Summary: Celebrating its centennial as a museum, the Palace Museum is showcasing artifacts like the *Along the River During the Qingming Festival*. Over the past century, the Palace Museum has undergone extensive restoration and protection efforts, including the wartime relocation of artifacts to prevent their capture by the Japanese. The museum has prioritized making its cultural heritage accessible to the public through expanded opening areas, improved services, and digital initiatives. It also promotes cultural exchange through international exhibitions and collaborations. The Palace Museum aims to be a leading institution in cultural preservation and exchange, offering both digital and physical access to its collections.
Summary: The article highlights China's advancements in artificial intelligence and technological innovation, exemplified by the "Model Speed Space" in Shanghai, which fosters the development of large AI models like Hailuo Video. China has seen growth in high-end manufacturing, such as the Luoyang Bearing Group's advancements in bearing technology, and innovation in areas like new energy vehicles and aerospace. The article emphasizes the country's commitment to high-quality development, with increased investment in research and development. It also notes China's leading global position in manufacturing, trade, and foreign exchange reserves. It does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee Zhao Leji addressed the second meeting of parliamentary leaders of "Group of Friends of Neutrality" member states via video at the invitation of Turkmen National Council Chairman Gulmanova. Zhao stated that the group promotes multilateralism and provides a platform for cooperation among countries with similar goals. He highlighted Xi Jinping's Global Governance Initiative, aimed at building a fairer global governance system, as a major initiative welcomed by all parties. Zhao expressed China's willingness to work with member states to promote the initiative and strengthen multilateralism. He also mentioned that Turkmenistan's President Berdymukhamedov was invited to China for the SCO summit.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Fujian's cultural and tourism industry thrived, with locations like Fuzhou's Yantai Mountain Historical and Cultural District experiencing a surge in visitors. Fujian is integrating cultural heritage with tourism, such as immersive art exhibitions and innovative cultural experiences like new tea drinks based on jasmine tea. Coastal areas like Pingtan are expanding marine tourism, offering yachting and water sports, which significantly increased tourist numbers and revenue. Inland, villages like Putian's Beida Village are promoting ecological tourism centered on lychee cultivation, while coastal areas like Ningde's Xiapu are promoting standardized pricing in their booming B&B sector. Fujian Province received over 46 million tourists during the holidays, generating over 38.8 billion yuan in revenue.
Summary: The article describes the post-earthquake reconstruction and development of Yushu, a Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai, highlighting its economic and ecological progress. It references Xi Jinping's visit to Yushu after the 2010 earthquake, where he encouraged the rebuilding of a new Yushu. The report emphasizes poverty alleviation efforts, ecological protection initiatives, and cultural preservation, illustrating how Yushu leverages its unique characteristics for economic growth, such as tourism and local products. The development of infrastructure and education, aided by national support, are also highlighted. The article does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on the construction of the Zhaowen Highway, a key section of the G219 National Highway in Xinjiang, which traverses the Tianshan Mountains. Once completed, the highway will shorten the route between Yining and Aksu, promoting economic and social integration between northern and southern Xinjiang. The photo shows the construction site during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights China's efforts to enhance its attractiveness to international tourists through expanded and improved VAT refund policies. During the recent holidays, "China tours" and "China buys" saw sustained popularity, aided by measures such as increasing the number of tax refund shops, optimizing services, and implementing "buy and refund" programs in major cities like Qingdao, Chengdu, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Some regions, such as Sichuan and Chongqing, are implementing cross-provincial recognition for immediate tax refunds, allowing tourists greater flexibility in their travel plans. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Central Education Work Leadership Group issued an action plan to optimize higher education disciplines and majors to align with national strategic needs and technological developments. Hunan University is adjusting its materials science programs to meet the demands of emerging industries like new-generation information technology and new energy, including establishing joint labs with companies like CRRC to focus on areas such as recyclable composite materials. Fudan University will launch programs in silver economy and quantum science to address the needs of an aging population, including a new master's program in elderly affairs management. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) has added a smart transportation major and is incorporating AI into traditional engineering disciplines, collaborating with industry on projects like autonomous driving safety technology.
Summary: The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) is intensifying efforts to expedite the autumn harvest in the Huanghuai region, particularly in Henan, Shandong, and Anhui provinces, due to persistent rainfall and slow progress. MARA is coordinating with local authorities and enterprises to deploy emergency machinery for harvesting and drying, aiming to ensure the complete and quality collection of the autumn grain harvest. The Ministry will maintain close communication with eight Huanghuai provinces, including Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, and Hubei, to address evolving disaster situations and meet emergency machinery needs.
Summary: This article discusses the popularity of osmanthus flowers in Wozhou Town, Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province during the Cold Dew season, a traditional solar term. The sweet fragrance of the blooms has attracted over 20,000 tourists during the recent National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays. Local initiatives have capitalized on the "osmanthus craze" by creating immersive experiences such as osmanthus cake making workshops for children and selling various osmanthus-themed products like tea, honey, and sachets at local markets. Wozhou Town is transforming the seasonal flower viewing into a broader cultural tourism product. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: During the Golden Week holiday (Oct 1-8), China saw a record 2.432 billion cross-regional trips, a 6.2% increase year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Transport. Road trips accounted for 2.247 billion, rail 153 million, waterways 11.67 million, and air travel 19.17 million. The Ministry of Commerce also reported a 2.7% year-on-year increase in sales for key retail and catering enterprises. Consumption trends included growth in green/organic foods, smart home products, and domestically branded fashion, with the holiday box office reaching 1.79 billion RMB.
Summary: This article discusses the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Mauritania, highlighting several Chinese-built infrastructure projects. These projects, including the Friendship Port and Friendship Interchange Bridge, are portrayed as crucial for Mauritania's economic development and independence. Mauritanian officials expressed gratitude for China's support in infrastructure development, with the Friendship Interchange Bridge being called a gift marking 60 years of cooperation. China's Ambassador to Mauritania, Tang Zhongdong, stated China's willingness to provide new opportunities for Mauritania's development.
Summary: During the recent National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, China experienced a surge in tourism and consumer spending, reflecting the country's high-quality economic development and offering a window into its progress. The holiday travel boom was driven by increased mobility, with cross-regional travel up 6.2% year-on-year, and facilitated by multiple countries introducing policies to attract Chinese tourists. This surge in domestic consumption and outbound tourism highlights China's economic dynamism and its contribution to global tourism, with key sectors like aviation and tourism benefiting. The trend also reflects a shift towards diverse travel experiences, including rural and sports tourism, further boosting local economies. The rise in inbound travel, with a significant increase in foreign tourists flying to China, also showcases the country's growing appeal as both a tourist destination and an important player in the global economy.
Summary: At the 12th session of the China-Italy Government Committee in Rome, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani emphasized the positive development of China-Italy relations, highlighting visits by Italian leaders to China and the action plan to strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership. Wang Yi called for an upgrade of the cooperation mechanism to better serve the bilateral relationship, focusing on strategic alignment, platform construction, and promotion of local cooperation. He stressed that China and Italy, as major economies supporting free trade and multilateralism, should strengthen mutual trust and practical cooperation amid global challenges. Tajani affirmed China as a priority partner, emphasizing the importance of the Chinese market and expressing willingness to enhance cooperation across various fields, while jointly supporting free trade and maintaining global supply chains.
Summary: At the WTO General Council meeting in Geneva, China submitted a position paper on special and differential treatment, outlining its stance after previously announcing it would not seek new special treatment in future WTO negotiations. Ambassador Li Yongjie stated this action reaffirmed China's commitment to the multilateral trade system and the Global Development Initiative. Li emphasized that China remains a developing country and part of the Global South. Over 100 WTO members, including representatives from the EU, Switzerland, Brazil, and Pakistan, positively evaluated China's initiative. Several countries praised China's support for developing nations within the WTO.
Summary: The 10th Kubuqi International Desert Forum in Inner Mongolia brought together over 260 representatives from countries including China, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, and Brazil to discuss desertification prevention. Attendees examined innovative models like photovoltaic sand control and comprehensive small watershed management, expressing admiration for China's techniques and equipment. Representatives from Brazil expressed interest in learning from China's experience and exploring Brazil-China cooperation in desertification control. The forum highlighted China's success in combating desertification, evidenced by the "photovoltaic Great Wall" in Ordos and various international collaborations, with UN officials praising China's contributions to global land restoration.
Summary: An article discusses Batong County's efforts to cultivate and manage young cadres for leadership roles in the mountainous region. The county focuses on a three-pronged approach of "selection, cultivation, and management" to identify, develop, and utilize young talent. This includes rigorous entry requirements, practical training in challenging environments, and a combination of strict management and encouragement. They are doing so by assessing performance in solving practical problems, deploying them to rural posts, and offering customized training programs. Officials aim to transform challenges into confidence in developing successors.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of independent innovation (自主创新) for China's technological advancement, highlighting that core technologies cannot be acquired from external sources. It argues that innovation requires a willingness to take risks, learn from failures, and persevere despite challenges, using examples from aerospace and materials science to illustrate this point. The piece also advocates for creating an environment that is tolerant of failure and supportive of long-term investment in emerging technologies. It mentions the progress of new energy vehicles as an example of innovation overcoming initial problems. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2025 China University Aircraft Design Innovation Competition opened on October 8th in Deqing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. The competition features multiple categories, including fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and rockets. Approximately 4,000 university students from over 150 universities across China are participating. The article includes a photo of contestants demonstrating aircraft flight.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the Datang Everbright City in Xi'an drew an average of 300,000 daily visitors by creating an immersive experience of the Tang Dynasty through digital technology, performances, themed dining, and cultural products. The area was decorated with a "Poetic Tang Festival" theme, integrating architectural design, lighting, music, and staff attire. Tourists enjoyed attractions like AI-powered Tang Dynasty makeovers and recreations of Tang Dynasty food and performances. The goal was to transform the historical site into a vibrant, sensory-rich "Tang Dynasty experience." The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Palace Museum is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a museum, marking a century of preserving and promoting Chinese culture. The museum has undergone five extensive artifact inventory projects, with collections exceeding 1.95 million pieces by the end of 2024. The article highlights the museum's efforts to protect artifacts during wartime and its ongoing commitment to conservation, including modernizing security and storage. It also emphasizes the museum's dedication to public service through increased accessibility, expanded exhibitions, and digital initiatives. By implementing creative transformation and innovative development, the museum contributes Chinese experiences and wisdom to the world's cultural heritage.
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Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of building a unified national market in China by eliminating local protectionism and promoting fair competition. It notes that traditional methods of attracting investment, like offering discounted land and tax breaks, are becoming less effective. The piece highlights the need for improved regulatory frameworks, streamlined market access, and the removal of barriers to create a stable and predictable environment for businesses. By fostering a level playing field, the article argues, China can unlock greater market potential and drive high-quality economic development, allowing regional development to extend nationally and globally. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the archaeological discoveries at the Siwa site in Gansu province, focusing on the Majiayao culture's painted pottery (彩陶). The discoveries, including a large-scale pottery production area, provide evidence of the advanced social development and civilization of the Loess Plateau 5,000 years ago. The article highlights that the Majiayao culture was at the forefront of East-West exchange, with its painted pottery influencing other cultures. It emphasizes the importance of continuous innovation and openness in the development of Chinese civilization. It implies that the spirit of constant renewal fuels development.
Summary: This brief article celebrates China's autumn harvest and efforts to translate agricultural abundance into increased rural incomes. Localities are organizing cultural events and consumer seasons to boost sales of agricultural products and revitalize rural areas. The aim is to stimulate both rural economies and the broader consumer market. The piece emphasizes securing the nation's food supply. There is no mention of specific officials, the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the integration of AI into China's cultural tourism industry to enhance user experience and drive growth. It highlights examples like AI-powered VR experiences in historical sites and personalized travel planning, noting increased tourist engagement and revenue. The integration aims to shift tourists from observers to participants and designers, fostering personalized consumption and user loyalty. By leveraging big data and AI, the sector can better understand consumer behavior and optimize operations. The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's call for tourism to improve lives, boost the economy, and promote cultural exchange, suggesting AI can help achieve these goals.
Summary: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched a two-month campaign to address the incitement of negative emotions online, which has been widely criticized by the public. The campaign will focus on issues such as creating conflict by associating social issues with identity, region, and gender, as well as stirring up fan culture, and promoting violence. The CAC emphasizes the importance of technical prevention, legal regulation, and platform supervision to combat these issues. The article stresses the significant impact of distorted values on young people and the need to resist negative influences. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An article discusses China's new "normalized mobile medical service system" aimed at addressing healthcare disparities in resource-scarce regions. This initiative seeks to expand quality healthcare access to rural areas, formerly impoverished counties, and old revolutionary areas by deploying medical teams and leveraging technology like telemedicine. The policy will focus on disease treatment, specialist construction, and hospital management to comprehensively improve medical service capabilities. The expansion of national and regional medical centers is also noted as a key component in achieving more balanced healthcare resource allocation across the country. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Hua Jieyou, a 90-year-old retired teacher, has dedicated the last 22 years to running a classic text recitation class at the Donglin Academy in Wuxi, Jiangsu, aiming to instill traditional Chinese culture in children. He integrates storytelling and outdoor activities to make classical learning engaging, attracting both Chinese and foreign children. Despite facing challenges like low enrollment, Hua persisted, driven by a lifelong commitment to education and inspired by elder scholars' call to preserve traditional culture. He emphasizes innovative teaching methods and encourages intergenerational learning, inviting parents and former students with specialized skills to enrich the curriculum. He has also been training a successor, Li Sujie.
Summary: A Urumqi-based agricultural machinery company, Bosiran, has become a leading domestic cotton picker manufacturer through technological innovation, holding 246 patents and achieving significant efficiency gains in cotton harvesting. Local government support, including financial assistance and "white list" mechanisms, has bolstered technological enterprises in the Urumqi High-tech Zone. These policies have contributed to a surge in high-tech companies and research and development spending in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is pushing forward with tech innovations to support its regional advantages in various industries. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Garland Hope, Director of the Chennault Aviation Military Museum and granddaughter of Flying Tigers commander General Chennault, expressed her excitement after attending the 80th anniversary commemoration of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Tiananmen Square. Hope recalled Chennault's belief in the resilience of the Chinese people during the war and expressed hope that the younger generations of both the U.S. and China can understand and carry forward the spirit of the Flying Tigers. She emphasized that this spirit is the best way to commemorate the older generation and a source of strength for building a better future, particularly between the U.S. and China. The article did not specify who accompanied her.
Summary: Nurdin Mamatov, advisor to Uzbekistan's Veterans and Disabled People's Union, attended China's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing. Mamatov, the nephew of a Soviet veteran who fought against the Japanese in Northeast China, emphasized the honor and shared history this invitation represents. He praised China's military modernization and commitment to peace, advocating for international cooperation. Mamatov expressed his commitment to further strengthening Uzbek-Chinese friendship, noting previous positive experiences in China. Representatives from 14 countries, including the United States, attended the event.
Summary: During the recent National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Fujian province experienced a boom in its cultural and tourism industries. The province is integrating cultural resources with tourism, exemplified by revitalized historical districts like Fuzhou's Yantai Mountain and coastal attractions in Pingtan. Pingtan saw a 13.2% increase in tourist arrivals and a 17.3% increase in tourism spending compared to the same period in 2024, driven by new attractions such as the 22 Hao Yacht Wharf. Other cities like Putian and Ningde are leveraging their unique ecological and cultural assets to boost local economies through tourism. Fujian province received over 46 million tourists, generating over 38.8 billion yuan in tourism revenue during the holiday period.
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Summary: This article highlights the success of the Yichuang "Arts and Creativity" small town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, which focuses on developing its cultural and creative industries. The town, initially a cement factory, transformed into a hub for over 3,000 cultural and creative enterprises, supported by policies outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan. Local companies, such as Huaguoshan Media, have thrived due to the supportive environment, talent pool from local art and music institutions, and services provided by the town. The town facilitates industry connections, addresses enterprise needs, and promotes innovation, including exploring digital asset trading and AI animation for overseas expansion.
Summary: According to this article, China has been working to improve the legal and regulatory environment for private enterprises. Policies implemented during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period aim to remove market access barriers, expand investment opportunities, protect rights, and encourage innovation for private firms. Measures have been taken to address financing difficulties and optimize services for these businesses, including supporting their involvement in major technological projects and strategic industries. The government intends to continue refining the legal framework and supporting policies for the private sector. There is no discussion of the United States.
Summary: This article details the efforts of retired Party member Zhashi Ciren in the Bayi District of Nyingchi City, Tibet, who actively participates in community governance by fulfilling residents' "micro-wishes" through a Party-led initiative. Zhashi Ciren, along with other Party members, contributes to local services, addressing issues like plumbing repairs and childcare. Tibet is strengthening Party-led grassroots governance by upgrading village-level facilities and offering comprehensive service platforms. The region is also integrating various administrative functions into a unified grid system, utilizing diverse actors like delivery workers to enhance community service. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Erenhot railway port, the sole entry/exit point on the China-Europe Railway Express (CR Express) central corridor, saw its 3,000th train pass through on October 8th, 39 days earlier than last year. The port now operates 74 CR Express routes reaching over 70 cities in 10+ countries and radiates to most domestic CR Express originating cities. Since 2013, the port has facilitated nearly 21,000 CR Express trains, with high-value goods like new energy vehicles and high-end machinery now comprising over 40% of transported goods, up from less than 10%. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Guangdong province has increased its pumped hydro storage capacity to 10.28 million kilowatts with the commissioning of the second unit at the Meizhou pumped hydro storage power station. This figure represents approximately one-sixth of China's total operational capacity. The new unit also marks the large-scale deployment of domestically produced, high-end pumped hydro equipment. The commissioned unit has already entered the Southern China electricity market. China has already surpassed the target for pumped hydro storage capacity of 62 million kilowatts that was set for the 14th Five Year Plan.
Summary: The Jiashe Grand Bridge in Guizhou Province, connecting Dejiang County and Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, has been completed and opened to traffic. This bridge eliminates the reliance on ferries for 150,000 residents on both sides of the Wujiang River. It is expected to promote regional integration and development in northeastern Guizhou. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Shenyang, Liaoning province has launched a pilot program in 24 tertiary public hospitals to provide "no-escort care" (免陪照护) in response to national and provincial health commission directives. The initiative, focusing initially on departments with high care needs like geriatrics and orthopedics, aims to alleviate the burden on patient families by providing standardized assistance from nurses and medical caregivers, including help with meals and hygiene. To ensure quality, pilot hospitals are mandated to establish internal training and oversight mechanisms for medical caregivers. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, effective October 15th, addresses challenges posed by the digital economy, including data rights protection and platform responsibilities. The law refines regulations concerning online unfair competition, prohibiting platform operators from abusing rules to facilitate fraudulent transactions or malicious returns by others. Platforms are now obligated to establish fair competition rules, handle complaints, and report unfair competition to authorities. The revised law also addresses "involution" or "cut-throat" competition and prohibits platforms from forcing merchants into below-cost pricing.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation has issued new regulations on the mandatory deregistration of companies, effective October 10th. These rules apply to companies that have been suspended or revoked for three years without applying for deregistration. The regulations aim to streamline the deregistration process, clarify responsibilities of former shareholders, and protect creditor rights. The policy seeks to improve market efficiency and resource allocation. The new rules do not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: State Council Taiwan Affairs Office (SCTAO) spokesperson Chen Binhua responded to Lai Ching-te's renewed "two-state theory" comments made during a U.S. broadcast interview. Chen accused Lai of distorting facts, promoting "Taiwan independence," exaggerating the "China threat," and seeking independence through military means and foreign support. He stated Lai's actions are raising cross-strait tensions and pushing Taiwan into a dangerous situation, while also accusing Lai of colluding with external forces at the expense of Taiwan's interests. Chen emphasized that Taiwan is part of China and warned against any attempts at "Taiwan independence" or external interference, affirming China's resolve to safeguard national sovereignty. He stated those colluding with external forces or seeking Taiwan independence will be punished.
Summary: During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, China's public security organs implemented security and stability maintenance measures, reporting an overall stable social environment and good public order. Criminal and public security reports decreased by 16.9% and 6.5% respectively, while over 2,700 large-scale events proceeded safely. Traffic management departments focused on key vehicles and violations to minimize accident risks, ensuring smooth and orderly road traffic nationwide. There were no reports of wide-scale traffic incidents. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many citizens and tourists visited museums and memorial halls with a "red" theme, to learn about history and commemorate revolutionary martyrs. These visits were intended to ensure the red spirit is passed down. This domestic focus on patriotic activities suggests a continued emphasis on internal cohesion and national identity narratives.
Summary: Jiangsu's Public Security Department has introduced 16 measures to stimulate economic development and boost consumption. These measures focus on improving consumer dynamism, safeguarding consumer environments, and enhancing consumer services. Initiatives include establishing vehicle registration service stations and streamlining online processes for vehicle registration via the "Traffic Management 12123" APP. The province will also upgrade its electric bicycle registration system by the end of October, enabling online registration. The measures also aim to simplify administrative procedures, such as linking the correction of birth dates to related ID and license services.
Summary: A clarification meeting was held in Wangcheng District, Changsha, Hunan Province to exonerate a local civil affairs official, Luo Bo, who was falsely accused of delaying government subsidies. An investigation revealed that the subsidies were indeed disbursed on time, and the complainant had simply failed to check their bank balance. The Wangcheng District has implemented standardized procedures for handling false accusations, involving multiple departments and flexible methods for clarification. The district also has a "zero tolerance" policy for malicious accusations, ensuring accountability and support for officials acting with integrity. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The Yichun People's Congress in Jiangxi province enacted the "Yichun City Sifangjing Reservoir Drinking Water Source Protection Regulations" to safeguard the city's water supply, which commenced in November 2023 and serves 650,000 residents. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Yichun People's Congress, Cai Yong, emphasized the importance of rigorous oversight to ensure the regulations' effective implementation, following the collection of over 400 suggestions from the public. The regulations address potential pollution sources and establish ecological compensation and joint law enforcement mechanisms. The Yichun People's Congress has enacted 10 local laws since 2015, focusing on local development, people's expectations, and urban governance, but the article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of the peasantry as both the beneficiaries and the main force in rural construction in China. Drawing from Xi Jinping's discourses, it argues that rural development should prioritize farmers' needs and engage their active participation. The piece stresses that local Party organizations must play a central role in uniting farmers and translating policy into action, while rural construction should be tailored to local contexts and avoid a one-size-fits-all approach. The article also mentions the necessity of cultivating a cadre of officials equipped with local knowledge and the ability to mobilize the rural population. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of frugality for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and government organs, framing it as both a traditional virtue and a necessary practice for serving the people. It states that the revised regulations on practicing frugality and combating waste underscore the need for government bodies to reduce costs and allocate more resources to development and people's livelihoods. The article highlights that this commitment to "living frugally" is not a temporary measure but a fundamental principle tied to the Party's commitment to the people. It advocates for optimizing resource allocation and combating formalism and bureaucracy to ensure funds are used for critical areas like poverty alleviation. The article also suggests that the Party’s ability to uphold frugality is related to its ability to retain the support of the people, and that it is particularly important given the current global situation.
Summary: Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of marine ecological civilization, pollution prevention, biodiversity protection, and orderly resource development for future generations. The article advocates for a systematic approach to marine ecological environment governance, integrating ecological, economic, and social benefits. It suggests extending the governance chain to include source control and ecological restoration, promoting inter-departmental collaboration and data sharing, and utilizing legal, economic, and technological means. The goal is to shift from fragmented governance to a comprehensive approach encompassing the entire process from "source to process to end." The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Dazhou, Sichuan is developing a modern agricultural machinery industry park focused on smart, lightweight agricultural equipment suitable for hilly and mountainous terrain. The park aims to address the lack of suitable machinery for such landscapes, improving agricultural mechanization. A local company has developed unmanned, remotely operated machinery capable of precise operations, including a self-correcting system to maintain straight lines on uneven ground. These products have found domestic demand in provinces like Inner Mongolia, Yunnan and Guizhou, and have also been exported to countries including Canada and New Zealand, filling a niche in the international market where focus has been on large agricultural machinery.
Summary: This article addresses the "3:30 problem" in China, where parents struggle to pick up their children from school in the mid-afternoon due to their own work schedules. It highlights the Ministry of Education's "5+2" after-school service model, requiring schools to offer at least two hours of daily after-school programs. The article emphasizes that while schools play a central role, societal contributions, such as community-based programs and neighborhood support, are crucial to providing comprehensive care and enrichment for children after school. The goal is to transform after-school time from mere childcare to an opportunity for children's growth and development.
Summary: Beijing has completed the construction of 100 "micro-gardens" in communities, providing residents with more spaces for recreation. Hunan province selected 100 individual businesses for its "Tesxiang Small Shops" growth plan, covering diverse sectors and showcasing Hunan's commercial culture. Guangxi has registered over 150,000 protected ancient trees, marked with signs. The third China (Jilin) Animation Conference was held in Changchun, highlighting the diverse themes and advancements in the animation industry.
Summary: A running competition in Yonghe County, Shanxi Province, attracted thousands of athletes and spectators to the rural Dongzheng village during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. The event, part of the "Jinmei Rural Field Health Run" series, has significantly boosted local tourism revenue, including lodging and dining, with one local business reporting double the customer flow compared to last year's holiday. The success of the event illustrates how such races are becoming a new way for some regions to promote rural tourism development. Another event of similar nature was held in Fenxi county and had similar effects. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The Chinese government has officially recognized "BBQ Chef" (烧烤料理师) as a new type of profession, reflecting the significant economic impact of the BBQ industry in China, which has exceeded 100 billion yuan in annual output value. Li Bo, a BBQ chef in Jinzhou with over 30 years of experience, expressed pride in the new certification, while Xia Lei, another chef, believes this recognition will attract more young people to the industry. The Jinzhou BBQ industry, exemplified by its unique techniques and medicinal herb preparations, has grown to over 70,000 stores globally, employing nearly 100,000 people and supporting over a million jobs in related industries.
Summary: The article discusses the emergence of "carbon fiber product forming technician" as a new officially recognized profession in China, exemplified by the work of a young technician, Bao Yutong. Bao describes the detailed and precise process of creating carbon fiber materials according to specific performance requirements. The growth of China's carbon fiber industry and supportive national policies are creating new career opportunities for young people like Bao. The article highlights the increasing value placed on this profession due to the growing demand for carbon fiber products. The article makes no mention of the United States or Sino-U.S. relations.
Summary: A cranberry cultivation base in Fuyuan City, Heilongjiang Province, is using mechanized harvesting techniques to increase efficiency. Since the introduction of cranberries in 2014, the area has become Asia's largest cranberry cultivation base with an estimated yield of over 3,000 tons this year. The cranberry industry has expanded to include products like cranberry beer and dried fruit. Events such as the "Cranberry Water Harvesting Festival" and "Cranberry Music Festival" have attracted over 835,000 tourists. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The襄阳 Housing and Urban Renewal Bureau released a "Design Guide for Residential Quality Improvement," and the襄阳 Institute of Architectural Science and Design is explaining it to the public in layman's terms to help them understand what constitutes a "good house." The guide translates technical design standards into everyday language, focusing on tangible living experiences, such as ensuring adequate space for car doors to open without hitting walls. The guide covers aspects like ceiling height, structural lifespan, and drainage and ventilation, setting higher standards, such as a minimum ceiling height of 3 meters. The guide emphasizes user experience.
Summary: Shanghai's Changning District has released a set of guidelines aimed at improving the experience for independent inbound tourists. These guidelines detail improvements such as clearer signage and standardized translations to cater to the growing number of younger, independent travelers. The guidelines address translation issues, recommending that menus include ingredient descriptions for foreign diners to better understand Chinese dishes. The regulations encourage multilingual menus with pinyin and ingredient/cooking method explanations in addition to the Chinese name. The initiative reflects a need to adapt to the evolving expectations of international visitors, especially regarding language accessibility.
Summary: This appears to be a notice regarding submissions to the *People's Daily*, specifically for articles related to "form and design" (版式设计). The notice provides an email address (rmrbgdcz@peopledaily.cn) for submissions. There is no mention of specific political events, officials, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Changchun is focusing on developing its optoelectronic information industry cluster, aiming for a comprehensive output value exceeding 100 billion yuan this year. The city is supporting the industry through policies, financial investments, and collaboration between research institutions and enterprises, exemplified by the development of key technologies such as high-precision mirrors for the "Jilin-1" satellite. The initiative, including the "Starlight Cultivation Three-Year Action Plan," focuses on key areas like integrated circuits, lasers, satellite applications, automotive electronics, and industrial internet. Zhang E'nhui stated the city aims to achieve 1500 optoelectronic information companies and 160 billion yuan comprehensive output value by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The article does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Director of the State Post Bureau emphasizes the postal industry's vital role in the national economy and its achievements under Xi Jinping's leadership, including improved connectivity, support for commodity circulation, and enhanced service quality. The Director also acknowledged challenges like "involution" and network security pressures. The Director calls for strengthening network resilience, deepening industrial collaboration, and enhancing digital capabilities to further improve postal services. The Director states that these measures should also include improving international delivery services to support cross-border e-commerce.
Summary: The Chairman of China Post emphasized the organization's commitment to serving the people and supporting national strategies. China Post aims to improve its universal services, enhance express delivery and logistics, and strengthen its financial services through Postal Savings Bank of China. The company is also focused on integrating with manufacturing and trade, developing unmanned logistics technology, and promoting rural revitalization. China Post plans to build an independent international logistics system to support China's manufacturing sector and is committed to deepening collaboration with international postal services. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Construction on the Xiaogan to Yunmeng section of the Qiaoxiao (Qiaokou District, Wuhan to Xiaogan) Expressway's western extension is proceeding safely and in an orderly manner. The project involves tasks such as erecting box girders, building piers, and welding steel cages. The image captures the construction underway on October 7th. The article does not mention the US or US-China relations.
Summary: The Pazhou Algorithm Competition in Guangzhou is promoting AI development by challenging participants to create algorithms for real-world applications, including satellite-based earth observation and sports analytics. This year's competition featured over 8,000 teams from 30+ countries and was supported by industry leaders like ByteDance and BYD. Winning teams like Guangzhou Weilai Sports Technology were awarded for their innovative solutions to complex problems. The competition is part of a broader effort to build an AI ecosystem in the Pazhou area, attracting companies like Kuaizi Technology. The competition aims to serve as a platform for industry collaboration, talent acquisition, and business development within the AI sector.
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Summary: To celebrate the Palace Museum's centennial, the *People's Daily* interviewed four individuals contributing to its preservation and development. Jin Hongkui, a returned expert, oversees architectural preservation, emphasizing minimal intervention. Wang Zilin focuses on academic research of the Forbidden City, emphasizing classical Confucianism in understanding its architecture and history. Su Yi heads the digitization efforts, highlighting the expansion of digital archives and online accessibility of artifacts. Finally, Lu Xiaogang, the director of social education, develops interactive programs to engage the public, including children, with the palace's history and culture. The article makes no mention of U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) in Beijing, highlighting its historical significance as a former imperial palace opened to the public and a repository of Chinese culture. It emphasizes the museum's role in preserving cultural relics during the Anti-Japanese War and its contribution to global efforts in protecting cultural heritage. The museum is described as a unique institution embodying palace history, ancient architecture, art, and archives, all while adhering to international preservation principles. Furthermore, the article stresses the museum's importance as a platform for international cultural exchange, facilitating dialogue between China and the world. The author, a former director of the Palace Museum, envisions the institution as a leading example of cultural heritage preservation and a vibrant center for cultural exchange.
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Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many doctors in China remained at their posts. Dr. Zhang Fangjie, a deputy chief physician at Xiangya Hospital, noted the emergency department served nearly 400 registered patients in a single day. Community doctor Song Shoubiaoin Zichuan District provided door to door health services to community members. Village doctor Bai Huali in Guizhou Province provided medical services to villagers in remote areas.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many medical workers remained at their posts. The article commends the dedication of Chinese medical staff, who have contributed to building the world's largest medical service and disease prevention system, which has improved the health of Chinese residents. The article emphasizes the need to care for medical staff by ensuring adequate rest, career development opportunities, and a respectful environment to enhance their sense of honor and belonging. The article frames these actions as a way to appropriately reward their hard work.
Summary: The Beijing Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) Macau Medical Center has expanded to 40 specialist clinics and served nearly 20,000 patients in its first year. Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng believes that with the joint efforts of Macau and PUMCH, the center will become a world-class medical center. The center aims to integrate medical treatment, education, research, and rehabilitation, promoting the development of the health industry in Macau. The center is also intended to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in grassroots medical care and supports collaboration between medical systems in Macau and mainland China. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Following the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Dr. Chen Jing from Southwest Hospital advises on adjusting diets to relieve digestive stress. Recommendations include regular, balanced meals with a variety of food groups, including increasing fiber intake and substituting some animal proteins with plant-based options. The article cautions against drastic post-holiday diets, such as excessive exercise or replacing meals with fruit, due to potential adverse effects. Practical tips for healthy weight management are provided, such as eating a light appetizer before meals, prioritizing vegetables and lean proteins, and eating slowly. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the Liaoning Shenyang Grain Depot Cultural and Creative Industrial Park, renovated from old factories and warehouses, saw a surge in visitors. These former industrial sites and grain storage facilities have become popular trendy landmarks. Children were seen enjoying recreational activities within the park. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese fisherman from Heilongjiang, Wang Yongliang, rescued two Russian fishermen whose boat capsized near Sakhalin Island due to rough seas. Wang pulled the fishermen from the water, noting their near-exhausted state and the cold. He then lent them his phone to contact their friends, who arrived to retrieve them and their boat. Wang's video of the rescue went viral on Chinese social media, drawing praise for his act of kindness. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Chinese Academy of Safety Science and Technology, in conjunction with AutoNavi Maps (高德地图), has launched the "Eagle Eye Guardian" early warning system, designed to provide real-time alerts for 17 driving scenarios, including major road incidents. The system analyzes anonymized driving data to detect anomalies like sudden speed drops and hard braking to predict and warn drivers of potential hazards ahead, offering crucial reaction time. Following several highway disasters in 2024, the State Council Safety Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Management tasked the Academy with developing the system, which AutoNavi Maps vice president Dong Zhenning claims can offer alerts within seconds. The system demonstrated over 90% accuracy in tests, alerting drivers of potential hazards nearly one kilometer away. Academy President Zhou Fubao stated that the project will be further promoted and upgraded to improve accuracy and timeliness.
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Summary: During the recent National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, China held various sports events to stimulate local economies. In Beijing, the China Open and WTT China Grand Slam saw record attendance and ticket sales, with the China Open expanding its program to three weeks. Nanjing upgraded its tourism promotion, offering discounts on attractions, dining, and accommodations to ticket holders of the "Su Chao" soccer league games, attracting over 20 million tourists. Rizhao in Shandong Province promoted outdoor activities, including cycling tours of local cultural and tourism landmarks. Chengdu also hosted the Chengdu Rowing Open and offered tourist consumption coupons to boost the local economy.
Summary: This article discusses the surge in sports consumption in China, driven by a desire for health and quality of life. New sporting events, business models, and activities are emerging, breaking records and enriching the industry. The State Council's recent "Opinions on Releasing the Potential of Sports Consumption and Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry" is encouraging to industry professionals. The article suggests the sports industry will support a healthy China and contribute to high-quality economic and social development.
Summary: China's General Administration of Sport has released 14 "high-quality" outdoor sports routes across the country to promote participation in outdoor activities. These routes, encompassing diverse landscapes and sports, aim to meet growing public demand and encourage further development in the outdoor sports sector. Recent policy documents have emphasized high-quality development in the sector. Experts suggest that enthusiasts should prioritize safety and local governments should enhance safety measures.
Summary: Following the third "Beautiful Village Basketball Competition" in Miluo City, Hunan Province, local townships are enthusiastically holding their own "Village BA" tournaments. These tournaments feature both returning students and local villagers, fostering a growing local sports atmosphere. Players express feeling motivated and connected through the competition, while villagers form cheering squads, contributing to a vibrant rural sporting scene. Miluo is actively holding sporting events to attract people to return to and visit the countryside. The article did not mention the United States.
Summary: Chinese weightlifter He Yueji won gold in the snatch and a bronze in total at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships in Norway, setting a new world record in the 71kg snatch category. The competition marked the debut of new weight classes, with world records set by exceeding the "world standard" weights. He Yueji lifted 157kg, surpassing the standard by 1kg, and later improved his own record with a 160kg lift. A Thai athlete won gold in the clean and jerk and overall.
Summary: Chinese tennis player Wu Yibing experienced both breakthroughs and setbacks during the Chinese season. After reaching the semi-finals at the Hangzhou Open, he withdrew from the China Open and retired due to injury in the first round of the Shanghai Masters. He defeated American player Korda in the second round, and Russian player Medvedev in the quarter finals. Wu emphasized the importance of his victory over Medvedev to his career, as it was done in front of his family and team. Despite losing in the semi-finals in Hangzhou, Wu spoke of the importance of patience and strategic planning for his tournament schedule following the U.S. Open.
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Summary: The State Council has issued Decree No. 814, amending the "Regulations on the Administration of Entry and Exit of Foreigners of the People's Republic of China," effective October 1, 2025. The amendment introduces a new "K" visa category for foreign young science and technology talents. Applicants for the K visa must meet specific requirements set by relevant Chinese government departments and provide supporting documentation. Premier Li Qiang signed the decree, which was passed at the 63rd executive meeting of the State Council on July 16, 2025. The revised regulations will be re-published with corresponding adjustments to article numbers.
Summary: This document outlines regulations for visa issuance and the administration of foreign nationals' stay and residence in China, effective September 1, 2013. It details various visa categories (C, D, F, G, J1/J2, K, L, M, Q1/Q2, R, S1/S2, X1/X2, Z) and the required application materials, including provisions for interviews and information verification. The regulations also cover procedures for visa extensions, replacements, and reissues, as well as the management of residence permits, illegal residence, and the reporting obligations of employers and educational institutions. It specifies conditions under which visa and residence permits may be revoked or cancelled. The document does not mention the United States.
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Summary: The article discusses four representative types of Chinese traditional garden architecture: pavilions (亭), verandas (轩), terraces (台), and waterside structures (榭), tracing their historical evolution and functional shifts from practical structures to essential elements in landscape design. Pavilions evolved from military observation posts to garden features for viewing and resting. Verandas, initially referring to windowed carriages, became architectural spaces emphasizing scenic views. Terraces, originally earthen platforms for residence and defense, symbolized power and offered expansive views. Waterside structures, or "xie," evolved from buildings on platforms to structures integrated with water features, emphasizing harmony with the environment.
Summary: This article discusses a Warring States period bronze *lei* (罍) unearthed in Linzi, Shandong province, which contains a complete set of 59 nested bronze dining implements. The set includes ear cups, small dishes, plates, and boxes, suggesting its use for banquets of ten or fewer people, and providing insight into ancient Chinese dining customs. The *lei*'s design reflects sophisticated craftsmanship and a focus on efficient storage for travel or hunting, showcasing an early example of "nesting" storage techniques. The article connects this example to a broader history of Chinese storage solutions. It argues that the pursuit of a better life through efficient organization has been deeply rooted in Chinese civilization.
Summary: The article discusses the growing application of robots in elder care in China, highlighting examples in Chengdu and Shenyang. A Chinese-led international standard for active assistive living robots was released in February 2025 to guide the industry. These robots are categorized into nursing, rehabilitation, and companionship types, aiming to address the needs of the elderly, including those living alone. Despite the potential to alleviate care burdens, challenges remain in areas like intelligence, reliability, safety, and privacy protection, calling for further technological development and ethical considerations. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: A Japanese choir, "Rebirth of the Land," is using music to commemorate the history of the Fushun War Criminals Management Center, where Japanese war criminals were re-educated after WWII. The choir's songs aim to express gratitude to China for its humane treatment of the prisoners and to promote peace, with some members being descendants of those former war criminals. The group hopes to convey a message of peace and friendship, calling for Japan to remember history and strengthen cooperation with China. Members of the choir expressed concerns over the expansion of the Japanese Self-Defense Force. The choir has performed in both Japan and China, fostering mutual understanding between the two nations.
Summary: At the 45th Indonesian International Book Fair in Jakarta, nearly 20 Chinese publishing houses showcased over 700 books, including works by Xi Jinping, aiming to provide Indonesian readers with a better understanding of China. Chinese publishers are also planning to translate and publish Indonesian books in China. Indonesian publishers have been collaborating with Chinese publishers since 2019 and plan to publish a book on traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese delegation held a book launch for "The Image of China in Indonesian Eyes," which analyzes Indonesian perceptions of China. The article did not contain any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The World Intellectual Property Organization's 2025 Global Innovation Index reports a strong innovation surge from middle-income economies like China, India, and Turkey, with some excelling in technology application and industrial transformation. China entered the top ten in global innovation for the first time and leads in patent applications. While global R&D investment growth has slowed, innovation vitality remains, exhibiting a diversified pattern globally.
Summary: The International Energy Agency's (IEA) "Renewable Energy 2025" report forecasts a doubling of global renewable energy capacity additions in the next five years, despite challenges like supply chain pressures and policy uncertainties. Solar PV will drive the majority of this growth, with wind power also significantly increasing, particularly in China, the EU, and India. Emerging economies in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa are seeing faster renewable energy growth due to cost competitiveness and policy support. IEA Director Fatih Birol highlighted the expected rapid growth of solar PV in countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and several Southeast Asian countries.
Summary: The 30th São Paulo Communication Exhibition, one of the largest communication industry events in Latin America, recently took place in Brazil, attracting over 300 global companies. Several dozen Chinese companies participated, including China Telecom, ZTE, FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies, and Zhongtian Technology. The article does not mention the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The fifth UN Mayors Forum was held in Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on the role of cities in shaping a sustainable future and emphasizing that 65% of sustainable development goals are related to local governance. Representatives from over 80 cities discussed health, gender equality, and decent work, sharing experiences and advocating for stronger urban climate financing. The forum's outcome document urged nations to make multilateral systems more inclusive to jointly build a sustainable future. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe initiated the forum in 2020 to enhance coordination in addressing urban sustainability challenges at various levels.
Summary: The European Commission released two AI strategies, "AI for Application" and "AI in Science," to accelerate AI adoption in European industry and science. The "AI for Application" strategy targets strategic sectors like healthcare, energy, manufacturing, defense, and communications, while "AI in Science" aims to establish the EU as a hub for AI-driven scientific innovation. The core of the "AI in Science" strategy is to use the "European AI Science Resource" virtual research institute to gather and coordinate AI resources to develop and apply AI to scientific research. According to Eurostat, only 13.5% of EU companies with 10 or more employees use AI technologies in their daily operations in 2024. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Fourth Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport convened in the UAE, featuring over 50 leading autonomous driving companies. Experts at the conference discussed autonomous driving technology applications, policy, and regulations, while Dubai aims to have 25% of transportation smart or self-driving by 2030, and 36% by 2040, according to its “D33” economic agenda. Dubai announced a 12-square-kilometer autonomous driving zone for public testing, with Chinese firms Pony.ai, WeRide, and DeepRoute.ai providing autonomous taxis. WeRide and Chinese firm Neolix also achieved first and second place respectively, at the Autonomous Driving Transport Challenge held during the conference.
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Summary: The article discusses the role of the National People's Congress (NPC) representatives in connecting with the masses and addressing their concerns through various platforms like representative liaison stations and "civil sentiment night markets." These initiatives aim to gather public opinion, resolve issues, and promote local development, exemplified by road improvements and support for local industries like strawberry farming. The NPC emphasizes that representatives should be rooted in the people, understand their needs, and translate them into concrete actions. By establishing closer ties between representatives and the public, the article highlights how the NPC is strengthening its role as a bridge between the Party, the state, and the people. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Four National People's Congress (NPC) delegates were interviewed regarding civil affairs work and improving people's livelihoods. NPC delegate Zheng Gongcheng advocated for the healthy development of charitable work through policy improvements, legal frameworks, and expansion of charitable forces. NPC delegate Yang Shanhong emphasized enriching social assistance through a tiered system, improved service delivery, and digital empowerment. NPC delegate Ma Hongli called for innovation in social affairs through enhanced marriage registration services, rural place-name projects, and community governance. NPC delegate Yang Zhensheng focused on deepening elderly care service reform through talent development, service system optimization, and strengthened protection of the elderly's rights.
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Summary: The article focuses on the rights and protections of China's 84 million "new employment form workers" such as delivery drivers and online car-hailing drivers. It details cases where courts have affirmed labor relations between platform workers and companies, preventing companies from using loopholes to avoid employer responsibilities. Platforms like Meituan are implementing measures like "anti-fatigue" systems and safety incentives, aiming to improve working conditions and address concerns about algorithmic control. Local governments are also providing services to assist the workers, and the workers themselves are contributing to grassroots governance, with the goal of creating a positive feedback loop and mutually beneficial relationship between workers, companies, and the community.
Summary: The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has launched a two-month campaign to rectify online content that "maliciously provokes negative emotions" and promotes violence, aiming to foster a more civilized online environment. The campaign identifies issues such as the amplification of individual cases into widespread anxieties and the creation of polarized narratives. It will focus on establishing clearer standards for identifying and penalizing such content, while also urging platforms to prioritize content quality and social value over traffic-driven algorithms. The CAC also encouraged internet users to be wary of algorithm-driven content and develop more rational cognition of online content. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A court in Beijing ruled that an online service platform, 三某公司, engaged in deceptive practices by bundling an "outer takeaway package" with an airline ticket without clear disclosure. The plaintiff, 王某, purchased a ticket advertised with a discount but later discovered the price included an unwanted service. The court found that the platform intentionally concealed the true nature of the purchase and used deceptive pricing tactics. As a result, the court ordered 三某公司 to compensate 王某 three times the purchase price for violating consumer protection laws. The case serves as a cautionary tale against deceptive business practices in China's competitive platform economy.
Summary: Lanzhou police are using online livestreaming to address citizen concerns and disseminate legal information. Police officers are using these platforms to resolve issues ranging from household registration problems to preventing telecom fraud, with one instance involving averting student involvement in "renting out bank cards" for illicit activities after a livestreamed lecture. These livestreams are reported to have reached hundreds of thousands of viewers and are part of a broader effort by Lanzhou's Public Security Bureau to improve community policing and address public needs. According to an official from the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau, this innovative approach aims to strengthen ties between the police and the public. No mentions of the United States or U.S.-China relations were found in the article.
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Summary: The author, the visual effects director for the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony, argues that technology and art are merging to activate and spread Chinese cultural memory. Using examples such as the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony, the author illustrates how digital technology can transform abstract cultural symbols into interactive visual experiences, fulfilling a mission of “cultural going abroad." The author emphasizes that technology art should root itself in Chinese culture memory, making it more relatable and inspiring empathy. Digital art, including AI and VR, can break boundaries and integrate cultural memories into contemporary life through immersive experiences and online-offline integration.
Summary: The article discusses the creation of the TV drama "Zhendi" (阵地), commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan, and focusing on the cultural resistance movement in Guilin from 1938-1944. The author, the drama's screenwriter, describes the challenges of portraying over 200 historical figures, including cultural icons like Xia Yan and Mao Dun, who used their art as weapons against the Japanese. The drama aims to capture the spirit of national unity and cultural strength during a time of crisis. It highlights the role of intellectuals and artists in bolstering morale and resisting the enemy through cultural means. The author emphasizes the importance of historical accuracy and emotional connection to the subject matter in creating revolutionary dramas.
Summary: A new AI-generated film, "The Password in the Notes," features deceased actors in a story about a Taiwanese veteran returning to the mainland. The film depicts the veteran's search for the secret to the Communist Party's success, ultimately expressing kinship between Taiwan and the mainland. While praising the potential of AI in filmmaking, the article stresses the continued importance of strong screenwriting and the need for China to create films with universal appeal.
Summary: A Chinese actress reflects on her experiences portraying several prominent female revolutionary figures, including He Zizhen, Yang Kaihui and Jiang Jie. She emphasizes that her portrayals were not merely acting exercises, but rather profound experiences of empathy and understanding that reshaped her own values. She describes how immersing herself in the lives of these women, including visiting Jiang Jie's prison cell, led to a deep appreciation for their courage, faith, and love. The actress concludes that these roles have deeply impacted her life, serving as guiding lights and providing her with opportunities to connect with others on a deeper level. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: Director Lu Yang's new film *Assassin Novelist 2* expands the boundaries of Chinese cinema's audio-visual expression, exploring the relationship between the writer and his fictional world, and the impact on characters' destinies. Lu Yang emphasizes the film's focus on realism and the courage to face life's challenges, inspired by stories of young people striving to change their lives. The film incorporates Chinese traditional cultural elements, drawing inspiration from places like the Mogao Grottoes and Dunhuang. Advanced technologies, including domestically-made ones like mobile phones and drones, were utilized in the film's production, with Lu Yang emphasizing that technology should serve the narrative. He notes the increasing support for film innovation from other sectors, including technology enterprises.
Summary: This article is a personal reflection on the author's deep connection to the erhu piece "Erquan Yingyue" (Moon Reflected in the Second Spring). The author began learning the erhu in 2000 and has continued practicing daily, reaching level ten proficiency. The author associates the song with the hardships of its composer, Abing, as well as their own life experiences. Playing the song on Mid-Autumn Festival evokes feelings of both hardship and the poetic beauty of life. The author is inspired to express their emotions through writing.
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By: 本报记者 王 珏 何思琦
The morning light spills over the layered glazed tile roofs of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿), the red walls and yellow tiles of the Forbidden City (紫禁城) shimmering, profound and vivid. As the sunlight drapes this largest and most complete extant wooden structure ancient palace complex in the world with splendor, the 605-year-old Forbidden City (紫禁城) is about to welcome its one hundredth spring and autumn as a museum.
History and reality intersect at this moment. In the Meridian Gate (午门) exhibition hall, viewers, with a thirst and reverence for Chinese civilization, watch intently as cultural relics such as *Along the River During the Qingming Festival* (《清明上河图》), *Letter from Bo Yuan* (《伯远帖》), and *Five Oxen* (《五牛图》) are displayed. The special exhibition commemorating the centenary of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), "A Century of Guardianship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum," attracts the world's attention.
From a former royal forbidden palace to a modern museum that carries the cultural aspirations of hundreds of millions of people today, the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) century is a microcosm of the Chinese museum cause, from a pioneering start to a flourishing brilliance. It has witnessed the country's journey from poverty and weakness to prosperity and strength, telling a story of cultural confidence and national rejuvenation belonging to the Chinese nation.
Since the new era, this majestic hall, which carries the genes of Chinese civilization, has been writing a new chapter of preserving cultural heritage, serving the people, and revitalizing utilization.
Preserving Cultural Heritage, Guarding National Treasures with Life
As of the end of 2024, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) collection exceeded 1.95 million pieces (sets). This is the result of the fifth deepening and continuation of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) cultural relic inventory.
The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) houses cultural treasures created by the Chinese nation over thousands of years, a magnificent sight.
In the past century, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has conducted five cultural relic inventory projects. Starting in 2014, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) began to investigate and organize 15 major categories of cultural relics, including oracle bones, Ming and Qing Dynasty letters, and old photos from the Qing Palace. The number of cultural relics has increased again from the 1.8 million pieces (sets) announced in 2010.
Ascertaining the collection is the prerequisite for cultural relic protection and research. The Palace Museum (故宫博物院), with an attitude of being responsible to history and future generations, places the safety of the cultural relics and the excavation of cultural value in the first place, embodying the mission and responsibility of safeguarding the roots of Chinese civilization.
At the beginning of the museum's establishment, facing dilapidated buildings and cultural relics scattered everywhere, the first generation of Palace Museum (故宫) staff began the difficult task of sorting and protecting them.
The real test came during the War of Resistance Against Japan. In 1933, in order to protect national treasures from being plundered by Japanese invaders, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) initiated the largest, longest, and most extensive cultural relic migration in the history of world cultural relics—the southward relocation of cultural relics.
Tens of thousands of boxes of cultural relics, more than 10 years of displacement, and tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, the Palace Museum (故宫) staff guarded the national treasures with their flesh and blood under the fire of cannons. "If the people are here, the national treasures are here." During the turmoil, some Palace Museum (故宫) staff sacrificed their lives for it; until the victory of the War of Resistance in 1945, the cultural relics were properly managed and protected, creating a miracle of protecting human cultural heritage in a war environment.
Zhang Hongwei, the former president of the Palace Museum Press (故宫出版社), exclaimed that the Palace Museum (故宫) staff connected the Palace Museum (故宫) cultural relics with the fate of the Chinese nation, with national independence, and with national dignity, and had a belief of "regarding national treasures as life."
The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, but the guardianship did not stop. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the great attention of the Party and the government, the ancient building restoration work of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) was fully launched. Wang Xudong, director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state successively allocated more than 20 million yuan in special funds to repair and maintain the dilapidated palaces. "The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) established a special ancient building maintenance team in 1953, which completed more than 430 projects in the first 10 years of its establishment, so that most of the 160,000 square meters of ancient buildings in the Palace Museum (故宫) were repaired on different scales, and gradually explored a set of repair procedures, technologies, and experience suitable for the ancient buildings of the Palace Museum (故宫)."
In 1961, the Palace Museum (故宫) was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1987, the Palace Museum (故宫) was included in the *World Heritage List*. The protection of the Palace Museum (故宫) entered a new stage.
In 2002, the overall renovation and protection project of the Palace Museum (故宫) was launched, which is the largest overall maintenance of ancient buildings in nearly a century. "This is not just a maintenance, but a historical mission." Jin Hongkui, the former deputy director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said that from the Hall of Martial Valor (武英殿) to the Baoyun Building (宝蕴楼), from the Qin'an Hall (钦安殿) to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility (慈宁宫), the major repair lasted for 18 years, allowing the open area of the Palace Museum (故宫) to expand from less than 30% to more than 65%, and the "protection through opening" was successful.
Entering the new era, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) proposed the construction of "Safe Palace," and the overall maintenance and protection of ancient buildings, cultural relic earthquake resistance, and fire safety and security systems have been fully upgraded. Fire facilities and intelligent risk early warning platforms are used to build a "copper wall and iron wall"; the modern underground warehouse with constant temperature and humidity ensures that millions of cultural relics "prolong their lives"; the construction of the North District expands the space for cultural relic restoration, display, and protection. Today's Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has built a three-dimensional security system covering underground, ground, and air.
"The deep value of the Palace Museum's (故宫) protection model lies in the dual-wheel drive of technology and humanities, building a sustainable development model that integrates cultural heritage and contemporary society, providing referential oriental wisdom for the protection of civilization in the era of globalization," said Du Haijiang, secretary of the Party Committee of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院).
Over the past century, generations of Palace Museum (故宫) staff have passed on the torch, guarding the precious carrier of Chinese civilization with awe, ensuring that this ancient palace that has experienced vicissitudes is "completely handed over to the next 600 years."
Zheng Xinmiao, the former director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said that in the storms of the times, the belief of "regarding national treasures as life" has been continuously inherited and deepened, becoming a valuable asset for promoting the high-quality development of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院).
Serving the People, From Royal Forbidden Palace to Modern Museum
On October 10, 1925, the first day of the opening of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), before 8 o'clock in the morning, the Gate of Divine Might (神武门) was already crowded with people, eagerly looking forward to seeing the elegance of the Palace Museum (故宫).
This scene is symbolic: ordinary people who have been blocked outside the palace walls for hundreds of years can now enter the palace.
Opening to the public is the gene of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) and has become a key word throughout its century-long history.
"The unswerving pursuit of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) is to maximize the benefits of the protection of cultural heritage to the broadest masses of the people and meet the ever-increasing cultural and spiritual needs of the people," said Wang Xudong.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) proposed that it should not only protect cultural relics but also "turn private into public."
In the 1920s, after Yi Peiji became the first director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), the area of the Palace Museum (故宫) available for exhibition and opening gradually expanded, and various exhibitions began to be held.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, during the southward and westward relocation of cultural relics from the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), many domestic and foreign cultural relic exhibitions were held to spread Chinese culture and enhance national identity.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) enriched the content of the exhibition. The original state display of palace historical sites was set up in the three major halls and the three rear palaces on the central axis of the Forbidden City (紫禁城), and special displays such as the Art Museum of Past Dynasties, the Painting Museum, and the Treasure Museum were set up on the west and east roads. This pattern and exhibition concept combining the original state display and special displays has been followed to this day.
During the period of reform and opening up, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) gradually improved the supporting infrastructure of the museum and continuously developed the cultural relic collection, protection, research, display, and dissemination system.
With the deepening of opening up, a difficult problem soon emerged.
In 1949, the number of visitors to the Palace Museum (故宫) was 1 million, which increased to 7 million in 2002. In 2012, the number of visitors to the Palace Museum (故宫) exceeded 15 million. Inside and outside the palace gate, the peak daily value during the holidays once exceeded 180,000.
The temporal and spatial distribution of visitors is extremely uneven, the "congestion point" on the central axis is normalized, and the safety of cultural relics, the carrying capacity of ancient buildings, and the visiting experience are all in urgent need. Opening up and protection have become the propositions that the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) must solve.
On June 13, 2015, the Palace Museum (故宫) implemented a new rule of "limiting the daily flow to 80,000 people" for the first time. "Limiting the flow is not only to relieve pressure, but also to make the visit dignified and warm through refined management," said Shan Jixiang, the then director of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院).
After 10 years of exploration, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has formed a scientific model: a "reservation, staggered peak, and limited flow" mechanism based on big data analysis, an intelligent tour guide system that monitors the flow of people in each area in real time, and guides visitors to avoid congestion... "Limiting the flow is not rejection, but for a higher quality encounter," said a Palace Museum (故宫博物院) docent, revealing the truth.
Protecting in development and developing in protection is a dialectical way of thinking. The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has vividly practiced "people-centered" in the field of cultural relics and museums through scientific management and service improvement.
Expand the open area, open the areas of the Palace of Longevity and Health (寿康宫) and the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility (慈宁宫), and the Meridian Gate (午门) Yan Chi Tower (雁翅楼) has become an exhibition hall, effectively dispersing passenger flow and optimizing the visiting route;
Launch a "one-stop" ticketing system to shorten the time to enter the museum, and young people and elderly visitors can enjoy convenient reservation channels;
Improve toilets, rest areas, signage systems, barrier-free facilities, etc. to improve the comfort of basic services;
Improve the functions of the official website, APP, and mini-program to provide all-round online services such as ticketing, tour guide, and information inquiry;
Provide multilingual interpreters, volunteer interpreters, smart tour guides, special tour guides, etc. to meet the needs of different visitors;
Carry out rich social education activities, hold activities such as "Palace Museum Knowledge Classroom" and "Summer Public Welfare Experience Class," and publish educational books of various types, including picture books, readers, and game books, to stimulate public participation;
Provide targeted services, and digital sign language tour guide projects and barrier-free volunteer services for people with disabilities have been launched successively;
Launch the "100 Palace Museum Traditional Culture Public Welfare Class" project. In 2 years, it has entered nearly 40 schools through a combination of online and offline methods, sending Palace Museum (故宫) culture to border ethnic areas and even overseas.
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"The service of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) is constantly improving," commented Lü Zhou, a professor at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University (清华大学), "This reflects the humanistic temperature of a world-class museum."
From the initial opening of the three major halls to the continuous expansion of the open area today; from the crowds of visitors and overcrowding to obtaining a dignified and in-depth cultural experience; from the cultural relics locked in the warehouse to the digital collections that fly into ordinary people's homes... This museum, which has experienced the storms of the times, adheres to the people-centered approach, puts social benefits first, and has become a cultural hall that nourishes the national spirit.
Revitalizing Utilization, Upholding Righteousness and Innovating to Strengthen Cultural Confidence
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the cultural relics collected in the forbidden palace, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books should all be brought to life.
The century of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) is a history of the brilliance of Chinese treasures and an exploration history of the sustainable development of cultural heritage in the torrent of the times.
"No name, no model, only this volume," in August 2025, the dance poetic drama *Only Green* (《只此青绿》) "unrolled" in the United States. This work, created with the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) collection of paintings *A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains* (《千里江山图》) as the background, has been touring the world for more than 800 performances and is a representative of the Palace Museum's (故宫) "cultural relic revitalization." In the new era, the Palace Museum (故宫) allows sleeping cultural relics to live in the present in diverse forms.
Through creative transformation and innovative development, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) deeply explores the cultural, historical, artistic, and scientific values contained in cultural relics, gives them new contemporary connotations and modern forms of expression, allows the cultural relics collected in the forbidden palace to integrate into contemporary life, serves the people's needs for a better life, and demonstrates vigorous cultural innovation vitality.
From the phenomenal exhibitions "A Century of Guardianship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum" and "Shi Qu Bao Ji Special Exhibition" (《石渠宝笈特展》) to "Dunhuang Far Away: Palace Museum Dunhuang Special Exhibition" and "Celebrating the New Year: Celebrating the New Year in the Forbidden City," the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) tells Chinese stories through exhibition innovation. The application of modern exhibition concepts and technologies such as multimedia, scene restoration, and immersive experience enhances the appeal, interactivity, and educational nature of the exhibition.
From Palace Museum (故宫) stationery, "Forbidden City Auspicious Beasts" canvas bags to "Palace Museum Cat" mouse pads and Palace Museum (故宫) lipsticks, creative products based on Palace Museum (故宫) cultural relic elements and cultural connotations continue to break the circle and are loved by young people. Palace Museum (故宫) cultural and creative products allow the audience to "bring Palace Museum (故宫) culture home" while also allowing traditional culture to integrate into daily life in a fashionable and friendly way.
From launching Chinese and foreign cultural relic exchange exhibitions, creatively holding important international conferences such as the "Taihe Forum," to carrying out international cooperation and formulating international standards, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has become an important platform for promoting cultural exchanges and mutual learning and enhancing the influence of Chinese culture. It has demonstrated the charm of Chinese civilization in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and contributed Chinese experience and Chinese wisdom to the protection and utilization of world cultural heritage.
