; Hunan (湖南) has implemented 28 measures to benefit the people and improve the efficiency of medical insurance, enhancing the people's sense of gain by simplifying service procedures and deepening benefit guarantees; Fujian (福建) has carried out pilot projects of the "general school system" reform to drive the growth of a number of high-quality schools; Zhejiang (浙江) has launched a "cultural special commissioner" system, selecting and dispatching personnel with cultural expertise to go deep into the grassroots to empower the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with culture...
Pursuing both material affluence and spiritual enrichment, and continuously transforming development results into a high-quality life for the people, major economic provinces have an unshirkable responsibility and much to offer in playing a leading and exemplary role in promoting common prosperity for all people.
By stabilizing the overall situation with the stability of major provinces, and leading the regional progress with the progress of major provinces, all regions will give full play to their strengths and form a joint force, which will surely broaden new space, activate new momentum, and promote the Chinese economic ship to win advantages, win initiative, and win the future.
(Written by: Li Zheng (李拯), Peng Fei (彭飞), Cui Yan (崔妍))
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To maximize breadth and refine detail, spend money wisely and use it where it matters most, making public services more humane and meticulous.
What kind of fun can you have with a stream or a river?
In Linhai (临海), Zhejiang (浙江), the 6.8-kilometer Xiangnian Stream (香年溪) connects six villages along its banks. Many tourists come to the weirs on the stream to "soak," enjoying the cool air and experiencing the wildness; the night market along the stream is bustling with people, attracting more than 140 "managers" from various places to negotiate cooperation.
In Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西), relying on the high-quality water resources of the Gan River (赣江), the "Two Shoals and Seven Bays" are opened for free, eliminating the safety hazards of "wild swimming" while upgrading the Gan River from a sightseeing belt to a vitality belt by introducing water sports bases and slow-walking greenways.
Cities thrive because of water, and water lives because of cities. Looking at the whole country, there are many similar development cases like Xiangnian Stream (香年溪) and Gan River (赣江). Various places are adapting to local conditions and guiding the situation, making the most of the waterfront, answering the ecological questions well, accumulating experience, and bringing enlightenment.
From the joy of finding water, observe how to stimulate potential consumer demand. Affinity for water is human nature, and meeting people's needs for water is undoubtedly a big market. Water sports require the purchase of various swimsuits and goggles, as well as equipment such as inflatable paddle boards, life jackets, and waterproof bags; water leisure requires renting boats, travel photography, and buying various snacks; after leaving the water area, you also need to eat, shop, and stay in the surrounding area. The increase in water-related consumption content and the continuous emergence of differentiated and long-chain consumption scenarios can drive the vigorous supply and demand of the service consumption market.
From the stability of water supply, understand how to activate green productivity. Water sports such as paddle boarding and kayaking are becoming increasingly popular, and citizens can easily enjoy the fun of playing in the water at their doorstep, largely thanks to the improvement of water quality. After systematic restoration, the self-purification capacity of the Weiwu River (纬五河) in Yangpu (杨浦), Shanghai (上海) has been significantly improved, and the number of sports training institutions along the river has increased significantly, with parent-child kayaking courses often fully booked. And good water quality will also have a positive impact on local development. Danjiangkou (丹江口) City (市), Hubei (湖北) guards a reservoir of clear water, attracting many beverage companies to invest in building factories. Since this year, the average daily sales of drinking water has exceeded 10,000 tons. How can a good ecological environment continuously release green dividends? How can ecological benefits be better transformed into economic and social benefits? From the exploration and practice of various places turning green water into "living water," it can be clearly seen that protecting the ecological environment is protecting natural value and increasing natural capital, and it is protecting the potential and stamina of economic and social development.
From the precision of water management, understand how to optimize public services. Evaluating the charm index of a city, management and service are important indicators. Taking the creation and management of waterfront space as an example, where should direct drinking water, vending machines, storage and other facilities be set up? Is it necessary to install speed bumps on the cycling path? In addition to providing rest, do the roadside stations have functions such as inquiry and medical first aid? These specific and micro matters are closely related to people's daily lives. During the environmental improvement of Sima Creek (驷马涌) in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), an 80-meter bird-walking corridor was specially designed to facilitate communication and recreation for bird lovers, which was well received by nearby residents. To maximize breadth and refine detail, spend money wisely and use it where it matters most, making public services more humane and meticulous, so that people's lives in the city can be more convenient, comfortable, and beautiful.
The core of a city is people. A city that focuses on people-oriented principles, whether in planning and design or construction and management, must be committed to making people feel at ease. Putuo District (普陀区) in Shanghai (上海), combined with its actual situation, built landscape walkways, waterfront platforms, and Suhe (苏河) stations along the Suzhou Creek (苏州河), realizing "walking on the south bank, running on the north bank, and paddling on the water"; Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北) built more than 100 kilometers of East Lake Greenway (东湖绿道), adhering to the joint management of water and shore, paying attention to protecting wildlife habitats, and "enjoying the East Lake and chanting among the mountains and rivers" has become a part of citizens' lives. Strengthening the protection of river and lake water areas, paying attention to optimizing the urban spatial structure, helping to continuously improve the living environment, and continuously improving the quality of life of citizens are precisely the inherent requirements of building a livable city.
Nowadays, more people are willing to be close to water and enjoy water. The integration of city and water and the affinity between people and water are the embodiment of the remarkable achievements in the construction of waterfront public spaces in recent years, and also provide useful lessons for urban governance. To continuously improve the level of refined governance, it is worthwhile to carefully chew on the "secrets in the water."
Return to TopFrom August 8th to 12th, the 2025 World Robot Conference was successfully held in Beijing (北京). In the first half of this year, the operating income of China's robot industry increased by 27.8% year-on-year. From automobile manufacturing to petrochemicals, and then to home services, China has maintained its position as the world's largest industrial robot application market for 12 consecutive years. With technological breakthroughs driving the accelerated implementation of application scenarios, robots are empowering the real economy, showing even broader prospects.
This is precisely:
Iron fists assist with immense strength,
Innovation surges like a tiger gaining wings.
Industrial development provides strong support,
Intelligent manufacturing's future is infinitely broad.
Yan Luwen (燕陆文)
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With the rapid development of AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology, AI applications have permeated all areas of social life. From intelligent customer service to content creation, from medical assistance to financial analysis, AI is reshaping our information acquisition methods and decision-making models. However, the phenomenon of AI "speaking nonsense" casts a shadow over the healthy development of this technology.
The manifestations of AI "speaking nonsense" mainly fall into three categories. First, temporal and spatial disorder, such as forcibly establishing causal relationships between events that are months apart; second, value deviations, such as exhibiting obvious erroneous tendencies in historical and cultural issues; and third, fabrication, including fabricating academic literature and fictionalizing news events. This not only exposes the limitations of current AI technology but also reflects the lag in the construction of technical ethics.
An in-depth analysis of the causes of AI "speaking nonsense" requires consideration from three dimensions: technology, data, and regulation. At the technical level, current mainstream large language models are better at "imitating" than "understanding." At the data level, the quality of training data directly affects the output quality of AI, and problems such as data pollution and cultural biases that exist in reality have already affected the output content. At the regulatory level, the lack of industry standards and ethical norms allows some AI products with obvious defects to enter the market.
The harm of AI "speaking nonsense" should not be underestimated. In terms of information dissemination, AI-generated erroneous content may lead to the spread of rumors; in terms of cultural cognition, biased output may affect users' value judgments; in terms of social governance, the proliferation of false information may disrupt public order or public decision-making. More alarming is that these risks are often cumulative and hidden, and their negative impact may gradually become apparent.
To solve this problem, a comprehensive governance system needs to be built. Technology developers should establish stricter data cleaning mechanisms, introduce fact-checking modules, and improve the error correction capabilities of models. Regulatory authorities need to accelerate the formulation of AI content governance norms and establish a graded and classified regulatory framework. Industry organizations should promote the establishment of unified ethical guidelines and technical standards. These issues have already attracted attention from all parties. The "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services" jointly promulgated by the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) and seven other departments clearly state that service providers should identify generated content and enhance the authenticity, accuracy, objectivity, and diversity of training data.
Technological development is always accompanied by new challenges, and the key to solving problems lies in improving governance. Only by simultaneously promoting technological innovation and ethical construction can AI better become a tool to benefit humanity. This requires technology developers to maintain a sense of awe, regulatory authorities to ensure safety, and ordinary users to sharpen their discernment, and jointly build a healthy and sustainable AI development ecosystem. Technology for good, from beginning to end; ethics first, to achieve far.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Workers' Daily* (《工人日报》), originally titled "Preventing AI 'Speaking Nonsense': The Construction of Technical Ethics Cannot Be Delayed")
Return to TopBy: 王 静
The transformation of "Two Mountains" (绿水青山就是金山银山) should not be limited to the simple realization of value dependent on resources. The key is to use resources sparingly under the premise that resources and the environment are sustainable.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets." President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "A good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most inclusive benefit to people's livelihood."
Zhaohua District (昭化区), Guangyuan City (广元市), Sichuan Province (四川省), is an important ecological barrier and water source conservation area in the upper reaches of the Jialing River (嘉陵江), with a dense network of streams and rivers and a forest coverage rate of over 56%. In recent years, we have adhered to the principle of "establishing the district through ecology," acting as practitioners of the "Two Mountains" concept, continuously exploring ways to realize the value of ecological products, and empowering the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas through ecological civilization construction.
"When trees and plants flourish, the country prospers." Agricultural products such as fruits, vegetables, and medicinal herbs are inseparable from the nourishment of the land. In recent years, we have comprehensively strengthened the cultivation and protection of forest resources, developed the under-forest economy, created a "forest granary," and made green products such as poria (茯苓), calamus (菖蒲), and bamboo shoots popular throughout the country. Integrated rice-fish farming in mountainous areas has polished the landmark brand, and industrial models such as green planting and breeding cycles, and forest-medicine and forest-fungus complexes have been explored. Facts have proved that primary products are not necessarily cheap products. Actively cultivating distinctive brands, good mountains and good water can enhance product premiums.
The transformation of "Two Mountains" should not be limited to the simple realization of value dependent on resources. The key is to use resources sparingly under the premise that resources and the environment are sustainable, and we must not repeat the mistakes of 竭泽而渔 (jié zé ér yú - "drain the pond to catch the fish," to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs) and 坐吃山空 (zuò chī shān kōng - "sit and eat the mountain empty," to exhaust one's resources). Only by achieving more "turning green into gold" through industrial upgrading, cultural empowerment, and other paths can ecological resources be better transformed into assets that enrich the people.
Nowadays, the tourism industry is increasingly becoming a pillar industry in many places. In recent years, we have actively developed the health and wellness tourism industry, created the Zhaohua Medicinal Herb Expo Park (昭化药博园), which integrates popular science research, tourism and sightseeing, and health and wellness food therapy, built health and wellness tourism demonstration sites such as Qifeng Gorge (栖凤峡), and launched more than 20 kinds of health and wellness "packages" such as natural hot spring recuperation and mountain sports and fitness, driving the surrounding people to increase their income. The organic integration of ecological prosperity and tourism prosperity, turning parks into scenic spots and industries into attractions, not only leverages our green advantages but also meets the diversified and in-depth needs of tourists, injecting strong impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.
To explore the economic value of lucid waters and lush mountains, we must be good at expanding the value chain and extending the industrial chain. For the tourism industry, a comprehensive industry, we should give full play to its pulling power and integration power, and vigorously develop "tourism +". For example, we have excavated the Shu Road culture (蜀道文化) and the Three Kingdoms culture (三国文化), developed brands such as "Ancient Shu Road Hiking Tour," and carried out activities such as "Searching for the Green Fairyland of Shu," allowing tourists to achieve mountain and water sightseeing and cultural viewing in one stop. Telling the story of the scenic spot and nourishing the ecology with culture can better exert the multiplier effect and make the value of lucid waters and lush mountains no longer single. For example, study tours and rural tourism drive the development of agricultural product processing, handicraft production, and other industries, with longer industrial chains and richer experiences, which will better retain tourists and strengthen the industry.
The transformation of "Two Mountains" should focus on benefits, but also on the long term. On the one hand, promote ecological industrialization, continuously improve ecological quality, help ecological products increase in quantity and quality, and at the same time, scientifically and rationally plan operations and assess environmental risks in development to reduce pollution and damage. On the other hand, promote industrial ecology, and carry out ecological transformation of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries. At present, we are vigorously developing ecological industry, promoting the construction of environmental protection industrial parks, and ecological enterprises such as COFCO Oils (中粮油脂) and Bingniao Mineral Water (冰鸟矿泉水) have settled down, helping to continuously improve the ecological performance of the industrial structure. The benign interaction between protection and development makes ecological prosperity and tourism prosperity more sustainable.
The "Two Mountains" concept leads to a green transformation across the Chinese land. We must follow the good path to the end, continue to promote ecological prosperity and tourism prosperity, and expand the value of ecological products through industrialization, branding, digitalization, and diversified participation. The construction of a beautiful countryside that is livable and workable will surely usher in a better future.
(The author is the Secretary of the Zhaohua District Committee (昭化区委书记) of Guangyuan City (广元市), Sichuan Province (四川省))
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From the joyful songs of life on the Qiangtang Grassland (羌塘草原) to the rippling turquoise waves of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (雅鲁藏布江); from the lush greenery of the Nyingchi (林芝) forests to the seamless blend of water and sky at Namtso Lake (纳木错) – the brush of ecology uses heaven and earth as its canvas, outlining a captivating scroll of the snowy plateau.
In July 2021, during his inspection in Tibet (西藏), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Protecting the ecological environment of Tibet (西藏) benefits the present and future generations and blesses the world."
Deeply implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Tibet (西藏) continues to strengthen ecological protection and restoration, fully implements the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law, scientifically carries out large-scale national land greening actions and urban courtyard greening actions, actively promotes the construction of a natural protected area system with national parks as the main body, and effectively builds a solid ecological security barrier.
The Snowy Plateau is Becoming More and More Beautiful
In Bayi District (巴宜区), Nyingchi City (林芝市), the Lulang Forest Sea (鲁朗林海) is lush and verdant. Tsering Bhuga (次仁布嘎), an ecological ranger, stretches out his rough palm, touching the thick bark of a fir tree, his eyes full of satisfaction.
In the 1980s, the forests of Nyingchi (林芝) became a "cash cow." Tsering Bhuga (次仁布嘎) also carried a saw and followed others into the forest area. But soon, the green mountains had patches of baldness, and sediment poured into the streams – the "long plank" of ecology was forcibly sawn into a "short plank."
At the end of the last century, Tibet (西藏) comprehensively implemented a logging ban in the forest area, and the people of Nyingchi (林芝) hung up their saws and stopped their axes, devoting themselves to forest protection and afforestation.
Now, Tsering Bhuga (次仁布嘎) wears a red armband and leads 8 team members on daily patrols in the forest sea, "In addition to my salary, I can also receive ecological compensation."
In Tibet (西藏), there are already 516,000 such ecological rangers. From 2021 to 2024, Tibet (西藏) has cumulatively implemented 13.68 billion yuan in grassland ecological subsidy and reward funds, benefiting 2,262,200 farmers and herdsmen; 5.147 billion yuan in central financial forest ecological benefit compensation funds have enabled 103,000 farmers and forestry workers to engage in public welfare forest management work full-time or part-time...
On the Qiangtang Grassland (羌塘草原), with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, black-necked cranes dance gracefully, and Tibetan antelopes gallop. "With the establishment of the Sanjiangyuan National Park (三江源国家公园) (Tangbei Area), river and lake vegetation has been effectively protected and restored, and degraded grasslands, wetlands, and desertified land have also been treated and restored. The integrated sky-earth monitoring network protects every blade of grass, every tree, every bird, and every beast here," said He Yingqian (何应前), head of the National Park Creation and Construction Leading Group Office in Nagqu City (那曲市).
Tibet (西藏) is constantly exploring new paths for the integrated management of "mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and ice," moving from single protection to systematic management and coordinated advancement. Pursuing newness and greenness, the snowy plateau is becoming more and more beautiful –
The "Regulations of the Tibet Autonomous Region on the Construction of a National Highland of Ecological Civilization" (《西藏自治区国家生态文明高地建设条例》) has been officially implemented; the creation of five national parks, including Qiangtang (羌塘) and Mount Everest (珠穆朗玛峰), is being carried out in an orderly manner; the construction of the Sanjiangyuan National Park (三江源国家公园) (Tangbei Area) is accelerating... At present, Tibet (西藏) has established 47 various types of natural reserves, with a total area of 412,200 square kilometers, and the ecological protection red line area accounts for more than 50% of the region's land area, and the area of natural protected areas at all levels accounts for 37.95%. Tibet (西藏) has become the first province in the country where all cities have created national ecological civilization construction demonstration zones, and a new system of natural protected areas with national parks as the main body is accelerating its formation.
Distinctive Industries Continue to Grow
The Yarlung Tsangpo River (雅鲁藏布江) meanders like a silk ribbon, and the distant snow-capped mountains are as bright as white jade. Zhangda Village (章达村), Zhanang County (扎囊县), Shannan City (山南市), is located in this picturesque scenery.
"In the past, during the winter and spring seasons, the sky was filled with sand and dust, making it impossible for people to open their eyes. Even the yak butter tea was covered in dirt," recalls Tsering Drolma (次仁卓玛), a villager, with vivid memory from more than 40 years ago.
Planting trees and grass, photovoltaic sand control, aerial seeding afforestation, planting dwarfed apples... Now, the sandy land has become an oasis, and the ecology of Zhangda Village (章达村) is getting better and better.
In the village's modern greenhouse, water droplets fall on the emerald green asparagus leaves, crystal clear. "I had never seen this thing before? Now, it is our treasure for increasing income!" Tsering Drolma (次仁卓玛) shuttles between the fields, watering the asparagus.
When the technical support teams from Nanjing Agricultural University (南京农业大学) and Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学) first arrived, they drilled wells several meters deep, and all they pulled up was fine quicksand. But they did not retreat, bringing in truckloads of decomposed cow and sheep manure, mixing it with organic fertilizer into the sand.
**功夫不负有心人** (gōngfū bù fù yǒuxīnrén - "efforts will not fail those who put their heart into it," meaning that persistent effort will eventually lead to success). The newly cultivated "Yazang Asparagus" has taken root in this land. Today, more than 1,200 acres of desertified land in the village are covered in green, and the asparagus that grows is fresh, tender, and sweet, and is sold to Shanghai (上海), Changsha (长沙), and other places in refrigerated trucks, cumulatively driving the masses to increase their income by more than 63 million yuan.
"During the peak season, fresh asparagus is shipped to various places every day, with annual sales exceeding 10 million yuan," Tsering Drolma (次仁卓玛) and her husband now have a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan, "We never dared to imagine such a good life before!"
Recently, the construction of the 50-megawatt photovoltaic sand control demonstration project in Luodui Village (罗堆村), Zhaqi Township (扎其乡), Zhanang County (扎囊县), has begun. While rows of photovoltaic power generation panels block wind and sand, they can generate 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, equivalent to reducing emissions by 85,000 tons of carbon dioxide; under the panels, drought-resistant plants take root and grow, improving the desertified land.
At present, Tibet (西藏) has a total installed power capacity of over 29 million kilowatts under construction, and the proportion of clean energy installed capacity exceeds 96%, making it the region with the highest proportion of clean energy power generation in the country; in 2024, the total number of green foods, organic agricultural products, agricultural product geographical indications, and national famous, special, and excellent new agricultural products reached 404... The gold content, new content, and green content of plateau characteristic industries are constantly increasing.
Happier Lives are Becoming More Prosperous
In spring, pink and white peach blossoms overflow the rapeseed fields, reflecting the distant snow-capped mountains. On the wooden boardwalk in Gala Village (嘎拉村), Bayi District (巴宜区), Nyingchi City (林芝市), the sound of tourists taking pictures rises and falls.
Relying on the village's more than 1,000 ancient peach trees, Gala Village (嘎拉村) has started rural tourism, and villagers have converted Tibetan-style houses into homestays and invested land in cooperatives. "The Peach Blossom Festival has earned enough popularity, receiving 300,000 tourists in 2024, with a per capita income of over 40,000 yuan," said Tsedan Zhaxi (次旦扎西), a villager.
In Jeba Village (结巴村), Jeba Township (结巴乡), Nedong District (乃东区), Shannan City (山南市), in the courtyard of villager Dawa's (达娃) home, the newly built sanitary toilet is bright and clean, and the livestock pens have been moved far away, "In the past, the courtyard was full of mud when it rained, but now it is clean and tidy, and it feels good to live here!"
As of now, Tibet (西藏) has cumulatively built 820 beautiful villages, 436,200 households have bid farewell to the difficulty of using toilets, and more than 500,000 households have achieved separation of humans and livestock, with toilet coverage and human-livestock separation rates reaching 80% and 90% respectively.
Today, the comprehensive vegetation coverage of Tibet's (西藏) grasslands is steadily increasing, and the forest coverage rate and wetland protection rate are stable at 12.31% and 68.75% respectively, and the river and lake health rate reaches 100%. The proportion of days with excellent ambient air quality reaches 99.7%; the water quality of major rivers such as the Yarlung Tsangpo River (雅鲁藏布江) and the Nujiang River (怒江), as well as rivers flowing through important towns, has reached Class II standards, and the water quality compliance rate of centralized drinking water sources in urban areas where the governments (administrative offices) of 7 cities (prefectures) are located reaches 100%.
Those who protect the green waters and green mountains live a life that is more fragrant than yak butter tea. The ecological poems and the developmental movements are converging into a magnificent symphony on the snowy plateau.
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Nanhai Park in Huidong County (惠东县), Huizhou City (惠州市), Guangdong Province (广东省), features the Huidong Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial (惠东革命烈士纪念碑), built against the mountain and beside the lake. Not long ago, the Comprehensive Cultural Station of Baihua Town (白花镇), Huidong County (惠东县), organized a group of primary school students to come here to pay their respects and learn.
Sunlight filtered through the lush trees, casting dappled shadows on the monument. "Peng Tainong (彭泰农) disregarded the enemy's pincer attack, attracting the enemy's attention, and desperately charged outwards, taking several bullets and heroically sacrificing himself..." 8-year-old Gu Shuya (古书雅) read aloud from the inscription on the monument. Spanning decades, the heroic deeds of the revolutionary predecessors are still vivid.
Peng Tainong (彭泰农), also known as Peng Tai (彭泰), was born in 1915 in Watang Village (瓦塘村), Baimanghua (白芒花), Huiyang County (惠阳县), Guangdong Province (广东省) (now Watang Village Group (瓦塘村小组), Huangtang Village (黄塘村), Baihua Town (白花镇), Huidong County (惠东县), Huizhou City (惠州市)). In his youth, he was exposed to advanced ideas, and in 1931, he was admitted to Pingshan Qinglongtan Rural Normal School (坪山青龙潭乡村师范学校). After the September 18th Incident, he and progressive classmates organized an anti-Japanese propaganda team to promote resistance against Japan in Pingshan (坪山), Baimanghua (白芒花), and other places. Later, he taught at Longyandong Middle School (龙眼洞中学) in the suburbs of Guangzhou (广州). He often went to the countryside to conduct social surveys, sending the survey materials to the Hong Kong (香港) newspaper *Dazhong Daily* (《大众日报》) and the Guangzhou (广州) newspaper *Zhujiang Daily* (《珠江日报》) for publication, exposing the dark rule of the Kuomintang authorities.
In early 1937, Peng Tainong (彭泰农) joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). Shortly after the July 7th Incident, he published "A Letter to the Elders, Brothers, Sisters, and Compatriots of Dongjiang (东江)" in Huizhou (惠州) newspapers, calling on the sons and daughters of Dongjiang (东江) to unite against the Japanese invasion. In the first half of 1938, Peng Tainong (彭泰农) used the Huizhou (惠州) People's Education Center (民众教育馆) as a cover to go deep into factories, schools, and other places, developing many people to join the Party. In May of the same year, the CPC Huizhou Central Branch (中共惠州中心支部) was established, with Peng Tainong (彭泰农) serving as the branch secretary, jointly organizing the Huiyang Student Anti-Enemy United Association (惠阳学生抗敌联合会) to carry out national salvation propaganda activities. In June, Peng Tainong (彭泰农) served as the secretary of the CPC Guangdong Dongjiang Provisional Working Committee (中共广东省东江临时工作委员会).
In the summer of 1938, Peng Tainong (彭泰农), also as a member of the People's Education Center (民众教育馆), participated in initiating the establishment of the Huiyang Children's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Cadre Training Class (惠阳儿童抗日救亡干部训练班). Passionate young people gave impassioned speeches on the streets, taught anti-Japanese national salvation songs, and performed the famous play "Put Down Your Whip" at Shiziting (十字亭), Dongxin Bridgehead (东新桥头), Pinghu Gate (平湖门), and other places, inspiring the people to unite and jointly resist Japan. On August 13, 1938, the "Pan Xiaofei Anti-Japanese Cartoon Exhibition" (潘小飞抗战漫展) hosted by Peng Tainong (彭泰农) was exhibited, and more than 100 works such as "What's the Crime of the Baby?" (《婴儿何罪》) were well received.
In October 1938, after the Japanese army landed in Daya Bay (大亚湾), Peng Tainong (彭泰农) and others withdrew to Boluo (博罗), established the Boluo Wartime Work Group (博罗战时工作团), and in the name of the group, contacted the Huangmapo (黄麻陂) CPC local organization, transforming the Huangmapo Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Regiment Brigade (黄麻陂抗日自卫团大队) into an anti-Japanese armed force under the leadership of the CPC. In December of the same year, after the Japanese army temporarily withdrew from Huizhou (惠州), Peng Tainong (彭泰农) assisted the Guangdong Youth Anti-Japanese Vanguard Dongjiang Detachment (广东青年抗日先锋队东江区队) in organizing the Huiyang Anti-Japanese Vanguard Team (惠阳抗先队) and the Anti-Japanese Vanguard Team Huizhou Office (抗先队惠州办事处), establishing secret liaison points in Huizhou (惠州), and publishing the wall newspaper *Everybody Read* (《大家看》), using lively, popular, and easy-to-understand mass language to promote the principles of resisting Japan. At the same time, they also performed anti-Japanese dramas with the Dongjiang Overseas Chinese Returning Home Service Group (东江华侨回乡服务团) and the Political Work Team of the Seventh War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army (国民革命军第七战区政工队) and the Military-Civilian Cooperation Station (军民合作站) at the Zhongshan Memorial Hall (中山纪念堂), pushing the anti-Japanese national salvation movement on both sides of the Dongjiang River (东江) to a climax.
In the spring of 1940, according to the instructions of the CPC Dongjiang Special Committee (中共东江特委), Peng Tainong (彭泰农) and his wife He Liqin (何丽琴) transferred to Xinzhi Primary School (新智小学) in Zijin (紫金), opening night schools and women's literacy classes to mobilize the masses to resist Japan. In December, he used the alias Peng Taidong (彭泰东) to go to Heping County (和平县) to be responsible for the work of the CPC He Dong District Committee (中共和东区委). In July 1941, he was transferred to the Propaganda Officer of the CPC Dongjiang Hou Dong Special Committee (中共东江后东特委), and the following year he was transferred to the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force (广东人民抗日游击队).
On March 3, 1943, due to a traitor's betrayal, the residence of the Political Training Office of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Brigade of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force (广东人民抗日游击队港九大队政训室) was surrounded by the Japanese army. In order to cover the comrades' breakout, Peng Tainong (彭泰农) was unfortunately shot and killed at the young age of 28.
In August 2015, Peng Tainong (彭泰农) was included in the second batch of 600 famous anti-Japanese martyrs and heroic groups announced by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部).
In Peng Tainong's (彭泰农) hometown, his deeds are deeply remembered by the people. Huangtang Village (黄塘村) collects and understands the story of Peng Tainong (彭泰农) through village cadres' visits and symposiums with local sages. The village's party member congresses relive his deeds every year, and at the same time, a "Little Explainer" (小小讲解员) team is formed to sow red seeds in the hearts of children.
Chen Hanquan (陈汉权), Secretary of the Huangtang Village (黄塘村) Party Committee of Baihua Town (白花镇), introduced that there are currently plans to raise funds to repair Peng Tainong's (彭泰农) former residence, hoping to promote and carry forward Peng Tainong's (彭泰农) revolutionary spirit of daring to be the first and not fearing sacrifice in a wider range, and use this as a spiritual foundation to empower the construction of red villages and promote rural construction to a new level in the inheritance from generation to generation.
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Guangzhou (广州), August 16)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 者
"Come, put on the apron, let's give you a nice haircut..." Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) deftly shook open the apron and put it around Peng Fangding's (彭方定) chest. "We can chat endlessly with Xiaofeng (晓凤) while getting a haircut." Accompanied by the buzzing of the electric clippers, Peng Fangding (彭方定) chatted with Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤).
Peng Fangding (彭方定), 84, and his wife live in Cuiyuan Community (萃苑社区), Xindian Street (辛店街道), Dongying District (东营区), Dongying City (东营市), Shandong Province (山东省). The elderly couple have difficulty walking, and Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) visits them every month to give them free haircuts, rain or shine, for over 20 years. Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) is also 84 years old this year and has been volunteering haircuts for 56 years.
"Look, you look so energetic." After the haircut, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) placed a mirror in front of Peng Fangding (彭方定). "After the haircut, I feel like I've become younger again." Looking at his reflection in the mirror, Peng Fangding (彭方定) smiled and said, "Thanks to our Xiaofeng (晓凤)!"
Carrying her haircutting kit, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) bid farewell to Peng Fangding (彭方定) and his wife and headed to the next household. On this day, she would provide free haircuts to 8 community residents...
In 1969, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) moved to Dongying (东营) with her husband. "Xiaofeng (晓凤), everyone says you're skilled, can you cut hair?" Once, during a break from work, a coworker complained that her hair was too long and interfered with work. Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) found clippers and scissors and gave her a haircut. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaofeng's (赵晓凤) skills were well-received, and from then on, she often volunteered haircuts for her coworkers in the fields.
In the 1980s, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) learned that some elderly people in the community had difficulty moving around, and getting a haircut had become a troublesome matter for them. Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) thought, since she had the skills, why not help? She decided to regularly visit elderly people in need and give them free haircuts. Jia Guiyun (贾贵云), Liang Wanmin (梁万敏), Qi Yude (齐玉德)... In Zhao Xiaofeng's (赵晓凤) haircutting kit, there is a wrinkled notebook where she records the names, home addresses, and other information of the residents she needs to visit, arranges a schedule, and visits each household in order.
Giving haircuts to bedridden patients is hard work. Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) often has to kneel on one knee, supporting her arm. Over the years, her spine has developed scoliosis. From gripping scissors and clippers for long periods, the middle and ring finger joints of her right hand have become swollen and deformed, and she experiences intermittent pain on rainy days. But Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) has never thought of backing down: "As long as someone needs me, I will keep doing it."
Gradually, under Zhao Xiaofeng's (赵晓凤) influence, more and more people have taken action. In 2011, with the support of the Cuiyuan Community (萃苑社区), the "Xiaofeng Volunteer Hairdressing Room" (晓凤义务理发室) was officially established. Over the years, the hairdressing room has grown to more than 300 members, consisting of 20 shops, serving nursing homes, rest areas for sanitation workers, bank outlets, and remote towns.
In the evening, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) returned to the hairdressing room. On the windowsill, various glass bottles were filled with red beans. Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) grabbed a handful of red beans from a basin under the table, counted out 8, and put them into a half-full glass bottle. Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) said, "One red bean represents one act of kindness, and I collect a few beans for each haircut." Now, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) and her teammates have collected more than 150,000 red beans.
Now, Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) also frequently goes to schools to give speeches on volunteerism, bringing a handful of red beans each time and distributing them to the children at the end of the activity. "Plant the seeds of love in the hearts of children and encourage them to pass on the spirit of doing good deeds," Zhao Xiaofeng (赵晓凤) said.
Return to TopIn recent years, Xianju County (仙居县), Taizhou City (台州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) has adopted the model of "Party Branch + Cooperative + Farmer" to strengthen its characteristic industries and help farmers start businesses and increase their income at their doorstep. The picture shows employees of a rice noodle processing cooperative in Jindian Village (金店村), Baita Town (白塔镇), Xianju County (仙居县) drying "rice noodles" on August 25.
Photo by Wang Huabin (王华斌) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 25th (Xu Hongmei (徐红梅), Wu Yanli (吴艳丽), Cheng Zi (程子)). On the morning of August 25th, the "The People Will Surely Triumph - Art Exhibition Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War," hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) and the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联), opened at the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆). The exhibition features more than 300 pieces of artwork, including both the museum's collection and new works from the Museum of the History of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党历史展览馆), the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution (中国人民革命军事博物馆), and other institutions, covering Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor, and other art categories.
The exhibition is divided into five chapters: Prelude, National Crisis, Bloody Battles, Great Victory, and Towards Rejuvenation. In the Prelude, a number of classic art pieces, such as "Roar, China!", centrally display the Chinese people's patriotism and the conviction that victory is assured. The latter four chapters comprehensively unfold the arduous 14-year War of Resistance and the heroic epic of the new era, highlighting China's significant contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and promoting the great spirit of the War of Resistance.
