Summary: On the occasion of the eighth "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," Xi Jinping extended greetings to farmers and those working in agriculture on behalf of the Party Central Committee. He noted the country overcame natural disasters to achieve stable summer grain production and increased early rice production, anticipating another bumper harvest. Xi emphasized that Chinese-style modernization is inseparable from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. He called for efforts to improve agricultural production capacity and promote farmer employment and income growth to comprehensively promote rural revitalization. The report did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article commemorates the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, highlighting the achievements and changes in Xinjiang under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, particularly since the 18th Party Congress and Xi Jinping's tenure. It emphasizes the importance of the "New Era Party's Xinjiang Strategy" in maintaining social stability, promoting ethnic unity, and improving livelihoods, with quotes from Xi Jinping underscoring the strategic importance of Xinjiang. The article notes Xi Jinping's multiple visits to Xinjiang, including in 2014 and 2022, and his focus on issues ranging from education and cultural preservation to economic development and ecological protection. It also discusses the importance of national unity and the role of cadres in promoting development in the region.
Summary: Ahead of the eighth annual "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," Xi Jinping extended congratulations to farmers and those working in agriculture, emphasizing that agricultural and rural modernization is integral to Chinese-style modernization. He urged local Party committees and governments to prioritize agricultural and rural development, enhance agricultural technology and equipment, and boost farmers' employment and income. The article highlights the achievements in agriculture, including stable grain production, poverty alleviation, and increased farmer income. The piece also notes Xi's visit to Fujian province on October 15, 2024, where he told villagers of the bright future of the countryside. The article makes no mention of the United States or Sino-U.S. relations.
Summary: Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, speaking at the opening of the 5th World Network of Biosphere Reserves Congress in Hangzhou, highlighted China's ecological achievements under Xi Jinping's thought and its active role in global environmental governance. He proposed strengthening biosphere reserve construction through global cooperation, technological support, balanced ecological and economic development, and multilateralism. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay praised China's environmental achievements and contributions to global governance. Prior to the ceremony, Ding met with Azoulay, expressing China's willingness to deepen cooperation with UNESCO in education, science, heritage protection, and environmental protection, while Azoulay expressed the importance of China's support for UNESCO amidst challenges to multilateralism.
Summary: Xi Jinping extended greetings to farmers and agricultural workers for the harvest festival, emphasizing the importance of agricultural modernization through technological advancement. The article highlights China's success in achieving stable summer grain production and increased early rice yields despite natural disasters, attributing it to technological innovations like high-standard farmland, advanced harvesting machinery, and data-driven agriculture. It notes that the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress in China has reached 63.2%. The piece emphasizes that securing China's food supply relies on technology, promoting the development of new agricultural productive forces to enhance comprehensive production capacity. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ("SCO") plus conference on September 1st, Xi Jinping formally proposed the Global Governance Initiative (全球治理倡议), following the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative. The initiative focuses on reforming and improving the global governance system, upholding the UN Charter, and practicing the principle of shared governance, and has received positive feedback from countries including Russia and Malaysia. Xi emphasized that multilateralism is the trend and that China aims to provide global public goods. The initiative reflects China's commitment to global governance and addressing global challenges without mentioning the United States.
Summary: To mark the 75th anniversary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Guangxi Petrochemical successfully produced qualified products from its new 300,000-ton/year high-density polyethylene unit. This unit is the first large-scale chemical unit put into operation as part of CNPC's Guangxi Petrochemical refining and chemical integration transformation and upgrading project. The project, encompassing 16 chemical units including a 1.2 million ton/year ethylene unit, exemplifies CNPC's effort to accelerate its move towards the high-end of the industrial chain and promote green, low-carbon, high-quality development. No individuals accompanied the announcement in the article. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Li Ganjie, member of the Politburo and head of the United Front Work Department, was elected Executive Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification (CCPPR) at its recent meeting in Beijing. Li emphasized the CCPPR's role in uniting patriotic forces, opposing separatist acts, and safeguarding national interests. He called for the full implementation of the Party's overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan issue in the new era, and for strengthening efforts to counter Taiwan independence. Li also stressed the importance of promoting cross-strait exchanges and winning international support for unification, with no mention of the United States. Vice Presidents Cai Dafeng, Zheng Jianbang, and others attended the meeting.
Summary: Li Hongzhong, a member of the Politburo and Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, chaired a meeting on enforcing the Forest Law, emphasizing the importance of Xi Jinping's ecological civilization thought for high-quality forestry development. He stressed the need to implement the law effectively, address shortcomings, and improve the legal system for forest protection. Li highlighted the achievements in forest resource protection and ecological restoration since the 18th Party Congress. The meeting also included calls for strengthening law enforcement and legal publicity. NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairpersons Wu Weihua and Xuekelaiti Zakeer also attended the meeting.
Summary: At a press conference, People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng highlighted the achievements of the financial sector during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, including enhanced financial governance, risk management, and increased international competitiveness. Financial Supervisory Administration Director Li Yunze noted that the banking and insurance sectors provided 170 trillion yuan in new funding to the real economy. Securities Regulatory Commission Chairman Wu Qing stated that over 90% of newly listed companies are tech-focused, and direct financing has increased. Zhu Hexin, Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, mentioned that foreign institutions and individuals hold over 10 trillion yuan in domestic stocks, bonds, and deposits, and that China has prevented external risks from impacting its financial markets.
Summary: On the occasion of the eighth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, Xi Jinping extended greetings to farmers and those working in agriculture, emphasizing the importance of agricultural modernization for China's overall modernization and calling for strengthened support for the agricultural sector. He urged local governments to prioritize agricultural and rural development, improve policies, and enhance technological support to boost agricultural productivity and rural incomes, while also promoting rural revitalization. The article also mentions Xi Jinping's visit to Fujian province, where he visited villagers in Dongshan county and encouraged them to continue striving towards rural revitalization and common prosperity. The article notes that progress has been made in rural revitalization, with stable grain production, increased farmer incomes, and improved living standards. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "Gang Rong" vessel, the world's first large car carrier using a methanol dual-fuel system, docked at Tianjin Port and received 300 tons of domestically produced green methanol. This signals that Tianjin Port now possesses the capacity for large-scale green methanol supply. The methanol used was produced in Inner Mongolia from waste tires and biomass. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Water Resources has prioritized irrigation efforts since June, focusing on major autumn grain-producing regions to ensure the supply of water for crops like rice, corn, and soybeans. Summer irrigation has supplied nearly 200 billion cubic meters of water to almost 800 million mu of farmland. The Ministry has also supported the construction of new large-scale irrigation areas and modernization projects, expanding and improving irrigation capacity. These efforts have resulted in increased grain production from irrigated land, while also improving efficient usage of water for irrigation.
Summary: The 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) concluded with significant achievements, highlighting strengthened regional economic integration and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN, especially in the high-tech sector, which is expected to be a new growth area. The expo featured an AI-specific hall and roundtable, showcasing China's advancements in AI, big data, and cloud computing. ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn stated that ASEAN and China can set standards for digital ecosystems through cooperation. The event also emphasized the deepening of cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and ASEAN, with increased travel between the regions.
Summary: In anticipation of the UN's 80th anniversary, the author, China's Permanent Representative to the UN, emphasizes China's commitment to the UN's ideals and its role as a staunch defender of the post-WWII international order. The author highlights the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War, asserting China's significant contribution to global peace during WWII. The author reaffirmed China's support for the UN's central role in global governance and criticized unilateralism, hegemonism, and power politics. Finally, the author reiterated China's commitment to global initiatives and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Summary: Politburo member and Vice Premier Liu Guozhong met with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah in Beijing on September 22nd. Liu stated China is willing to work with Malaysia to implement the consensus reached by both countries' leaders, referring to Xi Jinping's state visit in April, and deepen cooperation in areas like water conservancy. Fadillah expressed Malaysia's appreciation for China's achievements in water conservancy and a desire to deepen cooperation across various fields. The meeting underscored the commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and building a high-level China-Malaysia community with a shared future. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the statements reported.
Summary: On September 1st, Xi Jinping, while hosting the "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation +" meeting in Tianjin, introduced the Global Governance Initiative. This initiative aims to promote a more just and reasonable global governance system, focusing on upholding the UN Charter and advocating for a global governance approach based on shared consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits. The initiative is considered to be another important contribution China is making to the world, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. It has received positive responses from countries including Russia, Malaysia and Serbia, with Serbian President Vucic stating that the initiative's principles of sovereign equality are significant for reforming global governance. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Politburo member and Vice Premier He Lifeng met with a U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Smith in Beijing. He Lifeng stated that Xi Jinping and Donald Trump's September 19 phone call reached important consensus, providing strategic guidance for the next stage of U.S.-China relations. He expressed hope that the U.S. would communicate frankly with China based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation to promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations. He also called on U.S. congressmen to actively build communication channels and strengthen dialogue to promote the common development of both countries.
Summary: The 5th China-Mongolia Expo, themed "Deepening Mutually Beneficial Cooperation and Promoting Win-Win Cooperation," showcased Chinese advancements in intelligent manufacturing, including unmanned vehicles, drones, and smart robotics attracting international interest. Mongolian businessman Buren Bayaer was looking for suitable unmanned freight vehicles at the expo, as Mongolia has a growing interest in AI technology. Inner Mongolia Yihang Technology showcased customizable drones for various industrial applications to a Mongolian audience. The expo resulted in 32 signed trade projects totaling 65.86 billion RMB, highlighting the deepening economic cooperation between China and Mongolia.
Summary: Defense Minister Dong Jun met with a U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, in Beijing. Dong referenced Xi Jinping's recent call with President Trump, expressing that the U.S. and China can achieve mutual success. He urged the U.S. representatives to eliminate obstacles to improve military relations and contribute to the two countries moving in the same direction. Dong affirmed China's desire for stable military-to-military relations based on equality and respect, while also emphasizing the country's determination to defend its national interests. He also called for more open communication channels between the two militaries.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo JiaKun announced on September 22nd that China will soon host another Global Women's Summit in Beijing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the World Conference on Women held there. Guo stated the summit aims to accelerate the comprehensive development of women globally, building upon Xi Jinping's 2025 initiative. He emphasized China's commitment to gender equality and women's development, highlighting the achievements made since the 18th Party Congress. Guo also noted the release of a white paper showcasing China's progress in promoting women's development, contributing Chinese wisdom and experience to the global women's cause.
Summary: A Chinese-Chadian Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) technology training center was inaugurated at the China-Chad Friendship Hospital in N'Djamena. Chadian officials expressed high praise for the bilateral cooperation in healthcare and thanked China for its contributions to Chad's development in this area. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Work Committee for Departments under the Central Committee and State organs (中央和国家机关工委) organized its first unified training session for party members across central and state organs. A leading official from the Party School of the Central Committee (National Academy of Governance) provided instruction on studying Xi Jinping's "Governance of China" Volume V. Representatives from various central departments and model party organizations attended the main session, with over 260,000 party members participating via livestream in branch sessions. The Work Committee plans to institutionalize these sessions to ensure comprehensive and standardized training for all party members in central and state organs.
Summary: The Central Propaganda Department awarded the "Role Model of the Times" title to the Chongqing Procuratorate's Juvenile Protection Work Team, praising their work in safeguarding the rights and interests of minors. The team, comprised of seven members, was lauded for their dedication to Xi Jinping's Thought on the Rule of Law and their commitment to protecting minors. The Central Propaganda Department called on party members, especially those in the political and legal system, to follow their example and contribute to nurturing the next generation. Representatives from the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, China Central Television, and the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee attended the award ceremony. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Super Typhoon "Hagupit" is expected to make landfall along the coast of Guangdong or Hainan around September 24th, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall to the South China Sea and coastal areas of southern China. Guangdong, Hainan, and Fujian are expected to experience heavy rainfall, with some areas potentially experiencing extreme rainstorms. In response, China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters initiated a Level IV emergency response for Guangdong, Hainan, and Fujian at 11:30 on September 22nd. A working group has been dispatched to Guangdong to assist with flood and typhoon prevention efforts. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Guangdong province activated a Level II typhoon emergency response on September 22 in anticipation of Typhoon "Hagupit," initiating 24-hour monitoring and patrols. A province-wide meeting emphasized proactive preparations before landfall. Coastal tourist areas and transportation routes were closed, with maritime authorities issuing over 40,000 warnings and relocating over 10,000 vessels. Several cities will implement "five suspensions" (停课、停工、停产、停运、停业), and transportation services including high-speed rail will be suspended.
Summary: The article reports on the first autumn campus recruitment event for the 2026 graduating class of Nanhua University in Hengyang, Hunan Province, held on September 20th. The photograph accompanying the article depicts graduates communicating with potential employers at the event. No further context or specific details are provided beyond this observation. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, highlighting the region's progress under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the "New Era Party's Xinjiang Governance Strategy" of Xi Jinping. Xi Jinping has visited Xinjiang multiple times, emphasizing the region's strategic importance for national security, unity, and the overall development of China, including the importance of cultural integration. The article stresses the importance of maintaining social stability, promoting ethnic unity, and improving livelihoods in Xinjiang, while upholding the rule of law. It also mentions the support provided to Xinjiang from other parts of China. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article features a dialogue between Zhou Shanshan, a commentator for *China Culture Daily*, and Luo Qun, deputy director of the brand innovation center of the same paper, discussing the recent surge in popularity of theater performances in China. Luo attributes this trend to high-quality productions, accessible venues, immersive experiences, and diversification of genres. They emphasize the importance of innovation and originality in productions to maintain audience interest, cautioning against prioritizing form over substance. Luo also highlights the unique value of live performances compared to online content and suggests leveraging the internet to optimize resource allocation and improve production quality.
Summary: The article discusses a shift in China's investment attraction strategies, moving away from simply attracting individual companies to fostering entire industrial chains and ecosystems. Local governments are innovating with approaches like "chain investment" (链式招商), "scenario investment" (场景招商), and "investment through commerce" (以商招商) to create attractive environments for businesses. The focus is on providing comprehensive support, including R&D, logistics, and services, to lower production costs and give companies an innovative development environment. The article emphasizes the need for local governments to adopt a systemic approach, improve services, and cultivate a favorable business environment to attract sustainable investment. There is no direct mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A recent report highlights the role of a support mechanism for small and micro enterprises in Chongqing, which utilizes data like tax information to connect businesses with banks for loans. This mechanism aims to address information asymmetry and reduce financing obstacles for these enterprises. By the end of July, the mechanism had facilitated visits to nearly 98 million small business entities and disbursed 22 trillion yuan in loans. The article emphasizes the importance of building trust between banks and enterprises through improved communication and the use of digital technology to bridge the information gap. It also calls for better implementation of policies and coordination to support the development of small and micro enterprises.
Summary: Recent reports highlight the successful cultivation of "relay rice" (再生稻) in multiple regions, including Anhui and Hunan, where the practice is significantly boosting yields and farmer incomes. This resurgence of traditional farming techniques, enhanced by modern agricultural technology, addresses food security and promotes sustainable practices by reducing costs and improving rice quality. A key challenge hindering wider adoption is machinery-related damage to rice stubble, which is being addressed through technological innovations like specialized harvesters and optimized planting patterns. China aims to expand relay rice cultivation significantly by 2030, supported by policy initiatives and technological advancements. The article mentions that China is also promoting hybrid rice planting in over 20 African countries through agricultural aid projects.
Summary: The article discusses the potential of saline-alkali land as a "potential granary" for increased grain production in China, citing successful examples of land reclamation and cultivation in Jilin and Liaoning provinces. It emphasizes the importance of technological innovation in transforming these barren lands into productive agricultural areas. Developing saline-alkali land agriculture is believed to be able to support rural revitalization and ensure food security. The article frames this effort as a long-term strategy for safeguarding China's grain reserves and overall stability. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Here are summaries of the two articles provided: **Article 1: "Don't Treat Roads as Private Studios"** The article criticizes the dangerous trend of individuals using public roads as filming locations for short videos and live streams, emphasizing the safety risks and traffic disruption caused. It calls for increased awareness among content creators, stricter platform regulation of content, and stronger local enforcement against illegal occupation of roads. The article also highlights the role of traffic algorithms and viewer behavior in exacerbating the problem. **Article 2: "Mutual Transfer of School Rolls Helps the Integration of Vocational and General Education"** The article discusses a pilot program in Guangzhou, Guangdong, allowing students to transfer between vocational and general high schools, opening up new possibilities for educational pathways. It emphasizes the need for mutual recognition of credits between vocational and academic courses and the transformation of social concepts of vocational education to promote the program. The article calls for increased investment in vocational education and the need for simplifying transfer procedures to promote broader access.
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Summary: China is prioritizing science popularization through diverse activities, including VR experiences, volunteer-led experiments, and online lectures by experts, exemplified by the inaugural National Science Popularization Month in September. The Chinese Space Science Society's "The Sea of Stars Awaits You" program, featuring astronauts like Zhao Chuandong and researchers like Chang Lin, aims to inspire youth in space exploration. Mobile science museums, such as the one in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, bring hands-on science experiences to remote areas. The Spark Science Popularization Volunteer Service Team at Nanchang University uses engaging physics demonstrations to spark scientific curiosity in rural schools. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the increasing importance of popular science (科普) in China for cultivating scientific thinking, promoting social progress, and disseminating knowledge to the public. It highlights various engaging methods of科普, such as videos and interactive exhibitions, that are making science more accessible. Experts emphasize 科普's role in correcting misinformation amid rapid technological advancements by bridging the gap between complex science and public understanding. The article advocates for prioritizing 科普 alongside scientific innovation as a shared societal endeavor. The article does not directly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: On the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Hong, granddaughter of the martyr Zhao Yiman, was moved to tears during the parade. Zhao Yiman, a leader in the anti-Japanese struggle in Northeast China, was executed in 1936. Chen Hong has dedicated her retirement to sharing the history of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and her grandmother's story, hoping the younger generation will strengthen their faith and build a stronger country. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Beijing Police Academy students, including Chen Yukun, trained rigorously to inflate and tie 80,000 balloons for the military parade. Tasked with inflating and tying each balloon within eight seconds to specific dimensions, Chen and his classmates overcame initial difficulties, developing speed and precision. Although they couldn't see the parade, they were filled with pride as the balloons were released. Chen expressed his commitment to serving the people and contributing to the country in the future. The article makes no mention of US-China relations, or any interaction with American politicians.
Summary: The 2025 National "Integrity in Commerce Promotion Month" officially launched in Xianning, Hubei, aiming to promote a culture of integrity and optimize the consumer environment. Organized by 12 departments including the Ministry of Commerce and the Central Propaganda Department, the month-long event will focus on promoting integrity through various initiatives, including showcasing exemplary cases and disseminating credit knowledge. The Ministry of Commerce will guide provincial authorities to hold business-bank matchmaking events and launch consumer-friendly activities in major commercial districts. Six national industry associations, including the China General Chamber of Commerce, jointly issued a call for businesses to foster an honest and trustworthy market environment.
Summary: China's 2025 National Cybersecurity Awareness Week in Kunming, Yunnan, focused on safeguarding high-quality development through enhanced cybersecurity. A Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) representative emphasized the need for a balanced approach to governing cybersecurity technologies like AI. The updated "AI Security Governance Framework" 2.0 was released, detailing principles, risk classifications, and technical responses to promote a secure AI development ecosystem. Kunming aims to leverage the event to become a cybersecurity hub for South and Southeast Asia. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum concluded in Shanghai after three days of discussions on building an open and collaborative global science and technology community. Over 550 guests from 45 countries and regions participated, with Belarus serving as the guest of honor and jointly hosting events focused on Sino-Belarusian science and technology cooperation. The forum featured over 30 sessions on cutting-edge fields, including quantum intelligence and controlled nuclear fusion. The Pujiang Innovation Forum, co-hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, aims to create platforms for innovative development exchange and international technology cooperation.
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Summary: Xinjiang is becoming a core area and hub for westward opening, with increasing trade volume through its ports like Khorgos and Irkeshtam. The region is focusing on integrating its regional development into the national strategy of westward opening, with key initiatives focused on water conservation. Xinjiang's GDP has significantly increased, alongside the development of its energy resources. Efforts are being made to promote ethnic unity and cultural integration, focusing on strengthening a sense of national identity. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was found in the article.
Summary: During an April 2024 inspection in Chongqing, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of vigorously promoting green development, building a beautiful Chongqing, and consolidating the important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Chongqing has been comprehensively promoting high-level protection, high-quality development, a high-quality life, and efficient governance, striving to build a beautiful Chongqing. The city has implemented measures to prevent and control pollution, repair the ecological environment, and guide green transformation, including initiatives to improve water quality, restore mountains, and develop new green industries. The Yangtze River's Chongqing section has maintained excellent water quality for eight consecutive years, and the number of days with good air quality has reached 333. These efforts aim to enhance the stability and sustainability of the ecosystem and promote green development across the region.
Summary: Chinese naval aviation has successfully completed the first catapult launches and landings of J-15T, J-35 fighters, and KJ-600 airborne early warning aircraft on the aircraft carrier Fujian. These tests, conducted by multiple naval pilots, demonstrate the compatibility of China's domestically developed electromagnetic catapult and arresting gear systems with various carrier-based aircraft. This marks a significant milestone, indicating the Fujian now possesses the capability for full deck operations and electromagnetic launch capabilities. The Fujian has been undergoing sea trials since May 2024, testing various equipment and overall operational stability.
Summary: China Mobile's Hebei branch is deepening collaborations with universities like Hebei Agricultural University and North China Electric Power University to advance digital education and talent cultivation. They've jointly developed an agricultural remote sensing large model, based on China Mobile's KubeBase, for crop monitoring and disaster detection, claiming a 40x efficiency increase compared to traditional methods. The company is also constructing digital transformation projects with VR and 4K tech at Hebei Agricultural University and Hebei Finance University to enhance immersive teaching. Furthermore, they launched the "Honghu Soaring" plan with six universities to establish a joint training base, integrating corporate resources with academic instruction, and developing talent in areas such as big data and AI. These initiatives aim to support China's ambition to become a leading power in education.
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Summary: A recent exhibition in Changchun, Jilin Province, focuses on the province's modern history from 1644 to the present, highlighting themes of resistance against invasion and the spirit of development. The exhibition features over 1,200 historical photos and 1,000 artifacts, showcasing the "闯关东" migration, the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, and achievements since the founding of the PRC. Experts emphasize the importance of understanding Jilin's history to strengthen cultural confidence and promote development. Jilin Province Party Secretary Huang Qiang stated the need to inherit revolutionary traditions to promote Jilin's revitalization. The exhibition does not appear to discuss any aspect of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the transformation of Chinese villages like Xin Zhuang, Beijing, into modernized and attractive spaces blending tradition with new industries such as tourism and cultural experiences. Xin Zhuang has seen an influx of educated "new villagers" and has fostered new industries alongside traditional agriculture. The author emphasizes the importance of environmental sustainability, harmonious integration of new and old residents, and the need for a balanced approach of top-down support and bottom-up growth in rural development. The development of these villages is presented as a model for other developing nations, and a way to "tell China's story" to the world. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched a two-month "Qinglang" (Clear and Bright) campaign nationwide to address the incitement of negative emotions online. The campaign will focus on platforms like social media, short video, and live streaming, targeting issues such as inciting group conflict, promoting fear and anxiety through fabricated emergencies, fueling online bullying, and excessively exaggerating negativity. The campaign will scrutinize key platform features including trending topics, rankings, recommendations, bullet screens, and comments. The CAC aims to curb the spread of harmful content that could impact public safety and social harmony, though the article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Gaochun district in Nanjing is pioneering ways to quantify and monetize its ecological resources, aiming for high-quality development. The district has established a GEP (Gross Ecosystem Product) accounting system with over 700 standards and is actively involved in carbon trading, including the issuance of agricultural carbon tickets. Gaochun is investing heavily in ecological restoration and has implemented green finance mechanisms, such as ecological value loans, to drive economic benefits and improve rural incomes. The district is attracting strategic capital by leveraging its high ecological value to promote green industries and tourism. The article does not mention the United States or any U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of the rule of law and a favorable legal environment for the healthy development and high-quality growth of China's private economy, highlighting the role of the "Law on Promoting the Private Economy." It states that a strong legal framework is essential for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises, stabilizing their expectations, and promoting innovation. The article also points out the continuous improvement of China's business environment through legislation, standardized law enforcement, and enhanced judicial efficiency. It identifies areas for further improvement, including stronger protection of property rights, more standardized law enforcement, and more effective judicial guarantees, and the need for the government to improve its own credibility. There is no explicit discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: This article discusses Xi Jinping's "Maritime Fuzhou" strategy initiated in 1994 when he was the Secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee. The strategy focused on developing the marine economy and is presented as a precursor to China's broader "maritime power" strategy. It emphasizes the importance of balancing marine resource development with ecological protection. The article highlights Xi's strategic thinking, including the integrated use of legal means to ensure maritime governance and security.
Summary: The article discusses the importance of agriculture and rural areas to China's modernization, emphasizing the deep connection between farmers and the land. It highlights the shift from merely pursuing sustenance to seeking a better quality of life in rural China, reflected in increased incomes, improved infrastructure, and cultural enrichment. The piece frames the annual "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival" as a moment to celebrate these achievements and inspire further progress towards rural revitalization. The author urges efforts towards building beautiful and livable villages to achieve Chinese-style modernization. There is no mention of any official's statements or actions, nor discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article celebrates China's eighth annual Farmers' Harvest Festival, highlighting successful harvests across the country despite natural disasters. It showcases examples of agricultural innovation and increased yields in various regions, including apple cultivation in Shaanxi's Luochuan County, fisheries transformation via e-commerce in Shandong's Rizhao City, rice cultivation in Sichuan's Nanjiang County, livestock farming in Xinjiang's Qitai County and vegetable industry in Hunan's Changde City. The reports mention increased mechanization, scientific breeding, and e-commerce strategies contributing to the success. These reports do not discuss United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: To celebrate the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) highlighted its efforts to support rural revitalization through financial services. ABC reported its county loans exceeded 10 trillion yuan by the end of June 2025, accounting for 40.9% of domestic loans, with its "Hui Nong e-loan" program reaching over 18 million farmers. The bank also launched consumer initiatives, including online platforms like "Agricultural Bank Mall," to boost rural consumption and support farmers in poverty-stricken areas. ABC held a press conference on September 19, 2025 to commemorate the harvest festival. These initiatives align with China's broader goals of agricultural modernization and building a strong agricultural nation.
Summary: Yunnan province is deepening education reform to address historical challenges like resource shortages and student attrition, focusing on providing a comprehensive environment for student development. The province is expanding access to quality basic education and enhancing vocational training, as seen in initiatives like partnerships between schools and universities, and the recruitment of retired teachers to rural areas. Efforts are being made to tailor vocational training to regional industry needs through collaborations between schools and enterprises, as well as order-style training. Universities are also partnering with leading enterprises to train students, many of whom stay in border regions after graduation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of education and instilling patriotism in Chinese youth, drawing parallels between questions posed by educators during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the challenges of today. It emphasizes the need to cultivate socialist builders and successors with strong moral character, intellectual ability, physical and aesthetic sensibility, and work ethic. Southern University of Science and Technology President Xue Qikun, who attended the 9/3 military parade, stated that the current generation faces the "question of rejuvenation." The article advocates for fostering a spirit of struggle and encouraging students to integrate personal ideals with the great cause of national rejuvenation. The article does not mention the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An official from Tsinghua University's Student Learning and Development Guidance Center advises incoming freshmen to embrace the differences between university and high school learning by increasing their autonomy, fostering creativity, and exploring personal interests. The official emphasizes proactive engagement in class, collaboration with peers and instructors, and active participation in extracurricular activities to cultivate these qualities. Students are encouraged to view challenges as opportunities for growth and to define their own paths beyond traditional academic competition. The piece does not mention the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) faculty and students watched the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. BIT is proud of its deep involvement in the development of core equipment for multiple formations and aerial echelons, providing technical support for the leap in new combat capabilities. BIT faculty also described developing key technologies such as precision laser detection for critical engineering projects. BIT has also established new disciplines such as "low-altitude technology and engineering" to cultivate interdisciplinary talents. BIT is committed to serving national strategic needs through scientific research.
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Summary: The Chinese athletics team finished the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with two silver and two bronze medals, an improvement from the previous championships but still lacking gold. Chinese athletes gained valuable experience, especially in traditionally strong events like race walking, men's jumping, and women's throwing, where they secured all four medals. Young athletes acknowledged the gap between themselves and world-class competitors, recognizing the need to improve their strength and starting speed. Despite not securing any gold medals, the team is focused on future competitions such as the 2026 Asian Games and the 2027 World Championships in Beijing. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's General Administration of Sport recently issued guidelines to promote the integration of sports and health, aiming to establish a comprehensive national fitness service system by 2030. The guidelines emphasize addressing existing challenges such as insufficient coordination between fitness needs and health services, inadequate cross-departmental collaboration, and weak technological support. The initiative will focus on key demographics, including the elderly and children, and pilot "sports and health centers" to promote proactive health concepts. A key goal is to create a "sports health+" integrated industrial system and promote sports industry development. The directive emphasizes a lack of top-level design at the national level to coordinate these efforts.
Summary: Latvian international judge Sergei Zinkins, who gained popularity during the Chengdu World Games, returned to Chengdu to judge the 13th World DanceSport Games, where nearly 30 countries and regions competed. The competition, which for the first time included international youth groups, was accompanied by related mass events to promote sports dance in parks and business districts. Wang Yi, Director of the Chengdu Sports Bureau, stated that excellent cultural programs have become a distinct feature of the dance competition, showcasing Chengdu's cultural heritage and youthful vitality to the world through the WDSF global live broadcast platform. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The third "Great Power Craftsman" Innovation Exchange Conference and Forum was held in Chongqing focusing on high-quality development and promoting innovation. The conference, co-sponsored by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the Chongqing Municipal Government, featured exhibitions, forums, and roadshows showcasing the achievements of skilled workers and promoting the "craftsman spirit." The main forum was themed "Great Power Craftsman and Intelligent Manufacturing," with additional forums focusing on topics like craftsman training, female artisans, and regional collaboration. The event integrated Chongqing elements, highlighting the city's manufacturing and innovation sectors, and aimed to leverage the expertise of master craftsmen for local industry development. The conference was also promoted online through the "Worker's Home" app. The article did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Baidu Smart Cloud is collaborating with various Chinese entities to apply AI large language models (LLMs) across diverse sectors. These collaborations include working with the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area to enhance urban governance via the "Yicheng Huiyan" visual hub, and assisting Haidilao with AI-driven inspections across its restaurant chain. Furthermore, they are partnering with Shenzhen Listen Tech Co. to develop AI translation capabilities and with Sinopec (Henan) Refining & Chemical Co. to improve environmental protection practices. They are also working with China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Co., Ltd. to create digital employee systems, and with CRRC Group to develop the "Zhuolun" industry LLM system for high-end equipment manufacturing. These partnerships highlight the increasing application of AI technology within China and may have impacts on the international competitiveness of these industries.
Summary: The Duisburg China Festival in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, attracted approximately 100,000 visitors and featured Chinese cultural displays and elements of Sino-German exchange. A film screening of "Nanjing Photography Studio" and a photo exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War were held. Duisburg Mayor Link emphasized the importance of promoting Sino-German cultural exchange, while Chinese Consul General Yu Yong expressed hope for further strengthening political trust, economic cooperation, and cultural exchanges between China and Germany. The festival also featured the "Culture China • Water Cube Cup" Chinese song competition.
Summary: According to the author, a professor of economics at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, U.S. tariffs are ultimately a tax on American consumers and unlikely to revitalize U.S. manufacturing. Chinese firms have demonstrated resilience and adaptability in the face of these tariffs by diversifying partnerships and operations. China's industrial upgrades and technological advancements, like DeepSeek, alongside policy support and RCEP agreements with ASEAN nations, are fostering complementary economic cooperation. The author argues that China's strategic planning in key technologies and efficient execution will support its continued rise in the global industrial landscape, while also noting the importance of improving communication to avoid international misunderstandings. The author points to a trend of more balanced reporting on China in international media, which can improve international understanding.
Summary: A partnership between Jiangsu-based Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group and Liaoning Mishentang Pharmaceutical Co. is boosting the Liaoning ginseng industry. The collaboration focuses on building a complete industrial chain from cultivation to production, leveraging Fushun's natural resources and Mishentang's traditional techniques combined with Yangzijiang's quality control. The partnership aims to enhance the "Liaoning Ginseng" brand through standardized cultivation and high-value product development, promoting economic benefits for local farmers. The collaboration has improved the standardized planting and processing of ginseng in Fushun. There is no mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: The article highlights Dandong's unique position as China's largest border city, emphasizing its historical ties and ongoing cultural and economic exchanges with North Korea, including the popularity of North Korean goods like "Chunhyang" cosmetics in Dandong. It notes the city's efforts to promote high-level opening up to the outside world, including the expansion of the Dandong port. Cultural exchanges, such as art exhibitions and performances, as well as the "most beautiful border marathon," further strengthen people-to-people understanding between China and North Korea. The piece underscores the enduring friendship between the two nations, emphasizing shared history and deepening cooperation. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: The article emphasizes the enduring and valuable traditional friendship between China and North Korea, forged by past leaders and strengthened through shared socialist construction. It highlights visible examples of this friendship in Dandong, such as mutual greetings across the Yalu River and thriving trade in North Korean products. The article suggests that increased friendly exchanges and practical cooperation inject new impetus into the development of China-North Korea relations. It concludes that expanding exchanges in culture, tourism, youth, and local areas will better serve both countries' development and enhance the well-being of their people. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Hubei province is implementing initiatives to enhance the capabilities and motivation of its cadres, focusing on practical problem-solving and development. Examples cited include officials in Yichang rapidly addressing factory flooding, cadres in Wuhan facilitating the establishment of a carbon-silicon wafer production base, and a service team in Huanggang assisting a company in robotics. The province is promoting high-tech manufacturing and emerging industries like robotics and AI. Officials in Ezhou are developing a cross-border e-commerce hub near the Ezhou Huahu Airport.
Summary: The article criticizes the formalism exhibited in local government exchange programs, where frequent, large-scale delegations are sent to other districts without clear objectives or practical outcomes. It argues that some officials prioritize the appearance of activity over substantive learning and application, leading to superficial exchanges and increased burdens on host regions. The piece advocates for a problem-oriented approach with focused objectives, encouraging deeper engagement and critical inquiry during these visits. It also calls on the host regions to be more transparent and collaborative in sharing both successes and underlying principles. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An investigation by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission in Lixian County, Hunan Province, revealed that Xue, the director of the Linan Town Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center, misappropriated agricultural insurance funds between 2020 and 2022. Xue falsely reported the list of agricultural insurance coordinators to the insurance agency, diverting funds to designated individuals and then redistributing the money within the center, with only a portion reaching the actual coordinators. Xue received a serious warning from the Party, and other involved individuals were also penalized, with the misappropriated funds recovered and redistributed to the coordinators. The incident exposed weak discipline and regulatory loopholes in key positions. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article details the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, to strengthen grassroots governance through Party-led volunteerism. Retired Party members like Huang Wenhua are organizing and leading volunteer efforts in villages such as Yangshe Town's Shangang Village, addressing community needs like managing the shared dining hall. Volunteer teams, like the "Shangang Mothers," assist vulnerable individuals, demonstrating the Party's commitment to resolving practical issues and mobilizing citizen participation. The Zhangjiagang City Party Committee has facilitated 266 volunteer projects and fulfilled over 3,000 public wishes this year. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The 19th Chinese Drama Festival in Hangzhou emphasizes people-centered and artistically-driven theater, aiming to correct tendencies toward prioritizing awards and specific themes over artistic merit. Reforms include broadening the scope of selected works beyond just "new" plays, encouraging continuous refinement and performance of both classic and contemporary pieces. The festival also addresses the issue of insincere and unhelpful theater criticism, advocating for honest and constructive feedback. By offering affordable tickets and integrating theater with tourism, the festival aims to be a "people's festival," accessible and engaging for the public. The festival aims to set a new direction for the industry.
Summary: To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, state media broadcast the drama *Battlefield*, which portrays patriotic intellectuals like Guo Moruo, Xia Yan, and Tian Han who, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, used their pens as weapons to defend the cultural front. The drama highlights the role of cultural figures in awakening the public and promoting a united front against the Japanese. It emphasizes that defeating invaders requires both armed forces and "cultural troops," underscoring the importance of culture in national rejuvenation and inspiring cultural confidence in the present day. It argues that China must remember this lesson today, as it promotes the Chinese path to modernization. The article cites Xi Jinping's emphasis on the importance of Chinese culture as spiritual support for overcoming difficulties.
Summary: A documentary program titled "Dancing World" on Liaoning Satellite TV captured the Liaoning (Shenyang) International Ballet Competition held in Shenyang in August. The competition featured over 150 ballet dancers from multiple countries, showcasing both international and Chinese styles, and aimed to broaden the art form's reach through live television and new media. The program highlighted the dedication and hard work of the dancers, offering viewers insight into their training and cultural exchange. The competition underscored the Liaoning Ballet's influence, as the group has historically cultivated both a classical Western and original Chinese repertoire. There was no mention of the United States.
Summary: The Beijing People's Art Theatre has revived its play "Du Fu," 28 years after "Li Bai," creating a "twin star" pairing. These plays, focusing on historical literati, showcase the contrasting lives and poetry of Li Bai and Du Fu, set against the backdrop of the An Lushan Rebellion. "Li Bai" emphasizes individuality, while "Du Fu" highlights realism and human relationships, presenting different perspectives on navigating turbulent times. The plays aim to capture the essence of Chinese aesthetics and resonate with modern audiences despite shifting sensibilities. Feng Yuanzheng directs and stars in the revival of "Du Fu."
Summary: The Chinese reality show "Heart Signal," once celebrated for its genuine portrayal of young people's interactions, has reportedly deviated from its original charm in its eighth season. The article suggests the show has become overly scripted and focused on manufactured conflict to create buzz, losing its initial appeal. It argues that the show should prioritize authenticity and genuine emotions over chasing viewership through sensationalized storylines. The author criticizes the show for its predictable editing and forced interactions among participants.
Summary: The Wuju opera production of "The Three Battles Against the White Bone Demon" has gained significant popularity both on stage and online, particularly among younger audiences. The opera maintains traditional artistic elements while incorporating modern innovations like visually striking costume changes and internet trends to appeal to contemporary tastes. Its success stems from balancing artistic integrity with audience engagement, utilizing online platforms to expand its reach. By focusing on both artistic merit and market appeal, the opera has revitalized interest in traditional Chinese opera.
Summary: This article, from the *People's Daily*, focuses on culture and literature. It appears to be an editorial piece for the "Wenyipl" section of the newspaper. The provided snippet does not contain any information about specific Chinese political figures, their statements, or actions. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations. The email address listed suggests a focus on literary commentary. The "layout design" credit indicates the content is related to the visual presentation of the newspaper.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 22nd. On the occasion of the eighth "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), President of the People's Republic of China (国家主席), and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (中央军委), on behalf of the Party Central Committee (党中央), extended festive greetings and sincere regards to the vast number of farmers across the country and comrades working on the "San Nong" (三农) front.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this year, we have overcome the impact of natural disasters such as drought and flooding, achieved stable summer grain production and increased early rice production, and grain is expected to have another bumper harvest.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that Chinese-style modernization cannot be achieved without the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Party committees and governments at all levels must thoroughly implement the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee (党中央), adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, improve policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers, strengthen the support of agricultural science and technology equipment, focus on improving the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, and take multiple measures to promote farmers' employment and income increase, and 扎扎实实 (zhā zhā shí shí - "down-to-earth," to do something in a solid and earnest manner) promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. It is hoped that the vast number of farmers will give full play to their initiative and creativity, and all sectors of society will actively support and participate, strive to build livable, workable, and beautiful villages, and jointly move towards the beautiful future of Chinese-style modernization.
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This is a milestone historical moment on the vast land of 1.66 million square kilometers in the great Northwest of the motherland—
October 1, 1955, marked the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区). Since then, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have fully enjoyed the right to ethnic regional autonomy, opening a new era of building a socialist Xinjiang.
Seventy years of weathering the wind and rain, seventy years of marching forward with heads held high. The continuous mountains, the vast deserts, and the vibrant oases have witnessed the years of mutual assistance and unremitting struggle of the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has examined, planned, and deployed Xinjiang's work from a strategic and overall perspective, deepened the understanding and grasp of the laws governing Xinjiang, established the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, and provided fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in Xinjiang. People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have worked together with the people of the whole country to promote unprecedented achievements in Xinjiang's economic and social development and improvement of people's livelihoods, and their sense of gain, happiness, and security has been continuously enhanced.
"Our Xinjiang is a good place, with good pastures both north and south of the Tianshan Mountains..."
On the new journey, the land of Xinjiang is thriving and all industries are prospering. More than 26 million people of all ethnic groups are tightly united like pomegranate seeds, working together and striving tenaciously, forging ahead on the road of building a socialist Xinjiang with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Holding High the Banner and Clarifying the Direction
——"The Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era is completely correct and must be adhered to for a long time"
In the early morning, the sun on the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原) crosses the snow-capped mountains. In Xiete Primary School (谢依特小学) in Halajun Township (哈拉峻乡), Artux City (阿图什市), the busy figures of the members of the Western China Volunteer Program service team for supporting education in border areas are flashing.
"You have responded to the Party's call to teach and educate people in the western border areas, and have played a positive role in promoting the development of local education, promoting ethnic unity and progress, and promoting the prosperity and stability of the border areas."
As the May Fourth Youth Day approached this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter was like a ray of light, filling the team members and teachers and students of the school with confidence in the future.
Close to the border of the motherland, this primary school in the Gobi Desert (戈壁滩) once faced the dilemma of a lack of teaching resources. Under the call of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), young people with lofty ideals came here to nourish the students' minds with culture, enhance ethnic unity with knowledge, and build a beautiful Xinjiang together with the children of all ethnic groups.
Modern electronic interactive screens are used in the classrooms, and the students' academic performance is constantly improving... The new look of Xiete Primary School (谢依特小学) reflects the tremendous changes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
Xinjiang, this vast territory occupying about one-sixth of the country's land area in the northwest of the motherland, has a pivotal strategic position.
China is a unified multi-ethnic country, and all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are family members of the Chinese nation with connected bloodlines. In the long historical development process, the destiny of Xinjiang has always been closely linked with the great motherland and the destiny of the Chinese nation.
Over the past 70 years, under the strong leadership of the successive leadership collectives of the Party Central Committee, Xinjiang has moved from desolation to prosperity, from poverty to affluence, from closure to opening up, and from backwardness to progress. People of all ethnic groups have jointly composed inspiring songs of struggle.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is full of sincere feelings for the land of Xinjiang and the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
"Speaking of my connection with Xinjiang, during my work in Zhejiang Province, I had many exchanges and discussions with comrades from Xinjiang on Zhejiang's counterpart support for the construction of Hotan Prefecture (和田地区) and the promotion of economic cooperation between Zhejiang and Xinjiang. In August 2003, I led a delegation of the Zhejiang Provincial Party and government to inspect Xinjiang for 8 days, and we visited many places that time."
In 2009, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平), then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice President of the State, came to Xinjiang again, leaving his figure in Bayingolin (巴音郭楞), Kashgar (喀什), Karamay (克拉玛依), Shihezi (石河子), Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) and other places.
"After working in the central government, I have always been concerned about the construction and development of Xinjiang," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said with deep feeling.
With such care and consideration, in April 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went to Xinjiang for inspection and research. This was General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) first visit to Xinjiang after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
When the plane entered Xinjiang, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) looked down at this vast land from the舷窗 from time to time, boundless and with continuous snow-capped mountains...
"This time I came to Xinjiang to listen to everyone's opinions and suggestions."
Rushing about and with a full schedule. From Kashgar (喀什), an important town in southern Xinjiang, to Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), the capital, from military regions to villagers' courtyards, from the headquarters of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) to the resident hotels, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) discussed the major plans for reform, development, and stability with cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
"Xinjiang's social stability and long-term stability are related to the overall situation of reform, development, and stability of the whole country, the unity of the motherland, ethnic unity, national security, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."
During this inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered many important speeches, put forward a new positioning for Xinjiang's development, and made new deployments and put forward new requirements for doing a good job in Xinjiang.
Grasping the laws of history and insight into the trends of the times, the people's leader has a far-reaching consideration for Xinjiang's long-term peace and stability.
"To examine and plan Xinjiang's work strategically, we must first see clearly the general trend of Xinjiang's development, see clearly the impact of doing a good job in Xinjiang on the overall situation of the Party and the country, and see clearly the position of Xinjiang's work in coordinating the domestic and international situations."
In May 2014, the Second Central Xinjiang Work Symposium was held in Beijing (北京). This was the first Central Xinjiang Work Symposium held since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Clarify that "social stability and long-term stability are the overall goals of Xinjiang's work";
Require "adhering to governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, and building Xinjiang for a long time";
Propose "the sense of community of the Chinese nation";
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made profound expositions on a series of major theoretical and practical issues concerning Xinjiang's work, pointing out that "practice has proved that our Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang is correct and must be adhered to for a long time, maintaining strategic focus."
"At the same time, we must enrich and improve the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in light of the situation in Xinjiang," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized.
Constantly enriched in profound insight and increasingly improved in grand practice.
In September 2020, the Third Central Xinjiang Work Symposium was held. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) deeply analyzed the situation and tasks facing Xinjiang's work, profoundly expounded the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, and provided scientific guidance and fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in Xinjiang.
"Adhere to examining and planning Xinjiang's work strategically";
"Adhere to taking social stability and long-term stability as the overall goal of Xinjiang's work";
"Adhere to taking the cohesion of people's hearts as the foundation";
"Adhere to forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation";
"Adhere to the direction of Sinicization of religion in our country";
"Adhere to promoting and cultivating socialist core values";
"Adhere to promoting high-quality development closely related to people's livelihoods";
"Adhere to strengthening the Party's leadership over Xinjiang's work."
Imbued with General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) in-depth thinking and accurate grasp of Xinjiang's work, the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era scientifically answers a series of major questions such as "how to view and how to do" Xinjiang's work, marking the era orientation and pointing out the direction and path for Xinjiang's development.
The goals are clearer, the connotations are richer, and the paths are clearer. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) focuses on the overall situation and the general trend, planning and promoting the construction of a socialist Xinjiang with Chinese characteristics in the new era in a larger pattern.
"Governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, and building Xinjiang for a long time" has been further improved to "governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, enriching Xinjiang through culture, prospering Xinjiang through the people, and building Xinjiang for a long time" - this is not only an important deployment for continuously building a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, but also contains the solemn commitment that "no ethnic group should be left behind in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects."
In July 2022, when the summer sun shone on the vibrant land, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the children of the Tianshan Mountains again.
Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Shihezi (石河子), Turpan (吐鲁番)... During the 4-day inspection, wherever General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went, it was a boiling ocean. Going out in the morning glow and returning with the stars, it was to see more of Xinjiang's development and changes, listen more to the voices of cadres and the masses in Xinjiang, and conduct in-depth research on the implementation of the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era.
Applause, laughter, and cheers resounded for a long time, and many people were so excited that they burst into tears. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said with emotion: "Seeing the new atmosphere of stability, harmony, and vigorous development in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, I feel sincerely happy."
Planning for the long term and taking measures to consolidate the foundation.
In August 2023, after attending the 15th BRICS Leaders Meeting and paying a state visit to South Africa, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) listened to the work reports of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) Party Committee and Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐).
"The Party Central Committee's requirements for various tasks in Xinjiang are very clear, and the key is to understand them in place and implement them in place. We must not only focus on the present and solve the outstanding problems facing current development and stability, but also have long-term plans, solidly promote fundamental, basic, and long-term work related to long-term peace and stability, and actively solve various deep-seated contradictions and problems."
Holding high the banner and setting the direction, drawing a blueprint. Following the direction pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), fully and accurately implementing the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, Xinjiang's tomorrow will surely be even better.
Working Together on a New Journey
——"Deepen, refine, and implement the various tasks of governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, enriching Xinjiang through culture, prospering Xinjiang through the people, and building Xinjiang for a long time"
Gantry cranes move and grab, and the whistles of trains sound one after another... In the Urumqi International Land Port Area (乌鲁木齐国际陆港区), trains of China-Europe freight trains are fully loaded with "Made in China" products, about to speed westward.
"In the past, it was an inland province, but now it is different with the 'Belt and Road'. This is no longer a remote area, but a core area and a hub area." Standing at the starting point of the second centenary journey, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here in 2022, thinking far ahead.
Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), the city farthest from the ocean in the world, has advanced from the hinterland of the Eurasian continent to the forefront of opening up with the support of the "channel + hub + network" modern logistics system, becoming an epitome of Xinjiang's high-quality development.
"Deepen, refine, and implement the various tasks of governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, enriching Xinjiang through culture, prospering Xinjiang through the people, and building Xinjiang for a long time." In the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed Xinjiang's work in an important position in the overall work of the Party and the country, devoting a lot of effort to this beautiful and rich land, and constantly writing new practices of the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era.
Governing Xinjiang according to law, resolutely safeguarding national security and the overall social stability of Xinjiang.
Walking into the ancient city of Kashgar (喀什古城), characteristic homestays and flavored restaurants are dazzling, and tourists from all over the country are in an endless stream, full of lively atmosphere everywhere.
"Today I came to the grassroots police station to take a look." During his inspection in Xinjiang in 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Naizeerbagh Police Station (乃则尔巴格派出所) of the Kashgar City Public Security Bureau (喀什市公安局) early in the morning.
Understanding the training of the police, carefully inspecting various equipment, and watching simulated anti-terrorism and anti-riot drills... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) paid close attention to the work done by Xinjiang around social stability and long-term peace and stability, and repeatedly emphasized the need to do the work practically and meticulously.
"To maintain the continuous and long-term stability of the overall social situation in Xinjiang, we must hold high the banner of socialist rule of law, promote the spirit of the rule of law, and implement the requirements of comprehensively governing the country according to law in all fields of Xinjiang's work." At the Third Central Xinjiang Work Symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly.
Improving the rule of law, normalization, and work system for counter-terrorism and stability maintenance, severely cracking down on and preventing the "three forces" according to law; comprehensively deepening the construction of a safe Xinjiang and effectively resolving various risks; adhering to administering according to law and performing duties according to law, and implementing the statutory procedures for major administrative decisions... Today, the social security situation in Xinjiang has improved significantly, and peace and harmony can be felt everywhere in the streets and alleys.
Stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, so that people of all ethnic groups are tightly united like pomegranate seeds.
"Whenever I think of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) replying to us in his busy schedule, I am particularly moved." Speaking of that exciting moment 8 years ago, Rukyam Metiseti (如克亚木·麦提赛地) is still fresh in her memory. She is the great-granddaughter of Kurban Tulum (库尔班·吐鲁木), who is well known as "Uncle Kurban" (库尔班大叔).
"Our Xinjiang is a good place, and all ethnic groups are united as one family" "I hope your family will continue to be like Uncle Kurban (库尔班大叔), together with your fellow villagers, to be a model of loving the Party, loving the motherland, and loving the big family of the Chinese nation"...
In January 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter was full of deep affection and warmed people's hearts.
Ethnic unity is the lifeline of the people of all ethnic groups in the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) sentence "promoting all ethnic groups to be tightly united like pomegranate seeds" has long been deeply rooted in everyone's hearts -
In Haldun Community (哈尔墩社区) in Tacheng City (塔城市), activities such as the "Neighborhood Festival Baijia Banquet" vividly show the warm picture of brothers and sisters loving each other; in Wangsan Street (王三街) in Aksu City (阿克苏市), many shops are named after "One Family"; in Liuxing Street Community (六星街社区) in Yining City (伊宁市), people of all ethnic groups use their words and deeds to interpret "You and I, heart to heart, live in Liuxing Street"...
Today's Xinjiang, closely focusing on the main line of forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, solidly promotes the creation of ethnic unity and progress, and all ethnic groups widely interact, exchange, and integrate, living and working in peace and contentment, uniting and striving forward, and the flower of ethnic unity blooms everywhere.
Enriching Xinjiang through culture, fundamentally and effectively solving the problems of political identity and popular support.
The murals of the Sixteen Kingdoms period reappear in AR glasses, and the inscription "蟠桃子结三千岁" of the Tang Dynasty is clearly identifiable... The Yarlh Stone Caves (雅尔湖石窟) in Jiaohe Ancient City (交河故城) in Turpan City (吐鲁番市) are officially open to the public this year.
Witnessed by the ancient city for thousands of years, in the midsummer of 2022, under the high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked along the Central Avenue, entered the gate tower, entered the city, and felt the vicissitudes of history.
"Truly realize that Xinjiang's history is a history formed in the exchanges of the Chinese nation" "Carry forward the excellent traditional culture of all ethnic groups" "Strengthen the protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage"... From the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum (新疆维吾尔自治区博物馆) to the Jiaohe Ancient City (交河故城), General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words were earnest.
Chinese culture has always been the emotional support, spiritual home, and spiritual source of development for all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment has been transformed into the spring breeze and rain of enriching Xinjiang through culture.
The heroic epic "Manas" (《玛纳斯》) has more and more inheritors; more than 46,200 mass cultural benefit activities were held in 2024; the "Xinjiang Four Histories" mobile museum has achieved full coverage of "hundreds of counties and thousands of townships"... Efforts are being made to build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, providing strong spiritual and cultural support for promoting the construction of the Chinese national community.
Prospering Xinjiang through the people, promoting high-quality development closely related to people's livelihoods.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally awarded the "July 1 Medal" (七一勋章) to Maimaitijiang Wumaier (买买提江·吾买尔) in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
"Not letting a single person be poor, not letting a single person fall behind" is the promise made by Maimaitijiang Wumaier (买买提江·吾买尔) when he first took office as the Party branch secretary of Bulikai Village (布力开村) in Yining County (伊宁县). After decades of hard work, the poor Bulikai Village (布力开村) has become the "rich village" ranked first in the county.