From the cultural relics in the Ceramics Museum being able to "speak" to the Hall of Mental Cultivation (养心殿) using AR to reproduce historical scenes, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) uses digital empowerment to create a "Forbidden City that never closes." The launch of VR/AR, digital exhibitions, and online live broadcasts provides an experience that transcends physical space. The digital cultural relic library has launched a massive amount of high-definition cultural relic images for the public to enjoy and study for free. The Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) Weibo, WeChat, Douyin, Bilibili and other new media, "Daily Palace Museum" and other APPs spread Palace Museum (故宫) culture in a lively and friendly way. The "Palace Museum Cat" cultural relic emoji package, the documentary *Masters in the Forbidden City* (《我在故宫修文物》), and the program *New Arrival Palace* (《上新了·故宫》) have attracted young people, making the solemn Palace Museum (故宫) approachable and perceptible.
Su Yi, director of the Digital and Information Department of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said: "We hope that when visitors leave the Palace Museum (故宫), they will take away a pair of eyes that discover beauty and a heart that dares to innovate."
"So that's what the Palace Museum (故宫) is like," "I have no regrets in this life to enter China," "How young are we? Five thousand years up and down!" Young people's evaluation of the Palace Museum (故宫) expresses their love for the youthful Palace Museum (故宫). The Palace Museum (故宫), which is full of fresh contemporary sense, has become a unique window for people, especially young people, to get close to outstanding Chinese traditional culture, triggering a strong cultural identity.
"Under the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Culture, we must build the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) into a world-class museum, a model for the protection of world cultural heritage, a leader in the integration of culture and tourism, and a Chinese cultural living room for civilization exchange and mutual learning, so that the Palace Museum (故宫) not only guards the memory of history, but also becomes an important force for inspiring the future and stimulating creation," said Wang Xudong.
A century of vicissitudes, the original intention is as firm as a rock. Standing at the starting point of a new century, on the journey of building a strong cultural country, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) will bloom with more magnificent brilliance and write a brilliant chapter of inheriting the Chinese cultural heritage and strengthening cultural confidence.
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Inputting text and uploading images can automatically generate a high-difficulty acrobatic video. In the "Model Space" (模速空间) Large Model Innovation Ecological Community in Shanghai (上海), the Conch Video (海螺视频) developed by Shanghai Xiyu Jizhi Technology Co., Ltd. (上海稀宇极智科技有限公司) is growing rapidly. "In just one year, Conch Video (海螺视频) has increased from supporting 10 languages to more than 40, and customers and developers are located in more than 90 countries," said Yan Yijun (严奕骏), Vice President of the company.
As an important national large model professional incubation and acceleration carrier, "Model Space" (模速空间) is developing rapidly: in less than 20 months, it has gathered more than 100 large model companies, and in less than 2 years, the area has expanded from 10,000 square meters to about 60,000 square meters.
Now in "Model Space" (模速空间), internationally leading meteorological large models, the first domestic ultra-long text large language model, and the first domestic trillion-parameter multi-modal large model and other cutting-edge products have emerged one after another, and an innovative highland is accelerating its rise on the bank of the Huangpu River (黄浦江).
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "High-quality development is the primary task of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way."
The "14th Five-Year Plan" proposed "cultivating and strengthening artificial intelligence." In less than 5 years, China (中国) has joined the first echelon of global artificial intelligence development, writing a vivid footnote for high-quality development.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", China's (我国) economic and social development has maintained a good momentum, and the progress of many major indicators has exceeded expectations. High-quality development has continuously achieved new results and new atmospheres.
Seeking progress while maintaining stability, the development "physique" is stronger.
"Super Joint" breaks through again! The full range of bearings of the world's largest ring rolling mill was recently delivered offline at Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. (河南洛阳轴承集团股份有限公司) in Henan (河南).
From 2021 to 2024, the output value of new products increased from 774 million yuan to 1.605 billion yuan, and the proportion of high-end bearing output value increased to 70%... Luoyang Bearing Group (洛轴集团) insists on making bearings to the extreme, and its products cover more than 30,000 types, widely supporting rail transit, wind power and other fields.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's (我国) economic aggregate successively crossed the several levels of 110 trillion yuan, 120 trillion yuan, and 130 trillion yuan, and is expected to reach about 140 trillion yuan this year, and its contribution rate to world economic growth remains at about 30%.
It ranks first in the world in terms of manufacturing, goods trade, foreign exchange reserves, and human resources... With a large volume and stable growth rate, China (我国) has further consolidated its economic advantages as a major country.
Moving towards the new, the development momentum is stronger.
Walking into the NIO (蔚来) Advanced Manufacturing Xinqiao No. 2 Factory (蔚来先进制造新桥二工厂) in Hefei (合肥), Anhui Province (安徽省), the "Magic Cube" vehicle access platform is like a giant "claw machine", grabbing different car bodies as needed.
"80% of the manufacturing scenarios here are decided by artificial intelligence, and they can operate even in a 'black light' state," said Yang Yi (杨易), head of public affairs at NIO Manufacturing (蔚来制造), "From receiving an order to the complete vehicle rolling off the production line, it only takes 14 days at the fastest."
Scientific and technological innovation is the source of power for high-quality development. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China (我国) has placed innovation in an unprecedentedly important position. In 2024, the scale of R&D investment in the whole society will increase by nearly 50% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan", and the ranking of the global innovation index will jump to tenth.
From the Chang'e-6 (嫦娥六号) first lunar back sampling, to the C919 large aircraft soaring into the sky, and then to the "new three" such as new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products setting sail overseas, the innovation "potential energy" continues to stimulate economic momentum, releasing a strong driving force and support for promoting high-quality development.
Consolidating the foundation, the development confidence is stronger.
In June this year, in the Yacheng (崖城) sea area of Hainan (海南), with the opening of the last gas well, the "Deep Sea No. 1" Phase II project was fully put into production. This means that the "Deep Sea No. 1" (深海一号) gas field has reached its maximum production capacity design state, and its annual gas production is expected to exceed 4.5 billion cubic meters.
As China's (我国) largest offshore gas field, the "Deep Sea No. 1" (深海一号) gas field can transport clean energy to the national natural gas pipeline network, serving thousands of households.
Firmly holding the "rice bowl" of grain, the output of grains, meat, vegetables, fruits, etc. ranks first in the world; strengthening the industrial foundation, firmly sitting on the "top spot" of global manufacturing, and the output of more than 200 major industrial products ranks first in the world... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, facing a more complex and severe external environment, China (我国) has built a more solid material and technological foundation, and guaranteed high-quality development with a high level of security.
"Achieving high-quality development is the theme of China's (我国) economic and social development during the '14th Five-Year Plan' and even longer periods, and it is related to the overall situation of China's (我国) socialist modernization construction." Looking forward to the future, China's (我国) economic foundation is stable, its advantages are many, its resilience is strong, and its potential is great. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed. Anchoring the primary task, maintaining strategic focus, and strengthening development confidence, we will definitely achieve a successful conclusion to the "14th Five-Year Plan" and lay a solid foundation for a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan".
(Reporters Tian Hong (田泓) and Wang Yinxin (王崟欣) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 8th (北京新华社). Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会), delivered a video speech on the 8th at the Second Meeting of Parliamentary Leaders of "Group of Friends of Neutrality" member states at the invitation of Gulmanova (古尔马诺娃), Chairperson of the National Council of Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦国民会议).
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that since its establishment more than five years ago, the "Group of Friends of Neutrality" has taken advocating neutrality policies as its core, building a beneficial platform for like-minded countries to enhance understanding and mutual trust, deepen exchanges and cooperation, and practice multilateralism. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. Currently, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and the United Nations and multilateralism are encountering headwinds. In early September, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative, emphasizing adherence to sovereign equality, compliance with international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating a people-centered approach, and focusing on action-orientation, aiming to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. This is another major global initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) after the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, and has been widely welcomed by all parties.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that this meeting, themed "Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue - An Important Way to Safeguard World Peace and Trust," is timely and of far-reaching significance. Legislative bodies have a responsibility to make positive contributions to promoting just and reasonable global governance and building a community with a shared future for mankind. China is willing to work with member states of the "Group of Friends of Neutrality" to jointly implement the four major global initiatives, strengthen unity and cooperation, revitalize multilateralism, reform and improve global governance, and work together to safeguard the international system with the United Nations as its core and the international order based on international law.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that China and Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦) are good friends and good partners who trust each other. Not long ago, President Berdimuhamedov (别尔德穆哈梅多夫) was invited to China to attend the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (上海合作组织峰会) and the activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年). The two heads of state had friendly exchanges and planned a new blueprint for the development of bilateral relations. China is willing to work with Turkmenistan (土库曼斯坦) to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote the building of a China-Turkmenistan (中土) community with a shared future.
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This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays saw a vibrant cultural and tourism industry in Fujian. In the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys (三坊七巷), pedestrians paused at the former residences of celebrities, experiencing the ancient charm. Along the coast of Pingtan (平潭), tourists boarded yachts at the pier, experiencing the waves. On the mudflats of Xiapu (霞浦), photography enthusiasts flocked to capture picturesque scenery. Throughout the land of Eight Min (八闽大地), mountains and seas intertwined, the scenery was just right.
In October 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Fujian: "Promote the deep integration of culture and tourism development, and cultivate the cultural tourism industry into a pillar industry."
Relying on its unique natural endowments and profound cultural heritage, Fujian is accelerating the integration of culture and tourism, transforming "good scenery" into "new momentum," injecting surging vitality into the cultural and tourism economy.
A cultural block not only preserves the city's cultural heritage but also activates market momentum.
Strolling through the Yantai Mountain Historical and Cultural District (烟台山历史风貌区) in Fuzhou (福州), the chimes of red-brick ancient houses intertwine with the aroma of modern cafes. In a historical building on Aiguo Road (爱国路), an immersive art exhibition themed "Minjiang Night Talks" (闽江夜话) is being held, using holographic projection technology to recreate the old Fuzhou wharf scene, attracting over 50,000 visitors in a month. On nearby Lequn Road (乐群路), the "Yantai Mountain Cultural and Art Center" (烟台山文化艺术中心), transformed from an old cinema, has become a new artistic landmark where several young artists are jointly holding exhibitions. In the red-brick arcade buildings on Cangqian Road (仓前路), a new-style tea shop themed on Fuzhou jasmine tea combines traditional tea art with modern bartending, and the "Post Office Coffee" (邮局咖啡), transformed from an old post office, attracts customers with its special stamp latte art.
The enduring cultural flavor is the profound foundation for the revitalization of Fuzhou's cultural and tourism market.
Fuzhou's traditional costume technique, "Three Hairpins" (三条簪), has become popular online, becoming a new "traffic code" for Fuzhou's cultural tourism; immersive tourism performances such as "The Most Beautiful Jasmine Flower" (最美茉莉花) have been well received by tourists; and more than 150 intangible cultural heritage-themed activities, such as the Cross-Strait Folk Culture Activities (海峡民俗文化活动), have been held, driving the popularity and consumption of the blocks.
A small island city not only offers endless scenery but also allows you to enjoy fun.
Under the sunset glow, the sea breeze gently caresses the face. At the No. 22 Yacht Wharf (22号游艇码头) in Dong'ao Central Fishing Port (东澳中心渔港), Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone (平潭综合实验区), Zhou Yadi (周亚弟), a staff member, twists the throttle, and amid the roar of the engine, a speedboat carrying tourists speeds away, splashing water and laughter.
"There are especially many tourists during this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, and the daily work schedule is very full!" Zhou Yadi said with a smile. The No. 22 Yacht Wharf, which went into operation last year, has built 49 berths and introduced diversified maritime experience projects such as sailboats, yachts, wave-making boats, and speedboats, becoming a new landmark for Pingtan's coastal tourism. "Here, yacht tourism is continuing to develop towards mass leisure," said Lin Yan (林彦), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd. (平潭综合实验区文旅发展集团有限公司).
The "68 Town" (68小镇) on Monkey Rock Island (猴研岛) is also very lively. At the cultural market, old-fashioned peanut candy, freshly made fish balls, and other delicacies attract tourists to line up. As night falls, an island music festival is held in the open-air theater by the beach, where people dance to the music under the stars, fully enjoying the fusion of sea breeze and music.
Starting from the "round-the-island tour," Pingtan's maritime tourism radius is constantly extending. In the first half of this year, Pingtan received 5,405,400 tourists, with a total tourism expenditure of 5.532 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2% and 17.3% respectively compared with the same period in 2024.
A landscape of mountains, rivers, and culture not only nurtures the ecological base but also creates cultural and tourism highlights.
In Beida Village (北大村), Licheng District (荔城区), Putian (莆田), a dozen students sit under a tree, listening to the teacher leading the team tell about Putian's cultural heritage.
Beida Village is born by the water and famous for lychees. Relying on more than 1,500 lychee trees, the local area has built the "Lychee Forest Water Village" (荔林水乡) park. Boating on the river along the stream, surrounded by lush lychee forests, people feel the comfort of "boating on the green waves, people swimming in a painting."
The development of Beida Village is based on the ecological endowment advantages of the thousand-year-old lychee forest on the one hand, and combines "lychee" with "inspiration" on the other hand, actively carrying out study tours and embedding university themes into the park. Chen Jun (陈君), Secretary of the Party Committee of Xitianwei Town (西天尾镇), Licheng District, said: "At present, the collective economy of Beida Village has an average annual growth of 30%, and ecological protection and industrial development have formed a virtuous circle."
From the initial 2 to the current 670 or so, the number of homestays in Xiapu (霞浦), Ningde (宁德), has increased from few to many, from existence to excellence, improving the level of public services, so that tourists want to come again after leaving. The annual turnover of homestays in Xiapu last year exceeded 400 million yuan, and 20,000 people are engaged in homestay-related industries.
"This is my second time to Xiapu. The weather has been good these two days, and the sunrise is very beautiful," said Zheng Jiaxin (郑嘉欣), a tourist from Guangdong (广东). "The homestays here are affordable, and I heard that you can also experience helicopters. I'm going to try it."
"We are promoting the 'one price a year, no price increase throughout the year' for homestay hotels to improve the tourist experience, so that tourists can have fun and stay happy," said Zheng Xinxuan (郑信旋), a member of the Party Group and Deputy County Mayor of Xiapu County Government (霞浦县政府).
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Fujian Province (福建省) received more than 46 million tourists, with a total tourism expenditure of more than 38.8 billion yuan, setting a new historical high. The new chapter of cultural tourism jointly painted by mountains, seas, and culture is attracting more and more tourists to Fujian, leaving beautiful memories.
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Autumn day, heading to Yushu. A new Yushu unfolds before our eyes.
At the source of the Three Rivers, with an average altitude of about 4,200 meters, people in Qinghai Province are accustomed to saying "heading to Yushu" when referring to going to Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (玉树藏族自治州).
As the car enters the urban area of Yushu, the Yushu Earthquake Relief Memorial Hall (玉树抗震救灾纪念馆) comes into view. Outside the memorial hall, a main road is named "Gratitude," and next to it, a stone tablet displays nine large characters: New Era, New Yushu, New Life. Inside the memorial hall, on the blackboard of the tent school from that year, the chalk writing is clear: "I deeply love this land."
Shortly after the Yushu earthquake in 2010, Xi Jinping (习近平), then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice President of the People's Republic of China, came to Yushu and encouraged all sectors: "There will definitely be great changes after a major disaster. With your indomitable spirit, the full support of the Party Central Committee, and the assistance from all parts of the country, everyone will rebuild their homes through self-reliance. In the future, there will definitely be a new Yushu."
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Continuing along Gratitude Avenue is Hongqi Primary School (红旗小学).
On June 1, 2010, Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Hongqi School (红旗学校) on the ruins. The children drew their ideal new school and new Yushu on white paper, and Xi Jinping (习近平) gladly signed the drawings.
In the new era, the new Hongqi Primary School (新红旗小学) has emerged from the drawings. Entering the teaching building from the Tibetan-style clock tower, in the multimedia classroom on the 4th floor, Yushu students are taking the same class with elementary school students from Changping (昌平), Beijing (北京), through remote teaching.
Fifteen years after the earthquake, Beijing (北京) alone has invested a cumulative 270 million yuan to aid Yushu's education. The consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education in Yushu Prefecture (玉树州) has increased to 97.05%, and the coverage rate of multimedia classrooms has reached 99.2%. Locals say: "Ecological relocation, compulsory education, even the little shepherds are going to school!"
Among the relocation projects, the most concentrated is the Riyige Community (日益格社区), which locals call the "Happiness Community."
In 2018, 600 impoverished farmers and herders were relocated here from eight townships in the Three Rivers source area. Yi Xinanjie (依西南江) parked his car next to the fitness square and greeted us. He comes from Shanglaxiu Township (上拉秀乡), works as a dormitory manager at the school during the day, and volunteers in the community after work, helping with garbage sorting. He earns more than 5,000 yuan a month, and there are also points for garbage sorting. Initially, garbage was thrown everywhere and disputes were constant, but now there is joint construction and sharing, harmony and happiness.
After disaster reconstruction and poverty alleviation, Yushu's six deeply impoverished counties have been lifted out of poverty, and 104 deeply impoverished villages have been removed from the list.
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The effective connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization has a 5-year transition period, and this year is the last year. The Zhaqu River (扎曲河) accompanies us all the way, and "Happiness Villages" flash by from time to time.
Turning around a mountain col, Ganda Village (甘达村) is reached.
During the National People's Congress in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recalled his trip to the disaster area of Yushu: "At that time, I went to a village more than 4,000 meters above sea level, where the destruction was still very serious."
In 2010, right in Ganda Village (甘达村), Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed: "Post-disaster reconstruction should adhere to being people-oriented and pay attention to ecological environmental protection."
The people of Ganda always remember this. After the disaster reconstruction, the eight excavators and bulldozers given by the government made contributions and accumulated momentum for development. With little grassland next to the national highway, they changed their thinking and engaged in the tertiary industry. The cooperative took the lead in converting sheepfolds into supermarkets, earning 330,000 yuan in the first year. Potato flour, butter tea, and zanba bags are of good quality and low price, needed by farmers and herders, and also liked by city dwellers. Three supermarkets have opened in the urban area of Yushu.
The cooperative is named "Lizhong" (利众), and in the 10 years since its establishment, it has distributed 5.36 million yuan in dividends. The sweet days of the people of Ganda are held in common struggle.
There are 340 springs of various sizes around Ganda Village (甘达村), but the number of springs decreased sharply after the earthquake. Reducing livestock and protecting greenery, each spring is registered. A monument is erected at the source: clean mountains, clean water, clean people. More than ten years have passed, and the springs have resurfaced, nourishing Ganda.
(III)
The source of the Three Rivers, the water tower of China, the greatest value lies in ecology, the greatest responsibility lies in ecology, and the greatest potential lies in ecology.
After a mountain rain, Longbao Wetland (隆宝湿地) stands in the light and shadow. On the roadside, we meet "Yak Doctor" Song Rende (宋仁德).
Song Rende (宋仁德), 59 years old, is a science and technology commissioner and a doctor of animal husbandry, and was formerly a researcher at Qinghai University (青海大学). During this 5-year transition period, he has trained more than 8,300 herders in Yushu.
His wife, Li Guomei (李国梅), a doctor of agronomy specializing in grassland science, followed Lao Song (老宋) to the plateau. Their daughter, Song Weiru (宋维茹), a doctor of resource and environmental science, grew up in Xining (西宁) and studied abroad. Why did she still choose Yushu?
"My dad studies animal husbandry, my mom studies forestry and grassland, and I study the balance of grass and livestock, so of course we have to be together!" Song Weiru (宋维茹) explained.
Three doctors in one family, two generations of Yushu affection, witnessing the new path of development in the Batang Grassland (巴塘草原).
Lao Song (老宋) casually rattled off a set of data: currently, there are 1.3 million yaks in Yushu, a decrease of 700,000 compared to the peak; the yak slaughter cycle has been shortened by more than 3 years, and the average profit per head has increased by 1,228 yuan; the forest and grass coverage rate exceeds 67.4%.
"Reducing livestock, increasing income, and developing industries, the key is still green development and technological empowerment!" Lao Song (老宋) was overjoyed that Yushu yak has been shortlisted as a geographical indication agricultural product.
(IV)
Jiegu Town (结古镇), where the Yushu Municipal Government (玉树市政府) is located, means "distribution center" in Tibetan, and has been a major wharf on the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road (唐蕃古道) and the Ancient Tea Horse Road (茶马古道) since ancient times.
In the urban area, Sun Weijuan (孙维娟), a "migratory bird merchant," is busy with business at "Jiegu Duo" (结古朵) (market). She came to Yushu on a self-driving tour a few years ago, and the warm and simple plateau people made her stop and become a new Yushu person. Every summer, she brings crystals from her hometown of Lianyungang (连云港), Jiangsu (江苏), to sell here, and in winter, she takes Yushu specialties back.
Yushu in the new era is open and inclusive. There are more than 50 coffee shops in Yushu City (玉树市), which has a population of over 110,000. Next to "Jiegu Duo" (结古朵), the newly opened Xintiandi Pedestrian Street (新天地步行街)'s first shop is a coffee shop.
The shopkeepers are a local Tibetan couple, Cai Dingnan Jia (才丁南加) and Zaxi Zhuoma (扎西卓玛). They went to university in other provinces and chose to return to their hometown to start a business after graduation. They received two years of rent reduction and exemptions, as well as subsidies for decoration. They are beneficiaries of the "50 Measures for High-Quality Development of Culture and Tourism to Benefit Enterprises and People in Yushu Prefecture (玉树州文化旅游高质量发展惠企惠民50条措施)."
The coffee shop is called "214" - "214 National Highway echoes the Ancient Tea Horse Road, the intersection of tradition and modernity is the foundation of today's Yushu."
While speaking, Cai Dingnan Jia (才丁南加) presented a kiln-baked "ginseng fruit pizza." Ginseng fruit is a plateau specialty. "Foreign tourists like to order this the most! In early August, the Brazilian Galaxy Football Team came to Yushu, and after the competition, they drank coffee and ate pizza here, and danced samba and guozhuang together..."
(V)
As night falls, local young people are running happily on the lighted court on one side of Gesar Square (格萨尔王广场). On the other side, the bonfire is burning brightly, and the unrestrained and exuberant guozhuang attracts tourists to join in.
Local officials introduced that the people of Yushu value two plaques: one is the national "Practice and Innovation Base for Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets (绿水青山就是金山银山)," and the other is the China Tibetan Culture (Yushu) Ecological Protection Zone (中国藏族文化（玉树）生态保护区).
Crossing the square, Suo Angshengge (索昂生格) of the Tibetan Culture and Folk Customs Museum (藏文化民俗博物馆) has been waiting for a long time. A teacher by training, he has been devoted to collecting for thirty years, and has established the first private museum in Yushu. Later, he also established a newspaper museum, and the collection is news reports about Yushu since the founding of New China - in Suo Angshengge's (索昂生格) view, cultural confidence is concrete, vivid, and keeps pace with the times. This is the best tribute of a Yushu cultural person to his hometown.
One person's tribute has become the mission of a land. In 2023, Yushu compiled a "Museum Town" construction plan, innovating mechanisms, integrating culture and tourism. Among the 25 museums that have been built, 16 are privately invested.
In Yushu Sanjiangyuan (玉树三江源), on the Tongtian River (通天河), the Happiness Bridge (幸福桥), Life Bridge (生命桥), and Take-off Bridge (腾飞桥) are lined up side by side. Built in different eras, they record the historical leap of turning a natural barrier into a thoroughfare, post-disaster reconstruction, and rural revitalization.
The three bridges are silent, and the great river flows. What a new Yushu, and good days are yet to come.
(Our reporters Gong Shijian (龚仕建), Qiao Dong (乔栋), Cao Jiwei (曹继炜), and Tang Luwei (唐露薇))
Return to TopZhaowen (Zhaosu County (昭苏县), Xinjiang to Wensu County (温宿县)) Highway is a crucial section of the G219 National Highway in Xinjiang (新疆) that crosses the Tianshan Mountains (天山). Once completed, the project will eliminate the need to detour from Yining City (伊宁市) to Aksu City (阿克苏市), which is of great significance for promoting the integrated economic and social development of southern and northern Xinjiang (南北疆). The photo shows the construction site of the first section of the Zhaowen Highway taken during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu (胡虎虎) photographed it.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world, release the dividend of its super-large market, make China's new development a new opportunity for all countries, and inject more certainty into world economic growth."
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the popularity of "China Tours" and "China Shopping" remained undiminished, with the departure tax refund playing an important role in promoting consumption. The regions implementing the departure tax refund policy nationwide continue to expand, the number of tax refund shops continues to increase, and the tax refund service is further optimized, which effectively enhances the shopping and tourism experience of overseas tourists and fully stimulates the potential of cultural and tourism consumption.
New store updates, "city gifts" attract fans with strength.
The misty Laoshan (崂山), the historical and romantic Badaguan (八大关), the "old alley courtyard + new economy" Zhongshan Road (中山路)... During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Russian tourist Galina came to Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) to enjoy the beautiful scenery and taste the delicious food. The various "must-buy Qingdao" items in the departure tax refund shop dazzled her. "There are so many kinds of goods in the tax refund shop, not only cosmetics, clothing, and watches, but also jewelry, shell carvings, and pastries. Even the Laoshan green tea I drank during the trip can enjoy a tax refund. I really want to buy more gifts for my friends," said Galina.
In Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), check in at the departure tax refund shop, buy panda dolls and city souvenirs, and get a tax refund for spending 200 yuan; in Beijing (北京), from Wangfujing (王府井) to Guomao (国贸) to Sanlitun (三里屯), shop and buy while strolling, and multiple centralized refund points realize "city-wide tax refund, one-stop service"; in Chongqing (重庆), after shopping in Mixc, you can handle departure tax refunds with "instant purchase and instant refund" and "Sichuan and Chongqing inter-provincial service". You can also easily depart from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (成都天府国际机场), making travel route arrangements more flexible... Traveling in China and shopping in China, convenient measures such as departure tax refunds bring a better consumption experience. Data released by the State Taxation Administration shows that as of the end of August this year, the number of domestic departure tax refund shops has exceeded 10,000.
In Dalian (大连), Liaoning (辽宁), specialty products such as dried sea cucumbers, grilled fish fillets, and shell handicrafts are displayed on the shelves of tax refund shops, which are very popular among overseas tourists. "We take advantage of the holiday tourism nodes to actively provide door-to-door guidance, strengthen the basic service management of the tax refund shop filing process, support merchants who intend to quickly and accurately handle the identification of general VAT taxpayers, guide merchants to install the departure tax refund information system, and continue to promote the expansion of departure tax refund shops and improve tax refund efficiency, so that overseas tourists have more good shops to visit and more good things to buy," said Meng Wen (孟文), Director of the Second Taxation Bureau (Export Tax Refund Service and Administration Bureau) of the Dalian Municipal Taxation Bureau (国家税务总局大连市税务局) of the State Taxation Administration.
Service upgrades, characteristic business districts release scale effects.
Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) is a popular city for overseas tourists to "shop in China". Mobile phones, smart watches, drones... These high-tech specialties of Shenzhen are the favorites of many overseas tourists.
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei (华强北) transformed into a "cross-border shopping cart". In the bustling Huaqiangbei electronic market, a Singaporean tourist bought a new Leqi AI (Artificial Intelligence) glasses. After experiencing it, he exclaimed: "I have always wanted to buy AI glasses. This one has a high cost performance, is very light, and can also provide real-time translation and real-scene navigation." To his surprise, he could apply for an "instant purchase and instant refund" departure tax refund on the spot with his overseas passport, and the money arrived quickly, saving 300 yuan.
In Shanghai (上海), continuing the popularity of inbound tourism during the summer vacation, during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, more than 1,600 tax refund shops continued to stimulate inbound consumption vitality, and multiple tax refund business districts released scale effects. The tax refund service network brought a high-quality experience to tourists. From the bustling commercial buildings on Nanjing West Road (南京西路) and the traditional markets in Yu Garden (豫园), to time-honored intangible cultural heritage workshops and international brand flagship stores, Chinese time-honored brands, Shanghai-style characteristic shops, fashion consumer malls, and international high-end brands all worked together to make overseas tourists happy and satisfied.
The "instant purchase and instant refund" departure tax refund moves the tax refund process to the shopping site, which is conducive to promoting re-consumption and also allows passengers to be more calm when verifying at the departure port. "Recently, we have specially upgraded the on-site equipment, optimized the verification process, and equipped translation machines and multilingual guides to shorten the customs verification of departure tax refunds to about 3 minutes, further improving the entire shopping experience for overseas tourists," said Li Shujie (李淑杰), a staff member of Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs (青岛胶东机场海关).
Inter-provincial mutual recognition, shopping while traveling is easier.
"After buying things in the mall, you can immediately enjoy the 'instant purchase and instant refund' departure tax refund, and the operation is simple, which is too convenient." During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Xue Zhizhong (薛志忠), a tourist from New Zealand, bought nearly 17,000 yuan of goods at the Parkson Shopping Center in the Chunxi Road (春熙路) business district of Chengdu and received a tax refund on the spot. This was his first time traveling to Chengdu. He not only tasted authentic hot pot and Chengdu snacks, but also saw giant pandas and visited Sanxingdui (三星堆). "I plan to go to Chongqing to see it. I heard that it is easy to leave from there back to New Zealand," said Xue Zhizhong.
In order to allow overseas tourists to plan their travel routes more freely, the Sichuan Provincial Taxation Department actively joined hands with the Chongqing Municipality (重庆市), Yunnan Province (云南省), and Shaanxi Province (陕西省) Taxation Departments to launch a new measure for mutual recognition of departure ports for the "instant purchase and instant refund" service for departure tax refunds. After overseas tourists shop in designated stores in Sichuan Province and enjoy the "instant purchase and instant refund" service, they can freely choose to depart from any of the following ports to complete customs verification: Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (成都天府国际机场), Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (重庆江北国际机场), Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (西安咸阳国际机场), Kunming Changshui International Airport (昆明长水国际机场) and Lijiang Sanyi International Airport (丽江三义国际机场).
Li Lin (李林), Deputy Director of the Export Tax Refund Service and Administration Bureau of the Chongqing Municipal Taxation Bureau (国家税务总局重庆市税务局) of the State Taxation Administration, said that the "instant purchase and instant refund" departure tax refund realizes inter-provincial mutual recognition, and overseas tourists have a wider range of departure port options after shopping and tax refunds, can enjoy a better service experience, and can arrange travel routes and consumption plans more freely and conveniently. In addition, inter-provincial mutual recognition is conducive to attracting more overseas tourists traveling across provinces to shops, further driving sales growth.
"The departure tax refund policy is constantly optimized and the service is continuously upgraded, which effectively stimulates the consumption demand of overseas tourists. Many tourists come to the mall to shop during the holidays." Xia Shujun (夏书军), General Manager of Sichuan Fashion Parkson Commercial Development Co., Ltd. (四川时尚百盛商业发展有限公司), said that benefiting from various policies, from January to September, the number of "instant purchase and instant refund" orders in Chunxi Road Parkson increased by 707% year-on-year, and the consumption amount of "instant purchase and instant refund" by overseas tourists increased by 435% year-on-year.
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New material production workshops: technical backbones calibrate parameters, and production lines operate non-stop. Nursing homes: professional teams monitor data, and artificial intelligence care systems provide timely warnings. Intelligent transportation laboratories: researchers control digital twin platforms, and vehicles travel through virtual rainstorms...
Technological innovation relies on talent, and talent cultivation relies on education. The Central Education Work Leadership Group issued the "Action Plan for Adjusting and Optimizing the Setting of Higher Education Disciplines and Majors (2025-2027)" (中央教育工作领导小组) to guide the establishment and improvement of a mechanism for adjusting disciplines and majors and a talent cultivation model driven by technological development and national strategic needs.
Why are old majors being cancelled? Why are new majors being added? How can traditional majors achieve connotative development? The stories of the adjustment and optimization of three university majors have become a window for observing the virtuous interaction between talent cultivation and industrial needs.
Discipline and Major Optimization
Actively Connecting with Industrial Needs
[Scene] Wang Wantao (汪万韬) is a sophomore at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Hunan University (湖南大学). Before the college entrance examination, he was convinced that the materials major had broad prospects. He did well in his freshman year, so how could he go further? "Academic performance is just an admission ticket; innovative research is the real world," Wang Wantao (汪万韬) clearly understands. In addition to solidly learning professional courses, scientific research should start early. Next summer vacation, he plans to apply for an internship at the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院金属研究所) to learn about industry knowledge in advance.
Cancelling multiple majors and establishing a new electronic information materials major... In recent years, the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Hunan University (湖南大学) has completed multiple rounds of major adjustments. What are the considerations behind this?
The total output value of China's new materials industry exceeded 8 trillion yuan last year, maintaining double-digit growth for 14 consecutive years, and the demand for professional talent is rising. Teng Jie (滕杰), Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Hunan University (湖南大学), said that to meet the needs of strategic emerging industries such as new-generation information technology, new energy, and new materials, the electronic information materials major focuses on semiconductor manufacturing, electronic packaging, functional materials and devices, and other directions to cultivate top-notch innovative talent.
The adjustment and optimization of disciplines and majors is driven by industry.
"Many key materials still rely on imports, and domestic substitution is imminent," said Peng Chaoyi (彭超义), Deputy General Manager of CRRC Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (中国中车株洲时代新材料科技股份有限公司). Solving the "bottleneck" problem requires original technology leadership.
"The demand for new composite materials in emerging industries is growing," said Peng Chaoyi (彭超义). Most existing materials have shown deficiencies in terms of temperature resistance, strength, and process adaptability, and the single-discipline majors of universities are not enough to support industrial innovation. For example, Times New Material's (时代新材) high-pressure liquid phase molding technology cooperates with dozens of companies such as Huawei (华为) and CATL (宁德时代). In the process of implementation, in addition to the research and development of material formulas, it also involves the structural design of composite materials, the corresponding updating of process equipment, and the synchronous follow-up of downstream testing technology. Behind the technological breakthrough is the systematic support of multiple disciplines and majors such as materials, machinery, mechanics, and automation.
"The industry requires graduates to have cross-disciplinary integration capabilities and understand the entire process from research and development to industrial application of new materials," Teng Jie (滕杰) added.
To meet the demand for talent, the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Hunan University (湖南大学) and Times New Material (时代新材) have established a joint school-enterprise laboratory to jointly tackle cutting-edge fields such as recyclable composite materials, hydrogen storage and energy storage, and low-altitude aircraft. "Students deeply participate in industrial projects during their time at school, and they can undertake research and development tasks as soon as they leave school," said Peng Chaoyi (彭超义).
Adding Urgently Needed Disciplines and Majors
Equal Emphasis on the Quality and Quantity of Talent Supply
[Scene] At the Renzhao Xiang Nursing Home (仁泽赵巷养护院) in Qingpu District (青浦区), Shanghai (上海), Yin Siwei (尹思薇), a doctoral student at the Fudan University Institute of Aging (复旦大学老龄研究院), leaned over and handed a tablet computer equipped with an artificial intelligence large model to several elderly people. "Click to ask questions," she explained patiently. About a month later, statistics show that the elderly's large model dialogues show diverse needs: understanding the efficacy of medical drugs, planning travel routes, and asking how to tutor grandchildren's homework. This is a long-term research project carried out by Yin Siwei (尹思薇), which provides directions for the aging-friendly transformation of more intelligent devices by collecting the interaction data of elderly people using large models.
As of the end of 2024, the elderly population aged 60 and above in China reached 310 million, accounting for 22% of the total population. In recent years, with the implementation of the national strategy to actively respond to population aging, a series of policies have been introduced one after another, and the silver economy has ushered in opportunities.
"The aging industry is a sunrise industry facing the 'sunset'," said Hu Zhan (胡湛), Deputy Dean of the Fudan University Institute of Aging (复旦大学老龄研究院). The institute was established in 2021 to carry out interdisciplinary research in fields such as the aging society and the silver economy.
After the establishment of the institute, Yin Siwei (尹思薇) happened to face the choice of employment and further study. Her supervisor, Hu Zhan (胡湛), told her: "Whether you are pursuing scientific research or seeking a job, you should focus on the needs of economic and social development."
Jin Jingjing (金静静), the person in charge of Shanghai Renzhao Elderly Care Service Co., Ltd. (上海仁泽养老服务有限公司), said that most elderly care service practitioners are characterized by high age, low education, and rapid turnover, and there is a huge shortage of talent in the industry. "We have trained 3 nursing home directors born in the 1990s, but the talent supply is far from keeping up with the company's development needs." She calculated that the company is expected to open 2 new nursing homes in 1 year, but it takes at least five or six years to train 1 director.
Solid professional knowledge, cross-disciplinary innovative vision, and good use of intelligent technology... The aging industry is eager for high-end talent.
How can talent cultivation and industrial needs go hand in hand?
The solution starts with education. Ma Yugang (马余刚), Vice President of Fudan University (复旦大学), introduced that in 2025, the school will set up talent cultivation projects in urgently needed disciplines and majors such as the silver economy and quantum science and technology in an unconventional manner. Starting this year, the first batch of master's students in aging affairs management will enroll. The school's Institute of Aging (老龄研究院) has set up a doctoral program in the silver economy, which will be open to doctoral students in humanities and social sciences in the next two years.
"Not only study the elderly, but also focus on the structure of the aging society," said Hu Zhan (胡湛). Facing the trend of aging, the direction of industrial development remains to be explored.
Connotative Renewal of Disciplines and Majors
Artificial Intelligence Empowers Traditional Engineering
[Scene] On the laboratory platform, the wheels are spinning in the air. On the screen, simulated vehicles shuttle back and forth, and various data jump in real time. Wang Yu (王瑜), a master's student at the School of Transportation Science and Engineering of Beihang University (北京航空航天大学), quickly recorded the test results, preparing to optimize the algorithm and wait for the next round of simulation verification. Now is the autumn recruitment season, and Wang Yu (王瑜) has found that many domestic and foreign car companies are focusing on new energy vehicles and autonomous driving, and are introducing high-precision talent from universities.
In recent years, the construction of smart transportation has accelerated, and related industries have flourished. The "Outline for Building a Transportation Power" (交通强国建设纲要) clearly states that it is necessary to vigorously develop smart transportation and promote the deep integration of new technologies such as big data, the Internet, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and supercomputing with the transportation industry. How can universities adapt to the changes in the industry?
As a pilot unit for building a transportation power, Beihang University (北航) added a smart transportation major last year. Yan Xiaojun (闫晓军), Vice President of Beihang University (北航), introduced that the school uses big data and artificial intelligence theories and research paradigms to update the connotation of various disciplines and majors. Among the 175 discipline directions, 42 are named with "intelligent" or "smart", and significant progress has been made in the fields of intelligent transportation, intelligent control, and smart management.
The smart transportation major originated from transportation engineering, and the introduction of big data and artificial intelligence has updated the connotation of disciplines and majors. The curriculum setting not only retains the classic courses of traditional transportation engineering, but also involves cutting-edge directions such as deep learning, intelligent visual perception, and big data analysis. Mathematics, computer science, control science... The deep integration of multiple disciplines has led traditional transportation research into intelligence.
The transformation of industry, academia, and research is accelerating. Zhou Fan (周帆), a teacher at the School of Transportation Science and Engineering of Beihang University (北航), said that the research team transforms industrial problems such as traffic congestion, safety risks, and low efficiency into scientific research projects.
"Unmanned driving" is a key application scenario of smart transportation. In early 2024, Zhou Fan's (周帆) team and the industry jointly completed the "L3+ Unmanned Driving Safety Protection Technology" project. The research group used simulation software to build a vehicle dynamics model to simulate real road conditions, involving extreme scenarios such as pedestrians suddenly crossing the road, and finally developed a "safety co-pilot" system, relying on safety driving big data to monitor autonomous driving in real time, and can actively intervene at critical moments to ensure driving safety.
The industrial direction is popular, so how is talent employment?
At present, the industry favors composite talent who not only master transportation system planning and management knowledge, but also are proficient in big data, artificial intelligence, and computer technology. Zhou Fan (周帆) introduced that the college's layout for the field of smart transportation covers graduates' employment in Internet companies, transportation companies, government transportation management departments, design institutes, and intelligent connected vehicle companies.
The job market values scientific research and practical experience. The vehicle-road coordination algorithm and multi-modal large model technology mastered in scientific research have become Wang Yu's (王瑜) confidence in seeking a job. "Being able to verify theories with practice and truly ground knowledge is very fulfilling," said Wang Yu (王瑜).
Return to TopBeijing, October 8th (People's Daily reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)) Recently, the Huanghuai region, especially Henan, Shandong, and Anhui provinces, has been affected by continuous overcast and rainy weather, resulting in a slower autumn harvest. To ensure the supply of machinery for disaster resistance and relief, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has strengthened its emergency response for agricultural machinery disaster relief. While continuously guiding Henan, Shandong, and Anhui provinces to carry out mechanized emergency harvesting of autumn grains, the central and local governments are working together to optimize dispatch services, mobilize disaster relief machinery, and carry out emergency operations to support disaster areas in concentrating their efforts to quickly harvest and dry crops, ensuring that all autumn grains are harvested and ensuring quality.
In the next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) will closely communicate and coordinate with the eight Huanghuai provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, and Shaanxi, and further dispatch emergency operation needs for disaster relief machinery according to the latest disaster situation. It will actively coordinate relevant local and enterprise units to strive to meet the needs for disaster relief machinery.
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As the Cold Dew arrives, the autumn atmosphere deepens. On the banks of Wozhou Lake in Xinchang County (新昌县), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), the osmanthus trees outside the Zhenjun Temple Scenic Area (真君殿景区), a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, are blooming as scheduled, with golden millet-like flower buds adorning the branches. A gentle breeze blows, and the delicate fragrance of osmanthus permeates the valleys, refreshing the heart and lungs.
"As soon as I got off the car, I was greeted by the fragrance of osmanthus. I felt like the whole valley was enveloped in sweetness." Yang Binfeng (杨斌锋) from Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), was visiting Xinchang (新昌) for the first time during the Cold Dew season. He held the newly bought osmanthus Longjing tea and took pictures under the tree. "The tea is filled with fresh osmanthus. One sip, and you can taste the autumn."
In Wozhou Town (沃洲镇), tourists like Yang Binfeng (杨斌锋) who come specifically to "seek fragrance" are coming in an endless stream. During this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the town received more than 20,000 tourists who came to appreciate the osmanthus. Chai Haogang (柴昊钢), the mayor of Wozhou Town (沃洲镇), introduced that the "osmanthus craze" has not only boosted the popularity of the scenic spot, but also spawned an immersive experience chain of "smelling fragrance and tasting travel."
At the "Li Run Xinchang · Seasonal Appointment" (礼润新昌·节气有约) New Era Civilization Practice Point in Huangtan Village (黄坛村), Wozhou Town (沃洲镇), a group of children from Wozhou Primary School (沃洲小学) took advantage of the holidays to experience the making of osmanthus cake.
"Osmanthus is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It can warm the stomach, dispel cold, resolve phlegm, and relieve cough. In ancient times, people had the tradition of eating osmanthus." Weng Weiping (翁伟平), secretary of the Huangtan Village (黄坛村) Party Branch, used the osmanthus trees around him as "living teaching materials" to explain the traditional Chinese medicine value of the Cold Dew solar term and osmanthus. Under the guidance of Weng Weiping (翁伟平), everyone put on aprons, sifted flour, kneaded dough, and sprinkled sugared osmanthus, busying themselves with great enthusiasm. When the steamer was opened, the heat carried a intoxicating sweet fragrance. The children scrambled to taste the osmanthus cake they made. "This is the first time I learned that osmanthus can be used as medicine. The osmanthus cake I made is especially sweet!" said Zhang Zhiming (张志明), a fifth-grade student at Wozhou Primary School (沃洲小学).
At the cultural and creative market in Wozhou Town (沃洲镇), various osmanthus products such as osmanthus Longjing tea, osmanthus honey, and osmanthus sachets are dazzling, realizing the value-added extension of the originally highly seasonal osmanthus industry. At the market, Ms. Wu (吴女士), a retired teacher from Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江), bought five osmanthus sachets in one go. "I'll give them to my old sisters. These sachets are both seasonal and elegant."
Seasonal appointment, vigorous industry. Wang Cheng (王成), secretary of the Wozhou Town (沃洲镇) Party Committee, introduced that the town will extend the single flower viewing activity into a composite cultural tourism product integrating cultural inheritance, ecological education, and tourism experience, namely the "solar term + culture + industry" model. During this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, osmanthus-related activities in Wozhou Town (沃洲镇) drove more than 800,000 yuan in consumption in surrounding homestays and restaurants.
Return to TopBeijing, October 8 (Reporter Han Xin (韩鑫)) According to the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) on the 8th, the total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society from October 1st to 8th (National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays) is estimated to be 2.432 billion, with an average daily flow of 304 million, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year, reaching a new historical high.
In terms of mode of transportation, the cumulative highway personnel flow (including non-commercial passenger car travel on expressways and ordinary national and provincial highways, and commercial passenger traffic on highways) is estimated to be 2.247 billion, with an average daily flow of over 280 million, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year; the cumulative railway passenger traffic is estimated to be 153 million, with an average daily flow of 19.24 million, an increase of 2.6% year-on-year; the cumulative waterway passenger traffic is estimated to be 11.67 million, with an average daily flow of 1.46 million, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year; the cumulative civil aviation passenger traffic is estimated to be 19.17 million, with an average daily flow of 2.4 million, an increase of 3.4% year-on-year.
According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Beijing (北京), October 8 (Reporter Xie Xiyao (谢希瑶)), according to the business big data monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), the sales of key retail and catering enterprises nationwide during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays increased by 2.7% year-on-year on a comparable basis. From October 1st to 7th, the Ministry of Commerce's key monitoring of 78 pedestrian streets (business districts) saw an increase of 8.8% and 6.0% year-on-year in passenger flow and turnover, respectively.
Data from major e-commerce platforms monitored by the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) show that during the holiday, sales of green organic food increased by 27.9% year-on-year, smart home products increased by 14.3% year-on-year, and Guochao (国潮) clothing increased by 14.1% year-on-year. Merchants launched low-oil and low-sugar mooncakes, which were favored by consumers.
A number of excellent domestic films have driven a wave of movie-watching. As of 3:00 PM on October 8, the box office revenue of National Day films exceeded 1.79 billion yuan.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 管克江 邹 松
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mauritania. Over the past 60 years, China and Mauritania have always respected each other and treated each other as equals, setting a model for developing countries to help each other and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. In 2024, China-Mauritania relations were upgraded to a strategic partnership, opening a new chapter in bilateral relations. Recently, reporters visited several "friendship projects" jointly built by China and Mauritania, which have tangibly benefited the local people, promoted economic and social development, and become a testimony to the friendship between China and Mauritania.
Friendship Port—
"This is Mauritania's gateway to the world"
At the entrance of the China-Mauritania Friendship Port, a stone tablet engraved with "Friendship Port" in Chinese, Arabic, and French is embedded in a white wall, particularly eye-catching under the sunlight. At the wharf, bulk cargo ships and container ships from all over the world are docked at different berths, loading and unloading in an orderly manner.
In the 1970s, Mauritania, which had just gained independence, aspired to have a deep-water port in its capital, Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), but was repeatedly turned down when seeking help from various parties. In 1971, the Chinese government decided to provide assistance in building this significant port. After a great deal of preliminary preparation, Friendship Port was officially built in 1979 and completed in 1986, handling more than 90% of Mauritania's total import and export cargo. This project is known by the Mauritanian people as "a symbol of national economic independence."
With the continuous development of the economy and society, the expansion and reconstruction of Friendship Port became increasingly urgent. China Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. (中国路桥) (hereinafter referred to as "China Road and Bridge") built new berths 4 and 5 in 2014, increasing the port's throughput capacity from the original 900,000 tons per year to 6 million tons per year. After the new berths were put into use, they became more adapted to the development trends and needs of international shipping, allowing for the docking of larger tonnage ships and greatly improving loading and unloading efficiency.
Faisal, technical advisor to the director of the Friendship Port Authority, said that Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特) does not have a natural harbor, and the geographical conditions for port construction are harsh. Faced with the adverse effects of long-period swells in the Atlantic Ocean and the combined effect of coastal sand transport, Chinese builders cleverly guided the ocean currents by building a sand-blocking dam on the north side and groynes on the south side, minimizing the adverse effects. "This fully reflects the wisdom and foresight of the Chinese builders," Faisal said.
Following Faisal's guidance, the reporter saw that on the north side of the first phase of the Friendship Port project, years of sea sand accumulated under the protection of the sand-blocking dam, forming a land area of several square kilometers, which is used as a storage yard. On the south side of the second phase of the project, in addition to berths 4 and 5, the groynes built by Chinese engineers protect the 1.2-kilometer coastline between it and berths 4 and 5 from wave erosion, creating favorable conditions for the future southward development of the port.
Friendship Port is currently operated independently by Mauritania, creating more than 3,000 jobs. Taraka Bami, a dock worker, said: "I am proud to work at Friendship Port. From daily necessities to industrial raw materials, all kinds of goods are continuously shipped from here to all parts of the country and neighboring countries. This is Mauritania's gateway to the world."
Maham, director of the Friendship Port Authority, said that Friendship Port is a landmark project aided by China in Mauritania, playing an irreplaceable role in helping Mauritania achieve economic independence, promoting trade development, and ensuring people's livelihoods. "Thank you to China for its long-term selfless assistance."
Friendship Overpass—
"Interprets the profound friendship between Mauritania and China in jointly seeking development"
In the center of Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), the China-Mauritania Friendship Overpass spans a major traffic artery. This most modern overpass in Mauritania, built by China Road and Bridge, is another landmark project aided by China.
The Friendship Overpass is located at the intersection of two major national highways in Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特). In the original roundabout area, vehicles and pedestrians were mixed, traffic accidents occurred frequently, and traffic jams were like a "big parking lot." The Friendship Overpass adopts a two-way four-lane design and is built according to the first-class standards of Chinese highway bridges. It was completed on May 15 this year. The completion of the Friendship Overpass has greatly improved local traffic conditions and facilitated people's travel.
Because of his work, accountant Abu Dai has to pass through the area where the Friendship Overpass is located many times every day. "In the past, whether driving or taking the bus, I had to be stuck in traffic for 20 to 30 minutes every time. After the Friendship Overpass was built, there is almost no more traffic jam, and the roads are wider and cleaner." Abu Dai said that the digital traffic lights and height limit frames and other facilities supporting the Friendship Overpass have led local people to develop better traffic habits and enhanced safety awareness.
Sukari, a truck driver at the Mauritania office of China Road and Bridge, said: "In the past, I had to get up early. If I didn't pass through here before 7 am, I would be stuck in traffic, which would lead to being late for work. With the Friendship Overpass, the commute time is much more generous."
Sukari has worked in Chinese enterprises for 15 years. What he has experienced most deeply is that the Chinese side provides "master-apprentice" assistance to Mauritanian workers: "Chinese masters teach me skills hand-in-hand at work and give me selfless help in life, which makes me deeply feel the friendly feelings of the Mauritanian and Chinese people."
Mao Yuanchun, head of the Mauritania office of China Road and Bridge, said: "Chinese enterprises help Mauritania's economic and social development through aided construction and participation in construction projects, and continue to make new contributions to China-Mauritania friendly cooperation."
Mauritanian Minister of Equipment and Transport Ailefelke said: "Thank you to the Chinese government and people for providing high-level and high-quality support for our infrastructure construction. The Friendship Overpass is a precious gift for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, vividly interpreting the profound friendship between Mauritania and China in jointly seeking development."
"Friendship" Series Projects—
"Help Mauritania cope with the challenges facing economic development"
In the Arafat district in southern Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特), a modern hospital with a white exterior is particularly eye-catching. This is the Mauritania Friendship Hospital. The hospital was put into use in 2010, significantly improving the local shortage of medical resources. In March of this year, the Chinese Embassy in Mauritania and the Mauritanian Ministry of Health signed a memorandum of understanding on the expansion and reconstruction project of the Friendship Hospital, planning to add functional departments such as emergency, obstetrics and gynecology, and endocrinology-diabetes to the Friendship Hospital, and provide related medical equipment assistance to the hospital.
In Mauritania, there are also many infrastructure projects named after "Friendship" or regarded as symbols of friendship by the local people:
The Southern Highway Project has turned the "Poverty Triangle" into the "Hope Triangle"; the China-aided Mauritania Animal Husbandry Technology Demonstration Center has created a green miracle in the desert; the modern deep-sea fishing base in Nouadhibou (努瓦迪布) has promoted the upgrading and development of Mauritania's fishing industry...
Abdul Kada, Chairman of the Mauritanian National Agricultural Land Commission, said: "China's aid projects have effectively helped Mauritania cope with the challenges facing economic development. The Mauritanian people regard China as a true friend and good partner." Sti Anal, cultural advisor to the President of Mauritania, said: "I have studied and worked in China for many years, and I deeply feel the traditional friendship between the people of Mauritania and China. The two countries have gone through 60 years of helping each other, which is a valuable asset." Yaya Hama, General Manager of the Central Bank of Mauritania, said: "All sectors of Mauritania cherish the deepening friendship between Mauritania and China over the past 60 years. We look forward to the two countries carrying out broader cooperation to make the flower of Mauritania-China friendship more splendid."
Tang Zhongdong (唐中东), Chinese Ambassador to Mauritania, said that at present, China is comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development. China is willing to use the new achievements of Chinese-style modernization to provide new opportunities for Mauritania's development, benefit the two countries and their people, and make positive contributions to jointly building a closer China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era.
(Reported from Nouakchott (努瓦克肖特) by this newspaper)
Layout design: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
Return to TopThe holiday cultural and tourism "boom" unfolds a new picture of China's high-quality economic development, opening a window for the world to observe China's development status and prospects.
During this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, China was bustling with tourists, and the consumer market was vibrant. The holiday cultural and tourism "boom" unfolds a new picture of China's high-quality economic development, opening a window for the world to observe China's development status and prospects.
The holiday cultural and tourism "boom" stems from the vitality of mobility. Data from China's Ministry of Transport (中国交通运输部) shows that the total cross-regional personnel flow in society during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays is expected to be 2.432 billion, with an average daily flow of 304 million, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year. From highway traffic to high-speed trains, from water cruises to airplane flights, the surging crowds witness the vitality of a mobile China. Cross-border personnel exchanges are also very active. From Singapore (新加坡), Thailand (泰国), and Malaysia (马来西亚) in Southeast Asia, to Kenya (肯尼亚) and South Africa (南非) in Africa, and Serbia (塞尔维亚) in Europe, many countries have introduced convenient policies to attract Chinese tourists. The warming of Chinese tourists' outbound travel not only enhances cultural exchange but also adds new vitality to the local economy. Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, believes that China is an important source of tourists and a tourist destination, making important contributions to global tourism in driving outbound and domestic tourism.
The holiday cultural and tourism "boom" is manifested in consumption power. From urban business districts to rural homestays, from scenic spot check-ins to pastoral experiences, the enthusiasm for travel is transformed into consumption growth vitality, demonstrating the strong endogenous power of the Chinese economy. The holiday travel boom is an important barometer for measuring consumer confidence. The travel boom that has emerged during Chinese festivals reflects the continuous release of domestic consumption potential, injecting growth momentum into industries such as tourism, accommodation, and catering. China's Ministry of Commerce (中国商务部) business big data monitoring shows that during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises nationwide increased by 2.7% year-on-year on a comparable basis, and the consumer market showed a prosperous and active good trend. A Bloomberg article pointed out that China's shift toward service consumption coincides with the rising demand of consumers for experience, health, and cost-effectiveness, and key industries such as aviation, tourism, duty-free shopping, and movies will benefit from the boost brought by the holidays.
The holiday cultural and tourism "boom" lies in diverse choices. During this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many tourists are no longer satisfied with traditional attractions but are pursuing more distinctive and creative holiday experiences. "Visiting counties" and "rural tourism" have become popular, and the urban and rural economy has become more prosperous due to the strong "atmosphere of daily life." Technological light and shadow are also integrated into cultural and tourism scenes in a more flexible manner, reflecting new changes in China's cultural and tourism market. In Yangcun Town (杨村镇), Longnan City (龙南市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), the Taipingbao (太平堡) "Village BA" basketball game kicked off with passion, attracting tourists from far and near; in many places in Jiangsu (江苏), sports events such as "Su Chao" drove a wave of viewing tourism, forming a new consumption model of "going to a city for a game." The Brazilian magazine *Forum* recorded this observation: "The way Chinese people travel to watch or participate in sports events has become a new form of promoting consumption and local development, and sports are being transformed into an economic engine."
The holiday cultural and tourism "boom" converges in mutual attraction. During this Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, the popularity of "China Travel" continued to rise. Data from Qunar (去哪儿) Travel shows that on the first day of the holiday, the number of foreign passengers taking airplanes in China increased by more than 40% year-on-year, flying to 70 cities in China. More and more foreign tourists are choosing to slow down and immerse themselves in China's local culture and festive atmosphere. They are either learning embroidery techniques in Suzhou (苏州), or "traveling back" to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in Xi'an (西安) wearing Hanfu (汉服), or experiencing the cyberpunk style in Chongqing (重庆)... This unique experience of blending ancient and modern depicts a simple yet fashionable contemporary China.
The vitality of the holiday economy reflects the surging vitality of the Chinese economy. China will continue to achieve high-quality development with the vitality of consumption, the sincerity of openness, and the driving force of innovation, injecting more certainty and warmth into world economic development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Rome on October 8th (Reporters: Xie Yahong (谢亚宏), Zheng Bin (郑彬)) On October 8, 2025, local time, the 12th Joint Meeting of the China-Italy Government Committee was held in Rome. Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani (塔亚尼) attended the meeting, listened to reports from representatives of both member units, and delivered concluding remarks.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that since last year, President Sergio Mattarella (马塔雷拉), Senate President Ignazio La Russa (拉鲁萨), and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (梅洛尼) have visited China respectively, and China and Italy jointly issued an action plan to strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership. Both sides have actively implemented the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, taking the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy this year as an opportunity to promote the steady expansion of practical cooperation in various fields, with many highlights.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that the China-Italy Government Committee, as the first intergovernmental cooperation mechanism established between China and a European country, has gone through 21 years and played an important role in the development of bilateral relations, gaining the trust and broad support of all sectors of both countries. The current international situation is undergoing rapid and profound changes, and China-Italy cooperation faces new situations, new opportunities, and new challenges. China is willing to work with Italy to uphold the original intention of the establishment of the China-Italy Committee, maintain integrity and innovate, and promote the upgrading of the cooperation mechanism to a more systematic, targeted, and effective "2.0 version" to better coordinate with the development strategy of China-Italy relations.
First, strengthen the strategic attributes to make the mechanism more "new." Always anchor the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries on bilateral relations and the strategic guidance they have made, innovate working methods, and accelerate the implementation of the three-year action plan.
Second, strengthen platform construction to make the mechanism more "active." Strengthen the design of agendas and topics, actively promote exchanges and visits, assist the docking of enterprises and institutions of the two countries, deeply tap potential, and give new impetus to cooperation between the two sides.
Third, promote local cooperation to make the mechanism more "practical." Give play to the role of local areas as the main force in trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between the two countries, and continue to activate the vitality of local enterprise docking and personnel exchanges.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that China and Italy are two major economies that support free trade, two major forces that safeguard multilateralism, and two major ancient civilizations that advocate exchanges and mutual learning. Against the backdrop of intertwined changes and chaos in the international situation, China and Italy should demonstrate their responsibility and act in accordance with the trend of the times, always trust each other, achieve common achievements, uphold the spirit of openness to expand and optimize practical cooperation, and make greater contributions to their respective economic development and the well-being of the two peoples with rich cooperation results.
Tajani (塔亚尼) positively evaluated the good development and fruitful results of China-Italy relations, saying that the friendship between Italy and China has a long history, and Marco Polo (马可·波罗) and Matteo Ricci (利玛窦) are envoys and symbols of the traditional friendship between the two countries. With the joint efforts of both sides, Italy and China have established a comprehensive strategic partnership, and bilateral cooperation has yielded fruitful results, bringing tangible benefits to the people of the two countries. The Italy-China Government Committee has played an important role in this regard. The minutes reached at this meeting are specific and detailed, reflecting the positive intentions of both sides. China is Italy's priority partner, and Italy attaches great importance to the huge opportunities contained in the Chinese market. It looks forward to further strengthening exchanges and cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, investment, science and technology, culture and sports, and enhancing mutual understanding between the people. Italy is willing to work with China to support free trade, maintain the smooth flow of the global supply chain, and make joint efforts to peacefully resolve international disputes through dialogue.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 7 (Reporter Jiao Qian (焦倩)) - At the fourth meeting of the General Council for 2025 held by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland from October 6 to 7, China took the initiative to set the agenda and submitted the "China's Position Paper on Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO," which elaborated on China's position and triggered a warm response from WTO members, especially the vast number of developing members. This was the first General Council meeting of the WTO held after China announced on September 23, during the United Nations General Assembly, that it would not seek new special and differential treatment in the WTO's current and future negotiations.
Li Yongzhe (李詠箑), China's Permanent Representative to the WTO, stated that China's declaration of its position on the issue of special and differential treatment in the WTO is a concrete measure to firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system and place development issues at the center of the WTO's work, as well as a concrete action to actively implement the Global Development Initiative.
Li Yongzhe (李詠箑) emphasized that China's status and identity as a developing country have not changed. China has always been an important member of the Global South and will continue to support developing members in striving for their legitimate rights and interests in the WTO, and continue to promote inclusive and beneficial development of economic globalization.
