Summary: On September 30th, Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended a ceremony to lay flower baskets at the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square, commemorating the Martyrs' Day. The article emphasizes the importance of remembering and honoring heroes, particularly in the context of the 75th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's entry into the Korean War, noting the repatriation of remains of Chinese soldiers. It highlights Xi's call to emulate heroic figures in the pursuit of national rejuvenation and the construction of a strong country. The piece also mentions the awarding of national medals and honorary titles to outstanding individuals from various fields. It underscores that the new era provides ample opportunities for individuals to become heroes and contribute to the realization of the Chinese dream.
Summary: President Xi Jinping and Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam exchanged congratulatory messages on the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations, with Xi emphasizing mutual respect, win-win cooperation, and deepened political trust. Xi expressed China's willingness to work with Singapore to uphold the multilateral trading system and international norms. Singaporean President Tharman noted the elevation of relations to an "all-round, high-quality, forward-looking partnership." Premier Li Qiang echoed similar sentiments in his message to Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, emphasizing strengthened strategic alignment and multilateral trade cooperation.
Summary: President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Luxembourg's new Grand Duke Guillaume on his accession to the throne, highlighting the 50+ year diplomatic relationship between China and Luxembourg as a model of mutual benefit. Xi emphasized the fruitful cooperation in steel, finance, and logistics, including the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg "Air Silk Road," which stabilizes supply chains between China and Europe. He expressed his desire to work with Guillaume to elevate Sino-Luxembourg relations. Xi also sent a message of greetings and blessings to former Grand Duke Henri, who has abdicated. The article does not mention the United States or the U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Speaking at a reception celebrating the 76th anniversary of the PRC, Xi Jinping emphasized the need for continued struggle and unity under the CCP to achieve the "great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" through Chinese-style modernization. He stressed the urgency of the task, noting the limited timeframe to achieve modernization goals and called for breakthroughs in science and technology. Xi urged vigilance against complacency and a commitment to continuous progress, emphasizing the need to overcome challenges. The speech did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article, the first in a series titled "Looking at High-Quality Development from the Front Lines," highlights the C919 aircraft as a symbol of China's innovative development. Specifically, it focuses on Southern Airlines pilot Ma Nan, who has flown the C919 for over 8500 hours and 3800 flights, carrying approximately 500,000 passengers. Ma Nan compares the C919 favorably to foreign large passenger aircraft he has piloted, emphasizing its advanced technology and safety features. He notes that the C919 represents the realization of a dream to fly a domestically produced large aircraft and that his personal flying experience with this machine helps contribute to improving its technology. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The "Jiaolong" manned submersible successfully completed over ten dives in the Arctic Ocean during the first leg of China's 92nd oceanic expedition, marking China's first manned deep-sea dive in the Arctic ice region. The expedition, launched from Qingdao on July 15th and returning September 8th, was supported by the icebreaker "Xuelong 2." This leg included manned submersible operations, ROV surveys, and CTD water sampling. The "Jiaolong" underwent domestic upgrades prior to its polar deployment, after sea trials in the South China Sea.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, multiple regions launched tourism-specific train routes to connect dispersed tourism resources. These routes, such as the "Panda Express Chengdu" and the "National Day Yabuli Two-Day Tour Train," aim to better meet tourist demands and promote cultural and tourism development. The article emphasizes the importance of breaking out of regional limitations to create new development spaces by connecting diverse scenes and extending the consumption chain. It also highlights the need for regions to leverage their unique advantages and differentiate themselves through unique resources. Ultimately, the piece advocates for a strategic approach to cultural and tourism development that focuses on innovation and capitalizing on local strengths.
Summary: In the first eight months of the year, China's industrial enterprises above designated size saw a 0.9% year-on-year increase in profits, reversing the decline since May, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Manufacturing profits grew by 7.4%, accelerating from the previous seven months, with the equipment manufacturing sector being a significant driver. Raw materials manufacturing profits grew rapidly, while consumer goods manufacturing profits shifted from decline to growth. There is no mention of United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, "intangible cultural heritage (ICH) tourism" has become a new trend in China, with various ICH-themed activities held across the country. These activities integrate traditional culture with modern trends, offering tourists immersive experiences such as ICH garden parties and craft workshops. Experts suggest ICH needs to be integrated with modern technology and creativity to meet contemporary needs, promoting a deeper fusion of ICH and the tourism industry. This integration aims to revitalize traditional culture and boost the cultural tourism market.
Summary: China's economic stability and growth are ensured by its consistent development strategies, predictable macroeconomic policies, vast market potential, resilient economy, and attractive investment environment. The article emphasizes China's long-term planning and stable policies, contrasting them with the perceived short-sightedness and policy reversals in some Western countries. Despite challenges like U.S. trade protectionism and technological restrictions, China has demonstrated economic resilience and innovation, maintaining steady growth. China's commitment to opening-up and improving the business environment makes it a favorable destination for foreign investment, especially compared to Western countries with social instability.
Summary: During the recent national holiday, Hong'an County in Hubei Province boosted its tourism sector by launching new cultural performances like the "Dabieshan Anti-Japanese War" show at the General Hong Sifang Scenic Area. The county also offered various incentives such as free gifts and parking, and deployed volunteers to aid tourists. County leaders, including Party Secretary Hu Guang, aim to integrate into Hubei's international tourism routes, leveraging red tourism to boost economic growth. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: China's State Council issued a notice clarifying the definition and preferential treatment of "domestic products" in government procurement, offering a 20% price deduction for qualifying domestic products. The policy aims to support economic stability, guide industrial upgrading, and align with international standards while granting national treatment to foreign-invested enterprises operating within China. The Ministry of Finance will work with other departments to develop product-specific standards over the next five years, allowing a transition period for companies to adjust their production and investment strategies in China. Experts assert that the new standard is not a trade barrier, and will spur competition and investment in China. One expert from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of American Studies noted the policy will allow companies to adjust their investment decisions in China.
Summary: On September 30th, Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders attended a ceremony to present flower baskets to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square. The article emphasizes the importance of commemorating and honoring heroes, highlighting the establishment of the "Martyrs' Memorial Day" and the return of remains of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers from the Korean War. It states that heroes are essential for achieving national goals and that the new era provides opportunities for them to emerge and contribute to modernization. The piece cites examples of model individuals from various fields, including those who fought in the Korean War against the United States. The article concludes by calling on the nation to emulate these heroes and strive for national rejuvenation.
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Summary: The article profiles three foreign social media personalities who are promoting Chinese culture to the world through their experiences. American Steve Smith (史明思) is promoting traditional Chinese music like the erhu and Taizhou Luantan opera. British national David, who grew up in Guizhou, plays soccer in the "Village Super League" (村超). Iranian Lalan (兰兰) shares her experiences with Yunnan ethnic culture. Smith plans to remain in China permanently and states that when he speaks about his Chinese experiences to his friends in America they express "deep interest."
Summary: According to a Cuban expert on Chinese affairs, Xi Jinping's Global Governance Initiative (GGI) aims to promote a more just and reasonable international order, providing a framework for cooperation where developing countries can have a greater voice. The GGI, with its five core principles, seeks to counter unilateralism and bloc confrontation by advocating for multilateralism and respect for sovereignty. The author stresses the importance of the GGI in enhancing the representation and voice of developing countries in the global governance system. The expert also notes that the initiative aligns with Cuba's long-standing opposition to unilateralism. The article does not explicitly discuss U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Bangladeshi Professor Mohammad Shahabur Haque stated that China's modernization offers a new development model for the world, guiding the Global South towards fairer and more sustainable development. He emphasized China's success in digital economy, green development, and poverty reduction, highlighting the effective combination of government support, corporate innovation, and public participation in achieving these goals. Shahabur expressed admiration for China's grassroots governance, particularly the use of big data to enhance public services. As the founding chairman of the Bangladesh-China Youth Scholars Alliance, he hopes to continue to increase cooperation between Bangladesh and China. There was no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: The Novi Sad-Subotica section of the Serbian section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway (Hungary-Serbia railway) has been completed and opened to traffic. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, traveling by train from Belgrade to Subotica, thanked the Chinese government and constructors, stating the opening was a historic moment which would tighten Serbia’s connections with neighboring regions and contribute to economic development. Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Ming stated that the railway is a flagship project personally supported by the two countries' heads of state and embodies the China-Serbia community with a shared future. The Hungary-Serbia railway, a flagship project of China's cooperation with Central and Eastern European countries, utilizes Chinese technology and equipment and is the first project certified by EU railway interoperability technical specifications.
Summary: China's Ministry of Commerce spokesperson responded to questions regarding Mexico's recent initiation of multiple anti-dumping investigations into Chinese products like float glass and PVC coated fabrics. The spokesperson voiced strong opposition to protectionist measures harming China's interests and urged Mexico to adhere to WTO rules. The spokesperson noted a sharp increase in Mexican anti-dumping investigations against China this year, while China has been cautious on trade relief investigations. The statement also alluded to the U.S., arguing that countries should oppose unilateralism and avoid protectionism, especially under external pressure, and that the Chinese government will take all necessary measures to protect Chinese companies' rights.
Summary: The "Bi Sheng Printing Cooperation Dialogue Riyadh," themed "New Opportunities, New Cooperation, New Future," was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on printing and publishing cooperation between China and Arab nations. Cai Shugui, Deputy Director of the Printing and Distribution Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, emphasized the role of printing as a cultural exchange link, citing the two-way flow of knowledge between China and the Arab world via the Silk Road. The event featured Chinese printing exhibits showcasing environmentally-friendly designs. The event was hosted by the Printing and Distribution Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department and undertaken by the China Intercontinental Press, and co-organized by the China Printing Technology Association.
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Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan," China is striving to build a culturally strong nation, guided by Xi Jinping's cultural thought. The article emphasizes the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional Chinese culture. It also highlights the integration of culture and tourism, exemplified by the popularity of cultural IP and red tourism, which contributes to economic and social development. Public cultural services are becoming more accessible, enhancing the people's sense of gain and happiness. The article suggests that Chinese culture will provide strong spiritual support for national rejuvenation.
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Summary: The Tangjiahe area of the Giant Panda National Park in Sichuan province is seeing increased biodiversity and wildlife encounters, including more frequent sightings of giant pandas, attributed to improved conservation measures. One notable success is the increase in black-necked stilts. This region is developing eco-tourism and nature education programs involving local communities, creating revenue for locals through guiding and lodging. The region is trying to balance conservation with economic development, such as promoting honey production and eco-tourism for the local community.
Summary: China is expanding its national carbon market, aiming for greater effectiveness, dynamism, and international influence. The market, which includes both a carbon emission trading system and a voluntary emission reduction program, now covers over 60% of the nation's CO2 emissions with the recent inclusion of the steel, cement, and aluminum industries. The 2025 National Carbon Market Development Report indicates increased market activity, with transaction values in 2024 reaching a record high of 18.114 billion yuan. The system incentivizes emissions reduction by making carbon emissions costly and reduction profitable, promoting technological advancement and high-quality development. The expansion and improvement of China's carbon market system aim to support high-quality development and modernization with ecological harmony.
Summary: The article reports on the ecological restoration efforts in Dongtai, Jiangsu, specifically at the Tiaozini Wetland, a crucial hub for migratory birds on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Local authorities have created designated high-tide roosting habitats, including the "720 Highland," to provide refuge for birds during high tide. They are also using advanced technology to monitor the area. The "720 Highland" model is being expanded with the "720 Highland 2.0" version which provides a larger area. These conservation efforts have led to an increase in the population of rare bird species.
Summary: The article reports on integrated harvesting and straw bundling practices at the Yakeshi Farm of Hulunbuir Reclamation Area in Inner Mongolia. The farm is promoting a combined harvesting, straw bundling, and transport operation mode to improve both environmental and economic outcomes through scientific recycling and resource utilization. The piece emphasizes the dual benefits of this approach. There is no mention of US-China relations in the article.
Summary: The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) reports distributing over 980,000 meteorological data identity identifiers and 8,600 data resource registration certificates since implementing its data identity system. This system assigns unique identifiers to track meteorological data circulation, facilitating quick registration of various data resources. Data must pass quality and compliance checks to receive registration and an identifier. The CMA has piloted the meteorological data registration and supervision platform, connecting it to data trading platforms in cities like Shenzhen and Shanghai. This creates a multi-party, tiered management matrix for meteorological data circulation and supervision nationwide.
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Summary: The Yu Jiashan Archaeological Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, has attracted many visitors since opening in May 2025, showcasing over 1,800 artifacts from the Liangzhu culture. The museum focuses on presenting not only the artifacts but also the archaeological methods used to uncover them, emphasizing the "excavation site" experience. Exhibits include interactive displays explaining archaeological techniques and the significance of the Yu Jiashan site, which spans the entire 1,000-year evolution of the Liangzhu civilization. The museum uses modern technology like 3D projections and augmented reality to enhance the visitor experience and present the history of the Liangzhu culture. The museum aims to connect visitors with the past, allowing them to understand ancient society and draw inspiration for the future.
Summary: This article differentiates archaeological museums from site museums, characterizing the former as detailed accounts of the archaeological process, emphasizing the methods used to discover and study artifacts. It highlights the Jade Frame Mountain Archaeological Museum as an example, which uses an "archaeological perspective" to connect the excavation site with the museum display. The article encourages visitors to pay attention to archaeological techniques, the original state of artifacts when unearthed, and the results of archaeological research. It also suggests focusing on background information, interactive multimedia, and professional guided tours for a more rewarding visit. The article does not allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article describes Hainan coconut chicken, a popular hot pot dish in China known for its fresh and sweet flavors. The dish relies on high-quality ingredients, specifically fresh coconuts from Wenchang and free-range Wenchang chicken, cooked simply in boiling coconut juice. Diners typically enjoy the broth first, followed by the tender chicken dipped in a special sauce of sand ginger, calamansi, chili, and soy sauce. The popularity of coconut chicken has spurred a large industry in Hainan, benefiting farmers and businesses through standardized farming, improved logistics, and restaurant expansion across the country. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the provided text.
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Summary: The article discusses the transformation of highway service areas in China into destinations offering rich cultural and leisure experiences. The revamped Tai'an service area on the Beijing-Taiwan Expressway showcases local Shandong culture and offers local products. The Yangcheng Lake service area on the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway features Suzhou-style gardens and traditional arts, while the Cold Water service area on the Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway integrates tourism and outdoor recreation. These upgrades aim to boost both economic and social benefits by extending travelers' stays and drawing in external customers, with the goal of turning service areas into destinations. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the transformation of Chinese highway service areas into integrated tourism and transportation hubs. Driven by the increasing popularity of road trips, service areas are evolving beyond basic amenities to include recreational, commercial, and tourism-related services. This shift aligns with a 2017 government initiative to promote the integration of transportation and tourism. The article emphasizes the need for continuous improvement in service quality to cater to the evolving needs of travelers. By transforming service areas into cultural showcases and economic drivers, China hopes to leverage its vast highway network and domestic tourism market.
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Summary: This article highlights the increasing popularity of cultural heritage sites like museums and archaeological sites during holidays, indicating a wider public engagement with cultural preservation efforts. It showcases the achievements in cultural heritage development during the "14th Five-Year Plan," focusing on areas such as urban cultural preservation, museum development, archaeological park construction, intangible cultural heritage tourism, and ancient architecture protection. The aim is to demonstrate how cultural heritage is becoming more integrated into people's lives. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the historical significance of Luoyang, Henan, as a city with 5000 years of civilization and 1500 years as an ancient capital. It highlights archaeological discoveries at the Erlitou site, potentially the capital of the Xia dynasty, and the ongoing efforts to understand the city's layout and historical evolution. The piece also touches upon the integration of historical sites with modern urban development, aiming to preserve and showcase Luoyang's cultural heritage through tourism and creative industries. The city balances modernization with cultural preservation, showcasing its historical landmarks and promoting traditional arts. The blend of ancient heritage and modern life reflects a confident approach to the future, where cultural heritage is creatively continued in a mix of old and new.
Summary: During China's 14th Five-Year Plan, the museum system has expanded significantly, with over 7,000 museums nationwide hosting nearly 1.5 billion visitors annually. The Jinsha Site Museum has undergone a decade-long "smart transformation" using digital technology to enhance cultural relic protection, management, and public service. They built different versions of websites for different groups of people. The museum utilizes VR, AI, and multilingual digital guides to provide immersive experiences, allowing visitors to explore archaeological sites and ancient rituals virtually. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A surge in popularity of ancient Chinese architecture is occurring, spurred by video games like *Black Myth: Wukong*, leading to increased tourism in previously obscure sites in Shanxi province. This has also led to a boom in creative cultural products based on these sites. Advances in technologies like 3D modeling, non-destructive testing, and AI-powered monitoring are revolutionizing the preservation and understanding of these structures, moving from "experience-based repair" to "scientific protection". These digital tools are also enhancing public engagement through VR and AR experiences, making ancient architecture more accessible and appealing, especially to younger generations. The author is the president of Shanxi Province Ancient Architecture and Colored Sculpture Mural Protection Research Institute. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the "Eleventh" holiday, numerous tourists embarked on the "Dongyang Song and Painting, Intangible Cultural Heritage Tour," one of 31 national intangible cultural heritage-themed tourist routes selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in late 2024. The tour showcases Dongyang's rich cultural heritage, including Dongyang wood carvings, Hengdian World Studios, and the ancient residential complex of the Lu Family. The article emphasizes the city's history as a center of education and craftsmanship, highlighting its unique cuisine and artistic traditions. The tour offers an immersive experience into the historical and cultural heritage of the region. There is no explicit mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The Lingjiatan archaeological site in Anhui province, containing artifacts dating back over 5,000 years, has been transformed into a national archaeological park, attracting over 1.5 million visitors and generating significant tourism revenue. The park features a museum, research center, and visitor facilities, providing immersive experiences and educational opportunities. Local residents have benefited from employment and business opportunities related to the park's development. The site is considered one of China's three major jade cultures of the prehistoric period, showcasing advanced jade craftsmanship and a mature theocratic system. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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By: 本报记者 马国英 金正波
"Eternal Glory to the People's Heroes!"
On the morning of September 30, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and other Party and state leaders, together with representatives from all walks of life, attended the flower basket presentation ceremony to the people's heroes. Tiananmen Square (天安门广场), the Monument to the People's Heroes stands tall, and the inscription shines brightly.
Accompanied by the solemn and distant "Martyr's Memorial Day Horn", historical events, national memories, and deep feelings for the country surged into my heart.
In 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a decision to establish September 30 as Martyrs' Memorial Day. Since then, every year on this day, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attended the memorial activities. People perceive the General Secretary's heroic feelings from the unforgettable moments on the scene.
The heroic spirit of heaven and earth remains awe-inspiring for thousands of years. Commemorating in the name of the country is both a retrospective of awe of history and a promotion towards the future.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The great era calls for heroes and creates heroes. When heroes emerge, the cause of the Party and the people will prosper and last forever."
The Chinese nation is a nation where heroes emerge, and the new era is an era of achieving heroes. The heroic spirit shines in the sky and illuminates the earth, illuminating the glorious future of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Advocating Heroes, Heroes Emerge
On September 3 this year, a special time and space node, the grand military parade left countless shocking "famous scenes" to the world.
On Chang'an Avenue (长安街), 80 bright red battle flags led the steel torrent forward. This is a tribute to heroes, a inheritance of faith, and a symphony of history and reality. One glorious battle flag after another, one brilliant name after another, writing heroic stories that are magnificent.
Heroes emerge in difficult times. "The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous moment." The heroic Chinese people fought against strong enemies with unyielding spirit, built the Great Wall with flesh and blood, and went to the country's difficulties one after another. According to incomplete statistics, from 1921 to 1949, there were more than 3.7 million martyrs with verifiable names in the revolutionary ranks led by the Party.
"We must always remember the heroic martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the country and the people, and give them great honor and admiration, otherwise who would be willing to sacrifice for the country and the people?"
Earnest exhortations, full of deep feelings. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to commending heroic models and promoting the heroic spirit, calling on the entire Party and the country to admire heroes, defend heroes, learn from heroes, and care for heroes.
In September, the remains of 30 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea, escorted by 4 J-20s, returned to their motherland on a Y-20 special plane and were buried in their homeland.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's participation in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea. Since 2014, China has welcomed back the remains of 1,011 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea.
Why do we welcome heroes with the highest courtesy? This is a remembrance of the original intention, a protection of victory, and a promotion of the spirit.
Only by advocating heroes can heroes be produced, and only by striving to be heroes can heroes emerge in large numbers.
Since the new era, the country has remembered heroes and defended martyrs in the most solemn way: establishing Martyrs' Memorial Day, promulgating the Law on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs, and improving the merit and honor commendation system... The distinct value orientation of respecting and defending heroes and martyrs has become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and advocating heroes has become the fashion of the times, and the heroic hymn is sung throughout China.