Without the comprehensive well-off society and modernization in ethnic minority areas, there would be no comprehensive well-off society and modernization in the country.
"Incorporating Xinjiang's own regional opening-up strategy into the country's overall layout of opening up to the west" "Cultivating and strengthening Xinjiang's characteristic and advantageous industries to drive local people to increase their income and become rich" "Accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system that reflects Xinjiang's characteristics and advantages"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is always concerned about "prospering Xinjiang through the people".
In 2024, the total regional GDP of Xinjiang exceeded 2 trillion yuan, with grain yield per unit area ranking first in the country, gas storage capacity ranking first in the country, and railway freight volume growth rate ranking first in the country... The momentum of "progress" is constantly strengthening, the quality and efficiency of "new" are greatly improved, and the Xinjiang practice of Chinese-style modernization has taken solid steps.
Long-term construction in Xinjiang sows the warmth of the motherland's big family in the hearts of Xinjiang's sons and daughters.
Shihezi (石河子市), "The First City of the Army Reclamation in the Republic." Located in the urban area, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Military Reclamation Museum recreates that pioneering period, and many visitors come here every day to appreciate the spirit of the Corps.
In 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the museum. In the hall on the first floor, representatives of the old, middle-aged, and young generations of builders of the Corps reported to the General Secretary, each full of energy.
"You have come from hard work and made indelible contributions. The spirit of the Corps, forged by the people of the Corps, of loving the motherland, selfless dedication, hard work, and pioneering and enterprising spirit, is an important part of the spiritual lineage of the Chinese Communists. We must make good use of these valuable assets," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said to everyone with deep affection.
Today's Corps has greatly improved its ability to maintain stability and defend the border, continuously enhanced the level of high-quality economic development, and further consolidated the foundation for unity and struggle among all ethnic groups, constantly writing magnificent chapters.
The development of Xinjiang is inseparable from the support of the people of the whole country.
In Aksu (阿克苏市), on the wall of the exhibition hall of the Zhejiang Provincial Front Command for Supporting Xinjiang, two letters with the signature "Xi Jinping (习近平)" are particularly eye-catching.
In 2002, not long after starting work in Zhejiang Province, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote letters to eight areas supported by Zhejiang, including Hotan (和田) in Xinjiang. In 2007, just after being transferred to Shanghai, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote to these eight areas again, expressing his continued concern and support.
As time goes by, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) concern and attention to the work of supporting Xinjiang has been consistent: "The whole Party must recognize the importance of Xinjiang's work from a strategic and overall perspective, increase the efforts to support Xinjiang, improve the mechanism for supporting Xinjiang, and jointly do a good job in Xinjiang."
The high-quality development of counterpart assistance to Xinjiang in the new era has yielded fruitful results: a series of new measures and new achievements in supporting Xinjiang that "lay the foundation and benefit the long term" have achieved results, and 19 provinces and cities supporting Xinjiang insist on using 80% of the total amount of aid funds for people's livelihood every year...
The majestic Tianshan Mountains (天山) and the magnificent Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山) have witnessed 70 years of great changes in the three mountains and two basins. People of all ethnic groups are full of vigor and strive to sing a new song of the times for building a beautiful Xinjiang together.
Love Fills Tianshan, Spring Everywhere
-- "To better build a united, harmonious, prosperous, wealthy, civilized, progressive, peaceful, and happy, and ecologically sound beautiful Xinjiang in the process of Chinese-style modernization"
Ayagman Village (阿亚格曼干村) in Shufu County (疏附县), Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区), has wide and clean asphalt roads stretching straight, and clean and tidy farmhouses arranged in a scattered manner...
"The reason I came to see you is to verify whether the Party's policies to benefit the people have taken root in the hearts of the people and whether they have played a role."
In April 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to visit cadres and the masses. His simple and powerful words warmed the hearts of the villagers.
At that time, Shufu County (疏附县) was still a key county for national poverty alleviation, mainly based on agriculture. Now, in Ayagman Village (阿亚格曼干村) alone, the village's collective income has jumped from less than 100,000 yuan in 2014 to 2.56 million yuan, and the per capita income of villagers has increased from more than 4,000 yuan to 20,600 yuan.
In the small courtyard where General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and the villagers sat and talked freely that year, the words "Always Follow the Party" are particularly eye-catching. This is the most straightforward voice of the people: only by following the Party can we have a good life!
Thousands of lights reflect the "major affairs of the country." The warmth and coldness of people's livelihood in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山) are General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) deep concern.
"Thousands of threads above, a needle below," "Closely follow what the residents of all ethnic groups think, want, and expect, and help everyone do good things, do practical things, and solve problems"... The residents of Guyuan Lane Community (固原巷社区) in Tianshan District (天山区), Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), clearly remember General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) meticulous concern three years ago --
Chatting with a family about their daily lives, asking about medical care and education; listening to the children reciting ancient poems with emotion... In the streets and alleys of the community, residents crowded around General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), reluctant to part.
"The General Secretary always cares about the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang." Abulaiti Tursun (阿布来提·吐尔逊), in his seventies, still feels extremely warm when he recalls the details.
From communities and villages to cattle and sheep pens and orchards, and then to living rooms and kitchens... General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) footprints in Xinjiang have penetrated into all aspects of people's lives, and every little thing in life is full of deep feelings for the people.
The purpose of development is ultimately to enable the people to live a good life. The development of Xinjiang in the new era closely relies on the people and is always for the people.
In 2024, more than 77% of Xinjiang's fiscal expenditure will be invested in people's livelihood; the urban and rural minimum living security standards will increase by 5% and 12% respectively, and various relief funds of 8.564 billion yuan will be distributed; the second phase of the "coal-to-electricity" project will be successfully completed, and 836,800 households will achieve clean heating...
Education is a major issue for people's livelihood, condensing the future of the nation and the hope of the country.
It is the new semester, and the sound of reading is loud in Tokzak Township Central Primary School (托克扎克镇中心小学), and the modern campus is full of vitality everywhere.
On the wall of the spacious and bright school building, a group photo is eye-catching: General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) smiling faces with the children are particularly bright in the spring of 2014.
"What do you want to do when you grow up?"
"Be a teacher."
The crisp and powerful dialogue, spanning 11 years, seems to still echo in the classroom.
Time flies, and these children of that year are like dandelion seeds, taking root and blossoming in the vast world. Some of them have stood on the podium, picking up chalk to pass on the torch; some have put on white coats and returned to the village health center to protect the health of their neighbors...
The sound of reading is loud in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山), and the peach and plum are fragrant on the Silk Road.
"What is the purpose of establishing morality? It is to adhere to the socialist direction of running schools, cultivate socialist builders and successors who develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and in labor, and enhance teachers' and students' recognition of the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics." In 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) first stop in Xinjiang was Xinjiang University (新疆大学), and his words were earnest.
In the past year, Xinjiang has improved the conditions for running kindergartens in 1,893 public kindergartens, promoted the balanced development of compulsory education with high quality, and expanded and improved the quality of ordinary high schools; undergraduate colleges and universities in the five prefectures of southern Xinjiang have achieved full coverage, with a net increase of 24,900 students... Taking moral education as the foundation to support a better future, provide talents for high-quality development, and gather strength for national unity.
A good ecological environment is the most inclusive benefit for people's livelihood. The continuous improvement of the ecological environment is the most direct and real feeling of the people.
Overlooking the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), the thousands of miles of green Great Wall lock the yellow dragon.
On November 28, 2024, with a rose seedling being planted in the sand, the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) green sand barrier protection belt project, with a total length of 3,046 kilometers, achieved edge locking and closure.
"After continuous efforts, the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) has put on a 'green scarf'." In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) mentioned this hard-won achievement when participating in the capital's voluntary tree planting activity.
Locking the flowing sand with green is a plan for the present, and ecological security is a plan for all ages. The green in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山) is pregnant with new life and contains the future.
Pointing out that "we must resolutely hold the red line of ecological protection, and coordinate the work of desertification control, water management, and forest and grassland protection," clarifying that "we must adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, and promote ecological priority and green development," emphasizing that "we must make every effort to fight the blocking battle on the edge of the Hexi Corridor-Taklamakan Desert (河西走廊—塔克拉玛干沙漠)"... Making Xinjiang's sky bluer, mountains greener, and water clearer is what General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) always has in mind.
Today, a touch of green extends to the desert, and cattle and sheep on the pasture are dotted among the continuous green grass... An ecological picture of a beautiful Xinjiang is slowly unfolding.
The biggest mass work in Xinjiang is ethnic unity and religious harmony.
In 2014, the Yanghang Mosque (洋行清真寺) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), which has a history of more than 100 years, welcomed a special guest: General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked into the main hall and had a cordial conversation with religious figures.
"When was it built?" "How many people can it accommodate for worship?" "How long is each sermon?" "Are there many foreign guests?"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) learned in detail about the origin and relevant information of this mosque.
"As a culture, I pay attention to reading religious works. Religion has a lot of wisdom in persuading people to be good, and there are many beneficial expositions."
"I believe that the vast number of religious figures in Xinjiang will surely understand the great righteousness, stand firm, and make new contributions to the reform, development, and stability of the motherland and Xinjiang from their own responsibilities." During the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) held a symposium with 20 representatives of religious figures in Xinjiang and put forward earnest expectations.
On the new journey, Xinjiang continues to promote religious harmony, adhere to the direction of Sinicization of Islam in Xinjiang, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society, and promote the harmonious coexistence and healthy development of various religions in Xinjiang. Facts fully demonstrate that only with ethnic unity and religious harmony can Xinjiang's various undertakings flourish and people's lives continue to improve.
Today's Xinjiang, heroes gather in the Tianshan Mountains (天山) and build dreams together.
"I support your life choice to work hard with the people of all ethnic groups and strive to become builders of the western region who can be greatly used and shoulder heavy responsibilities."
In July 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply to the graduates of the Karamay Campus (克拉玛依校区) of China University of Petroleum (Beijing) (中国石油大学（北京）) encouraged more young people with lofty ideals to go to the frontier and make contributions.
From laboratories to plateaus, from ultra-high voltage power grids to cloud pastures... Over the years, the number of young people who have gone to Xinjiang to serve and find employment has accumulated to more than 100,000, of which more than 90% serve at the grassroots level.
Today's Xinjiang, cadres of all ethnic groups live up to expectations, take root at the grassroots level, and dedicate themselves to the border areas.
In September 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Ethnic Cadre Training Class (新疆民族干部培训班) of the Central Party School (中央党校), General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions were inspiring and encouraging.
"Closely focus on the characteristics of Xinjiang's cadre team and the actual needs of work," "Strengthen the research on basic theoretical issues and major practical issues in the ethnic field," "Cultivate more high-quality cadres who are loyal, clean, and responsible for Xinjiang"...
**疾风知劲草** (jí fēng zhī jìng cǎo - "strong wind knows strong grass," only the strong survive severe tests). A cadre team that is particularly resolute in maintaining the Party's centralized and unified leadership, particularly clear-headed in distinguishing right from wrong, particularly firm in its actions to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and particularly sincere in its love for the people of all ethnic groups is stronger and more powerful. Grassroots Party organizations play a better role as fighting fortresses, leading the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups to forge ahead on the broad road of the new era.
The ancient Silk Road blooms with new colors, and love fills the Tianshan Mountains (天山) with spring everywhere.
"To better build a united, harmonious, prosperous, wealthy, civilized, progressive, peaceful, and happy, and ecologically sound beautiful Xinjiang in the process of Chinese-style modernization."
Standing at a new historical starting point, the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are more closely united around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, working together and forging ahead to jointly draw a more beautiful and splendid new chapter of development.
(Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), September 22 (电) (Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, September 22) Reporters Li Ziliang (李自良), Luo Sha (罗沙), He Jun (何军), Wang Peng (王鹏))
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Autumn Equinox season, in the northeastern black soil region, corn kernels are filled with juice, plump before harvest; in the southern water towns, the aroma of ripe honey pomelos permeates... A bountiful harvest of grains, laden with fruits, fertile fields unfurl a new painting. Drums beat, *yangge* dances begin, and hundreds of millions of farmers celebrate the harvest.
The harvest is filled with happiness, and the harvest is full of concern.
On the occasion of the eighth "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) extended festive congratulations and sincere greetings to the vast number of farmers across the country and comrades working on the "San Nong" (三农) front, emphasizing: "Chinese-style modernization cannot be separated from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Party committees and governments at all levels must thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, improve policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers, strengthen the support of agricultural science, technology, and equipment, focus on enhancing the comprehensive production capacity of agriculture, and take multiple measures to promote farmers' employment and income increase, and steadily promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. It is hoped that the vast number of farmers will give full play to their initiative and creativity, and all sectors of society will actively support and participate, strive to build a beautiful countryside that is livable, workable, and harmonious, and jointly move towards the bright future of Chinese-style modernization."
This year is the closing year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the last year of the five-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively linking them with rural revitalization. The "San Nong" (三农) answer sheet is particularly important.
All regions and departments have thoroughly implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on "San Nong" (三农) work, taking the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程) as a guide, and vigorously promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. The summer grain production was stable and yielded a good harvest, the early rice achieved increased production, and a good autumn grain harvest is in sight. The annual grain output is expected to continue to stand firm at the level of 1.4 trillion catties. The achievements of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, firmly guarding the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty. Farmers' incomes have steadily increased, and the quality of life has been steadily improving. The development of agriculture and rural areas has maintained a good momentum of stability and progress, providing strong support for the high-quality development of the economy and society.
Modern Agriculture is of Higher Quality and Efficiency
The Sanjiang Plain (三江平原) is covered in gold. Lu Baiqian (卢百谦), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Qixing Farm (七星农场) of Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团), remembers that on September 25, 2018, just after the first "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the farm. In the exhibition hall on the first floor of the Beidahuang Precision Agriculture Machinery Center (北大荒精准农业农机中心), the General Secretary held a bowl of rice in both hands and said meaningfully: "Chinese grain! Chinese rice bowl!"
"We have kept in mind the entrustment, from 'single-household tackling' to 'full-area linkage,' from 'experience planting' to 'standard operation,' and have embarked on a path of 'four-good integration, mechanism empowerment, and technological support' to increase grain yield per unit area on a large scale." Lu Baiqian (卢百谦) said that this year, the high-yield creation demonstration households are expected to increase the yield per mu by 50 kilograms.
"Ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products is always the top priority in building a strong agricultural country," "We must accelerate the development of modern large-scale agriculture"... All regions and departments have thoroughly implemented the strategy of "storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology," practiced the concept of large-scale agriculture and large-scale food, and used modern technology to give modern agriculture wings to take off, making the foundation of the great power's granary more stable and the harvest answer sheet more colorful.
These days, Dahu Chenjia Village (大户陈家村) in Jinling Town (金岭镇), Zhaoyuan City (招远市), Yantai (烟台), Shandong (山东) Province, has a particularly festive atmosphere. This is the location of this year's national main venue for the Harvest Festival. Purple grape bunches hang in the vineyards, with a fragrant aroma; in the apple orchards, "red lanterns" hang full of branches.
Dahu Chenjia Village (大户陈家村), once a poor mountain village, is now a national civilized village with a collective income of over 180 million yuan. What is the secret to its transformation? Chen Songhai (陈松海), Secretary of the Village Party Committee, answers: "A change in thinking broadens the horizon."
Seek benefits from science and technology. The village hired an expert team from the Yantai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (烟台农科院) to make scientific decisions on planting dwarf rootstock apples and high-quality grapes. In the modern agricultural industrial park, the agricultural Internet of Things monitors crop growth in real time, and the intelligent sorting and cold chain logistics system allows agricultural products to reach the market in the best condition.
Not only selling primary agricultural products, but also exploring the diverse values of agriculture. Selling scenery, selling culture, extending the industrial chain, creating brands, and strengthening industries, Dahu Chenjia Village (大户陈家村) expands the boundaries of modern agricultural development, builds a full industrial chain from fresh fruit to juice and fruit wine, uniformly registers trademarks, and transforms the orchards all over the mountains into a 3A-level tourist attraction, and drives more than 10 surrounding villages to develop together.
Technological and conceptual innovation is reshaping China's agricultural production methods and value chains with unprecedented depth and breadth. Invigorating agriculture through science and technology, green agriculture, and quality agriculture, modern large-scale agriculture is full of vitality.
In Weihui City (卫辉市), Henan (河南) Province, millet in Shibaotou Township (狮豹头乡) is welcoming the harvest. The local area has created the "Nanzhaigou Mountain Millet" (南寨沟山小米) brand. Tourists follow the aroma of millet to enjoy the Taihang (太行) scenery, taste farm food, and purchase ecological specialties. The integration of agriculture and tourism has made millet the "golden millet" for villagers to increase their income and become rich.
In Cangxi County (苍溪县), Sichuan (四川) Province, late-maturing kiwifruit is being harvested and marketed. The new variety "Xinzhong No. 1" (鑫中1号) bred by the local research team fills the market gap.
Through one harvest story after another, we hear the sonorous footsteps of accelerating the construction of an agricultural power—China's contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress has reached 63.2%, the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation, planting, and harvesting has exceeded 75%, the coverage rate of improved crop varieties has exceeded 96%, and the total number of green, organic, famous, special, high-quality, and new agricultural products and geographical indication agricultural products has exceeded 86,000. More and more high-quality agricultural products are placed on the tables of ordinary people.
Farmers' Lives are More Prosperous and Affluent
In Aojiao Village (澳角村), Chencheng Town (陈城镇), Dongshan County (东山县), Zhangzhou City (漳州市), Fujian (福建) Province, fishing boats enter the port early in the morning, and villagers are busy unloading their catches. On October 15, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the village and pointed out the next direction of struggle for the villagers: "The new era and the new journey will surely bring a brighter future for rural areas, and farmers will have a more prosperous life," "Advance bravely on the road of rural revitalization and common prosperity."
"The General Secretary's entrustment makes us more motivated." Lin Huazhong (林华忠), Secretary of the Village Party Committee, said that the village has made full use of the "sea" resources, with marine fishing, marine aquaculture, seafood processing, seafood e-commerce, and island tourism advancing simultaneously. Last year, the per capita disposable income of villagers reached 60,000 yuan. Most villagers live a life with houses, cars, and savings, and more than 80 villagers have also established a "Fishing Village Poetry Society."
Comprehensive rural revitalization is for the benefit of farmers.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Agricultural and rural work, in a nutshell, increasing farmers' income is the key," "Implementing the rural revitalization strategy requires grasping both material and spiritual civilization, and especially paying attention to improving the spiritual outlook of farmers."
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," all regions and departments have tried every means to broaden the channels for increasing farmers' income and have solidly promoted the construction of rural spiritual civilization. Hundreds of millions of farmers have fuller pockets and richer minds, and their lives are more prosperous and affluent.
Consumption upgrades reflect new changes in farmers' lives.
"I used to envy city people for driving new energy vehicles. Now I have bought one too, and I really enjoy it!" In Yanggang Village (洋港村), Youbu Town (游埠镇), Lanxi City (兰溪市), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, villager Jin Deshun (金德顺) drove his car to the smart charging station in the village and parked it steadily, listening to music and scanning the code to charge.
In recent years, hardened roads have entered villages and households, new energy vehicles have gone to the countryside, and there are subsidies for buying cars. Jin Deshun's annual income from operating a "shared pastoral garden" exceeds 100,000 yuan. He had long wanted to buy a new car, but the inconvenience of charging once made him hesitate.
This year, the State Grid Corporation (国家电网公司) built a photovoltaic storage and charging integrated smart charging station in Yanggang Village (洋港村). "I can charge at my doorstep, so I don't have to worry about it anymore. I bought a new energy vehicle as soon as possible, which is convenient and affordable to travel." Jin Deshun (金德顺) said happily.
From envy to ownership, Jin Deshun's (金德顺) dream come true is a microcosm of the steady increase in the income level and consumption level of hundreds of millions of farmers. Last year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 23,119 yuan, and the income ratio between urban and rural residents decreased from 2.56 in 2020 to 2.34. In the first half of this year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents actually increased by 6.2%, and the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas nationwide increased by 4.9% year-on-year. "Big-ticket items" such as new energy vehicles, smart home appliances, and smart agricultural machinery have entered more and more farmhouses, and cultural and entertainment and health consumption are becoming increasingly popular, constantly refreshing the quality and connotation of farmers' lives.
To promote rural modernization, not only must material life be prosperous, but spiritual life must also be affluent.
"The Harvest Festival is our own festival for farmers. We must prepare carefully and celebrate well!" On the cultural square of Zhangzhai Village (张翟村), Yushan Street (鱼山街道), Jinxiang County (金乡县), Shandong (山东) Province, villager Zhang Cuihua (张翠花) is rehearsing the newly compiled *Siping Diao* (四平调) "New Era, Many Happy Events" with her fellow villagers. Li Hailiang (李海梁), a cultural instructor and chairman of the Jinxiang County Quyi Artists Association (金乡县曲艺家协会), is instructing her from the side.
"We use cultural instructors as a link to sink more high-quality cultural resources into the countryside and ignite rural cultural life." The person in charge of the Jinxiang County Party Committee Propaganda Department (金乡县委宣传部) introduced that more than 170 rural cultural instructors in the county carry out regular and targeted guidance, driving more and more villagers to participate in "planting culture."
Cultural prosperity nourishes a new spiritual home. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," all administrative villages in the country have had farmers' bookstores, electronic reading rooms, and cultural activity rooms. Mass cultural and sports activities such as "Village BA" (村BA), "Village Super" (村超), and "Village Evening" (村晚) have been widely carried out. The transformation of customs and habits in rural areas continues to advance, and a new atmosphere of civilization is integrated into the lives of farmers.
A Beautiful and Harmonious Countryside is More Livable and Workable
The various small shops in Lizu Village (李祖村), Houtai Street (后宅街道), Yiwu City (义乌市), Zhejiang (浙江) attract many tourists. This small village with a permanent population of 706 people has gathered 271 agricultural innovators and cultivated 73 new business formats. Jesús García, a young man from Spain, also came to the village to open a shop and became an international innovator.
New occupations, new business formats, and new atmospheres, Lizu Village (李祖村) is full of popularity and vitality. Fang Haolong (方豪龙), Secretary of the Village Party Branch, said that the village's transformation stems from the continuous advancement of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程). In 2003, under the planning and deployment of Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Zhejiang (浙江) launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千村示范、万村整治). In September 2023, the General Secretary came to Lizu Village (李祖村), affirmed that this is a significant microcosm of the remarkable achievements of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程) in Zhejiang (浙江), and encouraged everyone to work together towards a better tomorrow of common prosperity.
How to better promote rural construction, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always kept it in mind, held high the banner and set the direction, "Learning and applying the experience of the 'Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation' Project (千万工程), we must link it with reality, refine and solidify the grasp, and persist in making long-term efforts," "Accelerate the construction of a beautiful and harmonious countryside that is livable and workable."
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," all localities have deeply learned and applied the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程), starting from the urgent and difficult problems of the farmers, and solidly promoted rural construction. At present, the popularization rate of tap water in rural areas nationwide has reached 94%, the 5G coverage rate in administrative villages has exceeded 90%, more than 95% of village health clinics have been included in medical insurance, and more than 16,000 rural nursing homes have been built. A beautiful and harmonious countryside with more complete infrastructure, more convenient public services, and more diverse development opportunities has become a happy home for hundreds of millions of farmers to live and work in peace and contentment.
In the golden autumn season, Luokeng Village (罗坑村), Shahe Town (沙河镇), Zhanggong District (章贡区), Ganzhou City (赣州市), Jiangxi (江西) Province, is filled with the joy of villagers' harvest and the laughter of tourists. "We give full play to our advantages of being close to the urban area, build a characteristic sports town, and develop sightseeing agriculture. Last year, the village's collective economic income reached 920,000 yuan." Wu Yuming (吴玉明), Secretary of the Party Branch of Luokeng Village (罗坑村), said.
In recent years, Luokeng Village (罗坑村) has vigorously improved its infrastructure and living environment, and the appearance of the village has been renewed. Express delivery, withdrawing money from the bank, charging cars... can be done without leaving the village, and a one-yuan bus goes directly to the urban area. With better development conditions and more popularity in the village, more young people are returning. Yao Youcai (姚有财), 26 years old, returned to his hometown to open a farmhouse, with an income of 100,000 yuan last year.
In Letianxi Town (乐天溪镇), Yiling District (夷陵区), Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei (湖北) Province, a Western restaurant has become a popular spot. The owner is Wang Wei (望苇), a post-90s girl who returned to her hometown to start a business. She keenly captured that the tourism boom brought about by the upgrading and renovation of the national highway provided a good opportunity for development. The Western restaurant she opened not only provides a place for tourists to rest and eat, but also attracts villagers to come and taste different flavors of food.
In recent years, more and more "village cafes," Western restaurants, and gyms have emerged in rural areas, behind which is the accelerated connection of road networks, the integration of concepts, and the circulation of elements between urban and rural areas.
To comprehensively build a modern socialist country, the most arduous and onerous task is still in the countryside. Integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization.
"Promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with integrated urban-rural development and promote common prosperity between urban and rural areas," "Strengthen the organic combination of comprehensive rural revitalization and new urbanization"... Under the blueprint and guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), the pace of integrated urban-rural development is constantly accelerating. Last year, the urbanization rate of permanent residents in my country was 67%, an increase of 0.84 percentage points over the end of the previous year. The equalization of basic public services in urban and rural areas has been steadily promoted. 2,199 counties (cities, districts) have carried out the construction of close-knit county medical communities. By the end of this year, 50% of the counties in the country will establish "education consortia."
The Harvest Festival is becoming a distinct symbol of attaching importance to agriculture and strengthening agriculture in the new era. The harvest scene is as beautiful as a painting, and hard work draws a new chapter. The rural world is vast, and agriculture has great potential. Let us roll up our sleeves and work hard on the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, continue to write new, more, and more exciting harvest stories, and stride towards a better tomorrow of comprehensive rural revitalization!
(Related reports on pages 10 and 11)
Return to TopOn the morning of September 22nd, Hangzhou (杭州), Xinhua News Agency (新华社) (Reporters Feng Xinran (冯歆然) and Shang Yiying (商意盈)) - Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony of the 5th World Network of Biosphere Reserves Congress in Hangzhou (杭州) and delivered a speech.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共十八大), under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, China has taken the construction of ecological civilization as a fundamental plan concerning the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, deeply promoted the construction of a beautiful China, and created world-renowned ecological miracles and green development miracles. While strengthening its own ecological civilization construction, China has actively participated in global environmental and climate governance, contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength to building a clean and beautiful world, and becoming an important participant, contributor, and leader in global ecological civilization construction.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) said that in the face of the severe challenges of global ecological and environmental problems, we must work together to strengthen the construction of biosphere reserves and promote the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature, and the coordinated progress of economy and environment. He put forward four suggestions: First, implement coordinated linkage, actively carry out global cooperation, earnestly increase investment and guarantee efforts, and promote the participation of governments, enterprises, social public, and other parties. Second, strengthen scientific and technological support, jointly solve major scientific and technological problems in the field of ecological environment, promote the sharing of scientific and technological achievements, and narrow the information and knowledge gap between countries and regions. Third, pay attention to overall planning, promote ecological industrialization and industrial ecology, coordinate the promotion of ecological environmental protection, climate change response, and improvement of people's livelihood and well-being, and promote the coordinated coexistence of development and protection. Fourth, adhere to multilateralism, jointly implement global governance initiatives, reform and improve the global environmental governance system, and better respond to the common challenges facing human society in the climate and environmental fields.
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, and Ali Salajegheh, Vice President of Iran and Head of the Department of Environment, attended the opening ceremony. Azoulay delivered a speech, highly praising China's achievements in the field of ecological environmental protection and its contribution to global environmental governance, and called on the international community to follow the purposes of the UN Charter, strengthen international cooperation in biodiversity and biosphere protection, and promote the establishment of a world where humans and nature coexist in harmony.
Subsequently, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) inspected the exhibition area of the conference and interacted with the heads of participating units. He pointed out that it is necessary to broaden the channels for transforming green waters and green mountains into golden mountains and silver mountains, and realize the organic unity of economic, social, and ecological benefits.
Before the opening ceremony, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) met with Azoulay, stating that China is willing to firmly support each other with UNESCO, deepen practical cooperation in education, science and technology, world heritage protection, and ecological environmental protection, and work together to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, benefiting the people of all countries in the world. Azoulay thanked China for its support to UNESCO, saying that this is particularly important in the context of the current severe impact on multilateralism, and expressed her willingness to further strengthen cooperation with China to promote human peace and development.
The conference was hosted by UNESCO and co-organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province (浙江省人民政府). About 1,300 people, including Chinese and foreign government officials, biosphere reserve representatives, scientific and technological personnel, business leaders, and representatives of international organizations, attended the opening ceremony.
During his stay in Zhejiang (浙), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) also went to the Hangzhou City West Science and Technology Innovation Corridor (杭州城西科创大走廊) and Westlake University (西湖大学) to investigate the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, and the support of scientific and technological innovation platforms for the development of science and technology enterprises.
Return to TopBy: 何 娟
The fertile fields flow with gold, a picturesque scene, singing and dancing to celebrate the harvest year. It is another harvest festival, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) extends festive greetings and sincere regards to the vast number of farmers across the country and comrades working on the "San Nong" front. In the new era and on the new journey, accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas requires, importantly, strengthening the support of agricultural science and technology.
Faced with the impact of natural disasters such as drought and floods, how can we achieve a stable summer grain yield, an increased early rice production, and the hope of another bumper grain harvest this year? From over 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland to the investment of more than 800,000 combine harvesters for summer harvesting, from "growing grain in the desert" to "data-driven farming," the key variable of technological innovation is reshaping all elements, processes, and chains of agricultural production. Currently, China's contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress has reached 63.2%.
To consolidate the granary of a major country and firmly hold the rice bowl of China, we must rely on technology. Seedlings are cultivated in intelligent greenhouses, science and technology commissioners go to the countryside... Accelerating the application of new technologies, new models, and new equipment to agriculture, developing new agricultural productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and focusing on improving comprehensive production capacity will surely secure the initiative in food security, consolidate the "San Nong" ballast stone, and spread a new picture of harvest on the vast fields.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚 鸣 屈 佩
"I am willing to propose a global governance initiative and work with all countries to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system and jointly move towards a community with a shared future for mankind." On September 1st, President Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization+" meeting in Tianjin (天津) and delivered an important speech, solemnly proposing the Global Governance Initiative.
The Global Governance Initiative is another important international public good that China (中国) has contributed to the world, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. Adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and focusing on action-oriented approaches, the Global Governance Initiative focuses on the era's question of "what kind of global governance system to build and how to reform and improve global governance." It takes upholding the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and practicing the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits as its basic guidelines, demonstrating China's (中国) firm commitment to being a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of the international order, with the broad mind and responsibility of a major country.
"Adhere to advancing in the logic of historical progress and developing in the trend of the times."
What kind of global governance system to build and how to reform and improve global governance have always been matters of concern for President Xi Jinping (习近平).
"History tells us that the more difficult the times, the more we must uphold the original aspiration of peaceful coexistence, strengthen the confidence in win-win cooperation, and adhere to advancing in the logic of historical progress and developing in the trend of the times." The proposal of the Global Governance Initiative conforms to the general trend of world multi-polarization and democratization of international relations, and conforms to the common aspirations of the people of all countries for peace, development, and cooperation.
The global governance pattern depends on the balance of international forces, and the transformation of the global governance system stems from changes in the balance of international forces. With the changing balance of international forces and the increasing number of global challenges, strengthening global governance and promoting the transformation of the global governance system is the general trend.
"The global economic governance system must reflect the profound changes in the world economic landscape and increase the representation and voice of emerging market countries and developing countries." In March 2013, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during a joint interview with BRICS media: "Emerging market countries and developing countries hope that the global economic governance system will be more complete, more in line with the requirements of world productivity development, and more conducive to the common development of all countries in the world."
The transformation of the global governance system cannot be separated from the guidance of ideas. In October 2015, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) conducted a collective study on the global governance pattern and the global governance system. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) creatively proposed the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits, clarifying the basic principles for the transformation of the global governance system.
Consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits mean that global governance matters are discussed and handled together, a more complete global governance system is built together, and the resulting achievements are shared by everyone. "This concept demonstrates the global vision and political wisdom of Chinese leaders, which is conducive to strengthening the sense of a community with a shared future among countries and responding to challenges through consultation and cooperation," international figures commented.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered important speeches at multilateral mechanism meetings such as the United Nations (联合国), the G20 (二十国集团), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (亚太经合组织), and the BRICS countries (金砖国家), putting forward a series of new concepts, new propositions, and new initiatives with Chinese characteristics, in line with international expectations, and conforming to the historical trend, providing important strategic guidance for promoting the reform and improvement of the global governance system.
Currently, the international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos, the United Nations (联合国) and multilateralism are under attack, and the global governance deficit continues to expand. The representation of the Global South in the existing international mechanism is seriously insufficient, its authority is eroded, and its effectiveness needs to be improved urgently. The Global Governance Initiative responds to the new situation, clarifies the direction, principles, and paths of the reform of the global governance system and mechanism, and profoundly answers the questions of "who governs, how to govern, and for whom to govern" in global governance.
Sovereign equality is the primary prerequisite for global governance. Its essence lies in the fact that the sovereignty and dignity of all countries, regardless of size, strength, wealth, or poverty, must be respected, internal affairs must not be interfered with, and all have the right to independently choose social systems and development paths, and all have the right to participate equally, make decisions equally, and benefit equally in the global governance process; the international rule of law is the fundamental guarantee of global governance, and the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter are recognized basic norms of international relations, which must be unswervingly maintained; multilateralism is the basic path of global governance, the role of the United Nations (联合国) can only be strengthened, not weakened, and other global and regional multilateral mechanisms should play a constructive role; a people-centered approach is the value orientation of global governance, only by taking the people's gains as the goal and constantly providing the public with confidence and stable expectations can the global governance system be widely supported and operate effectively; action-oriented is an important principle of global governance, and it is necessary to treat both the symptoms and root causes and find sustainable solutions.
The Global Governance Initiative has received positive responses from the international community as soon as it was proposed. Countries such as Russia (俄罗斯), Malaysia (马来西亚), Slovakia (斯洛伐克), Nicaragua (尼加拉瓜), Cuba (古巴), Nauru (瑙鲁), and relevant international organizations have expressed their appreciation and support.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇) said that the Global Governance Initiative is another major initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) based on a profound analysis of the current international situation. Adhering to sovereign equality and advocating a people-centered approach are of great significance for reforming and improving the global governance system, and Serbia (塞尔维亚) fully supports it.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (安瓦尔) said that the Global Governance Initiative directly addresses the problems facing global governance, has both advanced concepts and practical solutions to problems, and is of great significance for improving the level of global governance.
"Major countries should have the appearance of major countries, and should provide more global public goods."
"History shows us that multilateralism is the aspiration of the people and the general trend, and it is an important reliance for world peace and development. I propose the Global Governance Initiative to promote countries to work together to build a more just and reasonable global governance system." On September 8th, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech at the BRICS Leaders' Online Summit clarified the historical logic and purpose of proposing the Global Governance Initiative.
Looking inward, the source of living water has its own origin.
--Leading the transformation of the global governance system, Chinese concepts are constantly innovating.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind with profound strategic vision, placing human development in a common coordinate system and incorporating global governance into the picture of a shared future for mankind. On the main trunk, a series of Chinese initiatives are flourishing. From the "Belt and Road" initiative to the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, China's (中国) concept of leading the transformation of the global governance system is constantly enriched and developed, contributing wisdom to the reform and improvement of global governance.
--Advocating peace, harmony, and harmony, Chinese civilization pursues benefiting the world.
**协和万邦** (xié hé wàn bāng - "harmonize all nations," to maintain peaceful relations with all countries), **和而不同** (hé ér bù tóng - "harmony without uniformity," seeking harmony while acknowledging differences), **天下为公** (tiān xià wéi gōng - "the world is for all," the world belongs to everyone), **亲仁善邻** (qīn rén shàn lín - "be kind to neighbors," to be friendly and benevolent to one's neighbors)... Excellent traditional Chinese culture has nurtured the wisdom to deal with contemporary international relations, which is in line with the core concept of the Global Governance Initiative. There is no gene of aggression or hegemony in the blood of the Chinese nation, and the peaceful nature of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that China (中国) is always a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of the international order.
--Firmly taking the road of peaceful development, Chinese diplomacy takes the world as its responsibility.
From advocating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, the word "harmony," which draws on the positive approach to the world and the governance concept of excellent traditional Chinese culture, runs through every major concept innovation. China (中国) unswervingly takes the road of peaceful development, practices true multilateralism, and firmly safeguards the international system with the United Nations (联合国) as the core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.
"The proposal of the Global Governance Initiative was not achieved overnight, but was formed along with China's (中国) diplomatic practice and the development of the international situation, and is in line with China's (中国) peaceful diplomatic policy and the concept of harmony and co-existence," said Yu Tiejun (于铁军), Dean of the Institute of International Strategy at Peking University (北京大学). China (中国) emphasizes "innovation and improvement" rather than "starting anew," demonstrating an open, inclusive, and compatible spirit, and also reflecting global consensus.
Looking outward, the times are calling, and the time is right.
Unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, the authority of the United Nations (联合国) and international rules are under attack, and the world needs more effective governance concepts and governance systems.
China (中国) has always advocated that "major countries should have the appearance of major countries, provide more global public goods, assume the responsibilities of major countries, and demonstrate the responsibility of major countries."
The Chinese concepts and initiatives such as building a community with a shared future for mankind have been written into United Nations (联合国) resolutions and various bilateral and multilateral documents many times. More and more Chinese concepts are being transformed into international consensus and are being implemented as tangible cooperation results. China's (中国) contribution in the field of global governance is receiving increasing attention.
The Global Governance Initiative is to the point and responds to the expectations of all parties. Jordanian former diplomat Muwaffaq al-Ajlouni (穆瓦法克·阿杰卢尼) believes that the Global Governance Initiative not only represents China's (中国) vision, but also conveys a clear message: the world needs diversified approaches, new voices, and active actors to jointly formulate international decisions.
"Fully mobilize resources from all parties to better respond to the common challenges facing human society."
Increased trade frictions superimposed on political uncertainty, the global economic growth rate is expected to slow to 2.4% in 2025; the implementation of the United Nations (联合国) 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is seriously lagging behind, and problems such as climate change and the digital divide are becoming increasingly prominent, and the governance of new areas such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and outer space is lacking... With the in-depth development of economic globalization, many problems are no longer limited to one country, and many challenges can no longer be dealt with by the strength of one country.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "By reforming and improving the global governance system, we can fully mobilize resources from all parties to better respond to the common challenges facing human society." The Global Governance Initiative advocates common development, common governance, and common benefits, pointing out the direction for solving the urgent problems facing the world today.
China (中国) is a stakeholder in global governance and a key actor.
For peace, take active action--
On September 3rd, at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, when the peacekeeping force square walked proudly, guests from all countries stood up and paid their respects. The respect comes from China's (中国) peaceful responsibility--In the 35 years of participating in United Nations (联合国) peacekeeping operations, China (中国) has sent more than 50,000 officers and soldiers, carried out 25 peacekeeping operations, and gone to more than 20 countries and regions.
As a major country with the best record on peace and security issues, China (中国) adheres to the path of peaceful development, adheres to resolving disputes and differences by peaceful means, and adheres to playing a constructive role in promoting the resolution of hotspot issues. At the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) summit, the comprehensive center for responding to security threats and challenges, the center for combating transnational organized crime, the information security center, and the drug control center were unveiled, and practical actions built a security barrier for the people of the region.
For development, share opportunities--
China (中国) has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, and the commitment of "not letting any country fall behind in the process of world modernization" has been transformed into concrete actions: implementing the "Ten Partnership Actions" with Africa (非洲) to jointly promote modernization, launching the "Five Major Projects" with Latin America (拉丁美洲), building the "Five Major Cooperation Patterns" with Arab countries, building the "Six Major Cooperation Platforms" with Pacific Island countries, and announcing zero-tariff treatment for 100% of tariff items for all least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China (中国).
The people of all countries are participants and beneficiaries of global governance. Through the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, China (中国) actively promotes common development, and the results are written in the construction of roads, ports, schools, hospitals, and industrial parks, and even more in the sense of gain of the people of all countries.
For justice, assume leadership--
Supporting the African Union (非洲联盟) to join the G20 (二十国集团), promoting the historic expansion of the BRICS countries (金砖国家), leading the high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation," and working with all parties to build the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) into the regional international organization with the widest area and the largest population... China (中国) unites and leads the Global South, injecting strong impetus into promoting the establishment of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Looking to the future, make up for shortcomings--
In the face of new situations and new challenges, China (中国) actively promotes the timely advancement of governance rules in new areas, and actively cooperates and achieves results in areas where governance is urgently needed and the governance deficit is large, such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, climate change, and outer space.
Actively promote the "dual carbon" goal and promote the effective implementation of the *Paris Agreement*; participate in the United Nations (联合国) *Global Digital Compact* and propose the *Global Data Security Initiative* and the *Global Data Cross-border Flow Cooperation Initiative*; establish the International Mediation Institute with 32 countries to promote innovation in the field of international rule of law; advocate the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to carry out communication, exchanges, and pragmatic cooperation on global artificial intelligence governance... With both concepts and actions, we contribute to making up for the shortcomings of global governance in key areas.
Alexandra Peminova (亚历山德拉·佩米诺娃), a senior lecturer at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Russia (俄罗斯国家研究型高等经济大学), believes that China's (中国) role in improving global governance is becoming increasingly prominent, constantly providing conceptual and action support for building a more fair and just international order, and demonstrating the ability to transform visions into tangible results.
A period has its historical mission and tasks, and a generation has its historical responsibility. Taking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (联合国) as an opportunity, China (中国) will strengthen cooperation with all parties, adhere to the principle of consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits, work together to explore ways to reform and improve global governance, enhance the practical effectiveness of global governance, expand the sharing of global governance results, promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and jointly open up a bright future of peace, security, prosperity, and progress.
Return to TopOn the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油), the 300,000-ton/year high-density polyethylene unit of Guangxi Petrochemical (广西石化) recently produced qualified products. This is the first large-scale chemical unit put into operation in the China National Petroleum Corporation's key project—Guangxi Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Transformation and Upgrading Project (广西石化炼化一体化转型升级项目). The project includes 16 chemical units such as a 1.2 million-ton/year ethylene unit, which is an epitome of China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) accelerating its move towards the mid-to-high end of the industrial chain and promoting green, low-carbon, and high-quality development. The picture shows the Guangxi Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Transformation and Upgrading Project (广西石化炼化一体化转型升级项目) of China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油).
Photo by Wang Fang (王芳) (People's Vision)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on September 22nd (Reporter Liu Botong (刘博通)) On September 22nd, the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Council of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification was held in Beijing (北京). Li Ganjie (李干杰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, was elected Executive Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification and delivered a speech.
Li Ganjie (李干杰) stated that since the First Plenary Session of the Tenth Council, the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification has broadly united and gathered patriotic and friendly forces from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas, resolutely opposed all kinds of separatist acts, firmly safeguarded national interests, and dedicated itself to promoting the reunification of the motherland, achieving new progress in various tasks.
Li Ganjie (李干杰) expressed that in the new era and on the new journey, the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification must fully implement the Party's overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan issue in the new era, firmly grasp the correct direction of opposing "independence" and promoting reunification, and continuously consolidate the common ideological and political foundation. It is necessary to enhance the spirit of struggle, improve the skills of struggle, and unite Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is necessary to deepen cross-strait exchanges and interactions, promote closer ties between compatriots on both sides of the strait, forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and cultivate a solid public opinion foundation for opposing "independence" and promoting reunification. It is necessary to tell the story of reunification well to the outside world, widely strive for understanding and support from the international community, and create a favorable external environment. It is necessary to strengthen self-construction, keep in mind the founding purpose, and gather a strong joint force to promote the reunification of the motherland.
The meeting reviewed and approved the work report of the Standing Council of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification and related personnel matters.
Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Vice President of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, presided over the meeting. Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Hao Mingjin (郝明金), Wu Weihua (武维华), Su Hui (苏辉), Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), He Baoxiang (何报翔), Vice Presidents of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification, and some standing council members attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on September 22nd (Reporter Qi Yukun (亓玉昆)) - Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, presided over the second plenary meeting of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's Forest Law Enforcement Inspection Team in Beijing (北京) on the 22nd and delivered a speech. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization, to take strengthening the implementation of the Forest Law as an important starting point, to implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on forestry work and the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, and to use the power of the rule of law to ensure high-level protection of forest ecology and high-quality development of modern forestry.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠) pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has regarded ecological civilization construction as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and has promoted the construction of a beautiful China (中国) to take major steps. China's (中国) forest resource protection and ecological restoration have achieved remarkable achievements, and the high-quality development of forestry has maintained a good momentum.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠) emphasized that it is necessary to firmly establish and practice the concept that green waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, promote the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Forest Law, and ensure that the various systems stipulated by the law are implemented. Consolidate statutory responsibilities, strengthen legislative, law enforcement, and judicial coordination, strengthen legal publicity and popularization, and maintain the seriousness and rigidity of the law. It is necessary to adhere to the combination of problem orientation and goal orientation, adhere to the unity of reform and the rule of law, solve the outstanding contradictions in the implementation of the law with the spirit of reform, make up for shortcomings, strengthen weaknesses, accelerate the formulation and revision of supporting laws and regulations, and improve the legal system for forest protection and utilization and high-quality forestry development. It is necessary to do a good job in the follow-up work of law enforcement inspections, ensure the effectiveness of supervision, and persevere 锲而不舍、久久为功 (qiè ér bù shě, jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "carve without stopping, achieve success over time," to persevere and keep working hard until success is achieved) in promoting the construction of a beautiful China (中国).
Wu Weihua (武维华) and Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔), Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended the meeting.
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On September 22nd, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a series of thematic press conferences on "High-Quality Completion of the '14th Five-Year Plan'," introducing the development achievements of the financial industry during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Governor of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜) stated that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's financial governance system and governance capabilities have reached a new level. A complete and competitive system of financial institutions, markets, and products has become more robust. The quality, efficiency, and inclusiveness of financial services have been greatly improved. Financial risks in key areas have been resolved in an orderly manner, and the bottom line of preventing systemic financial risks has been maintained. The pace of financial opening-up has accelerated, and the international competitiveness and influence of China's financial industry have significantly increased.
The banking and insurance industries provided 170 trillion yuan of new funds to the real economy.
Serving the real economy is the natural duty of finance. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China adhered to a supportive monetary policy stance, and a modern monetary policy framework with Chinese characteristics has taken initial shape, with more effective implementation and transmission. The financial sector has done a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, taking the lead in the world in green finance, inclusive finance, and digital finance, and supporting major national strategies and key areas and weak links in economic and social development.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of loans to science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, inclusive small and micro loans, and green loans in China exceeded 20%. As of the end of June this year, the total assets of the banking industry were nearly 470 trillion yuan, ranking first in the world; the scale of the stock and bond markets ranked second in the world; and the scale of foreign exchange reserves has ranked first in the world for 20 consecutive years. A multi-channel, wide-coverage, safe, and efficient RMB cross-border payment and settlement network has been basically completed, and mobile payment is at the international leading level.
"The coverage of financial services has continued to expand, with outlets in every township and services in every village." Li Yunze (李云泽), Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (金融监管总局), introduced that in the past five years, China's banking and insurance industries have provided 170 trillion yuan of new funds to the real economy through loans, bonds, equity, and other methods. The average annual growth of science and technology loans, medium and long-term loans to the manufacturing industry, and infrastructure loans was 27.2%, 21.7%, and 10.1% respectively; the balance of inclusive small and micro enterprise loans was 36 trillion yuan, which is 2.3 times that of the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," and the interest rate has decreased by 2 percentage points. The insurance industry has accumulated a total of 9 trillion yuan in claims payments, an increase of 61.7% compared with the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. Agricultural insurance provides risk protection for 800 million farmers, and commercial pension and health insurance have accumulated reserves of 11 trillion yuan.
"The capital market's service to technological innovation is accelerating." Wu Qing (吴清), Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (中国证监会), said that in recent years, more than 90% of newly listed companies are technology companies or companies with high technology content. In the past 5 years, the total equity and bond financing in China's exchange market reached 57.5 trillion yuan, and the proportion of direct financing reached 31.6%, an increase of 2.8 percentage points compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan."
The quality and efficiency of foreign exchange services for the real economy have been greatly improved. "The foreign exchange service environment of 'the more honest, the more convenient' has been further optimized." Zhu Hexin (朱鹤新), Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) and Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (国家外汇局), introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange supported banks in adopting facilitation measures based on the credit status of enterprises to shorten business processing time. Among them, the number of enterprises that can handle business with instructions has increased by more than 5 times compared with the end of 2020. At the same time, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange canceled administrative licenses such as the registration of trade foreign exchange receipts and payments, and the number of administrative license businesses of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange decreased by more than 70%.
At present, China has achieved basic convertibility under direct investment items. Cross-border securities investment has formed a cross-border investment system mainly based on institutional investor systems, interconnection mechanisms, and direct entry of overseas investors into the market. Cross-border debt financing implements full-caliber macro-prudential management.
The total market value of the A-share (A股) market exceeded 100 trillion yuan for the first time.
Building a modern central bank system and a strong central bank is an important task for building a modern financial system in the new era. Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜) introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) focused on improving the dual-pillar regulatory framework of monetary policy and macro-prudential policy to achieve the dual goals of currency stability and financial stability, and accelerated the improvement of the central bank system.
"Among the world's top 1,000 banks, 143 Chinese-funded banks are on the list, and China accounts for 6 of the top 10." Li Yunze (李云泽) introduced that the total assets of the banking and insurance industries currently exceed 500 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth of 9% in the past 5 years, and the status of the world's largest credit and second largest insurance market has become more stable. Trust, wealth management, and insurance asset management institutions manage nearly 100 trillion yuan in assets, doubling the scale at the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan."
A multi-level, wide-coverage, and differentiated financial institution system is increasingly improving. The leading and ballast role of large institutions is more prominent, and small and medium-sized institutions have achieved practical results in serving the local area and developing their own characteristics.
The market system is more complete. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China promoted the reform of the Science and Technology Innovation Board (科创板) and the ChiNext (创业板) in depth, successfully established and promoted the construction of the Beijing Stock Exchange (北交所) with high quality, and continued to deepen the reform of the New Third Board (新三板). In August this year, the total market value of the A-share (A股) market exceeded 100 trillion yuan for the first time. The products in the exchange bond market are becoming increasingly rich, and innovative varieties such as public REITs (real estate investment trusts), science and technology innovation bonds, and asset securitization are accelerating their development. There are 157 futures and options varieties in the entire market, covering the main industrial areas of the national economy. The Guangzhou Futures Exchange (广期所) was established to better promote green development.
The operation of international payments is more stable. Facing a more complex and severe external environment, China's foreign-related economy has withstood the pressure and developed steadily, and the resilience of foreign trade and economy has been enhanced, presenting a diversified pattern. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's foreign exchange reserves have remained stable at more than 3 trillion US dollars, and more than 3.2 trillion US dollars in the past two years. "We continue to do a good job in the operation and management of foreign exchange reserves, ensuring the safety, liquidity, and preservation and appreciation of assets. Foreign exchange reserves have fully played the role of an important 'stabilizer' and 'ballast' for the national economy and finance," said Zhu Hexin (朱鹤新).
Overseas institutions and individuals hold more than 10 trillion yuan of domestic stocks, bonds, and deposits and loans.
The opening up of the financial industry is an important part of China's overall reform and opening up. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China steadily promoted the high-level two-way opening up of the financial industry, improved the level of institutional opening up, and significantly increased its participation, influence, and voice in international financial governance cooperation.
"We will work with various financial management departments to expand the interconnection of financial markets, optimize the Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (沪深港通), Bond Connect (债券通), and Swap Connect (互换通) mechanisms, and facilitate more investors to invest in China's financial market," Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜) introduced. As of the end of July, overseas institutions and individuals held more than 10 trillion yuan of domestic stocks, bonds, and deposits and loans, and the issuance scale of Panda bonds (熊猫债券) by overseas institutions exceeded 1 trillion yuan.
At present, the RMB has become China's largest settlement currency for foreign receipts and payments, the world's top three trade financing currencies and payment currencies, and ranks third in the weight of the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights currency basket. China has basically built a diversified cross-border payment system, including the RMB Cross-border Payment System (人民币跨境支付系统), the cross-border system within commercial banks, and the cross-border retail payment system built by China UnionPay (中国银联), Alipay (支付宝), WeChat Pay (微信支付), etc.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China newly approved 13 foreign-controlled securities fund futures institutions to come to China to develop their businesses. Foreign capital holds 3.4 trillion yuan of A-share (A股) market value, and 269 companies are listed overseas. At present, 43 of the world's top 50 banks have established institutions in China, and half of the 40 largest insurance companies have entered China.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China orderly disposed of a number of prominent risk points in the financial field, effectively prevented and resolved the spillover and impact of external risks on China's financial market, and vigorously protected the interests of the majority of depositors and small and medium-sized investors.
"In the past 5 years, the disposal of non-performing assets has increased by more than 40% compared with the '13th Five-Year Plan' period." Li Yunze (李云泽) said that currently, the industry's main regulatory indicators such as non-performing loans, capital adequacy, and solvency are stable and improving, and are all in the "healthy range." The industry's total capital and provisions to resist risks exceed 50 trillion yuan.
"The economy is the foundation of finance, and many problems in the economic field often appear through the financial port and spill over, intertwining with financial risks and transmitting each other," Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜) said. It is necessary to scientifically grasp the dynamic balance between stabilizing growth and preventing risks, and grasp the dynamic balance between economic growth, economic structural adjustment, and financial risk prevention at the macro level, so as to promote financial stability from the source.