The exhibition will run until September 18th. It is reported that during the exhibition, the museum will also launch a digital interactive experience of "Yellow River Cantata" and a series of public education activities.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Macau on August 25th (Reporter Fu Zimei (富子梅)) "For National Liberation and World Peace" – The Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War Themed Exhibition opened in Macau (澳门) on the 25th. Approximately 280 government officials of the Special Administrative Region and people from all walks of life attended.
The themed exhibition is hosted by the Macau Special Administrative Region (澳门特区) Government and supported by the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (中国人民抗日战争纪念馆). It includes six chapters: "The Outbreak of the War of Resistance - Rising Up to Save the Nation," "The War of Resistance of the Entire Nation - Jointly Resisting Foreign Aggression," "Millions of People United as One - 同仇敌忾 (tóng chóu dí kài - "common hatred enemy spite," united in hatred against the enemy)," "Macau's Tide - Red War of Resistance," "Jointly Fighting Fascism - The Main Eastern Battlefield," and "Great Victory - Turning Point of National Rejuvenation." It conveys the concept of "Remembering History, Cherishing the Memory of Martyrs, Cherishing Peace, and Creating the Future." Through a large number of precious historical pictures and video materials, it systematically presents the arduous journey of the Chinese people's 14-year War of Resistance from 1931 to 1945, and comprehensively demonstrates the heroic chapter of the sons and daughters of China fighting bloody battles and the great significance of the victory of the War of Resistance. The themed exhibition will be on display at the Complex of the Service Platform for China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Trade and Economic Cooperation until September 24th.
Return to TopThis newspaper Yinchuan (银川) August 25th (Reporters Xu Yuanfeng (徐元锋) and Jiao Siyu (焦思雨)) It was learned from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区) Tourism Development Conference held on the 25th that Ningxia (宁夏) will focus on building a "one axis, one corridor, one core, and three zones" overall tourism development pattern, carefully cultivating scarce and unique resources, and developing eight characteristic tourism formats. It is estimated that by 2027, the region will receive 100 million domestic and foreign tourists.
In the past five years, Ningxia's (宁夏) tourism market has continued to burst with vitality, with the number of domestic and foreign tourists received and tourism spending increasing by an average of 24.08% and 40.23% per year. Ningxia (宁夏) has adhered to the unity of business innovation, element reshaping, and capital integration, creating new tourism scenes represented by Yinchuan Phoenix Magic City (银川凤凰幻城) and Manpu Town (漫葡小镇), implementing a rural tourism assistance rural revitalization demonstration project, and continuously holding the four Ningxia (宁夏) International Wine Culture Tourism Festivals, cultivating 24 wine winery and wolfberry tourism scenic spots, and creating the "Hometown of Stars" characteristic tourism brand.
Next, Ningxia (宁夏) will shape a new pattern of overall development of "one axis, one corridor, one core, and three zones," and focus on creating eight characteristic tourism formats. Build the Yellow River (黄河) cultural tourism development axis, the Helan Mountain (贺兰山) East Foothills wine culture tourism corridor, strengthen the functional core area of Yinchuan (银川) cultural tourism development, and build the Zhongwei (中卫) leisure resort tourism area, the Liupan Mountain (六盘山) ecological red culture integration area, and the eastern historical culture display area. Vigorously develop in-depth desert tourism, develop Helan Mountain (贺兰山) cultural and sports tourism, fully develop winery resort tourism, innovatively develop cultural heritage tourism, actively develop urban leisure tourism, continue to develop characteristic rural tourism, deeply develop red research tourism, and accelerate the development of ecological health tourism.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), August 25th (Reporter Bai Ying (白瀛))—As a key new work in the TV program exhibition 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 TV series "Return to the Ranks" premiered on August 25th on the CCTV Drama Channel of the Central Radio and Television Station (中央广播电视总台). Through the story of the spiritual growth of soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联), the drama reflects human emotions in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression from a small perspective, demonstrating the great spirit of the War of Resistance.
The TV series "Return to the Ranks" tells the story of a group of Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) soldiers who lost contact with their organization. In desperate situations, they struggle, search, sacrifice, and awaken, relying on their promises to their comrades, their attachment to their homeland, and their belief in victory, ultimately completing the "return to the ranks" of spirit and action.
According to reports, in order to truly restore history, the production team built real-life sets on the land where the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) fought. They required that the position of the patches on the clothing, the shape of the scars on the characters' bodies, etc., all fit the character's identity and experience, the specific environment in which they were located, and the state under the devastation of war, showing the scenes of the Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) soldiers struggling to survive and fighting tenaciously in the icy and snowy conditions.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 齐志明 苏 滨 王云娜
To "catch the sea" at the supermarket, fresh aquatic products bring a fresh experience like visiting an aquarium; to "eat grain" (吃谷) at trendy toy stores, gaining emotional value and satisfying social needs while catching up with trends; to "hunt for goods" (淘货) at maternal and infant stores, enjoying professional and meticulous service while experiencing "what you see is what you get"... With product upgrades, service optimization, and scene innovation, the popularity of in-store consumption remains undiminished. Visiting physical stores has become the choice of many consumers, especially young consumer groups.
Online shopping is very convenient, so why are many consumers still keen on checking in at physical stores? What's in their shopping bags? Recently, reporters conducted investigations in many places.
In Fresh Food Supermarkets
Catching Aquatic Products Relaxes the Body and Mind
At 5:30 PM, the Heli Huimin Fresh Food Supermarket Nanpu Road Store (合力惠民生鲜超市南浦路店) in Guiyang (贵阳), Guizhou (贵州) gradually becomes lively. Customers who come to shop after work carefully select their favorite products, and staff are busy restocking and organizing.
Arriving at the aquatic product area, large fish tanks are neatly arranged, and the transparent glass reflects the blue and clear water. A series of bubbles "buzz" out of the oxygen pump, bursting with a "pop" when they surge out of the water, and fish swim in them. Wang Lili (王丽丽) is quietly watching from the side, and the fatigue of the day rushes out of her body like bubbles, disappearing without a trace.
Wang Lili, 30 years old, is from Guiyang and has been working for 5 years. "I deal with reports and materials every day, and the work intensity is high, leaving me physically and mentally exhausted after a day." During this time, fresh food supermarkets have become her favorite place to go after work, especially to "catch the sea" in the aquatic product area, which is relaxing and stress-relieving. She goes three or four times a week.
"On average, the daily traffic exceeds 1,000 people, with young people accounting for 80%. Shopping time is concentrated after work, and aquatic products account for 30% of daily sales," said Li Zhongxiu (李中秀), the store manager. In order to meet the consumption needs of young people who value convenience and quality, the supermarket has made precise efforts in the supply of aquatic products. For example, live and frozen seafood are equipped with direct supply bases, strictly controlling product quality from the source; on-site free processing and cooking services are provided, allowing the fun of "catching the sea" to bloom on the tip of the tongue as soon as possible.
Clams spitting sand, lobsters holding pliers, slowly swimming bass... A while ago, Wang Lili took her daughter, who is less than two years old, to the supermarket to see the fish. Sitting in the shopping cart, through the transparent tank wall, the child was attracted by the various fish in the water. "Seeing that my daughter was interested, I told her about them one by one, and I was very surprised to hear her respond with '咿咿呀呀'!" Wang Lili said that the charm of "catching the sea" in the supermarket lies in its relaxation, freshness, and strong sense of interaction, which cannot be replaced by online shopping.
"We will adjust the categories of the aquatic product area according to the season, and there are also discounts and promotions at specific times, which have attracted many customers," said Li Zhongxiu.
"As an emerging lifestyle, 'catching the sea' in supermarkets has been especially popular among urban young people in the past two years," said Pan Helin (盘和林), a member of the Expert Committee on Information and Communication Economics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部). Observing and selecting fresh seafood in supermarkets or fresh food markets satisfies people's curiosity about nature and is also an attempt by modern people to redefine the pace of life and balance work pressure.
In Trendy Toy Stores
Picking Blind Boxes is Full of Fun
"Have you 'eaten grain' today?" This is a common greeting among young people represented by Generation Z. "Grain" is a homophone for the English word "goods," and "eating grain" means buying trendy toys.
Nowadays, "eating grain," "scooping" trendy toys, and "shaking" blind boxes are very popular among young people. Going to shopping malls in groups of three or five to buy trendy toys has become a consumption habit and leisure fashion for young people.
Not long ago, a pop-up store of a trendy toy brand at Joy City Chaoyang (朝阳大悦城) in Beijing (北京) opened, attracting more than 10,000 young people to the store to shop on the same day. "I usually pay attention to limited events of various IPs. I heard that there was a pop-up event, so I rushed over early. I waited in line for half an hour and bought my favorite trendy toy, which was totally worth it!" said Fan Xinxin (范鑫欣), a trendy toy enthusiast working in Beijing.
"For young people with strong social needs, trendy toys are a kind of 'social currency'," said Zhan Huiyu (战绘宇), the founder of the trendy toy store Qimeng Island (奇梦岛). Young people buy and share trendy toys, discovering like-minded people and making friends online and offline.
In the opinion of Wang Peng (王鹏), an associate researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences (北京市社会科学院), trendy toy brands are rich, IP types are diverse, and marketing methods are novel and interesting, providing young people with ample choice. In addition to the cultural IP, appearance design, cost performance, and other factors contained in trendy toys, obtaining emotional value and achieving self-pleasing experiences through consumption has become an important driving force affecting young people's choices.
"I go to trendy toy stores every weekend. I have bought popular brands such as POP MART (泡泡玛特), TOP TOY, Sanrio (三丽鸥), and Disney (迪士尼)," said Liu Bin (刘彬), a resident of Xicheng District (西城区), Beijing, born in the 95s. "Cute appearance and unique design are the standards I pay attention to when buying trendy toys."
Like many young people, Liu Bin is keen on "shaking" blind boxes. "While shaking, I lean close to my ear to listen carefully. Experienced people may be able to identify hidden models," Liu Bin said. Shaking a blind box and getting the style you want makes people feel surprised and satisfied.
When merchants and shopping malls have promotions, young people spend even more impulsively on trendy toys. In many large comprehensive shopping malls in Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), Postal Savings Bank of China Shaoxing Branch (邮储银行绍兴市分行) launched payment promotion activities, and credit card users can participate in random discounts and fixed discounts. Wu Lingya (吴玲雅), general manager of the Credit Card Department of Postal Savings Bank of China Shaoxing Branch, introduced, "In the first half of this year, the cumulative amount of trendy toy consumption through this branch was 2.9 million yuan, and customers enjoyed discounts of 210,000 yuan."
"Young people like this kind of 'surprise payment' activity. Low-threshold and highly interesting promotional activities have spawned many young customers' small-amount, high-frequency consumption behaviors," said a trendy toy store manager.
In Maternal and Infant Stores
Worry-Free Shopping and Comfortable Service
At 10:00 AM, Huang Jingjing (黄静静), a 35-year-old mother, came to Kidswant (孩子王) Guangdong Guangzhou Liwan Link Square Store (广东广州荔湾领展广场店) to buy snacks for the next day's trip while taking her two children for pediatric massage.
The store covers an area of more than 4,000 square meters, and all kinds of products needed for pregnant women, infants, and children, such as milk powder, complementary food, toys, clothing, strollers, and cribs, are available. In the food area of the store, store manager Liu Zhifang (刘志芳) guided her to receive full discount coupons and enjoy discounts, and the total price immediately dropped from 234.9 yuan to 114.9 yuan.
As a senior member of the store, Huang Jingjing enjoys discounts every time she shops. The various expenses of her two children are basically in this store, and she comes several times a week. Last year alone, her actual spending in this store reached more than 18,000 yuan.
Now online shopping is very convenient, so why are many parents happy to "hunt for goods" in maternal and infant stores? "In physical stores, I can see the actual style and size of the stroller, and then try it out to see if it is easy to use," Huang Jingjing said. When she bought a stroller two years ago, she encountered a major promotion in the store, and the price of more than 1,600 yuan was more than 100 yuan lower than online, which was very cost-effective. In addition, the physical store is "what you see is what you get," and consumers can choose products with newer production dates, which is also why many people like to visit maternal and infant stores.
What Huang Jingjing values is the face-to-face interaction and extended services of physical stores. "The store staff can introduce the products in detail, the guiding service is also very professional, and you can also listen to the real feedback from old customers," Huang Jingjing said. The store also offers its own pediatric massage service, with 4 certified professional massage therapists on duty every day. She regularly brings her two children for massage, and she feels that it does have some effect.
"We cater to the consumption habits of young people, introduce large-scale children's parks, and further optimize service facilities such as mother and baby rooms, so that parent-child customers can consume comfortably, and continue to work hard on the track of optimizing services and experiences," said Li Jialin (李嘉麟), head of Guangzhou Liwan Link Square.
"Although the purchase channels for maternal and infant products are becoming more diversified, maternal and infant stores are still an important channel for milk powder sales, which is closely related to the convenience, immediacy, and professional services provided by the stores," said Chen Duan (陈端), director of the Digital Economy Integration and Innovation Development Center of the Central University of Finance and Economics (中央财经大学). Maternal and infant stores should make efforts in both products and services, on the one hand, continue to improve product safety and functionality, and on the other hand, expand more value-added services to attract more new parents to become "repeat customers" from "first-time customers."
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In the internet age, shopping has become easy. With a tap of your finger, you can easily shop and compare prices; order online and wait for delivery to your door. With online shopping so convenient, why are popular commercial districts still booming, and why can brick-and-mortar stores still attract so many consumers? In each shopping bag lies a wonderful life that online shopping cannot replace, and it also contains unlimited business opportunities.
Scoop up fresh seafood and feel the pleasure of "catching the sea"; shake a trendy toy blind box and share the joy of "winning" with like-minded people; pick out mother and baby products and get face-to-face shopping advice... The categories of consumer goods are different, but the logic of consumption is the same. Today's consumers are buying not only the products themselves, but also experiences and emotions, requiring both cost performance and "heart performance." By creating new consumption scenarios and models, and leveraging their own advantages of being tangible, touchable, and providing face-to-face service, many physical supermarkets enhance the shopping experience and unleash unique charm, making shopping an indispensable part of many consumers' enjoyment of a better life.
From shopping bags, we can understand the diverse needs of consumers and discover the vast business opportunities of brick-and-mortar stores. Further leveraging the unique advantages of brick-and-mortar stores to bring consumers more fresh and comfortable experiences and services, physical consumption will become more popular, injecting a 源源动力 (yuán yuán dòng lì - "source source power," a continuous stream of power) into boosting consumption and developing the economy.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Hohhot, August 25th. The 5th China-Mongolia Expo opened on the 25th in Hohhot (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) pointed out that this year marks the tenth anniversary of the China-Mongolia Expo. After ten years of effort, the China-Mongolia Expo has developed into an important platform for the country to open up to the north, promote the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality. It has played a positive role in promoting economic, trade cooperation, and cultural exchanges between China and Mongolia, the Northeast Asia region, and even countries jointly building the "Belt and Road."
Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) emphasized that China attaches great importance to the development of China-Mongolia relations and is willing to work with Mongolia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, consolidate political mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, actively promote the construction of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future to be more solid and deep, and promote the continuous development of the China-Mongolia comprehensive strategic partnership.
On the 24th, Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰) met with Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh (乌其尔勒), First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development of Mongolia.
Return to TopBeijing, August 25th (Reported by Zhang Cong (张璁)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Justice (司法部): The opening ceremony of the second training class for young lawyers to practice in the west was held on the 25th in Yan'an (延安), Shaanxi (陕西). This year, the second group of 300 young lawyers will go to more than 270 public legal service institutions in the western region to carry out a one-year practical training.
It is understood that in 2024, the Ministry of Justice (司法部) will launch the "Young Lawyers Western Training Program" in conjunction with the All China Lawyers Association (全国律协). The first group of young lawyers participating in the western training handled more than 5,000 legal aid cases and provided more than 120,000 instances of document drafting and other legal services, which were fully affirmed by the local Party committees and governments and people of all ethnic groups.
The Ministry of Justice (司法部) called on young lawyers to 厚植家国情怀 (hòu zhí jiā guó qíng huái - "deeply cultivate feelings for the country and family," to foster a strong sense of patriotism and dedication to the nation), keep the purpose of serving the people firmly in mind, develop excellent skills, and devote themselves to the construction of the rule of law in the western region with practical actions. At the same time, it requires local judicial administrative organs, lawyers associations, law firms, public legal service institutions, etc. to strengthen coordination and cooperation and earnestly do a good job in service guarantee.
Return to TopHefei, August 25th (Reported by Luo Yangqi (罗阳奇) of this newspaper) – This reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路上海局集团有限公司) that on August 20th, a grain special train carrying 22 20-foot containers filled with initially processed foods such as rice departed from Xieqiao Freight Station (谢桥货运站) in Fuyang (阜阳), Anhui (安徽), and headed towards Lusi (Port) Station (吕四（港）站) in Qidong (启东), Jiangsu (江苏). This batch of goods will then be transferred to Shanghai (上海) and shipped to Fujian (福建), Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), and other places via Antong Logistics' (安通物流) express sea-rail intermodal transport, marking the successful launch of the first "single bill of lading" grain special train for multimodal transport in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角).
It is understood that compared with traditional container multimodal transport business, the "single bill of lading" transport has the characteristics of "one-time consignment, one bill to the end, one container to the end, and one-time settlement." Customers only need to pay once to enjoy the entire process of logistics services such as transportation, storage, loading and unloading, and full-process positioning, without having to communicate and negotiate with multiple carriers such as railways and shipping companies one by one for document handover, short-distance transportation, and cargo reloading. This model not only improves transportation efficiency, but also effectively reduces overall logistics costs.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 乔 栋
In the production workshop of Ounait Cable Group Co., Ltd. in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (大通回族土族自治县), Xining (西宁) City, Qinghai Province (青海省), bundles of cables wrapped in "sheet metal" arouse curiosity.
"These are products tailored for plateau areas, resistant to ultraviolet radiation, cold, and corrosion, with a lifespan of over 15 years and 15 invention patents," said Yang Zhentao (杨振涛), chairman of the company, with considerable pride.
Seizing the opportunity of Qinghai (青海) building a national clean energy industry highland, Ounait (欧耐特) has targeted plateau special cable products, embarking on a path of differentiated development, and currently holds a market share of up to 40%.
In 2020, a batch of cables produced by Ounait (欧耐特) was sent to a photovoltaic new energy base located at an altitude of over 3,000 meters in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (海南藏族自治州). However, customers quickly reported that the products were either damaged by pika rodents biting the sheath layer or prone to cracking. Ma Lei (马磊), the R&D department manager, rushed to the site and found that there were many pika rodents on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), which caused damage to the cables buried underground. In addition, the strong ultraviolet radiation and large temperature differences on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) caused the sheath layer to crack.
At that time, Ounait (欧耐特) Company, founded in 2012, was at a "crossroads" of transformation. "In the early days of our establishment, we mainly produced supporting cables for urban public facilities and residential areas. We really didn't have the experience of producing special photovoltaic cables for plateaus, and there was a lack of specialized product standards at the national level," Yang Zhentao (杨振涛) admitted frankly.
In order to help enterprises solve problems, the Beichuan Industrial Park (北川工业园区) in Datong County (大通县), where Ounait (欧耐特) is located, took the initiative to provide services and accurately connected the enterprise with the Nan Hui (南辉) expert team of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Qinghai University (青海大学机械工程学院). The two sides hit it off and worked together to overcome the difficulties.
How to solve the problem of pika rodent bites? "Making enough strength is not the only solution. Why not let the pika rodents 'avoid it'?" Ma Lei (马磊) introduced that the R&D team repeatedly studied and judged at that time and decided to add a solvent to the cable sheath layer to use a special odor to disperse the pika rodents, reducing the cable bite failure rate from 90% to below 15%.
How to challenge the low temperature of minus 30 degrees Celsius? The team used waste soybean oil and other vegetable oleic acids as raw materials to prepare a vegetable oil-based plasticizer with strong versatility and high cold resistance. "The purpose is to keep the cable at a certain softness at all times and avoid cracking due to freezing 'brittle'," Ma Lei (马磊) said.
Unexpectedly, when the samples were taken to Tanggula Mountain Town (唐古拉山镇) in Golmud (格尔木) City, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (海西蒙古族藏族自治州), for on-site testing, they passed the low-temperature test, but failed to withstand the high temperature during the day. "We chose to experiment repeatedly," Ma Lei (马磊) introduced that after 36 months, special cable products suitable for the plateau environment were finally developed.
With the products in hand, it is said that 酒香也怕巷子深 (jiǔ xiāng yě pà xiàng zi shēn - "even good wine fears a deep alley," even good products need marketing). "According to past experience, it will take at least several years from market acceptance to recognition." Holding the new products, Yang Zhentao (杨振涛) once did not know where to sell them.
At a critical moment, relevant departments in Qinghai Province (青海省) organized a supply and demand matchmaking meeting to help Ounait (欧耐特) "promote" good products. At present, five central enterprises have reached cooperation agreements with Ounait (欧耐特).
In recent years, Ounait (欧耐特) has focused on innovation and has successively applied for more than 130 patents, owns 26 registered trademark certificates, and has obtained 15 invention patents and more than 80 utility model patents, growing from a small and micro enterprise to a national high-tech enterprise. At present, the company's annual output of 100,000 tons of green high-purity electrical round aluminum rod project is under construction. The project will rely on Qinghai's (青海) rich aluminum resources to realize the large-scale production of "aluminum instead of copper," and at the same time, aluminum alloy cables can surpass traditional copper cables in performance.
"We are actively participating in the formulation of the group standard of 'Technical Specifications for Photovoltaic Cables in Plateau Areas'," Yang Zhentao (杨振涛) is full of confidence in the company's future development. "Anchoring high-quality development, private enterprises have a lot to offer!"
Return to TopOn August 24th, the "Super-Hierarchical Zero-Carbon Building" - TGood Headquarters Base, was put into use in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong Province (山东省).
Located in Laoshan District (崂山区), the building achieves 100% green electricity self-sufficiency through integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, tiered battery energy storage, and coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons per year. The project takes the integration of "charging network, microgrid, and energy storage network" as its core, relying on a digital intelligent platform to achieve efficient regulation and control, saving energy costs by approximately 30%.
Photo by Zhang Jingang (张进刚) (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopBy: 陈世涵
The resounding bugle call from over 80 years ago still echoes in people's hearts today.
The Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall, located in Yangquan City (阳泉市), Shanxi Province (山西省), is a national demonstration base for patriotic education. Inside the memorial hall, yellowed photographs and precious artifacts silently recount this historic feat, vividly showcasing the immense power of the people's war.
Attacking the Zhengtai Railway (正太铁路), fiercely battling at Mount Shinao (狮脑山), and assaulting Niangziguan (娘子关)... During the arduous strategic stalemate phase of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army (八路军) led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) stepped forward. 105 regiments, like unsheathed sharp swords, greatly boosted the confidence of the entire nation's military and civilians to fight the war to the end with the victory of the Hundred Regiments Offensive.
Only in turbulent waves can the pillar in the river be revealed. Far more than just the Hundred Regiments Offensive, turning the pages of the weighty historical record of the Anti-Japanese War, sets of data demonstrate the will and strength of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people in resisting Japan – during the Anti-Japanese War, the anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party fought the enemy 125,000 times, eliminating 1.714 million Japanese and puppet troops. During the 14-year Anti-Japanese War, the depth of national awakening, the tenacity of fighting will, and the firmness of the conviction to win all reached unprecedented heights, giving birth to the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War.
Sharpening resolve for rejuvenation, the value of this spirit is especially evident. The patriotic feelings, national integrity, heroic spirit, and conviction of victory contained in the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War possess tremendous power that transcends time and space. Like a magnet and a torch, it attracts and guides countless young people, harboring the lofty ambition of strengthening the country with me, and bravely advancing towards the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The future emerges from history. Upright, honorable, and proud Chinese people are striding forward on a new journey.
Return to TopLayout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Return to TopBy: 刘雪莲
Global development cannot be separated from a peaceful and stable international environment, and building a world of lasting peace is the long-cherished wish of mankind. In April 2022, President Xi Jinping (习近平) first proposed the Global Security Initiative in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, providing a Chinese solution for maintaining world peace and tranquility. In February 2023, China released the "Global Security Initiative Concept Paper," which comprehensively and systematically elaborated on China's core concepts and principles for safeguarding global security and achieving lasting world peace and development, and proposed 20 key areas of cooperation, five major cooperation platforms and mechanisms. Over the past three years since the Global Security Initiative was proposed, China has actively worked to address various security challenges and build a community of human security. The Global Security Initiative has become an original and iconic concept of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the field of security and diplomacy, and has become an international consensus with global influence, widely agreed upon and responded to by the world.
The Global Security Initiative timely and profoundly responds to the security dilemma against the backdrop of the accelerated evolution of the world's century-old changes.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Security is the prerequisite for national development, and peace is the lifeline of people's happiness." At present, the world's century-old changes are accelerating, and changes in the world, times, and history are unfolding in unprecedented ways, and the world is entering a new period of turbulence and change. New trends have emerged in the global security situation and security governance, and the common challenges facing mankind in terms of security are becoming more complex and severe.
Global security issues highlight a complex situation of cross-domain and transnational nature. Security is an eternal topic for mankind, concerning the vital interests of every country and every individual. In the past, in the international community, security mainly referred to national security, that is, the security of national power and sovereignty, which belonged to the category of traditional security. In recent years, the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the resurgence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, etc., have brought traditional security issues back into people's view. At the same time, non-traditional security issues such as global climate change, transnational terrorism, cybersecurity, and public health crises affect many areas of human social life. These non-traditional security issues break down the boundaries of countries and regions, connecting countries around the world into a security community.
The Western realist view of security poses a serious threat to the global security order. The Western realist view of security, while emphasizing national security, takes the anarchic state of the international community as a prerequisite, emphasizes national survival based on power, and often leads countries into a "security dilemma," that is, the improvement of one country's security comes at the expense of the weakening of other countries' security, and countries are zero-sum on security issues, thus leading to inevitable conflict and confrontation between countries. In recent years, some Western powers have brought out the old realist containment policy again, emphasizing power games and bloc confrontation, "politicizing" and "weaponizing" many economic, social, and cultural factors, and implementing policies such as "decoupling," "breaking chains," and "withdrawing from groups." These measures have profoundly affected the global security situation, provoked competition and confrontation between major powers, and seriously threatened the global security order.
Traditional global security governance is difficult to effectively coordinate current security issues. At present, the international community's collective security dilemma and the global security governance deficit continue to worsen, and security issues such as traditional and non-traditional security, national security and global security are intertwined. In global security governance, some Western countries attach importance to maximizing their own security interests, while ignoring the security concerns of multiple actors in governance and the balance between them; they attach importance to the "club-style" and exclusive nature of small groups in security governance, while ignoring the inclusiveness and effectiveness of governance; they attach importance to the dominance of security, while ignoring the relationship between development and security. Therefore, the traditional global security governance framework is difficult to effectively coordinate complex and diverse security issues.
Against the backdrop of prominent security issues in reality and some countries adhering to the Western realist view of security in theory, the proposal of the Global Security Initiative effectively responds to the security issues of today's world and is a scientific answer to "what kind of security concept the world needs and how countries can achieve common security." The proposal of the Global Security Initiative is in line with the common desire of the international community for peace, cooperation, and development, conforms to the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results, and gathers the consensus and strength of all countries to reduce the security deficit and solve security problems; this important initiative breaks the zero-sum thinking and confrontational logic in global security reality, advocates a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, adheres to the principle of indivisible security, and provides a new direction for eliminating the root causes of international conflict and achieving lasting peace and stability in the world; this important initiative grasps the key to resolving global security challenges, and proposes a new security governance path based on integrating the relationship between traditional and non-traditional security, national security and global security, providing new ideas for further improving global security governance, and injecting new momentum into maintaining the global security order.
Theoretical Contributions and Innovations of the Global Security Initiative
The Global Security Initiative takes the "six commitments" as its core elements, namely, adhering to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, adhering to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, adhering to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, adhering to attaching importance to the reasonable security concerns of all countries, adhering to resolving differences and disputes between countries peacefully through dialogue and consultation, and adhering to coordinating the maintenance of security in traditional and non-traditional fields. The "six commitments" support each other and are mutually integrated, jointly constituting the deep logic and connotation basis of the Global Security Initiative's innovation in security theory. The Global Security Initiative not only clearly emphasizes the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, and deeply answers the questions of the times; but also makes original breakthroughs in the integrity, relevance, and value of security, surpassing the basic paradigm of traditional security theory.
Systematic Innovation of Theoretical Paradigm: Realizing a Major Shift from a State-Centered Approach to Global Security from the Perspective of Overall Human Security. President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Only by adhering to the new concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security can we embark on a path of universal security." The concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security constitutes the ideological axis of the Global Security Initiative and is also the core meaning of security theory innovation. The concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security is rich in connotation, and it is not enough to understand it simply from the perspective of ideas, but it needs to be interpreted from the perspective of a system or paradigm.
"Common" emphasizes the integrity of security. In today's era of interdependence among countries, common security clarifies the ontological transformation of security theory, that is, the transformation from national security centrism to global security centrism, emphasizing that national security and global security promote each other and develop synergistically. In today's world, no country can enjoy security alone, security is indivisible, and countries must think about national security issues from the perspective of overall world security. The integrity of security is the ontological feature of global security. "Comprehensive" emphasizes the integration and coordination of security issues. In response to the complex intertwining of traditional and non-traditional security, comprehensive security advocates the organic coordination of diverse security issues, not only focusing on traditional security issues, but also incorporating new security issues in many fields such as environmental security, energy security, cybersecurity, and space security into coordination, taking multiple measures and comprehensive policies to ensure the overall and synergistic nature of security maintenance and security governance. "Cooperation" emphasizes consultation and collaboration in security maintenance methods. Cooperative security opposes conflict thinking on security issues and closed group confrontation methods, and advocates that countries engage in frank dialogue, seek common ground while reserving differences, and enhance strategic mutual trust to promote security through cooperation. "Sustainable" focuses on the long-term and symbiotic nature of security. Security issues are long-term issues closely related to human survival and run through all areas of social life. We must pay attention to the long-term future of security, make forward-looking designs for security, and at the same time coordinate security and development, and build a security maintenance mechanism in development, so that the relationship between various actors truly moves from coexistence to symbiosis.
Overall, the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, as the ideological foundation of the Global Security Initiative, is essentially a systematic innovation in security theory. The integrity of ontology, the coordination of issues, the cooperation of methods, and the symbiosis of prospects jointly construct the overall picture of the new security theory, highlighting the major shift in security theory from traditional security theory centered on the state to global security from the perspective of overall human security. This is a manifestation of the holistic worldview and a fundamental shift in the theoretical paradigm.
Key Breakthrough at the Ontological Level: Realizing the Transcendence of the Realist Theoretical Assumption that Security is Confrontational and Zero-Sum with the Principle of Indivisible Security. Theoretical innovation is often generated on the basis of reflecting on the premise assumptions of traditional theory. The Global Security Initiative transcends the basic assumptions of Western realist security theory, and the principle of indivisible security it proposes achieves a breakthrough at the ontological level of security theory. Western realist security theory is state-centered, based on the basic assumptions of confrontation and zero-sum, and advocates guaranteeing national security by pursuing the maximization of power in the anarchic state of the international community, attempting to build one country's security on the basis of other countries' insecurity. Therefore, when a country's strength, especially its military strength, is improved, it will bring about other countries' prevention or arms race, leading to a security dilemma between countries; when a country's strength is not enough to maintain its own security, the country often adopts the method of military alliance, and military alliance is generally targeted at a third party and is exclusive, which will solidify or aggravate the opposition and division of the international community on security issues.
The principle of indivisible security proposed by the Global Security Initiative advocates the integrity and systematic nature of security. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In today's world where countries are interdependent, it is not feasible to pursue one's own so-called absolute security and exclusive security." All countries share weal and woe on security issues, no country can define security alone, and no country can achieve isolated security without being separated from the overall world security system. At the same time, the principle of indivisible security abandons the selective view of security, advocates the coordination of security issues of different types, different fields, and different levels, emphasizes the connection and interdependence between different security issues, and promotes global security governance from fragmentation to systematic integration. The principle of indivisible security takes the pursuit of holistic security as the ontological basis of security, and places national security in overall security, thereby effectively overcoming the zero-sum and fragmentation of security, and laying a correct theoretical premise for achieving the true security of the international community.
Important Innovation at the Level of Core Connotation: Realizing the Transformation from a Passive Security Model to an Active Security Model. The Global Security Initiative advocates that mankind is an indivisible security community, and one country's security should not be at the expense of harming other countries' security. It is necessary to attach importance to the reasonable security concerns of all countries and resolve differences through dialogue and consultation, which has important original significance in the core connotation of security theory. From the perspective of traditional security theory, the realist security structure relationship adheres to the confrontational logic of "alliance" and "containment," which cannot respond to the challenges brought about by transnational and cross-domain complex security threats; liberalism advocates institutional arrangements and treaty constraints in the coordination of security relations, which to a certain extent overcomes the "security dilemma," but its theoretical premise is still based on national rationality and limited trust, which is difficult to cope with the overlapping, competition, and failure of the system itself.
