Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's focus on prioritizing the people's interests in the "15th Five-Year Plan," highlighting improvements in areas like marriage registration, education for migrant children, and healthcare access. It details efforts to address public concerns, such as parking issues, and showcases successful projects like the "Manghuo Fried Rice" stall, reflecting a balance between regulation and public convenience. The article also mentions the importance of long-term vision, referencing the development of Xiamen and the progress made in ecological projects like the "Three-North Shelterbelt Program." The piece positions these efforts as crucial steps toward achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The U.S. is not mentioned.
Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's economy achieved steady progress, highlighting unique advantages such as its socialist system, vast market, complete industrial system, and abundant talent resources. The article emphasizes leveraging these "four advantages" to maintain strategic focus and transform potential into strength. Specific examples like the construction of the Hefei-Wuhan high-speed railway, the development of "super-thin electrical steel," and talent initiatives in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area illustrate these advantages in action. The piece highlights the importance of concentrating resources on key projects, strengthening the domestic market, and fostering innovation. It also touches on China's efforts to reduce reliance on foreign technology and build a modern industrial system.
Summary: The article reports on Ningxia's ongoing efforts to improve the lives of relocated Xihai Gu migrants, following Xi Jinping's instructions to ensure they can "move out, stabilize, and prosper." These efforts include industrial development, job creation, infrastructure improvements, and cultural enrichment programs. Ningxia has seen successes in agriculture, with increased incomes in migrant villages; infrastructure, with improved access to utilities and services; and cultural norms, with a decline in extravagant wedding customs. Ningxia Party Secretary Li Yifei stated that the region will continue to implement the "Million Migrant Enrichment Action" to prevent poverty and promote rural revitalization, while also mentioning the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Shanghai Customs reports the " Chancay-Shanghai" shipping route has facilitated RMB 5.35 billion in trade, moving 197,000 tons of goods. The route slashes shipping time between China and Peru from 35-40 days to 23, cutting logistics costs by 20%. Boosted by this route, Shanghai's trade with Peru increased 47.1% in the first ten months of the year. Peru's overall exports increased by 17.3% from January to September, with China being its largest export destination.
Summary: On December 6, a Long March-8A carrier rocket successfully launched a satellite internet constellation from the Hainan commercial aerospace launch site, under the command of Zhang Xiaojun. The launch is part of a broader effort in Wenchang to develop a commercial aerospace industry cluster, focusing on rockets, satellites, and data services. Wenchang aims to reduce launch costs through reusable technology and is building a satellite superfactory capable of producing 1,000 satellites annually, with over 20 related companies already establishing operations. According to Wang Fengyu, Deputy Director of Wenchang International Aerospace City Administration, the goal is to create a modern industrial system with Hainan characteristics, contributing to the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: As of September, China has built over 500PB of high-quality datasets, according to the National Data Administration. Seven data labeling bases host 362 companies, employing 85,000 people and generating 16.3 billion yuan in related output. The National Data Administration, along with 26 other departments, has jointly formulated policy documents to promote the construction of high-quality datasets in various industries. This initiative includes 140 pilot projects and the development of five technical documents.
Summary: In November, China's national railway system transported 184 million tons of coal, a 0.3% year-on-year increase, with 128 million tons specifically for power generation, according to the China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. This effort aims to ensure coal supply during the winter, with coal storage at direct-supply power plants reaching 88.23 million tons by the end of November, sufficient for 35.8 days. The railway authorities focused on optimizing major coal transport routes to enhance outward transport capacity from key coal-producing regions, addressing increased coal consumption due to cold weather. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article focuses on China's commitment to expanding opening up and promoting mutual benefit during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, emphasizing "autonomous opening." It highlights initiatives like the Hainan Free Trade Port and the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as efforts to boost trade innovation through goods, services, and digital commerce, including cross-border e-commerce. The piece stresses attracting foreign investment and encouraging reinvestment, while also guiding Chinese enterprises in global supply chain layout. It references the need to create a transparent and predictable environment for foreign investors.
Summary: An Uyghur fruit farmer, Yimingjiang, in Kashgar Prefecture's Jiashi County, Xinjiang, has seen significant income growth since switching from traditional crops to new plums (新梅). Jiashi County removed its designation as a poverty-stricken county in 2020 due to the new plum industry. The county has since established a complete industrial chain from planting to processing and sales, attracting 25 leading enterprises. County official Xing Jianjin stated that they actively courted investment by showcasing the region's resource advantages. The county's new plum planting area reached 570,000 mu, with a total industrial chain output value exceeding 10 billion yuan, driving employment for more than 200,000 people.
Summary: The article discusses challenges in sustaining industrial support programs in formerly impoverished regions of China, noting issues like product homogenization, weak farmer-business linkages, and inefficient resource allocation. It advocates for shifting from quantitative expansion to qualitative development, building regional brands, and promoting cross-regional cooperation to foster industrial clusters. The article also recommends improving the management of subsidies for rural revitalization, shifting focus from mere production expansion to brand and supply chain development while increasing financial oversight. Finally, the article suggests strengthening the role of science and technology delegations to address technological and talent gaps in these regions.
Summary: A trial "Yichun" tourism train, carrying over 40 invited tourists, departed from Harbin for the Yabuli ski resort on December 6th. The train features five themed carriages with entertainment such as band performances and folk art demonstrations. The Harbin Railway Bureau has launched multiple tourism trains this year, integrating unique experiences and customized services to cater to tourist demands. The article contains no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's economy has steadily progressed, showcasing its unique advantages such as its socialist system, large market, complete industrial system, and abundant talent. The article emphasizes leveraging these four advantages to maintain strategic focus and transform potential into strength, particularly in areas like infrastructure development and technological innovation. It highlights the importance of the Party's leadership in ensuring long-term stability and coordinated efforts. The piece notes that China's large market is becoming more open, creating opportunities for the world. The article makes no mention of the United States or its relationship with China.
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, took place in Shanghai, focusing on "joint self-improvement." Around 350 representatives from over 120 countries discussed independent modernization paths, global governance reform, and South-South cooperation. Foreign participants expressed willingness to collaborate with China on modernization and global governance changes, while some noted China's experience in technological innovation and development. Participants also commented on China's "four global initiatives," with some noting that they are conducive to further deepening South-South cooperation. The conference highlighted China's commitment to supporting the Global South's modernization and its role as a trusted partner, with examples like infrastructure projects in Kenya being cited.
Summary: The article criticizes Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for linking "a Taiwan emergency" to Japan's right to collective self-defense, characterizing her remarks as a challenge to China's core interests and a violation of the principles established in the four political documents guiding Sino-Japanese relations, especially regarding Taiwan's status as part of China as agreed in the 1972 Joint Communique. The author, Vice President of the Japanese Association of Veterans of the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army, attributes her statements to inexperience and right-wing leanings. The author further argues that Takaichi's remarks disregard the historical lessons of WWII and the suffering caused by Japanese militarism, and urges her to retract her statement to avoid further damage to Sino-Japanese relations. The author suggests that improving Sino-Japanese relations is the duty of the Japanese Prime Minister.
Summary: At the "Opportunity Port: China-U.S. Business Exchange Breakfast," hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the City of Oakland, CCPIT Chairman Ren Hongbin stated China's commitment to high-quality development and opening-up will provide opportunities for U.S. businesses. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee highlighted the city's role as a key trade gateway with China and expressed willingness to facilitate cooperation in various sectors. U.S. business representatives emphasized the mutual benefits of cooperation amidst global economic challenges and supply chain restructuring. They expressed their desire to strengthen direct communication with Chinese entities to promote further cooperation. The event was attended by over 100 people from various sectors.
Summary: Former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, speaking at the "Understanding China" conference in Guangzhou, stated that China serves as a "stabilizing anchor" in a complex international environment, benefiting the world through its development. Sharaf highlighted China's "Four Global Initiatives" as crucial support for developing countries and contributions to global governance reform and praised China's emphasis on high-quality development and technological self-reliance. He further emphasized that China's development experience is valuable for other countries, particularly those in the Global South, and that China's modernization is closely linked to global prosperity. Sharaf also noted the importance of China's role in maintaining international order and promoting cultural exchange amid global challenges.
Summary: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit China from December 8th to 9th at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The announcement was made by a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the visit was not specified in the announcement. The announcement made no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China Science and Technology Museum and South Africa's Sci-Bono Discovery Centre have collaborated to open the "Listen to Science Space" in South Africa, featuring exhibits showcasing Chinese science and technology, including VR experiences, traditional Chinese craftsmanship, and interactive science education activities. Students were particularly engaged with exhibits demonstrating electromagnetism, robotics, and other scientific principles. The project aims to promote science education and inspire interest in science and innovation among South African students. The initiative follows a memorandum of understanding signed between the China Association for Science and Technology and the South African Department of Science and Innovation during the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit. Yin Lin, Deputy Curator of the China Science and Technology Museum, stated that the "Listen to Science Space" represents the first "small but beautiful" science popularization project implemented by the China Science and Technology Museum in Africa.
Summary: A Chinese human rights delegation, organized by the China Society for Human Rights Studies, visited Indonesia and Malaysia from December 1st to 6th. The delegation participated in seminars on "Human Rights and Development" and "Human Rights Protection in the Digital Age," engaging with ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Astana Abdul Aziz and human rights officials from both countries. The delegation expounded on Xi Jinping's human rights philosophy and shared China's experiences in implementing national human rights action plans. ASEAN and officials from both countries expressed appreciation for China's human rights achievements and a willingness to strengthen exchanges on human rights development, while advocating for shared values and Asian values of peace, cooperation and inclusiveness. The discussions did not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese Xinjiang cultural exchange delegation, organized by the State Council Information Office, visited France and Norway from December 2nd to 5th. The delegation, led by officials including Kulan Saifuhan, director of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Government Information Office, engaged in seminars, dialogues, and meetings to promote the Party's strategy in Xinjiang and showcase the region's socio-economic development. They addressed concerns about Xinjiang and emphasized cultural preservation, while highlighting Xinjiang's economic growth and its role as a hub connecting China with Asia and Europe. The delegation welcomed foreigners to visit Xinjiang and witness the changes firsthand. There is no mention of the United States in this article.
Summary: A China-Malaysia Spring Festival celebration, "Qie Shui Qing Chang - Spending the New Year Together," launched in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Representatives from both governments, cultural organizations, and business associations attended, emphasizing the close relationship between the two countries. The event was co-organized by multiple Chinese and Malaysian entities, including the State Council Information Office of China and the Malaysia-China General Chamber of Commerce.
Summary: This article discusses Hangzhou's efforts to expand educational opportunities for senior citizens through "Silver Age Education" programs. These programs, based on local branches of the Zhejiang Senior TV University, offer courses like Tai Chi, calligraphy, and painting to enrich the lives of elderly residents. The curriculum is expanding based on surveys of local seniors, and aims to provide convenient access to quality education resources for the aging population.
Summary: The article discusses the shift from "retirement" (养老) to "enjoying old age" (享老) among senior citizens in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, exemplified by a resident named Chen. Instead of pastimes like playing cards, elderly individuals are now engaging in courses and community activities. These educational activities and performance opportunities aim to invigorate seniors, promoting a positive and active lifestyle. The article advocates for expanding access to such programs, fostering a society where seniors are cared for, contribute, and find enjoyment.
Summary: China Meteorological Administration has issued a plan to optimize and adjust the national agricultural meteorological test station network, increasing the number of stations from 72 to 91 and improving coverage by 26%. The plan focuses on strengthening station density in major grain-producing areas and areas with concentrated facility or specialty agriculture. The network will be structured into "Level 1 core stations + Level 2 regional stations" to improve observation capabilities and form a comprehensive agricultural meteorological observation network. Stations will adopt a dual-track model of "basic observation + characteristic expansion," strengthening observation and service capabilities for regional characteristic economic crops.
Summary: Beijing's ports have seen over 20 million inbound and outbound trips by December 6th, a 1.1-fold increase compared to the total for the previous year. Mainland residents accounted for 12.9 million trips, while foreigners numbered over 6 million, representing 30% of the total and a 34.5% year-on-year increase. Of these foreign visitors, nearly 50% came for tourism. To manage the increased traffic, the Beijing General Station of Immigration Inspection has implemented measures to improve clearance efficiency, including optimizing information sharing, deploying additional personnel, and implementing a "double-row inspection" model during peak hours. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the text.
Summary: Following a fire in Tai Po, the Hong Kong government coordinated the Shan Lau transitional housing facility to accommodate approximately 430 affected residents. Li Shuhui, Director-General of the Hong Kong Association for Integration of Rehabilitation Services (善导会), described the provisions made for residents, including transportation, supplies, and various services. The Hong Kong government and volunteers have established service points within Shan Lau to address the residents' basic needs, with medical support provided by the Primary Healthcare Department and volunteers from the University of Hong Kong Medical College. The Hong Kong Law Society is providing free legal advice. Li Shuhui emphasized the resilience of the residents and the ongoing efforts to improve conditions at Shan Lau, while the Hong Kong government studies long-term housing options for these residents.
Summary: The article reports on Yuncheng, Shanxi province's efforts to develop wind and solar power on mountainous, previously unused land, converting it into a source of economic benefit. The focus is on large-scale wind and photovoltaic power development in the hilly areas of Pinglu County. A photo taken on December 5 in Maojiashan Village, Pinglu County, shows solar panels and wind turbines. The piece promotes the transformation of barren mountains into valuable assets through renewable energy. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations is included.
Summary: Da Wan District University (大湾区大学) was established in Dongguan, Guangdong, focusing on basic research and technological innovation in fields like material science and information technology. The university, founded by the Guangdong provincial government and supported by the Dongguan municipal government, aims to cultivate high-quality research-oriented talent. Initial programs include mathematics, physics, and computer science, with differentiated training plans for science and engineering disciplines. Founding President Tian Gang stated the university will adopt innovative operating models incorporating scientific facilities, research institutions, and leading tech companies. The goal is to support the development of new productive forces and technological innovation in the Greater Bay Area.
Summary: Li Minkuan, a prominent leader of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (TDSL) and a member of the CCP, passed away in Beijing at the age of 89. Li served as the Vice Chairman of the 6th and 7th TDSL Central Committees and held various positions, including coach for the national women's softball team. Central leaders expressed condolences to his family. Li was also involved in cross-strait exchanges as the vice president of the Association for the Promotion of Non-governmental Exchanges Between Taiwan and the Mainland. The obituary notes his contributions to the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CCP.
Summary: The article reports on the progress of poverty alleviation efforts in Ningxia, particularly for migrants from the Xihaigu region. Thanks to resettlement programs and supportive policies, the average disposable income of these migrants reached 16,481 yuan in 2024. Ningxia has focused on developing industries, creating employment opportunities, and strengthening infrastructure in migrant areas. Local officials, including Ningxia Party Secretary Li Yifei, emphasized the continued implementation of the "Million Immigrant Enrichment and Improvement Action" in accordance with Xi Jinping's instructions and the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of adhering to a "people-first" approach in economic and social development during the 20th Fourth Plenary Session and in planning for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). The article highlights various initiatives and achievements, such as the nationwide implementation of inter-provincial marriage registration, improved access to education and healthcare, and infrastructure development, as examples of prioritizing the people's needs. It also mentions the importance of balancing regulations with the needs of the people. The article emphasizes the importance of long-term planning and dedication to improving the lives of the Chinese people, ultimately aiming for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the importance of social practice for university students in China, highlighting examples such as agricultural students promoting new rice strains in Hainan, education students teaching traditional arts in Ningxia, and engineering students recreating early wireless technology. These activities aim to connect students with rural communities, preserve cultural heritage, and apply classroom knowledge to real-world problems, fostering a sense of social responsibility and national development. One student from Tsinghua University, Zhang Yitian, joined a graduate teaching program and is teaching at a middle school in Yunnan. Students participating in social practice are said to develop a deeper understanding of Chinese society and contribute to its progress.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of social practice for Chinese university students, arguing it is essential for translating academic knowledge into practical skills. It encourages students to engage in activities like internships, social research, rural education, and community service. The author contends that these experiences cultivate resilience, patriotism, and firm life ideals through service to society. The piece advocates for youth to use their actions to demonstrate responsibility and measure growth through real-world experiences. It does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the common experience of young Chinese leaving their hometowns for education and work, highlighting the bittersweet feelings of separation and the unspoken support from parents. It emphasizes that while pursuing personal goals, young people should remember to appreciate and care for their parents, acknowledging their sacrifices and concerns. The piece suggests various ways to maintain connection, from simple acts of communication to community initiatives that support elderly parents. Ultimately, it frames the journey away from home as temporary, with the eventual return and continued filial piety being a cherished goal. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Xingguang Village Party Branch Deputy Secretary, a "native" post-90s village cadre, oversaw the establishment of a *Epimedium* (淫羊藿) Chinese medicinal herb demonstration base in 2021. The demonstration base yielded over 10,000 yuan per *mu* in revenue annually. In 2024, the deputy secretary facilitated the transfer of collective forest land for scaled planting, addressing villagers' concerns regarding deforestation through community meetings. The village has now planted approximately 1700 *mu* of *Epimedium* and employed over 70 local workers. The deputy secretary emphasized a commitment to ecological preservation.
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Summary: The Wǔjǐng (武警) Hunan Corps Zhūzhōu Detachment Yánlíng Company held a Party admission and oath-renewal ceremony at the Yè Family Ancestral Hall, site of an early "Party branch in the company" initiative led by Mao Zedong. Afterward, the Yánlíng Company and the "Red First Company" of the 83rd Group Army conducted joint political education via video link, connecting the two units with shared revolutionary history. The Yánlíng Company emphasizes instilling Party ideology through historical education, including visits to revolutionary sites and interactions with veterans, and also provides services to the local community. The unit has received numerous awards for its achievements in grassroots construction. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A PLA Air Force unit's simulation training center is highlighted for its independently developed and upgraded training simulators, emphasizing the role of frontline soldiers in innovation. The article emphasizes the importance of grassroots innovation ("micro-innovation") for improving training and equipment maintenance, and the need for military leadership to support and encourage soldier-led initiatives by creating platforms and tolerating failure. It also makes historical references to the PLA's past success in incorporating soldier innovation.
Summary: The article profiles "Senior Engineer Yang," a professional technical officer in aviation ammunition support within the Southern Theater Command Air Force. Yang, a veteran of 20 years, recounts his experiences ensuring the effectiveness of aerial munitions, including participating in live-fire exercises in harsh environments and working with pilots to optimize the use of new precision-guided munitions. He emphasizes the importance of professional skill in maximizing the impact of advanced weaponry and contributing to combat readiness at the grassroots level. Yang also states that serving in the grassroots is worthwhile. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Ministry of Veterans Affairs is continuing its "Old Soldiers Always Follow the Party" campaign in 2024, aiming to guide veterans to support the CCP through storytelling. The campaign involves a national lecture tour featuring 63 newly selected veterans sharing their experiences across various regions. These lectures utilize diverse formats, including multimedia and performances, to engage audiences and promote patriotic values. The initiative has expanded to include over 3,000 lecture groups nationwide, reaching over 100 million people online and offline. The campaign aims to build a story repository covering red inheritance, intangible cultural heritage protection, and public welfare services.
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Summary: Recent activity in China's mural art scene reflects a systemic effort to explore the art form's core value and societal function. A series of exhibitions and academic events highlight this trend, showcasing both established and emerging artists. These events encourage artistic innovation and cross-media exploration, moving beyond traditional depictions to explore spiritual expression and contemporary translation. Murals are now being used to engage with rural communities and promote cultural diversity. This surge in mural art signifies a revitalization, integrating technology and community engagement to achieve artistic renewal.
Summary: To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Maximov Oil Painting Training Class ("Maximov Class") at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), CAFA has organized an exhibition reviewing the class's teaching achievements. The "Maximov Class," which was taught by Soviet artist Konstantin Maksimov in the 1950s, played a significant role in promoting oil painting education and localization in China. The exhibition aims to review the gradual construction of the oil painting teaching system and the process of nationalizing oil painting through a systematic review of the "Maximov Class's" teaching achievements. The exhibition includes works, photos, documents, and historical materials, divided into three parts, showcasing the historical landscape of the "Maximov Class," original works by Maksimov and student creations, and basic teaching assignments and outdoor sketches. The exhibition also discusses how to deepen artistic exploration in a global context and highlight "cultural subjectivity" in art teaching and creation.
Summary: The article discusses the painting *Tea Grinding* (*撵茶图轴*) by Southern Song dynasty painter Liu Songnian, highlighting its depiction of the elaborate Song dynasty tea ceremony and its reflection of Song aesthetics. The painting meticulously illustrates the tea preparation process, from grinding the tea leaves to whisking the tea, and the various utensils used. The artwork embodies the Song dynasty's pursuit of refinement in daily life and the philosophical underpinnings of this pursuit, such as the Neo-Confucian concept of "investigating things to attain knowledge" and the Zen Buddhist notion of finding enlightenment in everyday activities. The painting serves as a mirror reflecting the unique spiritual pursuits and aesthetic connotations of the Song era.
Summary: The seventh lacquer painting exhibition in China highlights the evolving art form's focus on "lacquer nature" (漆性) and artistic self-awareness. Contemporary lacquer artists are moving beyond traditional themes, drawing inspiration from personal experiences and regional cultures, while emphasizing the unique qualities of lacquer as a medium. The exhibition showcases works that explore the boundaries of lacquer materials and integrate cross-disciplinary elements, demonstrating a commitment to both technical skill and artistic expression. This fusion of lacquer's inherent properties with creative self-expression is seen as driving the innovative development of the art form. The ongoing discussion on the relationship between lacquer and art has reached a consensus of the equal importance of technology and art.
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Summary: Amidst growing cultural confidence, Chinese painting is receiving increasing attention, prompting discussions on how to inherit tradition and innovate in response to contemporary themes. While Chinese painting, as a national essence, embodies Chinese aesthetics and promotes cultural strength, its innovation requires adherence to the spirit of Chinese art, emphasizing emotional expression and integration of sentiment and scenery. Innovation also necessitates preserving the essence of brush and ink, creating a unique aesthetic system with rich cultural connotations. The current era demands that artists understand and deeply research artistic patterns and aesthetic systems, so as to activate the artistic potential of traditional brush and ink with contemporary aesthetics.
Summary: This short article provides contact information for submissions to a specific section (msfk) of the People's Daily. It also credits Zhang Danfeng for the design of the section's header image. The article contains no information regarding Chinese politics, official statements, or U.S.-China relations.
By: 本报记者 姜 洁 魏哲哲
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党): "We must adhere to our original aspiration, consider issues from the people's standpoint, persist in safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods in development, and steadily advance common prosperity."
Listing "adhering to the people first" as one of the principles that must be followed for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period; taking "continuous improvement of the quality of people's lives" as one of the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period; proposing that "realizing the people's yearning for a better life is the starting point and foothold of Chinese-style modernization"...
Carefully reading the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, "considering issues from the people's standpoint" runs through it, and the words convey the warmth of people's livelihood. Considering issues from the people's standpoint, thinking about what the people think, and doing what the people entrust, is an unchanging original aspiration and a permanent commitment.
Staying true to our original aspiration and taking benefiting the people as the fundamental value orientation
"'Nationwide processing' has saved us a lot of trouble." Recently, at the Marriage Registration Office in Huangpi District (黄陂区), Wuhan (武汉), Hubei Province (湖北省), a couple from Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南) respectively, successfully obtained their marriage certificate in just 20 minutes.
The marriage registration process, which used to require traveling thousands of miles and taking several days, can now be completed in one stop. The newly revised "Marriage Registration Regulations" came into effect on May 10 this year, and "nationwide processing" of marriage registration has been implemented, allowing parties to handle marriage registration at any marriage registration authority in the country. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) recently released data showing that the number of marriage registrations in the first three quarters of this year was 5.152 million pairs, an increase of 405,000 pairs compared with the same period last year.
This reform, which concerns the happiness of the masses, is a precise response to the needs of the people in the context of a mobile China.
There is no end to enhancing people's well-being and realizing people's happiness, only continuous new starting points. In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired a symposium on economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in some provinces, autonomous regions, and cities, pointing out: "In planning economic and social development during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we must **不忘初心** (bù wàng chū xīn - "not forget original intention," remain true to one's original aspiration and keep the mission firmly in mind), take benefiting the people as the fundamental value orientation, persist in safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods in development, and steadily promote common prosperity."
Standing firmly on the people's standpoint is reflected in practical measures to solve people's worries and benefit people's livelihoods:
Progress has been made in the schooling of children moving with their parents. At present, the proportion of children moving with their parents attending public schools and schools enjoying government subsidies has exceeded 97%, an increase of 11.2 percentage points compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period.
Allowing the masses to enjoy better-quality medical services nearby. As of the end of 2024, the total number of medical and health institutions nationwide reached 1.09 million, spread across urban and rural areas, with more than 90% of residents able to reach the nearest medical service point within 15 minutes.
Transportation and express delivery services are more efficient. The main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, "6 axes, 7 corridors, and 8 channels," is accelerating its improvement. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the newly added and put into operation high-speed railway mileage exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and fresh products from the fields to the residents' tables achieved "same-day arrival" and "next-day delivery"...
In the "national ledger," there is a need for people's livelihood. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, more than 70% of the national fiscal expenditure was used for people's livelihood. In 2024, the central government's fiscal budget arranged 66.7 billion yuan for employment subsidies and 408.5 billion yuan for transfer payments for common fiscal powers in the education field...
