Summary: The article discusses the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) region, highlighting advancements in regional economic strength, industrial collaboration, and public service sharing. Beijing focuses on high-tech industries, Tianjin attracts resources and deepens cooperation, and Hebei leverages its location to connect with Beijing and Tianjin. The region emphasizes coordinated innovation, with examples in the automotive industry where components are jointly supplied. The piece details improved transportation links and public services, such as streamlined healthcare and tourism, benefitting residents.
Summary: The article celebrates the 35th anniversary of the China National Committee for the Well-being of Young People (中国关工委), highlighting the contributions of over 13 million "Five Olds" (五老) – retired cadres, veterans, experts, teachers, and model workers – in fostering the next generation. These "Five Olds" are involved in activities such as promoting revolutionary history through storytelling and educational tours, providing care and support to vulnerable children, and strengthening family education by emphasizing traditional values. The Committee has focused on imbuing youth with a strong sense of national identity through Party history and the "red gene." They provide assistance to left-behind children, education on law, prevention of bullying, and prevention of being taken advantage of. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has held 18座谈会 since July 2023, engaging with over 80 private enterprises to address their concerns and promote the private economy, a key focus highlighted by Xi Jinping. These meetings led to legislative changes regarding liquid infant formula, accelerated the construction of YTO Express's aviation logistics hub, and spurred training programs for young entrepreneurs. Yu Weijiao, chairman of YTO Express, emphasized the importance of the "Oriental Tiandi Port" project for connecting domestic and international markets. Yin Shunxin, president of Yuxin Industrial Group, suggested training programs for young private entrepreneurs, which the NDRC promptly implemented. These efforts demonstrate the government's commitment to supporting the development and international competitiveness of private enterprises.
Summary: Inner Mongolia is focused on ecological preservation, particularly regarding desertification and grassland degradation. The region is implementing measures like afforestation, grassland restoration ("带薪休假"), and transitioning to stall-feeding livestock practices. Specifically, Inner Mongolia has been advancing desertification control at a rate of 60,000 *mu* per day. The region has also seen an increase in forest reserves and biodiversity since ceasing commercial logging in natural forests in 2015. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) is currently underway, showcasing cutting-edge products and innovative service trade applications in Beijing. The event, emphasizing digital and intelligent technologies, opened to the public for two days on September 13th and 14th at Shougang Park. Attendees were able to experience the latest advancements, such as smart bicycles in the sports services section. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An official from the Ministry of Education's Department of Student Affairs (and Graduate Employment Services) stated that the education system is collaborating with the human resources and social security system to promote employment for college graduates. The Ministry of Education is working with relevant departments to promote precise matching of people to jobs, holding activities such as the "East, Central, and Western China校企对接促就业" to gather over 55,000 jobs for universities with weak employment resources, and the "Thousands of Industries Talent Recruitment Fair" to gather 1.425 million jobs. Human resources and social security departments are launching actions to improve employment services for college graduates and other young people, providing recruitment and skills enhancement services. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will include eligible unemployed graduates in the scope of social assistance.
Summary: This article contains several unrelated headlines. One article discusses young entrepreneurs ("创客") revitalizing cities. Another focuses on military strength ("强军路上"), highlighting heroism and victory. A third article reports on the "September 18th Historical Museum," focusing on patriotic songs from northeastern China. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in these headlines.
Summary: Politburo member and Propaganda Chief Li Shulei opened the 2025 Golden Panda International Cultural Forum in Chengdu. The forum, attended by over 780 guests, emphasized the importance of cultural exchange and mutual learning for global progress, referencing Xi Jinping's previous calls for a global civilization initiative and global governance initiative. Participants stressed the need for international cooperation in education, technology, culture, and media to promote understanding. The forum highlighted that the collective values of humanity should be upheld to promote positive global relations. The United States was not mentioned in the provided text.
Summary: The 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFITS) in Beijing will focus on "Digital Intelligence Leading, Service Trade Renewal," showcasing innovations in AI and big data. Companies like Beijing Hangjing Innovation Technology and China Construction Second Engineering Bureau presented advancements in unmanned helicopters and nuclear power construction. China's commitment to high-level opening-up is reflected in policies facilitating inbound tourism and payment solutions for foreigners via platforms like WeChat Pay, as well as support for cross-border supply chains through initiatives like JD Worldwide's "Billion-Dollar Thousand-Product New Growth Plan." Australia was a guest of honor, with nearly 60 Australian companies and institutions participating. The event highlights China's dedication to expanding service trade cooperation and fostering mutual prosperity.
Summary: The article focuses on ethnic unity in Xinjiang, highlighting the "Huerjia" cultural compound in Altay as an example of harmonious co-existence between Han and other ethnic groups like Kazakhs and Mongolians. Li Hongxiu, the compound's director, emphasizes the historical cooperation and mutual assistance among different ethnicities, showcased through the artifacts in the folk museum. The article also mentions youth exchange programs, such as a soccer tournament between Guangdong and Xinjiang, and summer camps for students from Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture in Jiangsu, promoting interaction and friendship. These initiatives aim to strengthen the sense of a shared Chinese identity and promote ethnic unity. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) region, highlighting its progress in becoming a leading area for high-quality development. It emphasizes the distinct roles of Beijing, focusing on high-tech industries, Tianjin, attracting central enterprises, and Hebei, serving Beijing and Tianjin. The region has seen significant economic growth and industrial collaboration, particularly in the automotive industry, where parts are sourced from all three areas. A key focus is improving public services, such as transportation and healthcare, to enhance residents' quality of life. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: This article emphasizes the ongoing synergistic development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) region, highlighting its progress and renewal. It stresses the importance of coordinated planning and mutual complementarity among the three areas, each leveraging its unique strengths. The region is breaking down geographical and conceptual barriers through collaborative efforts in industry, transportation, and public services. With a unified vision, Jingjinji aims to become a leading area and demonstration zone for Chinese-style modernization.
Summary: This article celebrates the 35th anniversary of the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth (中国关工委), highlighting the contributions of over 13 million "Five Olds" (老干部, 老战士, 老专家, 老教师, 老模范) in promoting socialist values and supporting youth development. These retired cadres are involved in activities such as sharing revolutionary history, providing academic assistance, and offering psychological counseling to children, particularly those in rural or disadvantaged situations. The article emphasizes instilling "red gene" ideology through educational programs and activities, as well as improving family education. The China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth aims to leverage the "Five Olds" to further contribute to youth development. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese-invested Lower Tatay Hydropower Station in Cambodia, built by China Huadian Corporation, has been operating safely for over 4300 days, providing over 10% of Cambodia's electricity and reducing reliance on expensive and polluting heavy oil. The plant utilizes Chinese standards and technology, including a state-of-the-art testing center and remote monitoring systems, and has obtained 8 utility model patents. The company also offers extensive training programs, including language and vocational skills, to develop local talent in hydropower operation and maintenance. Cambodian officials have lauded the project as a valuable gift, increasing local income, and improving the country's capabilities to build and maintain hydropower stations.
Summary: China and the U.S. will hold talks in Madrid, Spain, to discuss U.S. tariffs, export controls, and TikTok. China will defend its interests and the multilateral trade system, hoping for mutual trust and cooperation from the U.S. The Chinese side stated that politicizing economic issues and attempting to unfairly seize assets damages the U.S. market's reputation. China emphasized that any technology transfer by Chinese companies must comply with Chinese laws and regulations. China is open to dialogue but insists on a fair and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies like TikTok in the U.S., vowing countermeasures if interests are harmed.
Summary: Following talks with Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon in Ljubljana, Foreign Minister Wang Yi emphasized the long-standing friendship between China and Slovenia, highlighting their equal treatment and mutually beneficial cooperation. Wang noted China's significant contributions during World War II and advocated for China and Europe to be partners rather than adversaries amidst global turbulence. He promoted China's Global Governance Initiative as a means to reform and improve global governance within the framework of the UN. Wang stressed China's commitment to peaceful solutions and multilateralism in addressing global challenges. The article does not directly mention the United States, but highlights China's desire to not "replace" any other entities in its global governance plan.
Summary: The China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) featured a "Colorful World" cultural exchange showcasing products and tourism from 20 Belt and Road countries, including Sri Lanka, Iran, and Rwanda. Exhibitors from countries like Rwanda, Moldova, and Uganda highlighted the benefits of the Belt and Road Initiative and China's zero-tariff policies in facilitating trade and tourism. The event emphasized technology-driven cultural tourism, with participants experiencing immersive displays using AR, MR, and 3D technologies. Exhibitors like those from Georgia emphasized CIFTIS as a platform for global trade and cultural exchange. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Beijing Fair for Trade in Services (服贸会) featured a sports services section highlighting the integration of technology with sports, attracting over 400 companies and 40 international organizations. Representatives from Spanish and French companies expressed optimism about the Chinese market due to rising living standards and growing interest in sports. The French Wavelandes company is partnering with a Chinese firm to build an eco-friendly surfing park. Wavelandes sees China as both a market and an innovation partner, hoping to promote healthy lifestyles through the fair.
Summary: During a 2023 inspection, Xi Jinping emphasized Inner Mongolia's crucial role in safeguarding China's northern ecological security. Inner Mongolia has undertaken extensive afforestation and desertification control programs, including a daily average of 60,000 mu of land being treated for desertification. Measures include grassland fallow programs covering 970 million mu and halting commercial logging in the Greater Khingan Mountains. These efforts aim to reverse ecological degradation and promote sustainable development through eco-tourism and forest-based industries. The article did not mention any officials accompanying Xi Jinping, or any discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson announced that Sino-U.S. trade talks will be held in Spain starting September 14th. The spokesperson condemned the U.S. Commerce Department's addition of multiple Chinese entities to its export control "entity list" on September 12th, 2025, accusing the U.S. of abusing national security concerns and export controls to suppress Chinese companies in sectors like semiconductors, biotech, aerospace, and logistics. China accuses the U.S. of prioritizing its own interests over the development rights of other countries and disrupting global supply chains. China urges the U.S. to correct its actions and will take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce announced it will initiate an anti-dumping investigation into imported analog chips originating from the United States, beginning September 13, 2025. The investigation was prompted by a formal request from the Jiangsu Semiconductor Industry Association on behalf of the domestic analog chip industry. The Ministry reviewed the application, examining factors like applicant eligibility, product details, and the impact on the domestic industry before deciding to proceed with the investigation into U.S. imports. This action directly targets U.S. semiconductor exports to China.
Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce announced it will launch an anti-discrimination investigation into U.S. measures concerning integrated circuits, effective September 13, 2025. The Ministry claims to have preliminary evidence that the U.S. measures constitute discriminatory trade barriers against China in the integrated circuit sector. The investigation is based on provisions within China's Foreign Trade Law concerning discriminatory trade practices.
Summary: The remains of 30 Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) soldiers, recovered from South Korea, were interred in a ceremony held in Shenyang on September 13th. Representatives from various central and state organizations including the Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Veteran Affairs Ministry, along with military personnel, veterans, students, and representatives from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, attended the event. The ceremony included a gun salute and the laying of flowers at the memorial. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the CPVA's participation in the Korean War. Since 2014, a total of 1,011 CPVA soldiers' remains have been reburied in Shenyang.
Summary: Marking the 75th anniversary of the Korean War, China has repatriated the remains of 1,011 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs since 2014. The remains were received with high honors in Shenyang, reflecting the nation's respect for their sacrifice and the historical significance of the war. The article emphasizes the importance of remembering and honoring these heroes through national ceremonies and legislation, such as the "Law on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs." This commemoration serves to strengthen national identity and inspire future generations. The article connects the sacrifices made in the Korean War to the current prosperity of China, fulfilling the martyrs' wishes.
Summary: During recent widespread flooding across China, local branches and cadres of central state-owned enterprise (SOE) Party organizations have mobilized to provide disaster relief, focusing on restoring critical infrastructure. SOEs such as the State Grid, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have been working to restore power and communication lines in affected areas. Other SOEs like China Aneng and China Railway Construction have been involved in clearing roads and ensuring transportation routes are open. Additionally, SOEs such as China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Railway Transportation have been providing support through satellite imagery and flood prevention efforts.
Summary: This article highlights the role of centrally-owned enterprises (中央企业) in disaster relief efforts, specifically during flood season. It emphasizes that these enterprises, crucial in sectors like energy, communication, transportation, and food security, respond swiftly to emergencies. The article praises the commitment of grassroots Party organizations and cadres within these enterprises for prioritizing the safety of the population and demonstrating responsibility. The enterprises are expected to be available at all times for rescue, infrastructure repair, and major task support. The article does not discuss U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A theoretical symposium on the contemporary value of the "Taizhou School" and consolidating the cultural identity of the Chinese nation, guided by Xi Jinping's cultural thought, was held in Nanjing. The meeting, attended by Jiangsu Province's Qu Futian and People's Daily's Fang Jiangshan, focused on the essence and contemporary value of the "Taizhou School." The symposium sought to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, as well as the integration of Marxism with Chinese realities and traditional culture. Scholars from Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing discussed the theme. The event was jointly organized by People's Daily and Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Social Science Associations.
Summary: The ninth annual Finance and Development Forum was held in Beijing, focusing on expanding domestic demand to address challenges. Organized by multiple institutions including the China Public Finance Research Institute of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and the People's Weekly Magazine, the forum featured experts from various universities and research institutions discussing fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. Participants emphasized the success of expanding domestic demand and the need to optimize consumption and investment policies. They noted that domestic demand should be combined with meeting people's needs and technology innovation to achieve a new development pattern of domestic and international dual circulation.
Summary: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has held 18座谈会 since July 2023 with over 80 private enterprises, addressing over 160 suggestions. As a result of issues raised at these meetings, China's food safety laws have been amended, a logistics hub is being expedited, and training programs for the next generation of entrepreneurs have been implemented. For example, after a 座谈会, the NDRC worked with other departments to expedite the construction of the "Oriental Tiandi Port" aviation logistics hub. These efforts are to facilitate the development of private enterprises and the promotion of high-quality economic development. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A representative from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) stated that the NDRC is holding routine meetings with private enterprises to understand their perspectives on the economy and industry, which is crucial for policy-making. These meetings involve identifying themes, selecting participating enterprises of various sizes and sectors, organizing the meetings, and following up on the issues raised. Over the past two years, the NDRC has held over 500 meetings with private enterprises, with local branches holding over 20,000. The NDRC plans to continue supporting private enterprises by helping them expand markets, providing financial and legal services, and addressing their concerns raised during these meetings.
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Summary: Shanghai's Jing'an district is fostering youth-owned "youthful small shops" (青春小店) through initiatives led by the Communist Youth League. These shops, run by entrepreneurs like Yang Kaikun with his "Echo Percussion Experience Hall" and Zhang Fan with her "Tǎmadrama Retirement Market," are receiving support in areas like community integration and business development. The district has established a "Youth Enterprise Service Group" to address common challenges and promote collaboration among shop owners. These efforts aim to provide a platform for young entrepreneurs and their creative ventures, supporting the growth of uniquely-themed businesses that resonate with local communities. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Over 48,000 university student volunteers newly recruited for the 2025 Western China Volunteer Service Program are deploying to grassroots areas in 27 provinces/regions, including Xinjiang and Tibet, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, to provide 1-3 years of service in areas such as rural education and governance, with over 90% of positions at the township level or below. The author argues that serving in grassroots areas and regions in need provides the best avenue for young people to realize their value and contribute to the country. The author emphasizes that the grassroots level is the best classroom for young people, and that by going to the masses to solve problems and "recharge," they can understand their purpose. The author praises the spirit of volunteers who have dedicated themselves to serving in the west, citing examples of individuals who have stayed and contributed for over a decade. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A junior official in Inner Mongolia's Ordos Municipality, posted to a village, recounts being mentored by the village's Party Secretary to focus on both "the vitality of industrial development and the driving force of grassroots Party building." The official describes how they worked to improve local watermelon production, leading to increased income and strengthening Party building efforts. The effort to improve the industry in the village also increased the number of visiting officials. The author learned the importance of "strong Party building, prosperous industry, and wealthy people."
Summary: Yang Tianfang, a post-95s graduate from Qingdao University of Technology, returned to his rural hometown and pioneered an innovative "year-round rotation" ecological planting model involving garlic, chili peppers, and corn. This model, implemented in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province, maximizes land use and doubles per-acre yields by strategically staggering planting times. "Jin Garlic No. 5," a new garlic variety developed by Yang's team in collaboration with research institutes, has a shorter growth cycle, which allows for the interplanting of chili peppers. By intercropping chili peppers and corn with garlic, Yang's team has increased crop yields. The initiative has expanded to 45,000 acres across seven townships, benefiting over 28,000 farming households.
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Summary: The article highlights the exemplary performance and historical significance of four PLA units: the "Night Raid Yangmingbao Battle Model Company," the "Liangshan Battle Hero Company," the "Yang Jingyu Detachment," and the "Bloody Battle Mohetan Steel Company." Each unit's history of valor in past conflicts, particularly against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, is emphasized. The articles describe the units' ongoing efforts to modernize and enhance their combat capabilities through training, technological innovation (such as the use of drones), and adaptation to new warfare scenarios. Each article features the unit participating in a recent military exercise, and the modern upgrades to their equipment and training. The "Liangshan Battle Hero Company" also participated in a joint exercise with foreign troops.
Summary: The article primarily recounts patriotic displays and military commemorations, including a military parade featuring historical battle flags and a theatrical performance honoring war heroes. It highlights the emotional impact of these events and the dedication to preserving the spirit of past sacrifices. The piece emphasizes the modernization of the military and the fulfillment of veterans' aspirations for advanced equipment. It underscores the commitment of today's soldiers to carry on the legacy of their predecessors and achieve the military's centennial goals.
Summary: These three short pieces recount the experiences and reflections of a PLA veteran, a museum docent, and a current soldier, all reflecting on the military and national pride. The PLA veteran expressed emotional pride seeing the new Information Support Force equipment in the parade, contrasting it with his past experiences. The docent at the Langyashan Five Heroes Memorial felt inspired by the martyrs' sacrifice. A soldier from the "Liu Laozhuang Company" recalled returning to his hometown and vowing to uphold the legacy of his predecessors.
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Summary: The article commemorates the 91st anniversary of the September 18th Incident, marking the start of China's resistance against Japanese aggression and the beginning of the World War II's anti-fascist war. It highlights the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) leadership in organizing resistance in Northeast China, emphasizing their role in establishing anti-Japanese forces and promoting a united front. The article details the hardships faced by the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, praising their unwavering spirit and sacrifices. It also mentions the "Nine Gentlemen," who risked their lives to present evidence of Japanese aggression to the League of Nations, leading to the League's condemnation of Japan's actions. The piece concludes by stressing the importance of remembering history and safeguarding peace, noting that the Chinese people fostered Japanese war orphans after the war.
Summary: Archaeologists in Xi'an discovered over 100 fingerprint impressions on over 40 restored terracotta warriors, dating back over 2,000 years, providing insights into the artisans of the Qin Dynasty. These "small imprints" on cultural relics reveal details about ordinary people's lives and contributions to Chinese civilization. Modern technology is aiding in the analysis of these fingerprints, offering insights into the Qin Dynasty's handicraft industry and social structure. The article emphasizes the importance of preserving these "warm memories" and honoring the creators of Chinese civilization.
Summary: Following a campaign to curb extravagant customs in Longguang village, Guizhou province, villagers are experiencing improved financial stability. Focusing on eliminating excessive spending on social obligations like feasts, the village implemented measures to curtail these practices. Village Party Secretary Tao Damo played a key role in enforcing the new rules, even intervening to ensure villagers honored their commitments. The village also established "neighborhood mutual aid societies" to foster genuine neighborly support, replacing monetary gifts with practical assistance. These changes have contributed to increased income and a thriving tourism industry in Longguang village, with the average income increasing by over 3000 yuan since 2021.
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Summary: A recent forum at the People's Daily discussed the role of cartoons in China, especially in international communication, highlighting their ability to transcend language and cultural barriers. Emphasizing the historical significance of Chinese cartoons in reflecting national destiny and expressing Chinese viewpoints, the forum advocated for upholding tradition while innovating in the digital age. Experts called for cartoons that align with China's national stance and respect cultural differences while promoting cross-cultural exchange. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An artist and deputy director of the Central Research Institute for Culture and History is creating a painting titled "Requiem for the Fallen" to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory against Japan. The artwork aims to memorialize those who died in the war, including members of the Chinese Communist and Nationalist forces, the Soviet Red Army, and the American Flying Tigers. The artist hopes to convey the solemnity of sacrifice and promote peace internationally, urging countries to learn from history. The artist was inspired by works from Xian Xinghai and Beethoven in creating the piece. The painting serves as a reminder of the past and a call for global cooperation toward a better future.
Summary: A recent exhibition at the Beijing Olympic Museum, "Art and the Olympics - National Sports Art Exhibition," showcases the history and evolution of sports-themed art in China. The exhibition highlights classic works like "Walking to the World," which captured China's early achievements in international athletics, and notes the increasing scale and depth of sports art following events like the Beijing Olympics. While the author praises the integration of national spirit and athletic prowess in many works, they also critique the tendency to rely too heavily on visual references, like in the sculpture "Vibrant Radiance". The author emphasizes the need for symbolic and inspiring pieces that capture the essence of athleticism and national aspirations, and hopes that more excellent works pursuing beauty and excellence will be born. There is no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: This article discusses the history and development of artistic depictions of Tibet, highlighting how increased accessibility and political changes led to a surge in artistic interest in the region. It notes early artists who paved the way and the rise of Tibetan artists, as well as the growing popularity of Tibetan-themed art exhibitions both within China and internationally, including in Germany and France. The author emphasizes the importance of these artistic endeavors in promoting cultural exchange and showcasing the unique spirit of the Tibetan people. The author concludes optimistically about the future of Tibetan art, especially as this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Summary: The article likely discusses Du Yang's woodcut print "Craftsmanship Forging New Heights" (匠心铸新高). Without the full article, a more detailed summary is impossible. However, assuming it discusses the artwork's message, it likely portrays a theme of dedication to craftsmanship and achieving new levels of excellence, possibly within a Chinese context. Further analysis would require the full text to understand the specific socio-political message or commentary conveyed by the print, and whether there are any allusions to US-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the art of Lai Shaoqi, focusing on an exhibition at the Guangzhou Museum of Art marking the 110th anniversary of his birth. The author reflects on Lai's artistic philosophy, particularly his understanding of the dialectic between "change" and "unchanging" in landscape painting, emphasizing the importance of both innovation and tradition. Lai's work blended traditional techniques with modern influences, including inspiration from Impressionist color palettes, to create a unique style. The author argues that contemporary Chinese painters should learn from Lai's approach to balance innovation with respect for tradition, enabling Chinese landscape painting to engage with the world while preserving its unique Eastern characteristics. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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By: 本报记者 王昊男 许 诺
The coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) is the first national strategy for coordinated regional development in the new era.
"High-standard planning and high-quality development," this main theme of the new development concept runs through all fields and aspects of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei; stories of innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing are staged every day on this 216,000-square-kilometer land. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must fully implement the new development concept, adhere to the requirements of high-quality development, and strive to create a benchmark for high-quality development in the new era."
In the 11 years since the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, especially since the "14th Five-Year Plan," this historic project has strived to open up new horizons in the grand dimensions of time and space. The overall strength of the region has continued to improve, and the total regional economy has crossed six trillion-yuan thresholds in 11 years, becoming a strong driving force leading the country's high-quality development.
"Promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to a new level, and strive to make Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei a pioneer and demonstration zone for the construction of Chinese-style modernization." Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, the three regions think in the same direction and work together, each displaying its advantages, showing its abilities, and empowering each other. A series of pragmatic measures have been introduced to focus on strengthening policy support, facility connectivity, and industrial collaboration. The vast number of cadres and the masses in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei are working hard in a "full-capacity" state, resolutely winning the "14th Five-Year Plan," and presenting a new atmosphere of coordinated development everywhere.
Highlight Advantages, Differentiated Development, Each Showing Its Strengths and Abilities
"The integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei complements each other, and in the end, no one suffers, and everyone gets what they want."
Based on their respective comparative advantages, the requirements of modern industrial division of labor, the principle of regional complementary advantages, and the concept of win-win cooperation, Beijing, Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) further clarify their respective functional orientations, adjust and optimize the regional productive forces layout, integrate resources and innovative elements, and accelerate the promotion of differentiated development and integrated development.
Beijing (北京) has shifted from "large and comprehensive" to "high-precision and cutting-edge," with better quality while reducing quantity.
As the "core" of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Beijing (北京) focuses on the strategic positioning of the capital city, takes solving "big city problems" as the starting point and foothold, promotes profound transformation of the capital's development by疏为进、以舍谋得, and strongly drives the high-quality development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei with the "core."
Relocating non-capital functions from Beijing (北京) is the core issue of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. The relocation of the Dahongmen (大红门) clothing wholesale market in Beijing (北京) is a landmark project for the relocation of non-capital functions in Beijing (北京). Today, the hustle and bustle of the clothing wholesale market of the past is gone, and an industrial park full of modern technology and artistic atmosphere leaps to the eye. After the relocation of the Dahongmen (大红门) clothing wholesale market, the South Central Axis International Culture and Technology Park "broke ground." Today, "the industrial park is the industrial chain, and the upper and lower floors are the upstream and downstream." Culture and technology converge and integrate here. The park is anchored in key tracks such as integrated circuits and artificial intelligence to promote the vigorous development of characteristic industries. As of the end of last year, the park has introduced and landed more than 300 high-precision and cutting-edge enterprises, including more than 120 national high-tech enterprises, and the industrial cluster has begun to take shape.
Reducing the quantity of development has freed up new space for Beijing's (北京) high-quality development and the overall improvement of urban functions.
Zhou Hao (周浩), Deputy Director of the Leading Group Office for the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in Beijing (北京市推进京津冀协同发展领导小组办公室副主任) and Deputy Director of the Joint Working Office for the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, introduced that in the 11 years of coordinated development, Beijing (北京) has relocated and upgraded more than 3,000 general manufacturing enterprises and nearly 1,000 regional professional markets and logistics centers. At the same time, the proportion of newly established business entities in technology, business, and other fields increased from 40.7% in 2013 to 67.7% in 2024, providing more space for the development of high-precision and cutting-edge industries.
The Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center has a new node every year and new changes every year. In 2024, it has achieved the investment target of 100 billion yuan for five consecutive years, and 435 annual projects have been implemented in an orderly manner, with 4.186 million square meters of new housing construction projects started. The second phase of the administrative office area has been completed and put into use, with a cumulative total of nearly 33,000 staff members moving into the office. The city's popularity and traffic flow continue to rise. "High-end elements and innovative resources continue to gather in the urban sub-center. As of the end of 2024, the number of national high-tech enterprises has exceeded 1,200," said Hu Jiulong (胡九龙), member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center. In the first half of this year, the gross domestic product of Tongzhou District (通州区), where the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center is located, increased by 12.5% year-on-year, and fixed asset investment increased by 18.7% year-on-year.
Tianjin (天津) consolidates "good development" with "attracting," presenting a new atmosphere in singing the "twin cities" of Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津).
Constantly improving the market-oriented introduction of resources cooperation mechanism, establishing a high-frequency and efficient "handshake" channel, Tianjin (天津) comprehensively deepens cooperation with state ministries, central enterprises, and other parties. A number of central enterprises have been deployed in Tianjin (天津), and a number of high-quality projects have settled in Tianjin (天津). From the construction of the strategic cooperation functional area of Binhai New Area (滨海新区) to the creation of a world-class smart port and green port, Tianjin (天津) has embarked on a new path of development.
In the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Science and Technology City (京津中关村科技城) in Baodi District (宝坻区), Tianjin (天津), the staff of Tianjin Xinsong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (天津新松智能科技有限公司) are testing a robot's hand drawing cartoons with a pencil. Xinsong Intelligent (新松智能) was one of the first companies to relocate from Beijing (北京) to Tianjin (天津). Nan Xiaowei (南晓伟), the company's product director, is a personal witness and beneficiary of "relocation and undertaking." In the past, he used to run between Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) with R&D plans, but now he can conduct R&D and transformation in Tianjin (天津).
One enterprise leads one chain, and one chain integrates into a group. Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Science and Technology City (京津中关村科技城) insists on creating a "Zhongguancun-like" industrial ecology, building "ten service platforms" such as enterprise services, industrial investment promotion, financial supermarkets, and technology achievement transformation, implanting 203 integrated service packages of Zhongguancun (中关村), and building a "one-stop" industrial service system.
Since the beginning of this year, 17 industrial docking activities have been held around robotics, industrial mother machines, and other fields, promoting more than 60 cooperation (intentions) and promoting the integration and upgrading of the chain group. Yin Jihui (尹继辉), Director of the Tianjin (天津) Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that in the first half of the year, the total investment of projects landed in Tianjin (天津) through the market-oriented introduction and relocation of functional resources by the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology was 21.964 billion yuan.
Hebei (河北) uses "being able to take over" to achieve "upgrading and jumping," accelerating its own development in connecting with and serving Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津).
Finding the positioning coordinates in the overall situation of coordination, Hebei (河北) continues to give play to its geographical advantages around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津), seize the valuable opportunities of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the planning and construction of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), and the land of Yanzhao (燕赵) is焕发勃勃生机.
At 7 a.m., in the Shouheng Smart Cold Chain Exhibition and Sales Hall (首衡智慧冷链展销大厅) in Gaobeidian City (高碑店市), Hebei (河北), purchasers from the north and south are selecting products in front of the stalls. Merchant Wang Ahong (王阿红) skillfully tore open the packaging bag and showed the best-selling products stored in the freezer to purchasers from Beijing (北京). Wang Ahong (王阿红) moved from the Southwest Suburb Frozen Products Market in Beijing (北京西南郊冻品市场) to Gaobeidian City (高碑店市) in 2020. The "one-hour fresh agricultural product logistics circle around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津)" allows her products to be quickly distributed, ensuring efficient distribution, and can appear in major supermarkets and secondary markets in Beijing (北京) within 1 hour.
From precise undertaking to deepening industrial coordination, as the largest "vegetable basket" in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Shouheng Gaobeidian Market (首衡高碑店市场) has successively undertaken Beijing's (北京) fruits and vegetables, non-staple food, grain, oil, and other formats, attracting more than 8,700 distributors and enterprises to settle in.
Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), the centralized carrying place for the relocation of non-capital functions in Beijing (北京), has entered a stage where large-scale construction and undertaking the relocation of non-capital functions in Beijing (北京) are equally important. As of now, the total development area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) covers 214.9 square kilometers, the total construction area reaches 55.88 million square meters, and 5,127 buildings have sprung up. Today's Xiong'an (雄安) is accelerating the construction of a "people's city" suitable for living and working, and high-quality education, medical care, elderly care, culture, leisure, and other services are readily available nearby.
Each has its own characteristics and gains in development, and the three regions have come up with their own bright report cards. In 2024, the gross domestic product of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) were 4984.31 billion yuan, 1802.43 billion yuan, and 4752.69 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 5.2%, 5.1%, and 5.4% respectively year-on-year at constant prices, and the growth rate exceeded the national average; in the first half of this year, the gross domestic product reached 5.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year at constant prices. As General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei complements each other, and in the end, no one suffers, and everyone gets what they want."
Strengthen Collaborative Innovation and Industrial Collaboration
"Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is like petals on a flower, each petal is different, but each petal is of one heart."
High-quality development is the development in which coordination becomes an endogenous characteristic.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration, and play a demonstration and leading role in achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance." "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is like petals on a flower, each petal is different, but each petal is of one heart." The three regions constantly strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration to achieve the reorganization, advancement, and leap of production factors.
In Wuqing District (武清区), Tianjin (天津), in the production workshop of the Jingqing Automobile Industrial Park (京清汽车产业园), robotic arms skillfully assemble car lights. A few hours later, these car lights may appear on the automobile production line in Beijing (北京), and together with other parts from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, they will be assembled into a new energy vehicle... Today, important parts of many well-known new models are jointly supplied by the three regions, and the concerto of "automobile parts mobilization" is being staged "smoothly" in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.
