Summary: A Politburo meeting, presided over by Xi Jinping on December 8th, analyzed the 2024 economic work and reviewed regulations on the CCP's leadership in comprehensively advancing the rule of law. The meeting highlighted the achievements of 2023, emphasizing stable economic progress, development of new productive forces, and effective risk management. For 2024, the meeting stressed high-quality development, proactive macroeconomic policies, expanding domestic demand, and preventing risks, while also calling for better coordination between domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles. The meeting underscored the importance of strengthening Party leadership and implementing Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law. The meeting emphasized adherence to opening up and promoting multi-field win-win cooperation.
Summary: At a座谈会 with non-CCP figures, Xi Jinping emphasized China's economic resilience and the need to consolidate positive economic momentum for the "15th Five-Year Plan." He highlighted the achievements of the past five years and the importance of adhering to the "new development concept" for high-quality growth in the coming year, including balancing domestic economic work with international economic and trade struggles. Xi urged non-CCP figures to contribute to the "15th Five-Year Plan" and to promote confidence in China's economic prospects. Li Qiang, Cai Qi, and Ding Xuexiang were also in attendance. The meeting included discussion of expanding high-level opening up.
Summary: In late 2025, China's economy showed resilience, with GDP growing 5.2% in the first three quarters and an expected total output of 140 trillion yuan for the year. The 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee took place in October, mapping out the "15th Five-Year Plan." Xi Jinping emphasized confidence in overcoming uncertainties through high-quality development and inspected various regions to provide guidance. Amidst U.S. "tariff storms," China retaliated and engaged in trade talks, with Xi Jinping and then U.S. President Trump holding discussions and meetings, achieving some progress.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of understanding and applying economic laws to China's economic development, particularly in the context of the country's modernization goals and complex global environment. It highlights Xi Jinping's focus on grasping economic development laws, coordinating the relationship between an "effective market" and an "active government," and promoting high-quality development. The piece uses examples such as Yiwu's transformation into a "world supermarket" and the success of Anhui's automotive industry to illustrate the benefits of adhering to economic principles. It also touches on the need to balance supply and demand, foster new and upgrade old growth drivers, and optimize existing assets. The article suggests China can achieve continuous progress and strength by understanding and applying the laws of economic development.
Summary: Wang Bingqian, former State Councilor and Vice Chairman of the 8th National People's Congress Standing Committee, passed away in Guangdong at the age of 100. Wang, a long-time member of the CCP, was lauded as a proletarian revolutionist and an outstanding leader in finance and socialist legal construction. The Xinhua article emphasizes his contributions to China's economic front and legal system. No information was provided on statements or actions made by Wang, and the article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Kazakhstani man named Ruslan, also known as "Panda Man," expressed deep admiration for Xi Jinping, stating Xi's influence on his life and his desire to be a bridge for China-Kazakhstan friendship. Ruslan recalled Xi Jinping mentioning his blood donations in a 2013 speech in Kazakhstan. He was also received by Xi in Hainan in 2022, where Xi praised his Chinese language skills and welcomed international talent to China. Ruslan now works to promote Hainan's free trade port and attract investment, aiming to strengthen bilateral ties, mentioning Xi's emphasis on mutual respect and benefit in China-Central Asia cooperation.
Summary: The article criticizes Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's statements on Taiwan, arguing they violate international law and the One China principle, thus undermining the foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. It accuses Japan of attempting to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait while falsely accusing China of the same behavior. The author notes that Japan's response to Chinese criticism has been inadequate, with attempts to downplay the severity of Takaichi's comments, while some Japanese political figures use the incident to promote the "China threat" theory. It also suggests the statements have damaged mutual trust and could negatively affect Japan's economy, tourism, and education, urging Takaichi to retract her statements and issue an apology to restore stable relations.
Summary: Mercedes Pita, Communications Director of the Ecuador Sustainable World Foundation, visited China for the first time, expressing admiration for its innovation, economic progress, and long-term planning. She was impressed by Beijing's modernity, preserved traditions, and effective governance, highlighting China's long-term strategic planning and consistent policy implementation. Pita emphasized China's success in poverty alleviation and its people-centered development philosophy, seeing China's experience as a valuable reference for Latin American countries. She also praised China's green development model observed in Anji, Zhejiang, emphasizing the possibility of achieving both economic growth and environmental sustainability. Pita and other Latin Americans found China more accessible and real than they imagined, recognizing its unique path to modernization.
Summary: During a meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that Sino-German cooperation aids both countries' development and helps address global challenges. Wang expressed hope that Germany would encourage the EU to adopt a rational and pragmatic China policy focused on mutually beneficial cooperation. He emphasized the One China principle as a non-negotiable foundation of Sino-German relations. Baerbock affirmed Germany's adherence to the One China policy and its support for mutually beneficial EU-China dialogue.
Summary: A Chinese agricultural expert team in Sierra Leone has helped increase rice production in the Ngala farm from approximately 3 tons per hectare to 9 tons per hectare. The team, led by Li Youliang, has established six agricultural demonstration bases across Sierra Leone showcasing Chinese agricultural techniques. They have also trained locals like Mikie Kamara in operating agricultural machinery. Ngala University Principal Koroma led students to investigate the growth of Chinese rice varieties, noting their suitability for Sierra Leone. The project aims to help Sierra Leone achieve food self-sufficiency through agricultural cooperation with China.
Summary: On December 8th, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee Liu Haixing met with German Foreign Minister Waldfur in Beijing. They exchanged views on implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of both countries, strengthening inter-party exchanges and dialogue, and promoting the healthy and stable development of China-Germany and China-Europe relations.
Summary: China's foreign trade saw a 4.1% year-on-year increase in November, totaling 3.9 trillion yuan, marking the tenth consecutive month of growth since February, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on December 8th. Exports reached 2.35 trillion yuan, and imports were 1.55 trillion yuan, up 5.7% and 1.7% year-on-year, respectively. Private enterprises are playing a key role, with imports and exports up 7.1% in the first 11 months. Trade with ASEAN, Africa, Latin America, and the EU increased by 8.5%, 18.7%, 5.6%, and 5.4% respectively. China's trade with over 110 countries and regions saw simultaneous export and import growth.
Summary: Chinese Navy Task Group 989, comprised of the Changbaishan and "Forward 1" vessels, arrived in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port for a four-day goodwill visit to Indonesia. The visit marks the first time either ship has visited Indonesia. Over 400 representatives, including personnel from the Chinese Mission to ASEAN, the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, students, local Chinese community members, and Indonesian Navy officers, welcomed the group. The Chinese and Indonesian navies will conduct athletic exchanges during the visit. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A Financial Times report identifies China as the economy most likely to increase its share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) by 2026. The report, based on a survey of FDI experts, highlights the increasing internationalization of Chinese companies like ByteDance, Geely, BYD, JD.com, and Haier, alongside established players like Huawei, Alibaba, and Tencent. These companies are actively expanding into new markets and promoting advanced products through internationalization strategies. The report argues that identifying emerging global FDI sources reveals which investors are evolving into global enterprises. The United States is not mentioned in the article.
Summary: Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning met with a delegation led by Sergey Mironov, chairman of the Russian political party A Just Russia, in Beijing on December 8th. Wang stated that under the strategic guidance of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, China-Russia relations have withstood international tests, setting a model for major-country relations. He pledged China's willingness to deepen practical cooperation with Russia and maintain close coordination on major international issues, furthering bilateral ties. Mironov highlighted the positive momentum in bilateral cooperation, including economic and trade ties, and affirmed his party's commitment to strengthening coordination with the CCP. Wang Dongfeng was present at the meeting.
Summary: On December 8th, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Beijing. Han emphasized the importance of Sino-German relations and conveyed Xi Jinping's strategic guidance from his call with Chancellor Scholz in May. He stressed the mutually beneficial nature of their economic partnership and urged Germany to adhere to the One China Policy concerning Taiwan, which he described as China's core interest. Han also expressed hope that Germany, as a core EU member, would contribute to the healthy development of China-EU relations. Baerbock stated the German government highly values relations with China, and reaffirmed Germany's commitment to the One China Policy.
Summary: Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLAC), delivered a lecture to central and state organ party members in Beijing on studying Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law, emphasizing its importance as the guiding principle for governing the country according to the law. He stressed the need to focus on the coordination of the rule of law with reform, development, and stability, while also promoting social fairness and justice. Over 500 representatives from various central departments, including the Organization Department, the Propaganda Department, the CPLAC, and the National People's Congress, attended the main lecture, with over 270,000 more participating via livestream. Attendees expressed the importance of implementing Xi Jinping's legal thought in their work.
Summary: A recent conference on agricultural and rural standardization highlighted China's plan to accelerate the construction of a high-quality agricultural and rural standard system. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will comprehensively promote standard development, application, and management, focusing on key tasks of agricultural and rural modernization. This includes addressing standardization gaps, strengthening standard management mechanisms, and optimizing local standards based on local conditions. Efforts will be made to promote standard implementation, focusing on new agricultural business entities to drive standardized production. The plan also aims to enhance China's international influence in agricultural standards by actively participating in international standard-setting activities.
Summary: China's National Healthcare Security Administration and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security have released the "National Basic Medical Insurance, Maternity Insurance and Work-Related Injury Insurance Drug List (2025)" and the "Commercial Health Insurance Innovative Drug List (2025)," to be implemented nationwide in January 2026. The new national drug list adds 114 drugs, including 50 innovative drugs, while removing 29 others, bringing the total to 3253. The first commercial insurance innovative drug list includes 19 drugs, complementing basic medical insurance. The changes aim to improve coverage for key areas like cancer, chronic diseases, mental illnesses, rare diseases, and pediatric medications.
Summary: In late 2025, China's economy has shown resilience, with GDP growing 5.2% in the first three quarters, and is expected to reach 140 trillion yuan for the year. The 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee convened to plan the "15th Five-Year Plan," following Xi Jinping's report reviewing economic achievements despite challenges. Xi Jinping emphasized focusing on high-quality development to counter uncertainties and also called for adherence to the path of independent development of industry and manufacturing. Despite trade friction, Xi Jinping spoke with then-U.S. President Trump multiple times and held meetings, achieving important consensus.
Summary: The results of Hong Kong's 8th Legislative Council election were announced on December 8th, with all 90 seats filled. The election saw competition for every seat among 161 candidates. Election Committee, functional constituency, and geographical constituency elections selected 40, 30, and 20 members respectively. Incumbent legislator Lee Wai-king stated she would continue to listen to public opinion. Newly elected legislator Fang Guoshan expressed gratitude and emphasized addressing livelihood issues.
Summary: The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office spokesperson stated that the Legislative Council election was successful, with high voter turnout demonstrating support for Hong Kong and its new electoral system. The spokesperson emphasized the election's representation, inclusiveness, and fairness. They noted the community's resilience and unity following the Tai Po fire, which further motivated voters. They asserted that the newly elected legislators should uphold "One Country, Two Systems," support the Chief Executive, and contribute to Hong Kong's integration into China's national development.
Summary: The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong congratulated the successful completion of the 8th Legislative Council election. The spokesperson stated the election was a successful practice of "patriots administering Hong Kong," demonstrating the advantages of "One Country, Two Systems" and the new electoral system. The spokesperson noted the election was supported by the whole society. The Liaison Office expressed confidence that the new Legislative Council will uphold its patriotic principles, support the SAR government, and contribute to national development. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The spokesperson for the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR congratulated the successful holding of the eighth Legislative Council election in Hong Kong. The spokesperson claimed the election was an important democratic practice, embodying "patriots administering Hong Kong" and creating favorable conditions for good governance. The spokesperson condemned external hostile forces and anti-China elements in Hong Kong for attacking the election system and candidates, attempting to disrupt the election by exploiting the recent fire, and reiterated that such attempts were futile. The spokesperson emphasized the office's commitment to supporting the SAR government in implementing national security laws. The statement did not mention the United States.
Summary: Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee congratulated the newly elected members of the 8th Legislative Council, emphasizing that the election's success during challenging times demonstrates public support for reconstruction and reform. He stated the election, held after improvements to the electoral system, embodies the "patriots governing Hong Kong" principle. Lee expressed gratitude to voters and those involved in the election process, highlighting the smooth operation and the government's commitment to further optimization. He anticipates the new Legislative Council will work with the government to promote disaster relief, reconstruction, and systematic reforms, leading to a better Hong Kong. Lee also said that Hong Kong's executive and legislative bodies can interact positively, coordinate and keep each other in check, and create new situations in innovation and reform.
Summary: The article celebrates the successful completion of Hong Kong's Legislative Council election, emphasizing the high level of public engagement and participation, including by disaster victims. The election is framed as a successful implementation of the "patriots governing Hong Kong" principle and a step towards improved governance, deep reform, and better development. It highlights the enhanced nature of the new electoral system, characterized by fair competition and a focus on policy platforms, and mentions candidates’ involvement in disaster relief efforts. Newly elected legislators are urged to uphold patriotism, support the government, focus on economic development and integration with national strategies, and contribute to national rejuvenation. The article expresses confidence in Hong Kong's future under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework with the backing of the central government.
Summary: This article discusses a smart parking project implemented in Jinan's High-Tech Zone to alleviate parking difficulties. The project involves a three-story underground automated parking garage that utilizes mechanical parking equipment and digital systems for navigation and monitoring. The system optimizes parking space, enhances safety with features like laser monitoring and wheel alignment correctors, and has led to the implementation of new traffic patterns in the surrounding area. A Jinan High-Tech Zone official stated that the project meets the parking needs of the people and injects fresh vitality into urban renewal. The High-Tech Zone will continue to optimize the distribution of parking resources, revitalize existing land resources, and solve parking problems.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of not only building public facilities like parking garages, but also ensuring their effective operation through digital systems and coordination with urban infrastructure. The author emphasizes that simply constructing facilities is insufficient; optimizing their usage and integrating them into the urban service network is crucial for maximizing their utility and meeting citizen needs. Effective urban governance requires a shift from a "build-and-forget" approach to a comprehensive system of operation and service enhancement. By prioritizing the effective use of public facilities, cities can improve quality of life and enhance operational efficiency.
Summary: During China's 14th Five-Year Plan, the Central Socialist Institute and 47 local socialist institutes established nearly 160 specialized research platforms to promote high-quality development of united front work. These institutes undertook over 110 national-level and 1400 provincial-level research projects, publishing over 450 books and textbooks. The Central Socialist Institute also initiated 561 high-end think tank research projects on the united front, constructing databases and holding forums to support talent cultivation, theoretical research, and policy promotion related to the united front. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article depicts cycling enthusiasts enjoying the scenery of Taihu Lake in Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, on December 7th. They are shown riding through a metasequoia forest, combining exercise with scenic views. The article focuses on the local environment and recreation. There is no indication of U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses Guizhou province's development through infrastructure projects like bridges and its embrace of big data, highlighting the province's transformation and integration into the national development strategy. It emphasizes regional cooperation initiatives such as "West-East Data Transfer" (东数西算) and "West-East Electricity Transfer" (西电东送) that contribute to high-quality development. The piece also touches on ethnic unity and poverty alleviation, noting the relocation of minority populations and the promotion of cultural heritage. Finally, the article frames these efforts as part of a new "Long March," overcoming challenges to achieve common prosperity and modernization, while also needing to overcome external environmental changes. The United States is not discussed in this article.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of fostering a sense of unity and shared identity among different ethnic groups in China, particularly in Ningxia. It highlights local initiatives like community events, cultural exchanges, and dispute resolution mechanisms aimed at strengthening social cohesion and promoting a sense of belonging. The piece stresses that effective governance and addressing the needs of the people are crucial for building stronger ethnic unity. It frames these efforts as contributing to the broader goal of national rejuvenation. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Supreme People's Court reports a decrease in newly blacklisted individuals (2.457 million, down 23.4%) and an increase in those restored to good credit (2.821 million, up 35.4%) in 2024, the first decrease since the system's implementation. This shift reflects a more nuanced approach to social credit, moving from purely punitive measures to incorporating rehabilitation mechanisms. Courts are now differentiating between malicious and unintentional defaults, offering pathways for credit repair through methods like "case-based guidance" and installment plans. This reflects a broader effort to balance strict enforcement with humanistic considerations within the legal system. The new system aims to establish a social environment in which everyone actively maintains their credit, and there is an awareness that it needs to be repaired if it is lost.
Summary: The Ministry of Public Security, in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission, issued an opinion on strengthening the construction of an "ecological policing mechanism." This mechanism aims to establish a coordinated effort led by public security organs to combat environmental and resource crimes. The initiative seeks to prevent and resolve major risks, safeguarding the foundation for a "beautiful China" and ensuring high-quality development through robust security measures. The goal is to rigorously crack down on environmental disorder.
Summary: China's Ministry of Science and Technology, along with other departments, is launching a special campaign to address misconduct related to retracted academic papers by Chinese scholars in international natural science journals. The campaign will investigate plagiarism, data fabrication, and other unethical practices, with penalties linked to project applications and awards. The initiative aims to deter academic dishonesty by increasing the cost of such actions, moving beyond simply retracting the paper. The article also critiques the underlying evaluation system that prioritizes publication numbers over quality, and advocates for promoting ethics and focusing on innovation.
Summary: A recent exhibition in Wuxi, Jiangsu featured highly priced variegated tropical plants, with one plant marked at 1.2 million RMB, attracting significant attention. These plants, prized for their unique foliage, are often purchased by professional organizations as parent plants for mass propagation. Experts note that the high prices are driven by rarity and potential commercial value, but warn of speculative bubbles and the importance of respecting market forces. China's large flower industry, with a production value over 520 billion RMB, plays a role in job creation and domestic demand. The article emphasizes the need for producers to understand niche market demands and develop regional advantages.
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Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's focus on "common prosperity" and improving people's livelihoods as essential features of Chinese-style modernization. It highlights achievements since the 18th Party Congress, including increased employment, rising incomes, and expanded social security and public services. The article stresses the importance of balancing efficiency and fairness, avoiding "welfarism," and promoting high-quality development to achieve these goals. It underscores the long-term nature of common prosperity, requiring sustained effort and realistic expectations and that these efforts are for the benefit of the people. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has allocated 6 billion yuan in central budgetary investment for "work-for-relief" (以工代赈) projects in the fourth batch for 2025, bringing the total annual investment to 35.5 billion yuan. These projects aim to employ over 1.1 million low-income people in their local areas. The NDRC is also guiding local governments to promote this approach in other key engineering projects, expecting to involve over 4 million low-income individuals this year. The initiative prioritizes regions with high concentrations of people lifted out of poverty and those at risk of falling back into poverty, and emphasizes skills training. The proportion of labor remuneration in work-for-relief projects will be further increased to more than 40% of the central investment in 2025.
Summary: Guangxi has implemented a new regulation in December mandating the use of social security cards for various public services, aiming to streamline processes and reduce redundancies by minimizing the need for multiple cards. The regulation clarifies responsibilities across government levels and establishes a dynamic management mechanism for application service directories. Currently, the social security card facilitates access to libraries, museums, and other services, with the province intending to expand its application across sectors like government services, healthcare, transportation, tourism, and financial services. This initiative aims to create a unified system where one card provides access to a wide array of services across Guangxi. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of understanding and applying economic laws, particularly in the context of China's unique socialist market economy. It highlights Xi Jinping's emphasis on balancing the roles of effective markets and capable government, citing examples like Yiwu's transformation into a global trade hub and Hangzhou's support for innovative enterprises. The article discusses the need to adapt to changing circumstances, focusing on coordinating supply and demand, fostering new growth engines, and optimizing existing assets. It also stresses the importance of balancing quality and quantity in economic development, referencing the growth of Anhui's automotive industry, particularly electric vehicles, and China's booming EV exports. The article did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Bi Jingquan, former Standing Committee member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee and former deputy director of the Economic Committee, is under investigation by the CCDI and National Supervisory Commission for severe violations of discipline and law, including resisting investigation, violating the Eight-Point Regulation, and seeking benefits for others in personnel matters. The investigation revealed Bi's violations of political, organizational, integrity, and lifestyle disciplines, constituting severe job violations and suspected bribery. Bi is accused of abusing his power for personal gain, accepting bribes, and failing to properly manage his family. Consequently, Bi has been expelled from the Party and removed from public office, with his illicit gains confiscated and his case transferred to the procuratorate for prosecution. The announcement noted his behavior was egregious, particularly after the 18th Party Congress, and therefore warranted severe punishment.
Summary: With the approval of the CCP Central Committee, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission investigated Peng Xiaochun, former member of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Political Consultative Conference, for serious violations of discipline and law. The investigation found Peng to have lost his ideals and beliefs, resisted investigation, violated regulations by accepting banquets and travel arrangements, failed to report personal matters, accepted gifts and money, held shares in unlisted companies, engaged in power-money transactions, and sought benefits for others in exchange for massive bribes. Peng was expelled from the Party and his benefits were cancelled; he will be prosecuted and his illicit gains confiscated. The announcement makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has investigated and expelled Ren Yuzhong, the former Vice President of Peking University, from the CCP and public office for severe violations of discipline and law. Ren is accused of violating central regulations, accepting gifts, failing to report personal matters, abusing his position for personal gain, engaging in power-money transactions, and accepting massive bribes related to education, training, and employment. His case has been handed over to the procuratorate for investigation and prosecution. The CCDI investigation found that Ren lost his ideals and abandoned his mission. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: According to a press conference by the State Taxation Administration, China's high-tech industry sales revenue increased by 14.7% in the first 11 months of the year, with notable growth in smart equipment manufacturing. Tax incentives have supported manufacturing upgrades, particularly in high-end, intelligent, and green sectors. The consumption market shows positive changes, driven by trade-in policies and increased inbound tourism, with a significant rise in the number of overseas tourists claiming tax refunds. Cross-regional tax service reforms have also streamlined business operations across provinces.
Summary: China's cruise passenger volume increased by 27.8% year-on-year to 1.265 million in the first eleven months of 2023. In response to issues such as limited cruise routes, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly issued "Several Measures to Further Promote Cruise Transport and Tourism Service Development." These measures focus on expanding cruise departure routes, encouraging foreign cruise ships to visit China, and diversifying cruise tourism products to stimulate cruise consumption. The measures aim to strengthen supply, improve services, and stimulate new demands within the cruise sector. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: A rural business in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, received a loan from Postal Savings Bank to renovate and expand its operations. The bank provided financial support and development advice to the business, enabling it to create a unique business model of "chicken farming + farm activities + special catering." This has led to more tourists and a 2024 increase in tourism and revenue in the Zhejiang Province. The Postal Savings Bank of Shaoxing plans to form a special service team, conduct research in scenic spots and villages, customize "loan + settlement + consulting" comprehensive service plan, and promote the transformation of "landscape resources" into "development capital."
Summary: 交通 Bank is increasing investment in green finance, focusing on areas like infrastructure upgrades and energy transition to support China's "dual carbon" goals, exemplified by loans to projects in Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Sichuan. In Shanghai, the bank helped develop the *Catalogue of Transformation Finance for the Water Transport Industry* and provided a loan to COSCO Shipping for methanol-fueled ships. This loan links interest rates to the Energy Efficiency Design Index of newly built ships, promoting green technology. The bank also provided significant funding for a photovoltaic project in Sichuan's Litang County.
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Summary: During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Ordos City in Inner Mongolia achieved high-quality development through reform and opening up, focusing on ecological governance and green transformation. The city has made significant strides in desertification control, contributing to a "Chinese solution" for global desert management. Ordos has also enhanced its foreign economic engagement by upgrading its bonded zone and promoting trade with countries including Mongolia. The city's business environment has improved, attracting investment and fostering economic growth.
Summary: According to the article, China aims to foster "trade innovation development" to build a strong trade nation. This strategy is crucial for high-quality development, constructing a new development pattern, fostering new quality productive forces, and responding to changes in the international economic and trade landscape. The article stresses balancing goods and services trade, expanding both exports and imports, and coordinating traditional and emerging drivers. It also highlights the need to balance trade cooperation and economic security. In response to economic globalization encountering headwinds, and protectionism, the article argues that China should maintain free trade and multilateral trading system, and promote trade innovation development in expanding its opening-up.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of "识变应变求变" (understanding change, adapting to change, and seeking change) as a methodology for navigating the complexities of the modern era and promoting Chinese-style modernization. It argues that proactively understanding changes is crucial for strategic decision-making, citing Xi Jinping's concept of the "new development pattern" as an example. The piece advocates for not just reacting to change but strategically anticipating and leveraging it, using the development of the indigenously-developed Harmony OS as an example. Ultimately, the article promotes proactive change-seeking through reform and innovation to maintain competitiveness in the face of global challenges.
Summary: This article argues that optimizing the distribution of talent is crucial for China's regional coordinated development, which is an inherent requirement of Chinese-style modernization. It highlights the need to break down barriers to talent mobility, foster integration between talent and industrial chains, and align talent policies with regional development strategies. The piece emphasizes that talent should be guided to flow smoothly between eastern, central, and western regions according to development needs, while also preventing excessive outflow from less developed areas. It does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article outlines the All-China Federation of Trade Unions' (ACFTU) plans to implement the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee and contribute to the 15th Five-Year Plan. The ACFTU will strengthen ideological and political guidance among workers, focusing on Xi Jinping Thought and promoting core socialist values. It will also mobilize workers to contribute to high-quality development, technological innovation, and the construction of a modern industrial system and will improve the protection of worker's rights and interests, focusing on employment, wages, and dispute resolution. The ACFTU will also deepen reforms and leverage artificial intelligence to enhance its capabilities and services.
Summary: Xiao Shan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, has a youth population of 1.03 million and is implementing policies to attract and retain young people. These policies include providing jobs, housing subsidies with free rent for a week, followed by subsidized rent, childcare support, expanded access to quality education, and accessible healthcare. Xiao Shan is also expanding the definition of talent to include workers in fields like e-commerce and delivery to provide more equal opportunity. Xiao Shan encourages youth participation in city planning and governance through design competitions and discussion platforms. The author is Tong Qingchun, Standing Committee Member of Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Xiao Shan District Committee.
Summary: The Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued regulations to safeguard lawyers' right to review case files. The regulations establish a "three-in-one" mechanism, encompassing on-site, remote, and online access to case files. This mechanism aims to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of parties involved and maintain social fairness and justice. On-site review is the primary method, supplemented by remote and online options depending on the availability and suitability of electronic case files.
Summary: China repatriated 1,178 Chinese nationals from Myanmar's Myawaddy region, suspected of telecom fraud, via Thailand, in a joint operation with Myanmar and Thai police. This action follows a six-nation ministerial meeting in November involving China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam aimed at combating telecom fraud. The operation specifically targeted the Myawaddy region due to the severe telecom fraud situation impacting China. The Ministry of Public Security organized Jiangxi police to carry out the repatriation mission with Thai assistance, and Jiangxi police will also investigate the cases.
Summary: An industrial robot technology application and practical skills competition was held in the Changjiang River Delta Industrial Transfer Park in the Anhui Province's Lu'an Economic and Technological Development Zone on December 6th. The competition, involving industrial robot system operators from local companies, focused on assessing skills in technical application, debugging, and safe operation of industrial robots. It aimed to encourage employees to study new technologies and master new skills. The article does not mention any U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Li Yihua, a representative inheritor of Hui'an stone carving, creates intricate "shadow carvings" on stone, exemplified by her work "Lan Gui Ya Ji" depicting figures from "Dream of the Red Chamber." She meticulously uses a chisel to create minute indentations, achieving varying shades and depths to form detailed images. Inspired by her love for the arts, Li Yihua has innovated the traditional craft by incorporating color and promoting its cultural significance through education and tourism, ensuring its continued relevance.
Summary: After 10 years, the comprehensive compilation of the *Wenchengge Siku Quanshu* has been completed. This is a systematic, large-scale re-editing, re-repairing, re-revising, and re-copying project of the Qing Dynasty's *Siku Quanshu*. The project, initiated in 2016 by the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, aimed to supplement omissions, correct errors, and continue compilation, adding works from the subsequent century. The compilation team selected 1,423 kinds of Zhili writings from the library books and related documents for large-scale sorting, totaling 1.4 million works. The texts are being transcribed and published, with plans for future inclusion in libraries.
Summary: Liaoning Province's Department of Culture and Tourism has launched eight new tourism routes focusing on the province's section of the Great Wall. These routes aim to promote Liaoning as the eastern starting point of the Great Wall and attract tourists for sightseeing and educational experiences. The routes offer diverse experiences, including in-depth exploration of the eastern starting point, self-driving tours, village visits, and intangible cultural heritage experiences. Liaoning boasts substantial Great Wall remains from five historical periods, ranking fifth in the nation for total Great Wall resources. The routes do not address United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The book "New Era China Rhymes: Sichuan Volume," the first in a provincial series, has been jointly published by Xinhua Publishing House and People's Daily Publishing House. The series aims to depict a historical panorama of China and its people through rhyme and prose, focusing on the theme of "the people are the country, and the country is the people." Further provincial volumes, including Zhejiang, Guangdong, and others, will follow. Industry insiders believe the series has significant value in terms of era, history and literature.
Summary: The Hangzhou Infant and Child Care Service Training Base officially opened on December 9th, aiming to enhance childcare services in Hangzhou and promote the "Raising Well in Hangzhou" brand. The base provides professional training and support for childcare workers, students, and families, focusing on practical skills and standardized practices. Since its trial run in March, the base has trained over 400 people and offers various services, including育儿知识科普展示, 优生优育与育儿咨询室, 模拟入户指导室, and a直播间. The base also features the "Hang Xiaoyu" IP and offers services like temporary childcare and nutritional guidance.
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Summary: This advertisement highlights Huawei's ICT Academy program, emphasizing its scale with over 700 partner universities in China and 2,800+ overseas. It promotes Huawei's commitment to talent development and building a digital infrastructure foundation. The ad lists several of Huawei's core technologies, including Kunpeng, Ascend, OpenHarmony, openEuler, Cloud, openGauss, wireless, transmission, data communication, and storage. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Ahead of the 15th National Games and the National Paralympic Games, Guangdong Province has upgraded its sports venues with accessibility improvements and enhanced facilities, fostering a more inclusive environment. These upgrades, including features for disabled athletes and the elderly, aim to benefit the general public beyond the games themselves, promoting city renewal and increased participation in sports. The event mascot is expected to become a permanent IP. The games and related events are fostering a supportive atmosphere for disabled individuals in the Greater Bay Area, with initiatives such as AI-powered language rehabilitation training.
Summary: The 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th Special Olympics Games in China are set to begin on December 9th, featuring a record number of athletes and events. The Games encompass 46 major events and 1,876 minor events, including mass sports and Special Olympics programs. Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau will host the majority of the events, while winter events have already concluded in Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, and Xinjiang. The event emphasizes both competitive sports and non-sporting activities to encourage participation among people with intellectual disabilities.
Summary: Guangdong Team One defeated Beijing in the finals of the National Special Olympics wheelchair basketball three-on-three women's tournament with a score of 11-7, after previously winning against them in an overtime group stage match. Guangdong's star player Zuo Peixi, born in the 2000s, was instrumental in both victories, contributing significantly to the team's scoring and assists. Zuo, who uses a wheelchair since the age of 12, credits wheelchair basketball with helping her overcome a period of darkness and regain confidence. The article focuses on her personal journey and contribution to the team's success in the tournament.
Summary: Wang Ziying, a wheelchair tennis player from Sichuan, won three gold medals (women's team, singles, and doubles) and one silver at the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and Special Olympics. She stated she wanted to show a spirit of confidence and never giving up. Wang, who previously won a bronze in the 2024 Paris Paralympics and several grand slam titles, has become the first Chinese wheelchair tennis grand slam singles champion. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Agricultural Bank of China's Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) is focusing on supporting rural revitalization and the real economy in Anhui Province, aiming to boost the development of a modern industrial system. As of November 2023, the branch's loan balance reached 997.4 billion yuan, an increase of 71 billion yuan from the end of the previous year, with a focus on agriculture, technology, and supply chain finance. The bank is promoting initiatives like "grain loans" (良田贷) and "grain farmer e-loans" (粮农e贷) to support grain production, and is also providing financial support for strategic emerging industries. The branch's support extends to technological innovation and small and medium enterprises through specialized financial products and digital platforms. There was no mention of the United States.
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Summary: Germany is planning a new memorial in Berlin to commemorate Polish victims of Nazi tyranny and is returning valuable artifacts seized during World War II. Chancellor Scholz, after meeting with Polish Prime Minister Tusk, emphasized Germany's historical responsibility and commitment to remembering the past. The new memorial will serve to commemorate victims, warn future generations, and symbolize German-Polish reconciliation, while the returned artifacts include medieval documents and a sculpture fragment. The article contrasts Germany's approach to its wartime past with that of Japan, noting concerns in Germany regarding historical revisionism in Japan. German commentators criticized recent statements made by the Japanese prime minister regarding Taiwan.
Summary: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo JiaKun addressed the U.S. National Security Strategy, stating that resolving the Taiwan issue is solely a matter for the Chinese people, rejecting any external interference. Guo emphasized that the Taiwan issue is at the core of China's core interests and is the first red line that cannot be crossed in U.S.-China relations. He urged the U.S. to adhere to the One China Principle, fulfill its leaders' commitments, and cease support for "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. Guo stated China's commitment to working with the U.S. to promote the stable development of U.S.-China relations while firmly defending its sovereignty, security, and development interests.
Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Shanghai Center officially opened on December 8th. The center aims to strengthen cooperation between the IMF and Asia-Pacific economies, conduct research on issues relevant to emerging markets and middle-income countries, and provide capacity building support. People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng stated the center's opening demonstrates China and the IMF's commitment to cooperation, promoting macroeconomic policy exchange and coordination in the Asia-Pacific region. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the Shanghai Center will serve as a key hub for research and dialogue with regional members and institutions.
Summary: The Brazilian government has launched a R$4.67 billion (US$840 million) favela (slum) upgrading program across 12 states, targeting improved infrastructure for millions of low-income residents. President Lula, announcing the plan in Osasco, São Paulo, emphasized the goal of alleviating the hardship faced by marginalized communities and ensuring broader benefits from national development. The initiative focuses on roads, sewage, water supply, public lighting, and community facilities. São Paulo state, with the highest concentration of favelas, will receive R$2 billion for comprehensive upgrades in 13 key areas. The program aims to complement the existing "My Home, My Life" housing subsidy program to address housing inequality and promote urban-rural integration.
Summary: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) launched its official WeChat account in Guangzhou to disseminate news, event information, and promote its brand. The move aims to strengthen engagement with host cities, sponsors, and sports fans. As the highest organization managing the Olympic movement in Asia, the OCA oversees major sporting events like the Asian Games. China, having hosted multiple OCA events, is described as one of the OCA's most important and reliable partners. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Ping An Bank's Chongqing branch is enhancing its inclusive finance initiatives through Party building, technological empowerment, and product innovation, focusing on serving small and micro businesses. The branch utilizes Party building to understand the needs of small and micro enterprises and tailors financial products accordingly, such as the "Orange e-loan" and "Orange Industry Loan" series. Leveraging technology, Ping An Bank streamlines loan processes and expands its reach to rural areas, including smart tea gardens where data supports credit risk assessment. Additionally, the branch is supporting export-oriented businesses by using data-driven models for credit evaluation, facilitating financing for sectors like used car exports and cross-border e-commerce.
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Summary: Several articles focus on leveraging digital technology and media platforms to enhance cultural communication and government services within China. Tang Zheng discusses shifting from "traffic reach" to "retention," emphasizing engaging content. Li Yao highlights the "Ji Yun" platform integrating government services and public needs. Rong Wei details Baidu Encyclopedia's use of AI to connect history and culture, while other articles discuss expanding media channels and utilizing digital tools for propaganda. Cai Yunchuan notes that his company is using digital technology to enrich expression forms of products and tell Chinese stories to the world.
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Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Shenyang focused on high-quality development, becoming a Northeast Asia international center city and a national metropolitan area. The city promoted industrial transformation, technological innovation, and reform, resulting in significant economic growth and increased market vitality. Shenyang expanded its opening up, establishing new international routes and becoming a national-level China-Europe Railway Express assembly center. The city also improved its urban environment and people's livelihoods, enhancing its attractiveness as a tourist destination.
Summary: The article profiles three African and Southeast Asian entrepreneurs who are leveraging their experiences in China to foster innovation and development in their home countries. Ethiopian entrepreneur Nahal Hailmariam founded a digital payment platform, Chapa, after studying in China and observing the country's advancements in e-commerce. Malaysian entrepreneur Cai Yihong established a company focused on green and sustainable materials, capitalizing on China's push for green development and utilizing the Belt and Road Initiative. Malian entrepreneur Conte is working to transfer Chinese solar energy technology to Africa, addressing the energy shortage in his home country and promoting technological exchange between China and Africa.
Summary: The article highlights China's increasingly attractive innovation ecosystem, drawing foreign entrepreneurs seeking growth opportunities. This attractiveness stems from optimized business environments, comprehensive industrial systems, and a vibrant innovation culture. These foreign entrepreneurs are also taking Chinese technological advancements and business models back to their home countries to improve their economies. China's development and opening-up policies are benefiting the world by creating global development opportunities. The article concludes that China will continue to build more innovative cooperation platforms and offer broader development space for global entrepreneurs.
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Summary: The article details how Quanzhou County in Guangxi Province strengthens Party leadership to promote rural revitalization through mechanisms like organizational co-construction and resource integration. By forming cooperative organizations uniting villages with similar industries, Quanzhou has seen successes in grape and golden pagoda tree cultivation, boosting incomes for local farmers. The county also focuses on cultivating Party members as leaders in wealth creation and resolving difficulties for local enterprises, exemplified by the support given to a rice noodle processing company. This approach ensures that the Party organization plays a key role in industrial development, helping to increase sales of agricultural products nationwide. There is no explicit mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, has addressed the issue of "hollow villages" by strengthening village-level Party organizations and promoting economic development through initiatives like village-enterprise partnerships and "common prosperity workshops," creating over 500 such workshops and employing over 13,000 people. The county encourages talent and skilled workers to return to their villages to boost local economies. Local Party organizations emphasize serving the people, offering services like elderly care and assistance with bureaucratic tasks. Measures include training programs for local students and encouraging them to bring new skills to their villages. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A village official in Jiangxi Province, identified as Xu, was found to have embezzled agricultural subsidies intended for 23 households, totaling over 3000 yuan. Xu had registered land leased from villagers under his own name to facilitate subsidy applications but then kept the funds. The incident came to light after a villager noticed the discrepancy. Xu received a warning and was forced to return the funds. The article emphasizes the importance of vigilance against corruption at the grassroots level and adherence to regulations regarding agricultural subsidies.
Summary: The article discusses the trend of Chinese government and public institutions opening their facilities and resources to the public, such as canteens, green spaces, and even government courtyards for farmers. It argues that this opening-up reflects a commitment to serving the people and bridging the gap between the government and the masses. The article also highlights the benefits of incorporating public input and participation in governance, contributing to a more harmonious society. This approach is characterized as a modern interpretation of the "mass line."
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Summary: The Construction Bank of Guangdong Province is focusing on integrating financial resources into key industries to support Guangdong's high-quality development, in line with the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC. They are providing financial support to tech companies, promoting intelligent manufacturing through technology upgrades and loans for green technology transformation. The bank is also promoting consumer spending through credit card promotions, consumer loans, and partnerships with businesses, including supporting the sale of new energy vehicles. Additionally, the bank is aiding rural revitalization by offering loans to agricultural businesses and infrastructure projects in rural areas.
Summary: The article discusses the rise of "popular literature and art" (文艺大众化) in China, driven by technological advancements, increased cultural confidence, and the unique experiences of Chinese modernization. It argues that this trend, where ordinary people are actively participating in cultural creation and expression, reflects the spirit of the times and embodies the cultural ideals of the Chinese Communist Party. The article emphasizes that this development contributes to the overall cultural strength of the nation and its pursuit of national rejuvenation. It stresses that the new generation's confidence and global perspective are driving this evolution. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the success of both domestic and international films in China in 2025, highlighting *Nezha 2* and *Zootopia 2* as examples of movies that resonated with Chinese audiences. It emphasizes the increasing confidence and open-mindedness of Chinese moviegoers, who are embracing both local and foreign productions. The article also notes the rise of young filmmakers and their contributions to the industry, as well as the growing influence of online word-of-mouth on a film's success. The success of Chinese films has promoted the culture and given audiences confidence in theaters.
Summary: The documentary series *Guobao Shike* (《国宝时刻》) utilizes short, 5-minute episodes to showcase Chinese national treasures and make them relatable to modern life. The series, a project of the National Radio and Television Administration and the National Cultural Heritage Administration, creates "digital business cards" for 100 national treasures and explores the history and cultural significance of each artifact through vivid imagery and accessible language. By connecting these artifacts to everyday experiences and employing innovative storytelling techniques like 3D animation, *Guobao Shike* aims to inspire a renewed appreciation for Chinese history and culture. The program emphasizes the enduring values and spirit embodied in these artifacts, illustrating their relevance to contemporary society. The series successfully secured the inscription of the Liangzhu Ancient City as a World Heritage site, conveying the idea of ecological preservation.
Summary: The term "活人感" (huórén gǎn), or "sense of being alive," was selected as one of the top ten buzzwords of 2025, reflecting a desire for authenticity and genuine emotion. This trend emerged in response to the homogenizing effects of AI, the pressures of social media "personalities," and the fast-paced nature of modern life. The concept gained traction in literature, film, and comedy, resonating with audiences seeking relatable and imperfect portrayals of life. However, the article cautions against the co-opting of "活人感" by commercial marketing and the potential for it to be confused with unprofessionalism. The trend signifies a need for genuine human connection amidst increasing digitalization.
Summary: Chinese suspense dramas have surged in popularity due to their fast-paced narratives and engaging suspense, attracting a significant audience. Platforms have successfully branded suspense series, ensuring consistent quality and building audience loyalty through dedicated "theaters." These dramas are focusing on integrating social issues and realistic themes, resonating deeply with viewers by exploring topics like justice, family relationships, and education. A well-managed creative environment that balances artistic freedom with adherence to mainstream values has been crucial for the genre's success. The success of suspense dramas illustrates the potential for cultural products to thrive by connecting with reality, addressing public concerns, and adapting to evolving media landscapes.
Summary: The Chinese standard dance production "Yan Chang" won both the 18th Wenhua Award and the Blackpool Dance Festival team dance championship. It uniquely blends the "martial" aspects of Chinese opera with standard dance, creating a dance form that emphasizes both power and romance. The dance utilizes face-changing techniques to shift styles and convey emotions within complex standard dance moves, building emotional momentum with operatic rhythms. This creative choreography highlights the power of dance in the cultural exchange between Eastern and Western civilizations.
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This year is a year of great significance in the process of Chinese-style modernization. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has united and led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and work hard, coordinating the two major situations of domestic and international affairs, and implementing more proactive and effective macro policies. The main goals of economic and social development will be successfully achieved. China's economic operation is generally stable and progressing steadily, new quality productive forces are developing steadily, reform and opening up have taken new steps, positive progress has been made in resolving risks in key areas, people's livelihood has been more effectively guaranteed, and the overall social situation has remained stable. Over the past five years, we have effectively responded to various shocks and challenges, and China's hard power in economy, science and technology, and national defense, as well as its soft power in culture, system, and diplomacy, have been significantly enhanced. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion, and a good start has been made in the new journey towards the second centenary goal.
To do a good job in next year's economic work, we must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, better coordinate domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, better coordinate development and security, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, enhance the foresight, pertinence, and synergy of policies, continue to expand domestic demand and optimize supply, improve the increment and revitalize the stock, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, continue to prevent and resolve risks in key areas, focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, promote the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy, maintain social harmony and stability, and achieve a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan."
We must strengthen the Party's leadership, especially the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. We must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, do a good job in economic work in accordance with local conditions, and achieve high-quality and sustainable development. We must prepare national and local "15th Five-Year Plans" and special plans. We must do a good job in ensuring the supply of important livelihood commodities at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, care about the production and life of people in need, solve the problem of arrears of payments to enterprises and wages to migrant workers, and ensure the bottom line of people's livelihood. We must grasp work safety with a sense of responsibility that we are always concerned about, and resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of major and serious accidents.
We must adhere to and strengthen the Party's leadership, implement the Party's leadership in legislation, ensuring law enforcement, supporting the judiciary, and taking the lead in abiding by the law, and improve the level of governing the country according to law and exercising state power according to law. We must fully implement Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law, firmly grasp the correct political direction of comprehensively governing the country according to law, strengthen our confidence in the rule of law, and unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. We must promote leading cadres at all levels to enhance their awareness of respecting the rule of law and awe of the law, coordinate and promote scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, impartial justice, and universal law-abiding, comprehensively promote the legalization of all aspects of national work, and provide a strong legal guarantee for comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 8th. The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on December 8th to analyze and study economic work in 2026 and review the *Regulations on the Work of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) Leading the Comprehensive Rule of Law*. Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
The meeting held that this year is a year of great significance in the process of Chinese-style modernization. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has united and led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and work hard, coordinating the two major situations of domestic and international affairs, and implementing more proactive and effective macro policies. The main goals of economic and social development will be successfully achieved. China's economic operation is generally stable and progressing steadily, new quality productive forces are developing steadily, reform and opening up have taken new steps, positive progress has been made in resolving risks in key areas, people's livelihood has been more effectively guaranteed, and the overall social situation has remained stable. Over the past five years, we have effectively responded to various shocks and challenges, and China's hard power in economy, science and technology, and national defense, as well as its soft power in culture, system, and diplomacy, have been significantly enhanced. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion, and a good start has been made in the new journey towards the second centenary goal.