Era Heroes, Ordinary Heroes
Praising heroes in the name of the country and paying tribute to meritorious officials with the courtesy of national scholars.
On the morning of September 29, 2024, the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) was filled with applause. The awarding ceremony of the National Medals and National Honorary Titles of the People's Republic of China was grandly held here. "People's Guard", "People's Artist", "People's Scientist", "People's Educator", "People's Medical Worker"... The word "People" echoed again and again.
"I will definitely live up to my mission and bring out more innovative great craftsmen of the country." Xu Zhenchao (许振超) has grown from an ordinary dock worker to an outstanding representative of "learning-oriented, knowledge-based, and innovative" contemporary industrial workers, and "Zhenchao Efficiency" is world-renowned;
"The country is calling, I should go back!" Huang Danian (黄大年) worked hard and made tenacious efforts to open the "Gate of the Earth" and made outstanding contributions to my country's "sky patrol", "earth exploration" and "sea diving".
Devote one's life to one thing and keep one's promise for life. They are the backbone of the nation, the pioneers of the times, and outstanding representatives of hundreds of millions of people. From the arduousness of poverty alleviation to the courageous climbing of the peak of scientific and technological innovation, to the long-term success of ecological civilization construction, the magnificent practice of Chinese-style modernization is like a huge gravitational field, stimulating and gathering the potential of countless individuals.
Heroes come from the people, and heroes are for the people.
"It's hard work every day, but I'm very happy." Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀), who dedicated her youth and life to the cause of poverty alleviation, moved thousands of netizens.
After graduating with a master's degree from Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学) in 2016, Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) resolutely returned to her hometown of Baise (百色), Guangxi (广西), and later served as the first secretary of the Ba Ni Village (百坭村) in Leye County (乐业县). She visited 195 poor households in Ba Ni Village (百坭村), drew a "distribution map of poor households", and devoted herself to the front line of poverty alleviation.
At dawn on June 17, 2019, Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) encountered a mountain flood on her way back to work and unfortunately died, at the age of only 30.
Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) wrote a song of youth in the new era with practical actions, and also inspired more "Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀)" to write a regretless youth in the vast grassroots.
Technological vanguards, industry pioneers, moral models... In peacetime, there are not only great moments of stepping forward in times of crisis, but also ordinary perseverance in silently cultivating over the long years. They all interpret the connotation of heroes and define the coordinates of the times in their own ways.
"A promising nation cannot be without heroes, and a promising country cannot be without pioneers." In the new era, looking at the land of China, heroic stories are written every day.
Creating Heroes, Achieving Heroes
Kai Shan Island (开山岛) in Guanyun County (灌云县), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, has an area of only 0.013 square kilometers.
In 1986, Wang Jicai (王继才), 26, accepted the task of guarding the island. Since then, he has made the island his home and silently guarded this isolated frontier outpost in the Yellow Sea. In 2018, Wang Jicai (王继才) suddenly fell ill while on duty and unfortunately passed away.
"Kai Shan Island (开山岛) is small, but the territory is sacred, and the national flag must be raised!" For 32 years, regardless of wind or rain, the first thing Wang Jicai (王继才) and his wife Wang Shihua (王仕花) did every day was to solemnly raise the national flag.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must vigorously advocate this spirit of patriotism and dedication, and make it the value pursuit of strivers in the new era."
Today, batches of young people come here to raise the flag, patrol the island... Day after day, doing ordinary things well. Kai Shan Island (开山岛) is not only a geographical coordinate, but also a spiritual monument.
Learning from heroes should not only be admired, but also learn from the virtuous.
Today, we are forging ahead on a new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, promoting pioneering undertakings unprecedented in history, and carrying out great struggles with many new historical characteristics. The modernization of more than 1.4 billion people is so great and so arduous. Facing the "Lou Mountain Pass (娄山关)" and "La Zi Mouth (腊子口)" on the road ahead, what do we rely on to break through and seize the pass, and what do we rely on to create new achievements?
"To achieve our goals, we need heroes, we need the heroic spirit." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are clear and firm.
"不怕苦、二不怕死，一心为革命，永远跟着党 (yī bù pà kǔ, èr bù pà sǐ, yī xīn wèi gé mìng, yǒng yuǎn gēn zhe dǎng - "Not afraid of hardship, not afraid of death, wholeheartedly for the revolution, always follow the Party," describes unwavering dedication and loyalty to the Party and revolutionary cause, even in the face of extreme adversity)." This song called "Wang Jie's Gun We Carry" is sung by every soldier of the "Wang Jie (王杰) Class" of a certain brigade of the 71st Group Army of the Army.
60 years ago, Wang Jie (王杰), the squad leader of an engineering company of a certain armored unit, encountered an accidental explosion of explosives while organizing militia training. At the critical moment, he rushed towards the explosives package, protecting the safety of 12 militiamen and armed cadres present, and his life was fixed at the age of 23.
The power of the spirit transcends time and space and remains fresh. Today, batches of "Wang Jie (王杰) Class" soldiers carry forward the heroic spirit, constantly work hard to improve their skills, and bravely create excellent results, keeping in mind the commendation of "always being a heroic force that the Party and the people can completely trust", and devote themselves to building a world-class army.
On the land of the motherland for which the heroes fought and sacrificed, one generation after another walks the road that the predecessors have traveled, taking over the relay baton in the hands of the predecessors.
Our journey is the sea of stars. If the times create heroes, then the new era with great potential can achieve heroes even more. In the great practice of promoting Chinese-style modernization, there is active creation everywhere, beautiful dreams grow everywhere, and the land of China is full of vitality. Heroic models can completely find a place to use their talents, show their skills, and achieve their dreams.
Create a good environment for starting a business, and establish a guiding ideology of judging heroes based on actual results. From the Shen Fei (沈飞) "Luo Yang (罗阳) Youth Commando Team" tackling key problems and contributing to the development of the country's aviation industry, to the heroes who defended the country and guarded the border practicing the oath of "the great rivers and mountains, not an inch of land will be given up" with their lives; from "Principal Mom" Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) burning herself and lighting up the hope of girls in the mountains, to the couriers and deliverymen rushing on the road and bringing convenience to thousands of households; from innovative enterprises deeply exploring breakthroughs in the algorithm field, to the movie "Ne Zha (哪吒): Birth of the Demon Child" creating box office records... Persistence, dedication and perseverance are vivid examples of the heroic spirit being passed down from generation to generation.
The mountains are thousands of layers high, and the mountains are high because of people. At present, the tasks of reform and development are arduous and heavy. Facing the major tests of high winds and waves or even stormy waves on the road ahead, we need to know our responsibilities and forge ahead, carry heavy burdens forward, and need the nourishment and support of the heroic spirit even more.
"The whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country must take heroic models as examples, unite and forge ahead, and gather the mighty force to jointly undertake the grand event of a strong country." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are sonorous in our ears, inspiring hundreds of millions of people to forge ahead bravely.
The new era summons heroes with its magnificent cause, shapes heroes with its noble values, and achieves heroes with its broad mind. Following in the footsteps of heroic models, the dream chasers of the new era will surely draw a more exciting picture of progress!
Return to TopOctober 3rd, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) -- On October 3rd, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (尚达曼) exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China (中国) and Singapore (新加坡) are friendly neighbors and important partners. Over the 35 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have adhered to mutual respect and mutual trust, cooperation and win-win results, and bilateral relations have been continuously upgraded in quality, and cooperation in various fields has achieved fruitful results. The two sides have worked together to advance their respective modernization processes, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China (中国) is willing to work with Singapore (新加坡) to take the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to further deepen political mutual trust, promote high-level cooperation, strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system and the basic norms of international relations, promote greater development of the all-round, high-quality, forward-looking partnership between China (中国) and Singapore (新加坡), and make greater contributions to the peace and prosperity of the region and the world.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (尚达曼) said that in 2023, Singapore-China (新中) relations have been upgraded to an all-round, high-quality, forward-looking partnership. Cooperation projects between the governments of the two countries continue to advance, constantly adding new features and demonstrating forward-looking vision. The two sides are actively expanding cooperation in new fields in response to the requirements of the times, and the people of the two countries are constantly tightening people-to-people bonds. I firmly believe that Singapore (新加坡) and China (中国) will continue to cooperate closely to promote bilateral relations to a new level.
On the same day, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (黄循财) exchanged congratulatory messages. Li Qiang (李强) said that China (中国) is willing to further strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Singapore (新加坡), deepen high-level cooperation in various fields, jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system, and help the respective development of the two countries and the prosperity and stability of the region.
Lee Hsien Loong (黄循财) said that over the years, Singapore-China (新中) relations have continued to deepen, establishing a high degree of mutual trust. Singapore (新加坡) is willing to continuously expand cooperation with China (中国) in various fields and jointly safeguard free trade and the multilateral system.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 3rd. President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory message on October 3rd to Guillaume (纪尧姆), the new Grand Duke of Luxembourg, to express his congratulations on his accession to the throne.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Luxembourg more than 50 years ago, the two countries have always respected each other and treated each other as equals, becoming a model of mutual achievement, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation between countries of different sizes, systems, and stages of development. At present, China-Luxembourg cooperation in steel, finance, and logistics has yielded fruitful results. The Zhengzhou-Luxembourg "Air Silk Road" helps to maintain the stability and smooth flow of the China-Europe industrial chain. I attach great importance to the development of China-Luxembourg relations and am willing to work with Grand Duke Guillaume (纪尧姆) to promote China-Luxembourg relations to a new level and better benefit the people of both countries.
On the same day, Xi Jinping (习近平) also sent a message to the retiring former Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri (亨利), to express his greetings and blessings.
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"Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a great undertaking unprecedented in history. Aspirations and challenges alike inspire us to seize the day and strive forward with tireless dedication." The important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) at the reception celebrating the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, inspires hundreds of millions of people to forge ahead, united in striving to comprehensively promote the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
Unity and struggle are the most prominent spiritual hallmarks of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. Along the way, whether it is winning the battle against poverty and building a moderately prosperous society in all respects on schedule, or the vigorous growth of the "city of the future" in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), the spanning of mountains and seas by major projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (港珠澳大桥), or the frequent good news of major scientific and technological innovation achievements such as Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号)... The great achievements of the new era are the result of the Party and the people working hard, doing things together, and striving together. Practice has fully proven that as long as the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people unite under the banner of the Party into "a piece of hard steel," thinking in one direction and exerting their strength in one direction, and moving forward regardless of wind and rain, they will surely continue to create miracles that are impressive on the new journey.
Today, the great historical undertaking we are to create is not a smooth success in calm waters, nor is it sitting back and enjoying the fruits of success amidst applause and flowers, but rather to blaze a trail through thorns and brambles, and to win the initiative in high winds and rough seas, even in turbulent waves. On the road ahead, facing unavoidable difficulties and obstacles, and facing a large number of contradictions and problems that need to be solved, only by always maintaining a fighting posture of forging ahead, inspiring the spirit of struggle to move forward despite difficulties and dangers, and being able to withstand and overcome difficulties, can we fully overcome various difficulties and challenges and win new great victories.
Moving forward, we must have a sense of urgency to seize the day. Time belongs to those who strive, and history belongs to those who strive. Now, there are only 10 years left to achieve our established goal of basically realizing modernization, and only more than 20 years left to achieve the goal of building a strong socialist modern country in all respects. Time waits for no one, urging us to forge ahead. To promote high-level self-reliance in science and technology, we still need to accelerate breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies; to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, there are still many shortcomings that need to be addressed... On the new journey, we must not only maintain sufficient historical patience, but also have a sense of enterprise that we cannot afford to wait, slow down, or sit still, seize all favorable opportunities, and use all favorable conditions. Once we have identified something, we must seize it and do it quickly, and do as much as we can, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and strive to respond to the uncertainty of the situation with the certainty of our own work.
Moving forward, we must have a sense of mission that never slacks. With the great cause of the ages in mind and determined to rejuvenate the nation, our Party has opened up an infinitely bright prospect for Chinese-style modernization through more than a hundred years of struggle. The more this is the case, the more we must enhance our awareness of potential dangers and maintain strategic clarity. We must never lose ourselves in a chorus of applause, and we must never have any thoughts of taking a breather or resting our feet. At this critical period when it is becoming more and more difficult and dangerous to move forward, and when we must move forward or fall back, we must closely focus on the central tasks of the Party in the new era and on the new journey, and with the will of "to reach the summit, one must not be afraid of hard work," climb one mountain after another, cross one ditch after another, and advance the great cause unprecedented in history step by step.
The great way is simple, and practical work is essential. Looking to the future, with the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, with the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), with the significant advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and with the united efforts of hundreds of millions of people, we will surely be able to write a more magnificent chapter of Chinese-style modernization, continue to create the great historical time of the Chinese nation in the great time history of mankind, and China's tomorrow will surely be even better!
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Opening Remarks
The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the initial stage of a new journey to comprehensively build a modern socialist country. High-quality development is the theme of China's economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and even longer. Over the past five years, high-quality development has made steady and fruitful progress, gathering into a surging driving force for comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Starting today, this newspaper will launch the column "Looking at the Five Years of High-Quality Development from the Front Line," exploring the front line of economic and social development, looking at the pulse of the times from a micro perspective, presenting the achievements and experiences of high-quality development in various regions during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, recording the gratifying changes in people's production and life, encouraging the vast number of cadres and the masses to strengthen their confidence, forge ahead, promote high-quality development to a new level, and continuously write new chapters of Chinese-style modernization.
On the afternoon of October 3, accompanied by a roar, a domestically produced C919 large aircraft that took off from Taiyuan (太原), Shanxi (山西) Province, landed steadily at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (广州白云国际机场), Guangdong (广东) Province. This was the 321st C919 flight for China Southern Airlines (南方航空) Captain Ma Nan (马楠). On September 19 last year, he completed the maiden voyage of the China Southern Airlines (南方航空) C919. During this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, he had a total of 3 days and 10 flights.
"Look, full of technology!" In the cockpit, Ma Nan (马楠) was excited and proud. In front of him, the flight data and navigation, communication and other information on the 5 15.4-inch displays were clear at a glance, and the view was wide through the integrated windshield.
Large passenger aircraft are known as the "pearl of modern manufacturing" and carry the dreams of several generations of Chinese aviation personnel. "Strive to let our independently developed large passenger aircraft soar freely in the blue sky as soon as possible." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest words are full of expectations.
From project approval to take-off, especially since the "14th Five-Year Plan," every step of the C919 has been solid and powerful: in 2021, the world's first order landed; in 2022, the model qualification certificate was awarded, and the first airline was delivered; in 2023, the first commercial flight was completed; in 2024, Air China (国航) and China Southern Airlines (南方航空) received the C919 at the same time... What it flies out is the new height of China's (我国) innovative development.
Thinking back to last year, Ma Nan (马楠) was deeply shocked when he first entered the C919 cockpit: so advanced, so modern. "At that moment, I shouted in my heart: My dream has come true, I am flying a domestically produced large aircraft!" said Ma Nan (马楠).
In his 18-year career as a pilot, Ma Nan (马楠) has flown a foreign large passenger aircraft for more than 12,000 hours. He compared in detail in his notebook: "The side-stick control and avionics system are similar, but the C919 is better in terms of automatic monitoring technology, functional integration and driving comfort."
"The C919's flight control system has a world-leading control rate. The side-stick design makes the operation more flexible, the fly-by-wire flight control responds accurately, and the human-computer interaction is very smooth, which not only reduces the workload of the pilot, but also greatly improves the safety margin." When talking about the flight experience, Ma Nan (马楠) had endless things to say.
"Good airplanes are made and flown." A new model needs to be continuously optimized and improved during the commercial operation stage. "As pilots, we must use first-line flight experience to help the C919, a major country's heavy equipment, fly safer, more comfortable and more efficient." Ma Nan (马楠) introduced that after each flight mission, the pilots will summarize their experience and give feedback in a timely manner.
In the first year of its entry, the C919 has flown more than 8,500 hours and more than 3,800 flights in China Southern Airlines (南方航空), safely carrying nearly 500,000 passengers. Currently, China Southern Airlines (南方航空) has 103 C919 pilots.
At the end of the day's flight, Ma Nan (马楠) walked out of the cabin and used his mobile phone to capture this scene: the sunset glow plated the silver wings of the C919 with a layer of gold, and not far away, another C919 slowly drove to the runway, raised its nose, and took off steadily.
Return to TopBeijing, October 3rd (Reported by Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶) of this newspaper) The reporter learned on the 3rd from the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) that during the first leg of China's 92nd Oceanic Expedition, the "Jiaolong" (蛟龙) manned submersible achieved China's first manned deep dive in the Arctic ice area and successfully completed more than 10 manned deep dives in the Arctic waters.
The first leg of China's 92nd Oceanic Expedition, carried out by the "Shenhai Yihao" (深海一号) ship with the "Jiaolong" (蛟龙), set sail from Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) on July 15, 2025, and returned to Qingdao (青岛) on September 8. With the icebreaking support of the "Xuelong 2" (雪龙2) polar research icebreaker, this leg carried out "Jiaolong" (蛟龙) manned deep dives, ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) surveys, and CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) water sampling operations in the Arctic waters.
This marks the official entry of the "Jiaolong" (蛟龙) into polar operations after completing its domestic upgrade and transformation, following sea trials in the South China Sea.
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One line, multiple tours; scenery shifts with the vehicle, the journey is also the destination. Aboard the "Panda Express·Chengdu" train, one can closely observe the vast desert and also gaze at the magnificent snow-capped mountains from afar. On the "National Day Yabuli Two-Day Tour Train," one can enjoy the autumn mountain forests during the day and experience stargazing camping at night. During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many places have launched tourist trains, connecting scattered tourism resources, which not only better meets the needs of tourists, but also contains the way of cultural tourism development.
Stepping outside one area opens up new development space. A ticket stub strings together diverse scenes, opening up a long consumption chain; a ball game connects different cities, and the event traffic leverages the incremental growth of cultural tourism. With an open vision, the "cake" of cultural tourism can become bigger and bigger.
Focusing on the overall situation, there is an advantage in one area. Different regions have different resource endowments. Starting from the overall situation and finding breakthroughs in "what others don't have, what I have is better, and what others have is excellent, I have is unique," can achieve differentiated competition. Tourist trains have their own characteristics, and are not simply copied and pasted. The reason lies in this.
Find the right direction, broaden your horizons, base yourself on your own strengths, and cultivate your own characteristics. Cultural tourism development has unlimited vitality.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) October 3rd dispatch (by reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) -- The reporter learned from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局): In the first eight months, the profits of industrial enterprises above a designated size increased by 0.9% year-on-year, reversing the continuous decline in the cumulative profits of enterprises since May of this year. By category, manufacturing increased by 7.4%, 2.6 percentage points faster than in the first seven months; the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 9.4%, 5.5 percentage points faster.
In the first eight months, the profits of equipment manufacturing above a designated size increased by 7.2%, driving the profits of all industrial enterprises above a designated size up by 2.5 percentage points, making it one of the strongest driving sectors. The profits of raw material manufacturing increased rapidly, and the profits of consumer goods manufacturing changed from a decrease to an increase.
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Embarking on an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) garden party, appreciating ICH along the canal, and "bringing home" ICH that integrates tradition and fashion... During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, ICH figures prominently in various cultural and tourism activities across the country, with "traveling with ICH" becoming a new fashion.
As an innovative form of cultural and tourism integration, "ICH + tourism" is using the dual power of culture empowering tourism and tourism activating ICH to continuously stimulate new vitality in the cultural and tourism market, becoming a new opportunity to promote consumption.
Colorful ICH, Adding Cultural Flavor
On October 2nd, the Wuqiao Acrobatics Magic City in Cangzhou, Hebei (河北沧州) was bustling with the 2025 Grand Canal ICH Joint Exhibition. "Coming to Wuqiao (吴桥) to see acrobatics and also being able to see so many ICH skills is an eye-opener!" said Liu Min (刘敏), a tourist from Beijing (北京), as she strolled through the exhibition area, taking photos and checking in from time to time.
Turning the corner, one could see many ICH exhibits from all over the country: the clay sculpture of "Lord Rabbit" (兔儿爷) from Beijing (北京) was simple and adorable, with a vivid and lovely shape in red robes and green boots; in front of the Longquan Celadon (龙泉青瓷) booth in Zhejiang (浙江), craftsmen were wiping porcelain bottles; Weifang kites (潍坊风筝) from Shandong (山东) hung on a wall, with colorful butterflies and cranes vividly shaped... Tourists strolling through it were like opening a cultural scroll unfolding in time.
"The joint exhibition takes the three major sections of 'Canal Crafts, Canal Cuisine, and Canal Acrobatics Performance' as the main line, and creates a brand-new ICH cultural tourism experience through immersive and scenario-based exhibition methods," introduced Liu Guojiang (刘国江), a secondary researcher at the Cangzhou (沧州) Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.