According to statistics, more than 120 key parts enterprises in Tianjin (天津) have entered the supply chain of Beijing (北京) vehicle production enterprises such as Xiaomi (小米) and Li Auto (理想), and more than 220 parts enterprises in Hebei (河北) have entered the supply chain of Beijing Automotive Group (北汽集团), FAW Toyota (一汽丰田), and Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) vehicle factories such as Xiaomi (小米) and Li Auto (理想). Vehicle enterprises in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and hundreds of parts enterprises are "linked" together, and the industrial upgrading of the three regions has opened up greater space. At present, the automobile industry in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has achieved an output value of more than 840 billion yuan.
According to the principle of "unified planning, coordinated investment promotion, and synchronous construction," Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) jointly build the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Science and Technology Ecological Port (京津冀智能网联新能源汽车科技生态港), each building a park in Shunyi (顺义), Beijing (北京), Wuqing (武清), Tianjin (天津), and Langfang (廊坊), Hebei (河北), to create a high-level centralized carrying space for the automobile parts industry. The Shunyi (顺义) Park in Beijing (北京) has officially started construction and completed the signing of 10 major projects such as Yuangxiang Technology (元橡科技) and Xinhe Electronics (芯合电子).
With the blessing of policies, from the "1-hour parts supporting circle" to the "2-hour automobile industry circle," from "co-creating a car" to "co-casting a chain," the three regions complement each other's advantages, share resources, and constantly release the aggregation effect of regional coordinated development, accelerating the promotion of a new picture of "six chains and five groups" industrial coordinated development.
At the Hebei Jingche Intelligent Manufacturing Base (河北京车智能制造基地) in Mancheng District (满城区), Baoding City (保定市), Hebei (河北), about 120 kilometers away from Beijing (北京), multiple track lines run parallel and connect to various workshops. Production, assembly, debugging... The workshop is busy. Outside the workshop, on the 2.2-kilometer test line, 4 trains of Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22 are being debugged before leaving the factory.
Hebei Jingche (河北京车) adopts the "Beijing (北京) R&D + Hebei (河北) Manufacturing" model, taking rail transit vehicle manufacturing as the leader, covering multiple categories such as subway cars and urban rail trains, undertaking the function of relocating rail transit production and manufacturing, and driving the supporting of surrounding enterprises. After the opening of Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22, these "Hebei (河北) Manufacturing" trains will be integrated into the capital's rail transit network. "This group of trains has a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and adopts a fully automatic driving mode. 160 vehicles will be produced and delivered this year," said Qian Zhaoyong (钱兆勇), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Hebei Jingche (河北京车).
From improving hardware facilities such as venues and equipment to accelerating the upgrading of software such as policies and systems, Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) continue to optimize the business environment, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, and jump from "introducing a project" to "driving an industry," and the endogenous driving force for development continues to increase.
What's different about this Zhongguancun (中关村)?
Standing in the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Science and Technology City (京津中关村科技城) with more than 1,800 enterprises, it is hard to imagine that this was originally a village. Through innovative institutional architecture, Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) have established a mutually beneficial and win-win benefit-sharing mechanism. After Beijing (北京) enterprises settle in the Science and Technology City, both Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) have income, and they can continue to support Beijing's (北京) chain owner enterprises.
One Zhongguancun (中关村) allows the flowers of innovation to bloom all over Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北). Zhu Jianhong (朱建红), Deputy Director of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Zhongguancun (中关村) Management Committee, introduced that in 2024, the cumulative number of branches established by Zhongguancun (中关村) enterprises in Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北) has exceeded 10,000, and the atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region is becoming more and more intense. Taking Tianjin (天津) as an example, Tianjin Binhai-Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park (天津滨海—中关村科技园) launched the first batch of pilot policies of Beijing Zhongguancun (北京中关村) to replicate and promote the list, and the science and technology innovation enterprises that landed here enjoy the same support policies as Beijing (北京).
The integration process of the three markets is accelerating, and various factors are freely flowing and optimally allocated within the region according to market laws. The transaction volume of technology contracts from Beijing (北京) to Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北) increased from more than 7 billion yuan in 2013 to more than 84 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth rate of 25%. The innovative achievements incubated in Beijing (北京) are accelerating their landing and transformation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
At present, the science and technology authorities of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) have built a three-level docking network of "city-district-park," promoting the docking of supply and demand of achievements and the interconnection of scientific research resources from different levels. The "innovation chain" runs through the "industrial chain" and jointly builds the "ecological chain." The sweat of countless scientific researchers gathers in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), and they work together to innovate, allowing the transformation of scientific and technological achievements to release a stronger multiplier effect.
Inwardly, reshaping the industrial collaboration model; outwardly, opening up new space for open development.
Walking into Tianjin Port (天津港) in Binhai New Area (滨海新区), large tower cranes stand like steel giants on the coastline, containers are loaded and unloaded in an orderly manner, and ocean-going freighters are neatly arranged. As the "maritime gateway" of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Tianjin Port (天津港) currently has 148 container routes, reaching more than 500 ports in more than 180 countries and regions around the world.
On May 20, the first China-Europe (Asia) train from Tianjin Port (天津港) to Tashkent via Khorgos (霍尔果斯) this year departed. 50 40-foot containers were shipped to Uzbekistan via Tianjin Port (天津港) through the sea-rail combined transport model. Zhao Lixun (赵立勋), General Manager of the Tianjin (天津) Branch of Shanghai Unicon International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (上海优尼康国际货运代理有限公司天津分公司), said: "In the past, the same goods generally had to go through train or sea transfer before reaching their destination. Today, the logistics time of the Central Asia train directly from Tianjin Port (天津港) to Tashkent is reduced by nearly half, and the logistics cost is reduced by about 20%."
Accelerate the Joint Construction and Sharing of Public Services
"Ultimately, it should be reflected in increasing people's well-being and promoting common prosperity."
The ultimate focus of the grand chapter of the national strategy is the people's readily available livelihood temperature.
"Promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei should ultimately be reflected in increasing people's well-being and promoting common prosperity" "Accelerate the joint construction and sharing of public services"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) always keeps in mind improving the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.
Not long ago, as the "Fenjin (奋进) No." shield machine entered the steel sleeve in the left line shield section from Chaobai Avenue Station (潮白大街站) to Gaolou Station (高楼站), the longest shield section of Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22 - the Chaogao (潮高) shield section - achieved double-line penetration.
As a landmark line of "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on the track," Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22 (Pinggu Line) (北京轨道交通22号线（平谷线）) is the first inter-provincial urban rail transit line in Beijing (北京) and Hebei (河北), and more than 80% of the total project has been completed. After the project is completed, it will take only 9 minutes for Sanhe City (三河市), Hebei (河北) to reach the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center. The Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center, Pinggu (平谷), and Sanhe (三河), Hebei (河北) will achieve rapid interconnection through rail transit.
The three regions are focusing on promoting the interconnection, joint construction, and sharing of transportation infrastructure. Today, the "hands" between Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) are getting closer and closer, and the achievements of transportation integration are benefiting the people of the three regions more and better.
Also in Sanhe City (三河市), a "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Customized Express Bus" is waiting at the Century Mingyuan Station (世纪名苑站). Wang Nan (王楠), who lives in a nearby community, gets on the bus by swiping her ID card. "I have been working in Beijing (北京) for 18 years and commuting across provinces for 13 years. In the past, it took two hours to squeeze onto the bus, but now the express bus can reach Beijing's (北京) Guomao (国贸) in 1 hour."
Meng Zhimeng (孟志猛), Deputy Director of the Langfang (廊坊) City Transportation Bureau of Hebei (河北) Province, introduced: "Opening express buses alleviates the inconvenience and long travel times for commuters traveling to and from Beijing (北京) during the morning and evening peak hours." Currently, 11 customized express bus routes have been opened from Sanhe (三河) City to Beijing (北京), with an average daily passenger volume of over 6,000.
As of now, the operating mileage of railways and expressways in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region both exceed 11,000 kilometers. Half-hour access between Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Xiong'an (雄安) has been achieved, and a 1 to 1.5-hour transportation circle among the major cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region has basically formed. Today, supported by regional transportation integration, the commuter circle around Beijing (北京), the functional circle of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Xiong'an (雄安), and the industrial synergy circle are accelerating their formation. The degree of regional integration is getting higher and higher, and the modern metropolitan area of the capital is full of vitality. The beautiful vision of people enjoying their travel and goods flowing smoothly is becoming a reality.
In addition to hardware interconnection, the improvement of intelligent management methods has also contributed to people's better lives.
Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) are adapting to the new trends in cultural and tourism consumption, innovating tourism cooperation mechanisms, and deepening cultural exchange and cooperation. The "2025 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) Ancient Building Music Season" was held under the Burning Lamp Pagoda (燃灯塔) in Tongzhou (通州), Beijing (北京). For about 4 months, more than 10 ancient building spaces in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) became "concert halls," attracting the public to participate in immersive art experiences. The first sightseeing tourist train in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), the "Starlight·Yanzhao (星光·燕赵) ", has been put into operation, connecting seven major scenic spots such as the Mountain Resort (避暑山庄) and the Jinshanling Great Wall (金山岭长城), forming a "one-line multi-tour" golden corridor.
A social security card connects millions of households. People in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) can use their social security cards to take buses and subways, visit scenic spots and museums, and directly settle medical expenses in different provinces, making the "same city effect" more and more obvious.
At present, Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) have realized "one-card processing" for 44 human resources and social security service items, "one-card settlement" for medical expenses in more than 64,000 medical institutions, "one-card ride" for more than 3,900 transportation routes, "one-card tour" for 193 tourist attractions, and "one-card reading" for 193 libraries. As of the end of June this year, the number of social security card holders in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region has reached 117 million. A "super pass" brings residents of the three places into a "circle of unity" that benefits the people and enriches the cross-regional life scene.
High-quality public service resources have achieved balanced allocation, and the level of equalization of basic public services has continued to increase. Educational resources are "crossing the province," with more than 300 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) carrying out various forms of cooperation with nearly 500 schools in Hebei (河北); the three places have comprehensively canceled off-site medical record filing, and 60 clinical test results have been mutually recognized in 914 medical institutions in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北). More than 5,600 designated medical institutions in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) have realized direct settlement of cross-provincial off-site medical inpatient expenses; public services are jointly built and shared, and the three places have launched government service items with "the same standards for colleagues" in batches, and multiple service items have achieved "cross-provincial handling"...
Protecting the same green space and jointly protecting the same sky, the three places jointly prevent and control pollution and work together to control pollution. The outstanding report card witnesses the effectiveness of joint governance: In 2024, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) decreased by more than 60% compared with 2013, and the number of days with good air quality has increased significantly. The three places have strengthened the coordinated protection of key river basins, expanded the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for cross-border rivers, comprehensively eliminated inferior Class V sections in the water environment, and the proportion of excellent water quality in the national surface water assessment sections has dynamically reached the national goals of the "14th Five-Year Plan"...
"Currently, the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) has entered a new stage of comprehensive and high-quality in-depth advancement. Taking better playing the role of a high-quality development power source as the overall leader and further comprehensively deepening reform as the driving force, the three places will promote coordinated development to a new level," said Liu Bozheng (刘伯正), Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Leading Group Office for Promoting the Coordinated Development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) and Executive Deputy Director of the Joint Working Office for the Coordinated Development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北).
The coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) is running forward every step, and there is a new look every day. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, with a stronger pulse of coordinated development, is continuously striving towards the goal of becoming a pioneer and demonstration zone for the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
(Reporters Gong Xiangjuan (龚相娟) and Ma Chen (马晨) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
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Chongqing's Tongnan District, 96-year-old Xiao Dingyou (肖定有) holds a yellowed storybook, telling stories of revolutionary martyrs to left-behind children day after day for twenty-eight years; Taizhou, Jiangsu, 73-year-old Luo Hongcai (骆宏才) carries a thick bag of materials, which contains assistance information for rural children in difficulty... One warm figure after another is a vivid microcosm of the 35-year journey of the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The vast number of 'Five Olds' are a valuable asset of the Party and the country, and an important force for strengthening ideological and political work among young people." Young people are the future of the motherland and the hope of the nation. Doing a good job in caring for the next generation is related to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth. Today, there are more than 1.07 million CNWCY organizations nationwide, with more than 13 million "Five Olds" (old cadres, old soldiers, old experts, old teachers, and old models) engaged in caring for the next generation, playing an important role in inheriting the red gene, caring for the healthy growth of young people, helping families, schools, and communities to jointly educate people, and promoting social harmony and stability.
Red Soul Casting: Letting the Seeds of Faith Take Root in the Hearts of Young People
"The lights of Red Alley once illuminated the path of revolutionary predecessors, and today they will also illuminate your future..." In Dufu Embankment, Zhonghua Road Street, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, there are red landmark buildings such as the site of the Central Peasant Movement Training Institute and the former residence of Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东). Locals are accustomed to calling it Red Alley. Deng Guangdong (邓广东), a key member of the "Red Alley Grandpa" volunteer service team, is leading children in performing the situational drama "Three Family Letters." These veteran party members have strung together red landmark buildings into red research routes, carrying out 186 red publicity events in the past 5 years, covering more than 30,000 people.
The inheritance of the red gene is not a boring indoctrination, but a vivid immersion. In recent years, the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth has taken the red gene inheritance project as an important project for casting souls and educating people, creating diverse carriers such as "Five Olds" publicity, "Red Gene Map," and "Cloud Red Classroom," using the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists to educate young people and guide children to build a solid foundation of ideals and beliefs.
——Promote the professionalization and standardization of the "Five Olds" publicity groups. In the past 5 years, 50,000 "Five Olds" reporting groups have been formed, 424,000 "Five Olds" off-campus counselors have been organized, and 958,000 Party history-themed publicity events have been carried out, from which the vast number of young people draw strength of faith.
——368 national Party history and national history education bases for caring for the next generation are strung together, and hundreds of red research routes allow young people to continue the red bloodline while walking.
——Build the "Online Care for the Next Generation" cloud platform, launch modules such as red maps, cloud tour exhibition halls, and micro-video collections, and digitally empower red stories to transcend time and space.
Since 2022, the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth has designated July each year as "Youth Party History Learning Month" to focus on carrying out Party history education activities for young people. Brand activities such as the "Chinese Soul" theme reading activity, the Guangdong (广东) Children's Practice of Socialist Core Values theme essay activity, the Zhejiang (浙江) Ningbo (宁波) "Approaching History and Moving Towards the Future" activity, and the Ningxia (宁夏) Guyuan (固原) "108 Li March to Commemorate Martyrs" have been vigorously carried out. In the past 5 years, 844,000 red research, labor practice, and literary and artistic performance activities have allowed young people to plant the seeds of faith in their hearts.
Care and Assistance: Delivering Warmth to the Places Where Children Need It Most
Xiangshan Community, Nanpu Street, Xihu District, Nanchang, Jiangxi (江西), retired employee Wu Xuehua (伍学花) and retired teacher Chen Yanren (陈言人) are tutoring children with their homework. They are affectionately called "Grandma Teacher" and "Grandpa Teacher" by the children.
In 1975, 20-year-old Wu Xuehua began her journey of helping students. In 2017, with the support of the Xihu District Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth, Chen Yanren and Wu Xuehua established the Wu Xuehua Studio, providing free cultural care for students in difficulty in the jurisdiction. Over the past 50 years, they have helped hundreds of students in difficulty. Many children who have received help have grown up and actively joined the volunteer team. They have a common wish: to pass on the love relay baton of "Grandpa and Grandma."
The small classroom was born out of love, carrying dreams and pinning hopes.
In recent years, local committees for the wellbeing of the youth have relied on children's homes, youth activity rooms, and farmers' bookstores to jointly do a good job in caring for and serving young people such as rural left-behind children, migrant children, and children in difficulty. In the past 5 years, 900,000 "Five Olds" have participated in assistance, pairing up to care for 1.9 million left-behind, migrant, and children in difficulty.
In Yuzhong District, Chongqing (重庆), the Shancheng Elderly University Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth provides art training courses for the children of newly employed groups and children with special education needs in the jurisdiction, benefiting 8,637 children;
In Tieli, Heilongjiang (黑龙江), 78-year-old Zhang Daoting (张道廷) leads children to adopt seedlings and record growth diaries, allowing the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" to take root in children's hearts;
In Shihezi, Xinjiang (新疆), the "Old Military Reclamation Legal Aid Studio's" "Old Political and Legal" personnel compiled legal provisions into talk shows and situational dramas, carrying out 210 performances, benefiting tens of thousands of young people...
From legal education to helping children in difficulty, from preventing school bullying to publicizing drowning prevention, from guiding internet addiction to sexual assault prevention education, the care and protection of the "Five Olds" is everywhere. From "one-time" to "full-chain," care and assistance have expanded from simple material assistance to multiple measures such as ideological and belief guidance, psychological counseling, academic tutoring, and rights protection.
In the past 5 years, local committees for the wellbeing of the youth have raised 10.6 billion yuan in student aid funds, subsidized 12 million students, and built more than 240,000 care positions such as "Five Olds" studios and off-campus counseling stations. 248,000 "Five Olds" psychological workers use patience to smooth out the growth wrinkles of children, and more than 6,800 old principals and old teachers bring high-quality classrooms to remote mountain villages.
Joint Education by Families, Schools, and Communities: Letting Good Family Traditions Nourish Children's Healthy Growth
"Don't let doting spoil children, don't let excessive training make children suffer!" At a family education lecture in Yueyang, Hunan (湖南), the "Five Olds" are publicizing the concept of "four don'ts, five leadings, and six insistences." This set of family education methods innovatively launched by the Yueyang Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth has made many parents understand that "educating people starts with educating oneself."
In order to inherit good family traditions and promote good family education, in recent years, the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth has placed the promotion of family education on an important agenda. Since 2019, it has carried out the theme activity of "'Five Olds' Promoting Good Family Education and Good Family Traditions." 730,000 "Five Olds" have taken the lead in showing off family rules, establishing family mottos, and passing on family traditions, vigorously promoting traditional Chinese family virtues.
Parent schools are an important position for guiding family education. In recent years, the National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth system has launched the "Parent School Opening Week" online education activity, with 18 million people participating in learning, and has built 176,000 parent schools and 53,000 online parent schools.
In Beijing (北京), the education system's Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth has established 120 family-school-community joint education consulting rooms, with more than 400 "Five Olds" transformed into "intimate grandpas and grandmas"; in Zhejiang (浙江), the local Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth compiled the book "The Wisdom of Grandparents" to promote the specialization of intergenerational education, making "grandparents' love" warmer...
For special families, the "Five Olds" build bridges of love with sincerity. Chongqing's "surrogate parents" and Guizhou's (贵州) "responsible and excellent education" lectures provide precise services to left-behind children's families; 249,000 "Five Olds" across the country participate in psychological counseling, serving 9.36 million young people.
It is never too late to learn, and the sunset glows with even more splendor. "The China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth will continue to give play to the unique advantages and important role of the 'Five Olds' in educating and caring for young people, support more veteran comrades to make achievements and shine on the broad stage of caring for the next generation, and make the work of caring for the next generation always full of vitality," said a relevant person in charge of the China National Committee for the Wellbeing of the Youth.
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Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, pointed out: "Earnestly implementing policies and measures to promote the development of the private economy is the current focus of work to promote the development of the private economy."
Economic situations are constantly changing, how do private enterprises feel? Production and operation involve countless details, what demands do private entrepreneurs have?
Since July 2023, as a department for macroeconomic management and comprehensive economic coordination, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) has insisted on holding private enterprise symposiums (hereinafter referred to as "symposiums") on a regular basis, widely listening to the real thoughts of private entrepreneurs. As of now, 18 symposiums have been held, with more than 80 companies participating. After the meetings, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) coordinated with relevant parties to promote the resolution of specific demands raised by enterprises, and more than 160 opinions and suggestions were responded to, promoting problem-solving.
Recently, reporters visited three private enterprises that had participated in the symposiums, inviting the entrepreneurs to share their experiences.
Facilitating an Amendment
Promoting Liquid Infant Formula Products to Fill the Domestic Market
On September 12, the 17th meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the "Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the 'Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China' (中华人民共和国食品安全法)." This amendment added relevant provisions to Articles 81, 82, and 124 of the Food Safety Law, clarifying that "liquid infant formula" (hereinafter referred to as "liquid infant formula") will be included in registration management.
Upon hearing the news, relevant负责人 of Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) were very pleased, "We saw the dawn of bringing liquid infant formula products to the market, and our long-cherished wish will soon become a reality."
The source of legislating to issue a "birth certificate" for liquid infant formula was an exchange at a symposium.
In July 2023, when participating in the symposium, relevant负责人 of Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) raised a demand: "According to current laws and regulations, infant formula milk powder in China should be subject to registration management, but there is no clear requirement for liquid milk products to be registered or filed. Although we have mastered the technology of liquid infant formula, we cannot produce and sell related products."
Through face-to-face communication, the situation became clearer: In recent years, the demand for liquid infant formula products in the domestic market has been increasing, but consumers mainly purchase imported products. At the same time, some domestic enterprises, including Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业), have begun to develop and trial-produce liquid infant formula products, and are eagerly awaiting clear regulatory requirements.
Learning that this was a common problem reflected by the industry, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) immediately communicated with the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局). A few days later, Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) received a call from the Food Review Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局食品审评中心), soliciting materials from the company on related issues. Subsequently, relevant authorities conducted on-site research at Feihe Kedong Factory (飞鹤克东工厂) in Qiqihar City (齐齐哈尔市), Heilongjiang (黑龙江). "The purpose of the research was very clear, which was how to help enterprises solve problems," said relevant负责人 of Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业).
After the establishment of the Private Economy Development Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委民营经济发展局) in September 2023, it held several special coordination meetings, closely communicated with relevant departments, and actively promoted work related to the production license of liquid infant formula. From promoting the publication of the "National Food Safety Standard Good Manufacturing Practices for Infant Formula Foods," to studying and drafting detailed rules for the review of liquid infant formula production licenses, and then to clarifying that liquid infant formula will be included in registration management, related work has been actively promoted, and domestic enterprises have more rules to follow.
The amended Food Safety Law will come into effect on December 1, 2025. Currently, Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) has put the preparation of new products on the agenda. "Building production lines, renovating factories, and preparing to seize opportunities and expand the market," said relevant负责人 of Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业), adding that the experience of participating in the symposium made the company truly feel the country's emphasis on the healthy development of private enterprises, and we are more confident in the next step of investment and development.
Solving a Problem
How the Construction of an Aviation Logistics Hub Accelerated
Since visiting the headquarters of a multinational express company in the United States in 2007, building his own "aviation fleet" has become a dream in the heart of Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟), chairman of YTO Express (圆通速递).
In 2012, the first Boeing 737 YTO all-cargo charter flight was put into operation; in 2014, YTO Cargo Airlines (圆通航空公司) was approved to be established; in September 2015, YTO Cargo Airlines' first own all-cargo aircraft took off; in 2020, YTO's global aviation logistics hub "Oriental Tiandi Port" was invested and settled in Jiaxing (嘉兴), Zhejiang (浙江)... With the rapid development of China's express delivery industry, YTO Express's strength has increased day by day, and the aviation sector has grown stronger.
However, affected by some factors, the construction of YTO Express's Oriental Tiandi Port was once relatively slow.
"Oriental Tiandi Port is a key step for YTO to build a '1+7' international network layout. After completion, it will be based in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), connect the whole country, radiate globally, and serve the entire chain of cross-border exports of Chinese products and Chinese services." When participating in the symposium in July 2023, Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟) introduced the Oriental Tiandi Port project and strived to win the support of relevant departments for construction.
"The construction of a modern logistics hub is not only a matter for one enterprise, but also an important measure for us to unblock the domestic and international dual circulation, which is related to the resilience and security of the national industrial chain and supply chain." Yu Weijiao's (喻渭蛟) project, which he was thinking about, received the attention of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委).
"From land resources and hub positioning to customs clearance facilitation, after the meeting, under the overall coordination of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), departments such as transportation, land, customs, civil aviation, and postal services, as well as the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee (浙江省委) and the Zhejiang Provincial Government (浙江省政府), communicated and coordinated with us successively, unblocking various bottlenecks, so that the project could be promoted smoothly and efficiently, and the progress far exceeded expectations," said Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟).
The roads in the park are fully connected, the main structure of the entrances and exits has been dismantled, 30 single buildings are under construction, and some freight stations, warehouses, maintenance hangars and other projects have entered the final stage... At present, YTO Oriental Tiandi Port (圆通东方天地港) in Jiaxing (嘉兴) is under construction, and it is expected to be fully completed and put into operation by the end of this year.
"As a private enterprise, we have seen recognition and enhanced confidence from the central government's high attention and the strong support of relevant departments and local governments, and we have more confidence and motivation for development," said Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟).
Implementing a Training Program
How the Younger Generation of Private Entrepreneurs Grows
Studying abroad at the age of 17, joining Yuxin Industrial Group (钰鑫实业集团) at the age of 24, and becoming president of the group at the age of 30... As a young entrepreneur, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新), born in 1982, took over the company from his parents and also took on the responsibility.
"Among the successors of private enterprises, many are overseas students. Although everyone has an international perspective and professional knowledge, they lack in-depth understanding of the domestic market environment, policies and regulations, and cultural heritage, and face many challenges when taking over the company." After years of engaging in enterprise management, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) has formed his own thinking in practice.
On January 9, 2024, when invited to participate in the symposium, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) shared his experience and made a suggestion: He looked forward to the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) opening training courses to strengthen the training of the younger generation of private economic figures.
"At the scene, everyone listened carefully, recorded in detail, and their eyes revealed concern." Yin Shunxin's (尹顺新) proposal received a clear response from the main负责人 of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) on the spot: They will work with relevant units to carry out systematic training for young entrepreneurs.
Actively communicate and coordinate, solicit specific suggestions, and carefully set up courses. In late May 2024, the first training course of the "New Era Private Economic Figures Cultivation and Empowerment Plan" was held at the Central Socialist Institute (中央社会主义学院). The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), together with the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee (中央统战部) and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), organized more than 70 young entrepreneurs to gather together, and relevant负责人 of relevant departments and relevant experts and scholars gave lectures on the spot, covering economic situation analysis, policy interpretation, national conditions education and many other aspects.
"Unexpectedly, a simple proposal at the symposium could become a reality in a short time." When receiving the invitation to participate in the first training course, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) was excited and surprised. He and other students listened attentively and actively discussed, "Three days is not long, but the course content is rich, targeted, and focused, fully considering the characteristics and needs of private enterprise successors. The daily discussion session continued until 10 pm and was still unfinished."
As of now, 5 training courses have been held, and more than 410 young entrepreneurs have participated in the training. They have learned knowledge, improved their skills, broadened their horizons, and enhanced their sense of responsibility. Young private entrepreneurs, including Yin Shunxin (尹顺新), have benefited a lot. "After returning to various places, the students often contact each other. In fact, everyone is also 'secretly competing' to see who can run the company better and make greater contributions to society." Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) firmly believes that young entrepreneurs must cultivate a deep sense of national identity, promote the spirit of outstanding entrepreneurs, and run the company better and better.
[Reporter's Comments]
The interviewed entrepreneurs told reporters that through participating in the meeting, they felt warmth, received benefits, and truly understood the meaning of "face-to-face."
This is a "bridge of hearts." Some entrepreneurs said that face-to-face communication reflects a clean and close relationship between government and business, breaks down information barriers between government and enterprises, narrows the psychological distance, allows enterprise demands to be responded to faster and better, and also makes policy formulation more grounded.
This is also a "reassurance pill." Many entrepreneurs said that under the strong leadership of the Party, private enterprises will usher in broader development space, and enterprises will continue to improve quality, create brands, expand markets, and consciously take the road of high-quality development.
During the interview, three entrepreneurs mentioned the same sentence:
"The development prospects of the private economy in the new era and new journey are broad and promising, and it is the right time for the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs to show their talents."
(Related reports on page 4)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 潘旭涛 翟钦奇 赵景锋
When the morning sun shines on the treetops of the Dahurian Larch in the Greater Khingan Mountains (大兴安岭), the saxaul in the Ulan Buh Desert (乌兰布和沙漠) is still asleep; when the night deepens in the Hulunbuir Grassland (呼伦贝尔草原) and the cattle and sheep return to their pens, the alfalfa on the banks of the Yellow River (黄河) in Dengkou County (磴口县) still faces the sunset and grows vigorously... Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) spans Northwest, North, and Northeast China, and is the largest and most ecologically diverse functional area in northern China. It is also one of the provinces with the most concentrated and severely harmful desertification and land degradation in the country.
In June 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), he pointed out: "Building a solid ecological security barrier in northern China is a 'matter of national importance' (国之大者 (guó zhī dà zhě - "matter of national importance," a crucial and strategic task)) that Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) must always bear in mind."
By coordinating the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, allowing the vast grasslands to "take paid leave," "hanging up axes and stopping sawing" in the Xing'an (兴安) forest sea, and "planting greenery wherever possible" using slopes, wasteland, abandoned mines, and other spaces... Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, the vast number of cadres and people in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) are working hard, taking responsibility, and forging ahead, so that the northern border of the motherland can once again see the beautiful scenery of "wind blowing green grass everywhere" and "a bay of clear water reflecting the evening glow."
60,000 Mu of Sand Prevention and Control per Day
In Chaodeng Gacha (柴磴嘎查), Zhaojun Town (昭君镇), Dalate Banner (达拉特旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市), villager Bai Qilao (白七劳) stands on a slope on the south bank of the Yellow River (黄河) and the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠), looking at the lush green belt, scenes of fighting the yellow sand appear before his eyes...
Decades ago, Bai Qilao (白七劳) planted the first poplar tree here, "We hoped to block the sand and protect the cultivated land." Today, the "four lines of defense" composed of green belts, silt dams, photovoltaic sand control belts, and locked-edge forests firmly lock the yellow sand.
"We have fully launched the 'Three-North' Shelterbelt Project (三北防护林工程) battle, and are promoting sand prevention and control at a rate of 60,000 mu per day," said Tie Niu (铁牛), Deputy Director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forestry and Grassland Bureau (内蒙古自治区林草局). "The governance progress of the Mu Us Sandy Land (毛乌素沙地) has reached 80%, the 'Photovoltaic Great Wall' has been built in the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠), and the locked-edge forest and grassland belts of the Badain Jaran Desert (巴丹吉林沙漠), Tengger Desert (腾格里沙漠), and Ulan Buh Desert (乌兰布和沙漠) have been joined together."
Going upstream, there is a 5.7-kilometer-long area on the banks of the Yellow River (黄河) in the Ulan Buh Desert (乌兰布和沙漠) within the Alxa League (阿拉善盟). In the past, pedestrians and camel caravans were very likely to get trapped in the sand and fall into the river, which was very dangerous. "In the past, the Yellow River (黄河) water eroded the desert, and a large amount of yellow sand invaded the Yellow River (黄河), causing siltation of the riverbed," introduced Wang Xu (王旭), Party Secretary of Bayanmuren Sumu (巴彦木仁苏木), Alxa Left Banner (阿拉善左旗).
Today, Sophora japonica, Caragana korshinskii, Lespedeza bicolor, and Robinia pseudoacacia grow luxuriantly here, and continuous grass squares and mushroom grass build a solid barrier for fixing and blocking sand on the banks of the Yellow River (黄河). Thanks to the local implementation of the ecological restoration project to prevent sand from entering the river, the vegetation coverage in this area has been greatly improved.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) has cumulatively completed 148 million mu of afforestation, 367 million mu of grassland planting, and 185 million mu of sand prevention and control, all ranking first in the country. Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) is continuously creating ecological miracles of "green advancing and sand retreating" in various places.
970 Million Mu of Grassland "Taking Paid Leave"
After a rain, the grass color in the pastoral area of Chen Barag Banner (陈巴尔虎旗), Hulunbuir City (呼伦贝尔市) is getting greener. Walking into Arugun Family Ranch (阿茹贡家庭牧场), you can see herdsman Taliya (塔丽娅) receiving tourists who come to visit and stay.
"In the past, raising sheep relied on grazing, and sheep liked to dig up grass roots to eat. In addition, the number of sheep raised was increasing, and the grassland was severely degraded," said Taliya (塔丽娅). Now, after grazing is prohibited, she can receive a subsidy of 70,000 yuan a year, and the grassland is obviously greener. With free time, Taliya (塔丽娅) started a homestay business, which is very popular.