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Autumn Equinox season, in the northeastern black soil region, corn juice irrigates the plumpness before harvest; in the southern water towns, the fragrance of ripe honey pomelos permeates... Bumper harvests of various grains and abundant fruits cover the fertile fields, unfolding a new painting. Drums are beaten, Yangko dances are performed, and hundreds of millions of farmers celebrate the harvest.
The harvest is full of happiness and concerns.
On the occasion of the eighth "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) extended festive congratulations and sincere greetings to the vast number of farmers across the country and comrades working on the "San Nong" front, emphasizing: "Chinese-style modernization cannot be separated from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Party committees and governments at all levels must thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, improve policies to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers, strengthen the support of agricultural science and technology equipment, focus on enhancing the comprehensive agricultural production capacity, and take multiple measures to promote farmers' employment and income increase, and steadily promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. It is hoped that the vast number of farmers will give full play to their initiative and creativity, and all sectors of society will actively support and participate, striving to build a beautiful countryside that is livable, workable, and harmonious, and jointly move towards the bright future of Chinese-style modernization."
This year is the closing year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the last year of the five-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. The "San Nong" answer sheet is particularly important.
All regions and departments have thoroughly implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on "San Nong" work, taking the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project as a guide, and vigorously promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Summer grain production has been stable and abundant, early rice has achieved increased production, and autumn grain is expected to have a bumper harvest. The annual grain output is expected to continue to stand firm at the 1.4 trillion jin level. The achievements of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, firmly guarding the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty. Farmers' income has steadily increased, and the quality of life has been steadily improving. The development of agriculture and rural areas has maintained a good momentum of stability and progress, providing strong support for high-quality economic and social development.
Modern agriculture is of higher quality and efficiency.
The Sanjiang Plain (三江平原) is covered in gold. Lu Baiqian (卢百谦), Deputy Secretary and General Manager of the Qixing Farm (七星农场) of the Beidahuang Group (北大荒集团), remembers that on September 25, 2018, just after the first "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the farm. In the exhibition hall on the first floor of the Beidahuang Precision Agriculture Machinery Center (北大荒精准农业农机中心), the General Secretary held a bowl of rice in both hands and said meaningfully: "Chinese grain! Chinese rice bowl!"
"We have kept in mind the entrustment, from 'single-household tackling' to 'whole-area linkage,' from 'experience planting' to 'standard operation,' and have embarked on a path of 'four-good integration, mechanism empowerment, and technological support' to increase grain yield per unit area on a large scale." Lu Baiqian (卢百谦) said that this year, the high-yield creation demonstration households are expected to increase production by 50 kilograms per mu.
"Ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products is always the top priority in building a strong agricultural country" "We must accelerate the development of modern large-scale agriculture"... All regions and departments have thoroughly implemented the strategy of "storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology," practiced the concept of large-scale agriculture and the concept of a large food supply, and used modern technology to give modern agriculture wings to take off, making the foundation of the large country's granary more stable and the answer sheet for the bumper harvest more colorful.
These days, Dahu Chenjia Village (大户陈家村) in Jinling Town (金岭镇), Zhaoyuan City (招远市), Yantai (烟台), Shandong (山东) Province, has a particularly festive atmosphere. This is the location of this year's main national event for the Harvest Festival. Purple grape bunches fill the vineyards, with a captivating aroma; in the apple orchards, "red lanterns" hang full on the branches.
Dahu Chenjia Village (大户陈家村), once a poor mountain village, is now a national civilized village with a collective income of over 180 million yuan. What is the secret to its transformation? Chen Songhai (陈松海), Secretary of the Village Party Committee, answers: "A change in thinking broadens the horizon."
Seek benefits from science and technology. The village hired an expert team from the Yantai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (烟台农科院) to make scientific decisions on planting dwarf rootstock apples and high-quality grapes. In the modern agricultural industrial park, the agricultural Internet of Things monitors crop growth in real time, and the intelligent sorting and cold chain logistics system allows agricultural products to reach the market in the best condition.
Not only selling primary agricultural products, but also exploring the diverse value of agriculture. Selling scenery, selling culture, extending the industrial chain, creating brands, and strengthening industries, Dahu Chenjia Village (大户陈家村) expands the boundaries of modern agricultural development, builds a full industrial chain from fresh fruit to juice and fruit wine, uniformly registers trademarks, and transforms the orchards all over the mountains into a 3A-level tourist attraction, and drives more than 10 surrounding villages to develop together.
Technological and conceptual innovation is reshaping China's agricultural production methods and value chain to an unprecedented depth and breadth. Invigorating agriculture through science and technology, green agriculture, and quality agriculture, modern large-scale agriculture is full of vitality.
In Weihui City (卫辉市), Henan (河南) Province, millet in Shibaotou Township (狮豹头乡) is harvested. The local area has created the "Nanzhaigou Mountain Millet" (南寨沟山小米) brand. Tourists follow the aroma of millet to enjoy the Taihang (太行) scenery, taste farmhouse delicacies, and purchase ecological specialties. The integration of agriculture and tourism has made millet the "golden millet" for increasing income and becoming rich for the villagers.
In Cangxi County (苍溪县), Sichuan (四川) Province, late-maturing kiwis are picked and marketed. The new variety "Xinzhong No. 1" (鑫中1号) bred by the local scientific research team fills the market gap.
Through one bumper harvest story after another, we hear the sonorous footsteps of accelerating the construction of an agricultural power – China's contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress has reached 63.2%, the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation, planting, and harvesting has exceeded 75%, the coverage rate of improved crop varieties has exceeded 96%, and the total number of green, organic, famous, special, high-quality, and new and geographical indication agricultural products has exceeded 86,000, and more and more high-quality agricultural products are placed on the tables of the people.
Farmers' lives are becoming more prosperous and affluent.
Aojiao Village (澳角村), Chencheng Town (陈城镇), Dongshan County (东山县), Zhangzhou City (漳州市), Fujian (福建) Province, fishing boats enter the port early in the morning, and villagers are busy unloading their catches. On October 15, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the village and pointed out the direction for the villagers' next struggle: "The new era and the new journey will surely have a brighter future for the countryside, and farmers will have a more prosperous life" "We must move forward on the road of rural revitalization and common prosperity."
"The General Secretary's entrustment makes us more motivated." Lin Huazhong (林华忠), Secretary of the Village Party Committee, said that the village is making full use of the "sea" article, with marine fishing, marine aquaculture, seafood processing, seafood e-commerce, and island tourism advancing simultaneously. Last year, the per capita disposable income of villagers reached 60,000 yuan. Most villagers live a life with houses, cars, and savings, and more than 80 villagers have also established a "Fishing Village Poetry Society."
Comprehensive rural revitalization is for the sake of farmers.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Agricultural and rural work, to put it in a nutshell, increasing farmers' income is the key" "Implementing the rural revitalization strategy requires grasping both material and spiritual civilization, and especially paying attention to improving the spiritual outlook of farmers."
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," all regions and departments have tried every means to broaden the channels for increasing farmers' income, and have vigorously promoted the construction of rural spiritual civilization, making hundreds of millions of farmers' pockets bulging and their minds enriched, and their lives are becoming more prosperous and affluent.
Consumption upgrades reflect new changes in farmers' lives.
"I used to envy city people for driving new energy vehicles, but now I have also bought one, and I really enjoy it!" In Yanggang Village (洋港村), Youbu Town (游埠镇), Lanxi City (兰溪市), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, villager Jin Deshun (金德顺) drove his car to the smart charging station in the village and parked it steadily, listening to music and scanning the code to charge.
In recent years, hardened roads have entered villages and households, new energy vehicles have gone to the countryside, and there are subsidies for buying cars. Jin Deshun's annual income from operating a "shared pastoral garden" exceeds 100,000 yuan. He had long wanted to buy a new car, but the inconvenience of charging once made him hesitate.
This year, the State Grid Corporation (国家电网公司) built a photovoltaic storage and charging integrated smart charging station in Yanggang Village (洋港村). "I can charge at my doorstep, and I don't have to worry about it anymore. I bought a new energy vehicle as soon as possible, which is convenient and affordable to travel." Jin Deshun (金德顺) said happily.
From envy to ownership, Jin Deshun's (金德顺) dream come true is a microcosm of the steady increase in the income level and consumption level of hundreds of millions of farmers. Last year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 23,119 yuan, and the income ratio between urban and rural residents dropped from 2.56 in 2020 to 2.34. In the first half of this year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents actually increased by 6.2%, and the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas nationwide increased by 4.9% year-on-year. "Big-ticket items" such as new energy vehicles, smart home appliances, and smart agricultural machinery have entered more and more farmhouses, and entertainment and health consumption are becoming increasingly popular, constantly refreshing the quality and connotation of farmers' lives.
To promote rural modernization, not only must material life be prosperous, but spiritual life must also be affluent.
"The Harvest Festival is our own festival for farmers. We must prepare carefully and celebrate it well!" On the cultural square of Zhangzhai Village (张翟村), Yushan Street (鱼山街道), Jinxiang County (金乡县), Shandong (山东) Province, villager Zhang Cuihua (张翠花) is rehearsing the newly compiled Siping Tune (四平调) "New Era, Many Happy Events" with her fellow villagers, and Li Hailiang (李海梁), a cultural instructor and chairman of the Jinxiang County Quyi Artists Association (金乡县曲艺家协会), is guiding them.
"We use cultural instructors as a link to bring more high-quality cultural resources to the countryside and make rural cultural life more vibrant." The person in charge of the Propaganda Department of the Jinxiang County Party Committee (金乡县委宣传部) introduced that more than 170 rural cultural instructors in the county carry out normalized and targeted guidance, driving more and more villagers to participate in "planting culture."
Cultural prosperity nourishes a new spiritual home. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," all administrative villages in the country have had farmers' bookstores, electronic reading rooms, and cultural activity rooms. Mass cultural and sports activities such as "Village BA" (村BA), "Village Chao" (村超), and "Village Evening" (村晚) have been widely carried out. The transformation of customs and habits in rural areas has been continuously promoted, and the new trend of civilization has been integrated into the lives of farmers.
Beautiful and harmonious countryside is more livable and workable.
Various small shops in Lizu Village (李祖村), Houtai Street (后宅街道), Yiwu City (义乌市), Zhejiang (浙江) attract many tourists. This small village with a permanent population of 706 people has gathered 271 agricultural innovators and nurtured 73 new business forms. Jesus Garcia, a young man from Spain, also came to the village to open a shop and became an international innovator.
New occupations, new business forms, and new atmospheres, Lizu Village (李祖村) is full of popularity and vitality. Fang Haolong (方豪龙), Secretary of the Village Party Branch, said that the village's transformation stems from the continuous promotion of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project. In 2003, under the planning and deployment of Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Zhejiang (浙江) launched the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project. In September 2023, the General Secretary came to Lizu Village (李祖村), affirmed that this is a significant microcosm of the remarkable achievements of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project in Zhejiang (浙江), and encouraged everyone to work together towards a better tomorrow of common prosperity.
How to better promote rural construction, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is always concerned about it, holding high the banner and setting the direction, "Learning and applying the experience of the 'Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation' project, we must link it to reality, refine and solidify the grasp, and persist in making long-term efforts" "Accelerate the construction of a beautiful and harmonious countryside that is livable and workable."
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," all localities have deeply learned and applied the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project, starting from the urgent and difficult problems of the farmers, and vigorously promoted rural construction. At present, the popularization rate of tap water in rural areas nationwide has reached 94%, the 5G coverage rate of administrative villages has exceeded 90%, more than 95% of village health rooms have been included in medical insurance, and more than 16,000 rural nursing homes have been built. Beautiful and harmonious villages with more complete infrastructure, more convenient public services, and more diverse development opportunities have become happy homes for hundreds of millions of farmers to live and work in peace and contentment.
In the golden autumn season, Luokeng Village (罗坑村), Shahe Town (沙河镇), Zhanggong District (章贡区), Ganzhou City (赣州市), Jiangxi (江西) Province, is filled with the joy of the villagers' harvest and the laughter of tourists. "We have given full play to the advantages of being close to the urban area, built a characteristic sports town, and developed sightseeing agriculture. Last year, the village's collective economic income reached 920,000 yuan." Wu Yuming (吴玉明), Secretary of the Party Branch of Luokeng Village (罗坑村), said.
In recent years, Luokeng Village (罗坑村) has vigorously improved infrastructure and the living environment, and the appearance of the village has been renewed. Express delivery, withdrawing money from banks, charging cars... can all be done without leaving the village, and a one-yuan bus goes directly to the city. With better development conditions in the village and more popularity, more young people have returned. Yao Youcai (姚有财), 26, returned to his hometown to open a farmhouse, with an income of 100,000 yuan last year.
In Letianxi Town (乐天溪镇), Yiling District (夷陵区), Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei (湖北) Province, a western restaurant has become a popular spot. The owner is Wang Wei (望苇), a post-90s girl who returned to her hometown to start a business. She keenly captured that the tourism boom brought about by the upgrading and renovation of the national highway provided a good opportunity for development. The western restaurant she opened not only provides a place for tourists to rest and eat, but also attracts villagers to come and taste different flavors of food.
In recent years, more and more "village cafes," western restaurants, and gyms have emerged in rural areas, behind which is the acceleration of road network connection, concept integration, and element circulation between urban and rural areas.
To fully build a modern socialist country, the most arduous and onerous task is still in the countryside. Integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization.
"Promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with integrated urban-rural development, and promote common prosperity between urban and rural areas" "Strengthen the organic combination of comprehensive rural revitalization and new urbanization"... Under the blueprint and guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), the pace of integrated urban-rural development is constantly accelerating. Last year, China's urbanization rate of permanent residents was 67%, an increase of 0.84 percentage points over the end of the previous year. The equalization of basic public services in urban and rural areas has been steadily promoted. 2,199 counties (cities, districts) have carried out the construction of close-knit county medical communities. By the end of this year, 50% of the counties in the country will establish "education consortia."
The Harvest Festival is becoming a distinct symbol of attaching importance to agriculture and strengthening agriculture in the new era. The scenery of the harvest is as beautiful as a painting, and the struggle draws a new chapter. The rural world is vast, and agriculture has great potential. Let us roll up our sleeves and work hard on the new journey of fully building a modern socialist country, continue to write new, more and more exciting harvest stories, and stride towards the beautiful tomorrow of comprehensive rural revitalization!
(Related reports on pages 10 and 11)
Return to TopOn September 22nd, the methanol dual-fuel powered vehicle ro-ro ship "Gang Rong" (港荣) berthed at Tianjin Port Global Ro-Ro Terminal (天津港环球滚装码头) and carried out a 300-ton shore-based bunkering operation of domestically produced green methanol, marking that Tianjin Port (天津港) has the capacity to supply green methanol on a large scale. The "Gang Rong" (港荣) is the world's first large vehicle ro-ro ship to use a methanol dual-fuel power system. The methanol used in this bunkering was produced in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), using waste tires and biomass as raw materials.
Xinhua News Agency Reporter Zhao Zishuo (赵子硕) photographed.
Return to TopPeople's Daily, Beijing (北京), September 22nd (Reporter Wang Hao (王浩)) - The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部): Water conservancy departments are making every effort to do a good job in irrigation. Since June, focusing on the main autumn grain producing areas in Northeast China, the Huang-Huai-Hai region, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江) and Southwest China, they have strengthened the scheduling of key water projects to ensure the irrigation of autumn grains such as rice, corn and soybeans. As of mid-September, the cumulative water supply for summer irrigation was nearly 200 billion cubic meters, irrigating nearly 800 million mu of cultivated land.
The Ministry of Water Resources (水利部) has included irrigation area projects in the "two major" construction implementation plan in the field of water conservancy, supported the implementation of 15 newly built large-scale irrigation areas with a designed irrigation area of 11.3 million mu, supported the implementation of 145 modernization projects for large and medium-sized irrigation areas, which will add, restore and improve the irrigation area by nearly 20 million mu after completion, and promoted the implementation of 70 key regional drainage project constructions. Up to now, the national cultivated land irrigation area has reached 1.086 billion mu, producing more than 80% of the country's grain with 56% of the country's cultivated land. Among them, the average yield per mu in large and medium-sized irrigation areas is 1.5 to 2 times the national average yield per mu, and 2.5 to 3 times that of rain-fed cultivated land.
Up to now, the national water-saving irrigation project area has reached 638 million mu, an increase of 12.5% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, of which the area of drip irrigation and micro-sprinkler irrigation has exceeded 100 million mu, and the average water consumption per mu of cultivated land irrigation has dropped to 342 cubic meters, a decrease of 4% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. While maintaining stable agricultural water consumption, a steady increase in irrigation area and grain yield has been achieved.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王东辉 张云河 祝佳祺
"The China-ASEAN Expo will promote the development of China-ASEAN relations, with cooperation in the high-tech field becoming a new growth point." "This year's CAEXPO not only shares the advanced achievements of artificial intelligence development, but also stimulates the imagination of innovation and entrepreneurship." "We hope to use platforms like the CAEXPO to promote more commodities into China..." The 22nd CAEXPO, which recently closed, achieved fruitful results and received high praise from all parties.
The shining achievements of the CAEXPO demonstrate that China and ASEAN are continuously promoting regional economic integration and trade and economic cooperation, achieving mutual benefit and win-win results with a more proactive attitude and more pragmatic measures, and jointly writing a new chapter of cooperation.
Creating a New Paradigm of Cooperation in Emerging Fields
From the use of artificial intelligence technology to assist in conference affairs to the wonderful appearance of star products such as embodied intelligent robots and drones, the CAEXPO is full of the vitality of technological innovation everywhere.
Higher intelligence content——
Artificial intelligence "plays the leading role" at this year's CAEXPO: the first AI Pavilion, the first launch of the "AI Convention and Exhibition" intelligent entity, and the first China-ASEAN Ministerial Roundtable Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Participants said that China-ASEAN artificial intelligence cooperation is building a new paradigm of regional cooperation for the future.
As a Chinese information infrastructure enterprise, Sugon (中科曙光) is vigorously deploying technology research and development in the fields of intelligent computing, cloud computing, and big data. Wei ZhengGuo (魏振国), Vice President of Sugon (中科曙光), introduced that the CAEXPO Artificial Intelligence Pavilion provides enterprises with a valuable platform for technology display and demand docking.
Zhou HongYi (周鸿祎), founder of 360 Group (360集团), said: "Once intelligent entity technology forms a scenario-based advantage in Guangxi (广西), it will provide reference experience for China-ASEAN cooperation and help Guangxi (广西) build a new highland for China-ASEAN artificial intelligence cooperation."
Tan Nason Bonama (谭纳松·波拿马), Chairman of Laos ALO Technology Co., Ltd. (老挝ALO科技有限公司), said: "We look forward to further learning from China's advanced experience in artificial intelligence research and development and application, and working with China to create a digital and intelligent future."
More new content——
The new quality productive forces pavilion newly established at this year's CAEXPO has attracted much attention, and the prospects for China and ASEAN to strengthen cooperation in strategic emerging industries are broad.
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn (高金洪) said that China has made significant progress in artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and technology finance. Through cooperation, ASEAN and China are fully capable of setting a benchmark for digital ecosystems and creating standards and norms that may lead to broader international practices in the future.
Guolian Shares (国联股份), which participated in the exhibition for the first time this year, showcased its achievements in promoting the digital transformation and upgrading of multiple industrial sectors such as procurement and logistics. Wang Yu (王宇), President of XinNeng DuoDuo (新能多多) of Guolian Shares (国联股份), said: "We have been paying attention to and promoting cooperation with ASEAN countries in the field of digital intelligence, and we look forward to strengthening cooperation in digital infrastructure construction to improve the regional digital level."
Wei Chaohui (韦朝晖), Secretary-General of the CAEXPO Secretariat (东博会秘书处), said that the CAEXPO is actively promoting China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation from the "traditional channel" to the "new track" empowered by digital intelligence.
Improving the Level of Trade and Investment Cooperation
178 geographical indication products, 76 ASEAN new products... At this year's CAEXPO agricultural (rural revitalization) exhibition area, the exhibits are dazzling and the enthusiasm for on-site cooperation is high.
"Through online and offline linkage, we hope to not only 'sell' Guangxi (广西) agricultural products, but also 'sell them well'." Chen Hong (陈红), Director of the Council of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Supply and Marketing Cooperative (广西壮族自治区供销社理事会), said that it will continue to rely on the CAEXPO platform to give full play to the organizational and network advantages of the system, so that more Guangxi (广西) agricultural products can "go out of Guangxi (出桂)" and "go overseas (出海)."
In recent years, the China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership has continued to deepen, and the level of trade and investment cooperation has continued to improve. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China (中国海关总署), the trade volume between China and ASEAN has increased from more than 870 billion yuan when the first CAEXPO was held in 2004 to nearly 7 trillion yuan in 2024, maintaining growth for 9 consecutive years.
SAIC-GM-Wuling (上汽通用五菱) new energy vehicles have successively entered the ASEAN markets such as Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam; Vietnamese grass jelly can reach the production workshop on the same day after being cleared through Chongzuo City (崇左市), Guangxi (广西), and processed into products such as black grass jelly and turtle jelly... Lin Chuqin (林楚钦), Chairman of the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (泰国中华总商会), said: "I have witnessed the continuous deepening of cooperation between ASEAN and China, from the initial commodity trade to broader fields such as investment, digital economy, and green development."
Yu Xubo (于旭波), Chairman of Genertec (通用技术集团), said that the group has always regarded ASEAN as a key service area market, implemented nearly 300 foreign aid complete sets of projects in ASEAN, and completed more than 50 engineering projects in ASEAN in the past 10 years, with a contract value of more than 6 billion US dollars... "In the future, Genertec (通用技术集团) will continue to promote the green upgrading of infrastructure in the ASEAN region, and will deepen cooperation with ASEAN countries in high-end equipment fields such as medical imaging and machine tools, to further serve the construction of ASEAN countries' modern industrial system."
Deepening Cultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning
The CAEXPO is not only a platform for opening up and cooperation, but also a link to promote people-to-people connectivity between China and ASEAN. Chen Gang (陈刚), Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee (广西壮族自治区党委书记), said that this grand event has carefully planned a series of cultural exchange activities, aiming to cultivate more new highlights for China-ASEAN people to know each other and be close to each other.
In the "City of Charm" exhibition area, participating countries showcased the customs of their most representative cities; the "Guangxi International Sister Cities Entering the CAEXPO" exhibition area covers an area of nearly 600 square meters, showcasing the achievements of international sister city exchanges, new opportunities for artificial intelligence to empower sister city cooperation, urban image, and characteristic products... Many visitors said after visiting and experiencing that they can directly feel the cultural charm of ASEAN countries' cities through the exhibition area.
Wei Tao (韦韬), Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区主席), introduced that Guangxi (广西) is willing to work with all international sister cities to make good use of platforms such as the CAEXPO to jointly explore and build more "sister city+" platforms, and deepen and expand exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture and tourism, medical and health, vocational education, sports, and youth.
In the first eight months of this year, the number of people traveling between mainland China residents and ASEAN countries exceeded 25.244 million, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year. Tourism, visiting relatives and friends, business activities... People-to-people exchanges between China and ASEAN countries are becoming increasingly close, and the people of both sides are becoming closer in frequent exchanges.
Zeng Zhong (曾忠), Deputy Secretary-General of the CAEXPO Secretariat (东博会秘书处副秘书长), introduced that the 23rd CAEXPO will focus on promoting the implementation of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 version, and will innovate and focus on business opportunity transmission, exhibition display, and dialogue and exchange to better serve the construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area.
(Our reporter Zhao Yipu (赵益普) and Chen Xirui (陈熙芮) participated in writing)
Return to TopBy: 傅 聪
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will open on September 23, where countries will jointly discuss the cause of world peace and development under the new situation. China has always adhered to the lofty ideals of the United Nations, is a firm defender of the post-war international order, and does its best to contribute to world peace and development.
On September 3, 26 foreign heads of state and government gathered in Beijing (北京), together with the Chinese people, to solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was an important part of the World Anti-Fascist War, and the Chinese people made significant contributions to saving human civilization and defending world peace with huge national sacrifices. Eighty years ago, the Chinese people realized the survival of the state and the nation, becoming a historical turning point for the Chinese nation to move from a deep crisis in modern times to a great rejuvenation. Over the past eighty years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the Chinese nation, reborn from the ashes, is striding forward on a new journey of great rejuvenation.
Around the end of World War II, the most important decision made by the international community was to establish the United Nations. China is a founding member of the United Nations and the first country to sign the Charter of the United Nations. The United Nations has become the most universal, representative, and authoritative intergovernmental international organization, playing an irreplaceable role in maintaining world peace and promoting human progress, and multilateralism and solidarity and cooperation have become more deeply rooted in people's hearts.
History carries the past and also inspires the future. At present, the international situation is still turbulent, with multiple challenges and crises intertwined, and the world is at a crossroads. At this critical moment, we should not forget our original aspirations, learn from history, and 踔厉奋发 (chuō lì fèn fā - "exert efforts vigorously," to strive forward with vigor and determination) and create a future together.
It is necessary to clearly promote a correct view of the history of World War II. For some time, China, together with the United Nations and some member states, has held a series of diverse commemorative activities to further enhance the international community's understanding that the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was an important part of the World Anti-Fascist War, and the Chinese people made significant contributions to saving human civilization and defending world peace. Many diplomats from various countries were deeply touched. United Nations Secretary-General Guterres clearly stated that China's contribution to the victory of World War II was extremely important.
It is necessary to unswervingly support the United Nations in playing its role. President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the United Nations is the core platform for practicing multilateralism and promoting global governance, and its role can only be strengthened, not weakened. We must safeguard the hard-won achievements of the victory of World War II and the post-war international order, and resolutely oppose all forms of unilateralism, hegemonism, and power politics. Especially in the current situation, the United Nations, as the core of the international system, is facing serious challenges, and we need to maintain its authority more than ever and support it in playing a central role in international affairs.
We must work together to reform and improve global governance. In the face of the ever-increasing global governance deficit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative, pointing out the five core concepts of adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating people-centeredness, and focusing on action orientation. This is another important public product that China has contributed to the world after the three major global initiatives. Its spiritual connotation is in the same vein as the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, demonstrating China's firm support for the United Nations and its solemn commitment to multilateralism, highlighting China's responsibility in international affairs, and has been universally welcomed by all parties, and will surely inject new impetus into the reform and construction of the global governance system.
China is willing to work with all countries in the world to actively implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, sing the strong voice of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and make unremitting efforts to build a better world.
(The author is the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 22nd. Liu Guozhong (刘国中), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah (法迪拉) in Beijing (北京) on the 22nd.
Liu Guozhong (刘国中) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) successfully paid a state visit to Malaysia (马来西亚) in April this year, and the two sides established a new positioning of a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future. China (中国) is willing to work with Malaysia (马来西亚) to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continue to deepen policy dialogues, technical exchanges, and pragmatic cooperation in fields such as water conservancy, and enhance the well-being of the two peoples.
Fadillah (法迪拉) stated that Malaysia (马来西亚) highly appreciates the achievements made in China's (中国) water conservancy development and is willing to continue to deepen cooperation with China (中国) in various fields such as water conservancy, and continuously consolidate and develop bilateral relations.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 龚 鸣 屈 佩
"I am willing to propose a global governance initiative, working with all countries to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system and jointly move towards a community with a shared future for mankind." On September 1st, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative while chairing the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization+" meeting in Tianjin (天津) and delivering an important speech.
The Global Governance Initiative is another important international public good that China (中国) has contributed to the world, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. Adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and focusing on action-oriented approaches, the Global Governance Initiative focuses on the era's question of "what kind of global governance system to build and how to reform and improve global governance." It takes upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and practicing the global governance concept of consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits as its basic principles, demonstrating China's firm commitment to being a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of the international order, with the breadth of mind and responsibility of a major country.
"Adhere to progress in the logic of historical advancement and develop in the trend of the times."
What kind of global governance system to build and how to reform and improve global governance has always been a concern of President Xi Jinping (习近平).
"History tells us that the more difficult the times, the more we must uphold the original intention of peaceful coexistence, strengthen the confidence in win-win cooperation, and adhere to progress in the logic of historical advancement and develop in the trend of the times." The proposal of the Global Governance Initiative conforms to the general trend of world multipolarization and democratization of international relations, and conforms to the common aspirations of the people of all countries for peace, development, and cooperation.
The global governance pattern depends on the balance of international forces, and the transformation of the global governance system stems from changes in the balance of international forces. With the changing balance of international forces and the increasing number of global challenges, strengthening global governance and promoting the transformation of the global governance system is the general trend.
"The global economic governance system must reflect the profound changes in the world economic landscape and increase the representation and voice of emerging market countries and developing countries." In March 2013, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during a joint interview with BRICS media: "Emerging market countries and developing countries hope that the global economic governance system will be more complete, more in line with the requirements of world productivity development, and more conducive to the common development of all countries in the world."
The transformation of the global governance system cannot be separated from the guidance of ideas. In October 2015, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局) conducted a collective study on the global governance pattern and the global governance system. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) creatively proposed the global governance concept of consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, clarifying the basic principles for the transformation of the global governance system.
Consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits mean that global governance matters are discussed and handled together, a more complete global governance system is built together, and the resulting achievements are shared by everyone. "This concept demonstrates the global vision and political wisdom of Chinese leaders, which is conducive to strengthening the awareness of a community with a shared future for all countries and responding to challenges through consultation and cooperation," international figures commented.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered important speeches at multilateral mechanism meetings such as the United Nations (联合国), the G20 (二十国集团), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (亚太经合组织), and the BRICS countries (金砖国家), putting forward a series of new concepts, new propositions, and new initiatives with Chinese characteristics, in line with international expectations, and in line with the trend of history, providing important strategic guidance for promoting the reform and improvement of the global governance system.
Currently, the international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos, the United Nations (联合国) and multilateralism are under attack, and the global governance deficit continues to expand. The representation of the Global South in the current international mechanism is seriously insufficient, its authority has been eroded, and its effectiveness needs to be improved urgently. The Global Governance Initiative responds to the new situation, clarifies the direction, principles, and paths of the reform of the global governance system and mechanism, and profoundly answers the question of "who governs, how to govern, and for whom to govern" in global governance.
Sovereign equality is the primary prerequisite for global governance. Its true meaning lies in the fact that the sovereignty and dignity of all countries, regardless of size, strength, wealth, or poverty, must be respected, internal affairs must not be interfered with, and all have the right to independently choose social systems and development paths, and all have the right to participate equally, make decisions equally, and benefit equally in the global governance process; the international rule of law is the fundamental guarantee of global governance, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter are recognized basic norms of international relations, which must be unswervingly maintained; multilateralism is the basic path of global governance, and the role of the United Nations (联合国) can only be strengthened, not weakened, and other global and regional multilateral mechanisms should play a constructive role; a people-centered approach is the value orientation of global governance, and only by taking the people's gains as the goal and constantly providing the public with confidence and stable expectations can the global governance system be widely supported and operate effectively; action-oriented is an important principle of global governance, and both palliative and radical measures should be taken to find sustainable solutions.
The Global Governance Initiative has been actively responded to by the international community as soon as it was proposed. Countries such as Russia (俄罗斯), Malaysia (马来西亚), Slovakia (斯洛伐克), Nicaragua (尼加拉瓜), Cuba (古巴), Nauru (瑙鲁), and relevant international organizations have expressed their appreciation and support.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (塞尔维亚总统武契奇) said that the Global Governance Initiative is another major initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) based on a profound analysis of the current international situation. Adhering to sovereign equality and advocating a people-centered approach are of great significance for reforming and improving the global governance system, and Serbia (塞尔维亚) fully supports it.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (马来西亚总理安瓦尔) said that the Global Governance Initiative directly addresses the problems facing global governance, has both advanced concepts and practical solutions to problems, and is of great significance for improving the level of global governance.
"Major countries should have the appearance of major countries, and should provide more global public goods."
"History tells us that multilateralism is the aspiration of the people and the general trend, and it is an important reliance for world peace and development. I propose the Global Governance Initiative to promote countries to work together to build a more just and reasonable global governance system." On September 8, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech at the BRICS Leaders' Online Summit clarified the historical logic and purpose of proposing the Global Governance Initiative.
Looking inward, the source of living water has its own origin.
——Leading the transformation of the global governance system, Chinese concepts are constantly innovating.
With profound strategic vision, President Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, placing human development under a common coordinate system and incorporating global governance into the picture of a community with a shared future for mankind. On the main trunk, a series of Chinese initiatives are flourishing. From the "Belt and Road" initiative to the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, China's concept of leading the transformation of the global governance system is constantly enriched and developed, contributing wisdom to the reform and improvement of global governance.
——Advocating peace, harmony, and concord, Chinese civilization pursues universal benefit.
**协和万邦** (xié hé wàn bāng - "harmonize all nations," to maintain peaceful relations with all countries), **和而不同** (hé ér bù tóng - "harmony without uniformity," seeking common ground while reserving differences), **天下为公** (tiān xià wéi gōng - "the world is for all," a world governed for the benefit of all people), **亲仁善邻** (qīn rén shàn lín - "be kind to neighbors," to maintain friendly relations with neighboring countries)... Excellent traditional Chinese culture has nurtured the wisdom of handling contemporary international relations and is in line with the core concept of the Global Governance Initiative. The Chinese nation does not have the genes of invading others and claiming hegemony in its blood, and the peaceful nature of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that China (中国) is always a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of the international order.
——Firmly following the path of peaceful development, Chinese diplomacy takes the world as its own responsibility.
From advocating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, the word "harmony," which draws on the positive approach to the world and the governance concept of excellent traditional Chinese culture, runs through every major conceptual innovation. China (中国) unswervingly follows the path of peaceful development, practices true multilateralism, and firmly safeguards the international system with the United Nations (联合国) as the core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
"The proposal of the Global Governance Initiative was not achieved overnight, but was formed along with China's (中国) diplomatic practice and the development of the international situation, and is in line with China's (中国) peaceful diplomatic policy and the concept of harmony and co-existence." Yu Tiejun (于铁军), Dean of the Institute of International Strategic Studies at Peking University (北京大学), said that China (中国) emphasizes "innovation and improvement" rather than "starting anew," demonstrating an open, inclusive, and compatible spirit, and also reflecting global consensus.
Looking outward, the times are calling, and the time is right.
Unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, the authority of the United Nations (联合国) and international rules are under attack, and the world needs more effective governance concepts and governance systems.
China (中国) has always advocated that "major countries should have the appearance of major countries, and should provide more global public goods, assume the responsibilities of major countries, and demonstrate the responsibility of major countries."
The Chinese concepts and initiatives such as building a community with a shared future for mankind have been written into UN resolutions and various bilateral and multilateral documents many times. More and more Chinese concepts are being transformed into international consensus and are being implemented as tangible cooperation results. China's (中国) contribution in the field of global governance is receiving increasing attention.
The Global Governance Initiative hits the nail on the head and responds to the expectations of all parties. Jordanian former diplomat Muwaffaq al-Ajlouni (约旦前外交官穆瓦法克·阿杰卢尼) believes that the Global Governance Initiative not only represents China's (中国) vision, but also conveys a clear message: the world needs diversified approaches, new voices, and active actors to jointly formulate international decisions.
"Fully mobilize resources from all parties to better address the common challenges facing human society."
Increased trade frictions superimposed on political uncertainty, the global economic growth rate in 2025 is expected to slow to 2.4%; the implementation of the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is seriously lagging behind, and problems such as climate change and the digital divide are becoming increasingly prominent, and the governance of new areas such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and outer space is lacking... With the in-depth development of economic globalization, many problems are no longer limited to one country, and many challenges can no longer be dealt with by the strength of one country.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) stressed: "By reforming and improving the global governance system, we can fully mobilize resources from all parties to better address the common challenges facing human society." The Global Governance Initiative advocates common development, common governance, and common benefits, pointing out the direction for solving the urgent problems facing the world today.
China (中国) is a stakeholder in global governance and a key actor.
For peace, take active action——
On September 3, at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利), when the peacekeeping force square marched forward with their heads held high, guests from all countries stood up and paid their respects. The respect stems from China's (中国) peaceful responsibility - in the 35 years of participating in UN peacekeeping operations, China (中国) has sent more than 50,000 officers and soldiers, carried out 25 peacekeeping operations, and gone to more than 20 countries and regions.
As a major country with the best record on peace and security issues, China (中国) adheres to the path of peaceful development, adheres to resolving disputes and differences by peaceful means, and adheres to playing a constructive role in promoting the resolution of hotspot issues. At the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) summit, the Comprehensive Center for Responding to Security Threats and Challenges, the Center for Combating Transnational Organized Crime, the Information Security Center, and the Drug Control Center were unveiled, and practical actions built a security barrier for the people of the region.
For development, share opportunities——
China (中国) has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, and the commitment of "not letting any country fall behind in the process of world modernization" has been transformed into concrete actions: implementing the "Ten Partnership Actions" with Africa (非洲) to jointly promote modernization, launching the "Five Major Projects" with Latin America (拉丁美洲), building the "Five Major Cooperation Patterns" with Arab countries (阿拉伯国家), building the "Six Major Cooperation Platforms" with Pacific Island countries (太平洋岛国), and announcing zero-tariff treatment for 100% of tariff items from all least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China (中国).
The people of all countries are participants and beneficiaries of global governance. Through high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, China (中国) actively promotes common development, and the results are written in the construction of roads, ports, schools, hospitals, and industrial parks, and even more written in the sense of gain of the people of all countries.
For justice, assume leadership——
Supporting the African Union (非洲联盟) to join the G20 (二十国集团), promoting the historic expansion of the BRICS countries (金砖国家), leading the high-quality development of "Greater BRICS Cooperation," and working with all parties to build the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) into the largest regional international organization in terms of area and population... China (中国) unites and leads the Global South, injecting strong impetus into promoting the establishment of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Looking to the future, make up for shortcomings——
In the face of new situations and new challenges, China (中国) actively promotes the updating of governance rules in new areas, and actively cooperates and achieves results in areas where governance is urgently needed and the governance deficit is large, such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, climate change, and outer space.
Actively promote the "dual carbon" goal and promote the effective implementation of the *Paris Agreement*; participate in the UN *Global Digital Compact* and propose the *Global Data Security Initiative* and the *Global Initiative on Cooperation on Cross-border Data Flows*; establish the International Mediation Institute with 32 countries to promote innovation in the field of international rule of law; advocate the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization to carry out communication, exchanges, and practical cooperation on global artificial intelligence governance... With both concepts and actions, we contribute to making up for the shortcomings of global governance in key areas.
Alexandra Perminova (亚历山德拉·佩米诺娃), a senior lecturer at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Russia (俄罗斯国家研究型高等经济大学), believes that China's (中国) role in improving global governance is becoming increasingly prominent, constantly providing conceptual and action support for building a more fair and just international order, and demonstrating the ability to transform vision into tangible results.
One period has the historical mission and task of one period, and one generation has the historical responsibility and responsibility of one generation. Taking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利) and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (联合国) as an opportunity, China (中国) will strengthen cooperation with all parties, adhere to the principle of consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, work together to explore ways to reform and improve global governance, enhance the practical effectiveness of global governance, expand the sharing of global governance results, promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and jointly open up a bright future of peace, security, prosperity, and progress.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 22nd (Reporter Wang Huihui (王慧慧)) Vice Premier of the State Council He Lifeng (何立峰), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, met with a delegation of U.S. Congressional Representatives led by Smith (史密斯) at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) on the afternoon of September 22nd.
He Lifeng (何立峰) stated that on September 19th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Trump (特朗普) had a phone call and reached important consensus, providing strategic guidance for the stable development of China-U.S. relations in the next stage. China and the U.S. have broad cooperation space and extensive common interests. It is hoped that the U.S. will communicate frankly, enhance mutual trust and dispel doubts with China in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, and promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations. It is hoped that U.S. congressmen will actively build communication channels, strengthen dialogue and exchanges, and play a positive role in the common development of the two countries.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 勇
Without a driver or the roar of an engine, an unmanned, purely electric mining truck precisely drove out of a narrow display space and parked steadily in a marked parking spot. The entire process was very smooth, as if driven by an experienced driver, eliciting bursts of amazement from Chinese and foreign audiences. "This truck is full of futuristic feel!" said Batel from Mongolia. Gao Hailong (高海龙), Minister of Sales Management Department of Inner Mongolia Tiechen Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (中国内蒙古铁辰智能装备有限公司), said: "It is not only environmentally friendly and energy-saving, but also excellent in cost control. With a full load of 136 tons, the vehicle cost can be recovered in about 2 years."
This is a scene the reporter saw at the Equipment Manufacturing Exhibition Area of the 5th China-Mongolia Expo (中国—蒙古国博览会) recently. With the theme of "Deepening Mutually Beneficial Cooperation and Promoting Win-Win Cooperation," this expo brought together nearly 6,000 domestic and foreign guests and exhibitors, and more than 1,500 enterprises. Manned drones, intelligent robots, unmanned vehicles, intelligent remote-controlled coal mining equipment and other products were unveiled, creating a strong atmosphere of technology. Ditching vehicles, intercity express delivery vehicles, freight trucks, and other unmanned vehicles were lined up in order, each representing a new achievement in intelligent manufacturing, and showing visitors their "unique skills."
Buren Bayar (布仁巴雅尔), the founder of a network platform, lingered in the exhibition area for a long time, focusing on the technical details of the products. Commissioned by Mongolian merchants, he came to the exhibition specifically to find suitable unmanned freight vehicles. "Mongolia has been very interested in artificial intelligence technology in recent years," Buren Bayar (布仁巴雅尔) told reporters, the high-tech content of the products he sells is getting higher and higher, "Market demand is changing, and I have to keep up with the times."
In front of the booth of Inner Mongolia Yihang Technology Co., Ltd. (内蒙古弈航科技有限责任公司), Zheng Zhuowei (郑卓伟), the founder of the company, was introducing to a Mongolian audience member, Husletu (呼斯乐图): "Drones equipped with different professional equipment can perform a series of tasks such as cleaning, plant protection, and lighting. We can also carry out industrial customization according to your requirements." Husletu (呼斯乐图) exclaimed: "It's amazing! 'Small airplanes' can do so much work!" Zheng Zhuowei (郑卓伟) showed him the application of cleaning drones and lighting drones in real scenarios in turn, "You see, drones can complete a lot of work, and the positioning is accurate."
According to statistics, during this expo, a total of 32 economic and trade projects were signed, with a total contract value of 65.86 billion yuan (人民币). The main exhibition area, the Chilechuan International Convention and Exhibition Center (敕勒川国际会展中心), accumulated a passenger flow of 325,000 person-times, the cumulative sales volume of the exhibition was 252 million yuan (人民币), and the intended sales volume was 267 million yuan (人民币).
Relevant负责人 of the Department of Commerce of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区商务厅) introduced that the expo, which initially focused on the exhibition and sale of agricultural and sideline products and special commodities, has been upgraded with the progress of the times and has developed into an international economic and trade cooperation event with technological interconnection and trade interconnection, "From the traditional commodity exhibition and sale to the current competition of intelligent products, the China-Mongolia Expo (中国—蒙古国博览会) has witnessed the continuous deepening of cooperation between the two countries, and also witnessed the gorgeous transformation of 'Made in China' to 'Intelligent Manufacturing in China'."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 22nd (Reporter Mei Changwei (梅常伟)) - Defense Minister Dong Jun (董军) met in Beijing (北京) on the 22nd with a delegation of members of the House of Representatives led by Adam Smith (史密斯), the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee.
Dong Jun (董军) said that President Xi Jinping (习近平) recently emphasized in a phone call with President Trump (特朗普) that China and the United States can absolutely achieve mutual success and common prosperity, benefiting both countries and the world. It is hoped that the congressmen will eliminate interfering and restrictive factors, take constructive and pragmatic measures, and contribute positively to improving relations between the two militaries and promoting China and the United States to 相向而行 (xiāng xiàng ér xíng - "move towards each other," to meet halfway; to work together). The Chinese military is willing to build a relationship between the two militaries with the US military that is based on equality, mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, stability, and positive direction, and at the same time will resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests. The two sides should keep military communication channels open and promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of relations between the two countries and two militaries with practical actions.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on September 22nd (Reporter Chen Xirui (陈熙芮)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 22nd that, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women, China will soon convene the Global Women's Summit again in Beijing (北京). China is willing to work with all countries in the world to join hands and accelerate the new process of women's comprehensive development, and write a new chapter in the development of global women's cause.
Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) said that 30 years ago, the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women was successfully held in Beijing (北京). To commemorate the Beijing World Conference on Women and promote the implementation of the "Beijing Declaration" and the "Platform for Action," the Chinese government and UN Women jointly held the Global Women's Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York 10 years ago. Five years ago, President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed to convene the Global Women's Summit again in 2025.
Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) stated that, from a global perspective, there are still 5 years left to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and the global women's cause faces severe challenges while also ushering in huge opportunities. In the field of promoting gender equality and women's comprehensive development, China is not only an advocate but also a doer. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's women's cause has flourished, achieved historic achievements, and realized all-round leaps. The path of women's development with Chinese characteristics of socialism has shown vigorous vitality and unique advantages.
He stated that China released the white paper "The Practice and Achievements of China in Promoting the Comprehensive Development of Women in the New Era," which aims to comprehensively showcase China's main achievements in implementing the "Beijing Declaration" and the "Platform for Action," systematically introduce the concepts and principles, innovative practices, and the striving spirit of Chinese women in promoting gender equality and women's comprehensive development in the new era, and contribute Chinese wisdom and share Chinese experience to the global women's cause.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency Yaounde, September 22 (Reporter Wang Ze (王泽)) N'Djamena News: The inauguration ceremony of the China-Chad Traditional Chinese Medicine Appropriate Technology Training Center was recently held at the China-Chad Friendship Hospital in N'Djamena (恩贾梅纳), the capital of Chad. The Chadian side highly praised the cooperation between the two countries in the field of medical and health care and thanked China for its contribution to promoting the development of Chad in this field.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on September 22nd (Reporter Geng Lei (耿磊)) On September 22nd, the Central and State Organs Work Committee (中央和国家机关工委) for the first time uniformly organized the "Same Class Together" for Party members of central and state organs, exploring a new path for education and training of Party members in central and state organs. Relevant responsible comrades from the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC (中央党校) (National Academy of Governance) gave special guidance on studying and implementing Volume V of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China* (《习近平谈治国理政》).
Relevant responsible comrades from the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC (中央组织部), the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the Central and State Organs Work Committee (中央和国家机关工委), and the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC (中央党校) (National Academy of Governance), as well as more than 500 representatives from model organs and exemplary units of central and state organs, outstanding Party members, advanced Party workers, "Four Strengths" Party branches, and "Four Goods" Party members, participated in the training at the main classroom. More than 7,300 branch classrooms were set up in various departments of the central and state organs, and more than 260,000 Party members participated in the live broadcast.
Trainees generally reflected that, as Party members of central and state organs, they must take the lead in studying the Party's innovative theories, set an example, and be vanguards in implementing the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments. Through the "Same Class Together," receiving centralized guidance, and keeping up with learning in a timely manner, they further enhanced their awareness and determination to study, understand, and apply the ideology, further profoundly understood the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," took the lead in achieving the "Two Safeguards," took the lead in achieving the "Two Upholds," marched well in the first phalanx with a spirit of striving for progress, served as "Three Exemplary Models," and built model organs.
It is reported that the Central and State Organs Work Committee (中央和国家机关工委) will regularly organize and carry out the "Same Class Together," adopting a combination of main and branch classrooms, online and offline methods, and live and recorded broadcasts, according to four stages: live lectures, video lectures, centralized supplementary learning, and exchange and discussion, to promote high-quality courses directly to the front line, ensure that the education and training of Party members is of the same quality and effectiveness, and achieve full coverage of basic training for Party members of central and state organs, ensuring that all who should be trained are trained.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on September 22nd (Reporter Ni Yi (倪弋)) The Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) recently awarded the "Role Model of the Times" title to the representatives of the Chongqing (重庆) Procuratorate's Juvenile Protection Work Team (referred to as "Yu Jian Hu 'Wei' Team Representatives"), and focused on publicizing their advanced deeds.
The seven comrades of the Yu Jian Hu "Wei" Team Representatives, Mei Mei (梅玫), Gong Shan (龚珊), Tang Huanran (唐焕然), Wu Bo (吴波), Li Feibai (李非白), Sun Wenjing (孙文静), and Wang Li (王莉), are mainly engaged in handling cases involving minors and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of minors. They deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the protection of minors, kept in mind the entrustment that "it is our greatest wish for the children to grow up better," used the law to protect the growth path of minors, used love to interpret the warmth of society, perceived the spirit of the rule of law from legal provisions, realized fairness and justice in the organic unity of law, reason, and emotion, made outstanding contributions to protecting the healthy growth of minors, and played an important role in promoting the effectiveness of social governance in the field of minor protection. Many of them have won titles such as National Advanced Worker, National Model Prosecutor, National March 8th Red Banner Bearer, and National May 1st Women Pacesetter.
At the "Role Model of the Times" release ceremony, the "Decision of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) of the Communist Party of China on Awarding the Title of 'Role Model of the Times' to the Representatives of the Chongqing (重庆) Procuratorate's Juvenile Protection Work Team" was read out, and a short film reflecting their advanced deeds was played. The responsible comrades of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) presented them with the "Role Model of the Times" medal and certificate.
In the decision to award the title of "Role Model of the Times," the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) pointed out that the Yu Jian Hu "Wei" Team Representatives are a model of virtue and law accompanying each other, wholeheartedly protecting the healthy growth of minors. Their advanced deeds concentratedly demonstrate the spirit and style of the people's prosecutors in the new era in strengthening legal supervision and safeguarding fairness and justice, and powerfully demonstrate the political character of Communist Party members in keeping their original aspirations and missions firmly in mind and striving to benefit the people. In order to publicize and commend their advanced deeds, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) of the Communist Party of China decided to award the Yu Jian Hu "Wei" Team Representatives the title of "Role Model of the Times," and called on the vast number of party members and cadres, especially political and legal cadres, to take the "Role Model of the Times" as an example, to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, to fully implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, to deeply study and practice Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law, to vigorously promote the socialist spirit of the rule of law, to inherit and develop the excellent traditional Chinese legal culture, to protect the healthy growth of minors with good laws and good governance, and to contribute to the cultivation of new people of the era who are responsible for the great task of national rejuvenation.
Responsible comrades from the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院), China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), and the Chongqing (重庆) Municipal Party Committee, as well as teachers and students from universities, middle schools and primary schools in the capital, and representatives of cadres from the political and legal system, attended the release ceremony.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on September 22nd (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) The 18th typhoon of this year, "Hagupit," strengthened into a super typhoon on September 21st. It is expected to enter the northeastern part of the South China Sea on the early morning of the 23rd, and make landfall along the coast from Shanwei (汕尾), Guangdong (广东) to Wenchang (文昌), Hainan (海南) between the early morning and afternoon of the 24th. Affected by this, from the 23rd to the 26th, strong winds and heavy rainfall will occur in the northern part of the South China Sea and the coastal areas of South China. Most parts of Guangdong (广东), southern Fujian (福建), Hainan (海南) and other places will experience heavy to torrential rain, with some areas experiencing extremely heavy rain, and localized areas experiencing exceptionally heavy rain. The Bashi Channel, Taiwan Strait, northern part of the South China Sea, Qiongzhou Strait, Beibu Gulf and other sea areas, as well as the coastal areas of South China, will successively experience strong winds of level 10 to 11. The areas through which the typhoon center passes will experience strong winds of level 14 to 17, with gusts above level 17.
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters decided to initiate a Level IV emergency response for flood and typhoon prevention in Guangdong (广东), Hainan (海南), and Fujian (福建) at 11:30 on September 22nd, and dispatched a working group to Guangdong (广东) to assist and guide flood and typhoon prevention work.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Guangzhou (广州) dispatch on September 22nd (Reporters He Linping (贺林平) and Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州)) reports that, in response to this year's 18th typhoon "Chaba," Guangdong (广东) initiated a Level II typhoon defense emergency response on September 22nd. Relevant departments are on duty and patrolling 24 hours a day to fully safeguard the safety of people's lives and property.
On the afternoon of September 22nd, Guangdong (广东) convened a provincial conference on combating the 18th typhoon, proposing to seize the window of opportunity before the typhoon makes landfall and to do a solid, powerful, high-quality, and efficient job in preparing for all defense responses.
Guangdong's (广东) coastal tourist attractions, islands, passenger transport routes, and other areas are implementing strict supervision and closure measures. Maritime authorities have issued more than 40,000 warning messages and transferred more than 10,000 various types of coastal vessels within the province to safe waters to shelter from the wind.
As of 6:00 PM on the 22nd, Yangjiang (阳江), Jiangmen (江门), Zhongshan (中山), Zhuhai (珠海), Dongguan (东莞), and other places will implement the "five suspensions" measures of suspending classes, work, production, transportation, and business starting on the 23rd. Starting at 12:00 PM on the 23rd, high-speed and regular-speed trains within Guangdong (广东) Province will begin to gradually suspend operations, with the scope of the suspension dynamically adjusted according to the typhoon's impact. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (港珠澳大桥), Qiongzhou Strait (琼州海峡), and other areas will also be closed and suspended in sequence. Guangdong Mobile (广东移动) has organized and arranged 1,050 teams to stand by, and the Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau (广东深圳供电局) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) has organized more than 4,000 emergency response personnel to guard the "lifeline" of communication and power supply.
Return to TopSeptember 20th, Hengyang, Hunan (湖南衡阳), the first autumn campus recruitment fair for the 2026 graduates of the University of South China (南华大学) was held. The picture shows graduates communicating with employers at the recruitment fair.
Photo by Cao Zhengping (曹正平) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued)
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This is a milestone historical moment on the vast land of 1.66 million square kilometers in the great Northwest of the motherland——
October 1, 1955, marked the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区). Since then, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have fully enjoyed the right to ethnic regional autonomy, opening a new era of building a socialist Xinjiang.