In addition to traditional sightseeing tourism, people are increasingly looking forward to experiencing cultural edification during their travels. The rich and colorful ICH demonstrates the enduring charm of outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
With a piece of dyed cloth and a wax knife, Zhang Shuzhi (张书志), a tourist from Chongqing (重庆), and his son were focused on drawing. Under the guidance of embroiderer Lu Yongmei (陆勇妹), the lines gradually closed, outlining a geometric figure. The father and son picked up the dyed cloth, immersed it in the blue indigo dye vat, repeatedly scooped it up, immersed it, and after drying, obtained a hand-made batik work.
On the morning of October 3rd, Zhang Shuzhi (张书志) and his son came to the Dongpin Yuan Traditional Craft Farmers Professional Cooperative in Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨), Liping (黎平), Guizhou (贵州), to experience ICH skills. "We previously learned ancient papermaking in Danzhai (丹寨) and experienced silversmithing in Leishan (雷山). Taking advantage of the holiday, we took our children on an 'ICH tour' all the way," said Zhang Shuzhi (张书志).
ICH "lives" in cultural tourism, and "ICH tours" are full of cultural heritage. In the first two days of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) received more than 50,000 tourists.
Diverse Scenarios, Enhancing "Visibility"
On October 1st, a unique ICH song festival was held at the Nanning (南宁) Opera Museum in Guangxi (广西), with diverse interactions and artistic performances bringing tourists an immersive cultural experience that integrates tradition and modernity.
Zhuang folk songs convey a strong Zhuang ethnic style; the "Tea Rhyme ICH" Mid-Autumn tea custom experience allows the audience to feel the tea rhyme and rural customs; at the event site, the audience sang "My Motherland and I" together, expressing their love and blessings to the motherland with songs.
Nowadays, the stage for ICH inheritance is becoming wider and wider, integrating into diverse scenarios such as scenic spots, markets, exhibitions, and festivals, with more down-to-earth atmosphere and "visibility."
Cotton thread, bamboo clips, rubber bands, the table is full of them; ice crack patterns, deer fetus patterns, fabrics of various patterns are amazing... In the ICH Experience Center located in the Qujiang (曲江) Pavilion of the Shaanxi (陕西) Provincial Cultural Center, a tie-dye making course is unique: fragrant herbs and trees, soft cotton cloth, dozens of students are immersed in experiencing the charm of tie-dye under the leadership of Tian Danqing (田丹青), a representative inheritor of traditional tie-dye techniques.
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the Shaanxi (陕西) Provincial Cultural Center held a series of activities for the "Moon is Round and the Country is Prosperous - ICH Fun Garden Party," presenting a panoramic view of Shaanxi (陕西) ICH, covering nearly 2,000 ICH boutiques such as Shaanbei Yangko (陕北秧歌), Huaxian Shadow Puppets (华县皮影), Fengxiang Woodblock New Year Pictures (凤翔木版年画), and Xi'an Drum Music (西安鼓乐). "We hope that through the event, traditional ICH will be transformed from an object to be 'viewed' into an experience that can be 'participated in', and from static display to dynamic inheritance," said Tian Danqing (田丹青).
On October 2nd, the Xinjiang (新疆) Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) was bustling with activity, and people lined up in front of the ICH handicraft experience areas such as sugar sculpture, dough sculpture, and rope knot art. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), the lively atmosphere attracted tourists from all over the country to visit.
Dough sculpture, also known as "kneading dough figurines." "The main raw materials for dough sculpture are flour and glutinous rice flour, which are shaped into three-dimensional shapes such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, and mythological figures through kneading, toning, and shaping processes." In the explanation of the representative inheritor of ICH, tourist Zhang Zhongwei (张仲伟) took his child to knead a vivid little bird-shaped dough sculpture by hand.
As a large-scale comprehensive exhibition hall integrating collection display, dynamic performance, and skill inheritance, the Xinjiang (新疆) Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum has four basic displays: "ICH in Festivals," "ICH in Life," "ICH in Etiquette," and "ICH of Provinces, Autonomous Regions and Municipalities," and five special exhibitions: "Jade Comes from Kunlun," "Brocade Carpets," "The Work of Pottery," "Endless String Songs," and "ICH on the Silk Road," outlining the close connection between ICH and life.
Deep Integration, Cultural Creation is "Trendy"
What is traditional is also fashionable. Nowadays, ICH is integrated with study tours, cultural creation, performing arts, trendy play, and festivals, giving birth to diversified trendy cultural and creative products and spawning various new cultural and tourism formats.
On October 1st, the Jingxi Zhuang Brocade (靖西壮锦) Exhibition Hall in Baise (百色), Guangxi (广西) opened. Many citizens brought their children to visit, experience the beauty of warp and weft, and feel the ingenuity of a shuttle and a thread.
The series of cultural creations in the museum are particularly eye-catching: Zhuang brocade, which was mainly used for quilt covers and straps in the past, has now evolved into new Chinese-style vests, handbags, tea flags and other daily necessities. Handbags that combine Zhuang brocade patterns with DuPont paper material are lightweight, practical and have ethnic aesthetics, and are popular among young people.
Zhuang brocade weaving skills are a national-level ICH. "ICH should not only stay in the exhibition hall, but also enter thousands of households. In recent years, the team has developed a variety of cultural and creative products that combine ethnic characteristics with national trends and fashion, so that ancient skills are closely connected with modern life," said Li Cunling (李村灵), a representative inheritor of ICH. During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the exhibition hall specially launched creative Zhuang brocade palace lanterns, adding new cultural connotations to the festival.
More and more tourists are going from appreciating ICH and experiencing ICH to "bringing ICH home." "Batik and embroidery are traditional skills. We have designed hundreds of cultural and creative products such as silk scarves, hanging paintings, and accessories, which not only generate income, but also pass on the skills." As the head of the cooperative, Lu Yongmei (陆勇妹) also launched ICH study tours to allow tourists to feel the modern vitality of ancient skills.
The "living" and "trendy" ICH projects and ICH products not only expand a broader cultural and tourism consumption market, but also make the protection and inheritance of ICH more possible.
"ICH is a treasure of national culture, and ICH empowering the high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration has broad prospects. On the one hand, ICH must coexist with the cultural soil on which it depends for its survival to achieve dynamic protection; on the other hand, it is necessary to innovate integration models, especially with the help of modern technology and creativity, to make it a cultural product that meets contemporary aesthetic and consumer needs, thereby promoting the cultural and tourism industry from 'simple superposition' to 'deep integration'," said Yang Lichuan (杨立川), a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Northwest University (西北大学).
(Reporters Ma Chen (马晨), Su Bin (苏滨), Zhang Yunhe (张云河), Jia Fengfeng (贾丰丰), and Li Yanan (李亚楠) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
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The world today is intertwined with turmoil, the development environment is volatile, and certainty is becoming an increasingly scarce global resource. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that in the face of a complex external environment, we must strengthen our confidence, unswervingly manage our own affairs well, unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, so as to cope with various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development. Despite the turbulent clouds, China's economic operation has withstood the pressure and made steady progress in recent years, new achievements have been made in high-quality development, and the construction of Chinese-style modernization has been steadily advanced, becoming a major contributor and anchor of world economic growth.
The certainty of China's development strategy ensures that the Chinese economy always maintains its established direction. Chinese-style modernization is a journey of continuous hard work. For a long time, our Party has led the entire people in promoting modernization, guiding economic and social development through medium- and long-term plans, overlapping strategic goals and short-term goals, and adhering to drawing a blueprint to the end. China has successively formulated and implemented 14 five-year plans (plans), not seeking to accomplish everything in one battle, but doing it one after another, like sesame flowers blooming higher and higher, 芝麻开花节节高 (zhī ma kāi huā jié jié gāo - "sesame flowers bloom joint by joint," steadily improving). In contrast, some Western countries are wavering in their national policies, 翻手为云、覆手为雨 (fān shǒu wéi yún, fù shǒu wéi yǔ - "turn the hand for cloud, turn the hand for rain," fickle and capricious), and even reversing the course of history: in the past, they were advocates of economic globalization, but now they pursue national priority and self-enclosure; in the past, they advocated responding to global climate change in a high-profile manner, but now they have withdrawn from the Paris Agreement regardless of their commitments to developing countries. China's development strategy maintains long-term stability and is consistently promoted, and China's future is completely predictable.
The certainty of China's macroeconomic policies ensures that the Chinese economy has the conditions for stable operation. No matter how complex and volatile the external environment is, China's macroeconomic policies always adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to following economic laws, and on the basis of maintaining the continuity and stability of fiscal, monetary and other macroeconomic policies, adjust the intensity and direction of policies in a timely and appropriate manner according to changes in the situation. Macroeconomic policy adjustments focus on long-term cycles and strategic considerations, rather than just looking at short-term interests and local interests. In contrast, some Western countries have a clear tendency to be short-sighted in their macroeconomic policies, and the continuity of policies is often interrupted by election cycles. After new political parties come to power, they often overturn the economic policies of the previous government and "flip pancakes" back and forth. In contrast, China's macroeconomic policies are not swayed by any special interest groups, and are both credible and reliable, and the market can completely take a "reassurance pill," 吃下“定心丸”.
The certainty of China's market space ensures that the Chinese economy has huge potential for future growth. The Chinese economy is a vast ocean, with more than 1.4 billion people and more than 400 million middle-income groups, and is rapidly growing into the world's largest consumer market. China has the world's most complete industrial system, and the scale economy effect of the super-large market is obvious, making it the largest testing ground for global innovative technologies. For example, by utilizing the advantages of widespread application scenarios and massive data, China is on par with the United States in the field of artificial intelligence, and has produced excellent enterprises such as DeepSeek (深度求索), which have leading technology and lower development costs. Compared with developed Western countries, China's urbanization rate is still more than ten percentage points behind, and nearly 300 million agricultural transfer populations are accelerating their urbanization. In the future, investment in infrastructure, people's livelihood and other fields still has great potential. The future growth space of the Chinese market is still huge. Believing in China is believing in tomorrow, and investing in China is investing in the future.
The certainty of China's development resilience ensures that the Chinese economy can withstand storms. The Chinese economy is a giant ship, not a small sampan, with strong development resilience, great potential, and sufficient vitality, and has sufficient ability and confidence to cope with internal and external risks and challenges. In recent years, the United States has built a "small yard and high wall" in science and technology, suppressed high-tech enterprises, and restricted the export of high-tech products to China, attempting to lock China in the low-end of the global innovation chain and value chain, but in the past few years, China has produced frequent innovation results and has even achieved breakthroughs in some key core technologies. Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the United States' abuse of so-called "reciprocal tariffs," we have dared to fight and been good at fighting, and have taken multiple measures to help enterprises affected by tariffs, achieving economic growth of 5.3% in the first half of the year, and withstanding the dual pressure of trade protectionism and contraction of external demand. We have used actions to show the world that the Chinese giant ship is a resounding "economic aircraft carrier" that cannot be blown down, crushed, or broken, and is not afraid of wind and rain and moves forward courageously, 一往无前 (yī wǎng wú qián - "go forward without hesitation," to advance dauntlessly).
The certainty of China's investment environment ensures that the Chinese economy has always been a fertile ground for various enterprises to invest and start businesses. China regards opening up to the outside world as a basic national policy, continuously optimizes the first-class business environment of marketization, legalization, and internationalization, and strives to guarantee national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises. A large number of foreign-funded enterprises regard deepening the Chinese market as their strategic choice. As of the end of 2024, foreign investors have cumulatively invested in the establishment of more than 1.239 million enterprises in China, and the actual use of foreign capital in China has reached 20.6 trillion yuan. In particular, China's society has maintained long-term stability, and the level of the rule of law has been continuously improved, and the legitimate rights and interests of various enterprises, including foreign-funded enterprises, have been effectively guaranteed. In contrast, some Western countries have prominent social problems such as gun violence and racial discrimination, and even basic social stability cannot be guaranteed, and the safety of investors' personal and property is even more difficult to guarantee. China has long been committed to creating a first-class business environment and effectively protecting the rights and interests of investors. Now and in the future, it will be a "safe harbor" for the majority of domestic and foreign investors to start businesses with peace of mind and invest with confidence.
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Amidst the roar of cannons and rising smoke, the anti-Japanese war experience play *Dabieshan Anti-Japanese War* at the General Hong Sifang Scenic Area in Hong'an County (红安县), Huanggang City (黄冈市), Hubei Province (湖北省) begins – "Comrades, charge!" As the bugle sounds, tourists, led by the actors, surge forward.
"I specifically brought my child to experience this, hoping they can feel more historical details and appreciate the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War," said Zhang Mei (张梅), a tourist from Wuhan (武汉).
*Dabieshan Anti-Japanese War* is the first immersive performance program launched by the General Hong Sifang Scenic Area, based on the historical facts of the Anti-Japanese War in Huang'an (黄安) (now Hong'an), performed daily at 3 PM, lasting nearly 3 hours.
"We integrate 'plot + scene + interaction', using new equipment to make historical culture visible, tangible, and participatory," introduced Li Wenqi (李文齐), head of the scenic area. During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, online ticket sales for *Dabieshan Anti-Japanese War* exceeded 10,000.
Developing new scenes, cultivating new hotspots, and promoting the contemporary brilliance of red culture. During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Hong'an County newly arranged 30 plays and planned more than 30 cultural activities, filling the cultural tourism market with vitality.
The "going viral" of cultural tourism is inseparable from measures that benefit the people. At the Huang'an Ancient City · Hong'an Film and Television Fantasy City Scenic Area, long queues formed at the entrance. Tourists only need to scan the QR code to follow the scenic area's WeChat official account to receive a "gift package." "The gift package includes freshly baked Hong'an sweet potatoes, as well as bronze gong pendants, hand-drawn maps, and other cultural and creative products, as well as sweet potato dried, Hong'an peanuts, and Lao Jun Mei tea (老君眉茶)," a staff member introduced, adding that the scenic area gives out more than 2,000 gifts every day.
Providing "pampering" gift packages and leveraging the "ticket stub economy." Yang Jianwen (杨建文), president of the Hong'an County Tourism Association, introduced that Hong'an County also launched "early bird" special tickets and free scenic spot tickets on online platforms.
For cultural tourism to go from "viral" to "**长红**" (cháng hóng - "always red," to remain popular for a long time), it is necessary not only to continue innovating but also to ensure attentive service.
Next to the visitor center of the Changsheng Street Scenic Area in Qiliping Town (七里坪镇), Hong'an County, Yan Li (鄢力), a young cadre from Qiliping Town, wearing a red vest, helps self-driving tourists find parking spaces. Yan Li introduced that in the Changsheng Street Scenic Area, 8 volunteers arrive at the service point at 8:30 AM every day, proactively providing tourists with consultation, guidance, and other services.
During the holidays, to ensure that everyone can come with peace of mind and travel with confidence, Hong'an County opened 2,227 free parking spaces in public places such as county government units, schools, and scenic spots, and organized 1,000 volunteers to provide assistance to tourists every day.
"We also publicly disclosed the contact information of county leaders and relevant functional department heads online, and introduced policies such as 'first-time minor violations of tourist vehicles will not be punished'," said Huang Facheng (黄发成), Director of the Hong'an County Culture and Tourism Bureau.
By providing a good supply of cultural tourism products during the holidays and enriching cultural tourism public services, Hong'an County continues to develop the cultural tourism industry. In the first half of this year, Hong'an County received 8.69 million tourists, with a comprehensive tourism income of 4.7 billion yuan.
"We are actively integrating and fully building Hubei's 'Shenwu Gorge' (神武峡) 'Chi-Huang-Hong' (赤黄红) international boutique tourism route, continuing to polish the 'Hong'an Forever Red' (红安永远红) cultural tourism brand, and transforming red resources and tourist traffic advantages into cultural tourism consumption advantages," said Hu Guang (胡广), Secretary of the Hong'an County Party Committee.
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Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Notice on Implementing Domestic Product Standards and Related Policies in Government Procurement" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). Why implement this standard? What impact will it have on domestic and foreign-funded enterprises?
According to the Government Procurement Law, government procurement refers to the act of state organs, institutions, and group organizations at all levels using fiscal funds to procure goods, projects, and services within the scope of the centralized procurement catalog formulated in accordance with the law or above the procurement limit standard.
In the field of government procurement, how is "domestic product" defined? The "Notice" stipulates: First, it is produced in China (中国), realizing the change of attributes from raw materials, components to products. Second, the cost ratio of components produced in China (中国) should reach the prescribed proportion. Third, for specific products, on the basis of meeting the above conditions, it must also meet the requirements determined by the Ministry of Finance (财政部) in conjunction with the competent industry authorities that its key components and key processes are produced and completed in China (中国).
The "Notice" stipulates that in government procurement activities, for projects in which both domestic and non-domestic products participate in the competition, a 20% price deduction will be given to the quotation of domestic products, and the price after the deduction will be used for evaluation.
Experts said that implementing domestic product policies in government procurement is a common practice in major economies around the world, which can directly regulate aggregate social demand, support stable economic operation, and also transmit clear policy signals to society, guiding the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure.
The Government Procurement Law clearly stipulates that government procurement should purchase domestic goods, projects, and services. However, there are still ambiguities in the market and some local governments regarding whether products produced in China (中国) by foreign-funded enterprises are "domestic products."
"The 'Decision' of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed to actively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, realize the interconnection and compatibility of rules, regulations, management, and standards, and create a transparent, stable, and predictable institutional environment." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance (财政部) said that the issuance of the "Notice" is an important measure to implement the national treatment of foreign-funded enterprises in the field of government procurement.
Wang Hao (王皓), President of Siemens Healthineers Greater China (西门子医疗大中华区), said, "We look forward to clarifying the standards, consolidating the foundation for fair competition, and allowing foreign-funded enterprises that are truly invested in localization to participate in procurement on an equal footing and obtain stable development expectations."
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance (财政部) introduced that within 5 years after the implementation of the "Notice", the Ministry of Finance (财政部) will, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and other departments, formulate "domestic product standards" for various products by product, and set a transition period of 3-5 years based on the actual development of different industries to gradually establish and improve the standard system and dynamic adjustment mechanism.
Xu Qiyuan (徐奇渊), Deputy Director of the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院美国研究所), said: "The current arrangement leaves valuable time for companies to adjust their production layout and investment decisions in China (中国)."
Jiang Aihua (姜爱华), a professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics (中央财经大学), believes that the new policy provides an institutional basis for fair competition, which helps stimulate the innovation动力 of domestic enterprises and enhance the confidence of foreign-funded enterprises in investing in China (中国).
"The 'domestic product standard' is not to set up barriers, but to create a higher-level arena." She Weizhen (佘伟珍), a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Chief Economist of the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会), said.
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"Eternal glory to the people's heroes!"
On the morning of September 30, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and other Party and state leaders attended a ceremony to present flower baskets to the people's heroes, together with representatives from all walks of life. In Tiananmen Square (天安门广场), the Monument to the People's Heroes stood tall, its inscription shining brightly.
Accompanied by the solemn and melodious "Martyrs' Memorial Day Bugle Call," historical events, national memories, and deep feelings for the country welled up in people's hearts.
In 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a decision to designate September 30 as Martyrs' Memorial Day. Since then, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attended commemorative activities every year on this day. People have sensed the General Secretary's heroic sentiments from the unforgettable moments on the scene.
The heroic spirit of heaven and earth remains awe-inspiring for thousands of years. Commemorating in the name of the country is both a retrospective of history with reverence and a promotion towards the future.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "A great era calls for heroes and creates heroes. When heroes emerge in large numbers, the cause of the Party and the people will prosper and flourish forever."
The Chinese nation is a nation where heroes emerge in large numbers, and the new era is an era for achieving heroes. The heroic spirit shines in the sky and illuminates the earth, illuminating the glorious future of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Advocating Heroes, Heroes Emerge
On September 3 this year, at a special time and space node, the grand military parade left countless shocking "famous scenes" for the world.
On Chang'an Avenue (长安街), 80 bright red battle flags led the steel torrent forward. This is a tribute to heroes, a inheritance of faith, and even more a symphony of history and reality. One glorious battle flag after another, one brilliant name after another, writing heroic stories that are magnificent.
Heroes emerge in difficult times. "The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous moment." The heroic Chinese people fought against powerful enemies with iron bones, built a great wall with flesh and blood, and went to the national crisis one after another. According to incomplete statistics, from 1921 to 1949, there were more than 3.7 million known martyrs in the revolutionary ranks led by the Party.
"We must always cherish the memory of the heroic martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the country and the people, and give them great honor and admiration, otherwise who would be willing to sacrifice for the country and the people?"
Earnest entrustment, full of deep feelings. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to commending heroic models and promoting the heroic spirit, calling on the entire Party and the entire country to admire heroes, defend heroes, learn from heroes, and care for heroes.
In September, the remains of 30 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea, escorted by 4 J-20s (歼—20), returned to their homeland on a Y-20 (运—20) special plane and were buried in their homeland.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's participation in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Since 2014, China has welcomed back the remains of 1,011 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs in South Korea.