The meeting emphasized that to do a good job in next year's economic work, we must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, fully and accurately implement the new development philosophy, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, better coordinate domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, better coordinate development and security, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, enhance the foresight, pertinence, and synergy of policies, continue to expand domestic demand and optimize supply, improve the increment and revitalize the stock, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, continue to prevent and resolve risks in key areas, focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, promote the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy, maintain social harmony and stability, and achieve a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan."
The meeting pointed out that next year's economic work should adhere to seeking progress while maintaining stability, improving quality and increasing efficiency, continue to implement more proactive fiscal policies and moderately loose monetary policies, give play to the integrated effect of existing and incremental policies, increase counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustment efforts, and effectively improve the effectiveness of macroeconomic governance. We must adhere to domestic demand as the mainstay and build a strong domestic market; adhere to innovation-driven development and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new drivers; adhere to reform and tackle key problems and enhance the driving force and vitality of high-quality development; adhere to opening up to the outside world and promote mutually beneficial cooperation in multiple fields; adhere to coordinated development and promote urban-rural integration and regional linkage; adhere to the "dual carbon" leadership and promote comprehensive green transformation; adhere to the people's livelihood as the top priority and strive to do more practical things for the people; and adhere to safeguarding the bottom line and actively and steadily resolve risks in key areas.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the Party's leadership, especially the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. It is necessary to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, do a good job in economic work in accordance with local conditions, and achieve high-quality and sustainable development. It is necessary to prepare national and local "15th Five-Year Plans" and special plans. It is necessary to do a good job in ensuring the supply of important livelihood commodities at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, care about the production and life of people in need, solve the problem of arrears of payments to enterprises and wages to migrant workers, and ensure the bottom line of people's livelihood. It is necessary to grasp work safety with a sense of responsibility that we are always concerned about, and resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of major and serious accidents.
The meeting pointed out that the formulation of the *Regulations on the Work of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) Leading the Comprehensive Rule of Law* is of great significance for further improving the scientific, institutional, and standardized level of the Party's leadership in comprehensively governing the country according to law, building a more complete socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, and building a socialist rule of law country with a higher level.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to and strengthen the Party's leadership, implement the Party's leadership in legislation, ensuring law enforcement, supporting the judiciary, and taking the lead in abiding by the law, and improve the level of governing the country according to law and exercising state power according to law. It is necessary to fully implement Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law, firmly grasp the correct political direction of comprehensively governing the country according to law, strengthen our confidence in the rule of law, and unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. It is necessary to promote leading cadres at all levels to enhance their awareness of respecting the rule of law and awe of the law, coordinate and promote scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, impartial justice, and universal law-abiding, comprehensively promote the legalization of all aspects of national work, and provide a strong legal guarantee for comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Return to Top■ The supporting conditions and basic trends of China's long-term economic improvement have not changed. We must strengthen our confidence, make good use of our advantages, respond to challenges, and continuously consolidate and expand the momentum of economic stability and improvement to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
■ This year has been a very extraordinary year. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and work hard, coordinate the two major domestic and international situations, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, and the main goals of economic and social development will be successfully achieved. Over the past five years, we have effectively responded to various shocks and challenges, promoted new major achievements in the cause of the Party and the country, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have reached a new level.
■ To do a good job in economic work next year, we must take Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as our guide, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, better coordinate domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, better coordinate development and security, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, enhance the foresight, pertinence, and synergy of policies, continuously expand domestic demand, optimize supply, improve the quality of increments, revitalize existing assets, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, continue to prevent and resolve risks in key areas, focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, promote the effective improvement of economic quality and the reasonable growth of quantity, and maintain social harmony and stability.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 8th (Reporter) On December 3rd, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) held a symposium with non-Party members in Zhongnanhai (中南海) to listen to the opinions and suggestions of the heads of various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), and representatives of non-Party members on the economic situation this year and the economic work for next year. Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, presided over the symposium and delivered an important speech, emphasizing that the supporting conditions and basic trends of China's long-term economic improvement have not changed. We must strengthen our confidence, make good use of our advantages, respond to challenges, and continuously consolidate and expand the momentum of economic stability and improvement to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Li Qiang (李强), Cai Qi (蔡奇), and Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央政治局常委), attended the symposium. Li Qiang (李强), entrusted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), reported on the relevant situation of this year's economic work and introduced the relevant considerations for next year's economic work.
At the symposium, Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (民革中央主席); Ding Zhongli (丁仲礼), Chairman of the China Democratic League (民盟中央主席); Sun Dongsheng (孙东生), Vice Chairman of the China National Democratic Construction Association (民建中央副主席); Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), Chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进中央主席); He Wei (何维), Chairman of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party (农工党中央主席); Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), Chairman of the China Zhi Gong Party (致公党中央主席); Wu Weihua (武维华), Chairman of the Jiusan Society (九三学社中央主席); Su Hui (苏辉), Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟中央主席); Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联主席); and Gao Hongjun (高鸿钧), representative of non-Party members, spoke successively. They fully agreed with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's (中共中央) analysis and judgment of the current economic situation and the planning and considerations for next year's economic work, and put forward opinions and suggestions on optimizing industrial layout, increasing high-quality supply, deepening the reform of the education, science and technology, and talent system, building a unified national market for data elements, expanding domestic demand, expanding high-level opening up, improving people's health and well-being, promoting high-quality employment, and enhancing cultural soft power.
After listening carefully to everyone's speeches, Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech. He said that everyone fully affirmed the achievements made in this year's economic work and put forward opinions and suggestions on doing a good job in next year's economic work, which we will carefully study and adopt.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that this year has been a very extraordinary year. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and work hard, coordinate the two major domestic and international situations, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, and the main goals of economic and social development will be successfully achieved. Over the past five years, we have effectively responded to various shocks and challenges, promoted new major achievements in the cause of the Party and the country, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have reached a new level.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the central committees of various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), and non-Party members have closely focused on the decision-making and deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), actively carried out research on the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and comprehensively expanded domestic demand. They have done a good job in democratic supervision of the ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River (长江), and promptly offered suggestions and suggestions on some key and difficult issues in economic and social development, providing important reference for the scientific decision-making of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央). Xi Jinping (习近平) expressed his gratitude to everyone on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央).
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that to do a good job in economic work next year, we must take Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as our guide, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, adhere to the general tone of **稳中求进** (wěn zhōng qiú jìn - "seek progress while maintaining stability," to maintain stability as the basis for seeking progress), better coordinate domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, better coordinate development and security, implement more proactive and effective macro policies, enhance the foresight, pertinence, and synergy of policies, continuously expand domestic demand, optimize supply, improve the quality of increments, revitalize existing assets, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promote the construction of a unified national market in depth, continue to prevent and resolve risks in key areas, focus on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, promote the effective improvement of economic quality and the reasonable growth of quantity, and maintain social harmony and stability.
Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward three hopes for various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联), and non-Party members. First, thoroughly study and understand the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共二十届四中全会精神). Accurately understand and thoroughly comprehend the strategic deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), and always think together, stand together, and work together with the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). Second, actively and enthusiastically contribute to the formulation and implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Conduct in-depth research on building a modern industrial system, developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and building a strong domestic market, and put forward valuable and substantial opinions and suggestions. Third, unite and concentrate efforts to promote stable and positive economic development. Assist the Party and the government in doing a good job in policy publicity, dispelling doubts and resolving misunderstandings, and building consensus, guiding the vast number of members and the masses they contact to strengthen their confidence, boost their spirits, and create a good development atmosphere.
Liu Guozhong (刘国中), Li Ganjie (李干杰), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆), and heads of relevant departments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) attended the symposium.
Non-Party members who attended the symposium also included Shao Hong (邵鸿), He Baoxiang (何报翔), Wang Guangqian (王光谦), Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), Yang Zhen (杨震), Zhang Endi (张恩迪), Fang Guanghua (方光华), and Du Yingfen (杜莹芬).
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The year 2025 is drawing to a close, and the giant ship of the Chinese economy is forging ahead steadily amidst the wind and waves.
This has been a year of responding to changes and overcoming difficulties. The Chinese economy has moved forward against pressure, seeking progress while maintaining stability. In the first three quarters, the gross domestic product increased by 5.2% year-on-year. The total economic volume for the whole year is expected to reach around 140 trillion yuan, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" will come to a successful conclusion.
This has been a year of courageously opening up new prospects. Actively recognizing, responding to, and seeking changes, concentrating efforts on managing our own affairs well, we have won strategic initiative in fierce international competition and accumulated strength for future progress in planning the future.
The magnificent scroll of the next five years is slowly unfolding. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country are working together with one heart and mind, forging ahead in unity, unswervingly promoting high-quality development, and writing a new chapter in the mighty journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Firm Confidence—
"Responding to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development"
The pace of the times is becoming more sonorous in continuous struggle.
From October 20th to 23rd, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was successfully held in Beijing (北京), drawing a beautiful blueprint for the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" at the time of winning the final victory of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entrusted by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to deliver a work report to the plenary session, he reviewed the development process since last year: "Faced with the multiple difficulties and challenges encountered in economic development, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee took the initiative to act and implement comprehensive policies, resolutely deployed and implemented a package of incremental policies, focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and promoting new achievements in high-quality development."
Steering the course is the only way to move steadily and far.
In the closing year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the international environment has undergone profound changes, the world economic and trade order has encountered major challenges, cyclical and structural contradictions in domestic economic operation are relatively prominent, and the pressure for stable operation has increased.
Faced with a complex situation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken overall control and made scientific decisions. All regions and departments have responded calmly and vigorously implemented policies. The whole country has been united with one heart and mind, and the Chinese economy has maintained an overall stable and progressive development trend, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality.
The basic foundation of "stability" has been consolidated—in the first three quarters, the growth rate of gross domestic product was 0.2 and 0.4 percentage points faster than the whole year of the previous year and the same period of the previous year, respectively; the employment situation remained stable, with 10.57 million new jobs added in urban areas across the country; and the growth rate of trade in goods accelerated quarter by quarter, with the scale reaching a record high for the same period in history.
The new momentum of "progress" continues to strengthen—in the first three quarters, new and old kinetic energy continued to shift. The added value of China's equipment manufacturing industry increased by 9.7% year-on-year, the added value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 9.6%, and green growth points such as new energy vehicles accelerated their formation, injecting a source of vitality into economic development.
The distinct characteristic of "resilience" is becoming more prominent—in the first three quarters, final consumption expenditure contributed 53.5% to economic growth, an increase of 9 percentage points compared with the whole year of the previous year, continuing to play the role of the main engine of economic growth. The policy effects of expanding domestic demand such as "two new" and "two heavy" continued to transmit to the production side, and the construction of a unified national market continued to advance in depth.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Henan (河南) in May this year that "faced with a complex external environment, we must strengthen our confidence and unswervingly manage our own affairs well" and "respond to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development."
Confidence comes from the wisdom, foresight, courage, and responsibility of the leader.
Over the past year, from Liaoning (辽宁), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), and Jilin (吉林) in the northeast, to Guizhou (贵州), Yunnan (云南), Tibet (西藏), and Xinjiang (新疆) in the west, and then to Shanghai (上海), Henan (河南), Shanxi (山西), Hainan (海南), and Guangdong (广东), General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) footprints have spread all over the country. In repeated inspections, research, and listening to work reports, he has accurately diagnosed and prescribed prescriptions for the sustained and healthy development of the Chinese economy.
Over the past year, from presiding over meetings of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and meetings of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, to attending the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (两会), symposiums for private enterprises, and other events, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered a series of important speeches and made a series of important deployments, providing fundamental guidance for doing a good job in economic work.
Over the past year, from presiding over the Tianjin (天津) Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, to attending the Second China-Central Asia Summit and the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has clearly put forward China's proposals and declared China's contributions on many international occasions, injecting stability and certainty into the world economy.
The weighty report card once again powerfully confirms that the fundamental reason why the Chinese economy continues to develop and grow stronger amidst the waves is the leadership and steering of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought.
Confidence comes from more powerful policy introductions and continuous efforts to stabilize expectations.
On February 17th, a symposium for private enterprises in the Great Hall of the People attracted widespread attention.
"The Party and the state's basic principles and policies for the development of the private economy have been incorporated into the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and will be adhered to and implemented consistently. There will be no change, and there will be no change." "The development prospects of the private economy in the new era and on the new journey are broad and promising, and the time is right for the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs to show their talents."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly clarified a series of fundamental and directional issues concerning the development of the private economy, giving the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs a "reassurance pill" to focus on development and injecting a "strengthening agent" to promote the high-quality development of the private economy.
This year, the Law on Promoting the Private Economy was implemented, 13 measures to further promote the development of private investment were implemented, and actions to promote the clearing of overdue payments to enterprises were accelerated and strengthened. Adhering to and implementing the "two unwavering" principles, continuously optimizing the business environment, and consolidating the foundation for the development of various types of ownership operating entities.
Where strength is gathered, there is nothing that cannot be overcome.
Intensifying the implementation of more proactive and effective macroeconomic policies, introducing a number of measures to stabilize employment, stabilize the economy, and promote high-quality development, arranging 300 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special national debt funds to support the replacement of consumer goods, and investing 500 billion yuan of new policy-based financial instrument funds. Since the beginning of this year, existing policies and incremental policies have worked together to provide an important guarantee for the smooth operation of the economy.
Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) instructions, major economic provinces have taken the lead, strived for the first, walked in the front, and set an example. In the first three quarters of this year, the top ten provinces in terms of gross domestic product all reached the 4 trillion yuan mark, and the total economic volume of Guangdong (广东) and Jiangsu (江苏) both exceeded 10 trillion yuan.
Faced with the so-called "reciprocal tariff" storm unilaterally launched by the United States, China quickly fought back and launched multiple arrows, effectively responding with a "combination punch" of countermeasures in multiple fields. During the year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) had four phone calls with President Trump, held a meeting in Busan, and reached a series of important consensus. The economic and trade teams of China and the United States held talks in Geneva, London, Stockholm, Madrid, and Kuala Lumpur, facing differences directly, engaging in equal dialogue, and achieving a series of substantive progress.
Confidence comes from strategic planning with foresight and a broad and magnificent development blueprint.
On October 28th, with the full text of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal released, a magnificent picture of China's development for the next five or even ten years was presented to the world.
At an important node connecting the past and the future, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out its great significance: "The '15th Five-Year Plan' period is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and fully exerting efforts. Formulating and implementing the '15th Five-Year Plan' well will lay a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035."
Serving as the leader of the drafting group for the Fourth Plenary Session documents, putting forward clear direction requirements; presiding over a symposium on economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in some provinces and regions in Shanghai (上海), listening to opinions and suggestions; requiring online solicitation of opinions on the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, and making important instructions. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally led and guided the drafting of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal throughout the entire process, devoting a great deal of effort and playing a decisive role.
Standing in the long term and planning for the overall situation.
The planning proposal continues to define promoting high-quality development as the theme of economic and social development for the next five years, requires adhering to economic construction as the center, and clarifies key tasks, which is a declaration and mobilization order to strive to create a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
"China's economic foundation is stable, its advantages are numerous, its resilience is strong, and its potential is great. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed. The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large-scale market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are even more prominent."
Facing the future, this is where China's development resilience and confidence lie, and where its determination and confidence lie.
Maintaining Focus—
"Always maintaining the role of a trendsetter in the tide of modern economy"
Mechanical dogs "lion dancing" to compete in skills, robots drumming to add to the fun, "Model Small Speed" appearing to welcome guests. At the end of November, the "Embodied Workshop" built by the "Model Speed Space" large model innovation ecological community in Shanghai (上海) opened.
In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to conduct research, entered an artificial intelligence product experience store, and pointed out that "China has abundant data resources, a complete industrial system, and a huge market space, and the development of artificial intelligence has broad prospects."
Before coming to Shanghai (上海), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over a collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, focusing on "strengthening the development and supervision of artificial intelligence." Within a few short days, one collective study followed by one on-site investigation, the considerations behind them are profound and meaningful.
In August, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Deeply Implementing the 'Artificial Intelligence+' Action"; in October, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposed "accelerating the innovation of digital intelligence technologies such as artificial intelligence."
A tight timetable outlines from one aspect China's strategic layout to seize the historical opportunity of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, seize the commanding heights of technological development, and continuously generate new quality productive forces.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must take the road of scientific and technological innovation, implement the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, promote the development of new quality productive forces, so that our country can always maintain the role of a trendsetter in the tide of modern economy."
This year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly gone deep into the most active places of scientific and technological innovation, repeatedly emphasized the importance of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement for Chinese-style modernization, and made important deployments for coordinating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the cultivation and expansion of strategic emerging industries.
Revitalizing the country through industry and building the country through hard work.
In Liaoning (辽宁), inspecting the Third Cold Rolling Mill of Benxi Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. under Angang Group; in Henan (河南), visiting the intelligent factory of Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd.; in Shanxi (山西), entering the production workshop of Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly visited manufacturing enterprises for research during the year, once again emphasizing the consistent requirement: "The real economy cannot be lost, and the traditional industries in the real economy cannot be lost. We must achieve transformation and upgrading through scientific and technological innovation."
Regarding the enlightenment of historical changes, the General Secretary firmly pointed out that "we adhere to the road of independent development of industry, and rely on our own strength to develop industry and manufacturing. This road is the right one."
Regarding the conversion of new and old kinetic energy, the General Secretary clearly required that "we should use the new to transform the old, proceed in an orderly manner, and not rush into action. We should not throw away the tools for making a living before we have even embraced the 'golden baby'."
Regarding the future development path, the General Secretary clearly proposed that "manufacturing should adhere to the direction of high-end, intelligent, and green development, and continuously improve the technological content and added value of products."
Innovation-driven, long-term efforts.
"After these years of efforts, the atmosphere of scientific and technological innovation is strong, industrial innovation is thriving, and the integration of the two is in good momentum, but some problems with the system and mechanism still exist." At this year's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the current innovation bottleneck when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation.
Addressing the problem, the General Secretary emphasized that to grasp scientific and technological innovation, we must focus on building a modern industrial system, adhere to the simultaneous efforts of education, science and technology, and talent, and both produce more scientific and technological achievements and transform scientific and technological achievements into tangible productive forces.
To develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, we must prevent rushing into action and engaging in one model.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) earnestly warned during his inspection and research in local areas and enterprises, "Different regions have different resource endowments and basic conditions. To grasp industrial transformation and upgrading, we must proceed from reality, follow economic laws, and highlight our own characteristics." "Diversified development must adhere to what to do and what not to do, and focus on producing high-quality products. We must avoid 'picking everything in the basket' and not take the old path of emphasizing quantity over quality."
This year, the role of the "key variable" of new quality productive forces has become increasingly prominent. Digital integration of hundreds of industries and the interconnection of all things have opened up a "digital intelligence space" for economic growth, promoting the renewal and upgrading of traditional kinetic energy, accumulating new kinetic energy, and continuously shaping new advantages.
In 2025, China ranked among the top ten in the Global Innovation Index for the first time, and is one of the economies with the fastest improvement in innovation capabilities in more than 10 years. Shenzhen (深圳)—Hong Kong (香港)—Guangzhou (广州) jumped to the top of the global innovation cluster list.
New quality productive forces are themselves green productive forces.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the concept that green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains. The light of truth is becoming more and more brilliant in guiding China's green development practice.
Presiding over the sixth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission to study issues such as the high-quality development of the marine economy, the meeting emphasized "strengthening marine ecological environmental protection"; emphasizing during local inspections that "the heavier the development tasks, the more attention should be paid to ecological environmental protection"; earnestly entrusting during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region to "protect the 'Roof of the World' and the 'Water Tower of Asia'."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adheres to planning for the present and for the long term, leading green development to continue to deepen, and promoting the transformation of the "green content" of industries into the "gold content" of development.
In the first three quarters, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption in total energy consumption in my country increased by about 1.7 percentage points year-on-year; in October, sales of new energy vehicles reached 51.6% of total new car sales, and the market share exceeded half for the first time.
Coordinating development and security is a crucial issue of the times at all times.
In February this year, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee conducted the 19th collective study on building a higher level of safe China. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must further establish the concept that development is the hard truth and security is also the hard truth, consciously unify development and security in our work, plan together, deploy as a whole, and promote each other."
Caring about agricultural production, the General Secretary urged "to shoulder the responsibility for food security and extend the industrial chain of modern agriculture"; coming to the factory workshop, the General Secretary emphasized that "manufacturing is an important pillar of the national economy, and maintaining a reasonable proportion of manufacturing is essential for promoting Chinese-style modernization."
In response to continuous rainy weather in many parts of the country, Anhui (安徽), Shandong (山东), Hebei (河北), Henan (河南) and other places raced against time to "grab" time and made every effort to fight disasters and win a bumper autumn grain harvest;
Promoting the construction of coal supply guarantee bases, strengthening oil and gas exploration and development, continuously improving oil and gas reserve capacity, and taking multiple measures to ensure the safe and stable supply of energy during peak summer and winter seasons;
In the first three quarters, the added value of manufacturing industries above designated size nationwide increased by 6.8% year-on-year, a growth rate 0.6 percentage points higher than that of all industries above designated size, and the role of the "ballast stone" continued to be prominent.
**备豫不虞** (bèi yù bù yú - "prepare for the unexpected," be prepared for a rainy day; preparedness averts peril).
Ensuring a new development pattern with a new security pattern, the risks in key areas of our country have been effectively prevented and resolved, and the confidence and resilience of development have been strengthened.
Caring about People's Livelihood—
"Making the achievements of modernization benefit all the people more and more fairly"
On the banks of the Huangpu River (黄浦江), the lanes and alleys are intertwined. This year, with the completion of the renovation and upgrading of old houses without sanitary facilities, Shanghai (上海) bid farewell to the historical memory of "carrying chamber pots", and more residents enjoyed a higher quality of urban life.
The city is where the people thrive.
In July this year, after 10 years, another Central Urban Work Conference was held. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. The meeting pointed out that "urban work should deeply grasp and actively adapt to changes in the situation, transform the concept of urban development, and pay more attention to people-oriented."
With the goal of building innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent modern people's cities, opinions on continuously promoting urban renewal actions and promoting high-quality urban development have been successively introduced. China's urban development is shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement.
In the first three quarters of this year, 24,300 old urban communities were newly renovated across the country. The installation of elevators, the addition of parking spaces, and the construction of community service facilities such as elderly care and childcare continued to advance. Safe, comfortable, green, and smart "good houses" entered the real estate market.
Chinese-style modernization prioritizes people's livelihood.
From the release of the "Comprehensive Rural Revitalization Plan (2024-2027)" to the Central No. 1 Document focusing on "further deepening rural reform and solidly promoting comprehensive rural revitalization," the pace of comprehensive rural revitalization has been accelerating this year.
This year is the last year of China's 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. The Political Bureau meeting of the Central Committee held on July 30 emphasized the need to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation to ensure that large-scale poverty does not occur.
In the past 5 years, China has cumulatively identified and assisted more than 6 million monitoring objects to steadily eliminate the risk of returning to poverty. The scale of employment for people lifted out of poverty has stabilized at more than 30 million.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "We must always adhere to the people-centered approach, respond to the needs and concerns of the masses in a timely and effective manner, do practical things for people's livelihood with heart and soul, continuously improve people's living standards, and make the fruits of modernization construction more and more fairly benefit all the people."
From "investing in people" being written into the government work report, to the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issuing the "Opinions on Further Guaranteeing and Improving People's Livelihood and Focusing on Solving the Urgent, Difficult, and Worrisome Problems of the Masses," to the implementation of special actions to boost consumption... the people have gained a real sense of happiness from one practical thing for people's livelihood after another.
Before the Spring Festival this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited Changan Community in Changan Street, Dadong District, Shenyang City, and told community workers: "Community work is a matter for thousands of households. The position of community work connects the top and the bottom, but you must look downward. The 'thousands of threads above' are also for the people, and ultimately must be implemented on the people, especially to take good care of the 'old and the young'."
Since the beginning of this year, focusing on the "old," China has released opinions on deepening the reform and development of elderly care services, clarifying the need to further stimulate the vitality of the elderly care cause and the elderly care industry, and better meet the multi-level and diversified elderly care service needs of the elderly; targeting the "young," China has established and implemented a childcare subsidy system and is gradually promoting free preschool education.
To advance Chinese-style modernization, we fundamentally rely on labor and the creativity of workers.
"Create better employment and working conditions." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized this when delivering an important speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Model Workers and Advanced Workers Commendation Conference.
Since the beginning of this year, party committees and governments at all levels have placed stabilizing employment in an important position, highlighted the employment-first orientation, and made every effort to respond to the impact of changes in the internal and external environment on employment.
Measures have been taken to further increase policy support for stabilizing employment, accelerate the construction of a high-quality employment service system for ordinary college graduates, and the number of people participating in the pilot project of occupational injury protection for new employment forms has exceeded 22 million... In October, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.1%, a decrease for two consecutive months. China's employment situation has remained generally stable, and employment for key groups has continued to improve.
People first, life first.
Just after New Year's Day this year, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet, caused heavy casualties.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) immediately issued important instructions, "Go all out to carry out personnel search and rescue," "Timely allocate emergency rescue materials, and seize the time to repair damaged infrastructure."
At present, more than 22,000 houses rebuilt in the disaster area and more than 10,500 houses repaired and reinforced have all been delivered for use, and the masses have moved into new homes one after another to spend the winter warmly.
The safety and well-being of the people are deeply concerned by the General Secretary—
In spring and summer, drought occurred in many parts of China, instructing to "ensure the water supply for urban and rural residents and agricultural irrigation needs"; during the critical period of flood prevention from "July to August," requiring to "implement all flood prevention measures in detail"; a major fire accident occurred in a residential building in Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong, emphasizing that "relevant departments and localities should provide necessary assistance and strive to minimize casualties and losses from the fire"...
In January this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Zhujiagou Village, Mingshui Manchu Township, Suizhong County, Liaoning Province, and entered the home of Wang Baowei, who had moved into a rebuilt new home after the disaster.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) asked him what other requirements and hopes he had. Wang Baowei said that his hope was to live a better life. The General Secretary happily responded to him, your hope is also our hope. The Party and the government will always be a strong support for the people.
Adhering to the people-centered approach, the original aspiration is as firm as a rock; striving for the people's happiness, the determination is unwavering.
Looking far ahead—
"Promoting High-Quality Development with Comprehensive Deepening of Reform and Opening Up"
On the coast of the South China Sea, the wind rises and the sails are set.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) first domestic inspection after the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China took him to Hainan and Guangdong provinces.
In Hainan, when listening to the report on the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, the General Secretary emphasized: "The strategic goal of building the Hainan Free Trade Port is to build the Hainan Free Trade Port into an important gateway leading China's opening up to the outside world in the new era."
On December 18, the Hainan Free Trade Port will officially launch full island customs closure. On this day in 1978, the epoch-making Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held.
The best commemoration of reform and opening up is to hold high the banner of reform and opening up even higher. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) was full of expectations: "We insist on taking the road of reform and opening up with Chinese characteristics, and have come here step by step."
In Guangdong, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Ye Jianying (叶剑英) Memorial Park, entered the Nanfu Pomelo planting base, and inspected the achievements exhibition of Guangdong's technological innovation and industrial innovation integration development in Guangzhou.
"Guangdong must vigorously promote the spirit of reform and opening up and the spirit of the special economic zone to create new advantages and achieve new breakthroughs, and promote high-quality development with comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) issued a new mobilization order.
This year, further comprehensive deepening of reform has continued to advance in breadth and depth.
The more than 300 important reform measures proposed by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China are being gradually implemented, and the reform results in key areas and key links are becoming apparent. Further breaking deep-seated institutional and mechanism barriers, accelerating the formation of production relations that are more compatible with new quality productive forces, promoting a better combination of an effective market and a capable government, and further liberating and developing productive forces.
On July 1, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over the sixth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission to study the in-depth promotion of the construction of a unified national market. The meeting proposed the basic requirements of "five unifications and one opening": unified basic market system, unified market infrastructure, unified government behavior standards, unified market supervision and law enforcement, unified factor resource market, and continued expansion of domestic and foreign opening up.
Taking the construction of a unified national market as the starting point, reform measures are focusing on key and difficult points, eliminating stubborn diseases, focusing on solving the stuck points and blockages that restrict the construction of a new development pattern, continuously releasing reform dividends, and continuously stimulating market vitality.
Focusing on building a high-level socialist market economic system, improving the modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics, releasing the "Negative List for Market Access (2025 Edition)," the action to clean up and rectify market access barriers is being promoted nationwide, a comprehensive reform pilot for market-based allocation of factors is being implemented in some parts of the country, a list of annual key items for "handling one thing efficiently" is clarified, the social credit system is improved, the price governance mechanism is improved, the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law is implemented, and "involution" competition is comprehensively rectified;
Aiming at improving the system and mechanism for promoting high-quality economic development, implementing the "Regulations on Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Work," the legislative process of the ecological and environmental protection code has been further advanced, promoting green and low-carbon transformation and strengthening the construction of a national carbon market, accelerating the cultivation and opening of scenarios and promoting the large-scale application of new scenarios;
Based on building a system and mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, deepening the reform of the mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and coordinating the integrated reform of the education, science and technology, and talent system and mechanism;
Focusing on improving the macroeconomic governance system, issuing opinions to guide the work of doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, deepening zero-based budget reform, promoting the promulgation of the National Development Plan Law, and macro policies working in the same direction...
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 effect on reform.
This year, despite the increasing impact of external shocks, China has insisted on opening the door wider.
On March 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) met with representatives of the international business community in Beijing. More than 40 global chairmen, chief executive officers, and business association representatives of foreign-funded enterprises from many countries and regions gathered in the Great Hall of the People to discuss opening up, cooperation, development, and win-win results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in the meeting that China has a large stage for its cause, broad market prospects, stable policy expectations, and a good security situation. It is a fertile ground conducive to foreign-funded enterprises investing and developing their businesses.
Those who share benefits with the world will be supported by the world.
From the entry into force of the China-Maldives Free Trade Agreement to the official signing of the upgraded protocol of Version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area; from the implementation of the free trade pilot zone upgrade strategy to the replication and promotion of 77 pilot measures in the Shanghai Free Trade Pilot Zone...
China unswervingly pursues a mutually beneficial and win-win opening-up strategy, adheres to the equal emphasis on bringing in and going out, takes multiple measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and works with all parties to make the cake of cooperation bigger and tighten the bonds of interest.
In the first 10 months of this year, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products increased by 8.7% year-on-year, driving overall export growth by 5.2 percentage points; in the first three quarters, China's service trade increased by 7.6% year-on-year. The "gold content" of Chinese products, Chinese technology, and Chinese services is becoming more and more prominent.
A more real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China is being seen by more and more people.
Since the beginning of this year, the transit visa-free policy has been further expanded, the "buy and refund immediately" policy for departure tax refunds has been further optimized, and a number of convenient services have been implemented in various places, driving the continued popularity of "China tours" and "China shopping." From January to August, the number of foreigners entering the country visa-free reached 15.89 million, an increase of 52.1% year-on-year.
Virtue is not alone, it is sure to have neighbors. How to jointly promote world development and prosperity, all parties are looking forward to listening to China's plan.
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit, the "Global Governance Initiative" was proposed; at the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, it was advocated to "insist on 'holding hands' instead of 'letting go' and 'extending the chain' instead of 'breaking the chain'"; a written speech was delivered to the APEC CEO Summit, sending a sincere invitation to share opportunities and develop together...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly sent positive signals to the world: "Walking with China means walking with opportunities, believing in China means believing in tomorrow, and investing in China means investing in the future."
The times will write a new chapter again.
Moving towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," anchoring the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, hundreds of millions of people have burst out with unprecedented historical initiative and historical creative spirit, facing difficulties and forging ahead, and ushering in a more magnificent and bright future.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8)
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This year is a year of great significance in the process of Chinese-style modernization. China's economic operation is generally stable and progressing, and the main goals of economic and social development will be achieved smoothly. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion, and a good start has been made for the new journey toward the second centenary goal.
In today's world, changes and chaos are intertwined, and the development environment is turbulent. How can the Chinese economy be fearless of wind and rain and have a bright future?
Respecting and making good use of laws is an important methodology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized grasping the laws of economic development, pointing out: "It is necessary to strengthen the Party's leadership over economic work, deepen the understanding of the laws of socialist economic construction, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, adhere to the combination of an effective market and a capable government, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, and solidly promote high-quality development."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, facing the severe and complex international environment and the arduous and heavy domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has adhered to observing the general trend, planning the overall situation, and doing practical work, adhered to and strengthened the Party's overall leadership over economic work, continuously deepened the understanding of the regularity of economic work, put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, led China's economic development to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes, and formed Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought in practice.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, systematically following and applying economic laws, and using the certainty of high-quality development to hedge against external uncertainties, the Chinese economy has demonstrated strong resilience and vitality, and has achieved historic leaps and transformations.
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To act according to laws, the first step is to discover and reveal them.
For example, how to correctly understand and handle the relationship between the government and the market is the core issue of a market economy and a worldwide problem.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new conclusions on handling the relationship between the government and the market.
At last year's Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "We must coordinate the relationship between an effective market and a capable government."
In November of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Hainan (海南): "We do everything according to inherent laws. We must scientifically and orderly arrange the pace and progress of opening up, steadily and surely, step by step, and strive to 'let it be lively' and 'manage it well'."
Two news items from Zhejiang (浙江) are thought-provoking.
The first is Yiwu (义乌) creating a "World Supermarket" version 6.0. In October, the Yiwu (义乌) Global Digital Trade Center officially opened, and Yiwu (义乌) merchants changed from "sitting merchants" to "cloud merchants." Actively responding to changes, in the first 10 months, the total transaction volume of Yiwu's (义乌) trade markets reached 291.37 billion yuan, an increase of 14.4%.
The second is Hangzhou (杭州) officially announcing the first batch of "new force" enterprises. Referring to the characteristics of the "Six Little Dragons," Hangzhou (杭州) recently announced 47 "new force" enterprises. In the past three years, the total R&D investment of these enterprises reached 7.656 billion yuan, an average of 163 million yuan per enterprise.
When people explore the secrets of Yiwu's (义乌) vigorous development for more than 40 years and the blossoming of innovative enterprises in Hangzhou (杭州), many people have discovered a common key point: a service-oriented government. In the process of economic and social development, the government does not overstep or fail to act, but rather builds the stage, establishes the rules, and provides good services.
From the "Yiwu (义乌) experience" to the "Hangzhou (杭州) Six Little Dragons," practice tells us that the correct "government-market relationship" is not a simple physical superposition of the two, but an organic combination and a benign interactive dialectical relationship, a chemical reaction of "1+1>2".
"The more standardized government behavior is, the more effective the market will be."
From the implementation of the Private Economy Promotion Law and the improvement of the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects, to the release of a new version of the market access negative list and the implementation of fair competition policies and systems... one reform after another breaks down barriers, and the construction of a unified national market is accelerating.
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To act according to laws means to follow the laws and keep pace with the times.
"Socialism does not have a fixed, immutable routine. Only by closely combining the basic principles of scientific socialism with the specific realities, historical and cultural traditions, and requirements of the times of one's own country, and constantly exploring and summarizing in practice, can we turn the blueprint into a beautiful reality."
The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have reached a new level. The main contradictions and problems facing development are manifested in unbalanced and insufficient development, insufficient effective demand, and the arduous task of converting new and old driving forces.
Adhering to a problem-oriented approach and taking the understanding and resolution of contradictions as a breakthrough to open up the work situation requires us to firmly grasp economic laws and coordinate the relationship between total supply and total demand, cultivating new driving forces and updating old driving forces, and optimizing increments and revitalizing stocks.
Let's start with the hot sales of the mascot of the National Games.
"Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" are the mascots of the 15th National Games. The latest data shows that the sales of mascot derivatives have exceeded 800 million yuan, and Guangzhou (广州) is also preparing to build a permanent IP park for the National Games mascots.
How can a small doll leverage big business?
Capturing demand and creating business opportunities. The prototypes of "Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" are actually Chinese white dolphins. Relying on Dongguan's (东莞) more than 4,000 toy production enterprises and nearly 1,500 upstream and downstream supporting enterprises, various products such as the National Games mascot Three Kingdoms blind box version, Journey to the West blind box version, and AI interactive version were quickly launched, turning creativity into products and meeting demand in a timely manner.
The hot sales of "Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" vividly demonstrate the huge energy released by the deep integration of new consumer demand and huge supply capacity, and also demonstrate the two-way cycle law of "demand driving supply and supply creating demand," which together constitute the basic logic of China's economic domestic demand growth and high-quality development.
Coordinating total supply and total demand, improving the matching of supply and demand, and enhancing the balance of supply and demand, the main engine of consumption is stronger, and the Chinese economy is full of vitality. For example, the "two new" policies conform to the trend of upgrading the supply and demand structure, which is conducive to driving the upgrading of supply with the upgrading of demand. In the first 11 months of this year, trade-ins of consumer goods drove sales of related commodities to exceed 2.5 trillion yuan, benefiting more than 360 million people.
Coordinating the cultivation of new driving forces and the updating of old driving forces, developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, promoting the transformation of traditional industries, the growth of emerging industries, and the growth of future industries, the Chinese economy has strong momentum. In the first three quarters, the added value of industries increased by 6.1% year-on-year, of which the added value of large-scale high-tech manufacturing increased by 9.6%.
Coordinating the optimization of increments and the revitalization of stocks, managing assets, adjusting liabilities, and improving resource allocation efficiency, the Chinese economy has broad space. As of the end of 2024, the total assets of national state-owned enterprises (excluding financial enterprises) were 401.7 trillion yuan, the total assets of state-owned financial enterprises were 487.9 trillion yuan, and the total assets of administrative and institutional state-owned assets were 68.2 trillion yuan. The "family property" is thicker and of better quality.
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To act according to laws, we must also highlight key points and grasp the main line.
The law of mutual transformation of quality and quantity is one of the three major laws of materialist dialectics. To promote high-quality development, we must deeply grasp the dialectical relationship between "quality" and "quantity."
"We must adhere to the unity of winning by quality and giving play to the scale effect, and unify the effective improvement of quality and the rational growth of quantity in the entire process of high-quality development."
We adhere to leading and expanding the total economic volume by improving economic quality, bringing new investment and consumption opportunities through the improvement of the quality of productivity, and generating a leap-forward growth in quantity; at the same time, we also adhere to expanding the total economic volume to provide fertile ground and space for improving quality, and continuously promote qualitative changes on the basis of quantitative changes.
Let's look at the transformation of Anhui's (安徽) automobile industry.
At the end of November, at the Wuhu Port (芜湖港) International Container Terminal, more than 300 Chery (奇瑞) automobiles were loaded onto ships and shipped to overseas markets. Marked by this, the annual export volume of automobiles in Anhui Province (安徽省) exceeded 1 million vehicles for the first time.
Anhui (安徽) has transformed from an "auditor" to a "top student" in the automobile industry, which is a change triggered by the improvement of the quality of productivity.
At present, Anhui (安徽) has gathered 7 complete vehicle enterprises, aggregated thousands of parts production enterprises, and the "three-electric" technology is leading the country. Anhui's (安徽) new energy vehicles have gained a firm foothold in the market with "quality."
Anhui (安徽) has transformed from an "auditor" to a "top student" in the automobile industry, which is a reward given by the quantitative advantage of the scale economy.
Relying on China's large market and rich application scenarios, China's new energy vehicles have quickly transformed their advantages into economic scale, and have continuously promoted qualitative changes on the basis of quantitative changes.
Looking at the whole country from outside a region. In October of this year, China's monthly sales of new energy vehicles reached 1.715 million vehicles, and the sales ratio exceeded half for the first time. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of new energy vehicle sales in China exceeded 50%, ranking first in the world, driving China's automobile exports to rank first in the world for the first time.
From high-speed rail, nuclear power, mobile communications, and platform economy to new energy vehicles, drones, and then to artificial intelligence and the low-altitude economy, the development of these fields shows that combining the demand traction of a super-large-scale market with rich application scenarios, a complete industrial system, and diversified business organization models can create more industrialization applications, accelerate technological iteration, and cultivate more world-class enterprises and advanced technologies.
Practice has fully proved that by coordinating "quality" and "quantity," grasping "stability" and "progress," and firmly grasping the law of mutual transformation of quality and quantity and the law of dynamic balance of seeking progress while maintaining stability, we can transform development advantages into development victories and promote economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength to continuously reach new heights.
Economic work is complex and multifaceted. Guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, continuously deepening the understanding and grasp of the laws of economic development, fully using the concept of systems to do economic work well, and enriching and supplementing the toolbox for singing the "economic chorus" well, we can form a strong synergy to promote high-quality development.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, December 8th. Comrade Wang Bingqian (王丙乾), an excellent member of the Communist Party of China, a long-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionist, an outstanding leader in China's financial and economic front and socialist legal system construction, former State Councilor, and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress, passed away due to illness in Guangdong (广东) at 3:35 AM on December 8, 2025, at the age of 100.
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"President Xi Jinping (习近平) is a wise leader of a major country," said Ruslan, a young man from Kazakhstan, in a recent interview with our reporter. "President Xi Jinping (习近平) has profoundly influenced my life, and I will certainly live up to President Xi Jinping's (习近平) expectations and be a good envoy of China-Kazakhstan friendship in the new era."
Since coming to Hainan University (海南大学) to study in 2009, Ruslan has lived in Hainan (海南) for 16 years. He also has a well-known name - "Panda Knight."
In September 2013, President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) entitled "Promoting People's Friendship and Creating a Better Future Together." That year, Ruslan was 21 years old and not yet fluent in Chinese. In his dormitory at Hainan University (海南大学), he and his classmates watched President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech together.
In his speech, President Xi Jinping (习近平) told two touching stories about the exchanges between the people of China and Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), one of which was about Ruslan's persistence in donating blood twice a year without compensation, contributing to relieving the suffering of some Chinese patients. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) voice was gentle and firm: "RH-negative blood type is a very rare blood type in China and is known as 'panda blood.' Patients with this blood type have difficulty finding blood sources. Ruslan, a Kazakh student, has this blood type."
"My first reaction at the time was: Is the Ruslan mentioned by President Xi Jinping (习近平) me? How did President Xi (习近平) know about me?" Recalling the scene at the time, Ruslan still felt surprised. Looking back at the video data of that year, the young Ruslan sat among his classmates with a slightly shy smile on his face. "I am just an ordinary person who did something that should be done. I was mentioned by President Xi Jinping (习近平), and I couldn't believe it was true," Ruslan said.
In that important speech, President Xi Jinping (习近平) first proposed the initiative to jointly build the "Silk Road Economic Belt." Over the past 12 years, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has been steadily promoted in Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦), and new quality productivity cooperation in digital, green, and technological fields is booming, and regional cooperation and integrated development are on the fast track. Ruslan believes that the "Belt and Road" initiative fully demonstrates President Xi Jinping's (习近平) vision and global perspective. "In my country, thanks to the high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road,' infrastructure construction such as wind farms, ports, and modern highways is in full swing, and economic and trade cooperation, digital technology, and other fields are booming, which are helping the local area accelerate development and improve people's livelihoods," Ruslan said.
In 2013, Ruslan mentioned his two wishes in an interview with People's Daily (人民日报): one was to speak Chinese as well as a Chinese person, and the other was to continue to live and work in Hainan (海南) after graduation. Now, both of these wishes have been realized.
In April 2022, President Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Yangpu Economic Development Zone (洋浦经济开发区) in Danzhou City (儋州市), Hainan Province (海南省), for inspection, and Ruslan participated in the reception work as a staff member. At the Xiaochantan Port Area (小铲滩港区) of the Yangpu International Container Terminal (洋浦国际集装箱码头), Ruslan met President Xi Jinping (习近平).
"I introduced myself to President Xi (习近平) and said, 'My name is Ruslan, from Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦),' and before I could finish speaking, President Xi (习近平) recognized me at once. President Xi (习近平) pointed at me and said, 'I mentioned you, blood donation.'" Mentioning this experience, Ruslan's tone revealed a bit of pride. He told reporters that President Xi Jinping (习近平) smiled and listened carefully when communicating with him. President Xi Jinping (习近平) praised Ruslan for speaking Chinese well and being a "China expert," and welcomed more international talents to develop in China. "President Xi (习近平) said, 'We are all one family,' which moved me very much. I felt the respect from a leader of a major country, and I also felt China's emphasis on international talents. Here, I am a foreigner, but not an outsider," Ruslan said.
"President Xi's (习近平) encouragement made me clear about my career choice, and I hope to contribute to the cause of China-Kazakhstan friendship." As the first foreign employee of the Hainan International Economic Development Bureau (海南国际经济发展局), Ruslan is now the bureau's global news officer, promoting the policy dividends and investment opportunities of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) to the world, and is responsible for investment promotion. "This year, Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) set up a national pavilion for the first time at the Consumer Expo, and the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) is about to be sealed off and operated. I have been busy and happy," Ruslan said.
In July 2024, President Xi Jinping (习近平) published a signed article in the Kazakh media entitled "Working Together to Write a New Chapter in China-Kazakhstan Relations." The article mentioned that China and Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) help each other and learn from each other, setting off a new upsurge in cultural exchanges, and once again mentioned Ruslan, who is known as the "Panda Knight," calling him an envoy of China-Kazakhstan friendship in the new era. "As the global news officer of the Hainan International Economic Development Bureau (海南国际经济发展局), I hope to do something practical for the friendship between the two countries, such as promoting the landing of more bilateral investments and allowing more Kazakh products such as wheat flour and camel milk powder to enter the Chinese market," Ruslan said.