Seventy years of weathering the wind and rain, seventy years of marching forward with heads held high. The continuous mountains, the vast deserts, and the vibrant oases have witnessed the years of mutual help and unremitting struggle of the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has examined, planned, and deployed Xinjiang's work from a strategic and overall perspective, deepened the understanding and grasp of the laws governing Xinjiang, and established the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, providing fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in Xinjiang. People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have worked together with the people of the whole country to promote unprecedented achievements in Xinjiang's economic and social development and improvement of people's livelihoods, and their sense of gain, happiness, and security has been continuously enhanced.
"Our Xinjiang is a good place, with good pastures north and south of the Tianshan Mountains..."
On the new journey, the land of Xinjiang is thriving and all industries are prospering. More than 26 million people of all ethnic groups are tightly united like pomegranate seeds, working together and striving tenaciously, forging ahead on the road of building a socialist Xinjiang with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Holding High the Banner and Clarifying the Direction
——"The Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era is completely correct and must be adhered to for a long time"
In the early morning, the sunlight of the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原) crosses the snow-capped mountains. In Xieyite Primary School (谢依特小学) in Halajun Township (哈拉峻乡), Artush City (阿图什市), the busy figures of the members of the Western China Volunteer Program service team for border support and education are flashing.
"You have responded to the Party's call to teach and educate people in the western border areas, and have played a positive role in promoting the development of local education, promoting ethnic unity and progress, and promoting border prosperity and stability."
On the occasion of the May Fourth Youth Day this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter is like a ray of light, filling the team members and teachers and students of the school with confidence in the future.
Close to the border of the motherland, this primary school in the Gobi Desert (戈壁滩) once faced the dilemma of a lack of teaching resources. Under the call of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), ambitious young people came here to nourish the students' minds with culture, enhance ethnic unity with knowledge, and build a beautiful Xinjiang together with the children of all ethnic groups.
Modern electronic interactive screens are used in the classrooms, and the children's academic performance is constantly improving... The new look of Xieyite Primary School (谢依特小学) reflects the tremendous changes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山).
Xinjiang, this vast territory occupying about one-sixth of the country's land area in the northwest of the motherland, has a pivotal strategic position.
China is a unified multi-ethnic country, and all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are family members of the Chinese nation with connected bloodlines. In the long historical development process, the destiny of Xinjiang has always been closely linked with the great motherland and the destiny of the Chinese nation.
Over the past 70 years, under the strong leadership of the successive leadership collectives of the Party Central Committee, Xinjiang has moved from desolation to prosperity, from poverty to affluence, from closure to opening up, and from backwardness to progress. People of all ethnic groups have jointly composed inspiring songs of struggle.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is full of sincere feelings for the land of Xinjiang and the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山).
"Speaking of my connection with Xinjiang, during my work in Zhejiang, I had many exchanges and discussions with comrades from Xinjiang on Zhejiang's counterpart support for the construction of Hotan Prefecture (和田地区) and the promotion of economic cooperation between Zhejiang and Xinjiang. In August 2003, I led a delegation of the Zhejiang Provincial Party and Government to inspect Xinjiang for 8 days, and we visited many places that time."
In 2009, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平), then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice President of the State, came to Xinjiang again, leaving his figure in Bayingoleng (巴音郭楞), Kashgar (喀什), Karamay (克拉玛依), Shihezi (石河子), Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) and other places.
"After working in the central government, I have always been concerned about the construction and development of Xinjiang," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said with deep affection.
With such care and consideration, in April 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went to Xinjiang for inspection and research. This was the first time General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited Xinjiang after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
When the plane entered Xinjiang, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) looked down at this vast land from the舷窗 from time to time, boundless, with continuous snow-capped mountains...
"This time I came to Xinjiang to listen to everyone's opinions and suggestions."
Rushing about and with a full schedule. From Kashgar (喀什), an important town in southern Xinjiang, to Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), the capital, from military regions to villagers' courtyards, from the headquarters of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) to the resident hotels, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) discussed with cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang the major plans for reform, development, and stability.
"Xinjiang's social stability and long-term stability are related to the overall situation of reform, development, and stability in the country, the unity of the motherland, ethnic unity, national security, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."
During this inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered many important speeches, put forward a new positioning for Xinjiang's development, and made new deployments and new requirements for doing a good job in Xinjiang.
Grasping the laws of history and insight into the trend of the times, the people's leader has a far-reaching consideration for Xinjiang's long-term peace and stability.
"To examine and plan Xinjiang's work strategically, we must first see clearly the general trend of Xinjiang's development, see clearly the impact of doing a good job in Xinjiang on the overall situation of the Party and the country, and see clearly the position of Xinjiang's work in coordinating the domestic and international situations."
In May 2014, the Second Central Xinjiang Work Symposium was held in Beijing (北京). This was the first Central Xinjiang Work Symposium held since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Clarify that "social stability and long-term stability are the overall goals of Xinjiang's work";
Require "adhering to governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, and building Xinjiang for a long time";
Propose "the sense of community of the Chinese nation";
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made profound expositions on a series of major theoretical and practical issues in Xinjiang's work, pointing out that "practice has proved that our Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang is correct and must be adhered to for a long time, maintaining strategic determination."
"At the same time, we must enrich and improve the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in light of the situation in Xinjiang," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized.
Constantly enriched in profound insight and increasingly improved in grand practice.
In September 2020, the Third Central Xinjiang Work Symposium was held. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) deeply analyzed the situation and tasks facing Xinjiang's work, profoundly expounded the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, and provided scientific guidance and fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in Xinjiang.
"Adhere to examining and planning Xinjiang's work strategically";
"Adhere to taking social stability and long-term stability as the overall goal of Xinjiang's work";
"Adhere to taking the cohesion of people's hearts as the fundamental";
"Adhere to forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation";
"Adhere to the direction of Sinicization of religion in our country";
"Adhere to promoting and cultivating socialist core values";
"Adhere to promoting high-quality development closely related to people's livelihoods";
"Adhere to strengthening the Party's leadership over Xinjiang's work."
Imbued with General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) in-depth thinking and accurate grasp of Xinjiang's work, the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era scientifically answers a series of major questions such as "how to view and how to do" Xinjiang's work, marking the era orientation and pointing out the direction and path for Xinjiang's development.
The goals are clearer, the connotations are richer, and the paths are clearer. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) focuses on the overall situation and the general trend, planning and promoting the construction of a socialist Xinjiang with Chinese characteristics in the new era in a larger pattern.
"Governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, and building Xinjiang for a long time" has been further improved to "governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, enriching Xinjiang through culture, prospering Xinjiang through the people, and building Xinjiang for a long time" - this is not only an important deployment for constantly building a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, but also contains the solemn commitment that "no ethnic group should be left behind in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects."
In July 2022, when the summer sun shone on the vibrant land, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the children of the Tianshan Mountains (天山) again.
Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Shihezi (石河子), Turpan (吐鲁番)... During the 4-day inspection, wherever General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went, it was a boiling ocean. Going out in the morning glow and returning with the stars, the purpose is to see more of Xinjiang's development and changes, listen more to the voices of cadres and the masses in Xinjiang, and conduct in-depth research on the implementation of the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era.
Applause, laughter, and cheers resounded for a long time, and many people were so excited that they burst into tears. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said emotionally: "Seeing the new atmosphere of stability, harmony, and vigorous development in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山), I feel sincerely happy."
Planning for the long term and taking measures to consolidate the foundation.
In August 2023, after attending the 15th BRICS Leaders Meeting and paying a state visit to South Africa, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) listened to the work reports of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) Party Committee and Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐).
"The Party Central Committee's requirements for various tasks in Xinjiang are very clear. The key is to understand and implement them in place. We must not only focus on the present and solve the outstanding problems facing current development and stability, but also have long-term plans, solidly promote fundamental, basic, and long-term work related to long-term peace and stability, and actively solve various deep-seated contradictions and problems."
Holding high the banner and setting the direction, drawing a blueprint. Following the direction guided by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), fully and accurately implementing the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, Xinjiang's tomorrow will surely be better.
Striving Together on a New Journey
——"Deepen, refine, and implement the various tasks of governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, enriching Xinjiang through culture, prospering Xinjiang through the people, and building Xinjiang for a long time"
Gantry cranes move and grab, and the whistles of trains sound... In the Urumqi International Land Port Area (乌鲁木齐国际陆港区), a series of China-Europe freight trains are fully loaded with "Made in China" and are about to speed westward.
"In the past, it was an inland province, but now it is different with the 'Belt and Road' initiative. This is no longer a remote area, but a core area and a hub area." Standing at the starting point of the second centenary journey, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here in 2022, thinking far ahead.
Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), the city farthest from the ocean in the world, has advanced from the hinterland of the Eurasian continent to the forefront of opening up with the support of the "channel + hub + network" modern logistics system, becoming an epitome of Xinjiang's high-quality development.
"Deepen, refine, and implement the various tasks of governing Xinjiang according to law, stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, enriching Xinjiang through culture, prospering Xinjiang through the people, and building Xinjiang for a long time." In the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core places Xinjiang's work in an important position in the overall work of the Party and the country, devoting a lot of effort to this beautiful and rich land, and constantly writing new practices of the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era.
Governing Xinjiang according to law, resolutely safeguarding national security and the overall social stability of Xinjiang.
Walking into the ancient city of Kashgar (喀什古城), characteristic homestays and flavored catering are dazzling, and tourists from all over the country are in constant stream, full of lively atmosphere everywhere.
"Today I came to the grass-roots police station to take a look." During his inspection in Xinjiang in 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Nazerbagh Police Station (乃则尔巴格派出所) of the Kashgar City Public Security Bureau (喀什市公安局) early in the morning.
Learning about the training of the police, carefully inspecting various equipment, and watching simulated anti-terrorism and anti-riot drills... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) paid close attention to the work done by Xinjiang around social stability and long-term peace and stability, and repeatedly emphasized the need to do the work practically and meticulously.
"To maintain the continuous and long-term stability of the overall social situation in Xinjiang, we must hold high the banner of socialist rule of law, promote the spirit of the rule of law, and implement the requirements of comprehensively governing the country according to law in all fields of Xinjiang's work." At the Third Central Xinjiang Work Symposium, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said earnestly.
Improving the legal and normalized working system for counter-terrorism and stability maintenance, and severely cracking down on the "three evil forces" in accordance with the law; comprehensively deepening the construction of a safe Xinjiang and effectively resolving various risks; adhering to administering according to law and performing duties according to law, and implementing the statutory procedures for major administrative decisions... Today, the social security situation in Xinjiang has improved significantly, and peace and tranquility can be felt everywhere in the streets and alleys.
Stabilizing Xinjiang through unity, so that people of all ethnic groups are tightly united like pomegranate seeds.
"I was especially moved when I thought of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) writing back to us in his busy schedule." Speaking of that exciting moment 8 years ago, Rukyam Metiseti (如克亚木·麦提赛地) is still fresh in her memory. She is the great-granddaughter of Kurban Tulum (库尔班·吐鲁木), who is well known as "Uncle Kurban" (库尔班大叔).
"Our Xinjiang is a good place, and all ethnic groups are united as one family" "I hope that your whole family will continue to be like Uncle Kurban (库尔班大叔), and together with your fellow villagers, be a model of loving the Party, loving the motherland, and loving the big family of the Chinese nation"...
In January 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter was full of deep affection and warmth.
Ethnic unity is the lifeline of the people of all ethnic groups in the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) sentence "Promoting all ethnic groups to be tightly united like pomegranate seeds" has been deeply rooted in everyone's hearts -
In Haldun Community (哈尔墩社区) in Tacheng City (塔城市), activities such as the "Neighborhood Festival Hundred Family Banquet" vividly show the warm picture of brothers and sisters loving each other; in Wangsan Street (王三街) in Aksu City (阿克苏市), many shops are named after "One Family"; in Liuxing Street Community (六星街社区) in Yining City (伊宁市), people of all ethnic groups use their words and deeds to interpret "You and I, heart to heart, live in Liuxing Street (六星街)"...
Today's Xinjiang, closely focusing on the main line of forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, solidly promotes the creation of ethnic unity and progress, and all ethnic groups have extensive exchanges, exchanges, and integration, living and working in peace and contentment, uniting and striving forward, and the flower of ethnic unity blooms everywhere.
Enriching Xinjiang through culture, fundamentally and effectively solving the problems of political identity and popular support.
The murals of the Sixteen Kingdoms period reappear in AR glasses, and the inscription of the Tang Dynasty "蟠桃子结三千岁" can be clearly identified... The Yarlake Grottoes (雅尔湖石窟) in Jiaohe Ancient City (交河故城), Turpan City (吐鲁番市), officially opened to the public this year.
The millennium ancient city witnessed that in the summer of 2022, under the high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked along the Central Avenue, entered the gate tower, and entered the city, feeling the vicissitudes of history.
"Truly recognize that Xinjiang's history is a history formed in the exchanges of the Chinese nation" "Carry forward the excellent traditional culture of all ethnic groups" "Strengthen the protection and utilization of cultural relics and the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage"... From the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum (新疆维吾尔自治区博物馆) to the Jiaohe Ancient City (交河故城), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke earnestly.
Chinese culture has always been the emotional support, spiritual home, and spiritual source of development for all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment has been transformed into the spring breeze and rain of enriching Xinjiang through culture.
The heroic epic "Manas" (玛纳斯) has more and more inheritors; more than 46,200 mass cultural benefit activities were held in 2024; the "Xinjiang Four Histories" mobile museum has achieved full coverage of "hundred counties and thousand townships"... Efforts are being made to build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, providing strong spiritual and cultural support for promoting the construction of the Chinese national community.
Prospering Xinjiang through the people, promoting high-quality development closely related to people's livelihoods.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally awarded the "July 1st Medal" to Maimaitijiang Wumaier (买买提江·吾买尔) in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
"Not letting a single person be poor, not letting a single person fall behind" is the promise made by Maimaitijiang Wumaier (买买提江·吾买尔) when he first took office as the Party branch secretary of Bulikai Village (布力开村) in Yining County (伊宁县). After decades of hard work, the poor Bulikai Village (布力开村) has become the "rich village" ranked first in the county.
Without the comprehensive well-off and modernization of ethnic minority areas, there would be no comprehensive well-off and modernization of the country.
"Incorporating Xinjiang's own regional opening-up strategy into the country's overall layout of opening up to the west" "Cultivating and strengthening Xinjiang's characteristic and advantageous industries, driving local people to increase their income and become rich" "Accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system that reflects Xinjiang's characteristics and advantages"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is always concerned about "prospering Xinjiang through the people".
In 2024, the total regional GDP of Xinjiang exceeded 2 trillion yuan, with grain yield per unit area ranking first in the country, gas storage capacity ranking first in the country, and railway freight volume growth rate ranking first in the country... The momentum of "progress" is constantly strengthening, the quality and efficiency of "new" are greatly improved, and the Xinjiang practice of Chinese-style modernization has taken solid steps.
Long-term construction in Xinjiang sows the warmth of the motherland's big family in the hearts of Xinjiang's sons and daughters.
Shihezi (石河子市), "The First City of the Army Reclamation in the Republic." Located in the urban area, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Military Reclamation Museum recreates that pioneering era, and many visitors come here every day to appreciate the spirit of the Corps.
In 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the museum. In the hall on the first floor, representatives of the old, middle-aged, and young generations of builders of the Corps reported to the General Secretary with great spirit.
"You have come from arduous struggles and made indelible contributions. The spirit of the Corps, which embodies love for the motherland, selfless dedication, arduous entrepreneurship, and pioneering spirit, is an important part of the spiritual lineage of Chinese Communists. We must make good use of these valuable assets," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said to everyone with deep affection.
Today, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) has greatly enhanced its ability to maintain stability and defend the border, continuously improved the level of high-quality economic development, and further consolidated the foundation for unity and struggle among all ethnic groups, constantly writing magnificent chapters.
Xinjiang's development cannot be separated from the support of the people of the whole country.
In Aksu (阿克苏市), on the wall of the exhibition hall of the Zhejiang Provincial Front Command for Supporting Xinjiang, two letters with the signature "Xi Jinping (习近平)" are particularly eye-catching.
In 2002, not long after starting work in Zhejiang, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote letters to eight areas supported by Zhejiang, including Hotan (和田) in Xinjiang. In 2007, just after being transferred to Shanghai, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote to these eight areas again, expressing that he would continue to give care and support.
As time goes by, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) concern and attention to the work of supporting Xinjiang has been consistent: "The whole Party must recognize the importance of Xinjiang's work from a strategic and overall perspective, increase the efforts to support Xinjiang, improve the mechanism for supporting Xinjiang, and jointly do a good job in Xinjiang."
The high-quality development of counterpart assistance to Xinjiang in the new era has yielded fruitful results: a series of new measures and achievements in supporting Xinjiang that "lay the foundation and benefit the long term" have achieved results, and 19 provinces and cities supporting Xinjiang insist on using 80% of the total amount of aid funds for people's livelihood every year...
The majestic Tianshan Mountains (天山) and the magnificent Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山) have witnessed 70 years of great changes in the three mountains and two basins. People of all ethnic groups are striving forward and jointly singing a new song of the times for building a beautiful Xinjiang.
Love Fills Tianshan, Spring Everywhere
——"To better build a united, harmonious, prosperous, wealthy, civilized, progressive, peaceful, and happy, and ecologically sound beautiful Xinjiang in the process of Chinese-style modernization"
In Ayagemangan Village (阿亚格曼干村), Shufu County (疏附县), Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区), the wide and clean asphalt road stretches straight, and the clean and tidy farmhouses are scattered...
"The reason I came to see you is to verify whether the Party's policies to benefit the people have penetrated the hearts of the people and whether they have played a role."
In April 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to visit cadres and the masses. His simple and powerful words warmed the hearts of the villagers.
At that time, Shufu County (疏附县) was still a key county for national poverty alleviation, mainly based on agriculture. Now, in Ayagemangan Village (阿亚格曼干村) alone, the village's collective income has jumped from less than 100,000 yuan in 2014 to 2.56 million yuan, and the per capita income of villagers has increased from more than 4,000 yuan to 20,600 yuan.
In the small courtyard where General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and the villagers sat and talked freely that year, the words "Always Follow the Party" are particularly eye-catching. This is the most straightforward voice of the people: only by following the Party can we have a good life!
Thousands of lights reflect the "major affairs of the country." The warmth and coldness of people's livelihood in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山) are General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) deep concern.
"Thousands of threads from above, one needle below," "Closely follow what the residents of all ethnic groups think, want, and expect, and help everyone do good things, practical things, and solve problems"... The residents of Guyuan Lane Community (固原巷社区) in Tianshan District (天山区), Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), clearly remember General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) careful concern three years ago—
Chatting with a family about their daily lives, asking about medical care and education; listening to the children reciting ancient poems with emotion... In the streets and alleys of the community, residents crowded around General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), reluctant to leave.
"The General Secretary always cares about the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang." Abulaiti Tursun (阿布来提·吐尔逊), in his seventies, still feels extremely warm when he recalls the details.
From communities and villages to cattle and sheep pens, orchards, and then to living rooms and kitchens... General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) footprints in Xinjiang have penetrated all aspects of people's lives, and every little thing is full of deep feelings for the people.
The purpose of development is ultimately to enable the people to live a good life. The development of Xinjiang in the new era relies closely on the people and is always for the people.
In 2024, more than 77% of Xinjiang's fiscal expenditure will be invested in people's livelihood; the urban and rural minimum living security standards will increase by 5% and 12% respectively, and various types of relief funds of 8.564 billion yuan will be distributed; the second phase of the "coal-to-electricity" project will be successfully completed, and 836,800 households will achieve clean heating...
Education is a major issue for people's livelihood, which embodies the future of the nation and the hope of the country.
Just in time for the new semester, the central primary school in Tokzak Township (托克扎克镇中心小学) is filled with the sound of reading, and the modern campus is full of vitality.
On the wall of the spacious and bright school building, a group photo is eye-catching: General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) smiling faces with the children are particularly bright in the spring of 2014.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Be a teacher."
The crisp and powerful dialogue, spanning 11 years, seems to still echo in the classroom.
Time flies, and these children of that year are like dandelion seeds, taking root and blossoming in the vast world. Some of them have stood on the podium, taking up chalk to pass on the torch; some have put on white coats and returned to the village health center to protect the health of their neighbors...
The sound of reading is loud in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山), and the peach and plum are fragrant on the Silk Road.
"What is the purpose of establishing morality? It is to adhere to the socialist direction of running schools, cultivate socialist builders and successors who develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and in terms of labor, and enhance teachers' and students' recognition of the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics." In 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) first stop in Xinjiang was Xinjiang University (新疆大学), and his words were earnest.
In the past year, Xinjiang has improved the conditions for running 1,893 public kindergartens, promoted the balanced development of compulsory education with high quality, and expanded and improved the quality of ordinary high schools; undergraduate colleges and universities in the five prefectures of southern Xinjiang have achieved full coverage, with a net increase of 24,900 students... Taking moral education as the foundation to support a better future, provide talents for high-quality development, and gather strength for national unity.
A good ecological environment is the most inclusive benefit for people's livelihood. The continuous improvement of the ecological environment is the most direct and real feeling of the people.
Overlooking the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), thousands of miles of green Great Wall lock the yellow dragon.
On November 28, 2024, with a rose seedling planted in the sand, the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) green sand barrier project, with a total length of 3,046 kilometers, achieved edge closure.
"After continuous efforts, the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) has put on a 'green scarf'." In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) mentioned this hard-won achievement when participating in the capital's voluntary tree planting activity.
Locking the flowing sand with green is a plan for the present, and ecological security is a plan for future generations. The green in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山) is pregnant with new life and contains the future.
Pointing out "Resolutely guard the red line of ecological protection, and carry out desertification control, water management, and forest and grassland protection in a coordinated manner," clarifying "We must adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, and promote ecological priority and green development," emphasizing "We must make every effort to fight the blocking battle on the edge of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊) - Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠)"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is always concerned about making Xinjiang's sky bluer, mountains greener, and water clearer.
Today, a touch of green extends to the desert, and cattle and sheep on the pasture are dotted among the continuous green grass... An ecological picture of a beautiful Xinjiang is slowly unfolding.
The biggest mass work in Xinjiang is ethnic unity and religious harmony.
In 2014, the Yanghang Mosque (洋行清真寺) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), which has a history of more than 100 years, welcomed a special guest: General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked into the main hall and had a cordial conversation with religious figures.
"When was it built?" "How many people can it accommodate for worship?" "How long is a sermon?" "Are there many foreign guests?"... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) learned in detail about the origin and relevant situation of this mosque.
"As a culture, I pay attention to reading religious works. Religion has a lot of wisdom in persuading people to be kind, and there are many beneficial expositions."
"I believe that the vast number of religious figures in Xinjiang will surely understand the great righteousness, stand firm, and make new contributions to the reform, development, and stability of the motherland and Xinjiang from their own responsibilities." During the inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) held a symposium with 20 representatives of religious figures in Xinjiang and put forward earnest expectations.
On the new journey, Xinjiang continues to promote religious harmony, adhere to the Sinicization direction of Islam in Xinjiang, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society, and promote the harmonious coexistence and healthy development of various religions in Xinjiang. Facts fully demonstrate that only with ethnic unity and religious harmony can Xinjiang's various undertakings flourish and people's lives continue to improve.
Today's Xinjiang, heroes gather in the Tianshan Mountains (天山) and work together to build dreams.
"I support your life choice to strive together with the people of all ethnic groups and strive to become a builder of the western region who can be of great use and shoulder heavy responsibilities."
In July 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply to the graduates of the Karamay Campus (克拉玛依校区) of China University of Petroleum (Beijing) (中国石油大学（北京）) encouraged more aspiring young people to go to the border areas and make contributions.
From laboratories to plateaus, from ultra-high voltage power grids to cloud pastures... Over the years, the number of young people who have gone to Xinjiang to serve and find employment has exceeded 100,000, of which more than 90% serve at the grassroots level.
Today's Xinjiang, cadres of all ethnic groups live up to expectations, take root at the grassroots level, and dedicate themselves to the border areas.
In September 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Ethnic Cadre Training Class (新疆民族干部培训班) of the Central Party School (中央党校), General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions were inspiring and encouraging.
"Closely focus on the characteristics of Xinjiang's cadre team and the actual needs of work," "Strengthen the research on basic theoretical issues and major practical issues in the ethnic field," "Cultivate more high-quality cadres who are loyal, clean, and responsible for Xinjiang"...
**疾风知劲草** (jí fēng zhī jìng cǎo - "strong wind knows strong grass," only the strong survive in adversity). A cadre team that is particularly resolute in maintaining the Party's centralized and unified leadership, particularly clear-headed in distinguishing right from wrong, particularly firm in its actions to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and particularly sincere in its love for the people of all ethnic groups is stronger and more powerful. Grassroots Party organizations play a better role as fighting fortresses, leading the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups to forge ahead on the broad road of the new era.
The ancient Silk Road blooms with new splendor, and love fills the Tianshan Mountains (天山) with spring everywhere.
"To better build a united, harmonious, prosperous, wealthy, civilized, progressive, peaceful, and happy, and ecologically sound beautiful Xinjiang in the process of Chinese-style modernization."
Standing at a new historical starting point, the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are more closely united around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, working together and forging ahead to jointly draw a more beautiful and splendid new chapter of development.
(Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), September 22 (Reporters Li Ziliang (李自良), Luo Sha (罗沙), He Jun (何军), Wang Peng (王鹏)))
Return to TopZhou Shanshan (周珊珊), commentator for this newspaper
Luo Qun (罗群), Deputy Director of the Brand Innovation Center of China Culture Daily (中国文化报)
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): Theater performances have been increasingly popular in recent years. In the first half of this year, they delivered a bright report card of 160,500 performances, 20,550,100 viewers, and a box office revenue of 5.402 billion yuan. The "theater craze" is a vivid reflection of the upgrading of cultural consumption and a direct manifestation of the growing demand for spiritual and cultural life among the people.
Luo Qun (罗群): The popularity of theater performances is the result of the resonance of multiple positive factors. High-quality performances that make the audience feel that they "get their money's worth" are the key to consolidating the market foundation. Easily accessible performing venues reduce the cost of watching performances. Immersive performances break the "fourth wall," bringing freshness and social attributes, and increasing the attractiveness of theaters. Musicals, with their enthusiastic atmosphere and celebrity effect, are experiencing a "second spring," while down-to-earth stand-up comedy is very popular among young people. Breakthroughs in niche areas have expanded the audience base. To a certain extent, "going to the theater and watching performances" has become a quality lifestyle, and people are willing to pay for cultural style.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): Word-of-mouth is the core of maintaining the vitality of the industry, and innovation is the preservative of word-of-mouth. This is not only related to the success or failure of a single performance, but also affects the healthy ecology of the entire performing arts industry. How can theater performances go from "hit" to "evergreen"?
Luo Qun (罗群): Today's audience is nourished by a massive amount of literary and artistic works and attaches great importance to the originality, uniqueness, and aesthetic appeal of the works. In the fierce market competition, creators can only meet the "picky taste buds" by adhering to innovation.
At the same time, we must also be wary of the misunderstanding of "innovating for the sake of innovation." Some creators focus on formal packaging, with gimmicks outweighing content. This short-sighted behavior will not only overdraw their own reputation, but also consume the trust of the entire market. On the other hand, when stage technology becomes a convenient "solution," it can easily lead to convergence in the form and style of works. Creators should insist on starting from content and expression and avoid falling into the solidification of thinking driven by technology.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): The Internet not only helps dissemination but also brings "competing products" such as short videos and short dramas. Finding the unique value of theater performances and leveraging the empowering role of the Internet is not only related to the development of the theater itself, but also reflects the wisdom of the cultural industry in finding its position in diverse formats and achieving high-quality development.
Luo Qun (罗群): In fact, the main audiences of theater performances and online content such as short videos and micro-dramas are not highly overlapping, and different literary and artistic forms may not necessarily divert each other.
The unique advantage of theater performances lies in the fleeting, unrepeatable, and non-accelerated sense of presence—the audience and actors are in the same time and space, and face-to-face performances create a unique viewing atmosphere. Even a "minor flaw" can become an exclusive memory. This experience cannot be replicated online and is the foundation of theater performances.
The key to borrowing from the Internet lies in promoting the optimal allocation of performing arts resources and allowing high-quality content to meet its soulmate. Social networks are not only a powerful tool for promotion but can also force creators and performers to improve their creation and performance levels, forming a virtuous cycle of "quality-reputation-benefit." In this process, market rules should be respected, and the industry should grow in innovation.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): In recent years, "performing arts +" has continuously refreshed consumption scenarios. Data shows that the cross-city viewing rate of large-scale performances has remained stable at over 60% for two consecutive years, and the proportion of viewers aged 18-34 exceeds 70%. From performance consumption within the theater to the cross-border integration of "performing arts + cultural tourism," theater performances are breaking through the single cultural carrier attribute and becoming an important engine for activating regional consumption and promoting industrial synergy.
Luo Qun (罗群): The advantage of theater performances driving cross-city viewing lies in the ability to precisely match and deeply integrate derivative consumption scenarios with performance content, thereby strengthening cultural connotations and enhancing the overall experience. The National Theatre of China (国家话剧院)'s original drama *Su Di Chunxiao* (苏堤春晓) was staged in Chengdu (成都) in the first half of the year, and Sichuan (四川) simultaneously launched a theme event of tasting "Three Sus" (三苏) with a play, closely echoing the characteristics of the play and the regional characteristics. The "cross-city viewing" preferential model covers 25 tourist attractions, cultural and expo venues, and commercial blocks in Chengdu (成都), Meishan (眉山), and Ya'an (雅安). Audiences can enjoy various discounts with their ticket stubs. Resource integration and mutual diversion allow audiences to deeply experience the regional charm while watching the performance, driving consumption in the catering, accommodation, tourism, and other industries. This is a vivid practice of cultural empowerment of the regional economy and promotion of high-quality development.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): To do a good job in this topic of humanistic economy, how can the "visible hand" escort it?
Luo Qun (罗群): Cultivate the soil for creation through policies such as funding and talent; organize benefit performances for the people and issue consumer coupons to cultivate the habit of cultural consumption; resolutely rectify market-disrupting behaviors such as "scalper tickets" and safeguard the order of the cultural market. The synergy of these three respects market rules and leverages the guiding role of policies, so that the performing arts economy can truly become an important force for improving the happiness index of the masses and promoting social and cultural prosperity.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): The "cultural living room" is hard to come by, and it's not just as simple as "the play is good." From box office data to the happiness index, it's all about "high-quality supply." There are diverse performance forms in the theater, and there are also various ways to play outside the theater, such as "performance + cultural tourism" and "offline + online." The play ends but the people don't disperse, the lights are on and the city is warmer. Whoever learns to "build bridges" with industrial thinking first and better meets people's aesthetic, entertainment, leisure, and emotional needs will be able to more effectively achieve the two-way empowerment of culture and economy.
Return to TopBy: 周泽将
Current investment promotion cannot remain at the stage of "attracting one enterprise," but should "drive a group and prosper a chain."
For some time, the new ideas and changes in investment promotion in various places have been thought-provoking. Hongkou District (虹口区) in Shanghai (上海) promotes the "fund, land, scenario, and exhibition" investment model. Ganzhou City (赣州市) in Jiangxi (江西) Province cultivates industrial ecology through chain investment and investment by business. Xi'an City (西安市) in Shaanxi (陕西) Province draws a map of key industrial chain investment... The practices in various places show that investment promotion is shifting from "competing on preferential policies" to "competing on ecology."
Today, the construction of a unified national market is being promoted in an orderly manner, and the illegal implementation of preferential policies is explicitly prohibited. Enterprises are more expecting a fair and orderly market environment and long-term sustainable development prospects. Facing the higher demands of enterprises, how should we enhance the attractiveness of investment promotion? Some innovative practices emerging in various places are enlightening.
Realizing industrial chain agglomeration and forming a network effect, "chain investment" can effectively attract upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. For example, Xinfeng County (信丰县) in Jiangxi (江西) Province has gathered more than 30 listed printed circuit board companies through chain investment, developing into a well-known industrial cluster in the country. After leading enterprises such as Han's CNC (大族数控) and Kingboard Electronics (景旺电子) settled in, upstream and downstream enterprises followed suit. Improving the upstream and downstream supporting facilities of the industry and helping enterprises reduce production costs is itself an important competitive advantage for regional development.
"Chain investment" starting from cultivating the industrial chain ecology will release the endogenous power of "investment by business." The key role in this is played by leading enterprises. The landing of a leading enterprise means the aggregation of a whole set of upstream and downstream links such as research and development, supporting facilities, logistics, and services. Therefore, current investment promotion cannot remain at the stage of "attracting one enterprise," but should "drive a group and prosper a chain."
"Scenario investment" that provides convenient application scenarios for enterprise technological innovation is also an effective sign to attract enterprises. For example, as an old industrial park, Caohejing Development Zone (漕河泾开发区) in Shanghai (上海) provides the services needed by enterprises by developing scenarios such as experiments, training, and applications. In the park, a delivery robot developed by a company shuttles flexibly, skillfully avoiding pedestrians, taking elevators, and delivering meals to users. The founder of the company said with emotion, "The development zone provides a valuable real testing ground for the company." It can be seen that application scenarios can allow enterprises' technological innovation to be truly tested, which has a strong attraction for enterprises and even the entire industrial chain supply chain.
For enterprises, application scenarios are often difficult to create independently, and are also an important bridge to help cross the innovation "valley of death." Local governments have the conditions and potential to meet this demand gap. However, to realize "scenario investment," it is necessary to accurately grasp the trend of industrial iteration and upgrading, which also puts forward higher requirements for the innovative thinking and overall planning capabilities of local governments.
In the innovative exploration of investment promotion, the role and awareness change of government departments are particularly critical. To achieve the "model upgrade" of investment promotion, government departments need to promote institutional and mechanism innovation with a spirit of reform and strive to become high-quality ecological builders. On the one hand, it is necessary to adhere to systematic thinking, shift from focusing on "grasping projects" to focusing on "planning the layout," and improve supporting capabilities and strengthen scenario supply from the perspective of the industrial chain ecology. On the other hand, it is necessary to have a long-term vision, shift from focusing on short-term investment data to emphasizing the cultivation of development potential, continuously improve the level of government services, create a good development environment, and stabilize enterprises' expectations for sustainable development.
Investment promotion is an important means to promote local economic development. Planning ahead in the industrial chain layout, strengthening services in the reform of systems and mechanisms, and continuously exerting efforts in optimizing the business environment, finding an investment promotion path that adapts to the new situation can make investment promotion a driver of industrial upgrading and inject new impetus into economic development.
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Enterprise development cannot be separated from loans. But where do loans come from? They can come from "data."
Not long ago, a farm product company at the foot of Jinyun Mountain (缙云山) in Chongqing (重庆) was troubled by its head, Huang Daokuan (黄道宽), because the prepayment mechanism of buyers squeezed its own cash flow. At the time of difficulty, the coordination mechanism to support the financing of micro and small enterprises played a role. According to the company's tax data and other information, financial regulatory authorities can screen out a list of micro and small enterprises with reasonable financing needs, and then the bank can accurately portray the enterprise based on its own research data. Huang Daokuan (黄道宽), who met the conditions, received a credit loan of 2 million yuan, and the company took on several new contracts.
Micro and small enterprises are the new force in economic development. Financial services are indispensable to support micro and small enterprises in overcoming difficulties and developing innovations. Data from the State Administration of Financial Regulation show that as of the end of June this year, the balance of inclusive micro and small enterprise loans was 36.0 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.3% year-on-year, with credit loans accounting for nearly 30%. It is worth mentioning that the coordination mechanism to support the financing of micro and small enterprises, established last year, has worked from both the supply and demand sides to open up the "middle obstruction" of financing for micro and small enterprises, and its role and effectiveness are remarkable. As of the end of July, local authorities have relied on this mechanism to visit nearly 98 million micro and small business entities, and have issued loans totaling 22 trillion yuan.
Financing blockages and development pain points are the points where policies are focused. Where is it difficult for micro and small business entities to obtain loans? Information asymmetry between banks and enterprises, high communication and due diligence costs; uneven ability of enterprises to resist risks, lack of asset collateral, high loan risks... To smooth the "highway" for bank-enterprise docking, we must explore new strategies and come up with practical measures.
Financing, financing, the word "融" (róng - "fuse/melt/harmonize") is crucial, and the key lies in building a "bridge of hearts" for communication to achieve mutual understanding. On the one hand, many micro and small business operators are eager to obtain safe and convenient loan products; on the other hand, banks also hope to obtain safe and sustainable users. Building a platform of mutual trust between banks and enterprises, the coordination mechanism is very important. In Fujian (福建), Chongqing (重庆) and other places, street and community grid members and bank employees enter parks and visit enterprises together, making it easier for both banks and enterprises to dispel concerns. Further smooth channels and improve mechanisms to ensure that banks and enterprises form a virtuous interaction, and financial services can be more precise.
Improving the availability and accuracy of financing services, digital technology is a good tool to fill the "information gap." Today, actively developing digital finance is to connect "data silos" and achieve a win-win situation for banks and enterprises. During the survey, many bank account managers said that when they first received the "recommendation list," they thought it was an "assigned task." Only after a visit did they realize that the companies on the list did have development prospects and funding needs, and service efficiency was greatly improved. The reality is changing, the needs of enterprises are changing, and the financial industry can continue to open up new space for high-quality development by using new technologies to better meet the diverse and dynamic needs of customers.
Furthermore, behind every financing business, there is room for tapping into high-quality development. For example, a sand and gravel mining company was once subject to administrative penalties, and this "stain" affected subsequent operations. After learning about the situation, the local financing coordination mechanism special team coordinated relevant departments to guide the company to complete credit repair, and the company was able to start again with a light load. For another example, in response to the "bridge" problem of loan maturity that companies have focused on, Zhejiang (浙江), Shandong (山东) and other places have embedded the implementation of the policy of renewing loans without repayment of principal into the coordination mechanism, which has reduced the burden on enterprises. Further strengthen support and guarantee, do a better job of financial services with more strength and warmth, and continue to contribute new ideas, new methods, and new mechanisms to solving the problem of financing difficulties for business entities, so that financial living water can better irrigate the fertile soil of high-quality development.
If finance is active, the economy is active, and good policies must be implemented. Strengthening central-local coordination, making good use of data means, and pooling efforts in various fields will certainly better promote the "direct and rapid enjoyment" of pro-enterprise policies and help more and more micro and small enterprises stride forward on the road of innovative development.
(The author is a reporter from the Economic and Social Department of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 常 钦
[Phenomenon] Since mid-to-late August, the ratooning rice planted in many areas has entered a period of concentrated harvest. In Feidong (肥东), Anhui (安徽), the average yield of the first season of ratooning rice reached 600 kilograms per mu, and the yield of the ratooning season is expected to be 150 kilograms per mu, which is expected to increase farmers' income by more than 280 yuan per mu; in Qiyang (祁阳), Hunan (湖南), preliminary yield measurements show that the average yield of the first season of ratooning rice on 163,800 mu reached 719.3 kilograms, ensuring a bumper grain harvest for the whole year... With the support of modern agricultural technology, ratooning rice has become the "protagonist" for stabilizing grain production and increasing income in many places, injecting new impetus into consolidating the foundation of food security.
[Commentary]
Ratooning rice is a rice planting technology that utilizes the dormant buds surviving on the rice stubble after the first season of rice is harvested, and through field management, allows them to germinate again into ears and usher in a second harvest. After harvesting one crop, another crop grows. This ancient farming wisdom is now revitalizing with increasing vigor in the vast fields.
Compared with the traditional model, ratooning rice planting eliminates the need for secondary seedling cultivation and transplanting, and the ratooning season has a short growth cycle and fewer pests and diseases, which can save on the use of fertilizers and pesticides, and has the direct advantage of reducing costs. Practice measurements in many places show that each mu of ratooning rice can save 400-500 yuan in production costs.
With reduced investment, will the yield be discounted? The harvest information and yield data from various places provide the answer. Not only that, but because ratooning rice is irrigated in an environment with lower temperatures and large temperature differences between day and night, the rice quality and taste are often better, and the market price is also higher. Low input and high output, high labor efficiency, and high economic benefits, coupled with labor-saving, seed-saving, fertilizer-saving, pesticide-saving, and seedling-saving, the tangible benefits brought by this model have increased farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain.
With so many advantages, why hasn't ratooning rice been rolled out on a larger scale? Under the general trend of mechanical substitution of manual labor, the development of ratooning rice also faces bottlenecks, among which combine harvester crushing is a key pain point: traditional combine harvesters have wide tracks and narrow cutting widths, which can cause large-scale crushing of rice stubble when harvesting the first season of rice, and the crushed dormant buds are almost impossible to regenerate, which directly leads to a sharp decline in the yield of ratooning rice and uneven maturity.
The development and progress of agricultural technology in China (中国) is being realized by solving specific problems one by one. On the one hand, various places are actively developing and promoting special combine harvesters for ratooning rice with narrow tracks and wide cutting platforms. On the other hand, research teams from Jiangsu University (江苏大学) and other units have innovatively proposed a "wide and narrow row planting model" to achieve "less crushing" and "zero crushing" from the source. Technical innovations and methodological breakthroughs that overcome difficulties are transformed into tangible and accessible yield increases and improved sense of gain.
Developing ratooning rice means more than just increasing income in one field. It helps to revitalize the light and heat resources in southern China (中国) and promote the optimization of cropping systems. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) issued the "Key Work Guidance for Promoting the Development of Ratooning Rice (2025-2030)" in February this year, which clearly stated the goal of striving to add about 10 million mu of ratooning rice area nationwide by 2030. Accelerating the matching of improved varieties and good methods, promoting the integration of agricultural machinery and agronomy, and strengthening policy support and guarantees will vigorously promote the continuous and stable development of ratooning rice.
The fundamental way to solve the problem of food is through science and technology. From multi-spectral drones using wheat field growth to precisely fertilize, to using Beidou (北斗) navigation to achieve precise transplanting and row harvesting, to opening computers and mobile phones to view various parameters such as soil temperature, humidity, and conductivity, technological progress provides strong support for stable and increased production, and gives wings to agricultural modernization. **藏粮于地、藏粮于技** (cáng liáng yú dì, cáng liáng yú jì - "store grain in the land, store grain in technology," emphasizing the importance of land and technology in ensuring food security), promoting the continuous accumulation of more modern production factors in the fields, and turning more "fields that rely on the sky" into "high-yield fields," we will have more confidence in firmly holding the "Chinese rice bowl" and coping with various risks and challenges.
Today, Chinese (中国) hybrid rice has been promoted and planted in more than 20 African countries, and a number of agricultural assistance projects are accelerating, with more and more agricultural technologies bearing fruit. A small rice seedling is connected to the "money bag" of farmers and the "rice bag" of the country, becoming a vivid portrayal of "no one can be left behind on the road to modernization, and no country can be dropped."
Return to TopSaline-alkali land is a "potential granary" for increasing grain production. Da'an (大安) in Jilin (吉林) has achieved improvement and planting in the same year through bio-remediation technology; Panjin (盘锦) in Liaoning (辽宁) has explored "salt-to-water" conversion, and the rice grown is not only high-yielding but also delicious... Doing a good job in the characteristic agriculture of saline-alkali land, turning "barren land" into "fields of hope," will provide more support for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and a stronger guarantee for food security. This is precisely:
In the past, alkaline beaches are now granaries,
Scientific and technological golden keys add new makeup.
Storing grain in the land is a long-term plan,
Abundant granaries stabilize all directions.
Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
Return to TopDon't Treat the Road as a Private Photo Studio
Yang Yulong (杨玉龙)
In the current era of popular short videos and live streaming, roads have become filming locations and private photo studios in the eyes of some people. The photographers completely disregard the surrounding traffic, and the potential safety hazards cannot be ignored.
The core function of roads is traffic. Any non-traffic activity may disrupt the balance of traffic flow and lead to tragedy. In particular, some tunnels, bridges, and other sections of roads have now become popular online celebrity check-in spots for photographers. These special road sections have characteristics such as high traffic volume and poor visibility, and the safety risks of illegal filming are even greater. Short video creators and live streaming bloggers should enhance their safety awareness, consciously abide by relevant laws and regulations, and eliminate filming and live streaming behaviors that endanger traffic safety, disrupt public order, or infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of others.
The traffic algorithm recommendation mechanism of some platforms indirectly promotes the continued development of chaotic filming phenomena. At the same time, the audience's curiosity and onlookers of such live streams, as well as their support and rewards for illegal behavior, also play a role in 推波助澜 (tuī bō zhù lán - "push the wave assist the billows," to add fuel to the fire; to encourage or instigate). Platforms should assume their primary responsibility, strengthen the supervision and review of content, and unblock reporting channels, promptly handling illegal content reported by users and guiding creators to film legally, compliantly, and safely.
Local governments should also increase their efforts to govern illegal behaviors such as live streaming that occupies roads, establish and improve relevant local laws, regulations, and rules, detail "behaviors that impede traffic safety," and list corresponding punitive measures. At the same time, they should use intelligent transportation technology to improve governance effectiveness.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Hunan Daily (湖南日报)*, original title: *Don't Treat the Road as a Short Video Live Streaming Showcase*)
Student Status Transfer Helps Vocational and General Education Integration
Mu Xuchong (木须虫)
With the completion of the first batch of student status transfer work in comprehensive high school pilot schools in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), a group of students have embarked on a new learning career. Some have bid farewell to general high schools and gone to secondary vocational school campuses to explore skills; others have turned from vocational education and entered general high school campuses to study.
This attempt has illuminated a glimmer of "second choice" in the educational landscape of vocational and general education separation, opening up new space for vocational and general education integration. To ensure its continued smooth operation, policies, schools, and all sectors of society need to work together in the same direction.
Reform and promotion still need to overcome multiple obstacles, such as credit recognition. True vocational and general education integration requires the establishment of a credit equivalence and mutual recognition system, so that technical courses and academic courses have the same effectiveness for further education. Secondly, the transformation of social concepts is lagging behind. Reversing prejudice requires policy guidance and the demonstration effect of successful cases. Only when vocational school students achieve high-quality employment or further education through skills competitions and spring college entrance examinations can misunderstandings about vocational education be dispelled.
Improving the student status transfer mechanism requires systematic policy support. On the one hand, increase investment in vocational education and make up for shortcomings in teachers, equipment, and other aspects. Only when the quality of vocational and general education is substantially equal can two-way flow become the norm. On the other hand, optimize system design, explore multiple student status transfer opportunities, and simplify transfer procedures, making "choice" more convenient and flexible.
The essence of education lies in enabling each unique individual to find a growth path that suits them. When the barriers between vocational and general education are eliminated, and when skills-based success is valued by more people, education can truly become a ladder to help diverse development.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Fujian Daily (福建日报)*, original title: *"Student Status Transfer" Builds a "Revolving Door" for Vocational and General Education Integration*)
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Return to TopNext to the popular science caravan, children use VR glasses to experience the vast starry sky; college student volunteers enter rural primary schools, bringing children to do science experiments together; an academician nearly 80 years old becomes a science "UP master," revealing the mysteries of artificial intelligence to netizens... In recent years, China has attached great importance to popular science work. Various departments at all levels and various organizations have held many interesting and colorful popular science activities, which, while bringing the public closer to science, are also sowing the seeds of love for science throughout society.
September of this year is the first National Science Popularization Month. Starting today, this edition will launch a series of reports on "Promoting the Spirit of Scientists and Focusing on Science Popularization Month," telling the vivid stories of science popularization workers spreading scientific knowledge and creating a social atmosphere of love for science.
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China Space Science Society's "The Sea of Stars Awaits You" Public Welfare Science Popularization Lecture
Illuminating the Aerospace Dreams of Young People
By Our Reporter Yu Sinan (喻思南)
On the afternoon of September 17, a popular science activity entitled "Eyes in Space: Observing the Earth" was held at the No. 2 Middle School in Miyun District (密云区), Beijing (北京市). This is one of the public welfare science popularization lectures of the China Space Science Society's (中国空间科学学会) "The Sea of Stars Awaits You." "Exploring Mars," "Healthy Living in Space," "The Story of Spectrum," "The 'Disappearing' Gravity in Space"... During the National Science Popularization Month, such public welfare science popularization lectures are held one after another.
Sun Lilin (孙丽琳), Secretary-General of the China Space Science Society, introduced that the society hopes to gather a group of experts enthusiastic about science popularization to carry out public welfare science popularization activities for primary and secondary school students, especially children in remote areas, to illuminate the aerospace dreams of young people and help cultivate reserve talents for scientific and technological innovation.
In November 2020, the "The Sea of Stars Awaits You" public welfare science popularization lecture was launched, and since then it has attracted nearly 100 workers in the aerospace field. Zhao Chuandong (赵传东) is one of them.
Zhao Chuandong is one of China's first astronauts and participated in the relevant training from Shenzhou V (神舟五号) to Shenzhou X (神舟十号). In the "The Sea of Stars Awaits You" public welfare science popularization lecture, he likes to start from the training process and actual feelings of astronauts, and pass on aerospace knowledge and the spirit of manned spaceflight to the audience.
"I volunteer to engage in the cause of manned spaceflight... Be brave and fearless, selflessly dedicated, not afraid of sacrifice, and willing to fight for the cause of manned spaceflight for life!" In popular science activities, Zhao Chuandong often leads children to review the oath of astronauts joining the team. "Every time I get to this link, I am extremely excited, as if I have returned to the years of being an astronaut. In the eyes of the children, I can see the future of China's aerospace industry," Zhao Chuandong said.
Chang Lin (常琳), associate researcher at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (长春光学精密机械与物理研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), studies the attitude control of aerospace optical remote sensing small satellites. Her connection with science popularization originated from a conference held by the China Space Science Society in Tibet (西藏) in 2016. During the period, she was invited to give a popular science lecture at Lhasa Ali (拉萨阿里) High School, sharing satellite knowledge with the children. This was also Chang Lin's first time doing popular science.
Chang Lin recalled that as soon as she left the classroom, the children enthusiastically surrounded her, asking various "brainstorming" questions with a little shyness. "At that moment, I truly felt the children's curiosity and desire for scientific knowledge."
Later, Chang Lin became a "regular" in the society's science popularization efforts. In 2021, she went to Tibet again for science popularization. Hearing that scientists were coming to talk about aerospace, the auditorium of Lang County (朗县) Middle School in Nyingchi City (林芝市) was full of students. From human exploration of space to the development of China's aerospace industry, to the research and development and use of satellites, the effect of this science popularization exceeded Chang Lin's expectations: "Compared with five years ago, the children have a broader perspective and are more willing and dare to express themselves. I see the positive changes brought about by educational development and national progress."
Since the launch of the "The Sea of Stars Awaits You" public welfare science popularization lecture, the China Space Science Society has organized experts to go deep into cities, mountains, and islands to carry out more than 400 science popularization activities. Heng Lanying (恒兰英), deputy director of the Organization Working Committee of the China Space Science Society, said: "We want to ensure that every science popularization activity takes root and has tangible results."
(He Xu (何旭) participated in the writing)
The Popular Science Caravan Team of the Ordos Science and Technology Museum (鄂尔多斯市科技馆) in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)
Putting "Wheels" on the "Science and Technology Museum"
By Our Reporter Zhao Jingfeng (赵景锋)
On the morning of September 17, a white car with the words "Popular Science Caravan" printed on it drove into the gate of the Engebei (恩格贝) Central Primary School in Dalad Banner (达拉特旗), Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), and slowly stopped in front of the stands on the playground.
As soon as the car stopped, eight staff members in red vests got out of the car and busied themselves. Setting up tables, putting up brochures and exhibits, and debugging the equipment, in less than 10 minutes, a small "mobile science and technology museum" was set up.
Wearing VR glasses, instantly travel through the vast universe, and the beautiful starry sky is in full view; holding the joystick, control the drone to complete take-off, landing, hovering and other actions... At the event site, cool exhibits were neatly arranged, and students operated them, with exclamations and laughter constantly.
"For many students in remote areas, there are few opportunities to enter the science and technology museum and operate scientific instruments and equipment," said He Ningrui (贺宁瑞), curator of the Ordos Science and Technology Museum. The popular science caravan is like putting "wheels" on the "science and technology museum," allowing students to experience the mysteries of science up close without leaving the school.
"Press these two keys at the same time to make it dance." In the science and technology product exhibition area, Liu Shuting (刘淑婷), a member of the popular science caravan team, is demonstrating the operation of the robot dog to the students. Bixin, New Year's greetings, backflips... As the instructions were issued, the robot dog flexibly changed its posture, making the students laugh. After the operation, Liu Shuting put down the handle and began to explain the principle of the robot dog.
Liu Shuting, 27 years old this year, is the "technical backbone" of the team. Since elementary school, she has liked to tinker with various electronic components. After graduating from university, she was admitted to the Ordos Science and Technology Museum and took the initiative to join the popular science caravan team. "Almost every time I go to a school, students tell me that they want to be scientists in the future and use their inventions to help more people." Liu Shuting said that the greatest value of this job is to let more people understand science and fall in love with science.
In the science experiment area, Gao Tiantian (高田恬), a member of the popular science caravan team, is showing interesting experiments to the students. "This is a piece of white paper, and there is a bottle of 'potion' here. What will happen if you spray water on it?" Saying that, Gao Tiantian took out a small spray bottle and sprayed it on the paper. Only clear handwriting appeared on the blank paper, and the students exclaimed.
"Doing experiments can make abstract scientific principles knowable and perceptible, and students like it very much." Gao Tiantian said that before joining the popular science caravan team, she did not have much scientific knowledge. She started by learning the simplest scientific experiments, thoroughly understanding the principles and operations, and then designing easy-to-understand explanations to continuously improve her knowledge reserve and explanation ability.