In the major development plan, there is a focus on people's livelihood. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must make choices, what exactly do we want? Starting from whether the people are satisfied and whether they agree, the ecological environment is very important; from the perspective of improving people's livelihoods, this point is also the most important." Taking and giving reflects the pattern and method, and demonstrates the consideration of people's livelihood.
Standing firmly on the people's standpoint is reflected in solid actions to listen to the people's voices and follow the people's wishes:
"From 'circling around to find a parking space' to 'stopping and leaving at will,' a small parking space solves a big problem." Ms. Li, a ride-hailing driver in Nantong (南通), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), sincerely praised the city for planning multiple temporary parking spaces near public toilets. In recent years, Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) and Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) have also successively set up "temporary parking spaces for toilet use," alleviating the problem of "difficult parking" for drivers using the toilet.
Seemingly inconspicuous parking spaces are the kindness that the city releases to those who are busy. The government actively listens to the voices of the masses, solves problems in a timely manner, and the decision-making process reflects the people's standpoint, truly doing things to the people's hearts.
I must be mindful of what the people worry about; I must do what the people expect. To do a good job in people's livelihood, we must correct the orientation of doing things, shift from the government wanting to do things for the people to doing things based on the demands of the masses, so that the people have calls and we have responses, focus on solving the urgent, difficult, and worrying problems of the masses, concentrate our efforts on accomplishing a number of practical things that the masses can feel and reach, and bring more benefits to the people.
Meeting difficulties head-on, "those who are united in purpose will prevail"
At 5 p.m., before night fell, a long queue had already formed in front of the "Fierce Fire Fried Rice" stall on Tuanjiehu Road (团结湖路) in Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京市), including customers who came from Hebei (河北), Shanghai (上海), Hainan (海南) and other places.
"Fierce Fire Fried Rice" used to be a mobile food stall with irregular opening hours and changing locations, but it always attracted diners to line up late at night. Due to incomplete licenses and illegal street vending, it was often investigated and dealt with. Not long ago, this mobile food stall officially bid farewell to its itinerant status and had a fixed store, which was not large in size, but its popularity remained undiminished.
How to retain the wok hei that diners can't forget? The street helped find a compliant business location, and the market supervision and urban management departments also actively participated in coordination, seeking a balance between standardization and characteristics; even more considerate was that the gas company specially laid new pipelines.
A bowl of fried rice reflects the warmth of urban governance modernization. It tells us that true urban governance is not an either-or choice, but finding the warmest balance point between standardization and inclusiveness - both the dignity of order and the heat of life.
"Digging deep into the grassroots without relaxing, the roots are originally in the masses. After thousands of磨难 (mó nàn - "hardships," trials and tribulations) it is still firm and strong, letting the east, west, north, and south winds blow." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) was deeply moved by the famous poem "Bamboo Rock" by Zheng Banqiao (郑板桥) of the Qing Dynasty (清朝), and changed a few words to express his experience of going up the mountains and down to the countryside in those years.
How to stand firmly on the people's standpoint? The simple verses contain a profound answer: "The mass line is the lifeline and fundamental work line of our Party."
Action illuminates the original aspiration.
Standing on the people's standpoint to consider issues is the only way to adhere to practical work and responsibility. "It's not that we haven't weighed it. But we have identified the Party's purpose and mission, and we have identified the people's expectations." "**犯其至难而图其至远**" (fàn qí zhì nán ér tú qí zhì yuǎn - "attack the most difficult and aim for the farthest," to tackle the most challenging tasks and pursue the most ambitious goals), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) encouraged "to attack the most difficult places and pursue the most ambitious goals."
"Difficulty" shows determination. Nearly 100 million rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty, an unimaginable difficulty, but the more difficult it is, the more we move forward. A total of 255,000 village-based work teams and more than 3 million first secretaries and village-based cadres have been selected and dispatched across the country to fight alongside nearly 2 million township cadres and millions of village cadres: wherever there are poor people, they fight there.
Another example is the seemingly "impossible to complete" smog control. In 2024, Beijing's (北京) air quality reached 290 days of good or excellent air quality, an increase of 19 days compared with the same period last year and 114 days compared with 2013, and "Beijing Blue" has gradually become the norm. This transcript has more than ten years of unremitting efforts and the joint prevention and control of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), not avoiding difficulties and knowing the difficulties and advancing.
Looking again, the people of Shanghai (上海) have completely bid farewell to "carrying chamber pots," and the battle to tackle this practical matter of people's livelihood, "we cannot move towards modernization carrying chamber pots," has spanned more than 30 years and become a microcosm of Shanghai's urban governance. Taking practical measures and seeking practical results makes the people full of hope.
Standing firmly on the people's standpoint wins the hearts of the people and gathers the mighty force of "**上下同欲者胜**" (shàng xià tóng yù zhě shèng - "those who are united in purpose will prevail," unity of purpose between those above and those below ensures victory).
Anchoring the long-term and steadily moving towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
Forty years ago, citizens described Xiamen (厦门) as having "uneven roads, dim lights, unreliable telephones, and frequent water outages."
The new era of Xiamen (厦门) has become a high-quality, high-value, modern, and international city praised by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
What has written the gorgeous transformation of Egret Island (鹭岛) is a development strategy spanning 15 years. The "Xiamen Economic and Social Development Strategy from 1985 to 2000," compiled under the leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) during his work in Xiamen (厦门), drew a comprehensive, scientific, and systematic development blueprint for Xiamen (厦门), and is one of the earliest economic and social development strategic plans spanning 15 years compiled by a local government in China.
Not limited to temporary events, anchoring long-term development, and doing things that are difficult to see results in the short term with all our efforts is a vivid portrayal of considering issues from the people's standpoint.
"Far" contains perseverance. There is both the mind of "success does not have to be with me" and the persistence of "success must have me."
How to build the city of the future? Pulling the framework, showing the prototype, and stepping up the steps, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) grew vigorously and changed rapidly, realizing the gorgeous transformation from "a piece of land" to drawing "a picture" to building "a city," and creating a new path of urban modernization with Chinese characteristics. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of the gross domestic product of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) was 17.1%, and the cumulative completed investment workload exceeded 1 trillion yuan.
How difficult is it to lock the yellow sand with green? The Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), the second largest mobile desert in the world, once had a record of moving forward more than 100 meters a year, making it very difficult to control. Relying on the construction of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt System Project, after 46 years of fighting the sand sea, we finally tied a 3,046-kilometer "green scarf" to the desert.
How dangerous is the deep plateau? For a long time, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) was regarded as "only Tibetan eagles can fly over." Starting from the Qinghai-Tibet Highway (青藏公路), which started construction in 1950 and opened to traffic in 1954, after the unremitting efforts of generations of builders, by the end of 2024, the total mileage of highways and railways in Tibet (西藏) reached 124,900 kilometers and 1,359 kilometers respectively. Party members, cadres, and the masses climbed ice and snow, hammered and chiseled, and sacrificed their lives to pave "sky roads"...
The people's standpoint is reflected in doing things in the present. The "14th Five-Year Plan," which is about to come to a close, has achieved new pioneering progress, breakthrough changes, and historical achievements in China's economic and social development: 102 major projects have been successfully promoted, 8 indicators have progressed beyond expectations, the economic increment is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, the contribution rate to world economic growth has remained at around 30%, and the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system have been built...
The people's standpoint is reflected in planning for the long term. Accelerating the construction of a new energy system, by the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan," most of the new electricity demand will be met by new clean energy power generation, and more green electricity will cross mountains and seas and light up thousands of homes; through the efforts of the next 5 years, the average life expectancy of Chinese residents is expected to increase by another 1 year on the basis of 79 years in 2024, reaching about 80 years...
The people's standpoint illuminates the present and the future. Looking into the distance with a developmental perspective and insight with a broader perspective, grasping the long-term and phased nature of the goals and tasks, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words contain methodology: "We must accurately grasp the phased requirements of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period and focus on the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation."
The country is the people, and the people are the country.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" is about to begin. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), Chinese Communists will always stand firmly on the people's standpoint, share weal and woe with the people, be of one heart with the people, and strive unremittingly to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
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During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, which was extremely unusual and extraordinary, China's economy has progressed steadily, reaching a new level and fully demonstrating its unique advantages.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has profoundly grasped the laws of economic development and the overall development situation. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) made a major judgment: "The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are even more prominent."
Profoundly understanding the advantages and making full use of them are the basic premise and important method for doing a good job in economic work.
Give full play to the "four major advantages," maintain strategic focus, and constantly transform advantages into victories and potential into strength.
(I)
In the cold winter season, the sprint is in full swing. On December 2, with the completion of the last truck of concrete pouring, the Hewu High-speed Railway (合武高铁) across the Hurong Expressway (沪蓉高速) extra-large bridge was successfully closed, laying the foundation for the completion and opening of the entire line on schedule.
The entire journey from Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) to Shanghai (上海) will be shortened from 12.2 hours to less than 7 hours. After the completion of the Yuyi High-speed Railway (渝宜高铁), Yuwan High-speed Railway (渝万高铁), Hewu High-speed Railway (合武高铁) and other high-speed railway projects along the Yangtze River (长江), they will be deeply integrated and multi-directionally connected with the existing railway network, forming a rapid passenger transport channel between the Sichuan-Chongqing (川渝) region and Central and Eastern China, and promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Across the country, the construction of "two major projects" is in full swing. From transportation infrastructure along the Yangtze River (长江) such as the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River, airports along the Yangtze River, and trunk highways along the Yangtze River, to the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程), urban underground pipe networks, and high-standard farmland construction, the construction of "two major projects" is adding momentum to promoting Chinese-style modernization, promoting high-quality development, and grasping the initiative in development.
Investment is current demand and future supply. The "two major projects" focus on urgent development needs, problems that cannot be solved by conventional means, major events that have been wanted for many years but have not been done, and major events that need to be promoted at the central level, fully demonstrating the institutional advantage of concentrating efforts to accomplish great things.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Institutional advantage is the greatest advantage of a country, and institutional competition is the most fundamental competition between countries."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), from the construction of major national projects to tackling major scientific and technological projects, from winning the battle against poverty to steadily promoting common prosperity, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), we have kept pace with the times to give play to the institutional advantage of concentrating efforts to accomplish great things, and promoted the Chinese economic ship to ride the wind and waves and move forward steadily.
"The greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党)." The long-term governance of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) can avoid the policy short-sightedness and frequent changes in policies under the Western multi-party system, ensure that a blueprint is drawn to the end, and provide an important "stability anchor" for China's long-term economic development.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) clarified the principles that must be followed for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and the first is to adhere to the Party's overall leadership. The more critical the period and the more arduous the task, the more necessary it is to strengthen the Party's overall leadership and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), and implement the Party Central Committee's (党中央) requirements for high-quality development in all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development.
(II)
This is a large market envied by the world.
Online retail sales have ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years, the scale of trade in goods has ranked first in the world for 8 consecutive years, and the largest consumer market in the world calculated by purchasing power parity... A super-large market composed of more than 1.4 billion people has unlimited prospects.
In today's world, the most scarce resource is the market.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Market resources are a huge advantage of our country, and we must make full use of and give play to this advantage, constantly consolidate and enhance this advantage, and form a strong support for building a new development pattern."
Today, the "Chinese market" under the guidance of the new development concept has advantages not only in its large scale, but also in its thick potential, rich levels, new models, and deep openness.
With a more solid foundation, the "Chinese market" has greater potential. At present, China's per capita GDP has remained stable at more than 13,000 US dollars, which is a critical period for consumption expansion and upgrading, and the "Chinese market" has broad room for growth.
With richer demand, the "Chinese market" has more momentum. The "Village Evening" has boosted rural cultural tourism, and the "Su Chao" has leveraged the ticket stub economy. In recent years, humanistic economy and cultural tourism integration have developed vigorously, and China's consumption structure is accelerating its transformation from commodity consumption-led to service consumption-led.
With more surging innovation, the "Chinese market" has greater vitality. "Millet economy," trendy toy blind boxes, and other trends have become new trends, and "artificial intelligence + consumption," "IP + consumption," and other trends have become new growth points... New consumption formats are integrated and innovated, and new consumption momentum is continuously cultivated.
With deeper opening up, the "Chinese market" has broader space. The "Qiankai-Shanghai (上海)" direct航线 reduces logistics costs by about 20%; the number of exhibitors and the intended transaction amount of the 8th China International Import Expo (进博会) reached a record high... Open cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win results make the super-large market an opportunity for the world.
Today's large Chinese market has more than 500 million packages flowing every day, 34 billion yuan of online transactions in physical goods, and the efficient flow, precise collaboration, and vigorous surge of people flow, logistics, capital flow, and data flow, and the effective and orderly allocation of market resources.
By 2027, 3 trillion-level consumption fields and 100 billion-level consumption hotspots will be formed; by 2030, a high-quality development pattern with benign interaction and mutual promotion between supply and consumption will be basically formed...
What kind of market to build largely determines the future of the Chinese economy. Adhere to expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point, enhance the supply and demand matching of consumer goods on the one hand, and promote the construction of a unified national market in depth on the other hand, to provide a solid strategic support and strong development vitality for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
(III)
Drones, humanoid robots... These iconic products of the artificial intelligence era are inseparable from a key material - ultra-thin electrical steel strip.
With a thickness of only 1/4 of A4 paper and a deviation stable at ±1 micron... This material, known in the industry as "ultra-thin hand-torn electrical steel," was once stuck in the "throat" of the localization of the high-end equipment supply chain due to rolling technology bottlenecks.
Today, Huayu Intelligent Manufacturing (Shanghai) New Materials Co., Ltd. (华誉智造（上海）新材料有限公司), a small and micro enterprise established only 5 years ago, has finally achieved mass production after hard work. "It has broken through foreign technical barriers in one fell swoop, allowing high-end equipment to have the first domestic 'heart' with 'millimeter-level volume, micron-level precision, and millisecond-level response'," said Chairman Huang Sui (黄穗).
A towering tree must have its roots. In recent years, the Chinese economy has continued to climb to new heights, and the advantage of a complete industrial system is a solid foundation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "A modern industrial system is the material and technical foundation of a modern country, and we must focus on developing the economy on the real economy."
At sea, the first domestically produced large cruise ship "Adora Magic City (爱达·魔都号)" was built and put into operation; on land, the world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant Shidaowan (石岛湾) base was put into commercial operation; in the sky, the first Chinese space station "Tiangong (天宫)" was fully built and put into operation, and the first domestically produced large aircraft C919 developed in accordance with international common airworthiness standards achieved commercial flight... Behind the high-quality development of China's economy during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the solid support of the world's largest, most complete, and most complete manufacturing system.
In the competition between major countries, the industrial system is a strategic focus. The shorter the list of "bottleneck" problems and the longer the list of independent and controllable items, the more we can master the initiative in industrial competition and national development.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) deployed 12 strategic tasks, and the first is to "build a modern industrial system and consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy." Aiming at the shortcomings and weaknesses of building a modern industrial system, we will continue to draw a new chapter in industry with innovation and build a solid foundation for a strong country with hard work.
(IV)
One exam, Bay Area certification.
Zhuhai (珠海) and Macao (澳门) are geographically close and have complementary industries. In the past, the lack of uniform skill evaluation standards and mutual recognition of certificates restricted the flow of talent.
Today, Zhuhai (珠海) and Macao (澳门) have jointly established a vocational skill level identification alliance. With one exam, you can obtain 3 vocational skill certificates from the mainland and Macao, promoting "talent flow" with "soft connectivity."
Han Enhou (韩恩厚), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), chose to start a second business in Guangdong (广东), and Yan Ning (颜宁), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), founded the Medical Academy of Sciences in Shenzhen (深圳)... To build a talent highland in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), Guangdong (广东) is making great efforts to introduce, cultivate, and use talent well.
Talent is the primary resource. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Talent is an important indicator for measuring a country's comprehensive national strength."
The population with higher education has reached 250 million, the total number of skilled workers has exceeded 220 million, and the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel ranks first in the world... China has become the world's largest talent resource country with the largest scale and the most complete categories.
A solid talent base is the confidence to steadily promote Chinese-style modernization.
"Gather talents from all over the world and use them." To make good use of the advantages of abundant human resources, we must accelerate the formation of a training mechanism conducive to the growth of talent, a use mechanism conducive to making the best use of talent, an incentive mechanism conducive to talent to display their abilities, and a competition mechanism conducive to talent to stand out, and constantly transform the advantages of talent into innovation advantages and development advantages.
A good environment attracts talent and prospers careers. To make good use of the advantages of abundant human resources, we must adhere to creating an environment that values, loves, respects, and uses talent, vigorously cultivate an innovation culture, establish a correct view of talent, and promote the era ethos of honoring labor, valuing skills, and creating greatness.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal makes special arrangements for "promoting the development of education, science and technology, and talent in an integrated manner." Respect the laws, be people-oriented, be eager for talents, and not stick to one pattern, gather outstanding talents from all aspects to the cause of the Party and the people, and Chinese-style modernization will surely usher in a magnificent picture of thousands of sails racing and ten thousand horses galloping.
Talking about advantages is to further strengthen advantages.
Happiness will not fall from the sky. Making good use of advantages and giving play to advantages depends on hard work, struggle, and hard work. Unswervingly do our own things well and follow our own path, and in the continuous struggle of promoting strengths and overcoming weaknesses, consolidating the foundation and promoting innovation, we will steadily and step by step advance Chinese-style modernization.
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"The losses have been recovered!" Wei Shengde (魏生德) said with a smile after calculating the accounts.
Wei Shengde (魏生德) is an immigrant from Xihai Gu (西海固), residing in Yangliu Village (杨柳村), Xinzhuangji Township (新庄集乡), Hongsipu District (红寺堡区), Wuzhong City (吴忠市), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区). Some time ago, the local temperature dropped sharply, and Wei Shengde's (魏生德) two calves died. With the help of village officials, he received agricultural insurance compensation. Coupled with the wages he earned from working outside, his income increased rather than decreased.
In order to solve the problem of "one area of land unable to support its people" in the Xihai Gu (西海固) area, Ningxia (宁夏) has implemented six large-scale relocation projects for poverty alleviation, involving 1.23 million people. By promoting water conservancy facilities, wasteland reclamation, housing improvement and other projects, the production and living conditions of immigrants have continued to improve, and the per capita disposable income reached 16,481 yuan in 2024.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always been concerned about the immigrants in Xihai Gu (西海固), and instructed Ningxia (宁夏) to "improve the supporting policies for relocation, ensure that the relocated people can move out, stabilize, and become rich" and "implement the action to improve the wealth of one million immigrants."
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Ningxia (宁夏) continues to do a good job in the follow-up work of immigrant relocation, continuously improves the assistance mechanism, and millions of immigrants have taken root in their new homes, and their lives are getting better and better.
Cultivate industries, promote employment, and enhance the ability to become rich—
In Ganchengzi Village (甘城子村), Shaogang Town (邵岗镇), Qingtongxia City (青铜峡市), villager Lin Jinfang (林金方) is busy loading goods.
"I planted 12 mu of apples, some of which were sold to buyers, and some were sent to the processing plant in the village to be made into fruit preserves and dried fruit." Lin Jinfang (林金方) said with a smile, "The income per mu is nearly 20,000 yuan!"
Ganchengzi Village (甘城子村) is an immigrant village formed in the 1980s. In those years, immigrants used wasteland to plant apples. Today, apples have become a veritable "fruit of prosperity."
"The party committees and governments at all levels have helped us improve varieties, optimize management methods, and also helped us build cold storage, fruit processing plants, etc. This year, the village collective income is expected to exceed 1.5 million yuan," said Liu Xiguo (刘玺国), secretary of the village party branch.
To make up for shortcomings and introduce technology, the immigrant areas of Ningxia (宁夏) vigorously support rural collective economies and new business entities such as family farms and farmer cooperatives, and the agricultural industry has changed from weak to strong.
Since the beginning of this year, 81,000 breeding sheds have been built in the immigrant areas of Ningxia (宁夏), more than 290 planting parks have been developed, more than 300 leading agricultural enterprises have been introduced, and 320,000 immigrant laborers have been employed through vocational skills training and organized labor export.
Strengthen facilities, beautify the village appearance, and improve the livable level—
In Yongle Village (永乐村), Yongkang Town (永康镇), Shapotou District (沙坡头区), Zhongwei City (中卫市), the photographic works displayed on the roadside are the beautiful lives recorded by the villagers with their lenses.
Walking into the home of villager Shang Sijun (尚思军), the green dill and gypsophila planted indoors are full of vitality.
"Warm, right? Now we don't burn coal for heating anymore." Shang Sijun (尚思军) said, "It's clean and efficient, and the heating cost is much cheaper."
In accordance with the principle of "supplementing what is lacking," Ningxia (宁夏) is accelerating the improvement of infrastructure such as water, electricity, roads, gas, and sewage pipe networks in immigrant areas, and continuously improving the production and living conditions of immigrants.
At present, all immigrant villages in Ningxia (宁夏) have access to hardened roads, tap water, and electricity for production. The coverage rate of 5G networks and express delivery services has reached 89%, and the coverage rate of sewage pipe networks has reached 64%.
"We will focus on village, courtyard, and environmental management to allow immigrants to settle down comfortably in their new homes." Wang Jian (王建), Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区农业农村厅), introduced that public services in immigrant areas have reached the average level of the entire region.
Promote culture, change customs, and shape the spiritual outlook—
In the immigrant resettlement area of Zhongning County (中宁县), Zhongwei City (中卫市), the local farmers' chorus has repeatedly performed in other places; the grassroots sports events in the Xihai Gu (西海固) area have expanded to Yinchuan (银川), Wuzhong (吴忠) and other places...
In recent years, Ningxia (宁夏) has invested money, issued policies, and built positions to better meet the spiritual and cultural needs of farmers. At present, more than 2,200 farmer bookstores and nearly 600 farmer cultural courtyards are scattered in various villages in Ningxia (宁夏), and all administrative villages have built comprehensive cultural service centers.
Ningxia (宁夏) also guides villagers to formulate village rules and regulations in accordance with local conditions, and establishes red and white affairs councils, moral evaluation councils, etc., which greatly reduces the phenomena of comparing human relationships and extravagant handling of affairs.
"The happiness of children is the most important thing." In Haiyan Village (海燕村), Yanzidun Township (燕子墩乡), Huinong District (惠农区), Shizuishan City (石嘴山市), Lin Duoqin's (林朵琴) daughter got engaged without asking for a bride price. In the past two years, the proportion of "zero bride price" and "low bride price" in newly registered marriages in Ningxia (宁夏) has exceeded 60%.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, promote basic modern living conditions in rural areas, and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country. "Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, deeply studying, publicizing and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, Ningxia (宁夏) will continue to implement the action to improve the wealth of one million immigrants, coordinate the establishment of a normalized mechanism to prevent returning to poverty, enhance endogenous power, and stimulate the power and vitality of comprehensive rural revitalization." Li Yifei (李邑飞), Secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Party Committee (宁夏回族自治区党委书记), said.
Return to TopShanghai, December 6th (People's Daily reporter Shen Wenmin (沈文敏)) According to the latest statistics from Shanghai Customs (上海海关): The value of imports and exports on the " Chancay (钱凯) - Shanghai (上海)" sea route reached 5.35 billion yuan, and the volume of imports and exports reached 197,000 tons. The opening of the " Chancay (钱凯) - Shanghai (上海)" sea route will shorten the maritime transport time of goods between China and Peru from the past 35-40 days to 23 days, saving enterprises about 20% of logistics costs.
Driven by this route, in the first 10 months of this year, Shanghai's (上海) foreign trade import and export value to Peru (秘鲁) increased by 47.1% year-on-year. According to Peruvian (秘鲁) statistics, in the first 9 months of this year, Peru's (秘鲁) foreign trade vitality has been significantly enhanced, with exports increasing by 17.3% year-on-year, and China (中国) is its largest export destination country.
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"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition!" Zhang Xiaojun (张小军), chief commander of Launch Pad No. 1 at the Hainan Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site (海南文昌商业航天发射场), issued the command. At 15:53 on December 6, the Long March 8A carrier rocket (长征八号甲运载火箭) successfully launched the satellite internet low-orbit constellation 14 satellites into space.
Rocket power debugging, ground equipment inspection, fuel loading and gas supply... next to the densely packed process nodes are timelines marked with precision to the minute. "To ensure the 'space express' is 'shipped' on time, every step must be precisely timed." Looking up at the distant launch tower, Zhang Xiaojun (张小军) was full of confidence.
The "Proposal" of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party (党的二十届四中全会) proposed, "Focus on building emerging pillar industries" and "Accelerate the development of strategic emerging industry clusters such as new energy, new materials, aerospace, and the low-altitude economy."
Commercial aerospace is an emerging business format that provides aerospace products and services in a market-oriented manner. Today, relying on China's (中国) first commercial space launch site, Wenchang (文昌) is focusing on building an emerging pillar industry of commercial aerospace, and has initially formed a "three-chain synergy" architecture of rocket chain, satellite chain, and data chain.
Next to the launch site's measurement and control building, the base of China Great Wall Rocket Co., Ltd. (中国长征火箭有限公司) is brightly lit; across the road, in the Interstellar Glory (星际荣耀) carrier rocket assembly and testing reuse factory (Phase I), the rocket transfer and erection system is being debugged.
"We are accelerating the construction of supporting facilities, and in the future, we will rely on reusable technology to significantly reduce launch costs," said Peng Xiaobo (彭小波), Chairman and General Manager of Interstellar Glory Space Technology Co., Ltd. (星际荣耀航天科技集团股份有限公司).
