Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama in Beijing, emphasizing the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations and China's support for Ghana's development path. Xi expressed China's commitment to the "real sincerity" principle in Africa cooperation, urging stronger political trust, cooperation in various sectors like mining and infrastructure, and the alignment of resource development with environmental protection. Both parties agreed on initial arrangements for a joint economic partnership, hoping Ghana would benefit from China's zero-tariff policy for African nations. Mahama reaffirmed Ghana's adherence to the One China policy and desire for stronger collaboration in trade, digital economy, and infrastructure. Foreign Minister Wang Yi was present at the meeting.
Summary: On October 14th, President Xi Jinping met with Dominican President Burton in Beijing. Xi emphasized China's willingness to work with Dominica to elevate bilateral relations, focusing on mutual respect, political trust, and cooperation in areas like climate change response, infrastructure, and women's empowerment. Burton reaffirmed Dominica's support for the One China principle and expressed desire to deepen cooperation in various fields, praising China as a force for peace and stability, and highlighting Xi's global initiatives as guiding principles for global cooperation. Both leaders discussed opposing unilateralism and hegemony to protect the interests of developing countries. Wang Yi was reported to be present at the meeting.
Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Iceland's President Hallgrímur Tómasdóttir in Beijing, emphasizing mutual respect and beneficial cooperation in the 54-year relationship between China and Iceland. Xi called for deepening cooperation in trade, geothermal energy, and healthcare, along with strengthened cultural exchanges and mutual support on core interests. He also stated that China and Iceland both support multilateralism and the UN-centered international system, and should work together to resolve international disputes through dialogue. Hallgrímur Tómasdóttir praised China's role in promoting women's development and expressed Iceland's desire for stronger cooperation with China amidst global challenges. Wang Yi was present at the meeting.
Summary: On October 14th, Xi Jinping met with Mozambican Prime Minister Levys, who was in China to attend the Global Women's Summit. Xi emphasized the strong and enduring friendship between China and Mozambique over the past 50 years, expressing China's willingness to deepen strategic cooperation and explore new paths for coordinated development in energy, mineral resources, and infrastructure. He also stated China's commitment to working with Mozambique to implement global governance initiatives, opposing unilateralism and hegemonism, and safeguarding the common interests of both countries and the Global South. Levys affirmed Mozambique's adherence to the One China Principle and its desire to learn from China's development experience. Wang Yi was also present at the meeting.
Summary: Xi Jinping met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Amarasuriya in Beijing, emphasizing the long-standing friendship between China and Sri Lanka and China's support for Sri Lanka's sovereignty and development path. Xi expressed China's willingness to enhance cooperation in various sectors, including port economics and digital economy, under the Belt and Road Initiative. Amarasuriya conveyed greetings from President Disanayake and reiterated Sri Lanka's commitment to the one-China principle and the Belt and Road Initiative. Amarasuriya also noted the significance of Xi's global initiatives in the current international situation, committing to jointly implement them and safeguard the common interests of the Global South. Wang Yi was present at the meeting.
Summary: A promotional event for the English version of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume V* was held in Frankfurt, Germany, co-organized by several Chinese state entities. Attendees emphasized the book's global relevance, highlighting its reflection of Xi Jinping's thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and its contribution to a shared future for mankind. Speakers discussed the book's insights into China's development and governance, emphasizing its comprehensive and logically structured approach to domestic and international affairs. The event also included discussions on topics such as Chinese-style modernization, global governance initiatives, and Sino-European cultural exchange. The book itself contains 91 reports, speeches and other writings by Xi Jinping from May 2022 to December 2024.
Summary: This article emphasizes Xi Jinping's focus on understanding and applying economic laws to guide China's development, highlighting the shift to high-quality growth and the concept of "new productive forces." It discusses the importance of balancing domestic and international factors, particularly in the context of a changing global landscape and the need to build a strong domestic economy. The piece also notes the importance of coordinating development and security, particularly in food and energy, amid increasing external pressures and the need to modernize supply chains. The article further references the importance of the upcoming China International Import Expo (进博会), noting it as a major measure of China’s opening up policy.
Summary: Peng Liyuan, wife of Xi Jinping and UNESCO Special Envoy, and UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous jointly attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the "Digital Intelligence Empowering Women and Girls Achievement Exhibition" in Beijing. Peng stated that digital and intelligent technologies are becoming new engines for women and girls to pursue their dreams, highlighting China's efforts in developing these technologies. Bahous praised China's achievements in bridging the digital gender gap and promoting women's development. Following the opening, Peng and other guests toured the exhibition showcasing China's achievements in empowering women and girls through digital intelligence.
Summary: At the invitation of Xi Jinping, Icelandic President Halla Tómasdóttir visited China from October 12-18, 2025, to attend the Global Women's Summit, during which the two heads of state held a cordial meeting. China and Iceland agreed on the importance of geothermal energy in mitigating climate change and facilitating a green transition, pledging to strengthen cooperation in this area. Both sides committed to upholding the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities in addressing climate change under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. They will also collaborate on sustainable development policies, the circular economy, and global plastic pollution governance. The agreement does not contain any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of multilateralism and the UN's role in maintaining peace and promoting development, especially as the organization approaches its 80th anniversary amid global challenges. It argues that member states, particularly major powers, must uphold the UN Charter and international law. The piece criticizes unilateralism and the undermining of the UN, while advocating for reforms to ensure fair representation and increased participation from developing countries. China is presented as a reliable partner to the UN, supporting its core role in international affairs and promoting global governance through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative. The article also alludes to the U.S. by mentioning "individual major powers" that obstruct the UN's collective action.
Summary: The Shanghai Art Troupe performed the dance drama "The Eternal Wave," a story about Chinese Communist Party underground workers in pre-liberation Shanghai, in Pyongyang as part of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. The performances were attended by high-ranking officials including Jo Yong Won, Kim Jong-un, and Sung Jong Gyu. The performances were well-received, with audiences praising the artistic merit and revolutionary spirit of the drama. Ambassador Wang Yajun expressed hope for further artistic exchanges between China and North Korea. The Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, reported that the performance was an important opportunity to further promote the friendship between the two countries.
Summary: Serbian Minister for Gender Equality Tatjana Macura praised Xi Jinping's new initiatives for global women's development at the Global Women's Summit in Beijing. Macura stated that Xi's proposals demonstrated China's continued commitment to promoting women's rights and gender equality. She emphasized the global significance of China's initiatives, citing Beijing as the birthplace of the Beijing Declaration, a foundation for strengthening women's rights. Macura highlighted Serbia's progress in women's empowerment, including increased female representation in politics and various sectors. She affirmed Serbia's commitment to the Beijing Declaration and noted China's global governance initiatives can help women play a more active role in sustainable development and integrate gender equality into global processes.
Summary: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Amarasuriya laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square on October 14th. The Xinhua report focused solely on this act of respect. The article does not contain any mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström will conduct an official visit to China from October 16-17. The visit is at the invitation of Politburo Member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The announcement did not mention any planned discussions regarding the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: French President's diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne will visit China from October 15-16 to hold a new round of strategic dialogue with Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee. This dialogue is part of the ongoing Sino-French strategic engagement.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced that Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will visit China from October 16-17 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The announcement indicates a potential opportunity to address bilateral issues between China and Canada.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang chaired a symposium with economists and entrepreneurs on October 14th to solicit opinions on the current economic situation and future work. Participants like Xu Qiyuan and Ye Guofu, noted the economy's resilience and potential despite existing challenges, offering suggestions on macro policy. Li acknowledged difficulties but emphasized the need to assess the economy with a long-term perspective, focusing on domestic strengths and resilience in the face of international changes. He stressed strengthening domestic demand, optimizing the industrial ecosystem, and supporting foreign trade and investment. Wu Zhenglong was also in attendance.
Summary: Zhao Leji met with Cambodian National Assembly President Khuon Sudary in Beijing, emphasizing the elevation of China-Cambodia relations to a "new era of all-weather community of common destiny," following Xi Jinping's visit to Cambodia in April. Zhao expressed China's willingness to implement the consensus reached by the two countries' leaders, enrich the "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation framework, and strengthen cooperation in various fields, including law enforcement and multilateral collaboration. He also expressed the willingness of China's National People's Congress to deepen exchanges with the Cambodian parliament on legislation and oversight. Khuon Sudary praised Xi Jinping's speech at the Global Women's Summit, stating that it pointed the direction for the development of the global women's cause.
Summary: Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning met with Dominican President Sylvanie Burton in Beijing. Wang stated that China is willing to expand cooperation with Dominica, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, and promote the in-depth development of China-Dominica relations, noting that Xi Jinping reached important consensus with Burton on the development of China-Dominica relations. Burton expressed Dominica's firm adherence to the "One China" principle and opposition to interference in China's internal affairs. Wang Dongfeng was present at the meeting.
Summary: Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Mozambican Prime Minister Levys during the Global Women's Summit in Beijing. Ding emphasized the traditional friendship and mutual support between China and Mozambique, highlighting the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations marked by congratulatory messages between Xi Jinping and President Chapo. He stated China's willingness to deepen cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation framework. Levys expressed Mozambique's appreciation for China's support and its desire to expand practical cooperation in various fields.
Summary: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Lao PDR Vice President Pany Yathotou in Beijing on October 14. Han affirmed the two countries' mutual support on core interests and pledged to implement the consensus reached between the two countries' leaders on building a China-Laos community with a shared future. Pany expressed Laos' support for China's core interests and a desire to deepen cooperation. Xi Jinping's speech at the Global Women's Summit was also discussed.
Summary: Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in Beijing. Wang stated that Bachelet has been objective and rational in viewing China's development and promoting equal and friendly exchanges. Wang also affirmed China's support for the UN, while mentioning the need for its reform. Bachelet congratulated China on the women's summit and agreed on the need to strengthen the UN through reform.
Summary: The Second World Sinology Conference opened in Shanghai on October 14th, with Li Shulei, a member of the Politburo and head of the Propaganda Department, delivering a keynote speech, and Chen Jining, also a Politburo member and Shanghai Party Secretary, giving opening remarks. Attendees emphasized the importance of understanding China as a unified entity and interpreting Chinese modernization for the world in order to contribute Chinese wisdom to the world. The conference, themed "Historical China and Contemporary China in a Global Perspective," featured discussions on the global significance of Chinese studies amidst accelerating global changes. Participants also voiced the need to promote exchange and mutual appreciation between civilizations. The conference included about 500 guests from over 50 countries and regions.
Summary: On October 14th, Vice Premier He Lifeng met with Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Sakova in Beijing. He Lifeng stated China's willingness to work with Slovakia to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, maintain multilateralism and free trade, and promote the development of China-Slovakia and China-Europe relations. Sakova emphasized Slovakia's high regard for its relationship with China and its desire to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, and other areas. The United States was not mentioned in the exchange.
Summary: Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing attended the opening of the "World Fusion Energy Group" ministerial meeting and the International Atomic Energy Conference in Chengdu, emphasizing China's commitment to controlled nuclear fusion research. Zhang stated that China adheres to Xi Jinping's nuclear safety concept, promoting the transition from basic research to engineering practice. He expressed China's willingness to collaborate with other parties to implement global initiatives, advancing fusion energy research, technological breakthroughs, and industrial innovation. During the conference, Zhang met with IAEA Director General Grossi to discuss enhanced dialogue and practical cooperation.
Summary: A reception celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Bangladesh was held in Beijing, co-organized by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Bangladeshi Embassy in China. Losang Jamcan, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, attended the event. Approximately 300 representatives from various sectors of both countries, along with some foreign envoys to China, were also present. The article does not mention any discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the closing ceremony of the Global Women's Summit in Beijing, State Councilor and All-China Women's Federation President Shen Yiqin stated that Xi Jinping's keynote speech offered a "Chinese solution" for promoting gender equality and global governance of women's affairs. Shen emphasized the five practical measures proposed by China to support global women's development, which were praised by attendees. United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Sima Bahous lauded China's achievements in women's affairs and its contributions to global women's development, encouraging other countries to learn from China's experience. About 800 representatives from over 110 countries and international organizations attended the closing ceremony.
Summary: The article highlights Rongcheng City in Shandong province leveraging its wind energy resources to promote green and low-carbon development, showcasing operational wind turbine generators. The city is reportedly making significant efforts in wind power generation. The article makes no mention of specific officials, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: State Councilor and All-China Women's Federation President Shen Yiqin met with Bulgarian Vice President Yotova, Iranian Vice President Behrouz Azar, and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Makhkamova, all of whom were in China for the Global Women's Summit. Shen emphasized China's willingness to deepen cooperation with Bulgaria, including in women's development, while Yotova praised bilateral relations. During the meeting with Azar, Shen highlighted the consensus reached between Presidents Xi and Raisi on deepening China-Iran relations. Shen told Makhkamova that China is willing to build a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future.
Summary: The Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress elected Liu Xiaotao as the Governor of Jiangsu Province on October 14th. The session was the fourth meeting of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress. The report was filed by reporters Deng JianSheng and Yin XiaoYu.
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Summary: At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 14th, Liu Huanxin, a member of the Party Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, reported on the achievements of grain circulation reform and development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, stating that national food security has been effectively guaranteed. Qian Yi, Deputy Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, mentioned that China's grain storage technology is at an advanced international level. Qin Yuyun, Deputy Director of the same administration, highlighted the revision of over 100 national and 50 industry standards in the grain sector since 2021, focusing on green, high-quality, nutritious, and healthy standards. Director Liu also discussed promoting diversified food resources and healthy consumption patterns, including the National Whole Grains Action Plan, and did not address the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Henan province has experienced excessive rainfall since September, hindering the harvest and drying of autumn crops like corn and peanuts, which account for over 40% of the province's annual grain yield. To address this, the province has deployed nearly 8,000 tracked corn harvesters and is providing subsidies for drying equipment, as well as opening public spaces for drying. Despite these efforts, the continuous rain has led to increased drying costs, some crop spoilage, and delays in wheat planting, prompting the agriculture department to issue technical guidance and dispatch expert teams. As of October 14, 84.8% of the province's autumn crops have been harvested. The article does not mention any United States involvement.
Summary: A Guangdong Province-sponsored exhibition titled "Mutual Benefit to the World: A Thousand Years of Guangdong Foreign Trade" opened on October 15th, showcasing over 200 artifacts to highlight Guangdong's role in China's foreign trade history. The exhibition is divided into four sections, tracing the development of Guangdong's foreign trade and emphasizing China's commitment to openness amidst global changes. It underscores Guangdong's role as a key hub connecting China with the world, especially in light of the current global economic and trade order and the competition between openness and protectionism. The exhibition highlights the cultural significance and contemporary value of Guangdong's foreign trade history.
Summary: Chinese agricultural experts attribute the increased sweetness of modern fruit varieties to advancements in breeding techniques, including hybridization and molecular marker-assisted selection. Researchers are also studying the molecular mechanisms of sugar accumulation in fruits like tomatoes and strawberries to precisely control sweetness. Optimal planting and harvesting practices, such as grafting and careful monitoring of fruit characteristics, further contribute to the desired sugar content and flavor. Experts emphasize that sweetness alone is not the sole determinant of fruit quality, as a balance of sugar and acidity, along with aroma and texture, are crucial for a superior sensory experience. The focus is also shifting towards enhancing nutritional content, such as vitamins and antioxidants, in new fruit varieties.
Summary: A promotional event for the English edition of Volume V of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was held in Frankfurt, co-hosted by several Chinese state entities. Attendees emphasized the book's significance for understanding China's development, its global role, and its contributions to a shared future for mankind. Speakers at the event highlighted the book's comprehensive reflection of Xi Jinping's thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The book, which includes 91 reports and speeches by Xi between May 2022 and December 2024, is intended to provide insight into China's governance philosophy.
Summary: Tianjin's iconic Quanyechang building, built in 1928, has completed exterior renovations and is on track for final inspection before the end of the year. The restoration project, which began in October 2024, aims to preserve the building's original architectural style and historical character. It is a landmark for culture and commerce in Tianjin.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of aligning technological innovation with the needs and well-being of the Chinese people, arguing that technology should be used to improve livelihoods and solve everyday problems. It highlights examples such as AI-powered medical services, efficient agricultural machinery, and advancements in transportation, which are enhancing the quality of life for citizens. The piece also acknowledges that new technologies like AI and gene editing pose challenges to social governance and ethics, advocating for the development of regulations that maximize the positive impacts of technological advancement while mitigating potential risks. This approach will ensure that technology serves the people and contributes to a better life. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article praises veteran actors ("戏骨") for their dedication to their craft and their commitment to serving the people. It highlights 90-year-old "People's Artist" Tian Hua's emotional declaration of being a "daughter of the Party" at the Changchun Film Festival. The piece emphasizes that these actors embody both artistic excellence and strong moral character, essential for creating impactful and enduring works. The piece argues these actors stand as role models for younger generations of artists, urging them to refine their skills, uphold moral values, and connect with the masses. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article asserts that China possesses the world's most complex water situation and has constructed the largest water infrastructure system, including 95,000 reservoirs, 200 large and medium-sized water diversion projects, and extensive irrigation and levee systems. This infrastructure has significantly contributed to flood control, water supply, food security, and ecological security. The article emphasizes the scale and benefits of China's water infrastructure, without mentioning its impact on U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The first article criticizes the trend of "scenic construction" in rural tourism development in China, arguing it leads to homogenization and damages the authenticity of rural culture. It advocates for integrated development of agriculture and culture, emphasizing the preservation of natural beauty and the unique cultural resources of each village to create immersive experiences. The second article praises a charity in Guangxi for its transparent financial reporting of donations and expenditures. It argues that such transparency builds public trust, encourages broader participation in charitable giving, and emphasizes the equal value of small and large donations.
Summary: Four Chinese irrigation projects have been designated as World Irrigation Engineering Heritage sites, signaling international recognition of China's efforts in this area. The article emphasizes that cultural and natural heritage preservation embodies values related to people's livelihoods, ecological wisdom, and cultural inheritance. It highlights the importance of integrating heritage with modern life to stimulate economic benefits and promote sustainable development. The piece stresses that heritage preservation strengthens national identity and showcases China's cultural diversity. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article profiles Zhang Shunyu, a delivery driver who successfully passed the entrance exam for Renmin University while working and caring for his family, highlighting his perseverance and mature outlook on life. It contrasts Zhang's story with that of Pang Zhongwang, a Tsinghua University doctoral student who also overcame adversity. The commentary emphasizes that while hardship is not inherently valuable, the strength individuals demonstrate in overcoming it is inspiring. The piece advocates for a society built on fairness and support to help more people achieve their dreams. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Lin Gao, a Chinese Academy of Sciences academician and expert in hydraulic and earthquake engineering, contributed significantly to the safety of the Zipingpu Dam after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. He developed China's first mechanical vibration table for arch dam testing and contributed to the seismic safety of the Fengman Reservoir. Lin also helped draft China's first nuclear power plant seismic design code, focusing on seismic design of surrounding structures and adaptability of plants on complex foundations, including Hongyanhe, Tianwan and Fangchenggang. He emphasized teaching students to solve practical problems and cultivate independent thinking.
Summary: The article highlights China's pairing assistance (对口援疆) program in Xinjiang, where various provinces provide support to different regions. Guangdong's assistance in Kashgar has enabled local farmers to grow dragon fruit, while other provinces have introduced new agricultural technologies and e-commerce infrastructure. Over 89% of assistance funds were allocated to improving livelihoods in Xinjiang, with a focus on grassroots initiatives. The program also emphasizes promoting interaction and cultural exchange between different ethnic groups, with activities like student exchange programs. Shandong province organized visits for Kashgar students to sites across China, including Tiananmen Square.
Summary: Guangdong Province, Hong Kong, and Macao jointly released 27 new "Greater Bay Area Standards" covering areas like green bonds, information infrastructure, traditional Chinese medicine, and elderly care. One standard addresses volunteer services for the upcoming 15th National Games for Persons with Disabilities. The total number of jointly developed standards has reached 262, spanning transportation, water conservancy, traditional Chinese medicine, and other sectors. These standards aim to promote regional integration and development within the Greater Bay Area. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In the first three quarters of 2023, cargo throughput at ports along the Yangtze River reached an estimated 3.06 billion tons, a 4.9% year-on-year increase, indicating stable growth in shipping. Container transport experienced significant growth, with Yangtze River ports handling over 20 million TEUs, boosted by strong exports of machinery, steel, and automobiles. A collaboration agreement signed in September between Yangtze River and Shanghai maritime authorities aims to streamline container exports of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products by allowing declaration at the port of origin only, reducing container dwell time and lowering transportation costs for businesses. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of upholding the UN's founding mission amidst global challenges, advocating for a strengthened UN system and a commitment to multilateralism to address issues like conflict, poverty, and climate change. It criticizes unilateralism and the erosion of international rules, urging major powers to lead by example and support the UN's role in global governance. China is portrayed as a steadfast supporter of the UN, promoting multilateralism and contributing to global peace and development through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative. The article implicitly critiques the actions of certain unspecified countries that undermine the UN through actions like withdrawing from agreements and obstructing Security Council resolutions, and explicitly states that these actions are not in line with the UN charter.
Summary: The article reports on Harbin's efforts to improve its government services by streamlining administrative processes and reducing wait times for business licenses and permits. A restaurant owner was able to complete business registration changes by submitting materials once, rather than multiple times. These improvements have also increased public participation in governance and boosted tourism in the city. The article does not mention any US or US-China relations.
Summary: The 28th Beijing International Music Festival, sponsored by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, commenced with the theme "Future Tradition, Instant New Sound." Held from October 10-24, the festival features performances, masterclasses, and showcases involving over 700 artists and 8 orchestras from 26 countries and regions. It emphasizes the integration of classical and modern music, as well as Eastern and Western artistic forms. The festival aims to showcase Beijing's openness, inclusiveness, and innovative spirit, positioning the city as a global music hub. There is no information about the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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Summary: The 14th China Art Festival will be held in Chongqing and Sichuan from October 16th to November 5th, showcasing over 100 outstanding stage art pieces and over 1000 pieces of fine art. The festival aims to represent China's new artistic heights and the spirit of the times, with artists drawing inspiration from Chinese modernization and the people's lives. The festival will feature mass cultural activities to bring art closer to the public. The event will also promote cultural and tourism consumption through curated routes such as "traveling with performances" and "night at the museum". The festival will promote Chinese culture and incorporate new technology to increase artistic expression and improve the aesthetic experience.
Summary: This article discusses the historical and cultural significance of the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) in Wuhan, tracing its evolution from a military watchtower to a celebrated landmark immortalized in poetry. The tower, rebuilt multiple times throughout history, symbolizes both historical continuity and cultural identity for the region. Contemporary efforts are underway to integrate the Yellow Crane Tower's image into Wuhan's public spaces and promote cultural tourism. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping emphasizes that development must follow economic laws. The article highlights China's economic resilience, evidenced by the growth in foreign trade and high-tech exports, while also mentioning the importance of self-reliance in food and energy. It stresses the need for high-quality development, guided by new development concepts and the formation of new quality productive forces. The article also states that China is committed to reform and opening up, viewing them as mutually reinforcing to inject new dynamics into economic development and expand international cooperation. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of balancing development and security, especially in the face of external pressures.
Summary: The "We: Walking with the Times - Exhibition of Outstanding Works by Contemporary Chinese Women Artists," guided by the Publicity Department of the All-China Women's Federation and organized by the China Women Painters Association, opened at the China National Academy of Painting on October 14th. The exhibition features 288 female artists and their works across various mediums, showcasing the progress of Chinese women's endeavors through five thematic sections. The exhibition aims to present the diverse roles and strengths of women in family, society, the nation, and on the world stage.
Summary: During the autumn harvest, farmers in multiple regions are actively collecting and selling crop stalks to sectors like large-scale breeding and biomass power generation. This practice balances ecological and economic benefits for farmers. The attached photograph, taken on October 14th in Gansu Province, shows farmers loading and transporting stalks. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Marking the final year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, Zunyi city in Guizhou province has focused on high-quality development, achieving significant progress in becoming a sub-center of the province. The city has prioritized key industries like liquor, basic materials, and advanced equipment manufacturing. Zunyi has also focused on integrating with the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle and deepening industrial cooperation, aiming to become a "bridgehead" connecting Guizhou with the region. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article. The city aims to lay a solid foundation for the 15th Five-Year Plan, building on achievements in economic growth, industrial upgrades, and improved living standards.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of the People's Congress system in China, referencing Xi Jinping's speeches on upholding and perfecting it. Xi highlighted that the system is a fundamental political system embodying whole-process people's democracy and ensuring the Party's leadership. The article argues that this system is crucial for China's governance and reflects the unique path of socialist political development. It also details the system's advantages in areas like legal implementation, legislative processes, and maintaining national unity. Finally, the article stresses the importance of adhering to the "eight musts" and fully leveraging the People's Congress to contribute to China's goals.
Summary: The article emphasizes the critical importance of continuous progress and innovation for China's development, arguing that "not advancing is to retreat." It highlights the global competition in technology, particularly in areas like AI, and urges China to seize opportunities through strategic investment, reform, and opening up. Cadres are encouraged to embrace new technologies and skills to contribute to national development, while avoiding complacency and actively addressing challenges. The article frames this continuous advancement as essential for realizing national rejuvenation in a rapidly changing world.
Summary: The 2025 China-South Korea Media Cooperation Forum was held in Seoul on October 13th, with nearly one hundred media representatives, diplomats, scholars, and business figures from both countries participating. Attendees, including People's Daily President Yu Shaoliang and Korea Maeil Business Newspaper Chairman Chang Dae-hwan, discussed the role of media in strengthening the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership and promoting collaboration in various fields like digital economy and green transition. Participants emphasized the importance of mutual respect and objective reporting in promoting positive narratives of bilateral cooperation, especially as tourism between the two countries increases following the implementation of visa-free entry policies. Speakers advocated for multilateralism and leveraging comparative advantages to promote win-win industrial outcomes. Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing also attended the forum.
Summary: Spain's economy has shown resilience, with GDP growth exceeding the Eurozone average in the first half of 2024, driven by tourism and agriculture, particularly exports to China. China is becoming an increasingly important partner for Spain, especially in agriculture, with a significant increase in agricultural exports to China in the first quarter. Spain is also actively pursuing green and digital transformations, supported by EU funds, and Chinese companies are contributing to Spain's energy transition through investments in renewable energy projects. The Spanish Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carlos Cuerpo, emphasized that cooperation between European countries, including Spain, and China is essential for the development of both parties and the world. Despite internal and external challenges, Spain and China's deepening cooperation in trade, energy, and tourism has yielded fruitful results, with China remaining Spain's largest non-EU trading partner.
Summary: A Ministry of Commerce spokesperson stated that the U.S. cannot simultaneously seek talks while threatening new restrictions, which is "not the right way to get along with China." The spokesperson reiterated China's position that its export controls on items like rare earths are legitimate and compliant with regulations, while criticizing the U.S. for abusing export controls and taking discriminatory actions against China, especially after the Madrid trade talks. China opposes U.S. tariffs and trade wars, but is open to dialogue based on mutual respect. The spokesperson urged the U.S. to correct its mistakes and show sincerity in talks.
Summary: A Goldman Sachs report indicates that tariffs are increasingly impacting U.S. consumers, who are now bearing a larger portion of the costs, while companies absorb less. The report attributes this shift to the U.S. government's tariffs and trade restrictions, disrupting global trade. Rising import prices due to tariffs are fueling inflation, as evidenced by increasing core personal consumption expenditures. Research shows that U.S. households are expected to spend an extra 2400 USD due to tariffs, increasing social inequality. Analysts suggest that these protectionist measures are burdening consumers, increasing inflation, and destabilizing global supply chains.
Summary: A Ministry of Commerce spokesperson responded to the U.S. imposing restrictions on China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors based on its Section 301 investigation. The spokesperson condemned the U.S. measures as unilateralist and protectionist, violating WTO rules and the U.S.-China Maritime Agreement. China has already responded to these actions by increasing fees on U.S. affiliated ships, and has initiated investigations into companies assisting the U.S. investigation, as well as U.S. companies threatening China's shipping and shipbuilding industries, in accordance with national security and anti-foreign sanctions laws. The spokesperson stated that China is willing to talk, but is also prepared to respond in kind to U.S. actions.
Summary: The IMF's latest *World Economic Outlook* modestly increased its 2025 global growth forecast, citing factors like importers stockpiling goods ahead of U.S. tariffs. Despite this, the IMF emphasizes that tariff shocks are weakening global growth prospects. The report also noted that the U.S. economy is showing signs of slowing, with recent employment data falling short of expectations. The IMF urged economies to address trade policy uncertainty and reduce barriers to trade and investment.
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Summary: The article discusses the rapid development of embodied intelligence (具身智能), particularly humanoid robots, in China, driven by policy support and investment. Multiple regions, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, are launching specific policies and industrial funds to foster growth, leveraging their unique strengths in research, application, manufacturing, and algorithms. Experts emphasize the importance of industrial applications and the need for technological breakthroughs in "brain" functions to achieve generalizability. A major challenge is the lack of high-quality training data for embodied intelligence, hindering the ability of robots to accurately understand and make decisions in complex real-world scenarios. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The inaugural voyage of the "China-Europe Arctic Express," a container shipping route traversing the Arctic Northeast Passage, successfully concluded at the Port of Felixstowe in the UK. This new route, carrying photovoltaic components, energy storage cabinets, and cross-border e-commerce goods, significantly reduces shipping time between Ningbo-Zhoushan Port and Europe by 22 days and carbon emissions by 50% compared to traditional routes. A representative from the Ministry of Transport's Water Transport Bureau stated the route is an important achievement under the "Ice Silk Road" initiative of the Belt and Road. The route is expected to boost trade between China and Europe by offering a faster and more cost-effective shipping option for high-value goods and supporting China's dual circulation strategy. The new route is 40% cheaper than the China-Europe Railway Express, and will operate from July to November.
Summary: Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on October 14th indicates robust growth in China's auto industry for the first nine months of the year, with production and sales increasing by 13.3% and 12.9% respectively. Notably, the production and sales of new energy vehicles both surpassed 10 million units, with growth rates exceeding 30%. The provided photograph shows vehicles being prepared for export at the Port of Nanjing. The article does not contain any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued new measures for central government budgetary investments aimed at energy conservation and carbon reduction. The measures will prioritize regions excelling in carbon peaking and neutrality, energy conservation, and circular economy development. The investments will support projects across various sectors, including energy-saving upgrades in industrial parks, low-carbon retrofitting of coal-fired power plants, and construction of standardized recycling and sorting centers. The NDRC will consider project characteristics, regional economic development, and carbon reduction targets when allocating funds. The new measures do not specifically address U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center, the sixth-generation market in Yiwu, officially opened on October 14th, signaling Yiwu's transition to a digital trade ecosystem. The center, covering 1.25 million square meters, integrates markets, offices, commercial areas, apartments, and a digital trade port. Currently housing 3,700 businesses, the market area spans 410,000 square meters, with 57% of merchants owning brands or operating IP products. The center incorporates AI and cross-border e-commerce models to improve efficiency of commodity search and navigation.
Summary: China Southern Power Grid is promoting green development in Guilin, Guangxi, focusing on the Li River's ecological preservation while supporting the local tourism industry. The company is optimizing energy structure through renewable energy projects, leveraging digital technologies for carbon monitoring, and upgrading power grid operations. The company collaborated with over 60 entities to establish the Guilin Zero-Carbon Green Electricity Alliance to drive technological development and application of green energy. These efforts include promoting green electricity transactions and converting bamboo rafts from oil to electricity. This has led to increased tourism and higher incomes for local villagers.
Summary: Fujian province launched its first rapid multimodal transport train (X8666) from Quanzhou to Chongqing, carrying light industrial products. This "road + rail" model reduces transportation costs by approximately 25% compared to purely road transport. The China Railway Nanchang Group Co., Ltd. collaborated with China Railway Container Transport Co., Ltd. to ensure the train's successful operation, incorporating real-time information exchange across departments. The Huangtang-to-Tuanjiecun route is now integrated into the railway schedule for regular, bi-daily operation. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: On October 14th, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced that starting November 1st, China will implement a new policy allowing citizens to register newly purchased domestic cars online, eliminating the need to visit vehicle management offices. According to Wang Qiang, Director of the Traffic Management Bureau of the MPS, this initiative is part of an ongoing effort to streamline traffic management services through the "Internet+Traffic Management" platform, with 41 services now available on the "Traffic Management 12123" app. The new policy also involves integrating information with car manufacturers, insurance companies, and tax authorities for pre-inspection and online payment. Furthermore, the MPS is launching six new "one-stop online" services for traffic management, including online processing of vehicle mortgage registration cancellations and online application for school bus driving qualifications. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article reports on a Chongqing resident's experience using the "Traffic Management 12123" app to register a new car, highlighting the efficiency and convenience of the online process. The app allows for online tax payment, insurance purchase, and license plate selection, eliminating the need to visit a vehicle management office for inspection. The author notes the reduction in processing time and paper usage, praising the government service for its efficiency and environmental friendliness. The article does not mention any political figures, international relations, or the United States.
Summary: First secretaries from several villages in Liaoning's Xiuyan county have formed a "First Secretary Alliance" to promote local agricultural products through livestreaming. Facing initial challenges of dispersed products and limited scale, they created a unified "Longtan Town Resident Work Team" livestream account. The team has conducted over 40 livestreams, selling more than 5,000 orders of agricultural products, totaling over 180,000 RMB in sales. To ensure sustainable growth, the group is working to standardize agricultural practices and increase production scale, including demonstration plots for new high-value sweet potato varieties. The Longtan government is planning to provide systematic training to the cadres to continue the effort.
Summary: The 21st China International Fire Protection Equipment Technology Exchange Exhibition, hosted by the China Fire Protection Association, was held in Beijing from October 13-16. The exhibition, themed "Technology Empowers Actual Combat, Helps Industrial Development, Serves Fire Rescue," featured over 1200 exhibitors from over 40 countries and regions. The event showcased advancements like automated, unmanned inspection platforms.
Summary: Guangdong Province has passed a revised regulation to protect women's rights, set to take effect on January 1, 2026. The new regulation, covering political rights, personal rights, cultural and educational rights, allows spouses to investigate each other's property holdings, including real estate and vehicles. During divorce proceedings, women are entitled to fair property distribution regardless of income, and may be compensated for childcare or eldercare responsibilities. The regulation also stipulates that women can claim damages in divorce cases caused by the husband's misconduct.
Summary: China's 2026 national civil service examination will begin accepting applications online from October 15th to 24th, aiming to recruit 38,100 individuals. The recruitment emphasizes political standards, prioritizes graduates, and allocates over 28,000 positions to county and district-level agencies. The exam will be tailored to different job categories and levels, with specialized positions potentially including professional skills tests. Authorities are prohibiting test-prep materials and training courses in an effort to maintain exam integrity.
Summary: Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU) will celebrate its 120th anniversary on October 15, 2026, marking a new starting point for the university. With the theme of "Striving for a Double Jubilee and Building a First-Class University to Serve the Country through Agriculture", SDAU aims to summarize its experiences, showcase its achievements, and build consensus for future development. The university is focusing on major national strategies such as ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin, striving to build a first-class agricultural university. SDAU also aims to promote international industry-academia-research cooperation and deeply integrate into the "Belt and Road" initiative. The announcement does not mention US-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the development of an AI innovation district in Beijing's Haidian district, highlighting the integration of AI into various aspects of urban life. AI is being used to optimize traffic flow, assist community workers, and provide medical services. The district aims to blur the lines between university campuses, industrial parks, and residential communities to foster innovation, including robots performing customer service tasks. The Haidian district emphasizes that this AI development will serve national-level goals of high-level technological independence. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The director of the film *The Volunteers: To the War of Peace*, the final installment of a trilogy about the Korean War, emphasizes its focus on the "fight and talk" phase of the conflict, highlighting Chinese culture and wisdom in negotiations. The film aims to portray the courage, resilience, and determination of the Chinese people during the war. The director discusses the portrayal of the hero Huang Jiguang as both a symbol of bravery and a relatable young soldier, emphasizing the importance of remembering the sacrifices of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. The film strives for historical accuracy and aims to present a multifaceted view of the characters and their motivations. The director suggests that Chinese heroism stems from deep-seated patriotism.
Summary: The Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau is focused on strengthening grain reserves, stabilizing regional markets, and ensuring emergency supply capabilities. They've established strategic partnerships with 19 provinces and regions to bolster grain supply and regulation, while also modernizing grain storage facilities. The bureau is promoting the "Shaanxi Good Grain and Oil" brand through strategic collaborations and promotional events. They are upgrading the regulatory platform to cover all grain storage facilities at the provincial, municipal, and county levels.
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Summary: Shaanxi province is promoting vocational education by integrating workplace skills into curricula and fostering collaboration between schools and enterprises. Students are encouraged to participate in skills competitions, with winners receiving opportunities for further education. Vocational schools are tailoring their programs to align with regional industries, such as agriculture, advanced manufacturing, and aerospace. This includes offering specialized courses and establishing joint training programs with companies like China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The province aims to create a skilled workforce that supports regional economic development.
Summary: The article discusses the recent popularity of two ordinary workers in Jiangxi province, a fried chicken vendor and a security guard, who have gained attention for their dedication and positive attitude. The "chicken cutlet brother" is known for his enthusiasm, while the security guard from Tengwang Pavilion is known for his initiative. They are praised for bringing warmth and positive energy to society through their sincere interactions. By turning simple jobs into something extraordinary, they spread positive energy and showcase the kindness of the local people.
Summary: Haisi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province is focused on developing its "Magical Qaidam" brand of green and organic agricultural products, focusing on products like wolfberries, quinoa, yak, and Tibetan sheep. The region is prioritizing ecological protection alongside economic development, implementing measures like grassland conservation and reduced fertilizer use to promote sustainable agriculture. Haisi is also focusing on technological upgrades, such as mechanized harvesting and improved breeding, and developing a comprehensive industry chain with high-value-added products. These efforts aim to increase the competitiveness and reach of Haisi's agricultural products both domestically and internationally.
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Summary: Jinan's first subway line near a spring-sensitive area, Line 4, has entered trial operation, expected to open by the end of the year. To protect the city's famous springs, Line 4 avoids sensitive areas, raises the depth of underground lines, and incorporates a water passage at the base of stations to maintain groundwater flow. The line also used advanced geological forecasting and customized equipment to navigate complex karst geology with numerous caverns. The project monitored groundwater levels and quality in real-time during construction and has seen an increase in groundwater levels. The success of Line 4 provides a model for subway construction in cities with similar geological challenges.
Summary: Shi Xiaotao, Dean of the Institute of Water Ecology at China Three Gorges University, focuses on ecological hydraulics and fish passage technology, aiming to harmonize water conservancy projects with the ecological environment. Invited to Three Gorges University by then-Party Secretary Liu Defu in 2009, Shi researches "fish passages" to help fish navigate dams for migration and reproduction. His research involves extensive fieldwork across China, studying various fish species and water conditions to optimize fish passage designs. Shi also teaches a course on Yangtze River conservation, promoting awareness and protection of aquatic life like the Yangtze finless porpoise.
Summary: Workers in Beijing's Shichahai scenic area are removing aquatic plant debris and impurities from the lake to maintain water quality and create a pleasant environment for visitors. The cleanup aims to prevent the decay of aquatic plants from negatively impacting the lake's ecosystem. The effort ensures the cleanliness of the scenic area's waters. The article does not mention any officials' statements or involvement. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article commemorates the 25th anniversary of China's participation in UN peacekeeping operations, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices of Chinese police officers. Xi Jinping referenced the diary of He Zhihong, a Chinese policewoman killed in Haiti, underscoring China's commitment to peace. The piece recounts early missions in East Timor, emphasizing the challenging conditions and the professionalism of the Chinese contingent. It also details the establishment of a training center for peacekeeping police and the experiences of officers like Xin Shulan in Sudan and Cyprus. Bi Jinggang's role in the Abyei region is highlighted as an example of China's continued dedication to UN peacekeeping efforts, managing multinational forces and contributing to local security.
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Summary: This article profiles two generations of road maintenance workers on the Qinghai-Tibet and Medog highways, highlighting the evolving conditions and techniques used to maintain these vital transportation arteries in Tibet. Angqing, a veteran worker on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, recalls difficult conditions and manual labor, while Dorje Tsewang, who maintains the Medog highway, benefits from modern machinery. Both workers exemplify the "Two Roads" spirit of perseverance and dedication to serving the people. The article also touches on how improved infrastructure has fostered economic development and ethnic unity in Tibet, enabling better access to resources and opportunities. It does not contain any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the development of embodied intelligence (具身智能) in China, identifying it as a key future industry with significant market potential. It highlights the rapid growth in investment and technological innovation, particularly in multi-modal fusion technology. However, the article also acknowledges challenges including reliance on imported core components, a lack of standardized platforms, and ethical considerations. The author advocates for a balanced approach, emphasizing innovation, application-driven development, and safety as guiding principles. The author suggests the need to establish laws and regulations as well as industry standards in data, ethics and security.
Summary: The National Development and Reform Commission issued an opinion to promote the high-quality development of the engineering consulting industry, focusing on specialization, standardization, digitization, and internationalization. The opinion emphasizes digital transformation, including utilizing technologies like building information modeling and AI. It also calls for improving talent development and standardizing industry regulations. Separately, a Greater Bay Area entrepreneurship competition was held in Guangdong, featuring AI and robotics among its tracks, attracting thousands of projects and resulting in significant intended investment. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the development of China's data annotation industry, spurred by policies like the "Artificial Intelligence Plus" action plan and guidelines to promote high-quality development in the sector. Data annotation is described as crucial for refining raw data into usable inputs for AI models, enhancing their performance across various sectors. Li Jianguo of the National Data Bureau notes the role of high-quality labeled data in improving AI model performance. The industry is experiencing rapid growth, driven by AI model development, with increasing demand for specialized and high-quality data annotation services across diverse fields like medicine and manufacturing.
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Summary: Xinjiang is leveraging its position as a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt to build a westward-facing bridgehead, resulting in rapid foreign trade growth, with trade up 25.4% in the first eight months of this year. Streamlined customs procedures, such as the "self-driving export vehicle fast customs clearance model" at the Horgos port and the implementation of 24/7 cargo clearance at Irkeshtam port, have significantly reduced clearance times. The development of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is further boosting trade, with the Irkeshtam port experiencing a 67.4% increase in cargo volume this year. Xinjiang is also actively developing international air routes and promoting multimodal transport to reduce trade costs, supported by measures such as the implementation of bonded aviation fuel. These efforts aim to create a high-level opening-up and facilitate trade with countries in Central Asia.
Summary: The article reports on the economic revitalization of China's inland regions through the development of international logistics corridors. These corridors, like the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and the one along the Yellow River, are facilitating trade and attracting industry to inland areas, boosting regional development. The article highlights increased trade figures for the western region and the role of streamlined customs procedures in optimizing the business environment. The development of these corridors is leading to industrial upgrades and the relocation of industries from coastal regions. The article does not discuss United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: * **Shandong Province:** The Shandong Provincial Audit Office is conducting an audit of policies and measures related to trade-in programs for consumer goods, focusing on policy implementation, fund allocation, management, and the recycling of old goods. The audit aims to assess the policies' impact on high-quality economic and social development and improve consumer satisfaction. * **Luxi County, Jiangxi:** Luxi County is developing a three-tiered logistics and distribution system, integrating resources to build a rural delivery service network. The system utilizes Internet+Fourth-Party Logistics and IoT technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs, serving local agricultural product bases. * **Consumer Rights Conference:** A conference on quality health and consumer rights protection was held in Beijing, guided by the China Consumers Association. The conference focused on health topics, including regulatory policies, business integrity, the consumer ecosystem, industrial development, and consumer satisfaction.
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Summary: This article recounts the author's experience hiking in the Wuzhi Mountain rainforest in Hainan. Accompanied by friends and experts, the author describes the unique biodiversity, including diverse plant species, abundant insects, and the challenges of navigating the terrain. They detail the experience of ascending to the mountain's main peak amidst heavy rain, aided by the forest's natural features. The author also reflects on the rainforest's ecosystem, highlighting both symbiotic relationships and parasitic behaviors among plants. The article does not make mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the art exhibitions of Chinese artists Feng Zikai and Qi Baishi, focusing on their depictions of the moon and its symbolism. It highlights Qi Baishi's calligraphy work "残月增满" (Crescent Moon Increases to Fullness), interpreting it as a reflection of the artist's continuous pursuit of improvement even at an advanced age. The article also mentions Huang Yongyu's view on aging and mortality, referencing his statement, "I am the moon at eight or nine o'clock." There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During a visit to Beijing, the author enjoyed exploring the city's hutongs by bicycle, observing the orderly lanes, traditional architecture, and community life. The author noted the unique names of the hutongs and the residents' fondness for greenery. Encounters with locals, like a woman tending her plants and men playing chess, highlighted the simple joys of hutong life. The author observed trishaw drivers saying they added tour guide services for visitors so they could better experience the sights, especially at night. The author's description of the hutongs evokes a sense of nostalgia and appreciation for the authentic character of Beijing's traditional neighborhoods.
Summary: The article references the oil painting "Golden Autumn" by Chen Beixin, held in the collection of the National Art Museum of China. There is no mention of any official statements, accompanying personnel, or U.S.-China relations. The article's focus is solely on the artwork itself and its location.
Summary: The article is a personal reflection on the author's mother and her cooking, particularly her *hongshao rou* (red-braised pork). The author reminisces about their mother's life, from being an adopted child in Shanghai to becoming one of the first female aviators in the PRC and her culinary skills developed during times of scarcity in Northeast China. The author recalls specific dishes and the memories associated with them, emphasizing the enduring impact of her mother's love and cooking. The author's daughter, now living abroad, has learned to cook the same *hongshao rou*, creating a connection across generations and distances. The piece does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This poem describes a walk in the woods, evoking a sense of timelessness and connection to the past through sensory details like birdsong, scents of familiar plants, and the presence of "ancestral echoes." The speaker guides a companion through the woods, revealing the forest's hidden depths and suggesting it holds connections to both past and future. The poem implies a deeper, almost mystical understanding of nature and the passage of time, suggesting "an era's wind hides in the woods." There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the text. No officials are mentioned.
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*People's Daily* Beijing, October 14th (Reporters Ma Fei (马菲) and Wang Rong (王嵘)) On the morning of October 14th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China met with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama (马哈马), who was in China to attend the Global Women's Summit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Ghana. The friendship between China and Ghana was personally forged by the older generation of leaders of the two countries and has stood the test of time. China firmly supports Ghana in following a path of modernization that suits its own national conditions and is willing to work with Ghana to promote the upgrading of cooperation in various fields, so as to make greater contributions to building a closer China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China always adheres to the principles of sincerity, real results, amity and good faith and the principle of pursuing the greater good and shared interests in conducting cooperation with Africa. China is willing to enhance political mutual trust with Ghana and support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns. The two sides should jointly implement the results of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, explore diversified cooperation models, expand cooperation in mining, energy, infrastructure construction, agriculture, fishery and other fields, help Ghana transform its resource advantages into development momentum, achieve effective coordination between resource development and environmental protection, and promote high-quality development of cooperation between the two countries. The two sides should jointly practice the Global Governance Initiative and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. The two sides reached a consensus in principle on the early harvest arrangement of the economic partnership agreement for common development, and look forward to Ghana benefiting from China's zero-tariff measures on 100% of tariff items for African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China as soon as possible.
Mahama warmly congratulated China on the successful holding of the Global Women's Summit, believing that this summit is of great significance and demonstrates China's leadership in promoting the development of women's cause in the world. He said that Ghana has a long history of friendly relations with China and thanked China for providing strong support and assistance to Ghana through cooperation under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. Ghana firmly adheres to the one-China policy, is committed to deepening its relations with China, and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China in trade, digital economy, infrastructure construction, energy, minerals, cultural exchanges and other fields to push bilateral relations to a new level. Ghana firmly supports multilateralism and is willing to strengthen unity with China and other like-minded countries, strengthen multilateral coordination, practice the Global Governance Initiative, and safeguard international fairness and justice.
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopOn the morning of October 14th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with the President of Dominica, Burton, who was in China to attend the Global Women's Summit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that Dominica is a good friend and good partner of China in the Caribbean region. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations more than 20 years ago, the two countries have always respected each other, treated each other as equals, continuously consolidated political mutual trust, vigorously carried out exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and deepened the friendship between the two peoples, setting a model for friendly cooperation between countries with different social systems and different sizes. China is willing to work with Dominica to promote bilateral relations to a higher level and better benefit the two peoples.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China and Dominica should consolidate political mutual trust, strengthen exchanges of experience in governance, and strengthen exchanges between governments, legislative bodies, and political parties. It is necessary to deepen pragmatic cooperation. China is willing to continue to support Dominica in enhancing its ability to cope with climate change and disaster prevention and mitigation, strengthen cooperation in infrastructure, clean energy, medical and health care, agriculture, and women's empowerment, and strengthen cultural, educational, and tourism people-to-people exchanges. It is necessary to strengthen multilateral cooperation, jointly implement the four major global initiatives, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. We should implement the consensus of the Global Women's Summit and deepen cooperation in women's capacity building.
Burton said that China is a great friend and a highly valued partner of Dominica. He expressed his gratitude for China's valuable support and sincere friendship. Dominica and China share common ideals and pursuits, and deepening Dominica-China relations will bring bright prospects to the people of Dominica. Dominica firmly supports the one-China principle and is willing to deepen cooperation with China in economy and trade, agriculture, green economy, new energy, health, and climate change, strengthen cultural exchanges, promote Latin America-China cooperation, and continuously write new chapters in bilateral relations. As an important force for peace and stability in the world today, China has proposed the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, sharing development opportunities with the world, and promoting the unity of the Global South, which inspires the hearts of all countries and is a beacon of hope for the world. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) proposed Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, and Global Governance Initiative have pointed the way for countries to achieve peaceful coexistence and common prosperity. Dominica is willing to work closely with China to oppose unilateralism and **霸权主义** (bà quán zhǔ yì - "hegemonism," the policy of a country seeking political or economic dominance over others), and safeguard the common interests of developing countries.
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on October 14th: On the morning of October 14th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China met with Icelandic President Thomasdottir, who was in China to attend the Global Women's Summit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Iceland 54 years ago, the two countries have adhered to mutual respect and mutually beneficial cooperation. The fruitful results of the relationship between the two countries fully prove that countries with different national conditions can completely transcend differences in social systems and achieve mutually beneficial and win-win results. China attaches importance to developing relations with Iceland and is willing to strengthen exchanges and deepen cooperation with Iceland to bring more benefits to the people of both countries.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China and Iceland should continue to respect and support each other's chosen development paths, and firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns. Deepen practical cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, geothermal energy, and medical health, and jointly promote green transformation and address climate change. Strengthen cultural exchanges in areas such as tourism and education to enhance the friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples. Both China and Iceland support multilateralism, support the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law. The two sides should strengthen communication and coordination, and jointly commit to resolving international disputes through dialogue and consultation, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. We should take the successful holding of the Global Women's Summit as an opportunity to promote the continuous development of the global women's cause.
Thomasdottir congratulated China on the successful hosting of the Global Women's Summit and thanked China for its warm reception and full respect for a small country like Iceland. Iceland highly appreciates China's important contributions to promoting the world's women's cause and is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with China to promote the comprehensive development of women in the world. Iceland and China have a long-term friendship, and bilateral relations are strong and fruitful in areas such as trade, geothermal energy, and tourism. Iceland attaches great importance to Iceland-China relations and is willing to continue to expand cooperation space, strengthen cultural exchanges, and promote greater development of relations between the two countries. Faced with a turbulent world, China has demonstrated leadership in addressing global challenges, and Iceland is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China to jointly address global challenges.
The two sides issued the "Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and Iceland on Further Strengthening Geothermal and Green Transition Cooperation."
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopOn the morning of October 14th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with Mozambican Prime Minister Lévê in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京), who was in China to attend the Global Women's Summit.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that over the 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mozambique, the traditional friendship between the two countries has withstood the test of international vicissitudes and is as solid as a rock. China is willing to continue to firmly support each other with Mozambique, strengthen strategic coordination, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, continuously deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Mozambique, and jointly write the next more glorious 50 years.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China supports Mozambique in independently exploring a development path that suits its own national conditions and safeguarding national unity and stability. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Mozambique in government, political parties, and legislative bodies, and deepen exchanges of experience in governing the party and the country. The two sides should take the opportunity of implementing the results of the Beijing (北京) Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to deepen pragmatic cooperation and jointly explore a new path of comprehensive development and coordinated development of energy and mineral resources and infrastructure construction. Accelerate the construction of the China Cultural Center in Mozambique to enhance cultural exchanges and people-to-people connectivity between the two countries. China is willing to work with Mozambique to implement global governance initiatives, oppose unilateralism and hegemonism, and safeguard the common interests of both countries and the Global South.
Lévê said that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech at the Global Women's Summit had a far-reaching impact and was of great significance. Mozambique is willing to work with China to implement the results of the summit and promote the development of women's causes around the world. China is a trusted good partner of Mozambique. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 50 years ago, the two countries have always supported each other and cooperated closely. Mozambique firmly adheres to the one-China principle and is willing to learn from China's development experience, strengthen cooperation with China in economy and trade, energy, mining, science and technology, education, and other fields, help its own economic and social development, and better benefit the people. Mozambique supports the four major global initiatives proposed by China, appreciates China's positive contribution to world prosperity and stability through its own development, and is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on October 14th: On the morning of October 14th, President Xi Jinping (习近平), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂), met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Amarasuriya (阿马拉苏里亚), who was in China to attend the Global Women's Summit.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the traditional friendship between China and Sri Lanka has a long history. The two countries have always developed bilateral relations based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, setting a model for friendly coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation between different countries. China and Sri Lanka are fellow travelers in development and revitalization, and good partners for win-win cooperation. China always regards Sri Lanka as an important direction in its neighborhood diplomacy and is willing to work with Sri Lanka to continue the traditional friendship, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly build a China-Sri Lanka community with a shared future, so as to better benefit the two peoples.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China supports Sri Lanka in safeguarding its national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, following a development path that suits its own national conditions, focusing on economic development, and achieving national prosperity. China is willing to work with Sri Lanka to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, jointly expand cooperation in port economy, modern agriculture, digital economy, green economy, tourism, and other fields, and help Sri Lanka's economic and social development. The two sides should strengthen law enforcement and security cooperation, and resolutely crack down on cross-border gambling and fraud and other criminal activities. Strengthen coordination and cooperation within the United Nations and other multilateral frameworks, promote an equal and orderly world multipolarization, and inclusive economic globalization, and firmly safeguard the common interests of the Global South.
Amarasuriya conveyed President Disanayake's sincere greetings to President Xi Jinping (习近平), saying that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech at the Global Women's Summit was of far-reaching significance, demonstrating China's important leadership role in promoting the world's women's cause. Sri Lanka attaches great importance to its relations with China, firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and actively supports and participates in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road." Sri Lanka is grateful for China's valuable support for its economic and social development and hopes to learn from China's experience in modernization, further strengthen cooperation with China, and achieve its own new development. The four global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) are of great significance in the current turbulent international situation, and Sri Lanka will work with China to implement them and safeguard the common interests of the Global South.
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Frankfurt (法兰克福) dispatch on October 14th (Reporter: Xu Xin (徐馨)) The promotional event for the English version of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V, co-sponsored by the State Council Information Office (中国国务院新闻办公室), the Chinese Embassy in Germany (中国驻德国大使馆), China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration (中国外文局), and the Chinese Consulate General in Frankfurt (中国驻法兰克福总领馆), was successfully held in Frankfurt (法兰克福), Germany on the 14th.
Chinese and foreign guests at the meeting stated that "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" belongs not only to China but also to the world. "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V is an authoritative work that comprehensively and systematically reflects the latest achievements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It records the vivid practice of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) leading the Chinese people in advancing the great cause of Chinese-style modernization and fully reflects the Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions contributed by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. The publication of this work will help the international community gain a deeper understanding of China's development achievements, development direction, and development path in the new era, view the benefits and opportunities China brings to the world more positively, and further promote the exchange of experience in governance and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations, which is of great and far-reaching significance.
