Summary: President Xi Jinping met with French President Macron in Beijing, emphasizing the shared responsibility of China and France as independent powers in promoting a multipolar world and urging continued support on core interests. Xi highlighted opportunities for cooperation in traditional areas like aerospace and new sectors like green energy, while also calling for a fair environment for Chinese companies in France. He stressed the importance of multilateralism and a balanced European security architecture. Macron affirmed France's commitment to the one-China policy and deeper strategic partnership, while also promoting EU-China dialogue. Both leaders witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation agreements after their talk.
Summary: President Xi Jinping addressed the closing ceremony of the 7th meeting of the Franco-Chinese Business Council alongside French President Macron in Beijing. Xi emphasized the importance of China-France economic cooperation, citing \$68.75 billion in bilateral trade in the first ten months of the year, and encouraged further collaboration in emerging sectors like AI and green technology. He advocated for a fair business environment for companies and called for China and France to jointly promote a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Europe on the 50th anniversary of their relations. Xi also promoted multilateralism and contributions to global governance reform. Wang Yi was present at the event.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with French President Macron, stating that China is willing to work with France to deepen cooperation in various fields, including traditional areas and emerging ones like AI and green development. Li also expressed hope that France would encourage the EU to maintain its partnership with China, properly handle disagreements, and uphold free trade. Macron expressed France's desire to strengthen cooperation with China in various fields and jointly explore third-party markets. Separately, Zhao Leji met with Macron, stating China's willingness to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state and promote cooperation; Li Hongzhong was present at the meeting.
Summary: During a formal visit to Indonesia, Wang Huning met with President Prabowo, parliamentary leaders, and People's Consultative Assembly Chairman Bambang Soesatyo, conveying Xi Jinping's greetings and offering condolences for the Sumatran floods. Wang emphasized strengthening development strategy alignment and reiterated China's support for Indonesia's stability, while Prabowo reaffirmed Indonesia's adherence to the One China principle, stating that Taiwan is part of China. Both sides expressed a commitment to enhancing bilateral relations and the comprehensive strategic partnership. Wang also expressed China’s willingness to align its modernization drive with Indonesia's "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision.
Summary: Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang emphasized the importance of cultivating exceptional engineers as a key component of China's strategic talent pool at a symposium on engineering education reform in Beijing. Ding called for deepening engineering education reform, expanding the program to meet the needs of modern industries, and improving international cooperation in engineering education, including mutual recognition of qualifications. He stressed the need for collaboration between universities, enterprises, and government departments to enhance the quality and scale of engineering talent development. Participants at the symposium included representatives from the Central Organization Department, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and several universities and corporations. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In the first ten months of this year, China initiated renovations on 25,100 existing urban residential communities. During the 14th Five-Year Plan, over 240,000 old urban communities were renovated, benefitting over 40 million households and 110 million people. These renovations included the installation of 129,000 elevators, the addition of more than 3.4 million parking spaces, and the establishment of 64,000 community service facilities such as elderly and childcare centers. The information was released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
Summary: A new national standard has been implemented to regulate the management of food delivery platforms, addressing issues like irrational competition and opaque fee structures. The standard differentiates between platform and merchant-funded promotions, prohibiting platforms from forcing merchants into promotions or transferring costs to them. It standardizes fee categories, enhances transparency, and mandates clearer information regarding merchant qualifications and food safety. To protect delivery workers, the standard calls for optimized dispatch algorithms, reasonable delivery times, and improved labor compensation. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: He Fengchun, a returned entrepreneur in Yunxian, Lincang, Yunnan Province, established a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) planting base. Yunxian, a former poverty-stricken county, supported He by allocating funds, including those obtained through the Shanghai-Yunnan collaboration mechanism, to build a crucial road to his base. This infrastructure improvement facilitated transportation and allowed He to expand his operations, partnering with local villagers through a "company + village collective + farmers" model, increasing their income. The county also focuses on talent development through expert training and resources, addressing challenges like disease control in TCM crops. Yunxian aims to attract and retain talent to boost rural revitalization, fostering local economic growth, with the Yunxian Youth Entrepreneurship Association playing a role in this effort.
Summary: The article discusses the ongoing challenges of attracting, retaining, and effectively utilizing talent in formerly impoverished rural areas as China transitions towards comprehensive rural revitalization. Despite a growing pool of over 23 million rural professionals, talent shortages persist due to a mismatch between specialized training and the need for versatile, "all-rounder" personnel in grassroots governance and public services. The slow-paced and risky nature of agriculture further exacerbates talent retention, especially in areas with weak industrial foundations. Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan, the article emphasizes the need for targeted training programs and innovative incentive mechanisms, such as equity sharing and profit-sharing, to align talent with rural development and transform them into stakeholders.
Summary: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) reports a surge in passenger traffic and routes following the one-month anniversary of its new T3 terminal, exceeding its total passenger throughput for 2023. The airport handled 7.32 million passengers in November, a 12.56% year-on-year increase. Benefitting from the 240-hour visa-free transit policy, international passenger volume reached 15.84 million, up 19.01% year-on-year. CAN has launched over 30 new or restored international routes, including Vancouver, and expanded its international connections to over 100 destinations.
Summary: The Huanghe Sanxia Bridge, a key component of the Jinan-Xin'an Expressway, is nearing completion and expected to open by the end of December. Located within the Wangwushan-Daimeishan UNESCO Global Geopark where the border of the Henan cities of Jiyuan and Xin'an meet, the bridge spans 1688.5 meters with a main span of 555 meters and a tower height of 109 meters. The completion of the Jinan-Xin'an Expressway will improve the transportation network between Shanxi and Henan, and promote regional economic growth. The article doesn't mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Daqing Oilfield's Gulong shale oil national demonstration zone achieved an annual output of 1 million tons on December 3rd, 28 days ahead of schedule, and submitted proven reserves of 158 million tons this year. Zhu Guowen, Secretary of the Daqing Oilfield Party Committee, stated the field made a series of major breakthroughs in shale oil exploration and development. They overcame significant technical challenges to achieve stable production in the area. Daqing city officials are planning to promote deep integration between shale oil development and local economic development.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang met with French President Macron, emphasizing the importance of Sino-French strategic communication for global stability and mutual development, while also touching on the need to address trade disputes and promote a fair business environment for Chinese companies in France. Li expressed China's hope that France would encourage the EU to maintain its partnership with China, focusing on collaboration and properly handling disagreements. President Macron highlighted the fruitful discussions with Xi Jinping and France's desire to expand cooperation with China in various sectors. Separately, Zhao Leji met with Macron, expressing China's willingness to work with France to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and to deepen cooperation in various fields.
Summary: Wang Huning met with Indonesian President Prabowo, Speaker of Parliament Puan, Chairman of the Regional Representative Council Nanggamudin, and Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly Muzani during an official visit. Wang conveyed Xi Jinping's greetings and expressed condolences for flood victims, emphasizing deepened cooperation in line with the "five pillars" framework and mutual support for each other's development paths. Prabowo reaffirmed Indonesia's adherence to the One China Principle, stating that Taiwan is part of China. Both sides expressed commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and aligning China's modernization with Indonesia's "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision. Wang Dongfeng also participated in these events.
Summary: China's construction group (中建集团) completed the renovation of four stadiums in Senegal, including the Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, which was originally built with Chinese assistance in the 1980s. The renovated stadiums now host major sporting events and cultural activities, providing modern facilities, and the Chinese team provided technical assistance during events. The Senegalese Minister of Youth Culture, Gay, expressed that Senegal anticipates strengthening cultural exchange and promoting pragmatic cooperation, taking the 2026 Youth Olympic Games as an opportunity. China will also provide support including training for athletes and expert guidance. The project also created over 1,000 local jobs.
Summary: The article criticizes Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for linking "a Taiwan emergency" to a "survival-threatening situation," accusing her of attempting armed intervention and undermining regional stability. Takaichi's remarks are characterized as violating previous political commitments to China and the One China principle, thereby challenging China's sovereignty and disrupting Sino-Japanese relations. The author asserts Takaichi's actions seek to circumvent Japan's pacifist constitution and exercise collective self-defense, raising concerns about Japan's military intentions and regional security. The author draws parallels between Takaichi's justifications and historical Japanese militarist expansionism, including Pearl Harbor, cautioning against repeating past mistakes. The article implies the United States is a target of Japanese deception in the past, and that the Japanese government might attempt to deceive the U.S. again.
Summary: The third Global South Think Tank Dialogue, co-hosted by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC, convened in Shanghai with the theme of "United for Self-Reliance: Responsibilities and Actions of the Global South." Chen Jining, member of the Politburo and Shanghai Party Secretary, stated Shanghai's commitment to high-quality development and high-level opening-up. IDCPC Minister Liu Haixing affirmed China's support for Global South unity, referencing the 20th CPC Central Committee's blueprint for cooperation. Zambian Vice President Nalumango and other foreign guests expressed that the CPC's development plan provides opportunities for cooperation with the Global South, promoting common modernization and global governance reform. The event saw participation from approximately 350 party leaders and think tank scholars from over 120 countries.
Summary: Chery, a Chinese car brand, has completed the production of its first completely knocked-down (CKD) new energy vehicles in Pakistan. A handover ceremony for the first vehicle took place on December 2nd at the CKD factory in Faisalabad, Punjab province. This marks the first time a Chinese car brand has completed the CKD assembly of vehicles in a Pakistani new energy vehicle factory. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "2025 China-South Africa Human Rights Seminar" was held in Pretoria, focusing on multilateralism and the realization of the right to development. Li Hongkui, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Human Rights Development Foundation, called for strengthened communication between Chinese and South African experts to promote genuine multilateralism and high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. Scholars like Meng Dawei criticized unilateralism and protectionism, emphasizing that development rights must be based on national conditions and that no country has the right to impose its standards on others. Sheldon from the University of the Witwatersrand noted the achievements of Chinese-style modernization, suggesting it offers beneficial insights for African nations. Participants agreed on deepening exchanges on human rights and jointly implementing the Four Global Initiatives.
Summary: NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairman Wu Weihua met with a delegation led by Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Brazil-China Parliamentary Front President Fausto Pinato Almeida in Beijing. The two sides engaged in in-depth exchanges of views on bilateral relations, exchanges between legislative bodies, and issues of common concern. The meeting took place as the delegation was in China to attend the 5th meeting of the China-Brazil Parliamentary (House) Exchange Mechanism.
Summary: The "Jeddah China Film Night" was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, hosted by China's National Film Administration and the Chinese Consulate General in Jeddah, and organized by the China Film Archive and the Saudi Red Sea International Film Festival. The event featured a screening of the Chinese film "Lychee of Chang'an," attended by over 200 guests from China and Saudi Arabia. The event aimed to promote Chinese cinema in the region. The article does not reference the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese trade delegation organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) met with the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) and its member companies in Washington D.C. CCPIT Chairman Ren Hongbin stated the CCPIT wishes to work with the USCBC to promote mutually beneficial cooperation, maintain the stability of global supply chains, and contribute to the development of U.S.-China relations. USCBC President Craig Allen stated that U.S. companies are rooted in China with long-term plans for development and investment. Over 80 representatives from Chinese and American companies in logistics, technology, finance, energy and healthcare participated in the event. The CCPIT aims to contribute to U.S.-China business exchanges and cooperation.
Summary: At the seventh China-Cuba Parties Theory Symposium in Beijing, Li Shulei and Roberto Morales Ojeda delivered keynote speeches. Li highlighted the 65th anniversary of China-Cuba relations, noting Xi Jinping and Miguel Díaz-Canel's exchanges and their strategic guidance for a closer China-Cuba community. He also discussed the CPC's long-term planning approach to China's modernization, emphasizing the recently concluded Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. Morales Ojeda praised China's achievements under Xi Jinping and expressed Cuba's desire to strengthen exchanges on governance and jointly build a Cuba-China community with a shared future.
Summary: On China's 12th National Constitution Day, Li Hongzhong addressed a symposium emphasizing the importance of upholding the constitution and advancing socialist democracy and the rule of law under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought. He stressed the need to strengthen the implementation and supervision of the constitution, maintaining the authority and dignity of the constitution. Li highlighted the importance of the "Two Establishments" in the achievement of socialist democracy and rule of law. Wang Dongming, Zheng Jianbang, and Zhang Qingwei also attended the symposium, with representatives from various departments delivering speeches.
Summary: This article reports on the development of cultural tourism in Manas County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. It highlights the local government's efforts to strengthen ecological protection while simultaneously promoting the development of scenic area infrastructure. The article uses a photograph of the Kenswat scenic area in Manas County to illustrate the region's natural beauty. No U.S.-China relations or U.S. involvement were mentioned in the article.
Summary: The article highlights ten "Rule of Law Figures of 2025," individuals recognized for their contributions to promoting the rule of law in China. These figures include legal professionals working in grassroots communities, courts, and law enforcement. Their stories showcase efforts to strengthen legal awareness among citizens, ensure fair judicial practices, and provide legal assistance to those in need. One lawyer, Huang Tao, successfully defended a Chinese tech company against accusations of stealing commercial secrets in a foreign court. The article emphasizes dedication, public service, and the pursuit of justice among these legal professionals.
Summary: The Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew is preparing for their first extravehicular activity (EVA) in the near future. Since arriving at the space station on November 1, 2025, the crew has completed tasks like handover with the Shenzhou-20 crew, station maintenance, emergency drills, and supported scientific experiments. They also welcomed the arrival of the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft. The space station is currently stable, and the Shenzhou-21 crew is in good condition and ready for the EVA.
Summary: Following a fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, the central government is providing extensive support, including transitional housing for over 2,235 residents and coordinating relief supplies. Various central government departments and Guangdong Province have delivered essential items like charging stations and protective gear to Hong Kong. Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu and other officials expressed gratitude for the central government's rapid response and resource provision. Donations from the mainland, including over 550 million HKD from Chinese enterprises in Hong Kong, and funding from the "Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Assistance Fund" demonstrate the central government's commitment to helping Hong Kong residents recover.
Summary: Following a fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po, mainland China provided support, including tethered drones for illumination during rescue efforts. Mainland citizens have been expressing support and offering donations. The article emphasizes the deep connection between Hong Kong and the mainland, highlighting mutual aid and national sentiment. It suggests that Hong Kong, with the support of the central government, will overcome the difficulties. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Politburo Standing Committee member and Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang emphasized the importance of cultivating "outstanding engineers" as key to national strategic talent during a symposium in Beijing. Ding called for deepened reform in engineering education, increased collaboration between universities and enterprises, and expansion of cultivation into urgently needed fields. He also stressed the need to enhance the internationalization of engineering education and promote mutual recognition of engineer qualifications to support Chinese enterprises expanding abroad. The meeting included representatives from various ministries, state-owned enterprises, universities, and research institutions. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this report.
Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has issued measures for comprehensive land consolidation across the region, drawing on the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" experience. The regulations aim to standardize land consolidation, optimize land use, protect arable land, and promote efficient land use. Project planning should consider local resources, existing conditions, funding, and public opinion, with townships as the basic unit. Priority will be given to areas with significant potential for spatial optimization and industrial development.
Summary: The 22nd World Wind Energy Conference and the 3rd Shantou International Wind Power Technology Innovation Conference opened in Shantou, Guangdong, on December 4th. The conference, themed "Wind Energy Empowers the Future: Innovation, Collaboration, and Sustainable Growth," explores new paradigms in wind power innovation, focusing on cutting-edge technology, supply chain collaboration, and international exchange. Shantou is building an international wind power industrial system to become an international wind power industry hub. The Guangdong branch of China Southern Power Grid has built a wind power testing base in Shantou to improve R&D of new wind power technologies and equipment.
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Summary: According to a commentary piece in *Zhejiang Daily*, Hangzhou's decision to make the Lingyin Feilai Peak Scenic Area free to the public, following a similar move by West Lake 23 years prior, reflects a shift from "managing scenic spots" to "operating the city". This open approach is attracting talent, bolstering the business environment, and fostering a unique urban spirit. The piece references Xi Jinping's "sweet potato economy" theory, emphasizing the need to "jump out of Zhejiang to develop Zhejiang" and highlighting Yiwu's transformation into a global hub. The authors, Zhou Shanshan and Lu Haitao, argue that this model of openness, focused on long-term urban planning and cultural empowerment, is key to high-quality development and breaking down barriers, ultimately leading to a more people-centered and innovative approach in Zhejiang. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of "scenes" (场景) in driving industrial innovation and economic growth in China. It highlights the need to cultivate and open up new application scenarios to facilitate the commercialization of new technologies and products, citing examples such as smart connected vehicles and unmanned mines. The piece advocates for a shift from "experimental fields" to "high-yield fields" by promoting both technological and application-based innovation. The article references a State Council opinion focused on accelerating the cultivation and opening of such "scenes" for large-scale application. By perfecting the innovation mechanism of "demand traction-technology breakthrough-scene verification-industrial application", the article looks forward to injecting a strong impetus into the advancement of Chinese-style modernization.
Summary: The article discusses efforts across China to ensure a stable supply and price of fruits and vegetables during the winter months. Local authorities are coordinating harvesting, transportation, and sales to maintain adequate availability of produce. This initiative aims to enrich consumers' diets and improve farmers' incomes. The poem included emphasizes the freshness and accessibility of winter vegetables. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A theater production in Quanzhou, "Incounters with the World: Because of Zaiton," uses a "mystery box" format to engage younger audiences with the city's historical and cultural heritage. The production focuses on historical themes, such as Quanzhou's past as a major port, and incorporates local artistic traditions like Nanyin music and traditional opera. The article emphasizes the importance of maintaining artistic integrity and avoiding over-commercialization. It highlights the need for innovation in cultural expression to resonate with younger generations while remaining rooted in China's cultural heritage.
Summary: This article discusses how local governments should focus on "cultivating" tourism traffic ("yang liuliang") for long-term sustainable growth, instead of merely chasing fleeting trends. It emphasizes improving governance, integrating cultural elements to create unique attractions, and adopting a long-term approach to build a strong reputation. The author argues that by focusing on these aspects, regions can transform temporary popularity into lasting economic benefits for the tourism industry. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to an article authored by a leading member of the Hubei Auditing Department, auditing plays a crucial role in promoting "new productive forces" (新质生产力) by supporting technological innovation, optimizing resource allocation for industrial development, and fostering a favorable business environment. The Hubei Auditing Department focuses on overseeing the use of funds, evaluating the effectiveness of research and development investments, and ensuring the implementation of preferential policies for enterprises. Through routine "economic check-ups" in key areas such as finance and state-owned assets, auditing can identify potential risks and promote the establishment of prevention and control systems. The author emphasizes the need for adaptable and skilled auditors to address challenges in fostering new productive forces. The article does not discuss U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Liu Rong, director of the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, successfully conducted the world's first low-orbit satellite remote surgery in Xiong'an New Area. He pioneered the concept of laparoscopic anatomical hepatectomy and has performed numerous "first" surgeries, earning national and medical awards. Liu emphasizes that innovation should focus on solving patient problems and has led his team in establishing the world's largest robotic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery center in the PLA General Hospital and has been involved in the development of domestically produced surgical robots. Liu aims to improve surgical techniques and address the uneven distribution of medical resources in China, exploring robotic satellite remote surgery and AI to aid surgeons. He was mentored by academicians Wu Mengchao and Huang Zhiqiang, emphasizing the importance of both skill and medical ethics.
Summary: The 2025 8th China Energy Industry Development Annual Meeting was held in Beijing on December 4th, focusing on building a new power system and establishing a strong energy nation. Participants emphasized the strategic link between developing a new power system and becoming an energy powerhouse, viewing the former as essential for achieving the latter. The conference, hosted by the China Energy News and China Energy Research Society, included discussions on upgrading technology and industries to strengthen the energy sector. The event also featured the "Middle East Energy Investment Forum." The conference was attended by officials from central government departments, foreign diplomats, local government representatives, business leaders, and experts.
Summary: A meeting was held in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, regarding the 2025 "12.5" International Volunteer Day and the "Four 100s" national volunteer service. The event focused on promoting volunteerism and highlighted the achievements of volunteer work with Chinese characteristics. The meeting included the announcement of the establishment of the United Nations 2026 International Volunteer Year China Organizing Committee. The event also saw the full launch of the China Volunteer Service Collaboration Platform.
Summary: The premiere of "Upstream," China's first feature film focusing on environmental law enforcement, took place in Hangzhou. Jointly produced by the China Environmental Protection Foundation and local government entities, the film is based on real events that led to the criminalization of environmental violations in China. The film aims to portray the challenges faced by environmental enforcers and the confrontations with violating companies. Attendees at the premiere emphasized the importance of collective effort in protecting the ecological environment.
Summary: Beijing has released an action plan (2025-2027) to enhance the quality of the Olympic Center area by leveraging its "dual Olympic" legacy. The plan focuses on optimizing spatial layout, strengthening "dual Olympic" characteristics, promoting cultural heritage, and integrating commercial activities. The action plan highlights consumption pattern renewals, industrial integration and development, urban renewal, and capacity building. It also intends to develop new venues for integrating culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions. The plan aims to create new consumption scenarios centered around sports venues, cultural and technological venues, and the Olympic Forest Park.
Summary: The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's highway management departments are facilitating the smooth transport of oversized and overweight cargo to reduce logistics costs. The article specifically notes the transport of wind turbine blades, with a photograph showing several transport vehicles entering the Guanmahu service area on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway for rest on December 2nd. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) found that Lan Tianli, former Deputy Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee and former Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government, committed serious violations of discipline and law. Lan is accused of betraying his ideals, distorting central policy, engaging in factionalism, accepting bribes, and abusing his power for personal gain in project contracting and personnel appointments. The CCDI recommended Lan's expulsion from the Party and public office, and his case has been handed over to the procuratorate for prosecution. The decision to expel him from the party will be confirmed at a future plenary session of the Central Committee.
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Summary: Yiwu's sixth-generation market, the Global Digital Trade Center, officially opened in October, marking another upgrade in the city's marketplace evolution. The article profiles three merchants, Zhang Chunhua, Chen Jiajia and Huang Zixuan and their experiences adapting to the market's transformations, from open-air stalls to modern, technology-driven spaces. Merchants are embracing e-commerce and AI to expand their brand reach, and improve design and production efficiency. Chen Jiajia is actively participating in overseas exhibitions to push for her brand to go abroad. The new market also provides AI tools and integrated services for merchants.
Summary: China's logistics industry experienced continued expansion in November, with the logistics performance index rising to 50.9%. Key indicators like business volume, new orders, employment, and expected business activity remained positive. The central and western regions outperformed the national average in business volume. Demand for industrial product logistics increased, particularly in sectors like transportation equipment and home appliances. Fixed asset investment in logistics also remained strong.
Summary: Shangli County in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, is upgrading its 1400-year-old fireworks industry, a national intangible cultural heritage, through cultural preservation, technological upgrades, and industry integration. The county is implementing plans to cultivate artisans and promote innovation in product design, blending traditional techniques with modern aesthetics to attract younger consumers. Automation and data-driven monitoring are being implemented to enhance safety and efficiency. Shangli County has also shut down many unsafe or underperforming businesses. The county's fireworks industry employs over 100,000 people, with products exported to over 60 countries.
Summary: This article promotes Huawei Kunling (乾陵), a product designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises achieve intelligent upgrades. The product boasts features such as up to 3000M wireless network speed, seamless roaming, low power consumption, and WPA3 encryption for enhanced security. The article positions Huawei Kunling as a key enabler for SMEs seeking to modernize their operations. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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Summary: Amway (China) is celebrating 30 years of operating in China, emphasizing its commitment to the market. The company highlights its investments in establishing a localized and modern supply chain within China. Amway also focuses on innovation in dietary supplements and traditional Chinese medicine, as well as its "Better Life Community" model. The company touts its contributions to the "Healthy China" initiative through promoting healthy lifestyles and charitable work supporting rural children. Amway (China) also commits to achieving carbon neutrality by 2038.
Summary: The article discusses the importance of enhancing the inclusiveness and adaptability of China's capital markets during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period to better serve high-quality development and build a strong financial nation. It emphasizes supporting technological innovation, meeting diverse investor needs, strengthening regulation and risk prevention, and promoting high-level opening-up. The piece highlights the need for more direct financing, better-quality listed companies, a more attractive environment for long-term investment, and more effective capital market regulation. It further calls for expanding high-level institutional opening-up and fostering a regulated, inclusive, and vibrant capital market ecosystem. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: During a Politburo study session, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of network ecology governance for building a strong cyber nation, focusing on national security and public interests. He called for a long-term mechanism to enhance the foresight, precision, systemic approach, and coordination of governance to foster a healthy online environment. The article notes the challenges of information overload and algorithmic bias due to rapid technological advancements. It also mentions the need to strengthen ideological guidance and manage online content to counter harmful information, particularly its effects on young people and the elderly. The article stresses the need to utilize technology, law, and education to maintain a positive online environment.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of high-quality legislation in supporting China's high-quality development goals, particularly in the context of the 20th Party Congress. It argues that improved legislation is crucial for building a socialist market economy and fostering innovation in areas like the digital economy and AI. The piece calls for strengthening legislative planning and review to ensure laws align with the constitution and promote a unified national market. It also mentions the need for legislation addressing intellectual property, ecological protection, and mechanisms to counter sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction," with the aim of safeguarding high-level opening up. Overall, the article frames high-quality legislation as a fundamental pillar for achieving China's development objectives.
Summary: Gansu Province is implementing Xi Jinping's directives on strengthening ethnic unity and fostering a strong sense of community among all ethnic groups, emphasizing the importance of the Party's leadership in this endeavor. The province aims to solidify the political, cultural, and social foundations of the "Chinese nation community" (中华民族共同体) by focusing on education, propaganda, and promoting interaction and exchange among ethnic groups. Gansu also seeks to improve people's well-being through development and address social issues through legal means, ensuring stability and harmony. The province focuses on development to improve the quality of life for the residents of the province. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article profiles Tserob, a Tibetan People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stationed in the Tibet Military Region, highlighting his expertise and dedication to patrolling dangerous border routes. Tserob, a veteran of over 40 patrols on two particularly treacherous routes, meticulously documents terrain and risks to guide his comrades safely. He is also a decorated competitor in the "Elbrus Ring" international military competition, excelling in mountain warfare events. Tserob also trains other soldiers in shooting and other essential skills, and is known by his comrades as "Snow Mountain Yak". His dedication and expertise have made him an invaluable asset in securing China's border.
Summary: On China's National Constitution Day, the Hong Kong SAR government and the Central Government Liaison Office co-hosted a symposium on "The Constitution and the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation." Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee stated the constitution provides the legal foundation for national rejuvenation and is the constitutional basis for Hong Kong's establishment, while Liaison Office Deputy Director Liu Guangyuan said it provides legal guarantees and institutional advantages for Hong Kong's integration into national rejuvenation. Lee emphasized Hong Kong's role as both participant and beneficiary in national rejuvenation, requiring upholding the constitutional order. The symposium was attended by approximately 900 people, with a keynote speech by Han Dayuan and a dialogue session hosted by Rita Fan.
Summary: The Ministry of Education held its annual "Constitution Morning Reading" event on December 4th to promote constitutional awareness in the education system. The event, led by Zhang Wenbin, Director of the Ministry of Education's Policy and Regulations Department, saw participation from over 42 million educators and students nationwide. The event included a reading of the constitution, award presentations for a student constitution competition, and performances by winning participants. This initiative, ongoing since 2014, aims to strengthen constitutional education and cultivate a respect for the rule of law among young people. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (中国太保), along with its subsidiary Changjiang Pension Insurance Co., Ltd. (长江养老), sponsored the 2025 Shanghai Marathon, providing insurance coverage totaling nearly 20 billion yuan for participants and staff. China Pacific Insurance offered services such as on-site "cheering stations" and post-race activities. Changjiang Pension also launched a WeChat mini-game promoting pension planning. The company has sponsored the Shanghai Marathon for four consecutive years. The article did not mention US-China relations.
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Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China approved 210 innovative drugs for market launch. The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has implemented stricter regulations on new drug R&D, production, and marketing to ensure safety and efficacy. NMPA data indicates that 56 innovative drugs were approved from January to August this year, exceeding the total of 48 approved last year. The NMPA has established a fast-track mechanism for innovative drugs, including breakthrough therapy designations and conditional approvals. The article emphasizes strengthening post-market surveillance and risk monitoring of these new drugs.
Summary: China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) convened a video conference to mobilize efforts for the 2025 winter campaign to address wage arrears in the construction sector. The meeting stressed the need for comprehensive investigations of potential arrears, focusing on key periods like New Year and Spring Festival, as well as high-risk regions, companies, and projects. MOHURD urged local departments to solidify responsibilities and prevent arrears caused by illegal activities and delayed project payments. The effort involves prioritizing key cases, ensuring accessible complaint channels, and collaborating with human resources departments to resolve arrears, with a particular focus on real-time monitoring of sanitation worker wages to prevent arrears from arising.
Summary: A Beijing delivery driver, Chen Wenlin, detected a gas leak in an apartment building and quickly alerted residents and building management, enabling a timely response from emergency services. Local officials praised Chen, highlighting the increasing role of delivery workers in Beijing's community governance and safety. The incident and Chen's actions were widely circulated on social media. He was also praised by the capital's government. No U.S. related topics were encountered in this article.
Summary: According to the article, the Bank of Communications (交通银行) is enhancing its multi-tiered tech finance service system to provide comprehensive financial services to tech companies. The bank signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology (工业和信息化部火炬中心) to jointly build an innovation lab and increase financial support for tech incubators. They also launched a special action to connect with thousands of companies, building a collaborative innovation service platform involving government, banks, parks, and enterprises. The bank provides financial support throughout the whole life cycle of tech enterprises. It intends to further implement national strategies in the field of tech finance in the future.
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Summary: Donghu District in Nanchang, known for its rich history and cultural tourism, is revitalizing its economy through strategic urban renewal projects, including the "Returning the River, Banks, and Scenery to the People" project at the Tengwang Pavilion. These efforts aim to integrate historical sites with modern amenities, creating appealing tourism routes and boosting consumer spending. Tourism surged during the "May Day" and "October Holiday" periods in 2024, with significant increases in visitor numbers and sales revenue. The district has also focused on improving its environment and business climate, including the opening of natural swimming areas and optimizing its business environment. The article does not mention the United States or U.S. - China relations.
Summary: The article discusses China's promotion of enterprise-led vocational skill assessment, aiming to address issues of outdated standards and disconnects between evaluation and practical application, as emphasized by Xi Jinping. This initiative allows qualified companies to independently assess and certify their employees' skills, tailoring evaluations to specific needs and promoting talent development. Companies are required to be transparent and standardized in their evaluations, or risk losing their qualification to conduct these evaluations. The initiative aims to better align skills with compensation and enhance the overall quality of the workforce, although the market value and recognition of these certifications may vary based on the evaluating company's reputation.
Summary: The article discusses the ongoing reform of China's skills-based talent evaluation system, emphasizing the increasing role of enterprises in independently assessing their employees' skills. This enterprise-led evaluation aims to better align skills development with market demands and incentivize innovation through improved compensation and promotion opportunities. The reform intends to promote a virtuous cycle of skills enhancement, corporate competitiveness, and industrial upgrading. By letting companies drive evaluation, the system hopes to connect business needs and talent cultivation, and promote high-quality development. There is no mention of the United States or US-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article highlights the positive impact of allowing companies to internally evaluate and certify their skilled workers, specifically focusing on "special-grade technicians" and "chief technicians." Company representatives from Luoyang Sanlong Installation and Maintenance, Bozhong Precision Technology, Chongqing Changan Automobile, and Hengtong Group emphasize that internal evaluation enhances company competitiveness and provides clear career pathways for employees. Employees like Chen Siliang from Changan and Li Yaofei from Hengtong Group note that the skills-based assessment allows for faster career progression and the acquisition of both technical and engineering certifications. Zhao Mengxiang of Henan Dazhang Industry discusses how certification can lead to advancement into management roles.
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Summary: Several speakers at the Guling Forum emphasized the importance of U.S.-China cooperation and cultural exchange for global progress and bilateral relations.罗文利, director of the National Museum of China, highlighted the museum's role in promoting understanding through exhibits like "Echoes of History," showcasing U.S.-China collaboration during World War II. 沈昕, Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, noted the significance of the Flying Tigers' contributions. Adam Foster, from the Helen Foster Snow Foundation, mentioned plans to send over 200 American students to China. Several speakers highlighted that U.S.-China cooperation on energy and environmental issues, and people-to-people exchanges, are crucial.
Summary: The article expresses optimism regarding future U.S.-China relations through reflections on the Guling Forum. Participants voiced hopes for the next forum to be held in San Francisco and for the 2025 forum to be a success in strengthening friendship between the two peoples. Some attendees, including descendants of Flying Tigers pilots, highlighted the historical bonds and opportunities for continued cooperation between the United States and China. A participant from Brazil noted the importance of U.S.-China relations for their own country's development opportunities. Attendees expressed their desire to see the U.S. and China working together on the world stage.
Summary: A promotional video for the 2025 Guling Forum was displayed on two screens in Times Square, New York, on November 27th. The video highlighted the forum's theme and past activities related to the "Guling Story" and U.S.-China friendship. The event marks the first time the Guling story has been promoted to an American audience via overseas media. The video showcased participation from various sectors in China and the United States.
Summary: A photo and video collection event, "Starting from the Kuling Story – Moments of China-U.S. Friendship," was launched at the 2025 Kuling Forum. Organized by People's Daily Digital Communication Co., Ltd., the initiative aims to collect images and videos from both Chinese and international sources that document moments of friendship between the Chinese and American people. The goal is to promote understanding and exchange between the two nations. Submissions are open until June 20, 2026.
Summary: The "From Kuling Story" exhibition and "Echoes of History" exhibition were held at the Bank of China in New York from November 21st to December 1st as an extension of the 2025 Kuling Forum. The "From Kuling Story" exhibition showcased collected stories of U.S.-China friendship, while "Echoes of History" commemorated the joint fight against fascism and honored those who aided China's resistance. The exhibitions, featuring VR panoramic viewing, aim to reflect the "big future" of U.S.-China friendship from the "small narratives" of people-to-people exchanges. The exhibitions include contributions from the China National Museum, the Chongqing Stilwell Museum, the Kunming Flying Tigers Memorial Hall, the Quzhou Museum, and the Fuzhou Guling Tourism Resort Management Committee. Attendees expressed their hope to contribute to the promotion of U.S.-China friendship.
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Summary: Guangxi is promoting AI integration across industries and fostering collaboration with ASEAN nations via its "AI Super League" ("A Super"). The "A Super" competition aims to bridge research and development from major Chinese cities with Guangxi's integration capabilities and ASEAN's application needs. The initiative encourages joint ventures between Chinese and ASEAN entities, fostering a digital innovation ecosystem. Guangxi is leveraging its unique position as a gateway to ASEAN to become a hub for AI cooperation, including facilitating technology transfer and talent exchange. The region hopes to build closer ties with ASEAN through AI initiatives, developing an international AI hub.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated that reports claiming Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi explicitly affirmed Japan's "understanding and respect" for China's position that "Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory" based on the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Communique were inaccurate. According to Lin, Takaichi only mentioned that Japan's basic position on Taiwan remains as stated in the 1972 Communique. Lin urged Japan to rectify Takaichi's "erroneous remarks," criticizing her for not clarifying Japan's existing commitments and legal obligations on Taiwan, and demanding an explanation for this ambiguity. Lin questioned whether Takaichi could accurately and completely restate the content of the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Communique.
Summary: Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong stated that China will take necessary measures in response to Japan's actions regarding Taiwan, holding Japan responsible for all consequences. He Yadong also criticized comments made by Sanae Takaichi. Despite recent challenges, China remains an attractive investment destination for foreign companies, including Japanese firms, due to its market size and development potential. He Yadong emphasized China's commitment to opening up and welcomes foreign investment.
Summary: Russian scholars interviewed by Xinhua criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent statements on Taiwan as provocative and a threat to Northeast Asian stability. They specifically condemned her references to the Treaty of San Francisco and her discussion of potentially hosting nuclear weapons as escalatory moves that undermine regional security and violate Japan's non-nuclear principles. Experts noted that Takaichi's statements reflect a broader trend of Japan seeking to expand its military capabilities and disregard the constraints of its pacifist constitution. They also noted the US-Japan relations regarding the Treaty of San Francisco. They warned that Japan's failure to learn from its history of aggression could lead to disastrous consequences.
Summary: The article discusses the Albula-Bernina railway in Switzerland, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and how Switzerland preserves and promotes its railway culture. According to Rehtia Railway Company board chairman Erwin Ruetishauser, maintaining its status as a world heritage site means taking on the responsibility of ensuring that visitors understand its unique value. The railway company invests heavily in maintenance and adheres to UNESCO standards, employing traditional methods. The article also highlights Switzerland's approach to integrating railway heritage into education and daily life, fostering a sense of cultural identity and ensuring the railway's continued relevance.
Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is facing accusations of illegally accepting political donations, with Kobe Gakuin University professor Hiroyuki Ueaki filing a complaint alleging that her LDP Nara branch accepted 10 million yen from a Tokyo-based company, exceeding the legal limit. Similar accusations have been leveled against Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi's LDP Kanagawa branch, with Ueaki having filed a complaint on that matter as well. These accusations occur amidst ongoing scrutiny of the LDP due to previous "slush fund" scandals. Public perception views Takaichi's approach to the "slush fund" issue as vague and lacking fundamental reform.
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Summary: Xingye Bank is committed to strengthening its financial services, aiming to contribute to China's modernization by focusing on five key areas: technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, elderly care finance, and digital finance. The bank has increased its total assets and improved its MSCI ESG rating. Xingye Bank emphasizes strict governance, expert management, and technological innovation, with significant investment in technology and talent development. The bank has also been actively involved in supporting the real estate sector and promoting consumer spending. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An ordinary Chinese laborer named Dean Lung donated $12,000 to Columbia University in 1901, leading to the establishment of one of the earliest sinology professorships in the United States to promote Chinese culture. Research suggests that Dean Lung was likely a Chinese immigrant from Guangdong named Ma Jim, who worked for American entrepreneur Carpentier. Carpentier displayed a deep friendship with Ma, advocating for Chinese inclusion and even naming a road after Dean Lung. Later research shows Ma supporting local railroad construction after returning to China. This act is seen as fostering dialogue and mutual enrichment between Chinese and American cultures, and a Chinese delegation visited Columbia University in 2025 to trace Dean Lung's contributions, further strengthening U.S.-China cultural exchange.
Summary: Pakistani pink salt lamps, made from salt sourced from the Khewra Salt Mine in Pakistan's Salt Range (a western spur of the Himalayas), were featured at the China International Import Expo, attracting attention from Chinese consumers. The article details the history of the mine, dating back to Alexander the Great, and its importance as a strategic location and trade hub. The salt is now sold globally in various forms, including table salt, bath salts, and decorative lamps. The lamps, and the salt from which they are made, are valued for both their natural origins and unique South Asian character. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Belém, the capital of Pará state in Brazil, is described as a gateway to the Amazon and a city undergoing development that emphasizes its unique blend of nature, culture, and tradition. The article highlights the Ver-o-Peso market as a central hub for regional produce and a site steeped in history. It also notes Belém's efforts to balance tourism with sustainable development, exemplified by the preservation of the Combú Island rainforest. The city is renovating historical landmarks instead of demolishing them, creating a blend of old and new. Belém aims to develop its ecotourism, integrating its natural resources, culture and traditions into the city.
Summary: This article provides contact information (email address and layout designer) for a section of the *People's Daily* newspaper. It lists the email address rmrbgjfk@peopledaily.cn for correspondence and identifies Cai Huawei as responsible for the page layout design. There is no mention of specific political events, officials, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights the efforts of young people in China who are dedicated to improving the lives of senior citizens. It features three individuals: a nutritionist, Fang Tao, who provides specialized meal plans for the elderly; a social worker, Chen Hangxing, who offers comprehensive support to elderly residents including those with disabilities; and a nursing home worker, Li Yanna, who designs personalized rehabilitation plans for senior residents. These young professionals emphasize the importance of respecting, caring for, and understanding the needs of the elderly. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights Shanghai's efforts to improve living conditions by eliminating the "night soil bucket" system in older residential areas through extensive toilet renovations, emphasizing the importance of addressing seemingly small issues to enhance people's well-being. It stresses the need for continuous investment in public welfare, problem-oriented approaches, and grassroots engagement to meet the evolving needs and expectations of the population. The piece underscores Xi Jinping's focus on improving people's lives as the ultimate goal of development and reform. It mentions that the government has invested nearly 100 trillion yuan into improving the lives of Chinese citizens during the "14th Five-Year Plan."
Summary: Starting November 10, 2025, China will include HPV vaccines in its national immunization program, offering free two-dose bivalent HPV vaccines to girls born after November 10, 2011, upon reaching 13 years of age. Experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) emphasize that HPV vaccination is a cost-effective measure to reduce the risk of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases. China CDC experts advise that there should be a six month interval between the two doses, and not exceed one year. Experts also provide guidance on pre-vaccination procedures, potential side effects, and post-vaccination care. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The city of Yangzhou is implementing measures to improve conditions for "new employment groups," such as delivery drivers, by creating over 1300 rest stops offering various services. These initiatives include online maps of available stations, subsidized meals through partnerships with local restaurants, and the creation of "rider-friendly" commercial districts. Delivery drivers are also encouraged to participate in local governance by serving as "food safety observers" and assisting elderly residents. The goal is to provide comprehensive support and integrate these workers into community life. Sun Kai from the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee Organization Department stated that they will continue to strengthen care measures, expand friendly scenarios, and promote the synergy between service and governance efficiency.
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Summary: Approved in November 2025, the Yu-Qian back-to-back interconnection project will enhance grid connectivity between the State Grid and China Southern Power Grid by constructing a flexible DC back-to-back converter station in Chongqing, increasing converter capacity by 3 million kilowatts. During the "14th Five-Year Plan," Chongqing's power grid focused on constructing a "one AC and one DC" UHV grid, including the Sichuan-Chongqing 1000 kV UHV project and the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV UHV DC transmission project. These projects increased inter-provincial power transmission capacity and facilitated flexible power allocation, with external electricity supply to Chongqing exceeding 10 million kilowatts during peak summer usage. Chongqing has also accelerated the development of clean energy sources, such as hydro-pumped storage and new energy storage stations, to enhance its capacity for renewable energy consumption. These efforts contribute to the city's energy transition and improved electricity supply.
Summary: The article discusses Liu Mingchuan, the first governor of Taiwan Province during the Qing Dynasty, and his contributions to Taiwan's modernization, including establishing the island's administrative divisions, constructing Taiwan's first railway and telegraph lines. Liu is credited with transforming Taiwan into a more prosperous and advanced province, especially in comparison to the rest of China at the time. Foreigners, including Americans, who lived during Liu's time in Taiwan recognized the progress that Taiwan made under his leadership. In commemoration of Liu, both mainland China and Taiwan have monuments, schools, and other things named after him.
Summary: This article is an excerpt from a book preface by the former head of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Band, reflecting on his life's journey from aspiring soldier to dedicated musician. He emphasizes the profound impact of the national anthem, the "March of the Volunteers," on his personal and professional life, transforming his understanding of music from a means to an end into a sacred duty tied to national identity. The author credits the anthem's composers, Tian Han and Nie Er, and his work with the PLA band for instilling in him a deep sense of loyalty and responsibility to the country. He describes the anthem as a symbol of national dignity, unity, and the spirit of the Chinese people. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the atrocities committed by Unit 731, a Japanese biological warfare research unit, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It highlights the unit's horrific experiments on live subjects, primarily Chinese and Soviet citizens, within its facilities. The article also references the post-war trials in Khabarovsk and Shenyang, where testimonies revealed the gruesome details of Unit 731's activities. The author describes their experience researching and writing a book, "Crimes of Evidence 731" and the efforts of historians and researchers to uncover and present the complete history of Unit 731's crimes to the world, including traveling overseas to gather evidence. The author’s goal for the book is to honor those who worked for justice and truth to uncover this tragic history.
Summary: Wuhong's new book, "Vividness: Discovering Art in Wandering," explores how artworks achieve a sense of "vividness" or inner life that resonates with viewers. The book examines the use of dynamic elements like flowing ribbons and wind to animate otherwise static images in both Chinese and Western art. It also analyzes how emotions, particularly grief, are expressed across different cultures and historical periods. Wuhong uses a cross-cultural perspective to encourage readers to appreciate art with a broader and more open mind. The book seeks to build cross-cultural and trans-historical connections with art.
Summary: This book analyzes the characteristics of the all-media environment and its impact on news releases and public opinion response work. The author, Liu Boxian, proposes practical techniques for improving the quality and effectiveness of communication. Published by the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the book focuses on strategic communication in the modern media landscape. The book does not appear to discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The People's Literature Publishing House is releasing "Ten Lectures on Lu You" by Mo Lifeng to commemorate the 900th anniversary of Lu You's birth in 2025. The book aims to provide a comprehensive and accessible understanding of Lu You's life and work, focusing on his patriotism, cultural contributions, and personal life. Mo Lifeng reworked his previous academic papers, removing academic jargon to appeal to a wider audience, while maintaining scholarly rigor. The book is designed to connect readers with Lu You's patriotic spirit and the essence of Chinese culture. The article emphasizes that Lu You’s 900th birthday will coincide with the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan.
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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 4th (Reporters Dong Xue (董雪) and Feng Xinran (冯歆然)) On the morning of December 4th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙), who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂).
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that both China and France are major countries with foresight and a sense of responsibility, and are constructive forces for promoting world multipolarization and promoting human unity and cooperation. At present, the world is undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century, and mankind is once again standing at a crossroads of where to go. China and France should demonstrate responsibility, hold high the banner of multilateralism, and firmly stand on the right side of history. China is willing to work with France to always proceed from the fundamental interests of the two peoples and the long-term interests of the international community, adhere to equal dialogue and open cooperation, so that the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership can move more steadily and better in the "new Jiazi" (new sixty-year cycle), fully demonstrating its strategic value, and making new contributions to promoting an equal and orderly world multipolarization and an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that no matter how the external environment changes, China and France should always demonstrate the strategic vision and independence of major countries, understand and support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and safeguard the political foundation of China-France relations. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee reviewed and approved the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, which outlines a blueprint for China's development in the next five years and also provides the world with a "list of opportunities." China and France should seize opportunities, expand cooperation space, consolidate cooperation in traditional fields such as aviation, aerospace, and nuclear energy, and explore cooperation potential in green economy, digital economy, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and new energy. China is willing to import more high-quality French products, welcomes more French companies to invest and develop in China, and hopes that France will provide a fair environment and stable expectations for Chinese companies. The people of China and France have a natural affinity, and it is necessary to deepen exchanges and cooperation in culture, education, science and technology, and local areas, and continue to write brilliant chapters in people-to-people exchanges.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the world today is very unstable, with hot issues breaking out in many places and difficult to resolve. As founding members of the United Nations and permanent members of the Security Council, China and France should practice true multilateralism, safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, strengthen communication and collaboration on political settlement of disputes and promotion of world peace and stability, and promote the reform and improvement of global governance. At present, there are many imbalances in the world, such as the imbalance in North-South development and the insufficient representation of developing countries in international financial institutions. All countries should share responsibilities and coordinate actions to jointly promote a more fair, just, and reasonable global economic governance. The exchanges and cooperation between China and Europe over the past 50 years have been mutually beneficial and win-win, and have achieved each other. The industrial and supply chains of various countries are deeply intertwined, and opening up and cooperation bring opportunities for development. "**脱钩断链**" (tuō gōu duàn liàn - "decoupling and severing chains," the act of separating or disconnecting interdependent economic or political relationships) means self-isolation. Protectionism cannot solve the problem of world industrial structure adjustment, but will worsen the international trade environment. China and Europe should adhere to the positioning of partnership, promote cooperation with an open attitude, and ensure that China-Europe relations develop along the correct track of independence, autonomy, cooperation and mutual benefit.
Macron (马克龙) said that France and China maintain close high-level exchanges and always trust and respect each other. France attaches importance to its relations with China, firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and is willing to continue to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between France and China. France is pleased to see China's vigorous economic development, adheres to opening up and cooperation, and brings more opportunities to the world. It is willing to promote mutual investment with China, strengthen cooperation in economy and trade, renewable energy and other fields, and promote friendly cultural exchanges. France welcomes more Chinese companies to invest in France and is willing to provide a fair and non-discriminatory business environment. France is committed to promoting the healthy and stable development of EU-China relations, believes that the EU and China should adhere to dialogue and cooperation, and that Europe should achieve strategic autonomy. Faced with the instability of the world's geopolitical situation and the impact on the multilateral order, cooperation between France and China is even more important and indispensable. France fully agrees with President Xi Jinping's (习近平) views on reforming and improving global governance and promoting a more balanced global economy, and is willing to strengthen coordination with China, share the responsibilities of major countries, adhere to multilateralism, and strengthen cooperation in addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity, and artificial intelligence governance, so as to promote world peace and prosperity.