A super factory extends and broadens the satellite industry chain. In Wenchang International Aerospace City (文昌国际航天城), a super factory with an annual output of 1,000 satellites is about to be put into production, which can realize a seamless connection of "satellite leaving the factory and launching"; at present, more than 20 upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain have signed contracts to settle down, and the whole-chain ecology of rocket research and development, satellite manufacturing, and launch measurement and control is becoming increasingly perfect.
Rockets send satellites into space, and satellites transmit data to the ground. The "Wenchang Supercomputing Constellation" (文昌超算星座) satellite flies over Wenchang (文昌) approximately every 90 minutes. According to user needs, the remote sensing image data taken by the satellite is received by the ground station, and after processing by the supercomputing center, directly usable satellite images are obtained within 1 hour.
"Three 'Wenchang Supercomputing Constellation' (文昌超算星座) satellites have been networked with the Changguang Satellite 'Jilin-1' (长光卫星‘吉林一号’) constellation, and while sharing data, they can provide a satellite perspective for Hainan's (海南) ecological protection," introduced Zou Guansheng (邹冠生), project manager of the Wenchang Aerospace Supercomputing Center (文昌航天超算中心).
"Aerospace companies all have a 'cost account.' If the launch cost is reduced and the supporting services are followed up, companies will naturally be willing to come," said Yang Tianliang (杨天梁), Chairman of Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. (海南国际商业航天发射有限公司).
"The launch was a complete success!" The big red screen was seen again in the measurement and control hall, and applause and cheers followed. Zhang Xiaojun (张小军) and his colleagues congratulated each other. Countless busy days and repeated successful launches have consolidated the industrial base.
"Deeply studying, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party (党的二十届四中全会精神), we will focus on building a modern industrial system with Hainan's (海南) characteristics and advantages, continuously improve the 'three-chain synergy' industrial architecture, and contribute to the high-standard construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港)," said Wang Fengyu (王凤宇), Deputy Director of the Wenchang International Aerospace City Administration (文昌国际航天城管理局).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 6th (Reporter Wang Yunshan (王云杉)) It was learned from the National Data Administration (国家数据局) that as of the end of September, the total amount of high-quality datasets built in China has exceeded 500PB (petabytes, a unit of computer storage capacity); 7 data labeling bases have introduced and cultivated 362 labeling companies, with 85,000 practitioners, driving a data labeling-related output value of 16.3 billion yuan.
High-quality datasets are a key resource for digital and intelligent innovation. In recent years, the National Data Administration (国家数据局) has jointly formulated policy documents with 26 departments, taking scenario applications as the guidance, promoting the construction of high-quality datasets in various industries and fields, deploying 140 pilot tasks, and organizing the formulation of 5 technical documents such as guidelines for the construction of high-quality datasets and testing methods.
Return to TopBeijing, December 6th (People's Daily reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)) - The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司): In November, the national railway cumulatively transported 184 million tons of coal, a year-on-year increase of 0.3%, of which 128 million tons were of thermal coal, maintaining a high level. The railway department is making every effort to ensure the transportation of coal for the winter supply. As of the end of November, the national railway direct-supply power plants had 88.23 million tons of coal in storage, which could last for 35.8 days, an increase of 1 day compared with the same period last year. Power plants with less than 15 days of coal storage have achieved dynamic clearing.
According to the person in charge of the Freight Department of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (中国国家铁路集团有限公司), in November, some areas of China experienced cold waves, strong winds, and cooling weather, and coal consumption continued to increase. The railway department focused on making good use of the Daqin (大秦), Tangbao (唐包), Wari (瓦日), and Haoji (浩吉) railways, major channels for transporting coal from the north to the south and from the west to the east, to enhance the transportation capacity of major coal-producing areas.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 罗珊珊 王东辉
Adhering to opening-up, cooperation, and mutual benefit is an inherent requirement of Chinese-style modernization.
Currently, the world is undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century, the international situation is intertwined with turbulence, global economic growth is weak, and the world is standing at a new crossroads. Where it goes from here will profoundly affect the future of the world.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China has always adhered to the fundamental national policy of opening up to the outside world and has taken practical actions to promote the construction of an open world economy." "China's door to the outside world will not be closed, but will only open wider and wider."
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal states: "Steadily expand institutional opening-up, maintain the multilateral trading system, expand international circulation, promote reform and development through opening-up, and share opportunities and common development with countries around the world."
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China has many favorable factors for proactively managing international space and shaping the external environment. It is necessary to seize opportunities to promote reform and development through opening-up and win strategic initiative in fierce international competition.
Actively Expand Autonomous Opening-up
Carefully reading the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, autonomous opening-up is one of the key words.
Expanding unilateral opening-up in areas and regions, building the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) to a high standard, and jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality... From this, we see the inherent characteristics of China's high-level opening-up that is independent, self-reliant, and confident.
"Autonomy has become a distinct feature of opening-up in the new era. This is a strategic choice made by our country in response to the needs of the times and in combination with China's actual conditions," said Zhang Wei (张威), Vice President of the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院).
Honey from Kyrgyzstan, ethnic costumes from Nigeria, Ceylon black tea from Sri Lanka... At the China International Import Expo (中国国际进口博览会) held last month, the "Global South" became an active trade increment.
From holding the CIIE, to granting 100% tariff-free treatment to the least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China, to implementing unilateral visa-free or comprehensive mutual visa-free policies for 76 countries around the world...
China is proactively opening up with rhythm, scope, and level, based on the fundamental needs of Chinese-style modernization and taking into account the needs of benign interaction with the world.
Autonomous opening-up means not blindly opening up, but combining it with the actual needs of development.
The deeper the reform, the higher the requirements for the level of opening-up; the higher the level of opening-up, the greater the promotion of reform.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's development environment faces profound and complex changes. Deepening reform and opening-up must steadily expand institutional opening-up and promote reform and development through opening-up.
On December 18, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), an important gateway for opening up to the outside world in the new era, will start full island customs closure operations. Yuan Xiaoming (袁晓明), Assistant Minister of Commerce (商务部), said that he supports the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) in actively connecting with international high-standard economic and trade rules and carrying out pilot projects. Focus on deepening institutional innovation in trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, expanding market opening, and fair market competition, promoting the connectivity and compatibility of rules, regulations, management, and standards, and creating a first-class business environment.
China's opening-up is not a "solo show," but a "grand chorus" that adheres to mutual benefit and win-win results.
Constructing the Serbia wind power project, the Dhaka-Ashulia Expressway in Bangladesh, etc., and managing the Luton Hospital in Kenya for 6 months, with outpatient volume and income increasing by 430% and 510% respectively... General Technology Group (通用技术集团) focuses on creating major landmark projects and "small but beautiful" livelihood projects to help countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" achieve economic development and improve people's livelihoods.
"Facing the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we will continue to focus on jointly building the 'Belt and Road' with high quality, focus on the 'hard connectivity' of infrastructure, deepen 'soft connectivity' relying on platforms such as the BRICS Innovation Base, strengthen cultural exchanges to promote 'heart connectivity,' and create a new paradigm for sustainable cooperation," said the relevant person in charge of General Technology Group (通用技术集团).
Promote Innovative Development of Trade
Foreign trade is not only an important engine for driving economic growth, but also a key starting point for expanding opening-up.
Looking back at the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's foreign trade withstood the pressure and showed resilience. The scale of trade in goods remained the world's largest, the scale of trade in services remained the world's second largest, and in 2024 it exceeded US$1 trillion for the first time.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, promoting the improvement of quality and efficiency of foreign trade and accelerating the construction of a strong trading nation are the inherent meanings of expanding international circulation. Tong Jiadong (佟家栋), distinguished professor at Nankai University (南开大学), said that the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal made arrangements for the innovative development of trade and put forward new requirements for the three pillars of a strong trading nation: trade in goods, trade in services, and digital trade.
Optimize and upgrade trade in goods, and market diversification and integration of domestic and foreign trade must be persistent.
At the 138th Canton Fair (广交会) that closed on November 4, the first foreign trade high-quality product expansion to domestic sales matchmaking event attracted many companies to participate. "We are now 'walking on two legs,' with domestic and foreign trade each accounting for 50%," said Lin Sheng (林盛), sales manager of Guangdong Maoming Longhai Jellyfish Group Co., Ltd. (广东茂名龙海海蜇集团有限公司). The company used to be a "one-legged" player with 90% of its business relying on foreign trade, but in the past two years, it has successfully developed customers in Guangzhou (广州), Foshan (佛山), Jiangmen (江门) and other places in Guangdong (广东).
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the optimization and upgrading of trade in goods has a richer level, with diversified layouts in domestic and international markets, balanced development of imports and exports, and accelerated cultivation of new driving forces such as green trade.
On October 30, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) issued the "Implementation Opinions on Expanding Green Trade," which accurately focuses on the weak links in China's green trade development, such as the shortcomings in the green and low-carbon development capabilities of enterprises and the potential for carbon reduction in the logistics sector, and formulated targeted measures.
Vigorously develop trade in services and encourage service exports.
At the beginning of this year, the domestic animated film "Ne Zha" (《哪吒之魔童闹海》) came "riding on wind and fire wheels" and rushed overseas, winning the global animated film box office champion; with the continuous optimization of visa-free, visa-on-arrival, and departure tax refund policies, inbound tourism continues to heat up, and the popularity of "China Shopping" is rising...
Currently, trade in services is increasingly becoming an important driving force for global trade growth. In line with the laws of trade development, China has accumulated an industrial foundation and institutional conditions for promoting innovation and upgrading of trade in services.
"The service industry is the focus and difficulty of autonomous opening-up in the next step. Compared with the manufacturing industry, the risks that may be brought about by expanding the opening-up of the service industry are greater, and there are higher requirements for scientific and efficient management," said Zhang Wei (张威). In the future, it is necessary to deepen the reform of the management system and mechanism in expanding opening-up, form a management method that is more in line with China's national conditions, and promote the improvement and upgrading of the service industry.
Innovatively develop digital trade and support the development of new business forms and models such as cross-border e-commerce.
Cross-border e-commerce is building a new way for "Made in China" to go overseas with unprecedented vitality and efficiency. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, digital trade still has great potential.
At 10 p.m., the air cargo station in the eastern district of Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport (杭州萧山机场) in Zhejiang (浙江) is brightly lit, and 7 warehouse entry channels are operating at high speed. Hangzhou Airport (杭州空港) Port has entered the export peak of the overseas promotion season. According to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs (杭州萧山机场海关) statistics, the daily export volume of cross-border e-commerce goods recently is about 600,000 orders. In the first 10 months, the international cargo volume of Hangzhou Airport (杭州空港) Port exceeded 200,000 tons, an increase of 9.54% year-on-year.
Expand the Space for Two-way Investment and Cooperation
China is moving towards a two-way opening-up that combines "bringing in" and "going out." Zhang Wei (张威) believes that this is an inevitable choice for China's opening-up and development to move towards a high-level stage, and it is also a common development law for global economic and trade powers.
"During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we must make full use of the advantages of a super-large-scale market, create a good investment environment, and attract foreign investment to invest in China. At the same time, we must guide the rational and orderly layout of the production and supply chain in the global market with a global vision and long-term strategic vision to enhance the resilience of international economic and trade," said Tong Jiadong (佟家栋).
Shape new advantages in attracting foreign investment and promote reinvestment of foreign investment in China.
Not long ago, BNP Paribas (法国巴黎银行) and Bank of Nanjing (南京银行) signed a strategic cooperation memorandum. Since 2005, the two parties have carried out all-round business cooperation. "Jiangsu (江苏) has a good business environment, a large market space, and a stable and active financial market. It is an investment hot spot that breeds unlimited opportunities," said Perno Fei (柏诺飞), CEO of BNP Paribas (法国巴黎银行). He said that he will deepen the strategic cooperation with Bank of Nanjing (南京银行) and strengthen resource sharing and exchanges.
Come and stay, invest and reinvest. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China completed the US$700 billion investment target proposed in the commercial development plan six months ahead of schedule.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, international competition for attracting investment will be more intense. It is necessary to polish the "Invest in China" brand and implement "access and operation" to create a transparent, stable, and predictable institutional environment.
This year, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and other departments issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Encourage Reinvestment in China by Foreign-Invested Enterprises," starting from practical issues such as land element allocation, optimizing and simplifying relevant handling procedures, and facilitating the use of foreign exchange funds, to encourage foreign-invested enterprises to reinvest in China and promote the realization of a virtuous cycle of "investment-profit retention-reinvestment-sustainable growth" for foreign businesses in China.
Improve the overseas comprehensive service system and guide the rational and orderly cross-border layout of the industrial chain and supply chain.
At the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Global Investment Conference held on November 3, the "Shenzhen Going Global e-Station" (深圳出海e站通) platform was awarded the pilot title of "Guangdong Enterprise Going Global Comprehensive Service Port" (粤企出海综合服务港).
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is urgent to improve the globalization capabilities of enterprises, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, and provide enterprises with various services such as pre-warning, mid-term support, and post-event rights protection to continuously enhance their ability to cope with risks.
The "Shenzhen Going Global e-Station" (深圳出海e站通), jointly created by the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce (广东深圳市商务局), the Qianhai Administration of Shenzhen (深圳市前海管理局), and many other units, has emerged as the times require and has achieved full-field and full-chain coverage from product going global, investment going global to service going global. At present, the platform has established stable cooperation with 44 overseas park operators in 32 countries, and its network covers Europe, the Middle East, ASEAN and other regions.
The clarion call of the "15th Five-Year Plan" has been sounded. China will continue to pursue an opening-up strategy of mutual benefit and win-win results, promote reform and development through opening-up, and share opportunities and common development with countries around the world.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 贺 勇 李亚楠
"This year, I sold more than 20,000 kilograms of new plums at 18 yuan per kilogram, which comes out to nearly 390,000 yuan in hand."
These are the words of Yimingjiang (依明江), a fruit farmer from Kepinaike Village (克皮乃克村), Yingmaili Town (英买里镇), Jiashi County (伽师县), Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区). "Before, I planted corn and cotton, and the income per mu (亩) per year was less than 1,000 yuan," Yimingjiang (依明江) recalled.
In 2005, based on the local natural conditions, the town encouraged farmers to plant new plums, and Yimingjiang (依明江) took out 6 mu (亩) of land to try it out. In 2012, the new plums reached their peak fruiting period, and one mu (亩) sold for 5,000 yuan.
"Now that we have a way to make money, we have to work harder." Yimingjiang (依明江) expanded the planting area of new plums. In 2020, the newly planted new plums also reached their peak fruiting period, and Yimingjiang's (依明江) family escaped poverty that year. Relying on the new plum industry, Jiashi County (伽师县) also removed its label as a poverty-stricken county in November of the same year.
Seeing the prospects, more and more people in Jiashi County (伽师县) are planting new plums. Yimingjiang (依明江) also contracted the village collective's land and expanded the planting area to 50 mu (亩). However, the picking season is only a short month, and the new plums are on the market all at once, so they cannot be sold at a good price.
"When it's good, it's six or seven yuan per kilogram, and when it's bad, you have to sell it for two or three yuan," said Yasenjiang Wufu'er (亚森江·吾甫尔), the mayor of Yingmaili Town (英买里镇). It's really worrying that fruit farmers can't make money from growing good fruit.
Only by building an industrial chain can everyone make money. In December 2021, Xinjiang Huiyuan New Plum Industry Development Co., Ltd. (新疆汇源新梅产业发展有限公司) settled in Jiashi County (伽师县), with an annual processing capacity of over 100,000 tons. Yimingjiang's (依明江) family's new plums are processed into new plum juice and sold all over the country.
"Jingdong (京东), Huiyuan (汇源), and Baiguoyuan (百果园) have all come," Yimingjiang (依明江) said. With processing enterprises, the new plums will not rot in the ground because they cannot be sold.
"If the fruit farmers have hope, then the work we did before was worth it," said Xing Jianjin (邢建金), Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Commerce and Industrial Information Technology Bureau of Jiashi County (伽师县商务和工业信息化局). "Before, when we were attracting investment, people didn't understand us here, so how could they feel at ease investing money here?" At that time, Xing Jianjin (邢建金) spent less time sitting in the office and more time running around to various places, listing suitable enterprises and visiting them one by one to introduce resource advantages, and then inviting them to Jiashi County (伽师县) for on-the-spot inspections. "Fortunately, we do have resource and industrial advantages, coupled with constantly improving supporting facilities, which have successively attracted 25 leading enterprises, and now we have 22 kinds of refined and deep-processed products."
Today, the new plum industry in Jiashi County (伽师县) has formed a complete industrial chain from planting to processing and sales. "Even the packaging is produced by enterprises in the county." Every year, Yimingjiang (依明江) purchases plastic baskets and cartons from Qichuang Plastic Packaging Products Co., Ltd. (启创塑料包装制品有限公司) in the New Plum Industrial Park (新梅产业园) in the county, which can produce 50,000 sets of packaging per day.
With enterprises purchasing, how should the fruits be transported out? "Fresh fruits are easily damaged during transportation without cold chain storage," Yimingjiang (依明江) said.
The introduced enterprises brought a solution: building cold storage. Aid to Xinjiang funds, rural revitalization funds, and enterprise investment worked together to build a cold chain storage system with a total storage capacity of 500,000 tons, with ten-thousand-ton-level in the county, thousand-ton-level in the township, and hundred-ton-level in the central village. "The new plums are picked and put into cold storage for staggered sales, which not only keeps them fresh but also allows them to be sold at a good price," Yimingjiang (依明江) said.
"It's still more convenient to cooperate with large growers like you. It's too much trouble for us to negotiate prices with individual fruit farmers who grow less," a fruit merchant's casual remark gave Yimingjiang (依明江) a new way out.
"There needs to be an intermediary between fruit merchants and small growers, so I'll be the matchmaker, helping fruit farmers sell 1 kilogram and taking a commission of 50 cents to 1 yuan." In recent years, Yimingjiang's (依明江) own new plum income has been 300,000 to 400,000 yuan, and he also acts as an agent for other fruit farmers' new plums, making money for himself and helping his fellow villagers increase their income, a win-win situation.
"I bought a car and a house in the county seat, and I'll move there after it's renovated this year."
"You're about to become a city dweller!" someone joked.
"No way, I'm still going to grow new plums. Now that the new plums are famous, there are more tourists, so I'll renovate the houses in the village and open farmhouses," Yimingjiang (依明江) replied with a smile.
"The new plum industry in Jiashi County (伽师县) is striving to develop from 'whether it exists' to 'whether it is excellent'," introduced Liu Renshen (刘壬珅), member of the Standing Committee of the Jiashi County (伽师县委) Party Committee. The county's new plum planting area has reached 570,000 mu (亩), with 450,000 mu (亩) bearing fruit this year and a yield of over 390,000 tons, accounting for 50% and 70% of the country's planting area and yield, respectively; the total output value of the new plum industry chain has exceeded 10 billion yuan, driving employment for more than 200,000 people, and the per capita income of farmers in the county has reached 17,000 yuan.
This issue's overall planning: Zhang Anyu (张安宇)
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Industrial assistance plays an important role in the economic development of formerly impoverished areas and the income growth of people who have been lifted out of poverty. Since the transition period, all 832 formerly impoverished counties across the country have formed 2 to 3 leading industries, and 3/4 of the people who have been lifted out of poverty have established a benefit-sharing mechanism with new agricultural business entities. Various regions rely on the construction of industrial parks, brand cultivation, cold chain logistics, and the integration of agriculture and tourism to promote the transformation of industries from scale expansion to quality development.
However, long-term industrial cultivation still faces challenges, including product homogenization, insufficient regional coordination, weak linkage mechanisms with farmers, and low efficiency in resource allocation and utilization. Many of these are common problems faced by formerly impoverished areas. For example, the situation encountered in the development of the Gashi County (伽师县) new plum industry is related to the local funding, talent, technology, and other factors not keeping up.
To promote the sustainable development of assistance industries, we must first start from the production side, shifting from emphasizing quantity to emphasizing quality, and avoid drastic price fluctuations caused by disorderly industrial expansion. Create regional public brands to enhance market competitiveness, cooperate across regions based on resource endowments and industrial distribution, and promote the clustered development of industries; improve the benefit-sharing mechanism through order-based production and full-process technical services to ensure the healthy development of industries.
Secondly, improve the use and management of subsidies for promoting rural revitalization. More than 60% of the transitional funds are required to be invested in industries, while some local governments mainly use them to expand production scale, leading to overproduction. It is recommended to encourage the moderate use of funds for brand and industrial chain construction according to the actual needs of industrial development, and to strengthen fund supervision.
In addition, strengthen the role of science and technology special teams to solve problems such as insufficient technology and talent. A database of experts from science and technology special teams can be established, and formerly impoverished counties can invite experts to provide guidance based on actual needs, increase the pertinence of technical services, and allow science and technology assistance to better play its role.
(The author is a professor at the School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), interviewed and compiled by Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopOn December 6th, the "Yichun (伊春)" tourist train was put into trial operation. More than 40 invited tourists departed from Harbin (哈尔滨) Railway Station in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province on the special train to the Yabuli (亚布力) Ski Tourism Resort. The tourist train consists of five themed carriages, featuring band performances, traditional ethnic skills performances, and more.
Since the beginning of this year, China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路哈尔滨局集团有限公司) has successively launched a number of tourist trains, integrating characteristic experiences, folk customs displays, and customized services to meet the needs of tourists.
Return to TopBy: 金社平
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, which was extremely unusual and extraordinary, China's economy has progressed steadily, reaching a new level and fully demonstrating its unique advantages.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has profoundly understood the laws of economic development and the overall development situation. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) made a major judgment: "The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are even more prominent."
Profoundly understanding the advantages and making full use of them are the basic prerequisites and important methods for doing a good job in economic work.
Give full play to the "four major advantages," maintain strategic focus, and constantly transform advantages into victories and potential into strength.
(I)
In the cold winter season, the sprint is in full swing. On December 2, with the completion of the last truck of concrete pouring, the Hewu High-speed Railway (合武高铁) across the Hurong Expressway (沪蓉高速) Extra Large Bridge was successfully closed, laying the foundation for the completion and opening of the entire line on schedule.
The entire journey from Chengdu (成都) in Sichuan (四川) to Shanghai (上海) will be shortened from 12.2 hours to less than 7 hours. After the completion of the Yuyi High-speed Railway (渝宜高铁), Yuwan High-speed Railway (渝万高铁), Hewu High-speed Railway (合武高铁) and other high-speed railway projects along the Yangtze River (长江), they will be deeply integrated with the existing railway network and connected in multiple directions, forming a rapid passenger transport channel between the Sichuan-Chongqing (川渝) area and Central and Eastern China, and promoting the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Across the country, the construction of "two major projects" is in full swing. From transportation infrastructure along the Yangtze River (长江) such as the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River, airports along the Yangtze River, and trunk highways along the Yangtze River, to the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程), urban underground pipe networks, and high-standard farmland construction, the construction of "two major projects" is adding impetus to promoting Chinese-style modernization, promoting high-quality development, and grasping the initiative in development.
Investment is current demand and future supply. The "two major projects" focus on urgent development needs, problems that cannot be solved by conventional means, things that have been wanted to be done for many years but have not been done, and major and important matters that need to be promoted at the central level, fully demonstrating the institutional advantage of concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Institutional advantage is the greatest advantage of a country, and institutional competition is the most fundamental competition between countries."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), from the construction of major national projects to tackling major scientific and technological projects, from winning the battle against poverty to steadily promoting common prosperity, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), we have kept pace with the times to give play to the institutional advantage of concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks, and promoted the Chinese economic ship to ride the wind and waves and move forward steadily.
"The greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党)." The long-term governance of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) can avoid the policy short-sightedness and frequent changes in policies under the Western multi-party system, ensure that a blueprint is drawn to the end, and provide an important "anchor of stability" for China's long-term economic development.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) clarified the principles that must be followed for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and the first is to adhere to the Party's overall leadership. The more critical the period and the more arduous the task, the more necessary it is to strengthen the Party's overall leadership and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), and implement the Party Central Committee's (党中央) requirements for high-quality development in all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development.
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This is a large market envied by the world.
Online retail sales have ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years, the scale of trade in goods has ranked first in the world for 8 consecutive years, and the world's largest consumer market calculated by purchasing power parity... A super-large market composed of more than 1.4 billion people has unlimited prospects.
In today's world, the most scarce resource is the market.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Market resources are a huge advantage of our country, and we must make full use of and give play to this advantage, constantly consolidate and enhance this advantage, and form a strong support for building a new development pattern."
Today, the "Chinese market" under the guidance of the new development concept has advantages not only in its large scale, but also in its thick potential, rich levels, new models, and deep openness.
With a more solid foundation, the "Chinese market" has greater potential. At present, China's per capita GDP has remained stable above 13,000 US dollars, which is a critical period for consumption expansion and upgrading, and the "Chinese market" has broad room for growth.
With richer demand, the "Chinese market" has more momentum. The "Village Gala" has boosted rural cultural tourism, and the "Su Chao" has leveraged the ticket stub economy. In recent years, the development of cultural economy and cultural tourism integration has been in full swing, and China's consumption structure is accelerating its transformation from commodity consumption-led to service consumption-led.
With more surging innovation, the "Chinese market" has greater vitality. "Millet economy," trendy toy blind boxes, and other trends have become new trends, and "artificial intelligence + consumption" and "IP + consumption" have become new growth points... New consumption formats are integrated and innovated, and new consumption momentum is continuously cultivated.