He Ningrui introduced that with the joint efforts of the team, the popular science objects have been expanded from students to farmers, herdsmen, the elderly and other groups, and the popular science content also covers exhibit explanations, scientific experiments, health and health, anti-fraud publicity and other dimensions. Since the project was launched in 2017, the team has carried out more than 1,400 activities, benefiting more than 600,000 people.
Nanchang University (南昌大学) Spark Science Popularization Volunteer Service Team
"Physics Show" Sows the Seeds of Science
By Our Reporter Yang Yanfei (杨颜菲)
On September 19, in the classroom of Longkou (龙口) Middle School in Xingguo County (兴国县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), students stared intently at Hong Wenqin (洪文钦), deputy director of the National Physics Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Nanchang University, demonstrating a scientific experiment. He gently surrounded the brazier with four pieces of transparent glass. As the flames in the basin continued to burn, when the glass frame was built, the orange-red flames suddenly "rose" nearly one meter high and rotated rapidly around the glass frame, like a mini "fire tornado." Immediately, applause rang out in the classroom.
"The flame is like the wind in the mountains. When the air currents in different directions encounter the 'wall,' they will run around in circles." Hong Wenqin continued to operate the experiment while explaining the principle behind it, "This is the 'temperature difference airflow principle' in physics." This "physics show" comes from the Nanchang University Spark Science Popularization Volunteer Service Team. "The experiments designed by Teacher Hong are lively and interesting and very popular!" said Yuan Jiren (袁吉仁), founder of the Spark Science Popularization Volunteer Service Team.
In 2018, the Basic Physics Experiment Center of Nanchang University, where Yuan Jiren was located, welcomed a group of primary and secondary school students studying, and the light of knowledge shining in the children's eyes ignited the enthusiasm in Yuan Jiren's heart.
"The number of students who can participate in this kind of 'bringing in' science popularization activities is still limited. If our teachers carry experimental instruments 'out,' it will allow more children to feel the charm of science." So, Yuan Jiren formed a science popularization volunteer service team and named it "Spark."
The Spark Science Popularization Volunteer Service Team makes full use of some daily objects such as mineral water bottles, ping pong balls, and chopsticks when doing experiments. "Many rural children have not seen high-end instruments, but they have seen plastic boards, chopsticks, etc. Doing experiments with these things will make them feel that 'science is very close to me.'" Yuan Jiren said.
"The first time I participated in the activity, we did a simple electric motor experiment." Wei Yaqi (魏雅琦), a member of the service team, joined the volunteer service team under the influence of Hong Wenqin when she was a freshman. She still remembers that when the copper coil was energized and started to rotate, a little boy lay on the table, staring at the coil, and chased after her until the end of the activity and asked: "Sister, can I take the coil home? I want to make it spin faster." At that moment, Wei Yaqi was touched, "We planted a 'seed of science' in the children's hearts."
Yuan Jiren believes that in the soil of rural basic education, a "physics show" may not change anything immediately, but those eyes illuminated by the flames and the curiosity ignited by the experiments may one day illuminate the road to science in the future.
From organizing primary and secondary school students to study for the first time in 2018 to opening a "mobile science and technology museum" in the countryside, the Nanchang University Spark Science Popularization Volunteer Service Team has traveled to 11 prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi, carrying out more than 200 science popularization activities. "We hope that we can complete 100 counties and districts in 5 years and illuminate the scientific dreams of more rural children," Yuan Jiren said.
Return to TopBy: 刘涓溪
Watching short videos to understand Goldbach's conjecture, visiting interactive exhibitions to experience "science fiction becoming reality," participating in scientific experiments to experience exciting "physics shows"... In recent years, science popularization has become increasingly widespread, continuously enhancing its appeal through rich carriers and novel methods, allowing scientific knowledge to better reach the public.
Why is science popularization important? Academicians say that science popularization can guide the public to cultivate scientific thinking and promote social civilization and progress. Science popularization workers say that science popularization can "lighten" profound scientific knowledge, witnessing the beautiful encounter between science and the public. University student volunteers say that while disseminating scientific knowledge, they themselves also gain growth.
Science popularization is the spark that ignites scientific enthusiasm. More and more science popularization videos have become online hits, connecting with the audience through interesting lenses and interactive performances. Science popularization lectures start from a microscopic perspective, activating the sparks of knowledge and creativity in a question-and-answer format... Science popularization workers transform into disseminators of knowledge, stimulating the public's curiosity about science while sowing seeds of love for science.
Science popularization is an important way to correct errors. With the rapid development of science and technology, the emergence of a new concept requires science popularization workers to provide the public with reliable interpretations based on the laws of scientific development. They express obscure scientific concepts in easy-to-understand language, building a bridge between science and the public.
Science popularization is a major subject and a common cause for the whole society. We must place science popularization in an equally important position as scientific and technological innovation, continuously provide the public with high-quality science popularization services, and promote the spirit of scientists to take root in people's hearts.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李凯旋
On September 3rd, at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, when the battle flag of the "Yang Jingyu Detachment (杨靖宇支队)," representing the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, appeared, Chen Hong (陈红) couldn't help but tear up. "My grandmother and her comrades' dream was for the motherland to have the powerful appearance it has today. Grandma, I am witnessing today's prosperity for you!"
Chen Hong's (陈红) grandmother, Zhao Yiman (赵一曼), whose original name was Li Kuntai (李坤泰), was born in Yibin (宜宾), Sichuan (四川) in 1905 and joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in the summer of 1926. After the September 18th Incident, she adopted the alias "Zhao Yiman (赵一曼)" and was dispatched by the Party organization to the Northeast to lead the anti-Japanese struggle in Shenyang (沈阳) and Harbin (哈尔滨). She successively served as Secretary and Director of the Organization Department of the Manchuria Federation of Trade Unions and Acting Secretary of the Harbin Federation of Trade Unions. On August 2, 1936, Zhao Yiman (赵一曼), only 31 years old, heroically died in Zhuzhou (珠河).
On the train to the execution ground, Zhao Yiman (赵一曼) wrote a final letter to her son: "Mother has not been able to fulfill her responsibility to educate you, which is truly regrettable... Mother will not use thousands of words to educate you, but will use action to educate you. After you grow up, I hope you will not forget that your mother sacrificed for the country!"
This letter has moved countless people. Not long ago, Chen Hong (陈红) also wrote a letter to her grandmother: "Your noble spirit, and the noble spirit of countless revolutionary martyrs, has taken root and sprouted on the land of China, blooming into brilliant flowers. You and thousands of martyrs have become eternal lights, and what we must do is to pass this light on even further."
"As a descendant of a martyr, I will do everything I can to inherit the spirit of the martyrs." After retiring, Chen Hong's (陈红) footprints have spread all over the country, lecturing on the history of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the revolutionary story of Zhao Yiman (赵一曼). "Today's happy life did not come easily. I hope the younger generation will strengthen their faith and build the country stronger and stronger!"
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 芳
"One pull, two turns, three pinches, four pulls, and a balloon is knotted, the fastest taking just over 1 second." Speaking of the steps to knotting a balloon, Chen Yukun (陈俞坤), a sophomore in the Public Security Department of Beijing Police College (北京警察学院), knows them like the back of his hand. The calluses on his fingers, left by training, are clearly visible.
On the morning of September 3, after the parade ceremony, 80,000 balloons rose into the air, forming a colorful balloon screen of six colors: red, orange, yellow, green, dark blue, and light blue. "This moment is unforgettable for a lifetime!" Looking up at the gorgeous sky, Chen Yukun (陈俞坤) was extremely excited.
A few months ago, Beijing Police College (北京警察学院) received the task of releasing peace doves and balloons after the parade ceremony. 600 students were divided into groups of two, required to complete the inflation and knotting of a balloon within 8 seconds. The balloon diameter was 26 centimeters, with an error of no more than 1 centimeter.
Initially, Chen Yukun (陈俞坤) either inflated the balloons too small or burst them. When tying the balloons, his fingers were often rubbed until they bled. "Inflation requires mastering 'skillful force' to make the balloon full and safe. Knotting requires more attention to detail, requiring speed, tightness, and standardization," Chen Yukun (陈俞坤) said. From physical fitness to fine operation, the students underwent rigorous training. Countless repetitions, fingers worn out, nails deformed, the technique became more and more skilled, "From the beginning, being able to inflate 6 balloons in 1 minute, to being able to inflate nearly 20 balloons in 1 minute at most," Chen Yukun (陈俞坤) said.
During the parade, Chen Yukun (陈俞坤) and his classmates sat upright around the Monument to the People's Heroes (人民英雄纪念碑). They could not see the parade scene, but could only hear the passionate military music and the cheers of the crowd, but their hearts were filled with joy and pride.
The new semester has begun, and Chen Yukun (陈俞坤) has returned to his intense study life. "In the future, I will use my youth to protect the peace of the people and be a person who contributes to the country," he said.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, September 22nd (Reporters Pan Zhiwei (潘志伟) and Xie Xiyao (谢希瑶)) The 2025 National "Honest Business Promotion Month" officially kicked off on the 22nd in Xianning City (咸宁市), Hubei Province (湖北省). With the theme of "Honesty and trustworthiness, benefiting enterprises and benefiting the people," the event aims to promote a culture of integrity, optimize the consumption environment, and promote the high-quality development of social credit system construction.
The 2025 National "Honest Business Promotion Month" is jointly organized by 12 departments, including the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China (中共中央宣传部), and the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院). The event, which began in 2005, has been held for 21 consecutive years and has become a brand activity for promoting the concept of integrity, promoting a culture of integrity, and creating an environment of integrity.
According to reports, the event will focus on 14 aspects, promoting a strong atmosphere of "speaking of integrity, valuing integrity, and adhering to integrity" in various industries through the selection of integrity cases, the release of integrity initiatives, and the popularization of credit knowledge. During the promotion month, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) will guide local commercial authorities to hold "Honest Business Promotion" silver-enterprise matchmaking activities in 10 key provinces, carry out "Credit Benefits the People" activities in 20 major business districts across the country, and launch a number of convenient and beneficial preferential measures for the people and enterprises to fully release credit dividends.
At the launch ceremony, six national key industry business associations, including the China General Chamber of Commerce (中国商业联合会) and the China Consumers Association (中国消费者协会), jointly issued an integrity initiative, calling on the majority of enterprises to jointly create an honest and trustworthy market environment. During this event, the Hubei Provincial Department of Commerce (湖北省商务厅) and Xianning City (咸宁市) and other cities and states simultaneously launched the "Happy Shopping Hubei" Golden Autumn Consumption Promotion Activity.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 金 歆 张 驰
From September 15th to 21st, the 2025 National Cyber Security Awareness Week, themed "Cybersecurity for the People, Cybersecurity by the People - Safeguarding High-Quality Development with High-Level Security," was held. During this period, the opening ceremony of the conference, the Cyber Security Technology Summit Forum, and other activities were held in Kunming (昆明), Yunnan Province (云南省).
In recent years, new network technologies have rapidly iterated, and network security requires new technical support, with quantum technology and cloud computing being representative examples. According to the relevant person in charge of Alibaba Cloud (阿里云), the current cloud computing platform continues to strengthen its own security capabilities, and cloud customers can actively manage cloud application security through security detection and free security tools.
At the Cyber Security Industry Chain Collaboration Forum, Liu Bo (刘博), Chief Technology Officer of DBAPPSecurity (安恒信息), stated that technological innovation and practical exploration should be carried out in the four major links of data "supply, flow, use, and security" to provide a safe and feasible path for the market-oriented allocation of data elements.
New network security problems continue to emerge, posing new requirements for improving the rule system and enhancing governance effectiveness.
"Technologies such as artificial intelligence are profoundly changing the way people produce and live, bringing unprecedented development opportunities, but also unprecedented risks and challenges." At the Cyber Security Technology Summit Forum, the relevant person in charge of the Central Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) pointed out that it is necessary to build an inclusive, prudent, and mutually beneficial network security technology governance system.
The "Artificial Intelligence Security Governance Framework" Version 2.0, released at this Cyber Security Technology Summit Forum, has attracted attention. Liu Bo (刘博), Deputy Director of the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (国家计算机网络应急技术处理协调中心), introduced that the governance framework further elaborates on the concept and five principles of artificial intelligence security governance, refines the classification of security risks, and provides 30 technical response measures and 40 governance models. It also adds special content such as application scenarios and intelligent level-based security risk classification principles to promote the formation of a safe, trustworthy, and controllable technology research and development ecosystem, and to help international security governance cooperation.
On September 13th, the China-Laos Railway "Yunling Cyber Security" (云岭网安) network security-themed train departed from Kunming South Station (昆明南站). Inside the carriages, LED screens scrolled through network security publicity content.
In Kunming (昆明), a series of colorful activities allowed more people to understand the importance of network security: at Nanping Street Square (南屏街广场) in Wuhua District (五华区), interactive games such as "Network First Aid Challenge" helped teenagers and parents intuitively understand the application and challenges of artificial intelligence technology in risk prevention and control; in the Cyber Security Theme Block in Chenggong District (呈贡区), street merchants transformed into "network security propagandists," and catchy and youthful slogans attracted many students from surrounding universities to stop and check in...
The relevant person in charge of the Kunming Municipal Party Committee (昆明市委) stated that they will take the opportunity of hosting the National Cyber Security Awareness Week activities to promote the gathering of network security enterprises, projects, technologies, talent resources, and other elements, explore a collaborative innovation and development model of "government, industry, finance, academia, research, and application," and accelerate the creation of a network security industry highland facing South Asia (南亚) and Southeast Asia (东南亚).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shanghai (上海) dispatch, September 22nd (Reporter Zhao Yongxin (赵永新), Jiang Hongbing (姜泓冰)) The 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum (浦江创新论坛) closed in Shanghai (上海) on the 22nd. During the 3-day event, more than 550 guests from over 300 institutions across 45 countries and regions engaged in in-depth discussions centered around the theme of "Sharing Innovation, Shaping the Future: Building an Open and Collaborative Global Science and Technology Community."
Belarus (白俄罗斯), as the guest country of honor for this year's forum, jointly organized a series of science and technology innovation year activities with China (中方), focusing on showcasing science and technology innovation cooperation, and held ceremonies such as the signing of cooperation projects between the two countries and the unveiling of jointly built institutions. This forum also held more than 30 special forums and conferences in cutting-edge fields such as quantum intelligence, controlled nuclear fusion, embodied intelligence, neurotechnology, and silicon photonics. Guests, including Nobel Prize, Wolf Prize, and Turing Award winners, gathered together to jointly plan the future path of innovation.
The Pujiang Innovation Forum (浦江创新论坛), established in 2008, is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部) and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (上海市人民政府), aiming to build a platform for innovation development exchange and international science and technology cooperation.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 贺 勇 蒋云龙
The camel bells of a thousand years ago still seem to echo in my ears, and the long whistle of the train has been resounding on the Silk Road for a long time.
Xinjiang (新疆), deep in the inland, has now become a core area and a hub. On the fertile plains, wheat waves undulate, and green gauze tents surge. "Xinjiang Grain" adds a solid foundation to holding the Chinese bowl steady. Under the blue sky and white clouds, silver eagles soar into the sky, and the air Silk Road transforms the inland hinterland into a high ground for opening up. Between the Gobi deserts, wind turbines stand like forests and photovoltaic panels like seas, and green electricity injects strong momentum into high-quality development. More than 26 million people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang (新疆) are united in their struggle and forging ahead, writing a new historical chapter on the new era and new journey.
Finding a Position in Serving and Integrating into the New Development Pattern
In Khorgos (霍尔果斯), Xinjiang (新疆), 35-year-old Ili Zhati Nijiati (伊力扎提·尼加提) is a "ferryman" for domestic cars. He drives new domestic cars out of the country, delivers them in Kazakhstan, and then returns by cross-border passenger bus. In Khorgos (霍尔果斯), there are nearly 4,000 "ferrymen" for domestic cars like him. Li Hongfeng (李宏峰), Deputy Director of Khorgos Customs (霍尔果斯海关), introduced that domestic cars are popular in the Central Asian market. From January to August this year, 237,000 vehicles were exported through the Khorgos Port (霍尔果斯口岸), an increase of 5.3% year-on-year.
At the Turugart Port (吐尔尕特口岸) in Xinjiang (新疆), Maimaiti Juma Sharbayi's (买买提居马·沙尔巴依) leisure time is no longer idle. The freight yard at the entrance of his home is bustling with traffic, requiring a large amount of labor, and he can earn money at his doorstep. Uqturpan County (乌恰县), Xinjiang (新疆), relies on the Turugart Port (吐尔尕特口岸) and Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦口岸), two ports approved by the state for opening to the outside world, and has registered nearly 500 enterprises, requiring thousands of person-times of labor each year.
Xinjiang (新疆), with "five ports connecting eight countries and one road connecting Europe and Asia," has 19 ports approved by the State Council and open to the outside world. Xinjiang (新疆) consciously integrates its regional opening-up strategy into the overall national westward opening-up layout, continuously promotes the expansion of opening-up to deeper levels, wider fields, and all directions, and builds a golden channel for Asia and Europe and a bridgehead for westward opening-up.
Today's Xinjiang (新疆) has opened its doors wider and wider, and its global "circle of friends" is expanding. In 2024, the total import and export of goods in Xinjiang (新疆) reached 434.16 billion yuan, crossing the 200 billion yuan, 300 billion yuan, and 400 billion yuan marks in 2022, 2023, and 2024 respectively. A big step every year, a new look every year.
Xinjiang (新疆) is not only China's gateway to the west, but also a treasure land with rich cultural heritage, magnificent mountains and rivers, and abundant energy and mineral resources, with great development potential.
The quality and efficiency of development are improving. In the Junggar Basin (准噶尔盆地) in Xinjiang (新疆), the development of "new oil and gas" is changing with each passing day. "This year, we have once again achieved a historic leap, and the comprehensive equivalent of new oil and gas in Xinjiang Oilfield Company (新疆油田公司) will reach 20 million tons," said Ding Chao (丁超), manager of the Development Division of China National Petroleum Corporation Xinjiang Oilfield Company (中国石油新疆油田公司). "In Xinjiang (新疆), the construction goal of the first national-level onshore shale oil demonstration zone will be fully completed, the 'four 100 billion cubic meter-level' atmospheric zones will be basically formed, the world's first ultra-heavy oil mining tower solar thermal replacement demonstration project will be put into operation, and the national science and technology special project - low-carbon zero-carbon oil and gas field demonstration project will be accelerated."
The industrial chain is extending. Naomao Lake (淖毛湖) is a small town in Yiwu County (伊吾县), Hami City (哈密市). It used to be sparsely populated and remote, but now it has gathered a large number of enterprises, and tens of thousands of technicians work here. Duan Xuan (段萱), Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Guanghui Environmental Protection Technology Company (新疆广汇环保科技公司), said: "Starting from coal mining, our industrial chain has been continuously expanded, and now it has formed a 100 billion-level green circular economy industrial chain integrating deep coal processing, bulk energy logistics, and supporting services, providing services for dozens of enterprises inside and outside Xinjiang (新疆)."
From the "bottom of the pocket" to the "bridgehead," from the main battlefield of poverty alleviation to the "fulcrum," "base," and "barrier," Xinjiang's (新疆) economic and social development and improvement of people's livelihoods have achieved unprecedented achievements. Data shows that Xinjiang's (新疆) regional GDP increased from 749.947 billion yuan in 2012 to 2053.408 billion yuan in 2024, breaking the 2 trillion yuan mark for the first time, with an average annual growth rate of 7.0%; per capita regional GDP increased from 33,495 yuan in 2012 to 78,660 yuan in 2024, a current price increase of 1.3 times.
Solving Problems by Grasping Issues That Affect the Whole Body
At the junction of Wensu County (温宿县) and Uqturpan County (乌什县) in Aksu Prefecture (阿克苏地区), a "giant dragon" lies across the Kumarak River (库玛拉克河) valley - this is the Xinjiang Dashixia (新疆大石峡) Water Conservancy Hub Project, which has set a new world record for the highest concrete-faced rockfill dam construction with a maximum dam height of 247 meters.
On September 20, the Dashixia (大石峡) Water Conservancy Hub officially started impounding water, marking an important step for this major infrastructure project in southern Xinjiang (新疆) towards fully exerting its comprehensive benefits such as irrigation, flood control, and power generation. "After the project is completed, it can supply 3.42 billion cubic meters of ecological water to the Tarim River (塔里木河) every year, alleviating the water shortage problem in the downstream irrigation area of more than 8 million mu, and helping local people achieve bumper harvests and increased income," said Wang Fengbin (王峰斌), Deputy Chief Engineer of the project.
The edge of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) is a boundless saline-alkali land. "80% of our land is planted with jujubes, and drip irrigation saves about 20% of water compared to before, so everyone is very active," said Chen Hong (陈洪), a farmer in Haian Town (海安镇), Tumushuk City (图木舒克市).
From flood irrigation to the popularization of drip irrigation, from manual gate release and earthen canal "slow-running water" to pipeline water delivery and automatic measurement, the cost of water use for farmers has been reduced again and again. At many symposiums on high-quality development in Xinjiang (新疆), the needs put forward by various prefectures and cities focused on "water," "As long as we have water, we guarantee the speed of development and the quality and efficiency of development."
A drop of water reflects the vicissitudes of the Xinjiang (新疆) land: In 70 years, the irrigated area in Xinjiang (新疆) has increased from 16.81 million mu at the beginning of the founding of New China to 99.17 million mu in 2024, and the grain yield per mu has increased from less than 100 kilograms to 524.8 kilograms in 2024, ranking first in the country. Xinjiang (新疆) has handed over a remarkable answer sheet with 3% of the country's water resources.
On the vast rural land, a series of rural centralized water supply projects have taken root. 169,500 kilometers of rural water supply pipelines are like capillaries, spreading throughout the vast countryside of Xinjiang (新疆), with 54,600 kilometers of pipelines above the village level and 114,900 kilometers of pipelines within the village. The penetration rate of tap water in rural areas of Xinjiang (新疆) has reached 99%.
While ensuring water supply, Xinjiang (新疆) people practice water conservation. In Karamay City (克拉玛依市), the Karamay River (克拉玛依河) flows through the city, and Karamay (克拉玛依) people try their best to make full use of every drop of water. Gao Fuzhang (高甫章), Deputy Director of the Karamay Municipal Water Affairs Bureau (克拉玛依市水务局), said: "From January to August this year, Karamay (克拉玛依) produced 45.498 million cubic meters of recycled water and reused 28.286 million cubic meters, with a reuse rate of 62%."
Doing a good job in "water management" has turned the Gobi into fertile land. Today, not only can we see green oases in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山), but also smiling faces that have prospered because of water. In addition, Xinjiang (新疆) also firmly grasps the key issues and deep-seated contradictions that affect social stability and long-term peace and security, and works hard to continuously optimize the business environment with the rule of law, accelerate the release of energy and resource potential, and focus on the "key point" to vigorously support the development of southern Xinjiang (新疆). In particular, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xinjiang (新疆) has solved many difficult problems that it had long wanted to solve but had not solved, and has accomplished many major events that it had wanted to accomplish in the past but had not accomplished, promoting historic changes in various undertakings in Xinjiang (新疆).
Promoting Fundamental, Foundational, and Long-Term Work Concerning Long-Term Peace and Security
Xinjiang (新疆) fully implements the Party's ethnic and religious policies, creatively carries out the "Ethnic Unity as One Family" activity, and people of all ethnic groups continue to enhance their feelings in coming and going, talking and singing, and gathering and chatting, and the "concentric circle" of ethnic unity is getting bigger and bigger.
With the goal of enhancing identity, cultural enrichment of Xinjiang (新疆) is carried out in depth. In Luying Middle School (鲁英中学) in Yengisar County (英吉沙县), "classical recitation" has become a common practice. Walking on campus, the sounds of reciting "The Analects," "The Book of Rites," and "On Teachers" can be heard from time to time. "We combine the students' daily life and habits to explain in simple terms, so that traditional culture and socialist core values are integrated, and excellent traditional culture is integrated into the students' daily life, immersing the children's hearts," said Zhang Xiaoqian (张晓倩), a teacher aiding Xinjiang (援疆). Jining's (济宁) aid to Xinjiang (援疆) also carried out 73 regular lectures on "Five Entries" of Chinese studies, with 26,000 local people actively participating.
With the consolidation of the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line, all ethnic groups widely interact, exchange, and integrate. In Guyuan Lane Community (固原巷社区) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), brothers and sisters of all ethnic groups sing "Me and My Motherland" together. This community, like many communities in Xinjiang (新疆), is a multi-ethnic family. But everyone, regardless of ethnicity, participates in instrumental ensembles and Peking Opera interest classes together, and the children study together in Chinese studies classes after school.
The fruits of development benefit people's livelihoods and unite people's hearts, and cadres and the masses have forged sincere friendships. In Qiaoerbo Village (乔尔波村), Bostan Tereke Township (波斯坦铁列克乡), Uqturpan County (乌恰县), Xinjiang (新疆), the "Horseback Police Service Team" of the police station came to the yurt of herdsman Kuerban Maimaiti (库尔班·买买提) to bring him a brand-new household registration book and purchased vegetables and fruits. "We have been riding horses into the mountains to deliver services to the homes of herdsmen for 6 years, and we will continue to do so," said police officer Jiakupu Wari Baikyaoli (加库普瓦力·拜克尧力).
One touching story after another vividly interprets "holding together tightly like pomegranate seeds" 像石榴籽一样紧紧抱在一起 (xiàng shí liú zǐ yī yàng jǐn jǐn bào zài yī qǐ - "like pomegranate seeds tightly hug together," to be closely united and inseparable).
Today's Xinjiang (新疆) is full of vitality, full of power, and releasing potential, showing a scene of stability, harmony, and vigorous development. The people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang (新疆) are following the grand blueprint drawn by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), uniting and forging ahead, and striving to write a Xinjiang (新疆) chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘新吾 王欣悦 沈靖然
The mighty Yangtze River flows eastward, cutting through the Wushan Mountains and the Three Gorges, rushing towards the sea. Chongqing (重庆), located in the heartland of the Three Gorges Reservoir area, is the last ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
In April 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Chongqing (重庆): "Vigorously promote green development, build a beautiful Chongqing (重庆), and build a solid important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River."
Firmly establishing and practicing the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, Chongqing (重庆) is comprehensively promoting high-level protection, high-quality development, high-quality life, and high-efficiency governance, striving to build a beautiful Chongqing (重庆).
Preventing and controlling pollution with a bottom-line mentality, painting an ecological background—
Strolling along the banks of the Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) in Changshou District (长寿区), the water ripples, the vegetation is lush, and birds fly gracefully.
As a first-class tributary of the Yangtze River, Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) was once plagued by "multiple diseases" such as industrial pollution, agricultural non-point source pollution, and domestic sewage along the banks. "It looked black and dirty, and I didn't want to go there," recalled Zhang Xia (张霞), a nearby resident. Now she often comes to the river for a walk, "This is happiness at my doorstep."
In order to restore clear water and green banks, Changshou District (长寿区) carried out a comprehensive整治 action for Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) pollution, connecting water systems, rectifying 23 small hydropower stations, renovating sewage treatment plants, and constructing secondary and tertiary sewage pipe networks. For five consecutive years, the average annual water quality of Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) has remained stable at Class III.
The transformation of Peach Blossom Creek (桃花溪) is a vivid practice of Chongqing's (重庆) in-depth battle to protect blue skies, clear waters, and pure land.
To help green waters flow forever, Chongqing (重庆) has investigated and整治 15,000 sewage outlets into rivers, built a digital supervision platform, and guarded the "gates" into rivers; to promote the permanent presence of blue skies, Chongqing (重庆) has implemented hierarchical management and control of key industry enterprises, urging enterprises to carry out ultra-low emission transformation or in-depth treatment... In 2024, the water quality of the Chongqing (重庆) section of the Yangtze River's main stream has remained excellent for eight consecutive years, and the proportion of excellent water quality in 74 national control sections has remained at 100% for two consecutive years; the number of days with excellent air quality reached 333 days, and the PM2.5 concentration decreased by 8.4%.
Restoring the ecology with systematic thinking, restoring the true colors of mountains and rivers—
As the sun sets, overlooking Lieshen Village (猎神村), Zhushan Town (竹山镇), Liangping District (梁平区), the terraced micro-wetlands are like crushed jade, scattered among the mountains.
Who would have thought that this place was once full of "sinkholes" and "white bellies" due to the mining of gypsum mines. In 2017, Lieshen Village (猎神村), after painful reflection, successively closed 5 gypsum mines.
Adapting to local conditions and implementing policies according to the symptoms, Liangping District (梁平区) took micro-wetlands as the starting point to protect the ecological texture. Smoothing the "scars" of the mountains, Lieshen Village (猎神村) has undergone a complete transformation.
"The villagers who made the most noise against the closure of the mines once moved their beds to my door to protest. Now this villager has become a forest ranger, protecting the environment more attentively than anyone else," said Chen Zongshou (陈宗寿), secretary of the general party branch of Lieshen Village (猎神村). "In the past, we 'lived off the mountains,' but now we 'nurture and protect the mountains.'"
Constantly improving the stability and sustainability of the ecosystem, various districts and counties in Chongqing (重庆) continue to exert their efforts: aquatic forests have sprung up on the banks of Hanfeng Lake (汉丰湖) in 开州区, surrounding the drawdown zone with an ecological buffer "belt"; Wushan County (巫山县) has restored the original mountain shapes and repaired mountain surface wounds, and the magnificent scenery of "Ninghe Evening Ferry" has reappeared...
"The ecological protection and restoration of the Yangtze River is advancing in depth." Yu Guodong (余国东), director of the Chongqing Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau, revealed the "report card": The integrated protection and restoration project of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands in the heartland of the Three Gorges Reservoir area in Chongqing (重庆) has been basically completed, with a cumulative restoration of 7,025 hectares of historical relics and closed mines. The city's forest coverage rate remains above 55%, the soil and water conservation rate has increased to 71.67%, and the monitored fish species in the main stream of the Yangtze River have increased by 58 compared to before the fishing ban.
Guiding green transformation with dialectical thinking, polishing the color of development—
Can a car also be used as a mobile power source?
Recently, the Xijie (熙街) Photovoltaic Storage and Charging Integrated Smart Energy Station in Chongqing University Town (重庆大学城) was put into operation, integrating "photovoltaic + energy storage + charging." Some charging terminals allow vehicles to discharge power back to the grid to generate revenue.
"Energy use must also be 'carefully calculated.' The station can alleviate the grid load during peak hours, 削峰填谷 (xiāo fēng tián gǔ - "cut peaks fill valleys," to reduce peak electricity consumption and increase off-peak consumption), and improve the economics of electricity consumption," said Li Desheng (李德胜), founder of Chongqing Qing'an Energy Co., Ltd. He introduced that the company is actively developing energy storage technology to improve energy utilization efficiency.
Green transformation has spawned new development opportunities. Chongqing (重庆) is vigorously developing emerging industries such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles and aerospace information; the output value of national-level green factories accounts for 29.5% of the city's total industrial output above designated size; in the first half of this year, the Chongqing (重庆) power grid cumulatively consumed 3.179 billion kilowatt-hours of new energy power, a year-on-year increase of 34.25%.
In Dadukou District (大渡口区), Yuntianhua Group Co., Ltd. (云天化集团有限责任公司) has developed "green" boards, greatly improving the recovery rate of glass fiber materials; in Nan'an District (南岸区), Chongqing Midea General Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. (重庆美的通用制冷设备有限公司) has implemented green process technology, reducing carbon emission intensity by 32.5%; in Jiangbei District (江北区), the Jiangbeizui (江北嘴) Central Business District River Source Heat Pump Central Cooling and Heating Project turns river water into a "natural air conditioner," reducing carbon emissions by approximately 60,000 tons per year...
With coordinated promotion of pollution reduction, green expansion, and carbon reduction, the land of Bayu (巴渝) is witnessing the pulse of green development everywhere.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, September 22nd) (Reported by Jin Zhengbo (金正波)) According to sources from the Navy: The J-15T, J-35, and KJ-600 carrier-based aircraft, which participated in the parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, have previously completed their first catapult launch and landing training on the Fujian aircraft carrier (福建舰), marking the Fujian aircraft carrier's capability for electromagnetic catapult launch and recovery. This is another breakthrough in the development of China's aircraft carriers and has milestone significance for promoting the transformation and construction of the Navy.
In previous organized multiple test and training missions, several Navy pilots piloted these three types of carrier-based aircraft, successfully achieving takeoffs and landings on the Fujian aircraft carrier (福建舰), verifying the good compatibility of China's completely independently developed electromagnetic catapult and arresting system with multiple types of carrier-based aircraft, enabling the Fujian aircraft carrier (福建舰) to initially possess full deck operation capabilities, laying a good foundation for the subsequent integration of various types of carrier-based aircraft into the aircraft carrier formation system. In recent years, the Navy's carrier-based aviation industry has accelerated its development, completing a huge leap from single aircraft to system, from land-based to ship-based, from ski-jump to catapult, and from being able to fly to being able to fight. The People's Navy (人民海军) is steadily moving towards the comprehensive construction of a world-class navy.
It is understood that since its first sea trial in May 2024, the Fujian aircraft carrier (福建舰) has been carrying out various maritime tests in an orderly manner according to plan, smoothly advancing the debugging of various equipment and overall operational stability testing.
Return to TopIn the wave of educational digitization, China Mobile Hebei Company (中国移动河北公司) bravely undertakes its responsibilities and mission. It fully leverages the capabilities of an industry-leading enterprise, continuously deepens collaborative cooperation with universities and colleges, constantly enriches the supply of digital and intelligent products and services, empowers the high-quality integrated development of campus production, teaching, scientific research, and creates a new engine for digital education, thereby contributing to the construction of a strong education country with practical actions.
Technology empowers agricultural education, creating a benchmark for smart agriculture. China Mobile Hebei Company (中国移动河北公司) and Hebei Agricultural University (河北农业大学) jointly developed an agricultural remote sensing large model. Based on China Mobile's (中国移动) Jiutian Base large model, it integrates over 1000GB of high-resolution satellite remote sensing datasets to achieve functions such as spatial distribution identification of typical crops at the regional scale, analysis of seedling growth, and detection of lodging and waterlogging disasters. It constructs a "digital mirror" system covering the entire life cycle of crops, which not only provides technical support for agricultural scientific research but also provides a typical case for universities to promote the integration of "production, learning, research, and application." After field measurements in the piedmont plain, the agricultural remote sensing large model can complete the identification and growth analysis of summer grain and autumn grain crops at the county level in 3 minutes, accurately locate disaster-stricken areas of lodging or waterlogging, and improve efficiency by 40 times compared with traditional manual inspections.
Creating immersive teaching scenarios and promoting the digital transformation of campuses. China Mobile Hebei Company (中国移动河北公司) comprehensively undertakes the digital transformation projects of Hebei Agricultural University (河北农业大学) and Hebei Finance University (河北金融学院), breaking the limitations of traditional teaching models. It introduces technologies such as 4K video interaction, VR immersive teaching, and remote equipment control to transform abstract theoretical knowledge into perceptible and operable practical experiences, cultivating students' innovative thinking and digital skills. Relying on China Mobile's (中国移动) Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Baoding) Data Center (京津冀（保定）数据中心) and AI Technology Exhibition Hall, it creates an open student social practice base. University student groups are invited to closely observe the operating logic of digital infrastructure and experience the application scenarios of 5G technology in various industries, realizing the deep connection between classroom knowledge and industrial practice, and achieving "industry-education integration and collaborative education."
Jointly building a school-enterprise cooperation training platform to promote the development of digital and intelligent talent cultivation. China Mobile Hebei Company (中国移动河北公司) jointly released the "Honghu Soaring Wings" Hebei Digital and Intelligent Talent High-Quality Development Plan ( “鸿鹄展翅”河北数智人才高质量发展计划) with North China Electric Power University (华北电力大学), Hebei University (河北大学), and other 4 universities. They cooperated to build the "Wutong·Honghu" School-Enterprise Cooperation Platform Joint Training Base (“梧桐·鸿鹄”校企合作平台联合实训基地), deeply integrating enterprise resources, technical capabilities, and university teaching, and constructing an integrated talent cultivation system of "introduction, cultivation, use, retention, and evaluation." The "Wutong·Honghu" platform provides integrated services such as teaching training, skills certification, competition organization, and internship employment around cutting-edge fields such as big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. It has launched nearly 200 high-quality courses and has over 50,000 registered students.
Data source: China Mobile Hebei Company (中国移动河北公司)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 汪志球 郑智文
Jilin Changchun (吉林长春), west of Beijing Street West Historical and Cultural Block (北京大街西历史文化街区), a bustling crowd came for an exhibition.
The majestic Changbai Mountains (长白山) and the mighty Songhua River (松江). The courage of "Venturing into the Northeast" (闯关东), the tenacity of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联), and the heroic spirit of building a new China... The audience came to remember history, but also to build consensus and strengthen confidence.
Nine exhibition areas, 28 units, more than 1,200 historical pictures, more than 70 data charts, and more than 1,000 pieces (sets) of precious objects such as the "Yang Jingyu Detachment" (杨靖宇支队) battle flag... More than a month after the opening, the Jilin Provincial Modern History Exhibition (吉林省近现代史展) remains popular. "The explanations are all booked up, and my voice is repeatedly hoarse. It is worth telling the history of this land!" said Cui Yuzhuo (崔玉卓), a guide, who was still holding historical materials and reading carefully during her lunch break.
Since the new era, Jilin Province (吉林省) has vigorously promoted the protection of historical and cultural heritage, inherited the red gene, and drawn from it the spirit of struggle. "Remembering history and creating the future" is the theme of the exhibition, and it is also the voice of the audience.
Telling the Profound History of Baishan and Songshui (白山松水)
Stepping into the exhibition hall, exhibits and maps silently tell the story of history.
Although it is a modern history exhibition, it starts from 1644, which reflects the in-depth thinking of the curatorial team.
A large map clearly marks the scope of the Willow Palisade (柳条边墙) established by the Qing Dynasty. This palisade once isolated most of Jilin (吉林) from the outside world.
Liu Xinjun (刘信君), the chief expert of the outline writing team for this exhibition and the dean of the Institute of Party History and Party Building of the Chinese Communist Party of Jilin University (吉林大学中共党史党建研究院), believes that the Qing Dynasty's ban on most areas of Jilin (吉林) for more than a hundred years caused population emptiness and backward construction, which laid hidden dangers. "From the map, Jilin (吉林) used to be a border maritime province with thousands of kilometers of coastline," Liu Xinjun (刘信君) said. However, this fertile black land has suffered aggression and plunder in modern times.
This exhibition uses considerable space to display the stories of resistance against aggression on this land since modern times.
A restoration scene of Wu Dacheng (吴大澂), a hero who defended the border in the late Qing Dynasty, attracting visitors to stop. "Surveying the border, building factories, training border defenses, and building fortifications, I have a deeper understanding of Wu Dacheng's (吴大澂) border defense story, and I am deeply touched," said Zhang Xiangyu (张翔宇), a sophomore majoring in history at the School of History and Culture of Changchun Normal University (长春师范大学历史文化学院).
"History tells us that backwardness invites beatings. This exhibition is to thoroughly explain the modern history of Jilin (吉林), telling the glory and humiliation of Baishan and Songshui (白山松水), which will help party members, cadres, and the masses in the province to strengthen their cultural confidence and enhance their historical consciousness," Liu Xinjun (刘信君) said.
Continuing forward, a dynamic map with arrows pointing from Shandong (山东), Henan (河南), and other places to the northeast region vividly presents the process of "Venturing into the Northeast" (闯关东). Batch after batch of pioneers came here to reclaim wasteland, promoting the doubling of cultivated land area, making the Songliao Plain (松辽平原) the "Northeast Granary."
Reproducing the Moving and Tragic History of Resistance
In a corner on the second floor of the exhibition hall, five Japanese military swords are placed in a mess, with cold light shining on the blades.
This is a batch of military swords discovered this year in the interlayer of the walls during the renovation of the former site of the Fengle Theater (丰乐剧场) in Jilin Province (吉林省). Zhang He (张贺), deputy director of the Jilin Provincial Museum (吉林省博物院), introduced that these discoveries have added new evidence to the crimes of Japanese aggression against Jilin (吉林).
This exhibition brings together the latest research results on the modern history of Jilin (吉林), with more than half of the exhibits being exhibited for the first time. "Some archives are being publicly displayed for the first time. These historical materials are important materials for carrying out national conditions, provincial conditions, and patriotism education," Zhang He (张贺) said, pointing to a batch of archives filled with dense small characters.
After the September 18th Incident (九一八事变), the Northeast fell. Faced with the aggressors' oppression, resource plunder, and cultural control, the people on this land bravely resisted.
Frost is frozen, and tree bark is cracked. The scene restoration in the exhibition hall reproduces the arduous struggle environment of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联) soldiers, "warming their chests with fire and feeling the cold wind on their backs."
Under extremely harsh conditions, General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) led the anti-Japanese armed forces, braving the severe cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius, and fought bloody battles with enemies several times their number. When he sacrificed, his stomach was full of withered grass, bark, and cotton wool, without a grain of food... The exhibition reproduces this moving and tragic history of resistance in the form of physical exhibits, pictures, and scene restoration.
"Jilin (吉林) is the place where my grandfather Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇) fought. Today, this land forged by the blood of our ancestors has been completely renewed," said Ma Jizhi (马继志), the grandson of General Yang Jingyu (杨靖宇), unable to hide his excitement as he stood in front of the large oil painting "General Jingyu's Martyrdom" (靖宇将军殉国). Since the opening, many descendants of heroes have visited the exhibition one after another and donated some objects, further enriching the exhibition content.
"The firm belief of loyalty to the Party, the national righteousness of bravely going to the country's difficulties, and the heroic spirit of fighting to the end." The spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联精神) is hung high in the exhibition hall and is even more deeply rooted in the heart.
"The Anti-Japanese United Army (抗联) soldiers fought bloody battles, supported by their beliefs. Each generation has its own historical mission and responsibility. By strengthening our beliefs and inheriting the spirit, we will surely move from victory to new victories!" Liu Xinjun (刘信君) said.
Gathering the Spirit of Starting a Business
A photo wall, viewed from the right, shows black and white photos of soldiers participating in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (抗美援朝) in heroic poses; viewed from the left, it shows color photos of them saluting as heroes.
This is a dialogue between time and space, and a heartfelt tribute. Standing in front of the photo wall, Shi Zhen'an (石镇铵), a middle school student from the Second Experimental Chaoyang School of Jilin Province (吉林省第二实验朝阳学校), straightened his back, closed his feet, and solemnly saluted with his right hand over his head, "The heroes' sacrifices have brought today's peace, and we are full of respect."
The first domestically produced car in New China, the first film studio in New China, the first aviation school founded by the Communist Party of China... "This exhibition is the first systematic display of Jilin's (吉林) representative red symbols," Zhang He (张贺) introduced. Jilin (吉林) is the cradle of the automobile industry in New China, the cradle of the film industry in New China, and the cradle of the aviation industry of the Chinese people.
The preparation for this exhibition lasted half a year, and the curatorial team invited experts in party history, cultural relics, archaeology, and other fields to repeatedly demonstrate. "To understand today's Jilin (吉林), we must deeply understand the modern history of Jilin (吉林). Face history squarely, learn from history, remember the perseverance of the people of Jilin (吉林) in resisting suffering, inherit the heroic spirit of dedication during construction, and strengthen the belief in striving for progress," Liu Xinjun (刘信君) said.
Stepping out of the exhibition hall, you will find the Beijing Street West Historical and Cultural Block (北京大街西历史文化街区), which was newly opened this year, with a bustling crowd. Tourists hold coffee and take photos in front of historical buildings; young children hold toys and play in the waterfront area.
In recent years, Jilin Province (吉林省) has vigorously promoted the protection of historical and cultural heritage, telling historical stories, continuing the city's cultural context, revitalizing many historical buildings, and renewing historical and cultural blocks. Today, citizens and tourists can perceive and touch the history integrated into the city's fabric, become more familiar with the past of this land under their feet, and have a clearer direction for the future.
The best commemoration of history is to create new history.
"We must continue the red bloodline, inherit and promote the great spirit of the War of Resistance, the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (东北抗联精神), and the spirit of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (抗美援朝精神), strengthen our ideals and beliefs, be more energetic, work hard, work practically, and work harder to vigorously promote the comprehensive revitalization and high-quality development of Jilin (吉林)," said Huang Qiang (黄强), Secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee (吉林省委书记).
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The Autumn Equinox marks the arrival of the eighth "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival." In the celebration activities with local characteristics across the country, we see a picture scroll of a beautiful and harmonious countryside that is livable and workable. Xinzhuang Village (辛庄村), located in Changping District (昌平区), Beijing (北京市), is one of the thousands of villages undergoing tremendous changes.
As the morning light spreads over the southern foot of the Yanshan Mountains (燕山), the aroma of hand-brewed coffee wafts from the village market, and the sound of rustling comes from the research and study woodworking workshop. This is a typical weekend in Xinzhuang Village (辛庄村). In recent years, driven by policies promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, a group of highly educated new villagers have come to Xinzhuang Village (辛庄村) and participated in the establishment of a village-wide operation mechanism under the guidance of the government. In addition to the original strawberry planting, the village, with a permanent population of less than 2,000 people, has cultivated new business forms. During the "May Day" holiday this year, Xinzhuang Village (辛庄村) attracted more than 80,000 tourists.
Without the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, there would be no modernization of the entire country. The changes in Xinzhuang Village (辛庄村) inspire us to think: What does a modern countryside look like?
First, let's talk about "industry." The "growth" of new industries and new business forms on rural land cannot be separated from an inclusive market environment and cultural atmosphere. In many villages in Changping District (昌平区), Daxing District (大兴区), and Miyun District (密云区) in Beijing (北京市), on the one hand, we can see that agricultural industries such as strawberries and watermelons are transforming and upgrading towards digital e-commerce and the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism; on the other hand, we can see new types of rural cultural spaces transformed by modern art, aesthetic design, and cultural and creative elements, and new business forms such as homestays, catering, handicrafts, and education are flourishing like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
Let's look at "village" again. The countryside that people yearn for must be a countryside with a beautiful environment. There is broad space for practicing the "Two Mountains" theory and promoting green development to improve the living environment. A type of village represented by Yucun Village (余村) in Zhejiang (浙江) has greatly improved the rural environment through mine restoration and water system management, and green waters and green mountains have become the biggest confidence for village development; through institutional innovation, carbon sink trading and zero-carbon buildings can transform ecological advantages into sustainable competitiveness; and digital technology tools can be used to strengthen villagers' participation and improve governance effectiveness.
The focus is still on "people." The integration of new and old villagers requires handling the relationship between original villagers, returning villagers, and incoming villagers. When new villagers also learn to make specialty dishes and taste the seasonal flavors in agricultural specialties, and when old villagers are also proud to bring relatives and friends into the "village cafe," the transformation of rural cultural concepts and lifestyles quietly occurs.
The "Decision" of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed: "Urban-rural integration and development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization." A modern countryside combines tradition and modernity to create a way of life that both retains rural roots and integrates modern civilization, thereby forming a new rural civilization. We are delighted to see that there are more and more such villages: Qingshan Village (青山村) in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), where young people introduce new environmental protection concepts and diverse cultural spaces into the countryside; Yuanjia Village (袁家村) in Xianyang (咸阳), Shaanxi (陕西), where villagers transform and convert the traditional architectural features of Guanzhong (关中) and intangible cultural heritage experiences into rural construction... The modern countryside has long surpassed the "upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones" imagined decades ago, and has richer forms. Of course, the construction of a modern countryside is also a long process, which requires combining top-down guidance and support with bottom-up natural growth.
The changing Chinese countryside is not only providing a development path that integrates urban and rural areas and faces the future, but also an important window for Chinese-style modernization to showcase itself to the outside world, providing valuable experience for the rural development of Southern countries. Telling the story of the countryside is also telling the story of China.
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院))
Return to TopBeijing, September 22nd (People's Daily reporter Jin Xin (金歆)) It has been learned that the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) has launched a two-month special campaign nationwide called "Qinglang (清朗) · Rectifying the Problem of Maliciously Provoking Negative Emotions."
The special campaign focuses on social media, short video, and live streaming platforms, comprehensively investigating key aspects such as topics, rankings, recommendations, bullet screens, and comments, and focuses on rectifying the following problems: provoking extreme antagonism among groups, forcibly associating social hot topics with identity, region, gender, and other information labels for stigmatization and hype, provoking conflicts between groups; promoting panic and anxiety, maliciously fabricating and spreading emergencies, dangers, police situations, and other sudden events that may affect public safety, and forging and publishing announcements from government departments; inciting online violence and aggression, planning and performing scripts of fights, malicious harassment, etc., and advocating "violence for violence," etc.; excessively rendering negative and pessimistic emotions, excessively self-deprecating or rendering decadent, negative, and negative emotions by concocting so-called hot search terms, popular memes, emoji packs, quotation jokes, etc., causing others to follow suit.
Return to TopSouthwest of Jiangsu, embraced by the two Hubei provinces, with Dongshan Mountain (东山) and Xiyu (圩) to the west, boasting picturesque scenery, Gaochun District (高淳区) of Nanjing (南京) City enjoys the reputation of being a "land of fish and rice." As a practice and innovation base for "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," a national demonstration zone for ecological civilization construction, and the first "International Cittaslow" in the country, Gaochun has pioneered innovation in quantifying the value of ecological products and revitalizing ecological resource assets in recent years, forging a new path of high-quality development that transforms the intrinsic value of ecological products into economic, social, and ecological benefits.
Green mountains and clear waters can be "calculated," and carbon sequestration and emission reduction can generate "gold."
Blue skies and clear waters, park green spaces, rivers, and lakes each have an "ecological value table" in Gaochun. Since 2020, Gaochun has participated in drafting the national standard plan for GEP accounting, exploring the construction of a county-level and city-level GEP (Gross Ecosystem Product) accounting standard system, and scientifically exploring the establishment of an indicator system covering ecological material products, ecological regulation services, and human settlement culture. To date, Gaochun has released a total of 728 accounting standards, including 203 national standards.
Around various ecological products, Gaochun actively connects with the market to realize value transformation. In 2022, Gaochun launched Jiangsu's first organic rice carbon sequestration and emission reduction project, planting "zero-carbon rice" in Hemujian Village (和睦涧村), Dongba Street (东坝街道), carrying out rice carbon footprint monitoring and carbon label certification, and actively promoting the trading of ecological resource rights and interests; in March 2024, Gaochun issued Jiangsu's first agricultural carbon ticket, completing the first auction of compensated bidding for national organic rice carbon sequestration and emission reduction, and related experience has been incorporated into Jiangsu's local standards.
Revitalizing the Ecological Foundation and Innovating People-Benefiting Models
Under the promotion of GEP reform, Gaochun takes the entire area as a beautiful garden for overall protection and restoration, strictly implements an industrial access and environmental management and control system, and allocates no less than 20% of the local newly added financial resources to ecological construction each year.
At present, the Gucheng Lake (固城湖) "returning farmland to lake" project with a total investment of 3 billion yuan has been successfully completed, and key projects such as the 84.5-kilometer-long Shuiyang River (水阳江) basin river management are being promoted in an orderly manner; the forest coverage rate in the district remains stable at over 25%, and the village green coverage rate remains stable at over 38%; Gaochun Development Zone (高淳开发区) has successfully created a provincial-level ecological industrial park, and the regional environmental quality and sustainable development capabilities have been significantly improved. On this basis, Gaochun has conducted investigation, monitoring, filing, confirmation, and empowerment of various ecological resources, and actively explored new models that benefit the people.
Gaochun has established a green financial mechanism of "ecological economization and economic ecologization," completed the country's first comprehensive vegetation carbon sink value insurance policy, issued Nanjing's first "GEP ecological value loan," and won the National Credit Innovation Case Award. Under the premise of clarifying that net income belongs to the collective and high environmental protection standards, Gaochun has completed the listing of 163 mu of collective operational construction land; among them, the inefficient collective construction land in Caotang Village (漕塘村), Gucheng Street (固城街道), has introduced an advanced manufacturing project, with an estimated annual output value of 200 million yuan; a piece of collective land in Hemujian Village (和睦涧村), Dongba Street (东坝街道), is used for rice scientific planting and rural practice base construction, and villagers can also enjoy share dividends.
The diversified transformation of ecological value has brought tangible improvements to people's livelihoods. In 2024, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Gaochun reached 38,579 yuan, an increase of 30.5% compared to 2020, and the income ratio between urban and rural residents narrowed to 1.89:1.
Deepening Value Realization and Promoting Green Development
Gaochun actively promotes the connection between the two-way transformation of "green waters and green mountains" and the acceleration of urban-rural integration and development, and the "deep connotation and high appearance" economy injects surging power into high-quality development.
Taking the National Modern Agricultural Industrial Park as the leader, Gaochun promotes ecological technology to empower quality agriculture and brand-strengthening agriculture. It has successfully created a national-level demonstration zone for healthy aquaculture and ecological aquaculture. In 2024, the entire crab industry chain output value reached 10.9 billion yuan, and "Gucheng Lake Hairy Crab" (固城湖大闸蟹) was selected into the second batch of the Chinese agricultural product brand index directory; the entire tea industry chain output value exceeded 3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%. High-quality brands such as "spring tea and autumn crabs" have promoted the district's e-commerce retail sales to achieve more than 20% growth for many consecutive years, and the aquatic product industry chain benefits more than 100,000 farmers.
High ecological value also attracts strategic capital formation. Gaochun is building an automotive parts industry cluster area, Nanjing New Display Industrial Park (南京新型显示产业园), Nanjing Medical Device Industrial Park (南京医疗器械产业园), and Nanjing Metropolitan Food Industrial Park (南京都市食品产业园), with "one zone and three parks" as the main carrier, focusing on advanced manufacturing, promoting the clustered development of green industries, and the proportion of high-tech industrial output value in the district's industrial output above designated size reaches 58%.