The security community advocated by the Global Security Initiative highlights relational logic, emphasizing that security is not an inherent attribute, but the result of social construction based on interaction, exchange, and mutual understanding among countries. In the security community, the subjective initiative of countries is more prominent, shifting from the prevention of conflict and even the outbreak of war to the formation of a community of interest coordination and risk sharing in continuous interaction, realizing the transformation from a passive security model to an active security model. Co-construction, co-governance, and sharing have become the basic ways of interaction between countries, so that every country is both a beneficiary of security and a bearer of security responsibility, thereby building a community of "mutual security" with openness and inclusiveness. Countries continue to accumulate trust and innovate methods in interaction, thereby continuously injecting new momentum into global security governance.
Further Highlighting the Theoretical Foresight: Realizing the Transcendence of the Myth of One-Sided Security with the Two-Way Coupling of Security and Development. The Global Security Initiative proposes the concept of sustainable security, advocating resolving contradictions through development and fundamentally eliminating the soil of insecurity. This highlights the foresight of the Global Security Initiative in security theory. Traditional security theory often one-sidedly emphasizes survival security and short-term threats, especially realist theory regards security as a scarce resource in the international community, based on the assumptions of security zero-sum and security absoluteness, and recognizes the essence of security as a win-win game, and ignores the impact of development on security and the synergistic progress of development and security.
The concept of sustainable security proposed by the Global Security Initiative achieves a dual transcendence of the traditional security theory paradigm: First, the organic combination of security and development. The concept of sustainable security places security in the framework of the production of global public goods and the common interests of mankind, advocating promoting security through development and ensuring development through security, and solving structural security dilemmas and long-term security deficits on the basis of promoting overall world development and improving human well-being. Second, the organic combination of security and the prospects for human development. Sustainable security is not limited to maintaining superficial stability or temporarily suppressing risks, but focuses on the continuous improvement of human security prospects and common well-being. Sustainable security is closely linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, jointly calling for lasting global cooperation and effective global governance, and bridging the structural gap between development and security within the framework of global collaborative governance, thereby realizing the organic integration of security needs and development interests.
The Global Security Initiative Demonstrates Strong Vitality and Leadership in Practice
President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "History and reality tell us that all countries must share the responsibility of maintaining peace, follow the path of peaceful development together, and jointly seek peace, protect peace, and share peace." Within the framework of the Global Security Initiative, China conducts bilateral and multilateral security cooperation with countries and international and regional organizations, actively promotes the alignment of security concepts, and expands the convergence of interests. The Global Security Initiative demonstrates strong vitality and leadership in China's diplomatic practice and in the international community's efforts to solve security problems and build security relations, making important contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
An Important Conceptual Foundation for the Top-Level Design of China's Diplomacy in the New Era. Theoretical innovations in the Global Security Initiative, such as the principle of indivisible security, the concept of a security community, and the concept of sustainable security, have become important conceptual foundations for the top-level design and policy formulation of China's diplomacy in the new era. For example, in February 2023, China released "China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis." The document emphasized the importance of the reasonable security concerns of all parties and incorporated comprehensive measures such as ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, the start of peace talks, the resolution of humanitarian crises, the reduction of strategic risks, and the ensuring of the stability of industrial and supply chains into the plan. In October 2023, China proposed the "Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative," advocating that all countries have equal rights to develop and utilize artificial intelligence, and opposing the use of technological monopolies and unilateral coercive measures to create development barriers. These all reflect the conceptual innovation of the Global Security Initiative in common security and indivisible security.
Providing practical solutions for the international community to solve security problems and build security relationships. At present, the Global Security Initiative has been supported by more than 120 countries and regions, and international organizations, and has been written into more than 120 bilateral and multilateral documents of China's exchanges and cooperation with relevant countries and organizations, fully demonstrating the international appeal of the new path of security explored by China. China not only always unswervingly adheres to the concept of peaceful development, never seeks hegemony, expansion, or spheres of influence, and always firmly safeguards the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, but also firmly stands on the side of peace and dialogue and on the side of fairness and justice on many hot issues that affect the world, and actively explores solutions. For example, in March 2023, with China's active mediation and unremitting efforts, Saudi Arabia and Iran, which had been severed for seven years, achieved a historic reconciliation, injecting strong momentum into regional peace and stability. On the issue of the Ukraine crisis, China has sent special envoys to shuttle and mediate many times, gather consensus on stopping the war, and pave the way for peace talks. These are all vivid practices of China's implementation of the Global Security Initiative. No matter how the international situation changes, China's determination and commitment to be a builder of world peace will not change. China will continue to work with all countries to implement the Global Security Initiative and make new and greater contributions to promoting world and regional security and stability.
An important practice to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Building a community with a shared future for mankind aims to build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and cleanliness and beauty. It can be said that the building of a community with a shared future for mankind must first build a secure community. The Global Security Initiative contains the common values of all mankind and embodies the progressive concept of symbiosis and co-prosperity. It paves the way for building a community with a shared future for mankind through four innovations in the concept of security: First, the security subject is transformed from a single country to the construction of a global security network; second, the security agenda is transformed from local affairs to the overall planning of global issues; third, the security method is transformed from a static structure to dynamic coordination; and fourth, the security effect is transformed from passive response to the pursuit of active prosperity. These new security concepts that embody integrity and systematicness have been implemented into the specific practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The Global Security Initiative is essentially a concrete expression and concrete practice of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of security, and it will surely help the actions of building a community with a shared future for mankind to continue to deepen and become more solid.
(The author is a professor at the School of Administration, Jilin University (吉林大学).)
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As an indispensable hard skill for coping with complex situations and advancing various tasks, problem awareness profoundly reflects the Communist Party members' pragmatic scientific attitude and responsible spirit of daring to take responsibility. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out that it is necessary to "dare to face problems, want to do things, be able to do things, accomplish things, and constantly solve problems and break through difficulties." On the new journey, party members and cadres must possess the ability to keenly discover problems, a clear attitude of facing problems squarely, and the initiative to solve problems consciously, and constantly enhance the foresight, pertinence, and effectiveness of their work.
The attitude towards problems is like a mirror, reflecting not only the ideological awareness of party members and cadres, but also their courage, boldness, and breadth of mind. It is not terrible to have problems; what is truly worrying is ignoring the existence of problems, or even adopting an attitude of concealment and evasion. At present, in the complex and volatile internal and external environment, the majority of party members and cadres are able to shoulder their due responsibilities, not slackening in the face of difficulties, not retreating in the face of problems, and not evading responsibilities. At the same time, some party members and cadres lack problem awareness, either failing to see the essence of the problem or failing to pinpoint the key to the problem; some, although they have discovered the problem, lack the courage to face it, and instead of thinking about how to solve the problem, they try to pass the contradiction upwards and shift the responsibility downwards. These phenomena, in the final analysis, are all because they have not faced the "real problem" squarely, and therefore it is difficult to find a "real solution" to the problem.
Problems are not only the starting point of innovation, but also the driving force for continuously advancing work. From the perspective of working methods, problems are often manifested as deviations and gaps between expected goals and actual results. Due to the complexity of reality, deviations and problems in work are inevitable. Especially now that reform has entered a deep-water zone, various problems are even more intricate and complex, involving multiple fields such as economy, politics, culture, society, and ecological civilization. Among these problems, some come from within and some come from without, some are old problems and some are new problems, and these problems are intertwined, affecting the whole body with the slightest move. Facing the complex situation and tasks, the vast number of party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, can only enhance their awareness of problems, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, and conduct scientific analysis and in-depth research in order to clarify the nature of the problems, find the root causes, and continuously innovate and improve the working methods for solving problems.
The solution of problems cannot be separated from the soil of practice. Problems arise in practice and must be solved through practice. Practice, understanding, re-practice, and re-understanding are not only the objective laws of understanding things, but also an effective way to solve problems. Only by conducting in-depth analysis and research on the problems in practice can we find effective measures to solve them. If we always sit in the office and talk on paper, 闭门造车 (bì mén zào chē - "build a cart behind closed doors," to be divorced from reality and act blindly), and are unwilling to go deep into the grassroots and into practice, then when faced with difficulties and challenges, we can only be like a monk of Zhang Er (丈二和尚) scratching his head, unable to figure out where the problem is, let alone solve it.
The people are the main body of practice, are at the forefront of practice, have a more direct and genuine feeling about the problems, and have a more detailed and thorough understanding of the situation. If party members and cadres only rely on subjective assumptions, believing that the things they do not understand must also be things that the masses do not understand, and are unwilling to learn from the masses with humility, they will be eliminated by the rapidly developing and changing situation. In this way, they will often fall into the dilemma of not knowing how to use new methods and old methods not working. Only by truly going in, sinking down, and integrating in, going deep into the people, going deep into the grassroots, with the goal of solving problems, daring to face problems squarely, conducting in-depth research on problems, and being good at solving problems, can we solve the problems encountered in reform, development, and stability, effectively enhance the effectiveness of investigation and research, and ensure that we do not relax until the problems are solved and do not let go until the solutions are thorough.
Facing squarely and solving "real problems" is not only a working attitude, but also a political responsibility. To have such a political responsibility, it is necessary to cultivate the mind and magnanimity of "being happy to hear of one's faults" (闻过则喜 (wén guò zé xǐ - "glad to hear of one's faults," to be happy to receive criticism)), take the initiative to benchmark against the standards of good cadres in the new era to find shortcomings, and develop the insight of "knowing the whole by observing a part" (见微知著 (jiàn wēi zhī zhù - "seeing the small knowing the great," from the first signs one can predict the future)), keenly capture the key to the problem in complex phenomena, transform the process of resolving contradictions into the practice of innovative governance, transform the effectiveness of solving problems into the momentum for promoting development, grasp opportunities and respond to challenges in complex and volatile situations, and gather powerful forces for reform and development in solving problems.
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Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics and an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In advancing Chinese-style modernization, no border region can be left behind." "From a national perspective, the most arduous task in promoting common prosperity for all the people lies in some border ethnic areas. These border ethnic areas cannot be allowed to lag behind on the road to common prosperity." Accelerating the high-quality economic and social development of border ethnic areas and continuously realizing the aspirations of all ethnic groups for a better life are essential to better promote the building of a community of the Chinese nation and to better advance and expand Chinese-style modernization. To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, it is necessary to further promote the action of enriching the people and benefiting the border areas in the new era, solidly promote common prosperity in border ethnic areas, and unremittingly strive to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
China has a vast territory and a large population. Border areas have an important position and role in the overall situation of the cause of the Party and the country, and one of its important characteristics is the multi-ethnic population. From the perspective of population size, according to the data of the Seventh National Population Census, the total population of the nine land border provinces and regions in China accounts for about 1/5 of the total population of the country, and nearly 60% of the minority population in the country lives in border areas. From the perspective of regional location, China's border ethnic areas are both a barrier to safeguarding national security and territorial integrity, and a bridge and hub for exchanges with neighboring countries and regions. From the perspective of economic development, border ethnic areas have many comparative advantages, are a key area for building a new development pattern, and are an important node for effectively connecting the domestic and international circulations. Therefore, accelerating the high-quality economic and social development of border ethnic areas and solidly promoting common prosperity in border ethnic areas are inherent requirements and important tasks for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. It helps to promote extensive exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups, and to promote Chinese-style modernization with the great unity of the Chinese nation. It also helps to provide reference for other countries to alleviate domestic regional and group wealth gaps, prevent and resolve ethnic conflicts, and promote ethnic equality and unity, and contribute Chinese strength and Chinese solutions to human peace, development, and prosperity.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, a series of regional coordinated development strategies and major regional strategies have been successively implemented. Border ethnic areas have won the battle against poverty alongside the rest of the country, built a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in all respects. Development has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes. Infrastructure conditions have changed with each passing day, people's living standards have been greatly improved, the sense of community of the Chinese nation has been continuously enhanced, and ethnic unity and progress have presented a new atmosphere, taking solid steps towards common prosperity for all the people. At the same time, it is necessary to see that border ethnic areas are still relatively underdeveloped areas in China as a whole. For example, there is a large gap in the level of development between the western border areas and the eastern areas, and the northeastern region is facing downward economic pressure. For example, the allocation of public service resources such as education and medical care is not balanced enough; and so on.
The "Decision" of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee clarified the overall goal of further comprehensively deepening reform, and proposed to "promote more obvious and substantial progress in the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all the people." To implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, we must base ourselves on the overall strategic situation of Chinese-style modernization and solidly promote common prosperity in border ethnic areas.
Implement the strategic deployment of enriching the people and benefiting the border areas, and promote the better integration of border ethnic areas into the overall national development. Based on the overall strategic situation of Chinese-style modernization, support and promote border ethnic areas to actively integrate into the new development pattern, promote high-quality development, and provide a solid foundation for promoting common prosperity. Support border ethnic areas to base themselves on their own functional positioning, give play to their regional comparative advantages, accelerate the efforts to make up for the shortcomings and weaknesses in infrastructure such as transportation, water conservancy, energy, and information, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, better integrate into the construction of a unified national market, accelerate the development of characteristic advantageous industries, and accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of development methods. Support border ethnic areas to continuously expand domestic and foreign opening up, orderly undertake the gradient transfer of industries, strengthen economic cooperation with neighboring countries and regions, and better serve and integrate into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Adhere to guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development and improve the level of basic public services. Adhere to the people-centered development thought, take improving people's livelihood and gathering people's hearts as the starting point and foothold of economic and social development in border ethnic areas, promote the extension of basic public service resources to the grassroots level, to rural areas, and to people living in poverty, promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation. Continue to improve production and living conditions such as education, medical care, communications, water supply, and electricity, support the construction of border townships, border village primary schools, and kindergartens, and help people of all ethnic groups settle down and live in border ethnic areas and take root in their careers. Improve the three-level medical and health service system of counties, townships, and villages in border ethnic areas to ensure full coverage of basic medical and health services in rural areas.
Promote the common prosperity of material life and spiritual life. To promote common prosperity in border ethnic areas, it is necessary to "enrich the pockets" and also "enrich the minds." We must base ourselves on characteristic resources, build an embedded social structure and community environment, and create social conditions for people of all ethnic groups to live, learn, build, share, work, and enjoy together. At the same time, we must deeply implement cultural benefit projects for the people, establish a mechanism for high-quality cultural resources to directly reach the grassroots level, integrate the core socialist values into the embedded community governance and the whole-process people's democratic practice in border ethnic areas, and let the minority people forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation in sharing high-quality spiritual and cultural life. Solidly promote the "Private Enterprises Entering the Border Areas" campaign, the "Harmonious and Beautiful Villages" construction campaign, the "Ethnic Handicraft Brand Cultivation and Promotion" campaign, and the "Border Tourism Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement Plan," and take multiple measures to promote the unity of material affluence and spiritual enrichment.
(The author is a researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Institute of Renmin University of China)
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From 2021 to 2024, the national unit GDP construction land use area decreased by a cumulative 15.97%, completing the "14th Five-Year Plan" expected target one year ahead of schedule. Behind this data is a fundamental shift in land use patterns—from reliance on incremental expansion to tapping into existing stock.
As of the end of April this year, pilot cities for the redevelopment of inefficient land have cumulatively identified 3,201,800 mu of inefficient land and implemented redevelopment of 1,704,700 mu. Around a batch of typical cases recently released by the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部), reporters conducted research to see how various regions are revitalizing "sleeping" land through "replacing birds in the cage" (腾笼换鸟) and "building nests to attract phoenixes" (筑巢引凤), injecting new momentum into high-quality economic and social development.
—Editor
Zhejiang Hangzhou Yaqian Town Promotes Overall Activation—
There is a Solution to "No Land Available"
Yaqian Town (衙前镇), Xiaoshan District (萧山区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), an industrial town famous for its chemical fiber textiles and steel structure industries, once reached a crossroads in its development. The built-up area within the town's development boundary reached 98%, of which industrial land accounted for 63%, leaving no incremental space available. At the same time, the problems of fragmentation and inefficiency of existing land were prominent.
"Previously, our village leased factory buildings to enterprises to develop the chemical fiber industry, increasing the collective income of the village. However, the old factory buildings were aging, had safety hazards, and were not very efficient," said Xiang Jiansong (项建松), Party Secretary of Xiangyang Village (项漾村), Yaqian Town (衙前镇). Xiangyang Village (项漾村)'s old factory buildings originally housed 18 chemical fiber enterprises, which brought a certain income to the village collective every year, but very little tax revenue.
Faced with the dilemma of "incremental exhaustion and inefficient stock," Yaqian Town (衙前镇) coordinated the entire area to promote the redevelopment of inefficient land covering the entire town. The town government took the lead, with state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and village collectives jointly participating to form a joint force.
Yaqian Town (衙前镇) divides the town into 5 characteristic industrial zones and 7 redevelopment units, adapting to local conditions and adopting multiple measures: increasing the intensity of land use in industrial parks through the upgrading and transformation of existing industrial land; further revitalizing rural stock construction land through comprehensive land consolidation in the entire area; and using national pilot policies to build rental housing on the collective construction land of Xiangyang Village (项漾村), solving the housing problems of park employees, and increasing the village collective's income by more than 1.3 million yuan per year.
Taking Xiangyang Micro-Industry Park (项漾小微产业园) as an example, after the renovation, the total construction area increased from 20,000 square meters to 70,000 square meters, the plot ratio increased from 0.8 to 2.5, and the annual rental income is expected to exceed 10 million yuan.
Similarly, in Tangshan (唐山), Hebei (河北), the Canal Tangren Street (运河唐人街) was transformed into the "Hetou Old Street Cultural Block" (河头老街文化街区) through government-enterprise linkage and efficient revitalization, becoming a new landmark for cultural tourism consumption and stimulating new momentum for urban development.
Comment: The comprehensive zone development cases in Yaqian Town (衙前镇) and other places, by integrating rural inefficient land resources, exploring asset linkage and land combination supply, have improved production, living, and ecological benefits, enhanced spatial quality and resource asset value, and provided a model for urban-rural integration development and comprehensive rural revitalization.
Fujian Shishi Clothing Intelligent Manufacturing Park Industrial Upgrading—
Upstairs and Downstairs are Upstream and Downstream
A revolution about "space for industry" is taking place in Shishi Clothing Intelligent Manufacturing Park (石狮服装智能制造园), Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建).
Before the renovation, this was a typical "low, small, and scattered" industrial zone. Factories and residences were mixed, work and living were not separated, state-owned and collective land were intertwined, and dilapidated factory buildings had many safety hazards. "The traditional model can no longer meet the needs of local garment manufacturing for intelligent transformation," said the head of Shishi (石狮) City's state-owned enterprise production investment group.
Under the leadership of the local government, a three-dimensional transformation of "state-owned enterprise + private enterprise" collaboration was launched. Through expansion and consolidation, the original 107 mu of old industrial factory buildings were renovated, and more than 400 mu of industrial park were newly planned using approved but unsupplied stock construction land. The newly built standard factory buildings adopted a "large span, large flat floor, large floor height, and large load" design to meet the needs of e-commerce warehousing and intelligent assembly lines.
When attracting enterprises, the local government introduced a large number of upstream and downstream related enterprises around garment production. Some enterprises can find the upstream and downstream of the production process and complete product development, production, and supply of some garment manufacturing links without leaving the building.
In the intelligent hanging workshop of Xinzhou Garment Co., Ltd. (新洲服饰有限公司), after the workers complete each process, they only need to hang the clothes on the hanging system, and they can be automatically transferred to the next workstation. "Under the incentive of the park's rental preferential measures, we have transformed the production plant into a fully intelligent production line, and the production efficiency has increased by nearly 30%," said Li Jiansong (李建松), general manager of the company.
Today, a new industrial ecosystem of "upstairs and downstairs are upstream and downstream, and the industrial park is the industrial chain" has been formed. The park has successfully attracted 3 textile and auxiliary material projects in the upstream of the industry, 33 garment manufacturing projects in the midstream, and 14 e-commerce sales projects in the downstream. Logistics company YTO Express (圆通速递) has also planned its Fujian (福建) headquarters of 170 mu here, making up for the key logistics chain. At present, all the factory buildings in the park have been rented out, and it is estimated that the annual tax revenue will be more than 36.5 million yuan.
Comment: Shishi Clothing Intelligent Manufacturing Park (石狮服装智能制造园), Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建), and other places have led industrial upgrading with space renewal through industrial restructuring and functional improvement, realizing the transformation from extensive utilization to intensive and intensive utilization, and effectively promoting the development of new quality productive forces.
Hubei Wuhan Xiangyang Village Complements People's Livelihood Shortcomings—
Urban Villages Run Education Industrial Parks
In Xiangyang Village (向阳村), Jiangdi Street (江堤街道), Hanyang District (汉阳区), Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), modern teaching building complexes have sprung up on a collective industrial land that has been idle for many years. This Xiangyang Education Industrial Park (向阳教育产业园), built by the village collective, fills the gap in regional educational resources, and the village collective assets have also increased by 1.26 billion yuan at the same time.
In 2005, according to Wuhan (武汉)'s urban village renovation policy, Xiangyang Village (向阳村) obtained a commercial service land of about 110 mu. This land has a superior location, but for the village collective, which had just been restructured, had limited funds, and had a weak risk tolerance, it was a "hot potato." "We didn't dare to easily use the village collective's money to develop it, for fear of losing it all, and we also lacked investment promotion resources and capabilities," said the relevant person in charge of Xiangyang Village (向阳村), explaining the dilemma at the time.
The turning point came in the pilot work of inefficient land redevelopment. The Hanyang District (汉阳区) government built a platform and innovatively adopted a "government-bank-village-enterprise" four-party linkage model to "connect" Xiangyang Village (向阳村) and introduce a well-known school-running team to start the Xiangyang Education Industrial Park (向阳教育产业园) project.
The village collective signed a long-term lease agreement with the operator to obtain long-term stable rent, which not only guarantees the long-term income of the villagers, but also avoids the risk of homogeneous competition in traditional commercial real estate. After the project is completed, it will accommodate about 2,000 students, making up for the shortcomings of public services.
The case of Xiangyang Village (向阳村) in Wuhan (武汉) is a vivid embodiment of revitalizing existing resources and making up for the shortcomings of public service functions such as education.
In Xiaoshi Street (小市街道), Longmatan District (龙马潭区), Luzhou (泸州), Sichuan (四川), the local government revitalized the idle and scattered land generated after the shantytown renovation, and accurately laid out according to the principle of "what is lacking, what is supplemented," and built 5 public parking lots, 4 "micro-parks," and transformed an idle residential building into a community service complex integrating office, childcare, and elderly care, "embedding" public services into the residents' 15-minute living circle.
Comment: Xiangyang Village (向阳村) in Wuhan (武汉) and other places have implemented multi-party linkage to revitalize existing land and houses for the construction of public facilities, making up for the shortcomings of public services such as education and elderly care, which helps to meet the people's growing needs for a better life and promote high-quality urban-rural integration development.
(Commentator: Mo Xiaohui (莫晓辉), Deputy Director of the Department of Natural Resource Development and Utilization of the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部))
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"The improvement of weather forecast accuracy depends on our own efforts. The field of space exploration should also have China's own commercial meteorological constellation." Li Fenghui (李峰辉), founder of Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (天津云遥宇航科技有限公司), spoke with confidence.
From a young aerospace engineer to leading a team to build a commercial GNSS occultation (a technology that uses the signals of global navigation satellite systems to study atmospheric characteristics through refraction, diffraction, scattering, and absorption as they pass through the Earth's atmosphere) meteorological detection constellation, Li Fenghui has consistently integrated personal development with national strategy over the years. He has continuously invested in scientific research, talent cultivation, and platform co-construction, interpreting the responsibility and commitment of outstanding private entrepreneurs with practical work and innovation.
"I grew up watching the Shenzhou spacecraft launch and the BeiDou network being established." Li Fenghui worked at the China Academy of Space Technology (中国空间技术研究院) in his early years, participating in the development of more than 40 satellites and leading the construction of the occultation payload system for the electromagnetic monitoring test satellite "Zhang Heng-1" (张衡一号). This work experience planted the seeds for Li Fenghui's entrepreneurship.
"Currently, the proportion of domestically produced data in China's meteorological detection system is less than 20%. In order to achieve the localization of meteorological data and provide independent data services to industry users, we need to actively build and continuously improve our own commercial space atmospheric detection system," said Li Fenghui.
In 2019, he founded Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. (天津云遥宇航科技有限公司) to explore the commercial path to promote the independent networking of China's commercial meteorological satellites. Currently, the "Yunyao Meteorological Constellation" (云遥气象星座), a global networking system of commercial meteorological satellites built by Yunyao Aerospace, has successfully launched 46 small meteorological satellites, with detection accuracy reaching the world's advanced level.
"The needs of the country are the direction of our efforts." Facing difficulties, Li Fenghui insisted on finding solutions through technological innovation. Yunyao Aerospace has continuously promoted the lightweight design and mass production of small satellites, exploring a commercial constellation model of "**成本可控、性能优异、应用高效**" (chéng běn kě kòng, xìng néng yōu yì, yìng yòng gāo xiào - "cost-controllable, excellent performance, efficient application," a model that balances cost, performance, and efficiency). The company has completed five rounds of market-based financing, totaling 400 million yuan.
Currently, the team's proposed plan to build a 90-satellite global networking constellation is steadily advancing. Once completed, the constellation will have the ability to detect the global atmosphere in real time, providing warning information on a minute-by-minute timescale, supporting disaster prevention and mitigation, agricultural meteorology, maritime aviation, and other fields.
"We want China's commercial meteorological data to no longer passively rely on foreign platforms, but to be independent, timely, accurate, and reliable," said Li Fenghui. "What we are building is not just a series of satellites, but a data network that provides more domestically produced data sources for China's meteorological detection field."
In Li Fenghui's view, the new era has given private entrepreneurs a broader stage and a wider world. Under the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, private enterprises should become a vital force in tackling key problems in the tide of technological innovation.
Return to TopOn August 25th, the load test of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou (贵州) was successfully completed, and it is about to open to traffic. Ninety-six heavy trucks with a total weight of 3,300 tons drove onto the bridge in batches to test the bridge. Construction of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge started in January 2022. It is the control project of the Liuzhi (六枝) to Anlong (安龙) Expressway in Guizhou (贵州), with a total length of 2,890 meters, a main bridge span of 1,420 meters, and a height of 625 meters from the bridge deck to the water surface. The picture shows the load test site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Tao Liang (陶亮) photographed.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on August 25th (reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)) - The People's Bank of China (中国人民银行), the National Administration of Financial Regulation (金融监管总局), and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局) recently jointly issued the "Notice on Financial Support for High-Quality Forestry Development," putting forward 15 specific measures from five aspects: deepening financial services for collective forest tenure system reform, strengthening financial guarantees for the implementation of important forestry strategies, increasing financial investment in high-quality forestry industry development, establishing a financial support mechanism for realizing the value of ecological products, and improving the policy support system and guarantee mechanism.
The notice proposes to increase the innovation of forest tenure mortgage loan products and services, broaden the scope of mortgageable forest tenure, extend the loan term in accordance with laws and regulations, and promote the increase in quantity, quality, and coverage of forest tenure mortgage loans. Qualified regions should promote the establishment of forest tenure storage institutions according to actual needs, and encourage social capital to carry out forest tenure storage guarantee services. Improve the forest tenure mortgage registration mechanism, explore the establishment of a forestry database and trading platform, and promote the market-oriented trading of forest tenure in a standardized and orderly manner.
The notice emphasizes the need to focus on the construction of national reserve forests and the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北防护林工程) and other important ecological projects, explore diversified investment mechanisms, and strengthen the connection of financial service needs. In response to the characteristics of moderately scaled forestry management entities, provide suitable financial products and services, actively meet the financing needs of under-forest characteristic industry cultivation, raw material storage and deep processing, transformation and upgrading, cold chain preservation and logistics, and comprehensively use financing methods such as credit, equity, and bonds to promote the integrated development of the forestry primary, secondary, and tertiary industries.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) August 25th (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)) It was learned from the National Energy Administration (国家能源局): In July, the national electricity market completed a transaction volume of 624.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%. Among them, the intra-provincial transaction volume was 461.4 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%; the inter-provincial and inter-regional transaction volume was 163.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%. The green electricity transaction volume was 25.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 43.2%.
From January to July, the national cumulative electricity market transaction volume was 3.59 trillion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, accounting for 61.2% of the total social electricity consumption.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘温馨
The new version of the mandatory national standard "Safety Technical Specification for Electric Bicycles" (GB 17761—2024) will be officially implemented on September 1 this year, with nearly 200 important indicator items modified and improved in the new version.
According to reports, by optimizing the fire-resistant and flame-retardant technical indicators of electric bicycles, limiting the weight percentage of plastic to below 5.5% of the vehicle's total weight can reduce fire hazards and risks. By strictly limiting key parameters such as the maximum motor speed, it ensures that the vehicle cannot be driven at excessive speeds. At the same time, it increases the torque limit index during low-speed operation to ensure that the vehicle can cope with special working conditions such as climbing, reducing the risk of traffic accidents. By improving the anti-tampering technical indicators and testing methods for battery packs, controllers, and speed limiters, and increasing mutual recognition and coordination functions, the technical threshold for illegal modification is greatly increased. By adjusting the vehicle weight limit for lead-acid battery models from 55 kg to 63 kg, the cruising range can reach 60-70 kilometers, reducing the frequency of charging and improving the user experience. At the same time, it encourages the installation of rearview mirrors and turn signals to improve vehicle driving safety.
What impact will the "New National Standard" have on industry management departments, testing and certification institutions, and electric bicycle companies?
In the production stage, companies need to conduct research and development and vehicle design in accordance with the requirements of the new standard, make corresponding adjustments to supporting raw materials and parts, and some companies also need to upgrade their production lines.
In the testing and certification stage, designated institutions must design new testing and certification processes in accordance with the requirements of the new standard, purchase equipment, apply for CMA (China Metrology Accreditation (中国计量认证)) qualifications, and update implementation rules.
In the circulation and sales stage, companies need to establish new marketing systems and pricing strategies, and effectively connect with trade-in policies.
In the registration and licensing stage, relevant departments will promote standardized registration in synchronization with the implementation of the new standard.
He Yaqiong (何亚琼), Director of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), stated that in order to promote the adjustment and adaptation of all links in the electric bicycle industry chain in accordance with the requirements of the new standard, and to accelerate the formation of an industrial ecology and regulatory model that meets the requirements of the new standard, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局), and the National Fire and Rescue Administration (国家消防救援局) have jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Implementation of Mandatory National Standards for Electric Bicycles and Accelerating the Supply of New Products" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), making arrangements from strict management of electric bicycle production, certification management, sales supervision, registration management, consumer rights protection, and the establishment of long-term mechanisms.
According to the "Opinions," relevant departments will ensure the connection between registration and licensing and the implementation of technical specifications, strictly review certificates and credentials such as invoices, product qualification certificates, and CCC (China Compulsory Certification (中国强制性产品认证)) certificates before registration, and prevent the phenomenon of issuing electric bicycle licenses for electric motorcycles and electric light motorcycles.
In addition, the new standard provides an additional 3-month sales transition period for vehicles produced according to the old standard before September 1, that is, vehicles of the old standard can still be sold until December 1.
The "Opinions" require designated certification institutions to promptly remind electric bicycle manufacturers to carefully submit electric bicycle certification applications for the old version of the standard according to the implementation time of the new standard, to ensure that vehicles of the old standard can be digested and smoothly withdrawn from the market before December 1 this year.
How should consumers identify and purchase electric bicycles with guaranteed quality and safety?
Li Chunjiang (李春江), a first-level inspector of the Certification and Supervision Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局), suggested: First, look at the CCC certificate. Electric bicycles sold ex-factory should be certified and marked with the CCC mark on the vehicle body. Second, look at the product qualification certificate. Consumers can check whether the product model, vehicle code, and other information parameters on the product qualification certificate attached to the vehicle are consistent with the actual vehicle when purchasing. If you need to further verify the authenticity of the product qualification certificate and whether the CCC certificate is valid, you can scan the QR code on the product qualification certificate or log in to the National Certification and Accreditation Information Public Service Platform to query and confirm.
Return to TopAccording to reports from the China Development Bank (国家开发银行) recently, this newspaper Beijing (北京) August 25th dispatch (Reporter Zhao Zhanhui (赵展慧)): In the first seven months, the China Development Bank (国家开发银行) issued 385 billion yuan in loans for advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries, a year-on-year increase of 51.3%, increasing support for high-quality development.
The head of the Industry and Science and Technology Innovation Department of the China Development Bank (国家开发银行) introduced that, under the guidance of relevant departments, the China Development Bank (国家开发银行) actively made good use of re-lending and other support policies, increased efforts to visit and connect with enterprises, and customized financial service solutions with a "**一企一策**" (yī qǐ yī cè - "one company one policy," tailor-made policy for each enterprise) approach, focusing on providing medium and long-term financing support for key industrial chains and key projects such as domestically produced large aircraft, high-end equipment manufacturing, and new materials.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邵玉姿
Around 6 a.m., Li Linchang (李林昌), over a hundred years old, finishes breakfast, rests briefly, and begins reading newspapers. A magnifying glass sits on the nearby tea table year-round, its golden frame worn white, an essential tool for his studies.