Why do we welcome heroes with the highest courtesy? This is a remembrance of the original intention, a protection of victory, and a promotion of the spirit.
Only by advocating heroes can heroes be produced, and only by striving to be heroes can heroes emerge in large numbers.
Since the new era, the country has commemorated heroes and defended martyrs in the most solemn way: establishing Martyrs' Memorial Day, promulgating the Law on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs, and improving the merit and honor commendation system... The distinct value orientation of respecting and defending heroes and martyrs has become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and advocating heroes has become the fashion of the times, and heroic hymns have been sung throughout the land of China.
Heroes of the Times, Heroes of Ordinary People
Commend heroes in the name of the country, and pay tribute to meritorious officials with the courtesy of national scholars.
On the morning of September 29, 2024, the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) was filled with applause. The awarding ceremony of the National Medals and National Honorary Titles of the People's Republic of China was held here grandly. "People's Guard", "People's Artist", "People's Scientist", "People's Educator", "People's Medical Worker"... The word "People" echoed again and again.
"I will definitely live up to my mission and bring out more innovative craftsmen of a great power." Xu Zhenchao (许振超) grew from an ordinary dock worker to an outstanding representative of "learning-oriented, knowledge-based, and innovative" contemporary industrial workers, and "Zhenchao Efficiency" is world-renowned;
"The country is calling, I should go back!" Huang Danian (黄大年) dedicated himself diligently, worked hard to overcome difficulties, opened the "Gate of the Earth", and made outstanding contributions to my country's "surveying the sky", "exploring the earth" and "diving into the sea".
Devote one's life to one thing and keep one's promise for life. They are the backbone of the nation, the pioneers of the times, and outstanding representatives of hundreds of millions of people. From the arduous struggle against poverty to the courageous climb to the peak of scientific and technological innovation, and then to the long-term success of ecological civilization construction, the magnificent practice of Chinese-style modernization is like a huge gravitational field, stimulating and gathering the potential of countless individuals.
Heroes come from the people, and heroes are for the people.
"It's hard work every day, but I'm very happy." Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀), who dedicated her youth and life to the cause of poverty alleviation, moved thousands of netizens.
After graduating with a master's degree from Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学) in 2016, Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) resolutely returned to her hometown of Baise (百色), Guangxi (广西), and later served as the first secretary of the resident village in Baini Village (百坭村), Leye County (乐业县). She visited 195 poor households in Baini Village (百坭村), drew a "distribution map of poor households", and devoted herself to the front line of poverty alleviation.
At dawn on June 17, 2019, Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) encountered a mountain torrent on her way back to work and unfortunately died, at the age of only 30.
Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀) wrote a song of youth in the new era with practical actions, and also inspired more "Huang Wenxiu" to write a regretless youth in the vast grassroots.
Technological vanguards, industry pioneers, moral models... In peacetime, there are not only great moments of stepping forward in times of crisis, but also ordinary perseverance in silently cultivating over the long years. They all interpret the connotation of heroes and define the coordinates of the times in their own ways.
"A promising nation cannot be without heroes, and a promising country cannot be without pioneers." In the new era, looking at the land of China, heroic stories are written every day.
Creating Heroes, Achieving Heroes
Kai Shan Island (开山岛) in Guanyun County (灌云县), Jiangsu (江苏) has an area of only 0.013 square kilometers.
In 1986, Wang Jicai (王继才), 26, accepted the task of guarding the island. Since then, he has made the island his home and silently guarded this border outpost isolated in the Yellow Sea. In 2018, Wang Jicai (王继才) suddenly fell ill during duty and unfortunately passed away.
"Although Kai Shan Island (开山岛) is small, the territory is sacred, and the national flag must be raised!" For 32 years, rain or shine, the first thing Wang Jicai (王继才) and his wife Wang Shihua (王仕花) did every day was to solemnly raise the national flag.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must vigorously advocate this spirit of patriotism and dedication, and make it the value pursuit of strivers in the new era."
Today, batches of young people come here to raise the flag, patrol the island... day after day, doing ordinary things well. Kai Shan Island (开山岛) is not only a geographical coordinate, but also a spiritual monument.
Learning from heroes requires not only looking up to them, but also thinking about them when we see virtuous people.
Today, we are striving forward on a new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, advancing pioneering undertakings unprecedented in history, and carrying out great struggles with many new historical characteristics. The modernization of more than 1.4 billion people is so great and so arduous. Facing the "Lou Mountain Pass" (娄山关) and "Lazikou Pass" (腊子口) on the road ahead, what do we rely on to break through and seize the pass, and what do we rely on to create new achievements?
"To achieve our goals, we need heroes, we need the heroic spirit." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are clear and firm.
"Fear neither hardship nor death, wholeheartedly for the revolution, always follow the Party..." This song called "We Carry Wang Jie's Gun" is sung by every soldier in the "Wang Jie Class" (王杰班) of a certain brigade of the 71st Group Army of the Army.
60 years ago, Wang Jie (王杰), the squad leader of an engineering company of a certain armored division, encountered an accidental explosion of explosives while organizing militia training. At the critical moment, he rushed to the explosives package, protecting the safety of 12 militiamen and armed cadres present, and his life was fixed at the age of 23.
The power of the spirit transcends time and space and remains fresh over time. Today, batches of "Wang Jie Class" (王杰班) soldiers carry forward the heroic spirit, constantly work hard to improve their skills and bravely create excellent results, and keep in mind the commendation of "always being a heroic force that the Party and the people can completely trust", and devote themselves to building a world-class army.
On the land of the motherland for which heroes have struggled and sacrificed, wave after wave of successors have followed the path taken by their predecessors and taken over the relay baton in their hands.
Our journey is the sea of stars. If the times create heroes, then the promising new era can achieve heroes even more. In the great practice of advancing Chinese-style modernization, there is active creation everywhere, beautiful dreams grow everywhere, and the land of China is full of vitality. Heroic models can completely find a place to use their talents, show their skills, and achieve their dreams.
Create a good environment for starting a business and establish a guiding principle of judging heroes based on actual performance. From the Shenfei "Luo Yang Youth Commando Team" (沈飞“罗阳青年突击队”) overcoming difficulties and contributing to the development of the country's aviation industry, to the heroes who defended the country and guarded the border practicing the oath of "the great rivers and mountains, not an inch of land will be given up" with their lives; from "Principal Mom" Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) burning herself and lighting up the hope of girls in the mountains, to couriers and deliverymen rushing on the road and bringing convenience to thousands of households; from innovative enterprises deeply exploring and achieving breakthroughs in the field of algorithms, to the movie "Ne Zha" creating box office records... Persistence, dedication and perseverance are vivid examples of the heroic spirit being passed down from generation to generation.
The mountains are thousands of layers high, and people are the peaks of the mountains. At present, the tasks of reform and development are arduous and heavy. Facing the major tests of high winds and waves and even stormy waves on the road ahead, we need to know our responsibilities and forge ahead, carry heavy burdens forward, and need the nourishment and support of the heroic spirit even more.
"The whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country must take heroic models as examples, unite and forge ahead, and gather the powerful force to jointly undertake the great cause of building a strong country." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are sonorous in our ears, inspiring hundreds of millions of people to forge ahead bravely.
The new era calls for heroes with its magnificent cause, shapes heroes with its lofty values, and achieves heroes with its broad mind. Following in the footsteps of heroic models, the dream chasers of the new era will surely draw an even more exciting picture of striving forward!
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国 黄 娴 杨文明 俞懿春
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many foreign friends came to China to immerse themselves in the charm of Chinese culture. The popularity of "China tours" continues to rise, thanks in part to the contributions of foreign bloggers living in China. Through immersive experiences of intangible cultural heritage, participation in "Village Super League" football matches, and learning skills in villages, they deeply experience China's long-standing traditional culture and thriving modern life. Through social media platforms, they show the world a colorful, authentic, and three-dimensional China. Our reporter recently interviewed several young foreign social media influencers to hear their unique observations and feelings about China.
"Promoting Taizhou Luantan and other intangible cultural heritage to the world, so that more people fall in love with outstanding Chinese traditional culture"
Shi Mingsi (史明思), a young man from Maryland, USA, born in the 1990s, uploaded a video of himself playing the erhu to social media platforms, expressing his love for the instrument. "It has built a bridge of cultural exchange, allowing more people to feel the beauty of Chinese folk music," said Shi Mingsi.
Holding the qin pole and pressing the strings, the scene of a lively horse race seems to appear before the audience... At the Quyi Hall in Luqiao District, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Shi Mingsi played a piece called "Horse Racing."
"The first erhu piece I heard was 'Erquan Yingyue'. The emotions in the melody resonated with me, and I felt the bitterness and pain in it." Shi Mingsi studied the violin from a young age. When he was in middle school in the United States, he heard music with oriental charm and became curious: What kind of instrument can play such unique music? "With only two strings, it can express endless joys and sorrows. This is the charm of the erhu," said Shi Mingsi.
The erhu became Shi Mingsi's key to understanding Chinese culture. After entering university, he took the initiative to find a teacher to learn the erhu and minored in Chinese. After graduating from university in 2014, Shi Mingsi came to China.
In China, Shi Mingsi insisted on going to Shanghai every week to learn erhu playing skills and cooperated with local Taizhou opera troupes to perform. "I went to the Taizhou Luantan Troupe (台州乱弹剧团) to study, and I performed the classic repertoire 'The Legend of the White Snake' with the musicians," he said. "Taizhou Luantan is one of the first national-level intangible cultural heritages in China. Through Luantan, you can better touch the history and culture of Taizhou."
"In my spare time, I like to measure the city with my footsteps." Having lived in Taizhou for many years, Shi Mingsi has long regarded it as his home. At the century-old stage on Shili Changjie (十里长街), he often improvises with local opera fans. "Taizhou's inclusiveness is amazing." In Shi Mingsi's view, Taizhou has both the modern vitality of the booming private economy and the gray sculpture intangible cultural heritage preserved in the ancient streets and alleys. Tradition and modernity resonate here.
As a teacher at a school in Taizhou, Shi Mingsi also integrates outstanding Chinese traditional cultural elements into aesthetic education, allowing students to feel the charm of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. "Every time I return to the United States and share my life experiences in China with my friends, their eyes always reveal a strong interest."
"I plan to settle in Taizhou and be a teacher for the rest of my life," said Shi Mingsi. He plans to continue to study erhu skills and "promote Taizhou Luantan and other intangible cultural heritage to the world, so that more people fall in love with outstanding Chinese traditional culture."
"People with different cultural backgrounds can find resonance and belonging"
David, a British young man who grew up in Huaxi District, Guiyang City, fills his social media posts with love for Guizhou: "I have spent a long time in Guizhou, and I have deep feelings for it. This is my home in my heart."
David's parents are scholars of Dong language and culture. When David was 2 years old, his family came to Guiyang from the UK. Before the age of 14, David spent a lot of time with his parents in Liubaitang Village (六佰塘村), Rongjiang County. David recalled: "There, I learned simple Dong dialect and fell in love with playing football." Later, David returned to the UK to study, but his childhood experience in Guizhou always lingered in his mind. In 2020, he decided to return to China and settled in Guiyang.
Pasting Spring Festival couplets and setting off fireworks with his family during the Spring Festival; picking spring tea in the Qianbei Ten Thousand Mu Tea Sea and enjoying tea art performances; shuttling through Miao and Dong villages and experiencing ethnic minority customs... From an ignorant child to a "new Guizhou person" who speaks authentic dialect, David has lived in Guizhou for nearly 20 years. What he feels most deeply is openness and diversity. "The inclusiveness of Chinese culture fascinates me." He said, "**不同文化背景的人，都能找到共鸣和归属感** (bù tóng wén huà bèi jǐng de rén, dōu néng zhǎo dào gòng míng hé guī shǔ gǎn - "People with different cultural backgrounds can find resonance and belonging," highlighting the inclusive nature of Chinese culture where individuals from diverse backgrounds can connect and feel a sense of belonging)."
Now, David is a football coach at Guizhou University and a member of the Liubaitang Village football team. In May 2023, the Guizhou "Village Super League" became a hit. David came to watch the game. One of the teams on the field was from Liubaitang Village, and many of the players were his childhood playmates. "Although I hadn't seen them for more than 10 years, everyone recognized me at a glance." After the game, David ran onto the field and hugged the players tightly. In the new season of 2024, David officially joined the Liubaitang Village football team and became one of the few foreign players in the "Village Super League."
At the 2025 Guizhou "Village Super League" Top 40 crossover competition, David ran non-stop wearing a jersey printed with the words "Liubaitang," faked out a defender with a feint, received a beautiful through ball into the penalty area, and won applause from the audience. During the halftime break, the Dong people's Grand Song was sung on the field, and Dong girls in festive costumes danced the joyful Duoye dance. David said: "Football and ethnic culture dance together, which not only shows the fighting spirit of grassroots football, but also allows the world to see the vitality and diversity of Chinese villages." The whistle sounded, and cheers mixed with Dong dialect came from his ears. David and his teammates were about to take the field again. "I love Guizhou, and I am even more proud to be a spokesperson for my 'hometown'," said David.
"The beauty of China must be walked with your feet, seen with your eyes, and felt with your heart"
Playing the Yi ethnic group's moon guitar and singing the Yunnan folk song "A Lao Biao," tasting Sa Pie rice noodles... These are all materials for short videos by Lanlan (兰兰), a young Iranian woman born in the 1990s. Someone asked her: "Did you go to experience these things just to make videos?" She shook her head: "No, I really like these things, so I want to share them with everyone."
Sometimes plucking the pipa, sometimes shaking the cymbals, Lanlan herself did not expect that one day she would be able to perform on the stage of the Naxi Ancient Music Association in Lijiang Ancient City, Yunnan. "You know, I'm still a 'foreigner' born in the 90s!" Lanlan's Mandarin with a slight Yunnan accent revealed a hint of pride.
In 2024, taking advantage of the opportunity to travel to Lijiang on business, Lanlan learned Dongba painting and Dongba writing, and was then attracted by Naxi ancient music. She decided to become a student and seriously learn fingering, practice string movement, and control timbre. Why is an Iranian girl so obsessed with Chinese traditional musical instruments? Lanlan said: "I have liked Chinese culture since I was a child!"
In 2012, Lanlan came to China and has now become a "Yunnan daughter-in-law." Through social media platforms, Lanlan promotes Chinese culture to the world. "China's high-speed rail is very fast, and it is very convenient to go anywhere; if you don't want to go out, you can wait to receive express delivery; if you don't want to cook, you can order takeout. The public security in every city is very good, and I can eat, drink, and have fun until very late without worrying about safety." Lanlan often tells her foreign friends, "If you haven't been to China, don't easily draw conclusions. The beauty of China must be walked with your feet, seen with your eyes, and felt with your heart."
From only being able to say "hello" and "thank you" when she first came to China, to now speaking fluent Mandarin with a Yunnan accent, and even being able to write a few strokes of the Naxi ethnic group's Dongba script, the roads she has walked, the people she has met, and the skills she has learned have made Lanlan and this land even closer. In Lanlan's eyes, Yunnan is already her second hometown.
Under the night sky, Lanlan put down the moon guitar in her hand and looked up at the stars. She said: "I will tell the stories of this land to more people."
(Intern Liang Tingyu participated in writing)
Return to TopBy: 爱德华多·雷加拉多
The Global Governance Initiative provides a truly equal, mutually beneficial, and sustainable governance cooperation framework for the international community, especially developing countries.
Currently, the world is at a critical juncture, multilateralism is being eroded, and the global governance system faces unprecedented challenges. The abuse of unilateral sanctions and the promotion of bloc confrontation have divided the international community and shaken the world's stability and trust.
In this context, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative, which aims to promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction. This initiative provides a new governance cooperation framework for the international community, where developing countries are no longer just passive recipients of Western decision-making, but can truly have a voice and play a role in the formulation and implementation of global rules. The five core concepts of the initiative are a response to the challenges facing the world today: adhering to sovereign equality to ensure that all countries can independently choose their own development paths; abiding by international rule of law and opposing the threat and use of force; practicing multilateralism and resisting "small circles" and camp confrontation; advocating a people-centered approach and prioritizing health, education, and a dignified life; and focusing on action-oriented approaches, emphasizing moving beyond empty talk and promoting implementation.
To promote the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative, the international community must reaffirm its commitment to multilateralism, further strengthen the role of the United Nations as a core platform for practicing multilateralism and promoting global governance, and ensure the effectiveness and universality of global governance. It is worth mentioning that the Global Governance Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative each have their own focus and are all important public goods that China (中国) provides to the international community. The Global Development Initiative focuses on poverty reduction and sustainable development, the Global Security Initiative emphasizes peace and security, the Global Civilization Initiative advocates respect for diversity, and the Global Governance Initiative provides a cooperation framework for improving global governance. They promote and complement each other, reflecting that China (中国) is a maintainer of the international order and a provider of international public goods in this era.
For developing countries, the Global Governance Initiative is very important because it helps to enhance the representation and voice of developing countries in the global governance system and resist unilateralism. For a long time, the cooperation initiatives proposed by China (中国) have respected the sovereignty and will of all countries and have always been committed to promoting mutual benefit and win-win results. Through participation in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and other cooperation initiatives, many developing countries have made great progress in infrastructure, energy, science, and technology. This shows that true international cooperation is not charity and dependence, but should focus on capacity building and independent development. The Latin America and Caribbean region can further strengthen cooperation with China (中国) and other countries of the Global South to form a joint force in addressing common challenges such as debt crises and climate change.
The Global Governance Initiative is very much in line with Cuba's demands. For a long time, Cuba (古巴) has opposed unilateralism and power politics, and advocated maintaining international fairness and justice through multilateral cooperation. The Global Governance Initiative not only provides us with new opportunities to deepen cooperation with China (中国), but also allows us to have broader cooperation space in multilateral platforms such as the United Nations (联合国). Within the framework of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, Cuba (古巴) and China (中国) have already started cooperation in infrastructure, science and technology, and biomedicine. Under the guidance of the Global Governance Initiative, we can further strengthen multilateral coordination and jointly promote the evolution of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction.
The Global Governance Initiative is not only a concept, but also a practical and feasible platform. It provides a truly equal, mutually beneficial, and sustainable governance cooperation framework for the international community, especially developing countries. In today's world, where unilateralism and bloc confrontation are intensifying, this initiative points to a direction—establishing a multipolar, just, and reasonable international order. I believe that this initiative will not only bring new development opportunities to Cuba (古巴), but also inject new impetus into strengthening solidarity and cooperation in Latin America and the entire Global South.
(The author is a Chinese affairs expert at the Cuban International Policy Research Center.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李安琪
"There is neither a one-size-fits-all model of modernization in the world, nor a universally applicable standard of modernization." Professor Mohammad Shahab Enam Khan of the Department of Political Science at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Bangladesh said in an exclusive interview with this reporter recently that Chinese-style modernization, with its unique concepts, practices, and tremendous achievements, provides the world with a brand-new development model and path choice. In the tide of global development, Chinese-style modernization is guiding the Global South to jointly explore a more equitable, sustainable, and inclusive development path.
From 2016 to 2020, Shahab Enam Khan studied for a doctorate at Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学). When talking about his original intention to study in China, he said, "I wanted to know why China's economy and society have undergone tremendous changes in a short period of time." During his time in China, Shahab Enam Khan witnessed China's development and changes with his own eyes, and deeply felt China's remarkable achievements in social progress, technological innovation, and other fields. "From high-speed rail networks to smart city construction, to the integration of digital technology and artificial intelligence into daily life, I saw a brand-new and rapidly developing China, and I had a deep understanding of Chinese-style modernization." Shahab Enam Khan said, "My study experience allowed me to understand Chinese culture more concretely, and also made me more admire and respect China."
Shahab Enam Khan has long been concerned about and researching China's development process. He believes that China has set an example for the world in areas such as the digital economy, green development, and poverty reduction. China's success is not only reflected in economic growth, but also in providing people with a better life and more development opportunities in a real sense. Shahab Enam Khan said: "What impresses me most is the policy-making and long-term planning driven by the people's vision for a better life. The combination of strong government support, bold corporate innovation, and active public participation has turned one vision after another into reality."
Shahab Enam Khan has visited many cities in China and was deeply impressed by the grassroots practices of China's social governance. He noted that big data and other technologies have been applied on a large scale in grassroots communities that provide public services, which has significantly improved the effectiveness of grassroots governance. In his opinion, the Chinese government's operating style is flexible and pragmatic, combining macro policies with specific local realities, and policies tailored to local conditions are more targeted and can achieve more effective results.