The two heads of state exchanged views on the Ukraine crisis. Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China supports all efforts conducive to peace and will continue to play a constructive role in the political settlement of the crisis in its own way. China supports European countries in playing their due role in promoting the building of a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of a number of cooperation documents in the fields of nuclear energy, agriculture and food, education, and ecological environment.
The two heads of state also jointly met with Chinese and foreign journalists.
Prior to the talks, Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) held a welcome ceremony for Macron (马克龙) and his wife Brigitte (布丽吉特) in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂北大厅).
When Macron (马克龙) arrived, the honor guard lined up to salute. The two heads of state ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and France, and 21 salute shots were fired in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). Accompanied by Xi Jinping (习近平), Macron (马克龙) reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军仪仗队) and watched the march-past.
At noon that day, Xi Jinping (习近平) and Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) held a welcome banquet for Macron (马克龙) and his wife in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂金色大厅).
Wang Yi (王毅) participated in the above activities.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) December 4th (Reporters Dong Xue (董雪) and Feng Xinran (冯歆然)) On December 4th, at noon, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙) jointly attended the closing ceremony of the 7th meeting of the China-France Business Council in Beijing (北京) and delivered speeches.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this year marks the beginning of a "new cycle of sixty years" for China-France relations. The fields of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries continue to expand, and their resilience continues to increase. In the first 10 months, bilateral trade reached 68.75 billion U.S. dollars, and cumulative two-way investment exceeded 27 billion U.S. dollars. The two sides should adhere to the original aspiration of establishing diplomatic relations, seize opportunities, deepen cooperation, promote the steady and long-term development of bilateral relations, jointly write a more beautiful chapter of China-France cooperation, and cope with the uncertainties of the current world with the stability of China-France relations.
First, we must continue to expand new areas of bilateral economic and trade cooperation. China regards France as an important and indispensable economic and trade partner, welcomes France's active participation in the Chinese-style modernization process, and supports capable and willing Chinese companies to invest and develop in France. The two sides should tap the potential for cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, green and digital economy, biomedicine, and the silver economy, continue to promote open cooperation in industrial and supply chains, and provide a fair, transparent, non-discriminatory, and predictable business environment for companies in both countries.
Second, we must continue to promote new developments in mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Europe. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union. The essence of China-EU economic and trade relations is complementary advantages and mutual benefit and win-win, and it is entirely possible to achieve dynamic balance in development. Interdependence is not a risk, and the integration of interests is not a threat. China and France should promote China and the EU to adhere to the positioning of a comprehensive strategic partnership and jointly create a brighter next 50 years for China-EU relations.
Third, we must jointly make new contributions to reforming and improving global governance. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. In order to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, I proposed the Global Governance Initiative in September this year. China and France should practice true multilateralism, jointly safeguard the status and authority of the United Nations, maintain the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as its core and based on rules, and contribute positive energy to reforming and improving global governance.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee reviewed and approved the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal. China will comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization and expand high-level opening up to the outside world. French entrepreneurs are welcome to continue to share the dividends of China's development.
About 150 representatives from the governments, enterprises and other sectors of China and France attended the closing ceremony.
Wang Yi (王毅) participated in the above activities.
Return to TopPremier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙), who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of December 4th.
Li Qiang (李强) stated that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-France relations and cooperation have achieved many new advancements and results. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held a meeting with the President, pointing out the direction for further deepening bilateral relations. As major global economies and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and France maintain close strategic communication and carry out coordinated and effective actions, which not only benefit the joint development of both sides but also inject more stability and certainty into today's world of intertwined changes and chaos. China is willing to work with France to continue its efforts, carry forward the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, strengthen all-round cooperation, and promote the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that as long-term important economic and trade partners, China and France have strong economic complementarity, many converging interests, and a solid foundation for cooperation. Further strengthening economic and trade ties will gather greater development synergy and better promote common prosperity through mutual achievement. China is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with France, expand two-way opening up, strengthen cooperation in traditional fields such as aviation, aerospace, and civil nuclear energy, and accelerate cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, green development, and the silver economy. China supports Chinese companies investing in France and hopes that France will provide a fair and just business environment. Currently, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and international economic and trade frictions and disputes are increasing. The more this is the case, the more necessary it is for all parties to communicate in a timely manner, deepen understanding, seek common ground while reserving differences, take practical actions, and meet each other halfway to properly resolve each other's reasonable concerns. It is hoped that France will promote the EU to adhere to its positioning as a China-EU partner, implement the consensus already reached by both sides, focus on cooperation, properly handle differences, and maintain the correct direction of the development of China-EU relations. China is willing to work with France to firmly safeguard free trade and economic globalization.
Macron (马克龙) said that this morning, he had a fruitful meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平), jointly outlining the vision for the sustained and in-depth development of the France-China comprehensive strategic partnership. He congratulated China on the remarkable achievements in economic and social development in recent years and was pleased to see the continued growth of the Chinese economy. China's technological innovation is developing rapidly and ranks among the world's best in many fields. France is willing to strengthen exchanges and dialogues with China at all levels, expand two-way opening up and mutual investment, deepen cooperation in economic and trade, agriculture, aerospace, aviation, civil nuclear energy, renewable energy, and other fields, and jointly develop third-party markets. France is willing to strengthen cooperation with China, safeguard free trade and the multilateral trading system, and promote the reform and improvement of the global governance system.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji (赵乐际) met with French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙) in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of the 4th.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) said that President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with the President this morning, pointing out the direction for the next stage of development of China-France relations. China is willing to work with France to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, carry forward the spirit of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, strengthen friendly exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand cultural exchanges, strengthen dialogue and cooperation in multilateral fields, and promote the steady and positive development of bilateral relations. The National People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen exchanges and interactions at all levels with the two houses of the French Parliament, share experiences in legislation, supervision, and other work, and provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries.
Macron (马克龙) said that France and China maintain frank, direct, and rich dialogue, and have reached many consensuses. France admires China's achievements in the economic, technological, and other fields, and is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China, strengthen exchanges between legislative bodies, jointly address global challenges, and continuously promote the balanced development of France-China relations.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠) attended the meeting.
Return to TopAt the invitation of Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼), Wang Huning (王沪宁), Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), paid an official friendly visit to Indonesia from December 3rd to 4th. In Jakarta (雅加达), he met with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃), Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani (布安), Chairman of the Regional Representative Council La Nyalla Mattalitti (纳加穆丁), and held talks with Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼).
During his meeting with Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃), Wang Huning (王沪宁) conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes of President Xi Jinping (习近平), and expressed his condolences for the severe rain and flood disasters suffered in the Sumatra (苏门答腊) region. Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the President have held multiple meetings, establishing a "five-pillar" bilateral cooperation pattern, pointing out the strategic direction for the construction of a community of common destiny between the two countries. China is willing to work with Indonesia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and work together to follow the path of modernization with their own characteristics, making greater contributions to world peace, stability, and prosperity. China firmly supports the Indonesian government in maintaining political and social stability and achieving greater development. It is believed that Indonesia will adhere to the one-China principle and support the Chinese people's just cause of opposing "Taiwan independence" and striving for national reunification.
Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃) asked Wang Huning (王沪宁) to convey his cordial greetings and sincere respect to President Xi Jinping (习近平). Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃) said that Indonesia sincerely admires China's remarkable development achievements and is willing to learn from China's successful experience and follow its own independent development path. Indonesia reiterated its adherence to the one-China principle, stating that Taiwan (台湾) is part of China. Indonesia is full of confidence in the prospects of bilateral relations and is willing to consolidate the good momentum of the development of relations between the two countries and promote the realization of a comprehensive strategic partnership at a higher level.
During his talks with Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼), Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that over the 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Indonesia relations have made considerable progress. China will unswervingly promote high-quality development, expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and bring new opportunities to Indonesia and other friendly countries with new achievements in Chinese-style modernization. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) is willing to deepen mutual learning and mutual reference with the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly to better serve the modernization of their respective countries and the construction of a China-Indonesia community of common destiny.
Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼) highly praised the cooperation achievements of the two countries in various fields, and said that the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly is willing to strengthen exchanges with the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and help promote the development of relations between the two countries.
During his meetings with Puan Maharani (布安) and La Nyalla Mattalitti (纳加穆丁), Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that China is willing to work with Indonesia to promote the continuous advancement of friendly mutual trust and strategic cooperation between the two countries to a higher level, so as to better benefit the people of both countries. The other party stated that the friendship between the two countries has a long history, China is an important strategic partner of Indonesia, and bilateral relations have developed in depth in recent years, benefiting the people of both countries. Indonesia highly appreciates and actively supports China's "Belt and Road" initiative (一带一路) , and the Indonesian Parliament and the Regional Representative Council are willing to continue to play an active role in deepening mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.
During the visit, Wang Huning (王沪宁) introduced the situation of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共二十届四中全会), and stated that China is willing to promote the deep integration of Chinese-style modernization with the "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision (黄金印尼2045), and promote bilateral pragmatic cooperation. The Indonesian side congratulated the successful convening of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共二十届四中全会), and expressed its willingness to work with China to jointly promote the relations between the two countries to a new level.
Wang Dongfeng (王东峰) and others participated in the above activities.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 4th. A symposium on the reform of cultivating outstanding engineers was held in Beijing on the afternoon of the 4th. 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, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that engineers are the innovative force driving the development of engineering science and technology and an important component of the country's strategic talent pool. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to further increase the independent cultivation of engineering and technical personnel and accelerate the construction of a large-scale team of outstanding engineers. In recent years, positive progress has been made in the reform of cultivating outstanding engineers, promoting the collaborative education of industry, academia, and research, improving the quality of engineering education, and serving the country's strategic needs.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) pointed out that the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee outlined the blueprint for China's development in the next five years and made major deployments for accelerating the construction of a national strategic talent force. We must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, implement the requirements for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, deepen the reform of engineering education, and increase the cultivation of outstanding engineers to provide strong support for building a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, and a strong country in talent.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) emphasized the need to improve the system for cultivating outstanding engineers, promote the institutionalized and normalized cultivation, involve more first-class universities and enterprises, and improve the overall cultivation level of engineering and technical personnel. Optimize the cultivation layout, closely focus on the needs of the modern industrial system and engineering construction, and expand to more urgently needed fields. Strengthen standard leadership and policy guarantees, strengthen the construction of mentor teams, deepen the integration of industry and education, and cooperation between universities and enterprises, and improve the quality and efficiency of talent cultivation. Improve the internationalization level of engineering education, promote the mutual recognition of engineer qualifications and engineering education standards on a multilateral and bilateral basis, and better serve enterprises in "**走出去**" (zǒu chū qù - "go out," referring to Chinese companies expanding overseas). Relevant departments should fulfill their responsibilities, universities should shoulder the main responsibility of **立德树人** (lì dé shù rén - "establish virtue and cultivate people," to cultivate people with moral integrity), and enterprises should play a supporting role, build consensus, form synergy, and promote the continuous achievement of new results in the cultivation of outstanding engineers.
At the symposium, leading officials from the Organization Department of the Central Committee (中央组织部), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委), Beijing (北京市), Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学), and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (中国电子科技集团), as well as university mentors and graduate student representatives, made speeches. Leading officials from relevant departments of the central and state organs, leading officials from some provinces and cities, and leading officials from relevant universities, enterprises, and research institutions attended the meeting.
Return to TopBeijing, December 4th (People's Daily reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)) - The reporter learned from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) that in the first 10 months of this year, the number of newly started renovation projects in old urban communities nationwide has reached 25,100. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of more than 240,000 old urban communities have been renovated nationwide, benefiting more than 40 million households and 110 million people; 129,000 elevators have been installed, and more than 3.4 million parking spaces and 64,000 community service facilities such as elderly care and childcare have been added.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 林丽鹂
The food delivery platform is a hub connecting catering merchants, consumers, and delivery personnel, and is an important part of the platform economy. In the first half of this year, competition among food delivery platforms intensified, and irrational competition among platform enterprises led to obvious negative externalities, resulting in a series of problems such as market price signal failure, damage to the interests of merchants within the platform, reduced quality of food and service, and food waste, which have attracted widespread attention.
On December 2nd, the recommended national standard "Basic Requirements for Service Management of Food Delivery Platforms" was released and implemented. On December 4th, major food delivery platforms issued statements on the implementation of the standard. In response to the prominent contradictions and key shortcomings in the service management of food delivery platforms, how will this standard guide food delivery platforms to regulate service management behavior and improve service quality? The reporter interviewed relevant officials from the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局).
Platforms Cannot Force Merchants to Participate in Promotions
Q: How will the standard regulate the irrational competition of food delivery platforms that has attracted widespread attention?
A: Some food delivery platforms conduct competition through excessive "subsidies" and other methods, and a large number of merchants within the platform are caught in the dilemma of "no traffic without participation, no profit with participation." This irrational competition disrupts the price system, squeezes the reasonable profit margins of merchants, and may even bring about food safety problems, which is not conducive to the healthy development of the entire industry. In this regard, the standard provides systematic guiding provisions.
Differentiate between "platform price promotions" and "merchant price promotions." Platform price promotions are "initiated and funded by the food delivery platform," and the corresponding costs should be borne by the platform itself. The platform cannot include merchant subsidies, promote huge subsidy amounts to attract users, or transfer costs to merchants or delivery personnel in any way. On the promotion page and payment settlement page, platform price promotions and merchant price promotions should be clearly distinguished, which not only protects consumers' right to know, but also makes promotional activities more transparent.
Regulate promotional advertising behavior. When merchants promote products through bidding rankings, paid top placements, etc., the platform should clearly mark them as "advertisements" for consumers to identify; marketing activities should not be carried out by means of hiding part of the fees, advertising exaggerated labels such as "zero yuan purchase," or excessive repeated push notifications. At the same time, when the platform carries out promotional activities, it should inform merchants of the scope, rules, and other information of the promotion at least 7 days in advance to allow merchants sufficient preparation time.
Protect the autonomy of merchants. The standard proposes that the autonomy of merchants' operations should be fully protected, and the platform cannot force or indirectly force merchants to participate in promotional activities in various ways, and should fully protect the independent pricing rights of merchants participating in platform price promotions. For merchants who do not participate in platform price promotions, the platform cannot take measures such as reducing natural search rankings or restricting traffic.
Simplify Fee Rules, Let Merchants Clearly Understand "What to Charge, How Much to Charge"
Q: What are the provisions of the standard regarding the problem of opaque and unreasonable platform fees reflected by many catering merchants?
A: Based on the requirements of laws, regulations, and rules, the standard refines and supplements the fee behavior of food delivery platforms from multiple dimensions.
Unify fee items. In response to the problems of complicated fee items, numerous names, and unclear rules in the industry, the standard unifies the fees charged by the platform to merchants into three categories: technical service fees, delivery service fees, and promotion service fees, and requires the platform to simplify the fee rules so that merchants clearly know key information such as "what to charge, how much to charge."
Regulate fee behavior. The platform should incorporate fee compliance into the platform compliance governance system, and further regulate the platform's fee behavior by listing unreasonable fee situations such as "still charging for order cancellations due to non-merchant reasons" and "forcing merchants to purchase services or participate in activities and charging fees." At the same time, platform enterprises are encouraged to provide preferential support to small and micro merchants and establish a technical service fee reduction mechanism.
Strengthen information disclosure. In terms of fee information disclosure, the platform is guided to disclose key information such as fee rules in a prominent manner, and provide merchants with true and complete settlement details to improve the transparency of platform fees. In terms of fee rule adjustments, the platform is required to follow strict procedural requirements. If it is necessary to set up new fee items, opinions should be fully solicited and publicized, and a reasonable transition period should be set to protect merchants' right to know and participate, and avoid adverse effects on their operations.
Detailed Requirements for Storefront Photos, Environment Photos, Kitchen Photos, etc.
Q: Consumers are generally worried about "ghost takeaways." How does the standard ensure the safety of takeaway food?
A: The state has formulated a series of regulatory requirements for food safety, and platforms should strictly abide by them. On this basis, the standard proposes to strengthen the platform's main responsibility and effectively solve the "ghost takeaway" problem.
Strengthen entry management. First, the platform should set up a special team and personnel to review the information provided by merchants through manual or technical means, and those who do not meet the entry requirements cannot be put online for operation. Second, the standard puts forward unified requirements for merchants to enter the takeaway platform. In addition to submitting the necessary qualification information, it further refines the specific requirements for storefront photos, environment photos, kitchen photos, etc., and requires merchants to record and upload real, continuously shot, unedited videos with store location information. Finally, the platform should review the dining area information submitted by merchants. After the review is passed, the platform should mark the merchants with a label with the word "dine-in" in a prominent position for consumers to identify.
Strengthen operation management. The platform should publicize the effective business qualifications of merchants to fully protect consumers' right to know. It is necessary to strengthen the identification of food safety risks. When there are concentrated customer complaints, the actual business address is inconsistent with the registered address, etc., it is necessary to further verify the information and take relevant measures. The platform should also conduct spot checks and monitoring of merchant information, with a monthly spot check ratio of no less than 5%.
Promote "Internet + Bright Kitchen and Stove." Merchants should actively cooperate in the implementation of "Internet + Bright Kitchen and Stove" by using video surveillance networking to publicly disclose the key processes of catering food processing and production in real time. Platforms are encouraged to provide corresponding support for merchants to implement "Internet + Bright Kitchen and Stove."
Optimize Platform Scheduling Algorithms to Alleviate Delivery Time Pressure
Q: How will the protection of the rights and interests of food delivery personnel be strengthened in response to the problem of insufficient protection?
A: Optimize platform scheduling algorithms. The platform should comprehensively consider road conditions, weather, and other factors to optimize scheduling algorithms and scientifically plan delivery routes and delivery times. If driving an electric bicycle for delivery, the average speed for calculating the duration should not exceed 15 kilometers per hour. For orders that are delayed due to slow food preparation by merchants, the order and other affected orders should be compensated for time to alleviate delivery time pressure.
Gradually increase the labor remuneration of delivery personnel. Food delivery platforms and labor cooperation enterprises should continuously improve the labor remuneration distribution mechanism that matches the work tasks and labor intensity of delivery personnel, and pay on time and in full. If delivery personnel work on statutory holidays, in severe weather, or at night, the platform and labor cooperation enterprises should issue subsidies or work allowances. In principle, platforms and labor cooperation enterprises should not use deductions as a punishment for delivery delays, negative consumer reviews, etc.
Protect the right to rest of delivery personnel. The platform should reasonably limit the order receiving time of delivery personnel, establish a fatigue warning mechanism, and emphasize that the platform must not force or indirectly force delivery personnel to work overtime through algorithms, rush orders, etc., and effectively protect the right to rest of delivery personnel. When setting up full attendance awards, etc., it should also ensure that delivery personnel have at least one day off per week on average.
Strengthen the management of labor cooperation enterprises. The use of labor cooperation is a common phenomenon in the food delivery industry, and the standard has also made corresponding arrangements for this. Labor cooperation enterprises should implement corresponding responsibilities in terms of delivery personnel management, social security, labor remuneration distribution, career development and care. When management rules involving the major interests of delivery personnel change, labor cooperation enterprises should fully listen to the opinions of the platform, trade union, and delivery personnel representatives.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 叶传增
In winter, the under-forest medicinal herb planting base in Xiaomangtu Village (小忙兔村), Aihua Town (爱华镇), Yun County (云县), Lincang City (临沧市), Yunnan Province (云南省), is still vibrant. "December is the harvest season. The gentian is growing well, and the harvest is estimated to be good," said He Fengchun (何凤春), the head of the base.
A few years ago, because he wanted to be with his family and saw the potential for the development of the local medicinal herb industry, He Fengchun (何凤春) returned to Yun County (云县) from Beijing (北京) to start a business.
Yun County (云县) used to be a national-level poverty-stricken county, with a large mountainous area and weak infrastructure. "Is it going to work?" He Fengchun (何凤春) had doubts about his choice. The continuous support of Yun County (云县) for returning talents gradually dispelled his worries.
In 2022, He Fengchun's (何凤春) under-forest medicinal herb planting base was built, but the bumpy dirt road leading to the base worried him. "Muddy on rainy days and dusty on sunny days, transportation is difficult and risky." The truck bumped on the dirt road, and his heart was in his throat, "I'm afraid of delaying delivery, and even more afraid of accidents."
He had calculated that repairing this road would cost at least 4 million yuan, which the planting base could not afford on its own.
Where did the money to repair the road come from? "We coordinate project funds at all levels, 好钢用在刀刃上 (hǎo gāng yòng zài dāo rèn shàng - "good steel used on the blade," to use resources where they are most needed), and provide tangible help to enterprises," said Liu Bin (刘斌), director of the Yun County (云县) Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau. They used the Shanghai-Yunnan cooperation mechanism to obtain assistance funds and build a 5-kilometer cement road.
With the road improved, transportation became more convenient. "We invest more funds in base construction and seedling procurement, and work with the villagers," said He Fengchun (何凤春).
Yun County (云县) promotes a "company + village collective + farmer" base co-construction model. He Fengchun's (何凤春) Xinhe Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. (信合农业发展有限公司) took the lead in establishing a medicinal herb industry cooperative, attracting farmers to participate.
Zhong Guangming (钟光明), a villager in Hecun Village (河中村), Aihua Town (爱华镇), was originally a monitored household. After joining the cooperative, he planted 10 mu of gentian and became a large-scale grower in the village. He was also developed as the person in charge of medicinal material collection. With an annual net income of over 100,000 yuan, Zhong Guangming's (钟光明) risk of returning to poverty was eliminated.
"With technical guidance and no worries about sales, life is as bright as my name," said Zhong Guangming (钟光明).
Based on the base co-construction model, villagers in the high-altitude mountainous areas of 12 townships in Yun County (云县) have successively established more than 20 cooperatives, planting a total of 140,000 mu of gentian and 3,000 mu of *Polygonatum kingianum*, increasing the income and wealth of 600 households that have been lifted out of poverty.
"Talent is the engine of industrial development. To retain talent, we must not only provide financial support, but also connect them with more resources," said Zhang Guangyu (张光禹), a member of the Yun County (云县) Party Committee Organization Department. In order to ensure that there is no return to poverty during the transition period, Yun County (云县) regards talent cultivation as a top priority.
Due to the lack of scientific planting experience, the problem of diseases and insect pests in gentian planting was once very prominent in the local area, affecting quality and yield. How to help returning entrepreneurs grow from "laymen" to "local experts"? Yun County (云县) launched the "Hundred Experts Going to the Countryside for Science and Technology" activity, promoting a training mechanism of "expert lectures + base practical operation" to help enterprises accurately connect with skills training and scientific and technological talent resources.
The expert team from the Institute of Medicinal Plant Research of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (云南省农科院药用植物研究所) came to the base. "The gentian rotation disease prevention technology we promote can not only control soil-borne diseases, but also maintain soil fertility," said expert Jin Hang (金航).
More and more talents are returning to their hometowns. "Young people returning to their hometowns to start businesses drives industrial development, but developing alone is slow." Yang Jiaming (杨家铭), former secretary of the Yun County (云县) Committee of the Communist Youth League and deputy secretary and mayor of Dazhai Town (大寨镇), introduced that in order to help returning talents start businesses, the County Committee of the Communist Youth League took the lead in establishing the Yun County (云县) Youth Entrepreneurship Association, holding "Maker Salons" every Thursday to build a bridge for returning entrepreneurs to share experiences and connect resources.
After returning to his hometown, Li Linkang (李林康), a member of the association, engaged in the sale of specialty agricultural products such as dried rice noodles and sour papaya, and has always hoped to expand online sales channels. At the "Maker Salon", he met Huang Rongqing (黄荣清), who had worked in Zhejiang (浙江) and returned to his hometown to focus on online tea sales. From building a live broadcast room and listing products to drainage strategies, Huang Rongqing (黄荣清) provided detailed guidance to help Li Linkang (李林康) open an online store.
Today, the Yun County (云县) Youth Entrepreneurship Association has grown to 147 members, of which more than 60% are young people who have returned to their hometowns to start businesses. The association covers hundreds of entities and has become an important force in consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation in the local area.
"Rural revitalization cannot be achieved without talent revitalization," said Zhao Xiumei (赵秀美), member of the Standing Committee of the Yun County (云县) Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department. "We will continue to create a good environment so that returning talents can come back, stay, and develop well, drive rural development, and grow together with their hometowns."
This issue is coordinated by: Han Wenrong (韩文榕)
Return to TopBy: 张 琦
In the final year of the transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization, rural talent work is facing a transformation from "broadly recruiting talents" to "systematically cultivating talents, scientifically using talents, and sincerely retaining talents." Currently, China has over 23 million rural practical talents and has cumulatively cultivated over 9 million high-quality farmers, with the scale of talent steadily improving. However, for poverty-stricken areas with relatively weak foundations, how to solve the problem of talent being "attracted but not retained, and retained but not well-utilized" remains an important proposition for promoting comprehensive rural revitalization.
In recent years, various regions have explored through "central policies + local detailed rules," shifting from simple capital infusion to identity empowerment and "flexible borrowing of wisdom." On the one hand, through the implementation of the "Leading Goose" project for cultivating leaders in rural industrial revitalization, a cumulative total of 54,300 people have been cultivated, the structure of high-quality farmers has continued to optimize, and the proportion of those obtaining farmer technician titles and national vocational qualification certificates has reached 62.86% and 24.83% respectively, giving "local experts" and "rural talents" professional dignity and social recognition, and cultivating a team that can be retained. On the other hand, facing the reality of a lack of high-end intellectual resources, models such as science and technology courtyards enable experts and scholars to serve rural areas as "migratory birds," achieving flexible talent introduction that does not require ownership but seeks utilization.
It should be noted that talent work in poverty-stricken areas is still constrained by deep-seated mismatches in supply and demand and industrial characteristics. Village doctors who understand both diagnosis and treatment and epidemic prevention, village cadres who understand both industry and mediation, and other such "generalist" talents are often needed for grassroots governance and public service positions in rural areas. However, the existing training system is mostly biased towards the supply of talents in subdivided specialties, making it difficult to adapt to the needs of grassroots all-rounders. In addition, the "slow variable" characteristics of the agricultural industry, such as long return cycles and high risks, have a natural tension with the pursuit of stable income by talents, and industrial instability may directly lead to talent loss, which is particularly prominent in poverty-stricken counties with weak industrial foundations.
Looking ahead to the "15th Five-Year Plan," talent work in poverty-stricken areas needs to shift from scale expansion to efficiency improvement. Future policy focus should be more focused on precise alignment: relying on employment subsidy funds issued by the central government, vigorously promote targeted training and order-based training to ensure the precise coupling of talent supply and actual rural positions. At the same time, break the single path of retaining people with salary, actively explore long-term mechanisms such as technology shares and dividend incentives, so that talents truly become "partners" in rural development and share the industrial value-added dividends. Activate the "pool of spring water" of local talents through mechanism innovation, and make good use of the "source of living water" of external talents, so that the vast countryside becomes a hotbed for talents to display their talents.
(The author is the director of the China Rural Revitalization and Development Research Center of Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学), and the report was compiled from interviews with Chang Qin (常钦), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopThis newspaper Guangzhou (广州) December 4th (Reporter Li Gang (李刚)) reported: This reporter learned from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (广州白云国际机场) that with the one-month anniversary of the operation of Baiyun Airport (白云机场) T3 Terminal, Baiyun Airport (白云机场) has ushered in a "double harvest" of passenger flow and route growth, injecting new vitality into the "air gateway" of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区).
On October 30th, Baiyun Airport (白云机场) T3 Terminal and the fifth runway officially began operation, marking the airport's entry into the era of "five runways + three terminals." As of December 2nd, Baiyun Airport (白云机场) has handled a cumulative total of 76.52 million passengers this year, exceeding the total annual passenger throughput of 76.37 million in 2024. Among them, relying on the 240-hour visa-free transit policy, the number of international passengers reached 15.84 million, a year-on-year increase of 19.01%, accounting for 20.70% of the total passengers.
In November, Baiyun Airport (白云机场) handled a cumulative total of 7.32 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of over 12.56%, achieving a smooth transition and efficient operation. After the opening of T3 Terminal, 21 domestic flights from five airlines, including China Eastern Airlines (东方航空), Shanghai Airlines (上海航空), China United Airlines (中国联合航空), Juneyao Airlines (吉祥航空), and Okay Airways (奥凯航空), were the first to transfer to T3 Terminal. After the start of the winter and spring flight season, the domestically produced large aircraft C919 of Air China (国航), China Eastern Airlines (东航), and China Southern Airlines (南航) gathered in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东) for the first time. China Eastern Airlines (东航) C919 operated the inaugural flight of T3 Terminal, bringing a new travel experience to passengers.
Since the beginning of this year, Baiyun Airport (白云机场) has newly opened, restored, and increased the frequency of more than 30 international passenger routes, including new international destinations such as Almaty, Algiers, Madrid, and Darwin, and simultaneously restored international destinations such as Vancouver, Kolkata, and Delhi. The number of international and regional destinations has exceeded 100. In addition, several international carriers, including Air Astana, East Air, Nepal Airlines, Air Algérie, and IndiGo, have been introduced to further expand the international "circle of friends."
Return to TopThe construction of the Yellow River Three Gorges Bridge (黄河三峡大桥) is nearing completion and is expected to be open to traffic by the end of December.
The bridge is a key control project of the Jixin Expressway (济新高速公路), located in the Wangwushan-Daimeishan World Geopark (王屋山—黛眉山世界地质公园) at the junction of Jiyuan (济源), Henan (河南) and Xin'an (新安), with a total length of 1688.5 meters, a main span of 555 meters, and a tower height of 109 meters.
After the Jixin Expressway (济新高速公路) opens to traffic, the Shanxi (晋) and Henan (豫) transportation network will be further improved, promoting regional economic development.
Photo by Miao Qiunao (苗秋闹) (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopHarbin (哈尔滨), December 4th (Reporter Cui Jia (崔佳) and Zhu Dawei (祝大伟)) On December 3rd, the annual output of the Daqing Gulong (大庆古龙) Continental Shale Oil National Demonstration Zone (陆相页岩油国家级示范区) of China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) reached 1 million tons, completing the annual output task of the demonstration zone 28 days ahead of schedule. This year, the demonstration zone submitted proven reserves of 158 million tons to the state for the first time.
On the plains of Gulong Town (古龙镇), Daqing City (大庆市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), standardized well sites are spread out in continuous patches. The annual oil production of the Daqing Gulong (大庆古龙) Continental Shale Oil National Demonstration Zone (陆相页岩油国家级示范区) started from 15,000 tons in 2021 and has climbed all the way to 1 million tons, completing the transformation from high production of single wells to stable production of blocks, and from technological exploration to mature models. "Daqing Oilfield (大庆油田) regards the exploration and development of Gulong (古龙) shale oil as a key project, achieving a series of major breakthroughs," said Zhu Guowen (朱国文), Secretary of the Party Committee of Daqing Oilfield (大庆油田党委书记).
Daqing Gulong (大庆古龙) shale oil is a typical continental argillaceous shale oil, with reservoir pores mainly at the nanometer level, making development extremely difficult. "Conventional oil extraction is like squeezing water from a block of fresh tofu, but shale is as dense as an iron plate, lacking natural pore channels, and shale oil extraction is like squeezing water from a block of cement," said Dai Xiaodong (代晓东), Deputy Chief Commander of the Daqing Oilfield (大庆油田) Shale Oil Exploration and Development Headquarters.
After 5 years of tackling key problems, Daqing Oilfield (大庆油田) has always adhered to high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. It has created two original basic theories, tackled five key technologies, and broken through seven traditional understandings, constructing a theoretical and technical system for continental shale oil production; it has cumulatively obtained more than 8,000 meters of core and completed the analysis of more than 80,000 samples... Daqing Oilfield (大庆油田) has successfully cracked the Gulong (古龙) "geological code." Within the demonstration zone, oil is seen in every well and produced in every layer within the 14,600 square kilometers of favorable areas, confirming that Gulong (古龙) shale oil is a "body-like" reservoir with large-scale continuous distribution.
Five years of hard work have resulted in consecutive years of multiple growth and rapid production increase. "We have taken a key step in the field of unconventional oil and gas," said Bai Xuefeng (白雪峰), Deputy General Manager and Chief Geologist of Daqing Oilfield Company (大庆油田公司).
In recent years, Daqing City (大庆市) has vigorously supported and served the exploration and development of shale oil, and actively planned industrial development around shale oil oilfield services, equipment, and downstream deep processing. At present, as the core area for shale oil development, Zhaoyuan County (肇源县) has introduced 18 oilfield service companies to build a complete industrial chain. The main responsible comrades of the Daqing Municipal Party Committee (大庆市委) stated that Daqing City (大庆市) will focus on planning and promoting the deep integration of shale oil development and processing with local development and the close integration with industrial planning, driving the development of the petrochemical, equipment manufacturing, and technical service industrial chains.
Return to TopPremier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) met with French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙), who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of December 4th.
Li Qiang (李强) stated that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, Sino-French relations and cooperation have achieved many new advancements and results. This morning, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with the President, pointing out the direction for further deepening bilateral relations. As major global economies and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China and France maintain close strategic communication and carry out coordinated and effective actions, which not only benefit the joint development of both sides but also inject more stability and certainty into the world today, which is intertwined with changes and chaos. China is willing to work with France to continue its efforts, carry on the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, strengthen all-round cooperation, and promote the Sino-French comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that as long-term important economic and trade partners, China and France have strong economic complementarity, many converging interests, and a solid foundation for cooperation. Further strengthening economic and trade ties will gather greater development synergy and better promote common prosperity in mutual achievement. China is willing to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with France, expand two-way opening-up, strengthen cooperation in traditional fields such as aviation, aerospace, and civilian nuclear energy, and accelerate cooperation in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, green development, and the silver economy. China supports Chinese companies investing in France and hopes that France will provide a fair and just business environment. At present, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and international economic and trade frictions and disputes are increasing. The more this is the case, the more necessary it is for all parties to communicate in a timely manner, deepen understanding, seek common ground while reserving differences, take practical actions, and meet each other halfway to properly resolve each other's reasonable concerns. It is hoped that France will promote the EU to adhere to its positioning as a Sino-European partner, implement the consensus already reached by both sides, focus on cooperation, properly handle differences, and maintain the correct direction of Sino-European relations. China is willing to work with France to firmly safeguard free trade and economic globalization.
Macron (马克龙) said that this morning, he had fruitful talks with President Xi Jinping (习近平) and jointly mapped out the vision for the sustained and in-depth development of the Franco-Chinese comprehensive strategic partnership. He congratulated China on the remarkable achievements in economic and social development in recent years and was pleased to see the sustained growth of the Chinese economy. China's scientific and technological innovation has developed rapidly and ranks among the world's best in many fields. France is willing to strengthen exchanges and dialogue with China at all levels, expand two-way opening-up and mutual investment, deepen cooperation in economic and trade, agriculture, aerospace, aviation, civilian nuclear energy, renewable energy, and other fields, and jointly develop third-party markets. France is willing to strengthen cooperation with China, safeguard free trade and the multilateral trading system, and promote the reform and improvement of the global governance system.
Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with French President Macron (马克龙) in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of the 4th.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) said that President Xi Jinping (习近平) held talks with the President this morning, pointing out the direction for the next stage of development of Sino-French relations. China is willing to work with France to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, carry forward the spirit of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, strengthen friendly exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand cultural exchanges, strengthen dialogue and cooperation in multilateral fields, and promote the steady and positive development of bilateral relations. The National People's Congress of China is willing to strengthen exchanges and interactions at all levels with the two houses of the French Parliament, share experiences in legislation, supervision, and other work, and provide legal guarantees for practical cooperation between the two countries.
Macron (马克龙) said that France and China maintain frank, direct, and rich dialogue and have reached many consensuses. France admires China's achievements in the economic, scientific, and technological fields and is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China, strengthen exchanges between legislative bodies, jointly address global challenges, and continuously promote the balanced development of Franco-Chinese relations.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠) attended the meeting.
Return to TopAt the invitation of Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼), Wang Huning (王沪宁), Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), paid an official friendly visit to Indonesia from December 3rd to 4th. In Jakarta (雅加达), he met with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃), Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani (布安), Speaker of the Regional Representative Council La Nyalla Mattalitti (纳加穆丁), and held talks with Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼).
During his meeting with Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃), Wang Huning (王沪宁) conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes of President Xi Jinping (习近平), and expressed his condolences for the severe rain and flood disasters suffered in the Sumatra (苏门答腊) region. Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that President Xi Jinping (习近平) and the President have held multiple meetings, establishing a "five-pillar" bilateral cooperation framework, which has pointed out the strategic direction for the construction of a community of common destiny between the two countries. China is willing to work with Indonesia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, jointly embark on a path of modernization with their respective characteristics, and make greater contributions to world peace, stability, and prosperity. China firmly supports the Indonesian government in maintaining political and social stability and achieving greater development. It is believed that Indonesia will adhere to the one-China principle and support the Chinese people's just cause of opposing "Taiwan independence" and striving for national reunification.
Prabowo Subianto (普拉博沃) asked Wang Huning (王沪宁) to convey his cordial greetings and sincere respect to President Xi Jinping (习近平). Prabowo Subianto (普拉沃沃) stated that Indonesia sincerely admires China's remarkable development achievements and is willing to learn from China's successful experience and follow its own independent development path. Indonesia reiterates its adherence to the one-China principle, and Taiwan (台湾) is part of China. Indonesia is full of confidence in the prospects of bilateral relations and is willing to consolidate the good momentum of the development of relations between the two countries and promote the realization of a comprehensive strategic partnership at a higher level.
During his talks with Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼), Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that over the 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Indonesia relations have made considerable progress. China will unswervingly promote high-quality development, expand high-level opening up, and bring new opportunities to Indonesia and other friendly countries with new achievements in Chinese-style modernization. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) is willing to deepen mutual learning and mutual reference with the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly to better serve the modernization of their respective countries and the construction of a China-Indonesia community of common destiny.
Bambang Soesatyo (穆扎尼) highly praised the cooperation achievements in various fields between the two countries, and stated that the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly is willing to strengthen exchanges with the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and help promote the development of relations between the two countries.
During his meetings with Puan Maharani (布安) and La Nyalla Mattalitti (纳加穆丁), Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that China is willing to work with Indonesia to promote the continuous advancement of friendly mutual trust and strategic cooperation between the two countries to a higher level, so as to better benefit the people of both countries. The other party stated that the friendship between the two countries has a long history, China is an important strategic partner of Indonesia, and bilateral relations have developed in depth in recent years, benefiting the people of both countries. Indonesia highly appreciates and actively supports China's "Belt and Road" Initiative (一带一路) , and the Indonesian Parliament and the Regional Representative Council are willing to continue to play an active role in deepening mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.
During his visit, Wang Huning (王沪宁) introduced the situation of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (中共二十届四中全会), stating that China is willing to promote the deep alignment of Chinese-style modernization with the "Golden Indonesia 2045" vision and advance bilateral pragmatic cooperation. The Indonesian side congratulated the successful convening of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (中共二十届四中全会), and stated that it is willing to work with China to jointly promote the relations between the two countries to a new level.
Wang Dongfeng (王东峰) and others participated in the above activities.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 讴 戴楷然 黄炜鑫
In the Senegalese capital of Dakar, the landmark Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium (Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor) (hereinafter referred to as "Senghor Stadium") is located next to the main road (see photo, Zhang Jin (张锦) photography). The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (中国建筑集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "CSCEC") undertook the China-aided Senegal 4 Stadium Renovation Project, which was completed and put into use this year. Senghor Stadium is one of them and also the largest stadium in Senegal. These stadiums have become the main venues for local large-scale sports events and public cultural and sports activities, injecting new vitality into the development of sports in Senegal.
A Stadium——
Leading the Modernization of Senegal's Sports Infrastructure
Walking into Senghor Stadium, the red, yellow, and green seats form a natural color gradient from low to high, echoing the colors of the Senegalese flag. Among them, the red and green seats spell out the French words "The Twelfth Lion." Senghor Stadium is the home stadium of the Senegalese national football team, which is known as the "Lions of Teranga." "The Twelfth Lion" represents the fans' love for the team—they are like the "twelfth teammate" of the players on the field.
Senghor Stadium, formerly known as "Friendship Stadium," is a landmark building that carries the profound friendship between China and Senegal. The stadium was built with aid from the Chinese government in the 1980s, with a construction area of approximately 50,000 square meters and a capacity of 60,000 spectators. In 2022, CSCEC began to renovate and upgrade Senghor Stadium and three stadiums located in Diourbel (久尔贝勒市), Kaolack (考拉克市), and Ziguinchor (济金绍尔市), respectively. This is the largest complete set of aid projects implemented by China in Senegal in recent years.
Huang Xinghong (黄兴红), the project leader, told reporters that the renovation process of Senghor Stadium follows the principles of "comprehensive maintenance, improving functionality, ensuring structural safety, and adding and upgrading some electromechanical systems," aiming to provide Senegal with a large-scale stadium with complete functions and professional conditions to meet the local requirements for hosting professional and international sports events.
It is understood that the Chinese construction team encountered many problems during the renovation of Senghor Stadium. "Due to years of disrepair, many facilities in the stadium urgently needed to be renovated and upgraded. For example, the original steel canopy 25.15 meters above the ground had been deformed and corroded, most of the 5,076 precast grandstand panels needed to be repaired, and the terrazzo on the stairs was severely damaged." Huang Xinghong said that the Chinese team balanced safety and efficiency, "completing the demolition of the steel canopy in only half a month, developing steel molds specifically for the support of grandstand panel repairs, and inviting terrazzo repair experts with more than 20 years of experience from China. Every time the owner came to the site for inspection, they were amazed by the construction quality and work efficiency of the Chinese team."
"Through careful design, we have retained the characteristic elements of Senegal, integrated the country's national memory and stadium sentiments, so that every Senegalese audience member who comes to the stadium feels close," said Huang Xinghong.
Today, Senghor Stadium has been completely renewed—bright and vibrant seats, newly renovated tracks, newly installed 50-meter high-pole lights, and fully functional supporting facilities... Youssoupha Sy (优素福·西), the head of Senghor Stadium, said: "Thank you for China's strong support. The high-quality turf, brand-new lighting, and seats are impeccable. The upgrading and renovation of this venue not only provides Senegal with modern sports infrastructure but also reflects the continuous deepening of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of sports and culture."
Two Translators——
Inheriting the Century-Spanning Friendship between China and Senegal
In the office area of Senghor Stadium, the reporter met Samba Dia (桑巴·迪亚), who served as a translator during the project construction. Dia, 38, graduated from Tongji University (同济大学) in Shanghai (上海) with a major in civil engineering and speaks fluent Chinese. "In the early stage of the project in 2022, I came to work on the project, responsible for the daily communication between Chinese and Senegalese employees, such as the translation of technical terms in construction technology, translation of engineering meetings, etc., to ensure that both parties have no deviation in the understanding of construction standards, safety specifications, and other information," said Dia.
In the 1980s, when the Chinese government aided in the construction of Friendship Stadium, Dia's father-in-law, Assane Mbengue (阿萨内·姆本格), also served as a translator on the project site. "In 1983, my father-in-law returned to China after studying in China and came to work at Friendship Stadium. Now, I am doing the same job as him, and I think it is very meaningful," said Dia. His father-in-law often told him stories about how Chinese builders overcame difficulties to complete the construction more than 40 years ago. "In the past few years, I have participated in the renovation and refurbishment of the stadium, watching this stadium 'reborn' in a more beautiful way, as if taking on a responsibility to connect the past and the future. This is a vivid embodiment of the friendship between the two countries in our small family," said Dia.
After the handover of Senghor Stadium, Dia stayed in the Chinese enterprise to work and became a member of the management team during the project operation and maintenance period. He has taken his father-in-law to visit the stadium many times. "Every time he comes, he praises this modern stadium." Dia said, "The Chinese team not only renovated a modern stadium for Senegal but also brought advanced construction technology and management experience, which gave us a deeper understanding of 'high-standard construction.'"
It is understood that during the construction period, the project directly drove the development of local building materials production, logistics and transportation, labor services, and other industries, creating more than 1,000 jobs. Maintenance worker Ababacar Diatta (阿布巴卡尔·迪亚塔) came to work on the project in 2023. "From understanding construction drawings to using measuring instruments, these skills are very helpful for my future career development." Diatta said that the Chinese team is serious and rigorous in their work, willing to impart technology, and patiently explain technical details. "This kind of cooperation is beneficial to everyone."
Multiple Events——
Providing Strong Support for the Hosting of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games
On the track of Senghor Stadium, Senegalese national track and field team sprinter Omar Dieri Diallo (奥马尔·杰里·迪亚拉) and his teammates are training and preparing for the competition. "The newly laid track feels very solid and has a strong rebound, which is very suitable for sprinting." Diallo's main events are the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints, and he has been training here for a long time. "In the past, there were many cracks on the track, and it was easy to sprain your ankle. After the renovation of the stadium, the training conditions have been greatly improved, and high-pole lights have also been installed in the stadium to meet our needs for night training."
The four stadiums, including Senghor Stadium, have become important venues for holding sports events and cultural and sports activities. On May 24, the Dakar (达喀尔) International Association of Athletics Federations Athletics Meeting opened at Senghor Stadium; on July 20, the final of the Senegalese Cup football match was staged at Senghor Stadium, and the venue was packed; on July 30, more than 2,500 student athletes from 14 regions across Senegal gathered at Senghor Stadium to participate in the Senegalese National School Sports Festival... The high frequency of use fully illustrates the wide-ranging practicality of the project, which is a truly beneficial project for the people.
As the venue enters the operation and maintenance period, the Chinese team will provide on-site assistance such as equipment debugging every time a large-scale sports event is held to ensure the smooth progress of the event. "This stadium is really too modern," "Thank you China," "Thank you for renovating the stadium for us"... "Every time we work at the event site, the words we hear the most are 'thank you.' Among them are Senegalese people who drive for several hours to watch football matches, football players who participate in the competition, and government officials, etc." Huang Xinghong said that these sincere thanks not only contain the deep friendship between the two countries but also express the expectations of both sides for deepening practical cooperation.
In 2026, Senegal will host the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games, which is the first time that the African continent has hosted the Olympic series of events. The Chinese side will not only help Senegal maintain the stadiums but also provide a series of support, including the organization and preparation of the opening ceremony group exercises, athletes going to China for training, the provision of training equipment, and Chinese experts going to Senegal to guide Senegalese athletes in training.
Gaye (盖伊), the Minister of Youth Culture of Senegal, said: "The re-emerged Senghor Stadium has witnessed the deep friendship between Senegal and China. We look forward to taking the Youth Olympic Games as an opportunity to further strengthen cultural exchanges between the two countries and promote the continuous development of practical cooperation between the two sides to a new level."
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The Koichi administration is obsessed with historical revisionism, abandoning the lessons of its defeat in history, and reviving militaristic expansionist rhetoric. It is bound to 重蹈覆辙 (chóng dǎo fù zhé - "repeat the same mistake," to follow the same disastrous road; to repeat a historical error) and endanger Japan itself and regional stability.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) openly stated that "a Taiwan contingency" is linked to a "survival-threatening situation," expressing an ambition to intervene militarily in the Taiwan issue, which seriously endangers regional peace and stability. On the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) is reversing history, commenting on the Taiwan issue, attempting to act perversely, and returning to the old path of militarism, which is bound to lead to failure.
Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) erroneous remarks on Taiwan disregard the political commitments made by successive Japanese governments to China, seriously violate the one-China principle, are a blatant provocation against China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and seriously undermine the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) mentioned that "Japan's basic position on the Taiwan issue is as stated in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Statement, and this position has not changed," but is unwilling to fully reiterate its specific essence, concealing a refusal to recognize China's legitimate right to independently handle the Taiwan issue as an internal affair, and attempting to obstruct China's great cause of reunification. Japan's open threat of force against China on the Taiwan issue seriously violates the consensus between the two countries that they "are partners to each other and do not pose a threat to each other," seriously undermines the stable development of Sino-Japanese relations, and leads to tension in Sino-Japanese relations.
Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) comments on the Taiwan issue and links it to the so-called "survival-threatening situation," seeking an excuse for Japan to break through the constraints of the "Peace Constitution" and exercise the right to collective self-defense, undermining regional security mutual trust and a peaceful environment. Adhering to the path of pacifism is Japan's public commitment to the international community after the war, and it is also a prerequisite for the international community to re-accept Japan, which committed heinous crimes in World War II. International documents such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation (《波茨坦公告》) imposed a series of restrictions on Japan, the defeated country in World War II, requiring Japan to eradicate militarism and prohibiting rearmament. Japan pledged in its constitution to forever renounce war, the threat of force, or the use of force as a means of settling international disputes, and established the principle of "exclusive defense." These are Japan's legal obligations as a defeated country. Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) provocative remarks undoubtedly undermine the atmosphere of regional stability and cooperation, and exacerbate concerns about the intentions and direction of Japan's military security strategy. In the context of the so-called "survival-threatening situation," Japan can create the next excuse at any time to include regional countries in the scope of its exercise of the right to collective self-defense.