"My father lives frugally and often educates us to be diligent and thrifty," says Li Zhanzhao (李占召), Li Linchang's son. Having come from the flames of war, a simple and austere style has long been deeply imprinted in the old man's bones.
Li Linchang was born in 1923 in Zhangzhuang Village (张庄村), Gaoyang County (高阳县), Hebei Province (河北省) (now under the jurisdiction of Hejian City (河间市)). In 1937, filled with enthusiasm, he joined the war against Japan. In 1938, he joined the anti-Japanese armed forces in Renqiu County (任丘县), and in 1940, he joined the Jin-Cha-Ji (晋察冀) anti-Japanese armed forces. In 1942, the Ninth Sub-district of Ji Zhong (冀中) formed the enemy rear area work team, and he went deep into Renqiu (任丘), Gaoyang (高阳), Anping (安平) and other places to mobilize the masses to resist Japan. In 1964, Li Linchang came to Gucheng County (故城县) to work, and retired in 1982.
To avoid the enemy's "encirclement and suppression," he hid in a cave and almost suffocated to death; to remove the enemy's stronghold, he fell from the top of a turret into a several-meter-deep blockade ditch and lost consciousness; fighting the enemy, he was run over by a tank tread, and fainted in a collapsed trench... Three times wounded and in danger, escaping death, the ruthless war left scars all over Li Linchang's body. After reading the newspaper, he puts on his green military uniform, and the 12 medals on his chest shine brightly. Recalling those years of war, Li Linchang perks up.
Why did you join the war against Japan?
"To avenge my father, to avenge the people."
Li Linchang will never forget the scene of his father being killed.
"My father was killed by the Japanese," Li Linchang said with grief and indignation, his voice trembling slightly.
In 1937, the Japanese army invaded Zhangzhuang Village (张庄村). At that time, Li Linchang's father was resting at the ferry at the entrance of the village when the Japanese army asked him how to cross the river. His father could not understand Japanese, so a Japanese soldier stabbed him to death with a bayonet in exasperation.
"The Japanese devils were inhumane and killed innocent people indiscriminately. I want to drive them out of China, avenge my father, and avenge the people!" National and family hatred made Li Linchang determined to join the army. Fearing his mother's opposition, he secretly slipped out of the house and ran all the way to the neighboring Third District of Renqiu (任丘三区), single-mindedly wanting to go to the battlefield.
"The comrades in the Third District saw that I was young and small, so they asked me to deliver letters first." Unable to go directly to the battlefield, Li Linchang was not discouraged. "Although I was just a small messenger, I also contributed to the front line!"
Delivering letters was not easy. "At that time, I often delivered letters at night, walking seventy or eighty *li* at a time." Li Linchang ran fast and was not afraid at all.
This little messenger was very popular with the local people. "At that time, I ate and lived in the homes of the common people. When they saw me coming, they enthusiastically shouted 'The little Eighth Route Army is here!' and invited me to eat." Every time he left the homes of the common people, he would write a "grain borrowing note." The discipline of **“不拿群众一针一线”** (bù ná qún zhòng yī zhēn yī xiàn - "not take a needle or thread from the masses," a strict rule of conduct for the Communist army, emphasizing not taking anything from the people) was engraved in his heart from the moment he joined the anti-Japanese armed forces.
After Li Linchang joined the Eighth Route Army, the enemy often harassed his family in order to find out his whereabouts. "Japanese puppets and traitors came to my house again and again to 'demand people' and persecuted my family with intimidation." Li Linchang said that in order to protect the safety of his family, the anti-Japanese government sent a "notice of death in battle" to his home. After that, the Japanese puppets and traitors never came to make trouble again, and his mother, who did not know the truth, thought that her son had really sacrificed, and washed her face with tears all day long, crying until she went blind. It was not until the situation in the War of Resistance improved that Li Linchang was able to go home to visit, and his mother understood the truth.
What did you rely on to win?
"The Eighth Route Army fought in the front, and the people followed behind."
Li Linchang is the prototype of Xiao Li Zi (小李子) in the novel *Enemy Rear Area Work Team* (《敌后武工队》), a period he is proud of in his war of resistance career.
In 1942, the war situation was grim. After research and analysis, our army decided to send small-scale work teams to various counties in the Ji Zhong (冀中) area. Li Linchang was selected to join the Renqiu County (任丘县) work team, and together with his comrades, he used his familiarity with the people and the land to secretly carry out armed struggle against Japan behind enemy lines.
At first, it was difficult to carry out the work. "There were enemy informants in every village, and we were often chased by the enemy everywhere." Li Linchang said that the enemy often sent traitors disguised as the Eighth Route Army to test the common people, trying to prevent them from contacting the Eighth Route Army.
In order to break the deadlock, Li Linchang and his comrades brainstormed and came up with a good way to "counter-blockade": enter the village without taking the main road or passing the village entrance, relying on climbing over walls and entering courtyards to avoid the enemy's intelligence personnel's sight. After entering the farmer's house, Li Linchang and his comrades immediately controlled the scene. "For the masses who actively participated in the war of resistance, we clarified our identity and explained the reason for not letting them go out; for the 'two-faced people' who had contact with the enemy, we strictly controlled them to prevent them from informing." Li Linchang said that the Eighth Route Army quickly established a solid connection with the masses. Later, the "counter-blockade" method invented by the Renqiu County (任丘县) work team was promoted in all enemy rear area work teams, creating a new situation in the armed struggle behind enemy lines.
Mobilizing the masses behind enemy lines was full of difficulties. "Often we had to transfer to several villages in one night. At most, we ran to 10 villages!" Compared with the deep feelings of the masses for the Eighth Route Army, Li Linchang felt that these hardships were nothing. "The Eighth Route Army fought in the front, and the people followed behind. With the support of the people, we can win the final victory." The old man said firmly.
What do you want to say to the younger generation?
"We must work hard, be down-to-earth, and be a person who is useful to the country."
"When I was a child, my father often told us stories about his military service." Li Zhanzhao (李占召)'s deepest memory is of his father's breakout at Jiakouwa (贾口洼) in Baiyangdian (白洋淀). "It was winter at the time. In order to break through the enemy's encirclement, my father and his comrades hid in the reeds and ran off their shoes." Li Zhanzhao said that they were barefoot on the ice for a whole night and their feet were frostbitten.
The cruel war left Li Linchang with unforgettable memories. He not only told the stories of the war of resistance to his children, but also went to schools, government offices, and enterprises to tell everyone. Telling the stories is because we must not forget, and also to let more people cherish the hard-won good days. "Today's happy life was bought with the blood of the soldiers, and we must protect it." Thinking of the lives lost in the war, Li Linchang was filled with emotion.
How to protect it? "We must work hard, be down-to-earth, and be a person who is useful to the country." Li Linchang has always demanded this of himself and his children. You can't be late or leave early for work, and you must be down-to-earth in your dealings with others... These "rules" established by Li Linchang at home have deeply influenced his family. "Whether in the war years or in peacetime, my father has always been selfless and dedicated, and has set an example for us." said Li Linchang's daughter, Li Chaoying (李超英).
Rong Media Production: Li Nannan (李楠楠) Wang Zifeng (王子锋)
Return to TopThis report was published in Beijing on August 25th (Reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)). The Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) jointly released the "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Concealing and Hiding Criminal Proceeds and Proceeds from Crime" (关于办理掩饰、隐瞒犯罪所得、犯罪所得收益刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释) (hereinafter referred to as the "Interpretation") on the 25th, responding to the urgent needs of grassroots law enforcement agencies, further clarifying adjudication rules, and unifying the application of law. The "Interpretation" consists of 12 articles and will be implemented from August 26, 2025.
It is reported that the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds and proceeds from crime (hereinafter referred to as the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds) is not only the largest type of money laundering crime in practice, but also a downstream crime closely related to crimes such as telecommunications network fraud and online gambling. From 2020 to 2024, procuratorial organs prosecuted 230,200 cases of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds, and people's courts concluded 220,900 first-instance cases, effectively deterring and curbing upstream crimes such as telecommunications network fraud and online gambling, vigorously promoting anti-money laundering work, and demonstrating the clear position and firm determination of judicial organs to punish crimes, protect the people, and serve and guarantee the high-quality development of the economy and society.
With the development of the economy and society and changes in the crime situation, the application of law for the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds faces many new situations and new problems. For example, criminal methods are constantly being updated, methods are more concealed, and they show characteristics such as being organized, chained, and industrialized; the structural proportion of upstream crime types has undergone major changes, from being mainly theft to being mainly fraud, especially telecommunications network fraud; there are differences in how to distinguish and identify the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds and the crime of helping information network criminal activities in punishing crimes involving bank card assistance; and so on.
In response, the "Interpretation" clarifies that the criminal methods stipulated in Article 312 of the Criminal Law include "any behavioral means sufficient to conceal or hide criminal proceeds and their proceeds, such as intermediary introduction of buying and selling, receiving, possessing, using, processing, providing fund accounts, converting property into cash, financial instruments, securities, transferring funds through transfers or other payment and settlement methods, cross-border transfer of assets, etc.," guiding judicial organs to punish various types of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds in accordance with the law, so that criminals have nowhere to escape.
According to the law, the constitution of the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds is premised on "knowing that it is criminal proceeds." In response to the situation in practice where the grasp of this subjective element is inaccurate and there is an overestimation of recognition, the "Interpretation" modifies and improves the rules for reviewing and judging knowledge, emphasizing strict legal recognition of knowledge and cautious use of presumption. When judicial organs review whether assistance behaviors involving bank cards constitute the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds, they must strictly identify the perpetrator's "knowledge that it is criminal proceeds" in accordance with the principle of evidence adjudication to prevent improper expansion of the scope of criminal打击.
The "Interpretation" continues to adopt a comprehensive identification standard in terms of conviction, stipulating that the social harm of the behavior should be comprehensively judged from the aspects of upstream and downstream relationships, subjective malice, behavioral methods, the amount of money involved, and the consequences of the crime, so as to more accurately combat crime. Concealing and hiding criminal proceeds with a small amount but closely related to upstream crimes, with heinous circumstances, and with substantial actual harm can be convicted and punished; concealing and hiding criminal proceeds with a large amount but loosely related to upstream crimes, with minor circumstances, and with little actual harm can also be not prosecuted or exempted from criminal punishment.
The "Interpretation" further optimizes the identification of "serious circumstances," that is, the aggravated punishment standard. According to the type of upstream crime, it distinguishes between crimes with relatively high standards for conviction and sentencing, such as the crime of illegal mining, and other crimes, and sets amount standards of 5 million yuan and 500,000 yuan respectively, stipulating that those who meet both the amount standard and have certain circumstances can apply the aggravated punishment range for sentencing, which not only conforms to the principle of responsibility, rights and interests, but also helps to recover stolen goods and reduce losses to the greatest extent.
In addition, the "Interpretation" increases lenient punishment circumstances. An item is added to Article 4 on lenient punishment: "Cooperating with judicial organs to play a significant role in investigating upstream crimes." Specifically for situations where the perpetrator actively cooperates in investigating upstream crimes but does not constitute meritorious service, it encourages the perpetrator to actively cooperate in recovering stolen goods and reducing losses, strive to recover the property losses of the people, and strive to obtain lenient punishment.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王崟欣
How can an innovative enterprise protect its intellectual property rights? Shanghai ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc. (上海安谱实验科技股份有限公司), located in Songjiang District (松江区) of Shanghai (上海), encountered such a problem.
ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc. mainly deals in laboratory consumables, with over 1.3 million products in the segmented testing fields of food testing, drug safety, and environmental safety. In April last year, employees of ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc. discovered online that the content of a research paper was identical to a key core technology of the company. Upon investigation, it was found that the technology was related to a former employee of ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc. "Imitation is easy, but innovation is difficult. Once the core technology is mastered by other enterprises, the losses will be immeasurable," Wu Gang (吴刚), general manager of ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc., admitted frankly.
What to do? At a critical moment, ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc. turned to the Songjiang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau) (松江区市场监督管理局（知识产权局）) for help. After receiving the report, the Songjiang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau) quickly launched an investigation.
To combat trade secret infringement, the first step is to prove that the technology is indeed a trade secret. The Songjiang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau) contacted a third-party organization for identification. After obtaining preliminary judgment results, an investigation team of more than 10 people was formed. After more than a month of efforts, the investigators obtained evidence of the case. Soon, the infringement was stopped, and the research paper published online was also withdrawn. "Thanks to the rapid action of the investigators, the infringing company was still in the small-batch trial production and sales stage, the company's losses were not significant, and the timely withdrawal of the paper also avoided further leakage of trade secrets," Wu Gang (吴刚) said gratefully.
"For us, protecting intellectual property rights is the best business environment," Wu Gang (吴刚) said. One rights protection effort made ANPEL Laboratory Technologies Inc. realize the importance of intellectual property protection even more. With the help of the Songjiang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau), a compliance system consisting of a complete system, organizational framework, and professional personnel was established. "With a compliance system, we are more confident and bold in investing in research and development and producing with peace of mind," Wu Gang (吴刚) said.
At the beginning of this year, Shanghai (上海) released the 8.0 version of the action plan to optimize the business environment, proposing practical measures such as "optimizing intellectual property public services" and "strengthening intellectual property protection and utilization." Songjiang District (松江区) simultaneously incorporated this into the key work of the district's business environment this year, requiring the formation of joint efforts to actively create a good business environment for enterprise development. As of the end of July, the Songjiang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau) had completed the mediation of 11 trademark infringement cases and 2 patent dispute cases, of which 10 reached mediation agreements or were settled amicably.
Since 2018, Songjiang District (松江区) has successively released 8 versions of action plans, implementing a total of 670 task measures to optimize the business environment. Since the beginning of this year, Songjiang District (松江区) has focused on the normalized service mechanism for enterprises, promoting the "immediate enjoyment without review, direct and fast enjoyment" of benefiting enterprise policies. Deepening the reform of "Artificial Intelligence + Government Services," etc., it has launched 53 major and 135 minor pragmatic measures that are perceptible and accessible to business entities, further enhancing the sense of gain for enterprises.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张 驰 本报通讯员 曾玉祥
One evening not long ago, in Mengban Town (勐伴镇), Mengla County (勐腊县), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (西双版纳傣族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), police officers from the Mengban Border Police Station (勐伴边境派出所) of the Xishuangbanna Border Management Detachment (西双版纳边境管理支队) received a report that an Asian elephant had appeared in a cornfield in a certain village.
Using drones for reconnaissance, the police discovered that not far from the elephant, a villager was still working in the field. "Once the elephant rushed over, the consequences would be unimaginable," said Yang Jian (杨建), director of the Mengban Border Police Station (勐伴边境派出所). The police, in collaboration with Asian elephant monitors, used drones to attract the elephant's movement while quickly transferring the villagers to a safe area.
Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) is the main distribution area of Asian elephants in China. The harmony and tranquility of the town cannot be separated from the protection of the personal safety of the people, nor can it be separated from the protection of Asian elephants. "Wen Wen (文文)," a baby elephant only 6 days old who was left in the farmland by the herd due to serious injuries, thrived in the Xishuangbanna Asian Elephant Rescue and Breeding Center (西双版纳亚洲象救护与繁育中心) after an emergency joint rescue; a baby elephant who went out to play accidentally fell into a deep water pit, and the police, together with relevant departments, called in excavators to carry out the rescue, receiving the mother elephant's trunk "thank you"... In 2025, the Mengban Border Police Station (勐伴边境派出所) has received 98 police reports related to Asian elephants.
On the edge of farmland and in the depths of the rainforest, the police monitor Asian elephants 24 hours a day, clearly grasp the movement routes and activity range of Asian elephants, and deploy responses in advance. The busy footprints of the police overlap with the whereabouts of the elephants. Although it is hard work, they say: "The safety of people and elephants is our greatest wish."
Return to TopBeijing, August 25 (Reported by Yi Shuran (易舒冉) of this newspaper) According to the China Disabled Persons' Federation (中国残联), August 25th is the 9th National Disability Prevention Day in China. In 2024, the "National Disability Prevention Action Plan (2021-2025)" is progressing smoothly, with tasks being completed well, and some task indicators have already achieved the 2025 target values.
It is reported that in preventing disability caused by birth defects and developmental disorders, the national premarital examination rate currently exceeds 75%, and the coverage rate of the target population for preconception eugenic health examinations, the systematic management rate of pregnant women, the prenatal screening rate, and the systematic management rate of children under 3 years old all exceed 90%.
In preventing disability caused by diseases, the standardized management service rate of primary-level patients with major chronic diseases such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes in China all exceed 60%, and the standardized management rate of registered patients with severe mental disorders exceeds 95%. The vaccination rate of planned immunization vaccines for children of appropriate age remains above 90%. The control and elimination rate of major endemic diseases in counties (cities, districts, banners) exceeds 95%.
In promoting disability rehabilitation services, the number of rehabilitation physicians per 100,000 people nationwide exceeds 7. 499,000 disabled children have received rehabilitation assistance, 8.668 million disabled people have received basic rehabilitation services, and the coverage rate of basic rehabilitation services for disabled people and the matching rate of basic assistive devices have both reached over 85%.
Return to TopBy: 庞革平 陆华勇
"The village collective has a vacant lot, can we utilize it to develop industries?" In Buli Village (卜利村), Shijinglin Subdistrict (石景林街道), Jiangzhou District (江州区), Chongzuo City (崇左市), Guangxi (广西), Feng Weiming (冯伟明), a post-90s youth who returned to his hometown and a village-level reserve cadre, had the idea of starting a business, but he was hesitant because it was difficult to raise start-up funds.
"Young people, be bold and do it, the village will back you up." Nong Shouqing (农寿青), the secretary of the village Party branch, said after learning about Feng Weiming's (冯伟明) idea. The village collective not only injected capital into shares but also assisted in applying for special loans. Soon, a 3,000-square-meter processing plant was built and put into production, mainly processing products such as headphones, household tablecloths, and gloves, which are exported overseas.
The factory successfully drove 200 people from disadvantaged groups to achieve employment at their doorsteps, and also increased the village collective's income by more than 200,000 yuan per year. "We are working on introducing a Zhuang brocade processing production line to bring Zhuang brocade cultural and creative products to the market." Feng Weiming (冯伟明) is full of confidence.
In recent years, Jiangzhou District (江州区) has innovatively implemented the "Wild Goose Wings" action, strengthening the village-level reserve force through the entire chain of selecting, cultivating, strengthening, and utilizing. Relying on Party schools at all levels to carry out special training on modern agriculture, grassroots governance, and practical technologies, and arrange experienced village-based cadres, village team members, and outstanding village Party branch secretaries to pair up with reserve cadres. At the same time, it carries out a rural entrepreneurship leader cultivation action, opening up "green channels" such as entrepreneurship declarations for willing reserve forces, coordinating and integrating policy resources, and supporting reserve forces to lead cooperatives and village collective economic projects. Jiangzhou District (江州区) has successively encouraged 15 party member reserve cadres to lead 7 village-level collective economic projects, taking the lead in developing industries such as sugarcane, perch, and sauerkraut, demonstrating and driving the masses to increase their income and become rich.
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Return to TopIn early autumn, Qianhai (前海) in Shenzhen (深圳) is a scene of sails gathered like clouds, long bridges lying across the water, towering buildings, and swaying trees.
This year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (深圳经济特区) and the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (前海深港现代服务业合作区) (referred to as the "Qianhai Cooperation Zone"). Since August 26, 2010, when the State Council (国务院) officially approved the "Overall Development Plan for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" (《前海深港现代服务业合作区总体发展规划》), the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has gone through 15 years and has risen from a muddy滩涂 to become a "bridgehead" for a new round of reform and opening up. In recent years, with the deepening of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), the characteristics of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone – "Hong Kong flavor, international style, coastal scenery, modernization, and a sense of the future" – have become increasingly distinct.
In the first half of 2025, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone achieved a regional GDP of 145.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%, and a total import and export volume of 349.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%, striving to become a "demonstration window" for reform and opening up in the new era.
Deep Integration of Shenzhen and Hong Kong
Demonstrating "Hong Kong Characteristics, International Style"
Walking into the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (前海深港青年梦工场), you will find not only cutting-edge technology but also authentic Hong Kong flavor: inside the building, high-quality projects in cutting-edge fields such as AI, new materials, and life health are stationed, and more companies are realizing "Hong Kong incubation, mainland growth, and global development"; outside the building, Hong Kong-style street tea restaurants, cultural and creative shops, and other businesses have opened one after another, allowing Hong Kong youth in the park to find a sense of belonging in their careers and lives.
In August 2024, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub innovatively launched the "1510" plan, including measures such as "1 yuan innovation workshop, 500 million yuan in funding support, and 100,000 square meters of industrial space," using real money and sincere intentions to support Hong Kong people and Hong Kong enterprises in innovation and entrepreneurship. At present, the park has introduced transformation platforms such as the University of Hong Kong (香港大学) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (香港理工大学). As of July 31, 2025, there are 535 teams in the park, and a total of 79 national high-tech enterprises have been cultivated and incubated. The park has held the Qianhai Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for 9 consecutive years, with a cumulative total of over 2,500 Hong Kong projects participating.
"Relying on Hong Kong, serving the mainland, and facing the world" is the duty and mission of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone. Over the years, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has continuously promoted the integrated connection of Shenzhen-Hong Kong rules and mechanisms, the integrated connection of infrastructure, and the integrated integration of people's livelihood fields, helping Hong Kong better integrate into the overall national development.
The Qianhai Cooperation Zone plays the role of a "conversion plug" and "energy interface" for rules and mechanisms. China's first "international version" of hospital evaluation standards and the first green building evaluation system in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to achieve Shenzhen-Hong Kong standard interconnection were released in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone. 26 types of Hong Kong and Macao professionals can practice conveniently in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone directly or after filing and registration. In July, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong data cross-border security and convenience channel passed its first test, realizing two-way cross-border flow of data in the medical field between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
Relying on Hong Kong's advantages in connecting the world, the level of international construction in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has been continuously improved, creating international "service circles," "innovation circles," "living circles," and "friend circles," implementing pilot policies such as entry visas and permanent residence for foreigners, jointly attracting high-end overseas talents with Hong Kong, and accelerating its transformation into the "first channel" for international talents to come to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Today, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has 9 international schools and 10 medical institutions with international medical service capabilities. Cross-border transportation systems such as cross-border buses and passenger ferry routes are smooth. The Qianhai International Talent Hub provides 700 services in one stop. The world's largest indoor ski resort and the country's largest bookstore cultural complex will be put into use this year. The 68-kilometer-long golden coastline is becoming increasingly popular and vibrant. The international functions of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone are being improved day by day, providing more convenience for global talents to work, live, and travel in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone.
Service Format Innovation
Creating a "Smart Benchmark, Future Vision"
In the Qianhai Cooperation Zone, logistics drones are busy flying in the low altitude, efficiently delivering cross-city express deliveries; autonomous driving buses are driving smoothly on the road and have achieved normalized operation; and ocean-going freighters loaded with new energy vehicles are slowly leaving, heading from the western port area of Shenzhen to the European market.
Since the release of the "Comprehensive Deepening of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone Reform and Opening-up Plan" (《全面深化前海深港现代服务业合作区改革开放方案》) in 2021, the industrial map of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has been fully expanded, and 18 industrial clusters such as cross-border e-commerce, financial leasing, and venture capital have been successively launched.
At present, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone is accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system led by modern service industries, supported by strategic emerging industries, and with accelerated layout of future industries. Industries such as technology services, marine economy, and low-altitude economy have strong development momentum, gathering 11 unicorn enterprises and 2084 national high-tech enterprises.
Financial innovation serves the development of the real economy. The Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Financial City (前海深港国际金融城) has gathered 501 financial institutions. Over 90% of the "30 Financial Support Measures for Qianhai" have been implemented, forming 14 national "first" and "first batch" financial innovation achievements such as "non-landing foreign exchange purchase," and is accelerating the construction of a cultivation base for listing in Hong Kong.
The multiplier effect of data elements continues to be released. The country's first Data Broker Innovation Center and the Shenzhen (Qianhai) International Data Industry Park (深圳（前海）国际数据产业园) have been established, opening up the "supply-circulation-application" links of data, and promoting the aggregation, cross-border flow, and innovative application of data elements.
Artificial intelligence empowers the development of thousands of industries. The Qianhai Cooperation Zone has joined hands with Huawei (华为) to build a joint innovation center for embodied intelligence industry, leveraging the role of platforms such as the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Artificial Intelligence Computing Center and the intelligent robot dexterous hand industrial park to enrich artificial intelligence application scenarios and promote full-domain, full-time, and full-industry applications.
Deep integration of modern service industries and advanced manufacturing. In the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Advanced Manufacturing Cooperation Zone, innovative carriers such as the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Intelligent Manufacturing Common Technology Platform and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Industrial Internet Public Technology Service Platform are accelerating their establishment; in the Dachang Bay (大铲湾) area, the second phase of the "Internet+" Future Science and Technology City is in full swing, continuously expanding the development space for producer services.
Forward, towards the sea, and towards the future. In 2024, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone achieved a regional GDP of 300.88 billion yuan, which is 1.7 times that of the year of "expansion" in 2021. Among them, the added value of modern service industries was 188.44 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%, accounting for 63% of the regional GDP, with outstanding performance in emerging information technology services and the financial industry.
Openness Level Leaps
Building a "Global Hub, Win-Win Platform"
At the end of July, the Google Cross-border E-commerce Acceleration Center (Shenzhen) was launched in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone. So far, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has gathered 9 cross-border e-commerce platforms, approximately 10,000 cross-border e-commerce sellers, and approximately 100 service providers, building a trade network radiating across the globe.
As a gateway hub to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone is leading high-quality development with high-level opening up, connecting the world with a more proactive attitude, and striving to build the best connection point for domestic and international dual circulation.
"If you want to go overseas, go to Qianhai" has gradually become a consensus among enterprises. Since the "expansion" in 2021, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has been sitting on strategic hubs such as Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (深圳宝安国际机场), the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (深中通道), and the Shenzhen Western Port Area (深圳西部港区), making "buying globally and selling globally" smoother. The "Shenzhen Qianhai Overseas E-Station Pass" platform has been launched for one year, with in-depth docking with 32 countries and regions and 40 overseas parks, serving Chinese enterprises going overseas.
This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone Shenzhen Qianhai Shekou Area (中国（广东）自由贸易试验区深圳前海蛇口自贸片区). Over the past 10 years, the area has been guided by "five freedoms and conveniences, and one safe and orderly flow," pioneering the "one inspection, one certification, and one pass" model, and taking the lead in implementing the global central warehouse and the "MCC Qianhai" consolidation and distribution model. At present, the number of customs-registered enterprises in the Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Area is nearly 12,000, an increase of 5.7 times compared with the beginning of its establishment, and the import and export volume has jumped from 71.2 billion yuan in 2015 to 536.7 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth rate of over 25%.
New forms of service trade are flourishing here: the first batch of wholly foreign-owned value-added telecommunications business pilots in the country have been launched, "breaking the ice" for bonded display of overseas artworks, and innovative forms such as bonded maintenance, game overseas expansion, and cross-border e-commerce have formed a cluster effect.
Based on the unique advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has established a systematic and comprehensive system for ascertaining and applying foreign laws, allowing foreign-funded enterprises registered in Qianhai and Hong Kong-funded enterprises registered in Shenzhen to choose foreign laws to resolve contract disputes by agreement. At present, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Legal Services Zone (前海深港国际法务区) has attracted 262 legal institutions, including 6 foreign law firms, forming a professional and rule-of-law ecosystem in line with international standards.
A first-class business environment characterized by marketization, rule of law, and internationalization has won a positive response from the market. From the entry of international organizations such as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) (海洋管理委员会（英国）), to the landing of major events such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Youth Science and Technology Innovation Forum (上海合作组织青年科技创新论坛) and the Greater Bay Area-ASEAN Economic Cooperation (Qianhai) Forum (大湾区—东盟经济合作（前海）论坛), the Qianhai Cooperation Zone's international "circle of friends" continues to expand.
In the first half of this year, the actual use of foreign capital in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone reached 12.326 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%; the number of newly added foreign-invested enterprises was 1,451, a year-on-year increase of 99.6%. At present, more than 12,000 foreign-funded enterprises have settled here.
The tide is still sounding, and Qianhai is changing with each passing day. Fifteen years of time, drawing on blank paper, every stroke is the spirit of reform and the breadth of opening up.
The pace of progress does not stop, and the next chapter of the development and opening up of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone is being continued at the forefront of the tide.
Data source: Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone Administration (深圳市前海深港现代服务业合作区管理局)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘成友 辛 阳
Core Reading
Liaoning focuses on the integration of industry and education, the cultivation of craftsmen, and international cooperation to explore a high-quality development path for vocational education. Measures such as practical training workshops and school-enterprise cooperation "order classes" are closely aligned with the actual needs of industrial development; customized training programs help more young students realize their dreams of becoming skilled talents; the promotion of international education, with overseas industrial colleges landing in many countries, allows high-quality educational resources to move from "bringing in" to "going out"... In the past three years, Liaoning vocational colleges have provided an average of 230,000 high-quality skilled talents annually, providing important support for regional development and the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China.
"The project class gave me the soil to take root and changed my life." In the casting sand core workshop of BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马) in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), Yang Tao (杨涛) has a sparkle in his eyes and speaks steadily. He is the first student of the cooperation project between Shenyang Equipment Manufacturing Engineering School (沈阳市装备制造工程学校) and BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马). A large number of practical operations and rotation training courses have enabled him, who has outstanding hands-on skills, to grow into a casting machinery specialist who can stand alone. In his spare time, Yang Tao (杨涛) is still pondering the principles of new equipment and plans to continue to improve in the field of mechanical maintenance. This spirit of research, which has continued from campus to the present, is the growth code given to skilled talents by school-enterprise co-education.
Liaoning (辽宁), as an old industrial base, has a solid industrial foundation and rich educational resources, which is conducive to the development of vocational education. In recent years, Liaoning (辽宁) has deepened the integration of industry and education, implemented the "Revitalizing Liaoning Future Craftsman" (兴辽未来工匠) cultivation project, and created "Mozi Workshops" (墨子工坊) to make vocational education an education with "something to learn, something to look forward to, and something to strive for." In the past three years, Liaoning (辽宁) vocational colleges have provided an average of 230,000 high-quality skilled talents annually, and more than 85% of graduates have stayed in Liaoning (辽宁) for employment and entrepreneurship, becoming a vital force supporting the comprehensive revitalization of Liaoning (辽宁).
Deepen the Integration of Industry and Education
Promote the Precise Alignment of Majors and Industries
Patiently remove the surface slurry and old coating, and then thoroughly absorb the dust with a vacuum cleaner... The roar of the machines did not disturb the students' concentration. In the practical training workshop of the Kedi Meidi Floor Industry College (科迪美地坪产业学院) of Shenyang Vocational and Technical College (沈阳职业技术学院), the students are concentrating on learning the construction techniques of epoxy self-leveling, inorganic terrazzo, and other floors. "The teacher will explain to us from all aspects of design, materials, construction technology, technical points, and quality control, and then let us do it ourselves. The course is not boring at all," said student Ji Wenqian (纪文倩).
The college that Ji Wenqian (纪文倩) is studying at is the floor industry college jointly built by Shenyang Vocational and Technical College (沈阳职业技术学院) and Kedi Meidi (Liaoning) Floor Technology Co., Ltd. (科迪美（辽宁）地坪科技有限公司), together with the Liaoning Provincial Civil Architecture Society (辽宁省土木建筑学会) and Sika China (西卡中国), Shanghai Dianyue (上海典跃) and other enterprises. "From the introduction of the German 'dual system' to the formation of a Chinese-style apprenticeship system today, we have gone through nearly 40 years of exploration in the integration of industry and education," said Li Hongyin (李宏印), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shenyang Vocational and Technical College (沈阳职业技术学院). Industry enterprises deeply participate in the whole process of talent cultivation, and schools and enterprises jointly formulate talent cultivation programs, form mixed teaching innovation teams, develop teaching resources, and carry out technical research. Now, 20 order classes have been jointly built with enterprises such as Shengu Group (沈鼓集团) and BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马), innovating the cultivation model of "classroom is workshop, and works are products."
In recent years, Liaoning (辽宁) has closely followed the adjustment of the industrial structure, adhered to promoting production through education, promoting education through production, and cooperation between industry and academia, continuously deepening school-local cooperation, extending the education chain, serving the industrial chain, supporting the supply chain, and enhancing the value chain, and accelerating the formation of a deep integration and development pattern of industry and education. In July of this year, Liaoning Provincial College of Communications (辽宁省交通高等专科学校) and China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. Nuclear Power Branch (中国建筑第二工程局有限公司核电分公司) jointly signed an agreement to form the first school-enterprise cooperation "order class" in the field of nuclear power construction in Northeast China. This innovative measure not only created a new model for nuclear power talent cultivation in Northeast China, but also provided important talent support for serving the national energy strategy.