With deeper opening up, the "Chinese market" has broader space. The "Qiankai-Shanghai (上海)" direct flight route reduces logistics costs by about 20%; the number of exhibitors and the intended transaction amount at the 8th China International Import Expo (进博会) reached record highs... Open cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win results make the super-large market an opportunity for the world.
Today's large Chinese market has more than 500 million packages flowing every day, 34 billion yuan of online transactions in physical goods, and the efficient flow, precise collaboration, and vigorous surge of people flow, logistics, capital flow, and data flow, and the effective and orderly allocation of market resources.
By 2027, 3 trillion-level consumption fields and 10 hundred-billion-level consumption hotspots will be formed; by 2030, a high-quality development pattern of benign interaction and mutual promotion between supply and consumption will be basically formed...
What kind of market to build largely determines the future of the Chinese economy. Adhere to expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point, enhance the supply-demand matching of consumer goods on the one hand, and promote the construction of a unified national market in depth on the other hand, to provide a solid strategic support and strong development vitality for promoting Chinese-style modernization.
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Drones, humanoid robots... These iconic products of the artificial intelligence era are inseparable from a key material - ultra-thin electrical steel strip.
With a thickness of only 1/4 of A4 paper and a deviation stable at ±1 micron... This material, known in the industry as "ultra-thin hand-torn electrical steel," was once stuck in the "throat" of the localization of the high-end equipment supply chain due to rolling technology bottlenecks.
Today, a small and micro enterprise established only 5 years ago, Huayu Zhizao (Shanghai) New Materials Co., Ltd. (华誉智造（上海）新材料有限公司), has finally achieved mass production after hard work. "It has broken through foreign technical barriers in one fell swoop, allowing high-end equipment to have the first domestic 'heart' with 'millimeter-level volume, micron-level precision, and millisecond-level response'," said Chairman Huang Sui (黄穗).
A towering tree must have its roots. In recent years, the Chinese economy has continued to climb to new heights, and the advantage of a complete industrial system is a solid foundation.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "A modern industrial system is the material and technical foundation of a modern country, and we must focus on developing the economy on the real economy."
At sea, the first domestically produced large cruise ship "Adora Magic City (爱达·魔都号)" has been built and put into operation; on land, the world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, Shidaowan (石岛湾) base, has been put into commercial operation; in the sky, the first Chinese space station "Tiangong (天宫)" has been fully built and put into operation, and the first domestically produced large aircraft C919 developed in accordance with international common airworthiness standards has achieved commercial flight... Behind the high-quality development of the Chinese economy during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the solid support of the world's largest, most complete, and most complete manufacturing system.
In the competition between major powers, the industrial system is a strategic focus. The shorter the list of "bottleneck" problems and the longer the list of independent and controllable problems, the more we can master the initiative in industrial competition and national development.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) deployed 12 strategic tasks, and the first is to "build a modern industrial system and consolidate and strengthen the foundation of the real economy." Aiming at the shortcomings and weaknesses of building a modern industrial system, we will continue to draw a new chapter in industry with innovation and build a strong country with practical work.
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One exam, Greater Bay Area (湾区) certification.
Zhuhai (珠海) and Macao (澳门) are geographically close and have complementary industries. In the past, the inconsistency of skill evaluation standards and the non-recognition of certificates restricted the flow of talent.
Today, Zhuhai (珠海) and Macao (澳门) have jointly established a vocational skill level identification alliance. One exam can obtain 3 vocational skill certificates from the mainland and Macao, promoting "talent flow" with "soft connectivity."
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院院士) Han Enhou (韩恩厚) chose to start a second business in Guangdong (广东), and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院院士) Yan Ning (颜宁) founded the Academy of Medical Sciences in Shenzhen (深圳)... To build a talent highland in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), Guangdong (广东) is making great efforts to introduce, cultivate, and use talent well.
Talent is the primary resource. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Talent is an important indicator for measuring a country's comprehensive national strength."
The population with higher education has reached 250 million, the total number of skilled workers exceeds 220 million, and the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel ranks first in the world... China has become the world's largest talent resource country with the largest scale and the most complete categories.
A solid talent base is the confidence to steadily promote Chinese-style modernization.
"Gather talents from all over the world and use them." To make good use of the advantages of abundant human resources, we must accelerate the formation of a cultivation mechanism conducive to the growth of talent, a use mechanism conducive to making the best use of talent, an incentive mechanism conducive to talent to display their abilities, and a competition mechanism conducive to talent to stand out, and constantly transform talent advantages into innovation advantages and development advantages.
A good environment attracts talent and prospers careers. To make good use of the advantages of abundant human resources, we must adhere to creating an environment that values, loves, respects, and uses talent, vigorously cultivate an innovation culture, establish a correct view of talent, and promote the social ethos of valuing work, cherishing skills, and celebrating creativity.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal makes special arrangements for "promoting the development of education, science and technology, and talent in an integrated manner." Respecting the laws, being people-oriented, being eager for talent, and not sticking to one pattern, gathering outstanding talents from all fields to the cause of the Party and the people, Chinese-style modernization will surely usher in a magnificent picture of thousands of sails racing and ten thousand horses galloping.
Talking about advantages is to further strengthen advantages.
Happiness will not fall from the sky. Making good use of advantages and giving play to advantages depends on hard work, struggle, and hard work. Unswervingly doing our own things well and following our own path, in the continuous struggle of promoting strengths and overcoming weaknesses, consolidating the foundation and promoting innovation, we will steadily and step by step advance Chinese-style modernization.
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In recent days, the 3rd Global Think Tank Dialogue Conference of the Global South, jointly 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 (上海). With the theme of "Joint Self-Strengthening: Responsibilities and Actions of the Global South," the conference brought together approximately 350 representatives, including leaders of political parties and think tank scholars from over 120 countries, to engage in in-depth discussions on exploring independent paths to modernization, jointly promoting the reform of the global governance system, deepening South-South cooperation, and strengthening North-South dialogue. Foreign guests attending the conference expressed their willingness to work with China (中国) to advance common modernization and the transformation of the global governance system, jointly creating a peaceful, secure, prosperous, and sustainable future.
"Helping More Global South Countries Strengthen Their Confidence in Development"
From the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大会址) to the Gubei Civic Center (古北市民中心), from the humanoid robot innovation incubator to the headquarters of artificial intelligence enterprises... On the afternoon of December 3, more than 100 foreign representatives visited memorial halls, grassroots communities, and cutting-edge science and technology positions to learn about the century-long history of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and experience the vivid practice of Chinese-style modernization.
At the Memorial Hall of the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共一大会址纪念馆), Mahamadou Bako, Director of the Niger National Center for Strategic and Security Studies, took out his mobile phone to take pictures non-stop and took photos under the flag of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). He said, "The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) has led the Chinese people (中国人民) out of an independent development path. Global South countries gather here to dialogue, understand China's (中国) development experience and political wisdom, which will help more Global South countries strengthen their confidence in development and achieve development and prosperity."
Over the past 10 years, the Hongqiao Subdistrict Gubei Civic Center (虹桥街道古北市民中心) in Changning District (长宁区), Shanghai (上海) has solicited opinions from 47,273 people and submitted 5,448 suggestions, of which 434 have been adopted. Tinatin Sisinashvili, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Caucasus China Research Association, said, "Everyone can participate in discussions on important topics, which is very important for the community and the country. China's (中国) whole-process people's democracy is worth learning from."
Rennan Bokhirer, CEO of the Nepal Himalayan Research Foundation, has participated in the dialogue activities for two consecutive years. He marveled at China's (中国) great progress in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as the speed at which new technologies are being implemented in various industries. "For Nepal, modernization is not an optional question, but a compulsory one." He said that China's (中国) experience in technological innovation is worth learning from. "Global South countries need more opportunities and platforms for equal and mutually trusting exchanges to promote their respective long-term development."
"China's (中国) successful practice confirms that Global South countries can achieve modernization on the basis of adhering to long-term thinking, hard work, and national unity and stability." Victor Villanueva, a senior researcher at the Dominican Republic Global Democracy and Development Foundation, said that Latin America and China (中国) can further strengthen exchanges and mutual learning and build a bridge for common progress on the basis of equality, respect, and mutual benefit.
"China (中国) has proven to the world that Global South countries can independently choose a path to modernization based on their own national conditions, history, and cultural traditions. China's (中国) success has brought experience and confidence in independent development to more Global South countries," said Erik Solheim, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
"The Four Global Initiatives Help Further Deepen South-South Cooperation"
In recent years, the Global South has grown remarkably, accounting for more than 40% of the global economy and contributing 80% to world economic growth. It has become a key force in maintaining international peace, driving world development, and improving global governance. Promoting the construction of a more fair and reasonable global governance system is a common call of the representatives attending the meeting.
"At the recently concluded Belém Climate Summit, Brazil (巴西), together with China (中国) and the European Union (欧盟), jointly launched the 'Carbon Emission Trading Market Opening Alliance' to promote international cooperation in the carbon market to a deeper level. This is a positive attempt to promote the construction of a more fair and reasonable international order through multilateral cooperation," said Sergio Goldbaum, a professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Public Policy and Government. He said that Global South countries must join hands to jointly maintain and practice multilateralism.
Pochin Ponglajun, former Speaker of the Thai Parliament and President of the Thai-Chinese Cultural and Economic Association, believes that the Global South Think Tank Dialogue can play a key role in issues such as technology exchange, food security, and climate change. Global South countries can contribute new ideas, build new partnerships, and explore new models of cooperation.
"Zambia (赞比亚) firmly supports the four global initiatives proposed by China (中国)." Zambian Vice President Mutale Nalumango said, "Promoting the construction of a more just and reasonable international order and achieving peace, security, and stability are the common aspirations of Global South countries and the fundamental guarantee for sharing development results. The exchange platform built by the Global South Think Tank Dialogue is crucial for Global South countries to focus on common challenges and explore collaborative innovation."
"Global South countries work together to enhance their representation in global affairs, which is the common vision of all countries for fairness, justice, and prosperous development." Mohammad Sajjad, head of the Indian Global South Geoeconomics Research Center, believes that "Global South countries have the ability to promote the improvement of the global governance system, and the four global initiatives proposed by China (中国) will help further deepen South-South cooperation."
Diego Carliolo, an Asian affairs expert at the Argentine Ideas Foundation, believes that the reform and improvement of the global governance system should adhere to the principles of equal sovereignty of all countries and peaceful settlement of disputes. "A stable, developed, and fair international environment is a prerequisite for the Global South to further integrate into the global market and enhance its voice."
"China (中国) sincerely contributes wisdom and strength to the common modernization of the Global South"
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal puts forward "supporting the Global South to unite and strengthen itself, increasing foreign aid, and providing more international public goods," demonstrating China's (中国) firm determination to continue to promote the common modernization of the Global South. During the dialogue, the organizers held a special promotion meeting to systematically explain the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (中共二十届四中全会). Representatives attending the meeting believe that China (中国) is a "pragmatist" and "actionist" in South-South cooperation. The blueprint drawn by the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal provides "beneficial inspiration and cooperation opportunities" for Global South countries.
Mutinda Kule, Director of the Africa-China Research Center at the University of Nairobi (内罗毕大学) in Kenya (肯尼亚), told reporters about the changes in transportation in Kenya (肯尼亚) in recent years: the Nairobi Expressway (内罗毕快速路) invested, developed, constructed, and operated by Chinese companies has reduced the travel time from the city to the airport from 2 hours to 20 minutes, and the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway (蒙内铁路) has made transportation from the Port of Mombasa (蒙巴萨港) to Nairobi (内罗毕) more convenient. Kule said, "China's (中国) contribution is always reflected in practical actions. China (中国) is the most trustworthy partner of Global South countries."
"Traveling around the world, I can truly see the changes brought about by China (中国)." Solheim said that just last month, the TAZARA activation project started; solar cells from China (中国) are promoting green transformation in many countries; DeepSeek has made great breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence... Under the promotion of China (中国), South-South cooperation has become an important force in global development and will continue to contribute to shaping a greener and more multipolar world.
"China (中国) sincerely contributes wisdom and strength to the common modernization of the Global South." Oleg Makarov, Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, said, "From infrastructure, culture and education to technological innovation, China's (中国) development experience is worth learning from by Global South countries. The Global South Think Tank Cooperation Alliance, as an exchange platform, also contributes global South wisdom to building consensus."
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The longer the situation is delayed, the greater the negative impact on Japan. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s withdrawal of her erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan is the most responsible course of action at present.
Recently, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) openly linked "a Taiwan emergency" with the exercise of collective self-defense, implying that Japan might intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait issue. This erroneous statement attempts to challenge China's core interests, and China immediately lodged a solemn representation and strong protest. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s actions shortly after taking office have triggered a serious diplomatic storm, greatly damaging the relationship jointly forged by the older generation of politicians in Japan and China, which is deeply regrettable.
For a long time, Japan-China relations have followed the principles established by the four political documents, which constitute the political foundation for the development of Japan-China relations. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s rash remarks completely subverted the high degree of prudence maintained by successive Japanese governments on the Taiwan issue, seriously deviating from the relevant content on the Taiwan issue in the 1972 Japan-China Joint Statement, such as "The Government of Japan recognizes the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China" and "Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China," and seriously violated the legally binding political documents between Japan and China.
Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) lacks experience in important positions such as diplomacy and defense, and her right-wing conservative stance cannot conceal her shortcomings in governing experience. Her self-inflated political style after taking office has further aggravated the randomness and rashness of her speeches. The question system in the Japanese Diet is extremely strict, and the negative effects of Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s answers are fermenting at home and abroad.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. Memorial activities around the world remind people not to forget the war and to learn from history. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) must deeply learn from historical lessons, face up to the profound disasters that Japanese militarism once brought to China, Asia, and the world, and Japan itself also paid a heavy price in the war of aggression. In post-war Japanese society, most people hold a reflective attitude towards the war, but there are still some people, including some politicians, who deny or even beautify the history of aggression and colonial rule. This will undoubtedly hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and is also a desecration of historical facts.
Japan-China peace and friendship not only conform to the fundamental interests of both countries, but are also the only correct choice for maintaining regional peace and stability. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan have caused a huge impact on Japan-China relations, and promoting the improvement of Japan-China relations is an unshirkable responsibility of the Japanese Prime Minister and the expectation of the Japanese people.
Currently, Japan-China relations are at a crossroads. The longer the situation is delayed, the greater the negative impact on Japan. Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗)'s withdrawal of her erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan is the most responsible course of action at present.
(The author is the Vice President and Secretary-General of the Japan Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army Comrades Association)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, San Francisco, December 5th (Reporter Wu Xiaoling (吴晓凌)) - The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) and the City Government of Oakland (奥克兰市政府), California, USA, jointly hosted the "Port of Opportunity: China-U.S. Business Exchange Breakfast" in Oakland (奥克兰) on the 5th.
Ren Hongbin (任鸿斌), Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会), said in his speech that China is unswervingly promoting high-quality development and expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, which will provide broad development space for cooperation with China for the business communities of all countries, including the United States. The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) is willing to work with its U.S. partners to take more positive actions to enhance mutual understanding between the people of the two countries, expand pragmatic economic and trade cooperation, and make greater contributions to promoting the development of bilateral relations.
Oakland (奥克兰) Mayor Barbara Lee (芭芭拉·李) said that Oakland (奥克兰) is one of the most dynamic port cities in California. As an important transportation hub and trade gateway on the west coast of the United States, the Port of Oakland (奥克兰港) has maintained close economic and trade ties with China for a long time. The City of Oakland (奥克兰市) is willing to provide more convenience for promoting cooperation between U.S. and Chinese companies in areas such as green technology, port logistics, clean energy, the digital economy, and cultural tourism and education.
The participating U.S. business community generally expressed that against the background of weak global economic recovery and supply chain reshaping, cooperation between U.S. and Chinese companies is in the interests of both parties. They hope to continue to strengthen direct communication with Chinese companies, industry associations, and local governments through exchange and cooperation platforms such as the China International Supply Chain Expo, promote the implementation of more cooperative projects in green technology, infrastructure, innovation and entrepreneurship, and trade and investment, and jointly promote technological innovation and mutual benefit and 互利共赢 (hù lì gòng yíng - "mutual benefit win-win," a win-win situation).
More than 100 people from the fields of agricultural food, logistics and transportation, financial services, mechanical and electronic products, cross-border trade, and biomedicine participated in the event.
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The "Understanding China" International Conference 2025 was held in Guangzhou (广州) recently. During the conference, former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf (伊萨姆·沙拉夫) said in an interview with this reporter that against the backdrop of the current complex and volatile international situation, "China is playing the role of a 'stabilizing anchor,' benefiting the world through its own development and continuing to make positive contributions to global development."
This was Sharaf's fiftieth visit to China. "Every time I come to China, I can feel the earth-shaking changes. China's speed and quality of development are admirable," Sharaf said. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China achieved remarkable results in many fields, its economic aggregate reached a new level, and its overall national strength significantly increased. "What impressed me most is that China has put forward four major global initiatives, which conform to the universal aspirations of the people of all countries, meet the urgent needs of the world today, provide important support for all countries, especially developing countries, and contribute wisdom and strength to reforming and improving global governance," Sharaf said.
In Sharaf's view, "significant achievements in high-quality development" is listed as the first major goal of economic and social development in the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, demonstrating China's clear development path. "China pays more attention to the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy, accelerates high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and leads the development of new quality productive forces. This will not only promote China's scientific and technological progress and continuous improvement of its development level, but also inject new impetus into world development," Sharaf said.
Sharaf said that in the context of the current accelerated evolution of changes unseen in a century, China is making important contributions to human peace and development with pragmatic actions. China adheres to the global governance concept of consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits, promotes the construction of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, and provides a new practical path for improving the global governance system. Sharaf said: "China firmly safeguards the international order, which is crucial to a world intertwined with chaos."
"China has taken further comprehensively deepening reform as the fundamental driving force for promoting Chinese-style modernization, and has achieved remarkable results in promoting high-quality development and expanding high-level opening up to the outside world," Sharaf said. "China's development experience is worth learning from. This will continue to help other countries, especially the countries of the Global South, move towards prosperity." He said that the Chinese-style modernization process is closely linked to global prosperity, and China's development achievements are also benefiting the world through pragmatic cooperation.
In recent years, Sharaf has actively participated in Egyptian-Chinese and Arab-Chinese civilization exchanges, and he very much agrees with the "harmony but not uniformity" ("和而不同") concept advocated by China. He believes that while China's economy and society are developing rapidly, it is actively promoting the inheritance and development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. The Global Civilization Initiative is of great significance for promoting the inclusive coexistence, exchange, and mutual learning of civilizations. China and other countries are continuously increasing people-to-people and cultural exchanges, consolidating the foundation for peaceful development.
Sharaf believes that at present, the representation and voice of the countries of the Global South in the global governance system still need to be improved. The global governance initiative, which takes adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating people-centeredness, and emphasizing action-orientedness as its core concepts, is an important measure to address global challenges and defend multilateralism. He expects the international community to strengthen cooperation under this initiative framework, better respond to the common concerns of the people of all countries, and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 6th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on the 6th: At the invitation of Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit China from December 8th to 9th.
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Wearing VR glasses, Kabelo, a ninth-grade student from Phumana Secondary School in South Africa, embarked on a magical space exploration journey with a virtual character in the game. "This is my first time experiencing VR equipment. The immersive feeling is amazing. I feel like I'm really traveling in space on a spaceship," Kabelo excitedly told reporters at the "Listening to Science Space" in South Africa, saying that this high-tech experience was fascinating.
Recently, the "Listening to Science Space," jointly built by the China Science and Technology Museum (中国科学技术馆) and the South African Sci-Bono Discovery Centre (南非科技博诺科学中心), was officially opened to the public. Covering an area of approximately 200 square meters, the "Listening to Science Space" has four distinctive exhibition areas: "Thinking Training," "Intangible Cultural Heritage Science," "VR Experience," and "Amazing Gadgets," showcasing many classic projects from the China Science and Technology Museum (中国科学技术馆). Among them, "Intangible Cultural Heritage Science" showcases the scientific ingenuity in traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritage skills. Visitors can experience Suzhou embroidery (苏绣) needlework through interactive installations, explore the "light-transmitting" mystery of ancient bronze mirrors, and feel the spirit of unity in dragon boat racing. A science education activity area is also set up here, where open science classes will be held regularly to allow visitors to experience the fun of science through hands-on practice.
John Sibeko (约翰·西贝科) is a teacher at Phumana Secondary School (弗马纳中学). He specially organized 15 students to visit the "Listening to Science Space." In the "Thinking Training" exhibition area, the students were very interested in an experimental device called the "Nail Bridge" (see photo, reported by Dai Kairan (戴楷然), our reporter). When the power is turned on, the small iron nails connect to form a "bridge"; when the power is turned off, the small iron nails fall off. "Is it because of the magnetic field?" "Has the magnetic field disappeared?" Faced with the students' questions, Cecil (塞西尔), an explainer at the South African Sci-Bono Discovery Centre (南非科技博诺科学中心), replied: "That's right, this is the principle of 'opposite magnetic poles attract each other' that we have learned. The existence of the magnetic field connects the small iron nails, and when the magnetic field disappears, the small iron nails naturally fall off." In addition to electromagnetic knowledge, students also learned about knowledge in the fields of photoelectric propagation, mechanics applications, and spatial geometry through experimental equipment.
In the "Amazing Gadgets" exhibition area, two flexible bionic robot dogs are very popular. Under the guidance of Chinese staff, Kabelo (卡贝洛) and his classmate Quabe (夸贝) operated the instructions, and the bionic robot dogs began to walk, jump, and also made movements such as bowing and making love gestures, which aroused cheers from the students. "The various movements of the bionic robot dogs are flexible and smooth, it's amazing. I want to study science well, and I want to have my own inventions when I grow up," Quabe (夸贝) said full of longing.
During the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit (中非合作论坛北京峰会), the China Association for Science and Technology (中国科学技术协会) and the South African Department of Science and Innovation (南非科学创新部) signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation. In March of this year, the China Science and Technology Museum (中国科学技术馆) and the South African Sci-Bono Discovery Centre (南非科技博诺科学中心) signed a cooperation agreement to jointly build the "Listening to Science Space." "This project brings together rich exhibition and education resources and interactive experiences, which helps to stimulate the curiosity and scientific and technological innovation interest of South African students. It is an important practice for South Africa and China to cooperate in promoting science education," said Mfanelo Ntsobi (姆法内洛·恩索比), CEO of the South African Sci-Bono Discovery Centre (南非科技博诺科学中心).
Sibeko (西贝科) told reporters: "These experimental equipment and advanced scientific and technological achievements from China are both educational and entertaining, allowing children to personally experience the fun of science and increase their love for scientific knowledge." Yin Lin (尹霖), Deputy Curator of the China Science and Technology Museum (中国科学技术馆), said that the "Listening to Science Space" is the first "small but beautiful" science popularization project of the China Science and Technology Museum (中国科学技术馆) to be launched in Africa. As a "model room" for high-quality science popularization resource exhibition and education interaction, the project will promote Sino-South African science education exchanges and jointly improve public scientific literacy through science education display, interactive experience, and joint activities.
(Reported from Johannesburg by our reporter)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, December 6 (Reporters Wang Jiawei (王嘉伟) and Tao Fangwei (陶方伟)) The China Society for Human Rights Studies organized an exchange delegation on the National Human Rights Action Plan to visit Indonesia and Malaysia from December 1st to 6th.
The exchange delegation participated in the international seminars "Human Rights and Development" and "Human Rights Protection in the Digital Age" in Indonesia and Malaysia, respectively, and held in-depth exchanges with ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Astana Abdul Aziz, Indonesian Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Anita A. Wahid, Chairperson of the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission Anis Hidayah, Director of the Policy Research Office of the Legal Department of the Malaysian Prime Minister's Office Kevin G. Mengken, and other human rights affairs officials and local think tank research institutions.
The exchange delegation focused on elaborating on General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on respecting and protecting human rights, the profound connotation of the contemporary Chinese view of human rights, interpreting the decisions and arrangements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中共二十大) and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee on promoting the comprehensive development of the human rights cause, and sharing China's continuous formulation and implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan, and practical experience in human rights theoretical research, popularization of human rights knowledge, human rights rule of law guarantee, protection of the rights and interests of specific groups, digital human rights protection, and international human rights exchanges.
People from all walks of life in ASEAN and the two countries highly appreciated China's human rights development concept, path, and achievements, and expressed their willingness to strengthen exchanges and mutual learning of human rights development experience with China, promote the common values of all mankind and the Asian values of peace, cooperation, openness, and inclusiveness, gather the strength of the Global South to jointly address the challenges facing global human rights governance, and jointly promote the healthy development of the world's human rights cause.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Paris on December 5th (Reporter Shang Kaiyuan (尚凯元)) The Chinese Xinjiang Cultural Exchange Delegation, organized by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室), visited France and Norway from the 2nd to the 5th of December.
During their time in France, the delegation met with the Chairperson of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, held discussions with *Le Monde Diplomatique* and the Silk Road Publishing House, and co-organized a seminar on "Socio-Economic Development in Xinjiang, China" with the French Geopolitical Institute in Paris. In Norway, the delegation held a roundtable discussion with scholars from the University of Oslo on the theme of "Xinjiang's Achievements in High-Quality Development," held a media dialogue on the theme of "Seeing the Real Xinjiang from Multiple Perspectives," held a presentation for Norwegian youth and students on "Xinjiang's Cultural Heritage Preservation," and held discussions with representatives of overseas Chinese. The delegation deeply promoted the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, showcasing the concrete practices of Chinese-style modernization in Xinjiang in an all-round and multi-faceted way.