More than 100 WTO members represented by 45 parties, including the European Union, Switzerland, Brazil, Pakistan, and Nigeria, spoke and highly praised China's major initiative. Jamaica and Senegal praised China's position statement as having significant historical significance, which is conducive to maintaining the rules-based multilateral trading system in the context of current challenges. Members such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Barbados praised China for safeguarding the unity of developing countries and helping to promote the achievement of the WTO's development agenda. Members such as Ghana and Sierra Leone thanked China for its consistent constructive stance and leadership on the issue of special and differential treatment in the WTO, and looked forward to working with China to promote inclusive development. Singapore stated that China's move demonstrated its confidence in its own development process and its determination to strengthen the multilateral trading system, which is of great significance to the WTO. Members such as the European Union, Australia, Switzerland, and Norway welcomed China's important decision, believing that it would inject momentum into WTO reform.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 勇
In the autumn Kubuqi Desert, the deep blue solar photovoltaic panels stretch as far as the eye can see. The once barren land with yellow sand filling the sky is now lush and full of vitality.
A few days ago, the 10th Kubuqi International Desert Forum was held in Ordos (鄂尔多斯) City, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古). More than 260 representatives from China, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Brazil, and other countries and regions jointly discussed the issue of desertification prevention and control, and conducted in-depth on-site inspections of innovative models such as the construction of windbreak forest belts on the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert, photovoltaic sand control, road-based sand control, and comprehensive small watershed management in the hinterland of the Kubuqi Desert.
At the Darlag Banner (达拉特旗) photovoltaic sand control base, the three-dimensional development model of "power generation above the panels, sand control below the panels, and grass planting between the panels" impressed the guests. Muratbay Ganiyev from Uzbekistan squatted under a photovoltaic panel, carefully observing the thriving sand-loving plants such as Caragana korshinskii in the dappled light and shadow between the panels, his eyes full of surprise: "Uzbekistan's precipitation is similar to here, and there is also a lot of desertified land. Seeing that it is so well managed here, I want to apply your technology and equipment to our desertification control."
Next to the highway from Bayingacha (巴音嘎查) to Pugebu (蒲圪卜) Village in Darlag Banner (达拉特旗), drones, straw spreading machines, and self-propelled crawler sand barrier integrated paving machines were lined up. With the development of science and technology, the efficiency of mechanically laying grass squares has been greatly improved, and the survival rate of desert vegetation has been significantly increased. "In the northeastern region of Brazil, desertification is constantly spreading. I hope to take this opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of China's professional experience and innovative measures in desertification prevention and control, and explore the possibility of cooperation between Brazil and China in this field," said Lucas Lóes, Second Secretary of the Brazilian Embassy in China.
According to reports, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) City has built a photovoltaic installed capacity of over 10 million kilowatts in the "Photovoltaic Great Wall" sand control belt, achieving photovoltaic sand control of approximately 800,000 mu. When all the photovoltaic projects under construction and approved are completed, the area of sand prevention and control can exceed 2 million mu. "China has made tremendous efforts in achieving zero growth in land degradation, developing sand prevention and control projects into ecological projects, development projects, and people-benefiting projects, and has achieved impressive achievements," said Beatriz Azevedo de Araujo, founder and CEO of Brazilian Aba Climate Solutions.
Since the first Kubuqi International Desert Forum was held in 2007, China's desertification control experience has gradually been recognized by the world and successfully practiced in various countries: In Mongolia, Chinese experts participated in the "Billion Trees Program" to help the local area build ecological protection and restoration demonstration areas, and promote grass square sand control technology and drought-resistant plant planting technology; In Saudi Arabia, China's photovoltaic sand control model has been successfully implemented, which not only effectively alleviates local desertification problems, but also provides new ideas for its energy transition. Elizabeth Mrema, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said that the Kubuqi International Desert Forum has become an important platform for international cooperation, knowledge exchange and innovation in the field of desertification control, and China has shown the world how degraded land can be restored and transformed.
Nora Berrahmouni, Deputy Director of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, believes that China's desertification prevention and control has become a global model. China's "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北防护林工程) is a powerful practice of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (《联合国防治荒漠化公约》), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (《联合国气候变化框架公约》), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (《生物多样性公约》), contributing Chinese wisdom and providing Chinese solutions for global desertification control.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴储岐
In the early morning, the Jingguoping Bridge (金果坪大桥) in Badong County (巴东县), Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州), Hubei Province (湖北省), was filled with the sounds of gongs and drums. The villagers' faces were beaming with smiles, and joy echoed through the valley.
On October 1st, the Yangliuchi to Jingguoping section of Provincial Highway 245 and the Jingguoping Bridge (金果坪大桥) were officially opened to traffic. "We've been waiting for this road and this bridge for many years!" Gao Qingnian (高青年), a veteran Party member in his 70s, excitedly held the hand of Feng Wei (冯伟), the post-90s township head of Jingguoping Township (金果坪乡), for a long time.
"What we're building are roads and bridges, but what we're connecting are hearts," said Feng Wei (冯伟). From optimizing transportation layouts to upgrading infrastructure, Feng Wei (冯伟) and the cadres and people of the entire township have risen to the challenge, planning to revitalize the area through roads and promote tourism, injecting new vitality into the resources of this old revolutionary base.
The key to the development of any undertaking lies in people. How can young cadres in mountainous counties be encouraged to take responsibility and achieve success? Badong County's (巴东县) approach is to steadily implement the "selection, cultivation, and management" steps, integrating the discovery, training, and utilization of young cadres.
Strictly Control the Entry Point and Scientifically Identify Talent
In October 2024, Zhang Xueqin (张雪芹), a member of the Organization Department of the Badong County (巴东县) Party Committee, went straight to Getengping Community (葛藤坪社区) in Xiqiuwan Township (溪丘湾乡) to investigate Song Xiaolin (宋小林), the post-95s first secretary stationed in the village.
"The main purpose of this visit is to assess the performance of young cadres in solving practical problems for the masses," Zhang Xueqin (张雪芹) said straightforwardly.
During this assessment, the organization department reviewed materials, listened to reports, and also randomly visited households to solicit opinions. It was learned that after Song Xiaolin (宋小林) arrived in the community, he conducted thorough household visits and solved many practical difficulties for the masses.
"Don't look at Secretary Xiao Lin (小林) being young, he is willing to listen to our nagging, and he tries his best to do what he promises us," said resident Zhu Hao (朱豪). Local people also said, "This kid is sincerely doing practical things for us."
"We focus on strictly controlling the 'entry point,' broadening our horizons, taking the initiative, and scientifically identifying talent," said Shu Xianwei (舒显伟), Executive Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Badong County (巴东县) Party Committee. Badong (巴东) has adopted a three-dimensional assessment method of "recommendation, visit, comparison, and evaluation," which not only looks at hard indicators but also listens to the voices of the masses. Currently, a dynamic reserve pool of young cadres covering 351 people has been built and is in operation, and a "dynamic adjustment of positions" is implemented, with those who perform outstandingly moving up the ranks and those who slack off being removed.
In the Huangtupo Geological and Cultural Village Sports Park (黄土坡地质文化村体育公园), Deng Qianhong (邓前洪), a cadre from Xinling Town (信陵镇), is telling tourists about the changes and development of this land. This is a scene from Xinling Town's (信陵镇) "Striving to be a Hometown Recommendation Officer" skills training. Zhang Zujun (张祖军), Secretary of the Xinling Town (信陵镇) Party Committee, said, "Training is not a show; training must develop real skills."
In recent years, Badong County (巴东县) has broken with seniority and promoted competitive employment in middle-level positions in some business departments. Through open registration, written examinations, speeches, democratic recommendations, and other steps, it has selected talented people and stimulated the vitality of young cadres. In Xinling Town (信陵镇), a rural governance plan proposed by a cadre in a competitive job speech was later adopted and written into the town Party committee's documents, becoming a highlight measure to promote the improvement of the living environment.
Since 2021, Badong County (巴东县) has promoted and appointed 174 outstanding young cadres under the age of 35, and equipped 4 post-90s township party and government leaders and 2 main leaders of county-level units, further optimizing the age, professional, and ability structure of the cadre team.
Tempering at the Front Line to Improve Skills
In Tudianzi Village (土店子村), Xinling Town (信陵镇), photovoltaic arrays generate wealth by "borrowing" light, and wind turbines turn in the wind. These are thanks to the golden ideas of Zhang Wencan (张文灿), the former Party branch secretary of Tudianzi Village (土店子村) and a post-95s cadre.
Zhang Wencan (张文灿) graduated from Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学) and was a selected graduate in Hubei Province (湖北省) in 2020. When he first arrived in the village, Zhang Wencan (张文灿) began to promote the renovation of residential houses, which was met with skepticism. To this end, he led the villagers to visit and inspect other places, compare prices on-site, and purchase in groups, and he also carried building materials with the villagers. "At first, we were worried about whether it would be unreliable, but later we found that he had a lot of ideas and a lot of solutions," the villagers said.
Subsequently, Zhang Wencan (张文灿), based on the actual situation of Tudianzi Village (土店子村), proposed an industrial layout of "one pig (black pig) and one pear (fragrant heart pear)" and a plan of "agriculture + study tourism + tourism." In 2024, Tudianzi Village's (土店子村) tourism income reached 5.8 million yuan. Zhang Wencan (张文灿) was also promoted to the Xinling Town (信陵镇) Party Committee Organization Member in January of this year due to his outstanding work performance.
This summer, the homestay business in Tiechanghuang Community (铁厂荒社区), Yesanguan Town (野三关镇), was exceptionally booming, and it was difficult for tourists to find a room, which stemmed from the completion and commissioning of the Daoziping Provincial Beautiful Countryside Demonstration Project (道子坪省级和美乡村示范点项目).
Due to his major, Tian Yan (田炎), a post-95s cadre who graduated from Wuhan University (武汉大学) with a major in civil engineering, was assigned to the project office of the Yesanguan Town (野三关镇) government to engage in project management. Tian Yan (田炎) actively used his professional expertise, running to the project site during the day and studying design drawings at night. Through front-line training in the project, Tian Yan (田炎) quickly transformed from a workplace novice into an expert in project management. In view of his outstanding performance at work, Tian Yan (田炎) was promoted and used in August of this year.
"Cadre growth cannot be separated from front-line training. Only when cadres go deep into the front line to work and organizations go deep into the front line to cultivate can they forge true gold," said Huang Zheng (黄政), member of the Standing Committee of the Badong County (巴东县) Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department. The county Party committee has issued the "Badong County (巴东县) Measures for the Cultivation and Management of Young Cadres," which clearly strengthens the practical training of young cadres. In recent years, 14 highly educated young cadres have been sent to townships to hold temporary positions, and 7 of them have been promoted and used.
In order to promote the growth and development of young cadres, Badong County (巴东县) has also actively cooperated with universities in Beijing (北京), Wuhan (武汉), and other places to open customized training courses such as "Industrial Revitalization" and "Smart Governance," and has carried out young cadre growth project training for five consecutive years; it has jointly carried out cross-regional joint training with Xingshan County (兴山县) in Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei Province (湖北省), and Nanzhang County (南漳县) in Xiangyang City (襄阳市) to broaden the horizons of cadres; and it has implemented a "one-on-one" mentoring system, with leading cadres passing on experience and business experts imparting skills.
In the Badong County (巴东县) Science and Technology and Economic Information Bureau, Xiang Chan (向婵), a post-90s cadre, under the guidance of her mentor, has traveled to more than 50 enterprises in the county, "making up lessons" in practice. Xiang Chan (向婵) said, "The first time I entered the workshop, I couldn't understand the professional terms used by the person in charge of the enterprise at all. Later, I ran from one company to another, and slowly learned to look at production capacity from the production line, calculate costs from the books, and find breakthroughs from conversations."
During a visit, the person in charge of a pharmaceutical company reflected that the natural gas pipeline had not yet been laid to the factory area, which affected the operation of new equipment. Xiang Chan (向婵) sorted out the situation as soon as possible and helped the enterprise solve the problem. Afterwards, the person in charge of the pharmaceutical company said, "Don't look at her being young, she is really up to the task at critical moments."
Combining Strict Management with Deep Love to Stimulate Vitality
In recent years, Badong County (巴东县) has adhered to the combination of strict management and deep love, conducting integrity education at key nodes such as entry, transfer, and promotion, and comprehensively using a combination of regular assessment, special assessment, and periodic assessment to dynamically, three-dimensionally, and comprehensively grasp the actual performance of young cadres, and promptly remind them of any potential or emerging problems.
At the collective integrity talk and Party discipline and regulations training at the Badong County (巴东县) Party School, a trainee frankly said, "The integrity talk is like an alarm bell, constantly reminding us to fasten the 'first button,' and I have truly realized that Party discipline and regulations are not only a 'golden hoop,' but also a 'protective talisman.'"
At the same time, Badong County (巴东县) regularly carries out return visit education. Yuan (袁), a young cadre who was punished for mistakes, gradually relieved his mind in the heart-to-heart talks with the mentoring team.
"At that time, Yuan (袁) was psychologically resistant, feeling that the more he did, the more mistakes he would make. We talked to him over and over again, explaining the problems and the policies. Later, Yuan (袁) gradually accepted it, and his attitude changed," recalled a mentoring person in charge. Colleagues also said, "Yuan (袁), who used to be rash, is now down-to-earth and steady."
Badong County (巴东县) strictly implements the "three distinctions" to support and encourage cadres who dare to take responsibility and are willing to act. At the same time, Badong County (巴东县) has established a young cadre symposium and fellowship system to help them relieve stress and enhance communication. Everyone reflected, "This kind of 'heart-warming care' makes people feel more belonging and dare to do things boldly."
The development of mountainous areas requires cadres, and the mountainous environment also trains cadres. Badong County's (巴东县) practice shows that complex environments test will, arduous tasks temper ability, and steadily implementing the "selection, cultivation, and management" steps transforms the hidden worry of "lack of successors" into the development confidence of "having successors."
"We must continue to revitalize talent resources with institutional innovation, continuously strengthen the construction of the cadre team, and let good seedlings grow strong," said the main person in charge of the Badong County (巴东县) Party Committee.
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Not long ago, during a visit to Yushu Technology (宇树科技), the person in charge specifically pointed out a section of stairs: the edges of the lower steps were damaged in many places, and the higher up, the fewer traces of damage. It turned out that this was left behind during robot training. Initially, the robot might fall after taking only a few steps; after continuous debugging and improvement, it became smoother and smoother, and climbing stairs was no longer a problem.
This uniquely meaningful staircase is engraved with the path of growth and reflects the path of innovation.
The key to innovation is daring to take the "first step." Today, we are proud that China's (中国) technological innovation is experiencing a "dense blowout," and we especially need to pay tribute to the determination and will to take the "first step" towards technological self-reliance. Wang Yongzhi (王永志), the first chief designer of the manned space program, engraved China's (中国) coordinates in the sky; Huang Xuhua (黄旭华), the first chief designer of the nuclear submarine project, resonated the "Oriental Dragon's Roar" in the deep sea. The torch is passed down, carrying on the past and opening up the future. Quantum technology, life science, material science, space science... venturing into uncharted territory time and time again, and a series of original and disruptive technological innovation achievements are emerging, demonstrating the courage and perseverance on China's (中国) innovation map that says "no road is impassable."
Innovation is like pushing a boulder uphill; every footprint is an upward measure. Key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or begged for; independent innovation is the only way. This road, even if it is a 九死一生 (jiǔ sǐ yī shēng - "nine deaths one life," a narrow escape from death), even if it has the "difficulty of moving mountains," as long as you hold firmly to the green hills and do not relax, and keep moving forward, there will eventually be a day of success. The spherical reflective surface of "China's (中国) Sky Eye" was explored by the team from nearly a hundred failed experiments; the 0.02 mm "hand-torn steel" encountered a failure on average every two days during development... Facts have proved that innovation is to turn the footprints of failure into steps leading to success, unwavering, and becoming more courageous with each setback.
Innovation is also a process of continuous trial and error; it is not possible to flinch, nor is it possible to act blindly and recklessly. In China's (中国) aerospace field, there is a unique working method - zeroing. When a problem occurs in any aspect, the problem is located, analyzed, reproduced, corrected, and generalized from the technical and management levels to ensure that the problem is fundamentally eliminated. It is precisely because of not being afraid of trial and error and being good at correcting errors that the lunar exploration project has achieved the excellent result of six battles and six victories. As one researcher put it well: "What scientific research fears the least is 'problems'; the place with 'problems' is precisely the 'well' that scientific research can dig." Boldly hypothesize, carefully verify, and start again by summarizing experiences and lessons to reach the shore of success.
Innovation through continuous trial and error requires more tolerance and support. At the 2025 World Robot Olympics, some robots "players" falling and other situations sparked discussion. In fact, innovation is likely to be stumbling. Emerging industries and future industries in the early stages of gestation are also difficult to achieve "zero errors" and "zero defects." From being immature to mature, from staggering to running, this is the necessary stage of development of things. In the past, the short battery life of new energy vehicles was a problem, but today "mileage anxiety" is constantly being alleviated by technological upgrades, and new energy vehicles are becoming more and more popular. Recently, many places have introduced new "fault tolerance" regulations for technological innovation, and more patient capital is acting as a "long-distance running partner" for enterprises. Creating an environment that encourages innovation and tolerates failure, and giving innovation and entrepreneurship the confidence to be "silent for ten years," can cultivate fruitful results that are "a blockbuster."
At the beginning of this year, a netizen released a video of old and new trains in the same frame. The moment when the "Fuxing" (复兴) bullet train surpassed the old locomotive was full of emotion. The pace of innovation is climbing step by step, and the train of the times is moving forward. Looking to the future, high-level technological self-reliance is a long and arduous journey, and we can only forge ahead and set sail.
Return to TopThe opening ceremony of the 2025 China College Student Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Innovation Grand Prix was held in Deqing County (德清县), Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) on October 8th. The competition includes multiple categories such as fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and rockets, attracting nearly 4,000 college students from more than 150 universities across the country to compete on the same stage.
The picture shows contestants demonstrating their aircraft on October 8th.
Photo by Li Xuan (李 选) (People's Vision)
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As the lights come on, the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City (大唐不夜城) in Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西), blends the melodious Tang music with modern electronic sounds. Digital holographic projections cast dreamy halos, and the brilliant lights illuminate the flying eaves and brackets. The "Tang Palace Ladies" (唐宫仕女) flutter their sleeves, presenting a vibrant and flowing painting of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
"As early as a month ago, the scenic area focused on the theme of 'Poetic Tang Festival,' creating a festive atmosphere from architectural decorations and lighting arrangements to musical ambiance and employee costumes, creating a unique experience of 'a poem at every step, a charm in every scene'," introduced Shen Shuyu (申书宇), Chairman of Xi'an Qujiang Cultural Tourism Travel Service Co. (西安曲江文旅旅行服务公司).
"I've seen many short videos online, but being truly immersed in it is still shocking," said Sun Yumei (孙玉梅), a tourist from Xinjiang (新疆) who came to Xi'an (西安) with her family during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays. Her first stop was the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City (大唐不夜城). "The parades, light shows, water dance performances... the antique buildings seem to 'come alive,' offering a journey through a thousand years."
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City (大唐不夜城) scenic area also launched the "Ever Bright City·National Day Tang Trend List," covering four major categories: specialty snacks, drinks and desserts, late-night snacks and drinks, and cultural experiences. There are authentic flavors of "馍夹天下味," a blend of ancient and modern with "雪造盛唐冰酪," poetic sentiments of "酒入豪肠醉盛唐," and a time-travel experience of "AI巧换唐宫装."
Stepping into the Prosperous Tang Magic Mirror Travel Photography House, AI technology gives the lens its own ancient-style filter, coupled with film-level color grading. Tourists can get a travel photography experience full of ancient charm without changing clothes. "There are more than 30 theme templates to choose from, such as Twelve Flower Gods, Lantern Festival, and Qujiang Flowing Drinking," Sun Yumei (孙玉梅) said excitedly.
Strolling through the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City (大唐不夜城), digital technology brings an immersive experience, and surprises are everywhere.
Street performances such as "Rainbow Feather Dress Dance" transform the alleys into stages, allowing tourists to brush shoulders with "Tang Palace Ladies" (唐宫仕女) and share fine grape wine with "Western Region Merchants"; the "Chang'an Twelve Hours" themed dining area restores Tang Dynasty eateries, launching "Shaowei Banquet" imitations and Tang pastries, creating a "Tang Style Gathering" on the tip of the tongue; in cultural and creative shops and intangible cultural heritage workshops, the Shaanxi History Museum (陕西历史博物馆) co-branded replica of the "Gilt Dancing Horse Cup-Shaped Silver Pot" (鎏金舞马衔杯纹银壶), Tang Dynasty mural scarves, "Moon Lamps" and other national trendy products make history and fashion approachable...
"Immersive is not simply stacking technology, but allowing tourists to transform from 'bystanders' into 'participants' and even 'creators'," said Shen Shuyu (申书宇). The Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City (大唐不夜城) scenic area is actively transforming into an immersive experience of deep participation, emotional resonance, and full sensory mobilization. Through the integrated reconstruction of spatial scenes, business formats, cultural narratives, and service processes, the static historical space is transformed into a "Prosperous Tang Experience Field" full of vitality, perceptible, immersive, and consumable.
As of October 7, the average daily tourist volume of the Grand Tang Dynasty Ever Bright City (大唐不夜城) during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays exceeded 300,000. As night falls, under the majestic Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (大雁塔), water and light intertwine, and the North Square music fountain rises and falls with the rhythm of the melody, conveying the unique charm and modern trends of the ancient city of Xi'an (西安)...
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The morning light spills over the layered glazed tile roofs of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿), the red walls and yellow tiles of the Forbidden City (紫禁城) shimmering, profound and vibrant. As the sunlight drapes this largest and most complete extant wooden structure ancient palace complex in the world with splendor, the 605-year-old Forbidden City is about to welcome its first centenary as a museum.
History and reality converge at this moment. In the Meridian Gate (午门) exhibition hall, viewers, with a thirst and reverence for Chinese civilization, watch intently cultural relics such as *Along the River During the Qingming Festival* (《清明上河图》), *Letter from Bo Yuan* (《伯远帖》), and *Five Oxen* (《五牛图》). The special exhibition commemorating the centenary of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), "A Century of Guardianship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum," attracts the world's attention.
From a former royal forbidden palace to a modern museum that carries the cultural aspirations of hundreds of millions of people today, the centenary of the Palace Museum is a microcosm of the development of China's museum cause from 筚路蓝缕 (bì lù lán lǚ - "driving a cart with a bamboo pole, wearing tattered clothes," to start an undertaking in hardship) to vigorous brilliance. It witnesses the country's journey from poverty and weakness to prosperity and strength, and tells the story of the Chinese nation's cultural confidence and national rejuvenation.
Since the new era, this majestic palace, which carries the genes of Chinese civilization, has been writing a new chapter of preserving cultural heritage, serving the people, and revitalizing its utilization.
Preserving Cultural Heritage, Guarding National Treasures with Life
As of the end of 2024, the Palace Museum's collection exceeded 1.95 million items (sets). This is the result of the fifth deepening and continuation of the Palace Museum's cultural relic inventory.
The Palace Museum houses the cultural treasures created by the Chinese nation over thousands of years, a magnificent spectacle.
In the past century, the Palace Museum has conducted five cultural relic inventory projects. Starting in 2014, the Palace Museum began clearing and organizing 15 major categories of cultural relics, including oracle bones, Ming and Qing dynasty correspondence, and old photos from the Qing court. The number of cultural relics has increased again from the 1.8 million items (sets) announced in 2010.
Taking stock is the prerequisite for cultural relic protection and research. The Palace Museum, with an attitude of being responsible to history and future generations, places the safety of the cultural relics and the excavation of their cultural value in the first place, reflecting the mission and responsibility of guarding the roots of Chinese civilization.
At the beginning of its establishment, facing dilapidated buildings and cultural relics scattered everywhere, the first generation of Palace Museum staff began the arduous task of sorting and protecting them.
The real test came during the Anti-Japanese War. In 1933, in order to protect national treasures from being plundered by Japanese invaders, the Palace Museum initiated the largest, longest, and most extensive cultural relic relocation in the history of world cultural relics—the southward relocation of cultural relics.
Tens of thousands of boxes of cultural relics, more than 10 years of displacement, and tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, the Palace Museum staff guarded the national treasures with their flesh and blood under the fire of cannons. "If people are here, the national treasures are here." During the turmoil, some Palace Museum staff sacrificed their lives for it; until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, the cultural relics were properly managed and protected, creating a miracle of protecting human cultural heritage in a war environment.
Zhang Hongwei (章宏伟), former president of the Palace Museum Publishing House, exclaimed that the Palace Museum staff connected the Palace Museum's cultural relics with the fate of the Chinese nation, with national independence, and with national dignity, with a belief of "regarding national treasures as life."
The smoke of war dissipated, but the guardianship did not stop. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the great attention of the Party and the government, the ancient building restoration work of the Palace Museum was fully launched. Wang Xudong (王旭东), director of the Palace Museum, said that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state successively allocated more than 20 million yuan in special funds to repair and maintain the dilapidated palaces. "The Palace Museum established a special ancient building maintenance team in 1953, and completed more than 430 projects in the first 10 years of its establishment, so that most of the 160,000 square meters of ancient buildings in the Palace Museum were repaired on different scales, and gradually explored a set of repair procedures, technologies, and experiences suitable for the ancient buildings of the Palace Museum."
In 1961, the Palace Museum was listed as one of the first national key cultural relics protection units. In 1987, the Palace Museum was included in the *World Heritage List*. The protection of the Palace Museum entered a new stage.
In 2002, the overall renovation and protection project of the Palace Museum was launched, which is the largest overall maintenance of ancient buildings in nearly a century. "This is not just a maintenance, but a historical mission." Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵), former deputy director of the Palace Museum, said that from the Hall of Martial Valor (武英殿) to the Hall of Preserved Harmony (宝蕴楼), from the Qin'an Hall (钦安殿) to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility (慈宁宫), the major repair lasted for 18 years, allowing the open area of the Palace Museum to expand from less than 30% to more than 65%, and "promoting protection through opening" was successful.
Entering the new era, the Palace Museum proposed the construction of "Safe Palace," and the overall maintenance and protection of ancient buildings, cultural relic earthquake resistance, and fire safety systems have been fully upgraded. Fire facilities and intelligent risk early warning platforms are used to build a "copper wall and iron wall"; modern underground warehouses with constant temperature and humidity ensure that millions of cultural relics "extend their lives"; the construction of the Northern Branch expands the space for cultural relic restoration, display, and protection. Today's Palace Museum, a three-dimensional security system covering underground, ground, and air, has been built.
"The deep value of the Palace Museum's protection model lies in the dual-wheel drive of technology and humanities, building a sustainable development model that integrates cultural heritage and contemporary society, providing referential Eastern wisdom for the protection of civilization in the era of globalization," said Du Haijiang (都海江), secretary of the Party Committee of the Palace Museum.
For a hundred years, generations of Palace Museum staff have passed on the torch, guarding the precious carrier of Chinese civilization with awe, ensuring that this ancient palace that has experienced vicissitudes is "completely handed over to the next 600 years."
Zheng Xinmiao (郑欣淼), former director of the Palace Museum, said that in the storms of the times, the belief of "regarding national treasures as life" has been continuously inherited and deepened, becoming a valuable asset for promoting the high-quality development of the Palace Museum's cause.
Serving the People, From Royal Forbidden Palace to Modern Museum
On October 10, 1925, the first day of the opening of the Palace Museum, before 8 o'clock in the morning, the Gate of Divine Might (神武门) was already crowded with people, eagerly looking forward to seeing the Palace Museum.
This scene is symbolic: ordinary people who had been blocked outside the palace walls for hundreds of years can now enter the palace.
Opening to the public is the gene of the Palace Museum, and it has become a key word throughout its centenary.
"The Palace Museum's unswerving pursuit is to maximize the benefits of cultural heritage protection to the broadest masses of the people, and to meet the people's ever-increasing cultural and spiritual needs," said Wang Xudong.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Palace Museum proposed that it should not only protect cultural relics, but also "turn private into public."
In the 1920s, after Yi Peiji (易培基) became the first director of the Palace Museum, the area of the Palace Museum available for exhibition and opening gradually expanded, and various exhibitions began to be held.
During the Anti-Japanese War, during the southward and westward relocation of cultural relics from the Palace Museum, many domestic and foreign cultural relic exhibitions were held to spread Chinese culture and enhance national identity.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Palace Museum enriched the content of the exhibitions, and set up original displays of palace historical sites in the three main halls and the three rear palaces on the central axis of the Forbidden City, as well as special displays of art galleries, painting galleries, and treasure galleries in the west and east routes. This pattern and exhibition concept combining original displays and special displays has been followed to this day.
During the period of reform and opening up, the Palace Museum gradually improved the museum's supporting infrastructure, and continuously developed the cultural relic collection, protection, research, display, and dissemination system.
With the deepening of opening up, a difficult problem soon arose.
In 1949, the number of visitors to the Palace Museum was 1 million, which increased to 7 million in 2002. In 2012, the number of visitors to the Palace Museum exceeded 15 million. Inside and outside the palace gate, the single-day peak during holidays once exceeded 180,000.
The spatial and temporal distribution of visitors is extremely uneven, the "congestion point" on the central axis is normalized, and the safety of cultural relics, the carrying capacity of ancient buildings, and the visiting experience are all in urgent need. Opening and protection have become the propositions that the Palace Museum must solve.
On June 13, 2015, the Palace Museum implemented the new rule of "limiting the daily flow to 80,000 people" for the first time. "Limiting the flow is not only to relieve pressure, but also to make the visit dignified and warm through refined management," said Shan Jixiang (单霁翔), the then director of the Palace Museum.
After 10 years of exploration, the Palace Museum has formed a scientific model: a "reservation, staggered peak, and flow restriction" mechanism based on big data analysis, an intelligent tour guide system that monitors the flow of people in each area in real time, guiding visitors to avoid congestion... "Limiting the flow is not rejection, but for a higher quality encounter," said a Palace Museum guide, revealing the truth.
Protecting in development and developing in protection is a dialectical way of thinking. The Palace Museum has vividly practiced "people-centered" in the field of cultural and expo through scientific management and service improvement.
Expand the open area, open the Palace of Longevity and Health (寿康宫) and the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility area, and the Meridian Gate Wing Tower becomes an exhibition hall, effectively dispersing passenger flow and optimizing the tour route;
Launch a "one-stop" ticketing system to shorten the entry time, and young people and elderly visitors can enjoy convenient reservation channels;
Improve restrooms, rest areas, signage systems, barrier-free facilities, etc. to improve the comfort of basic services;
Improve the functions of the official website, APP, and mini-program to provide all-round online services such as ticketing, tour guide, and information query;
Provide multilingual interpreters, volunteer interpreters, smart tour guides, special tour guides, etc. to meet the needs of different visitors;
Carry out rich social education activities, hold activities such as "Palace Knowledge Classroom" and "Summer Public Welfare Experience Class", and publish educational books of various types including picture books, readers, and game books to stimulate public participation;
Provide targeted services, and launch digital sign language tour guide projects and barrier-free volunteer services for people with disabilities;
Launch the "100 Palace Traditional Culture Public Welfare Class" project. In 2 years, it has entered nearly 40 schools through a combination of online and offline methods, sending Palace culture to border ethnic areas and even overseas.
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"The service of the Palace Museum is constantly improving," commented Lu Zhou (吕舟), a professor at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University. "This reflects the humanistic temperature of a world-class museum."
From the initial opening of the three main halls to the continuous expansion of the open area today; from the crowds of visitors and overcrowding to obtaining a dignified and in-depth cultural experience; from the cultural relics locked in the warehouse to the digital collections that fly into ordinary people's homes... This museum, which has experienced the storms of the times, adheres to the people-centered approach, puts social benefits first, and has become a cultural palace that nourishes the national spirit.
Activating Utilization, Upholding Integrity and Innovation, Firmly Establishing Cultural Confidence
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the cultural relics collected in the forbidden palace, the heritage displayed on the vast land, and the words written in ancient books should all be brought to life.
The centenary of the Palace Museum is a history of the brilliance of Chinese treasures, and also a history of exploration of the sustainable development of cultural heritage in the torrent of the times.
"No name, no inscription, only this scroll," in August 2025, the dance poetry drama *Only Green* ("只此青绿") "unfolded" in the United States. This work, created with the painting *A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains* (《千里江山图》) in the collection of the Palace Museum as its background, has been touring the world for more than 800 performances, and is a representative of the Palace Museum's "cultural relic activation." The Palace Museum in the new era allows sleeping cultural relics to live in the present in diverse forms.
Through creative transformation and innovative development, the Palace Museum deeply excavates the cultural, historical, artistic, and scientific values contained in cultural relics, endows them with new contemporary connotations and modern forms of expression, allows the cultural relics collected in the forbidden palace to integrate into contemporary life, serves the people's needs for a better life, and demonstrates vigorous cultural innovation vitality.
From the phenomenal exhibitions "A Century of Guardianship: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum" and "Shiqu Baoji Special Exhibition" to "Dunhang's Distant Journey: The Palace Museum's Dunhuang Special Exhibition" and "Celebrating the New Year: Celebrating the New Year in the Forbidden City," the Palace Museum tells Chinese stories through exhibition innovation. The application of modern exhibition concepts and technologies such as multimedia, scene restoration, and immersive experience enhances the appeal, interactivity, and educational nature of the exhibitions.
From Palace Museum stationery, "Forbidden City Auspicious Beasts" canvas bags to "Palace Museum Cat" mouse pads, Palace Museum lipsticks, creative products based on Palace Museum cultural relic elements and cultural connotations continue to break circles and are loved by young people. Palace Museum cultural and creative products allow visitors to "bring Palace Museum culture home" while also allowing traditional culture to integrate into daily life in a fashionable and friendly way.
From launching Chinese and foreign cultural relic exchange exhibitions, creatively holding important international conferences such as the "Taihe Forum" to carrying out international cooperation and formulating international standards, the Palace Museum has become an important platform for promoting cultural exchanges and mutual learning and enhancing the influence of Chinese culture, demonstrating the charm of Chinese civilization in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and contributing Chinese experience and Chinese wisdom to the protection and utilization of world cultural heritage.
From the cultural relics in the Ceramics Gallery being able to "speak" to the Hall of Mental Cultivation (养心殿) using AR to reproduce historical scenes, the Palace Museum uses digital empowerment to create a "Forbidden City that never closes." The launch of VR/AR, digital exhibitions, and online live broadcasts provides an experience that transcends physical space. The digital cultural relic library has launched a massive amount of high-definition cultural relic images for the public to enjoy and study for free. The Palace Museum's Weibo, WeChat, Douyin, Bilibili and other new media, and APPs such as "Daily Palace Museum" spread Palace Museum culture in a lively and friendly way. The "Palace Museum Cat" cultural relic emoji package, the documentary *Masters in the Forbidden City* (《我在故宫修文物》), and the TV show *New Arrival Palace* (《上新了·故宫》) attract young people, making the solemn Palace Museum approachable and relatable.
Su Yi (苏怡), director of the Digital and Information Department of the Palace Museum, said: "We hope that when visitors leave the Palace Museum, they will take away a pair of eyes that discover beauty and a heart that dares to innovate."
"So this is the Palace Museum" "I have no regrets entering China in this life" "How young are we? Five thousand years!" Young people's evaluation of the Palace Museum expresses their love for the youthful Palace Museum. The Palace Museum, full of fresh contemporary sense, has become a unique window for people, especially young people, to get close to outstanding traditional Chinese culture, triggering strong cultural identity.
"Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture, we must build the Palace Museum into a world-class museum, a model for the protection of world cultural heritage, a leader in the integration of culture and tourism, and a Chinese cultural living room for cultural exchanges and mutual learning, so that the Palace Museum not only guards the memory of history, but also becomes an important force for inspiring the future and stimulating creation," said Wang Xudong.
A hundred years of vicissitudes, the original intention is as firm as a rock. Standing at the starting point of a new century, on the journey of building a strong cultural country, the Palace Museum will bloom with more magnificent brilliance and write a glorious chapter of inheriting the Chinese cultural heritage and firmly establishing cultural confidence.
(Related reports on page twelve)
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Accelerating the construction of a unified national market requires continuous efforts in improving institutional rules, opening up factor markets, and eliminating local protectionism and market segmentation, so as to provide a stable, efficient, and predictable development environment for various business entities.
With the unified national market as the development coordinate, the development of a region or field continues to extend to the whole country and even the world, with more new opportunities, wider new tracks, and broader new horizons.
Currently, what is the difference between government investment promotion and enterprise investment and business development compared with the past? The voices from the grassroots level are quite convincing.
A district-level government investment promotion staff member in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, bluntly stated that old tricks such as "transferring a piece of land at a low price and then granting tax reductions and exemptions" no longer work, and new ideas are needed for investment promotion now.
A business leader who runs a research and study company in Zhanjiang (湛江), Guangdong (广东) Province, frankly said that in the past, going to Guangxi (广西) to develop business was always stuck by the so-called "directory database," but since the local area "broke down barriers" for business entities, business has been much smoother.
One difficulty and one ease fully demonstrate the changes in the business environment, and also reflect the effectiveness of the construction of a unified national market in promoting fair competition and stimulating market vitality.
The vitality of a market economy comes from fair competition. In the past, for a period of time, some places invested various resources to create "policy depressions" and strive for the landing of high-quality enterprises, and investment promotion was distorted into "comparing low land prices, competing for more subsidies, and fighting for greater preferential treatment." Items such as "directory database," "franchise rights," and "exclusive agreements" have become barriers that exacerbate local protectionism. Strengthening the rigid constraints of fair competition review is precisely the inherent requirement for accelerating the construction of a unified national market.
The key to promoting fair competition is to promote the transformation of development models in various regions from zero-sum games to coordinated development. At the national level, the promulgation of the *Regulations on Fair Competition Review* provides legal guidance for all regions to clean up and abolish regulations and practices that hinder the unified market and fair competition, and to ensure that various business entities use production factors equally in accordance with the law and participate in market competition fairly. At the local level, various institutional innovations continue to emerge, launching full life cycle service lists, innovating and promoting the integrated service reform of "one thing," and implementing "one credit report to replace a stack of certificates"... Continuously optimizing the business environment, shifting from competing for "policy depressions" to creating "service highlands," can bring more nourishment to the growth and development of business entities.
To promote fair competition, not only reform measures are needed, but also the supply of optimized systems. Improve the rules for governing improper government intervention in market competition, refine supporting rules for anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition, and improve fair competition rules in the digital economy... To accelerate the construction of a unified national market, we must continue to work hard on improving institutional rules, opening up factor markets, and eliminating local protectionism and market segmentation, so as to provide a stable, efficient, and predictable development environment for various business entities.
Without local protection, local enterprises will definitely not develop well? After Jiangxi (江西) created a "fair competition review and evaluation" mechanism, the franchise right of the Chengtou Company (城投公司) of Shicheng County (石城县), Jiangxi (江西) to build charging piles was cancelled, and other investors successfully entered the market. Facing market competition directly, the county Chengtou Company (城投公司) installed high-power heavy-duty truck charging piles, increasing revenue by more than 20,000 yuan per month, and upgraded existing charging piles, reducing costs by about 7,000 yuan per month, making the company more competitive. It can be seen that by removing barriers, the market is not smaller but larger, and the competitiveness is not lower but higher.
An efficient, standardized, fair, competitive, and fully open unified national market is a rich soil for the creativity and vitality of the whole society. When logistics channels are more efficient and smooth, business entities are treated equally, law enforcement and supervision are more standardized, and "involution" competition is curbed, the efficiency of resource allocation will be further improved, and the market potential will continue to be released. With the unified national market as the development coordinate, the development of a region or field continues to extend to the whole country and even the world, with more new opportunities, wider new tracks, and broader new horizons.
"胸中有丘壑，眼里存山河 (xiōng zhōng yǒu qiū hè, yǎn lǐ cún shān hé - "have hills and valleys in the heart, mountains and rivers in the eyes," to have a broad vision and grand aspirations)." Finding the right positioning, role, and comparative advantages in the unified national market, and polishing government services around key links such as fairness and efficiency, can achieve the effect of "得其大者兼其小 (dé qí dà zhě jiān qí xiǎo - "He who wins the great wins also the small," grasping the major issues while also attending to the minor ones)," and gather more new momentum for the high-quality development of China's (中国) economy.
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It is precisely continuous innovation and constant evolution that cultivate the spirit of "If you can improve it today, do so again, and again, and forever" (苟日新、日日新、又日新 (gǒu rì xīn, rì rì xīn, yòu rì xīn - "If one day it is new, make it new every day, and again new," a quote from the Book of Rites encouraging continuous self-improvement and innovation)), providing a constant source of development and allowing the light of civilization to shine brightly.
What is one of the important symbols of the origin and development of human civilization? Painted pottery. Where is the magnificent chapter of prehistoric painted pottery art in China? It is none other than the Majiayao Culture (马家窑文化) dating back about 5,000 years. Why were the Majiayao people so good at creating painted pottery art? This has always been a "mystery" in the historical community.
Solving the mystery requires archaeology. Lintao County (临洮县), Dingxi City (定西市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), the Siwa Site (寺洼遗址) is one of the largest settlement sites west of the Longshan Mountains (陇山) in the Chinese Neolithic period currently known. After seven high-level scientific excavations, archaeologists have discovered a large number of house sites, pottery kilns, and remains related to pottery making, as well as stone tool processing remains and a large number of exquisite painted pottery. These new discoveries not only provide evidence for understanding the painted pottery handicraft industry at that time, but also open a window for understanding the prehistoric culture of western China.
In this archaeological window, there are many "firsts." The first discovery of a "moat (ditch)" with a triple rectangular layout in the prehistoric period, the first discovery of a large-scale pottery-making area of the Majiayao Culture, and the first confirmation of a high-level, central settlement of the Majiayao Culture... The amazing new discoveries, to a certain extent, prove the breadth, depth, and long history of Chinese civilization.
Civilization is inherited in one continuous line, always full of vitality. Chinese civilization has experienced more than 5,000 years of wind and rain, never interrupted, and has existed since ancient times. Today, we still speak the "words spoken" by our ancestors, and we still write the characters created by "Cangjie" (仓颉). Of course, this continuity of culture is sometimes invisible and intangible, and needs to be made explicit and visualized through archaeology.
The Majiayao Culture is the successor and developer of the Yangshao Culture (仰韶文化). From its first discovery to the carrying out of archaeological excavations, especially the excavations since the new era, a series of major achievements have emerged, demonstrating the development level and civilization degree of the early society in the western Loess Plateau 5,000 years ago. This fills the gap in the study of the origin of Chinese civilization in the key period of the core hinterland of the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It can be said that it is precisely because civilization has never been interrupted that archaeology can continue to "innovate."
From another perspective, great civilizations are also moving towards the new. The painted pottery in the Majiayao Culture is eye-catching. Some researchers have proposed that the painted pottery of the Majiayao Culture had commercialized production and attached importance to the development of commerce. In other words, the Siwa Site reflects that in order to adapt to the development of productivity, the social form of Majiayao was constantly evolving. The Chinese civilization, which keeps pace with the times, from creating the world's earliest pottery container (釜) for cooking food to domesticating rice, millet, and foxtail millet, from traditional Chinese medicine benefiting mankind to the "Four Great Inventions" affecting the world... It is precisely continuous innovation and constant evolution that cultivate the spirit of "If you can improve it today, do so again, and again, and forever," providing a constant source of development and allowing the light of civilization to shine brightly.
Of course, inclusiveness is also an important feature of a great civilization. The origin and formation of Chinese civilization cannot be separated from exchanges and mutual learning with various civilizations. The Majiayao Culture was at the forefront of East-West exchanges, and its painted pottery had a wide influence. The archaeological community once believed that before the "Silk Road," there was a civilization exchange route represented by painted pottery due to the high similarity in style and decoration between the painted pottery of China, Romania, and other countries. Chinese civilization is good at absorbing foreign cultures. Wheat, yellow cattle, sheep, and metallurgy, which originated in West Asia, became organic components of Chinese civilization after being introduced into China. This open and inclusive attitude makes Chinese civilization shine with new brilliance and last forever. It can be seen that a multi-faceted and integrated civilization is endless.
Standing at the Siwa Site, looking into the distance at the Tao River (洮河) flowing eastward. As the largest tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River (黄河), it witnessed the ancestors shaping loess into painted pottery, and also witnessed later generations letting painted pottery emerge from the soil. Between "shaping" and "breaking," the light of civilization is reflected. Why has Chinese civilization lasted for thousands of years without interruption and without decline in the face of adversity? Because the roots are deep and because there are successors.
Return to TopIn this golden autumn season, agriculture is reaping a bountiful harvest, and the vast land is filled with the happy scene of fragrant melons and fruits and full granaries.
To increase income along with production, many places have organized rich activities such as intangible cultural heritage exhibitions and performances, and golden autumn consumption seasons to promote the sale of agricultural products, "gathering" popularity in the countryside and "heating up" the consumer market. A vibrant picture of comprehensive rural revitalization is slowly unfolding.
This is precisely:
The golden wind dyes the colorful autumn,
The earth sings joyfully to celebrate the harvest.
Smoothly connect all directions to expand sales channels,
Food security in the world consolidates the golden bowl.
Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
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By empowering with artificial intelligence, adhering to a people-oriented approach and technology for good, and using technological iteration to improve service efficiency, innovate product design, and enrich consumer experience, we can open up new space for imagination and growth points for the high-quality development of the cultural tourism industry.
At the 2025 China Cultural Tourism Industry Expo, a batch of innovative products such as 360-degree panoramic viewing, AR fun archeological blind boxes, and robot "musicians" and "dancers" were unveiled, creating a technological cultural tourism feast for tourists with tangible and interactive experiences. Nowadays, sightseeing tours are no longer able to meet consumer demand. Relying on artificial intelligence technology, the cultural tourism industry is gradually breaking through traditional limitations and accelerating its upgrade towards intelligence, personalization, and immersion.
The core of artificial intelligence's contribution to experiential cultural tourism lies in building immersive interactive scenarios. At Chuanshan Academy (船山书院) in Hengyang (衡阳), Hunan (湖南), AI is used to simulate the lecturing scenes of the time, with Mr. Wang Fuzhi (王夫之先生) coming across time and space, truly allowing tourists to converse with historical figures, turning the philosophical wisdom of 300 years ago and the thousand-year-old culture of Hengzhou (衡州) into a popular product. The Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) scenic area in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) has created the "Millennial Preface Tengwang Pavilion" VR experience center, allowing tourists to feel the Tang Dynasty banquet "immersively."
By breaking the boundaries between virtuality and reality and promoting deep integration of online and offline experiences, digitalization opens up a "new sensory era" for cultural tourism, bringing tourists a brand new audio-visual experience and allowing them to gain unique emotional experiences in situational interactions. These innovative practices not only reconstruct the content production paradigm of cultural tourism products and activate digital innovation momentum, but also allow the unique cultures of various regions to reach the public in a more vivid and attractive way, stimulating new vitality for cultural inheritance and development.
With the help of artificial intelligence technology, cultural tourism services can also be more refined and efficient. For example, Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) has created a cultural tourism intelligent entity "Hang Xiaoyi (杭小忆)," which integrates the city's cultural tourism resources through a big data platform, analyzes tourist sources, behaviors, and preferences, and realizes "a thousand people, a thousand faces" personalized information push, route planning, and product recommendations based on the specific needs and time requirements of tourists. The West Lake (西湖) scenic area in Hangzhou (杭州) also launched a "digital guide," with the "parent-child tour" recommending lotus science popularization at Quyuanfenghe (曲院风荷), and the "cultural tour" explaining the historical stories of Yue Wang Temple (岳王庙). The average stay of tourists using the "digital guide" has been extended to 5 hours, and the secondary consumption income of the scenic area has increased by 30%. It can be said that artificial intelligence technology has made great contributions to achieving precise marketing and improving service experience.
Artificial intelligence can also play the role of a travel butler. By entering travel time, budget, hobbies, and other conditions, a detailed travel plan generated by AI can be presented in just a few minutes. More and more tourists, especially young people, are beginning to choose to use AI for personalized itinerary customization. From the perspective of tourists, artificial intelligence allows tourists to better transform from "observers" to "participants" and even "designers," which not only satisfies personalized consumption but also enhances user stickiness. From the perspective of industrial development, relying on the "large model + large computing power + big data" architecture, deeply mining and analyzing massive user data, accurately outlining tourist portraits, and predicting market demand trends can provide a scientific decision-making basis for industrial development and greatly improve industrial operation efficiency.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平总书记) emphasized: "Let the tourism industry better serve a better life, promote economic development, build a spiritual home, display China's image, and enhance mutual learning among civilizations." By empowering with artificial intelligence, adhering to a people-oriented approach and technology for good, and using technological iteration to improve service efficiency, innovate product design, and enrich consumer experience, we can open up new space for imagination and growth points for the high-quality development of the cultural tourism industry and achieve a win-win situation for economic development, people's livelihood improvement, and cultural prosperity.
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Maliciously provoking confrontation and promoting violence and aggression have long been criticized by the public. Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) issued a notice to launch a two-month special campaign nationwide, titled "Qinglang (清朗) - Rectifying the Problem of Maliciously Provoking Negative Emotions" (清朗·整治恶意挑动负面情绪问题), which has received widespread support.
Taking negative emotions as a starting point grasps the key to the problem. "Getting into arguments" can be triggered at any moment, rationality becomes scarce, and following the crowd takes precedence. This is an obvious fact, and unless its drawbacks are eliminated, it will be difficult to achieve a clear and bright online environment.
There are many kinds of negative emotions, the most typical of which is antagonism. This is also the focus of the special campaign: forcibly associating identity, region, gender, and other information with social hot topics, using labels and stigmatization for hype, and provoking conflicts between groups; using topics such as film and television works, stand-up comedy, and sports events to incite "fan circle" (饭圈) fans to maliciously denigrate, attack, and insult others, or organize mass reporting and complaints; planning and performing scripts of fights, malicious harassment, etc., and advocating "using violence to control violence" (以暴制暴 (yǐ bào zhì bào - "use violence to control violence," meeting violence with violence)). It can be said that each key problem being addressed has a strong practical relevance.
The destructive power of inciting confrontation is by no means as simple as "not being able to speak properly." As the virtual and real worlds penetrate and interact with each other, the negative effects of online chaos may increase exponentially. For example, "doxing" (开盒挂人), and some live broadcasts organizing online fights, have caused adverse social impacts.
Polluting the source of water is more alarming than polluting the flow of water. People with ulterior motives unilaterally amplify negative individual cases, distorting "tributaries" into "mainstreams," and even fabricating and creating something out of nothing (无中生有 (wú zhōng shēng yǒu - "create something from nothing," fabricate stories)), which, over time, damages the ecology of the entire space for expression. The prevalence of confrontation and the rise of rumors undermine the foundation for building consensus, which is exactly what the instigators want—the more intense the quarrel, the more significant the traffic. Distorted values have a significant impact on the younger generation. Their worldview has not yet been formed, and their ability to distinguish needs to be improved. If they are not careful, they can easily be drawn into it, and they may even become "tools" participating in online violence. The harm cannot be underestimated and must be taken seriously.
There are many rectification tasks and great challenges, but the main line is clear, and the attitude is clear. In terms of governance methods, technical prevention, legal regulation, and platform supervision are all indispensable. To achieve good governance results, the role of the platform is also very critical. Governance not only looks at ability but also tests the platform's determination and the wisdom of relevant departments. After all, whether it is algorithms, rankings, or a broader traffic distribution mechanism, the standards and scales adopted reflect the company's values.
Maintaining rational thinking, being the master of one's emotions, and jointly resisting evil trends. Such principles need to be repeated and practiced continuously.
(Excerpted from *Southern Daily* (南方日报), originally titled *Resolutely Curb the Online Evil Trend of Provoking Negative Emotions*)
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In Tai仆寺 Banner (Tai仆寺旗), Inner Mongolia, an elderly herdsman suffers from severe knee joint degeneration. As the nearest hospital is dozens of *li* away from his home, each medical visit is a difficult journey. Fortunately, at the end of last year, the mobile medical team from Beijing Tiantan Hospital (北京天坛医院), affiliated with Capital Medical University, came to the Banner, not only providing him with examination and treatment but also teaching him daily care knowledge and skills. The mobile medical team measures the vastness of the grassland with their footsteps, solving the health problems of farmers and herdsmen by visiting their homes, writing a warm chapter of benefiting the people and making life easier for them.
Not long ago, the "Notice on Establishing a Regular Mobile Medical Service System" was issued, institutionalizing the practices and experiences of mobile medical services and achieving full coverage of regular mobile medical services in resource-poor counties. This will bring more medical resources and health benefits to the people at the grassroots level.
Promoting the expansion of high-quality medical resources and their balanced regional distribution has always been a key task of medical reform. In remote areas, poverty-stricken counties, and old revolutionary areas, medical resources are still weak, and there is a need to increase targeted assistance. The regular mobile medical service system focuses on key tasks such as disease diagnosis and treatment, telemedicine, specialty construction, and hospital management, and can cover all areas with weak medical resources, which is an effective path to comprehensively improve medical service capabilities.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China explored reform achievements such as national medical centers, national regional medical centers, and close-knit medical consortia, continued to promote the sinking of high-quality medical resources, and promoted the continuous rationalization of the layout of medical resources nationwide, forming valuable reform experience.
Leveraging institutional advantages and using "highlands" to lead "lowlands" can promote the balanced allocation of medical resources. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 114 new national regional medical centers were added, bringing the total to 125, basically covering provinces with weak medical resources, effectively improving the diagnostic and treatment capabilities of key regional specialties for difficult and critical illnesses. Through talent cultivation, technology output, and joint discipline construction, national regional medical centers are continuously improving the medical level in the central and western regions in a big-hand-leading-small-hand manner, reducing the burden of cross-regional medical treatment for patients while also improving the overall medical level of the region.
The sinking of high-quality resources is the key to solving the problems of difficulty and high cost of seeing a doctor. In rural areas, the construction of close-knit county medical consortia integrates county, township, and village medical resources to achieve "common illnesses not leaving the county"; in cities, community hospitals have become the "first line of defense" for preventing and controlling "minor illnesses," "chronic diseases," and seasonal infectious diseases, and family doctors establish long-term health records for patients, becoming gatekeepers of residents' health. Grassroots medical care is the "safety net" of medical and health services. Consolidating grassroots medical care provides a solid foundation for building a high-quality and efficient medical and health service system.
Digital technologies and other information technologies break through spatial limitations, bringing more possibilities for the sinking of high-quality medical resources. With technological empowerment, experts in Beijing (北京) can remotely control surgical robots to perform malignant tumor resection surgery on patients in Tibet (西藏) in real time; through remote consultations, expert teams in Hangzhou (杭州) can conduct multidisciplinary consultations for patients in Xinjiang (新疆); through internet hospitals, people in remote areas can receive follow-up consultations without leaving their homes... High-quality medical resources have "flown" to the grassroots level with the wings of digitalization. In the future, large-scale application and iterative upgrades of new technologies will continue to promote the balanced regional distribution of high-quality medical resources.
Seeing a doctor and seeking medical treatment are important matters for people's livelihoods. With the establishment of a regular mobile medical service system, China will coordinate the roles of national medical centers, national regional medical centers, provincial regional medical centers, and close-knit county medical consortia, allowing more high-quality medical resources to extend to resource-poor areas and the grassroots, allowing more people to enjoy high-quality medical services, and helping to build a healthy China.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邓建胜 姚雪青
Hua Jieyou (华介友) was born in 1935 in Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. In 1954, he graduated from Wuxi Normal School (无锡师范学校). He spearheaded the establishment of Wuxi's (无锡) first Children's Palace, consistently implementing joyful education and personalized development. During his time as a moral education teacher at Donglin Elementary School (东林小学), he attempted to integrate outstanding traditional Chinese culture and classic stories into the curriculum, which was deeply loved by students. In 2003, he founded the "Langlang Reading at Donglin" classic recitation class. For 22 years, he has been planting seeds of inheriting outstanding traditional Chinese culture in the hearts of tens of thousands of children.
"Is it not a pleasure, after learning, to practice what one has learned? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar?" On a weekend morning, the sound of朗朗(láng láng - "clear and melodious," describes the sound of reading aloud) reading echoes from the depths of the Donglin Academy (东林书院) in Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏), which has a history of over 900 years. Following the sound through pavilions and ancient trees, one arrives at a hall where small tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and a group of children are holding books, reciting the *Analects* in childish voices.
Standing in front, leading the recitation, is Hua Jieyou (华介友), a 90-year-old retired teacher. With a head of silver hair, he is lean and wiry, yet full of energy. In 1954, he graduated from Wuxi Normal School (无锡师范学校), thus beginning his career in teaching and educating people. In 2003, at the age of 68, he founded the "Langlang Reading at Donglin" recitation class. For 22 years, he has been planting seeds of inheriting outstanding traditional Chinese culture in the hearts of tens of thousands of children.
"I used to be Teacher Hua's (华老师) student, and now I've brought my child here," said Xia Haiyan (夏海艳), a parent. The child looks forward to coming to class every week and has also fallen in love with outstanding traditional Chinese culture because of it.
What makes this recitation class so attractive?
"Today, we are reciting a section from *The Analects: Advanced*." Hua Jieyou (华介友) has the children open their textbooks and leads them in reciting, sentence by sentence: "In late spring, after the spring clothes have been made, with five or six adults and six or seven children, we would bathe in the Yi River (沂), enjoy the breeze at the Dance Altar (舞雩), and return singing..." These children, the older ones being twelve or thirteen years old, and the younger ones only four or five, some of them cannot understand the meaning of the ancient text, so Hua Jieyou (华介友) transforms these contents into stories to tell everyone.
"What is an ideal life? Confucius' (孔子) student Zeng Dian (曾点) described a spring outing scene in this passage, and Confucius (孔子) agreed with it very much..." The children seem to be there in person.
After calligraphy class, seeing the beautiful autumn scenery outside the window, Hua Jieyou (华介友) leads the children to a pavilion near the water to recite the *Book of Songs: Guan Ju*. In the blink of an eye, it is time to go home, and some children are reluctant to leave. Hua Jieyou (华介友) suggests with a smile: "Let's recite our way home like in the book." At this moment, the classics are not distant words, but a life that is within reach.
Why start a recitation class at the age of 68? "My family was poor, and I benefited from the country's good policies. I went to a free normal school when I was in school, so I made a vow to engage in education for the rest of my life," Hua Jieyou (华介友) said. In the late 1990s, he saw older generation cultural scholars such as Ba Jin (巴金) and Bing Xin (冰心) calling for the tradition of traditional culture not to be interrupted and that children's classical schools should be built quickly. This was in line with his own ideas, and he went to Beijing (北京) and other places to seek advice from experts, preparing to start a recitation class in Wuxi (无锡).
One rainy day, Hua Jieyou (华介友) passed by Donglin Academy (东林书院), which was quiet. He thought, wouldn't it be great to have the recitation class here? He found the person in charge of the academy and said sincerely, "Donglin Academy (东林书院) used to be a place where scholars gathered. Now, it is a pity that there is less reading here." This sincerity moved the other party, and soon, the recitation class was started at Donglin Academy (东林书院).
With a venue, how to recruit students? Hua Jieyou (华介友) went to various kindergartens and elementary schools in the city to "lobby," recruiting the first batch of 20 students. Initially, when his wife heard that he was going to start a recitation class and had to raise funds to buy books, she didn't understand, "You're getting old, and there are many places where you'll need money if you get sick." "When you're old, you can't waste your time even more, you have to do something meaningful!" Seeing how determined he was, his wife relented and helped him start the recitation class.
The biggest difficulty in running the recitation class is enrollment. One year, only 3 students were recruited. But Hua Jieyou (华介友) is not discouraged, "As long as Donglin Academy (东林书院) is open for one day, parents will bring their children to visit, and there will always be children who join us. Even if there is only one student, we will continue to run it." For 22 years, tens of thousands of children have entered this classroom, including both Chinese and foreign children.
"Being with the children, I gain far more than I give."
Unlike the serious image of many teachers, Hua Jieyou (华介友) is an old child in the eyes of the children. For the 2-hour recitation course, Hua Jieyou (华介友) sets up a 20-minute break, taking the children to the playground to watch ants, throw sandbags, push iron rings, and mingle with everyone. Sometimes, younger children can't sit still in class, so he accompanies them to play for a while, and then they come back to class when they are tired. Whenever the weather is clear, he moves the classroom to under ancient trees, by the pond, and in the long corridor, taking the children to experience life in nature, stimulate their nature, and learn through fun.
His way of teaching also highlights the word "lively." The first lesson for children coming to the recitation class is to get to know Donglin Academy (东林书院). Hua Jieyou (华介友) does not take everyone to recognize the famous couplet stele here, but first lets everyone feel the difference between the ancient stele and the newly carved stele, and then use their noses to smell the "taste of history" on the cultural relics.
"Why do we study outstanding traditional Chinese culture?" Hua Jieyou (华介友) tells the children the story of Confucius (孔子) asking Lao Tzu (老子) for advice... "We can learn many truths from these stories, and they also inspire us to learn to think independently and know how to ask questions," Hua Jieyou (华介友) said.
Regarding the famous couplet of Donglin Academy (东林书院), he also inspires children to have new thoughts. "Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is of concern, is there a better word to replace 'concern' here?" The children use their brains and come up with "in the heart," "with the heart," "moving the heart"...
Once, Hua Jieyou (华介友) took the children to recite by the pond. He pointed to the small fish and asked: How many fish are there in the pond? Some children carefully count, and some children say, "There are two, coming and going." Hua Jieyou (华介友) is very surprised, "We must learn from the children, students do not have to be inferior to teachers!"
These innovative educational concepts come from Hua Jieyou's (华介友) 70 years of teaching experience. After graduating from Wuxi Normal School (无锡师范学校), he served as the "parent" of the Wuxi (无锡) City "Children's Home," carefully studying the interests and hobbies of children, and consistently implementing joyful education and personalized development. In the 1980s, during his time as a moral education teacher at Donglin Elementary School (东林小学), he attempted to integrate traditional culture and classic stories into teaching, which was loved by students.