Yang Weiqun (杨为群), President of Liaoning Provincial Vocational and Technical Education Society (辽宁省职业技术教育学会), believes that vocational education not only faces the urgent need to be improved, but also needs to adapt to the comprehensive promotion of comprehensive reform in the field of higher education, and also needs to actively respond to the strategic deployment of national education power construction, closely aligning with the actual needs of Liaoning (辽宁) regional economic and industrial development. Around the trillion-level industrial bases and key industrial clusters such as advanced equipment manufacturing, petrochemicals, and fine chemicals, Liaoning (辽宁) has laid out 10 provincial-level industry-education joint bodies in key industrial parks throughout the province, forming a coordinated development pattern of "national-level leadership and provincial-level support," focusing on building 19 provincial-level industry-education integration bodies such as integrated circuits and industrial robots. 1,750 colleges, enterprises, and research institutes have joined, carrying out 1,514 projects such as joint talent cultivation, collaborative technology research, professional curriculum construction, teaching resource development, and joint construction of practical training bases.
Cultivate "Future Craftsmen"
Let the Spirit of Craftsmen Be Passed On
"My skill growth path is inseparable from vocational education." At the launch ceremony of Liaoning Provincial Vocational Education Activity Week (辽宁省职业教育活动周) this year, Jiang Hao (姜昊), a senior internship instructor at the Competition Service Center of Liaoning Engineering Vocational College (辽宁工程职业学院), shared his experience.
This post-00s youth came from a rural area. After graduating from junior high school, he chose to enter a vocational college to study hard. Finally, he won the gold medal in the industrial control project of the 46th WorldSkills Competition, achieving a historic breakthrough in the project in Northeast China. After winning the championship, Jiang Hao (姜昊) chose to stay at the school to teach, impart craftsman skills, and help more young students realize their dreams of becoming skilled talents.
Liaoning (辽宁) is known as the "eldest son of the Republic's industry," and the spirit of craftsmen is passed on here. Liaoning (辽宁) implemented the "Revitalizing Liaoning Future Craftsman" (兴辽未来工匠) cultivation project, selecting outstanding front-line enterprise employees with technological innovation capabilities, achievement transformation capabilities, or unique skills as "craftsman seedlings," and tailoring training programs for each craftsman, setting up courses in positions and moving classrooms to workshops, cultivating great country craftsmen in the front line of industry.
Li Linhang (李林航), a 2023 graduate of the mechatronics major of the Sino-German College of Shenyang Vocational and Technical College (沈阳职业技术学院中德学院), regularly went to the BMW (宝马) training center with his classmates to receive corporate training during his school years. After graduation, he signed a contract with BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马) and was sent by the company to Germany for exchange and study. "We study alternately in schools and enterprises, and successively master technologies such as PLC programming, basic robot operation, and motor wiring, learn 10 basic skills such as basic mechanical processing and fitter work, and learn manual brazing maintenance," said Li Linhang (李林航).
"At present, 647,000 vocational college students in the province are active in 19 major professional categories such as equipment manufacturing, petrochemicals, and electronic information. Talent cultivation is deeply coupled with the 'time-honored brands,' 'original brands,' and 'new brands' industrial systems," introduced Wang Qingdong (王庆东), Director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (辽宁省教育厅厅长).
Jointly Build Overseas Industry Colleges
Serve International Production Capacity Cooperation
Shenyang Normal University (沈阳师范大学) signed a modern agriculture project in Khujand, Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦胡占德), focusing on skills training in areas such as facility agriculture and water-saving irrigation, and has established 12 standardized practical training greenhouses; Liaoning Railway Vocational and Technical College (辽宁铁道职业技术学院) jointly established a railway professional "Mozi Workshop" (墨子工坊) with China Railway Fifth Bureau (中铁五局) and Kyrgyz State Technical University (吉尔吉斯斯坦国立技术大学), cultivating talents in signal control, track maintenance, and other majors, with an annual training scale of 200 people...
From "borrowing a boat to go to sea" to "going to sea with the boat" and "taking the boat to go to sea," from "bringing in" high-quality educational resources to actively "going out," Liaoning (辽宁) vocational education gives full play to the advantages and specialties of vocational education, cultivates and transports talents, and serves international production capacity cooperation. In September 2023, Liaoning (辽宁) vocational education, based on the craftsman image of Mozi (墨子), opened the overseas industry college "Mozi Workshop" (墨子工坊), setting up a new image and new brand for Chinese vocational education "going out." The first batch of 10 construction projects were signed, covering 9 countries including Russia (俄罗斯), Ghana (加纳), and Mongolia (蒙古国). As of now, Liaoning (辽宁) has established physical industry colleges in Central Asia (中亚), Africa (非洲), and other places in professional fields such as optometry and railway transportation.
"'Mozi Workshop' (墨子工坊) adheres to demand orientation, industry-education integration, adapting to local conditions, and sustainable development, focusing on modern agriculture, advanced manufacturing, modern service industries, and other fields," introduced Su Yunhai (苏云海), Director of the Vocational Education and Adult Education Department of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education (辽宁省教育厅职业教育与成人教育处处长). "'Mozi Workshop' (墨子工坊) focuses on Northeast Asia (东北亚), Central Asia (中亚), Southeast Asia (东南亚), Central and Eastern Europe (中东欧), and African countries, and cooperates with 'going out' enterprises and local vocational education institutions to jointly build overseas industry colleges."
"Going out" while "bringing in." Liaoning (辽宁) has established an international education concept and promoted the export of vocational education standards. In April 2024, Shenyang Vocational and Technical College (沈阳职业技术学院) welcomed 11 teachers and students from Malaysia Excellent Automotive Repair College (马来西亚卓越汽修学院). In the practical training workshop, Malaysian students disassembled new energy vehicle motors under the guidance of teachers and simulated fault diagnosis through AR (augmented reality) technology. "The professionalism and innovation of Chinese vocational education are worth learning," said Anan (阿南), the leading teacher.
In the industrial robot operation class, Malaysian students wrote instructions under the guidance of teachers, watching the robotic arm accurately grab parts and complete welding trajectory simulation. When the successfully debugged robot issued a prompt sound, they excitedly high-fived and cheered. Shenyang Vocational and Technical College (沈阳职业技术学院) also arranged courses such as live broadcast e-commerce and in-depth experience of information technology to convey the concept of vocational education resonating with industrial development.
Return to TopBy: 白真智
Only by targeting pain points, refining measures, focusing precisely, and responding to diverse concerns with more warm initiatives can we truly reduce the burden of childbirth.
Recently, some netizens discovered that a shopping mall in Beijing (北京) has changed its "Mother and Baby Room" (母婴室) to "Infant Care Room" (育婴室), equipped with automatic doors and curtains, clearly separating the breastfeeding area from the changing area. Fathers can change diapers for their children in the changing area, while the breastfeeding area remains a private space for mothers. Some media reports also indicate that some large public places in Shanghai (上海) and Shenzhen (深圳) have begun to try setting up separate "Father and Baby Rooms" (父婴室) in addition to "Mother and Baby Rooms" (母婴室) to specifically facilitate fathers traveling with their children.
I applaud such measures because there is indeed a need in reality. Some "Mother and Baby Rooms" (母婴室) are only for mothers, and some even have signs posted at the door saying "No Men Allowed" (男士免进), creating invisible barriers. Changing to "Infant Care Room" (育婴室) and setting up separate "Father and Baby Rooms" (父婴室) will make it easier for fathers to take care of their children alone. For families with children, such changes bring more convenience, allowing fathers, mothers, or other guardians to use safe, hygienic, and fully functional care facilities with peace of mind.
Optimizing and upgrading childcare facilities reflects society's support for the responsibility of raising children. Such support can be more diverse and detailed: for example, setting up diaper vending machines in large shopping malls so that parents can "restock" at any time; setting up stroller ramps in places where parents frequently walk their children, making it easier to enter and exit; and adding "family restrooms" where conditions permit, making it easier for parents to take their children to the toilet. Promoting the construction of a birth-friendly society is often reflected in these small details.
Building a birth-friendly society is reflected in small details, but also in major policies. Extending maternity leave, issuing birth subsidies and simplifying the application procedures, and including assisted reproduction in medical insurance payments... Not long ago, the state introduced childcare subsidy policies and preschool education preferential policies for children under the age of 3. These measures are practical and effective, reflecting the state's emphasis on building a birth-friendly society and truly reducing the burden on families raising children.
Building a birth-friendly society is a long-term project. Only by targeting pain points, refining measures, and focusing precisely, and responding to diverse concerns with more warm initiatives can we truly reduce the burden of childbirth and make the parenting journey of parents more worry-free and comfortable.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 25th (Reporter Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部): From August 18th to August 24th, the "Hundred-Day, Ten-Million Job" special campaign launched four online recruitment events for the machinery and equipment, cross-border e-commerce, medical and health, and automotive industries, with more than 27,000 employers participating, with recruitment needs exceeding 312,000 positions.
Among them, the machinery and equipment industry special event organized more than 7,500 employers, providing positions such as system engineers, commissioning engineers, CNC engineers, and welding engineers, with recruitment needs exceeding 100,000 positions; the cross-border e-commerce industry special event organized more than 3,000 employers, providing positions such as foreign trade business managers, foreign trade purchasing specialists, sales representatives, and operations managers, with recruitment needs exceeding 10,000 positions; the medical and health industry special event organized more than 16,000 employers, providing positions such as physicians, pharmacists, imaging technicians, and rehabilitation physicians, with recruitment needs of 190,000 positions; the automotive industry special event organized more than 700 employers, providing positions such as automotive general assembly engineers, design engineers, and testing engineers, with recruitment needs of 12,000 positions.
The "Employment Online" platform also conducted a "Director of Human Resources and Social Security (Employment) Bureau Enters the Live Broadcast Room" live job promotion event, organizing employers in industries such as manufacturing, transportation, warehousing and postal services, real estate, and leasing and business services, providing positions such as quality engineers, process engineers, mechanical engineers, station attendants, real estate agents, and sales managers.
Return to TopIn recent years, Xi'an City (西安市), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), has implemented "micro-renewal and light renovation" of the Xicang (西仓) area, upgrading the traditional market area into the Xicang Market Cultural and Creative Park (西仓市集文创公园) to create new cultural consumption scenarios. The picture shows citizens selecting goods in the Xicang Market Cultural and Creative Park (西仓市集文创公园) on August 24.
Photo by Zhang Cheng (张成) (People's Vision).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Lhasa (拉萨) on August 25th (Reporter: Xian Gan (鲜敢)) Recently, the reporter learned from the Information Office of the People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区人民政府新闻办公室): Based on the initial budget arrangement of 14.8 billion yuan to support the implementation of 28 practical projects for the people's livelihood, the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区) will add approximately 2 billion yuan in funding to implement 10 additional practical projects for the people's livelihood. This serves as a "grand gift package" for the people's livelihood to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区), and is also a pragmatic new measure to further solve the urgent needs and concerns of the masses.
The 10 practical projects for the people's livelihood that are being added this time focus on areas such as increasing income for the masses, elderly care and childcare, medical care and social security. Specifically, they include: establishing a mechanism for newborns to participate in medical insurance for free; establishing a subsidy mechanism for childcare for children aged 0-3; establishing a care mechanism for children's "good teeth"; establishing a heating subsidy mechanism for low-income families in difficulty; establishing a subsidy mechanism for express delivery packages to benefit farmers; increasing the compensation standard for personal accident insurance for the masses; increasing the basic pension standard for basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents; increasing the physical examination and heating subsidy standards for cadres and workers in high-altitude areas; issuing one-time living allowances and consumer coupons to people in need; and issuing one-time living allowances to people with special contributions. Among them, there are 5 new mechanism policies, 3 standard-raising policies, and 2 one-time subsidy policies, so that the masses can truly see changes, receive benefits, and feel warmth.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nanning (南宁) August 25th dispatch (Reporter Zhang Yunhe (张云河)): The reporter learned from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Women's Federation (广西壮族自治区妇联): Recently, the Autonomous Region Health Commission (自治区卫生健康委), the Department of Finance (财政厅), the Department of Education (教育厅), the Women's Federation (妇联), the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control (疾控局) and other departments jointly issued an implementation plan to officially launch the Guangxi (广西) free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine vaccination program for women of appropriate age. According to the plan, nearly 960,000 women will be vaccinated within three years from 2025 to 2027.
The plan clarifies that, based on the principles of informed consent and free vaccination, all female junior high school students in the region who are 13 but not yet 14 years old and have not been vaccinated against HPV can be vaccinated with domestically produced bivalent HPV vaccine free of charge. The health administrative department is responsible for taking the lead in formulating and organizing the implementation of the project implementation plan, and the Women's Federation (妇联) is responsible for coordinating and organizing publicity work in society and families. In addition, HPV vaccination information will be included in the immunization program information system management to ensure that the source of the smallest packaging unit of the vaccine is traceable and the flow is verifiable, so as to ensure that the entire vaccination process is standardized and controllable.
Since 2021, the Autonomous Region Women's Federation (自治区妇联) and the Guangxi Women and Children Development Foundation (广西妇女儿童发展基金会) have raised 7.8 million yuan of social funds to carry out the "Accelerating the Elimination of Cervical Cancer Action Plan" project, which has provided free HPV vaccination to 7,483 women. In 2024, the Guangxi (广西) Rural Women of Appropriate Age Free Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Project was promoted and implemented. In order to further expand the coverage of the vaccinated population and help achieve the goal of eliminating cervical cancer, in 2025, deputies to the people's congresses and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at all levels promoted the implementation of free vaccine vaccination policies by submitting suggestions, motions, and proposals, and relevant suggestions were actively adopted. The introduction of this plan marks that Guangxi (广西) has fully realized the full coverage of free HPV vaccination for women of appropriate age in urban and rural areas.
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During the summer vacation, many families choose to go outdoors to play in the water. Recently, there have been several cases of children being infected with "brain-eating amoeba" while playing in the water. What is a "brain-eating amoeba"? What are the dangers of "brain-eating amoeba"? What are the effective measures to prevent "brain-eating amoeba" infection? The reporter interviewed Hu Yuekai (胡越凯), Deputy Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Fujian Hospital affiliated to Huashan Hospital of Fudan University.
Hu Yuekai (胡越凯) introduced that the "brain-eating amoeba" that people often talk about belongs to "free-living amoebae," which mostly live in moist soil and fresh water, including Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris, and Acanthamoeba. After infection, it is easy to cause rhinitis, keratitis, meningoencephalitis, encephalitis, etc. In particular, after the protozoa enter the brain, the human body will experience symptoms such as high fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck, epilepsy, and coma, and the mortality rate is extremely high, so it is called "brain-eating amoeba."
"‘Brain-eating amoeba’ are more active in water bodies between 25 degrees Celsius and 42 degrees Celsius. During the summer vacation, everyone goes to play in the water outdoors more often, so there will be occasional cases of ‘brain-eating amoeba’ infection." Hu Yuekai (胡越凯) introduced that "brain-eating amoeba" may exist in natural freshwater areas such as streams, lakes, and ponds, swimming pools that have not been disinfected, water parks, fountain pools, and moist soil. However, everyone does not need to panic. Hu Yuekai (胡越凯) introduced that from the perspective of probability, "brain-eating amoeba" infection is a rare disease.
Effective preventive measures can be taken to avoid infection. "Brain-eating amoeba" mostly enter the brain through the nasal cavity, and a few enter the body through broken skin. Hu Yuekai (胡越凯) reminded that you should try to avoid playing in natural water areas such as wild lakes, especially paying attention to avoiding choking on water, and you can wear nose clips to prevent water from entering the nasal cavity. In addition, wash your hands promptly after contact with soil and sewage. If you have a habit of cleaning your nasal cavity, you must rinse it with boiled and cooled water. People who wear contact lenses should also pay attention to hand hygiene when wearing them.
"‘Brain-eating amoeba’ infection is prone to symptoms such as rhinitis and keratitis in the early stage. If you feel unwell, especially if you have symptoms such as high fever and headache, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible and truthfully inform the doctor whether you have had any experience of contact with soil or water in the past," said Hu Yuekai (胡越凯).
Return to TopBy: 侯琳良 张天峰
Early in the morning, Liu Jinping (刘金平), an elderly resident of Dacaozhuang Village (大曹庄村) in Goucunji Town (苟村集镇), Chengwu County (成武县), Heze City (菏泽市), Shandong Province (山东省), had just finished a health check by the village doctor when a third-party service provider arrived to clean. "The service personnel come to my door four times a month and also help me with laundry and haircuts." Touching the newly installed bedside rails in his home, the old man's smile lines stretched out.
Chengwu County (成武县) has built a county, town, village, and family-linked elderly care service network. Leading enterprises play a demonstrative role, using a smart elderly care platform to provide the elderly with services such as meal assistance, bathing assistance, cleaning assistance, walking assistance, and medical assistance.
Combining the county's medical community reform pilot, Chengwu County (成武县) relies on township health centers and village health clinics to integrate medical and elderly care functions, achieving seamless connection between health protection and life care. Among the county's 24 elderly care institutions, 20 have achieved integrated medical and elderly care. In the Boleji Town (伯乐集镇) Medical and Elderly Care Institute, intelligent health display screens dynamically update the health data of the elderly, and analyze them by comparing historical records, allowing staff to grasp the health status of the elderly. The platform links county-level medical institutions, enabling county-town linkage and timely treatment when the elderly experience sudden illnesses.
For elderly people living at home, Chengwu County (成武县) implements home-based aging-in-place modifications, reducing the risk of accidents in the home environment by removing thresholds, installing non-slip handrails, and setting up bedside rails in living spaces such as bathrooms, kitchens, and bedrooms. They also organize doctors to regularly visit special elderly people in need and purchase services from 7 professional institutions to provide care services for scattered supported people in extreme poverty.
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Editor's Note: The Science and Technology Backyard is an important platform for promoting scientific and technological innovation, whether it's studying carbon sinks in the Xiaoxing'anling (小兴安岭) research forest area, exploring the entire seaweed industry chain by the sea, or restoring grassland ecology on the Tibetan Plateau. It is not only a science and technology extension station, but also a position for protecting water and soil, restoring ecology, and conveying the concept of sustainable development.
Starting today, this edition launches the "Beautiful China: Exploring Ecology in Science and Technology Backyards" series, showcasing how science and technology empower green mountains and clear waters through stories of ecological protection in Science and Technology Backyards, allowing abundant natural resources to be transformed into the "golden mountains and silver mountains" of the people faster, better, and in greater quantities.
In late August, the Xiaoxing'anling (小兴安岭) Mountains are filled with the coolness of early autumn, seeping through the pine branches and straight into people's collars. However, the Ganoderma lucidum mushroom bag production workshop of the Hebei Forestry Bureau (鹤北林业局) of the Longjiang Sen Gong Group (龙江森工集团) in Heilongjiang Province is warm.
"The temperature should be maintained between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius; too high and the mushrooms will easily rot." Bai Linjin (白林金), the planting expert who was among the first to be stationed at the Hebei Science and Technology Backyard, gently stroked the mushroom bags with his fingertips, explaining carefully to the forestry workers surrounding him.
Linqu worker Dai Kebao (代科宝) sometimes jotted down notes with a pen, and sometimes snapped photos with his mobile phone. "Having experts teach us hand-in-hand gives us peace of mind!" Dai Kebao (代科宝) said.
In July of this year, the Hebei Science and Technology Backyard was officially established, becoming a "new fulcrum" for local ecological protection and industrial upgrading. More scientific research talents are coming to the forest to show their skills, and this beam of "scientific and technological light" is gradually illuminating the transformation and development path of the forest area.
Translating Mature Technology into Methods that Employees Can Understand and Use
"We forestry workers used to rely on cutting down trees for a living. Later, when we put down our axes and saws, our livelihoods suddenly lost direction." Dai Kebao (代科宝) has worked at the Hebei Forestry Bureau (鹤北林业局) for more than 30 years. He has seen the hustle and bustle of "cutting down trees to sell for money," and has also felt the "dilemma" of ecological protection and industrial development – guarding the green mountains and clear waters, but not knowing how to turn them into "golden mountains and silver mountains."
This is a dilemma that the Hebei Forestry Bureau (鹤北林业局) and many other forest areas across the country have faced – they must ensure that the forests are not reduced, while also ensuring that employees have a stable income; they have long relied on traditional forestry, and the under-forest economy is underdeveloped, with mushrooms, wild vegetables, and other products unable to sell for good prices; older employees rely on experience to work, and young people are unwilling to stay; and the achievements of universities and research institutes "lie" in papers, separated from the actual needs of the forest area by "thousands of mountains and rivers."
Gong Qianwen (巩前文), Dean of the Hebei Science and Technology Backyard, still remembers his first visit to Hebei (鹤北): "When I went to the forest area for research, I saw that the Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms planted by the employees were half-rotten because they did not understand pest and disease control. I felt particularly bad." Gong Qianwen (巩前文) realized that it was necessary to "translate" the mature under-forest planting technology in the laboratory into methods that employees could understand and use.
On July 17, the Longjiang Sen Gong Group (龙江森工集团), Northeast Forestry University (东北林业大学), and Heilongjiang Ecological Engineering Vocational College (黑龙江生态工程职业学院) took the lead in establishing a forest area Science and Technology Backyard in Hebei (鹤北). "Our backyard can't be just for show; it must serve the forest area at zero distance – scientific researchers stationed on-site to find problems, students practice to learn skills, and employees follow to learn technology, so that 'achievements on paper' become 'under-forest benefits'," said Gong Qianwen (巩前文).
The first thing to do after establishing the backyard was to have Gong Qianwen (巩前文) lead more than 20 resident experts and scholars to run all over the forest area, watching and asking questions, and recording many "pain points and difficulties": the planting technology of pine and fir Ganoderma lucidum is difficult to break through, it is difficult to find a direction for developing the forest health industry, and they want to develop research and study tours but do not know how to design routes... The accumulated cases filled the notebook, and Gong Qianwen (巩前文) also wrote in the notebook: "The mission of the backyard is to sow the 'seeds' of science and technology into the forest, so that the forest land can grow both ecological benefits and economic benefits."
Cultivating People Who "Understand the Forest Area and Can Take Root," and Expanding the "Circle of Friends" of the Forest Area
"Expert Bai (白), what should I do? The Ganoderma lucidum mushroom bags in my mushroom shed seem to be moldy!" At 11 p.m. on August 15, Bai Linjin's (白林金) mobile phone suddenly rang, and on the other end was Dai Kebao's (代科宝) anxious voice.
After hanging up the phone, Bai Linjin (白林金) immediately drove more than 20 kilometers to the mushroom shed. Under the lights, he saw that the "mold spots" on the mushroom bags were actually aerial hyphae grown due to high humidity, not mold. "Don't panic, open the shed film for ventilation tomorrow morning, and now you need to water less and control the humidity below 45%." He comforted him while teaching Dai Kebao (代科宝) how to use a thermometer and hygrometer until 1 a.m. before leaving.
"The experts come to the site, don't use professional terms, all are in plain language, and respond immediately, providing one-stop service to the end." Gong Qianwen (巩前文) said. Since its operation, the backyard has welcomed 37 experts in the fields of ecological protection, medical health, and edible mushroom cultivation.
In terms of benefit transformation, the backyard first focuses on the forest area's "fist industry." Pine and fir Ganoderma lucidum is a specialty of Hebei (鹤北), but it has long been stuck in the "selling raw materials" stage, and 1 jin of fresh Ganoderma lucidum can only sell for more than 30 yuan. The backyard took the lead in formulating the "Hebei Forestry Bureau (鹤北林业局) Pine and Fir Ganoderma lucidum Big Health Industry Development Strategy Plan (2026-2030)," clarifying that "we must not only grow good raw materials, but also process good products."
"In the past, my family's 5 mu of black fungus could sell for a maximum of 50,000 yuan a year. Now, according to the expert's suggestion, we plant pine and fir Ganoderma lucidum, which can be processed into health products in the future," said Dai Kebao (代科宝).
Talent cultivation is the "long-term account" of the backyard. "We want to cultivate people who 'understand the forest area and can take root'," said Gong Qianwen (巩前文). The backyard adopts a model of "student on-site practice + teacher front-line teaching + forest area backbone as mentors" to allow students to learn real skills in the forest.
Wu Si (吴思), 26, is a doctoral student majoring in ecological civilization construction at Beijing Forestry University (北京林业大学). After moving into the backyard in July, she followed experts and teachers to run forest farms and measure data every day. "In the past, I felt that the concept of 'ecological protection' in the classroom seemed a bit abstract. Now I know that protection is not 'doing nothing', but using scientific and technological power to make the forest both 'green' and 'rich'," she said.
Since the operation of the Science and Technology Backyard, the "circle of friends" in the forest area has expanded.
At the end of July, 10 experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) in the fields of ecological protection and big data entered the backyard and had a heated discussion on the "Hebei (鹤北) Ecological Command Center Smart Platform" plan.
"The platform must integrate forest fire monitoring, wildlife activity tracks, Ganoderma lucidum growth data, etc., in order to help provide a basis for the Forestry Bureau's decision-making." Tian Li (田莉), associate researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院地理科学与资源环境研究所), said that the plan has now been refined and, once completed, can help make up for the forest area's shortcomings in "difficult intelligent early warning and weak decision-making assistance." In mid-August, chief physicians from 18 medical institutions, including Beijing Tongren Hospital (北京同仁医院), National Children's Medical Center (国家儿童医学中心), and Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (中国医学科学院阜外医院), gathered in the backyard to discuss the "forest health indicator system." "Forest health is not 'staying in a wooden house for a few days and taking a few breaths of air', but must be supported by scientific physiological indicators," said Dai Lifang (代丽芳), deputy chief physician at the National Children's Medical Center (国家儿童医学中心).
Exploring Replicable Solutions for Forest Area Development, Allowing More Forests to Shine with the "Light of Science and Technology"
At present, Gong Qianwen (巩前文) and his team are sorting out the list of "One Hundred Experts Visiting Hebei (鹤北)." More than 20 experts in the fields of ecological economy, forest food processing, and carbon sink trading have successively confirmed their itineraries and will be stationed as early as September.
"Practice has proven that science and technology can solve the development 'knots' in forest areas. However, the development problems in Hebei (鹤北) are also common problems in many forest areas across the country. What we have to do is not only solve the problems in Hebei (鹤北), but also explore a replicable solution," said Gong Qianwen (巩前文).
In the long run, the backyard's vision should focus on the "big problems, new problems, and difficult problems" in the forest area. "How to realize the value of ecological products? How to implement ecological culture construction? These are all 'hard bones' to gnaw on," said Gong Qianwen (巩前文). Now the backyard has begun to investigate Hebei's (鹤北) forest carbon sinks and plans to jointly determine the "Forest Area Carbon Sink Trading Implementation Plan" with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院).
In the view of Sun Tiancheng (孙天成), Secretary of the Party Committee of the Hebei Forestry Bureau (鹤北林业局党委书记), the significance of the backyard is not only to bring technology and talent, but also to change the "way of thinking" of the people in the forest area.
"In the past, we always felt that 'we can eat as long as we guard the forest'. Now we know that the forest must be 'guarded' and 'nurtured', and we must rely on technology to make the forest 'live'," he said. The next step is to integrate Ganoderma lucidum planting, forest health, and research and study tourism, and use the "ecology + industry" integration model to allow more employees to enjoy the dividends of science and technology.
As the sun sets, the afterglow shines on the walls of the backyard. Gong Qianwen (巩前文) stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at the continuous forest in the distance: "The backyard is like a 'seed of science and technology', which has sprouted in Hebei (鹤北); in the future, we will let this seed blossom and bear fruit in more forest areas, and let more forests shine with the 'light of science and technology'."
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on August 25th (Reporter Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)) The Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院), the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), and 9 other departments recently jointly released the "Opinions on Strengthening the Coordination of Law Enforcement and Judicial Work to Serve and Guarantee Ecological Environmental Protection and High-Quality Development in the Yangtze River Basin." The "Opinions" absorb beneficial experiences from local practices, focus on resolving and standardizing prominent difficulties and problems in the coordination of law enforcement and judicial work, and enhance the effectiveness of systematic protection of the Yangtze River.
The "Opinions" require strengthening communication and consultation. Focusing on key areas and frequently occurring cases such as pollution prevention and control, the ten-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River, river sand mining management, tailings pond management, governance and protection of important rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, protection of precious and endangered wild flora and fauna, and protection of Yangtze River cultural relics and intangible cultural heritage, strengthen situation consultation, build consensus on the rule of law, unify law enforcement and judicial standards, promote the achievement of similar judgments for similar cases, and comprehensively improve the standardization level of law enforcement and judicial work.
The "Opinions" clarify that it is important to adhere to both handling cases according to law and promoting governance, support administrative law enforcement agencies in carrying out joint actions in cross-administrative regions, ecologically sensitive areas, and areas with a high incidence of ecological and environmental violations in the Yangtze River Basin, and improve joint supervision, joint law enforcement, and law enforcement assistance systems and mechanisms.
Regarding ecological restoration, the "Opinions" require various departments to collaborate in implementing restoration, jointly maintain the restoration effect, and strengthen cooperation in off-site restoration. The "Opinions" require strengthening cross-departmental collaboration, scientifically determining and reasonably implementing restoration plans, carrying out supervision and implementation of restoration work and effect evaluation in accordance with the law, and promoting effective restoration of the damaged ecological environment. At the same time, the "Opinions" summarize the beneficial experiences of courts in the Yangtze River Basin in transferring ecological environment restoration funds across regions and entrusting courts in other places to implement restoration, and clarify that for cross-administrative region cases where it is more appropriate to organize and implement ecological environment restoration in the damaged area, the restoration costs executed in place shall be transferred across administrative regions to the damaged area for ecological environment restoration in accordance with relevant regulations, and implemented or assisted in implementation by the law enforcement and judicial organs of the damaged area. In addition, for fisheries and other areas that cannot be restored or cannot be fully restored, alternative restoration may be organized and carried out by relevant departments and institutions in the damaged area.
Return to TopKunming, August 25th (Reporter Zhang Chi (张驰)) - The reporter learned from the Yunnan Provincial Department of Water Resources (云南省水利厅) that the "Regulations on the Protection of Rivers Flowing into Key Plateau Lakes in Yunnan Province," which was reviewed and approved by the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Yunnan Provincial People's Congress, will come into effect on September 1st of this year. The "Regulations" further clarify the attribution of responsibility for the protection and management of rivers flowing into the lakes through special legislation, standardize key governance links, establish a "from lake to river" full-chain legal guarantee for the protection of plateau lakes, build a "9+1" regulatory system for the governance of key plateau lakes in Yunnan (云南), and provide key legal guarantees for governing lakes by law, scientifically, and systematically.
The "Regulations" clarify that the protection and governance of rivers flowing into the lakes should follow the principles of prioritizing protection, strict control, territorial management, comprehensive governance, systematic governance, and source governance, and require strict control and classified protection of rivers flowing into the lakes. Innovative control and protection measures for rivers flowing into the lakes include requiring the establishment of a catalog management system for rivers flowing into the lakes, clarifying the classified remediation of buildings (structures) within the control range of rivers flowing into the lakes, clarifying 11 types of prohibited behaviors for the control of rivers flowing into the lakes, establishing and improving a three-dimensional protection network of "groundwater monitoring + risk source remediation + full basin online monitoring," and promoting the water abstraction permit, compensated use, and total amount control system. In terms of river management and restoration, the "Regulations" systematically construct a protection and governance system with pollution control, ecological restoration, and systematic management as the core, including clarifying the implementation of a "one river, one policy" governance plan, strengthening systematic pollution control, coordinating flood control safety and spatial control, strengthening ecological restoration and shoreline restoration, and protecting aquatic biodiversity.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper in Beijing on August 25th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)), starting on the night of the 25th, northern regions will once again experience a relatively strong rainfall process. At 18:00 on the 25th, the Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a blue rainstorm warning. The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) and the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) separately issued an orange mountain flood disaster meteorological warning and a geological disaster meteorological risk warning in conjunction with the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局).
The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that from the night of the 25th to the 28th, there will be moderate to heavy rain in the eastern part of the Northwest region, the central and eastern part of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), North China (华北), Liaoning (辽宁), and the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地). Some areas in the eastern part of Qinghai (青海), the central and southern parts of Gansu (甘肃), the southern part of Ningxia (宁夏), the northern part of Shaanxi (陕西), the Hetao region of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古河套地区), the northern part of Shanxi (山西), the western and northern parts of Beijing (北京), the central and northern parts of Hebei (河北), Tianjin (天津), the eastern part of Liaoning (辽宁), and the western part of the Sichuan Basin (四川盆地) will experience heavy rain. Local areas in southern Gansu (甘肃), the eastern part of the Hetao region of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古河套地区), central Hebei (河北), and western Beijing (北京) will experience torrential rain.