During the exchanges, Kuran Saifuhan (库兰·赛富汗), Director of the Information Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府), introduced the tremendous changes that have taken place in the economy, society, and culture since the establishment of the autonomous region 70 years ago. Li Jianxin (李建新), Professor of the Department of Sociology at Peking University (北京大学), introduced the vivid practices of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation in Xinjiang. Aishanjiang Abulizi (艾山江·阿不力孜), Professor of the School of History and Society at Xinjiang Normal University (新疆师范大学), introduced Xinjiang's inheritance and protection of cultural heritage. Wei Chao (魏超), Associate Professor of the Institute for Frontier Studies at Zhejiang Normal University (浙江师范大学), introduced the historical basis that Xinjiang has been an inseparable part of Chinese territory since ancient times. Li Hua (李华), Associate Professor of the School of Marxism at Yili Normal University (伊犁师范大学), introduced the achievements made in Xinjiang in terms of labor and employment security.
French and Norwegian representatives warmly welcomed the delegation. They said that through dialogue and exchanges with the delegation, they had gained a better understanding of the situation in Xinjiang. The tremendous achievements made in Xinjiang's economic and social development over the years are admirable. In recent years, Xinjiang's economy has grown significantly, its infrastructure has improved markedly, its development space has continued to expand, and its opening-up has continued to accelerate, making it an increasingly important hub connecting other regions of China with Asia and Europe.
The delegation also responded to concerns raised by foreign participants regarding Xinjiang-related issues and said that they welcome foreign friends to visit Xinjiang and experience the changes in Xinjiang firsthand.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Bangkok on December 5th (Reporter Zhang Niansheng (章念生) and Zhang Jinruo (张矜若)): A message from Putrajaya, Malaysia: "Cie Shui Qing Chang (切水情长) - Celebrating the New Year Together" - The China-Malaysia Spring Festival Gala event was launched on the 5th in Putrajaya (布特拉加亚), the administrative capital of Malaysia. Representatives from government departments, cultural institutions, friendship associations, and chamber of commerce alliances from both countries, as well as local residents, gathered together to share the deep friendship between China and Malaysia of "frequent exchanges and being as close as family," and the atmosphere at the scene was joyful and warm.
This event is guided by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办公室) of China, and jointly hosted by the Information Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province (山东省人民政府新闻办公室), the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province (山东省人民政府外事办公室), Shandong Radio and Television Station (山东广播电视台), the Shandong Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (山东省归国华侨联合会), the Malaysia-China General Chamber of Commerce (马来西亚—中国总商会), and the Shandong General Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia (马来西亚山东总商会), and organized by Shandong Satellite TV (山东卫视) and Shandong International Communication Center (山东国际传播中心).
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Establish a sound population service system covering the entire population and the entire life cycle.
--Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal
"Lift your leg, release!" Following the teacher's commands, the students made corresponding movements. In the rehearsal room of the Zhongtai Sub-district Party and Mass Service Center (中泰街道党群服务中心) in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), more than 20 elderly students were participating in a Tai Chi class.
Chen Meizhen (陈美珍), 65, is one of the students. Since the class started in September this year, she has been attending regardless of the weather. "There is a school, there is a venue, and the teacher is a national-level social sports instructor. I don't want to miss a single class," Chen Meizhen (陈美珍) said.
The "school" that Aunt Chen (陈阿姨) mentioned is the Zhongtai Sub-district (中泰街道) direct teaching point of the Zhejiang Radio and Television University for the Elderly Yuhang Branch (浙江老年电视大学余杭分校), which residents call the sub-district's elderly school.
Song Wentao (宋文涛), a member of the Zhongtai Sub-district Aging Work Committee (中泰街道老龄工作委员会), introduced that since 2022, Yuhang District (余杭区) has been piloting offline physical courses in Zhongtai Sub-district (中泰街道), Cangqian Sub-district (仓前街道), and Pingyao Town (瓶窑镇), relying on the original teaching points of the Radio and Television University for the Elderly.
Currently, the elderly school has opened several courses, providing free silver-age education to elderly residents in the jurisdiction. "In the first year, courses such as bamboo flute, Tai Chi, and calligraphy were offered. At first, we were a little worried about the enrollment situation, but after it was released through the sub-district's WeChat official account, the places were quickly filled," Song Wentao (宋文涛) said.
The courses are scheduled in the morning. When the weather and temperature are suitable, they can be held in the outdoor park; when they are not suitable, they are moved to the rehearsal room. "The time is reasonable, which does not affect cooking lunch or picking up children from school," Chen Meizhen (陈美珍) said. In addition to the Tai Chi course, she also signed up for rhythmic gymnastics and bamboo flute courses this year, and comes three days a week, which is very fulfilling. "**以前打牌，一坐就是半天**" (yǐ qián dǎ pái, yī zuò jiù shì bàn tiān - "In the past, playing cards meant sitting for half a day," describes spending a lot of time on a single activity, often implying it was not very productive). "Now I bring my card-playing friends to class together."
The elderly school not only enriches the lives of the elderly but also enriches their spiritual world. "In the past, when we wanted to organize a performance for the New Year, we couldn't come up with any programs. Now it's different, we have a lot of good programs," Song Wentao (宋文涛) said.
The elderly school's popularity in the sub-district is increasing, and more and more elderly students are coming to attend. Now, the class size has expanded from 20 to about 30 people, and the sub-district staff are also considering launching more new courses.
"We organized a questionnaire survey to find out what the elderly are willing to learn," Song Wentao (宋文涛) said. According to the more than 2,000 questionnaires collected, some courses have begun to be divided into basic and advanced classes this year, and new courses such as watercolor painting have also been added.
With the increase in courses, how is the teaching staff guaranteed? "By exploring the talent resources in the jurisdiction, such as retired teachers, industry experts, professional teachers from tutoring institutions, and university students, we have formed a district-wide shared and dynamically updated teacher reserve," said Li Haifeng (李海峰), director of the Elderly Service Guidance Center (养老服务指导中心) of the Yuhang District Civil Affairs Bureau (余杭区民政局).
In addition to the urban area, the tentacles of silver-age education services have also extended to the townships. In Pingyao Town (瓶窑镇), the elderly school is also running well, expanding from 3 classes in the early stage of operation to 21 classes this year, attracting hundreds of elderly students from the surrounding area to participate.
"In the past, I went to the city to attend modeling classes, and it took me an hour or so just to get there, and the tuition was not cheap. Now there is a modeling class at my doorstep, and it's free," said Sister Ling (凌大姐), 60. The school often organizes them to participate in artistic performances, allowing them to apply what they have learned.
By the end of last year, Hangzhou's (杭州) silver-age education had blossomed in many places, relying on 2,571 Radio and Television University for the Elderly teaching points, attracting 135,500 elderly students to participate in learning, and there are currently 2,082 registered or registered elderly art groups.
Chang Lijie (常利洁), director of the Hangzhou Elderly Service Guidance Center (杭州市养老服务指导中心), said that facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," Hangzhou (杭州) will create a "city-wide learning" silver-age education brand, allowing the elderly to enjoy rich and high-quality educational resources at their doorstep, and illuminating a happy life for the silver-age group.
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Previously, playing cards was a way to pass the time, but now, rushing around for courses and community groups—the life transformation of Aunt Chen (陈阿姨), a resident of Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), is an epitome of many elderly people transitioning from "old-age care" to "enjoying old age."
Inside the classroom, the elderly exercise their muscles and bones, learn talents and skills, and enjoy the fun, radiating a positive and upward spirit; outside the classroom, stages such as literary and artistic performances provide space for showcasing their demeanor and social interaction, further stimulating the inner vitality of the silver-haired group.
An educational approach with learning and creation as its core enriches the elderly's twilight years and lays the foundation for forming a social atmosphere where the elderly are supported, can contribute, and find happiness. We look forward to seeing more and better silver-age classrooms being established. This will help create a society where people can achieve **老有所养、老有所为、老有所乐** (lǎo yǒu suǒ yǎng, lǎo yǒu suǒ wéi, lǎo yǒu suǒ lè - "the elderly are supported, can contribute, and find happiness," a society where the elderly are cared for, can continue to contribute to society, and find enjoyment in their lives).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 6th (Reporter Li Hongmei (李红梅)) Recently, the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) issued the "National Agricultural Meteorological Test Station Network Layout Optimization and Adjustment Plan," clarifying that the number of national agricultural meteorological test stations will be optimized and adjusted from 72 to 91, increasing the station network coverage rate by 26%. These stations will be evenly distributed across the country, gradually building an agricultural meteorological test station network with advanced agricultural meteorological observation methods and technical equipment experimental research and development, agricultural meteorological service pioneering, and agricultural meteorological applicable technology demonstration functions.
The focus of this station network layout optimization is to strengthen the station network density in the main grain-producing areas, intensive facility agriculture areas, and characteristic agricultural advantageous areas across the country. The plan proposes to construct a station network hierarchical architecture of "Level 1 Core Station + Level 2 Regional Station" based on regional climate heterogeneity and differences in agricultural service needs. Through three approaches—joint construction by ministries and commissions to enhance cross-departmental collaborative capabilities, adding new stations to fill observation gaps, and dynamically adjusting and optimizing the levels of existing stations—the plan aims to achieve spatial layout optimization of observation stations and gradient improvement of observation capabilities, forming a comprehensive, well-defined, and functionally complementary agricultural meteorological observation network system.
The two levels of stations have clear functional positioning, complementing each other. Level 1 stations focus on serving the national food security and ecological security strategies, undertaking basic and forward-looking agricultural meteorological tasks, such as conducting research on crop-environment interaction mechanisms, leading the formulation of industry technical standards, and strengthening cross-departmental collaboration. Level 2 stations are based on regional characteristics, focusing on typical production scenarios such as the production of important agricultural products and facility agriculture, with an emphasis on conducting localized observation, technical experiments, pilot-scale transformation, and service promotion.
After optimization and adjustment, agricultural meteorological test stations will adopt a "basic observation + characteristic expansion" dual-track model. While continuing to undertake national conventional observation tasks (major agricultural crops such as grain, cotton, and oil), the stations will focus on strengthening the observation service capacity building of regional characteristic economic crops, constructing a differentiated observation and experiment system of "**一站一特色**" (yī zhàn yī tè sè - "one station one characteristic," each station having its own unique feature), and leveraging the supporting and guaranteeing role of agricultural meteorological test stations for characteristic economies.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 6th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)): The reporter learned from the Beijing General Station of Immigration Inspection (北京边检总站) that as of 00:08 on December 6th, the number of inbound and outbound passengers at Beijing ports this year has exceeded 20 million, which is 1.1 times the total amount for the entire year of last year, an increase of 18% year-on-year.
Looking at the inbound and outbound situation of mainland residents, as of December 6th, the number of mainland residents choosing to enter and exit through Beijing ports reached more than 12.9 million, which is approximately 1.1 times that of the same period last year.
Looking at the entry and exit situation of foreigners, as of December 6th, the number of foreigners entering and exiting through Beijing ports reached more than 6 million, accounting for 30% of the total number of inbound and outbound passengers, an increase of 34.5% year-on-year. Among them, the number of foreigners entering the country with visa-free and temporary entry permit policies reached more than 1.859 million, which is 1.9 times that of the same period last year, accounting for 60% of the total number of foreigners entering the country. Most foreigners come to China for tourism and sightseeing, accounting for nearly 50%, followed by conferences, business, visiting relatives and friends, etc.
In the face of the continuously increasing passenger flow, the Beijing General Station of Immigration Inspection (北京边检总站) has taken multiple measures to comprehensively ensure the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel and serve the overall situation of high-level opening-up in the capital. The Beijing General Station of Immigration Inspection (北京边检总站) has formulated and introduced 7 measures to improve the port clearance experience, and has worked hard on key aspects such as information notification, police force deployment, and channel adjustment. During peak passenger periods, the "double-row parallel inspection" mode is implemented. Inspection channels are fully opened and police force deployment is increased 15 minutes before passengers arrive to ensure effective response to clearance peaks.
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Shan Lau (善楼), located in the northeastern part of Tai Po (大埔), Hong Kong, is a transitional housing facility provided by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) government for citizens who have been on the public housing waiting list for a long time or have urgent housing needs, and is operated by the charitable organization The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong (香港善导会). After the Tai Po (大埔) fire, Shan Lau (善楼) became one of the first resettlement points urgently coordinated by the SAR government to receive affected residents. In recent days, approximately 430 affected residents have been settled here.
"This is a temporary bus stop with direct access to schools, shopping malls, and subway stations in the Tai Po (大埔) city center; this open space was previously used as a temporary material station, and facilities for the elderly and children will be added later..." said Lee Shuk-wai (李淑慧), Director-General of The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong (香港善导会).
"Previously, everyone was busy settling down, reissuing documents, and applying for assistance. Now, most residents are trying to resume their normal lives, with some going to work and others going to school," said Lee Shuk-wai (李淑慧).
On the night of the fire, when the first group of affected residents moved in, the vacant rooms in Shan Lau (善楼) did not have any furniture or appliances, and the residents did not bring any daily necessities.
"At that time, we were racing against time, assisting the affected residents to settle down while coordinating with all parties to collect supplies," said Lee Shuk-wai (李淑慧). Since the day after the fire, various supplies have been continuously delivered, and most rooms are now equipped with basic furniture and appliances, and there are sufficient living materials.
In Shan Lau (善楼), activity rooms, medical stations, traditional Chinese medicine clinics, personal document collection points, psychological counseling rooms, legal consulting rooms, and other facilities are distributed on both sides of the corridor; at the end of the corridor, convenience stores, express delivery cabinets, laundry rooms, and other living facilities are readily available. "These are service points set up by the SAR government and volunteers from all walks of life in Shan Lau (善楼) to meet the basic living needs of the affected residents," said Lee Shuk-wai (李淑慧).
Inside the medical station, medical staff from the Primary Healthcare Department (基层医疗署) are sorting out medicines. On the other side, several volunteers from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (香港大学医学院) are attentively listening to an elderly person describe their condition. "Our team has been responsible for the work of the Shan Lau (善楼) medical station," said Yang Pei-ning (杨珮宁), Assistant Dean (Hospital Collaboration) of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (香港大学医学院). The college organized a volunteer team as soon as possible, and within two days, more than 700 teachers, students, and alumni expressed their willingness to participate.
In another room next to the medical station, there is an emergency free legal consultation counter set up by The Law Society of Hong Kong (香港律师会). "After the call to serve the affected residents was issued, more than 100 volunteer lawyers and more than 100 volunteer staff responded quickly within a day," said Tom Lui (汤文龙), President of The Law Society of Hong Kong (香港律师会).
In the process of helping the affected residents, Lee Shuk-wai (李淑慧) often felt strength from them. "They are stronger and braver than I thought." She said emotionally that a 96-year-old woman often encouraged everyone to "life must go on, look forward, and be grateful that so many people are helping us."
Currently, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) government is actively studying how to meet the long-term housing needs of the affected residents. "For example, we need more professional social workers to help relieve emotions, carry out more activities for the elderly, and add more bus routes." Lee Shuk-wai (李淑慧) said that The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong (香港善导会) will, under the overall coordination of the SAR government, work with all parties to continue to actively do a good job in various follow-up work.
(Reported from Hong Kong (香港) by this newspaper on December 6)
Return to TopIn recent years, Pinglu County (平陆县), Yuncheng City (运城市), Shanxi Province (山西省) has actively adjusted its energy structure, utilizing mountainous wasteland to promote the large-scale development of wind power and photovoltaic power generation, turning barren mountains into gold and silver mountains. The picture shows solar photovoltaic panels and wind power facilities taken in Maojiashan Village (毛家山村), Pinglu County (平陆县) on December 5th.
Hao Jian (郝健) photo (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper Dongguan, December 6th (Reporter He Linping (贺林平)) On December 6th, the Greater Bay Area University was established beside Songshan Lake (松山湖) in Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东).
The Greater Bay Area University is a public regular institution of higher education sponsored by the Guangdong (广东) Provincial Government and guaranteed by the Dongguan (东莞) Municipal Government. Focusing on national strategies and the needs of economic and social development, it emphasizes basic research and technological innovation. The university focuses on six fields: material science, advanced engineering, life science, information science and technology, science, and financial management, cultivating high-quality research-oriented talents with the ability to solve complex problems and innovate in practice.
In June of this year, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of the Greater Bay Area University. The university has more than 300 research faculty members, enrolled 80 freshmen in its first session, and initially established five general undergraduate majors: mathematics and applied mathematics, physics, materials science and engineering, computer science and technology, and industrial engineering. It implements broad-based enrollment and classified training, and formulates differentiated talent training programs for science and engineering disciplines.
Founding President, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Tian Gang (田刚) said that in the future, the Greater Bay Area University will provide talent support for Dongguan (东莞) and even the Greater Bay Area to accelerate the development of new quality productive forces by building innovative school-running models such as "University + Major Science Facility," "University + Key Scientific Research Institution," and "University + Leading Technology Enterprise," and help the Greater Bay Area's technological innovation and emerging industry development.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 5th. Li Minkuan (李敏宽), an outstanding leader of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, the sixth and seventh vice chairman of the headquarters of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, and an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, passed away in Beijing (北京) on December 1, 2025, due to illness, at the age of 89.
After the death of Comrade Li Minkuan (李敏宽), relevant central leaders expressed their condolences in different ways and expressed their condolences to his family.
Comrade Li Minkuan (李敏宽) was born in Taipei (台北), Taiwan (台湾). He was born in Osaka (大阪), Japan (日本) in October 1937. After returning to China (中国) in 1953, he studied at Beijing Overseas Chinese补习学校 and Tianjin No. 4 Middle School. From 1957 to 1963, he studied in the Mining and Electrical Engineering Department of Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering. From 1963 to 1975, he served as a technician at the Beijing Mining and Metallurgical Research Institute of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. From 1975 to 1997, he served as the head coach of the Beijing Women's Softball Team, the head coach and leader of the National Women's Softball Team, and the head coach of the National Softball Training Team. During this period, he was sent to Italy (意大利) to coach from 1991 to 1992. From 1997 to 2007, he served as Secretary-General and Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League. He also served as Vice Chairman and Director of the Coaching Committee of the Asian Softball Federation, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Softball Association, and Vice President of the Association for the Promotion of Non-governmental Exchanges between Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
Comrade Li Minkuan (李敏宽) joined the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in November 1984 and the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟) in September 1997. He was a member of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协委员), a member and Deputy Secretary-General of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Standing Committee and Deputy Secretary-General of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, making positive contributions to upholding and improving the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. He has won honors such as National Excellent Coach, enjoys special government allowances from the State Council, and has made important contributions to my country's softball industry becoming one of the world's strongest countries.
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"The losses have been recovered!" After calculating the accounts, Wei Shengde (魏生德) beamed with joy.
Wei Shengde (魏生德) is an immigrant from Xihai Gu (西海固), residing in Yangliu Village (杨柳村), Xinzhuangji Township (新庄集乡), Hongsipu District (红寺堡区), Wuzhong City (吴忠市), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区). Some time ago, the local temperature dropped sharply, and two of Wei Shengde's (魏生德) calves died. With the help of village officials, he received agricultural insurance compensation. Coupled with the wages he earned from working outside, his income increased rather than decreased.
To solve the problem of "one area of land not being able to support its people" in the Xihai Gu (西海固) area, Ningxia (宁夏) has implemented six large-scale relocation programs for poverty alleviation, involving 1.23 million people. By promoting projects such as water conservancy facilities, wasteland reclamation, and housing improvement, the production and living conditions of immigrants have continued to improve, and the per capita disposable income reached 16,481 yuan in 2024.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has always been concerned about the immigrants in Xihai Gu (西海固), instructing Ningxia (宁夏) to "improve the support policies for relocation and ensure that the relocated people can move out, stabilize, and become prosperous" and to "implement the Million Immigrant Enrichment and Improvement Action."
Deeply implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Ningxia (宁夏) continues to do a good job in the follow-up work of immigrant relocation, constantly improving the assistance mechanism, so that millions of immigrants have taken root in their new homes, and their lives are becoming more and more prosperous.
Cultivating industries, promoting employment, and enhancing the ability to become rich—
In Ganchengzi Village (甘城子村), Shaogang Town (邵岗镇), Qingtongxia City (青铜峡市), villager Lin Jinfang (林金方) is busy loading goods.
"I planted 12 mu of apples. Some were sold to purchasers, and some were sent to the processing plant in the village to be made into fruit preserves and dried fruit," Lin Jinfang (林金方) said with a smile. "Each mu earns nearly 20,000 yuan!"
Ganchengzi Village (甘城子村) is an immigrant village formed in the 1980s. In those years, immigrants used wasteland to plant apples. Today, apples have become a veritable "fruit of prosperity."
"The party committees and governments at all levels have helped us improve varieties, optimize management methods, and also helped us build cold storage and fruit processing plants. This year, the village collective income is expected to exceed 1.5 million yuan," said Liu Xiguo (刘玺国), secretary of the village party branch.
Addressing shortcomings and introducing technology, the immigrant areas of Ningxia (宁夏) vigorously support rural collective economies and new business entities such as family farms and farmer cooperatives, transforming the agricultural industry from weak to strong.
Since the beginning of this year, the immigrant areas of Ningxia (宁夏) have built 81,000 breeding sheds, developed more than 290 planting parks, introduced more than 300 leading agricultural enterprises, and achieved employment for 320,000 immigrant laborers through vocational skills training and organized labor export.
Strengthening facilities, beautifying the village appearance, and improving the livable level—
In Yongle Village (永乐村), Yongkang Town (永康镇), Shapotou District (沙坡头区), Zhongwei City (中卫市), the photographic works displayed on the roadside are the beautiful lives recorded by the villagers with their lenses.
Walking into the home of villager Shang Sijun (尚思军), the green dill and baby's breath planted indoors are full of vitality.
"Warm, right? Now heating no longer burns coal," Shang Sijun (尚思军) said. "It's clean and efficient, and the heating cost is much cheaper."
Following the principle of "supplementing what is lacking," Ningxia (宁夏) is accelerating the improvement of infrastructure such as water, electricity, roads, gas, and sewage pipe networks in immigrant areas, and continuously improving the production and living conditions of immigrant communities.
At present, all immigrant villages in Ningxia (宁夏) have access to hardened roads, tap water, and electricity for production. The coverage rate of 5G networks and express delivery services has reached 89%, and the coverage rate of sewage pipe networks has reached 64%.
"We will focus on village, courtyard, and environmental management to allow immigrants to settle comfortably in their new homes," said Wang Jian (王建), Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区农业农村厅). The public services in immigrant areas have reached the average level of the entire region.
Promoting culture, changing customs, and shaping spiritual outlook—
In the immigrant resettlement area of Zhongning County (中宁县), Zhongwei City (中卫市), the local farmers' choir has repeatedly performed in other places; the grassroots sports events in the Xihai Gu (西海固) area have expanded to Yinchuan (银川), Wuzhong (吴忠), and other places...
In recent years, Ningxia (宁夏) has invested money, issued policies, and built positions to better meet the spiritual and cultural needs of farmers. At present, more than 2,200 farm bookstores and nearly 600 farmer cultural courtyards are scattered in various villages in Ningxia (宁夏), and all administrative villages have built comprehensive cultural service centers.
Ningxia (宁夏) has also guided villagers to formulate village rules and regulations based on local conditions, and established councils for managing weddings and funerals, ethics review committees, etc., greatly reducing phenomena such as comparing gifts and extravagant celebrations.
"The happiness of children is the most important thing." In Haiyan Village (海燕村), Yanzidun Township (燕子墩乡), Huinong District (惠农区), Shizuishan City (石嘴山市), Lin Duoqin's (林朵琴) daughter got engaged without asking for betrothal gifts. In the past two years, the proportion of "zero betrothal gifts" and "low betrothal gifts" in newly registered marriages in Ningxia (宁夏) has exceeded 60%.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, promote basic modern living conditions in rural areas, and accelerate the construction of a strong agricultural country. "Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, deeply studying, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, Ningxia (宁夏) will continue to implement the Million Immigrant Enrichment and Improvement Action, coordinate the establishment of a normalized mechanism to prevent returning to poverty, enhance endogenous power, and stimulate the power and vitality of comprehensive rural revitalization," said Li Yifei (李邑飞), Secretary of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区党委) Party Committee.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党): "We must adhere to our original aspiration, consider issues from the people's standpoint, persist in safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods in development, and steadily advance common prosperity."
Listing "adhering to the people first" as one of the principles that must be followed for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period; taking "continuous improvement of the quality of people's lives" as one of the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period; proposing that "realizing the people's yearning for a better life is the starting point and foothold of Chinese-style modernization"...
Carefully reading the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, "considering issues from the people's standpoint" runs through it, and the words convey the warmth of people's livelihood. Considering issues from the people's standpoint, thinking about what the people think, and doing what the people entrust, is the unchanging original aspiration and the enduring commitment.
Never forget the original aspiration and take benefiting the people as the fundamental value orientation.
"'Nationwide processing' has saved us a lot of trouble." Recently, at the Marriage Registration Office in Huangpi District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province (湖北省武汉市黄陂区), a couple from Harbin, Heilongjiang (黑龙江哈尔滨) and Kunming, Yunnan (云南昆明) respectively, successfully obtained their marriage certificate in just 20 minutes.