At the Second China-Central Asia Summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the "China-Central Asia Spirit" of "mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual benefit, and mutual assistance, and promoting common modernization with high-quality development." The years 2025 to 2026 are the "Year of High-Quality Development of China-Central Asia Cooperation," and all parties will focus on six priority directions: smooth trade, industrial investment, connectivity, green minerals, agricultural modernization, and people-to-people exchanges, to promote more visual results and help each other's development and revitalization. "This allows me to see more development opportunities and a broader path to common modernization," Ruslan said. "'China-Central Asia Spirit' embodies the common development dreams of Central Asian countries and China. Under the inspiration of this spirit, cooperation between Central Asian countries and China will be further deepened."
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Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan have severely damaged mutual trust between Japan and China, and their negative impact is bound to affect various fields such as Japanese politics, economy, tourism, and education. The only solution is to retract the erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan and issue a public apology as soon as possible.
The erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) have aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Chinese government and people. Unfortunately, neither Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) herself, the Japanese government, nor some Japanese citizens have fully understood the fundamental reasons for China's anger.
Takaichi Sanae's (高市早苗) remarks seriously violate international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and constitute blatant interference in China's internal affairs. Literally, her remarks are tantamount to denying the one-China principle clearly established in the Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué, and are equivalent to denying the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. The Chinese government's criticism of this is completely justified and beyond reproach. The Japanese government often accuses China of trying to change the existing order, but in fact, it is the Japanese government itself that is attempting to undermine the post-war international order and change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
The Japanese government should reaffirm the core content of the Sino-Japanese Joint Communiqué and re-understand the important significance of the "one China" principle advocated by Japan before and after the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations. It is worth noting that some political forces in Japan are taking advantage of China's strong protest and firm opposition to Takaichi Sanae's (高市早苗) remarks to vigorously promote the so-called "China threat theory," denying the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan with extremely simple and dangerous logic. Some public opinions even groundlessly accuse "China's high-pressure posture is repulsive." This overly clumsy reaction completely disregards the right and wrong of the matter, but is becoming increasingly prevalent against the background of the current intensification of the right-wing trend of thought in Japanese politics, which is precisely an important breeding ground for the emergence of Takaichi Sanae's (高市早苗) erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan.
On November 21, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno (木原稔) said at a press conference, "If there is a possibility of causing misunderstanding, we must be extremely careful in the future." This indirectly admits the impropriety of Takaichi Sanae's (高市早苗) remarks regarding Taiwan. However, judging from the seriousness of the matter, the Japanese government must explicitly correct the erroneous remarks and make an apology. It is simply impossible to show sincerity to China by using "causing misunderstanding" as an excuse.
The so-called "existential crisis situation" is based on the legal basis of the new security law forcibly passed by the Japanese Diet in 2015. Japan should have been a peaceful country practicing the "Peace Constitution" and washing away the stigma of being an aggressor in the past. However, in recent years, there has been a retrograde trend, which is extremely regrettable. The "Three Security Documents" can in fact decide to implement a "preemptive" attack strategy, and in this sense, they are unconstitutional documents. Takaichi Sanae's (高市早苗) erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan have severely damaged mutual trust between Japan and China. The Prime Minister, who repeatedly flaunts "protecting the country and the people," is now personally seriously damaging the safety of "the country and the people," and its negative impact is bound to affect various fields such as Japanese politics, economy, tourism, and education.
Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) sluggishness and lack of diplomatic and defense policies are undeniable. It can be said that she has shown the decline and low level of Japanese diplomatic capabilities to the international community, including China. A more serious problem is that the Japanese government seems to be desperately trying to cover up the Prime Minister's major mistakes and is doing its best to defend her erroneous remarks. Behind Takaichi Sanae (高市早苗) are gathered hawkish and militaristic forces inside and outside the Liberal Democratic Party. These forces have long promoted Japan's development towards a military power, and people's previous concerns about Takaichi Sanae (高市早苗) constantly catering to these forces after taking office have now quickly become a reality.
Since Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) made erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan, Sino-Japanese relations have continued to deteriorate. At this moment, the only solution is to retract the erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan and issue a public apology as soon as possible. Stable and friendly Sino-Japanese relations are one of Japan's greatest security guarantees.
(Author is Professor Emeritus of Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谢佳宁
"In my heart, China is full of a sense of 'future' - a country known for innovation, economic take-off, and long-term planning. When I truly set foot on this land, the feeling it gave me was beyond imagination." This year, Mercedes Pita, Communications Director of the Ecuador Sustainable World Foundation, came to China for the first time. Speaking of this experience, she said with emotion: "This is not just an overseas exchange, but the realization of a long-held wish."
Upon arriving in Beijing (北京), Mercedes was immediately deeply attracted by the vitality of this modern city. "Clean streets, civilized and friendly citizens, ubiquitous QR code payments and smart travel... the high level of social governance and technological application is amazing." What surprised her even more was that the modern Beijing (北京) still retains the profound heritage of traditional culture.
Climbing the Great Wall (长城) was one of the most unforgettable moments of Mercedes' trip. "Standing on that continuous 'giant dragon', touching the mottled bricks, a feeling of awe arises spontaneously. The Great Wall (长城) is not only a symbol of China (中国), but also a miracle of human civilization." The Summer Palace (颐和园) gives another feeling: "The lake water is clear, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, and the pavilions and surrounding natural scenery are integrated. There are many tourists in the park wearing Hanfu taking pictures, which makes me feel like I am in the long river of history. Modern cities and ancient civilizations coexist harmoniously."
In exchanges with Chinese experts and scholars, Mercedes gained a deeper understanding of Chinese-style modernization. "What touches me most is the long-term strategic planning of the Chinese people." She said that China's (中国) development has never been accidental, but through decades of consistent institutional design. "In China (中国), I felt the power of 说到做到 (shuō dào zuò dào - "say it, do it," to keep one's word; to practice what one preaches) - every policy and every project reflects coherence and execution, which provides an important reference for the modernization and development of Latin American countries."
In Mercedes' view, the great achievements of Chinese-style modernization are not only reflected in the towering buildings, but also in China's (中国) close integration of economic growth with inclusive and shared development. "More than 800 million people in China (中国) have been lifted out of poverty. Supporting this huge achievement is the implementation of China's (中国) systematic measures such as education, employment, and social security, which fully reflects China's (中国) people-centered development thinking." She particularly emphasized, "Poverty alleviation is not an unattainable dream. China's (中国) experience has given Latin American countries greater confidence in achieving leapfrog development."
"In Anji (安吉), Zhejiang (浙江), the bamboo forests are verdant, the air is fresh, and a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature unfolds before us." During her visit to Anji (安吉), the local in-depth promotion of the sustainable development of the bamboo industry and tourism industry left a deep impression on Mercedes. "'Green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains' (绿水青山就是金山银山), China's (中国) green development experience has made me realize that modernization is not at the expense of the ecological environment, but a double harvest of economic development and excellent environment."
Mercedes said with emotion that when communicating with companions from many Latin American countries, everyone had a common feeling: China (中国) is much closer and more real than imagined. "In the past, in our impression, China (中国) was often a distant 'Oriental giant', but when we approached China (中国), we realized that its development path, governance experience, and cultural wisdom are vivid and concrete. China (中国) has shown me another possibility of modernization: it has not only the tallness of reinforced concrete, but also the warmth of cultural traditions; it has not only the miracle of rapid development, but also the guarantee of people's well-being. This experience will forever remain in my memory."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th (Reporter) - Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held talks with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (瓦德富尔) in Beijing (北京) on December 8th.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that Sino-German cooperation is conducive to promoting the respective development of both countries and jointly addressing global challenges. He expressed hope that Germany would promote the European Union's return to a rational and pragmatic China policy, and adhere to the correct direction of mutually beneficial cooperation. China and Germany should strengthen solidarity and collaboration to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. The One China principle is an important political foundation of Sino-German relations, and there is no room for ambiguity.
Baerbock (瓦德富尔) stated that Germany firmly adheres to the One China policy, and this position will not change. German companies in China all have confidence in China and are willing to continue to deeply cultivate the Chinese market. Germany supports the EU and China in seeking mutually beneficial and win-win results through dialogue, and is willing to play a constructive role in this regard.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 戴楷然
In Gonghong Village near Bo City (博城), the capital of the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, it is rice harvest season. Combine harvesters roar as they reap and thresh in one go, attracting many villagers to watch from the edge of the fields. "Thanks to the high-quality rice seeds and technology brought by our Chinese friends, this year's rice yield has increased again," said Mohammed Foday (穆罕默德·福代), a local villager, holding the freshly threshed rice with joy.
The "Chinese friends" Foday mentioned are the experts from the 14th China-Sierra Leone Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project Expert Group (中国援塞拉利昂第十四期农业技术合作项目专家组) (hereinafter referred to as the "Agricultural Expert Group"). "This rice paddy belongs to the Ngala Farm (恩加拉农场) and is the latest high-yield rice cultivation demonstration field developed after this Agricultural Expert Group arrived in Sierra Leone. After more than two years of cultivation, the rice yield here has increased from about 3 tons per hectare to about 9 tons per hectare now," said Li Youliang (李友良), the leader of the Agricultural Expert Group.
Michael Kamara (迈克·卡马拉), a combine harvester operator trained by the Agricultural Expert Group, climbed onto the harvester and started working. "Under the guidance of Chinese experts, I learned to use agricultural machinery such as tractors and combine harvesters, and I also learned simple troubleshooting," Kamara said. In the past, everyone used sickles to harvest rice and then threshed it manually, which was time-consuming and laborious. "These agricultural machines are very advanced and can harvest 5 hectares of rice in one day. My dream now is to buy a combine harvester."
Sierra Leone, located on the west coast of Africa, is a traditional agricultural country. Agriculture has always been a key area for deepening friendly cooperation between China and Sierra Leone. Since the 1970s, China has been sending agricultural experts to Sierra Leone to carry out technical cooperation.
Li Youliang told reporters that over the years, the agricultural expert group has established six agricultural demonstration bases in the area, including the Augu Farm (奥古农场), Kenema Farm (凯内马农场), Bo City Farm (博城农场), and Ngala Farm (恩加拉农场), to showcase Chinese agricultural technology and models, allowing local farmers to see the results intuitively and drive the application of technology. "At the Augu Farm near the capital Freetown (弗里敦), we focus on demonstrating high-yield corn cultivation techniques, increasing local corn yields from about 400 jin per mu to about 1,000 jin per mu; at the Bo City Farm and the newly developed Ngala Farm, we focus on demonstrating rice hybridization and high-yield cultivation techniques."
Li Youliang said that with the continuous efforts of the Agricultural Expert Group, more and more local farmers are selecting Chinese corn and rice varieties. "We also provide training to local villagers, agricultural students, and agricultural technicians, covering topics such as pest and disease control and the use of agricultural machinery. As of November this year, this Agricultural Expert Group has conducted a total of 18 training sessions, covering more than 400 people."
In addition to agricultural technical training, the Agricultural Expert Group also helps local people build water pump generator rooms, level field roads, etc., hoping to provide more convenience for local farmers' production and life. After the harvest, Foday transported the rice to a nearby drying yard to dry. He said, "This drying yard was also newly built by our Chinese friends. Now everyone likes to come here to dry their grains, which is very convenient. Our Chinese friends are sincerely doing good and practical things for us."
The Ngala Farm is not far from the Ngala University (恩加拉大学), which has also become an important place for local research institutes to conduct field investigations. Before the harvest season arrived, Ngala University President Koroma (科罗马) led students to inspect the growth of Chinese rice varieties. "From the trial planting results, Chinese rice varieties are very suitable for planting and promotion in Sierra Leone and have great potential for increasing production. I believe that deepening agricultural cooperation between the two countries will help Sierra Leone achieve food self-sufficiency as soon as possible," Koroma said.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th (Xinhua) – On December 8th, Minister Liu Haixing (刘海星) of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China met with German Foreign Minister Waderfur (瓦德富尔) in Beijing (北京). The two sides exchanged views on jointly implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthening inter-party exchanges and dialogue, and promoting the healthy and stable development of China-Germany (中德) and China-Europe (中欧) relations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 8 (Reporters Huang Taoming (黄韬铭) and Zou Duowei (邹多为)) The General Administration of Customs (海关总署) released data on December 8: In November this year, China's (我国) total imports and exports of goods trade amounted to 3.9 trillion yuan, with the year-on-year growth rate rebounding to 4.1%, maintaining year-on-year growth for 10 consecutive months since February.
Among them, exports in November were 2.35 trillion yuan and imports were 1.55 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.7% and 1.7% respectively. Compared with the previous month, the growth rate accelerated by 6.5 and 0.3 percentage points respectively, demonstrating the resilience and vitality of foreign trade.
From a cumulative perspective, the total value of imports and exports in the first 11 months was 41.21 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, the same as the growth rate in the first 10 months.
Specifically, in the first 11 months, China's (我国) exports and imports reached 24.46 trillion yuan and 16.75 trillion yuan respectively, a year-on-year increase of 6.2% and 0.2%. Among them, electromechanical products, including the "new three items" and ships, were the main force of exports, increasing by 8.8%, accounting for 60.9% of China's (我国) total exports during the same period. As the peak season for ice and snow sports in the northern hemisphere arrives, since the second half of the year, China's (我国) exports of ice skates to Central and Eastern Europe and ski suits to the North American market have both grown by more than double digits.
Private enterprises are accelerating their "sailing overseas" (扬帆出海). In the first 11 months, China's (我国) main force in foreign trade, private enterprises, achieved imports and exports of 23.52 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, and the number of private enterprises with import and export records increased by 66,000 year-on-year. The growth rate of imports and exports in November accelerated by 3.9 percentage points compared with the previous month.
Significant results have been achieved in market development. In the first 11 months, China's (我国) imports and exports to ASEAN (东盟), its largest trading partner, reached 6.82 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%; imports and exports to Africa, Latin America and the European Union increased by 18.7%, 5.6% and 5.4% respectively.
Lü Daliang (吕大良), Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署统计分析司司长), said that China (我国) adheres to open cooperation and mutual benefit and win-win results, and continues to expand two-way cooperation with trading partners. In the first 11 months, China (我国) achieved simultaneous growth in exports and imports with more than 110 countries and regions around the world, an increase of more than 20 compared with the same period last year.
In addition, China's (我国) granting of 100% tariff-free treatment to all least developed countries that have established diplomatic relations has been in effect for a full year. In the past year, China's (我国) cumulative increase in imports from the least developed countries has exceeded 55 billion yuan.
In another 10 days, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will officially launch full island customs closure. According to customs statistics, in November, the Hainan Free Trade Port's (海南自由贸易港) imports and exports increased by 9.1% year-on-year. In the first 11 months, the total imports and exports of China's (我国) free trade pilot zones and the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) reached 8.07 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, accounting for nearly 20% of China's (我国) foreign trade.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Jakarta, December 7th (Qi Chengrong (齐呈荣), Xiong Feng (熊峰)) The Chinese Navy Task Group 989, which is carrying out a far-sea comprehensive internship mission, arrived at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia (印度尼西亚雅加达丹戎不碌港) on the 7th, starting a 4-day friendly visit to Indonesia (印度尼西亚).
Local time in the morning, the Chinese Navy Task Group 989 ships slowly berthed at the Tanjung Priok Port wharf. Cadets from the Naval University of Engineering (海军工程大学) and the Naval Aviation University (海军航空大学) lined up in sections on the deck, waving to the welcoming crowd. More than 400 people, including staff from the Chinese Mission to ASEAN (中国驻东盟使团), staff from the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia (中国驻印度尼西亚大使馆), representatives of overseas students, representatives of local Chinese, and representatives of Indonesian Navy (印度尼西亚海军) officers and soldiers, came to the wharf to welcome them.
This visit marks the first visit to Indonesia (印度尼西亚) by the Navy Changbaishan ship (海军长白山舰) and the "Forward No. 1" ship (“向前进1号”船). During the visit, the Chinese and Indonesian navies will also carry out sports exchanges.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, London, December 7th (Reporter Gao Wencheng (高文成)) - The British "Financial Times" investment research publication "fDi Intelligence" recently released a report stating that as Chinese companies accelerate their internationalization process, China ranks first on the list of "Economies Expected to Expand Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Source Share in 2026."
The report, titled "Foreign Direct Investment Outlook 2026," stated that the magazine conducted its annual outlook survey of 101 experienced individuals in the FDI field globally in October of this year. In response to the question of "Which three economies will expand their share in global FDI sources in 2026," China was mentioned the most, a total of 74 times.
The report said that today, companies such as ByteDance, Geely Holding (吉利控股), BYD (比亚迪), JD.com (京东), and Haier (海尔), along with Huawei (华为), Alibaba (阿里巴巴), and Tencent (腾讯), have joined the ranks of Chinese companies with the most global projects, actively exploring new markets and promoting cutting-edge products through internationalization strategies. "A closer look at which investors are expected to become sources of global FDI reveals which investors are developing into global companies."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met with a delegation led by Sergey Mironov, Chairman of the A Just Russia — For Truth party, in Beijing on the 8th.
Wang Huning said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京), China-Russia relations have withstood the test of international vicissitudes and set a model for major-country relations. China is willing to work with Russia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen practical cooperation in various fields, maintain close coordination on major international issues, carry out more inter-party exchanges, and promote new progress in China-Russia relations. The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) is willing to make positive contributions to this end.
Mironov said that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. President Putin (普京) and President Xi Jinping (习近平) exchanged visits, and the two governments and parliaments have carried out active interactions. The momentum of cooperation in economic, trade, and investment between the two sides is good, and it has powerfully safeguarded world peace and development. A Just Russia — For Truth party is willing to strengthen coordination with the Communist Party of China (中共) to provide new impetus for cooperation and friendship between the two countries.
Wang Dongfeng (王东峰) and others attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th (Xinhua) -- On December 8th, Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (瓦德富尔) in Beijing (北京).
Han Zheng (韩正) stated that since the establishment of the new German government, high-level interactions between China and Germany have been close. In May of this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (默茨总理) by telephone, providing strategic guidance for further deepening Sino-German relations. China and Germany are important economic and trade partners to each other, and cooperation between the two sides is mutually beneficial and win-win. China is willing to work with Germany to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen communication and dialogue, and promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Germany to a new level. The Taiwan issue is the most important of China's core interests, and we hope that Germany will adhere to the one-China principle. Germany is a core country of the European Union, and we expect Germany to play a positive role in promoting the healthy development of China-EU relations.
Annalena Baerbock (瓦德富尔) stated that the new German government attaches great importance to developing relations with China and firmly adheres to the one-China policy. Germany looks forward to close high-level exchanges with China and further deepening all-round cooperation. Germany is willing to be a reliable partner of China.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 8th (Reporter Geng Lei (耿磊)) Chen Wenqing (陈文清), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), gave a special lecture in Beijing on the 8th, centering on "In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, Jointly Creating a New Situation in the Construction of a Rule of Law in China" for Party members of central and state organs to "attend the same class."
Chen Wenqing (陈文清) pointed out that Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law is rooted in the excellent traditional Chinese legal culture, is the latest achievement of the Sinicization and modernization of Marxist legal theory, and is the fundamental guideline and action guide for comprehensively governing the country according to law in the new era. It is necessary to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, pay more attention to the coordination of the rule of law with reform, development, and stability, pay more attention to guaranteeing and promoting social fairness and justice, be good at solving new problems through scientific legislation, be good at solving practical problems through strict law enforcement, be good at maintaining fairness and justice through impartial justice, be good at consolidating the foundation of the rule of law through universal law-abiding, comprehensively promote the legalization of all aspects of the country's work, and jointly create a new situation in the construction of a rule of law in China.
Responsible comrades and Party member representatives from relevant departments such as the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee (中央组织部), the Central Propaganda Department (中央宣传部), the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), the Work Committee of the Central and State Organs (中央和国家机关工委), the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance) (中央党校（国家行政学院）), and the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会机关) attended the training in the main classroom, with more than 270,000 Party members participating in live broadcasts in more than 6,700 branch classrooms. Trainees said that as the first echelon in practicing "two safeguards," the central and state organs should take the lead in studying and implementing Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, and take the lead and set an example in strictly handling affairs in accordance with the law and comprehensively promoting the legalization of various tasks. After the class, various departments of the central and state organs will also conscientiously do a good job in video lectures, exchanges and discussions, etc., to ensure full coverage and that all those who should be trained are trained.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) December 8th dispatch (Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)): It was learned from the recent Agricultural and Rural Standardization Work Promotion Conference that China (中国) will accelerate the construction of an agricultural and rural standard system that meets the requirements of high-quality development, and lead the high-quality development of agriculture and rural areas with standard upgrades.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) will promote the integrated development of standard formulation, application, and management. Focusing on the key tasks of agricultural and rural modernization, filling the gaps in standards, and accelerating the formulation of standards in key and emerging fields; comprehensively strengthening standard management, improving standard project evaluation, review, and evaluation mechanisms, and effectively improving the scientific, forward-looking, and practical nature of standards; optimizing local standards in accordance with local conditions, and coordinating up and down to improve the agricultural and rural standard system; taking multiple measures to promote the implementation of standards, adhering to both supervision and service, grasping the key of new agricultural business entities, and radiating and driving small farmers to improve the level of standardized production; improving the internationalization level of standards, deeply participating in the revision and formulation of international standards, and improving China's (中国) international voice and influence in the field of agricultural standards.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) December 8th dispatch (Reporter Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)): On the 7th, the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) announced the "National Basic Medical Insurance, Maternity Insurance and Work-Related Injury Insurance Drug List (2025)" and the "Commercial Health Insurance Innovative Drug List (2025)," which will be officially implemented nationwide starting January 1, 2026.
The new version of the National Medical Insurance Drug List adds 114 new drugs, including 50 Class 1 innovative drugs, and removes 29 drugs that are not clinically supplied or can be better replaced by other drugs. After the adjustment, the total number of drugs in the list increased to 3,253, including 1,857 Western medicines and 1,396 traditional Chinese medicines. The protection level in key areas such as tumors, chronic diseases, mental illnesses, rare diseases, and pediatric drugs has been significantly improved.
The first edition of the Commercial Insurance Innovative Drug List includes a total of 19 drugs, forming a good complementary connection with basic medical insurance, and also laying the foundation for promoting the differentiated development of commercial insurance and basic medical insurance and establishing a multi-level medical security system.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者
The year 2025 is drawing to a close, and the giant ship of the Chinese economy is forging ahead steadily amidst the wind and waves.
This has been a year of responding to changes and overcoming difficulties. The Chinese economy has moved forward against pressure, seeking progress while maintaining stability. In the first three quarters, the gross domestic product increased by 5.2% year-on-year. The total economic volume for the whole year is expected to reach about 140 trillion yuan, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" will come to a successful conclusion.
This has been a year of courageously opening up new horizons. Actively recognizing, responding to, and seeking changes, and focusing our efforts on managing our own affairs well, we have won strategic initiative in fierce international competition and accumulated strength for future progress in planning for the future.
The magnificent scroll of the next five years is slowly unfolding. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country are working together with one heart and one mind, forging ahead in unity, and unswervingly promoting high-quality development, writing a new chapter in the mighty journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Firm Confidence—
"Responding to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development"
The pace of the times is becoming more sonorous in continuous struggle.
From October 20th to 23rd, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was successfully held in Beijing (北京), drawing a beautiful blueprint for the development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" at the time of winning the final victory of the "14th Five-Year Plan."
When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) entrusted by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to deliver a work report to the plenary session, he reviewed the development process since last year: "The Political Bureau of the Central Committee, facing the multiple difficulties and challenges encountered in economic development, took the initiative to act and implement comprehensive policies, decisively deployed and implemented a package of incremental policies, focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and promoting new achievements in high-quality development."
Steering the course is the only way to move steadily and far.
In the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan," the international environment has undergone profound changes, the world economic and trade order has encountered major challenges, cyclical and structural contradictions in the domestic economic operation are relatively prominent, and the pressure for stable operation has increased.
In the face of a complex situation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken the overall situation into consideration and made scientific decisions. All regions and departments have responded calmly and vigorously implemented policies. The whole country has been united with one heart and one mind, and the Chinese economy has maintained an overall stable and progressive development trend, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality.
The basic foundation of "stability" has been consolidated—in the first three quarters, the growth rate of gross domestic product was 0.2 and 0.4 percentage points faster than the whole year of the previous year and the same period of the previous year, respectively; the employment situation remained stable, with 10.57 million new jobs added in urban areas across the country; and the growth rate of trade in goods accelerated quarter by quarter, with the scale reaching a record high for the same period in history.
The new momentum of "progress" has continued to strengthen—in the first three quarters, new and old driving forces have been continuously transformed. The added value of China's equipment manufacturing industry increased by 9.7% year-on-year, the added value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 9.6%, and green growth points such as new energy vehicles have accelerated their formation, injecting a source of vitality into economic development.
The distinct characteristics of "resilience" have become more prominent—in the first three quarters, final consumption expenditure contributed 53.5% to economic growth, an increase of 9 percentage points compared with the whole year of the previous year, continuing to play the role of the main engine of economic growth. The policy effects of expanding domestic demand such as "two new" and "two heavy" have continued to transmit to the production side, and the construction of a unified national market has been promoted in depth.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Henan (河南) in May this year that "in the face of a complex external environment, we must strengthen our confidence and unswervingly manage our own affairs well" and "respond to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development."
Confidence comes from the wisdom, foresight, courage, and responsibility of the leader.
Over the past year, from Liaoning (辽宁), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), and Jilin (吉林) in the northeast, to Guizhou (贵州), Yunnan (云南), Tibet (西藏), and Xinjiang (新疆) in the west, and then to Shanghai (上海), Henan (河南), Shanxi (山西), Hainan (海南), and Guangdong (广东), General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) footprints have spread all over the country. In repeated inspections, research, and listening to work reports, he has accurately diagnosed and prescribed prescriptions for the sustained and healthy development of the Chinese economy.
Over the past year, from presiding over meetings of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and meetings of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, to attending the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (两会), symposiums for private enterprises, etc., General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered a series of important speeches and made a series of important deployments, providing fundamental guidance for doing a good job in economic work.
Over the past year, from presiding over the Tianjin (天津) Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to attending the Second China-Central Asia Summit and the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has clearly put forward China's proposals and declared China's contributions on many international occasions, injecting stability and certainty into the world economy.
The weighty report card once again powerfully confirms that the fundamental reason why the Chinese economy has continued to develop and grow stronger in the face of difficulties and obstacles lies in the leadership and steering of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought.
Confidence comes from more powerful policy introductions and continuous efforts to stabilize expectations.
On February 17th, a symposium for private enterprises in the Great Hall of the People attracted widespread attention.
"The Party and the state's basic principles and policies for the development of the private economy have been incorporated into the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and will be adhered to and implemented consistently, without change" "The development prospects of the private economy in the new era and new journey are broad and promising, and the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs are in the right time to show their talents"...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly clarified a series of fundamental and directional issues concerning the development of the private economy, giving the vast number of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs a "reassurance pill" to focus on development, and injecting a "strengthening agent" to promote the high-quality development of the private economy.
This year, the Private Economy Promotion Law was implemented, 13 measures to further promote the development of private investment were implemented, and actions to promote the clearing of overdue payments to enterprises were accelerated and strengthened... Adhering to and implementing the "two unwaverings" and continuously optimizing the business environment, we have consolidated the foundation for the development of various ownership business entities.
Where concerted efforts are made, nothing is impossible.
Intensifying the implementation of more proactive and effective macroeconomic policies, introducing a number of measures to stabilize employment, stabilize the economy, and promote high-quality development, arranging 300 billion yuan of ultra-long-term special national debt funds to support the replacement of consumer goods, and investing 500 billion yuan of new policy-based financial instrument funds... Since the beginning of this year, existing policies and incremental policies have worked together to provide important guarantees for the stable operation of the economy.
Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) instructions, major economic provinces have taken the lead, strived for the first, walked in the front, and set an example. In the first three quarters of this year, the top ten provinces in terms of gross domestic product have all reached the 4 trillion yuan mark, and the total economic volume of Guangdong (广东) and Jiangsu (江苏) has exceeded 10 trillion yuan.
In the face of the so-called "reciprocal tariff" storm unilaterally launched by the United States, China quickly fought back and launched multiple arrows, effectively responding with a "combination punch" of countermeasures in multiple fields. Over the past year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has spoken with President Trump four times, held a meeting in Busan, and reached a series of important consensus. The economic and trade teams of China and the United States have held talks in Geneva, London, Stockholm, Madrid, and Kuala Lumpur, facing differences directly, engaging in equal dialogue, and achieving a series of substantive progress.
Confidence comes from strategic planning with foresight and a broad and magnificent development blueprint.
On October 28th, with the full text of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal released, a magnificent picture of China's development for the next five or even ten years was presented to the world.
At an important node connecting the past and the future, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out its great significance: "The '15th Five-Year Plan' period is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and fully exerting efforts. Formulating and implementing the '15th Five-Year Plan' well will lay a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035."
Serving as the leader of the drafting group for the Fourth Plenary Session documents, putting forward clear directional requirements; presiding over a symposium on economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in some provinces and regions in Shanghai (上海), listening to opinions and suggestions; requiring online solicitation of opinions on the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, and making important instructions... General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally led and guided the drafting of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal throughout the entire process, devoting a lot of effort and playing a decisive role.
Standing in the long term and planning for the overall situation.
The planning proposal continues to define promoting high-quality development as the theme of economic and social development for the next five years, requires adhering to economic construction as the center, and clarifies key tasks, which is a declaration and mobilization order for striving to create a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
"China's economic foundation is stable, its advantages are numerous, its resilience is strong, and its potential is great. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed. The advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large-scale market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are even more prominent."
Facing the future, this is where China's development resilience and confidence lie, and where its determination and confidence lie.
Maintain Determination—
"Always maintain the role of a trendsetter in the tide of modern economy"
Mechanical dogs "lion dancing" to compete in skills, robots drumming to add to the fun, "Model Small Speed" appearing to welcome guests... At the end of November, the "Embodied Workshop" built by the "Model Speed Space" large model innovation ecological community in Shanghai (上海) opened.
In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came here to conduct research, entered the artificial intelligence product experience store, and pointed out that "China has abundant data resources, a complete industrial system, and a huge market space, and the development of artificial intelligence has broad prospects."
Before coming to Shanghai (上海), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over a collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, focusing on "strengthening the development and supervision of artificial intelligence." Within just a few days, one collective study followed by one on-site investigation, the considerations are profound and meaningful.
In August, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Deeply Implementing the 'Artificial Intelligence+' Action"; in October, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposed "accelerating the innovation of digital intelligence technologies such as artificial intelligence"...
A tightly scheduled timetable outlines from one side the strategic layout of China seizing the historical opportunity of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, seizing the commanding heights of technological development, and continuously generating new quality productive forces.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must take the road of scientific and technological innovation, implement the strategy of invigorating the country through science and education, and promote the development of new quality productive forces, so that our country can always maintain the role of a trendsetter in the tide of modern economy."
This year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly gone deep into the most active places of scientific and technological innovation, repeatedly emphasized the importance of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement for Chinese-style modernization, and made important deployments for coordinating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the cultivation and expansion of strategic emerging industries.
Revitalizing the country through industry and building the country through hard work.
In Liaoning (辽宁), inspecting the Third Cold Rolling Mill of Benxi Iron and Steel Group's Cold Rolling Plant; in Henan (河南), visiting the intelligent factory of Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd.; in Shanxi (山西), entering the production workshop of Yangquan Valve Co., Ltd....
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly visited manufacturing enterprises for research during the year, and once again emphasized the consistent requirement: "The real economy cannot be lost, and the traditional industries in the real economy cannot be lost. We must achieve transformation and upgrading through scientific and technological innovation."
Regarding the enlightenment of historical changes, the General Secretary firmly pointed out that "we adhere to the road of independent development of industry, and develop industry and manufacturing by our own strength. This road is the right one";
Regarding the transformation of new and old driving forces, the General Secretary clearly required "using the new to transform the old, step by step, do not rush into action. Before the 'golden baby' is embraced, the tools for eating should not be thrown away";
Regarding the future development path, the General Secretary clearly proposed that "manufacturing should adhere to the direction of high-end, intelligent, and green, and continuously improve the technological content and added value of products."
Innovation-driven, long-term effort.
"After these years of efforts, the atmosphere of scientific and technological innovation is strong, industrial innovation is flourishing, and the integration of the two is in good momentum, but some problems with the system and mechanism still exist." At this year's National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the current innovation bottlenecks when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu (江苏) delegation.
Addressing the problem, the General Secretary emphasized that to grasp scientific and technological innovation, we must focus on building a modern industrial system, adhere to the simultaneous efforts of education, science and technology, and talent, and produce more scientific and technological achievements and transform them into real productive forces.
To develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, we must prevent rushing into action and engaging in one model.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) earnestly warned during his inspection and research in local areas and enterprises, "Different regions have different resource endowments and basic conditions. To grasp industrial transformation and upgrading, we must proceed from reality, follow economic laws, and highlight our own characteristics" "Diversified development must adhere to what to do and what not to do, and focus on producing high-quality products. We must avoid 'picking everything in the basket,' and we cannot take the old road of emphasizing quantity over quality"...
This year, the role of the "key variable" of new quality productive forces has become increasingly prominent. The integration of digital technology into hundreds of industries and the interconnection of the Internet with all things have opened up "digital intelligence space" for economic growth, promoted the renewal and upgrading of traditional driving forces, accumulated new momentum, and continuously shaped new advantages.
In 2025, China ranked among the top ten in the global innovation index for the first time, and is one of the economies with the fastest improvement in innovation in more than 10 years. Shenzhen (深圳)—Hong Kong (香港)—Guangzhou (广州) jumped to the top of the global innovation cluster list.
New quality productive forces are themselves green productive forces.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the concept that green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains. The light of truth is becoming more and more brilliant in guiding China's green development practice.
Presiding over the sixth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission to study issues such as the high-quality development of the marine economy, the meeting emphasized "strengthening the protection of the marine ecological environment"; emphasizing "the more important the development tasks, the more important it is to attach importance to ecological and environmental protection" during local inspections; entrusting "protecting the 'roof of the world' and the 'water tower of Asia'" when attending the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adheres to planning for the present and for the long term, leading the continuous and in-depth green development, and promoting the transformation of the "green content" of industries into the "gold content" of development.
In the first three quarters, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption in China's total energy consumption increased by about 1.7 percentage points year-on-year; in October, sales of new energy vehicles reached 51.6% of total new car sales, and the share exceeded half for the first time.
Coordinating development and security is always an extremely important issue of the times.
In February this year, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee conducted the 19th collective study on building a higher level of safe China. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Further establish the concept that development is the hard truth and security is also the hard truth, consciously unify development and security in our work, plan together, deploy as a whole, and promote each other."
Caring about agricultural production, the General Secretary urged "shouldering the responsibility for food security and extending the industrial chain of modern agriculture"; coming to the factory workshop, the General Secretary emphasized that "manufacturing is an important pillar of the national economy, and maintaining a reasonable proportion of manufacturing is essential for promoting Chinese-style modernization."
Responding to continuous rainy weather in many parts of the country, Anhui (安徽), Shandong (山东), Hebei (河北), Henan (河南) and other places raced against time to "grab" the harvest, and made every effort to fight disasters and win a bumper autumn grain harvest;
Promoting the construction of coal supply guarantee bases, strengthening oil and gas exploration and development, continuously improving oil and gas reserve capacity, and taking multiple measures to ensure the safe and stable supply of energy during peak summer and winter seasons;
In the first three quarters, the added value of manufacturing industries above designated size nationwide increased by 6.8% year-on-year, a growth rate 0.6 percentage points higher than that of all industries above designated size, and the role of the "ballast stone" continued to be prominent...
Preparedness averts peril, a constant principle for the country.
Using a new security pattern to guarantee a new development pattern, the risks in key areas of our country have been effectively prevented and resolved, and the confidence and resilience of development have been strengthened.
Caring for People's Livelihood—
"Let the fruits of modernization benefit all people more and more fairly"
On the banks of the Huangpu River (黄浦江), the lanes are crisscrossed. This year, with the completion of the renovation and upgrading of old houses without sanitary facilities, Shanghai (上海) bid farewell to the historical memory of "carrying chamber pots," and more residents enjoyed a higher quality of urban life.
The city is for the prosperity of the people.
In July this year, after 10 years, another central urban work conference was held. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. The meeting pointed out that "urban work should profoundly grasp and actively adapt to changes in the situation, transform urban development concepts, and pay more attention to being people-oriented."
In July of this year, the Central Urban Work Conference was held again after a 10-year interval. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. The meeting pointed out that "urban work should profoundly grasp and actively adapt to changes in the situation, transform the concept of urban development, and pay more attention to being people-oriented."
With the goal of building innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent modern people's cities, opinions on continuously promoting urban renewal actions and promoting high-quality urban development have been successively introduced. China's urban development is shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement.
In the first three quarters of this year, 24,300 old urban communities were newly renovated across the country. The installation of elevators, the addition of parking spaces, and the construction of community service facilities such as elderly care and childcare continued to advance. Safe, comfortable, green, and smart "good houses" entered the real estate market.
Chinese-style modernization prioritizes people's livelihoods.
From the release of the "Rural Comprehensive Revitalization Plan (2024-2027)" to the Central No. 1 Document focusing on "further deepening rural reform and solidly promoting comprehensive rural revitalization," the pace of comprehensive rural revitalization has been accelerating this year.
This year is the last year of China's 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee meeting held on July 30 emphasized the need to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation to ensure that large-scale return to poverty does not occur.
In the past 5 years, China has cumulatively identified and assisted more than 6 million monitoring objects to steadily eliminate the risk of returning to poverty. The scale of employment of people lifted out of poverty has stabilized at more than 30 million.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "We must always adhere to the people-centered approach, respond to the needs and concerns of the masses in a timely and effective manner, do practical things for people's livelihood with heart and soul, continuously improve people's living standards, and make the fruits of modernization construction benefit all people more and more fairly."
From "investing in people" being written into the government work report, to the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issuing the "Opinions on Further Guaranteeing and Improving People's Livelihood and Focusing on Solving the Urgent, Difficult, and Worrisome Problems of the Masses," to the implementation of special actions to boost consumption... the people have gained a tangible sense of happiness from one practical thing for people's livelihood after another.
Before the Spring Festival this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited Changan Community in Chang'an Street, Dadong District, Shenyang City (沈阳市大东区长安街道长安小区), and urged community workers: "Community work is a matter for thousands of households. The position of community work connects the top and the bottom, but you must look downward. The 'thousands of threads from above' are also for the people, and ultimately must be implemented on the people, especially to take good care of the 'old and the young'."
Since the beginning of this year, focusing on the "old," China has released opinions on deepening the reform and development of elderly care services, clarifying the need to further stimulate the vitality of the elderly care cause and the elderly care industry, and better meet the multi-level and diversified elderly care service needs of the elderly; targeting the "young," China has established and implemented a childcare subsidy system and is gradually promoting free preschool education.
Promoting Chinese-style modernization fundamentally relies on labor and the creativity of workers.
"Create better employment and labor conditions." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized this when delivering an important speech at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Model Workers and Advanced Workers Commendation Conference.
Since the beginning of this year, party committees and governments at all levels have placed stable employment in an important position, highlighted the employment-first orientation, and made every effort to respond to the impact of changes in the internal and external environment on employment.
Measures have been taken to further increase policy support for stabilizing employment, accelerate the construction of a high-quality employment service system for college graduates, and the number of people participating in the pilot program for occupational injury protection for new employment forms has exceeded 22 million... In October, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.1%, a decrease for two consecutive months. China's employment situation has remained generally stable, and employment for key groups has continued to improve.
People first, life first.
Just after New Year's Day this year, the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Dingri County (定日县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet (西藏) caused major casualties.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) immediately gave important instructions, "Make every effort to carry out personnel search and rescue" and "Timely allocate disaster relief materials and seize the time to repair damaged infrastructure."
At present, more than 22,000 houses rebuilt in the disaster area and more than 10,500 houses repaired and reinforced have all been delivered for use, and the masses have successively moved into new homes to spend the winter warmly.
The safety and well-being of the people are deeply concerned by the General Secretary—
In spring and summer, drought occurred in many parts of China, instructing to "ensure the water supply for urban and rural residents and agricultural irrigation needs"; during the critical period of flood prevention during the "July 7th and August 8th" period, requiring "implementation of various flood prevention measures in detail"; a major fire accident occurred in a residential building in Tai Po District (大埔区), New Territories (新界), Hong Kong (香港), emphasizing "relevant departments and local authorities to provide necessary assistance and strive to minimize fire casualties"...
In January this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Zhujiagou Village (祝家沟村), Mingshui Manchu Township (明水满族乡), Suizhong County (绥中县), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), and entered the home of Wang Baowei (王宝维), who had moved into a rebuilt new home after the disaster.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) asked him what other requirements and hopes he had. Wang Baowei (王宝维) said that his hope was to live a better life. The General Secretary happily responded to him, your hope is also our hope, and the Party and the government will always be the strong backing of the people.
Adhering to the people-centered approach, the original aspiration is as firm as a rock; seeking happiness for the people, the determination remains unchanged.
Looking far ahead—
"Promote high-quality development with comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up"
On the coast of the South China Sea, the wind rises and sails are set.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) first domestic inspection after the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China went deep into Hainan (海南) and Guangdong (广东) provinces.
In Hainan (海南), when listening to the work report on the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), the General Secretary emphasized: "The strategic goal of building the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) is to build the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) into an important gateway leading China's opening up to the outside world in the new era."
On December 18, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will officially launch full island customs closure. On this day in 1978, the epoch-making Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held.
The best commemoration of reform and opening up is to hold high the banner of reform and opening up even higher. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) was full of expectations: "We insist on taking the road of reform and opening up with Chinese characteristics, and have come here step by step."
In Guangdong (广东), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to the Ye Jianying Memorial Park (叶剑英纪念园), entered the Nanfu Pomelo Planting Base (南福金柚种植基地), and inspected the exhibition of Guangdong's (广东) scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation integration development achievements in Guangzhou (广州).
"Guangdong (广东) must vigorously promote the spirit of reform and opening up and the spirit of the special zone to create new advantages and achieve new breakthroughs, and promote high-quality development with comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) issued a new mobilization order.
This year, further comprehensive deepening of reform has continued to advance in breadth and depth.
More than 300 important reform measures proposed by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China are being gradually implemented, and the reform results in key areas and key links are becoming apparent, further breaking deep-seated institutional and mechanism barriers, accelerating the formation of productive relations that are more compatible with new quality productive forces, promoting better combination of effective markets and promising governments, and further liberating and developing productive forces.
On July 1, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over the sixth meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Commission to study the in-depth promotion of the construction of a unified national market. The meeting proposed the basic requirements of "five unifications and one opening": unified basic market system, unified market infrastructure, unified government behavior standards, unified market supervision and law enforcement, unified factor resource market, and continued expansion of domestic and foreign opening up.
Taking the construction of a unified national market as the starting point, reform measures are focusing on key and difficult points, eliminating stubborn diseases, focusing on solving the blocking points that restrict the construction of a new development pattern, continuously releasing reform dividends, and continuously stimulating market vitality.
Focusing on building a high-level socialist market economic system, improving the modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics, releasing the "Negative List for Market Access (2025 Edition)," the action to clean up and rectify market access barriers is being promoted nationwide, a comprehensive reform pilot for market-oriented allocation of factors is being implemented in some parts of the country, a list of annual key items for "efficiently handling one thing" is clarified, the social credit system is improved, the price governance mechanism is improved, the newly revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law is implemented, and comprehensive rectification of "involution" competition is carried out;
Aiming at improving the system and mechanism for promoting high-quality economic development, implementing the "Regulations on Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Work," the legislative process of the ecological and environmental protection code has been further advanced, promoting green and low-carbon transformation and strengthening the construction of the national carbon market, accelerating scenario cultivation and opening up to promote large-scale application of new scenarios;
Based on building a system and mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, deepening the reform of the mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and coordinating the integrated reform of the education, science and technology, and talent system and mechanism;
Focusing on improving the macroeconomic governance system, issuing opinions to guide the work of doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, deepening zero-based budget reform, promoting the promulgation of the National Development Planning Law, and macro policies working in the same direction...
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 effect on reform.
This year, despite the increasing impact of external shocks, China has insisted on opening its doors wider.
On March 28, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) met with representatives of the international business community in Beijing (北京). More than 40 global chairmen, chief executive officers, and business association representatives of foreign-funded enterprises from many countries and regions around the world gathered in the Great Hall of the People to discuss opening up, cooperation, development, and win-win results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in the meeting that China's career stage is large, the market prospects are broad, the policy expectations are stable, and the security situation is good. It is a fertile ground conducive to foreign-funded enterprises investing and starting businesses.
Those who share profits with the world will be supported by the world.
From the entry into force of the China-Maldives Free Trade Agreement to the official signing of the upgraded protocol of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0; from the implementation of the free trade zone upgrading strategy to the replication and promotion of 77 pilot measures in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone...
China unswervingly pursues a mutually beneficial and win-win opening-up strategy, adheres to the equal emphasis on bringing in and going out, takes multiple measures to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, and works with all parties to enlarge the cooperation cake and tighten the bonds of interest.
In the first 10 months of this year, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products increased by 8.7% year-on-year, driving overall export growth by 5.2 percentage points; in the first three quarters, China's service trade increased by 7.6% year-on-year. The "gold content" of Chinese products, Chinese technology, and Chinese services is becoming more and more prominent.
A more real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China is being seen by more and more people.