Japan is creating trouble on the Taiwan issue, seeking to become a military power, seriously impacting the post-war international order established by the Charter of the United Nations (《联合国宪章》), the Potsdam Proclamation (《波茨坦公告》), etc., impacting East Asian security, and exacerbating the regional security dilemma. The "right to collective self-defense" stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations (《联合国宪章》) is a right created to safeguard the collective security of the international community and prevent the revival of fascist forces. One of the key arrangements for East Asian security after the war was to establish Japan's path of pacifism based on the post-war international order and restrict Japan's exercise of the right to collective self-defense. However, Japan, which has not deeply reflected on its history of aggression in World War II, disregards its international legal obligations, unilaterally lifts the ban on collective self-defense in the form of a cabinet resolution, drastically adjusts its security policy, accelerates the expansion of its defense budget, relaxes restrictions on arms exports, attempts to abandon the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," and seeks to develop offensive weapons, going further and further down the wrong path of strengthening its military and expanding its armaments. The Koichi (高市) administration deliberately broke the convention of the Japan Self-Defense Forces downplaying their military color, and planned to restore some of the military ranks used by the old Japanese army, such as "Colonel," intending to revive militarism. Japan's approach increases the risk of regional conflict and becomes a major source of risk undermining regional peace and stability.
The Taiwan issue is not a "strategic chip" that Japan can manipulate at will, nor can it become an excuse for Japan to expand its military externally. Historically, Japanese militarism launched external wars of aggression many times under the false pretenses of so-called "survival crisis" and "emergency self-defense," including the September 18th Incident (九一八事变) against China in 1931 and the attack on Pearl Harbor against the United States in 1941. Today, the Koichi (高市) administration is obsessed with historical revisionism, abandoning the lessons of its defeat in history, and reviving militaristic expansionist rhetoric. It is bound to 重蹈覆辙 (chóng dǎo fù zhé - "repeat the same mistake," to follow the same disastrous road; to repeat a historical error) and endanger Japan itself and regional stability. Tragedy must not be repeated. All peace forces, including the Japanese people, must unite to jointly stop the Koichi (高市) administration's perverse actions and resolutely safeguard regional peace and stability.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Strategy Research Office of the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Shanghai on December 4th (Reporters Wei He (魏贺) and Cui Yin (崔寅)) The 3rd Global South Think Tank Dialogue, co-hosted by the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央对外联络部), the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共上海市委), and the Global South Think Tank Network, was held in Shanghai on December 4th. The theme was "United for Strength: Responsibilities and Actions of the Global South." Approximately 350 Chinese and foreign representatives, including party leaders and think tank scholars from more than 120 countries, attended the meeting.
Chen Jining (陈吉宁), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, stated that Shanghai is implementing the strategic plan of the 20th CPC National Congress, adhering to high-quality development, putting the people first, and persisting in expanding high-level opening up, striving to fully play a leading and exemplary role in promoting Chinese-style modernization. Shanghai is willing to better leverage its local role, strongly support Global South countries in economic cooperation, become close and familiar with each other in cultural exchanges, and jointly move towards modernization in each other's achievements.
Liu Haixing (刘海星), Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, stated that the 20th CPC National Congress once again drew a bright picture of win-win cooperation between China and the world. China has always been a firm advocate, supporter, and promoter of the Global South's unity and self-reliance, and is willing to work with Global South countries to jointly implement the four global initiatives, achieve common prosperity, defend lasting peace, maintain diversity and harmony, and promote world governance.
Vice President Nalimango (纳卢曼戈), Vice President of the United National Development Party of Zambia, and other foreign guests attending the meeting stated that the blueprint for China's development outlined by the 20th CPC National Congress provides useful inspiration and cooperation opportunities for Global South countries. They are willing to work with China to jointly promote common modernization and the reform of the global governance system, and jointly create a peaceful, secure, prosperous, and sustainable future.
Return to TopRecently, the first batch of completely knocked-down (CKD) new energy vehicles of the Chinese automobile brand Chery were completed in Pakistan, and the first vehicle roll-off and handover ceremony was held on December 2 at the Faisalabad (费萨拉巴德) CKD factory in Punjab Province (旁遮普省), eastern Pakistan. This is the first time that a Chinese brand car has completed the roll-off of a complete vehicle in CKD form in a new energy vehicle factory in Pakistan. The picture shows local employees working on the production line at the Chery Faisalabad (奇瑞费萨拉巴德) CKD factory.
People's Daily reporter Zhao Yipu (赵益普) photographed.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Pretoria on December 4th (Reporter Yang Ou (杨讴)) "2025 China-South Africa Human Rights Seminar" was held on the 4th in Pretoria (比勒陀利亚), the administrative capital of South Africa. With the theme of "Multilateralism and the Realization of the Right to Development," the event brought together guests to exchange and discuss topics such as the Four Global Initiatives and Global Human Rights Governance, and China-South Africa pragmatic cooperation to promote the right to development.
Li Hongkui (李宏葵), Deputy Director-General and Secretary-General of the China Human Rights Development Foundation (中国人权发展基金会), said in his speech that the development of global human rights is currently facing challenges. Chinese and South African experts and scholars should strengthen communication and exchanges, actively build consensus on the development of human rights in the Global South, jointly advocate true multilateralism, promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, help bridge the North-South development gap, and allow people of all countries to share the fruits of development.
David Monyae (孟大为), Director of the Africa-China Studies Centre at the University of Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡大学) in South Africa, said that the current rise of unilateralism and protectionism is seriously impacting the multilateral cooperation framework and undermining the right to development of the people of the Global South. This seminar focuses on the intrinsic link between multilateralism and the right to development, which has important practical significance. The right to development must be based on the national conditions, culture, and historical practices of each country, and no country has the right to impose its own standards on others.
Shelton (谢尔顿), Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand (金山大学) in South Africa, said that the remarkable achievements of Chinese-style modernization provide useful lessons for African countries. Current global governance still faces challenges in promoting equitable development and protecting human rights. Africa and China can work together to promote global governance reform, deepen cooperation in key areas such as poverty eradication and sustainable development, and jointly promote the construction of a more just and reasonable international order.
The participants generally agreed that China and South Africa are highly aligned in adhering to multilateralism and promoting common development. As important members of the Global South, the two countries share similar ideas on human rights issues and should further deepen exchanges and mutual learning on human rights civilizations, jointly practice the Four Global Initiatives, and contribute to promoting global human rights governance in a more just and reasonable direction.
The seminar was co-hosted by the China Human Rights Development Foundation (中国人权发展基金会) and the Africa-China Studies Centre at the University of Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡大学) in South Africa. More than 50 experts and scholars from China and South Africa, as well as representatives from relevant social organizations, think tanks, enterprises, and media, attended the event.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 4th. Wu Weihua (武维华), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met in Beijing on the 4th with Almeida (阿尔梅达), Chairman of the Brazil-China Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, who came to China to attend the fifth meeting of the China-Brazil Parliamentary (House) Exchange Mechanism. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on bilateral relations, exchanges between legislative bodies, and issues of common concern.
Return to TopThis report Riyadh, December 4th (Reporter Ren Haoyu (任皓宇)) The "Jeddah China Film Night" was held on the evening of the 3rd in Jeddah (吉达), the second largest city in Saudi Arabia.
The event was hosted by the China National Film Administration (中国国家电影局) and the Chinese Consulate General in Jeddah (中国驻吉达总领事馆), and undertaken by the China Film Archive (中国电影资料馆) and the Saudi Red Sea International Film Festival (沙特红海国际电影节). The Chinese film "The Longest Day In Chang'an (长安的荔枝)" was screened at the event, attracting more than 200 guests from all walks of life in China and Saudi Arabia to attend the viewing.
Return to TopThis newspaper Washington, December 3rd (Reporter Li Zhiwei (李志伟)) The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) organized a delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs in Washington on the 3rd to conduct exchanges and discussions with the U.S.-China Business Council (美中贸易全国委员会) and its member companies. More than 80 representatives from Chinese and American companies in logistics, technology, finance, energy, and healthcare industries participated in the event.
Ren Hongbin (任鸿斌), Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), stated that for half a century, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) and the U.S.-China Business Council (美中贸易全国委员会) have engaged in close exchanges and cooperation, making positive contributions to strengthening the ties of interest between Chinese and American enterprises, promoting economic and trade exchanges between the two countries, and promoting the development of Sino-US relations. Looking to the future, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) is willing to work with the U.S.-China Business Council (美中贸易全国委员会) to continue to be practitioners of Sino-US friendship, promoters of mutually beneficial cooperation between China and the United States, and maintainers of the stability and smooth flow of global production and supply chains, so as to make new and greater contributions to promoting exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese and American business communities, and create a more successful new 50 years.
Craig Allen (谭森), President of the U.S.-China Business Council (美中贸易全国委员会), said before the symposium that American companies have always been rooted in China, with long-term layouts, continuous development and increased investment in China, while also deploying more deeply and broadly throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 4th (Xinhua) On December 4th, the 7th Theoretical Seminar between the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Cuba, themed "Using Scientific Development Planning to Promote the Practice and Experience of Socialist Modernization Construction," was held in Beijing (北京). 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), and Manuel Marrero Cruz, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and First Secretary of the Artemisa Provincial Committee, attended and delivered keynote reports.
Li Shulei (李书磊) stated that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cuba. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and First Secretary Díaz-Canel (迪亚斯—卡内尔) exchanged congratulatory messages on the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and held two meetings within the year, exchanging in-depth views on the relations between the two parties and two countries, providing strategic guidance for further consolidating the ironclad friendship and building a closer China-Cuba community with a shared future. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made top-level designs and strategic plans for China's "15th Five-Year Plan" period, which is another general mobilization and general deployment to take advantage of the situation and continue to advance the construction of Chinese-style modernization. The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) pays attention to guiding economic and social development with medium and long-term plans, adheres to the combination of anchoring goals and continuous advancement, comprehensive advancement and key breakthroughs, effective market and promising government, top-level design and asking the people for advice, scientific compilation and effective implementation, and uses five-year plans to powerfully promote the improvement of comprehensive national strength and people's lives, creating two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that are rare in the world.
Martínez highly praised the great achievements made by China in the new era under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and expressed that the Cuban side is willing to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning of experience in governing the party and the country with the Chinese side, and jointly promote the building of a Cuba-China community with a shared future.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 4th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) This year's December 4th is the twelfth National Constitution Day. The General Office of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, together with the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) and the Ministry of Justice (司法部), held a symposium in Beijing (北京) on "Strengthening the Implementation of the Constitution and Promoting Socialist Democracy and the Rule of Law." Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law and the major concept of whole-process people's democracy, implement the deployments of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, promote the comprehensive implementation of the Constitution, promote socialist democracy and the rule of law, and provide a solid guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠) pointed out that the "**两个确立**" (liǎng gè què lì - "two establishes," refers to establishing Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era) is the fundamental reason for the historic achievements made in the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law and the implementation of the Constitution in our country in the new era. It is necessary to enhance the "**四个意识**" (sì gè yìshí - "four consciousnesses," political awareness, awareness of the overall situation, awareness of the core, and awareness of maintaining alignment), strengthen the "**四个自信**" (sì gè zìxìn - "four confidences," confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics), and achieve the "**两个维护**" (liǎng gè wéihù - "two upholds," resolutely uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and resolutely uphold the Party Central Committee's authority and centralized, unified leadership), and improve the political stance and conscious action of comprehensively implementing the Constitution. It is necessary to adhere to the organic unity of the Party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and the rule of law, and implement the Constitution in all aspects of socialist democracy and the rule of law; strengthen the implementation and supervision of the Constitution and laws, and effectively safeguard the authority and dignity of the Constitution; strengthen the publicity, education, and theoretical research of the Constitution, and consolidate the ideological foundation for comprehensively implementing the Constitution.
Wang Dongming (王东明), Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), and Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended.
Relevant responsible comrades from the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the National People's Congress Constitution and Law Committee (全国人大宪法法律委), the Ministry of Justice (司法部), the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the China Law Society (中国法学会), and deputies to the National People's Congress made speeches.
Return to TopIn recent years, Manas County (玛纳斯县) in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), while strengthening ecological protection, has actively promoted the construction of scenic spot infrastructure and developed the cultural tourism industry. The picture shows the scenery of Kenswat Scenic Area (肯斯瓦特景区) in Manas County (玛纳斯县) on December 4.
Photo by He Long (何龙) (Image China)
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From urban communities to rural fields, from the front lines of law enforcement to courtrooms, on the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, the vast number of rule of law workers actively practice Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law (习近平法治思想), using the belief in the rule of law as their pen and the responsibility as their ink, writing an era of fairness and justice.
On December 4th, the special program "The Spirit of the Constitution, the Power of the Rule of Law - 2025 Rule of Law Figures" co-sponsored by the Office of the Central Leading Group for Advancing Law-based Governance (中央依法治国办), the Ministry of Justice (司法部), the National Office for Popularizing Legal Knowledge (全国普法办), and China Media Group (中央广播电视总台) was broadcast, revealing the 10 "2025 Rule of Law Figures," whose stories also wrote vivid footnotes to the construction of the rule of law in China.
Rule of Law for the People, Allowing the Belief in the Rule of Law to Take Root and Sprout in the Hearts of the Masses
There is such a group of people who are on the front lines of popularizing legal knowledge and governing according to law, sowing the seeds of the rule of law at the grassroots level in urban and rural areas, and consolidating the legal foundation of "China's Governance."
Rooted in the border area for thirty-two years, Peng Guirong (彭贵荣), a staff member of the Comprehensive Management Center of Nuofu Township (糯福乡), Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (澜沧拉祜族自治县), Pu'er City (普洱市), Yunnan Province (云南省), is a "cultivator" of the rule of law.
Nuofu Township (糯福乡) is located at the forefront of the southwestern border, where the foundation of the rule of law is relatively weak. Peng Guirong (彭贵荣) has devoted himself to promoting the construction of a "four-in-one" township-level comprehensive management center and 9 village-level comprehensive management centers, leading the team to explain laws and reasons to the masses through persuasion at dispute resolution sites, casual chats in the fields, and "night talks" by the fire pit in villagers' homes. He uses rural "loudspeakers" to achieve the popularization of legal knowledge in villages, and uses the most down-to-earth language to deliver national laws, ethnic unity regulations, and border defense policies to the hearts of the masses, using his efforts and sweat to irrigate the peace of the border.
In the mountains of Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County (五峰土家族自治县), Hubei Province (湖北省), driver Deng Lanzhou (邓兰舟) and his team's "Democratic Morning Bus" are well-known.
In 2021, after Deng Lanzhou (邓兰舟) was elected as a representative to the 10th People's Congress of the Autonomous County, he started a new "carrying goods" mode - under his advocacy and leadership, the team's drivers carried out voluntary services to collect and reflect the urgent needs and concerns of the masses in addition to driving. In the past 4 years, the team has fed back 263 pieces of public opinion to the town's People's Congress. Deng Lanzhou's (邓兰舟) "Democratic Morning Bus" has also mobilized representatives of the People's Congress at all levels along the route to implement the handling of public opinions and suggestions, becoming a "public opinion express" that drives into the hearts of the villagers.
Based on practice, concerned about the people, writing papers on the land of the motherland, making the confidence in the rule of law more firm.
Huang Wenyi (黄文艺), editor-in-chief of the "China Legal Science" (《中国法学》) magazine and professor at the Law School of Renmin University of China (中国人民大学法学院), is committed to solving the dual dilemma of authors "having difficulty publishing articles" and journals "having difficulty finding good articles." By actively "inviting in" and "going out," the quality of "China Legal Science" (《中国法学》) has been further improved. Huang Wenyi (黄文艺) is also committed to summarizing and refining the practical experience and wisdom of China's political and legal work from a theoretical perspective, conducting original research on classical political and legal traditions, the evolution of political and legal categories, and the principles of the political and legal system, and making creative explorations in constructing China's independent knowledge system of law.
The community's dam, the farmer's courtyard, and the speeding train are all venues for the Southwest University of Political Science & Law (西南政法大学) student rule of law publicity team. In 2019, Southwest University of Political Science & Law (西南政法大学) established the country's first student publicity team for the overall national security concept, which has carried out more than 800 publicity events to date. On this basis, in 2024, the school integrated its forces to establish a student rule of law publicity team, integrating rule of law publicity with talent cultivation.
Today, from Miao villages in the mountains to elementary school classrooms, the student rule of law publicity team delivers vivid public legal education "open classes" to the masses, allowing legal knowledge to move from books into life, and allowing the masses to feel that the rule of law is around them.
Striving for Perfection, Making Fairness and Justice Perceptible, Touchable, and Visible
The days and nights buried in case files, the efforts and sweat on the scene of handling cases, contain the professional pursuit of "striving to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case."
Rooted in the grassroots court in ethnic areas for more than 20 years, Wang Ailin (王爱林), deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group and vice president of the Ke'erqin District People's Court (科尔沁区人民法院) in Tongliao City (通辽市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), is affectionately known as "Judge Mom" by the masses.
In early 2010, Wang Ailin (王爱林) was diagnosed with a malignant tumor. After walking on the edge of life and death, she vowed to do what she wanted to do most. After devoting herself to juvenile trial work, she consciously took on the mission and responsibility of protecting the healthy growth of minors, teaching through trials and teaching according to individual needs - attaching a judge's message to the judgment, establishing a post-trial tracking and assistance mechanism, and providing assistance in subsequent re-enrollment, schooling, or placement employment, etc. ... To date, she has helped more than 1,000 juvenile offenders, setting a benchmark for preventing juvenile delinquency.
"Every case in judicial work is related to a family and a group. The heart of the case handler must have warmth. Only by putting yourself in their shoes can you truly warm people's hearts." This is a sentence that Chen Yutong (陈禹橦), deputy director of the Fourth Procuratorial Department of the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate (北京市人民检察院), often says.
With this belief, Chen Yutong (陈禹橦) has successively handled and participated in handling a large number of major, difficult, and complex economic and financial cases with national influence. When participating in the handling of a major illegal fundraising case with over 10,000 volumes of files and over 100 defendants, there were gaps in many key factual evidence. Chen Yutong (陈禹橦) led the team to withstand the pressure, complete the case review with high quality and efficiency, and innovatively adopted online communication methods to maximize the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the masses.
In recent years, Chinese lawyers have actively "gone global" and gradually gained a firm foothold in the international high-end foreign-related legal service market.
A certain country launched a criminal investigation against a certain high-tech enterprise in China on the grounds of so-called theft of trade secrets. As a well-known lawyer in the field of cross-border dispute resolution in China, Huang Tao (黄滔), a lawyer at King & Wood Mallesons (北京市金杜律师事务所), accepted the commission and formed a legal team to actively respond to the lawsuit and resolutely defend their rights. The legal team withstood enormous pressure and flexibly used local legal rules to finally obtain a not-guilty verdict from the country's court. The case has also become a typical case of Chinese companies successfully defending their rights overseas using legal weapons.
Loyalty and Dedication, Upholding the Original Intention and True Color in Selfless Dedication
"I don't teach, but I also educate people. Transforming criminals into law-abiding citizens is the best reward for the organization and the best service for the people." Wen Xianghong (温向红), deputy secretary of the Party Committee and political commissar of Wenzhen Prison (温圳监狱) in Jiangxi Province (江西省), has warmed cold hearts with true feelings and awakened lost souls with great love in his 35 years of police service.
Faced with a young female prisoner who resisted transformation, repeatedly violated prison rules, and even attempted suicide several times, Wen Xianghong (温向红) finally melted the ice in her heart through hundreds of heart-to-heart talks, helping her to become a self-reliant law-abiding citizen after her release from prison. After wading through more than 20 miles of rugged mountain roads in the rain to visit the prisoner's home and witnessing her dilapidated home and children dropping out of school, Wen Xianghong (温向红) launched a donation campaign among the police and actively coordinated with the local government and schools to properly solve the children's schooling problems.
Based on their positions, they wholeheartedly serve the people and are willing to dedicate themselves, demonstrating their perseverance and dedication that is more than ordinary.
A notebook is filled with the masses' opinions on inspections, the anxiety of small and micro enterprises about penalties, and the helplessness of property management companies about fire hazards... This is the original voice of the people collected by Liu Zhe (刘喆), deputy director of the Legal System and Social Fire Protection Work Division of the Changchun Fire Rescue Detachment (长春市消防救援支队) in Jilin Province (吉林省), who has traveled to large and small communities and enterprises. In recent years, she has taken the lead in sorting out fresh suggestions from front-line law enforcement officers and the masses, 37 of which have been written into relevant policies and regulations.
In her 15 years in the industry, Liu Zhe (刘喆) started as a grassroots front-line law enforcement supervisor and has now grown into a "multi-faceted" member of the rule of law team. She is serious and tough in standardizing law enforcement, and none of the 2,551 cases she has handled and reviewed have been subject to reconsideration or litigation.
Over the years, Mao Bowen (毛博文), a first-level police technology supervisor of the Political Service Corps of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau (天津市公安局), has been promoting "data running" instead of "people running," so that "government services on the fingertips" can benefit thousands of households.
Mao Bowen (毛博文) led the team to independently develop an electronic certificate information system that "generates once, reuses in multiple parties, manages in one library, and shares mutual recognition," helping Tianjin (天津) improve its level of government services. In 2025, Mao Bowen (毛博文) took the lead in creating "NFC induction number taking" in the country, turning "one-touch handling" from a concept into reality.
"What the people need most is what I study." Mao Bowen (毛博文) practices his ideals and beliefs with fruitful results.
Return to TopAccording to the China Manned Space Engineering Office (中国载人航天工程办公室), the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) astronaut crew will carry out their first extravehicular activity in the near future, according to planned arrangements.
Since successfully entering the space station complex on November 1, 2025, Beijing Time (北京时间), the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) astronaut crew has completed the rotation with the Shenzhou-20 (神舟二十号) astronaut crew, space station platform maintenance and care, emergency supplies inspection and arrangement, life and health support, and other tasks. They have also carried out full-system pressure emergency drills and on-orbit training for robotic arm operation, and the various space science experiments (trials) they are undertaking are steadily advancing. In addition, the crew welcomed the arrival of the Shenzhou-22 (神舟二十二号) spacecraft in orbit and completed product matching tests and the arrangement of uplink materials.
At present, the space station complex is operating stably, the Shenzhou-21 (神舟二十一号) astronaut crew is in good condition, and all preparations for extravehicular activities have been completed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 冯学知 陈 然
"Their eyes make me feel very warm." On December 3, Ms. Yang (杨女士), a fire-affected resident of Tai Po (大埔), Hong Kong, said upon seeing the social worker team from the Social Welfare Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区政府) who came to visit. With the help of social workers, she moved into her new home in Lok Sin Village (乐善村), a transitional housing project in Tai Po (大埔), and completed all the application procedures for relief funds.
According to statistics, as of the morning of December 4, 2235 residents had moved into transitional housing provided by the Housing Bureau or housing projects of the Hong Kong Housing Society; another 1241 residents had moved into youth hostels or hotel rooms coordinated by the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau. The Social Welfare Department provides "one social worker per household" follow-up support services for affected residents, with dedicated social workers providing assistance to residents.
From transitional housing arrangements to material supplies and living allowances, from emotional support to medical expense reductions and education subsidies... With the support of the central government, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区政府) government is leading all sectors of society to comprehensively promote the aftermath work and help affected residents return to normal life.
According to the needs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区政府) government, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (中央港澳办) coordinated relevant departments of the central government and Guangdong Province (广东省) and relevant caring enterprises and public welfare foundations to deliver disaster relief materials needed to Hong Kong many times. Portable outdoor charging stations, blowers, respirators, goggles, protective clothing, headlamps, waterproof boots, etc., were quickly delivered to the scene for search and rescue personnel to use as soon as they arrived in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) Chief Executive John Lee (李家超) said that whether it was the previous fire extinguishing or the current work of identifying victims and providing medical assistance, after the SAR government made various requests for material support, multiple batches of materials have arrived in Hong Kong, fully reflecting the central government's high attention to the disaster and its full support for the work of the SAR government.
"Hong Kong continues to receive disaster relief materials coordinated and provided by the central government, providing an important guarantee for the ongoing rescue work," said Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区政府) Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung (邓炳强).
As a logistics industry practitioner, Xu Li (徐莉), a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress (港区全国人大代表) and chairman of the Kowloon Federation of Associations (九龙社团联会), said that various medical equipment supported by the mainland quickly arrived in Hong Kong across the border. With the support of the central government and all sectors of society, affected families will definitely receive continuous care and attention.
"Thank you to the central government for its full support for disaster relief in Hong Kong," said Henry Fan (范鸿龄), Chairman of the Hospital Authority (香港医院管理局). "Our medical staff will do their best to treat all the injured, and will also fully support the affected residents and their families in need, and assist them to overcome the difficulties and heal their pain as soon as possible."
As of noon on December 4, the "Tai Po (大埔) Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) Assistance Fund" established by the SAR government had received HK$2.5 billion in donations from the outside world, together with the HK$300 million in start-up funds invested by the SAR government, to help residents rebuild their homes.
Since the fire, Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong have made generous donations to overcome the difficulties with Hong Kong. As of 6 pm on December 3, member companies of the China Enterprise Association in Hong Kong (香港中国企业协会) had donated more than HK$550 million. In order to assist the SAR government in doing a good job in resettlement, Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong actively provide food, accommodation, transportation, communication and other support for affected residents and rescue personnel, and fully provide support and convenience for affected residents within their business scope. China Life (Overseas) (中国人寿（海外）) immediately opened a green claims channel, simplified the claims process, and gave priority to handling relevant applications from affected customers. It recently completed the first policy loan application for this incident.
In the mainland, enterprises, public welfare organizations, etc. have continued to carry out donations in recent days to fully support Hong Kong. Many mainland people have actively participated in assistance operations by spontaneously transporting materials, organizing donations, providing logistical support, and providing online psychological support.
"Whenever Hong Kong encounters problems or difficulties, the central government has always firmly supported Hong Kong and extended a helping hand at the first time," said Cai Yi (蔡毅), a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress (港区全国人大代表). The central government's support has once again made Hong Kong strongly feel that the country is always Hong Kong's strongest backing.
Jonathan Lu (卢金荣), President of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong (香港中华厂商联合会), expressed his deep gratitude for the care and support of the central government and mainland compatriots. "The central government's deep love for Hong Kong gives Hong Kong great confidence and strength, allowing everyone to have more confidence to overcome the crisis." He believes that disasters cannot take away hope, and Hong Kong will definitely be able to overcome difficulties and continue to move forward.
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At the fire rescue site in Tai Po (大埔), Hong Kong, a tethered drone supported by the mainland hovered in the air, providing continuous lighting for paramedics;
In Rongjiang (榕江), Guizhou (贵州), at the "Village Super League" stadium, villagers lined up to donate to Hong Kong;
"You showed great love during the East China floods and the Wenchuan earthquake. Now it's our turn!" On the Internet, mainland people donated money, offered condolences, and prayed. The mutual support and outpouring of brotherly affection instantly dominated the screen...
Since the fire in Tai Po (大埔), Hong Kong, the care from the Central Government, the support from the mainland, and the concern and goodwill of the general public vividly illustrate the boundless love of working together and helping each other. The SAR (Special Administrative Region) government is going all out to advance rescue and follow-up work, fully demonstrating its responsibility and courage; the loving and mutual assistance actions of Hong Kong citizens fully demonstrate the city's human touch and warm background.
Hong Kong and the mainland are as inseparable as blood and water, and their bond is as heavy as mountains. "Fellow travelers, vow to follow each other." This lyric from "Under the Lion Rock" is not only a portrayal of the Lion Rock spirit of unity and struggle in adversity, and 同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing a river in the same boat," to share weal and woe), but also carries the enduring national sentiment. With the firm support of the Central Government, the Hong Kong SAR (香港特别行政区) government will lead all sectors of society to join hands and 众志成城 (zhòng zhì chéng chéng - "unity is strength," when people are united, they can accomplish anything), and will surely overcome difficulties and move forward.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 4th. A symposium on the reform of cultivating outstanding engineers was held in Beijing on the afternoon of the 4th. 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, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that engineers are the innovative force driving the development of engineering science and technology and an important component of the national strategic talent pool. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to further increase independent cultivation of engineering and technical personnel and accelerate the construction of a large and outstanding engineering team. In recent years, the reform of cultivating outstanding engineers has made positive progress, promoted the collaborative education of industry, academia, and research, improved the quality of engineering education, and served national strategic needs.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) pointed out that the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee outlined the blueprint for China's development in the next five years and made major deployments for accelerating the construction of a national strategic talent force. We must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, implement the integrated development requirements of education, science and technology, and talent, deepen the reform of engineering education, increase the cultivation of outstanding engineers, and provide strong support for building a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, and a strong country in talent.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) emphasized the need to improve the outstanding engineer training system, promote the institutionalization and normalization of training, involve more first-class universities and enterprises, and improve the overall training level of engineering and technical personnel. Optimize the training layout, closely focus on the needs of the modern industrial system and engineering construction, and expand to more urgently needed fields. Strengthen standard leadership and policy guarantees, strengthen the construction of mentor teams, deepen the integration of industry and education, and school-enterprise cooperation, and improve the quality and efficiency of talent training. Improve the internationalization level of engineering education, promote the multilateral and bilateral mutual recognition of engineer qualifications and engineering education standards, and better serve enterprises in "**走出去**" (zǒu chū qù - "going out," referring to Chinese companies expanding overseas). Relevant departments should fulfill their responsibilities, universities should shoulder the main responsibility of **立德树人** (lì dé shù rén - "establish virtue and cultivate people," to cultivate people with moral integrity), and enterprises should play a supporting role, build consensus, form synergy, and promote the continuous achievement of new results in the cultivation of outstanding engineers.
At the symposium, responsible comrades from the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委), Beijing (北京市), Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学), and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (中国电子科技集团), as well as university mentors and graduate student representatives, made speeches. Responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central and state organs, responsible comrades from some provinces and cities, and principal responsible comrades from relevant universities, enterprises, and research institutions attended the meeting.
Return to TopThe Nanning (南宁) office of this newspaper reported on December 4th (Reporter Zhang Yunhe (张云河)). Recently, the Department of Natural Resources of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区自然资源厅) issued the "Administrative Measures for Comprehensive Land Consolidation in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区全域土地综合整治管理办法)". It learns from and applies the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project (千万工程), standardizing comprehensive land consolidation work in a systematic way, and providing institutional guarantees for optimizing the spatial layout of the territory, promoting cultivated land protection, and conserving and intensively utilizing land.
On the project planning and implementation process, the measures require comprehensive consideration of the resource endowment, work foundation, funding sources, and public opinion of the consolidation area to reasonably plan comprehensive land consolidation across the region. In principle, the implementation unit takes the township as the basic unit, giving priority to selecting key consolidation areas in the territorial spatial plan and areas with great potential for spatial optimization and prominent demand for industrial development land, and allowing areas with mature conditions to explore cross-township consolidation.
Return to TopThis newspaper Shantou (汕头) December 4th (Reporter Li Zong (李纵)) On the 4th, the 22nd World Wind Energy Conference and the 3rd Shantou (汕头) International Wind Power Technology Innovation Conference opened in Shantou (汕头), Guangdong (广东). With the theme of "Wind Energy Empowering the Future: Innovation, Collaboration and Sustainable Growth," this conference explores new paradigms of wind power innovation, focusing on cutting-edge wind power technologies, industrial chain collaboration, and international exchange and cooperation, building international consensus and promoting global wind power cooperation to a new stage.
It is understood that the Shantou (汕头) International Wind Power Innovation Port is striving to build a wind power industry system that serves the whole country and faces the world, helping Shantou (汕头) accelerate its growth into a new international wind power industry city. China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd. has built an offshore regional wind power test base in Shantou (汕头) to create a public test platform for certification and testing of large-capacity offshore wind turbines, so as to better support the research and development of new wind power technologies and equipment.
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Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊), commentator for this newspaper
Lu Haitao (逯海涛), commentator for Zhejiang Daily (浙江日报)
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): The Lingyin Feilai Peak Scenic Area (灵隐飞来峰景区) will be open for free admission starting December 1, 2025. Twenty-three years ago, West Lake (西湖) implemented a free admission policy. Today, the Lingyin Feilai Peak Scenic Area (灵隐飞来峰景区) announced free admission. What development considerations are behind this response that spans time and space?
Lu Haitao (逯海涛): This is both a continuation and deepening of the concept of "returning the scenery to the people" and an active upgrade of urban governance. Free admission does not equal free management. By combining big data analysis to formulate daily limits and implementing comprehensive measures such as real-name reservations and staggered visits, Hangzhou (杭州) is exploring a new path to achieve peak tourist flow while benefiting the public. Simultaneously promoting "free" and "premium enjoyment" allows more tourists to share the charm of cultural heritage, demonstrating the city's open and inclusive foundation.
If the free opening in the past was a bold attempt to "be the first to eat crabs," with the effect more prominently reflected in economic gains, then returning the scenery to the people again today is an exploration of a new model of cultural tourism development from "operating scenic spots" to "operating cities," which is higher-quality opening up, more confident and proactive opening up, and opening up that better reflects the concept of urban operation.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): Looking at governance beyond scenic spots, openness has become a unique urban characteristic of Hangzhou (杭州), forming a "strong magnetic field" for development and a "catalyst" for innovation, which is also reflected in the cultivation of the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons."
Lu Haitao (逯海涛): Hangzhou (杭州) not only has beautiful scenery but also an open style. This style first translates into a strong attraction for talent—with a cumulative introduction of over 2 million young talents in the past 5 years, leading the country in net talent inflow rate. Express delivery drivers are recognized as high-level talents, and university graduates enjoy free stations for job hunting and housing subsidies for work... A series of heartwarming policies make the city a "reservoir" for talent.
This style also nourishes the business environment. The government never sets up barriers based on region but provides "responsive and non-intrusive" services to all business entities, and can even "leave two buildings vacant for 3 years" to attract high-quality teams, patiently accompanying entrepreneurs who "do not make a sound for ten years, but amaze everyone with a single feat." This openness and inclusiveness are important qualities that attract the gathering of various high-quality resource elements.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): Openness is not just an economic strategy but a development philosophy. More than 20 years ago, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee (浙江省委), scientifically explained the "Sweet Potato Economy" theory, profoundly pointing out that "we must jump out of Zhejiang (浙江) to develop Zhejiang (浙江)." This innovative theory not only guided Zhejiang (浙江) to continuously break through bottlenecks but also, in the practice of the new era, has been elevated to an important component of the new development concept, leading China (中国) to shape new advantages in a higher-level open economy.
Lu Haitao (逯海涛): Yiwu's (义乌) development from "chicken feathers for sugar" to "world's small commodity capital" is a practical result that embodies this philosophy. Playing the "market card," eating the "reform meal," and taking the "open road," with the "invisible hand" and the "visible hand" each displaying their strengths and working together, Yiwu (义乌), a county surrounded by mountains on three sides, can "trade globally." Today, more than 6 million Zhejiang (浙江) merchants are spread across the country, and more than 2 million Zhejiang (浙江) merchants have gone global. Openness is the confidence of Zhejiang (浙江) merchants.
Openness is not just a posture but also embodies strategic thinking and long-term vision. Whether it is the "small happiness" of saving money on tickets for the masses or the "grand ambition" of doing global business, we should use a long-term perspective of urban operation, cultural empowerment, and ecological construction to calculate the big picture of people's livelihood, and turn what the masses expect into what the government does, in order to unite development efforts and stimulate endogenous动力.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, aligning with the important requirement of "continuing to write new chapters in deepening reform and expanding opening up," and building a soft environment of institutional inclusiveness, talent inclusiveness, and cultural inclusiveness, Zhejiang's (浙江) door to openness will be opened wider and wider, and the road to development will become wider and wider.
Zhou Shanshan (周珊珊): First dismantle the physical walls, then dismantle the cognitive walls, and finally dismantle the institutional walls. Zhejiang's (浙江) development can be regarded as a practice of "breaking the situation with openness and gathering energy with inclusiveness." The free admission from West Lake (西湖) to Lingyin (灵隐) is an openness that enhances urban vitality; from Hangzhou (杭州) becoming a "talent highland" to Yiwu (义乌) transforming into a "world supermarket," it is an openness that facilitates market circulation; from creating a "Sweet Potato Economy" to cultivating an industrial "tropical rainforest," it is an openness that wins industrial vitality.
Looking at the whole country from Zhejiang (浙江), openness has never been a simple policy concession or opening of doors, but a people-centered development thought, a long-term development pattern, and a culturally confident that is inclusive. Only by breaking closed thinking with openness, resolving development resistance with inclusiveness, and responding to the needs of the times with innovation can we transform regional endowments into development advantages and lead high-quality development with high-level openness.
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Promoting scenario innovation in the same way as industrial innovation, and creating more new fields, new tracks, and new business forms, can effectively promote the two-way flow of technology and industry, and turn "experimental fields" into "high-yield fields."
In recent interviews, two companies in different industries mentioned the same keyword: scenario.
One is engaged in the low-altitude logistics track. From plateau mountains to urban islands, from fresh cold chains to medical transportation, in recent years, the team has traveled around to explore application scenarios. The person in charge of the company sighed: "The prospect of new industries turning into 'profitable prospects' depends on scenarios, which are both pain points and opportunities."
One has been deeply involved in the home appliance field for many years. From single-product intelligence to full-scenario smart homes, breaking through the market red sea of stock competition, the founder of the company firmly believes: "In the era of the Internet of Everything, products will be deeply embedded in scenarios, and the industry will be covered by ecology!"
Whether it is driving the vigorous growth of emerging industries or helping traditional enterprises to rejuvenate, scenarios are becoming more and more important.
What is a "scenario"? Not long ago, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Opening of Scenarios to Promote the Large-scale Application of New Scenarios," pointing out that scenarios "have an important guiding role in promoting the large-scale commercial application of new technologies and new products." The introduction of this policy means that the cultivation and opening of scenarios are systematically deployed at the national level for the first time.
We are no stranger to scenarios. In reality, taking scenarios as an observation perspective, we will find a unique and dynamic China.
It is the humanoid robot "joining" the automobile production line, and the "smart car" running on the "smart road"; it is also the tourist train customized for tourists, and the highway service area transformed into a scenic spot. It promotes new technologies, new products, and new business forms to thousands of households, and also breeds new momentum and vitality for the high-quality development of China's economy.
It should be noted that at present, the insufficient supply of effective scenarios is becoming a key factor hindering the emergence and transformation of new industries, new models, and new momentum. On the one hand, some scientific and technological achievements are difficult to release industrial value due to the lack of application scenarios, 英雄无用武之地 (yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì - "a hero has no place to display his prowess," unable to use one's abilities). On the other hand, the development and opening of some new scenarios are still in the exploratory stage, which restricts technological innovation, 巧妇难为无米之炊 (qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī - "even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice," one cannot make bricks without straw). Accelerating the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces urgently requires further enriching the supply of scenarios and continuously stimulating the innovation vitality and development momentum of China's economy.
Scenario cultivation, innovation first. New scenarios are like "experimental fields," which need to be laid out in advance and actively opened up. For example, unmanned mines, unmanned coal mining and other scenarios are constantly emerging, and mine construction, exploration and mining have achieved digitization and intelligence, and some dangerous work is gradually replaced by intelligent equipment. This not only forms a new business form of smart mines, but also finds an application carrier for digital technology. Therefore, promoting scenario innovation in the same way as industrial innovation, and creating more new fields, new tracks, and new business forms, can effectively promote the two-way flow of technology and industry, and turn "experimental fields" into "high-yield fields."
Large-scale application, openness is the key. At present, although there are many new scenarios across the country, they are limited by market access and still have the problems of small scale, narrow scope, and shallow application. Promoting scenario opening can expand the scope of application. Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) issued the country's first intelligent connected vehicle management regulations, promoting the opening of test roads and relaxing the qualifications of autonomous driving road test companies. Shanghai (上海) has established an international data port around the cross-border transmission scenario of clinical trial data, and carried out pilot projects for cross-border data classification and hierarchical management. Taking scenario opening as a traction, broadening market access, unblocking the flow of elements, and realizing the coordinated promotion and synchronous resonance of institutional innovation and scenario opening can better empower economic and social development.
Focusing on discovering scenarios, cultivating scenarios, and opening scenarios, promoting the continuous improvement of the innovation mechanism of "demand traction - technological breakthrough - scenario verification - industrial application," more new technologies and new products will complete the "key leap" from the laboratory to the production line, thereby accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces and injecting strong momentum into promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopIn community farmers' markets, neatly arranged leafy greens are fresh and full; on food delivery platforms, "frost-kissed vegetables" are quite popular. As temperatures drop, various regions are rationally arranging the market launch times for vegetables, stepping up the harvesting and transporting of fruits, vegetables, and various agricultural products to ensure a sufficient supply and stable prices for high-quality fruits and vegetables. The small "vegetable basket" is related to the major livelihood of the people. Unblocking production, storage, transportation, and sales, and improving the winter vegetable supply capacity, not only enriches the dining tables of citizens but also broadens the income-generating paths for villagers.
This is precisely:
Do not say that winter is deep and there is no good taste,
Green vegetables are covered in frost and radishes are plump.
Harvested in the evening and arriving in the morning, production and sales are smooth,
Delivering freshness and beauty into the heart.
Xu Zhiwen (徐之文)
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As night falls, in the ancient city of Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建), the stone streets still radiate the warmth of the day. A young tourist, standing before the ruins of the Suqing Gate (肃清门), draws a keepsake from a brocade pouch filled with Minnan (闽南) flavor – not a souvenir from the trip, but a "key" to an unknown theater. Next, they might follow a "Maritime Trade Office Official" through the ruins of a "Maritime Silk Road" (海丝) themed foreign quarter, or listen to the melodious Nanyin (南音) music in the courtyard of an ancient Minnan (闽南) mansion... This is a wonderful scene from the immersive theater experience "Unexpected World: Because of Z刺桐 (Cì tóng)."
Fashion and trendiness are important factors in attracting people to immersive theater experiences. It precisely targets the "Generation Z's" psychology of pursuing the unknown, surprises, and immersive experiences. The viewing journey begins from the moment the keepsake is drawn. The audience is no longer a passive observer in their seat, but a participant and even a trigger in the plot. This model of transforming "I'm here to watch a play" into "I'm here to find a play" breaks the invisible "fourth wall" of traditional theaters. One audience member, after personally participating in "Unexpected World: Because of Z刺桐 (Cì tóng)," said, "You never know what story you'll encounter around the next corner, this sense of exploration is so fascinating." The fascination lies precisely in highlighting the "people." The setting of cultural scenes and the innovation of cultural activities can only spark different creative senses and release different cultural flavors when integrated with people's true feelings, real interactions, emotional elements, and creative ideas.
However, with only the form of a mystery box, the popularity of cultural products will inevitably be fleeting. The vitality of cultural services and cultural products stems from a deep understanding of thousands of years of cultural heritage, and creative transformation and innovative development. Taking "Unexpected World: Because of Z刺桐 (Cì tóng)" as an example, its core is the rich history of Z刺桐 (Cì tóng) Port as the "largest port in the East" and "warehouse of the world" during the Song (宋) and Yuan (元) dynasties, and its background is the brilliant glory of Nanyin (南音), Liyuan Opera (梨园戏), puppet shows (木偶戏) and other intangible cultural heritage treasures. "To seek the growth of a tree, one must strengthen its roots; to seek the flow of a river, one must dredge its source." Only by deeply rooting in the cultural soil, exploring cultural stories, and accelerating cultural innovation can we better radiate cultural brilliance.
Innovation should not deviate from the essence of culture, but also update narrative methods. This requires us not to put on a serious face, but to show a young and youthful feeling. In the directing team of "Unexpected World: Because of Z刺桐 (Cì tóng)," some people are like "translators," cleverly weaving elegant local opera elements into the rhythm of modern drama, so that the Xiao (箫), stringed instruments, and Pipa (琵琶) of Nanyin (南音) are no longer exhibits in museums, but organic components that drive the plot and stir emotions. The integration of scenes and the interaction of characters also allow the audience to follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo (马可·波罗) or Li Shutong (李叔同) to empathize with the dreams and choices shown in the story. This is a vivid interpretation of upholding tradition and innovation – upholding the soul of culture and creating the method of expression.
While praising innovative initiatives, we also need to be calm and forward-looking. Immersive theater is a new exploration to get closer to young audiences, but it also faces new challenges. How to avoid homogenization? The key lies in creating unique content and artistic quality. Many places have unique cultural treasures. Only by deeply exploring local cultural resources can we achieve what others do not have and what others have, we can innovate. How to maintain vitality? This requires the establishment of a sustainable creation and operation mechanism, the development of a series of derivatives, and the formation of a complete IP ecosystem. How to balance the relationship between commerce and art? While pursuing market benefits and audience popularity, we must be wary of excessive entertainment that eliminates cultural depth. Only by safeguarding the purity and ideological nature of cultural expression, and taking into account economic, social, and cultural benefits, can we better enrich the form of cultural expression and stimulate cultural innovation and creativity.
Innovation and creation are the vitality of culture. When cultural products interact with young people in a sincere and enthusiastic manner with a youthful attitude, and when cultural innovation releases more sincerity and creativity, the younger generation also reciprocates with unexpected enthusiasm, resonance, and re-creation. This is a new vitality surging in the continuation of inheritance. Cultural inheritance needs more explorers. Every generation is a creator. Everyone participates and everyone contributes. The galaxy of Chinese civilization will surely become more brilliant.
(The author is a reporter from this newspaper's Fujian (福建) branch.)
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For the cultural and tourism industry, attracting popularity is a major subject. First there was Zibo (淄博) in Shandong (山东), then Harbin (哈尔滨) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), and now Tianshui (天水) in Gansu (甘肃) and Rongchang (荣昌) in Chongqing (重庆). In the scenes of explosive popularity and surging passenger flow, people truly feel the "tired but happy" experience of receiving traffic.
Traffic in the context of the cultural and tourism industry is the attention in cyberspace, as well as the visible passenger flow. Promoting the high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry is inseparable from traffic, requires receiving traffic, and, more importantly, cannot ignore cultivating traffic. Cultivating traffic is actually strengthening the foundation and cultivating the source, starting from cultivating a good environment, creating characteristic industries, and establishing a local image, to continuously inject fresh water into the development of the cultural and tourism industry.
Cultivating traffic requires improving governance effectiveness. Traffic, in a sense, tests the governance effectiveness of a place. Zibo (淄博) opened barbecue special trains, Harbin's (哈尔滨) Central Street (中央大街) underground passage was paved with non-slip carpets, Rongchang (荣昌) opened its government canteen to tourists... Providing considerate service, precise service, and efficient service to tourists can shape a good consumption environment and quietly establish a local cultural and tourism brand while weaving emotional bonds.
Cultivating traffic requires forming unique advantages from the integration of culture and tourism. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes: "Promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, vigorously develop the cultural tourism industry, and empower economic and social development with culture." Using the integration of culture and tourism to cultivate and increase traffic is an effective path to promote the high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry. Shaping tourism with culture and highlighting culture with tourism, and optimizing and strengthening the characteristics of culture and tourism, is the only way to cultivate traffic. Avoid blindly creating scenery and engaging in potted landscape collages, but rather rely on the integration of culture and tourism to continuously form scenes with strong customs, strong characteristics, and new interests, adding charm to the scenery and renewing the color of culture in integrated innovation, in order to continuously enhance tourists' stickiness and sense of identity.
Cultivating traffic requires adhering to long-termism. Culture and tourism is an industry of 台上一分钟，台下十年功 (tái shàng yī fēn zhōng, tái xià shí nián gōng - "one minute on stage, ten years of practice off stage," great accomplishments require long and hard preparation). Behind the phenomenal cultural and tourism popularity is actually continuous effort and long-term dedication. To seize the changeable and fleeting traffic, one must understand how to stabilize word-of-mouth in "quietly raising fish." Be unhurried, confident, and steady, focus on practicing internal skills and improving quality, in order to take advantage of the momentum and promote the cohesion of popularity and the longevity of the business.
Cultivating traffic is cultivating brand, cultivating people's hearts, and cultivating the future. Seizing opportunities, taking the initiative, integrating innovation, and making precise efforts, can enable various places to transform traffic into retention and truly build the cultural and tourism industry into a pillar industry, a people's livelihood industry, and a happiness industry.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Xinjiang Daily* (《新疆日报》), original title: "Waiting for 'Traffic' is Not as Good as Concentrating on Cultivating 'Traffic'")
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The "Suggestions" from the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed "accelerating high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology to lead the development of new quality productive forces." Auditing is an important component of the Party and the state's supervisory system, and serving the development of new quality productive forces is the bounden duty of auditing agencies. The auditing agencies of Hubei Province have a new understanding of the economic supervision positioning of auditing, consciously plan and promote work around the overall situation, and promote the development of new quality productive forces through effective supervision and precise services.
Consolidating the technical foundation, auditing is a "booster" for innovation and creation. Scientific and technological innovation is the core element for developing new quality productive forces. In order to support the construction of high-level scientific and technological innovation platforms in Hubei, we focused on the development of scientific and technological innovation in Wuhan's Optics Valley (武汉光谷) in carrying out special audits of major scientific and technological innovation funds. We extended the supervision chain from project application and fund allocation to the transformation of achievements. We not only focused on the compliance of fund use, but also evaluated the effectiveness of scientific research investment, promoted the competent departments to optimize project management processes, and unblocked the blockages between "government, industry, academia, research, finance, and application," effectively improving the overall effectiveness of the innovation system. It can be seen that auditing not only looks at whether the use of funds is legal and compliant, but also whether the use of funds is of high quality and effective. Strengthening audit supervision of the use of science and technology funds, project performance, and policy implementation will ensure that good policies achieve good results, good funds achieve good returns, and more high-quality scientific and technological achievements will emerge.