German sinologist and historian, Professor Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer (培高德), pointed out in his speech that Volume V includes a series of speeches by President Xi Jinping (习近平) classified by topic. These speeches revolve around China's continued successful development and China's role in the world, with extensive and wonderful content and fluent translation. Reading this book helps to better understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and China's governance philosophy. David Ferguson, winner of the Chinese Government Friendship Award (中国政府友谊奖) and honorary English editor of Foreign Languages Press (外文出版社), said that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on governance is a complete system with a rigorous logical hierarchy. This system scientifically coordinates the domestic and international situations and systematically responds to all major issues facing China's development. The depth of its thought and the breadth of its practice are admirable. Wang Weimeng (王魏萌), the foreign dean of the Confucius Institute in Frankfurt (法兰克福孔子学院), said that Chinese ideological works represented by "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" carry the thinking and practice of a country in the process of modernization and are the "ideological key" to unlocking the real China. The wisdom on development, peace, and governance can provide new ideas for solving the common challenges facing mankind.
During the event, the Chinese side presented the English version of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V to important foreign guests. Experts and scholars attending the meeting focused on the theme of "Equality and Inclusion: From Dialogue Among Civilizations to Global Governance" and conducted exchanges and discussions from the perspectives of Chinese-style modernization and the world, practicing global governance initiatives, and mutual learning between Chinese and European civilizations.
"Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V includes 91 reports, speeches, talks, lectures, addresses, articles, and instructions by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) from May 27, 2022, to December 20, 2024, divided into 18 topics.
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Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that development must be scientific development that follows economic laws.
After experiencing vicissitudes, how can China's economy in the new era be full of vitality and have a bright future?
Conforming to the trend of history, Chinese Communists are good at discovering laws, revealing laws, and applying laws, steering the ship of China's economy through the clouds and waves.
Law is the golden key to understanding and transforming the world, and it is a compass that guides the way out of the mountains and rivers.
Insight into the overall situation and clear understanding of the general trend. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core continues to deepen its understanding of the laws of economic work, constantly enriching and developing the scientific connotation and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, and leading China's economy to win the initiative and win the future on a new great journey.
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Going against the trend! In the first three quarters, China's foreign trade withstood external pressure, with imports and exports of goods increasing by 4% year-on-year, of which exports of high-tech products increased by 11.9%, and exports of industrial robots increased significantly by 54.9%.
Behind the bright data is the increasingly solid foundation of the real economy.
Do you remember that at the beginning of the founding of New China, it faced the mess left by old China, where even screws and matches had to be imported. Today, China has become the world's largest manufacturing country with the most complete industrial categories, and its export products are becoming newer and better. "Made in China" enjoys a global reputation.
A good player plans the situation, and a good planner achieves the distance.
From the first Five-Year Plan to the 14th Five-Year Plan, connecting the development history of New China, it contains the development code of socialism with Chinese characteristics and demonstrates the continuous deepening of the Chinese Communists' understanding of the laws of economic development.
Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that as long as we grasp the laws and trends of historical development, seize the opportunity of historical change, follow the trend, and strive for progress, we can move forward better.
Economic development is a long-term historical process that needs to be divided into different historical stages. Correctly understanding the historical orientation and development stage of the cause of the Party and the people is the fundamental basis for our Party to clarify the central tasks of the stage and formulate guidelines and policies.
Contradiction is the fundamental driving force of the development of things, and the main social contradiction determines the direction of the development of things.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that "the main social contradiction in our country has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and insufficient development," clarifying the logical starting point for grasping the new stage of historical development.
"After building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving the first centenary goal, we must take advantage of the situation to embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in all respects and march towards the second centenary goal, which marks that our country has entered a new stage of development."
Taking the new development stage as the standard for the new development orientation, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made this strategic judgment with a long-term historical perspective.
The new development stage is a new stage in which our Party leads the people to usher in a historic leap from standing up, getting rich, to becoming strong, a stage in which socialism in our country moves from the primary stage to a higher stage, and a great leap in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Based on the new development stage, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out clearly that "our country's development is still in an important period of strategic opportunity, but there are new developments and changes in both opportunities and challenges."
From a domestic perspective, our country has shifted to a stage of high-quality development, with a stable economic foundation, many advantages, strong resilience, and great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed.
From an international perspective, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth, the international balance of power is undergoing profound adjustments, and the period of turbulence and change is still continuing.
There are also constants in the changes.
"Our country is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long time. Our country is still the largest developing country in the world, and development is still the Party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating the country," Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out.
Based on the new development stage, promoting high-quality development is a vivid embodiment of using the basic principles of Marxism to solve practical problems, and it is an inevitable requirement for development that follows economic laws.
Coordinating the two major situations, domestic and international, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has made it clear that high-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in all respects, an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization, and the hard truth of the new era.
Ideas are the guide to action. Whether the development concept is correct fundamentally determines the effectiveness of development and even success or failure.
Guided by the new development concept to lead high-quality development, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) answered the major question of what kind of development to achieve and how to achieve development under the new situation.
In October 2015, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the new development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing, providing fundamental guidance for the leap and transformation of China's economy and opening a profound transformation related to the overall development.
Innovation is the core variable driving economic development. The rapid economic growth stage mainly relies on the driving force of traditional factors, but after developing to a certain stage, as the growth space narrows, the marginal benefits of traditional factors decrease, and it is necessary to rely on innovation to improve total factor productivity, thereby opening up new growth space;
Green is the background color of economic development. People are born because of nature, and the relationship between people and nature is a symbiotic one. Respecting the laws of nature, promoting green development, and restricting economic activities and human behavior within the limits that natural resources and the ecological environment can bear are the only ways to achieve sustainable development;
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The new development concept adheres to the unity of goal orientation and problem orientation, the coordination of domestic and global perspectives, and the coordination of overall planning and highlighting key points. It contains the practical logic of respecting laws and acting according to laws, and reflects our Party's profound grasp of the laws of development.
Plan according to the situation and take advantage of the trend.
In the process of high-quality development, the situation in which China's key core technologies in some fields are controlled by others has not fundamentally changed, the gap between urban and rural areas and income distribution is still relatively large, and some places are accustomed to returning to the old road of pursuing extensive expansion and inefficient development when encountering contradictions and difficulties.
In 2023, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected local areas, he first proposed new quality productive forces, and then made an in-depth explanation that "the characteristic is innovation, the key is quality, and the essence is advanced productive forces," and made important expositions and deployments on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions on a series of important occasions.
This is a major innovation in the theory of productive forces and has an important guiding and promoting role in China's economic development practice.
DeepSeek (深势科技) came out of nowhere, humanoid robots appeared one after another, and new energy vehicles are booming... Artificial intelligence, the low-altitude economy, and other new business forms have opened up new tracks, and future industries such as bio-manufacturing and quantum technology are venturing into uncharted territory. The deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation provides a powerful impetus for accelerating the formation of new quality productive forces.
The wise change with the times, and the knowledgeable adapt to circumstances.
To do a good job in economic work, it is necessary to grasp the laws of development in a wider range, broader fields, and deeper levels. Enhancing foresight in the ebb and flow, following the trend, and going against the current can lead to a long-term vision.
In 2020, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected local areas, he keenly realized that "the global industrial chain and supply chain have been partially broken under the impact of the epidemic, which directly affects China's domestic economic cycle," and then proposed building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other.
The economy of a large country must be characterized by "domestic demand as the leading factor and internal circulation." Behind the new development pattern is an accurate grasp and scientific application of the dialectical relationship between internal and external causes.
Based on its own strength, using strengthening the domestic cycle to resolve the impact of external shocks and declining external demand, and taking into account both internal and external factors, using expanding high-level opening up to shape new advantages in international cooperation and competition, building a new development pattern is an inevitable choice to adapt to the new stage of China's development and a preemptive move to grasp the initiative of development.
The new pattern accumulates the power of development. Facing the storms and waves on the road ahead, China unswervingly does its own thing well, expands domestic demand in all directions, focuses on enhancing its ability to achieve self-reliance in science and technology, and constantly shapes new competitive advantages.
The east wind is mighty, and the atmosphere is ever-changing. Based on the new orientation, grasping the new direction, and opening up a new pattern, China's economy demonstrates full confidence and strong confidence.
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Focusing on removing institutional and mechanism barriers that hinder the free flow and efficient allocation of factors, promoting the gradual improvement of factor quality, the smooth flow of production factors, the efficient allocation of various resources, and the full release of market potential... In September this year, China deployed pilot projects for comprehensive reform of market-based allocation of factors in 10 regions.
Reform and opening up are important magic weapons for the Party and the people to catch up with the times by leaps and bounds, and the most prominent feature and magnificent atmosphere of contemporary China.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has accurately grasped the general trend of the times and the historical initiative, systematically designed and promoted reform as a whole, and opened the great historical process of comprehensively deepening reform.
Marxism believes that the productive forces determine the relations of production, and the relations of production in turn react to the productive forces. The relations of production in a certain period must adapt to the development of the productive forces in order to give the productive forces a huge impetus.
The process of comprehensively deepening reform is the process of developing and improving the relations of production.
Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that we must dare to comprehensively deepen reform, consciously stimulate the vitality of social productive forces by adjusting the relations of production, and consciously adapt to the development requirements of the economic base by improving the superstructure, so that socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop forward in a more regular manner.
Development raises the questions, and reform provides the answers.
"Let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and give better play to the role of the government" - the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward this major conclusion, which has a far-reaching impact on comprehensively deepening reform.
"Coordinating the relationship between an effective market and an active government" has become an important regular understanding of our Party in doing economic work, emphasizing that both the "invisible hand" and the "visible hand" must be used well, both "letting go" and "managing well," to achieve the optimal efficiency and maximization of resource allocation.
Grasping the core issue of properly handling the relationship between the government and the market, our country is constantly improving the basic market economy systems such as property rights protection and market access, steadily promoting the construction of a high-standard market system, and striving to build a high-level socialist market economic system.
One move affects the whole body. Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that "economic system reform has an important impact and transmission effect on other aspects of reform, and the progress of major economic system reforms determines the progress of many system reforms in other aspects."
Establishing a policy framework with supply-side structural reform as the main line, promoting economic structural adjustment and the transformation of old and new driving forces, the industrial structure continues to be upgraded, and the construction of a modern industrial system is accelerating;
Adhering to and implementing the "two unswervingly's" (两个毫不动摇), promoting the optimization and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy, and improving the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects;
Accelerating the cultivation of a complete domestic demand system, forming a market-led endogenous growth mechanism for effective investment, and improving the long-term mechanism for expanding consumption...
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, economic system reform has been carried out in an all-round way and promoted systematically, solving the outstanding problems facing China's development from the institutional mechanism, and laying a solid institutional foundation for accelerating the promotion of high-quality development.
Taking a step forward in development requires taking a step forward in reform.
In July 2024, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made systematic arrangements for further comprehensively deepening reform.
Reform continues to advance into the critical period and deep-water area, and both the depth and breadth are higher than in the past. The balance of various interests and the coordination of relationships are more difficult, testing the wisdom of reformers.
"We must adhere to the dialectical unity of breaking and establishing, breaking and establishing at the same time, establishing first and then breaking, actively establishing what should be established, and breaking what should be broken in a timely manner on the basis of establishing, and achieving steady and steady reform in the unity of breaking and establishing," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly grasped the internal laws of reform -
Discussing the relationship between reform and the rule of law, it clearly pointed out that "all major reforms must be based on the law" and "we cannot allow some outdated legal provisions to become 'stumbling blocks' to reform";
In response to structural adjustment, it clearly proposed that "empty cages are not empty cages. We must establish first and then break, and also study where the 'new birds' go into the cages and where the 'old birds' go";
When deploying industrial development, it particularly emphasized that developing new quality productive forces "does not mean ignoring or abandoning traditional industries," and that we must follow the principles of "establishing first and then breaking, adapting to local conditions, and providing classified guidance";
Adhering to the people-centered approach, it repeatedly emphasized that "what the people care about and expect, reform must grasp and promote, and bring more sense of gain to the people through reform"...
From the implementation of a gradual delay in the statutory retirement age to the implementation of the Private Economy Promotion Law, further comprehensively deepening reform highlights problem awareness and problem orientation, and continuously promotes in the unity of breaking and establishing.
Develop in reform and move forward in opening up.
Economic globalization is an objective requirement for the development of social productive forces, and promoting the optimal allocation of global resources inevitably requires opening up.
"Promote deepening reform by expanding opening up, and promote expanding opening up by deepening reform, injecting new impetus, adding new vitality, and expanding new space for economic development," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) clarified the inherent unity between reform and opening up.
Next month, the 8th China International Import Expo (中国国际进口博览会) will be held in Shanghai (上海). The CIIE, personally planned by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), is the world's first national-level exhibition with import as the theme and is a major measure for China to actively open its market to the world.
From creating new platforms such as the CIIE, the Consumer Products Expo (消博会), the Supply Chain Expo (链博会), and the Service Trade Fair (服贸会), to expanding the free trade pilot zones, setting sail the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), and then to continuously reducing the negative list for foreign investment access and expanding the scope of countries applicable to the unilateral visa-free policy for entry into China... Reform and opening up are mutually reinforcing and complementing each other.
China has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, its total trade in goods has ranked first in the world for many years in a row, its attraction of foreign investment and outward investment ranks among the top in the world, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has become a popular international public product and international cooperation platform.
Reform gives opening up more confidence, and opening up adds vitality to reform. Jumping out of oneself, focusing on the overall situation, and planning reform from a global perspective will make the spring water of development surge.
Promoting reform and development through opening up, China actively adapts to and leads the world trend, continuously promotes institutional opening up, and opens up broad prospects for promoting high-quality development through high-level opening up.
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During the harvest season, all regions are making every effort to ensure the autumn harvest and ensure the completion of the annual grain production target.
When the granary is full, the world is at peace.
As the world's great changes accelerate, the sources of global turmoil and risk points increase significantly, the structural, institutional, and cyclical problems in China's development process are intertwined, and the external suppression and containment it faces are constantly escalating. The complexity and difficulty of national security issues have increased significantly.
Development is the foundation of security, and security is the condition of development.
Coordinating development and security is a major strategic thought put forward by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core based on the new international and domestic situation and new circumstances in the new development stage, and it is an important regular understanding for doing economic work in the new era.
To adhere to the virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security, we must first enhance the ability to guarantee food, energy, and resource security.
Feeding more than one billion people is China's biggest national condition, and food security is the top priority of governing the country.
From strengthening grain storage on land and through technology, to implementing a system where the Party and government share responsibility for food security; from implementing the strictest farmland protection system, to emphasizing that the rice bowl of the Chinese people must always be firmly held in their own hands; from implementing a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion jin, to carrying out an action to revitalize the seed industry, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has continuously deepened the food security strategy.
Today, China's annual grain output remains stable, and the output of grains, meat, peanuts, vegetables, tea, fruits, and other products ranks first in the world, comprehensively consolidating the foundation of food security, and the rice bowl of the Chinese people is held more firmly.
Energy is the grain of industry and the lifeline of the national economy. Rich in coal, poor in oil, and lacking in gas is China's national condition, and China's energy structure, which is mainly based on coal, is difficult to fundamentally change in the short term.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to accelerate the iterative upgrading of key technologies and core products, as well as the intelligent empowerment of new technologies, to improve national energy security and guarantee capabilities.
Currently, China's energy supply is sufficient and prices are stable, and the energy infrastructure network spanning east and west, running through north and south, and connecting overseas is more complete. It has built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, with new energy and other technological equipment leading the world, and the scale of new energy storage ranks first in the world.
If one lives in peace but thinks of danger, one will never be in danger; if one manages affairs but considers disorder, one will never be in disorder.
Firmly establishing a bottom-line mentality, preparing for the worst in everything, and striving for the best results are necessary to be prepared for any eventuality, remain calm in the face of emergencies, and firmly grasp the initiative.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the key points: "Enhance awareness of potential dangers, improve prevention and control capabilities, focus on preventing and resolving major risks, and maintain sustained and healthy economic development and overall social stability," and "Estimate difficulties more fully, think about risks more deeply, pay attention to plugging loopholes and strengthening weaknesses, and make proactive moves and fight proactive battles."
The way to success becomes increasingly clear.
Improving the modernization level of the industrial chain and supply chain, and enhancing the resilience of industrial development; steadily dealing with the risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions, with many provinces achieving dynamic clearing of high-risk small and medium-sized institutions; preventing and resolving local debt risks, and promoting the clearing of local financing platforms; promoting the stable and healthy development of the real estate market, and accelerating the construction of a new model for real estate development...
On the road ahead, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core leads the people of the whole country to strengthen their confidence, face difficulties head-on, accurately recognize changes, scientifically respond to changes, and proactively seek changes, and the prospects for high-quality development are promising.
Looking to the future, the way to long-term peace and stability in the economy and society also lies in stabilizing expectations and achieving a virtuous cycle of mutual promotion between stabilizing expectations, strengthening confidence, and stabilizing the economy.
From strengthening the coordinated role of fiscal and monetary policies, to addressing problems with a weather vane effect with targeted measures and concentrated efforts, to improving the expectation management mechanism and responding to the concerns of all parties in a timely manner, a series of powerful measures have effectively boosted social confidence, stabilized development expectations, and ensured that the certainty of high-quality development can cope with the drastic changes in the external environment.
Confidence is more valuable than gold. As we are about to embark on a new historical starting point of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large-scale market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are even more prominent. We are fully capable and confident of overcoming various difficulties and challenges in our progress.
The tide of the times is surging forward.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought is constantly enriched and developed, guiding the whole Party and the whole society to continuously deepen their understanding and grasp of the laws of economic development, maintain strategic focus in the face of storms, anchor the direction of progress in the great changes, and promote the giant ship of China to sail towards the glorious shore of national rejuvenation.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14, reporters Zhao Chao (赵超), Qi Zhongxi (齐中熙), Wei Yukun (魏玉坤), and Shen Cheng (申铖))
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th (Reporter Wen Xin) On the morning of October 14th, the "Digital Intelligence Empowers Women and Girls Achievement Exhibition," a side event of the Global Women's Summit, opened in Beijing (北京). Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Special Envoy of UNESCO for the Promotion of Girls' and Women's Education, and UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, attended and delivered speeches. Spouses of relevant foreign leaders, heads of women's organizations, and representatives of friendly people also participated.
Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) stated that with the rapid development of science and technology, digitalization and intelligence are moving towards deep integration, and the new generation of information technology has become a new engine to help women and girls pursue their dreams. China (中国) actively develops digital and intelligent technologies, which has changed the lifestyles of women and girls. The vast number of women have ushered in broader development space in the digital intelligence era. Promoting the development of women's cause is the common responsibility of the international community. At present, all countries in the world are actively exploring effective ways to benefit women and girls more and better with the achievements of technological innovation. I look forward to working with you to convey warmth with action, support dreams with technology, and strive to open a digital intelligence future full of opportunities for the vast number of women and girls, and jointly promote the global women's cause to a new level.
In her speech, Bahous highly praised China's (中国) great achievements in bridging the digital gender gap, promoting the comprehensive development of women, and protecting women's rights. She said that China's (中国) hosting of the Global Women's Summit has made important contributions to promoting the development of the global women's cause, and called on the international community to work together to empower women and girls to achieve comprehensive development in the digital intelligence era.
After the opening ceremony, Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) and Chinese and foreign guests visited the achievement exhibition, watched smart cloud classrooms, intelligent robots making coffee, Spring Bud girls demonstrating robot operation of Rubik's Cubes, the 3D short film "China in Intangible Cultural Heritage," and intangible cultural heritage inheritors' demonstrations. The guests highly praised China's (中国) development achievements in empowering women and girls with digital intelligence and the charm of outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
Return to TopAt the invitation of President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China, President Halla Tómasdóttir of Iceland will visit China from October 12th to 18th, 2025, to attend the Global Women's Summit. The two heads of state held a meeting in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
China and Iceland agree that climate change is one of the major challenges of our time, and reaffirm their commitment to the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities, safeguarding and implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement based on their respective national conditions.
To this end, both sides agree that geothermal energy plays an important role in mitigating climate change and achieving a green transition, and agree to further strengthen green cooperation in the following areas:
The two sides will, on the basis of long-term cooperation, strengthen intergovernmental and inter-industry cooperation to develop geothermal energy potential at the global, regional and national levels, promote the utilization of geothermal energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote energy transition, create new green industries and jobs, and continuously improve the quality of life of the people.
The two sides will support and promote sustainable development policies, measures and practices, develop circular economies and sustainable green value chains, encourage green innovation and low-carbon solutions, and promote gender equality in the above processes. The two sides will jointly promote global plastic pollution control.
The relevant competent authorities, enterprises and organizations of both sides will, in accordance with common interests and available resources and within their respective responsibilities, cooperate and dialogue on existing areas of cooperation and new initiatives conducive to accelerating green transition and sustainable development, promote professional exchanges through meetings, visits and other forms, and strengthen communication in multilateral processes of common concern.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), October 14)
Return to TopWhat kind of world should we build together? At this historic juncture of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, we should revisit the original aspiration and mission of the United Nations, resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law, promote the United Nations to revitalize its authority and vitality under the new situation, and major countries should especially set an example.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Over the past 80 years, the United Nations, the most universal, representative, and authoritative intergovernmental international organization in the world today, has played an irreplaceable and important role in maintaining peace and security and promoting economic and social development. Today, the world is once again standing at a historical crossroads. Reviewing the original intention of the founding of the United Nations, reaffirming the commitment to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and promoting the United Nations to revitalize its authority and vitality under the new situation are of great significance for reforming and improving the global governance system and working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
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The most important decision made by the international community around the end of World War II was the establishment of the United Nations.
In 1945, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind," the international community jointly discussed the establishment of the United Nations, formulated and signed the "Charter of the United Nations (联合国宪章)," and embarked on an extraordinary journey to build a post-war international order and pursue peaceful development.
This has been 80 years of safeguarding peace. From peacekeeping operations in conflict areas to political mediation of international disputes, from the construction of the nuclear non-proliferation system to the deepening of international counter-terrorism cooperation, the United Nations mechanism has become an irreplaceable platform for curbing wars and resolving conflicts in the world today, making positive contributions to maintaining overall global peace.
This has been 80 years of sowing hope. The "Declaration on the Right to Development (发展权利宣言)" clearly stipulates that the right to development is an inalienable human right, and the Millennium Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have drawn a grand blueprint for global common development and prosperity. The number of people living in extreme poverty has been greatly reduced, the enrollment rate of children has been significantly improved, and the public health system has been continuously improved... These achievements in improving people's well-being and promoting national development mark the progress of the United Nations' cause and create a better, more peaceful, and more sustainable future for all mankind.
This has been 80 years of building consensus. The United Nations has built an international order framework based on international law and is the mainstay of global governance. The signing of hundreds of international conventions has built a rule system from diplomacy to trade, from ocean to space; the conclusion of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the coordinated action to deal with sudden public health events, and the "Future Pact (未来契约)" that outlines the blueprint for the future development of the world, demonstrate the unique value of the United Nations in leading countries to work together to address common challenges.
Peace and development are the original aspiration and mission of the United Nations, as well as the source of strength and the goal of the United Nations. In front of the United Nations headquarters building, the sculptures "Swords into Plowshares" and "Knotted Gun" constantly remind the world to end war, ban killing, and protect our common and only home.
Never forget the original intention, and you will always get it right. The United Nations has gone through 80 years. No matter how far it goes, it cannot forget why it started.
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The world is experiencing a new period of turbulence and change. Unilateralism and Cold War thinking are making a comeback, the international rules and order are being severely impacted, the road to peace is long and arduous, the cause of development is encountering headwinds, and the once effective international system has been repeatedly damaged, causing all kinds of chaos that are painful and worrying—
The "2025 Global Peace Index" released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (经济与和平研究所) based in Australia shows that 59 inter-state conflicts are taking place, the highest record since the end of World War II; there are only 5 years left in the deadline for the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, but only 35% of the specific goals are being promoted as planned, nearly 2/3 of the specific goals have insufficient progress or even regression, more than 800 million people worldwide are in absolute poverty, and about 8.2% of the population is facing hunger; the foundation of multilateralism has been eroded, and some countries regard multilateral mechanisms as purely geopolitical tools, which makes the authority of international law and international rules questioned; terrorism, refugee crises, transnational crimes, major infectious diseases and other challenges emerge one after another, and the problems faced by the international community are becoming more complex and diverse... Some believe that the current international order is at the most dangerous moment since World War II: the United Nations "failure," international law "failure," and multilateralism "dysfunction" make it difficult for the "old ticket" of the global governance system to board the "giant ship" of today's era.
Calibrating the current direction can avoid going astray. The various chaos in the world today is not because the United Nations is outdated, but precisely because the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter are constantly being distorted and undermined. A series of major crises and challenges in recent years have repeatedly warned the world that if we want to solve the problems facing the world today, the role of the United Nations can only be strengthened, not weakened, and the status of the United Nations must be maintained, not replaced. "It is not the 'Charter of the United Nations' that has failed, it is not the United Nations that has failed. What really determines its strength is whether the member states are determined to defend it and hold those who violate it accountable." This September, at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, the voices of people of insight were clear and powerful.
History tells us that multilateralism and solidarity and cooperation are the correct answers to solving global problems. In the face of the international situation intertwined with changes and chaos, the international system with the United Nations as the core is still an important guarantee for the progress of mankind, and the concept of multilateralism based on coordination and cooperation is the best solution to global problems. The key to the United Nations playing its due role lies in the fact that the vast number of member states, especially major countries, should uphold the spirit of solidarity and cooperation, put the common interests of the international community first, earnestly abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter, make objective and fair judgments in accordance with international law and the basic norms of international relations, and play a positive and positive role.
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"80 years later, we are once again facing the problems that the founders of the United Nations faced, but today's tasks are more urgent, more complex, and more ruthless: What kind of world should we build together?" During the 80th United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (安东尼奥·古特雷斯) said that in the face of the current multiple crises, the United Nations is more important than ever.
At this historic juncture of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, all parties should revisit the original aspiration and mission of the United Nations, resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law, and promote the United Nations to revitalize its authority and vitality under the new situation.
We must build a cornerstone of fairness and justice. All countries, regardless of size or strength, are equal. This is the primary principle of the United Nations Charter. International affairs should no longer be monopolized by a few countries, and the countries of the Global South have the right to propose and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. The reform of the United Nations Security Council (联合国安理会) should adhere to democratic consultation, increase the representation and voice of developing countries, especially African countries, and effectively correct historical injustices.
We must hold high the torch of multilateralism. The 80th United Nations General Assembly will take "working together" as its theme, precisely to reaffirm its commitment to multilateralism and the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. The collective action capacity of the United Nations will inevitably be frustrated by the "withdrawal from the group and destruction of the contract" and "withdrawal of investment and suspension of supply" of individual major countries, which hinder the passage of Security Council resolutions. True multilateralism is not about engaging in "small circle" politics, but about adhering to joint consultation, joint construction, and sharing, replacing confrontation with dialogue, and replacing zero-sum games with win-win cooperation.
We must gather the power of unity and cooperation. Promoting international cooperation is an important purpose of the United Nations Charter and an inevitable way to improve global governance. Countries are interdependent and share a common destiny. No one can be immune. We should strengthen unity and cooperation, firmly safeguard the status and authority of the United Nations, and effectively play the irreplaceable and important role of the United Nations in global governance. The United Nations Security Council should transcend narrow geopolitical considerations, uphold the spirit of unity and cooperation, fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to it by the United Nations Charter, and play a good role in maintaining international peace and security.
We must be action-oriented to solve problems. Improving global governance depends on countries taking action. Major countries should especially set an example, assume the responsibilities of major countries, show the responsibility of major countries, provide more public goods for the international community, and inject confidence and strength into world peace and development. Developed countries should earnestly fulfill their responsibilities and honor their commitments to development assistance and climate finance. The Global South should adhere to mutual assistance and joint self-improvement, and work together to safeguard common interests.
As a founding member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, China has always firmly stood on the right side of history and adhered to true multilateralism. Pursuing peaceful and secure global governance, adhering to the path of peaceful development, and playing a constructive role in promoting the solution of hotspot issues; promoting the global governance of common development, advocating inclusive and inclusive economic globalization, and promoting the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road (一带一路)"; advocating open and inclusive global governance, respecting the diversity of civilizations, and promoting the common values of all mankind; practicing multilateral cooperation in global governance, fully participating in the work of the United Nations in various fields, and consciously undertaking its own international obligations, has so far joined almost all universal intergovernmental international organizations... China will always be a reliable partner of the United Nations, supporting the United Nations to play a central role in international affairs, and jointly taking responsibility for maintaining world peace and promoting development and prosperity.
Recently, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative, clarifying the principles, methods, and paths that need to be followed in reforming and improving global governance. The international community generally believes that the Global Governance Initiative is rich in content, and its core concept is highly consistent with the beliefs adhered to by the United Nations, and it has effectively responded to the strong call of the international community for reforming and improving the global governance system.
Learning from the past and knowing the future, so as to start a new journey. The United Nations carries the beautiful aspirations of the people of all countries for lasting peace and common prosperity, witnesses the glorious course of solidarity and cooperation and the pursuit of progress by the international community, and will continue to play an important role in human progress. In the future, all parties should strengthen unity and cooperation, follow the historical trend of peace and development, break through the countercurrent of unilateralism and bullying, practice the global governance concept of joint consultation, joint construction, and sharing, and jointly create a better world.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘 融
"The long river flows silently, only love and faith endure forever."
Recently, the Chinese dance drama "The Eternal Wave" has become a hot topic among Pyongyang (平壤) citizens in North Korea. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Shanghai Art Troupe of China, at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture of North Korea, visited North Korea from October 7th to 12th, bringing the dance drama "The Eternal Wave" produced by the Shanghai Dance Theatre to North Korean audiences.
The dance drama is based on Li Bai (李白), one of the "100 heroic and exemplary figures who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China," and is set in Shanghai (上海) in the late 1940s, before the liberation. It tells the story of the protagonists Li Xia (李侠) and Lan Fen (兰芬) and other underground workers of the Communist Party of China "lurking" in the enemy camp, using their wits and courage to fight the enemy, successfully transmitting intelligence to the Party organization, thwarting the enemy's conspiracy, and ultimately Li Xia (李侠) sacrificing heroically.
On October 9th, the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre (东平壤大剧场) was crowded with people, and the first performance of the Shanghai Art Troupe was held here. The red banner above the main entrance of the theater was written in both Chinese and Korean: "Warmly welcome the Shanghai Art Troupe of China to visit our country on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea!" Performance stills and promotional posters in Korean were placed on both sides of the gate. Chu Chang-il (朱昌日), alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, Kim Jong-sun (金正顺), member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Minister, and Sung Jong-gyu (承正奎), Minister of Culture of North Korea, attended the performance.
"Di, di di..." The "red radio wave" echoed on the stage. The whole play has no dialogue, but the rich and vivid dance drama art form makes the audience feel as if they are in Shanghai (上海) in 1949, before liberation. The audience repeatedly applauded and cheered for the exquisite choreography and superb dance skills of classic dance segments such as "Fisherman's Song" in the play, and were also moved by the spirit of the underground workers of the Communist Party of China who were not afraid of life and death and were willing to dedicate themselves. Many audience members shed tears. "It is truly unforgettable to be able to see such a deeply moving dance drama!" "The perfect integration of the revolutionary and artistic nature of the work is a model of Chinese modern dance drama!" Many professional audience members from North Korean art groups and art education institutions praised the performance.
On October 11th, the Shanghai Art Troupe held its second performance, which was also the 789th performance of the dance drama "The Eternal Wave" since its creation in 2018. At the end of the performance, the male and female leads - young dancers Wang Jiajun (王佳俊) and Zhu Jiejing (朱洁静) - and all the dancers took three curtain calls in succession. The applause and cheers lasted for 16 minutes. The Ministry of Culture of North Korea and the Chinese Embassy in North Korea presented flower baskets to the Shanghai Art Troupe, and North Korean audiences went on stage to present flowers to the actors, congratulating them on the successful performance.
After the performance, Wang Yajun (王亚军), Chinese Ambassador to North Korea, visited and expressed his condolences to the cast and crew. He said that the dance drama "The Eternal Wave" has won the resonance and high praise of the broad North Korean audience with its wonderful performance. He hopes that the artists and art groups of China and North Korea will further strengthen exchanges and cooperation and make new contributions to China-North Korea friendship.
The Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee organ newspaper "Rodong Sinmun" (《劳动新闻》) published a report on the 10th saying that the dance drama "The Eternal Wave" vividly presented the spirit of Chinese Communist Party underground workers in the process of realizing the national liberation cause, showing no fear of sacrifice and heroic struggle, and won the audience's warm applause. The performance by Chinese artists on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea is an important opportunity to further enhance the friendly feelings between the people of North Korea and China.
(Reported from Pyongyang (平壤))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张梦旭
"The Global Women's Summit held in Beijing (北京) is of great significance, once again demonstrating that women's issues always occupy an important position on the international agenda," said Tatjana Macura, Serbian Minister for Gender Equality, to this reporter during the Global Women's Summit.
"I am very grateful to President Xi Jinping (习近平) for the new initiatives, new propositions, and new measures he put forward at the summit to promote the development of global women's cause." Macura said that the four suggestions put forward by President Xi Jinping (习近平) at the Global Women's Summit reflected the continuity of China's commitment to promoting women's rights and gender equality. She said: "The Global Women's Summit provides the best opportunity to exchange experiences. The measures and initiatives proposed by China are of global significance and set a precedent for concrete actions in the field of gender equality. All parties must firmly fulfill relevant commitments."
Macura said that Beijing (北京) is the birthplace of the *Beijing Declaration*, which laid a common foundation for countries to strengthen and protect women's rights and pointed out the direction of development. "Thirty years have passed, and we are still working continuously in this field, which shows the importance of women's issues." Macura said that China's convening of representatives from various countries to gather again at this time reflects China's high attention to this issue. "Every struggle for women's rights has its significance, which is also one of the reasons why I thank Beijing (北京) for hosting such an important conference again."
"Serbia's progress in the legislative field has guaranteed women's rights and well-being." Macura said that Serbia has made significant progress in promoting women's empowerment. Over the past 30 years, Serbia has done a lot of work in women's empowerment, effectively enhancing women's political status and economic capabilities. Today, women account for about 40% of the members of the Serbian Parliament. The Speaker of the National Assembly, the President of the Supreme Court, and the President of the Constitutional Court are all women. In addition, the proportion of women in the fields of medicine, administration, and science has also increased significantly.
"Serbia will always adhere to the *Beijing Declaration* and the *Platform for Action*, which is not only a political framework for women's empowerment, but also a social vision that we all aspire to. We all aspire to build a society that provides equal opportunities for all." Macura said that the global governance initiative recently proposed by China will help promote women to play a more active role in sustainable economic and social development and promote gender equality into the global process.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Amarasuriya (阿马拉苏里亚) went to Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) at noon on October 14th to lay a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes (人民英雄纪念碑).
Return to TopBeijing, October 14th (Xinhua) -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) announced on the 14th that, at the invitation of Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局委员) and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström will pay an official visit to China from October 16th to 17th.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on the 14th that Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to the French President, will visit China from October 15th to 16th to hold a new round of China-France strategic dialogue with Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on the 14th: At the invitation of Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will visit China from October 16th to 17th.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th (北京新华社) – Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, presided over a symposium with economic experts and entrepreneurs on the afternoon of October 14th to listen to opinions and suggestions on the current economic situation and the next steps for economic work.
At the symposium, Xu Qiyuan (徐奇渊), Chen Binkai (陈斌开), Yang He (杨赫), Zhang Yu (张瑜), Li Hongfeng (李洪凤), Jiang Xin (江鑫), Zhou Yuxiang (周宇翔), Ye Guofu (叶国富), and others spoke in succession. They believe that since the beginning of this year, China's economic operation has withstood pressure and made steady progress, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality, with many new highlights. Although there are still some difficulties, favorable factors are constantly accumulating. They also put forward opinions and suggestions on better implementing macroeconomic policies and solving current outstanding problems.
After listening carefully to the speeches of experts and entrepreneurs, Li Qiang (李强) said that since the beginning of this year, facing the complex and severe external environment and the difficulties and challenges in economic operation, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, all regions and departments have conscientiously implemented more proactive and effective macroeconomic policies, met difficulties head-on, responded calmly, and made every effort to promote the sustained recovery and improvement of the economy and solidly promote high-quality development. To accurately grasp the current economic situation with a broader perspective, especially to view the long-term trend of economic development from the implementation of the Five-Year Plan, to view the vitality of business entities from the support of people flow, logistics, information flow, and capital flow, and to view the resilience of China's economy from the changes in the international situation, further strengthen confidence, face problems directly, unswervingly do our own things well, and strive to complete the annual economic and social development goals and tasks.
Li Qiang (李强) emphasized that doing a good job in the next stage of economic work is related to the successful conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to increase efforts to implement counter-cyclical adjustments, continuously exert efforts in aggregate policies, make full and good use of policy resources, use reform methods to clear blockages, and enhance development momentum. Strengthen the connection of cross-year work and give better and faster play to policy effectiveness. It is necessary to continue to expand domestic demand and strengthen the domestic circulation, coordinate and make good use of various measures to promote consumption, focus on expanding effective investment, further stimulate market vitality, increase high-quality supply, and continuously form new growth points for expanding domestic demand. It is necessary to take multiple measures to create a first-class industrial ecology, comprehensively manage disorderly and irrational competition in the industry, promote in-depth cooperation between upstream and downstream, large, medium, and small enterprises, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, develop venture capital funds, and focus on building an innovation ecosystem. Vigorously support stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, actively explore diversified markets, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, and promote the implementation of a number of landmark foreign investment projects.
Li Qiang (李强) hopes that the majority of entrepreneurs will adhere to long-termism, continue to explore and innovate, and make more contributions to China's high-quality development. He hopes that experts and scholars will leverage their professional advantages to actively offer suggestions for doing a good job in economic work and promoting the "15th Five-Year Plan" development.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the symposium.
Return to TopZhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with Cambodian National Assembly President Khuon Sudary (昆索达莉) in Beijing (北京) on October 14, who was in China to attend the Global Summit of Women.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) stated that in April of this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) successfully paid a state visit to Cambodia, and the China-Cambodia relationship was elevated to a new era of all-weather community of common destiny. China is willing to work with Cambodia to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, enrich the "Diamond Hexagon" cooperation framework between China and Cambodia, consolidate political mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen cultural and people-to-people exchanges, and strengthen law enforcement cooperation and multilateral collaboration. The National People's Congress of China is willing to deepen exchanges of experience in legislation and supervision with the Cambodian National Assembly, and provide legal guarantees for pragmatic cooperation. Strengthen exchanges and cooperation in women's poverty reduction, disease prevention and control, and make contributions to the global women's cause.
Khuon Sudary (昆索达莉) said that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Global Summit of Women pointed out the direction for promoting the development of the global women's cause, which Cambodia highly appreciates. The Cambodian National Assembly is willing to play an active role in promoting the development of relations between the two countries.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), met with the President of Dominica, Sylvanie Burton (伯顿), in Beijing (北京) on the 14th, who was in China to attend the Global Summit of Women.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that Dominica is a good friend and good partner of China in the Caribbean region. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held a meeting with the Madam President, reaching important consensus on the development of China-Dominica relations. China is willing to work with Dominica to take this visit by the Madam President as an opportunity to continue to expand cooperation in various fields, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, and promote the continuous and in-depth development of friendly relations between China and Dominica.
Burton stated that Dominica highly appreciates and supports the series of global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and opposes any interference in China's internal affairs. Dominica is grateful to China for the valuable support and assistance it has provided for Dominica's development over a long period of time, and is willing to deepen strategic communication and cooperation in various fields with China to jointly write a new chapter in the friendly relations between Dominica and China.
Wang Dongfeng (王东峰) and others attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Mozambican Prime Minister Léví Ramos Mateus Alves (莱维) in Beijing (北京) on the 14th, who was in China (中国) to attend the Global Summit of Women.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that China (中国) and Mozambique (莫桑比克) have a tradition of friendship and are good partners who trust and support each other. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China (中国) and Mozambique (莫桑比克). President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Nyusi (查波) exchanged congratulatory messages, pointing the way for deepening the future development of bilateral relations. China (中国) is willing to work with Mozambique (莫桑比克) to continuously consolidate political mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and promote the continuous advancement of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries to new levels within the framework of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Léví (莱维) stated that Mozambique (莫桑比克) cherishes the brotherly friendship with China (中国), and sincerely thanks China (中国) for its long-term and valuable support for Mozambique's (莫桑比克) efforts to achieve national independence and economic and social development. Mozambique (莫桑比克) is willing to further expand pragmatic cooperation with China (中国) in various fields.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th (October 14th) - On October 14th, Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou (巴妮) in Beijing (北京), who was in China to attend the Global Summit of Women.
Han Zheng (韩正) stated that China and Laos are socialist comrades and brothers, and firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests. Not long ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), President of the People's Republic of China, met with General Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith (通伦) and President of Laos in Beijing (北京), jointly drawing a blueprint for the construction of the China-Laos community with a shared future. China always views and grasps China-Laos relations from a strategic height and long-term perspective, and is willing to work with Laos to jointly implement the important consensus of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, taking the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries next year as an opportunity to solidly promote the construction of the China-Laos community with a shared future, so as to better benefit the people of the two countries.
Pany Yathotou (巴妮) said that the keynote speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), President of the People's Republic of China, at the opening ceremony of the Global Summit of Women has far-reaching significance. The Lao Party and government firmly support China in safeguarding its core interests and are willing to deepen all-round cooperation with China to promote the construction of the Laos-China community with a shared future to achieve more results.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th (October 14th) - Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met in Beijing with former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet (巴切莱特), who was in China to attend the Global Summit of Women.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that Ms. Bachelet (巴切莱特) views China's development objectively and rationally, and promotes equal and friendly exchanges between the two sides. He expressed hope that she would continue to make active efforts for the cause of the United Nations and world peace and stability.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that the United Nations needs reform, but the purpose is not to weaken it but to strengthen it. China has always been a firm defender and long-term partner of the United Nations, actively practicing true multilateralism, and promoting the construction of a community of common destiny for mankind.
Bachelet (巴切莱特) congratulated China on the successful holding of the Global Summit of Women, and said that the role of the United Nations needs to be strengthened through reform to jointly address global challenges.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Shanghai, October 14th (October 14th) -- The Second World Sinology Conference opened in Shanghai. Li Shulei (李书磊), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), attended and delivered a keynote speech. Chen Jining (陈吉宁), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee (上海市委), attended and delivered a speech.
Chinese and foreign guests believe that President Xi Jinping (习近平)'s congratulatory letter to the World Sinology Conference · Shanghai Forum in 2023, pointed out that "Sinology is the study of historical China and also the study of contemporary China," providing important guidance for promoting academic exchanges and civilization dialogue between China and foreign countries. At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century at an accelerated pace, and mankind is standing at a new crossroads. The international community's attention to China is growing day by day. We must adhere to a global perspective, base ourselves on Chinese practice, continuously improve the knowledge system of Sinology, deeply interpret China academically, and better contribute to the world with Chinese wisdom and Chinese concepts.
Chinese and foreign guests stated that Sinology research should understand Chinese civilization as an organically unified life entity, and grasp the overall picture of China's economic, political, and social development in a broader historical and cultural space; it is necessary to deeply explain the Chinese path to modernization and explain to the world a true, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China; it is necessary to practice the Global Civilization Initiative, be ambassadors for integrating Chinese and foreign civilizations, and play a greater role in promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
The theme of this conference is "Historical China and Contemporary China in a Global Perspective," and it is hosted by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (上海市人民政府), and co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社科院), and relevant universities. The "Shanghai Initiative on Civilization Exchange and Mutual Learning and the Prosperity and Development of World Sinology" was released at the meeting. Approximately 500 guests from more than 50 countries and regions attended the conference.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th (Xinhua) - He Lifeng (何立峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Sakova (萨科娃) at the Great Hall of the People on the morning of the 14th.
He Lifeng (何立峰) stated that Slovakia (斯洛伐克) was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (新中国), and the friendship between China and Slovakia (中斯) has a long history. China (中方) is willing to work with Slovakia (斯方) to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continuously deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, firmly safeguard multilateralism and free trade, and promote the deepening and consolidation of China-Slovakia (中斯) and China-Europe (中欧) relations.
Sakova (萨科娃) stated that Slovakia (斯方) attaches great importance to Slovakia-China (斯中) relations and is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China (中方) in the fields of economy, trade, and investment, so as to help the continuous development of bilateral relations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Chengdu, October 14th. The 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the "World Fusion Energy Group" and the 30th International Atomic Energy Agency Fusion Energy Conference opened on the 14th in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川). Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
Zhang Guoqing (张国清) stated that fusion energy is an important development direction for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. China has always adhered to the rational, coordinated, and progressive nuclear safety concept proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), and promoted the research and exploration of controlled nuclear fusion from basic scientific research to engineering practice in an orderly manner. China is willing to work with all parties to actively implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, to jointly carry out basic research and technological breakthroughs in fusion energy, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, strengthen the formulation and implementation of safety rules and standards, deepen exchanges and mutual learning, and promote more just and reasonable fusion energy governance, more inclusive and inclusive development, and more open and orderly cooperation, so as to make positive contributions to building a clean and beautiful world and building a community with a shared future for mankind.
The conference was co-sponsored by the China Atomic Energy Authority (国家原子能机构), the People's Government of Sichuan Province (四川省人民政府), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (国际原子能机构). Ministerial officials, heads of international organizations, and global fusion energy experts and scholars from more than 60 countries and regions attended the conference.
During the meeting, Zhang Guoqing (张国清) met with Director General Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (国际原子能机构), and the two sides exchanged in-depth views on enhancing dialogue and exchanges and expanding practical cooperation.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. On October 14th, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会) and the Embassy of Bangladesh in China jointly held a reception in Beijing (北京) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Bangladesh. Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会), along with representatives from various sectors of China and Bangladesh and envoys from some countries to China, attended the event, totaling more than 300 people.
Return to TopPeople's Daily, Beijing, October 14th (Reporter Yang Hao) The closing ceremony of the Global Women's Summit was held in Beijing on the afternoon of October 13th. State Councilor and President of the All-China Women's Federation, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴), and United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, attended and delivered speeches.
Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) stated that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) keynote speech contributed a Chinese solution to promoting gender equality on the path to modernization, pointed out the way forward for improving global governance of women's affairs, and the five practical measures of China's support for the development of global women's affairs demonstrated the responsibility of a major country, which was highly appreciated and actively responded to by the participating representatives. China is willing to work with all countries to transform the important propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the strategic consensus reached at the meeting into concrete actions, and help more women realize their dreams and shine in their lives.
Sima Bahous praised the great achievements made in women's affairs in China and the great contributions made by China to the development of women worldwide, and said that countries should better learn from China's experience in women's development.
Approximately 800 representatives from more than 110 countries and international organizations attended the closing ceremony. The "Chairman's Statement of the Global Women's Summit" was released at the closing ceremony. Prior to the closing ceremony, leaders and representatives from 46 countries and international organizations spoke at the plenary session of the summit, unanimously agreeing with President Xi Jinping's (习近平) profound insights into the direction of global women's development, believing that this summit has set a new milestone in the history of the international women's movement, and expressing that they will use action to accelerate the new process of comprehensive women's development.
Return to TopOn October 14th, in Rongcheng City (荣成市), Shandong Province (山东省), the North Ring Sea Road, wind turbine units operate in the wind. In recent years, Rongcheng City (荣成市) has made full use of its wind energy resource advantages to vigorously promote wind power generation, contributing to green and low-carbon development.
Yang Zhili (杨志礼) photo (Image China).
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. On October 14th, State Councilor and President of the All-China Women's Federation, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴), met respectively with Bulgarian Vice President Yotova, Iranian Vice President Behrouz Azar, and Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Makhkamova, who were invited to China to attend the Global Women's Summit.
During the meeting with Yotova, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) stated that China and Bulgaria have a traditional friendship, and under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Bulgaria relations have continuously achieved positive development. The two countries have close exchanges at all levels, continuously deepened cooperation in various fields, and have wonderful cultural exchanges. This year marks the tenth anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. China is willing to work with Bulgaria to continuously deepen cooperation in various fields, including culture, education, and comprehensive women's development.
Yotova highly praised the great significance of Bulgaria-China relations and the successful holding of the Global Women's Summit, and expressed her willingness to continue to promote pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in various fields, including the protection of women's rights.
During the meeting with Behrouz Azar, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) stated that since last year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has met with President Pezeeshkian twice, reaching important consensus on deepening China-Iran relations. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Iran, and under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, further promote cooperation between the two countries in various fields, and work together to promote greater progress in China-Iran relations.
Behrouz Azar highly agreed with President Xi Jinping's (习近平) keynote speech at the Global Women's Summit, highly praised the development of Iran-China relations, and expressed his willingness to deepen cooperation with China in various fields to better benefit the people of both countries.
During the meeting with Makhkamova, Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Mirziyoyev, the development of China-Uzbekistan relations has entered a fast track. China is willing to work with Uzbekistan to fully implement the consensus of the two heads of state, continuously deepen cooperation in various fields, including women, and work together to build a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future.
Makhkamova congratulated China on the successful holding of the Global Women's Summit and expressed that Uzbekistan admires China's achievements in the development of women's cause, and is willing to take the implementation of the results of this summit as an opportunity to jointly promote the development of women's cause in both countries and globally.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Nanjing, October 14th) (Reporters Deng Jiansheng (邓建胜) and Yin Xiaoyu (尹晓宇)) The Fourth Session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress elected Liu Xiaotao (刘小涛) as the Governor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government on October 14th.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 欧阳洁
On October 14th, the State Council Information Office held a series of thematic press conferences on "High-Quality Completion of the '14th Five-Year Plan'," introducing the achievements of grain circulation reform and development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. "During the '14th Five-Year Plan' period, all regions and relevant departments actively practiced the new concept of food security, vigorously implemented the national food security strategy, and steadily promoted the coordinated guarantee of grain production, purchase, storage, processing, and sales. The progress of various tasks in grain circulation reform and development met expectations, and national food security was effectively guaranteed, providing strong support for high-quality economic and social development," said Liu Huanxin (刘焕鑫), member of the Party Leadership Group of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (国家粮食和储备局). He added that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, they will deeply plan and promote grain circulation reform and development, and accelerate the construction of a higher-level, higher-quality, more efficient, and more sustainable national food security guarantee system.
The average annual grain purchase volume exceeds 400 million tons.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's grain market supply was sufficient and operation was generally stable. Over the past five years, the country's annual grain output has stabilized at over 1.3 trillion jin, and in 2024, it reached a new level of 1.4 trillion jin for the first time. The per capita grain possession increased by 25 kilograms compared to the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," reaching 500 kilograms, which is higher than the internationally recognized food security line of 400 kilograms per capita, achieving basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute security in staple foods. Multiple measures were taken to smooth farmers' grain sales channels, continuously optimize services for farmers and enterprises, and the average annual grain purchase volume was over 400 million tons.
Solid progress has been made in the reform of the grain purchase, sales, and storage management system and mechanism, and institutional guarantees have become more robust. The grain reserve system has been further improved, the scale, structure, and layout of the central government reserves have been continuously optimized, the scale of local government reserves has been further implemented, and with the addition of policy-based grains such as the minimum purchase price grain, the regulatory resources available to governments at all levels have become more abundant.
The grain circulation guarantee capacity has been greatly improved. The good warehouse capacity of national standard grain warehouses exceeds 730 million tons, an increase of 58 million tons compared to the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan." The warehouse capacity of high-standard grain warehouses has increased year by year, and the warehouse capacity with low-temperature and quasi-low-temperature storage capabilities has reached 220 million tons, an increase of 70 million tons compared to the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan." In 2024, the total industrial output value of national grain enterprises exceeded 4 trillion yuan, and the connection between grain production and sales became smoother. The grain emergency guarantee system, consisting of grain emergency storage and transportation, processing enterprises, emergency distribution centers, and supply outlets, has been further improved.
A major transformation has been achieved in the way grain is managed and stored, and grain circulation has entered a new stage of comprehensive governance according to law and information-based supervision. The Food Security Guarantee Law has been officially implemented, the digital supervision system for grain purchase, sales, and storage has been established, and the responsibility for food security has been further strengthened.
Significant results have been achieved in saving and reducing losses in the field of grain circulation.
In the past three years, the average annual loss of grain in storage, processing, and transportation links in China has accounted for about 2% of the annual grain output, and significant results have been achieved in saving and reducing losses in the field of grain circulation. Grain storage management is moving from safe grain storage, loss reduction, and consumption reduction to a high-quality development stage of green, high-quality storage, quality preservation, and freshness preservation.
In terms of farmers' grain storage, a number of grain post-production service centers have been built in major grain-producing counties; in terms of grain depot storage, vigorous efforts have been made to upgrade and transform existing warehouses and improve their functions, and the "four-in-one" grain storage technology of grain condition detection, mechanical ventilation, circulation fumigation, and grain cooling has been widely used in grain depots. The application ratio of green grain storage technologies such as temperature control, controlled atmosphere, and comprehensive pest control has been greatly increased.
Qian Yi (钱毅), Deputy Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (国家粮食和储备局), introduced that China's grain storage technology is generally at an advanced level in the world. It has built five national-level science and technology innovation platform bases for grain storage and transportation, 26 ministerial-level grain technology innovation centers and key laboratories, and more than 100 local research and development innovation platforms. New technologies and new achievements are accelerating the transformation and application, and 30 technology application demonstration sites have been established, which will be gradually increased to 100.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the grain emergency guarantee capacity has been continuously improved. China has built a four-level grain emergency plan system at the national, provincial, municipal, and county levels. Various regions have dynamically improved the plans in light of their actual conditions, organized the construction of seven regional grain emergency guarantee centers in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Chengdu-Chongqing region, Central China, Northwest China, and Northeast China, and selected a number of large-scale grain and oil processing, logistics and distribution, and other enterprises as national-level grain emergency guarantee enterprises. The number of grain emergency processing enterprises at all levels has increased from 5,448 to 6,872, an increase of 26%; the daily emergency processing capacity of grain and oil has increased from 1.2 million tons to 1.78 million tons, an increase of 48%, and the processing volume in one day is enough to eat for two days. The number of grain emergency supply outlets has increased from 43,000 to 59,000, an increase of 37%; relying on these outlets, the daily emergency supply capacity of finished grain and oil has increased from 1.06 million tons to 1.67 million tons, an increase of 57%. The reserves of raw grain are sufficient. Thirty-six large and medium-sized cities have reserves of finished grain and oil that can sustainably guarantee more than 15 days of market supply.
More than 100 national standards for grain have been formulated and revised.
The quality and safety of grain is directly related to the safety of the people's tongues. Qin Yuyun (秦玉云), Deputy Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (国家粮食和储备局), introduced that since 2021, more than 100 national standards and more than 50 industry standards in the field of grain have been promoted for formulation and revision. In the process of formulation and revision, emphasis is placed on green, high-quality, nutritious, and healthy aspects to effectively safeguard the health and rights of consumers. The quality inspection system has been further strengthened, the quality of stored grain and oil is generally good, and storage is relatively safe.
To ensure food security, industrial development is a key link. Since 2021, the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (国家粮食和储备局) have been deeply promoting the high-quality grain project. As of the end of September this year, local governments have implemented 46.2 billion yuan of financial funds, driving social investment of more than 84 billion yuan, implementing more than 8,400 projects, driving and leading the construction of 897 high-quality enterprise brands, and the development level of the grain industry has steadily improved.