Since the beginning of this year, the transit visa-free policy has been further expanded, the "buy and refund immediately" policy for offshore tax refunds has been further optimized, and a number of convenient services have been implemented in various places, driving the continued popularity of "China tours" and "China shopping." From January to August, the number of foreigners entering the country visa-free reached 15.89 million, an increase of 52.1% year-on-year.
Virtue is not alone, there must be neighbors. How to jointly promote world development and prosperity, all parties are looking forward to listening to China's plan.
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit, the "Global Governance Initiative" was proposed; at the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, it was advocated to "adhere to 'holding hands' instead of 'letting go' and 'extending chains' instead of 'breaking chains'"; a written speech was delivered to the APEC Business Advisory Council Summit, sending a sincere invitation to share opportunities and develop together...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly sent positive signals to the world: "Walking with China is walking with opportunities, believing in China is believing in tomorrow, and investing in China is investing in the future."
The era will write a new chapter.
Moving towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," anchoring the goal of basically realizing socialist modernization, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, hundreds of millions of people have burst out with unprecedented historical initiative and historical creative spirit, meeting difficulties head-on and forging ahead, ushering in a more magnificent and bright future.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 8)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Hong Kong (香港) December 8th dispatch (Reporter Feng Xuezhi (冯学知)) The results of the election for the 8th Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) were announced on the morning of the 8th, and all 90 Legislative Council members have been elected.
The election was held from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on the 7th, with 161 candidates participating in the election, and there was competition for every seat.
The central counting station, located at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港会展中心), had a solemn and enthusiastic atmosphere, and the staff worked nervously and orderly to count and confirm the ballots one by one. After counting votes overnight, all 40 members elected by the Election Committee, 30 members elected by functional constituencies, and 20 members elected by geographical constituencies were elected.
Ambrose Lau (陆启康), Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区选举管理委员会), said on the morning of the 8th that he was encouraged by the public's turnout to vote. Throughout the election process, staff and voters interviewed provided positive and affirmative information.
Legislative Councillor Starry Lee (李慧琼), who successfully won re-election, said that the environment and challenges faced in each election are different, and in the future, she will continue to listen to opinions from all sectors and better respond to the expectations and demands of the public.
Newly elected Legislative Councillor Christine Fong (方国珊) said she was grateful for the public's trust in her. The public's demands for people's livelihood are very clear, and the work of future legislators is a 任重道远 (rèn zhòng dào yuǎn - "heavy responsibility, long road," a heavy burden and a long road; a long and arduous task), and they will work more humbly. The immediate priority is to assist in disaster relief and recovery, and to help the disaster victims of Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) in Tai Po (大埔) rebuild their homes.
The term of office of the 8th Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) will begin on January 1, 2026, with a term of 4 years.
Return to TopOn December 8, Beijing (北京), this newspaper reported (Reporter Cheng Long (程龙)) that the spokesperson of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院港澳事务办公室) issued a statement on December 8, stating that the eighth Legislative Council election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) was successfully held on December 7. The election process was safe, smooth, and satisfactory. The voter turnout of the Election Committee constituency, functional constituencies, and geographical constituencies all significantly exceeded the previous election, fully representing the public opinion of Hong Kong (香港), fully reflecting the high importance, active recognition, and enthusiastic support of the entire Hong Kong (香港) society for this election, and fully demonstrating Hong Kong's (香港) firm determination to move towards governance and prosperity. This is a landmark achievement in further consolidating and developing high-quality democracy that conforms to the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, the Constitution and the Basic Law, and the actual situation in Hong Kong (香港). We express our warm congratulations on this!
The spokesperson stated that during the campaign stage of this election, the sudden fire accident in Tai Po (大埔) caused serious trauma to Hong Kong (香港). In the face of the disaster, the SAR government responded quickly, activated the whole-government mobilization mechanism, raced against time, and made every effort to put out the fire, tried every means to do a good job in personnel search and rescue, and treatment of the injured, and carried out efficient, professional, and orderly follow-up and comprehensive support for the victims, which was fully affirmed by all sectors of society. Hong Kong (香港) society, regardless of class, sector, or group, helped each other and 同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì - "crossing the river in the same boat," to share weal and woe; to be in the same boat), fully supporting disaster relief, fully demonstrating unity and love. At the same time, after experiencing the test of major disasters, the majority of voters more deeply realized the importance of this election, turned grief into strength, and further stimulated the willingness to participate in voting. With the joint efforts of the SAR government, all sectors of society, and the majority of voters, this election was a complete success, fully demonstrating the Lion Rock spirit of Hong Kong (香港) society working together, overcoming difficulties, and being united and resilient, highlighting the advanced nature and superiority of the new election system under the full implementation of the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong (爱国者治港)," and demonstrating the earnest expectation of the general public to promote good governance and achieve better development through high-quality democracy.
The spokesperson stated that this election adhered to integrity and innovation, further demonstrating the broad representativeness, political inclusiveness, balanced participation, and fair competitiveness of the new election system, allowing democracy to be better guaranteed and reflected in a more fair, just, open, clean, and orderly election. Chief Executive Li Jiachao (李家超) and the SAR government assumed the responsibilities of "head of the family" and "first person responsible," and carried out election work in a comprehensive, in-depth, and meticulous manner in accordance with the law, and adopted a number of innovative measures to effectively coordinate the election and disaster relief. As an important part of the SAR governance system, the civil service took the lead in voting by setting an example. It is generally believed that the organization, publicity, and mobilization of this election have reached the highest level in history. All sectors of society actively responded and participated widely,凝聚 "拼经济、谋发展、惠民生、促改革" (níng jù "pīn jīng jì, móu fā zhǎn, huì mín shēng, cù gǎi gé" - "gathering a strong consensus of focusing on economic development, seeking development, benefiting people's livelihood, and promoting reform"). Major public institutions, community organizations, and chambers of commerce have encouraged their members to participate in voting, and many companies have provided half-day leave for employees to vote. The intensity of election competition has been significantly improved, and candidates have engaged in healthy competition, jointly building a good election culture of judging candidates by their political programs, determining victory by their abilities, and competing for recognition by their image. The majority of voters shouted the slogan "If you truly love Hong Kong (香港), sincerely cast a vote," and voted enthusiastically for Hong Kong (香港), for the country, and also for themselves, for their families, and for the next generation. It is particularly worth pointing out that after the Tai Po (大埔) fire accident, many candidates stepped forward, took the lead in action, and rushed to the front line to fully invest in disaster relief, proving their character and talent with practical actions. Their good performance vividly confirms the original intention of the new election system to strive to build high-quality democracy that conforms to the actual situation in Hong Kong (香港).
The spokesperson stated that the newly elected members of the Legislative Council are all outstanding talents who love the country and Hong Kong (爱国爱港), are responsible, capable, and dedicated to serving the society, and have been fully recognized and supported by the majority of voters. Elected at this moment, they shoulder heavy responsibilities and carry great expectations. They need to be more firm in their patriotic and Hong Kong (爱国爱港) stance, more enthusiastic in serving Hong Kong (香港) and its people; work harder and be better at performing their duties; be more proficient in their professions and have more innovative and creative vitality; and be more honest and have a better moral character and image. We hope and believe that the new Legislative Council members will be able to comprehensively, accurately, and unswervingly implement the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, always take safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests as the highest principle, consciously safeguard the executive-led system, correctly handle the relationship between the executive and the legislature, fully support the Chief Executive and the SAR government in administering according to law, deeply grasp public sentiment and public opinion, fully gather public wisdom, jointly promote in-depth reforms, comprehensively do a good job in disaster relief, continuously improve the level of governance of the SAR, promote long-term prosperity and stability, and actively connect with the national "15th Five-Year Plan" to promote Hong Kong (香港) to better integrate into and serve the overall development of the country, and make due contributions to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Hong Kong on December 8th (Reporter Wang Yao (王尧)) A spokesperson for the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室) issued a statement on the 8th, stating that the eighth Legislative Council election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) was successfully held on December 7th. This is another successful practice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) in fully implementing the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong" and consolidating the development of high-quality democracy that conforms to Hong Kong's reality. It demonstrates the institutional advantages of "One Country, Two Systems" ("一国两制") and the advanced superiority of the new electoral system. It showcases Hong Kong's indomitable spirit of healing after the fire, overcoming difficulties, and building a common home. It is of great significance for Hong Kong to achieve good governance, accelerate the transition from stability to prosperity, and maintain long-term prosperity and stability. We express our warm congratulations on this!
The spokesperson stated that this Legislative Council election was held in accordance with the law, safely, orderly, and smoothly, and received active support from the entire society, fully reflecting Hong Kong's public opinion. The SAR government fulfilled its primary responsibility in accordance with the law, organized and carried out election affairs in a standardized and orderly manner, and created a good environment and atmosphere for the election. 161 candidates entered communities, sectors, observed social conditions, and listened to public opinions, participated in more than 90 election forums and voter meetings, and went all out to compete on policy platforms, abilities, and achievements, demonstrating a good demeanor of gentlemanly competition. All sectors of society participated widely, investing in and supporting the election in various forms. The majority of voters earnestly fulfilled their civic responsibilities and obligations, casting votes for unity and concerted efforts to promote reform. A new high-quality election culture has taken deep root in Hong Kong, and a more fair, just, open, and clean election allows democracy to be better guaranteed.
The spokesperson emphasized, "士不可以不弘毅，任重而道远 (shì bù kě yǐ bù hóng yì, rèn zhòng ér dào yuǎn - "A scholar must not be without breadth of mind and strong perseverance, for his burden is heavy and his course is long," a person with breadth of vision and firm determination has a heavy responsibility and a long road to travel)." We believe that the new Legislative Council will surely adhere to its original aspiration of loving the country and loving Hong Kong, firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and fully support the Chief Executive (行政长官) and the SAR government in administering according to law; it will surely bear in mind its responsibility to Hong Kong, remember its promises to voters, and work with all sectors of society to promote the economy, seek development, engage in construction, promote reform, and benefit the people's livelihood; it will surely firmly grasp the historical opportunity of the country's "15th Five-Year Plan," promote Hong Kong's better integration into and service to the country's overall development, and make greater contributions to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Return to TopThe Hong Kong Economic Herald, December 8th (Reporter Li Xia (李霞)) The spokesperson of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued a statement on the 8th, warmly congratulating the successful holding of the eighth Legislative Council election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The spokesperson stated that this election is another important democratic practice in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to fully implement the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong," improve the electoral system, and enter a new stage of "One Country, Two Systems" practice. It creates favorable conditions for consolidating the SAR's good governance and promoting the SAR's high-quality development, and provides strong support for better promoting post-disaster reconstruction and promoting Hong Kong's courageous progress. From the launch of voter registration to the completion of voting, the SAR government has organized the election in accordance with the law and in an orderly manner for more than half a year, with patriotic and Hong Kong-loving forces actively participating in the election and all sectors of society actively responding. After the fire in Hong Kong Fuk Yuen (宏福苑) in Tai Po (大埔), the SAR government united and led all sectors of society to 众志成城 (zhòng zhì chéng chéng - "unity is strength," united will is an impregnable stronghold), fight the disaster, carry out disaster relief, and overcome difficulties together, coordinating and promoting disaster relief and the election as scheduled. The majority of voters turned grief into strength and cast their sacred votes for themselves, for Hong Kong, and for the future. This election adheres to integrity and innovation, abandons malpractices such as confrontation and division, creates a rational and constructive election culture, and demonstrates the broad representativeness, political inclusiveness, balanced participation, and fair competitiveness of the new election system.
The spokesperson pointed out that during the election, overseas hostile forces and anti-China disruptors, with their incorrigible nature, continued to attack and smear the election system and candidates, and even attempted to "disrupt Hong Kong with disaster," consuming the grief of the general public, smearing and discrediting the SAR government's disaster relief efforts, spreading rumors to oppose the election and rescue efforts, and inciting voters not to vote or cast invalid votes, in order to achieve their political purpose of "obstructing the election with disaster," fully exposing their ugly faces of "making trouble whenever there is an election" and "taking advantage of disasters to create incidents." The SAR law enforcement agencies promptly clarified the facts, investigated, stopped, and arrested a number of people suspected of taking advantage of the disaster to create incidents, cause chaos, and interfere with and disrupt the election, creating favorable conditions for the election to be held as scheduled. The election results fully demonstrate that as the "One Country, Two Systems" system continues to improve, under the escort of the rule of law of the National Security Law, Hong Kong is accelerating its exit from the "quagmire of pan-politicization," and the social consensus of ensuring security and seeking development is constantly being consolidated. All attempts to interfere with and disrupt the Legislative Council election are doomed to be futile. Neither anti-China disruptors nor external interference forces can stop Hong Kong's high-quality democratic development pace, nor can they change Hong Kong's overall trend of moving from governance to prosperity.
The spokesperson emphasized that the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will, as always, fully support the SAR government in administering in accordance with the law, coordinating development and security, and fully and accurately implementing the Hong Kong National Security Law, the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (《维护国家安全条例》) and its subsidiary legislation, and other national security legal systems, to safeguard Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability and long-term peace and stability.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Hong Kong on December 8th (Reporter Chen Ran (陈然)) The results of the 8th Legislative Council election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) were announced on the 8th, and all 90 members of the Legislative Council were elected. Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee (李家超), on the 8th, on behalf of the SAR government, congratulated all the successfully elected members and thanked the 161 candidates from different sectors, professions, and backgrounds, as well as all sectors of society for their active participation.
John Lee (李家超) stated that the successful holding of the election at a time when Hong Kong society is jointly facing challenges is of profound significance, reflecting the voters' support for the SAR government's determination to rebuild and reform after the disaster, and supporting the election of capable and ambitious Legislative Council members to support disaster victims and post-disaster reconstruction, promote institutional reforms, and also demonstrate the spirit of unity, mutual love and mutual assistance among citizens.
John Lee (李家超) said that the Legislative Council election was held as scheduled and successfully, which is an observance and respect for the constitutional order and the spirit of the rule of law. This election is the second Legislative Council election after the implementation of the "patriots administering Hong Kong" (爱国者治港 - ài guó zhě zhì gǎng - "patriots govern Hong Kong," the principle that Hong Kong should be governed by patriots) principle and the improvement of the electoral system. The candidates actively participated in 39 public election forums and conducted high-quality and high-level benign competition, reflecting the principles of broad representation, balanced participation and fair competition.
John Lee (李家超) expressed his gratitude to every voter who actively exercised their rights and fulfilled their responsibilities, actively voted at the important moment of promoting post-disaster reconstruction, united to face challenges, and elected the eighth Legislative Council members who love the country and Hong Kong (爱国爱港), have both ability and integrity, and jointly build a better Hong Kong (香港) home with the SAR government.
John Lee (李家超) said that the overall voting process was smooth, and the SAR government will summarize experience and further optimize all aspects. He thanked the Electoral Affairs Commission (选举管理委员会) for its comprehensive and detailed preparations, as well as the input and dedication of all personnel and volunteers involved in the election affairs, which allowed the election to be completed smoothly in an open, fair, honest, safe and orderly manner.
John Lee (李家超) said that Hong Kong society has jointly experienced the difficult period brought about by the fire. He hopes that the eighth Legislative Council members will work with the SAR government to jointly promote post-disaster support and reconstruction work, and promote systematic reforms through debates, promotion of legal reviews and revisions, so that Hong Kong (香港) is safer and citizens are more at ease.
John Lee (李家超) said that under the adaptation of executive-led and "patriots administering Hong Kong" (爱国者治港) principles, the executive and legislative branches will further interact benignly, cooperate with each other, check and balance each other, open up new situations in innovation and reform, and continuously develop the economy and improve people's livelihoods. He firmly believes that the new Legislative Council members will go deep into the community, connect with all sectors, understand public sentiment, offer suggestions and suggestions, and jointly lead Hong Kong (香港) with the SAR government to deepen reforms and create the future together.
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"Today's vote is a hope for tomorrow." Walking out of the polling station, Ms. Chen (陈女士), a Hong Kong citizen, held a thank-you card with the words "Creating a Better Future Together" and took a group photo with her family to commemorate this special and meaningful day.
On December 7, the eighth Legislative Council election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) was successfully held. The entire Hong Kong society attached great importance to and actively participated in this election, and the voter turnout of the Election Committee constituency, functional constituencies, and geographical constituencies were all higher than the previous election. This is another successful practice of Hong Kong's new electoral system, and another important achievement in developing high-quality democracy that conforms to Hong Kong's reality. It is of great significance for further consolidating the good situation of "patriots administering Hong Kong," promoting good governance, promoting in-depth reforms, doing a good job in disaster relief and aftermath, and achieving better development.
This election was conducted under the circumstances of a sudden major fire accident in Hong Kong, and it was not easy for the election to be held as scheduled and smoothly. This is an observance and respect for the constitutional order and the spirit of the rule of law, and also fully demonstrates the unity, perseverance, and strong determination of all sectors of Hong Kong society to work together to overcome difficulties and move towards governance and prosperity. On the day of the vote, the civil service took the lead in voting, and all sectors of society widely mobilized to participate. What is particularly touching is that the affected residents of Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) in Tai Po (大埔) overcame their grief and came to vote from their respective transitional accommodations accompanied by social workers and civil servants. These expressed the earnest expectations of Hong Kong society to unite and cope with challenges and build a better home together.
This election adhered to integrity and innovation, further demonstrating the advanced nature and superiority of the new electoral system. This is the second Legislative Council election in Hong Kong after the implementation of the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong" and the improvement of the electoral system. The SAR government earnestly fulfilled its primary responsibility, carried out election work in a comprehensive, in-depth, and meticulous manner in accordance with the law, and adopted a number of innovative measures to create a good environment and atmosphere for the election. All polling stations operated smoothly and efficiently, and were highly recognized by voters. Candidates and their teams engaged in fair, full, and benign competition, forming a good election culture. 161 candidates participated in more than 90 election forums and voter meetings, going all out to compete on political programs, abilities, and achievements, demonstrating a good demeanor of gentlemanly competition. After the fire accident in Tai Po, many candidates stepped forward and rushed to the front line to participate in disaster relief work. Election forums and other activities that were resumed after the disaster focused on issues related to the resettlement and aftermath of disaster victims and the management of old buildings, and many candidates regarded promoting relevant system reforms as an important political program. The fact that a new high-quality election culture has taken root in Hong Kong vividly confirms the original intention of the new electoral system to build high-quality democracy that conforms to Hong Kong's reality, and demonstrates the new atmosphere of SAR governance in fully implementing the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong."
The new Legislative Council members elected in this election shoulder heavy responsibilities and carry high hopes. At this moment, Hong Kong needs more than ever to gather a strong consensus to work together and promote reforms, and it needs a group of outstanding talents with responsibility, ambition, and ability. The newly elected Legislative Council members have received full recognition and support from the majority of voters. In the future, it is hoped that they will adhere to the position of loving the country and Hong Kong, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests; consciously safeguard the executive-led system, and fully support the Chief Executive and the SAR government in administering according to law; perform their duties with high quality and efficiency, and work with the SAR government and all sectors of society to do a good job in disaster relief and aftermath, and go all out to promote the economy, seek development, benefit the people's livelihood, and promote reforms; actively connect with the national "15th Five-Year Plan," promote Hong Kong's better integration into and service to the overall national development, and make greater contributions to the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Each vote embodies public opinion and gathers a strong force for a better tomorrow in Hong Kong. We firmly believe that with the strong support of the central government and the motherland, and under the guarantee of the new electoral system, the path of high-quality democratic development that conforms to Hong Kong's reality will surely become wider and wider, the successful story of the practice of "one country, two systems" will surely become more and more exciting, and the lives of the vast number of Hong Kong residents will surely become better and better!
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Promoting the high-quality, diversified, and convenient development of lifestyle service industries.
——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" Recommendations
As the gate lifted, Wei Shouyan (魏守艳), a citizen of Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东), drove her car into the underground parking lot of Jinan Shuntai Plaza (济南舜泰广场). The display screen at the entrance showed the license plate number in real time and prompted, "Please park at entrance A5."
"You see, parking at this entrance saves the most time," Wei Shouyan (魏守艳) said to the reporter sitting in the passenger seat. According to the guidance, she drove the car to the A5 parking (retrieval) garage. Sensing the arrival of the vehicle, the rolling door automatically lifted, and the vehicle entered the garage smoothly.
Turn off the engine, pull the handbrake, fold the rearview mirrors—Wei Shouyan (魏守艳) skillfully completed the parking operation. Subsequently, she came to the electronic screen outside the garage and clicked "I want to park the car." According to the prompts, she checked safety items such as "No one in the garage" and "Car doors are locked." After selecting "Confirm Parking," the garage rolling door slowly lowered. The entire process, from driving into the garage to parking the car, took less than 3 minutes.
"It only takes 15 minutes to drive from home to the company downstairs, but before, it would take half an hour just to find a parking space," Wei Shouyan (魏守艳) said with emotion. Since Shuntai Plaza (舜泰广场) was completed and put into use in 2005, nearly 700 companies have moved in, with a permanent office population of over 40,000, and the parking problem has become increasingly prominent.
The transformation from "**一位难求**" (yī wèi nán qiú - "one space hard to find," extremely difficult to find a parking space) to "parking in three minutes" began in 2021. Jinan High-tech Zone (济南高新区) revitalized underground space and launched a smart parking project, constructing a three-story立体 (lìtǐ) parking garage below Shuntai Plaza (舜泰广场).
In order to maximize capacity expansion, the project introduced mechanical parking equipment, reducing the area of a single parking space to about 60% of that of a conventional garage space. At the same time, it designed a three-story underground structure in accordance with local conditions, with a height equivalent to two stories of an ordinary office building, thereby meeting Jinan's (济南) spring water protection requirements.
The smart parking lot has 20 parking (retrieval) garages, including 8 large vehicle parking entrances. The parking lot is equipped with automatic navigation parking, video monitoring, and other digital systems. When a vehicle enters, the digital system automatically identifies the vehicle information and recommends the most suitable garage for the owner based on real-time traffic flow and the vehicle's own information.
Parking is now more intelligent and convenient. Can mechanical parking equipment ensure the safety of people and vehicles? In addition to the safety prompts on the electronic screen, the parking garage is also equipped with a laser monitoring system. When an extra-high vehicle such as an SUV mistakenly enters a sedan garage, the monitoring system will issue an alarm and suspend the parking process. "The garage is equipped with a wheel centering corrector. After the rolling door is lowered, it can return the vehicle to the center position of the parking space," said Wang Wei (王伟), the parking lot manager. "This can avoid scratches caused by parking deviations."
Based on the traffic flow changes after the parking lot was built, the Jinan (济南) traffic police department set up 3 one-way streets on the surrounding roads and added 17 traffic signs, effectively alleviating the surrounding traffic congestion and parking difficulties.
"The Shuntai Plaza (舜泰广场) smart parking project can fully guarantee the parking needs of the masses and inject fresh vitality into urban renewal," said a relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge," responsible person) of Jinan High-tech Zone (济南高新区). "Next, the High-tech Zone will continue to optimize the distribution of parking resources, revitalize and utilize existing land resources, and address the parking problem."
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A smart parking lot gains public recognition not only because it has built a three-story立体 (lìtǐ) parking garage, but also because it achieves efficient operation through the coordinated optimization of digital systems and surrounding traffic.
This case reveals the general logic of urban public facility construction and operation: building well is only the foundation, solving the problem of availability; using well is the key, determining its actual effectiveness. Urban governance cannot be a matter of 一建了之 (yī jiàn liǎo zhī - "build and be done with it," to consider a project finished once construction is complete), but also requires managers and operators to systematically build an operating system, improve service standards, and allow facilities to connect to the city's service network, resonating with the needs of citizens.
Only by achieving the leap from building well to using well can every public facility better play its role, both serving a better life and injecting power into the efficient operation of the city.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 8th (Reporter Yang Hao (杨昊)) It was learned from the "New Era United Front Forum 2025" held at the Central Academy of Socialism (中央社会主义学院) on the 8th that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Central Academy of Socialism (中央社会主义学院) and 47 local socialist academies across the country built nearly 160 characteristic research platforms, promoting the high-quality development of the united front work in the new era. Relying on these characteristic research platforms, the Central Academy of Socialism (中央社会主义学院) and 47 local socialist academies across the country undertook more than 110 national-level projects, more than 1,400 provincial and ministerial-level projects, and published more than 450 books and textbooks during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Central Academy of Socialism (中央社会主义学院) established 561 high-end think tank projects on the united front, and has built three major databases: a high-end think tank project database on the united front, an expert database, and an achievement database. It has held three major brand forums: the New Era United Front Forum, the New Era Chinese Culture Forum, and the New Era Political Consensus Education Forum, providing scientific research support for better playing the role of the united front talent training base, theoretical research base, and policy publicity base.
Return to TopOn December 7th, in Changxing County (长兴县), Huzhou City (湖州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), cycling enthusiasts traveled through the dawn redwood forest, enjoying the cycling exercise while taking in the scenery of Taihu Lake (太湖).
Chen Haiwei (陈海伟) photo (People's Vision)
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The West-East Gas Pipeline Project, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and the West-East Electricity Transfer Project activate potential in regional cooperation across various regions. Growth poles and growth belts are emerging and gaining momentum, injecting inexhaustible power into high-quality development.
To advance into the deep-water zone of reform, there is still the "Lazikou Pass" to overcome; to build a unified national market, there are still "bottlenecks" to break through; to achieve common prosperity, there are still "hard bones" to gnaw on. Overcoming bottleneck problems, responding to changes in the external environment, and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside require a consistent spirit of struggle, a consistent original aspiration, and unwavering determination.
Guizhou (贵州) is mountainous. As soon as you get off the plane, you see distant peaks gathering like clusters, and clouds surging like angry waves. The mountains surge towards the eyes with a thrusting force. Mountains are the backbone of Guizhou (贵州), and they once hindered the pace of development. Where there are mountains, there must be roads. Traveling all the way through Guizhou (贵州), the roads on this magnificent land are impressive and evoke distant thoughts.
The roads on the ground carry the people's ardent yearning for a better life. In Guizhou (贵州), the mountainous hills, which account for 92.5% of the land, cannot stop people from moving forward. More than 30,000 bridges have turned natural barriers into thoroughfares. Carving rocks and setting piers on the turbulent Wujiang River (乌江) to overcome the natural barrier, the Jiangjiehe Bridge (江界河大桥) is engraved with the footprints of struggle; high-strength steel wires weave the "aerial spine," and the Huajiang Canyon Bridge (花江峡谷大桥) witnesses technological innovation; creating a bridge-tourism integrated service area, with a cumulative reception of over 5.2 million tourists, the Pingtang Bridge (平塘大桥) reflects construction wisdom... Roads and bridges sew up the folds of the mountains and smooth out the "cracks" in the earth. They are transportation lines, but also economic lines and happiness lines.
China is the "country of bridges." The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (港珠澳大桥) flies across three places, and the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (丹昆特大桥) lies across the blue waves. Over 1 million steel rainbows are spread across the land, weaving a network of development.
The roads in the cloud start with a leading step of "creating something from nothing." Located in the hinterland of the southwest, how can Guizhou (贵州) integrate into the new development pattern? Based on a suitable geographical climate, Guizhou (贵州) keenly seized technological opportunities, preemptively laid out plans, and started developing the big data industry from scratch. Building the first national big data comprehensive pilot zone, establishing the world's first big data exchange, and taking the lead in exploring local big data legislation... The growth rate of the digital economy has ranked among the top in the country for nine consecutive years. Guizhou (贵州) has completed a beautiful lane change and become one of the regions with the most intelligent computing resources and the strongest capabilities.
The rise of the "computing power highland" also benefits from the precise layout of the entire country as a whole. The "Eastern Data and Western Computing" (东数西算) initiative connects the computing power network across China, with the eastern data demand and western computing power resources moving in both directions, achieving win-win progress. Looking across the country, it is more than just this. The West-East Gas Pipeline Project (西气东输), the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (南水北调), and the West-East Electricity Transfer Project (西电东送) activate potential in regional cooperation across various regions. Growth poles and growth belts are emerging and gaining momentum, injecting inexhaustible power into high-quality development.
The roads that connect hearts make all ethnic groups hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds. Ethnic minorities account for 36.44% of the total population of Guizhou (贵州), which is a vivid embodiment of unity in diversity. In the battle against poverty, 1.92 million people in Guizhou (贵州) moved out of the mountains, more than half of whom were ethnic minorities, fulfilling the firm commitment that "no ethnic group should be left behind." Promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, "Village Super League" ("村超") and "Village T" ("村T") have become popular, and the Dong songs and Miao dances, and the non-heritage tie-dye have made stunning appearances. The creative transformation and innovative development of the cultures of all ethnic groups write a great article on humanistic economics and sing the main theme that unity is strength.
The Chinese nation is one big family, "you are in me, I am in you, and no one can be separated from anyone." From the "Yi Sea Alliance" (彝海结盟) in the revolutionary era writing about sharing life and death, to generations of cadres aiding Xinjiang (新疆) and Tibet (西藏) interpreting sharing weal and woe, and then to the East-West cooperation and counterpart assistance reflecting the sharing of destiny... The 56 ethnic groups think in one direction, plan with one mind, and exert their efforts in one direction, and what is gathered must be an unstoppable and magnificent momentum.
There was originally no road in the world. It is the torch of ideals that ignites the courage to open up roads and illuminates the right path in the world. The wind passes through Lou Mountain Pass (娄山关), and the sound is like a military horn. The lights of the Zunyi Conference (遵义会议) illuminated the dark night, and the surprise soldiers of the Four Crossings of the Chishui River (四渡赤水) drew a trajectory of victory... As one of the provinces where the Red Army's Long March (红军长征) lasted the longest and covered the widest area, the predecessors here underwent the baptism of blood and fire, built roads with flesh and blood, and stepped out of the desperate situation to a bright road. The straw shoe marks deeply embedded in the majestic passes and the charging horns echoing on the banks of the Beipan River (北盘江) cast the "heroic spirit of daring to overwhelm all enemies without being overwhelmed by the enemy" into every inch of the muscles and bones of the Qian Mountains (黔山) and Guizhou waters (贵水).
Today, we are all explorers and fellow travelers. To advance into the deep-water zone of reform, there is still the "Lazikou Pass" (腊子口) to overcome; to build a unified national market, there are still "bottlenecks" to break through; to achieve common prosperity, there are still "hard bones" to gnaw on. Overcoming bottleneck problems, responding to changes in the external environment, and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside require a consistent spirit of struggle, a consistent original aspiration, and unwavering determination. Holding high the torch of faith, there are no ditches that cannot be crossed and no difficulties that cannot be overcome. We will surely win new victories on the new Long March (长征) road.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" blueprint has been drawn, and the road under our feet extends forward. Working hard and practically, taking one step at a time and walking steadily, we will surely move towards a better tomorrow on the broad road of Chinese-style modernization.
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Promoting closer unity and integration among people of all ethnic groups will surely unleash greater power to jointly realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Why is the "Thousand Family Banquet" (千家宴) held for 12 years so unforgettable? Not long ago, Zhao Naixiang (赵耐香), Party Secretary of the Changcheng Garden Community (长城花园社区) Party Committee in Jinfeng District (金凤区), Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia (宁夏), revealed the "flavor" of it: Han (汉族) elder brothers put on braised perch, Hui (回族) aunts brought hand-grabbed mutton, Manchu (满族) elder sisters made spicy chicken... On the long table of dozens of meters, the food was fragrant, and the true feelings overflowed, "Thousands of families are like one family."
Nothing is more fragrant than a banquet of integration. Eating at the same table and talking about unity is a vivid portrayal of ethnic integration. In recent years, visiting Yinchuan (银川), the deepest feeling of the author is "as close as a family." In the Party-Masses Service Center of Changcheng Garden Community (长城花园社区党群服务中心), cultural and sports activities bring laughter. The elderly frankly said, "I don't feel 'you are this ethnic group, I am that ethnic group'"; Wang Juru (王菊茹), a national model individual for ethnic unity and progress and a resident of the shared community, "marries" foreign students of different ethnic groups, feeling that "the love given is the same"; Liu Yan (刘艳), a police officer from the Minning Town (闽宁镇) Police Station in Yongning County (永宁县), has resolved many neighborhood disputes. She said, "No matter which ethnic group, they all want to live a smooth life"...
Why does everyone feel like they are one family? Because their hearts are together. Behind the people's "closeness as a family" is the tangible, perceptible, and effective construction of the Chinese nation's community. "Close as a family" is precisely because "the work is done at home." Observing Ningxia's (宁夏) work on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, the characteristics of high standing, solid foundation, and strong atmosphere are becoming increasingly significant.
In Ningxia's (宁夏) more than 40 years of immigration and relocation, Yinchuan (银川) has interspersed and resettled 274,000 immigrants, guiding people of all ethnic groups to live in an embedded manner. Mass friendship activities such as "marriage assistance" and "hundred family banquets" have become increasingly normalized; the "Village BA" sports event in Minning Town (闽宁镇) has built a dynamic stage for exchanges, interactions, and integration among people of all ethnic groups; the "Pomegranate" youth exchange, the "Mountains and Seas Love" two-way employment, and the "Chinese Love" tourism promotion and integration have been steadily advanced... Every pragmatic work demonstrates the mission and responsibility of "striving to create a demonstration zone for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation." Ethnic regions should take forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation as the main line of all work, grasp the direction, build platforms, and innovate methods, so that the hearts of residents of all ethnic groups can be closer, their feelings stronger, and the flowers of ethnic unity can bloom more brilliantly.
The most crucial thing is to do a good job in ethnic unity, and the most effective thing is to win people's hearts. This requires improving governance effectiveness and enhancing the sense of gain, happiness, and security of people of all ethnic groups. "The branches of the big tree are blocking the windows of my house, can they be pruned?" "There is more garbage piled up in the corridor, when will it be cleaned up uniformly?" Zhongqiang Lane Community (中强巷社区) has a "Pomegranate Pavilion" (石榴亭), where the "Neighbors' Council" is held, and residents, property representatives, and community cadres sit together to solve troubles. Among them, the community Party organization plays a leading role. When the masses praise a good life and applaud new changes, practice shows that when the Party organization's combat effectiveness is strong and the service to the masses is in place, ethnic unity will be achieved 水到渠成 (shuǐ dào qú chéng - "when water comes, a channel is formed," success comes naturally; when conditions are right, success is assured).
Success comes from harmony, and strength comes from unity. How to better understand unity? One sentiment is impressive: "Unity depends on the masses, the masses depend on mobilization, and mobilization depends on activities." In recent years, there have been many grassroots activities and a strong atmosphere in Yinchuan (银川), and culture nourishes the heart silently. In terms of innovative activities, effectiveness must first be felt, and feeling must be tangible. Naming mass cultural activities as "Our Festival," relying on platforms such as "Neighborhood Stations" to carry out activities such as "Ethnic Customs Micro-Classroom" and "Cultural Experience Day," and opening "Neighborhood Markets"... Yinchuan (银川) has moved exchanges, interactions, and integration activities into communities and buildings, truly allowing the masses to become participants and beneficiaries. The Yihe Chengfu Community (颐和城府社区) has a choir, which has grown from a dozen people at the beginning to more than a hundred people today. Liu Qin (刘琴), Secretary of the Community Party Committee, expressed the power of the masses: "When everyone sings together, dances together, and enjoys together, their hearts can be together!"
The flowers of unity bloom, and the pace does not stop. The construction of the spiritual home must be a long-term effort. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal states: "Forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and promote the construction of the Chinese nation's community." Further improve Party building leadership, harmonious co-residence, spiritual interdependence, common prosperity, collaborative governance, and emotional integration, and promote closer unity and integration among people of all ethnic groups, will surely unleash greater power to jointly realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
(The author is a reporter from the Ningxia Branch of this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 魏哲哲
Opening up channels for credit repair not only maintains the rigidity of judicial authority but also releases the humanistic care of system implementation.
Recently, a set of judicial data released by the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) has attracted attention: In 2024, national courts newly included 2.457 million people in the list of dishonest judgment debtors, a year-on-year decrease of 23.4%; 2.821 million people returned to the market through credit repair, a year-on-year increase of 35.4%. This is the first decrease in the number of people on the list since the implementation of the list system for dishonest judgment debtors. In the first three quarters of this year, another 1.97 million people across the country returned to the market through credit repair.
Credit is the foundation of a market economy and an important support for social governance. The establishment and improvement of the dishonest conduct punishment mechanism aims to increase the cost of dishonesty and create a fair and orderly competitive environment and a social environment of honesty and trustworthiness. The changes in the numbers, one decrease and one increase, not only demonstrate the remarkable achievements of China's social credit system construction but also reflect the wisdom of promoting social governance with the thinking of the rule of law and a systematic concept. From joint punishment to "make dishonest people unable to move a single step" to credit repair to "allow trustworthy people to regain new life," the construction of the social credit system is more precise and pragmatic.
The effective legal documents for punishing dishonest people have mandatory enforcement power. If the person subject to enforcement refuses to perform their obligations, it will damage the credibility of the judiciary. Strictly regulating and fairly applying the dishonest conduct punishment system is an important part of maintaining judicial authority. Since the implementation of the list system for dishonest judgment debtors in 2013, a total of more than 18 million judgment debtors (times) have fulfilled their legal obligations or reached a settlement agreement with the applicant for enforcement. It can be seen that the implementation of credit punishment is of great significance for promoting the solution of the "difficulty in enforcement" problem.
Joint punishment is powerful, but it is necessary to guard against "one-size-fits-all" or abuse. In judicial practice, the handling judge can achieve a win-win situation by exchanging the "slow" in compulsory enforcement measures for the "progress" of enterprise development and the "gain" of creditors. For example, the Nan'an City People's Court (南安市人民法院) in Fujian Province promotes a "case-by-case guidance" mechanism, embedding credit repair into the entire process of filing, trial, and enforcement, listing the risks of dishonesty and repair paths at the filing stage, explaining the positive incentives of "active performance can reduce or exempt punishment" in combination with the case during the trial, and providing personalized suggestions such as "performance period negotiation" and "installment repayment plan" in the enforcement stage. Innovating judicial enforcement methods and methods is conducive to urging and guiding more entities to abide by their promises.
Some people may ask, does the decrease in the number of people on the list of dishonest people mean a weakening of enforcement efforts? The answer is no. On the contrary, this is a reflection of the improvement of governance accuracy. On the one hand, distinguishing between malicious dishonesty of "having money but not repaying" and temporary disability of "having no money to repay" and focusing the punishment on a few behaviors of evading enforcement, escaping enforcement, and resisting enforcement is an inevitable requirement of strict and fair justice. On the other hand, providing relief to the "honest but unfortunate" persons subject to enforcement and opening up channels for credit repair not only maintains the rigidity of judicial authority but also releases the humanistic care of system implementation, demonstrating the temperature and wisdom of China's judicial combination of rigidity and flexibility. Punishment is not the goal, but to establish a clear guidance of "trustworthiness benefits, dishonesty is restricted," so that everyone dares not be dishonest, cannot be dishonest, is unwilling to be dishonest, and actively repairs credit after dishonesty.
The first drop in the number of people on the list of dishonest people reflects the upgrading of social governance. This also inspires us that we need to improve the strength of law enforcement and justice, and we need to cultivate the temperature of value care; we need to use "thunderous means" and guide like a spring breeze. Adhering to the concept of the system, using the thinking of the rule of law, and cultivating a civilized atmosphere of fulfilling promises and valuing trustworthiness in the whole society can better promote the construction of the social credit system and escort credit with the rule of law.
Return to TopRecently, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and other departments, issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Ecological Policing Mechanisms," to promote the establishment of ecological policing mechanisms led by public security organs and linked by relevant departments. This aims to severely crack down on environmental resource crimes in accordance with the law, focus on preventing and resolving major risks, resolutely safeguard the safety bottom line for the construction of a beautiful China, and ensure high-quality development with a high level of security.
This is precisely:
Clear springs sing, crisp birds chirp with joy,
Let no filth stain the green fields.
A sharp sword hangs high to eliminate chaos,
The green mountains remain young, where myriad trees dwell.
Cheng Senwen (成森文)
Return to TopBy: 项向荣
Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部) has, in conjunction with relevant departments, deployed a special rectification campaign targeting retracted papers due to academic misconduct. Focusing on papers retracted from international journals in the natural sciences by Chinese scholars, the campaign will seriously investigate and deal with behaviors suspected of plagiarism, fabrication of data or images, buying and selling of papers, and fabrication of peer review experts and opinions. The results will be reported, and support will be given to carrying out disciplinary actions for dishonesty. The fact that papers are not allowed to simply be retracted and forgotten demonstrates a zero-tolerance attitude towards academic misconduct.
Retraction is a routine self-correcting mechanism within the academic community. Some authors proactively request retraction after their papers are published due to discovering that the content is not rigorous or standardized, which reflects a responsible attitude towards scholarship. However, some retractions are deliberate cover-ups for behaviors such as data fabrication, plagiarism, and duplicate publication, which constitute academic misconduct. If such retractions are treated with a 轻描淡写 (qīng miáo dàn xiě - "to touch on lightly," to treat something important as trivial), allowing dishonest behavior to spread, it will benefit those who seek quick gains and discourage those who work diligently, leading to the misallocation of research resources and tarnishing the reputation of scientific research. Ultimately, this pollutes the source of innovation and stifles genuine scientific breakthroughs. This is not just a stain on an individual's resume, but also a huge waste of public resources and a serious erosion of national innovation capacity.
Retraction is by no means the end. This special rectification campaign explicitly includes serious dishonest behavior in the database and directly links it to project applications, academician elections, and science and technology awards. This is to create an electrified "high-voltage line" and completely reverse the situation of low costs for dishonesty. Treating the special action as a necessary "surgical operation," severely cracking down on behaviors that lead to retraction due to academic misconduct, and seriously dealing with units that conceal, condone, protect, or tolerate the dishonest behavior of their researchers, so that those who are dishonest pay a heavy price, can truly strengthen the warning and deterrent effect.
Behind academic dishonesty, the problems with the evaluation "soil" are also exposed. Some units still have the problem of prioritizing papers and titles, ignoring the quality and value of the results themselves. Review and supervision are perfunctory, leaving a gray area for speculators. Under the influence of a utilitarian mentality, a few researchers regard papers as a "stepping stone" for promotion and academic integrity as a sacrificeable cost. From this point of view, only "patching" the already retracted papers without rectifying the environment that breeds the problems will inevitably lead to 按下葫芦浮起瓢 (àn xià hú lu fú qǐ piáo - "press down the gourd, the dipper floats," solving one problem only to have another arise).
Punishment is a means, not an end. To return scientific research to its original intention of exploring truth and benefiting society, it is necessary to correct the source, strengthen ethical education, and internalize integrity; improve the supervision mechanism and let the sunshine shine into every corner; and reform the evaluation system, highlighting innovation ability, quality, effectiveness, and contribution orientation.
Although scraping the bone to remove poison is painful, it is an indispensable step for the body to regain health. Only through this tempering, shedding impetuosity, can Chinese scientific research consolidate its foundation, straighten its spine, and gain the world's recognition with genuine innovation.
(Excerpted and edited from *Zhejiang Daily* (《浙江日报》))
Return to TopBy: 杨文明
【Phenomenon】Some tropical foliage plants, with their large and unique leaves, distinctive textures, and patterns, have become favorites among some young people. Compared with ordinary ornamental plants, tropical plants have unique shapes and high prices. Some "variegated tropical plants" with light yellow, milky white, or pink spots on their leaves are even priced at several thousand yuan per leaf or hundreds of thousands of yuan per pot. Recently, at a tropical plant exhibition in Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏), "sky-high priced plants" such as a *Monstera deliciosa* priced at 880,000 yuan and a *Platycerium* priced at 1.2 million yuan became the focus of the audience. Is "a leaf worth a thousand gold" really worth it?
【Commentary】
Common tropical plants on the market include *Monstera deliciosa*, *Anthurium*, *Platycerium*, *Philodendron*, and *Caladium*. It must be noted that the high prices of "variegated tropical plants" that exceed common sense appear more often at exhibitions than in actual transactions. The exorbitant prices can attract insiders to take a closer look at the details, and also allow outsiders to watch the excitement, maximizing attention and traffic value.
In the transaction cases of sky-high priced "variegated tropical plants," many are purchased by professional institutions to be used as parent plants. Thanks to the increasing maturity of modern breeding technology, "variegated tropical plants" can quickly achieve large-scale propagation. It can be said that similar transactions sell not only the plant itself, but also the scarce germplasm. What the buyer values is the potential commercial value of a certain variety. If they can seize an opportunity and catch a trend, a huge investment can bring greater returns, so naturally there will be no feeling of "buying too expensive."
Wu Fuchuan (吴福川), director of the Landscape and Horticulture Center of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), introduced that plant "variegation" is due to the lack of chlorophyll, with a probability of about 1‰ to 5‰. When chlorophyll is insufficient in some areas of plant leaves, anthocyanins, carotenoids, and other substances will often appear, showing white, pink, yellow, and other color spots, which are visually more beautiful than ordinary leaves. "Variegated tropical plants" are also rarer in number and more popular among enthusiasts. A parent plant with stable traits and unique variegation patterns can be used to cultivate thousands of small seedlings through tissue culture and other technologies. If a certain variety has huge profit margins, it will inevitably drive more people to propagate it. Of course, once the supply expands rapidly, the original hot commodity becomes no longer scarce, and the price will also fall. Those who blindly speculate and follow the trend are likely to fall into a situation of losing everything.