Return to TopChengdu Industrial Vocational and Technical College (成都工业职业技术学院) was founded in 1951 and established as a public full-time ordinary higher vocational and technical college in 2014. The college has always adhered to the educational positioning of "running a first-class higher vocational college and cultivating master craftsmen of a great power," deeply exploring cultural and educational resources, and creating the "Shu Art Cheng Gong (蜀艺成工)" campus culture brand with the theme of "Shu Art Inheriting Tianfu (蜀艺承天府), Cheng Gong Casting Craftsman Soul (成工铸匠魂)."
It highlights the cultural connotation of "five elements" integration and triple mission. The college adheres to the "five elements" integration of red gene, Tianfu (天府) characteristics, craftsman spirit, professional connotation, and school history, and strives to build a cultural education system with Chinese characteristics, vocational education characteristics, Bashu (巴蜀) characteristics, and school characteristics. The college bravely shoulders a triple mission: integrating the wisdom of Shu (蜀) land craftsmanship with modern industrial civilization, witnessing the "Chengdu (成都) industrial leap"; responding to the national cultural power strategy with a Bashu-style campus culture, practicing "Cheng Gong Vocational College (成工职院) inheritance"; and cultivating new era master craftsmen with craftsman culture, helping "vocational college students succeed."
Innovating the educational practice of three measures and diverse activities. With the three measures of carrier construction, activity development, and cultural research, the college has joined hands with inheritors of intangible cultural heritage to create Tianfu Culture (天府文化) Inheritance Halls such as the Sichuan Opera Master Studio (川剧大师工作室), and built cultural immersion experience areas such as the Red Industrial Spirit Culture Museum (红色工业精神文化馆), the Industrial Museum (工业博览馆), the Industrial Civilization Axis (工业文明轴), and the Professional Culture Landscape Belt (专业文化景观带); it holds the Craftsman Culture Festival, the Network Culture Festival, and the Happiness Culture Festival every year, offers courses such as "Craftsman Spirit" and "Excellent Chinese Traditional Culture," and carries out a series of volunteer practical service activities such as going to the countryside, returning to the hometown, and entering the community; it has jointly established an industrial culture research sub-center with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), and completed topics such as "Research on the Historical Evolution, Contemporary Expression and Cultivation Path of Chengdu Craftsman Spirit," and promoted the "one academy, one product" professional culture construction of secondary colleges with Shu Road Culture (蜀道文化), Jinsha Culture (金沙文化), and Jiaozi Culture (交子文化).
It highlights the three-level progressive and widely influential work results. With the three-level progression of talent cultivation, cultural inheritance, and social influence, the college has cultivated a group of outstanding students who have won gold medals in the China International College Students' Innovation Competition (中国国际大学生创新大赛) and the title of "National Technical Expert (全国技术能手)"; the college's cultural education project has been approved as a provincial-level high school ideological and political work boutique project, and the micro-film work "There is a Play (有戏)" of "Sichuan Opera + Professional Culture" was selected as the first prize of the 8th National College Students' Micro-film Exhibition Activity of "Ideological and Political Class in My Heart"; the college was selected as the first batch of Sichuan Province Civilized Campuses (四川省文明校园), and mainstream media successively reported on the college's cultural construction achievements, and many higher vocational colleges came to the school for inspection and exchange.
The construction of the "Shu Art Cheng Gong (蜀艺成工)" campus culture brand is a vivid practice of the college's deep integration of regional culture, industrial spirit, and vocational education, and promoting the connotative development of the college through cultural education, providing a reference for vocational colleges to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent Chinese traditional culture.
Data source: Chengdu Industrial Vocational and Technical College (成都工业职业技术学院)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋豪新
How to ensure safety in low-light environments? How to deal with sudden severe weather? And how to demonstrate civility and grace while cycling? "When faced with these questions, it indicates that you have reached an advanced stage of cycling and need to master coping strategies and abide by general cycling rules," said Zheng Yulin (郑雨林), coach of the Chengdu Cycling Team (成都市自行车队) in Sichuan Province (四川省), China.
How to Ensure Night Cycling Safety
As the hustle and bustle of the day fades away and the streetlights light up one after another, night cycling enthusiasts welcome the unique charm of the day. However, this charm is accompanied by unique challenges: reduced visibility, shortened reaction time, and increased potential hazards. This requires night cyclists to master a set of skills different from daytime cycling.
Night cycling equipment is by no means an embellishment, but the first line of defense for safety. The front headlight should not be less than 300 lumens, and the rear taillight should choose a conspicuous style with a flashing mode. Don't be satisfied with the lights themselves - add reflectors to the wheel spokes, wear clothing with reflective stripes, and you can also put reflective stickers on the helmet. When these details are illuminated by lights, cyclists will become an unmissable presence on the road.
Route selection is also important. At night, you should actively avoid unlit roads, turn on your mobile phone navigation software, enter the bicycle cycling mode, and choose a safer alternative route. Pay special attention to road construction information - potholes that are easy to avoid during the day can become invisible traps at night.
Visibility is low at night, and car blind spots are more dangerous for cyclists. Always maintain a distance of at least one meter from parked vehicles to prevent the door from suddenly opening. When encountering intersections, even if cyclists are going straight and have the right of way, they should remain vigilant to avoid being ignored by turning vehicles and causing danger. If necessary, cyclists can use gestures to emphasize their intention to travel.
The body's reaction at night is usually slower than during the day, so night cycling should actively reduce speed, especially on curves and downhill sections. Keep your hands in a position where you can apply the brakes at any time to deal with emergencies. If you must answer the phone, be sure to park the car before handling it. On nights with high humidity, metal manhole covers, zebra crossings and other areas are extremely slippery. When cornering, the body should pay more attention to being vertical than during the day to improve stability.
When an accident occurs, the difficulty of rescue at night is much higher than during the day. In addition to conventional tools, night cycling backpacks should always have emergency blankets, high-frequency whistles and small emergency lights. Some cycling software has real-time location sharing functions, which can shorten rescue time in critical moments.
How to Calmly Deal with Special Weather
When dark clouds gather or snow is about to strike, many cycling enthusiasts choose to put away their beloved cars. If you encounter bad weather during cycling, don't panic.
When riding in the rain, wet roads can cause braking distances to increase to 2 to 3 times that of dry roads. When decelerating, use intermittent braking in advance to avoid tire lockup. The tread design of professional rain riding tires can effectively drain water, and enthusiasts who ride in rainy areas all year round can consider it. When passing through water, pay attention to judging the depth of the water. Water exceeding the center of the hub may cause water to enter the bearing, which is more troublesome to maintain later. In addition, riding with ordinary glasses is easy to blur the vision with rain, so it is recommended to wear sports glasses with a water-repellent coating.
When riding in strong winds, posture control is especially important. When the crosswind exceeds level 6, lower your center of gravity, grip the lower handlebars tightly, and minimize wind resistance as much as possible. When riding against the wind, the gear ratio can be adjusted to be 1 to 2 gears lighter, maintaining cadence rather than speed. Special attention should be paid to wind tunnel areas such as bridges and high-rise gaps, where gusts often come suddenly and violently. When large freight trucks pass by, they will generate swirling eddies, so it is recommended to prepare in advance and maintain straight driving.
Ice and snow are the biggest challenge for cycling enthusiasts. When encountering suspected icy sections, you should immediately get off the car and push it to ensure safety. Studded tires can provide stronger grip on icy and snowy roads, but they are more expensive. As an alternative, the tire pressure can be reduced by 20% to increase the contact area. When turning, avoid tilting the body too much and keep the body vertical. In addition, be sure to wear cycling gloves in icy and snowy weather, taking into account warmth and operational flexibility, especially when braking, which can more effectively deal with emergencies.
After riding in bad weather, vehicle maintenance cannot be ignored. It is recommended to immediately clean the chain and transmission system to prevent rainwater from corroding metal parts. Check the wear of the brake pads to avoid accelerated wear in humid environments. After maintenance, the bicycle should be placed in a dry and ventilated place to prevent moisture from remaining and causing further damage.
How to Reduce Road Disputes
Cycling is not only a way to travel and exercise, but also an important part of the urban transportation ecosystem. In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the cycling population, disputes caused by lack of etiquette have also increased. Mastering cycling etiquette is not only about personal image, but also a shared responsibility to maintain public safety.
When cycling past a vehicle, it is recommended to ring the bell 15 meters away and maintain a lateral distance of more than 1.5 meters. On mixed lanes, especially at intersections without traffic lights, pedestrians should be given way. When encountering walking groups, you should slow down to walking speed and pass through, and should not ask walking groups to give way to cyclists.
When forming a cycling team, the leader should assume the responsibility of "road language officer." Extending your arm before turning is not only to indicate the direction, but also to transmit road condition information to the rear - a drooping palm represents deceleration, and a circular motion reminds you to pay attention to road obstacles. A stable riding line should be maintained to avoid serpentine progress. The number of vehicles in the formation should be controlled within 10. A long convoy will not only cause trouble to other road users, but also increase safety risks.
When cycling and encountering a red light, you should stop behind the stop line and not encroach on the pedestrian crossing area. When waiting for a stop, one foot on the ground saves more space than standing with both feet. If you need to park temporarily in front of a cafe or convenience store, you should keep the vehicle parallel to the adjacent non-motor vehicle, with the front of the vehicle facing the same direction, and do not park the car across the sidewalk.
For cycling enthusiasts, every cycling action is shaping the public's perception of cycling culture. While pursuing speed, don't forget to bring civilization and decency - this is the sign of a true cycling master. The road is not a racetrack, but a public space that needs to be maintained together.
Return to TopBeijing, August 25th (Reporter Tao Xiang'an (陶相安)) Beijing (北京) time August 25th early morning, the 41st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, lasting 5 days, concluded in Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Brazil (巴西). On the final day of competition, the Chinese team performed outstandingly, winning a gold medal in the Group 5 Ribbons event and a bronze medal in the 3 Balls 2 Hoops event.
Since entering the new Olympic cycle, the Chinese rhythmic gymnastics team has made adjustments in personnel. For this World Championships, the Chinese team adopted a combination of new and experienced players, sending Wang Lanjing (王澜静), Ding Xinyi (丁欣怡), Pu Yanzhu (蒲彦竹), Liu Miaoting (刘妙婷), Zhang Xinyi (张馨艺), and Zhao Wanzhu (赵婉竹) to participate. In the previous Group All-Around competition, the Chinese team ranked fourth. In the subsequent individual events, the Chinese team adjusted in a timely manner. In the final, the team members cooperated tacitly and brilliantly performed the "Chinese style" routine "Pingtan Impression," winning the first World Championship gold medal of the new cycle. The Japanese (日本) team and the Spanish (西班牙) team won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
In the 3 Balls 2 Hoops event final, the Chinese team's routine "Black Monkey King" scored 28.350 points, winning the bronze medal.
Return to TopBeijing, August 25th (Reporter Sun Longfei (孙龙飞)) – Beijing (北京) time, early morning August 25th, the 2025 World Table Tennis (WTT) European Grand Smash Sweden (瑞典) station concluded all its matches. The Chinese (中国) team harvested 3 gold and 3 silver medals in this competition. Sun Yingsha (孙颖莎) and Wang Manyu (王曼昱) took the gold and silver medals in women's singles, and Lin Shidong (林诗栋) won the silver medal in men's singles.
On the same day, the women's singles final, which took place first, was between Sun Yingsha (孙颖莎) and Wang Manyu (王曼昱), who are ranked number one and two in the world. This season, the two have faced each other twice in the women's singles finals on the international stage, with each winning once. In the first two games of the final, Sun Yingsha (孙颖莎) won both. In the third and fourth games, Wang Manyu (王曼昱) strengthened the variation and spin of her serves, bringing the score to 2-2. Subsequently, Sun Yingsha (孙颖莎) strengthened her offensive and won two consecutive games, ultimately winning 4-2 and winning the women's singles championship of the WTT Grand Slam event for the fourth time.
The men's singles final was between Lin Shidong (林诗栋), who is ranked number one in the world, and Swedish (瑞典) player Moregard. In the first six games, the two sides fought to a score of 3:3. In the deciding game, Lin Shidong (林诗栋) was in the lead for most of the time, but failed to widen the gap. Moregard seized the opportunity and scored 2 consecutive points after the score reached 9:9, ultimately winning the championship.
Return to TopChiang Mai, Thailand, August 25th (Reported by Zheng Yi (郑轶) from our newspaper) On the evening of the 25th local time, the Group F preliminary round of the 2025 World Women's Volleyball Championship continued in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Colombian team 3-1, achieving two consecutive victories and advancing to the top 16 of the World Championship ahead of schedule.
In this match, the Chinese women's volleyball team sent out a starting lineup of veterans and newcomers: main attackers Li Yingying (李盈莹) and Zhuang Yushan (庄宇珊), secondary attackers Wang Yuanyuan (王媛媛) and Gao Yi (高意), opposite hitter Gong Xiangyu (龚翔宇), setter Zhang Zixuan (张籽萱), and libero Ni Feifan (倪非凡).
In the opening stage, the Chinese women's volleyball team was once chased by their opponents, but quickly stabilized their position and won the first game 25-16. In the second game, Wu Mengjie (吴梦洁) replaced Li Yingying (李盈莹). The scores of both sides rose alternately, but the Chinese women's volleyball team made consecutive mistakes at the end of the game, and the opponents tied the score 25-23. In the third and fourth games, the Chinese women's volleyball team replaced main attacker Tang Xin (唐欣), and the whole team, 一鼓作气 (yī gǔ zuò qì - "one drum make spirit," to do something in one vigorous effort), won two consecutive games 25-14 and 25-16, and finally defeated their opponents 3-1.
Since the Dominican women's volleyball team and the Chinese women's volleyball team in the same group both have two consecutive victories, these two teams have secured the top two qualifying spots in the group ahead of schedule. At Beijing (北京) time on the evening of August 27, the Chinese women's volleyball team will play against the Dominican team to compete for the top spot in the group.
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Standing on the free throw line, receiving the basketball, player Wang Zheng (王政) adjusted his breathing, straightened his knees, raised his arm, extended his elbow, and flicked his wrist. "Swish!" The basketball went cleanly through the net.
The score was already 84:80! TBEA Shenyang Transformer Group (特变电工沈阳变压器集团) (hereinafter referred to as "Shenbian Group (沈变集团)") was in the lead, with just over 5 seconds left.
Trailing, the Shengu Group (沈鼓集团) team immediately inbounded the ball. The player quickly dribbled forward, attempting a shot amidst the pressing countdown. The shot missed, and the final buzzer sounded.
Tiexi Gymnasium (铁西体育馆) in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), recently hosted the 2025 Tiexi District (铁西区) Second "Factory BA" Basketball Tournament Finals. After a fierce battle, the Shenbian Group (沈变集团) team successfully defended their title.
Wang Zheng (王政), who scored 38 points, once again won the "Factory BA" Finals Most Valuable Player award. As an engineer at Shenbian Group (沈变集团), he was a member of the university basketball team. "I didn't expect that after starting work, I could still win glory for the company through basketball! The team members are all colleagues, and training and games have made us more united. Our opponents are also fellow workers in Tiexi (铁西), which feels very close."
At the edge of the finals court, Zhang Tengjiao (张腾蛟), a welder from the Shengu Group (沈鼓集团) General Assembly Workshop, was wearing his work uniform, his eyes constantly following the movements on the court, shouting "Man-to-man defense!" and "Stay steady!" from time to time. "Look! Number 13 is my apprentice. The young man is usually diligent at work and dares to fight when playing basketball." As a National Model Worker, Zhang Tengjiao (张腾蛟) believes that the court and the workshop are the same, requiring unity, cooperation, and a spirit of not admitting defeat.
"Really wonderful! The score was very close. The Shenbian Group (沈变集团) team later came from behind to overtake, and the Shengu Group (沈鼓集团) team actively tried to score in the end. Both sides showed great spirit." Zhang Fang (张放), a 66-year-old spectator, is a "veteran Tiexi (铁西) resident." "Tiexi (铁西) has always had a tradition of playing factory basketball. In the past two years, 'Factory BA' has provided a new platform. I watch almost every game."
Tiexi District (铁西区) is located in the old industrial base and has approximately 300,000 industrial workers. The local area leverages its unique advantages, relying on the basketball heritage of the Liaoshen area (辽沈地区), and held the first "Factory BA" basketball tournament last year, with industrial workers as the main players. This year, the second "Factory BA" basketball tournament was even more lively, with 42 corporate teams playing 90 games, averaging over a thousand spectators on-site per game, and a cumulative total of over 300 million online live views.
At the same time, Tiexi District (铁西区) launched the "Cultural, Sports, and Tourism Carnival," opening markets, holding exchange competitions, and selling cultural and creative products. It also launched the "Small Ticket Stub, Big Perks, Tour Tiexi (铁西) with the Games" event, linking projects such as "eating, lodging, transportation, travel, shopping, and entertainment," transforming event traffic into increased consumption and injecting new vitality into the old industrial area.
A relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge," official) of the Tiexi District (铁西区) Party Committee introduced: "Next year, 'Factory BA' will also go beyond Tiexi (铁西), inviting more corporate teams from Shenyang (沈阳) to join, to jointly build a platform for the integrated development of industry, culture, sports, and tourism."
At 6 p.m., after finishing a day's work, Wang Zheng (王政) and his colleagues gathered again on the company's basketball court, sweating and practicing tactics together. "In a few days, the company will also hold internal basketball competitions. We insist on training and strive to achieve good results, preparing for the next 'Factory BA'." Wang Zheng (王政) said.
Return to TopThe "China Season" launch event was recently held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing (北京). The Tennis Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局网球运动管理中心) released information such as the brand logo and theme slogan of the China Season.
As a key points window before the year-end finals, the "China Season" will attract top players from around the world and will also build a home stage for Chinese local players. The "China Season" will start on September 14 in Beijing (北京), Sichuan (四川) Chengdu (成都), and Zhejiang (浙江) Hangzhou (杭州), and end on November 2 in Jiangxi (江西) Jiujiang (九江) and Hong Kong (香港), including 9 tour stops. Currently, many events have announced their lineups and started ticket sales. The China Open's (中网) first week of ticket sales reached twice that of the same period last year.
Return to TopOn June 28, 2021, exciting news came from the Jinsha River (金沙江): the first units of the Baihetan Hydropower Station (白鹤滩水电站), the world's largest single-unit capacity hydropower station, were put into operation. Harbin Electric Corporation (哈尔滨电气集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Harbin Electric") is an important participant in this "super project."
Over the past 4 years, Harbin Electric has anchored its development goal of building a world-class equipment manufacturing enterprise, firmly adhered to the development direction of high-end, intelligent, and green technologies, focused on the "three systems" industrial layout of new power systems, green and low-carbon drive systems, and clean and efficient industrial systems, and accelerated its transformation into "three providers": equipment manufacturer, system integrator, and operation and maintenance service provider. The company's development momentum has continued to improve, and major economic indicators have repeatedly reached record highs, playing the strongest sound of striving to push high-quality development to a new level.
Serving National Strategies and Fulfilling Missions and Responsibilities
The foundation for Harbin Electric's high-quality development has been continuously strengthened, and its momentum has been continuously released. Over the past 4 years, the average annual growth of total profit has been 93.2%, the average annual growth of operating income has been 23.4%, and the average annual growth of formal contract signing amount has been 28.5%.
Demonstrating responsibility in serving the overall situation, Harbin Electric has always insisted on taking major project construction as an important task to serve national strategies and promote the high-quality development of the equipment manufacturing industry. The world's largest single-unit capacity one million kilowatt hydro-turbine generator unit developed by Harbin Electric successfully generated electricity at the Jinsha River Baihetan Hydropower Station (金沙江白鹤滩水电站). The company successfully developed the world's first 500-megawatt impulse hydro-turbine unit rotor for the Zala project (扎拉项目) with the largest single-unit capacity. The world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, Huaneng Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant (华能石岛湾电站), in which Harbin Electric participated in the development, was selected as one of the "Top Ten Global Engineering Achievements" in 2024. All four units of the Dubai Hassyan Power Plant (迪拜哈斯彦电站) under general contract were put into commercial operation. The 660-megawatt high-efficiency ultra-supercritical circulating fluidized bed (CFB) unit independently developed by Harbin Electric exceeded 1 billion kilowatt-hours of power generation within the year. The world's first temperature and pressure dual-upgrade cross-generation upgrade and transformation project extended the service life of Russian-made units by 30 years... One "world's first" and "world's largest" project after another demonstrates Harbin Electric's hardcore strength.
Adhering to Scientific and Technological Innovation and Cultivating New Quality Productivity
Over the past 4 years, Harbin Electric has promoted the reform and reshaping of the scientific and technological innovation mechanism with greater efforts, and has issued more than 20 institutional documents such as the decision to accelerate the promotion of scientific and technological innovation and development. It has implemented a series of supporting scientific and technological management systems such as strengthening investment, innovation incentives, and fault tolerance and exemption in a high-density and systematic manner. It has established a "one center and four platforms" scientific and technological innovation system based on national-level innovation platforms. In the past 4 years, the average investment intensity of research and development expenses has exceeded 5%. Harbin Electric is willing to give "special policies" and spend "real money" on innovation, and the innovation climate and soil have been further cultivated and flourished. Over the past 4 years, the completion rate of key nodes of major tasks such as the National Science and Technology Major Project and key core technology tackling projects undertaken by Harbin Electric has reached 100%. Technologies such as large-capacity high-head hydro-turbine generator units, ultra-supercritical secondary reheat units, and nuclear main pumps are at the forefront of the world. The picture of promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement through independent innovation is slowly unfolding in Harbin Electric.
Standing at a new starting point, Harbin Electric will comprehensively enhance its core functions and improve its core competitiveness, take the road of high-quality development in serving national strategies, and continue to write new chapters in the journey of building a world-class equipment manufacturing enterprise.
Data source: Harbin Electric Corporation (哈尔滨电气集团有限公司)
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On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, various commemorative and cultural activities are being held across Germany to convey the belief and call of all sectors of society to oppose war and cherish peace. Preserving historical memory and avoiding repeating past mistakes has become an important consensus in all sectors of Germany.
"History must never be forgotten, and we must ensure that history does not repeat itself"
On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany officially signed the instrument of surrender in Berlin (柏林), declaring unconditional surrender. The Karlshorst Museum (卡尔斯霍斯特博物馆) in the suburbs of Berlin (柏林) is where this instrument of surrender was signed. Today, the museum recreates historical moments through pictures, objects, and video exhibitions, attracting visitors from all over the world. "Continuously examining and reflecting on history, especially vigorously popularizing historical education for young people, remains an important historical responsibility for Germany," said Jörg Morré (约尔格·莫雷), the museum's director.
In front of the Brandenburg Gate (勃兰登堡门) in Berlin (柏林), a recent open-air special exhibition, themed "Finally Peace," showcased related images from before and after the Nazi surrender. The exhibition presented historical moments of the Allied liberation of Europe, expressing condemnation of war crimes and yearning for peace.
Music has become another form of expression. The oratorio "Liberation" by German composer Marc Sinan (马克·希南) uses the memories of Holocaust survivors as its material and is performed by artists and orchestras from six European countries. The immersive sound installation playing the work is placed in the center of Berlin (柏林), with five giant loudspeakers creating 360-degree surround sound, making the audience feel as if they are in the echo of history, and their hearts are shaken. Sinan (希南) said that music shows the dark moments in history, and the scars caused by the war are difficult to heal with a single "liberation." For the whole of Europe, remembering this memory is still a daunting task.
At commemorative events such as themed exhibitions, concerts, recitations, and seminars, Holocaust survivors over a hundred years old attended the ceremonies in person, using their personal experiences to remind people to remember the suffering; young parents also took their children into the exhibition halls, allowing the younger generation to feel the preciousness of peace. The diverse forms allow historical memory to come out of the archives and become a shared memory of citizens.
Kai Wegner (凯·韦格纳), the mayor of Berlin (柏林), who attended the commemorative event, called on the whole society to learn from the horrors of the Nazi era and jointly safeguard democracy and peace. "History must never be forgotten, and we must ensure that history does not repeat itself. This is our responsibility."
"War guilt cannot be evaded, and fairness and justice must be upheld"
In recent days, the Nuremberg Trials Memorial (纽伦堡审判纪念馆) has been crowded with foreign tourists carrying bags and groups of German primary and secondary school students. In the solemn Courtroom 600, historical images of the time reappeared: Nazi war criminals stood in the dock, accepted the trials of the International Military Tribunal, and were eventually brought to justice.
On November 20, 1945, the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France established the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg (纽伦堡) to try the main war criminals of Nazi Germany during World War II. "This was the first time in human history that the responsibility of war initiators was investigated in the name of law," said Axel Fischer (阿克塞尔·费舍尔), a researcher at the memorial. "The Nuremberg Trials sent a clear signal: those who commit such serious crimes against humanity must be punished."
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, the Nuremberg Trials Memorial (纽伦堡审判纪念馆) recently launched a series of new exhibitions and updated the content of the permanent exhibition. The special exhibition "Luxembourg Agreement" tells the story of the compensation agreement signed between Germany and Israel and Jewish claims organizations in 1952. The Tokyo Trials special exhibition displays images and cultural relics, exposing the aggression and expansion promoted by Japanese militarism in Asia and the heinous crimes committed in China (中国) and other Asian countries.
"The Tokyo Trials, following the Nuremberg Trials, were the second important trial in which the international community put international criminal law into practice," Fischer (费舍尔) said. The Tokyo Trials special exhibition helps people to more comprehensively understand international criminal law and the common will of the international community to punish fascist war criminals. He emphasized: "War guilt cannot be evaded, and fairness and justice must be upheld. We should carefully study the root causes of the war and the process of the war. A deep reflection on history is an important beacon for development and progress."
Today, the Central Office for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Ludwigsburg (路德维希堡) is still tracking down Nazi crimes worldwide. Since its establishment in 1958, this institution has assisted in identifying and prosecuting approximately 7,000 war criminals. Its archives contain information on more than 700,000 defendants and witnesses, as well as 28,000 crime scene records throughout Europe. "We are always pursuing new prosecutions, and the court is preparing to file lawsuits against dozens of accomplices from that time," said Thomas Will (托马斯·威尔), the chief prosecutor of the office.
"Hold on to historical memory and promote the courage to fight"
Recently, a concert called "Freedom Choir" was held in the auditorium of the University of Munich (慕尼黑大学). The repertoire of the university choir included songs adapted from the poems of Hans Scholl (汉斯·朔尔), a member of the White Rose (白玫瑰运动) resistance organization, such as "Sky."
The White Rose (白玫瑰运动) was mainly composed of students and professors from the University of Munich (慕尼黑大学). Hans Scholl (汉斯·朔尔) and his sister Sophie Scholl (索菲·朔尔) were core members of the German White Rose (白玫瑰运动). More than 80 years ago, they and their companions distributed leaflets under the high-pressure rule of the Nazis, calling on the people to expose atrocities and resist dictatorship. In 1943, Hans Scholl (汉斯·朔尔) and Sophie Scholl (索菲·朔尔), who were only in their 20s, paid the price of their lives for this. Today, their names are engraved on German campuses, streets, and squares, and are widely commemorated by the local community.
On the first floor of the main building of the University of Munich (慕尼黑大学), in the exhibition hall of the "White Rose Memorial Exhibition" (白玫瑰纪念展), yellowed letters, black and white photos, and old-fashioned typewriters quietly tell the story of the secret resistance of the time; multimedia interactive installations allow the audience to immerse themselves in that period of history. "More than 80 years ago, the war of Nazi Germany brought death to tens of millions of people in Europe. The members of the White Rose (白玫瑰运动) chose responsibility and commitment. Although they lost their lives, they left behind eternal courage," Hildegard Kronawitter (希尔德加德·克罗纳维特), chairman of the White Rose Foundation (白玫瑰运动基金会), told reporters. "Our core mission is to hold on to historical memory and promote the courage to fight."
Since becoming the chairman of the foundation in 2009, Kronawitter (克罗纳维特) has made it an important mission of the foundation to spread history and responsibility to the younger generation. "No one is born knowing history. We must pass on the memory to the next generation through learning and discussion, and they will benefit from it," Kronawitter (克罗纳维特) said. "In 2024, we held a total of 188 themed guided tours, and we also cooperated with many schools to hold themed lectures on campus and provide historical knowledge training for teachers. History is a mirror. When wrong remarks appear in society and cause confusion among students, teachers must respond effectively in accordance with the law and regulations, and compare them with history."
In the guestbook at the exit of the "White Rose Memorial Exhibition" (白玫瑰纪念展), Sergei (谢尔盖) from Poland (波兰) wrote: "Oppose ignorance and forgetting of history." Garcia (加西亚) from Spain (西班牙) left a message: "History should not be forgotten, and we must fight for a more just and humane world." "Remember history, never forget. Forgetting history means betrayal," wrote Aranzi (阿兰齐) from Chile (智利).
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In the smart industrial park of Selangor (雪兰莪州), Malaysia, rows of solar panels on the roofs of houses form a striking "blue matrix" under the sun. At the beginning of this year, more than 20 companies in the industrial park jointly signed a framework agreement to build a solar system with an installed capacity of 40 megawatts. After it is put into use, it is expected to save more than 8 million ringgits (1 US dollar is about 4.2 ringgits) in electricity bills each year.
In Butterworth (北海), Penang (槟城州), more than 300 kilometers northwest of Selangor (雪兰莪州), residents in flat-roofed areas rent their roofs to solar energy companies, receiving an average of 1,500 ringgits in rent per household per year. The solar power generated is injected into the local power grid and used by surrounding communities, forming a regional green power cycle. Currently, more than 100 households have applied to participate in this green power cycle system, and it is expected to expand to local schools and commercial districts in the future.
In Kuala Nerus (瓜拉尼鲁斯县), Terengganu (登嘉楼州), on the east coast of the Malaysian Peninsula, some fishermen use the net energy metering model to install rooftop photovoltaic power generation systems, which can transmit excess electricity to the grid. This has reduced the average monthly electricity bill for local families from 180 ringgits to 50 ringgits, saving more than 1,500 ringgits in electricity bills each year, achieving "green self-sufficiency" in electricity.
In recent years, Malaysia has actively explored and promoted the development of green electricity nationwide. Since August 1 this year, any company in Malaysia that purchases green electricity through three schemes will no longer be required to pay the 1.6% renewable energy fund. These three schemes include purchasing electricity through the "Green Electricity Tariff" mechanism, signing long-term agreements with solar energy developers through "wheeling" (users purchase electricity directly from power generators by signing contracts without going through the power grid company) projects, and purchasing green electricity through community cooperatives. Fadillah (法迪拉), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation of Malaysia, said that after purchasing electricity through the above three schemes, the purchase cost of green electricity will be reduced by 5% to 10% after the additional fee of the renewable energy fund is no longer required.
According to relevant estimates, under the "Green Electricity Tariff" mechanism, industrial users can save about 0.085 ringgits per kilowatt-hour of electricity (the current industrial electricity price in Malaysia is between 0.4 and 0.45 ringgits per kilowatt-hour); through the "wheeling" project, the internal rate of return of solar energy developers is expected to increase by 0.8 to 1.2 percentage points, which will drive the new installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation in Malaysia to 300-400 megawatts in the second half of 2025. Lydia (利迪亚), Director of Government Affairs at Bridge Data Centres Malaysia, said that the Cyberjaya (赛城) campus of the data center is building 110 megawatts of rooftop and carport photovoltaic power generation equipment, "The saved surcharge will be directly reinvested in 1.5 gigawatt-hours of battery energy storage to ensure 24-hour green power supply and meet the requirements of international cloud customers."
In order to achieve carbon neutrality, Malaysia has set a goal of increasing the proportion of renewable energy power generation to 70% by 2050, and is striving to promote renewable energy investment and consumption. In July 2023, the Malaysian government released the National Energy Transition Roadmap, covering six major energy fields: energy efficiency, renewable energy, hydrogen energy, biomass energy, green transportation, and carbon capture, utilization and storage, and clarified the use of subsidies, preferential loans, tax incentives and other measures to promote the transformation of the energy industry towards sustainability. Official data shows that by the end of 2024, the proportion of renewable energy power generation in Malaysia has risen to about 25%, an increase of about 8 percentage points compared with the end of 2020, of which solar power generation is the main growth driver. As of June 2025, Malaysia's cumulative installed solar capacity has exceeded 3 gigawatts.
Malaysia is planning to release the "Renewable Hydrogen Roadmap" in 2026, exploring the construction of the first cross-border green hydrogen corridor along the Johor (柔佛) - Singapore (新加坡) Rapid Transit System, and plans to establish a "Green Electricity Tariff Corridor" in Sarawak (沙捞越州) to serve the Kalimantan (加里曼丹) industrial zone with more competitive electricity prices and gradually build a regional green energy hub. Akmal (阿克玛), Deputy Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation of Malaysia, said, "The surcharge exemption is just the beginning." The government will work with the industry, financial institutions and communities to make Malaysia the preferred destination for green energy investment in ASEAN.