How to promote healthy consumption of grain and oil? Liu Huanxin (刘焕鑫) introduced that it is necessary to deeply practice the grand food concept, on the one hand, to ask for grain from arable land to ensure that the Chinese people's rice bowls are mainly filled with Chinese grain; on the other hand, to develop food resources through multiple channels, promote the diversification of food supply, and make the food on the people's tables richer. Implement the National Whole Grain Action Plan to increase the public's understanding of whole grains and increase the proportion of whole grains in residents' diets. Guide residents to scientifically consume edible oil, vigorously popularize healthy diet concepts and knowledge, strengthen standard leadership, and strive to make the people eat more scientifically, more nutritiously, and more healthily.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王乐文 方 敏 赵帅杰
Since September this year, Henan (河南) has experienced eight large-scale and significant rainfall events, with the province's average precipitation reaching 332.4 millimeters, 2.7 times higher than the average for the same period in previous years, adversely affecting the harvesting, drying, and processing of crops such as corn and peanuts.
Henan (河南), the granary of the Central Plains, accounts for over 40% of the province's annual grain production, playing a crucial role in the year's overall harvest. With continuous rain, can the autumn grain be harvested and dried? Recently, reporters visited several villages and towns in Huixian City (辉县市), Xinxiang (新乡), to investigate the progress of the autumn harvest.
How to rush the harvest?
Mobilize tracked harvesters, modify wheeled machinery, and supplement with manual harvesting.
On October 12th, in the drizzling rain, Zhang Xiaohe (张小河), a farm machinery operator in Xianlu Village (宪录村), Jitun Town (冀屯镇), was driving a tracked harvester to harvest corn.
The roads leading to the fields were muddy, and some farmland was flooded, making it impossible for the locally commonly used wheeled harvesters to operate.
"Originally, I could have finished harvesting 600 mu of corn a few days ago, but now most of it is still in the field," said Zhang Xiaohe (张小河). Fortunately, the tracked harvester purchased last year came in handy and can harvest some. With policy support, a subsidy of 28,000 yuan was received when buying the machine. "I've only slept for 4 hours in the past two days. As long as the rain stops or it's just a drizzle, I quickly go to the field to rush the harvest."
"Tracked vehicles have a large ground contact area and strong adhesion, enabling them to adapt to humid and muddy operating environments, playing an important role in the rush harvest," said Cheng Zhigang (程志刚), chairman of Henan Ward Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (河南沃德机械制造有限公司).
To alleviate the pressure of the rush harvest, Henan (河南) has mobilized nearly 8,000 tracked corn harvesters for operation and included the replacement of cutting platforms for tracked grain harvesters in the scope of agricultural machinery purchase subsidies. At the same time, 832 regional agricultural machinery service centers and 742 agricultural machinery emergency operation service teams are being used for emergency rush harvesting.
To cope with muddy land, some places advocate changing wheeled vehicles to tracked vehicles, and villagers are also coming up with their own ingenious methods.
In Yangjiao Village (羊郊村), Nanzhai Town (南寨镇), Liu Guozheng (刘国正), the head of a family farm, installed used tires next to the original wheels of the harvester to improve grip and enable it to operate in the fields. Taking advantage of the return of personnel during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Liu Guozheng (刘国正) led the agricultural machinery team to rush harvest for scattered farmers, prioritizing their needs. "Harvesting one more mu is one more mu, we can't let the corn rot in the field!"
Lodged corn is a "blind spot" for mechanical harvesting. Taking advantage of the return of personnel during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Henan (河南) organized and mobilized government officials, returning residents, and students on vacation to carry out manual rush harvesting. In Huixian City (辉县市), the proportion of manual corn harvesting was less than 2% in previous years, but this year it is close to 10%.
As of 5:00 PM on October 14th, 84.8% of autumn crops and 85.6% of grain crops in Henan (河南) have been harvested.
Can it be dried?
Machines run non-stop, open suitable drying sites, and promote wire mesh cage grain storage.
If it can't be harvested, it's feared it will rot in the field; if it's harvested, it's feared it will mold. In low-temperature and high-humidity environments, the risk of grain mold and germination increases sharply, requiring rapid drying.
In the Xiangyu Agricultural Professional Cooperative (祥豫农业专业合作社) located in Hongzhou Township (洪洲乡), trucks loaded with wet corn kernels arrive one after another, weighing, unloading, drying, removing impurities...
Hu Tiansheng (户天生), the head of the cooperative, has disheveled hair and red eyes. "I haven't been able to rest well these past few days," he told reporters, leading them to the newly harvested corn. "In previous years, the moisture content of corn was below 30%, but this year it is generally over 35%, so we have to hurry up and dry it."
Behind Hu Tiansheng (户天生), 16 drying towers are operating 24 hours a day, with a daily drying capacity of 800 tons. "After the 'rotten field rain' encountered during the wheat harvest in 2023, everyone increasingly realized the importance of drying equipment. With government subsidies, many large grain growers have started using dryers in the past two years," said Hu Tiansheng (户天生). The cooperative invested in purchasing drying equipment, and the government subsidized over 1 million yuan.
"This year, the humidity of corn is high, and the drying cost is also higher, costing more than 20 yuan per ton," said Hu Tiansheng (户天生). Facing natural disasters, we can only respond actively. "In any case, we must ensure that the kernels go in wet and come out dry."
This autumn harvest season, Henan (河南) has cumulatively allocated 50 million yuan in funds for autumn grain harvesting and drying machinery rewards and subsidies. At the same time, drying locations and contact information are being announced to the public to facilitate farmers' access to nearby services.
In front of the Jitun Town Health Center (冀屯镇卫生院), piles of corn cobs are being dried by the masses. Various places in Henan (河南) are taking advantage of the intermittent rainfall to organize the opening of idle warehouses, village committee courtyards, cultural squares, and other suitable drying sites for thinning and drying, using electric fans, blowers, and other equipment to accelerate moisture evaporation.
In addition, Henan (河南) is promoting the application of wire mesh cage grain storage. In Tulou Village (土楼村), Gaozhuang Township (高庄乡), many farmers have wire mesh cages filled with corn stacked in front of and behind their houses. The cage stacks are more than one person high, with the bottom raised to prevent moisture and the top covered with plastic sheeting to prevent rain, extending the storage time of the corn.
"Wire mesh cages have good ventilation and low cost, about 30 yuan each, and can hold about 1000 jin of corn," said Bai Kepeng (白科鹏), secretary of the Party branch and director of the village committee of Tulou Village (土楼村).
How is the harvest?
The reduction in production is controllable, and compensation and response work are being followed up in a timely manner.
Has the continuous rain reduced corn production?
Some small farmers are drying corn on the roadside, opening the plastic sheeting when it's not raining and covering it when it is. "I didn't want to abandon the few mu of land at home, so I planted corn," a villager told reporters. Most of the family members work outside, so their income will not be greatly affected.
Large-scale growers and cooperative leaders are more concerned about harvesting and drying, and the reduction in production is controllable. Liu Guozheng (刘国正) introduced that the weather was dry this year, and everyone generally watered three more times, ensuring the quality and quantity of the corn. The continuous rain has slowed down the harvest progress, but as long as harvesting continues and drying is accelerated, the impact will not be too great. Liu Guozheng (刘国正) peeled open a corn husk, and inside were still golden corn kernels. "In recent years, we have promoted high-quality corn varieties that are drought-resistant and waterlogging-resistant, with higher quality."
Continuous rainy days still objectively bring adverse effects to grain production and farmers' income, and relevant departments and farmers are taking various measures to actively respond.
Some corn that is not harvested and dried in time becomes moldy and germinates, and can no longer be sold as feed. "It can only be used to make industrial alcohol, selling for one mao less per jin," said Zhang Xiaohe (张小河). Relevant departments are minimizing losses for farmers as much as possible. Huixian City (辉县市) has processed full-cost insurance for 79,000 households and 653,900 mu of corn. A relevant person in charge of PICC Property and Casualty Henan Branch (人保财险河南分公司) introduced that as of October 13th, 14,000 autumn crop claim cases have been filed, and 64.45 million yuan has been paid out.
"Previously, during the drought, each watering cost an additional 30 yuan per mu for labor, electricity, and water. Now, with the continuous rain, harvesting in the muddy fields has nearly doubled the fuel consumption of agricultural machinery. Drying costs have also increased, and this year's grain planting profits have been squeezed," Liu Guozheng (刘国正) admitted frankly.
The continuous rain has also affected the subsequent sowing of wheat. "The ground is wet and slippery, and a harvester can only harvest more than 40 mu a day, which is much slower than usual," said Zhang Xiaohe (张小河). The operating range of tracked harvesters is small, and the 2000-jin capacity grain bin is less than 60% of that of wheeled harvesters. They cannot harvest back and forth during operation, and it will still take nearly 10 days to harvest all of their own corn. "In previous years, we would have already finished harvesting corn at this time and started leveling the fields to prepare for planting wheat."
To cope with the late sowing of wheat, the Henan (河南) agricultural and rural departments have issued technical guidance and dispatched 18 provincial-level wheat expert guidance teams, together with city and county agricultural technicians, to guide key technical measures for moisture-resistant late sowing.
Rushing to harvest, drying, and transporting... With the rain temporarily stopping, Huixian City (辉县市) is once again a busy scene, and Zhang Xiaohe (张小河) gets back into the driver's seat to speed up harvesting.
[Extended Reading] When will the continuous rain end? A relevant person in charge of the Henan Meteorological Bureau (河南省气象局) introduced that in mid-October, most parts of Henan (河南) will still have mostly cloudy and rainy days, and there will also be windy and cooling weather from the 17th to the 20th. The continuous rainy weather is expected to end from the night of the 20th.
How to solve the problems of difficulty in agricultural machinery entering the fields and difficulty in drying and drying? A relevant person in charge of the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (河南省农业农村厅) stated that the current autumn harvest progress in Henan (河南) is 5 to 7 days slower than the average year and 17 days slower than the same period last year. The local government is using the "Henan Agricultural Machinery Cloud Platform" to coordinate and dispatch nearly 8,000 tracked corn harvesters in the province and has introduced 3,080 units from other provinces. Currently, Henan (河南) has a total of 5,262 drying equipment units, and each drying point is operating 24 hours a day, with a daily drying and processing capacity of 375,000 tons. The role of the Huanghuai agricultural machinery operation mutual assistance and cooperation mechanism is being brought into play, and more than 4,000 grain brokers are being mobilized to purchase and dry wet grain and transport it to Jiangsu (江苏) and other places for drying. The province has cumulatively dried 5.96 million tons of grain and transported 410,000 tons for drying.
How to cope with late wheat sowing? Henan Province (河南省) has formulated a "one county, one plan" for late wheat sowing. Key technologies such as deep plowing and land preparation, and seed dressing with pesticides are being promoted, and the quality of sowing is being improved. Projects such as comprehensive utilization of straw are being coordinated.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Guangzhou (广州) on October 14th (reporter Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷)) "Mutual Benefit to the World: A Thousand Years of Guangdong (广东) Foreign Trade" exhibition officially opened on the 15th at the Guangdong Provincial Museum (广东省博物馆), with the exhibition lasting until October 15, 2026. This exhibition is hosted by the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (广东省委宣传部) and organized by the Guangdong Provincial Museum (Guangzhou Lu Xun Memorial Hall) (广东省博物馆（广州鲁迅纪念馆）). It carefully selects over 200 pieces (sets) of cultural relics from the Guangdong Provincial Museum and other cultural and museum institutions across the country, using the development of Guangdong's thousand-year foreign trade as the main thread, comprehensively showcasing Guangdong's unique position and far-reaching influence in China's foreign trade history, and opening a dialogue on maritime trade civilization spanning a thousand years.
The exhibition, themed "Mutual Benefit to the World," sorts out the development trajectory of Guangdong's thousand-year foreign trade, using cultural relics as evidence, systems as the thread, and regions to reflect the overall situation, highlighting China's firm will to maintain its openness amidst the turbulent situation.
The exhibition is divided into four chapters: "Benefiting the Country through Shipping," "Merchant Ships Gather," "East-West Exchange," and "A New Chapter of the Tide," fully presenting the development history of Guangdong's foreign trade. From the initial rise of shipping to the gradual preparation of laws and regulations, from the implementation of the tribute system to the implementation of the "Thirteen Factories" system, from the establishment of the Canton Fair after the founding of New China to the promotion of the construction of free trade pilot zones in the new era, each exploration reflects the deep considerations of national development and also reflects the changing world pattern. Guangdong has always explored opportunities for opening up and sought the right way to deal with the world amidst the changing domestic and international situation.
The exhibition not only brings together many precious cultural relics, such as the Tang ivory carvings unearthed from the site of the Nanyue Kingdom Palace (南越国宫署遗址), the Yuan blue-and-white figure jade pot spring vase, the Ming gold ingots unearthed from the tomb of Prince Liangzhuang (梁庄王墓), and the Qing Qianlong (清乾隆) farming and trade export wallpaper, but also combines literature, charts, scene restoration, and multimedia interaction to vividly restore trade scenes. In terms of exhibition design, the exhibition focuses on the integration of immersive experience and academic depth, and strengthens the key nodes such as the establishment of the Maritime Trade Envoy in the Tang Dynasty, the Maritime Trade Regulations of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the "Guangdong Affairs" in the mid-Ming Dynasty, the "Thirteen Factories" system in the Qing Dynasty, the establishment of the Canton Fair in New China, and the construction of free trade pilot zones in the new era through large fonts, prominent colors, and timelines, helping the audience to grasp the evolution of the foreign trade system intuitively and accurately. The exhibition is also equipped with a touch interactive screen to interpret the history of Guangdong's foreign trade in the form of animation, enhancing the fun and participation of the exhibition.
Currently, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, the global economic and trade order is undergoing profound adjustments, and the competition between opening up and closing off, cooperation and confrontation is becoming more prominent. All along, Guangdong has always been at the forefront of China's foreign economic and trade, and has always been an important hub connecting China and the world. This exhibition is not only a systematic review and display of the history of Guangdong's foreign trade, but also vividly demonstrates the realistic significance and contemporary value of the cultural genes such as openness, peace, mutual benefit and win-win in the history of Guangdong's foreign trade.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郁静娴
"Now there are more varieties of fruits, and the quality is also good. Even the pears are delicate, crisp, and sweet, without the sourness in my memory." Wang Xin (王欣), a resident of Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, said when mentioning the "Su Cui No. 1" pear she ate.
"Compared with twenty or thirty years ago, the sweetness of fruits has indeed generally increased." Li Bingbing (李冰冰), a professor at the College of Horticulture of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学园艺学院), introduced that, for example, the sugar content of watermelons on the market is generally above 12, while it was generally around 9 twenty years ago.
How did fruits become sweeter?
The development of excellent variety selection is an important reason for the increased sweetness of fruits. Li Xiaogang (李晓刚), director of the Pear Innovation Team of the Institute of Fruit Trees, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (江苏省农科院果树研究所), introduced that through cross-breeding and evaluation of botanical and economic traits, individuals with excellent comprehensive traits are selected, thereby laying a "sweet" foundation at the genetic level.
"With the development of agricultural technology, the efficiency of conventional cross-breeding has been significantly improved, and with the application of modern breeding technologies such as molecular marker-assisted breeding, breeding has become more precise," said Li Xiaogang (李晓刚).
"Researchers have elucidated the molecular mechanisms of sugar accumulation in tomatoes and strawberries. Combined with molecular breeding methods, the sugar content in fruits such as tomatoes and strawberries can be regulated," Li Bingbing (李冰冰) introduced. Mastering the mechanism of fruit sugar accumulation at the molecular level can regulate the sugar production process, allowing the sugar content to be just right.
After selection and breeding are completed, planting also requires attention. Lidang Village (李荡村), Xinjie Town (新街镇), Taixing (泰兴), Jiangsu (江苏) is one of the planting areas of "Su Cui No. 1". Yan Wei (严巍), the person in charge of the thousand-acre pear orchard, said that in order to maintain the stability of the high-sugar characteristics, "Su Cui No. 1" is grafted onto *Pyrus betulifolia* rootstocks for asexual reproduction. At the same time, varieties such as "Fengshui" (丰水), "Qingxiang" (清香), and "Huangguan" (黄冠) pear trees are planted around as pollinating trees. The meeting of flowering periods and sufficient pollination help to increase the glucose and fructose content in the fruits.
"Harvesting too early or too late will lead to a deterioration in the flavor and texture of the fruit," Li Xiaogang (李晓刚) introduced. In order to determine the optimal harvesting time, researchers observe the color of the fruit peel every day as the fruit nears maturity, measure the soluble solids content of the fruit, and taste the flavor of the pulp. After systematic evaluation, 105 to 110 days after full bloom is determined as the optimal harvest period.
Some consumers worry that very sweet fruit varieties on the market may have unknown "tricks." Li Bingbing (李冰冰) said that the sweetness of fruit mainly comes from soluble solids such as sucrose, fructose, and glucose. Different combinations and metabolic transformations will produce different tastes, and fruit sweetness cannot be achieved through artificial sweetening.
So, is the sweeter the fruit, the better?
"Pure sweetness can be cloying. Excellent varieties emphasize the balance of sugar-acid ratio," said Li Xiaogang (李晓刚). Moderate acidity can enhance the layering of flavor, making the sweetness fresher and more three-dimensional. For example, good apples and citrus fruits must be sweet with a hint of sourness, and so are pears.
In addition to taste, smell is also part of the flavor experience. "Making fruits more fragrant is much more difficult than simply increasing sweetness," said Li Bingbing (李冰冰). The aroma of fruits is mainly composed of volatile compounds such as esters, aldehydes, and alcohols. "Breeding experts attach great importance to the types and concentrations of aromatic substances in fruits," said Li Xiaogang (李晓刚). The value of fragrant fruits is much higher than that of fruits with only sweetness. Some pear germplasm have special aromas and are important resources for breeding. "We are constantly trying to find the 'fruit flavor' of fruits to provide consumers with more diverse choices."
In addition, the texture of the fruit, such as crispness, disintegration, and juice content, as well as disease resistance, storage and transportation resistance, high yield, and stability, are all part of the fruit quality. "Now, more and more breeders are beginning to pay attention to the content of nutrients such as vitamins, antioxidants, and dietary fiber, so as to cultivate sweeter and healthier fruits," said Li Xiaogang (李晓刚).
Return to TopThis newspaper's Frankfurt, October 14th (Reporter Xu Xin (徐馨)) The promotion conference for the English version of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V, co-sponsored by the State Council Information Office of China (中国国务院新闻办公室), the Chinese Embassy in Germany (中国驻德国大使馆), the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration (中国外文局), and the Chinese Consulate General in Frankfurt (中国驻法兰克福总领馆), was successfully held in Frankfurt, Germany on the 14th.
Chinese and foreign guests at the meeting stated that "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" belongs not only to China but also to the world. "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V is an authoritative work that comprehensively and systematically reflects the latest achievements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It records the vivid practice of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) leading the Chinese people in advancing the great cause of Chinese-style modernization and fully reflects the Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions contributed by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. The publication of this work will help the international community gain a deeper understanding of China's development achievements, development direction, and development path in the new era, view the benefits and opportunities China brings to the world more positively, and further promote the exchange of experience in governance and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations, which is of great and far-reaching significance.
German sinologist and historian, Professor Dr. Heiko Dottling, pointed out in his speech that Volume V includes a series of speeches by President Xi Jinping (习近平) classified by topic. These speeches revolve around China's continued successful development and China's role in the world, with extensive and wonderful content and fluent translation. Reading this book helps to better understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and China's governance philosophy. David Ferguson, winner of the Chinese Government Friendship Award and honorary English editor of the Foreign Languages Press, said that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on governance is a complete system with a rigorous logical hierarchy. This system scientifically coordinates the domestic and international situations and systematically responds to all major issues facing China's development. The depth of its thought and the breadth of its practice are admirable. Wang Weimeng (王魏萌), the foreign dean of the Confucius Institute in Frankfurt (法兰克福孔子学院), stated that Chinese ideological works represented by "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" carry the thinking and practice of a country in the process of modernization and are the "ideological key" to unlocking the real China. The wisdom on development, peace, and governance can provide new ideas for solving the common challenges facing humanity.
During the event, the Chinese side presented the English version of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V to important foreign guests. Experts and scholars attending the meeting focused on the theme of "Equality and Inclusion: From Dialogue Among Civilizations to Global Governance" and conducted exchanges and discussions on Chinese-style modernization and the world, practicing global governance initiatives, and mutual learning between Chinese and European civilizations.
"Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" Volume V includes 91 reports, speeches, talks, lectures, addresses, articles, and instructions by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) from May 27, 2022, to December 20, 2024, divided into 18 topics.
Return to TopOn October 14, tourists took photos in front of the barricades of the Tianjin Quanyechang Building (天津劝业场大楼). Recently, the exterior facade restoration of the Tianjin Quanyechang (天津劝业场) protection and renovation project has been completed, and the internal renovation work is steadily advancing. It is expected to be completed and accepted before the end of the year. Built in 1928, Quanyechang (劝业场) is a landmark building and an important cultural and commercial landmark in Tianjin (天津). In October 2024, the Tianjin Quanyechang (天津劝业场) protection and renovation project was launched, striving to restore its historical charm while maintaining the original architectural style.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo (赵子硕) photographed.
Return to TopBy: 孟繁哲
When production and consumption deeply interact, the innovative "sparks" can form a new blue ocean of industry with a 燎原之势 (liáo yuán zhī shì - "prairie fire," a single spark can start a prairie fire; a small beginning can have a great effect).
Allowing more innovative achievements to "fly into ordinary people's homes" helps to better transform technological advantages into development advantages.
Only by adhering to the principle of technology for good and benefiting the people, and improving social governance and legal rules based on this value benchmark, can we maximize the positive effects of technological innovation while preventing social risks.
The "photon" makes delicious sandwiches, "Wanda" cleans the table, "Mozi" efficiently organizes and precisely folds clothes, and "Alpha Egg" tells stories and teaches English... At the "Smart Future - Nanny Robot Conference" held not long ago, humanoid robots showed their skills in various family scenarios, leaving a deep impression on people. The new breakthroughs in "hardcore" technology depict a beautiful picture of future life.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must take meeting the people's aspirations for a better life as the starting point for scientific and technological innovation, and take benefiting the people, enriching the people, and improving people's livelihoods as an important direction for scientific and technological innovation." Benefiting the people and being kind is always the value orientation of scientific and technological innovation.
In the fertile fields of the countryside, intelligent and efficient rice and wheat combine harvesters harvest 600 kilograms of crops per minute, greatly improving the efficiency of summer and autumn harvests; in hospital operating rooms, domestic orthopedic surgery robots and laparoscopic surgery robots are put into use; in elderly care institutions, equipment such as smart watches and smart canes optimize elderly care services... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, one "small and beautiful" technological innovation achievement after another has been deeply integrated into people's lives, better meeting the people's growing needs for a better life.
Engels once said, "If society has a technical need, then this need will push science forward more than ten universities." China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, with a middle-income group of more than 400 million people, and has a super-large market and rich technical application scenarios. The practical needs of people's daily lives are increasing day by day, and all industries are eagerly looking forward to new technologies and new products. When the supply side "fits" the demand side, and when production and consumption deeply interact, the innovative "sparks" can form a new blue ocean of industry with a 燎原之势 (liáo yuán zhī shì - "prairie fire," a single spark can start a prairie fire; a small beginning can have a great effect).
The Fuxing CR450 EMU successfully rolled off the production line, improving the efficiency of passenger travel, which will drive the scale of China's rail transit equipment industry to exceed one trillion yuan; commercial aerospace "rockets and satellites" are frequently launched, helping to refine the management of crops, and it is estimated that China's commercial aerospace market scale is expected to reach 2.8 trillion yuan in 2025; the "Hualong One (华龙一号)" and "Guohe One (国和一号)" nuclear power units have a single-unit annual power generation of more than 10 billion kilowatt-hours, which can meet the electricity needs of millions of residents... Practice has proved that, guided by the market, vigorously promoting technological application, technological integration, and technological iteration, and allowing more innovative achievements to "fly into ordinary people's homes" helps to better transform technological advantages into development advantages.
"China is investing more and more resources so that people with disabilities can also live the lives they want," said José María Viera, Executive Director of the International Disability Alliance, which shows from one aspect that the application of technological innovation achievements has also expanded new paths for benefiting people's livelihoods.
Medical institutions have launched artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis and treatment services to make the medical treatment process smoother for patients; electronic social security cards are widely popularized, and matters such as personal social security rights and interests statement inquiries, transfer of pension insurance relationships, and applications for urban and rural residents' pension insurance benefits can be handled online, so that data can run more errands and the masses can run fewer errands. Making good use of new technologies to solve people's livelihood problems and serve daily life can break out of the existing framework and provide new solutions to solve the difficulties and pain points of people's livelihoods, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.
Looking deeper, adhering to the principle of technology for good and benefiting the people is not only related to improving people's livelihoods, but also related to the future of technological innovation. In today's era, new technologies such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and gene editing are stimulating new momentum for development, but also bringing new impacts on social governance, legal rules, and other aspects. For example, large language models may infringe on personal privacy when processing and generating data; face-swapping, voice simulation, and other technologies may be used for fraud and the creation of false information. Therefore, technological innovation is no longer just a technical issue, but has more distinct value attributes, governance attributes, and ethical attributes. Only by adhering to the principle of technology for good and benefiting the people, and improving social governance and legal rules based on this value benchmark, can we maximize the positive effects of technological innovation while preventing social risks.
Chinese-style modernization prioritizes people's livelihoods. Technological innovation must ultimately fall on "people." On the new journey, seize all favorable opportunities, use all favorable conditions, and promote more good technologies into new applications, which will surely benefit the broad masses of people with the fruitful results of technological innovation and create a better life.
Return to TopBy: 曹雪盟
Recently, two veteran actors have won applause.
At the opening ceremony of the 20th China Changchun Film Festival, Tian Hua (田华), a "People's Artist" who has created many classic screen images and is now over 90 years old, emotionally stated that she is "a daughter of the Party," which moved everyone who heard it.
In the summer drama "The Miracle," actress Chi Peng (迟蓬) vividly portrayed the character of "Big Foot Mother," a role with few scenes, leading the audience to exclaim, "This isn't acting, this is a person from that era."
The so-called "戏骨" (xì gǔ - "old bones of the play," veteran actor), establishes the framework of a play. Veteran actors' dedication to art and their pursuit of excellence in performance not only make artistic images stand in people's hearts and make literary and artistic works both popular and critically acclaimed, but also set a benchmark for literary and artistic workers to stand firm in the people's position and adhere to artistic pursuits.
"全身都是戏" (quán shēn dōu shì xì - "every inch of the body is acting," to be a natural actor), only then will the character be three-dimensional. Some veteran actors have "剧抛脸" (jù pāo liǎn - "throw face after each drama," the ability to play different roles convincingly), who can not only create tenacious characters, but also portray petty characters, reflecting the rich and complex reality with vivid and differentiated film and television images, arousing emotional resonance from the audience. The "戏" (xì - "acting," skill) of veteran actors is reflected in their solid foundation in lines, delicate emotional expression, and stems from in-depth and unique thinking, and meticulous polishing. When personal experience and the life of the character are deeply integrated, the actor's life experience can be transformed into nourishment for artistic expression, making the character more believable and lovable.
To establish a character, one needs to be willing to put in "笨功夫" (bèn gōng fū - "stupid effort," painstaking effort). "People's Artist" Qin Yi (秦怡) insisted on going to the plateau more than 3,800 meters above sea level to shoot a film at the age of 93, simply because "artistic creation cannot be separated from reality." Wu Yanshu (吴彦姝) ran back and forth eight times for a running scene at the age of 84, just to get the emotions right and shape the character well. Niu Ben (牛犇) declined the director's kindness to use a substitute in a scene where he jumped into a lake to save someone at the age of 80, simply because he felt he had a responsibility to do his best to restore the team's creation. Good actors are not born, and winning applause does not rely on fancy moves or speculation. Veteran actors use actions to interpret the value of "笨功夫" (bèn gōng fū - "stupid effort," painstaking effort), and what truly moves people is not only the tireless professional spirit, but also the sincere heart to be willing to pay for the love in their hearts.
Establishing a veteran actor in the play, and establishing a moral character outside the play. From Xi'er (喜儿) in "The White-Haired Girl" to Li Yumei (李玉梅) in "Daughter of the Party," Tian Hua (田华) has created a group of oriental female images with unique national characteristics. Whenever there are major performances, disaster relief performances and other activities, Tian Hua (田华) participates without hesitation, insisting on "returning art to the people." A pharmaceutical factory in the old revolutionary area encountered a survival crisis, and the person in charge came to invite Niu Ben (牛犇) to endorse it. Niu Ben (牛犇) not only did not charge a penny for the endorsement fee, but also helped to expand sales channels, without asking for anything in return, just to contribute to the people in the old revolutionary area. The key reason why veteran actors are respected by the audience is that they insist on taking the people as the center and always share the same breath, the same destiny, and the same heart with the people.
Pursuing "艺" (yì - "art," skill) in the play, and cultivating "德" (dé - "virtue," morality) outside the play. In veteran actors, people see the concrete expression of "德艺双馨" (dé yì shuāng xīn - "possessing both virtue and talent," having both good moral character and artistic skill): the insistence on "don't be casual in art, be particular" makes classic images deeply rooted in people's hearts; the belief that "morality is always the first priority" makes excellent artistic works last for a long time. The reason why veteran actors can stand in the hearts of the people is because they have established their artistic pursuits and their moral character, treating the audience with awe and serving the masses with sincerity. Works and character are indispensable and mutually encouraging, so that literature and art can better play the role of enlightening the mind and nourishing the heart.
Li Xuejian (李雪健) once lamented that the two words "actor" are "沉甸甸" (chén diān diān - "heavy," weighty), which includes the honor earned by predecessors, the responsibility given by the times, and the people's earnest expectations. The wheels of development are always moving forward, and the footsteps of literary and artistic workers are also moving forward forever. Those who engage in art, whether it is singing, reciting, acting, or playing musical instruments, whether it is high art or folk art, need to concentrate on polishing their skills, adhere to moral excellence, resonate with the public, and constantly create good works that combine artistry, timeliness, and popularity. We look forward to the emergence of more literary and artistic workers with faith, feelings, and responsibility, to offer more delicious spiritual delicacies to the people.
Return to TopChina is one of the countries in the world with the most complex water conditions, the greatest difficulty in river management, and the most arduous water management tasks. As of the end of 2024, China has built 95,000 reservoirs, 200 large and medium-sized water diversion projects, 6,924 large and medium-sized irrigation areas, and 318,000 kilometers of dikes, forming the world's largest, most functional, and most populous water conservancy infrastructure system. New achievements have been made in water conservancy development, making new contributions to ensuring flood control safety, water supply safety, food security, and ecological security.
This is precisely:
Building dams to create calm lakes,
Weaving a network of canals across the land.
Turning raging waves into clear waters,
Benefiting the north and south for thousands of years.
Liao Yuanwen (廖沅文)
Return to TopRural Cultural Tourism Should Avoid the "Scenery Creation" Detour
Zhou Xinhuan (周新寰), Changsha City (长沙市), Hunan Province
Firewood piles are deliberately painted with the character "Fu" (福), farm tools are transformed into check-in installations, and trendy "internet-famous" potted landscapes are imitated... Currently, cultural tourism has become an important tool for rural industrial revitalization, but driven by the traffic economy, some places have fallen into a strange circle of "scenery creation" marketing.
Rural culture carries deep nostalgia, and its charm never lies in deliberately designed symbols. The autumn harvest in mountain villages embodies the wisdom of the unity of nature and humanity; ancestral halls reflect family inheritance. The reason why rural culture is moving is that it is rooted in real and vibrant daily life. If everyone follows the trend of "scenery creation," it will not only cause homogenization of "a thousand villages looking the same" and a sense of separation of "inconsistency between appearance and reality," but also easily add chaos to the production and life of villagers, damage the foundation of rural culture, and lead to "distortion" or even "uprooting."
The development of rural cultural tourism should focus on both form and spirit, and integrate efforts to cultivate agricultural, cultural, and tourism integration development projects and create cultural IPs with regional characteristics. It is necessary to adapt to local conditions, and on the basis of retaining the natural beauty of the countryside and rural life, deeply explore architectural aesthetics, folk art, folk festivals, local snacks and other characteristic cultural tourism resources, incubate diverse and integrated immersive consumption scenarios, and let tourists feel the "revitalized countryside" rather than "props for posing." Only in this way can the countryside truly become a spiritual homeland that "can see the mountains, see the water, and remember the nostalgia," and the local flavor and atmosphere of life can be transformed into a continuous stream of development vitality.
Praising Charitable Bills for "Showing Every Penny"
Xu Hualing (许华凌), Fushun City (抚顺市), Liaoning Province
Recently, a "showing every penny" report on the basic situation of donation funds received and used, released by the Baise City (百色市) Charity Federation in Guangxi (广西), has received widespread praise. This public announcement not only fully presents the donation records, but also accurately marks the donation time and the use of funds.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's charitable cause has accelerated its development, with the total annual charitable donations exceeding 200 billion yuan at its peak, and the charitable atmosphere has become more intense. At the same time, the public has also raised higher requirements for the transparency of the use of charitable funds. Promoting transparent charity, so that every good intention can be traced, on the one hand, helps to enhance public trust and stimulate broader enthusiasm for charitable participation; on the other hand, it also helps to further break the "money-only theory," strengthen the equality of large donations and small donations in moral significance, interpret the charitable concept of 涓滴成海 (juān dī chéng hǎi - "trickles form the sea," small contributions accumulate to achieve great things), and give small donors more sense of participation and accomplishment, and promote the formation of a good situation in which everyone participates in charity.
It should also be noted that higher transparency also poses more challenges to charitable organizations' technology application, financial auditing, and project management. In this regard, institutions should pay more attention to their own mechanism construction and put more effort into internal management. In addition, the pursuit of openness and transparency should also take into account humanistic care. For example, avoid excessive disclosure of beneficiaries' privacy, and establish an interactive bridge between donors and beneficiaries through a dynamic feedback mechanism, and so on. Achieving an organic combination of sound management mechanisms and thoughtful humanistic care, the charitable cause will surely continue to write more heartwarming chapters.
Return to TopBy: 陈长里
Not long ago, the Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces (元阳哈尼梯田) in Yunnan, the Jurong Chishan Lake Irrigation Project (江苏句容赤山湖灌溉工程) in Jiangsu, the Pengzhou Jianjiang Weir (四川彭州湔江堰) in Sichuan, and the Mentougou Yongding River Ancient Canal Irrigation Project (北京门头沟永定河古渠灌溉工程) in Beijing were successfully selected as World Irrigation Engineering Heritage sites for 2025. This not only indicates that China's irrigation engineering heritage protection has gained international recognition, but also means that China's world-class heritage has further expanded.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Further strengthen the holistic and systematic protection of cultural and natural heritage, effectively improve the ability and level of heritage protection, and safeguard the cultural and natural treasures of the Chinese nation." The "four elements of the same structure" of forests, villages, terraces, and water systems in the Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces (元阳哈尼梯田), the Pingliang water diversion of the Jianjiang Weir (湔江堰), the pond and gate regulation of the Jurong Chishan Lake (句容赤山湖), and the flood diversion and sediment settling of the Mentougou Yongding River Ancient Canal (门头沟永定河古渠) all embody the wisdom of the unity of man and nature, adapting to nature and skillfully using its laws in canal line planning, engineering design, and water use methods. Irrigation projects transcend time and space, nourishing the past and present, and embody people's livelihood values, ecological wisdom, and cultural inheritance.
Summarizing the protection and inheritance of cultural and natural heritage during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, people's livelihood, ecology, and culture provide three interesting perspectives for observation.
Emphasizing revitalization and utilization reflects the value of people's livelihood. The Mentougou Yongding River Ancient Canal (北京门头沟永定河古渠) in Beijing still irrigates approximately 2,000 mu of farmland and replenishes water for approximately 20,000 mu of orchards and ecological areas, demonstrating the warmth of people's livelihood. Moreover, "heritage +" can also spawn various business formats. Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian, relies on 22 heritage sites to create themed tourist routes such as Maritime Silk Road exploration and religious mystery tours, and develops cultural and creative products such as the "Zanhua Wei" (簪花围) of Xunpu women (蟳埔女), continuously enhancing the city's attractiveness with its world heritage style. Cultural and natural heritage not only carries historical glory but also has contemporary value. Allowing cultural and natural heritage to deeply integrate with people's production and life can activate its economic benefits and achieve a virtuous cycle of protection and inheritance, empowerment and development, and improvement of people's livelihood.
Highlighting restoration and protection releases ecological benefits. The central axis of Beijing (北京中轴线) is not only a cultural axis but also an ecological axis. In its protection, real-time monitoring and protection are carried out for 8,753 ancient and famous trees within the heritage buffer zone, connecting urban water systems and weaving green spaces. In the ancient tea forests of Jingmai Mountain (景迈山古茶林) in Pu'er (普洱), Yunnan, a smart platform achieves all-weather protection of the 191-square-kilometer heritage area and buffer zone, with harmonious coexistence of people, tea, forests, and land, and integrated development of agriculture, culture, and tourism. Highlighting ecological wisdom in the protection and inheritance of cultural and natural heritage can not only better understand the ideological essence of traditional culture but also inject ecological nourishment into modern life.
Emphasizing cultural influence highlights cultural functions. "The Yangtze River, the Great Wall, the Yellow Mountain, the Yellow River, weigh a thousand pounds in my heart." The song "My Chinese Heart" always inspires people's patriotism because these iconic elements carry historical memories and cultural bloodlines. Therefore, the protection and inheritance of cultural and natural heritage itself has the effect of uniting people and shaping identity. This year, the Western Xia Mausoleums (西夏陵) were included in the World Heritage List. The local area used digital technology to restore the scale, architectural features, and sacrificial scenes of the Western Xia Mausoleums, visually showcasing the charm of the Chinese nation's diversity and integration, allowing people to naturally generate a sense of identity with the Chinese national community during their visits. Strengthening the protection and inheritance of cultural and natural heritage requires making the flowing history tangible and accessible, making abstract culture concretely expressed, and opening windows for people to think about thousands of years.
Protecting cultural and natural heritage is protecting the genes and bloodlines of the nation, and it is also opening the door to the wisdom of the future. Better reflecting the value of people's livelihood, ecological wisdom, and cultural inheritance in the protection and inheritance of cultural and natural heritage can not only give it new contemporary life but also allow the millennial wisdom contained within it to nourish modern civilization and inject spiritual动力 into promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopBy: 段江含
# Role: Expert Translator
[Person] Zhang Shunyu (张舜禹)
[Story] During the day, he delivers takeout to earn money, and at night, he studies late into the night. While taking care of his family, he prepared for the postgraduate entrance examination and was eventually admitted to Renmin University of China (中国人民大学)... Some time ago, the academic experience shared by "takeout delivery guy" Zhang Shunyu (张舜禹) attracted attention. Below the video, a comment "knowledge illuminates life" received tens of thousands of likes. A company offered a scholarship, but he politely declined: "This money should be given to those who need it more." In his opinion, delivering takeout is a way to make a living, but also a practice to deeply understand society. What supports him in entering his desired campus is daily study and reflection on social life.
[Commentary]
With a tight family economy and his mother needing urgent care after a work injury... Zhang Shunyu (张舜禹) cherished his dream of pursuing education, but the reality made it difficult for him to single-mindedly pursue his dream. Faced with numerous difficulties, the goal seemed to be drifting further and further away. How should he choose the path in life?
Zhang Shunyu (张舜禹) did not complain about the unfairness of fate, dull his edge in regret, nor did he surrender to adversity and lose his youthful spirit, but instead handed in a "counterattack" answer sheet.
What supports Zhang Shunyu (张舜禹) in weaving his own garland in the thorns? It is the "diligence" that ordinary people cannot reach, a "craze" for knowledge from the bottom of his heart, and ultimately the extraordinary maturity and open-mindedness he has when facing the suffering of life.
When asked about his views on the profession of takeout delivery, he frankly replied that "not being responsible and not having ambition" is what is indecent; when he returned to his hometown to take care of his grandmother, he considered himself to have a higher level of literacy; the living conditions in his old home in northern Anhui (皖北) were simple, and he used the kang as a desk, but he felt that it was happy enough to be full and study... "以中有足乐者，不知口体之奉不若人也" (yǐ zhōng yǒu zú lè zhě, bù zhī kǒu tǐ zhī fèng bù ruò rén yě - "Because there is enough happiness inside, one does not know that the enjoyment of food and body is not as good as others," someone who is content with what they have does not envy others' material possessions), not being shaken by external disturbances, not envying the colorful world of others, and managing the abundance and satisfaction of one's own heart, this is a strong spiritual subjectivity.
For optimists, keeping an open mind at all times, the suffering of life can also be the fire of tempering steel and the stone of carving jade.
Some time ago, a speech by Pang Zhongwang (庞众望), a doctoral student in the Department of Precision Instruments at Tsinghua University (清华大学), became popular online. "Falling down, getting up, falling down again, getting up again, that kind of resilience is also a background color brought to me by my small family." His father was unable to communicate with people due to illness, and his mother had lower limb disabilities and difficulty moving. Pang Zhongwang (庞众望) also grew up in adversity.
Some people say that for the protagonists of these "counterattack" stories, suffering is also a rare wealth. In fact, suffering is ultimately unfortunate. It is neither worth chewing on repeatedly, nor should it be hyped and marketed as a password to attract attention in the era of traffic. What is truly valuable is always the power that specific people burst out when facing suffering. This power is not only a vivid footnote to the brilliance of human nature, but also provides spiritual nourishment for more dream chasers at all times. By building a social foundation with fairness and justice, and with more support from the public, I believe that more and more people will reach the other side of their dreams in the two-way rush between individuals and the times.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘洪超
Biographical Sketch
Lin Gao (林皋), born in January 1929 in Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) Province, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), a professor at Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学), and an expert in hydraulic engineering and earthquake engineering. He is one of the important pioneers of dam seismic resistance in China and has long been engaged in teaching and research in the field of hydraulic structure engineering. He has won the first and second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the National Excellent Science and Technology Worker, and the National Model Teacher, among other honors.
"We were sitting in assault boats on the Minjiang River (岷江), braving the torrential river and dodging falling rocks, inspecting the damage to the dam at close range." In an office on the main campus of Dalian University of Technology, Lin Gao (林皋), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and a professor at Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学), recalled while holding a photo taken of the Zipingpu Reservoir (紫坪铺水库) dam in Dujiangyan (都江堰), Sichuan (四川).
After the Wenchuan earthquake (汶川大地震) in 2008, the Zipingpu Reservoir (紫坪铺水库), an important source of domestic water, power generation, and irrigation water for local people, was severely affected. Lin Gao (林皋), then 79 years old, led his team to observe the damage to the dam at close range and made suggestions on seismic resistance, testing standards, and reinforcement measures, contributing to ensuring the safety of the dam.
Now, Lin Gao (林皋) is over ninety years old, and people often ask him: "Why do you still insist on working every day?" Lin Gao (林皋) pointed to the photo of the dam and said: "Look at this dam body, although it has experienced decades of wind and rain, it is still strong and upright. I also want to become such a 'cornerstone' and integrate what I have learned into the 'dam foundation' of national development, to make a little more contribution."
Developing a mechanical vibration table and carrying out China's first arch dam vibration test
"When encountering difficulties, you must not be afraid. Only by facing the difficulties can you strive to overcome them." In 1946, Lin Gao (林皋) was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University (清华大学). During his studies, he witnessed the grand occasion of the founding ceremony at Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). From that time on, he made a vow: "To apply what I have learned to practice and serve the country."
At the beginning of the founding of New China, China's dam seismic technology was almost blank. In 1956, China's first hyperbolic arch dam was built on the Liuxi River (流溪河) in Guangdong (广东) Province. The Shanghai Design Institute (上海设计院), which was responsible for the design, proposed using the method of spillway at the top of the dam to improve the safety of the dam.
In order to verify the feasibility of the plan, the design institute contacted many universities and research institutes in China, but with little success. Later, they turned to Dalian Institute of Technology (大连工学院) (the predecessor of Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学)). With the support of the old president Qu Bochuan (屈伯川) and the famous mechanics expert Qian Lingxi (钱令希), the 27-year-old Lin Gao (林皋) took on the research task of verifying the feasibility of the arch dam top spillway flood discharge scheme.
"During the day, my colleagues and I looked for factories that could provide the relevant materials needed for the experiment, drew drawings, selected materials, and in the evening, we came back to make models and conduct experiments." Lin Gao (林皋) said that they made their own electrical measuring equipment, took turns guarding the Liuxi River (流溪河) construction site, and recorded tens of thousands of groups of water flow pulsation parameters day and night. Lin Gao (林皋) led the team to start from scratch, successfully developed China's first mechanical vibration table, and carried out China's first arch dam vibration test. "No matter what the starting point is, persistent effort is the key," Lin Gao (林皋) said.
In August 1958, the first unit of the Liuxi River (流溪河) Dam was successfully put into operation, and it was fully completed in January 1959, and has experienced many flood tests. Until now, the dam body is still safe and sound.
In 1958, Lin Gao (林皋) also accepted another task to provide technical support for the Yili River (以礼河) earth dam project being built in a strong earthquake zone in Yunnan (云南). Lin Gao (林皋) then carried out an earthquake resistance test on the earth dam, and his research results and proposed earthquake resistance measures were adopted by the engineering unit and have been used for international exchanges many times.
Footsteps all over the country, studying the seismic theory and practice of dams and nuclear power plants
In the 1970s, a large number of high dams of 100 to 200 meters emerged in China, which put forward higher requirements for seismic safety. In 1978, Lin Gao (林皋) received a task to evaluate the seismic safety performance of the Baishan Arch Dam (白山拱坝) in Jilin (吉林), which was the representative of high dams at that time.
"We designed and processed our own electromagnetic vibration table." Lin Gao (林皋) introduced that through this equipment, it was possible to obtain nine orders of vibration modes and frequencies of the Baishan Arch Dam (白山拱坝) with clearer and more intuitive images. "At that time, some developed countries used electromagnetic excitation method or finite element method for dynamic analysis, and could only obtain three to four orders of vibration modes and frequencies of the arch dam."
After that, Lin Gao (林皋) led the team to explore the dynamic model failure test technology of simulated material gravity dams and arch dams, simulated various earthquake damage forms, and at the same time proposed the arch beam modal method for dynamic and static analysis of arch dams, which further improved the calculation efficiency and accuracy. "Scientific and technological workers should constantly explore new scientific research methods to meet practical needs," Lin Gao (林皋) said.
In the same year, the Northeast Survey and Design Institute (东北勘测设计院) took the initiative to find Lin Gao (林皋). The Fengman Reservoir (丰满水库), which has a storage capacity of 10 billion cubic meters, needs to add a water tunnel below the deep water, but whether the large-scale underwater rock plug blasting will have an impact on the dam has become the first issue that the project party needs to consider. Lin Gao (林皋) led the team to complete the preparation and debugging of the vibration calculation program, and proposed a calculation scheme to predict the dynamic response of the dam and evaluate the seismic capacity of the dam, which provided solid technical support for the feasibility of the underwater rock plug blasting scheme of the dam. This achievement later won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
In the 1980s, China's nuclear power plant construction began to take off, and its seismic design and safety evaluation became the top priority. In 1984, the Earthquake Resistance Office of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection (城乡建设环境保护部抗震办) began to formulate China's nuclear power earthquake resistance code. Lin Gao (林皋) took the initiative to join the compilation group and later served as the leader of the structure group, participating in the compilation of China's first nuclear power plant earthquake resistance design code. During this period, Lin Gao's (林皋) research focus shifted to the seismic design of peripheral building structures of nuclear power plants and the design of main structures of nuclear power plants, and made important contributions to improving the seismic adaptability of Hongyanhe (红沿河), Tianwan (田湾), Fangchenggang (防城港) and other nuclear power plants built on complex foundations.
Over the past few decades, Lin Gao's (林皋) footsteps have traveled all over the country, and his research results have covered the entire process of seismic research from theory to practice. He has published more than 500 research papers in domestic and foreign academic journals, and published 1 monograph and 4 co-authored books.
Teaching people to fish, cultivating students' ability to solve practical problems
"After I went to Dalian Institute of Technology (大连工学院) to study for a doctorate, I studied under Professor Lin Gao (林皋), and his academic style has always influenced me." Wang Fuming (王复明), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), recalled that the experimental equipment was very expensive at that time, and Teacher Lin (林老师) often paid for everyone to buy experimental equipment.
"Teacher Lin's (林老师) rigorous academic spirit has deeply influenced me." Wang Fuming (王复明) and his team are currently committed to the research of safety maintenance theory and technology of basic engineering facilities. Despite his advanced age, Lin Gao (林皋) still often communicates with Wang Fuming's (王复明) team and provides suggestions.
"Young people should take the lead and shoulder heavy responsibilities, and grow up in practice," Lin Gao (林皋) said. In 2005, Hu Zhiqiang (胡志强), who graduated from the Industrial and Civil Building Engineering major of the Department of Civil Engineering of Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学) with a doctorate, was invited by Lin Gao (林皋) to participate in the seismic safety assessment of the Dagangshan Arch Dam (大岗山拱坝). "I was uneasy at the time," said Hu Zhiqiang (胡志强), now an associate professor in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学). "Teacher Lin (林老师) not only patiently explained the research content, methods and steps of the project to me, but also guided me to quickly master the core technology of seismic safety evaluation of high dams."
When carrying out dynamic and static analysis of the dam, Hu Zhiqiang (胡志强) encountered algorithm problems. "Teacher Lin (林老师) often analyzed the algorithms and calculation results with me after work, and finally proposed targeted improvement plans." Under the guidance of Lin Gao (林皋), Hu Zhiqiang (胡志强) turned his research direction to the key issues of dam seismic resistance, and then participated in the seismic safety research of many concrete high dams in China.
At the highest point of the glass bookcase in Lin Gao's (林皋) office, there are neatly arranged draft copies of the graduation theses of more than 100 graduate students he has trained since 1981. Lin Gao (林皋) always adheres to the concept that "there is no shortcut to thesis writing, and every detail is related to academic rigor." Opening each thesis, from the article structure to the experimental derivation, formula logic, and even the wording and punctuation, he made detailed notes.
Since he began to train master students in 1978, and then became one of the first doctoral supervisors in China in 1981, among the students trained by Lin Gao (林皋), 2 have become academicians, more than 10 have become doctoral supervisors, and dozens have become technical backbones in the fields of nuclear power, hydropower, etc. He still taught the "Structural Dynamics" course at the age of 75, and opened the "Nuclear Power Seismic Resistance" course for graduate students at the age of 85; although he has left the podium, he is still supervising doctoral students. "The most important thing in cultivating students is to teach people to fish. I require students not only to know how to do it, but also to understand why they do it. Cultivate students' ability to analyze problems and solve practical problems, so that they can go further," Lin Gao (林皋) said.
Reporter's Notes
Live and learn, and fight to the end
In the case of China's dam seismic technology is almost blank, Lin Gao (林皋) self-made instruments, with the courage of "pioneers" to open up new areas of scientific research; facing major challenges such as the blasting of the Fengman Reservoir (丰满水库) dam and the Baishan Arch Dam (白山拱坝) test, he broke through technical bottlenecks with the perseverance of "climbers"; in the new field of nuclear power seismic resistance, he actively participated in the development of China's nuclear power industry. As a scientist, he is determined to tackle key problems and achieve a series of important scientific research results; as an educator, he teaches by example and cultivates a group of industry leaders.
To this day, Lin Gao (林皋) is still fighting on the front line of scientific research and education. In him, we see the spiritual realm of "**活到老、学到老、奋斗到老**" (huó dào lǎo, xué dào lǎo, fèn dòu dào lǎo - "live to old age, learn to old age, struggle to old age," never stop learning and working), and see the loyalty and responsibility of an intellectual to the country and the people. His adherence is not only a persistent adherence to the cause of science, but also a practice of the mission of "cultivating people for the Party and cultivating talents for the country."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 贺 勇 蒋云龙 魏哲哲
In the golden autumn season, fruits and melons fill the air with fragrance. Stepping into the pitaya planting base of the Modern Agriculture Industrial Park in Wukusak Town, Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区喀什地区疏附县吾库萨克镇), rows of neat supports come into view, with red pitayas hanging from the vines. The ripe fruits are brightly colored and full in shape. Fruit farmers are busy picking, and the joy of harvest is on everyone's face.
"I used to only see pitaya planting on TV. I didn't expect that with the help of the Guangzhou aid-to-Xinjiang cadres, we could grow them here too." Sajjida Yusup (萨吉代·玉苏普), a villager in Qiongbage Village, Wukusak Town (吾库萨克镇琼巴格村), has been learning pitaya planting and management techniques from teachers from Guangdong, and has now become an expert from a "layman." "Having employment at my doorstep not only provides a stable income, but also allows me to learn technology and skills. Life is getting better and better!" said Sajjida Yusup (萨吉代·玉苏普).
Luo Liang (罗亮), the leader of the Guangzhou Aid-to-Xinjiang Work Team (广州援疆工作队), introduced that the Modern Agriculture Industrial Park in Wukusak Town (吾库萨克镇) has formed a pattern integrating planting, production and processing, sales, and tourism and leisure, with the integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, driving more than 7,000 people in the surrounding areas to find employment.
Employment is the greatest livelihood issue. Targeted aid to Xinjiang focuses on key points, bringing industries and projects to Xinjiang, and leaving behind infrastructure and jobs. In Aktau County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州阿克陶县), the Jiangxi Aid-to-Xinjiang Work Team (江西援疆工作队) introduced asparagus planting technology, which has more than five times the economic benefits of cotton planting. In Hutubi County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州呼图壁县), the Fujian Aid-to-Xinjiang Work Team (福建援疆工作队) built an e-commerce science and technology industrial park, reducing the cost of agricultural products leaving Xinjiang by more than 30%. In Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Heilongjiang is carrying out ice and snow sports assistance, and coaches from Heilongjiang from afar are imparting all their knowledge.
Targeted aid to Xinjiang is surging across the Tianshan Mountains (天山). Since the high-quality development of targeted aid to Xinjiang in the new era, 19 aid-to-Xinjiang provinces have focused on the urgent needs and expectations of people of all ethnic groups, and have continued to promote industrial aid to Xinjiang, intellectual aid to Xinjiang, and cultural enrichment of Xinjiang in an all-round and multi-level manner, benefiting people of all ethnic groups in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains (天山南北), and helping Xinjiang's economic and social high-quality development.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 89.2% of aid-to-Xinjiang project funds were invested in the field of people's livelihood, and 91.3% were invested in grassroots areas, promoting the continuous improvement of the well-being of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
While aid to Xinjiang helps development, the aid-to-Xinjiang headquarters are working hard to promote exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups, so that everyone's hearts are closer and feelings are deeper. In the "Suyun Yi Qing · Yi Lu You Ning" Ningyi (苏韵伊情·伊路有宁) two-place youth exchange activity carried out during the summer vacation this year, the children came to Nanjing (南京), Beijing (北京), and Yili (伊犁) together. Abduaziz Abudusalam (阿卜杜艾孜则·阿卜杜萨拉木), a teenager from Yining City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州伊宁市), said: "I have learned knowledge and made many friends. When we parted, I was very reluctant to leave them."
"At present, more than 200,000 young people from Ningyi (宁伊) have participated in activities such as 'Wanli Hongyan Chuan Zhenqing' hand-in-hand letter friendship, summer camps, and winter camps, and 112,000 people have gone to other places to visit and study. Science popularization education and modern civilization education cover 300,000 people," said Zhao Qinghong (赵庆红), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Ili Prefecture (伊犁州), Secretary of the Party Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the Jiangsu Aid-to-Yi Forward Command (江苏省援伊前方指挥部).
The participation in exchanges, interactions, and integration is not only getting higher and higher, but also the breadth and depth are constantly expanding.