"When I was in elementary school, Teacher Hua (华老师) was my teacher. When I was in middle school and university, and even now that I am working, he is still a teacher." Song Xiaochun (宋小春), one of Hua Jieyou's (华介友) earliest students, said, "Teaching keeps him young."
"Engaging in education always makes me feel like I won't get old. Being with the children, I gain far more than I give," Hua Jieyou (华介友) said.
"Do a good job of passing on the torch, so that children have more opportunities to come into contact with outstanding traditional Chinese culture."
Hua Jieyou (华介友) often says: "Life never ceases, education never stops." However, as he gets older, he also begins to consider passing on the torch.
He has very high standards for selecting "disciples": those without a foundation in Sinology are not acceptable; those who are knowledgeable but impatient and have no patience with children are not acceptable; and those who use the banner of traditional culture to do business are even more unacceptable. Someone once wanted to poach Hua Jieyou (华介友) to teach in a training class, but Hua Jieyou (华介友) directly refused.
In 2016, Hua Jieyou (华介友) met Li Sujie (李素洁), a Ph.D. in Chinese philosophy who teaches at a university, at an event. "She has solid professional knowledge, is serious in her work, and has a good personality." Hua Jieyou (华介友) invited her to come to the recitation class as a part-time teacher.
"At that time, Teacher Hua (华老师) was already over 80 years old. I was moved by his spirit and agreed to come to class in my spare time." Li Sujie (李素洁) said that she only had experience teaching "big children" and did not know how to teach "little children." Under the guidance of Teacher Hua (华老师), she put in a lot of effort.
Before the first trial lecture, Li Sujie (李素洁) spent a lot of thought and formulated a detailed teaching outline, but Hua Jieyou (华介友) shook his head at her after listening to a class, "The children have no smiles." How can we make the children "have smiles"? Hua Jieyou (华介友) did not say clearly, and Li Sujie (李素洁) racked her brains at home, designing many games that children like to play, adding poetry to the games and dances, but after the second trial lecture, Hua Jieyou (华介友) still shook his head, "There must be thinking."
"Teacher Hua (华老师) treats us like children. He hopes that we can add thinking and innovation to our past teaching experience." Inspired, Li Sujie (李素洁) "developed" more new tricks: "I'll draw, you guess," drawing 成语 (chéng yǔ - "idiom," a fixed expression, often four characters, with a figurative meaning) or traditional characters and letting the children look at the pictures and speak; "Today I'll be the teacher," asking the children to teach themselves, and some children moved the character pictures from *Romance of the Eastern Zhou Dynasties* to the blackboard. Li Sujie (李素洁) also introduced her research on "Tang Tune Recitation" into the classroom, singing classic poems, which became a beautiful scene in the classroom.
The recitation class needs to be constantly updated. In order to make the classroom content richer, Hua Jieyou (华介友) not only advocates "every parent is a disseminator of traditional culture" and encourages "parent-child co-reading," but also "discovers" teachers from parents. "To do a good job of passing on the torch, so that children have more opportunities to come into contact with outstanding traditional Chinese culture," Hua Jieyou (华介友) said.
The parent of a child in the class is an art teacher at Donglin Elementary School (东林小学) and has special skills in paper-cutting. Hua Jieyou (华介友) invited her to teach the children handicrafts. Another student's grandmother used to work at the Huishan Clay Figurine Factory (惠山泥人厂) and was also invited to teach everyone how to make clay figurines and small animals... There is more laughter in the classroom.
"When I was a child, I followed Teacher Hua (华老师) to learn calligraphy and painting at the Children's Palace. Now, Teacher Hua (华老师) has invited me back to teach the children calligraphy. The meaning of education is fully manifested at this moment." Gu Xudan (顾旭旦), who works in a company, uses his spare time to teach children calligraphy at Donglin Academy (东林书院) every week, "I will continue to pass on this career!" Gu Xudan (顾旭旦) said.
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Stepping into the fully automated workshop of Xinjiang Bosheran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. (新疆钵施然智能农机公司) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Xinjiang, one can see transport robots shuttling along predetermined routes, delivering production materials from the warehouse to designated locations. On the assembly line, cotton pickers are being assembled in an orderly manner.
"This intelligent agricultural machinery manufacturing workshop can efficiently produce various agricultural machinery products," said Yang Zhiqiang (杨志强), the company's head, proudly.
In the exhibition hall, various agricultural machinery equipment such as cotton pickers, silage harvesters, and fertilizer planters are neatly arranged. These devices are not only powerful assistants in agricultural production but also the result of Bosheran's years of focused research and continuous innovation.
For a long time, due to the lack of core technology, China's multifunctional cotton pickers relied on foreign imports and were expensive. As the largest cotton-producing area in the country, Xinjiang (新疆) began research and development of cotton pickers in the 1990s. **从0到1** (cóng líng dào yī - "from zero to one," from scratch; from nothing to something), Bosheran has achieved a series of technological breakthroughs through continuous innovation, possessing 246 patents with completely independent intellectual property rights, and has rapidly grown into one of the leading domestic cotton picker enterprises.
"The secret to our rapid growth from a small local company lies in technological innovation," said Yang Zhiqiang (杨志强).
In the past, a cotton picker could only pick dozens of kilograms of cotton a day. Today, a six-row self-propelled cotton picker can pick 500 acres of cotton a day, equivalent to the workload of thousands of people. In 2024, Xinjiang's (新疆) cotton production accounted for about 92% of the country's total, and the mechanization harvesting rate reached more than 85%, supported by strong technology.
Enterprise innovation is inseparable from policy support. "Under the guidance of the Science and Technology Bureau of Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District) (乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）科技局), after comprehensive evaluation, we are currently planning to recommend our application for two autonomous region-level science and technology projects. Once approved, we will receive corresponding financial support," said Yang Zhiqiang (杨志强).
Taking the path of scientific research and innovation is an important way for small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve sustainable development and transformation and upgrading. In Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District) (乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）), Xinjiang Beidou Tongchuang Information Technology Co., Ltd. (新疆北斗同创信息科技有限公司) is also writing a new legend of enterprise development.
"This platform can quickly troubleshoot IT system failures, reducing troubleshooting time by 83% and operation and maintenance costs by 30%," said Zhen Lei (甄磊), the company's technical director, as he introduced the company's artificial intelligence operation and maintenance management platform project to customers.
Last year, Beidou Tongchuang (北斗同创) had a funding gap of 8 million yuan for research and development. Through the bank-enterprise matchmaking meeting organized by Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District) (乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）), it obtained a loan in less than a month using patents and awards as collateral.
"Our technology companies do not have too many fixed assets to mortgage," said Zhen Lei (甄磊). But now, technology patents, intellectual property rights, R&D contracts, and even awards and implemented projects obtained from scientific and technological achievements can be used as collateral, providing financial security for product development. Last year, the new R&D results equipped drones with intelligent brains, which are now widely used in power patrol inspections, nature reserve inspections, and more.
Xinjiang Tiancheng Luyuan Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. (新疆天成鲁源电气工程有限公司) also benefited from the innovative credit policy of Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District) (乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）). "Last year, our company was included in the 'whitelist' of technology companies by Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District) (乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）) and recommended to financial institutions. In January this year, the company received a 4.6 million yuan credit loan, which greatly alleviated the pressure on R&D funding. In the first quarter, the company's revenue doubled compared to the same period last year, and the types of business also increased," said Ma Zhi (马智), the company's general manager.
Holding bank-enterprise matchmaking meetings, promoting the "innovation points system" and "whitelist" mechanism, and establishing a "technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises - high-tech enterprises - innovative leading enterprises" echelon cultivation library... Through a series of policy supports, as of 2024, the total number of high-tech enterprises in Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District) (乌鲁木齐高新区（新市区）) reached 306, making it one of the districts and counties with the largest number of high-tech enterprises in the entire autonomous region.
Along with the development of technology companies, a number of major scientific research achievements are accelerating in Xinjiang (新疆), accumulating energy and empowering the development of characteristic advantageous industrial clusters.
The localization rate of the six-row baling cotton picker exceeds 90%, and the overall level has reached the international advanced level; China's first 10,000-meter scientific exploration well - Shendi Take 1 Well (深地塔科一井) - was completed in the Tarim Basin (塔里木盆地), marking the beginning of China's drilling capacity advancing towards the deep earth into the "10,000-meter era"; the purity of polysilicon has increased from 6N to above 11N, with quality ranking among the world's advanced levels, and the product energy consumption and intelligent manufacturing level are at the world's leading position...
In recent years, Xinjiang (新疆) has increased its efforts to promote technological innovation, ensuring an annual investment of 2 billion yuan in local financial science and technology funds, and establishing a 10 billion yuan talent development fund to promote a significant improvement in the region's technological innovation capabilities. In 2024, the region's expenditure on research and experimental development (R&D) reached 11.55 billion yuan, an increase of 27%; the number of high-tech enterprises reached 2,529, an increase of 32%.
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"At the moment when the peace doves fluttered their wings and soared high above Tiananmen Square (天安门广场), a deep sense of emotion welled up in my heart." Recently, Jialan Hui (嘉兰惠) (pictured, photo by Meadows Robbins), curator of the Chennault Aviation Military Museum and granddaughter of General Chennault (陈纳德), commander of the American Flying Tigers, who was invited to China to participate in the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, said in an interview.
This is Jialan Hui's (嘉兰惠) second time being invited to the Tiananmen (天安门) viewing platform. Ten years ago, she participated in the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Attending the commemorative event again, she was excited. "The military parade was grand in scale, and the formations participating in the parade were neat and solemn, which was inspiring." Especially when she saw the modern equipment, she couldn't help but think of the passage written by her grandfather – in 1937, the Chinese Air Force had only 91 flyable aircraft. Recalling the history that General Chennault (陈纳德) personally experienced, Jialan Hui (嘉兰惠) said: "My grandfather always believed in the resilience and strength shown by the Chinese people in the War of Resistance, and it was this spirit that made him choose to stand with the Chinese people. This spiritual legacy belongs not only to China, but also to the world."
In 1941, General Chennault (陈纳德) formed the "Chinese Air Force American Volunteer Group" (Flying Tigers) and fought alongside the Chinese military and civilians against the Japanese invaders, writing a moving chapter of internationalism. More than 80 years have passed, and this history is still remembered by the people of both countries.
In Jialan Hui's (嘉兰惠) view, this commemorative event is not only a look back at history, but also a look towards the future. "I hope that the younger generation in the United States and China can understand and continue to inherit the spirit of the Flying Tigers. This is not only the best commemoration of our predecessors, but also a source of strength for building a better future," said Jialan Hui (嘉兰惠).
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On September 3rd, a grand gathering commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was solemnly held in Beijing (北京). Representatives of international friends or their surviving family members from 14 countries, including Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, who contributed to the victory of China's war of resistance, were invited to attend. Nuriddin Mamatov, nephew of Soviet aid-China war veteran Karlshbai Makhatov and advisor to the Veterans and Disabled People's Union of Uzbekistan (Узбекистан), was one of them (see photo, Zhang Xiaodong (张晓东), reporter of this newspaper).
In May 1945, Karlshbai Makhatov joined the Transbaikal Front formed by the Soviet Union and went to Northeast China to fight against the Japanese army. "My uncle once defended human justice and peace together with the Chinese army and people, and his combat story is the glory of our family. I was very excited when I received the invitation from China. This is a common honor for the people of Uzbekistan (Узбекистан) and the descendants of veterans who aided China in the war of resistance." Mamatov said that this invitation connects the common history of Uzbekistan and China, reflecting the precious friendship of people from all countries fighting side by side in the World Anti-Fascist War.
"At the military parade, when the neatly uniformed foot phalanxes and equipment phalanxes appeared, a feeling of reverence arose spontaneously." Mamatov said that China showed the world the achievements of the modernization of its army and its sincere willingness to defend peace. "Only when the people of all countries respect and help each other and jointly safeguard peace can we safeguard fairness and justice for future generations."
Mamatov once worked for the Youth League of Uzbekistan (Узбекистан) and visited Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and other places with the delegation. The friendliness and hospitality of the Chinese people and the profound heritage of Chinese culture left a deep impression on him. He said: "I will continue to contribute to deepening the friendship and cooperation between the two countries."
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This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays saw a splendid array of cultural and tourism activities in Fujian. In the Three Lanes and Seven Alleys (三坊七巷), pedestrians paused at the former residences of celebrities, feeling the ancient charm; on the coast of Pingtan (平潭), tourists boarded yachts at the pier, experiencing the waves; on the mudflats of Xiapu (霞浦), photography enthusiasts flocked to capture picturesque scenery... Across the land of Eight Min (八闽大地), mountains and seas are intertwined, and the scenery is just right.
In October 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Fujian (福建): "Promote the deep integration of culture and tourism development, and cultivate the cultural tourism industry into a pillar industry."
Relying on its unique natural endowments and profound cultural heritage, Fujian (福建) is accelerating the integration of culture and tourism, transforming "good scenery" into "new momentum," injecting surging vitality into the cultural and tourism economy.
A cultural block not only preserves the city's cultural heritage but also activates market momentum.
Strolling through the Yantai Mountain Historical and Cultural District (烟台山历史风貌区) in Fuzhou (福州), the chimes of red brick ancient houses intertwine with the aroma of modern cafes. In a historical building on Aiguo Road (爱国路), an immersive art exhibition themed "Minjiang Night Talk" (闽江夜话) is being held, using holographic projection technology to recreate the old Fuzhou (福州) wharf scene, attracting more than 50,000 visitors in a month; nearby Lequn Road (乐群路), the "Yantai Mountain Cultural and Art Center" (烟台山文化艺术中心), transformed from an old cinema, has become a new artistic landmark where several young artists are jointly holding exhibitions; in the red brick arcade buildings on Cangqian Road (仓前路), a new-style tea shop themed on Fuzhou jasmine tea combines traditional tea art with modern blending, and the "Post Office Coffee" (邮局咖啡), transformed from an old post office, attracts customers with its special postmark latte art.
The lasting cultural flavor is the profound foundation for the revitalization of Fuzhou's (福州) cultural and tourism market.
The Fuzhou (福州) traditional costume technique "Three Hairpins" (三条簪) has become popular online, becoming a new "traffic code" for Fuzhou (福州) culture and tourism; immersive tourism performances such as "The Most Beautiful Jasmine Flower" (最美茉莉花) have been well received by tourists; and more than 150 intangible cultural heritage-themed activities, such as the Cross-Strait Folk Culture Activities (海峡民俗文化活动), have been held, driving the popularity and consumption of the block.
A small island city not only offers endless scenery but also allows you to enjoy fun.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the sea breeze gently caresses the face. At the No. 22 Yacht Wharf (22号游艇码头) in Dongao Central Fishing Port (东澳中心渔港), Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone (平潭综合实验区), staff member Zhou Yadi (周亚弟) twists the throttle, and the motor roars as the speedboat carrying tourists speeds away, splashing water and laughter.
"There were especially many tourists during this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, and the daily work schedule was very full!" Zhou Yadi (周亚弟) said with a smile. The No. 22 Yacht Wharf (22号游艇码头), which was put into operation last year, has built 49 berths and introduced diversified maritime experience projects such as sailboats, yachts, wave-making boats, and speedboats, becoming a new landmark for Pingtan (平潭) coastal tourism. "Here, yacht tourism is continuing to develop in the direction of mass leisure," said Lin Yan (林彦), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd. (平潭综合实验区文旅发展集团有限公司).
The "68 Town" (68小镇) on Monkey Rock Island (猴研岛) is also very lively. At the cultural market, old-fashioned peanut candy, freshly made fish balls, and other delicacies attract tourists to line up. As night falls, an island music festival is held in the open-air theater by the beach, where people dance to the music under the stars, enjoying the fusion of sea breeze and music.
Starting from the "round-the-island tour," the radius of Pingtan (平潭) maritime tourism is constantly extending. In the first half of this year, Pingtan (平潭) received 5,405,400 tourists, with a total tourism expenditure of 5.532 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2% and 17.3% respectively compared with the same period in 2024.
A landscape of mountains, rivers, and culture not only nurtures the ecological background but also creates cultural and tourism highlights.
In Beida Village (北大村), Licheng District (荔城区), Putian (莆田), more than a dozen students sit under a tree, listening to the teacher leading the team tell about Putian's (莆田) cultural heritage.
Beida Village (北大村) was born by the water and is famous for lychees. Relying on more than 1,500 lychee trees, the local area has built the "Lychee Forest Water Town" (荔林水乡) park. Boating on the river along the stream, surrounded by lush lychee forests, people feel the pleasant feeling of "boats traveling on blue waves, people swimming in a painting."
The development of Beida Village (北大村) is based on the ecological endowment advantages of the millennium lychee forest on the one hand, and combines "lychee" with "inspirational" on the other hand, actively carrying out study and research activities, and embedding university themes into the park. Chen Jun (陈君), Secretary of the Party Committee of Xitianwei Town (西天尾镇), Licheng District (荔城区), said: "At present, the collective economy of Beida Village (北大村) has an average annual growth of 30%, and ecological protection and industrial development have formed a virtuous circle."
From the initial 2 to the current 670 or so, Xiapu (霞浦) homestays in Ningde (宁德) have increased from few to many, from existence to excellence, improving the level of public services, so that tourists want to come again after leaving. Xiapu (霞浦) homestays had a total turnover of more than 400 million yuan last year, and 20,000 people are engaged in homestay-related industries.
"This is my second time to Xiapu (霞浦). The weather has been good these two days, and the sunrise is very beautiful," said Zheng Jiaxin (郑嘉欣), a tourist from Guangdong (广东). "The homestays here are affordable, and I heard that you can also experience helicopters. I'm going to try it."
"We are promoting the 'one price a year, no price increase throughout the year' for homestay hotels to improve the tourist experience and make tourists happy and comfortable," said Zheng Xinxuan (郑信旋), a member of the Party Group and Deputy County Mayor of Xiapu County (霞浦县政府).
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Fujian Province (福建省) received more than 46 million tourists, with a total tourism expenditure of more than 38.8 billion yuan, setting a new historical high. The new chapter of cultural tourism jointly painted by mountains, seas, and humanities is attracting more and more tourists to Fujian (福建), leaving beautiful memories.
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● Improve the legal environment, policy environment, and market environment that support the development of private enterprises, and protect the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of entrepreneurs equally in accordance with the law.
● Improve the policy system for promoting the development of small and medium-sized micro enterprises and individual businesses, and increase tax and fee preferences and credit support.
● Encourage private enterprises to reform and innovate, and improve their operating capabilities and management level.
● Support private enterprises to carry out basic research and technological innovation, participate in key core technology research and development, and tackle key national science and technology projects.
——Excerpt from the "14th Five-Year Plan" Outline
In the core area of the Zhijiang Cultural Industry Belt in Xihu District (西湖区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省), there is an Art and Innovation Town (艺创小镇). Adjacent to Phoenix Mountain (凤凰山) and Tongjian Lake (铜鉴湖), it boasts beautiful scenery and gathers more than 3,000 cultural and creative enterprises, surging with the vigorous vitality of the private economy.
"The company's growth and expansion are inseparable from a good entrepreneurial environment," said Zhou Jianmin (周建敏), CEO of Zhejiang Huaguoshan Culture Media Co., Ltd. (浙江花果山文化传媒有限公司). Since settling in the Art and Innovation Town in 2019, the company's staff size has grown from a few people to 130 today.
R&D and production of "Black Myth: Wukong," participation in the production of "Ne Zha," co-production of "Wolfwalkers"... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, enterprises in the Art and Innovation Town have cumulatively produced or participated in the production of 80 excellent audio-visual works, and have initially formed a large audio-visual industry cluster worth over 5 billion yuan. Last year, enterprises in the town achieved a total revenue of over 10 billion yuan.
Inspiring Ideas and Enhancing Communication
In the animated film "Ne Zha," scenes such as the "Great Battle in the Tianyuan Cauldron" shocked the audience with exquisite visual effects.
Behind the scenes of a few minutes of scenes is Huaguoshan Media's long-term technical polishing. "The scene involves thousands of characters, and the computing pressure is very high. The team split the characters into more than 20 files for layered processing, and then integrated them frame by frame," said Geng Chengyuan (耿程远), the company's visual effects director. "We spent 3 months and revised dozens of versions to meet the requirements of the film party."
Faced with high-difficulty and high-intensity tasks, in addition to relying on its own hard power, it is also inseparable from the support of the soft environment. "The town has mountains and rivers, and the environment is very beautiful. After work, taking a walk and looking at the scenery nearby can not only relax, but also nourish the eyes and brain, and inspire inspiration," said Geng Chengyuan.
How was such a town, which relies on mountains and rivers to expand and strengthen the cultural and creative industry, formed?
Decades ago, the site of the Art and Innovation Town was a cement factory. In 2008, the cement factory, which had been shut down for nearly 10 years, transformed into the Zhijiang Cultural and Creative Park (之江文化创意园), one of the first cultural and creative industrial parks in Hangzhou City. In 2015, as Zhejiang Province promoted the creation of characteristic towns, Xihu District, China Academy of Art (中国美术学院), and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music (浙江音乐学院) joined hands to create the Xihu Art and Innovation Town, referred to as the Art and Innovation Town, around the functional positioning of developing the "art +" industry. In 2019, the Art and Innovation Town was selected as the third batch of Zhejiang provincial-level characteristic towns.
"In the past few years in the town, the company has grown very fast. This place is like our 'Huaguoshan'," said Zhou Jianmin. "The town brings together many digital cultural and creative industry chain enterprises such as film and television, animation, games, and creative design. If there is any need, we can quickly match with partners. Everyone gathers together, and there are opportunities for exchange and learning on weekdays."
The town, with a planned area of 3.5 square kilometers, is not only an entrepreneurial park, but also an open scenic spot. Green spaces, walkways, book bars, catering, markets, exhibition halls... The beautiful scenery and rich business formats attract many citizens and tourists to visit. "Compared with ordinary office buildings, the park-like environment of the town is very down-to-earth and makes us feel comfortable. Seeing everyone come to the town for sightseeing and check-in, and being attracted by various cultural and creative elements, we also feel very accomplished," said Geng Chengyuan.
Connecting Needs and Providing Proactive Services
Walking into the exhibition hall of Huaguoshan Media, Zhou Jianmin picked up a beautifully shaped figure and introduced: "This is a derivative product we developed in cooperation with the animated film 'White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake', and the sales volume exceeded 13 million yuan."
At the end of 2023, Huaguoshan Media, relying on the experience accumulated in participating in film production in its early years, completed the transformation from a production party to a producer, and began to cooperate with content companies such as film companies and film groups to expand new businesses such as IP incubation.
Enterprises seeking innovation and transformation will inevitably face new difficulties and challenges. In addition to the beautiful environment, the Art and Innovation Town also provides high-quality services for enterprises.
"At the end of last year, when we were developing derivative products, we encountered difficulties in the outer packaging design and needed to seek help," said Zhou Jianmin. Relying on the town's matchmaking, the company successfully joined hands with Meida Keyi (Hangzhou) Cloud Platform Co., Ltd. (美大科艺（杭州）云平台有限公司), a company in the town specializing in digital printing, and started cooperation. "After confirming the outer packaging style and materials, we quickly made samples and successfully shipped them in just 15 days, which solved our urgent needs."
Zang Yan (臧燕), head of the enterprise service center of the Art and Innovation Town, introduced that in order to better meet the needs of enterprises, the town implements grid management for enterprise services. Full-time grid members composed of business backbones are connected with enterprises to focus on understanding and coordinating to solve the difficulties and problems in the process of enterprise operation and development, and provide proactive services.
"These are all business needs sent by enterprises," Zang Yan clicked on a string of chat records on her mobile phone. "Enterprises can contact us at any time, and we will help introduce and connect high-quality partners in the upstream and downstream of the industry chain."
Zhejiang Time Axis Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江时光坐标科技股份有限公司) is one of the first enterprises to settle in the Art and Innovation Town. Accompanying its growth for nearly 17 years, Time Axis has also affirmed the management and service level of the Art and Innovation Town.
"There are many connections between enterprises in the park, and the atmosphere is very good," said Ji Haiying (姬海鹰), chairman of Time Axis. The company has encountered problems in sound post-production, precision image color grading, etc., and the town will actively coordinate after understanding the needs of the enterprise. "For example, we need high-quality sound effects for the digital transformation of the China Wetland Museum, and the town helped connect the enterprise 'Sound Without Borders' (声无界) in the park, providing an ideal solution."
Zang Yan said that the purpose of the town's service to enterprises is to provide more support and less interference: "Respond to every request and do not disturb if there is nothing to do, so as to maintain a comfortable and free atmosphere as much as possible, so that enterprises can concentrate on their main business."
Relying on Talents to Develop the Future
In addition to the beautiful environment and high-quality services, the Art and Innovation Town also relies on abundant talent resources to provide strong support for the development of enterprises in the park.
Xihu District, China Academy of Art, and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music adopt a co-construction model of "government-led, academy participation." By building a school-enterprise exchange platform, they promote students to increase contact and expand exchanges with enterprises, and continuously inject talent and technical momentum into enterprises.
"Many core creative and technical talents in the team come from universities such as the China Academy of Art and the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music. Some outstanding talents with outstanding abilities have become backbones," said Ji Haiying. The company has signed a Ministry of Education industry-education cooperation collaborative education project with the China Academy of Art to introduce industrial practice into the campus and jointly cultivate compound talents that meet the forefront needs of the industry.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Xihu District proposed the "three creations integration" of cloud creation, scientific and technological innovation, and cultural creation, and continued to use real money to accurately support the development of the cultural and creative industry. In March last year, the "Xihu District Special Fund Management Measures for Literary and Art Development Support Projects" was issued to achieve full-process support for cultural projects from project establishment and creation to talent. This year, a new round of "Support Opinions on Accelerating the High-Quality Development of the Cultural Industry in Xihu District" was issued, strengthening the policy inclination towards key tracks such as film and television, animation derivatives, and cultural going overseas. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Xihu District cultural industry support policy funds cashed out 42,159,900 yuan.
"At the end of last year, we began to lay out AI animation and develop and produce a large number of animated short dramas. This is also the key direction for enterprises to go overseas in the future," said Ji Haiying. In the next few years, the company will deepen the integration of AI and virtual production technology, build a cross-media IP ecosystem chain, and actively explore the confirmation and transaction model of digital assets, and strive to provide technologically leading digital virtual content infrastructure.
The relevant person in charge of the Art and Innovation Town introduced that facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," the town will be driven by "traditional culture + digital technology," and will fully compete in the major audio-visual tracks such as animation games, film and television technology, and micro-short dramas, accelerate the formation of international communication power with its own characteristics, and promote the cultural and creative industry to further go out of the circle and go overseas.
Data source: National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), Hangzhou Xihu District Cultural and Creative Center (杭州市西湖区文创中心)
Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)
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The vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs displaying their talents cannot be separated from the improvement of the system and the legal framework. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, policies such as the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Promoting the Development and Growth of the Private Economy" were introduced, and the Law on Promoting the Private Economy was promulgated and implemented. A policy and regulatory system supporting the development of the private economy has basically taken shape, and the environment for the development of the private economy has continued to be optimized.
Breaking down barriers to entry. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) actively carried out actions to clean up and rectify market access barriers, comprehensively cleaned up and rectified unreasonable regulations and practices, and actively promoted the fair participation of private enterprises in bidding and tendering.
Expanding investment space. A series of policies and measures have created a better environment for private enterprises to invest, continuously promoted the fair opening of competitive infrastructure fields to various business entities, and accelerated the improvement of a long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects.
Strengthening the protection of rights and interests. In response to the problems of arbitrary charges, arbitrary fines, arbitrary inspections, arbitrary seizures, and illegal off-site law enforcement that private enterprises have strongly reflected, relevant departments have established a complaint and reporting mechanism for illegal administrative law enforcement, and a communication mechanism for administrative law enforcement appeals involving enterprises, strengthening the supervision of administrative law enforcement activities.
Stimulating innovation. Relevant departments vigorously support private enterprises in investing and laying out emerging industries and future industries, and taking the lead in undertaking major national technological research tasks. Various regions actively guide and encourage private enterprises to accelerate their entry into strategic emerging industries, and have nurtured well-known private enterprises such as the "Six Little Dragons" (六小龙) in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江). At present, the proportion of private enterprises among national high-tech enterprises has increased to more than 92%, and the proportion of private enterprises among national specialized, refined, and new "Little Giant" enterprises has exceeded 80%.
Solving the difficulty of financing. Relevant policies and measures directly address the "difficulty of financing," including the establishment of a coordination mechanism to support the financing of small and micro enterprises, and the improvement of a credit enhancement system for private small and medium-sized enterprises. The science and technology financial service model continues to improve, supporting the smooth capital circulation of science and technology enterprises.
Optimizing service guarantees. Various regions and departments adhere to and improve the normalized communication and exchange mechanism between government and enterprises, and carefully listen to the demands and suggestions of enterprises; use the comprehensive service platform for the development of the private economy to collect problems, implement precise policies, and help enterprises solve practical difficulties.
In the future, it is necessary to continue to improve the legal system, promote the connection and coordination between the Law on Promoting the Private Economy and existing laws and regulations; continuously optimize the fair competition market environment, and increase the element support for the development of the private economy; continue to protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs in accordance with the law; and increase efforts to implement various relief policies to create a good atmosphere for supporting the development of the private economy.
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Market and Price Research of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委宏观经济研究院), and this article was compiled by Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王锦涛 琼达卓嘎
In the early morning, in Juemu Street (觉木街道), Bayi District (巴宜区), Nyingchi City (林芝市), Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区), 60-year-old veteran Party member Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) put on his Party member badge and walked towards the Shuangyong Road Community Party-Masses Service Center (双拥路社区党群服务中心) not far from his home.
"A family's granddaughter wants a Chinese dictionary, I 'accepted the order'." As soon as he entered the door, Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) took out a small piece of paper with a wish written on it from his pocket and said with a smile to Ci La (次拉), a community worker. Ci La (次拉) took the paper and ticked it on the "Micro-Wish" registration form. Since Juemu Street (觉木街道) implemented the model of "masses ordering," "community dispatching," and "Party members accepting orders," Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) has "accepted orders" 43 times.
Two years ago, Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) retired from Dongjiu Forest Farm (东久林场). Not long after he became idle, community cadres came to his door and invited him to serve as a liaison officer for the grid Party branch. "You have a good mass base, and community governance needs veteran Party members like you!" These words ignited the flame in Zhaxi Ciren's (扎西次仁) heart to continue contributing.
Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) is responsible for a grid with 452 households, mostly elderly people and left-behind children. Broken water pipes, children without supervision, elderly people needing medical attention... every small matter around the masses is a major matter in Zhaxi Ciren's (扎西次仁) eyes. In Tibet (西藏), veteran Party members like Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) who do not fade after retirement are becoming an important force in grassroots governance.
In recent years, Tibet (西藏) has vigorously promoted Party building to lead grassroots governance, promoted the renovation and upgrading of more than 5,500 village-level organization activity venues, implemented one-stop service and one-window handling, and created a main position for serving and uniting the masses. At the same time, it promotes full agency services for the people. Matters that the masses need to handle are handled uniformly by village-level organization cadres at the township service center at least once every half month, making it more convenient and worry-free for the masses to handle affairs.
Tibet (西藏) also continues to promote the construction of grid Party organizations, integrating Party building, political and legal comprehensive management, civil affairs, urban management, etc. into "one network" to achieve "one network with multiple grids, and one grid with multiple uses." Lhasa (拉萨市) hires takeaway deliverymen and couriers as "mobile grid members," Shigatse (日喀则市) creates "Party-Masses Service V Stations," Shannan (山南市) promotes "Red Agency"... various places use flexible and diverse methods to improve services and facilitate the masses.
What Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) is most proud of is that he has motivated a group of Party members to participate in community service: 43-year-old veteran Gesang Ciren (格桑次仁) took the initiative to join the volunteer service team and serve as an emergency liaison officer; Nima Zhuoma (尼玛卓玛), who returned to her hometown after graduating from university, uses her spare time to tutor children; and Xiong Lun (熊伦), a Han (汉族) young man who runs a sweet teahouse, voluntarily provides free hot water for sanitation workers...
In the evening, Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) is accustomed to sitting in the community Party-Masses Service Center. Today, it has been upgraded to a "warm station" integrating convenient services such as canteens, daycare, and cultural and sports activities. Seeing the elderly playing chess and the children doing homework in the book corner, Zhaxi Ciren (扎西次仁) showed a gratified smile. "Using Party building to lead the cohesion of joint efforts, we must deliver services to the masses and, more importantly, deliver warmth to the hearts of the people," said Gengzong (更宗), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shuangyong Road Community (双拥路社区).
Return to TopHohhot, October 8th (Reporter Zhang Cheng (张枨)) - The reporter learned from China Railway Hohhot Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路呼和浩特局集团有限公司) that on October 8th, the China-Europe train No. 1293, fully loaded with auto parts and daily necessities, departed from the Erenhot (二连浩特) Railway Port in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) with a whistle. This marks that the throughput of the China-Europe train's central passage has exceeded 3,000 trains this year, 39 days earlier than last year. The Erenhot (二连浩特) Railway Port has seen more than 3,000 China-Europe trains passing through it within the year for three consecutive years.
The Erenhot (二连浩特) Railway Port is the only entry and exit railway port in the central passage of the China-Europe train. At present, the number of China-Europe train routes operating from here has increased to 74, reaching more than 70 cities in more than 10 countries overseas, and radiating most of the first departure cities of the China-Europe train in China. Since the first train passed through in 2013, the port has accumulated nearly 21,000 China-Europe trains, and the types of goods transported have been significantly upgraded. The proportion of high value-added products such as new energy vehicles and high-end mechanical equipment has increased from less than 10% in the early stage to more than 40%.
Return to TopThis reporter learned from China Southern Power Grid: The second generating unit of the second phase of the pumped storage power station in Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong (广东) was recently put into operation, bringing Guangdong's (广东) pumped storage capacity in operation to over 10 million kilowatts, reaching 10.28 million kilowatts. This is nearly 1/6 of the total operating capacity in the country, a 40% increase compared to the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan."
It is understood that the commissioning of this new unit not only added 300,000 kilowatts of installed capacity to the Meizhou (梅州) pumped storage power station, but also initiated the large-scale application of China's first major technical equipment "100kA complete switchgear for pumped storage units" in the energy field, accelerating the upgrading of domestically produced pumped storage equipment to high-end levels.
In the new power system, pumped storage power stations play an important regulatory and supporting role. Currently, the newly commissioned unit has traded all of its electricity in the Southern Regional Electricity Market, achieving "**投产即入市**" (tóu chǎn jí rù shì - "production is market entry," meaning immediate participation in the market upon commissioning). According to statistics, the current installed capacity of pumped storage power stations in operation in China is nearly 63 million kilowatts, having already completed the 62 million kilowatt installed capacity target proposed in the "14th Five-Year Plan" ahead of schedule.
Return to TopRecently, the Jiashi Extra-large Bridge, connecting Dejiang County (德江县) and Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County (沿河土家族自治县) in Tongren City (铜仁市), Guizhou Province (贵州省), was completed and opened to traffic. This ended the history of 150,000 people on both sides of the Wujiang River (乌江) relying solely on ferries for transportation, and will promote the integrated development of the Qian Northeast (黔东北) region. The picture shows the Jiashi Extra-large Bridge taken on October 8.
Photo by Chen Xiaolan (陈晓岚) (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopAccording to the Health Commission of Liaoning Province, as reported on October 8th in Shenyang (沈阳) by our reporter Liu Hongchao (刘洪超): 24 tertiary public hospitals in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), recently launched a pilot program for "escort-free care" services to alleviate the burden of caregiving on patients' families.
Based on the requirements of the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) and Liaoning Province (辽宁省), Shenyang (沈阳) has independently expanded the scope of the "escort-free care" pilot program in light of its local conditions. The first batch of pilot wards was selected in departments with high care needs, such as geriatric medicine and orthopedics. Nurses or medical caregivers will provide patients with standardized daily care services such as assistance with meals and hygiene. To ensure the quality of "escort-free care" services, Liaoning Province (辽宁省) requires each pilot hospital to establish an in-hospital training system for medical caregivers and a regular supervision and management mechanism.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 倪 弋
The newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China was passed at the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress and will take effect on October 15.
"Fair competition is the basic principle of a market economy. The newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law is based on the new characteristics and challenges of market competition in the digital economy era. It responds to key issues such as false transactions, data rights protection, and platform responsibilities. It provides a more solid legal guarantee for further regulating market order, consolidating the legal foundation for fair competition, and promoting high-quality development," said Sun Jin (孙晋), Vice President of the China Commercial Law Research Association and Professor at the Law School of Wuhan University (武汉大学).
In a "network water army" order-brushing case cracked by the police in Yunhe County (云和县), Lishui City (丽水市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), the criminal gang developed order-brushing software to provide false transaction services to more than 5,000 e-commerce companies, involving more than 30 million yuan. Online order-brushing, false evaluations, malicious returns and other behaviors occur frequently, disrupting market order. New types of online unfair competition behaviors such as ad blocking, traffic hijacking, and data price discrimination are constantly emerging, harming the legitimate rights and interests of the majority of operators and consumers.
Shi Hong (石宏), Director of the Civil Law Office of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, introduced that the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law improves the provisions on online unfair competition behaviors and further refines the various manifestations of malicious transactions in practice. For example, it stipulates that operators shall not abuse platform rules to directly or instruct others to carry out false transactions, false evaluations, or malicious returns against other operators, harming the legitimate rights and interests of other operators and disrupting market competition order.
To govern online unfair competition, the obligations of online platform operators must be reasonably set. The newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law stipulates that platform operators should clarify fair competition rules within the platform in platform service agreements and transaction rules, establish unfair competition reporting, complaint and dispute resolution mechanisms, and guide and regulate operators within the platform to compete fairly in accordance with the law; if unfair competition behaviors are found among operators within the platform, necessary disposal measures should be taken in a timely manner in accordance with the law, relevant records should be kept, and a report should be submitted to the supervision and inspection department of the people's government at or above the county level where the platform operator is domiciled as required.
In order to reduce costs, some manufacturers in the charging treasure industry use inferior batteries, resulting in a surge in safety hazards. The newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law stipulates that the state will establish and improve a fair competition review system, strengthen fair competition review work in accordance with the law, and ensure that all types of operators use production factors equally in accordance with the law and participate in market competition fairly. "'Involution' competition destroys the market environment. The newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law actively responds to the new problems that have emerged in the process of digital economic development, includes 'involution' competition in the scope of adjustment, and improves legal provisions in line with the times," Sun Jin (孙晋) believes. "To effectively implement the relevant provisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law on governing 'involution' competition, administrative organs, judicial organs, platforms, and related enterprises need to cooperate to form a systematic governance system for the entire chain."
Since the beginning of this year, the price war on food delivery platforms has attracted much attention. Some platforms force merchants to participate in low-price competition through subsidies or mandatory means, which damages the interests of merchants. Wang Xianlin (王先林), Director of the Competition Law and Policy Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), believes that low-price promotions benefit consumers in the short term, but can easily lead to a decline in the quality control level of enterprises, resulting in low-level disorderly competition. In this regard, the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law clearly stipulates that platform operators shall not force or indirectly force operators within the platform to sell goods at prices below cost in accordance with their pricing rules, disrupting market competition order.
Sun Jin (孙晋) said that platform operators should base themselves on the long term, expand the pie through innovation, optimize competition rules in a timely manner, achieve survival of the fittest, and maintain a healthy business ecology. After the implementation of the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law, it will provide a more powerful legal guarantee for the reasonable profit margins and legitimate rights and interests of merchants.
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As the most active "cells" in the market, companies not only face issues of creation and operation but also market exit after survival of the fittest. The "Implementation Measures for the Mandatory Deregistration System of Companies" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) officially came into effect on October 10.
Why were these "Measures" introduced? According to the relevant person in charge of the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局), the "Decision" of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) clearly proposed to promote supporting reforms for enterprise deregistration and improve the enterprise exit system. Based on fully summarizing local pilot experiences, the "Measures" implement the newly revised Company Law and supporting administrative regulations, standardize the mandatory deregistration process of companies, improve the company exit system, provide clear operational guidelines for cleaning up long-term non-operating companies, improve the efficiency of mandatory deregistration work, and focus on protecting the rights and interests of all parties and maintaining the stability of company registration order.
What types of companies meet the conditions for mandatory deregistration? The "Measures" apply to companies that have not applied to the company registration authority for deregistration within three years from the date of being revoked of their business license, ordered to close, or revoked, which helps to timely clean up business entities that are "dead in name" and cannot actually carry out business activities. For companies that are required to obtain approval before deregistration in accordance with laws, administrative regulations, or decisions of the State Council (国务院), such as commercial banks, the mandatory deregistration procedure does not apply due to the particularity of their industry and their close relationship with the vital interests of the public.
How does mandatory deregistration of companies specifically operate? The "Measures" standardize the mandatory deregistration process of companies, clarifying that a batch announcement method will be adopted for the proposed mandatory deregistration of companies, with an announcement period of 90 days. During the announcement period, relevant departments, creditors, and other interested parties may raise objections to the company registration authority through the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (国家企业信用信息公示系统) or in writing. The company registration authority will conduct a formal review of the objection application, and if it determines that the objection is valid, it shall terminate the mandatory deregistration procedure. If there is no objection at the expiration of the announcement period or the objection is not valid, the company registration authority may deregister the company, the company shall be terminated from the date of being mandatorily deregistered, and the business license shall be invalidated.
The "Measures" clarify that the company registration authority should strengthen the interconnection and intercommunication between the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (国家企业信用信息公示系统) and registration, administrative licensing, law enforcement and case handling systems; strengthen information sharing and business coordination with other departments such as taxation and human resources and social security to improve the convenience of mandatory deregistration of companies.
Does mandatory deregistration equal zero responsibility? The "Measures" focus on protecting the legitimate rights and interests of creditors and stakeholders. In terms of legal relations, it is clarified that the responsibilities of the original company shareholders and liquidation obligors are not affected when the company is mandatorily deregistered; the original company shareholders must still bear the original capital contribution obligations and even joint and several liability in accordance with the law, preventing the evasion of fulfilling statutory obligations under the guise of mandatory deregistration procedures; in terms of relief channels, it is clarified that when a company that has been mandatorily deregistered has one of the four types of circumstances where it is indeed necessary to do so, such as being involved in a case or litigation, the company registration authority may restore the company registration upon application by relevant departments, creditors, and other interested parties; in order to safeguard national interests and social public interests, the company registration authority may also restore the company registration ex officio.
The operating entity exit system is an important part of the modern economic system. The promulgation and implementation of the "Measures" will inevitably help release a large number of market resources such as company names, effectively save administrative supervision costs, judicial costs, and social management costs; help realize the 优胜劣汰 (yōu shèng liè tài - "survival of the fittest," the process where superior entities thrive and inferior ones are eliminated) and virtuous cycle of companies, further stimulate market competition vitality, maintain market transaction security, and promote high-quality economic development.
Return to TopBeijing (北京), October 8th (Reporter Zhang Shuo (张烁)) The Taiwan Affairs Office (国台办) Spokesperson Chen Binhua (陈斌华) answered reporters' questions on October 8th regarding Lai Ching-te's (赖清德) renewed promotion of the "New Two-State Theory."
A reporter asked: Taiwan (台湾) regional leader Lai Ching-te (赖清德) recently promoted the "New Two-State Theory" of "cross-strait non-subordination" again during an interview with an American broadcasting program, falsely claiming that the mainland's military exercises undermine peace and stability in the "Indo-Pacific" region, and clamoring to increase Taiwan's (台湾) defense budget and jointly exert "deterrent power" against the mainland with the "democratic camp." What is your comment on this?
Chen Binhua (陈斌华) pointed out that Lai Ching-te (赖清德) is once again 颠倒黑白 (diān dǎo hēi bái - "turn upside down black white," to distort the facts), making absurd statements, hyping up the "mainland threat" again, peddling the "Taiwan independence" separatist fallacy again, clamoring for "seeking independence through military means" and "seeking independence by relying on foreign forces" again, and deceiving the Taiwan (台湾) people and international public opinion again, fully exposing his "Taiwan independence" nature as a "cross-strait peace saboteur" and a "Taiwan Strait crisis creator."
He stated that since Lai Ching-te (赖清德) took office more than a year ago, he has violated the mainstream public opinion on the island, stubbornly adhered to the "Taiwan independence" stance, vigorously promoted separatist fallacies, continuously incited "anti-China resistance," continuously escalated cross-strait confrontation and antagonism, intensified the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, engaged in aggressive military expansion, "preparing for war to seek independence," and pushed Taiwan (台湾) into a dangerous situation of war. At the same time, he has engaged in unprincipled flattery of foreign countries and unscrupulous betrayal of Taiwan (台湾), squandering people's wealth, selling himself to external forces, showing loyalty and kneeling to lick, allowing external forces to ask for anything they want, seriously harming the vital interests of Taiwan (台湾) enterprises and people, and not hesitating to sacrifice Taiwan's (台湾) economic lifeline and development prospects.
Chen Binhua (陈斌华) pointed out that Taiwan (台湾) is a part of China's (中国) territory, and the mainland and Taiwan (台湾) belong to one China (中国). This is an indisputable historical and legal fact, and it is also an unchangeable cross-strait status quo. We cherish peace, but we will never tolerate "Taiwan independence" separatism, and we will never sit idly by and watch the "Taiwan independence" forces sell out and destroy Taiwan (台湾). We have firm will, firm determination, and strong capabilities to crush all "Taiwan independence" separatist acts and external interference, safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and safeguard the safety and well-being of the Taiwan (台湾) people.
He stated, "We solemnly warn Lai Ching-te (赖清德) and the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities that the trend of reunification is unstoppable, 'seeking independence by relying on foreign forces' is doomed to failure, and 'seeking independence through military means' will accelerate destruction. All acts that rely on external forces will bring disgrace upon themselves, all traitors to the nation will be subjected to just trials, and all attempts to split the motherland will be resolutely countered. Reunification will surely win, and 'Taiwan independence' will surely perish. Lai Ching-te (赖清德) and the 'Taiwan independence' forces are nothing more than ants trying to shake a tree, and they will eventually be swept into the garbage heap of history."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on October 8th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) - The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): This year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday lasted 8 days. Public security organs nationwide rigorously, practically, and meticulously implemented various security and stability maintenance measures to ensure that the people celebrated the festival in a safe and peaceful atmosphere. National public security traffic management departments, in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部)'s deployment, scientifically arranged duty schedules, highlighted key control areas, and went all out to eliminate hidden dangers and prevent risks, fully safeguarding road traffic safety and smooth flow.
As of 6:00 PM on October 8th, the overall social situation nationwide was stable, and public security order was good. Criminal and public security police reports decreased by 16.9% and 6.5% year-on-year, respectively. More than 2,700 large-scale events were safe and successful, and tourist attractions were in good order.
As of 7:00 PM on October 8th, national road traffic was generally stable and orderly. No major road traffic accidents occurred, and no large-scale, long-term, or long-distance serious traffic congestion was reported. During the holiday, national public security traffic management departments focused on "two passenger vehicles, one dangerous goods vehicle, one cargo vehicle" and vans, strictly investigated illegal behaviors such as "three overs and one fatigue" (over speeding, overloading, over passenger limit, and fatigued driving), drunk driving, and other illegal behaviors, to minimize accident risks to the greatest extent.
Return to TopDuring the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many citizens and tourists chose red-themed museums and memorial halls as their destinations to learn about history, remember the revolutionary martyrs, and pass on the red spirit from generation to generation.
Return to TopAccording to reports from our newspaper, Nanjing (南京), October 8th (Reporter Bai Guangdi (白光迪)), the reporter recently learned from the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department (江苏省公安厅): Jiangsu (江苏) public security organs have introduced 16 measures to serve economic development and help boost consumption. Focusing on stimulating consumption momentum, guaranteeing consumption scenarios, maintaining the consumption environment, and facilitating consumption services, these measures respond to the expectations and demands of enterprises and the public, and continuously improve the precision of public security services.
In order to further facilitate car purchases and license plate registration, Jiangsu (江苏) public security organs, together with relevant departments, will promote the implementation of automobile scrapping and renewal, and replacement and renewal. Motor vehicle registration service stations will be set up in qualified centralized automobile sales areas, around large communities, and in used car trading markets to handle vehicle and driver management services such as new car registration, used car transfer, and temporary license plate issuance. In the future, the public will be able to independently complete the entire process and all matters such as online car selection, car purchase, insurance, tax payment, number selection, and account registration through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP. Before the end of October, Jiangsu (江苏) will also complete the upgrade of the electric bicycle registration management system. By then, the public in pilot cities will be able to handle electric bicycle registration and license plate issuance online. To further facilitate business for enterprises and the public, Jiangsu (江苏) public security organs will promote the optimization of business processes and the simplification of business materials. In the future, after the public handles "correcting the date of birth," businesses such as "changing ID card number," "re-applying for ID card," and "re-applying for driver's license" will be handled together.
Return to TopChangsha, October 8th (Reporter Shen Zhilin (申智林)) "The verification results show that the subsidy has been issued to the informant's bank card on time, and the misunderstanding was caused by the informant's failure to check the bank balance in time..." Not long ago, at a clarification and name rectification meeting for cadres, employees, and grassroots representatives in Jinggang Town (靖港镇), Wangcheng District (望城区), Changsha City (长沙市), Hunan Province (湖南省), Xiao Bing (肖兵), a staff member of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jinggang Town (靖港镇纪委), read out the conclusion, and Luo Bo (罗波), a civil affairs specialist in Jinggang Town (靖港镇), felt relieved.
Previously, a letter reporting that he "failed to issue government subsidies in a timely manner" put great pressure and grievance on this grassroots cadre who has been working on the front line for many years. After receiving the report, the investigation team immediately launched an investigation and verification of the relevant departments involved in the reported problem. By retrieving meeting minutes, verifying remittance records, and listening to the explanations of village cadres and other multi-dimensional evidence collection, the truth of the matter quickly came to light.
In order to promote the accuracy and standardization of clarification work, Wangcheng District (望城区) has formulated operating procedures for the discipline inspection and supervision organs to clarify untrue accusations and complaints. Before the clarification is initiated, departments such as letters and visits, case management, and trial jointly review the case to ensure that the facts are clear and the characterization is accurate. The clarification methods are flexible and diverse, and forms such as written, face-to-face, meetings, and notifications are adopted depending on the situation to strengthen the positive effect. The District Discipline Inspection Commission (区纪委监委) and the Supervision Commission, in coordination with the organization department, public security, procuratorate, and judicial organs, adhere to "zero tolerance" for false accusations and framing, achieve rapid verification and serious investigation, restore the innocent to innocence, and support those who take responsibility.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 周 欢
Standing on the dam of Sifangjing Reservoir (四方井水库) in Yichun City (宜春市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), the water surface is sparkling, the banks are lined with green trees, and egrets fly by from time to time. "Seeing that the water quality of the reservoir is now stable and up to standard, I feel unspeakably relieved." Old Chen (老陈), the administrator of Sifangjing Reservoir (四方井水库), said with emotion, "It's all thanks to the implementation of that regulation."
The regulation Old Chen (老陈) mentioned is the *Yichun City Sifangjing Reservoir Drinking Water Source Protection Regulation* (《宜春市四方井水库饮用水水源保护条例》) (hereinafter referred to as the *Regulation*) formulated by the Yichun Municipal People's Congress (宜春市人大) in 2024. Since November 2023, Sifangjing Reservoir (四方井水库) has officially supplied water to the central urban area of Yichun City (宜春市), with an average daily water supply of approximately 200,000 tons, allowing 650,000 citizens in the central urban area to drink safe water from their doorsteps.
How to protect this pool of clear water and avoid pollution of the citizens' drinking water source? Facing the issues of concern to the masses, the Yichun Municipal People's Congress (宜春市人大) actively responded by including the formulation of regulations on the control and protection of water sources as a legislative project for 2024, with the concept of "**抓前端、治未病**" (zhuā qián duān, zhì wèi bìng - "grasp the front end, treat before illness," to take preventive measures), avoiding taking the old path of "pollute first, then treat," and safeguarding the "big water tank" of the central urban area with the rigidity of legislation.
In six months, the Yichun Municipal People's Congress (宜春市人大) conducted multiple field investigations, held symposiums, and collected more than 400 opinions and suggestions from surrounding people and the public. Aiming at potential agricultural non-point source pollution, pollution from the production and life of surrounding residents, pollution from water activities, and law enforcement in the reservoir area, it proposed specific solutions such as clearly prohibiting behaviors, strengthening pollution prevention and control, establishing an ecological protection compensation mechanism, and a joint law enforcement mechanism among departments, fully reflecting local characteristics and problem orientation, making water source protection more precise and effective. This regulation officially came into effect on January 1 this year.
"We must never "**一立了之**" (yī lì liǎo zhī - "establish once and be done with it," to enact a law and then ignore its implementation)," said Cai Yong (蔡勇), Director of the Standing Committee of the Yichun Municipal People's Congress (宜春市人大常委会主任). "The supervision of the People's Congress must keep up to ensure that the regulations are implemented in practice." In order to promote the real implementation of the regulations from "paper" to "ground," the Standing Committee of the Yichun Municipal People's Congress (宜春市人大常委会) issued another "hard move" this year—issuing measures for supervising the implementation of local regulations, focusing on the study, publicity, post-legislative evaluation, and supervision of the implementation of regulations, adopting a "combination punch" of law enforcement inspections, special inquiries, and hearing and deliberating special work reports, conducting normalized, closed-loop supervision, and further activating the vitality of local regulations.
In one law enforcement action, the Sifangjing Reservoir (四方井水库) joint law enforcement team issued the first ticket for illegal fishing around Sifangjing Reservoir (四方井水库), which is a reflection of the *Regulation* transforming from "paper provisions" to "real constraints." In Dongge Village (东阁村), Yanghu Township (洋湖乡), Zhangshu City (樟树市), Yichun City (宜春市), joint supervision involving the Zhangshu Municipal People's Congress (樟树市人大) promoted the successful restoration of more than 1,000 mu of cultivated land originally planted with turf within the Ganjiang River (赣江) embankment, firmly guarding the red line of cultivated land and the ecological bottom line.
From protecting geothermal resources to protecting drinking water sources, from domestic waste classification management to promoting civilized behavior... Since obtaining the power of local legislation in 2015, the Yichun Municipal People's Congress (宜春市人大) and its Standing Committee have closely focused on the actual high-quality development of the local area, closely followed the people's expectations for a better life, and closely followed the needs of urban governance modernization, solidly promoting scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation according to law, and have formulated and implemented 10 distinctive local regulations.
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Rural construction is the foundation of national development, concerning the well-being of hundreds of millions of farmers and the overall progress of society. Enhancing the level of rural construction is a necessary requirement for promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, an inherent part of further deepening rural reform, and an important component of national modernization. In the first and second volumes of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s "On Upholding Comprehensive and Deepening Reform" (《论坚持全面深化改革》), many articles make important statements on rural construction. "Comprehensively Promoting the Implementation of Rural Revitalization" (《全面推进乡村振兴落地见效》) emphasizes: "Rural construction is for the benefit of farmers and must truly do good deeds and practical things." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important exposition is a scientific answer to the major theoretical and practical questions of for whom rural construction is built and how to build the countryside. It profoundly reveals the main position of farmers in rural construction and provides fundamental guidance and scientific guidance for promoting rural construction. To conscientiously study and comprehend the important expositions on rural construction in the first and second volumes of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s "On Upholding Comprehensive and Deepening Reform" (《论坚持全面深化改革》), it is necessary to deeply understand and scientifically grasp the main position of farmers in rural construction, better give play to the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of farmers in rural construction, and make the achievements of rural construction more and more fairly benefit all farmers.
Farmers are both beneficiaries and the main force in rural construction.
Farmers are both beneficiaries of rural construction and the main force in rural construction. To promote rural construction, we must start from the needs of farmers and realize their expectations for a better life; we must also give full play to the creativity and wisdom of farmers and let them build their own homes with their own hands. From the perspective of Marxism, the status and subjectivity of people as masters are not innate or a priori existence, but an essence generated in people's cognitive and practical activities, and a posteriori acquired essential power of people. Marx (马克思) pointed out: "Man exists doubly: subjectively as himself and objectively in these natural inorganic conditions of his survival." This assertion lays the theoretical foundation for understanding the dialectical relationship between farmers' "for-me-ness" and "I-for-ness." In "The German Ideology" (《德意志意识形态》), Marx (马克思) emphasized: "Precisely because individuals seek only their particular interests, which for them do not coincide with their common interests, they regard this common interest as 'alien' and 'independent' of them." This reveals that under certain conditions, there is an internal tension between individual subjectivity and collective subjectivity. This tension is manifested in rural construction as: some farmers' interests are specific and local, while rural construction requires overall and long-term planning. How to organically unify farmers' "for-me-ness" and "I-for-ness" is a key issue facing rural construction.
Since the reform and opening up, the great practice of rural reform has promoted tremendous changes in agricultural production, farmers' lives, and the appearance of the countryside in China, and has made significant contributions to China's reform and opening up and socialist modernization. A crucial point in why China's rural reform has been so successful is that it organically unites reform for farmers with reliance on farmers for reform. For example, the 18 households in Xiaogang Village (小岗村) took the lead in initiating the household contract responsibility system, becoming the source of rural reform. After handing in enough to the state and leaving enough for the collective, what was left was their own. This mode of agricultural production and operation conformed to the characteristics of agricultural production, took into account the interests of the state, the collective, and the farmers, mobilized the enthusiasm of farmers for production, and liberated the productive forces of rural society. For example, since the new era, in order to improve the basic rural management system and comply with the wishes of farmers to retain land contract rights and transfer land management rights, we have divided farmers' land contract management rights into contract rights and management rights, realizing the separation and parallel operation of contract rights and management rights, which can better protect farmers' contract rights to land and better utilize land management rights.
To grasp the main position of farmers in rural construction, it is necessary to fully recognize that realizing farmers' rights and interests is both the purpose and the means of rural construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Determining Property Rights Protection for Land Contract Management Rights, So That Farmers Can Have a Long-term 'Reassurance Pill'" (《确定对土地承包经营权的物权保护，让农民吃上长效“定心丸”》): "We must adhere to taking protecting farmers' rights and interests in accordance with the law as the starting point and foothold"; in "Comprehensively Promoting the Implementation of Rural Revitalization" (《全面推进乡村振兴落地见效》), he emphasized: "Developing rural industries must allow farmers to have work to do and money to earn"; in "Relying on the Double-Wheel Drive of Science and Technology and Reform to Accelerate the Construction of a Strong Agricultural Country" (《依靠科技和改革双轮驱动加快建设农业强国》), he emphasized: "Let the vast number of farmers share more fruits in the reform." At the same time, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) also pays attention to the role of farmers in rural construction and encourages farmers to build the countryside with the attitude of masters. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Comprehensively Promoting the Implementation of Rural Revitalization" (《全面推进乡村振兴落地见效》) that "farmers should do as much as they can" and "we must respect the creation of grassroots and the masses, encourage localities to actively try and boldly break through, use pilot experiments, and promote continuous new breakthroughs in reform"; in "Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern and Focusing on Promoting High-Quality Development" (《加快构建新发展格局，着力推动高质量发展》), he emphasized "enhancing the endogenous development momentum of poverty-stricken areas and people who have been lifted out of poverty."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important exposition profoundly embodies the organic unity of building the countryside for farmers and relying on farmers to build the countryside. "For-me" is the premise and result of the realization of farmers' subjectivity; "I-for" is the state and process of the realization of farmers' subjectivity, and the two are interconnected and organically unified. Looking at China's more than 40 years of reform and opening up, it has not only linked every bit of farmers' labor with their own interests, but also stimulated farmers' enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity.
Promoting rural construction requires fully realizing and giving play to farmers' subjectivity.
Building for farmers can ensure that rural construction always moves towards the correct goal; relying on farmers to build can enable rural construction to always have a continuous source of power. Promoting rural construction requires fully realizing and giving play to farmers' subjectivity.
Grassroots party organizations are the foundation of the Party's entire work and combat effectiveness in rural areas, and are the core force and organizational guarantee for realizing and giving play to farmers' subjectivity. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized in the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大): "Build grassroots party organizations into strong fighting fortresses that effectively realize the Party's leadership," "Improve the grassroots mass autonomy mechanism under the leadership of grassroots party organizations," and "Promote rural revitalization by strengthening Party building." These important expositions not only inherit the basic views of Marxism on the peasant question, but also propose solutions in light of the specific realities of China in the new era, that is, through grassroots party organizations, the individual interests of farmers are integrated into a common will for collective action, and the individual "for-me-ness" of farmers is effectively transformed into the collective "I-for-ness," uniting the broad masses of farmers and forming a strong joint force. Grassroots party organizations are the core force for safeguarding farmers' interests and uniting common will. Rural construction involves many aspects such as infrastructure construction, improvement of living environment, and provision of public services. The policy system is complex and the tasks are arduous. Only through the organization and promotion of rural grassroots party organizations can we ensure that policies are not distorted or deviated, and truly reach the fields and effectively benefit every farmer. The greatest political advantage of our Party is close ties with the masses. To unite and mobilize the vast number of farmers to participate in rural construction, we must rely on the organizational power and appeal of grassroots party organizations. Building and strengthening rural grassroots party organizations is the only way to maximize the realization and give play to farmers' subjectivity.