As the founding chairman of the Bangladesh-China Youth Scholars Alliance and the secretary-general of the Bangladesh Alumni Association of China, Shahab Enam Khan is full of expectations for youth exchanges and higher education cooperation between Bangladesh and China. "Youth interaction and academic exchanges are the foundation of the long-term friendly relations between the two countries. In recent years, the enthusiasm of young people from the two countries for cooperation in cross-cultural exchanges and other aspects has been increasing." He said that by carrying out joint degree programs, providing language learning and internship opportunities, etc., Bangladesh and China can not only improve the professional level of young scholars, but also enhance mutual understanding. The two countries can continue to explore cooperation potential in areas such as establishing joint research centers and carrying out vocational education and training.
"China is implementing targeted poverty reduction projects and applying digital technology to governance practices. Importantly, China maintains social cohesion while developing rapidly. These Chinese experiences are all worth considering in depth in light of our own national realities," said Shahab Enam Khan.
Return to TopThis newspaper Subotica, Serbia, October 3rd (Reporter Xie Yahong (谢亚宏)) The Novi Sad-Subotica section (hereinafter referred to as the "Novi Sad-Subotica section") of the Hungary-Serbia Railway in Serbia was completed and opened to traffic on the 3rd, marking the full opening and operation of the Serbian section of the Hungary-Serbia Railway.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (武契奇) took a train from the capital Belgrade (贝尔格莱德) to Subotica (苏博蒂察) and attended the opening ceremony. In his speech, Vučić (武契奇) thanked the Chinese government and Chinese builders, saying that the opening and operation of the Novi Sad-Subotica section is a historic moment that will make Serbia (塞尔维亚) more closely connected with neighboring countries and regions and make a great contribution to Serbia's (塞尔维亚) economic development.
Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Ming (李明) said that the Hungary-Serbia Railway is a flagship project personally cared for and promoted by the heads of state of the two countries, and is a vivid embodiment of the China-Serbia community of common destiny in the new era. It will surely become a new milestone in the 铁杆友谊 (tiě gǎn yǒu yì - "iron-rod friendship," unbreakable friendship) between China and Serbia.
The Hungary-Serbia Railway connects the Serbian capital Belgrade (贝尔格莱德) and the Hungarian capital Budapest (布达佩斯), with a total length of 341.7 kilometers, of which 183.1 kilometers are in Serbia (塞尔维亚), with a maximum design speed of 200 kilometers per hour. The Novi Sad-Subotica section opened this time is 108.1 kilometers long and has 12 stations. The Hungary-Serbia Railway is a flagship project of cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries, and it is also the first project that uses China's independently developed railway technology and equipment and has passed the EU railway interoperability technical specification certification.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 3rd. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) stated on the 3rd, in response to a reporter's question regarding Mexico's recent series of anti-dumping investigations against China, that China firmly opposes protectionist acts that harm China's legitimate rights and interests, will closely monitor the progress of Mexico's investigation, and urges Mexico to strictly abide by World Trade Organization (WTO) rules in the investigation to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
A reporter asked: It is reported that Mexico has recently initiated anti-dumping investigations into Chinese float glass, self-adhesive tape, polyvinyl chloride coated fabric, and steel bolts. What is the Ministry of Commerce's response to this?
The spokesperson said that we have noted that the Mexican Ministry of Economy, at the request of domestic enterprises, has recently initiated four anti-dumping investigations into products such as Chinese float glass and polyvinyl chloride coated fabric. China firmly opposes protectionist acts that harm China's legitimate rights and interests, will closely monitor the progress of Mexico's investigation, and urges Mexico to strictly abide by World Trade Organization (WTO) rules in the investigation to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
The spokesperson stated that since the beginning of this year, Mexico has initiated 11 anti-dumping investigations against Chinese products, almost twice the total number of cases filed last year, while China has always been prudent and restrained in initiating trade remedy investigations. China believes that in the context of the United States' (美方) abuse of tariffs, all countries should jointly oppose unilateralism and should not allow protectionism to spread, let alone impose restrictions on China under various pretexts under the coercion of others.
The spokesperson said that the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) has initiated a trade and investment barrier investigation into Mexico's proposed increase in import tariffs and other trade and investment restrictions on China in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国对外贸易法》) and the "Rules on Investigation of Foreign Trade Barriers" (《对外贸易壁垒调查规则》). China will take all necessary measures, including in the fields of trade and investment, based on the results of the investigation and the actual situation, to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Riyadh on October 3rd (Reporter Ren Haoyu (任皓宇)) The "Bi Sheng Printing Cooperation Dialogue·Riyadh" event, themed "New Opportunities, New Cooperation, New Future," was held on the 2nd in Riyadh (利雅得), the capital of Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯). Enterprise representatives, experts, and scholars from the printing and publishing fields of China and Arab countries engaged in in-depth dialogues on industrial development, production capacity cooperation, and cultural exchanges.
Cai Shugui (蔡书贵), Deputy Director of the Printing and Distribution Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部印刷发行局), believes that printing, as a link for cultural exchange, has played an important role in promoting mutual learning among civilizations. The printing technology invented in China was introduced to the Arab world along the Silk Road, providing support for the inheritance of Arabic academic classics. At the same time, it promoted the eastward transmission of Arabic numerals, astronomical calendars, medicine, and other knowledge, forming a vivid situation of "two-way rush" of Chinese and Arab civilizations.
At the event, the Chinese side exhibited a variety of printing masterpieces integrating environmental protection concepts, exquisite craftsmanship, and original designs, which were highly praised by the participating guests.
This event was hosted by the Printing and Distribution Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部印刷发行局), organized by the China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), and co-organized by the China Printing Technology Association (中国印刷技术协会).
Return to TopBy: 肖 遥
Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a vibrant and magnificent picture of a culturally strong country is unfolding splendidly across the land of China. In this grand picture, we can deeply feel the immense power of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture (习近平文化思想).
Promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and safeguarding cultural subjectivity, provides a solid foundation for cultural confidence. Opening up new ideas, exploring new mechanisms, and adopting new forms, the vitality of cultural innovation and creation flows like a spring. "Only Green" (《只此青绿》), "Ne Zha" (《哪吒之魔童闹海》), "Black Myth: Wukong" (《黑神话：悟空》)... a number of phenomenal works are vivid footnotes to creative transformation and innovative development.
The integration of culture and tourism has taken firm steps. The "Village Gala" is full of vitality, the hairpin flower and "Harbin" (尔滨) and other cultural tourism IPs frequently break the circle, and red tourism continues to heat up... Cultural empowerment makes the tide of economic and social development more surging; cultural enrichment makes the people's spiritual home more abundant.
Culture is a spiritual bond that unites people's hearts, and also a key factor in enhancing people's well-being. The New Era Civilization Practice Centers (所、站) spread all over the country, sending professional-level literary and artistic performances to the doorsteps of ordinary people; more and more libraries, art galleries, and museums open their doors to welcome guests for free... When public cultural services are more down-to-earth and warmer, the people's sense of gain and happiness is also continuously enhanced in the practice of reform.
Standing at a new historical starting point and looking forward, Chinese culture will surely forge new glories in the new era, providing a stronger spiritual support for national rejuvenation.
Return to TopThis edition coordinated by: Zhi Chunli (智春丽), Xiao Yao (肖遥)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 董丝雨
Starting from Guangyuan (广元) city in Sichuan (四川) Province, a roughly two-hour drive brings you to the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area of the Giant Panda National Park (大熊猫国家公园), located in Qingxi Town (青溪镇), Qingchuan County (青川县). The sign at the entrance reads: "You have entered the Giant Panda National Park; here, the world remains as it was."
Every few kilometers, there is a sign indicating an animal crossing. "Look to the left!" Following the direction pointed out by Wang Lu (王露), Director of the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处), the reporter saw several takins on the hillside, glancing at the slowly passing car before lowering their heads to forage peacefully.
"They are not afraid of humans, and tourists and local residents will not harm them," Wang Lu (王露) told reporters. Tangjiahe (唐家河) is known as "the area with the highest wildlife encounter rate in China's low-altitude forest ecosystems." In addition to takins, commonly seen wild animals include tufted deer, Reeves's muntjac, and Tibetan macaques. With luck, you might even see otters playing in the streams.
The Tangjiahe (唐家河) area has a forest coverage rate of up to 96.15% and is known as a "natural gene bank," where more than 3,800 species of wild animals and plants thrive. It is one of the global biodiversity hotspots and witnesses the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature.
Significant Achievements in Biodiversity Conservation
In Tangjiahe (唐家河), rangers are encountering wild giant pandas with increasing frequency.
"This is *Davidia involucrata*, a national second-class protected plant, and that bird call comes from a red-billed leiothrix." At 9 a.m., the reporter followed Ma Wenhua (马文虎), a ranger from the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处), into the dense forest along a patrol line. Along the way, he knew every plant, tree, and bird call in the mountains like the back of his hand.
"Look, the vegetation on this soil slope has traces of being pressed down; it should be from takins scratching themselves." Hearing Ma Wenhua's (马文虎) introduction, the reporter stepped forward to observe carefully and indeed found a takin hair.
Since 1993, Ma Wenhua (马文虎) has been working on the front lines of field patrols in Tangjiahe (唐家河). Over 32 years, he has encountered wild giant pandas 11 times during his patrols.
"Encountering wild giant pandas is not easy. I didn't see one for the first time until my fourteenth year of work, at Mashan (麻山) on the Hongshi River (红石河) in Tangjiahe (唐家河)," Ma Wenhua (马文虎) still remembers vividly. "I was observing and recording takins when I inadvertently spotted a wild giant panda in a tree on the opposite mountain."
Fortunately, he had a camera with him, and Ma Wenhua (马文虎) spent two hours "sneaking" over. Luckily, the giant panda was sleeping in the tree the whole time. He kept taking pictures until the camera ran out of power before reluctantly leaving quietly.
With the establishment of the Giant Panda National Park (大熊猫国家公园), various protection measures have gradually improved the ecological environment of the giant panda habitat. Rangers are encountering wild giant pandas with increasing frequency. In the 2025 spring field survey, the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area captured the first-ever image of three giant pandas in the same frame.
Experts say that the giant panda is a flagship species with an "umbrella effect." By protecting giant pandas, other organisms and ecosystems in Tangjiahe (唐家河) can also be indirectly protected.
An infrared camera set up on the ridge of Baixiongping (白熊坪) Mountain captured images of 17 species of wild animals, including giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, and black bears, active there within three months. This "lively" path is figuratively called Tangjiahe's (唐家河) "Chunxi Road (春熙路)."
"In the first half of this year's field survey, we collected a total of 1,015 pieces of giant panda habitat information and 1,799 pieces of information on sympatric animals. 39 infrared cameras recorded giant panda activity 106 times, further confirming the important position of the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area as a biodiversity hotspot," said Xiao Mei (肖梅), head of the Scientific Research and Monitoring Section of the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处).
The Tangjiahe (唐家河) area is not only home to rare species such as giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys but also an important node on the migratory route of migratory birds.
In May of this year, staff from the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处) recorded the presence of black-winged stilts in Qingxi Town (青溪镇) for the first time. "During their spring migration, black-winged stilts were attracted by the rich wetland resources and high-quality ecological environment of Qingxi Town (青溪镇), stopping here briefly to forage and rest," said Xiao Mei (肖梅). This marks a new addition to the bird diversity of the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area and provides new observation samples for studying bird migration patterns.
Nature Education Raises Public Awareness
Tourists can experience ecological science popularization projects such as forest animal watching and plant and animal scientific expeditions.
"I found a black feather," "The leaves of *Tricyrtis* smell like cucumber"… During this summer vacation, more than 20,000 nature experiencers came to the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area. Led by nature guides, they crossed mountain streams, hiked on forest trails, and searched for the infinite mysteries hidden in nature.
"The infrared camera lens should be at a 45-degree angle to the animal trail, and the deployment height should be about 1.2 meters so that there is enough time to take photos and videos after the animal triggers the thermal infrared sensor." At a designated field observation point, Diao Kunpeng (刁鲲鹏), head of Qingye Ecology (青野生态) at the Tangjiahe Nature Education Center (唐家河自然教育中心), explained the deployment requirements of infrared cameras to tourists and encouraged everyone to try it themselves.
China's national parks implement zoned management. Core protected areas are strictly managed, and in suitable areas of general control zones, science education, recreation, and ecological experience activities can be reasonably planned to provide space for the public to get close to, appreciate, and understand nature.
The Tangjiahe (唐家河) area has explored and formed a model of "Management Office (管理处) + Community (社区) + Social Enterprise (社会企业)," with the Management Office (管理处) providing policy guidance and financial support, social enterprises leveraging market vitality, and also broadening income channels for community residents. In 2020, Qingye Ecology (青野生态) signed an agreement with the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处) to jointly build a nature education center integrating scientific research, ecological protection, and public science education. It provides free nature education services to at least 3,000 primary and secondary school students in Qingchuan County (青川县) every year.
In recent years, the Tangjiahe Nature Education Center (唐家河自然教育中心) has joined hands with institutions such as the Sichuan Provincial Academy of Giant Panda Science (四川省大熊猫科学研究院) and Sichuan University (四川大学) to build nature education bases, science popularization bases, and field observation points, and has launched many ecological science popularization experience projects such as forest animal watching, patrol experience, and plant and animal scientific expeditions.
Sorting out the best wildlife observation points, training experienced field guides, and equipping professional night vision equipment… The implementation of these detailed measures has given tourists a better "sense of experience" and better met their diverse needs.
"For example, we have designed a unique experience project - 'Sentry Shed Animal Watching'," said Diao Kunpeng (刁鲲鹏). Sentry sheds were originally built by local villagers to protect crops. Because many wild animals like to be active at night, sentry sheds are an excellent window for tourists to observe wild animals up close. Community residents familiar with animal habits provide explanation services to visitors and can also obtain certain benefits.
Qingye Ecology (青野生态) also uses part of its nature education operating income to support community wildlife incident response and endangered wildlife science research.
"While letting tourists 'come in', we actively take Tangjiahe (唐家河) 'out'," said Song Lili (宋丽霖), head of the Ecotourism Management Section of the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处). In addition to carrying out market-oriented ecological science popularization experience activities, it also vigorously carries out public welfare science popularization, providing free explanation services to residents of the entrance community every year. On important occasions such as World Environment Day and World Wildlife Day, rare wildlife photo exhibitions are held in schools, communities, museums, and other places to deepen the awareness of protecting wild animals and plants.
Since the beginning of this year, the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处) has carried out more than 30 online and offline science popularization activities, covering more than 50,000 people.
"National parks are an important window to showcase China's achievements in ecological civilization protection. In the future, we will continue to use nature education to awaken the public's sense of responsibility for protecting wild animals and plants and the ecological environment," said Diao Kunpeng (刁鲲鹏).
Local Residents Enjoy "Green Dividends"
Luoyigou Village (落衣沟村) and Yinping Village (阴平村), as entrance communities, are gradually exploring a win-win path for ecological protection and economic development.
"In the past two months, people have been coming to buy honey every day, and buyers from Chongqing (重庆) and Beijing (北京) have been booking with me through WeChat. Extracting honey, packing, and shipping - I haven't had a free day," said Pu Gang (蒲刚), a villager in Luoyigou Village (落衣沟村), Qingxi Town (青溪镇), as he calculated his income from this year's honey harvest season. At a purchase price of 50 yuan per kilogram, his 200 hives of bees can earn about 50,000 yuan.
Luoyigou Village (落衣沟村) is the only administrative village within the general control area of the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area of the Giant Panda National Park (大熊猫国家公园). "Bee farming has almost no impact on the ecological environment. Tangjiahe (唐家河) has more than 300 kinds of high-quality honey source plants such as *Codonopsis pilosula*, *Eleutherococcus senticosus*, and loquat. Bees can help plants pollinate and reproduce. The honey produced from these honey sources is of good quality and high nutritional value and can be sold at a good price," said Yang Yong (杨勇), secretary of the Party branch of Luoyigou Village (落衣沟村). Now, more than 50 villagers in the village are involved in Chinese honeybee farming, with a total annual operating income of 800,000 yuan.
More than 40 years ago, Tangjiahe (唐家河) was a logging site where villagers "lived off the mountains." After the establishment of the Tangjiahe Nature Reserve (唐家河自然保护区), Qian哨 Village (前哨村) and Gong农 Village (工农村), located in the hinterland of Tangjiahe (唐家河), were clearly prohibited from engaging in production and business activities that damage the forest, such as logging. Starting in 1983, the two villages were gradually relocated to Luoyigou Village (落衣沟村) and Yinping Village (阴平村) to make room for the reproduction of rare animals and plants.
In 2021, China announced the establishment of the Giant Panda National Park (大熊猫国家公园). Luoyigou Village (落衣沟村) and Yinping Village (阴平村), as entrance communities, are gradually exploring a win-win path for ecological protection and economic development.
Now is the off-season for beekeeping, and Pu Gang (蒲刚) is working as a forest ranger in the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area, earning nearly 10,000 yuan more a year. "We have employed more than 150 people as ecological forest rangers, ecological sanitation workers, and management personnel of the community co-management and co-construction committee, and regularly organize villagers to participate in training on ecological management and protection, nature education, and other aspects," said Wu Bo (吴波), head of the Community Work Section of the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处).
Every summer, the beautiful environment and cool climate make Tangjiahe (唐家河) a popular summer resort. While protecting the natural environment, villagers have opened agritainment businesses and homestays, enjoying the "green dividends" brought by ecotourism.
Walking into Yinping Village (阴平村), northern Sichuan (川北) residential buildings are scattered in an orderly manner, with fruit trees lining the front and back of the houses.
Siji Courtyard (肆季小院) is a farmhouse-style garden homestay that received more than 10,000 tourists this summer, with an income of 560,000 yuan. "These days, we are busy preparing local chicken, cured meat, and other special delicacies to welcome tourists during the National Day holiday," said Xu Jia (许佳), the person in charge of the homestay.
Luo Chengpeng (罗成鹏), secretary of the Party branch of Yinping Village (阴平村), introduced that as of now, Yinping Village (阴平村) has developed 204 homestays, with tourism revenue reaching about 40 million yuan last year.
"In the future, we will take the National Park Law as the guideline, adhere to the principle of ecological protection first, and do a solid job in scientific research and monitoring, nature education, community co-management, and other aspects to continuously improve the diversity, stability, and sustainability of the Tangjiahe (唐家河) area's ecosystem, and achieve the unity of ecological protection, green development, and people's livelihood improvement," said the relevant person in charge of the Tangjiahe Management Office (唐家河管理处).
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Promote the construction of a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential national carbon market to incentivize all parties to protect greenery, reduce carbon emissions, and cut pollution.
By selling surplus carbon emission allowances through the national carbon emission trading market and reinvesting the proceeds into new energy-saving projects, a virtuous cycle is formed. In recent years, Hebei Shijiazhuang Liangcun Thermal Power Co., Ltd. (河北石家庄良村热电有限公司) has completed technical upgrades such as flue gas waste heat recovery and burner optimization through this method. The energy-saving renovation of coal-fired power units has been steadily advanced, with more emission reductions leading to more revenue.
The carbon market is linked to both carbon reduction goals and economic growth. As an important policy tool for actively addressing climate change and achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, the national carbon market transforms emission reduction pressure into endogenous motivation through market mechanisms, encouraging business entities and all sectors of society to participate in the comprehensive green and low-carbon transition process.
Currently, China has built the world's largest carbon emission trading market covering greenhouse gas emissions. This year, the steel, cement, and aluminum smelting industries have been newly included, achieving effective control over more than 60% of the country's carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, the national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market has been launched, and six methodologies (methodologies are the main basis for guiding the development, implementation, validation, and emission reduction verification of voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction projects) such as afforestation carbon sinks and offshore wind power have been introduced successively, and the scope of support is gradually expanding.
The national carbon emission trading market targets key emission industries and enterprises, promoting emission reduction by limiting carbon emissions and promoting technological progress and industrial upgrading. The national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market involves a wider scope and is conducive to encouraging a wider range of industries and enterprises to participate in greenhouse gas emission reduction actions. The two carbon markets operate independently and are interconnected through quota settlement offset mechanisms, jointly forming a national carbon market system to achieve full coverage of emission reduction entities.
The "National Carbon Market Development Report (2025)" released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) at the 2025 China Carbon Market Conference shows that market trading activity is further improving. The annual turnover of the national carbon emission trading market in 2024 was 18.114 billion yuan, the highest level since the market was launched in 2021. In 2024, the national power carbon emission intensity decreased by 10.8% compared to 2018. The carbon market fully stimulates the endogenous power of carbon reduction, powerfully promoting the formation of a low-carbon development awareness in the whole society that "carbon emissions have costs, and carbon reduction has benefits," and the high-tech, high-efficiency, and high-quality characteristics of the industry are constantly emerging. The national carbon market system has started and operated steadily, becoming a bright name card for China's active response to climate change.
It should also be noted that the construction of the carbon market is a major institutional innovation and a complex system engineering, requiring effective management mechanisms, sound laws and regulations, reliable trading systems, and authentic emission data. On the one hand, the scope of industries and greenhouse gas types covered by the national carbon emission trading market must be expanded in an orderly manner, and an expected, clear, and transparent carbon emission quota management system must be established, gradually shifting from intensity control to total amount control.