In the past, the marriage registration process required traveling thousands of miles and taking several days, but now it can be completed in a "one-stop shop." The newly revised "Marriage Registration Regulations" came into effect on May 10 this year, and "nationwide processing" of marriage registration has been implemented. Parties can now handle marriage registration at any marriage registration authority in the country. Data recently released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) shows that the number of marriage registrations in the first three quarters of this year was 5.152 million pairs, an increase of 405,000 pairs compared with the same period last year.
This reform, which concerns the happiness of the masses, is a precise response to the needs of the people in the context of a mobile China.
There is no end to enhancing people's well-being and realizing people's happiness, only continuous new starting points. In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) chaired a symposium on economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in some provinces and regions, pointing out: "When planning economic and social development during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we must not forget our original aspiration, take benefiting the people as the fundamental value orientation, persist in safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods in development, and steadily promote common prosperity."
Firmly standing on the people's standpoint is reflected in practical measures to solve people's worries and benefit people's livelihoods:
Progress has been made in the issue of children moving with their parents to attend school. At present, the proportion of children moving with their parents attending public schools and schools enjoying government subsidies has exceeded 97%, an increase of 11.2 percentage points compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period.
Enable the masses to enjoy better-quality medical services nearby. As of the end of 2024, the total number of medical and health institutions nationwide reached 1.09 million, spread across urban and rural areas, and more than 90% of residents can reach the nearest medical service point within 15 minutes.
Transportation and express delivery services are more efficient. The main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, "6 axes, 7 corridors, and 8 channels," is accelerating its improvement. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the newly added and put into operation high-speed rail mileage exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and fresh products from the fields to the residents' tables can be delivered "on the same day" or "the next day"...
In the "national account book," there is a need for people's livelihood. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, more than 70% of the national fiscal expenditure was used for people's livelihood. In 2024, the central government arranged a budget of 66.7 billion yuan for employment subsidy funds and arranged 408.5 billion yuan for transfer payments of common fiscal powers in the field of education...
In the major development plan, there is a focus on people's livelihood. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must make choices, what exactly do we want? Starting from whether the people are satisfied or not, whether they agree or not, the ecological environment is very important; from the perspective of improving people's livelihoods, this is also the most important point." Taking and giving reflects the pattern and method, and demonstrates the consideration of people's livelihood.
Firmly standing on the people's standpoint is reflected in solid actions to listen to the people's voices and follow the people's wishes:
"From 'circling around to find a parking space' to 'stopping and leaving at will,' a small parking space solves a big problem." Ms. Li, a ride-hailing driver in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省南通市), sincerely praised the planning of multiple temporary parking spaces near public toilets. In recent years, Hangzhou, Zhejiang (浙江杭州), Nanjing, Jiangsu (江苏南京), and other places have also successively set up "temporary parking spaces for toilets," which has alleviated the problem of "difficulty in parking" for drivers going to the toilet.
Seemingly inconspicuous parking spaces are the kindness that the city releases to those who are busy. The government actively listens to the voices of the masses, solves problems in a timely manner, and the decision-making process reflects the people's standpoint, truly doing things to the people's hearts.
I must remember what the people worry about; I must do what the people expect. To do a good job in people's livelihood, we must correct the orientation of doing things, shift from the government wanting to do things for the people to doing things based on the demands of the masses, so that the people have calls and we have responses, focus on solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, concentrate our efforts on accomplishing a number of practical things that the masses can feel and reach, and bring more benefits to the people.
Meeting difficulties head-on, "those who are of one mind from top to bottom will win."
At 5 p.m., before night fell, a long queue had already formed in front of the "Fierce Fire Fried Rice" stall on Tuanjiehu Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京市朝阳区团结湖路), including customers who came from Hebei (河北), Shanghai (上海), Hainan (海南) and other places.
"Fierce Fire Fried Rice" used to be a mobile food stall, with uncertain opening hours and frequently changing locations, but it could always attract diners to line up late at night. Due to incomplete licenses and occupying roads, it was often investigated and dealt with. Not long ago, this mobile food stall officially bid farewell to its itinerant status and had a fixed storefront. Although the area is not large, its popularity has not diminished.
How to retain the wok hei that diners never forget? The street helped find a compliant business location, and the market supervision and urban management departments also actively participated in coordination, seeking a balance between standardization and characteristics; even more considerate, the gas company also specially laid new pipelines.
A bowl of fried rice reflects the temperature of modern urban governance. It tells us that true urban governance is not an either-or choice, but finding the warmest balance between standardization and inclusiveness—both the dignity of order and the heat of life.
"Don't relax when you go deep into the grassroots, and your roots are in the masses. 千磨万击还坚劲 (qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng - "after thousands of grindings and blows, it is still firm and strong," meaning to remain steadfast despite all setbacks, like bamboo that remains strong even after being battered). Let the east, west, north, and south winds blow." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) was deeply moved by the famous poem "Bamboo Rock" by Qing Dynasty (清朝) poet Zheng Banqiao (郑板桥), and changed a few words to express his experience of going up the mountains and down to the countryside in those years.
How to firmly stand on the people's standpoint? The simple verses contain a profound answer: "The mass line is the lifeline and fundamental work line of our Party."
Action illuminates the original aspiration.
Standing on the people's standpoint to consider issues is the only way to adhere to practical work and responsibility. "It's not that we haven't weighed it. But we have identified the Party's purpose and mission, and we have identified the people's expectations." "犯其至难而图其至远" (fàn qí zhì nán ér tú qí zhì yuǎn - "attack the most difficult and seek the most distant," meaning to overcome the greatest difficulties to achieve the most ambitious goals), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) encouraged "attacking the most difficult places and pursuing the most ambitious goals."
"Difficulty" reveals determination. Nearly 100 million rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty. The difficulty is unimaginable, but the more difficult it is, the more we move forward. A total of 255,000 resident work teams and more than 3 million first secretaries and resident cadres have been selected and dispatched across the country to fight alongside nearly 2 million township cadres and millions of village cadres: wherever there are poor people, they will fight there.
For example, the seemingly "impossible to complete" smog control. In 2024, Beijing's (北京) air quality reached 290 days of excellent or good air quality, an increase of 19 days compared with the same period last year and 114 days compared with 2013. The "Beijing Blue" has gradually become the norm. This transcript includes more than ten years of unremitting efforts and the joint prevention and control of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀). We do not avoid difficulties and move forward knowing the difficulties.
Looking again, the people of Shanghai (上海) have completely bid farewell to "carrying chamber pots." The battle to overcome this practical matter of people's livelihood, "we cannot move towards modernization carrying chamber pots," has spanned more than 30 years and has become a microcosm of Shanghai's urban governance. Taking practical measures and seeking practical results makes the people full of hope.
Firmly standing on the people's standpoint wins the hearts of the people and gathers the mighty power of "those who are of one mind from top to bottom will win."
Anchoring the long-term and steadily moving towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Forty years ago, citizens described Xiamen (厦门) as "uneven roads, dim lights, unreliable telephones, and frequent water outages."
The new era of Xiamen (厦门) has become a high-quality, high-value, modern, and international city praised by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
What has written the magnificent transformation of Egret Island (鹭岛) is a development strategy spanning 15 years. The "Xiamen Economic and Social Development Strategy from 1985 to 2000," compiled under the leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) during his work in Xiamen (厦门), drew a comprehensive, scientific, and systematic development blueprint for Xiamen (厦门). It was one of the earliest economic and social development strategic plans spanning 15 years compiled by a local government in China.
Not limited to temporary events, anchoring long-term development, and doing our best to do things that are difficult to achieve results in the short term is a vivid portrayal of considering issues from the people's standpoint.
The word "far" contains perseverance. It has both the mind of "success does not have to be on me" and the persistence of "success must have me."
How to build the city of the future? Pulling the framework, showing the prototype, and stepping up the steps. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) grew rapidly and changed with each passing day, realizing the magnificent transformation from "a piece of land" to drawing "a picture" to building "a city," and creating a new path of urban modernization with Chinese characteristics. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth of the gross domestic product of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) was 17.1%, and the cumulative completed investment workload exceeded 1 trillion yuan.
How difficult is it to lock green in the yellow sand? The Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠), the second largest mobile desert in the world, once had a record of moving forward more than 100 meters a year, making it very difficult to control. Relying on the construction of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt System Project (三北防护林体系工程), after 46 years of fighting the sand sea, we finally tied a 3,046-kilometer "green scarf" to the desert.
How dangerous is the depths of the plateau? For a long time, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) was regarded as "only Tibetan eagles can fly over." Starting from the Qinghai-Tibet Highway (青藏公路), which started construction in 1950 and opened to traffic in 1954, after the unremitting efforts of generations of builders, by the end of 2024, the total mileage of highways and railways in Tibet (西藏) reached 124,900 kilometers and 1,359 kilometers respectively. Party members, cadres, and the masses climbed ice and slept in the snow, hammered and chiseled, sacrificed their lives, and laid a "sky road"...
The people's standpoint is reflected in doing things in the present. The "14th Five-Year Plan," which is about to come to a successful conclusion, has made new groundbreaking progress, breakthrough changes, and historical achievements in China's economic and social development: 102 major projects have been successfully promoted, 8 indicators have progressed beyond expectations, the economic increment is expected to exceed 35 trillion yuan, the contribution rate to world economic growth has remained at about 30%, and the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system have been built...
The people's standpoint is reflected in planning for the long term. Accelerate the construction of a new energy system. By the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan," most of the new electricity demand will be met by the increased clean energy power generation. More green electricity will cross mountains and seas and light up thousands of homes. Through the efforts of the next 5 years, the average life expectancy of Chinese residents is expected to increase by another 1 year on the basis of 79 years in 2024, reaching about 80 years...
The people's standpoint illuminates the present and the future. Looking into the distance with a developmental perspective, observing with a broader perspective, and grasping the long-term and phased nature of the goals and tasks, General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words contain methodology: "We must accurately grasp the phased requirements of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period and focus on building a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the nation."
The country is the people, and the people are the country.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" is about to begin. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想), Chinese Communists will always firmly stand on the people's standpoint, share weal and woe with the people, be of one heart with the people, and strive unremittingly to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
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Walking through village streets and alleys to conduct on-site research; sweating in the fields, using knowledge to nurture the hope of a good harvest; rushing to remote areas, using teaching to pass on knowledge and warmth to children... During their university years, many students choose to participate in social practice, packing their bags and setting off with enthusiasm and reflection, leaving behind a string of footprints on the vast land, recognizing the national conditions, honing themselves, and serving society.
Reading ten thousand books is not enough; one must also travel ten thousand miles. How can this practical lesson outside the ivory tower broaden horizons? How can it temper skills? Let's step into the practice stories of some college students.
Growing Talents in the Fertile Soil of Practice
At noon, the highest temperature in Poliu Village (坡留村), Lingshui Li Autonomous County (陵水黎族自治县), Hainan (海南) Province, is close to 30 degrees Celsius. Heat waves surge in the cornfields, and the fields are filled with the humid scent of soil. Cao Xiubiao (曹秀标), a doctoral student at the College of Agriculture of Yangzhou University (扬州大学), remains in the experimental field, marking his third consecutive day of work. He bends over for a long time, inspecting and thinning the seedlings one by one. The back of his neck is already sunburned, and the bottom of his trouser legs are covered with mud. "These days, I've been working from dawn to dusk, without a moment to spare," said Cao Xiubiao (曹秀标).
This is an important base for the "Field Manager" (田管家) Party Member Doctoral and Master's Student Science and Technology Helping Agriculture Group (党员博硕士科技助农团) (hereinafter referred to as the "Agricultural Assistance Group" (助农团)) of Yangzhou University (扬州大学) to carry out practice. Every winter, they fly south like migratory birds to take advantage of tropical climate resources to carry out breeding and agricultural assistance practices.
"My grandfather was a rice farmer, and I have a deep affection for the land." Wang Chuxin (王楚鑫), the student leader of the Agricultural Assistance Group (助农团), who witnessed the hardships of farming from an early age, is very clear about the significance of technology.
Wang Chuxin (王楚鑫) and his classmates are committed to promoting high-quality rice varieties to local farmers. In the early days, conditions were relatively harsh, and sleeping in a "dormitory" was the norm; now, they live in a simple base, living next door to the villagers. "We believe that only by truly settling down can we understand the voice of the land," said Wang Chuxin (王楚鑫).
By integrating with local farmers, Wang Chuxin (王楚鑫) gradually touched on the real difficulties of technology promotion. Many local farmers once relied on seeds passed down from generation to generation, and even if the yield was not high, they "did not dare to change, fearing reduced production." Therefore, he and his classmates planted experimental fields together, providing free high-quality seeds selected by the team, and trying and planting together with the farmers. "Farmers see it with their own eyes and gradually become more willing to try. After changing to high-quality varieties, the yield increase is obvious," he said. "These years of practical experience have taught me that agricultural research cannot be separated from farmers and cannot be separated from the land."
"Our social practice is to let students out of the ivory tower and into the fields," said Ma Bin (马斌), the instructor of the Agricultural Assistance Group (助农团) and a professor at the College of Agriculture. "Discovering problems in the field, then finding answers in the classroom, and finally returning to the field to verify—this process can effectively help students get grounded and develop skills."
Today, "Field Manager" (田管家) has become a bright name card for agricultural students at Yangzhou University (扬州大学). In one practice after another of working and harvesting together with farmers, young students not only deepened their understanding of agriculture but also strengthened their belief in "delivering technology to the hearts of farmers."
From the fields to the campus, social practice has become a vivid lesson for college students to understand society and improve their skills.
In the Fifth Primary School of Haiyuan County (海原县), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区), a melodious "Ningxia Hua'er" (宁夏花儿) is heard from the classroom. The clear voices of the children converge into a stream, flowing through the hearts of everyone present.
"At that moment, I understood what 'inheritance' meant," said Jiao Yufan (焦昱璠), an undergraduate student majoring in Chinese Language and Literature at Ningxia Normal University (宁夏师范大学). This summer, her "Jianyun Hua'er" (剪韵花儿) practice team entered Haiyuan (海原), learning and teaching, feeling the charm of traditional culture, and inheriting local characteristic intangible cultural heritage.
The practice team first carefully recorded the techniques of local paper-cutting at the Haiyuan County (海原县) Intangible Cultural Heritage Incubation Base, and then learned "Ningxia Hua'er" (宁夏花儿) from the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage in the museum. Soon, these young people ushered in the "post-class test." In the classroom of the Fifth Primary School of Haiyuan County (海原县), they cooperated and divided the work: some team members taught singing "Ningxia Hua'er" (宁夏花儿), allowing the children to feel the charm of intangible cultural heritage; some demonstrated paper-cutting techniques in front of the podium, and the red paper fluttered like falling flowers at their fingertips.
According to Lu Yu (陆瑜), Secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of Ningxia Normal University (宁夏师范大学), the school has carried out social practice and public welfare cultural classroom activities with the theme of "Rural Education Revitalization" for 11 consecutive years. "Through this social practice, we not only felt the powerful force of cultural inheritance, but also had a deep understanding of how to apply what we have learned," said Tian Ningxue (田凝雪), an undergraduate student majoring in Chinese Language and Literature. "I want to be a teacher with depth in the future, integrating classroom knowledge into the vast land."
Harvesting Growth in Service and Dedication
"Kids, come and see my newly edited 'work'!" In the "Everyone's Lecture Hall" (人人讲堂) in Wujiaochang Street (五角场街道), Yangpu District (杨浦区), Shanghai (上海), an old man excitedly showed off his learning results. His "teacher" is Zheng Xinkai (郑昕楷), an undergraduate student from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (上海财经大学).
Zheng Xinkai (郑昕楷) and his classmates conduct such volunteer services for elderly people's smart phone tutoring almost every week. The elderly will write down the problems they usually encounter when using their mobile phones on paper and bring them to the scene to ask for advice. Through the hands-on teaching of college students, many elderly people have gradually mastered basic functions such as audio and video calls and electronic payments, and some elderly people have also taken the initiative to learn "advanced" skills such as retouching and editing videos. Adding special effects, intelligent matting, setting transitions... The elderly and young students ask and answer each other, talking and laughing, and warmth is transmitted in each other's hearts.
"Volunteer service is not just a one-way giving, but a two-way rush," said Zheng Xinkai (郑昕楷). The trusting eyes and affirmation of the old men and women made him realize the happiness of "being needed." "I used to be accustomed to being taken care of by my family, but here, I have a deeper understanding of responsibility, responsibility, and empathy."
Some people use care and patience to warm others, while others travel to other places to light the lamp of knowledge in places where the motherland needs it.
In September last year, Zhang Yitian (张译天), a student from Xinya College of Tsinghua University (清华大学), signed up to participate in the graduate teaching group. In July this year, he finally came to the No. 1 Middle School of Nanjian Yi Autonomous County (南涧彝族自治县第一中学), Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (大理白族自治州), Yunnan (云南) Province, as he wished. "Working and living so far away from home for a whole year for the first time is my 'coming-of-age ceremony' in a social sense," he said. An average of 27 classes per week, plus volunteer activities such as letter exchanges, is Zhang Yitian's (张译天) busy and fulfilling daily life.
"Your lectures are very interesting and you are very patient with us" "Thank you for taking us to appreciate the mysteries of physics"... On Teachers' Day, Zhang Yitian (张译天) received many small notes, and the children's affirmation became a warm force on his way forward. "When I encounter difficulties in the future, these memories will support me to continue walking," he said.
Zhang Yitian's (张译天) teaching career has just begun, while his senior Fang Hao (方昊) has ended his one-year teaching career at Lhasa Bayi School (拉萨八一学校) in the Tibet Military Region (西藏军区).
As a member of the 26th Graduate Teaching Group of Tsinghua University (清华大学), the educational psychology courses that Fang Hao (方昊) studied as an undergraduate found practical soil in teaching. At first, he found that many children's eyes were clearly filled with doubts, but they were embarrassed to ask questions in class. "So, I left messages on their papers, asking them to find me after class to review and sort out the knowledge framework." Under his encouragement, the children asked more and more frequently, and the classroom atmosphere became active. He also shared his interesting learning experiences with the students and patiently answered "out-of-syllabus" questions. "Once, a child had a question about a formula. I explained the mathematical proof of this formula to the students. Although the derivation process is not tested in the exam, I hope to protect their desire for knowledge through extended answers," he said. Before leaving, he also bought many popular science books and gave them to the children.
"I hope to plant a seed of exploration in their hearts," said Fang Hao (方昊). Now, he has returned to campus to pursue a master's degree in education. When he opens the textbook, he always sees the pure smiles on the plateau, "Those vivid teaching experiences have given me a deeper understanding of the knowledge in the book."
Anchoring the Direction in the Walking Classroom
In Diebu County (迭部县), Gansu (甘肃) Province, along the route of the Red Army's Long March, under the scorching sun and stepping on thorns, after several hours of climbing, Zhong Juntao (钟骏涛), an undergraduate student at Shuli College of Southern University of Science and Technology (南方科技大学树礼书院), finally completed the vertical climb of more than 1,000 meters with the large army. At this moment, the joy of overcoming difficulties swept away the fatigue of climbing.
"In the past, when I heard the story of the Long March in class, I would always think, how did the Red Army climb snow-capped mountains and cross grasslands back then?" This summer, Zhong Juntao (钟骏涛) had an answer when he retraced the Long March, "When I really stepped on this road, I seemed to be in that period of history, and I had a personal experience of the Red Army's indomitable spirit."
Near the end, Zhong Juntao (钟骏涛) was exhausted, and he had to stop and gasp for breath every two or three steps, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. Seeing the firm steps of his companions and recalling the great achievements of the revolutionary predecessors, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
From theoretical learning before departure, to practical experience during the journey, and then to display and inheritance after returning to school, based on the 6 years of practice of the "Retracing the Long March" ideological and political practice course, Shuli College has formed a "knowledge-action-understanding-exhibition" ideological and political education model. "In practice, students can have a deeper understanding of revolutionary history, think about the relationship between individuals and collectives, ideals and reality, and then connect personal development with national development," said Liu Ping (刘萍), Executive Vice President of Shuli College.
"This practical experience is not just a replica of the predecessors' journey, but to draw spiritual strength from it and take the Long March of our generation," said Zhong Juntao (钟骏涛).
At Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学), members of the "Replicating Radio" practice team learned that as early as 1929, scientific research pioneers developed the Party's first radio transceiver. With respect for this history, they decided to replicate communication equipment.
Xue Chenrui (薛辰瑞), a doctoral student at the School of Cyberspace Security of Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学网络空间安全学院), recalled that when the team first set up the antenna, they worked hard on the roof of the building for more than an hour under the scorching sun, assembling dozens of parts, but only heard a burst of noise. Zhang Xueting (张雪婷), a doctoral student, said, "Every time before the communication test, we have to disassemble and assemble again, and we don't even bother to wipe the sweat dripping into our eyes." After repeated debugging, when the clear voice signal was first connected across the campus, cheers intertwined.
Since then, the team has begun to explore a wider application space. In the international amateur radio competition, they used shortwave radios to communicate with amateur radio enthusiasts in more than 20 countries around the world in 48 hours. Guo Jialei (郭佳磊), a master student at Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学), said: "We must combine personal growth with the needs of the country and society, and contribute our youthful strength to safeguarding information network security."
"What we are exploring is a fusion education model of 'ideological and political leadership and technological empowerment'," said Guo Zhe (郭哲), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Dean of the School of Cyberspace Security of Beijing Institute of Technology (北京理工大学网络空间安全学院). "Through the deep integration of red history and cutting-edge technology, students not only improve their professional skills in the process of solving practical problems, but also sublimate their personal ideals into a mission to serve the national strategy."
"Social practice is an important bridge connecting the classroom and society. Although there is no standard answer, it can give profound growth answers in every determined and practical effort. It allows young people to understand social conditions and public opinion in the soil, clarify the direction of life in action, strengthen cultural confidence in inheritance, and draw spiritual strength in walking," said Fu Yujie (傅宇杰), Deputy Secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee of Tsinghua University (清华大学团委). "Schools should build richer and more diverse practice platforms for students as much as possible, and teachers should do a good job in the whole chain of support for answering questions and solving doubts in the early stage, providing support in the middle stage, and exchanging and reviewing in the later stage, to help the majority of young students gain more solid growth and deeper insights."
(Xu Yi (徐一) and Xue Siyuan (薛思远) participated in the writing)
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The value of youth lies not only in deep and meticulous research within the ivory tower but also in hands-on practice after entering society. The knowledge system learned in the classroom can only be transformed into solid skills for solving practical problems through the tempering of practice. For college students, social practice is by no means an optional embellishment but rather an indispensable spiritual furnace and ability classroom on the road to youth growth.
Whether it is participating in professional internships to improve vocational skills or conducting social research to feel the pulse of society; whether it is crossing mountains and seas to support education and light up the dreams of children in rural areas or rooting in communities to help the disabled and the elderly and convey warmth to the world, these practical experiences can not only temper the tenacious character of young people to be steadfast in their actions and reach far but also cultivate patriotic feelings in serving society and strengthen life ideals in solving practical problems.
The clearer the knowledge, the more steadfast the action; the more steadfast the action, the clearer the knowledge. In participating in social practice, we expect more young students to interpret responsibility with hard work, measure the road to growth with their footsteps, write a regretless youth on the answer sheet of serving society, and let the flower of youth bloom in the place where the motherland needs it most.
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Recently, the topic "Leaving home for thousands of miles, must strive for success again and again" has become a hot search on the internet. Growing up and leaving the familiar hometown to go to the place you yearn for, to study, live, struggle, and experience the world, has become a very familiar growth model for many young people today. Many young people share scenes of leaving home on social media: some take pictures of their parents outside the high-speed rail station, some recall their grandparents watching them leave on the balcony, and some frankly say, "Every time I wave goodbye with a smile, but the moment I turn around, I 'pout'."
Not long ago, I also experienced such a send-off. After the vacation, I returned to the city where I work. After eating "dumplings for the road," my parents took me to the station. After a relaxed farewell, I received a call a few minutes later—it turned out they were concerned about whether I had passed the security check smoothly with my big bags. At that time, I realized that when I stride forward, there is so much concern from my parents behind me.
Such experiences may be hidden in the hearts of many travelers. When communicating with young colleagues, I also have this feeling: it's almost the end of the year, how much time have you spent with your parents this year? Asking myself, I am often busy with my own work and life, and my concern for my parents seems insufficient. We who leave home for thousands of miles should also have a place in our hearts for the distant figures, while taking good care of ourselves and striving for success.
"The child is determined to leave his hometown," leaving home to work hard in a wider world is almost an inevitable choice in adolescence. In fact, parents do not blame their children for traveling far away. Perhaps because the older generation has also experienced youth, they often understand and support our "leaving home." Concern often takes a silent form: picking up the phone, but considering whether we are busy; browsing Moments, trying to interpret hobbies and thoughts from a few words; paying attention to news and weather in big cities, reminding us to add clothes when it's cold; making a phone call, urging us to work hard and take care of our health, but saying about themselves, "We are all fine, don't worry"...
If there is a restrained tenderness from parents in this kind of parting, then looking back often is an emotional expression of being a child. Looking back, we can better understand our parents' intentions and see where we come from. "In the glistening tears, I saw again the fat figure in a blue cotton robe and black mandarin jacket." Reading his father's letter, Zhu Ziqing (朱自清) in his 20s better understood his father's concern. "I really want to advise all grown-up boys, never be stubborn with your mother, let alone be shy, I understand but it's too late." Returning to the Temple of Earth (地坛), Shi Tiesheng (史铁生) understood his mother's perseverance and unpretentious love. Parents' concern and children's attachment are often common emotions. Seeing parents and understanding parents is the simplest way to respond to love.