From this perspective, the question of "whether it's worth it" is both influenced by subjective judgment and depends on the regulation of market supply and demand. For manufacturers and investors, respecting market laws and avoiding blind speculation is a "required course." Looking back, from tulips to orchids to ornamental walnuts, there are many people who have been "trapped" in the game of 击鼓传花 (jī gǔ chuán huā - "pass the drum flower," a game where someone is stuck holding something undesirable when the music stops; used metaphorically for speculative bubbles). Ordinary consumers compare prices and make prudent consumption decisions, which can often avoid "suffering losses." Under the regulation of an increasingly sound market mechanism, the market returning to rationality and prices returning to value is the norm, and it is okay to wait when prices are excessively high.
However, from another perspective, "one leaf" is indeed worth a thousand gold. China (中国) is the world's largest flower producer, an important flower trading country, and a flower consuming country. China's (中国) flower planting area reaches 1,389,900 hectares, the flower industry employs more than 5.34 million people, there are nearly 220,000 seedling and flower enterprises, and the annual output value is more than 520 billion yuan, which plays a significant role in stabilizing employment, expanding domestic demand, and promoting consumption.
The diversified demand on the consumption side also brings about differentiated development on the supply side. Yunnan (云南) is known worldwide for its fresh cut flowers, and the Kunming Dounan Flower Market (昆明斗南花卉市场) has developed into the largest flower trading and distribution center in Asia (亚洲); Qingzhou (青州), Shandong (山东) has built the largest potted flower production center in the country, with succulent seedling production accounting for about 50% of the country; Chencun (陈村), Shunde (顺德), Guangdong (广东) mainly promotes the integration of flowers and cultural tourism, and the flower market attracted more than 1.36 million tourists in just 10 days after its opening this year. This once again reminds us that the production side must grasp the needs of the segmented market, adapt to local conditions, and give full play to its strengths in order to gain a foothold in the big market.
Looking at development from beyond a single leaf. Only by following the rules and working steadily can we consolidate the foundation and move forward steadily. This is true for a segmented industry, and it is also true for the economic development of a region.
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Return to TopBy: 金 轩
Introduction
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the people are the country, and the country is the people. The article "Enhancing People's Well-being and Improving the Quality of People's Lives" in the first volume of *Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology* states that "we must adhere to guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in development, encourage joint efforts to create a better life, and continuously realize the people's yearning for a better life." Common prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism and an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. Guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in development is a major task of Chinese-style modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken the people's yearning for a better life as its goal, handling one thing after another, and working year after year. Significant achievements have been made in the development of various people's livelihood undertakings such as employment, income increase, social security, education, medical care, childcare, elderly care, and housing.
I. Background
"The way to govern a country begins with enriching the people," and "The way to govern is based on following the will of the people and enriching their lives." Since ancient times, common prosperity has been a basic ideal of the Chinese people, a basic goal of Marxism, and an essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics. From enriching the people to common prosperity, Chinese civilization has achieved a transition from traditional to modern. Achieving common prosperity is a long-term historical process that cannot be rushed or delayed. Since the reform and opening up, allowing some people and some regions to get rich first, and then leading the way for others to become rich, has greatly liberated and developed social productive forces, and people's living standards have continuously improved. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has thoroughly implemented the people-centered development thought, paying attention to strengthening inclusive, basic, and guaranteed people's livelihood construction, placing the gradual realization of common prosperity in a more important position, consciously and actively solving problems such as regional disparities, urban-rural disparities, and income distribution disparities, continuously meeting the people's yearning for a better life, promoting comprehensive social progress and the all-round development of people, promoting social fairness and justice, and achieving remarkable results in common prosperity. In 2020, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in its long-term goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035, for the first time wrote the achievement of more obvious and substantial progress in common prosperity for all people into the Party's plenary session document. In 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, we won the battle against poverty and comprehensively built a moderately prosperous society in all respects, creating favorable conditions for promoting common prosperity. In May 2021, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued a document to support Zhejiang (浙江) in building a demonstration zone for high-quality development and common prosperity, providing a provincial example for promoting common prosperity across the country, so that the people can truly feel that common prosperity is visible, tangible, and truly perceptible. In August 2021, the 10th meeting of the 19th Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission studied the issue of solidly promoting common prosperity, profoundly expounding the principles, ideas, and key tasks for promoting common prosperity, and made important arrangements for the next step in promoting common prosperity. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China drew a grand blueprint for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. As a major task of Chinese-style modernization, guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in development has been placed in a more prominent position.
II. Main Practices and Achievements
All regions and departments have conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, adapted to the all-round development of people and the process of common prosperity, deeply implemented the regional coordinated development strategy, major regional strategies, rural revitalization strategy, etc., focused on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, improved the institutional mechanisms for promoting equal opportunities and safeguarding social fairness and justice, and continuously promoted new progress in ensuring that children are nurtured, students are educated, workers are paid, the sick receive medical care, the elderly are cared for, residents have housing, and the vulnerable are helped. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security has become more substantial, more guaranteed, and more sustainable.
(I) Promoting high-quality and full employment. Employment is the most basic livelihood issue, concerning the vital interests of the people. We always adhere to the employment orientation of economic development, more consciously regard high-quality and full employment as the priority goal of economic and social development, and continuously promote the effective improvement of employment quality and the rational growth of quantity. We continue to improve employment support policies for key groups, deepen the reform of the employment system and mechanism, strengthen the protection of workers' rights and interests, and accelerate the shaping of a modern human resource with excellent quality, sufficient quantity, optimized structure, and reasonable distribution. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's employment situation has been generally stable, the scale of employment has continued to expand, the quality of employment has steadily improved, the average annual increase in urban new employment has been 13 million, the urban surveyed unemployment rate has remained at a low level, and the total labor productivity has steadily increased. A relatively full employment has been achieved in a large developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, providing important support for improving people's livelihoods and economic development.
(II) Increasing the income of urban and rural residents through multiple channels. We adhere to distribution according to work as the mainstay, with multiple distribution methods coexisting, and strive to increase the proportion of residents' income in national income distribution and the proportion of labor remuneration in primary distribution. We adhere to the principle of more pay for more work, encourage hard work to get rich, promote equal opportunities, increase the income of low-income earners, and expand the middle-income group. We improve the policy system for distribution according to factors of production, and explore multiple channels to increase the factor income of middle- and low-income groups. We improve the redistribution mechanism and increase the regulatory efforts of taxation, social security, and transfer payments. The per capita disposable income of national residents increased from 16,510 yuan in 2012 to 41,314 yuan in 2024, basically in sync with economic growth; the income growth rate of rural residents is faster than that of urban residents, and the ratio of per capita disposable income between urban and rural residents decreased from 2.88 in 2012 to 2.34 in 2024. China's middle-income group exceeds 400 million people, making it the largest and most growth-oriented middle-income group in the world.
(III) Promoting the high-quality and sustainable development of social security. We improve a multi-level social security system that covers the entire population, integrates urban and rural areas, is fair and unified, safe and standardized, and sustainable, and further strengthens the social security safety net. We continue to deepen the reform of the social security system. We improve the national overall planning system for basic old-age insurance, unify the basic old-age insurance system for urban and rural residents, accelerate the development of a multi-level and multi-pillar old-age insurance system, and regulate the development of the third pillar of old-age insurance. We integrate the basic medical insurance system for urban and rural residents and fully implement critical illness insurance for urban and rural residents. We improve the funding and benefit adjustment mechanisms for basic old-age and basic medical insurance. We strengthen the refined management of social security and promote the universal participation plan. At present, China has basically built a complete and the world's largest social security system, with social insurance as the main body, including social assistance, social welfare, and social preferential treatment systems. From 2013 to 2024, the number of people participating in basic old-age insurance increased from 790 million to 1.07 billion, and the number of people participating in basic medical insurance increased from 540 million to 1.33 billion. The housing conditions of urban and rural residents have improved significantly.
(IV) Improving the policy and institutional system for public services. We fully implement the Party's education policy, implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and cultivate socialist builders and successors who develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and in terms of labor. We promote the construction of a healthy China, optimize the population development strategy, establish and improve a policy system to support childbirth, and reduce the costs of childbirth, parenting, and education. We implement a national strategy to actively respond to population aging, and strive to achieve old-age care, old-age participation, and old-age enjoyment. We deepen the reform of the medical and health system and promote the coordinated development and governance of medical insurance, medical care, and medicine. We improve the basic public service system and improve the level of public services. At present, China has built the world's largest education system and medical and health system, the level of education popularization has achieved a historic leap, the public cultural service system is becoming increasingly perfect, the construction of a sports power is accelerating, and the concept of national fitness is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In 2024, the average years of education for the working-age population was 11.21 years, the number of beds in medical and health institutions was 10.37 million, the total number of health technicians was 12.95 million, and the average life expectancy reached 79 years.
III. Experiences and Enlightenment
Serving the people is the essential requirement of the Party's commitment to serving the public and governing for the people. Achieving common prosperity is not only an economic issue, but also a major political issue concerning the Party's foundation of governance. Reviewing the theoretical and practical explorations of the Chinese Communists in enhancing people's well-being and improving the quality of people's lives since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and summarizing valuable experiences, is of great significance for guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in the new development stage and making more obvious progress in solidly promoting common prosperity.
(I) Adhere to the people-centered development thought. The people's nature is the most distinctive characteristic of Marxism. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has clearly put forward the people-centered development thought, taking the promotion of social fairness and justice and the enhancement of people's well-being as the starting point and foothold. Entering the new era, the main social contradiction in our country has been transformed, and the people expect better education, more stable jobs, more satisfactory income, more reliable social security, higher-level medical and health services, more comfortable living conditions, a more beautiful environment, and a richer spiritual and cultural life. We must embody the people-centered development thought in all aspects of economic and social development, always serve the people wholeheartedly, and always strive for the interests and happiness of the people.
(II) Enhance people's well-being in high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that promoting common prosperity in high-quality development. Enhancing people's well-being is the fundamental purpose of development, and development for the people is the fundamental position of Marxist political economy. In the process of realizing modernization, continuously and gradually solving the problem of common prosperity, we must firmly grasp the most concerned, most direct, and most realistic interests of the people, and follow the working ideas of guarding the bottom line, highlighting key points, improving the system, and guiding expectations. We must take more targeted, wider-ranging, more direct-acting, and more effective measures to do a good job in people's livelihood matters such as employment, education, social security, medical care, elderly care, childcare, and housing, improve the accessibility and equalization of basic public services, and effectively solve the people's worries, troubles, and anxieties.
(III) Adhere to steady and gradual progress. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods is a long-term task with no end point, only continuous new starting points. Common prosperity is a long-term goal that cannot be achieved overnight, and we must have a full estimate of its long-term nature, arduousness, and complexity. We must have the perseverance to persevere, do our best and act according to our ability, and let the people have a greater sense of gain with greater efforts and more practical measures. At the same time, we must also see that there is still a gap between our country's development level and that of developed countries. We must coordinate needs and possibilities, and base the guarantee and improvement of people's livelihoods on economic development and financial sustainability. We should not aim too high or raise expectations, make promises that cannot be fulfilled, and resolutely prevent falling into the trap of "welfarism" that encourages laziness. We must be patient and do one thing after another in a down-to-earth manner, year after year, to improve effectiveness.
(IV) Correctly handle the relationship between efficiency and fairness. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that it is better to achieve a combination, promotion, and unity of efficiency and fairness. To guarantee and improve people's livelihoods in development, we must first make the "cake" bigger and better through the joint efforts of the people across the country, and then correctly handle the relationship between growth and distribution through reasonable institutional arrangements to cut and divide the "cake" well. We must base ourselves on the primary stage of socialism, adhere to the "two unswervingly," and adhere to the coexistence of public ownership as the mainstay and the common development of multiple forms of ownership. We must allow some people to get rich first, but at the same time, we must emphasize that those who get rich first should lead the way for those who get rich later and help those who get rich later, focusing on encouraging those who work hard, operate legally, and dare to start businesses to become leaders in getting rich. We must give full play to the functions and roles of distribution and build a basic institutional arrangement for the coordinated support of primary distribution, redistribution, and tertiary distribution. Improve the accuracy of redistribution regulation and guide and support enterprises and social groups with willingness and ability to participate in public welfare and charitable undertakings. Enhance the balance and accessibility of basic public services.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) December 8th dispatch (by reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) states that recently, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) has allocated the fourth batch of work-for-relief central budgetary investment for 2025, totaling 6 billion yuan. The total central investment for the year has reached 35.5 billion yuan, which is expected to employ over 1.1 million low-income people in nearby jobs. At the same time, it will guide local areas to promote the work-for-relief method in other key engineering projects, which will drive over 4 million low-income people to find employment nearby this year.
Work-for-relief projects, while carrying out engineering construction, maximize the scale of employment and absorb as many local people as possible to participate in the construction. They also provide various forms of training to improve the skills of the workers. In 2025, the central investment for work-for-relief will implement more than 7,000 projects, prioritizing areas with concentrated populations of people lifted out of poverty and those monitored to prevent a return to poverty, as well as areas with high demand for employment. Simultaneously, it will rely on project construction to carry out labor skills training and develop public welfare management and protection positions, so that workers not only receive labor remuneration but also improve their labor skills and expand their employment opportunities.
In 2025, the proportion of labor remuneration in work-for-relief projects' central investment will be further increased to over 40%, guiding local areas to explore simplified procedures for implementing projects such as "village self-construction" and "township construction company contracting." It will also innovate labor organization models such as "township government + village-level cooperative (village project council, township construction company) + the masses," promote work-for-relief projects without bidding, enhance the ability of rural grassroots to independently implement projects and organize the masses for employment, further expand the amount of labor remuneration issued per unit of central investment, increase the actual employment income of the masses, and allow central investment to more fully and directly benefit the masses.
In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) will urge and guide local areas to promote the commencement of construction of work-for-relief projects with allocated investment, firmly grasp key links such as the organization of employment for key groups and the distribution of labor remuneration, and simultaneously do a good job in the normalized rolling reserve of projects, to promote work-for-relief to effectively play a counter-cyclical adjustment role in stabilizing employment and promoting income growth.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our Nanning (南宁) office on December 8th (Reporter Zhang Yunhe (张云河)), the "Regulations on the Social Security Card Resident Service All-in-One Card in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region" officially came into effect in December. Guangxi (广西) has taken a crucial step in promoting the universal sharing of social security cards across departments and regions, and improving the convenience of public services.
In order to use one card to connect decentralized public services, the regulations, in the form of local laws and regulations, clarify the division of responsibilities of governments and departments at all levels, establish a dynamic management mechanism for the application service directory, and propose that relevant departments shall not issue cards, certificates, codes, etc. with duplicate functions in government service matters that require the use of social security cards, so as to reduce the burden on the masses at the source.
Guangxi's (广西) 31 libraries and 14 high-speed rail reading stations have already realized borrowing books with social security cards, and 42 museums can enter the venues with the cards. By continuously expanding the "8+N" application scenarios of social security cards, Guangxi (广西) has realized the "all-in-one card" in some scenarios in the fields of government services, human resources and social security services, medical treatment and medicine purchase, transportation, tourism, cultural experience, financial subsidies for the benefit of the people and agriculture, and financial services.
Next, Guangxi (广西) will continue to expand applications in accordance with the principle of "unified implementation of some scenarios throughout the region, and pilot projects for some scenarios first," and build a perfect application pattern of "one card in hand, 万事通达 (wàn shì tōng dá - "all things accessible," everything is readily accomplished or easily handled)," so that the social security card can carry more convenient services for the people.
Return to TopBy: 金社平
This year is a year of great significance in the process of Chinese-style modernization. China's economic operation is generally stable and progressing steadily, and the main goals of economic and social development will be successfully achieved. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion, and a good start has been made for the new journey towards the second centenary goal.
In today's world, changes and chaos are intertwined, and the development environment is turbulent. How can the Chinese economy be fearless of wind and rain and have a bright future?
Respecting and making good use of the laws of economics is an important methodology.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized the need to grasp the laws of economic development, pointing out: "We must strengthen the Party's leadership over economic work, deepen our understanding of the laws of socialist economic construction, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the combination of an effective market and a capable government, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, and steadily promote high-quality development."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, facing the severe and complex international environment and the arduous and heavy domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has adhered to observing the overall situation, planning the overall strategy, and doing practical work. It has adhered to and strengthened the Party's comprehensive leadership over economic work, continuously deepened its understanding of the laws of economic work, and put forward a series of new concepts, new thoughts, and new strategies, leading China's economic development to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes, and forming Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought in practice.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought, systematically following and applying economic laws, and using the certainty of high-quality development to hedge against external uncertainties, the Chinese economy has demonstrated strong resilience and vitality, and has achieved historic leaps and transformations.
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To act according to the laws of economics, we must first discover and reveal them.
For example, how to correctly understand and handle the relationship between the government and the market is the core issue of a market economy and a worldwide problem.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments on handling the relationship between the government and the market.
At last year's Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "We must coordinate the relationship between an effective market and a capable government."
In November of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Hainan (海南): "We must follow the inherent laws in everything we do. We must scientifically and orderly arrange the pace and progress of opening up, and work steadily and step by step, striving to 'liberalize effectively' and 'manage well'."
Two news items from Zhejiang (浙江) are thought-provoking.
The first is Yiwu (义乌) building a "World Supermarket" 6.0 version. In October, the Yiwu (义乌) Global Digital Trade Center officially opened, and Yiwu (义乌) merchants transformed from "sitting merchants" to "cloud merchants." Actively adapting to changes, the total transaction volume of Yiwu's (义乌) trade markets in the first 10 months reached 291.37 billion yuan, an increase of 14.4%.
The second is Hangzhou (杭州) officially announcing its first batch of "new force" enterprises. Referring to the characteristics of the "Six Little Dragons," Hangzhou (杭州) recently announced 47 "new force" enterprises. In the past three years, the total R&D investment of these enterprises has reached 7.656 billion yuan, an average of 163 million yuan per enterprise.
When people explore the secrets of Yiwu's (义乌) vigorous development for more than 40 years and the widespread emergence of innovative enterprises in Hangzhou (杭州), many people have discovered a common key point: a service-oriented government. In the process of economic and social development, the government does not overstep its bounds, nor does it fail to act, but rather builds the stage, establishes the rules, and provides good services.
From the "Yiwu (义乌) experience" to the "Hangzhou (杭州) Six Little Dragons," practice tells us that the correct "government-market relationship" is not a simple physical superposition of the two, but an organic combination and a benign interactive dialectical relationship, a chemical reaction of "1+1>2."
"The more standardized the government's behavior, the more effective the market's role."
From the implementation of the Law on Promoting the Private Economy and the improvement of the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects, to the release of a new version of the negative list for market access and the implementation of fair competition policies and systems... One reform after another breaks down barriers, and the construction of a unified national market is accelerating.
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To act according to the laws of economics is to follow the laws of economics and keep pace with the times.
"Socialism does not have a fixed and unchanging routine. Only by closely combining the basic principles of scientific socialism with the specific realities, historical and cultural traditions, and requirements of the times in one's own country, and constantly exploring and summarizing in practice, can we turn the blueprint into a beautiful reality."
The "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have reached a new level. The main contradictions and problems facing development are manifested in unbalanced and insufficient development, insufficient effective demand, and the arduous task of converting new and old growth drivers.
Adhering to a problem-oriented approach and taking the understanding and resolution of contradictions as a breakthrough to open up the work situation requires us to firmly grasp the laws of economics and coordinate the relationship between total supply and total demand, cultivating new growth drivers and updating old growth drivers, and optimizing increments and revitalizing existing assets.
Let's start with the hot sales of the mascot of the National Games.
"Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" are the mascots of the 15th National Games. The latest data shows that the sales of mascot derivatives have exceeded 800 million yuan, and Guangzhou (广州) is also preparing to build a permanent IP park for the National Games mascots.
How can a small doll drive big business?
Capturing demand and creating business opportunities. The prototypes of "Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" are actually Chinese white dolphins. Relying on Dongguan's (东莞) more than 4,000 toy production enterprises and nearly 1,500 upstream and downstream supporting enterprises, various products such as the National Games mascot Three Kingdoms blind box version, Journey to the West blind box version, and AI interactive version were quickly launched, turning creativity into products and meeting demand in a timely manner.
The hot sales of "Xiyangyang (喜洋洋)" and "Lerongrong (乐融融)" vividly demonstrate the huge energy released by the deep integration of new consumer demand and huge supply capacity, and also demonstrate the two-way circular law of "demand driving supply and supply creating demand," which together constitute the basic logic of China's economic domestic demand growth and high-quality development.
Coordinating total supply and total demand, improving the matching of supply and demand, and enhancing the balance of supply and demand, the main engine of consumption is becoming more powerful, and the Chinese economy is full of vitality. For example, the "two new" policies conform to the trend of upgrading the supply and demand structure, which is conducive to driving the upgrading of supply with the upgrading of demand. In the first 11 months of this year, trade-ins of consumer goods drove sales of related commodities to exceed 2.5 trillion yuan, benefiting more than 360 million people.
Coordinating the cultivation of new growth drivers and the updating of old growth drivers, developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and promoting the transformation of traditional industries, the growth of emerging industries, and the growth of future industries, the Chinese economy has strong momentum. In the first three quarters, the added value of industries increased by 6.1% year-on-year, of which the added value of large-scale high-tech manufacturing industries increased by 9.6%.
Coordinating the optimization of increments and the revitalization of existing assets, managing assets, adjusting liabilities, and improving the efficiency of resource allocation, the Chinese economy has broad space. As of the end of 2024, the total assets of national state-owned enterprises (excluding financial enterprises) were 401.7 trillion yuan, the total assets of national state-owned financial enterprises were 487.9 trillion yuan, and the total assets of administrative and institutional state-owned assets were 68.2 trillion yuan, with a thicker "family fortune" and better quality.
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To act according to the laws of economics, we must also highlight key points and grasp the main line.
The law of mutual transformation of quality and quantity is one of the three major laws of materialist dialectics. To promote high-quality development, we must deeply grasp the dialectical relationship between "quality" and "quantity."
"We must adhere to the unity of winning by quality and giving play to the scale effect, and unify the effective improvement of quality and the reasonable growth of quantity in the entire process of high-quality development."
We adhere to leading and expanding the total economic volume by improving economic quality, bringing new investment and consumption opportunities through the improvement of the quality of productivity, and generating a leap-forward growth in quantity; at the same time, we also adhere to expanding the total economic volume to provide fertile ground and space for improving quality, and continuously promote qualitative changes on the basis of quantitative changes.
Let's look at the transformation of Anhui's (安徽) automobile industry.
At the end of November, at the Wuhu Port (芜湖港) International Container Terminal, more than 300 Chery (奇瑞) automobiles were loaded onto ships and shipped to overseas markets. Marked by this, Anhui Province's (安徽省) annual automobile exports exceeded 1 million vehicles for the first time.
Anhui's (安徽) transformation from an "auditor" to a "top student" in the automobile industry is a change triggered by the improvement of the quality of productivity.
At present, Anhui (安徽) has gathered 7 complete vehicle enterprises, aggregated thousands of parts production enterprises, and the "three-electric" technology is leading the country. Anhui's (安徽) new energy vehicles have gained a firm foothold in the market with "quality."
Anhui's (安徽) transformation from an "auditor" to a "top student" in the automobile industry is a reward given by the quantitative advantages of economies of scale.
Relying on China's large market and rich application scenarios, China's new energy vehicles have rapidly transformed their advantages into economic scale, and have continuously promoted qualitative changes on the basis of quantitative changes.
Looking at the whole country from outside a region. In October of this year, China's monthly sales of new energy vehicles were 1.715 million, and the sales ratio exceeded half for the first time. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of China's new energy vehicle sales exceeded 50%, ranking first in the world, driving China's automobile exports to rank first in the world for the first time.
From high-speed rail, nuclear power, mobile communications, and platform economy to new energy vehicles, drones, and then to artificial intelligence and the low-altitude economy, the development of these fields shows that combining the demand-driven of a super-large-scale market with rich application scenarios, a complete industrial system, and diversified business organization models can create more industrialization applications, accelerate technological iteration, and cultivate more world-class enterprises and advanced technologies.
Practice has fully proven that by coordinating "quality" and "quantity," grasping "stability" and "progress," and firmly grasping the law of mutual transformation of quality and quantity and the law of dynamic balance of seeking progress while maintaining stability, we can transform development advantages into development victories and promote economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength to continuously reach new heights.
Economic work is complex and multifaceted. Guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought, continuously deepening our understanding and grasp of the laws of economic development, fully utilizing the concept of systems to do a good job in economic work, and enriching and supplementing the toolbox for singing the "economic chorus" well, we can form a strong synergy to promote high-quality development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 8th: With the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) have filed a case for investigation into the serious violations of discipline and law by Bi Jingquan (毕井泉), former member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (十四届全国政协) and former deputy director of the Economic Committee.
Upon investigation, Bi Jingquan (毕井泉) lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original aspiration and mission, and resisted organizational review; violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee (中央八项规定精神), illegally accepted gifts, illegally borrowed vehicles from private business owners, and accepted banquets and arrangements for activities such as tourism and playing golf that may have affected the fair execution of official duties; violated organizational principles, failed to report personal matters as required, and sought benefits for others in employee recruitment and other work and accepted property; lost the bottom line of integrity, had others pay expenses that should have been paid by him personally, and illegally sought benefits for relatives; had an improper family style and failed to manage and educate his spouse and children; and transformed the public power entrusted to him by the Party and the people into a tool for seeking personal gain, **大肆收钱敛财** (dà sì shōu qián liǎn cái - "rampantly collect money and accumulate wealth," to amass wealth unscrupulously), used his position to seek benefits for others in business operations, employee recruitment, etc., and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
Bi Jingquan (毕井泉) seriously violated the Party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, and lifestyle discipline, constituted a serious violation of duty and was suspected of committing the crime of accepting bribes, and after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大) did not restrain himself or stop his actions. The nature of his actions was serious, and the impact was bad, and he should be severely punished. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China" (《中国共产党纪律处分条例》), the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国监察法》), the "Law on Administrative Disciplinary Actions for Public Officials of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国公职人员政务处分法》) and other relevant regulations, after research by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (中央纪委常委会会议) and reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) for approval, it was decided to give Bi Jingquan (毕井泉) a punishment of expulsion from the Party; the National Supervisory Commission (国家监委) gave him a punishment of dismissal from public office; his illegal gains from violations of discipline and law were confiscated; his suspected criminal problems were transferred to the procuratorial organs for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved was transferred together.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 8th: With the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission have filed a case for investigation into the serious violations of discipline and law by Peng Xiaochun (彭晓春), former member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The investigation found that Peng Xiaochun (彭晓春) had lost his ideals and beliefs, deviated from his original aspiration and mission, failed to fulfill his primary responsibility for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, and resisted organizational review; violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee by accepting banquets and travel arrangements in violation of regulations; failed to report personal matters as required, and did not truthfully explain problems during organizational talks; accepted gifts and money in violation of regulations, and illegally possessed shares in non-listed companies; was excessively greedy, engaged in power-money transactions, used his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting and fund allocation, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
Peng Xiaochun (彭晓春) seriously violated the Party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, and lifestyle discipline, constituted a serious violation of duty and was suspected of bribery crimes, and after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he did not restrain himself or 不收敛、不收手 (bù shōu liǎn, bù shōu shǒu - "not restrain, not stop," to continue bad behavior despite warnings), his nature was serious, and his impact was bad, and he should be seriously dealt with. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China," the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Law on Administrative Disciplinary Actions for Public Officials of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant regulations, after research by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was decided to give Peng Xiaochun (彭晓春) a penalty of expulsion from the Party; to cancel the benefits he enjoyed as stipulated; to terminate his qualifications as a representative to the 12th Party Congress of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区); to confiscate his gains from violations of discipline and law; and to transfer his suspected criminal problems to the procuratorial organs for investigation and prosecution in accordance with the law, and to transfer the property involved along with him.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 8th: With the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission have filed a case for investigation into the serious violations of discipline and law by Ren Yuzhong (任羽中), former member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Peking University (北京大学).
The investigation found that Ren Yuzhong (任羽中) had lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original aspiration and mission, violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee, and accepted gifts and money in violation of regulations; failed to report personal matters as required, and sought benefits for others in employee recruitment; illegally possessed shares in unlisted companies; had no bottom line of discipline and law, used public resources for personal gain, “靠校吃校” (kào xiào chī xiào - "rely on the school to eat the school," exploit one's position in a school for personal gain), engaged in power-for-money transactions, used his position to seek benefits for others in education and training, enrollment, and employment, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
Ren Yuzhong (任羽中) seriously violated the Party's organizational discipline and integrity discipline, constituted a serious violation of duty and was suspected of bribery crimes, and after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he did not restrain himself or stop his actions, his nature was serious, and the impact was bad, and he should be severely dealt with. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China," the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China," the "Public Officials Political Disciplinary Law of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant regulations, with the approval of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was decided to give Ren Yuzhong (任羽中) a punishment of expulsion from the Party; the National Supervisory Commission gave him a punishment of dismissal from public office; his illegal gains from violations of discipline and law were confiscated; his suspected criminal problems were transferred to the procuratorial organs for investigation and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved was transferred together.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 观
National high-tech industry sales revenue increased by 14.7% year-on-year, the number of overseas tourists processing departure tax refunds increased by 285% year-on-year, and the proportion of national inter-provincial trade sales in national sales revenue has reached 41.1%... The State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) held a routine press conference on the 8th, with many highlights in the tax and fee data for the first 11 months of this year. What are the new characteristics of high-quality development in China's manufacturing industry? What new changes are emerging in the consumer market? What new achievements have been made in cross-regional tax and fee service reforms? Let us gain insight into the resilience and vitality of China's economic development behind the tax and fee data through the observations and interpretations of reporters.
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"Since the beginning of this year, with the continuous effectiveness of a series of incremental and existing policies deployed by the Party Central Committee (党中央) and the State Council (国务院), China's economic operation has been generally stable and progressing steadily. The 'ballast stone' role of manufacturing has continued to be solid, and the proportion of manufacturing tax revenue has remained stable at around 30%." Cai Zili (蔡自力), Deputy Director of the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局), said at the routine press conference held by the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) on the 8th. According to reports, from January to November, national high-tech industry sales revenue increased by 14.7% year-on-year, especially the sales revenue of the intelligent equipment manufacturing industry increased by 28.2% year-on-year, continuing the rapid growth trend. Behind the tax and fee data, China's economic development is progressing steadily for the better.
Economic Momentum Continues to Strengthen
The "Ballast Stone" Role of Manufacturing Continues to be Solid, and High-Tech Industries Maintain Rapid Growth
This year, focusing on supporting technological innovation and manufacturing development, the tax authorities have deepened and expanded the "policy finding people" approach, promoting the accurate and rapid delivery of tax and fee preferential policy dividends to business entities. In the first 10 months, the current tax and fee reductions and refunds for major policies supporting technological innovation and manufacturing reached 2,372.5 billion yuan.
Under the strong promotion of tax and fee reductions and other policies, the high-quality development of manufacturing presents three highlights: First, the high-end development of manufacturing is accelerating. From January to November, the sales revenue of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.3% year-on-year, especially the sales revenue of the computer communication equipment manufacturing industry and the instrumentation manufacturing industry increased by 12.3% and 10.3% year-on-year, respectively. Second, the pace of intelligent upgrading of manufacturing is accelerating. From January to November, with the implementation of large-scale equipment renewal policies, the amount of automated equipment purchased by manufacturing enterprises increased by 14.2% year-on-year. Third, the green transformation of manufacturing is progressing in an orderly manner. From January to November, the proportion of sales revenue of high-energy-consuming manufacturing in manufacturing decreased by 1.2 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
The cultivation and growth of emerging industries is new quality productive forces, and the quality improvement and upgrading of traditional industries is also new quality productive forces. Tax data shows that since the beginning of this year, new quality productive forces have presented many highlights in the process of emerging industries developing and growing and traditional industries improving in quality and upgrading.
On the one hand, emerging industries are cultivated and growing. From January to November, the sales revenue of high-tech industries continued to maintain a relatively rapid growth of double digits. Among them, the sales revenue of high-tech service industries increased by 17.2% year-on-year; the sales revenue of high-tech manufacturing industries increased by 11.1% year-on-year, especially the sales revenue of advanced manufacturing industries such as integrated circuits and industrial machine tools increased by 19.3% and 11% year-on-year, respectively. The integration of the digital and real economies continues to break through. From January to November, the sales revenue of the core industries of the digital economy increased by 10% year-on-year, and the amount of digital technology purchased by enterprises nationwide increased by 10.2% year-on-year.
On the other hand, traditional industries are deeply promoting quality improvement and upgrading. In the first three quarters, the R&D investment of key tax source enterprises in traditional industries nationwide increased by 12.3% year-on-year, reflecting that the investment in technological innovation, product innovation, and model innovation in traditional industries is accelerating, injecting new momentum into the high-end development of traditional industries. From January to November, the amount of digital equipment purchased by traditional industries nationwide increased by 7.6% year-on-year, and the amount of automated equipment purchased increased by 9.3% year-on-year, which is conducive to promoting the "intelligent manufacturing to new" of traditional industries; the amount of energy-saving and environmental protection technology services purchased by traditional industries nationwide increased by 33.2% year-on-year, reflecting that the technological transformation of energy conservation and carbon reduction in traditional industries continues to increase, which is conducive to promoting the clean, low-carbon, and efficient use of resources in traditional production.
Release of Vitality in the Consumption Field
Trade-in Policies Promote the Release of Consumption Demand, and Departure Tax Refunds Continue to Stimulate Inbound Consumption Vitality
Rong Hailou (荣海楼), Chief Economist and Spokesperson of the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局), said that from the perspective of tax big data, since the beginning of this year, with the support of a series of national policies to boost consumption and driven by new consumption scenarios and models, China's consumer market has shown many positive changes.
Trade-in policies promote the release of consumption demand. Invoice data shows that from January to November, the sales revenue of the retail industry of mobile phones and other communication equipment and the retail industry of refrigerators and other household appliances increased by 20.3% and 26.5% year-on-year, respectively. The consumption of new energy vehicles also continues to improve, and market activity continues to strengthen.
The integrated development of culture and tourism continues to stimulate new consumption vitality. From January to November, the sales revenue of literary creation and performance and film screening increased by 15.6% and 19.1% year-on-year, respectively, and integrated with the tourism industry, driving the vigorous development of immersive and scene-based tourism consumption; the sales revenue of travel agencies and related services, scenic spots, and leisure and sightseeing activities increased by 10.8%, 29.4%, and 16.6% year-on-year, respectively.
The sports and health fields show high consumption enthusiasm. From January to November, sports exhibition services and the retail of sports goods and equipment increased by 29.7% and 6.6% year-on-year, respectively; the sales revenue of health care auxiliary treatment equipment retail and health consultation services increased by 14.1% and 11.9% year-on-year, respectively.
This year, departure tax refunds continue to stimulate inbound consumption vitality. From January to November, the number of overseas tourists processing departure tax refunds increased by 285% year-on-year, and the sales of tax-refunded goods and the amount of tax refunds increased by 98.8% year-on-year.
The number of stores is growing rapidly, and the variety of goods is becoming more abundant. Since the beginning of this year, five new policy implementation areas have been added in Dalian (大连), Hubei (湖北), Jilin (吉林), Guizhou (贵州), and Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), and tax refund stores cover 28 provinces. As of the end of November, there were 12,252 departure tax refund stores nationwide, of which 9,151 were newly included stores this year; more than 7,000 stores provide "instant purchase and instant refund" services. From January to November, the number of major categories of goods sold in departure tax refund stores nationwide reached 329, an increase of 84 compared with the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of nearly 40%. Domestic trendy products are favored, and the sales and tax refunds of domestic technology products represented by smartphones and domestic traditional products represented by silk and tea have both increased several times.
In order to continuously improve the consumption experience, the tax authorities actively optimize and upgrade the tax refund information system, interconnect with the invoice system, develop QR code convenience measures, and the tax refund processing efficiency has increased by 45%. Various regions have also improved the efficiency of tax refund commodity verification and enriched tax refund payment channels by setting up centralized refund points for "city-wide handling," and promoted the continuous innovation and upgrading of intelligent and convenient services.
Economic Order is More Standardized
It is More Convenient to Handle Cross-Regional Tax-Related Businesses, and More Than 7,000 Domestic and Foreign Platforms Fulfill the Obligation to Report Tax-Related Information
In order to serve the construction of a unified national market, the tax authorities continue to deepen the reform of cross-regional tax and fee services, comprehensively promote the national handling of tax-related businesses, and realize "online submission of materials, online flow of processes, collaborative processing in the whole region, and real-time online feedback" for one-stop handling, helping the orderly flow of factor resources throughout the country.
Since the beginning of this year, the cumulative number of cross-regional tax-related businesses handled for taxpayers and payers has increased by nearly 4 times year-on-year. At the same time, further measures have been introduced to facilitate the entire chain of cross-regional migration of taxpayers, through "pre-event reminder, mid-event classification, and post-event follow-up," and automatic handling of some pre-conditions, the average processing time for cross-regional tax-related businesses has been reduced by 5-10 days, and some eligible enterprises and related matters can be completed on the same day.
Invoice data shows that from January to November, the proportion of national inter-provincial trade sales in national sales revenue has reached 41.1%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with the same period last year, and the proportion of tax-related business entities selling across provinces and regions has exceeded 50%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
This year, the "Regulations on the Reporting of Tax-Related Information by Internet Platform Enterprises" was promulgated and implemented. At present, more than 7,000 domestic and foreign platforms have actively fulfilled the obligation to report tax-related information, and the results are initially apparent. In the third quarter, the vast majority of operators on the platform completed tax declarations in accordance with the law, and the amount of tax paid increased by 12.7% year-on-year. The tax compliance rate has greatly improved, and the difference between the average tax burden of online merchants and offline merchants has narrowed significantly.
Lian Qifeng (练奇峰), Director of the征管和科技发展司 (Zhengguan he Keji Fazhan Si, Collection Administration and Science and Technology Development Department) of the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局), said that since the implementation of the regulations, personnel engaged in convenient labor activities such as delivery, transportation, and housekeeping on the platform do not need to report their income information, and their daily work, income, and tax burden have not been affected. Previously, some relevant practitioners were worried that the platform would deduct more fees in disguise during the process of withholding and paying taxes, or use this to pass on tax obligations and increase their burden. The tax authorities have strictly prohibited this by strengthening supervision and management of the platform, and will further urge and strictly protect the legitimate rights and interests of various convenient labor personnel on the platform.
According to the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部), from January to November this year, the volume of cruise passenger transportation reached 1.265 million, a year-on-year increase of 27.8%, playing a positive role in promoting tourism development and expanding consumption.
Focusing on issues such as the homogeneity of cruise route products, the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部) recently jointly issued the "Several Measures to Further Promote the Development of Cruise Transportation and Tourism Services." From the perspectives of focusing on strengthening supply, improving services, and stimulating new demand, the measures propose 10 specific measures, including expanding cruise homeport routes, encouraging foreign-flagged cruise ships to enter the country for visits, and enriching cruise tourism products, to further cultivate and expand cruise consumption.
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In Lingbei Town (岭北镇), Zhuji City (诸暨市), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), the Lingbei Mountain Villa (岭北山庄) in winter has white walls and black tiles, built against the mountain. The aroma wafting from the kitchen attracts many tourists to stay and enjoy the cuisine.
At the beginning of the renovation, this farmhouse courtyard faced the problem of tight funds. "Initially, we just wanted to transform the self-built house into a farmhouse, but we didn't expect the design, decoration, and labor costs to add up to far exceed expectations." Mr. Zhou (周先生), the operator of the mountain villa, admitted frankly that the project was halfway through when the capital chain became tight, and the renovation project was forced to stop.
"The Agricultural Bank of China Postal Savings Bank (邮储银行) Zhuji City Branch's (诸暨市支行) agricultural assistance loan for farmhouses, from application to loan disbursement, has simple procedures and preferential interest rates, which made up for the funding gap for the renovation. The bank also helped us plan a development path of 'free-range chicken farming + agricultural experience + special catering'." Mr. Zhou (周先生) said. Now, the mountain villa has not only created a signature salt-baked chicken, but also expanded experience projects such as free-range chicken feeding and orchard picking, and the number of customers has doubled compared to before.
The upgrade and transformation of Lingbei Mountain Villa (岭北山庄) is a microcosm of the Postal Savings Bank's (邮储银行) service to the cultural tourism industry. In response to the characteristics of farmhouses, which are "large investment, long cycle, and light assets," the Postal Savings Bank (邮储银行) Zhuji City Branch (诸暨市支行) innovatively launched a special product, using a "credit + guarantee" model to lower the financing threshold, with a cumulative loan of 6.1 million yuan, accurately supporting the renovation of more than 40 local farmhouses. Under the irrigation of financial living water, these business entities have gradually connected the entire chain of "eating, living, traveling, and shopping." Some rely on tea gardens to develop research and study experiences, and some combine intangible cultural heritage resources to create themed homestays, forming a differentiated competitive landscape of "one village, one characteristic." Data shows that the farmhouse clusters supported by the bank receive more than 500,000 tourists annually, driving the surrounding farmers to increase their income by more than 10 million yuan. The better development of farmhouses has brought new vitality to the cultural tourism industry in Zhejiang (浙江). In 2024, the all-for-one tourism in Zhejiang Province (浙江省) developed rapidly, receiving more than 890 million tourists, an increase of 8.9% year-on-year; the comprehensive income exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year. This achievement is inseparable from the support of cultural tourism finance.
"The cultural tourism industry is one of the engines of the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. We continue to do a good job of 精准滴灌 (jīng zhǔn dī guàn - "precise drip irrigation," providing targeted and effective support)," said the person in charge of the Postal Savings Bank (邮储银行) Shaoxing City Branch (绍兴市分行). The next step is to form a special cultural tourism service team to conduct in-depth research in scenic spots and villages, focusing on scenic spot infrastructure construction, cultural tourism IP incubation, and sales of agricultural and special products, customize a comprehensive service plan of "loan + settlement + consulting," and promote the transformation of "landscape resources" into "development capital."
Return to TopGreen waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. Bank of Communications thoroughly implements the "Two Mountains" concept, actively serves the realization of the "dual carbon" goals, earnestly promotes green finance, and continuously supports key areas such as energy conservation and environmental protection, pollution reduction and carbon reduction, increasing investment in areas such as green upgrading of infrastructure, green and low-carbon energy transition, green consumption, and energy conservation and carbon reduction industries. In recent years, the scale of green loans of Bank of Communications has maintained steady growth.
Innovating Financial Services to Promote Green Transformation of Enterprises
In Zhejiang Province (浙江省), Bank of Communications, according to agricultural transformation finance-related standards, using its self-developed ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) evaluation system, launched a transformation finance characteristic service program, and landed the first agricultural field transformation loan in Zhejiang Province (浙江省) in Nanxun District (南浔区), Huzhou City (湖州市).
As the main carrier platform for regional agricultural industry operations, Huzhou Nanxun Qiangcun Fumin Development Group Co., Ltd. (湖州南浔强村富民发展集团有限公司) (referred to as "Nanxun Qiangcun Fumin Group (南浔强村富民集团)"), actively promotes green fishery projects, through standardized pond renovation, industrial circulating water aquaculture, aquaculture tailwater recycling, and other methods, combining modern factory facilities and aquaculture technology to further improve fish farming efficiency and environmental sustainability. Bank of Communications Zhejiang Provincial Branch (交通银行浙江省分行), according to agricultural transformation finance-related standards, innovatively combines the project's low-carbon transformation effectiveness with sustainable development performance, customizes a "carbon intensity + ESG" dual-linked low-carbon transformation financial service program, sets up a dynamic loan interest rate adjustment mechanism, and gives full play to the positive role of financial resources in the comprehensive green transformation of the economy and society.
Currently, Bank of Communications' "carbon intensity + ESG" dual-linked low-carbon transformation loan has saved Nanxun Qiangcun Fumin Group (南浔强村富民集团) nearly 300,000 yuan in financial costs. Subsequently, Bank of Communications will also use its self-developed ESG system, combined with third-party carbon efficiency evaluation, to dynamically adjust the loan interest rate.
Leading the Formulation of Standards to Create Industry Service Models
In Shanghai (上海市), where the headquarters of Bank of Communications is located, Bank of Communications leverages its home-field advantage, practices its responsibility, and joins hands with the Shanghai Headquarters of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行上海总部) and the Shanghai Municipal Financial Services Office (上海市委金融办) to lead the research and compilation of the *Transformation Finance Catalog for the Water Transport Industry* (《水上运输业转型金融目录》), and actively helps transformation enterprises enjoy financial support according to relevant pilot application work requirements.
Recently, Bank of Communications Shanghai Branch (交通银行上海市分行) successfully landed the first methanol dual-fuel ship transformation finance loan in the country, providing nearly 300 million yuan in funding to COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co., Ltd. (中远海运能源运输股份有限公司) and its subsidiaries, which are affiliated to COSCO Shipping Group (中远海运集团). This loan links the new ship energy efficiency design index in the *Transformation Finance Catalog for the Water Transport Industry* (《水上运输业转型金融目录》) as a key indicator with the loan interest rate. The supported tankers adopt methanol dual-fuel or methanol-READY power systems, integrating hydrodynamic energy saving, intelligent control, and other green technologies, which strongly promotes the green and intelligent transformation of COSCO Shipping Group (中远海运集团) and provides a replicable and scalable practical model for financial support for the water transport industry.
Precise Financial Assistance to Protect the Green Waters and Green Mountains of the Plateau
Green is the underlying color of Bank of Communications' business development. In terms of financial assistance for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, Bank of Communications always adheres to the concept of green development.