On the other hand, the national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market should be actively developed, a scientific and complete methodology system should be established, the development of methodologies should be accelerated for key areas, and effective services should be provided for social voluntary emission reduction and the realization of ecological product value. At the same time, market elements should be gradually enriched, efforts should be made to enhance the vitality of the national carbon market, the entire process of carbon emission data quality supervision should be strengthened, and all kinds of fraudulent acts should be severely cracked down on.
The "Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Promoting Green and Low-Carbon Transition and Strengthening the Construction of the National Carbon Market" (中共中央办公厅国务院办公厅关于推进绿色低碳转型加强全国碳市场建设的意见), issued this year, clearly states that we should promote the construction of a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential national carbon market. Taking the issuance of the Opinions as an opportunity, we will steadily promote the construction of the national carbon market system, incentivize all parties to protect greenery, reduce carbon emissions, and cut pollution, promote the continuous advancement of the construction of a beautiful China to a new level, support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment, and accelerate the realization of a modern society where humans and nature coexist harmoniously.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姚雪青
Looking into the distance at Tiaozini Wetland (条子泥湿地) in Dongtai (东台) City, Yancheng (盐城) City, Jiangsu (江苏) Province, the water and sky merge into one color. In the afternoon, as the tide rises, tens of thousands of waterbirds form a bird array, "whoosh," flying back from the tidal flats and gathering at the "720 High Tide Level Migratory Bird Habitat" to rest, creating a spectacular scene.
Tiaozini Wetland (条子泥湿地) is located on the coast of Dongtai (东台) City and is a key hub on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Every year, millions of migratory birds from around the world stop, molt, and overwinter here.
The bird-watching platform near the seawall highway is crowded with tourists from all over. Looking through high-powered telescopes, Black-faced Spoonbills with spoon-shaped beaks, Grey Plovers with their own leopard print, and Red-billed Gulls with their highly recognizable red beaks, and other northbound plovers and sandpipers leisurely stroll on the shoals.
Wetland bird protector Zhang Hailong (张海龙) checks the migration and breeding status of wetland birds through the screen of the monitoring center. "We have installed 13 panoramic probes with bird intelligent recognition function, which can transmit high-definition images of the wetland, from illegal intrusions to the hatching of chicks, in real time." Zhang Hailong (张海龙) told reporters that in recent years, the wetland has used an information system, linking electronic fences, drone countermeasures, tide level monitoring and other modules, and networking with public security departments. If any suspicious points are found, an automatic warning is issued, and staff members go to deal with it as soon as possible.
Zhang Hailong (张海龙) and his colleagues are used to calling the "720 High Tide Level Migratory Bird Habitat" the "720 Highlands." "During the two daily high tides in the Yellow Sea, the tidal flats turn into the ocean, and the birds that originally foraged on the tidal flats have to find another open space on land to rest." Chang Wei (常维), Deputy Director of the Dongtai (东台) Coastal Economic Zone Management Committee, introduced that in order to provide a "parking apron" for birds, in 2020, Dongtai (东台) set aside 720 mu of fish ponds in the core area of Tiaozini (条子泥) to create a fixed high tide level habitat, which is the "720 High Tide Level Migratory Bird Habitat." In 2024, the highest single day attracted 188,000 waterbirds to come and roost.
Now, this model has been replicated and promoted to a larger scale. In the northern part of Tiaozini (条子泥), Chuanshui Bay (川水湾), with a coastline of about 6 kilometers and an area of 19,000 mu, was originally an open beach wetland. Local fishermen developed it into an aquaculture farm. In 2022, Dongtai (东台) carried out the return of fishing to wetlands and ecological restoration to create the "720 High Tide Level Migratory Bird Habitat Version 2.0."
What is different about version 2.0? Chang Wei (常维) told reporters that in addition to the larger area, Chuanshui Bay (川水湾) also innovated the wetland micro-topography restoration technology, shaping deep-water areas, shallow-water areas, and seasonal grass beaches according to local conditions to meet the needs of different animals and plants. At present, a large number of waterbirds have taken the lead in "moving in," and have also attracted wild animals such as elk, hares, and roe deer - the birds' "circle of friends" has expanded.
More and more social forces are joining the bird-loving and bird-protecting team. The Dongtai (东台) Coastal Economic Zone took the lead in launching the "Community Volunteer Training Program," and surrounding residents actively participated in volunteer activities such as popular science and publicity. The Tiaozini Wetland Research Institute (条子泥湿地研究院) was established, and researchers from universities and research institutes regularly carry out special studies on birds, plants, water bodies, etc., collecting more than 200,000 samples. Popular science research, bird-watching, and photography competitions are constantly being innovated. In edutainment, protecting wetlands has become a social consensus.
In recent years, the population of rare species in Tiaozini (条子泥) has repeatedly reached new highs: the number of endangered Nordmann's Greenshank observed has increased from 1,150 to 2,440, continuously breaking through the globally estimated number of less than 1,000; Oriental Storks have been breeding in Tiaozini (条子泥), and 121 have been recorded; Dalmatian Pelicans have come here to overwinter in small groups for three consecutive years... The "territory" of bird-loving and bird-protecting is constantly expanding.
Return to TopRecently, in the wheat fields of Yakeshi Farm and Ranch Company (牙克石农牧场公司) of Hulunbuir Reclamation Area (呼伦贝尔农垦) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), agricultural machinery is bundling and collecting straw. In recent years, Yakeshi Farm and Ranch Company (牙克石农牧场公司) of Hulunbuir Reclamation Area (呼伦贝尔农垦) has vigorously promoted the integrated operation mode of crop harvesting, straw bundling, and loading and transportation. Through scientific recycling and resource utilization, it has achieved a **双赢** (shuāng yíng - "win-win," a situation where all parties involved benefit) for both environmental and economic benefits.
Wang Guoyin (王国印) Photo (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopAccording to the China Meteorological Administration, since the implementation of the meteorological data identity system, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) has issued more than 980,000 meteorological data identities and more than 8,600 data resource registration certificates, supporting 140,000 application scenarios in various industries and fields.
The meteorological data identity objectively records the information of all subjects and the entire process of meteorological data circulation and assigns it a globally unique identification code. Based on the meteorological data identity system, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) has opened a meteorological data registration and supervision platform for data holders to support the rapid registration of various types of meteorological data resources. Only data that has passed strict quality inspection and compliance verification can obtain a data registration certificate and match the meteorological data identity.
At present, the meteorological data registration and supervision platform has piloted connections with the data trading platforms of major data trading institutions such as Shenzhen (深圳), Shanghai (上海), Guizhou (贵州), and Hangzhou (杭州), the industrial trusted spaces of China Telecom Group (中国电信集团), Shanghai Data Group (上海数据集团), and other companies, as well as data development and utilization ports such as urban operation platforms and data asset management platforms, basically establishing a meteorological data circulation supervision matrix that is jointly built by multiple parties, managed in a hierarchical manner, covers the entire country, and connects to the market.
(Li Hongmei (李红梅))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
"Even the archaeological excavation tools are available; this museum really wants to teach me archaeology."
"It is a 'chronicle' interpreting the development of Liangzhu Civilization."
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Recently, the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum (玉架山考古博物馆), located in Linping District (临平区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省), has attracted many archaeology enthusiasts. Since its opening on May 18, 2025, the museum has received an average of over 3,000 visitors per day. Between the bustling modern city and the rolling ecological farmland, the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum is like a link, connecting a symphony of time and space spanning thousands of years. What is so special about this archaeological museum? Why is it receiving so much praise?
It's an Exhibition Hall, but also a Witness
Understanding the "Evolutionary Picture" of Liangzhu Civilization
The Yujiashan Prehistoric Settlement Site is one of the "Top Ten Archaeological New Discoveries in China in 2011." Archaeologist Yan Wenming (严文明) once argued for its importance: the Yujiashan site covers the early, middle, and late periods of Liangzhu Culture, and is the only known site that runs through the 1,000-year evolution of Liangzhu Civilization.
Today, the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum we see has a total construction area of 25,000 square meters and has exhibition halls such as the Linping Site Complex Hall (临平遗址群厅), the Maoshan Site Hall (茅山遗址厅), and the Yujiashan Site Hall (玉架山遗址厅), featuring 1,800 pieces (sets) of unearthed cultural relics such as pottery and jade artifacts, most of which are making their debut.
Inside the exhibition hall, whether it is the pottery wall arranged in chronological order or the restored moat form, visitors can gain an in-depth understanding of the construction process of the Yujiashan site and the rise and fall of Liangzhu Culture through archaeological surveys, excavation profiles, and excavation plans.
The entire site consists of 6 adjacent ring moats, inside which are artificially accumulated earth platforms with functions such as residence and burial. Since the rescue archaeological excavation in 2008, more than 600 tombs have been cleared here, and a large number of pottery, stone tools, and jade artifacts have been unearthed, totaling more than 8,000 pieces. Among them are precious cultural relics such as Neolithic Liangzhu Culture inscribed jade bi disks, jade comb backs, and jade coronal objects, outlining the social picture of Liangzhu Civilization's "reverence for jade and emphasis on ritual" (崇玉尚礼).
"Each ring moat is a residential area for a clan, and the 6 ring moats together constitute a settlement. This structure has been stable and lasted for thousands of years," said Fang Zhonghua (方中华), a member of the Yujiashan archaeological team. This provides new physical materials for studying the social development, settlement patterns, and tomb forms in the northern Linping Mountain (临平山) area during the Liangzhu period, and provides key samples for studying the social evolution of Liangzhu Culture.
As the "preface" to the entire museum, the Linping Site Complex Hall starts with the sea retreat and human advancement, the birth of civilization, and then discusses climate, resources, and the origin of Linping. Visitors can get a glimpse of the local social hierarchy structure during the Liangzhu period from the restored display of 3 representative tombs of different levels.
It's a Cultural Relic, but also a Bridge
Decoding the "Happening Site" of Archaeological Excavation
How does a museum present an archaeological theme?
"We are not only talking about cultural relics, but also how cultural relics were discovered," said Li Long (李龙), deputy curator of the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum, describing the exhibition concept. He introduced that the exhibition hall not only tells the story of the site itself, but also the methods of archaeology to restore prehistoric civilization, emphasizing the "happening site" of archaeological excavation.
Visitors can learn archaeological common sense in the museum. In the exhibition hall on the first floor, the museum exhibits dating methods, cultural layer determination, field excavation technology, and other content, and also sets up an interactive experience area to restore the exploration site at that time. Visitors can see the archaeological excavation process and results of the site complex and learn about archaeology knowledge at close range.
How can ordinary pottery shards and stone tools become keys to interpreting history in the hands of archaeologists? What do "absolute dating," "relative dating," "subsistence archaeology," and "settlement archaeology" mean? The explanatory texts at the museum site "teach by hand" archaeological knowledge.
"Archaeology, through its unique research methods, can explain and interpret the value of cultural heritage, and can also help us look at ancient society with a more scientific perspective. In this sense, the cultural relics in front of us are more like bridges," said Qin Ling (秦岭), associate professor of the School of Archaeology and Museology at Peking University (北京大学) and curator of the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum. The exhibition logic focuses more on showing how the discipline of archaeology reveals the face of ancient society and how archaeologists gradually uncover the veil of civilization through one shovel at a time.
If cultural relics are only displayed in showcases, it may be difficult for visitors to understand their historical background. In the Maoshan Site Hall, the museum uses naked-eye 3D technology to display the magnificent scenery of rice fields, vividly presenting the historical changes of Maoshan Village (茅山村) in the same space. When displaying semi-subterranean dwellings, the exhibition hall combines the needs of visitors and uses digital virtual images superimposed on static cultural relics to present a realistic augmented reality effect.
In the exhibition hall, the application of new technology is everywhere. The traditional exhibition model of "glass cabinet + label" is transformed into a novel story that can be heard, seen, and felt, becoming the museum's "out-of-circle" password.
It's Architecture, but also an Exhibit
Building a "Space-Time Bridge" for Urban Sites
The construction of the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum is also a reconstruction of the historical context. The discovery of the Yujiashan Prehistoric Settlement Site in 2008 opened a window for understanding prehistoric culture. After 12 years of archaeological excavation, the mysterious veil of Liangzhu Civilization more than 5,000 years ago is being gradually unveiled. Today, the narrative technique of "physical objects + real scenes" is telling the story of the ancestors to people.
Adhering to the design concept of "taking jade as the medium and the framework as the mountain," the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum uses a landscape-style architectural layout to create a rich spatial effect. The "mountain rocks" on both sides of the street rise from the earth, with simple and powerful shapes; the side facing the ring moat is like a dusty historical treasure box, with low and scattered arrangements, revealing a strong sense of sculpture.
As the largest exhibition hall in the museum, the Yujiashan Site Hall has a huge hollow glass. Looking north through the glass at the park, the real scene of the Yujiashan site is fully visible. "In order to protect cultural relics, windows are generally not allowed in museum exhibition halls," said Jiang Tongxun (蒋童勋), the person in charge of the museum's construction. All parties made efforts, and finally used ultra-large self-supporting bulletproof glass curtain walls with extremely high safety in the Yujiashan exhibition hall on the second floor, which can not only ensure the safety of personnel and cultural relics, but also bring a better visiting experience for everyone.
"In order to better exert the publicity and education functions of the museum, we plan to combine the resource advantages of the site park and the advantages of surrounding enterprises to develop social education courses for different groups," said Lü Qin (吕芹), curator of the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum, regarding the future. Through diverse social education courses, it can not only solve the problem of site visibility, but also provide a convenient entry point for audience participation.
At the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum, understanding the wisdom of the ancestors in transforming nature and the logic of social operation, the audience draws spiritual power to understand the past, examine the present, and move towards the future in this dialogue spanning thousands of years.
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What are the differences between archaeological museums and the site museums we often visit? If site museums are like a "historical achievement atlas," showcasing the splendid results of historical and cultural accumulation, then archaeological museums are more like a "detective's notebook" of cultural relics. They not only display the relics but also narrate the entire process of how archaeologists discovered and studied these relics, allowing us to see the exploration logic behind them.
For example, the Yujiashan Archaeological Museum (玉架山考古博物馆) breaks the traditional timeline exhibition model, using an "archaeological perspective" to connect the site and the museum exhibition, from the first step of archaeological excavation to the final interpretation of the results, completely restoring the entire chain of archaeological work. Here, visitors can immerse themselves in understanding how archaeologists gradually uncover historical mysteries.
So, what should we focus on when visiting an archaeological museum?
First, pay more attention to archaeological techniques and tools, which are the "secret weapons" of archaeological work. Through them, you will realize that the research results of archaeologists are not based on "guessing," but on using scientific tools and methods to extract historical information from soil, strata, and artifacts bit by bit.
Second, pay attention to the original state of the artifacts when they were unearthed. For example, the placement of different types of jade artifacts in tombs is not an insignificant "background." They can restore the living scenes of the ancestors and convey the ritual information carried by the artifacts.
Third, gain an in-depth understanding of the achievements of archaeological research. How many years ago was an artifact made? What technology was used to make it at that time? What is the relationship between the culture to which it belongs and the surrounding cultures? These achievements in age determination, technological analysis, and cultural interpretation allow us to perceive the temperature and thickness of history through artifacts.
Want to make your archaeological museum trip more rewarding? Remember these three "don't miss" points.
Don't miss the background knowledge of related archaeological sites and basic artifact introductions. With a basic understanding of the objects you are visiting, and then visiting with questions, it will be easier to find resonance.
Don't miss the multimedia interactive facilities in the exhibition hall. Some of these facilities can simulate archaeological excavation sites, and some can demonstrate the artifact restoration process. Hands-on experience will make abstract archaeological knowledge come alive.
Don't miss professional guided tours or lectures. Explanations from professionals can help you understand the stories behind the exhibits and make your visit more in-depth.
An archaeological museum is like a door to a historical site. It not only tells us "what was in the past" but also sorts out "how we know the past." When you are in an archaeological museum, a wonderful journey through time and space begins, following the logic of archaeology to achieve a unique historical exploration!
(The author is the chief expert of the Linping Museum (临平博物馆) in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省). This article was compiled by Liu Junguo (刘军国), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙海天
"Soup's here, be careful it's hot!"
Late at night, the island is brightly lit. Deep in the Qilou Old Street (骑楼老街) of Haikou (海口), a waiter's shout draws expectant gazes from diners. The pot is placed on the table, and the clear broth bubbles gently.
In front of the guests, the waiter deftly cuts open three fresh coconuts, pouring the coconut juice into the pot, and a refreshing sweetness fills the air. After the broth boils, a plate of thin-skinned, tender Wenchang chicken (文昌鸡) pieces are slipped into the pot. Without complicated seasonings or a long wait, after the hourglass is turned for three to five minutes, the pot of fresh sweetness makes the gourmets' fingers twitch.
This is Hainan coconut chicken, a unique "clear stream" in the hot pot world. It conquers taste buds from all over the country with just the original flavor of the ingredients. Many tourists make a special trip to Hainan (海南) just for this "soup is fresh and meat is tender, and the coconut fragrance is rich."
The unique flavor of Hainan coconut chicken comes from the "match made in heaven" of ingredients.
The soul of the soup base is fresh coconut. Coconuts must be at just the right ripeness to contribute clear and sweet coconut juice: too old, the water tastes sour; too young, the sweetness is insufficient. "Coconuts are also very 'delicate'. If they are not eaten as soon as possible after being picked, they will become sour and astringent. The coconut juice from freshly cut coconuts is the sweetest." A Hainanese cuisine chef told reporters that Wenchang (文昌) is the main producing area of coconuts in Hainan, and it is said that "half of Hainan's coconuts are from Wenchang."
To cook an authentic pot of coconut chicken, Wenchang chicken (文昌鸡) is the best ingredient. Wenchang chickens (文昌鸡) raised freely under coconut groves have thin skin, crispy bones, and tender meat. The chicken is chopped into pieces and can be added directly to the boiling coconut water without marinating. When they fade from pink to tender white in the sweet coconut juice, the deliciousness of the chicken and the fragrance of the coconut permeate each other, which is the best time to taste.
In Hainan (海南), eating coconut chicken is full of ritual.
The first step is to drink the soup. Scoop a bowl of warm first soup into your mouth, sweet and delicious, as if the sea breeze is brushing your tongue.
The second step is to eat the meat. At this time, the chicken is tender and just right. A piece of chicken melts in your mouth, and the coconut fragrance spreads in your mouth.
The "soul dipping sauce" is the finishing touch. The dipping sauce is generally made of local sand ginger, green kumquat, millet pepper and special soy sauce. The spicy aroma of sand ginger and the slight sourness of green kumquat stimulate the deliciousness of the chicken. With one bite, the sourness, aroma, freshness, and sweetness bloom layer by layer in the mouth, leaving a lasting aftertaste.
Now, this fresh and sweet wind has already blown out of the island. As the main ingredient of coconut chicken, Wenchang chicken (文昌鸡) has driven the formation of a hundred-billion-level industrial chain: upstream, Hainan (海南) promotes the "company + farmer" model to standardize the breeding of Wenchang chicken (文昌鸡); in Dapo Town (大坡镇), Sanmenpo Town (三门坡镇) and other places in Haikou (海口), thousands of farmers have increased their income and become rich by planting sand ginger and green kumquat. In the midstream, the cold chain logistics network is constantly improving. Downstream, coconut chicken restaurants are blooming everywhere. Coconut chicken, while "flying" to the whole country, also drives the people of one side to increase their income and become rich.
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Return to TopSelf-driving tourists are no strangers to highway service areas. In the past, people's impressions of service areas mostly remained at "gas station + restroom + convenience store." However, in recent years, more and more tourists linger in service areas, why is this? It turns out that many renovated service areas have broken the original stereotype, not only providing a wealth of shopping options, but also putting a lot of effort into improving facilities, cultural dissemination, and service upgrades.
Highways are no longer just simple driving lanes, and service areas have also been transformed into cultural "meeting rooms" with diverse experiences, giving tourists more expectations and yearnings for the scenery outside the car window.
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Jingtai Expressway Shandong Tai'an Service Area (京台高速山东泰安服务区)
Cultural Window, Enhancing Vacation Experience
Our reporter Li Rui (李蕊)
Along the Jingtai Expressway (京台高速) to Tai'an, Shandong (山东泰安), a building resembling rolling mountains comes into view, echoing the majestic Mount Tai (泰山). Black tiles, gray bricks, wooden grilles, and glass curtain walls are cleverly integrated, and the layered design is like a miniature scroll of the Mount Tai peaks – this is the newly renovated Tai'an Service Area (泰安服务区).