Data shows that more than 20 years ago, due to overgrazing and other reasons, the Hulunbuir Grassland (呼伦贝尔草原) was degrading at a rate of 2% per year. In recent years, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) has continued to explore diversified compensation mechanisms for grass-livestock balance and grazing prohibition and rest, and implemented incentive and restraint policies that link the effectiveness of grassland ecological protection with the distribution of subsidy and reward funds. In 2025, 970 million mu of grassland in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) will achieve "paid leave."
With grazing restricted, how can industrial development be unrestricted? The key lies in changing business methods.
In the modern cowshed of the Good Herdsman Cooperative (好牧人合作社) in Zhenglan Banner (正蓝旗), Xilingol League (锡林郭勒盟), feeding vehicles shuttle back and forth, and the fragrance of alfalfa and oats floats in the air.
Hao Zhizhong (郝志忠), the head of the cooperative, pointed to the forage rotation field and said: "We now adopt a grass-livestock linkage method, and jointly establish a cooperative with surrounding herders to integrate grasslands, pens, and labor to carry out pasture planting, large-scale breeding, and intensive processing." According to reports, the cost of alfalfa produced by the cooperative is only 1/3 of the market price, and oat grains are matched with self-produced straw, which greatly reduces feed costs. The fattening period for beef cattle is shortened by 3 months.
In order to solve the problem of overgrazing on grasslands, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) promotes the shed and semi-shed breeding model, supports herders to integrate resources, purchase equipment, and build pens, increase the yield of artificial forage and edible pasture in natural grasslands, and realize intensive and large-scale breeding, so as to promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional animal husbandry.
Xing'an (兴安) Forest Sea "Hanging Up Axes and Stopping Sawing"
In Arxan City (阿尔山市), Hinggan League (兴安盟), on the southwest foothills of the Greater Khingan Mountains (大兴安岭), a monument to one million mu of planted forest stands in the mountains.
"In that forest, there are trees planted by three generations of our family." Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the forest sea, Wang Qiang (王强), a post-85s youth, is full of pride.
Wang Qiang (王强) is a "third-generation forester." Every morning at 8 o'clock, after putting on his work clothes and picking up fire extinguishing tools, Wang Qiang (王强) plunges into the forest to check for fire hazards and pests. Most of the time, he can only hear his own "rustling" footsteps. "Seeing the forest getting denser and denser, I feel that all the hard work is worth it," said Wang Qiang (王强).
As a region with early forestry development, Arxan (阿尔山) was subjected to predatory logging. Over half a century, Arxan's (阿尔山) exploitable forest resources were almost exhausted. Even now, traveling in the upper reaches of the Halha River (哈拉哈河), you can still see the black wooden stakes left over from the logging in those years.
In 2015, the state-owned key forest area in the Greater Khingan Mountains (大兴安岭) of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) comprehensively stopped commercial logging of natural forests. In the past 10 years, the forest stock in the state-owned key forest area in the Greater Khingan Mountains (大兴安岭) of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) has increased from 803 million cubic meters to 1.029 billion cubic meters, an increase of nearly 30%; the number of wild plants has increased from 1,848 species to 1,937 species, and the number of wild animals has increased from 390 species to 439 species.
With green mountains and clear waters, why worry about not being able to exchange them for gold and silver mountains?
Creating forest ecological tourism areas and providing integrated services for catering, accommodation, and tourism; developing forest foods and planting under-forest crops such as Auricularia auricula-judae, mushrooms, and Cistanche deserticola; exploring pilot forestry carbon sink projects and selling carbon sink products... The state-owned key forest area in the Greater Khingan Mountains (大兴安岭) of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) continues to transform ecological advantages into development advantages, and has embarked on a new path for realizing the value of forest ecology.
Return to TopThe 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services is in full swing. In the various pavilions of the Fair, cutting-edge products are concentrated, service trade scenarios are constantly "renewed," and "digital" and "intelligent" technologies are competing to bloom.
On September 13th and 14th, the 2025 CIFTIS (中国国际服务贸易交易会) welcomed a 2-day public open day. Visitors can make reservations to enter the Shougang Park (首钢园) in Beijing (北京) for free to experience the charm of the CIFTIS (中国国际服务贸易交易会) up close. (Related reports on pages 2 and 3)
The picture shows visitors experiencing smart bicycles in the sports service exhibition area on September 13th.
Photo by Jiang Yushi (蒋雨师), reporter of this newspaper.
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Reader Concerns
I graduated from university this year and have been looking for a job recently. Although I left school in June, the school has continued to send me various recruitment information for more than two months. I would like to know, in addition to the school, what other departments and units can provide employment services?
Doing a good job in the employment of college graduates is crucial. The progress of employment work for college graduates in 2025 is generally stable, but some graduates still have not found employment. How to help students who are willing to work achieve employment?
"The education system and the human resources and social security system cooperate to jointly promote employment services after graduation, focusing on the goals of promoting and stabilizing employment," said the relevant person in charge of the Department of Student Affairs of the Ministry of Education (Department of Employment Services for College Graduates).
Since college graduates left school, the Ministry of Education, together with relevant departments, has continued to promote the accurate matching of people and jobs, and held activities such as "East-Central-West School-Enterprise Docking to Promote Employment" to gather more than 55,000 jobs for colleges and universities with weak employment resources; carried out activities such as the "Thousands of Industries and Tens of Thousands of Talents Recruitment Fair," gathering 1.425 million jobs; and launched 13 online recruitment activities, providing 839,000 jobs.
How do relevant departments divide their labor in employment services? How to form synergy?
The education department organizes schools to provide employment services, organizes a series of recruitment fairs called "Hundred Cities Reach Home" in the graduates' places of residence, and launches online recruitment fairs on the National College Student Employment Service Platform. The online employment service mini-program for college graduates after leaving school is launched, recommending jobs based on students' professional backgrounds and job search intentions.
The human resources and social security department launched the 2025 college graduate and other youth employment service tackling action, providing recruitment docking, capacity building and other services. Implement a million youth vocational skills improvement action and implement vocational training subsidies. Relying on resources such as employment service stations at the doorstep, we provide one-stop services for graduates seeking employment in other places.
Relevant departments give play to their respective advantages. The civil affairs department includes eligible unemployed graduates in the scope of social assistance. The Communist Youth League Central Committee organizes college league cadres to provide paired assistance to graduates from disadvantaged groups. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions has opened a channel in the Staff Home APP to facilitate graduates to submit applications for employment assistance...
If students are unemployed for a long time, how to find out? How to manage it? How to "continue to do well" in employment services?
It is understood that the education department has transferred the information of unemployed graduates to the local human resources and social security department in July to ensure that the contact information and job search intentions of students who are willing to work are completely registered for easy contact; the human resources and social security department has established and improved a normalized assistance mechanism for unemployed youth, and opened a job search registration mini-program for unemployed graduates throughout the year to unblock local online and offline help channels.
In the next step, the education system, especially colleges and universities, will cooperate with the human resources and social security department to publish public employment service channels in a timely manner, so that students can obtain employment information through the job search registration mini-program; organize students whose job search ability needs to be improved to participate in various trainings; and guide colleges and universities to mobilize alumni enterprises to provide internship positions.
Return to TopDream Chasers
Young Makers Light Up the City's Fireworks
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On the Road to a Strong Military
The Banner of Heroes, the Banner of Victory
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Walking into the "September 18th" History Museum (九·一八历史博物馆)
Listening to the Passionate and Heroic Songs Between the Changbai Mountains and the Black Water River
(白山黑水 is a poetic name for Northeast China)
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Chengdu, September 13th (Reporter) - On September 13th, the 2025 Golden Panda International Cultural Forum was held in Chengdu (成都). Li Shulei (李书磊), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), attended and announced the opening.
Chinese and foreign guests believe that diverse civilizations are the true colors of the world. Exchanges and mutual learning are the essential requirements for the development of civilization and an important driving force for promoting human civilization progress and world peace and development. Not long ago, President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory letter to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Civilization Dialogue, emphasizing upholding the concept of civilization featuring equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, practicing the Global Civilization Initiative, and promoting the construction of a global civilization dialogue and cooperation network, which is of great significance for promoting mutual understanding and affinity among people of all countries and the harmonious coexistence of different civilizations. At the SCO Tianjin Summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative, further contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving today's world's pressing problems and working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
Chinese and foreign guests stated that addressing common challenges and moving towards a better future cannot be separated from the power of culture and civilization. It is necessary to adhere to and promote the common values of all mankind, build a mechanism for practicing the Global Civilization Initiative, and promote different civilizations to be inclusive and mutually illuminating in equality, mutual respect, and mutual learning. Deepen international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in education, science and technology, culture, media, and other fields to better promote cultural integration and people-to-people connectivity among countries.
The 2025 Golden Panda International Cultural Forum is hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文学艺术界联合会) and the People's Government of Sichuan Province (四川省人民政府), and is one of the main activities of the 2nd Golden Panda Awards. This year's theme is "Civilization Gathering, Creating the Future." More than 780 guests from home and abroad attended the forum, conducting in-depth exchanges around themes such as "Digital Intelligence Empowerment."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 罗珊珊 王 洲 吴 凯
Beijing Shougang Park (北京首钢园), with its unique industrial heritage deeply integrated with international modern exhibitions, will once again inject new impetus into the development of global service trade at the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services (中国国际服务贸易交易会).
Holding the CIFTIS fully demonstrates China's firm determination to expand high-level opening up to the outside world. China is steadily promoting institutional opening-up in service trade, and promoting new progress and new achievements in the high-quality development of service trade, which not only provides a strong impetus for its own development, but also expands the growth space for global service trade.
Digital Intelligence Leading, New Technologies and New Services Centralized
The theme of this CIFTIS is "Digital Intelligence Leading, Service Trade Renewal." In line with the development trend of digitalization, networking, and intelligence, this CIFTIS showcases many innovative achievements in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and other fields.
At the conference, the FWH-3000 heavy-duty unmanned helicopter product displayed by Beijing Hangjing Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. (北京航景创新科技有限公司) has the flight capability of large load and long endurance. It can be used in plateaus, forests, deserts and other areas to perform logistics transportation, medical rescue, forest fire fighting and other tasks, and is sold to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and other regions.
The "Hualong One (华龙一号)" third-generation nuclear power construction technology and key technologies of large-span metal roofing systems, which are key exhibits of China Construction Second Engineering Bureau (中建二局), have been successfully applied to the construction of Shandong Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant (山东石岛湾核电站), Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Phase III (广州白云国际机场三期) and other projects.
When AI is combined with thousands of industries, what kind of spark will it create?
CIIC (中智集团) showcased the "AI Digital Human Intelligent Recruitment Interview" product, which can intelligently generate personalized interview plans, realize intelligent resume screening, multilingual video interviews, and automated competency assessment.
At present, CIIC (中智集团) has formed professional human resources services covering the entire process of enterprises going overseas. Bu Yulong (卜玉龙), Chairman of the Group, introduced that the CIFTIS will be used as a platform to deepen the application of AI technology in the entire life cycle of human capital.
Using AI to reconstruct travel, Qunar Travel (去哪儿旅行) showcased an AI itinerary planning assistant. Just select labels such as "photo check-in" and "parent-child travel," and the AI itinerary planning assistant will tailor the itinerary. Ren Fen (任芬), Vice President of the company, introduced that Qunar Travel's (去哪儿旅行) AI application scenarios cover travel route planning, pre-sale assistant for air tickets, and intelligent customer service.
Expanding Opening-up, Service Trade Development is Full of Vitality
In the first seven months of this year, thanks to open policies such as visa-free entry and payment convenience, China's export of travel services increased by 62.9%, which is the fastest-growing area of service exports.
Bank of China (中国银行) held an offsite mutual recognition release event for "buy and refund immediately" for departure tax refunds at the CIFTIS site, announcing that it will take the lead in piloting in the area where it acts as a departure tax refund business, supporting overseas passengers to go through the buy and refund immediately business and then exit from other ports, and launch the overall service system for departure tax refunds "Tax Easy Express (税易达)". In recent years, Bank of China (中国银行) has promoted key tasks such as expanding tax refund merchants, promoting tax refund policies, and serving tax refund personnel, and its brand awareness has continued to increase.
In the financial section of the CIFTIS, Tencent (腾讯) exhibited cross-border services such as WeChat Pay's (微信支付) "foreign card binding" and "foreign package internal use" to provide convenience for foreigners coming to China. Staff introduced that WeChat (微信) optimizes payment services for foreigners coming to China. Users from Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and other countries can directly use overseas e-wallets to scan codes for consumption in China.
JD Worldwide (京东全球购) is helping to expand imports with cross-border supply chain services. At the CIFTIS, it unveiled the "10 Billion Thousand Products New Growth Plan," which aims to introduce 1,000 new overseas brands within three years. Through differentiated support strategies, it provides overseas brands with a full-link solution from entry, marketing to fulfillment.
In the Beijing Daxing (北京大兴) exhibition area of Hall 9 of Shougang Park (首钢园), a bright yellow low-altitude drone attracted a lot of attention. "This 'Guang隼 (光隼)' drone is an independently developed oil-electric hybrid intelligent transport drone that can adapt to special environments with variable weather and complex terrain such as islands and mountains." Zhao Liheng (赵立恒), CEO of Xingang Group Co., Ltd. (星港集团有限公司), said. At the beginning of this year, the company chose to settle in Daxing (大兴) because of Beijing's excellent business environment.
Meng Wei (孟伟), Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the Daxing District Committee (大兴区委宣传部), introduced that Daxing (大兴) regards optimizing the business environment as a key measure to cultivate and stimulate market vitality and enhance the endogenous driving force for development, and comprehensively creates a first-class market-oriented, rule-of-law, and international business environment.
Mutually Beneficial and Win-Win, Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Promotes Common Prosperity
In Hall 1 of the CIFTIS, POP MART (泡泡玛特) was inspired by dessert shops and integrated IP into dessert decorations, attracting many visitors to stop and take photos. In the first half of this year, the revenue of 5 IPs under POP MART (泡泡玛特) exceeded 1 billion yuan, and the revenue of 13 IPs exceeded 100 million yuan. Many IPs have become global cultural symbols.
The popularity of trendy toy IPs proves the huge opportunities brought about by exchanges and integration. At the CIFTIS, 54 countries and 21 international organizations set up exhibitions and conferences, bringing more opportunities for cooperation.
"This is high-purity recycled metal produced using circular technology." Nabil, a booth staff member from Germany, introduced in front of the Beijing Sino-German Economic and Technological Cooperation Pioneer Demonstration Zone (北京中德经济技术合作先行示范区) booth that more and more German companies are introducing technology to China, seeing China's broad market in resource recycling and other fields. "I am very happy to be a bridge and make my own contribution to German-Chinese economic and trade exchanges."
Australia, the first guest country of honor at the CIFTIS, participated in the conference with nearly 60 enterprises and institutions. Standing in front of the screen, holding a stylus, you can disassemble a large machine into dozens of parts in the air... This is the naked-eye 3D interactive product of the Australian company xSpace. "This product has not yet been officially launched, but in order to be able to appear on the big platform of the CIFTIS, we specially brought it to the exhibition site." Yan Ye (严晔), co-founder of the company, introduced that it can be applied to multiple scenarios such as medical care, training, and education.
Cooperation, inclusiveness, and win-win, adhering to this concept, China expands multilateral, bilateral and regional cooperation in service trade through the CIFTIS platform, and works hand in hand with all countries to create a better future.
(People's Daily reporter Du Yanfei (杜燕飞) participated in writing)
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In the autumn season, in Sayaterek Village (萨亚铁热克村), Hongdun Town (红墩镇), Altay City (阿勒泰市), Xinjiang (新疆), the "Hu'erjia" (户儿家) Cultural Courtyard is filled with joyful songs and laughter as people of all ethnic groups gather in splendid traditional costumes.
Walking into the "Hu'erjia" (户儿家) Folk Custom Exhibition Hall, items used by people of various ethnic groups such as Han (汉族), Kazakh (哈萨克族), and Mongolian (蒙古族), including saddles, farm tools, kerosene lamps, as well as old photos, bear witness to the loving and harmonious life of people of all ethnic groups.
Li Hongxiu (李红秀), the person in charge of the "Hu'erjia" (户儿家) Cultural Courtyard, introduced that "Hu'erjia" (户儿家) was initially a term for Han Chinese residents who migrated to Hongdun Town (红墩镇) from Shanxi (山西), Shaanxi (陕西), Gansu (甘肃) and other places. These ancestors built canals to divert water, reclaimed wasteland, and exchanged wheat and flour for cattle and sheep with the herdsmen, gradually becoming friends with the local herdsmen. For more than 100 years, generations of "Hu'erjia" (户儿家) have integrated and developed together with people of all ethnic groups, writing a beautiful story of ethnic unity.
In order to inherit the friendship of generations, in 2012, Li Hongxiu (李红秀) opened a folk custom exhibition hall, and neighbors sent old objects full of historical significance. "The old saddle witnessed the days when people of all ethnic groups helped each other in relocation, and the plowing tools are soaked with the sweat of people's hard work," said Li Hongxiu (李红秀). "Good days are the result of all ethnic groups sharing weal and woe, and the future life will be better and better."
"I grew up in a multi-ethnic family and deeply feel that all ethnic groups are as closely united as pomegranate seeds," said Asiya Baheqiaer (阿斯亚·巴合恰尔), the sixth-generation member of "Hu'erjia" (户儿家). Now, she does her best to convey warmth, joins the local "Loving Mother" team, participates in various public welfare activities, and helps the elderly and children in need.
"The Chinese nation is a big family, and all ethnic groups are members of the family. I will continue to sort out the old objects and continue to tell the story of 'Hu'erjia' (户儿家)'s unity and mutual assistance," said Li Hongxiu (李红秀).
In recent years, Xinjiang (新疆) has actively built multi-ethnic embedded communities and carried out in-depth activities such as "Ethnic Unity as One Family" and ethnic unity friendship activities. On the vast land of Tianshan (天山) North and South, many touching and heartwarming stories have emerged.
Today, the colorful chapter of "The Chinese Nation as One Family" is being continued by energetic young people.
This summer, the 2025 Guangdong-Kashgar "Pomegranate Seed Cup" Youth Football Invitational Tournament was held in Shufu County (疏附县), Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区). During the event, more than 300 young people of all ethnic groups from Guangdong (广东) and Xinjiang (新疆) built a bridge of hearts across mountains and rivers with football as a link. "On the field, we shed sweat for honor; off the field, we have forged deep friendships with our friends from other ethnic groups," said Ainikar Kurban (艾妮卡尔·库尔班), a student from the Second Middle School of Shufu County (疏附县). "I will use my actions to protect this friendship and welcome more friends from all over the world to come to beautiful Xinjiang (新疆)."
There is coming and going, and two-way efforts. With the promotion of various forces such as the aid-Xinjiang (援疆) work teams in various places, the exchanges between primary and secondary school students in Xinjiang (新疆) and their peers in other provinces have become more frequent, their relationship has become closer, and their feelings have become deeper.
This summer vacation, students from Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州) went to Suqian (宿迁), Jiangsu (江苏) to carry out a research summer camp activity with the theme of "Suqian and Kezilesu Hand in Hand, Together to the Future". "We visited many historical sites, museums and other places, and many of the contents in the textbooks came to life. I am extremely proud to be Chinese," said Abdulla Payizla (阿卜杜拉·帕依孜拉), who studies at the Experimental Primary School of Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州). "I met many new friends, and we shared stories about our lives and exchanged gifts. We found that we have many common interests and hobbies, and it feels particularly warm. The experiences and experiences of this research study will become shining treasures on my growth path."
Today's Xinjiang (新疆), exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups continue to deepen, and the sense of community of the Chinese nation is becoming stronger and stronger. People of all ethnic groups are as closely united as pomegranate seeds, jointly creating a better tomorrow.
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The coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) is the first national strategy for coordinated regional development in the new era.
"High-standard planning and high-quality development," this main theme of the new development concept runs through all fields and aspects of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei; stories of innovation, coordination, green development, opening up, and sharing are staged every day on this 216,000-square-kilometer land. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must fully implement the new development concept, adhere to the requirements of high-quality development, and strive to create a benchmark for high-quality development in the new era."
In the 11 years since the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, especially since the "14th Five-Year Plan," this historic project has strived to open up new horizons in the grand dimensions of time and space. The overall strength of the region has continued to improve, and the total regional economic volume has crossed six trillion-yuan thresholds in 11 years, becoming a strong driving force leading the country's high-quality development.
"Promote the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to a new level and strive to make Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei a pioneer and demonstration zone for the construction of Chinese-style modernization." Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, the three regions think in the same direction and work together, each displaying its advantages, each showing its abilities, and empowering each other. A series of pragmatic measures have been introduced to focus on strengthening policy support, facility connectivity, and industrial collaboration. The vast number of cadres and the masses in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei are working hard in a "full-throttle" state, resolutely winning the "14th Five-Year Plan," and presenting a new atmosphere of coordinated development everywhere.
Highlighting advantages, differentiated development, each showing its strengths, and each displaying its abilities.
"The integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei complements each other, and in the end, no one suffers, and everyone gets what they want."
Based on their respective comparative advantages, the requirements of modern industrial division of labor, the principle of regional complementary advantages, and the concept of win-win cooperation, Beijing, Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) further clarify their respective functional orientations, adjust and optimize the regional productivity layout, integrate resources and innovative elements, and accelerate the promotion of differentiated development and integrated development.
Beijing (北京) has shifted from "large and comprehensive" to "high-precision and cutting-edge," with better quality while reducing quantity.
As the "core" of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Beijing (北京) focuses on the strategic positioning of the capital city, takes solving "big city problems" as the starting point and foothold, promotes profound transformation of the capital's development by疏为进、以舍谋得, and strongly drives the high-quality development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei with the "core."
Relocating non-capital functions from Beijing (北京) is the core issue of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. The relocation of the Dahongmen (大红门) clothing wholesale market in Beijing (北京) is a landmark project for the relocation of non-capital functions in Beijing (北京). Today, the hustle and bustle of the clothing wholesale market of the past is gone in Dahongmen (大红门), and an industrial park full of modern technology and artistic atmosphere has emerged. After the relocation of the Dahongmen (大红门) clothing wholesale market, the South Central Axis International Culture and Technology Park "broke ground." Today, "the industrial park is the industrial chain, and the upper and lower floors are the upstream and downstream." Culture and technology converge and integrate here. The park is anchored in key tracks such as integrated circuits and artificial intelligence to promote the vigorous development of characteristic industries. As of the end of last year, the park has introduced and landed more than 300 high-precision and cutting-edge enterprises, including more than 120 national high-tech enterprises, and the industrial cluster is beginning to take shape.
Reducing the quantity of development frees up new space for Beijing's (北京) high-quality development and the overall improvement of urban functions.
Zhou Hao (周浩), Deputy Director of the Leading Group Office for the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in Beijing (北京市推进京津冀协同发展领导小组办公室副主任) and Deputy Director of the Joint Working Office for the Coordinated Development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, introduced that in the 11 years of coordinated development, Beijing (北京) has relocated and upgraded more than 3,000 general manufacturing enterprises and nearly 1,000 regional professional markets and logistics centers. At the same time, the proportion of newly established business entities in technology, commerce, and other fields has increased from 40.7% in 2013 to 67.7% in 2024, providing more space for the development of high-precision and cutting-edge industries.
The Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center has a new node every year and new changes every year. In 2024, it has achieved the goal of 100 billion yuan of investment for five consecutive years, and 435 annual projects have been implemented in an orderly manner, with 4.186 million square meters of new housing construction projects started. The second phase of the administrative office area has been completed and put into use, with a cumulative total of nearly 33,000 staff members moving into the office. The city's popularity and traffic flow continue to rise. "High-end elements and innovative resources continue to gather in the urban sub-center. As of the end of 2024, the number of national high-tech enterprises has exceeded 1,200," introduced Hu Jiulong (胡九龙), member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center. In the first half of this year, the gross domestic product of Tongzhou District (通州区), where the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center is located, increased by 12.5% year-on-year, and fixed asset investment increased by 18.7% year-on-year.
Tianjin (天津) consolidates "good development" with "attracting," presenting a new atmosphere in singing the "twin city story" of Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津).
Continuously improving the market-oriented introduction of resources and cooperation mechanism, and establishing a high-frequency and efficient "handshake" channel, Tianjin (天津) comprehensively deepens cooperation with national ministries, central enterprises, etc. A number of central enterprises have laid out in Tianjin (天津), and a number of high-quality projects have settled in Tianjin (天津). From the construction of the strategic cooperation functional area of Binhai New Area (滨海新区) to the creation of world-class smart ports and green ports, Tianjin (天津) has embarked on a new path of development.
In the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Science and Technology City (京津中关村科技城) in Baodi District (宝坻区), Tianjin (天津), the staff of Tianjin XinSong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (天津新松智能科技有限公司) are testing a robot's hand drawing cartoons with a pencil. XinSong Intelligent (新松智能) was one of the first companies to relocate from Beijing (北京) to Tianjin (天津). Nan Xiaowei (南晓伟), the company's product director, is a personal witness and beneficiary of "relocation and undertaking." In the past, he used to run between Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) with R&D plans, but now he can conduct R&D and transformation in Tianjin (天津).
One enterprise leads one chain, and one chain integrates into a group. Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Science and Technology City (京津中关村科技城) insists on creating a "Zhongguancun-like" industrial ecology, building "ten service platforms" such as enterprise services, industrial investment promotion, financial supermarkets, and technology achievement transformation, implanting 203 integrated service packages of Zhongguancun (中关村), and building a "one-stop" industrial service system.
Since the beginning of this year, 17 industrial docking activities have been held around robotics, industrial mother machines, and other fields, promoting more than 60 cooperation (intentions) and promoting the integration and upgrading of chains and groups. Yin Jihui (尹继辉), Director of the Tianjin (天津) Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that in the first half of the year, the total investment of projects landed in Tianjin (天津) by the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology through market-oriented introduction and relocation of functional resources was 21.964 billion yuan.
Hebei (河北) uses "being able to receive" to achieve "upgrade and jump," accelerating its own development in connecting with Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) and serving Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津).
Accurately identifying its positioning coordinates in the overall situation of coordination, Hebei (河北) continues to leverage its geographical advantages around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津), seize the valuable opportunities of the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the planning and construction of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), and the land of Yanzhao (燕赵) is焕发勃勃生机.
At 7 am, in the Shouheng (首衡) Smart Cold Chain Exhibition and Sales Hall in Gaobeidian City (高碑店市), Hebei (河北), purchasers from the north and south are selecting products in front of the stalls. Merchant Wang Ahong (王阿红) deftly tore open the packaging bag and showed the best-selling products stored in the freezer to the purchasers from Beijing (北京). Wang Ahong (王阿红) moved from the Beijing (北京) Southwest Suburb Frozen Products Market to Gaobeidian City (高碑店市) in 2020. The "one-hour fresh agricultural product logistics circle around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津)" allows her products to be quickly distributed, ensuring efficient distribution, and can appear in major supermarkets and secondary markets in Beijing (北京) within 1 hour.
From precise undertaking to deepening industrial coordination, as the largest "vegetable basket" in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Shouheng (首衡) Gaobeidian (高碑店) Market has successively undertaken Beijing's (北京) fruits and vegetables, non-staple food, grain, and oil formats, attracting more than 8,700 distributors and enterprises to settle in.
Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), the centralized carrier for the relocation of non-capital functions in Beijing (北京), has entered a stage where large-scale construction and undertaking the relocation of non-capital functions in Beijing (北京) are equally emphasized. As of now, the total development area of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) covers 214.9 square kilometers, the total construction area reaches 55.88 million square meters, and 5,127 buildings have sprung up. Today's Xiong'an (雄安) is accelerating the construction of a "people's city" suitable for business and living, with high-quality education, medical care, elderly care, culture, leisure, and other services readily available nearby.
Each has its own strengths and gains, and the three regions have come up with their own bright report cards. In 2024, the gross domestic product of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) were 4984.31 billion yuan, 1802.43 billion yuan, and 4752.69 billion yuan, respectively. Calculated at constant prices, they increased by 5.2%, 5.1%, and 5.4% year-on-year, respectively, all exceeding the national growth rate. In the first half of this year, the gross domestic product reached 5.7 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year calculated at constant prices. As General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei complements each other, and in the end, no one suffers, and everyone gets what they want."
Strengthening collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration.
"Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei are like petals on a flower, each petal is different, but each petal is of one heart."
High-quality development is development in which coordination becomes an inherent characteristic.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration and play a demonstration and leading role in achieving high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology." "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei are like petals on a flower, each petal is different, but each petal is of one heart." The three regions continue to strengthen collaborative innovation and industrial collaboration to achieve the reorganization, advancement, and leap of production factors.
In Wuqing District (武清区), Tianjin (天津), in the production workshop of the Jingqing Automobile Industrial Park (京清汽车产业园), mechanical arms skillfully assemble car lights. A few hours later, these car lights may appear on the automobile production line in Beijing (北京) and, together with other parts from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, be assembled into a new energy vehicle... Today, the important parts of many well-known new models are jointly supplied by the three regions, and the concerto of the "automobile parts mobilization" is being staged "smoothly" in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.
According to statistics, more than 120 key parts enterprises in Tianjin (天津) have entered the supply chains of Beijing (北京) vehicle production enterprises such as Xiaomi (小米) and Li Auto (理想), and more than 220 parts enterprises in Hebei (河北) have entered the supply chains of Beijing Automotive Group (北汽集团), FAW Toyota (一汽丰田), and Beijing-Tianjin vehicle factories such as Xiaomi (小米) and Li Auto (理想). Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei vehicle enterprises and hundreds of parts enterprises are "linked" together, and the industrial upgrading of the three regions has opened up greater space. At present, the automobile industry in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has achieved an output value of more than 840 billion yuan.
Following the principles of "unified planning, coordinated investment promotion, and synchronous construction," Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) are jointly building the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Science and Technology Ecological Port, with one park each in Shunyi (顺义), Beijing (北京), Wuqing (武清), Tianjin (天津), and Langfang (廊坊), Hebei (河北), to create a high-level concentrated carrying space for the automobile parts industry. The Shunyi (顺义) Park in Beijing (北京) has officially started construction and completed the signing of 10 major projects such as Yuanyang Technology (元橡科技) and Xinhe Electronics (芯合电子).
With policy support, from the "1-hour parts supporting circle" to the "2-hour automobile industry circle," from "jointly building a car" to "jointly forging a chain," the three regions complement each other's advantages, share resources, and continuously release the aggregation effect of regional coordinated development, accelerating the promotion of the new landscape of "six chains and five groups" industrial coordinated development.
About 120 kilometers away from Beijing (北京), in the Hebei Jingche (河北京车) Intelligent Manufacturing Base in Mancheng District (满城区), Baoding City (保定市), Hebei (河北), multiple rail lines run parallel and connect various workshops, production, assembly, debugging... The workshop is busy. Outside the workshop, on the 2.2-kilometer-long test line, 4 trains of Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22 are undergoing pre-delivery debugging.
Hebei Jingche (河北京车) adopts the "Beijing (北京) R&D + Hebei (河北) Manufacturing" model, taking rail transit vehicle manufacturing as the leader, covering multiple categories such as subway cars and urban rail trains, undertaking the function of relocating rail transit production and manufacturing, and driving the supporting of surrounding enterprises. After the opening of Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22, these "Hebei (河北) Manufacturing" trains will be integrated into the capital's rail transit network. "This group of trains has a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and adopts a fully automatic driving mode. This year, 160 vehicles will be produced and delivered," introduced Qian Zhaoyong (钱兆勇), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Hebei Jingche (河北京车).
From improving hardware facilities such as venues and equipment to accelerating the upgrading of software such as policies and systems, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei continuously optimizes the business environment, promotes industrial transformation and upgrading, and leaps from "introducing a project" to "driving an industry," and the endogenous driving force for development is constantly enhanced.
What's different about this Zhongguancun (中关村)?
Standing in the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Science and Technology City (京津中关村科技城) with more than 1,800 enterprises, it is hard to imagine that this was originally a village. Through innovative institutional architecture, Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) have established a mutually beneficial and win-win benefit-sharing mechanism. After Beijing (北京) enterprises settle in the Science and Technology City, both Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) will benefit, and they can continue to support Beijing's (北京) chain owner enterprises.