Rural construction must follow the laws of urban and rural development and construction, proceed from reality, follow the principle of classification, and highlight local characteristics. Only in this way can we better conform to the wishes of farmers and truly achieve that rural construction is for the benefit of farmers. China's rural areas are vast and diverse in village types. At the same time, as the rural population concentrates in towns, the village pattern will continue to evolve and differentiate. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Comprehensively Promoting the Implementation of Rural Revitalization" (《全面推进乡村振兴落地见效》): "Some villages will gather more population and industries, some will gradually merge with towns, and some will gradually decline." In response to this differentiation trend, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must rationally determine the classification of village layouts, do what we can see clearly first, and wait for what we cannot see clearly." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) also criticized the problem of not paying attention to protecting traditional villages and rural characteristic features in rural construction: "Some blindly demolish and build on a large scale, greedily pursue large and foreign, and build large squares and large scenic spots; some mechanically copy the urban construction set, making the city not like a city and the village not like a village; some go beyond the stage of development and violate the wishes of farmers, and carry out large-scale village mergers." From these important expositions, it can be concluded that grasping the working method of classified policies, respecting farmers' wishes, and integrating regional characteristics into rural construction can show the vitality of rural revitalization and mobilize farmers' enthusiasm and initiative in participating in rural construction.
What is "classification"? General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Promoting the Urbanization of Agricultural Transfer Population" (《推进农业转移人口市民化》): "Classification means that the central government puts forward requirements, and each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government formulates specific measures in accordance with local conditions." Classification requires us to follow the living soul of Marxism, which is to analyze specific problems specifically, and to achieve the dialectical unity of universality and particularity in rural construction. For example, Zhejiang (浙江)'s "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程), focusing on improving the rural production, life, and ecological environment, drives the overall construction of the countryside, creating thousands of beautiful villages and benefiting thousands of farmers. In the process of implementation, based on different types of landforms, distinguishing between developed and underdeveloped areas, suburban villages and purely agricultural villages, combining local development levels, financial affordability, and the acceptance of farmers, we focus on promoting the improvement of the rural living environment from the needs of the masses and widely mobilize farmers to participate in village public affairs.
The cadre team is a key force in promoting rural construction, and its ability and quality must match the requirements of farmers' subjectivity construction. Research shows that the current grassroots cadre team in some places faces a "dual scarcity" dilemma: on the one hand, there are few cadres who systematically master the laws of rural development and are well versed in the operating logic of rural society; on the other hand, there are even fewer cadres who have both regional development vision and local development capabilities. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity with New Achievements in Comprehensively and Strictly Governing the Party" (《以全面从严治党新成效推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化》) that some cadres "are unwilling to do or unable to do mass work, and are separated from the masses by a 'wall of heart'." This "wall of heart" problem is more prominent in the rural field. For example, some cadres simply transplant the urban governance model to the countryside, replacing "localization" with "standardization," resulting in governance failures such as "planning drawings floating on the wall and industrial projects hanging in the air." This "dual scarcity" dilemma reflects the existence of "three disconnections" in some cadres: the cognitive system is disconnected from the reality of the countryside, the working methods are disconnected from the needs of the masses, and the development concepts are disconnected from the regional characteristics. At present, to promote rural construction, it is urgent to cultivate a composite cadre team that is both well versed in "local knowledge" and good at stimulating farmers' subjectivity.
Widely unite farmers' wisdom and strength to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
After years of new rural construction and rural construction, China's rural infrastructure and basic public services have achieved "from scratch" and are transforming to "from existence to excellence." At present, rural construction has entered a new stage of upgrading. Adhering to the important concept of "rural construction is for the benefit of farmers," widely unite farmers' wisdom and strength, continuously improve the level of rural construction, and vigorously and effectively promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Give full play to the "backbone" role of grassroots party organizations. Integrating and condensing the scattered and local interests of individual farmers into the common will of rural collective action, grassroots party organizations play a very important role in this and play a "backbone" role. Only by giving play to the subjective initiative of grassroots party organizations can we continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the farmers and better mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the farmers. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Be Brave to Take Responsibility and Be Good at Acting in Doing Business and Grasping Reform" (《干事业、抓改革要勇于担当、善于作为》): "We must do a good job in dispelling doubts, resolving doubts, and building consensus, and strive for understanding and support to the greatest extent." First of all, doing a good job in policy "translation" is the prerequisite for grassroots party organizations to play a "backbone" role. Policy is essentially the institutionalized expression of farmers' demands, but there is still a certain distance between the discourse of policy documents and the daily discourse of farmers, and it is necessary to transform the macro policies of rural construction into "local words" that farmers can understand. Grassroots party organizations must use this transformation to do a good job in policy publicity and interpretation and build an effective communication bridge. Secondly, integrating interests is the key for grassroots party organizations to play a "backbone" role. In rural construction, grassroots party organizations can balance the individual interests of farmers and collective development goals through mechanisms such as "four discussions and two public announcements" (四议两公开); establish "interest linkage mechanisms" such as cooperatives and land shares to allow farmers to share development dividends; establish a collaborative decision-making mechanism of "villagers' council + expert think tank" to allow farmers to fully participate in rural public affairs and change "I want to build a beautiful countryside" to "I want to build a beautiful countryside." Finally, enhancing farmers' capabilities is the driving engine for grassroots party organizations to play a "backbone" role. Grassroots party organizations can transform the individual "I can" of farmers into the collective "we can" through systematic capacity building. Through skills empowerment, organizational empowerment, governance empowerment, and technological empowerment, we can cultivate more rural revitalization talents and gather the individual strength of farmers into a collective energy to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Construct a scientific and effective classification system. First, establish a rural value rediscovery mechanism. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Taking the Road of Socialist Rural Revitalization with Chinese Characteristics" (《走中国特色社会主义乡村振兴道路》): "We must recognize that towns and villages promote each other, coexist and prosper." Break the mindset of "urban centrism" and establish a view of integrated urban and rural development. First, investigate the local situation, then formulate policies, and develop a "localized economy." For example, the "one village, one product" model in Zhejiang (浙江)'s "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程) deeply binds industries to local resources; protect local memories, for example, the "living heritage" practice of Miao villages (苗寨) in Guizhou (贵州) transforms intangible cultural heritage skills into cultural tourism resources. Secondly, implement classified governance based on functional orientation and development stage. Abandon the "one-size-fits-all" governance tendency and correspond rural construction projects to the actual functions of the village. For example, industrial agglomeration villages with locational advantages or characteristic resources can focus on developing economic functions; urban-rural integration villages distributed in urban circles and transportation circles and undertaking the function of "urban back gardens" can focus on developing service functions; ecological conservation villages concentrated in China's key ecological function zones should strive to protect the ecological environment and fulfill ecological functions; and so on. According to the characteristics of rural location, function, culture, and industry, scientifically determine its development goals, implement differentiated rural construction promotion strategies, and take a rural construction path with distinctive characteristics. Traditional villages and rural characteristic features are by no means closed nostalgic symbols, but endogenous and creative resources for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. When each village can maintain its "cultural genes" in the process of Chinese-style modernization, and when hundreds of millions of farmers truly become "actors" in rural construction, we can build a new rural landscape that is both Chinese and regional, laying a solid foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Building a rural composite cadre team. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in "Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity with New Achievements in Comprehensively and Strictly Governing the Party": "Cultivate and temper cadres on the front lines of major tasks and major struggles"; in "Comprehensively Promoting the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation with Chinese-style Modernization," he emphasized: "Strengthen capacity building and let leading cadres, especially young cadres, learn to swim by swimming." To build a rural composite cadre team, we must focus on cultivating and tempering cadres in practice and on the front lines. How can grassroots cadres be **百炼成钢** (bǎi liàn chéng gāng - "hundred refinements become steel," to become strong and resilient through repeated trials) on the front lines? We can start from the following aspects: First, implement an immersive training of "eating, living, and working together." For example, rural cadres can be required to master at least one agricultural skill, pair up with five farmer families, and lead the development of one local industrial project. Second, for the assessment of rural cadres, the degree of mastery of "local knowledge" such as "dialects and local languages," "folk customs and rhythms," and "ecological wisdom" should be included in the assessment indicators. Third, adopt new mass work methods such as "village night talks" and "courtyard party classes," and promote cadres to achieve a transformation from "outsiders" to "family members" through collaborative teaching by "local experts" and "academics." Only by allowing cadres to get their feet muddy and their hearts settled in the countryside can we safeguard the heirloom of "coming from the masses and going to the masses" and ultimately build a new landscape of rural modernization on the vast fields that is "**各美其美、美美与共**" (gè měi qí měi, měi měi yǔ gòng - "each appreciates its own beauty, and appreciates the beauty of others together," a harmonious and inclusive state where diverse elements coexist and enhance each other).
(Author's affiliation: Zhejiang Normal University (浙江师范大学))
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The purpose of the Party and the government taking the lead in living frugally is to ensure that the people live a good life. This is determined by the purpose and nature of our Party." Party and government organs' adherence to taking the lead in living frugally is not only an objective requirement for strengthening the Party's work style construction under the new situation but also a vivid practice of thoroughly implementing the people-centered development philosophy. The revised "Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) emphasizes that Party and government organs should "adhere to strictness and simplicity, take the lead in living frugally, run all undertakings diligently and thriftily, reduce the cost of official activities, and free up more funds for development needs and people's expectations." This further tightens the institutional bolts for Party and government organs to take the lead in living frugally.
"Frugality is the common virtue; extravagance is the greatest evil." Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and, even more so, the red gene of our Party's spirit of hard struggle. Looking back on the Party's century-long history of struggle, from "saving every copper coin" during the Land Revolution War to "streamlining troops and simplifying administration" during the Anti-Japanese War; from "using every penny saved for construction" in the early days of the People's Republic of China to continuing to adhere to "running everything diligently and thriftily" after the reform and opening up, and then to unremittingly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation in the new era, our Party has always combined the fine traditions of diligence, thrift, and opposition to extravagance with the fundamental position of putting the people first, forming a value orientation of serving the public and governing for the people. History shows that the "taking the lead in living frugally" by Party and government organs has never been an expedient measure but rather an institutional consciousness formed based on a deep understanding of the people's interests.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "No matter what level our country develops to, no matter how much people's lives improve, the idea of hard struggle and thrift can never be abandoned." Although a grain of rice is small, it reflects civilized cultivation; although saving is a trivial matter, it can help the country prosper and the people live in peace. Under the new historical background, the "taking the lead in living frugally" by Party and government organs, practicing economy and opposing waste, is not only an inherent requirement for practicing the Party's original aspiration and mission but also a practical need for promoting high-quality development. The "taking the lead in living frugally" by Party and government organs is not simply "cutting back on food and clothing" but rather achieving optimal allocation of resources at a higher level and opening up a new realm of reform and development with proactive actions. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has elevated "living frugally" to a major measure for governing the country, and Party and government organs at all levels have reduced the cost of official activities, freeing up more funds for development needs and people's expectations. By strictly enforcing financial discipline, strictly controlling general expenditures, and resolutely correcting fiscal waste caused by formalism and bureaucracy, the saved fiscal funds are used for poverty alleviation, comprehensive rural revitalization, and other people's livelihood projects.
"Frugality leads to economy, and economy leads to the flourishing of all virtues; extravagance leads to indulgence, and indulgence leads to the unleashing of all evils." Whether the concept of "taking the lead in living frugally" is strong or not is not only related to the work style and image of Party and government organs but also to the foundation of our Party's governance. At present, facing the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the major changes unseen in a century in the world, and facing the sluggish global economic recovery, the "taking the lead in living frugally" by Party and government organs is both a political responsibility and a livelihood responsibility. In practice, central departments take the lead in reducing expenditures, local governments strictly control "three public expenses," and proactively reduce unnecessary expenditures, empowering the "breadth" of people's livelihood with the "tightness" of the Party and the government. These vivid practices show that the "taking the lead in living frugally" by Party and government organs reduces unnecessary administrative expenses and increases the thickness of people's well-being; it compresses unnecessary expenditures and expands the space for people's happiness.
Hard struggle and thrift are a successful code for our Party to come all the way and grow stronger, and also an important guarantee for our Party to carry on the past and open up the future and create new glories. Standing in a new historical position, only by always adhering to the people-centered feelings of "worrying about the world's worries before the world worries," constantly cultivating the "correct view of political achievements" as a compulsory course, and earnestly internalizing and externalizing the requirements of "taking the lead in living frugally," and elevating "the Party and the government taking the lead in living frugally, the purpose is to ensure that the people live a good life" to a political consciousness and a governance wisdom, can we do "subtraction" on wide entry and wide exit, and do "addition" on strictness and simplicity, so that the "people's livelihood list" can be better transformed into the people's "happiness account," thereby continuously gathering the mighty force of hundreds of millions of people to devote themselves to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must attach great importance to the construction of marine ecological civilization, strengthen the prevention and control of marine environmental pollution, protect marine biodiversity, realize the orderly development and utilization of marine resources, and leave a blue sea and blue sky for future generations." Marine ecological environment governance is an important dimension of ecological civilization construction and an important guarantee for the development of the marine economy. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions on protecting the marine ecological environment, emphasizing that "we must care for the ocean as we care for our lives," which has pointed out the direction and provided fundamental guidelines for marine ecological environment governance. Marine ecological environment governance is a systematic project. We must adhere to a systematic approach, build a three-dimensional governance pattern, effectively promote marine ecological environment protection, help ensure national ecological security and sustainable marine development, and achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and the ocean.
Scientifically coordinate governance goals. The strategic and complex nature of marine ecological environment governance requires us to comprehensively consider ecological, economic, and social benefits, and use systematic thinking to scientifically determine the various goals of marine ecological environment governance, and do a good job of overall planning. Coordinate and promote marine ecological environment governance and high-quality marine development, adhere to the guidance of ecological priority, take innovation-driven as the engine, optimize the allocation of marine resources, promote the upgrading and renewal of marine industries, strengthen and optimize the marine economy, and improve the marine ecological environment protection system in the process of developing the marine economy, optimize marine ecological environment protection measures, and support high-quality marine development through high-level protection. Balance short-term benefits and long-term value, both seeking immediate economic returns from marine energy, aquatic products, marine tourism, etc., and avoiding excessive pursuit of short-term interests that lead to marine ecological environment damage and ecosystem degradation, damage the foundation of long-term development, and maintain the sustainability and biodiversity of marine ecosystems. Coordinate local and global governance, improve the governance goals of key sea areas, fight a tough battle in the comprehensive governance of key sea areas, and at the same time handle the relationship between key battles and collaborative governance, strengthen cooperation between different regions, and ensure that the overall marine ecological environment governance is stable and continuously improving.
Deeply extend the governance chain. To carry out three-dimensional marine ecological environment governance, we must adhere to a systematic concept, extend the marine ecological environment governance chain, and realize the transformation from fragmented governance to the whole process governance of "source-process-end". On the one hand, extend to source prevention and control. Marine environmental problems are on the surface in the ocean, but the root is on land. It is necessary to control the key channels for land-based pollutants to spread to the ocean, build a land-sea coordinated source tracing governance mechanism, seize key areas, strengthen the monitoring and control of land-based pollution, continuously reduce the overall pressure of land-based pollution on the marine environment, and gradually expand source tracing governance from land-based coastal areas to the inland and upward, creating a large pattern of protection and governance from the top of the mountain to the ocean. On the other hand, extend to ecological restoration. Pollution control is not the ultimate goal. After pollution control, ecological restoration must be continued to consolidate the governance results and build a green and sustainable marine ecological environment. It is necessary to clarify restoration responsibilities and requirements, implement the "Marine Ecological Protection and Restoration Standard System", use a variety of technologies such as physical restoration, chemical restoration, and biological restoration to carry out marine ecological restoration work in accordance with local conditions, and establish a long-term monitoring and evaluation mechanism for restoration effects to ensure the continuous improvement of marine ecosystem functions.
Efficiently aggregate governance resources. Marine ecological environment governance involves a wide range of areas, complex content, and a huge volume. It is far from competent for a department to "fight alone." This requires the establishment of a cross-regional and cross-departmental cooperation mechanism for marine ecological environment governance, strengthening departmental coordination, coordinating the resources of various departments, gathering the strength of all parties, and launching a "combined punch" of governance, so that marine ecological environment governance moves from decentralization to integration. It is necessary to coordinate the overall strategy and policy framework for marine ecological environment governance, promote the breaking of horizontal barriers, clarify the boundaries of powers and responsibilities and cooperation obligations of various departments, and promote the solution of problems such as "multiple policies from one source" and "virtualization of responsibilities." Improve the incentive and restraint mechanism, focus on improving the effectiveness of departmental collaboration to determine assessment standards, establish a normalized supervision mechanism, play a positive demonstration role, and promote various departments to shift from "passive response" to "active collaboration," so that the goals of various departments are consistent and efficient collaboration, and consolidate the institutional foundation for marine ecological environment governance. Strengthen the technical support for departmental collaboration, build an efficient data sharing platform, integrate multi-source information such as environmental monitoring, ship navigation, fishery fishing, and submarine pipelines, break down "data silos" and "information islands," realize "one network" full-domain perception, and provide a strong data base and reliable technical support for cross-departmental joint decision-making, collaborative law enforcement, and emergency response.
Comprehensively use governance methods. The combined use of different governance methods to produce an overall effect of "1+1>2" is a key link in carrying out three-dimensional marine ecological environment governance. It is necessary to adhere to the problem-oriented approach, strengthen governance innovation, enrich governance methods, and comprehensively use legal, market, scientific and technological means to change the single means of exertion into an overall comprehensive policy. Use legal means to ensure the effectiveness of governance, formulate and implement marine ecological protection laws and regulations, legally establish systems such as marine functional zoning, ecological protection red lines, fishing moratorium/fishing ban areas, and pollutant discharge standards, increase the crackdown on illegal activities that pollute the environment and damage the ecology, and set clear boundaries and insurmountable bottom lines for various marine development activities, and protect the marine ecological environment with the strictest system and the strictest rule of law. Use economic means to guide economic behavior, comprehensively use economic levers such as prices, taxes, credit, and subsidies, innovate mechanisms such as marine ecological compensation and ecological damage compensation, paid use of sea areas, realization of ecological product value, and blue carbon sink trading, and achieve a combination of incentives and constraints. Pay attention to technological empowerment, improve the level of informationization, digitization, and intelligence of marine ecological environment governance, and make full use of new technologies such as 5G, intelligent sensing networks, and big data analysis to carry out prediction and early warning, risk identification, and process control, and effectively exert the potential of digital intelligence technology to empower marine ecological environment governance, making marine ecological environment governance more scientific, precise, efficient, and modern.
(Author's unit: Marxism College, Northeast Electric Power University (东北电力大学))
Return to TopBy: 四川日报记者 袁城霖
The rotary tillage blades rotated rapidly, "eating" in mixed soil and "spitting" out fine soil... The unmanned paddy and dry land rotary tiller, less than 1 meter high, busily displayed its skills with its nimble body in the agricultural machinery pilot test base of the Dazhou Hilly and Mountainous Area Modern Agricultural Machinery Equipment Industrial Park (达州丘陵山区现代农机装备产业园) in Sichuan (四川).
The industrial park is located in Dachuan District (达川区), Dazhou (达州). During this period, several unmanned new energy modern agricultural machines underwent offline testing here.
China has many mountains, and a large amount of cultivated land is located in hilly and mountainous areas. The problem of insufficient adaptability and matching between farmland, agronomy, and agricultural machinery still exists. Enabling agricultural machinery to operate on mountain slopes and achieve intelligent operations is the need to develop new quality productive forces in agriculture in accordance with local conditions and further improve the level of agricultural mechanization.
With "seven mountains, one water, and two parts farmland," Dazhou (达州) is a typical hilly and mountainous area, but its total grain output has ranked first in Sichuan (四川) for many consecutive years. How was this achieved?
Promoting the research and manufacturing of intelligent agricultural machinery, especially lightweight agricultural machinery, has become a breakthrough for change.
In 2023, Dazhou (达州) launched the construction of the Hilly and Mountainous Area Modern Agricultural Machinery Equipment Industrial Park (丘陵山区现代农机装备产业园) to promote agricultural machinery socialization services. By the end of last year, the comprehensive mechanization rate of plowing, planting, and harvesting of major crops in Dazhou (达州) reached 68%.
How is lightweight agricultural machinery used? The test on the field ridges showed its capabilities.
"The maximum remote control distance is 300 meters, and it is suitable for both dry land and paddy fields." Wu Wenbin (吴文斌), general manager of a local intelligent control technology company, operated the remote control, and the unmanned paddy and dry land rotary tiller moved and cultivated flexibly according to instructions, and could also achieve 360-degree turning in place on slopes.
Many villagers came to watch, marveling at the small size of the agricultural machinery and the ability to remotely control it while standing on the field ridge. Wu Wenbin (吴文斌) introduced: "This unmanned paddy and dry land rotary tiller is less than 1/3 the size of traditional models, and is suitable for fragmented cultivated land such as terraces and slopes. In addition to remote control, it can also perform unmanned operations..."
After the test, he removed the modular battery from the machine body and installed it in the unmanned plant protection machine and unmanned combine harvester in succession, realizing "one battery for three uses."
The lightweight agricultural machinery that catches the eye is not simple to develop. Wu Wenbin (吴文斌) and his team have invested more than 3 years in the research and development of intelligent electric agricultural machinery, overcoming multiple hurdles such as compact and lightweight design and the construction of a shared battery ecosystem. The most difficult of these is: in unmanned operation mode, how does the agricultural machinery "go straight"?
"During traditional agricultural machinery operations, the driving trajectory will gradually deviate from the predetermined straight line due to multiple factors such as mechanical transmission, dynamic load changes, and wheel slippage. It is even more difficult to ensure going straight in uneven mountainous operating environments." Wu Wenbin (吴文斌) introduced that only by solving this problem can higher standards such as precision sowing, fertilization, and ridging be met.
Finding the root cause and prescribing the right medicine. This year, the company's research and development team focused on technological innovation in two key links: the sensitivity of agricultural machinery's running posture perception and the execution of running trajectory correction. They successfully developed an intelligent correction system, and the new generation of intelligent agricultural machinery can stably operate along a preset route under geographical conditions such as muddy and rugged terrain.
Promoting the research and manufacturing of intelligent agricultural machinery suitable for hilly and mountainous areas is the goal set by the Dazhou Hilly and Mountainous Area Modern Agricultural Machinery Equipment Industrial Park (达州丘陵山区现代农机装备产业园). Since the start of construction, the industrial park has jointly established a research and development center with a number of universities and research institutions, relying on the Sichuan Province Agricultural Machinery Research and Manufacturing Promotion and Application Integration Pilot Project and the Sichuan Province Major Science and Technology Special Project "Unveiling the List and Taking Command" project to inject scientific and technological innovation momentum into enterprises. As of now, the industrial park has signed contracts with 12 enterprises, built 18 production lines, and launched 34 products, covering intelligent agricultural machinery, agricultural robots, and parts production.
What is the market prospect for the small-sized modern agricultural machinery? Xiang Yong (向勇), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Dazhou Dachuan Industrial New Area (达州市达川产业新区), introduced that in the international market, many countries focus on the research and development of large-scale agricultural machinery, and there is insufficient motivation for the research and manufacturing of small-scale agricultural machinery with multiple varieties and small batches. "In response, the industrial park is strengthening supplementary research and development to form differentiated competitive advantages. At present, related products are not only favored in provinces such as Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Yunnan (云南), and Guizhou (贵州) in China, but are also exported to countries such as Canada (加拿大) and New Zealand (新西兰)," said Xiang Yong (向勇).
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Some time ago, an elementary school in Guangzhou (广州市), Guangdong (广东) Province, suggested "not arranging for elderly people to pick up students," sparking heated discussions. In reality, many parents face the "3:30 problem" – children get out of school at 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, and it is indeed difficult for parents to pick them up after work.
The "3:30 problem" has existed for a long time. Who will pick up the children? Who will look after the children? What will the children do? After the school bell rings and before the parents get off work, coloring this "blank" time not only responds to the needs of the people but also provides a valuable opportunity for children to explore their interests and broaden their horizons. Only when all parties work together to "hold the pen" and complement each other can they paint this picture well, which is related to the growth of the next generation.
School after-school services are the "main color." The Ministry of Education (教育部) requires the implementation of the "5+2" model for after-school services, that is, schools must carry out after-school services for 5 days a week, at least 2 hours each day, and the end time should be connected with the local normal off-duty time. While ensuring the time, efforts must also be made to improve quality. Schools can develop diversified courses by developing on-campus teachers and introducing off-campus resources, etc., to transform after-school services from "watching children" into an "incubator" for improving students' comprehensive qualities, and turn the time after school from "waiting for parents" to "enjoying growth."
Moving the focus away from the school, the active "inking" of all sectors of society is also indispensable. From the transportation department opening school buses to reduce the pressure on parents to pick up and drop off their children, to some communities opening public welfare after-school care classes, and then to neighbors actively helping each other... There are various "problem-solving" ideas, and the goal is to allow children to "leave school without leaving management and enjoy a good time."
There are always more solutions than difficulties. We look forward to more practical measures being implemented to help solve the "3:30 problem."
Return to TopBeijing Completes Construction of 100 Community Micro-Gardens This Year
People's Daily, Beijing (北京), October 8th (Reporter Shi Fang (施芳)) - This year, Beijing (北京) has completed the construction of 100 community micro-gardens, providing community residents with more places to get close to nature and relax.
The Beijing (北京市) Municipal Forestry and Greening Department held the "Golden Corner Silver Edge" National Urban Micro-Garden Design and Construction Competition, landing 100 urban micro-gardens integrating ecology and culture in the core area of the capital. At the same time, combined with the overhaul of the Fourth Ring Road, a "Rose Continuous Line" characteristic ring road landscape was created. At present, the reconstruction of the East Fourth Ring Road has been completed, and a 15.6-kilometer "full-line rose garland" has been built.
100 Individual Businesses in Hunan (湖南) Selected for "Special Xiang Small Shop" Growth Plan
Hunan Daily, Changsha (长沙), October 8th (Reporter Li Chenghui (李成辉)) - The Hunan (湖南) Provincial Association of Individual Laborers and Private Enterprises recently released the list of 100 "Special Xiang Small Shops" for 2025, covering 14 cities and prefectures in Hunan Province (湖南省), mainly involving catering, intangible cultural heritage production, time-honored brands, cultural tourism innovation and other industries, reflecting the diversity and new vitality of Hunan (湖湘) commercial culture.
As an important measure to deepen the precise assistance to individual industrial and commercial households by type and category, the "Special Xiang Small Shop" Growth Plan event has entered its second session. This year's "Special Xiang Small Shop" Growth Plan event was launched in May this year, and after multiple links and strict screening, 100 individual industrial and commercial households were included in the 2025 "Special Xiang Small Shop" Growth Plan.
Guangxi (广西) Hangs Signs and Erects Monuments to Protect More Than 150,000 Ancient and Famous Trees
People's Daily, Nanning (南宁), October 8th (Reporter Zhang Yunhe (张云河), Correspondent Li Hanchi (黎寒池)) - As of now, Guangxi (广西) has surveyed more than 150,000 ancient and famous trees, and all of them have been marked with signs and monuments.
In recent years, Guangxi (广西) has carried out the "Spring Breeze" special action to investigate and deal with illegal and criminal activities that destroy ancient and famous trees; carried out the "Nostalgia Tree" selection and recognition work, and completed the information entry of more than 70,000 "Nostalgia Trees."
The 3rd China (Jilin) Animation Conference Held
People's Daily, Changchun (长春), October 8th (Reporters Ren Shanshan (任姗姗) and Meng Haiying (孟海鹰)) - The 3rd China (Jilin) Animation Conference was recently held in Changchun City (长春市), Jilin (吉林), and experts, scholars, artists, university students, and media representatives attended the launch ceremony together.
Yan Shaofei (闫少非), Secretary of the Party Group and Resident Vice Chairman of the China Television Artists Association, introduced that the current animation themes are rich, covering new aesthetics combining traditional culture and modern consciousness, realistic theme creation, online literature and game adaptation, and other types. With the help of artificial intelligence-generated content technology, the production efficiency and quality of short video animation have been significantly improved, injecting new vitality into the development of the animation industry.
Zibo (淄博), Shandong (山东), Launches City Gift Creative Design Competition
Dazhong Daily, Zibo (淄博), October 8th (Reporter Yang Shudong (杨淑栋)) - Recently, the 2025 "Shandong Handcrafts, Qipin Zibo" City Gift Creative Design Competition was launched, and the deadline for submissions is November 30, 2025.
The scope of solicitation covers cultural and creative product categories, brand packaging categories, etc. The cultural and creative product category focuses on Zibo (淄博) ceramics, colored glaze, silk and other local characteristic industries, while the brand packaging category is aimed at Zibo (淄博) famous, high-quality, special and new products, agricultural and sideline products, etc.
Xing'an League (兴安盟), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Holds Rural and Pastoral Area Customs Transformation Story Exchange
People's Daily, Xing'an League (兴安盟), October 8th (Correspondent Liu Ye (刘也)) - Recently, the "Civilized New Style Enters Thousands of Homes" Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) Rural and Pastoral Area Customs Transformation Story Exchange was held in Xing'an League (兴安盟), showcasing the innovative practices and achievements of Inner Mongolia's (内蒙古) rural and pastoral area customs transformation work through a combination of on-site observation and thematic performances.
This event achieved in-depth cross-provincial exchanges and mutual learning, and specially invited other provinces to bring their explorations and experiences in customs transformation, presenting civilized practices under different local conditions from cross-regional and multi-perspective views, and showcasing the achievements made by rural and pastoral areas in the new era in terms of customs transformation.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 刘扬涛
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Dongzheng Village (东征村) in Yonghe County (永和县), Linfen City (临汾市), Shanxi Province (山西省) was bustling with tourists. A few days prior, the 2025 Shanxi "Jinmei Village Rural Health Run" and the Yonghe County "Xintian Cup" Second National Day Qiankun Bay Challenge Race were held here, bringing this small village located in the Lüliang Mountains (吕梁山区) into the view of many people.
Dongzheng Village (东征村) is adjacent to the Yellow River Qiankun Bay (黄河乾坤湾) and is the location of the Red Army Dongzheng Yonghe Memorial Hall (红军东征永和纪念馆). In recent years, relying on the construction of the Yellow River No. 1 Tourist Highway (黄河一号旅游公路) and red cultural resources, Dongzheng Village (东征村) has vigorously developed characteristic rural tourism, and introducing sports events is one of its measures.
On the day of the competition, the village with a permanent population of more than 700 people was flooded with thousands of road running athletes and spectators, and local homestays and hotels were fully booked. Participants from all over the country brought their relatives and friends, and many regarded it as an opportunity for a holiday trip. The popularity and heat brought by the event continued to manifest during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays.
"I didn't expect that a running competition that was not large in scale could bring such a big impact. Our rooms have been fully booked every day in the past week, and the passenger flow has doubled compared with the National Day period last year," said Li Ming (李明), an operator of a local farmhouse.
Since 2024, Shanxi (山西) has launched the "Jinmei Village Rural Health Run" series of activities. This event, which is called "village run" by runners, has been held nearly 10 times so far. In recent years, with the continuous rise of the road running craze, more and more competitions have entered rural areas, which, while enriching the supply of basic sports services, has also become a new way for some places to promote the development of rural tourism.
In addition to popularity and traffic, road running events in rural areas have also brought tangible economic benefits to the local area.
On July 19, the Shanxi Province Jinmei Village Rural Health Run and Lüyuan Fenxi Happy Run event was held in Shijiagou Village (师家沟村), Fenxi County (汾西县), Linfen City (临汾市). This "village run" event, with more than 1,000 participants, boosted the increase in local tourism consumption in various aspects such as catering and accommodation. Data provided by the Fenxi County (汾西县) government shows that during the event, the turnover of wholesale and retail industries such as local convenience stores, supermarkets, souvenir shops, and sporting goods stores increased significantly; the operating income of key hotels and catering industries increased significantly compared with the previous week; and the night market economy performed brightly, with the turnover of the catering industry increasing significantly year-on-year.
Return to TopBy: 辽宁日报记者 白复海
In Jinzhou (锦州), Liaoning (辽宁) province, under the night sky, the charcoal fire illuminates the face of barbecue master Li Bo (李波). Skewers of meat sizzle on the fire, his wrist flicks lightly, and he precisely sprinkles seasonings as the iron skewers fly, grilling them to a tempting color. After working for more than 30 years, "I am also a nationally certified barbecue chef." He wiped his sweat, his smile filled with unconcealable pride.
This pride stems from the seventh batch of new occupation directory (containing 17 new occupations and 42 new types of work) released this year by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部) in conjunction with relevant departments. Among these 42 new types of work, is the "barbecue chef" type of work.
"Jinzhou (锦州) barbecue has a unique technique, with many kinds of seasonings, and many grilled foods also require the preparation of traditional Chinese medicine," Li Bo (李波) introduced, "Barbecue emphasizes 'dipping, brushing, sprinkling, grilling, and flipping' for an authentic taste."
Xia Lei (夏磊), who has been in the industry for nearly 20 years, said: "With national certification, more young people will be willing to join this industry."
Behind the new types of work is a barbecue industry with an annual output value of over 100 billion yuan. Taking Jinzhou (锦州) barbecue as an example, it attracts countless diners every year, bringing vitality to Jinzhou's (锦州) economic development. Li Zhi (李志), president of the Jinzhou Barbecue Industry Association (锦州烧烤行业协会), introduced that there are currently more than 70,000 "Jinzhou Barbecue" (锦州烧烤) stores worldwide, with nearly 100,000 brand practitioners, driving more than one million jobs upstream and downstream.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 许 畅
Bending over, aligning, precise laying… In the carbon fiber lightweight workshop of a chemical fiber enterprise in Jilin (吉林), Bao Yutong (鲍雨彤), a post-00s carbon fiber product forming and manufacturing worker, carefully lays carbon fiber prepreg sheets according to strict angles and sequences. Bao Yutong (鲍雨彤) said, "In the past, people may have only known about carbon fiber, but they didn't know how it was specifically made. Now, our work has a stronger sense of value."
Previously, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部), together with relevant departments, released a catalog, adding 17 new occupations, with "Carbon Fiber Product Forming and Manufacturing Worker" among them.
Bao Yutong (鲍雨彤) introduced that it is not easy to manufacture a carbon fiber sheet that meets specific performance requirements. It is necessary to "tailor-make" a laying scheme according to product design drawings and mechanical performance requirements. When laying, it is necessary to ensure that the direction of each layer of tow is accurate, the tension is uniform, and the bonding is tight. After completion, it also needs to be cured at high temperature and high pressure, and pass strict index testing before it can be delivered for use.
In recent years, the scale of China's carbon fiber industry has continued to grow, and market demand is strong. The vigorous development of the industry and the strong support of national policies have provided new career tracks and growth opportunities for young people like Bao Yutong (鲍雨彤). "This is a career with broad prospects. I believe that carbon fiber products will further expand application scenarios in the future," said Bao Yutong (鲍雨彤).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郭晓龙
During this period, in Fuyuan City (抚远市), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), the cranberry planting base in the suburbs hides a unique harvesting wisdom: the planting field is first filled with water, a special fruit-beating machine drives through, the robotic arm taps the vines, the fruits float up, spreading a layer of crimson on the water surface. The staff then pulls the floating net to gather the fruits and send them to the conveyor, which transports them directly to the processing workshop.
Since the introduction of cranberry planting in 2014, the area has gone from sporadic trials to building Asia's largest cranberry planting base. This year, the output is expected to exceed 3,000 tons, with an output value of over 80 million yuan.
The cranberry industry chain in Fuyuan (抚远) continues to extend. Cranberry beer, preserved fruit and other derivative products have entered first-tier supermarkets, and events such as the "Cranberry Water Harvesting Festival" and "Cranberry Music Festival" have attracted more than 835,000 tourists.
Return to TopBy: 湖北日报记者 吴宇睿
Buying a house is a major event in life, but how can ordinary people judge what constitutes a "good house" when faced with numerous professional architectural design standards?
To address this confusion, recently, after the Xiangyang Municipal Housing and Urban Renewal Bureau (襄阳市住房和城市更新局) released the "Xiangyang City Residential Quality Improvement Design Guidelines (Trial Implementation)" (《襄阳市住宅品质提升设计导则（试行）》), the designers at the Xiangyang Municipal Institute of Building Research and Design (襄阳市建筑科学设计研究院) used language that ordinary people can understand to directly explain the content of the articles, telling people what a "good house" is.
This colloquial version of the guidelines is not a simple excerpt of the document's clauses, but rather a "translation" of professional content into everyday language, transforming design standards into perceptible living experiences through specific life scenarios. For example, when explaining "the net distance between a car and a longitudinal wall should not be less than 600 mm," the colloquial version of the guidelines states: "This ensures that the car door will not hit the wall on the side closest to the wall when opened, and it also makes it convenient for people to get out of the car from both sides."
The guidelines propose higher standards for everything from the "height" (floor height) and "skeleton" (structural lifespan) to the "blood vessels" (drainage and ventilation) of a house. For example, the guidelines require residential floor heights to be no less than 3 meters, emphasizing the user experience, etc.
Return to TopBy: 文汇报记者 苏 展
Imagine a scenario: Overseas tourists entering the country want to experience cultural and tourism products with regional characteristics in Shanghai's neighborhoods. How should they "get started"?
Recently, the *Shanghai Changning District Inbound Tourism Demonstration Block Construction Convention* (上海市长宁区入境旅游示范街区建设规约) was released. This "guide" is detailed to how the signage should be clear, how the translation should be standardized, and so on.
"From the data, more and more young overseas tourists are choosing to enter the country as individual travelers." At a company engaged in inbound tourism business, staff introduced that under this trend, tourists have new expectations for language services. For example, for the translation of some foods, many foreign tourists reflect that they "can't understand." "For foreigners, the expression of dishes such as 'green salad' is what you see is what you get. However, Chinese food names pay attention to understanding, and it is difficult for foreigners to understand 'Mapo Tofu' by literal translation. Therefore, we suggest adding some ingredient descriptions that foreigners can understand in the menu, such as 'Mapo Tofu' is pork with tofu." The staff member said.
In addition, the convention also mentioned: Encourage catering merchants to provide multilingual menus, using the "Chinese + Pinyin + Foreign Language" format, and add ingredient composition and cooking method descriptions to the main dish names.
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Possessing a team of over 20,000 optoelectronic technology personnel and industrial workers; establishing eight national key laboratories, including the Special Luminescence Science and Technology Laboratory; providing technical support for agriculture, forestry, environmental protection, cultural tourism, and other fields with the massive remote sensing data from "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)"... In the first half of this year, the electronic information manufacturing industry in Changchun (长春市), Jilin Province (吉林省), completed an output value of 11.086 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%; the comprehensive output value of Changchun's optoelectronic information industry in 2024 exceeded 90 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, and it is expected that the output value will exceed 100 billion yuan this year. Changchun, an old industrial base in Northeast China, is seizing the opportunity for industrial development, building dreams with "light," creating an optoelectronic information industry cluster, and contributing to high-quality development.
——Editor
A Piece of Glass——
Precision Machining, Equipping Satellites with "Corneas"
Inside the production workshop of Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (长光卫星技术股份有限公司), an orange robot is working. On the operating table, a dark black lens the size of a 4K drawing paper is being ground into shape. "This is a reflector, the 'cornea' of the satellite," said Li Yan (李岩), head of the company's optical processing technology. The reflector can accurately record the Earth's spectral information collected by the satellite into the camera, thereby generating images.
High-definition remote sensing images rely on high-precision reflector processing technology and equipment. Nanometer-level processing accuracy is one of the directions the team is striving to overcome. To avoid problems such as uncontrollable processes, high procurement costs, and long maintenance cycles of imported equipment, the company's core optical processing technology team began to independently develop domestic intelligent processing robots. After thousands of debugging sessions, the intelligent processing robot was finally put into production, helping to shorten the processing time of the reflector's main mirror from about half a year to one and a half months, and reducing processing costs by 20%.
The localization rate of "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)" satellite components developed by Changguang Satellite (长光卫星) has reached 100%. "Jilin-1 (吉林一号)" has become China's largest commercial remote sensing satellite constellation and the world's largest sub-meter-level commercial remote sensing satellite constellation.
More than 70 years ago, China's first batch of optical glass was successfully melted in Changchun (长春). How to transform glorious history and rich resources into industrial development momentum? Changchun (长春市) has released policy measures such as Several Measures to Support the High-Quality Development of the Optoelectronic Information Industry and "18 Articles to Support the Accelerated Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises." Jilin Province Optoelectronic Industry Incubator Co., Ltd. (吉林省光电子产业孵化器有限公司), jointly funded by Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of CAS (长春光机所) and other units, has incubated more than 100 companies. In addition, a number of optoelectronic companies, such as Changguang Satellite (长光卫星), which originated from Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of CAS (长春光机所), have grown stronger.
"The optoelectronic information industry is one of the strategic emerging industries with the strongest scientific research strength, the most innovative achievements, and the greatest development potential in Changchun (长春市)," said Fang Shuhua (方述华), Director of the Changchun Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology. The Changchun (长春市) Finance Department invests more than 600 million yuan annually to support the development of the optoelectronic information industry.
A Sensor——
Innovative Research and Development, Industry-University-Research Working Together
In the testing room of Changchun Yuheng Optics Co., Ltd. (长春禹衡光学有限公司), testers wearing dust-proof clothing carefully observe the production samples of displacement sensors in their hands... Displacement sensors are not large, but for major equipment such as CNC machine tools, they are equivalent to the "eyes" of the equipment, directly affecting processing accuracy.
In recent years, Yuheng Optics (禹衡光学) has undertaken a number of major tackling and industrialization projects from departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and has developed a series of products such as grating rulers, achieving independent and controllable technology in many fields.
"Changchun (长春) has provided strong support for the development of enterprises," said Sheng Shouqing (盛守青), General Manager of Yuheng Optics (禹衡光学). "The government has helped us establish connections with scientific research institutes such as Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of CAS (长春光机所) and universities such as Jilin University (吉林大学). With the help of multiple departments such as the Changchun Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the company has also participated in multiple projects."
Relying on universities and research institutes such as Jilin University (吉林大学), Changchun University of Science and Technology (长春理工大学), and Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of CAS (长春光机所), Changchun (长春市) continues to gather the nation's top R&D forces in the field of optoelectronics. As of now, Changchun (长春市) has 10 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 150 doctoral supervisors, and more than 3,000 senior talents above the level of associate professor in the field of optoelectronic information, and possesses internationally and domestically leading key core technologies in 12 high-precision and specialized fields such as high-performance sensors.
In addition, Changchun (长春市) has also established a Strategic Cooperation Committee for the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements, formed an "One Conference and Three Alliances" (Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, Enterprise Alliance, Fund Alliance, and Expert Committee) for the optoelectronic information industry, built an information sharing platform, promoted industry-university-research cooperation, and continuously strengthened the institutional guarantee for industrial development.
A Plan——
Focusing on the Frontier, Expanding Industry Space
In Changchun New Area (长春新区), a discussion is underway. Staff from companies such as Xida Electronics (希达电子) and Rongde Optics (荣德光学) are gathered together to discuss industrial development, market orientation, and scientific research progress.
Changchun New Area (长春新区) gathers more than 360 optoelectronic information companies, and similar discussions often occur. "Increasing communication is not only to find cooperation opportunities, but also to open up ideas and lay out the next generation of products," said Chang Liang (常亮), Deputy General Manager of Xida Electronics (希达电子).
In recent years, Changchun (长春市) has accelerated the extension of the optoelectronic information industry to upstream and downstream, striving to form more breakthroughs in cross-cutting and subdivided fields. In 2023, Changchun (长春) released the "Changchun Optoelectronic Information Industry Starlight Cultivation Three-Year Action Plan (长春市光电信息产业星光培育三年行动计划)," focusing on five key areas: "Chip, Light, Star, Vehicle, and Network," promoting the high-end development of integrated circuits, the scaled development of lasers and new displays and lighting, the industrialization of satellite applications, the intelligent development of automotive electronics, and the integrated development of industrial Internet and software information service industries.
The action plan also proposes to achieve the "double thousand" goal of a comprehensive output value of over 100 billion yuan and a number of enterprises exceeding 1,000 by the end of 2025. Changchun (长春市) is actively planning specialized and characteristic industrial carrying spaces in the field of optoelectronic information, accelerating the construction of the "4+1" industrial core areas of Changchun New Area (长春新区), Jingkai District (经开区), Auto Development Zone (汽开区), Jingyue High-tech Zone (净月高新区), and China-Korea Demonstration Zone (中韩示范区).
"Facing key industrial fields such as new energy intelligent vehicles and optoelectronic information, we support enterprises to independently tackle key core technologies of the industry or industry-university-research joint tackling. We must break through a number of 'bottleneck' technical problems restricting industrial development in key areas and key links, and break down institutional development barriers with mechanism innovation," said Zhang Enhui (张恩惠), member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Changchun Municipal Party Committee. He stated that efforts will be made to ensure that by the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the number of optoelectronic information enterprises and the comprehensive output value in Changchun (长春市) will exceed 1,500 and 160 billion yuan, respectively.
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The postal industry is an important public utility of the country and an important part of the modern circulation system. It plays an important role in promoting economic and social development and serving and safeguarding people's livelihoods. This year's World Post Day theme is "Post for People: Serving Urban and Rural Areas, Connecting the World." The postal industry should further strengthen its mission and responsibility, leverage its network advantages, promote interconnection and communication, and deliver happiness and well-being.
Since the new era, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, China's postal industry has adhered to the new development concept as its guide, high-quality development as its primary task, and the promotion of smooth logistics as its beautiful vision, and has achieved world-renowned achievements.
The level of interconnection and communication has continued to improve. Deeply connecting with the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network and the national logistics hub, actively building a "channel + hub + network" express logistics operation system, and postal express hub clusters with urban agglomerations such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and Chengdu-Chongqing as the core have basically taken shape. A network composed of more than 400 express logistics industrial parks, more than 3,000 distribution centers, and more than 500,000 business outlets operates efficiently. Give play to the basic supporting role of the postal universal service network in the remote areas of the central and western regions, actively promote the construction of a rural express logistics system, deepen the integrated development of rural passenger, freight, and postal services, and have cumulatively opened 13,000 joint transportation postal routes and built 145,000 cooperative stations.
Support for commodity circulation is even stronger. The postal industry carries large-scale, high-frequency, and wide-area physical logistics, realizes the orderly collection and distribution, efficient allocation, and value-added of goods and materials, and is an important force in promoting the upgrading of circulation methods. This year, the time for China's express delivery volume to exceed 100 billion pieces was 35 days earlier than in 2024, demonstrating the industry's important supporting role in promoting consumption upgrades and the growth of the real economy. Coordinate to solve the problem of no free shipping or delivery of e-commerce packages in Xinjiang (新疆), and promote the solution of "free shipping in Tibet (西藏)" through multiple measures. The accessible express delivery network breaks the limitations of geographical space and realizes the efficient and smooth flow of goods.
The level of benefiting people's livelihoods has continued to improve. Postal express services are becoming more and more popular, and service quality is becoming more and more stable. The timeliness, accuracy, and stability of domestic express services are all at the world's leading level. The user complaint rate is only 20 per million, and the response rate and resolution rate of complaint matters have reached more than 90%. The satisfaction of the public with express delivery services in key cities across the country and the 72-hour delivery rate have both increased year-on-year. Solidly carry out special governance of the problem of irregular charges for receiving mails and express parcels in rural areas, effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, and create a fair market environment. Actively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of practitioners and continue to carry out the "Warm Bee Action."
The level of safety and green development has continued to improve. Actively promote the transformation of green production methods. The newly revised and implemented "Regulations on Express Delivery" has added a special chapter on "Express Packaging" for the first time, and green parks, green sorting centers, and green outlets are accelerating construction. The annual photovoltaic power generation of the entire industry exceeds 200 million kilowatt-hours, the number of new energy and clean energy vehicles reaches 75,000, and the proportion of e-commerce express packages that are no longer packaged twice exceeds 95%. Improve the industry's monitoring, early warning, and command and dispatch mechanisms, and the industry's development situation continues to improve.
While affirming the achievements, we must also be soberly aware that the foundation for high-quality development of the industry is not solid enough, "involution-style" competition continues, and the pressure on network security and stability is relatively high. We must thoroughly study and implement 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), give full play to the postal industry's pioneering and leading role in the modern logistics industry, and accelerate the construction of a postal industry that is adapted to Chinese-style modernization.
Enhance network resilience to promote interconnection. Coordinate the overall promotion of the construction of the national postal express hub layout, and make up for the shortcomings in the central and western regions, rural terminals, and international express logistics infrastructure. Strengthen the construction of postal infrastructure in the central and western regions, support the transfer of industries from the east to the central and western regions and the division of labor and cooperation between regions, and better promote coordinated regional development. Improve the construction of a rural express logistics system, vigorously develop cold chain express logistics, turn the shortcomings of express delivery services in rural areas into a development "potential board," and help promote balanced urban and rural development. Improve the international express delivery service network, support industry enterprises to provide one-stop cross-border logistics services through self-built logistics, construction of overseas warehouses, and terminal cooperative distribution, and drive cross-border e-commerce to run out of "acceleration."
Deepen industrial collaboration to reduce costs. Actively develop the express delivery economy, based on the concentration of express delivery facilities and functions, promote the formation of a new model of "express delivery hub + industrial cluster," attract and drive the coordinated layout and clustered development of related industries, and form characteristic industrial clusters. Actively develop diversified service models such as in-plant logistics, line-side logistics, warehouse-distribution integration, regional distribution, and reverse logistics, promote the integration of production services and the industrial chain, and make postal express delivery a key link in the global high-tech, high-value-added, and high-efficiency industrial chain and supply chain, so as to better invigorate the real economy.
Strengthen digital and intelligent empowerment to improve quality and efficiency. Pay attention to promoting the new with "new" and improving quality with "intelligence," implement the "Artificial Intelligence + Postal Express" action, deeply explore artificial intelligence application scenarios, accelerate the optimization and application of artificial intelligence models in the industry, and promote the transformation to smart logistics. Accelerate the upgrading of equipment such as sorting equipment and transportation vehicles, support the large-scale development of intelligent cloud warehouses, unmanned distribution, and low-altitude logistics, promote the iterative upgrading of production organization operation models, and improve the operating efficiency of the entire chain. Actively build an open and collaborative ecosystem, cultivate new business forms, shape new scenarios, and spawn new services, and support enterprises to build a comprehensive logistics service system including express delivery, express freight, cold chain, and warehousing.
Improve the level of equalization to benefit people's livelihoods. Strengthen the postal universal service network and enhance the balance and accessibility of universal services. Strengthen the supervision and management of postal universal services, continue to monitor the operation of the postal universal service network, focus on weak links in services and problems that the masses strongly reflect, strengthen law enforcement inspections, and promote the adjustment of postal universal service standards in line with the times. Continue to carry out the rectification of irregular charges for rural express delivery services, continuously optimize user complaint handling work, and care for and care for express delivery personnel with heart and soul, so that the fruits of industry reform and development can benefit the people more fairly.
The journey is long and the wind is strong, and the heavy responsibility is to set sail again. We must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, take the lead in doing practical work and strive for progress, strive to write a new chapter in accelerating the construction of a strong transportation country with postal services, and strive to be a pioneer in Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is the Party Group Secretary and Director of the State Post Bureau (国家邮政局))
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The postal industry is a modern, pioneering industry that serves production, promotes consumption, and facilitates circulation. Since the beginning of this year, we have taken 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) as our fundamental guideline, fully implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, focused on promoting high-quality development, accelerated reform, innovation, and transformation, and played an important role in serving major national strategies, economic and social development, and the production and lives of the people.
Adhering to quality and efficiency improvement, the effectiveness of business development has become more prominent. Universal service takes promoting the equalization of public services as its mission, enriches its connotation with the times, and adds convenient services to outlets according to local conditions. All border natural villages have achieved direct postal access, the quality of postal services for border and coastal defense has continued to improve, and the accessibility, balance, and stability of service supply have been significantly enhanced. Express logistics businesses have actively promoted speed improvement, service quality improvement, targeted cost reduction, and market expansion, accelerated the integrated development of "postal commerce, goods, and warehouses," and greatly enhanced their competitiveness. Postal Savings Bank of China (邮储银行) has made every effort to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, actively serving "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers," urban and rural residents, and small and medium-sized enterprises. The growth rates of revenue, total profit, and intermediate business income all ranked among the top state-owned banks, and its Tier 1 capital has ranked 12th among the "Top 1000 Global Banks" for three consecutive years.
Adhering to serving the overall situation, the role of the "national team" has become more powerful. We are fully serving the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, based on the characteristic industries and key customer groups of the countryside, promoting the construction of a "one product, one policy," "one industry, one policy," and "one category, one policy" service system, continuously improving the county commercial circulation system, strengthening the rural postal and logistics system, and improving the inclusive financial system, promoting small packages to serve the people's livelihood, promoting small agricultural products to connect with large markets, and helping small industries integrate into large circulations. We are fully serving the real economy, continuously deepening the integrated development with modern industries such as manufacturing and commerce, accelerating the pace of embedded logistics development, exploring and forming service models such as Zhejiang Youngor's "integrated warehousing and distribution" and China National Heavy Duty Truck Group's "factory-side logistics," and promoting the improvement of the development level of the industrial chain and supply chain. We are fully serving major national regional strategies, doing a good job in service guarantees in key areas, and playing an important role in serving the new development pattern.
Adhering to reform and tackling key problems, the pace of creating a first-class enterprise has become more steady. Postal Savings Bank of China (邮储银行) obtained 130 billion yuan of national capital injection for the first time, expanding the new space for achieving scale growth. A drone technology company was established to actively lay out a new track for low-altitude logistics. The reform of the postal business has been comprehensively deepened, and the efficiency of control, operating benefits, and resource efficiency have been effectively improved. Breaking the layout of networks by administrative divisions, integrated postal services in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region have made breakthrough progress. A series of top-level designs have been implemented, consolidating the basic capabilities of China Post (中国邮政) to build a first-class enterprise.
Adhering to technological empowerment, new quality productive forces are accelerating their development. We are deeply promoting the construction of digital post offices, and the digital application of key businesses such as express logistics and finance is fully exerting its strength. Unmanned vehicles, unmanned delivery, unmanned stations, and the "cloud cabinet" model are accelerating their large-scale promotion and application. Production operations are shifting from "labor-intensive" to "intelligent and unmanned," and from "sweat logistics" to smart logistics. New quality productive forces characterized by digitalization and intelligence are accelerating their formation.
The theme of this year's World Post Day is "Post for People: Serving Urban and Rural Areas, Connecting the World," which is in line with the original aspiration and mission of China Post (中国邮政) to always adhere to "the people's post office for the people." On the new journey, China Post (中国邮政) will remain true to its original aspiration and mission, find its coordinates, choose its position, and play its role in promoting development and benefiting people's livelihoods. It will serve thousands of households, connect thousands of cities and hundreds of industries, and reach all parts of the world with its ubiquitous postal network, demonstrating the value of the enterprise in serving the people, and working with all parties to empower people's lives and create a better future.
Give play to core functions and consolidate the foundation of "serving the people." Further promote the improvement of the quality and standards of universal services and enrich their connotation, and give full play to the leading and bottom-line role in promoting the equalization of public services. Further promote the reshaping of the competitive advantages of express logistics businesses, give full play to the leading role in the industry in opening up the "main arteries" of logistics and smoothing the "microcirculation" at the end, and give full play to the bottom-line guarantee role in disaster prevention, relief, and ensuring smooth flow. Further accelerate the construction of an independent and controllable international logistics system, enhance international air transport capacity, optimize the independent route network, and serve the "going global" of the manufacturing industry. Further promote Postal Savings Bank of China (邮储银行) to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, and accelerate its becoming the main force in serving the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, a comprehensive service provider of inclusive finance, a new force in science and technology finance, and a ballast stone for maintaining financial stability.
Promote transformation and change and enhance the ability to "serve the people." Adapt to the changes of the times, accelerate transformation and change, and promote the transformation of China Post (中国邮政) in the new era from mainly meeting consumer demand to meeting more production demand, from mainly serving the general public to serving national defense construction and national emergency security at the same time, and from mainly focusing on the development of the postal service itself to strengthening collaboration and sharing, and effectively enhance the ability of the postal service to ensure the safety and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, and better shoulder the mission and responsibility of high-quality service to modern agriculture, advanced manufacturing, cross-border trade, and national defense construction.
Promote circular flow and deepen the effectiveness of "serving the people." Give full play to the advantages of network resources all over urban and rural areas, the cooperation advantages of the Universal Postal Union (万国邮联) connecting the world, and the unique synergistic advantages of multiple businesses and multiple sectors, continuously improve the land-air integrated, efficient, nationwide, and globally accessible service network, and better facilitate circulation and serve the people. Give full play to the endowment advantages of the "four flows in one" of postal commerce, logistics, capital flow, and information flow, focus on solving the difficulties of rural sales, logistics, and financing, and continue to build a "four flows to solve three difficulties" benefiting-farmers ecological system with agricultural product sales as the traction, logistics and warehousing as the support, and financial services as the guarantee, strengthen comprehensive services for the entire rural chain, and play the role of the leading force and main force of central enterprises in serving the overall situation of rural revitalization.
Expand cooperation fields and enrich the connotation of "serving the people." Strengthen exchanges and cooperation with postal services of various countries, promote multilateral and bilateral international cooperation and business development, and achieve co-construction, sharing, and win-win results. Relying on good cooperation with relevant ministries and commissions, governments at all levels, large enterprise groups, social express enterprises, and rural industrial groups, synergistically integrate internal and external resources, and continue to provide comprehensive postal convenience services with wide coverage, full functions, and excellent services, and benefit urban and rural development and people's lives with solid cooperation results.
The journey is vast, and if you walk, you will arrive. China Post (中国邮政) will adhere to 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) as its guide, fully promote high-quality development, promote interconnection, and serve people's lives, write a new chapter of the era of "the people's post office for the people," and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is the Party Secretary and Chairman of China Post Group Co., Ltd. (中国邮政集团有限公司党组书记、董事长))
Return to TopIn recent days, on the Xiaogan section of the Qiao-Xiao (Qiaokou District, Wuhan to Xiaogan) Expressway West Extension Line (硚孝高速西延线), construction personnel have been busy erecting box girders, building piers, and welding steel cages, ensuring the project is constructed safely and orderly. The photo shows the section of the project under construction on October 7.
Photo by Hu Xuejun (胡学军) (Image China)
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Can algorithms reach the sky? This isn't a scene from a science fiction story.
At the 4th Pazhou Algorithm Competition Ecological Empowerment Conference, the competition question from Guangzhou Jiazhi Huixing Technology Co., Ltd. (广东广州佳知慧行科技有限公司) attracted attention – letting algorithms "fly into space." The code written by the contestants will no longer only run on ground servers but is expected to be sent to orbital satellites to analyze the Earth from a real space perspective.
"What is pleasantly surprising is that the 'bidding' champion is an artificial intelligence enterprise in the medical field, and their accurate image recognition algorithm has brought new inspiration to industrial development." Wang Kai (王凯), general manager of Jiazhi Huixing, said with emotion that the "open door competition" of the Pazhou Algorithm Competition helps enterprises connect with top teams and opens up a broad vision for industrial upgrading.
Since its launch in April, this year's competition has attracted 8,131 teams to sign up, with participating teams from more than 30 countries. Industry leading enterprises and institutions such as ByteDance and BYD (比亚迪), as well as many well-known university teams, actively participated.
"Over the past four years, the Pazhou Algorithm Competition has become more than just a competition; it is a global platform for gathering industries through competitions, attracting talents through competitions, and attracting investment through competitions." The person in charge of the competition organizing committee said that with the holding of the competition, the artificial intelligence industry is accelerating its agglomeration and flourishing here.
"Algorithm on the star can reduce the amount of satellite transmission data, especially avoiding the transmission of invalid data, and can also more efficiently analyze road congestion and assess infrastructure needs, providing support for urban planning and traffic management." Wang Kai (王凯) explained that the competition question seems simple, but it is full of difficulties. Contestants need to deeply optimize, trim, and compress traditional algorithms under the harsh conditions of low satellite communication bandwidth and short transmission time windows to adapt them to the on-board computing environment, quickly and accurately identify road networks, and achieve high precision and no omissions.
This year's competition has a total of 13 such practical business scenario competition questions, focusing on transportation, medical care, electricity, education, sports, and other fields.
Also as a "question setter," Guangzhou Yundie Technology Co., Ltd. (广州云蝶科技有限公司) set its sights on the artificial intelligence sports track and released intelligent judgment tasks in sports scenarios, requiring participating teams to use visual algorithms to analyze the real-time sports results of multiple athletes in videos.
"The 15th National Games (全国运动会) is about to be held, and we hope to apply the competition results to important points in the city to promote national fitness with technology," said Tian Xuesong (田雪松), head of Yundie Technology.
"The purpose of holding the competition is to target real business scenarios and focus on landing applications," said Yao Xiang (姚响), deputy director of the Pazhou Management Committee (琶洲管委会). In the process of collecting questions, the organizers collided with enterprises, experts, and others many times to ensure that each question achieves practical results.
Guangzhou Weilai Sports Technology Co., Ltd. (广州蔚来体育科技有限公司) won the championship in the Yundie Technology competition question. Mo Tianlun (莫天伦), the technical director of the company, introduced that the biggest difficulty the team faced during the final was accurately measuring the number of rope skips for each of the 10 people in the same video scene. "The rope is thin, the scene is complex, and the accuracy requirement is high. It is very difficult to directly capture the characteristics of the rope. The team innovatively adopted a method of associating hand movements to enhance features, improving stability and accuracy in complex scenes," said Mo Tianlun (莫天伦).
The Weilai Sports team went through multiple rounds of discussions, repeated verifications, and continuous optimization of the pose recognition algorithm model. In the end, they stood out from many high-level teams with their outstanding performance and won a prize of 100,000 yuan.
How to attract top teams? The competition broke the problem from aspects such as the competition system. This year's competition invited top teams in the field of artificial intelligence, such as Deeply Seeking (深度求索) and Unitree Technology (宇树科技), to deeply participate in the competition planning and execution, provide full consultant support for the competition, and help the competition become a "ring" for algorithmic industry thinking collision and cutting-edge competition.