"We organized more than 4,800 primary and middle school students in Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区) to carry out integration and exchange activities. Watching the flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) inspired their ambition and motivation to make contributions to the country; at the mouth of the Yellow River, they felt the national feelings of 'the same origin and common flow'; at the National Supercomputing Center in Jinan (国家超级计算济南中心) and the Qingdao National Deep Sea Base Management Center (青岛国家深海基地管理中心), they felt the great achievements of Chinese-style modernization at close range," said Yuan Liang (袁良), Secretary of the Party Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the Shandong Aid-to-Xinjiang Work Command (山东省援疆工作指挥部).
The efforts of the aid-to-Xinjiang provinces and aid-to-Xinjiang cadres and talents are remembered by the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. In Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (博尔塔拉蒙古自治州), Zhang Ping (张平), the leader of the Publicity and Tourism Group of the Hubei Aid-to-Xinjiang Work Forward Command (湖北省援疆工作前方指挥部), often had "disputes" with local people because of his Hubei accent. "When taking a taxi or buying vegetables, the local people often refuse to accept my money when they hear that I am from Hubei," said Zhang Ping (张平). Hubei's aid to Xinjiang has given full play to the resource advantages of a large province in education, medical care, and employment, and has formed a good reputation in the local area.
Aid-to-Xinjiang cadres and talents come with sincerity and responsibility, and continue to make new contributions to Xinjiang. Gongliu County Jiyang Middle School (巩留县暨阳中学) in Yili, Xinjiang (新疆伊犁) is a new school. Due to the weakness of the teaching staff, the Jiangsu Aid-to-Yi Suzhou (Zhangjiagang) Work Group (江苏援伊·苏州（张家港）工作组) specially introduced four old principals, including He Lixin (何立新), from Zhangjiagang (张家港) to be responsible for the school's management. The old principals unreservedly dedicated their experience in education to the teachers of this distant school. Reshaping the school's teaching ecology and consolidating the foundation of teaching quality have significantly improved students' learning attitudes and grades.
Return to TopGuangzhou, October 14th (Reported by Li Gang (李刚)) October 14th marks the 56th World Standards Day. The Guangdong Provincial Administration for Market Regulation, the Trade and Industry Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Economic and Technological Development Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region jointly announced a new batch of 27 "Greater Bay Area Standards."
The "Greater Bay Area Standards" released this time include "Green Bond Environmental Benefit Information Disclosure Indicators," "Information and Communication Infrastructure Engineering Planning and Design Specifications," "Traditional Chinese Medicine Classic Ward Nursing Management Specifications," and "Home-based Elderly Care Elderly Health Management Service Specifications," covering industry, business environment, culture, and other aspects.
To support the 15th National Games and the National Para Games and Special Olympics, jointly hosted by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the "Greater Bay Area Standards" introduced the "General Specifications for Volunteer Services for Large-Scale Events," making volunteer service a bright calling card for volunteers in the Greater Bay Area.
Up to now, Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) have jointly formulated 262 "Greater Bay Area Standards," covering transportation, water conservancy, traditional Chinese medicine, green ecology, elderly care services, and other fields. The formulation and promotion of these standards will further promote the connection of rules and the docking of mechanisms in the Greater Bay Area, promote regional integrated development, and help build a world-class bay area and a world-class urban agglomeration.
Return to TopAccording to the "My Home is by the Yangtze River" themed publicity event held by the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) on October 14, this reporter learned: In the first three quarters of this year, the cargo throughput of ports along the Yangtze River (长江) trunk line is expected to reach 3.06 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%, showing a steady growth trend in shipping production.
Benefiting from the favorable export situation of mechanical equipment, steel, and commercial vehicles, container transportation continues to maintain a good growth momentum. In the first three quarters, the container throughput of ports along the Yangtze River (长江) trunk line is expected to exceed 20 million TEUs, with a significant year-on-year increase.
Regional maritime coordination and logistics model innovation inject new impetus into shipping growth. On September 5 this year, the Yangtze River Maritime Safety Administration (长江海事部门) and the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration (上海海事部门) signed a cooperation agreement in Jiujiang (九江), Jiangxi (江西), stipulating that when new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, photovoltaic products, and other goods are exported through containers, they only need to be declared to the port of origin, which can shorten the time containers spend in port by 35% and reduce transportation costs for enterprises by more than 100 million yuan annually.
Return to TopWhat kind of world should we build together? At this historic juncture of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, we should revisit the original aspiration and mission of the United Nations, resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law, promote the United Nations to revitalize its authority and vitality under the new situation, and major countries should especially set an example.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Over the past 80 years, the United Nations, the most universal, representative, and authoritative intergovernmental international organization in the world today, has played an irreplaceable and important role in maintaining peace and security and promoting economic and social development. Today, the world is once again at a historical crossroads. Reviewing the original aspiration of the founding of the United Nations, reaffirming the commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and promoting the United Nations to revitalize its authority and vitality under the new situation are of great significance for reforming and improving the global governance system and working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
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The most important decision made by the international community around the end of World War II was the establishment of the United Nations.
In 1945, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind," the international community jointly discussed the establishment of the United Nations, formulated and signed the *Charter of the United Nations*, and embarked on an extraordinary journey to build a post-war international order and pursue peaceful development.
These have been 80 years of safeguarding peace. From peacekeeping operations in conflict areas to political mediation of international disputes, from the construction of the nuclear non-proliferation system to the deepening of international counter-terrorism cooperation, the United Nations mechanism has become an irreplaceable platform for curbing wars and resolving conflicts in the world today, making positive contributions to maintaining overall global peace.
These have been 80 years of sowing hope. The *Declaration on the Right to Development* clearly stipulates that the right to development is an inalienable human right, and the Millennium Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development have drawn a grand blueprint for global common development and prosperity. The number of people living in extreme poverty has been greatly reduced, the enrollment rate of children has been significantly increased, and the public health system has been continuously improved... These achievements in improving people's well-being and promoting national development mark the progress of the United Nations and create a better, more peaceful, and more sustainable future for all mankind.
These have been 80 years of building consensus. The United Nations has built an international order framework based on international law and is the mainstay of global governance. The signing of hundreds of international conventions has built a rule system from diplomacy to trade, from ocean to space; the conclusion of the *Paris Agreement* on climate change, the coordinated action to deal with sudden public health events, and the *Pact for the Future*, which outlines the blueprint for the future development of the world, demonstrate the unique value of the United Nations in leading countries to work together to address common challenges.
Peace and development are the original aspiration and mission of the United Nations, as well as the source of strength and the goal of the United Nations. In front of the United Nations headquarters building, the sculptures "Swords into Plowshares" and "Knotted Gun" constantly remind the world to end wars, ban killings, and protect our common and only home.
Never forget the original intention, and you will always achieve your goal. The United Nations has gone through 80 years. No matter how far it goes, it cannot forget why it started.
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The world is experiencing a new period of turbulence and change. Unilateralism and Cold War mentality are making a comeback. International rules and order are seriously impacted. The road to peace is long and arduous, and the cause of development is encountering headwinds. The once-effective international system has been repeatedly damaged, and the various chaos caused by it are painful and worrying—
The "2025 Global Peace Index" released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, headquartered in Australia, shows that 59 inter-state conflicts are taking place, the highest since the end of World War II; with only 5 years left in the deadline for the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, only 35% of the specific goals are being advanced as planned, and nearly 2/3 of the specific goals have made insufficient progress or even regressed, with more than 800 million people worldwide living in absolute poverty and about 8.2% of the population facing hunger; the foundation of multilateralism has been eroded, and some countries regard multilateral mechanisms as purely geopolitical tools, causing the authority of international law and international rules to be questioned; terrorism, refugee crises, transnational crimes, major infectious diseases and other challenges emerge one after another, and the problems facing the international community are becoming more complex and diverse... Some believe that the current international order is at the most dangerous moment since World War II: the United Nations "fails," international law "fails," and multilateralism "fails," making it difficult for the "old tickets" of the global governance system to board the "giant ship" of today's era.
Calibrating the current direction is the only way to avoid going astray. The various chaos in the world today are not because the United Nations is outdated, but precisely because the purposes and principles of the UN Charter are constantly being distorted and undermined. A series of major crises and challenges in recent years have repeatedly warned the world that if we want to solve the problems facing the world today, the role of the United Nations can only be strengthened, not weakened, and the status of the United Nations must be maintained, not replaced. "It is not the *UN Charter* that has failed, it is not the United Nations that has failed. What really determines its strength is whether member states have the determination to defend it and hold those who violate it accountable." In September this year, at the venue of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the voices of people with insight were clear and powerful.
History tells us that multilateralism, solidarity and cooperation are the right answers to solving global problems. In the face of the international situation intertwined with changes and chaos, the international system with the United Nations as the core is still an important guarantee for the cause of human progress, and the concept of multilateralism based on coordination and cooperation is the best solution to global problems. The key to the United Nations playing its due role lies in the fact that the vast number of member states, especially major countries, should uphold the spirit of solidarity and cooperation, put the common interests of the international community first, earnestly abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter, make objective and fair judgments in accordance with international law and the basic norms of international relations, and play a positive and positive role.
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"80 years later, we are once again facing the problems that the founders of the United Nations faced, but today's tasks are more urgent, more complex, and more ruthless: What kind of world should we build together?" During the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that in the face of the current multiple crises, the United Nations is more important than ever.
At this historic juncture of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, all parties should revisit the original aspiration and mission of the United Nations, resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law, and promote the United Nations to revitalize its authority and vitality under the new situation.
We must build a cornerstone of fairness and justice. All countries, regardless of size, strength or weakness, are equal. This is the primary principle of the UN Charter. International affairs should no longer be monopolized by a few countries, and the Global South has the right to raise and safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. The reform of the UN Security Council should adhere to democratic consultation, increase the representation and voice of developing countries, especially African countries, and effectively correct historical injustices.
We must hold high the torch of multilateralism. The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will take "working together" as its theme, precisely to reaffirm its commitment to multilateralism and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. The collective action capacity of the United Nations will inevitably be frustrated by the "withdrawal from groups and destruction of contracts" and "withdrawal of investment and supply cuts" by individual major countries, which obstruct the passage of Security Council resolutions. True multilateralism is not about engaging in "small circle" politics, but about adhering to joint consultation, joint construction and sharing, replacing confrontation with dialogue and replacing zero-sum games with win-win cooperation.
We must unite the power of solidarity and cooperation. Promoting international cooperation is an important purpose of the UN Charter and an inevitable path to improving global governance. Countries are interdependent and share a common destiny. No one can be immune. We should strengthen solidarity and cooperation, firmly safeguard the status and authority of the United Nations, and effectively play the irreplaceable and important role of the United Nations in global governance. The UN Security Council should also transcend narrow geopolitical considerations, uphold the spirit of solidarity and cooperation, fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to it by the UN Charter, and play a good role in maintaining international peace and security.
We must be action-oriented to solve problems. Improving global governance depends on countries taking action. Major countries should especially set an example, assume the responsibilities of major countries, show the responsibility of major countries, provide more public goods to the international community, and inject confidence and strength into world peace and development. Developed countries should earnestly fulfill their responsibilities and honor their commitments to development assistance and climate finance. The Global South should adhere to mutual assistance and joint self-improvement, and work together to safeguard common interests.
As a founding member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, China has always firmly stood on the right side of history and adhered to true multilateralism. Pursuing global governance for peace and security, adhering to the path of peaceful development, and playing a constructive role in promoting the settlement of hotspot issues; promoting global governance for common development, advocating inclusive economic globalization that benefits all, and promoting high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road"; advocating open and inclusive global governance, respecting the diversity of civilizations, and promoting the common values of all mankind; practicing multilateral cooperation in global governance, fully participating in the work of the United Nations in various fields, and consciously assuming its own international obligations, and has so far joined almost all universal intergovernmental international organizations... China will always be a reliable partner of the United Nations, supporting the United Nations to play a central role in international affairs, and jointly taking responsibility for maintaining world peace and promoting development and prosperity.
Recently, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly put forward the Global Governance Initiative, clarifying the principles, methods and paths that need to be followed in reforming and improving global governance. The international community generally believes that the Global Governance Initiative is rich in content, and its core concept is highly consistent with the beliefs upheld by the United Nations, and it has strongly responded to the international community's strong call for reforming and improving the global governance system.
Learning from the past and knowing the future, so as to start a new journey. The United Nations carries the good wishes of the people of all countries for lasting peace and common prosperity, witnesses the glorious course of solidarity and cooperation and the pursuit of progress by the international community, and will continue to play an important role in human progress. In the future, all parties should strengthen solidarity and cooperation, follow the historical trend of peace and development, break through the countercurrent of unilateralism and bullying, practice the global governance concept of joint consultation, joint construction and sharing, and jointly create a better world.
Return to TopThis newspaper Harbin (哈尔滨) October 14th (Reporter Guo Xiaolong (郭晓龙)) "Now all the materials are processed in one go, it's really too convenient!" Recently, Mr. Nie (聂先生), the owner of a restaurant in Xiangfang District (香坊区), Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), went to the window of the Comprehensive Government Service Hall to handle the change of business operator. By submitting 7 materials at once through the "License Joint Change" method, he completed the change of business license and food business license.
In recent years, Harbin (哈尔滨) has insisted on improving the work style of cadres as a focus, and constantly improving the level of government services. The Harbin New Area (哈尔滨新区) government service department has promoted the "Five Ones" comprehensive review reform, which originally took more than 18 working days for approval, but now can be completed in 1 day; it has continued to launch bank enterprise establishment assistance and agency services, and business license city-wide handling and collection services, reducing the enterprise establishment time from 11.5 days to 38 minutes. "Now, we collect opinions and suggestions from the public on government work through online deliberation halls, resident tea parties, etc., and constantly optimize work processes and improve service capabilities," said a staff member of the Daoli District (道里区) government service department in Harbin (哈尔滨).
Improving the work style of cadres has increased public participation. Citizens use live broadcasts, short videos, micro-movies, and other methods to showcase the unique natural scenery and cultural charm of the Ice City (冰城); the public actively participates in urban governance, supervises the honest operation of various business entities, and accelerates the formation of a new pattern of urban governance featuring joint construction, joint governance, and shared benefits.
The widespread participation of the public has also stimulated the development of the tourism industry. From January to June this year, the city received a cumulative total of 86.977 million tourists and achieved a total tourism consumption of 137.58 billion yuan, an increase of 17.8% and 14% respectively year-on-year.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) October 14th dispatch (Reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)): Recently, the 28th Beijing International Music Festival, hosted by the Beijing Municipal People's Government (北京市人民政府), opened. With the theme of "Future Tradition · Momentary New Sound," this year's music festival is held in Beijing (北京) from October 10th to 24th, including five major sections: main unit performances, master classes, youth exhibition performances, national symphony month, and the integration of culture, commerce, tourism, and sports. It brings together more than 700 artists and 8 well-known orchestras from 26 countries and regions to bring 11 wonderful performances, many of which are premieres.
This year's Beijing International Music Festival has been upgraded and presented, deeply exploring the dialogue and integration of classical music and modern creation, Eastern musical vocabulary and Western art forms, presenting diverse and innovative musical works and performance forms. The Beijing International Music Festival will use music as a medium to present Beijing's open, inclusive, and innovative urban characteristics, interpret the unique charm of the "Performing Arts Capital," and make Beijing (北京) a "meeting point for world music."
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Art and literature are the bugle call of the times, best representing the spirit of an era and best leading the trends of an era.
More than 100 outstanding stage art works (units), more than 1,000 fine art, calligraphy, seal carving, and photography works, and 174 mass art works... The 14th China Arts Festival will be held in Chongqing (重庆市) and Sichuan Province (四川省) from October 16th to November 5th, aiming to showcase the new heights and new atmosphere of Chinese art and literature, as well as the new achievements and new styles of literary and art workers, and to make it an "artistic event and a people's festival."
In recent years, the vast number of literary and art workers have deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, earnestly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) series of important expositions on literary and art work, especially the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) congratulatory letter to the 10th China Arts Festival, devoted themselves to and created with their hearts, and the garden of Chinese art and literature in the new era has presented a myriad of scenes, showing an inspiring and confident era style.
Producing masterpieces and cultivating talents, stage art has yielded fruitful results.
During the 14th China Arts Festival, more than 100 outstanding stage art works (units) will be unveiled, including Peking Opera "Qi Baishi" (齐白石), acrobatic drama "The Pioneer" (先声), dance poetic drama "Shu Road" (蜀道), and song "The World Gave Me" (世界赠予我的), showcasing the beauty of Chinese history, mountains and rivers, and culture. In addition, as one of the main activities of this China Arts Festival, the National Excellent Fine Arts, Calligraphy and Seal Carving, and Photography Exhibition will offer the audience a splendid visual feast.
An era has the art and literature of its era, and an era has the spirit of its era. In the new era, China's stage art has produced many masterpieces and a large number of talents.
Gaining insight into the passion of the times from the great practice of Chinese-style modernization, and excavating themes from the fiery lives of the people, a number of artistic works have been well received: the drama "Good Days on Qingsong Ridge" (青松岭的好日子) and the Cai Diao Opera "New Liu Sanjie" (新刘三姐), which reflect poverty alleviation and rural revitalization; the dramas "Saihan Changge" (塞罕长歌) and "Qingxi Helan" (情系贺兰), which reflect ecological priority and green development; the dance drama "The Eternal Radio Wave" (永不消逝的电波) and the opera "Red Boat" (红船), which reflect the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists and continue the red bloodline; the Hebei Bangzi Opera "Li Baoguo" (李保国) and the dramas "Liu Qing" (柳青) and "Gu Wenchang" (谷文昌), which reflect the spiritual qualities of heroic models...
People still remember that in the literary and artistic evening party "Justice Will Prevail" commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the post-80s artist served as the general director, the post-90s choreographers participated in the creation, and the proportion of post-00s actors exceeded 50%. The younger generation of literary and art workers live up to their youth and shoulder important responsibilities.
Carrying out the cultivation of leading artistic talents in the new era, implementing the training programs for leading talents in screenwriting, opera performance, vocal music, magic, literary and art troupe management, and fine art exhibition planning, and holding advanced training courses for leading talents in stage art creation in the new era... With the support of a series of policies, the vast number of literary and art workers have strengthened their ideological accumulation, knowledge reserve, and artistic training, improved their learning, cultivation, and self-cultivation, and strived to pursue true talent, good morality, and high taste, and the younger generation of literary and artistic talents has grown rapidly.
The people need art and literature, and art and literature also need the people.
Not missing a single Mongolian yurt and not leaving out a single herdsman is the promise of the Ulan Muqir. "For decades, the Ulan Muqir team members have used the sky as a curtain and the earth as a stage to bring joy and civilization to the vast number of farmers and herdsmen, which is deeply moving." Wu Jia (吴佳), a post-90s Ulan Muqir team member, said, "We will continue to sing for the people."
Walking in the mountains, setting up stages by the forest, singing by the river, writing about the great changes in the mountains and villages, the development of the times, and the appearance of the people... Looking at the whole country, the vast number of literary and art workers go deep into life and take root in the people, using their full passion, vivid brushstrokes, beautiful melodies, and touching images to stir up laughter and gather strength for progress.
This China Arts Festival will launch 10 mass cultural activities with a certain scale to narrow the distance between art and the masses, and has also specially planned boutique cultural tourism routes such as "Travel with Performances" and "Night at the Museum" to actively drive cultural and tourism consumption.
Down-to-earth and vibrant, mass art is bustling with activity.
Not long ago, at the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the autumn "Village Evening" was held in full swing in Yanqiaoao Village (鄢旗坳村), Pengyuan Town (彭原镇), Xifeng District (西峰区), Qingyang City (庆阳市), Gansu Province (甘肃省). Chorus "My Great Northwest" (我的大西北), dance "Fragrant Appointment in Qingyang" (香约庆阳), opera medley "Longyuan Qin Sound" (陇塬秦声)... The vast number of villagers took to the stage and became the protagonists. Villager He Hongyan (贺红艳) said: "I am really happy to show the style of farmers in our own festival. Our farmers' lives are getting better and better!"
Throughout the year, "Village Evenings" are bustling with activity in various places, greatly enriching rural cultural life and driving rural tourism and industrial development.
At this China Arts Festival, mass art enthusiasts and mass culture workers will bring wonderful works in six categories: music, dance, drama, Quyi, mass chorus, and square dance, to participate in the 20th Qunxing Award.
"A total of 5,039 works (teams) participated in the selection, with about 295,000 people involved in creation, performance, and guidance, and 174 works (teams) were shortlisted for the final evaluation. The works closely follow the pulse of the times and deeply depict real life." Yan Xiaodong (闫晓东), Deputy Director of the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said, "Some of the participating teams will form small teams to go deep into the grassroots in Sichuan and Chongqing, enter scenic spots, enter blocks, and enter communities to carry out benefit-the-people performances."
In many places in Hubei (湖北), you can always see the square dance "Carved Paper-cut" (雕花剪纸) - men, women, old and young all participate, the dance steps have the twists and turns like scissors and carving knives, and there are also life-like scenes such as "magpies calling, chickens and ducks making noise," inheriting intangible cultural heritage, dancing out health, and nourishing the soul.
In recent years, China's mass art teams have sprung up and continued to grow, and a large number of excellent works are both interesting and meaningful, making people happy to see and hear, enlightening and nourishing the heart.
Created by the masses and performed by the masses. Programmers perform traditional Quyi, engineers from scientific research institutes create and perform situational dramas, and dumpling restaurant operators sing newly compiled folk songs... People from all walks of life participate in creation and performance, and mass art is gaining popularity.
Down-to-earth and full of vitality. Neighborhood warmth, rural revitalization, artificial intelligence, grassroots governance, anti-corruption and integrity, intangible cultural heritage inheritance... Experts are among the people, and the vast number of people are good at excavating truth, goodness, and beauty from ordinary things, and conveying positive energy from the details of life. The playing and singing are full of strong human feelings and fireworks. Netizens left messages praising: "It has artistic standards and a breath of life."
Good at innovation and clever at cross-border, traditional culture continues to attract fans.
The broad and profound Chinese civilization is the unique spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation, the foundation of contemporary Chinese art and literature, and also a treasure trove of artistic innovation.
The opening ceremony of this China Arts Festival is highly anticipated. The dance poetic drama "Shu Road" will trace the origin of the Shu Road from the legend of Wu Ding opening the road, showing "an ancient Shu Road, half the history of China."
In recent years, the vast number of literary and art workers have insisted on extracting themes, obtaining inspiration, and drawing nutrients from the treasure house of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and excellent works such as the dance drama "Du Fu" (杜甫), the Sichuan Opera "Dream Back to Dongpo" (梦回东坡), the Yang Opera "Zheng Banqiao" (郑板桥), and the Wu Opera "Three Battles with the White Bone Demon" (三打白骨精) have emerged one after another. Square dances accompanied by Guochao music and adapted from ethnic minority dances integrate tradition and modernity, quickly attracting fans.
Brush once, brush twice, brush three times... The beauty of China is never enough to see. The dance poetic drama "Only This Green" (只此青绿) and the dance drama "Five Stars Emerge from the East" (五星出东方), which are based on national treasure cultural relics, have become popular by bringing cultural relics to life in the form of stage art; the Yue Opera "New Dragon Inn" (新龙门客栈) has carried out an environmental theater exploration, and the new landscape of Yue Opera attracts more audiences to enter the garden and watch the spring scenery.
Technological empowerment has continuously enriched the narrative methods, expression forms, and communication channels of literary and artistic creation.
The new Guofeng immersive fantasy show "New Liu Hai Cuts Firewood" (新刘海砍樵) gives traditional art and historical legends a brand-new audio-visual experience; the National Theatre of China's drama "Su Di Chunxiao" (苏堤春晓) launched a second scene, and audiences from all over the country enjoyed it together; the Central National Orchestra jointly launched the "DOU You Guole" (DOU有国乐) program with Douyin Live, and more than 100 artists settled in and started broadcasting...
Excellent traditional Chinese culture is constantly innovating and becoming more colorful, breaking walls and going out of the circle, and high-quality cultural resources cross mountains and rivers, allowing the vast number of people to watch operas, listen to music, and learn art without leaving home.
"This China Arts Festival will adopt the 'Internet + Performing Arts' model to let innovation empower art, let art innovate and shine, expand the space for artistic expression, and enhance the aesthetic experience," said a relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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Climbing Yellow Crane Tower, one's eyes sweep over the vast expanse of Chu (楚) sky.
Miao Dejie (缪德杰), a resident of Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北) Province, often brings his mobile phone and tripod to the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) area on sunny days to take photos for a whole day, feeling that "no matter how much I shoot, it's never enough."
Since starting mobile photography in 2014, Miao Dejie (缪德杰) has taken more than 2,000 photos of the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼). "At different times and from different angles, the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) has different beauty," said Miao Dejie (缪德杰).
"Long ago, the immortal rode away on a yellow crane; all that remains is the Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane is gone, never to return; for a thousand years, only white clouds drift by." Cui Hao (崔颢), a poet of the Tang Dynasty, "froze" the beautiful scenery before his eyes with words. "Where is my home at sunset? The misty waves on the river sadden me." This poem, "Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼)," infused with the author's sorrow, was praised by Yan Yu (严羽) of the Song Dynasty as "the best of the Tang Dynasty's seven-character律诗."
The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) was first built in 223 AD, initially for military observation. At this time, the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) had only two floors, the lower floor connected to the city wall, and the overall structure was simple, rough, and bold. By the Tang Dynasty, the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) gradually lost its military function and became a scenic building where people would visit and feast. It is located on the banks of the Yangtze River (长江), near the pier, with convenient transportation, and literati from the north and south often came here to "check in."
Whether missing their hometown or bidding farewell to friends, after enjoying wine at the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), the poets' sorrows often welled up in their hearts.
Li Bai (李白) bid farewell to Meng Haoran (孟浩然) here, leaving behind the loneliness of "A lone sail, a distant shadow, vanishes into the blue sky; only the Yangtze River flows to the horizon"; Wang Wei (王维) bid farewell to Prefect Kang (康太守) here, full of the expectation of "How is this different from Linchuan Prefecture (临川郡)? It still troubles Marquis Kang Le (康乐侯)"; Bai Juyi (白居易), on his way to being demoted to Sima of Jiangzhou (江州司马), expressed here the disappointment of "Always places I have never been in my life; drunk, I can appreciate them; sober, I can be sad"...
By the Song Dynasty, the rebuilt Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) was separated from the city wall, and the structure was more complex and refined, with jagged wing corners and gorgeous decorations, highlighting the interests of the Song people.
The pavilions changed, but the cultural context continued. Yue Fei (岳飞), in his disappointment, ascended the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) and pondered, "Looking far into the Central Plains, beyond the desolate smoke, many cities and towns"; Fan Chengda (范成大) resigned and went east, passing by here and lamenting, "Counting the events of ten years, I have spent the Mid-Autumn Festival in ten places. This year's new dream suddenly arrives at the old mountain top of the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤旧山头)"; Su Shi (苏轼), who was demoted to Huangzhou (黄州), although he had never been to the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), encouraged his friend to "May you still compose the poems of the banished immortal and chase the yellow crane."
"The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) carries rich cultural connotations and has become an important cultural symbol," said Shao Dawei (邵大为), associate professor at the School of Literature and Journalism Communication, South-Central University for Nationalities (中南民族大学文学与新闻传播学院). "According to statistics, more than 900 poets in history have left nearly 1,500 poems related to the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼)."
The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt due to wars, disasters, and other reasons. In 1884, the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) was destroyed by a fire. After a century of waiting, the newly built Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) was re-erected in front of the world in 1985.
The rebuilt Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) has five floors, adopting a design of flying eaves on each floor, presenting a posture of being lower and wider at the bottom and sharper at the top, shaped like a cylinder. It not only retains the architectural features of the ancient Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) but also reflects modern construction techniques.
Today, many public facilities in Wuhan (武汉) are decorated with Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) patterns, and the elements of the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) are integrated into many aspects of Wuhan (武汉) citizens' lives. Wang Fei (王飞), director of the Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower Park Management Office (武汉市黄鹤楼公园管理处), introduced: "We will continue to inherit and revitalize the historical culture of the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), create more cultural and creative products and cultural experience scenarios, and make the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) a booster for the high-quality development of Hubei's (湖北) cultural tourism industry."
"Pouring wine into the turbulent river, my heart surges high with the waves!" The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) witnesses history and carries on the cultural context. Its story is still being written.
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Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that development must be scientific development that follows economic laws.
After experiencing vicissitudes, how can China's economy in the new era be full of vitality and have a bright future?
Conforming to the trend of history, Chinese Communists are good at discovering, revealing, and applying laws, and steering the ship of China's economy through the clouds and waves.
Law is the golden key to understanding and transforming the world, and it is a compass that guides the way forward in the face of difficulties.
Insight into the overall situation and clear understanding of the general trend. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has continuously deepened its understanding of the laws of economic work, and continuously enriched and developed the scientific connotation and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, leading China's economy to win the initiative and win the future on a new great journey.
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Going against the trend! In the first three quarters, China's foreign trade withstood external pressure, with imports and exports of goods increasing by 4% year-on-year, of which exports of high-tech products increased by 11.9%, and exports of industrial robots increased significantly by 54.9%.
Behind the eye-catching data is the increasingly solid foundation of the real economy.
Do you remember that at the beginning of the founding of New China, it faced the mess left by old China, where even screws and matches had to be imported. Today, China has become the world's largest manufacturing country with the most complete industrial categories, and its export products are becoming newer and better. "Made in China (中国造)" enjoys a global reputation.
A good chess player seeks momentum, and a good planner achieves long-term goals.
From the first Five-Year Plan to the 14th Five-Year Plan, connecting the development history of New China, it contains the development code of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and demonstrates the continuous deepening of the Chinese Communists' understanding of the laws of economic development.
Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that as long as we grasp the laws and trends of historical development, seize the opportunities for historical changes, follow the trend, and strive for progress, we will be able to move forward better.
Economic development is a long-term historical process that needs to be divided into different historical stages. Correctly understanding the historical position and development stage of the cause of the Party and the people is the fundamental basis for our Party to clarify the central tasks of the stage and formulate guidelines and policies.
Contradiction is the fundamental driving force of the development of things, and the main social contradiction determines the direction of the development of things.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十九大) proposed that "the main social contradiction in our country has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development," clarifying the logical starting point for grasping the new stage of historical development.
"After building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieving the first centenary goal, we must take advantage of the situation to embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in all respects and march towards the second centenary goal, which marks that our country has entered a new stage of development."
Taking the new development stage as the benchmark for the new development orientation, Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary made this strategic judgment with a long-term historical perspective.
The new development stage is a new stage in which our Party leads the people to usher in a historic leap from standing up, getting rich, to becoming strong, it is the advancement of socialism in our country from the primary stage to a higher stage, and it is a great leap in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Based on the new development stage, Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out clearly that "China's development is still in an important period of strategic opportunity, but there are new developments and changes in both opportunities and challenges."
From a domestic perspective, our country has shifted to a stage of high-quality development, with a stable economic foundation, many advantages, strong resilience, and great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed.
From an international perspective, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing in depth, the international balance of power is undergoing profound adjustments, and the period of turbulence and change is still continuing.
There are also constants in the changes.
"Our country is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long time. Our country is still the largest developing country in the world, and development is still the Party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating the country," Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out.
Based on the new development stage, promoting high-quality development is a vivid embodiment of using the basic principles of Marxism to solve practical problems, and it is an inevitable requirement for development that follows economic laws.
Coordinating the two major situations at home and abroad, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has made it clear that high-quality development is the primary task of building a modern socialist country in all respects, an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization, and the hard truth of the new era.
Ideas are the guide to action. Whether the development concept is correct fundamentally determines the effectiveness and even the success or failure of development.
Guided by the new development concept to promote high-quality development, Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary answered the major question of what kind of development to achieve and how to achieve development under the new situation.
In October 2015, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的十八届五中全会), Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary proposed the new development concepts of innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing, providing fundamental guidance for the leap and transformation of China's economy, and opening a profound transformation related to the overall development situation.
Innovation is the core variable driving economic development. The rapid economic growth stage mainly relies on the driving force of traditional factors, but after development to a certain stage, as the growth space narrows, the marginal benefits of traditional factors decrease, and it is necessary to rely on innovation to improve total factor productivity, thereby opening up new growth space;
Green is the background color of economic development. People are born because of nature, and the relationship between people and nature is a symbiotic one. Respecting the laws of nature, promoting green development, and restricting economic activities and human behavior within the limits that natural resources and the ecological environment can bear are the only ways to achieve sustainable development;
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The new development concept adheres to the unity of goal orientation and problem orientation, coordinates both domestic and global perspectives, and coordinates overall planning and highlighting key points. It contains the practical logic of respecting laws and acting according to laws, and reflects our Party's profound grasp of the laws of development.
Planning according to the situation and taking advantage of the momentum.
In the process of high-quality development, the situation in which China's key core technologies in some fields are controlled by others has not been fundamentally changed, the gap between urban and rural areas and income distribution is still relatively large, and some places are accustomed to returning to the old path of pursuing extensive expansion and inefficient development when encountering contradictions and difficulties.
In 2023, when Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary inspected local areas, he first proposed new quality productive forces, and then made an in-depth explanation that "the characteristic is innovation, the key is quality, and the essence is advanced productive forces," and made important expositions and deployments on developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions on a series of important occasions.
This is a major innovation in the theory of productive forces, and it has an important guiding and promoting role in China's economic development practice.
DeepSeek (深势科技) has emerged, humanoid robots have appeared one after another, and new energy vehicles are booming... Artificial intelligence, the low-altitude economy, and other new business forms have opened up new tracks, and future industries such as biomanufacturing and quantum technology are bravely venturing into uncharted territory. The deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation provides a powerful impetus for accelerating the formation of new quality productive forces.
The wise change with the times, and the knowledgeable adapt to circumstances.
To do a good job in economic work, it is necessary to accurately grasp the laws of development in a wider range, broader fields, and deeper levels. Enhancing foresight between the ebb and flow, following the trend, and going against the current can lead to long-term goals.
In 2020, when Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary inspected local areas, he keenly realized that "under the impact of the epidemic, the global industrial chain and supply chain have been partially broken, which directly affects China's domestic economic cycle," and then proposed to build a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other.
The economy of a large country must be characterized by "domestic demand as the leading factor and internal circulation." Behind the new development pattern is an accurate grasp and scientific application of the dialectical relationship between internal and external causes.
Based on its own strength, using strengthening the domestic cycle to resolve the impact of external shocks and the decline in external demand, and taking into account both domestic and foreign factors, using expanding high-level opening up to shape new advantages in international cooperation and competition, building a new development pattern is an inevitable choice to adapt to the new stage of China's development, and it is also a preemptive move to grasp the initiative of development.
The new pattern accumulates the power of development. Facing the storms and waves on the road ahead, China unswervingly does its own thing well, expands domestic demand in all directions, focuses on enhancing its ability to achieve self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, and continuously shapes new competitive advantages.
The east wind is mighty, and the atmosphere is ever-changing. Based on the new orientation, grasping the new direction, and opening up a new pattern, China's economy demonstrates full confidence and strong confidence.
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Focusing on removing institutional and mechanism barriers that hinder the free flow and efficient allocation of factors, promoting the gradual improvement of factor quality, the smooth flow of production factors, the efficient allocation of various resources, and the full release of market potential... In September of this year, China deployed pilot projects for comprehensive reform of factor market-based allocation in 10 regions.
Reform and opening up are important magic weapons for the Party and the people to catch up with the times by leaps and bounds, and they are the most prominent feature and the most magnificent atmosphere of contemporary China.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has accurately grasped the general trend of the times and the historical initiative, systematically designed and promoted reform as a whole, and started the great historical process of comprehensively deepening reform.
Marxism believes that the productive forces determine the relations of production, and the relations of production in turn react on the productive forces. The relations of production in a certain period must adapt to the development of the productive forces in order to give the productive forces a huge impetus.
The process of comprehensively deepening reform is the process of developing and improving the relations of production.
Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that we must dare to comprehensively deepen reform, consciously stimulate the vitality of social productive forces by adjusting the relations of production, and consciously adapt to the development requirements of the economic base by improving the superstructure, so that socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop forward in a more law-abiding manner.
Development raises the questions, and reform provides the answers.
"Let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and give better play to the role of the government" - the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的十八届三中全会) put forward this major conclusion, which has a far-reaching impact on comprehensively deepening reform.
"Coordinating the relationship between an effective market and an active government" has become an important regular understanding for our Party to do a good job in economic work, emphasizing that both the "invisible hand" and the "visible hand" must be used well, so that they can be both "flexible" and "manageable" to achieve the optimal efficiency and maximization of resource allocation.
Grasping the core issue of handling the relationship between the government and the market, our country has continuously improved the basic market economy system such as property rights protection and market access, steadily promoted the construction of a high-standard market system, and strived to build a high-level socialist market economy system.
One move affects the whole body. Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary pointed out that "economic system reform has an important impact and transmission effect on other aspects of reform, and the progress of major economic system reforms determines the progress of many system reforms in other aspects."
Establishing a policy framework with supply-side structural reform as the main line, promoting economic structural adjustment and the conversion of old and new driving forces, the industrial structure continues to be upgraded, and the construction of a modern industrial system is accelerating;
Adhering to and implementing the "two unswervinglys (两个毫不动摇)," promoting the optimization and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy, and improving the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects;
Accelerating the cultivation of a complete domestic demand system, forming a market-led endogenous growth mechanism for effective investment, and improving the long-term mechanism for expanding consumption...
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), economic system reform has been fully launched and systematically promoted, solving the outstanding problems facing China's development from the institutional mechanism, and laying a solid institutional foundation for accelerating the promotion of high-quality development.
Taking a step forward in development requires taking a step forward in reform.
In July 2024, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的二十届三中全会) made systematic arrangements for further comprehensively deepening reform.
Reform continues to advance into the critical period and deep-water zone. Both the depth and breadth are higher than in the past, and the balance of various interests and the coordination of relations are more difficult, which tests the wisdom of reformers.
"We must adhere to the dialectical unity of breaking and establishing, breaking and establishing at the same time, establishing first and then breaking, actively establishing what should be established, and breaking what should be broken in a timely manner on the basis of establishing, and achieving steady and steady reform in the unity of breaking and establishing," Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary profoundly grasped the inherent laws of reform -
Discussing the relationship between reform and the rule of law, he clearly pointed out that "all major reforms must be based on the law" and "we cannot allow some outdated legal provisions to become 'stumbling blocks' to reform";
In response to structural adjustment, he clearly proposed that "emptying the cage is not an empty cage. We must establish first and then break, and we must also study where the 'new birds' enter the cage and where the 'old birds' go";
When deploying industrial development, he particularly emphasized that the development of new quality productive forces "does not mean ignoring or abandoning traditional industries," and that we must follow the principles of "establishing first and then breaking, adapting to local conditions, and providing classified guidance";
Adhering to the people-centered approach, he repeatedly emphasized that "what the people care about and what they expect is what reform should focus on and promote, and bring more gains to the people through reform"...
From the implementation of a gradual delay in the statutory retirement age to the implementation of the Private Economy Promotion Law, further comprehensively deepening reform highlights the awareness of problems and the orientation of problems, and continues to advance in the unity of breaking and establishing.
Developing in reform and moving forward in opening up.
Economic globalization is an objective requirement for the development of social productive forces, and promoting the optimal allocation of global resources inevitably requires opening up.
"Expanding opening up to promote deepening reform, and deepening reform to promote expanding opening up, injecting new impetus, adding new vitality, and expanding new space for economic development," Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary clarified the inherent unity between reform and opening up.
Next month, the 8th China International Import Expo (中国国际进口博览会) will be held in Shanghai (上海). The CIIE, personally planned by Xi Jinping (习近平) General Secretary, is the world's first national-level exhibition with import as its theme, and it is a major measure for China to actively open its market to the world.
From creating new platforms such as the CIIE, the Consumer Goods Expo, the Supply Chain Expo, and the Service Trade Fair, to expanding the pilot free trade zones, setting sail the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), and then to continuously reducing the negative list for foreign investment access and expanding the scope of countries applicable to the unilateral visa-free policy for entry into China... Reform and opening up are mutually reinforcing and complementing each other.
China has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, its total trade in goods has ranked first in the world for many years in a row, its attraction of foreign investment and outbound investment ranks among the top in the world, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road (一带一路)" has become a popular international public product and international cooperation platform.
Reform gives opening up more confidence, and opening up adds vitality to reform. Jumping out of oneself, focusing on the overall situation, and planning reform from a global perspective, the spring water of development will be turbulent and surging.
Promoting reform and development through opening up, China actively adapts to and leads the world trend, continuously promotes institutional opening up, and opens up broad prospects for promoting high-quality development through high-level opening up.
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During the harvest season, all localities are going all out to ensure the autumn harvest and ensure the completion of the annual grain production target.
When the granary is full, the world is at peace.
As the world's major changes accelerate, the sources of global turbulence and risks have increased significantly, and the structural, institutional, and cyclical problems in China's development process are intertwined. The external suppression and containment faced by China are constantly escalating, and the complexity and difficulty of national security issues have increased significantly.
Development is the foundation of security, and security is the condition of development.
Coordinating development and security is a major strategic thought put forward by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core based on the new international and domestic situation in the new development stage, and it is an important regular understanding for doing a good job in economic work in the new era.
To adhere to the virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security, we must first enhance our ability to guarantee food, energy, and resource security.
Feeding more than one billion people is China's biggest national condition, and food security is the top priority of governing the country.
From strengthening grain storage on land and through technology, to implementing joint Party and government responsibility for food security; from implementing the strictest farmland protection system, to emphasizing that the Chinese people's rice bowl must always be firmly held in their own hands; from implementing a new round of action to increase grain production capacity by 100 billion kilograms, to carrying out the seed industry revitalization action, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has continuously deepened the food security strategy.
Today, China's annual grain output remains stable, and the output of grains, meat, peanuts, vegetables, tea, fruits, and other products ranks first in the world, comprehensively consolidating the foundation of food security, and the Chinese people's rice bowl is held more firmly.
Energy is the grain of industry and the lifeline of the national economy. Rich in coal, poor in oil, and lacking in gas is China's national condition, and China's energy structure, which is dominated by coal, is difficult to fundamentally change in the short term.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to accelerate the iterative upgrading of key technologies and core products, and the intelligent empowerment of new technologies, to improve national energy security and保障能力 (bǎo zhàng néng lì - "guarantee ability," the capacity to ensure energy supply).
Currently, China's energy supply is sufficient and prices are stable, the energy infrastructure network spanning east and west, running through north and south, and connecting overseas is more complete, building the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, with new energy and other technological equipment leading the world, and the scale of new energy storage ranking first in the world.
居安而念危 (jū ān ér niàn wēi - "live in peace, think of danger," be vigilant in times of peace); 操治而虑乱 (cāo zhì ér lǜ luàn - "govern with order, consider chaos," prepare for disorder while maintaining order).
Firmly establish bottom-line thinking, prepare for the worst in everything, and strive for the best results, in order to be prepared for any eventuality, not panic in the face of emergencies, and firmly grasp the initiative.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the main points: "Enhance awareness of potential dangers, improve prevention and control capabilities, focus on preventing and resolving major risks, maintain sustained and healthy economic development and overall social stability," "Estimate difficulties more fully, think about risks more deeply, pay attention to plugging loopholes and strengthening weaknesses, and make early moves and fight proactive battles."
The way to success is becoming increasingly clear.
Improve the modernization level of the industrial chain and supply chain, and enhance the resilience of industrial development; steadily dispose of the risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions, and many provinces have achieved dynamic clearing of high-risk small and medium-sized institutions; prevent and resolve local debt risks, and promote the clearing of local financing platforms; promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market, and accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development...
On the road ahead, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core leads the people of the whole country to strengthen confidence, face difficulties head-on, accurately recognize changes, scientifically respond to changes, and proactively seek changes, and the prospect of high-quality development is promising.
Looking to the future, the way to long-term stability and security of the economy and society also lies in stabilizing expectations, achieving mutual promotion and virtuous cycle between stabilizing expectations, strengthening confidence, and stabilizing the economy.
From strengthening the synergistic effect of fiscal and monetary policies, to grasping problems with vane-like effects, prescribing the right medicine, and implementing concentrated policies, to improving the expectation management mechanism and responding to the concerns of all parties in a timely manner, a series of powerful measures have effectively boosted social confidence, stabilized development expectations, and ensured that the certainty of high-quality development is used to cope with the uncertainty of the rapidly changing external environment.
Confidence is more precious than gold. About to embark on a new historical starting point of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of the super-large-scale market, the advantages of the complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are more prominent, and we are fully capable and confident to overcome various difficulties and challenges in the journey forward.
The tide of the times is surging.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought is constantly enriched and developed, guiding the whole Party and the whole society to continuously deepen the understanding and grasp of the laws of economic development, maintain strategic focus in the face of storms, anchor the direction of progress in the great changes, and promote the giant ship of China to sail to the glorious shore of national rejuvenation.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), October 14, reporters Zhao Chao (赵超), Qi Zhongxi (齐中熙), Wei Yukun (魏玉坤), and Shen Cheng (申铖))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on October 14th (Reporter Xu Hongmei (徐红梅)) To showcase the comprehensive progress of women's affairs in China, the "Us: Walking with the Times - Exhibition of Outstanding Works by Contemporary Chinese Women Artists," guided by the Publicity Department of the All-China Women's Federation (中华全国妇女联合会宣传部) and hosted by the China Women Painters Association (中国女画家协会), opened on October 14th at the China National Academy of Painting (中国国家画院).
The exhibition brings together outstanding works by 288 female artists, covering various art categories such as Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media. The exhibition is divided into five sections: "National Sentiment: Responsibility and Dedication," "Skillful Weaving: Praising Labor," "Era's Elegance: Praising Beauty," "October Sunshine: Praising Life," and "Open and Inclusive: Harmonious Coexistence." Through the diverse perspectives of female artists, it vividly presents the roles and strengths of women on the family, social, national, and world stages, promoting in-depth dialogue between art and the times, and with women's issues.
Return to TopDuring the autumn harvest season, farmers in many regions are actively collecting crop stalks and selling them to large-scale breeding, bio-power generation, and other fields, balancing ecological and economic benefits. The picture shows farmers loading and transporting crop stalks in the fields of Jiahe Village, Mingyong Town, Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Gansu Province (甘肃省张掖市甘州区) on October 14.
Yang Xiao (杨 潇) photographed (Image China).
Return to TopThis year marks the concluding year of the "14th Five-Year Plan." Over the past five years, Zunyi City (遵义市), Guizhou Province (贵州省), has consistently adhered to prioritizing high-quality development, focusing on "Four New Emphases" to drive "Four Modernizations," steadily advancing the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan," and achieving significant progress in the construction of a sub-provincial center. Coinciding with the 90th anniversary of the Zunyi Conference, Zunyi City (遵义市) will vigorously promote the spirit of the Zunyi Conference and strive to lay a solid foundation for a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Economic Strength Rapidly Increases
Comprehensive Development Momentum Enhances
In recent years, focusing on the primary task of high-quality development, Zunyi City (遵义市) has firmly grasped the historical significance of being a "site of great turning point" and the strategic positioning of a "sub-provincial center," seizing policy opportunities, releasing policy dividends, fully supporting the high-quality development of the real economy and the private economy, continuously improving people's living standards, striving to complete the "14th Five-Year Plan" goals and tasks, and promoting significant achievements in high-quality development.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the city's regional GDP has successively exceeded the 400 billion yuan and 500 billion yuan marks, with an average annual growth rate of 6.4%, and its proportion in the province has increased from 20.8% in 2020 to 22.2% in 2024, an increase of 1.4 percentage points. The county economy has achieved rapid development, with the regional GDP of all 15 counties (cities, districts) exceeding 10 billion yuan.
Industrial Development Improves in Quality and Efficiency
Industrial System Accelerates Construction
In recent years, Zunyi City (遵义市) has focused on the three leading industries of sauce-flavored Baijiu, basic materials, and advanced equipment manufacturing, constructing a new system of "six industrial" chains, emphasizing grasping industries, projects, and investment promotion, promoting the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and cultivating and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Zunyi City's (遵义市) industrial structure has been continuously optimized. Vigorously promote new industrialization. The average annual growth of industrial added value above designated size is 11.9%, achieving both quantitative and qualitative improvement. The "six industrial chains" of sauce-flavored Baijiu, non-ferrous metals, fluorine-barium chemicals, new energy, equipment manufacturing, and green food are accelerating construction, and the Baijiu industry has become a trillion-yuan industrial cluster. Vigorously promote agricultural modernization. Resolutely safeguard the red line of arable land protection and the bottom line of food security, and the grain yield per unit area has increased by 6.1%. Accelerate the construction of a "2+5+N" mountainous characteristic modern agricultural industrial system, with the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery exceeding the 100 billion yuan mark, and the processing and conversion rate of agricultural products increasing from 57% in 2020 to 66.4% in 2024. Vigorously promote the industrialization of tourism. Taking tourism as the lead to promote the quality and upgrading of the service industry, accelerate the construction of first-class tourist cities and Chishui (赤水) world-class tourist scenic spots, create 20 tourism ecological circles and 12 urban business circles, accelerate the development of summer resort and health tourism industries, and cultivate brands such as "Yue·Zunyi" (悦·遵义) and "Tongzi Village Evening" (桐梓村晚). The proportion of the tertiary industry increased from 47.5% in 2020 to 48.8% in 2024, and reached 50.3% in the first half of this year.
Significant Achievements in Urban and Rural Construction
Improvement of People's Quality of Life
Zunyi City (遵义市) is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council. In recent years, Zunyi City (遵义市) has adhered to urban-rural integration and integrated development, vigorously promoted the construction of new urbanization, further optimized the layout of production, living, and ecological spaces, explored a path of sustainable urban renewal and development of co-construction, co-governance, sharing, and co-beauty, improved urban functions, stimulated urban vitality, enhanced the livable quality of the city, and gave the people more sense of gain and happiness.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the urbanization rate of Zunyi City's (遵义市) permanent residents has increased from 56.69% in 2020 to 60.37% in 2024. A total of 106,400 households in shantytowns, 99,900 households in old communities, 519 back streets and alleys, and 4,252 kilometers of underground pipe networks have been built and renovated, and the "Gigabit City" has been successfully created. Coordinate urban-rural integrated development, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, effectively promote the increase of people's income, promote the construction of "Four Homes in Farmers' Homes·Harmonious and Beautiful Villages" in categories, carry out "Two Clears, Two Reforms, and Two Governance" in depth, improve the rural governance system, and promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. In 2024, the per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents reached 46,527 yuan and 20,077 yuan respectively, with an average annual increase of 5.8% and 8.1% respectively over the past four years, and the income ratio narrowed to 2.32.
Ecological Environment Improving
Green Development Foundation Consolidated
As an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), Zunyi City (遵义市) has always deeply practiced the concept that **绿水青山就是金山银山** (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains," ecological environment is invaluable), unswervingly followed the path of ecological priority and green development, coordinated the promotion of ecological environment governance, ecological protection and restoration, and green and low-carbon transformation and development, and comprehensively improved the ability of ecological environment governance.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the forest coverage rate of Zunyi City (遵义市) has remained above 62%, the excellent and good rate of air quality in cities above the county level has reached 98.3%, and the harmless treatment rate of urban and rural domestic waste and the sewage treatment rate have increased to 97.6% and 98% respectively. Consolidate the ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (长江), and promote the ecological protection of the Chishui River (赤水河) basin from pollution control to addressing both the symptoms and root causes. A total of 8 national ecological civilization construction demonstration zones have been created, and 3 national-level "Green Waters and Green Mountains are Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains" practice and innovation bases have been approved. A total of 22 national-level green factories and 49 provincial-level green factories have been built, and 3 national-level green parks and 6 provincial-level green parks have been built.
Development Vitality Significantly Enhanced
Innovation-Driven Deep Integration
In recent years, Zunyi City (遵义市) has taken the initiative to serve and integrate into the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈), accelerated the connection of regional chains, integrated into industrial chains, served life chains, leveraged innovation chains, coordinated open chains, and connected ecological chains, deepened industrial and project cooperation with Chengdu (成都) and Chongqing (重庆), and built a "bridgehead" for Guizhou (贵州) to connect with the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈).
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Zunyi City (遵义市) has comprehensively deepened the reform of government services, vigorously promoted "doing one thing efficiently" and "full-area handling" of government services, and the full online handling rate of general government service items at the city and county levels has reached 100%, and the "Zun Manyi" (遵满意) brand is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Significant results have been achieved in rural comprehensive reform, "three medical" linkage, and "tax governance by numbers." Take the initiative to integrate into the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带), and the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈), the Qianyue (黔粤) Channel "Zunyi" (遵义) sea-rail intermodal train has been launched, and it has successfully entered the list of land port-type national logistics hub construction. Successfully held and hosted the Brussels International Spirits Grand Prix, Guizhou Tea Industry Expo, Guizhou·Zunyi International Chili Expo and other open activities. Promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, consolidate and cultivate key laboratories at all levels, build scientific research platforms such as the Zunyi Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, and the number of specialized, refined, and new enterprises and high-tech enterprises has reached 140 and 242 respectively, and the Zunyi High-tech Industrial Development Zone (遵义高新技术产业开发区) has been upgraded to a national high-tech zone.
Continuous Progress in Social Livelihood
Optimization of Public Service Level
As an old revolutionary area, Zunyi City (遵义市) attaches great importance to the development of people's livelihood, and in recent years, it has continuously increased investment, improved the quality and efficiency of government services, optimized resource allocation, and continuously improved education, medical care, housing, social security and other fields, steadily improved the quality of life of the people, and continuously enhanced their sense of gain, happiness and security.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Zunyi City (遵义市) has fully implemented policies to promote employment and entrepreneurship, with an average annual increase of 100,000 new urban jobs in the past four years, and a total of 6 entrepreneurship incubation bases and 13 migrant worker returning home entrepreneurship parks (sites) have been built. Give priority to the development of education, with a total of 49 primary schools and 23 middle schools built in the past four years, and 66,700 new basic education places added, and the problem of "large classes" has been completely eliminated. Promote the "double high" construction of higher vocational colleges, Zunyi Medical University (遵义医科大学) has obtained doctoral degree authorization points, and the transfer of Zunyi Normal University (遵义师范学院) has been completed and approved as a master's degree granting unit. Hosted 49 national-level and above large-scale events, and the Zunyi City Education and Sports Bureau (遵义市教育体育局) won the National Sports Career Outstanding Contribution Award. Solidly promote the construction of "Healthy Zunyi" (健康遵义), with a total of 25 tertiary hospitals and 23 county medical community built, and 15 national and provincial healthy counties and districts created. Vigorously develop inclusive services for the "one old and one young," with a coverage rate of 92.63% for community elderly care service facilities and 4.36 childcare places for infants under 3 years old per thousand people. The effectiveness of social governance has been continuously improved, and the Zunyi City Urban Operation and Management Center has been built and improved.