One Zhongguancun (中关村) allows the flowers of innovation to bloom all over Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. Zhu Jianhong (朱建红), Deputy Director of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Zhongguancun (中关村) Management Committee, introduced that in 2024, the cumulative number of branches established by Zhongguancun (中关村) enterprises in Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北) has exceeded 10,000, and the atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region is becoming increasingly strong. Taking Tianjin (天津) as an example, Tianjin (天津) Binhai-Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park (滨海—中关村科技园) launched the first batch of pilot policy replication and promotion lists in Beijing (北京) Zhongguancun (中关村), and the science and technology innovation enterprises that settled here enjoy the same support policies as Beijing (北京).
The integration process of the three markets is accelerating, and various factors are freely flowing and optimally allocated within the region according to market laws. The transaction volume of technology contracts flowing from Beijing (北京) to Tianjin (天津) and Hebei (河北) has increased from more than 7 billion yuan in 2013 to more than 84 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth rate of 25%. The innovative achievements incubated in Beijing (北京) are accelerating their landing and transformation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
At present, the science and technology authorities of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) have built a three-level docking network of "city-district-park," promoting the docking of supply and demand of achievements and the interconnection of scientific research resources from different levels. The "innovation chain" runs through the "industrial chain" and jointly builds the "ecological chain." The sweat of countless scientific researchers gathers in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, forming a fist, collaborating and innovating, and allowing the transformation of scientific and technological achievements to release a stronger multiplier effect.
Inwardly, reshaping the industrial collaboration model; outwardly, opening up new space for open development.
Walking into Tianjin Port (天津港) in Binhai New Area (滨海新区), large tower cranes stand like steel giants on the coastline, containers are loaded and unloaded in an orderly manner, and ocean-going freighters are neatly arranged. As the "sea gateway" of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Tianjin Port (天津港) currently has 148 container routes, reaching more than 500 ports in more than 180 countries and regions around the world.
On May 20, the first China-Europe (Asia) train from Tianjin Port (天津港) to Tashkent via Khorgos this year departed. 50 40-foot containers were shipped to Uzbekistan via Tianjin Port (天津港) through the sea-rail intermodal transport mode. Zhao Lixun (赵立勋), General Manager of the Tianjin (天津) Branch of Shanghai Unicon International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (上海优尼康国际货运代理有限公司天津分公司), said: "In the past, the same goods generally had to go through train or sea transfer before reaching their destination. Now, the logistics time of the direct China-Central Asia train from Tianjin Port (天津港) to Tashkent is reduced by nearly half, and the logistics cost is reduced by about 20%."
Accelerating the joint construction and sharing of public services.
"Ultimately, it should be reflected in enhancing people's well-being and promoting common prosperity."
The ultimate focus of the grand chapter of national strategy is the people's readily available livelihood temperature.
"Promoting the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei should ultimately be reflected in enhancing people's well-being and promoting common prosperity," "Accelerating the joint construction and sharing of public services"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) always puts improving the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security in his heart.
Not long ago, as the "Fenjin (奋进) No." shield machine entered the steel sleeve in the left-line shield section from Chaobai Avenue Station (潮白大街站) to Gaolou Station (高楼站), the longest continuous shield section of Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22, the Chao-Gao shield section, achieved two-way connection.
As a landmark line of "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on Rail," Beijing (北京) Rail Transit Line 22 (Pinggu Line (平谷线)) is the first inter-provincial urban rail transit line in Beijing (北京) and Hebei (河北), and more than 80% of the total project has been completed. After the project is completed, it will take only 9 minutes for Sanhe City (三河市), Hebei (河北) to reach the Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center. The Beijing (北京) Urban Sub-Center, Pinggu (平谷), and Sanhe (三河), Hebei (河北) will achieve rapid interconnection through rail transit.
The three regions are focusing on promoting the interconnection, co-construction, and sharing of transportation infrastructure. Today, the "hands" between Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei are "held" tighter and tighter, and the achievements of transportation integration are benefiting the people of the three regions more and better.
Also in Sanhe City (三河市), a "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Customized Express Bus" is waiting at the Century Mingyuan Station (世纪名苑站). Wang Nan (王楠), who lives in a nearby community, swipes her ID card to board the bus. "I have been working in Beijing (北京) for 18 years and commuting across provinces for 13 years. In the past, it took two hours to squeeze on the bus, but now the express bus can reach Beijing (北京) Guomao (国贸) in 1 hour."
Meng Zhimeng (孟志猛), Deputy Director of the Langfang (廊坊) City Transportation Bureau of Hebei (河北) Province, introduced: "Opening express buses alleviates the inconvenience and long travel times for commuters traveling to and from Beijing (北京) during the morning and evening rush hours." Currently, 11 customized express bus routes have been opened from Sanhe (三河) City to Beijing (北京), with an average daily passenger volume of over 6,000.
As of now, the operating mileage of railways and expressways in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region both exceed 11,000 kilometers. Half-hour access between Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Xiong'an (雄安) has been achieved, and a 1 to 1.5-hour transportation circle among the major cities in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region has basically formed. Today, supported by regional transportation integration, the commuter circle around Beijing (北京), the functional circle of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Xiong'an (雄安), and the industrial synergy circle are accelerating, the degree of regional integration is increasing, the modern capital metropolitan area is vibrant, and the beautiful vision of people enjoying their travel and goods flowing smoothly is becoming a reality.
In addition to hardware interconnection, the improvement of intelligent management methods has also contributed to people's better lives.
Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) are adapting to the new trends in cultural and tourism consumption, innovating tourism cooperation mechanisms, and deepening cultural exchange and cooperation. The "2025 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Ancient Building Music Season" was held under the Burning Lamp Pagoda in Tongzhou (通州), Beijing (北京). For about 4 months, more than 10 ancient building spaces in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) were transformed into "concert halls," attracting the public to participate in immersive art experiences. The first sightseeing tourist train in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), the "Starlight·Yanzhao (燕赵) Train," was launched and operated, connecting seven major scenic spots such as the Mountain Resort and the Jinshanling Great Wall (金山岭长城), forming a "one-line multi-tour" golden corridor.
A social security card connects millions of households. People in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) can use their social security cards to take buses and subways, visit scenic spots and museums in the three places, and directly settle medical expenses in different provinces, making the "same city effect" more and more obvious.
Currently, Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) have achieved "one-card processing" for 44 human resources and social security service items, "one-card settlement" for medical expenses in more than 64,000 medical institutions, "one-card ride" for more than 3,900 transportation routes, "one-card tour" for 193 tourist attractions, and "one-card reading" for 193 libraries. As of the end of June this year, the number of social security card holders in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region has reached 117 million. A "super pass" brings residents of the three places into a "concentric circle" of benefiting and facilitating the people, enriching the cross-regional life landscape.
High-quality public service resources have achieved balanced allocation, and the level of equalization of basic public services has continued to increase. Educational resources "cross provinces and rivers." More than 300 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) have carried out various forms of cooperation with nearly 500 schools in Hebei (河北); the three places have fully cancelled the filing of out-of-province medical treatment, and 60 clinical test results have been mutually recognized in 914 medical institutions in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北). More than 5,600 designated medical institutions in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) have realized direct settlement of hospitalization expenses for out-of-province medical treatment; public services are jointly built and shared, and the three places have launched government service items with "the same standards for colleagues" in batches, and multiple service items have achieved "cross-province handling"...
Protecting the same green space and jointly protecting the same sky, the three places jointly prevent and control pollution and work together to control pollution. The outstanding report card witnesses the effectiveness of joint governance: In 2024, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) decreased by more than 60% compared with 2013, and the number of days with good air quality has increased significantly. The three places have strengthened the coordinated protection of key river basins, expanded the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for cross-border rivers, and the water environment has comprehensively eliminated inferior Class V sections. The proportion of surface water quality assessment sections that meet the national goals of the "14th Five-Year Plan" is dynamically achieved...
"Currently, the coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) has entered a new stage of comprehensive and high-quality in-depth advancement. Taking better playing the role of a high-quality development power source as the overall leader, and further comprehensively deepening reform as the driving force, the three places will promote coordinated development to a new level," said Liu Bozheng (刘伯正), Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Leading Group Office for Promoting the Coordinated Development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) and Executive Deputy Director of the Joint Working Office for the Coordinated Development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北).
The coordinated development of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) is running forward every step, and there is a new look every day. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region, with a stronger pulse of coordinated development, is continuously striving towards the goal of becoming a pioneer and demonstration zone for the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
(Reporters Gong Xiangjuan (龚相娟) and Ma Chen (马晨) participated in the writing of this report)
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During interviews in the three regions, one can deeply feel that the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is progressing within the era and within history, renewing itself every day and moving forward with every step. As "petals on a flower," the three regions answer the same questions and resonate at the same frequency, vividly staging the story of coordinated development.
The three regions have "different petals" and each displays its strengths. The driving force for coordinated development is strong and sustainable, with both the overall planning of "one chess game" and the indispensable complementary awareness of each region. Viewing a region from the overall situation, and viewing the overall situation from a region, Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) firmly grasp their positioning in the overall development situation, focus on characteristic development, contribute advantageous strengths, make up for regional weaknesses, create their own core competitiveness, and continuously release development vitality.
The three regions have "petals of one heart" and strengthen coordination. Industrial collaboration, transportation interconnection, public services... In various fields, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei continuously breaks through the "boundaries" of geography, breaks the "boundaries" of thinking, and forms the "cross-border" of practice. Top-level design and grassroots execution are precisely coupled, and the coordinated development pulsates with strong new vitality.
Adhering to drawing one blueprint to the end, based on the "different" reality and leveraging the "synergistic" advantages, the road of coordinated development in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei will become wider and wider, and the pace towards the goal of "a pioneer zone and demonstration zone for Chinese-style modernization construction" will become more and more firm.
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Chongqing's Tongnan District, 96-year-old Xiao Dingyou (肖定有) holds a yellowed storybook, telling stories of revolutionary martyrs to left-behind children day after day for twenty-eight years; Taizhou, Jiangsu, 73-year-old Luo Hongcai (骆宏才) carries a thick bag of materials, containing assistance information for rural children in difficulty... These warm figures are vivid reflections of the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth's 35 years of cultivation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The vast number of 'Five Olds' are a valuable asset of the Party and the country and an important force in strengthening ideological and political work among young people." Young people are the future of the motherland and the hope of the nation. Doing a good job in caring for the next generation is related to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth. Today, there are more than 1.07 million national committees for the well-being of the youth, and more than 13 million "Five Olds" (old cadres, old soldiers, old experts, old teachers, and old models) are engaged in caring for the next generation, playing an important role in inheriting the red gene, caring for the healthy growth of young people, helping families, schools, and communities to jointly educate people, and promoting social harmony and stability.
Red Soul Casting: Letting the Seeds of Faith Take Root in the Hearts of Young People
"The lights of Red Alley once illuminated the path of revolutionary predecessors, and today they will also illuminate your future..." In Dufu Dike, Zhonghua Road Street, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, there are red landmark buildings such as the site of the Central Peasant Movement Training Institute and the former residence of Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东), which locals are accustomed to calling Red Alley. Deng Guangdong (邓广东), a key member of the "Red Alley Grandpa" volunteer service team, is leading children in performing the situational drama "Three Family Letters." These veteran party members have connected red landmark buildings into red research routes, carrying out 186 red publicity events in the past 5 years, covering more than 30,000 people.
The inheritance of the red gene is not a boring indoctrination, but a vivid immersion. In recent years, the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth has taken the inheritance of the red gene project as an important project for casting the soul and educating people, creating diverse carriers such as "Five Olds" publicity, "Red Gene Map," and "Cloud Red Classroom," using the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists to educate young people and guide children to build a solid foundation of ideals and beliefs.
——Promoting the professionalization and standardization of the "Five Olds" publicity groups. In the past 5 years, 50,000 "Five Olds" report groups have been formed, 424,000 "Five Olds" off-campus counselors have been organized, and 958,000 Party history-themed publicity events have been carried out, from which the vast number of young people have drawn strength of faith.
——368 national bases for Party history and national history education for the well-being of the youth are strung together, and hundreds of red research routes allow young people to continue the red bloodline while walking.
——Building the "Online Care for the Next Generation" cloud platform, launching modules such as red maps, cloud tour exhibitions, and micro-video collections, digitally empowering red stories to transcend time and space.
Since 2022, the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth has designated July each year as "Youth Party History Learning Month" to focus on carrying out Party history education activities for young people. Brand activities such as the "Chinese Soul" theme reading activity, the Guangdong (广东) children's practice of socialist core values theme essay activity, the Zhejiang (浙江) Ningbo (宁波) "Approaching History and Moving Towards the Future" activity, and the Ningxia (宁夏) Guyuan (固原) "108 Li March to Commemorate Martyrs" have been vigorously carried out. In the past 5 years, 844,000 red research, labor practice, and literary and artistic performance activities have allowed young people to plant the seeds of faith in their hearts.
Care and Assistance: Delivering Warmth to Where Children Need It Most
Xiangshan Community, Nanpu Street, Xihu District, Nanchang, Jiangxi (江西), retired employees Wu Xuehua (伍学花) and retired teacher Chen Yanren (陈言人) are tutoring children, who affectionately call them "Grandma Teacher" and "Grandpa Teacher."
In 1975, 20-year-old Wu Xuehua began her journey of helping students. In 2017, with the support of the Xihu District Committee for the Well-being of the Youth, Chen Yanren and Wu Xuehua established the Wu Xuehua Studio, providing free cultural care for students in difficulty in the jurisdiction. Over the past 50 years, they have helped hundreds of students in difficulty. Many children who have received help have grown up and actively joined the volunteer team, and they have a common wish: to pass on the love relay baton of "Grandpa and Grandma."
The small classroom was born out of love, carrying dreams and pinning hopes.
In recent years, local committees for the well-being of the youth have relied on children's homes, youth activity rooms, and farmers' bookstores to jointly do a good job in caring for and serving young people such as rural left-behind children, migrant children, and children in difficulty. In the past 5 years, 900,000 "Five Olds" have participated in assistance, pairing up to care for 1.9 million left-behind, migrant, and children in difficulty.
In Yuzhong District, Chongqing (重庆), the Shancheng Senior University Committee for the Well-being of the Youth provides art training courses for the children of new employment groups and children with special education needs in the jurisdiction, benefiting 8,637 children;
In Tieli, Heilongjiang (黑龙江), 78-year-old Zhang Daoting (张道廷) leads children to adopt seedlings and record growth diaries, allowing the concept of "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" to take root in children's hearts;
In Shihezi, Xinjiang (新疆), the "Old Military Reclamation Legal Aid Studio's" "Old Political and Legal" personnel compiled legal provisions into talk shows and situational dramas, carrying out 210巡演 performances, benefiting tens of thousands of young people...
From legal education to helping children in difficulty, from preventing school bullying to publicizing drowning prevention, from guiding internet addiction to sexual assault prevention education, the care and protection of the "Five Olds" is everywhere. From "one-time" to "full-chain," care and assistance have expanded from simple material assistance to multiple measures such as ideological and belief guidance, psychological counseling, academic tutoring, and rights protection.
In the past 5 years, local committees for the well-being of the youth have raised 10.6 billion yuan in student aid funds, funded 12 million students, built more than 240,000 care bases such as "Five Olds" studios and off-campus counseling stations, 248,000 "Five Olds" psychological workers have used patience to smooth out the growth wrinkles of children, and more than 6,800 old principals and old teachers have brought high-quality classrooms to remote mountain villages.
Joint Education of Family, School, and Society: Letting Good Family Style Nourish Children's Healthy Growth
"Don't let doting spoil children, don't let excessive training make children suffer!" At a family education lecture in Yueyang, Hunan (湖南), the "Five Olds" are publicizing the "Four Don'ts, Five Leads, and Six Persistences" concept. This set of family education methods innovatively launched by the Yueyang Committee for the Well-being of the Youth has made many parents understand "educating people first educates oneself."
In order to inherit a good family style and promote good family education, in recent years, the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth has placed the promotion of family education on an important agenda. Since 2019, it has carried out the theme activity of "'Five Olds' Promoting Good Family Education and Good Family Style," with 730,000 "Five Olds" taking the lead in showing off family rules, establishing family precepts, and passing on family style, vigorously promoting traditional Chinese family virtues.
Parent schools are an important base for guiding family education. In recent years, the National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth system has launched the "Parent School Opening Week" online education activity, with 18 million people participating in learning, and has built 176,000 parent schools and 53,000 online parent schools.
In Beijing (北京), the education system Committee for the Well-being of the Youth has established 120 family-school-community joint education consulting rooms, with more than 400 "Five Olds" transforming into "intimate grandpas and grandmas"; in Zhejiang (浙江), the local Committee for the Well-being of the Youth has compiled the book "The Wisdom of Grandparents," promoting intergenerational education to become professionalized, making "grandparents' love" warmer...
For special families, the "Five Olds" use sincerity to build bridges of love. Chongqing's "surrogate parents" and Guizhou's "responsible and excellent education" lectures provide accurate services to left-behind children's families; 249,000 "Five Olds" across the country participate in psychological counseling, serving 9.36 million young people.
Though the sun sets in the mulberry forest, its rosy glow still fills the sky. "The China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth will continue to give play to the unique advantages and important role of the 'Five Olds' in educating and caring for young people, support more veteran comrades to make achievements and shine on the broad stage of caring for the next generation, and make the work of caring for the next generation always full of vitality," said the relevant person in charge of the China National Committee for the Well-being of the Youth.
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The Cambodia Lower Tatay Hydropower Station (pictured, photo by Luo Shiyun (罗世云)) is like an emerald, embedded deep in the Cardamom Mountains. On the dam of the power station, the words "Develop Hydropower, Benefit the People" are written in Chinese and Khmer, which are particularly eye-catching. This hydropower station, invested and constructed by China Huadian Corporation Limited (中国华电集团有限公司), has been in safe production for more than 4,300 consecutive days, with an average annual power generation of approximately 1 billion kilowatt-hours, contributing more than 10% of safe, stable, and reliable power to Cambodia annually. Recently, a reporter came to Koh Kong Province (戈公省) in southwestern Cambodia to visit this hydropower station that has been "on the job" for more than 10 years, to see how it safeguards the lights of thousands of Cambodian homes and adds bricks and tiles to the ironclad friendship between China and Cambodia.
Ensuring Power Stability and Reducing Electricity Costs
August is the flood season for the Tatay River (额勒赛河), and Yang Weiguo (杨伟国), the power station's duty officer, starts inspecting the dam early in the morning. "Now is the critical period for flood prevention, and someone must be on duty 24 hours a day," he told reporters. "The current water level is 107 meters, and flood discharge is required if it exceeds 108 meters."
Yang Weiguo said that the duty personnel publish short- and medium-term weather forecasts twice a day in the work group, and publish water information such as dam water level, unit load, and dam inflow flow every hour, and make preparations in advance based on weather forecasts. If the rainfall is particularly heavy, an emergency plan will be activated. "According to forecasts, there will be heavy rainfall recently. We have prepared sufficient flood control materials, inspected and maintained diesel generators and other backup power sources, flood discharge facilities, satellite phones, etc., to ensure safe flood passage," Yang Weiguo said.
Liu Xinxi (刘新喜), Executive Director of China Huadian Lower Tatay Hydropower Project (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. (中国华电额勒赛下游水电项目（柬埔寨）有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Lower Tatay Company (额勒赛公司)"), said that before the Lower Tatay Hydropower Station was put into operation, 20% of Cambodia's national electricity consumption relied on heavy oil power generation and imports, which was not only costly, but heavy oil power generation also caused pollution, seriously restricting local economic and social development. The Lower Tatay Hydropower Station plays a significant role in ensuring local electricity consumption and reducing electricity costs.
"More than ten years ago, Koh Kong Province (戈公省) had to rely on imports for electricity," said Wu Xitian (吴希天), a project translator living in Koh Kong Province (戈公省). Lower Tatay Company (额勒赛公司) erected a 32-kilometer transmission line from the hydropower station to Koh Kong City (戈公市). "In recent years, more and more factories have gradually appeared in Koh Kong Province (戈公省). Power outages are now rare, and electricity prices have also dropped a lot compared to before. With a stable power supply, many of us have added air conditioners and other appliances to our homes. We are very grateful to the Chinese enterprises."
Hun Sen (洪森), President of the Cambodian Senate and former Prime Minister, inspected the hydropower station and called it a "precious gift from the Chinese people." Sin Hong (伸宏), Deputy Governor of Koh Kong Province (戈公省), said that Koh Kong Province (戈公省) is a major fishing province in Cambodia. With a sufficient and cheap power supply, local fishermen can freeze and deep-process the seafood they catch and sell it to more distant places, increasing their income. "The benefits brought by the hydropower station are long-term."
Implementing Chinese Standards and Emphasizing Technological Innovation
Walking into the central control center of the Lower Tatay Hydropower Station, a huge electrical main wiring simulation screen is displayed in front of you, showing the unit operating status, reservoir water level, power generation load, and other information at a glance. "This system can remotely monitor the operating status of the hydropower station's units and prompt equipment anomalies," said Yang Shenghui (杨生辉), head of the Production and Technology Department of Lower Tatay Company (额勒赛公司).
Arriving at the hydropower station's testing center, an operator is conducting equipment testing. He fills the transformer oil sample with nitrogen, puts it into a shaker, heats it to 50 degrees Celsius, shakes it, and lets it stand, then takes out the shaken gas and injects it into a chromatograph. By analyzing the test results, the health status of the transformer can be accurately determined. Yang Shenghui said that this equipment can detect whether the transformer oil contains other impurities, which is convenient for timely detection of problems, thereby extending the service life of the transformer and ensuring the healthy operation of the equipment.
Yang Shenghui told reporters that routine testing of special equipment is related to the safety of personnel and equipment at the hydropower station, but Cambodia lacks relevant technical standards and requirements. In 2016, the project built the earliest hydropower station testing center in Cambodia in accordance with advanced Chinese standards. At present, the hydropower station testing center already covers more than 90 testing projects, including relay protection, generators, transformers, and circuit breakers, and also provides services to other Chinese-funded power companies in Cambodia.
"We bring Chinese technology to Cambodia to strive to provide high-quality clean energy to the local area and light up people's beautiful lives," said Liu Xinxi. Safe production is crucial. The company focuses on maintenance and technical transformation, emphasizes technological innovation, and has obtained 8 utility model patents.
Helping Talent Cultivation and Enhancing Development Capabilities
At 7 p.m., a conference room in the hydropower station is crowded with people, and local employees are learning Chinese through video conferencing.
In order to cultivate compound operation and maintenance talents for the hydropower station, Lower Tatay Company (额勒赛公司) and Guangxi Water Conservancy and Electric Power Vocational and Technical College (广西水利电力职业技术学院) have jointly held multiple "Chinese + Hydropower Vocational Skills" training courses. The training course has a one-year system, mainly online training, and the content covers Chinese, hydropower vocational skills, and other courses.
Lin Saida (林赛妲), an auxiliary duty officer for hydropower station operation, insists on attending 3 to 4 classes a week in the training course. "I am familiar with professional knowledge such as voltage, frequency, and power generation, and my Chinese expression is also more fluent," Lin Saida told reporters. She is working hard and hopes that one day she will be able to handle the difficulties encountered in the project like her Chinese colleagues.
"Training has changed my career choice," said Pan Na (潘那), a project translator. Pan Na (潘那) used to work as an electrician in Phnom Penh (金边). After coming to the Lower Tatay Hydropower Station project, he began to learn Chinese and, through hard work, became a full-time translator. "Working here, my income has increased a lot. I hope to continue learning, accumulate more knowledge and experience, and become a versatile person."
Organizing "Belt and Road" Energy College Cambodia training courses, creating a "Gui Shui Workshop (桂水工坊)" jointly cultivating power technology talents with domestic universities, holding "Huadian Night School (华电夜校)", providing "Silk Road" scholarships, organizing outstanding Cambodian employees to visit China... Rich training programs have enabled batches of Cambodian employees to grow and become talents in the hydropower station and take on important technical management positions, and the relationship between Chinese and Cambodian employees has become increasingly harmonious.
"The Lower Tatay Hydropower Station not only drives local employment, but also gives everyone the opportunity to learn the world's advanced hydropower technology, and is expected to enhance Cambodia's ability to independently build, operate, and maintain hydropower stations," said Sin Hong (伸宏).
Return to TopAfter mutual consultation, China and the United States will hold talks in Madrid, Spain (西班牙马德里). The two sides will discuss US unilateral tariff measures, abuse of export controls, and economic and trade issues such as TikTok. China will, as always, firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests and the multilateral trading system. It hopes that the US will meet China halfway, enhance mutual trust, reduce misunderstandings, and strengthen cooperation through equal dialogue and consultation, and assume its due responsibility for building an open world economy.
The essence of China-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. In the past few months, under the guidance of the important consensus reached by the two heads of state of China and the United States, the economic and trade teams of both sides have held three rounds of talks in Geneva (日内瓦), London (伦敦), and Stockholm (斯德哥尔摩), reaching positive consensus and playing a positive role in stabilizing bilateral economic and trade relations. China-US economic and trade relations are not only of great significance to both countries, but also have an important impact on world economic stability and development. China has always taken a responsible attitude and actively promoted both sides to properly manage contradictions, resolve differences, and strive for mutually beneficial and win-win results. Insufficient momentum for global economic growth makes **同舟共济** (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing a river in the same boat," to work together to overcome difficulties) the only way out, and protectionism will only backfire. The international community is pleased to see the phased progress made in China-US consultations and expects the two sides to continue to move forward on the track of dialogue and consultation, injecting positive energy into maintaining the international economic and trade order.
Regarding the TikTok issue, China will adhere to principles and firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese-funded enterprises. TikTok has been operating in the United States for many years, accumulating a large user base and high user stickiness. It is deeply loved by the American people and has made positive contributions to promoting domestic employment and driving consumption in the United States. The growth and expansion of TikTok is a reflection of market laws and corporate innovation capabilities, and its legitimate and compliant operation should be treated fairly. The Chinese government attaches great importance to data privacy and security, and has never and will never require companies or individuals to collect or provide data located in foreign countries for the Chinese government in violation of local laws. The US politicizes, instrumentalizes, and over-securitizes economic and trade issues, disregards the laws of the market economy, and attempts to seize by force, which not only damages the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, but also damages the credibility of the US market.
Specific commercial arrangements involving Chinese companies must comply with Chinese laws and regulations. If relevant arrangements involve the transfer of technology abroad, whether through trade or investment or other means, they should comply with the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Technology Import and Export" (《中华人民共和国技术进出口管理条例》) and go through government approval procedures in accordance with the law. This is a necessary measure to safeguard national economic security and development interests, and also to regulate the order of technology import and export and promote the healthy development of international economic and technological cooperation.
Focusing on the overall situation of China-US economic and trade relations, China maintains an open attitude towards consultations and is willing to resolve respective concerns and find solutions to problems through dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and equal consultation. However, consultations have principles, and the US has an obligation to provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese-funded enterprises, including TikTok, to continue operating in the US. If the US insists on harming the legitimate interests of Chinese-funded enterprises, China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard national interests and the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises.
The achievement of any consensus in talks requires joint efforts from both sides. Always thinking about taking "advantage" and making the other party "suffer" is by no means a long-term way to get along. China and the United States should earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state in their phone call, give full play to the positive role of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism, seek mutual benefit and win-win results on the basis of equality, respect, and reciprocity, strive for more positive progress, and enable the results of China-US mutually beneficial cooperation to better benefit the two countries and increase the world's well-being.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Ljubljana, September 13th (新华社卢布尔雅那9月13日电) On September 13, 2025, Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局), and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with reporters in Ljubljana (卢布尔雅那) after holding talks with Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanja Fajon (法永).
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that the talks between the two sides were comprehensive and in-depth, achieving broad consensus. We talked about friendship. China was among the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚). A consistent tradition of Chinese diplomacy is that all countries, regardless of size, are treated as equals. For more than 30 years, no matter how the international situation has changed, China has maintained the continuity and stability of its foreign policy, always treating Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚) as an equal, engaging in friendly cooperation, and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results, becoming a model for relations between countries of different sizes and social systems. Time has fully proven that China and Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚) are friends and partners that can be trusted. The China-Slovenia Friendship Monument (中斯友好纪念碑) standing in the center of Ljubljana (卢布尔雅那) is a vivid portrayal of the friendship between China and Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚). China is willing to work with Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚) to continuously strengthen practical cooperation in various fields, better benefit the people of both countries, and write a new chapter in the friendship between China and Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚).
We talked about peace. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. On a global scale, the Chinese people's resistance against aggression started the earliest, lasted the longest, and paid a huge price of 35 million military and civilian casualties. They defeated Japanese militarism on the main Eastern battlefield, preventing them from joining forces with the fascist forces in Europe, and making a significant contribution to the final victory of World War II. The Chinese people's resilient resistance won widespread sympathy and support among peace-loving people in Europe. Today, remembering history and commemorating the martyrs is for the sake of cherishing peace and opening up the future. The current international situation is intertwined with turmoil and conflicts are constant. China and Europe should be friends rather than adversaries, and should cooperate rather than confront each other. Making the right choice in the midst of a century of change demonstrates the responsibility that both sides should bear to history and to the people.
We talked about the future. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, facing the endless stream of global challenges and the increasing governance deficit, President Xi Jinping (习近平), in response to the demands of the United Nations and the wishes of various countries, proposed the Global Governance Initiative. China's intentions are open and aboveboard. It is not to start anew, let alone replace anyone, but to work with all responsible countries in the world to reform and improve global governance, so that it adapts to the new requirements of the times, truly safeguards the UN Charter, effectively practices multilateralism, and better promotes human development and progress. This is the due meaning of China fulfilling its responsibilities as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and I believe that this goal is also what Europe expects and is in line with Europe's interests. China is willing to work with European countries, including Slovenia (斯洛文尼亚), to inject more stability and stronger positive energy into the international situation, and create a brighter future for the world.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that China is a responsible major country and also a country with the best record on peace and security issues. War cannot solve problems, and sanctions will only complicate them. China does not participate in or plan wars. What we do is to promote peace and promote talks, and promote the political settlement of hotspot issues through dialogue. The most important thing at present is to promote multilateralism, strengthen multilateral mechanisms, and jointly safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王海林
Sri Lanka's gems, Iran's saffron, Rwanda's coffee, Peru's alpaca dolls, Mali's handicrafts... At the "Colorful World" cultural exhibition and exchange event held in the cultural and tourism services section of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), the booths of 20 embassies in China from countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" allowed visitors to encounter the unique cultures and regional styles of various countries.
Walking up to the Rwanda booth, exhibitor Jimulinda enthusiastically introduced coffee, tea, handicrafts, and other products to the audience. He said, "Thanks to the 'Belt and Road' initiative and China's zero-tariff policy, our coffee is accelerating its entry into the Chinese market." He also promoted Rwanda's ecotourism to reporters, welcoming more Chinese tourists to experience the local natural charm.
"Come and have a taste, the wine is very good!" Moldova exhibitor Grigore Alexander greeted the passing audience. Alexander said that this was his fourth time participating in CIFTIS, and he has made many new friends each time. Many viewers have expressed interest in wine-themed tourism routes. "CIFTIS allows the products and services of various countries to be displayed, and also allows us to strengthen exchanges with partners and consumers. We look forward to deepening cooperation with Chinese partners in trade and cultural tourism through this platform."
At the Uganda booth, shea butter, stone carvings, bark paintings and other characteristic products fully demonstrated the local natural and humanistic beauty. "CIFTIS is an important measure to promote global trade interconnection." Exhibitor Mukisa Joseph said that trade cooperation between African countries and China is deepening, and African products are entering the Chinese market more conveniently.