Is it necessarily impossible to have both working hard outside and caring for parents? In addition to looking back, there is much more we can do. On an internet social platform, groups such as "Caring for Parents Academy" and "Buying Clothes for Mom" have gathered many young people. Everyone is giving each other ideas, lamenting that not only does being a parent require learning, but being a child is also a subject. In fact, the intention is often in the details: sharing your life, being more patient on the phone, choosing a small gift for birthdays... Just like our parents' love for us, it takes root in everyday life.
There are also young people who are away from home who have proposed a "Mutual Help Parents Plan" to provide assistance within their capabilities to the parents and elders of strangers: acting as a translator for the elderly who do not speak the language at the airport, pointing out the way for the elderly who are looking at routes in the subway, and helping the elderly who are not good at electronic devices to tap the screen... Someone said, "I take care of everyone's parents, and everyone also takes care of my parents." Isn't this a kind of 老吾老以及人之老 (lǎo wú lǎo yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo - "respect the elders in my family, and extend that respect to the elders in other families," care for not only one's own elders but also the elders of others)?
Or perhaps, leaving is for returning. Leaving home for thousands of miles, the return date is sometimes. Whether it's a heartwarming companionship on holidays, or returning to the hometown with knowledge, the people who sent us away are also looking forward to our return. Know that with a road ahead and parents by your side, this is the time we should cherish.
Return to TopBy: 胡晓猛
I was born in Xingguang Village (星光村), Gaoyan Town (高燕镇), Chengkou County (城口县), Chongqing (重庆市). Now I am the deputy secretary of the Party branch of Xingguang Village (星光村). People say that I am a post-90s village cadre who is "native" to the Daba Mountains (大巴山). The forest coverage rate in our village is 70%, but a large area of inefficient forest has not created value. I always wonder how to turn green waters and green mountains into "golden mountains and silver mountains."
In October 2021, Daba Mountain Forestry Development Co., Ltd. (大巴山林业开发有限公司) came to Xingguang Village (星光村) to establish a demonstration base for Chinese medicinal herb Epimedium. At first, my mind was full of question marks. Can there really be good yield per mu? Can the planting quality really be stabilized? However, due to the suitable climate and soil in our village, the medicinal materials that were originally expected to be harvested in the third year reached the harvesting standard in the second year. The demonstration base can achieve an income of more than 10,000 yuan per mu per year. Epimedium is more valuable than other medicinal materials. Once planted, it can be harvested and benefited multiple times. After seeing the benefits with my own eyes, the doubts in my heart completely dissipated, and I made up my mind to be bold.
In 2024, I decided to transfer the collective forest land in the village for large-scale planting. At first, it didn't go smoothly. When clearing weeds and shrubs under the forest, some villagers didn't understand and accused us of destroying the forest. Some people also questioned our standards and methods for selecting forests and land. Faced with the villagers' doubts, we held a courtyard meeting, which not only clarified the relevant policies and systems, but also resolved the concerns of some villagers.
In the beginning, the industrial road to the mountain was not yet hardened, and cars could not drive up. I and more than 30 villagers could only rely on manpower to carry seedlings and organic fertilizers weighing dozens of kilograms up the mountain. We set off at 6 o'clock every morning and often didn't go down the mountain until dark. In the process of planting, we want both efficiency and ecology, and adhere to ecological priority. The original forest appearance must not be destroyed, and large-scale logging is strictly prohibited. Only weeds and shrubs under the forest are cleared. We insist on manual digging and manual weeding, and do not use herbicides.
Now, the scale of Epimedium planting under the forest in the village has reached about 1,700 mu, absorbing more than 70 idle laborers in the surrounding area to engage in forest clearing, weeding and other work. Seeing the villagers' pockets bulging and seeing them smiling from ear to ear when they receive their wages, I have an unspeakable sense of accomplishment in my heart. I think what we are planting is not only medicinal materials, but also the dream of getting rich.
Some people say that it is difficult to engage in agriculture, but I think the countryside is a vast world where much can be accomplished. In this deep mountain, my youth is like a small seedling rooted in the soil. I must not only grow well myself, but also protect this land and water.
(The author is the deputy secretary of the Party branch of Xingguang Village (星光村), Gaoyan Town (高燕镇), Chengkou County (城口县), Chongqing (重庆市). This report was compiled by Wang Xin Yue (王欣悦), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 任彤彤
"I swear: I volunteer to join the Communist Party of China..."
On November 27th, officers and soldiers of the Yanling Squadron of the Zhuzhou Detachment of the Hunan Armed Police Corps (武警湖南总队株洲支队炎陵中队) entered the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠) in Shuikou Town (水口镇) to hold a "Party Admission Oath and Review of the Party Admission Oath" ceremony. The afternoon sun shone through the branches and leaves, scattering on the bright red Party flag and reflecting on the young faces of the soldiers. The resounding oath echoed in the air for a long time.
98 years ago, Mao Zedong (毛泽东) led the Autumn Harvest Uprising (秋收起义) troops on their way to the Jinggang Mountains (井冈山). It was in the attic of the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠) that he presided over the Party admission oath ceremony for six new Party members of the "Red First Company" (红一连). The principle of "the Party branch is built at the company level" was practiced for the first time, and the red gene has since been deeply rooted in the green hills and rivers.
After the ceremony, the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队) and the "Red First Company" (红一连) of a brigade of the 83rd Group Army of the Army (陆军第83集团军某旅) conducted interactive ideological and political education through video conferencing. One is a squadron stationed in the first place where "the Party branch is built at the company level," and the other is the company where the first company-level Party branch of our army was born. The red blood of the two teams resonates at this moment.
In the distance, the Luoxiao Mountains (罗霄山) stand tall and majestic, and the bright red Party flag flies high in the grassroots company. This red inheritance spanning time and space witnesses the vivid practice of the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队) integrating faith into its mission and responsibility.
"Joining the Party is not only an honor, but also means responsibility"
Walking into the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队) barracks, there is a wall of Party member numbers on the left side of the gate, recording the names of Party members since the establishment of the squadron.
Some time ago, Zheng Jialin (郑加林), the old instructor who had already transferred to civilian work, revisited the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队). Looking at the names on the Party member number wall, tears flowed involuntarily.
He said with emotion: "Now, I am an old soldier with gray hair, but every time I think of the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队), think of those comrades, think of the kerosene lamp in the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠), my heart is still as hot as it was back then."
At that time, Zheng Jialin (郑加林) had just taken office as the political instructor of the squadron. In his spare time, he read the history of the驻地 and was deeply moved by the rich red heritage of Yanling County (炎陵县).
He took the soldiers to the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠) in Shuikou Town (水口镇), not far from the squadron, climbed the attic, and stood in front of the square wooden table, as if he saw the faint light of the kerosene lamp on the table, always illuminating the original intention of "building the Party branch at the company level."
After returning from the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠), Zheng Jialin (郑加林) proposed to assign an exclusive number to each Party member of the squadron in the order of joining the Party.
"Today, I was developed as the 180th Party member of the squadron, and I am very excited!" said Zheng Hao (郑皓), a soldier of the squadron. "In my opinion, joining the Party is not only an honor, but also means responsibility."
In Zheng Hao's (郑皓) training uniform pocket, there is a red card. He proudly handed it to the reporter: "Look! It clearly prints the Party member's name, year of joining the Party, job category and other information."
Wang Zehua (王泽华), the political instructor of the squadron, introduced that the squadron has unremittingly used the Party's innovative theories to strengthen the soul and consolidate the foundation of faith. At the same time, it regularly carries out activities such as theoretical explanations and news reviews, organizes officers and soldiers to go to the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠), the Red Army Slogan Museum (红军标语博物馆) and other places for on-site teaching, and invites You Keyuan (游克源), a former classmate of Huang Jiguang (黄继光), to the team to tell combat stories, etc., to help officers and soldiers deepen their understanding of the Party's fine traditions, brighten the background, and maintain their true colors forever.
Wang Lin (王琳), the 179th Party member, was developed into a probationary Party member on the same day as Zheng Hao (郑皓). The day he joined the Party happened to be his 23rd birthday.
"Having my political birthday on the same day as my birth date is too memorable for me." Wang Lin's (王琳) eyes flashed with excitement.
When he joined the army, Wang Lin (王琳) was not a Party member. "When I'm idle, I always think, what can I do for the squadron?" he said.
Before long, Wang Lin (王琳), combining his practical experience in the school's Youth League Committee, came up with a "golden idea": "There are so many red landmarks in our Yanling (炎陵). To make more people find them and remember them, we must have a 'red map'!"
With the idea, he was not sure whether it could be done. After thinking about it, Wang Lin (王琳) knocked on Wang Zehua's (王泽华) door and got his support: "Let go and try!"
When assigning tasks, many soldiers volunteered: "I write well and I am responsible for map labeling!" "I have studied painting and can help with drawing!"
After setting the plan, checking the data, and drawing the sketches... a few days later, a "Yanling Red Landmark Map" (炎陵红色地标图) condensing the wisdom and sweat of the soldiers was placed in front of everyone.
From a string of Party member numbers to a red map... as time changes, the original intention remains unchanged. The red gene is passed down from generation to generation among the officers and soldiers of the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队), completing a relay across time and space.
Under the guidance of the spiritual torch, the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队) has been rated as an advanced grassroots construction squadron ("Four Irons" advanced squadron) by the General Team for 36 consecutive years, and has been rated as a grassroots construction pacesetter squadron by the General Team 13 times, and has been awarded the collective first-class merit once, the collective second-class merit seven times, and the collective third-class merit twelve times.
"Inheritance is not a sensational slogan, but a subtle influence"
Standing in the Party building corridor of the squadron, facing the newly added "Party Member Growth Archives," Long Dongsheng (龙东升), a soldier of the squadron, felt very at ease.
He said: "Inheritance is not a sensational slogan, but a subtle influence, a bottle of water handed over by the old squad leader, a step that is not given up during the military competition, and the warmth of someone helping you up after a failure..."
When he was first assigned to the squadron, Long Dongsheng's (龙东升) training results were not good. Looking at the "barely passing" score on the assessment form, he felt like he had been poured a basin of cold water.
At night, he tossed and turned: In such a collective full of honors, it is difficult for me to even "keep up with the team," so what about realizing my dreams?
Squad leader Li Shao (李韶) took the initiative to find him and said, "You are physically weak, and I will accompany you to practice in the future." During that time, after training every day, Li Shao (李韶) would accompany Long Dongsheng (龙东升) to sprint 400 meters with a stopwatch, encouraging him not to be discouraged and to dare to break through himself.
From then on, Long Dongsheng (龙东升) regarded high standards as his own "passing line." "If others practice for 1 hour, I will practice for 20 minutes more; if the queue movements are not standard, I will repeatedly scrutinize the details in front of the military appearance mirror."
Due to his outstanding performance, Long Dongsheng (龙东升) became the first backbone among the soldiers of the same year, won the third-class merit, and became the "vanguard" in the mouths of the new recruits.
One year, a mountain fire broke out in Yunyang Mountain National Forest Park (云阳山国家森林公园) in Chaling County (茶陵县), and Long Dongsheng (龙东升) was assigned to the Party member commando team and quickly rushed to the neighboring county for support.
After day and night fighting, the fire was finally extinguished. "Party members taking the lead is never just talk, and sacrifice is never far away." Long Dongsheng (龙东升) said that although it was very dangerous and hard, the sense of responsibility and honor that arose was still unforgettable.
The tempering on the training ground has forged their excellent muscles and bones; and the quenching in thought has cast their loyal souls.
At the sentry post, soldier Hu Cong (胡聪) stood tall and firm.
On the way back to the team after completing his duty mission, Hu Cong (胡聪) kept muttering something silently. When I got closer, I heard that it was the explanation of the Red Army Slogan Museum (红军标语博物馆).
He smiled embarrassedly: "The explanation draft has one or two thousand words, and it is really difficult to remember." As one of the "red commentators" trained by the squadron, he often goes to the Ye Family Ancestral Hall (叶家祠), the Red Army Slogan Museum (红军标语博物馆) and other places to provide free explanations for officers, soldiers and tourists.
In order to explain more vividly and clearly, Hu Cong (胡聪) put in a lot of effort. Whenever he had time, he would run to the squadron's reading room to read books on Party history and military history. In the squadron's theoretical study class, he would seize the opportunity to ask the instructor and theoretical backbone for advice.
Zhang Yingli (张莹莉), the curator of the Red Army Slogan Museum (红军标语博物馆), was initially worried: "These soldiers are only in their 20s, and some of them still speak with a local accent. The 339 slogans in the museum have unique historical backgrounds. Can they explain them clearly?"
Before long, she was moved by the seriousness of these soldiers. They used their rest time to practice repeatedly in front of the mirrors in the exhibition hall. From the initial awkward tone to becoming more and more proficient, even the gestures were practiced very naturally.
In the exhibition hall, a grandma took her grandson to visit. After listening to the explanation, she asked the child to give Hu Cong (胡聪) a Young Pioneer salute, saying: "Child, remember the story told by the uncle, and be such a person in the future."
"Shine as much as possible to illuminate some people and warm some people"
In the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队), a yellowed letter paper is regarded as a treasure.
This is the will of Wang Deyu (王德玉), an old man in the local area: "15,500 yuan in cash shall be handed over to the Yanling Armed Police Squadron (炎陵武警中队) for the cost of repairing the tomb after the testator's death... Other property shall belong to the Yanling Armed Police Squadron (炎陵武警中队)." Every stroke on the paper is the old man's heavy trust in this group of "soldier children."
Many years ago, Wang Deyu's (王德玉) wife passed away, and they had no children. Hearing about the old man's situation by chance, the squadron's Party branch took the initiative to "recognize relatives" to help.
The soldiers affectionately called the old man "Grandma Wang" (王奶奶), installed a telephone for her, sent rice and noodles, and went to her home to do housework and chat every now and then. Gradually, the smile on the old man's face increased. The neighbors saw it and said with relief: "The old man is blessed. This group of soldiers is closer than relatives."
Old soldiers retire, and new soldiers take over. This "grandparent-grandchild relationship" that transcends blood ties has never been broken and has become more mellow.
After the old man passed away, the squadron donated all the property in the will to the nursing home and the orphanage. Every year during the Qingming Festival, the squadron's Party branch organizes officers and soldiers to go to the tomb to sweep the tomb and tell this story to the new recruits in front of "Grandma Wang's" (王奶奶) tomb.
The scroll of time slowly unfolds, and the warm story of the military and the people being as close as fish and water is constantly written and circulated in the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队).
Not long ago, the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队) received a special "guest" - Liu Wei (刘蔚), a student at Central South University of Forestry and Technology (中南林业科技大学).
As soon as he entered the door, the officers and soldiers of the squadron greeted him kindly and patted Liu Wei (刘蔚) on the shoulder: "Young man, you look more sunny!"
The story between them began 5 years ago. At that time, Liu Wei (刘蔚) had just entered the first year of high school, and his family suddenly suffered an accident: his father fell ill and could not do heavy work, and his mother worked odd jobs in a restaurant, and her salary was barely enough to make ends meet, and his tuition became a problem. For a time, Liu Wei (刘蔚) even thought of dropping out of school to work.
Until that day, the head teacher took him to a conference room and met Xiao Xiang (肖湘), the then political instructor of the Yanling Squadron (炎陵中队). Xiao Xiang (肖湘) said to Liu Wei (刘蔚): "We will take care of the tuition, you just concentrate on studying." He also brought him a new schoolbag and notebook.
Back in the classroom, Liu Wei (刘蔚) opened the notebook and saw a line written on it: "In dark days, there will always be a ray of light." His nose suddenly felt sore, and his heart warmed up.
Later, Liu Wei (刘蔚) successfully participated in the college entrance examination and received an admission notice from the university as he wished. When he visited the squadron, he learned that the tradition of helping poor students had been going on here for decades.
The few bayberry trees in the yard were planted by the students who were helped. They grow vigorously here, lush and green, witnessing the good deeds of the officers and soldiers of the squadron donating money to help students.
"We are willing to be a ray of candlelight, shine as much as possible to illuminate some people and warm some people." Wang Zehua (王泽华) said.
(Xing Chen (邢晨) and Wen Xinzhong (文信中) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 金正波
Not long ago, a reporter visited a simulation training center of an air force brigade of the Central Theater Command (中部战区). In an inconspicuous two-story building, tactical simulators, aerial refueling simulators... various types of simulators with different functions have become popular among pilots.
"From '1.0' to '3.0', we independently explored, produced, and assembled them ourselves." A sergeant who participated in the "1.0 version" of the aerial refueling simulator still keeps a photo with the simulator. In the photo, the words "Independent Design" are written in white paint in the middle of the simulator, which is particularly eye-catching.
From the initial simple model where people could only manually carry the refueling drogue for training, to the development of optimizing software algorithms to more closely resemble the real experience of aerial refueling... every step of the simulator's iteration embodies the wisdom of frontline pilots and maintenance officers and soldiers.
Innovation is combat effectiveness. "Don't underestimate the small innovations and small improvements, often if you persist, gather them together, they can play a big role." A sentence from the person in charge of the simulation training center was impressive.
Innovation is not the patent of scientific research institutes; ordinary soldiers can also make a big difference. Grassroots officers and soldiers are at the forefront of strengthening the army in practice and at the forefront of military struggle preparation. They are familiar with equipment performance and clear about the crux of the problem. Where innovation is needed and how effective innovation is, grassroots officers and soldiers feel it most deeply. Sometimes, their suggestion or a "brainstorm" can often find the "key" to solving work problems.
Fully respect the main position and pioneering spirit of officers and soldiers. Those who know victory in war are among the soldiers. Looking back on history, our army has been able to move from victory to victory, which is also inseparable from the wisdom of the vast number of officers and soldiers. During the Anti-Japanese War, the vast number of soldiers and civilians created classic tactics such as tunnel warfare, landmine warfare, and sparrow warfare based on actual combat; after the founding of New China, the Guo Xingfu (郭兴福) teaching method was also created by ordinary officers and soldiers at that time.
If a tree wants to grow strong, it must first take root in fertile soil. Nowadays, officers and soldiers have greatly improved their education level, are active in thinking, have a broad vision, and have more convenient means of obtaining information, and are more capable and advantageous in innovation and creation. As a leader, we must know how to create a good innovation environment, ask soldiers about tactics and training methods, gather wisdom from soldiers to tackle difficult problems, fully stimulate their enthusiasm for innovation, and provide an inexhaustible driving force for reform, transformation, and preparation for war.
Actively build an innovation platform for grassroots officers and soldiers. Grassroots innovation is mostly reflected in "micro-innovation," such as tool improvement, process optimization, and troubleshooting speed-up. Although not profound, it directly improves training and support efficiency. How to escort the innovation path of grassroots officers and soldiers?
A repair company of an army brigade established five "soldier studios" and actively built a platform for sergeants with excellent professional skills. Although the studio is small, the results are not few. Firing control device simulator, portable repair box for precision instruments... Dozens of small innovations and inventions of the company have been promoted and used throughout the brigade. Building a platform not only gives grassroots officers and soldiers the courage to try boldly and continuously explore innovation potential, but also effectively gathers talents, gathers wisdom to tackle key problems, and summarizes and promotes successful experiences in a timely manner.
Of course, the road to innovation is not smooth, and it is often accompanied by setbacks and even failures. Behind this, it is inseparable from the persistence of officers and soldiers, and it also requires organizations at all levels to "support and encourage" innovators. Look at officers and soldiers with appreciative eyes, be the guardians of their "fantastic ideas," turn more good ideas into reality, and help transform innovative achievements into real combat effectiveness.
Return to TopBy: 杨 力
At the starting line, warplanes roared, poised to take off. With an order, they taxied, accelerated, and climbed, and looking up, several warplanes drew magnificent trails across the azure sky. At the other end of the starting line, various types of aerial munitions were neatly arrayed, ready to receive instructions at any time to equip the warplanes with "sharp swords." This is my battle station.
I am a professional technical officer in the aviation munitions support post, and I have been in this post for 20 years. Because of the long working hours, everyone is used to calling me "Senior Engineer Yang (杨高工)."
When I reported for duty that year, I was the first master's student received by the unit. Some people thought that I had a high degree and would not stay at the grassroots level for long. But I didn't think so much. The enthusiastic and sincere comrades in the company and the mighty and majestic warplanes on the tarmac all made me feel novel.
I remember that not long after joining the ammunition battalion, I went with the team to the plateau desert to participate in the live firing of a new type of ammunition. This experience made me understand that to win, we must not only have advanced weapons, but also use excellent professional skills to ensure that the weapons exert their maximum effectiveness.
As a soldier, everything I do at ordinary times must be prepared for winning. Since engaging in missile testing and maintenance, I have participated in many major exercises and training missions. It can be said that how many times I have tested the missile, the missile has tested me how many times.
Over the years, standing on the starting line and looking out, my eyes are full of the new trajectory of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (人民空军) taking off and flying high. The most impressive thing was a live ammunition shooting assessment mission. After the training, the pilot reflected to me: "This assessment uses a new type of ammunition, and some of the previous tactics are not very effective."
In order to help the pilots figure out how to use this new type of guided ammunition, we pooled our wisdom to carry out technical research. We deliberated on the attack conditions time and time again, simulated the best launch timing again and again, and thought of many coping strategies. Looking at the drafts and route maps on the table, everyone was more confident: "No problem, we will definitely hit!"
On the day of the mission, accompanied by a huge roar, warplanes loaded with ammunition took off one after another and entered the projection airspace according to the order. Watching the warplanes fly far away, I quickly returned to the tower to watch the warplane status on the live screen.
"Lock the target, shoot!" A missile ignited and shot out from under the wing. "Hit!" Hearing the good news, my tense nerves finally relaxed.
The warplanes returned one after another, and I rushed to the tarmac to meet the plane. As soon as pilot Lao Wu (老吴) got off the plane, he held my hand tightly: "Senior Engineer Yang, we succeeded!" At that moment, tears blurred my vision.
Guaranteeing power is combat power. I often say to the comrades around me that when dealing with high-precision and cutting-edge weapons, we must work hard to improve our professional ability and explore the boundaries of performance.
Not long ago, when I was invited back to my alma mater to participate in vocational skill appraisal, an old classmate was very surprised: "Why are you still at the grassroots level? No one has poached you to the institute?" I replied with a smile: "There is a lot to be done at the grassroots level!" Born in a great era, shouldering a glorious mission. As long as we are willing to take root in our posts and study in depth, we can also contribute our own strength to the warplanes 叱咤海空 (chì zhà hǎi kōng - "dominate the seas and skies," to be a powerful and commanding presence in the maritime and aerial domains) in the front line of focusing on guaranteeing victory.
(The author is a senior engineer of the Ammunition Battalion of a certain field station of the Southern Theater Command Air Force (南部战区空军), compiled by Jin Zhengbo (金正波) and Chen Siyi (陈思屹))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李龙伊
"My grandfather left the family motto of 'Follow the Communist Party forever, love the country and guard the border for a lifetime,' and my father is the prototype of the protagonist in the movie 'Visitors on the Ice Mountain'..." On the podium, Long Jike Kader (龙吉克·卡德尔), a Tajik veteran and member of the "Veterans Always Follow the Party" propaganda team, spoke in a deep voice, recounting the story of four generations of his family guarding the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原). The audience below was deeply moved.
A netizen watching the live broadcast online left a message: "Four generations have been steadfastly guarding the 'no-go zone for life.' They are like mobile boundary markers, writing their love for the country in every step of their border patrol."
Once the military uniform is worn, lifelong loyalty is engraved in the heart.
In order to guide the vast number of retired soldiers to listen to the Party, feel grateful to the Party, and follow the Party, since 2022, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部) has organized the "Veterans Always Follow the Party" national veteran propaganda campaign for consecutive years, and its political guiding role and social influence have continued to expand. This year, this activity continues to advance vigorously. All localities have strictly selected and recommended 63 new members with high political quality, strong theoretical foundation, good mass base, and strong expression ability to join the national veteran propaganda team.
From the coast of the East China Sea (东海) to the snowy plateau, from the northern border city to the South China Sea (南海) territory, a red propaganda upsurge is surging in various places. Moving veteran stories are being told with deep affection, warming and inspiring tens of thousands of listeners.
At the launching ceremony and first report meeting of the 2025 National Veteran Propaganda Team's thematic tour held in Tianjin (天津), six veteran propagandists used wonderful narratives to kick off the year's activities.
"I regret not dying to resist Japan, leaving me with today's shame. The country is so broken, why should I cherish this head?" In the Tianjin Auditorium (天津大礼堂), Zheng Ji'an (郑吉安), the granddaughter of martyr Ji Hongchang (吉鸿昌), walked onto the stage with her grandfather's last letter. She used a dialogue that transcended time and space to reproduce Ji Hongchang's heroic deeds of sacrificing his life for righteousness, and also expressed her firm determination to inherit the family motto and pass on the red torch from generation to generation. Many people at the scene shed tears.
How to innovate the form to make the propaganda more attractive? All localities are actively exploring in practice, striving to break through the traditional model of "one person, one podium," cleverly combining story content, and using background videos, physical displays, situational short films, and other auxiliary means to create an immersive audio-visual experience for the audience.
"Too vivid!" At the propaganda site in Shaanxi (陕西), when the sand painting teacher reproduced the moving scenes of six veterans with quicksand, exclamations came from the audience.