Building industrial support, auditing can serve as a "navigator" for resource allocation. Industrial innovation provides application scenarios and market space for scientific and technological innovation. For example, when conducting audits of government and state-owned enterprise investment funds, we promoted government funds to focus on strategic guidance and invest in cutting-edge industries and other fields. On the other hand, we urged state-owned enterprise funds to strengthen benefit orientation and improve the level of market-oriented operation. The two types of funds complement each other in different links of the industrial chain, leveraging the effect of 四两拨千斤 (sì liǎng bō qiān jīn - "four ounces deflect a thousand pounds," to use minimal force to achieve a great effect), helping industrial transformation and upgrading. From the identification and reward of "little giant" enterprises, to the loan interest subsidies for industrial enterprises above a designated size, to the approval and distribution of technological transformation subsidies, doing a good job in the whole-process supervision of industrial policy implementation, special fund use, and industrial chain effectiveness, auditing can provide a more solid guarantee for accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system.
Cultivating a fertile ground for growth, auditing is a "lookout" for the innovation ecosystem. A good business environment is an important foundation for the development of new quality productive forces. In carrying out business environment audit projects, we focused on the implementation of preferential policies for enterprises such as tax and fee reductions, and severely investigated and dealt with problems such as arbitrary charges, arbitrary fines, and arbitrary apportionments involving enterprises, reducing the institutional transaction costs of enterprises. On the other hand, we closely followed the progress of scientific and technological system and mechanism reforms, solved problems such as multiple links in project application and evaluation, and untimely fund allocation, and relieved burdens and boosted morale for various business entities, especially technology-based enterprises and research entities. Highlighting problem orientation, strengthening accountability, and helping to remove institutional and mechanism barriers also contributes to creating an innovation ecosystem that attracts people from near and far.
Auditing also helps to warn of risks. Cultivating new quality productive forces will inevitably encounter challenges. Through regular "economic check-ups" of key areas such as finance, finance, and state-owned assets, auditing can identify risks and hidden dangers in a timely manner, promote the improvement of the prevention and control system, and ensure high-quality development with a high level of security.
Cutting-edge technology is changing rapidly, and auditing must keep pace with the times. We will strive to build composite auditing talents, use a "telescope" vision to prospectively plan, a "magnifying glass" to focus on fund performance, a "microscope" to find blockages and difficulties, and a "perspective mirror" to reveal deep-seated problems. We will surely be able to show greater achievements in accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces and shaping new momentum and new advantages for development, and serve the overall development with high-quality audit supervision.
(The author is a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Hubei Provincial Audit Office (湖北省审计厅).)
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申少铁 刘涓溪
Biography:
Liu Rong (刘荣), born in June 1964 in Tianshui (天水), Gansu (甘肃) Province, is the Director and doctoral supervisor of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Department of the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院第一医学中心). He has led his team in completing over 30,000 complex hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries and over 12,000 robotic surgeries, establishing a theoretical and technical system for minimally invasive hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, and creating 24 original core surgical procedures. He has received awards such as the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the First Prize of the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award.
Holding the robotic arms steadily with both hands, his eyes fixed on the real-time images on the screen, he carefully operated the machine in front of him... In July of this year, in a mobile operating vehicle in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北) Province, Liu Rong (刘荣), Director of the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Department of the First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院第一医学中心), successfully completed the world's first low-orbit satellite remote surgery.
In the field of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, many people are familiar with Liu Rong (刘荣). He was the first in the world to propose the concept of laparoscopic anatomical hepatectomy, complete the world's first laparoscopic anatomical hemihepatectomy and other surgeries, and has won national, provincial, and medical field awards many times. Speaking of these honors, Liu Rong (刘荣) waved his hand: "My goal is to ensure that patients receive better treatment and live a higher quality of life."
"Treat diseases that could not be treated in the past, and do things that could not be done in the past"
When the reporter met Liu Rong (刘荣), he had just rushed over from an exchange meeting. "Doctors are like this, sometimes they can't control their own time," Liu Rong (刘荣) said.
Let's go back more than 40 years. At that time, Liu Rong (刘荣) did not expect that he would become a doctor.
As a teenager, Liu Rong (刘荣) liked to read extracurricular books. After the college entrance examination, he chose his major and entered Lanzhou Medical College (兰州医学院) (now the Medical College of Lanzhou University (兰州大学医学院)) to study. Since then, Liu Rong (刘荣) began his career as a doctor.
In the 1990s, hepatobiliary surgery was just starting in China. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery was highly complex, requiring a 20-centimeter incision in the patient's abdomen, and the surgery lasted as long as 6-7 hours. This was a double test of psychological and physical endurance for the doctor. For patients, it meant greater trauma and higher risks. However, seeing the patients who came to him one after another, Liu Rong (刘荣) was determined to learn more advanced treatment techniques.
Not long after arriving at the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院), Liu Rong (刘荣) began to ponder: How to improve the cure rate and reduce the pain of patients? Liu Rong (刘荣) saw patients during the day and studied new surgical methods at night.
In 2002, a patient, Aunt Guo (郭阿姨), came to Liu Rong (刘荣): "Director Liu (刘主任), is there a surgical method that involves a small incision and quick recovery? I don't want to leave such a big scar." It turned out that Aunt Guo (郭阿姨) had a liver cyst, about 11 centimeters in size, and traditional surgery would leave a significant scar. Liu Rong (刘荣) remembered the laparoscopic surgery he had seen at school, which only required a small incision in the patient's abdomen, and the entire surgical process was completed under the laparoscope.
The idea was only the first step. Many problems, such as designing a surgical plan and formulating emergency response plans, were placed in front of Liu Rong (刘荣): The blood vessels around the liver are dense, how to accurately find the entry path, and how to control bleeding? Before this, laparoscopy was only used for superficial minor surgeries, and there was no precedent for liver surgery. How to ensure success?
Liu Rong (刘荣) led his team to conduct animal experiments, analyze technical paths, and carry out joint research. By properly handling the branches of the veins, arteries, and bile ducts at the hepatic portal, and using a linear cutter reasonably, Liu Rong (刘荣) successfully performed laparoscopic anatomical hemihepatectomy for Aunt Guo (郭阿姨), which was the first case in China.
Over the years, Liu Rong (刘荣) has explored and created a theoretical and technical system for minimally invasive hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, promoting the development of hepatobiliary and pancreatic robotic and laparoscopic surgery. "Treat diseases that could not be treated in the past, and do things that could not be done in the past." Liu Rong (刘荣) keeps in mind the teachings of his late mentor, Academician Huang Zhiqiang (黄志强) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
"Innovation is not the goal, the important thing is to solve problems"
September 2015, successfully completed the world's first da Vinci robot single-port islet cell tumor resection; December 2018, successfully completed the world's first 5G remote surgery animal experiment; January 2025, successfully implemented the world's first robotic satellite remote surgery from Lhasa (拉萨), Tibet (西藏) to Beijing (北京)...
In Liu Rong's (刘荣) medical career, such domestic and international "firsts" are not uncommon. "Innovation is not the goal, the important thing is to solve problems," Liu Rong (刘荣) said. To treat patients, we must adhere to problem awareness, thinking about how to solve the patient's pain points. "Innovation is accidental, but it is also the inevitable result of long-term persistence."
What makes Liu Rong (刘荣) proud is that he led his team to pioneer robotic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in China. The liver and pancreas are located deep, the blood vessels are complex, the surgery is difficult, and the postoperative complications are high. In the past, doctors used laparoscopes for surgery, which was time-consuming and inefficient. With the promotion of surgical robots, Liu Rong (刘荣) began to think about how to apply surgical robots to hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.
In 2006, the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院) introduced its first surgical robot. At that time, there were no mature robotic surgical methods in China. Liu Rong (刘荣) led his team, in conjunction with several domestic research institutes, and plunged into the research of robotic surgical methods.
Compared with laparoscopy, the surgical field of view of robots is more realistic and can solve more problems. However, the introduction of new tools and new methods will inevitably be questioned. Liu Rong (刘荣) was not disturbed by the outside world and buried himself in research. He believes that robots can benefit more patients in remote areas through advanced communication methods.
After more than ten years of efforts, Liu Rong (刘荣) and his team built the world's largest hepatobiliary and pancreatic robotic surgery center in the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院), and led the formulation of the "Chinese Robotic Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Guidelines" and jointly developed domestic surgical robots with other units. "Surgeries that used to take 6 to 7 hours now only take two to three hours with surgical robots, and many patients can be discharged two to three days after surgery," Liu Rong (刘荣) said.
"Medical innovation can make patients treated better and live a higher quality of life." Adhering to this belief, Liu Rong (刘荣) set himself an almost harsh requirement - in surgical technology, there must be some improvements and innovations every once in a while.
There are still some problems in the field of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in China that have not been overcome, such as uneven distribution of medical resources and insufficient medical talents. Liu Rong (刘荣) wants to make some contributions to overcoming these problems through the improvement of surgical techniques. Liu Rong (刘荣) and his team are actively exploring robotic satellite remote surgery and developing artificial intelligence large models to provide better advice for hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeons. "In the future, we will continue to promote innovative surgical procedures and standardized surgical procedures, so that medical technology can benefit more patients," Liu Rong (刘荣) said.
"The duty of healing and saving lives, and the pioneering spirit of daring to be the first, are qualities that a doctor should possess"
"The duty of healing and saving lives, and the pioneering spirit of daring to be the first, are qualities that a doctor should possess," Liu Rong (刘荣) said. To become a good doctor, one must not only have superb skills, but also noble medical ethics.
Liu Rong's (刘荣) growth is inseparable from the teachings of two medical masters.
In 1990, Liu Rong (刘荣) entered the Second Military Medical University (第二军医大学) to pursue a doctoral degree, studying under Wu Mengchao (吴孟超), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a hepatobiliary surgeon. "Academician Wu (吴老) still insisted on working on the front line of clinical practice in his 90s. He regarded healing the wounded and rescuing the dying as his life pursuit, and overcoming academic problems as his lifelong career," Liu Rong (刘荣) recalled.
After graduation, Liu Rong (刘荣) entered the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of the PLA General Hospital (解放军总医院), studying under Academician Huang Zhiqiang (黄志强). "Academician Huang (黄院士) once said that surgeons need to make persistent efforts, and giving up halfway is not an option. Over the years, I have always regarded this sentence as a motto," Liu Rong (刘荣) said.
In Liu Rong's (刘荣) view, surgeons should not become "surgical craftsmen," but "surgical artists." "'Surgical craftsmen' are at the level of skill, but 'surgical artists' should often think about how to achieve better treatment results, how to reduce pain, and reduce complications," Liu Rong (刘荣) said.
Although clinical work is busy and academic research tasks are heavy, Liu Rong (刘荣) is still full of enthusiasm, actively promoting new technologies and training grassroots medical staff.
"No matter how strong a person's ability is, it cannot replace a team." Liu Rong (刘荣) believes that **一枝独秀** (yī zhī dú xiù - "one branch stands out," one good person cannot represent the whole, it's better to have a group of good people) **不是春，百花齐放春满园** (bǎi huā qì fàng chūn mǎn yuán - "a single flower does not make a spring, when a hundred flowers bloom, spring fills the garden," a single outstanding individual is not as good as a group of talented people), many hospitals in China still lack the ability to perform complex surgeries such as hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. How to enable more doctors to master surgical skills and thus save more patients has become one of Liu Rong's (刘荣) important tasks at present.
To this end, Liu Rong (刘荣) has edited monographs such as "Surgical Operation Essentials and Techniques of Laparoscopic Liver Surgery" and "Robotic Surgery of the Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas, and Spleen," and led the formulation of a number of domestic and international expert consensus and guidelines. He has participated in hosting the Beijing International Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Forum for more than 10 consecutive years, participated in the establishment of the National Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Alliance, conducted surgical training courses, and taught surgical skills; he has also led his team to hold international academic conferences to share the latest research results of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery with international colleagues.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 4th (Reporter Qu Peiran (渠沛然)) On December 4th, the 2025 8th China Energy Industry Development Annual Conference was held in Beijing (北京). The theme of the annual conference was "Constructing a New Power System and Building a Strong Energy Nation."
The "Suggestions" from the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed accelerating the construction of a new energy system, continuously increasing the proportion of new energy supply, promoting the safe, reliable, and orderly replacement of fossil energy, focusing on building a new power system, and building a strong energy nation. Participating guests believe that building a new power system and building a strong energy nation are deeply intertwined strategic goals and implementation paths. Building a strong energy nation is the top-level design leading the transformation of the power system, and building a new power system is the only way to achieve a strong energy nation. As the support and key hub of the new energy system, the new power system consolidates the technological foundation and industrial strength of a strong energy nation through key technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrades.
This year's annual conference was hosted by China Energy News (中国能源报) and the China Energy Research Society (中国能源研究会), co-hosted by the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance China Headquarters (G20青年企业家联盟中国总部), and included activities such as the "Middle East Energy Investment Forum." Responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central and state organs, foreign envoys to China, representatives from local government departments in charge, heads of Chinese and foreign enterprises, and experts and scholars attended the forum.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Nantong (南通) dispatch on December 4th (Reporter: Wu Chuqi (吴储岐)) On December 4th, the 2025 "12·5" International Volunteer Day theme event and the National Volunteer Service "Four 100s" Advanced Typical On-site Exchange Activity were held in Nantong City (南通市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省).
The theme event and on-site exchange activity thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) congratulatory letter to the Third Congress of the China Volunteer Service Federation (中国志愿服务联合会), studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions and a series of important instructions and approvals on volunteer service, focused on the theme of "Gathering Volunteer Strength to Jointly Build a Better Society," vigorously promoted the volunteer spirit of dedication, friendship, mutual assistance, and progress, and presented the vivid practices of volunteer service in various regions and departments through typical performances, on-site interviews, video displays, and other methods, highlighting the contemporary value and moral strength of volunteer service with Chinese characteristics, and showcasing the new achievements made in the cause of volunteer service in the new era. At the event, the establishment of the United Nations 2026 International Year of Volunteers China Organizing Committee was announced, the comprehensive launch ceremony of the China Volunteer Service Collaboration Platform was held, the 2025 National Volunteer Service Top Ten News Collection Activity was launched, and the volunteer oath was officially released.
Volunteer Oath
I volunteer to become a glorious volunteer,
Practice the volunteer spirit of dedication, friendship, mutual assistance, and progress,
Respond to the call of the Party and the country,
Dedicate to society and serve the people,
Pass on truth, goodness, and beauty, spread positive energy,
Contribute wisdom and strength to the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation!
Return to TopThe first Chinese film on the subject of environmental protection law enforcement, "Upstream," recently held its premiere in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), according to a report in this newspaper on December 4th from Hangzhou (杭州) (Reporter Jiang Nan (江南)). The film was jointly produced by the China Environmental Protection Foundation (中华环境保护基金会), the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment (杭州市生态环境局), and the Publicity Department of the CPC Jiande Municipal Committee (中共建德市委宣传部).
The film is adapted from real events that promoted the inclusion of environmental violations as criminal offenses in China. The creative team relied on a large number of cases and materials to restore the professional details and complex challenges of environmental law enforcement work, presenting a confrontation between front-line environmental law enforcers and illegal enterprises.
At the premiere, many viewers shared their viewing experiences based on their own experiences. An environmental professional said, "The film truly reflects the difficult journey of many environmental workers, and I sincerely admire the anonymous environmental heroes who have worked hard for environmental protection." Some viewers also said, "Protecting the ecological environment requires the attention and efforts of everyone in the whole society," and "Environmental protection is not a distant slogan, but a responsibility and action that is related to me and connected to you."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 4th (Reporter Wang Haonan (王昊男)): On December 4th, the "Action Plan for Accelerating High-Quality Development of the Beijing (北京) Olympic Central Area (2025-2027)," jointly formulated by the Beijing (北京) Municipal Development and Reform Commission (北京市发展改革委) and the Chaoyang District (朝阳区) Government, was officially released. Beijing (北京) will deeply explore the potential of the "Dual Olympic" legacy, enhance the functional quality of the Olympic Central Area, and create new carriers for the integrated consumption of culture, commerce, tourism, sports, and exhibitions.
The Beijing (北京) Olympic Central Area is the world's only "Dual Olympic" park and a concentrated carrier of Olympic culture. According to the action plan, in terms of spatial layout, the Olympic Central Area will optimize the functional layout of "One Axis, One Belt, Four Poles, and Two Wings." Taking the North Central Axis and its extension line as the core functional axis, it will improve the unique and magnificent spatial order. Taking the dragon-shaped water system as a vibrant leisure belt, it will create an ecological waterfront corridor of "blue and green integration."
In terms of leading functions, the Olympic Central Area will strengthen the characteristics of the "Dual Olympics," adhere to cultural inheritance, focus on commercial integration, and highlight people-oriented principles. Taking the seven national-level sports venues as carriers, it will expand international sports events, emerging robot sports, and other scenarios. Taking the eight national and municipal-level cultural and technological venues as carriers, it will innovate historical and cultural research, arts and crafts consumption, science and technology interactive experience, and other scenarios. Taking the China National Convention Center (国家会议中心) and surrounding hotels, office buildings, commercial complexes, etc., as carriers, it will introduce more exhibition activities. Taking the Olympic Forest Park (奥林匹克森林公园) as the core carrier, it will introduce outdoor leisure sports, healthy living platforms, parent-child fashion trends, and other scenarios to create the Olympic Forest Park (奥森公园) leisure pole.
In order to promote high-quality regional development, the action plan proposes four major actions: consumption format renewal, industrial integration and development, urban renewal and upgrading, and carrying capacity enhancement. These include: implementing gradual small-scale commercial format renewal, and setting up small and beautiful, small and refined embedded commercial facilities in venues, squares, parks, etc.
Return to TopIn recent years, the highway management department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区) has actively carried out oversized, overheight, and overweight transport service and dispatch work, promoting logistics cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and realizing the smooth transportation of large equipment. The picture shows on December 2nd, several transport vehicles carrying large wind turbine blades entering the Guanmahu Service Area (关马湖服务区) of the Beijing-Tibet Expressway (京藏高速) for rest.
Text by Rui (瑞), photo from China Photo.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 4th that, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission conducted a case review and investigation into the serious violations of discipline and law by Lan Tianli (蓝天立), a member of the 20th CPC Central Committee, former Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee, and former Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government.
The investigation found that Lan Tianli (蓝天立) had lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original aspiration and mission, violated the new development concept and the requirements for high-quality development, discounted and distorted the implementation of major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, lost his Party spirit principles, engaged in forming cliques within the Party, cultivated personal power, engaged in speculation and opportunism, associated with political swindlers, and resisted organizational review. He violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee, accepted banquets in violation of regulations; violated organizational principles, and selected and appointed cadres in violation of regulations; lost his bottom line of integrity, accepted gifts and money in violation of regulations; had an improper family style, and failed to manage and educate his family members; disregarded laws and discipline, was greedy and excessive, and used his position to seek benefits for others in areas such as contracting for construction projects and selecting and appointing cadres, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
Lan Tianli (蓝天立) seriously violated the Party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, and lifestyle discipline, constituted serious violations of duty and was suspected of bribery crimes, and after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he did not restrain himself or stop his actions. The nature of his actions was serious, and the impact was vile, and he should be severely punished. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China," the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Law on Administrative Disciplinary Actions for Public Officials of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant regulations, after research by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee for deliberation, it was decided to give Lan Tianli (蓝天立) the penalty of expulsion from the Party; the National Supervisory Commission gave him the penalty of dismissal from public office; terminated his qualifications as a representative to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 12th Party Congress of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; confiscated his gains from violations of discipline and law; and transferred his suspected criminal problems to the procuratorial organs for investigation and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved was transferred along with him. The punishment of expulsion from the Party will be confirmed when the plenary session of the Central Committee is convened.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋
In October of this year, Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), launched its new generation market complex – the sixth-generation market core project, the Global Digital Trade Center. Since the opening of the first small commodity market in the early 1980s, the Yiwu (义乌) market has undergone several relocations and upgrades, with its scale and capabilities continuously improving. The reporter interviewed three small commodity business operators, and through their stories, we can see how Yiwu (义乌) has developed from a "roadside market" to a "world supermarket" over the past 40 years.
——Editor
Zhang Chunhua (张春花), Plush Toy Business Operator –
"The market is bigger, the shops are more spacious, it's like shopping in a mall"
On October 14th, the sixth-generation market core project, the Global Digital Trade Center in Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), was officially launched. On the opening day, Zhang Chunhua (张春花), 73, made a special trip to the new market to celebrate the opening of her grandson He Tao's (何涛) new store. "The market is bigger, the shops are more spacious, it's like shopping in a mall!" said Zhang Chunhua (张春花).
In September 1982, Yiwu (义乌) officially opened the Choucheng (稠城) Huqingmen (湖清门) Small Merchandise Market. This market was an open-air roadside market with 705 stalls selling more than 2,200 kinds of goods. In December 1984, the Xinmalu (新马路) Market was built, becoming the second-generation small commodity market in Yiwu (义乌), realizing the transformation from a "roadside market" to a "market-based city." This was the starting point for Zhang Chunhua's (张春花) business.
"Cement slabs fixed the stalls, and steel frame glass tile sheds overhead provided shelter from the wind and rain." During peak periods, market stalls were in high demand, and Zhang Chunhua (张春花) had to go to the market early every day to secure a spot, "As soon as I saw an empty space, I quickly spread out the cloth and raced against time to do business."
In September 1986, the Xinmalu (新马路) Market was relocated and expanded to the Yiwu (义乌) Small Commodity Market on Chengzhong Road (城中路), which became the third-generation small commodity market. In 1992, Yiwu's (义乌) fourth-generation small commodity market, Huangyuan (篁园) Market, opened. This was Yiwu's (义乌) first large-scale indoor market, with more than 15,000 stalls. Here, Zhang Chunhua (张春花) had her own stall.
"The stalls in Huangyuan (篁园) Market were counter-style. At that time, there were only two or three peers doing plush toy business. Looking at it now, there are more than 400 in this floor," said Zhang Chunhua (张春花). In October 2002, Yiwu's (义乌) fifth-generation market, Yiwu (义乌) International Trade City District 1, officially opened, transforming into a modern shopping mall-style market and advancing towards international trade. More than 10,000 merchants in the four major industries of handicrafts, jewelry, toys, and flowers moved in, and Zhang Chunhua (张春花) passed the baton to her daughter, Zhang Qiaomei (张巧妹).
"My mother has always been in the business of large-sized plush toys. After I took over, I started to switch to small plush pendants," said Zhang Qiaomei (张巧妹). The old shop was only 9 square meters, but now her son He Tao's (何涛) new shop is three times the size.
"The larger space makes it easier for us to shoot short videos and conduct online live broadcasts." As a post-00s generation, He Tao (何涛) understands the preferences of young customers better. Last year, he created a personal IP "Plush Prince" on social media, and many merchants came attracted by his reputation.
Traditional stalls mainly wholesale basic plush toys. In contrast, He Tao's (何涛) store not only has a wider variety of plush toys, but also created a special DIY experience area, which is more in line with the consumption preferences of young people. Bidding farewell to the traditional stocking model and adopting a new "wholesale and retail combination" model, He Tao (何涛) looks forward to showing his talents in the new store.
Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳), Telescope Business Operator –
"Using the larger platform of the new market to make the brand more well-known"
"Meet guests from all over the world with a new look." With the opening of the new store in the Global Digital Trade Center, Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳), the general manager of Zhejiang (浙江) Yinyuan (胤远) Optical Instrument Co., Ltd. and a post-90s generation, posted such a message on her WeChat Moments. This time, she took over three shops and plans to continue to expand the market on the basis of her original business.
"In 1996, my mother started a telescope business in Huangyuan (篁园) Market and opened an optical factory at the same time, doing OEM manufacturing with a 'front store and back factory' business model," said Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳). In 2002, after moving into Yiwu (义乌) International Trade City, although the store expanded, the older generation in her family had a weak brand awareness and had been doing OEM business.
At that time, there were many merchants in the Yiwu (义乌) market doing OEM and brand-labeling, with low added value and limited competitiveness. "As the market grew larger and global merchants poured into Yiwu (义乌), we gradually realized that building our own brand is the guarantee for long-term development." In 2016, Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳) founded her own brand "APLUSPOWER," but the road to brand building was not smooth.
"When we first started recommending our brand to customers, they had never heard of it or seen it before, and it was difficult to promote," said Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳). To this end, she led the team to promote through multiple channels, actively integrated into the cross-border e-commerce wave, actively participated in overseas exhibitions, and promoted the brand to go overseas.
Two years after the establishment of her own brand, a foreign merchant came to Chen Jiajia's (陈嘉佳) store specifically to purchase. "The other party said, I have seen your brand in my country," Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳) recalled, "I breathed a sigh of relief at the time." After that, the brand gradually opened up sales channels, and its products were exported to more than 100 countries and regions, and the company's foreign trade share increased from 50% to 70%.
"If you want to make your brand well-known, you must continue to cultivate product research and development." Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳) expanded the single telescope product to more than 1,000 varieties, such as children's microscopes and drone thermal imagers. The number of categories has increased by more than four times, and AI technology is now being integrated into telescope product research and development.
In the new store in the Global Digital Trade Center, Chen Jiajia (陈嘉佳) displays her own brand products, "I hope to use the larger platform of the new market to make the brand more well-known."
Looking at the sixth-generation market, independent brand stores like "APLUSPOWER" can be seen everywhere. Among the more than 3,700 merchants that have already moved in, merchants with independent brands or operating IP products account for 57%.
Huang Zixuan (黄子轩), Jewelry Business Operator –
"I also use AI technology to empower my business"
How to visit the sixth-generation market? Zhu Xingping (朱幸平), Deputy General Manager of the Global Digital Trade Center, introduced that the center focuses on specific scenarios such as fashion consumption and maternal and infant consumption, and concentrates related categories in a certain business area, so as to better meet the one-stop procurement needs of merchants.
"For example, merchants who purchase maternal and infant products can find related toys, washing and care products, and pregnancy and childbirth products in adjacent stores after purchasing children's clothing," said Zhu Xingping (朱幸平). Based on the industrial spatial planning logic of "upstream and downstream are just upstairs and downstairs and next door," the mall organically integrates related categories to facilitate one-stop procurement for merchants, and the efficiency of product selection has been greatly improved.
Compared with the fifth-generation market, the sixth-generation market has also achieved a comprehensive digital and intelligent upgrade. The market has developed and launched the "World Yiwu (义乌)" business model, including 13 AI applications such as Small Business AI Design, Small Business AI Visual Creation, and AI Video Translation, to help merchants solve problems such as difficulty in design, difficulty in marketing, and difficulty in going overseas.
"In the past, doing business meant staying in the store and waiting for customers to come to the door, and then using a calculator to calculate prices, which was not very efficient." In the jewelry area of the new market, Huang Zixuan (黄子轩), the owner of the "Tang Tang Tang (糖唐堂)" bracelet store, said that his mother's old store is operated in Yiwu (义乌) International Trade City, and the traditional "feeling-based" stocking model always leads to inventory backlog.
"When I came to the new market, I also used AI technology to empower my business," said Huang Zixuan (黄子轩). In the store, in front of a computer, customers are queuing up to experience AI bracelet making. "Click the mouse, select the material and color, and generate a rendering with one click," Huang Zixuan (黄子轩) introduced that the AI rendering replaces the physical sample for customer confirmation, shortening the proofing cycle by more than half and reducing material loss by about 30%.
Huang Zixuan (黄子轩) introduced that the platform has opened up a complete link of AI design, traffic evaluation, order feedback, and online sales. The new store puts the design drawings on the platform to test the pre-sale situation, and then conducts mass production based on customer feedback. "We use AI design creativity to attract consumers, first promote the transaction, and then feed back to the production end, which reduces upfront costs and improves production efficiency."
In addition, with the help of the Small Business AI Visual Creation tool, without memorizing lines or speaking foreign languages, as long as you speak Chinese in front of the phone lens and add text, you can generate product introduction videos in different languages such as English and Spanish in a few minutes, which greatly improves work efficiency.
Like Huang Zixuan (黄子轩), today, in the Global Digital Trade Center, more than 3,700 "new stallholders" are using AI technology to reshape their business models.
Return to TopAccording to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (中国物流与采购联合会): In November, China's logistics industry prosperity index was 50.9%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared with the previous month. Logistics demand continued to expand, and expectations remained positive. Among them, the total business volume index, new order index, employment index, and business activity expectation index remained in the prosperity range.
From a regional perspective, in November, the total business volume index in the central region and western region were 51% and 51.2% respectively, higher than the national level. The total business volume index in the eastern region was 50.5%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month.
In November, the logistics demand for industrial products rebounded, and the demand for transportation equipment, household appliances and furniture, smart equipment, automobiles and parts manufacturing remained good. At the same time, the logistics industry fixed asset investment completion amount index was 55.4%, maintaining a high prosperity range.
Reported by Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁) from Beijing (北京) on December 4th.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨颜菲
In Shangli County (上栗县), Pingxiang City (萍乡市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), a national-level intangible cultural heritage with nearly 1,400 years of history is undergoing an industrial transformation and upgrade. Through cultural inheritance, industrial upgrading, and business integration, the "old craft" of fireworks production is becoming a "big industry" driving the county's economic development.
"Fireworks production is not just a craft, but also a continuation of thousands of years of culture," said Qin Binwu (秦斌武), the representative inheritor of Pingxiang (萍乡) fireworks production techniques, revealing the vitality of Shangli (上栗) fireworks. To better inherit fireworks production skills, Shangli County (上栗县) launched the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor Doubling Plan" and the "Apprentice Pairing Award," and carried out activities such as the "Fireworks Craftsman" selection and innovative product competitions, promoting the inheritance of skills and integrating this "old craft" with contemporary aesthetics.
From the "Rice Ear Fireworks" full of design sense to the "Shunfeng Car" and other series of creative fireworks, Shangli (上栗) has launched a series of products that integrate traditional and modern aesthetics, which are increasingly popular among young people.
"In the past, we relied on manpower, but now we rely on technology." At Shangli County Jiapeng Export Fireworks Factory (上栗县家鹏出口花炮厂), the person in charge, Liu Tangyan (柳堂炎), pointed to a fully automated production line of 88 meters long and introduced it. This production line realizes the separation of humans and machines, and the separation of humans and gunpowder. Through the whole process of video monitoring, the production process is safer, and more than 600 boxes of aerial double-bang fireworks can be produced every day.
The Shangli County (上栗县) government has successively issued a number of policy documents, and closed down 349 "small, scattered, and weak" enterprises in accordance with laws and regulations. At the same time, the county finance established a special reward and subsidy fund, and in 2024, it cashed out 3.034 million yuan in incentive policy rewards and subsidies for high-quality development, guiding enterprises to implement transformation and upgrading.
In the compression molding area of Jiangxi Shengyu Fireworks Group Co., Ltd. (江西省盛誉烟花集团有限公司), raw materials are transformed into neatly stacked compression molded fireworks through processes such as filling, molding, and drying. This enterprise, which started in 2009, has now developed into a large group covering multiple production plants, compression molding areas, raw material management, and printing and packaging.
"Now the compression molded fireworks we produce, in addition to our own use, 30% are sold to other fireworks companies," said Huang Lexiang (黄乐享), head of Shengyu Fireworks Group (盛誉烟花集团). The complete industrial chain not only improves production efficiency but also significantly enhances the ability to resist risks.
As a county-level industry that enriches the people, Shangli County (上栗县) promotes the transformation and upgrading of the fireworks industry towards intelligence and greening, and innovatively builds a big data platform for fireworks raw material procurement, and launches a "Smart Safety Supervision" monitoring and early warning system.
In the Shangli County Emergency Command Center (上栗县应急指挥中心), the electronic screen displays real-time production data of fireworks enterprises throughout the county. The duty officer clicks the mouse, and parameters such as temperature, humidity, and electrostatic values of a certain factory area are clearly displayed. "The fireworks and firecrackers risk monitoring and early warning system and the industrial chain supervision and service platform built with an investment of 70 million yuan are our 'safety base'," said the relevant person in charge.
In the past, we sold products, but now we sell experiences. At the New Year's Eve fireworks show in Pingxiang Wugong Mountain Scenic Area (萍乡武功山景区), tourists cheered in an immersive experience; "Fireworks Cabins" have entered the scenic area, and customized "confession fireworks" and "decompression sparklers" have become new favorites of emotional consumption; regularly holding "Intangible Cultural Heritage Fireworks + City Culture IP" fireworks show activities further extends the cultural industry chain.
"Fireworks are not only products, but also a link connecting the world," said Yan Huaquan (严华泉), president of the Shangli County Fireworks Chamber of Commerce (上栗县花炮总商会). According to statistics, Shangli County (上栗县) has 189 fireworks production enterprises, including 134 enterprises above designated size, and 6 enterprises have entered the ranks of national high-tech enterprises; there are more than 400 upstream and downstream supporting enterprises, and the industrial cluster absorbs more than 100,000 employees, and its products are sold to more than 60 countries and regions.
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The "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" (hereinafter referred to as the "Suggestions") adopted by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed to improve the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system and improve the capital market functions that coordinate investment and financing. This is a major strategic deployment made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, based on a scientific analysis and accurate grasp of the international and domestic situation during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, closely focusing on the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization, and from a global perspective. It points out the direction and provides fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in various tasks related to the reform, development, and stability of the capital market. We must study it in depth, understand it carefully, and resolutely implement it.
1. Profoundly Understand the Great Significance of Improving the Inclusiveness and Adaptability of the Capital Market System
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to the capital market and has made a series of important instructions and approvals. The Central Financial Work Conference in 2023 proposed to accelerate the construction of a safe, standardized, transparent, open, dynamic, and resilient capital market. The Central Economic Work Conference in 2024 pointed out that it is necessary to deepen the comprehensive reform of investment and financing in the capital market, unblock the blockages for mid- and long-term funds to enter the market, and enhance the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system. The Political Bureau Meeting of the CPC Central Committee on July 30, 2025, emphasized the need to enhance the attractiveness and inclusiveness of the domestic capital market and consolidate the momentum of the capital market's recovery and improvement. The "Several Opinions of the State Council on Strengthening Supervision, Preventing Risks, and Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Capital Market" (hereinafter referred to as the new "Nine Articles of the State Council") also made arrangements to enhance the competitiveness of the capital market system and improve the inclusiveness of new industries, new business forms, and new technologies. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the scale of the capital market steadily expanded, the system continued to improve, the function continued to play, and important steps were taken to serve high-quality development. At present, a good start has been made in comprehensively building a new journey of socialist modernization, and China's high-quality development is being steadily promoted. It should also be noted that the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and the internal and external development environment has undergone complex and profound changes. These have put forward new tasks and new requirements for the function and role of the capital market. It is of great significance to improve the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system.
(1) This is an urgent requirement to better serve the development of new quality productive forces. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to place the development of new quality productive forces in a more prominent strategic position in accordance with local conditions. Innovation begins with science and technology, thrives on industry, and is achieved through capital. An active and competitive capital market is increasingly becoming a key force in promoting the development of science and technology industries. Taking the capital market as a hub to accelerate the construction of an ecosystem that supports scientific and technological innovation and better play the unique role of the capital market in sharing risks and benefits is conducive to promoting the optimal allocation of innovation resources, steadily improving total factor productivity, and promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.
(2) This is the due meaning of promoting the sharing of development results among the broad masses of the people. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed that realizing the people's yearning for a better life is the starting point and end result of Chinese-style modernization. China has more than 200 million stock investors and more than 700 million fund investors. The capital market is an important platform for the people to share the fruits of the development of the real economy. Since the implementation of the new "Nine Articles of the State Council," the capital market has generally maintained a momentum of recovery and improvement. In 2024, investors realized cash dividends of 2.4 trillion yuan, and the people's willingness and demands to manage personal wealth through the capital market have been further enhanced. This requires the capital market to provide richer and higher-quality financial products and services and gradually broaden the channels for increasing residents' property income.
(3) This is an inevitable requirement for promoting the high-quality development of the capital market and building a strong financial country. The "Suggestions" pointed out that it is necessary to establish and improve a capital market with complete functions. The new "Nine Articles of the State Council" requires that a capital market with high adaptability, competitiveness, and inclusiveness be basically built by 2035. Finance is a must-win place for major power games, and the capital market affects the whole body in modern financial operations. Improving the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system is conducive to promoting the continuous improvement of market structure and development quality, further enhancing the core competitiveness and international influence of China's capital market, and providing important support for building a strong financial country.
(4) This is an important part of building a higher-level open economy. The "Suggestions" pointed out that adhering to opening up and cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win results is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization. On the one hand, the international balance of power has undergone profound adjustments, the international economic and trade order has encountered severe challenges, and the volatility of international financial markets has increased; on the other hand, China's economy has shown strong resilience and vitality, especially since 2025, the valuation of RMB assets has been repaired, which has further enhanced the willingness of global capital to invest in the domestic capital market. By opening up through systems, further enhancing the attractiveness and inclusiveness of the capital market is conducive to further facilitating cross-border investment and financing activities, helping to unblock the domestic and international dual circulation and build a unified national market.
2. Accurately Grasp the Connotation and Main Principles of Improving the Inclusiveness and Adaptability of the Capital Market System
China's economic foundation is stable, has many advantages, is resilient, and has great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period has a good foundation and conditions for the stable and healthy operation of the capital market. At the same time, it should also be noted that the quality problems of capital market development are still prominent, the structure of listed companies needs to be optimized, the scale and leading role of mid- and long-term funds entering the market are still insufficient, and external input risks are increasing and internal vulnerability factors are intertwined and superimposed. There are many difficulties and challenges. It is necessary to adhere to the goal orientation and problem orientation, closely focus on improving the capital market functions that coordinate investment and financing, further comprehensively deepen the reform of the capital market, and continuously improve the inclusiveness, adaptability, attractiveness, and competitiveness of the capital market system. First, we will increase support for technological innovation. Adapt to the characteristics of technology companies such as large R&D investment, high operating uncertainty, and long profit cycles, increase the implementation of more inclusive issuance and listing, mergers and acquisitions, and other systems, and do a solid job in the "five major articles" of finance. Second, we will better meet the diversified wealth management needs of investors. Adhere to the investor-oriented approach, focus on building a multi-level and three-dimensional market system and product service matrix, continue to broaden the channels for mid- and long-term funds to enter the market, and continuously enhance investors' sense of gain. Third, we will strengthen supervision and risk prevention and control more accurately and efficiently. Keep abreast of the trends and changes in the innovation and development of domestic and international capital markets, improve the scientific and effective nature of supervision, strengthen the technological empowerment of supervision, enhance the ability to monitor, warn, and deal with risks, and continuously stabilize and activate the capital market. In this process, the following principles need to be grasped.
(1) We must always practice the political and people-oriented nature of capital market work. The Party's leadership is the most essential feature of the road of financial development with Chinese characteristics, and it is China's greatest political advantage and institutional advantage in developing the capital market. We must adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership over the work of the capital market to ensure that the capital market always maintains the correct direction of development. Highlight the value orientation of people-centeredness, promote system reforms closely around the needs of the market and the calls of the people, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, especially small and medium-sized investors, more effectively.
(2) We must better coordinate the coordinated development of investment and financing. The capital market is an ecological system with rich connotations and complex mechanisms. Investment and financing are two sides of the same coin, complement each other, and promote each other. Adhere to the concept of the system, enhance the integrity and coordination of work, pay attention to the overall balance of quantity, and pay more attention to the continuous improvement of quality, help accelerate the transformation of residents' savings into social investment, steadily optimize the financing structure, and promote the coordinated development of the primary and secondary markets.
(3) We must make good use of the key trick of reform and opening up. China's capital market is the product of reform and opening up. We must adhere to the direction of market-oriented, rule-of-law, and internationalized reform, focus on removing the institutional and mechanism obstacles that restrict the improvement of the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system, further stimulate market vitality, and strengthen market functions. Adhere to the combination of an effective market and a promising government, improve the basic system of the capital market, and improve the stability, continuity, and predictability of policies. Promote reform and development through opening up, and steadily expand the high-level institutional opening up of the capital market.
(4) We must take the stable operation of the market as an important guarantee. The stability of the capital market is the basis for better play of market functions, and it is more related to the vital interests of hundreds of millions of investors and to social expectations and confidence. We must always put risk prevention in the first place, adhere to the bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, handle the relationship between reform, development, and stability, and under the overall coordination of the Central Financial Commission, coordinate with all parties to do a good job in the prevention and disposal of major risks and hidden dangers, and strive to promote the stable and healthy development of the capital market.
5. Key Tasks and Measures for Improving the Inclusiveness and Adaptability of the Capital Market System During the "15th Five-Year Plan" Period
After more than 30 years of reform and development, China's capital market has grown from scratch and from small to large. It is currently in a critical stage of rapid transformation to high-quality development. Improving the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system is a comprehensive, deep, and systematic change initiated from a new historical starting point. It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of the plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, further implement the deployment of the Central Financial Work Conference and the new "Nine Articles of the State Council," closely focus on the main line of work of preventing risks, strengthening supervision, and promoting high-quality development, comprehensively promote a new round of capital market reform, and strive to create a new situation in the high-quality development of the capital market, and help build a strong financial country and Chinese-style modernization.
(1) Actively develop direct financing such as equity and bonds. This is a task clearly put forward in the "Suggestions" and a key measure to improve the inclusiveness and adaptability of the capital market system. It is necessary to take the deepening of the reform of the Science and Technology Innovation Board and the Growth Enterprise Market as the starting point, actively develop diversified equity financing, and enhance the ability to serve the entire chain and entire life cycle of real enterprises. Further improve the institutional mechanisms for identifying and screening science and technology innovation enterprises and forming prices, and support the issuance and listing of high-quality enterprises more accurately and effectively. Continue to enhance the high-standard and professional service capabilities of intermediaries. Actively develop private equity and venture capital funds. Improve the multi-level bond market system, vigorously develop science and technology innovation bonds, green bonds, etc., and steadily develop real estate investment trusts and asset securitization. Improve the layout of futures varieties and industrial service functions.
(2) Promote the cultivation of more listed companies that reflect the requirements of high-quality development. Listed companies are the foundation of the capital market, and greater efforts should be made to promote the optimization of the structure of listed companies and enhance investment value. Continue to deepen the reform of the merger and reorganization market, enhance the flexibility and convenience of the refinancing mechanism, support listed companies to transform and upgrade, become better and stronger, develop new quality productive forces, and help cultivate more world-class enterprises. Study and improve the incentive and restraint mechanism for listed companies to stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit and the vitality of talent innovation and creation. Urge and guide listed companies to strengthen their awareness of returning to investors and more actively carry out cash dividends, repurchase cancellations, etc. Consolidate and deepen the normalized delisting mechanism, unblock diversified exit channels, and further improve the market ecology of orderly entry and exit and survival of the fittest.
(3) Create a more attractive "long-term money long-term investment" system environment. We must continue to actively create conditions to build a market environment in which mid- and long-term funds are "willing to come, can stay, and develop well," promote the establishment and improvement of long-term performance evaluation mechanisms for various types of mid- and long-term funds, and increase the scale and proportion of investment in A-shares. Solidly promote the reform of public funds, promote the implementation of assessment and evaluation and incentive and restraint mechanisms that are tied to the interests of investors, vigorously develop equity public funds, and promote the high-quality development of index investment. Promote the smooth circulation of "fundraising, investment, management, and exit" of private equity and venture capital funds, and increase efforts to cultivate and expand patient capital, long-term capital, and strategic capital.
(4) Focus on improving the scientific and effective nature of capital market supervision. Financial innovation is updated and iterated quickly, with obvious pro-cyclicality and strong externalities. It is necessary to adapt to the rapid development and changes in the market, accelerate the construction of a comprehensive and three-dimensional securities and futures regulatory system, and improve the monitoring and supervision and risk response mechanisms for financial innovation activities. Strengthen the strategic force reserve and market stabilization mechanism construction, strengthen the prevention and resolution of risks in key areas and cross-market, cross-industry, and cross-border risks, and continuously enhance the inherent stability of the capital market. Make good use of modern information technology means such as big data and artificial intelligence to efficiently identify clues of violations of laws and regulations and potential risks. Adhere to law-based supervision and classified supervision, severely crack down on malicious illegal acts such as financial fraud, fraudulent issuance, market manipulation, and insider trading, and maintain an open, fair, and just market order.
(5) Steadily expand the high-level institutional opening up of the capital market. Openness and inclusiveness are important characteristics of a high-quality capital market. It is necessary to adhere to being based on our own country and proceeding in an orderly manner, promote the coordinated development of onshore and offshore markets, promote the efficient flow of capital, the rational allocation of factors, and the mutual learning of systems, and improve the international competitiveness of China's capital market. Support enterprises to make good use of both domestic and international markets and two types of resources. Improve the qualified foreign investor system, steadily expand interconnection, and further enhance the convenience of foreign capital and foreign institutions participating in China's capital market. Accelerate the construction of world-class exchanges and cultivate first-class investment banks and investment institutions. Accelerate the construction of Shanghai International Financial Center and consolidate and enhance Hong Kong's status as an international financial center.
(6) Jointly create a standardized, inclusive, and dynamic capital market ecology. Strengthen the construction of the capital market legal system, promote the revision of the Securities Law and the Securities Investment Fund Law, formulate and revise administrative regulations such as the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Listed Companies and the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Securities Companies, and actively create an open, fair, and just market environment. Promote the improvement of investor protection mechanisms such as special representative litigation, strengthen investor education and publicity, and advocate rational investment, value investment, and long-term investment. Strengthen the construction of high-end think tank platforms and talent teams in the capital market, and strengthen the research on strategic, basic, and forward-looking issues in the capital market. Improve the expectation management mechanism, strengthen publicity and guidance, and promote the formation of a good public opinion atmosphere that encourages innovation and is tolerant of failure in the whole society.
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On November 28th, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), while presiding over the 23rd collective study session of the 20th CPC Central Political Bureau, emphasized: "The governance of the online ecosystem is an important task in building a strong cyber nation, concerning national development and security, and the immediate interests of the people. We must improve the long-term mechanism for governing the online ecosystem, focus on enhancing the foresight, precision, systematicness, and coordination of governance, and continuously create a clean and upright online space." Currently, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by information technology is profoundly reshaping the pattern of economic and social development and the way people produce and live. While spawning new industries, new models, and new drivers, it has also formed an unprecedented torrent of information. The exponential growth, scenario-based coverage, and personalized dissemination of massive amounts of online information inevitably bring new challenges such as information overload and algorithmic discrimination, which affect the formation of individual cognition and social consensus. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee proposed "strengthening the construction and management of online content," taking it as an important measure to "stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation and promote the prosperity and development of socialist culture." Continuously deepening the governance of the online ecosystem and strengthening the construction and management of online content have become a strategic need for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
In recent years, with the introduction and implementation of important documents such as the "Outline for the Implementation of the Cyber Power Strategy" (网络强国战略实施纲要) and the "Outline for the Development Strategy of the Digital Economy" (数字经济发展战略纲要), China has made remarkable achievements in information infrastructure construction, digital inclusive services, and other aspects. The internet penetration rate has continued to increase, and digital dividends have benefited hundreds of millions of people, expanding the space for cultural construction and enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the people. At the same time, the rapid development of information technology has also brought new challenges to the governance of the online ecosystem. For example, while technologies such as algorithm recommendation improve the efficiency of information distribution, they also exacerbate phenomena such as "information cocoons" and "emotional amplification" to varying degrees, causing a certain impact on people's ideological concepts and social public opinion environment. Some platforms have problems such as one-sidedly pursuing traffic and ignoring the healthy attributes and social impact of information content, which affects the formation of young people's correct worldview, outlook on life, and values. The spread of false and harmful information can easily harm groups such as young people and the elderly, who have relatively insufficient information identification capabilities, affecting individual physical and mental health and family relationships. It should be seen that the internet is increasingly becoming the main battlefield, the main front, and the forefront of ideological struggle. Continuously deepening the governance of the online ecosystem and strengthening the construction and management of online content are not only related to individual emotional states, behaviors, and health conditions, but also to social cognitive efficiency and innovation vitality, affecting the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capabilities. To implement the spirit of the Party Central Committee, it is necessary to clearly adhere to the correct political direction, public opinion guidance, and value orientation, fully mobilize all parties, and comprehensively use various means such as education, administration, and the rule of law to grasp and implement this systematic project of online ecological governance, continuously create a clean and upright online space, and effectively safeguard the immediate interests of the broad masses of people in the online space.