Litang County (理塘县), Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘孜藏族自治州), Sichuan Province (四川省), which is designated by Bank of Communications for poverty alleviation, is a bright pearl on the western Sichuan Plateau, with natural advantages for developing the photovoltaic industry. The planning and construction of the Litang Gaocheng Photovoltaic Project will promote the construction of grid-connected photovoltaic power stations in Sichuan (四川), help meet the electricity demand of Garze Prefecture (甘孜州), and promote local economic and social development.
After learning about the project's financing needs, Bank of Communications Sichuan Provincial Branch (交通银行四川省分行) provided 1.5 billion yuan in funding support for the project. This loan is Litang's (理塘) first ultra-long-term (17 years) new energy project loan and the first photovoltaic project financing using a pure credit method. In 2025, Bank of Communications has issued 67 million yuan in loan funds to Sichuan Energy Investment Ganzi New Energy Development Co., Ltd. (四川能投甘西新能源开发有限公司) to help accelerate project construction.
Actively laying out green bond business, innovatively implementing carbon finance businesses such as carbon emission rights pledge, and continuously increasing the proportion of green leasing... Bank of Communications always cultivates the underlying color of green operation, continuously improves the green financial service system, promotes new achievements in green finance, and continuously contributes financial strength to promote the green transformation of the economy and society.
Data source: Bank of Communications (交通银行)
Return to TopDuring the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Ordos (鄂尔多斯), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, wrote a high-quality development answer sheet with "strength." Adhering to the use of reform methods to solve development problems and deepening cooperation with an open attitude, reform and opening up have been advanced in depth, and the "Warm City" IP has continued to "break the wall" and go out of the circle... Ordos, adhering to the concept of systematic change, is leaping to a higher coordinate.
Opening up new space for high-quality development
In winter, the Uxin Banner (乌审旗) Maowusu Desert (毛乌素沙地) afforestation site, one of the main battlefields of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project's (三北工程) Yellow River "zigzag bend" (几字弯) battle, is in full swing. More than 300 construction personnel, supervisors, and technicians from more than 50 construction teams are scattered in various management plots. The mesh sand barriers made of sand willows are orderly extended on the dunes, and the pictures form a vivid scene of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project.
In November, the 15th "China Local Government Administrative Efficiency Research Report 2025" press conference announced the list of China's local government administrative efficiency "Top Ten Provinces," "Top Hundred Cities," "Top Hundred Counties," and "Top Hundred Districts." Ordos City's (鄂尔多斯市) multiple indicators have consistently ranked among the top in the country and first in North China.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) established a working mechanism for municipal leaders to lead and promote key reform tasks, completed 53 key reform tasks, and achieved 80 phased results. 24 national-level pilot projects such as environmental health management and 16 autonomous region-level pilot projects such as the second round of land extension have been promoted in depth, forming a number of typical reform cases.
The export-oriented economy has entered a fast lane. From January to October 2025, three "automobile special trains" were operated, with a cargo value of 44.17 million yuan, driving the expansion of automobile exports to 1 billion yuan. The transaction volume of cross-border e-commerce has increased significantly. From January to October, the total import and export volume of foreign trade reached 9.87 billion yuan, and the export of lithium batteries was 1.15 billion yuan, accounting for 73% of the autonomous region's "new three" product exports.
One example after another, one set of data after another, is a vivid portrayal of Ordos's arduous journey, overcoming obstacles, and constantly opening up new space for promoting high-quality development.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) took "striving" as the key word for development, striving with the vast desert and with its own shortcomings, determined to strive for new tracks and new images, and strive to create a new Ordos.
Significant achievements in ecological environment governance
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) has been working hard to be a "well-rounded" "top student," making every effort to make up for the shortcomings of green and low-carbon development, and writing a new chapter in the transformation of resource-based cities and desertification control.
Ordos (鄂尔多斯) has contributed a "Chinese solution" to the world's desertification control with the practice of "greening the desert."
Adhering to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, a series of major projects such as the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程) have been implemented, the Yellow River "zigzag bend" (几字弯) battle has been advanced in depth, the "four defense lines" of the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠) have been built, and the "four major projects" of the Maowusu Desert (毛乌素沙地) have been implemented. The management rates of the Kubuqi Desert (库布其沙漠) and the Ordos (鄂尔多斯) area of the Maowusu Desert (毛乌素沙地) have reached 50% and 85% respectively. Ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin has been comprehensively strengthened, and "Ten Actions" for ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin have been carried out, with 539 key projects worth more than 10 million yuan implemented. It was awarded the National Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zone, selected as a global "City of Biodiversity Charm," and hosted the 8th, 9th, and 10th Kubuqi International Desert Forums and the on-site promotion meeting of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project's (三北工程) Yellow River "zigzag bend" (几字弯) battle. It was invited to participate in the Mayoral Forum of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification to share Ordos's (鄂尔多斯) desertification control experience.
Ordos (鄂尔多斯) is exploring paths to achieve the "dual carbon" goal with blue skies and white clouds.
As an important national energy and strategic resource base and a key node in the northern ecological security barrier, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) takes ecological priority and green development as the guide, and coordinates carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth. It promotes green and low-carbon transformation in energy structure, industrial structure, ecological governance, and lifestyles, and resolutely wins the battle to defend blue skies, clear waters, and pure land. The air quality excellence rate has remained stable at around 90% for a long time, the compliance rate of centralized drinking water sources in urban areas and above has remained at 100%, industrial wastewater has achieved zero discharge, and the treatment rate and compliance discharge rate of urban domestic sewage have reached 100%. The quality of urban ecological livability has been comprehensively improved, and the construction of pilot cities for carbon peaking is steadily advancing.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the "Warm City" Ordos (鄂尔多斯) insisted on promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the city and achieved new breakthroughs in development.
Invigorating with reform and strengthening advantages
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) insisted on stimulating new vitality and creating new advantages through reform, and made new progress and achieved new achievements in high-quality development.
Ordos (鄂尔多斯) is contributing to the construction of an important bridgehead for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to open to the north with action.
The Ordos Comprehensive Bonded Zone (鄂尔多斯综合保税区) has been upgraded, the port-adjacent economy is booming, the "zone-port linkage" is accelerating construction, and the export-oriented economy has achieved remarkable results. Actively integrate into the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor in the western region, and actively integrate into and serve the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) and the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor. Cultivate the new business form of "train +," and the value of goods sent by China-Europe trains has increased by more than 20 times. Strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and establish four talent science and innovation "enclaves" in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东深圳), and Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北雄安新区) to accumulate energy for "double recruitment and double introduction." Deepen Beijing-Mongolia cooperation, undertake 5 Beijing industrial transfer projects, with an agreement amount of 26.9 billion yuan. A new direct international route from Ordos (鄂尔多斯) to Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托), Mongolia (蒙古国) has been opened, the Hu-E Expressway (Ordos section) (呼鄂高速 (鄂尔多斯段)) has started construction, the integrated development task of Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos-Ulanqab (呼包鄂乌一体化) has been implemented in an orderly manner, and counterpart cooperation has been carried out with Hulunbuir City (呼伦贝尔市) and Hinggan League (兴安盟). Successfully held world-class exchange activities such as the World New Energy and New Materials Conference and the China (Ordos) International Cashmere and Wool Exhibition, building new channels for opening up to the outside world.
Ordos (鄂尔多斯) is enhancing the city's attractiveness with a first-class business environment.
Continue to promote the reform of "efficiently handling one matter," optimize the business environment program to upgrade to version 6.0, and rank first in the comprehensive score in the autonomous region's business environment assessment for five consecutive years. In the enterprise service zones of the municipal and various banner/district and park government service centers, a "Blue Vest" service team of more than 1,500 people provides "one-on-one" assistance services for enterprises and the public, and the 12345 "Warm City Chief Customer Service" hotline accepts enterprise demands through all channels 7×24 hours. Solidly carry out enterprise assistance actions, establish "six accounts" such as arrears accounts, investment accounts, and innovation accounts, help 987 enterprises reach an order amount of 8.73 billion yuan, and promote 90 enterprises to turn losses into profits with "one enterprise, one policy." The "Warm City" IP continues to go out of the circle, and the comprehensive ranking of urban credit monitoring has reached the 17th place among prefecture-level cities in the country. It ranks 31st in the "Top Hundred Cities" list of local government administrative efficiency and ranks fifth in the "Ten Thousand Private Enterprises Evaluate the Business Environment" organized by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce among the 30 prefecture-level cities with a regional GDP of more than 500 billion yuan. It has attracted a large number of leading enterprises to settle down, releasing stable attractiveness. In 2025, 54 new industrial enterprises above designated size and 44,500 business entities were added.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) has been striving forward, overcoming difficulties, and achieving new breakthroughs in urban transformation, new achievements in ecological protection, and new improvements in opening-up capabilities. Standing at a new starting point, Ordos (鄂尔多斯) will continue to use green mountains and clear waters as the scroll and innovative development as the ink to write a new chapter in high-quality development.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Ordos Municipal Committee (中共鄂尔多斯市委员会宣传部)
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The "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" adopted by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee emphasizes "promoting innovative development of trade." This is a major strategic deployment made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, coordinating the domestic and international situations, pointing out the direction and providing fundamental guidelines for further expanding high-level opening-up and accelerating the construction of a strong trading nation in the coming period. We must conscientiously study and comprehend it, and fully implement it.
I. Fully Recognize the Great Significance of Promoting Innovative Development of Trade
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's foreign trade has been stable and progressive, the import and export structure has been continuously optimized, and the status of a major trading nation has been further consolidated. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for China to lay the foundation and fully exert its efforts to basically realize socialist modernization, and it is also a critical period for China to accelerate its transformation from a major trading nation to a strong trading nation. Promoting innovative development of trade is of great and far-reaching significance for building a new system of a higher-level open economy and promoting high-quality development with high-level opening-up.
(I) Innovative development of trade is an inherent requirement for comprehensively promoting high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that high-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a socialist modern country. Foreign trade is an important part of China's open economy and one of the "troika" driving economic growth. Foreign trade is closely related to production and life. In 2024, there will be nearly 700,000 foreign trade enterprises in China with import and export performance, directly and indirectly driving a large number of jobs. Promoting innovative development of trade is conducive to expanding new space, cultivating new advantages, and enhancing new momentum for China's high-quality economic development, helping the economy achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity; it is conducive to better meeting the needs of domestic industrial upgrading and consumption upgrading, and better leveraging the important role of foreign trade in stabilizing growth, promoting employment, and benefiting people's livelihoods, and continuously enhancing the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.
(II) Innovative development of trade is an important support for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that building a new development pattern is an open domestic and international dual circulation, not a closed domestic single circulation. As a carrier of commodity and factor flows, trade is connected to the domestic market on one end and the international market on the other, and is a key hub for smoothing the domestic and international dual circulation. Promoting innovative development of trade is conducive to effectively leveraging China's super-large-scale market advantages and super-strong supply capacity advantages, better utilizing the domestic and international markets and resources, helping to strengthen the domestic major cycle, integrating into the international cycle at a higher level, realizing efficient connection and mutual promotion between the domestic and international markets, and firmly grasping the strategic initiative in open development.
(III) Innovative development of trade is an objective need for developing new quality productive forces. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that it is necessary to expand high-level opening-up and create a good international environment for the development of new quality productive forces. At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by artificial intelligence is accelerating breakthroughs, profoundly promoting the leap in the quality of production and circulation, and new products, new business forms, and new models are emerging one after another, and international trade is showing a trend of digitalization, greening, and servitization. Promoting innovative development of trade and accelerating the construction of a foreign trade industrial system and institutional mechanism adapted to the development of new quality productive forces are conducive to fully utilizing global innovation resources and innovation achievements, providing factor guarantees for the development of new quality productive forces, and fully utilizing the global market to provide more application scenarios and external space for the development of new quality productive forces.
(IV) Innovative development of trade is a proactive response to the evolution of the international economic and trade landscape. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century; China's development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and uncertain and unpredictable factors have increased. At present, economic globalization is encountering headwinds, unilateralism and protectionism are rising, individual countries are engaging in "small yards and high walls" and building high trade barriers, and the international economic cooperation and competition landscape is undergoing profound changes. As the world's second largest economy, China has always stood on the right side of history, firmly safeguarding free trade and the multilateral trading system, proactively recognizing changes, responding to changes, and seeking changes, promoting innovative development of trade in expanding autonomous opening-up, and promoting cooperation and win-win results through innovative development of trade, which is conducive to promoting the construction of an open world economy and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind to go deeper and more solid.
II. Grasp the Basic Requirements for Promoting Innovative Development of Trade
Promoting innovative development of trade is an arduous task and a systematic project. We must adhere to the concept of systems, coordinate and promote it as a whole, and focus on coordinating and handling several aspects of relationships.
(I) Coordinate trade in goods and trade in services. China has maintained its position as the world's largest trader in goods for eight consecutive years, and its foreign trade resilience has been significantly enhanced with the help of industrial chain advantages and diversified market layout. As the proportion of the service industry in the global economic aggregate continues to increase, trade in services has become an important driver of global economic and trade growth. In 2024, China's total import and export of services just exceeded US$1 trillion, and the proportion of trade in services in total trade is low and has a long-term deficit, with huge room for future development. It is necessary to promote innovative development of trade in goods, further enhance the added value and technological content of export products, and continuously consolidate and enhance international competitiveness; it is also necessary to promote innovative development of trade in services, improve the service trade promotion system, and create new trade growth poles. It is necessary to promote the integrated development and mutual promotion of trade in goods and trade in services.
(II) Coordinate expanding exports and expanding imports. Exports and imports are the two wheels of trade development, jointly serving the overall situation of high-quality development and opening-up, and the two are complementary and indispensable. It is necessary to promote coordinated development and achieve a virtuous circle. In recent years, China has promoted the transformation and upgrading of exports, providing the world with high-quality and affordable goods and services, while continuing to expand market opening, actively and proactively expanding imports and sharing China's market opportunities, becoming the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions around the world. It is necessary to continue to leverage comparative advantages, promote innovative development of import and export trade, better meet domestic and international needs, and better leverage China's role as the "world's factory" and the "world's market."
(III) Coordinate traditional momentum and emerging momentum. With the accelerated construction of China's modern industrial system, new growth points in trade represented by the "new three" are constantly emerging, injecting new momentum into the development of foreign trade. It is necessary to adhere to scientific and technological innovation as the guide, further enhance the international division of labor status, and accelerate the move towards the middle and high end of the global value chain. Traditional foreign trade industries are still an important part of foreign trade, involving a large number of exports and employment, and cannot be simply withdrawn as "low-end industries." It is necessary to support the transformation and upgrading of traditional foreign trade industries and revitalize new vitality, and promote the smooth transition of new and old development momentum. International market changes are the norm in trade development. While striving to stabilize traditional markets and stock markets, it is necessary to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with countries in the Global South, expand emerging markets and incremental markets, and build a more balanced and diversified international market pattern.
(IV) Coordinate trade cooperation and economic security. The higher the level of trade opening, the more necessary it is to coordinate development and security and safeguard the bottom line of economic security. The stronger the ability to maintain economic security, the more confident the innovative development of trade will be. At present, the world economy is facing prominent risks and uncertainties, and traditional security and non-traditional security threats are intertwined. China's expansion of trade opening faces many risks and challenges. It is necessary to resolutely implement the overall national security concept, strengthen bottom-line thinking, enhance the ability to supervise openness and prevent risks in expanding trade cooperation, ensure the smooth operation of the trade industrial chain and supply chain, safeguard foreign-related economic security, and promote the virtuous interaction between high-level opening-up and high-level security.
III. Main Tasks for Promoting Innovative Development of Trade
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's foreign trade faces many challenges as well as important opportunities. Innovative development is the key to overcoming challenges and winning opportunities. We must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership over foreign trade work, adhere to open leadership, innovation-driven, and reform breakthroughs, unswervingly promote innovative development of trade, further consolidate the trade industrial base, strengthen the driving force of trade development, enhance the vitality of trade development, promote the quality and efficiency of foreign trade, and accelerate the construction of a strong trading nation.
(I) Optimize and upgrade trade in goods. Further optimize the structure of trade products, market layout, and development model, and improve the quality and efficiency of trade development.
Promote market diversification and integration of domestic and foreign trade. This is a key move to enhance the resilience and security of trade development. It is necessary to deepen high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" economic and trade cooperation, make full use of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and other free trade agreements, consolidate and enhance trade cooperation with neighboring countries such as ASEAN countries, and strengthen trade cooperation with Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and other regions, and build a closer, mutually beneficial and win-win regional industrial chain and supply chain. Accelerate the integration of domestic and foreign trade reform, promote the convergence of domestic and foreign trade laws and regulations, qualifications, standards, rules, and credit systems, and conduct in-depth production and sales docking, brand docking, and channel docking to help companies smoothly switch between domestic and international markets. Build a comprehensive service platform, cultivate high-quality enterprises that integrate domestic and foreign trade businesses, and support integrated domestic and foreign trade operations.
Expand intermediate goods trade and green trade. Develop intermediate goods trade and promote international cooperation in the industrial chain and supply chain. Green trade is an important direction for future foreign trade development and an important support for sustainable trade development. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of a green trade system, promote the formulation of green and low-carbon standards for foreign trade products, and actively promote the trade of green and low-carbon products.
Promote balanced development of imports and exports. Optimize the export structure and accelerate the cultivation of new drivers for foreign trade development. Actively expand imports from all countries in the world, adjust import tariffs in a timely manner, optimize the import structure, expand the import of high-quality consumer goods, accelerate the diversification of import sources of food, energy resources, etc., support the import of key equipment, technologies and parts, and do a good job in the entire chain of import guarantees. Relax market access for foreign investment, guide investment in export-oriented industries, and better leverage the driving role of foreign investment in imports and exports.
(II) Vigorously develop trade in services. Deeply promote high-level opening-up, deep-level reform, and systematic innovation in trade in services, and promote the expansion of the scale, optimization of the structure, and enhancement of the competitiveness of trade in services.
Encourage service exports. Enhance the international competitiveness of transportation and travel services, support the development of knowledge-intensive services, encourage the export of traditional advantageous services such as Chinese culture, medicine, catering, and sports, and enhance the international service capabilities of professional service institutions. Establish a cross-departmental service export promotion mechanism, improve the service trade policy system, improve fiscal, taxation, financial, and facilitation policy measures, and optimize the development environment for service exports. At the same time, expand the import of urgently needed producer services and high-quality consumer services such as medical health, culture and entertainment.
Improve the negative list management system for cross-border trade in services. Promote the orderly expansion of opening-up in the fields of telecommunications, the Internet, education, culture, and healthcare. Optimize the cross-border flow supervision of factors such as capital, technology, personnel, and data, and promote efficient, convenient, and safe flow. Better leverage the leading role of free trade pilot zones and the Hainan Free Trade Port, accelerate the construction of national service trade innovation and development demonstration zones, proactively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and carry out pilot tests and stress tests in expanding market access for trade in services and improving the entire chain of supervision of trade in services.
Improve the standardization level of trade in services. Implement a service trade standardization action plan and accelerate the formulation of standards in the field of trade in services. Carry out internationalization of service trade standards, and encourage the adoption of internationally accepted standards in areas where conditions permit. Improve the service trade statistical monitoring system, promote data exchange and information sharing between departments, and improve the public service level of service trade statistical data.
(III) Innovatively develop digital trade. Adhere to innovation as the key, security as the foundation, expand opening-up, and cooperate for win-win results, and promote the reform and innovative development of digital trade.
Orderly expand opening-up in the digital field. Relax market access in the digital field. Establish an efficient, convenient, and safe data cross-border flow mechanism to promote and regulate data cross-border flow. Expand digital trade platform carriers, build national digital trade demonstration zones, and strengthen and optimize national digital service export bases. Actively participate in the formulation of international digital trade rules and create an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory digital development environment.
Support the development of key areas of digital trade. Actively develop digital product trade, strengthen digital application scenarios and model innovation, and enhance the international competitiveness of digital products. Continuously optimize digital service trade and promote the accelerated digital transformation of service outsourcing. Vigorously develop digital technology trade. Cultivate and strengthen digital trade business entities and build internationally competitive digital industry clusters.
(IV) Optimize the foreign trade promotion system. Strengthen the coordination of trade policies and fiscal, taxation, financial, and industrial policies, and create a system of institutional support and policy support for a strong trading nation.
Enhance the functions of trade promotion platforms. Optimize existing exhibitions and cultivate a number of international exhibitions with high visibility and influence. Continue to hold the China International Import Expo (中国国际进口博览会), China Import and Export Fair (中国进出口商品交易会), China International Fair for Trade in Services (中国国际服务贸易交易会), Global Digital Trade Expo, China International Consumer Products Expo, China International Fair for Investment & Trade and other exhibitions, enrich and improve the functions of the exhibitions, and enhance their attractiveness and international influence. Cultivate import trade promotion innovation demonstration zones and give full play to their demonstration and leading role in promoting imports, serving industries, and improving consumption.
Support the development of new business forms and models such as cross-border e-commerce. Promote regulatory innovation in customs clearance, taxation, foreign exchange, etc., and create an institutional environment conducive to the healthy development of new business forms and models. Promote the construction of comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zones, and encourage and guide diversified entities to build overseas warehouses. Support foreign trade enterprises to expand sales channels and cultivate independent brands through new business forms and models such as cross-border e-commerce. Support the development of offshore trade and develop new offshore trade businesses in places where conditions permit.
(V) Strengthen the trade risk prevention and control system. Strengthen bottom-line thinking, prevent and resolve various risks in the trade field, weave a tight and solid open safety net, and resolutely safeguard China's development rights and interests.
Improve export control and security review mechanisms. Accelerate the improvement of the export control system, prudently and orderly control items, strengthen precise licensing control and investigation and enforcement, make full use of the export control dialogue mechanism, and provide strong guarantees for the development of key domestic industries. Improve the trade security risk management and control mechanism, and improve the national access assessment system for imported food, animals and plants and their products.
Optimize the trade friction response mechanism. Establish and improve a working mechanism to respond to foreign export controls against me, and properly respond to unreasonable trade restrictive measures. Promote the formation of a multi-entity collaborative trade friction response mechanism, give full play to the role of the early warning system and legal service mechanism, improve the trade relief system, and help and support key entities affected. Improve the legal and regulatory system for countering sanctions, countering interference, and countering "long-arm jurisdiction."
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"The wise adapt to the times, and the knowledgeable adjust to circumstances." This ancient saying reveals the profound wisdom of understanding the times and responding to changes. Since the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized the methodology of "understanding change, responding to change, and seeking change." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) analyzed the profound and complex changes facing China's development environment during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period and proposed that "changes contain opportunities" and "actively understand change, respond to change, and seek change." This not only inherits the innovative spirit of Chinese civilization, "If you can improve yourself for one day, then do so each day, forever improving yourself" (苟日新，日日新，又日新 (gǒu rì xīn, rì rì xīn, yòu rì xīn - "If one day it is new, make it new every day, and again new," continuous self-improvement)), but also reveals the dialectical unity of "change" and "unchange," containing profound materialistic historical implications. Only by actively understanding change, responding to change, and seeking change can we grasp the general trend of the times, respond to risks and challenges, and better promote the steady and long-term progress of Chinese-style modernization.
Understanding change is the prerequisite for recognizing and responding to change. True understanding of change is not just a perception of the situation, but also embodies a strategic judgment. For example, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s proposal to build a new development pattern is an important deployment with far-reaching strategic significance made on the basis of accurately understanding change. In March 2020, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Zhejiang (浙江), he found that "the environmental conditions of large-scale import and export have changed, and new ideas for leading development must be put forward according to the new situation." Shortly after returning to Beijing (北京), he proposed "building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other," which became a "first move" to guide us in mastering the initiative in development. Only with a global perspective and keen insight can we firmly grasp the initiative in a complex and volatile world. Change is not accidental; it reflects the trend of the internal contradiction movement of things. Understanding change cannot stay on the surface fluctuations, but must be understood from the deep logic of historical processes and the world pattern, seeing structural trends through the complex phenomena, and identifying not only the form of "change" but also the trend of "change."
"Knowing is the beginning of doing, and doing is the completion of knowing." After understanding change, the key lies in how to respond to change. Responding to change cannot be just a passive response, or a "treat the head when it hurts, treat the foot when it hurts" (头疼医头、脚疼医脚 (tóu téng yī tóu, jiǎo téng yī jiǎo - "treat head when it hurts, treat foot when it hurts," treat symptoms only)) patching up, but should be a proactive action focused on the future. For example, as China's first operating system to achieve full-stack independent research and development, the native HarmonyOS (鸿蒙) operating system was developed from the underlying needs of the Internet of Everything, reshaping the system architecture and building a new ecosystem. The way HarmonyOS (鸿蒙) responds to change is not only a rapid tactical adjustment, but also embodies a strategic consideration to turn danger into opportunity. The core of responding to change lies in grasping the dialectic of "danger" and "opportunity." Passive and negative responses to change are not conducive to the fundamental solution of problems and will only miss opportunities; active and positive responses to change can turn danger into safety and accumulate advantages. Scientific response to change requires not only daring to make decisive decisions and proactive adjustments in times of crisis, but also making forward-looking and strategic layouts based on a deep understanding of the situation and laws, so as to win advantages and win the future.
Seeking change is the sublimation of understanding change and responding to change, reflecting the courage to be the first and lead the future. For a political party or a country, seeking change means not being satisfied with passively adapting, but actively leading the direction of the times. The key to seeking change lies in reform and innovation. Innovation is the primary driving force for development and the key way to solve problems. In recent years, from "Chang'e" (嫦娥) lunar exploration to "Striver" (奋斗者) entering the sea, from "Fuxing" (复兴号) high-speed trains to C919 (C919) aircraft soaring, the spirit of continuous seeking change is demonstrated behind a series of independent innovation achievements. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed "focusing on building emerging pillar industries," "proactively planning future industries," "improving the regional innovation system," and "promoting innovative development of trade," which embody the pursuit of innovation and change based on the laws of development. Therefore, we must dare to break through inertial thinking and path dependence, and constantly explore in terms of systems and mechanisms, development concepts, and working methods. Only by continuously reforming and innovating and surpassing ourselves can we remain invincible in the fierce global competition.
Actively understanding change is the wisdom of understanding the situation; scientifically responding to change is the responsibility of following the trend; proactively seeking change is the creation of leading the future. Understanding change makes us not blind, responding to change makes us not panic, and seeking change makes us not stop, and the three constitute a dialectically unified organic whole. On the new journey, facing the turbulent international situation and the arduous and complex domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, we must always maintain strategic clarity, constantly enhance historical initiative, actively understand change, respond to change, and seek change, so that we will be able to maintain our direction in change and open up new horizons in challenges.
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Regional coordinated development is an inherent requirement of Chinese-style modernization. As China's economy shifts from a high-speed growth stage to a high-quality development stage, the role of talent in promoting regional coordinated development is becoming increasingly significant. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Talent is the primary resource." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed: "Strengthen talent collaboration, optimize the talent structure, and promote the coordinated regional development of talent." This requirement is of great guiding significance for promoting coordinated regional development through optimizing the talent layout. To implement the spirit of the Party Central Committee, it is necessary to deeply understand the importance of optimizing the talent layout for coordinated regional development, optimize the allocation of talent resources with a systematic perspective, promote the rational regional layout of talent, give full play to the overall function of the talent team, and inject momentum into building a complementary and high-quality regional economic layout.
People are the most active factor in productivity, and talent is the most valuable resource. The development and progress of a country and nation cannot be separated from talent; a region must value talent to promote innovative development and achieve productivity leaps. Talent not only directly affects the quality and speed of regional economic growth, but also promotes the diffusion of new ways of thinking, innovative ideas, professional technologies, and knowledge information through talent flow, thereby promoting industrial upgrading and high-quality development in talent inflow areas. For example, promoting the flow of talent from developed regions to underdeveloped regions can not only bring advanced technologies, management, and concepts to underdeveloped regions, but also activate their endogenous development动力. For example, in promoting the high-quality development of the county economy, guiding professional and technical personnel, returning entrepreneurial talent, and rural governance talent to gather at the grassroots level can not only provide important support for agricultural and rural modernization and the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, but also help promote the equal exchange and two-way flow of urban and rural elements. Optimizing the talent layout can not only break the restrictions on resource flow between regions, but also promote the deepening of industrial division of labor and collaboration between regions, which is conducive to effectively narrowing regional development gaps and enhancing the overall and coordinated nature of development. This requires us to accurately grasp the development characteristics, development methods, and development stages of different regions, adhere to starting from the actual regional development and talent needs, implement policies according to local conditions and by region and category, and promote the coordinated regional development of talent.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has firmly implemented the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, focusing on breaking down the institutional and mechanism barriers that restrict the flow, use, and role of talent, issuing the "Opinions on Encouraging and Guiding Talent to Flow to Difficult and Remote Areas and the Grassroots Level," organizing and carrying out "group-style" assistance to Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai by educational and medical talent, and innovating the selection and dispatch methods of doctoral service groups and "Western Light" visiting scholars, and so on. Through mechanism guarantees, the rational flow, exchange, and cooperation of talent between regions has been greatly promoted. At present, China has formed a large-scale, high-quality, continuously optimized structure, and increasingly prominent role of the talent team, in the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, the decisive battle against poverty alleviation and other major national strategies and major tasks played a key supporting role. A group of young people actively responded to the call, integrated their personal ideals and pursuits into the cause of the Party and the country, went to underdeveloped areas, to the countryside, and to the grassroots level, and while participating in social practice, deepening their understanding of national conditions, cultivating their feelings for the country, and honing their own skills, they contributed talent to local development. At the same time, it is necessary to see that large regional differences and unbalanced development are China's basic national conditions, and China's talent layout is still not adapted to the requirements of coordinated regional development, which restricts the effectiveness of coordinated regional development. For example, the degree of concentration of various types of talent in East China and South China is relatively high, and the proportion of various types of talent in cities is higher than in rural areas, and so on. To this end, it is necessary to seek complementary advantages in differentiated development according to the functional positioning of different regions and cities, build talent development highlands and gathering platforms of different levels and types, and ensure that the talent layout adapts to the needs of coordinated regional development.
Improve the system and mechanism for promoting the rational flow of talent. The flow of talent is a general law of the market economy, and a scientific and rational talent flow system and mechanism is an important guarantee for promoting the rational layout of talent. Breaking down talent flow barriers through systematic institutional design, continuous policy innovation, and good institutional and mechanism support is the inherent meaning of improving the talent rational flow system and mechanism. To this end, it is necessary to grasp the laws of talent flow under the conditions of the socialist market economy, accelerate the construction of a unified national market, eliminate the institutional and mechanism barriers that hinder the market-oriented allocation of talent and other factors, provide guarantees for the cross-regional flow of talent and other factors, and enhance the factor support for economic development in various regions. At the same time, it is necessary to see that regions with a good economic foundation, rich educational resources, excellent innovation ecology, and high salary and benefits are often easy to attract talent and become high-quality talent inflow areas and gathering areas. To this end, it is necessary to optimize the national talent ecology, accelerate the guidance and promotion of talent to flow smoothly between the eastern, central and western regions according to the needs of regional development, optimize the allocation of talent resources in different regions; at the same time, strengthen the overall planning and policy coordination between talent inflow and outflow areas to prevent excessive flow to developed areas such as the eastern coastal areas.
Promote the integration of the talent chain and the industrial chain. Talent gathers because of industry, and industry prospers because of talent. Strengthening industrial synergy, promoting industrial agglomeration, and optimizing the industrial ecology in promoting coordinated regional development can not only make research and development, manufacturing, and services rationally distributed in space and efficiently aggregated in function, providing important support for coordinated regional development, but also attract the agglomeration of high-quality talent and form a more rational talent layout. To this end, it is necessary to consider the optimization of the talent layout and the promotion of industrial development, and develop characteristic industries and advantageous industries according to local resource endowments, industrial foundations, scientific research conditions, and so on; at the same time, guided by the urgent needs and long-term needs of local industrial development, promote the integration of the talent chain and the industrial chain, and form a good situation in which industry attracts talent and talent empowers industry. For example, support the central and western regions and the northeast region to give full play to the characteristic advantages of local resource environment, geographical location, and historical culture, vigorously develop characteristic advantageous industries, and attract and gather high-level talent. Encourage underdeveloped areas to seize the opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, use digital intelligence technology to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of industries, enhance the level of industrial development, and improve the industrial carrying capacity of various types of talent, thereby providing strong impetus for regional high-quality development.
Promote the alignment of talent policies with regional coordinated development strategies. Strengthening the alignment and coordination of talent policies with regional coordinated development strategies, so that talent policies are better adapted to the needs of regional coordinated development, and promoting the implementation of regional coordinated development strategies with the release of talent value is conducive to forming a virtuous circle of mutual promotion between talent and regional development. In accordance with the "Suggestions" on "enhancing the coordination of regional development," accelerate the development of the central and western regions and the northeast region, promote the coordinated development of the east, middle and west, and the north and south, and at the same time deepen the talent cooperation between the east, middle and west, and increase the attractiveness of the central and western regions to talent. Further optimize the construction layout of science and technology innovation centers and talent highlands, strengthen the supervision of the order of talent flow competition in different regions, regulate the order of talent flow, and reduce the loss of talent in underdeveloped areas. Continuously improve the efficient coordination, open sharing, and mutually beneficial and win-win talent cooperation relationship between regions, for example, talent can be promoted to flow flexibly between regions through project cooperation, technical consultation, etc., improve the talent layout system and mechanism, and realize the optimal allocation of talent resources.
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The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal of the CPC Central Committee on formulating the national economic and social development adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposal") outlines the grand blueprint for China's economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, reflecting the fundamental and long-term interests of all the people, including the working class. As a mass organization of the working class led by the Party, the trade union shoulders the important responsibility of organizing and mobilizing the broad masses of workers to strive to accomplish the Party's central tasks. On the new journey, trade unions at all levels must conscientiously study, publicize, and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, actively perform their duties, forge ahead with determination, vigorously promote the implementation of the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments in the trade union system, and contribute trade union strength to the realization of the grand blueprint of the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Focusing on consolidating the common ideological foundation for unity and struggle, the class foundation and mass foundation for the Party's governance, strengthen ideological and political guidance for workers.
Unity and struggle are the only way for the Chinese people to create historical achievements. The "Proposal" calls on the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups to unite and strive to realize the "15th Five-Year Plan," emphasizing the need to fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the whole society to engage in the construction of Chinese-style modernization. As a bridge and link between the Party and the masses of workers, the trade union must resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of guiding the masses of workers to listen to the Party and follow the Party, and through solid and effective work, focus on gathering people's hearts, resolving contradictions, and stimulating motivation, so as to implement the Party's will and propositions among the broad masses of workers, and gather the wisdom and strength of the masses of workers to realize the Party's central tasks, and effectively consolidate the common ideological foundation for the unity and struggle of hundreds of millions of workers, and consolidate the class foundation and mass foundation for the Party's governance.
Trade unions at all levels must adapt to the new situation and new tasks, conscientiously grasp the implementation of the "Regulations on Ideological and Political Work of the Communist Party of China," innovate and implement the construction project of ideological and political guidance for workers, and closely unite the broad masses of workers around the Party. Persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen the soul, widely carry out characteristic, down-to-earth, and heart-warming publicity and education activities, and promote the Party's innovative theories into enterprises, workshops, teams, posts, and minds. Deeply carry out publicity and education on socialism with Chinese characteristics, Chinese-style modernization, and the Chinese dream, carry out publicity and education on the situation and policies, widely publicize the major achievements made by the Party and the country during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, publicize the beautiful blueprint for the construction of Chinese-style modernization during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period and even a longer period, and further enhance the confidence and expectations of the broad masses of workers in future development. Deeply practice the core socialist values, vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, the spirit of work, and the spirit of craftsmanship, establish the social ethos that labor is the most glorious, labor is the most noble, labor is the most great, and labor is the most beautiful, and encourage the broad masses of workers to take hard work, honest work, and creative work as conscious actions, and sing the strong voice of the times that "we workers have strength." Build a large-scale publicity work pattern for trade unions, enhance the influence of brands such as "China Workers' Ideological and Political Course," "Model Workers and Craftsmen Entering Campuses," and "Annual Figures of Great Craftsmen," strengthen and optimize trade union media platforms, publicity channels, and positions such as the "Workers' Home" APP, and further improve the pertinence and timeliness of workers' ideological and political work, and enhance affinity and appeal.
Focusing on promoting high-quality development and building a new development pattern, mobilize and encourage the broad masses of workers to make contributions and innovate.
High-quality development is the hard truth of the new era. The "Proposal" is consistent with the "14th Five-Year Plan," and continues to determine the promotion of high-quality development as the theme of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, requiring the complete, accurate, and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, adhering to economic construction as the center, promoting the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy, and making a series of deployments in building a modern industrial system and accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. High-quality development cannot be separated from high-quality labor creation. This requires trade unions to adhere to the fundamental policy of wholeheartedly relying on the working class, stimulate and mobilize the labor enthusiasm and creative potential of the broad masses of workers, and gather the mighty force to forge ahead on the new journey and make contributions to the new era.
Trade unions at all levels must focus on major strategic deployments such as building a modern industrial system, accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and developing new quality productive forces, and organize and mobilize hundreds of millions of workers to fully play their role as the main force in all walks of life and in all fields. Around major national strategies, major projects, major projects, and key industries, promote the quality and expansion of labor and skills competitions at all levels and in all industries, and explore and innovate the forms of competition activities in new industries and new formats. Carry out mass innovation and creation activities such as technological innovation, technological collaboration, invention and creation, rationalization proposals, online training, and "five small" (small inventions, small creations, small innovations, small designs, and small suggestions), optimize the "Trade Union Service Workers' Innovation and Creation Cloud," strengthen the transformation and utilization of innovation achievements, and mobilize and encourage the broad masses of workers to innovate and create based on their positions. Adapt to the needs of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, deepen the reform of the construction of the industrial workers' team, promote the improvement and implementation of policy guarantees for the formation of industrial workers' skills, career development, and treatment levels, build a first-class industrial technology workers' team, and cultivate more highly skilled talents and great craftsmen to provide strong talent and skill support for promoting high-quality development. Optimize the "Trade Union Service Workers' Technology and Skills Cloud," guide the broad masses of workers to establish the concept of lifelong learning, and continuously improve their technical and skill levels. Give play to the exemplary and leading role of model workers and craftsmen, improve the mechanism for cultivating, selecting, publicizing, and serving model workers and craftsmen, vigorously carry out activities such as "Model Workers and Craftsmen Helping Enterprises," deepen the construction of model workers and craftsmen innovation studios and their alliances, and help enterprises continue to develop healthily and with high quality.
Focusing on promoting the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all the people, wholeheartedly perform the basic duties of trade unions in safeguarding rights and services.
Common prosperity for all is an essential feature of Chinese-style modernization. The "Proposal" adheres to the people-centered development thought, and emphasizes in the guiding ideology that common prosperity for all the people has taken solid steps, which is an overall requirement for guiding economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period; focusing on increasing efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihood and steadily promoting common prosperity for all the people, it makes strategic deployments from promoting high-quality and full employment, improving the income distribution system, improving the social security system, accelerating the construction of a healthy China, promoting high-quality population development, and steadily promoting the equalization of basic public services. The working class and the broad masses of workers are the main creators of social wealth, and promoting more obvious and substantial progress in common prosperity for all the people must first be reflected in hundreds of millions of workers. As the representative and defender of the interests of workers, the trade union must conscientiously perform its basic duties of safeguarding rights and services, focus on solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses of workers, and let the fruits of modernization construction benefit the broad masses of workers more and more fairly.
Trade unions at all levels must adhere to the worker-centered work orientation, implement the construction project of improving trade union rights protection and services, and effectively realize, safeguard, and develop the legitimate rights and interests of the masses of workers. Promote the improvement of labor standards such as wages and working hours, rest and vacation, labor safety and health, and labor protection for special groups, and protect the fundamental interests of the masses of workers from the source. Deeply carry out the "Trade Union Helping Employment" action, strengthen employment assistance for key groups such as college graduates and migrant workers, and promote high-quality and full employment. Actively promote enterprises to carry out wage collective bargaining, improve the quality and efficiency of collective contracts, and strive to achieve more pay for more work, more pay for higher skills, and more pay for innovators. Focusing on outstanding issues such as platform algorithm negotiation, labor quota standard determination, and occupational injury protection, strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of new forms of employment workers. Adhere to precise assistance, integrate social resources, and strive to ensure the basic life of workers in difficulty. Implement special actions for the construction and role of trade union positions, optimize and strengthen the brand of trade union service work, innovate and launch more and better and more timely service projects, and strive to provide accurate and caring services for the masses of workers. Improve the democratic management system of enterprises and institutions with the workers' congress as the basic form, the tripartite mechanism for coordinating labor relations, and the joint meeting system between the government and the trade union, and actively build harmonious labor relations. Actively participate in social governance, improve the diversified resolution mechanism of labor disputes of "Trade Union + Court + Procuratorate + Human Resources and Social Security + Justice," build and use the 12351 trade union service hotline, make good use of "one letter and two books," deeply promote the legalization of petition work, and strive to resolve labor relations conflicts and disputes at the grassroots level and solve them in the bud, and resolutely maintain political security in the labor field and social harmony and stability.
Adhere to comprehensively deepening reform and strengthening digital and intelligent empowerment, and vigorously improve the overall ability and level of trade union work.
Reform is the fundamental driving force for promoting China's economic and social development. The "Proposal" takes adhering to comprehensively deepening reform as a principle that must be followed for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, emphasizing taking reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, focusing on institutional and mechanism obstacles that restrict high-quality development, promoting deep-level reform, expanding high-level opening up, and promoting the better adaptation of the relations of production and productive forces, the superstructure and the economic base, and national governance and social development, and continuously enhancing development momentum and social vitality. Trade union reform is an important part of comprehensively deepening reform. Facing the new requirements put forward by the development of the Party and the country's cause for trade union work, facing the new expectations of the masses of workers for trade union organizations, and facing the profound changes in productive forces and relations of production brought about by the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the trade union must grasp the pulse of the times, adapt to social development and changes, persistently deepen trade union reform and construction, vigorously improve the overall ability and level of trade union work, and better play the role of the Party's bridge and link with the masses of workers.
Trade unions at all levels must unswervingly follow the path of trade union development with Chinese characteristics, firmly grasp the reform direction of maintaining and enhancing political nature, progressiveness, and mass character, continuously promote trade union reform to deepen and extend to the grassroots, focus on building a trade union work system that is widely connected and serves workers, and build trade union organizations that are more dynamic and stronger. Firmly establish the clear orientation of attaching great importance to the grassroots, implement special actions to strengthen the foundation and consolidate the foundation of trade union organization construction, focus on trade unions in state-owned enterprises, trade unions in non-public enterprises, and "small three-level" trade unions, consolidate the grassroots foundation, stimulate grassroots vitality, and continuously enhance the leadership, organization, and service capabilities of grassroots trade unions. Implement the deployment requirements of comprehensively governing the country according to law, strengthen the legalization and standardization of trade union work, and continuously improve the ability of trade unions to build trade unions according to law, manage trade unions according to law, perform their duties according to law, and safeguard rights according to law. Improve and improve the entire chain mechanism for cultivating, selecting, managing, using, and evaluating trade union cadres, strengthen ideological tempering, political training, practical training, and professional training, and build a high-quality and professional trade union cadre team that is loyal, clean, and responsible. At present, artificial intelligence is accelerating its integration with various industries and fields of economic society, reshaping the human production and life paradigm, and promoting the revolutionary leap of productive forces and the deep-level transformation of relations of production. Trade unions at all levels must vigorously implement the "Artificial Intelligence +" construction project of trade unions, widely apply artificial intelligence technology, focus on improving workers' digital and intelligent skills, improving the efficiency of trade union work, continuously reduce the burden and empower the grassroots, and inject a continuous and powerful driving force for the high-quality development of trade union work.
(The author is the Secretary of the Party Group, Vice Chairman, and First Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (中华全国总工会).)
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Cities are more friendly to young people, and young people will play a greater role in urban construction and governance.
Young people are the future of the country and the hope of the nation. Currently, the youth population in Xiaoshan District (萧山区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) is 1.03 million, an increase of 93,000 since the end of 2024. How can we find a path for the mutual development of youth and the city?
We provide what young people need. We provide high-quality internships and employment opportunities, provide supporting living allowances, and make good use of youth innovation spaces... We strive to strengthen guarantees around the needs of young people and build a stage for young people to grow and succeed.
Settling down is a prerequisite for enjoying work. Xiaoshan District (萧山区) has built a full-chain service system to address the pain points and difficulties of young people in housing, marriage, childbirth, and medical care: expanding the scope of rental subsidies for fresh graduates, launching high-quality housing, and implementing "one week of free accommodation, half a year of preferential accommodation, and three years of subsidized accommodation"; providing childcare subsidies for settled young employees, introducing high-quality educational resources, and promoting the group-based operation of famous schools throughout the region, which has been rated as a national high-quality and balanced development zone for compulsory education; promoting the landing of high-quality medical resources to shorten the radius of medical treatment; and actively creating a youth "15-minute living circle," with warm services such as youth-friendly community canteens and youth bus lines available in real time, creating a warm and dynamic living atmosphere for young people.
Young people are most afraid of not having access to growth in their career development and their efforts not being seen. Talents in different occupations and positions need different evaluation systems and training methods. We break the tendency of "**唯学历、唯职称**" (wéi xuélì, wéi zhíchēng - "only qualifications, only professional titles," overemphasizing academic qualifications and professional titles) and open up channels for youth growth, improve the talent evaluation system, and expand the scope of talent recognition from 9 types of industries to 16 types of fields such as live broadcast e-commerce and rural entrepreneurs. Delivery drivers, e-commerce anchors, and others have the opportunity to be evaluated as talents and enjoy benefits. We carry out "post-based meritorious service actions," conduct vocational skills training, and implement subsidy policies for academic qualifications improvement to help young people open up new spaces for career development.