High ecological value brings economic "high appearance" growth. Gaochun is deeply promoting the construction of a national-level tourist resort and a national all-for-one tourism demonstration zone, and cultivating formats such as "ecology + tourism, ecology + culture, and ecology + health and wellness." Lanxi Village (蓝溪村), Yaxi Street (桠溪街道), incorporates ecological elements such as "fresh air" into the "ecological price" of homestays, and the per capita income has increased to more than 35,000 yuan in 10 years; Longshang Village (垄上村), Dongba Street (东坝街道), was originally a city-level economically weak village mainly engaged in tea planting. In recent years, it has introduced social capital to build a tea art cultural and creative base and was awarded the title of National Key Village of Rural Tourism; Gaogang Village (高岗村), Qiqiao Street (漆桥街道), introduced the Tsinghua University Rural Revitalization Workstation, importing education research, cultural and creative tourism, and other formats, and the per capita income has increased by an average of 8% per year. In 2024, Gaochun received a cumulative total of approximately 16.4 million tourists, achieving a tourism revenue of 20.905 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1% and 13.1% respectively, and has been selected as one of the top 100 districts in the country for comprehensive tourism competitiveness for three consecutive years.
Looking to the future, Gaochun will continue to deepen the practice and innovation of "green waters and green mountains," explore more paths for realizing the value of ecological products, and contribute more Gaochun wisdom to promoting the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature and building a beautiful China.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Gaochun District Committee (中共高淳区委宣传部)
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The private sector is a vital force in advancing Chinese-style modernization, an important foundation for high-quality development, and a significant power in promoting China's comprehensive construction of a strong socialist modern country and achieving the second centenary goal. Promoting the healthy and high-quality development of the private sector is inseparable from the guarantee of the rule of law. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must safeguard the socialist market economic order in accordance with the law and improve the level of building a law-based business environment." This points out the direction for us to promote private enterprises to strengthen confidence and stabilize expectations through the construction of a law-based business environment. The Private Economy Promotion Law, which came into effect in May this year, stipulates that "the state adheres to encouraging, supporting, and guiding the development of the private economy in accordance with the law, and gives better play to the fundamental, stable, and long-term guarantee role of the rule of law," conveying a clear signal to improve the level of building a law-based business environment. To implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, we must take Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law as a guide, focus on adhering to and improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. We must accelerate the formation of a legal system based on the Private Economy Promotion Law and supported by relevant laws, regulations, and rules, protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs, maintain a fair and competitive market order, and provide a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable business environment for the healthy and high-quality development of private enterprises.
Building a law-based business environment is an inherent requirement for promoting the development and growth of the private sector.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The socialist market economy is essentially a legal economy" and "The rule of law is the best business environment." The practice of reform and opening up over the past 40 years has fully proved that the more the economy develops, the more inseparable it is from the rule of law. The higher the level of the rule of law and the more perfect the business environment in a place, the safer the transaction, the more stable the psychological expectations of entrepreneurs, and the more motivated they are to start businesses, which in turn promotes the more abundant and lasting vitality of economic development. Without the escort of a law-based business environment, no matter how good the hardware facilities are or how favorable the investment policies are, it is difficult to attract more enterprises to invest and do business.
Private enterprises are an important part of China's socialist market economy, and the rule of law is the most effective "reassurance pill" for the development and growth of private enterprises. At the private enterprise symposium in February this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The current political, economic, and social environment is very conducive to the development of the private economy, and it is the right time for the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs to show their talents." Promoting the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs to show their talents is inseparable from improving the level of building a law-based business environment. This is not only an inherent requirement for building a high-level socialist market economic system, but also an inevitable choice to encourage, support, and guide the development of the private economy. The Private Economy Promotion Law stipulates that "the state adheres to the principles of equal treatment, fair competition, equal protection, and common development to promote the development and growth of the private economy. Private economic organizations enjoy equal legal status, market opportunities, and development rights with other types of economic organizations," promoting the further optimization of the law-based business environment, and will promote the healthy and high-quality development of the private economy on the track of the rule of law.
A law-based business environment provides an important guarantee for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises in accordance with the law. As an important participant in the socialist market economy, obtaining equal legal protection in the process of investing and starting businesses is an inherent need for the development and growth of private enterprises. China's Constitution stipulates: "The state protects the lawful rights and interests of the non-public sectors of the economy such as the individual economy and the private economy." The rule of law can ensure that all types of enterprises enjoy substantial fairness in terms of access conditions and operating rules, and supervise law enforcement and the judiciary to strictly abide by the substantive rules and procedural rules stipulated by law, and protect the legitimate operating rights and property rights of enterprises. Improving the level of building a law-based business environment and strengthening the equal protection of private enterprises in accordance with the law, an important goal is to adhere to and implement the "two unwaverings" (两个毫不动摇), ensure that various ownership economies use production factors equally in accordance with the law, participate in market competition fairly, and receive equal legal protection, so that private enterprises can invest with confidence and develop with peace of mind. Take corporate property rights as an example. "Those who have permanent property have a permanent heart" ("有恒产者有恒心"), the effective guarantee and realization of corporate property rights is the foundation for its development and growth, and also the foundation for the sustained and healthy development of the economy and society. Protecting corporate property rights includes not only protecting property rights, creditor's rights, and equity rights, but also protecting intellectual property rights and other various intangible property rights. As an important part of the construction of a law-based business environment, the CPC Central Committee (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) issued the "Opinions on Improving the Property Rights Protection System and Protecting Property Rights in Accordance with the Law" in 2016, proposing to "adhere to equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal rules, abolish all forms of unreasonable regulations on the non-public economy, eliminate various hidden barriers, and ensure that various ownership economies use production factors equally in accordance with the law, participate in market competition openly, fairly, and justly, receive equal legal protection, and jointly fulfill social responsibilities," etc., strengthening the protection of the property rights of business entities, especially private enterprises, in accordance with the law, effectively enhancing the development momentum of various business entities, maintaining social fairness and justice, and maintaining the sustained and healthy development of the economy and society and the long-term stability of the country.
A law-based business environment provides basic conditions for stabilizing the development expectations of private enterprises. From the perspective of economic and social development, expectations are the business entity's judgment on the future, which can directly affect the business entity's economic behavior choices. This is because when enterprises and entrepreneurs arrange production and consumption activities, they usually first predict and judge the future, and then make effective decisions and take corresponding actions under a series of constraints in order to better cope with the various uncertainties faced in development. Therefore, stabilizing expectations is a key factor in stimulating the development momentum and vitality of private enterprises. Especially in the current environment where uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing, with stable expectations, investors dare to invest, operators will expand production, and consumers are willing to consume. Improving the level of building a law-based business environment helps to establish and maintain a good economic and social order, form a good legal order, and effectively reduce the various uncertainties faced by private enterprises in their business activities. For example, using the rule of law to regulate the boundaries between the government and the market, requiring the government to do what it must do according to statutory duties and not to do what is not authorized by law, and on the basis of respecting the laws of the socialist market economy, adjusting the interest relationships of various business entities through market-oriented means and within the framework of the rule of law, so as to better maintain market order, make up for market failures, optimize government services, and improve administrative efficiency. This can effectively overcome the misalignment, overreach, and absence of government functions, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, and then stabilize the expectations of business entities such as private enterprises, enhance entrepreneurs' confidence, and stimulate enterprise development vitality.
A law-based business environment provides strong support for promoting innovation and creation in private enterprises. Innovation is the primary driving force for leading development, and enterprises are the main body of scientific and technological innovation. Private enterprises have the characteristics of being brave in exploration and daring to innovate, and are active in the field of scientific and technological innovation. At present, private enterprises in China contribute more than 70% of technological innovation achievements, covering more than 80% of the national specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprises and more than 92% of the national high-tech enterprises. China is accelerating the development of new quality productive forces through scientific and technological innovation. Protecting and stimulating the innovation spirit and innovation vitality of private enterprises is an important part of developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. It needs to be seen that innovation activities are naturally accompanied by unknown risks, and have always been "nine deaths and one life" (九死一生 - jiǔ sǐ yī shēng - "nine deaths one life," a narrow escape from death). A law-based business environment is not only a prerequisite for stable order, but also has the role of encouraging and tolerating innovation. Article 27 of the Private Economy Promotion Law clearly stipulates: "The state encourages and supports private economic organizations to actively play a role in promoting scientific and technological innovation, cultivating new quality productive forces, and building a modern industrial system." Improving the level of building a law-based business environment can help private enterprises effectively avoid and actively respond to various risks and challenges that may be faced in innovation activities. Specifically, on the one hand, ensuring the orderly conduct of economic activities provides a predictable legal framework for private enterprises to carry out innovation practices, delineates a clear "track," reduces environmental uncertainty, and then effectively stimulates the innovation and creation vitality of private enterprises; on the other hand, ensuring that private enterprises use production factors equally in accordance with the law, participate in market competition fairly, and receive equal legal protection, especially being able to effectively protect private enterprises' innovation achievements from infringement, provides strong guarantees for enterprises to continue to carry out innovation activities, and then promotes the development of new quality productive forces. This will also promote the formation of a good social atmosphere that encourages and tolerates innovation in the whole society.
China's construction of a law-based business environment has taken solid steps, and the legal guarantee for the development of the private economy has been continuously strengthened.
When presiding over the 19th collective study of the 18th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau in 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must continue to practice internal skills and do our own things well, accelerate market-oriented reforms, and create a law-based business environment." To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, China has always adhered to and implemented the "two unwaverings" (两个毫不动摇), and through comprehensively deepening reforms, has implemented the requirements of treating all types of business entities equally and protecting them equally in accordance with the law in terms of legislation, law enforcement, judiciary, and law-abiding, and has strengthened the legal supply for the outstanding problems faced by the development of private enterprises, improved the legal and regulatory system for the business environment, and continuously created a stable, open, transparent, and predictable business environment. In the World Bank's global business environment ranking, China's ranking has been greatly improved, providing an important institutional basis for maintaining a fair and orderly competitive market order, providing effective support for private economic investment and development, and creating the necessary conditions for the vigorous development of the socialist market economy.
Focusing on business environment legislation, continuously optimizing the institutional environment for enterprise operation and development. Legislation is the foundation of the rule of law, and good law is the premise of good governance. To improve the level of building a law-based business environment, we must first improve the supply of laws and regulations, implement the requirements of equal treatment of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises from the system and law, provide a legal basis for protecting the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of private entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, and continuously consolidate the rules cornerstone for promoting the high-quality development of the private economy on the track of the rule of law. For example, the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment" implemented in 2020 proposed "optimizing the business environment should adhere to the principles of marketization, the rule of law, and internationalization" and "innovating the system and mechanism, strengthening collaborative linkage, and improving the legal guarantee," providing an institutional guarantee for creating fair, open, and transparent market rules and a law-based business environment, and many provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) have also issued local regulations or government regulations on optimizing the business environment; the Civil Code implemented in 2021 further improved the basic legal system and rules of conduct in China's civil and commercial fields, providing more clear rules of conduct and basic guidelines for civil and commercial activities; the Private Economy Promotion Law for the first time clarified the legal status of the private economy and guaranteed the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises in terms of market access, technological innovation, and financial support, and is a basic law for promoting the development of the private economy. The promulgation and implementation of these laws and regulations provide an effective legal basis for optimizing the law-based business environment and powerfully improve the level of China's construction of a law-based business environment.
Focusing on standardized law enforcement involving enterprises, focusing on reducing the burden of compliance operation for enterprises. Law enforcement is an important way to maintain market order and directly affects the development environment of the private economy. In recent years, focusing on fairness and justice, law enforcement agencies have strengthened the construction of the rule of law in key areas, adhered to the rule of law, and the foundation for strict, standardized, fair, and civilized law enforcement has been further consolidated. In terms of law enforcement standards, the benchmark system for administrative discretion has been continuously improved. On the basis of the "Opinions on Further Standardizing the Formulation and Management of Administrative Discretion Benchmarks" issued by the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) and other relevant documents, various localities and departments have refined and quantified the scale and standards of administrative law enforcement behavior in terms of scope and amplitude. As of the end of 2024, the market supervision departments of various provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) have successively issued a list of items for the first violation without penalty, minor exemption from penalty, and reduced penalty, totaling 3,952 items. In terms of law enforcement methods, the results of enterprise credit risk classification have been fully realized in the "double random, one public" supervision, the proportion and frequency of spot checks have been reasonably determined and dynamically adjusted, and differentiated and precise supervision has been implemented. In terms of law enforcement supervision, various localities have innovated administrative law enforcement supervision methods, and measures such as "scanning the code to enter the enterprise" have effectively enhanced the standardization of administrative inspections; administrative reconsideration has also played a positive role in correcting administrative acts, and in 2024, more than 6,500 illegal and inappropriate administrative law enforcement acts that infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises were corrected. These important measures have effectively and equally protected the legitimate rights and interests of all types of enterprises and entrepreneurs, including private enterprises, in accordance with the law, and effectively reduced the burden on enterprises.
Focusing on improving judicial quality and efficiency, resolving disputes for enterprise operations with fair justice. The judiciary is a key link in guaranteeing and realizing the rule of law for fair competition, and plays an important role in serving the overall situation of economic and social development. Fair justice is not only the last line of defense for maintaining social fairness and justice, but also an important part of improving the level of building a law-based business environment. In recent years, China has focused on improving judicial quality and efficiency, and has continuously strived to resolve disputes for enterprise operations with fair justice, which has powerfully improved the level of China's construction of a law-based business environment. For example, in terms of supporting enterprise exit, the handling efficiency of bankruptcy cases has been continuously improved. In 2024, courts across the country concluded 30,000 bankruptcy cases and revitalized more than 790 billion yuan of assets; the construction of the government-court linkage mechanism for strengthening bankruptcy cases has been strengthened, and the verification of enterprise bankruptcy information has been handled efficiently. In 2024, the "one thing" for enterprise bankruptcy information verification was launched, realizing the joint handling of 9 verification items at one time, further facilitating the information verification of bankrupt enterprises and improving the efficiency of bankruptcy disposal. The latest enterprise survey results released by the World Bank show that more than 97% of enterprises believe that Chinese courts are fair and reliable in resolving commercial disputes, ranking among the top in more than 100 economies that have completed the survey. At the same time, various localities have adhered to and developed the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) in the new era, and have continued to promote the formation of a large mediation work pattern. In 2024, people's mediation organizations across the country mediated 1.153 million contract disputes, including 234,000 disputes involving private enterprises, resolving a number of enterprise-related contradictions and disputes from the root. The continuous advancement of fair justice and the continuous improvement of judicial quality and efficiency not only powerfully guarantee the smooth conduct of various business activities in accordance with laws and regulations, but also effectively enhance the integrity and compliance awareness of various business entities, and enhance the internal driving force for the construction of a law-based business environment.
Focusing on cultivating law-abiding awareness, creating a good atmosphere for enterprises to learn, know, and use the law. The market economy advocates the spirit of contract that "agreements must be kept and violations must be investigated" ("有约必守、违约必究"). Only when business entities jointly abide by market rules and carry out production and business activities on the track of the rule of law can various business activities be carried out smoothly. Guiding enterprises to establish a compliance awareness and effectively enhance the legal awareness of enterprise managers and employees can reduce transaction costs, promote the core socialist values, and better regulate the socialist market economic order. In terms of legal publicity and education, China has organized activities such as "Constitution Publicity Week" and "Civil Code Publicity Month" to popularize relevant legal concepts such as equal protection of property rights; in terms of public legal services involving enterprises, various localities have successively launched public welfare legal service activities such as "legal checkup" for private enterprises and "ten thousand institutes linking ten thousand associations," and have formed lawyer service groups to help enterprises prevent legal risks and improve governance structures; the professional construction of enterprise legal service teams has been strengthened, and the guidance of lawyers and enterprise legal advisers has been strengthened, and more than 80 lawyer business operation guidelines have been organized and published, covering multiple business areas such as company law, so as to help improve the level of professional services with excellent practical experience. After unremitting efforts, the law-abiding awareness of private enterprises has been significantly improved, and the ideological foundation for the construction of a law-based business environment has been continuously consolidated.
Promoting the high-quality development of the private economy with a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable law-based business environment.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The business environment can only be better, never the best." Improving the business environment is a systematic project that requires long-term adherence. Optimizing the rule of law-based business environment will not stop either, requiring sustained effort and continuous exertion. In recent years, China's construction of a rule of law-based business environment has achieved remarkable results, but there is still a certain gap compared with the requirements for better promoting the high-quality development of the private economy and the needs of private enterprises for a better business environment. In the new era and new journey, it is necessary to use the thinking and methods of the rule of law to further comprehensively deepen reform, combine the needs of the entire life cycle of private enterprise development, and address the problems faced by private enterprises in development, such as equal use of production factors, fair participation in market competition, and protection of legitimate rights and interests. We must improve the regulatory system, strengthen the implementation of systems, create a fair environment, better stabilize development expectations, and stimulate innovation, so as to provide better legal guarantees for the steady and long-term development of the private economy.
More attention should be paid to the protection of legitimate rights and interests. Improve the property rights system, protect the property rights of various ownership economies equally and permanently in accordance with the law, and establish an efficient comprehensive intellectual property management system. Implement the same responsibility, the same crime, and the same punishment for acts that infringe upon the property rights and legitimate rights and interests of various ownership economies, and improve the punitive compensation system. Strictly prohibit the sealing up, detention, and freezing of property beyond authority, scope, amount, and time limit, standardize the disposal of property involved in cases, and reduce the impact on the legitimate production and operation activities of the private economy. Correct wrong cases involving enterprises in accordance with the law, and implement strict review of whether compulsory measures restricting personal freedom comply with legal authority, conditions, and procedures. Crack down on crimes that infringe upon the reputation rights of private economic organizations and the personal dignity, privacy rights, etc. of operators in accordance with the law.
More attention should be paid to regulating law enforcement involving enterprises. Improve the benchmark system for administrative discretion, refine and quantify administrative discretion standards, standardize the scope, types, and extent of discretion, and avoid non-standard law enforcement behaviors such as abuse of administrative discretion and "substituting management with fines." For regulatory matters involving multiple departments, are difficult to manage, and have prominent risks and hidden dangers, establish and improve a cross-departmental comprehensive regulatory system to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of supervision. Strengthen the combination of punishment and education, and do not impose penalties for matters included in the list of minor violations that are not subject to punishment, and exempt from punishment for matters included in the list of first-time violations that are exempt from punishment. Solidly carry out special actions to standardize law enforcement and judicial practices involving enterprises, and strictly prevent individual profit-seeking behaviors and illegal cross-regional law enforcement in law enforcement.
More attention should be paid to the quality and efficiency of judicial protection. Promote the improvement of the source prevention and diversified resolution mechanism for resolving conflicts and disputes, promote the construction of mediation platforms in people's courts, and effectively reduce the cost for private economic organizations to resolve difficulties. Strengthen the comprehensive management and source management of "difficulty in enforcement," optimize the allocation of enforcement power, improve the quality and efficiency of bankruptcy trials, strengthen the linkage between the government and the court and data communication between departments, and strengthen cross-departmental and cross-regional linkage and cooperation within the court system to better leverage the "active rescue" and "timely clearing" functions of bankruptcy trials. Strengthen publicity and education on the law, fully explain the legal guarantee role and standardized guidance role of the Private Economy Promotion Law, and leverage the leading demonstration, educational, and warning roles of typical cases, so that private economic organizations and their operators can "understand and use" the law.
More attention should be paid to the exemplary role of the rule of law government. Promote the legalization of government agencies, functions, powers, procedures, and responsibilities, promote the standardization, normalization, and facilitation of government services, and improve the integrated online government service platform covering the whole country. Improve the legality review mechanism for major decisions and normative documents. Strengthen the review of government legislation. Improve the legal and regulatory system for clearing arrears owed to enterprises, implement the newly revised "Regulations on Payment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Accounts," and further improve the institutional arrangements for resolving the problem of arrears owed to small and medium-sized enterprises by government agencies, institutions, and large enterprises. Promote the construction of government integrity, and establish a credit supervision mechanism for arrears owed to enterprises. Establish and improve a government accountability system for breach of trust, focusing on governing government breach of trust in the fields of debt financing, government procurement, bidding and tendering, and investment promotion.
(The author is the Director of the Business Environment Development Promotion Center of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委营商环境发展促进中心).)
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In 1994, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, creatively proposed the strategic deployment of building "Maritime Fuzhou" and took the lead in sounding the call to "advance towards the sea" nationwide. This strategic deployment systematically positioned the ocean as the core engine of urban development, reconstructed the logic of urban development with the courage to strengthen the city through the sea, balanced development and protection with the wisdom of harmony between people and the sea, and connected the world with an open and inclusive pattern. It not only gave Fuzhou new impetus to accelerate development, but also served as a pioneering guide for China's maritime power strategy, profoundly interpreting the modern development logic of "prosperity through the sea." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of important discourses on further caring for the ocean, understanding the ocean, and managing the ocean, emphasizing that "promoting Chinese-style modernization must promote the high-quality development of the marine economy and embark on a path of strengthening the country through the sea with Chinese characteristics." From the strategic deployment of "Maritime Fuzhou" to the implementation of the maritime power strategy, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important concepts and major practices regarding the development of the marine economy and the construction of a maritime power have provided scientific guidance for exploring the treasure trove of marine natural resources and expanding human development space, demonstrating important contemporary value and practical power.
The strategic vision of vigorously developing the marine economy was put forward prospectively. In the 1990s, the focus of development in most coastal cities was mainly on land, and the development of the ocean was still limited to traditional sea farming, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and fishing. During his work in Fuzhou (福州), based on in-depth investigation and research, Comrade Xi Jinping keenly recognized the important role of the ocean in Fuzhou's economic and social development, pointing out: "Fuzhou's advantage lies in the rivers and seas, Fuzhou's way out lies in the rivers and seas, Fuzhou's hope lies in the rivers and seas, and Fuzhou's development also lies in the rivers and seas." Comrade Xi Jinping presided over the "Maritime Fuzhou" seminar, emphasizing that "building 'Maritime Fuzhou' is a major move to promote the economic development of our city and a major strategic measure to realize the '3820' project," and guided the promulgation of the "Opinions on Building 'Maritime Fuzhou'," promoting the vigorous development of the marine economy in Fuzhou from the strategic planning level. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has planned the construction of a maritime power from a strategic and overall perspective, clearly pointing out that "building a maritime power is a major strategic task for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." The strategic deployment of "Maritime Fuzhou" is forward-looking and strategic, demonstrating Comrade Xi Jinping's strategic thinking of planning work from an overall and long-term perspective. The major concepts it contains still radiate strong vitality today, providing valuable reference for the development of coastal cities in China.
Scientific planning of development ideas that meet the characteristics of marine resources and the requirements of economic and social development. Whether it is establishing the goal of Fuzhou's marine industry output value exceeding 10 billion yuan by 2000, or proposing the formation of two fleets, the construction of three major projects, and the expansion of four bases, the strategic deployment of "Maritime Fuzhou" is a scientific development idea based on the characteristics of Fuzhou's marine resources and the actual economic and social development. When guiding the construction of "Maritime Fuzhou," Comrade Xi Jinping paid attention to giving play to the leading role of science and technology in the construction of "Maritime Fuzhou," activating the surging blue development momentum with the development of marine science and technology; adhered to the scientific thinking of overall coordination, and vigorously promoted the coordinated development of Fuzhou's planting industry, aquaculture industry, fishing industry, processing industry, and marine high-tech industry. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has regarded the marine economy as an important way to promote economic and social development, emphasizing that "the ocean is a strategic place for high-quality development" and "making the marine economy a new growth point." The innovative practice of the "Maritime Fuzhou" strategic deployment demonstrates the scientific development concept of transforming the marine economy from a resource-consuming type to a sustainable development type, providing pioneering exploration experience for China's maritime power construction.
Attention is paid to coordinating the relationship between marine resource development and ecological environmental protection. Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and so are blue seas and silver beaches. During his work in Fuzhou, Comrade Xi Jinping proposed in the "Strategic Vision for Fuzhou's Economic and Social Development in 20 Years," which he presided over the compilation of, to build Fuzhou into "a clean, beautiful, comfortable, and quiet coastal open city with the ecological environment basically restored to a virtuous cycle." Comrade Xi Jinping promoted the protection of the Minjiang (闽江) River Basin and the comprehensive management of inland rivers, prompting Fuzhou's inland rivers and outer seas to achieve a virtuous cycle of water bodies and mutual ecological support. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has incorporated the construction of marine ecological civilization into the overall layout of marine development, adhered to the equal emphasis on development and protection, pollution prevention and ecological restoration, the overall quality of the marine ecological environment has been improved, the ecosystem service functions of some sea areas have been significantly improved, and marine resources have been developed and utilized in an orderly manner. The strategic deployment of "Maritime Fuzhou" not only provides a model for China's scientific development of marine space, but also demonstrates China's responsible commitment to giving equal importance to development and protection in global ocean governance.
Adhere to the systematic thinking of land-sea coordination and comprehensive policies. Marine development is a systematic project, and we must adhere to systematic thinking and strengthen overall coordination. During his work in Fuzhou, Comrade Xi Jinping not only paid attention to developing the marine economy in accordance with local conditions, but also attached great importance to making good use of Fuzhou's rich marine cultural resources, and strengthened the protection and development of historical and cultural heritage such as Fuzhou Shipping Administration Culture (福州船政文化). At the same time, we should not only base ourselves on the mainland at our feet and do a good job in coastal articles, but also focus on the vast ocean and do a good job in maritime articles; we should not only pay attention to the development on the plane and do a good job in the sea surface articles, but also see the potential under the plane and do a good job in the seabed articles. The systematic thinking of land-sea coordination and deep-shallow combination has promoted a clearer functional positioning and broader development space for Fuzhou's marine economy, resulting in better comprehensive benefits. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized "adhering to land-sea coordination, mountain-sea linkage, and resource integration," and from the height of the well-being of all mankind, pointed out that "this blue planet inhabited by mankind is not divided into isolated islands by the ocean, but is connected into a community of shared future by the ocean," promoting global deepening of marine cooperation and strengthening maritime interconnection. From "Maritime Fuzhou" to the construction of a maritime power, it reflects General Secretary Xi Jinping's systematic thinking of taking into account all aspects and comprehensively balancing marine construction, and also provides a scientific method for advancing towards the ocean in the new era, accelerating the construction of a maritime power, and promoting the high-quality development of the marine economy.
Pay attention to using legal means to protect marine governance and security. During his work in Fuzhou, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized that things that should be promoted and reformed should be legislated as early as possible. On the work of coastal management and defense in Fuzhou, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized that "there is no small matter at sea," and specially established the Fuzhou Maritime Defense Work Leading Group, resolutely cracking down on and stopping maritime disputes, maritime robbery, selling intelligence, illegal smuggling, and maritime smuggling and other criminal activities, forming a policy of "**打防管建并举** (dǎ fáng guǎn jiàn bìng jǔ - "simultaneous striking, prevention, management, and construction," a comprehensive approach to addressing issues), **标本兼治** (biāo běn jiān zhì - "treating both the symptoms and the root cause," addressing issues comprehensively), with emphasis on treating the root cause," effectively maintaining the social security and stability of the coastal areas of Fuzhou. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must carefully organize and use various means such as politics, economy, administration, law, and education to implement a multi-pronged approach of cracking down, banning, rectifying, managing, preventing, and building, and truly achieve the joint management of all levels and departments, forming a large situation, large action, and large struggle for the whole society to participate in 'mass prevention and mass governance'." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's legal system for marine environmental protection has been continuously improved, providing strong legal guarantees for China's marine security and ecological protection. The rule of law construction in the construction of "Maritime Fuzhou" is not only a practical sample of China's legal development of the marine economy, but also accumulates valuable experience for China's marine rule of law construction.
(The author is a professor at Fujian Normal University (福建师范大学).)
Return to TopBy: 吴 凯
While interviewing deep in the Daliang Mountains (大凉山), a farmer's simple and pure words impressed me deeply: "The land understands people; if you treat it well, it will treat you well."
China has created a long-standing and splendid agricultural civilization. The silent and romantic "dialogue" between land and people, nourishment and nurturing, has continued for thousands of years. From the natural philosophy of "harvesting rice in October" to the pastoral idyll of "talking about a good harvest in the fragrance of rice flowers," what changes are the longitude and latitude of time, and what remains unchanged is the farmers' sincere affection for the land.
Harvest used to be the lifeline of food and clothing. The people who live on this land know the truth of 勤则不匮 (qín zé bù kuì - "diligence prevents want," diligence ensures sufficiency). They sprinkle the sweat of their labor on the land, fill the year's livelihood with heavy ears of grain, and write the joy of harvest into poems, songs, and the splendid Chinese civilization.
Harvest is filled with colorful hues. From "pursuing food and clothing" to "pursuing happiness," the harvest in the new era includes increased income, bulging "wallets," and thriving good days. The total mileage of rural roads across the country exceeds 4.64 million kilometers, making travel more convenient; vigorous implementation of rural "four-side" greening makes villages more beautiful; high-quality cultural resources go to the countryside, and "village galas" light up the night sky... Behind these gratifying changes are the more radiant smiles on the faces of farmers, and they also outline a broader new picture of development.
Chinese-style modernization cannot be separated from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. The eighth "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival" is here. Let us stir up the power of upward growth in the rolling waves of rice and blooming smiles, strive to build livable, workable, and beautiful villages, and jointly move towards the beautiful future of Chinese-style modernization.
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Return to TopWaves of rice and sorghum roll up in layers, and the fertile fields are full of harvest scenes. The eighth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival arrives as scheduled.
Paying tribute to the harvest and saluting cultivation. Since the beginning of this year, various regions, departments, and the vast number of farmers have overcome the impact of natural disasters such as drought and floods. The national summer grain output was 299.48 billion catties, the second highest-yielding year in history, second only to last year. The national early rice output was 57.03 billion catties, an increase of 1.2% year-on-year, and the yield per mu exceeded 400 kilograms for the first time. The autumn grain area has steadily increased, laying a foundation for a good harvest. The supply of "vegetable basket" products is sufficient and the varieties are abundant, making the harvest answer sheet full of color.
The fragrance of fruits and melons is a precious gift, and a good harvest of grains is the most beautiful picture. The harvest fields are colorful, with joyful smiles, diligent figures, and full harvests, weaving together beautiful harvest pictures. In the vast countryside, industries are booming, life is harmonious and beautiful, supporting the steady happiness of hundreds of millions of farmers.
Golden rice fields, blue granaries, white sheep, red apples, purple vegetables... This edition selects several harvest scenes, tells the stories behind the harvest, shares the joy of the harvest, inspires the power of striving, and gathers a strong joint force to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country.
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Luochuan County (洛川县), Shaanxi (陕西) Province Optimizes Apple Planting Structure
Early-Maturing Apples "Fresh" Harvest
By Zhang Danhua (张丹华), Reporter of this Newspaper
The current time is the golden season for the concentrated picking and marketing of early-maturing apples in Luochuan County (洛川县), Shaanxi Province (陕西省). In the orchards, red early-maturing apples are hanging all over the branches, and the sweet fruit fragrance is refreshing.
In the orchard of Che Jianshe (车建设), a fruit farmer in Xi'angong Village (西安宫村), Yongxiang Town (永乡镇), a dozen villagers are working together, picking, loading baskets, and transporting, busy and happy. "In recent years, the town has promoted the new tree shape of 'dwarf and dense planting'. The fruit trees are easy to manage and have high yields. Soil testing and formulated fertilization technologies are also used, making the fruits large and uniform." Looking at the trees full of fruits, Che Jianshe (车建设) smiled happily, "My 4 mu of orchard has 80,000 bags, and it is expected to produce 25,000 catties of fruit. The quality of the fruit is good and sells well, and this year is another year of good harvest!"
In recent years, while stabilizing the apple planting area of 530,000 mu, Luochuan County (洛川县) has continued to optimize the planting structure and vigorously introduce high-quality early- and mid-maturing varieties such as "Huashuo (华硕)" and "Luli (鲁丽)". By staggering the market season, it can not only sell at a good price, but also recover funds in advance, which truly increases the income of fruit farmers. This year, the total apple output of Luochuan County (洛川县) is expected to reach 1,236,500 tons, of which the output of early- and mid-maturing apples will reach 321,700 tons. At present, the sales of early- and mid-maturing apples have completed about 45%, and the price is stable.
(Li Jiangfeng (李江峰), Correspondent of this Newspaper, participated in the writing)
Lanshan District (岚山区), Rizhao City (日照市), Shandong (山东) Province Promotes the Transformation of the Fishery Industry through E-commerce
Before the Boat Docks, the Fish is Sold Out
By Li Rui (李蕊), Reporter of this Newspaper
The sea breeze rustles, and the fishing port is boiling. At Shenglan Road Wharf (圣岚路码头) in Lanshan District (岚山区), Rizhao City (日照市), Shandong (山东) Province, four fishing boats returned fully loaded, bringing 1,200 boxes of squid and more than 1,500 boxes of Spanish mackerel. Wang Mai (王脉), a "second generation fisherman," moved the goods while loudly instructing: "Handle with care! The squid will be worthless if it breaks!"
Surprisingly, before the boat docked, this batch of seafood had been sold out and was about to be sent to Jinan (济南) and Weihai (威海). "E-commerce customers trust us, and we must ensure freshness." Wang Mai (王脉) wiped the rain off his face and said.
After Wang Mai (王脉) retired from the army at the age of 23 and returned to the village, he slowly learned to inspect and sell goods while doing hard labor such as unloading and moving boxes at the wharf, and started e-commerce. He once lost nearly 700,000 yuan in just 10 days because he did not understand preservation and transportation.
The turning point came from the e-commerce training organized by the district. Through the training, Wang Mai (王脉) learned shooting, live broadcasting and operation skills, and grew into a professional "seafood anchor." His live broadcast room also cooperates with more than 50 pairs of fishing boats, driving the villagers to increase their income together. "**这比挣钱更有成就感！**" (zhè bǐ zhèng qián gèng yǒu chéng jiù gǎn - "This is more fulfilling than making money!," indicates a sense of accomplishment beyond monetary gain.)
In order to promote the transformation of the traditional fishery industry, Lanshan District (岚山区) has held 11 e-commerce training sessions since the beginning of this year, attracting more than 600 people to participate, effectively opening up the connection channel between aquatic resources and the e-commerce market.
Nanjing County (南江县), Sichuan (四川) Province Stores Grain in the Land and Stores Grain in Technology
Scientific Rice Planting Increases Income and Saves Worry
By Li Kaixuan (李凯旋), Reporter of this Newspaper
The autumn wind gently strokes, and the rice ears are like gold. In the rice fields of Yutang Village (玉堂村), Hongguang Town (红光镇), Nanjiang County (南江县), Bazhong City (巴中市), Sichuan Province (四川省), the "iron ox" roared forward, and the rice stalks were threshed and cleaned in one go.
Standing in the field, Pu Biao (蒲彪), a 42-year-old villager, was filled with the joy of harvest. He planted 120 mu of rice and entrusted the entire process to the agricultural machinery cooperative in the town. "With one phone call, the harvester will drive to the field, and the grains will be returned to the warehouse. The whole process is mechanized, which can save nearly 200 yuan per mu in labor costs, and the yield is increased by nearly 100 catties." By growing grain, Pu Biao's (蒲彪) family renovated the house and bought a car.
Pu Biao (蒲彪) can hand over a beautiful grain planting account, which stems from Nanjiang County's (南江县) continuous efforts in storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology. In the past 5 years, the county has built a total of 346,200 mu of high-standard farmland, and the comprehensive mechanization rate of planting, cultivation and harvesting of major crops has reached 70%. 158 agricultural machinery assistance teams provide annual operation services covering more than 200,000 mu. The county cooperates with the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (四川省农业科学院) to improve the quality of rice varieties. The disease resistance and yield of the new variety, Changchi Emerald Rice (长赤翡翠米), have been significantly improved.
"Through comprehensive measures, the total grain output of the county is expected to reach 408,000 tons this year, and another bumper harvest is expected." said Ma Ming (马明), Director of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Nanjiang County (南江县).
Qitai County (奇台县), Xinjiang (新疆) Transforms and Develops Animal Husbandry
Settled Animal Husbandry, Scientific Breeding
By He Yong (贺勇) and Li Yanan (李亚楠), Reporters of this Newspaper
The sky is high and the clouds are light. On the Jiangbulake Grassland (江布拉克草原) in Qitai County (奇台县), Changji (昌吉), Xinjiang (新疆), Tatash Halikhan (塔塔什·哈力汗), a villager in Ranch No. 5 Village (牧场五村), Banjiegou Town (半截沟镇), tightened his reins and stood on the top of the hill. More than 200 Xinjiang fine-wool sheep (新疆细毛羊) had eaten enough pasture, and they were as round as white clouds, gathering into a ball for a while and scattering into stars for a while. The world seems to be intoxicated in this full harvest.
"The pasture for winter has been harvested, and it will be raised in captivity at home when the weather gets colder." Tatash (塔塔什) said that the settlement is less than 1 kilometer away from the pasture, and he can return to the warm house every night. Compared with his parents who were nomadic all year round, he is much happier.
Walking into Tatash's (塔塔什) home, the courtyard is clean and tidy, and the houses, sheds, and forage sheds are built in separate areas. Tatash (塔塔什) introduced that under the guidance of relevant departments, the feed is scientifically proportioned, "**省料，羊吃了长膘快，还能卖个好价钱。**" (shěng liào, yáng chī le zhǎng biāo kuài, hái néng mài gè hǎo jià qián - "Saves feed, sheep eat and gain weight quickly, and can sell for a good price," indicating efficiency and profitability in animal husbandry.)
In recent years, Xinjiang (新疆) has implemented the settled animal husbandry project, building settlements in areas with sufficient water sources, allowing herdsmen to gradually bid farewell to nomadic life. As of the end of last year, Xinjiang (新疆) had developed more than 84,000 scaled livestock and poultry farms (households), with 53.69 million pigs, cattle, and sheep in stock, and the output of major livestock and poultry meat exceeded 2 million tons. Last year, the output value of Xinjiang's (新疆) animal husbandry reached 112.204 billion yuan.
Dingcheng District (鼎城区), Changde City (常德市), Hunan (湖南) Province Develops Vegetable Industry with Characteristics and Branding
New Vegetables, Quality Upgrade
By Yang Xun (杨迅), Reporter of this Newspaper
West of Dongting (洞庭), at the end of the Yuan River (沅水), the harvest is in full swing. In Yaotianping Town (尧天坪镇), Dingcheng District (鼎城区), Changde City (常德市), Hunan Province (湖南省), more than 20 farmers are busy picking vegetables in the "Little Bee" Family Farm (小蜜蜂家庭农场).
"The long field ridge is my keyboard, and the green elves are my audience..." Li Dan (李丹), the owner of the farm, put the round purple eggplant into the bamboo basket while humming the song she composed, her face full of the joy of harvest. "Look at this eggplant, it's shiny purple, and it has a firm elasticity when you pinch it. This year, the yield per mu is more than 3,000 catties, the quality is good, and there is no worry about selling it."
After graduating from university with a music major, Li Dan (李丹) chose to return to her hometown to start a business. The "nightingale" who once performed on stage became the "little bee" in the field. In recent years, vegetable seedlings have been frozen to death, and funds have been trapped... Li Dan (李丹) has fallen and climbed up again, and a pair of piano-playing hands are covered with calluses. Since the year before last, Li Dan (李丹) has started online sales. "Since 2023, nearly 20,000 orders have been sold, with a 100% praise rate." What makes her even happier is that the repurchase rate of vegetables in the online store is close to 70%.
Today, in Changde (常德), there are 127 scaled vegetable planting bases with more than 300 mu like the "Little Bee" Family Farm (小蜜蜂家庭农场), and 30 bases have been certified as "Vegetable Basket" bases in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区). The local vegetable industry has embarked on a road of characteristic and branded upgrading and development.
Return to TopThis September 23rd marks the eighth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival. Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行), born for agriculture and growing with farmers, has always inherited and promoted the fine traditions of being rooted in the front line and supporting agriculture. It prioritizes ensuring the supply of county-level policy resources, focuses on improving the quality and efficiency of its work, and continuously optimizes and strengthens its "San Nong" (三农) financial services, writing a new chapter of financial support for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas on the vast fields. As of the end of June 2025, the balance of Agricultural Bank of China's (中国农业银行) county loans exceeded 10 trillion yuan, accounting for 40.9% of domestic loans.
Financial Services Benefit Farmers, Helping the Comprehensive Revitalization of Rural Areas
Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) is deeply promoting inclusive financial services for agriculture, helping to increase farmers' income and achieve tangible results in industrial revitalization. It has launched the "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷) product exclusively for farmers and regards it as an important tool for serving the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and the common prosperity of farmers. As of the end of June 2025, the balance of Agricultural Bank of China's (中国农业银行) "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷) was 1.79 trillion yuan, an increase of 297.9 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, a growth rate of 19.97%, serving a cumulative total of over 18 million farmers.
In Nangou Village (南沟村), Anse District (安塞区), Yan'an City (延安市), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷) helped a major apple grower reduce the economic losses caused by hail disasters. The grower used the loan funds to purchase and install hail nets, covering all of the expanded orchard of more than 400 mu.
With the help of "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷), the apple industry in Nangou Village (南沟村) has grown, and the business ideas of the growers have also been broadened. Engaging in agricultural tourism integration, doing live streaming sales, holding bonfire parties... In two years, more than 400,000 tourists have visited Nangou Village (南沟村), boosting tourism revenue by more than 35 million yuan, and transforming the once poor mountain village into a "China Beautiful Leisure Village."
"Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷) is an inclusive loan product tailored by Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) for the majority of farmers. Based on this, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) further expands the coverage of inclusive finance through technological empowerment, benefiting more people. Now, villagers can apply for "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷) on their mobile phones, without leaving their homes, borrowing and repaying at any time, conveniently and flexibly. In addition, more and more young people are starting to return to their hometowns to work, and start-up funds for entrepreneurship and loans for equipment upgrades can be solved through "Hui Nong e-Loan" (惠农e贷). Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) precisely irrigates with financial living water, benefiting the majority of farmers and thousands of enterprises and households.
Helping Farmers Increase Income, Firmly Supporting the Development of "San Nong" (三农)
"Celebrating Agricultural Harvest and Enjoying a Better Life" is the theme of this year's Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival. In order to help the majority of farmers increase production and income, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) continues to provide affordable, efficient, and convenient financial services to various agricultural business entities in key areas such as serving food security, supporting people-benefiting industries, and consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation. As of the end of June 2025, the balance of Agricultural Bank of China's (中国农业银行) exclusive product "Liang Nong e-Loan" (粮农e贷) was 140.1 billion yuan, an increase of 42.9 billion yuan from the beginning of the year; the balances of merchant loans and professional large household loans were 114 billion yuan and 15.5 billion yuan respectively; the balance of farmer loans in 160 national key counties for rural revitalization was 87 billion yuan, and the balance of farmer loans in "Three Regions and Three Prefectures" (三区三州) was 89.4 billion yuan; the loan balance of the "Fu Min Loan" (富民贷) product jointly launched with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) was 124.1 billion yuan, an increase of 30 billion yuan from the beginning of the year.
In Qixing Farm (七星农场) in the Sanjiang Plain (三江平原) of Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) has grown together with growers. With continuous financial support, growers try varieties, buy equipment, and gradually become major grain growers. Over the years, a major grain grower in Qixing Farm (七星农场) has received a total of 9.3 million yuan in agricultural bank loans and sold 10.2 million jin of grain to the state.
In Hongsipu District (红寺堡区), Wuzhong City (吴忠市), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区), the founder of Xiangxiang Family Farm (祥祥家庭农场) successfully obtained a loan of 600,000 yuan from the Agricultural Bank (农业银行) last year and began to lead surrounding farmers to do live streaming together. Not only wolfberries, but also the agricultural products of the villagers can be sold through live streaming, and more than 100 farmers can earn money without leaving their villages. From the initial 50,000 yuan women's entrepreneurship loan to start wolfberry planting, to the 200,000 yuan "Fu Min Loan" (富民贷) to solve the shortage of funds for acquisition and equipment, and then to the 600,000 yuan loan for the construction of an e-commerce park production line and the expansion of product sales channels, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) has changed the mountain village with companionship, allowing farmers to embark on the road to prosperity from the mountain gullies.
Boosting Consumption, Innovating and Stimulating Urban and Rural Vitality
Boosting consumption is the top priority of expanding domestic demand and strengthening the domestic cycle. The Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival is not only a "grand market" for promoting urban and rural consumption, but also a "grand platform" for showcasing the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. At the launching ceremony of the 2025 Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival Golden Autumn Consumption Season held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) and other departments, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) released exclusive farmer-benefiting measures covering credit, payment, points, installment payments, and other major categories, launched a first-time card binding gift package activity with a total amount of 110 million yuan and a credit card consumption cashback activity with a total amount of 30 million yuan, and carried out payment discounts and points rights exchange activities at 5,000 Hui Nong Tong (惠农通) service points, accurately meeting farmers' consumption needs and stimulating rural consumption vitality.
Online, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) innovates the consumption assistance model and established the "Agricultural Bank Mall" (农银商城), relying on Agricultural Bank's (农行) mobile banking, online banking, and other channels, focusing on 832 poverty-stricken counties and 160 national key counties for rural revitalization, providing farmers with full-process, integrated e-commerce assistance services, and helping agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas steadily enter a broader consumer market. As of the end of June 2025, the transaction volume of "Agricultural Bank Mall" (农银商城) exceeded 700 million yuan, and the number of consumption assistance transactions exceeded 10 million.
Focusing on new citizens who are struggling in cities, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) has increased resource inclination around the travel, shopping, and employment needs of migrant workers, launched 12306 ticket purchase discounts and "Kuaishou" (快手) and "Pinduoduo" (拼多多) consumption discount activities, benefiting nearly 500,000 migrant workers. As of the end of June 2025, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) has served more than 130 million new citizens.
To welcome the 2025 Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, on September 19, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) held the "Listening, Helping, and Sharing Prosperity - Walking Together with Hundreds of Millions of Farmers - A Tribute to the 2025 Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival Press Conference," inviting farmers, enterprise representatives, and Agricultural Bank (农行) "San Nong" (三农) account managers to share stories of moving towards common prosperity and gather the strength for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas.
In the future, Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行) will continue to focus on its main responsibilities and businesses, deeply cultivate the urban and rural markets, and continuously write new answers to "finance for the people" with more solid measures and better services, making greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country and realizing the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.
Data source: Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行)
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In the past, affected by the natural environment and resource endowment, Yunnan's education faced development challenges such as a shortage of high-quality educational resources, student attrition, and insufficient vitality in rural education. How to solve this problem? In recent years, Yunnan has been based on its provincial conditions, implemented precise policies, and continuously deepened comprehensive education reform to create an environment for students to grow healthily and develop in an all-round way.
Since the implementation of the "Three-Year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Education in Yunnan Province (2023-2025)," Yunnan's education reform and development have accelerated again, and a number of tasks have achieved breakthrough progress: the coverage of high-quality basic education resources has continued to expand, the quality and efficiency of vocational education have achieved remarkable results, and the supporting role of education in economic and social development has become increasingly prominent, further consolidating the foundation for high-quality education development.
Running Schools Well at People's Doorsteps
Peking University (北京大学), Zhejiang University (浙江大学), China Agricultural University (中国农业大学)... This summer, letters of admission from universities crossed mountains and rivers to Zhenkang County (镇康县), Lincang City (临沧市), Yunnan Province (云南省). Many parents are very pleased that their children can receive a good education at their doorsteps.
Just a few years ago, due to the relative scarcity of high-quality educational resources, many parents in this border county were more willing to send their children to "famous schools" in other places.
Is it the right choice to stay in the county to study? In 2022, when Liu Fei (刘飞) had just entered Zhenkang No. 1 Middle School (镇康一中), he and his parents were still a little confused about the future. At that time, Liu Fei's grades were not outstanding.
Introducing high-quality educational resources and carefully guiding students, the teachers of Zhenkang No. 1 Middle School (镇康一中) have made great efforts: the school has established resource sharing and assistance mechanisms with many famous universities in China, and has won online tutoring opportunities from famous university teachers for students such as Liu Fei (刘飞). Yang Jianxin (杨建新), Liu Fei's (刘飞) head teacher, also formulated a "one person, one policy" assistance plan for the students, and there was a thick stack of "growth files" on his desk, which recorded personalized tutoring programs in detail. Repeated careful guidance has steadily improved Liu Fei's (刘飞) grades.
In this year's college entrance examination, Liu Fei (刘飞) was admitted to Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学). "When I was a child, I always dreamed of studying in Beijing (北京), and now I have finally realized it. In the county, I met many excellent teachers who provided me with knowledge and encouragement," said Liu Fei (刘飞).
The loss of excellent teachers and students was once one of the biggest problems facing county high school education. In recent years, Zhenkang County (镇康县) has continued to increase investment in education and fully promote education reform: by linking primary schools in regions and running junior high schools in groups, the overall level of running schools has been improved and high-quality students have been cultivated; teachers have been sent to famous schools for training, and through the two-way flow of "bringing in + going out," the teaching staff has been strengthened, the classroom has been enlivened, and the quality of teaching has been greatly improved.
The expansion and quality improvement of basic education in Zhenkang County (镇康县) is an epitome of Yunnan's efforts to run schools well at the doorsteps of the masses.
Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County (兰坪白族普米族自治县) in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (怒江傈僳族自治州) has built a "county demonstration - township radiation" assistance pattern, in which backbone teachers in the county seat are paired with township teachers to accurately promote the "effective classroom" model through listening to and evaluating classes and teaching seminars; Kunming City (昆明市) has cumulatively formed 89 basic education groups, providing more than 500,000 high-quality degrees; Qujing City (曲靖市) has enhanced the radiation and leading role of high-quality basic education resources in various ways, such as group-based school management, school district management, and community.
In recent years, the radiation and leading power of high-quality basic education resources in Yunnan Province (云南省) has continued to increase. As of the end of 2024, the three methods of group-based school management, school district management, and urban-rural community have covered 13,700 basic education schools and 5,727,900 students in Yunnan Province (云南省), with school and student coverage rates reaching 54.51% and 68.63%, respectively.
Attracting More Excellent Teachers
"Boom, boom..." In the classroom of Bangwai Primary School (邦歪小学) in Bangbing Township (邦丙乡), Shuangjiang Lahu, Wa, Blang and Dai Autonomous County (双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县), Yunnan Province (云南省), students are practicing the bee barrel drum dance under the guidance of teacher Li Zhihua (李志华).
Li Zhihua (李志华), who has more than 40 years of teaching experience, had retired in 2022, but when he learned that rural schools were still short of teachers, he did not hesitate to return to campus and joined the Silver Age Teacher Team, returning to his favorite rural primary school.
Li Zhihua (李志华), who has served as a primary school teacher in all subjects, has rich teaching experience and has also witnessed the changes in the classroom: "Now, the school has opened all the courses in art, music, etc., and the teachers have learned more advanced educational concepts through training, and they have also used educational resources on the Internet to better develop the children's strengths."
In addition to teaching children, Li Zhihua (李志华) also passes on his experience to young teachers without reservation, helping them design more "down-to-earth" lesson plans. Young teacher Li Shan (李山) followed Li Zhihua (李志华) and adapted the text into a Blang folk song, which greatly improved classroom interaction. "Teacher Li Zhihua (李志华) always said that our classroom should be combined with the characteristics of students in our hometown, so that children will love to listen and remember more firmly," said Li Shan (李山).
Senior teachers lead young teachers, changing the face of rural education. Through the Silver Age Teacher Action Plan, Yunnan has cumulatively recruited 3,700 outstanding Silver Age teachers from all academic levels, injecting "silver hair power" into rural education.
College teachers and students also took action. On the playground of Deqin Middle School (德钦中学) in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州), Tang Xiaoqing (唐晓青), a student from Dali University (大理大学) who came to teach, was leading students to practice fancy rope skipping. Since Yunnan Province (云南省) implemented the Sports and Art Immersion Action Plan, the volunteer teachers from Dali University (大理大学) have brought different sports courses to the children in Deqin County (德钦县) and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County (维西傈僳族自治县) in Diqing Prefecture (迪庆州).
"The content of the current sports class is richer and more interesting than before!" said student Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁). Li Chunlin (李春林), the leader of the Dali University (大理大学) team, introduced that the teaching team has integrated ethnic cultural elements into the curriculum, adapted ethnic dances into aerobics, and introduced activities such as spinning tops and archery into sports classes, which are very popular among students.
Through the Sports and Art Immersion Action Plan, Yunnan has selected more than 6,000 teachers and students from universities across the province to provide targeted assistance to primary and secondary schools in weak areas, actively participate in the teaching of sports, music, art and other subjects in the assisted schools, so that rural children can also enjoy high-quality sports and art education and comprehensively improve their overall quality.
Cultivating Talents Around Social Needs
"We have been cooperating with Qilin Vocational Education Group (麒麟职教集团) to educate people since 2020. Students study in the training base for two years, and then intern in our company for one year to improve their employment ability." In the beauty and hairdressing training base of Qilin Vocational Education Group (麒麟职教集团) in Qujing City (曲靖市), Yunnan Province (云南省), Lin Yang (林阳), a lecturer from Shanghai Yaye Beauty and Hairdressing Co., Ltd. (上海雅业美容美发有限公司), is guiding students to conduct practical training.
"The masters of the company teach us hand in hand, and we can access the latest technology in the training base. A skill is my greatest confidence in finding a job," said student Han Han (韩晗).
Front school and back factory, school-enterprise cooperation, order-based training - around the needs of regional industries, Qilin Vocational Education Group (麒麟职教集团) has built a number of school-enterprise cooperation training bases such as new energy vehicles and CNC, and widely promoted the "master-apprentice" and "dual-teacher system" teaching models, and has transported a large number of skilled talents for local industrial development.
In Yunnan, the new modern apprenticeship order class jointly run by schools and enterprises and the "order-based" precision training for industrial workers are being widely promoted, and the results are obvious. Through curriculum co-research, teacher co-dispatch, and practical co-training, vocational education and regional industries are developing synergistically, providing solid skilled talent support for the province's high-quality industrial development.