Improve the governance system. The governance of the online ecosystem is a systematic project involving multiple subjects and multiple links. It is necessary to strengthen top-level design and form an effective online ecological governance system. To this end, it is necessary to improve laws and regulations on internet management, coordinate research and formulate institutional norms closely related to online ecological governance, and improve the effectiveness of internet governance through managing and governing the internet according to law, and improve the ability and level of using the power of the rule of law to promote the creation of a clean and upright online space. Give play to the "sharp sword" role of online law enforcement, focus on outstanding illegal and irregular problems that damage the online ecosystem, continue to carry out the "Qinglang" (清朗) series of special actions, and rectify outstanding problems such as online rumors, false advertisements, online violence, and the "fan circle" chaos. Improve the long-term mechanism for governing the online ecosystem, continuously expand the depth and scope of online ecological governance, and create a civilized and safe online environment.
Deepen technological empowerment. At present, information technology is changing rapidly, and culture and technology promote each other. To deepen the governance of the online ecosystem, it is necessary to strengthen internet thinking and be good at using emerging technologies to build a solid barrier for online information security. Make full use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain to enhance capabilities such as information traceability, content review, and risk early warning, timely discover and dispose of harmful information risk points, and comprehensively improve early warning and judgment capabilities and risk management capabilities. Practice the concept of technology for good, improve systems such as content classification and risk warnings, standardize algorithm recommendation mechanisms, and build a transparent, fair, and accountable algorithm governance system. At the same time, encourage the development of functions and tools suitable for the elderly, promote the formation of information products and services that better meet the needs and habits of relevant groups, and allow technological progress to better serve the needs of people's lives.
Strengthen guidance and cultivation. Deepening the online publicity of the Party's innovative theories, vigorously promoting socialist core values, and consolidating and expanding mainstream ideology and public opinion are the inherent requirements of deepening the governance of the online ecosystem, which can allow more healthy and upward online information to nourish people's hearts and gather strength. To guide and cultivate a healthy and upward online culture and ecology, we can actively carry out thematic publicity such as "moderate internet use" and "rational internet use" to guide the public to form scientific and reasonable information acquisition habits, advocate in-depth reading and rational thinking, and improve information discrimination capabilities. At the same time, give play to the exemplary and leading role of mainstream media's high-quality online content supply, strengthen guidance to online platforms and self-media, strengthen the dissemination of positive energy, help the masses efficiently obtain high-value information, and continuously improve the entire society's ability and level of using online information. In addition, media literacy education can also be carried out in stages and groups. For example, encourage primary and secondary schools to set up courses and training involving online safety behavior and privacy protection awareness, online information storage and utilization capabilities, online normative cognitive abilities, and online information discrimination capabilities to improve students' online literacy.
(Author's affiliation: Beijing University of Technology (北京工业大学))
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Law is an important instrument for governing a country, and good law is a prerequisite for good governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Development should be of high quality, and legislation should also be of high quality. We must use high-quality legislation to guarantee and promote the sustained and healthy development of the economy." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed "promoting the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law" and made important deployments, requiring "strengthening legislative planning and legislative review, and improving the quality of legislation." To implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), we must take Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law as a guide, deeply understand the important role of high-quality legislation in high-quality development, continuously improve the quality of legislation, and provide fundamental, overall, and long-term institutional guarantees for high-quality development.
The rule of law is the basic way to govern a country. The function of the modern rule of law is not only reflected in confirming, protecting, regulating, and adjusting various social relations, but also in guiding, orienting, promoting, and facilitating economic and social development. Legislation is the premise and foundation of the rule of law. By establishing stable, open, and standardized legal norms, the modern rule of law provides a solid foundation, lasting impetus, and broad space for economic and social development.
High-quality development is the unyielding principle of the new era and the primary task of building a modern socialist country in all respects. The "Suggestions" clearly put forward the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the first of which is "significant results have been achieved in high-quality development." High-quality legislation provides guarantees and support for high-quality development with a supply of scientific and effective legal systems. Adhering to the combination of an effective market and a capable government, building a unified, open, competitive, and orderly market system, and creating a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment all require high-quality legislation to remove institutional and mechanism barriers, set rules for administrative power, and set standards for society. For example, high-quality legislation is conducive to clarifying the boundaries between the government and the market, building a rule-of-law economy and a credit economy, preventing the government from excessively interfering in the market, and providing a stable political environment and social order for high-quality development; for another example, cutting-edge fields such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology are booming. While spawning a series of new models and new formats, they also bring challenges to the existing legal system. High-quality legislation can better promote the organic combination of innovation development and risk prevention and control, and inject legal impetus into developing new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality development.
In practice, the guaranteeing role of high-quality legislation in high-quality development is becoming apparent. For example, the Private Economy Promotion Law (民营经济促进法) for the first time wrote the "two unwaverings" into law, stipulating in the market access link that "the state implements a national unified negative list system for market access. Economic organizations of all types, including private economic organizations, may enter the fields outside the negative list for market access equally in accordance with the law," and clarifying in the production and operation link that "the state guarantees that private economic organizations equally use funds, technology, human resources, data, land, and other natural resources and public service resources in accordance with the law, and equally apply the state's policies to support development" etc., implementing the requirements for equal treatment of private economic organizations, guaranteeing fair participation of private economic organizations in market competition, and helping the high-quality development of the private economy on the track of the rule of law. For another example, the promulgation and implementation of the Data Security Law (数据安全法) and the Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法) further consolidate the network security and data security barriers, promote the orderly flow and efficient utilization of data elements in compliance and reasonably, delineate "security boundaries" for the development of the digital economy, and serve high-quality development more efficiently. These practices fully prove that high-quality legislation is the 压舱石 (yā cāng shí - "ballast stone," a stabilizing force) of high-quality development, which can closely combine the Party's propositions, the state's will, and the people's wishes, and transform them into specific institutional arrangements for promoting high-quality development.
At the same time, it is necessary to realize that practice is the foundation of law. The progress of the times and the development of practice constantly put forward new requirements for the construction of the legal system. Under the new situation, the more emphasis is placed on the rule of law, the more necessary it is to improve the quality of legislation. To improve the quality of legislation, it is necessary to benchmark the requirements of comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, more accurately reflect the objective laws of economic and social development, more effectively respond to the urgent needs of reform practice, improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics with the Constitution as the core, and strive to make every legislation conform to the spirit of the Constitution, reflect the people's will, and be supported by the people, so as to provide good legal guarantees for economic development, social justice, and ecological well-being. For example, firmly grasping the new opportunities brought about by the in-depth development of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, strengthening legislation in emerging fields can not only regulate the development order of new technologies, new business forms, and new models, but also expand space for cultivating and strengthening emerging industries and future industries, and realize the organic combination of innovation and standardization; for another example, opening up is a clear sign of Chinese-style modernization. Actively promoting the effective connection between domestic rules and international rules and strengthening legislation in foreign-related fields in high-level opening up are not only conducive to steadily promoting institutional opening up, but also conducive to enhancing the foresight and inclusiveness of China's foreign-related laws and regulations system and enhancing the international influence of China's foreign-related laws; for another example, coordinating development and security is a major proposition under the new situation. Improving the national security legal system and social governance-related legal systems and improving the diversified resolution mechanism for contradictions and disputes are inherent requirements for adhering to the use of the rule of law thinking and the rule of law methods to prevent and resolve risks and hidden dangers in key areas, which helps to guarantee the new development pattern with a new security pattern.
Strengthening legislative planning and legislative review is an effective means to improve the quality of legislation. Strengthening legislative planning, grasping the overall needs of national legislation in a period in advance, determining legislative priorities and main goals, and integrating legislative needs can effectively ensure that legislation meets development needs, reflects public opinion, is close to people's livelihood, and conforms to people's hearts, and continuously enhances the people's sense of legal gain. Strengthening legislative review, focusing on the problems existing in local and departmental legislation in terms of inconsistency with higher-level laws, affecting the construction of a unified national market, and harming the business environment, can effectively implement the provisions, principles, and spirit of the Constitution into legislation, maintain the unity of the national rule of law, and make legislation better implemented in practice.
To build a solid legal foundation for high-quality development with high-quality legislation, it is necessary to focus on the "accelerating the construction of a high-level socialist market economy system and enhancing the driving force for high-quality development" proposed in the "Suggestions," strengthen the construction of laws, regulations, and systems in the fields of new quality productive forces, the digital economy, and artificial intelligence, and better serve the goals of high-quality development. For example, by improving the legal system for intellectual property protection, we can better encourage technological innovation and promote the development of new quality productive forces; by improving artificial intelligence laws and regulations, ethical guidelines, etc., we can promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence-related legislation and ensure that artificial intelligence always develops in a healthy and orderly manner in the direction of continuously improving people's well-being; by steadily and orderly promoting the codification of ecological environment laws, we can help accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and achieve sustainable development; by improving the mechanisms for countering sanctions, countering interference, and countering "long-arm jurisdiction," we can steadily build a complete system of foreign-related laws and regulations to ensure high-level opening up; and so on. At the same time, it is necessary to improve the legislative work pattern led by the Party committee, dominated by the people's congress, relying on the government, and with the participation of all parties, deeply promote scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and law-based legislation, follow the laws, draw on collective wisdom, adhere to the bottom line, improve the constitutional review and record review system, coordinate legislation, amendment, repeal, interpretation, and compilation, enhance the systematicness, integrity, coordination, and timeliness of legislation, and realize the promotion of high-quality development with high-quality legislation.
(Author's affiliation: Southwest University of Political Science & Law (西南政法大学))
Return to TopBy: 胡昌升
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a major original judgment on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, establishing it as the main theme of the Party's work on ethnic affairs and all work in ethnic regions in the new era, and consolidating and expanding the correct path of solving ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally visited Gansu (甘肃) three times to inspect and guide the work, and gave important instructions on doing a good job in ethnic work, urging us to continuously forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. Gansu (甘肃) has deeply practiced Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on strengthening and improving ethnic work, comprehensively implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and instructions during his inspection of Gansu (甘肃), and has done a solid, visible, and effective job in forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, gathering strength to strive to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Gansu (甘肃).
Firmly remembering General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instruction to "strengthen and improve the Party's overall leadership," we must consolidate the political foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Adhering to and improving the Party's leadership is the fundamental foundation and lifeline of the Party and the country, and it is where the interests and happiness of all ethnic groups in the country lie. When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Gansu (甘肃), he emphasized that we must unswervingly adhere to the Party's leadership and strengthen Party building. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, Gansu (甘肃) has achieved remarkable results in forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and "Longyuan (陇原) children's hearts are with the Party, and pomegranate flowers bloom in the new era" has become a vivid portrayal.
Adhering to the Party's leadership and enhancing the political and organizational functions of Party organizations provide a strong political guarantee for the construction of the Chinese national community. We will continue to strengthen ideological and political construction, incorporate forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation into the important content of the meetings of the standing committees of Party committees at all levels and the study of the theoretical learning center groups of Party committees (Party groups), incorporate it into the training plans of Party schools (administrative colleges), cadre colleges, and socialist academies at all levels, and incorporate it into the required courses of ideological and political education in primary and secondary schools throughout the province, so as to effectively unify thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on ethnic work. We will continue to strengthen the construction of grassroots organizations, create grassroots Party building brands in the "five areas" of agricultural areas, pastoral areas, forest areas, scenic areas, and industrial parks, and strengthen grassroots Party organizations by adopting methods such as "urban-rural pairing and co-construction" and "strong villages leading weak villages," do a good job in promoting ethnic unity and progress by grasping Party building, promote grassroots Party organizations to fulfill their responsibilities of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and better play the role of fighting fortresses. We will continue to strengthen the construction of the cadre team, improve the mechanism for cultivating and using cadres of ethnic minorities and ethnic regions, improve the mechanism for regular exchange of cadres and temporary appointments, strengthen the step-by-step cultivation and selection and use of ethnic minority cadres, especially cadres in important positions, and fully trust and entrust important tasks to outstanding ethnic minority cadres who are politically strong and dare to take responsibility. We will continue to strengthen the construction of work style, make good use of the learning and education results and experience of deeply implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, promote the actions of grasping learning to promote improvement, grasping implementation to promote implementation, and grasping effectiveness to promote development in depth, improve the normalized and long-term mechanism for work style construction, and promote the forging of a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation to go deeper and more solid for a long time.
Firmly remembering General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instruction to "focus on building a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation," we must consolidate the cultural foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
The shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation is a powerful spiritual bond for people of all ethnic groups to unite and strive forward, and it is the spiritual and cultural support for promoting the construction of the Chinese national community. When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Gansu (甘肃), he emphasized "strengthening the research on the history and culture of ethnic minorities" and "continuously forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation." This provides us with a guide for enhancing cultural identity and building a shared spiritual home for all ethnic groups.
To forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, we must plan for long-term strategies and take measures to consolidate the foundation, correctly handle differences and commonalities, promote the joint construction, sharing, and co-enjoyment of a beautiful spiritual home, and promote the unity of all ethnic groups in ideals, beliefs, emotions, and culture. We must do a good job in education, incorporate the education of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation into the cadre education, Party member education, national education, and social education systems, deeply implement the "Pomegranate Seed" education project, carry out "Five Histories" education for the masses of all ethnic groups, guide the masses to continuously enhance the "Five Identifications," and establish the concept of a community with "Four Togetherness." We must do a good job in publicity, coordinate various carriers such as newspapers, periodicals, radio, television, networks, WeChat, terminals, and screens, strengthen regular thematic publicity, situation publicity, achievement publicity, and typical publicity on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, carry out the ethnic unity and progress publicity month activities, deepen and expand the practices of "horseback preaching" and "grassland lecture halls," and create a good atmosphere for building the Chinese national community. We must do a good job in interpretation, give play to the theoretical support role of the research and training base for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and related universities and research institutions, deepen the research and interpretation of major basic issues of the Chinese national community, deeply interpret the era value of ancestral culture, Yellow River culture, Silk Road culture, Dunhuang culture, and red culture, and enrich and enhance the connotation of Chinese cultural symbols with Gansu (甘肃) characteristics. We must do a good job in the "Three Exchanges" (交往、交流、交融) (jiāo wǎng, jiāo liú, jiāo róng - "interaction, exchange, integration"), promote the application of the results of the "Compilation of Historical Materials on the Interaction, Exchange, and Integration of the Chinese Nation: Gansu Volume," solidly carry out the joint creation and co-construction of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊) ethnic unity and progress demonstration zone, the Longdong (陇东) and Longnan (陇南) ethnic unity and progress promotion zone, and the along-Tao (洮) and along-Yellow (黄) ethnic unity and progress innovation zone, deeply implement the mutual embedding development plan for people of all ethnic groups, the exchange plan for young people of all ethnic groups, and the tourism promotion plan for interaction, exchange, and integration of all ethnic groups, and support people of all ethnic groups to live together in staggered integration during post-disaster reconstruction resettlement and relocation resettlement, so as to realize the co-residence, co-learning, co-construction, co-sharing, co-work, and co-enjoyment of people of all ethnic groups.
Firmly remembering General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instruction to "follow the Party's mass line in the new era," we must consolidate the mass foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
The mass line is the Party's lifeline and fundamental work line. When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Gansu (甘肃), he emphasized "concentrating efforts on doing practical things for the people that meet the common needs of the masses and can be done," guiding us to use affection and effort in doing solid and meticulous mass work, and consolidating the broadest and most solid mass foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
To do a good job in ethnic work, the most crucial thing is to promote ethnic unity, and the most effective thing is to win people's hearts. We will firmly establish and practice the concept of political achievements that benefit the people, enhance the masses' identity in education and guidance, and "translate" macro ethnic policies into easy-to-understand "plain language" through methods such as "small bench" preaching and "red pomegranate" services, deeply and simply explain the profound connotation of the Chinese national community, and make the sense of community of the Chinese nation perceptible, knowable, and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. We will stimulate the vitality of the masses in organization and mobilization, summarize and promote the effective practices of "five full coverage of mass work" with grid-based household linkage, temple linkage and monk coverage, paired care, enterprise linkage, and branch joint construction as the main content, and guide Party members and cadres to face the masses of all ethnic groups face-to-face, hand-in-hand, and heart-to-heart. We will establish an effective mechanism for mass self-management and consultative co-governance, make good use of autonomous regulations, village rules and regulations, and residents' conventions, stimulate the sense of ownership of the masses of all ethnic groups, and actively participate in grassroots social governance. We will enhance the well-being of the masses in promoting development, efficiently operate the "one-click declaration" system for monitoring and preventing return to poverty, promote the construction of the "paired assistance and loving Gansu (甘肃)" project in depth, and focus on improving the ability to guarantee public services and the level of equalization. We will adhere to ecological priority and green development, promote the industrialization of ecology and the ecology of industry, and build a modern industrial system that reflects the characteristics and advantages of ethnic regions. We will improve differentiated support policies, deeply implement the major breakthrough project of highway transportation, strengthen infrastructure construction in ethnic regions, and enhance the self-development ability of ethnic regions.
Firmly remembering General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instruction to "continuously improve the ability and level of ethnic affairs governance," we must consolidate the legal foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Promoting the modernization of the ethnic affairs governance system and governance capacity on the track of the rule of law is the inevitable choice for the construction of the Chinese national community. When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Gansu (甘肃), he pointed out: "Deeply promote the creation of ethnic unity and progress, deeply promote the investigation and resolution of contradictions and disputes, and maintain social harmony and stability." This is of great guiding significance to us.
Only by governing ethnic affairs according to law can ethnic unity be reliably guaranteed, and the sense of community of the Chinese nation will be more solid. We will adhere to and develop the "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) (Fēng qiáo jīng yàn - "Fengqiao Experience," a grassroots governance model emphasizing mediation and local solutions) in the new era, continue to deepen proactive stability creation, promote the legal mediation of contradictions and disputes, establish a united front thinking, use united front methods, promote the investigation and resolution of contradictions and disputes on a regular basis, improve the mechanism for expressing demands, coordinating interests, and protecting rights and interests of the masses of all ethnic groups, improve the diversified dispute resolution system and the graded management, dynamic regulation, account cancellation, and resolution evaluation system, and guide the masses of all ethnic groups to understand, respect, tolerate, and give way to each other. We will promote the legal prevention and control of social security, strictly prevent and resolutely crack down on all infiltration and sabotage activities, violent terrorist activities, ethnic separatist activities, and religious extremist activities that endanger national unity and ethnic unity, increase the investigation and handling of public security cases, criminal cases, homicide cases, and juvenile delinquency cases in ethnic regions, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the masses of all ethnic groups. We will promote the legal governance of grassroots society, accelerate the formulation of the Gansu (甘肃) Province Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Regulations, steadily do a good job in the establishment, revision, abolition, and interpretation of ethnic-related laws and policies, improve and implement the policy and regulation system and institutional mechanism for ethnic work, and guide the masses of all ethnic groups to handle affairs according to law, seek law in case of trouble, solve problems by law, and resolve contradictions by law.
On the land of Gansu (甘肃), "seeds embrace each other" (籽籽相拥) (zǐ zǐ xiāng yōng - "seeds embrace each other," metaphor for unity and close relationships between different ethnic groups), and the children of Longyuan (陇原) build dreams together with one heart. We will firmly remember General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, take forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation as the main line, vigorously promote the construction of the Chinese national community, and gather the powerful force of the children of Longyuan (陇原) to unite and struggle together and jointly prosper and develop.
(The author is the Secretary of the Gansu (甘肃) Provincial Party Committee)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李龙伊
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is thin with oxygen. Standing on the summit and looking out, the patrol road winds between the cliffs, steep and dangerous.
"Follow my footprints, be careful of hidden ice!" On the "Knife's Edge Mountain," less than 30 centimeters wide, First Sergeant Tserob (次罗布) of a certain regiment of the Tibet Military Region explored the path while instructing his comrades behind him. He has dark skin, sharp eyes, and every step is firm and powerful.
Tserob (次罗布) is extremely familiar with this risky patrol route. The patrol line of Tserob's (次罗布) company is one of the longest and most dangerous patrol routes in the Tibet Military Region. Among them, two "life-and-death patrol routes" are particularly dangerous - the "Axiangbila (阿相比拉)" patrol route, which has more than 200 dangerous sections; the "Durencuokang (都仁错康)" patrol route, which takes five days and four nights for a round trip, with an elevation difference of more than 2,300 meters. Tserob (次罗布) has crossed these two patrol routes more than 40 times.
Recalling his first patrol experience, Tserob (次罗布) still remembers it vividly: "At that time, relying on my good physical fitness and being a local, I felt that patrolling was not a problem. As a result, I encountered a strong wind on a log bridge and fell directly into the ice river. My comrades chased me for more than 10 meters before pulling me ashore." That lesson made him understand that guarding the border is far from enough with just enthusiasm; you must have real skills.
Since then, he has carried an extra notebook in his backpack. Every time he patrols, he stops in the snow and ice to record the terrain, measure data, organize his observations when camping, and mark risk points and countermeasures.
Over time, the yellowed corners of the notebook pages are covered with mud, and the lines are filled with "life-and-death data": "The 'Tiger's Mouth' cliff has an inclination angle of 70 degrees, and a distance of 1.5 meters must be maintained in winter," "There is a hard soil layer 30 meters east of the 'Swamp,' which can be bypassed"...
"Walking on the patrol road, we are the most solid barrier of the motherland." Tserob (次罗布) practices this oath with action. Since guarding the border, relying on his familiarity with the defense area, he has repeatedly helped his comrades avoid risks and safely reach the forefront of the defense line, and is known by his comrades as the "living map" on the patrol road.
In 2018, Tserob (次罗布) was selected to participate in the "Elbrus Ring" international military competition. This competition covers more than 20 high-risk events such as mountain assault and extreme climbing, which is an extreme test of a soldier's physical fitness and will.
In the rescue of wounded soldiers event, Tserob (次罗布) accidentally sprained his ankle, and the pain was excruciating. In the final stage of the 11-kilometer forced march and the summit of Mount Elbrus, on the glacier at an altitude of 4,200 meters, every step he took, his ankle sent out a piercing pain. "I am fighting for the motherland, even if I have only one breath left, I must move forward!" Tserob (次罗布) silently recited in his heart. At the moment of the summit, a blizzard suddenly struck, and the visibility dropped sharply to less than 5 meters, and the temperature plummeted to nearly minus 20 degrees Celsius. Many players withdrew from the competition, but Tserob (次罗布) and his comrades faced the difficulties and climbed over the smooth ice slope on their knees, and finally reached the summit first. Later, Tserob (次罗布) went to the competition twice and won a total of 10 individual firsts, breaking the competition record many times. With a spirit of hard work, he shocked the international arena time and time again.
"The key to shooting is stability, steady hands, and even steadier heart!" On the training ground, Tserob (次罗布) is guiding the reconnaissance class in pistol rapid-fire training. Sergeant Xu Qiao (徐乔) draws his gun, aims, and fires, his movements are done in one go, and every shot hits the bullseye. It is hard to imagine that half a year ago, this shooter was disheartened by frequent misses.
"Your precision shooting is good, but you haven't mastered the rapid-fire skills." At that time, Tserob (次罗布) formulated an exclusive training plan for him, from practicing stability with the gun to correcting movements to practice speed, and also took him to the gym to enhance his physical fitness at night. In the end, Xu Qiao (徐乔) won the championship in the regiment's competition.
In the company, Tserob (次罗布) has a resounding nickname - "Snow Mountain Yak." Not only because he can always carry the heaviest supplies and walk the most dangerous roads, but also because he, like a yak, silently cultivates in his position and has brought out a large number of training backbones. "Being able to let soldiers surpass themselves is the proudest thing for me as a squad leader," said Tserob (次罗布).
When the morning light洒向雪山之巅, Tserob (次罗布) set off again, embarking on the patrol road. "I am willing to be an 'eagle' soaring in the snowy region, rooted in the plateau, guarding my home." His words were firm, and his figure gradually disappeared into the mountains.
Return to TopThis newspaper Hong Kong, December 4th (Reporter Chen Ran (陈然)) December 4th is the twelfth National Constitution Day. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) Government and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong (中央政府驻港联络办) jointly held a symposium on National Constitution Day themed "The Constitution and the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation."
John Lee (李家超), Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区行政长官), said that the Constitution is the fundamental law of the country and the general charter for governing the country and ensuring its stability. The Constitution provides the most solid legal guarantee and institutional support for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and it is also the constitutional basis for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区). On the journey of national rejuvenation, Hong Kong is both a participant and a beneficiary. We must unswervingly safeguard the constitutional order jointly constructed by the Constitution and the Basic Law, build and develop Hong Kong well, and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Liu Guangyuan (刘光源), Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong (中央政府驻港联络办副主任), said that the Constitution provides a legal guarantee for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; the Constitution lays the legal foundation for Hong Kong to integrate into the magnificent journey of national rejuvenation; and the Constitution endows Hong Kong with institutional advantages to play its strengths in the great cause of national rejuvenation.
At the symposium, Han Dayuan (韩大元), member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会香港基本法委员会委员) and professor at the Renmin University of China Law School (中国人民大学法学院教授), delivered a keynote speech. The dialogue session was hosted by Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai (范徐丽泰), Director of the ELB Education Foundation (励进教育中心理事会理事). Approximately 900 people from different sectors of society attended the symposium.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 4th (Reporter Yan Yiqiao (闫伊乔)) On the morning of December 4th, the Ministry of Education (教育部) held the 2025 National Constitution Day "Constitution Morning Reading" activity for the education system in Beijing (北京). The main venue for the event was set up at Beijing Yucai School (北京育才学校), with branch venues set up in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团).
Zhang Wenbin (张文斌), Director of the Department of Policy and Regulations of the Ministry of Education (教育部政策法规司), led the on-site reading of some articles of the Constitution. More than 42 million cadres, teachers, and students from various regions and schools simultaneously participated in the flag-raising ceremony and "Constitution Morning Reading" activity through the Ministry of Education's (教育部) National Youth Legal Education Network, jointly attending a legal publicity and education class. During the event, the list of winners of the 10th National Student "Study the Constitution, Speak the Constitution" competition's national finals was announced. Some contestants presented excellent works, demonstrating solid constitutional and legal knowledge, clear logical thinking, and good language expression skills, reflecting the deep understanding and conscious practice of the spirit of the Constitution by the youth of the new era.
Since 2014, the Ministry of Education (教育部) has organized "Constitution Morning Reading" activities for college, middle, and primary school students around the National Constitution Day every year, which has become a distinctive brand and good tradition for the education system to study and publicize the Constitution. The activity strengthens the constitutional and legal education of young people, effectively creating a good atmosphere of respecting, learning, abiding by, and using the law, and laying a solid foundation for cultivating new people of the era with legal literacy.
Return to TopOn November 30th, the 2025 Shanghai Marathon kicked off at the Bund Golden Bull Plaza, with 23,000 runners writing a new legend with their running. As the official insurance sponsor of the event, China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (中国太平洋保险（集团）股份有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "China Pacific Insurance (中国太保)") and its subsidiary, Changjiang Pension Insurance Co., Ltd. (长江养老保险股份有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Changjiang Pension (长江养老)"), accompanied the Shanghai Marathon. China Pacific Insurance (中国太保) has served the Shanghai Marathon for four consecutive years. This year's event, while continuing professional insurance protection, also provided diversified and innovative services to fully escort participants to a successful finish.
Professional protection to ensure the smooth running of the event. For this event, China Pacific Insurance (中国太保) provided comprehensive risk protection with a total insured amount of nearly 20 billion yuan for all participants and staff, covering personal accident insurance, public liability insurance, and accidental medical insurance, building a solid safety net. The event's dedicated claims team and green claims channel were deployed in advance, and the 95500 bilingual service hotline was on standby throughout the process, providing simple paperless real-time payment services for claims under 10,000 yuan, continuously conveying the warmth of insurance with "Taibao Speed (太保速度)". In addition, China Pacific Insurance (中国太保) specially prepared "cheering equipment packs" before the race, and helped the athletes to complete the race with peace of mind with meticulous care.
Innovative services to provide runners with considerate support. Before the race, Changjiang Pension (长江养老) carefully created a live broadcast to explore the track, leading participants to immerse themselves in the entire course from a first-person perspective. The live broadcast showed the whole process from receiving equipment at the Shanghai Sports Expo to unboxing customized equipment packs, key landmark guidance from the starting point to the finish line, and also revealed the arrangement of China Pacific Insurance's (中国太保) track "gas station" and finish booth, allowing runners to experience the excitement of the event in advance. On the day of the event, 200 China Pacific Insurance (中国太保) "Little Water Drop (小水滴)" volunteers set up "gas stations" at 5 kilometers and 13 kilometers to cheer for the athletes, and set up robot dog dance performances, interactive draws, health management service stations, and finish score check-in points at the finish booth to add color to the runners' finish moments.
Taking advantage of the 2025 Shanghai Marathon, Changjiang Pension (长江养老) launched a creative mini-game "Life Track Simulator (人生赛道模拟器)" on the WeChat platform. Users can start a life long-distance running simulation by entering their age and income information, and generate an exclusive pension financial handbook, so that participants can deepen their understanding of pension financial planning in fun interactions.
After four years of warm companionship, China Pacific Insurance (中国太保) and the Shanghai Marathon have been working together. In the future, China Pacific Insurance (中国太保) will continue to uphold the Taibao (太保) service concept of responsibility, wisdom, and warmth with Changjiang Pension (长江养老), protect every wonderful journey, help every persistence, and run a steady and winning life marathon with enthusiasts.
Data source: China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (中国太平洋保险（集团）股份有限公司)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申少铁
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During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China approved the marketing of 210 innovative drugs. To ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs, drug regulatory authorities have made a series of strict regulations on new drug research and development, production, and marketing, strengthening quality management in all aspects of research and production. They have tightened the approval process for new drugs, strengthened post-market supervision, and solidified the bottom line for the quality and safety of new drugs.
In recent years, the approval and marketing of innovative drugs in China has accelerated, providing new treatment options for clinical patients. Data from the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) shows that from January to August this year, China approved 56 innovative drugs, exceeding the 48 approved in the entire previous year, showing a rapid growth trend. With the accelerated marketing of innovative drugs, how is quality guaranteed?
Establishing a Full-Process Accelerated Marketing Mechanism
In Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), three-year-old Congcong (聪聪) was brought to Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (中南大学湘雅医院) by his mother for treatment. The child's cheeks were swollen, and there were multiple café-au-lait spots on his body.
"Based on the previous surgical history, this is a typical case of Type I neurofibromatosis," diagnosed Peng Jing (彭镜), director of the Department of Pediatrics at Xiangya Hospital (湘雅医院). This is a rare disease that is difficult to cure completely. As the tumor grows, it may damage the patient's appearance. If it grows in the spinal canal, it may compress the spinal cord nerves, posing a significant risk of motor dysfunction or even endangering life. In the past, neurofibromas could only be surgically removed to alleviate symptoms, but the tumors would continue to grow, and many patients had to endure multiple surgeries.
The suffering of these patients is expected to be alleviated. In May 2025, Luvotinib tablets were approved for marketing. The drug inhibits the activity of related proteins to inhibit tumor cell proliferation and induce apoptosis, and is suitable for children aged two years and older with Type I neurofibromatosis. "Patients are very concerned about the research and development of innovative drugs and often discuss them in patient groups," said Peng Jing (彭镜). In May, after Xiangya Hospital (湘雅医院) was identified as one of the first pilot hospitals for the drug, some patients with severe conditions hoped to be among the first to use it.
In June, Peng Jing (彭镜) wrote the first prescription for Luvotinib in Hunan (湖南), and Congcong (聪聪) subsequently became one of the first patients to use the drug. Currently, the growth of the mass on the left side of Congcong's (聪聪) cheek has been initially controlled, and no obvious adverse reactions have been observed temporarily.
In recent years, in order to accelerate the marketing of innovative drugs and benefit more patients, the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has continued to promote the reform of the drug review and approval system. Data shows that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China approved the marketing of 210 innovative drugs. Yang Ting (杨霆), Director of the Drug Registration Management Department of the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局药品注册管理司司长), introduced that the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has established four accelerated channels for innovative drugs: breakthrough therapy drugs, conditional approval, priority review and approval, and special approval, and has formulated and improved relevant policies, regulations, and guiding principles, establishing a full-process accelerated marketing mechanism from the front end of research and development to the end of review and approval.
"Many patients have rekindled hope due to the marketing of innovative drugs, their conditions have been controlled or improved to a certain extent, and the lives of some critically ill patients have also been extended," Peng Jing (彭镜) believes that it is progress to go from having no drugs available to having drugs that can be used.
"It is necessary to objectively view the effectiveness and safety of innovative drugs for rare diseases. Some innovative drugs have a certain probability of adverse reactions at the beginning of their launch. However, for some diseases that have no drug treatment and are severely disabling or fatal, as long as the adverse drug reactions are within a controllable range, it is worth trying for patients who urgently need medication," Peng Jing (彭镜) said. Doctors must fully communicate with patients or their families about possible adverse reactions and coping methods before prescribing medication.
Strengthening Research and Production Quality Management
In April this year, Bopapimodigene exuparvovec injection, the first domestic gene therapy drug for hemophilia B, which took nearly 7 years of research and development, was approved for marketing, filling the gap in gene therapy drugs for hemophilia B in China; in May, Velaglucerase alfa for injection, the first domestic drug for injection, was approved for marketing, taking nearly 7 years of research and development, mainly for the treatment of Gaucher disease, and is expected to achieve import substitution and effectively reduce medication costs for patients... Chinese pharmaceutical companies have increased their research and development efforts and launched a batch of innovative drugs.
Experts believe that the safety and efficacy of drugs are the basic prerequisites for enterprise research and development, and must rely on solid scientific research and reliable clinical trials to ensure. The drug research and development process must adhere to a scientific and rigorous attitude, and there can be no ambiguity.
In order to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs, the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has made a series of strict regulations on new drug research and development, production, and marketing. For example, to apply for and conduct clinical trials for an innovative drug, the chemical structure of the drug must first be confirmed; secondly, experiments must be carried out on animals to study the drug's metabolic process, target, and effect in the animal body; and thirdly, standardized clinical trials must be carried out on humans to prove its safety and efficacy. Only then can the laboratory product be transformed into an industrialized product, and drug quality control standards can be established to ensure that the drug quality is stable and controllable.
How do pharmaceutical companies ensure drug quality in research and development and production?
In recent years, Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (上海复宏汉霖生物技术股份有限公司) has had multiple innovative drugs approved for marketing globally for the treatment of major diseases such as gastric cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, and lymphoma, benefiting more than 900,000 patients. Zhu Jun (朱俊), Executive Director and CEO of Henlius (复宏汉霖), introduced that the company focuses on unmet clinical needs of patients, uses antibody technology as the key, and has created an innovative pipeline covering a variety of drug forms. The company's research and development team has more than 500 people, covering clinical operations, medicine, data, clinical compliance and quality assurance, drug vigilance and other fields, to ensure that research and development is solid and reliable.
Successful research and development cannot be separated from investment. Usually, a research and development investment of 1 billion yuan has only a 10% success rate even after 10 years. For example, Hengrui Medicine (恒瑞医药) has invested more than 48 billion yuan in research and development since its establishment in 1997, and the proportion of annual research and development investment in revenue has remained above 20%. In 2024, Fosun Pharma's (复星医药) pharmaceutical business research and development investment was 4.91 billion yuan, accounting for nearly 17% of revenue; Henlius's (复宏汉霖) full-year research and development investment reached 1.8405 billion yuan, accounting for approximately 32% of revenue.
"Establishing a high-standard drug production quality management system helps to ensure quality," said Zhu Jun (朱俊). Henlius (复宏汉霖) has established a quality management system that meets international quality standards, covering all aspects of research and development, material management, quality control, product supply chain management, and post-market product tracking. The company's domestic and foreign production bases and supporting quality management systems have passed the verification and audit of drug regulatory agencies and partners in many countries, and have obtained drug production licenses.
Tightening the Approval Process for New Drugs
Review and approval is an important checkpoint for the safety and efficacy of new drugs. "In order to tighten this checkpoint, the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) is constantly improving the drug review and approval system and process," Yang Ting (杨霆) introduced. The National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) is promoting the establishment of a drug marketing authorization holder system, implementing full life cycle risk management responsibilities, and further strengthening the main responsibility awareness of enterprises.
The National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) is gradually establishing scientific, open, fair, and continuously improving drug review quality management specifications. Yang Ting (杨霆) said that the drug review decision-making process gives full play to the role of multi-disciplinary parallel review, professional review meetings, comprehensive review meetings, expert advisory committees and other mechanisms. In addition, focusing on the forefront of drug research and development and the actual needs of research and development, it has issued technical guidance principles covering multiple links of various drugs. As of September 2025, a total of 589 technical guidance principles have been issued. Scientific and unified high standards and strict requirements have laid the foundation for the safety and effectiveness of more cutting-edge innovative products.
Continuously strengthening post-market supervision is the key to solidifying the bottom line for the quality and safety of new drugs and ensuring that drug quality is stable and controllable. Li Jiangning (李江宁), Director of the Drug Supervision and Administration Department of the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局药品监督管理司司长), introduced that the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has refined the full life cycle quality and safety management responsibilities of new drug holders, requiring holders to establish and improve the drug quality assurance system in accordance with the Drug Administration Law and the "Good Manufacturing Practice for Drugs" and other regulations. Production enterprises and holders must organize production in strict accordance with the approved production process. Before the produced drugs leave the factory and are marketed, manufacturers must comprehensively review the parameters and indicators in the production process, and strictly inspect them in accordance with the approved quality standards. Only drugs that meet the standards can leave the factory and be marketed.
Drug regulatory authorities have also established a strict post-market drug risk monitoring system, including post-market sampling and drug vigilance, to timely discover and assess the overall quality status and risk signals of marketed drugs, and take corresponding risk control measures in a timely manner for those with safety risks. In response to the intensive marketing of innovative drugs in the past two years, drug regulatory authorities have also specifically strengthened post-market risk monitoring, established a special working mechanism for innovative drug vigilance, urged holders to actively monitor, report, and analyze adverse reactions, and continuously carry out post-market research.
In order to improve regulatory effectiveness, the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) continues to strengthen the application of information technology in post-market drug supervision. Li Jiangning (李江宁) said that at present, local drug regulatory departments have achieved real-time sharing of information such as quality standards and production processes of innovative drugs of pharmaceutical companies, and have deployed to strengthen targeted supervision and inspection. The National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) has explored and established an integrated monitoring and evaluation system and collaboration platform integrating national and provincial monitoring institutions, and actively carried out monitoring and evaluation of Class 1 chemical drugs within the 5-year monitoring period. The risk signals of innovative drugs collected are timely organized for research and judgment, and a linkage mechanism is formed with the review and approval department. The safety risks of innovative drugs are controlled through various methods such as revising instructions, increasing drug risk warnings, and strictly controlling the scope and requirements of use.
(Reporters Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹), Shen Zhilin (申智林), and Wang Zhe (王者) participated in the writing of this report)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 4th (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)): The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's (住房城乡建设部) Construction Market Supervision Department, together with the Urban Construction Department, recently held a video conference to mobilize and deploy efforts to solidly advance the 2025 Winter Action for Addressing Wage Arrears in the housing and urban-rural construction system.
The meeting requested that housing and urban-rural construction departments in various regions comprehensively investigate potential wage arrears risks, closely monitor the key periods of New Year's Day and the Spring Festival, focus on key regions, key enterprises, and key projects, and effectively carry out the work of resolving and stabilizing wage arrears. It is necessary to tighten and implement the responsibilities of all parties and strictly prevent wage arrears problems caused by illegal and irregular activities in the construction market and delayed payment of project funds.
Solidly promote centralized rectification, focus on supervising typical cases of wage arrears for migrant workers, unblock complaint channels, and strictly implement the first-inquiry responsibility system. Actively cooperate with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人社部门) to increase the investigation and handling of wage arrears cases, establish a tracking and cancellation mechanism, and achieve "payment to individuals, zeroing out responsibilities, and eliminating hidden dangers." Strengthen pre-event, mid-event, and post-event supervision of sanitation workers' wage payments, implement classified policies and timely disposal of discovered wage arrears problems, and implement "dynamic clearing."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王昊男
Recently, in Xincheng Jiayuan Community in Tongzhou District (通州区), Beijing (北京市), 39-year-old delivery driver Chen Wenlin (陈文林) delivered a meal to the 16th floor of a building. The moment the elevator doors opened, a pungent odor hit him. After completing the order, Chen Wenlin, who was planning to take the elevator downstairs, felt increasingly uneasy. "That smell was too strong, it must be a gas leak!" He quickly returned to remind the resident who had just received the meal to evacuate, "Grab your coat, don't make phone calls inside." Chen Wenlin said as he rushed downstairs.
Not daring to delay for a moment, Chen Wenlin rode his electric bicycle straight to the property security office, reported the building and approximate floor of the leak, and then hurriedly went to deliver the meal. From discovering the anomaly to completing the initial evacuation and accurate reporting, the entire process took less than 10 minutes.
These 10 minutes bought valuable time for subsequent handling. The property security quickly activated the emergency plan, reminding residents to pay attention to safety and avoid open flames, and called 119 to report the incident. The Tongzhou District Fire and Rescue Detachment (通州区消防救援支队) rushed to the scene after receiving the alarm, checked each floor, and finally located a leak point in a resident's home caused by a loose connection of the liquefied gas tank valve, defusing the crisis.
"Thanks to this delivery guy! If it had been discovered any later, the consequences would have been unimaginable," residents said with lingering fear. After this incident was uploaded to social media and short video platforms, topics such as "Delivery guy saved an entire building" sparked heated discussions among netizens. The Capital Civilization Office (首都文明办) established the "Capital Civilization Broadcast (首都文明播报)" column for the first time, praising Chen Wenlin.
In recent years, more and more couriers and delivery drivers have integrated into the community governance system of Beijing (北京市). "Delivery drivers and couriers go through the streets and alleys every day, and are important members of safeguarding urban civilization and urban safety," said Feng Ning (冯宁), director of the Jiukeshu Subdistrict Office (九棵树街道办事处) in Tongzhou District (通州区).
As of now, nearly 20 couriers and delivery drivers in Beijing (北京) have won the title of "Beijing Role Model (北京榜样)." They participate in community service in various forms, extending their love from "delivering goods" to "delivering warmth," contributing to community-level governance.
Return to TopBank of Communications (交通银行), as a large state-owned financial institution, actively serves as a main force in serving the real economy and a ballast stone in maintaining financial stability. It regards doing a good job in technology finance as an important measure to practice the political and people-oriented nature of financial work. It continues to optimize the multi-level service system of technology finance and build a financial service scenario ecology to provide technology companies with full-cycle, full-chain, and relay-style financial services.
Expanding Cooperation and Pooling Efforts to Protect Innovation Entities
Bank of Communications (交通银行) broadens its cooperation circle, gathers multi-party efforts to protect innovation entities, and actively builds an open, collaborative, and mutually beneficial industry-finance ecosystem.
In 2024, Bank of Communications (交通银行) and the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center (火炬中心) of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly build the "Torch-BOCOM Joint Innovation Laboratory" (火炬交银联合创新实验室). They will carry out in-depth cooperation in areas such as data mining and utilization, and credit product innovation, and continue to increase financial support for technology business incubators and industrial parks. In 2025, the two parties jointly launched the "Five Ones" special action to reach thousands of enterprises, using key high-tech parks as a breakthrough point to build a multi-party collaborative innovation service platform of "government-bank-park-enterprise."
Since its launch, the "Five Ones" special action to reach thousands of enterprises has successfully held a series of "Torch Empowerment, Science-Industry-Finance Integration" themed government-bank-enterprise docking activities in 28 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government) including Beijing (北京), Jiangsu (江苏), and Zhejiang (浙江). It brings together the strengths of government departments, financial institutions, industrial investment funds, parks, and science and technology innovation enterprises to jointly explore the integrated development path of technological innovation and industrial innovation.
Full-Chain Service Accompanying Enterprises Through Cycles
Bank of Communications (交通银行) builds a full-cycle technology financial service system, and builds an integrated service solution covering multiple dimensions of "equity, loan, bond, lease, and trust," accurately irrigating the fertile ground of technological innovation.
Bank of Communications (交通银行) takes the "Sci-Tech Easy Loan" (科创易贷) product line as a starting point, and provides corresponding solutions for the characteristics and needs of small and micro sci-tech enterprises at different stages of development. For start-up companies, it launched the online standardized product "Sci-Tech Talent Loan" (科创人才贷), using talent qualifications as an evaluation factor, changing the mortgage model, and solving financing problems; for growth-stage companies, it created the "Sci-Tech Scenario Loan" (科创场景贷) special product, integrating local government data and policies to increase credit lines; to meet the high-amount, online financing needs of mature companies, it provides the industry-leading credit line "Sci-Tech Quick Loan" (科创快贷) to improve financing efficiency. At the same time, it actively uses technology company M&A loan policies to provide strong support for the external expansion of technology companies, and builds a financial service system covering the entire life cycle of enterprise development.
On this basis, Bank of Communications (交通银行) innovatively launched an active credit granting service model by deepening multi-party cooperation and opening up multi-level data circulation channels between the government, enterprises, and parks, realizing accurate identification and batch pre-credit granting for high-quality enterprises, realizing the initiative of delivering "loans" to the door, and significantly improving the financing availability of technology enterprises. As of now, the balance of Bank of Communications (交通银行) technology loans has exceeded 1.5 trillion yuan.
Forward-Looking Layout Precisely Empowering Industrial Development
In order to better serve the real economy, Bank of Communications (交通银行) has built a multi-level research system covering from theoretical research to practical promotion, and promoted in-depth and solid industry research.
At the macro policy level, Bank of Communications (交通银行) closely follows the policy orientation of technology finance, and releases tracking comments on a monthly basis to ensure that the work of the entire bank resonates with national deployments; in terms of credit policy, it has formed a series of support policies covering key areas such as high-end manufacturing and biomedicine; in terms of marketing expansion, the front, middle, and back offices work together, focusing on key industries such as integrated circuits and artificial intelligence, drawing industrial chain maps through the "dissecting a sparrow" method and using the "1+N" professional evaluation model to accurately screen enterprises on the chain, forming a list of target customers, and realizing the entire process from industry insight to market development.
Deeply cultivating regional markets, the branches of Bank of Communications (交通银行) actively build a collaborative mechanism of "government-bank-investment-university" around local industrial endowments. Government-bank collaboration transforms public resources into financial leverage, bank-investment collaboration promotes the transformation of "credit + investment banking" services, and bank-university collaboration jointly builds a platform, proactively laying out future tracks, using industry research as a driving force, and stimulating industrial momentum with financial vitality.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," Bank of Communications (交通银行) will resolutely implement the national strategic deployment in the field of technology finance, continue to optimize credit strategies, innovate financial products, expand service boundaries, help cultivate new quality productive forces, and contribute to accelerating the construction of a financial powerhouse. Bank of Communications (交通银行) will always adhere to the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, and help achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement by building a more efficient technology financial service ecosystem, demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of large state-owned banks in the process of Chinese-style modernization.
Data source: Bank of Communications (交通银行)
Return to TopDonghu District (东湖区), located in the central area of Nanchang (南昌) City, Jiangxi (江西) Province, is bounded by the Fu River (抚河) to the west and the Gan River (赣江) to the north. It is named after Donghu Lake (东湖) within its borders. It is a charming urban area that carries a thousand years of history, contains red genes, and is full of modern vitality, and is known as "A thousand years of Nanchang look at Donghu."
Donghu District (东湖区) has a long history and a flourishing culture, and is a "thousand-year-old city" with profound heritage. The history of Donghu District (东湖区) can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The "Dong Tai Lake" was already recorded in the *Commentary on the Water Classic* written by Li Daoyuan (郦道元), a geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was named "Donghu" because the lake was located in the east of the city. Teng Pavilion Autumn Wind, Donghu Night Moon, Zhang River Dawn Crossing, Su Pu Spring Vegetables, and Longsha Sunset Glow in the "Ten Scenic Spots of Yuzhang" are all located in Donghu District (东湖区).
As the central area of Yuzhang (豫章) Prefecture, Donghu (东湖) has witnessed historical changes since the Western Han Dynasty. The famous Jiangnan Pavilion, Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁), stands here. The beautiful scenery of "falling clouds and lonely ducks flying together, autumn water and long sky in one color" written by Wang Bo (王勃) still shines on the bank of the Gan River (赣江). In recent years, Nanchang (南昌) City has implemented the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) scenic spot's "returning the river to the people, returning the shore to the people, and returning the scenery to the people" and the northern expansion project, demolishing the riverside walls, connecting the riverside trails, and organically integrating the scenic spot with the urban blocks, further widening the public's space for viewing the river and making the thousand-year-old pavilion closely connected with the lives of citizens. Walking in Donghu District (东湖区), history is within reach, the bells of ancient temples are melodious, the Baihuazhou (百花洲) is full of poetry, and the red landmarks tell the story of Nanchang's (南昌) glorious years.