(Reported from Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) by this newspaper)
Return to TopPeople's Daily, Hangzhou, August 25th (Reporter Liu Junguo (刘军国)) At 9:00 AM on August 25th, a "Kexinya" freight train carrying 16 containers of fabric worth 1.6 million USD slowly departed from Qianqing Freight Station (钱清货运站) in Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), heading towards Yili (伊犁), Xinjiang (新疆). After transiting through international intermodal trains, it will eventually arrive in Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, shortening the transportation time by approximately 2 days compared to previous methods. This marks the addition of a new efficient and convenient international logistics channel for the export of textiles from China Textile City (中国轻纺城), better serving China's textile industry in "buying globally and selling globally" and creating a multimodal transport "New Silk Road."
The "Kexinya" cross-border dedicated line originates from Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), relying on important ports such as Yili (伊犁), Kashgar (喀什), and Aksu (阿克苏) in Xinjiang (新疆). The route covers core economic cities in Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan, building an efficient and stable multimodal transport system, significantly improving international logistics speed, reducing logistics costs, and effectively stimulating the original driving force of internal and external dual circulation.
Located in Keqiao District (柯桥区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), China Textile City (中国轻纺城) has an annual transaction volume of over 400 billion yuan. Among them, trade with Central Asia is becoming increasingly frequent, with nearly 60% of exports sold to Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and other regions.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) August 25th. A study recently published in the American journal *Joule* shows that space-based solar power technology can continuously collect solar energy. If these technologies are developed and deployed on a large scale, it will help Europe reduce the total cost of the grid system and achieve relevant emission reduction targets.
The idea of sending solar panels into space was first proposed in 1968. Its working principle is similar to that of communication satellites: solar panels operate in Earth orbit and always face the sun through their own rotation, allowing them to receive sunlight at the best angle. Subsequently, the collected energy will be transmitted to ground receiving stations in the form of microwaves, then converted into electricity, and connected to existing grid infrastructure. This means that space-based solar power generation systems are less restricted and have longer power generation times compared to ground-based solar power generation systems.
Researchers from institutions such as King's College London (伦敦大学国王学院) have conducted an in-depth assessment of the application prospects of this technology. The research team used a 2050 European grid model to estimate the annualized cost and energy capture potential of two design schemes proposed by NASA (美国航天局): an innovative heliostat group and a mature planar array. Among them, the heliostat scheme is still in the early stages of research and development, but has a higher potential for continuous all-weather solar energy capture. The structurally simpler planar array technology is more mature and can capture solar energy for about 60% of the time, while conventional ground-based solar panels can usually only achieve 15% to 30% in this regard.
Overall, the model estimates that adopting the heliostat scheme can reduce the total system cost of the European grid by 7% to 15%, replacing up to 80% of wind power and ground-based solar energy. However, hydrogen storage will still be indispensable in the winter months in some regions.
Despite the lower efficiency, researchers still recommend simultaneously promoting the planar array scheme because it is more technologically mature and can be used in a shorter time to verify and further develop the concept of space-based solar power technology.
The researchers also pointed out that before space-based solar energy can truly be implemented, there are still many technical bottlenecks that need to be broken through, including large-scale testing of wireless energy transmission and on-orbit assembly of devices.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢佳宁
According to Mexican media reports, Mexico and the United States are about to sign a new security agreement aimed at curbing the flow of American weapons into Mexico and reducing drugs, especially fentanyl-like substances and their precursor chemicals, within Mexico. The two countries also plan to establish a cooperative mechanism for enhanced intelligence sharing and joint operations along the approximately 3,100-kilometer border.
Drug and gun issues have always been core security issues in Mexico-U.S. relations. As one of the world's largest drug consumption markets, the United States has a strong demand for drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and fentanyl, which directly stimulates the expansion of drug production and smuggling in Mexico. In Mexico, the drug industry has formed a complete chain, with large quantities of drugs flowing north into the United States. According to media reports, in northern Mexico, such as Sinaloa (锡那罗亚), Chihuahua (奇瓦瓦), and Tamaulipas (塔毛利帕斯), drug cartels have a strong presence and often openly confront national military police. Some members of Mexican drug cartels have even received military training in the United States, and some retired U.S. military soldiers have even directly joined gangs. The "paramilitarization" trend of Mexican drug cartels makes it difficult for the Mexican government to achieve effective results by relying solely on police or conventional military forces.
Since the beginning of this year, the U.S. has been criticizing Mexico for not taking sufficient measures to stop drugs, especially fentanyl, from flowing into the United States, and has threatened to impose tariffs on all products imported from Mexico if the Mexican government does not take effective measures. Under pressure from the U.S., Mexico has recently increased its drug seizure efforts and deployed 10,000 National Guard troops to the Mexico-U.S. border. The Mexican government stated that since February of this year, it has arrested 5,996 drug-related criminal suspects and seized nearly 54 tons of drugs, including 310 kilograms of fentanyl, through the "Northern Border Operation."
At the same time, Mexico has repeatedly called on the United States to strengthen gun export controls and track the flow of illegal weapons in order to curb the growth of drug trafficking forces in Mexico. A Mexican government report shows that more than 30,000 homicides occur in Mexico each year, with an average of about 80 people killed every day, most of which are related to organized crime and drug cartels. Mexico believes that the institutional defects in gun management in the United States and the huge weapon transaction interest chain have become a major source of obstacles to Mexico's effective crackdown on drug-related violence. According to a CBS (哥伦比亚广播公司) investigation, 200,000 to 500,000 U.S.-made guns are trafficked to Mexico each year. In comparison, in the entire year of 2023, U.S. agencies only seized about 2,500 weapons destined for Mexico. The media also cited data from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (美国烟酒火器和爆炸物管理局) as saying that nearly half of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico were made in the United States. To this end, Mexico filed a lawsuit against several U.S. arms manufacturers in 2021, accusing them of being responsible for serious violent crimes in Mexico. However, in June 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court (美国最高法院) blocked the lawsuit with a 9-0 vote, stating that "there is no compelling evidence to accuse the defendant manufacturers of aiding and abetting gun dealers in illegally selling guns to Mexican traffickers." This further highlights the serious differences between the two sides in the attribution of responsibility.
An American magazine commented that the huge American demand for drugs and loose gun management policies make it impossible for both the U.S. and Mexico to block the cross-border "drug-cash-gun" cycle, and the drug and gun issues are "almost unsolvable" in the short term. Some Mexican media quoted experts as saying that the transformation of strengthened security cooperation between Mexico and the United States into practical action still faces the dilemma of how to break the long-term interest chain and policy implementation. If the United States cannot reduce drug demand at the source and strictly control guns, Mexico's pressure on drug and gun issues will be difficult to fundamentally alleviate.
(Reported from Mexico City (墨西哥城) on August 25th by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 环球时报记者 胡雨薇 本报记者 王 远 周 輖 郭晓龙
"Going abroad to Russia in just 5 minutes" – this sounds exaggerated, but it's the daily life for residents of Heihe City (黑河市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省).
Heihe City (黑河市) and Blagoveshchensk (布拉戈维申斯克市), the third-largest city in the Russian Far East and the capital of the Amur Oblast (阿穆尔州), face each other across the Heilong River (黑龙江). The closest distance between the two cities is about 700 meters. A boat ride across the river takes only 5 minutes.
In early spring, when the river surface is covered with drifting ice, and before and after the river freezes in winter, the international passenger terminal by the river provides "cross-river神器" (qì diàn chuán - "air cushion boat," a hovercraft used for transportation) to ensure safety and speed. It takes only about 2 minutes to transport passengers to the port terminal on the opposite bank.
These two cities are also the closest, largest, and most functional port cities on the Sino-Russian border, known as the "Sino-Russian Twin Cities." The reporter met a Northeastern uncle with a "foreign face" who loves to do live broadcasts in Heihe (黑河). Let's follow in his footsteps to experience the scene of cross-border life and the deep integration of the two countries' cultures.
From Sour Pickles to Cornmeal—
The Live Broadcast Room is Full of Sino-Russian Flavored Food
When Dong Desheng (董德升) was seen in Xiadaogan Village (下道干村), Xunke County (逊克县), Heihe City (黑河市), this strong man with deep-set eyes and a high nose bridge had just finished his work in the fields, and his trouser legs were still stained with freshly turned black soil. He enthusiastically showed off his newly acquired fully automatic spraying tractor, and his authentic Northeastern dialect was full of warmth.
Many years ago, Dong Desheng's (董德升) great-grandfather, to avoid war, drove a horse-drawn sleigh to settle down in Heihe (黑河), China. "When I was a child, I loved sitting on a small stool and listening to my grandfather tell stories about the family," Dong Desheng (董德升) said. Today, his 75-year-old aunt—a second-generation descendant of Russian immigrants—still retains the habit of baking bread in a Lieba oven and making homemade Subo soup.
"I love the black soil, and I love the steadfastness and joy of spring planting and autumn harvest," Dong Desheng (董德升) told reporters. After unexpectedly becoming popular on a reality show in 2016, he used the name "Petrov" (彼得洛夫) to live broadcast harvesting crops, fishing, and telling jokes online, accumulating more than 6 million fans.
In the live broadcast, "Petrov" (彼得洛夫) sometimes leans against a tractor, chewing on juicy green onions in the golden farmland; sometimes he enthusiastically shouts and sells Chinese and foreign specialties. His live broadcast showcase includes Northeastern cornmeal and forest black fungus, as well as Russian sour pickles and craft beer. The "foreign face" combined with a pure Northeastern dialect creates a strong contrast.
Xunke County (逊克县) has several Russian ethnic villages. These villages are full of Russian-style walls and gates, European Baroque-style houses, and Russian nesting doll painted eggs. It is not uncommon to see "foreign-faced" villagers chatting in Northeastern dialect.
Feng Jiawen (封佳文), the propaganda committee member of the Party branch of Bianjiang Village (边疆村), Qike Town (奇克镇), Xunke County (逊克县), introduced that in this village of thousands of people, the Russian population accounts for about 1/3. Strolling through the village, Russian-style wooden houses (log cabins built with logs) are built next to Chinese-style brick and tile houses. The sunflowers on the windowsills and the paper-cuts on the window lattices complement each other, like an open cultural dictionary, with each page filled with stories of integration.
When the reporter visited Bianjiang Village (边疆村), it was the time of the most grand festival of the Russian ethnic group—Easter. Russian villagers wore brightly colored costumes and various accessories. Russian traditional foods such as sausages, barbecued meat, sour pickles, and painted eggs were placed on a long table. Everyone greeted each other and tasted the food. In the evening, villagers danced around a bonfire in the village cultural square decorated with nesting dolls and painted eggs.
Taking advantage of the popularity of Easter, at the Sino-Russian food tasting event held in Xunke County (逊克县), "Petrov" (彼得洛夫) pointed the live broadcast camera at the dazzling array of foods: Russian-flavored creamy mustard fish pieces glistened with golden oil, salmon skewers exuded aroma, and ice flower salmon dumplings were crystal clear; moving the camera, the Orunchun (鄂伦春) people's willow sprout soup was fragrant, and the hand-held meat was tender, making the live broadcast room instantly lively. Some netizens left messages: "Just looking at it makes my mouth water. I want to go to the Russian ethnic village on the border with Uncle 'Petrov' (彼得洛夫) to experience the special ethnic customs."
From Morning Market to Night Market—
The Joy of Interaction Steaming in the Atmosphere of Daily Life
At 6:00 in the morning, "Petrov" (彼得洛夫) took the reporter to the international morning market in Aihui District (爱辉区), Heihe City (黑河市) for a live broadcast.
Aihui District (爱辉区) gradually awakens in the morning light. The morning market on Cultural Street is filled with the steam of steamers, the sound of frying pans, and the eye-catching Chinese-Russian bilingual signs, intertwined with the loud shouts of vendors.
In "Petrov's" (彼得洛夫) lens, freshly picked willow sprouts, monkey leg vegetables, dragon vegetables, and colorful melons and fruits were laid out on the ground. In the bustling crowd, many Russians shuttled back and forth, looking for Chinese flavors in the morning market.
Wang Shuqing (王淑清), the owner of the "Kou Kou Xiang Egg Burger" shop, flipped the egg burgers on the iron plate while shouting in Russian, promoting three kinds of fillings that Russians love. She said that many Russian customers come to patronize, and chatting with them in self-taught Russian is a great pleasure every day.
Aksana (阿克萨娜), a Russian girl who had just arrived from Blagoveshchensk (布拉戈维申斯克市) by boat to taste the fresh food, holding an egg burger and tofu pudding, "broke into" "Petrov's" (彼得洛夫) lens, and said with a smile: "We don't have such a lively morning market there, and the breakfast here is so rich!"
"We like China!" Russian tourists Valijina (瓦利吉娜) and her friends came to Heihe (黑河) for the first time. Although their Chinese is jerky, their excitement is beyond words. They stopped and stopped, wishing they could stop in front of every stall. "There are so many kinds of vegetables and fruits here. We haven't seen many of them, and we don't know how to eat them. We want to try them all."
In the evening, in "Petrov's" (彼得洛夫) lens, another international Heihe (黑河) night market was waiting for Chinese and foreign diners. The darker the night, the more popular the 600-meter-long "Heihe Aihui International Night Market" became. "Cheaper," "Harasho (哈拉少)" (Russian for "good")... Russians speak Chinese, Chinese speak Russian, bargaining in both languages, smiling knowingly, and the transaction is completed.
Iliya (伊莉雅) from Vladivostok (符拉迪沃斯托克市), Russia, was carrying a full bag of "harvests." She has been to Heihe (黑河) five times, and she must visit the morning and night markets every time. "Heihe's (黑河) fruits are cheap and delicious, and the clothes are also of good quality and low price." Every time she goes back, she has to bring a lot of Chinese products in large and small bags. "I recommend it to many relatives and friends, and they must come to Heihe (黑河) to see it."
In front of the roasted silkworm chrysalis stall, Sergey (谢尔盖) from Chelyabinsk Oblast (车里雅宾斯克州), Russia, was hesitating whether to try it. "I bought iron plate tofu and squid skewers. It's the first time I've seen silkworm chrysalis eaten like this." He came to Heihe (黑河) to see a dentist. "The night market is very famous, so I must come and try it! I like everything here!"
It is easy to cross the border to visit night markets and taste snacks. Such convenient cross-border exchanges benefit from the year-round customs clearance of Heihe Port (黑河口岸) and the perfect transportation between the "Sino-Russian Twin Cities." During the winter freezing period, the Heilong River (黑龙江) floating box solid ice channel is fully opened, becoming an important supplement to Sino-Russian trade and logistics transportation; during the ice floe period, the hovercraft with a history of more than 30 years plays the function of "water bus"; in summer and autumn, roaring international passenger ships can transport 240 passengers at a time.
"The hovercraft is very fast. Many Blagoveshchensk (布拉戈维申斯克) travel companies recommend this mode of transportation as a popular project. After experiencing it myself, I think it's very cool!" Aksana (阿克萨娜) told reporters.
From "Russian District" to "Teaching Chinese"—
Cultural Ties Connect Both Sides of the River
In front of the Aihui Library (瑷珲图书馆) in Heihe City (黑河市) by the river, "Petrov" (彼得洛夫) turned the mobile phone lens, his eyes full of curiosity and joy. This brick-red building has both classical Roman columns and arched windows, as well as Chinese-style cornices and plaques, becoming a bright cultural business card of Heihe (黑河).
The sunlight shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the library, diagonally on the Chinese-Russian bilingual books. Huang Shie (黄士娥), the curator of the library, pointed to the "Selected Poems of Pushkin (普希金)" on the bookshelf and introduced that as a cultural station in the border area, the library's collection is very distinctive. It has a "Russian Literature Zone" with various books ranging from Russian classics to contemporary scientific and technological works. "The Amur Oblast (阿穆尔州) has donated Russian books to us many times. China and Russia have also established an information sharing mechanism, and can query and borrow each other's collections through the Internet," Huang Shie (黄士娥) said.
The Aihui Library (瑷珲图书馆) holds Chinese-Russian bilingual reading clubs and border cultural salons every year. In 2024, it also hosted the Sino-Russian Library Cooperation and Development Conference. "When the Moscow (莫斯科市) delegation visited, we took them to experience Manchu paper-cutting, fish skin technology and other representative intangible cultural heritage projects, and they were all very interested," Huang Shie (黄士娥) said. Now, the library can receive nearly a thousand Russian guests every year.
"I suggest everyone come to visit, this place is super great." Moscow (莫斯科) tourist Kalilov (卡利洛夫) has a special liking for the Aihui Library (瑷珲图书馆). "It has a rich collection of books, full of sunshine, quiet and comfortable, with a broad view, and full of cultural atmosphere."
On the other side of the river, there is a cultural place that also carries the mission of cultural exchange.
Walking into the Confucius Institute at Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University (布拉戈维申斯克国立师范大学孔子学院), the plaque emblem is written in Russian with "得法授华文" (dé fǎ shòu huá wén - "teach Chinese with the correct method"), which interprets the original intention of Sino-Russian language and cultural exchange. "This campus is not big, but it has a long history." Russian Dean Nikolai Kukharenko (尼古拉·库哈连科) said with a smile, "As the number of students increases, we are striving for more classrooms to serve students who want to learn Chinese."
In 2007, Heihe College (黑河学院) and Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University (布拉戈维申斯克国立师范大学) cooperated to establish the Confucius Institute. At that time, the college had only about 70 students. Now there are 450 students of all ages, the youngest being only 8 years old. Kukharenko (库哈连科) introduced that in addition to daily teaching, the Confucius Institute also often cooperates with local hospitals, associations and other institutions to hold Chinese cultural lectures and carry out tea ceremony, paper-cutting and other experience activities, which are very popular.
When asked how many times he had been to China, Kukharenko's (库哈连科) answer was "5 passport books", "I have been to more Chinese cities than Russian cities." "In recent years, Russian-Chinese exchanges have been close, and there are activities almost every month. Going to China is a 'go-as-you-go' thing." He noted that in recent years, Chinese medicine physiotherapy and other treatments have become increasingly popular in Russia. "The Confucius Institute must also keep pace with the times and serve as a bridge for cross-cultural exchange."
Kukharenko (库哈连科) said that starting in 2022, the Amur Oblast (阿穆尔州) has actively advocated the opening of Chinese courses in all primary and secondary schools in Blagoveshchensk (布拉戈维申斯克市), and the Confucius Institute has deeply participated in the formulation of the teaching plan. This innovative measure is expected to be promoted to more cities, thereby promoting the "blooming" of Confucius Institutes in more Russian cities.
Every time during the slack farming season, one of "Petrov's" (彼得洛夫) great hobbies is to cast nets by the river to catch "island fish", while fishing and broadcasting live. The flat and wide Heilong River (黑龙江) in the mobile phone lens witnesses "Petrov's" (彼得洛夫) happy life, and also witnesses the frequent visits and cultural affinity of the Chinese and Russian border people, writing a continuous story of cultural integration in the long river of years.
(Global Times reporter Pang Yue (庞越) participated in writing)
Link · Heilongjiang Heihe (黑龙江黑河)
Heihe City (黑河市) is located in the northern part of Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省). It has a unique geographical location and prominent port advantages. It is an important meeting point for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of the Russian Eurasian Economic Union, and it is also an important meeting point for the connection between China's Northeast Revitalization Strategy and Russia's Far East Development Strategy.
Heihe (黑河) has a national-level border economic cooperation zone and a Sino-Russian border people's mutual trade zone. It has 2 national first-class ports. It is China's northernmost free trade pilot zone, a national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone, and one of the first national logistics hub cities. It has a modern cross-border transportation system including water transport, highways, pipelines, and cableways. It is an important transportation channel, energy channel, economic and trade channel, and cultural exchange channel between China and Russia. In recent years, Heihe (黑河) has accelerated the construction of a strategic platform city for China's opening to the north.
Heihe (黑河) is a city where diverse cultures blend. It has a profound historical and cultural heritage. Its diet, architecture and art integrate Chinese and foreign characteristics, showing a unique charm. It is known as the "Capital of Sino-Russian Customs, a Health Resort in the North Country".
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The Amur Oblast (Амурская область) of Russia and Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) of China jointly hold about 200 cultural and sports activities every year. Among them, the main venues are in Blagoveshchensk (布拉戈维申斯克市), the capital of the Amur Oblast, and Heihe (黑河市), Heilongjiang Province.
Not long ago, the 15th Russian-Chinese Cultural Fair was held on both sides of the Amur River (Амур; known as the "Heilongjiang (黑龙江)" in China). Cultural exhibitions, performances, sales, and other exchange activities between the two countries were continuously launched, bringing the adjacent two provinces and two cities closely together. Russian and Chinese musicians, artists, and writers exchanged experiences through seminars and forums, using their talents to bring a cultural and artistic feast to the residents of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe. These activities lasted for nearly two months, and the rich activities attract hundreds of thousands of spectators every year.
An important theme in the relationship between the two border cities this year is the joint commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War. On the surface of the main channel of the Amur River, Blagoveshchensk and Heihe jointly carried out the Russian-Chinese "Water Flower" boundary river memorial activity, deeply cherishing the memory of the martyrs who bravely sacrificed themselves to win the victory of the war, and deeply mourning the people of the two countries who unfortunately died in the war.
A more common scene is that every time night falls, the citizens of Blagoveshchensk and Heihe dance on the riverbanks on their respective city sides. These close cultural ties, joint celebrations during festivals, and daily friendly integration unite the Russian and Chinese people on both sides of the Amur River, making the bridge of friendship between the two countries stronger and stronger.
(Author is the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper "Amurskaya Pravda" (Амурская правда))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 琼达卓嘎 鲜 敢
From the fierce morning wind of the Northern Tibetan grasslands to the radiant sunlight on both banks of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, spanning 1.2 million square kilometers of vast land, batches of village-stationed cadres have engraved their loyalty and dedication on the winding mountain roads and sown them in the fields of hope.
Cadre stationing in villages is a political project, a project to win the hearts of the people, and a foundational project for strengthening the foundation, improving people's livelihoods, and uniting the people in Tibet. Since 2011, the Tibet Autonomous Region has cumulatively selected and dispatched nearly 300,000 party member cadres to take root in the front lines of villages (communities), shouldering heavy responsibilities in areas such as the construction of grassroots party organizations, the comprehensive revitalization of villages, and the promotion of ethnic unity. Today, the village-stationing work system is becoming increasingly完善, forming a work pattern of "one village-stationing leader per county, one temporary branch per township, and one first secretary per village."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out at the Seventh Central Tibet Work Symposium: "In recent years, Tibet has selected and dispatched more than 20,000 government cadres to station in all villages (communities) throughout the region every year. At the call of the organization, they pack their bags and set off, without conditions or fear of risks."
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region, reporters went deep into the grassroots to listen to the stories of village-stationed cadres. They are like Gesang flowers, competing to bloom in this place closest to the sky.
Strengthening the leadership team and igniting the passion for starting a business
Puyu Village (普玉村), Bianba Town (边坝镇), Bianba County (边坝县), Qamdo City (昌都市), was once slow to develop and had a weak industrial base due to its remote geographical location.
After Li Xin (李鑫), the first secretary stationed in the village, took office, he started by strengthening the leadership team, implementing a "party member points system" to showcase achievements on the wall; setting up a "red and black board" publicity system to clearly distinguish between good and bad; and opening a "small blackboard newspaper" to directly deliver policies. Every move was targeted, and the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the village party branch were significantly improved.
Immediately afterwards, he and the village's "two committees" team actively sought more than 1 million yuan in funding from relevant departments to build the county's first multi-functional party-mass service station. "With such a good position, we must do our best to serve the masses!" said Dala (达拉), the secretary of the village party branch.
Today, walking into Puyu Village (普玉村), Tibetan-style small buildings with red roofs and white walls stand in rows, and rural tourism is booming; in front of the village committee, rows of four-wheeled motorcycles are neatly lined up, full of tourists heading straight to popular attractions to check in. Li Xin (李鑫) is full of confidence: "Party building leads and the masses increase their income. Last year, the per capita disposable income of the whole village jumped to 24,000 yuan. Ultimately, it is because there is a strong leadership team that can do things and lead the way to prosperity!"
In recent years, village-stationed cadres throughout the region have coordinated the rectification of 82 weak and lax party organizations, improved more than 9,000 village-level systems, developed nearly 4,000 farmer and herdsman party members, and selected 1,555 rural revitalization specialists to enter the "two committees" of the village, allowing the party flag to fly high in every village on the snowy plateau.
In Coqên County (措勤县), Ngari Prefecture (阿里地区), the notebook of Luo Kaituo (罗开拓), the leader of the village-stationing work team, is densely packed with the expectations of the herdsmen.
"When I first arrived, the information was scattered and the demands were vague. Serving the masses was like punching cotton, unable to exert any strength." Coming from a Lhasa (拉萨) government office to the grasslands 800 kilometers away, he said frankly that he needed to quickly change his role.
"Change the land, but also change the mind!" Through household surveys, Luo Kaituo (罗开拓) established a complete electronic ledger of public sentiment: number of households, pastures, yaks, medical treatment, schooling... dynamically tracking the situation of each household and accurately connecting with public opinion.
At the same time, he actively promoted the "tent night talk" mechanism. Village cadres and villagers sat together, and the development path of "governance to protect the green, industry to revitalize the green, and culture to nourish the green" became clearer and clearer, and more than 200 demands were also listed in the list of duties. "'Problem accounts' come from the mouths of the masses, and 'countermeasure accounts' are jointly discussed with the masses. The effectiveness of the work is ultimately left to the masses to score." Luo Kaituo (罗开拓) said, "With the system improved, the people are more united, and everyone's enthusiasm for work is even higher."
Precise assistance, turning the "traffic" of scenic spots into an "incremental" income
Heza Village (荷扎村), Dexing Township (德兴乡), Mêdog County (墨脱县), Nyingchi City (林芝市), is adjacent to the Guoguotang Scenic Area (果果塘景区). The scenic spot is crowded with tourists, but the village's stalls were once deserted.
After visiting and researching, the village-stationed team member Ci Deji (次德吉) found that the problem was that tourists only knew "Guoguotang" and did not know Heza Village (荷扎村).
She then led the village-stationed work team to upgrade and package the village by seeking funds, create the "Lotus Pond Tea Gift" brand, and innovatively launch a series of cultural and creative products. More than 2,000 new products were sold out in the current season, and the daily income of stall owners exceeded 1,000 yuan.
Subsequently, the village-stationed work team added another fire: purchasing professional handmade tea equipment, building a remote skills training room, and following up with live streaming training. The village-stationed work team also simultaneously guided stall owners to independently design handicrafts and launch formats such as clothing rental and freshly made food. A series of measures turned the "traffic" of the scenic spot into an "incremental" income for the villagers, with a cumulative income of more than 400,000 yuan.
The yak industry in Jiage Village (加格村), Pangduo Township (旁多乡), Linzhou County (林周县), Lhasa (拉萨), once encountered a market downturn. Fan Zhishuai (樊智帅), a village-stationed cadre affectionately called "Pando" (meaning "useful person" in Tibetan) by the masses, rose to the challenge. "Breed improvement, technical training, and model innovation, none can be relaxed!" After leading the team to learn from experience outside, he innovatively promoted "Northern Livestock Southern Breeding," transporting northern yaks to the lower-altitude south for breeding, which not only turned losses into profits, but also simultaneously drove the development of supporting industries such as forage planting and agricultural machinery leasing.
In 2024, the collective income of Jiage Village (加格村) exceeded one million yuan. At the dividend distribution site, the old branch secretary Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) held Fan Zhishuai's (樊智帅) hand tightly and said excitedly: "Following the young people to take new roads is the right way to go!"
In recent years, the vast number of village-stationed cadres in Tibet have strived to become leaders in helping farmers and herdsmen get rich, innovatively carrying out the "Hundred-Day Village Entry and Household Survey," visiting more than 800,000 farmer and herdsman households annually, integrating 904 million yuan of funds for strengthening the foundation and benefiting the people, declaring 1,464 village-level industrial projects, helping 351 village collective economies turn losses into profits, and 551 village collectives achieve annual incomes exceeding 50,000 yuan.
Caring for every branch and leaf, "stationing" in the hearts of the masses
Sangji Baima (桑吉白玛) of Zhuoyu Village (卓玉村), Jiru Township (吉汝乡), Zhanang County (扎囊县), Shannan City (山南市), lost her father early and her mother was weak. With three young children, life once left her at a loss. Dunzhu (顿珠), the first secretary stationed in the village, learned that she had worked in a teahouse and fully assisted her in starting a business - finding a storefront, obtaining a license, raising equipment, and preparing working capital. On the day of the opening, the tea fragrance was rich and the seats were full. Sangji Baima (桑吉白玛) tearfully offered a bowl of sweet tea: "Without you communists who are connected to the people, I would not be where I am today!"
Natui Village (那堆村), Nieru Mai Township (涅如麦乡), Kangmar County (康马县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), is 4,400 meters above sea level. Most of the young and middle-aged people go out to work, and the left-behind elderly and children lack care. The village-stationed work team proposed "building a care room," which was warmly welcomed by the villagers. 33 households spontaneously moved bricks to build walls, sew curtains, and lay floors. After the care room was completed, the members of the work team transformed into "all-round service personnel": cooking, cleaning, tutoring homework, holding birthday parties, and conducting family video calls... "Now we have a place to gather and talk, and the children also have a safe and spacious place to play, which is really great!" The old man Laba Dorje (拉巴多杰) held the hand of Bianba Ouzhu (边巴欧珠), the captain of the village-stationed work team, and said.
One snowy morning, Gao Shuangyu (高双鱼), the first secretary stationed in Zandanxue Community (赞丹雪社区), Yala Town (亚拉镇), So County (索县), Nagqu City (那曲市), encountered a villager, Ciren (次仁), carrying a high-fever baby and asking for help while visiting villages and households. The road was blocked by a blizzard, the ambulance could not arrive, and the child's condition was urgent. Gao Shuangyu (高双鱼) and the members of the village-stationed work team did not hesitate to take turns holding the baby and carrying oxygen cylinders, and trudged through the ice and snow for an hour, finally sending the child to the ambulance.
Afterwards, the village-stationed work team sought 610,000 yuan in special funds to equip 10 remote villages with micro-pressure oxygen chambers, and coordinated professional village doctors to conduct regular rounds, building a solid barrier for the health of the herdsmen.
According to statistics, in recent years, the village-stationed work teams throughout the region have cumulatively visited and comforted 44,600 "three old" personnel and people in need, and solved 16,800 practical difficulties. More than 3,000 dispatching units regard the village-stationing point as a "relative's home" and carry out paired recognition and friendship activities every year. The village-stationed cadres have truly "stationed" in the hearts of the masses.
Working together to guard the border, "Home is Yumai (玉麦), the country is China" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people
On January 7 this year, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Dingri County (定日县), Shigatse City (日喀则市). From the "fast" of disaster relief to the "practical" of resettlement and reconstruction, the county's 180 village-stationed work teams and 625 members have always been at the forefront.
During the earthquake, they were shock troops. When the warning sounded suddenly, Wu Jian (吾坚), the deputy captain of the Yubai Village (玉白村) village-stationed work team, quickly organized evacuation and transfer based on the "geographical coordinates" engraved in his mind during daily visits, and all 28 households and 164 people in the village suffered zero casualties; when boulders rolled down, the members of the Sengga Village (森嘎村) village-stationed work team removed the broken walls and ruins with their bare hands, rescuing many villagers; before the aftershocks subsided, Da Dui (达堆) and Ciwang Zhuoma (次旺卓玛) of Yejang Village (野江村) rushed into the dangerous house and carried the blind and paralyzed Grandma Wangmu (旺姆) out on their shoulders.
After the disaster, they were the backbone. Rows of temporary prefabricated houses rose from the ground, and water, electricity, and medical treatment were instantly restored. The village-stationed cadres patrolled and publicized day and night. "Rebuilding our homes is not only a material reconstruction, but also a spiritual comfort and a rebirth of hope." Luo Hongbo (罗红波), a village-stationed cadre, expressed everyone's aspirations.
The border is prosperous and the frontier is stable, and the border people are rich and the border defense is strong. Xiaocun Village (肖村), Langpo Township (浪坡乡), Cona County (错那市), Shannan City (山南市), was once a pastoral point, but today it is a border well-off demonstration village. Qiong Ciren (琼次仁), the captain of the village-stationed work team, explored the path of "party building + industry + income increase." Border trade centers, handicraft parks, and greenhouse sheds were completed one after another. The annual collective income of the village soared from zero to 360,000 yuan, and the per capita annual net income of the villagers reached 31,000 yuan. "With more money in our pockets and a higher level of service, our lives are getting better and better!" The villager Bianba Dunzhu (边巴顿珠) said with a smile.
In recent years, Tibet has focused on selecting and dispatching more than 4,000 village-stationed cadres to fully cover border counties (cities), working together with villagers to guard the border. The vast number of village-stationed cadres have told the stories of the Zhuoga (卓嘎) and Yangzong (央宗) sisters throughout the pastures and mountain passes, trained 17,000 leaders in promoting the national common language, and created 55 red corridors for party building on the border. "Home is Yumai (玉麦), the country is China" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the hearts of the party and the people are cast into a steel Great Wall on the southwestern border of the motherland.
In May of this year, a new batch of 5,600 village-stationed work teams and 22,000 village-stationed cadres set off fully armed. They continue to measure public sentiment with their footsteps and warm people's hearts with their hard work, so that the Gesang flowers will always be brilliant on the snowy plateau.