Embarking on a new journey, Zunyi (遵义) will continue to firmly grasp the historical position of the "site of great turning point" and the strategic positioning of the "sub-provincial center," carefully plan and implement the "15th Five-Year Plan," build a sub-provincial center with high quality, strive to achieve high-quality development in the old revolutionary area, and strive to write a new chapter in the Zunyi (遵义) practice of Chinese-style modernization.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Zunyi Municipal Committee (中共遵义市委宣传部)
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The system of people's congresses is the fundamental political system of our country. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered a series of important expositions on upholding, improving, and operating the system of people's congresses well, many of which are included in Volumes 1 and 2 of *On Upholding Comprehensive and Deepening Reform*. For example, *Whole-Process People's Democracy Has Not Only Complete Institutional Procedures but Also Complete Participatory Practices* on October 13, 2021, pointed out: "The system of people's congresses is an important institutional vehicle for realizing whole-process people's democracy in our country. Under the leadership of the Party, we must continuously expand the orderly political participation of the people, strengthen the protection of human rights and the rule of law, and ensure that the people enjoy extensive rights and freedoms in accordance with the law"; *Developing Whole-Process People's Democracy and Ensuring That the People Are the Masters of the Country* on October 16, 2022, pointed out: "Whole-process people's democracy is the essential attribute of socialist democratic politics and is the broadest, most genuine, and most effective democracy. We must unswervingly follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the organic unity of the Party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law, adhere to the people's principal position, fully reflect the people's will, guarantee the people's rights and interests, and stimulate the people's creativity"; and so on. In *Speech at the Meeting Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the National People's Congress* on September 14, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) reviewed the glorious history of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) leading the Chinese people to establish and improve the system of people's congresses, profoundly expounded the remarkable political advantages of the system of people's congresses, systematically summarized the major achievements of theoretical and practical innovation of the system of people's congresses in the new era, and made comprehensive deployments and put forward clear requirements for upholding, improving, and operating the system of people's congresses well at a new historical starting point. These important expositions are profound in thought, broad in vision, and rich in content, further enriching and developing General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on upholding and improving the system of people's congresses, marking that our Party's understanding of the laws governing the construction of socialist democratic politics and the construction of state power has been elevated to a new height. In-depth study and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech is of great significance for giving full play to the advantages and effectiveness of the system of people's congresses and doing a good job in the work of the people's congresses in the new era and on the new journey.
Firmly establish confidence in the fundamental political system of the country and unswervingly follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics.
In his *Speech at the Meeting Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the National People's Congress*, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "The system of people's congresses is the result of the arduous exploration and long-term struggle of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) leading the Chinese people, a brand-new political system that has grown from the soil of China, and a great creation in the history of human political systems." This important exposition concentrates on embodying the glorious course of the Party leading the people to open up a path of political development that conforms to our country's national conditions, and profoundly reveals that the implementation of the system of people's congresses is the choice of history and the choice of the people.
Political systems are used to regulate political relations, establish political order, promote national development, and maintain national stability, and cannot be abstractly judged by detaching them from specific social and political conditions. Each country has different national conditions, and the political system of each country is determined by the people of that country and is the result of long-term development, gradual improvement, and endogenous evolution based on the country's historical heritage, cultural traditions, and economic and social development. The system of people's congresses is a great creation of our Party leading the people in the history of human political systems, which is closely linked to our Party's century-old struggle and closely related to the future of the country and the destiny of the people. Since its birth, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) has established the pursuit of happiness for the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its original aspiration and mission, adhered to combining the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China and with China's outstanding traditional culture, and carried out arduous exploration and long-term practice in creating a people's democratic regime and realizing the people being the masters of the country. From exploring and proposing the basic concept of the system of people's congresses during the period of the new democratic revolution, to establishing and implementing the system of people's congresses during the period of socialist revolution and construction, to continuously consolidating and improving the system of people's congresses during the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and then to promoting the system of people's congresses to become more mature and more established in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the system of people's congresses has gone through an extraordinary course and has been firmly rooted in the land of China and deeply integrated into the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
In his *Speech at the Meeting Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the National People's Congress*, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The system of people's congresses is a good system that conforms to our country's national conditions and realities, embodies the nature of a socialist country, and ensures that the people are the masters of the country, and it is a good system that can effectively unite the strength of all the people to jointly promote Chinese-style modernization." Over the past 70 years, the system of people's congresses has kept pace with the times, improved and developed, and demonstrated strong vitality, providing an important institutional guarantee for our Party to lead the people in effectively governing the country in accordance with the law and creating the two major miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability. Our Party, through the system of people's congresses, gives play to the functional roles of various state organs, mobilizes the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the people, concentrates its efforts on accomplishing great things, constantly overcomes the difficulties and obstacles on the road ahead, and ensures that the cause of the Party and the country always advances steadily along the correct direction. Our country was once one of the poorest and most backward countries in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of only 67.9 billion yuan in 1952. More than 70 years later, our country's GDP has exceeded 134 trillion yuan, ranking steadily as the world's second largest economy, and has built the world's largest education system, social security system, and healthcare system. The people live and work in peace and contentment, their lives have been significantly improved, and it has become one of the most secure countries recognized by the international community.
The fundamental reason why we have been able to achieve such brilliant achievements lies in the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), in exploring and forming a correct path that conforms to China's reality, and in always firmly grasping the future and destiny of the country and the nation in the hands of the people through the system of people's congresses, the fundamental political system of the country. Therefore, to firmly establish confidence in the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, we must first firmly establish confidence in the fundamental political system of the country and enhance our confidence and determination to follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics. For the system of people's congresses, which the Party has led the people to establish through all kinds of hardships, has been tested by long-term practice, and conforms to our country's national conditions and realities, we must unswervingly adhere to it, improve it with the times, and, more importantly, ensure that this system is fully implemented and effectively operated, so that it can demonstrate more vigorous vitality.
Deeply understand the remarkable political advantages of the system of people's congresses and better transform institutional advantages into governance effectiveness.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *Adhering to and Improving the Socialist System with Chinese Characteristics and Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity*: "Institutional advantage is the greatest advantage of a country, and institutional competition is the most fundamental competition between countries"; in his *Speech at the Meeting Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the National People's Congress*, he connected history with reality, theory with practice, and China with the world, and systematically summarized the remarkable political advantages of the system of people's congresses from five aspects, scientifically answering and systematically explaining why the system of people's congresses works, has vitality, and is efficient, and expanding and deepening the scientific connotation, characteristic advantages, and practical requirements of the fundamental political system of the country.
Adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and ensure the remarkable advantage of the Party leading the people to effectively govern the country in accordance with the law. The leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the foundation and lifeblood of the Party and the country, the interest and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, and the embodiment of the common will and fundamental interests of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) always adheres to the people-centered approach, adheres to the people's principal position, adheres to the working line of coming from the masses and going to the masses, and fully promotes democracy and fully absorbs the wisdom of the masses in formulating all lines, principles, and policies. The system of people's congresses is the fundamental political system arrangement for adhering to the organic unity of the Party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law, and it is an important institutional vehicle for the Party to lead the state power organs. As a state system, the fundamental task of the system of people's congresses is to safeguard the state system of the people's democratic dictatorship, adhere to and consolidate the Party's leading position and ruling position from the institutional and legal levels, ensure that the Party's propositions become the will of the state through legal procedures, ensure that the candidates recommended by the Party organizations become the leading personnel of the state power organs through legal procedures, ensure that the Party implements its leadership over the state and society through the state power organs, and ensure that the Party's theories, lines, principles, policies, and decisions are fully implemented in the work of the state.
Practice whole-process people's democracy and guarantee the remarkable advantage of the people being the masters of the country. Our country is a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship, and all power in the country belongs to the people. Our Party always holds high the banner of people's democracy, continuously develops socialist democracy, and ensures that the people enjoy broad and genuine democratic rights. Whole-process people's democracy is the essential attribute of socialist democratic politics, and it is a democracy that covers the entire chain, all aspects, and the entire scope. It not only has complete institutional procedures, but also complete participatory procedures, forming a comprehensive, extensive, and organically connected system of the people being the masters of the country. The system of people's congresses is an important institutional vehicle for realizing whole-process people's democracy in our country. The system of people's congresses adheres to the people's principal position, adheres to the principle that all power in the country belongs to the people, and supports and guarantees that the people exercise state power through the people's congresses. The operation of this system covers all aspects of democratic election, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision, ensuring that the Party and the state can hear the voices of the people in all links of decision-making, implementation, and supervision and implementation. The people's congresses formulate and revise the Constitution and laws, and supervise the implementation of the Constitution and laws, which is a vivid practice of whole-process people's democracy and also provides a legal guarantee for the development of whole-process people's democracy.
Implement democratic centralism and guarantee the remarkable advantage of the country's political life being both full of vitality and stable and orderly. Democratic centralism is our Party's fundamental organizational system and leadership system. Our Party applies the principle of democratic centralism to the construction of people's power and regards it as the basic principle of the state's organizational form and mode of activity. In terms of the establishment of state organs, there are state power organs, administrative organs, supervisory organs, judicial organs, and procuratorial organs. In terms of the generation of state organs, people's congresses at all levels are generated through democratic elections, and other state organs are generated by the people's congresses and are responsible to and supervised by the people's congresses. In terms of the allocation of state power, the people's congresses uniformly exercise state power, and administrative, supervisory, judicial, and procuratorial powers are exercised separately by the government, supervisory commissions, courts, and procuratorates. Under the leadership of the Party, the various state organs have both reasonable division of labor and close cooperation, ensuring that the country is unified and efficiently organized to promote various undertakings and forming a strong joint force for governing the country. At present, we are working hard to implement the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and scientifically planning the economic and social development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Under the leadership of the Party, the five-year development plans (programs) are scientifically formulated and successively implemented through the system of people's congresses, making them development goals and work guidelines with legal effect, and realizing the goal of doing one thing after another and drawing a blueprint to the end.
Guarantee the comprehensive rule of law and realize the remarkable advantage of the legalization of all aspects of the country's work. The rule of law is an important support for the national governance system and governance capacity. Only by comprehensively governing the country in accordance with the law can we effectively guarantee the systematicness, standardization, and coordination of the national governance system and maximize social consensus. The system of people's congresses adheres to safeguarding the authority of the Constitution and laws, promoting the spirit of the socialist rule of law, institutionalizing and legalizing democracy, guaranteeing the people's rights to equal participation and equal development, safeguarding social fairness and justice, respecting and protecting human rights, and promoting the legalization of various aspects of the country's work. Under the leadership of the Party, the people's congresses and their standing committees formulate and revise laws and regulations to ensure that all aspects of the country and social life have laws to abide by. As of now, there are 310 currently effective laws, more than 600 administrative regulations, and more than 14,000 local regulations in our country, and the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics is more scientific, complete, unified, and authoritative. State organs at all levels exercise their powers and promote their work in accordance with the Constitution and laws, the National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) and its Standing Committee supervise the implementation of the Constitution, and the people's congresses and their standing committees at all levels supervise the implementation of laws and regulations and supervise state organs to perform their duties in accordance with the law. It is precisely under the leadership of the Party and with the support and guarantee of the system of people's congresses that historic achievements have been made in the integrated construction of a country under the rule of law, a government under the rule of law, and a society under the rule of law.
Maintain national unity and guarantee the remarkable advantage of long-term national stability and security. Our country is a unified multi-ethnic country, and a unitary system is implemented in the national structure. The system of people's congresses is the institutional guarantee for maintaining national unity, ethnic unity, and social stability. The division of powers between the central and local state organs follows the principle of giving full play to the initiative and enthusiasm of the localities under the unified leadership of the central government. Under the unitary system, our country also implements two unique systems. One is the system of ethnic regional autonomy. Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), all ethnic groups are closely united like pomegranate seeds to jointly promote the construction of the Chinese nation community. The other is the system of special administrative regions, adhering to the principle of "one country, two systems," establishing special administrative regions in Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳门), and maintaining the constitutional order of the special administrative regions determined by the Constitution and the Basic Law. This whole set of institutional systems effectively overcomes the phenomena of each doing things in its own way, being too big to fail, and ethnic estrangement and ethnic conflicts in some countries, and effectively maintains the unity of the national legal system and sovereignty and territorial integrity, ensuring that the people are the masters of the country from the central government to the local governments and ensuring that the various undertakings of the Party and the country are effectively carried out.
A strong system makes a strong country, and a stable system makes a stable country. At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the competition between countries is becoming increasingly fierce. In the new era and on the new journey, we must uphold, improve, and operate the system of people's congresses well, give better play to the role of the fundamental political system of the country, rely on the power of the system to resist risks and challenges, and ensure the prosperity and long-term stability of the cause of the Party and the country.
Firmly grasp the "eight must adheres" and learn and understand the core meaning of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on adhering to and improving the system of people's congresses.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the Party Central Committee (党中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core has taken into overall consideration the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the profound changes unseen in a century in the world, proceeded from the strategic height of adhering to and improving the Party's leadership and consolidating and developing the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, continuously promoted the theoretical and practical innovation of the system of people's congresses, put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new requirements, and formed General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on adhering to and improving the system of people's congresses. In his *Speech at the Meeting Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the National People's Congress*, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), we must adhere to using the institutional system to guarantee that the people are the masters of the country, we must adhere to comprehensively governing the country in accordance with the law, we must adhere to democratic centralism, we must adhere to following the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics, we must adhere to promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, we must adhere to giving full play to the role of the people's congress deputies, and we must adhere to strengthening the construction of people's congresses at all levels in accordance with the requirements of the 'four organs'." These "eight must adheres" are both interconnected and organically linked, enriching and improving the core concept of the fundamental political system of the country, profoundly clarifying the highest political principles and fundamental guarantees, direction and goals, value orientation, basic methods, distinct characteristics, and key tasks of the construction of the people's congress system and the work of the people's congresses in the new era, and elevating our Party's understanding of the laws governing the development of socialist democratic politics to a new height. We must deeply understand, firmly grasp, and always follow these major directions, major principles, and major truths in the work of the people's congresses.
The adherence to the Party's overall leadership is the supreme political principle and fundamental political guarantee for doing a good job in the work of the People's Congress in the new era. As an important institutional carrier for the Party to lead state power organs and an important form for the Party to fully promote democracy and implement the mass line in state power, the system of the People's Congress not only has the significant advantage of adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), ensuring that the Party leads the people in governing the country lawfully and effectively, but also should take resolutely safeguarding the authority of the Central Committee of the Party and its centralized and unified leadership as its primary task, and ensure that the Party's theories, lines, principles, policies, and decisions are fully implemented in the work of the state. It is necessary to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments" (两个确立), strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses" (四个意识), strengthen the "Four Confidences" (四个自信), and achieve the "Two Safeguards" (两个维护), and maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core in thought, politics, and action. Consciously use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to arm the mind, guide practice, and promote work, and take in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on upholding and improving the system of the People's Congress as a compulsory course and basic skill. Closely focus on the overall work situation of the Party and the state to plan and promote the work of the People's Congress, implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and approvals on the work of the People's Congress and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee without compromise, conscientiously implement various systems of Party leadership, and promptly and proactively report major issues, major matters, and important situations in the work of the People's Congress to the Party Central Committee, and implement the Party's leadership comprehensively, systematically, and holistically in all aspects and throughout the entire process of the work of the People's Congress.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) clearly put forward the requirements for building "Four Organs" at the Central People's Congress Work Conference and the meeting celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the National People's Congress, that is, the People's Congresses at all levels and their standing committees should "become political organs that consciously adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), state power organs that ensure the people are the masters of the country, working organs that fully assume the various responsibilities entrusted by the Constitution and laws, and representative organs that always maintain close ties with the people." Building "Four Organs" is not only the goal and task of the People's Congress itself, but also an important guideline for the People's Congress to perform its duties in accordance with the law. The requirement of a political organ reflects politicality, requiring the People's Congress to take a clear-cut stand on politics, and to run the Party's leadership through all aspects and the whole process of the work of the People's Congress, so as to ensure that the Party's leadership over the country and society is implemented through the state power organs; the requirement of a state power organ reflects democracy, requiring the People's Congress to adhere to the principle that all power in the country belongs to the people, support and ensure that the people are the masters of the country, and develop whole-process people's democracy; the requirement of a working organ reflects the rule of law, requiring the People's Congress to fully assume the various responsibilities entrusted by the Constitution and laws, promote the comprehensive rule of law, and realize the legalization of all aspects of the country's work; the requirement of a representative organ reflects the people-oriented nature, requiring the People's Congress to firmly establish the concept of serving the people, always maintain close ties with the people, and exercise power for the people, perform duties for the people, and serve the people. The requirements of the "Four Organs" are a systematic, comprehensive, logically rigorous, and interconnected whole, organically unifying the politicality, democracy, rule of law, and people-oriented nature of the People's Congress, and organically unifying the adherence to the Party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law. It is necessary to grasp the whole, build it as a whole, and implement it in practice.
Focusing on "giving full play to the four aspects of the role," promoting the high-quality development of the work of the People's Congress in the new era.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized in his speech "At the meeting celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the National People's Congress" that "it is necessary to focus on developing whole-process people's democracy, adhere to, improve, and operate the system of the People's Congress, and provide a solid institutional guarantee for achieving the Party and the people's goals of struggle in the new era and on the new journey," and put forward clear requirements for the People's Congress to "give full play to the four aspects of the role," pointing out the direction of efforts to promote the high-quality development of the work of the People's Congress in the new era and on the new journey. It is necessary to deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, based on the functions and responsibilities of the People's Congress, in accordance with the principles of summarizing, inheriting, improving, and enhancing, perform duties in accordance with the law, adhere to integrity and innovate, and comprehensively improve the quality and level of the work of the People's Congress.
Give full play to the important role of the People's Congress in ensuring the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Constitution and laws. In our country, the law is a unified embodiment of the Party's propositions and the people's will. The Party leads the people in formulating the Constitution and laws, and also leads the people in implementing the Constitution and laws. The Party itself must operate within the scope of the Constitution and laws. Comprehensively implementing the Constitution and laws is an important responsibility of the People's Congresses at all levels and their standing committees. The People's Congresses at all levels and their standing committees should further assume the important responsibility of comprehensively implementing the Constitution and laws, and resolutely safeguard the unity, dignity, and authority of the national legal system. The National People's Congress and its standing committee should improve the legal system related to the Constitution, establish a reporting system on the implementation of the Constitution, improve the ability and quality of constitutional review and record review, resolutely correct unconstitutional and illegal acts, and ensure that the system, principles, and rules established by the Constitution are fully implemented. The local People's Congresses and their standing committees should exercise their powers in accordance with the law to ensure that the Constitution and laws are observed and enforced within their administrative regions.
Give full play to the leading role of the People's Congress in legislative work. "立善法于天下，则天下治；立善法于一国，则一国治。 (lì shàn fǎ yú tiān xià, zé tiān xià zhì; lì shàn fǎ yú yī guó, zé yī guó zhì - "Establish good laws in the world, then the world will be governed; establish good laws in a country, then the country will be governed," good laws are essential for good governance.)" Law is an important tool for governing the country, and good law is a prerequisite for good governance. It is necessary to adhere to scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation in accordance with the law, further improve the system and mechanism for the People's Congress to play a leading role, scientifically compile legislative plans and programs, improve and implement the mechanism for taking the lead in drafting important laws and regulations, strengthen organization and coordination, give play to the role of deliberation and gatekeeping, and achieve consensus and scientific decision-making. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the National People's Congress and its standing committee have adopted amendments to the Constitution, formulated 895 laws, revised laws 2,720 times, made 10 interpretations of laws, and adopted 116 decisions on relevant legal issues and major issues. On the basis of previous work, we must continue to focus on key points, make up for shortcomings, and strengthen weak links to promote a more complete legal system. Do a good job in legislative work in a down-to-earth, solid, meticulous, and refined manner, always put quality first, and let the laws enacted stand the test of history and practice.
Give full play to the important role of the People's Congress supervision in the Party and state supervision system. An important principle of the system of the People's Congress and the basic requirements of the system design are that the power of any state organ and its staff must be supervised and restricted. Giving full play to the important role of the People's Congress supervision in the Party and state supervision system, allowing the people to supervise power, can allow power to operate in the sun, use the cage of the system to control power, and use the reins of the rule of law to control power. It is necessary to adhere to correct supervision, effective supervision, and supervision in accordance with the law, better promote the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, ensure that all state organs exercise their powers in accordance with the law, and ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of the people are maintained and realized. Implement the newly revised Supervision Law, improve the supervision work mechanism, comprehensively use statutory supervision methods, and enhance the effectiveness of supervision. Improve the system of the People's Congress' supervision of administrative organs, supervisory organs, judicial organs, and procuratorial organs, improve the implementation mechanism of the Supervision Law, and strengthen the People's Congress' review and supervision of budgets and final accounts, supervision of state-owned asset management, and supervision of government debt management.
Give full play to the leading role of the People's Congress in close contact with the people. The reason why the system of the People's Congress has strong vitality and significant advantages is that it is deeply rooted in the people. It is necessary to adhere to the people's position, everything for the people, everything relying on the people, improve the People's Congress' democratic expression platform and carrier, improve and implement the working mechanism of absorbing public opinion and gathering public wisdom, consciously ask the people for advice and ask the people for needs, and ensure that all aspects of the People's Congress' work reflect the people's will, protect the people's rights and interests, and be of one heart and one mind with the people. Implement the revised Deputies Law, deepen and expand the work of deputies with "two contacts" as the starting point, implement the mechanism of the Standing Committee contacting deputies, improve and implement the working mechanism of special committees and working committees contacting relevant fields and deputies with relevant professional knowledge, enrich the content and methods of deputies contacting the masses, support and guarantee that the People's Congress deputies perform their duties and play their role in accordance with the law, and serve as a bridge between the Party and the state and the people.
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The trend of the times is mighty, and opportunities always favor those who strive. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly expounded the principle of "**不进则退**" (bù jìn zé tuì - "not advance then retreat," if you do not advance, you will fall back), emphasizing that "in today's world, informatization is developing rapidly, and if you do not advance, you will retreat; if you advance slowly, you will also retreat," and "what we are in now is a time when the boat is in the middle of the river and the waves are more urgent, and people are halfway up the mountain and the road is steeper. It is a time when it is more and more difficult to advance, more and more dangerous to advance, but if you do not advance, you will retreat, and you must advance." "**不进则退，慢进亦退**" (bù jìn zé tuì, màn jìn yì tuì - "not advance then retreat, slow advance also retreat," if you do not advance, you will fall back; if you advance slowly, you will also fall back) not only reflects a scientific judgment that the road ahead is by no means smooth, but also contains a profound revelation of the objective law of sailing against the current in the process of development.
Struggle is related to the survival and continuation of development, and responsibility determines the position of development. Whether it is on the road of individual growth to realize the value of life, or on the long journey of a country to achieve prosperity and strength, "**不进则退，慢进亦退**" (bù jìn zé tuì, màn jìn yì tuì - "not advance then retreat, slow advance also retreat," if you do not advance, you will fall back; if you advance slowly, you will also fall back) inspires every striver to calibrate their coordinates and move forward bravely.
"As Heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement." This sentence in the *Book of Changes* connects the natural law of the continuous operation of heaven and earth with the value pursuit of a gentleman's self-cultivation and career, revealing that "advance" is a necessary requirement for the survival and development of things. The *Deng Xizi* states that "if you do not advance, you will retreat; if you are not happy, you will be sad; if you do not get it, you will die; this is the norm for people in the world," and the *Zhuzi Yulei* of the Song Dynasty says, "If ordinary people do not advance, they will retreat." The reason why Chinese civilization has been able to continue for more than 5,000 years in the long river of human civilization lies in the Chinese nation's profound understanding of "the world's situation will decline if it is not prosperous, and the world's governance will retreat if it does not advance," as well as the spirit of self-improvement and the awareness of potential danger in times of peace, and the fearless character of not being afraid of new challenges and being willing to accept new things.
At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by artificial intelligence is booming. The world's major economies have increased their strategic investment, intending to seize the commanding heights of science and technology, and the competition for technology, talent, standards, and rules is unprecedentedly fierce. In this global competition and major test of the times, only by firmly establishing confidence in development, maintaining strategic focus, and accelerating technological breakthroughs to empower industrial upgrading with the spirit of seizing the day and never giving up, and deepening reform and opening up to activate the driving force of development, can we seize the first opportunity for development and win the initiative in competition. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and opening up new fields and new tracks for development, to promoting high-quality development and shaping new drivers and new advantages for development, to continuously improving the level of opening up to the outside world and expanding new spaces and new opportunities for development... A series of major policies and strategies have been implemented, which is a vivid manifestation of our breaking through and winning with a sense of urgency, mission, and action of "**不进则退，慢进亦退**" (bù jìn zé tuì, màn jìn yì tuì - "not advance then retreat, slow advance also retreat," if you do not advance, you will fall back; if you advance slowly, you will also fall back).
The realization of the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation cannot be separated from the active responsibility of every party member and cadre with an attitude of "advance." "**不进则退，慢进亦退**" (bù jìn zé tuì, màn jìn yì tuì - "not advance then retreat, slow advance also retreat," if you do not advance, you will fall back; if you advance slowly, you will also fall back) is not only a personal growth proposition, but also an inevitable requirement to resonate with the pulse of the times and take responsibility for national development. In the era of digital intelligence, the cycle of knowledge iteration is constantly shortening. If we stick to the existing ability system and are unwilling to learn new skills and accept new ideas, we will fall behind in the competition. Only by keeping up with the pace of the times can we create value in our respective fields, which will not only consolidate the foundation for our own development, but also accumulate strength for national development. If we are satisfied with completing tasks rather than pursuing excellence in our work, and choose to "lie flat" and shirk responsibility rather than take the initiative to take responsibility, what seems to be a personal "small slackness" will eventually evolve into a "major obstacle" affecting national development. Being in an era of change and facing complex and arduous reform and development tasks, we must use the urgency and crisis of a lack of ability to force ourselves to improve our abilities, and combine with the needs of our work to learn what we need and make up for what we lack. Facing new technologies, new industries, and new models, we should actively embrace the changes of the times, grasp the opportunities for economic and social development, and find new ways to solve the problems of reform and development in the process of understanding and familiarizing ourselves with new technologies.
"**不进则退，慢进亦退**" (bù jìn zé tuì, màn jìn yì tuì - "not advance then retreat, slow advance also retreat," if you do not advance, you will fall back; if you advance slowly, you will also fall back) is a profound interpretation of the enterprising spirit of Chinese excellent traditional culture, an objective law that has been verified by countless practices on the road of human civilization development, and also reflects the vigorous spirit that we must maintain in promoting Chinese-style modernization in the world's century-old changes. Our construction and development have no "mid-game break," and we cannot afford to hesitate or lie on the merit book and "live off our past achievements." Only by striking the water in the middle of the stream with the attitude of a pioneer and striving with the consciousness of a responsible person can we promote the giant ship of China to break through the waves and create new development miracles on the stage of the times.
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On October 13th, the 2025 China-South Korea Media Cooperation Forum, jointly hosted by the People's Daily and the South Korea Maeil Business Newspaper Media Group, was held in Seoul, South Korea. Nearly a hundred media representatives, diplomatic envoys, experts, scholars, and business leaders from China and South Korea engaged in in-depth exchanges around the theme of "China-South Korea Cooperation: Smart Creation for the Future," exploring the responsibilities and missions of the two countries' media in the new era, promoting exchanges and cooperation in related fields, and helping to deepen the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership.
Yu Shaoliang (于绍良), President of the People's Daily, said in his speech that China and South Korea are neighbors that cannot be moved away, with geographical proximity, kinship, cultural affinity, and intertwined interests. The media are not only recorders of friendly cooperation between the two countries but also dream builders of a better future for the two peoples. The People's Daily is willing to work with the South Korean media to carry out deeper and broader cooperation, to be "shapers" of correct understanding, "guardians" of common interests, and "connectors" of civilizational dialogue, and to work together to tell the story of good-neighborliness, friendship, and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and South Korea, and the story of "dynamic Asia-Pacific, cooperation and win-win," so as to make new and greater contributions to the prosperity and progress of the Asia-Pacific region and the peace and development of the world.
Jang Dae-hwan (张大焕), Chairman of the South Korea Maeil Business Newspaper Media Group, reviewed the exchanges and cooperation between the group and the People's Daily over the years in his speech, saying that in this challenging era, South Korea and China are not only close economic partners but also neighbors who need to jointly explore the future. The Maeil Business Newspaper Media Group will continue to work with the People's Daily to create a new chapter in South Korea-China media cooperation and help create a better future for the dreams of the two peoples.
Park Byeong-seug (朴炳锡), former Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea, said in his speech that in the past, the South Korea-China economy developed rapidly on the basis of free trade and multilateralism. At present, China is vigorously promoting the transformation in the digital and energy fields, which is in line with South Korea's development strategy. The global market is very large, and the two sides should explore future-oriented cooperation.
Dai Bing (戴兵), Chinese Ambassador to South Korea, said in his speech that China and South Korea are important close neighbors and partners to each other, and the friendly exchanges between the two countries have a long history, and the realistic interests are deeply integrated. Whether in the past, present, or future, strengthening friendly cooperation is always the wise choice that best serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples. It is hoped that the South Korea-China media will report on each other with an attitude of mutual respect, fairness, and objectivity, pay more attention to the positive results of exchanges and cooperation between the two countries, and discover and report more warm and friendly stories between the two sides, so as to provide positive energy for the improvement and development of the relations between the two countries.
At the forum, representatives from the business, academic, and media circles of China and South Korea conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions on topics such as economic development, green transformation, and media cooperation. The participating guests said that the digital transformation of China and South Korea is in full swing, green development is continuously advancing, and cultural exchanges are becoming increasingly rich and diverse. Facing the era of global technological revolution and industrial transformation, China and South Korea should work together to continuously deepen cooperation, focus on a common future, and open up new spaces for cooperation.
"China has strong strength in the design, research and development, and manufacturing of robots, and also has many successful cases," said Kim Min-kyo (金民教), founder and CEO of South Korea's McLaron Robotics. "Cooperation between the two countries in the field of robotics will help build a robotic industry ecosystem and help the economies of the two countries to a higher level."
"China is at the forefront of the world in the field of robotics, and we maintain close contact with institutions such as the Chinese Institute of Electronics in the field of industrial robots," said Kim Jae-hwan (金宰焕), Secretary-General of the Korea Robot Industry Association, in an interview with this reporter. He said that he went to China this summer to participate in robotics industry exchange activities and deeply felt the importance of strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the fields of intelligent manufacturing and technological innovation. He believes that South Korea and China should adhere to multilateralism, give full play to their respective comparative advantages, and promote mutually beneficial and win-win industrial development.
Since China implemented a visa-free entry policy for South Korean citizens in November last year, the enthusiasm of South Korean people to travel to China has continued to rise. Ctrip data shows that in the first half of this year, the number of South Korean users ordering to China increased by 125% compared with the same period last year. Not long ago, South Korea's temporary visa-free entry policy for Chinese group tourists officially came into effect, and the enthusiasm of Chinese tourists to travel to South Korea has been further enhanced.
Kim Jin-ho (金珍镐), Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Dankook University in South Korea, said that carefully maintaining South Korea-China relations is crucial to the overall situation of bilateral development. The media of the two countries should adhere to the spirit of seeking truth from facts, clarify their own roles, and promote bilateral cooperation to go deeper and more solid with a long-term vision.
Park Han-jin (朴汉真), Distinguished Professor of International Regional Strategy at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea, suggested that the media of the two countries build a joint research and exchange platform, focusing on cultural content creation, technological integration, and industrialization practices, promote the implementation of substantive projects, and inject stability and constructiveness into the relations between the two countries.
The participating guests believe that the media of the two countries should actively play the role of bridge and link, build a platform for information sharing and experience sharing, focus on cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, digital economy, and green development, promote mutual understanding and pragmatic cooperation, and contribute to jointly building a "digital cooperation road," paving a "green cooperation road," and inheriting a "youth cooperation road."
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In the first half of this year, against the backdrop of major European economies generally facing growth pressure, the Spanish economy demonstrated vitality and resilience. In the first quarter, Spain's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.8% year-on-year, higher than the Eurozone average. Entering the second quarter, Spain's economic growth momentum continued to consolidate, achieving a GDP increase of 0.7% quarter-on-quarter and 2.7% year-on-year, both exceeding market expectations, making it one of the most outstanding performing countries in the Eurozone economy in the first half of the year. Facing the uncertainty of the external environment and internal development challenges, the cooperation between Spain and China in areas such as economy and trade, energy, and tourism has continued to deepen and become more practical, achieving fruitful results.
Traditional Industries Consolidate the Foundation for Growth
Spain's GDP growth rate in 2024 reached 3.2%, leading major European economies, with per capita GDP reaching approximately $35,000. The Spanish Association of Financial Analysts predicts that the Spanish economy will continue its resilience in 2025, with the GDP growth rate expected to remain in the range of 2% to 3%.
From the perspective of industrial structure, the tertiary industry accounts for about 70% of Spain's economy, playing a pivotal role, with the rapid recovery of the tourism industry becoming an engine for growth. In the first eight months of this year, Spain received over 66.8 million international tourists, an increase of nearly 3.9% compared to the same period last year. In August alone, the number of international tourists exceeded 11.3 million, and the total number for the year is expected to exceed 100 million. The prosperity of Spain's tourism industry is due, on the one hand, to the easing of inflationary pressures and the European Central Bank's interest rate cut policy, which have created conditions for the recovery of the tourism market; on the other hand, the significant increase in the number of Asian tourists, especially Chinese tourists, has injected momentum into Spain's tourism industry. According to data from the Spanish National Tourist Office, from January to July this year, the number of Chinese tourists was 444,000, an increase of 11.9% year-on-year and 16.8% compared to the same period in 2019, making it one of the fastest-growing source countries.
Agriculture and food processing also contribute to Spain's economic growth. Spain is known as the "Vegetable Basket of Europe." It is not only the fourth largest agricultural producer in the European Union (EU), but also the largest fruit and vegetable exporter in the EU and the third largest in the world. Its olive oil production and grape planting area both rank first in the world, and it is also one of the most important wine producers in the world. Currently, Spain's traditional advantageous export commodities such as olive oil, wine, and seafood continue to maintain stable growth. According to data recently released by the Spanish Fruit and Vegetable Producers Association, the total value of Spain's fresh fruit and vegetable exports increased significantly in the first half of this year, with the EU market accounting for 84% of total exports, with an export volume of approximately 5.57 million tons.
The importance of the Chinese market in Spain's agricultural exports is increasingly prominent. In the first quarter of this year, Spain's agricultural exports to China increased by 24.2% quarter-on-quarter. In April, during Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's (佩德罗·桑切斯) visit to China, the two sides reached a consensus on further expanding agricultural trade. The Spanish think tank "Aula China" pointed out in an article that as Chinese consumers' demand for Mediterranean diets and health foods continues to rise, the potential for cooperation in the agricultural field between Spain and China will be further released.
Structural Transformation Cultivates Development Momentum
While consolidating traditional advantageous industries, Spain is actively promoting economic structural transformation, especially the accelerated advancement of green transformation and digital transformation, allowing new momentum for economic growth to continue to accumulate.
In recent years, Spain has actively promoted energy transformation. With the support of the EU Recovery Fund, the Spanish government has clearly planned to increase the proportion of renewable energy in total energy consumption to 42% by 2030. In the first half of this year, Spain's newly installed wind power and photovoltaic capacity both exceeded 5 million kilowatts, ranking among the forefront of European clean energy development. At the same time, the Basque Country and Andalusia (安达卢西亚自治区) have successively launched hydrogen energy pilot projects to promote the gradual formation of a clean energy industry chain. Spanish energy giant Iberdrola (伊维尔德罗拉公司) has launched in-depth cooperation with a number of international companies, planning to invest billions of euros in the next five years to build more green power facilities. The promotion of renewable energy-related projects not only adds green vitality to the Spanish economy, but also provides stable support for employment and investment.
Digital transformation is another important focus for Spain to cultivate new momentum. According to the "Spain Digital 2026" strategy, the government has pledged to invest 20 billion euros to promote nationwide 5G network coverage and data center construction. Currently, more than 70% of small and medium-sized enterprises in Spain have received digital transformation subsidies to enhance e-commerce operational capabilities and promote the application of cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies. In Santander (桑坦德市), the "Window of European Smart Cities" in the north, street buses are generally equipped with intelligent dispatch systems, and passengers can use mobile phone applications to check real-time vehicle arrival times. In the Barcelona (巴塞罗那) smart city demonstration area, street lights can automatically adjust their brightness according to the flow of people and vehicles, and garbage cans are equipped with intelligent sensors that can remind sanitation workers to clean up when they are close to being full. These subtle changes allow the public to truly feel the convenience and efficiency improvements brought about by digital transformation.
In addition, several innovation parks in Madrid (马德里) have become emerging clusters of fintech and biomedicine industries. The government has established special funds to encourage universities, research institutions, and enterprises to carry out industry-university-research cooperation to accelerate the transformation of scientific research results. In recent years, the financing amount of Spanish start-ups has maintained double-digit growth, demonstrating the potential for economic innovation and development.
China-Spain Cooperation Achieves Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Results
Although the Spanish economy as a whole is showing a steady development trend, it still faces many internal and external challenges: At the external level, the rise of global trade protectionism, the intensification of geopolitical conflicts, and fluctuations in energy and commodity prices bring uncertainty to Spain's export trade and supply chain security. The divergence of monetary policies in Europe and the United States may also have an impact on financial market stability. At the internal level, the service industry accounts for about 70% of Spain's GDP, while the manufacturing industry accounts for less than 20%, and the industrial structure needs to be optimized. At the same time, issues such as the obvious trend of an aging workforce, a large scale of public debt, and pressure on fiscal sustainability also restrict the long-term healthy development of the economy.
Against this background, the strategic significance of pragmatic cooperation between China and Spain is becoming increasingly prominent. In recent years, bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries have continued to deepen. According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of China (中国海关总署), the bilateral trade volume between China and Spain in 2024 reached 50.1 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year. From January to August this year, the bilateral trade volume between China and Spain exceeded 36.585 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 10.1% year-on-year. China remains Spain's largest trading partner outside the EU. In trade exchanges, high-quality agricultural products such as Spanish wine, olive oil, and pork products are widely favored in the Chinese market, while China's electromechanical products and new energy equipment continue to increase their share in the Spanish market with their technological advantages, becoming an important aid for Spain to promote green transformation.
In the field of new energy, Chinese companies actively participate in the construction of photovoltaic and wind power projects in Spain, providing technical support and financing services. Spanish automakers are working with Chinese partners to promote the research and development of electrification and intelligent technologies, and have made breakthroughs in areas such as the construction of new energy vehicle battery supply chains and vehicle design. Chinese-funded battery companies have established production bases in Spain, which not only meet the needs of the local electric vehicle market, but also drive employment and the development of upstream and downstream industries, achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.
Marta Montero (玛尔塔·蒙特罗), Vice President and Director General of the Spanish "Aula China," said that multi-level cooperation between Spain and China brings tangible benefits to the Spanish economy: China's huge market demand provides broad space for Spain's agriculture, food industry, and high-end consumer goods exports, and China's leading new energy technology and complete industrial chain capabilities provide assistance for Spain's energy transformation and industrial upgrading. The cooperation between the two countries not only achieves mutual benefit and win-win results, but also plays a positive role in stabilizing EU-China economic and trade relations and promoting global economic recovery.
"China is an indispensable strategic partner for the future." Carlos Cuerpo (卡洛斯·库尔波), Spanish Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, emphasized that cooperation between European countries, including Spain, and China is crucial for the development of both parties and the world.
(Reported from Madrid (马德里) on October 14th by this newspaper)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 14th. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) stated on the 14th, in response to a reporter's question regarding the recent U.S. announcement of increased tariffs and other restrictive measures against China, that the U.S. cannot simultaneously seek talks while threatening and intimidating with new restrictive measures. This is not the correct way to engage with China. China urges the U.S. to correct its erroneous practices as soon as possible, demonstrate sincerity in negotiations, and meet China halfway.
A reporter asked: Recently, U.S. officials stated that after learning that China had adopted export control measures on rare earths and other related items, they proposed a call with China, but China postponed this suggestion. At the same time, the U.S. stated that both sides need to find a way to return to a stable situation. What is the Ministry of Commerce's (商务部) comment on this?
The spokesperson said that China has noted the relevant situation. Recently, China has clarified its position on the U.S. threat to impose 100% tariffs and other restrictive measures against China. I would like to reiterate that export control measures on rare earths and other related items are legitimate practices by the Chinese government to improve its own export control system in accordance with laws and regulations. As a responsible major country, China has always firmly safeguarded its own national security and international common security. China's export control is not a ban on exports, and applications that meet the regulations will be approved as always, jointly maintaining the security and stability of the global production and supply chain. Before the measures were introduced, China had notified the U.S. through the bilateral export control dialogue mechanism. On the other hand, the U.S. has long generalized national security, abused export controls, and adopted discriminatory practices against China. In particular, since the China-U.S. Madrid Economic and Trade Talks, the U.S. has continued to introduce a series of new restrictive measures against China, which seriously damage China's interests and severely undermine the atmosphere of bilateral economic and trade talks. China firmly opposes this.
The spokesperson stated that China's position on the tariff war and trade war is consistent. If a fight is initiated, we will **奉陪到底** (fèng péi dào dǐ - "accompany to the end," to resolutely carry something through to the end); if talks are desired, the door is open. China and the U.S. have broad common interests and vast space for cooperation. Cooperation benefits both sides, while confrontation injures both. The past four rounds of economic and trade consultations have fully demonstrated that China and the U.S. can find solutions to problems on the basis of mutual respect and equal consultation. The two sides have maintained communication within the framework of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism, and working-level talks were also held yesterday.
The spokesperson pointed out that the U.S. cannot simultaneously seek talks while threatening and intimidating with new restrictive measures. This is not the correct way to engage with China. China urges the U.S. to correct its erroneous practices as soon as possible, demonstrate sincerity in negotiations, and meet China halfway, taking the important consensus reached in the phone call between the two heads of state as a guide, safeguarding the hard-won achievements of the consultations, continuing to leverage the role of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism, resolving respective concerns through dialogue and consultation, properly managing differences, and promoting the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations.
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According to a report by Bloomberg News, the latest research released by Goldman Sachs (高盛集团) on October 12 shows that the transmission of tariffs to U.S. consumer prices is accelerating. This not only adds uncertainty to the U.S. Treasury market but also means that U.S. consumers are becoming the ultimate major bearers of tariff costs. Goldman Sachs economists Elsie Peng (埃尔西·彭) and David Mericle (戴维·梅里克尔) calculated in the report that as of June this year, U.S. companies still bear 64% of the tariff costs to maintain market share, while consumers bear 22%. If the latest round of tariffs continues the previous pattern, the proportion borne by consumers will soar to 55% by the end of the year, while the proportion borne by companies will drop to 22%.
The Goldman Sachs report also pointed out that the U.S. government has disrupted the global trade order through a series of tariffs and trade restrictions. Although U.S. government officials insist that trade partners will bear the tariff costs, the reality is that U.S. importers need to pay tariffs to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (美国海关及边境保护局), and when companies pass on the tariff costs, consumers will face higher commodity prices.
Some U.S. domestic producers are taking the opportunity to raise prices behind tariff barriers, further exacerbating inflationary pressures. An article published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (明尼阿波利斯联邦储备银行) stated that pricing data shows that tariffs are having a gradually emerging impact, and the prices faced by U.S. consumers are still rising. The "Tariff Tracker" of the Harvard Business School (哈佛商学院) Pricing Lab (定价实验室) monitors the prices of more than 350,000 commodities sold by large U.S. retailers daily. Research shows that the average price of imported goods affected by tariffs has increased by about 5%, and the prices of U.S. domestic goods are also higher than normal. U.S. domestic goods have also shown a clear "follow-the-rise effect," which is particularly prominent in categories with import dependence exceeding 50%.
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (美国经济分析局) shows that the U.S. core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the core inflation indicator of the Federal Reserve (美联储), rose 2.9% year-on-year in August, the highest level since February. Goldman Sachs predicts that driven by tariffs, the index will rise to 3% by the end of the year, and tariffs have cumulatively pushed up core personal consumption expenditure prices by 0.44% since the beginning of this year. The cost pressure on the upstream production side is more significant. Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (美国劳工统计局) in August showed that the producer price index (PPI) rose 0.9% month-on-month in July, the largest increase since June 2022; the year-on-year increase reached 3.3%, far higher than the 2.3% in June and the market expectation of 2.6%, the highest level since February this year. CNN (美国有线电视新闻网) pointed out that the sharp rise in producer costs indicates that higher prices will soon be passed on to consumers.
A study released by the Yale University (耶鲁大学) Budget Lab (预算实验室) recently showed that the newly imposed tariffs have pushed the average effective tariff rate in the United States to 18.3%, the highest level since 1934. The laboratory assessed that these additional tariffs are expected to increase the average additional expenditure of U.S. households by $2,400 this year, of which the prices of clothing and footwear may increase by 38% and 40% respectively in the short term. What is more noteworthy is that tariffs are essentially regressive taxes, especially in the short term. This means that if measured by the ratio of tax burden to income, the tariff burden borne by the lowest-income families will be far heavier than that borne by the highest-income families, which will undoubtedly further exacerbate social inequality.
Analysts believe that the negative effects of U.S. tariff policies are continuing to emerge. Chris Rupkey (克里斯·鲁普基), chief economist at research firm FWDBonds, said: "Producers are suffering from inflationary heat, and it is only a matter of time before they pass on tariff costs to already tired consumers." Laura Veldkamp (劳拉·费尔德坎普), a professor at Columbia University (哥伦比亚大学), believes that U.S. trade protectionism not only directly increases the living burden of domestic people and pushes up inflation, but also disrupts the stability of the global supply chain.
(Reported by this newspaper in Washington (华盛顿), D.C. on October 14)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) October 14th, A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) answered questions from reporters on the 14th regarding the implementation of restrictive measures by the United States under the Section 301 investigation into Chinese shipbuilding and other industries.
A reporter asked: At 14th October, US Eastern Time, the United States formally implemented restrictions such as port fees on China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors based on the so-called Section 301 investigation results. What is China's response to this?
The spokesperson stated that the U.S. measures are typical unilateralism and protectionism, seriously violate World Trade Organization rules, violate the principle of equality and mutual benefit in the China-U.S. Maritime Agreement, grant unfair competitive advantages to shipping and shipbuilding companies in relevant countries, constitute discriminatory practices against China's shipping, shipbuilding and other industries, and seriously damage the interests of relevant Chinese industries. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this, and announced on October 10 that it will levy special port dues on ships involving U.S. flags, U.S. manufacturing, and U.S. company ownership, participation, or operation and other U.S. elements.
The spokesperson pointed out that the U.S. measures not only affect the stability of the global supply chain and greatly increase international trade costs, but also push up domestic inflation in the United States, damage the competitiveness and employment of U.S. ports, and affect the security and resilience of the U.S. own supply chain. There are also many voices of opposition from the U.S. industry, which fully demonstrates that the U.S. approach is harmful to others and not beneficial to itself, and does not help the development of its own shipbuilding industry.
The spokesperson said that in order to further safeguard the interests of relevant Chinese industries, relevant departments in China, in accordance with the "National Security Law of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国国家安全法), the "Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国反外国制裁法), the "International Maritime Transport Regulations of the People's Republic of China" (中华人民共和国国际海运条例) and other relevant regulations, have included some enterprises that assist and support the relevant U.S. investigation activities in the countermeasure list, and have initiated investigations into the behaviors of the United States and some countries and enterprises that endanger the security and development interests of China's shipping, shipbuilding and other related industries. During the implementation of the investigation, China will adhere to the principles of openness, fairness and justice in carrying out law enforcement and investigation, and fully protect the rights of all stakeholders.
The spokesperson emphasized that China's position on relevant issues is clear and consistent: if there is a fight, we will **奉陪到底** (fèng péi dào dǐ - "accompany to the end," to be ready to face any challenge); if there is negotiation, the door is open. China urges the United States to correct its wrong practices, meet China halfway, and resolve issues of mutual concern through equal dialogue and consultation.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, New York, October 14th (Reporter Xu Jing (徐静), Xiong Maoling (熊茂伶)) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) (国际货币基金组织) released its latest "World Economic Outlook Report" on the 14th, slightly raising its global economic growth forecast for this year. The IMF pointed out that tariff shocks are further weakening the global economic growth outlook, and the world economy remains relatively fragile.
The report predicts that the world economy will grow by 3.2% in 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from the July forecast, and will grow by 3.1% in 2026, the same as the July forecast.
The IMF emphasized that the upward revision of the forecast is due to factors such as importers stockpiling goods in advance due to U.S. tariff policies, and most countries' efforts to maintain the openness and stability of the global trading system. Currently, tariff shocks are further weakening the global economic growth outlook, and high trade policy uncertainty, escalating protectionist measures, persistent geopolitical tensions, and increased fiscal vulnerabilities constitute downside risks to the world economy.
The report raised the economic growth rate of emerging market and developing economies this year by 0.1 percentage points to 4.2% compared with the July forecast, and also raised the economic growth rate of developed economies this year by 0.1 percentage points to 1.6%.
The IMF pointed out that the U.S. economy has shown signs of substantial slowdown. U.S. employment data since July has been far below expectations, the number of new jobs has declined significantly, and the unemployment rate in August rose to a new high in nearly four years.
The IMF stated that economies should commit to ensuring debt sustainability, eliminating trade policy uncertainty, and strengthening cooperation to reduce trade and investment barriers.
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Niu Yangko dance, marathon running, sports meets… Humanoid robots have been quite busy lately. In August of this year, the State Council (国务院) issued the "Opinions on Deeply Implementing the 'Artificial Intelligence+' Action" (《关于深入实施“人工智能+”行动的意见》), proposing to cultivate new intelligent native models and new business forms for the development of the "Artificial Intelligence+" industry. Humanoid robots are a typical business form in the embodied intelligence track. Recently, reporters interviewed and investigated relevant enterprises, investment institutions, and local governments to explore the opportunities and challenges facing the embodied intelligence industry from multiple dimensions such as technology, market, capital, and policy.
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Accelerate Layout——
Focus on Humanoid Robots, Explore the Potential of Industrial Intelligence
Currently, robots of various shapes have entered production and life, with humanoid robots being the most watched and popular.
Jiao Jichao (焦继超), Vice President and Dean of the Research Institute of UBTECH (优必选), said that the "body" form of embodied intelligence, whether it is bipedal or quadrupedal, wheeled or tracked, gripper or finger, mainly depends on the needs of the application scenario. "Humanoid robots imitate the appearance and some functions of humans, which can better integrate into human society and work environment. However, the challenge lies in the complexity of the technology and the high cost."
The "Guiding Opinions on Innovative Development of Humanoid Robots" (《人形机器人创新发展指导意见》) issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) proposes that humanoid robots integrate advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, high-end manufacturing, and new materials, and are expected to become disruptive products after computers, smartphones, and new energy vehicles.
Humanoid robots becoming disruptive products means that technological breakthroughs, engineering maturity, and commercialization need a difficult and long process. "The humanoid robot industry is still in its early stages. The current level of technology is not enough for large-scale application in homes or factories," said Wang Xingxing (王兴兴), founder of Unitree Robotics (宇树科技).
Compared to the still distant mature humanoid robots, where are the embodied intelligence applications closer to us?
"The market is broader, the landing speed is faster, and it is also more valuable, which is industrial intelligence." Huang He (黄河), partner of Northern Light Venture Capital (北极光创投), believes that enabling various forms of tool carriers to achieve intelligent upgrades will be a more important and realistic development direction for embodied intelligence, especially in the industrial field, where the potential is huge.
Seeing the huge opportunities in the embodied intelligence industry, Internet companies, technology companies, automobile manufacturers, and auto parts companies have all made layouts.
"Like the new energy vehicle field, the traditional and new forces of embodied intelligence also have their own advantages. The body manufacturing of embodied intelligence and new energy vehicles have 70%-80% of the supply chain that can be shared, and the intelligent driving technology and embodied intelligence are highly homologous, so new energy vehicle companies have a certain advantage in the layout of embodied intelligence. However, the industry is developing rapidly, and the key competition in the medium and long term may still be in the 'brain'," introduced experts from CDH Robotics (鼎晖机器人).
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Many Places Intensively Introduce Measures to Explore Differentiated Development Paths
This year, embodied intelligence, with humanoid robots as a typical business form, has become an important direction for China to cultivate future industries. Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) and other places have intensively introduced special policies, forming an industrial competition for the future.
As the province that incorporated "embodied intelligence" into the local government work report earlier in the country, Guangdong (广东) clearly proposed in February this year to accelerate the launch of R&D projects in key areas such as humanoid robots.
"Guangdong's advantage is not only the policy first, but also the complete industrial chain accumulated over decades." Ren Yutong (任玉桐), Executive Chairman of the Guangdong Robot Association (广东省机器人协会), introduced that Guangdong (广东) has formed an industrial ecosystem covering key links such as reducers, servo motors, controllers, and sensors, and the humanoid robot supply chain accounts for a large share of the country.
In addition to policy support, more than 10 local governments such as Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and Shenzhen (深圳) have established or are preparing to establish relevant industrial funds. "Regions with R&D foundation and industrial chain advantages are more likely to quickly implement specific measures. The key is to choose differentiated development paths based on different resource endowments and industrial foundations," said an industry expert.
According to reports, China's embodied intelligence industry is showing distinct regional division of labor and cluster development characteristics, especially the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and Pearl River Delta (珠三角) regions, which are the most powerful. Beijing (北京) is strong in scientific research and talent, Shanghai (上海) is better in application and ecology, Shenzhen (深圳) is excellent in manufacturing and supply chain, and Hangzhou (杭州) is good at algorithms and interaction technology. While the four cities are accelerating their lead, cities such as Chongqing (重庆), Hefei (合肥), Anhui (安徽), and Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) are also actively laying out the embodied intelligence industry, achieving rapid development with differentiated positioning and industrial support.
The industry generally believes that humanoid robots are expected to form a larger industrial scale than new energy vehicles. This has also prompted local governments to take active actions to strive to take the lead in this industry.
Related experts believe that humanoid robots can form a larger market because the number of robots in the future will not only far exceed the number of cars, but also robots are a dual business model that sells both hardware and services, and the service market is even larger than the hardware market.
Data shows that in the first eight months of this year, the financing amount in China's robot field reached 38.624 billion yuan, which is 1.8 times the total amount in 2024. Public funds investing in robots are also very popular.
"Although humanoid robots are currently in the concept verification stage, scientific research, technological achievement incubation, and early enterprise support are very important, and we must invest early and small," said a person in charge of Shenzhen Capital Group (深创投).
Coping with Challenges——
General Capabilities Need to Be Breakthrough, High-Quality Training Data Is Insufficient
The development of embodied intelligence mainly depends on four elements: the body, the intelligent body, data, and the learning evolution framework. Each link involves a long and complex industrial chain, which means that the industry is full of opportunities and faces challenges.
Huang He (黄河) believes that in the embodied intelligence industry chain, if you just make a humanoid robot that looks like a human, can do basic actions, and is used for display and reception, the difficulty is not high. The real test is in the "brain."
If the hardware body technology development route of embodied intelligence is relatively clear, then the "brain" is not so easy. In Huang He's (黄河) view, the difficulty faced by the development of embodied intelligence is generalization. "Just like the goal of artificial intelligence is general artificial intelligence, the goal of embodied intelligence is also to be general and generalizable," he said.
Simply put, generalization in embodied intelligence refers to the ability of an intelligent body (such as a robot) to transfer and apply the abilities and knowledge it has learned in one or limited scenarios to new, unseen objects, tasks, environments, or its own forms. For example, training an embodied intelligent robot to learn to grasp objects, it must be able to grasp boxes, cups, apples, and eggs.
"The problems that cannot be solved now may be solved suddenly at some point in the future. As long as artificial intelligence technology continues to progress, the robot industry will develop better and better. This year's humanoid robot boom, in the long run, may just be a small spark, just like the birth of the Internet," said Wang Xingxing (王兴兴).
Embodied intelligence also faces the problem of insufficient training data. In the case of **吃不饱又没老师** (chī bù bǎo yòu méi lǎo shī - "not full and no teacher," lacking sufficient resources and guidance), the ability development of embodied intelligence will be slow.
Industry experts said that high-quality data is an obstacle that is difficult for embodied intelligence companies around the world to overcome. Today's large language models rely on the training of a large amount of existing Internet data to achieve intelligent emergence. If embodied intelligence is a similar logic, it requires a very large amount of data.
"The industry currently lacks high-quality embodied interaction data. How to enable robots to achieve accurate understanding and decision-making in complex, variable, and unstructured real-world scenarios is a major problem," said Jiao Jichao (焦继超). "Embodied intelligence requires high-dimensional, continuous, and dynamic scene data, and the cost of real machine acquisition is extremely high, and simulation data is difficult to completely bridge the gap between 'virtual and reality'."