Donghu District (东湖区) has prosperous commerce and trade and a bustling crowd, and is a "prosperous place" of worldly life. Donghu District (东湖区) covers an area of 56.95 square kilometers and has a resident population of 420,000. In recent years, Donghu District (东湖区) has excavated the historical remains submerged in the old streets and alleys, and given full play to the radiating and driving role of the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) scenic spot, and is committed to realizing spatial reshaping by relying on the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) scenic spot's "returning the river to the people, returning the shore to the people, and returning the scenery to the people" and the northern expansion project, upgrading and transforming the surrounding Dashi Academy Block (大士院街区) and Shengli Road Pedestrian Street (胜利路步行街), and connecting the scenic spots in areas such as Bayi Square (八一广场), Zhongshan Road (中山路), and Rongmen Road (榕门路) into a line through integration and linkage with blocks, scenic spots, and business districts such as Hama Street (蛤蟆街) and Baihuazhou (百花洲), creating a boutique City Walk route, constructing a holistic scenic area where humanities and nature are integrated and symbiotic, and realizing that every step is a scene and every place can be visited.
In 2024, Donghu District (东湖区) launched a series of cultural tourism promotion and consumption activities with the theme of "Charming Nanchang·Worldly Donghu", creating a full-element cultural tourism consumption circle of "eating, living, traveling, traveling, entertaining, and shopping." After the completion and opening of the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) scenic spot's "returning the river to the people, returning the shore to the people, and returning the scenery to the people" and the northern expansion project, the potential of cultural tourism consumption along the river and in the northern area has been further activated. During the "May Day" this year, Donghu District (东湖区) planned 5 categories of 37 special activities, with a total passenger flow of 4,667,100, an increase of 13.36% year-on-year; a daily average passenger flow of 933,400, an increase of 13.46% year-on-year; and a total sales of 164 million yuan, an increase of 25.19% year-on-year. During the "Eleventh" this year, the popularity of the cultural tourism market in Donghu District (东湖区) continued to rise, and the number of tourists received reached a new high, and the vitality of cultural tourism consumption was fully released. The "Night Donghu" national-level night cultural and tourism consumption agglomeration area had 2,026,600 tourist visits, the Tengwang Pavilion (滕王阁) Grand Tourist Area (including scenic spots, cruise ships, Xunmeng Tengwang Pavilion (寻梦滕王阁) performance, and cultural and creative shops) had 1,040,800 tourist visits, the Dashi Academy Block (大士院街区) had 934,100 tourist visits, and Hama Street (蛤蟆街) had 300,000 tourist visits.
Donghu District (东湖区) is a beautiful and livable "happy home" where the city and the lake are integrated and the scenery is beautiful. Donghu District (东湖区), located on the bank of the Gan River (赣江), has a beautiful environment, a dense network of rivers, and water area accounting for 24.7% of the land area; there are many lakes, and Donghu Lake (东湖), Nanhu Lake (南湖), Beihu Lake (北湖) and Xianshi Lake (贤士湖) are like shining pearls; the Yudai River (玉带河) meanders and twists, the water is clear, the banks are green and the scenery is beautiful, the green coverage rate reaches 29.69%, and People's Park (人民公园), Bayi Park (八一公园), Yangming Park (阳明公园), Xiangsilin Park (相思林公园) and Xianshi Lake Park (贤士湖公园) are like five shining stars, forming a beautiful landscape of lakes in the city, the city in the lake, and the integration of the city and the lake, fully demonstrating the elegant style of Donghu District (东湖区) of "rivers and lakes surrounding the water, half the city with river scenery and half the city with lakes."
In recent years, a variety of rare animals have settled in Donghu District (东湖区), the "smiling angel" finless porpoise frolics in the waves, and the "fairy in the forest" paradise flycatcher nests by the water, showing the excellent environment and ecological beauty of Donghu District (东湖区).
In June of this year, the "Two Beaches and Seven Bays" natural swimming pool in the Gan River (赣江) was officially opened, and the Longsha Bay (龙沙湾) natural swimming pool has become a good place for citizens to relax and entertain. Donghu District (东湖区) innovatively implants Internet celebrity check-in points, light shows, cultural and creative markets and other formats to create a water-friendly vitality belt shared by all ages. At the same time, by transforming old buildings and old foreign houses, it actively creates "Inner Lake Cultural Tourism" projects, and new spaces such as "Beihu Bian (北湖边)" and "Zui Nanhu (醉南湖)" are very popular among young people.
Donghu District (东湖区) is an "ideal hot spot" for investment and business, where the government and enterprises are connected and service is paramount. In recent years, Donghu District (东湖区) has actively optimized the business environment, focused on key links such as government services, market environment, factor guarantees, and innovation platforms, continued to deepen reforms, and serve development. The business environment in the whole district has been continuously optimized and continues to improve. The online handling rate of 1,067 government service items applied for reaches 100%; a "cross-provincial handling" model has been established, and cooperation agreements have been signed with 16 urban areas to realize 33 "cross-provincial handling" items and 1,484 items that can be handled outside the province. Donghu District's (东湖区) work in optimizing the business environment ranked first in the province in the 2022 and 2023 Jiangxi (江西) Province business environment evaluations.
As the central urban area of Nanchang (南昌) City, Donghu District (东湖区) is favored by tourists from all over the world due to its profound historical and cultural heritage and rich cultural tourism resources. It has been rated as a "National Advanced Cultural District", "2025 China's Top 100 Municipal Districts in Tourism Comprehensive Competitiveness" and Jiangxi Province's "Exceptionally Beautiful" famous tourism county, and is an ideal destination for tracing the past and present, viewing the scenery, and exploring adventures.
The thousand-year-old Donghu (东湖) is the appearance of poetry and distance, the dialogue between history and reality, and the integration of tradition and modernity. Here, whether you are pursuing cultural roots and red memories, or experiencing urban customs and artistic trends, or tasting the worldly life and special cuisine, you can satisfy your beautiful imagination of travel.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Nanchang Donghu District (中共南昌市东湖区委宣传部) Committee
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵帅杰 白光迪 王欣悦
Introduction
From senior worker to technician, Guan Shuda (关书达), an employee of Sanlong Installation and Repair Co., Ltd. in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南), took eight years. "My skill level was qualified long ago, but the assessment channels were narrow in the past, and it was delayed for many years," he said regretfully.
With the gradual promotion of the "enterprise skill talent independent evaluation" policy, in accordance with the principle of "whoever employs, evaluates, and is responsible," eligible enterprises can independently conduct vocational skill level assessments and grade certifications for employees based on national vocational skill standards or industry enterprise evaluation specifications. "What to evaluate, how to evaluate, and how to use" are all determined by the enterprise. In 2023, after participating in and passing the enterprise assessment, Guan Shuda (关书达) successfully advanced to the level of technician.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "We must improve the system for cultivating, using, evaluating, and incentivizing skilled talents." In August 2019, the "Opinions of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Reforming and Improving the Evaluation System for Skilled Talents" was issued, proposing to "establish and implement a vocational skill level system, with employers and social training evaluation organizations carrying out vocational skill level certification in accordance with relevant regulations." In January 2025, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and eight other departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Work of Strengthening Enterprises with Skills," clarifying "supporting enterprises to independently carry out vocational skill level evaluations."
How can enterprises make good use of the "baton" of independent evaluation to promote the growth of skilled talents? The reporter visited Chongqing (重庆), Suzhou (苏州市) in Jiangsu Province (江苏省), and Luoyang (洛阳) in Henan Province (河南省) to investigate.
Why Evaluate?
Solve problems such as the lagging update of occupational classifications and standards, and the "separation of evaluation and use," and smooth the development channels for skilled talents.
After being rated as a senior electrician in 2015, Guan Shuda (关书达) worked harder, actively improved his skills, and hoped to be rated as a technician as soon as possible. However, the road to advancement was quite difficult. "At that time, the evaluation of vocational skill levels depended on the assessment and appraisal of relevant departments, which had narrow channels and took a long time," said Guan Shuda (关书达).
Not only that, some types of work that exist in actual production are not included in the National Occupational Classification Dictionary, so many employees can only find a type of work that has been included in the dictionary and is "related" to the actual work in order to be successfully graded. "Some colleagues' 'certificates do not match the job,' and there are differences from what they actually do," said Guan Shuda (关书达).
"In the past, skilled personnel with level evaluations such as electricians, like skilled personnel with access qualifications such as welders, also implemented a vocational qualification system, which was the responsibility of government departments. However, the national occupational classifications and occupational standards on which vocational qualification certifications are based are relatively slow to update, resulting in a situation where some job assessments have 'no standards to follow'," said Zhang Zhigang (张志刚), chairman of Luoyang Sanlong Installation and Repair Co., Ltd. (洛阳三隆安装检修有限公司). He frankly stated that there are also some small types of work with few practitioners, and sometimes it takes two or three years to gather enough people to organize an assessment.
But vocational skill levels are linked to wages and benefits. At Sanlong Company (三隆公司), the monthly salary difference between a senior worker and a technician is 500 yuan. What to do? Guan Shuda (关书达) once found a social training institution and wanted to obtain a technician certificate by participating in the skill training assessment organized by the institution, but the company replied that "the content of external training and assessment differs from the company's employment standards, and the company will not be able to recognize it."
"As a technology-intensive enterprise, our evaluation standards are higher than national standards," said Zhang Zhigang (张志刚). He believes that in the past, skill talent evaluation only had the national standard as "one yardstick," which was more general and less targeted. Enterprise independent evaluation can use its own yardstick to "measure" talents and better serve production and operation.
Similar to Zhang Zhigang's (张志刚) view, Zhang Zhiming (张志明), director of the Suzhou (苏州市) Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, also believes that the current industrial updates are fast, and key technologies and production processes are accelerating iteration. In comparison, the talent evaluation system in the past had a long update cycle, making it difficult to adapt to the changing pace of the production side. "Enterprises have the most say in the value of talent. Giving the evaluation power to enterprises is to allow enterprises to fully play the role of employers," he said.
In 2019, the state decided to gradually abolish vocational qualifications for skill personnel level evaluation and promote socialized vocational skill level certification.
In November 2020, the General Office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Notice on Supporting Enterprises to Vigorously Carry Out Skill Talent Evaluation Work," which clearly proposed supporting enterprises to independently carry out skill talent evaluation, independently determine the scope of evaluation, independently set vocational skill levels, and independently develop and formulate enterprise evaluation specifications.
**一子落，满盘活** (yī zǐ luò, mǎn pán huó - "one move activates the whole game," a single move can revitalize the entire situation). In this context, many companies have broken down the experience originally passed down by word of mouth from master craftsmen into quantifiable operating specifications, and written process secrets into job competency lists, turning "old experience" into replicable "hard standards."
"Enterprises know best what level of technology should be rated at what level. With the power of evaluation, internal enterprise training is closer to actual production, avoiding the 'two skins' of evaluation and use, and the talent team is also more stable," said Shen Yueqi (沈月其), vice president of Leke Electrical Co., Ltd. (莱克电气股份有限公司) in Suzhou (苏州).
As of October 2025, Jiangsu (江苏) has more than 3,200 enterprises that have completed independent evaluation filing, of which more than 2,200 are private enterprises, accounting for about 70%; the evaluation scale is also considerable, with Suzhou (苏州) alone issuing a cumulative total of 441,000 enterprise independent certificates.
In Luoyang (洛阳), Guan Shuda (关书达) also had good news. In 2022, Sanlong Company (三隆公司) obtained vocational skill level certification qualifications for 11 types of work, including the type of work Guan Shuda (关书达) is engaged in. He seized the opportunity and obtained a technician certificate in 2023.
As of October 2025, Henan (河南) has more than 3,100 enterprise independent evaluation institutions, with a cumulative total of 3.68 million vocational skill level certificates issued, of which 2.18 million are senior worker and above certificates, accounting for nearly 60%.
Who Can Evaluate?
Enterprises that have passed the filing can conduct evaluations for internal and external units, and qualifications will be revoked if they have not been evaluated for a long time.
Upon receiving the reminder from the Luoyang (洛阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau to apply for the "Enterprise Independent Evaluation Skill Talent Qualification," Xia Hanyan (夏寒艳), deputy general manager of Henan Dazhang Industrial Co., Ltd. (河南大张实业有限公司), felt like **久旱逢甘霖** (jiǔ hàn féng gān lín - "a long drought meets sweet rain," a timely rain after a long drought; a welcome relief). "The company operates integrated supermarkets, fresh food supermarkets, and other businesses, and is in a period of rapid development, with an urgent need for skilled talents. If we can independently evaluate, it will help us better attract talents."
But Xia Hanyan (夏寒艳) could not help but weigh the situation: Could the application be successful?
"Enterprises conducting independent evaluations generally have to meet three key conditions," said Zhao Shengli (赵胜利), deputy director of the Luoyang (洛阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: First, the production and operation are normal, and there is a stable skilled talent team; second, the evaluation organizational structure is complete, with an evaluation working group, examiner team, etc.; and third, there are clear job standards and evaluation work implementation plans to ensure that the evaluation is fair and just.
Comparing the application conditions, Xia Hanyan (夏寒艳) felt confident.
How are skill levels set? The reporter found in surveys in many places that enterprises mainly refer to the "New Eight-Level Worker" vocational skill level sequence (apprentice worker, primary worker, intermediate worker, senior worker, technician, senior technician, special technician, chief technician) and flexibly adjust according to their own circumstances.
"At the beginning of the evaluation plan formulation, we decided to break the restrictions of age, education, and qualifications, and all employees with promotion intentions can participate in the evaluation," said Xia Hanyan (夏寒艳). In 2021, under the guidance of the Luoyang (洛阳) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, after more than 4 months of preparation, the company completed the independent evaluation filing and obtained the rating qualifications for 11 types of work, including Chinese chef and cashier, and has completed more than 12,000 vocational skill level evaluations to date.
What if it is not a large enterprise and cannot meet the rigid conditions such as the examiner team and evaluation venue facilities?
As a chain owner enterprise in the industrial chain, Hengtong Group Co., Ltd. (亨通集团有限公司) in Suzhou (苏州) is filed with the Jiangsu (江苏) Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department and has become a social evaluation organization for vocational skill levels. "This means that the company can provide evaluation services for other enterprises on the chain and social personnel," said Li Gucun (李谷村), the person in charge of human resources at Hengtong Group (亨通集团).
What are the benefits of chain owner enterprises evaluating the skill levels of employees of enterprises on the chain?
"Standardizing chain production operations allows everyone to collaborate under relatively unified production standards, making the entire industrial chain more cohesive and operating more stably," added Li Gucun (李谷村). As of now, Hengtong Group (亨通集团) has carried out a cumulative total of 7 batches of socialized evaluation services, issuing more than 200 certificates.
With the deepening of reforms, some places have explored new models for enterprise skill talent independent evaluation.
"'One evaluation, two certificates' opens up new space for career development." In 2024, Zhou Yunan (周钰楠), an employee of Hengtong Group (亨通集团), passed the enterprise assessment and was rated as a senior worker, and also obtained the title of assistant engineer.
The "one evaluation, two certificates" he mentioned is a new talent evaluation model explored by Suzhou (苏州) for enterprises - employees can obtain both a vocational skill level certificate and a professional technical title certificate through one evaluation. In recent years, the transformation of Suzhou's (苏州) industrial structure has accelerated, and many enterprises have increased their demand for compound talents, prompting the continuous improvement of the talent evaluation system.
"By sorting out the independent evaluation standards for professional technical titles and the direct recognition standards for vocational skill levels, we have set up 4 application levels such as 'assistant engineer + senior worker' and 'assistant engineer + technician'. We hope to use the new model to help enterprises better screen talents with both professional knowledge and superb skills," said Zhang Zhiming (张志明). In the future, he plans to include "senior engineer + senior technician" in the "one evaluation, two certificates" evaluation pilot program and actively promote the integrated evaluation of "two types of talents."
It is worth noting that enterprises cannot rest easy after obtaining independent evaluation qualifications.
"Enterprises that do not conduct evaluations for a long time or have non-standard evaluation standards will have their qualifications revoked," revealed Niu Liyun (牛励耘), director of the Vocational Capacity Building Department of the Henan (河南省) Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department. Since 2024, Henan (河南) has cumulatively supervised more than 5,300 evaluation institutions in the province and dealt with 186 institutions where problems were found.
How to Evaluate?
Adopt methods such as process assessment and competition selection, focusing on examining comprehensive abilities.
"In December 2021, I was promoted to special technician through enterprise assessment." As an employee of Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (重庆长安汽车股份有限公司), Tang Yuehui (唐跃辉) has been deeply involved in the front line of automobile performance testing for more than 30 years. With solid professional accumulation and the identity of a special technician, he has become an enterprise skill talent independent evaluation examiner and is currently busy formulating examination content. "The assessment is no longer rote memorization, but more like a 'real combat exercise'."
The assessment content is "flexible" and the method is "three-dimensional."
"On the basis of national vocational skill standards, the company combines actual 'addition' and dynamically adjusts the assessment content and scoring standards every year. For example, rapid diagnosis of power battery failures, debugging of intelligent network connection systems, and other technical problems that have recently appeared frequently and are crucial in front-line practice have now entered the question bank," said Tang Yuehui (唐跃辉). The examination is not limited to theoretical knowledge, but also focuses on work performance, practical operation level, and innovative contributions.
Zhang Kun (张昆), an employee of Sanlong Company (三隆公司), admitted that he was a little nervous when he first participated in the evaluation of senior technician for instrument and meter maintenance workers. "In the past, only theory and practical operation were assessed, but now there are also interview defenses."
"We adopt diversified evaluation methods, with practical operation, theory, performance, and interview scores accounting for 60%, 20%, 10%, and 10% respectively. An important purpose of skill talent evaluation is to select role models. Only those who are excellent in many aspects can be convincing," explained Li Fen (李芬), human resources director of Sanlong Company (三隆公司). "Our requirements for highly skilled talents are not only excellent technology, but also craftsmanship, good at teaching, and driving young people to grow and become talents."
At Sanlong Company (三隆公司), management personnel, technical experts, and others form a professional committee to be responsible for the entire process of skill level evaluation supervision, and all standards and procedures are disclosed in advance. "I sweated a little when I first interviewed, but later I found that the questions asked by the judges were all about actual work, so I wasn't nervous," Zhang Kun (张昆) recalled. In the end, Zhang Kun (张昆) passed the assessment with a high score and obtained a certificate.
Li Fen (李芬) introduced that Sanlong Company (三隆公司) has independent evaluation qualifications for 11 types of work and 8 levels, and organizes 1 to 2 assessments per year for each type of work. The enterprise is responsible for assessment and certification. What role does the government department play?
"What we are concerned about is no longer whether a specific skill action meets the standard, but whether the enterprise can set the job standards clearly and evaluate them transparently, changing from 'evaluation organizer' to 'rule regulator'," introduced Su Jing (苏静), deputy director of the Chongqing (重庆) Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. "Enterprises themselves also attach great importance to it and adopt methods such as hiring external experts and cross-supervision to make the evaluation more strict and standardized." In Chongqing (重庆), the average pass rate for employees accepting enterprise independent evaluation of skill levels is about 30%.
In addition to routine evaluations, enterprises also incorporate vocational skill competitions into the evaluation system to achieve organic integration of competition results and skill level certification.
Since 2003, Changan Automobile (长安汽车) has held 23 consecutive technical skill sports meetings, with competition projects including digital operation, intelligent network connection, new energy, and intelligent manufacturing. Currently, the top three players in each competition project can be exempted from theoretical and practical operation assessments, and the skill level can be directly recognized after the enterprise's comprehensive evaluation, and the corresponding salary and benefits will be realized. "This allows those with high skills to get more and those who innovate to get more!" said Yan Rong (鄢蓉), a staff member of the personnel department of Changan Automobile (长安汽车).
Level certification does not mean that you can just rest on your laurels.
"The company conducts performance evaluations every six months for personnel who have obtained vocational skill level certificates," Yan Rong (鄢蓉) told reporters. Personnel with low evaluation results will be demoted, transferred, or have their performance deducted, in order to encourage skilled personnel to continuously improve their skills, changing the past situation of "one certificate for life."
How to Use Well?
Treatment increases with the improvement of skill level, promoting "evaluation for gain and skill for value."
"How is the filling machine used? Is the parameter stable?" Facing the screen, Fang Ning (房宁), an industrial robot system operator at Suzhou Bozhong Precision Technology Co., Ltd. (苏州博众精工科技股份有限公司), skillfully communicates with overseas customers. "From senior worker to technician, my salary has increased a lot, and I feel very rewarded," he said.
In Suzhou (苏州), enterprises that want to independently evaluate skilled talents need to submit not only evaluation standards, but also detailed salary and benefit tables. "The human resources and social security department requires that salary and benefits match the skill level, so as to better protect the rights and interests of skilled talents," said Liu Jie (柳杰), director of the Suzhou (苏州市) Vocational Skill Appraisal Center.
Salaries increase with the improvement of skill level, encouraging skilled personnel to change from passive "want me to learn" to "I want to learn."
"At Changan Automobile (长安汽车), employees who are rated as special technicians can participate in the evaluation of 'skill masters'. Once rated, the salary and benefits, equity incentives, travel benefits, etc. are 'on par' with the company's vice president," introduced Yan Rong (鄢蓉). The company currently has 10 highly skilled talents enjoying vice president treatment. "We don't judge heroes by position, but we determine treatment by skills, so that front-line workers have a future."
What makes skilled talents "have a future" is not only salary and benefits, but also a stage where they can display their talents. Changan Automobile (长安汽车) has established a master studio in China and a master workstation overseas for Chen Siliang (陈思良), a 31-year-old "skill master," to help him lead the team to carry out technical research.
Promoting "evaluation for gain and skill for value" makes skilled talents more at ease that the vocational skill level certificates issued by enterprises have real circulation value in the talent market.
Due to the long commute to work, Chen Mingsheng (陈明生), an equipment technician at Leke Electrical (莱克电气), left the company in 2023 and applied for a job with the technician certificate issued by the company. He was quickly hired by a company in the same industry, with a higher base salary than ordinary job seekers.
"The certificate is connected to the national network. On the official website of the human resources and social security department, enter the name, ID number, and certificate number, and the relevant information is clear at a glance. The 'new owner' directly recognizes it," Chen Mingsheng (陈明生) recalled.
However, the reporter found in the survey that although the evaluation standards for the same level certificate of the same type of work all meet the national standards, the certificates issued by leading enterprises with high industry status, high assessment difficulty, and high evaluation professionalism are often more valuable than those of other enterprises and are more easily recognized by other enterprises; otherwise, their recognition may be discounted.
However, the reporter found in the investigation that for the same level of certificate for the same type of work, although the evaluation standards meet the national standards, the gold content of the certificates issued by leading enterprises is often higher than that of other enterprises because of their high industry status, high assessment difficulty, and high evaluation professionalism, and they are more easily recognized by other enterprises; otherwise, their recognition may be discounted.
Nowadays, many enterprises realize that independently evaluating skilled talents is not only for cultivating talents, but also for building a good reputation for the enterprise. "The higher the evaluation quality, the stronger the enterprise's technical voice in the industry. The market's recognition of the certificate will also reversely enhance the enterprise's attractiveness to market talents," said Luo Junxia, head of human resources at Leke Electrical (莱克电气).
In Liu Jie's view, the government's decentralization of evaluation authority is to make the evaluation standards more in line with market demand; if the results of enterprises' independent evaluation are to be accepted by the market, they must ensure the quality control, "The stricter the enterprise evaluation, the better the benign incentive for internal talents; the more transparent the evaluation, the more trust it can win from peers and job seekers."
Niu Liyun (牛励耘) believes that the vocational skill level certificates issued by enterprises have now been connected to the national network for verification, which is the basis for mutual recognition. With the continuous improvement of policies and more strict and standardized evaluation standards, it is expected that the future will truly achieve "one enterprise evaluation, national mutual recognition," allowing skilled talents to 走到哪里都吃香 (zǒu dào nǎ lǐ dōu chī xiāng - "be popular wherever one goes," to be well-received and in demand everywhere).
Return to TopBy: 白光迪
The technical workforce is an important force supporting China's manufacturing and China's creation. Enterprises are the main body of innovation and a vital force in promoting innovation and creation. Since 2019, China has deepened the reform of the skill-based talent evaluation system, supporting enterprises to independently carry out skill-based talent evaluation.
Currently, the work of enterprises independently evaluating skilled talents is continuously improving in quality and expanding in scope. This policy not only improves the accuracy and scientific nature of skill-based talent evaluation, but also enables enterprises to flexibly cultivate talents according to their own needs, achieving a precise match between skills training and market demand.
How can the evaluation be made more in line with the actual situation of enterprises and the market, and further stimulate the innovation and creativity of skilled talents?
Use salary and benefits as incentives to increase employees' enthusiasm for participation. Enterprises should establish and improve the skill-based talent evaluation system, providing corresponding salaries and promotion channels according to employees' skill levels, and promoting "more pay for more work, more pay for higher skills, and more pay for innovators." This can not only enhance employees' sense of belonging and prompt employees to shift from "let me do it" to "I want to do it," but also inject stronger competitiveness into enterprise development. At the same time, enterprises should adhere to the principles of objectivity, fairness, science, and standardization. The higher the social recognition of the evaluation results, the more positive incentives it can create for employees.
Use job requirements as a yardstick to closely link evaluation with practice. Different from the traditional model, enterprises independently carry out skill-based talent evaluation based on the actual job positions. Only by continuously improving the standards, procedures, and methods of independent evaluation, and precisely matching employees' skill improvement with the development needs of enterprises, can we achieve a deep fit between skill evaluation and enterprise development strategy.
Use industrial development as a traction to help talent skills continuously advance. Skilled talents are not only an important support for enterprise development, but also an important driving force for promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. With the help of enterprise independent evaluation, it not only helps skilled talents improve their personal abilities and reserve talents for enterprises, but also helps promote upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to increase the training of skilled talents, fuel industrial upgrading, and enhance industrial competitiveness.
Enterprise skill-based talent independent evaluation is a "window" that opens up new horizons and allows workers to see more possibilities for career development; it is a "road" that connects enterprise needs with talent cultivation, helping employees find a clear path for self-improvement and growth; it is also a "bridge" that connects industry and talent, promoting element coordination and kinetic energy superposition, and helping enterprises and industries achieve high-quality development.
Return to TopIn September 2025, our company's "Special-Grade Technician" and "Chief Technician" qualification increment filing was approved. From now on, employees can evaluate special-grade technicians and chief technicians without leaving the "enterprise." Skilled talents can reach the pinnacle of their careers with their skills.
——Zhang Zhigang (张志刚), Chairman of Luoyang Sanlong Installation and Maintenance Co., Ltd. (洛阳三隆安装检修有限公司)
Many customers and projects value the proportion of professional and skilled personnel in the company. The company evaluates talents by itself, the training path is smoother, and the company's competitiveness is stronger.
——Wang Liping (王丽萍), relevant person in charge of Bozhong Precision Technology Co., Ltd. (博众精工科技股份有限公司)
I am a post-90s technician. In my early 30s, I was rated as a special-grade technician and enjoyed the salary and benefits of a vice president of the company. I really didn't expect it! Skill level evaluation does not depend on qualifications but on ability, which makes me understand: the future can be fought for and pursued.
——Chen Siliang (陈思良), special-grade technician of Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (重庆长安汽车股份有限公司)
I am engaged in high-precision material processing. I must not only innovate process flow and improve production efficiency, but also master theoretical knowledge such as equipment operation and fault maintenance. Through the "one evaluation, two certificates," I obtained the title of engineer and the senior technician professional skill level certificate, realizing the "two strengthenings and two promotions" of theory and practice.
——Li Yaofei (李要飞), employee of Hengtong Group Co., Ltd. (亨通集团有限公司)
In 2023, as a picker, I participated in the company's warehouse administrator skill assessment and was very happy to get the certificate. What is more valuable is the sense of professional value I gained. This confidence inspired me to stand out in the subsequent management cadre competition.
——Zhao Mengxiang (赵梦香), employee of Henan Dazhang Industrial Co., Ltd. (河南大张实业有限公司)
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Return to TopCultural Exchange, Connecting Hearts
Luo Wenli (罗文利), Director of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆)
Both China and the United States are major countries in the world with extensive cultural influence. Cultural exchange and cooperation between China and the United States contain ample space and profound potential. Culture is an important bridge connecting the hearts of the people of the two countries, and people-to-people exchanges and cooperation between the two countries continue to deepen and expand, yielding fruitful results.
The National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) is committed to being at the forefront of Sino-US cultural exchanges, and American counterparts are also active in many important activities hosted by our museum. The "Echoes of History" theme exhibition held in conjunction with this forum, with the participation of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) in content planning, allows more people to understand the years of war in which the people of China and the United States fought side by side and supported each other in the World Anti-Fascist War through precious historical pictures, document reproductions, and multimedia images.
As one of the important windows for exchanges and dialogues between Chinese civilization and other civilizations in the world, the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) is also an important participant and witness of Sino-US cultural exchanges and cooperation. We are willing to always take an open and inclusive attitude, actively implement the Global Civilization Initiative, and strive to create a new situation of people-to-people exchanges, cultural integration, and heart-to-heart communication, and jointly promote the development and progress of human civilization.
Drawing on the Strength of the Kuling Spirit to Advance Sino-US Friendship
Shen Xin (沈昕), Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会)
Today's Kuling (鼓岭) has become one of the spiritual symbols of Sino-US people-to-people friendship and a bond for the people of the two countries to transcend cultural differences and enhance trust and understanding. Drawing on the strength of the Kuling spirit is of great significance for advancing Sino-US friendship in the current context.
The Kuling bond is an emotional connection, inspiring us to see each other as partners and help each other succeed. We should add to friendship instead of subtracting from it, choose connection instead of decoupling, and use Sino-US people-to-people friendship to help stabilize the relations between the two countries.
The Kuling bond is a temporal inheritance, inspiring us to strengthen the power of friendship and safeguard peace. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (中国人民对外友好协会) received international friends such as American Flying Tigers veterans and descendants of Doolittle Raiders veterans who participated in the commemorative conference, and awarded commemorative medals of the "80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" to more than 100 international friends. The people of China and the United States jointly won the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and defended peace.
Building a Road to Success, Gathering the Power of Cooperation, and Heading for a Better Future Together
Teng Shaojun (滕绍骏), President of the US-China Public Affairs Association
This land of Kuling (鼓岭) carries our beautiful memories, condenses deep friendship, and entrusts common dreams. True friendship is not based on the exchange of interests, but is deeply rooted in the soil of mutual respect and empathy, and stems from a common belief in a better future.
Building a road to success, gathering the power of cooperation, and heading for a better future together is essentially practicing the concept of mutual benefit and win-win results: only by jointly making the "cake" bigger and continuously expanding the space for development can we create favorable conditions for the prosperity and development of the people of all countries. Working together and helping each other in the same boat is the inevitable choice for the future.
The Kuling spirit always inspires us that the road ahead cannot be separated from confidence and courage. Every progress in human society stems from mutual assistance, sincere understanding, and heart-to-heart communication. When we listen to the echoes of history, we can hear the call of the future: inheriting the sincerity in the Kuling story, treating each other as partners, treating each other with inclusiveness, and moving forward with cooperation, can we make the tree of friendship across borders evergreen and jointly write a new chapter in the community of human destiny.
Inheriting the Gung Ho Spirit and Building an Exchange Platform
Adam Foster, Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Helen Foster Snow Foundation
I brought my daughter to this Kuling Forum in the hope that the next generation can pass on the torch of friendly exchanges between the people of the two countries.
My ancestors were old friends of the Chinese people, Helen Foster Snow. In the 1930s, the Chinese Gung Ho movement she participated in not only rescued hundreds of thousands of war victims, but also became a model of pragmatic cooperation between the two peoples.
Today, the Helen Foster Snow Foundation upholds the concept of working together and seeking consensus to bridge differences through creative cooperation. We hope to build an exchange platform, and the results are remarkable. More than 200 American students have confirmed that they will go to China for exchanges next year.
In the face of challenges, we call on all parties to take practical actions: support the establishment of student exchange scholarships, fund youth cooperation projects, and strengthen community-level exchanges. Let us work together to inherit the Gung Ho spirit, jointly cultivate the next generation of friendship bridge builders, and inject lasting impetus into the development of relations between the two countries, so that people-to-people friendly exchanges between the two countries can be passed on from generation to generation.
Promoting the Kuling Spirit and Continuing a New Chapter of Friendship
Luca Berrone, Board Member of the Iowa Sister States
In 2023, I went to Kuling (鼓岭) to learn more about the Kuling story. My journey of exploration in Kuling made me deeply realize that promoting the Kuling spirit is crucial for our descendants. The Kuling story is a story of mutual care between the American and Chinese people, and a model of American and Chinese friendship.
In the future, I look forward to projects such as joint student research on village history, digital art reproduction of Kuling's style, and youth visits and exchanges, so that more people can deeply understand Kuling's historical heritage and humanistic spirit, so as to continue and deepen friendship. These projects are mutually beneficial and win-win, injecting lasting impetus into people-to-people exchanges between the United States and China, and are of great value and significance.
I hope to take the Kuling Forum as an opportunity to attract more young people to pay attention to the Kuling story. Let the Kuling story give birth to new friendships and new cooperation, and jointly continue a new chapter of friendship between the two countries.
Building Consensus with Common Goals and Consolidating the Foundation with Pragmatic Cooperation
Lawrence Freeman, US International Affairs Expert
The economic and trade ties between the United States and China are deeply connected. As the two largest economic superpowers, the bilateral relationship between the United States and China affects the effectiveness of countries in responding to international risks and challenges.
Human beings have the potential to create, and there is a basis for harmonious coexistence between countries. Formulating foreign policies that are conducive to common prosperity is essentially in their own long-term interests.
US-China cooperation is an important engine for global economic growth and will lay a deep foundation for the progress of human civilization.
To this end, I propose that the United States and China launch joint actions to build international consensus with common goals, which will lay a solid foundation for long-term stable cooperation and deep friendship between the two countries.
Music as a Bridge, Mutual Learning of Civilizations
Cai Jindong (蔡金冬), Director of the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College
Music is a cultural bond. We established the US-China Music Institute at Bard College in the United States and created the Bard Chinese Orchestra to promote US-China music and cultural exchanges through the artistic practice of combining Chinese and Western music.
Founded in 2017, the Institute is committed to enhancing cultural understanding through the performance, research and education of Chinese music and integrating traditional Chinese music into the Western music academy system. In 2023, the Institute formed the 15-member Bard Chinese Orchestra, innovatively integrating traditional Chinese instruments with Western strings and percussion, highlighting cross-cultural harmony. In June 2025, the Bard Chinese Orchestra will conduct a two-week tour in China, which has been warmly received by the audience and has become a vivid practice of youth exchanges between the two countries.
"Although we come from different places and have different cultural backgrounds, we can integrate each other's perspectives in music." Music has no borders, and the voices of the members of the orchestra express the preciousness of cultural exchange. We believe that this two-way exchange will build a platform for sincere connection and creative interaction between young people in the United States and China, allowing the flowers of mutual learning of civilizations to bloom in music.
Remember This Land and the Simple and Kind People
Pu Guangzhu (蒲光珠), "Friend of Kuling"
Our family's relationship with China spans a century and is deeply rooted in our hearts.
In 1884, my grandparents came to China to build schools and orphanages, and the six children they raised all forged indissoluble bonds with this land.
In 1905, my father, Pu Tianshou (蒲天寿), was born in Fujian. He spoke Chinese and was proficient in three local dialects. After completing his studies, he took his family to Gutian to practice medicine and run schools. With his superb medical skills and benevolence, he was deeply respected by the local people.
In the summer, the Pu family rested here in Kuling (鼓岭). It was also my father's medical practice. He often treated villagers in his own porch and basement. This kindness deeply moved the locals.
Later, although my father left China, his deep feelings for the Chinese people and culture had already been integrated into my blood.
I have had the honor of returning to Fujian three times, and I will always remember this land and the simple and kind people.
Inheriting the Kuling Spirit and Building a Bridge of Communication
Mu Yanling (穆言灵), Initiator of "Friends of Kuling" and American Expert on Kuling Culture
Kuling (鼓岭) is unique. Many foreign families who have come to Kuling have lived in Fuzhou, Fujian for many years - some have taken root for life, and some have been passed down for generations. It is this long and profound history of co-residence that has made the friendship, trust, understanding and respect nurtured here particularly sincere and lasting.
In Kuling, peace, friendship, understanding, respect and love are everywhere. Peace needs to be carefully built on the basis of courage, trust and sacrifice; friendship takes root and sprouts in Kuling, where children have forged deep bonds that transcend cultures and borders; true understanding begins with learning to appreciate the beauty, wisdom and humanistic warmth of both cultures. Today, the Kuling family and those involved in the Kuling project are still following in the footsteps of their ancestors many years ago, adhering to the way of respect; love is not only an emotion, but also the courage to persevere through difficulties and changes.
May the Kuling story inspire each of us, no matter where we are, to inherit the Kuling spirit and build a bridge of communication.
Listening to Each Other's Hearts with the Wisdom of "Soulmate"
Carla Canales, Cultural Exchange Envoy of the US President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
In my opinion, culture and art are the glue that binds society together, the cornerstone of building bridges, and the grand stage for jointly envisioning a better future.
In 2011, when I toured China, I was deeply shocked by China's magnificent scenery, long history and profound culture. I immediately decided to learn as much as possible about this extraordinary country.
Since then, I have had the honor of revisiting China many times. When I recently performed in Fujian, I realized the profound meaning of the word "Zhiyin" (知音). "Zhi" (知) means "understanding" and "Yin" (音) means "music". "Zhiyin" (知音) refers to someone who truly understands the melody in your heart. Even if we have different cultural backgrounds, we can understand each other's hearts.
I hope that we can all keep the wisdom of "Zhiyin" (知音) in mind, become people who listen to each other's hearts, transcend differences, seek understanding, and cherish connections. The spirit carried by art reminds us that beneath the appearance of differences, there is a common emotional world.
Over the past 10 years, the cost of technologies such as clean energy has dropped significantly, with remarkable results. This is due to China's manufacturing capabilities and the active cooperation between the United States and China. The planning of energy transition on a global scale cannot be separated from cooperation and sharing between countries. I believe that the joint efforts of the two countries will inject strong impetus into global energy transition and sustainable development.
--Daniel Kammen, Academician of the US National Academy of Sciences and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of "Just Energy Transition" at Johns Hopkins University
As a Chinese-American table tennis player, for us, mutual learning of civilizations is about respecting opponents on the court and sharing love off the court.
I am willing to continue to promote the normalization of such exchanges, especially to promote mutual visits between young people, so that the next generation can have table tennis friends and partners across the Pacific Ocean. I will continue to hold the racket tightly and inject new vitality into the friendship between the two countries.
--Feng Yijun (冯一君), Board Member of the US Table Tennis Association and Olympic Athlete
The Bay Area Council has been deeply involved in trans-Pacific cooperation for fifteen years, building trans-Pacific cooperation ties through city twinning, province-state linkage, and business docking.
Practice shows that the effectiveness of collaboration at the local level will be effectively transformed into the resilience of relations at the national level. The Bay Area Council will continue to act as a bridge and looks forward to continuing to work with you to write a new chapter.
--Matt Regan, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Bay Area Council
People-to-people exchanges are an important bridge to enhance understanding and friendship between the people of the two countries. China Institute in America has been committed to promoting US-China cultural exchanges for nearly a century, and more than one million people from all walks of life have deepened their understanding of Chinese culture through our programs.
We will continue to inherit the Kuling spirit, consolidate the public opinion foundation of US-China friendship, and jointly create a better future for relations between the two countries through people-to-people exchanges and personal story sharing.
--Liao Shenzhan (廖申展), Senior Vice President of Education, China Institute in America
In the fields of desertification control, ecological restoration, and green supply chain construction, Chinese social forces have joined hands with partners from various countries to promote pragmatic cooperation through the investment of funds, technology, and time, transforming language communication into value "translation" and joint actions, and responding to the common responsibility of the community of human destiny with more "common projects" and "common results."
--Zhao Song (赵颂), International Cooperation Committee Member of Alashan SEE Ecological Association and Chairman of Maling Consulting
In the current era of multicultural integration and co-existence, human beings can still form a closely connected community. We should cross mountains and seas, break down language barriers, and carry out in-depth exchanges with an open and inclusive attitude. **海内存知己，天涯若比邻** (hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ, tiān yá ruò bǐ lín - "close friends afar make distance disappear," a close friend far away is as good as a neighbor). This wisdom that transcends time and space is precisely the footnote for the joint progress of diverse civilizations.
--Shi Tianjie (石天傑), Deputy Director and Professor of the Sustainable Development Management Master's Program at Columbia University
(This edition was written by Wu Wenjing (武雯婧), Zhang Yukun (张钰坤), Wang Nan (王楠), Gao Yingxue (高映雪), Pan Jiangtao (潘江涛), Lin Mengjia (林梦佳), Wang Yijing (王艺静), Zheng Hao (郑好), Wang Ruobin (王若彬), Chen Chun'an (陈春安), and Wang Qinyu (王钦玉))
Return to Top——I hope the next Kuling Forum can be held in San Francisco.
——I wish the 2025 Kuling Forum a complete success, and consolidate the foundation of friendship between the two peoples.
——海内存知己，天涯若比邻 (hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ, tiān yá ruò bǐ lín - "a bosom friend afar brings a distant land near," true friends bring distant lands close).
——A friendship that transcends national borders, weathered by the years, has become an eternal testament to people-to-people friendship.
——Thank you to the organizers of the Kuling Forum, thank you to People's Daily (人民日报) and Bank of China (中国银行), for giving me the opportunity to listen to various perspectives and gain an in-depth understanding of the Kuling story. For me personally, as a descendant of a Flying Tigers fighter pilot, being able to share the stage with the descendants of General Chennault (陈纳德将军) is truly a dream come true. May you continue to carry on this great mission.
——Thank you for hosting such a wonderful event. I look forward to learning and exchanging ideas, grasping development potential, and witnessing China's prosperity and strength. Looking to the future, the two countries will jointly write a new chapter on the world stage.
——I wish the 2025 Kuling Forum a complete success! Thank you for your efforts in promoting people-to-people exchanges between the two countries!
——I wish the relationship between the two countries a prosperous development in the years to come.
——I have high expectations for this event! I am from Brazil and have always paid close attention to the dynamics of Sino-US relations, knowing that it affects many major development opportunities in our country.
——This forum is wonderful and I look forward to meeting you all every year.
This newspaper reports from New York (Lin Mengjia (林梦佳)) On local time, November 27th, the global promotional video for the 2025 Guling Forum appeared in Times Square, New York, USA. Two large screens frequently played, presenting the theme of this forum and reviewing the wonderful moments of active participation of people from all walks of life in China and the United States in the Guling Affection theme activities. For the first time, the Guling story was told to American audiences through overseas screen media.
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Our New York dispatch (Yang Zeying (杨泽英), Gao Yingxue (高映雪)) Recently, the launching ceremony of the "Starting from the Kuling Story - China-U.S. Friendship Moment Image Collection Activity" was held at the 2025 Kuling Forum.
This image collection activity is initiated by People's Daily Digital Communication Co., Ltd. (人民日报数字传播有限公司), soliciting works in the form of pictures and videos from organizations and individuals at home and abroad. The activity aims to record the moving moments of friendly exchanges between the Chinese and American people through images, spread the vivid stories of mutual learning between the Chinese and American people, and gather greater strength to promote people-to-people connectivity. The deadline for submission of works is June 20, 2026; Collection email: kuliangforum@peopledigital.com.cn.
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from New York (Zhang Yukun (张钰坤), Wang Nan (王楠)) From November 21st to December 1st, local time, the "Starting from the Kuling Story" China-U.S. Friendship and Cooperation Story Exhibition and the "Echoes of History" themed exhibition were held in the Bank of China New York Branch hall. As an extension of the 2025 Kuling Forum, this exhibition was jointly organized by the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), the Chongqing Stilwell Museum (重庆史迪威博物馆), the Kunming Flying Tigers Memorial Hall (昆明飞虎队纪念馆), the Quzhou Museum (衢州市博物馆), and the Fuzhou Kuling Tourism and Vacation Area Management Committee (福州市鼓岭旅游度假区管理委员会), among other institutions.
Since the launch of the first Kuling Forum, the "Starting from the Kuling Story" China-U.S. Friendship and Cooperation Story Collection Activity has generated widespread response at home and abroad, receiving more than 800 submissions from people from all walks of life in China and the United States. This themed exhibition brings together the essence of the collected works, showcasing touching stories of friendship. The "Echoes of History" themed exhibition aims to commemorate the great victory achieved by Chinese and foreign forces of justice in jointly fighting fascism, and to pay tribute to the heroes who supported and helped the Chinese people resist aggression. The exhibition innovatively creates a "VR panoramic immersive viewing experience," allowing viewers to immerse themselves in the live exhibition by scanning the QR code on the People's Daily Electronic Reading Board.
"History can illuminate the future, and friendship can be passed down from generation to generation." Viewers have said that the exhibition reflects the "big future" of China-U.S. friendship from the "small narratives" of people-to-people exchanges. The stories are deeply moving, and they are willing to contribute to promoting China-U.S. friendship.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘 泉 祝佳祺 张云河
When AI (Artificial Intelligence) is deeply integrated with cultural tourism, the landscape becomes even more pleasing; when technology empowers agriculture, it intelligently cultivates tens of thousands of acres of land; when intelligent manufacturing enters workshops, production lines operate smartly... Currently, artificial intelligence is comprehensively reshaping all walks of life.
Riding the wave of AI, Guangxi, based on the forefront of China-ASEAN opening-up, is accelerating the construction of a distinctive development path of "R&D in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou + Integration in Guangxi + Application in ASEAN." In July of this year, Guangxi issued a "hero post" to the world called the "AI Empowering Thousands of Industries Super League" ("A Super" for short). In just a few months, 10,432 teams gathered to participate, covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, and the 11 ASEAN countries, affectionately known by netizens as "A Super."
Creating a Cross-Regional and Cross-Industry Competition Pattern
"A Super" is an exchange platform built by Guangxi for the majority of "AI+" enterprises, scientific researchers, and developers to innovate, focusing on the deep integration of artificial intelligence and key industries, promoting the aggregation of innovation resources and the transformation of achievements, promoting the docking of capital and projects, cultivating emerging artificial intelligence enterprises facing the ASEAN market, and creating a new ecosystem for artificial intelligence technology applications.
"A Super" is the deep integration of thousands of industries and artificial intelligence, and also the digital resonance between China and ASEAN. The foreshadowing originated from Guangxi's "First Meeting of the New Year" in February this year, which proposed: "In the era of artificial intelligence, Guangxi cannot be absent or lag behind." This judgment stems from Guangxi's unique geographical advantages. "Guangxi is the only province in China that has both land borders and sea passages with ASEAN, and has platform advantages, digital channel advantages, power energy advantages, computing power advantages facing ASEAN, and ASEAN language talent advantages," said the relevant person in charge of the Big Data Development Bureau of the Autonomous Region.
Over the past year, Guangxi has adhered to doing something and not doing something, paying attention to strategy, strengthening integration, and innovating scenarios, and accelerating the construction of a development path of "R&D in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou + Integration in Guangxi + Application in ASEAN."
"A Super" has become a key move to realize this path—opening registration to all sectors of society in China and ASEAN, including industry-leading enterprises, start-up teams, scientific research institutes, and individual developers, especially encouraging joint teams with ASEAN countries, without setting participation thresholds, creating an "ASEAN-Guangxi-National" innovation community, and forming a cross-regional and cross-industry diversified competition pattern. At present, 20 sub-events are being fully promoted, and 18 tracks such as automobiles, e-commerce, and health have completed finals or roadshows. The education track is preparing for the finals, and 600 ASEAN teams are fully participating in various track competitions.
51WORLD, a digital twin enterprise from Beijing (北京), did not hesitate to choose to participate in the "Smart City" construction innovation application competition, seizing the opportunity of AI empowering the housing and construction field. Jin Zhiguo, a production and research expert of the enterprise, said: "Guangxi actively expands cooperation with ASEAN countries in the field of AI applications, promotes the sharing of engineering construction standards, technology export, and talent training, and provides a broad international market for AI technology applications."
"Guangxi and ASEAN countries have similar AI application scenarios, and their compatibility is very strong." Qi Xiangdong, a member of the "A Super" judging panel, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and chairman of Qi An Xin Group, believes that winners who replicate their cases to the Guangxi and ASEAN markets will have the opportunity to achieve "1 to 10, 10 to N" commercial success.
Helping Regional Digital Economy Collaborative Development
"A Super" is no longer a simple technology competition, but a super stage for China-ASEAN digital cooperation. At the beginning of the launch, the competition widely issued "hero posts" to ASEAN and encouraged Chinese and ASEAN enterprises to form joint teams.
After e-commerce practical training and roadshow presentations, the transnational team "Pineapple Pineapple Honey" of Guangxi International Business Vocational and Technical College won the runner-up in the college track of the 2025 ASEAN-oriented "AI+Cross-border E-commerce" Innovation Application Competition. Stepping off the podium, Indonesian team member Chen Shengji could not hide his excitement. Since preparing for the competition, in order to make the selection of cross-border live streaming goods, the expression of tastes, and the visual presentation more "ASEAN-flavored," he and his teammates constantly debugged AI tools, and finally achieved a breakthrough in the creativity and practicality of the work under the dual drive of "technology + culture."