In recent days, not only has the "Colorful World" cultural exhibition and exchange event been popular, but the entire cultural and tourism service exhibition area has been bustling. The 11,100-square-meter exhibition area brings together more than 400 domestic and foreign companies, including 83 Fortune Global 500 companies and leading companies in the industry. With the theme of "Technology Empowerment Creative Leadership," the exhibition area is divided into four sections: Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture, Cultural New Quality Productivity, Cultural, Commercial, Tourism and Sports Integration, and Overseas Communication and Exchange of Cultural Products. Naked-eye 3D dragons "break through the wall," AI digital humans generate exclusive itineraries in seconds, and viewers "stroll" through the Old Summer Palace (圆明园) with the help of virtual reality equipment... Through augmented reality, mixed reality, naked-eye 3D and other technologies, many foreign friends are immersed in the latest achievements of the deep integration of technological innovation and the cultural tourism industry.
Georgia exhibitor Levan Tavazeh said: "CIFTIS is not only a platform for countries to display diverse cultures and cultural tourism resources, but also an important bridge to promote global trade cooperation." At this technology-filled and culturally charming event, participants from various countries jointly witnessed the power of open cooperation and worked together to depict a new landscape of global service trade of "**各美其美、美美与共**" (gè měi qí měi, měi měi yǔ gòng - "each appreciates its own beauty, and appreciates the beauty of others together," a harmonious world where different cultures coexist and appreciate each other).
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Experiencing "alpine skiing" with augmented reality equipment, aiming at the bullseye to feel "shooting" skills, watching robot soccer games up close... The sports service exhibition area, themed "City of Events, Linking the Globe," is bustling with activity. The deep integration of technology and sports brings a new experience to the audience, making the exhibition area one of the popular check-in spots at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS).
The exhibition area, with a total area of 7,650 square meters, is divided into five sections: sports event services, sports technology services, outdoor and ice and snow services, international exchange services, and sports industry services, attracting more than 400 companies and more than 40 international organizations to participate online and offline. The High-Quality Development Conference of Sports Event Economy and the Outdoor Sports and Ice and Snow Economy Development Forum brought together experts, scholars, and entrepreneurs from the sports industry at home and abroad to share practical cases and look forward to the industry's prospects.
"This is my first time participating in the CIFTIS, and the scale is amazing! In the sports service exhibition area, technology empowers sports to bring more participation and fun to the public," said Enrique Garcia, General Manager of Seven Mila Sports (赛文米拉体育公司) China.
"At the CIFTIS, I had extensive contact with representatives of Chinese government departments, sports colleagues, and entrepreneurs, and everyone's willingness to cooperate was positive and enthusiastic." Garcia said that as the living standards of Chinese residents continue to improve, the concept of national fitness is increasingly popular, "**深入人心** (shēn rù rén xīn - "enter deeply people's hearts," deeply rooted in people's hearts)." "More and more Chinese people like urban sports, and our company's desire to develop the Chinese market is becoming more and more urgent. We have planted the seeds of cooperation at this CIFTIS. Next year, the company will launch new projects in Beijing (北京), and the future is promising."
French company Wavelandes (法国Wavelandes公司), which is engaged in surfing wave-making business, is also optimistic about the Chinese market. "The company has participated in the CIFTIS continuously since 2023, laying a good foundation for developing the Chinese market," said Nobel Dicro, the company's founder. At last year's CIFTIS, the company showcased its third-generation wave-making technology and the new concept of urban surfing parks, and established a strategic partnership with a Chinese company. At present, Wavelandes is working with its partners to promote the implementation of the Sino-French Ecological Surfing Park project, and plans to build it into a world-class surfing and tourism destination. Dicro believes that China attaches importance to the development of sports, creating new consumption scenarios for outdoor sports, and promoting the continuous improvement of national health levels.
"China's economy is growing steadily and steadily promoting the opening of the service market, providing opportunities and enhancing confidence for foreign companies to enter the Chinese market. We not only regard China as a market, but also as an innovation partner. We hope to use the CIFTIS as an international platform to promote sports products and services to the world, promote healthy lifestyles, cultural exchanges and sustainable tourism, and promote more sports service trade cooperation between France and China," said Dicro.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 潘旭涛 翟钦奇 赵景锋
When the morning sun shines on the treetops of the Dahurian larch in the Greater Khingan Mountains, the saxaul in the Ulan Buh Desert is still asleep; when the night deepens on the Hulunbuir Grassland and the cattle and sheep return to their pens, the alfalfa on the banks of the Yellow River in Dengkou County still faces the sunset and grows vigorously... Inner Mongolia spans Northwest, North, and Northeast China, and is the largest and most ecologically diverse functional area in northern China. It is also one of the provinces with the most concentrated and severely affected desertification and land desertification in the country.
In June 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Inner Mongolia: "Building a solid ecological security barrier in northern China is a 'matter of national importance' that Inner Mongolia must keep in mind."
Coordinating the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, allowing the vast grasslands to "take paid leave," "hanging axes and stopping saws" in the Xing'an Forest Sea, and "planting greenery wherever possible" using slopes, wasteland, abandoned mines, and other spaces... Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, the vast number of cadres and people in Inner Mongolia are working hard, taking responsibility, and forging ahead, allowing the northern border of the motherland to reappear with the beautiful scenery of "wind blowing green grass and flowers everywhere" and "a bay of clear water reflecting the evening glow."
Averaging 60,000 Mu of Sand Prevention and Control per Day
Chaideng Gacha, Zhaojun Town, Dalad Banner, Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市达拉特旗昭君镇柴磴嘎查), villager Bai Qilao (白七劳) stands on a slope on the south bank of the Yellow River and the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠), looking at the lush green belt, scenes of fighting the yellow sand appear before his eyes...
Decades ago, Bai Qilao planted the first poplar tree here, "We hope to block the sand and protect the cultivated land." Today, the "four lines of defense" composed of green belts, silt dams, photovoltaic sand control belts, and lock-border forests firmly lock the yellow sand.
"We have fully launched the 'Three-North' Shelterbelt Project (三北防护林体系工程) battle, advancing sand prevention and control at a rate of 60,000 mu per day," said Tie Niu (铁牛), Deputy Director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forestry and Grassland Bureau (内蒙古自治区林草局). "The governance progress of the Mu Us Sandy Land (毛乌素沙地) has reached 80%, a 'photovoltaic Great Wall' has been built in the Kubuqi Desert, and the lock-border forest and grassland belts of the Badain Jaran Desert (巴丹吉林沙漠), Tengger Desert (腾格里沙漠), and Ulan Buh Desert have been closed."
Going upstream, there is a 5.7-kilometer-long area on the bank of the Yellow River in the Ulan Buh Desert within the Alxa League (阿拉善盟). In the past, pedestrians and camel caravans were extremely prone to being trapped in the sand and falling into the river, which was very dangerous. "In the past, the Yellow River water eroded the desert, and a large amount of yellow sand invaded the Yellow River, causing siltation of the riverbed," introduced Wang Xu (王旭), Party Secretary of Bayanmuren Sumu, Alxa Left Banner (阿拉善左旗巴彦木仁苏木).
Today, Chinese locust trees, purple willows, Lespedeza bicolor, and black locust trees grow luxuriantly here, and continuous grass squares and mushroom grass build a solid barrier for fixing and blocking sand on the banks of the Yellow River. Thanks to the local implementation of the ecological restoration project to prevent sand from entering the river, the vegetation coverage in this area has been greatly improved.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Inner Mongolia has cumulatively completed 148 million mu of afforestation, 367 million mu of grass planting, and 185 million mu of sand prevention and control, all ranking first in the country. All parts of Inner Mongolia are continuing to create ecological miracles of "green advancing and sand retreating."
970 Million Mu of Grassland "Taking Paid Leave"
After a rain, the grass color in the pastoral area of Chen Barag Banner, Hulunbuir City (呼伦贝尔市陈巴尔虎旗) is getting thicker. Walking into Arugun Family Ranch, you can see herdsman Taliya (塔丽娅) receiving tourists who come to visit and stay.
"In the past, raising sheep relied on grazing, and sheep liked to dig up grass roots to eat. In addition, the number of sheep raised was increasing, and the grassland was severely degraded," Taliya said. Now, after grazing is prohibited, she can receive a subsidy of 70,000 yuan a year, and the grassland is obviously greener. With free time, Taliya started a homestay business, which is very prosperous.
Data shows that more than 20 years ago, due to overgrazing and other reasons, the Hulunbuir Grassland degraded at a rate of 2% per year. In recent years, Inner Mongolia has continued to explore diversified compensation mechanisms for grass-livestock balance and grazing prohibition and rest, and implemented incentive and restraint policies that link the effect of grassland ecological protection with the distribution of subsidy and reward funds. By 2025, 970 million mu of grassland in Inner Mongolia will achieve "paid leave."
With grazing restricted, how can industrial development not be restricted? The key lies in changing the mode of operation.
In the modern cowshed of the Good Herdsman Cooperative in Zhenglan Banner, Xilingol League (锡林郭勒盟正蓝旗), feeding vehicles shuttle back and forth, and the fragrance of alfalfa and oats floats in the air.
Hao Zhizhong (郝志忠), the head of the cooperative, pointed to the forage rotation field and said: "We now adopt a grass-livestock linkage method, and jointly establish a cooperative with surrounding herders to integrate grasslands, pens, and labor to carry out pasture planting, large-scale breeding, and intensive processing." According to reports, the cost of alfalfa produced by the cooperative is only 1/3 of the market price, and oat grains are matched with self-produced straw, which greatly reduces feed costs. The fattening period of beef cattle is shortened by 3 months.
In order to solve the problem of grassland overgrazing, Inner Mongolia promotes the semi-stall feeding model, supports herders to integrate resources, purchase equipment, and build pens, increase the yield of artificial forage and edible pasture in natural grasslands, and realize intensive and large-scale breeding, and promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional animal husbandry.
Xing'an Forest Sea "Hanging Axes and Stopping Saws"
Arxan City, Hinggan League (兴安盟阿尔山市), southwest of the Greater Khingan Mountains, a monument to one million mu of planted forest stands in the mountains.
"In that forest, there are trees planted by three generations of our family." Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the forest sea, Wang Qiang (王强), a post-85s youth, is full of pride in his words.
Wang Qiang is a "third-generation forester." Every morning at 8 o'clock, after putting on his work clothes and picking up fire extinguishing tools, Wang Qiang plunged into the forest to check for fire hazards and pests. Most of the time, he can only hear his own "rustling" footsteps. "Seeing the forest getting denser and denser, I feel that all the hard work is worth it," Wang Qiang said.
As a region with early forestry development, Arxan was subjected to predatory logging. In more than half a century, Arxan's harvestable forest resources were almost exhausted. Even now, traveling in the upper reaches of the Halha River, you can still see the black wooden stakes left over from logging.
In 2015, the state-owned key forest area in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia comprehensively stopped commercial logging of natural forests. In the past 10 years, the forest stock volume in the state-owned key forest area in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia has increased from 803 million cubic meters to 1.029 billion cubic meters, an increase of nearly 30%; the number of wild plants has increased from 1,848 to 1,937, and the number of wild animals has increased from 390 to 439.
With green mountains and clear waters, why worry about not being able to exchange them for gold and silver mountains?
Creating forest ecological tourism areas, providing integrated services for catering, accommodation, and tourism; developing forest food, planting under-forest crops such as wood ear, mushrooms, and Cistanche deserticola; exploring pilot forestry carbon sink projects, and selling carbon sink products... The state-owned key forest area in the Greater Khingan Mountains of Inner Mongolia continues to transform ecological advantages into development advantages, and blaze a new path for the realization of forest ecological value.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 13th (September 13th) - A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) stated on the 13th that starting September 14th, China and the United States will hold economic and trade talks in Spain. What is the US's intention in imposing sanctions on Chinese companies at this time? China urges the US to immediately correct its erroneous practices and stop its unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises. China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
A reporter asked: We have noticed that on September 12, 2025, US Eastern Time, the US Department of Commerce (美商务部) announced that it would add a number of Chinese entities to the export control "Entity List." What is China's comment on this? The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) made the above response.
The spokesperson said that China has noticed that the US Department of Commerce (美国商务部) is generalizing national security, abusing export controls, and imposing sanctions on a number of Chinese entities in the fields of semiconductors, biotechnology, aerospace, and commercial logistics. The US, under the guise of maintaining international order and national security, is engaging in unilateralism and hegemonic bullying, placing its own selfish interests above the development rights of other countries, suppressing and containing enterprises in various countries, including China, disrupting normal commercial exchanges between other countries, seriously distorting the global market, harming the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, and undermining the security and stability of the global supply chain and industrial chain. China firmly opposes this.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), September 13th, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) issued an announcement on the 13th, deciding to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into imported related analog chips originating from the United States starting from September 13, 2025.
The announcement stated that the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) received a formal anti-dumping investigation application on July 23, 2025, from the Jiangsu Province Semiconductor Industry Association (江苏省半导体行业协会) on behalf of the domestic related analog chip industry, requesting an anti-dumping investigation into imported related analog chips originating from the United States. The Ministry of Commerce (商务部), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Anti-dumping Regulations of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国反倾销条例》), reviewed the applicant's qualifications, the relevant circumstances of the product under investigation, the relevant circumstances of similar Chinese products, the impact of the product under investigation on the domestic industry, and the relevant circumstances of the country under investigation.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), September 13th, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) released an announcement on the 13th, deciding to initiate an anti-discrimination investigation into the United States' (美国) measures related to the integrated circuit field in China (中国), starting from September 13, 2025.
The announcement stated that the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) has obtained preliminary evidence and information showing that the United States' (美国) measures related to the integrated circuit field in China (中国) (hereinafter referred to as "the measures under investigation") meet the circumstances stipulated in Article 7 of the "Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国对外贸易法)" regarding discriminatory prohibitions, restrictions, or other similar measures taken against the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) in trade. In accordance with the provisions of Articles 36 and 37 of the "Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国对外贸易法)," the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) has decided to initiate an anti-discrimination investigation into the United States' (美国) measures under investigation starting from September 13, 2025.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Shenyang (沈阳) on September 13th (Reporter Ren Tongtong (任彤彤)) The 12th repatriation and burial ceremony of the remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs from South Korea was held on the morning of the 13th at the Shenyang Anti-US Aggression and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园). The spirits of 30 Volunteer Army martyrs returned to rest in the land of China after being separated from their motherland for more than 70 years.
At about 10 o'clock, the ceremony officially began. The military band played the melodious and lingering "Elegy". Honor guards stood solemnly with guns on both sides, and ceremonial soldiers escorted the coffins containing the remains of the Volunteer Army martyrs slowly into the memorial square. The entire audience sang the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. After the memorial address, all attendees bowed three times to the remains of the Volunteer Army martyrs. Twenty-seven ceremonial soldiers fired 12 volleys in succession to pay high tribute to the Volunteer Army martyrs.
Silent pines and cypresses, sorrowful grass and trees. Ceremonial soldiers lifted the coffins of the Volunteer Army martyrs and circled half a circle around the square, slowly heading towards the burial palace. All attendees formed a long line to offer flowers and pay their respects to the martyrs, and to look up at the wall of martyrs' names.
Representatives from the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the International Department of the Central Committee (中央对外联络部), the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Central Committee (中央港澳办), the Working Committee of the Central and State Organs (中央和国家机关工委), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部), the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广电总局), the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部), the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission (中央军委国际军事合作办公室), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), Shenyang City (沈阳市), the People's Liberation Army stationed in Shenyang, the Armed Police Force, and the Northern Theater Command Army, relatives of the martyrs, officers and soldiers who participated in the military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory against Japan, representatives of heroic companies of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, representatives of Olympic champions, representatives of officers and soldiers, representatives of teachers and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and representatives of young students, totaling more than 300 people, attended the ceremony. The PLA Honor Guard and a brigade of the Northern Theater Command Army were ordered to perform the ceremonial duties for the burial ceremony.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's participation in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. On the 12th, the remains of the 12th group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs from South Korea were returned by a special air force plane from South Korea. Since 2014, a total of 1,011 remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs from South Korea have been buried in the Shenyang Anti-US Aggression and Aid Korea Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园).
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Accompanied by the melodious and lingering "Missing Tune," another group of fallen heroes of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (中国人民志愿军) returned to the homeland they defended with their lives.
They left as young men, and returned as heroic souls. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's (中国人民志愿军) participation in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Since 2014, China has successfully repatriated the remains of 1011 fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (中国人民志愿军) from South Korea, welcoming the heroes home in the name of the nation.
Passing through the water gate, firing salutes, offering flowers, and playing the national anthem. In Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), the fiery "China Red" permeated the city. Slogans lit up buildings, citizens took to the streets with red flags, and passing vehicles waited quietly, guarding the heroes' journey home.
Why do we welcome heroes with the highest honors?
Honoring heroes is a profound remembrance of history and original aspirations. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must always remember the blood and lives that revolutionary predecessors sacrificed for the cause of the Chinese revolution, and remember that the new China did not come easily." Seventy-five years ago, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (中国人民志愿军), in high spirits and with great courage, crossed the Yalu River (鸭绿江), and fought alongside the Korean people and army, winning the great victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which has significant and far-reaching implications for China and the world.
Yang Gensi (杨根思), Huang Jiguang (黄继光), Qiu Shaoyun (邱少云)... The river of history flows endlessly, and the spines of heroes stand tall and unyielding. They exchanged their young lives for the peace and security of the country today. We must never forget these "most beloved people." In the Shenyang Anti-US Aggression and Korean War Martyrs Cemetery (沈阳抗美援朝烈士陵园), many volunteer martyrs' tombs are adorned with photos spontaneously brought by the public, including aerial formations and weapons from the September 3rd military parade, as well as the magnificent mountains and rivers and urban landscapes of the motherland. These touching scenes seem to tell them: "This prosperous age is as you wished!" Demonstrating the people's deep remembrance and high respect for the heroes.
Defending heroes is a firm safeguard of glorious victory. In recent years, the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs" (中华人民共和国英雄烈士保护法) has been promulgated and implemented, the "Regulations on Commendation of Martyrs" (烈士褒扬条例) has been revised, and the new version of the "Martyr's Certificate of Honor" (烈士光荣证) has been put into use... These measures solemnly declare: "The state and the people will always respect and remember the sacrifices and contributions made by heroes and martyrs for the country, the people, and the nation."
Praising heroes in the name of the country is an important ritual for凝聚民族认同感和向心力 (níng jù mínzú rèntóng gǎn hé xiàngxīnlì - "cohesion of national identity and centripetal force," to strengthen national unity and sense of belonging). It is not only a consolation to the families of the martyrs, but also a spiritual baptism for everyone. In the process of welcoming heroes home, the red gene is inherited; under the influence of the heroic deeds, the people's ideals and beliefs are strengthened.
Learning from heroes is the inheritance and promotion of great spiritual power. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Only by respecting heroes can heroes emerge, and only by striving to be heroes can heroes emerge in large numbers." The best way to commemorate heroes is to inherit and promote their great spirit, continue to struggle, and forge ahead.
Today, the atmosphere of the whole society respecting heroes, defending heroes, and learning from heroes is becoming increasingly strong. The work of commending and commemorating heroes and martyrs continues to be implemented, red education bases are constantly improved, and relevant film and television works are producing high-quality products,凝聚起强大的精神力量 (níngjù qǐ qiángdà de jīngshén lìliàng - "gather strong spiritual strength," to unite a powerful spiritual force) for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Fighter jets escorting, mountains and rivers paying tribute, loyal souls immortal, and noble spirit forever. The spirit of heroes is passed down from generation to generation, the power of struggle is 生生不息 (shēng shēng bù xī - "life life not cease," to multiply and grow continuously), and our steps towards the future are even more sonorous.
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Since the beginning of this flood season, many parts of China have continuously experienced heavy rainfall, triggering floods and geological disasters.
The flood situation is a mobilization order, and the danger is a charge call. The vast number of grassroots party organizations and party member cadres of central enterprises have thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions on flood prevention, emergency rescue, and disaster relief work, fully engaged in emergency rescue and disaster relief, and allowed the party flag to fly high on the front line of flood prevention, flood control, and disaster relief.
Fully Restore Electricity and Communication Infrastructure
"The sooner we finish, the sooner the villagers can use electricity!" Zhao Liang (赵亮), the leader of the Communist Party member commando team of the State Grid Fuping County Power Supply Company (国网阜平县供电公司), wiped the sweat from his forehead.
From July 25th to 26th, Fuping County (阜平县), Baoding City (保定市), Hebei Province (河北省) suffered heavy rainfall, and the 10 kV Waqiangou 534 line in Waqiangou Village (瓦泉沟村), Wanglinkou Township (王林口乡), was severely damaged by the rainstorm. Zhao Liang (赵亮) led his team to the scene as soon as possible, setting up fences, installing cross arms, fixing wires... At 21:00 on the 29th, power supply to Waqiangou Village (瓦泉沟村) was fully restored.
"We will not withdraw until the signal is clear!" said Guo Zhengzhang (郭正章), a party member of the Construction Center of the Miyun Branch of China Mobile Beijing Company (中国移动北京公司密云分公司). Facing the flood situation, the Party General Branch of the Miyun Branch (密云分公司) launched an emergency response mechanism as soon as possible and established a party member commando team for flood prevention and security. The commando team members carried portable satellite communication backpacks weighing dozens of kilograms and followed firefighters deep into the core disaster area to set up satellite communication links and provide communication support for rescue operations.
"Rushing to the forefront, guarding the most dangerous places..." When the rainstorm struck, the Party Committee of China Unicom Beijing Branch (中国联通北京市分公司) issued a call. A total of more than 5,000 person-times of on-site support personnel were dispatched to complete the task of lighting up established villages on time and opening up the "lifeline" of communication in the disaster area.
Since August 7th, continuous heavy rainfall in Yuzhong County (榆中县), Lanzhou City (兰州市), Gansu Province (甘肃省) and other places has triggered flash floods. The Lanzhou Branch of China Telecom (中国电信兰州分公司) established a temporary party branch and formed a party member commando team. In Malantan Village (马莲滩村), Mapo Township (马坡乡), party member Zhou Wenhai (周文海) led the commando team to set up a satellite base station in the village health center as soon as possible; in Shangzhuang Village (上庄村), Mapo Township (马坡乡), Wang Zhengxu (王正旭), deputy general manager and party member of the Yuzhong Branch (榆中分公司), led a team to travel through three routes and successfully protect the communication node...
Fighting on the Front Line of Emergency Rescue and Road Protection
At 4:00 a.m. on July 30th, in the mountainous area of Huairou District (怀柔区), Beijing (北京), rescue work was still proceeding against the clock. Overlooking the G234 Yanliu Road (延琉路), the collapsed mountain divided the entire road into countless small sections, and it was urgent to clear the road. Wang Junqiang (王俊强), an operator and party member of the Wuhan Base of the Third Engineering Bureau of China Aneng (中国安能第三工程局武汉基地), concentrated on operating the excavator. "The roadbed has been completely hollowed out by the flash flood. Everyone must be careful when working!" Li Long (李龙), secretary of the directly affiliated party branch of the Wuhan Base (武汉基地), held a walkie-talkie, "We are a party member commando team and must complete the task!"
Since the beginning of this flood season, the vast number of grassroots party organizations and party member cadres of central enterprises have bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities and fully devoted themselves to the work of ensuring smooth traffic, demonstrating the responsibility of central enterprises on the front line of emergency rescue and disaster relief.
"We must seize the time to clear the breakpoints!" On July 30th, heavy rainfall caused serious road blockages in many villages in Huairou District (怀柔区). The Party Committee of China Railway 16th Bureau of China Railway Construction (中国铁建中铁十六局党委) established an emergency rescue on-site command and quickly assembled a team of technical experts and project management personnel in Beijing to form 6 party member commando teams, which went to the disaster area in three routes.
In Liulimiao Town (琉璃庙镇), the main rural road almost disappeared, and the river channel was silted with debris and rocks. Zhu Weichen (朱卫臣), the leader of the party member commando team, proposed the strategy of "**水陆并进**" (shuǐ lù bìng jìn - "land and water advance simultaneously," to advance on both land and water), and fully promoted river dredging, laying cross-river culverts, and repairing roads along the river. At 17:00 on August 2nd, the last section of the road into the village in Liulimiao Town (琉璃庙镇) was successfully cleared.
In Yangjiatai Village (杨家台村), Zhenluoying Town (镇罗营镇), Pinggu District (平谷区), Beijing (北京市), a commando team composed of 30 party members from China Energy Construction Beijing Electric Power Construction (中国能建北京电建) undertook the task of clearing silt. They cleared the silt shovel by shovel and transported the debris car by car. They fought continuously for more than ten hours and cleared a total of more than 150 cubic meters of silt. Li Hongyun (李红云), secretary of the Party Branch of Yangjiatai Village (杨家台村), held the hands of the team members and said excitedly: "Thank you for stepping forward in times of crisis and bringing hope to our entire village."
Making Every Effort to Ensure Major Tasks
On the evening of July 26th, Beijing (北京) was pouring rain. The operation and control hall of the China Resources Satellite Application Center (中国航天科技集团中国资源卫星应用中心) of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团) was brightly lit, and the sound of keyboards, exchanges, and calls rose and fell.
"The earlier the satellite imaging, the faster the disaster situation can be judged!" The Operation and Service Party Branch of the China Resources Satellite Application Center (中国资源卫星应用中心运行服务党支部) formed an emergency imaging youth support team to obtain high-resolution remote sensing images of Miyun District (密云区), Beijing (北京市), Luanping County (滦平县), Hebei Province (河北省) and other areas in the shortest time, providing reference for relevant departments' decision-making.
On July 28th, the water at the Liangxiang University Town toll station (良乡大学城收费站) in Fangshan District (房山区), Beijing (北京市) surged. The Beijing-Xiong'an Expressway Management Office of China Railway Transportation (中国中铁交通京雄高速管理处) quickly organized and established a flood prevention and flood control party member service team to go deep into the ditches to clear blockages, drain water, and investigate potential safety hazards. "As a party member, we cannot relax in ensuring smooth and safe traffic!" said Mi Wenhui (秘文辉), the leader of the party member service team.
Racing against time on the front line of emergency rescue. On July 27th, affected by the heavy rain in Beijing (北京), the amount of water collected in the drainage ditch at the entrance of the Central Reserve Grain Beijing Tongzhou Direct Storage (中央储备粮北京通州直属库区) suddenly increased, facing drainage pressure. At a critical moment, 9 party members of the Fourth Standard Project Party Branch of the Wenchao Jianhe Project of China Communications First Public Bureau Group (中交一公局集团温潮减河工程四标项目党支部) took the initiative to join the emergency rescue mission. They diverted rainwater into the foundation pit for storage and then discharged it with water pumps. After hard work, they successfully lowered the water level below the safety line. "Ensuring the safety of reserve grain is our bounden duty!" said party member Zhao Qiang (赵强).
Sweat mixed with mud, just to practice the solemn oath of "I am a party member, I will go first." The vast number of grassroots party organizations and party member cadres of central enterprises rush to the forefront when storms strike, becoming a solid reliance for the people in the disaster area.
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Wholeheartedly participating in rescuing trapped people, dedicating themselves to ensuring smooth traffic flow around the clock, and comprehensively guaranteeing major tasks... In critical moments, wherever there is a need, central enterprises appear.
The flood situation is the order, and responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai. As the main force and "national team" for guaranteeing energy, communications, transportation, food, and other essential supplies, central enterprises move at the first sign of flooding and head towards danger. The vast number of grassroots party organizations and party member cadres of central enterprises rush to the front lines when storms strike, stay in the most dangerous places during rescue and disaster relief, and demonstrate the responsibility of central enterprises in major battles and tests, safeguarding the lives and property of the people with practical actions.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Nanjing, September 13th) (Reporter Ge Liangliang (葛亮亮)) On the 13th, a theoretical promotion symposium guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, on the theme of "The Contemporary Value of the 'Taizhou School' and Consolidating the Cultural Subjectivity of the Chinese Nation" was held in Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. Qu Futian (曲福田), Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and Chairman of the Federation of Philosophy and Social Sciences, and Fang Jiangshan (方江山), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Daily (人民日报社), attended the meeting.
The symposium aimed to study the ideological essence, historical contributions, and contemporary value of the "Taizhou School," promote the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, promote the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with the specific realities of China and with outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and make academic contributions to strengthening cultural confidence and consolidating the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation. Scholars from Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Nanjing (南京) and other places, including Yang Guorong (杨国荣), Zhu Yilu (朱义禄), Wang Wendong (王文东), Qian Ming (钱明), Zhang Xinke (张新科), Fan Heping (樊和平), Wang Yueqing (王月清), and Zhou Qun (周群), delivered speeches on the theme. The symposium was jointly hosted by the Theoretical Department of the People's Daily (人民日报社理论部) and the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Social Science Associations (江苏省社科联), and organized by the Taizhou School Research Center of the Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences (江苏省社科院泰州学派研究中心) and the Taizhou Municipal Federation of Social Science Associations (泰州市社科联).
Return to TopThe ninth annual Finance and Development Forum was held at the People's Daily (人民日报) on September 13th, with the theme of "Expanding Domestic Demand and Meeting Challenges."
The forum was co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Public Finance at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (上海财经大学), *People's Weekly* (《人民周刊》) magazine, the School of Finance and Taxation and Investment at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (上海财经大学), and the Research Institute of Chinese-style Modernization at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (上海财经大学).
At the forum, experts and scholars from universities and research institutions such as Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), Central University of Finance and Economics (中央财经大学), University of International Business and Economics (对外经济贸易大学), and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) held discussions on fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. Participants stated that China's economic development achievements are encouraging, and expanding domestic demand has been very effective. In the future, it is necessary to further expand the domestic market, optimize consumption and investment policies, and build a complete domestic demand system. It is also important to combine expanding domestic demand with meeting the people's needs for a better life, lead the market with technological innovation, and form a new development pattern of domestic and international dual circulation promoting each other.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘志强
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, pointed out: "Earnestly implementing policies and measures to promote the development of the private economy is the current focus of work to promote the development of the private economy."
Economic situations are constantly changing, so how do private enterprises feel? Production and operation involve numerous details, so what demands do private entrepreneurs have?
Since July 2023, as a department for macroeconomic management and comprehensive economic coordination, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) has insisted on holding private enterprise symposiums (民营企业座谈会) (hereinafter referred to as "symposiums") on a regular basis, widely listening to the real thoughts of private entrepreneurs. Up to now, 18 symposiums have been held, with more than 80 enterprises participating. After the meetings, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) coordinated with relevant parties to promote the resolution of specific demands raised by enterprises, and more than 160 comments and suggestions were responded to, promoting problem-solving.
Recently, reporters visited three private enterprises that had participated in the symposiums, inviting the entrepreneurs to share their experiences.
Facilitating a Law Revision
Promoting Liquid Infant Formula Products to Fill the Domestic Market
On September 12, the 17th meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee passed the "Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the 'Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China'"《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于修改〈中华人民共和国食品安全法〉的决定》. This amendment added relevant provisions to Articles 81, 82, and 124 of the Food Safety Law, clarifying that "Infant Formula Liquid Milk" (婴幼儿配方液态乳) (hereinafter referred to as "liquid infant formula") should be included in registration management.
Upon hearing the news, relevant personnel from Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) were very pleased, "We saw the dawn of bringing liquid infant formula products to the market, and our long-cherished wish will soon become a reality."
The legislative "birth certificate" for liquid infant formula originated from an exchange at a symposium.
In July 2023, when participating in the symposium, relevant personnel from Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) raised a demand: "According to current laws and regulations, infant formula milk powder in our country should be subject to registration management, but there is no clear requirement for liquid milk products to be registered or filed. Although we have mastered the technology of liquid infant formula, we cannot produce and sell related products."
Through face-to-face communication, the situation became clearer: In recent years, the demand for liquid infant formula products in the domestic market has been growing, but consumers mainly purchase imported products. At the same time, some domestic enterprises, including Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业), have begun to develop and trial-produce liquid infant formula products, and urgently look forward to clarifying regulatory requirements.
Learning that this was a common problem reflected by the industry, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) immediately communicated with the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局). A few days later, Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) received a call from the Food Review Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局食品审评中心), soliciting materials from the enterprise on related issues. Immediately afterwards, relevant authorities conducted on-site research at the Feihe Kedong Factory (飞鹤克东工厂) in Qiqihar City (齐齐哈尔市), Heilongjiang (黑龙江). "The purpose of the research was very clear, which was how to help enterprises solve problems," said relevant personnel from Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业).