"Here, there is not only the most cutting-edge computing power support, but also an artificial intelligence ecosystem formed by Tencent (腾讯), Alibaba (阿里), and others." Chen Long (陈龙), product manager of Kuaizi Technology (筷子科技), introduced that Kuaizi Technology officially settled in Pazhou (琶洲) last year. "Whether we go to cooperate with enterprises or they come over to negotiate, it only takes a few minutes, the communication cost is greatly reduced, and the response speed is also rapidly improved." The Pazhou Algorithm Competition has helped Kuaizi Technology embark on a path of high-quality development – its performance has successfully turned losses into profits, its cooperative customers have exceeded 7,000, and it has achieved a gorgeous transformation from "participating in the competition" to "taking off."
The competition is not only a "power source" for projects, but also a "reservoir" for talents. Since 2022, more than 60 enterprises such as Yunqi Zhihang (云启智航) have been established in Haizhu District (海珠区), Guangzhou (广州) through the competition. As of now, the district has gathered more than 7,000 pan-artificial intelligence enterprises.
Return to TopThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院). Generations of Palace Museum (故宫博物院) staff have contributed to safeguarding the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) and inheriting its cultural heritage. We approach four of them, listening to their stories about the construction of a "Safe Palace, Academic Palace, Digital Palace, and Vibrant Palace." Through their introductions, we learn about the changes and development of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) over the past century and feel the spiritual outlook of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) staff in the new era.
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Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵):
"Every brick makes me feel the urgency of time"
At 8:30 in the morning, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) welcomes its first visitors. The figure of Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) (pictured in Figure 1, provided by the interviewee), 77 years old, appears on time in the Forbidden City (紫禁城). After retiring for many years, he still goes to work every day as a re-employed expert, rain or shine. White hair reflects the morning glow, and his steps are as steady as ever. He said, "We must exert the power of silver hair for the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)."
Standing on the Jinshui Bridge (金水桥), Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) looks towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿) with sincere eyes, full of love: "In the sea of yellow glazed tiles of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), we can distinguish the differences between these large roofs, which are hip roofs, gable and hip roofs, pyramidal roofs, overhanging gable roofs, and flush gable roofs. We can admire the unique and undulating brackets under the eaves. The glazed flower gates, screen walls, and exquisite stone carvings that are all over the Forbidden City (紫禁城), these rich and restrained architectural art methods, create the personality of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) buildings."
He pointed to the white marble railing and said, "Every line is a language, and every brick and stone is a history book. Patting the railing all over, it is more than just emotion - it is a dialogue with history."
In 2002, Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) was newly transferred to the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) and rushed to a "big exam." The largest and longest overall maintenance of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) since 1911 was launched, which the media called the "Century Renovation," and he became the front-line commander-in-chief.
The Hall of Military Valor (武英殿) was the "pilot" of this major renovation. When he first walked into the Hall of Military Valor (武英殿), what he saw was decayed beams, mottled painted decorations, and dust-covered floor tiles. "Decayed, but the integrity remains." Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) recalled. Under his leadership, the craftsmen followed the principle of "minimum intervention, disease removal and longevity," and while preserving the original appearance, the ancient building was reborn.
"We must not only implement the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics without changing the original state of the cultural relics, but also give it reasonable contemporary functions." Today, the Hall of Military Valor (武英殿) has become a ceramics exhibition hall. Modern exhibition facilities are perfectly integrated with the ancient buildings. Visitors can not only appreciate the cultural relics, but also feel the beauty of the ancient buildings. The appropriate lighting shines on the carefully protected original painted decorations, and the time is fixed into poetry.
From the Hall of Military Valor (武英殿) to the Baoyun Building (宝蕴楼), from the Qin'an Hall (钦安殿) to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility (慈宁宫), a major renovation lasting 18 years has rejuvenated the Palace Museum (故宫博物院). The open area has expanded from less than 30% to more than 65%, and the countermeasure of "promoting protection through opening" has been successful. Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) said that behind this is the support of a complete scientific protection system - the "Overall Protection Plan of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)" formulated by the team has become the "constitution" of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) protection and laid the foundation for the "Safe Palace."
Today, Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) is working on compiling the "Long Compilation of Historical Materials on Major Events in Ming Dynasty (明代) Court Architecture." "I was 53 years old when I came to work at the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), but every brick here makes me feel the urgency of time." He said, "We must also adhere to integrity and innovation in the protection of ancient buildings, and explore new developments in the concept and practice of the protection of the World Heritage Palace Museum (故宫博物院)."
The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) in the twilight gradually quieted down, and Jin Hongkui (晋宏逵) sorted out the files and prepared to leave. The outline of the Forbidden City (紫禁城) is particularly clear in the sunset - those roofs, brackets, and painted decorations that he cares about are now plated with golden brilliance.
(Reported and compiled by Wang Jue (王珏), reporter of this newspaper)
Wang Zilin (王子林):
"In the Forbidden City (紫禁城), I found the roots of culture"
About 40 years ago, Wang Zilin (王子林) (pictured in Figure 2, provided by the interviewee), Executive Dean of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) Academy, was admitted to the Department of Archeology of Peking University (北京大学). In a rain, he first met the Palace Museum (故宫). Walking all the way, he passed the Hall of Joyful Longevity (乐寿堂), the Yihe Xuan (颐和轩), and the Juanqin Zhai (倦勤斋)... A thought suddenly sprouted in his mind, "How wonderful it would be to work in the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)."
In 1989, Wang Zilin (王子林) entered the Palace Museum (故宫博物院). Over the years, he has cultivated the study of Ming (明) and Qing (清) court architecture and the original furnishings of the palaces, becoming a backbone force in the construction of the "Academic Palace."
"The wall of the Master is several ren high, and one cannot enter without finding the door, and one cannot see the beauty of the ancestral temple and the wealth of the officials." In Wang Zilin's (王子林) view, the Forbidden City (紫禁城) is like a "wall of ten thousand ren," and if you can't find the doorway, you can't fully appreciate its inner splendor and richness.
If you want to figure out the doorway, where should you start?
In the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), every place has a deep meaning. What are the special features of the naming of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿), the Hall of Mental Cultivation (养心殿), and the Hall of Three Rarities (三希堂)? "Zhengda Guangming (正大光明)" and "Zhengyi Mingdao (正谊明道)," what do the plaques hanging in the hall mean? Why is the layout of the palace city like this: the front court and the rear sleeping quarters, the ancestral temple on the left and the altar of land and grain on the right?
"To study the Forbidden City (紫禁城), you must be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Confucian culture laid the foundation for the roots of Chinese culture, and the classics of the sages are the key." Wang Zilin (王子林) said. Until now, he still insists on the habit of getting up early every day to read the classics. He can easily cite the allusions in "The Analects," "The Book of Songs," "The Book of Documents," and "The Book of Rites."
Wang Zilin's (王子林) hometown is Yingshan (营山), Sichuan (四川). He grew up in an ancient city, and he frankly said that he has a special relationship with these "ancient original environments and palace original appearances that have been preserved."
"My understanding of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) began with sorting out the cultural relics in the original palace warehouses. Over the years, I have been immersed in it and unconsciously indulged in it." In his view, every palace contains unlimited exploration space. It seals time and waits for insightful descendants to pick up the key and open the ancient cultural treasure house.
In 2015, Wang Zilin (王子林) presided over the restoration of the original display of the Qianlong (乾隆) Ningshou Palace (宁寿宫) area. It is a heavy responsibility to awaken the sleeping palace and restore its scene to its past appearance. He said with emotion, "Today, we need those buildings that still maintain their original state. I like to sort out cultural relics in the warehouse. Even if it is covered with thick dust, it allows you to imagine and embrace history."
Walking out of Wang Zilin's (王子林) office, a large locust tree stands quietly in the courtyard. The sun shines on it, and the leaves sway gently in the wind. One movement and one stillness, the meaning is long.
"The Palace Museum (故宫博物院) is alive. It brings together more than 5,000 years of civilization accumulation and carries the memory of ancient China. Without studying and interpreting its breadth and depth, there is no way to interpret the Chinese civilization genes hidden deep within it." Wang Zilin (王子林) said.
"Benevolence is the way to build this capital city. In the Forbidden City (紫禁城), I found the roots of culture. This is the foundation that supports my nearly 40 years of research and firm determination." He said, "It is the mission of the times to excavate and interpret the value behind cultural relics. We must promote the development of 'Palace Museum (故宫博物院) Studies' from the height of civilization and study the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) in depth."
(Reported and compiled by He Siqi (何思琦), reporter of this newspaper)
Su Yi (苏怡):
"I was very excited that the digital collection of cultural relics exceeded one million"
"It is our mission to preserve and revitalize the imprints of civilization to the greatest extent possible with the best technology of the present." Su Yi (苏怡) (pictured in Figure 3, provided by the interviewee), Director of the Digital and Information Department of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), said this sentence, which expresses her original intention of guarding the Forbidden City (紫禁城) and building a "Digital Palace Museum (故宫博物院)" for more than 20 years.
In 2001, after graduating with a master's degree, Su Yi (苏怡) stepped into the Forbidden City (紫禁城). Starting from participating in the construction of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) earliest official website and building the earliest ancient building database, she has almost personally experienced the complete process of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) digitalization from scratch, from existence to excellence.
Today, protecting cultural relics is inseparable from the empowerment of digital technology. "Last year, I was very excited that the digital collection of cultural relics exceeded one million." Su Yi (苏怡) said that the latest total of digital collections has reached 1.06 million pieces.
In 2019, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) launched the "Digital Cultural Relics Library." Now it has released high-definition images of 100,000 cultural relics, becoming an important window for the public to get close to cultural relics through the Internet. "100,000 cultural relics, if you look at one carefully every day, it will take 273 years to see them all." Su Yi (苏怡) calculated a "math problem," which calculated the huge volume of cultural relics in the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) and also highlighted the importance of digital opening.
This is a systematic project. Su Yi (苏怡) revealed the methodology behind the million-level breakthrough: the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) has raised the digital collection of cultural relics to a strategic height, and the entire museum is working together to promote it; it has formulated image collection standards to take "digital ID photos" for each cultural relic; through refined management, the work is broken down into specific tasks that can be promoted. In 5 years, it has achieved a breakthrough from 500,000 to 1 million pieces, which also marks a new stage in the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) digitalization from a single type to a large scale, providing cultural resources to the society.
Open the official Weibo of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), "Fall in Love with the Forbidden City (爱上紫禁城)," "The Aesthetics of Life of the Ancients," "Color Schemes from the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) Cultural Relics"... The stunning blockbusters have attracted netizens to exclaim. Display platforms such as "Digital Treasure Pavilion" and "Famous Paintings of the Palace Museum (故宫名画记)" have been built one after another, and products such as the "Palace Museum (故宫博物院)" mini program and the "Daily Palace Museum (每日故宫)" and "Forbidden City (紫禁城) 365" APP have been launched one after another... Digital technology connects classical aesthetics and modern life, and radiates new vitality.
At the beginning of this year, a "Digital Palace Museum (故宫博物院) Flash Exhibition" opened in Hong Kong (香港). The "central axis" of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) was "moved" to the shore of Xiangjiang (香江). Magnificent buildings, precious cultural relics, and thousands of years of cultural context were vividly reproduced with the help of digital technology. "In the past, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) could only wait for people to come closer; with digital capabilities, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) can go out and better tell the story of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)." Su Yi (苏怡) said.
The charm and significance of digitalization are far more than just communication. In June of this year, the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) launched the "Soaring Through the Past and Present - Digital Art Exhibition of Horse Culture." A digital white horse has become the "protagonist" of the exhibition. Su Yi (苏怡) took out her mobile phone and called up this "Lang Shining (郎世宁) Wanji Shuang Axis (万吉骦轴)" from the "Famous Paintings of the Palace Museum (故宫名画记)": "Through high-precision digital images, we can clearly identify the saddle and rein marks on the white horse, and the hair is clearly distinguishable. The cultural relics have 'flesh and blood' and soar vividly."
"The digital empowerment of cultural relics is a major opportunity and responsibility given to us by the times." Su Yi (苏怡) said, "Museums provide rich resources to inspire more people to improve their aesthetic, discovery, and creative abilities, and digitalization is opening up more imagination for us."
(Reported and compiled by He Siqi (何思琦), reporter of this newspaper)
Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚):
"We often ask children what stories they want to hear"
In the South Grand Warehouse office area of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), a copper relief painting given by a child hangs on the cabinet of Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) (pictured in Figure 4, provided by the interviewee), Director of the Social Education Department. This gift is a microcosm of his work - making the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) a kind and sensible classroom.
How to truly bring the profound history into the lives of the public? Lu Xiaogang's (吕晓刚) answer is: to excavate details that can touch people's hearts, and then use vivid ways to "activate" them.
From ridge beasts and window lattices to painted decorations and roofs, every detail can be extended into a course spanning time and space.
In Lu Xiaogang's (吕晓刚) office, a model teaching aid of "Bronze Gilt Ring Ying Chi Man (铜镀金戒盈持满)" is particularly special. The actual object of the teaching aid was originally a display on the desk in the palace study, meaning "fullness invites loss, and humility benefits." In the social education classroom, children observe the changes of "water overflowing when full" after water is injected into the container, which contains natural science knowledge and also provides a direct carrier for the ancient people's way of being. Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) said: "The process of children's hands-on is the process of approaching the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) and understanding the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)."
In addition to regular thematic courses, the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) social education activities also follow the seasons and nodes to bring fresh experiences to the audience. This summer vacation, when you go to the Xihe Gate (熙和门), you can feel the popularity of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) summer public welfare experience class. "Colorful Paintings," "Millennium Ink Rubbings," "Painting Butterflies into Longevity"... Children unlock the "hidden gameplay" of the Forbidden City (紫禁城) while playing and learning.
Online science popularization is also equally exciting. "We are all Chinese, but do you know what 'China' means?" "It can be seen from the structural naming of the Sumeru seat that it looks like a lush mountain forest"... A series of popular science short videos invite experts and scholars to appear on the scene to tell the story, which netizens praised as "there is great knowledge in small details."
Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) has a science and engineering background. He has participated in the construction of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) digital system and cultural and creative development. These experiences have also given him a deeper understanding of "technology empowering culture." "Social education is a job that deals with people. We must keep up with the times and attract more people to feel a vibrant, modern, common, and new Palace Museum (故宫博物院) through technological innovation, form innovation, and content innovation."
In Lu Xiaogang's (吕晓刚) view, the social education of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) is not a one-way knowledge output, but a warm dialogue in both directions. Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) said: "We often ask children what stories they want to hear? What do you think is the most fun place in the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)? Their answers are written in the direction and motivation of our continuous innovation."
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Palace Museum's (故宫博物院) volunteer service. "This is the relay baton we have held for 20 years. We must not drop it and live up to the Palace Museum (故宫博物院)." The words of an old volunteer also reflect the original intention of Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) and his team's long-term cultivation.
A museum is a university. Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) firmly believes that audiences of all ages can find ways to dialogue with the Palace Museum (故宫博物院). "We are working hard in many ways, both online and offline, to provide various forms of educational experiences and learning resources."
Injecting "vitality" into cultural inheritance and opening a door to a three-dimensional and vivid Palace Museum (故宫博物院) for ordinary people - standing at the historical node of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), this is the consistent mission of Lu Xiaogang (吕晓刚) and his social education team.
(Reported and compiled by He Siqi (何思琦), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 郑欣淼
This year marks the joyous centenary of the founding of the Palace Museum (故宫博物院) in Beijing (北京). Although the museum's century-long history represents only one-sixth of the Forbidden City's history, its significance is extraordinary.
Founded on October 10, 1925, the Palace Museum transformed the former imperial palace, once a forbidden area for ordinary people, into a place freely accessible to the public. The Qing dynasty (清朝) imperial collection, once symbolic of monarchical legitimacy, became the common heritage of the people. This profoundly reflects the social changes and cultural evolution of modern China, holding multifaceted symbolic significance.
The unification of "Palace" and "Museum" is the inherent identity of the Palace Museum. It is a museum that simultaneously possesses the characteristics of a palace historical site, ancient architecture, ancient art, and Qing dynasty archival collection. It is one of the very few museums and cultural heritage sites in the world that simultaneously features art, architecture, history, and palace culture, while adhering to the internationally recognized principles of "original site preservation" and "original display."
The Palace Museum has an extraordinary history. The 100th anniversary of the Palace Museum coincides with the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, more than 13,000 crates of cultural relics from the Palace Museum were moved south and dispersed to the southwest to prevent them from being looted and destroyed by the Japanese invaders. This relocation lasted ten years, covered thousands of miles, and involved numerous hardships. This precious cultural heritage and national treasure of the Chinese nation was largely preserved intact.
The Palace Museum's cultural relics are a unique carrier and testament to the long-standing and uninterrupted Chinese civilization, and an important cultural root of the Chinese nation. The monumental relocation of the Palace Museum's cultural relics to the south was an integral part of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The effective protection of the Palace Museum's cultural relics was the result of the joint efforts of all sectors of society, a manifestation of the entire nation's resistance, and a great contribution of the Chinese people to the protection of human cultural heritage during the World Anti-Fascist War.
Over a century, the Palace Museum has accumulated a profound foundation, forming distinctive concepts, character, and temperament. This spirit plays an important role in the development of the Palace Museum and is its valuable legacy. The core of this spirit is the belief of "regarding national treasures as life." This spirit stems from a deep understanding of the significance of the precious cultural relics it protects and a deep understanding of the sacred responsibility it bears, which is the value orientation of the Palace Museum's colleagues. The efforts and dedication of countless Palace Museum custodians, managers, researchers, and cultural relic restorers also embody the precious spirit and sense of history of the Chinese people over the past century.
The value of cultural heritage needs to be continuously explored, investigated, and deeply understood. As the guardian, manager, and inheritor of the Palace Museum's heritage, the Palace Museum has been continuously exploring the value of the Palace Museum for a century. Since entering the 21st century, in the further exploration of the value of the Palace Museum, people have realized that the Palace Museum is a cultural whole. This is a leap in the understanding of the value of the Palace Museum.
As a huge and rare treasure, the Palace Museum encompasses ancient architecture, movable cultural relics, and intangible cultural heritage. However, the ancient architecture of the Palace Museum is not a simple "shell," nor is the Palace Museum merely a place for "collecting treasures." Moreover, every cultural relic and every building in the Palace Museum is not an isolated existence unrelated to each other. They contain vivid figures and events, which together constitute a colorful scroll of historical culture. This is the integrity of the Palace Museum's culture.
Cultural integrity has therefore become the philosophical foundation of the Palace Museum's methodology. Palace Museum studies advocate evaluating the cultural value and cultural connotation of the Palace Museum from the perspective of cultural integrity, proposing to break down disciplinary boundaries and study the museum's collection of cultural relics, ancient architecture, and palace historical sites as an interconnected whole. This research will broaden people's thinking on the study of individual cultural relics, enter a philosophical way of thinking that emphasizes connection and development, enter an aesthetic way of thinking that leads to aesthetic appreciation and evaluation, enter a historical way of thinking that focuses on society and background, and extend to the understanding of other disciplines, preventing the isolated view of cultural relics and preventing the "fragmentation" of cultural relic research (movable and immovable cultural relics). This is the essence of Palace Museum studies.
Precisely because of the Palace Museum's lofty status, since its establishment, it has not only been the Palace Museum of China but also the Palace Museum of the world, becoming an important bridge for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. The history of the Palace Museum is a history of civilizational dialogue. As a special form of civilizational dialogue, the Palace Museum has received the heads of many countries. These distinguished state guests visit the Palace Museum not only to see its magnificent architecture and rare treasures but also to learn about China, Chinese culture, and Chinese history, while also feeling the attitude and achievements of today's Chinese people towards heritage.
Not only important foreign dignitaries, but also ordinary citizens from any part of the world can serve as envoys of civilization and engage in equal dialogue with Eastern and Chinese civilization by visiting the Palace Museum. They use this method to express their respect for Chinese civilization and their friendly feelings towards the Chinese people, making the Palace Museum an important stage for human civilizational dialogue.
On October 10, 1929, on the 4th anniversary of the founding of the Palace Museum, Mr. Li Yuying (李煜瀛), as the founder and chairman of the Palace Museum, gave a speech answering the social expectation of how to make the Palace Museum a "completely perfect" cultural institution. He hoped that the Qing Palace (清故宫) must become a "living Palace," and the spirit of the living Palace lies in adhering to the principle of "public." The essence of the "living Palace" is an unstoppable vitality and a spirit of vigorous progress, which requires a constantly innovative and developing Palace Museum, a Palace Museum that keeps pace with the times, and a Palace Museum that keeps its mission in mind.
Supported by the construction of a "Safe Palace, Academic Palace, Digital Palace, and Vibrant Palace," today's Palace Museum is striving to build itself into a world-class museum, a model for the protection of world cultural heritage, a leader in the integration of culture and tourism, and a Chinese cultural reception hall for civilizational exchange and mutual learning.
Accompanied by the unremitting efforts of generations of Palace Museum staff, the Palace Museum is constantly developing. Today, the Palace Museum, as a great cultural heritage of China and the world and an important symbol of Chinese history and tradition, will surely make new contributions to inheriting and promoting outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
Magnificent Palace, splendid museum history; changing times, a century of observation.
(The author is the former director of the Palace Museum)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 迅 王 者 苏 滨
National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays saw many doctors sticking to their posts and fighting on the front lines to safeguard people's health. Among them are emergency department doctors who "never stop fighting," community doctors providing door-to-door services, and rural doctors rooted in remote areas.
The emergency department receives nearly 400 registered patients a day.
As the associate chief physician with the most holiday shifts, Zhang Fangjie (张方杰) witnessed the relentless "battle" in the emergency department of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (中南大学湘雅医院).
"The turnover of beds during the holidays is particularly fast, with basically no empty beds. One day, the emergency department received nearly 400 registered patients," said Zhang Fangjie (张方杰), pointing to the fully operational resuscitation area. The resuscitation area he is responsible for operates in three shifts, and his shift alone admitted six critically ill patients.
During the holiday, a patient diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus was urgently transferred to Xiangya Hospital (湘雅医院). After the patient arrived, the emergency department team immediately initiated emergency procedures, contacting multiple departments such as rheumatology and immunology, gastroenterology, and hematology for consultation. "Most of the patients who come to us are critically ill patients referred from lower-level hospitals, or complex and difficult cases involving multiple disciplines," said Zhang Fangjie (张方杰).
In addition to being responsible for the treatment of patients in the resuscitation area, Zhang Fangjie (张方杰) is also responsible for the triage of patients at the emergency triage desk. He needs to assess the patient's vital signs and the severity of their condition in the shortest possible time, prioritizing the allocation of limited emergency resources to the most critically ill patients. Every judgment is related to the efficiency and success of subsequent rescue efforts.
During this holiday, Zhang Fangjie (张方杰) and his colleagues used their professionalism and dedication to build a line of defense to protect life and health.
Community doctors provide door-to-door diagnosis and treatment.
On the second day of the holiday, just after 8 a.m., there were already many community residents waiting for treatment at the Banyang Community Health Service Station (般阳社区卫生服务站) in Zichuan District (淄川区), Zibo City (淄博市), Shandong Province (山东省).
"Dr. Song (宋大夫), I had a family dinner yesterday and ate a lot of seafood, and my stomach has been upset all night," said resident Wang Yuxiang (王羽祥). Community doctor Song Shoubiao (宋守标) quickly poured him a glass of hot water, put on his stethoscope, and began to inquire about his condition. Song Shoubiao (宋守标), 53, is a doctor at the Banyang Community Health Service Station (般阳社区卫生服务站), and this is his twenty-third year working here.
After careful auscultation and abdominal examination, Song Shoubiao (宋守标) diagnosed Wang Yuxiang (王羽祥) with acute gastroenteritis and prescribed medication for his stomach.
In one morning, Song Shoubiao (宋守标) saw 27 community residents. At 12:15 p.m., just as he was about to have lunch, his phone vibrated.
"Dr. Song (宋大夫), my mother keeps complaining of dizziness, can you come and take a look?" came the plea from the daughter of community resident Wang Guifen (王桂芬) on the other end of the phone. Wang Guifen (王桂芬), who is in her 80s, is a disabled elderly person who is bedridden all year round.
"I'll be right there!" Hanging up the phone, Song Shoubiao (宋守标) picked up his medical kit and hurried to Wang Guifen's (王桂芬) home. Through examination and assessment, combined with the elderly woman's previous medical records, Song Shoubiao (宋守标) determined that she was suffering from vertigo caused by vestibular dysfunction. After symptomatic treatment, the elderly woman's dizziness was effectively relieved.
In recent years, under the guidance of the Zichuan District Health and Health Bureau (淄川区卫生健康局), the Banyang Community Health Service Station (般阳社区卫生服务站) has established electronic health records for all 4,300 residents in its jurisdiction.
"Now, the community also provides free annual physical examinations for elderly people over 65 years old." Mentioning this, Song Shoubiao (宋守标) could not hide his excitement: "When everyone is healthy, I have even more motivation!"
Rural doctors deliver medical care to the door.
"Grandma Liang (梁奶奶), I'm here to take your blood pressure again. How are you feeling? Are you still taking your medicine?" During the holiday, village doctor Bai Huali (柏华丽) stuck to her post. At 6 a.m., she carried her medicine box, packed a day's worth of dry food, and began her door-to-door rounds.
Bai Huali (柏华丽) is from Dazhao Village (打召村), Duncao Township (敦操乡), Changshun County (长顺县), Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (黔南布依族苗族自治州), Guizhou Province (贵州省). She returned to her hometown 22 years ago after graduation and became the only village doctor in the village.
"During the holidays, all the children come back, so I have to seize the opportunity to notify them to have physical examinations and vaccinations." Bai Huali (柏华丽) has a clinic in the village. However, since most of the villagers are elderly people and children left behind, she insists on providing regular door-to-door medical care.
On the afternoon of October 1st, Liang Yongqiang (梁永强), a high school student, accidentally sprained his ankle and cut himself while helping his parents repair the pigsty. It happened that Bai Huali (柏华丽) came to make her rounds.
Disinfecting with hydrogen peroxide and bandaging with gauze, Bai Huali (柏华丽) instructed Liang Yongqiang (梁永强): "Don't get it wet, don't move it around, and observe it first. If you feel uncomfortable, go to the town health center for an X-ray, but don't take painkillers, as it will affect the doctor's diagnosis."
Based on many years of experience, Bai Huali (柏华丽) carries 15 kinds of medicines for treating hypertension, hyperglycemia, fever and cold, and bruises. Relying on a pair of feet to shuttle through the mountains, she walks at least 18 kilometers a day. By the time she returns to the clinic, it is already 6 or 7 p.m., and she has to continue to work overtime to enter the day's door-to-door information into the system and improve the villagers' personal health records.
In order to improve her service capabilities, Bai Huali (柏华丽) also actively seeks out traditional Chinese medicine massage and learns techniques from other doctors. If villagers who come to see her are truly in financial difficulty, Bai Huali (柏华丽) does not charge consultation fees, and sometimes even helps pay for their medicine.
"Dazhao Village (打召村) is located in a remote area, and the conditions are indeed harsh. But since I have chosen this path, I must do it seriously," said Bai Huali (柏华丽).
Return to TopBy: 白真智
Emergency room treatment where life hangs by **生死一线** (shēng sǐ yī xiàn - "life death one line," a hair's breadth between life and death), bedside considerate and meticulous instructions, heartwarming and proactive assistance in the mountains... During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many medical workers, as always, stuck to their posts and served patients.
Currently, China has built the world's largest medical service system and disease prevention and control system, and the health level of residents continues to improve. This is inseparable from the dedication and selfless professional spirit of the vast number of medical workers.
We pay tribute to their dedication, and we should also understand their difficulties, and call on the whole society to care for and cherish them. Reasonably adjust work arrangements to ensure rest time; create more communication platforms and training opportunities to promote career development; further create a good atmosphere of respecting doctors and valuing health, and enhance professional honor and sense of belonging... These solid measures are the best reward for their hard work.
Medical workers are the guardians of the people's life and health and an important force in promoting the development of the health cause. Let us jointly pay tribute to their dedication and care for medical workers.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 富子梅
Cataract day surgery "under the knife," nuclear medicine examinations "on the job," weight management "taking action"—the Beijing Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center (北京协和医院澳门医学中心) (hereinafter referred to as "Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center") offshore medical complex has officially been in operation for one year. The number of specialist outpatient clinics has expanded to 40, the number of people served has increased by 4 times compared with the beginning of its opening, and nearly 20,000 patients have been served cumulatively.
"Medical and health care are important matters concerning people's livelihood. Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center brings new impetus to Macau's medical cause." Chui Sai On (岑浩辉), Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region, said that he believes that with the joint efforts of Macau and Beijing Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), a first-class medical center with international influence will surely be built.
From 0 to 1——
An extraordinary construction speed
Walking into the patient service center of Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center, registration, triage, medical treatment, examination, and medication collection are clearly separated; when arriving at the clinic, nurses measure blood pressure, pulse and other indicators in advance, doctors patiently inquire about medical history, and patients can feel and know the diagnosis and treatment process; entering the inpatient ward, the nurses' station is busy and orderly, with three-person rooms, double rooms, and single rooms arranged as needed, and resident doctors and specialist attending doctors prescribe medicines according to the symptoms...
At the same time, links that patients cannot see are also operating in an orderly manner—test samples are safely and accurately sent to the laboratory through the pneumatic transmission system throughout the hospital to achieve automatic identification and automatic detection; advanced and precise testing and laboratory instruments obtain test results as soon as possible, which are synchronized to doctors and patients' mobile phones, and doctors and nurses in the operating room, inpatient department, etc. are simultaneously informed of the patient's next treatment plan.
"The past year has seen an extraordinary construction speed." Wu Wenming (吴文铭), the first president and the first batch of experts to Macau at Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center, introduced that Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center has achieved a breakthrough "from 0 to 1" in just one year.
How to ensure that equipment, personnel, and materials are in place on time, the layout, flow, and functional arrangements are reasonable, and the preparation, trial operation, and opening are seamlessly connected? The medical care management team of more than 50 people from Beijing Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院) to Macau gave the answer.
"Every floor, every corridor, and every room of the building is in my heart." Shen Ning (沈宁), a deputy dean-level staff member who has experienced the construction of the SARS isolation ward in 2003 and the preparation of special wards for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, can be described as a veteran. "The opening challenge of Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center exceeds all the urgent, difficult, dangerous, and important projects I have experienced before." Shen Ning (沈宁) said that facing the Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center building, which at that time only had "four walls," she was anxious in her heart, but her mind could not be confused, and her steps had to keep up with the rhythm of everyone.
Day after day of discussions, repeated investigations, and round after round of docking... The Union Medical College Hospital and Macau teams communicated information, exchanged experience, and coordinated mechanisms to determine the opening route of legal precedence, system foundation, personnel follow-up, and equipment synchronization, while operating and improving.
"I have gained too much warmth and emotion in my work. The unconditional trust of patients in doctors has given me a deeper understanding of my job responsibilities." Looking at the work display board outside the internal medicine ward filled with patient testimonials, Leng Xiaomei (冷晓梅), director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center, had tears in her eyes. These testimonials revealed the gratitude of Macau residents for the superb medical skills, rich experience, and meticulous care of the Union Medical College Hospital doctors. "The mutual trust and interaction between the two sides has resulted in successful rehabilitation cases, reflecting medical concepts and the value of life," said Leng Xiaomei (冷晓梅).
From superposition to integration——
Two systems twisted into one rope
"How to balance two systems in one hospital and find a feasible third path, we have tried many methods." Weng Yiting (翁怡婷) of the Legal Department of Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center recalled the process of formulating the working hours system more than a year ago, and was still filled with emotion.
More than a hundred times of overturning and redoing, legal texts that were almost torn apart, and consultation calls that were made to the point of "fever"... Weng Yiting (翁怡婷), born in the 1990s, had also thought of giving up, but there are always more solutions than difficulties. First communicate, then investigate, then draft, and give more feedback. Weng Yiting (翁怡婷) explored a path that no one had ever taken.
Yang Shunxin (杨顺心) of the Hospital Affairs Department of Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center has come into contact with the most differences between the two systems. For example, the performance appraisal system is generally implemented in mainland hospitals. When Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center initially planned to refer to it for implementation at the beginning of its opening, it encountered the reality that local colleagues did not understand or feel at ease.
Explaining doubts, giving examples, trying out small steps, and listening to feedback... Over the past year, a brand-new system, including the performance appraisal system, has been created from scratch, which has stimulated the enthusiasm of medical staff and maximized the protection of patients' health rights.
"The Union Medical College Hospital experience and the actual situation in Macau have moved from superposition to integration, truly reflecting the powerful vitality that bursts out when the two systems are twisted into one rope," said Yang Shunxin (杨顺心).
Today, what supports the smooth operation of the hospital is a multi-arms team. "Beijing dispatches, local recruitment, global recruitment, and temporary fixed-term appointments. Everyone comes from different regions, different hospitals, and even speaks different languages. They cooperate with each other and work together under a brand-new mechanism, becoming a real and effective sample of the successful practice of 'one country, two systems' in the field of medical and health care," said Wu Wenming (吴文铭).
From medical services to industrial development——
Laying out the big health industry
Why is Union Medical College Hospital Macau called a medical center instead of a hospital?
"Because its development points to a comprehensive regional international medical complex combining medicine, education, research, and rehabilitation," said Wu Wenming (吴文铭). The construction volume, equipment and personnel allocation, and diagnosis and treatment content planning are all planned and implemented in an all-round way with high starting points and broad vision standards. The positioning of the medical center is that in addition to providing medical services, it must also develop the health industry and medical education, and promote the transformation of scientific research results.
Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center accurately positions itself, making up for the gap in high-end medical care with a configuration that leverages a small force to move a thousand pounds, while solving the "traffic jam" problem of primary medical care, and promoting the benign operation of Macau's medical and health system. The reporter saw in the more than 1,000-square-meter international medical department that there are hotel-like spatial layouts, international first-class medical beauty equipment configurations, and attentive medical and technical personnel. Ms. Yan (严女士), a Macau resident, praised the medical beauty services and health checkups she experienced: "In the past, I went to private hospitals in neighboring areas. Now I can get more comfortable services at my doorstep. It is really a blessing for Macau people!"
"Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center strives to become a strong fulcrum for the development of Macau's big health industry." Wu Wenming (吴文铭) said that the "big" of big health means the accuracy, completeness, and goodness of the concept of health, and also points to the high, large, and superior of industrial development. The medical system is their connection point, one end meets the demand market, and the other end proposes the direction of supply. The differences between Macau's medical and pharmaceutical systems and the mainland, such as overseas referrals and the application of new drugs and new therapies, are giving Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center a larger stage to better serve patients.
"Although the construction of Union Medical College Hospital Macau Medical Center is full of challenges, with the strong support of the central government, the strong backing of the SAR government, and the strong assistance of Beijing Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院), I believe that this sapling will surely grow into a towering tree," said Wu Wenming (吴文铭).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王欣悦
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, many people enjoy various delicacies, leading to gastrointestinal "overload." How to adjust your diet after the holidays to "reduce the burden" on your stomach? The reporter interviewed Chen Jing (陈静), Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital (Southwest Hospital) (西南医院) of the Army Medical University.
Eat regularly, with three meals at fixed times and in fixed quantities. Adjust your biological clock, insist on eating breakfast, try not to eat late-night snacks, and eat only 80% full for each meal. Change the habit of eating fruits and snacks immediately after meals. You can eat a small amount of nuts, low-sugar fruits, and yogurt at 10:00 and 15:00, which can reduce the burden of each meal and meet the diverse needs of the body.
Eat a balanced diet to ensure dietary balance. The diet should include grains and potatoes, vegetables and fruits, livestock, poultry, fish, eggs, and milk, soybeans, and nuts. You can add an appropriate amount of whole grains to your staple food to increase dietary fiber intake. You can also use soy products to replace some animal protein and replace red meats such as pork, beef, and mutton with white meats such as poultry, fish, and shrimp.
Lose weight scientifically and avoid misunderstandings. After the long holiday, some people resist eating and exercise a lot, but it is often difficult to achieve the desired effect, and it may also turn into an "easy-to-gain weight physique." It is also not advisable to replace regular meals with fruits. Some fruits are high in calories, such as durian, jackfruit, and bananas; oranges, hawthorns, and other fruits should not be eaten on an empty stomach, as they can cause adverse reactions such as bloating and stomach pain.
How to lose weight scientifically? Experts offer the following tips:
Moderately "prime the stomach" before meals. You can eat half a cucumber or drink a bowl of clear soup before meals to fill your stomach first, which can reduce the calories you consume at the table and stabilize your blood sugar.
Change the order of eating. Eat vegetables first, then meat. When choosing meat, it is better to eat poultry than livestock, and it is better to eat fish than poultry; eat more vegetables, especially dark green leafy vegetables; eat less refined rice and noodles, and prefer coarse grains.
Slow down your eating speed. Chew slowly and carefully to avoid eating too much food.
In general, a healthy diet helps to lose weight, regulate blood sugar, and promote lipid metabolism. It is recommended to adhere to the basic principles of less oil, less salt, less sugar, a light diet, more vegetables, and eating 80% full, and avoid eating foods that are too cold, too hard, too rough, or too spicy.
Return to TopOn October 8th, at the Liaoning Shenyang Grain Depot Cultural and Creative Industrial Park (辽宁沈阳粮仓文化创意产业园), children experience amusement projects in the playground.
During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the cultural and creative parks transformed from old factories and warehouses are 人头攒动 (rén tóu cuán dòng - "crowds jostling," a dense crowd of people pushing and shoving). The factory areas where machines once roared and the warehouses that stored grain have become popular trendy landmarks.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong (潘昱龙) Photo
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘子赫
On the morning of September 17, in the waters near Sakhalin Island (库页岛), shouts broke the surrounding silence. Due to the large waves, a fishing boat carrying two Russian fishermen capsized. The two fishermen clung tightly to the side of the boat, struggling in the water.
Because the people who fell into the water were wearing thick clothes that were not waterproof, seawater kept pouring into their clothes. In addition, the water temperature was low, so they were at risk of further sinking and hypothermia.
"I'm coming! Don't worry!" At this critical moment, Wang Yongliang (王勇亮), a Chinese angler from Hegang (鹤岗), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), quickly turned his boat around and sped towards the two people in the water, hundreds of meters away.
Wang Yongliang (王勇亮) held the boat with one hand to maintain balance, and desperately pulled up the people in the water with the other. "Their hands were ice-cold, and their physical strength was approaching its limit. If they hadn't been discovered, the consequences would have been disastrous," said Wang Yongliang (王勇亮).
With Wang Yongliang's (王勇亮) help, the two Russian fishermen climbed onto the boat one after another. They were shivering from the cold, and one of them had a head injury with bleeding. After getting on the boat, although they didn't speak the same language, the still-shaken fishermen tried their best to gesture their thanks to Wang Yongliang (王勇亮).
The two, panting for breath, quickly took off their heavy clothes, and the cold seawater flowed out of their sleeves, trouser legs, and boots. Both of their mobile phones were unusable because they had been soaked in water, so Wang Yongliang (王勇亮) lent them his phone to contact their friends.
Later, their friends arrived at the scene and took them to their own boat, and successfully salvaged the capsized fishing boat.
Wang Yongliang (王勇亮) likes to create short videos and usually uses his mobile phone to record his daily life. This time, he happened to film the scene of him saving people. After he shared the video on social media platforms, it immediately sparked heated discussions among netizens, who praised his good deeds: "This is truly a friendship boat," "You deserve flowers and applause," "Thumbs up for the warm-hearted Chinese"...
"I am overwhelmed by so much attention and praise. I just did something I should do," said Wang Yongliang (王勇亮). "Seeing others in danger, I will definitely lend a hand."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘温馨
Driving on the highway late at night, drivers often find it difficult to detect and react to dangers such as road collapses ahead of time. To better prevent these unseen road hazards, the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology (中国安全生产科学研究院) and AutoNavi Maps (高德地图) recently jointly released the "Eagle Eye Guardian" (鹰眼守护) early warning technology, which can provide timely and accurate early warnings for 17 driving scenarios, including major abnormal events.
The system performs real-time analysis of massive amounts of desensitized driving data. When multiple vehicles in the same direction exhibit abnormal behavior such as sudden speed drops or sudden braking, the system will quickly determine whether a major abnormal event has occurred ahead. At the same time, it will quickly and accurately push early warning information to potentially affected vehicles, providing drivers with valuable "golden reaction time."
Previously, AutoNavi Maps (高德地图) mainly monitored abnormal vehicle information through a cloud service platform, and early warning information may have been delayed. After several major highway bridge disaster events occurred in 2024, the Safety Committee Office of the State Council (国务院安委会办公室) and the Ministry of Emergency Management (应急管理部) urgently deployed efforts to tackle key technical problems in highway disaster monitoring and early warning. The China Academy of Safety Science and Technology (中国安全生产科学研究院) joined relevant units to establish a full-chain research mechanism. "The 'Eagle Eye Guardian' (鹰眼守护) system can identify abnormal driving behavior in real-time and report it in a timely manner, achieving second-level response from anomaly detection to early warning push," said Dong Zhenning (董振宁), Vice President of AutoNavi Maps (高德地图).
In August of this year, the project team conducted real vehicle tests at the Shandong Expressway Intelligent Connected Highway Test Base (山东高速智能网联高速公路测试基地). The test results showed that in the event of a major abnormal event, vehicles behind can receive early warning information within a few seconds, covering a distance of nearly 1 kilometer, and the accuracy rate of early warning for major abnormal events reached more than 90%.
The system aims to enhance drivers' real-time emergency avoidance capabilities and improve the emergency response effectiveness of major highway emergencies. Zhou Fubao (周福宝), President of the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology (中国安全生产科学研究院), said that the next step will be to accelerate project promotion and technology upgrades to further improve the accuracy and timeliness of early warning information.
Return to TopThe recent National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays saw many exciting sports events held across the country. This edition invites reporters to visit various locations, to feel the enthusiasm of people participating in sports and showcase the booming sports consumption.
——Editor
To Beijing (北京) for games, attractions, and merchandise—
A Single Viewing Brings a Rich Experience
By People's Daily reporters Ji Fang (季芳) and Sun Longfei (孙龙飞)
On October 5th, with American player Anisimova winning the women's singles championship, the 2025 China Open concluded. This year, the China Open's schedule was extended to 3 weeks for the first time, with a total of 360,000 visitors to the National Tennis Center and a total box office of 88 million yuan, both of which set new records.
On September 27th, the matches featuring well-known players Sinner and Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文) both had occupancy rates exceeding 95%; the men's singles final coincided with the first day of the holiday, with an occupancy rate as high as 97%.
The new viewing scene integrating dining, shopping, and fun interactions is quite popular. At the National Tennis Center, multiple outdoor viewing areas attract fans to stay, enjoying the autumn breeze and the relaxation of the holiday.
To stimulate the economic vitality of the event, the China Open set up a "second viewing site" in multiple business districts. At Beijing (北京) Fangshan (房山) Capital Outlets, the China Open Carnival "moved into" commercial space, setting up a large viewing screen on-site, with food markets and music festivals added to the surrounding area, allowing citizens to experience the charm of tennis up close. On October 1st alone, the area's foot traffic exceeded 100,000.
"In the future, we will continue to work hard on the breadth and depth of the integrated development of culture, sports, tourism, and commerce, and make the Tennis Carnival more rich and colorful," said Li Xuhua (李旭华), Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the 2025 China Open Organizing Committee and General Manager of China Open Company.
At Beijing (北京) Shougang Park (首钢园), the 2025 World Table Tennis (WTT) Grand Smash China was also extremely popular. The Chinese table tennis team swept the 5 championships in men's singles, doubles, women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. According to statistics, the ticket revenue for this event was nearly 88 million yuan, an increase of 54.3% year-on-year.
Audiences can enter the WTT Grand Smash Park for free with their event ticket stubs, participate in player meet-and-greets, outdoor viewing, game interactions, and other activities, and also enjoy exclusive discounts from hundreds of merchants throughout the city. Tourist Sun Peijin (孙佩锦) came to Beijing (北京) from Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) specifically to watch the game, visit attractions, and buy surrounding products. "A single viewing brings a rich experience, it's really worth it!"
During the event, the cumulative consumption in Shougang Park (首钢园区) exceeded 41 million yuan, an increase of nearly 50% year-on-year. The event drove the total consumption of culture, sports, tourism, and commerce in Shijingshan District (石景山区) in the first 5 days of the holiday to nearly 320 million yuan, an increase of about 32% year-on-year. "The rising data shows that the effect of converting event traffic into economic growth is obvious," said Wang Jianbo (王建博), Director of the Shijingshan District (石景山区) Sports Bureau of Beijing (北京市), adding that they will continue to polish the event brand and continuously stimulate new momentum for the event economy in the future.
Jiangsu (江苏) Nanjing (南京) Receives Over 20.09 Million Tourists—
A Ticket Stub Carries Multiple Discounts
By People's Daily reporter Wang Weijian (王伟健)
On the evening of October 4th, at the Nanjing (南京) Olympic Sports Center (奥体中心) in Jiangsu Province (江苏省), the "Su Super" 1/4 final was in full swing, with the Nanjing (南京) team and the Lianyungang (连云港) team tied 1-1 in regular time. During the penalty shootout, the audience stood up from their seats, held their breath, and watched every move on the field nervously. As a Nanjing (南京) team player kicked in the crucial goal, cheers erupted, and the Nanjing (南京) team advanced to the "Su Super" semi-finals.
Beijing (北京) audience member Huang Xi (黄希) was one of the more than 60,000 fans in the audience. She bought tickets for the game and brought her children to Nanjing (南京) for the holiday. With this game ticket stub, Huang Xi (黄希) enjoyed many preferential policies. "As soon as we got out of Nanjing South Station (南京南站), we got on the hotel's shuttle bus, and the accommodation fee was also discounted. Before the game, we went to Niushoushan Scenic Area (牛首山景区) to play, and we got half-price tickets with the ticket stub, and we could also get discounts when we went to restaurants, it was really a surprise!" said Huang Xi (黄希).
The reporter learned from the Nanjing (南京) Culture and Tourism Department that during the holiday, Nanjing (南京) City upgraded the "Follow the Performance (Event) to Tour Nanjing Discount Activity" again. The number of operating entities participating in this round of activities increased to 418, including 29 scenic spots, 111 hotels, 191 restaurants, and 62 shopping malls. Audiences can enjoy multiple discounts with their performance (game) ticket stubs.
Data shows that during this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Nanjing (南京) City received 20.097 million tourists, and many tourists included watching "Su Super" in their itinerary. According to statistics from Niushoushan Scenic Area (牛首山景区), from October 1st to 8th, about 3,500 tourists enjoyed the scenic area's preferential policies with "Su Super" ticket stubs.
Not only Nanjing (南京), in Jiangsu (江苏), "Traveling with 'Su Super'" has become a fashion. On October 5th, the Xuzhou (徐州) team played against the Taizhou (泰州) team at home. Xuzhou (徐州) City launched preferential policies in terms of scenic spots, catering, and shopping for Taizhou (泰州) citizens who came to watch the game. "We came from Taizhou (泰州) specifically to cheer for our hometown team, and also to play in Xuzhou (徐州) for two days," said fan Mr. Wang, sharing his itinerary. "We went to Yunlong Lake (云龙湖) in the morning, visited Huilongwo (回龙窝) in the afternoon, and had Xuzhou (徐州) barbecue after watching the game, deeply feeling the charm of this city."
From October 1st to 5th, 28 key scenic spots in Xuzhou (徐州) City received a total of 3,924,800 tourists, an increase of 35.5% year-on-year; the city's UnionPay cultural tourism consumption amount was 980 million yuan, an increase of 24.23% year-on-year.
Shandong (山东) Rizhao (日照) Creates New "Sports+" Consumption Scenarios—
A Route Connects Different Landmarks
By People's Daily reporter Fan Jiayuan (范佳元)
In Wanpingkou Scenic Area (万平口景区), Rizhao City (日照市), Shandong Province (山东省), a cycling team meanders along the seaside greenway, with the sea breeze blowing on their faces, which is very pleasant. "I have been cycling for 3 years and have successfully lost more than 80 pounds," said cycling enthusiast Mr. Li, wearing a helmet and cycling suit, looking very professional. Now cycling has become a good helper for him to manage his weight.
This outdoor sports route, named "Jing Shan Li Hai · Cycling Rizhao (经山历海·骑游日照)", connects Rui Xiang Aviation Flight Camp (锐翔航空飞行营地), Liujiawan Catching Sea Park (刘家湾赶海园), World Sailing Championship Base (世帆赛基地), Water Transport Base (水运基地), Wanpingkou Ocean Park (万平口海洋公园), Sunshine Coast Camping Park (阳光海岸露营公园) and other cultural and tourism landmarks. Citizens and tourists can not only embrace the mountains and seas and enjoy cycling along the way, but also unlock low-altitude sports, water sports, camping and other projects. With its unique resource endowment and good experience, the route was selected as one of the "2025 National Day Holiday Outdoor Sports Boutique Routes" released by the State General Administration of Sports, and many tourists come here admiringly.
Before the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the main venue event of the 2025 China Sports and Leisure Conference and Shandong (山东) Province Sports Consumption Season (Rizhao) was held, and cultural, sports, and tourism products were concentratedly displayed, igniting the public's enthusiasm for sports consumption. As the holiday began, the driving effect of this event continued to be released, and new "sports+" consumption scenarios blossomed in many places.
At the seaside, a postal cultural and tourism store launched various cultural and creative products with the theme of Rizhao (日照) marine culture, attracting tourists to stop. Postcards, refrigerator magnets, and specialty snacks are the best sellers. "Many tourists write and send postcards to share their wonderful memories here with relatives and friends," said store clerk Yang Hao (杨浩).
Children carried small buckets and shovels, looking for the gifts of the ocean on the beach after the tide receded. A fun sea catching competition was underway. Li Jing (李京), a representative inheritor of intangible cultural heritage of stone painting and painting skills, depicted vivid pictures on pebbles, which attracted tourists to admire. "These stone paintings are all designed and made by myself, and I can sell thousands of yuan every day," Li Jing (李京) introduced that the integrated development of culture, sports, and tourism has helped the local people's pockets become more and more bulging.
Sichuan (四川) Xinjin (新津) Distributes 400,000 Yuan in Catering Consumption Coupons—
An Event Links All Regional Resources
By People's Daily reporter Song Haoxin (宋豪新)
In autumn, the Nanhe River (南河) is rippling with blue waves. During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the 2025 Chengdu (成都) Rowing Open was held in the Nanhe River (南河), Xinjin (新津), Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川). 20 rowing teams from domestic and foreign universities such as Peking University (北大), Tsinghua University (清华), Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard competed for the flow.
The dynamic surfing board performance and high-level rowing competition gave the audience a feast for the eyes, and a series of sports scenes built around the Nanhe River (南河) allowed people to immerse themselves in the joy of sports. During the event, water sports such as kayaking and paddle boarding were open to the public every afternoon, and citizens and tourists could experience a taste of freshness under the guidance of professional coaches. "During the Chengdu (成都) World Games, my child especially liked to watch various water sports, and wanted to experience kayaking at that time. This time, he finally got his wish," said Ms. Tao, a citizen of Chengdu (成都).
Inside the stadium, paddles were flying and shouts were shaking the sky. Outside the stadium, people were crowded and laughing... Many viewers had just finished watching the game and "plunged" into a variety of colorful recreational activities. The food workshop was full of fragrance, the breakdancing players were coolly "fighting", the lantern riddle competition was full of fun, and the handmade lacquer fan making attracted people to experience...
One lively scene after another is a vivid microcosm of Xinjin (新津)'s efforts to stimulate the economic vitality of the event. In addition to arranging colorful supporting activities around the event, Xinjin (新津) also opened up all regional resources and launched more than 60 cultural, sports, and tourism activities. Banzhulin Scenic Area (斑竹林景区) held a "Bamboo Forest Friends Association", integrating camping, markets, and cute pet interactions; Xiujueshan Park (修觉山公园) created a "Landscape and Elegant Rhyme · Music Movement Xiujue" activity, combining folk music, markets, and sports; the "Village BA" basketball game in Huaqiao Street (花桥街道) was full of enthusiasm, and the audience could also enjoy wonderful performances such as lion dances and iron flower making; in Baodun National Archaeological Site Park (宝墩国家考古遗址公园), research activities such as "digging" cultural relics attracted many families to participate.
"We have issued 400,000 yuan in catering consumption coupons, and strive to create a more comfortable consumption environment for citizens and tourists," said the relevant person in charge of the Xinjin District (新津区) Bureau of Commerce. In addition, tourists can open the relevant mini program, participate in the "collect card gift package" activity, and can also choose to redeem kayaking experience cards, scenic spot tickets and other benefits.
"From the rowing competition on the Nanhe River (南河) to the all-round linkage of water, land and air experience, Xinjin (新津) will continue to open up new paths and transform event traffic into consumption 'retention'," said the relevant person in charge of the Xinjin District (新津区) Bureau of Commerce.
This issue is coordinated by: Tang Tianyi (唐天奕)
Return to TopBy: 巩育华
In the city lights, the passion on the field and the cheers from the stands are moving; amidst the mountain and sea scenery, people enjoy the joy of sports and embrace a healthy life... During the recent holiday, many people included watching sports events in their itineraries and were happy to pay for sports consumption.
The bursting vitality of sports consumption reflects people's yearning for physical and mental health and a high-quality life, and also reflects the fruitful results of various regions in developing distinctive sports industries. Each sports consumption bill is a footnote to a colorful life and a witness to economic and social development.
The China Open (中国网球公开赛) has broken new records in terms of passenger flow and box office revenue. Events such as the "Su Chao" (苏超) and "Xiang Chao" (湘超) are linked with scenic spots and hotels to "pamper fans." Via ferrata, low-altitude sports, and other trendy sports are entering the field of vision of more and more people. New records are constantly being broken, new models are constantly iterating, and new projects are constantly being enriched. China's sports industry brings people more new surprises, new inspirations, and new expectations. The General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) recently issued the "Opinions on Releasing the Potential of Sports Consumption and Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry" (《关于释放体育消费潜力进一步推进体育产业高质量发展的意见》), which has cheered many sports practitioners. Seizing the opportunities of the times and continuing to release potential, the sports industry will surely provide strong support for the construction of a healthy China (健康中国) and inject strong impetus into the high-quality development of the economy and society.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季 芳
The General Administration of Sport of China recently released 14 high-quality outdoor sports routes, including the Sanxingdui Exploration and Dynamic Landscape Outdoor Sports Route in Deyang City, Sichuan Province (四川德阳市), the Southern Mountain and Sea Outdoor Sports Route in Dalian City, Liaoning Province (辽宁大连市), and the "Sky's Expanse" Non-Powered Gliding Outdoor Sports Route in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province (浙江台州市). These routes cover multiple regions across the country and involve various outdoor sports, providing a reference for the public to participate in outdoor sports.
In recent years, the outdoor sports industry has shown a good momentum. This year, documents such as the "Guiding Opinions on Building High-Quality Outdoor Sports Destinations" and the "Opinions on Releasing the Potential of Sports Consumption and Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry" have been successively issued, further promoting the high-quality development of outdoor sports.
Jiang Yiyi (蒋依依), Dean of the School of Sports Leisure and Tourism at Beijing Sport University (北京体育大学), said that with economic and social development, people's demand for outdoor sports continues to increase and shows diversified development characteristics. The selection of the 14 high-quality routes comprehensively considered route characteristics, supporting facilities, and the maturity of related industries, which not only reflects the development achievements of outdoor sports in various places, but also can form a demonstration effect, guiding various places to continuously optimize supply and create regional characteristics.
Faced with the occasional occurrence of safety accidents, how can people better participate in outdoor sports? "Enthusiasts need to actively learn and master outdoor safety knowledge, understand the potential risks and challenges, and fully understand the weather changes, regional characteristics, and related information of the sports they are engaged in at the destination," Jiang Yiyi (蒋依依) suggested. "Local governments should also do a good job in relevant safety reminders and explanations, keep abreast of tourist information in a timely manner, and prepare emergency management plans."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 迅
Following the 3rd Beautiful and Harmonious Village Basketball Tournament held in Miluo City (汨罗市), Hunan Province, the "Village BA" tournaments in various towns and townships of Miluo City (汨罗市) are being held enthusiastically. On the court, the athletes actively defended, dribbled through, and fully expressed their passion for sports. Accurate three-point shots and intense rebounding battles constantly ignited the atmosphere of the entire venue. Villagers spontaneously formed cheerleading squads to cheer for their supported teams, creating a moving picture of rural sports.
"We organized a total of 7 teams with 105 participants. In September this year, we established the Xinshi Street Branch of the Miluo City (汨罗市) Basketball Association. Immediately after its establishment, we began preparing for this 'Village BA'," introduced Zheng Tingyue (郑庭岳), President of the Xinshi Street Branch of the Miluo City (汨罗市) Basketball Association. Among the participating players are both returning students and ordinary villagers. Driven by the event, the local sports atmosphere is becoming increasingly strong.
"Basketball brings everyone together, and it's more motivating to fight on the court. This feeling is very special," said Zhang Sichang (张思畅), a college student player from Xichang Village (西长村) in Baishui Town (白水镇). He was happy to compete for his hometown's honor as he happened to be home for the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays during the "Village BA."
In recent years, Miluo (汨罗) has actively held various characteristic sports events, attracting more and more people to return to their hometowns and enter the countryside with the new business form of cultural, sports, and tourism integration. These events not only provide a platform for fellow villagers and basketball enthusiasts to express their friendship and showcase their talents, but also inspire the enthusiasm of the masses to participate in sports and cultural activities.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) October 8th (Reporter Li Shuo (李硕)) - Recently, in the men's 71kg competition at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships held in Norway, Chinese athlete He Yueji (何岳基) broke the snatch world record to win the snatch gold medal and also won the total bronze medal.
This World Championship is the first appearance of the new weightlifting categories in a major international event. Before the competition, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the "world standards" for each new category. As long as the weight lifted exceeds the "world standard," one can hold the world record.
In the men's 71kg snatch competition, He Yueji's (何岳基) opening weight was the highest in the field at 153kg, which he successfully lifted. In his second attempt, he successfully challenged 157kg. Because this weight exceeded the "world standard" by 1kg, he broke the snatch world record for this event. This is also the first adult world record created by the Chinese weightlifting team in the Los Angeles (洛杉矶) cycle's new categories. In his third attempt, He Yueji (何岳基) lifted 160kg, increasing his newly created world record by another 3kg, and won the snatch gold medal. In the subsequent clean and jerk competition, He Yueji (何岳基) successfully lifted 184kg in his second attempt, and the final total score was fixed at 344kg, winning the total bronze medal. Thai athlete Wechuma won the clean and jerk and total gold medals with a clean and jerk of 194kg and a total score of 346kg.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 硕
During this Chinese season, 25-year-old tennis player Wu Yibing (吴易昺) has had breakthroughs and regrets. After finishing his journey at the Hangzhou Open (杭州网球公开赛), he withdrew from the China Open (中网) and then retired due to injury in the first round of the Shanghai Masters (上海大师赛).
In September of this year, with a world ranking of 196, Wu Yibing (吴易昺) returned to the "Small Lotus" (小莲花), the tennis center of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center (浙江杭州奥体中心网球中心), with a determined spirit. Believing in himself and giving it his all, he eventually defeated many strong opponents and reached the semi-finals of a tour event again after two years. "I have tried my best," said Wu Yibing (吴易昺).
In the first three matches of the Hangzhou Open (杭州网球公开赛), Wu Yibing (吴易昺) played a full 9 sets, winning each match in a逆转 (nì zhuǎn - "reverse," to turn defeat into victory), totaling 7 hours and 51 minutes.
In the first round, he fought for nearly 3 hours and upset the 6th seed, French player Mannarino. The audience at "Small Lotus" (小莲花) showed their support with enthusiastic cheers. "This is the first match I've won at 'Small Lotus' (小莲花) in 3 years," Wu Yibing (吴易昺) said, choking up after the match.
In the second round, Wu Yibing (吴易昺) defeated American player Korda in 3 sets to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, he defeated former world number one, Russian star Medvedev, achieving his first victory in three encounters between the two.
"In front of my family, friends, and team, I defeated a strong opponent. This victory is even more important than my first career title in Dallas, USA," Wu Yibing (吴易昺) said excitedly after the match. "Being able to make such a breakthrough in my hometown is an encouragement to me."
When he lost to the 3rd seed, Kazakhstan player Bublik, in the men's singles semi-finals and missed the final, the hometown audience still encouraged this "Hangzhou boy" (杭州伢) with warm applause.
As an offensive player, Wu Yibing (吴易昺) has always wanted to play beautiful tennis, but now he pays more attention to controlling his offensive desires, admonishing himself to "be more patient."
He and his team carefully planned his schedule. "After the US Open, I gave up two domestic Challenger events. From the perspective of scoring points, it was unwise, but I understand my physical condition. I needed to stop and rest, and it proved to be the right decision."
Wu Yibing (吴易昺) likes the feeling of swinging freely on the tennis court. "I want to try my best to the extreme and enjoy every moment on the court."
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Return to TopDecree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
No. 814
The "Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Entry and Exit of Foreigners" was adopted at the 63rd Executive Meeting of the State Council on July 16, 2025, and is hereby promulgated and shall come into force on October 1, 2025.
Premier Li Qiang (李强)
August 7, 2025
The State Council has decided to make the following amendments to the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Entry and Exit of Foreigners":
1. One item is added to Article 6 as the sixth item: "(6) K visa, issued to foreign young science and technology talents entering the country."
2. One item is added to the first paragraph of Article 7 as the sixth item: "(6) Applying for a K visa shall meet the conditions and requirements for foreign young science and technology talents stipulated by the relevant competent departments of the Chinese government and submit corresponding supporting materials."