How to further improve the enthusiasm of young people to participate in urban construction and grassroots governance requires continuous exploration and improvement. We integrate the creativity and thinking of young people into urban construction and planning by holding youth social design competitions, etc., and encourage young people to participate in urban construction; we build platforms such as "Youth Xiaoshan Youth Talk" to allow young people to express their opinions and make suggestions in grassroots governance; we hold a youth development conference every year to allow young people to lead and plan the theme, form, and content of the conference, and contribute wisdom and strength to urban development. Cities are more friendly to young people, and young people will play a greater role in urban construction and governance.
(The author is a member of the Standing Committee of the Hangzhou (杭州) Municipal Committee of Zhejiang Province (浙江省) and the Secretary of the Xiaoshan (萧山) District Committee)
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) December 8th dispatch (Reporter Ni Yi (倪弋)): The Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) and the Ministry of Justice (司法部) recently jointly issued the "Work Regulations on Legally Guaranteeing Lawyers' Right to Review Case Files" (《依法保障律师阅卷权利工作规定》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Work Regulations"), to legally guarantee lawyers' practice rights, promote the construction of a "three-in-one" lawyer case file review full-scene guarantee mechanism integrating procuratorate on-site review, off-site review, and online review, and better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and maintain social fairness and justice.
The "Work Regulations" pointed out that lawyer case file review includes methods such as on-site review, off-site review, and online review. Among them, on-site review refers to a lawyer going to the procuratorate handling the case to review, excerpt, and copy the case file materials of the case they are representing. Off-site review refers to a lawyer reviewing, excerpting, and copying the electronic case files of a case handled by a procuratorate of the same level in another region that they are representing, at the procuratorate in their place of registration. Online review refers to a lawyer applying to the procuratorate handling the case through the internet to review, excerpt, and copy the electronic case files of the case they are representing.
Regarding the scope of application of the three types of case file review methods, the "Work Regulations" clarified that on-site review should be the main method, supplemented by other methods. Lawyers representing cases can all conduct on-site review. Off-site review and online review serve as supplements to on-site review. If the case file materials have electronic case files and are suitable for transmission over the internet, online review can be applied for. If the electronic case files are not suitable for transmission over the internet, off-site review can be applied for.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 8th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Public Security (公安部): Recently, with the in-depth advancement of the joint operation by the police of China, Myanmar, and Thailand to combat telecom and online fraud crimes, another 1,178 Chinese criminal suspects involved in telecom fraud in the Myawaddy area of Myanmar have been escorted back to China by our public security organs via Thailand.
On November 14, the ministerial meeting on joint combating of telecom and online fraud crimes by China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam was held. After the meeting, various countries launched joint strike operations, focusing on clearing out fraud parks and making every effort to arrest personnel involved in telecom fraud. In particular, in response to the severe situation of telecom and online fraud crimes against me in the Myawaddy area of Myanmar, the police of China, Myanmar, and Thailand once again carried out joint operations, with Myanmar batch clearing out fraud parks and arresting a group of personnel involved in telecom fraud. This action is another important achievement in implementing the spirit of the six-nation ministerial meeting on combating telecom and online fraud crimes.
Since December 1, the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) has organized public security police from Jiangxi (江西) to go to Mae Sot, Thailand, to carry out charter flight repatriation missions, and with the assistance of the Thai side, has repatriated 1,178 Chinese criminal suspects involved in telecom fraud from Myanmar back to China in batches. Jiangxi (江西) public security organs have simultaneously carried out relevant case investigation work in accordance with the deployment.
Return to TopOn December 6th, the 2025 Industrial Robot Technology Application and Practical Labor Skills Competition was held in the Yangtze River Delta Integration Industrial Park in the Lu'an Economic and Technological Development Zone (六安经济技术开发区), Anhui Province. Industrial robot system operators from relevant enterprises in the district participated in the competition. This competition focuses on testing the contestants' abilities in industrial robot technology application, debugging, and safe production, guiding employees to study new technologies and master new skills.
The picture shows the competition scene.
Photo by Tian Kaiping (田凯平) (People's Vision)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 钰
What can be "embroidered" on stone?
In the Huihe Stone Cultural Park (惠和石文化园) in Xiamen (厦门), Fujian (福建) Province, Li Yahua (李亚华), a representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage, Hui'an Stone Carving (Shadow Carving) (惠安石雕（影雕）), can provide the answer with her shadow carving work "Elegant Gathering in the Boudoir" (兰闺雅集).
The hard black gallstone becomes delicate embroidery cloth in Li Yahua's hands. The twelve beauties of the Dream of the Red Chamber are either sitting or standing, playing chess or appreciating paintings, each with different postures and expressions. Whether it is the flowing hair at the temples of the characters, the soft folds of the dresses, the delicate patterns of the chessboard, or the leaf texture of the potted plants, all are vividly displayed. If you bring your eyes close to the work, you will see tiny dots of varying depths and densities, which are knocked out one by one by Li Yahua with a chisel.
"This is a work I completed when I was 28 years old. It took a year, striking points to form lines, and connecting lines to form surfaces," said Li Yahua, who is now 58 years old. At that time, she had just finished reading the comic strip version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and loved it so much that she copied a painting of the twelve beauties of the Dream of the Red Chamber, knocking out the shadow carving work "Elegant Gathering in the Boudoir" on the stone. "I didn't treat it as a commodity to be sold. I just wanted to record my favorite mood at that moment," Li Yahua said.
However, at the beginning of the story, Li Yahua's relationship with stone did not start with love.
The Moment of a Chisel Point Strike
Hui'an Stone Carving is a representative of the Southern School of stone carving art. Li Yahua was born in a craftsman's family in Hui'an County (惠安县), Quanzhou (泉州市), Fujian Province (福建省), who had made a living from stone carving for generations. Her father, Li Zousheng (李走生), was a well-known stone carving craftsman. After graduating from elementary school, Li Yahua followed her father to study in Xiamen (厦门), where she was exposed to chisels, hammers, and stone slabs every day.
As the daughter of a stonemason, Li Yahua was unwilling when she really started learning stone carving at the age of 19. "At that time, I was young and had never heard of the term 'intangible cultural heritage'. I always felt that learning this craft would make people look down on me, and be said to be 'just a stone hitter'." However, after doing some other jobs, Li Yahua finally followed her father to learn stone carving, especially shadow carving.
Shadow carving is a branch of Hui'an Stone Carving, developed from the "needle black and white" technique invented by Li Zhou (李周), a Hui'an stone carving craftsman in the Qing Dynasty (清代). It uses a chisel to strike black gallstone, removing the black and leaving the white, and presenting different light and dark effects through the density and depth of the chisel points.
Although the points knocked out are as small as pinholes, the alloy steel chisel for striking points weighs 2 pounds. When carving, the left hand is attached to the stone surface, the index finger supports the end of the steel chisel for positioning, and the right hand holds the steel chisel and strikes the stone surface with wrist strength. "The direction of the strike, the duration of the stay, and the strength will all cause the size and depth of the chisel point to be different. Every strike must be fully focused," Li Yahua said. It takes at least 3 months of practice for the strike point not to deviate.
"When striking, the correct sound is crisp and rhythmic. As soon as my father heard that the sound was not right, he would stand behind me and remind me." Li Yahua was 22 years old and had been learning the craft for 3 years, but she was still confused. "My father rarely commented on my works, and I didn't know how well I was doing, so I piled them in the corner and ignored them."
Until one time, a businessman asked Li Yahua's father to buy stone carvings and saw Li Yahua's shadow carving work "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" (八仙过海) piled in the corner. "He passed by that shadow carving, then stepped back to take another look, then squatted down to look carefully, and finally made a gesture, asking my mother to pack this shadow carving and transport it away with other works," Li Yahua recalled.
"How much did my shadow carving sell for?" After the businessman left, Li Yahua quietly asked her mother and learned that her work had sold for about 5,000 yuan.
"This was a large income at the time! I had never felt this way before. I suddenly felt that my value was seen, and I had confidence in my craft." Since then, Li Yahua has been working with her father to learn shadow carving, and she has also fallen in love with this skill in her daily studies. "Now, when I sit down to create, I always feel that time passes quickly."
The Direction of an Arc Extension
"Striking points to create paintings is not about randomly dropping points, but about striking little by little along the direction of the lines." Li Yahua's path of inheritance is also the same. Every effort she makes is along the direction she has chosen, and she persists all the way, "**走出自己的路**" (zǒu chū zì jǐ de lù - "walk one's own path," to find one's own way; to forge one's own path).
The shadow carving work "Hope" (盼) is one of Li Yahua's proud works. Gray and white dots merge into a tear on the child's face, staying on the stone surface. "This requires flexible mastery of the strength of the steel chisel strike. The heavier the strength, the lighter the color, and the lighter the strength, the darker the color. It is just such a little bit of knocking out the gradient of black, white, and gray to form a three-dimensional effect," Li Yahua said.
As her skills matured, Li Yahua's works were seen by more and more people. Works such as "Elegant Gathering in the Boudoir" (兰闺雅集), "Panlong Diagram" (盘龙图), and "Hui'an Women Series · Sunset" (惠安女系列·夕阳西下) have won numerous awards.
While persisting in creation, Li Yahua has not stopped at sticking to traditional shadow carving techniques. She led the team to make bold breakthroughs in color, trying to apply rich pigments to the carved works to further enhance their appreciation.
"Acrylic paint can be colored on stone, but the color applied to black stone is completely different from the color applied to white paper. Bright red paint becomes reddish-brown when applied to stone." In order to overcome the color difference, Li Yahua tested and matched colors one by one, and formulated pigments specifically for coloring on stone, and even found transparent mineral raw materials with better adhesion to create colored shadow carving works.
"Qin Island Night Rhyme" (琴岛夜韵), which is collected by the Fujian Provincial Art Museum (福建省美术馆), is a representative work of colored shadow carving - Gulangyu (鼓浪屿) in Xiamen (厦门) at night, the Bagua Building (八卦楼) is brightly lit, and the trees show layers of shadows under the light, reflecting the sparkling light on the sea. Warm yellow lights, dark green shadows of trees, and dark blue seawater, when colors are attached to shadow carvings, the layers of the picture are more three-dimensional.
"Traditional techniques and culture need to be adhered to, and innovation is also needed in the development of the times. We want to make shadow carving shine with new brilliance," Li Yahua said.
A Scroll Spread Out on a Stone Surface
"This is a craft, but also a cultural heritage." As she gets older, Li Yahua sees and thinks about more.
"Shadow carving creation is also a youth-dependent job. The peak of creation is usually between the ages of eighteen or nineteen and twenty-eight or twenty-nine. This is when our eyesight is at its best," Li Yahua said. Although her eyesight is not as good as before, she can still do a lot of things. "Intangible cultural heritage promotion, skill inheritance, and talent training all require our efforts."
In 2008, Li Yahua invested almost all of her family's assets to build the Huihe Stone Cultural Park (惠和石文化园) in Xiamen (厦门). "Sculptures placed in the factory can only be a commodity, but isn't it better to find a green space to place them and let citizens feel a culture while relaxing?" With the efforts of Li Yahua and her team, the park has now become a national 4A-level tourist attraction showcasing stone culture and stone carving techniques. "We also carry out stone carving research and study tourism activities here to let more children feel the unique charm of intangible cultural heritage."
Under the leadership of Li Yahua, her son Dai Yi'an (戴毅安) also joined the team to inherit shadow carving. Today, Dai Yi'an is committed to integrating modern aesthetics into traditional shadow carving creation, and promoting shadow carving into a broader market through cultural and creative design and development, and customized souvenirs.
Li Yahua also broke through family inheritance and regional restrictions, widely recruiting students who are interested in shadow carving techniques, and standardizing the shadow carving production process for display. Since 2020, she has also jointly established a carving master studio with Xiamen City Vocational College (厦门城市职业学院) to carry out shadow carving craft apprentice training courses, allowing students to initially create shadow carving works after 3 months of training. Today, Li Yahua has trained twenty or thirty craftsmen who make a living by creating shadow carvings.
"I make a living by working with stone, and I will do it for the rest of my life," Li Yahua said, introducing herself with this sentence.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shijiazhuang (石家庄) December 8th dispatch (Reporter Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿)): Recently, the "Wenchengge Siku Quanshu (文澄阁四库全书)" compilation project, which lasted 10 years, was fully completed. The book contains a total of 14,000 kinds of classics and 150,000 volumes, totaling 317,350 volumes and approximately 3.5 billion words. It is a systematic and large-scale re-compilation, re-revision, re-editing, and re-copying project of the Qing Dynasty's "Siku Quanshu (四库全书)".
"The full name of 'Siku Quanshu (四库全书)' is 'Qinding Siku Quanshu (钦定四库全书),' which is a large-scale series of books compiled during the Qianlong (乾隆) period of the Qing Dynasty," said He Xiangjiu (何香久), the chief compiler of "Wenchengge Siku Quanshu (文澄阁四库全书)". In May 2016, the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles (河北省文联) launched the re-compilation, re-revision, re-editing, and re-copying project of "Siku Quanshu (四库全书)". Based on the principles of "filling gaps, correcting errors, and continuing compilation," the compilation team selected 1,423 kinds of Zhili (直隶) writings from the library books and related documents for large-scale sorting. The "Wenchengge Siku Quanshu (文澄阁四库全书)" is based on the Qing Dynasty's "Siku Quanshu (四库全书)" and includes classics from more than 100 years after its completion; corrects errors caused by handwriting and improper version selection at that time; and systematically supplements chapters based on reliable documents. The writing and publication of the classics in the book are being promoted in an orderly manner, and the next step will be to enter various libraries.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shenyang (沈阳) December 8th dispatch (Reporter Hao Yingcan (郝迎灿)): The Liaoning Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (辽宁省文化和旅游厅) recently launched 8 high-quality Great Wall (Liaoning Section (辽宁段)) tourism routes to continuously enhance the cultural brand of "Eastern Starting Point of the Great Wall," attracting more tourists to visit, sightsee, and experience study tours.
Among the 8 routes, the "Dragon Coiling Tiger Crouching: Great Wall Tracing" route is an in-depth experience journey with the "Eastern Starting Point of the Ming Great Wall (明长城)" as its geographical coordinate; the "Mountain and Sea Heroism: Self-Driving Experience" route is a Great Wall-themed cultural exploration journey specially created for self-driving enthusiasts; the "Ancient Village Charm: Stone Wall Local Accent" route takes the Great Wall as its context, stringing together several ancient villages along the way, jointly narrating a distant epic of war and daily life intertwined; the "Liao Charm Artisan Soul: Eternal Flame Continuation" route integrates non-heritage project experiences such as Jianping Paper Cutting (建平剪纸), Fuxin Agate Carving (阜新玛瑙雕刻), and Tieling Yangko Opera (铁岭秧歌戏).
Liaoning Province (辽宁省) is rich in Great Wall resources, with existing Great Wall remains from five different historical periods: the Warring States (Yan) (战国（燕）), Qin (秦), Han (汉), Liao (辽), and Ming (明). The total length of the Warring States (Yan) Great Wall is 107.518 kilometers, and the total length of the Ming Great Wall is 1235.989 kilometers. The total amount of Great Wall resources ranks fifth in the country.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) -- "Odes to China in the New Era: Sichuan Volume (新时代中国赋·四川卷)," compiled by the editorial board of "Odes to China in the New Era," was recently jointly published by Xinhua Publishing House (新华出版社) and People's Daily Publishing House (人民日报出版社) and is being distributed nationwide.
"Odes to China in the New Era" is a large-scale series of books compiled by province. It takes "the country is the people, and the people are the country" as its main theme, vividly tells Chinese stories with rhyming prose, draws a beautiful historical picture of China, and composes an epic of the people's country in the new era.
"Odes to China in the New Era: Sichuan Volume (新时代中国赋·四川卷)" is the first volume of the series. Volumes from Zhejiang (浙江), Guangdong (广东), Shandong (山东), Shaanxi (陕西), Henan (河南), Hubei (湖北), and other provinces and cities will be published successively. Industry insiders believe that the "Odes to China in the New Era" series of books has high contemporary value, historical value, and literary value.
Return to TopTo help the long-term balanced development of the population and deepen the "Good Nurturing in Hangzhou" brand, the Hangzhou Infant and Toddler Care Service Training Base (杭州市婴幼儿照护服务实训基地), located at No. 2 Huixing Road (惠兴路2号), Shangcheng District (上城区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), was officially opened to the public on December 9th. As the most high-quality experience point of the 2025 Hangzhou Citizen Day and the Hangzhou New Era Civilization Practice Point (杭州市新时代文明实践点), the base provides professional technical guidance and accessible parenting and care solutions for childcare practitioners, related professional students, and infant and toddler families, marking a new step in the professionalization and standardization of Hangzhou's (杭州市) inclusive childcare service system construction.
Professional Foundation, Building a Training System
The Hangzhou Infant and Toddler Care Service Training Base (杭州市婴幼儿照护服务实训基地) relies on more than 40 maternal and child health expert resources to build a standardized "theory + practice + assessment" training system. Simulating real parenting scenarios, it carries out four major skill trainings: life care, health management, accident handling, and comprehensive skills. It not only focuses on cultivating high-quality childcare industry talents, but also opens to the general public to help improve families' scientific parenting capabilities.
Since its trial operation in March this year, the base has carried out more than 10 training sessions, including training for key personnel in infant and toddler care services under 2 years old and internships for students in related majors, with a cumulative training of more than 400 people. It continues to extend the service connotation of "medical and educational integration" and steadily improves the professional quality of practitioners. The base sets up functional areas such as parenting knowledge popularization display, eugenics and parenting consultation room, simulated home guidance room, and "Hang Xiaoyu" (杭小育) live broadcast room to provide parents with personalized parenting consultation and scenario-based behavior guidance, forming a multi-dimensional parenting support network.
Innovation Empowers, Promoting Service Upgrade
On the basis of consolidating professional training, the base uses innovative measures to promote industry development and strengthen brand empowerment, and promote the upgrading of childcare services from "having" to "excellence." The base innovatively opened the Hangzhou Childcare Development History Exhibition Hall, which systematically presents the evolution of urban childcare services, providing vivid industry real-world materials for training and teaching. For many years, Hangzhou (杭州) has included childcare in people's livelihood, was selected as a national infant and toddler care service demonstration city, and was rated "excellent" in the performance evaluation of the first batch of central financial support for inclusive childcare service development demonstration projects. Focusing on the goal of "affordable, accessible, and high-quality childcare," a series of achievements allow trainees to intuitively grasp the development context of the industry and consolidate the foundation of job performance and innovative service cognition.
"Hang Xiaoyu" (杭小育), the first animated image of infant and toddler parenting care in the country, has become a landmark IP for inclusive childcare in Hangzhou (杭州). The base has set up a display area for the "Hang Xiaoyu" (杭小育) series of cultural and creative products, and also created the "Hang Xiaoyu's Home" interactive check-in space.
Diversified Services, Meeting Parents' Needs
Focusing on the actual needs of family parenting, the base has built an "Infant and Toddler Growth Station," which regularly carries out parenting and care activities and provides convenient services such as temporary care. The Growth Station is equipped with a mother and baby room and a nutrition kitchen, displaying infant and toddler nutrition molds and complementary food models. Volunteers from the "Parenting Help Group" provide hands-on practical teaching, popularizing complementary food addition and nutrition knowledge to help parents feed their children scientifically.
Since the first parenting and care activity was carried out on March 6, as of the end of November, the base has carried out a total of 67 related activities, with on-site guidance from parenting instructors and other professionals to help parents master professional parenting knowledge and practical skills.
Precise Guardianship, Escorting Baby's Growth
In the base's toy display area, various toys are displayed by month age, which are used to cultivate infants' and toddlers' cognitive, social, and hands-on abilities, so that scientific parenting is integrated into daily interaction.
The base also has a model room for childcare gardens that provides care services for infants and toddlers under 3 years old: the infant class is equipped with crawling mats and observation mirrors, the toddler class and the older toddler class are scientifically divided, and the daily life process is publicly displayed; the outdoor simulation area ensures sufficient exercise space, and the health observation room is responsible for health management. Among them, the infant class focuses on strengthening crawling training and self-awareness development, while the toddler class and the older toddler class set up functional areas such as role-playing area, construction area, puzzle area, and picture book area to realize the organic integration of parenting care and promoting early development of infants and toddlers.
In the future, the Hangzhou Infant and Toddler Care Service Training Base (杭州市婴幼儿照护服务实训基地) will continue to escort the healthy growth of infants and toddlers with professional strength, and fully build a more convenient and reassuring parenting environment, so that the beautiful vision of "Good Nurturing in Hangzhou" can shine into thousands of households.
Data source: Hangzhou Women and Children's Health Service Center (杭州市妇女儿童健康服务中心)
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Adding accessible restrooms, equipping sign language translation systems, adding AR guided navigation... Recently, the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th Special Olympic Games of China have begun, with many events underway. Numerous accessible facilities and heartwarming services convey humanistic care. Taking the opportunity of hosting the 15th National Games and the Games for Persons with Disabilities, Guangdong Province has upgraded a number of sports venues, enriched sports activities, and the joy of sports can be seen everywhere in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Hosting the Games Promotes Urban Renewal
"'Pleasant Goat' and 'Happy Lamb' are going to become permanent IPs in the Greater Bay Area!" Recently, news that "Guangzhou plans to create a permanent IP park for the 15th National Games mascots" has attracted attention. At landmarks such as Canton Tower (广州塔) and Beijing Road (北京路), mascot check-in points attract citizens and tourists to interact and take photos.
The National Games bring a new atmosphere to the Greater Bay Area. In Guangzhou (广州), the 15th National Games-themed passenger ship sails on the Pearl River (珠江), with the scenery on both sides complementing the elements of the 15th National Games. In Zhuhai (珠海), themed light flags with "Meet in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, Pursue Dreams on a New Journey" flutter in the wind on Lovers Avenue (情侣路), Jinwan Road (金湾路) and other roads. In Hong Kong (香港), Victoria Park (維多利亞公園) has been transformed into a beach volleyball court, where citizens can experience beach volleyball, fencing and other projects for free. In Macao (澳门), a carnival integrating food, basketball and music is held in Taipa (氹仔), where people taste special snacks and feel the charm of competition.
A renovation of "no major demolition or construction" is changing the daily life of Guangzhou citizens. The Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center (广州天河体育中心) has transformed 15,000 square meters of under-forest space, integrating rest and fitness functions, and also changed the 5 main entrances and exits into full-width curb ramps to create a "zero-barrier competition area" to ensure the safe travel of the elderly and people with disabilities.
"Hosting the Games is about running the city." Hu Feng (胡峰), chief planner of the Guangzhou Municipal Urban Planning and Design Institute, said that while the quality of the competition area is improved, it also promotes urban renewal, and the results of hosting the National Games and the Games for Persons with Disabilities will continue to benefit the masses.
Venues Become Good Places for Fitness
Renovating lawns, tracks, and stands, building new steel structure canopies, creating arcade spaces, and upgrading sound, light, and electrical equipment... The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium (广东省人民体育场), which has been optimized and renovated for a year, has been completely renewed. Some of the matches of the 15th National Games U16 Women's Football Tournament will be held here. This historic stadium has now become a good place for citizens to exercise and keep fit.
As night falls, people come to the Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium to exercise. Lanes 1-3 are jogging lanes, and lanes 4-8 are walking lanes. Clear zoning meets the exercise needs of different groups of people.
Talking about the changes in the stadium, Mr. Xiang (向先生), a citizen, said with great emotion: "The facilities here used to be old and the experience was very bad." Now, this stadium not only has new hardware, but also optimizes the layout design. "We specially connected the main entrance on the north side of the stadium with Guangzhou Hero Square (广州英雄广场), and implemented refined updates to the original green space. You can walk dozens of meters to and from the stadium and the square, so you can exercise and relax, and the urban space is more friendly." A relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Housing and Construction Bureau said.
The nightlife in Guangzhou Hero Square is very dynamic, with many square dance teams and street dance teams gathering here. Grandma Jiang (江奶奶) is 72 years old this year. She introduced: "I go to the stadium for a walk every morning and come to the square to dance in the evening. I am very happy and have made many friends."
"The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium also holds youth sports training camps, the 'National Games Champion Park' and other activities to actively promote national fitness and enhance the influence of the Games and public participation," said Chen Yanduan (陈彦端), director of the Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium.
Many venues and public fitness areas of the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center have been reopened to the public; some venues of the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (广东奥体中心) have been opened to provide fitness services for citizens; 8 professional venues for the 15th National Games such as equestrian and shooting will hold professional events and build training bases. More and more venues for the 15th National Games are being reused after the Games, attracting more people to participate in sports and fitness.
The Atmosphere of Helping the Disabled is Getting Stronger
"Don't be confused, don't panic, when the sun goes down, there is still moonlight, it will illuminate the road of life..." The song came from the Guangdong Provincial Sun Yat-sen Library (广东省立中山图书馆), and the literary and artistic performance to welcome the 2025 Games for Persons with Disabilities kicked off. The Guangzhou Rehabilitation Experimental School Fusion Art Troupe (广州康复实验学校融合艺术社团) brought wonderful programs to the audience. This is an art troupe composed of children with disabilities and special needs. Under the stage, the team leader Yu Yulin (余玉林) watched the children affectionately and cheered them on.
Taking the National Games and the Games for Persons with Disabilities as an opportunity, the Guangzhou Rehabilitation Experimental School Fusion Art Troupe actively participates in performances inside and outside the school, allowing children to hone their skills and shine on the stage, and help them embrace the world with a more calm and positive attitude.
In the Greater Bay Area, the atmosphere of caring for people with disabilities is getting stronger. Ling Xiaojun (凌晓均), a person with hearing impairment, was once very introverted. With the support of the hearing rehabilitation intelligent body independently developed by China Mobile Internet Co., Ltd. (中移互联网有限公司), AI-enabled language rehabilitation training changed her life. After several months of training, Ling Xiaojun gradually changed from "daring to speak" to "being able to speak". The recognition rate of her words on the exclusive mobile phone model increased from 29% to more than 83%. "Now, she often takes the initiative to communicate with her colleagues, and can even complete a physical examination by herself. She is one step closer to her dream of 'tutoring her children's homework alone'." Colleagues are very pleased when talking about Ling Xiaojun's changes.
Recently, the "Chasing Dreams in the Greater Bay Area, Shining Life Path - Invitational Exhibition of Fine Arts Works of Guangdong Province to Welcome the 'Games for Persons with Disabilities'" was held. Among the 100 works exhibited, 80 were created by people with disabilities. Everyone actively participated in the creation and used their brushes to build a bridge of understanding, respect and care. "We are holding this art exhibition not only to help the Games for Persons with Disabilities, but also to further promote the formation of a good atmosphere of helping the disabled in the whole society, and encourage more disabled people to bravely pursue their dreams and live a wonderful life," said Qiu Zhaoxian (邱招贤), member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Guangdong Disabled Persons' Federation (广东省残疾人联合会).
Return to TopGuangzhou, December 8th (Reported by Li Zong (李纵), Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳), and People's Daily Online reporter Ou Xingrong (欧兴荣)) The 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th Special Olympics of China will fully commence on the 9th.
The reporter learned from the press conference held on the 8th that this edition of the Games includes 46 major events and 1876 minor events, including 11 major mass events and 131 minor events, 9 major Special Olympics events and 599 minor events, 20 summer major events, and 6 winter major events. A total of 7,824 athletes from 34 delegations across the country have registered to participate, with the size of the delegations and the number of athletes registered for mass events both reaching new highs. During the concentrated competition period from December 8th to 15th, 5,398 athletes, 2,746 referees, 115 classifiers, and 2,772 coaches and staff will participate, with a total scale exceeding 11,000 people, an increase of approximately 30% compared to the previous edition.
The Guangdong (广东) competition area will host 34 major events, the Hong Kong (香港) competition area will host 4 major events and the table tennis TT11 level competition, and the Macau (澳门) competition area will host 2 major events. A total of 11 cities in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau are participating in hosting the events. In addition, 6 winter major events have been successfully completed in advance in Beijing (北京), Hebei (河北), Jilin (吉林), and Xinjiang (新疆).
In terms of mass sports, this event includes table tennis, badminton, darts, Chinese chess, Go, rope skipping, wheelchair dance, land curling, soccer, basketball, and other events. In terms of Special Olympics events, the Games adhere to the integration of sports competition and non-sports events, broadening the path for people with intellectual disabilities to participate in sports.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘硕阳
In the group round-robin of the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and Special Olympics wheelchair basketball 3-on-3 women's division held on December 7, Guangdong Team 1 and the Beijing (北京) team played to overtime before a winner was decided. A day later, the two sides met again in the final, with Guangdong Team 1 maintaining a lead of around 3 points from the start, eventually winning the championship with a score of 11-7.
Guangdong Team 1 player Zuo Peixi (左佩烯) made an indelible contribution. In the group round-robin match against the Beijing (北京) team, it was her goal and assist in overtime that helped the team defeat their opponents and advance to the semi-finals with a perfect record of 5 wins. In the final, this post-00s girl not only scored 8 points alone, but also assisted teammate Li Mei (李梅) twice, becoming an undisputed "scoring champion."
Zuo Peixi (左佩烯) loved playing basketball since she was a child. At the age of 12, she had an accident and has since been confined to a wheelchair. For a long time, Zuo Peixi (左佩烯) closed herself off, and "the whole person was in darkness." It wasn't until 2020 that she accidentally came into contact with wheelchair basketball, and she began to bravely start again. "Sports make me healthier, both physically and mentally," said Zuo Peixi (左佩烯).
Practicing wheelchair basketball was not always smooth sailing. With the support and encouragement of her teammates, Zuo Peixi (左佩烯) persevered. "Wheelchair basketball has become an indispensable part of my life." Her confidence has gradually extended from the arena to life. Zuo Peixi (左佩烯) said that she is now more calm in dealing with various situations.
Return to TopBy: 李 硕 魏令琪
"After 4 years of waiting and striving, I finally used this gold medal to make up for my regret!" Recently, in Zhuhai (珠海), Guangdong (广东), in the women's singles final of the wheelchair tennis event for the physically disabled group at the 12th National Games for the Disabled and the 9th Special Olympic Games, Wang Ziying (王紫莹), a player from the Sichuan (四川) team, defeated Huang Jinlian (黄金链), a player from the Guangdong (广东) team, to win the gold medal. The unwillingness of 4 years ago has finally been relieved.
During the 5 days of the wheelchair tennis event at this National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics, Wang Ziying (王紫莹) shuttled between four events, winning three gold medals in the women's team, women's singles, and women's doubles, and a silver medal in the mixed doubles.
Switching between different venues, Wang Ziying (王紫莹) worked hard to maintain focus and stability. In the women's singles final, after losing the first set, she restarted in time. "I told myself not to think too much, to try to play every ball well, and to bring out my advantages."
Born in 1998, Wang Ziying (王紫莹) lost her right leg in a car accident when she was just over 2 years old. Her sporting starting point was the swimming pool. At the age of 10, a wheelchair tennis coach introduced her to another world. The rich playing styles and strategic depth of tennis fascinated Wang Ziying (王紫莹).
The limitations of physical condition were the first hurdle: being short and having small hands, Wang Ziying (王紫莹) found it particularly difficult to swing the racket and push the wheelchair. To make up for her shortcomings, she formulated a strict "three 100s" basic training plan for herself: pushing the wheelchair for 100 sprints every day, practicing swinging the racket for 100 minutes, and practicing receiving and serving for 100 times. If serving is not an advantage, then take receiving and rallies to the extreme; if mobility needs to be improved, then make the prediction and line organization precise... Wang Ziying (王紫莹) turned weaknesses into subjects, and turned shortcomings into strengths, and finally waited for the moment of 厚积薄发 (hòu jī bó fā - "accumulate richly, burst forth thinly," great accumulation leads to great results; to accumulate knowledge and experience in order to make a big achievement).
At the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, she broke into the women's singles semi-finals and won a bronze medal in the women's doubles with Guo Luyao (郭珞瑶), creating the best result for Chinese wheelchair tennis at the Paralympic Games. This year, she partnered with Li Xiaohui (李晓辉) to win the women's doubles championship at the Australian Open, winning China's first Grand Slam championship in wheelchair tennis; the two won the women's doubles championship again at Wimbledon, and Wang Ziying (王紫莹) also topped the women's singles, becoming China's first Grand Slam singles champion in wheelchair tennis; the two won the women's doubles again at the US Open, winning three championships and one runner-up in the women's doubles at the four Grand Slam wheelchair tennis events throughout the year.
"I want to show everyone a confident, sunny, and never-give-up spirit," said Wang Ziying (王紫莹). From Dazhou (达州), Sichuan (四川) to the world tennis scene, Wang Ziying (王紫莹) used her racket to hit one winning point after another, changing her destiny.
Return to TopIn 2025, the Anhui Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行安徽省分行) (referred to as "Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行)") adhered to its two major positioning goals of "leading bank serving rural revitalization, and main bank serving the real economy," anchored to Anhui's "three places and one area" development goals, and continuously empowered the construction of a modern industrial system with financial resources, injecting strong financial impetus into the high-quality development of Anhui's real economy. As of the end of November this year, the balance of various loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) was 997.4 billion yuan, an increase of 71 billion yuan compared with the end of last year.
Deeply cultivating the main business, stimulating new vitality in rural industries
The Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) has always kept in mind its primary responsibility of serving agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. Based on the reality of Anhui as a "major agricultural province," it takes the "Huiju Synergy, Enriching the People and Revitalizing the Village" action plan as a guide to accurately support key areas of comprehensive rural revitalization. As of the end of November this year, the balance of county loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) was 460.9 billion yuan, an increase of 32.2 billion yuan compared with the end of last year.
Focusing on the overall situation of national food security, it has deeply promoted financial support for the "100 billion Jin Jianghuai Granary" action, and innovated financial products such as "Good Farmland Loan" and "Grain Farmer e-Loan" to help leading grain enterprises and new business entities become stronger and better. As of the end of November this year, the total amount of loans in key grain areas of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) reached 25.1 billion yuan, building a solid financial guarantee for the "Jianghuai Granary." Focusing on strengthening agriculture, benefiting farmers, and enriching farmers, relying on the "mobile service team + benefiting farmers service station" model, it promotes the expansion and improvement of farmer loans, and opens up the "last mile" of rural financial services. As of the end of November this year, the balance of farmer loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) was 87 billion yuan, benefiting more than 500,000 farmers, and helping various policies benefiting farmers take root.
At the same time, it actively promotes the integrated development of culture and tourism, launches cultural and tourism characteristic products such as "Key Rural Tourism Village Loan" and "Travel Easy Loan," carries out financial support for characteristic cultural inheritance and dissemination actions, and helps the development of rural leisure tourism and the inheritance of excellent local culture. As of the end of November this year, the balance of cultural and tourism integration loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) reached 12.7 billion yuan.
Focusing on the new, cultivating new momentum for modern industries
The Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) takes doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance as a starting point, benchmarks the construction of Anhui's modern industrial system, formulates and implements the "Huiju Synergy, Agricultural Bank of China Helping Enterprises" action plan, strengthens technological empowerment through the use of industrial financial service platforms, and injects financial momentum into the development of new quality productivity. As of the end of November this year, the balance of strategic emerging industry loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) was 173.9 billion yuan, an increase of 40.4 billion yuan compared with the end of last year.
Focusing on the construction of Anhui's "6178" modern industrial system, it proactively connects with major scientific and technological tasks such as the Hefei National Comprehensive Pilot Zone (合肥国家综合试验区) and major scientific facilities, providing all-round financial support in areas such as the transformation of scientific research results and industrial chain collaboration. Innovate the scientific and technological financial service model, improve the specialized service organization system of "Science and Technology Innovation Finance Division + Science and Technology Financial Service Center + Science and Technology Specialized Branch + Science and Technology Characteristic Outlet," build a professional evaluation model for each industry, and conduct multi-dimensional evaluations of enterprises' financing capabilities, operating capabilities, scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and shareholder capabilities, and develop exclusive credit products such as "Science and Technology e-Loan" to achieve full life cycle financial empowerment for enterprises. As of the end of November this year, the balance of science and technology loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) was 72.2 billion yuan, an increase of 19.3 billion yuan compared with the end of last year.
Chain service, creating a new industrial financial format
The Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) takes supply chain finance as an engine, focuses on "stabilizing the chain, supplementing the chain, and strengthening the chain," formulates and implements the "Huiju Synergy, Benefiting Ten Thousand Enterprises" action plan, creates a new format of chain financial services, and strives to improve the quality and efficiency of financial services for upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. As of the end of November this year, the balance of inclusive loans of the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) was 142.2 billion yuan, an increase of 26.6 billion yuan compared with the end of last year.
In response to the optimization and upgrading needs of traditional industries, relying on the "Agricultural Bank of China Zhilian" digital platform, it innovates the "one-point to the whole country" service model to achieve "second approval and second loan" for supply chain financing. Promote products such as "Factoring e-Finance," "Bill e-Finance," and "Accounts Receivable e-Loan," and rely on the core enterprise's industrial chain transaction "data credit" to issue loans of 17.5 billion yuan to upstream suppliers in the construction, manufacturing, and other industries, helping traditional industries reduce costs and increase efficiency. Focusing on emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, integrated circuits, and advanced photovoltaics, it has invested 3.4 billion yuan in loans to key enterprises through the "Chain Quick Loan" characteristic product, helping Anhui move from a "major manufacturing province" to a "strong intelligent manufacturing province." At the same time, with supply chain finance as a link, it accurately connects the financing needs of upstream and downstream small and micro enterprises. As of the end of November this year, the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) has accumulated cooperation with more than 300 core enterprises, serving 4,336 small and micro customers, and issuing 32.3 billion yuan in supply chain loans, allowing financial resources to accurately irrigate the "capillaries" of the industrial chain and consolidate the foundation for industrial development.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," the Agricultural Bank of China Anhui Branch (农行安徽分行) will do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance with firm confidence and pragmatic measures, and provide more powerful financial support for striving to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Anhui.
Data source: Anhui Branch of Agricultural Bank of China (中国农业银行安徽省分行)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘 赫
The German government recently announced that it will build a new monument in Berlin (柏林) to commemorate the Polish victims of Nazi Germany's tyranny during World War II and return a batch of precious cultural relics seized from Poland during World War II. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (默茨) recently said after meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (图斯克) that Germany will remember the harm caused to Poland by Nazi Germany, assume historical responsibility, and emphasize that "remembering history, facing the past, is a never-ending process."
Germany and Poland have agreed that the new monument will serve the functions of "commemorating the victims, warning future generations, and symbolizing German-Polish reconciliation." This is the second time Germany has established a memorial facility for Poland in recent times regarding the history of World War II. In June of this year, Germany erected a monument at the site where Adolf Hitler (希特勒) announced the invasion of Poland, with a sign written in Polish, German, and English stating, "The German occupation of Poland brought unimaginable suffering and destruction to Poland." Compared to the monument at the old site, the new monument in Berlin (柏林) focuses more on educational significance, will systematically display relevant history, and become an important place for remembering history and conveying the concept of peace.
Germany is also steadily advancing the work of returning cultural relics. The cultural relics returned by Germany this time include 73 precious medieval documents and a fragment of a 14th-century head sculpture of St. James (圣雅各布), all of which were "specifically brought to Germany from Poland by German archivists" during the Nazi German occupation of Poland. Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Cienkowska (玛尔塔·钦科夫斯卡) called it "a historic day," and said that this batch of documents is "the most important return of cultural relics since 1989." At present, Germany has established a special working group to speed up the transfer of cultural relics, and the two sides have also discussed providing assistance to surviving Polish victims of World War II.
Reflection on the history of Nazi aggression has become a consensus in German society. Not long ago, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (施泰因迈尔) visited Guernica (格尔尼卡), a small Spanish town that was bombed by the Nazi German Air Force, making him the first German head of state to visit the town. Steinmeier (施泰因迈尔) laid a wreath at the cemetery of the victims, admitting that the 1937 bombing of Guernica (格尔尼卡) was "a brutal crime" and said that Germany "will not forget this suffering and will bear historical responsibility."
European scholars believe that in the decades after the war, Germany achieved the transformation from a "European problem" to a "member of Europe" through the path of "rebuilding the country with historical memory." From Willy Brandt's (勃兰特) kneeling before the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Memorial in 1970 to the formal apologies of successive German governments such as Helmut Kohl (科尔) and Gerhard Schröder (施罗德); from legislating to confiscate the property of Nazis and war criminals and eliminating Nazi remnants in the education and judicial systems, to incorporating anti-fascist education into the national education system and disseminating history through media and cultural works... Germany has taken a series of measures to remember war crimes, heal historical wounds, and participate in promoting European integration. This emphasis on historical memory has become an important foundation for Germany's integration into Europe.
As both the source and defeated country of World War II, Japan's attitude towards the history of World War II is significantly different from that of Germany. German public opinion believes that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) recent series of erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan reflect her serious historical cognitive biases. This move violates the one-China principle, challenges the post-war international order, and poses a threat to regional peace and stability. Richard Black (理查德·布莱克), a senior researcher at the Schiller Institute in Germany, said: "This reflects the rise of Japanese militarist ideology, and the international community has reason to express concern and take necessary measures."
German publisher and writer Frank Schumann (弗兰克·舒曼) began to pay attention to Japan's history of foreign aggression after his son learned about the site of a former Japanese army poison gas factory while studying in Japan. Schumann (舒曼) believes that "Japan has not truly reflected on its history of aggression to this day." The current post-war international order is facing challenges, and it is even more necessary to look back at history, "以史为鉴 (yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn - "take history as a mirror," learn from history to avoid repeating mistakes)."
(Reported from Berlin (柏林) on December 8 by this newspaper)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8th (Reporters Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥) and Sun Nan (孙楠)) In response to the China-related content in the new National Security Strategy Report released by the U.S. government, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 8th that how to resolve the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people themselves and brooks no external interference. The U.S. should stop condoning and supporting "Taiwan independence" separatist forces in their attempts to seek independence through military means and reject reunification through military means.
"We have taken note of the National Security Strategy Report issued by the U.S. government," Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) said at the regular press conference that day. China has always believed that cooperation between China and the United States benefits both, while confrontation hurts both. Mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation are the correct way for China and the United States to get along, and the only correct and realistic choice. China is willing to work with the United States to promote the continued stable development of China-U.S. relations, while firmly safeguarding its own sovereignty, security, and development interests. We hope that the U.S. will meet China halfway, implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen dialogue and cooperation, properly manage differences, promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations, and inject more certainty and stability into the world.
"Regarding the Taiwan issue, we want to emphasize that Taiwan is China's Taiwan and an inalienable part of Chinese territory. The Taiwan issue is the most important core interest of China and the first red line that cannot be crossed in China-U.S. relations. How to resolve the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people themselves and brooks no external interference," Guo Jiakun (郭嘉昆) said. The U.S. should earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqués, honor the commitments made by U.S. leaders, handle the Taiwan issue with caution, and stop condoning and supporting "Taiwan independence" separatist forces in their attempts to seek independence through military means and reject reunification through military means.
"China's determination to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity is 坚定不移 (jiān dìng bù yí - "firm and unswerving," unwavering; resolute and determined)," he said.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Shanghai on December 8th (Reporter Wang Yinxin (王崟欣) and Ge Mengchao (葛孟超)) On December 8th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Shanghai Center (上海中心) officially opened. The Shanghai Center (上海中心) is one of the regional centers established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) globally, aiming to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and economies in the Asia-Pacific region, conduct relevant research on areas of concern to emerging markets and middle-income countries, provide targeted capacity-building support to economies in the region, and maintain global and regional financial stability.
Governor of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) Pan Gongsheng (潘功胜) stated that the opening and operation of the Shanghai Center (上海中心) fully reflects the firm stance of China and the IMF in advocating cooperation and mutual benefit, which is of great significance for deepening cooperation between the IMF and China, promoting macroeconomic policy exchanges and coordination among countries in the Asia-Pacific region, maintaining global and regional financial stability, and improving global financial governance.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva (格奥尔基耶娃) stated that the Shanghai Center (上海中心) will serve as an important hub to promote research in relevant policy areas for emerging markets and middle-income countries, and deepen dialogue and exchanges between the IMF and member states in the region, regional institutions, and other stakeholders.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邵世均
The Brazilian government recently launched a favela (slum) renovation plan with a total investment of 4.67 billion reais (approximately 840 million U.S. dollars). The plan covers 49 favela communities in 12 states across the country, focusing on improving local infrastructure conditions and is expected to benefit millions of low-income residents. This is the largest favela renovation campaign launched by the Brazilian government in recent years, and an important measure to promote social equity and narrow the development gap, which has received widespread attention.
The favela problem is a long-standing issue in Brazil's urbanization process. According to the latest statistics from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, more than 16 million people live in favelas nationwide, accounting for approximately 8% of the total population. These areas are mostly distributed on the edges of large cities or on hillsides, and generally suffer from inadequate sewage facilities, poor road conditions, unstable power supply, and other infrastructure problems. Some areas also face social problems such as poor public security and a lack of educational resources, which seriously affect the quality of life and safety of residents.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (卢拉) pointed out when announcing the favela renovation plan in Osasco (奥萨斯库) City, São Paulo (圣保罗) State, that people living in the peripheral areas of cities have long faced the dilemma of low quality of life and a shortage of basic public services. This urbanization project aims to "alleviate their difficult situation" and allow the fruits of national development to benefit marginalized groups more widely. This renovation plan closely revolves around people's livelihood needs, and will focus on promoting road construction, sewage pipe network laying, tap water supply system construction, public lighting improvement, and community leisure facility construction, striving to solve the long-standing infrastructure weaknesses in favelas and create a more dignified and safer living environment for local residents.