"This is an unforgettable cooperation. I have mastered more innovative applications of AI technology in the field of cross-border e-commerce, and I also have a deeper understanding of multiculturalism. Through 'A Super,' I saw the beautiful prospects of ASEAN-China cooperation and exchanges, and also made my 'entrepreneurial dream' have a way to realize it," said Chen Shengji.
On November 28, the "A Super" Artificial Intelligence + Radio and Television Innovation Application Competition ushered in the finals. At the competition, an AI communication platform product dedicated to solving the "language barrier" for Chinese short dramas going overseas to ASEAN was eye-catching. The contestants opened the interface to switch languages, and the subtitles of more than 300 short dramas could be converted into ASEAN languages in real time.
This is the "Huali Broadcast Micro-Short Drama ASEAN International Communication Platform" jointly operated by Guangxi Huali Broadcast Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Vietnam Digital Industry Group. "We have built our own sufficient ASEAN corpus, which can realize one-click real-time conversion of platform interface, drama subtitles and other content, and currently supports languages such as Thai, Vietnamese, and Indonesian," said Zhao Jing, marketing manager of Huali Broadcast. The platform has been promoted in Vietnam.
ASEAN, as a region with diversified AI application needs, the core of cooperation with China lies in "technology empowering scenarios, complementary advantages and win-win results." Guangxi is an important channel for China-ASEAN artificial intelligence cooperation. Wen Yonggang, a member of the "A Super" judging panel, academician of the Singapore Academy of Engineering, and President's Chair Professor of Nanyang Technological University, believes that Guangxi can promote ASEAN countries to become an important market for AI technology landing by accurately connecting the needs of various countries, establishing long-term cooperation mechanisms, and implementing characteristic track solutions, and help regional digital economy collaborative development.
Building an International Cooperation Highland for Artificial Intelligence
In the "AI+Cross-border Talent" track, the "New Generation Hydrogen Energy Distributed Power Generation System" created by overseas graduate talent teams can effectively help AI products such as drones and quadruped robots expand application scenarios, and has successfully cooperated with enterprises such as Guangxi Power Grid, and the production line has been landed in Nanning (南宁).
From the laboratory to the production line, from the competition to the market, Guangxi is accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. This year, Guangxi established an artificial intelligence industry investment fund with an expected total scale of 10 billion yuan, aiming to give full play to the guiding and driving role of government investment funds, promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, and empower the development of thousands of industries.
Receiving the "zero rent" office space key from the representative of Nanning Wuxiang New District Construction Investment Co., Ltd., a group of artificial intelligence enterprises officially settled in the China-ASEAN National Artificial Intelligence Application Cooperation Center ("South A Center"), marking a new stage of clustered development of Guangxi's artificial intelligence industry.
This year, the "South A Center" was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission and became one of the two national artificial intelligence application cooperation centers that China focuses on building. At present, 61 projects have been landed. The relevant person in charge of the Management Committee of Nanning Wuxiang New District said: "Whether it is our enterprises 'going out' or ASEAN enterprises 'bringing in,' the 'South A Center' can provide localized, close-to-home business, legal, and resource docking services to reduce the cost of multinational operations."
"AI+" permeates thousands of industries. Guangxi's development of the AI industry is timely, its momentum is gradually forming, and its prosperity can be expected. In the future, Guangxi will continue to build a development path of "R&D in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou + Integration in Guangxi + Application in ASEAN," accelerate the construction of a highland for artificial intelligence cooperation with ASEAN countries, and serve the construction of a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
Return to TopPeople's Daily, Beijing, December 4th (Reporter Cui Qi (崔琦)) Regarding media reports that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) cited the Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué in the plenary session of the House of Councillors on December 3, stating that she "understands and respects" the Chinese government's position that "Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated at a regular press conference on the 4th that, upon verification, the relevant reports are inaccurate.
Lin Jian (林剑) said that Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) herself only mentioned that "Japan's basic position on the Taiwan issue is as stated in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué, and this position has not changed." That's all.
He stated that China's attitude is clear. We urge Japan to earnestly reflect on its mistakes and correct them, and withdraw Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) erroneous remarks. Faced with historical archives that are remembered 清清楚楚 (qīng qīng chǔ chǔ - "very clear," extremely clear and distinct) and principles written in black and white, 白纸黑字 (bái zhǐ hēi zì - "white paper black characters," written in black and white, clear and unmistakable), faced with China's repeated questioning in recent days and criticism from Japanese domestic and international society, Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) still only uses "no change in position" to perfunctorily brush things off, 敷衍搪塞 (fū yǎn táng sè - "perfunctorily brush things off," to be evasive and irresponsible), which China cannot accept.
Lin Jian (林剑) stated that since Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) claims that Japan's basic position on the Taiwan issue is as stated in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué, then can she accurately and completely restate the content stated in the 1972 Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué? Why is Japan deliberately unwilling to clearly state its existing commitments and legal obligations? What is the logic and intention behind this, and Japan also needs to give an explanation to China and the international community.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 4th (Reporter Xie Xiyao) - Ministry of Commerce (商务部) spokesperson He Yadong (何亚东) stated on the 4th that if Japan insists on acting obstinately, China will take necessary measures, and Japan will bear all the consequences.
The Ministry of Commerce (商务部) held a regular press conference that day. A reporter asked: Previously, China stated that it may take necessary measures to counter Japan. Could you please provide specific details? Recently, affected by changes in Sino-Japanese relations, many Japanese companies are considering reducing their business in China. What comments does the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) have on this? In addition, is Japanese companies' investment in China still important for China?
He Yadong (何亚东) stated that regarding the erroneous remarks about Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗), China has repeatedly clarified its solemn position, urging Japan to immediately correct its erroneous words and deeds, reflect its commitment to China with practical actions, and create conditions for normal bilateral economic and trade cooperation. If Japan insists on acting obstinately, China will take necessary measures, and Japan will bear all the consequences.
"Recently, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) openly made erroneous remarks about Taiwan, which seriously undermined the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. Japan bears an unshirkable responsibility for this," said He Yadong (何亚东).
Regarding Japanese companies' investment in China, He Yadong (何亚东) stated that China is the world's second-largest consumer market, containing huge investment and consumption potential. At the same time, China is committed to high-quality development, with green, digital, and intelligent transformation accelerating, and strong industrial supporting capabilities. It is the best application scenario for a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. China has always been an ideal, safe, and promising investment destination for foreign businesses, and multinational corporations, including Japanese-funded enterprises, have expressed optimism about the Chinese market. Since the beginning of this year, the number of newly established foreign-invested enterprises in China has reached 54,000, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%.
He Yadong (何亚东) emphasized that China has always adhered to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (中共二十届四中全会) made a series of deployments such as "actively expanding autonomous opening up" and "expanding the space for two-way investment cooperation." "We welcome investors from all countries to invest and start businesses in China and share China's development opportunities."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Moscow, December 4th (Reporter Huang He (黄河)) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) recently made a series of erroneous remarks concerning Taiwan, crudely interfering in China's internal affairs and attempting to use the exaggeration of so-called "external threats" as an excuse to completely loosen Japan's military restrictions. Several Russian scholars recently stated in exclusive interviews with Xinhua News Agency reporters that Takaichi's remarks are extremely provocative, and Japan's actions pose a serious threat to the stability of Northeast Asia and international security.
Vladimir Petrovsky, a researcher at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) remarks on Taiwan are "provocative and extremely inappropriate," and are detrimental to Sino-Japanese relations.
Petrovsky emphasized that it is inappropriate for Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) to cite the unrecognized, illegal, and invalid "Treaty of San Francisco" to stir up the so-called "undetermined status of Taiwan." He pointed out that the "Treaty of San Francisco" was the result of a unilateral reconciliation between the United States and Japan, and the organizers of the San Francisco conference intentionally avoided the issue of Taiwan's sovereignty in the treaty.
Vasily Kashin, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics in Russia, said that Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) vigorous highlighting of the illegal "Treaty of San Francisco" is "an extremely negative and unprecedented act." Numerous international legal documents and decisions have long made it clear that Taiwan is part of China.
Experts further pointed out that Japan's recent provocative remarks are not isolated incidents. Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo (小泉進次郎) recently stated that missiles will be deployed on Yonaguni Island (与那国岛), about 110 kilometers east of Taiwan Island, and Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) had previously even openly discussed allowing the deployment of nuclear weapons within Japan, directly trampling on Japan's "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" that have been followed for many years. "This series of remarks is undoubtedly destructive and shakes the foundation of international security in Northeast Asia," Petrovsky said.
Kashin said that Japan has long been committed to breaking through the constraints of the "Peace Constitution," constantly expanding the scope of responsibilities of the Self-Defense Forces, and seeking overseas combat capabilities. Takaichi's (高市早苗) remarks are a public manifestation of this dangerous trend. "Japan had previously had discussions about the United States and Japan sharing nuclear weapons, and Takaichi (高市早苗) is intensifying the situation, upgrading this discussion, making it more direct and open."
Elena Panina, Director of the Russian Institute for International Political Economy and Strategy, emphasized that Takaichi (高市早苗) showed admiration for the so-called "Bushido spirit" and "Japanese nationalist revival." She warned that Japanese leaders have not fully realized what dangerous situation these policies will lead the country to. During World War II, Japan's aggressive policies brought profound disasters to various countries in the region and ultimately led to its own disastrous defeat. If Japan cannot learn from historical lessons and insists on 重蹈覆辙 (chóng dǎo fù zhé - "repeat the same mistake," to follow the same disastrous path), the outcome is destined to remain unchanged.
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Anyone traveling by train along the Rhaetian Railway through the Albula Valley into the Engadin, and then south over the Bernina Pass, can easily conclude that this magnificent natural landscape was imperfect and inadequate until clever people decided to lay a railway line on the rising terrain, making the area beautiful and perfect." This is what cultural critic Iso Camartin wrote in an article for the Swiss magazine *Homeland Protection* in 1913.
The railway praised by Camartin is the Albula Line, which winds through the mountains of Graubünden (格劳宾登州), Switzerland. Although Graubünden (格劳宾登州), surrounded by mountains on three sides, has long been inconvenient to access, it is a hub for goods and a health resort. The philosopher Nietzsche (尼采) spent many years here, writing during summer retreats by Lake Sils (希尔斯湖畔). At the end of the 19th century, Dutchman Willem Jan Holsboer (威廉·扬·霍尔斯博尔), who fell in love with the area while seeking treatment, proposed the bold idea of building a railway. Faced with the complex terrain of canyons, high mountains, and sharp bends, this proposal was considered whimsical, but Holsboer 一意孤行 (yī yì gū xíng - "one mind go conduct," to insist on doing things one's own way; to be stubborn), established a railway company, and spent five years building the railway, finally connecting the state capital of Chur (库尔) and the resort town of St. Moritz (圣莫里茨) in the early 20th century. In the same year that the Albula Line was fully opened, the Bernina Line, extending south from St. Moritz (圣莫里茨) to Italy, was completed. This railway, "without smoke pollution" and "adapting to the terrain like a pass road," along with the Albula Line, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 for "realizing the symbiosis of technology and nature, and harmoniously integrating with the landscape." More than a century has passed, and trains still run on the Albula-Bernina Railway, which has 55 tunnels and 196 bridges. Passengers can choose traditional carriages to enjoy "freedom with open windows," or take in the Alpine scenery through the large windows of the panoramic carriages.
In the view of Erwin Rutishauser (埃尔温·鲁蒂绍尔), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Rhaetian Railway Company (雷蒂亚铁路公司), the honor of becoming a World Heritage Site also means responsibility, "We must use unique tourism projects and authentic information to make people understand the unique value of the heritage." The stone bridges and tunnels of the Albula Line still maintain their original appearance. The railway company invests approximately 60 million Swiss francs (approximately 530 million RMB) annually for maintenance, and strictly adheres to UNESCO protection standards, using traditional stone craftsmanship for restoration and retaining the original features. Today, running on the Albula-Bernina Railway are both historic century-old steam locomotives and Pullman express trains, symbolizing the luxurious standards of the golden age of railway travel, both of which can meet the needs of contemporary travelers to experience traditional modes of transportation.
Focusing on tourism development is in the genes of Swiss railway culture. In 1926, the Rhaetian Railway Company (雷蒂亚铁路公司) began using sightseeing carriages in the summer. When passenger traffic decreased, the company trained drivers to also serve as mountain guides. In the 1950s, they even specially filmed advertisements for the railway lines. This summer, "Landwasser World" officially opened. Centered around the "star" bridge on the Albula Line, the Landwasser Viaduct (兰德瓦瑟桥), this ecological park combines railways, agriculture, villages, forests, and water systems to provide an immersive experience for train enthusiasts and hikers. When railway culture is revitalized into a public resource that can be experienced, the resulting benefits can in turn support renovation work. In addition, the Swiss Confederation and various state governments conduct heritage registration of historical facilities, implement legislative protection and special funding support, and jointly construct a diverse funding network with various foundations to provide stable guarantees for railway maintenance.
What is passed down in railway culture are specific "people." In the past, it was the courage and wisdom of people that forged the miracle of high-mountain railway engineering. Today, respect for individuals and groups cultivates a sense of professional belonging and cultural identity in generations of "railway people." Friedrich Hennings (弗里德里希·亨宁斯), the engineer who laid the early technical standards for the Rhaetian Railway Company (雷蒂亚铁路公司), is still remembered today. In the Bergün Railway Museum (贝尔金铁路博物馆), ordinary workers and locomotive drivers who worked on the Albula Line for a lifetime are the protagonists of the video materials. At the line's celebrations, people pay tribute to the manufacturers and do not forget the founders. Switzerland also attaches great importance to cultivating public recognition: incorporating railway heritage into interdisciplinary courses for primary and secondary school students; supporting enthusiasts to "adopt" old carriages; and holding anniversary celebrations, photography exhibitions, and story lectures to integrate railway narratives into daily life.
The Albula-Bernina Railway not only connects the past and the future, but also cleverly combines natural beauty and industrial history, leading people deep into the heart of the Alps. As the train travels day after day, history is not sealed in a museum, but lives in every forward-extending track.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Tokyo, December 4th (Reporters Li Ziyue (李子越) and Chen Ze'an (陈泽安)) According to Japan's Kyodo News, Kobe Gakuin University professor Hiroyuki Uewaki (上脇博之) filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office on the 4th, accusing Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) of illegally receiving political donations from companies.
The report stated that, according to the complaint, the "Liberal Democratic Party Nara Prefecture Second Electoral District Branch" (自民党奈良县第二选举区支部), represented by Takaichi, received a donation of 10 million yen from a Tokyo (東京都) company on August 26, 2024. However, according to Japan's "Political Funds Control Law," the company's annual donation limit based on its registered capital size is 7.5 million yen. The targets of the complaint include Takaichi herself, the accounting officer of her affiliated branch, and representatives of the relevant company.
In addition, the "Liberal Democratic Party Kanagawa Prefecture Eleventh Electoral District Branch" (自民党神奈川县第十一选举区支部), represented by Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi (小泉进次郎), has also been exposed to similar problems. Uewaki filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office on this matter on the 3rd.
In November 2023, the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党) was exposed to a "slush fund" scandal: some factions required affiliated Diet members to sell political fundraising party tickets according to quotas, and returned the excess portion to the Diet members in the form of "kickbacks." The related funds were not registered in the political funds revenue and expenditure report, becoming unregulated secret funds.
Among the senior officials appointed by Takaichi after taking office as Prime Minister in October of this year, seven were involved in the Liberal Democratic Party's "slush fund" scandal. Japanese public opinion believes that Takaichi's attitude towards the "slush fund" issue is ambiguous, and she has no intention of fundamentally correcting it.
Return to TopDuring the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) has anchored its service to the goal of building a strong financial nation, deeply practiced the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, adhered to the management philosophy of "strict governance, expert management, and technology-driven development," based itself on its own characteristics and advantages, earnestly done a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, and contributed Industrial Bank (兴业银行) strength to promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality financial development.
Looking at Scale:
From the end of 2020 to the end of 2024, total assets increased from 7.89 trillion yuan to 10.51 trillion yuan; ranked second among national joint-stock commercial banks on the "2024 China Top 500 Enterprises" list; loans and deposits both achieved trillion-yuan growth, with total loans increasing from 3.97 trillion yuan to 5.74 trillion yuan, an increase of 44.58%, and total deposits increasing from 4.04 trillion yuan to 5.53 trillion yuan, an increase of 36.88%.
Looking at Quality:
From the end of 2020 to the end of 2024, the provision coverage ratio increased from 218.83% to 237.78%; entered the first batch of domestic systemically important banks, ranking 14th in terms of Tier 1 capital in The Banker magazine's "Top 1000 World Banks 2025" list; MSCI ESG rating increased from A to AAA, receiving the highest rating among domestic banks for six consecutive years.
Looking at Efficiency:
From the end of 2020 to the present, net profit increased by 15.88%; the stock price has cumulatively increased by 43.84%; the proportion of dividends to net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders has increased from 26.00% to 30.73%, demonstrating the quality of a value bank.
Adhering to the Governance Philosophy: Serving Chinese-Style Modernization with High-Quality Financial Development
Since the new era, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) has always adhered to the management philosophy of "strict governance, expert management, and technology-driven development," continuously promoting the governance philosophy throughout all aspects and processes of Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) development, and serving Chinese-style modernization with high-quality financial development.
Strict governance embodies Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) profound insight into the essential laws of financial development. Industrial Bank (兴业银行) insists on taking the Party's leadership and construction as the "root" and "soul," deeply practices the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, always adheres to arming the mind, guiding practice, and promoting work with the Party's innovative theories, integrates the Party's leadership into all aspects of corporate governance, promotes the integration of Party building and business development, comprehensively and deeply promotes strict Party governance and strict bank governance, continuously strengthens comprehensive risk management, and effectively manages people, watches money, and strengthens the institutional "firewall."
Expert management demonstrates Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) earnest expectation for building a high-quality, professional financial talent team. In recent years, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) has continuously deepened the reform of the talent management mechanism, established the Financial Technology Research Institute, the Carbon Finance Research Institute, and the Southeast Asia Research Institute, and implemented talent plans such as the Ten Thousand Talents Program for Financial Technology, the Ten Thousand Talents Program for Green Finance, and the Ten Thousand Talents Program for Wealth Management, continuously improving the purity, professionalism, and combat effectiveness of the team. As of the end of 2024, the bank had nearly 70,000 employees, with Party members accounting for more than 30% and employees with bachelor's degrees or above accounting for more than 90%.
Technology-driven development indicates Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) forward-looking grasp of the driving force for future financial development. In recent years, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) has comprehensively accelerated digital transformation, accelerated the transformation of development concepts, implemented management mechanism reforms, strengthened the technology talent team, and increased investment in technology resources, continuously consolidating the technology foundation, deepening the construction of scenario ecosystems, and improving the digital operation system. The digital transformation has accelerated from the construction period to the harvest period. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the technology team rapidly grew from more than 2,000 people to nearly 8,000 people, and annual investment in technology resources increased from more than 4 billion yuan to more than 8 billion yuan.
Rooted in the Real Economy: Focusing on Doing a Good Job in the "Five Major Articles" of Finance
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) insisted on being rooted in the real economy, deepened the structural reform of the financial supply side, and regarded doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance as an important focus for serving the high-quality development of the real economy.
Strengthening technology finance to help develop new quality productive forces.
Recently, Xingyin Financial Asset Investment Co., Ltd. (兴银金融资产投资有限公司), established by Industrial Bank (兴业银行), was officially unveiled, becoming the first joint-stock commercial bank financial asset investment company (AIC) approved for preparation and the first approved to open.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) continued to enhance the strategic height of technology finance, focusing on building technology finance into the "fourth business card." As of the end of September 2025, Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) technology finance loans exceeded 1.1 trillion yuan, and technology finance customers exceeded 350,000.
Optimizing green finance to add color to the construction of a beautiful China.
Industrial Bank (兴业银行) has excellent performance in green finance: the scale of green loans ranks first among joint-stock commercial banks and was rated as an "Advanced Unit for Green Bank Evaluation" by the China Banking Association (中国银行业协会).
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) green finance customers increased by 235.09%; the balance of green finance financing increased from 1.15 trillion yuan to 2.47 trillion yuan; and the proportion of green financing in the "carbon reduction" field increased to 59.1%.
Consolidating inclusive finance to allow financial living water to nourish thousands of enterprises and households.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) regarded inclusive finance as one of the five new key tracks, focusing on key areas such as the private economy, the small and micro economy, and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and focusing on improving the convenience and accessibility of financial services.
As of the end of September 2025, the balance of loans to the private economy exceeded 1.75 trillion yuan; the balance of inclusive small and micro loans jumped from more than 190 billion yuan to more than 590 billion yuan, and the average loan interest rate decreased by 187 basis points; the balance of agricultural-related loans exceeded 540 billion yuan.
Deepening elderly care finance to open up a new blue ocean for the silver economy.
From financial services for the elderly to healthy aging, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) deeply cultivates the silver economy, continuously building a comprehensive service system covering pension finance, elderly care service finance, and elderly care industry finance, delivering a warm "An Yu" (安愉) answer sheet.
As of the end of September 2025, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) served more than 29 million customers aged 50 and above, with comprehensive financial assets reaching 1.13 trillion yuan; it has cumulatively opened more than 7.51 million personal pension accounts, ranking among the top in the industry; and in the first three quarters of 2025, it newly issued nearly 14 billion yuan in elderly care industry loans.
Doing a good job in digital finance, moving from "Digital Industrial Bank" (数字兴业) to "Smart Industrial Bank" (智慧兴业).
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) closely followed the pace of digital China construction, actively explored new ecosystems for digital financial services, and did a good job in technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, and elderly care finance.
In terms of technology finance, as of the end of September 2025, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) had cumulatively approved 4.45 trillion yuan and cumulatively disbursed 1.32 trillion yuan through the "Technology Stream" (技术流). In terms of green finance, it provides carbon account services to more than 49,000 enterprises and 6.4 million individuals. In terms of inclusive finance, the "Smart Market System" (智慧市场系统) has been launched in more than 280 professional markets, with a full-scenario financing balance of more than 37 billion yuan. In terms of elderly care finance, it further streamlines online service channels and implements digital elderly care planning.
Adhering to Finance for the People: Adding Color to a Better Life with "Industrial Bank Practice"
Industrial Bank (兴业银行) always adheres to being people-centered and uses high-quality financial services to meet the people's aspirations for a better life.
In August of this year, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) released the 3.0 manual for branch standardization, creating a new image and service model for branches in the digital age. At the same time, "Digital Industrial Bank" (数字兴业) has accumulated momentum, and more financial living water flows from large enterprises to small and micro enterprises. The "Industrial Bank Inclusive" (兴业普惠) digital platform has become the main battlefield for Industrial Bank (兴业银行) to serve small and micro enterprises. As of the end of July 2025, the platform has cumulatively solved financing needs of more than 450 billion yuan.
Placing boosting consumption in a more prominent position, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) earnestly implements the policies of personal consumption loans and interest subsidies for service industry business entities, and takes the approval of digital RMB operating institutions as an opportunity to improve the consumer scenario ecosystem and stimulate consumption potential. As of the end of July 2025, the balance of Industrial Bank's (兴业银行) personal business loans invested in key areas of service consumption exceeded 21 billion yuan; from January to July this year, more than 800,000 digital RMB consumption red envelopes were issued, driving consumption of nearly 8 million yuan.
Focusing on "housing for all," Industrial Bank (兴业银行) quickly implements a series of real estate financial policies such as the urban real estate financing coordination mechanism, batch reduction of existing mortgage interest rates, and unified minimum down payment ratio for mortgages. As of now, it has completed the approval of 336 "whitelist" projects, with a disbursement amount of more than 186 billion yuan.
In addition, Industrial Bank (兴业银行) opens its branches to create "Industrial Public Welfare" (兴公益) benefit-the-people stations, establishes the Industrial Bank Charity Foundation (兴业银行慈善基金会), and has cumulatively donated 39.64 million yuan to the outside world, making finance more warm.
The journey is full of momentum, and we strive to be the first. Industrial Bank (兴业银行) will adhere to the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party as a guide, unswervingly follow the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics, and write a good "Industrial Bank Answer Sheet" (兴业答卷) for serving Chinese-style modernization with high-quality financial development.
Data source: Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. (兴业银行股份有限公司)
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In 1901, an ordinary Chinese worker of little renown, signing as "Dean Lung, a Chinese," donated $12,000 to Columbia University (哥伦比亚大学) (hereinafter referred to as "Columbia") in New York, USA. Dean Lung's donation promoted the establishment of one of the earliest sinology professorships in the United States, intended to hire outstanding scholars proficient in sinology to conduct research and teaching at Columbia and spread Chinese culture. The establishment of the Dean Lung Professorship in Chinese Studies also became the origin of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (东亚语言与文化系) (hereinafter referred to as "East Asian Department") at Columbia.
$12,000 was enough to support a Chinese worker in the United States for more than 30 years. The Chinese name of this donor is unknown, leaving only the transliteration "Dean Lung" (丁龙). At that time, within China, the iron hooves of the Eight-Nation Alliance had just trampled over the white marble steps of the Forbidden City, and the Chinese Exclusion Act was being implemented in the United States across the ocean for many years... Who exactly was Dean Lung? How could he promote the spread of Chinese culture in the West at the darkest moment when the country was fragmented and compatriots were humiliated?
Initial Exploration
For more than a century, the search for Dean Lung has never stopped. In 1902, Berthold Laufer, a German-American sinologist, was hired as the first Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, and Dean Lung's good deeds aroused continuous attention in the United States. In the mid-20th century, Shou Jingwei, Chiang Monlin (蒋梦麟), Qian Mu (钱穆) and other cultural figures successively used words to spread the story of Dean Lung. Entering the 21st century, Paul Anderer and his wife, Wang Hailong (王海龙) and other Chinese and foreign scholars have deeply cultivated historical materials to try to piece together his life picture.
More than 20 years ago, Paul Anderer, a professor in the East Asian Department at Columbia, and his wife Mia were deeply attracted by this history. They unearthed a batch of first-hand historical materials, basically constructing the image of Dean Lung and his life trajectory in the United States for more than 30 years: Dean Lung was born in 1857, went to the United States to make a living around 1874, became an attendant of the American entrepreneur Carpentier around 1890, and was registered as a "partner" in the 1900 Carpentier household census. In June 1905, Dean Lung returned to China, and his whereabouts became a mystery since then.
Since 2016, inspired by the documentary "Looking for the Missing 'Dean Lung' of 103 Years" (filmed in 2009), I invited several scholars to relay the search for clues about Dean Lung between Chinese and American historical materials. Soon, we discovered important information: Carpentier had donated to Lingnan University (岭南大学) in Guangzhou and mentioned his Guangdong Taishan (台山) cook "Ma Jim" in a letter. Given that Chinese people at that time often went abroad with people from the same hometown and clan, we speculated that Dean Lung was also likely to be an overseas Chinese from Guangdong.
This discovery made my heart surge. At that time, I was working in the public welfare and charity research team of the School of Sociology and Anthropology of Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学), and I was particularly concerned about the birth of the concept of local Chinese public welfare and its practice in the Lingnan area. At that time, the newly emerging "public welfare" mainly pointed to the revitalization of the overall interests of the country and the nation, and the specific practice was reflected in multiple dimensions: promoting political innovation, focusing on the enlightenment of people's wisdom, and recovering important rights and interests such as railways and mining from the great powers. The era in which Dean Lung lived was when China's charitable undertakings were moving towards modernization, that is, public welfare practices were no longer limited to clans, villages, or industries, but began to pay attention to the national public welfare and face a wider range of people.
Dean Lung's donation of a professorship in a foreign country is distinctly different from the hometown feelings of overseas Chinese donating to clan charity estates and repairing rural private schools. The self-signature of "a Chinese" in the donation letter was like a bell striking through the morning mist, powerfully stirring national and ethnic consciousness. This seemingly individual act of righteousness resonated with the transformation of the grand national charitable cause. When young people in China used lectures, opera reforms, literacy campaigns and other methods to promote enlightenment, so that the people gradually saw the general trend of the world, Dean Lung's public welfare practice of donating a professorship in Chinese studies was like a transatlantic echo of this enlightenment movement.
The Dean Lung Professorship in Chinese Studies not only pioneered the systematic sinology research in American universities, but also laid the foundation for the Columbia East Asian Library's collection of more than one million books due to Carpentier's subsequent additional donations and the Qing government's gift of classics. The Columbia East Asian Department has thus woven a research context that runs through the classical and contemporary, allowing Western society to enter the infinite depths of Chinese civilization.
Over the past century, the Columbia East Asian Department has gradually developed into an important center for sinology research in the United States, with a large number of sinology experts emerging, constantly attracting Chinese scholars to study, visit or teach. Since the establishment of the Dean Lung Professorship in Chinese Studies, a total of 6 people have been hired successively. Now it has been renamed the Dean Lung Professorship in Chinese Studies, and it is still one of the most prestigious academic positions in the department.
Emergence
For a long time, there has not been much progress in the historical research on Dean Lung himself. We decided to change our perspective and expand the direction of reading from the transformation theory of late Qing charity to the daily life of overseas Chinese. In the book "Meeting Huang Dong: Little People and the Big World in the Pearl River Estuary in the 18th and 19th Centuries," I read the following sentence: "How can small people appear on the stage of history? Perhaps there must first be a big person to support them, or at least be related to some not-so-small people."
Carpentier's face flashed into my mind like lightning. He was a successful entrepreneur and a trustee of Columbia University. In his later years, he fought for a seat for Jews on the Columbia University Board of Trustees and promoted the admission of female students to the Columbia Law School. What is particularly touching is the deep friendship between him and Dean Lung that transcends national boundaries and classes:
In Carpentier's heart, Dean Lung was a "partner" rather than an ordinary "servant"; in the letter supporting the establishment of the Dean Lung Professorship in Chinese Studies, Carpentier wrote with a rationality that was rare at the time, "The destiny of becoming close neighbors with China is about to become clearly discernible," and the Pacific Ocean will therefore "become a Sino-American sea in a broader sense"; after Dean Lung's donation was made, Carpentier insisted on naming the Chinese Studies Professorship after Dean Lung, and repeatedly made additional donations to the Dean Lung Professorship in Chinese Studies during the anti-Chinese wave, totaling more than $200,000, while emphasizing to the school that "there is no need to mention my name"...
As the research continued to deepen, we found that Carpentier's goodwill and concern for the Chinese people had expanded from Dean Lung to the Chinese community in the United States: In 1906, Nicholas Murray Butler, then President of Columbia University, wrote to Carpentier specifically to inform him of the specific situation of the Chinese people in the California earthquake, which shows that he knew Carpentier's special concern for the Chinese people.
Gu Weijun (顾维钧), the Chinese representative who attended the Paris Peace Conference, mentioned in his memoirs that Butler had expressed his affirmation of the inclusiveness of Chinese culture. In Carpentier's social circle, those who knew and were friendly to China were far more than Butler alone: Seth Low, the former President of Columbia University who received Dean Lung's donation, and Charles Crocker, one of the "Big Four" of the Central Pacific Railroad, also had in-depth exchanges with the Chinese, and were impressed by their diligence and loyalty in railway construction sites, commercial stations and wharves. This sincere admiration not only coincided with Carpentier's observation of Dean Lung's "upright, gentle, and conscientious" character, but also resonated with the Western imagination of "moral China" in the Enlightenment era, forming a rare positive view of China among a few sober and insightful people. When the Chinese Exclusion Act swept North America with the sound of stigmatizing the Chinese, it was this accumulated cultural resonance that paved the way for Dean Lung's good deeds to resist prejudice.
Response
In early 2020, Chen Jiaji (陈家基), an overseas Chinese in South Africa who had also been paying attention to Dean Lung for many years, contacted me and hoped to start from Taishan (台山), the hometown of "Ma Jim," to find Dean Lung together. I thought that Wu Panzhao (伍盘照), an overseas Chinese in the United States, was from Taishan. The Chinese newspaper "China-West Daily" he founded in the United States was quite influential, and he had translated "Dean Lung" as "Jinlong" (进隆), so I suggested to try boldly with "Ma Jinlong" or "Ma Longjin."
Surprise followed. In April 2020, Chen Jiaji found a late Qing overseas Chinese named Ma Wanchang (马万昌), also known as Jinlong (进隆), in Taishan. What was even more exciting was that Ma Wanchang's descendants treasured two handwritten letters from Carpentier. In a letter sent in 1907, Carpentier mentioned that he had built a road in Galway, the small town where he settled in his later years, and named it after Dean Lung. The letter addressed him as "Dear Dean Lung," and sincere thoughts and greetings crossed the vast Pacific Ocean and arrived at his friend's desk: "The 3-mile Dean Lung Road is recognized as the best road in the county, and I hope you can come and see it again... Try to see me again."
At this point, Dean Lung's true identity was revealed. We were able to completely outline Dean Lung's life trajectory, especially his active investment after returning to China to support the construction of the Xinning Railway (新宁铁路) in his hometown, which "does not recruit foreign shares, does not borrow foreign funds, and does not use foreign labor," which not only echoed Carpentier's investment in American railways, but also practiced one of the key points of China's "public welfare" at that time: to recover railway rights and interests.
At this moment, Dean Lung's patriotic aspirations and Carpentier's civilizational ideals are difficult to distinguish. The core of the two civilizations and their public welfare spirit has completed two-way nourishment in mutual learning and has also achieved each other. Isn't this a spiritual "Dean Lung Road"? It has not only paved the practical road for modern Sino-American civil dialogue, but also connects the present and the future with the power of transcending time and space.
In November 2025, the "Asian Philanthropy Summit: Opportunities and Challenges of Public Welfare in Today's World" seminar hosted by Indiana University in the United States was held in Indianapolis. The Chinese delegation attending the conference made a special visit to the Columbia East Asian Department to trace the historical traces of Dean Lung's public welfare, strengthen cultural exchanges through academic tracing, and let this civilization dialogue spanning centuries produce new echoes.
(The author is an associate professor at the School of Sociology, Shanghai University (上海大学))
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The corner of the Pakistan National Pavilion at the 8th China International Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as "CIIE") features Himalayan pink salt lamps, which have attracted the attention of Chinese consumers. Pink salt lamps, as the name suggests, are made by carving large pieces of pink rock salt into the shape of table lamps. Through the light, the pink salt is as crystal clear as crystal, containing nature and romance, and also witnessing the vicissitudes of the Himalayas and the historical clouds of the South Asian subcontinent.
The Long History of Salt Range
The pink salt used to make pink salt lamps comes from the Khewra Salt Mine in the Punjab Province of eastern Pakistan, a salt mine with more than 2,000 years of history.
The Khewra Salt Mine is located in the Salt Range mountains of Pakistan, which are the foothills of the Himalayas. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Salt Range was an ocean, and later the seawater evaporated, leaving mineral salt deposits. After that, the Indian Ocean plate and the Eurasian plate continued to collide and squeeze, forming this narrow mountain range stretching about 300 kilometers on the southern edge of the Himalayas, storing a huge amount of rock salt.
Rock salt is rich in mineral elements and has varying shades of pink. According to archaeological discoveries, there have long been relics of the ancient Indus Valley civilization in the Salt Range area. Locals may have started using this magical pink salt very early on.
In the 4th century BC, Macedonian King Alexander the Great decided to launch an expedition to India. Legend has it that when the army reached the Punjab region, the warhorses stopped and began to lick the pink "stones" on the ground. The soldiers tasted it out of curiosity and found that these pink "stones" were actually salt. This was the first time the salt mine of the Salt Range was known to the outside world. Since then, the Greeks called this pink salt "Indian salt."
According to Western historical records, on the eastern side of the Salt Range, Alexander's army encountered a large-scale war elephant force led by King Porus of Punjab. The two armies confronted each other fiercely on the Jhelum River. In the end, Alexander won, but Porus's tenacity won respect. Alexander appointed him as the local governor and continued to manage this land.
In fact, this famous battle took place on the southern side of the Salt Range, which was no accident. As one of the important geographical dividing lines in South Asia, the north side of the Salt Range is the Potwar Plateau, and the south side is the fertile Punjab Plain, with the altitude dropping sharply from 500 meters to tens of meters. The terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and close to water sources. It has always been a place of strategic importance for military strategists and has been valued by rulers of all dynasties.
The Salt Range is also the only way to enter the Indian subcontinent from the Khyber Pass on the northwest side of South Asia. It is located at the crossroads of South Asian transportation and has left many stories and legends in the exchanges between merchants and travelers of all dynasties.
Here is the famous Hindu holy site Katas Raj Temples. The clear spring in the holy site has been gushing for thousands of years and is still a well-known tourist destination. Hindus come to worship every year. Hinduism claims that this clear spring is the tears of Lord Shiva, but modern archeology has discovered that it was once an early Buddhist holy site. During the prosperous period of the Sikh Empire in the 19th century, it was granted to the Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa, who cleverly used the terrain and spring water to build an exquisite and beautiful villa.
Here is also the Rohtas Fort, which has been designated as a World Heritage Site. In the 16th century, in order to resist foreign enemies, Emperor Sher Shah of the Sur Empire of India spent huge sums of money to build this magnificent castle on a steep mountain. However, after Sher Shah's death, the kingdom collapsed due to internal strife. Rohtas Fort changed hands without war and witnessed the rise of the Mughal Dynasty.
In addition to its unique geographical location, the existence of salt also makes it a very important settlement and trade node. Salt is an important strategic material in ancient times. From the Kushan Dynasty to the Delhi Sultanate, from the Mughal Dynasty to the Sikh Empire, salt mine income was an important source of national tax revenue. Kautilya, the founding prime minister of the Indian Mauryan Dynasty, mentioned in his book "Arthashastra" that salt was monopolized by the state and was the responsibility of the salt affairs officer.
Fantastic Mine Labyrinth
In the early days, the Khewra Salt Mine mainly mined rock salt that was exposed or close to the surface. In the 17th century, explosives were introduced for blasting, and mining gradually deepened. In 1872, a British company expanded the salt mine, digging tunnels, ventilation shafts, and drainage ditches, and at the same time introduced the "room and pillar" method for mining. This method is to excavate along the stratum. When each layer is mined, "rooms" are dug out along the mine road, and some rock salt is left as "pillars" to ensure the stability of the internal structure of the mine road.
Today, the salt mine is still being developed and mined, and some of the mine roads have been opened as scenic spots. Tourists can buy tickets to enter the pink salt mine for sightseeing. The simple railway tracks that were once used to transport salt mines have now become a scenic line for picking up and dropping off tourists into the salt mine. The small train on the special line still runs in an ancient way, connecting the overhead wires through a "braid" like a tram.
The mine road on the sightseeing floor is wide, and tourists can visit the surrounding pink salt rooms, as well as a mine road maze designed for tourists. The four walls of the maze are crystal clear pink salt. Under the light, the pink salt of different shades forms marble-like textures. Walking in it is like being in a fantasy world. In the mine road, local artists also used pink salt to carve sculptures several meters high, like ice sculptures. Here, licking the sculpture with your tongue will not stick, but only feel salty.
Tourists walk a large circle along the sightseeing route, and only when they look at the mine map do they realize that this is only a small part of the mine road on this floor. The tour guide told everyone that there are 5 more layers of mine roads above the sightseeing floor and 11 more layers of mine roads below. In many mine roads, miners are still using the "room and pillar" method of mining pink salt that was used a hundred years ago.
Not far from the exit of the mine, you can see the pink salt stockpile. After large pieces of pink salt ore are mined, they are first manually screened. High-quality, translucent light pink salt blocks are selected. The large pieces are left as base materials for carving pink salt lamps, and the small pieces are further crushed after washing and drying and sold as edible pink salt. The remaining salt blocks are sold as industrial salt or livestock licking salt.
Out-of-the-Circle Pink Salt Culture
With the advent of the era of globalization, pink salt is sold all over the world in various forms, bringing higher economic income to the local area due to its unique cultural added value.
In recent years, local businesses have tried to make pink salt into high-end table salt commonly used in Western food. The unique pink color and the natural and healthy concept of the Himalayas are combined, which is loved by Western consumers. In the Internet age, some restaurants have customized rock slabs cut from pink salt to hold special ingredients in order to attract attention. Through Internet communication, pink salt has become a unique decoration on Western dining tables and is becoming more and more popular.
At the CIIE, pink salt appeared in the form of salt lamps, bath salts, and salt bricks, and was loved by Chinese consumers. Pink salt lamps can be used as home decorations and ambient lighting, and can also be used with aromatherapy essential oils. Some sauna rooms choose to use pink salt bricks to build landscapes, creating a unique South Asian style for the space.
From the mountain towns of Pakistan (巴基斯坦) to the grand stage of the CIIE, Himalayan pink salt brings the freshness of the mountains and is sought after by people who love nature. It is very simple, it is the most common seasoning on the table; it is also very unusual, it is a precious gift left to mankind by the Himalayas (喜马拉雅山) after the vicissitudes of life and the changes of land and sea.
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People unfamiliar with Brazil rarely hear of Belém (贝伦) (see photo, Shi Yuanhao (时元皓) photographed), the capital of Pará (帕拉州). Located at the mouth of the Amazon River (亚马孙河), it was the gateway to the Amazon rainforest before the mid-19th century. Today, Belém has developed into an important tourist city and transportation hub in northern Brazil. Thanks to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (《联合国气候变化框架公约》第三十次缔约方大会), I was able to visit this city known as the "Gateway to the Amazon."
Belém's day begins at the Ver-o-Peso Market (维欧佩索市场) on the banks of Guajará Bay (瓜雅拉湾), the source of Belém's urban development. "Ver-o-Peso" means "see the weight" in Portuguese. As the name suggests, the Portuguese royal family once used this place as a customs office to weigh goods and collect taxes. Today, it has become the largest open-air market in Latin America.
At four or five in the morning, before dawn, when the air is still a bit cool, Guajará Bay is already bustling. The crowded boats next to the pier are full of fresh fish, meat, indigenous herbs, and baskets of açaí berries from the surrounding islands and inland towns. Fresh agricultural products are transported here through the dense river network of the Amazon region. The Ver-o-Peso Market, which condenses nearly 400 years of colonial, resistance, exchange, and integration history, awakens with the sky, welcoming visitors from all directions.
The rivers of the Amazon rainforest nourish fleshy fish such as pacu, pirarucu, and freshwater catfish. At dawn, many vendors set up stalls on the pier to process fresh fish on the spot. Flocks of egrets stop by, and vendors feed them from time to time. The egrets eat peacefully, not afraid of the surrounding pedestrians.
The stall owner selling açaí berries and fried fish buys the fish and meat and starts the day's work. Most Brazilians usually eat berries by mixing them with syrup to make ice cream, but in Belém, people blend fresh berries into a pulp and eat them with fried fish, dried meat, and cassava flour, which has a unique flavor. "Tacacá," made with cassava sauce, dried shrimp, and the Amazon-specific plant "jambu," is also delicious. The traditional Brazilian "Moqueca" stewed fish with "jambu" has a slightly numb taste and a peculiar flavor... Belém's cuisine combines Amazonian, Portuguese, and African culinary styles, making it unique. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) (联合国教科文组织) designation of Belém as a "World Gastronomy City" is well-deserved.
Combu Island (孔布岛) near Belém is a tourist destination. Tourists can reach restaurants by boat along the waterway, feast on stilt houses built on the water, or soak in the river to feel a moment of coolness in the tropics. The entire Combu Island is an environmental protection area. Most of the island is undeveloped rainforest, which tourists cannot enter. Residents can enter to moderately pick cocoa, cupuaçu, and açaí berries, seeking a balance between tourism development and sustainable development.
The atmosphere of the Amazon permeates Belém. Known as the "City of Mango Trees," Belém is full of tall mango trees on the streets and alleys. Ripe mangoes often fall heavily to the ground with a "thud," lying in twos and threes in the street gutters. The Rodrigues Alves Forest (罗德里格斯·阿尔维斯森林) still retains its original forest form, becoming a habitat for native flora and fauna. In the Mangal das Garças Park (曼加尔达斯加萨斯动植物园), flamingos, egrets, parrots, and other birds coexist harmoniously with tourists... Staff from the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism (巴西旅游部) said that Belém is working hard to develop ecotourism, striving to integrate nature, culture, and tradition into one city.
Belém is a nostalgic city, and the city's century-old theaters, squares, and churches are all witnesses. When historical buildings can no longer meet the needs of the times, what should be done? Belém's answer is not to tear down and rebuild, but to renovate.
To the north of the Ver-o-Peso Market, the Port of Belém (贝伦港), built more than 100 years ago, is now a tourism and cultural complex. The three old warehouses of the old port have been converted into shopping malls, museums, and theaters, making them the first choice for people to gather in their spare time. The São Brás Market (圣布拉斯市场), completed in 1911, witnessed Belém's rubber boom. It has been renovated for the climate conference, adding new functional areas while retaining the original architectural elements, attracting more tourists. The newly renovated New Pier Park (新码头公园) has become a city landmark. The canal area, once full of sewage, is now a beautiful park with all kinds of leisure facilities. As night falls, the rain washes away the heat of the day, and citizens stop on the pedestrian passage of the overpass, taking photos with the illuminated statue of Our Lady of Nazareth (拿撒勒圣母像), also recording the beauty of Belém's blend of old and new.
Belém is full of vitality at night. Children laugh and shuttle under the fountain jets, and people gather at street stalls to buy snacks such as barbecue and popcorn. The most common sound is the cry of "strawberry of love," which is a popular Brazilian dessert - strawberries covered with chocolate and caramel, which tastes sweet and has an even sweeter meaning. I walked on the streets of Belém, mingling with the crowd, strolling slowly in the sweet aroma of food. Food from all countries, nature and people, history and the present, are all integrated here. This is the most moving background color of Belém.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must vigorously promote respect, care, and support for the elderly throughout society, vigorously develop the cause of aging, and ensure that all elderly people have a happy and fulfilling old age." As of the end of 2024, the elderly population aged 60 and above in China has exceeded 310 million. How can we better achieve that the elderly are provided for, have support, enjoy their lives, and continue to contribute? In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the elderly care service system, many young people have actively participated in community governance and served elderly residents, exchanging sincerity for genuine affection and achieving a warm, two-way commitment.
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Fang Tao (方涛), Full-time Nutritionist at an Elderly Dining Hall——
"Seeing the elderly eat healthily and feel energetic makes me feel that my work is valuable."
Our reporter Li Junjie (李俊杰)
Around noon, the elderly dining hall in Dahu Community (大湖社区), Shihua Road Subdistrict (石化路街道), Daguan District (大观区), Anqing City (安庆市), Anhui Province (安徽省) becomes lively. More than 10 dishes, including braised tofu with meat, diced chicken with edamame, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, are lined up at the window.
"Xiao Fang (小方), which of today's dishes are suitable for me?" 72-year-old Hu Jinyu (胡金余) habitually asks. Fang Tao, born in 1988, is called "Xiao Fang" by the elderly here and is the full-time nutritionist at the Dahu Community elderly dining hall.
"Grandpa Hu (胡爷爷), you need to control your fat, blood pressure, and blood sugar." Fang Tao bends down and points to the menu on the wall, saying, "Today's stir-fried water bamboo shoots with shredded pork, stir-fried tofu with chili peppers, and stir-fried onion and potatoes are very suitable. They can supplement nutrition and are not a burden to eat."
Dahu Community has more than 8,000 residents, of which nearly 3,000 are over 60 years old. In 2022, Anhui Province launched the "Ten Warm People's Hearts Actions" (十大暖民心行动), and the Dahu Community elderly dining hall became one of the first community elderly dining halls built in Anqing City, officially opening in October of that year.
In early 2024, Fang Tao came to work at the Dahu Community elderly dining hall. In June of the same year, he actively signed up to obtain a nutritionist qualification certificate, becoming the dining hall's full-time nutritionist. Here, he witnessed the changes that professional dietary guidance brought to the elderly – elderly people with "three highs" (高 - high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol) gradually stabilized their blood pressure and blood sugar through reasonable meal planning; picky eaters slowly adjusted their tastes under the patient guidance of the nutritionist.
Fang Tao knows that the elderly have large differences in physical condition, and a "one menu for all" model will not work. To this end, he studies the characteristics of ingredients in advance every day and formulates classified meal plans based on nutritional knowledge. For the elderly with "three highs," the meals are mainly steamed, boiled, and cold dishes, strictly controlling the daily intake of oil and salt; for the elderly with weak digestive functions, attention is paid to making the meals soft, rotten, and easy to digest; for the elderly who are healthy and pursue taste, flavor packages are matched and adjusted, appropriately increasing braised and pan-fried dishes. "Seeing the elderly eat healthily and feel energetic makes me feel that my work is valuable," Fang Tao said.
In addition to working hard on meal matching, whenever the elderly sit on benches to bask in the sun and chat, Fang Tao moves a small stool over, chatting and popularizing nutritional knowledge.
Jiang Jilin (江继林), 82 years old this year, is a regular at the community elderly dining hall. In the past, she rarely ate soy products, feeling that they had no taste. Since hearing Fang Tao talk about the benefits of eating soy products in the yard, she has slowly changed her views. "Xiao Fang also reminded us that we get less sun in winter, so we should eat more lean meat and drink hot milk to supplement calcium. This child is knowledgeable and careful, and we all trust him," Jiang Jilin said.