This decision shall come into force on October 1, 2025.
The "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Entry and Exit of Foreigners" shall be amended accordingly based on this decision, and the article numbers shall be adjusted accordingly and re-promulgated.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京))
Return to Top# Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the "Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国出境入境管理法) (hereinafter referred to as the Exit and Entry Administration Law) in order to regulate the issuance of visas and the service and management of the stay and residence of foreigners in China.
Article 2 The State establishes a coordination mechanism for the service and management of foreigners' entry and exit to strengthen the overall planning, coordination, and cooperation of the service and management of foreigners' entry and exit.
The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may establish a coordination mechanism for the service and management of foreigners' entry and exit according to needs, strengthen information exchange and coordination, and do a good job in the service and management of foreigners' entry and exit in their respective administrative regions.
Article 3 The Ministry of Public Security (公安部) shall, in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, establish an information platform for the service and management of foreigners' entry and exit to realize the sharing of relevant information.
Article 4 In the management of visa issuance and the management of the stay and residence of foreigners in China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) and other departments of the State Council shall provide foreigners with laws and regulations on the management of foreigners' entry and exit and other information that foreigners need to know on the portal websites of the departments and at the places where applications for exit and entry documents are accepted.
# Chapter II Categories and Issuance of Visas
Article 5 The scope and methods for issuing diplomatic visas, courtesy visas, and official visas shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部).
Article 6 Ordinary visas are divided into the following categories and marked with corresponding Chinese Pinyin letters on the visa:
(1) C visa, issued to international train attendants, international aircraft crew members, crew members of international航行ships and their accompanying family members, and automobile drivers engaged in international road transport who perform flight, aviation, and shipping tasks.
(2) D visa, issued to persons who enter the country for permanent residence.
(3) F visa, issued to persons who enter the country to engage in exchange, visit, investigation and other activities.
(4) G visa, issued to persons transiting through China.
(5) J1 visa, issued to foreign resident journalists stationed in China; J2 visa, issued to foreign journalists who enter the country for short-term interviews and reports.
(6) K visa, issued to foreign young science and technology talents entering the country.
(7) L visa, issued to persons who enter the country for tourism; group L visas may be issued to those who enter the country for tourism in the form of a group.
(8) M visa, issued to persons who enter the country to engage in commercial and trade activities.
(9) Q1 visa, issued to family members of Chinese citizens and family members of foreigners with permanent residence status in China who apply for entry and residence for family reunion, and persons who apply for entry and residence for reasons such as foster care; Q2 visa, issued to relatives of Chinese citizens residing in China and relatives of foreigners with permanent residence status in China who apply for short-term visits to relatives.
(10) R visa, issued to foreign high-level talents and urgently needed specialized talents needed by the State.
(11) S1 visa, issued to spouses, parents, children under the age of 18, and parents of spouses of foreigners who reside in China for work, study, etc., who apply for long-term visits to relatives, and persons who need to reside in China for other private affairs; S2 visa, issued to family members of foreigners who stay or reside in China for work, study, etc., who apply for short-term visits to relatives, and persons who need to stay in China for other private affairs.
(12) X1 visa, issued to persons who apply to study in China for a long time; X2 visa, issued to persons who apply to study in China for a short time.
(13) Z visa, issued to persons who apply to work in China.
Article 7 Foreigners applying for a visa shall fill out an application form and submit their passport or other international travel document, as well as photos and relevant materials related to the reason for the application that meet the requirements.
(1) When applying for a C visa, a guarantee letter issued by a foreign transportation company or an invitation letter issued by a relevant unit in China shall be submitted.
(2) When applying for a D visa, a Foreigner's Permanent Residence Identity Confirmation Form issued by the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) shall be submitted.
(3) When applying for an F visa, an invitation letter issued by the inviting party in China shall be submitted.
(4) When applying for a G visa, a connecting ticket (train, ship) to the country (region) of destination with a confirmed date and seat shall be submitted.
(5) When applying for a J1 and J2 visa, examination and approval procedures shall be carried out in accordance with China's regulations on foreign resident news agencies and interviews with foreign journalists, and corresponding application materials shall be submitted.
(6) When applying for a K visa, the conditions and requirements for foreign young science and technology talents stipulated by the relevant competent departments of the Chinese government shall be met, and corresponding supporting materials shall be submitted.
(7) When applying for an L visa, materials such as travel plan itinerary arrangements shall be submitted as required; if entering the country for tourism in the form of a group, an invitation letter issued by the travel agency shall also be submitted.
(8) When applying for an M visa, an invitation letter issued by a commercial and trade partner in China shall be submitted as required.
(9) When applying for a Q1 visa, if applying for entry and residence for family reunion, an invitation letter and proof of family relationship issued by a Chinese citizen residing in China or a foreigner with permanent residence status shall be submitted; if applying for entry for reasons such as foster care, a power of attorney and other supporting materials shall be submitted; when applying for a Q2 visa, an invitation letter and other supporting materials issued by a Chinese citizen residing in China or a foreigner with permanent residence status shall be submitted.
(10) When applying for an R visa, the introduction conditions and requirements for foreign high-level talents and urgently needed specialized talents determined by the relevant competent departments of the Chinese government shall be met, and corresponding supporting materials shall be submitted in accordance with regulations.
(11) When applying for an S1 and S2 visa, an invitation letter and proof of family relationship issued by a foreigner staying or residing in China for work, study, etc., or supporting materials required for entering the country to handle private affairs shall be submitted as required.
(12) When applying for an X1 visa, an admission notice issued by the enrolling unit and supporting materials issued by the competent department shall be submitted in accordance with regulations; when applying for an X2 visa, an admission notice and other supporting materials issued by the enrolling unit shall be submitted in accordance with regulations.
(13) When applying for a Z visa, supporting materials such as a work permit shall be submitted in accordance with regulations.
The visa authority may require foreigners to submit other application materials depending on the specific circumstances.
Article 8 Foreigners under any of the following circumstances shall accept an interview as required by the visa-issuing authority stationed abroad:
(1) Applying for entry and residence;
(2) Personal identity information and reasons for entry need to be further verified;
(3) Having a record of being refused entry or ordered to leave the country within a time limit;
(4) Other circumstances where an interview is necessary.
If the visa-issuing authority stationed abroad needs to verify relevant information with relevant departments and units in China when issuing a visa, the relevant departments and units in China shall cooperate.
Article 9 If the visa authority, after review, considers that the conditions for issuance are met, it shall issue a visa of the corresponding category. For those who need to apply for a residence permit after entry, the visa authority shall indicate the time limit for applying for a residence permit after entry on the visa.
# Chapter III Management of Stay and Residence
Article 10 Foreigners who enter the country with a visa may apply to the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level in the place of stay for the reissuance of a visa if they can change the reason for their stay or be granted entry facilitation in accordance with state regulations, or if they need to stay in separate groups due to objective reasons after using a new passport or entering the country with a group visa.
Article 11 If a foreigner's visa in China is lost, damaged, or stolen, he/she shall promptly apply to the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level in the place of stay for a replacement visa.
Article 12 Foreigners applying for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a visa, or applying for a stay permit, shall fill out an application form and submit their passport or other international travel document, as well as photos and relevant materials related to the reason for the application that meet the requirements.
Article 13 If a foreigner's application for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a visa, or application for a stay permit meets the acceptance requirements, the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ shall issue an acceptance receipt with a validity period of no more than 7 days, and make a decision on whether to issue it within the validity period of the acceptance receipt.
If the procedures or materials for a foreigner's application for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a visa, or application for a stay permit do not meet the requirements, the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ shall inform the applicant of the procedures to be performed and the application materials to be corrected at one time.
During the period when the applicant's passport or other international travel document is retained for processing the document, he/she may legally stay in China with the acceptance receipt.
Article 14 The decision made by the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ to extend the validity period of the visa stay is only valid for this entry, and does not affect the number of entries and the validity period of the visa, and the cumulative extended stay period shall not exceed the stay period indicated on the original visa.
After the visa stay period is extended, the foreigner shall stay in accordance with the reason stipulated in the original visa and the extended period.
Article 15 Residence permits are divided into the following categories:
(1) Work-type residence permit, issued to persons who work in China;
(2) Study-type residence permit, issued to persons who study in China for a long time;
(3) Journalist-type residence permit, issued to foreign resident journalists stationed in China;
(4) Family reunion-type residence permit, issued to family members of Chinese citizens and family members of foreigners with permanent residence status in China who need to reside in China for family reunion, and persons who need to reside in China for reasons such as foster care;
(5) Private affairs-type residence permit, issued to spouses, parents, children under the age of 18, and parents of spouses of foreigners who reside in China for work, study, etc., who apply for long-term visits to relatives, and persons who need to reside in China for other private affairs.
Article 16 Foreigners applying for a foreigner's residence permit shall submit their passport or other international travel document, as well as photos and relevant materials related to the reason for the application that meet the requirements, and go to the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level in the place of residence to go through relevant procedures, and retain human body biometric information such as fingerprints.
(1) For work-type residence permits, supporting materials such as a work permit shall be submitted; those who are foreign high-level talents and urgently needed specialized talents needed by the State shall submit relevant supporting materials in accordance with regulations.
(2) For study-type residence permits, supporting materials such as a letter issued by the enrolling unit indicating the study period shall be submitted in accordance with regulations.
(3) For journalist-type residence permits, a letter issued by the relevant competent department and a journalist card issued by the relevant competent department shall be submitted.
(4) For family reunion-type residence permits, if needing to reside in China for family reunion, proof of family relationship and proof materials related to the reason for the application shall be submitted; if needing to reside in China for reasons such as foster care, a power of attorney and other supporting materials shall be submitted.
(5) For private affairs-type residence permits, for long-term visits to relatives, proof of kinship, residence permits of the persons being visited, and other supporting materials shall be submitted as required; for entering the country to handle private affairs, relevant supporting materials required for residing in China for handling private affairs shall be submitted.
Foreigners applying for a residence permit with a validity period of more than 1 year shall submit a health certificate in accordance with regulations. The health certificate is valid for 6 months from the date of issuance.
Article 17 Foreigners applying for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a residence permit shall fill out an application form and submit their passport or other international travel document, as well as photos and relevant materials related to the reason for the application that meet the requirements.
Article 18 If a foreigner's application for a residence permit or application for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a residence permit meets the acceptance requirements, the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ shall issue an acceptance receipt with a validity period of no more than 15 days, and make a decision on whether to issue it within the validity period of the acceptance receipt.
If the procedures or materials for a foreigner's application for a residence permit or application for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a residence permit do not meet the requirements, the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ shall inform the applicant of the procedures to be performed and the application materials to be corrected at one time.
During the period when the applicant's passport or other international travel document is retained for processing the document, he/she may legally reside in China with the acceptance receipt.
Article 19 Foreigners applying for an extension, reissuance, or replacement of a visa and residence permit, or applying for a stay permit, may be applied for on their behalf by the inviting unit or individual, the applicant's relatives, or relevant specialized service organizations under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Under the age of 16 or over the age of 60, or inconvenient to move due to illness or other reasons;
(2) Not entering the country for the first time and having a good record of stay and residence in China;
(3) The inviting unit or individual provides guarantee measures for the expenses required by the foreigner during his/her stay in China.
Foreigners applying for a residence permit, who are foreign high-level talents and urgently needed specialized talents needed by the State, as well as those under the circumstances stipulated in item (1) of the preceding paragraph, may be applied for on their behalf by the inviting unit or individual, the applicant's relatives, or relevant specialized service organizations.
Article 20 The exit and entry administration department of the public security organ may verify the authenticity of the reason for the application through interviews, telephone inquiries, on-site investigations, etc., and the applicant and the unit or individual issuing the invitation letter or supporting materials shall cooperate.
Article 21 The exit and entry administration department of the public security organ shall not approve the extension, reissuance, or replacement of visas and residence permits, and shall not issue stay permits to foreigners under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Failure to provide application materials in accordance with regulations;
(2) Falsification in the application process;
(3) Violation of relevant Chinese laws and administrative regulations, and not suitable for staying or residing in China;
(4) Other circumstances where it is not appropriate to approve the extension, reissuance, or replacement of visas and residence permits or issue stay permits.
Article 22 Foreigners holding a study-type residence permit who need to work part-time or intern off-campus shall, with the consent of the school where they are located, apply to the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ for adding information such as the location and duration of the part-time work or internship to the residence permit.
Foreigners holding a study-type residence permit whose residence permit has not been added with the information stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall not work part-time or intern off-campus.
Article 23 Foreigners in China who do not hold a valid passport or international travel document due to reasons such as loss, damage, or theft of their documents, and are unable to obtain a replacement from the relevant Chinese agency of their home country, may apply to the exit and entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level in the place of stay for exit procedures.
Article 24 Foreigners whose exit and entry documents indicate a stay area, and foreigners who are approved for temporary entry by the exit and entry border inspection agency and whose stay area is limited, shall stay within the limited area.
Article 25 A foreigner in China under any of the following circumstances shall be deemed to be illegally residing:
(1) Staying or residing beyond the stay or residence period stipulated in the visa or stay or residence permit;
(II) Foreigners who enter the country without a visa and stay beyond the visa-free period without applying for a stay permit;
(III) Foreigners who engage in activities beyond the restricted areas of stay or residence;
(IV) Other circumstances of illegal residence.
Article 26: If an entity that employs foreigners or enrolls foreign students discovers any of the following circumstances, it shall promptly report to the entry-exit administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level:
(I) The employed foreigner resigns or changes the work area;
(II) The enrolled foreign student graduates, completes studies, discontinues studies, withdraws from school, or leaves the original enrolling entity;
(III) The employed foreigner or enrolled foreign student violates the provisions on exit-entry administration;
(IV) The employed foreigner or enrolled foreign student dies or goes missing.
Article 27: Financial, educational, medical, telecommunications and other entities that need to verify the identity information of foreigners when handling business may apply to the entry-exit administration department of the public security organ for verification.
Article 28: The issuance and administration of stay and residence permits for foreigners staying in China for diplomatic or official purposes shall be implemented in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部).
Chapter IV Investigation and Repatriation
Article 29: Public security organs may set up repatriation facilities according to actual needs.
Where a foreigner is subject to detention for examination in accordance with the provisions of Article 60 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law, the detained foreigner shall be sent to a detention center or repatriation facility within 24 hours.
If deportation or expulsion cannot be carried out immediately due to weather, the person's health, or other reasons, the foreigner shall be detained in a detention center or repatriation facility with relevant legal documents.
Article 30: Where the scope of activities of a foreigner is restricted in accordance with the provisions of Article 61 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law, a decision on restricting the scope of activities shall be issued. A foreigner whose scope of activities is restricted shall report to the public security organ at the specified time; without the approval of the decision-making authority, the foreigner shall not change the place of residence or leave the restricted area.
Article 31: In accordance with the provisions of Article 62 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law, when a foreigner is deported, the authority making the deportation decision shall determine the specific period during which the deported foreigner is not allowed to enter the country.
Article 32: The expenses required for the deportation of a foreigner shall be borne by the foreigner. If the foreigner is unable to bear the expenses, and the deportation is due to illegal employment, the expenses shall be borne by the entity or individual that illegally employed the foreigner; if the deportation is due to other circumstances, the expenses shall be borne by the entity or individual that provided guarantee measures for the foreigner's stay or residence in China.
The deportation of foreigners shall be implemented by the public security organs of the local people's governments at or above the county level or the exit-entry border inspection authorities.
Article 33: Where a foreigner is ordered to leave the country within a time limit, the authority making the decision shall reissue a stay permit and set a time limit for departure after canceling or confiscating the original exit-entry document. The maximum time limit for departure shall not exceed 15 days.
Article 34: In any of the following circumstances, the visa or stay permit held by a foreigner shall be declared invalid by the issuing authority:
(I) The visa or stay permit is damaged, lost, or stolen;
(II) The holder has been ordered to leave the country within a time limit, deported, or expelled, and the visa or stay permit has not been confiscated or canceled;
(III) The original reason for residence has changed, and the holder has not reported to the entry-exit administration department of the public security organ within the prescribed time limit, and has still not reported after being announced by the public security organ;
(IV) There are circumstances specified in Articles 21 and 31 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law under which a visa or residence permit shall not be issued.
The issuing authority may declare a visa or stay permit invalid on the spot or by public announcement.
Article 35: In any of the following circumstances, the visa or stay permit held by a foreigner shall be canceled or confiscated by the public security organ:
(I) The visa or stay permit has been declared invalid by the issuing authority or has been used fraudulently by another person;
(II) The visa or stay permit has been illegally obtained through forgery, alteration, fraud, or other means;
(III) The holder has been ordered to leave the country within a time limit, deported, or expelled.
The authority making the decision to cancel or confiscate the visa or stay permit shall promptly notify the issuing authority.
Chapter V Supplementary Provisions
Article 36: The meanings of the following terms in these Regulations are:
(I) The number of entries on a visa refers to the number of times the holder of the visa may enter the country within the validity period of the visa.
(II) The validity period of a visa refers to the effective time range for the holder of the visa to enter the country. Unless otherwise specified by the issuing authority, the visa shall take effect from the date of issuance and expire at 24:00 Beijing (北京) time on the date of expiration.
(III) The duration of stay on a visa refers to the time limit for which the holder is allowed to stay after each entry, calculated from the day after entry.
(IV) Short-term means staying in China for no more than 180 days (including 180 days).
(V) Long-term or permanent residence means residing in China for more than 180 days.
The approval period and the validity period of the acceptance receipt of the entry-exit administration department of the public security organ stipulated in these Regulations shall be calculated in working days, excluding legal holidays.
Article 37: With the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部), visa-issuing authorities stationed abroad may entrust relevant local institutions to undertake service matters such as receiving, entering, and consulting on visa applications for foreigners.
Article 38: The format of visas shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Security (公安部). The format of stay and residence permits shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Public Security (公安部).
Article 39: These Regulations shall come into force on September 1, 2013. The "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Entry and Exit of Foreigners," approved by the State Council (国务院) on December 3, 1986, promulgated by the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) on December 27, 1986, and revised by the State Council (国务院) on July 13, 1994, and April 24, 2010, shall be repealed simultaneously.
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Beijing (北京) Electric)
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When you step into a garden, what buildings come into view? There are "pavilions" ("亭") that are open and without walls, "verandas" ("轩") with railings offering panoramic views, towering and majestic "terraces" ("台"), and elegant "waterside pavilions" ("榭") by the water, among others.
"Pavilions, Verandas, Terraces, and Waterside Pavilions" are the four most representative types of landscape architecture in traditional Chinese gardens. Their forms are flexible and diverse, serving various practical functions such as viewing scenery, resting, and sightseeing. They also often serve as important landscape nodes in scenic spots and garden spatial layouts, playing a role in guiding the line of sight and embellishing the scenery. These four types of transparent and open garden landscape architectures have undergone multiple transformations in form and function during historical evolution, reflecting the spatial wisdom of the ancients in adapting to local conditions and creating objects according to the scenery, and containing profound cultural connotations and aesthetic interests, still providing us with spatial prototypes and design inspiration.
-- Editor
Pavilion: A Place of Transparency
A "pavilion" ("亭") is a small building with a roof supported by several pillars, generally open without walls and with a light structure.
The plan form of the "pavilion" is very rich, including geometric shapes such as triangles, hexagons, octagons, squares, circles, and sectors. The roof mostly uses single eaves, mainly with pyramidal or hip roofs. The construction of pavilions has no fixed form and is adapted to local conditions. It can be located by the water or lean against the mountain and face the wind, forming a "one pavilion, one view" scenery.
When we read ancient literary works, we often see the scene of "seeing you off ten li at the long pavilion" (送君十里长亭), where the "pavilion" here is not quite the same as the pavilions in the garden. In fact, the earliest pavilion-like buildings were not exclusive to gardens but originated from military facilities on border fortresses during the pre-Qin period, used for observing enemy situations and defense. During the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a "pavilion system" (亭制), and the number of pavilions increased accordingly. The *Book of Han* records "generally one pavilion every ten li, the pavilion has a head" (大率十里一亭，亭有长), setting up the official position of "pavilion head" (亭长), whose functions involved public security management and transportation postal services.
With the changes in social and aesthetic needs, the "pavilion" gradually separated from the military system and turned to enter the landscape of mountains and rivers.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, some literati pursued seclusion in the mountains and forests, and the "pavilion" at this time began to be given functions such as viewing scenery and resting.
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the construction techniques of "pavilions" were very mature, and the structural forms became more abundant, with the emergence of combinations such as "pavilion terraces" ("亭台") and "pavilion waterside pavilions" ("亭榭"), becoming an indispensable element in gardens. "Six or seven pavilion terraces, eighty or ninety branches of flowers" (亭台六七座，八九十枝花), vividly depicts the vivid scenery of pavilion architecture integrated into nature.
For thousands of years, many "pavilions" have become famous all over the world due to the inscriptions of literati and scholars. For example, the "Orchid Pavilion" ("兰亭") in Wang Xizhi's (王羲之) *Preface to the Poems Collected at the Orchid Pavilion* (*兰亭集序*) was an important place for literary gatherings in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Although the original site of the Orchid Pavilion has long been annihilated, its cultural connotation and aesthetic charm still influence today.
In Beijing (北京), there is a Taoranting Park (陶然亭公园), which is a historical and cultural garden integrating classical architecture and modern gardening art. "Taoranting" ("陶然亭") is a famous pavilion built during the Kangxi (康熙) period of the Qing Dynasty, taking the poetic meaning of Bai Juyi (白居易) "Wait for the chrysanthemums to turn yellow and the home-brewed wine to mature, and get drunk with you in a state of complete contentment" (更待菊黄家酝熟，共君一醉一陶然).
Around 1920, revolutionary pioneers such as Li Dazhao (李大钊) successively left active footprints in "Taoranting". In addition to recalling the glorious years, in Taoranting Park, tourists can also visit famous pavilions from all over the country in one day. In 1985, the "China Famous Pavilion Garden" (华夏名亭园) was built in the park, with "Drunken Weng Pavilion" ("醉翁亭"), "Goose Pond Stele Pavilion" ("鹅池碑亭"), "Shaoling Thatched Cottage Stele Pavilion" ("少陵草堂碑亭"), "Canglang Pavilion" ("沧浪亭")... More than 10 replica famous pavilions are in front of you, as if a time and space journey of architectural art.
Veranda: A Structure for Distant Views
The original meaning of "veranda" ("轩") comes from chariots, originally referring to ancient cars with high front tops, curtains at the back, and windows on both sides. In literary works, "veranda" often represents the image of a window. For example, Meng Haoran's (孟浩然) "Open the veranda to face the field, and talk about hemp while holding wine" (开轩面场圃，把酒话桑麻), and Su Shi's (苏轼) "Suddenly return to my hometown in a quiet dream at night. At the small veranda window, she is dressing up" (夜来幽梦忽还乡。小轩窗，正梳妆), both use "veranda windows" to outline the situation and express emotions.
After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "veranda" gradually extended to architectural spaces with high windows, good lighting, and open views. The Ming Dynasty garden art theory monograph *The Craft of Gardens* (*园冶*) emphasizes the site selection principle of "veranda", believing that setting the "veranda" in a high and open place can give full play to its spatial characteristics of viewing and assisting scenery.
Compared with the all-round transparency of "pavilions" and the waterfront location of "waterside pavilions", "verandas" emphasize the organic connection between architecture and the environment to form a good framing and visual guidance. The "Sitting with Whom Veranda" ("与谁同坐轩") of the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) is built by the water, with a fan-shaped plan, taking the meaning of Su Shi's (苏轼) words "Sitting with whom, the bright moon and clear wind are me" (与谁同坐，明月清风我). It is not only the finishing touch of the garden but also one of the best viewing places in the garden - you can overlook the scenery on three sides by the railing, and echo the "Floating Emerald Pavilion" ("浮翠阁") in the northwest, forming a contrasting scene. The "Yiyu Veranda" ("宜雨轩") of Geyuan Garden (个园) in Yangzhou (扬州) is the main hall in the garden, commonly known as the "Osmanthus Hall" ("桂花厅"), with osmanthus planted on the south side and water views on the north side.
In the dialogue between tradition and modernity, the "He Lou Veranda" ("何陋轩") located in the southeast corner of the Songjiang Fangta Park (松江方塔园) in Shanghai (上海) can be called a representative work. The building uses moso bamboo as the structural material, and the bamboo joints are tied with brown ropes, and the nodes are brushed black to blur the visual effect of the nodes; the column feet are stabilized with steel components to avoid direct contact between the bamboo and the ground, improving its waterproof and insect-proof performance. The roof is covered with thatch, and the two ends of the ridge are upturned, presenting a simple geometric shape. The stone base is composed of three platforms that form angles of 30 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees with each other, which not only continues the viewing characteristics of the "veranda" but also reinterprets the traditional garden architectural space with modern architectural language.
Terrace: A Posture of Towering
The original meaning of "terrace" ("台") is a square, high, and flat building built of earth. Architectural historian Yang Hongxun (杨鸿勋) believes that the "terrace" was first built with rammed earth, surrounded by overhanging eaves for waterproofing, and the appearance was surrounded by a cloister, which is different from the pier form inlaid with brick and stone in later generations. The invention of the "terrace" has both livable and defensive practical functions. In the early days, the technical level of wooden structures was low, and the "terrace" was condescending, which was conducive to waterproof ventilation and easy to defend, so it had a special status as a symbol of power.
"Zhanghua Terrace" ("章华台") was built by King Ling of Chu (楚灵王) in the Spring and Autumn Period. Bei Wei (北魏) Li Daoyuan (郦道元) recorded "the terrace is ten zhang high and the base is fifteen zhang wide" (台高十丈，基广十五丈), with a width of about 35 meters, which is similar to the size of the archaeological excavation site today. "Zhanghua Terrace" is also known as "Three Rest Terrace" ("三休台"), and those who climb it need to rest three times before reaching the top, which shows the majestic momentum of the building.
"Build high gates towering, floating double towers in the sky. Erect a magnificent view in the middle of the sky, connecting flying pavilions to the west city" (建高门之嵯峨兮，浮双阙乎太清。立中天之华观兮，连飞阁乎西城). Cao Zhi's (曹植) *Ode to Climbing the Terrace* (*登台赋*) depicts the magnificent scene of "Bronze Sparrow Terrace" ("铜雀台"). In the Qin and Han dynasties, high-terrace buildings were mostly used as the main hall. In addition to the "Bronze Sparrow Terrace", the "Weiyang Palace" ("未央宫") and "Jianzhang Palace" ("建章宫") in the Western Han Dynasty also had several layers of rammed earth foundations as the main body of the palace, with a rigorous spatial organization and equal height and order.
Climbing the high terrace to look into the distance has become a common image in literati poems: Chen Ziang (陈子昂) used Youzhou Terrace (幽州台) to express the vast feelings of "I do not see the ancients before, and I do not see the followers after" (前不见古人，后不见来者), and Li Bai (李白) sighed at the changes of time and space with "Phoenixes once roamed the Phoenix Terrace, but now the phoenixes are gone, leaving the terrace empty and the river flowing on" (凤凰台上凤凰游，凤去台空江自流).
Today, people can go to the Temple of Heaven (天坛), the Forbidden City (故宫) and other places in Beijing to see the majesty of ancient high-terrace buildings. For example, the "Circular Mound Altar" ("圜丘坛") of the Temple of Heaven is a typical high-terrace building of ritual system. The three-layer white stone circular terraces rise layer by layer, surrounded by two low walls. The inner wall is circular, and the outer wall is square, symbolizing the cosmology of "round sky and square earth" (天圆地方).
In modern urban design, the construction logic and visual advantages of high terraces are widely used in the design of viewing platforms. The open-air stands or stages in some urban public spaces can meet the functions of viewing, performing, and leisure through stepped platform structures.
Waterside Pavilion: Pavilion by the Water
The original meaning of "waterside pavilion" ("榭") is a house built on a high terrace. Building a house on the "terrace" is called "waterside pavilion". With the maturity of wooden structure technology and the development of garden concepts, the "waterside pavilion" gradually separated from the early palace paradigm on high terraces, and its form and function became more inclined to viewing scenery. The lower part of the building was supported by wooden structures instead of the original rammed earth platform, thus gradually deriving landscape buildings架于水边 or 水上, called "waterside pavilion" or "water pavilion". *The Craft of Gardens* (*园冶*) explains it as "Waterside pavilion, borrowing also. Borrowing scenery to achieve it. Either by the water or by the flowers, the system also follows the state" (榭者，借也。借景而成者也。或水边，或花畔，制亦随态。). This shows that the design of "waterside pavilion" emphasizes setting up structures according to the scenery and flexibly arranging them in accordance with environmental conditions.
From the perspective of construction technology, the "waterside pavilion" in the garden is often built on the bank of a pond, with part of its base structure falling on the shore and the other part cantilevered over the water surface, and mostly supported by stone beams and columns. The side facing the water is open on all sides, with railings and槛窗, and the roof is often a hip-and-gable回顶式, with overhanging eaves, taking into account the functions of shading and ventilation, and the overall shape is light and elegant.
The "Lotus Waterside Pavilion" ("芙蓉榭") of the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) in Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏), has a hip roof and is transparent on three sides, forming a viewing node with a very oriental aesthetic artistic conception surrounded by ponds and flowers. In addition, the "Zhuoying Waterside Pavilion" ("濯缨水阁") in the Master of the Nets Garden (网师园) in Suzhou is also a representative "waterside pavilion". Its base is supported by stone pillars and架设于水面之上, connecting the adjacent rockery and corridors, showing the fun of the garden.
Today, the spatial concept of "waterside pavilion" is often used in waterfront environments, strengthening the relationship between buildings and water bodies through cantilevered,架空 and other techniques, and integrating functions such as viewing and resting to create a waterfront interactive space with rich layers and a combination of movement and stillness.
(The author is the director of the Department of Architecture, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), and this newspaper reporter Huang Xiaohui (黄晓慧) interviewed and compiled it)
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If you had 59 pieces of tableware at home, how would you store them? It might be too crowded even to fit them into a cabinet. However, thanks to the ingenious design of skilled craftsmen during the Warring States period, all these utensils can be packed into a bronze *lei* (罍) about the size of a wine jar.
The *lei* is an ancient container for holding wine or water, characterized by a small mouth, broad shoulders, deep belly, and ring foot. At the Shandong Museum (山东博物馆), a bronze *lei* from the Warring States period stands quietly in a display case. Through the museum's animated demonstration, viewers can see how 59 utensils fit together piece by piece, interlocking and fitting snugly into the *lei*.
This "spatial magic" from 2,000 years ago not only showcases the superb skills of the craftsmen but also highlights the ancient people's wisdom in storage and their refined taste in life.
This bronze *lei* was unearthed from a large tomb in Linzi District (临淄区), Zibo City (淄博市), Shandong Province (山东省). Its internal configuration is complete, including 59 items such as ear cups, small dishes, plates, and boxes. Among them, 10 identical ear cups were used for drinking wine and serving soup, 10 identical small dishes were used for holding vinegar, meat sauce, and other dipping sauces, and there were also 10 identical round food boxes, as well as 4 bowls and 25 plates. Combining the matching ear cups, small dishes, food boxes, and the "separate dining" customs of the time, it is speculated that this set of tableware was most likely designed for banquets of 10 people or less.
The 59 utensils were precisely calculated and nested layer upon layer inside the *lei*, fitting together perfectly, making it the "ceiling of tableware storage." Modern stamping technology may be able to replicate its shape, but the millimeter-level precision achieved by the Warring States craftsmen in casting is still amazing today. In addition, these utensils are made of bronze, which is sturdy and durable, yet as thin as paper, demonstrating superb manufacturing skills.
Looking at the outermost bronze *lei*, the lower half has double animal-mask handles with rings; the lid is distributed with four knobs, perhaps made for threading ropes for carrying and facilitating travel. In addition, the tableware is light and thin, and the functional combination is flexible. The food boxes can be used alone or buckled together for insulation, which can greatly reduce the burden of travel. Different types of deep-bellied boxes can also adapt to different storage needs. From these, it can be seen that this set of copper tableware is suitable for use in scenarios such as hunting and traveling.
The "matryoshka" style storage technique inside the bronze *lei* is by no means an isolated case, and behind it is a vivid Chinese "storage history."
The multi-layered lacquer cosmetic boxes popular in the Han Dynasty played the "partitioning" game to perfection. Powders, hairpins, bronze mirrors, etc., were nested layer upon layer in large and small boxes, arranged properly, a veritable "multi-functional cosmetic case" from 2,000 years ago. During the Tang Dynasty, literati and scholars used layered food boxes to store hot and cold snacks and seasonal fruits separately when they went on outings, keeping them warm and fresh. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, almost every household had a leather official's box that could hold "hundreds of treasures"... Today, when we open our suitcases, we skillfully roll up our clothes and place them in separate compartments, or divide small grids in cosmetic bags and lunch boxes to accommodate different meals. These seemingly modern life wisdoms actually resonate with ancient storage designs and are integrated into a coherent ingenuity.
This bronze *lei*, which once traveled around with its owner, carries the lively banquet language of Linzi City (临淄城) and tells us across thousands of years that separate dining is not a foreign custom, and storage is not a modern patent. Our pursuit of a better life has long been engraved in the genes of civilization.
(Author's unit: Ancient Bronze Research Center of Shandong Museum, reporter Wang Pei (王沛) interviewed and compiled, Zhou Shanqi (周山七) participated in writing)
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In the future, can we rely on robots for elderly care? Perhaps there will be an answer to this question soon.
In the early morning, in an elderly care community in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), robots automatically awaken and quickly go "on duty." In addition to "24/7" companionship, they also provide security monitoring services, and can promptly issue alerts in the event of emergencies. In Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), Grandpa Zhang (张大爷), who suffered a cerebral infarction, practices walking with the help of a lower limb exoskeleton trainer...
In recent years, the application scenarios of robots have gradually expanded to the field of elderly care. In February 2025, the international standard for elderly care robots, "Performance Criteria for Active Assisted Living Robots Used in Connected Home Environments," led by China (中国), was officially released. This standard provides benchmarks for the product design, manufacturing, testing, and certification of various elderly care robots based on the physiological and behavioral characteristics of the elderly, helping the development of the elderly care robot industry in China and even globally.
Zhang Yunquan (张云泉), a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院计算技术研究所), introduced that currently, elderly care robots are generally divided into three categories: nursing, rehabilitation, and companionship. "Among them, nursing-type robots are mainly for disabled elderly, rehabilitation-type robots are for semi-disabled elderly, and companionship-type robots are mainly used for emotional communication."
"For example, in response to the security detection, spiritual comfort, and health management needs of elderly people living alone, elderly care robots can serve as remote 'avatars' of community elderly care service personnel, providing functions such as inspection and health management in home settings; in elderly care institutions, robots can serve as assistants to nursing staff, and can be used in scenarios such as assisting in ward rounds and health data statistics," said Li Xuewei (李学威), an employee of a smart medical company.
Elderly care robots are complex technological integrations. On the one hand, for the robot itself, the formation of a "perception-decision-execution-feedback" closed loop depends on technological breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine sensing, precision manufacturing, and other aspects. On the other hand, compared to the "structured scenarios" in industry where preset and fixed tasks are performed, elderly care often faces unstructured and complex life scenarios.
World Health Organization (世界卫生组织) data shows that the global population aged 60 and over is expected to reach 2.1 billion by 2050, including 426 million people aged 80 and over. The emergence of elderly care robots can not only reduce the burden of caring for the elderly on society and families, but also support the elderly in achieving independent living at home.
However, the current development of elderly care robots still faces challenges such as insufficient intelligence and reliability, limited perception and interaction capabilities, and a lack of functional integration. The level of safety and privacy protection also needs to be improved.
Zhang Yunquan (张云泉) suggested that, for the development of China's (中国) elderly care robot industry, it is necessary to actively deploy a number of key technology projects. At the algorithm level, focus on human-computer interaction technology supported by large models, carry out speech recognition and natural language processing technology for the elderly, and attach importance to the construction of ethical and privacy security capabilities. At the hardware level, focus on the research and development directions of embodied intelligence "computing-storage integration" chips, high-performance end effectors, new sensors, and robot operating systems.
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"In order to never repeat the foolish mistakes of history, let us regard the history of Fushun as a treasure for humanity... Reborn land, the miracle of Fushun. At this moment, we must inherit it and spread it to the world." Recently, at a commemorative gathering held in Nerima Ward, Tokyo (东京), the capital of Japan, the Japanese civil peace and anti-war choir "Reborn Land" passionately performed the suite "Reborn Land." Wearing morning glories symbolizing forgiveness on their chests, they used their songs to convey the message of remembering history and cherishing peace.
"The Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所) is the 'Reborn Land' for Japanese war criminals, and the history of their transformation is worth remembering."
After Japan's defeat in 1945, more than a thousand war criminals were sent to the Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所) in China for reform. The Chinese government treated these war criminals with great magnanimity, adopting principles and methods such as combining management and education, and combining ideological education with humanitarian treatment, to carry out long-term, patient, and arduous reforms on them. They deeply realized the crimes they had committed in the war of aggression against China and vowed to apologize to the Chinese people. In 1956, before Japanese war criminal Susumu Soejima (副岛进) was released and returned to his country, he received morning glory seeds from Chinese staff. The Chinese staff instructed him: "After you go back, build a peaceful and happy family. Next time you come, don't bring weapons, but bring flowers." After returning to Japan, Susumu Soejima (副岛进) cultivated and propagated these morning glories in his own garden.
In 1957, returned Japanese war criminals, with the aim of deeply reflecting on the guilt of the war of aggression and promoting Japan-China friendship, established the "China Returnees Liaison Association" (中国归还者联络会) (hereinafter referred to as "Zhong Guilian" (中归联)), of which Susumu Soejima (副岛进) was a member. He gave the newly harvested seeds of the morning glory to the members of "Zhong Guilian" (中归联). The morning glory, as the "flower of forgiveness," became one of the symbols of the organization.
In 2000, Takako Omon (大门高子), a famous Japanese lyricist and children's literature writer, learned about the experiences and mental journey of Ichiro Oyama (小山一郎), a member of the Japan-China Friendship Association and "Zhong Guilian" (中归联), at the Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所). Deeply moved, she consulted a large number of historical materials and interviewed many members of "Zhong Guilian" (中归联). In 2010, on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所), Takako Omon (大门高子) had the idea of creating the suite "Reborn Land." In 2011, she completed one of the chapters, "Fushun's Morning Glory," and jointly with friendly people from all walks of life in Japan, initiated the establishment of the "Reborn Land" choir.
"The Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所) is the 'Reborn Land' for Japanese war criminals, and the history of their transformation is worth remembering," Takako Omon (大门高子) explained to reporters the origin of the choir's name. After years of investigation and accumulation, she and Japanese composer Yufu Ando (安藤由布树) completed the 12 chapters of the suite. This suite uses recitation, chorus, and polyphonic singing to show the cruelty of war and people's pursuit of peace.
Takako Omon (大门高子) said: "The choir members love flowers, love singing, and love peace. We sing with the belief of rejecting war and resolutely not invading again, hoping to realize the common wish of all mankind for world peace."
"We hope to tell that touching history through songs and express our deep gratitude to China."
The "Reborn Land" choir has about 50 members, from areas ranging from Hiroshima (广岛) in the south to Hokkaido (北海道) in the north of Japan. Currently, the average age of the members is over 70, and some members are descendants of Japanese war criminals who were reformed at the Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所). They gathered together because of their deep reflection on the war and their love for peace, hoping to convey their apology and gratitude through songs.
Since its establishment, the "Reborn Land" choir has performed dozens of times in Japan. Takako Omon (大门高子) told reporters that many Japanese audiences were deeply moved by the magnanimity of the Chinese people after watching the performances and hoped to participate in more activities that expose the truth of the war and promote Japan-China friendship. The choir has repeatedly traveled to China at its own expense for exchange performances, and the choir's songs have been sung in places such as the Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所) Former Site Exhibition Hall, the Pingdingshan Massacre Memorial Hall (抚顺平顶山惨案纪念馆), and the Shenyang "September 18th" History Museum (沈阳“九·一八”历史博物馆). Yufu Ando (安藤由布树) said: "The choir's performances in Japan and China have enhanced mutual understanding between Japan and China and become an unforgettable memory in the hearts of the people of the two countries."
Mitsuyoshi Hita (姬田光义), the head of the "Reborn Land" choir, told reporters that at the Fushun War Criminals Management Center (抚顺战犯管理所), more than a thousand Japanese war criminals completed the transformation from "devils" to human beings and achieved spiritual "rebirth," which is a valuable legacy worth cherishing by the whole world. The Chinese government's policy of tolerance and education towards Japanese war criminals embodies the spirit of humanitarianism. "It is precisely because of such a lenient policy and the humanitarian care of the Chinese staff that these Japanese war criminals were able to regain 'new life.' We hope to tell that touching history through songs and express our deep gratitude to China," Mitsuyoshi Hita (姬田光义) said.
Akiko Hatano (波多野晶子), a member of the "Reborn Land" choir, is a Japanese war orphan. She joined the choir in 2015 and went to Beijing (北京) with the choir for a performance in August of the same year. She still remembers the scene at that time: "During the performance, when singing the chapter "Apology From Devil to Human," several members knelt down in unison and expressed their repentance from the bottom of their hearts. After the performance, the Chinese audience responded with thunderous applause, and many audience members came to the stage to shake hands with us. I couldn't help but shed tears of emotion. The scenes at that time are unforgettable for me." Akiko Hatano (波多野晶子) said with tears in her eyes, "Because of the war, I lost my family and experienced the suffering and hardships of the world. War must never be repeated! I will continue to sing and work hard to oppose war and safeguard peace."
"We hope that Japan will remember history, adhere to friendly coexistence with China, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two countries."
Through Japanese civil groups such as the "Reborn Land" choir, the cause of opposing war and calling for peace is passed down from generation to generation.
In 2000, the number of members of "Zhong Guilian" (中归联) decreased sharply, and most of the remaining members were over 80 years old, making it difficult to organize national activities. In the spring of 2002, the "Fushun Miracle Inheritance Association" (抚顺奇迹继承会) was officially established and quickly developed into a national organization in Japan, continuing the historical memory and peace mission. The members created and published the picture book "Flower of Forgiveness" based on the story of Susumu Soejima (副岛进). The association also often holds commemorative gatherings with Japanese civil groups to call for remembering history, deeply reflecting, and cherishing peace. Mitsuyoshi Hita (姬田光义) is the chairman of the "Fushun Miracle Inheritance Association" (抚顺奇迹继承会). He said that opposing war, maintaining peace, and promoting Japan-China friendship will be his lifelong goals.
In the countryside of Kawagoe (川越市), Saitama Prefecture (埼玉县), Japan, the vivid photos of morning glories on the glass door of the "Zhong Guilian" (中归联) Peace Memorial Hall are very eye-catching. It preserves about 24,000 documents and is also the anti-war memory of the members of "Zhong Guilian" (中归联) throughout their lives, including the written confessions of crimes by 45 war criminals, as well as the books they read and the video and audio recordings of their testimonies.
Nobuo Serizawa (芹泽升雄), the director of the secretariat of the "Zhong Guilian" (中归联) Peace Memorial Hall, told reporters that the morning glory, the "flower of forgiveness," not only symbolizes deep reflection on the war of aggression but also represents the tolerance and goodwill of the Chinese people. The establishment of the memorial hall is precisely to pass on valuable testimonies and materials to the next generation and tell people the truth about that war.
Emiko Hirai (平井惠美子), a member of the "Reborn Land" choir, lived with her family in Mudanjiang (牡丹江) during her childhood. Her father worked for the "South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd." (南满洲铁道株式会社) during the Japanese puppet regime. She told reporters: "Looking back at history, there were frequent exchanges between Japan and China. During the Tang Dynasty (唐代) in China, Japanese envoys to Tang China, international students, and monks flocked to China to study, which had a profound impact on Japanese culture, art, and so on. Japan launched a war of aggression against China, committing heinous crimes and bringing profound disasters to the Chinese people. In the 80 years since the war, the scale of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces has continued to expand, and this trend deserves high vigilance. We must learn from the lessons of war, cherish peace, and coexist peacefully with China."
Yoshinori Tanaka (田中义教), a member of the "Reborn Land" choir and vice president of the Japan-China Friendship Association, told reporters: "Japan must seriously reflect on the war crimes it committed against China. We hope to convey the belief of peace and friendship through songs, and we also hope that Japan will remember history, adhere to friendly coexistence with China, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two countries."
(Reported from Tokyo (东京) on October 8th by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 曹师韵
The 45th Indonesian International Book Fair was recently held in Jakarta (雅加达), with over 120 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions presenting tens of thousands of books, creating a cultural feast. Nearly 20 Chinese publishing houses, including China Renmin University Press (中国人民大学出版社) and Higher Education Press (高等教育出版社), participated as a group, bringing more than 400 titles and over 700 high-quality books, opening a cultural window for Indonesian readers to approach and understand China.
At the Chinese booth, books such as "Selected Readings from Xi Jinping's Works"《(习近平著作选读)》 and "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China"《(习近平谈治国理政)》 were placed in prominent positions, attracting many readers to inquire and browse. A local reader, Faisal (费萨尔), told reporters that he was deeply impressed by the development and construction achievements in various parts of China during his first trip to China, which aroused his strong interest in China's path to modernization. "The Chinese booth exhibits a rich variety of books with diverse content, which can introduce various aspects of China in a simple and profound way, and will help me better understand China."
China Renmin University Press (中国人民大学出版社) brought social science books such as the "Research Series on Chinese-style Modernization." Li Kailong (李开龙), General Manager of the publishing house, introduced that the publishing house has promoted the translation and publication of three works in Indonesia: "China's Agricultural and Rural Modernization," "China's Internet Philanthropy," and "Sinology in Chinese Characters"《(汉字里的国学)》. "We hope to present a true, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China to local readers through original publishing achievements. We also hope to introduce excellent local Indonesian books to China in the future."
Several Indonesian publishing institutions also exhibited books related to China. Dean (迪安), head of the Indonesian Torch Publishing Foundation (印尼火炬出版基金会) booth, said that they have been cooperating with Chinese publishers since 2019 and have successively published several Chinese-themed books. They also plan to publish a book on traditional Chinese medicine next year. She said: "Strengthening publishing cooperation between Indonesia and China not only meets the reading needs of Indonesian readers, but also makes cultural exchanges between the two sides closer."
Li Yan (李燕), Deputy General Manager of China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd. (中国科技资料进出口有限责任公司), which organized the Chinese publishing institutions to participate in the book fair, told reporters that since participating in the Indonesian International Book Fair in 2018, the cooperation between the Chinese publishing industry and Indonesian publishing institutions has continued to deepen, and the selection of books has become more and more in line with local market demand. "Now many Indonesian publishers will take the initiative to ask us to bring specific types of books. The continuous participation of Chinese publishing institutions has brought many high-quality books and created a platform for cultural and ideological exchange, which helps Indonesian readers to have a more comprehensive understanding of China in the new era."
The book fair also held more than 150 supporting activities, including new book launches, seminars, and illustration exhibitions. During the period, the Chinese publishing delegation held a new book launch for "The Image of China in Indonesian Eyes - Research on Sino-Indonesian Cultural Exchanges"《(印尼眼中的中国形象——中印尼人文交流研究)》. The book was written by Han Shanmei (韩善美), a well-known Indonesian education and culture worker, and it sorts out the history and reality of cultural exchanges between the two countries and deeply analyzes the Indonesian society's understanding of China. Han Shanmei (韩善美) said that nowadays the image of China in Indonesia is more diverse and rich, "I hope this book will open a window for more readers to understand each other's culture."
(Reported from Jakarta (雅加达) on October 8)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Paris on October 8th (Reporter Shang Kaiyuan (尚凯元)): Geneva News: The World Intellectual Property Organization recently released the "Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 Report" in Geneva, Switzerland, showing that middle-income economies represented by China, India, and Turkey have strong innovation growth momentum, and some economies have outstanding performance in technology application and industrial transformation; a total of 17 low- and middle-income economies have exceeded expectations in innovation performance, occupying an important position in the global innovation landscape.
According to the latest report, China has entered the top ten of the Global Innovation Index for the first time and is the only middle-income economy to enter the top 30. China ranks first in the world in terms of patent applications and has the largest number of global top 100 innovation clusters. At the same time, other low- and middle-income economies such as Vietnam, Rwanda, Brazil, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan have also demonstrated strong innovation vitality, scoring higher in innovation capacity and output than expected based on per capita GDP.
The report also pointed out that the growth rate of global R&D investment has slowed down significantly. The growth rate of global R&D investment in 2024 fell to 2.9%, lower than 4.4% in 2023, and is expected to further decrease to 2.3% in 2025. The total global corporate R&D expenditure in 2024 was close to 1.3 trillion US dollars, with a nominal growth rate of about 3%. Affected by inflation, the actual growth rate was only about 1%. World Intellectual Property Organization (世界知识产权组织) Director General Daren Tang (邓鸿森) said that although global R&D investment has been sluggish, the innovation vitality of various countries has not weakened, and the momentum of innovation is showing a diversified development pattern globally.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Paris, October 7 (Reporter Luo Yu (罗毓)) The International Energy Agency's (国际能源署) "Renewables 2025" report, released on the 7th, forecasts that despite facing unfavorable factors such as supply chain and funding pressures, grid integration challenges, and policy uncertainties, global renewable energy installed capacity will continue to grow strongly. It is expected that the global renewable energy installed capacity will double in the next 5 years compared to the previous 5 years.
The report predicts that between 2025 and 2030, global renewable energy installed capacity will increase by 4600 gigawatts, roughly equivalent to the current installed capacity of China (中国), the European Union (欧盟), and Japan (日本) combined.
The report shows that in the next 5 years, global renewable energy growth will be mainly driven by the solar photovoltaic industry. Benefiting from low costs and accelerated approval processes, solar photovoltaic power generation is expected to account for approximately 80% of the growth in global renewable energy installed capacity. Wind power generation is expected to rank second in terms of new renewable energy installed capacity. Despite facing short-term challenges, wind power will still grow significantly as supply bottlenecks ease and projects advance, especially in China (中国), the European Union (欧盟), and India (印度). In addition, hydropower and other renewable energy technologies such as bioenergy and geothermal energy will continue to play an important role in supporting power systems and improving flexibility.
The report states that in emerging economies in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, cost competitiveness and stronger policy support are stimulating faster renewable energy growth, with many governments successively launching new bidding programs and raising development goals.
International Energy Agency (国际能源署) Executive Director Fatih Birol (法提赫·比罗尔) said in a press release that in the next 5 years, in addition to mature markets, solar photovoltaic power generation is also expected to grow rapidly in Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯), Pakistan (巴基斯坦), and several Southeast Asian countries. As renewable energy plays an increasing role in the power systems of many countries, policymakers should pay close attention to challenges such as supply chain security and grid integration.
Return to TopThe 30th São Paulo International Telecommunications Exhibition was recently held in Brazil. As one of the largest telecommunications industry exhibitions in Latin America, this year's exhibition attracted more than 300 companies from around the world. China Telecom (中国电信), ZTE Corporation (中兴通讯), FiberHome Technologies (烽火通信), Zhongtian Technology (中天科技), and dozens of other Chinese companies participated in the exhibition.
People's Daily reporter Shi Yuanhao (时元皓) reported with photos.
Illustration: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 7th (Reporter Wang Yanan (王娅楠)) The 5th session of the Mayors Forum, an agency affiliated with the United Nations, was held in Geneva, Switzerland from the 6th to the 7th. The forum released an outcome document calling on countries to take action to implement commitments to make the multilateral system more inclusive and jointly shape a sustainable future.
Mayors or deputy mayors from more than 80 cities around the world participated in this forum. With the theme of "Cities Shaping the Future," the forum emphasized the key role of cities and localities in promoting sustainable development. Participants stated that 65% of the Sustainable Development Goals are related to the work and responsibilities of local governments. Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, said that the key role of local governments in building sustainable and resilient societies is increasingly recognized.
Participants discussed in depth health and well-being, gender equality, decent work and other aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals, and shared the experiences and success stories of their respective cities. Participants also called on countries to strengthen urban climate financing mechanisms and continue to promote the implementation of voluntary local assessments of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The United Nations Mayors Forum was first launched by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in 2020, aiming to strengthen coordination at the local, regional and global levels in addressing common challenges related to urban sustainable development and governance, and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Brussels, October 8 (Reporters Ding Yinghua (丁英华) and Zhang Xinwen (张馨文)) The European Commission released two strategies on the 8th, "Applied Artificial Intelligence" and "Artificial Intelligence in Science," to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence in European industry and science.
The "Applied Artificial Intelligence" strategy aims to leverage the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, covering strategic areas such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy, manufacturing, defense, and communications. Specific measures include establishing AI-powered advanced medical screening centers and supporting the development of cutting-edge models and intelligent agents for industries such as manufacturing, environment, and pharmaceuticals.
The "Artificial Intelligence in Science" strategy positions the European Union (欧盟) as a center for AI-driven scientific innovation. Its core is to use the virtual research institute "European AI Science Resource" to gather and coordinate AI resources to develop AI and apply it to scientific research.
Data from Eurostat shows that in 2024, only 13.5% of companies with 10 or more employees in the European Union (欧盟) used artificial intelligence technology in their daily operations.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 管克江
The 4th Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport was recently held in the United Arab Emirates, with over 50 leading companies in the global autonomous driving industry participating, and many manufacturers bringing their latest autonomous vehicles. The conference also held more than 50 thematic discussions, where industry experts discussed and exchanged views on the application of autonomous driving technology and related policies and regulations.
Steven Shladover, a senior engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, stated that research on autonomous driving systems began in the 1950s and believes that with the continuous efforts of all parties involved, the cost of autonomous driving technology will be further reduced, and consumer confidence will be enhanced. Paul Newman, a professor of Information Engineering at the University of Oxford, UK, believes that artificial intelligence is an important tool to assist human work and life, and green automated logistics based on artificial intelligence technology will bring huge benefits to economic and social development. The organizer of the conference, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, stated that Dubai is committed to increasing the proportion of smart and autonomous driving in transportation, seizing the opportunities of a new round of technological revolution, and building Dubai into a smart, sustainable, and efficiently integrated international city.
Dubai launched the "D33" economic agenda in 2023, with the goal of becoming one of the top three international tourism and business destinations. The "Autonomous Driving Strategy" under this economic agenda proposes that by 2030, 25% of Dubai's transportation will be smart or autonomous driving, and by 2040, this proportion will be increased to 36%. Hamdan (哈姆丹), Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Crown Prince of Dubai, said that Dubai has taken various measures in recent years to acquire and consolidate its position as a center for innovation and future-driven technologies. Encouraging more people to travel autonomously will provide a testing platform for the development of the autonomous driving economy.
The Dubai government announced at the conference that it will establish a 12-square-kilometer autonomous driving zone, where passengers can experience a combination of various autonomous driving modes, including autonomous buses, autonomous taxis, and autonomous water ferries, and can enjoy autonomous delivery robot services. Pony.ai (小马智行), WeRide (文远知行), and Apollo Go (萝卜快跑), three Chinese companies, will provide autonomous taxis for testing in the autonomous driving zone. At the Autonomous Driving Transportation Challenge held during the conference, WeRide (文远知行) and Deutsche Bahn (德意志铁路) from Germany formed a joint team, and their autonomous taxi and autonomous bus combination won the first place in the challenge; Chinese company Nullmax (九识智能) won the second place with its comprehensive autonomous driving transportation solution.
(Reported from Dubai (迪拜) on October 8 by Gerard Al-Fares of the Middle East Central Branch of this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 亓玉昆
The 15th National Games is approaching, and Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), is newly decorated in every street and alley. On the bank of the Pearl River (珠江), the "National Games Costume" of popular landmarks incorporates the grand atmosphere of "ten thousand screens broadcasting simultaneously" and attracts many citizens and tourists to take photos and check in.
Driving on the Daling Mountain Road (大灵山路) and Guangyuan Expressway (广园快速路) section of Zhuji Street (珠吉街道), Tianhe District (天河区), the newly paved road surface is flat and wide, and vehicles pass by in an orderly and smooth manner.
From the past congestion and complaints to the current smooth and orderly roads, this change is closely related to the proposal submitted by Pan Yingshan (潘映珊), a representative of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress, on the renovation of roads around the 2025 National Games. This proposal originated from the voices Pan Yingshan heard when receiving the masses at the representative liaison station of the Zhuji Street (珠吉街道) People's Congress.
During the handling of the proposal, the Standing Committee of the Tianhe District (天河区) People's Congress strengthened supervision, and various departments worked together to solve the problems in the project's progress. Today, convenient transportation not only wins praise from citizens but also provides a strong guarantee for the successful holding of the National Games. This is a vivid portrayal of people's congress representatives closely connecting with the masses and promoting the solution of urgent and difficult problems for the people.
From the "Decision" passed by the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposing to "strengthen the ties between representatives and the people through the establishment and improvement of representative liaison agencies, online platforms, and other forms," to the "Decision" passed by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposing to "enrich the content and forms of people's congress representatives' contact with the people," the CPC Central Committee has made a series of arrangements to improve the system of people's congress representatives contacting the people, supporting and guaranteeing people's congress representatives in performing their statutory duties, and acting as a bridge between the Party and the state and the people.
At the meeting celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "we must adhere to giving full play to the role of people's congress representatives" and put forward clear requirements for people's congress representatives to act as a bridge between the Party and the state and the people, and to improve the system and mechanism for contacting representatives.
What is connected is the masses, and what is warmed is the hearts of the people.
Today, all localities are actively practicing whole-process people's democracy, implementing the newly revised Law on Representatives, and continuously improving the system and mechanism of representative work to support and guarantee representatives in performing their duties and playing their roles in accordance with the law. Relying on online and offline multi-channel platforms such as people's congress representative liaison stations, people's congress representatives listen to the voices of the people, gather the wisdom of the people, and solve the problems of the people, so that the expectations of the people can be fulfilled and responded to.
Listening to the Voices of the People, Making the Bridge and Link Tighter
The reason why the system of people's congresses has strong vitality and significant advantages is that it is deeply rooted in the people.
"In the past, we stepped on mud on rainy days and ate dust on sunny days, and vehicles splashed gravel. Now, the new road leads to our doorstep!" Recently, in Xin'an Village (新安村), Xin'an Town (新安镇), Zhengding County (正定县), Shijiazhuang City (石家庄市), Hebei Province (河北省), the last section of the cement road was completed, and villager Song Zhigang (宋志刚) couldn't stop smiling as he looked at the smooth road surface.
A few months ago, the market in Xin'an Village (新安村) was bustling with activity, with shouts of vendors and bargaining sounds rising and falling, which was very lively. At the entrance of the market, a square table was placed in a conspicuous position, and villagers came around one after another. This was where the people's congress representatives were receiving the masses.
"The old alleys are uneven, and electric bicycles have to be pushed." "Children are afraid of falling when they go to school, and the elderly with limited mobility have to take a breath when passing by"... Peng Zhixin (彭志欣), chairman of the Xin'an Town (新安镇) People's Congress, carefully recorded the demands one by one. Soon, he led the people's congress representatives into the village to conduct on-the-spot investigations and learned that the village's 18 branch alley dirt roads had a total length of nearly 1,000 meters and a hardened area of about 800 square meters, and the lack of funds was a problem.
The voice of the people is the direction of the performance of duties of the people's congress representatives.
The Xin'an Town (新安镇) People's Congress quickly organized special activities for people's congress representatives at the county and town levels to repeatedly study the list of people's livelihood projects. The people's congress representatives pooled their wisdom and promoted relevant units to apply for annual public welfare financial award and subsidy projects, and linked the village committee to calculate self-raised funds, so that the funding gap could be filled.
With the roar of the mixer, the road hardening project officially started. From the hot summer to the cool autumn, the county and town people's congress representatives actively performed their duties and responsibilities, went deep into the site many times to understand the difficulties in the construction of the project, put forward accurate suggestions, and helped solve practical problems.
Some villagers reported that the construction affected travel, and the people's congress representatives immediately coordinated the construction team to adjust the construction period and staggered operations; after finding that the drainage design of some sections was unreasonable, the people's congress representatives contacted the construction party on the spot to optimize the plan... After more than a month of intensive construction, the former "troublesome road" has become a "happy road."
The villagers said that what was built was not only the road in the village but also the road of the people's congress representatives and the people.
In Zhengding (正定), people's congress representatives have been going to the market for more than 40 years. This "people's heart project" in Xin'an Village (新安村) is a vivid practice of people's congress representatives measuring public opinion with their footsteps and solving problems with practical work. From the demands in front of the square table to the brand-new roads, the masses can solve their worries by going to the market.
"Wherever the masses are, the people's congress representatives will set up the table there." Shi Zhijing (师志静), director of the Representative Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the Zhengding County (正定县) People's Congress, said that Zhengding (正定) is constantly expanding the ways and forms of activities and bringing the market to the villages, scenic spots, and the Internet.
As night falls, the Rongguo Mansion (荣国府) scenic spot in Zhengding (正定) is brightly lit and wonderful. People who visit at night feel the fireworks of the world and touch the historical context here.
In 2023, the Rongguo Mansion (荣国府) scenic spot launched a night tour during the "May Day" holiday. Wang Huan (王欢), a tourist from Beijing (北京), still had more to see after the tour and came up with an idea, hoping that the scenic spot could be open for night views for a long time.
Seeing the people's congress representative liaison station in the scenic spot, Wang Huan (王欢) went in and put forward his idea, and the people's congress representative in charge of receiving him sorted it out into a representative proposal. In September of that year, the night view of the scenic spot was opened, and other night tour activities were added later.
"You can enter by pushing the door, and you can do it if you say it. The people's congress representatives and the masses are zero distance, which is really useful!" A few days ago, Wang Huan (王欢) came to visit again and praised it repeatedly.
The people's congress representative liaison station is an important carrier for practicing and developing whole-process people's democracy and an important platform for people's congress representatives to closely contact the masses.