In addition, industry experts believe that we should be wary of "pieced-together" entrepreneurial projects for the purpose of rapid financing, which lack solid technological innovation and product implementation. "Chinese humanoid robot companies are already at a leading level in the world." Huang He (黄河) believes that whether it is the policy side, the capital side, or the industrial side, we must respect the laws of technological development and not **揠苗助长** (yà miáo zhù zhǎng - "pull seedlings to help them grow," to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫 顾 春 窦瀚洋
At dawn on October 14th, Beijing Time (北京时间), the UK's largest container port, Port of Felixstowe, was brightly lit. Assisted by tugboats, the "Istanbul Bridge" of Haijie Shipping (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (海杰航运（香港）有限公司), fully loaded with 4,890 standard containers, slowly berthed, completing its voyage across the Arctic Northeast Passage between China and Europe.
After a 20-day voyage, the giant ship, loaded with photovoltaic modules, energy storage cabinets, and cross-border e-commerce goods, successfully arrived at the port, marking the successful maiden voyage of the first China-Europe Arctic Container Express Route (hereinafter referred to as "China-Europe Arctic Express").
"The China-Europe Arctic Express is the world's first container route specifically for cross-border e-commerce and high value-added goods that passes through the Arctic. It is also an important achievement in implementing the 'Ice Silk Road' construction under the 'Belt and Road' Initiative," said the relevant person in charge of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部水运局). The opening of the route provides a faster and lower-carbon international logistics option for China's high-end manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce, new energy and other industries.
How fast is this express route?
"The China-Europe Arctic Express crosses the Arctic Northeast Passage directly to Europe. The one-way transportation time from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) to the Port of Felixstowe can be shortened by 22 days compared with traditional routes, and the one-way carbon emissions can be reduced by about 50%," said the relevant person in charge of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group (宁波舟山港集团).
Lithium battery energy storage cabinets and new energy vehicle parts accounted for a significant proportion of the first voyage's containers. "In the past, it took 40 days to go through the Suez Canal, but now it takes only 18 days to arrive directly, and the quality control is more precise," said Zhou Chujing, logistics and procurement manager of Sige New Energy Shanghai Co., Ltd. (思格新能源上海股份有限公司). Moreover, the China-Europe Arctic Express route has its own low-temperature attribute, which is very suitable for the transportation of goods such as batteries and goods with high timeliness requirements.
Faster timeliness helps reduce logistics costs.
"Through the China-Europe Arctic Express route, the business inventory can be reduced by 40%, and the capital occupation can be greatly reduced, helping enterprises to win the initiative in market competition with lower costs and faster supply chain response speed," said Li Xiaobin, chief operating officer of Haijie Shipping (海杰航运).
"By taking the China-Europe Arctic Express route, new products can enter the European market at a lower cost as soon as possible." Zhang Guanghui, head of warehousing at Zhejiang Yinghe International Logistics (浙江盈和国际物流), who tasted the first Arctic Express, also felt the same way. The transportation cost per container through the China-Europe Railway Express is about 7,000 US dollars, while the cost of the China-Europe Arctic Express route can be saved by about 40%. In the future, enterprises are expected to further increase their market share in Europe.
Opening up the China-Europe Arctic Express is significant beyond this.
Looking at the port, "The opening of this express route marks the formal completion of the 'last piece of the puzzle' in Ningbo-Zhoushan Port's global route network," said Sun Xuejun, chairman of Zhejiang Seaport Logistics Group Co., Ltd. (浙江海港物流集团有限公司). From the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) is fully connected to the world's major navigable oceans.
Looking at foreign trade, in the first eight months of this year, the total value of trade between China and the European Union was 3.88 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.3%, accounting for 13.1% of China's total foreign trade. Industry insiders said that as the third China-Europe sea transport channel, the faster and more efficient China-Europe Arctic Express will promote the deep connection between the high-end manufacturing and new energy industries in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) and the European market, better promote the domestic and international dual circulation, and inject more vitality into China's economy.
The maiden voyage of the new route marks the "launch" of a new channel. According to the plan, the China-Europe Arctic Express will make full use of the Arctic navigation period from July to November next year, while upgrading larger ship types and loading more goods, and strive to run more voyages.
Return to TopData released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会) on October 14 showed that in the first nine months of this year, China's automobile production and sales reached 24.333 million and 24.363 million vehicles, respectively, representing year-on-year increases of 13.3% and 12.9%. Among them, the production and sales of new energy vehicles both exceeded 10 million, with year-on-year increases of more than 30%, demonstrating the vigorous vitality of the automobile industry. The picture shows cars being prepared for loading and export at the Longtan Port Area of Nanjing Port (南京港龙潭港区), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) on October 14.
Photo by Yang Suping (杨素平) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) photo)
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), October 14th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) -- Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) issued the "Special Management Measures for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Investment within the Central Budget." The measures propose that the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) will comprehensively support the construction of energy conservation and carbon reduction projects in various regions based on the nature and characteristics of various projects, the level of economic and social development of the regions where they are located, and the completion of regional energy conservation and carbon reduction targets, and appropriately incline towards regions with outstanding achievements in carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, energy conservation, and the development of a circular economy, as well as national ecological civilization pilot zones.
The measures propose that the contents supported by this special project include energy conservation and carbon reduction projects in key industries and fields, clean coal consumption substitution projects, circular economy-assisted carbon reduction projects, low-carbon, zero-carbon, and negative-carbon demonstration projects, and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality basic capacity building projects. Specific measures include: supporting the overall deployment and large-scale implementation of energy conservation and carbon reduction transformations based on industrial parks and industrial clusters as carriers; supporting the low-carbon transformation of coal-fired power units and coal chemical projects; and supporting the construction of large-scale standardized recycling sites and green sorting centers.
Return to TopYiwu, October 14th (Reported by Liu Junguo (刘军国)) The sixth-generation market, Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center, officially opened and began operations on the 14th, marking a new stage in the Yiwu market's transformation from a traditional trade model to a digital trade ecosystem.
As a landmark project of the sixth-generation market, the Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center has a construction area of 1.25 million square meters, with five major functional sections: market, commercial office buildings, commercial blocks, apartments, and a digital trade port. Among them, the market section has a construction area of 410,000 square meters, with more than 3,700 merchants already settled in, and merchants with independent brands or operating IP products account for 57%.
In the Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center, new models and new business forms such as artificial intelligence large model applications, digital trade, and cross-border e-commerce are flourishing. "In the past, it took a lot of time for buyers to find goods and booths, which was inefficient. In order to solve this pain point, we cooperated with other companies to develop and apply technology to achieve precise booth navigation, and also have functions such as commodity search, booth query, and image recognition, which improves the procurement experience," said Zhou Jian (周健), General Manager of Yiwu China Commodities City Big Data Co., Ltd. (义乌中国小商品城大数据有限公司).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 庞革平
Walking through the mountains and rivers of Guilin (桂林), Guangxi (广西), what the eyes see is green mountains and clear waters, and what the heart feels is accessible and shareable gold and silver mountains.
As an energy central enterprise serving the power supply of Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), Hainan (海南), Guizhou (贵州), and Yunnan (云南) provinces, as well as the Hong Kong and Macao regions, China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) adheres to the principle of ecological priority and green development, explores a new path of integrated development of "electricity + culture and tourism," and helps the development of Guilin's (桂林) tourism industry while protecting the ecology of the Li River (漓江).
As one of the 13 rivers under national key protection, the ecological protection of the Li River (漓江) is very important. China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) is working hard to consolidate the zero-carbon foundation of the Li River (漓江) by optimizing the energy structure, empowering digital technology, and upgrading power grid operations.
In terms of optimizing the energy structure, China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) has built a 220 kV grid centered on the 500 kV Guibei Station (桂北站) to ensure full consumption of the Guibei (桂北) wind power cluster, and promoted the construction of projects such as the 220 kV Dongtian (冬田) energy storage power station and the Guanyang (灌阳) pumped storage power station. As of now, the installed capacity of non-fossil energy in Guilin (桂林) City has reached 4.409 million kilowatts, and the proportion of installed capacity has increased to 83.1%. In terms of digital technology empowerment, the construction of the Guangxi (广西) Electricity Carbon Monitoring Platform is being promoted, a zero-carbon virtual power plant has been built, and the "Carbon Electricity Source Tracing" system has been launched to provide "digital carbon bills" for more than 14,000 power market users. In terms of power grid operation, the power grid operation mode of the core scenic area of the Li River (漓江) has been upgraded, the construction of the 110 kV Shengjing (胜景) landscape-integrated zero-carbon digital substation has been promoted, and the rectification of 12 cross-river lines in the core scenic area of the Li River (漓江) has been completed.
"We coordinate with the power supply department to carry out the removal of cross-river lines to enhance the landscape effect, so that the new mechanism of integrated development of green power facilities construction and landscape in the Li River (漓江) benefits the people along the river," said Li Jihua (李吉华), deputy director of the Guilin Li River Scenic Area Management Committee (桂林漓江风景名胜区管理委员会).
Empowering industrial development with zero-carbon practices. China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) has jointly established the Guilin Zero-Carbon Green Electricity Alliance (桂林零碳绿电联盟) with more than 60 units, and promoted the signing of cooperation agreements with 13 units such as Tsinghua University (清华大学) and State Power Investment Corporation (国家电投). "The alliance can promote information sharing in the industry, promote green electricity industry technology exchanges, promote the development and application of green energy technology, and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises," said the relevant person in charge of Guilin Sanjin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (桂林三金药业股份有限公司).
Promoting the transformation of ecological value into economic value. China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) has launched a three-party green electricity trading model for purchasing, selling, and transmitting and distributing electricity, realizing full green electricity coverage for 330 households and various users on Dahebei Island (大河背岛) in Yangshuo County (阳朔县); and promoted the completion of "oil-to-electricity" conversion of 1,200 bamboo rafts in the core scenic area of the Li River (漓江), reducing carbon emissions by 2,493 tons per year.
"After the 'oil-to-electricity' conversion, tourists have a good experience, and there are more repeat customers," said Xu Qing (徐卿), a villager in Dahebei Village (大河背村) who has been a raftsman for 15 years. The ecological improvement brings not only good scenery, but also tangible development dividends. In 2024, the number of tourists in Dahebei Village (大河背村) exceeded 600,000, and the per capita annual income of villagers increased from 12,000 yuan five years ago to 65,000 yuan.
Guiding the public to practice green and low-carbon lifestyles. China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) has created an ecological civilization-themed education route of "electricity + culture and tourism" and launched the "Dianliang Wenlv" (电靓文旅) carbon inclusive mini-program. Ms. Xie (谢) from Foshan (佛山), Guangdong (广东), used the "Dianliang Wenlv" (电靓文旅) carbon inclusive mini-program to achieve low-carbon travel during her trip, accumulate carbon emission reduction points, and redeem video membership coupons. "I didn't expect to get rewards for a green and low-carbon trip," said Ms. Xie (谢).
The improved ecology has driven the improvement of development quality. In 2024, the water tourism routes in the Li River Scenic Area (漓江风景名胜区) received nearly 6 million tourists, and the number of cruise ship tourists in the essence section of the Li River (漓江) increased by 367% compared with 2020; in the same year, Guilin (桂林) was selected as a national pilot city for the realization mechanism of ecological product value, and the first carbon sink transaction of soil and water conservation projects in the Pearl River Basin (珠江流域) was successfully completed in Lingchuan County (灵川县), Guilin (桂林).
In the next step, China Southern Power Grid (南方电网公司) will deepen the construction of the near-zero carbon demonstration area in the core scenic area of the Guilin Li River (桂林漓江), continue to exert efforts in key areas such as environmental governance, ecological compensation, and industrial integration, and contribute more to protecting the ecological environment of the Li River (漓江) and helping the construction of a beautiful China.
Return to TopA rapid multimodal transport train X8666, loaded with 25 containers of light industrial products, recently departed from Huangtang Railway Freight Yard in Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian Province, heading to Tuanjie Village Station in Chongqing (重庆) at a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour. This marks the official launch of the first rapid multimodal transport train in Fujian Province.
The train adopts a "road + rail" multimodal transport model, implementing fixed routes, fixed schedules, and fixed train numbers. The comprehensive transportation cost is reduced by approximately 25% compared to road transportation. To ensure the smooth operation of the train, China Railway Nanchang Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路南昌局集团有限公司) collaborated with China Railway Container Transport Co., Ltd. (中铁集装箱运输有限公司) to coordinate operations among transportation, machinery, and logistics departments, achieving real-time information interaction throughout the entire process, including transportation plans, vehicle scheduling, and cargo tracking. Currently, the Huangtang to Tuanjie Village rapid multimodal transport train has been incorporated into the railway operation diagram and is implementing normalized transportation on an alternate-day departure model.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张天培
In the past 5 years, China has registered an average of over 20 million new passenger cars annually. To provide more efficient and convenient new car registration services, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) has actively worked with relevant departments to promote the optimization of processes in vehicle production, sales, insurance, and other aspects, comprehensively promoting "information linkage and one-stop completion" for car purchases, insurance purchases, tax payments, and registration, creating an online one-stop, full-process new car registration service model.
On October 14, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) held a special press conference in Beijing (北京), focusing on the "efficient handling of one matter" in public security traffic management, announcing that the "one matter" service for new domestic passenger car registration will be fully implemented nationwide from November 1, and simultaneously launching 6 new "one-network access" service measures for public security traffic management. Starting November 1, people who purchase domestic passenger cars will no longer need to go to the vehicle management office for new car registration.
Wang Qiang (王强), Director of the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部交通管理局), introduced that in recent years, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) has continuously innovated the "Internet + Traffic Management" service and continued to promote the "one matter" service for public security traffic management. Currently, 35 traffic management services, such as reissuing license plates, driver's licenses, and vehicle licenses, exam appointments, and quick video processing of minor traffic accidents, have all achieved "one-network access" through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP. After the implementation of the new measures, the number of online traffic management services will increase to 41, which is expected to benefit hundreds of millions of people annually, significantly reducing the burden on people traveling to and from service windows.
In the car purchase process, public security traffic management departments have achieved "new car pre-inspection" information networking with more than 30 automobile production enterprises, and have achieved online verification of vehicle insurance and invoice information with insurance departments and tax authorities. In addition, a "select car and purchase insurance" link service module has been added to the "Traffic Management 12123" APP, providing people with more convenient guidance options.
In the tax payment process, people can link to the tax department through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP to pay taxes online, or directly log in to the tax department's website to handle tax payments. Tax payment information will be exchanged with the public security traffic management department in real time.
In the registration process, for vehicles that have achieved "pre-inspection" by car companies, car owners can handle number selection and registration entirely online through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP. Vehicle license plates can be entered manually or selected randomly, and license certificates will be delivered to the home. There is no need to submit paper materials or go to the vehicle management office to inspect the vehicle.
Since May of this year, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) has piloted the "one matter" service for new car registration in 8 cities including Baoding (保定) in Hebei (河北), Ordos (鄂尔多斯) in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Changzhou (常州) in Jiangsu (江苏), Hangzhou (杭州) in Zhejiang (浙江), Jinhua (金华) in Zhejiang (浙江), Guangzhou (广州) in Guangdong (广东), Shenzhen (深圳) in Guangdong (广东), and Chongqing (重庆). From the initial pilot situation, the time for people to handle new car registration has been reduced from more than 2 hours offline to within half an hour online.
As one of the first pilot cities for the "one matter" reform of new car registration in the country, Chongqing (重庆) has achieved integrated services for car purchase, insurance purchase, tax payment, and registration in July of this year. Xu Jia (徐佳), Deputy Chief of the Traffic Management Corps of the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau (重庆市公安局交通管理总队), introduced that the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau (重庆市公安局) has actively connected with departments and units such as the Economic and Information Technology Commission, the Tax Bureau, banks, and financial regulatory authorities, integrated data resources from the government, enterprises, society, and finance, and built a full database covering information such as tax invoice purchase tax, motor vehicle compulsory insurance, and car company pre-inspection, realizing "**数据共享、业务协同、结果互认**" (shù jù gòng xiǎng, yè wù xié tóng, jié guǒ hù rèn - "data sharing, business collaboration, mutual recognition of results," achieving seamless data exchange and cooperation between different departments to streamline processes).
In addition, the Chongqing (重庆) public security traffic management department has collaborated with automobile enterprises to achieve "inspection at the factory" for new cars. Without affecting the production efficiency of car companies, information such as the vehicle identification number and vehicle appearance required for new car registration is collected during the production process, and new car inspection is integrated into the vehicle production process. People no longer need to go to the vehicle management office to inspect the vehicle after purchasing it. Since the beginning of this year, 805,000 new cars have been pre-inspected by local automobile enterprises in Chongqing (重庆).
In this reform, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) simultaneously launched 6 new "one-network access" service measures for public security traffic management.
In terms of facilitating people's car use: First, online handling of the cancellation of motor vehicle mortgage registration. Promote online verification of motor vehicle mortgage cancellation information with financial institutions to achieve direct online handling of mortgage cancellation registration, eliminating the need to go to the service window. Second, online reissuance of motor vehicle registration certificates. For motor vehicle registration certificates that are lost, missing, or damaged, it is convenient for motor vehicle owners to apply for reissuance of motor vehicle registration certificates through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP. Third, promote online transfer of motor vehicle transfer information. Fully promote the online transfer of electronic motor vehicle files. Applicants can directly apply for and handle motor vehicle transfer in the vehicle's destination, without having to go to the origin to inspect the vehicle and extract paper files.
In terms of facilitating people's driver's license examinations: First, facilitate online handling of driver's license examination services. For those who cannot participate in the driver's license examination according to the scheduled time, applicants are allowed to cancel the examination one day in advance through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP; if students apply to change the type of vehicle they are licensed to drive after registering for the examination, they can handle it through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP. Second, facilitate online application for school bus driver qualifications. School bus driver qualifications can be applied for through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP, eliminating the need to submit paper application materials.
In addition, in terms of serving the development of industry and enterprises, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) has introduced new measures for online handling of temporary license plates for large transport vehicles.
Wang Qiang (王强) stated that in the next step, the public security traffic management department will closely focus on the "one matter" service for public security traffic management, continue to promote the improvement of the "Internet + Traffic Management" service level, provide more convenient and efficient digital traffic management and intelligent traffic management services for the public and enterprises, further facilitate people's work, and better serve high-quality development.
Return to TopBy: 王晨晨
A few days ago, I went to the Avatr (阿维塔) delivery center in Chongqing (重庆) to pick up my new car. The car company staff told me, "You can complete the new car registration entirely on your phone. You can try it out." Under the guidance of the staff, I opened the "Traffic Management 12123" APP.
The staff explained that because the vehicle pre-inspection had already been completed during the car's production, even the step of driving the car to the vehicle management office for inspection was eliminated. I operated step by step on the APP, paying taxes, purchasing insurance, and selecting a license plate number. When selecting a number, the system supported random selection and self-selected numbers. I entered the license plate number I had in mind. Each step had clear prompts, and the charging items were also clearly stated. I originally thought it would take several days to complete, but it was completed in about 30 minutes at the delivery center, and the license could be mailed directly to my home.
Later, I learned through the media that the public security traffic management department has shortened the business review time each time, and the use of paper materials has also been greatly reduced. The "new car registration" matter has both improved efficiency and practiced the concept of green environmental protection. This kind of government service makes me feel very convenient.
(The author is a resident of Huxi (虎溪) Street, Chongqing High-tech Zone (重庆高新区). This article was compiled and edited by Wang Xinyue (王欣悦), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡婧怡
Scrubbing the dirt off the sweet potatoes with their hands, they talked about the selling points and features to the camera. In the courtyard of the Dafang Village (大房村) Village Committee in Longtan Town (龙潭镇), Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County (岫岩满族自治县), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), Liu Shenggen (刘生根), the first secretary of Zhangbao Village (张堡村), and Liu Chang (刘畅), the first secretary of Lijiu Village (梨酒村), set up their mobile phones and started a live broadcast to help farmers.
Behind them, Zhang Guangfeng (张广峰), the first secretary of Dafang Village (大房村), led the village cadres in busily packing boxes. "Selling goods, shipping goods, customer service, and after-sales service all require people, and the role of the First Secretary Alliance is also reflected," said Zhang Guangfeng (张广峰). In 2024, Xiuyan County (岫岩县) took the opportunity of the national-level comprehensive demonstration project for e-commerce in rural areas to carry out activities to help village-based cadres get rich, allowing village-based cadres to enter the live broadcast room and help agricultural product sales get on the fast track of the Internet.
"What to broadcast and how to broadcast, everyone was drumming in their hearts when they first said they were going to do live broadcasts," Liu Chang (刘畅) recalled. Because the agricultural products of each village were scattered in variety and limited in scale, and each could not support a live broadcast room, everyone quickly reached an agreement to build the First Secretary Alliance and jointly build a "Longtan Town (龙潭镇) Village Working Team" live broadcast account.
Apples from Lijiu Village (梨酒村), black-skinned eggs from Luquan Village (鹿圈村), sweet potatoes from Zhangbao Village (张堡村)... The village-based cadres sorted out a list of agricultural and sideline products from Longtan Town (龙潭镇). In November last year, the apples in Lijiu Village (梨酒村) matured. The "Longtan Town (龙潭镇) Village Working Team" live broadcast room opened for the first time, inviting live broadcast experts to be the anchors, and 11 village-based cadres took turns to be assistant broadcasters, selling more than 700 orders in 1 hour, with sales of more than 20,000 yuan.
The villagers tasted the sweetness, but the village-based cadres began to worry: the agricultural products that had been collected for 2 months were sold out in one live broadcast, so what to do next? In the interval of packing and shipping, everyone discussed again: "If we want live broadcast to help farmers be sustainable, we still need industrial support." In response to the problems of insufficient standardization of agricultural products, insufficient scale, and high difficulty in commercialization in Longtan Town (龙潭镇), the village-based cadres changed their thinking from helping farmers sell to guiding farmers to plant.
At the end of 2024, Zhang Guangfeng (张广峰) led a team to Jinzhou (锦州) and Dalian (大连), Liaoning Province (辽宁省) to conduct research on sweet potato seedlings, planting techniques, and market prospects, and invited experts to Xiuyan County (岫岩县) to investigate soil and climate conditions. After careful demonstration, everyone decided to introduce four kinds of sweet potatoes with high added value: Hongyao (红瑶), Hami (哈密), Mashali (玛莎莉), and Yanshu (烟薯). The first secretary of the village and the village cadres jointly raised more than 100,000 yuan of start-up capital, transferred 33 mu of land in Zhangbao Village (张堡村), bought seedlings, invested in equipment, and officially started demonstration planting this year.
After one live broadcast after another, the "Longtan Town (龙潭镇) Village Working Team" live broadcast room gradually got on the right track: from product determination to packaging and delivery to customer service and after-sales service, the division of labor in each link was clear, the self-designed packaging box was printed with the words "Longtan Town (龙潭镇)", and the live broadcast scene was transformed from an indoor live broadcast room to a harvest demonstration field, a busy packaging site... Up to now, the live broadcast room has carried out more than 40 live broadcasts, with online and offline linkage, and a total of more than 5,000 orders of various agricultural products have been sold, with a total sales of more than 180,000 yuan.
"Everyone works together, problems are solved one by one, and the more we do, the more motivated we are," said Liu Shenggen (刘生根). Longtan Town (龙潭镇) signed a contract with the Xiuyan County (岫岩县) E-commerce Entrepreneurship Center. Next, it will also conduct systematic training for all village-based cadres, village Party organization secretaries, and large-scale farmers in the town to continue the live broadcast to help farmers.
Return to TopFrom October 13th to 16th, the 21st China International Fire Protection Equipment Technology Exchange Exhibition, sponsored by the China Fire Protection Association (中国消防协会), was held at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Pavilion) (北京中国国际展览中心（顺义馆）) in Beijing (北京). The theme of this exhibition was "Technology Empowers Actual Combat, Helps Industrial Development, and Serves Fire Rescue." More than 1,200 units from over 40 countries and regions participated in the exhibition. The picture shows on October 14th, a staff member (first from the right) introducing an automated unattended inspection platform at the exhibition.
Chen Xiaogen (陈晓根) photographed it (Image China (影像中国)).
Return to TopGuangzhou, October 14th (Reported by Wang Yunna (王云娜) from this newspaper) The 21st meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress (广东省人民代表大会) passed the newly revised "Measures of Guangdong Province for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women" on October 11th, which will come into effect on January 1, 2026. The "Measures" are divided into 9 chapters, covering political rights, personal and personality rights, cultural and educational rights, and other aspects. According to the "Measures," starting next year, spouses can check each other's property status, such as real estate and vehicles, under their names.
Regarding marital and family rights and interests, the "Measures" stipulate that if one spouse holds a valid document proving the marital relationship, such as an ID card and marriage certificate, and applies to the real estate registration and vehicle management unit to inquire about the other spouse's property status in accordance with the law, the relevant unit shall accept it and issue corresponding written materials. At the time of divorce, the woman shall not be given less or no property on the grounds that the woman's labor income is less or has no labor income. If the woman bears more obligations due to raising children, taking care of the elderly, or assisting the man in studying or working, she has the right to request compensation from the man at the time of divorce. If the divorce is caused by a major fault of the man, the innocent woman has the right to claim damages.
The "Measures" elevate the effective experiences and practices in the province's work on protecting women's rights and interests to institutional norms, focusing on solving the new situations and problems faced by the work of protecting women's rights and interests under the new situation, and effectively protecting women's legitimate rights and interests in various fields.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on October 14th: The reporter learned on the 14th from the State Administration of Civil Service (国家公务员局) that the registration for the 2026 recruitment examination for civil servants in central government departments and their directly affiliated institutions is about to begin, with a total of 38,100 positions planned for recruitment. Candidates can log in to the "Special Website for the 2026 Recruitment Examination for Civil Servants in Central Government Departments and their Directly Affiliated Institutions" (http://bm.scs.gov.cn/kl2026) from 8:00 on October 15th to 18:00 on October 24th for online registration. The public subject written examination will be held simultaneously on November 30th in all municipalities directly under the Central Government, provincial capitals, autonomous region capitals, and some cities across the country.
The current recruitment examination for civil servants mainly has four characteristics:
First, adhering to highlighting political standards. Adhering to the principle of the Party managing cadres, implementing the standards for good cadres in the new era, and integrating political standards and political requirements throughout all aspects of the civil servant recruitment process.
Second, actively serving the central task and overall situation. In accordance with the relevant policy requirements for implementing a gradual delay in the statutory retirement age, appropriate relaxation adjustments have been made to the age requirements for civil servant recruitment. Continue to do a good job in recruiting college graduates. City (prefecture)-level and below institutions directly under the central government mainly recruit fresh college graduates, setting up approximately 26,000 positions. Replenish the grassroots civil servant ranks, with more than 28,000 positions added to county (district)-level and below directly affiliated institutions, and more than 3,000 positions specifically for recruiting personnel serving in grassroots projects and college graduate veterans who have served in the military for more than 5 years.
Third, focusing on precise and scientific selection of personnel. Continue to carry out classified and graded examinations, formulate test questions based on the basic abilities that civil servants should possess and the characteristics of different job categories and different levels of government agencies, and add professional ability tests for positions with strong professional requirements.
Fourth, effectively maintaining examination order. This recruitment examination does not publish or designate examination tutoring books, nor does it hold or entrust any institutions or individuals to hold examination tutoring training courses.
Return to TopMount Tai is towering, and the Yellow River is surging; the apricot altar is majestic, and the grand school is brilliant. Inheriting the sacred fire of Shennong, it was born because of teaching the people to cultivate; continuing the cultural heritage of Qilu, it exists for the rejuvenation of the nation; determined to farming and reading to revitalize the country, it thrives because of building a strong country. On October 15, 2026, Shandong Agricultural University (山东农业大学) will joyfully celebrate its 120th anniversary. We would like to extend our highest respect and heartfelt gratitude to friends from all walks of life, social elites, and alumni who care about and support the construction and development of the university!
Braving wind and rain, striving forward with determination. In 1906, the predecessor of the university, Shandong Advanced Agricultural School (山东高等农业学堂), was founded in Jinan (济南). After several changes, in 1952, the original Shandong Agricultural College (山东农学院) and the Agricultural College of Shandong University (山东大学) merged, and the Agricultural College of Qilu University (齐鲁大学), the Horticulture Department of Jinling University (金陵大学), and the Fruit Tree Group of Nanjing University (南京大学) were incorporated to establish the new Shandong Agricultural College (山东农学院). In 1958, Shandong Agricultural College (山东农学院) moved to the foot of Mount Tai (泰山), cultivating in Qilu and continuing to write a new chapter. In 1999, the original Shandong Agricultural University (山东农业大学), Shandong Water Conservancy College (山东水利专科学校), and Shandong Forestry School (山东省林业学校) merged to form the newly established Shandong Agricultural University (山东农业大学), which rose with the times. In the nearly 120 years of magnificent history of running the school, the university has always shared the same breath with the motherland and shared the same destiny with the nation, working diligently, bravely shouldering heavy responsibilities, and not rejecting fine soil, eventually achieving its greatness.
Cultivating in Qilu and strengthening agriculture to revitalize the country. The university is rooted in the land of China, deeply cultivating the fertile soil of Qilu, adhering to the school motto of "Deng Gao Bi Zi (登高必自)" and adhering to the educational philosophy of "combining learning with application, and valuing practical application," forging the spiritual core of "loving the country and the school, being simple and virtuous, seeking truth and innovation, and being pragmatic and enterprising." It has one national key laboratory, as well as 90 national and provincial-level science and technology innovation platforms such as the National Engineering Research Center for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer, and the National Apple Engineering Technology Research Center. It has won 51 national-level awards, including the first prize of the National Technology Invention Award and the special prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, and has cultivated more than 400,000 talents represented by Li Zhensheng (李振声) Academician, winner of the "Republic Medal" and the National Top Science and Technology Award, providing strong scientific and technological and talent support for promoting the modernization of agriculture and rural areas in China and the high-quality development of agriculture in Shandong (山东).
Striving for self-improvement and scaling new heights. The double-decade glory passes on the torch, and the strong agricultural practice composes a new chapter. Embarking on a new journey, the university will focus on major national strategic needs such as ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, anchor the construction goal of a first-class agricultural university, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in national first-class disciplines; adhere to the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people, and cultivate new talents of the times who know and love agriculture; promote scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and help fill China's bowl with Chinese grain; promote international industry-university-research cooperation, and deeply integrate into the joint construction of the "Belt and Road"; take the initiative to serve the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and contribute Shandong Agricultural University's (山东农业大学) strength to fully creating a higher-quality Qilu (齐鲁) model for comprehensive rural revitalization and building a higher-level "Qilu Granary (齐鲁粮仓)".
Mountains and rivers invite each other, and the sea and mountains go together. The majestic Mount Tai (泰山) stands tall, and the turbulent Yellow River (黄河) nurtures talents. The 120th anniversary celebration is an important milestone for the university to build on the past and usher in the future, and it is also a new historical starting point for gathering strength and drawing a blueprint together. The university will take "Striving for Progress in the Double Decade, Strengthening Agriculture and Serving the Country to Create a First-Class University" as the theme, summarize the experience of running the school, display the achievements of running the school, and gather consensus on development. We sincerely invite friends from all over the world to join the grand event, share friendship, share glory, and compose a new chapter.
Hereby announced, please be informed.
Shandong Agricultural University (山东农业大学)
October 15, 2025
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On April 29, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), during his inspection in Shanghai (上海), visited "Model Speed Space" ("模速空间"), engaging in cordial exchanges with young innovative talents. "Model Speed Space" is a large-scale model innovation ecosystem community that brings together over a hundred large-scale model enterprises. It is a professional incubation and acceleration platform for artificial intelligence large models, and also an epitome of the vigorous growth of China's science and technology innovation spaces in recent years.
Science and technology innovation spaces are important carriers of technological innovation, reflecting the innovation ecosystem and innovation vitality. What are the characteristics of various types of science and technology innovation spaces? How can the aggregation and flow of innovation resources accelerate urban renewal, activate innovation momentum, and help regional coordinated development? Starting today, this edition launches a series of planned features to observe the vivid practices of a science and technology innovation block, a science and technology innovation park, and a science and technology innovation corridor, decoding the vitality and resilience of China's innovation development.
—Editor
Within an area of 53 square kilometers: AI doctors reside in the community, humanoid robots are on duty in convenience stores, and intelligent systems empower social governance... This is the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Block located in Haidian District (海淀区), Beijing (北京市), where technological innovation is integrated into the city, stimulating unlimited possibilities.
Campuses, Parks, and Communities: Aggregation and Flow of Innovation Resources
In the early morning, the Wudaokou (五道口) "AI Original Point Community" awakens in the sunlight.
In the Taili Inn incubator in the Dongsheng Building (东升大厦), the research and development team of Meta Vision (米塔视界) is showcasing the latest non-medium air imaging equipment.
"Relying on aerospace-grade optical hardware and AI multi-modal interactive intelligent agents, without the need to wear auxiliary equipment, digital content can be suspended three-dimensionally in the air, able to speak and move," said Song Chongguo (宋崇国), CEO of Meta Vision (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (米塔视界（北京）科技有限公司).
Stepping out of the Dongsheng Building (东升大厦), across the street is Tsinghua University (清华大学), surrounded by more than 200 AI companies.
"This high concentration of innovative elements in urban space is reshaping the traditional industrial geographical pattern, allowing innovation to flow freely between blocks," said Xin Guo (辛果), Party Secretary of Dongsheng Town (东升镇), Haidian District (海淀区).
The aggregation is not accidental. In April 2024, the concept plan for the "Haidian Artificial Intelligence Innovation Block" ("海淀人工智能创新街区") was released at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum (中关村论坛), followed by the introduction of the "Haidian District Artificial Intelligence Innovation Block Construction Plan" ("海淀区人工智能创新街区建设方案"). This 53-square-kilometer area brings together the innovation momentum of 37 universities, 96 national-level scientific research institutions, and more than 1,900 AI companies in Haidian District (海淀区).
Here, the boundaries between campuses, parks, and communities are "dissolving." In the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway (京张铁路) Heritage Park, adjacent to the Fourth Ring Road, cleaning robots, patrol robots, pancake robots, and coffee robots each perform their duties... Residents who often stroll here are already accustomed to these "new friends."
"The park also hosts science and technology activities during holidays, where university teachers, corporate R&D personnel, and residents gather to chat about AI and innovation," said Zhang Guoqing (张国庆), a citizen who recently retired, whose "techie" interest makes him want to visit from time to time.
Transportation, Social Work, Government Affairs: AI Empowers Social Governance
As the evening rush hour approaches, the traffic flow in the Sidaokou (四道口) area gradually increases, and the traffic lights no longer switch mechanically at fixed times, but dynamically adjust according to real-time traffic flow. From "cars looking at lights" to "lights looking at cars," the average daily traffic volume has increased by 24.8%.
"The AI signal control system we developed can analyze road congestion in real-time and dynamically optimize traffic light timing," said Lin Yuanqing (林元庆), founder of iPIN (Beijing) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (爱笔（北京）智能科技有限公司). The application of artificial intelligence gives urban transportation "adaptive" capabilities.
On the "AI Original Point Community" digital twin intelligent control platform, information on personnel and vehicles in the area is updated in real-time, and 3D building models and surveillance images are integrated. Staff members introduced that AI is helping to change grassroots governance.
"The community has more than 4,000 residents, but only 13 social workers, so we were really too busy before," said Ma Sixin (马思馨), Party Branch Secretary of Wensheng Community (文晟社区), Dongsheng Town (东升镇), as she opened a WeChat group on her mobile phone. A "social worker" is replying to residents' questions: "Hello! I am group assistant Xiao Sheng (小晟). Regarding gas issues, you can call the gas company..."
"This is our AI social worker, online 24 hours a day. It can respond to some of the questions raised by residents in seconds, automatically generate task work orders, and assign them to building social workers and property managers," said Ma Sixin (马思馨). The assistance of AI social workers can improve work efficiency, allowing limited "manual" labor to play a greater role.
AI empowering social governance is not an isolated case in the innovation block. In Zhongguancun Street (中关村街道), an AI intelligent service system called "Guanxin" ("关芯") provides services to residents, enterprises, and government affairs offices through "Guanxin Customer Service" ("关芯客服"), "Guanxin Assistant" ("关芯助理"), and "Guanxin Intelligent Patrol" ("关芯智巡").
"In the 'Guanxin Intelligent Patrol' system, which consists of 120 grids, more than 80% of general matters can be resolved within the small grid," said Dong Zhihang (董智杭), Party Secretary of the Zhongguancun Street (中关村街道) Working Committee. Problems that cannot be solved will be transferred to the street level, analyzed and researched, and then further decentralized and empowered to the community. This systematic management, real-time feedback, and differentiated authorization realize "orderly management without chaos" in grid management.
AI Doctors, AI Salespersons: Technology Serves Daily Life
Reception, pickup, delivery... The actions are completed in one go, controlled by robots throughout the entire process. Recently, a retail capsule fully autonomously served by humanoid robots—the "Galaxy Space Capsule" ("银河太空舱")—landed in the Summer Palace (颐和园). "Technology changes life, and historical sites have also become 'trendy'," said Ms. Li (李女士), a tourist from Shandong (山东), after experiencing it.
"We are not simply showcasing, but truly operating on a regular basis," said Wang He (王鹤), founder of Galaxy General (银河通用). Prior to this, the "Galaxy Space Capsule" ("银河太空舱") had already provided services in Zhongguancun Joy City (中关村大融城). "We hope to bring immersive and interactive experiences to tourists through the intelligent services of robots, empowering cultural tourism consumption and urban life."
Visiting the innovation block, AI has already integrated into daily life.
At the Huayuan Road (花园路) Community Health Service Center, the "Baichuan AI-Assisted Diagnosis Instrument" ("百川AI助诊仪") has brought medical services to residents' doorsteps. "In the past, I would think of going to a tertiary hospital for minor ailments, but now I try the community first." Mr. Wang (王先生), who came to see a doctor, felt new and reliable about the service of AI doctors assisting real doctors. "AI doctors can also interpret test reports, making them clear at a glance."
The "Baichuan AI-Assisted Diagnosis Instrument" ("百川AI助诊仪") has also connected the health records of Haidian District (海淀区) and the consultation data of district-affiliated hospitals. "The online AI doctor assistant on the 'Haidian Health' ("海淀健康") mini-program can assist in the diagnosis of more than 3,000 common diseases," said community doctor Li Xiao (李晓).
The deep integration of technology and the city is creating a new way of life and is being promoted throughout Haidian District (海淀区).
As night falls, the lights of the "Zhongguancun AI North Latitude Community" ("中关村AI北纬社区") in the northern part of Haidian District (海淀区) gradually light up, and the adjacent Haidian Joy City (海淀大悦城) shopping center is crowded with people.
"The first batch of 60,000 square meters of space has been opened," said Kang Jing (康靖), Deputy Director of the Xibeiwang (西北旺) Subdistrict Office. The community has laid out multiple functional areas such as public service sharing and innovation incubation and cultivation, and is also equipped with 200 international talent apartments, forming a vibrant community integrating "work, residence, travel, study, medical care, and commerce."
"For us, the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Block is not a planning concept, but a 'city intelligent body' that can breathe and evolve," said Zhang Ge (张革), Secretary of the Haidian District (海淀区) Party Committee. "What we want to do is to truly make it 'alive' and become an urban practice field of 'Artificial Intelligence +', contributing to the construction of the core area of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center and serving the country's high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement."
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The movie "The Volunteers: To the War" is the concluding chapter of "The Volunteers" trilogy. To strive for peace, the Chinese People's Volunteers (中国人民志愿军) shed their blood and sacrificed themselves to defend their homes and country. The heroes were both on the front lines and behind them. Among them were soldiers and negotiators. Every one of them deserves to be remembered forever. This is precisely the intention behind naming the film "To the War".
The "Volunteers" trilogy portrays grand historical events, and the first priority is to respect historical facts. The first part focuses on the decision to send troops, the second part revolves around the third to fifth campaigns of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the third part reaches the stage of "fighting and talking simultaneously, promoting talks through fighting." We hope to present this process in a novel way, allowing today's audience to see the role of Chinese culture and wisdom in the negotiations, and to feel the courage, resilience, and 不屈不挠 (bù qū bù náo - "unyielding," to be unyielding and indomitable) of the Chinese people in the war. For example, in the film, Yao Qingxiang (姚庆祥) would rather sacrifice himself in the neutral zone than fire a gun. An ordinary soldier can have such a broad mind and courage, which is the power of Chinese culture. Furthermore, 60,000 pages of documents were revised overnight and handed over to the other party, leaving the deceivers with no place to hide.
Huang Jiguang (黄继光) is a household hero. The sentence in the textbook, "He spread his arms and pounced on the firing point spewing flames," is every Chinese person's deepest memory of Huang Jiguang. How to portray this character delicately and movingly? We deliberated for a long time and decided to focus on his two falls—when his body slammed heavily into the ground twice, the sound made the audience feel a bone-crushing pain. It was this resilience of getting up again after being "smashed" that made his final pounce no longer just a symbol, but a choice made with all his strength by a body of flesh and blood.
Huang Jiguang is a hero, but also an ordinary person, a soldier who was only 21 years old when he sacrificed himself. The film shows the hero's bravery on the battlefield, and also tells of his concerns as an ordinary person. He wanted to write his name well and reply to a letter to his mother far away in the motherland. He rushed to the battlefield without hesitation, and the sentence "Don't tell my mother" reveals his psychological preparation for inevitable sacrifice.
There are more than 150 characters in the "Volunteers" trilogy, and we hope to capture more shining people in the vast sea of historical materials. In terms of plot design, we embedded "Zhao Qian Sun Li (赵钱孙李)" in the characters' names, intending to tell "This is the story of the Chinese people." The portrayals of characters such as Li Moyin (李默尹), Li Xiang (李想), Zhao Annan (赵安南), and Sun Xing (孙醒) allow us to see more multifaceted and vivid characters. Heroes are also ordinary people, and the key to why heroes are heroes lies in the choices they make when important moments come. Behind the choices is the deep sense of family and country of the Chinese people.
The creation of the "Volunteers" trilogy took a full 5 years. For those who love movies, a long time means the pursuit of quality. For these 5 years, we have been working hard. If there are parts that are not good enough, we must improve them and strive for perfection. This is a once-in-a-lifetime creation. What we want to express is: The Chinese People's Volunteers will never be forgotten. Young, sacrificed lives will never be hidden in history. The three words "Volunteers" are our eternal glory. Cherishing peace is the best way to remember heroes.
(The author is a film director, interviewed and compiled by Ren Shanshan (任姗姗) and Liu Yang (刘阳), reporters from this newspaper)
Return to TopA full granary leads to national stability. In recent years, the Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) has focused on the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee's in-depth development of the "Three-Year Activities" and concentrated efforts to win the "Eight Tough Battles." It has solidly carried out the "Four Going Out" initiatives and innovatively implemented the "Eight Enhancement Actions." With determination and practical work, it has accelerated the coordinated development of grain "production, purchase, storage, processing, and sales" and strengthened the management of emergency material reserves, providing strong support for the high-quality economic and social development of the province.
Enriching Reserves to Stabilize Regional Markets
The Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) regards improving policy mechanisms as an important starting point, continuously promoting grain and material reserve work to a new level of high-quality development. It innovatively improved the "1126" policy guarantee system, promoted the promulgation of the "Shaanxi Province Implementation Measures of the People's Republic of China Food Security Law" (《陕西省实施〈中华人民共和国粮食安全保障法〉办法》), and achieved new breakthroughs in grain-related legal construction. It innovatively established a comprehensive evaluation system for grain storage work, conducted a comprehensive "physical examination" of grain storage work in various cities (districts), and further consolidated the shared responsibility of Party and government for food security.
In 2025, it coordinated the issuance of 8.4 billion yuan in grain-related credit, and the grain purchase, storage, and regulation were precise and orderly. The scale of Shaanxi Province's local government grain reserves has steadily increased, the reserve structure has continued to optimize, and the guarantee capacity of finished grain ranks among the top in the country.
Multiple measures were taken to build a diversified reserve system. Adhering to storing grain among the people, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, more than 100,000 sets of scientific grain storage equipment were distributed cumulatively. The province has established 2,459 grain emergency support enterprises and 598 monitoring points, achieving full coverage of emergency supply in towns (streets). Leading the construction of the Northwest Regional Grain Emergency Support Center, and establishing strategic cooperation mechanisms for grain production and sales with 19 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government), the grain reserve and supply-demand regulation capabilities are more stable and stronger.
Strict Supervision to Safeguard the Safety Bottom Line
The Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) continued to consolidate the special rectification achievements in the field of grain purchase and sales, innovatively carried out "look back" actions, and solidly promoted the "Iron Fist Action" for grain circulation supervision. In the first three quarters of 2025, 376 regular inspections were organized. Strengthening cross-regional joint supervision, a strategic cooperation agreement on grain circulation administrative law enforcement was signed with seven neighboring provinces, and relevant work experience was promoted nationwide. An innovative grain broker rotation training project was implemented to enhance the "four capabilities" of political and legal awareness, technical operation, market grasp, and service to the masses, opening up the "last mile" of agricultural services. The upgrading and transformation of the provincial grain purchase and sales field supervision information platform was promoted, realizing full coverage of information-based supervision of provincial, municipal, and county-level reserve grain depots.
Emergency Support to Protect People's Livelihood and Well-being
The Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) implemented an emergency material support capacity enhancement action, promoted the transfer of municipal-level disaster relief material reserve functions, and accelerated the establishment of a unified provincial emergency disaster relief material reserve system. It innovatively promoted the disposal of provincial over-year disaster relief materials and established a dynamic adjustment mechanism for important commodity reserve enterprises. Training on the standardization of emergency rescue and disaster relief material reserve management was held, and emergency deployment drills were carried out to ensure that emergency disaster relief materials can be taken out, deployed quickly, and used effectively at critical moments.
Brand Empowerment to Promote Industrial Opening
The Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) implemented an action to enhance the high-quality development of the grain industry, seized the opportunities of "two trọng" and "two tân," and in 2025, eight projects in Shaanxi Province received support from central financial funds and ultra-long-term national debt. Deepening the high-quality grain project, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of grain storage facilities, and starting the construction of 200,000 tons of new storage capacity and the upgrading of 500,000 tons. Supporting Xi'an Aiju Grain and Oil Industry Group (西安爱菊粮油工业集团) and others to extend the "Belt and Road" industrial chain. The total output value of the province's grain and oil processing industry reached 56 billion yuan. Continuously deepening "government-university" and "government-bank" cooperation, carrying out industry-university-research cooperation with Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (陕西科技大学) and Xi'an University of Finance and Economics (西安财经大学), signing strategic cooperation agreements with six financial institutions including the Shaanxi Branch of China Construction Bank (中国建设银行陕西省分行), and deepening government-enterprise docking with Shaanxi Agricultural Development Group (陕西农业发展集团) and others. Making good use of the "three lists" to plan and promote the preparation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for the development of grain and material reserves, the high-quality development of the grain industry has embarked on a new journey.
Cultivating and strengthening the "Shaanxi Good Grain and Oil" brand. The Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) has successively selected 84 enterprises and 98 products to be included in the brand matrix. Yan'an Millet (延安小米) has been ranked as the "China Grain and Oil Influence Public Brand" for four consecutive years. Special promotion conferences were held in Shanghai and Shenyang, Liaoning. "Shaanxi Good Grain and Oil, Happiness Remains in the Bowl" (陕西好粮油·幸福碗中留) was unveiled at the 7th China Grain Trade Conference, and the brand's awareness, reputation, and market share have been significantly improved.
In the future, the Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局) will resolutely shoulder the responsibility of "the most important thing for the country," continue to work hard and make progress, resolutely manage the "Sanqin Granary" (三秦粮仓) and safeguard the "Great Power Reserve" (大国储备), and make new and greater contributions to writing a new chapter in Shaanxi and striving to be a western demonstration.
Data source: Shaanxi Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau (陕西省粮食和物资储备局)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 丹
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Shaanxi Province currently has 268 vocational schools, with an enrollment of 800,000 students. Each county has at least one secondary vocational school, and each city has at least one higher vocational school, cultivating batches of skilled craftsmen who understand technology and can overcome difficulties, as well as agricultural experts and technical experts with professional skills and exquisite techniques.
Shaanxi Province has taken multiple measures to build a growth ladder for students from learning to application. From the Weibei Plateau to the Qinba Mountains, from manufacturing workshops to digital clouds, many students serve the country with their skills and have become shining calling cards for vocational education in Shaanxi.
Launch, liftoff! He Xiaohu feels extremely proud every time China's aerospace industry explores the vast sky.
In 2010, after graduating from Shaanxi Polytechnic Institute (陕西工业职业技术学院) (upgraded to Shaanxi University of Technology in 2025), He Xiaohu joined the Xi'an Aerospace Engine Co., Ltd. of the Sixth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (中国航天科技集团第六研究院西安航天发动机有限公司). The company once received a processing task for a key component of a certain type of liquid rocket engine, which required extremely high precision. However, at that time, the pass rate was only 20%, which seriously affected the delivery progress. To this end, He Xiaohu innovated technical methods and increased the pass rate to 100%, saving millions of yuan in costs every year.
Over the past 15 years, He Xiaohu and his team have participated in important aerospace missions such as the manned space program and the lunar exploration program. He has won honors such as National Technical Expert, National Model Worker, and Craftsman of the Great Power of the Year. Shaanxi University of Technology has witnessed the growth and success of its students, which is also a microcosm of the high-quality development of vocational education in Shaanxi. Based on their respective industrial positioning, the quality of vocational education in Shaanxi has steadily improved. From vocational school students to craftsmen of great powers, more and more vocational school graduates inherit craftsmanship with superb skills and solve problems with innovative thinking.
How is this achieved?
Cultivating People Through Competitions
Deep integration of positions, courses, and competitions, diversifying talent cultivation
For Zhang Ziheng, a student majoring in precision forming technology of aviation materials at Xi'an Aeronautical University (西安航空职业技术学院), competitions have illuminated his life: he has won a gold medal in the new material intelligent production and testing competition of the World Vocational Colleges Skills Competition, and a gold medal in the "Undergraduate Group" of the National College Student Plasma Science and Technology Innovation Competition. Now, he has joined the China Academy of Engineering Physics (中国工程物理研究院). "Participating in competitions helps me transform the theoretical knowledge I learned in class into practical hands-on skills," Zhang Ziheng said. The high standards on the competition field force him to thoroughly understand technical details and also understand industry needs in advance.
Zhang Ziheng's growth is inseparable from the support of the school's "deep integration of positions, courses, and competitions" policy. During the preparation for the 2024 World Vocational Colleges Skills Competition, the school not only provided a 24-hour open training center, but also equipped "dual mentors from schools and enterprises." In daily teaching, the school benchmarks the standards of the new material intelligent production and testing competition, integrates technologies such as additive manufacturing model design and non-destructive testing into courses and training sessions such as "Additive Manufacturing Technology," and builds a growth ladder for students from learning to application.
Shaanxi has built a skill competition work mechanism that covers three levels of provinces, cities, and schools, and involves all teachers and students, by promoting learning through competition and cultivating people through competition. By implementing "secondary vocational city-level competitions and higher vocational school-level competitions," it ensures that each major holds at least one vocational skill competition. At the 2025 World Vocational Colleges Skills Competition, the Shaanxi team won 28 gold medals, 44 silver medals, and 95 bronze medals, creating the best result in Shaanxi's history.
In order to further improve the level of skill-based talent cultivation, Shaanxi added 2 vocational undergraduate schools this year and implemented a skill-based talent training program. Secondary vocational students who have won awards in the World Vocational Colleges Skills Competition and the Shaanxi Vocational Colleges Skills Competition will be admitted to higher vocational colleges without examination in accordance with relevant regulations. "Around the growth path and diversified升学通道 for vocational education students, we will build a skill-based talent training system of 'secondary vocational - higher vocational college - vocational undergraduate'," said Wang Shusheng (王树声), Director of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education (陕西省教育厅).
"One School, One Brand"
Finding an exclusive positioning and accurately serving key industries
Majiadi Village (马家底村) in the Yangling Demonstration Zone (杨凌示范区) is home to elegant courtyards, with a field in the distance - a beautiful rural landscape is painted, and the "painter" is Li Song, a graduate of Yangling Vocational and Technical College (杨凌职业技术学院) (upgraded to Shaanxi Vocational and Technical University of Agriculture and Forestry in 2025).
In 2019, Li Song received the task of planning a tourism project for Majiadi Village. In his design, he retained the simple charm of Guanzhong (关中) dwellings and integrated the comfortable concept of modern cultural tourism: turning old farmhouses into exquisite B&Bs with white walls and gray tiles, allowing villagers to eat "tourism meals" at their doorsteps.
The Yangling Demonstration Zone is a national-level agricultural high-tech industry demonstration zone. Shaanxi Vocational and Technical University of Agriculture and Forestry takes strengthening agriculture and benefiting farmers as its mission, focusing on wheat agriculture in the Guanzhong Plain and characteristic breeding industries in the Qinba Mountains. It has established the Shaanxi Vocational Education Service Rural Revitalization Research Institute, the Zhao Yu (赵瑜) Dryland Crop (Wheat) Breeding Engineering Center, etc., and serves the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside through technical services, base demonstrations, and enterprise-driven models, cultivating batches of agricultural experts and technical experts.
Shaanxi is an important base for new energy vehicle manufacturing. Shaanxi Jiaotong Vocational and Technical College (陕西交通职业技术学院) has joined forces with a number of car companies to form the Xi'an Jinghe Industrial Park (西安泾河工业园) New Energy Vehicle Municipal Industry-Education Consortium. Facing the key post requirements of production and manufacturing, trial testing, and maintenance services, it implements a training model of "consolidating the foundation in the first year, alternating work and study in the second year, and on-site practice in the third year," realizing the effective connection between the teaching process and industrial development.
Shaanxi currently has 268 vocational schools, with an enrollment of 800,000 students, forming a development layout in which each county has at least one secondary vocational school and each city has at least one higher vocational school. Vocational schools across the province have set up 3,033 professional points, covering 509 majors in 19 major categories. Relying on their characteristic positioning, each school accurately serves regional economies and key industries, and "one school, one brand" has become a distinct symbol of the high-quality development of vocational education in Shaanxi.
Industry-Education Integration
Connecting with enterprise needs and dynamically adjusting training programs
In the production workshop, young technicians are closely watching the operation panel, flexibly operating the control keys, and after a while, a high-precision rocket engine fuel tank spinning part is formed. Most of these skilled young people come from Xi'an Aeronautical University.
"Without the talent support of Xi'an Aeronautical University, it would be difficult for us to break through technical bottlenecks," said Zhu Mengyao (朱梦瑶), deputy general manager of Xi'an Bosai Spinning Technology Co., Ltd. (西安博赛旋压科技有限公司). Since 2017, about 80% of the members of the company's core technical team have come from Xi'an Aeronautical University. "They can not only skillfully operate high-end equipment, but also deeply participate in tackling key problems such as 'forming large-size difficult-to-process materials', filling the gaps in related technologies."
According to statistics, Xi'an Aeronautical University transports more than 700 "blue-sky craftsmen" to the Xi'an Yanliang National Aviation High-Tech Industrial Base (西安阎良国家航空高技术产业基地) every year. These young people who understand technology and can overcome difficulties are becoming the support for the upgrading of the regional aviation industry.
The mutual achievement of talent and technology stems from Xi'an Aeronautical University's accurate grasp of enterprise needs. Feng Juan (冯娟), Dean of the School of Aviation Manufacturing Engineering of Xi'an Aeronautical University, introduced that the school closely follows the actual production of enterprises, incorporates technical standards and production cases such as spinning technology and CNC programming into the curriculum system, and also hires enterprise engineers as training mentors, so that students can get started with high-end equipment before graduation and directly participate in key projects after joining the company. At the same time, it actively carries out "visiting enterprises to expand posts," collecting more than 1,800 post requirements from more than 60 enterprises, and dynamically adjusting training programs. The school also jointly builds an "Aviation High-end Manufacturing Industry-Education Consortium" with enterprises, jointly opens order classes, and jointly builds training bases.