"The elderly also treat me like their own child. They always bring me a share of the pastries they make at home and the pickles they pickle," Fang Tao said, "As long as I firmly believe in doing every little thing well, I will definitely be able to achieve something here."
Chen Hangxing (陈杭星), Street Social Worker——
"Inspire the inner strength of the elderly, so that they are recognized and respected."
Our reporter Liu Xinwu (刘新吾)
In the early morning, before the thin mist has dissipated, Chen Hangxing, a social worker from Xianglushan Subdistrict (香炉山街道), Chongqing High-tech Zone (重庆高新区), goes to work early with a backpack containing ledgers, policy manuals, and emergency supplies.
"Today, I have to go back to visit Teacher Chen's (陈老师) home first, then accompany Grandma Li (李婆婆) to apply for barrier-free facilities, and in the afternoon, I have to check the list of handmade products for charity sales with Grandpa Zhang (张爷爷)." Two years ago, Chen Hangxing, born after 2000, graduated from the social work major at university and came to Kangjuxicheng Community (康居西城社区) as a resident professional social worker. Her service recipients include 565 elderly people, including 165 elderly people with disabilities.
Faced with heavy work, Chen Hangxing has become the affectionate "Xiao Chen" (小陈) in the mouths of the elderly with her professional ability and sincere attitude, contributing to the community's elderly care services.
Yuxin Jiayuan (渝馨家园) is a "Home for the Disabled" construction brand created by the local Disabled Persons' Federation. As soon as Chen Hangxing walks in, the elderly greet her warmly: "Xiao Chen, you're here."
Affection comes from genuine investment. Last June, Grandpa Chen, a visually impaired elderly person living alone, fell at home. After receiving feedback from a volunteer, Chen Hangxing immediately contacted community staff to come to the door, coordinate medical resources, and follow up on rehabilitation.
After the elderly person survived the crisis, Chen Hangxing sent the elderly person to a nursing home, repeatedly communicated about the bed and nursing plan, accompanied Grandpa Chen to go through the formalities and sort out his belongings, until the elderly person was safely hospitalized. When they parted, Grandpa Chen held her hand tightly: "Xiao Chen, without you, I really don't know what to do."
Chen Hangxing can be affirmed by the elderly not only because of her enthusiasm and care, but also because of her professional methods.
When she first arrived at Yuxin Jiayuan, facing the many needs of the elderly, she visited each household to learn about the situation in detail.
"It took nearly two months for me and the disability assistance volunteers to understand the needs and difficulties of the elderly," Chen Hangxing said. In order to better carry out the work, she established a "red, orange, yellow, and blue" four-color management ledger – red represents high-risk disabled elderly people who urgently need key attention; orange represents elderly people facing life difficulties, great life pressure, and economic pressure; yellow represents elderly disabled people who need daily care; blue represents disabled elderly people who can live normally and need regular attention.
With this file, Chen Hangxing has a "service map" leading to the heart of each elderly person. Through her professional services, the elderly here regard her as family. "Our children are not at home. If we have anything to do, we tell her. We all treat her like our own daughter," said 60-year-old Jing Xiaoguang (景晓光).
As a professional social worker, Chen Hangxing knows that she must not only solve the elderly's temporary difficulties, but also accompany and encourage the elderly to gain recognition and make the elderly more dignified.
Among Chen Hangxing's service recipients, there are also many elderly people living alone who have a certain degree of self-care ability. She relies on the "Skillful Hands Dream Workshop" (巧手梦工坊) to carry out skills training for the elderly. From beading to knitting, she patiently accompanies everyone to learn techniques and encourages them to try. When the elderly are worried that no one will be interested in their works, she tries to contact caring enterprises to organize charity sales.
Aunt Zhang (张阿姨), who participated in the activity, said with emotion: "Making these handicrafts not only increases our income, but also enriches our lives. We have more sense of gain."
"We cannot simply regard the elderly as 'those who are helped'. They also have great potential," Chen Hangxing said. "What social workers have to do is to inspire the inner strength of the elderly, so that they are recognized and respected."
As of now, Chen Hangxing has helped more than 100 families of disabled elderly people in difficulty and has won many national volunteer service awards. "Compared with trophies, what I cherish most is still the 'Xiao Chen, you're here' that the elderly say when they recognize me on the road," Chen Hangxing said.
Li Yanna (李燕娜), Nursing Home Caregiver at the Welfare Center——
"In the future, I am willing to continue to listen to the voices of the elderly."
Our reporter Dou Hanyang (窦瀚洋)
At 8 a.m., at the Shaoxing City (绍兴市) Social Welfare Center (社会福利中心) in Zhejiang (浙江), Li Yanna, a caregiver born after 2000, shuttles through the rooms, checking the health of the elderly with gentle and skilled movements. "The elderly are very happy to see me and will tell me to eat more and remember to add clothes when it's cold."
In college, Li Yanna majored in rehabilitation therapy. "At that time, I was an intern in the rehabilitation department of the hospital. At first, I was very nervous when facing the elderly who needed rehabilitation, but their trust gave me great confidence and made me choose my current job without hesitation after graduation."
In 2023, Li Yanna became a nursing home caregiver at the Shaoxing City Social Welfare Center. Her daily work includes checking rooms, providing daily care, guiding the elderly in rehabilitation training, and health education.
"Elderly care is not simply 'serving people'. Designing rehabilitation plans cannot only start from a professional rehabilitation perspective, but also requires continuous learning, mastering and applying professional knowledge of different disciplines." Through systematic training and hard work, Li Yanna has successively obtained certificates in elderly care, rehabilitation therapy, and other aspects, and her nursing skills have been continuously improved.
Careful, she also designs personalized rehabilitation care plans according to the actual situation of different elderly people. "Previously, an elderly person had high muscle tone after a stroke, and her fingers could not be opened and closed flexibly." In order to better help the elderly person, Li Yanna customized a progressive plan of "holding a ball – grasping a towel – jigsaw puzzle." In the process of care, Li Yanna became more and more familiar with the elderly person, and the elderly person also changed from initially passively cooperating to actively training. "Now, every time I meet this elderly person, she greets me warmly. These warm moments have strengthened my determination to continue on the job," Li Yanna said.
In the welfare center, Grandma Luo (骆奶奶), who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, is the focus of Li Yanna's care. "I often accompany Grandma to walk in the back garden, or listen to songs and sing some operas," she said. Grandma Luo rarely communicates with people, so she takes the initiative to "entangle" Grandma Luo. Over time, Grandma Luo gradually recognized the "granddaughter" in front of her.
"Although some elderly people can't remember my name, as long as they can feel my care, my efforts are worth it." After working in elderly care for more than two years, Li Yanna has won the trust and love of the elderly in the welfare center with her superb skills and warm care. The elderly often jokingly say: "Xiao Li, we can't do without you!"
"Every elderly person is a treasure, and communicating with them makes my heart stronger. Taking care of the elderly also gives me more relatives," Li Yanna said. Elderly care work requires great patience and love, and the key is persistence. "In the future, I am willing to continue to listen to the voices of the elderly and let them enjoy their old age."
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Safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods requires continuous dedication and effort on key "small matters," constantly brightening the fundamental tone of people's well-being.
In the past, some old residential areas in Shanghai (上海) had a large population and small living spaces, with no dedicated toilets designed in the housing. This forced residents to solve their toilet needs by "carrying chamber pots," causing many inconveniences to daily life. At the end of September this year, with the completion of toilet renovations for the last 6,493 households, Shanghai (上海) residents finally bid farewell to the "carrying chamber pots" life.
Small chamber pots, big people's livelihood. In recent years, Shanghai (上海) has deeply practiced the "people's city" concept, increasing efforts to improve sanitation conditions in old residential areas, focusing on solving the "carrying chamber pots" problem for residents. Many residents have since gained the happiness of "one more square meter," and the quality of living has been effectively improved. Although the "carrying chamber pots" problem is small, it is closely related to the daily lives of the masses. The thorough resolution of this problem reflects a city's continuous efforts to safeguard and improve people's livelihoods.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The people's yearning for a better life is our goal. Grasping reform and promoting development ultimately aims to allow the people to live a better life." From relocation for poverty alleviation to the "toilet revolution" in rural areas, from installing elevators in old residential areas to renovating underground pipe networks, from developing inclusive childcare to issuing childcare subsidies... Since the new era, as one key "small matter" after another has been resolved, the people's growing need for a better life is being continuously met, the details of people's livelihoods are becoming richer, the bottom line of people's livelihoods is being secured more firmly, and people's livelihoods are also becoming warmer.
There is "no best, only better" for improving people's livelihoods. With the development of the economy and society and the improvement of living standards, the masses have new and higher expectations for a better life, such as paying more attention to the quality of life and having higher quality requirements for public facilities and services. In the past, high-quality facilities and services may gradually become outdated and even become shortcomings, and some details that were not noticed in the past may become increasingly important. Therefore, safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods requires continuous dedication and effort on key "small matters," constantly brightening the fundamental tone of people's well-being.
Continuously increase investment in people's livelihoods so that more people can enjoy the dividends of development. People's livelihood projects such as the renovation of old residential areas involve a large number of residents and a large amount of engineering, which is inseparable from a large amount of financial investment. For local governments, financial expenditures need to be coordinated and grasped, and people's livelihood expenditures should be increased as much as possible without affecting normal development to ensure that financial support is in place. The smooth progress of the renovation of old residential areas in Shanghai (上海) and the thorough resolution of the "carrying chamber pots" problem are key to the strong financial support of the local government, which allows the project to be completed on schedule. Looking at the whole country, the most important and high-quality part of the national financial accounts is always people's livelihood. Statistics show that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, financial investment in the field of people's livelihood was nearly 100 trillion yuan. Real money investment is the foundation for safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods.
Adhere to problem awareness and truly solve the urgent difficulties and anxieties of the masses. The warmth of people's livelihood is reflected in the specific measures to solve problems. To solve problems, we must first discover them. This requires strengthening in-depth research, discovering real problems, and understanding the needs of residents. On this basis, we should adapt to local conditions, classify and implement policies, and steadily solve problems. Conversely, without research and solving problems with a "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach) approach, people's livelihood projects may be reduced to image projects, which not only waste financial funds but also may lose the hearts of the people. The "carrying chamber pots" problem in Shanghai (上海) involves many issues such as residential housing renovation, sewage pipe layout, and neighborhood relations. Only by doing a good job in preliminary research and eliminating potential risks in advance can the project be smoothly promoted and more residents be satisfied.
Do a solid and meticulous job of mass work to obtain the broadest support. People's livelihood projects such as the "toilet revolution" in rural areas and the renovation of old residential areas are closely related to the lives of the masses. Without the support of the masses, it is impossible to succeed. Grassroots party members and cadres must stand firmly on the people's position, patiently do a good job in mass work, communicate with the masses face-to-face, fully interpret the policies of the Party and the state, listen to the voices of the masses, understand the demands of the masses, and leave no one behind. When necessary, the masses can be mobilized to participate in people's livelihood work together. For example, Shanghai (上海) solved the "carrying chamber pots" problem by ensuring that "no household can be abandoned." The key is that local party members and cadres did their job well and fully respected the demands of the masses.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party proposed, "Increase efforts to safeguard and improve people's livelihoods and steadily promote common prosperity for all the people." There is no end to safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, only continuous new starting points. Adhere to the people-centered development thought, increase investment in people's livelihoods, strive to solve the urgent difficulties and anxieties of the masses, do more practical things that benefit the people, warm the hearts of the people, and conform to the will of the people, so that the people have a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been included in the National Immunization Program since November 10, 2025. According to national policy, all regions provide free two-dose bivalent HPV vaccination to girls aged 13 and born after November 10, 2011. What are the benefits of HPV vaccination? What should be paid attention to during the vaccination process? The reporter interviewed relevant experts.
"HPV vaccination is the most economical and effective long-term intervention to reduce the risk of cervical cancer." An Zhijie (安志杰), Deputy Director and Researcher of the Immunization Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (中国疾控中心), said that cervical cancer is a common female malignant tumor that seriously threatens women's physical and mental health. Vaccination can not only effectively prevent cervical cancer, but also reduce the occurrence of other diseases caused by HPV infection.
"A bivalent HPV vaccine requires a total of two doses. After completing the first dose, the second dose should be given after an interval of six months, and the interval should preferably not exceed one year." Wang Huaqing (王华庆), Chief Expert and Chief Physician of the Immunization Program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (中国疾控中心), said that before vaccination, children and parents should learn about HPV vaccines and related knowledge about the diseases they target, as well as the vaccination process. At the time of vaccination, bring the child's and guardian's ID documents and the child's vaccination certificate, carefully read the informed consent form, cooperate with the on-site vaccination staff to inquire, and provide detailed information about the child's health status, past medical history, allergy history, vaccination contraindications, etc., so that the vaccination doctor can determine whether vaccination is possible.
Wang Huaqing (王华庆) reminded that after HPV vaccination, gently press the injection site with a cotton swab to avoid rubbing, and be sure to stay for observation for 30 minutes. After returning home, rest properly, keep the injection site clean, and drink plenty of water. If local reactions such as pain and redness occur at the injection site, they can usually be treated at home, such as applying a cold compress to relieve pain. If there are symptoms such as low fever (below 38.5 degrees Celsius), fatigue, and loss of appetite, pay attention to rest. If you experience severe discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time.
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As night falls, the Vientiane Hui business district in Yangzhou (扬州市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) is brightly lit. After finishing the last order of the evening peak, delivery rider Zhang Chun (张春) familiarly walked into the Shuangqiao Community (双桥社区) 24-hour service station for new employment groups. He filled his thermos with hot water, sat on the sofa, charged his phone, and relaxed from the tense state of running orders: "Having this 'resting place' makes running orders even more energetic!"
The Vientiane Hui business district gathers hundreds of merchants and a large number of new employment groups such as couriers and delivery riders. This 24-hour "never sleeps" service station has become a "warm home" for hundreds of new employment groups in the business district. "We are equipped with rest seats, microwave ovens, emergency medicine kits and other facilities, and are open for free all day," said Li Yang (李扬), Secretary of the Shuangqiao Community (双桥社区) Party Committee in Hanjiang District (邗江区), Yangzhou (扬州市).
There are more than 1,300 such "warm-heart stations" in Yangzhou (扬州), providing more than 10 services such as rest and charging, drinking water and toilets, and emergency rescue. At the same time, in order to avoid situations such as the inability to find stations and uneven service, Yangzhou (扬州市) has developed an online "Warm New Map" in the main urban area, and the status of each station is clear at a glance.
Not only basic security, but also aiming at the difficulties of dining, childcare, medical treatment, and academic improvement, Yangzhou (扬州) has created a diversified "Warm New" service system.
In order to solve the difficulty of dining, Yangzhou (扬州) has awarded the first batch of 100 "friendly dining points" offline, and set up a love "New" Huaiyang cuisine (淮扬菜) food zone on the online takeaway platform, covering more than 300 brand merchants and more than 1,600 stores. Through the "exclusive discount + coupon" model, it provides new employment groups with high-quality and inexpensive "warm new meals."
In addition, it has created 10 rider "friendly business districts" and "friendly blocks" such as Wenchang Business District (文昌商圈), Sansheng Business District (三盛商圈), and Renfengli Block (仁丰里街区), and promoted the implementation of more than 10 services such as vehicle repair stations, "new" legal service stations, skills training centers, "Little Brother College," and dedicated parking lots.
The warmed riders also actively participate in urban governance to give back to society.
"I run around the community every day, and I will help with whatever I can." This is a phrase that Jingdong (京东) rider Ge Chenghong (葛承红) often says. As a community "Love Home" commissioner, in addition to delivering meals every day, she always pays special attention to the elderly with limited mobility in the jurisdiction. Learning that Grandma Zhang (张奶奶), who lives alone in Sunong Wucun Community (苏农五村小区) in Wenyuan Community (文苑社区), has difficulty walking and cannot go to the community to handle the elderly allowance certification in person, Ge Chenghong (葛承红) took the initiative to visit her home, help the elderly take pictures, fill out forms, and run errands on her behalf.
The Party Committee of the Hanjiang District Market Supervision Bureau (邗江区市场监管局) gives full play to the advantages of takeaway riders who "**走街串巷、行动灵活**" (zǒu jiē chuàn xiàng, xíng dòng líng huó - "walk streets, alleyways, act flexibly," riders are familiar with the area and can respond quickly), and jointly with Hanshang Street (邗上街道) guide takeaway rider volunteers to be good "food safety observers," and report the discovered food safety problems to the community and regulatory authorities as soon as possible.
According to statistics, more than 300 couriers and takeaway riders in Yangzhou (扬州) have been hired as "food safety observers," "elderly meal delivery personnel," and "community 'Love Home' commissioners," actively participating in volunteer services such as food safety supervision, fire safety publicity, vehicle parking rectification, and elderly care. Sun Kai (孙凯), Director of the Organization Division of the Yangzhou Municipal Party Committee Organization Department (扬州市委组织部组织处), said, "We will continue to strengthen care measures, expand friendly scenarios, and promote the resonance of warm-hearted service and governance efficiency."
Return to TopIn November 2025, the Yuqian back-to-back interconnection project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委). The project will involve the construction of a new flexible DC back-to-back converter station in Chongqing (重庆), adding a converter capacity of 3 million kilowatts. Upon completion, it will strengthen the interconnection between the State Grid (国家电网) and the Southern Power Grid (南方电网), enhance the inter-provincial power grid's ability to mutually support and complement each other's surpluses and shortages, and provide a safe and reliable power guarantee for the economic and social development of Chongqing Municipality (重庆市) and Guizhou Province (贵州省).
Power grid construction has always resonated with economic development, building a solid foundation for economic growth. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) focused on power supply security and the needs of economic and social development, accelerated the construction of a new power system, helped the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, and provided a strong power guarantee for high-quality economic and social development and people's better life.
Building a Strong Power Grid to Enhance Power Supply Capacity
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, in the construction map of the Chongqing power grid's main network, the Chongqing power grid has always built a "one AC and one DC" UHV network around Chongqing's energy development needs. Among the "three AC and nine DC" UHV projects, two have landed in Chongqing, marking Chongqing's official entry into a new stage of UHV AC-DC hybrid networking.
On December 27, 2024, the Sichuan-Chongqing 1000 kV UHV project was put into operation, realizing an increase of 4 million kilowatts in the maximum transmission capacity of electricity between Sichuan Province (四川省) and Chongqing Municipality (重庆市). On June 10 this year, the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV UHV DC transmission project was put into operation and transmitted electricity. Since its operation, the maximum daily transmission volume has been nearly 100 million kilowatt-hours, and the maximum transmission power has exceeded 10% of the maximum load of the Chongqing power grid, making flexible allocation of inter-provincial power a normal practice.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the transmission capacity of Chongqing's external communication channels jumped from 10 million kilowatts to more than 20 million kilowatts. The interconnection with the power grids of Sichuan Province (四川省) and Hubei Province (湖北省) was strengthened through multiple lines, and the cross-regional power transmission capacity was significantly enhanced. During this year's summer peak electricity consumption, the external electricity entering Chongqing exceeded 10 million kilowatts for the first time, accounting for 1/3 of the city's electricity load. The sufficient electricity effectively guaranteed Chongqing's peak summer demand.
The "dual-ring and two-radiation" strong main grid has basically taken shape. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) has cumulatively put into operation 69 main network summer security projects, optimized the power grid's power supply mode, balanced regional load distribution, and improved the power grid's supply capacity. The construction of the Chongqing intra-city distribution network has been continuously strengthened. As of now, the total length of 10 kV lines exceeds 126,500 kilometers, an increase of 30.45% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," and the power grid structure has continued to improve, and the reliability has been significantly improved.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) completed a power grid construction investment of 58.2 billion yuan, an increase of 39.9% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan"; the city's installed power capacity increased by more than 15 million kilowatts, and the total scale exceeded 42 million kilowatts, which were 4 times and 1.6 times that of the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," respectively, and the power security capacity has reached a new level.
Increasing the "Green Content" to Accelerate the Green Transformation of Energy
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Chongqing supported an average annual economic growth of 5.6% with an average annual energy consumption growth of 2.4%. The city's energy consumption per unit of GDP has dropped to 0.31 tons of standard coal/10,000 yuan, and the level of green development has steadily improved... A series of data show the significant achievements of Chongqing's comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.
The city is among mountains and rivers, and the mountains and rivers are in the city. In the continuous mountains, rows of wind turbines stand on the top of the mountains, and pieces of photovoltaic panels are arranged on the ridges; between the canyons, pumped storage power stations are like green gems inlaid in them... In recent years, a large number of clean energy development projects have been launched one after another, and the "green content" of Chongqing's electricity has continued to increase.
In order to better absorb new energy and increase the city's "green" potential, Chongqing has accelerated the layout of regulating resources such as pumped storage power stations and new energy storage power stations. The ability to consume, configure, and regulate new energy such as wind and solar has been significantly enhanced, the means of system regulation have become more abundant, and the efficiency of regulation has been continuously improved.
On May 30, 2024, the first million-kilowatt pumped storage power station in Southwest China, State Grid Xinyuan Chongqing Panlong Pumped Storage Power Station (国网新源重庆蟠龙抽水蓄能电站), was fully put into operation and generated electricity. The power station is designed to generate 2.004 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. While increasing the amount of electricity generated, it can further improve the regulation capacity of the Chongqing power grid. During this year's peak summer season, the power station generated more than 200 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, giving full play to its role in peak shaving and valley filling.
New energy storage refers to various energy storage technologies that mainly output electricity, except for pumped storage. As the "super charging treasure" of the power grid, various new energy storage power station projects in Chongqing are being promoted in an orderly manner. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Chongqing has cumulatively built and put into operation 13 grid-side energy storage projects, with a total installed capacity of 1.4 million kilowatts, effectively improving the city's power security capacity.
State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) actively serves Chongqing's "million-kilowatt rooftop distributed photovoltaic" construction action, promotes the scientific connection between distribution network transformation and new energy layout, and takes multiple measures to ensure "all that can be connected are connected, and all that should be connected are connected." In the action, the city added 2.3964 million kilowatts of rooftop photovoltaics. At present, Chongqing's cumulative installed photovoltaic power generation capacity exceeds 5 million kilowatts, accounting for about 14% of the city's total power supply.
While ensuring a reliable supply of electricity, Chongqing's power grid has achieved remarkable results in green transformation. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of installed wind and solar new energy power generation capacity in Chongqing exceeded 35.75%, and the average annual growth rate of power generation reached 36.94%. At present, Chongqing's new energy installed capacity has reached 8.15 million kilowatts, further accelerating the city's green and low-carbon energy transformation.
Promoting Green Energy Consumption to Form a Green and Low-Carbon Production and Lifestyle
This summer, "Chongqing Blue" met "cartoon clouds," decorating the two rivers and four banks of Chongqing (重庆两江四岸). The beautiful scenery made Chongqing popular all over the Internet.
Choosing electric vehicles for travel, tasting "wok-hei" electric hot pot... A new fashion of clean and low-carbon energy consumption is gradually changing the lives of citizens and tourists.
As a city of mountains and rivers, Chongqing's transportation cannot be separated from land and water. State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) is using green electricity to make Chongqing's green travel more "green." As a city of automobiles, the city's current number of new energy vehicles exceeds 800,000, and the concept of green and low-carbon travel is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The penetration rate of new energy vehicles is growing rapidly, and the demand for charging is also increasing rapidly. State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) continues to improve the connection service for charging facilities, simplify the handling process for connecting charging facilities to electricity, improve the grid connection efficiency of charging piles, and residents can complete the connection to electricity within 5 working days at the earliest; continue to improve the carrying capacity of the distribution network, and has cumulatively invested 1.6 billion yuan during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period for the construction and transformation of the power grid connected to charging facilities to ensure a stable and high-quality power supply for charging piles.
At the State Grid Chongqing Yubei Panxi River Eight-in-One Demonstration Charging Station (国网重庆渝北盘溪河八合一示范充电站), high-power liquid-cooled supercharging piles make the "a cup of coffee, full of power to start" a reality for new energy vehicle owners. The intensive construction and commissioning of such supercharging stations is a vivid microcosm of Chongqing's accelerated construction of a first-class convenient supercharging city in the country.
Chongqing has become the first city to achieve full coverage of supercharging and fast charging in urban areas and township streets, effectively alleviating the "mileage anxiety" of new energy vehicle owners. As of September 30 this year, the city has cumulatively connected 6,170 public charging stations and 382,000 private charging piles for residents, with a total charging capacity of 1.705 billion kilowatt-hours.
In addition to ensuring the smooth travel of new energy vehicles, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) also uses green energy to protect a river of clear water. In Chaotianmen (朝天门), a wharf that integrates traditional and modern elements is connected to the heart of the river through a pontoon bridge. In front of Wharf No. 11, the floating substation tailored by State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) for Chaotianmen Wharf (朝天门码头) can move with the water level and the distance from the wharf to the shore, making it convenient for cruise ships to connect to electricity nearby after berthing.
Blue sky, green water, and green mountains. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) continued to promote electricity substitution, realizing full coverage of shore power for major cruise ship wharves along the Yangtze River (长江) in the city, with a cumulative substitution of more than 6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Green electricity outlines a beautiful picture of people's high-quality life.
At present, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) is coordinating energy and power development and power grid development, and is focusing on planning the Chongqing power grid development plan for the "15th Five-Year Plan" period to achieve a coordinated balance between development and security, supply guarantee and transformation, and economy and efficiency.
With "clean and low-carbon, safe and abundant, economical and efficient, coordinated supply and demand, and flexible and intelligent" as the direction, State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司) will actively introduce high-quality clean energy and continue to develop new formats and models such as virtual power plants. At the same time, it will do a good job in the planning and research of all elements of the new power system, accelerate the construction of power grids at all levels, actively integrate into the Southwest Power Grid Plan, and accelerate the construction of a "West-to-East Power Transmission" energy resource allocation hub supported by the Sichuan-Chongqing UHV AC ring network, guaranteed by inter-regional DC and flexible inter-provincial mutual assistance, and with the 500 kV "dual-ring and two-radiation" as the backbone; accurately assess the demand for electricity and electricity, adhere to the equal emphasis on local power sources and external power sources, and the coordinated development of new energy and regulating power sources; accelerate the construction of a carbon management and carbon business system, serve the development of various new types of energy use, distributed energy, zero-carbon parks, etc., help the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, promote the continuous improvement of power supply security capabilities, and make new and greater contributions to the high-quality economic and social development.
Data source: State Grid Chongqing Electric Power Company (国网重庆市电力公司)
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This year marks the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's Retrocession and the 140th anniversary of Taiwan's establishment as a province. 140 years ago, as the first governor of Taiwan Province after its establishment, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) represented the Qing government in comprehensively implementing new policies in Taiwan and vigorously carrying out modernization construction, including presiding over the construction of Taiwan's first railway, and was known as the "founder of Taiwan's modernization." In the book "Immortal: Liu Mingchuan in Taiwan" (published by Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House) published this year, I have unearthed a large number of historical documents, including newly released archives, to show Liu Mingchuan's immortal achievements in crossing the sea to protect Taiwan and pioneering Taiwan's modernization at a time of national crisis from multiple perspectives.
"A Grand Strategy to Secure the Maritime Frontier"
After the Sino-French War, in view of Taiwan's importance as a barrier to seven provinces and a gateway to Southeast Asia, the Qing government separated Taiwan from Fujian Province in 1885 and established it as a separate province as "a grand strategy to secure the maritime frontier." Because of his meritorious service in defending Taiwan, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) was appointed as the first governor of Taiwan.
Taiwan originally belonged to a single prefecture. Now that it has been changed to a province, the institutions have been upgraded, and the prefectures and counties must be adjusted accordingly, including the expansion of institutions at all levels, the establishment of structures, and the appointment of officials for management. This is a major event that is both urgent and forward-looking, and requires careful planning before action.
Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) came from the military and modestly claimed to "not be familiar with officialdom or financial management," but in fact he read a lot, had a wide range of interests, and was especially down-to-earth and pragmatic in his style. He carefully studied Taiwan's history and culture, examined official archives and local chronicles, and drew on the experience and lessons of previous officials in governing Taiwan. All major decisions were repeatedly discussed with his staff and advice was sought from relevant people. The establishment of administrative divisions is a matter of long-term importance and requires particular caution. Once it is decided, it cannot be easily changed. To this end, he traveled from north to south to conduct inspections, despite being ill, and listened to opinions from various parties.
Since the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan's earliest administrative division was one prefecture and three counties. After the establishment of the province, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传), based on factors such as the province's defense deployment, economic development, historical evolution, topography, population, and governance, after careful planning and overall consideration, came up with an institutional planning plan in a very short period of time. The plan divided Taiwan Province into four routes: south, central, north, and rear mountain, setting up three prefectures, one state, three subprefectures, and eleven counties.
To this end, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) devoted a great deal of effort. After the plan was formulated, all parties were satisfied. Today, the administrative division of Taiwan Province still uses this as its basic framework. This is a major contribution of Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) and a valuable legacy he left to Taiwan.
"From Now On, the Broad Road Leads to the Sea Islands"
When the French army invaded Taiwan, communication was blocked, and Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) suffered greatly. Even the imperial edict appointing him as the governor of Taiwan was delivered to him by fishermen in a secret "wax-sealed" copy nearly three months later because French warships blockaded the straits. After the war, after painful reflection, he immediately established a telegraph bureau, and decided to erect two telegraph lines under extremely difficult financial conditions: one by sea from Xiamen (厦门) to Penghu (澎湖) and Ping An (平安), a total of 500 li; and one by land from Keelung (基隆) to Tamsui (淡水) and Taipei (台北), a total of 800 li.
After the telegraph was launched, the railway project was also established. Late Qing society was conservative, and railways were regarded as "monsters." At that time, they were still a "forbidden zone" on the mainland. Before that, the Wusong Railway and the Tangxu Railway had been aborted or stalled due to attacks from conservatives. Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) submitted a memorial to the court, arguing that building a railway was a long-term solution for Taiwan's stability and security, and that it was urgent: "Without building a railway, it is not enough to prosper business" and "Mobilization can be flexible, so that the rocky frontier can be permanently protected." In view of Taiwan's special circumstances, coupled with the joint promotion of enlightened people in the court, the court made an exception and opened a gap for Taiwan. In 1887, Taiwan's first railway officially started construction. This was a major event with "ice-breaking" significance in the history of China's railway development.
The railway cost a huge amount of money, and the mountains and rivers along the line were staggered, and the terrain was extremely complex, making construction extremely difficult. In the Keelung (基隆) to Taipei (台北) railway, the Shihqiuling Tunnel (獅球嶺隧道) was the most dangerous. The tunnel is located in a steep mountainous area, with high mountains and dense forests, an east-west length of more than 300 meters, and a complex geological structure. In order to open up this tunnel, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) hired British and German engineers and mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. The project was very large and took four years.
Those were extremely difficult days. Soldiers paid a great price in casualties due to fatigue and harsh environment. Many of them were Huai Army (淮軍) soldiers brought by Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) from the mainland. Shen Bao (申报) once used "Insects and sand are vast and all are the souls of soldiers, the clouds and water are far away, who will return the coffin to their hometown" to report it. After the Shihqiuling Tunnel (獅球嶺隧道) was opened, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) personally went to inspect it. He was excited and immediately inscribed a couplet, the first line of which was "Fifteen years of new life, unique opening, feathered hubs and whirlwind wheels, from now on, the broad road leads to the sea islands"; the second line was "Three hundred feet of rock waist newly opened, cloud ladders and stone paths, unexpectedly human power wins over heaven's work." Afterwards, he also inscribed the four characters "旷宇天开" (kuàng yǔ tiān kāi), which were engraved on the tunnel pit gate. Although the railway has been rerouted and this tunnel is no longer in use, the four vigorous characters "旷宇天开" (kuàng yǔ tiān kāi) still remain, as if silently telling the touching history, making people feel admired and respectful.
"Enough to Be Immortal with Taiwan"
The year 1890 AD was the sixth year that Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) served as the governor of Taiwan. At this time, Taiwan had undergone tremendous changes and taken on a new look.
In terms of defense deployment, forts and fortifications were successively built at major sea ports, and new cannons were installed. The construction of Penghu (澎湖) city is also underway, planned as a whole with the forts, which will greatly enhance defense capabilities.
Agriculture and minerals are Taiwan's advantageous industries, and their development is very rapid. In 1890, the province produced more than 1.5 million shi of rice, which not only achieved self-sufficiency within the province, but also could be exported to other provinces. The output of sugarcane, tea, and camphor increased significantly, and in addition to being sold to the mainland, they were also sold to Japan, Persia, and other places. Various emerging industries are even more eye-catching. The development of shipping is the most prominent, from having no ships available to successively opening up routes to Shanghai (上海), Hong Kong (香港), Fuzhou (福州), as well as Singapore (新加坡), Luzon (吕宋), and Saigon (西贡). During his tenure in Taiwan, Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) also dredged the harbors of Keelung (基隆) and Tamsui (淡水) and installed lighthouses and buoys. By 1890, Taiwan had more than 300 ships of various sizes.
When Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) first came to Taiwan, Taipei (台北) and other places were still a large rural area. Now, various buildings have sprung up, not only with electric lights, telephones, and running water, but also with prosperous trade and booming commerce. The market is full of goods from the north and south, including many imported foreign goods. Dadaocheng (大稻埕) also has an ice factory that supplies iced tea to the public, and citizens are vying to taste it, calling it "瓊漿" (qióng jiāng - "jade liquid," fine wine or other delicious drink).
At the same time, Taiwan's first telegraph line, first railway, first Western-style school, first post office, first military factory, first Western-style hospital, and first stamp have all been unveiled one after another, and many aspects are at the forefront of the country.
The changes in Taiwan are obvious to all, and people at the time gave it a high evaluation. Modern scholar Chen Yan (陈衍) said that Liu Mingchuan's (刘铭传) various new policies were "the only ones to do it before the country did it"; American Mas, who worked in the customs, praised Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) as "the great governor"; American war correspondent Remichen praised Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) as an "enlightened and progressive figure" and said that under his efforts, Taiwan had changed from a "semi-civilized prefecture" to "the most progressive province in the entire Qing Dynasty." Later generations called him "the great patriot" and "the father of Taiwan's modernization." Historian Lian Heng (连横) said that since Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) governed Taiwan, 百事俱兴 (bǎi shì jù xīng - "all undertakings flourish," everything is thriving), and his achievements are "enough to be immortal with Taiwan."
"The spirit is uniquely concentrated in the majestic and solemn Duke, and his meritorious name shines brightly for thousands of years." In order to commemorate Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传), people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait commemorate the sage in various ways. In Taiwan, there are not only Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) bronze statues, memorial halls, and Mingchuan Road (铭传路), but also the "Mingchuan" express train and universities, middle schools, elementary schools, and kindergartens named after Mingchuan (铭传), and even Mingchuan Beef Noodles. His hometown, Feixi County (肥西县), Anhui Province (安徽省), has restored his former residence and built a memorial hall and cemetery. The location of his former residence, Liu Lao Wei (刘老圩), has also been renamed Mingchuan Township (铭传乡).
Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times. Liu Mingchuan (刘铭传) represented the Chinese government at that time in defending, governing, and building Taiwan for nearly 7 years, which is one of many ironclad proofs. All of this will not be forgotten by history, and will not be forgotten by the people.
(The author is the former chairman of the Anhui Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Anhui Provincial Writers Association)
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From music to the national anthem, from dreams to responsibility, my life journey has experienced the ups and downs and sublimation of fate.
Since childhood, I have been full of longing for military life. To me, the identity of a soldier is responsibility and glory, and it was my most persistent dream in my youth. Amidst many twists and turns, my desire to be a soldier has never wavered. Fate seems to always test my determination—the first time, I was fully prepared to join the army, but on the eve of the distribution of military uniforms, my parents temporarily changed their minds because I was too young; the second time, I was full of expectations, but I missed the physical examination time due to a moment of negligence; the third time, I regrettably failed the physical examination for the recruitment of the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军军乐团) due to a sudden cold and pneumonia, and the dream of becoming a soldier was once again dashed. Fortunately, fate finally smiled on me, and I was admitted to the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army as an alternate.
In those years, I joined the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army with enthusiasm, never expecting that music would occupy such an important position in my life. At first, music was just a way to realize my dream of becoming a soldier. I loved music, but its status was far less than the glory of a soldier. However, as I worked deeper in the military band, music gradually became an indispensable part of my life.
This transformation all stemmed from my encounter with the national anthem. In major national events, playing the national anthem is the supreme and sacred mission of the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The national anthem, national flag, national emblem, and capital are important symbols and signs of a country, and they demonstrate the country's dignity and sovereignty in international exchanges. The national anthem is a highly condensed and musical expression of the national spirit. It carries the country's history, culture, and national emotions, and inspires people's patriotism and national pride. The national anthem is sacred and inviolable, embodies the country's dignity and national cohesion, and is the common spiritual wealth and source of strength for all Chinese sons and daughters.
It is precisely based on such spiritual connotations that the creation of the national anthem is particularly precious. Tian Han (田汉) and Nie Er (聂耳), two outstanding representatives in the history of modern Chinese music, with their collaboration on "March of the Volunteers" (义勇军进行曲), drew the most dazzling light in the vast starry sky of Chinese music. This immortal masterpiece, forged with their blood and talent, is like a burning torch, illuminating the hearts of countless Chinese people in the dark moments of national crisis, inspiring them to rise up and fight, one after another. It became the national anthem of the People's Republic of China, transformed into an eternal monument of the Chinese national spirit, and became a sacred and solemn belief in the hearts of Chinese sons and daughters.
My special feelings for the "March of the Volunteers" stem not only from my work experience in the military band and my admiration for Tian Han and Nie Er, but also from the loyalty and responsibility of a military musician to the great motherland. This feeling is something I have never experienced in other fields, and it is the national anthem that has opened up a whole new world for me.
Looking back on the more than 50 years I have spent with the national anthem, my heart is full of warmth and strength, which has become the most precious wealth in my life. I would like to record these precious experiences and share them with my dear readers and friends.
(The author is the former head of the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This article is the preface to the book "When the National Anthem Sounds: Witnessing the Years and Inheriting the Mission." This edition has been abridged, and the title was added by the editor.)
Return to TopBy: 刘书良
After 14 years of arduous and unyielding War of Resistance Against Japan, the Chinese people obtained a long-awaited victory, but the scars of history have not completely healed, and the pursuit of historical truth continues.
For example, the memory of Unit 731. When the Japanese army fled in a panic, Unit 731 destroyed evidence of bacteriological warfare research, released rats and insects carrying poisonous bacteria, attempting to cover up the monstrous crimes they had committed. This forbidden area that devoured countless lives was burned to ruins by explosives. With the escape of the "devil unit," the dark mission it carried also came to an end.
In the Khabarovsk War Crime Trials and the Shenyang War Crime Trials, testimonies about the headquarters of Unit 731 revealed the bloody evidence of the Japanese army's persecution of the Chinese people. Sifang Building (四方楼) was highly suspected of being the center where the Japanese Unit 731 manufactured viruses and bacteria, as well as the site of live vivisections. During the interrogation of senior officials of the Kwantung Army (关东军) and members of Unit 731, we learned that Unit 731 used Chinese, Soviets, and others for "live experiments," with Chinese people being the most numerous. Here, not a single detainee could escape the high walls alive.
It is hard to imagine how the members of Unit 731 besieged one vibrant life after another within the high walls, attacked them with poisonous bacteria, causing them to become ill, and then sent them to the operating table without any emotional disturbance for live vivisections. Those who had lost the ability to resist watched helplessly as the cold and shiny scalpel was aimed at their chests. At that moment, didn't the perpetrators hesitate, tremble, or feel fear?
In order to present this history more completely to the world, I was determined to start writing "Evidences of Guilt 731." First, I plunged into thousands of books in the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731 Invading China (侵华日军第七三一部队罪证陈列馆), and then I exchanged ideas with researchers from the Harbin Academy of Social Sciences (哈尔滨市社会科学院). This work greatly broadened my horizons. Jin Chengmin (金成民), the curator of the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crimes, told me that historians have not stopped pursuing that period of history. They are looking for clues in the ruins, verifying those unbearable past events from the personal testimonies of captured soldiers, and even going abroad to overseas countries. It is their efforts that have connected the shocking evidences in the exhibition hall, one by one, and presented them to the world.
In the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crimes, known as the "black box," I walked past one picture after another, and then silently read the words under each picture. I was swept up in the huge historical scroll and thrown into the darkness without a single point of light. Fear was a heavy black wall, pressing down on me so that I could hardly breathe, giving rise to the urge to escape the suffocation and escape the darkness. Those sealed memories, like stones polished by the years, have mottled exteriors and hide indelible truths inside. This book, "Evidences of Guilt 731," is a tribute to those who use courage and wisdom to uncover the scars of history, and those who work tirelessly for justice and truth.
Return to TopBy: 贾宁宁
Many people have this experience: when we linger in museums and art exhibitions, there are always some works that make our hearts tremble, and we can't help but exclaim, "So good!" If we are asked to pursue where exactly it is good and why it can touch people's hearts, we often cannot explain why. Art historian Wu Hung's (巫鸿) new book, *Vivid: Discovering Art in Wandering* (《生动：在漫游中发现艺术》) (hereinafter referred to as *Vivid*), answers this question.
In the author's view, works with intrinsic vitality, that is, "vivid art," can touch people's hearts. Wu Hung (巫鸿) points out that whether in China or Europe, before the emergence of abstract painting and conceptual art, when people praised a painting, "vivid" and "lifelike" were the two most commonly used words. Xie He (谢赫) of the Southern Dynasty placed "spiritual consonance and vitality" at the top of the "Six Principles" in *Record of the Classification of Old Painters* (《古画品录》). And the word lively, which Westerners often use to praise works of art, is also close to "vivid" when translated directly. Following the clue of "vividness," we embark on an art wandering that transcends time and space, shuttling between works of art from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, to discover the secrets that make the works "live."
Opening *Vivid*, the first thing that comes into view is the world of "dynamism." The author notices the ribbon, a common element in classical Chinese art. For example, in the silk painting *Man Riding a Dragon* (《人物御龙图》) unearthed from a Warring States tomb in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), the main figure is motionless, but with four fluttering ribbons, it conveys the dynamism of riding the wind; in the *Nymph of the Luo River* (《洛神赋图》), traditionally attributed to the Eastern Jin (东晋) painter Gu Kaizhi (顾恺之), the shawl fluttering around the woman injects a light "etherealness" into the goddess; in the murals of the Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟) in Dunhuang (敦煌), the ribbons on the flying apsaras dance in the wind, creating a feeling of "wind moving all over the wall"... The seemingly "insignificant" ribbons not only become decorations on the screen, but also the artist's code for capturing movement. With the help of these flowing lines, the static picture is full of flowing rhythm, and the characters seem to have dynamics and life, and are about to walk out of the painting in the next moment.
Traditional research often focuses on "visible" art, while ignoring "invisible" elements. The second part of *Vivid*, "Wind," takes us to see those "invisible" things, looking for traces of wind in the picture. Wind is inherently invisible, but it becomes visible through the artist's brushstrokes—in Botticelli's Renaissance masterpiece *The Birth of Venus*, it blows Venus's golden hair and the goddess's skirt; in the *Ascension to Immortality* mural in the Jiuyuangang (九原岗) tomb in Shanxi (山西), the immortal's long hair is blown behind him, and his robe is thrown high; in the Song Dynasty's *Walking with a Staff under Pine Trees* (《松下曳杖图》), following the character's action of listening attentively, we can even hear the rustling of the wind passing through the pine needles, capturing the gust of wind that blew thousands of years ago... Wu Hung (巫鸿) is like a detective, identifying the shape of the wind from details such as fluttering skirts, swaying branches, and the posture of the characters. This invisible wind injects infinite vitality into the works of art, allowing us, thousands of years later, to marvel at the artistic ingenuity of "entrusting wonderful principles to the invisible" (寄妙理于无形 (jì miào lǐ yú wú xíng - "entrust wonderful principles to the invisible," to express profound ideas through subtle and understated means)).
The combination of characters and dynamics gives rise to intangible emotions, which are conveyed through expressions, forming the psychological depth of the artwork. And of all emotions, grief over death is undoubtedly the most intense. Wu Hung (巫鸿) compares the ways of expressing grief in different cultures: the solemnity of funerals in Egyptian murals, the grief of funeral processions on Greek pottery, and the tranquility of Nirvana in Buddhist art. We are surprised to find that despite the different cultural backgrounds, human expressions of death are strikingly similar. From exaggerated mourning actions to restrained sad expressions, the emotional expression in art completes an evolution from external release to internalization. From this we understand where the strong appeal of artworks comes from.
Wu Hung (巫鸿) adopts a cross-cultural perspective, breaking the various boundaries of art history disciplines, crossing the "barriers" between ancient and modern, East and West, two-dimensional and three-dimensional, static and dynamic, and leading readers to appreciate and understand art with a more inclusive attitude and a more open vision. This "art wandering" can be said to be Wu Hung's (巫鸿) self-breakthrough in decades of academic research, a journey of art that starts casually; it invites us to use our own eyes to discover, feel, and establish those "transcultural and transhistorical" artistic connections.
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"How to Speak and How to Answer: News Releases and Public Opinion Response in the All-Media Context": Authored by Liu Boxian (刘伯贤); Published by the Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C. (中共中央党校出版社).
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The year 2025 marks the 900th anniversary of the birth of Lu You (陆游). This is not only a moment for us to commemorate a great poet, but also an important opportunity to re-examine the "national sentiment" and "poetic tradition" of Chinese civilization. On this occasion, People's Literature Publishing House (人民文学出版社) hopes to launch a work that has both academic depth and can truly reach the public, allowing readers to touch the benevolent and sincere spiritual essence of Chinese culture while getting close to Lu You (陆游).
The completion of "Ten Lectures on Lu You" (《陆游十讲》) is the natural crystallization of Mr. Mo Lifeng's (莫砺锋) more than 30 years of research on Lu You (陆游). At the beginning of writing, the author "hoped that 'Ten Lectures on Lu You' (《陆游十讲》) could become a popular and elegant read, allowing more people to read and understand Lu You (陆游)." The book is divided into 10 topics, from patriotic spirit, landscape and humanities, farming and reading life, study room elegance, and other 10 aspects, reproducing a three-dimensional, full, and approachable image of Lu You (陆游). Readers can see not only the poet Lu You's (陆游) nobility of "not daring to forget the country's worries despite his humble position," but also the daily life of a cultured man with a kind family style reading, teaching his children, and enjoying "tea bowls and stove incense."
When the editor received the first draft, they first felt the author's "recasting" ingenuity. According to the arrangement of the "Ten Lectures," Mr. Mo (莫先生) completely integrated and rewrote his 20 research papers on Lu You (陆游), deleting a large number of annotations and removing the "thesis tone." At the same time, he adhered to his consistent academic attitude, made accurate explanations on specific issues, and spoke with evidence, finally condensing hundreds of thousands of words of academic achievements into a "small book by a master" of more than 100,000 words.
This is a wonderful turn from "academic research" to "cultural popularization." The core of academic research lies in "problem awareness," while the key to cultural popularization lies in "public acceptance." If a work can combine the two, maintaining academic rigor while possessing the ability to guide the general public to read and think, it truly realizes the social value of academic achievements. Mr. Mo (莫先生) extracted the core points for the public to understand Lu You (陆游) from years of research accumulation, transforming the arguments that originally belonged to academic issues into a "accessible" reading path for the general public. For example, serving in the army in Sichuan (巴蜀) was an important experience in Lu You's (陆游) life, which had a fundamental impact on the establishment of his poetic style. The average person may not be familiar with this, but "Ten Lectures on Lu You" (《陆游十讲》) specifically explains its importance, enabling readers to have a deep understanding of Lu You's (陆游) national sentiment and poetic creation.
Feeling this, the editor also echoed this on the cover design of "Ten Lectures on Lu You" (《陆游十讲》). Lu You's (陆游) handwriting is printed on the inner cover, and Li Gonglin's (李公麟), a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty (北宋), "A General View of the Scenery of Sichuan" (《蜀川胜概图》) is used as a whole on the outer cover, integrating Lu You (陆游) and his poems into the green mountains and rivers, which also corresponds to the book's vigorous exploration from academic to popularization: Although the road to Sichuan (蜀道) is difficult, one should still move forward bravely 勇往直前 (yǒng wǎng zhí qián - "advance bravely," to advance dauntlessly).
Lu You (陆游) is not only a historical figure, but also a spiritual symbol that transcends the times. "When the royal army pacifies the Central Plains (中原), do not forget to tell your father in the family sacrifice." The patriotism, loyalty, perseverance, and hope in Lu You's (陆游) poems are the most touching parts of Chinese culture. The inheritance and promotion of Lu You's (陆游) patriotic feelings and unyielding character by contemporary people is also a reflection of the spirit of the times. The 900th anniversary of Lu You's (陆游) birth coincides with the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, making the publication of "Ten Lectures on Lu You" (《陆游十讲》) have a deeper cultural significance - it not only commemorates history, but also points to the future.
It is believed that through this book "Ten Lectures on Lu You" (《陆游十讲》), more readers will be able to approach Lu You (陆游) and understand his deep national sentiment.
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