After the establishment of the Private Economy Development Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委民营经济发展局) in September 2023, it held several special coordination meetings, closely communicated with relevant departments, and actively promoted work related to liquid infant formula production licenses. From promoting the release of the "National Food Safety Standard Good Manufacturing Practices for Infant Formula Foods"《食品安全国家标准 婴幼儿配方食品良好生产规范》, to studying and drafting detailed rules for the review of liquid infant formula production licenses, and then to clarifying the inclusion of liquid infant formula in registration management, related work has been actively promoted, and domestic enterprises have more rules to follow.
The amended Food Safety Law will take effect on December 1, 2025. At present, Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业) has put the preparation of new products on the agenda. "Building production lines, transforming factories, and preparing to seize opportunities and expand the market," said relevant personnel from Feihe Dairy (飞鹤乳业). The experience of participating in the symposium made the company truly feel the country's emphasis on the healthy development of private enterprises, and we are more confident in the next step of investment and development.
Solving a Problem
How the Construction of an Aviation Logistics Hub Accelerated
Since visiting the headquarters of a multinational express enterprise in the United States in 2007, building his own "air fleet" has become a dream in the heart of Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟), chairman of YTO Express (圆通速递).
In 2012, the first Boeing 737 YTO all-cargo charter flight was put into operation; in 2014, YTO Airlines (圆通航空公司) was approved for establishment; in September 2015, YTO Airlines' (圆通航空公司) first self-owned all-cargo aircraft took off; in 2020, YTO's global aviation logistics hub "Oriental Tiandi Port" (东方天地港) investment settled in Jiaxing (嘉兴), Zhejiang (浙江)... With the rapid development of China's express delivery industry, YTO Express' (圆通速递) strength has increased day by day, and the aviation sector has grown stronger.
However, affected by some factors, the construction of YTO Express' (圆通速递) Oriental Tiandi Port (东方天地港) was once relatively slow.
"Oriental Tiandi Port (东方天地港) is a key step for YTO to build a '1+7' international network layout. After completion, it will be based in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), connect the whole country, radiate globally, and serve the full-link cross-border export of Chinese products and Chinese services." When participating in the symposium in July 2023, Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟) introduced the Oriental Tiandi Port (东方天地港) project, striving to win the support of relevant departments for construction.
"The construction of a modern logistics hub is not only a matter for one enterprise, but also an important measure for us to unblock the domestic and international dual circulation, which is related to the resilience and security of the national industrial chain and supply chain." Yu Weijiao's (喻渭蛟) project, which he was always thinking about, received the attention of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委).
"From land resources and hub positioning to customs clearance facilitation, after the meeting, under the overall coordination of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), departments such as transportation, land, customs, civil aviation, and postal services, as well as the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee (浙江省委) and the Zhejiang Provincial Government (浙江省政府), communicated and coordinated with us one after another, unblocking various blockages, so that the project could be promoted smoothly and efficiently, and the progress far exceeded expectations," said Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟).
The roads in the park are fully connected, the main body of the entrance and exit is dismantled, 30 single buildings are under construction, and some cargo stations, warehouses, maintenance hangars and other projects have entered the final stage... At present, YTO's Oriental Tiandi Port (圆通东方天地港) in Jiaxing (嘉兴) is under construction, and it is expected to be fully completed and put into use by the end of this year.
"As a private enterprise, we have seen recognition and enhanced confidence from the central government's high attention and the strong support of relevant departments and local governments, and we have more confidence and motivation for development," said Yu Weijiao (喻渭蛟).
Implementing a Training Program
How the Younger Generation of Private Entrepreneurs Grows
Studying abroad at the age of 17, entering Yuxin Industrial Group (钰鑫实业集团) at the age of 24, and becoming president of the group at the age of 30... As a young entrepreneur, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新), born in 1982, took over the enterprise from his parents and also took on the responsibility.
"Among the successors of private enterprises, many are overseas students. Although everyone has an international perspective and professional knowledge, they lack in-depth understanding of the domestic market environment, policies and regulations, and cultural heritage, and face many challenges when taking over the enterprise." After years of engaging in enterprise management, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) has formed his own thinking in practice.
On January 9, 2024, when invited to participate in the symposium, Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) shared his experience and made a suggestion: He expects the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) to open training courses to strengthen the training of the younger generation of private economic figures.
"At the scene, everyone listened carefully, recorded in detail, and revealed concern in their eyes." Yin Shunxin's (尹顺新) proposal was clearly responded to by the main person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) on the spot: It will work with relevant units to carry out systematic training for young entrepreneurs.
Actively communicate and coordinate, solicit specific suggestions, and carefully set up courses. In late May 2024, the first training course of the "New Era Private Economy Personnel Training and Empowerment Program" (新时代民营经济人士培育赋能计划) was held at the Central Socialist Institute (中央社会主义学院). The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) organized the training together with the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee (中央统战部) and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), and more than 70 young entrepreneurs gathered together. Responsible comrades from relevant departments and relevant experts and scholars gave lectures on the spot, covering economic situation analysis, policy interpretation, national conditions education and many other aspects.
"I didn't expect that a simple proposal at the symposium could become a reality in a short time." Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) was excited and surprised when he received the invitation to participate in the first training course. He and other students listened attentively and actively discussed, "Three days is not long, but the course content is rich, targeted, and focused, fully considering the characteristics and needs of private enterprise successors. The discussion session every day continued until 10 pm and was still not finished."
Up to now, 5 training courses have been held, and more than 410 young entrepreneurs have participated in the training. They have learned knowledge, improved their skills, broadened their horizons, and enhanced their sense of responsibility. Young private entrepreneurs, including Yin Shunxin (尹顺新), have benefited a lot. "After returning to various places, the students often contact each other. In fact, everyone is also 'secretly competing' to see who can run the enterprise better and make greater contributions to society." Yin Shunxin (尹顺新) firmly believes that young entrepreneurs must cultivate their feelings for the country and promote the spirit of outstanding entrepreneurs to run the enterprise better and better.
[Reporter's Note]
The interviewed entrepreneurs told reporters that through participating in the meeting, they felt warmth, received benefits, and truly understood the meaning of "face-to-face."
This is a "bridge of hearts." Some entrepreneurs said that face-to-face communication reflects the clean and close relationship between government and business, eliminates information barriers between government and enterprises, narrows the psychological distance, allows enterprise demands to be responded to faster and better, and makes policy formulation more down-to-earth.
This is also a "reassurance pill." Many entrepreneurs said that under the strong leadership of the Party, private enterprises will usher in broader development space, and enterprises will continue to improve quality, create brands, expand markets, and consciously take the road of high-quality development.
During the interview, three entrepreneurs mentioned the same sentence:
"The development prospects of the private economy in the new era and new journey are broad and promising, and it is the right time for the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs to show their talents."
(Related reports on page 4)
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Why does the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) hold private enterprise symposiums on a regular basis? What are the main processes involved? How will it be further promoted in the next step? Regarding these questions, a reporter interviewed the relevant responsible comrade of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委).
Q: Why hold private enterprise symposiums on a regular basis?
A: Currently, China's private economy has already formed a considerable scale, occupies a very important position, and plays an important role in stabilizing growth and employment.
"The ducks are the first to know when the river warms in spring" (春江水暖鸭先知 - chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī - "spring river water warm duck first know," those living closest to something are the first to feel its effects). Enterprises are micro-level business entities, and they have the most direct and sensitive perception of the market. Regularly listening to enterprises' views on the economic situation and industry development, and grasping first-hand real situations, is an important foundation and effective path for formulating plans and policies at the macro level. It helps to objectively evaluate the implementation effect of current policies in a timely manner and promote the improvement of macro policy measures.
In addition to the private enterprise symposiums hosted by the main responsible comrades of our commission, other responsible comrades and relevant departments of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) also specially organize private enterprise symposiums during field investigations to listen to the real thoughts of private entrepreneurs and carefully study the difficulties, problems, opinions, and suggestions raised by enterprises. In the past two years, our commission has held more than 500 symposiums and exchanges with private enterprises, and the development and reform departments of provinces, cities, and counties have held more than 20,000 private enterprise symposiums.
Through the symposiums, we have found that many of the thoughts and suggestions put forward by the participating enterprises have strong reference significance for formulating macro policies. For the specific demands put forward by enterprises, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) will actively coordinate with relevant parties to promote solutions as soon as possible; for macro-level policy recommendations, it will work with relevant parties to carefully study and demonstrate, and promote the improvement or introduction of relevant policies.
Q: What is the main process for holding symposiums?
A: It mainly consists of four links.
First, determine the meeting theme. This mainly involves planning exchange themes based on actual work needs and social hotspots, such as the economic situation, large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, foreign trade trends, and scientific compilation of the "15th Five-Year Plan (十五五)" and other content. Among the 18 symposiums, 8 listened to enterprises' real feelings about the economic situation, 2 learned about the "two new" work (大规模设备更新和消费品以旧换新工作), 3 listened to opinions and suggestions on the foreign trade situation, 3 listened to opinions and suggestions on the "15th Five-Year Plan (十五五)," 1 combined the promulgation of the Law on Promoting the Development of the Private Economy and the work of "stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations" to listen to opinions and suggestions, and 1 focused on solving specific problems and demands.
Second, select participating enterprises. The enterprises participating in the symposiums take into account different scales of large, medium, and small enterprises, cover different regions in the east, middle, and west, and try to listen to real situations from all aspects as much as possible. A total of more than 80 private enterprises were invited to participate in the 18 symposiums. Among them, there are both leading enterprises in the industry and small and micro enterprises, involving both strategic industries such as new energy and artificial intelligence, and key areas such as engineering construction, bulk consumption, and foreign economic and trade.
Third, prepare and organize the meeting. After the meeting plan is determined, the enterprises are notified of the time, location, and theme, and they are reminded to "talk more about the difficulties and problems encountered in the production and operation of the enterprise" and "talk more about the common problems faced by the industry." The Private Economy Development Bureau (民营经济发展局) of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) will arrange a dedicated person to provide one-on-one connection services.
Fourth, implement after the meeting. Sort out the demands and suggestions of enterprises, form a problem ledger, solicit opinions from departments and agencies, and clarify implementation measures, division of responsibilities, and time limits. The Private Economy Development Bureau (民营经济发展局) arranges a dedicated person to follow up and regularly schedule the progress of handling. For problems that have made progress in handling, they are promptly fed back to the enterprise. For those that cannot be done temporarily, they will also communicate and explain to the enterprise.
According to statistics, in the current 18 symposiums, private enterprises have put forward a total of 191 opinions and suggestions, and more than 160 have been resolved.
Q: Next, how will relevant work be continuously promoted?
A: The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) will take multiple measures to promote the development and growth of the private economy and the continuous recovery and improvement of the economy.
First, it will work with relevant parties to closely track the production and operation of private enterprises, focus on helping enterprises expand their markets and overcome difficulties, strengthen financial and legal services, and provide targeted support and assistance in terms of policies, planning, and funds.
Second, it will give full play to the role of the national and local multi-level normalized communication and exchange mechanism with private enterprises, make good use of the comprehensive service platform for the development of the private economy, carefully sort out the opinions and suggestions of participating enterprises, and gather the resources and strength of various regions and departments to help enterprises solve practical difficulties and problems together.
Third, taking the solution of the problems and demands reflected by enterprises as a starting point, addressing both the symptoms and root causes, based on the overall situation, learning from one instance and applying it to others (举一反三 - jǔ yī fǎn sān - "raise one oppose three," to learn by analogy), it will work with relevant departments to increase the efforts to protect the property rights of private enterprises and the legitimate rights and interests of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, so as to achieve the goal of solving a class of problems, benefiting a group of enterprises, and helping an industry, and effectively promote the healthy and high-quality development of the private economy.
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At 8 PM, the glass door of "Echo Percussion Experience Hall" (Echo打击乐体验馆) on Hengfeng Road (恒丰路) in Jing'an District (静安区), Shanghai (上海), glowed warmly, with the aroma of coffee rising inside as the "Youth Night School" (青年夜校) kicked off lively. Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤) (pseudonym), the owner of the small shop, adjusted the drum set equipment as several "white-collar" students who had just finished work eagerly grabbed their drumsticks.
At the same time, in Zhang Fan's (张帆) live broadcast room at the "Tǎmadrama Retirement Market" (Tǎmadrama退休市集) in MixC World Suhe Bay (苏河湾万象天地), two kilometers away, orders were "flying" to the dazzling array of handmade items on the shelves. These two small shops, run by post-90s entrepreneurs, are among the best of the many youth-oriented shops in Jing'an District (静安区). In the commercially rich Jing'an District (静安区), young people are innovating business models and consumption scenarios, creating unique product designs, and opening up "youthful" small shops in the back streets and alleys.
In February 2023, Jing'an District (静安区) was selected as one of the first pilot areas for the "Youth Small Shop Public Welfare Support Program" of the China Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Foundation (中国青年创业就业基金会) of the Communist Youth League Central Committee (共青团中央). For more than two years, with the joint support of the Jing'an District Committee of the Communist Youth League (团静安区委) and several subdistricts, these youth small shops have flourished, bringing more vitality and vibrancy to the city.
"Young people have unlimited creativity and can make interesting and competitive products."
"The reason I named it 'Retirement Market' is because my shop features both creative works by young designers and creations by silver-haired artisans." Zhang Fan (张帆) rushed from home to open the shop, pushed open the glass door, and led the reporter into the 120-square-meter "Tǎmadrama Retirement Market" (Tǎmadrama退休市集).
Inside the shop, felt dolls, scarves, and phone chains handmade by silver-haired mothers share display cases with jewelry and porcelain crafts by young designers. "I've been planning to start my own business since I was in college because I don't like a life of following the rules," said Zhang Fan (张帆), who graduated with a master's degree in character design from the Shanghai Theatre Academy (上海戏剧学院), sporting short, neat hair and a simple, elegant solid-colored shirt.
Once, Zhang Fan's (张帆) mother suggested, "Could you organize a market selling handicrafts made by retired elderly people?" This gave Zhang Fan (张帆) entrepreneurial inspiration. "My mother and aunt are both felt enthusiasts and have made a large number of felt dolls after retirement. Their craftsmanship is good, and if the design details such as color matching and material usage are improved, the handicrafts will be quite popular among young people," said Zhang Fan (张帆).
With the idea in mind, Zhang Fan (张帆) began planning and building her small shop. In July last year, Zhang Fan (张帆) participated in a entrepreneurship competition jointly organized by the Shanghai Theatre Academy (上海戏剧学院) and the Jing'an Temple Subdistrict (静安寺街道), winning first place and successfully being selected for the Jing'an Temple Subdistrict's (静安寺街道) "My Small Shop Opens in Jufuchang (Julu Road-Fumin Road-Changle Road) (巨富长（巨鹿路—富民路—长乐路）)" street entrepreneurship support program, becoming the first shop owner of the rent-free pop-up store. Because she enjoyed nearly 4 months of rent-free space, the financial pressure was much less, and Zhang Fan's (张帆) small shop quickly took shape.
"I positioned the small shop as a buyer's shop for handicrafts. In addition to the handicrafts of the silver-haired group, many young designers who are just starting out and whose works do not have good channels for listing will also put them in our shop for consignment," said Zhang Fan (张帆). At its peak, the shop attracted more than 40 original brands to settle in.
Thanks to the fashionable customer flow of the "Jufuchang" (巨富长) block, many young people came to Zhang Fan's (张帆) shop to check in and spend money, which gave her the confidence to advance to the core business district. In December last year, with the introduction of the Jing'an District Committee of the Communist Youth League (团静安区委), the "Tǎmadrama Retirement Market" (Tǎmadrama退休市集) settled in MixC World (万象天地) shopping mall.
"After settling in the shopping mall, the customer flow is mainly residents in the surrounding area, who pay more attention to the sense of experience. It is difficult to attract them to the store to spend money by only selling cultural and creative products." In May this year, Zhang Fan (张帆) found a new "shop partner." Jingjing (静静), who resigned from the Internet industry, had been running a pottery studio for a year or two, but it had been lukewarm and barely managed to operate.
After some discussion, the two hit it off. Zhang Fan (张帆) and Jingjing (静静) opened pottery hand-made classes in the store, which attracted many surrounding residents to the store. At the same time, Zhang Fan (张帆) also began selling in online live broadcast rooms. Because of the previous community reputation, the sales volume of a single live broadcast room reached more than 10,000 yuan.
"The handicrafts of the mothers are in short supply and they have to work overtime." In Zhang Fan's (张帆) view, creativity is the magic weapon for offline small shops to maintain long-term vitality. "Young people have unlimited creativity and can make interesting and competitive products. With the popularity of Chinese culture going overseas, Made in China will inevitably move towards Chinese creativity."
"Youth small shops should integrate into the community and resonate with urban development."
In the public space on the first floor, office workers drink coffee and work on their computers. Once they feel tired from working overtime, they can instantly switch scenes by going upstairs, playing a drum set to relax, and there are also full-time drum set musicians to provide one-on-one guidance. This is Yang Kaiqin's (杨开勤) small shop - "Echo Percussion Experience Hall" (Echo打击乐体验馆).
In 2024, Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤), a "Shanghai drifter" (沪漂) who has been working hard in Shanghai (上海) for 10 years, decided to invest in his favorite drum set: he spent more than two months looking at sixty or seventy shops, and finally chose Hengfeng Road (恒丰路), which is densely packed with business buildings and close to the subway entrance, and invested in professional-grade sound insulation decoration and drum set equipment.
"Young people today are willing to seek new things in new consumption scenarios and pay for their emotional value and experience," said Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤).
It is by no means easy for the market to fully accept a new consumption scenario and operating concept. After opening, Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤) found that it was difficult to expand the business circle by only promoting it on online social platforms. Few students took the initiative to come to the store to learn to play drums, and passers-by still regarded it as a coffee shop with stylish decoration.
The turning point occurred this summer when Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤) received a late-night private message from a staff member of the Tianmu West Road Subdistrict Committee of the Communist Youth League (天目西路街道团工委) in Jing'an District (静安区). It turned out that the Tianmu West Road Subdistrict (天目西路街道) was promoting the grid governance work led by Party building, and the staff of the Subdistrict Committee of the Communist Youth League (街道团工委) and grid members visited small shops along the street to offer advice on how youth small shops could integrate into the community and increase popularity.
After connecting with Tianmu West Road Subdistrict (天目西路街道), Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤) met more neighbors in street activities. "When I was decorating, I considered more about how to do a good job in sound insulation and not disturb the people, but after participating in street activities many times, I realized that integrating into the community and residents can bring more customers to the small shop," said Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤). The training teachers in the store participated in the public welfare performances of the Youth Life Festival sponsored by the Subdistrict Committee of the Communist Youth League (街道团工委) and the Zhongxing Financial Street District Party Branch (中兴金融街区党支部), and also sent summer fruits to the delivery brothers.
Now on the store's curriculum, the white-collar experience class of the "Youth Night School" (青年夜校) every Monday is also polished together with the Tianmu West Road Subdistrict Committee of the Communist Youth League (天目西路街道团工委). "'Youth Night School' (青年夜校) has accumulated word-of-mouth for us, and now every time the enrollment information is sent out, it is quickly filled," said Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤).
In Yang Kaiqin's (杨开勤) view, "Youth small shops should integrate into the community and resonate with urban development." At present, Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤) is raising funds for music books for Bachu County (巴楚县) in Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区), Xinjiang (新疆), which is supported by Jing'an District (静安区).
"Youth entrepreneurship should not be a solitary battle. We must help youth small shops solve the troubles of growth."
The "Youth Night School" (青年夜校) in Yang Kaiqin's (杨开勤) shop is one of the youth night service projects in Jing'an District (静安区). In order to run the "Youth Night School" (青年夜校) well, the Jing'an District Committee of the Communist Youth League (团静安区委) extended and incubated the "The More Night, The More Youthful" (越夜越青春) Youth Night project, and released the "Jing'an District Youth Night Service Selection Guide" (《“静夜乐群”静安区青年夜间服务甄选指南》), which includes the flagship night school locations and characteristic brand courses in each street and town. Up to now, it has carried out a total of 90 courses and 552 class hours, such as intangible cultural heritage hand-making, sports shaping, beauty experience, Shanghai dialect teaching, and psychological healing, with more than 6,000 participants.
Compared with the knowledge classrooms of the past night schools, the "Youth Night School" (青年夜校) is more like a community of common hobbyists, a social place to relax. Among them, there are entrepreneurs of enthusiastic public welfare social organizations, principals who inherit intangible cultural heritage hand-making and love to run markets, and self-media practitioners who like to write. They share golden ideas, help each other select products, and complain about avoiding pitfalls in the night school. Young makers also often go to night school to share their entrepreneurial experiences.
"Youth entrepreneurship should not be a solitary battle. We must help youth small shops solve the troubles of growth." After preliminary research, the Jing'an District Committee of the Communist Youth League (团静安区委) sorted out and summarized several common problems restricting the development of small shops, such as a cliff-like decline in customer flow, the need to improve Internet operation technology and capabilities, and contradictions with residential areas, including noise disturbance and occupation of roads. Youth small shops also have a series of needs such as business transformation and cross-border cooperation. In response to these problems, Jing'an District (静安区) established the "Youth Enterprise Service Group" (青春助企服务团), led by the Commerce Commission (商务委), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (国资委), and the Communist Youth League organizations and young business backbones of multiple departments such as urban management, taxation, public security, and human resources and social security, to deeply understand the operating conditions and development vision of youth small shops, and organize groups to do practical things for the growth of small shops.
This synergy is expanding. The Jing'an District Committee of the Communist Youth League (团静安区委) launched the Youth Small Shop Alliance to promote mutual exchange and growth among shop owners. The Youth Small Shop Alliance regularly carries out the "Jufuchang" (巨富长) block volunteer fashion week, and the youth small shops provide street open sharing volunteer service projects such as free bicycle maintenance, nail trimming and care, and community art exhibition art healing.
As the night deepens, the door lock of Echo is brushed open again by overtime students, and the live broadcast lights of "Tǎmadrama Retirement Market" (Tǎmadrama退休市集) are still on. The entrepreneurial experiments of two post-90s girls are growing beyond commercial value in the security network woven by Jing'an District (静安区) - there is both the echo of drum sets shattering urban loneliness, and the Chinese fashion created by young local designers. Just as Yang Kaiqin (杨开勤) left a message in the student group: "We don't teach grade exams here, we only teach how to get along with love." And Zhang Fan's (张帆) market declaration may be the best response: "Youth should not be defined by age, and neither should entrepreneurship." Behind every youth small shop in Jing'an District (静安区), there is a surge of youth power.
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Recently, over 48,000 newly recruited college student volunteers for the 2025 Western China Volunteer Service Program have set off for grassroots frontlines in 27 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) including Xinjiang (新疆), Tibet (西藏), Jilin (吉林), and Guizhou (贵州), as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团). They will engage in 1-3 years of volunteer service focusing on rural education, rural construction, healthy villages, and grassroots governance, with over 90% of service positions located in townships and below.
When youth encounters the west, such a decision always stirs the heart. Choosing the west means choosing to let youthful ideals gallop freely on the hot soil of the frontier; rushing to the grassroots means allowing youthful dreams to grow vigorously in the fertile soil of practice. College students often ask, how can we better realize our youthful value? Where is the answer? Two years of teaching experience in the mountainous areas of Guizhou (贵州), as well as the bits and pieces of working at the grassroots level in Hubei (湖北), have made me deeply realize that going to the grassroots and going to the places where the country needs us can provide the best answers for youth.
The grassroots is a stage for starting a career and a fertile ground for nurturing dreams. Focusing on improving skills, based on the needs of the grassroots, doing more things that provide timely help, things that lay the foundation for long-term benefits, and things that are of high quality and effective, and writing a youthful answer sheet with practical work and achievements, can achieve a regretless youth. The volunteers of the Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学) teaching group have been relay teaching in mountainous primary schools in Guizhou (贵州) for two decades. They move forward with a common youthful dream of "opening a window for children and letting dreams fly." With the care and help of the volunteers, many children in the mountains have been admitted to universities and walked out of the mountains. When there are dreams in the heart, there is strength under the feet. When personal ideals resonate with the needs of the country, and when the pace of pursuing dreams is closely linked to the pulse of the times, we will not be afraid of hardships and setbacks, and we will have a continuous source of motivation, and the seeds of dreams will eventually blossom.
The grassroots is the best classroom for young people. At the grassroots level, young people inevitably have confusion and bewilderment, and times when their "battery" is low. At this time, the masses are the best teachers. In the evening talks in the courtyard, listen to the common people chatting about their daily lives and talking about the future. Understand the conditions and public opinions of the village and learn methods of mass work through careful listening and sincere communication. In the fields, while imparting agricultural science and technology knowledge to the common people, also learn useful "local methods" from the common people. Constantly go to the masses to solve doubts and "recharge," and you can understand "who I am and for whom."
Integrating passionate youth into the mountains and rivers of the motherland is the best interpretation of youth. Jiang Xianteng (姜贤腾) graduated from Hubei University of Science and Technology (湖北科技学院) with a bachelor's degree. As a volunteer in the Western China Volunteer Service Program, he came to Zangmu Primary School in Lasui Township, Jiacha County, Tibet (西藏加查县拉绥乡藏木点小学) to teach. After the teaching was over, he chose to stay, and he has been rooted there for 11 years. Ai Lesong (艾乐松), a young man from Shandong (山东), responded to the call of the Western China Volunteer Service Program and came to the hinterland of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) to protect the health of the people for 11 years, and was affectionately called "Little Doctor of the Sand Sea" by the villagers. There are no grand words or sensational deeds, only step-by-step footprints and persistent adherence. This is the common spiritual characteristic of young volunteers who have made contributions to the west and are rooted in the grassroots.
Good sons and daughters aspire to all directions, and those with lofty ideals will have no regrets in their struggle. Go to the grassroots and struggle together with the people on the vast land, and you will surely write the most beautiful youthful memories and achieve a brilliant life.
(The author is the Vice President of the China Young Volunteers Association (中国青年志愿者协会))
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Whenever someone asks me what has impressed me most during my years of working at the grassroots level, many people and events always come to mind. However, the words of a senior colleague on my first day of work have left an especially deep impression on me: "Working at the grassroots level requires grasping two 'forces': the vitality of industrial development and the driving force of grassroots Party building. Our grassroots cadres must ensure that these two forces interact and promote each other."
In 2021, as a selected graduate of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), I came to Dakou Village (大口村), Longkou Town (龙口镇), Jungar Banner (准格尔旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) to work. Right from the start, I encountered difficulties. I had originally planned to invigorate the enthusiasm of rural Party members and cadres for starting businesses through enhanced education and learning, but I frequently ran into obstacles during the organization and planning process. Once, while visiting a household, a villager pushed me out the door. He said to me in a stiff tone, "If there's anything, have Secretary Wu (邬书记) come and talk to me!"
I returned to my dormitory that night and couldn't sleep. The "Secretary Wu" the villager mentioned—Wu Laishi (邬来师), the Party Branch Secretary and Director of the Village Committee of Dakou Village (大口村)—saw that the light in my dormitory was still on and came in. After understanding the situation, he told me, "Ruizi (睿子), we need to develop the village's industry and let the people see real benefits in order to better unite everyone. Only then will all our work be more vibrant."
From that day on, I became the "little follower" of the village Party branch secretary during the day, following him on household visits to understand the village's situation. At night, I returned to the village committee to discuss with everyone how to develop the industry.
After investigation, I learned that the climate and soil of Dakou Village (大口村) were very suitable for growing watermelons, but the village's watermelon production and sales had never seen significant improvement. Therefore, I decided to work with the villagers to seize the watermelon industry as a breakthrough point. During the Spring Festival of 2022, we cultivated more than 30,000 watermelon seedlings in a greenhouse, and planted watermelons in another five greenhouses. All of them were concentrated on the market before the end of May, preempting the market, with a production exceeding 3,500 kilograms and considerable income.
After the initial victory, we quickly transferred and integrated 45 mu of land to build cold sheds and small arched sheds. As the industry developed, Party members and cadres in the village actively participated in basic construction work such as updating the exhibition in the red education base, improving forest fruits, and converting mountain slopes into flat land. Today, the village's fruit and vegetable planting area has exceeded 1,000 mu, and the joint Party building activities with various government agencies and enterprises bring a stable flow of nearly 20,000 visitors every year. This not only increases the considerable annual income of fruit and vegetable growers, but also gives the village Party branch a "booster shot" for "strengthening Party building to promote rural revitalization."
Seeing the village develop better and better, I also understood the importance of "strong Party building, prosperous industry, and wealthy people," and my heart was full of enthusiasm and hope.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Party and Government Comprehensive Office of Longkou Town (龙口镇), Jungar Banner (准格尔旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). Reporter Zhai Qinqi (翟钦奇) of this newspaper interviewed and compiled the article.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 蕊
In the fields of Guoqilou Village (郭七楼村), Gaoge Street (高河街道), Jinxiang County (金乡县), Jining City (济宁市), Shandong Province (山东省), garlic has just been unearthed, and the interplanted chili seedlings are already lush green. On this 200-mu piece of land, garlic, chili peppers, and corn are taking turns "appearing."
"This mu of land yielded 5,600 jin of fresh garlic, and the interplanted chili peppers earned an additional 4,000 yuan," said villager Yang Chunling (杨春玲), her eyebrows relaxed as she held the weighed garlic bag. The land beneath her feet benefits from an innovative ecological planting model: spring intercropping of chili peppers, summer sowing of corn, and autumn planting of garlic. The three crops are seamlessly connected in a four-season rotation, doubling the average yield per mu compared to traditional monoculture.
This fertile land is a vivid footnote to Yang Tianfang's (杨天方), vice chairman of the Jinxiang County Jingxin Planting Professional Cooperative (金乡县京信种植专业合作社), exploration of ecological planting. In recent years, he has led his team to explore the "year-round crop rotation" model, allowing the land to be productive year-round without diminishing its vitality through precise staggered planting.
Why did this post-95s graduate from Qingdao University of Technology (青岛理工大学) take root in fertile soil? The story begins seven years ago.
When Yang Tianfang (杨天方) graduated from university, he planned to return to his hometown for employment. Initially, he joined the Jingxin Planting Professional Cooperative (京信种植专业合作社), starting as a grassroots technician, learning to identify garlic varieties, dig garlic, and plant chili peppers. In 2020, Yang Tianfang (杨天方), who had begun to stand out in the cooperative, took the lead in establishing the "Lu Southwest Improved Variety Breeding and Promotion Integration Base" (鲁西南良种育繁推一体化基地), collecting more than 500 garlic germplasm resources from all over the country to carry out generational breeding of new garlic varieties.
The start was not easy. "In the early stages, the team was short of funds. The introduction, preservation, and breeding of more than 500 germplasm resources required professional laboratories and equipment. A constant temperature and humidity storage cabinet alone 'swallowed' half of the cooperative's profits," Yang Tianfang (杨天方) frowned. "Later, we encountered extreme weather for two consecutive years, and the disease resistance data of 'Jin Garlic No. 5' (金蒜5号) was completely messed up."
The team "joined hands" with research institutes such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农科院). After three years of hard work, "Jin Garlic No. 5" (金蒜5号) was finally launched. The average diameter of this new variety of garlic head reaches 6.5 cm, the disease resistance is increased by 40%, and the yield per mu exceeds 5,600 jin. More importantly, its growth period is shortened by 15 days, freeing up valuable time for subsequent interplanting of chili peppers.
"There is a way to grow good fields." Yang Tianfang's (杨天方) notebook records the growth cycle of different crops: garlic is sown in September and harvested in May of the following year; chili peppers are raised in seedlings in March and transplanted in April; fresh corn is sown in May and harvested in July... "Can the three crops be relayed on one plot?" Yang Tianfang (杨天方) had this bold idea.
After repeated experiments, he summarized the "garlic, chili pepper, and fresh corn" year-round rotation technology: interplant chili peppers 40 days before the garlic harvest, using the shade and moisture-retaining microenvironment of the garlic field to increase the survival rate of chili seedlings by 20%; after the chili seedlings grow, sow fresh corn on the ridges, the corn can shade the chili peppers, prevent chili pepper sunburn, and at the same time can block and attract pests, reducing chili pepper pests.