In recent years, in order to promote the deep and solid development of industry-education integration, Shaanxi has issued the "Three Lists of Shaanxi Province for Deepening the Construction and Reform of the Modern Vocational Education System," which helps promote the high-quality development of vocational education in Shaanxi. Shaanxi's vocational schools have added 207 professional points around the layout of energy and chemical industry in northern Shaanxi, high-end equipment manufacturing in Guanzhong, and ecological health industry in southern Shaanxi. They have jointly built 245 technology innovation platforms with undergraduate universities, industry enterprises, and scientific research institutes to promote professional clusters to adapt to regional industrial clusters.
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Every worker who silently dedicates themselves in ordinary positions can make ordinary work shine and add a warm background color to society.
With a wok and a tricycle, "Chicken Cutlet Bro" Li Junyong (李俊永) from Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi (江西) became a viral sensation; with the words "Let me accompany everyone to bask in the sun," Zhang Lingjie (张灵杰), a part-time security guard at the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) in Nanchang (南昌), earned praise.
Why have these two ordinary people attracted widespread attention? They work diligently and treat people sincerely in their ordinary positions, touching the softest parts of people's hearts.
Making simple things to the extreme is itself extraordinary. With long queues in front of his stall, Li Junyong (李俊永) is always busy but not chaotic. He treats frying chicken cutlets as something he truly loves, giving ordinary street food a different kind of warmth.
Faced with tourists waiting in line under the scorching sun, Zhang Lingjie (张灵杰) took the initiative to innovate service methods and design interactive games, which not only alleviated the anxiety of the tourists, but also cleverly integrated the history and culture of the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) into the games, turning the originally boring wait into an interesting experience.
In daily life, giving others warm connections and positive interactive experiences is an act of transmitting positive energy. The popularity of "Chicken Cutlet Bro" is largely due to the emotional value he provides. His interactions with customers are free of "professional fake smiles" and rigid lines, only genuine humor and care. Personalized body movements and humorous language fill the stall with laughter.
The security guard also moved tourists and netizens with his sincerity. When the scenic spot limited the number of visitors due to excessive traffic, he took the initiative to stand in the scorching sun and wait with the tourists. This empathetic act is far more powerful than flowery words.
True love is not a performance for others to see, but a belief internalized in the heart. "Chicken Cutlet Bro" hopes to let more people understand the new face of Jingdezhen (景德镇) and the kindness and hospitality of the locals. He finds meaning and happiness in his work and passes that happiness on to more people.
Zhang Lingjie (张灵杰) also regards his work as an opportunity to promote Jiangxi (江西), designing quiz games with prizes to deepen tourists' understanding of the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) and even Jiangxi (江西).
From "Noodle Bro" Cheng Yunfu (程运付), who became popular for insisting on selling 3-yuan bowls of ramen for more than 10 years, to hairstylist Li Xiaohua (李晓华), who is skilled and attentive to customers' actual needs and has gained attention from netizens, to the current "Chicken Cutlet Bro" and the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) security guard... In their ordinary positions, they allow the power of love and sincerity to reach people's hearts.
Every worker who silently dedicates themselves in ordinary positions can make ordinary work shine and add a warm background color to society.
Return to TopThe northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is home to Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (海西蒙古族藏族自治州), Qinghai Province. Haixi Prefecture is not only an ecological treasure trove with crisscrossing snow-capped mountains and glaciers, and vast grasslands and wetlands, but also boasts the bright name card of "Magical Qaidam (神奇柴达木)" green and organic agricultural and livestock product output base, thanks to its unique plateau continental climate and pure, pollution-free environment. Closely following Qinghai Province's industrial "four lands" construction strategic layout, Haixi Prefecture is firmly committed to the path of coordinated ecological protection and economic development, allowing highland treasures such as wolfberries, quinoa, yaks, and Tibetan sheep to spread their fragrance throughout the country and move towards the world.
Ecological Foundation, Guarding the Lifeline of Industrial Development
Ecology is the profound foundation of Haixi Prefecture and its core competitiveness in building a green and organic agricultural and livestock product output base. Haixi Prefecture implements the concept of ecological priority throughout the entire process of agricultural and animal husbandry production, consolidating the green foundation for industrial development.
Protecting grasslands and achieving green prosperity. Through the strict implementation of grassland ecological protection subsidy and reward policies, and the comprehensive implementation of grazing bans, grazing closures, rotational grazing, and grassland-livestock balance systems, Haixi Prefecture has revitalized 54.89 million mu of certified grasslands. At the foot of the Tanggula Mountains (唐古拉山), "ecological animal husbandry, scientific penning" has become a consensus among herdsmen. This model, which balances production and ecology, has nurtured Tanggula yaks and Tanggula Tibetan sheep, which are tender in meat and have won the title of "National Famous, Special, Excellent and New Agricultural Products." At the same time, Haixi Prefecture has built a solid animal epidemic prevention and control network, ensuring that mandatory immunizations are fully implemented, and steadily promoting Brucella disease purification, building a solid defense line for the safety of livestock products.
Improving cultivated land and promoting sustainable agricultural cycles. Haixi Prefecture adheres to the red line of cultivated land and vigorously promotes actions to reduce fertilizer and pesticide use and increase efficiency, with a continuously expanding implementation area. Through soil testing and fertilizer recommendations, green pest and disease control, and other technologies, agricultural non-point source pollution is effectively reduced. Faced with the saline-alkali land of the Qaidam Basin (柴达木盆地), Haixi Prefecture has implemented a water and fertilizer integration management demonstration project, allowing "barren land" to produce "golden ears of grain." At present, the recycling rate of straw, agricultural film, and pesticide packaging waste in the prefecture is stable at over 90%, and a closed-loop circular agriculture model has basically been formed.
Strictly controlling quality and adhering to the safety bottom line. Haixi Prefecture ensures "safety on the tip of the tongue" through "one product, one policy" special rectification and full coverage monitoring. In the first half of 2025, the pass rate of agricultural and livestock product quality and safety testing in the prefecture will be stable at over 98%.
Industrial Quality Improvement, Building a Modern Agricultural and Animal Husbandry System
Haixi Prefecture takes "strengthening the chain, supplementing the chain, and extending the chain" as its starting point to promote the leap from traditional planting and breeding to a modern industrial system in the agricultural and animal husbandry industry.
Optimizing the structure, the scale and efficiency of characteristic industries have been improved. Based on resource endowments, Haixi Prefecture has formed a planting industry dominated by wolfberries and quinoa, with coordinated development of fruits, vegetables, and forage, as well as a breeding industry focused on yaks and Tibetan sheep. In 2025, the planting area of crops in the prefecture will steadily increase, and wolfberry planting will reach 436,000 mu. The characteristic breeding industry has shortened the penning cycle through technologies such as "Tibetan sheep improvement," achieving an average annual income increase of approximately 8,000 yuan per herdsman household.
Empowering technology and adding modern wings to traditional industries. Through cooperation with foreign scientific research teams, Haixi Prefecture has made significant breakthroughs in the mechanized harvesting of wolfberries, increasing efficiency by 5 times and reducing costs by 40%. Large-scale promotion is planned for 2026, which is expected to eradicate the "difficulty in harvesting" problem. The jointly cultivated quinoa seeds such as "Qingli No. 1 (青藜1号)" have been successfully exported to Europe, achieving a "zero breakthrough" in the export of Chinese quinoa seeds, demonstrating Haixi Prefecture's breeding strength.
Standard leadership and intensive processing enhance the core competitiveness of the industry. Haixi Prefecture has built a complete full-industry chain standard system. 32 products from 32 companies in the prefecture have obtained Hong Kong's Quality "Q" Mark certification, and 13 wolfberry companies have passed Chinese or EU organic certification. The industrial form has also transformed and upgraded from selling raw grains and fresh meat to intensive processing. More than 40 kinds of high value-added products such as freeze-dried wolfberries, wolfberry enzymes, yak meatballs, and quinoa meal replacement powders have emerged. In 2025, processing projects with a total investment of 160 million yuan were signed, injecting new momentum into industrial development. At present, the processing and transformation rate of major agricultural products in Golmud City (格尔木市) has exceeded 50%, and intensive processing is becoming a powerful engine for driving industrial growth.
Cluster development, creating a new highland for industrial agglomeration. Relying on the "5+5+N" industrial layout and national and provincial modern agricultural industrial parks, Haixi Prefecture optimizes factor allocation through the leadership of leading enterprises. The "company + base + farmer" model drives more than 2,400 farmers and herdsmen to share the development dividends, achieving a win-win situation for enterprise development and farmer and herdsman income increase.
Brand Empowerment, Polishing the "Magical Qaidam (神奇柴达木)" Golden Signboard
Haixi Prefecture adheres to the "regional public brand + industrial brand + enterprise brand + product brand" four-brand co-creation, allowing good products to sell at good prices.
The regional public brand unites efforts. Taking "Magical Qaidam (神奇柴达木)" as the center, the brand construction is systematically promoted. At present, the Haixi Prefecture agricultural and livestock product regional public brand premium product library has absorbed 395 products from 94 companies, and the brand's driving force continues to increase.
Multi-dimensional publicity and promotion broaden influence. Haixi Prefecture actively "goes out" to participate in large-scale events such as the China Qinghai Green Development Investment and Trade Fair and the Shanghai "May 5th Shopping Festival," achieving considerable signing volumes. At the same time, it innovatively uses platforms such as the "Grand Beauty Qinghai · Plateau Football" Super League to carry out live streaming sales, realizing the integration of agriculture, sports, culture, tourism, and commerce, with outstanding sales results. Through joint central media filming of documentaries and placement of advertisements, the brand image of "Magical Qaidam (神奇柴达木)" has become increasingly popular, and the brand image of "high-quality, green, and organic" has become prominent, deeply favored by the high-end market.
From guarding the pure land at the source to building a modern industrial system, from technological empowerment to brand leadership, Haixi Prefecture has successfully transformed its ecological resource advantages into industrial and economic advantages with clear strategic planning and solid action steps. The green rise of "Magical Qaidam (神奇柴达木)" not only provides a "Haixi Example" that can be used for reference for achieving a win-win situation between ecological protection and economic development in plateau areas, but also allows green treasures from the snowy plateau to steadily move out of Qinghai, spread their fragrance throughout the country, and move towards the world.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Haixi Prefecture Committee (中共海西州委宣传部)
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As Jinan (济南) City, Shandong (山东) Province's first subway line close to the spring-sensitive area, Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 has entered trial operation and is expected to open by the end of the year. Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 adheres to the principles of "detouring, avoiding, raising" (绕避升抬), detouring the subway line around spring-sensitive areas, avoiding underground aquifers, and raising the buried depth of underground lines to eliminate the impact of underground buildings on the springs, providing a referable solution for the construction of urban rail transit in karst landform cities.
Spring water is a calling card of Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东).
Located south of Mount Tai (泰山) and north across the Yellow River (黄河), Jinan (济南) has a high terrain in the south and low in the north. The limestone in the south acts like a giant sponge absorbing water, while the igneous rock in the north is like an iron wall blocking the way, causing groundwater to gush out in various natural springs.
Subway is a solution to improve transportation.
With the acceleration of urbanization, Jinan's (济南) development has placed higher demands on the improvement of transportation infrastructure. In 2000, Jinan (济南) proposed a preliminary subway plan, but at that time, Baotu Spring (趵突泉) experienced a cessation of spraying, and subway construction was once put on hold.
Can spring water protection and subway construction be balanced? Currently, Jinan Rail Transit Line 4, which successfully crosses the important recharge channel of the Baotu Spring (趵突泉) spring group, has entered trial operation, marking a key step in Jinan's (济南) subway construction.
"With a three-dimensional model, it is clearer what the underground spring water world looks like."
Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 is 40.3 kilometers long and is Jinan's (济南) first subway line close to the spring-sensitive area, only 1.4 kilometers away from Baotu Spring (趵突泉) and only 1.5 kilometers away from Black Tiger Spring (黑虎泉).
"The smooth connection of Line 4 is primarily due to the clear identification of the spring veins," said Liu Fengzhou (刘凤洲), member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团).
To clearly identify the spring veins, the first step is to find them.
As early as 1958, Jinan (济南) began accumulating hydrogeological data, and in recent years, it has developed a comprehensive exploration technology of "transient electromagnetic-geological drilling-cross-hole CT." Relying on more than 60 years of hydrogeological monitoring data and 3 million sets of data collected in recent years, a research team composed of Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团), Shandong Provincial Institute of Geological and Mineral Engineering Exploration (山东省地矿工程勘察院), and Shandong Provincial Institute of Geological Survey (山东省地质调查院) established an underground three-dimensional model for Jinan (济南), presenting the distribution of spring veins.
"With a three-dimensional model, it is clearer what the underground spring water world looks like," said Men Yanqing (门燕青), Minister of the Scientific Research Management Department of Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团).
From a vertical perspective, spring water is divided into shallow, middle, and deep runoff layers, like the human body's main arteries; between the layers, there are intersecting channels, like the human body's capillaries. From a planar perspective, spring water is divided into four major operating channels, which are also interconnected by "capillary networks." Men Yanqing (门燕青) introduced that relying on the underground three-dimensional model, Jinan (济南) has delineated the depth control line for underground space utilization, providing guidance for the overall urban plan.
Secondly, it is to identify the source of the spring.
"We have refined the formation mechanism and recharge source of Jinan (济南) springs," said Zhang Zhenjie (张振杰), senior engineer of Shandong Provincial Institute of Geological and Mineral Engineering Exploration (山东省地矿工程勘察院). Taking the Baotu Spring (趵突泉) spring area as an example, its recharge sources include western karst laminar flow recharge, Qianfoshan (千佛山) fault bundle strip seepage, and rainfall infiltration in the southern mountainous area.
Zhang Zhenjie (张振杰) gave an example that if there is a rainfall in the Qianfoshan (千佛山) area, the Baotu Spring (趵突泉) spring group may show the changes brought about by this rainfall in as little as a few hours.
Today, Jinan's (济南) spring water protection has entered the era of wisdom. The integrated Internet of Things system built by Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团) based on digital twin technology can monitor the operation status of groundwater in real-time visualization and quantification, providing a scientific basis for the coordinated development of engineering construction and spring water protection.
"Adhere to the subway giving way to spring water, and the line network actively detours around the direct recharge area and concentrated outcrop area of spring water."
With a clear understanding of the spring veins, Jinan's (济南) subway construction has a guide. Taking into account spring water protection and subway construction, the design and construction team determined corresponding strategies at different stages.
"In the subway planning and design stage, we adhere to the subway giving way to spring water, and the line network actively detours around the direct recharge area and concentrated outcrop area of spring water," said Liu Jiahai (刘家海), director of the Planning and Technology Center of Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团).
Taking Quancheng Park Station (泉城公园站) of Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 as an example, the station is located directly south of Baotu Spring (趵突泉). The conventional subway station construction depth is 20 meters to 30 meters, which overlaps with the Baotu Spring (趵突泉) recharge channel. "In order to avoid the spring water recharge channel, we raised the Quancheng Park Station (泉城公园站) as a whole by 6 meters, and the maximum buried depth was controlled within 15 meters, making it a semi-underground station," said Song Zengliang (宋增亮), the project technical leader of China Railway 14th Bureau (中铁十四局), the builder of Jinan Rail Transit Line 4. By raising the station and shallow-buried tunnel, Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 minimized the impact on groundwater runoff as much as possible.
During the construction phase, when the construction team was close to the core area of spring protection, it built a water-passing channel at the bottom of the station to prevent damage to the dynamic balance of groundwater.
For example, at Qianfoshan Station (千佛山站) of Line 4, the construction team used new permeable filling materials and anti-dynamic water sealing materials for karst caves to build channels on both sides of the station and at the bottom of the foundation pit, which not only ensured the safety and waterproofness of the station, but also allowed groundwater to flow along the channels. "Through the effective combination of water collection structure, groundwater diversion structure and drainage structure, we realized the connection of upstream and downstream groundwater, so that the groundwater flow field remains in the state before construction," said Song Zengliang (宋增亮).
To protect spring water, one is to ensure the smooth flow of the spring water path, and the other is to prevent spring water loss. During the construction of Qianfoshan Station (千佛山站), 12 recharge wells were arranged in a ring shape. The construction team used "foundation pit dewatering precise recharge technology" to purify the groundwater extracted during construction and recharge it to the original aquifer, and the "same layer, same source, same quality, same quantity" recharge rate reached 90%. Monitoring data show that even during the peak period of simultaneous construction of multiple lines of Jinan Rail Transit (济南轨道交通) in 2022, the water level of Baotu Spring (趵突泉) reached a maximum of 30.27 meters.
"Provided a referable solution for the construction of urban rail transit in karst landform cities."
Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 solved the problem of spring water protection through "detouring, avoiding, and raising" (绕避升抬), and then encountered a new problem: the geology of the water-rich karst area is complex, and shield construction is extremely difficult.
From Quancheng Park Station (泉城公园站) to Qianfoshan Station (千佛山站), about 1 kilometer of the interval is mixed with nearly 300 karst caves of different sizes, and the cave seeing rate reaches 69.72%. "The maximum height of the karst cave we encountered is nearly 22.4 meters, and the cave span is about 38 meters. The construction environment is like a large honeycomb, which is extremely difficult," said Song Zengliang (宋增亮).
What to do? Take a CT scan of the tunnel to find out the geology. Shandong University (山东大学), Shandong Provincial Institute of Geological and Mineral Engineering Exploration (山东省地矿工程勘察院) and other units rely on advanced geological prediction technology and intelligent management platform to scan the formation in front of the tunnel in all directions and at multiple frequencies.
"By improving the accuracy of geological exploration, the development characteristics of the underground space of the line were identified, and the distribution characteristics of karst caves were fully grasped, providing support for the construction of the line," said Hu Tao (胡韬), director of the Engineering Geology Center of Shandong Provincial Institute of Geological and Mineral Engineering Exploration (山东省地矿工程勘察院).
Personalized design, customized equipment. The shield equipment research and development team of Jinan Heavy Industry Group (济南重工集团) upgraded and transformed key components such as the shield machine cutter head, screw conveyor, and synchronous grouting system. Finally, the customized shield machine successfully realized shield construction through the water-rich karst area, effectively controlling ground settlement.
It is worth noting that shield construction also adheres to the green concept. "The mud residue mixed with construction water, tunneling mud, and cutter head cutting soil is separated into sand and gravel for building materials after sedimentation and filtration treatment, and the recovered water is used to clean roads and maintain concrete, realizing the dual cycle utilization of water resources and sand and gravel resources," said Song Zengliang (宋增亮).
Throughout the construction process of Rail Transit Line 4, Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团) set up 64 long-term groundwater monitoring points along the line, combined with routine water quality testing, to achieve real-time monitoring and early warning of groundwater level and water quality.
On April 30, the entire line of Jinan Rail Transit Line 4 was tunneled through. On May 16, the groundwater levels of Baotu Spring (趵突泉) and Black Tiger Spring (黑虎泉) climbed to 27.95 meters and 27.92 meters respectively, an increase of 12 cm and 14 cm respectively compared with the beginning of May.
"This fully shows that it is feasible to build subway tunnels and stations near the spring-sensitive area, and Jinan (济南) has provided a referable solution for the construction of urban rail transit in karst landform cities," said Li Hu (李虎), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Jinan Rail Transit Group (济南轨道交通集团).
In the early morning, the sky is slightly bright, the spring water gurgles, and the Black Tiger Spring (黑虎泉) is already crowded with people. The atmosphere of daily life by the spring is strong, and the convenience and speed on the track is just around the corner.
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Person Biography
Shi Xiaotao (石小涛), male, born in Hong'an County (红安县), Huanggang City (黄冈市), Hubei Province (湖北省), is the Dean of the Institute of Water Ecology at Three Gorges University (三峡大学), specializing in ecological water conservancy and fish passage technology.
Speaking of his affinity with Yangtze River (长江) fish, Shi Xiaotao (石小涛), Dean of the Institute of Water Ecology at Three Gorges University (三峡大学) (pictured, courtesy of Three Gorges University), said with a smile: "Some colleagues say that I am the most knowledgeable in water conservancy among those who study fish, and the most knowledgeable in fish among those who study water conservancy."
Based on his interdisciplinary advantages, for 16 years, he has used his research results to help tens of millions of fish in the Yangtze River (长江) cross dams and successfully achieve migration and reproduction.
Researching "Fishways," Focusing on the Harmonious Coexistence of Water Conservancy Projects and the Ecological Environment
Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) was born in Hong'an County (红安县), Huanggang City (黄冈市), Hubei Province (湖北省). Although his hometown is not adjacent to the Yangtze River (长江) mainstream, it has tributaries of the Yangtze River (长江) flowing through it. As a child, Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) often played by small rivers and ponds and had a strong interest in nature. After the college entrance examination, he voluntarily applied to Huazhong Agricultural University (华中农业大学) to study aquatic biology-related knowledge. Many relatives and friends said: "This child finally has the opportunity to jump out of the agricultural gate, why is he jumping back again, preparing to go home to raise fish after graduation?"
Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) was unmoved. Love is the foundation of research. From undergraduate to doctoral studies, Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) was 如鱼得水 (rú yú dé shuǐ - "like a fish gets water," feel perfectly at home; be in one's element). Later, as his research direction shifted from aquatic biology to water conservancy engineering, his focus gradually shifted from traditional hydraulic engineering to "ecological hydraulic engineering."
In 2009, Three Gorges University (三峡大学), located in Yichang City (宜昌市), Hubei Province (湖北省), extended an invitation to him. Liu Defu (刘德富), then the Party Secretary of the university, said to him: "In the past, we studied how to build water conservancy projects. Now we need to study how to make water conservancy projects coexist harmoniously with the ecological environment." Liu Defu (刘德富) told him that at that time, in the construction of water conservancy projects in China, a research direction that was urgently needed was "fishway" research. "Three Gorges University (三峡大学) is located on the banks of the Yangtze River (长江), near the Gezhouba Dam (葛洲坝) and the Three Gorges Dam (三峡大坝). Studying fishways for fish to cross the dam has unique advantages and is very consistent with my major." Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) gladly accepted the invitation and chose this latest research direction of Three Gorges University (三峡大学).
Field Experiments to Find Better Solutions for Fish to Cross Dams
There are many kinds of fish in the Yangtze River (长江). The Chinese sturgeon is a migratory spawning fish. In order to protect and replenish Chinese sturgeon resources, Yichang (宜昌), Jingzhou (荆州) and other places in Hubei (湖北) hold Chinese sturgeon breeding and release activities every year, releasing artificially raised Chinese sturgeon back into the Yangtze River (长江). This April, more than 220,000 second-generation Chinese sturgeon were released back into the Yangtze River (长江).
In addition to breeding and release, the construction of fishways in water conservancy projects is also receiving more and more attention. The "Water Law of the People's Republic of China" revised in 2002 clearly stipulates that: "When building permanent river dams on rivers with aquatic biological migration channels, navigation or bamboo and wood rafting, the construction unit shall simultaneously build fish passage, ship passage, and wood passage facilities, or take other remedial measures approved by the department authorized by the State Council, and properly arrange the protection of aquatic organisms, navigation, and bamboo and wood rafting during construction and water storage, and the required costs shall be borne by the construction unit."
Fish passage facilities should be built on dams, but how exactly should they be built? Many construction units are not clear. Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) turned construction sites into laboratories. From the snowy plateau to the northwest frontier, Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) led his team to visit dozens of hydropower stations, with footprints all over Tibet (西藏), Sichuan (四川), Guizhou (贵州), Xinjiang (新疆) and Qinghai (青海), with a total mileage of more than 40,000 kilometers.
"We usually transport experimental equipment from the school in trucks, set up tents by the Yangtze River (长江) and construction sites, and build field laboratories," said Shi Xiaotao (石小涛). Research has found that fish usually need to go against the current to cross dams. If the dam is too high, even if there is a direct channel, the fish will not be able to swim up. Therefore, fishways usually have baffles to gradually reduce the pressure of the water flow and help the fish move upstream in a zigzag pattern. "The fish species in each water area are different, the swimming ability is different, and the water temperature, flow rate, and vortex state are also different. Therefore, we need to scientifically monitor various data, and also collect local fish species and put them into facilities that simulate natural water flow for experiments." Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) said, "How high and wide should each channel be designed so that more and better fish can pass through? We need to constantly look for better solutions."
In recent years, Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) and his team have explored the introduction of digital technology into fishway design, but he and his team members still spend at least 3 months a year conducting experiments in the field. "Nature is ever-changing, and digital models can only assist and cannot completely replace field experiments," said Shi Xiaotao (石小涛).
Devoting Himself to Popular Science, Planting the Seeds of Yangtze River (长江) Protection in More People's Hearts
"We are divided into groups to carry out tasks. Group 1 is responsible for measuring hydrological data and collecting sonar signals of Yangtze finless porpoises. Group 2 is responsible for monitoring changes in fish populations on the river surface with telescopes. Group 3 is responsible for recording data..." In early September, at the fishway monitoring station next to the Three Gorges Dam (三峡大坝), Shi Xiaotao's (石小涛) original course "Innovative Practice of Yangtze River (长江) Protection" started again. This elective course, which is often held on the banks of the Yangtze River (长江), attracts more than 100 students from more than 10 majors such as water conservancy engineering, environmental engineering, and law every semester.
"Practical teaching is the original intention of this course. I hope that through this course, students can get close to nature, understand aquatic organisms such as Yangtze finless porpoises, and plant the seeds of Yangtze River (长江) protection in their hearts," said Shi Xiaotao (石小涛).
In addition to teaching, Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) also formed a volunteer service team to create a popular science account with the theme of "Yangtze River (长江) Protection," leading students and volunteers to spread knowledge about Yangtze River (长江) protection to the public in various ways. "After the fishing ban in the Yangtze River (长江), there are more Yangtze finless porpoises in the Yichang (宜昌) section of the Yangtze River (长江), and many people also like Yangtze finless porpoises. However, some people use drones to closely follow and photograph Yangtze finless porpoises, and even feed Yangtze finless porpoises, which are not conducive to the protection of Yangtze finless porpoises. Through our popular science publicity, people have gradually realized that this behavior is wrong, and the phenomenon of feeding has decreased," Shi Xiaotao (石小涛) said happily.
Opening Shi Xiaotao's (石小涛) popular science account, popular science videos such as "How Do Fish Cross Dams?" and "What Are the Main Threats Facing Yangtze River (长江) Organisms?" are lively and interesting, attracting many viewers. Among them, "How Do Fish Cross Dams?" won the first prize in the Hubei Province (湖北省) Popular Science Short Video Competition (Social Group) in September 2024.
"I hope to enhance ecological awareness and consciously protect the ecology of the Yangtze River (长江) in this way," said Shi Xiaotao (石小涛).
Return to TopOn October 14th, at the Shichahai Scenic Area (什刹海景区) in Beijing (北京), staff members cleaned, salvaged, and cleared layers of residual aquatic plants and impurities from the lake surface to prevent the decay of aquatic plants from affecting the aquatic ecosystem, maintain the cleanliness of the scenic area's waters, and create a refreshing and pleasant waterfront environment for citizens and tourists.
Guo Junfeng (郭俊锋) Photo (People's Visual (人民视觉))
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈尚文
"In this vast world, I may be just a feather, but I want to carry the wish for peace in the way a feather does."
On September 28, 2015, President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the United Nations Peacekeeping Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York (纽约) and delivered a speech, sharing the diary of He Zhihong (和志虹), a Chinese female peacekeeping police officer. In 2010, He Zhihong (和志虹) and seven other peacekeeping martyrs tragically sacrificed their lives in a strong earthquake in Haiti (海地). President Xi Jinping (习近平) said, "This was her wish during her lifetime, and it is also China's commitment to peace."
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 25th anniversary of Chinese police participation in UN peacekeeping operations. Over the past 25 years, China has dispatched more than 2,700 peacekeeping police officers to 18 UN peacekeeping operations and the UN headquarters, and eight Chinese police officers have given their precious lives. Facing the trials and tests of blood and fire, life and death, Chinese peacekeeping police have fought tenaciously, faithfully performed their duties, actively helped restore peace and stability in host countries and regions, protected the safety of local people, and promoted judicial reconstruction, contributing Chinese strength to the cause of world peace.
Departure
On the evening of January 11, 2000, auspicious snow fell, and the "Departure Ceremony of the First Batch of Chinese Peacekeeping Civilian Police" was solemnly held at the Ministry of Public Security (公安部). A row of neatly lined-up police officers, wearing combat uniforms and combat boots, stood tall and proud, majestic and strong, receiving the review. On the 12th, carrying the great trust of the motherland and the people, they officially set off for East Timor (东帝汶), opening the prelude to Chinese police participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
Xu Zhida (徐志达), a senior colonel from the former Guard Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部警卫局), was one of the first 15 Chinese peacekeeping police officers. He still clearly remembers that Dili (帝力), the capital of East Timor (东帝汶) at that time, was like a ruin devoured by a giant beast, with ragged displaced people scattered among the charred ruins. "You can imagine the suffering they endured, and peace and stability seemed incredibly precious there."
On August 30, 1999, East Timor (东帝汶) held an independence referendum, followed by large-scale violent incidents and bloody conflicts. On October 25 of the same year, the UN Security Council passed a resolution authorizing the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (东帝汶), under which there were three main departments: administrative management, humanitarian assistance, and peacekeeping, with full authority to manage East Timor (东帝汶) affairs. At the request of the United Nations, China decided to send civilian police to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (联合国东帝汶过渡行政当局).
Xu Zhida (徐志达) recalled that considering the severe security situation in East Timor (东帝汶), the United Nations required all police officers to carry weapons to the mission area. Everyone deeply felt the weight of the mission and the great risk of peacekeeping. Before the departure, almost everyone quietly wrote a will and locked it in the drawer of their office. After arriving in the mission area, he and his teammates quickly devoted themselves to peacekeeping tasks. Since they had no prior peacekeeping experience, they were mainly assigned to police stations in Dili (帝力), Liquica (利逵萨), Oecusse (欧库西), and other places, starting from grassroots patrols and law enforcement.
"Language barriers, survival barriers, security barriers... What stood in front of everyone were thorns and obstacles." Xu Zhida (徐志达) said that the peacekeeping police force in East Timor (东帝汶) brought together police officers from dozens of countries, with mixed accents and extremely fast speech. He and his teammates often needed to repeatedly confirm instructions, so they could only record the audio and bring it back to the dormitory to study repeatedly, striving to master the pronunciation rules of police officers from various countries as soon as possible. The harshness of the living environment was self-evident. The lack of water and electricity was the norm, and the rampant mosquitoes caused Xu Zhida (徐志达) and others to contract dengue fever, with persistent high fevers, and they could only rely on immunity and willpower to endure it.
The most severe was the local security situation. Border skirmishes had not stopped, local armed conflicts were frequent, and the influx of refugees and speculators exacerbated violent conflicts. "Once, a Nepalese policeman in the same patrol group was injured while quelling a fight, and another time, the Australian team leader suffered a serious knife wound to the back while quelling a riot... We must stand guard on the 'first shift' of the Chinese peacekeeping police, 打起十二万分的精神 (dǎ qǐ shí èr wàn fēn de jīng shén - "rouse 120,000 points of spirit," to be extremely vigilant and exert all efforts) and bring out all our skills!" Xu Zhida (徐志达) said.
After a period of work and accumulating some experience, the talents and high quality of the Chinese peacekeeping police gradually became apparent, and they were successively entrusted with important tasks. Less than three months after arriving in the mission area, Xu Zhida (徐志达) was ordered to form a new police sub-bureau in the Komoro (科摩罗) area, the most complex in terms of security in the capital, and serve as its director.
"The Komoro (科摩罗) sub-bureau辖区 accounted for 70% of the cases in the entire city of Dili (帝力), which was a 'tough bone' to crack, but at that time, I was determined to gnaw it down!" Xu Zhida (徐志达) said that he led more than 20 peacekeeping police officers from various countries through the streets of Komoro (科摩罗) every day, visiting village chiefs, solving difficult cases, outsmarting fierce gangs, combating beach crime, identifying refugee status, and assisting in repatriation... After 10 months of efforts, the crime rate in the sub-bureau辖区 was greatly reduced, and the residents finally lived a peaceful and stable life.
"As a Chinese peacekeeping police officer, when I heard local students excitedly shout 'China! China!' after a campus crime crackdown operation, witnessed John (约翰), a neighbor who was separated from his family due to the war, regain hope in life with our help, and saw international colleagues sincerely praise our professionalism, friendliness, and perseverance time and time again, I felt extremely proud!" Xu Zhida (徐志达) believes that being able to set out for peace is the most precious and unforgettable experience of his life.
Inheritance
"Listening to everyone's sharing, my heart yearns for it." In 2000, the China Peacekeeping Police Training Center (中国维和警察培训中心) was officially established. Xin Shulan (辛淑兰), then a teacher at the Chinese People's Armed Police Force Academy (中国人民武装警察部队学院) (now the Chinese People's Police University (中国人民警察大学)), was still engaged in English teaching in the basic department. In the following years, teachers went to different regions to carry out peacekeeping missions. Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) said that the stories of Chinese peacekeeping police told by her colleagues sowed the seeds of maintaining peace in her heart.
On September 20, 2009, accompanied by rolling heat waves and endless yellow sand, Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) arrived in Khartoum (喀土穆) as a member of the eighth Chinese peacekeeping police team to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (联合国苏丹任务区). After receiving induction training, she was assigned to the Southern Region Police Bureau, where she performed patrol duties for one month and quickly became familiar with the辖区 environment. Later, she was transferred to the police bureau training team and devoted herself to local police training.
"The experience of teaching training courses for local police instructors is still unforgettable for me." Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) introduced that the original United Nations Mission in Sudan (联合国苏丹特派团) planned to achieve the sustainable development of the police force by cultivating a group of local seed instructors for the local police. Receiving the task temporarily, starting from scratch, was undoubtedly a huge challenge for Xin Shulan (辛淑兰). Without training materials, she consulted materials herself to form lecture notes; without projection equipment, she used writing paper as a blackboard; without the support of courseware, she lectured based on memory, understanding, and on-site performance... "Everyone's active interaction and feedback gave me great confidence, allowing me to quickly enter the state and speak more and more calmly." Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) said that the then Deputy Police Commissioner and Training Coordinator of the Sudan (苏丹) Mission Area followed the course throughout, and when she asked for suggestions for course improvement after class, they all smiled and praised: "Chinese peacekeeping police are very professional!"
After returning to China, Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) joined the China Peacekeeping Police Training Center (中国维和警察培训中心) in March 2020 and officially engaged in pre-dispatch training for peacekeeping police. "This work is highly practical and needs to be continuously updated according to the development needs and cutting-edge trends of peacekeeping operations." In order to better promote teaching work, from February 2024 to February this year, she went to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (联合国塞浦路斯任务区) again to undertake community policing and security maintenance in the buffer zone.
From the three-foot podium to the front line of peacekeeping, two peacekeeping missions, two mission areas, and two "Peace Medals," Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) said that she is very honored to be able to participate in the process of maintaining world peace, and also hopes to do her best to pass on the information and experiences about the cultures and peacekeeping groups of different mission areas, as well as the experience and experience gained in different positions.
The China Peacekeeping Police Training Center (中国维和警察培训中心), as the first batch of peacekeeping police training institutions in the world to participate in the new version of standard certification and the first to obtain qualifications, pioneered academic education in peacekeeping. "While participating in UN peacekeeping operations, China actively promotes global police cooperation and exchanges, helps developing countries improve their security governance capabilities, and contributes key forces to world peace and stability," Xin Shulan (辛淑兰) said.
Adherence
In Abyei (阿卜耶伊), at 9 degrees north latitude, the scorching sun bakes the war-torn and conflict-ridden red African soil, where people strongly desire the arrival of peace and eagerly look forward to a peaceful life. Bi Jinggang (毕京刚), who came from the standby peacekeeping police force of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), has been adhering to his post here for more than two years.
During the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, China announced its accession to the new UN Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System and took the lead in forming a standby formed peacekeeping police force. On November 22, 2016, the standby peacekeeping police force of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) was officially established. As a member of the standby peacekeeping police force, Bi Jinggang (毕京刚) successfully competed for the position of police operations supervisor in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (联合国阿卜耶伊任务区) in November 2022 with excellent results and outstanding qualities, becoming the first Chinese peacekeeping police officer in the Abyei (阿卜耶伊) mission area. "This work is similar to the 'chief of staff' of the police department." Bi Jinggang (毕京刚) introduced that his work mainly includes assisting the police commissioner and deputy police commissioner of the mission area in managing daily police operations; formulating action plans and conducting on-site supervision regularly; coordinating with the military department of the mission area to study joint action plans; cooperating with the security department to ensure the safety of police department personnel and operations; and taking the lead in supporting the actions of the local community protection committee.
On September 29, 2023, Bi Jinggang (毕京刚), who had just taken office, encountered a "tough battle." A serious armed attack caused dozens of local people to be killed and injured. The mission area established a truth investigation committee for the incident and appointed Bi Jinggang (毕京刚) as the person in charge. "Having just arrived in Abyei (阿卜耶伊), I was not yet familiar with the personnel of many departments, but I immediately realized that this was a key test." Bi Jinggang (毕京刚) quickly took action, convened committee members to discuss the case and the division of labor, and completed the relevant investigation by conducting high-frequency on-site investigations, constructing multi-dimensional evidence chains, and collecting witness testimonies, and submitted a detailed and meticulous investigation report, which was unanimously recognized by the senior management of the mission area.
In his daily work, Bi Jinggang (毕京刚) manages peacekeeping police from more than 20 countries and often needs to work with other military and civilian departments in the mission area. Facing cross-cultural challenges, he promoted the "emphasizing supervision and conducting more on-site inspections" working mechanism, requiring all members to go deep into the front line, using images and videos as supplementary evidence materials, presenting facts and reasoning; determining a number of standard operating procedures to refine and quantify daily work; and planning to build an action department database to greatly improve work efficiency with high-quality data sharing...
"Adhering to the front line inevitably means facing various difficulties and challenges, but every time we see the bright five-star red flag on our police uniforms and think that we represent China and have a strong motherland behind us, we have the power to be invincible and win every battle." In Bi Jinggang's (毕京刚) view, peacekeeping operations are not only an individual's mission and experience, but more importantly, as a Chinese police officer, demonstrating professional and exquisite police skills on the international peacekeeping stage, integrating excellent experiences and practices from China into peacekeeping missions, and making Chinese voices and contributing Chinese strength.
Over the past 25 years, Chinese peacekeeping police have always adhered to the regions in the world that need peace and stability the most, falling asleep to the sound of gunfire and waking up to the smell of gunpowder. They safeguard peace with practical actions and convey love and hope with selfless dedication. The peacekeeping journey is long, and the oath of peace will never change.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫 徐驭尧 曹继炜
Roads witness development and record changes.
The times are changing, and the appearance of the highland sky roads is changing. Tunnels and bridges are turning natural barriers into thoroughfares.
The times are changing, and the "Two Roads" spirit remains as fresh as ever. In the process of constructing and maintaining the Qinghai-Tibet and Sichuan-Tibet highways, the "Two Roads" spirit of "being unafraid of hardship or death, working hard and selflessly dedicating oneself, with the military and civilians as one family, and ethnic unity" was formed and promoted, inspiring generations of "transportation workers" to work hard and move forward bravely.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Recently, reporters traveled to the snowy plateau to interview two generations of road maintenance workers. Their ages differ by nearly half a century, and the distance between them is thousands of miles. One maintains the earliest highway into Tibet—the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, and the other guards the Medog Highway, located on the border of the motherland.
Inheritance
Road maintenance on the plateau is full of difficulties, and road maintenance workers insist on making the road their home, adhering to the concept of the Chinese nation as one big family.
Starting from Bomi County (波密县) in Tibet, the Zhamo Highway winds through the mountains—the altitude rises sharply from 2,700 meters to 3,700 meters, and after passing through a tunnel nearly 4 kilometers long, it suddenly drops to 1,000 meters.
Such dramatic ups and downs are completed within a length of about 100 kilometers. The huge drop means that the mountain road is built almost against the mountain, which is very steep. The annual precipitation here exceeds 2,000 millimeters, which causes frequent landslides and floods.
A rainstorm has just stopped, and Dorje Tsering (多吉才旺), the head of the Second Work Area of the Bomi Maintenance Section of the Nyingchi Highway Development Center (林芝公路发展中心波密养护段), is frowning. This area is crisscrossed by fault zones and is often hit by water damage, collapses, and mudslides. The 117-kilometer Medog Highway in front of him took 52 years to build. More than 10 years after it opened to traffic, disasters are still frequent, and rainy weather is the "great enemy" of the road.
After packing his tools, Dorje Tsering and his colleagues went out to patrol the road. After passing through the Galongla Tunnel (嘎隆拉隧道) and turning a sharp bend, they suddenly saw a thick tree lying across the narrow road. Dorje Tsering jumped out of the car and quickly worked with his colleagues. After about half an hour, they moved the giant tree and cleared the branches, and the traffic resumed.
On the plateau, difficulties are everywhere. In the Wudaoliang Family Compound (五道梁家属院) in Golmud (格尔木), Qinghai (青海), Angqing (昂清), who is over eighty years old, took out a photo. On the yellowed photo paper, he was pulling a wheelbarrow to transport sand and gravel on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway when he was young.
"The Anduo Maintenance Section (安多养护段) is thirty to forty degrees below zero in winter, and the breath turns into ice," the old man recalled in a hoarse voice. "At that time, the road surface was frozen and cracked, so we had to bake the frozen soil with fire before laying sand and gravel. Our hands were so frozen that we couldn't hold the shovel, so we warmed them in our arms. When our feet were numb, we stomped them in the snow and continued to work."
One winter night in 1965, a heavy snowstorm suddenly fell, trapping more than a dozen trucks. Angqing and his colleagues braved the wind and snow and used shovels, picks, and other simple tools to clear the road for two days and two nights. "The wind was like a knife scraping our faces, and the snow was blowing into our necks. But when we saw the anxious eyes of the drivers, we just wanted to get the road open as soon as possible."
Enthusiasm can be seen in the face of difficulties. "Everything is cold, but fortunately the blood and asphalt are hot," Angqing joked.
This enthusiasm is based on the adherence to the concept of the Chinese nation as one big family. Angqing was one of the first Tibetan maintenance workers on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. When he joined the team in 1963, the road maintenance team was mainly composed of Han and Hui workers. "Some taught me maintenance techniques, and some taught me Chinese. We ate from the same pot and lived in the same tent," Angqing recalled. Several times when he had a high fever, his colleagues gave him quilts and cooked ginger soup; he shared his butter tea and zanba with everyone, "Regardless of ethnicity, we helped each other when we had difficulties."
This enthusiasm has turned into a tradition of making the road one's home. "I was born in the road maintenance team and grew up in the road maintenance team. My parents and grandparents were all maintenance workers. I am a 'third-generation maintenance worker'," Dorje Tsering said. Since he was a child, he watched the lives of his predecessors who went out early and returned late, and listened to their stories of maintaining roads and helping people. He wanted to "become like his father" from the bottom of his heart.
At the end of 2013, the Zhamo Highway opened to traffic, and the recruitment of road maintenance personnel began. Dorje Tsering signed up without hesitation and became a plateau road maintenance worker. More than 10 years have passed, and the frozen snow has melted time and time again, and the potholes on the road have been repaired one by one. His father's words always echoed in his mind: "The highway is the lifeline of the plateau. Guarding the road is guarding hope."
Changes
With the optimization of road conditions and the upgrading of technology, highway maintenance has gradually become mechanized, professional, and intensive.
Adhering to the "Two Roads" spirit, generations of people have worked together to maintain and protect the roads. In the alternation of old and new, the trajectory of China's transportation leaping upward is clearly visible.
In the intergenerational relay, road conditions are being optimized.
"In the past, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway was a simple dirt road, muddy when it rained and dusty when it was sunny," Angqing recalled. When he first started working, road maintenance relied entirely on manpower. "Pulling a wheelbarrow to transport sand and gravel, my shoulders were cut by the rough rope after a day."
After the 1980s, the road maintenance team was gradually equipped with hand-held tractors and dump trucks, "The conditions improved, and the efficiency doubled." Today's Qinghai-Tibet Highway has wide and flat asphalt roads, with guardrails and warning signs on the roadside. Driving from Anduo County (安多县) to Lhasa (拉萨) has been shortened from two days to one day.
The changes in the Medog Highway are even more significant. When Dorje Tsering joined the team in 2014, the highway was still a dirt road. "The entire 120-kilometer journey from Bomi to Medog took 12 hours. Vehicles often got stuck in the mud on rainy days, and some pits were so big that a person could lie in them!" In 2017, the road surface was hardened and upgraded, and asphalt roads were opened to Medog County (墨脱县), "The journey was shortened to more than 3 hours, and it can be smoothly traveled even on rainy days."
Today, Tibet has built a highway corridor with Lhasa as the center, connecting Sichuan (四川), Yunnan (云南), Qinghai, Xinjiang (新疆) and other provinces and regions, and connecting Nepal to the outside world. It has also built high-grade (high-speed) highways such as Nyingchi (林芝) to Lhasa, Nagqu (那曲) to Lhasa, and Lhasa to Shigatse (日喀则). The comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network of the "three-hour economic circle in five cities" is accelerating its formation. As of now, the total mileage of highways in Tibet has reached 124,900 kilometers, of which 1,196 kilometers are high-grade highways.
In the alternation of old and new, maintenance technology is being upgraded.
"In the past, it took 10 people 3 days to clear a landslide, but now with excavators and loaders, traffic can be restored in 1 day," Dorje Tsering told reporters that the iteration of equipment has greatly improved maintenance efficiency. Today, his team is equipped with excavators, loaders, and 18-ton dump trucks, and more than 80% of the work is done by machinery.
Technological progress has effectively improved the level of safety assurance. In 2008, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, which Angqing guarded, became the world's first to lay a "blackened" grade road surface in a high-altitude permafrost area. The "Construction and Maintenance Technology of Permafrost Qinghai-Tibet Highway" won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The "Two Roads" have gradually been transformed from the original gravel road surface to the current asphalt or cement concrete road surface.
Since the reform and opening up, especially in the new era, maintenance work has evolved from manual labor to mechanical equipment, and from factor input to innovation-driven, weaving a road network that is internally connected and externally smooth, connecting villages and towns. "In recent years, the region has established highway traffic emergency teams and emergency command platforms, and the ability to respond to sudden disasters and ensure smooth traffic has been greatly improved," said the relevant person in charge of the Department of Transportation of the Tibet Autonomous Region. At present, the maintenance rate of highways in Tibet has reached 100%, and highway maintenance has gradually become mechanized, professional, and intensive. 142 service facilities have been set up along the national and provincial highways to provide services and assistance to passing vehicles and drivers for a long time.
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Generations of people have worked together to protect the roads, making the well-connected roads a road to happiness and a road to unity.
Generations of people have worked together to protect the roads, and the highland sky roads have been continuously "renewed". From Angqing to Dorje Tsering, from the Qinghai-Tibet Highway to the Medog Highway, the inheritance of the "Two Roads" spirit allows us to re-recognize the meaning of roads.
This is a road to happiness.
"When the road is open, good days will come," Angqing told reporters that the Qinghai-Tibet Highway has become a "lifeline" into Tibet after it opened to traffic. "In the past, materials relied on people and horses to carry them. Now, trucks transport grain, building materials, and medicines, and transport out highland barley, beef, and mutton." Over the years, he has witnessed Nagqu transform from a small village into a town with high-rise buildings. "In the past, it was difficult for herders to see a doctor and go to school. Now, hospitals and schools are built at their doorsteps, and the railway is also open, making it very convenient to go to Lhasa!"
The smooth roads have revitalized Medog, the "isolated island on the plateau". "More than 10 years ago, when I first came to Medog, there were only a few shops in the county. Now, supermarkets, hotels, and farmhouses are blooming everywhere in the county, with people coming and going, which is very lively." What Dorje Tsering is most impressed with is the price, "In the past, many goods had to be carried into the county by porters, and it cost more than ten or even dozens of yuan to buy a can of drink. With the smooth roads and easier supply of materials, the price of goods in Medog is almost the same as the outside world."
When the road is open, all industries prosper. Looking at the highways, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is open to traffic all year round and has become one of the busiest highways into Tibet; looking at the railways, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the Lhasa-Shigatse Railway, and the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway form a "Y"-shaped main framework; looking at aviation, a layout of 1 trunk and 7 branch airports has been formed, making it easy to reach the whole country from Lhasa within one day... Highways, railways, and aviation are advancing side by side, making it easier for people and materials to enter and exit the "roof of the world".
This is also a road to unity.
During the interview, Angqing told reporters that he once helped a Hui businessman push out a truck that was deeply mired in the mud. Later, every time he passed the road maintenance team, the businessman would bring tea and candy, "like visiting relatives." Dorje Tsering mentioned that with the road open, more people are walking into the secret realm of the plateau. Today, in Medog schools, children of all ethnic groups "study together, without distinction between you and me."
"The smooth transportation allows Tibetan compatriots to better integrate into the big family of common development of all ethnic groups," said the relevant person in charge of the Department of Transportation of the Tibet Autonomous Region. They will rely on the road to do a solid job in various livelihood tasks and further enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people of all ethnic groups.
Once, from Chang'an (长安) to Lhasa, the Tang-Tibet marriage alliance team had to travel for two years and three months. Today, a total highway mileage of more than 120,000 kilometers, a railway operating mileage of 1,359 kilometers, and 183 international and domestic air routes closely connect the snowy plateau with the world.
In the new era, the chapter on roads is still being written.
After retiring, Angqing goes to the Qinghai-Tibet Highway every day to walk and pick up roadside garbage, "**放不下** (fàng bù xià - "cannot put down," unable to let go of something)."
Dorje Tsering said firmly: "My grandfather built a road to life, my father protected a road to get out, and I am guarding a road to prosperity. As long as the road is still there, I will continue to do it."
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Driven by innovation, guided by application, and underpinned by safety, we should build a healthy ecosystem of software-hardware integration and collaborative innovation, so that embodied intelligence can run both fast and stably.
Embodied intelligence is one of the future industries that China is focusing on cultivating and developing. It is a cutting-edge field intersecting artificial intelligence and robotics, referring to the autonomous learning and evolution of intelligent agents through dynamic interaction with the environment via physical entities. It is regarded as a technological engine for a new round of industrial revolution.
Currently, embodied intelligence is accelerating its transition from the laboratory to industrialization, with rapid development momentum. From a market perspective, the global embodied intelligence market is experiencing explosive growth, and the Chinese robot market is also expanding rapidly. From a technological innovation perspective, multi-modal fusion technology integrates multi-source information such as vision, hearing, and touch, enabling intelligent agents to have a more comprehensive perception and understanding of the environment, upgrading artificial intelligence robots from executing programs to autonomous decision-making. From an industrial layout perspective, some leading internet companies have successively entered the embodied intelligence track, promoting its commercialization. Cities such as Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海) have released related plans, proposing goals such as cultivating industrial clusters worth hundreds of billions of yuan. Policy support, technological breakthroughs, and application scenarios are superimposed, giving rise to an investment boom. According to incomplete statistics, in the first seven months of this year, 108 investment and financing events have occurred in China's embodied intelligence field, with a total disclosed financing scale of over 27.1 billion yuan, exceeding both the number and amount for the entire year of 2024.
As a cutting-edge technology and future industry, embodied intelligence in China possesses huge market potential and development space. At the same time, it must be recognized that the development of embodied intelligence also faces constraints in technology, ecosystem, scenarios, and ethics. At the technical level, there are shortcomings in basic research such as top-notch artificial intelligence theories and core algorithms. High-end hardware such as core chips, precision actuators, and sensors rely on imports, and the autonomous controllability of basic software such as robot operating systems and simulation platforms is insufficient. At the ecosystem level, there is a lack of universal platforms and standardized certification, leading to redundant investment of resources. Data silos limit the deep learning and technological iteration of embodied intelligence, the openness of application scenarios is low, and commercialization paths are still being explored. At the ethical level, there is a lack of norms for technical safety and privacy protection, and the public's trust in embodied intelligence needs to be further improved.
At this moment, we must seize opportunities, leverage advantages, and encourage the development of embodied intelligence, while also maintaining a clear understanding and facing shortcomings squarely. Driven by innovation, guided by application, and underpinned by safety, we should build a healthy ecosystem of software-hardware integration and collaborative innovation, so that embodied intelligence can run both fast and stably.
Adhere to open innovation and break through core technologies. We must strengthen the top-level design for the development of embodied intelligence, guide investment entities to adapt to local conditions and make reasonable layouts, and avoid 一哄而上 (yī hòng ér shàng - "swarm up," a situation where everyone rushes to do the same thing without proper planning or consideration). We must increase investment in technological research and development, establish a growth mechanism for investment in future industries, encourage deep integration of industry, academia, and research, and concentrate efforts to overcome "bottleneck" technologies such as high-end bionic actuators, embodied intelligence chips, robot operating systems, and embodied large models, and effectively improve the level of technology.
Adhere to demonstration-driven approach and improve the industrial ecosystem. China attaches great importance to the technological and industrial development of artificial intelligence and possesses strong manufacturing production capacity, supply chain supporting capacity, huge market capacity, and rich application scenarios. We must leverage the scale advantages of both supply and demand sides, and carry out application demonstration projects in fields such as elderly care, smart homes, medical rehabilitation, and intelligent manufacturing, using scenario feedback to drive technological optimization and cost reduction. At the same time, we should study and formulate general standards and norms for the embodied intelligence industry, and promote the enhancement of product compatibility and interoperability. In addition, we must also establish a data sharing mechanism, build high-quality datasets, and provide stronger data support for the development of embodied intelligence.
Adhere to safe development and improve the governance system. In response to potential safety and ethical issues during the development process, we must accelerate the establishment and improvement of laws and regulations, and clarify the relationship of responsibilities, rights, and behavioral norms. We should explore a "sandbox supervision" mechanism, construct a multi-faceted co-governance pattern of government supervision, industry self-discipline, corporate responsibility, and social supervision, and accelerate the formulation of national and industry standards for embodied intelligence in terms of safety, ethics, and data. At the same time, we should actively participate in global dialogues on the governance of artificial intelligence and robots, promote the formation of international consensus and standards, and achieve mutual recognition and mutual trust in safety governance.
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics and Technological Economics of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), and this article was compiled by Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopThe engineering consulting industry will accelerate high-quality development.
Recently, in order to better exert the intellectual support role of the engineering consulting industry in planning, investment decision-making, project implementation, etc., the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the High-Quality Development of the Engineering Consulting Industry" (《关于加快推动工程咨询行业高质量发展的意见》, hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). The "Opinions" put forward a number of policies and measures focusing on promoting the specialization, standardization, digitalization, and internationalization of the engineering consulting industry. These include: accelerating the digital transformation and development, strengthening the development and utilization of technologies such as building information models and artificial intelligence; strengthening the construction of talent teams, and improving the relevant systems for professional qualification evaluation, registration, and continuing education; improving the industry's institutional standard and specification system, and accelerating the construction of a national engineering consulting standard system, etc.
(Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强))
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) Entrepreneurship Competition Held
Recently, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) Entrepreneurship Competition National Finals and other series of activities, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and other departments, were held in Foshan City (佛山市), Guangdong Province (广东省). With the theme of "Creating the Future in the Bay Area, Gathering Talents in Guangdong," the event carried out the "One Competition, One Exhibition, One Connection" activity, namely the National Finals, Entrepreneurship Achievement Exhibition, and Entrepreneurship Resource Matchmaking Conference. The competition set up 5 tracks including Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. A total of 7,146 projects from across the country registered, and 150 projects entered the finals, competing for 10 special prizes, 20 gold prizes, 30 silver prizes, and 40 bronze prizes, facilitating intended investment of 2.51 billion yuan in entrepreneurial projects.
(Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕))
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In August of this year, the State Council (国务院) issued the "Opinions on Deeply Implementing the 'Artificial Intelligence+' Action," which proposed "supporting the development of technologies such as data annotation and data synthesis, and cultivating a strong data processing and data service industry."
What is data annotation? Simply put, it is "tagging" various types of data such as text, voice, images, and videos. In the rapid development of artificial intelligence, data is hailed as "new oil," and data annotation is the key process of refining data "crude oil" into "gasoline."
"Data annotation transforms human knowledge and thinking logic into computer-readable language through operations such as data feature extraction, classification, annotation, and labeling. It can inject new value into data and effectively activate data potential, which is a crucial link in the construction of high-quality artificial intelligence datasets," Li Jianguo (李建国), Deputy Director of the Digital Technology and Infrastructure Construction Department of the National Data Administration (国家数据局), told reporters. High-quality annotated data can effectively improve the professional field performance of vertical large models and accelerate the empowerment of artificial intelligence in thousands of industries.
In December 2024, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the National Data Administration (国家数据局) and other departments issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Data Annotation Industry," proposing that "by 2027, the specialization, intelligence, and technological innovation capabilities of the data annotation industry will be significantly improved, the industry scale will be greatly increased, and the average annual compound growth rate will exceed 20%." It is understood that the National Data Administration (国家数据局) has guided seven cities, including Hefei (合肥) in Anhui (安徽) and Chengdu (成都) in Sichuan (四川), to build data annotation bases, conduct pilot projects, and explore experiences. As of the first half of this year, the seven data annotation bases have built 524 datasets, served 163 large models, and driven related output value of the data annotation industry to exceed 8.3 billion yuan.
In molecular and drug intelligent research and development scenarios, marking key information such as atoms, charges, chemical bonds, targets, and activities allows artificial intelligence to better empower new drug research and development. In industrial quality inspection scenarios, marking information such as product defect size, location, and type allows artificial intelligence to accurately capture product defects or anomalies. Driven by artificial intelligence large models and related policies, the demand for data annotation has exploded, and related companies are also growing vigorously. "Our main business is to provide data collection and annotation services for the scenario-based implementation of artificial intelligence. Driven by the artificial intelligence industry, the company has undertaken more than 2,000 data annotation project requirements in the past year alone, and the business volume is expected to increase by more than 30% this year," said Luan Yongle (栾永乐), General Manager of the Government and Enterprise Center of Biaobei Technology (标贝科技).
"The data annotation industry chain covers upstream data providers, midstream platform companies, and downstream service providers. At present, China has initially formed a closed-loop industry chain, and various regions are also accelerating the cultivation of the data annotation industry, and the industry cluster-driven effect is becoming increasingly prominent," said Li Jianguo (李建国). The data annotation industry is showing new development trends.
Technology iteration. Intelligent annotation technology continues to make breakthroughs, and human-machine collaborative annotation models are becoming increasingly mature. "Enterprises use artificial intelligence to pre-annotate unlabeled data, and data annotators take on more critical decision-making roles, correcting model errors in real time and feeding the improvements back to the algorithm to promote its self-optimization," said Luan Yongle (栾永乐). This model not only improves annotation efficiency but also ensures annotation accuracy.
Requirements are increasing. With the development of large models, the evaluation criteria for high-quality datasets have become more complex. "For example, medical image annotation requires professional knowledge to identify lesions, and the field of autonomous driving cannot be separated from high-precision annotation of road scenes," said Wei Liang (魏亮), Vice President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信息通信研究院). The data annotation industry is gradually transforming from a labor-intensive industry to a knowledge-intensive industry, and the professional requirements for practitioners are getting higher and higher.
Object expansion. The annotated data is shifting from single-modal annotation such as text and images to multi-modal annotation, and its field is gradually expanding from general knowledge fields to specialized knowledge fields such as medical care and industrial manufacturing.
At present, the data annotation industry is still in its initial stage, and all parties need to work together to cultivate a strong data annotation industry ecosystem. Li Jianguo (李建国) said that all regions should strengthen policy implementation and guidance, cooperate deeply with all sectors of the industry, and build a normalized supply and demand docking service platform. Application companies should drive the construction of data annotation capability systems with actual needs, and data application companies such as model manufacturers should combine their own technical routes and business scenarios to jointly carry out annotation tool research and development and process optimization with annotation companies to promote the construction of industry standards and norms.
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Xinjiang (新疆) is giving full play to its advantages as the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, focusing on building a golden channel for Asia and Europe and a bridgehead for opening to the west, and serving the construction of a new development pattern with high-level opening up. The high-speed growth of Xinjiang's (新疆) foreign trade benefits from the construction of high-level opening-up platforms, the continuous improvement of the business environment at ports, and the efficient and smooth flow of international logistics channels. In the future, with the further optimization of the institutional environment and the deepening of interconnection with neighboring countries, the inland hinterland will play a more important role in the high-level opening-up pattern.
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At the Horgos (霍尔果斯) Highway Port centralized inspection site in Xinjiang (新疆), at 10 a.m., the lanes in front of the gate were already busy, with transport vehicles loaded with 80-meter-long wind turbine blades, cold chain transport vehicles full of fruits and vegetables, and the largest number being new energy vehicles about to be exported to Central Asian countries. Agricultural products from Central Asia such as honey, fruits, and wheat also enter the Chinese market from here.
At the China-Europe Railway Express assembly center in the Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) International Land Port Area, clothing, department stores, mechanical equipment, and auto parts from Guangzhou (广州), Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江) and other places are being assembled and loaded. After customs inspection and sealing, they will be transported by the "Tianshan (天山) Express," a local Xinjiang (新疆) train brand, across mountains and seas to Central Asian countries.
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These vibrant scenes are a vivid portrayal of Xinjiang's (新疆) unwavering expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Accelerate the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt and play a greater role in promoting domestic and international dual circulation."
From an inland hinterland to the forefront of opening up, in recent years, Xinjiang (新疆) has given full play to its advantages as the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, focusing on building a golden channel for Asia and Europe and a bridgehead for opening to the west, promoting high-speed growth in foreign trade, and serving the construction of a new development pattern with high-level opening up. According to statistics from Urumqi Customs (乌鲁木齐海关), during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the total value of Xinjiang's (新疆) foreign trade import and export has crossed three 100 billion yuan thresholds in a row, with an average annual growth of 40% from 2021 to 2024. In the first eight months of this year, the total value of Xinjiang's (新疆) foreign trade import and export was 356.31 billion yuan, an increase of 25.4%, which is 21.9 percentage points higher than the national growth rate, showing strong development momentum.
Innovate regulatory models and improve customs clearance efficiency
In Horgos (霍尔果斯), Xinjiang (新疆), Wang Xiangguo (王献国) is a "ferryman" for domestic new energy vehicles. He drives domestic new cars out of the country, delivers them for acceptance in Kazakhstan, and then returns by cross-border passenger bus. "The current job is relatively flexible. I come to drive cars during the slack farming season, and the income is relatively stable," said Wang Xiangguo (王献国).
The hot sales of domestic new energy vehicles in the Central Asian market have spawned the profession of car "ferryman." In Horgos (霍尔果斯), there are nearly 4,000 domestic car "ferrymen" like Wang Xiangguo (王献国). The new car driven by Wang Xiangguo (王献国) is a new energy vehicle that Horgos Haocheng International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (霍尔果斯昊诚国际货运代理有限公司) is about to export to Kazakhstan.
"China's new energy vehicles are very popular in the Central Asian and Middle Eastern markets. They not only have excellent performance, but also have many new features, which are very popular among young people," said Liang Hao (梁浩), general manager of Haocheng Company (昊诚公司). Previously, the company exported more than 4,000 vehicles each year, but this has increased to about 20,000 vehicles in the past two years. In the first eight months of this year, the company exported more than 12,000 vehicles, and the trade volume increased by about 10% year-on-year.
As the largest land port for automobile exports in the country, the number of automobiles at the Horgos (霍尔果斯) Port has maintained growth since the beginning of this year. According to statistics from Horgos Customs (霍尔果斯海关), from January to August, the Horgos (霍尔果斯) Port exported 258,000 vehicles, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year, setting a new historical high, of which the number of exported electric vehicles increased by 45.2% year-on-year.
"Compared with traditional cage car transportation, delivering cars through 'ferrymen' is more flexible and efficient, and the transportation cost is also lower, which is increasingly favored by foreign car importers," said Liang Hao (梁浩).
The change in corporate demand has put forward new requirements for customs clearance models. Horgos Customs (霍尔果斯海关) has taken a series of measures to optimize customs clearance procedures, innovate regulatory models, implement a 24-hour cargo customs clearance system, and pioneered the "self-driving export commodity car rapid customs clearance model." Under this model, each export commodity car has a QR code. After the vehicle arrives at the port, it can be quickly released after being identified by the smart bayonet camera. The overall customs clearance time at the port has been reduced from more than 30 hours to within 5 hours, and the customs clearance efficiency has increased by 80%.
As more and more "Made in China" products go from Xinjiang (新疆) to the international market, higher requirements are put forward for the convenience of cross-border trade. Customs, commerce and other departments promote reform to improve quality and efficiency, and better respond to corporate demands.
In response to the ultra-wide and ultra-limited size of large wind power equipment, Horgos Customs (霍尔果斯海关) has jointly opened a special channel with the Kazakh Customs to ensure that the equipment "goes straight in and straight out"; at the two major international railway ports of Horgos (霍尔果斯) and Alashankou (阿拉山口) that open to the west, the local customs promotes the "smart railway port + local rapid customs clearance" reform to ensure the convenient and efficient passage of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains; in order to transport more vegetables and fruits in a timely manner, the customs has realized full coverage of the "green channel" for rapid customs clearance of agricultural and sideline products at border ports in Central Asian countries, and innovatively applied the "green customs lock" for agricultural and sideline products. Fresh fruits can arrive in the Kazakhstan market on the same day. In the first eight months of this year, Xinjiang's (新疆) agricultural product exports increased by 28.6% year-on-year.
As an important gateway for China to open to the west, in 2023, the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone (中国（新疆）自贸试验区) was approved for establishment. In 2024, more than 9,000 new enterprises were added, and the total import and export volume accounted for more than 30% of the entire region. At present, Xinjiang (新疆) has 4 comprehensive bonded zones and 4 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, attracting a large number of key enterprises to settle in and forming industrial clusters such as automobile assembly, cold chain logistics, and food processing.
Weave a dense logistics channel to reduce trade costs
The air route network is becoming denser and denser: On April 17 this year, the North Terminal Area of Urumqi Tianshan International Airport (乌鲁木齐天山国际机场) was put into operation. The "expanded" Tianshan Airport (天山机场) has 285 passenger and cargo routes, connecting with 27 countries and 40 cities. Since the beginning of this year, the volume of international cargo and mail throughput has increased by 446%.
Railway lines are crisscrossed and busy: As an important hub connecting the two major economic circles of Asia and Europe, the Xinjiang local China-Europe train "Tianshan Express (天山号)" operating in the Urumqi International Land Port Area (乌鲁木齐国际陆港区) has 21 operating lines, reaching 26 cities in 19 countries in Central Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, and exporting more than 200 kinds of goods.
The highway channels link inside and outside: "Five ports connect eight countries, and one road connects Europe and Asia." Xinjiang (新疆) has 21 ports approved by the state to open to the outside world, and 19 have been opened, including 14 highway ports, which are like bright pearls, scattered in northwest China, becoming an important channel for interconnection with neighboring countries. Xinjiang (新疆) has opened 119 bilateral international road transport routes to Europe, accounting for more than 1/3 of the national total.
From a "remote area" to a "hub area," Xinjiang's (新疆) transportation network "artery" is smoother, and multimodal transport models such as rail-air, road-rail, and rail-sea are becoming more mature, building a three-dimensional transportation system that "links land, sea, domestic and foreign, and connects east and west in both directions," and continues to promote rapid growth in foreign trade.
Xinjiang Wanshengtong Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (新疆万盛通供应链管理有限公司) is a cross-border e-commerce enterprise. In the past, because Xinjiang (新疆) airports had few routes, the company had to transport goods to other provinces for centralized shipment. In June 2024, the bonded aviation fuel storage tank in the Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) Area of the Xinjiang Free Trade Pilot Zone (新疆自贸试验区) was officially put into operation, bringing opportunities for the opening of new international routes. Liu Jingyi (刘竟易), deputy director of Urumqi Tianshan Airport Customs (乌鲁木齐天山机场海关), introduced: "Bonded aviation fuel is a 'key variable' for international cargo routes to reduce costs. We accelerated the implementation of the policy and put it into use 459 working days ahead of schedule, attracting more airlines to open routes that stop or travel to and from Urumqi (乌鲁木齐). At present, the cumulative refueling of bonded aviation fuel has exceeded 100,000 tons."
"Some models need to refuel 80 tons of fuel to fly to Europe. After the introduction of the bonded aviation fuel policy, each ton can save more than 100 US dollars in fuel costs. The cost saved is enough to cover the logistics costs from the South China and East China markets to Urumqi (乌鲁木齐)," said Wang Tianzhu (王添柱), general manager of Xinjiang Wanshengtong Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (新疆万盛通供应链管理有限公司).
The optimization of logistics methods has brought rapid development to enterprises. "In the past, the company's monthly cross-border e-commerce cargo volume was 500-1,000 tons; now the monthly cargo volume has exceeded 5,000 tons. It is about to enter the peak season, and there are an average of 10 flights flying to all parts of the world every day," introduced Wang Tianzhu (王添柱). Today, at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport (乌鲁木齐天山国际机场), more than 200 tons of cross-border e-commerce goods are loaded and take off every day, heading to all parts of the world.
At present, there are more than 200 cross-border e-commerce related enterprises in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐). On May 24 this year, Urumqi Customs (乌鲁木齐海关) released 10 measures to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce, focusing on issues such as customs clearance timeliness and logistics costs, and introduced a series of support measures. According to data from the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform, from January to August this year, Urumqi's (乌鲁木齐) cross-border e-commerce exports were 8.87 billion yuan, an increase of 185.6%.
Optimize the business environment and create a highland for opening up
At dawn, the Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦口岸) in Wuqia County (乌恰县), Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州), Xinjiang (新疆) is already a busy and orderly scene. Large trucks loaded with containers pass through the exit bay in an orderly manner and head to Kyrgyzstan.
The Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦口岸) is the westernmost port in China, corresponding to the Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦姆口岸) in Kyrgyzstan. It is an important land port connecting China with Central Asian countries and regions. With the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway (中吉乌铁路) under construction, a large number of engineering machinery and equipment enter and exit the port, and the role of the Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦口岸) is even more prominent.
"Our company's exported products are mainly engineering machinery and building materials. Since the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway (中吉乌铁路) began, the export volume of mechanical equipment has greatly increased. Last year, we exported 50,000 tons. From January to August this year, the export volume has reached 70,000 tons, and the overall cargo volume has increased by 30%," said Dili (迪丽), manager of Kashgar Wulian Eurasia Logistics Co., Ltd. (喀什五联欧亚物流有限公司).
Meat, fruits, and grains enter the Chinese market from the Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦口岸), and Chinese daily necessities, small appliances, auto parts, clothing, and engineering instruments are also transported from here to Central Asian countries. As the port's cargo volume continues to break historical highs, in June this year, the Irkeshtam Port (伊尔克什坦口岸) took the lead in launching a 7-day, 24-hour cargo customs clearance trial mode, promoting the "highway port + local direct access" model to reduce the time vehicles wait in line at the port.
Abu Sahei Company (阿布萨黑公司) is a local enterprise in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州). Ai Li (艾力), the person in charge of the company, introduced: "This year has been too busy. As of now, our company has exported 250,000 tons of daily necessities and about 75,000 tons of engineering equipment. Compared with last year, the company's overall cargo volume has increased by 20%. But now the customs clearance procedures that need to be handled have become less, and it only takes 30 minutes to export a car, and the cost has been reduced by 25%."
According to statistics from Irkeshtam Customs (伊尔克什坦海关), from January to August this year, the cumulative supervision of import and export goods was 1.869 million tons, an increase of 67.4% year-on-year. After the customs clearance process was optimized and adjusted, the number of export customs clearance links was optimized from 12 to 4, and the customs clearance time only takes 30-40 minutes, a reduction of 66.7%.
With the continuous growth of import and export goods trade, various places and relevant departments in Xinjiang (新疆) continue to optimize the business environment and improve regulatory efficiency and service levels.
At the Alashankou Railway Port (阿拉山口铁路口岸), large container inspection equipment can complete a panoramic scan of a container within 5 minutes, and the single-box inspection time is shortened by more than 90% compared with manual methods; in the Urumqi International Land Port Area (乌鲁木齐国际陆港区), the customs comprehensively uses a series of convenient customs clearance models such as the "railway fast pass" model, advance declaration, appointment customs clearance, and direct loading upon arrival, which improves the train passage efficiency by more than 30% and reduces the cost of each container by 200 yuan; at the Torugart Port (吐尔尕特口岸), the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway (中吉乌铁路) has led to a significant increase in the number of outbound passengers, and the customs has adopted "appointment customs clearance + smart travel inspection" to achieve seamless customs clearance. The level of cross-border trade facilitation is constantly improving, helping Xinjiang (新疆) move towards the forefront of opening up.
Return to TopBy: 欧阳洁
At 5 a.m., the citrus orchards in Yiling District, Yichang (宜昌), Hubei (湖北) Province, are still shrouded in morning mist. Fruit farmers clip golden honey oranges, which are then sorted, bagged, and labeled with export labels containing traceability information before being loaded onto trucks. Heading west, two days later, refrigerated trucks full of honey oranges drive into the China-Kazakhstan agricultural and sideline products fast customs clearance "green channel" at the Khorgos (霍尔果斯) highway port. After quickly completing customs clearance procedures, the juicy honey oranges can be delivered to the Almaty (阿拉木图) distribution center in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) by 12 noon that day.
The cross-border journey of a honey orange spanning thousands of kilometers is a vivid demonstration of the inland hinterland moving towards the forefront of opening up. According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), in 2024, the total import and export volume of the western region exceeded 4 trillion yuan for the first time, accounting for 9.2% of China's total import and export value. In the first three quarters of this year, the foreign trade development of the western region maintained strong momentum, with imports and exports of 3.21 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.2%.
The opening-up transformation of inland areas is not only a breakthrough in geographical space, but also a profound change in development concepts and a transformation of economic development methods. Activating economic potential through channel construction, gathering development synergy through coordinated progress, and opening the door to opportunities for the opening up of inland areas with new perspectives and new concepts.
International logistics corridors broaden the space for opening up. In China's overall foreign trade landscape, coastal foreign trade provinces are the main force for export growth. Now, international logistics corridors are connecting points into lines, reaching rivers and seas, and promoting the rapid integration of inland areas into the overall situation of high-level opening up to the outside world. A comprehensive opening pattern of "land-sea internal and external linkage, and two-way mutual assistance between east and west" is accelerating. The Yellow River land-sea corridor connects 9 provinces and regions along the route, transporting engineering vehicles, machinery, and agricultural products to the Yellow River estuary for export, and taking international ships to sea. The western land-sea new corridor connects the Silk Road Economic Belt and connects the Yangtze River Economic Belt, transporting high-quality commodities from the central and western regions to Southeast Asian countries. According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), in the first three quarters, the import and export volume of the western region through the western land-sea new corridor was 611.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.3%, driving the growth of foreign trade in the western region by 3.4 percentage points.
Efficient industrial collaboration promotes coordinated regional development. Logistics arteries drive the smooth circulation of the production and supply chain. Inland areas transform their location characteristics into development advantages, undertake industrial transfer, and achieve industrial upgrading. In the Khorgos (霍尔果斯) Comprehensive Bonded Zone in Xinjiang (新疆), a Hebei (河北) fur clothing company has built a full industrial chain service platform, which not only introduces enterprises into the zone, but also attracts senior technicians from the eastern region to train skilled technical workers for the local area. A brand-new industry is gradually taking root in the local area. In Shule County (疏勒县), Kashgar (喀什) Prefecture, a Shandong (山东) fishing gear company has built an outdoor sports equipment production base, driving 13 fishing gear and upstream and downstream supporting enterprises to settle down, solving employment for more than 2,700 local laborers. The high-end and mid-range carbon fiber fishing rods, carbon fiber bicycles, and carbon fiber fishing platforms produced are sold to Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. Logistics drives industrial upgrading, stimulates new momentum for development in inland areas, and promotes coordinated regional development.
Institutional reform and innovation optimize the business environment. Logistics channels and industrial pulses are inseparable from the continuous optimization of the institutional environment. This year, the General Administration of Customs (海关总署) and 20 departments (units) jointly deployed and carried out a special action to facilitate cross-border trade. Specific measures are precisely targeted, making customs clearance faster and more convenient, and logistics smoother and more efficient.
From the western border to the inland hinterland, international logistics corridors are drawing a new pattern of China's opening up, leading industrial transfer and upgrading. In the future, with the accelerated construction of logistics corridors and the deepening reform of opening-up platforms, it will surely stimulate greater development vitality in the central and western regions.
Return to TopShandong Province Launches Audit of Consumer Goods Trade-in
The Shandong Provincial Audit Department recently organized an audit and investigation into the implementation of policies and measures for consumer goods trade-ins. This audit and investigation will focus on proposing audit recommendations in related fields to allow "golden" policies to exert "golden" benefits. In terms of audit content, the focus is on the implementation of consumer goods trade-in policies and the allocation, management, and use of funds, with a focus on the policy support and mechanism establishment, policy implementation and effectiveness, fund raising and allocation, fund management and use, and the recycling and dismantling of used goods. The audit will analyze the policy's role in promoting high-quality economic and social development, and effectively enhance the people's sense of consumer gain, happiness, and security. To standardize the audit work, the Shandong Provincial Audit Department established a special audit and investigation team, formulated a special work plan, clarified the goals, scope, and methods of the audit, provided standardized guidance, and ensured the safe and efficient use of funds.
(Guo Xiaoyong (郭晓永) and Wang Haoyang (王灏洋))
Luxi County, Jiangxi Province Actively Promotes the Construction of a Supply and Marketing Distribution System
In order to reduce rural logistics costs and improve circulation efficiency, Luxi County (芦溪县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), is building a three-level logistics distribution system of "county center, township station, and village network point." It takes promoting the construction of the "Internet + Fourth Party Logistics" supply and marketing distribution system as a powerful starting point for deepening the comprehensive reform of supply and marketing cooperatives, comprehensively integrates existing resources, and actively promotes the construction of a rural terminal distribution service system. This system uses Internet of Things technology and adopts a "unified management, unified warehousing, unified sorting, and unified distribution" model. Through "superimposed sharing" of transportation capacity, the efficiency of express delivery has increased by 20%, and the cost has been reduced by 15%. As of now, Luxi County has taken the "Internet + Fourth Party Logistics" supply and marketing distribution center as a starting point, established 116 grassroots e-commerce service stations and more than 1,000 county-level franchised e-commerce self-pickup points, serving more than 100 local agricultural and sideline product bases. Currently, the county's fourth-party logistics supply and marketing distribution center project is under construction in full swing. As the first batch of fourth-party logistics supply and marketing distribution center demonstration projects supported by the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (中华全国供销合作总社), the project has a total investment of 200 million yuan and covers an area of 85 mu, aiming to create a comprehensive logistics hub integrating express delivery sorting, cargo warehousing, mailing and distribution, and e-commerce operations.
(Wen Qing (温情))
2025 Quality Health and Consumer Rights Protection Conference Held
Recently, the "Integrity, Quality, Innovation" - 2025 Quality Health and Consumer Rights Protection Conference, guided by the China Consumers Association (中国消费者协会) and hosted by the China Consumers Magazine (中国消费者杂志社), was held in Beijing (北京). This conference focused on health topics of concern to consumers, based on different perspectives, from regulatory policies to integrity self-discipline and compliant operation, from the consumer ecosystem to industrial development, from the business environment to satisfactory consumption. It not only directly addressed the pain points of trust in health consumption, but also discussed the co-governance pattern of consumer rights protection. During the conference, the China Consumers Magazine released health consumption surveys and observation reports. The reports focused on e-commerce live broadcasts, sleep health, the health and wellness market, and emotional consumption in the elderly field, from the analysis of the current situation, the sorting of problems to countermeasures and suggestions, to help the silver-haired group enjoy consumption and consume safely.
(Qi Zhiming (齐志明))
Return to TopBy: 陈 彦
Hainan Wuzhi Mountain (海南五指山), a place I'd heard about and passed by many times, I always wanted to climb it, because it's a tropical rainforest, unlike any mountain I've ever climbed. In the summer of 2025, while participating in a Hainan (海南) ecological literature event, I finally got my wish. With a few friends, I took some simple equipment and set foot on the wooden boardwalk that gradually ascended. The boardwalk was very long, winding upwards in many twists and turns, and there were many tourists, forming bottlenecks and congestion at almost every scenic spot. Facing the hundreds-year-old *Dacrydium pierrei*, you couldn't help but stop. Especially the *Alsophila spinulosa*, the main food of dinosaurs during the Jurassic period, spreading towards the sky like giant umbrellas, you couldn't help but look up and think about the reasons for the evolution of the dinosaurs' tall bodies. Not to mention the ancient vines that rope and bind materials, including stones, and entangle them to the death. It's not that you don't want to move forward, but the creatures, streams, and rocks beside the path tightly grab your eyes, making your feet unable to adapt to the pushing of the crowded people. The heels of your shoes are always being stepped on, but you still can't seem to learn, because there's always a better view that makes you look around and stop moving.
Experts were introducing us to the rich biological diversity of this tropical rainforest treasure trove, with more than 2,000 species of plants, nearly 400 species of terrestrial vertebrates, and more than 1,700 species of insects, especially many snakes and leeches, and many are masters of disguise, their colors indistinguishable from dead branches, old vines, and lush green plants. What you see is a very respectable walking stick, but when you pick it up, it turns out to be a snake suddenly turning its head, which also makes people feel a little apprehensive about the secluded dense forest. However, the rangers said, if you don't provoke it, it won't provoke you. Leeches, on the other hand, like to "stick to warm skin" (热粘皮), and by the time you notice it, it's already warm and soft as butter under your skin, having "eaten its fill." And gibbons, like the colors that the sun sprinkles into the dense forest, have a "crude habit" of directly checking your pockets, and if you don't cooperate, they might scratch you a few times. Therefore, we all wore long sleeves and pants when we went up the mountain, and kept them tightly closed.
That morning, the sun pierced through the gaps in the densely planted rainforest, casting mottled light and shadows on the wooden boardwalk. Some of the women in our group even opened parasols, but they quickly put them away, because the sky was filled with countless canopies, vying to reach the sky in colors of black jade, emerald green, goose yellow, silver, and pure gold. The scattered particles that leaked down, even if they were burning hot, couldn't scorch any delicate skin. The sunlight made all the plants desperately reach for the sky, supporting one dome after another, forming "sky gardens" of various shapes. Some of these "gardens" are sparse enough to allow horses to pass through, while others are so dense that they are impenetrable. The "pillars" supporting the "gardens" even include precious tree species such as *Dalbergia odorifera*, *Machilus pauhoi*, camphor, and *Hopea hainanensis*.
I have to talk about *Hopea hainanensis*. At first, I thought it was a kind of earthen stone, but later I had the good fortune to embrace one, and it turned out to be a very rare tree species. Its material is hard and it is known as steel among wood, but it grows extremely slowly, so slowly that humans can hardly walk with it. People get old, but it still looks like it doesn't know much. This wood is the most durable and can be used for fishing boat keels and various wheel bearings and bushings. Betel nut, coconut, and palm trees in the tropics grow quickly, with lifespans of a few years or decades, while *Hopea hainanensis* makes long-term plans with a lifespan of thousands of years. Even at seventy or eighty years old, or even a hundred years old, it still has a **不急不慌** (bù jí bù huāng - "not hurried not flustered," calm and unhurried) appearance. You do your thing, I grow mine, presenting the state of a "neutron star" in the celestial body, only "collapsing" inward, self-pressurizing in the direction of density. Seeing that the scenery has been snatched away by other trees that grow straight to the sky, it is still patiently and firmly determining its own growth rhythm, until it supports a flourishing canopy that, once opened, lasts for thousands of years.
In such a thriving "garden," there are trees like *Hopea hainanensis* that are solid and inward-seeking, and there are also ferns and climbing vines that are lively and brilliantly blooming on various towering trees. They use parasitic methods to unfold new lives on the bark of various large trees, and with their shade-loving nature, they borrow without competing with the host for sunlight and nutrients, sometimes repaying with a small amount of warmth, moisture, and freshness, and ultimately becoming new nutrients for the host in the form of humus. The large trees carry on their shoulders and backs, supporting with their arms and palms, while the ferns sit elegantly, their posture graceful, adding endless splendor to the "sky garden." Many times, we feel like we are in a mansion courtyard, looking at the strange green plants, either clinging, hanging upside down, or slanting out on the "splendid pillars," but none of them show any signs of human intervention. Either it's the masterpiece of birds, or the romance of the wind. When the seeds of ferns, orchids, vines, and small trees are stirred by some unintentional act, they immediately give rise to brand-new plants on the branches of the large trees. Dependence, here, is a drama of harmonious coexistence in nature, rather than extraction and betrayal. They make this dense forest present a richer vitality than human ecology. Especially the "background boards" and under the corridors of the "sky gardens" are filled with endless clear mountain springs. There is also the Taiping Mountain (太平山) Waterfall with nine cascades in one stream, which makes the "sky garden" present a magical scene like a green field wonderland. This area is actually called Shuiman Township (水满乡), and the name is truly appropriate. Everyone here wants to take a few deep breaths, but the negative air ions can make you drunk.
After walking the wooden boardwalk, it was already a journey of more than an hour. Climbing further up, it was entirely a wild path of stone steps. The so-called stone steps were not paved by humans, but rather gaps and cliffs that climbers had dug and stepped on, and after being stepped on for a long time, they seemed to be a path with traces. And more of the leverage relied on the bare roots of old trees and the ubiquitous vines, as well as ferns and other weeds that could be grabbed at will, to "swing" the body to the desired height. This was a posture that required the whole body to cling tightly to the steep cliffs. The rangers repeatedly emphasized the importance of "using both hands and feet" and asked us to conserve our strength and proceed gradually, because there was still at least 3 hours of travel ahead. In some places, there were simply steel frame stairs with iron chains standing at a 90-degree angle, so that when you climbed, you had cliffs above your head and emptiness under your feet. This was also a place where some climbers had to sigh at the cliffs, and the number of people decreased as we went further, but the beautiful scenery was like fireworks, blooming wildly in front of us. I couldn't resist the temptation, so I continued to spiral upwards with a few others.
I finally understood what a rainforest is, probably meaning that it will rain at any time. The continuously humid, high-humidity environment, vigorous plant transpiration, and annual rainfall of more than 2,000 millimeters meant that we deeply encountered this heavy rain. According to the rangers, the rain in the tropical rainforest comes and goes quickly, and the sun will come out in a while. But we encountered an accident. The rain actually lasted for seven or eight hours, until it sent us tumbling down from the top of the mountain, and then we saw a light breeze and distant mountains with a hazy blue color. But at that time, we firmly believed that the sun would come out again, the "sky gardens" would be more crystal clear and graceful than ever, and the Wuzhi Mountain (五指山) range would continue to rise, extending imposingly beyond our sight. The hope that the sun would come out soon kept us climbing more than 20 artificial iron ladders and endless natural stone-based mountain ridges. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the floating humus and the mud flowing along various gullies further deprived us of the basis and handholds for climbing. Many times, we could only look up to accurately identify what could be climbed before daring to reach out and step down to control and consolidate the suspension and landing point of our bodies. It was precisely this repeated grasping and stepping that allowed us to interact with and recognize the vast roots of the thriving life in nature at a closer distance.
**盘根错节** (pán gēn cuò jié - "coiled roots and intertwined joints," gnarled roots; a complex and intricate situation) could not describe the surface ecology of this tropical rainforest. Many giant rocks were completely netted by the root system of a large tree, making it impossible to separate any scattered pieces. And some trees split a complete stone from the middle, with thick trunks pointing straight to the clouds, while rich roots broke the stone into eight pieces and calmly extended to the cloud cliffs and streams dozens of feet away. There was also a kind of tree whose lateral roots grew completely outward, forming wooden board structures that stood upright, making you dare not believe that these boards were stable and reliable when you climbed, but they were as reliable as the iron anchors on giant ships, and the anchor claws would firmly stabilize any long winds and turbulent waves. The boundless vines could not find their beginning or end. They drooped down from the top of this large tree and entangled the waist and abdomen of another large tree. Some trees seemed to be strangled to death, but then a new branch was seen growing vigorously and independently on the hollow, rotten trunk, escaping the life-and-death catastrophe and embarking on a magnificent and far-reaching life. The fate of other trees was not so "bright." In particular, the trees called *Ficus microcarpa* and *Ficus altissima* also relied on the help of birds and rodents to scatter their seeds on the most sunlit canopies of the host trees, and then "waterfall down" until they densely wove the host into a standing "cocoon." Banyan trees have the habit of endlessly producing new root systems, and they extend downward from a high place. No matter how much vitality you have, you cannot escape its complex noose, and you will eventually be strangled in a hopeless fate. Similarly, epiphytes are common in the survival rules of tropical rainforests, and most will achieve each other and live together in mutual prosperity. But there is always a kind of dependence that will eventually backfire, turning kindness and grace into a new fable of "the farmer and the snake."
No matter how abundant and urgent the heavy rain in the rainforest was, we still climbed to the first peak of Wuzhi Mountain (五指山) with the help of the thousands of vines and tree roots of nature, but this was not the main peak. To reach the top of the mountains, we still needed nearly an hour of climbing. First entering a deep gully, then rushing to the top, it was really a bit like riding a tiger and finding it difficult to dismount. The rain showed no signs of abating, and the thunder was even more violent on the top of the mountain. It seemed that every lightning bolt was mysteriously connected to a large tree next to us, making us even wary of climbing vines and pulling branches. But at this point, it was always unwilling to return in defeat. I actually encouraged my companions: Let's go, we've come all this way! Besides, there was still a calm and composed ranger in the team. The second peak was also the main peak of Wuzhi Mountain (五指山), and it was the highest peak on Hainan Island (海南岛). Everything attracted us to make a final effort.
Going down one peak first, then up the second peak, was a transition between the "fingers" of Wuzhi Mountain (五指山). The main peak seemed to be close at hand, but approaching it became extremely difficult due to the heavy rain. Just the "sharp drop" of hundreds of meters of elevation made us taste all the hardships of the entire descent that followed. Basically, we were sliding down the gullies without anything to hold on to. No matter how much we dodged and moved, we sometimes couldn't find a foothold where we could take root. If it weren't for the vines and tree roots connecting and hanging, a slight slip would have meant stepping into the abyss. Our sneakers were sometimes suddenly twisted off, letting the muddy water wash them away for a few meters before hooking them back and putting them on. Inside, there was a rustling sound of thousand-year-old broken leaves, as well as the wings of ancient insects that had survived for hundreds of millions of years, and the molted shells of spiders. The abundance of the entire rainforest was reflected in the grandeur and the details. Especially those tiny lives activated the spirituality of the corners of the mountains. Fortunately, we didn't encounter dead vines or old snakes, nor did we get stuck with blood-sucking leeches, nor did we encounter gibbons suddenly reaching out to ask for food and drink. We finally climbed from another low point to the thriving main peak, 1,867 meters above sea level. It was the true roof of Hainan (海南), the source of the "Wanquan River (万泉河) water, clear and clear." The other 4 "fingers" of Wuzhi Mountain (五指山) had already become shorter in sequence under our feet.
The amazing thing was that just as we reached the top of that mountain, which was less than 10 meters long and wide, the heavy rain did stop for a few minutes, and the thick fog did indeed clear a line of sky, allowing us to suddenly see the thousands of sights under the main peak, as if the entire Hainan Island (海南岛) was about to be taken into our eyes.
Return to TopBy: 吴洪亮
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, what I miss most are often my parents, friends, loved ones, or my hometown. This heartfelt longing probably began with the "New Moon."
In recent days, the "Infinite Coolness – Feng Zikai Art Exhibition" and "Reincarnation Under Three Masters – Qi Baishi and Xu Wei, Bada Shanren, Wu Changshuo" exhibitions, launched almost simultaneously at the Beijing Fine Art Academy Art Museum (北京画院美术馆), have become a sensation, with long queues every day, an unprecedented phenomenon for this usually tranquil place for appreciating paintings. The first painting encountered upon entering the exhibition hall is Feng Zikai's (丰子恺) famous work, "After the Gathering, a Crescent Moon Hangs in the Watery Sky" (人散后，一钩新月天如水). This painting is considered Feng Zikai's (丰子恺) "debut comic strip," with the black-and-white version first published in 1924 in "Our July" (我们的七月), co-edited by Zhu Ziqing (朱自清) and Yu Pingbo (俞平伯). The coolness after the gathering, the crescent moon seen through the bamboo curtain, is most melancholic. Not only Feng Zikai (丰子恺), but Qi Baishi (齐白石) also carved a seal: "The Moonlight in a Foreign Land Also Shines on My Home Mountains" (客中月光亦照家山). This seal later evolved into the exhibition theme "The Moonlight in a Foreign Land Shines on My Home Mountains" (客中月光照家山), commemorating the 160th anniversary of Qi Baishi's (齐白石) birth. When it was held in his hometown of Hunan (湖南) in 2023, Huang Yongyu (黄永玉), another Hunanese (湖南人) aged 99, was invited to inscribe the exhibition title, which is also a beautiful story. The exhibition poster features a profile of the elderly Baishi (白石) placed within a large full moon, expressing Qi Baishi's (齐白石) heartfelt longing for his hometown while in Beijing (北京), and also symbolizing completeness.
Regarding the moon, Qi Baishi (齐白石) also has other masterpieces. Among the more than 2,000 pieces of Qi Baishi's (齐白石) works and documents collected by the Beijing Fine Art Academy (北京画院), my favorite is a calligraphy piece of modest size. I have shared my personal shallow understanding of its mysteries with friends on many occasions. In the very center of this work is a seal script character that fills the entire picture: "Moon" (月). To the right of this character are four small characters inscribed: "Waxing Crescent Moon" (残月增满). Looking at the left side of the work, one realizes that the elderly Baishi (白石) wrote it in 1947. At that time, Qi Baishi (齐白石) should be said to have already achieved fame and success. Not only did he go to Nanjing (南京) the year before with Pu Xinyu (溥心畬) as representatives of the art world to hold an exhibition, but he also received extremely high courtesy in Shanghai (上海), where his works sold very well, and Zhang Chongren (张充仁) even sculpted a statue of him. Why would Qi Baishi (齐白石), who was at the height of his career, still write "Waxing Crescent Moon" (残月增满)? At first, I was also quite puzzled, but later I remembered chatting with an old friend who said, "You see, when we were kids, we read Jin Yong's (金庸) martial arts novels, and Hong Qigong (洪七公) had a move called 'Flying Dragon in the Sky' (飞龙在天), and I always thought it was the most amazing move! But in life, if you've already 'Flying Dragon in the Sky' (飞龙在天), I'm afraid you're going downhill." Looking back at Qi Baishi (齐白石) in his 80s, so calm, writing "Waxing Crescent Moon" (残月增满), perhaps he felt that he was still far from "completeness" and still needed to "wax." Therefore, we can see that the real success of this old man did not indeed come at that time; he lived another 10 years. In the 10 years that followed, Qi Baishi (齐白石) became the chairman of the Chinese Artists Association (中国的美协), received the International Peace Prize, and became the first honorary president of the Beijing Fine Art Academy (北京画院). Even in 1963, after his death, he was inducted into the World Famous Personalities Anniversary Register. Indeed, Qi Baishi (齐白石) was a very magical person; he seemed to have the ability to foresee. For example, he would take advantage of his good eyesight and steady hands when he was young to paint extremely meticulous grass and insects, and then add freehand flowers and plants when he was older and had more experience. This "combination of meticulous and freehand" (工写结合) across time and space became a major feature of his art. In short, some of the things and judgments made by the elderly Baishi (白石) seemed to have grown from the soil, simple and profound. I even have to say that although I have been studying Qi Baishi (齐白石) for more than 20 years, when I slowly savor his works, I often suddenly realize something, and I suddenly have the urge to bow to the elderly Qi (齐老爷子). Perhaps this is the unique power of Qi Baishi (齐白石) and his art.
Qi Baishi (齐白石) claimed to have lived to 97 years old, but he was actually 93 years old. Huang Yongyu (黄永玉), on the other hand, lived to 99 years old, which, according to the Chinese way of counting, is already 100 years old. When preparing for Mr. Huang's (黄先生) "So Long, So Rich – Huang Yongyu's New Works Exhibition" (如此漫长·如此浓郁——黄永玉新作展), I was very honored to write the postscript for "Yongyu 100" (永玉100), which was published at the same time. One of the paragraphs is about the moon. "The blue rabbit of the Year of the Rabbit is the last zodiac stamp painted by the elderly Huang (黄老). And the people around him look forward to the calendar he designs every year. The calendar for the Year of the Rabbit is gold-plated, and the two rabbit ears stand up, which is a double victory! Behind it is a big full moon! He said, 'I am the moon at eight or nine o'clock in the evening.' The elderly Huang (黄老) values this 100th year, and he understands what Qi Baishi (齐白石) meant by 'Waxing Crescent Moon' (残月增满). However, what he hopes for is not to become a full moon. 'Great accomplishment seems deficient' (大成若缺 - dà chéng ruò quē - "great accomplishment seems deficient," true perfection is not outwardly apparent) may be true completeness! He has been solving the problem of death, and he has neither won nor failed. True death is being forgotten. He competed with it, and he used his own way to make burial and concealment seem so laborious."
Huang Yongyu's (黄永玉) "own way" is not just painting, but also writing poetry. His poem "Moon" (月) in the poetry collection "Jian Xiao Ji" (见笑集), published in 2021, will serve as the ending of this short essay.
It is said that the moon has its phases of waxing and waning, / It waxes its way, it wanes its way, / But it always / Coldly appreciates people's / Joys and sorrows, separations and reunions. / Neither harming / Nor sympathizing, / Forever indifferent. / People make wishes, pray, entrust, / Towards its icy face. / It is beautiful because of / Its indifference since ancient times. / People prostrate themselves under the boundless clear light... / It reminds me of / The eyes of the girl I was familiar with when I was young...
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These days in Beijing (北京), the most pleasant thing is to ride a shared bike after breakfast in the morning and wander into the hutongs. Old Beijingers call it "liù wānr (遛弯儿)," which conveys a sense of freedom.
The National Day holiday falls between the Autumn Equinox and Cold Dew, and the weather in Beijing (北京) is particularly pleasant, perfectly matching the mood for travel. The cool morning breeze gently brushes against the arms, refreshing as if accumulating enough energy for the day's outing. The midday sun peeks out from the clouds, warmly shining on the body and the ground, brightening even the brick seams at the base of the walls. Occasionally, a few wisps of rain fall, and after the rain stops, the air is filled with a clear and moist atmosphere.
With such good weather, the enthusiasm for riding a bike in the hutongs also increases. The roads in the hutongs are not wide, but they are neatly arranged: wider places are parked with cars, and narrower places are placed with motorcycles and other objects. No household is seen piling up debris, and everywhere reveals the neatness passed down from the older generation. The blue brick pavement has been worn by the years into varying shades of mottled patterns, and some walls still retain traces of moss, like a dark green border around the hutongs. The walls on both sides are mostly blue brick low walls, topped with gray tiles, and the eaves are slightly upturned. Each household's courtyard gate is adorned with a five-star red flag, fluttering brightly red in the autumn wind.
The names of the hutongs are the most intriguing, with each lane having its own exclusive name. We live near Qianmen Street (前门大街), and from afar, the hutong area looks square and orderly. Only when you ride in do you realize that the hutongs are nested within hutongs, and the names are also different. Turning a corner from Yao'er Hutong (鹞儿胡同) is Banzhang Hutong (板章胡同), and after winding around seven or eight times, you pass through Zhao Chuizi Hutong (赵锥子胡同), Chuziying Hutong (储子营胡同), Puchenshi Hutong (铺陈市胡同), Jiuwan Hutong (九湾胡同), Dayuanjing Hutong (达园镜胡同), and Xiaoweiying Hutong (校尉营胡同). Looking at these names evokes reverie, and it is thought that they all contain stories behind them. After asking the nearby residents, it is indeed so. This is the same as elsewhere, where place names always contain the passage of time. Take Chuziying Hutong (储子营胡同), for example, which was formerly called "Chuziying" (厨子营). During the Ming (明) and Qing (清) dynasties, it was named after the gathering of cooks who undertook red and white banquets. In the Republic of China, it was elegantly renamed "Chuziying" (储子营). In 1965, during the reorganization of place names, it was uniformly called its current name. Ping Shu (评书) master Chen Shihe (陈士和) was born here. The hutongs not only contain ordinary people's homes, but also the old sites of镖局 (security escort agencies) and opera costume factories. Some courtyard gates look ordinary, but upon closer inspection, the blue bricks and gray tiles are matched with red door lion knockers, and the white marble door piers are surrounded by auspicious clouds and carved with auspicious animal reliefs, indicating that the ancestors were extraordinary figures.
What touches me most when strolling around is the hutong people's love for greenery. In a small area, without occupying public space, each household uses pots to plant flowers and grass, creating a lush green scene. Some also grow melons and vegetables, with vines climbing up the walls, green and lively. In Yao'er Hutong (鹞儿胡同), I met an old lady watering flowers and casually praised her flowers and plants for growing vigorously. The old lady smiled with a Beijing (北京) accent: "Of course! Just 见缝插针 (jiàn fèng chā zhēn - "see seam insert needle," to make full use of every opportunity or space)! Every household raises some at their door, and the hutong will be full of green everywhere, right?" Her voice was crisp and soft, and it sounded particularly comfortable. Turning around and looking back, I could still see the old lady bending over to take care of the flowers and plants. Behind that figure is the delicate mind of an ordinary family. Arriving in the depths of the hutong, I was taking pictures of a lush mulberry tree when an older sister passing by took the initiative to talk: "This tree has been around for years, and it didn't even shake in the wind the other day, it's sturdy!"
That morning, I was riding my bike through Puchenshi Hutong (铺陈市胡同) when an old man in a pink new shirt suddenly caught my eye. He smiled and asked the old man next door: "Does my new shirt look good?" "Good looking! This color is so trendy!" The old man next door responded cheerfully. I stopped my bike and also smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Old man, you look so energetic in this color!" The old man smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and the corners of his eyes wrinkled into flowers: "Then I'll wear this outfit for a stroll today, and let the old brothers take a look too!" A new piece of clothing can make him happy for half a day, this is the life in the hutongs.
In the hutong, several uncles playing Chinese chess under the shade of a tree attracted my attention. Next to them were leaning several jujube-red rickshaws. "It's quieter during the day, and there are more tourists watching the night scene at night. In the past, we only had to take tourists around, but now we also add explanations. The tourists' experience is twice as good!"
The figures in the hutongs, whether you meet them or not, are like the morning breeze, gently blowing over the base of the walls of the hutongs, spreading over the blue brick road, brushing against the courtyard walls covered with vines, softly, hiding the true appearance of life.
Return to TopOil painting "Golden Autumn," by Chen Beixin (谌北新), collection of the National Art Museum of China (中国美术馆).
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My mother has been gone for 9 years, but she is still everywhere. Her plump figure still sits on the old sofa that I can't bear to throw away, chasing soap operas. Her hearty laughter from phone calls with old friends still echoes around the now-quiet dining table. The taste of the delicious food she cooked herself still lingers in the memories of me and my daughter.
Memory remains, so my mother is always there—this is what I realized when I read a passage of my daughter's writing. My daughter reminisced in a distant land, "A thick layer of transparent oil floats in the casserole, and under the oil is a clearly defined dark red broth, piled with alternating layers of fat and lean meat. My grandmother's braised pork has left such a deep impression on me that, for me, the word 'meat' represents this scene, and everything that is not braised pork is not meat." My daughter, who learned to make braised pork, discovered that the braised pork she looked up to as a child was not difficult to make. What was difficult was how to maintain anticipation and joy during the long wait. "When I sit by the pot and quietly wait for the meat to be cooked until it is tender, I think about how many years ago, my grandmother might have been in the kitchen like I am now, watching the meat in the pot, bringing it to a boil over high heat and then simmering it over low heat. What was she thinking about during these two hours?"
Many of my friends crave my mother's braised pork. My mother once carefully cooked a pot of braised pork, packed it in a lunch box, and insisted that I take it from Shanghai (上海) to Beijing (北京) for one of my friends, just because they had praised her cooking skills.
My mother was an orphan adopted from a poor family in Qidong (启东), Jiangsu (江苏) to the Zhangyuan Zhenxing Lane (张园震兴里) in Shanghai (上海). She had to do all kinds of housework and could only watch enviously as the young master of the family she called "Older Brother" carried his schoolbag and busily went in and out of the alley. The "Older Brother" studied from elementary school to high school. At the age of 16, he left a note saying that he wanted to resist Japan and secretly ran away to join the Pudong Detachment (浦东支队) of the New Fourth Army (新四军), scaring the whole family half to death.
My mother was a girl, and an adopted one at that, so she didn't have the fortune to study, nor the courage to resist Japan. But she was also strong-willed. She found a civilian night school run by progressive students and勉强 (miǎn qiǎng - "barely manage," do with difficulty) studied up to the fourth grade of elementary school. When the War of Resistance came, the whole family fled, and her studies came to an abrupt end. She could only concentrate on buying, washing, and cooking for the whole family (买汰烧 - mǎi tài shāo, Shanghai dialect for buying groceries, washing, and cooking). Therefore, my mother had some early skills in cooking. Unexpectedly, the "Older Brother" who had been missing for four years followed the People's Liberation Army (解放军) south. In the newly liberated Shanghai (上海), he mobilized his sister to leave the house and "rely on her own efforts" (自力更生 - zì lì gēng shēng). My mother actually believed him and took the military academy exam. She was even selected as one of the first female aviators in New China. In the midst of her busy life, my mother did not forget her cooking skills. Even after she moved to Liaoning (辽宁), in an era of material scarcity, our family would occasionally waft with wisps of fragrance from Jiangnan (江南).
In my childhood in Northeast China, each person only had three liang (两, a unit of weight) of oil per month, which was tasteless. My childhood had no braised pork. The purchase of staple foods was also rationed, 30 jin (斤, a unit of weight) per person, mainly coarse grains. I had severe tonsillitis as a child and had to have them surgically removed. I often complained that sorghum rice "cut" (拉 - lā, Northeast dialect for cut) my throat. My mother tried her best to exchange two jin for one jin each month with families who had more sons and insufficient rations, using sorghum rice to exchange for a little rice for her two daughters to "improve their lives." Of course, she also wanted her "Older Brother," who had become her husband, to be able to drink a little wine occasionally—she had to work hard to regain her cooking skills and create something from nothing (无中生有 - wú zhōng shēng yǒu - "create something from nothing," to produce something from nothing; to fabricate). For example, a small bowl of粳米 (jīng mǐ - japonica rice) produced by the single-season rice in Northeast China, because it absorbed more abundant sunshine than the double-season or triple-season rice in other places, was crystal clear and white, with its own oily sheen and aroma when cooked. Then, a small spoonful of soy sauce was drizzled on it, and stirred with chopsticks. The wisps of soy sauce color made people intoxicated in the aroma of rice and soy sauce. My mother's unique so-called "secret rice" to coax me—"Shh, don't tell anyone" (嘘，勿响 - xū, wù xiǎng, Shanghai dialect)—thus instantly became a mysterious delicacy that could only be eaten if kept secret from others.
I loved to go shopping with my mother. Meat was rationed with tickets, but pig liver and pig kidneys were not very popular in Northeast China at the time, so they were cheap and didn't seem to require meat tickets, but they were not always available in the market. Once she found them, my mother would definitely buy them, so that evening there would be a dish of stir-fried pig liver or stir-fried pig kidneys. She would prepare a sauce with water chestnut flour in advance—yes, my mother always said 水菱粉 (shuǐ líng fěn - water chestnut flour), so that for a long time, I didn't know that it was what others called "starch"—quick stir-frying would explode a thrilling aroma from the iron pot, making the neighbors who shared the kitchen sniff a few times and ask what was being cooked, and then they would be full of incomprehension: "What, offal, can you eat that?"
Then, I have to talk about the hairy clams, which were unpopular in Northeast China and therefore even cheaper.
In the 1950s, during a public welfare campaign to find relatives for the People's Liberation Army (解放军), my mother found her parents who had given her away due to poverty. She took me to visit them in their impoverished home. They always seemed to have a bit of an apologetic look and led me to catch small seafood. The mudflats of Qidong (启东) were rich in hairy clams, which grew in the shallow sea mud and sand. In a short time, we could dig a small bucket full. After washing them clean, my mother would throw a few slices of ginger into a pot of cold water, bring it to a boil, and then put in the cleaned hairy clams for a quick blanch. Before it boiled again, she would turn off the heat and take them out of the pot. The blanched hairy clams would all be slightly open. For those that didn't open, she would take a five-cent coin, insert it into the joint of the clam shell, and twist it open. Using chopsticks to pick up the clam meat, which still had blood, she would lightly rinse it in a bowl of boiling water to remove the mud and sand, then dip it in Zhenjiang vinegar (镇江香醋) with a small spoonful of sugar and chopped ginger, and send it into her mouth. The fresh, salty, tender, and smooth taste would ripple in her mouth, and she couldn't bear to let it easily slide into her stomach. Back in our home in Northeast China, if my mother served烫毛蚶 (tàng máo hān - blanched hairy clams) one day, it would be a small holiday for our family. We, father and daughter, would be listless and dejected until the next time the hairy clams were on the table, and then we would be cured.
Later, I went to Fudan University (复旦大学) to study, thinking that I would be able to eat hairy clams to my heart's content. Unexpectedly, they had become the culprit of the hepatitis A epidemic that year and were banned from the table. This once-in-a-lifetime delicacy could only shrink into the corner of my memory.
The braised pork that my daughter misses so much only became a regular dish in our home after the reform and opening up (改革开放 - gǎi gé kāi fàng) when our lives gradually became more prosperous.
My mother's braised pork must have a lot of rock sugar, but unlike other families, she didn't caramelize the sugar. Instead, she boiled the meat in a wok over high heat for half an hour, then simmered it over low heat for more than an hour. She transferred the meat and soup together into a casserole, poured in an appropriate amount of dark soy sauce, and then simmered it over medium-low heat for half an hour. She didn't cover the pot, added sugar, and constantly scooped up the sauce and poured it evenly over the pieces of meat. When the sauce became thick and the oil floated up, it was ready to be served.
My daughter, who was studying away from home, learned to cook this dish. While smelling the sizzling aroma of meat spreading around, she wrote, "Thinking that my grandmother once cooked a lively pot of meat for me alone in the kitchen, everything became delicious."
Well, in the future, her granddaughter will also eat such lively braised pork, right?
Thinking of this, my mother in the depths of my memory is already smiling like a chrysanthemum.
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We go for a walk in the woods, the air filled with
birdsong and miracles.
We make the woods young again. Another kind of
pure eternity hangs among the branches and leaves,
the echoes of ancestors waiting for two pairs of
evergreen feet to pass by.
The profound peak of the flat ground, as still as a lake.
I explain to you the source of the strange fragrance:
raspberry, snakeberry, and Asiatic pennywort, scents I grew accustomed to in childhood,
as well as buttercup, milkweed, and white rose,
rippling with the grand music of plants.
Follow me, you see the tree hollow leading to yesterday and tomorrow,
a generous ray of midday light
stirring the visiting things.
The tall vines meander to the old age of every breeze,
without language, yet the whole body is clear.
The wind of an era hides in the woods,
悄无声息 (qiāo wú shēng xī - "quiet without sound," silently; without a sound).
And I, at a young age, have already smelled that mysterious mass.
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