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In the former residence of Zhou Enlai (周恩来) at the Zao园 Revolutionary Site (枣园革命旧址) in Yan'an (延安), a wooden spinning wheel is quietly displayed. This is not only a historical relic but also a testament to the hard work of the Chinese Communists. During the Anti-Japanese War, our Party led the people of the border area in a large-scale production campaign. Comrade Zhou Enlai (周恩来) cranked this spinning wheel, joining the vast number of Communists in practicing "self-reliance and ample food and clothing."
Our Party was built on self-reliance and hard work. Hard work is our Party's heirloom. As times develop and material conditions improve, the spirit of hard work must not be lost.
This is an inherent requirement for maintaining the original aspiration and mission. While on a business trip at the grassroots level, a remark from a township Party secretary impressed me deeply: "Now that conditions are better, the masses are even less tolerant of mistakes. A single table of lavish dining with public funds can chill the hearts of the people for an entire year." Hard work is not only a practical need to cope with difficulties and challenges but also a political consciousness to "sit firmly on the side of the people." It is precisely by firmly standing on the people's position and achieving a blood connection with the people, sharing weal and woe, that our Party has always won the trust of the broad masses of the people.
“由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难” (yóu jiǎn rù shē yì, yóu shē rù jiǎn nán - "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality," it is easier to become extravagant after being frugal than it is to become frugal after being extravagant), the historical warning is still ringing in our ears. In reality, a few cadres believe that "hard work is outdated," blindly pursuing so-called "lavish days," comparing ostentation and indulging in pleasure in their work and life, eventually sliding into the abyss of corruption, not only ruining their own future but also seriously damaging the image of the Party and hurting the feelings of the masses.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the construction of work style has been continuously and deeply promoted, the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the Party's work style and government conduct have been renewed, and the social atmosphere and public customs have continued to improve. However, the construction of work style is always on the road. To promote a good work style in the new era, we must persevere and make persistent efforts.
Party members and cadres must internalize hard work in their hearts and externalize it in their actions. Ideologically, always tighten the "main switch," remember that "the Party and the government take the lead in living a tight life, the purpose is to let the people live a good life," and when spending every penny and doing everything, we should ask whether it is necessary, whether it is conducive to development, and whether it benefits the masses. In action, always have a sense of awe, starting from details such as turning off the lights when leaving, using paper on both sides, and "clean plate" campaigns in the cafeteria, so that thrift becomes a conscious behavior of abiding by the rules and being responsible to the people. In the use of power, uphold integrity and honesty, and remember that "public funds are public, and not a penny can be spent indiscriminately," resolutely put an end to extravagance and waste for the sake of "image" and "face," and strictly prevent misplaced views on performance from leading to waste of money and manpower.
The system manages the fundamentals and the long-term. The newly revised "Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" further tightens the institutional bolts for Party and government organs to take the lead in living a tight life. At the same time, some places are exploring "one-code pass" for government canteens, and scanning codes for official receptions, which is convenient for cadres and blocks loopholes in waste; some use digital means to strengthen budget constraints, strengthen funding management, monitor deviations and loopholes in budget execution, and promote the institutionalization of building thrifty government offices. These innovative practices provide useful explorations for inheriting and promoting the fine tradition of hard work.
From the unity of the army and the people in Yan'an (延安) to overcome the dilemma of "small fish in a big pond," to the new era of promoting the new trend of "living a tight life" and practicing thrift and frugality, the conditions of time and space are changing, but the political nature and noble character of our Party have never changed. Hard work is never out of date.
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With the sound of the key unlocking the door, Sister Ouyang began her day of "small sewing and mending" at the Party and Mass Service Center of Zhanqian South Community, Heping Street, Qianjin District, Jiamusi City (佳木斯市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省).
A year ago, when grid member Sheng Hongji (盛鸿基) was visiting households, he discovered that Sister Ouyang had good skills but couldn't afford a shop. Li Yuanyuan (李媛媛), the community Party committee secretary, ignited hope with a single sentence: "Our community Party and Mass Service Center is about to be upgraded, and there's a room specifically for residents to start businesses, with water and electricity bills waived. With your skills, opening a clothing store will definitely work!"
With the help of the community Party committee, Ouyang Clothing Store opened, and people often came to her to sew clothes and make quilts. Now, Sister Ouyang has an additional role: a member of the convenience service team. "The community has allowed me to live a good life with my own hands, and I also want to use my own hands to help others live a good life," Sister Ouyang said with a smile while busy with her work.
Due to the large number of old residential areas and elderly population, the difficulty of cooking and eating for the elderly has become a problem for some communities. Qianjin District (前进区) has constructed a three-level linkage mechanism of "district, street, and community," taking the lead in creating a "Warm Heart Canteen" in the Chun'guang Community (春光社区) Party and Mass Service Center in Gangwan Street (港湾街道), and also transforming the remaining offices into activity rooms for dancing, calligraphy, and painting that the elderly enjoy. Grandpa Liu Baijun (刘柏军) gave a thumbs up: "It's really convenient!"
With popularity gathered, governance becomes active. At the beginning of this year, grid members recruited patrol team members in the group, and many elderly people signed up. Every day, they come to the Party and Mass Service Center for activities and tell the community staff about problems they cannot solve. The community Party committee jointly handles matters with the street and district-level units.
In recent years, Qianjin District (前进区) has transformed more than 70% of the area of the Party and Mass Service Center into resident activity rooms and employment assistance areas through relocation, leasing, and other methods, packaging small repairs, elderly meal assistance, and entrepreneurial assistance into a "community service complex." As services warm up, residents have transformed from beneficiaries to participants, with every stitch and thread, every meal and dance, weaving a warm "micro-circulation" of community governance.
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On August 12th, the "Hai Dou-1" (海斗一号) submersible, aboard a research vessel, set sail for the South China Sea, embarking on another voyage for scientific applications. Before departure, the Party General Branch of the Underwater Robot Research Department (水下机器人研究室) of the Shenyang Institute of Automation (沈阳自动化研究所), Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) (hereinafter referred to as "Underwater Robot Research Department") held a brief but solemn mobilization meeting, announcing the establishment of a temporary Party group on board.
"From experimental applications to large-scale applications, 'Hai Dou-1' (海斗一号) has broken through key technologies such as multi-vessel compatibility and autonomous operation, greatly improving its versatility. Comrades, be sure to be victorious and bring back more valuable scientific data!" exhorted Li Zhigang (李智刚), Secretary of the Party General Branch.
Establishing temporary Party organizations on experimental ships has always been a tradition of the Underwater Robot Research Department (水下机器人研究室). Facing major national needs, they have successively presided over the development of "Hai Dou" (海斗) and "Hai Dou-1" (海斗一号), and participated in the research and development of "Striver" (奋斗者) and other types of underwater robots (submersibles). Every year, batches of Party member researchers brave the wind and waves, tirelessly exploring the field of underwater robot technology in China.
The clock turns back to the summer of 2016. On the "Tansuo Yihao" (探索一号) research vessel, Tang Yuangui (唐元贵), the leader of the temporary Party group for the Mariana Trench sea trial of "Hai Dou" (海斗), faced a choice: "Hai Dou" (海斗) had successfully completed its diving mission in remote control mode, but with more than a month before the return voyage, should they go further?
Despite the rare opportunity, the risks were equally enormous: if the equipment was lost, years of effort could be in vain. At a critical moment, a request for instructions was made back to Shenyang (沈阳). Li Zhigang (李智刚) did not hesitate: "The organization trusts you, you have the clearest understanding of the situation on the front line, make bold decisions, and the organization will fully support you!"
A technical breakthrough on board then began: enabling autonomous control mode, deck simulation testing, safety verification... After overnight technical analysis and discussion, "Hai Dou" (海斗) launched a challenge to the depths of the ocean.
8201 meters, 9740 meters, 9827 meters, 10310 meters, 10767 meters!
"Each breakthrough in depth was refreshing the maximum diving depth record of China's unmanned submersible at that time." Recalling the scene at the time, Tang Yuangui (唐元贵) could not hide his excitement: "We received the support of the organization, overcame the risk of equipment potentially facing impact, and successfully landed on the seabed during the last dive, obtaining China's first temperature, salinity, and depth data of the abyss below 10,000 meters and the full ocean depth profile."
With the successful experience of "Hai Dou's" (海斗) first 10,000-meter dive, the Underwater Robot Research Department (水下机器人研究室) soon received the development task of "Hai Dou-1" (海斗一号). This time, the requirements for operational capabilities were more comprehensive, and more equipment was carried, greatly increasing the workload of component screening compared to "Hai Dou" (海斗).
In 2017, "Hai Dou-1" (海斗一号) entered a tense pressure testing phase. "A circuit board has hundreds or thousands of components, and each component must be able to withstand the test to be considered successful, and each test takes more than ten hours." Party member Lu Yang (陆洋) recalled, "The new site's 10,000-meter pressure testing system was completed ahead of schedule, and the surrounding area was still a construction site. Everyone brought boxed lunches and often worked all day long." In 2020, "Hai Dou-1" (海斗一号) completed its first 10,000-meter sea trial and experimental application mission.
"Key positions are led by Party members, key links are controlled by Party members, and Party members stand up at critical moments." Li Zhigang (李智刚) said that some Party members gave up opportunities for public-funded study abroad, some Party members spent four Spring Festivals at sea, and many young Party members spend an average of half a year at sea every year...
In 2021, Shao Gang (邵刚), a member of the "Tansuo 4500" (探索4500) autonomous underwater robot team, experienced both the scorching heat of the South China Sea and the severe cold of the Arctic. "I was still in the South China Sea in June, and went to the Arctic in July." Shao Gang (邵刚) recalled that under the scorching sun of the South China Sea, they spent hours repairing damaged fiber optic lines; in the wind and snow of the Arctic, they stood on the ice shell of the deck to complete the deployment and recovery of equipment time and time again. "No matter how difficult the task or how harsh the environment, wherever the Party flag flutters, the combat effectiveness is concentrated."
Currently, there are 71 Party members out of 127 people in the Underwater Robot Research Department (水下机器人研究室). Li Zhigang (李智刚) said: "From hundreds of meters to ten thousand meters, from catching up to leading, every leap in China's underwater robot industry is inseparable from the role of the Party organization as a fighting fortress and the exemplary role of Party members. On the new journey, we must be **矢志不渝** (shǐ zhì bù yú - "unswerving in one's determination," to be firm and constant in one's goals and commitments), plant the Party flag in the deepest part of the ocean, explore the poles for the country, and expand the sea for the people!"
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Faced with the new landscape, it is necessary to re-recognize the position of large-screen TVs and various programs in the media ecosystem, keep pace with the times and give full play to the regulatory role of policy tools, further liberate and develop cultural productive forces, and promote industry reform, innovation, and development.
Recently, the State Administration of Radio and Television (国家广播电视总局) issued the "Several Measures to Further Enrich TV Large-Screen Content and Promote the Supply of Radio and Television Content" (《进一步丰富电视大屏内容 促进广电视听内容供给的若干举措》, hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), which has triggered widespread welcome and enthusiastic discussion in the industry. The industry generally believes that the "Measures" accurately respond to the pain points of the industry and are a "cardiotonic" to boost industry vitality.
Industry interpretations and online discussions mention more often the cancellation or adjustment of existing regulatory policies such as "costume drama ratio," "one drama two stars," "40-episode limit," and "prohibition of mid-insertion advertisements." In the past, TV drama creation and broadcasting had problems such as thematic imbalance, overcapacity, episode water injection, and excessive advertising, some of which aroused criticism from the audience and some of which affected the orderly development of the industry. These targeted policies played an effective regulatory role at the time and promoted the healthy development of the industry.
This "Measures" is specific and substantive, involving many aspects such as strengthening content innovation, improving TV drama management policies and work procedures, promoting the introduction and broadcasting of excellent overseas programs, and strengthening program copyright protection. Overall, on the premise of ensuring that problems do not rebound, it gives more flexibility and freedom to creation and broadcasting. At the same time, in response to the industry's pain points of long TV drama project cycles and slow capital turnover, the management department is introspective, reforming administrative workflows, and seeking productivity from innovative management services. These are pragmatic measures taken in view of the new situation requirements, combined with the current industry reality, respecting the laws of creation, communication, and industry, in order to enrich the large screen of TV and promote the supply of high-quality content, so all parties generally hold positive expectations for the policy implementation effect.
The adjustment of policies stems from the transformation of the audio-visual media landscape. For many years, the TV in the living rooms of thousands of households has been the main channel for people's spiritual and cultural life. Various programs, represented by TV dramas, have also been nurtured and developed on this screen, gradually growing into a popular literary form with unique spiritual meaning and aesthetic value, and with considerable dissemination power and influence. In recent years, with the rapid development of information technology, the TV industry has ushered in huge variables. The rise of the mobile Internet has impacted the channel status of large-screen TVs; the rise of emerging audio-visual formats such as short videos and live broadcasts has caused traditional TV programs to encounter the diversion of audience attention. These directly affect the program's dissemination effect, which is transmitted to the production end, which in turn puts pressure on content supply. In the past few years, excellent programs have continued to emerge, but compared with a few years ago, the number has decreased and the volume has decreased. Practitioners also often lament that it is more difficult to make good works and achieve good communication, and from time to time express concerns about investment leaving, talent loss, and the continued healthy development of the industry.
The profound changes in the production and dissemination landscape of audio-visual content need to be viewed objectively and scientifically. It should be seen that TV is no longer a monopolistic channel for the dissemination of audio-visual programs, and compared with mobile terminals that are within reach, it has shortcomings in convenience and interactivity; it should also be seen that with the rich accumulation of the past few decades of development, TV is still a mass communication medium with wide coverage and great influence, and it has irreplaceable significant advantages in meeting the cultural needs of family scenes, providing high-quality, immersive audio-visual experiences, and building social consensus. Emerging formats such as short videos and live broadcasts are full of vitality, but at the same time, there are non-negligible problems such as complex content, fragmented dissemination, and information cocoons. TV dramas and other programs have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and are still in a prominent position in popular literature and art. Faced with the new landscape, it is necessary to re-recognize the position of large-screen TVs and various programs in the media ecosystem, keep pace with the times and give full play to the regulatory role of policy tools, further liberate and develop cultural productive forces, and promote industry reform, innovation, and development.
Good works cannot be separated from a good environment, and a good environment makes good works. The power of cultural creation ultimately comes from society. In order to better serve hundreds of millions of viewers with a renewed large screen and meet higher cultural needs with high-quality cultural products, it is necessary to create a positive, healthy, and innovation-encouraging environment, so that cultural practitioners can devote themselves wholeheartedly to creative production and operation, and allow the innovation and creation vitality of the whole society to flow fully. After all, a strong cultural supply capacity is the fundamental basis for meeting cultural needs, transmitting spiritual power, enhancing cultural self-confidence, and strengthening mainstream culture. How effective the "Measures" will be, we shall 拭目以待 (shì mù yǐ dài - "wipe eyes and wait," to wait and see with anticipation).
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Rearranging classics does not mean being content to enjoy the shade under the trees of our predecessors, nor can it stop at the mechanical reproduction of the classic shell. Only by putting the fire of the classics into the furnace of contemporary life can we forge new classics that belong to our generation.
The crisp sound of camel bells and the hawking of old Beijing (北京) vendors rise and fall one after another. The silhouette of Xizhimen (西直门) tower reflects the gray-tiled houses of the old car factory, and the Eight Immortals table faintly emerges in the light... The classic drama "Rickshaw Boy" ("骆驼祥子") from the Beijing People's Art Theatre (北京人艺) in 1957 is now presented in its original flavor on the stage of the Capital Theatre (首都剧场). The performances of the younger generation of actors have won applause and cheers. The audience includes both elderly viewers with white hair and youthful faces with shining eyes. Recently, a wave of reviving classic plays is surging onto the theater stage: the Beijing People's Art Theatre (北京人艺) and the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) are interpreting "Return on a Snowy Night" ("风雪夜归人") in different forms; the National Theatre of China's (国家话剧院) "The Physicists" ("物理学家") and the Beijing People's Art Theatre's (北京人艺) "The Butcher" ("屠夫") reflect on war from different perspectives; the National Centre for the Performing Arts' (国家大剧院) "Jane Eyre" ("简·爱") and "Twelfth Night" ("第十二夜") reproduce world classics; the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre's (北方昆曲剧院) "The Peony Pavilion" ("牡丹亭") and "The Story of the Western Wing" ("西厢记") demonstrate Eastern aesthetics; and works such as the musical "Harbin under the Night" ("夜幕下的哈尔滨") and the Peking Opera "Wildfire, Spring Wind Fights the Ancient City" ("野火春风斗古城") interpret classics in new forms... These creations are not simply "yesterday's reappearance," but are carefully writing new chapters of cultural inheritance, demonstrating the eternal charm of classics that transcends time.
Audiences love to watch classics because, in a rapidly developing era, classic works that have stood the test of time provide spiritual guidance with their powerful artistic penetration, and have the power to touch the heartstrings beyond time and space. Reviving classics is by no means **刻舟求剑** (kè zhōu qiú jiàn - "carve boat seek sword," to take measures without regard to changing circumstances), but to awaken sleeping historical texts and make them a living source that transcends the times. This requires creators to not only fully understand the original work, but also inject it with a contemporary soul, thereby building a bridge to the hearts of contemporary audiences. Directors Li Liuyi (李六乙) and Wang Keran (王可然) have successively brought Cao Yu's (曹禺) famous plays "Thunderstorm" ("雷雨") and "Sunrise" ("日出") to the stage. Although both works have undergone innovative adaptations with contemporary elements, they have always firmly followed Cao Yu's (曹禺) creative attitude, completed the return to the spirit of literature, and realized the dialogue between classics and the times. The contemporary significance of classics lies in the fact that, like a mirror, it can reflect the confusion and questions of people in every era, allowing people to find spiritual resonance in their thinking.
The inheritance of classics must nurture innovation in respect. Contemporary creators, with a sense of awe, boldly use modern stage language to inject the breath of the times into classic works. "Harbin under the Night" ("夜幕下的哈尔滨") has been adapted from a well-known radio drama and TV series into a musical loved by young audiences today. When the familiar voice of "storyteller" Wang Gang (王刚) comes from the airwaves, the brand-new art form collides with a new generation of actors to create a dazzling spark. More than 40 years of artistic relay is a vivid footnote to the vitality of the classics—it is not a solidified museum specimen, but an endless river of creation. Mid-career director Li Jianjun's (李建军) "Post-Human Trilogy" ("后人类三部曲") "Metamorphosis" ("变形记"), "World on a Wire" ("世界旦夕之间"), and "The Master and Margarita" ("大师和玛格丽特"), directed with a strong sense of experimental exploration and a unique theatrical aesthetic style, adapts world classics through innovative means, and discusses with contemporary audiences how to face the difficulties of life. As Li Jianjun (李建军) said: "This is an imagination that countless masters and masterpieces have already explored, which contains the decryption of the present, and also contains the reason why we can return to the classics."
The core of classic inheritance lies in the continuation of "people." Yuan Guoliang (袁国良), the newly promoted "Plum Blossom Award" winner of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre (北方昆曲剧院), is a disciple of Kunqu Opera master Ji Zhenhua (计镇华). Every look, every singing, and every step in his Plum Blossom Award-winning work "Rotten Ke Mountain" ("烂柯山") accurately grasps the complex emotional context of the characters. Yuan Guoliang's (袁国良) achievements are not only a microcosm of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre's (北方昆曲剧院) strategy of "revitalizing the Kuokou line," but also embody his profound thinking on upholding and innovating Kunqu Opera art. The Beijing People's Art Theatre's (北京人艺) "Classic Repertoire Restoration Project" meticulously recreates "Rickshaw Boy" ("骆驼祥子"), which not only allows the audience to see the struggles of the working class at the bottom of the old era, but also accurately conveys the Beijing-style language and urban customs in Mr. Lao She's (老舍) writing through the relay performances of several generations of actors. The young actors carefully study the roles under the guidance of their predecessors, so that the essence of theatrical performance can be continued. This "educating people through drama" model enables the inheritance of performing skills and humanistic spirit, the fresh flow of artistic blood, and the continuation of the roots of national culture from generation to generation.
The trend of reviving classics is essentially a surging echo of cultural confidence on the stage, and a protection and inheritance of cultural genes. These works that have been washed away by the years carry the collective memory and spiritual code of a nation; and the revival of classics allows the precipitated wisdom to re-emerge in the context of the new era, which not only continues the profoundness and weight of the cultural roots, but also demonstrates the vigorous vitality of artistic creation. When the theater lights come on, those lines that travel through time strike the heart, and what we feel is not only the "rebirth" of a work, but also a nation's cultural consciousness of innovating in inheritance and transcending in dialogue.
Rearranging classics does not mean being content to enjoy the shade under the trees of our predecessors, nor can it stop at the mechanical reproduction of the classic shell. What we need to do more is to learn the spiritual core of why classics become classics—that kind of creativity and courage to deeply observe reality, keenly capture human nature, and bravely explore art. We must examine this boiling and complex era in which we live with the same sincere and sharp eyes, capture the hopes, laughter, and hardships that belong to this era, and refine them into shape with new artistic language and stage forms. Only by putting the fire of the classics into the furnace of contemporary life can we forge new classics that belong to our generation. Only in this way can classics be transformed from historical "models" into the "heartbeat" of the times, sublimating into eternal classics that belong to the present and also to the future in the endless echoes of the stage.
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On the historical occasion of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory against Japan, the documentary "Where the Heart Rests," a key project guided by the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局), records the life trajectories of Japanese war orphans. It approaches grand history through unique individual narratives, possessing both emotional warmth and historical depth, painting a vivid visual scroll for inheriting the great spirit of the War of Resistance.
The documentary uses parallel montage to shuttle between China and Japan, transforming the dislocation of individual destinies of Japanese orphans into vivid teaching materials for cherishing peace. Shozan Hiroya (庄山纮宇) returned to Kumamoto (熊本) with his family in 1987, and two years later, he returned to Mudanjiang (牡丹江) alone because he felt that he only felt at home in China. Gao Fengqin (郜凤琴) spent many years searching for her birth mother with her adoption certificate. After a reunion with her mother in 1982, her birth mother refused to recognize her again for the sake of her new family. This became an "unremovable thorn" in Gao Fengqin's heart. She muttered to herself, "I don't blame her (her birth mother), I blame this war that shouldn't have happened."
As "foreign Japanese," the orphans have found it difficult to truly integrate into Japanese society in the decades since they returned to Japan. Therefore, orphan second-generation Sasaki Hiroshi (佐佐木弘志) opened the "Ichien" (一笑苑) nursing home, creating a familiar Chinese atmosphere, using Chinese to care for elderly orphans, and providing them with the last comfort in their twilight years. In the film, the orphans rehearse and recite the program "Tears of Orphans," shouting "No, Mom," freezing the cruel war of aggression and the dislocation of individual destinies. This collective trauma warns future generations that the devastation of the war of aggression on people has not dissipated with the smoke of gunpowder.
The quiet micro-narrative allows the life experiences and mental journeys of the orphans to be fully revealed, indirectly highlighting the great love of the Chinese people. The 81-year-old Ikeda Sumie (池田澄江) braved the rain to worship at the graves of her adoptive parents in Mudanjiang (牡丹江). A simple call of "The sky is crying, Mom and Dad, I'm here to see you" instantly restores the more than 4,000 "Japanese orphans" represented by her from historical symbols to flesh and blood. The 80-year-old calligrapher Kimura Shigehiko (木村成彦) is preparing for the "Orphan Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition" to pay tribute to the Chinese nation and thank his Chinese adoptive parents. In the film, he choked up several times when talking about his adoptive mother - because his adoptive mother had no milk, she used the method of "chewing milk cloth" to feed him when he was only 7 days old. This is the great love of the Chinese mother, penetrating the historical curtain, reflecting that even in the darkest moments, a great nation still shines with the light of humanity and the brilliance of morality.
The crew visited more than 10 cities in China and Japan, retaining more than 200 hours of ultra-high-definition documentary images, highlighting the cultural rescue function of the documentary as a "living historical archive." The "orphans" have lived in China for a long time. They are descendants of aggressors and victims of war. "Where the Heart Rests" reveals the indiscriminate harm of the war of aggression to ordinary people from the perspective of "orphans." The 4K ultra-high-definition lens captures details such as tears in the corners of the eyes, wrinkles on the hands, and trembling of the pen tip, concretizing historical trauma into a tangible and audible experience. The orphans' oral accounts make the history of the War of Resistance sink from the macro battlefield to the family scene, allowing contemporary audiences to generate deep emotional resonance.
"Where the Heart Rests" forms a deep echo with the theme of this commemorative event, "Remembering History, Cherishing the Memory of Martyrs, Cherishing Peace, and Creating the Future," revealing the crimes of Japanese fascism from a unique perspective. Those war-torn life echoes will eventually settle into immortal memories, reminding us at all times that victory is not only a triumphal song on the battlefield, but also a nation that, after experiencing profound suffering, still chooses to face the future with a broad mind.
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The 2025 China National Theatre "CNT Live" HD screening season is unfolding in over 30 theaters across various regions. "Green Snake," which premiered in 2013, the Year of the Snake, has met audiences in a new format in another Year of the Snake. It consistently maintains extremely high popularity, with tickets being hard to come by, indicating that the play, like "Life and Death Field," "The Orphan of Zhao (赵氏孤儿)," "The Grand Mansion Gate (大宅门)," and "Beijing Fayuan Temple (北京法源寺)" which also appear in this screening season, has become a classic of drama that has withstood the test of audiences and time.
"CNT Live" utilizes technologies such as digitalization and multi-camera real-time shooting and switching to break through the limitations of traditional theater physical space, audience-performance relationships, and geographical regions, realizing an immersive experience of the stage for online audiences. Through diverse angles and rich compositions of high-definition images, many viewers who saw the original performance of "Green Snake" exclaimed that the actors' facial expressions, body movements, and the patterns on their costumes were exquisitely beautiful. The close-ups and detailed shots in front of them perfectly connected with the stage scenes in their memories.
The drama "Green Snake" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Lillian Lee (李碧华). Playwright and director Tian Qinxin (田沁鑫) offers a completely new interpretation of the well-known folk legend "Legend of the White Snake" by conceiving the dramatic characters as belonging to three realms, endowing this legendary story that originated in the Song Dynasty with a unique classical charm, fresh Eastern Zen, and a refined modern atmosphere. In the play, Xu Xian (许仙) is an ordinary person, a realist; the White Snake wants to become a sentient and righteous person, trying to forget that she was once a demon; even after becoming human, the Green Snake clearly remembers that she was once a demon; Fahai (法海) wants to become a Buddha, but must fight his inner demons. The setting that they cannot achieve their wishes and must find a way out through cultivation allows the audience to both empathize and see hope.
The main stage design of the play, inspired by the "rammed earth walls" of Jiangnan residential buildings, creates a misty and rainy Jiangnan atmosphere and a beautiful and ethereal Eastern imagery in coordination with lighting, multimedia, music, water, and fog. When Fahai, accompanied by children's voices chanting the Southern Song Dynasty Zen poem "Spring has a hundred flowers, autumn has a moon, summer has a cool breeze, winter has snow, if no idle matters hang on the heart, then it is a good time in the world," appears with his hands clasped together in a cloud of smoke, introducing himself in modern language; when the Green Snake and White Snake appear twisting their waists in the mist, expressing their desire to "become human"; when solemn Jinshan Temple (金山寺), bizarre magical worlds, and graceful human Lin'an City (临安城) and other scenes switch freely... the character images and thematic ideas are both deconstructed and constructed, establishing an emotional connection with the audience.
The White Snake and Green Snake in the play are no longer the protagonist and supporting role, master and servant relationship in most White Snake-themed literary and artistic works. They represent two types of female images, telling two emotional states of women. The White Snake is beautiful and dignified, taking it as her responsibility to be a good wife and mother, while the Green Snake is frank and direct, eventually shedding human tears and tasting the taste of being human. Fahai also subverts the audience's perception. He has a clean temperament, is both solemn and humorous, causes waves because of compassion, and lets go of his attachments because of understanding.
The several main characters leave a deep impression on the audience, inseparable from the actors' wonderful portrayals. Qin Hailu (秦海璐) and Yuan Quan (袁泉) both have seven years of opera training. They respectively use their natural cloud steps and beautiful figures to interpret the Green Snake as a "contradictory complex" that is both rebellious and humorous, sometimes charming and sometimes cute, and to interpret the White Snake as grand and mature yet lively and agile, with an inner enthusiasm that is difficult to conceal beneath her gentle exterior. Xin Baiqing (辛柏青) uses nuanced performances to portray the character's process from firm cultivation to inner swaying, and finally to enlightenment, allowing the audience to see a character's growth and transformation.
The performances of Qin Hailu, Yuan Quan, and Xin Baiqing remind people of the performances of Han Tongsheng (韩童生) and Ni Dahong (倪大红) in "Life and Death Field," Xi Meijuan (奚美娟), Zhou Jie (周杰), and Jia Yiping (贾一平) in "Beijing Fayuan Temple," and Liu Wei (刘威) and Zhu Yuanyuan (朱媛媛) in "The Grand Mansion Gate," stating that excellent actors all have quite high self-cultivation. If actors want to give characters life and soul, they need to have solid professional skills and a serious creative attitude.
The drama "Green Snake" has toured many cities in China since its premiere at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2013, and has been invited to appear at the Kennedy Center Arts Festival in the United States and the Edinburgh International Arts Festival in the United Kingdom, contributing the power of dramatic art to the international dissemination of Chinese stories with the beauty of the fusion of classical and modern elements. It is hoped that "CNT Live" can take root and flourish at home and abroad in the future, allowing more audiences to appreciate the style of Chinese drama and Chinese art through the high-definition images of "Green Snake" and other works.
Return to TopUsing dough to wipe away oil stains on famous paintings, dipping strong liquor to remove residual dirt... This seemingly unglamorous scene of calligraphy and painting restoration comes from the costume micro-drama "Ink Charm Reborn" (墨韵新生), full of exaggeration and reversals. In the drama, folk craftsman Wu Molin (吴墨林) and upright civil official Liu Dingzhi (刘定之) join hands to protect treasures, using many such unique skills. They are magically miraculous, yet ordinarily mismatched with national treasures, but they are all orthodox ancient methods recognized by ancient book restorers at the National Library of China. With the help of micro-dramas, serious and elegant professional skills become humorous and interesting, attracting the attention of many young viewers.
The popularity of such works is not surprising. In the past two years, a rigorous artistic attitude, solid core knowledge, and surprising performance techniques and plot developments have become the micro-drama creation rules tested by audiences. Whether it is the early eye-opening "Escape from the British Museum," or "Return to the Yongle Encyclopedia" (重回永乐大典) which swept many awards, "Praying for Anlan" (祈安澜) which reflects the great mountains and rivers with the small self, and even "Ink Charm Reborn" (墨韵新生) which is full of hardcore knowledge, they have all won attention in the trend of "divine reversal," strong conflict, and rapid iteration with plots that are unbelievable at first glance but traceable upon careful consideration.
Limited by the length of 12 episodes, the original novel still has many "burdens" that have not been revealed, and the story of the restorers is not complete enough. If it can be made into a series, the effect of vividly and interestingly spreading traditional culture may be better.
(Haidian District (海淀区), Beijing (北京市), Xu Miaomiao (许苗苗))
Return to TopThe micro-documentary "Eye-Catching Treasures" (馆藏“显眼包”) has a very interesting name, making it unique in the field of cultural and museum-themed films. Each episode is 5 minutes long, using language familiar to young people to talk about uniquely shaped cultural relics, making it easy and rewarding to watch. Similar to the title's "style," the narration is full of witty remarks. "It's not Black Cat Sheriff, it's the king of Shang Dynasty (商朝) emoticons," which immediately helps people remember the appearance of the bronze Shang Ya Chou Yue (商亚醜钺); the Western Han (西汉) bronze Gang lamp "pouts, sticks out its belly, and hugs its hands to make a heart"... The cultural relics in the display case are integrated with the playful and cute "memes" of life. In the anthropomorphic virtual animation, the Jin (晋) celadon book-reading figurine's serious look while working, and the Ming (明) yellow glazed ridge beast's embarrassment at bumping into the boss at the elevator entrance, enable the cultural relics to evoke the same emotions in the current audience, instantly eliminating the sense of distance.
Behind the fun lies substance. When discussing the Western Zhou (西周) cloud-patterned bronze five-pillar instrument, it first talks about its cute router-like appearance, and then discusses the archaeological community's exploration of its use; when talking about the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) Twelve Earthly Branches figurines, it mentions both their cute and adorable shapes, and also their time symbolism of the twelve zodiac signs. There are not many professional terms, and the origin and development of cultural relics are introduced like chatting, making it easy to listen to, good-looking and easy to understand, and knowledge is naturally remembered in the heart.
Maintaining the weight of culture while carrying the warmth of life, allowing people to see the vivid and lively side of Chinese culture, cultural and museum documentaries need more such "eye-catching treasures."
(Wang Shuzhe (王澍哲), Shenzhen (深圳市), Guangdong Province (广东省))
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