On the morning of September 15, in the people's congress representative liaison station in Yaotian Town (瑶田镇), Yongfeng County (永丰县), Ji'an City (吉安市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), Hong Jiantao (洪剑涛), a villager from Meikeng Village (梅坑村), hurried in: "The irrigation canal in the west of the village is blocked. What should I do if it affects farmland irrigation?"
"Is it the section of the old camphor tree? I will 'take the order' and contact the water conservancy station to deal with it this morning." Zhang Zhigang (张志刚), deputy chairman of the Yaotian Town (瑶田镇) People's Congress, put down the public sentiment ledger and quickly wrote on the "Masses Order" column. In less than 3 hours, the staff arranged for an excavator to clean up the farmland irrigation canal. That evening, clear water flowed into the rice fields.
Such a scene of "the people have calls, and the station has responses" often occurs in the township people's congress representative liaison stations and village (community, enterprise) contact points in Yongfeng County (永丰县). In recent years, the Yongfeng County (永丰县) People's Congress has moved the "window" to the people, strengthened the people's congress representative liaison station, rooted the "root system" of whole-process people's democracy in the countryside, and made the "small station" a "key hub" for solving people's problems and gathering people's strength.
From the people and rooted in the people, this is the characteristic and advantage of the people's congress representatives.
From dredging irrigation canals to repairing street lights, from tap water to households to renovating old residential areas, the people's congress representative liaison stations in various places have discovered the blockages, difficulties, and pain points of work in the free speech of the masses, found golden ideas and good methods, so that whole-process people's democracy is not only written on paper but also falls on the smiling faces of the masses.
Extending the Touch of Performing Duties, People's Livelihood Measures are Down-to-Earth
Strengthening the ties between people's congress representatives and the people is the due meaning of developing whole-process people's democracy and ensuring that the people are the masters of their own affairs.
In the evening, in Louzhuang Village (娄庄村), Juling Town (巨陵镇), Linying County (临颍县), Luohe City (漯河市), Henan Province (河南省), a "Public Sentiment Night Market" full of fireworks is bustling.
Villager Lou Bo'en (娄伯恩) reported that "it is difficult for left-behind elderly to eat," and people's congress representative Yao Erqiang (姚二强) leaned over and quickly wrote down the demands in the "Public Sentiment Record Book."
Not far away, people's congress representative Lou Xuewei (娄学伟) sat on a small stool, chatting with the villagers, patiently listening to the suggestions on widening the road at the entrance of the village, which was very warm.
In recent years, the Standing Committee of the Linying County (临颍县) People's Congress has implemented the "Public Sentiment Night Market" mechanism, using the villagers' work and rest characteristics of "busy during the day and idle at night." The people's congress representatives take the lead in organizing a "Public Sentiment Night Market" at the people's congress representative liaison station every week to widely listen to the voices of the masses and respond to the expectations of the masses in a timely manner.
Since the beginning of this year, all 75 people's congress representatives in Juling Town (巨陵镇) have been incorporated into 27 village-level grids and become "public opinion observers" rooted in the grassroots. The representatives visit households with the "Public Sentiment Record Book" and face the masses through the "Public Sentiment Night Market" every week, building a "daily visit + centralized deliberation" public opinion collection mechanism, so that the voices of the masses can be transmitted at any time.
Public opinion must be heard and handled well.
Tian Minchao (田民超), a villager in Mengzhuang Village (孟庄村), Juling Town (巨陵镇), reported that the road north of the Liuzhuang (刘庄) Expressway exit was deformed and arched, affecting traffic safety. After receiving the complaint at the "Public Sentiment Night Market," the people's congress representatives immediately coordinated, and the urban construction department arrived on the scene the next day to repair it and solve the hidden danger within two days.
Lou Bo'en's (娄伯恩) chanting of "the difficulty of eating for the left-behind elderly" soon had a warm answer. After receiving the demands, the representatives went deep into the villages to investigate the living conditions of the left-behind elderly, and then promoted the establishment of elderly canteens in Louzhuang Village (娄庄村) and other villages to provide the elderly with nutritious and affordable three meals a day.
During the visits, the representatives also found that the villagers had some criticisms about the extravagant handling of weddings and funerals, so they took the lead in establishing a "Red and White Council" and jointly formulated a simple standard of "no extravagance in wedding banquets and simple handling of birthday banquets" with the villagers, which not only solved the elderly's "eating worries" but also changed the "old customs" in the village.
In order to ensure that every demand is implemented, Juling Town (巨陵镇) has also established a closed-loop mechanism of "collection-transfer-supervision-feedback." Small things are solved on the spot, difficult things are assigned responsibility and time, and the results are publicized for supervision. At the same time, the masses are guaranteed to be able to make suggestions at any time through representative performance assessment and online demand channels.
As of now, the mechanism has collected more than 120 suggestions and solved more than 80 problems such as road repairs. Li Ruifang (李瑞芳), chairman of the Juling Town (巨陵镇) People's Congress, said that they will continue to optimize the "Public Sentiment Night Market" deliberation mechanism to inject people's livelihood temperature and democratic vitality into the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Wherever the masses are, wherever the public opinion is, the work of the people's congress representative liaison station extends to, so as to unify all aspects of social conditions and public opinion with the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people.
Seeing that the smooth asphalt road has guardrails and anti-collision columns, the residents of Haiwang Community (海旺社区), Xin'an Street (新安街道), Bao'an District (宝安区), Shenzhen City (深圳市), Guangdong Province (广东省) are delighted.
"After we reported to the people's congress representatives at 'Xin'an Night Talk,' the road was improved in a short time, and now the traffic order is much more standardized!" When talking about the performance of the people's congress representatives, the residents gave a thumbs up.
Relying on the base of the people's congress representative home and liaison station, the Standing Committee of the Bao'an District (宝安区) People's Congress carried out the "Xin'an Night Talk" activity to guide the people's congress representatives to take the initiative to visit and serve on their doorstep.
Exhaust gas pollution from electronic factories, noise pollution from square dancing... The people's congress representatives promoted the solution of a number of problems strongly reflected by the masses by making suggestions and suggestions, and continued to promote the transformation of representative suggestions into tangible and touchable people's livelihood measures, effectively improving the masses' perception and recognition of the performance of the people's congress representatives.
Responding to a demand, solving a class of problems, and improving a field. The people's congress representatives also combined the daily visits, inspections, and research to deeply analyze the common problems reflected by the masses and actively transformed the collective expectations of the masses into specific and feasible representative suggestions, which were reflected to relevant functional departments for research and handling.
Today, all localities are actively promoting the strengthening, use, and implementation of the people's congress representative liaison station, and are constantly expanding to more functions such as soliciting legislative opinions, publicizing policies and laws, and promoting social governance, effectively extending the touch of performing duties and services, and better connecting with the people, observing public sentiment, gathering people's wisdom, and benefiting people's livelihood.
Giving Play to Professional Advantages, Improving the Efficiency of Industrial Development
People's congress representatives come from the people and are rooted in the people. They are outstanding members of all walks of life, familiar with the actual situation of their regions and industries, and understand what the masses think and expect.
In Licheng District (历城区), Jinan City (济南市), Shandong Province (山东省), there are more than 100 strawberry parks of all sizes, more than 5,000 strawberry greenhouses, and more than 20,000 employees.
Walking into Shandong Plant Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (山东普朗特农业技术有限公司) located in Dongjia Street (董家街道), the plaque of the strawberry industry people's congress representative workstation is very eye-catching.
In the laboratory, in transparent glass bottles filled with nutrient solution, strawberry seedlings are growing quietly. After "training seedlings" and optimal breeding, these seedlings are upgraded to "seedlings" that can be sold.
In the strawberry ridges of the experimental greenhouse, the emerald green strawberry seedlings are lush and growing vigorously. Every harvest season, many people come to pick and taste fresh strawberries.
"The original intention of building the station is that farmers have demands, and the people's congress representative workstation has responses." Cui Gang (崔刚), chairman of the company, is a representative of the Licheng District (历城区) People's Congress and also serves as the director of the workstation.
At present, there are 18 resident people's congress representatives in the workstation, most of whom are engaged in work related to the strawberry industry. The people's congress representatives gather their professional advantages together by carrying out planting training, expanding strawberry sales channels, and increasing product added value in the station.
"The workstation is a 'gas station' for people's congress representatives to improve their performance of duties and a 'main position' for serving the masses." Cui Gang (崔刚) introduced that farmers can not only go to the workstation for help, but also the resident representatives will also go to the fields to understand the urgent needs of farmers and the better development direction of the strawberry industry.
Introducing new strawberry varieties and inviting farmers to try planting; collecting and summarizing feedback information from purchasers; organizing live broadcast training to improve the level of "selling goods online"... At present, the people's congress representatives have been busy preparing for the arrival of the new round of strawberry season and helping farmers "grow good quality and sell at a good price."
"The people's 'think tank' is by the people's side. Professional and characteristic representative workstations can promote representatives to give play to their professional expertise and better help industrial development and people's livelihood projects to be implemented." The relevant person in charge of the Standing Committee of the Licheng District (历城区) People's Congress introduced that at present, the local area has built a number of people's congress representative workstations with professional characteristics such as technological innovation and financial development, so that people's congress representatives can better give play to their professional advantages.
In face-to-face and heart-to-heart exchanges, the professional expertise and advantages of the people's congress representatives are fully utilized, demonstrating the vitality of whole-process people's democracy.
In Fengcai Street (丰财街道), Gulou District (鼓楼区), Xuzhou City (徐州市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), 12 parks such as the Xiadian Science and Technology Industrial Park (下淀科技产业园) and the New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park have been built and put into operation one after another, attracting more than 350 enterprises to settle in.
At the beginning of last year, the people's congress representative park workstation "moved into" the industrial park. Focusing on the development of high-tech enterprises and the construction of characteristic industrial parks, the resident representatives gave play to their advantages, timely collected and fed back the difficulties, blockages, and pain points in the development process of enterprises, provided "one-stop" intimate services for enterprises, and allowed the settled enterprises to operate comfortably and develop safely in the industrial park.
Relying on the park people's congress representative workstation, focusing on the advantageous industries such as the new material and new energy industry chain in the jurisdiction, with the enterprises where the people's congress representatives are located as the leading units, linking upstream and downstream enterprises, the advantages of the people's congress system are better transformed into high-quality development efficiency.
In Qijiang District (綦江区), Chongqing City (重庆市), Ganshui Town (赶水镇) directly "settled" the people's congress representative liaison station in the town's key rice noodle enterprise, and also carefully formed a "rice noodle industry think tank," through "people's congress representatives + 'local experts'," to put forward suggestions for the development of enterprises.
The person in charge of the Ganshui Town (赶水镇) People's Congress said that they will deeply cultivate the "industry chain + representative liaison station" model and polish the golden business card of regional characteristic industries.
The people choose me to be a representative, and I am a representative for the people. The people's congress representative liaison station is an important position for the people's congress representatives to carry out activities during the adjournment of the people's congress and a "bridge of hearts" for the people's congress representatives to contact the masses. At present, more than 200,000 representative homes and representative liaison stations have been built across the country, basically achieving full coverage of townships and streets.
People's Congress representatives attending grand fairs, "Civil Sentiment Night Markets," and characteristic industry People's Congress representative liaison stations... A series of distinctive mechanisms for People's Congress representatives to closely connect with the masses have built carriers and platforms for listening to the voices of the masses, ensuring that the opinions of the masses have a place to be expressed, someone to listen to them, and someone to manage them, converging into a vivid footnote to the grassroots practice of whole-process people's democracy.
Civil affairs work is a fundamental and safety-net undertaking in social construction, concerning people's livelihoods and connecting with their hearts. Advancing the great practice of Chinese-style modernization requires continuously improving the level of civil affairs work, ensuring the vital interests of various groups are well protected and developed, and forming a dynamic situation of unity and concerted effort to achieve common goals. Regarding doing a good job in civil affairs and enhancing people's well-being, our reporter interviewed four National People's Congress (NPC) deputies.
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National People's Congress (NPC) Deputy, President of the China Association for Social Security, Zheng Gongcheng (郑功成):
Promote the Healthy Development of Charitable Undertakings
Charitable undertakings are an important component of civil affairs work and an effective vehicle for members of society to participate in social construction and thus improve the social governance system. By developing charitable undertakings, we can shape a good social atmosphere where people are kind-hearted and everyone does good deeds, help maintain social stability, safeguard social fairness, and guarantee and improve people's livelihoods.
Improve policies and measures for the development of charitable undertakings. Increase government investment in purchasing charitable public welfare services, substantially promote the effective connection and organic linkage between statutory social security and charitable undertakings, and optimize the charitable supervision system to provide clear and stable expectations for charitable participants and all sectors of society with clear policies.
Safeguard charitable innovation with the rule of law. The revised Charity Law adheres to a problem-oriented approach, focusing on solving the practical problems facing the development of charitable undertakings. It is necessary to implement relevant laws and regulations, create "sunshine charity," commend high-quality charitable organizations and charitable behaviors, give play to their positive guiding role, and eliminate gray areas in the charitable field, resolutely cracking down on groups and individuals who engage in fraudulent and criminal activities in the name of charity.
Continuously strengthen charitable forces. Attach importance to the construction of a charitable culture of philanthropy, mutual assistance, and friendship, actively promote grassroots charitable innovation, and focus on developing community charity. Optimize relevant policy systems as soon as possible, expand social participation channels, and support and guide more capable social organizations, enterprises, and individuals to participate in charitable undertakings.
(Reported and compiled by Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲), reporter of this newspaper)
National People's Congress (NPC) Deputy, Vice Mayor of Fuyang City (阜阳市), Anhui Province (安徽省), Yang Shanhong (杨善竑):
Enrich the Supply of Social Assistance
Improving the social assistance mechanism oriented towards the needs of the masses is the key to securing the bottom line of people's livelihoods and enhancing the sense of gain for people in need.
Improve the tiered and classified assistance system. Promote special assistance for medical care, education, housing, employment, etc., to extend to families on the edge of subsistence allowances and families with difficulties in rigid expenditures, implement education assistance to "help everyone who should be helped," employment assistance to stabilize and increase income, housing assistance to accurately cover, and disaster assistance to properly resettle, and gradually reduce the medical burden of people in need. Accelerate the construction of a normalized assistance and support system for low-income people that integrates urban and rural areas and is tiered and classified.
Improve assistance methods and service content. In terms of assistance methods, shift from single material assistance to comprehensive assistance that combines material and services. In addition to providing basic living assistance such as funds and materials, we must also provide services such as employment, psychological counseling, and social integration, to achieve a shift from single assistance to multiple empowerment. In terms of service content, we must not only meet the needs of families in difficulty for living assistance, but also meet the needs of the elderly for elderly care services, the needs of children for education and growth, and the needs of people with disabilities for rehabilitation and employment.
Accelerate digital empowerment. Integrate social assistance, social welfare, social insurance, and other resources to provide data support for subsistence allowance access and dynamic management, and realize the overall allocation and precise delivery of assistance resources. Use artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and other technologies to develop intelligent social assistance service systems to provide more convenient and efficient services for people in need.
(Reported and compiled by Luo Yangqi (罗阳奇), reporter of this newspaper)
National People's Congress (NPC) Deputy, Secretary of the Party General Branch of Changjia Village (畅家村), Dongcheng Subdistrict (东城街道), Dali County (大荔县), Weinan City (渭南市), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), Ma Hongli (马红丽):
Innovate and Optimize Social Affairs Work
To do a good job in civil affairs, we must adhere to the people-centered development thought, enhance our feelings for the people and our love for the people, and innovate and optimize social affairs work.
In marriage registration work, strengthen information construction, improve registration efficiency and service quality, and carry out marriage and family counseling to promote the harmony and stability of marriages and families. Continue to deepen marriage custom reform, explore the formulation of modern marriage etiquette guidelines, address outstanding problems such as high bride prices, extravagant weddings, and waste, cultivate a civilized and upward marriage custom culture, and help promote high-quality population development through harmonious marriage and family construction.
Strengthen rural place name construction, continue to carry out the "Rural Famous Action" in depth, and effectively serve people's travel, express delivery to villages, and mountain goods entering cities. In grassroots social governance, give full play to the role of communities. Cultivate and develop community social organizations, guide residents to actively participate in community affairs, and form a community governance pattern of joint construction, joint governance, and shared benefits. Enhance community cohesion by supporting community volunteer organizations to carry out various public welfare activities.
Adhere to adapting to local conditions and implementing policies according to different categories, distinguishing between different regions, different levels of development, and different needs, strengthening classified guidance, and preventing 大呼隆 (dà hū lōng - "a big roar," doing things in a chaotic and disorganized manner) and 一刀切 (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," applying a uniform standard regardless of the specific situation), to ensure that practical matters for people's livelihoods are done practically and good things are done well. Strengthen the use of scientific and technological means, vigorously promote the digitization, networking, and intelligence of civil affairs work, and make it more efficient and convenient for the masses to handle affairs.
(Reported and compiled by Zhang Danhua (张丹华), reporter of this newspaper)
National People's Congress (NPC) Deputy, Director of the Tangshan Civil Affairs Service Center (唐山市民政事业服务中心), Hebei Province (河北省), Yang Zhensheng (杨震生):
Deepen the Reform and Development of Elderly Care Services
Deepening the reform and development of elderly care services is an urgent requirement for implementing the national strategy of actively responding to population aging and an important task for guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods.
Strengthen the construction of a talent team for elderly care services. Elderly care service talents are the key to improving the quality of elderly care services. In response to problems such as high turnover rates and lack of professionalism, civil affairs departments should actively carry out skills training for practitioners, especially nursing staff, to comprehensively improve the overall quality of practitioners in elderly care institutions. At the same time, strengthen professional ethics education, improve the supervision system, and establish an industry information database and a complaint blacklist system.
Optimize the elderly care service system. Starting from institutional innovation, resource expansion, and structural optimization, pay attention to giving play to the role of the market mechanism, and take multiple measures to guide professional and high-quality resources to gather around the elderly. Build a complete and unified comprehensive information platform for elderly care services, use digital technology as an important means to promote the reform of elderly care services, integrate multiple resources, and meet the diverse needs of the elderly for elderly care services.
Strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly. Improve relevant laws and regulations, and increase the crackdown on acts that infringe on the rights and interests of the elderly. Strengthen the supervision of elderly care institutions, focusing on solving problems in the quality of elderly care services, the management of service facilities, and the use of funds, standardize the order of the elderly care service market, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly.
(Reported and compiled by Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿), reporter of this newspaper)
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The delivery riders braving wind and rain, the busy couriers coming and going, and the ride-hailing drivers rushing around are all traversing the city streets. They are "people in a hurry" and, even more so, "creators and guardians of a better life"... They share a common identity: new forms of employment laborers.
In recent years, the platform economy has developed rapidly, and the number of new forms of employment laborers relying on internet platforms for employment, such as online delivery personnel, ride-hailing drivers, truck drivers, and internet marketers, has continued to increase. Currently, there are 84 million new forms of employment laborers nationwide. Strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of new forms of employment laborers, so that they can work with peace of mind and comfort, is both a "new test question" and a "mandatory question" for economic and social development.
In the digital age, what are the urgent needs and concerns of new forms of employment laborers? What difficulties do they face in protecting their rights and interests? How should the law "extend a helping hand"? Recently, reporters went to Guangdong, Beijing (北京), Zhejiang (浙江), and other places to interview major website platforms and listen to stories about the protection of the rights and interests of new forms of employment laborers.
Who exactly are platform drivers working for?
Eliminating the "smokescreen" of circumventing labor relations
"I thought that an employee certificate with the company's official seal would confirm the labor relationship." A few years ago, to support his family, Yang Li (杨力) (pseudonym) came to a transportation company in Foshan (佛山), Guangdong (广东), to work as a concrete truck driver. After joining the company, Yang Li was required to register an account on a certain platform and bind it to the company, and then accept orders dispatched by the company through the platform.
Initially, the company paid Yang Li's salary on time every month. However, after a period of time, Yang Li found that his salary had not been received for two consecutive months. When he went to the finance department to inquire, he was told: "You are a part-time driver, accepting orders on a certain platform, and there is no labor relationship with the company. We are not responsible for your salary."
Who exactly was he working for? Yang Li embarked on a path of safeguarding his rights, demanding confirmation of the labor relationship and payment of the owed wages by the transportation company.
"The addition of internet platforms and digital technology elements has changed the traditional labor management methods to a certain extent, but it has not changed the nature of labor management. The essential characteristic of a labor relationship is dominant labor management," said Huang Jianhui (黄健晖), the judge in charge of the case at the Foshan Intermediate People's Court (佛山市中级人民法院) in Guangdong Province (广东省).
In this case, although the transportation company repeatedly emphasized "Yang Li's independent order acceptance and loose cooperation" in an attempt to deny the labor relationship, a lot of evidence was presented: Yang Li needed to obey the transportation company's arrangements during the work process, and did not have the autonomy to decide on transportation tasks or transportation prices; the company settled wages on a monthly basis, and the relevant transportation income constituted Yang Li's main source of income... Taking all factors into consideration, the court determined that there was a employment relationship between the transportation company and Yang Li, constituting dominant labor management, and that the two parties had a labor relationship.
In the end, a judgment clarified Yang Li's "employee" status and safeguarded his legitimate rights and interests.
"To safeguard the rights and interests of new forms of employment laborers, it is necessary to grasp the key of labor relations, which has a significant impact on the protection of laborers' rights and interests. Recognizing the existence of a labor relationship means that laborers are entitled to a series of rights such as obtaining labor remuneration, enjoying social insurance and welfare, and obtaining economic compensation and damages in accordance with the law." According to the relevant person in charge of the Supreme People's Court (最高法), in 2024, the national courts concluded more than 80,000 civil cases involving new forms of employment in the first instance, including major typical cases such as the "new industry worker being an individual case." The people's courts eliminated the "smokescreen" of circumventing labor relations, further clarified the rules of judgment, and formed a positive value orientation.
How can delivery riders "trapped in algorithms" get out?
Technology empowers platforms to strengthen the protection of laborers' rights and interests
Wangjing (望京), Beijing (北京). As night deepens, the glass curtain walls reflect the twinkling neon lights.
"Ding-dong!" "Your cumulative delivery time today has reached 12 hours. To ensure traffic safety, the system will automatically log you off. Thank you for your hard work, please arrange reasonable rest time!" After Meituan (美团) delivery rider Liu Jiangang (刘建刚) completed his last order, a system notification popped up on the rider APP interface.
"This 'anti-fatigue' function is quite considerate of delivery riders. Many delivery riders want to earn more money and work for too long, which not only affects their health but also easily leads to traffic accidents," Liu Jian wiped his sweat and said, pointing to his mobile phone.
According to reports, at the end of last year, Meituan's rider "anti-fatigue" mechanism was launched in major cities across the country: riders who have been running orders for more than 8 hours will receive a reminder, and will be reminded every hour thereafter; riders who have been running orders for 12 hours will be forced to log off.
"Previously, some people in society said that 'delivery riders are trapped in algorithms' and 'algorithms force riders to work overtime and overexert themselves.' In recent years, we have taken the initiative to strengthen corporate self-discipline and proactively use technology to provide protection for the rights and interests of food delivery personnel," said the relevant person in charge of the Meituan Research Institute (美团研究院). In addition to the "anti-fatigue" function, safely and smoothly completing delivery tasks is also the focus of platform algorithm optimization.
"A few days ago, I could receive more than 20 orders during this time period. Why did I only receive 10 orders today?" Zhang Shan (张山), a new food delivery rider, was a little puzzled and asked Liu Jian, a "senior" for advice.
"Look, you ran a red light 3 times today and exceeded the speed limit at intersections twice. Your safety points have been deducted a lot, so naturally you will be assigned fewer orders." Liu Jian guided Zhang Shan to open the safety page and patiently explained to him that if he abides by traffic rules and drives safely, his safety points will be high and he will be given priority in order assignment. "If you don't run a red light for a day, you can also get a cash reward!"
"This safety points system is very good. It uses encouragement methods to guide delivery riders to drive safely," Liu Jian said. In the past, there were fines for late deliveries, and some delivery riders had to speed for this reason. "Now the fines have been cancelled and shifted to positive incentives. We have also experienced the optimization of the algorithm."
Technology empowerment is also reflected in the platform's assistance and rescue when riders suffer damage to their rights and interests.
Food delivery rider Li Yang (李阳) accidentally had an accident while delivering food and suffered a slight injury. Seeing that the injury was not serious, after receiving treatment at the hospital, Li Yang opened the rider APP, clicked on the "Rider Insurance" section, selected the "Accident Happened" option, and uploaded the relevant materials according to the prompts. Soon, the relevant compensation arrived in the account.
Under the guidance of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部), relevant platforms have launched a pilot program for occupational injury protection, paying occupational injury insurance premiums for food delivery riders. "The platform also uses technology to empower and try its best to ensure that every 'brother' is insured for every order and every person is insured, so that they can 'claim compensation with one click' when they encounter damage," said the relevant person in charge of the Meituan Research Institute.
Ele.me (饿了么), JD.com (京东), and other platforms have signed online delivery algorithm and labor rules agreements with riders; Meituan has held dozens of algorithm symposiums in the Beijing area, inviting riders, merchants, users, experts, and scholars to participate; Huolala (货拉拉), Didi Delivery (滴滴送货), and other four major online freight information transaction matching platforms jointly signed and publicly released the "Self-Discipline Convention on Protecting the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Truck Drivers by Online Freight Information Transaction Matching Platforms"...
"Now the platform is gradually realizing that only by protecting the rights and interests of new employment groups and jointly building a good ecosystem of win-win cooperation among consumers, merchants, food delivery riders, and platform companies can the platform be promoted to a virtuous cycle of healthy development," said the relevant person in charge of Meituan.
How to create a more convenient and efficient warm "new" service network?
New employment groups become the co-construction force of the city
"Is it convenient for couriers to enter and exit the community?" Liu Jiu (刘久), a JD.com (京东) courier, has a lot to say about this. Since becoming a courier in 2019, he has been working on the front line.
"Different communities have different situations. Some allow people and vehicles to enter together, while others require people to enter but not vehicles," Liu Jiu introduced, but overall, our working environment is getting better and better.
Taking the Jinyu International Community (金域国际小区) in Huilongguan (回龙观), Changping District (昌平区), Beijing (北京市), which Liu Jiu is responsible for delivering, as an example, there are many elderly people and children in the community. According to the property management convention, the community prohibits the entry of foreign vehicles. "Previously, such 'stuck' situations would trap couriers and make it impossible to achieve efficient operations. Especially when encountering a large number of goods or heavy items, it would be very difficult without vehicle transportation," Liu Jiu said.
The change came from a consultation meeting organized by the community. After learning about the demands of front-line couriers, the community organized property management, resident representatives, and courier representatives to find effective solutions through consultation. Liu Jiu, as a courier representative, made suggestions at the meeting.
"Now, the community has prepared trolleys and tricycles and other assistive tools for couriers, and the property management promises to provide convenience for courier services as much as possible," Liu Jiu said. Through consultation, couriers can deliver goods more "smoothly," which also gives residents a better experience.
There are many other such friendly feelings. "For example, many community neighborhood committees in Huilongguan have warm-hearted stations where couriers and ride-hailing drivers can find a place to rest and drink water at any time when they are tired," Liu Jiu introduced. The renovation of the warm-hearted station in the Jinyu International Community also took everyone's suggestions into account, changing from the original fixed time period opening to 24-hour opening, and adding barber shops, simple folding beds, and so on.
Nowadays, various localities and departments have introduced more warm-hearted measures to effectively promote the solution of urgent and difficult problems such as work and rest for new employment groups, and promote the creation of a more convenient and efficient warm "new" service network.
In Chun'an County (淳安县), Zhejiang (浙江), the local Social Work Department provides more precise services. "By effectively linking government and social resources, we rely on comprehensive service stations for new employment groups to carry out care activities such as delivering coolness in summer and warmth in winter," said the relevant person in charge of the Social Work Department of Chun'an County. In response to the dining problems reflected by new employment groups such as couriers, they actively create "friendly catering merchants" to provide discounted goods and solve the daily problems of new employment groups.
At present, more and more new employment groups are becoming beneficiaries and witnesses of friendly communities, and are becoming the co-construction force of the city. "What can the community do for couriers? What can couriers do for grassroots governance?" Liu Jiu and several colleagues have become mobile grid members in Huilongguan Street, actively providing suggestions and services for grassroots governance. "This is a two-way rush and a win-win situation," Liu Jiu said.
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In recent days, to rectify the problem of maliciously provoking antagonism and promoting negative emotions such as violence and戾气, and to create a more civilized and rational online environment, the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办) has deployed a two-month special campaign nationwide called "Qinglang (清朗) - Rectifying the Problem of Maliciously Provoking Negative Emotions."
For some time, there seem to be some "emotional dramas" constantly being pushed online: teenagers are bombarded with "suffocating maternal love" and "shackles of exam-oriented education"; middle-aged people are deeply mired in narratives of "mid-life crisis" and "class solidification"; and the elderly are surrounded by content such as "empty-nest sadness" and "elderly care dilemmas." Singles see the anxiety of "marriage is a tomb," while married people receive hints of "widowed parenting" and "marital fatigue"; job seekers are surrounded by topics such as the "35-year-old curse" and "workplace PUA." Unknowingly, it seems as if there is an "emotional director" who understands people's thoughts, and can accurately "feed" negative emotional content such as戾气 and anxiety to different groups of people.
Admittedly, the topics in cyberspace do reflect some real-world problems to a certain extent. However, these "emotions" amplify individual cases into widespread portrayals, simplify diverse phenomena into narratives of binary opposition, and even carry out meticulously "designed" extreme "labeling," which not only does not help to correctly understand and solve real-world problems, but also erodes the positive social energy and pollutes the clear and rational online space.
How are these "emotions" "designed" and disseminated? In cyberspace, information with strong emotions often has a natural "contagiousness," which can instantly stir up ripples and gain more attention and interaction. Driven by both clicks and monetization, deliberately weaving copy that creates antagonistic personas, selectively editing dialogue fragments to amplify contradictions, and mass-producing "hit" topics that provoke antagonism have become a distorted "traffic code." In addition, algorithms have also "empowered" this process a lot: based on users' click and dwell frequencies, it constantly calibrates and strengthens recommendations, causing "emotions" to repeatedly circulate and amplify in "information cocoons."
To address the problem of "emotional pollution" in cyberspace, it is necessary to follow the principles of governing by law and collaborative governance. The supply of regulations should be strengthened to further clarify the standards for identifying "maliciously provoking negative emotions" and the corresponding legal responsibilities, so as to provide a clearer basis for regulatory enforcement. A classification and disposal mechanism can be established, with warning interviews for minor violations, traffic restriction and account bans for repeated violations, and evidence preservation and legal accountability for suspected illegal and criminal activities. In addition, a "negative emotion content list" can be explored to provide guidance for platform review, and the warning effect can be strengthened by publishing typical cases. Only by complementing the rigid constraints and flexible guidance of the rule of law can a multi-dimensional defense line against online emotional pollution be better constructed.
As the main carriers of online content, platforms cannot only be satisfied with the bottom line requirement of "not violating the law," but should actively pursue a "healthier" value orientation. In particular, algorithms should not only focus on traffic, but should establish a multi-dimensional evaluation system, incorporate parameters such as content quality and social value into the algorithm model, strengthen the identification and removal of negative emotional content, increase the incentive and recommendation of high-quality content, and make algorithms a bridge to expand horizons, build consensus, and promote harmony, rather than a driver of division and antagonism.
Ultimately, the vast number of netizens are the participants and shapers of the online ecosystem. Content creators should be guardians of upward and benevolent trends, rather than pursuers of emotional traffic, and should actively jump out of the creative rut of "conflict narratives" and "provoking emotions," using objectivity to replace rendering, and using rationality to dissolve antagonism, so that more heartwarming creations can become carriers for nourishing people's hearts and cultivating a clear and positive online atmosphere. Content recipients need to improve their online literacy, avoid cognitive narrowing, and especially be wary of the "feeding" nature of algorithms, remain vigilant about extreme emotional content, and be good at forming a fair and balanced rational understanding from different viewpoints.
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Sanmou Company is the operator of an online lifestyle service platform. This platform also operates businesses such as food delivery, group buying, travel, and flight ticket booking.
One day, Wang (王某), who was about to travel, opened the flight booking page from Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) to Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江) on the platform. He saw the page stated "Ticket price 350 yuan," followed by "Enjoy a discount of 40 yuan." Wang (王某) thought that a 350 yuan ticket with a 40 yuan discount was a good deal, so he quickly placed an order and paid 310 yuan for the ticket.
However, after paying, Wang (王某) opened the airline's official APP to confirm the flight information and found that the ticket price he paid was actually 300 yuan. Where did the other 10 yuan go? Wang (王某) immediately contacted the platform to inquire and was told that the 310 yuan he paid was not just for the ticket, but a combination of "ticket + food delivery benefits package," and the other 10 yuan was for the "food delivery benefits package."
The platform also stated that the contents of the package were already explained on the notification page when Wang (王某) purchased the ticket. Wang (王某) then checked his order and found that there was indeed no explicit display of a "food delivery benefits package" in the services he purchased. According to his recollection, the notification information on the booking page also required special searching and clicking to be seen.
Wang (王某) then contacted the platform again, requesting a refund and compensation. The platform refused. Therefore, Wang (王某) sued Sanmou Company (三某公司) in the Beijing Internet Court (北京互联网法院), demanding a refund of the 310 yuan ticket price and punitive damages of three times the amount.
The court held that the Consumer Rights Protection Law stipulates that if a business operator provides goods or services with fraudulent behavior, it shall increase the compensation for the losses suffered by the consumer at the consumer's request, and the amount of the increased compensation shall be three times the price of the goods purchased by the consumer or the cost of the services received.
As a platform operator, Sanmou Company (三某公司) has the ability and obligation to set up conspicuous and clear prompts on the user's purchase interface, and subjectively has the intention to conceal the true situation. Furthermore, Sanmou Company's (三某公司) labeling of "Enjoy a discount of 40 yuan" on the purchase interface also has the suspicion of "raising the price first and then offering a discount."
Therefore, the court held that the defendant Sanmou Company (三某公司) met the constituent elements of fraud and ultimately ruled that Sanmou Company (三某公司) should compensate Wang (王某) three times the price.
The judge reminded that platform economy competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and it is a common sales method for platform merchants to package and sell several goods or services together while offering certain discounts, thereby increasing the sales of different goods and services. Under this promotional method, consumers can obtain discounts, so it can originally achieve a "win-win" situation. However, once a method of deceiving consumers is adopted like in this case, it is a matter of exchanging "small profits" for a decline in reputation for the platform, which is a case of 得不偿失 (dé bù cháng shī - "the loss outweighs the gain," not worth the effort or cost).
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"Having bought a new house, how long does it take to register the household?" "I want to study abroad, how do I get a birth certificate?" Not long ago, in the "An Xiaoning (安小宁)" online live broadcast room opened by the Liujiabao Police Station (刘家堡派出所) of the Anning Branch (安宁分局) of the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau (兰州市公安局) in Gansu Province (甘肃省), police officer Guan Xiaomei (管小妹) was answering various high-frequency household registration service consultations for residents in the jurisdiction through live broadcast activities.
At this moment, a background message caught her attention.
"My child is about to reach school age, but still doesn't have a household registration, what should I do?" Ms. Guo (郭女士), who lives in the Xingfuli Community (幸福里社区) of Liujiabao Street (刘家堡街道), sent a request for help, extremely anxious.
It turned out that due to special reasons, Ms. Guo had not registered her child's household. Now that the child is facing the problem of going to school, Ms. Guo doesn't know what to do. "According to the policy, as long as you provide the household registration book, ID card, and the child's birth certificate, you can successfully register the household." While explaining the policy and comforting Ms. Guo, Guan Xiaomei asked the community police to communicate and liaise with the community, street, women's federation and other departments to visit and understand the situation.
Complete materials, clear relationships, verifiable facts... With the efforts of all parties, the household registration problem that had plagued Ms. Guo for 6 years was finally solved in just 7 days.
Collecting problems online and promoting solutions offline. "In order to adapt to everyone's internet usage habits and take into account the needs of 'office workers', the elderly and other groups in the jurisdiction to consult and handle business, we have opened the 'An Xiaoning (安小宁)' live broadcast room online to solve problems for the masses in the jurisdiction point-to-point. The common people can solve the problem by swiping their mobile phones." Zhu Hongjun (朱宏军), director of the Liujiabao Police Station (刘家堡派出所), introduced that community police also regard this as an important position for collecting public opinion and better understanding the needs and opinions of residents in the jurisdiction.
Since the beginning of this year, the live broadcast room has conducted a total of 13 live broadcasts, with each broadcast reaching about 30,000 viewers. Now, the "An Xiaoning (安小宁)" live broadcast room has become a popular IP in the Liujiabao (刘家堡) jurisdiction, and residents come to the live broadcast room to chat about any difficulties they encounter.
Not long ago, in the "Anti-Fraud Through Train" live broadcast class jointly conducted by the Qilihe Branch (七里河分局) of the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau (兰州市公安局) and the Qilihe District Education Bureau (七里河区教育局), a telecommunications network fraud warning aimed at campus student groups promptly prevented many students from falling into the "part-time money laundering" trap.
In this live broadcast for teachers and students of Gansu Construction Vocational and Technical College (甘肃建筑职业技术学院), as soon as anti-fraud police officer Ma Shunyan (马顺延) finished explaining the modus operandi of the "paid card rental" scam, multiple emergency consultations popped up in the barrage area: "I helped someone collect two payments yesterday and gave them a 50 yuan commission. Is there a problem?" "Someone asked me to rent a bank card, saying they would give me 800 yuan rent per month, can I rent it?"
Ma Shunyan immediately reminded the camera: "Don't believe it! These are all scammers collecting 'two cards' as tools for committing crimes. In the cases we have recently solved, some college students lent out their bank cards to earn 500 yuan in part-time fees, resulting in a turnover of more than one million yuan in funds involved in the case, and were ultimately held criminally responsible." He presented the relevant provisions in the Anti-Telecommunications Network Fraud Law on the spot, clearly informing that renting out "two cards" will be included in the disciplinary list, affecting credit and daily life.
In response to students' questions such as "already transferred money to strangers", the police simultaneously guided in the live broadcast: "Stop operating immediately, save the other party's information, and call 96110 to report!" Someone immediately left a message in the live broadcast room comment area: "Fortunately, I watched the live broadcast today, I almost rented out my bank card" "Just blacklisted the other party, it was too dangerous."
The live broadcast platform's "Anti-Fraud Compulsory Course" attracted 3.7454 million student viewers... The live broadcast room turned legal provisions into vivid legal popularization stories, allowing legal knowledge to move from "in the documents" to "on the screen", making it easier for the common people to understand and remember, and the public's awareness of fraud prevention has been significantly enhanced.
"Face-to-face" + "screen-to-screen", in recent years, Lanzhou Public Security has actively innovated and explored forms such as online live broadcast rooms, moving new household registration policies, anti-fraud classrooms, protection of minors, network security and other business consultation and handling and legal popularization to the "cloud", realizing multi-person "same-screen connection", allowing information to run more and the masses to run less, and the common people have a place to speak and respond when they encounter difficulties, and the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security are constantly improving.
"Lanzhou Public Security adheres to and develops the 'Fengqiao Experience' of the new era, constantly innovates governance models, relies on the Internet and other forms to extend the tentacles of serving the people, responds to the needs of the people in a timely manner, widely collects public opinion, promotes the solution of the people's worries and anxieties, and better opens up the 'last mile' of police contact and service to the masses, making grassroots governance and social security more solid, and striving to create replicable and scalable grassroots police work experience." The person in charge of the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau (兰州市公安局) introduced.
Return to TopBy: 王志鸥
As the tide of technology deeply intertwines with artistic creation, "tech art" not only becomes a new engine for expanding the boundaries of art and literature but also a new carrier for carrying, revitalizing, and disseminating Chinese cultural memory.
In the past five years, my team and I have had the privilege of participating in national-level cultural events such as the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022年北京冬奥会开幕式) and several major cultural tourism projects. We deeply feel that the integration of technology and art has activated cultural memory, stimulated the innovative vitality of artistic creation, and enhanced the original capabilities of art and literature.
The national strategy is the integration direction of "technology + art + cultural memory."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that it is necessary to "take stimulating innovation and creativity as the central link in deepening the reform of the cultural system and mechanism." The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大报告) proposed "stimulating the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation." These important expositions point out the direction for the integrated development of "technology + art + cultural memory," requiring artistic creation in the new era to safeguard the roots of culture with innovative means, and to make the cultural memory that has been deposited for thousands of years "alive."
The opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022年北京冬奥会开幕式) is a representative work of technology and art empowering cultural memory. The digital visual effects team I led deeply participated in the whole process of digital creative integration design, and implemented cutting-edge artistic concepts with precise technology. From the digital presentation of the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms (二十四节气)" in the countdown, to the artistic conception of "Yellow River (黄河) water coming from the sky" in the "Ice and Snow Five Rings (冰雪五环)," to the first "micro-fire torch" in Olympic history, we transformed abstract cultural symbols into interactive and interpretable visual languages, realizing the deep coupling of traditional culture and modern technology.
This opening ceremony triggered national hot discussions and global praise, confirming the profound transformation of the current public's spiritual and cultural needs: from the past "passive acceptance" to a comprehensive pursuit of deeply involved "immersive interaction." In the context of globalization, such exploration also carries the mission of "cultural going overseas (文化出海)"—telling Chinese cultural stories in internationally common technological and artistic languages, so that the world can understand the profound heritage of Chinese civilization.
"Tangible and Touchable" brings appeal to tech art.
Chinese cultural memory is condensed in historical events, traditional aesthetics, and folk customs. Tech art should avoid "showing off skills innovation." To truly touch people's hearts and evoke empathy, it needs to take root in our cultural memory.
From the graceful image of the Goddess of Luo (洛神) in the cultural tourism project *Tracing the Luo River Rhapsody* (寻迹洛神赋), to the digital interpretation of the spirit of the Long March (长征精神) in the Long March Culture Digital Art Museum (长征文化数字艺术馆), to the immersive theater "Tracing Yandi Shennong (寻迹炎帝神农)," these years of practice have made us realize that the appeal of tech art lies in "digital means making cultural memory tangible and touchable."
The revitalization and reconstruction of cultural memory are the keys to a work that touches people's hearts. *Tracing the Luo River Rhapsody* (寻迹洛神赋) has led more than 600,000 visitors to appreciate the cultural charm of the ancient capital Luoyang (洛阳). The project did not simply replicate ancient books but restored the posture of the Goddess of Luo (洛神) as "light as a startled swan, graceful as a swimming dragon" with digital images, and constructed the daily life atmosphere of Luoyang (洛阳) from the perspective of literati and poets of past dynasties. Visitors are immersed in it, not only appreciating the beauty of light and shadow but also resonating with the "beauty" and "emotion" contained in traditional culture.
The creation of *Tracing the Luo River Rhapsody* (寻迹洛神赋) inspires us to actively become "cultural memory excavators," enter museums and historical sites, interview intangible cultural heritage inheritors, and transform scattered cultural fragments into digital and artistic creation materials, so that tech art creation can be "sourced and soulful." Rooted in the fertile soil of culture, the work can be full of cultural warmth.
Memories in classics and cultural relics "immerse" contemporary life.
A new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation provides new tools for the revitalization of cultural memory. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, VR, AR, and digital projection are breaking the boundaries of "past and present," "static and dynamic," and "offline and online," allowing cultural memories sleeping in classics and cultural relics to "come out" and integrate into contemporary life.
Tech art constructs an "immersive field," allowing the audience to be placed in the cultural memory scene as a "participant." The Long March Culture Digital Art Museum (长征文化数字艺术馆) abandons the traditional display mode and uses digital technology to restore typical scenes in the Long March (长征): dynamic projection and real-scene simulation reproduce the harsh environment of snow-capped mountains and grasslands, and digital sand tables present the difficult journey of the Red Army (红军) in military operations. With sound effects and lighting design, the audience can "re-walk the Long March Road (长征路)" in 70 minutes. Up to now, 1.7 million visitors have personally experienced the hardships of the Red Army (红军) crossing the grasslands and crossing the Chishui River (赤水) in the art museum, and the spirit of the Long March (长征精神) has been transformed into a profound memory that can be perceived and empathized with.
The combination of "time and space scenes" and "natural scenes" expands the experience dimension of cultural memory. The "Chu Feng (楚风) Ship" of the Chuyun Time and Space Theater (楚韵时空剧场) takes the Yangtze River (长江) as a natural painting axis and the cruise ship as a mobile carrier. The Chu culture "Phoenix (凤凰)" totem is integrated into the hull design, and neon lights outline the unique charm of "riding the wind and patrolling the river." The interior of the theater takes *Li Sao (离骚)* and *Nine Songs (九歌)* as the cultural core, and uses ink projection, AI robotic arms, immersive sound and other technologies to create a four-act main show "Yu Meng Qian Nian (羽梦千年)." While enjoying the beauty of the Three Gorges (三峡), the audience seems to "travel" to the end of the Warring States Period (战国末年) to find the "Phoenix Miracle (凤鸟神迹)," realizing the deep resonance between cultural memory and regional ecology.
Digital art also allows the dissemination of cultural memory to break through the limitations of time and space, realizing "online + offline" all-round coverage. The "Youzai Guanzhongzhou (悠栽逛中轴)" project created by my team, through the design of creative digital IP image "Youzai Zai (悠栽仔)," links online and offline scenes, allowing participants to feel the historical heritage and contemporary vitality of the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线) in the way of "City Walk." This kind of cultural and creative product is no longer a simple souvenir but a miniature experience device of cultural memory, which has both practical value and cultural dissemination function, allowing cultural charm to continue to "immerse" daily life.
We deeply feel that the revitalization of cultural memory, the integration of intangible cultural heritage and tourism, and the cross-border innovation of cultural tourism and hundreds of industries need to give full play to the empowering role of technology and art. The government builds platforms, society creates an atmosphere, and literary and art workers innovate and practice, which will "co-create" more excellent works with culture, warmth, and innovation, so that Chinese cultural memory can live in the present and go to the world.
(The author is the visual effects director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会开幕式))
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The broadcast of the TV series "The Battlefront" (阵地), created to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, on CCTV's comprehensive channel during prime time, couldn't help but stir up the emotional surges I experienced repeatedly during the script's creation.
From 1938 to 1944, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Guilin cultural resistance movement built an impregnable cultural battlefront. Faced with a shattered nation and demoralized people, intellectuals resolutely left their studies and turned their pens into swords. This historical chapter, shining with the courage and responsibility of cultural figures, is an indispensable part of the grand narrative of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
"The Battlefront" is rooted in this magnificent history: cultural figures of the "Great Rear Area," represented by Xia Yan (夏衍), Tian Han (田汉), Ba Jin (巴金), Mao Dun (茅盾), Guo Moruo (郭沫若), Ouyang Yuqian (欧阳予倩), Jiao Juyin (焦菊隐), Tao Xingzhi (陶行知), Ai Qing (艾青), Feng Zikai (丰子恺), Xu Beihong (徐悲鸿), and others, threw themselves into a special war of resistance movement using culture as a weapon, awakening countless people and jointly building a cultural Great Wall. This is not only a regional cultural event but also a concentrated embodiment of the great power of the national spirit bursting forth in times of crisis under cultural inspiration.
During the preparation process, I was repeatedly moved by the deeds of hundreds and thousands of cultural figures that emerged from historical materials. Xia Yan (夏衍), as the editor-in-chief of the "National Salvation Daily" (《救亡日报》), wrote manuscripts all night under an oil lamp until dawn, and then, carrying a lantern, walked to the mountain cave printing factory 20 miles away to deliver the manuscripts, his thin figure undeterred by wind or rain. The musician Zhang Shu (张曙) finished writing the last note when enemy planes were overhead and completed his mission in the last instant before the bombs fell. When the plays "One Year" (《一年间》) and "Autumn Sounds" (《秋声赋》), written by Xia Yan (夏衍) and Tian Han (田汉) respectively, were performed, the audience, with tears in their eyes, raised their fists and shouted "Give me back my homeland!" Articles, poems, and speeches were like bullets and daggers, shooting at the hypocritical and brutal enemy; they were also "bandages and plasma," sewing up the shattered confidence of the people in that darkest moment and gathering strength and hope.
Scene after scene built a different kind of war of resistance battlefront in my heart, and the title of "The Battlefront" was born from this.
The creation of this drama was very difficult, especially in terms of structure, like an unfolded plane, lacking dramatic blocks. In the end, those shining moments and scenes of human brilliance led me to decide to use a scattered structure to compose this ode. The story narration does not use the traditional structure of one line for one person or one line for three people, but focuses on the dramatic writing of more than 200 historical figures. It seems scattered, but it is unified by the historical mission of cultural resistance, striving for 形散神聚 (xíng sàn shén jù - "form scattered spirit gathered," outwardly disjointed but inwardly coherent).
Three years ago, the production team of "The Battlefront" chose me, possibly because I was the screenwriter of the "Three Wonders of Western Fujian" (闽西“三绝”) ("The Rearguard Division in Desperate Situation" (《绝命后卫师》), "Forging Swords in Desperate Situation" (《绝境铸剑》), and "Top Secret Mission" (《绝密使命》)). The "Three Wonders of Western Fujian" are all red-themed, and another screenwriter might not have focused on drawing water from one well, but there were too many moving revolutionary stories in the red sector of Western Fujian, so I relied on the persistence of 任凭弱水三千，我只取一瓢饮 (rèn píng ruò shuǐ sān qiān, wǒ zhǐ qǔ yī piáo yǐn - "though three thousand weak waters exist, I only take one gourdful to drink," to focus on one's goal despite numerous options), and wrote three of them in one breath. Why? Because in the creation of a revolutionary historical drama, a screenwriter must avoid 闭门造车 (bì mén zào chē - "build a cart behind closed doors," to create something based on imagination rather than practical experience), the first action is to bury one's head in the vast historical records and find a sense of longing that can breathe with the revolutionary martyrs. Only when the screenwriter is excited will the historical figures come to life. When the martyrs come to life in the screenwriter's heart, the creation is not just "screenwriting," but recording, truthfully recording what is in the heart and what the eyes see.
"The former sages shine their light, and the latter scholars should inherit their spirit." The predecessors as cultural figures have erected a monument for future generations. How can we return to our studies and forget the lofty mission of cultural figures to the country and the people?
(The author is the screenwriter of the TV series "The Battlefront")
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The AIGC film "The Code in the Notes" is online. Watching this movie feels very different. It is not acted by humans, nor is it filmed with a camera, but a movie generated by AI based on the script. The main "actors" are Li Yalin (李亚林), the lead actor of "Young People in Our Village," and Liu Shilong (刘世龙), the lead actor of "Heroic Sons and Daughters," who "co-star" across time.
The characters are vivid and realistic. Although the movements and expressions are not very rich, it completely tells the story of a Taiwanese veteran returning to the mainland to visit relatives. In 1989, Cao Dai (曹岱), a Taiwanese veteran, returned to the mainland to visit relatives. His only relative was his second younger brother, Cao Huoxing (曹火星), who worked in Tianjin (天津). Cao Dai (曹岱) temporarily changed his itinerary and did not go to Tianjin (天津). Where did he go? Cao Huoxing (曹火星) found his elder brother in the earthen house where he composed "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China." He was chewing leaves there, recalling the past. This time he came back to find the code for the Chinese Communist Party to win the world, and he found it in the "leaves." In the end, the Cao (曹) brothers picked up the suona together and played "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China." A piece of history, a pair of brothers, a kind of kinship, a consensus, clean and neat, clearly explained the code in the notes, and expressed the deep affection between the two sides of the strait who share the same roots and culture.
This film is only 11 minutes long, but it brings a powerful impact. AI's image generation technology greatly liberates filmmakers' hands and feet. Movies can no longer be movies that are filmed, and actors may not be needed. As long as you can think of it, it can be generated. It is not just a special effect, but a normalized generation from scratch. Of course, this requires human training, correction and improvement, so that the content generated by AI fully conforms to human imagination. This is just the beginning, opening a door for people. It is foreseeable that in the near future, with the continuous development of AIGC technology, it will provide great convenience for film and television production and literary and artistic creation, and a film industry revolution is coming.
Technology is constantly changing, but one thing remains the same: the script is the foundation of a drama. What story to tell and how to tell it? This old question is always a new question. If China wants to become a film powerhouse, it must face the world and the future, have the ability to tell world history and human history, and convey the value pursuit that conforms to the common interests of all mankind. This is what creativity and narrative ultimately have to be accomplished by the script.
Technological progress is important, but improving the quality of scripts is more important. The more advanced the technology, the more high-quality creativity is needed. Thought should fly side by side with technology!
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Over the years, I have had the privilege of portraying many extraordinary female figures on screen: He Zizhen (贺子珍) with her unwavering revolutionary spirit, Yang Kaihui (杨开慧) who bravely dedicated herself to her ideals, Jiang Jie (江姐) who maintained her dignity in prison, Gong Quanzhen (龚全珍) who was simple and unadorned, and Xiang Jingyu (向警予) who campaigned for women's liberation...
Initially, I thought I was shaping them.
I remember when preparing for the role of He Zizhen (贺子珍), I immersed myself in historical materials, trying to capture every subtle expression and movement of hers. I practiced her way of walking, imitated her tone of voice, and even studied the angle of her eyebrows when she was thinking. I thought that was all there was to shaping a character. Until one late night, I read the record of He Zizhen (贺子珍) being hit by shrapnel while protecting her comrades during the Long March, yet still insisting on marching. Touching those words, suddenly, it was no longer an actress studying a character, but an ordinary woman feeling the pain and resilience of another woman. At that moment, I seemed to hear her voice: "It's not you playing me, but through you, letting people today see how we once lived, loved, and fought."
This feeling was particularly strong when playing Jiang Jie (江姐). In the Zhazidong (渣滓洞) prison, she suffered unimaginable torture, but never betrayed her beliefs. I kept thinking, what kind of power supported this young woman in the face of such cruel torment? To find the answer, I consulted a large number of historical materials and went to Chongqing (重庆) to experience the environment where she had been imprisoned. Standing in that cold and gloomy cell, I understood—what supported her was not only faith, but also concrete and vivid love—love for her husband, love for her children, love for her comrades, and love for her country and nation. This love was so powerful that death lost its deterrent force in front of her. At that moment, it was not I who shaped Jiang Jie (江姐), but Jiang Jie (江姐) who reshaped my understanding of love and faith.
The process of shaping Gong Quanzhen (龚全珍) was like a long listening session. Holding the script, I seemed to hear her hoarse voice as she gently lectured the children during those difficult years; I could see her face, etched with the marks of time but incredibly serene, as she sewed and mended clothes for the villagers under the dim light. Each deliberation was a soul-searching question: What kind of love can allow a person to settle all the storms of a lifetime into such a warm undertone? This listening allowed my tears and smiles to become an emotional resonance with the "Old Auntie."
Fortunately, because of this creation, we became friends despite our age difference. My presence as a young friend entered her peaceful old age. And what she gave me was a silent but powerful personality influence. In the hustle and bustle of the arena of fame and gain, her spirit is like a quiet mountain, allowing me to rest and find my inner order. I finally understood that true moving is not a desperate rendering, but the deep respect and surging love hidden in every restrained look and every sincere breath.
The play has ended, but they have settled in my heart. I have not only played them, but have also been deeply "loved" and "healed" by them. I feel the weight of life, not from the halo of the role, but from the purest delivery of one life to another.
The greatest charm of performing arts lies in this "two-way shaping." This is not a skill, but a courage to open yourself up, allowing another soul to speak through you, to express through you. You are no longer yourself, but a bridge, a bridge that transcends time and space and connects hearts. From history to the present, from heroes to ordinary people, from the screen to life, I hope I can become a bridge-like person.
Through performance, I try to let the audience see not a perfect idol, but a person of flesh and blood: He Zizhen (贺子珍) would miss her deceased relatives late at night, Jiang Jie (江姐) would worry about her husband and children in prison, and Yang Kaihui (杨开慧) would also worry about her husband's safety... It is these glimmers of humanity that make their choices even more precious and shocking.
Looking back on my acting career over the years, the greatest gain is not the awards and praise, but the life nourishment that these roles have given me. They are like bright lamps, illuminating the road ahead for me, and also giving me the opportunity to pass this light on to more people.
(The author is a first-class actor)
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After a five-year absence, director Lu Yang (路阳) returns to the big screen with his new film *Assassin in Red 2*. Continuing from its predecessor, *Assassin in Red*, the film further expands the boundaries of domestic film's audio-visual expression with its magnificent imagination and hardcore special effects. Looking back on the past five years, Lu Yang (路阳) is very emotional: "Creating *Assassin in Red 2* is still an adventure."
The film opens with a subtitle: This film is based on the concept of Shuang Xuetao's (双雪涛) original work, *Assassin in Red*. In the new work, the original work is more like a "seed." Lu Yang (路阳) tells us that this film continues the worldview of the previous work and the original work, and still mainly tells the relationship between the person who writes the story and the world in his pen, focusing on exploring the connection between the real world and the fictional world and its impact on the fate of the characters. He hopes that the audience can see their own shadows in the growth of the characters and gain the courage to face life and the power to move forward.
Dissecting the fantasy shell, the core of *Assassin in Red 2* is a strong realistic concern. The theme of the film is "find yourself, face yourself, and bravely move forward with a clear understanding of yourself." For Lu Yang (路阳), finding this theme was not easy. The script took more than two years to write, and "even couldn't be written at one point." It was the passionate stories of many young people on the Internet who were striving to change their destiny that helped him regain his sense of conviction in making movies. The sentence at the end of the film: "Dedicated to everyone who is working hard to live," is the creator's confession and a blessing to every audience member.
*Assassin in Red 2* is full of whimsy. The encounter, interweaving, and collision between the fictional world and the real world are refreshing highlights and also production difficulties. The production of the entire film mobilized nearly 40 special effects teams across the country. During filming, the crew built three studios of over 5,000 square meters in Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis (青岛东方影都), and the amount of set design and design doubled compared to the previous work. In the previous work, the filming of virtual giant objects broke the "ceiling" of domestic film special effects at that time. This time, virtual shooting is still showing its skills. The difference is that, from "pre-made" to "online," the actors complete the capture of movements and expressions while interacting with other characters on the set. All of this is inseparable from the assistance of the latest technology.
More interestingly, domestic technology products have also joined the production of this fantasy film. Some have become "easter egg"-like characters, such as mobile phones. They tried to make the mobile phone not only a character in the film, but also to lead to a set of dramatic conflicts and a narrative clue. "Drones are widely used in filming. We also tried to modify robots into mobile photography platforms for shooting in special terrains or complex shots," Lu Yang (路阳) said. The final effect will be judged by the audience.
From the scientific advisory group of the movie *The Wandering Earth 2* to China Aerospace (中国航天) behind the movie *Blue Sky Beyond the Window*, "movies are no longer just the creation of filmmakers, and other industries, especially technology companies, are becoming a strong support for film innovation." However, Lu Yang (路阳) also reiterated, "The pursuit of technology has never been our goal. Technology must always serve the narrative."
Film is the art of creating dreams. Watching *Assassin in Red 2*, a direct feeling is that this dream is "more Chinese." From traditional Chinese color schemes to Sui and Tang Dynasty (隋唐) costumes, from ancient architecture to stone carvings, the film systematically integrates traditional Chinese cultural elements to construct a fantasy world with indigenous cultural genes. Lu Yang (路阳) and other main creators went to cultural heritage sites such as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes (敦煌莫高窟), Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves (克孜尔千佛洞), and Dazu Rock Carvings (大足石刻) to collect styles, thereby building the aesthetic foundation of the film. Drawing on the murals of the Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟), the film uses a large number of traditional Chinese mineral pigment colors. As for scenes such as the "Primordial Secret Realm," surreal light effects are added to the natural colors to make "美轮美奂" 美轮美奂 (měi lún měi huàn - "beautiful and magnificent," describes something extremely beautiful and impressive) become concrete.
If we take the *Blind Cinema* released in 2010 as the starting point, this year is Lu Yang's (路阳) fifteenth year in the film industry. In the past 15 years, he has filmed film and television works with realistic themes, action martial arts, and historical legends. He has spent 9 years alone creating *Assassin in Red* and *Assassin in Red 2* because he chose the most challenging and risky fantasy genre.
"Looking back on the 9-year creation process, I have no regrets," Lu Yang (路阳) said. Technology is changing, and audiences are constantly absorbing all the nutrients brought by the times. If creators want not to be "abandoned" by the audience, they must learn, improve, and be faster, and faster.
Return to TopBy: 山东省淄博市 魏纯明
One Mid-Autumn Festival night, I heard the erhu piece "Erquan Yingyue" from a tape recorder and have been particularly fond of it ever since. I asked myself, "When will I be able to play this piece?"
My connection with the erhu began in the autumn of 2000. At a rural primary school in Binzhou (滨州), Shandong (山东), a teacher played the erhu, and the music took me flying to a vast world. Many years have passed, and I have persisted in learning to play the erhu: in the morning, I pick up the erhu and start the day; in the evening, I pick up the erhu and end the day's work. Now, my erhu playing has reached level ten, and practicing "Erquan Yingyue" is still a daily task.
On another Mid-Autumn Festival night, I played "Erquan Yingyue." Thinking of Abing's (阿炳) impoverished life and his longing for light, and thinking of my own bumpy experiences and pursuit of dreams, I seemed to hear the frustration of life, and even more so, the poetry of life... The clear spring is intentional, and the bright moon is sentimental, and my heart trembled. I want to turn the notes into words and pour out my long-accumulated feelings to this lonely moonlit night. My fingers tapped on the keyboard: "Forward, head held high, forward. With a chest of hundreds of thousands of feet, there is light in my eyes and heart..."
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