"What the enterprise needs, the classroom teaches; what the frontier lacks, the talent fills." Accurately connecting with national strategies, Kunming University of Science and Technology (昆明理工大学) and other universities have also joined hands with leading enterprises in various industries to build a "government-school-enterprise" collaborative education system through order-based training and other methods.
Xiao Kaikai (肖开凯) is a senior student majoring in electrical engineering and automation at Kunming University of Science and Technology (昆明理工大学). Under the school's "dual-mentor system" training model, in addition to the mentor in the school, he also has an enterprise engineer mentor to guide him to study customized courses such as UHV power transmission and smart grid. "After another half a year of theoretical study, I will go to the 'West-East Power Transmission' project site to carry out practice."
He Jianjun (贺建军), deputy director of the Employment Guidance Center of Kunming University of Science and Technology (昆明理工大学), introduced that more than 80% of the students in the school's "Three Gorges Class" (三峡班), " Zijin Class" (紫金班) and other professional order classes have taken root in the frontier areas after graduation, and many have become technical backbones. The industrial education integration ecology of "talent transportation - technology tackling - feeding back teaching" has injected strong momentum into frontier development.
From the vision of "going to school well at the doorstep" becoming a reality, to the addition of vitality to rural education by diversified teachers such as Silver Age teachers and college power, and then to the accurate cultivation of talents needed for industrial development through the integration of production and education, Yunnan is solving educational problems by deepening reform, so that high-quality education benefits more students. Today, Yunnan's education not only supports children's dreams of success, but also becomes a solid supporting force for regional high-quality development, and will continue to release a stronger educational momentum in the future.
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"Are you Chinese? Do you love China? Do you want China to be good?" On September 17, 1935, at the opening ceremony of Nankai University (南开大学), educator Zhang Boling (张伯苓) asked three questions that inspired the patriotic fighting spirit of teachers and students at a time when the Chinese nation was in critical danger.
Facing the Japanese invaders, the education community became increasingly aware of the urgency of awakening the national consciousness of young people. Patriotism should not only be written on the blackboard, but also engraved in the depths of students' hearts as the mark of the Chinese people.
Looking back at that glorious time, what other thought-provoking educational questions are there?
"There are two questions you should ask yourself: first, what are you doing at Zhejiang University (浙江大学)? Second, what kind of person do you want to be after graduation?" On September 18, 1936, on this special day, Zhu Kezhen (竺可桢), president of Zhejiang University (浙江大学), spoke to the freshmen. The questioning of how to conduct oneself and do things set up a spiritual signpost for the students. With the advent of war, teachers and students relocated several times and moved west to run the school. Moving the laboratory into dilapidated houses and using kerosene lamps to illuminate textbooks, the students combined their personal learning goals with the goal of national independence, interpreting the meaning of education with action.
When the country was falling apart, why did we continue to question ourselves with education? Precisely because we turned our attention to the more fundamental: if young people lose their national feelings, even a million soldiers will not be able to defend their homeland; if students lose their value pursuits, it will be difficult to support the future even after the victory of the war.
Teaching and educating people has never been limited to books, but at critical moments of national development, in the resonance of personal ideals and national destiny. The educational questions in the flames of the War of Resistance point to a common "problem-solving idea": patriotism, life pursuit, ideals and beliefs. Just like those colleges and universities that insisted on running schools in the name of "Lianda" (联大), they practiced the oath that education cannot be interrupted in the sound of air raid sirens. This almost tragic persistence once again proves that education is always closely linked to the future destiny of the country and the nation.
Ninety years have passed since the "Three Patriotic Questions" that resounded through Nankai (南开), and the times have given new test questions. What kind of people to train, how to train them, and for whom to train them, we have taken over the relay baton passed down by history and issued new educational questions.
This is the fundamental question of education. The answer is also clear: to cultivate builders and successors of socialism, to promote the "five educations" of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor in a comprehensive manner, and to cultivate people for the Party and talents for the country.
So, how should we correctly guide today's teenagers? In addition to the commonly discussed and long-term patriotic education, ideal and belief education, and "five histories" education, we should also work hard to cultivate the spirit of struggle.
Nowadays, cultivating teenagers' sense of responsibility, strong will, and spirit of hard work requires more effort than in the past. We must make teenagers understand that the spirit of struggle must not be lost at any time. Through education on the mission and responsibility of the times, we should guide students to establish lofty aspirations and develop the spirit of daring to take responsibility and unremitting struggle. At the same time, we should cultivate comprehensive abilities, develop excellent skills, seek knowledge through practice, and promote action through knowledge, so as to achieve the unity of knowledge and action.
For the education community, the value of the questions raised in the flames of the War of Resistance lies not only in the answers, but also in the attitude of questioning. On September 5, at the opening ceremony of Southern University of Science and Technology (南方科技大学), President Xue Qikun (薛其坤), who had attended the Nine-Three Parade (九三阅兵) site observation, said: "Every generation of young people must face the questions of their own era. During the War of Resistance, the predecessors answered the question of survival; in the construction era, the older generation answered the question of self-reliance; and today, what is placed before you is the question of rejuvenation." How to respond to technological competition with real talent and practical learning? How to break through key bottlenecks with an innovative spirit? How to integrate personal ideals into the great cause of national rejuvenation? Facing the questions of history, the questions of the times, and the questions of the future, we must ask and answer them generation after generation.
Standing at the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance and looking back, those educational questions have never been outdated, and their echoes continue, enlightening the journey from national salvation to national rejuvenation. Closely focusing on the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education to build a strong education country, cultivating socialist builders and successors who develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and in terms of labor in an all-round way, when the generation of a strong country answers the "Three Patriotic Questions" with "I am Chinese," "I love China," and "I wish the motherland prosperity and strength," it shows that the giant ship of the Chinese nation will surely sail steadily and far in the long river of rejuvenation.
Return to TopBy: 詹逸思
Student Question: The new semester has begun. As a freshman, I've heard that learning in university is very different from learning in high school. How should I transition my learning style in university?
This student's question is very representative. After entering university, students often come to our Student Learning and Development Guidance Center (学生学习与发展指导中心) to ask about how to adapt to university learning. Indeed, university learning is very different from high school: the timetable is no longer uniform, but "customized" and full of blank spaces; many courses do not rely on "**刷题**" (shuā tí - "practice problems," rote learning by doing repetitive exercises), and the assessment methods are diverse. Faced with environmental changes, students need to improve their autonomy in learning and realize the transformation of "I am in charge of my learning."
Enhance autonomous learning ability. Our research found that the top 50% of students in university have some common habits, including actively communicating in class, discussing with teachers and classmates after class, borrowing books from the library, etc. The characteristic behind these behaviors is active and collaborative learning. A typical autonomous learner can set learning goals before selecting courses, choose the number of courses that match their abilities, and develop a learning plan; reflect and evaluate in a timely manner, adjust learning methods, and optimize the allocation of time and energy; actively seek help when encountering difficulties, and self-motivate and continue to work hard. In university, you may wish to actively respond to academic challenges, try different solutions, and explore a learning rhythm that suits you.
Discover creative potential. When exchanging learning experiences with some excellent senior students, everyone often hears keywords such as "scientific research training," "Challenge Cup (挑战杯)," and "joining a research group (进组)." Cultivating university students' creativity is an important goal of higher education. Creation often occurs in various forms in the process of university learning, such as collaboratively designing a product in the "Mechanical Design" course, conceiving and writing program code based on real-life needs in the "Computer Language and Program Design" course, and so on. Universities have a wealth of innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative activities, and everyone may wish to actively participate, discovering their own creative potential that they may not have noticed in the past.
Explore personal interests. Building a solid "self-identity" and better understanding "who I am" is an important issue facing university students. In past learning experiences, students have mostly experienced many competitive exams. In university, you can try to break out of the previous growth model and find a unique path to your personal interests and talents. You can be not only a student who knows how to learn, but also a trustworthy good friend, an enthusiastic member of a club, and a music lover who likes to play in a band. You may wish to actively explore your interests, enjoy the novel experiences brought by different disciplines, courses, and extracurricular activities, explore your development goals and lifestyles, and customize your future social roles.
Autonomy, creativity, and diversity are the keywords of university learning in my eyes. Do not fear challenges, but regard them as opportunities to improve autonomous learning ability; do not fear the unknown, but regard it as a space to discover creative potential; do not worry about competition, but explore the infinite possibilities of the future with classmates. I believe that you will quickly adapt to university and enjoy more of the beauty of growth.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Student Learning and Development Guidance Center (学生学习与发展指导中心) of Tsinghua University (清华大学). This article was compiled by Wu Yue (吴月), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 丁雅诵
Banners fluttered, and iron currents surged; war eagles roared, wings soaring in the long sky. The grand occasion of collectively watching the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War stirred the hearts of teachers and students at Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学).
Seeing batches of domestically produced active main battle equipment and strategic heavy weapons pass in front of the Tiananmen Rostrum (天安门城楼) in turn, many teachers and students were moved to tears—both excited by the might and grandeur of the great power's weapons, and also proud to be able to participate in the relevant technology research and development.
"In this military parade, Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学) deeply participated in the core equipment development work of multiple equipment formations and aerial echelons, and the many key core technologies and major scientific and technological achievements developed provided technical support for the leap in new quality combat capabilities," said Li Yan (李岩), Deputy Dean of the National Defense Science and Technology Research Institute of the Scientific Research Institute of Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学科研院国防科技研究院).
As the first science and engineering university founded by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), serving the country through science and technology and being determined to strengthen the military has always been the mission of Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学).
"The country's needs are the direction of scientific research. Serving the country's strategic needs is our highest pursuit," said Zhao Weiqian (赵维谦), Dean of the School of Optoelectronics of Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学光电学院), who is determined to do "top-notch" research.
However, the road to scientific research and innovation is by no means smooth. "About 20 years ago, a major project in China's laser field encountered a key test: the need to accurately detect the three-dimensional contour of the inner wall of a component in a non-destructive state," Zhao Weiqian (赵维谦) recalled, "This small component was less than one millimeter, and if there was an error in the measurement, it would cause the experiment to fail."
"The pressure was great," Zhao Weiqian (赵维谦) admitted, "But this problem is directly related to the experimental progress of our country's major projects, and we must take a path that no one has taken before." With this determination, Zhao Weiqian (赵维谦) and his team members experimented again and again, tackling key problems again and again, not only successfully developing the relevant measuring instruments, but also creatively proposing the principle of laser differential confocal cross-scale precision focusing, realizing the change of track breakthrough and cross-generational upgrade of high-end optical component precision measuring instruments.
First-class innovation practice is a high-quality resource for cultivating first-class talents. Building new platforms, gathering new teams, undertaking new projects, and making new contributions, with the continuous strengthening of organized scientific research, the cultivation of high-quality scientific research talents has a deeper soil.
In the Yellow River Delta Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Zone (黄河三角洲农业高新技术产业示范区) in Dongying (东营), Shandong (山东) Province, 4 radar base stations stand in the vast fields. Several doctoral students from the Radar Technology Research Institute of Beijing Institute of Technology (北理工雷达技术研究院) have been stationed here for 3 consecutive months. Their task is to monitor the migration activities of flying insects in the air through radar.
The radar array rotates at a constant speed, emitting a series of low-frequency hums, and soon completes a round of "sky patrol" scanning. According to reports, the insect detection radar can not only measure the length, weight, head orientation, and wing beat amplitude of a single insect thousands of meters in the air, but also distinguish the type of insect. Once a swarm of insects migrates into the country, the system can issue an early warning in a timely manner, providing key technical support for achieving proactive prevention.
From the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) grasslands to the coast of the Bohai Sea (渤海之滨), and then to the Lancang River (澜沧江) in Yunnan (云南), in order to track the footprints of flying insects, the teachers and students of the insect detection radar team have traveled all over the country.
"Although it is hard, the students have gained a lot." In the view of Hu Cheng (胡程), Deputy Dean of the School of Information and Electronics of Beijing Institute of Technology (北理工信息与电子学院), allowing students to participate in real scientific research tasks and guiding them to hone their skills and increase their talents in solving practical problems is the only way to cultivate talents.
Facing the commanding heights of future science and technology and industrial development, how to optimize the setting of disciplines and majors? At the beginning of this autumn semester, 100 undergraduate freshmen of the new major "Low-Altitude Technology and Engineering" successfully enrolled.
"The low-altitude economy is a strategic emerging industry and new track that the country is focusing on, with multi-field cross-cutting characteristics," said Long Teng (龙腾), Dean of the School of Aerospace Science and Technology of Beijing Institute of Technology (北理工空天科学与技术学院), "Based on this characteristic, we have built a multi-party collaborative training mechanism involving schools, colleges, academies, national-level science and education platforms, and enterprises. During their undergraduate studies, students will enter well-known scientific research institutes and leading low-altitude enterprises for internships, and experimental practice teaching hours account for about 40% of the total teaching hours."
In recent years, Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学) has established the School of Artificial Intelligence (人工智能学院) and the School of Aerospace Science and Technology (空天科学与技术学院), and added majors such as Intelligent Medical Engineering, focusing on cultivating multi-level, interdisciplinary and compound talents. The next step will be to continue to carry out forward-looking training of leading talents in future science and technology innovation, cultivate fertile ground for scientific and technological innovation and talent growth, and strive to produce more results and cultivate more talents.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘硕阳
On the evening of September 21st, the 2025 World Athletics Championships, lasting nine days, concluded at the New National Stadium in Tokyo (东京), Japan. The Chinese team won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals, an improvement from the two bronze medals at the Budapest World Championships two years ago, but the absence of a gold medal truly reflects the current situation of Chinese athletics lacking athletes with absolute competitiveness in major world competitions.
Of the 73 athletes in the Chinese athletics team participating in this World Championships, many were participating for the first time. They competed against the world's top athletes, accumulated valuable experience in major competitions, and are accelerating their growth.
Traditional Strengths Showcased
On the morning of September 20th, the final stage of the World Championships men's 20km race walk began. A sudden change on the field left Chinese athlete Wang Chaochao (王朝朝) somewhat bewildered: Shanxi Lihe (山西利和), the leading Japanese athlete, was penalized for a foul, and Brazilian star Bonfim quickly overtook him. "No one knows what will happen in the next second, but if you give up, you really won't be able to keep up." After stabilizing his mentality, he quickly adjusted and ultimately won the silver medal with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 43 seconds.
This is the first time the Chinese team has returned to the podium in the men's 20km race walk at the World Championships in 10 years since the 2015 Beijing (北京) World Championships. At this World Championships, the Chinese team won a total of 4 medals in the three advantageous events of race walking, men's jumping, and women's throwing.
In the men's long jump final, 26-year-old Chinese athlete Shi Yuhao (石雨豪) won the bronze medal. "I am very happy to be on the World Championships stage again," said Shi Yuhao (石雨豪). "Now many young athletes in China are constantly growing, and I hope to share my experience with them and work hard together."
In the women's hammer throw competition, Chinese athletes Zhao Jie (赵杰) and Zhang Jiale (张家乐) won silver and bronze medals respectively, demonstrating the overall strength of the Chinese team in this event.
Experiencing the Gap is a "Required Course" for Growth
Although she ultimately won a bronze medal, the qualification process was somewhat thrilling for Zhang Jiale (张家乐), the world youth (U20) record holder in the women's hammer throw. After her first two throws were affected by hitting the net, she qualified with her final throw. "It was my first time participating in the World Championships, and I was too excited," said Zhang Jiale (张家乐).
In this World Championships, the Chinese team participated in 33 of the 49 events. Fei Xiang (费翔), as the first Chinese athlete to participate in the men's decathlon in nearly 10 World Championships, completed the final event, the men's 1500m, on September 21st. The Chinese team qualified for the first time in the men's 4×400m relay, mixed 4×400m relay, and men's shot put. For young athletes, experiencing the gap with the world's top athletes is a "required course" for growth.
"High-level athletes have sufficient strength and fast starts, which is a shortcoming I need to make up for," said 19-year-old Chinese athlete Chen Yuanjiang (陈圆将) after stopping in the semi-finals of the men's 110m hurdles.
In the women's triple jump qualification, 19-year-old Chinese athlete Li Yi (李艺) jumped 13.68 meters, failing to qualify and falling short of her set goal of 14 meters. In the previous Asian Championships, Li Yi (李艺) overtook her opponent with her final jump to win the championship. "It was the first time I felt the cheers of 60,000 people in the stadium, and I might have been too nervous. I couldn't fully exert myself in the first two jumps," said Li Yi (李艺).
"It's normal to have many emotions when standing on the World Championships stage for the first time, such as nervousness and excitement," said Mo Jiadie (莫家蝶), a Chinese mixed 4×400m relay athlete. "The important thing is that we need to be more stable next time and perform better."
Accumulating Strength in Major Competitions
In the men's 4×400m relay preliminary round, Liang Baotang (梁宝棠) and Liu Kai (刘凯), who had just participated in the mixed 4×400m relay a few days ago, once again took to the field, and together with teammates Zhang Qining (张起宁) and Guo Longyu (郭龙宇), represented the Chinese team and finished fifth in their group. Although they failed to qualify for the final, their time of 3 minutes and 0.77 seconds improved the national record by more than 1 second.
After the mixed 4×400m relay preliminary round, Liu Kai (刘凯) was quite self-reproachful about his performance: "I didn't expect the world-class athletes to run so fast in the first leg, and I wasn't prepared enough. After the race, I kept thinking about this competition, and I will work harder to create an advantage for the team next time." A few days later, in the men's 4×400m preliminary round, Liu Kai (刘凯) ran 44.51 seconds, the fastest third leg of all the teams in the same group. In two competitions within a week, this 19-year-old young athlete has already grown.
At the Tokyo (东京) Olympic Games 4 years ago, the Chinese team ranked seventh in the medal table for athletics events with 2 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medals. Now this team has new blood, and the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and the 2027 Beijing (北京) World Championships will be opportunities for them to show their strength.
"I hope to make a breakthrough at the 2026 Asian Games," said Zhang Qining (张起宁). In the tempering of this World Championships, the team members continue to accumulate strength for the future of Chinese athletics.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on September 22nd (Reporter Wang Liang (王亮)) - The General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) recently issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Sports to Promote Health," aiming to improve the national fitness public service system, promote the high-quality development of sports to promote health, accelerate the deep integration of national fitness and national health, and better meet the people's needs for sports to promote health.
The guiding opinions propose that, focusing on the "15th Five-Year Plan" for the development of sports, by 2030, a sports-promoting health service system led by the government, coordinated by society, and shared by all will be basically established, and sports-promoting health work will be carried out universally in all provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) across the country. It will achieve greater popularization of scientific concepts, a more complete policy system, more diverse service content, more complete institutional carriers, a more substantial talent pool, more sufficient scientific and technological support, and stronger organizational guarantees. The people's health level and scientific fitness literacy will be significantly improved, and scientific exercise will gradually become a healthy lifestyle consciously practiced by the masses, and the sports-promoting health cause will achieve high-quality and sustainable development.
At the end of 2022, the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) took the lead in carrying out pilot construction of community sports and health centers in Shanghai (上海), Zhejiang (浙江), Hubei (湖北), Guizhou (贵州), and Hainan (海南) as an important practical application scenario for the integration of sports and health, providing residents with physical fitness and health assessments, scientific fitness guidance, sports rehabilitation and other services, and accumulating experience for sports to promote health work through pilot projects. As of the end of August 2025, a total of 22 community sports and health centers across the country have been put into operation successively.
The person in charge of the Science and Education Department of the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局科教司) introduced that through research, it was found that there are still prominent problems in the work of promoting health through sports, such as insufficient connection between fitness needs and health services, unsound cross-departmental coordination mechanisms, the quality of service supply needs to be improved, and weak scientific and technological support capabilities. Especially under the premise that local practices have achieved certain breakthroughs, the national level lacks top-level design to coordinate and promote. In this context, the Science and Education Department of the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局科教司) took the lead in preparing the guiding opinions. In response to key issues found in the research, such as insufficient cross-departmental coordination, imperfect normative standards, and the urgent need to strengthen the construction of talent teams, experts were organized to conduct research and analysis to provide policy support for high-quality promotion of sports and health integration in various regions.
The person in charge pointed out that the guiding opinions adhere to the principles of "prevention first, integrated development, reform and innovation, and overall consideration," systematically promote the construction of a sports-promoting health service system, improve the construction of talent, scientific research, digital intelligence, and industrial support systems, focus on key groups such as the "elderly and young," take the pilot construction of sports-promoting health centers as a starting point, promote the concept of proactive health, strengthen scientific fitness guidance and scientific research, promote the construction of a "sports health +" business integration system, promote the development of the sports industry, and provide ideas for promoting the high-quality development of sports to promote health.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王明峰
Recently, Latvian international judge Sergei Zinkins (谢尔盖·辛金斯) appeared at Tianfu Art Park (天府艺术公园) in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), joining local young dancers to bring a passionate Latin flash mob performance.
During the Chengdu World Games, Sergei Zinkins (谢尔盖·辛金斯) became popular for his professional demeanor and handsome image. Returning to Chengdu (成都) again, he served as a judge for the 13th World DanceSport Games, continuing his relationship with Chengdu (成都).
The dance competition was held in Chengdu (成都) from September 20th to 21st, attracting more than 1,000 dancers from nearly 30 countries and regions to compete on the same stage. The event for the first time set up an international youth category, which not only improved the professionalism and inclusiveness of the event, but also provided a platform for local young athletes to exchange and learn from world-class experts.
In recent years, the dance competition has continued to expand the boundaries of the competition, extending the stage to urban public spaces and deeply into the daily lives of citizens. In addition to setting up 8 high-level competitions, this year's event also launched a series of mass activities to promote dance sport into parks, business districts and communities, promote the deep integration of culture, sports, tourism and business, and drive the growth of the entire industry chain consumption.
Today, dance sport has laid a solid foundation in Chengdu (成都). There are more than 400,000 dance sport enthusiasts in the city, with nearly 300 dance clubs and training institutions, covering urban squares, commercial buildings and residential communities. The annual direct and indirect economic benefits brought by the dance competition exceed 100 million yuan, and related industries cover performance, teaching, clothing sales, tourism, catering, cultural and entertainment and other derivative fields, with a total output value of more than 2 billion yuan.
Since Chengdu (成都) and the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) jointly launched the event in 2010, it has been successfully held for 13 sessions, attracting tens of thousands of dancers from home and abroad to participate. "Using excellent cultural programs to connect the competition has become a distinct symbol of the dance competition." said Wang Yi (王毅), director of the Chengdu (成都) Municipal Sports Bureau. Panda-themed performances, Sichuan Opera "Charming Flower Girl" appearances, Shu brocade fashion shows, and gaiwan tea art displays have been staged in turn, showcasing Chengdu's (成都) cultural heritage and youthful vitality to the world through the WDSF global live broadcast platform.
Making friends through competitions and promoting the city through competitions. Sports events are becoming a new engine for promoting high-quality urban development. In recent years, Chengdu (成都) has successfully held major international events such as the World Table Tennis Championships, the World University Summer Games, the Thomas & Uber Cup Badminton Championships, and the World Games, continuously releasing the "event +" effect and activating new momentum for urban development.
Return to TopThe 3rd Great Craftsman Innovation Exchange Conference and Great Craftsman Forum was held in Chongqing from September 23rd to 26th. This conference was jointly hosted by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (中华全国总工会), the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共重庆市委), and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (重庆市人民政府). With the theme of "Craftsmanship Builds Dreams, Moving Towards Innovation," this conference focused on promoting high-quality development, highlighting the innovation and creation of great craftsmen in developing new quality productive forces, the innovative practices of trade union organizations in mobilizing the vast number of employees to develop new quality productive forces, and the positive results of deepening the reform of the industrial workforce construction.
The conference mainly included two categories of activities: innovation achievement display and exchange, and forums. It included opening ceremonies, main forums, sub-forums, innovation achievement roadshows, and closing ceremonies. Simultaneously, an innovation achievement display and exchange area was set up to showcase the demeanor of craftsmen, share innovative achievements, promote the spirit of craftsmanship, and guide employees to take the path of skill-based success and serving the country through skills through multi-level and multi-dimensional means such as conferences, exhibitions, forums, publicity, and performances.
The conference set up 44 display and exchange areas, including the All-China Federation of Trade Unions Great Craftsman Innovation Achievement Display and Exchange Area, the Employee "Five Small" Achievement Display and Exchange Area, and the Provincial Trade Union Display and Exchange Areas. It adopted forms such as physical objects, videos, exhibition boards, and interactive displays to centrally showcase more than 2,200 innovative achievements of more than 1,700 craftsman talents on-site.
The Great Craftsman Forum adopted a "1+3+5" main forum and sub-forum format. There was one main forum with the theme of "Great Craftsmen and Intelligent Manufacturing"; three sub-forums hosted by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, with the themes of "Great Craftsman Cultivation and Craftsman College Construction," "Female Craftsmen," and "Craftsman Power 2025"; and five sub-forums organized by provincial trade unions, with Sichuan-Chongqing, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, and Henan respectively undertaking themes such as regional craftsman collaboration, model worker craftsmen assisting enterprises, the role of model worker craftsmen, the construction of model worker innovation studios, and the improvement of employee skills and qualities. At the same time, the conference carried out activities such as innovation achievement roadshows, "A Hundred Craftsmen's Voices," and "Great Craftsmen's Chongqing Tour" to expand the breadth and depth of display and exchange.
This conference fully integrated Chongqing elements. The main visual design highlighted the theme of the conference, incorporating multi-dimensional elements such as Chongqing's iconic buildings and technological innovation. The Chongqing exhibition area focused on Chongqing's key industrial fields such as the "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system and the "416" technological innovation layout, showcasing innovative development achievements. In enhancing publicity influence, closely focusing on the "model worker spirit, labor spirit, and craftsmanship spirit," based on Chongqing's local characteristics and cultural background, and focusing on the conference theme promotional film, the opening ceremony promotional film, and the tribute to great craftsmen program, activities such as the mountain city night scene lighting tribute, a series of reports decoding innovative achievements, a series of videos of craftsman "new" stories, and a television program paying tribute to great craftsmen were planned. In leveraging spillover effects, the "Made in Chongqing" brand image, Bayu cultural background, and conference theme promotional film were displayed and promoted simultaneously in various provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) in advance to help enhance Chongqing's industrial radiation and urban influence. During the conference, great craftsmen will be invited to participate in joint research by leading enterprises in the "33618" related industrial chains, serve as technical consultants for model worker craftsman innovation studios, members of the Chongqing Hongyan Great Ideological and Political Lecturers Group, part-time mentors at municipal craftsman colleges, carry out master-apprentice pairings, and establish an alliance between the Great Craftsman Innovation Studio and the Chongqing Model Worker Craftsman Innovation Studio, etc., to gather the wisdom and strength of great craftsmen.
This conference set up an online special zone on the "Employee Home" APP, providing a panoramic release of conference-related activities and content. It launched three preheating activities: the Craftsman Moment Challenge, the Century-Old Labor Movement Road, and Lighting the Craftsman Road. Three online and offline integrated activities were set up on-site: the "Craftsman Visit" check-in, the "Craftsman Creates the Future" flash mob, and the "Craftsman Exploration" Easter egg. Employees who make reservations to visit the exhibition can enter with the "Employee Home" APP QR code.
Data source: Chongqing Federation of Trade Unions (重庆市总工会)
Return to TopJoining Hands with Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area to Empower the City's "Intelligent Governance" with Large Models
Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经开区) is the only national-level economic and technological development area in Beijing (北京市), and it is an economic functional area that combines the "six zones" of national-level economic development area, national high-tech zone, Zhongguancun (中关村) independent innovation demonstration zone, comprehensive demonstration zone for expanding opening-up in the service industry, free trade pilot zone, and comprehensive bonded zone.
Many urban governance problems, few staff, and high management costs are pain points and difficulties facing the urban governance system in moving towards a high level. As a comprehensive demonstration zone for smart city construction in Beijing (北京市), Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经开区) makes full use of technologies such as large models to achieve a series of results in empowering urban governance, improving government services, and optimizing the business environment.
In 2024, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经开区) explored the construction of urban governance scenarios based on multi-modal large models with Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) by opening up smart city application scenarios and adopting the "leaderboard" model, creating the "Yicheng Huiyan" (亦城慧眼) visual hub. The platform is pre-installed with more than 120 algorithms, which can identify more than 4,000 urban elements, forming a business closed loop of "monitoring-discovery-distribution-disposal-feedback," empowering the digital transformation of urban governance.
At present, the platform has been connected to the entire video of the Economic Development Zone to realize intelligent inspection of various scenarios such as the appearance of the city, with an average recognition accuracy rate of 90% and an inspection efficiency improvement of 3 times. Event information is connected to the governance chain platform for intelligent flow, assisting relevant departments in carrying out refined, normalized, and intelligent supervision of urban governance.
In the future, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经开区) will create a number of artificial intelligence benchmark application scenarios, and strive to form a number of pioneering and leading "Yizhuang (亦庄) solutions" that can be replicated and promoted, and fully build a "city of all-domain artificial intelligence."
Helping Haidilao (海底捞) Achieve AI Inspection of Thousands of Stores, Empowering the Transformation and Upgrading of the Catering Industry with Technological Innovation
In today's era when all walks of life are actively embracing the digital wave, the traditional catering service industry is actively seizing the important opportunity of intelligent transformation. Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) has helped Haidilao (海底捞) build an AI inspection system, helping Haidilao (海底捞) achieve standardized and automated operation and management upgrades for more than 1,000 stores, improve store operation efficiency, and set a new benchmark for the high-quality development of the catering industry.
Haidilao (海底捞) deploys video AI boxes in its stores, relying on the multi-modal perception capabilities of Baidu AI Cloud's (百度智能云) Yijian (一见) visual large model, and conducts inspections of some service links based on certain standards to improve service quality standards. This not only shortens the review time from "minutes" of traditional manual inspection to "seconds," greatly improving management efficiency, but also significantly improves the accuracy of scene recognition, realizes refined store operation, and helps improve service quality.
At the same time, through continuous perception of service processes and knowledge accumulation to empower employee growth, it not only shortens the employee growth cycle, but also helps employees improve their standardized service level, realize the common growth of employees and enterprises, and continuously optimize the customer dining experience.
Haidilao (海底捞) uses Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) AI technology to not only improve management efficiency, but also explore a development path driven by "technology + service," showing the broad prospects of technology empowering the transformation and upgrading of traditional service industries. This practice also provides valuable experience that can be replicated and promoted for the digital construction of the catering industry.
Jointly Building a New Paradigm of Deep Integration of "AI + Smart Hardware" with Shenzhen Listenai Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳时空壶技术有限公司)
Recently, Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) and Shenzhen Listenai Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳时空壶技术有限公司), a leading company in the global translation headset market, reached a strategic cooperation in the field of AI translation. The two parties will jointly promote the deep integration of "AI + smart hardware" and inject new impetus into the development of the smart hardware industry.
Listenai (时空壶) focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence and hardware technology, with the mission of "breaking language barriers." Its AI translation products are sold in 171 countries and regions, demonstrating the international competitiveness of Chinese smart hardware brands.
This time, the two parties will deeply integrate Listenai's (时空壶) mature AI voice technology with the full-stack AI capabilities of Baidu AI Cloud's (百度智能云) Qianfan (千帆) large model platform to jointly develop an AI translation end-to-end large model. This cooperation helps Listenai (时空壶) reduce its dependence on external technology and data, build an independent and controllable technology system, and comprehensively improve product recognition accuracy, response speed, and user experience.
The two parties have accumulated special solutions for common industry problems such as difficult corpus cleaning, high multilingual labeling costs, and low model training efficiency:
Relying on the multi-modal data management and efficient data iteration capabilities of the Qianfan (千帆) large model platform, it realizes automatic cleaning and labeling of 11 types of corpus, significantly improving quality and efficiency and reducing costs by 80%;
Through the AIAK architecture of Baidu Baige (百度百舸) AI computing platform to accelerate reasoning and cluster guarantee, the training efficiency of multilingual models is increased by 30%, and the cost is reduced by 40%;
Based on the pre-trained large model capabilities of the Qianfan (千帆) large model platform, it automatically processes text corpus, realizes deep semantic understanding and error correction, and improves translation accuracy by 30%.
This cooperation has created a new cooperation model of "AI technology platform + hardware manufacturer," which will help accelerate the landing process of the AI industry and help China's smart hardware seize the opportunity in global competition.
Joining Hands with Sinopec (Henan) Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. (中石化（河南）炼油化工有限公司) to Carry Out New Environmental Protection Practices
In the context of the continuous advancement of the "dual carbon" goal and the continuous improvement of environmental protection requirements, the coal-fired thermal power industry is facing the dual challenges of emission reduction pressure and economic operation. Among them, the sulfur dioxide control of circulating fluidized bed boilers faces problems such as large coal quality fluctuations, complex reaction mechanisms, high system delays, and difficult coordination, and advanced means are urgently needed to achieve accurate sulfur dioxide emissions and reduce desulfurizer consumption.
In response to this industry problem, Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) supports Sinopec (Henan) Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. (中石化（河南）炼油化工有限公司), combines the actual scenarios of the thermal power department, deeply integrates process mechanism and artificial intelligence technology, and builds a high-precision dynamic model to realize real-time perception and advanced prediction of the entire process of sulfur dioxide generation and removal. With the technical support of Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云), by introducing multi-variable model predictive control (MPC) and global optimization algorithms, dynamic coordination of in-furnace and out-of-furnace desulfurization is realized, solving the problems of traditional control methods such as lagging response and insufficient accuracy.
Since the project was built and put into operation, it has not only effectively compensated for the input defects that the sulfur content of the coal entering the furnace cannot be monitored in real time, but also realized intelligent decision-making and closed-loop control for complex gas-solid reaction systems. Actual operating data show that the fluctuation of flue gas sulfur dioxide emission concentration is reduced by 10%, the consumption of desulfurizer is saved by more than 5%, and the long-term stable operation rate of the model exceeds 95%, realizing the unity of environmental protection compliance and cost reduction and efficiency increase.
With leading mechanism data fusion modeling capabilities, predictive control technology and system engineering experience, the project provides a full-link intelligent solution from perception, prediction, optimization to control for thermal power desulfurization systems, helping enterprises move towards a cleaner and more intelligent new stage of development.
Supporting China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Co., Ltd. (中国对外经济贸易信托有限公司) to Build a Digital Employee System to Drive Business Value Growth
Currently, large models are iterating and evolving at an unprecedented speed, constantly expanding the boundaries of their capabilities. When AI can proactively understand needs and solve problems, and play a role as an independent business executor, a new generation of digital employees emerges. They are reshaping the organizational form of enterprises and becoming an important carrier for driving efficiency revolution.
In the financial field with high knowledge density, the efficiency improvement effect of digital employees is particularly significant. China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Co., Ltd. (中国对外经济贸易信托有限公司) has joined hands with Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) to build a "business-savvy, result-oriented, and evolvable" digital employee system, covering multiple intelligent agents such as digital traders, credit reviewers, and digital operators, promoting a revolutionary change in organizational productivity.
In the enterprise credit review scenario, the "digital credit reviewer" can process the extraction of credit review elements, risk control review, and operation report generation in batches, saving the time for a single entry and assisting the pre-loan approval post to improve approval efficiency by more than 25%; in the securities trust transaction scenario, the "digital trader" can accurately receive, analyze, and generate transaction instructions from complex information, providing dynamic decision support for the entire transaction process and significantly improving the processing efficiency of transaction instructions; in the office scenario, the "intelligent office digital employee" can perform efficient and accurate information retrieval and analysis in complex business content, saving 80% of the manual consultation and answering workload and improving information sharing and knowledge transfer efficiency.
Jointly Building the "Zhuolun (斫轮)" Industry Large Model System with CRRC (中国中车集团), AI Empowers High-end Equipment Manufacturing
On the road to promoting the high-end, intelligent, and green development of manufacturing, the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy is releasing huge energy. Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) and CRRC (中国中车集团) have joined hands to build the "five-high and five-full" "Zhuolun (斫轮)" industry large model system, creating a new industry benchmark.
Based on the characteristics of the CRRC (中国中车) MaaS platform, Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) provides a one-stop enterprise-level large model solution to realize the integrated delivery of model training and reasoning, supporting CRRC Group (中国中车集团) to efficiently complete tasks such as intelligent body development, image design, behavior analysis, and quality inspection, and greatly improving the intelligent level of research and development and production.
In response to the key challenges in high-speed rail research and development, Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) deeply participated in the construction of a number of scientific computing large models. Among them, the "aerodynamic simulation large model" significantly improves simulation efficiency through data-driven modeling and efficient computing framework; the "converter system and traction motor simulation large model" can quickly simulate the temperature field changes under different designs and working conditions in the drawing stage, providing a reliable basis for optimizing product performance.
By using a number of scientific computing large models of Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云), CRRC Group (中国中车集团) implements aerodynamic simulation of high-speed trains and temperature field calculation of traction systems, which now only takes more than 10 seconds, reconstructing the research and development paradigm of high-end equipment. At the same time, the "safe driving large model" built based on the Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云) Qianfan (千帆) platform can perform real-time analysis of millions of kilometers of operating data, realize accurate fault early warning, root cause analysis and disposal decision-making, significantly improve operation and maintenance efficiency, and reduce operating costs.
Data source: Baidu AI Cloud (百度智能云)
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From September 19th to 21st, the Duisburg Chinese Festival was held in Duisburg, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia (北威州), Germany. This was the second time Duisburg has hosted the Chinese Festival since 2022. This year's Chinese Festival showcased various forms of Chinese culture and elements of Sino-German exchange, attracting approximately 100,000 local citizens and tourists. During the event, a photo exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was also held.
Since establishing the first pair of sister-city relations between Germany and China with Wuhan (武汉) in 1982, Duisburg has promoted local Sino-German exchanges through proactive and pragmatic measures. The Duisburg Chinese Festival is an important embodiment of Sino-German friendship and local cooperation, as well as an important platform for promoting and deepening Sino-German cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
Film screenings stimulate cultural resonance.
At the Marien Gate Theater in the center of Duisburg, the theater hall, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people, was almost full. The film "Nanjing Photo Studio" used delicate cinematic language to tell the story of that period of shattered mountains and rivers but unwavering faith, showing the national sentiments and unyielding spirit of the Chinese sons and daughters in the face of national crisis. Many viewers were moved to tears. Many overseas Chinese came to watch the film with their children, "This is a history lesson for the children. They should remember the suffering and struggle experienced by their ancestors."
Many German viewers told reporters that they did not previously understand the tragic extent of the Eastern main battlefield during World War II. Through this film, they felt that the Chinese people "made an indispensable and huge contribution to world peace." A viewer, Eschre, made a special trip from Bonn, "I had read 'The Diaries of John Rabe' before. This film presents that period of history in a very shocking and intuitive way. We should remember the warning left by that generation - face history squarely, and there must never be another war."
On the third floor of the theater, a photo exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held concurrently. Nearly a hundred precious photos presented the historical facts of the Japanese invaders' invasion of China, showing the Chinese nation's long and arduous 14-year war of resistance. A viewer, Ural, said that this period of history cannot be forgotten, and he hopes that all countries will firmly pursue the path of peace and avoid repeating the same mistakes.
During the Chinese Festival, the "International Through Train" project team of the Shanghai International Film and Television Festival Center cooperated with the Federation of German-Chinese Friendship Associations and the Düsseldorf Chinese Business Center to select and screen films such as "Ne Zha," "Chang'an," "The Lisbon Maru," "Nice View," and "Detective Chinatown 1900," fully demonstrating the rich themes of contemporary Chinese film art. Jeschka, general manager of the Marien Gate Theater, said that the screening of different types of Chinese films allows different cultures to be felt and known in images, stimulating resonance and reflecting the innovative vitality of the Chinese film industry.
Artistic exchanges promote cultural integration.
On the evening of the opening day of the Chinese Festival, the Yangzhou Song and Dance Theater National Orchestra opened the Guofeng (national style) concert with a lively and enthusiastic Chinese national orchestral piece, "Dance of the Golden Snake." On the stage, the members of the orchestra, dressed in Tang Dynasty costumes, jointly created a warm and festive atmosphere through the method of "traditional music + modern expression." The orchestra also adapted Western classical pieces, and the melodious and varied performances drew praise from the audience. Rolf, a German audience member dressed in Chinese national costume, has visited China many times. He said, "I recently visited China again and personally felt the modernization and colorful cultural charm of China. China is so beautiful, and I deeply love this country."
As the sound of the piano gradually rose, 16 classic melodies blending Eastern and Western characteristics echoed on the banks of the Rhine River. From Schubert's "Who Is Lost to Loneliness," set to Goethe's poems, to the deeply affectionate Mongolian folk song "Wild Geese," from the elegant rhymes of the "Book of Songs" bearing a thousand years of civilization to excerpts from Western classical operas such as Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" and Verdi's "La Traviata," the vocal opera department of the China Conservatory of Music took to the stage to create a special concert for the Chinese Festival, using song as a bridge. Xu Yang, a bass singer who has lived in Germany for many years and was a soloist at the Baden State Theater in Karlsruhe, Germany, told reporters, "Civilization dialogue is not a one-way output, but a process of listening to each other and creating a win-win situation together. I hope this musical performance will allow more German friends to understand Chinese culture."
Inside the theater, the acrobatic performances presented by the actors of the Shaanxi Performing Arts Group and the Shaanxi Acrobatic Troupe were thrilling; outside the theater, nearly 200 Chinese and German friends gathered in the square to dance Tai Chi together. Zhu Wenjun, dean of the Cologne Traditional Chinese Medicine College, introduced that Tai Chi training has been included in the medical insurance system in Germany, and he has trained more than a thousand Tai Chi teachers, more than 90% of whom are locals. Tai Chi has gradually integrated into the daily lives of more and more German people. A German Tai Chi coach with more than 20 years of experience told reporters, "Tai Chi is a fitness exercise suitable for all ages, and it contains profound Eastern philosophical wisdom."
Klabuhn, the first deputy mayor of Duisburg, said that folk art is also a "world language" that connects different cultures, different countries, and different ethnic groups, and is an important medium for promoting people-to-people connectivity and cultural integration.
Singing together of friendship that crosses mountains and seas.
During the Chinese Festival, Chinese books in various languages were displayed, and the four Confucius Institutes in North Rhine-Westphalia jointly opened Chinese cultural experience zones such as intangible cultural heritage. A huge Chinese-style opera stage was set up on one side of the theater square, and tourists lined up in front of the stalls, waiting to taste Chinese specialties such as Wuhan hot dry noodles and Shaanxi cold noodles. In the modern technology zone, many people came to inquire about traveling to China and payment services in China. Staff from the Bank of China introduced the UnionPay "Beautiful China Card," which will be launched for the first time in Europe, providing convenient payment services for foreigners coming to China.
At the award ceremony of the "Cultural China · Water Cube Cup" Chinese singing competition in the German division, which was hosted by the European Times Culture Media Group and co-organized by the German North Rhine-Westphalia Chinese Art Troupe, the Frankfurt Chinese Art Troupe, the Munich Chinese Art Troupe, and the German Association for the Promotion of Chinese Culture, the award-winning contestants from all over Germany performed on the same stage, conveying emotions through songs and singing together of Sino-German friendship that crosses mountains and seas.
"Duisburg has a fine tradition of holding Chinese festivals." Duisburg Mayor Link said that in the current challenging era, it is particularly important to promote and deepen Sino-German cultural and people-to-people exchanges. In recent years, Duisburg, as an important logistics hub for high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," has continued to deepen pragmatic cooperation with China in the fields of economy, trade, culture, scientific research, and education.
Schmelzer, the first deputy speaker of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament, said that the Chinese Festival is not only a cultural event, but also an important bridge to promote Sino-German friendship and communication. North Rhine-Westphalia has established close ties with China at multiple levels, with rich connotations and lasting vitality. In the current situation, it is even more necessary to promote mutual understanding, promote openness, and conduct constructive dialogue.
Yu Yong, the Chinese Consul General in Düsseldorf, said that this year marks the 53rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union. The cooperation between the two sides is mutually beneficial and pragmatic. As a highland of Sino-German cooperation, North Rhine-Westphalia has achieved fruitful results in economic and trade cooperation, local exchanges, and youth cultural exchanges. It is hoped that China and Germany will further enhance political mutual trust, expand economic and trade cooperation, and deepen cultural exchanges, so as to inject new impetus into Sino-German and Sino-European relations.
(Reported from Duisburg, Germany, September 22)
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Just as running water always finds a way out, trade flows also quickly adapt to new situations—China is deeply embedded in the global production network through its competitive advantages.
For some time, the U.S. government has frequently imposed tariffs, exacerbating the turbulent global economic and trade situation. An undeniable reality is that U.S. tariff policies are actually increasing taxes on American consumers. The claim that tariffs can effectively revitalize American manufacturing is basically a fantasy. The U.S. economic structure focuses on high-tech and service industries, and if it truly wants to achieve the return of manufacturing, it may not only take decades, but its effectiveness is also difficult to predict.
In the past 3 years, I have visited many factories located in Guangdong (广东) and Fujian (福建). These factories are rooted in the forefront of the private economy, and their production ranges from furniture manufacturing, children's food processing, to consumer electronics. When the United States imposed tariffs, these Chinese companies had extremely strong adaptability, expanding cooperation with companies in other countries and coordinating business layouts. Like new shoots emerging from the soil, these companies demonstrate extraordinary flexibility and the wisdom to survive and develop in change. Although facing the challenge of U.S. tariffs, China's industrial chain still has strong adaptability. Just as running water always finds a way out, trade flows also quickly adapt to new situations—China is deeply embedded in the global production network through its competitive advantages. It is not difficult to see from the situation since this round of trade friction that China is becoming more confident in diplomacy and showing great resilience in the economy.
China has unique institutional advantages and a strong policy support system, which provides a solid foundation for it to take the initiative in the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. China adheres to innovation-driven development and continues to achieve new results in advanced manufacturing, robotics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, new energy and new materials, and biomedicine. DeepSeek is a disruptive innovation that empowers efficiency and productivity improvements in various industries. At present, China has occupied a global leading position in key green technologies such as electric vehicles, solar energy, and wind energy, demonstrating strong industrial integration and policy promotion capabilities.
The upgrading of the industrial structure not only injects new impetus into China's high-quality economic development, but also promotes a more complementary industrial pattern between China and ASEAN countries. At present, China and Southeast Asian countries are accelerating regional cooperation with the help of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) (《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》), and the negotiations on the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 version have been fully completed. In the future, the two sides will form a highly complementary and coordinated economic cooperation pattern in high-tech, financial services, manufacturing and other fields. As this pattern deepens, more countries will participate in it, cultivating new growth points and sustainable development momentum.
In the long run, China's top-level design and strategic planning, especially the long-term planning and efficient execution in key technology fields, will become an important support for China to continue to rise in the global industrial landscape. To promote the modernization of national governance, it is necessary to improve the diversified feedback mechanism while maintaining efficient execution, and also to more actively and clearly convey China's voice to the world to avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments. Although some Western media often report on China from a biased perspective, many mainstream international media are increasingly showing a more balanced and rational stance. This trend is a manifestation of China's national strength and also creates conditions for better enhancing international understanding and conveying China's voice.
(The author is a professor of economics at Nanyang Technological University (南洋理工大学) in Singapore (新加坡).)
Return to TopGinseng has the reputation of being the "king of herbs" and has a long history of medicinal use. Many traditional Chinese medicine classics, such as *Compendium of Materia Medica* and *Treatise on Febrile Diseases*, contain prescriptions with ginseng as the main medicinal ingredient.
Relying on its unique natural conditions, Fushun City (抚顺市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), has become a high-quality ginseng producing area. In recent years, the domestic pharmaceutical leading enterprise, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group (扬子江药业集团) (hereinafter referred to as "Yangzijiang"), and Fushun enterprise, Liaoning Mishentang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (辽宁秘参堂药业有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Mishentang"), have joined hands to build a ginseng industry chain from "field" to "workshop" in Liaoning, helping the high-quality development of the "Liaoning Ginseng" brand.
Based on resource endowments, pursue excellent quality.
Liaoning is located between 40 and 45 degrees north latitude, with four distinct seasons and a large temperature difference between day and night, which is suitable for the precipitation of effective components such as ginsenosides in the ginseng body. As an important water conservation forest base and timber forest base in Liaoning, Fushun has a forest coverage rate of 65.71% and a total standing stock volume of 82.0661 million cubic meters. Gangshan (岗山), the highest peak in Liaoning at an altitude of 1347 meters, stands among the green mountains and clear waters. The clean air and water source, and the slightly acidic humus soil in the mountains and forests, have become a "nutritional hotbed" for the vigorous growth of ginseng.
Yangzijiang adheres to strict selection standards and screens high-quality ginseng producing areas nationwide. Fushun has become an important raw material supply base for Yangzijiang due to its dense forests, clean water and soil, and good ginseng quality.
Strengthen enterprise cooperation and polish the gold lettered signboard.
In the early 1980s, Fushun began exploring artificial planting of ginseng under forests, and later gradually expanded the scale of garden ginseng planting, injecting new vitality into the continuation of the industry. Today, the Liaoning ginseng industry has achieved a leap from traditional single medicinal material planting to a modern, standardized, and complete industrial chain.
Enterprise cooperation empowers industrial revitalization. In the upgrade from traditional planting to a complete industrial chain, the in-depth cooperation between Yangzijiang and Mishentang has become a key driving force. Yangzijiang has an advanced quality production control system and a modern research and development platform; Mishentang has three generations of family inheritance of ginseng planting and preparation techniques. The two parties have completed in-depth cooperation and complementary advantages with professionalism and experience. In the jointly built ginseng planting base of more than 7,000 mu, the "three noes and one full" brand certification standard is implemented, that is, no sulfur processing, no aflatoxin contamination, no pollution, and the whole process is traceable, and the quality is controlled from the source through a standardized planting model. Among them, 5,830 mu of ginseng has passed the *Good Agricultural Practice for Chinese Crude Drugs* (GAP) certification. The two parties also jointly develop high value-added products such as health food and functional drinks, and strive to polish the "Liaoning Ginseng" gold lettered signboard.
Form a win-win ecosystem and help revitalize the industry.
The "ecology + industry" cooperation model has also released a "goose array effect" and formed a win-win industrial ecosystem. Under the coordination of Yangzijiang's strict quality control standards and Mishentang's high-quality raw material supply, the ginseng planting standards and processing accuracy in Fushun and even the entire province have been significantly improved. The entire process standard system from soil testing to preparation and processing has become more and more perfect. The market awareness and reputation of "Liaoning Ginseng" continue to rise. Huanren Manchu Autonomous County (桓仁满族自治县) in Benxi City (本溪市) and other places also rely on their own planting and other advantages to integrate into development, forming a complementary relationship with the ginseng processing industry in Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County (新宾满族自治县), Fushun City. Stable orders allow farmers to increase their confidence and enthusiasm in planting, share dividends in standardized planting, and inject impetus into the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Today, the Liaoning Fushun ginseng industry takes "characteristics as the root and cooperation as the force", combines generations of experience with modern technology, and opens up the entire chain of planting, processing, research and development, and sales, which not only guarantees the natural quality of ginseng, but also forms a resource sharing and coordinated development industrial ecosystem, promoting "Liaoning Ginseng" to steadily move towards a world-class industrial brand, and writing a new chapter in the high-quality development of the ginseng industry.
Data source: Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 远 刘 融 周 輖 环球时报记者 胡雨薇
"Stately, with heads held high, we crossed the Yalu River..." This is how the Chinese People's Volunteer Army crossed the river and fought alongside the Korean people, making Dandong (丹东市), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, well-known. However, Dandong has several other distinct characteristics that are less known.
It is China's largest border city: Among the few prefecture-level cities in China whose urban areas are adjacent to the border, Dandong has the largest population and urban area. It is the "northern starting point" of China's vast coastline: Starting from the "River-Sea Boundary" monument located at the junction of the Yalu River (鸭绿江) and the Yellow Sea (黄海) in Donggang (东港), Dandong, China's approximately 18,000-kilometer coastline meanders southward to Fangchenggang (防城港), Guangxi (广西). On the Yalu River, ships from both countries travel freely, and people on board wave to each other, allowing people to truly feel the unique charm of the "River of Friendship"...
Dandong faces Sinuiju (新义州市), North Korea, across the Yalu River. The "River of Friendship" connects the two countries, witnessing the deep friendship forged between the people of China and North Korea, and also witnessing Dandong, a "three-border city" along the coast, along the river, and along the border, constantly deepening bilateral economic, trade, and cultural exchanges, making the profound traditional friendly feelings last forever.
Traditional Friendship:
You teach me Korean dance, and I teach you Chinese folk dance.
The Hushan Great Wall (虎山长城), built in the fifth year of the Chenghua reign of the Ming Dynasty (1469), is located on the summit of Hushan (虎山) in Kuandian (宽甸), Dandong, and is the eastern starting point of the Ming Great Wall. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking into the distance, the Yalu River is as green as silk, and the fields and farmhouses of Sinuiju on the opposite bank are faintly visible in the mist. Walking down the boardwalk to the river bank, the "One Step Across" (一步跨) landscape jumps into view - the China-North Korea border here is only separated by a stream.
The Ming Great Wall ruins, "One Step Across" and other unique landscapes attract tourists from all over to Dandong every year to experience the border city customs. In the first half of this year, Dandong received a total of 25,260,700 tourists, an increase of 30.55% year-on-year. A tourist from Beijing (北京), Xiao Li (小李), said: "Dandong has a rich history, border scenery, and ethnic characteristics, which are worth savoring."
Dandong and North Korea have a deep historical connection. In ancient times, this was an important passage to the Korean Peninsula. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this was the strategic rear and departure point for the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Climbing Yinghua Mountain (英华山) in Dandong, in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea Memorial Hall, exhibits and scenes tell the profound memory of "traditional China-North Korea friendship."