After completing the "Mount Tai Culture" themed renovation at the end of 2024, the Tai'an Service Area (泰安服务区) has become a vivid window to showcase Qilu culture. Entering the service area hall, the welcoming pine and the "Heaven and Earth" screen complement each other. Under the simulated banyan tree, the water flows and the birds chirp, and the misty water vapor lingers, making pedestrians feel as if they are in the Tiangai Street (天街) at the top of Mount Dai (岱顶). "I originally just wanted to stop for a while, but I didn't expect to 'climb' Mount Tai (泰山) here and take a lot of photos," tourist Ms. Zhang (张女士) said with a smile, pointing to the photos on her mobile phone, "On the way back, I can tell my children the story of 'Cliff Inscriptions'."
Warm Mount Tai (泰山) peach wood, fragrant Huangjing tea... "We brought authentic Mount Tai (泰山) specialties into the service area, so that tourists can take away a taste of Qilu flavor when they get off the bus," said Li Song (李松), Party Branch Secretary and Deputy General Manager of Shandong Expressway Service Development Group Co., Ltd. Tai'an Branch (山东高速服务开发集团有限公司泰安分公司), pointing to the peach wood carvings on the shelf, "These exquisite handicrafts have now become cultural souvenirs in the trunks of passengers from north to south."
The goods are dazzling, what about the price?
Tai'an Service Area (泰安服务区) launched the "Same City, Same Price" service. On the supermarket shelves, the "Same City, Same Price" counter signs are eye-catching, and the prices of mineral water, instant noodles and other goods are aligned with those of convenience stores in the city.
"It's even more lively here during festivals. For example, during the Chinese New Year, there will be a 'New Year Goods Fair', and during the National Day, there will be activities such as 'Carnival Shopping'," Li Song (李松) said with a smile, "Now, the service area is not only a rest stop, but also a good place for shopping and entertainment."
As dusk approaches, the atmosphere of the Tai'an Service Area (泰安服务区) quietly rises. On the bluestone square, the "Garden Night Market" kicks off. Market sheds resembling thatched cottages are scattered, and food on the charcoal fire sizzles; under the trees, tourists boil tea around the stove, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas, comfortable and free.
"The service area breaks the traditional closed model, opens the 'back door' for external operations, provides commercial services such as catering, supermarkets, and accommodation, and attracts customers from outside the road area, making the service area full of life," Li Song (李松) said.
It is necessary to "bring in" and also to "go out". A more poetic change is that the service area connects the road network and extends the journey.
Not long ago, Wang Zewen (王泽文), a tourist from Henan (河南), experienced "the service area is the entrance to the scenic spot" here: "Park the car in the scenic spot, take a rest, and then take the scenic spot shuttle bus to embark on the journey of climbing Mount Tai (泰山)."
Tai'an Service Area (泰安服务区) actively explores "transportation and tourism integration", and cooperates with surrounding scenic spots such as Mount Tai (泰山), Jiunvfeng (九女峰), and Caishixi (彩石溪) to open up tourist channels from the service area to various scenic spots, forming a new vacation experience integrating eating, living, and traveling.
The wheels keep turning, and the scenery is always new. The regional customs and human stories of the Qilu land become perceptible and knowable at the moment when tourists stop and stay in the service area.
Jinghu Expressway Jiangsu Yangcheng Lake Service Area (京沪高速江苏阳澄湖服务区)
Gardens and Pavilions, Outlining the Water Town Artistic Conception
Our reporter Yao Xueqing (姚雪青)
In the Yangcheng Lake Service Area (阳澄湖服务区) of the Suzhou (苏州) section of the Jinghu Expressway (京沪高速), there is a "mini version" of Gusu city – outlining the exterior wall facade with ink abstract lines, combined with water landscape layout, creating a strong Jiangnan water town artistic conception.
The garden area of Yangcheng Lake Service Area (阳澄湖服务区) is more than 10,000 square meters, which is rare in the country. Strolling through it, the three gardens of "Hefeng" (荷风), "Xiuzhu" (修竹), and "Muxi" (木樨) change scenery with each step. In Hefeng Garden (荷风园), you can experience the natural and sparse nature of the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园); in Xiuzhu Garden (修竹园), it is like exploring the rockery fun of the Lion Grove Garden (狮子林); in Muxi Garden (木樨园), you can taste the elegant charm of the courtyard sketches of the Lingering Garden (留园).
The service area not only has beautiful scenery, but also traditional culture. The Wu dialect is soft, and the pipa sounds are melodious. On the ancient stage set up in the commercial area, a Suzhou Pingtan (苏州评弹) performance is being staged, and many tourists stop to appreciate it. Passing through the ancient stage is a non-heritage exhibition hall of thousands of square meters, displaying Suzhou (苏州) intangible cultural heritage skills and works such as Su embroidery (苏绣) and Kesi (缂丝), as well as teachers teaching on-site. Staff said that the number of visitors on weekdays is nearly 1,000, and the number of visitors on holidays exceeds 2,000.
In addition to the charm of traditional culture, there are also modern technology figures. In the garden, naked-eye 3D animation shows the beauty of traditional architecture; in the restaurant, robots deliver special snacks. Along the river block, a 14-meter-high, 7,000-square-meter artificial sky curtain takes tourists to the bustling and lively Guanqian Street (观前街) in Suzhou (苏州).
From a highway service area to a diversified service complex, what is the driving force behind the "transformation" of Yangcheng Lake Service Area (阳澄湖服务区)?
Sun Xibin (孙悉斌), a member of the Party Committee of Jiangsu Transportation Holding Co., Ltd. (江苏交通控股有限公司党委委员), introduced that Yangcheng Lake Service Area (阳澄湖服务区) has been in operation for many years since it opened in 1996, with outdated facilities, single functions, and monotonous business formats. In 2015, Jiangsu Transportation Holding Co., Ltd. (江苏交通控股有限公司) issued a plan to achieve a double improvement in the social and economic benefits of the service area, and in 2017, it determined the design and transformation concept with the theme of "Dream Water Town, Poetic and Picturesque Jiangnan".
What is the secret of Yangcheng Lake Service Area (阳澄湖服务区) becoming a "popular check-in place"?
In terms of architectural aesthetics, the flying eaves and corners of Suzhou-style gardens complement modern technologies such as naked-eye 3D; in terms of business format combination, commercial retail, cultural experience, and tourism services form a closed-loop ecosystem. Sun Xibin (孙悉斌) introduced that the service area had nearly 9.5 million visitors in 2024, and the average stay time increased from 15 minutes to 45 minutes, realizing the upgrade from a "passing station" to a "destination".
Huyu Expressway Chongqing Lengshui Service Area (沪渝高速重庆冷水服务区)
Wind Valley Cloud End, Industry Stringing Beads into a Chain
Our reporter Liu Xinwu (刘新吾)
Starting from Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州), Hubei (湖北), driving along the Huyu Expressway (沪渝高速) into Chongqing (重庆), the Lengshui Service Area (冷水服务区) of Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County (石柱土家族自治县) comes into view.
"Tourists are more accustomed to calling this the Lengshui Fenggu Leisure Resort Camp (冷水风谷休闲度假营地)," said the relevant person in charge of Lengshui Town (冷水镇). In recent years, Lengshui Service Area (冷水服务区) has boldly innovated, integrating traditional automobile services with sports and leisure functions, breaking people's traditional impression of highway service areas.
At present, Lengshui Service Area (冷水服务区) covers many fields such as tourism, food, summer leisure, automobile exhibition and sales, and flower viewing, and plans different functional blocks such as comprehensive reception service area, landscape leisure area, forest resort area, RV camping area, and outdoor sports area.
The Lengshui Service Area (冷水服务区) is located in a vast forest grassland, surrounded by clouds and mist, with a cool temperature, like a "service area on the cloud", suitable for health and leisure.
Tourists can stroll in the landscape leisure area and enjoy the natural scenery; they can also sweat in the outdoor sports area and experience the joy of sports; they can also enjoy quiet time in the forest resort area and get close to nature.
The forest restaurant is a major highlight. The wild mushroom hot pot is fragrant, and the ingredients are freshly picked directly from the back mountain, and is known as the "health station". Tourists traveling long distances can not only replenish energy here, but also enjoy a feast for the taste buds.
The RV camping area is fully equipped with charging piles, laundry rooms, and provides 24-hour attentive butler service to solve tourists' worries.
"I heard about this place before, and came here especially. For us tourists, this service area is not only a place to rest and eat, but also a node for leisure tourism," said Mr. Zhang (张先生), a tourist from Hubei (湖北).
The development of Lengshui Service Area (冷水服务区) has also driven the development of surrounding scenic spots such as Huangshui National Forest Park (黄水国家森林公园), Qianye Grassland (千野草场), Xituo Ancient Town (西沱古镇), and Wanshou Ancient Village (万寿古寨), allowing the industry to string beads into a chain. Affected by the camp's radiation, Lengshui Town (冷水镇) has also created a comprehensive ecological tourism scenic spot integrating tourism, sightseeing, leisure, vacation, health and wellness – Yunzhong Huadu (云中花都), attracting more than 1 million tourists every peak season.
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The transformation of highway service areas reflects a shift in development philosophy. In recent years, China's comprehensive transportation system has been continuously improved. At the same time, consumers have put forward higher requirements for transportation functions, public services, and travel experiences, giving rise to new forms of integrated transportation and tourism.
As early as 2017, six departments, including the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部), jointly issued the "Several Opinions on Promoting the Integrated Development of Transportation and Tourism," proposing to add service functions such as rest and entertainment, logistics, ticketing, tourism information, and sales of special products in highway service areas in accordance with local characteristics, and to promote the transformation and upgrading of highway service areas to composite functional service areas integrating transportation, ecology, tourism, and consumption. In recent years, a number of characteristic service areas have been selected as demonstration cases of integrated transportation and tourism, pressing the "fast forward button" for the in-depth development of integrated transportation and tourism.
From the demand side, the transformation of transportation lines into scenic routes benefits from the profound adjustment of people's travel structure. In recent years, highway self-driving has gradually become the main mode of travel, especially during major holidays, when the proportion of passenger car traffic on highways exceeds 90% of the total traffic. Driven by the popularity of self-driving, service areas have become a "new entrance" for traffic.
From the supply side, service areas have seized the opportunity of the popularity of highway self-driving and taken the initiative to change the traditional model of "gas station + restroom + convenience store" into a new development model of "service area + tourism," turning traffic into "staying power."
It should be noted that for service areas to transform into scenic spot entrances or the scenic spots themselves, it depends on continuous transformation and upgrading. As an important service facility along the highway, improving service quality is the key to serving public travel.
China has the world's largest domestic tourism market and the world's largest highway network. With in-depth integration and innovation, and continuous quality improvement and upgrading, we look forward to more highway service areas transforming into a grand stage for local culture, a new engine for industrial development, and a booster for regional economy.
Return to TopHow to Replenish Water with Sports Drinks More Healthily?
Yan Yi (严翊) Ma Guansheng (马冠生)
█ If the exercise intensity is high and the exercise time is more than 60 minutes, it is recommended to supplement with sports drinks. Especially after a lot of sweating or prolonged outdoor activities, sports drinks can replenish electrolytes, sugars, etc.
In recent years, sports drinks have been very popular among young people, becoming a "new favorite" in social and sports scenarios.
Sports drinks are isotonic or hypotonic beverages that can replenish the body with water, electrolytes, and energy (carbohydrates) and can be quickly absorbed by the body. Their function is to replenish water and electrolytes lost during exercise, while providing energy and maintaining stable blood sugar levels. Among them, electrolytes are mainly sodium (50-1200 mg/L) and potassium (50-250 mg/L), and the concentration of carbohydrates is 6%-8%.
During exercise, the body's heat production will be much higher than when at rest, leading to an increase in core body temperature. In order to maintain a suitable body temperature, the body will regulate body temperature through sweating, which in turn leads to an increase in the loss of water and electrolytes. To avoid the risk of exercise-induced dehydration, the principle of "small amounts, frequent intervals" should be followed during exercise, replenishing 150-300 ml of fluid every 15-20 minutes.
Is it better to drink water or sports drinks during exercise? The answer is: it depends on the duration and intensity of the exercise. Generally, plain water is sufficient for low-to-moderate intensity exercise within 60 minutes. This is because when performing short-term, low-intensity exercise, the body does not consume much energy, and the main loss is water. If the exercise intensity is high and the exercise time is more than 60 minutes, it is recommended to supplement with sports drinks. Especially after a lot of sweating or prolonged outdoor activities, sports drinks can replenish electrolytes, sugars, etc., to help maintain bodily functions.
In addition, it should also be noted that scientific hydration after exercise needs to follow the principles of "timely, appropriate, and adequate." Replenish the lost water within 48 hours. Under normal circumstances, for every 1 kg of weight lost before and after exercise, 1.5 liters of fluid needs to be ingested. However, the amount of fluid replenishment per hour should not exceed 1 liter to avoid the occurrence of exercise-associated hyponatremia. It is usually recommended to drink liquids at 13-15 degrees Celsius, avoiding temperatures above 37 degrees Celsius or below 4 degrees Celsius to avoid irritating the gastrointestinal tract. In high-temperature environments, the supplementation of sodium and vitamin C can be appropriately increased.
If you want to achieve precise hydration, it is recommended to establish a personal "hydration profile," recording changes in weight under different exercise intensities, durations, and environments, and dynamically adjust the hydration plan based on changes in weight.
(The authors are professors at Beijing Sport University (北京体育大学) and Peking University School of Public Health (北京大学公共卫生学院), respectively. This article was compiled and edited by Yang Yanfan (杨彦帆), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Are Smartwatches Reliable for Measuring Sleep?
Cheng Zhaozhao (程昭昭)
█ The main method for judging sleep quality is to look at daytime function. If the subjective feeling is that daytime function is not affected, sleep is healthy, and there is no need to be anxious about the numerical changes on the detection device.
Sleep is the cornerstone of human physiological and psychological health, and its importance has been well known to the public. With people's attention to sleep and the development of technology, smart wearable devices such as smartwatches have become a way for ordinary people to manage sleep. Are smartwatches reliable for measuring sleep quality?
To answer this question, we must first understand the evaluation indicators of sleep quality.
First, look at the integrity of the sleep structure. If, after waking up, deep sleep accounts for 18% to 25% of the entire night, rapid eye movement sleep accounts for 20% to 25%, the number of awakenings is less than 3 times, and each time is less than 15 minutes, it can be considered that the sleep structure is relatively complete.
Second, look at sleep continuity. The sleep latency of healthy people should generally be controlled within 30 minutes, and sleep efficiency should be greater than 85%.
Third, look at the characteristics of the circadian rhythm. Body temperature generally drops by 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius during sleep, and the peak concentration of melatonin at night can reach 5 times that of daytime.
Fourth, look at the stability of physiological parameters. In a healthy sleep state, the respiratory rate must reach 12 to 20 breaths/minute, and the blood oxygen saturation must be maintained above 95%.
Smartwatches mainly detect heart rate and blood oxygen by shining green or infrared light on the skin to capture small fluctuations in blood flow. At the same time, they use a three-axis accelerometer to sense the range of wrist movement to distinguish between turning over and getting up at night, thereby constructing an individual's sleep model.
Since smartwatches cannot directly monitor brain waves, the accuracy of their sleep staging is significantly affected by individual differences. Currently, the accuracy rate of mainstream smartwatches on the market for sleep staging is between 75% and 85%. Therefore, if you pay too much attention to the monitoring values of smartwatches, it may lead to sleep anxiety.
A sleep study in the medical journal *The Lancet* once pointed out: "The best sleep monitoring device is your awareness of your own state." The main method for judging sleep quality is to look at daytime function. If the subjective feeling is that daytime function is not affected, sleep is healthy, and there is no need to be anxious about the numerical changes on the detection device.
(Author's affiliation: Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学附属第一医院神经内科). This article was compiled and edited by Xu Jing (徐靖), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Why is There Controversy Over the Ketogenic Diet for Weight Loss?
Chen Xiaoyan (陈小燕)
█ In simple terms, the characteristic of the ketogenic diet is "eat less rice, eat more meat." However, long-term high-fat, high-protein intake increases the burden on the cardiovascular system and kidneys. The scientific validity and long-term safety of the ketogenic diet as a weight loss method are still controversial.
The ketogenic diet is often mentioned by people who want to lose weight. Many people have questions: Is the ketogenic diet really a magic trick for weight loss? Under what circumstances can this method be tried?
In fact, the ketogenic diet is a special dietary pattern composed of high fat, moderate protein, and extremely low carbohydrates, with an approximate ratio of: 70%-80% fat, 10%-20% protein, and 5%-10% carbohydrates.
In simple terms, the characteristic of the ketogenic diet is "eat less rice, eat more meat." By adjusting the dietary structure and strictly limiting carbohydrate intake, the body's metabolic mode is transformed, prompting the "sugar-burning metabolism" that uses glucose as fuel to transform into the "fat-burning metabolism" that uses stored fat in the body as fuel.
Among many weight loss dietary patterns, the ketogenic diet can be said to be a "short, fast, and effective" one. The extremely low-carb dietary structure reduces insulin secretion after meals, and the elevated ketone body levels in the body help suppress appetite, helping to reduce energy intake, thereby helping to lose weight and reduce fat.
The history of the ketogenic diet can be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century, initially as a means of treating refractory epilepsy in children. Since the 21st century, the ketogenic diet has entered the public eye as a "rapid weight loss method." This dietary pattern is favored because it can meet people's goals of rapid weight loss, but long-term high-fat, high-protein intake increases the burden on the cardiovascular system and kidneys, and its scientific validity and long-term safety as a weight loss method are still controversial.
Generally speaking, the ketogenic diet can only be tried if other conventional weight loss methods are ineffective, and the body is healthy, without serious liver and kidney diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc. However, it should be noted that at the beginning of using the ketogenic diet for weight loss, symptoms such as weakness, dizziness, fatigue, and poor mental state may occur. If constipation or gastrointestinal discomfort occurs, it may be related to dietary fiber and magnesium deficiency, dehydration, and intestinal spasms. Therefore, trying the ketogenic diet for weight loss must be carried out under the guidance and close monitoring of professionals to prevent ketoacidosis.
(The author is Chen Xiaoyan (陈小燕), Chief Physician of the Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (广东省广州医科大学附属第一医院), This article was compiled and edited by Yang Yanfan (杨彦帆), a reporter from this newspaper.)
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Return to TopDuring every holiday, museums, archaeological sites, intangible cultural heritage workshops, and other places in various regions always experience a new wave of visits. The achievements in the protection and development of cultural heritage are being shared by more and more people. This year is the "final year" of the "14th Five-Year Plan." This edition selects typical cases in several fields, such as the inheritance of urban cultural context, museum development, the construction of archaeological site parks, intangible cultural heritage tourism routes, and the protection and utilization of ancient buildings, to present the development achievements of China's cultural heritage cause since the "14th Five-Year Plan" and showcase how cultural heritage is entering people's lives.
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Return to TopBy: 张文豪
5000 years of civilization, 4000 years of urban texture, and 1500 years of capital history are all condensed in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南), the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. Every time I find myself here, it's like stepping into a labyrinth of overlapping time and space. A touch reveals the culture of the Spring and Autumn period, and every step lands on Qin (秦) bricks and Han (汉) tiles. If you come here without doing some homework, you probably won't know which inch or section of the long cultural heritage you are touching.
At the break of dawn, heading west from Zhengzhou (郑州), the car first arrives at Yanshi (偃师). In the past, after King Wu of Zhou (周武王) conquered the Shang dynasty, he "rested his troops" here, hence the name Yanshi. As the first stop from Zhengzhou to Luoyang, it is better known for the fact that in 1959, archaeologist Xu Xusheng (徐旭生) came here to survey the "Xia Ruins." With the discovery of the Erlitou Site (二里头遗址), the corner of Xia civilization was revealed, and this place became the most likely late capital of the Xia Dynasty.
At the Erlitou Workstation of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhao Haitao (赵海涛) has already started a new day of fieldwork. As the fourth archaeological team leader, he has been rooted in Erlitou since he started working, and it has been more than 20 years. "After more than 60 years of archaeological relay, we have discovered the earliest urban trunk road network, the earliest palace city and palace complex, and many other 'firsts in China.' But there are still more mysteries to be revealed." Zhao Haitao said that the archaeological team is trying to figure out the city roads and the boundaries of the capital, interpreting "What is China" with hand shovels.
"If you ask about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, please only look at Luoyang City." From Erlitou westward, the Yanshi Shang City Site (偃师商城遗址), the Zhouwangcheng Site (周王城遗址), the Hanwei Luoyang City Site (汉魏洛阳城遗址), and the Sui-Tang Luoyang City Site (隋唐洛阳城遗址) are distributed along the Luo River (洛水) in sequence, presenting the ancient capital spectacle of "Five Capitals Gathering in Luoyang." Standing in the Hanwei Luoyang Ancient City Site Museum, which was completed and opened in July this year, you can look east to the ancient city site and west to the ancient White Horse Temple (白马寺) with a thousand years of history. Intertwined with the ancient and modern, in the warp and weft of time and space, the hustle and bustle of traffic on Tongtuo Avenue (铜驼大街), the clear sound of the bells of Yongning Temple Pagoda (永宁寺塔), and the bells of the ancestral court of Buddhism seem to echo here through thousands of years. In recent years, Luoyang's urban construction has not blindly pursued modernization, but has been looking for the "greatest common divisor" between cultural relic protection and dissemination and display.