"It's the first time I've seen someone interplanting chili peppers and corn in a garlic field. Can it be reliable?" In previous years, when Yang Tianfang (杨天方) promoted the ecological planting model, Wang Chuanli (王传利), a villager in Guoqilou Village (郭七楼村), was a stubborn opponent.
In order to dispel farmers' doubts, Yang Tianfang (杨天方) divided his own experimental field into two halves, one for traditional monoculture and one for rotation demonstration.
When the garlic was harvested, Wang Chuanli (王传利) secretly went to take a look: the interplanted chili seedlings were shaded by the garlic leaves, and each plant was upright and lush, and then he looked at the newly planted chili seedlings in the monoculture area, which were curled up by the sun.
"This young man is good at farming," Wang Chuanli (王传利) thought. Now he has become a "volunteer propagandist" for rotation technology, telling everyone he meets that "Director Yang (杨理事长) calculates accurately."
Such a transformation is not an isolated case. Initially, many villagers were worried that the rotation cycle was short and the management was troublesome. Yang Tianfang (杨天方) taught the villagers to observe the seedlings and adjust water and fertilizer. Initially, the cooperative only had 200 mu of experimental fields, but now it radiates to 7 surrounding towns and 45,000 mu of cultivated land, and the number of growers has increased from 32 to more than 28,000.
"As a young new farmer, I want to continue to explore ways to increase agricultural harvests and increase farmers' income," said Yang Tianfang (杨天方).
(Yi Peng (易鹏) participated in writing)
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Night Raid on Yangmingbao "Combat Model Company" -
A Night Raid, Engraved with Victory Genes
On the parade ground, the battle flag of the Night Raid on Yangmingbao "Combat Model Company" (夜袭阳明堡“战斗模范连”) fluttered. "The moment I carried the company's battle flag through Tiananmen (天安门), I thought of the peace and tranquility of today that the predecessors exchanged with blood and life. We must take over the relay baton of history, strengthen our ability to fight and win, and safeguard national peace and security!" said Zhai Chengyou (翟成友), the flag bearer.
The glory behind the battle flag must be traced back to that battle more than 80 years ago: In October 1937, several enemy planes circled and bombed Daixian (代县), Shanxi Province (山西省) for days, causing casualties to our military and civilians. After reconnaissance, it was learned that Yangmingbao Airport (阳明堡机场) was parked with many Japanese aircraft. On the evening of the 19th, the company was ordered to serve as a commando team. After sneaking into the airport, they threw cluster grenades into the planes. Subsequently, the officers and soldiers of the company fought fiercely with the Japanese invaders, eventually annihilating more than 100 enemies and destroying 24 enemy aircraft.
This battle is a brilliant page engraved in the company's history. Participating in more than 100 battles and campaigns, being awarded honorary titles 7 times, and awarded collective merits 45 times... The company's honor, after years of baptism, has become more and more radiant, guiding generations of officers and soldiers to bravely charge forward.
"In the new era, we strive to build a strong company with superb skills and the courage to fight and win, and create new achievements and make new contributions in the new era and new journey," said Dang Weitao (党伟滔), political instructor of the Night Raid on Yangmingbao "Combat Model Company" (夜袭阳明堡“战斗模范连”) of a combined arms brigade of the 73rd Group Army (第73集团军) of the Army.
That year, the company underwent transformation and reshaping. Less than 100 days after the new equipment was installed, the company's combat shooting assessment pass rate reached 100%, ranking first in the entire brigade. Half a year later, all crew results reached good or above. They used hard power to comfort their predecessors: "The 'Combat Model Company' (战斗模范连), is still a model in combat effectiveness!"
In the southeast mountains and forests, a live-fire tactical exercise kicked off. The vanguard detachment was ambushed, and the obstacle-breaking equipment was destroyed... Facing the crisis, the officers and soldiers of the company remained calm in the face of danger: the drone swarm reconnaissance reported the key coordinates of the "enemy" front, the small team opened the passage under the cover of smoke, the armored vehicle team pierced the "enemy" heart like a sharp blade, and the battle situation was completely reversed. After leaving the training ground, the commander praised them: "Worthy of being soldiers of the 'Combat Model Company' (战斗模范连)!"
"In the past, we risked our lives to bomb planes, but now we are good at using drones." Platoon leader Wang Sihao (汪思浩) introduced that the company embedded unmanned equipment into the established class training, summarized experience in exercises, and deepened its understanding of war.
In the past two years, the company has been rated as a "Pioneer Company" in the group army's military competition, and 9 people have passed the first-level examination of armored vehicle specialty... Everyone's footsteps towards the "Combat Model" (战斗模范) have never stopped, and the concept of fighting for war has long been rooted in the hearts of the company's officers and soldiers.
(Chi Juncheng (池俊成) participated in the writing)
"Liangshan Combat Hero Company" -
An Honor Wall, Witnessing the Road of Transformation
Tiananmen Square (天安门广场), the battle flag phalanx was hunting. The words "Liangshan Combat Hero Company" (梁山战斗英雄连) shone brightly in the sun. "It is a great honor to be able to carry this heroic flag through Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) and accept the review of the Party and the people!" Speaking of his mood that day, flag bearer Yao Jiuwei (姚久伟) spoke forcefully and straightened his body even more.
"I am an officer and soldier of the 'Liangshan Combat Hero Company' (梁山战斗英雄连), I swear..." Not long ago, a joint exercise and training with foreign troops kicked off, and the officers and soldiers of the "Liangshan Combat Hero Company" (梁山战斗英雄连) of a naval unit solemnly swore an oath facing the honorary battle flag. The sonorous oath resounded through the sea and sky.
This shout seemed to penetrate time and space, intertwined with the sound of gunfire on the battlefield in those years: In August 1939, the predecessor company was ordered to block the Japanese army in the Liangshan (梁山) area. Facing the Japanese invaders who were several times larger than themselves, company commander Du Yinghai (杜营海) led his officers and soldiers to fight fiercely and repel 11 enemy attacks, killing more than 300 enemies, creating a classic example of defeating the strong with the weak.
Walking into the company's hall, an honor wall is particularly eye-catching.
"This wall records the battles and campaigns the company has participated in, the process of adjustment and reorganization, and witnesses the glorious years of this honorary company focusing on transformation and determined to win," said company commander Zhang Wenbo (张文博). Today, the company has completed its transformation and upgrading, and its combat effectiveness has achieved a leap.
That year, the company transformed from traditional motorized infantry to multi-functional armored infantry. The officers and soldiers followed the training to learn equipment operation during the day, and worked overtime to study professional theory at night. It took only 5 months to form a single-vehicle combat capability, and was rated as an "Advanced Company in Preparing for War" by the superior.
In 2019, in an international military competition, Wang Xigui (王锡贵), as the only conscript on the field, competed with many elite soldiers from home and abroad. On the day of the competition, the cold wind was howling, and the "Liangshan Combat Hero Company" (梁山战斗英雄连) battle flag was rustling, like a war drum urging the expedition. Somersaulting over obstacles, climbing over trenches, crawling forward... Wang Xigui launched an attack towards victory, and finally won the second place in the team with his comrades.
Before the Spring Festival this year, the officers and soldiers of the company visited the veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Fang Laiting (房来廷), and two generations of "Liangshan Combat Hero Company" (梁山战斗英雄连) soldiers achieved a two-way rush. The 90-year-old Fang Laiting affectionately urged: "I hope you will make more new contributions to the country and the people!" His earnest words were moving.
"The predecessors dedicated their lives for victory, and we dedicate our youth for a strong army. Times have changed, but the spirit is everlasting," said instructor Chen Siyu (陈思宇). Today, although the smoke of war has dissipated, the revolutionary predecessors' spirit of seeing red with bayonets and being invincible has been passed down from generation to generation.
(Wang Zijie (王子杰) participated in the writing)
"Yang Jingyu Detachment" -
An Anti-Japanese War Song, Continuing the Spirit of Unyielding
On September 3, all officers and soldiers of the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) of the 83rd Group Army (第83集团军) of the Army watched the live broadcast of the military parade. Accompanied by the powerful melody of "Steel Torrent March," the battle flag of the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) was spread across the screen, deeply shocking every officer and soldier of the brigade.
"We are the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, creating the First Route Army of the United Army. The sound of ping-pong charging to kill the enemy and seize weapons is the iron proof of revolutionary victory..." After watching the end of the military parade, the officers and soldiers of the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) sang "The First Route Army Song of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army" (东北抗日联军第一路军军歌) and marched towards the training ground. The singing was powerful and the steps were firm.
This song was born in the dense forests of Northeast China more than 80 years ago. At that time, the Japanese and puppet "suppression" and the severe cold blockade. The Anti-Japanese Allied soldiers ate grass roots and tree bark to satisfy their hunger, and stepped on the snow with thin clothes and single shoes. In extreme hardship, General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) created and taught this song.
The singing resounded through the sky, it was the burning revolutionary optimism, and it was the belief in victory that crossed the sky. Inspired by the spirit, the Anti-Japanese Allied soldiers insisted on guerrilla warfare and fought with the Japanese puppets for several years.
A military song has become an emotional bond spanning several generations. Last year, on the anniversary of the brigade's founding, the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) received a handwritten letter from Yang Jingyu's descendants. Attached to the letter was a photo taken next to the site of Yang Jingyu's martyrdom, an ancient pine tree named "Evergreen Tree" (常青树). Behind the photo, the vigorous handwriting penetrated the paper - "The tree must be evergreen, and the roots must not be broken."
The military song is the war song, and the spirit is passed down forever. For more than 80 years, the brigade has held a ceremony to sing the military song whenever there is a major task. Inspired by the military song, generations of officers and soldiers have continued to launch assaults on new "heights."
In recent years, the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) has transformed from a traditional armored unit into a combined arms brigade with multi-service coordination. The brigade party committee broke down service barriers and carried out "blind box" confrontation training. Randomly grouped and unfamiliar battlefields, the officers and soldiers became more and more tacit, and the combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
The war song resounds through the training ground, and the honor is written on the battle flag. In recent years, the brigade has closely followed the changes in technology, war, and opponents, and actively explored the training transformation path under the background of intelligent and unmanned operations.
In the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) camp area, there is always a room with bright lights late at night. "Everything is for victory," in the technological innovation studio, officers and soldiers are enthusiastically discussing and working together to tackle key problems. In the past few years, they have overcome dozens of equipment problems, and many achievements have been promoted by the group army.
(Hu Ruizhi (胡瑞智) participated in the writing)
"Steel Company of Bloody Battle at Mohetan" -
A Bugle Call, Gathering the Belief in Victory
On the morning of September 3, the battle flag of the "Steel Company of Bloody Battle at Mohetan" (血战磨河滩钢铁连), which carries historical glory, accepted the review of the Party and the people. "Behind the battle flag is the honor that the predecessors exchanged with blood and life." Speaking of her experience in the military parade, platoon leader Song Qiaoyu (宋巧玉) had tears in her eyes.
Not long ago, the "Steel Company of Bloody Battle at Mohetan" (血战磨河滩钢铁连) of a detachment of the First Mobile General Detachment (第一机动总队) of the Armed Police came to the old site of the Mohetan battle to hold a commemorative event for the 85th anniversary of the awarding of the title. At the event site, Li Pu'en (李普恩), the bugler of the company, blew the charge bugle in front of the queue. The bugle sounded loud, bringing the officers and soldiers' thoughts to that war-torn era.
In August 1940, in the Mohetan blocking battle of the Hundred Regiments Offensive (百团大战), Deng Shijun (邓仕均), the then company commander, led all the officers and soldiers of the company in a bloody battle. Bugler Li Suozi (李锁子) and his comrades were trapped in layers of encirclement.
In the sound of the charge bugle, facing the enemy who was several times larger than themselves, the officers and soldiers fought heroically, killing more than 200 enemies, and firmly contained the Japanese reinforcements in Mohetan, winning valuable time for the main force of the regiment to capture Niangziguan (娘子关).
"As the seventy-second bugler of the 'Steel Company of Bloody Battle at Mohetan' (血战磨河滩钢铁连), I will definitely inherit the fighting spirit of the predecessors who were brave, tenacious, and not afraid of sacrifice, stand at the forefront, and strive to be a pioneer!" said Li Pu'en (李普恩).
That year, the "Steel Company of Bloody Battle at Mohetan" (血战磨河滩钢铁连) transformed from a mobile detachment to a professional detachment. In less than half a year, they innovatively produced more than 30 new teaching aids, compiled a large number of professional training lesson plans, and the training level steadily improved. In the same year, they were rated as a "First-Class Military Training Unit" by the superior.
Second-level Sergeant Leng Xinli (冷信利) said with emotion: "The flowers of honor are watered by sweat. The spirit and traditions formed by the revolutionary predecessors in the war years always inspire us to continue to struggle and charge forward."
In a certain training ground in the hinterland of Taihang (太行), the smoke of gunpowder was弥漫 (mí màn - "pervade," to spread all over the place). A red and blue confrontation exercise of a detachment of the First Mobile General Detachment (第一机动总队) of the Armed Police was in full swing. The officers and soldiers of the "Steel Company of Bloody Battle at Mohetan" (血战磨河滩钢铁连), who were responsible for the sabotage mission, were trapped in a mountain col and were in a dilemma. At the critical moment, squadron leader Guo Yanqing (郭延庆) used the deeds of the "Bloody Battle at Mohetan" (血战磨河滩) to inspire everyone, led the officers and soldiers to flexibly use tactics, and continuously overcome difficulties and succeeded in breaking through the encirclement.
"He who is brave wins when enemies meet on a narrow road, and the more difficult it is, the more forward we go." After the exercise, Guo Yanqing (郭延庆) said firmly that from Mohetan (磨河滩) to the road to a strong army, what has changed is the battlefield, and what remains unchanged is the belief in daring to fight and win.
(Qin Li (秦丽) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 金正波
September 3rd, a special time and space node, left countless touching moments behind—
The magnificent Tiananmen (天安门), the wide Chang'an Avenue (长安街). Eighty bright red battle flags led the rolling steel torrent forward, accepting the review of the Party and the people. The formations were majestic, and the people of the country were thrilled.
"Every battle flag has experienced gunfire and is engraved with sacrifice and glory. At this moment, it's like our ancestors are really with us, watching today's prosperity!" Many netizens were moved to tears upon seeing the bright red battle flags.
"Do not deceive China for lacking courage; the mother has a million soldiers under her knees!" Inside the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂), in the situational drama "The Eternal Designation," the mothers of Liu Lao Zhuang (刘老庄) tearfully sent their children to the battlefield, replenishing the "Liu Lao Zhuang Company" with all its members. The resounding oath moved everyone in the country.
The grand military parade was awe-inspiring. The art performance was soul-stirring. This is a collision of emotions, a inheritance of beliefs, and even more a symphony of history and reality.
Time witnesses greatness. Those glorious battle flags, those shining names, all write heroic stories that are 气壮山河 (qì zhuàng shān hé - "spirit strong mountain river," awe-inspiring and magnificent). Every time they are mentioned, they always bring tears to people's eyes.
Since the beginning of this year, our newspaper reporters have visited these heroic units that came out of the flames of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, feeling their spiritual inheritance and tracing their path to a strong military. One red story after another that continues the tradition, one loyal and resolute young face after another, are deeply impressive.
Along the way, interviewing, listening, and thinking, the emotion is always present.
Moved by the fact that in the furnace of time, the spirit of the heroes has been tempered to become even more fiery.
"When fighting to the last person, will you, like your predecessors, dare to show your bayonet to the enemy?" "As a soldier of the 'Bayonet Fighting Hero Company,' I dare! I would rather die moving forward one step than retreat half a step!" This company, which had engaged in bayonet fighting with the Japanese army in the Hundred Regiments Offensive, has now grown into a jungle tiger and special operations vanguard guarding the southern border of the motherland. Every new recruit will complete this question and answer at the induction ceremony.
Moved by the fact that in the journey of strengthening the military, the ideals in the hearts of the heroes are being realized.
102-year-old General Wang Fuzhi (王扶之) came from the former 115th Division and personally experienced the Pingxingguan Campaign (平型关战役), a battle recorded in history 88 years ago. "How great it would have been if we had such equipment back then!" Not long ago, officers and soldiers of the "Pingxingguan Campaign Assault Company" went to see him and specially brought a model of the company's main battle equipment. Listening to the introduction of the equipment's performance, the old man was very pleased.
From the broadswords of the past to today's advanced combat vehicles, the officers and soldiers of the company have undergone a complete transformation in the crucible of actual combat training, overcoming one "Pingxingguan" after another on the road to transformation.
The battle flag flutters, forging loyal souls; the monument stands tall, glorifying the mountains and rivers. Today, the officers and soldiers of the heroic units inherit the heroic bloodline, hone their skills to win battles, and are marching forward with their heads held high towards the goal of achieving the centennial of the army as scheduled.
Return to TopDuring the military parade, seeing the new equipment of the Information Support Force drive past Tiananmen (天安门), my eyes welled up with tears. In the past, my comrades and I relied on "iron feet," carrying heavy equipment to climb mountains and cross rivers to set up lines. Now, looking at advanced equipment such as the digital intelligence-enabled vehicle, battlefield network cloud vehicle, and space-air-ground networking vehicle, I feel that all the efforts were worth it. Comrades, our equipment is becoming more and more advanced, our soldiers still have hot blood flowing through their veins, and the People's Army will definitely become stronger and stronger!
——Yan Qunfu (延群福), veteran of the Taiyue Military Region Communication Team (太岳军区通信队) of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) (compiled by Wen Jianbo (文剑波))
The grand scene of the September 3rd military parade filled me with many thoughts. Not long ago, I came to Langya Mountain (狼牙山) and, looking at the steep cliffs of Qipantuo (棋盘陀), I seemed to hear the sounds of clashing metal and horses. In those days, the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain (狼牙山五壮士) gradually led the enemy to Qipantuo (棋盘陀) at the top of the mountain in order to cover the transfer of the main force and the masses. Sacrifice was not a helpless act of desperation, but a resolute choice. When leaving, I picked up two stones and put them in my backpack, one from Qipantuo (棋盘陀) where the Five Heroes jumped off the cliff, and one from the fork in the road where the Five Heroes separated from the main force. These stones condense that heroic memory and shine with the noble spirit of the heroes.
——Zhang Mingzhi (张茗峙), commentator at the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain Company" (狼牙山五壮士连) Honor Room (compiled by Hua Xi (华烯))
I come from Liu Laozhuang (刘老庄), Huaiyin (淮阴), Jiangsu (江苏). At the military parade, the "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连) received much attention. In my hometown, it is the most honorable thing for a young person to serve in the "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连). On March 18, 2023, as a representative of the Liu Laozhuang (刘老庄) soldiers in the company, I returned to my hometown to participate in the memorial activities for the eighty-two martyrs. The villagers told me that as a Liu Laozhuang (刘老庄) native serving in the "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连), I must do a good job. Standing in front of the Eighty-Two Martyrs Monument (八十二烈士纪念碑), I made a vow in my heart: "In the past, the martyrs sacrificed everything to protect us. Now, I pick up a rifle and must train hard in the army to defend our country!"
——Liu Rui (刘瑞), soldier of the "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连) (compiled by Luo Tianyang (罗天阳))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘 阳
No. 46, Wanghua South Street, Dadong District, Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), under the clear blue sky, stands a huge, tattered calendar page. The date on the calendar is etched in the memory of all Chinese people: September 18, 1931.
This calendar is the Broken Calendar Monument, a landmark building of the "September 18th" History Museum (九·一八历史博物馆) in Shenyang (沈阳). The Broken Calendar Monument is covered with bullet marks, constantly reminding people not to forget national humiliation and not to forget "September 18th."
Rising in Resistance, the Mainstay
"At the critical moment of national peril, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) upheld national righteousness and stood at the forefront of the war of resistance."
Entering the preface hall of the "September 18th" History Museum (九·一八历史博物馆), before your eyes is the magnificent scene of white mountains and black waters created by white reliefs and black marble floors. The mountains and rivers are connected and integrated, symbolizing the beautiful and rich land. It was on this land that the people of Northeast China (东北) waged a 14-year unyielding and arduous struggle against Japanese aggression.
At 10:20 p.m. on September 18, 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army (日本关东军) blew up a section of the South Manchuria Railway (南满铁路) near Liutiao Lake (柳条湖) on the northern outskirts of Shenyang (沈阳), falsely accusing the Chinese army of doing so. Using this as an excuse, they shelled Beidaying (北大营), the garrison of the Northeast Army (东北军), attacked Shenyang (沈阳) city, and launched the September 18th Incident (九一八事变).
"After the September 18th Incident (九一八事变), the Chinese people rose up in resistance between the white mountains and black waters, becoming the starting point of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and also unveiling the prelude to the World Anti-Fascist War," explained Han Xiao (韩啸), a guide at the museum.
At a corner of the museum, many visitors stop in front of a multimedia display screen, which shows the historical scene of the Japanese army attacking Beidaying (北大营). On the night of the September 18th Incident (九一八事变), the Seventh Brigade (第七旅) of the Northeast Army (东北军) stationed at Beidaying (北大营) was a strong force, with more than 7,000 soldiers and well-equipped. The Japanese army attacking Beidaying (北大营) numbered less than 700. Because the Northeast Army (东北军) carried out the non-resistance order of the Nanjing Nationalist Government (南京国民政府), the Japanese army quickly captured Beidaying (北大营). When the Japanese army attacked the Third Battalion of the 620th Regiment of the Seventh Brigade (第七旅六二〇团第三营), some patriotic officers and soldiers risked disobeying military orders, fought back with guns, and fought hard to break through.
"At the critical moment of national peril, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) upheld national righteousness and stood at the forefront of the war of resistance," said Han Xiao (韩啸). The day after the September 18th Incident (九一八事变) broke out, the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共满洲省委) issued the "Declaration on the Armed Occupation of Manchuria by Japanese Imperialism." This declaration was not only China's first declaration of resistance against Japan, but also the first just declaration issued by an invaded country to a fascist country in the World Anti-Fascist War. The declaration exposed the truth about Japan's launch of the September 18th Incident (九一八事变), called on the people to unite and jointly resist Japan, and pointed out: "Only the armed forces of the workers, peasants, soldiers, and toiling masses are the real force against imperialism" "Only under the leadership of the Communist Party (共产党) can imperialism be driven out of China!"
Subsequently, the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic (中华苏维埃共和国临时中央政府) repeatedly issued resolutions, declarations, letters to the people of the whole country, and instructions, proposing to organize the masses of the Northeast (东北) people, establish guerrilla units, and carry out guerrilla warfare. The series of declarations and decisions of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) not only first stated its position and determination to resist the Japanese invaders, but also first keenly pointed out that the basic way to win victory was to mobilize all the people to unite and jointly resist Japan, highlighting the national integrity of the Chinese Communists.
In a corner of the museum, a blue cloth bag is on display, with the red English word TRUTH (真相) particularly eye-catching. Han Xiao (韩啸) introduced that in order to expose the truth about the September 18th Incident (九一八事变) to the world, a nine-member patriotic group led by Communist Party member Gong Tianmin (巩天民) risked their lives to collect evidence of Japanese aggression against China when the League of Nations investigation team came to Shenyang (沈阳) to investigate the September 18th Incident (九一八事变). The "Nine Gentlemen" (九君子) finally compiled a 400-page bilingual English-Chinese compilation document and submitted it to the League of Nations investigation team. According to the legal principles of the International Court of Justice, the provider of the materials must sign the document to have legal effect. The "Nine Gentlemen" (九君子) did not hesitate to sign their real names on the document. On February 24, 1933, the League of Nations ruled that Japan's launch of the September 18th Incident (九一八事变) and the establishment of the puppet state of Manchuria (伪满洲国) were aggressive acts that violated the League of Nations Charter.
With the country broken and the nation in peril, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) took the lead in standing up the backbone of the nation, organizing anti-Japanese armed forces in the white mountains and black waters, and rising up in resistance.
Shortly after the September 18th Incident (九一八事变), the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共满洲省委) proposed to go to the countryside and establish anti-Japanese guerrilla units directly led by the Party on the basis of mass struggles. More than 10 anti-Japanese guerrilla units directly led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), which were established successively, became the backbone of the Northeast (东北) anti-Japanese war.
On January 26, 1933, the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) issued the "January 26th Instruction Letter" to the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共满洲省委), proposing the strategy of establishing an anti-Japanese united front. In the second half of 1933, the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共满洲省委) began to reorganize the anti-Japanese guerrilla units in various places into the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army (东北人民革命军). This move marked a new stage in the Northeast (东北) anti-Japanese struggle, from decentralized guerrilla warfare to the regularization and united front of armed forces.
On February 20, 1936, the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army (东北人民革命军) and other anti-Japanese armed forces issued the "Declaration on the Unified Military System of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army," announcing that the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army (东北人民革命军), the Anti-Japanese Allied Army (抗日同盟军), the Anti-Japanese United Army (反日联合军), and various anti-Japanese guerrilla units would be unified and reorganized into the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗日联军). From 1936 to 1937, the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army (东北人民革命军) and other armed forces were successively reorganized into a total of 11 armies of the Anti-Japanese United Army (抗联), with a total force of more than 30,000 people, operating in the vast areas of more than 70 counties in Southern Manchuria (南满), Eastern Manchuria (东满), Jidong (吉东), and Northern Manchuria (北满).
"The 14 years of bloody battle fought by the people of Northeast China (东北) is the longest resistance in the World Anti-Fascist War. In this arduous and extraordinary process, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) played a key role as the mainstay," said Fan Lihong (范丽红), curator of the "September 18th" History Museum (九·一八历史博物馆) in Shenyang (沈阳).
Not Afraid of Strong Enemies, Bloody Battles
"No matter how ferocious the enemy is, no matter how difficult the conditions are, the will of the Northeast (东北) anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) to defend their homes and country has never been weakened."
"Warriors! With utmost sincerity, sweep across the Nenjiang (嫩江) plains. Great aspirations! How can they be extinguished. The whole nation, all classes, unite and take back our rivers and mountains..." Stepping into the restored birch forest scene of the museum, the "Camping Song" (露营之歌), which inspired the Anti-Japanese United Army (抗联) soldiers to fight bloody battles, echoes in the ears, telling of perseverance and fearlessness.
Faced with the frenzied "encirclement and suppression" of the superior Japanese army, the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) wrote a heroic and tragic national epic with their lives and blood, with the heroic spirit of not fearing strong enemies and fighting to the end.
"Isolated outside the customs and lacking assistance, the battles of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) were extremely arduous," said Han Xiao (韩啸). "When there was a shortage of food, they gnawed on tree bark; when there was no water, they drank ice and snow; when there was a shortage of weapons and ammunition, they seized them from the enemy. Many troops often fought to the last man. When General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) sacrificed himself, his stomach was full of withered grass, tree bark, and cotton wadding, without a grain of food. Even the enemy was deeply shocked."
"No matter how ferocious the enemy is, no matter how difficult the conditions are, the will of the Northeast (东北) anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) to defend their homes and country has never been weakened," said Han Xiao (韩啸). At that time, there were only more than 2,000 members of the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共满洲省委), but it was these more than 2,000 people who, like inextinguishable sparks, made the flames of the anti-Japanese war in Northeast China (东北) burn for 14 years, until victory.
Faced with the increasingly fierce resistance struggle of the Anti-Japanese United Army (抗日联军), Japan continued to send troops to Northeast China (东北), reaching a maximum of 700,000. Although the enemy was numerous and we were few, and the strength was disparate, the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) continued to strike at the invaders with tenacious fighting will, containing the Japanese army from going south, making important contributions to the national war of resistance, and greatly boosting the morale of the people across the country. As Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) said: "The more enemy soldiers killed by the guerrillas there, the more enemy bullets consumed, and the more enemy soldiers restrained from entering the customs and going south, the more strength is added to the entire war of resistance."
In the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗日联军), whether it was the commander-in-chief, the army commander, or ordinary soldiers, they all faced the threat of starvation, freezing to death, and death in battle. According to statistics, more than 20 cadres above the army level and more than 100 cadres above the division level of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) were sacrificed.
Regarding death as home and sacrificing oneself for the country, Zhao Yiman (赵一曼) is an outstanding representative, and her铮铮铁骨 (zhēng zhēng tiě gǔ - "unyielding integrity," describes a person of strong moral character and unwavering principles) demonstrates the noble national integrity of Chinese sons and daughters who would rather die than surrender.
In November 1935, in order to cover the breakthrough of the troops, Zhao Yiman (赵一曼) was seriously injured in a fierce battle with the Japanese and puppet troops in Xiaoxibeigou (小西北沟), Zhuhe County (珠河县), and unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy. During the nine months of interrogation, after countless tortures, Zhao Yiman (赵一曼) remained steadfast and unyielding. The enemy did not get any information from her. Every time she woke up from a coma after being tortured, she only said one sentence to the enemy: "My purpose, my doctrine, my belief, is to oppose the Manchus and resist Japan." Before her sacrifice, she wrote a letter to her son. "Because your mother resolutely fought against the Manchus and resisted Japan, today she has reached the eve of her sacrifice... After you grow up, I hope you will not forget that your mother sacrificed herself for the country!" She practiced the powerful oath of "I have not regretted sacrificing my head for the new country, and I am willing to use my hot blood to irrigate China" with her 31-year-old life.
In front of Zhao Yiman's (赵一曼) sculpture, a group of elementary school students shed tears. Han Xiao (韩啸) bent down and asked one of the children: "Little friend, why are you crying?" The child replied: "Aunt Zhao Yiman (赵一曼) reminds us of my mother. The martyrs were so brave and so great when facing the enemy."
"In the 14-year anti-Japanese war in Northeast China (东北), countless heroic and moving figures emerged. The Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) spirit they condensed in the tempering of blood and fire, life and death—the firm belief of loyalty to the Party, the national righteousness of bravely rushing to the country's difficulties, and the heroic spirit of fighting to the end—is an important part of the great anti-war spirit and a valuable spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation, which we need to inherit and promote forever," said Fan Lihong (范丽红).
Remember History, Safeguard Peace
"History goes from yesterday to today and then to tomorrow."
**前事不忘，后事之师** (qián shì bù wàng, hòu shì zhī shī - "past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future," learning from history to avoid repeating mistakes).
Liu Yilin (刘一琳) is a student at Shenyang University (沈阳大学). Since she first entered the "September 18th" History Museum (九·一八历史博物馆) in Shenyang (沈阳) as a freshman, she has been deeply infected by the heroic stories of the martyrs and the great anti-war spirit. Now, as a senior in college, she is a volunteer guide at the museum.
In the last exhibition hall of the museum, a monument stands. The main body of the monument is a pair of simple Chinese peasant couple leading a lovely child. The mother lovingly looks down at the child, and the child clings to his parents. "This monument is called the 'Monument of Gratitude to Chinese Foster Parents'," Liu Yilin (刘一琳) introduced. After Japan surrendered in 1945, countless Japanese orphans were abandoned, but the Chinese people repaid evil with virtue, extended their loving hands to them, and raised them to adulthood. "This monument was spontaneously donated and built by 1,450 Japanese World War II orphans to thank their Chinese foster parents for their kindness. The Chinese people love peace and are kind and generous. Raising Japanese World War II orphans profoundly reflects this," said Liu Yilin (刘一琳).
"History goes from yesterday to today and then to tomorrow. The 14-year arduous anti-Japanese war history of the people of Northeast China (东北) is of great educational significance to young people today," said Fan Lihong (范丽红). In order to allow young people to deeply feel the real history and stimulate patriotic enthusiasm and a sense of national responsibility, the "September 18th" History Museum (九·一八历史博物馆) in Shenyang (沈阳) innovatively carries out social education activities, including both research and study curriculum systems for primary and secondary school students and ideological and political curriculum systems for college students.
In the museum theater, the anti-war historical stage play "Black Soil Heroes" (黑土英魂) performed by young volunteers aroused bursts of warm applause. The young actors vividly presented the interlocking plot with full enthusiasm. "Too touching! The children performed really well! The stage play makes history three-dimensional and vivid. Remember history, we should be self-reliant!" said audience member Li Shuhang (李书航).