Liu Jihui (刘吉惠), a 92-year-old resident of Dandong, was once a literary and art soldier in the Volunteer Army. In 1951, at the age of only a dozen years old, she crossed the Yalu River to perform programs and boost morale for the soldiers. Once she was injured, and due to limited medical conditions, the Volunteer Army used a temporary stretcher to send her to a local Korean family to recuperate. "Their family was also very poor, but they always gave me the best things first," she recalled: "After the armistice, we exchanged and learned from local dance actors, you taught me Korean dance, I taught you Chinese folk dance, and we also incorporated what we learned into our respective performances."
Inviting the North Korean National Folk Art Troupe to perform, opening the China-North Korea Folk Culture Park, organizing literary and art groups to participate in the "Pyongyang Spring Festival of Joy" cultural activities in North Korea... Dandong's friendly exchanges with North Korea continue.
"In North Korea, my students already number over a thousand." Huang Li (黄丽), a teacher at Liaodong University (辽东学院), has been to North Korea three times, serving as a Chinese teacher at Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies (平壤外国语大学). She proudly said that while working in Pyongyang (平壤), she felt the school's emphasis on teaching and the students' thirst for knowledge. "After graduating, these Chinese major students become a new force in developing traditional China-North Korea friendship and promoting China-North Korea cultural exchanges."
Production and Sales on Both Sides of the River:
Korean skincare and cosmetics sell well, especially the "Chunxiang" brand.
The China-North Korea Friendship Bridge (中朝友谊桥) was built in 1943, originally called the Yalu River Bridge, consisting of 6-hole suspension bridges on the Chinese side and 6-hole flat-string bridges on the North Korean side, with a total length of more than 940 meters. In 1990, on the 40th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's participation in the Korean War, Dandong and Sinuiju jointly named it the "China-North Korea Friendship Bridge." Today, this dual-purpose bridge for highways and railways has become a "major artery" of trade.
Walking into the Dandong International Trade City (丹东国际商贸城), staff member Zou Mingyue (邹明月) introduced while wearing Korean clothing that the Korean goods on sale here include wine, tea, skincare products, shampoo, as well as oil paintings and prints created by Korean artists, and Korean postcards and commemorative stamps. "Korean goods have always sold well, in addition to local consumers, there are also many Chinese and foreign tourists who buy them."
"Chunxiang Biography" (春香传) is a well-known literary work in North Korea, known as the "Dream of the Red Chamber" of the Korean nation. In North Korea, there is a cosmetics brand named "Chunxiang" (春香), and the reporter found in Dandong that "Chunxiang" is also a "popular" product here. Staff said that Korean skincare and cosmetics are the best-selling products, especially the "Chunxiang" brand, which is loved by the Korean people, and is sometimes in short supply.
Strolling through Andong Old Street (安东老街), a historical and cultural block in Dandong, Korean Kaesong Koryo ginseng soap is placed in a prominent position in a "Goryeo Shop" on the second floor. "These imported soaps contain ginseng ingredients, sell very well, and are popular products in the store," said shop assistant Gao Dajie (高大姐).
From "Chunxiang" brand skincare products to Koryo ginseng soap, these popular Korean products all come from the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory (新义州化妆品厂) in North Korea. The cosmetics factory is the first cosmetics production base in North Korea, producing more than 250 kinds of cosmetics, which are exported to many countries.
In the soap workshop, the reporter saw workers wearing blue work clothes busy in an orderly manner. From raw material input to final product packaging, automated assembly line operations have been realized here. At present, the annual output of soap at the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory is about 6,000 tons, of which ginseng soap and transparent soap have the most overseas orders. Both of these soaps use Korean Kaesong Koryo ginseng extract as the main raw material and are widely praised by consumers.
Sound and Picture of Cultural Exchange:
Cultural integration flows in melodious songs and is also reflected in popular and elegant food and paintings.
Tourists who come to Dandong for the first time will first be deeply impressed by the Korean-style cuisine that integrates local characteristics: modified bibim naengmyeon, large yellow clams on the barbecue grill... There are also authentic flavors, such as Korean rice cakes, stone pot bibimbap, etc., which are very popular. Many Korean people in Dandong have the opportunity to display their special skills and have also become "envoys" for promoting cultural integration.
The "Jin Zhu Rice Cake Shop" (金珠打糕店) in Andong Old Street emits rhythmic "dong dong" pounding sounds and cheerful and powerful shouts, attracting many Chinese and foreign tourists to stop and watch. Rice cake is a traditional Korean-style food, which is indispensable for important occasions such as New Year's Day, birthdays, and weddings. Jin Zhu's (金珠) rice cake making skills originated from her childhood memories: "During the New Year and festivals, the scenes of steaming glutinous rice and pounding rice cakes are still unforgettable. Everyone gathered together, some helping, some dancing, that kind of joyful atmosphere was particularly warm." In order to continue the happy memories, she chose to make rice cakes as a career and learn the traditional skills passed down from her family.
Traditional rice cake making emphasizes skill, requiring high-quality glutinous rice to be soaked, steamed, and pounded while hot, while shouting auspicious words such as "**步步高升**" (bù bù gāo shēng - "rising step by step," to rise steadily in position) and "**财源广进**" (cái yuán guǎng jìn - "wealth sources widely enter," may wealth come generously). Nowadays, Jin Zhu cleverly integrates Dandong's specialty strawberries, blueberries and other ingredients into traditional rice cakes, developing colorful new-style rice cakes, which not only retain the traditional flavor but also win the love of young people. In order to promote rice cake culture, Jin Zhu has also actively devoted herself to the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, holding public welfare classes for 8 consecutive years and entering campuses to teach skills. She said: "We must let more people understand the culture behind this craft."
In Dandong, cultural integration is not only reflected in food but also flows in the songs sung by the people of the two countries. Strolling along the Yalu River at night, the melodious songs from both sides of the river clearly echo on the calm river surface. Sometimes you can hear Korean-style songs from this side of the river, or Chinese songs sung in Korean from the opposite bank. Korean friends who come to Dandong for exchanges especially like to sing "The Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army" in Korean. Although the languages are different, the melodies are the same, which is most likely to resonate with both parties.
In recent years, painting has also become a bridge for promoting cultural exchange and people-to-people connectivity. "Contemporary Korean painting pays special attention to realism, and the love for national customs, natural scenery, and other aspects is easily understood and loved by the Chinese people." Wang Tingting (王婷婷), curator of the Dandong New District Art Museum (丹东新区美术馆) and a member of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference, has held cultural exchange activities such as the "China-North Korea Artists Joint Exhibition" with the North Korean Kim Pyong Art Museum (朝鲜金坪艺术馆) and other cultural institutions many times. "Cultural and artistic exchanges, including painting, are attracting more and more people to Dandong to appreciate the 'Yalu River, Dandong is really good' border culture and experience the charm of the border city," said Wang Tingting.
Walking into the China-North Korea Cultural Exhibition Hall (中朝文化展览馆) on Huayuan Road (花园路) in Dandong, excellent Korean artworks are displayed in a dazzling array. "Among these works, the most popular with tourists are Korean oil paintings. The hyper-realistic painting techniques of Korean painters make the artistic images lifelike." Zhang Chunxiang (张春翔), manager of the visitor reception center of the exhibition hall, introduced that this China-North Korea cooperative cultural industry project with a construction area of more than 32,000 square meters has continuously developed from the initial China-North Korea cultural and artistic creation and display, and has successively added Korean folk custom experience areas, China-North Korea cultural and artistic product corridors, handicraft workshops, China-North Korea cuisine and Korean shops, and also holds large-scale cultural exchange activities, China-North Korea artists' pen meetings, art exhibitions, etc. every year, attracting many citizens and tourists.
"Yalu River, like you, the China-North Korea friendship will never change, our friendship is as deep as life and death..." As sung in the Korean film "Brotherly Love," with deep traditional friendship as the background, and with increasingly deepened economic, trade, and cultural exchanges as meticulous and freehand brushwork, the China-North Korea friendship picture scroll is becoming more and more rich and colorful.
(Our reporter Liu Hongchao (刘洪超) participated in the writing)
Link: Dandong, Liaoning
Dandong City is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea in the southeast of Liaoning Province. It is a coastal, riverine, and border city mainly based on industry, trade, logistics, and tourism, and is known as "China's largest and most beautiful border city."
In recent years, Dandong City has been making every effort to promote high-level opening to the outside world. In 2022, the expansion and opening of Dandong Port (丹东港) was approved, adding 68,000 meters of open coastline and 22 berths; in 2024, the temporary opening of 10 berths in the Dadonggang District (大东港区) of Dandong Port was approved, realizing the normal entry and exit of international ships; in 2025, Dandong was approved to establish a comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce.
Dandong also holds a series of art exhibitions, cultural performances, and intangible cultural heritage activities to continuously strengthen the mutual understanding between the people of China and North Korea and promote bilateral cultural exchanges to wider fields. The Dandong Yalu River Marathon (丹东鸭绿江马拉松) is known as the "most beautiful marathon on the border line" and has attracted athletes from many countries, including North Korean athletes, for many years.
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China and North Korea are friendly neighbors connected by mountains and rivers. The traditional friendship between the two countries was personally established by the older generation of leaders of the two parties and two countries, solidified and tempered in the revolutionary struggles of blood and fire, and continuously developed in the course of socialist construction. The traditional friendship between China and North Korea has withstood the test of changes in the times and the volatile international situation, becoming a common and valuable asset for the two countries and their peoples.
In Dandong (丹东), this traditional friendship is even more visible and tangible: on the Yalu River (鸭绿江), North Korean people on cruise ships and Chinese tourists on the Broken Bridge wave to each other; in the streets and alleys, special products imported from North Korea attract consumers to purchase them, and trade closely connects the lives of the people of the two countries; in rural villages and communities, traditional songs and dances with similar melodies and consistent styles, folk delicacies with similar ingredients and similar techniques, continue the exchange and mutual learning between the people of the two countries across time and space... The continuously strengthened friendly exchanges and pragmatic cooperation inject a continuous stream of new impetus into the development of China-North Korea relations.
"We have a great friendship, we have a common ideal, which unites us with unparalleled strength." Just as the "Song of China-North Korea Friendship" expresses, no matter how the international situation changes, China and North Korea continue to expand friendly exchanges between the people, and expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields such as culture, tourism, youth, and localities, which will better serve the development of the two countries, enhance the well-being of the two peoples, and let the China-North Korea friendship be passed on from generation to generation and never cease: 生生不息 (shēng shēng bù xī - "grow and thrive without ceasing," to multiply and perpetuate endlessly; to be in constant motion).
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Baiyang Industrial Park in Yichang High-tech Zone (宜昌高新区) of Hubei Province (湖北省), after a heavy rain, many factory areas were flooded. Tan Benxiang (谭本相), director of the Baiyang Industrial Park (白洋工业园) Management Office, and his colleagues quickly carried out emergency drainage. "Once a company encounters a problem, there must be a response within 3 minutes, and disposal personnel must be on site within 7 minutes," Tan Benxiang (谭本相) said, they carry forward the spirit of hard work, courage to shoulder heavy responsibilities, and front-line tackling of key problems, living on construction sites, sleeping in prefab houses, and working hard on projects, to provide all-weather service and support for the construction of the park.
The Hubei Provincial Party Committee (湖北省委) has designated 2025 as the "Year of Cadre Quality Improvement" for the entire province, implementing "Six Actions" including consolidating the soul, benchmarking for excellence, and strengthening the foundation to improve capabilities. Not long ago, it convened a special provincial party committee plenary session to deliberate and issue opinions to further encourage cadres to take responsibility in accelerating the construction of an important strategic fulcrum for the rise of the central region, encouraging party members and cadres to grasp development with a stronger sense of responsibility, strive for first-class with a more striving state, and solve problems with more courageous responsibility. In the first half of this year, Hubei Province's (湖北省) regional GDP increased by 6.2% year-on-year.
Front-line tackling of key problems, cultivating new quality productive forces.
In the production workshop of the Changfei Advanced Wuhan Base (长飞先进武汉基地) in Wuhan Optics Valley (武汉光谷), the fully automated feeding overhead crane system operates efficiently, and 6-inch silicon carbide wafers are successively offline.
High-temperature and high-pressure resistant silicon carbide is a key material for breaking through high-voltage fast charging technology. In the past, most of the silicon carbide power chips used in domestic new energy vehicles relied on imports. To change this situation, in August 2023, the Changfei Advanced Wuhan Base (长飞先进武汉基地) project focusing on the production of silicon carbide wafers was officially signed.
The project was not smooth sailing from signing to implementation. "At that time, the road in this area was not open, and the land had not been leveled, but the company hoped to start construction as soon as possible," said Wei Ming (魏明), deputy director of the Wuhan Future Science and Technology City (武汉未来科技城) Construction Service Center. The needs of the company are the direction of efforts. The center, together with construction, power, water and other departments, selected 30 party members to form a special team to tackle key problems, implement a map-based operation, and ensure that the project started smoothly in September of that year.
Power supply guarantee is another major problem faced by the special team. The Changfei Advanced (长飞先进) project requires a substation capacity of 189,000 kVA, and a high-standard substation must be built simultaneously. Facing the complex situation that the cable needs to cross 3 important pipelines and involves more than 10 departments, the special team learned while serving, repeatedly optimized the laying plan, and it took only one year from site selection to power on. In May of this year, the factory was officially put into production, and after reaching full production, it can provide components for 1.44 million new energy vehicles every year.
In recent years, Hubei (湖北) has taken the tackling of major projects as a training ground for cadres to take responsibility and improve their abilities, focusing on advantageous leading industries such as optoelectronic information, new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, and life and health, and promoting party members and cadres to enhance their professional skills and practical spirit in actual combat training.
Humanoid robots are one of the future industries that Hubei Province (湖北省) focuses on. Hubei Kefeng Intelligent Transmission Co., Ltd. (湖北科峰智能传动股份有限公司) has long been focusing on the production of key components in the field of mechanical transmission and control applications. It wants to enter a new track, but it suffers from a lack of "access" and technical support.
After learning about the situation, the Huanggang (黄冈) Science and Technology Bureau quickly formed a pioneer service team of party members and cadres. On the one hand, it helped the company contact two academicians - Chen Xuedong (陈学东), a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学) who is good at motion control, and Liu Sheng (刘胜), a professor at Wuhan University (武汉大学) who is deeply involved in the field of pressure sensors, to provide technical guidance.
On the other hand, it promoted the improvement of resource guarantee and coordination mechanism programs, provided support in talent introduction, policy matching, and financial security, and also guided and helped the company complete site selection, site clearing, and writing of application programs.
In March of this year, the Hubei Provincial Robot Control and Drive Technology Innovation Center (湖北省机器人控制与驱动技术创新中心), jointly built by Kefeng Intelligence (科峰智能) and more than 20 universities and research institutes, was unveiled at the Huanggang (Optics Valley) (黄冈 (光谷)) Offshore Science and Technology Innovation Center, and 6 key technology joint tackling projects were signed on the spot.
Based on the province's rich scientific and educational resources, Hubei Province (湖北省) is vigorously promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerating the development of emerging industries and future industries such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, and brain-computer interfaces. In the first half of this year, the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 14.4%, and the contribution rate to the growth of industries above designated size reached 27.5%.
Strengthening the foundation to improve capabilities, building an inland opening-up highland.
In the southeast of Ezhou City (鄂州市), there is Asia's first professional cargo hub airport - Ezhou Huahu International Airport (鄂州花湖国际机场). Not far from here, in the live broadcast center of the China (Ezhou) Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park (中国 (鄂州) 跨境电商产业园), anchors from foreign countries are recommending drones to global consumers; in the exhibition and sales area on the second floor, various products are dazzling.
In the reception room, Chen Si (陈思), a post-90s cadre of the Coordination and Service Team of the Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park (跨境电商产业园) in the Ezhou (鄂州) Airport Economic Zone, is busy contacting merchants and promoting projects. Studying space exhibition, learning decoration design, and carrying out project docking... Since the opening of the industrial park on April 30, he and his colleagues have worked day and night to transform several empty houses into a cross-border e-commerce base integrating a selection center, live broadcast base, training college, supply chain center, and seller center.
"Look, this house number was designed by ourselves," Chen Si (陈思) said, pointing to several functional rooms in the live broadcast center, beaming, "The organization let us do it freely, let us learn and improve and show our talents and creativity on the front line, which is a trust in us." At present, 286 companies have registered and signed contracts in the cross-border e-commerce industrial park, and 72 key companies have settled in.
The Ezhou (鄂州) Airport Economic Zone drives the two wheels of "learning to improve capabilities + practice to strengthen capabilities", so that party members and cadres can improve their skills in the specific practice of promoting the high-quality development of the airport economy. At present, 23 young professional cadres have been selected to form three special teams for opening up to the outside world, cross-border e-commerce, and investment promotion, to practice on the front line and compete in the arena. Since the beginning of this year, the Airport Economic Zone has signed a total of 77 projects with a value of more than 100 million yuan, with a total amount of 41.718 billion yuan.
Learn what you do, and make up for what you lack. Hubei (湖北) has carried out actions to strengthen the foundation and improve capabilities, implemented plans to improve the job competence of leading team members, plans to improve the professional capabilities of cadres in industry systems, etc., and at the same time implemented actions to benchmark for excellence, encouraging departments at all levels in the province to make up for shortcomings and strive for first-class.
Driving about 50 kilometers southeast from Ezhou Huahu International Airport (鄂州花湖国际机场), you will come to Huangshi Qipanzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone (黄石棋盘洲综合保税区). Since its closure and operation in August 2023, it has become an important window for Hubei's (湖北) opening up to the outside world. From January to July this year, the total value of first-line imports and exports completed by the bonded zone was 5.754 billion yuan.
The outstanding achievements cannot be separated from the party members and cadres charging ahead. Li Dong (李动), deputy director of the Management Office of the Bonded Zone, is one of them. Knowing that the development of the Bonded Zone started late and lacked experience, he led a team to the Suzhou Industrial Park Bonded Zone (苏州工业园综保区) twice to investigate and study, repeatedly measured and optimized the process, and promoted the establishment of a "classified supervision of warehousing goods according to status" business model in the Bonded Zone; after visiting Jiujiang Economic Development Zone (九江经开区) in Jiangxi (江西) and Zhoushan (舟山) in Zhejiang (浙江) to study, he combined the local experience with the resources of Huangshi New Port (黄石新港) and Huahu Airport (花湖机场) to lead the design of a "door-to-port, port-to-door" logistics solution.
"Solving problems cannot wait or delay," Li Dong (李动) introduced. Facing the continuous increase in the volume of cross-border trade e-commerce business, he and his colleagues actively joined hands with the customs to innovate the "classified supervision + direct transfer in the zone" model, coordinated all parties to optimize the business process, so that companies can enjoy the convenience of "one-click switching" of cargo status, same-day declaration, and same-day release based on their credit rating, and the customs clearance efficiency has been greatly improved.
Benefit the people as the foundation, promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
"The funds are in place, and the project is more confident to advance!" Bai Yuanjun (柏元军), secretary of the Chengguan Town (城关镇) Party Committee in Zhuxi County (竹溪县), Shiyan City (十堰市), said with joy, pointing to the second phase of the brewery project that has just been put into production.
At the beginning of this year, the Liao Jiahe Village (廖家河村) agricultural, industrial and tourism integration project with a total investment of 44 million yuan was launched, including four major sections such as a brewery and a happy farm.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the most difficult thing is no money." Speaking of the preparation of the project, Bai Yuanjun (柏元军) couldn't help but sigh, "Funds are not waiting for, you have to strive for it yourself." The Chengguan Town (城关镇) Party Committee formed a 15-person policy tackling team, established a mechanism of "studying policies daily, studying trends weekly, and visiting departments monthly," and successfully included the project in the provincial special bond project library, and obtained 4.5 million yuan in funding; it innovatively launched a "fiscal funds + social capital" "pooling" model, and used market-oriented methods to establish a rural revitalization project fund pool, using 9 million yuan of on-budget funds to leverage 35 million yuan of social funds, and solved the "financing difficulties" in one fell swoop.
Now, the Liao Jiahe Village (廖家河村) agricultural, industrial and tourism integration project is operating smoothly, directly driving 220 villagers in the surrounding area to find employment nearby.
Grasping reform and promoting development is ultimately to enable the people to live a better life. Hubei (湖北) is vigorously developing the town economy, promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and calling on party members and cadres to carry forward the fine tradition of "going down to the grassroots level in four aspects" and serving the masses in the fields.
Chengguan Town (城关镇) implemented the "Qinglan Relay" project, assigning 56 cadres to 7 special teams, and selecting 12 people to work full-time on the front line of major projects.
In the early stage of the construction of the Happy Farm, villagers were worried that the renovation of the greenhouse would affect the harvest. Xiao Yong (肖勇), secretary of the Liao Jiahe Village (廖家河村) Party Branch, took cadres to do work from house to house. Li Kang's (李康) family initially refused to open the door, and party members and cadres communicated outside the door through the window, and finally moved the other party: "The cadres wore out their mouths and broke their legs for us, I believe them!"
When the farm was not running smoothly, party members and cadres connected with kindergartens in the city and signed a cooperation agreement for farming research and study; when vegetables were unsalable, they contacted supermarkets and canteens overnight to open up sales channels. "The cadres are more concerned than we are!" Hou Taixin (侯太信), a poverty-stricken household, said that he earns more than 6,000 yuan a year from greenhouse rent, and his son also found a job in the brewery.
In Zhushan Village (主山寨村), Limiao Town (李庙镇), Nanzhang County (南漳县), Xiangyang City (襄阳市), the construction of the Nanzhang Pumped Storage Power Station (南漳抽水蓄能电站) is progressing at full speed, heading towards the goal of dam interception in 2025. Since the signing of this project, a headquarters led by county leaders has been established to coordinate the strength of the entire county to tackle key problems. Facing the problem of land acquisition and relocation, Yu Yan (余言), a post-90s cadre of the County Development and Reform Bureau, led the team to take root in the villages for more than two months, explaining policies and measuring and calculating from house to house, adhering to the principle of "measuring to the end with one ruler," and accurately completing the indicator decomposition of each household. "It is normal for the voice to be hoarse and the soles of the shoes to be worn out, but it is worth it to see the villagers gradually understand the policies, sign contracts and relocate!" Thanks to the efforts of party members and cadres, the project was approved 5 months ahead of schedule, and land acquisition and demolition were completed 3 months ahead of schedule.
"To bravely shoulder the mission, seize opportunities, and accelerate the construction of a fulcrum, the key lies in the vigorous progress and daring to do and achieve success of the vast number of party members and cadres in the province." The relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee (湖北省委组织部) said that it will further guide the vast number of party members and cadres to maintain a fighting attitude, a rushing momentum, and a solid work style, and promote the quality and efficiency of various tasks with a sense of urgency that seizes the day and does not wait for me.
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A certain locality dispatched an inspection team of 25 people to study and inspect a district/county within the same city. Two days later, it dispatched two more inspection teams totaling 24 people to the same district/county for study and inspection simultaneously... Recently, in a typical problem of rectifying formalism and reducing burdens for grassroots areas, as reported by a certain provincial-level (省级层面) authority, the issue of "weak awareness of coordination and conservation, frequent and concentrated study and inspection in one location" has attracted widespread attention.
Horizontal exchange is an important channel for learning and communication between different localities and departments, aiming to broaden horizons, increase knowledge, enhance skills, and improve one's own work. However, some localities lack sufficient overall planning, are not frugal and efficient enough, and even arbitrarily increase the frequency and scale, greatly affecting the pertinence and effectiveness, causing horizontal exchange to fall into the trap of formalism. Such "exchange" not only violates the original intention of study and inspection but also increases the burden on the receiving party.
The formalism in horizontal exchange, in the final analysis, is due to the misplaced performance evaluation of some leading cadres, who regard the number of external study and inspection activities carried out and the number of seminars organized as "achievements," pursuing only superficial grandeur while ignoring what has actually been learned and how much can be applied to practical work.
In reality, some party members and cadres lack in-depth thinking about the theme of learning and exchange, generalizing it too much. They want to cover all aspects in just a few days, resulting in only 蜻蜓点水 (qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ - "dragonfly skimming water," touching on a subject lightly) and 囫囵吞枣 (hú lún tūn zǎo - "swallowing a date whole," to accept without thinking); some lack in-depth understanding of the points of investigation and research, watching whatever is arranged for them to watch, neither understanding the background information in advance nor actively thinking, asking questions, or exchanging ideas; and some horizontal exchanges have inertial thinking and path dependence. Certain inspections were indeed necessary in a certain historical period, but as the relevant work changes, the scale and frequency of exchanges have not been adjusted accordingly, gradually becoming a perfunctory or even ritualistic activity... The effect of all this is predictable.
To truly return horizontal exchange to the essence of learning, promoting, and improving, it is necessary to highlight the word "practical." Adhering to a problem-oriented approach, one should "have a clear idea" (心里有数 - xīn lǐ yǒu shù - "have numbers in one's heart," to have a clear understanding) before the inspection: What are the main problems and prominent contradictions currently faced? Where is the focus of this study and inspection? What problems will be promoted to be solved through the inspection? Think clearly about these things to achieve anchoring the target and aiming at the focus. At the scene, in addition to listening to the introduction of the surface situation, one can also often ask "why," using the attitude of 打破砂锅问到底 (dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ - "break the casserole and ask to the end," to get to the bottom of something) to find the "golden key" to solve one's own problems in the exchange. For the receiving party, it should also adhere to principles, seek truth from facts, strictly arrange reception according to regulations, both showcasing experience and practices, and sharing the underlying concepts and methods, so that inspection and exchange become a two-way exchange and a mutually beneficial process of teaching and learning. In this way, horizontal exchange can be pragmatic, efficient, and fruitful.
Return to Top"Why can this person, who is not an agricultural insurance assistant, receive work funds?" The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Lixian County (澧县), Hunan Province, once received a complaint from the public.
In the local area, agricultural insurance assistants are mainly responsible for publicizing agricultural insurance policies and assisting in insurance-related work, and can receive a certain amount of labor fees from agricultural insurance work funds.
Discipline inspection and supervision cadres immediately launched an investigation. After reviewing the payment records, they found that a payee named "Liu Mouyan (刘某艳)" was not on the list of agricultural insurance assistants. Visiting 14 assistants in Linan Town (澧南镇) revealed more suspicious details: From 2020 to 2022, the total labor fees received by the town's assistants amounted to more than 50,000 yuan, far less than the expenditure records of the insurance institutions.
"Where did the money go?" Discipline inspection and supervision cadres immediately found Xue (薛), the then director of the Linan Town Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center (澧南镇农业综合服务中心).
It turned out that during these three years, Xue (薛) did not truthfully report the list of assistants to the insurance institutions, but instead designated other personnel to receive the money, and Liu Mouyan (刘某艳) was one of them. At the end of each year, after these designated personnel received the funds, they handed the money over to the town's Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center (镇农业综合服务中心), which then carried out a "secondary distribution": only a portion of it was used to pay the labor fees of the assistants, and the rest was received and used by the center's staff in the name of overtime pay, work-related meal expenses, and so on.
In the end, Xue (薛) was given a serious warning within the Party, and other personnel involved in the case were dealt with in accordance with regulations. The illegally obtained funds were all recovered and reissued to the relevant assistants.
[Disciplinary Officer's Remarks] In this case, Xue (薛) and others, as public officials, disregarded the relevant regulations on the dedicated use of special funds, and used their positions to conduct a "secondary distribution" of agricultural insurance work funds, illegally distributing, intercepting, and misappropriating them, exposing their weak sense of discipline and loss of the bottom line of rules, and also exposing regulatory loopholes in key positions. Discipline inspection and supervision organs should further strengthen supervision and promote the establishment and improvement of a transparent distribution mechanism.
(Wan Chuanwen (万传文))
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Potato and beef stew, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried Shanghai greens... As noon approaches, the "Shared Integration Dining Hall" in Shagang Village (善港村), Yangshe Town (杨舍镇), Zhangjiagang City (张家港市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) is filled with the aroma of dishes, and people line up in an orderly manner to dine. "Sister Zhang (张姐), here is your meal." The volunteer in charge of serving the food is named Huang Wenhu (黄文虎), a retired veteran party member with over 20 years of party membership.
On-site, there are also 9 volunteers wearing uniform attire, busy with cashier duties, maintaining order, and cleaning. These retired veteran party members have formed a volunteer service team.
In recent years, Zhangjiagang City (张家港市) has adhered to the leadership of Party building, strengthened demand guidance, promoted the establishment of Party organizations in various natural villages and Party groups in villagers' groups, and on this basis, further built a "micro-deliberation" platform under the leadership of Party organizations, gathering forces from all parties, stimulating mass vitality, carrying out volunteer services, and promoting the formation of a good situation of joint construction, joint governance, and sharing.
Currently, Shagang Village (善港村) has established Party branches in 8 natural villages and Party groups in 59 villagers' groups. Huang Wenhu (黄文虎), as the leader of the first Party group of the first Party branch in the western district of Shagang Village (善港村西区第一党支部第一党小组), frequently visits the masses.
"During a household visit, some people suggested that the dining environment in the canteen was noisy and needed someone to guide. There are many elderly people dining, and it is especially necessary to prevent them from being pushed and falling," Huang Wenhu (黄文虎) recalled. He then widely solicited opinions and suggestions, and everyone agreed to set up a volunteer service team in the canteen. After that, he reported the opinions and suggestions of the masses and the idea of giving play to the remaining heat of retired veteran party members to the village committee, which was adopted and supported. Now, during breakfast and lunch hours every day, he and several volunteers are on duty on time, serving attentively.
In addition, Shagang Village (善港村) has also established a "Virtue First Pioneer" volunteer service team, which proposes 6-8 themed volunteer service activities every year through the villagers' council, determined by the village Party committee, and each of the 8 natural village Party branches takes the lead, guiding the participation of the majority of Party members, and smoothing the volunteer service channel of "villagers and masses proposing topics, the village Party committee solving the problems, the Party branches answering the questions, and the Party and the masses working together to solve the problems."
There is a child named Xiaomin (小敏) (pseudonym) in Shagang Village (善港村) who was once emotionally depressed due to family difficulties. Shao Qiuyan (邵秋艳), a member of the Shagang Village (善港村) Party Committee and head of the "Shagang Mom" volunteer service team, learned about the situation and contacted several Party member volunteers to visit Xiaomin's (小敏) home many times, taking the initiative to solve her life difficulties and provide learning materials. With the help of Shao Qiuyan (邵秋艳), Xiaomin (小敏) came out of her psychological shadow, successfully entered high school, and became a volunteer in Shagang Village (善港村).
"We should not only provide assistance to community residents within our capacity, but also guide Party members to play a pioneering role and lead the masses to jointly solve practical problems," said Shao Qiuyan (邵秋艳).
Gathering the strength of the masses and stimulating vitality. At present, a large number of characteristic volunteer service teams are active on the front line of grassroots governance in Zhangjiagang City (张家港市). The "Crabapple Pioneer" team in Jinfeng Town (锦丰镇) specializes in providing free medical transportation for elderly people, the "Party Emblem on the Ridge" service team in Nanfeng Town (南丰镇) helps farmers with live streaming sales, and the "Legal Understander" volunteer group in Daxin Town (大新镇) holds a popular law market every month. According to statistics, there are 356,000 registered volunteers in the city. "We encourage and guide the majority of Party members to take the lead and set an example in grassroots volunteer services. This year, we have implemented 266 volunteer service projects and led the handling of more than 3,000 'micro-wishes' of the masses, effectively solving problems and doing practical things for the masses," said the relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee (张家港市委组织部).
Return to TopBy: 叶 燕
The theater festival reform sends a strong signal to the industry: theatrical creation should highlight the people-oriented and artistic nature, return to the essence, respect the laws of art, and strive to reverse the erroneous tendencies of "only awards" and "only themes."
"Can the color of report dramas be diluted?" "Can we break free from the constraints of real people and real events and have a more advanced artistic and truthful presentation and pursuit?!" At the play review meeting of the 19th China Theatre Festival (中国戏剧节), Wang Jian (王俭), a critic and playwright, raised 13 sharp questions to the main creators of a newly created play he had just watched. These "thirteen questions" were incisive and caused a shock in the hearts of the creators, which is also a microcosm of the vigorous reform of this theater festival.
The wonderful plays of the 19th China Theatre Festival are being staged in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江). This year's theater festival includes 42 selected works, including 29 participating plays, 1 specially invited play, and 12 exhibition plays, covering 20 opera genres, as well as drama, opera, dance drama, musical, farce, puppet show and other different theater categories. In the play collection stage, the theater festival emphasized respecting the laws of theatrical art creation, carrying forward the spirit of 十年磨一剑 (shí nián mó yī jiàn - "ten years to grind a sword," it takes great effort to perfect one's work), and relaxing the time limit for shortlisted plays to be put on stage; reiterating the people-centered creative orientation, giving priority to plays that are popular with audiences and have many performances; advocating a correct understanding of "main theme," and that all works that express truth, goodness and beauty and transmit positive energy are needed by the times... The theater festival reform sends a strong signal to the industry: theatrical creation should highlight the people-oriented and artistic nature, return to the essence, respect the laws of art, and strive to reverse the erroneous tendencies of "only awards" and "only themes."
There is an old saying in the theater world that "good plays are revised and polished," and it is normal for stage masterpieces to go through "seven or eight drafts, eight or ten years." Good plays not only need to be "polished," but also "polished" in continuous performances. In order to curb the short-sighted and profit-driven atmosphere of "creating for the sake of winning awards" and putting them on the shelf after winning awards, and to correct the bad phenomenon of new play creation being like "a bear breaking off corn," the play selection of this theater festival is no longer limited to the scope of "new plays," but encourages continuous creation, continuous performance, the combination of new and old, and overall consideration. The performing plays include excellent plays that have been performed for many years or have been classically restaged, such as Hebei Bangzi Opera "The Lotus Lantern" (宝莲灯), Beijing Opera serial play "Seven Heroes and Five Gallants" (七侠五义), Ou Opera "Killing the Dog to Advise the Husband" (杀狗劝夫记), and Opera "The Wilderness" (原野), among which "The Lotus Lantern" has been performed more than 1,600 times. There are also excellent plays that have won national awards such as the "Five-One Project" Award and the "Wenhua Award" such as Beijing Opera "Qi Baishi" (齐白石) and Dance Drama "Cavalry" (骑兵), and have continued to be performed and improved. There are also new plays that have aroused enthusiastic responses from audiences in recent years, such as Kun Opera "A New Account of Tales of the World" (世说新语), Wu Opera "Three Attacks on the White Bone Demon" (三打白骨精), and Yue Opera "My Grand View Garden" (我的大观园). Whether it is a new play or an old play, it is advocated to continuously polish and strive for perfection. Before the theater festival, at the play improvement meeting held in Wenzhou (温州), experts conducted all-round discussions on 42 plays from the source of creation to the stage presentation; during the theater festival exhibition, they also provided "one play, one review" to diagnose and advise the participating plays, so as to promote the works to be more and more refined.
Literary and artistic criticism and literary and artistic creation have always been known as the two wings of a bird and the two wheels of a car, and neither is indispensable. At present, many theater reviews lack academic character and only "carry the sedan chair" and "say good things," which not only cannot guide creation, but also interfere with hearing, confuse concepts, and hinder creation, which is criticized by the industry. To this end, the theater festival specially held the "Speaking Truth and Having Knowledge - Special Symposium on Improving Theater Criticism Work," which directly pointed to "favoritism reviews," "red envelope reviews," "small circle reviews," "praising to death," "clubbing to death," "false words, empty words, clichés," "pretending to understand, shooting without a target," "rigidly applying theories," and "stereotyped reviews" and other bad phenomena, advocating having true knowledge, speaking the truth, and reasoning, promoting the spirit of criticism that praises the good and degrades the bad, and promotes the good and eliminates the evil, and encouraging theater reviews that are energetic, sharp, and down-to-earth. Only when the atmosphere is right can there be a new look. Experts and main creators of theater troupes communicate face-to-face, commenting one by one, saying good things about the good and bad things about the bad, without embellishment or evasion, and putting forward pertinent and constructive opinions, which are supported and welcomed by the theater troupes. At each review meeting, it can be clearly felt that a group of young and middle-aged theater critics with broad vision and daring to speak the truth are emerging.
Theater originates from the people, relies on the people, and belongs to the people. The China Theatre Festival adheres to the positioning of "the people's festival" and builds a theatrical event for the people. On the one hand, it adheres to the diversification of themes and types, and meets the multi-level and multi-faceted spiritual and cultural needs of the people with diverse story themes, rich presentation styles, and distinct spirit of the times. On the other hand, it adheres to benefiting the people with culture and art, with a minimum ticket price of 50 yuan, and a total of 10,000 benefit tickets are launched, so that citizens can enjoy good plays and big plays at their doorsteps. The theater festival also promotes the deep integration of theater culture and tourism, carries out theater "flash mobs" and theater activities in schools, and launches a number of measures such as cultural and tourism consumption discounts. During the theater festival, Hangzhou (杭州) was transformed into a "theater without walls," forming a vivid situation where there are plays everywhere and widespread participation.
The 19th China Theatre Festival respects the laws of art, is determined to reform and innovate, leads the creative atmosphere, and adheres to benefiting the people, effectively playing the role of an industry vane. It is expected that under the impetus of the new atmosphere and new look, the theater community will continue to calibrate the direction of creation, gather creative consensus, adhere to integrity and innovation, strive for excellence, and strive to create new classics of the new era, and constantly open up new realms of theatrical art.
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The Chinese nation has experienced vicissitudes and passed on its heritage. In times of deep crisis and disaster, there have always been people of noble aspiration who have turned the tide and enabled the ancient nation to be reborn. As Lu Xun (鲁迅) said, "Since ancient times, we have had people who bury themselves in hard work, people who work desperately, people who plead for the people, and people who sacrifice themselves for the law... These are the pillars of China." On the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, China Central Television (中央广播电视总台) broadcast the TV series "The Front" (《阵地》), which tells the story of Guo Moruo (郭沫若), Xia Yan (夏衍), Tian Han (田汉) and a large number of patriotic and progressive cultural figures who, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), used their pens as guns to defend the cultural anti-Japanese front, awaken the public's awareness of national salvation, and promote the establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front.
Facing the magnificent history of the War of Resistance, the work presents the various forces on the cultural front in an orderly manner through tense plots and multiple clues. Just the intellectuals who lived and fought in Guilin (桂林) at that time were a patriotic torrent. In addition to Guo Moruo (郭沫若) and Xia Yan (夏衍), there were also Ai Qing (艾青), Wang Luyan (王鲁彦), Tao Xingzhi (陶行知), Ba Jin (巴金), Shen Junru (沈钧儒), Ouyang Yuqian (欧阳予倩), Feng Zikai (丰子恺), Hong Shen (洪深), Xu Beihong (徐悲鸿), Jiao Juyin (焦菊隐), Shu Xiuwen (舒绣文) and a large number of other intellectuals. They were both literati and patriots, and it was not easy to show their common aspirations and different personalities. The play vividly portrays Jiao Juyin's (焦菊隐) and Ouyang Yuqian's (欧阳予倩) stubborn insistence on different views of drama, Wang Luyan's (王鲁彦) recklessness in opposing "piracy," and Xu Beihong's (徐悲鸿) and Feng Zikai's (丰子恺) open-mindedness in the face of stage art innovation... They were different within the same and the same within the different, and always stood on the right side of history. This precisely reflects that "The Front" (《阵地》) can not only delve into the hearts of characters for artistic narration, but also sincerely pay attention to the deepest part of history, and ultimately express sincere and lasting patriotic feelings.
The work does not present the fighting life of literati and patriots in a documentary style, but follows the artistic principle of "major events are not false, minor events are not restrictive." It not only "has an explanation at the beginning of each episode, a climax in the middle of each episode, and suspense at the end of each episode," but also uses the creative technique of "it does not have to be a real event that has happened, but it must be a real situation that will happen." In the play, Zang Kejia (臧克家) assists machine gunners in loading bullets and creates with grief and indignation in the trenches. Student soldier Han Dayong (韩大勇) leads 28 daredevils to capture a fortress and is killed by bullets. The hero's body and the blood-stained "Communist Manifesto" (《共产党宣言》) are touching... These wonderful artistic imaginations that conform to the characters' thinking, behavior, and emotional logic reflect the creators' efforts to approach the spirit of Chinese aesthetics, approach the appreciation habits of contemporary audiences, and complete a grand narrative with novel techniques.
"The Front" (《阵地》) makes us deeply aware of the power of culture and the power of the united front. The play's resumption of the "National Salvation Daily" (《救亡日报》), the creation of the miscellaneous essay publication "Weeds" (《野草》), and the successful performance of the drama "Qu Yuan" (《屈原》) all vividly reflect that defeating the invaders requires not only "an army with guns in its hands," but also relying on "an army of culture." Such a truth is enough to show that in the present day of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we must firmly defend the cultural front, sound the horn, establish faith, and strengthen cultural confidence in advancing the new chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In the historical changes of thousands of years, the Chinese nation has never been smooth sailing. It has encountered countless difficulties and hardships, but we have all overcome them and come through them. One of the most important reasons is that generations of Chinese sons and daughters have cultivated and developed a unique, broad and profound Chinese culture, which has provided strong spiritual support for the Chinese nation to overcome difficulties and thrive." This important conclusion is a profound summary of Chinese culture, and it provides a fundamental guideline for us to build a cultural front on the road to national rejuvenation, guiding literary and artistic workers to present more new achievements like "The Front" (《阵地》).
(The authors are members of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History (中央文史研究馆), Vice President and Professor of Northwest Normal University (西北师范大学))
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Countless failures, countless restarts. To perfectly present the lift in "Le Corsaire" during the competition, Russian dancer Denis repeatedly polished the move in the rehearsal room every day. Each exertion strived for millimeter-level precision, and sweat soaked the floor of the rehearsal room.
Let's look at two young actors from the Liaoning Ballet (辽宁芭蕾舞团) – Zhang Gehan (张歌涵) and Wang Zhanfeng (王占峰). To achieve the synchronized jump, a key movement in "Swan Lake," the only way is to repeat the practice countless times, so that every movement becomes "muscle memory." The height, speed, and rhythm of the two people's jumps must be completely consistent, which tests not only their technique but also their tacit understanding. From frequent initial mistakes to later perfect cooperation, behind it all is countless days and nights of hard work.
The contestants' persistence, tenacity, and determination were captured by the television live broadcast lens – the live documentary variety show "Dancing World," produced by Liaoning Television (辽宁卫视), recorded the entire Liaoning (Shenyang) International Ballet Competition (辽宁（沈阳）国际芭蕾舞比赛) held in Shenyang (沈阳) in August. This competition attracted more than 150 outstanding ballet dancers from afar. Among them, there are young dancers who are eager to show their talents on this stage, and there are also experienced senior dancers who pursue further breakthroughs in art.
The strong exotic customs brought by dancers from various countries and the oriental charm interpreted by Chinese dancers collide and blend with each other, creating a diverse and rich artistic landscape, making "Dancing World" a stage of "beauty in harmony." Dancers from different cultural backgrounds learn from each other and inspire each other here, breaking down the barriers of language and culture, and also planting seeds of friendship in each other's hearts.
With the help of television live broadcasts and new media communication, "Dancing World" connects with a wider audience. The live broadcast of the competition pioneered the use of "main stage of the competition + second studio + documentary film of the competition" multi-scene simultaneous live broadcast and switching, realizing the seamless connection between real-time commentary and in-depth comments on the competition, helping the audience to jump from "watching the excitement" to "understanding the inside story." The perspective of the documentary short film extends beyond the spotlight, capturing the sweat and persistence of the dancers preparing for the competition, allowing the audience to see the efforts behind the glory. This innovative form of communication allows ballet art to move from the traditional stage to a broader public view.
The fact that this competition can attract so many high-level dancers is inextricably linked to the influence of the Liaoning Ballet (辽宁芭蕾舞团). Since its establishment, it has insisted on introducing world classics and Chinese originals with a "two-pronged" approach, performing many world-famous ballets such as "Swan Lake" and "Sleeping Beauty," and also actively exploring the creation of Chinese-style ballets, and has successively launched "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (梁山伯与祝英台)", "Gada Meilin (嘎达梅林)", "Eight Women Throw Themselves into the River (八女投江)" and a series of works with strong Chinese cultural characteristics, and cultivated batches of excellent ballet dancers. It is believed that in the future, the story of ballet "dancing" the world will continue to be written.
(The author is a professor at the Art College of Liaoning University (辽宁大学))
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The drama "Du Fu" created and performed by the Beijing People's Art Theater (北京人民艺术剧院) has been staged again. If calculated from the time of its premiere, it spans a full 28 years with the drama "Li Bai," but its resurgence in popularity and further discussion among people has occurred recently. Li Bai (李白) and Du Fu (杜甫) are equally famous, and the two works can be called "twin stars" productions, so their combined journey naturally attracts much attention. A series of historical dramas about literati, represented by the dramas "Li Bai" and "Du Fu," not only enrich the creative path and style of the Beijing People's Art Theater, but also provide important creative experience for reflecting on historical traditions and grasping the pulse of human culture.
The differences between Li Bai and Du Fu, their persons and their poems, are well-known facts. They met only a few times, but they were concerned about each other throughout their lives, exchanging poems and forming a deep friendship, which became a beautiful story. The mentality and situation of traditional literati can be said to be the main theme running through the creative career of playwright Guo Qihong (郭启宏). From the early "Sima Qian (司马迁)" to the "Literati Trilogy" of "Li Bai," "The Proud Son of Heaven (天之骄子)," and "Soulmate (知己)," to the current "Du Fu," which realizes the "Li-Du union," all place "soulmate" to varying degrees as a reference for literati to establish themselves and seek truth, as if there is a spiritual hub or switch that gathers all sorrows and joys.
The An Lushan Rebellion (安史之乱) cut the Tang Dynasty in half, changing its fate. This is the historical situation intercepted by the two works, "Li Bai" and "Du Fu," leaving a strong impression. The story takes this as a starting point, starting from the middle and late lives of Li Bai and Du Fu. Amidst the vicissitudes and turmoil, the blade is exposed, and the human question naturally arises: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? In the drama "Li Bai," Li Bai in his later years volunteered, full of passion and romance, and that kind of self-subjective color is strong and distinct, but in the face of the treacherous vortex of the turbulent situation and the complexity of human nature, it seems naive and absurd. In the drama "Du Fu," Du Fu spent his life seeking officialdom, in a state of embarrassment and distress, but his inflexibility and willfulness also let us see his naivety and absurdity, and see his loveliness and nobility. In the chaotic world of turbulent times, they each have their own experiences and joys and sorrows, which are moving and sympathetic.
Comparing the two dramas, it is not difficult to see that the creator's historical drama view of "transmitting the spirit of history, the spirit of characters, and the spirit of the author" is consistent, while shaping Li Bai focuses on the demeanor of the main personality, and shaping Du Fu focuses on the bones of the realistic situation, which is consistent with their own personality and poetry style; "Du Fu" is actually more difficult to write than "Li Bai," and the creator's decades of experience in the world and life insights are more naturally and relaxedly reflected here in "Du Fu."
In a sense, the dramas "Li Bai" and "Du Fu" can be said to represent the mental state of "having self" and "no self" respectively. How to grasp the relationship and scale between "having self" and "no self" is also a question that creators need to think deeply about. For example, "Li Bai," which has stood the test of time, looks more concise and complete, because Li Bai's motives and inner pain are clearer and more powerful, but as time goes by, how can this relatively strong literati attribute better achieve emotional connection with today's audience? "Du Fu" mainly relies on plot details, and mostly presents worldly wisdom, which is not without a sense of reality, so the story is more interesting and easier to evoke empathy, but Du Fu's main personality and inner pain are inevitably somewhat obscured.
For the Chinese people, Li Bai and Du Fu are always shining stars in the brilliant galaxy of Chinese civilization, and the special texture and poetic charm that historical dramas with literati themes should have particularly convey the spirit of Chinese aesthetics. This creative relay spanning more than 30 years can be called a poetic unfolding of the Beijing People's Art Theater's carving of time. When the drama "Li Bai" premiered in 1991, the lead actor Pu Cunxin (濮存昕) was 38 years old, playing the role of an old man in his prime, but it was not incongruous. When the drama "Du Fu" was performed again, the director and lead actor Feng Yuanzheng (冯远征) was 63 years old, which is similar to the age of Du Fu in real history. The director is still testing the waters, and the performance is already 炉火纯青 (lú huǒ chún qīng - "furnace fire pure green," having attained a high degree of proficiency). In people's minds, it seems that Li Bai and Du Fu should be what they present on the stage. The changes of the times are like a long river, and people's mentality and appreciation habits are also changing, and all the constancy and change, taking and giving, gain and loss, will have new meaning because they are related to us.
Return to TopAs a phenomenal domestic reality show, "Heart Signal" has somewhat deviated from its original path by its eighth season, becoming more deliberate and less sincere.
The early seasons were indeed captivating. The fresh "celebrity + civilian" model of the first season, and the natural and smooth interactions of the "CP" (pairing) guests in the second season, all recorded the state of young people's interactions, becoming the "white moonlight" in the hearts of the audience. But "it's easy to seek novelty, but difficult to maintain the original intention" (求新易、守心难), recent seasons have begun to change for the sake of change, and the traces of deliberate design have become heavier. Although the opening of the eighth season is novel, the editing is full of formulaic feeling: amplifying conflicts to create topics, excessively rendering emotional entanglements, and even adding a bit of stiffness to the guest interactions as if following a script.
The charm of social reality shows lies in authenticity, reflecting real life and illuminating real hearts. "Heart Signal" once gained attention by relying on love and emotional topics. If it wants to regain the trust of the audience, it should reduce its pursuit of traffic formulas and increase its adherence to the true nature of emotions. What the audience wants to see is not a carefully choreographed "sweet and abusive" script, but the sincere heart of ordinary people who dare to love and hate. This is the most captivating "signal" of the show.
(Chen Shuzhe (陈舒喆), Quanzhou (泉州市), Fujian Province (福建省))
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On the evening of September 17th, the Wuju opera "The Three Battles with White Bone Demon" (《三打白骨精》), a participating work in the 19th China Theatre Festival, debuted at the Hangzhou Dongpo Grand Theatre (杭州东坡大剧院), with tickets in high demand and every seat filled. This opera is not only a hit in the theater but has also recently become a "national trend internet celebrity" and a "top stream" of opera online. Many accounts have posted short videos of the "White Bone Demon's face-changing and costume-changing," with many receiving over a million likes, and netizens exclaiming "too stunning."
Wuju, commonly known as "Jinhua Opera" (金华戏), has a history of over 500 years and was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. In the current situation where traditional opera is jointly facing the issue of inheritance and development, "upholding integrity and innovation" (守正创新 (shǒu zhèng chuàng xīn - "maintain orthodoxy and innovate," to uphold the fundamentals while adapting to new circumstances)) is a consensus, but it is easier said than done. However, this small opera genre of Wuju can go out of its hometown, go abroad, and become popular online, making a name for itself, spreading widely, and winning the love of audiences, especially young people, and its "breaking the circle" code is worth studying.
The "integrity" of the Wuju opera "The Three Battles with White Bone Demon" lies in adhering to the core of opera art. Its creation has a clear sense of high-quality products, a sense of opera itself, and a sense of Wuju characteristics. The entire opera is wonderful in singing, recitation, acting, and fighting, and the choreography, directing, and aesthetics all show ingenuity. Wuju has always had a sonorous and exciting music, and rough and powerful movements. "The Three Battles with White Bone Demon" uses and amplifies this feature to externalize the inner emotions of the characters. For example, Tang Monk's (唐僧) "literary drama done with martial arts" presents his frightened state when being chased by the White Bone Demon (白骨精) through tumbling and crawling, as well as continuous shuffling, staggering, and kneeling steps. Wukong's (悟空) singing and recitation performance delicately expresses the multiple emotions of sadness, anger, entanglement, and reluctance when saying goodbye to his master.
The entire opera does not blindly pursue sound, light, and electricity, and all the stage design serves the artistic expression. At the end of the play, the White Bone Demon is hit by Wukong's stick and falls from a high platform in a "stiff corpse" in mid-air, and the "white bone skeleton" stage scenery collapses at the same time, creating a shocking effect. The continuous applause in the theater, and the online praise of "Zhe Wuju (浙婺) doesn't support idlers," "everyone can sing and fight," and "the gongs and drums are comfortably on the beat" are all enthusiastic feedback to the creators' deep skills and sincere performance.
The "new" of this opera lies in the active response to the audience's preferences and the effective use of all-media communication. In a market environment, only by continuously cultivating new audiences and having both artistic value and market vitality can traditional opera enter the public eye and move towards a broader stage. The creation and dissemination of "The Three Battles with White Bone Demon" has always had a strong audience awareness, especially an awareness of actively attracting young people. The White Bone Demon's "face-changing and costume-changing" stunt vividly shows its three forms of "skin, flesh, and bone," which is extremely visually impactful. And its transformed "heroic and valiant female goddess" image, with a beautiful face and agile skills, is very in line with the aesthetics of young audiences.
Since its debut more than two years ago, this opera has been constantly performed and renewed. While continuously polishing its artistic quality, it also often incorporates fresh ideas: Bajie's (八戒) tango dance posture, the use of popular online terms such as "collagen" in the recitation, and drones playing the role of small bees, etc., each carefully crafted embellishment constantly brings "small surprises" to the audience. These "updates" will invariably become topics of conversation among Wuju enthusiasts online. The amazing "famous scenes" and the constantly launched "small surprises" are all vivid business cards for Wuju to attract new audiences and make new friends through the Internet, helping it effectively expand its influence and also feeding back to the offline performance market.
From full houses offline to millions of likes online, the popularity of the Wuju opera "The Three Battles with White Bone Demon" responds to the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the general audience, and also witnesses the broad world where traditional opera is revitalized. By adhering to the core of opera, promoting the characteristics of the genre, understanding the audience, and keeping up with the times, traditional opera can show its charm and reap more applause and cheers.
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