Wander through the urban area of Luoyang and take a City Walk on a whim. In the past, the urban neighborhoods of "hundreds of thousands of families like a game of Go" have been buried underground. With the restoration of Yingtianmen (应天门) on its original site and the reconstruction of the two buildings, Paradise (天堂) and Mingtang (明堂), the ancient capital relics and historical blocks, and intangible cultural heritage and folk customs are harmoniously integrated, allowing us to travel between ancient and modern times. Looking north to Mount Mang (邙山), where the mountains undulate and the tombs are stacked, it is not only an ideal resting place in the minds of the ancients, but also a popular spot for museum night tours; looking south to Longmen (龙门), where the two mountains stand tall and the Yi River (伊水) flows through, the thousands of caves and niches not only engrave the ancients' beliefs in another world, but also demonstrate the cultural confidence of the Chinese nation. Under the wide roads and overpasses, what may be quietly sleeping is the chariot and horse pit of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (东周王城), or the city walls of the Sui-Tang Luoyang City. People living in Luoyang City are accustomed to this.
Drawing myself out of the grand narrative of history, I plunged into the city's streets and alleys. Here, the cultural context continues in another more delicate way. In a Tang Sancai (唐三彩) cultural and creative park, craftsmen use brushes dipped in glaze to color the newly molded horse and camel blanks, injecting souls into them little by little; in a peony porcelain intangible cultural heritage workshop, tourists use flowers as a medium and porcelain as ink, and one peony after another takes shape and blooms at their fingertips. "Luoyang has too many historical sites and cultural celebrities. It seems that any place can represent Luoyang, and no one can represent Luoyang alone. We base ourselves on our own fields, let culture integrate into the city and into life, as colorful as the Sancai art." Guo Aihe (郭爱和), a Chinese arts and crafts master and curator of the Luoyang Sancai Art Museum, said with emotion.
As dusk falls, the lights come on. In the "Luoyi Ancient City" (洛邑古城) scenic spot built in the old city, historical sites such as Xintan Wharf (新潭码头) and Wenfeng Pagoda (文峰塔) are reflected in new scenes such as the Lion Painting Bridge (灯狮画桥) and the Sui-Tang Market (隋唐集市). Hanfu (汉服) girls flutter their sleeves, cover their faces with round fans, and hold lanterns to check in and take pictures among pavilions and towers and fragrant silk tents. The "embroidery" of every stitch and thread embroiders the elegance of the ancient city and also embroiders the atmosphere of the present.
This city is like a huge piece of amber, which condenses the dawn of Erlitou, the majesty of the Shang City, the tragic songs of the Han and Wei dynasties, the prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the faith of Longmen, the bells of the White Horse Temple, the flowing light of the Sancai, and the smoke and clouds of the modern industrial era. The new charm of the ancient city also stems from this calmness and confidence - it knows where it comes from and is determined to explore the future. The inheritance of the cultural context of the ancient capital cannot be 固步自封 (gù bù zì fēng - "stuck in one's ways," to be conservative and resistant to change), but must be creatively continued in the interweaving of the old and the new.
Return to TopBy: 王 方
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's museum system has become more complete, with more comprehensive functions and a wider impact. The number of registered museums nationwide reached 7,046, of which 6,444 are open to the public for free, accounting for more than 91%. There is an average of one museum for every 200,000 people, with nearly 1.5 billion visitors annually. This summer, national museums received 304 million visitors, a record high. Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆) is a member of this museum cluster.
How can we actively respond to the museum craze and let ancient civilizations collide with modern technology to create a brilliant spark?
Since becoming one of the first pilot units of smart museums in the country in 2014, Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆) has begun a 10-year "smart transformation," using digital technology as an engine to comprehensively upgrade cultural relic protection, management and operation, and public services.
Build a service matrix covering multiple groups and platforms. For different audiences, Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆) has built four different versions of websites: popular version, academic version, youth version, and English version, so that every audience can find the "cultural entrance" that suits them best. The museum also "moved" the entire service hall into WeChat. By entering the micro-service platform through the official public account, you can enjoy one-stop services such as tour guides, group reservations, audio guides, member activities, and volunteer registration. Walking into the exhibition hall, the guide system is an intimate companion: the guide terminal and Bluetooth indoor positioning system allow visitors to listen as they walk, and AI (artificial intelligence) guide equipment can interact with visitors in a friendly question-and-answer manner; open the WeChat voice guide to listen to the explanations recorded by the museum's excellent docents; foreign visitors can scan the QR code on the cultural relic exhibition board to obtain guides in 8 languages including Chinese, English, French, and German... Here, every audience can enjoy an immersive and personalized cultural journey.
The museum not only allows cultural relics to "stand" in the display cabinets, but also allows them to "walk" out of the glass cover. The "Archaeological Time and Space Gate" uses high-precision three-dimensional data acquisition and reconstruction, VR (virtual reality) and other technologies, relying on LED wall screens + ground screen equipment, allowing visitors to immersively "enter" the archaeological site, personally "unfold" the unearthed cultural relics, and understand the different faces of the Jinsha Site (金沙遗址) sacrificial area before, during, and after excavation. "Reappearing Jinsha (金沙)" VR glasses allow visitors to travel back more than 3,000 years ago and experience a mysterious ancient Shu (古蜀) sacrifice. The cloud exhibition platform moves the entire museum to the cloud, so you can roam Jinsha (金沙) anytime, anywhere by opening your mobile phone.
Digitalization relies on a powerful "smart hub." Through cultural relic digital acquisition technology, 2,976 pieces (sets) of museum collections have their own digital archives, of which 90 fine cultural relics and the sacrificial area site have high-precision three-dimensional model data. The cultural relic preservation environment monitoring system covers exhibition halls, warehouses, and the site, guarding the safety of cultural relics 24 hours a day. The comprehensive information management platform is like the "brain" of the museum. It adopts the development concept of unified interface standards and highly integrates various application data, which not only improves management efficiency but also provides strong support for archaeological research and exhibition planning. With data interconnection and resource co-construction and sharing, the museum is guarding the cultural memory of this land in a more "smart" way.
From online exhibitions to cross-border cooperation, from local communication to international dialogue, Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆) is illuminating the spiritual world of more people with the brilliance of ancient Shu (古蜀) civilization in a more open manner.
(The author is the deputy curator of Jinsha Site Museum (金沙遗址博物馆))
Return to TopBy: 路 易
China's ancient architecture is a cultural treasure that carries history, art, science, and philosophy. However, for the average tourist, it is not easy to "understand" these massive and complex structures. Therefore, for a long time, although the field of ancient architecture has a profound foundation, it has always been a "niche" area in the wave of cultural and museum enthusiasm.
In recent years, the distance between ancient architecture and the public is rapidly shrinking.
A typical example is the game "Black Myth: Wukong" popularizing ancient architecture in Shanxi (山西). Some previously little-known ancient buildings have seen a sharp increase in popularity: last year, the number of tourists to Xiaoxitian in Xixian (隰县小西天) reached 687,000, an increase of 411% year-on-year; the number of tourists to Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔) reached 2,379,000, an increase of 164%; even the long-established scenic spot of Jinci (晋祠) saw an increase of nearly 40% in the number of tourists. "Traveling Shanxi with Wukong" has become an annual cultural tourism buzzword, and related topics have frequently topped the hot search lists.
This wave of ancient building check-in fever has also spawned a series of popular cultural and creative products: refrigerator magnets of the "cutest Four Heavenly Kings" from Shanhua Temple (善化寺) in Datong (大同), ancient building-themed canvas bags from Zhonglou Street (钟楼街) in Taiyuan (太原), hollow paper-cut books of Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔)... These creative products construct a "second curve" for the dissemination of ancient architectural culture.
As an ancient building conservation worker, I also feel the public's growing interest and desire for traditional architectural culture. In recent years, the number of lecture invitations I have received has been increasing: from only a few per year initially to multiple invitations every month now. At the lecture site, the audience's focused expressions and enthusiastic questions fill me with emotion.
Ancient architecture can enter games and the public eye with exquisite images, which is inseparable from the silent guardianship of cultural relics workers behind the scenes.
I have been engaged in the restoration of ancient buildings for nearly 20 years and have personally witnessed the innovation of ancient building restoration techniques. Traditional craftsmanship and modern technology are constantly integrated and innovated. Especially in recent years, the rapid development of science and technology has allowed ancient building protection to enter a new stage of "scientific guardianship" from "experience-based repair," forming a full-chain system covering survey and cognition, restoration and reinforcement, monitoring and early warning, and dissemination and inheritance.
Today, using technologies such as laser scanning and UAV oblique photography, three-dimensional point cloud data of ancient buildings can be quickly obtained, and three-dimensional models with millimeter-level accuracy can be generated. Whether it is the complex Dougong (斗拱) structure, the exquisite mural decorations, or the overall layout of the building, it can be completely recorded, and the problems of "difficult measurement of hidden parts and low data accuracy" in traditional surveying and mapping are solved.
Non-destructive testing technologies such as X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy can analyze the composition and aging degree of materials such as wood, stone, and pigments without damaging the ancient buildings. Methods such as ultrasonic testing and radar detection can penetrate the surface of the building to diagnose "hidden diseases" such as decay, cracking, and cavities in the internal structure, achieving precise positioning.
Faced with decayed wood and shattered stones, traditional restoration often can only "replace the old with the new." Now, we can use new environmentally friendly materials with matching performance for reinforcement. For example, carbon fiber cloth is used to reinforce decayed wooden frames, which has high strength, light weight, and does not change the appearance and stress characteristics of the wood; nano-silane materials are used to treat stone structures, which can enhance waterproofness and weathering resistance without blocking the "breathing pores" of the stones, maintaining their original breathability. Digital simulation repair technology can simulate the response of ancient buildings to factors such as earthquakes and wind under different repair schemes, test the effectiveness of reinforcement schemes, and avoid "secondary damage" after repair. Modern technology also realizes the transformation from "passive rescue" to "active early warning" through real-time monitoring. Installing sensors for temperature, humidity, stress, strain, and inclination in key parts of ancient buildings, collecting environmental and structural data in real time, and analyzing it in combination with AI (artificial intelligence) algorithms, the system will immediately issue an early warning if any abnormality occurs.
New technologies also provide a brand-new way to "open" ancient buildings. Viewers can "walk into" the interior of ancient buildings through VR (virtual reality) devices, or "disassemble" the Dougong (斗拱) structure, intuitively feel the exquisite traditional construction techniques, and be amazed by the profound cultural traditions; by scanning the physical ancient buildings with AR (augmented reality) technology, the screen will overlay and display information such as its historical evolution and architectural knowledge, realizing "what you see is what you get" interactive science popularization. On social platforms, more and more young people are sharing AI-made creative posters and short videos of ancient buildings, and the simple and solemn buildings have become "trendy"...
Those ancient buildings that stand silently on the earth are using digital technology to "lower the threshold," open their arms, and allow more people to not only see its beauty but also understand its heart.
(The author is the Dean of the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Ancient Architecture and Colored Sculpture Mural Protection, Yin Shuai (尹帅), Zhong Bochao (钟博超), and Xiao Yao (肖遥) also contributed to this article)
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The "Eleventh" holiday, countless tourists embarked on the "Song and Painting Dongyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Tour" (歌画东阳 非遗之旅) – one of the 31 national intangible cultural heritage-themed tourism routes selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) at the end of 2024.
How should this journey be described?
There are no famous mountains and rivers here, but the locals can use ordinary wood to carve the most beautiful landscapes in the world. For more than a thousand years, Dongyang wood carving has always been the top of China's four major wood carvings.
There are no earth-shattering legends here, but there is the famous Hengdian World Studios (横店影视城), which continues to write stories of light and shadow every day.
There are not even towering skyscrapers here, but there is the Lu Residence (卢宅), a village that is a miniature "Forbidden City." Nine courtyards, a 320-meter central axis, magnificent and low-key.
Slow down, and you will find that Dongyang (东阳), Jinhua (金华), Zhejiang (浙江), a city with a population of 1.09 million, almost every village is accompanied by mountains and rivers. "Dongyang is originally a beautiful landscape" (东阳本是佳山水). From Shen Yue (沈约) of the Southern Dynasty "checking in" and praising it, to Liu Yuxi (刘禹锡) of the Tang Dynasty writing about it, generations of literati "traffic" have pushed it to the reputation of "the most promising county in Wu" (婺之望县). The Dongyang River (东阳江) that runs across the county was once called "Painting Stream" (画溪) because of its picturesque scenery. Geshan (歌山), a mountain by the river with a legend of fairies singing, and Painting Stream together constitute the logo of "Song and Painting Dongyang" (歌画东阳). Walking through it, the journey has the poetry of walking and singing, stopping and painting.
In the morning, the sun shines on the cobblestones of Lu Residence Old Street. The stone-carved wooden archway stands quietly, and deep in the zigzag-shaped Yongdao, the heavy wooden door opens with a "creak," as if looking back at the past of this 500-year-old house with its rich and powerful family. Numerous Jinshi (进士) and Juren (举人), generation after generation of officials, have consolidated the foundation of Dongyang as the "hometown of education" (教育之乡), and also built a huge architectural complex with Suyong Hall (肃雍堂) as the core. Richly shaped Dougong, flower-filled wood carvings, and intricate Liangjia... The unique skill of "wood carving + architecture" allows Lu Residence's traditional construction techniques, Dongyang wood carving, and Dongyang bamboo weaving to stand in a 三足鼎立 (sān zú dǐng lì - "three legs support a cauldron," a tripartite balance of power) in the national intangible cultural heritage list, telling the story of the "Dongyang Gang's" (东阳帮) exquisite craftsmanship.
After visiting the Lu Residence, which covers an area of more than 500 mu, the aroma of food in the intangible cultural heritage block is strong. Shanglu Wonton (上卢馄饨), Qianxiang Mutton (千祥羊肉), Dongyang Clay Chicken Pot (东阳土鸡煲), Nanma Meat Pie (南马肉饼), Dongyang Womian (东阳沃面), Suofen (索粉), Suomian (索面), Dongyang "Dragon Egg" (东阳龙蛋)... Each intangible cultural heritage food, with its rich and simple flavor, conveys the Dongyang people's honest and enthusiastic hospitality. The production process is dazzling, but the entrance is a continuous surprise. How can ordinary rice, noodles, chicken, and mutton become a flavor that harmonizes the tastes of the public? It is the nourishment of the water and soil, and even more the inheritance of cooking skills and craftsmanship from generation to generation.
In the afternoon, it is most suitable to enter the China Wood Carving Museum (中国木雕博物馆). Walking through the wooden archway under the "World Capital of Wood Carving" (世界木雕之都) plaque, the exhibition hall is full of treasures: the full-house decoration of modern large-scale buildings, the interior scene of traditional aristocratic families, the brilliant scene of the old ten-mile red makeup, and the representative wood carvings from all over the world gathered into an art corridor. A wooden Arhat statue of the Five Dynasties, less than a foot high, with a smile that travels through thousands of years, lightly ripples the old beauty of Dongyang wood carving, making people intoxicated in the city's more than 1800 years of history.
As dusk begins, another carnival has just begun. The Hengdian World Studios' (横店影视城) multiple real-scene shooting bases are "more enchanting at night." Walking into the scenic spot, countless characters from classic film and television dramas interact with you enthusiastically, instantly making people "enter the play," and you can also shoot your own micro-short drama. Every scene of crossing is both real and illusory, until the lights are dim and you fall asleep. Waking up, you find that the hotel room is actually a film and television drama scene, and you can't help but feel dazed: Was everything last night just a Nanke dream?
Dreaming. The landscape reappears before your eyes. The heavy texture, the light posture, the ubiquitous intangible cultural heritage turns into the flavor on the tip of the tongue and the skills on the fingertips, allowing every ordinary day to lead to unexpected beauty.
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"Everyone, look at this jade plate. The concentric circles and carved patterns on it are speculated by experts to be tools used by prehistoric people to observe astronomy, more than 2,000 years earlier than oracle bone inscriptions!" In the exhibition hall of the Lingjiatan Site Museum (凌家滩遗址博物馆), the guide's voice was clearly transmitted through the amplification equipment.
Wang Xiaofeng (王笑峰), a tourist from Shanghai (上海), leaned over and stared at the jade plate in the cabinet, his fingers unconsciously tracing the patterns: "I had seen close-ups of it in videos before, but seeing it with my own eyes today, I truly feel the shock of the wisdom of the ancestors more than 5,000 years ago!" Beside him, several tourists were holding up their mobile phones to photograph the text introductions in front of the display cases, whispering their guesses about the uses of the jade artifacts. In front of the virtual reality equipment in the exhibition hall, several children were waiting in line for an "immersive archaeological excavation experience."
The Lingjiatan Site (凌家滩遗址), located in Tongzha Town (铜闸镇), Hanshan County (含山县), Anhui Province (安徽省), is the largest and best-preserved Neolithic central settlement site in the Chaohu Lake (巢湖) basin of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (长江). Since its first excavation in 1987, 16 archaeological projects have been carried out here, with an excavation area of 8,500 square meters, and nearly 4,000 cultural relics such as jade, stone, and pottery have been unearthed, of which more than 1,000 jade artifacts can be called the pinnacle of prehistoric jade culture—in addition to the "prehistoric astronomical instrument" composed of the jade plate and jade turtle, there are also exquisite jade figures, lively jade dragons, and majestic jade eagles... These not only demonstrate the leading jade-making technology at that time, but also reflect a mature theocratic system, making Lingjiatan culture, Hongshan culture (红山文化), and Liangzhu culture (良渚文化) known as the "three major prehistoric jade cultures in China."
From being awarded one of the "Top Ten National Archaeological Discoveries" in 1998 to being listed as a "National Archaeological Site Park" in 2023 and being included in the Chinese Civilization Origin Exploration Project (中华文明探源工程), each step of Lingjiatan's leap is writing a vivid footnote to the more than 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization. Today, this ancient site has been transformed into a happy space that benefits people's livelihoods. The Lingjiatan National Archaeological Site Park (凌家滩国家考古遗址公园) has a planned area of 3.35 square kilometers. As of now, it has invested approximately 1.5 billion yuan, leveraging 300 million yuan of social capital, and built facilities such as museums, research and study bases, and visitor centers, allowing tourists to immerse themselves in archaeological excavations and learn about Lingjiatan culture, realizing the close contact between cultural resources and the public.
For the native Hanshan people, the construction of the Lingjiatan National Archaeological Site Park has brought employment and hope to their doorsteps. Cheng Yan (程燕), a 34-year-old museum staff member, is from Lingjiatan Cultural Village (凌家滩文化村). When the Lingjiatan Site Museum recruited in 2025, she signed up without hesitation. Now, her daily commute to work only takes 10 minutes, and she often stays in the park, forgetting the passage of time. "When I was explaining to Wang Xiaofeng's group of tourists just now, someone asked why the jade figure's arms were placed in front of its chest. After I clearly explained the expert's speculation of 'the needs of sacrificial rituals,' the curiosity in their eyes turned into admiration. At that moment, I was particularly proud." For her, this job is not only a livelihood but also a link connecting her hometown culture with the outside world and a witness to her continuous growth.
Huang Tianhao (黄天浩) is another person whose life has been changed by the construction of the Lingjiatan National Archaeological Site Park. Previously, he had worked away from home for many years, and he could not return home several times a year. In 2015, seeing the continuous advancement of archaeological excavations at Lingjiatan, its growing reputation, and the increasing number of tourists, he keenly sensed business opportunities and decisively returned to his hometown to open a restaurant at the entrance of the site. His small shop has grown from a small restaurant with a few tables to a distinctive restaurant that can accommodate hundreds of people. When there are many tourists, he can sell more than 200 bowls of Hanshan fried noodles a day, and reservations must be made in advance on holidays.
The Lingjiatan National Archaeological Site Park is no longer a simple place for displaying cultural relics. Since the park opened, it has received more than 1.5 million visitors, driving comprehensive tourism revenue of approximately 200 million yuan. "Taking a trip to Lingjiatan" has become a popular weekend choice for residents of Ma'anshan (马鞍山) and surrounding cities. Here, you can explore more than 5,000 years of civilization history with a guide and also make cultural and creative products by hand. Many tourists feel "closer to the land they live on."
In the future, this site park, which carries ancient civilization, will surely allow more people to touch the charm of prehistoric sites and allow more people to enjoy the dividends of cultural development at their doorsteps, continuing to write a new chapter in civilization empowering people's livelihoods.
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