Since 1995, Shenyang (沈阳) has held the "Never Forget September 18th Striking the Bell and Sounding the Alarm" ceremony every year on September 18. At that time, air raid sirens are sounded throughout Shenyang (沈阳), and 14 alarm bells are struck to warn the world not to forget national humiliation and not to forget September 18th.
Today, in front of the Broken Calendar Monument, at the starting point of the war of resistance, we look back at the history forged with blood and life, use the great anti-war spirit to unite the powerful joint force of the Chinese sons and daughters, and strive unremittingly to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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Millennial Fingerprints "Updated" Again! Some time ago, there were new discoveries in the archaeological excavation of the Terracotta Army – archaeologists at the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum (秦始皇帝陵博物院) in Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, discovered more than 100 artisan fingerprint impressions on the more than 40 terracotta figures that have already been restored. These are fingerprints from ancestors more than 2,000 years ago. The clear lines and dense patterns have survived to this day, across thousands of years of time. The moment they are discovered by later generations, it is as if the creation of the terracotta figures happened just a moment ago.
The fingerprints on the Terracotta Army are not the first time people have encountered these "tiny imprints" in the long river of civilization. On pottery fragments discovered at the Yangshao Culture (仰韶文化) site, the fingerprint of a male potter's right thumb from more than 5,000 years ago froze the work of artisans in the Neolithic Age; on a pottery figurine unearthed at the Shijiahe Site (石家河遗址) in Tianmen (天门), Hubei (湖北) Province, dating back about 4,000 years, the three-dimensional fingerprints found below the left and right ears have become a precious footnote to human civilization in the Yangtze River (长江) basin. These traces "hidden" in cultural relics have become "warm witnesses" of Chinese civilization.
They were not engraved in the inscriptions on bronze ritual vessels, nor were they recorded in the classics compiled from bamboo slips and wooden tablets. Perhaps they were just unintentional actions of the artisans when kneading clay and shaping objects, but they unexpectedly became touching "living fossils" of civilization. Just as Zhao Zhen (赵震), the photographer who took pictures of the Terracotta Army, felt when he discovered a fingerprint: "Time has disappeared, and in the same position, he just left, and I stepped on his still warm footprints." The resonance across thousands of years is a vivid manifestation of the uninterrupted Chinese civilization.
The value of millennial fingerprints lies in revealing the "code" of the continuity of Chinese civilization: the long river of civilization is formed by the convergence of countless ordinary people's "trickling streams." What supports the continuation of Chinese civilization is not only the magnificence of the Great Wall and the rushing of the Yellow River (黄河), but also the fingerprints on the terracotta figures and the grains of rice remains unearthed – these "small but warm" existences. Archaeological discoveries in the past often "saw objects but not people," but these discoveries have precisely achieved "seeing people through objects" – the production, life, and creation of ordinary people are seen in a real way. Most ordinary people who nurtured civilization may not have been recorded much in history, but it is they who built the magnificent historical picture brick by brick and tile by tile. From this perspective, "history is created by the people" is concrete, tangible, and sensible.
There are many such examples of "seeing people through objects." In the Qin Dynasty (秦朝) bamboo slips from Yunmeng (云梦) Shuihudi (睡虎地), "On the day of Xinsi in the second month, Hei Fu (黑夫) and Jing (惊) dare to bow again and ask Zhong (衷) if his mother is well?" The homesickness and filial piety in a family letter are still as passionate as ever, crossing the long river of years; on a bamboo slip exhibited in the Gansu (甘肃) Bamboo Slips Museum, the record of "Zuchi (卒池) Hou (候) eats three stones, two dou, and two sheng less" makes the image of a garrison soldier named "Chi Hou" quite vivid, and his monthly food consumption is carefully recorded; the "Divorce Agreement" in the Dunhuang (敦煌) Sutra Cave is even more affectionate, and the lines are full of hope for a better life... It is these seemingly small records that vividly present the lives of the ancients. History seems to have never gone far, and those originally blurred figures are walking slowly from the depths of time, appearing clearly and recognizably before our eyes.
Today, modern technology is endowing these millennial relics with new life. With the help of morphological analysis and big data comparison, archaeologists have initially outlined the contours of the Qin Dynasty artisan group from hundreds of fingerprints, and provided empirical evidence for studying the Qin Dynasty handicraft industry organization model, labor force composition, and even social structure; next to Pit 1 of the Qin Terracotta Army, the constant temperature and humidity environment of the on-site protection and restoration laboratory has realized the whole-chain protection of Qin terracotta figure painting from excavation to restoration... Technology has illuminated the corners of history that were once ignored, allowing more "tiny imprints" to be seen and interpreted.
Cherishing civilization imprints like millennial fingerprints is to cherish the power of countless ordinary people to create civilization. Guarding these warm memories, continuing this awe of ordinary creators, allows the ancient Chinese civilization to undergo the baptism of time and still radiate new vitality.
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After the summer vacation, the guests at Yao Hongfen's (姚红芬) homestay gradually left, and she turned her energy back to managing her more than 20 acres of loquat trees. Roughly calculated, this year's summer vacation profits can reach 100,000 yuan, and this money can truly fall into her pocket for daily life, homestay maintenance, and even save a lot. But four years ago, most of Yao Hongfen's (姚红芬) income from working outside was used for the village's reciprocal "favor" expenses. "Birthday banquets, graduation banquets, housewarming banquets, none were missed. After a year of hard work, I didn't leave myself much money." Speaking of this, Yao Hongfen (姚红芬) shook her head repeatedly.
The change began when? Longguang Village (龙广村) in Kaiyang County (开阳县), Guiyang City (贵阳市), Guizhou Province (贵州省), where Yao Hongfen (姚红芬) is located, launched the "Five Governance" rural work of "governing houses, governing water, governing garbage, governing toilets, and governing customs" at the end of 2021, following the deployment of the city and county. "Governing customs" is, in layman's terms, changing customs and habits, and rectifying bad habits such as randomly holding banquets and comparing favors.
After receiving the work task, Tao Damo (陶大模), the Party Branch Secretary of Longguang Village (龙广村), began to mobilize with the village's "two committees". Holding坝坝 meetings, visiting households, and even giving instructions when encountering people on the ridges, Tao Damo (陶大模) took every opportunity to promote the "new rules" to the villagers. But the villagers also had questions: "I sent out so much money in the past, is it all now 'gone with the wind'?" Some villagers also worried, will this policy be a "**一阵风**" (yī zhèn fēng - "a gust of wind," short-lived, unsustainable)? Tao Damo (陶大模) took out the "Kaiyang County (开阳县) Rural 'Five Governance' Action Work Plan" issued by the Kaiyang County (开阳县) Party Committee and County Government to explain: "The timetable and roadmap are clear."
After publicity and guidance, at the beginning of 2022, more than 90% of the permanent residents of Longguang Village (龙广村) signed a commitment to change customs and habits. "Commitment is one thing, whether it can be done is another." In July of the same year, Tao Damo (陶大模) learned that a villager had purchased a new house in Guiyang (贵阳) and invited everyone to a banquet. "The banquet is in Guiyang (贵阳), many villagers may not go, but some will definitely send gifts to his home in advance." After learning this, he immediately rushed to the villager's home.
As soon as he entered the door, Tao Damo (陶大模) found a notebook. Opening it, he saw that it recorded the amount of gift money sent by 13 villagers. Tao Damo (陶大模) then pulled out the commitment letter signed by the villager himself. "It's written in black and white, and the villagers want to save face, so they quickly agreed to cancel the banquet." Tao Damo (陶大模) took him to return the gift money to each household, and this matter spread like wildfire. "The villagers saw our determination to promote the change of customs and habits. Since then, Longguang Village (龙广村) has never had any more randomly held banquets," said Tao Damo (陶大模).
It is necessary to block, but also to dredge. "The policy cannot be '**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," apply a single solution indiscriminately), and space must be left for people's interpersonal communication." He Sinian (何思念), director of the County Spiritual Civilization Construction Guidance Service Center, introduced that Kaiyang County (开阳县) selected two pilot villages with good and poor basic conditions in the county to establish "Neighborhood Mutual Aid Societies" to change the way banquets are held. He Sinian (何思念) introduced that the "gift money book" has become a "mutual aid book" - "Who sent rice, who helped install electric lights, who helped cook, this is real neighborhood friendship, whether you are poor or rich, it all works." He Sinian (何思念) said that Kaiyang County (开阳县) has now established 20 "Neighborhood Mutual Aid Societies", and the operation is effective.
"'Governing customs' is not only the construction of rural civilization, but also the improvement of the rural 'business environment'," said He Sinian (何思念). Now, the atmosphere in Longguang Village (龙广村) is refreshing, and the villagers have money and energy to develop industries, and tourists feel comfortable when they come. Relying on the advantage of being close to the Nanjiang Grand Canyon (南江大峡谷), a 4A-level scenic spot, Longguang Village (龙广村) has developed a tourism and residence industry. Currently, there are 22 homestays operated by enterprises and 28 private homestays in the village. Villagers like Yao Hongfen (姚红芬) have returned to their hometowns to start businesses, running homestays while selling agricultural products such as loquats and dried chili peppers, and their income has increased year by year. "In 2024, the per capita income of our village is 23,680 yuan, an increase of more than 3,000 yuan compared to 2021," said Tao Damo (陶大模).
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In the garden of art, cartoons use humor and wit to critique current affairs, creating a unique landscape that is both pungent and fresh, popular and profound. In the new era, how can the role of cartoons be fully utilized? Not long ago, the "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - International Cartoon Creation and Communication in the New Era" seminar, jointly organized by *National Humanities History* magazine and *Satire and Humor* newspaper, was held at the People's Daily (人民日报) headquarters. Subsequently, *National Humanities History* planned a special issue "Cartoons: Small Frames, Big World" (cover shown in Figure ①) and the integrated media products "Contemporary Cartoon Bloggers Relay to Jointly Create a Tribute to 100 Years of Chinese Cartoons" and "Fighting with Painting - The Anti-Japanese Expedition of the Shanghai Cartoon Propaganda Team" (poster shown in Figure ②), exploring the development of cartoons over the past century from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
As a popular art form, cartoons draw inspiration from life, have high acceptance and strong penetration, and are easy to form wider dissemination. The ability to present profound principles or complex phenomena in an easy-to-understand way allows cartoons to easily cross language barriers and cultural divides, evoking empathy and resonance, and playing an important role in international communication.
As presented in the *National Humanities History* special issue, although modern cartoons in China have only been around for over a century, they have always resonated with the fate of the nation, coexisting with modern newspapers and periodicals, forming a unique creative tradition, and shouldering unique responsibilities and missions.
In July 1898, the *Furen Literary Society Journal* in Hong Kong published *Complete Map of the Current Situation* created by the revolutionary Xie Zuantai (谢缵泰), using metaphors such as eagles and bears dividing China to expose the precarious situation of Western powers carving up China at that time, and warning the Chinese people to unite. The work triggered a strong response and was continuously published in Chinese and foreign newspapers. Since then, cartoons have appeared on the Chinese cultural stage with a face of exposure, criticism, and satire, and soon became an independent genre of painting. A large number of satirical cartoons appeared in newspapers, with a wide range of subjects: some exposed and criticized official corruption and political betrayal, and some satirized social evils and human ugliness, breaking the taboo that painting in China's 2,000-year imperial era did not intervene in "state affairs," playing a role of "visual enlightenment," and at the same time laying the creative foundation and direction for Chinese cartoon art.
From the Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命) to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, cartoons were tempered in turmoil. In 1918, the first professional cartoon publication *Shanghai Puck* was founded in Shanghai (上海), and its inaugural speech clearly stated the "three-step responsibility": first, to be vigilant against the North and South authorities, so that they can work together to build a strong and unified government; second, to do their best to win glory for the country, so that European and American people can fully understand that the spirit of the Chinese people in establishing the country is not inferior to them; third, to reconcile the old and the new, and to criticize the bad customs. The powerful language is a portrayal of the Chinese cartoon pioneers taking the interests of the country and the nation as their own responsibility, using cartoons as weapons to promote social progress and shoulder historical missions.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Chinese cartoons interrupted their relatively stable development and quickly plunged into the anti-Japanese national salvation propaganda. The *National Humanities History* special issue article "When the Pen Becomes a Bayonet: The 'Cartoon War' in the Anti-Japanese War" comprehensively showcases the contribution of cartoons to the Chinese people's victory in the Anti-Japanese War, from the successive birth of anti-Japanese cartoon publications such as *National Salvation Cartoons*, *Anti-Japanese War Cartoons*, and *Anti-Enemy Pictorial*, to the Shanghai cartoonists spontaneously establishing the Cartoon Circle National Salvation Association and forming a cartoon propaganda team, making the immortal monument of the cartoon predecessors "daring to take responsibility and daring to fight for the interests of the country and the nation" even clearer.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese cartoons entered a new stage of development. During the Korean War, the People's Daily (人民日报) attached great importance to the propaganda role of cartoons. Fan Changjiang (范长江), then the president of the newspaper, personally organized cartoonists to create "International Cartoons," further promoting the development of "International Cartoons." After Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) delivered the speech *On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People* in 1957, Hua Junwu (华君武) officially named this type of creation focusing on internal problems as "People's Internal Satirical Cartoons," prompting the satirical criticism of cartoons to shift from the nature of the enemy to the contradictions among the people. The transformed New China cartoons played a role that other genres of painting could not match in praising the new society, criticizing old ideas, and publicizing the new policies of the Party and the state. After the reform and opening up, on January 20, 1979, the People's Daily (人民日报) founded *Satire and Humor*, the first satirical cartoon newspaper in New China, which led to the publication of cartoons in newspapers and periodicals of all sizes across the country, integrating cartoons into the tide of reform and opening up.
The history of Chinese cartoons for over a century is filled with responsibility and commitment. It resonates with the times and the fate of the nation, becoming an important carrier for expressing China's position and conveying China's voice. Today, in the complex international environment, various media newspapers and periodicals are re-emphasizing the function of cartoons as "a picture is worth a thousand words," strengthening external publicity and telling Chinese stories through "International Cartoons." For example, the *People's Daily* launched the international cartoon online column "Manman Ping" (漫漫评), and China Daily focused on global issues to hold the "Community of Human Destiny" International Cartoon and Illustration Exhibition, striving to open a new path for international publicity.
Cartoons reflect the times, and the times are also shaping cartoons. With the full popularization of the Internet and smartphones, young people's understanding of "cartoons" has moved away from the traditional core of "the essence of cartoons is criticism" and has crossed over to a wider range of fields such as story comics, illustrations, animations, cultural creations, and electronic games. This unstoppable trend is full of opportunities and challenges for the development of cartoons. How to give play to the due social responsibilities of cartoons? At the "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" seminar, experts and scholars actively explored paths: adhere to integrity and innovation, both to maintain the soul of cartoon humor and satire, to show the vivid life of the times, and to avoid symbolic, routine, and superficial expression, and to strengthen artistic conception and expression. Excellent international cartoon works should not only pay attention to timeliness, but also pay attention to the excavation of cultural issues, and try to create influential Chinese cartoon brands and cartoon images from a cultural perspective. In external communication, cartoon creation needs to be consistent with the national position, appropriately reveal and analyze international issues, and at the same time respect cultural differences and improve the cross-cultural adaptability of content. If cartoons can be used to launch multi-party linkages and actively carry out two-way exchanges with cartoonists from various countries, it will help spread Chinese culture to the world.
No matter how the times develop, the tradition of Chinese cartoons cannot be lost! The social responsibilities of cartoons cannot be abandoned! In the new era, cartoonists are even more needed to be full of courage and responsibility, inherit the excellent genes of cartoons, broaden the path of cartoon creation, and let this art form, which carries a century of responsibility, continue to radiate the vitality of the times in integrity and innovation.
(The author is the director of the Cartoon Art Committee of the China Artists Association)
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In the magnificent Victory Day parade, we better understand the preciousness of peace. As the "September 18th Incident" (九一八事变) approaches, in ceremonies such as the "Never Forget September 18th" (勿忘“九一八”) bell-ringing and siren-sounding, we remember the warnings of history.
Every time I approach an important time node related to the anniversary of the victory against Japanese aggression, I consult a lot of materials, excavate the profound connotation of this history, and engrave national memories with paintings. In 1985, I created the "Defend the Yellow River" (保卫黄河) trilogy, using three paintings, "A Century of National Humiliation" (百年家国耻), "March of the Volunteers" (义勇军进行曲), and "The Day of Pacifying the Central Plains" (北定中原日), to reproduce the magnificent panorama of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In 2015, I created "Victory Day" (胜利日) in ink, symbolizing the motherland welcoming the light through a scene of a soldier of the Eighth Route Army (八路军) facing east and blowing a bugle towards dawn. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory against Japanese aggression, and as I get older, I have a deeper understanding of this war, and I hope to express my remembrance and respect to the thousands upon thousands of martyrs with a deeper and more restrained picture!
Looking back at the 14-year history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, China paid a heavy price of more than 35 million casualties. Among the many who sacrificed, only a few are remembered in history, and more are nameless heroes who stepped forward to dedicate their lives to the War of Resistance. What particularly touches me is the deeds of the Chinese Youth Army (中国青年军) and child soldiers (娃娃兵) – those students who had just graduated, and even children who were not as tall as rifles, charged into battle without formal military training, facing the artillery fire with their young lives... This war must be remembered. 前事不忘、后事之师 (qián shì bù wàng, hòu shì zhī shī - "past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future," learning from history). The world is still not peaceful today, and as a painter, I have a greater responsibility to make people remember history and cherish peace through my works. Therefore, I decided to create "Requiem for the Fallen" (战殒者安魂曲) (see picture), using a combination of symbolism and metaphor, transcending specific historical events and realistic scenes, to construct a universally meaningful and resonant situation.
In terms of artistic conception, I broke through the realistic depiction of the simple burial of sacrificed soldiers at that time, and created a solemn and ritualistic scene with artistic tension through the "funeral" ceremony. After consulting a large number of materials, I referred to the funerals of outstanding contemporary figures and the funeral traditions of rural northern China, and adopted the form of carrying a coffin to carry out artistic expression. I repeatedly revised the composition, and finally used a monumental shape to strengthen the formal sense and power of the picture.
In order to unify form and content, I reviewed and expressed the struggle of the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War from an international perspective. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was cooperation between the Kuomintang (国民党) and the Communist Party (共产党) to jointly fight against Japan, and the Soviet Red Army (苏联红军) and the American Flying Tigers (美国飞虎队) and others supported China's fight against Japan, and many soldiers died in this war. In the picture, the bugler, the person saluting with a gun, and the coffin bearers together form a solemn ritual structure. Among them are not only the Eighth Route Army (八路军) and the New Fourth Army (新四军), including guerrillas (游击队) and armed work teams (武工队), but also the Kuomintang Army (国民党军), the Soviet Red Army (苏联红军), and the American Flying Tigers (美国飞虎队). Among them, the one walking in the forefront is an Eighth Route Army (八路军) soldier blowing a bugle, symbolizing the role of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) as the mainstay in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Behind him, two soldiers salute, and behind them, people carry the coffin, which is covered with flags from these forces, to show their deep respect for their contributions.
In terms of visual creation, I used a high-angle perspective to shape the group of figures, highlighting their upright posture, firm expression, and unyielding will. In order to make the characters real and perceptible, I strictly verified all the details of clothing, weapons, armbands, etc. At the same time, the background of the picture is set off by symbolic red, which not only implies the historical memory of the smoke of gunpowder, but also conveys a warning to the present.
I also thought a lot about the naming of the painting, but I was not very satisfied. Until one day, inspired by Xian Xinghai's (冼星海) "Yellow River Cantata" (黄河大合唱) and Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony" (英雄交响曲), I named the painting "Requiem for the Fallen" (战殒者安魂曲) – "the fallen" refers to all those who sacrificed in the War of Resistance. This is not only a review of the suffering of the nation, but also an appeal to the international community, hoping that all countries will learn from history, jointly promote peaceful development, and jointly create a better future for mankind.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History (中央文史研究馆))
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The connection between sports and art has a long history. The "Six Arts" (六艺) of the pre-Qin period included archery, charioteering, and calligraphy, while ancient Greece revered the "Seven Liberal Arts" and athletic competitions. The pursuit of "strength and beauty" is deeply ingrained in human nature. Today, sports art has become an excellent medium for interpreting the beauty of sports and promoting the spirit of sports. The "Artistic Connotation of the Dual Olympics - National Sports Art Exhibition" currently on display at the Beijing Olympic Museum (北京奥运博物馆) brings together over a hundred classic and newly created works, providing inspiration for today's sports art creation.
Excellent sports art should transcend mere visual reproduction, endowing sports with historical and symbolic value, and showcasing the spirit of the times. In September 1983, Chinese women's race walking athlete Xu Yongjiu (徐永久) won the championship at the 3rd World Race Walking Cup held in Bergen, Norway, becoming China's first world champion in track and field. Inspired by this, Tian Jinduo (田金铎) created the sculpture "Walking to the World" in 1985. This is a work with great aesthetic appeal of the time: the lithe figure and striding posture of the female race walking athlete appropriately blend the beauty of the female body and the beauty of race walking, showcasing a spirit of self-confidence and self-improvement.
As Chinese athletes continue to achieve excellent results in international sports events, the world has seen a striving China. Sports has become an important window for showcasing the national image to the world, and has further driven the creation of sports art. Works such as Xu Qixiong's (徐启雄) Chinese painting "Before the Decisive Battle" (决战之前) in 1984, Yu Chang's (俞畅) sculpture "Challenge" (挑战) in 1989, and Li Ming's (黎明) sculpture "Rise" (崛起) in 1990, like "Walking to the World," fuse the spirit of the Chinese nation into their creations.
In the new century and the new era, the successive hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games (北京奥运会) and the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) has injected stronger confidence and pride into the Chinese people, and the scale and connotation of sports art creation have also been continuously expanded. From free creation to organized creation, from the "9th China Beijing International Art Biennale" to the "14th National Art Exhibition," a large number of sports art works have emerged, among which ice and snow sports themes are showing a rapid growth trend, and the artistic expression forms of artists are also becoming more diverse. However, there are not many artists who persist in sports art creation and have achieved remarkable results. Yang Gang (杨刚) is a prominent one among them. He loved sketching all his life. Through keen observation, perception, and expression, he used ink sketching to capture the wonderful moments of sports athletes in competitions, and engraved the beauty of sports with a strong sense of abstract beauty and formal beauty, which has both the fleeting sense of presence and impact, and the sculptural sense of volume and eternity, which is unique.
Sports and art each have their own characteristics, but their pursuit of beauty, technique, rhythm, and the combination of body and mind is consistent. It should be noted that today there are many large-scale meticulous brushwork paintings that express sports, but they have basically failed to break away from the influence of referring to relevant visual images for creation. For example, Lu Zhengyuan's (卢征远) colored sculpture "Vibrant," which shows the scene of the "Village Super League" (村超) in Guizhou (贵州), connects the themes of national integration, comprehensive rural revitalization, and national fitness, and has made positive attempts, but it is obviously not enough.
Excellent sports art creations are often not documentary, but symbolic, inspiring and exciting, which not only play the movement of the integration of strength and beauty, but also carry the glory and dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We look forward to the birth of more such fine works that pursue beauty and excellence.
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The crystalline snow mountains, vast grasslands, and mysterious primordial wilderness, with Tibet as its main body, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau attracts the world's attention with its magnificent natural landscapes of the Earth's Third Pole and unique customs, and also inspires the creative inspiration of generations of art workers. Tibetan-themed art creation enriches the cultural depth of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, builds a bridge of communication between Tibet and other regions of China, and unites the spiritual strength of the Chinese nation's unity and striving. As a literary and art worker who has worked and lived in Tibet for more than 50 years, I have deep feelings.
Due to the surrounding snow mountains and inconvenient transportation, Tibet was once a place rarely visited by the art world. In the 1930s and 1940s, with the successive opening of highways such as Sichuan-Kang and Kang-Qing, more and more artists went to the west. The aura of mountains and rivers, the colors of light and shadow, the humanistic customs, and the broad atmosphere not only changed the psychological tension of the artists, but also expanded their creative space. In the 1940s, Zhang Daqian (张大千) went to the Northwest to sketch, and his artistic style changed as a result. Later, some artists such as Sun Zongwei (孙宗慰), Han Leran (韩乐然), and Wu Zuoren (吴作人) began to step into this mysterious land of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, using their brushes to depict natural scenery, human history, and ethnic customs, opening the western journey of modern Chinese art and opening the door for people to understand and recognize the plateau.
Limited by the conditions at the time, these artists actually failed to reach the core area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau—Tibet. With the peaceful liberation and democratic reform of Tibet, many artists successively entered Tibet under the organization of relevant departments. For example, Huang Zhou (黄胄) entered Tibet twice in 1954 and 1962, and Dong Xiwen (董希文) entered Tibet three times in 1954, 1955, and 1961 respectively. They and the group of artists inside and outside the region represented by Ando Qiangba (安多强巴) formed the first climax of Tibetan-themed art creation in the history of New China's art, and produced a number of realistic painting classics such as "Primitive Snowstorm" and "Millennial Land Turned Over."
In the 1980s and 1990s, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau theme once again became a popular topic for literary and artistic creation. Many artists rushed to the plateau area and created many epic masterpieces with passion. The profound meaning contained in them is the return of art and the search for a spiritual home. A representative work is Li Bo'an's (李伯安) huge ink painting scroll "Out of Bayan Har" (走出巴颜喀拉), which took 10 years to create and is 1.88 meters high and 121.5 meters long. Bayan Har Mountain (巴颜喀拉山) is the source of the Yellow River. Based on the Yellow River civilization, the work breaks through the traditional ink language, portrays 266 figures with different expressions, and strives to express the unyielding spirit of the Chinese nation. This masterpiece is magnificent and awe-inspiring, pushing the expressiveness and shock of ink figure painting to a new height. Unfortunately, the painter, who was in his prime, fell in front of his drawing board due to overwork before he could realize all his ideas...
Today, with more convenient transportation, artists are sketching in the Tibet region more and more frequently. As I write this article, a sketching group of famous Chinese Plateau Painting School artists has just returned to Lhasa (拉萨) from Ngari (阿里). They spent half a month, traveled more than 4,000 kilometers, and recorded the new appearance of Tibet's development with their brushes through personal experience.
As an important protection site for Chinese national characteristic culture, Tibet is a rich mine for Chinese art creation. After decades of development, with the rise of the Tibetan artist group and the wide participation of artists from all over the country, Tibetan-themed art has received widespread attention. The "Blue Sky Pure Land·Plateau Painting School" is constantly growing and its works have been invited to be exhibited in countries and regions such as Germany and France for many times. In recent years, exhibitions of Tibetan art entering other regions of China and painters from other regions of China painting Tibet have been continuous, and art exchanges have become more in-depth. This two-way interaction not only promotes the attention of local Tibetan art to real life, making creation move from "theocentrism" to "anthropocentrism," but also opens up a new realm of aesthetic creation in art. For example, in terms of color, it changes from "chaotic and heavy" to "high-gray and bright," the brushwork changes from "shaping" to "lyrical writing," the content changes from small bridges and flowing water to vast deserts and long rivers, and the stylized literati elegance becomes magnificent atmosphere.
For decades, generations of art workers have traveled to the plateau, delved into the plateau, and expressed the plateau, deeply feeling the history and culture, creation and natural charm of the Tibetan region, and engraving the eternal memory of this land with artistic creation. These paintings are full of the plateau people's admiration for nature and pursuit of a better life, reflecting the historical changes and vitality of this land.
This year is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区). As a participant and witness of this history, I sincerely believe that 60 years of continuous investment and 60 years of accumulation will make Tibet's tomorrow even better. The development of the times encourages artistic innovation. With the continuous implementation of art and cultural engineering projects such as the "National First-Class Artists Tibetan Theme Creation Project," Tibetan-themed art creation will be more in-depth, more solid, and more touching, and will write a new chapter of brilliance in the snowy plateau with the grand atmosphere of the new era.
(The author is the former Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Federation of Literary and Art Circles (西藏自治区文联))
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This year marks the 110th anniversary of Mr. Lai Shaoqi's (赖少其) birth, and the Guangzhou Museum of Art's "Nature as My Teacher – Research Exhibition on Lai Shaoqi and Modern Landscape Painting Creation" has arrived as scheduled. Works by landscape painting masters from the late Ming Dynasty onwards, spanning over 300 years, are displayed alongside works by contemporary artists and Lai Shaoqi's creations, initiating an artistic dialogue across time and space, and exploring the eternal proposition of inheritance and innovation.
Ten years ago, when I was the director of the Guangdong Museum of Art, I curated and launched the "The Way of the Great Path – Lai Shaoqi Centenary Exhibition," using the entire exhibition space of the Guangdong Museum of Art to build a grand art palace for this outstanding 20th-century artist. Now, two exhibitions in two museums, echoing each other over a 10-year period, have become the best annotation for interpreting the "change" and "unchange" of Chinese landscape painting.
My first encounter with Lai Shaoqi's art was during my university days in 1980. I had just returned from sketching in Mount Huangshan (黄山) and was pondering whether to create my landscape painting course assignment in a traditional or contemporary language when I happened to see Lai Shaoqi's painting of Gulangyu (鼓浪屿). The observational perspective of capturing the breath of objects with brush and ink, and the combination of traditional and contemporary brush and ink language, unexpectedly coincided with my understanding of Mount Huangshan. I used his method as a reference to complete my assignment, and the work received the highest score in the class and was retained by the school. The name "Lai Shaoqi (赖少其)" has been deeply rooted in my heart ever since. Today, in the "Nature as My Teacher" exhibition hall, facing Lai Shaoqi's numerous works of "observing objects with the heart," I finally realized that this resonance stemmed from his insight into the "change" and "unchange" of landscape painting – no matter how the brush and ink language changes, it always adheres to the core of "writing the spirit of landscape."
In 2001, I transferred from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院) to Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学), and at the invitation of Lai's wife, I personally witnessed Lai Shaoqi's works from the last few years of his life at his home. These works integrated tradition and modernity, abstraction and figuration, rationality and sensibility, reflecting his inner contemplation and his reverie, contemplation, and meditation on the universe, presenting a life image that was far from vulgarity, full of sincere perception, and free-spirited dreams.
In the "Bingyin Reform (丙寅变法)" of 1986, Lai Shaoqi pushed the dialectic of "change" and "unchange" to the extreme. His "unchange" was a sober understanding rooted in tradition: around 1962, he copied Tang Yin's (唐寅) "Lushan (匡庐) Picture" more than 40 times, regarded Cheng Sui (程邃), Dai Benxiao (戴本孝), and Huang Binhong (黄宾虹) as the foundation of his art, and bluntly stated that "**不学传统空唐突** (bù xué chuán tǒng kōng táng tū - "not learning tradition is in vain," emphasizing the importance of learning from tradition before attempting innovation)"; his "change" was that after returning to Guangdong (粤) at the age of 71, facing the new environment of "red flowers and green willows" in Lingnan (岭南), he boldly absorbed the colors of Impressionism and created a "new structure in which ink and color both conflict and harmonize." This "unchange" is not a shackle on innovation, but a fundamental guarantee that allows innovation to have roots to follow; this "change" is not a departure from tradition, but an inevitable path to make tradition "live" in the present. His works in the last few years of his life were the ultimate fusion of Lai Shaoqi's artistic "change" and "unchange": the form of brush and ink "changed" due to illness, but the core of "writing the truth of life" never changed. This life will, which was flaunted in desperation, is the manifestation of the most authentic spirit of landscape painting.
From "The Way of the Great Path" to "Nature as My Teacher," the two exhibitions span time and space and tell the same truth: the inheritance of landscape art is never an "unchanging" replication, nor a "changing" carnival, but finding a balance in the dialectic of "change" and "unchange." At present, facing a complex and ever-changing reality, Chinese painters need to understand this balance even more: they must have the courage to "reform" and use contemporary language to activate tradition; they must also have the sobriety to "guard the roots." Only in this way can Chinese landscape painting, in the years to come, both retain the spiritual characteristics of the East and have the ability to engage in dialogue with the world; both carry the cultural memory of the past and open up the artistic possibilities of the future. This is the deepest reflection that Lai Shaoqi (赖少其) left us on the "change and unchange" of landscape painting.
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