"The propaganda interspersed with situational dramas, choruses, and songs and dances, making the form refreshing," a ideological and political course teacher sincerely exclaimed after a propaganda event at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (云南财经大学), "Only by attracting people first can we better educate people."
Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Hubei (湖北) and other places actively promote the "six entries" activities of veteran propaganda into government agencies, universities, troops, communities, villages, and the Internet, and continue to expand coverage and influence. Zhejiang (浙江), Yunnan (云南), Gansu (甘肃) and other places pay attention to combining regional characteristics and "tailor-made" propaganda content for different scenarios such as campuses and villages...
Up to now, more than 3,000 veteran propaganda teams at the national, provincial, municipal, and county levels have been established across the country, with more than 20,000 propagandists. Since the beginning of this year, with the theme of "Red Gene is Inherited Forever, and a New Contribution is Made to the Rejuvenation of a Strong Country," the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部) has carried out 11 thematic tour propaganda events across the country, and various localities have followed up with more than 60,000 propaganda events, covering more than 100 million people online and offline.
"Telling a good story is better than a thousand words." According to the relevant person in charge of the General Office of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (退役军人事务部秘书局), the veteran propaganda activities have always focused on "real people, real events, and real feelings," creating a batch of highly infectious propaganda masterpieces, and gradually building a story library covering red inheritance, intangible cultural heritage protection, public welfare services, and other dimensions, vividly depicting the heroic group portrait of "retiring without fading, and retiring without losing ambition," so that the "good voice of veterans" can be spread further.
Return to TopBy: 齐 喆
In recent times, the Chinese mural art scene has been very active. From the "Exhibition Series of the Art Committee of the China Artists Association: The Second Mural Works Exhibition" held by the China Artists Association (中国美术家协会) and others, to the "Yungang · Millennium Echo - The Fifth National Mural Exhibition" held by the Mural Painting Society of China (中国壁画学会) and others, to the upcoming Academic Annual Meeting of the Mural Art Committee of the China Artists Association (中国美协壁画艺委会), as well as the "New Era Youth Art Talent Training Project - Mural 100" and the "First Youth Mural Works Exhibition" in preparation, a series of exhibitions and academic activities are being launched intensively, jointly outlining a picture of Chinese mural art seeking "breakthrough" and "symbiosis" in contemporary cultural construction. This "mural fever" is not accidental, but a systematic reflection and practice on the intrinsic value, social function, and future boundaries of mural art in the context of the new era.
Mural paintings are massive in size, have long creation cycles, and are difficult to move once they are on the wall. For a long time, it has been difficult to hold mural exhibitions. In addition to the mural exhibition area set up in the National Art Exhibition held every five years, the National Mural Exhibition hosted by the Mural Painting Society of China (中国壁画学会) used to be the main exhibition in the mural art world, and the exhibition currently requires the exhibited works to be "works already on the wall," focusing on publicity and engineering, which has led to limited opportunities for mural creators, especially young authors, to participate in the exhibition. In order to break through this bottleneck in talent cultivation, the Mural Art Committee of the China Artists Association (中国美术家协会壁画艺委会) has relaxed the restriction of "must be on the wall," paying more attention to the spatial attributes and artistic innovation of the works. In addition to actively participating in the National Art Exhibition, it has built an exhibition framework that promotes the Art Committee's session exhibition and the youth exhibition. This move frees mural creators and encourages mural paintings to explore artistic, experimental, and cross-media possibilities. These two types of exhibitions, one real and one virtual, one tight and one loose, constitute two indispensable poles in the mural art ecosystem: focusing on reality and envisioning the future.
Through the exhibition, it can be seen that thematic grand narratives show profound expressiveness with solemn rituals and symbolic language, and a more diverse, open, and vibrant mural narrative system is taking shape. Some artists are no longer satisfied with the illustrative reproduction of historical allusions or cultural symbols, but are committed to spiritual expression and contemporary translation. For example, in the large lacquer mural "The Realm of Material Evolution," the author breaks the boundaries of time and space and attempts to recombine the images in ancient murals to examine the evolution of cultural imagery. The visual language with primitive vitality and mysterious color allows viewers to glimpse the source of the national spirit. The reference to texts such as the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* (*山海经*) and *Chu Ci* (*楚辞*) has also transcended the subject matter itself and evolved into a conceptual expression of learning from the past to open up the present. Through these traditional cultural IPs, artists explore eternal propositions such as the origin of life, the conflict of civilizations, and the relationship between man and nature, and expand the space for artistic creation in cultural tracing.
In terms of regional cultural narratives, mural paintings get rid of the simple presentation of regional customs, conduct in-depth excavation and artistic interpretation from a new perspective with the characteristics of the times, and avoid the exoticism of the "other" perspective, so that regionality becomes the cornerstone of building cultural diversity, such as the works "Chu Style" (*楚风*) and "Mogao Imprints" (*莫高印记*), etc. This creative path is a positive practice for mural creation to avoid homogenization and emphasize diversity.
As a public art, mural painting undertakes the mission of stimulating social innovation and serving community culture. Contemporary mural creation is mainly concentrated in cities. With the continuous deepening of the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization, villagers' spiritual and cultural needs are becoming stronger. How can mural paintings intervene in rural areas? How to develop more warm and distinctive urban-rural cultural narratives? This is a question that the new generation of mural painters must face. Mural paintings are not only "decorations" for urban and rural areas, but also inscribe historical memories and create distinctive fields. For example, the creation process of "Rural Texture Method: Yanqian Cave Observation" does not rely entirely on the artist's personal professional skills, but also promotes the implementation of mural paintings through village activities such as interviews and investigations with villagers. The mural uses local materials that are easy to find and very close to the interface of traditional buildings, and even waste materials from the demolition of old villages, with the aim of conveying to villagers and tourists a concept: old materials are also symbols of local tradition and context, and a memorial to the past simple pastoral life. After proper design, they not only do not conflict with the current environment, but also present a harmonious beauty. This creative path that goes deep into local culture and life reflects the contemporary mural creators' deeper feelings about rural culture and their more profound pursuit of artistic expression. This is also a concrete manifestation of mural painting's participation in rural cultural construction. It can be seen that correctly handling the relationship between creators and users, past and present, is the only way for mural paintings to truly embed themselves in the social fabric and trigger broader emotional resonance.
With the development of technology and social changes, mural paintings are facing more opportunities and challenges. Digital technology is no longer just an auxiliary tool, but has itself become a creative medium. Interactivity, generativity, and immersive experience are reshaping the form and viewing method of mural paintings. In youth mural creation, many works also present a preview of future narrative methods. Young mural painters are striving to concretize abstract technological concepts into perceptible and discussable aesthetic objects with the unique sensibility and aesthetics of visual art, stimulating the public's multi-dimensional imagination and critical thinking about technological development. All this expands the ideological capacity and development space of mural art.
From a single picture to field creation, from the artist's individual expression to social collaborative creation, the mural art world is launching cross-border explorations with digital art, public art, design, sociology, and other fields. How to uphold the humanistic core and artistic quality of mural paintings while encouraging technological innovation? How to maintain the artist's individual style and the purity of art in multi-party consultation? How to effectively transform young people's experimental works into public art projects with social impact? These are all topics that need to be continuously explored in the future.
This mural fever is the vitality of Chinese mural art after years of accumulation. Its academic vision, social concern, and forward-looking layout clearly convey a signal: mural art is taking the initiative to intervene in the times with a "breakthrough" attitude, coexisting with technology, coexisting with urban and rural areas, and coexisting with the public, and ultimately realizing another revival of its own artistic life.
(The author is the Secretary-General of the Mural Art Committee of the China Artists Association (中国美术家协会壁画艺术委员会).)
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Oil painting, as a major category of Western painting, was introduced to China in the 16th century along with missionaries. It wasn't until the late 19th and early 20th centuries that it took root in the wave of "Western learning spreading eastward." Looking back at the history of Chinese art, the Maksimov Oil Painting Training Class (hereinafter referred to as the "Ma Xun Ban") held at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院) in the 1950s for more than two years powerfully promoted the teaching and localization of oil painting, with influence lasting to this day. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the opening of the "Ma Xun Ban," the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院) planned and held a research exhibition, "The Invited Oil Painting - Retrospective Exhibition of Teaching Achievements of the Maksimov Oil Painting Training Class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (1955-1957)," systematically reviewing the teaching achievements of the "Ma Xun Ban" and reviewing with the audience the gradual construction of the oil painting teaching system and the process of nationalization of oil painting.
In the early days of the founding of New China, the former Ministry of Culture (文化部) adopted a combination of "bringing in" and "going out," entrusting art colleges to hold training courses in oil painting and sculpture by foreign experts, and sending students to study abroad, in order to quickly improve the level of higher art education in China. Among them, the oil painting training class was led by Konstantin Mefodievich Maksimov, a Soviet People's Artist, and is therefore often simply referred to as the "Ma Xun Ban." The "Ma Xun Ban" is not just a training class, but also a spark, cultivating a group of outstanding talents for Chinese oil painting and laying the foundation for the Chinese oil painting education system. From sketch drawing, indoor and outdoor color exercises, plein air painting to thematic creation expressing real life, the "Ma Xun Ban" conducted systematic training in artistic creation and teaching through curriculum settings. A total of 21 students participated in the study, including Wei Chuanyi (魏传义), Yu Changgong (于长拱), Wang Chengyi (汪诚一), Wu Dezu (武德祖), Qin Zheng (秦征), He Kongde (何孔德), Wang Xuzhu (王恤珠), Yuan Hao (袁浩), Chen Beixin (谌北新), Wang Liuqiu (王流秋), Gao Hong (高虹), Lu Guoying (陆国英), Feng Fasi (冯法祀), Ren Mengzhang (任梦璋), Hou Yimin (侯一民), Jin Shangyi (靳尚谊), Zhan Jianjun (詹建俊), Wang Dewei (王德威), Yu Yunjie (俞云阶), Zhang Wenxin (张文新), and Shang Husheng (尚沪生). After graduation, they returned to their respective work posts, and together with returned students who "went out" to learn advanced experience, they comprehensively promoted the development of oil painting teaching and higher art education in China through the relatively complete teaching and creation methods they learned, influencing the growth of a group of contemporary Chinese artists.
Today, in the era of digitalization and informationization, how higher art education can keep pace with the times has become the primary issue facing art colleges. The teaching process and creative achievements of the "Ma Xun Ban" are important historical samples for reviewing the past and looking forward to the future. Through the organic combination of works, pictures, documents and historical materials, the exhibition guides the audience to touch the historical temperature of the older generation of artists exploring the path of realism in three parts. The first part systematically presents the historical appearance of the "Ma Xun Ban" in a large landscape space, with more than 100 teaching, sketching, and life photos from the "Ma Xun Ban" period, as well as Maksimov's lecture records and students' memories of studying in the training class, outlining the vivid and lively learning and daily life of the "Ma Xun Ban." Walking through it, the audience can truly feel the learning state and artistic feelings of the teachers and students of that year, as well as the real process of the growth of the older generation of artists.
One of the influences of the "Ma Xun Ban" on Chinese oil painting is that it brought a set of scientific standards for realistic oil painting creation. The second and third parts of the exhibition guide the audience to deeply understand the cultural value of the "Ma Xun Ban" with complete and substantial works. The second part brings together more than 130 original works by Maksimov, graduation creations and manuscripts by students, showing the process of them seriously facing the creation theme, from collecting materials, accumulating materials, exploring creation plans, to finally forming a complete and shocking artistic image, deepening the audience's professional understanding of oil painting. The third part of the exhibition brings together hundreds of basic teaching assignments and outdoor sketching exercises during the "Ma Xun Ban" period, reflecting the growth and achievements of the students through Maksimov's guidance, receiving systematic basic teaching enlightenment on structure, plein air, composition, and even painterliness.
Today, with the rise of AI painting, the significance of this exhibition is not only to review, but also to present a new viewing angle through the study of history and the process-oriented gaze of social development, allowing people to re-understand the process and essence of the nationalization of oil painting, and to think about how to deepen relevant artistic explorations in the context of globalization, and to highlight the "cultural subjectivity" more in art teaching and art creation.
(The author is the director of the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (中央美术学院美术馆))
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As winter deepens and the cold intensifies, it is the perfect time to gather around a stove to brew tea, savoring its aroma and appreciating its taste. For thousands of years, tea has been more than just a daily beverage; it is also a spiritual sustenance for Chinese people to cultivate their sentiments and appreciate life. The Song Dynasty was the peak period of tea culture development in China. From tea picking and production to tea tasting, everything was extremely refined. The tea-whisking method became the mainstream way of drinking tea at that time. Through Liu Songnian's (刘松年) "Tea Grinding Picture" (撵茶图轴) (see picture), one can appreciate the elegance of the Song style.
This work has meticulous brushwork and elegant colors. The figures, utensils, etc., are all meticulously realistic and natural in form, showing the fine style of court painting. The composition of the picture is divided into left and right areas. On the left, two servants grind and whisk tea, and on the right, three masters read and write, with a clear narrative context. The two servants on the left side of the picture have a clear division of labor. The servant grinding tea sits astride a low table, with his left hand on his knee and his right hand holding the handle, concentrating on turning the tea grinder. Another servant holds a tea cup in his left hand and a hot water pot in his right hand, preparing to pour boiling water into the cup to whisk tea. On the right side of the picture, three people sit around a table. The monk sits behind the table, rolling up his sleeves and working on his creation; the other two people sit on the opposite side and the side of the table, with their eyes on the monk, forming an interactive situation. In addition to the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, there is also a censer on the table, its smoke curling up, faintly visible, vividly reflecting the implicit and elegant Song-style aesthetics and the leisurely interest of literati gatherings. Upon closer inspection, the figures in the picture all seem to be moving yet still, with relaxed expressions, presenting an overall atmosphere of indifference and tranquility.
The exquisiteness of tea-whisking is further reflected in the refinement of utensils and processes. According to Emperor Huizong of Song's (宋徽宗) "Treatise on Tea" (大观茶论), before whisking tea, the tea leaves must be ground into powder with a mill. When whisking tea, the tea powder needs to be placed in a tea cup, first mixed with a little water to form a paste, then boiling water is added in portions, and the mixture is fully stirred with a tea whisk to make the surface of the tea water foam finely. In "Tea Grinding Picture", various utensils such as tea whisks, tea spoons, tea brushes, tea cups, and cup holders are clearly visible on the table, and wind stoves and water urns stand beside the table, echoing the tea-whisking process recorded in the literature, leaving valuable physical evidence of tea culture for future generations.
Liu Songnian (刘松年) was born during the Southern Song Dynasty and served in the imperial painting academy throughout his life. He was one of the "Four Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty" (南宋四家). His painting style is elegant and rigorous, both vividly realistic and emotionally invested. This "Tea Grinding Picture" is the most representative of Liu Songnian's tea-related paintings. Its detailed depiction of tea sets and tea affairs reflects the prosperity of tea culture in the Song Dynasty and reflects the Song people's extreme attention to the quality of life. This artistic pursuit of daily life is deeply rooted in Chinese philosophical thought. Whether it is the "investigation of things to extend knowledge" (格物致知) pursued by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism (程朱理学) - to understand the ultimate truth of the world from every plant, tree, tea, and meal, or the "ordinary mind is the Way" (平常心是道) advocated by Zen Buddhism - enlightenment can be achieved between fetching water and chopping wood, both provide the ideological basis for Song-style elegance. In "Tea Grinding Picture", the servants concentrate on grinding and whisking tea, and the masters focus on reading and writing, which are connected on a spiritual level, both being a complete investment and sublimation of things. This is not only an appreciation of "elegance" but also a way to cultivate oneself and understand the Tao. Understanding the spirit of investigating things in refinement, and obtaining the beauty of elegance in simplicity, Liu Songnian's paintings are like a mirror of Song Dynasty culture, reflecting the unique spiritual pursuit and aesthetic meaning of that era.
"Qin (琴), chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and tea" are the seven elegant things in literati life, and "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea" are the seven mundane things in ordinary people's daily life. Tea connects elegance and vulgarity, adding thousands of flavors to life. Winter is the perfect time, why not imitate the sages, savor the aroma of tea, and understand the quiet beauty of life?
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Lacquer art, as an important carrier of the Chinese cultural heritage for thousands of years, has unique material properties and craft characteristics, containing the aesthetic genes and cultural codes of Chinese civilization. Lacquer painting, which originated from traditional lacquerware craftsmanship, has been constantly enriching its creative appearance since its birth in the 20th century by pursuing the integration of the beauty of craftsmanship and the beauty of painting. In the new era, what kind of expansion has lacquer painting achieved? And how should it develop healthily? The ongoing 7th Lacquer Painting Exhibition opens a window to view lacquer painting.
Since the 6th National Art Exhibition in 1984, when lacquer painting became an independent painting category, discussions on key issues such as the graphic construction, material characteristics, and formal boundaries of lacquer painting have never stopped in the more than 40 years of development. From the grasp of the scale of craftsmanship and decoration to the diverse attempts of expressive techniques, the industry has gradually formed a consensus, that is, to adhere to the unique characteristics and language recognition of lacquer painting itself. The uniqueness of lacquer materials and the richness of craftsmanship provide a broad space for the expression of lacquer painting—it can pursue the thick texture of oil painting, simulate the transparency and elegance of watercolor, and also draw on the splashing interest of ink painting, but these explorations always cannot avoid a fundamental proposition: whether the work truly possesses the unique characteristics and qualities of lacquer painting. At present, the practical reflections of more and more creators and the theoretical construction of the academic community echo each other: no matter how complex and changeable the techniques are, the demonstration of "lacquer nature" is always the foundation of lacquer painting. The long-term discussion on "lacquer" and "painting", "technique" and "art" has also formed a clear consensus, that is, technicality and artistry are the dual driving forces for the innovative development of modern lacquer painting, and the two complement each other and are indispensable.
Lacquer nature is an important foundation and essential characteristic of lacquer painting. Lacquer painting takes "lacquer" as its foundation. The unique viscous texture, smooth characteristics, and excellent weather resistance of raw lacquer give the work a warm, restrained, deep, and mysterious oriental aesthetic connotation. Rich crafts such as coating, inlaying, piling, carving, and grinding together construct the unique visual language system of lacquer painting. In the 7th Lacquer Painting Exhibition, artists have made progress in their grasp of lacquer nature. The subject matter selection, graphic symbols, and picture composition of the works are closely related to the characteristics of lacquer materials, forming an artistic pattern full of lacquer flavor and highlighting lacquer nature. At the same time, the exhibition is full of experimental works exploring the material boundaries and cross-border integration of lacquer painting. Works such as "Connection" (《联结》), "Stunning - Brilliant 202510" (《绝色——璀璨202510》), "Time Series NO.1" (《时光系列NO.1》), and "Yoyo" (《幽游》) explore the infinite possibilities of the lacquer body with unique forms, rich languages, and novel compositions, highlighting the "lacquer nature" characteristics that are distinctly different from other painting categories, and providing inspiration for lacquer painting creation.
If the awakening of lacquer nature is the media basis of contemporary lacquer painting, then the consciousness of creation is its spiritual core. Like other art categories, lacquer painting is a deep precipitation and artistic expression of the creator's spiritual world, and a true projection of individual life experience. The works in this exhibition show that contemporary lacquer painting creators no longer stay in creating traditional themes, but turn their attention to their own life course and inner observation. Works such as "Aerospace Starlight in Children's Eyes" (《童眸里的航天星光》), "Departure · Morning Glow" (《启程·朝曦拂煦》), and "Floating Light Weaving Dreams" (《浮光织梦》) capture the warmth of family moments, the hustle and bustle of the waiting room, and the tranquility of after-dinner moments with delicate textures and warm colors, allowing emotions to return to simple daily life. The consciousness of creation is also reflected in the conscious inheritance of regional culture and cultural responsibility. Works such as "Waiting" (《守候》), "Thick Earth" (《厚土》), "Starlight Streaming Fire" (《星光流火》), and "Habitat" (《栖居》) draw inspiration from the Northeast forest, Northwest folk customs, Western Sichuan secret places, and Southeast customs; works such as "Home Mountain Fu New Rhyme" (《家山赋新韵》), "Lacquer Language · Landscape Brocade Ming" (《漆语·山水锦绣鸣》), "The Shape of Light" (《光的形状》), and "Architecture 12" (《建筑12》) integrate traditional crafts with regional characteristics such as carved lacquer, inlay, and needle engraving, allowing the ancient regional culture to radiate new vitality in contemporary lacquer painting.
The awakening of lacquer nature and the consciousness of creation blend and coexist, enabling lacquer painting to further get rid of the limitations of craftsmanship and highlight its unique aesthetic character and spiritual connotation. The in-depth dialogue between the two will help promote the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional lacquer art in the contemporary context.
(The author is a professor at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (四川美术学院))
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In an era where cultural confidence is constantly increasing, Chinese painting is receiving increasing attention. From various retrospectives and research exhibitions to various thematic seminars, and the establishment of different types of academic research and innovation platforms, the art world in recent years has paid more and more attention to the excavation of the traditional context of Chinese painting, the research of art theory, and the cultivation of creative talents, and constantly consolidating the foundation for the inheritance and development of Chinese painting. How to better inherit tradition and create new situations in response to the propositions of the times has become an important issue in discussing the development of Chinese painting.
Strengthening the creation, research, and application of Chinese painting has an urgent practical need. On the one hand, Chinese painting, as a national treasure, embodies the spirit of Chinese aesthetics and is an important starting point for helping to build a strong cultural country; on the other hand, Chinese painting works with typical cultural characteristics and significance not only play an important role in enhancing public aesthetics, but also an important carrier for promoting Chinese culture to the world. Today, the new era context and the "people-centered" creative orientation require that the themes and contents of Chinese painting continue to be updated with the development of the times, and also require Chinese painting to achieve formal and ink innovation around the epic practice of the new era. However, in reality, authors often simply transplant artistic techniques from other painting types, or although their techniques are exquisite, they have not found an internal expression logic that is compatible with the subject matter, making artistic expression lack vividness and ideological depth.
The innovative development of Chinese painting must first be based on the spirit of Chinese art. The birth of Chinese painting originated from the ancients' perception and imagination of nature. As an early-maturing art, unlike Western painting's emphasis on realism, Chinese painting emphasizes expressing emotions and ideas through artistic language such as brush and ink, pursuing vividness of rhythm and the integration of emotions and scenes, emphasizing the combination of form and spirit, and the generation of artistic conception from the heart, expressing the Chinese people's feelings for heaven and earth and human emotions. Under the philosophical view of "harmony between man and nature" (天人合一), Chinese painting has continuously evolved, and then refined unique subject types such as mountains, trees, rocks, birds, insects, clouds, and water, but the spirit of freehand brushwork has never changed. Looking back at any period in the development of Chinese painting, only when the spirit of freehand brushwork is integrated with the spirit of the times can artistic creation show a unique cultural tension and era value.
Today, using Chinese painting to express real life cannot stay at the level of simply copying objects, but must transform the perception of society, the understanding of reality, the perception of life, and the attitude towards the world into effective artistic language. The most important thing to adhere to is to value the beauty of artistic interest and artistic conception, and not to be blindly realistic and enslaved by things. The spirit of freehand brushwork is the cultural context of Chinese painting, its artistic characteristic that distinguishes it from other painting types, and also the difficulty of its innovation. The generation of artistic interest and artistic conception is based on the capture of the essence, energy, and spirit of objective objects, and the expression of the creator's inner emotions. For example, the new system of Chinese painting such as red landscape and Zhejiang school figure painting created by several generations of art workers in New China is based on following the laws of Chinese painting creation and sketching, integrating Western modeling methods and concepts, strengthening the poetic expression of landscape painting, and absorbing the brush and ink techniques of flower-and-bird painting and landscape painting to transform figure painting, realizing the innovation of brush and ink and patterns, and becoming a vivid interpretation of "brush and ink should follow the times" (笔墨当随时代 (bǐ mò dāng suí shí dài - "brush and ink should follow the times," artistic creation should reflect the spirit of the current era)).
The innovative development of Chinese painting must also adhere to the spirit of brush and ink. The lifeblood of Chinese painting lies in the unique aesthetic system created by brush and ink, and in the dialectical unity between form and spirit. It can be said that every stroke and color of Chinese painting creates a rhythmic relationship of introduction, development, transition, and conclusion like poetry, and has rich cultural connotations and aesthetic implications. Throughout the history of Chinese painting, the reason why famous artists of the past are remembered is not because of the accumulation of labels, but because of their adherence to the essence of art and the breakthrough of artistic techniques. This breakthrough is by no means "new wine in old bottles," but the crystallization of artists' artistic refinement and emotional sublimation through observing nature and life, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and creative inspiration. Today, some Chinese painting creations lack artistic tension because they lack the beauty of lines, the charm of poetry, and the wisdom of leaving blank space, and the images under the pen appear straightforward, superficial, and dull, because the creators do not have a deep understanding of the spirit of brush and ink in Chinese painting, do not have enough observation of reality, and do not have enough ability to transform artistic language.
The progress of art has never been a natural gift of years or age, but lies in the continuous questioning and response to the propositions of the times. People are always constantly reiterating the value and significance of tradition in a retrospective way, precisely because the dialectical unity of upholding the right and innovation is the key to promoting artistic progress. Especially in the current creative ecology where artistic thoughts are diverse and cultural exchanges are increasingly frequent, Chinese painting creators should scientifically and rationally understand tradition, deeply study the laws of Chinese painting creation and the aesthetic system, and take the initiative to break through on the basis of inheriting tradition, and activate the artistic potential of traditional brush and ink with contemporary aesthetics.
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