São Paulo (圣保罗) State, as the most populous state in Brazil and the region with the highest concentration of favelas, will receive approximately 2 billion reais in investment for the comprehensive renovation of 13 key areas. In fact, the Brazilian government has previously tried to promote favela renovation work many times, but the results have been limited due to insufficient funding and imperfect management mechanisms. When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (卢拉) took office in 2023, he promised "not to leave any Brazilian behind" and included favela governance in the priority agenda of social policies.
The large-scale favela renovation plan launched this time will coordinate and form synergy with the country's existing "My Home, My Life" housing subsidy plan, reflecting the Brazilian government's long-term plan to solve housing inequality and promote integrated urban-rural development. On the day the plan was announced, many residents of Osasco (奥萨斯库) City went to the site, full of expectations for the upcoming project. One local resident said: "For many years, my house has leaked every time it rains, and the roads are muddy. We had almost lost hope. Now the government will implement road construction and drainage system construction, bringing a new dawn to my life."
Return to TopGuangzhou, December 8th (Reported by Luo Aihua (罗艾桦) from this newspaper) Recently, partners of the Olympic Council of Asia (亚奥理事会) gathered in Panyu District (番禺区), Guangzhou (广州) City, Guangdong Province (广东省), to witness the launch of the official WeChat account of the Olympic Council of Asia (亚奥理事会). This WeChat account will publish news and updates, event information of the Olympic Council of Asia (亚奥理事会), further promote the Olympic Council of Asia's (亚奥理事会) philosophy, culture, and brand, and strengthen connections and interactions with host cities of the Games, corporate sponsors, and sports enthusiasts.
As the highest organization comprehensively managing the Olympic movement in Asia, the Olympic Council of Asia (亚奥理事会) has been committed to promoting the development of sports in Asia, coordinating and managing five major comprehensive sports events, including the Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Asian Beach Games, Asian Youth Games, and Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. China has successively hosted the 1990 Beijing Asian Games (1990年北京亚运会), the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games (2010年广州亚运会), the 2012 Haiyang Asian Beach Games (2012年海阳亚沙会), the 2013 Nanjing Asian Youth Games (2013年南京亚青会), and the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games (2023年杭州亚运会), and is one of the most important and reliable partners of the Olympic Council of Asia (亚奥理事会).
Return to TopInclusive finance is connected to the "small lives" of the masses and the "small businesses" of micro and small enterprises on one end, and the "big picture" of economic and social development on the other. In recent years, Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch has strictly followed the work requirements of the head office, taking technological finance as its wings and inclusive finance as its foundation. Through measures such as Party building leadership, technological empowerment, and product innovation, it has implemented "true inclusiveness and true micro-smallness" in a practical manner, and has embarked on a high-quality development path of inclusive finance with the characteristics of Ping An Bank.
Strengthening the Foundation with Party Building Leadership, Sinking Services to Warm People's Hearts
Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch adheres to Party building as its guide, deeply grasps the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, and based on the "Red Gold Yu" financial Party building "three-network integration" collaboration mechanism, uses financial grid stations as a fulcrum to build a new pattern of community services with the coordinated operation of "inclusive financial service network, financial consumer protection network, and illegal financial activity governance network." Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch takes "building branches in stations and deploying Party members in grids" as its starting point, and regularly carries out special actions of "scanning buildings and entering households + community seminars," deeply cultivating service scenarios such as financial grid visits, financial knowledge popularization, and combating illegal fundraising, transforming the political advantages of Party building leadership into practical effectiveness for financial benefits to the people.
Party building empowers, making financial services warmer. Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch, in response to the distribution characteristics and industrial development of small and micro enterprises in the Chongqing (重庆) area, has carried out large-scale visits to thousands of enterprises and households, entering parks and running markets to understand customer needs on the ground, submitting suggestions for inclusive product innovation to the head office, customizing project plans, continuously optimizing product policies, and continuously improving the quality and efficiency of inclusive financial services.
Breaking Bottlenecks with Product Innovation, Accurately Helping Enterprises Solve Problems
"Difficult financing, expensive financing, and slow financing" are the pain points and blockages restricting the development of small and micro enterprises and individual businesses. To this end, Ping An Bank closely focuses on the differentiated needs of business entities, takes product innovation as a breakthrough, creates an inclusive financial product matrix with broad coverage and strong adaptability, establishes the "Orange e-Loan" and "Orange Business Loan" product systems, and solves specific needs in scenarios such as supply chains, industrial chains, platforms, and business districts through product solutions, localization, and customization, making financial services more precise and considerate.
In response to the "high growth and high investment" development characteristics of technology-based enterprises, Ping An Bank relies on data risk control models to incorporate enterprise patents, tax information, and other factors into the credit assessment system, reducing reliance on collateral and significantly improving financing efficiency. In Liangping District (梁平区), Chongqing (重庆), a certain automotive wiring harness manufacturer urgently needed to expand production due to a surge in overseas orders. After learning about this situation, Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch formed a special service team to conduct on-site visits. After a comprehensive assessment, it accurately provided the enterprise with a 4 million yuan technology loan.
For small and micro enterprises, Ping An Bank's "Orange Business Loan" achieves "one entry point, one submission, differentiated authorization, multiple quota approvals, and precise solutions," enhancing the service capabilities for small and micro enterprises. Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch flexibly adapts "Orange Business Loan" small and micro business loans, tax loans, and other solutions based on operating characteristics, effectively improving the quality and efficiency of inclusive financial services by optimizing repayment methods and simplifying operating procedures. A certain medical technology company in Liangjiang New Area (两江新区) obtained a 2 million yuan credit line from Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch based on its good tax records. Bank staff regularly visited to follow up on needs and successfully renewed the loan for it, providing stable financial support for the research and promotion of the company's digital medical solutions.
In characteristic industries and people's livelihood fields, Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch focuses on local strategic emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, electronic information, and new materials, and tailors multi-product, multi-level supply chain financing solutions; it provides "Orange e-Loan" enterprise owner solutions for small and micro enterprises and individual businesses lacking fixed assets in pharmaceutical distribution, agricultural and sideline product wholesale, and service industries. For enterprises with short-term small-amount capital gaps, it matches working capital loans within 500,000 yuan to help solve the problem of capital operation turnover.
Improving Quality and Efficiency with Technological Empowerment, Promoting Development with Service Upgrades
While continuously innovating financial products, Ping An Bank expands service coverage and promotes service quality and efficiency through technological empowerment. By iteratively optimizing the Ping An Pocket Bank APP, it enables online processing of inclusive loan applications, approvals, signing, and disbursements. Customers can complete business transactions without leaving their homes, making financial services more convenient and efficient.
Technological empowerment has opened up the "last mile" of inclusive financial services for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. In the smart tea garden of Wuxing Village (五星村), Henghe Tujia Township (恒合土家族乡), Wanzhou District (万州区), Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch, with the help of the head office's "Nebula IoT Plan," helps tea farmers scientifically plant to improve quality and increase production, and can also evaluate credit risks based on objective production data, providing reliable data support for the financing of agricultural business entities.
Service upgrades introduce financial vitality to help export enterprises "set sail." Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch visited more than a hundred foreign trade small and micro enterprises, breaking through the traditional credit approval logic of "heavy collateral and heavy reports," and adopted a "field investigation + model preliminary screening + manual approval" model, combining customs data, historical trade, and other information to comprehensively evaluate and conduct credit granting, effectively solving the financing problems of local used car exports and cross-border e-commerce small and micro enterprises.
Financial Services for the People Demonstrate Responsibility, Inclusive Vitality Nourishes Bayu
In the future, Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch will continue to deeply cultivate the field of inclusive finance, continuously broaden service coverage, reduce financing costs, and improve service experience, so that financial vitality can accurately irrigate more business entities and contribute financial strength to the high-quality economic and social development of Chongqing (重庆).
Data source: Ping An Bank Chongqing Branch
Return to TopFrom Reaching Traffic to Accumulating Retention
Tang Zheng (唐铮), Professor of the School of Journalism at Renmin University of China (中国人民大学),
Over the past 10 years, digital technology has reshaped the communication logic of cultural content. Short video platforms, social media algorithms, and big data recommendation systems have enabled exponential reach of content, demonstrating the empowering effect of technology on communication efficiency.
However, the "fast" reach of traffic has also brought about the dilemma of "shallow": users' attention is diluted by fragmented content, and cultural communication lacks deep resonance and emotional accumulation.
The goal of cultural communication is not traffic supremacy, but long-term retention. How can traffic be transformed into retention, moving from traffic reach to retention accumulation?
The key to retention accumulation is to go from "being seen" to "being remembered." Digital technology provides cultural content with tools to precisely reach users, but only content that touches people's hearts can establish deep connections with users, build emotional communities, and thus be remembered for a long time. The process of retention accumulation is not "picking fruit," but "planting trees"; not "encircling land," but "building buildings."
First, it is necessary to improve the accuracy of content reach. Use big data to analyze user interests, achieve personalized content recommendations, and avoid broad-based ineffective communication. Second, it is necessary to maintain the continuity of content operation. Maintain long-term interaction with users through regular updates, community operations, and user feedback mechanisms. Finally, enhance the cultural nature of communication content. Adhere to the cultural core, avoid sacrificing content quality in order to gain traffic, and let technology become a booster for cultural inheritance.
In the digital age, what we need is not a "traffic champion," but a "retention master." Traffic is the wind, retention is the root, and even the strongest wind will stop one day. Only by deeply cultivating the foundation can we maintain long-term development.
(Compiled by Hu Xiaoyuan (胡笑源), reporter of this newspaper)
Deeply Cultivating Integration Paths and Building Service Platforms
Li Yao (李遥), member of the leadership team of Changcheng New Media Group (长城新媒体集团) and Editor-in-Chief of Hebei Economic Daily (河北经济日报社),
Changcheng New Media Group (长城新媒体集团) deeply cultivates the integration path of "news + government affairs" through the high-standard construction and operation of Hebei Province's county-level integrated media center technology general platform—Ji Yun·Integrated Media Platform (冀云·融媒体平台), and builds a new type of communication and comprehensive service platform that guides and serves the masses.
Create new "government affairs + life" scenarios. Jointly build the 3.0 version of "Ji Shi Ban (冀时办)" with the Hebei Provincial Data and Government Service Bureau (河北省数据和政务服务局), and create the "Ji Life (冀生活)" section with the main line of "government-led, media-empowered, and ecological integration," covering services such as shopping malls, health, and education. Introduce intelligent customer service, "offline office" map query and other functions, and realize "exemption from application and enjoyment" in scenarios such as pension certification and newborn registration, and promote the extension to life services.
Open up the "last mile" of policy implementation. The "Hebei Benefit Enterprise and Benefit People Policy Pass (河北惠企利民政策通)" platform jointly built with the Hebei Provincial Government Office (河北省政府办公厅) integrates functions such as policy release, inquiry, interpretation, push, and feedback, and launches "one-key dialing" consultation and opinion and suggestion columns. , precise delivery, diversified interpretation, and intelligent solutions to promote the transformation from "people looking for things" to "things looking for people."
Build a four-level linkage network political mechanism. Based on the positioning of the general platform for Party and government agencies and leading cadres in Hebei Province (河北省) to follow the online mass line, explore the establishment of a political work mechanism covering the entire province, interconnected, and linked at four levels of provinces, cities, counties, and townships. Open a message platform online and a government service window offline to provide decision-making reference for Party committees and governments.
(Compiled by Yang Zhiran (杨知然) of People's Daily Media Technology Co., Ltd. (人民日报媒体技术股份有限公司))
Connecting History and the Present with Technology
Rong Wei (容薇), General Manager of Baidu Baike (百度百科),
The vitality of culture lies in communication, and the value of technology lies in empowerment. Cultural communication in the digital age is no longer a one-way knowledge indoctrination, but a two-way emotional resonance and value co-creation. Using technology to connect history and the present, and using technology to amplify the cultural voice carried by cultural relics, Baidu Baike (百度百科) plays the role of a "bridge" and "link" between culture and technology.
Artificial intelligence technology makes cultural relics perceptible, knowable, and interactive. Baidu Baike (百度百科) uses artificial intelligence technology to digitally collect and model cultural relics. Users can zoom in, rotate, and appreciate the details of cultural relics on their mobile phones. Break the boundaries of time and space through technology to create an immersive cultural experience for users.
Deeply apply artificial intelligence-generated content technology to enhance the appeal and dissemination of cultural content. Intelligently write scripts, automatically match music, and generate virtual narration to let cultural relics "speak." Artificial intelligence-generated content technology can transform the historical background, artistic characteristics, and cultural connotations of cultural relics into vivid short videos, and produce cultural products that conform to the contemporary communication context, which improves the production efficiency of cultural content. The combination of "technology + professionalism" can make cultural communication in the digital age more lasting and far-reaching.
In the future, Baidu Baike (百度百科) is willing to join hands with more cultural and museum institutions and cultural and museum experts to use artificial intelligence technology to establish three-dimensional digital archives for more cultural relics and create an "online digital museum" to continuously create cultural products that the people love to see.
(Compiled by Hu Xiaoyuan (胡笑源), reporter of this newspaper)
Expanding Communication Channels and Strengthening the Mainstream Public Opinion Position
Zhang Zhaoguo (张召国), Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Trial (中国审判) Magazine,
Faced with the new challenges brought about by the transformation of information technology and the changing ecology of news and public opinion, as well as the people's growing demand for the rule of law and culture, as the mainstream media of the court system, China Trial (中国审判) Magazine continuously strengthens the construction of all-media content, expands communication channels, and strengthens the mainstream public opinion position.
Adhere to content construction as the foundation and create distinctive legal news masterpieces. The magazine has established an all-media collaborative planning mechanism, focusing on the deep integration of "short, practical, and new" new media content and "lively, accurate, and deep" paper magazine content, and exploring the communication model of new media first release and paper magazine in-depth analysis. For key planning, it is published after being spread on the Internet and then published in a collection, and the high-quality content is re-developed and utilized.
Innovate visual communication forms to enhance the attractiveness and appeal of content. While continuing to give full play to the advantages of text reports, explore the use of storytelling, visual presentation, and data interpretation on new media to make serious legal content lively, dynamic, and warm, and realize the transformation from "indoctrination" to "infection" and from "informing" to "resonance," effectively improving the effectiveness of popularizing the law.
Strengthen foreign exchanges and cooperation, and actively expand new channels and platforms for online communication. Actively integrate into the People's Daily National Party Media Information Public Platform (人民日报全国党媒信息公共平台) and other advantageous channels, and with the help of the platform's strength, continuously improve the network three-dimensional communication pattern in response to the new needs of the audience, and achieve high exposure, wide reach, and positive feedback of high-quality content.
(Compiled by Yang Zhiran (杨知然) of People's Daily Media Technology Co., Ltd. (人民日报媒体技术股份有限公司))
Consolidating the Foundation for Enterprise Development with a Cultural Brand
Wang Nan (王楠), Chairman of the Trade Union and Director of the Party Building Work Department of Datang Shaanxi Power Generation Co., Ltd. (大唐陕西发电有限公司),
Faced with the rapidly developing digital wave, China Datang Group Co., Ltd. (中国大唐集团有限公司) continues to explore, consolidate the foundation for enterprise development with a cultural brand, and actively carry out brand promotion relying on the authority of mainstream media and the penetration of digital technology.
Datang Shaanxi Company (大唐陕西公司) linked up with the People's Daily all-media platform (人民日报全媒体平台), focusing on the company's high-quality development, energy supply guarantee, technological innovation, comprehensive rural revitalization and other key tasks, and launched special reports, character interviews, etc., to transform industry highlights into communication hotspots.
At the same time, Datang Shaanxi Company (大唐陕西公司) innovated publicity forms, cooperated with the People's Daily professional team (人民日报) to create new media products such as short videos, AI animations, and theme posters that the masses love to see, vividly interpreting the brand connotation. Tell the Datang story and gather the audience through the communication matrix.
Datang Shaanxi Company (大唐陕西公司) gives full play to the media role of the company's official WeChat account and official website, and effectively improves the attention of target users through the rational use of digital tools and other methods, strengthens user stickiness with high-quality content, and realizes the benign interaction between account content and audience needs. The company also relies on the People's Daily electronic reading column (人民日报电子阅报栏) to display high-quality content and push high-quality content such as energy supply guarantee and green transformation to government affairs scenarios in a targeted manner, and transform traffic hotspots such as green transformation and reform results into memory highlights, and continue to expand the industry's right to speak.
In the next step, Datang Shaanxi Company (大唐陕西公司) will promote the integration of Party building work and digital communication, strengthen the linkage mechanism with mainstream media, and gather lasting strength for China Datang (中国大唐) to build a world-class energy supplier.
(Compiled by Yang Muyan (杨沐岩), reporter of China Energy News (中国能源报))
Creating a "Smart Media Platform + Government Service" Characteristic Model
Yang Tao (杨韬), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Dingduan News (顶端新闻) of Henan Daily,
Dingduan News (顶端新闻) builds an independent and controllable smart media platform, creates a "smart media platform + government service" characteristic model, and has achieved a number of breakthroughs such as the government affairs account channel, Dingduan Reference, and one end with a hundred faces.
"Smart Media Platform + Government Service," the government affairs account is an important starting point. Since 2023, Dingduan News (顶端新闻) has provided refined operation services for government affairs accounts through a number of work mechanisms. In July of this year, Dingduan News (顶端新闻) launched a government affairs account channel and a government affairs display area, forming a systematic government affairs operation system. At present, nearly 3,000 Party and government agencies, institutions, etc. release authoritative information on Dingduan News (顶端新闻). This is not only a content release and communication platform, but also a convenient service window and interaction platform.
"Smart Media Platform + Government Service," product service is the foundation. Dingduan News (顶端新闻) aggregates resources through government affairs accounts, connects with the needs of local Party committees and governments, and helps high-quality development and efficient governance. Among them, "I want to @Leader" helps leaders at all levels in the local area to follow the online mass line; "Dingduan Public Opinion" provides reference for Party and government units to effectively resolve and deal with public opinion; "Dingduan Reference" adopts the "algorithm recommendation + manual selection + interest subscription + targeted distribution" model to realize the whole process of intelligent information processing; The "One End with a Hundred Faces" project provides a one-stop smart media incubation, operation, and management platform and a digital basic platform for media to help solve the pain points of the development of integrated media in provinces, cities, and counties.
(Compiled by Yang Zhiran (杨知然) of People's Daily Media Technology Co., Ltd. (人民日报媒体技术股份有限公司))
Enriching Expression Forms and Telling Chinese Stories Well
Cai Yunchuan (蔡云川), Director of the Product Operation Center of the Silk Road Cultural and Creative Base and Chairman of Tongchuan Yaogzhou Kiln Ceramics Development Co., Ltd. (铜川市耀州窑陶瓷发展有限公司),
From being presented to foreign heads of state as a state gift, to appearing at the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum, and then to being the official gift of the China-Central Asia Summit, Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) continues to create cultural masterpieces and serve as an "envoy" of civilization dialogue. Practice shows that excellent cultural products themselves are persuasive communication media.
In line with the trend of media integration, Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) continues to enrich its expression forms. Through digital technology, Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) has been "moved" to the People's Daily electronic reading column (人民日报电子阅报栏) to create a screen-end cultural display space.
Building a digital industry, Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) continues to cultivate innovation. Focusing on increasing variety, improving quality, and creating brands, build cultural and creative bases and live broadcast bases. Gather creative, technical, and talent resources, build a complete industrial chain from design to sales, develop cultural products that meet modern aesthetics and life needs, and let Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) go from museum shelves to daily life.
Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) has built a professional consultant team to not only retain the key procedures of porcelain making, but also use digital technology to solve the uncertainty problems of traditional firing. Build an "online + offline" and "virtual + reality" system, build a Silk Road digital cultural and creative platform and an offline "digital cabin," and create a diversified communication matrix. With the help of the People's Daily electronic reading column platform (人民日报电子阅报栏), tell the Chinese story behind Yaogzhou porcelain (耀州瓷) to the world through integrated screen communication. At the same time, actively use emerging communication methods such as short videos, live broadcasts, and social media to promote cross-border integration of Silk Road cultural and creative products and reach different audiences.
(Compiled by Yang Muyan (杨沐岩), reporter of China Energy News (中国能源报))
Achieving Efficient Aggregation and Distribution of High-Quality Content
Zhong Qihua (钟启华), Assistant Director of the Broadcasting Center of Changsha Radio and Television Station (长沙广播电视台),
The major theme report "People's Road for the People (人民路上为人民)" by multiple units won the first prize of the 35th China News Award (中国新闻奖), achieving a double breakthrough in high-quality communication and authoritative recognition. This work closely focuses on the theme of "people-centered" in comprehensively deepening reform, and is co-created by 75 radio media across the country, innovating the expression of major theme publicity and exploring a new model of in-depth integration and communication of media.
This work takes "People's Road (人民路)" as the carrier, innovatively adopts the narrative mode of "urban landmark + typical character + story of serving the people," with a small incision carrying a big theme, and panoramically displays the vivid practices of various places in practicing the people-first concept and promoting reform and development. Through the people's livelihood landscape on "People's Road (人民路)" in various places, it outlines a picture of the people's happy life, profoundly confirming that "reform is meaningful for the people."
In the creation, fully gather the collaborative efforts of the four-level integrated media, deeply explore the fresh materials in the reform practices of various places, activate the creative vitality at the grassroots level, and deeply integrate regional characteristics and people's livelihood temperature; build an intelligent communication platform to achieve efficient aggregation and distribution of high-quality content, accurately reach the audience, make the reform results intuitive and perceptible, and continuously enhance the communication power, guidance power, influence, and credibility of major theme reports.
This practice confirms that linking the four-level integrated media to gather strength and shaping masterpieces with a people-centered creative orientation can more effectively make major theme reports reach the hearts of the people, effectively convey the temperature of reform, and gather spiritual strength for comprehensively deepening reform.
(Compiled by Yang Zhiran (杨知然) of People's Daily Media Technology Co., Ltd. (人民日报媒体技术股份有限公司))
Continuously Exploring the Screen Media Innovation of Major Theme Reports
Liu Jing (柳静), Deputy Director of the Editorial Department of People's Daily Digital Communication Co., Ltd. (人民日报数字传播有限公司),
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, People's Daily Digital Communication (人民日报数字传播) editorial and compilation linked up with the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), China National Railway Group (国铁集团), Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), Baidu (百度), etc. to launch the integrated media column plan "80 Years, 80 Pieces (80年，80件)," which became a model of integrated communication of "in-depth excavation of the history of the War of Resistance, 3D presentation of cultural relics, and phenomenal dissemination on outdoor large screens."
Technology empowers and realizes immersive expression. With the help of the digital advantages of screen media, multi-terminal synchronous presentation is realized, which not only creates a communication atmosphere through large screens, but also relies on the Internet for secondary communication, so that major theme reports not only maintain ideological depth, but also have communication vitality.
Scene extension, building a communication network that reaches all directions. The advantage of screen media lies in the coverage of public scenes, helping major theme reports break through the communication boundaries of traditional media. People's Daily electronic reading column (人民日报电子阅报栏) has become an important carrier connecting public space and core values, realizing the maximization of communication effects.
Cross-border linkage to form a joint force for communication. The collaborative participation of diverse subjects not only enriches the content of communication, but also broadens the communication path, realizing phenomenal communication.
Screen media plays an irreplaceable role in major theme reports—technology empowerment makes content more attractive, scene extension makes communication more comprehensive, and cross-border linkage makes the impact more penetrating. In the future, we will continue to explore the innovative application of screen media, so that core values can reach the audience through more vivid forms and wider channels.
(Compiled by Gao Yingxue (高映雪) of People's Daily Digital Communication Co., Ltd. (人民日报数字传播有限公司))
Return to TopLayout Design: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
Return to TopDuring the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Shenyang City (沈阳市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), has consistently focused on high-quality development, tackling problems with practical work and responding with responsibility. It has laid a solid foundation for its own revitalization and development, and has acted as a "high jump team" with greater achievements in the revitalization of Northeast China and Liaoning. In the new era and new journey, Shenyang uses the profound heritage and sense of responsibility of an industrial city as its pen to depict a warm picture of people's livelihood and happiness, and urban renewal.
Economic Strength Reaches a New Level, Regional Development Takes the Lead
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Shenyang has always regarded promoting high-quality development as its primary task, and its economic operation has been stable and progressive, moving upward and improving. The average annual growth of the regional GDP was 5.5%, and the total economic volume achieved a steady leap. Shenyang was approved as a city with an international orientation, and its urban nature was upgraded from "an important central city in Northeast China" to "an international central city in Northeast Asia." The Shenyang Metropolitan Area became the ninth national-level metropolitan area in the country, and its radiating and driving role continued to be prominent. The consumer market is full of vitality, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods in 2024 increased by 20% compared with 2020. The city's brand influence has been significantly enhanced, and its charm and attractiveness continue to be released.
Industrial Transformation Improves Quality and Efficiency, Cluster Development Strengthens the Foundation
Shenyang has deeply cultivated the "three major articles" of structural adjustment, and the industrial clusters have shown a clear trend of clustering, high-end development, and intelligent development. The "old, original, and new" 21 industrial chains have gathered into clusters, and the total scale of 10 key industrial clusters has exceeded 1 trillion yuan. Five industrial clusters, including high-end equipment, automobiles, food, a new generation of information technology, and aerospace, have entered the 100 billion yuan level. Three industrial clusters, including robots and intelligent manufacturing, industrial machine tools, and aviation, were selected into the list of national-level advanced manufacturing clusters. In 2024, the output value of strategic emerging industries accounted for 33.5% of the output value of industries above designated size, an increase of 9.2 percentage points compared with 2020, and the industrial structure continued to be optimized. The digital economy and the real economy are deeply integrated, and it has been approved to build a national new generation of artificial intelligence innovation and development pilot zone, and was selected as a national-level data labeling base and a pilot city for the integrated application of "5G + Industrial Internet." The service industry has improved its quality and efficiency, and it has been approved as a comprehensive pilot city for expanding the opening up of the service industry, and was selected as a national city to support the strengthening of the chain of national comprehensive freight hubs. It has joined the list of national logistics hub construction for production services and land ports, and the Shenyang Financial and Trade Development Zone (沈阳金融商贸开发区) has been upgraded to a national-level economic and technological development zone, and the modern industrial system has become more complete.
Scientific and Technological Innovation Bears Fruit, Talent Gathering Adds Momentum
The innovation-driven development strategy has been deeply implemented, and Shenyang's innovation capacity has continued to climb. It has been promoted and upgraded in the national innovative city evaluation for four consecutive years, ranking among the top 20 science and technology powerhouses in the country, and has been selected into the top 100 list of global innovation index science and technology clusters for five consecutive years. The layout of major innovation platforms has been accelerated, and the Liaoning Materials Laboratory (辽宁材料实验室) and the Liaoning Liaohe Laboratory (辽宁辽河实验室) have been put into operation. The Taihang Laboratory (太行实验室) Liaoning Research Center was officially listed, and there are 18 national-level scientific and technological innovation platforms, and the innovation support system is constantly improving. Breakthroughs have been made in core technology research, and major progress has been made in key areas such as industrial robots, aero engines, and high-performance CT, injecting strong momentum into industrial upgrading. The talent gathering effect is prominent. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 6 new academicians from the two academies were added, and the total number of academicians reached 28. A total of 3,274 high-level talents were identified, and the innovative talent team continued to grow.
Deepening Reform Solves Problems, Market Vitality is Being Released
Shenyang uses reform to solve development problems and innovation to stimulate market vitality, and reforms in key areas are advancing in depth. The convenience of enterprises to handle affairs has been continuously optimized. The reform of "submitting materials only once" was selected as a typical case of the State Council's efforts to improve the efficiency of government services, and Shenyang was approved as a national intellectual property protection demonstration zone construction city. The reform of state-owned enterprises has achieved remarkable results. In 2024, the operating income of state-owned enterprises increased by 49.5% year-on-year, and the new model of mixed reform of Shengu Group (沈鼓集团) was selected as a typical case of reform in China. The private economy is booming, and the number of actual business entities has increased by 51.2% compared with 2020, and market vitality has been fully unleashed. The reform of market-oriented allocation of factors has been deepened, and 11 reform items have been approved for provincial pilot projects. The Shenyang International Software Park (沈阳国际软件园) Closed-end Infrastructure Securities Investment Fund has been approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the efficiency of resource allocation has been continuously improved.
Opening Up Empowers and Expands the Pattern, Win-Win Cooperation Opens a New Journey
The integrated open channel of "air, land, sea, and network" has been continuously expanded, and Shenyang's ability to open up to the outside world has been significantly improved. Eight all-cargo aircraft routes and 17 international passenger routes have been opened, and a national-level China-Europe Railway Express assembly center has been approved, realizing full coverage of "three channels and six ports." The goods radiate to more than 50 overseas cities in 20 countries and regions, and the number of China-Europe Railway Express trains ranks among the top in the country. The level of open platforms increased by 46% year-on-year. Foreign exchanges and cooperation are becoming increasingly close. Major events such as the "Hello, Shenyang" global promotion, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Civil Friendship Forum, and the Global Industrial Internet Conference have been successfully held. In 2024, the total export volume increased by 112.2% compared with 2020, and 186 new foreign-invested enterprises were established, and the open economy achieved leapfrog development.
The City's Old Appearance is Renewed, and Functional Services are Upgraded Again
Practicing the concept of a people's city, Shenyang continues to improve the level of urban planning, construction and governance. The comprehensive transportation system is more complete. The Beijing-Shenyang High-speed Railway (京沈高铁) and the Shenyang-Baishan High-speed Railway (沈白高铁) have been opened for operation, and four new subway lines, including the east extension of Metro Line 1, have been put into operation. Transportation projects such as the Shengli Avenue-Lanjun Road Bridge have been completed and opened to traffic. In 2024, the passenger throughput of Shenyang Taoxian International Airport (沈阳桃仙国际机场) reached 23.74 million passengers and the cargo and mail throughput reached 228,000 tons, and the convenience of travel continued to increase. Urban renewal has been deeply promoted, becoming one of the first cities in the country to take urban renewal actions, transforming and upgrading 101 main roads and 825 back streets and alleys, and completing the transformation of 1,723 old residential areas ahead of schedule, and the living environment has been significantly improved. Remarkable results have been achieved in ecological construction. A total of 3,098 pocket parks have been built, and 740,000 mu of ecological closure and afforestation have been implemented in the Liaohe River (辽河). In 2024, the number of days with excellent air quality reached 318 days, and an ecological picture of blue sky, green land, and clear water is slowly unfolding.
People's Livelihood Projects Show Results, and the Happiness Index is Further Improved
Shenyang adheres to the people-centered development ideology, and the people's livelihood security network is becoming increasingly dense. It has been rated as a national civilized city for four consecutive years, and the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security has been continuously enhanced. The "Comfortable Employment" project has achieved remarkable results, with a cumulative increase of 550,000 new urban jobs, and it has been rated as "China's Best City for Promoting Employment." The "Happy Education" project has been steadily promoted, and it has been approved as a comprehensive reform experimental zone for basic education by the Ministry of Education, and the allocation of educational resources has become more balanced. The "Healthy Shenyang" project has been deeply implemented, and major people's livelihood projects such as the National Tumor Regional Medical Center have been completed, and it has been approved to build a national traditional Chinese medicine inheritance and innovation development pilot zone. The "Quality Elderly Care" project has been steadily carried out, and it has been selected into the list of pilot areas for comprehensive basic elderly care service platforms, and government purchases of home-based elderly care services have achieved full coverage. The effectiveness of grassroots governance has been improved, and the special action of "solving people's worries, relieving people's difficulties, and warming people's hearts" has been fully promoted. The experience of the "three-zero work method" has been promoted nationwide, and the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security has been continuously improved.
Risk Prevention Builds a Barrier, Safe Development Guards the Bottom Line
Shenyang resolutely guards the bottom line of safe development and effectively prevents and resolves various risks and challenges. Risks in the financial sector are being disposed of in an orderly manner, and the risk mitigation reform of "one bank, one policy" is being steadily promoted. The risks of city commercial banks and small and medium-sized financial institutions are being disposed of in categories, and the quota management of government debt is being strictly enforced, and positive progress has been made in resolving implicit debt. The real estate market is developing steadily and healthily, and all 12 suspended and delayed construction projects along Qingnian Avenue (青年大街) have been revitalized. The ability to guarantee safety has been continuously enhanced, and food and drug supervision, fire protection, work safety, emergency response and other work have been continuously strengthened. It has been successfully rated as a national food safety demonstration city, building a solid safety barrier for economic and social development.
Deep Integration of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Commerce, Opening a New Chapter in Urban Development
The deep integration of culture, sports, tourism and commerce injects new vitality into urban development. Shenyang has successfully joined the first batch of national cultural and tourism consumption pilot cities, and has been among the top ten ice and snow tourism cities for five consecutive years. The quality of public cultural services has been improved and upgraded. 28 city study rooms and other facilities have been built, and more than 5,000 cultural activities have been carried out. The Shenyang Cultural and Tourism Youth Choir won the "Qunxing Award" of the 20th National Mass Culture and Art Government Award. More than 60 stage art masterpieces have been created, and the acrobatic drama "Pioneer" won the 17th Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five-One Project" Outstanding Work Award and the 18th Wenhua Drama Award. The renovation of 25 key cultural relics is being steadily promoted. Tourism development is strong, with 23 new A-level tourist attractions and 3 national-level tourist and leisure blocks. Shenyang 1905 Cultural and Creative Park (沈阳市1905文化创意园) was selected into the third batch of national-level night cultural and tourism consumption clusters. The warm-hearted services such as the "12345-9 Welcoming Guests" hotline have been recognized. In 2024, it received 200 million tourists and tourism spending exceeded 200 billion yuan, achieving the tourism doubling target one year ahead of schedule, and ice and snow tourism has brightened the "four seasons tourism" brand. The sports industry is full of vitality. 10 international events and more than 70 national events have been introduced, and activities such as "traveling Shenyang following the events" have been planned. Ten sports consumption scenarios have been launched to promote events into scenic spots and business districts, shaping the city IP of "Rowing Capital" and deepening the collaborative development of culture, sports, tourism and commerce in the Shenyang Metropolitan Area.
In the future, Shenyang, a city with both a profound industrial heritage and vigorous innovation vitality, will take past achievements as the prologue, always adhere to the concept of high-quality development, and continue to deeply cultivate and exert efforts in the fields of industrial upgrading, innovation-driven development, people's livelihood security, and open cooperation. With a more high-spirited attitude and more solid steps, it will write new glory on the road of Chinese-style modernization and contribute greater strength to promoting the comprehensive revitalization and all-round revitalization of Northeast China in the new era.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Shenyang Municipal Committee (中共沈阳市委宣传部)
Return to TopIn recent years, China's high-quality development has been continuously advancing, and its unique advantages in innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, industrial support, and policy support have become increasingly apparent. Many foreigners are studying and starting businesses in China, integrating China's advanced technologies and concepts into their own entrepreneurial practices. There are also many foreign students who bring what they have learned in China back to their home countries and devote themselves to entrepreneurial practices, injecting new vitality into the industrial upgrading and digital transformation of their hometowns. They have not only realized their personal dreams, but also become bridges for Sino-foreign technology, industry, and cultural exchanges. Their experiences demonstrate the strong attraction of China's high-quality development to global entrepreneurs.
Ethiopian Youth Bring Digital Payment Concepts Back to Africa—
"Using What I Learned in China to Benefit My Hometown"
By Dai Kairan (戴楷然), This Reporter
"I have studied and lived in Beijing (北京) and Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) for many years. China is full of development vitality everywhere, and my experience in China has inspired my enthusiasm for innovation and entrepreneurship. I hope to bring China's development experience back to Ethiopia to help the construction and development of my motherland," said Nael Hailemariam, founder of the Ethiopian digital payment platform Chapa.
In 2014, Nael, 19, came to Beijing (北京) and studied at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学). After graduating with a bachelor's degree, he pursued a master's degree in data science and information technology at the Tsinghua University Shenzhen International Graduate School (清华大学深圳国际研究生院). His study experience in China inspired his innovative thinking and laid a technical foundation for his later entrepreneurship.
While studying in Shenzhen (深圳), Nael focused on combining his engineering background with management skills, actively participated in entrepreneurial competitions inside and outside the school, and discussed with other partners how to transform "ideas" into "entrepreneurial projects." His internship experience in internet technology companies such as Transsion (传音) and Tencent (腾讯) gave him a firsthand experience of "Shenzhen Speed." In Nael's view, "Shenzhen Speed" has two meanings: "On the one hand, Chinese youth have good professional qualities and value teamwork; on the other hand, they pay attention to efficiency and actively look for solutions when encountering problems and challenges." Nael said that in the early stages of starting a business in Ethiopia, he regarded "Shenzhen Speed" as one of the important concepts of the team, encouraging employees to cooperate with each other, complement each other's advantages, and complete tasks efficiently while ensuring work quality.
During his internship at Tencent (腾讯), Nael participated in research on the development of digital payment platforms in the Middle East and Africa, and came up with the idea of introducing the concept of digital payment to Ethiopia. "China has many successful cases in e-commerce, digital payment and other fields, while Africa is undergoing digital transformation, and the African people have a great demand for digital payment platforms. I want to use what I learned in China to benefit my hometown," Nael said. Just as the National Bank of Ethiopia issued a license and authorization directive for payment instrument issuers, allowing non-bank institutions to provide digital financial services, Nael's entrepreneurial dream became possible—in 2020, he established the digital payment platform Chapa in Ethiopia.
Nael introduced that "Chapa" means "money" in Ethiopian youth slang, and young people are more likely to accept new things such as digital payment platforms. "In Ethiopia, when companies face different customers, they need to accept payments from different banks and various e-wallets, which is complicated. With its unique technology and efficient operating mechanism, Chapa integrates different payment channels and plays the role of a payment aggregator. In this way, companies can quickly raise funds without considering the issue of bank transfer fees, thereby improving operating efficiency," Nael said. Since its establishment, Chapa has developed steadily and can process approximately US$500 million in capital flow each year. At the same time, Nael noticed that touch payment, face-swiping payment, and other methods are becoming more and more popular in China. These flexible and efficient payment methods rely on China's mature digital technology. "I hope to further understand these advanced digital payment models and transform them into localized solutions suitable for my hometown."
"Currently, our team has 55 members, and I and an Ethiopian friend I met in China are co-partners in the company," Nael said, adding that he attaches great importance to cooperation with Chinese partners during the entrepreneurial process. In 2022, Nael participated in the first "Digital Innovation and Cross-border E-commerce" training camp of the African Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center hosted by Chinese companies in Djibouti. "Every time I participate in entrepreneurial sharing activities, I exchange ideas with partners from China and learn about the latest development trends in China," Nael said. In recent years, China has successively held the China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the African Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, and other activities, providing entrepreneurial support, education and training opportunities, and laying a more solid entrepreneurial foundation for African youth. "Young people are the future of Africa. I hope that more African youth will gain inspiration and experience from their study experiences in China, introduce more innovative achievements to Africa, and promote the development of the African continent."
Malaysian Entrepreneur Develops Green and Environmentally Friendly Materials—
"Achieving the Unity of Economic and Ecological Benefits"
By Cui Yin (崔寅) and Ji Juesu (季觉苏), This Reporter
From establishing a company headquarters in Shanghai (上海) to building a production and R&D center in the central and western regions, from focusing on environmentally friendly materials to entering the field of artificial intelligence, transnational, cross-border, entrepreneurship, and innovation—these keywords string together the story of Malaysian entrepreneur Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) discovering and embracing opportunities in China.
By chance, Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) learned that bamboo can not only be made into daily necessities such as baskets and mats, but also can be used to produce pulp molded environmentally friendly packaging. "Bamboo fiber has excellent performance and a short growth cycle. It is a recyclable and degradable natural environmentally friendly base material." In 2017, Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) founded Fupeng Green Technology in Shanghai (上海), using bamboo and other natural plant fibers as raw materials to produce naturally degradable environmentally friendly packaging to replace disposable plastics.
"Shanghai (上海) is accelerating the construction of an international economic center, financial center, trade center, shipping center, and science and technology innovation center. It has a concentration of resources and elements, providing fertile ground for entrepreneurship," Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) said. When the company started, it mainly targeted overseas markets. Shanghai (上海) is an international metropolis that deeply connects the world, so he chose to start a business in Shanghai (上海). Relying on China's mature supply chain system, the company quickly gained cooperation orders from international brands.
"China is actively promoting green development, which has spawned a huge domestic demand market." As the business grew, Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) began to pay attention to the Chinese domestic market. In 2023, Fupeng Southwest Production and R&D Center and Yunnan Fupeng Kelin Biological Pulping Base were established in Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川) and Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南) respectively, and the company began to move from "borrowing from China" to "integrating into China." "Western China, especially Sichuan (四川), is the main producing area of Cizhu, the core raw material of our products. Yunnan (云南) has a developed flower industry, and we are also using locally discarded rose stems to make environmentally friendly packaging."
"Choosing to lay out in southwestern China is not only because it is a raw material producing area, but also because of its regional advantages—Chengdu (成都) will be built into a China-Europe Railway Express assembly center in the future. China is building a new western land-sea corridor, which allows companies to connect more conveniently with Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, to jointly build the 'Belt and Road'," Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) said, adding that he hopes his career can not only integrate into China's development, but also actively connect with the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) introduced that under the background of China's high-quality development and green transformation, his business philosophy has gradually shifted from simple material substitution to building a complete green industrial ecosystem. In addition to traditional bamboo pulp, durian shells, coffee grounds, lotus stems, etc. have become raw materials. He just met with the person in charge of a Chinese tea drink brand and heard that a large amount of tea dregs are discarded as garbage every day. He immediately realized that tea dregs can be recycled and converted into environmentally friendly packaging materials, forming a green recycling chain of "tea dregs recycling—material regeneration—brand value-added." "We have piloted the promotion of biological waste processors in some communities in Yunnan (云南) to convert environmentally friendly packaging materials and kitchen waste into high-concentration organic fertilizer, achieving the unity of economic and ecological benefits," Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) said.
As the vice president of the Malaysia-China Friendship Association, Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) participated in many Malaysia-China folk exchange activities. At the event, facing many young Malaysians who also wanted to start a business in China, Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) shared his entrepreneurial experience: "The Chinese market is very diverse. For foreign entrepreneurs, it is necessary to fully understand the policies, culture, and consumer habits of consumers here."
Cai Yihong (蔡奕鸿) also set his sights on the field of artificial intelligence, investing in the construction of artificial intelligence plant factories to precisely control plant growth; establishing an artificial intelligence recruitment company to match resumes and conduct interviews through artificial intelligence, helping Chinese companies obtain local talent information more efficiently when deploying in Southeast Asia. "The recruitment company was launched in June this year and has achieved profitability in just a few months. It will enter the seed round of financing next year. This is an unexpected gain from starting a business in China. We will continue to develop in China and insist on using technology to do practical things."
Malian Entrepreneur Brings Solar Technology to the African Market—
"Better Promote Technology Transfer Between the Two Countries"
By Yang Xun (杨迅), This Reporter
In the China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base in Hunan Xiangjiang New Area (湖南湘江新区), Konte (孔特), a young entrepreneur from Mali (马里), is busy connecting cooperation projects between Hunan (湖南) enterprises and African partners. Nearly 10 years of study and life in China have transformed him from a student to an entrepreneur. His growth trajectory has also become a vivid microcosm of the deepening of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
In 2016, Konte (孔特) entered the University of Science and Technology Beijing (北京科技大学) to pursue a doctorate in business administration. A visit during his study abroad left a deep impression on him—in a solar electric vehicle company, rows of solar products shone in the sun, and workers were busy assembling them. This reminded Konte (孔特) of the land where he was born and raised—Africa is one of the regions with the richest solar resources in the world, but about 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa still do not have access to electricity, and Mali (马里) is also facing electricity shortages, with low electrification rates in rural areas.
"Africa's biggest lack is not sunshine, but electricity. I want to bring China's solar technology back to my hometown and bring more lights to the nights in Africa," Konte (孔特) recalled, adding that this experience inspired him to use solar technology to alleviate the electricity shortage in his hometown. To this end, Konte (孔特) began to pay attention to the use of solar technology in his spare time. After graduating with a doctorate in 2022, he went to Guangdong (广东) to start a business, where he established a technology transfer company, hoping to introduce China's solar technology to Africa. "Solar technology can be applied to many fields. For example, we can promote China's solar motorcycles to African countries," Konte (孔特) said.
In 2023, Konte (孔特) participated in the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo held in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南). During the expo, the China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base attracted his attention. This entrepreneurial platform, covering an area of approximately 2,000 square meters, is committed to promoting China-Africa project incubation and supporting China-Africa youth innovation and entrepreneurship. It has established contacts with more than 200 government agencies, business associations, and enterprises in more than 50 African countries, providing entrepreneurs with free office space, resource docking, and entrepreneurial guidance and other one-stop services.
"This is a very good platform. It provides rare opportunities for African youth to start businesses in China," Konte (孔特) said, adding that the China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base attaches importance to the development of foreign talents in China and provides them with many preferential policies. Since then, Konte (孔特) has gradually shifted his focus to Changsha (长沙) and settled down here.
When he first arrived, Konte (孔特) was unfamiliar with the place. The China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base recommended many related companies to him. In half a year, Konte (孔特) visited more than 10 companies in Changsha (长沙), connected with local chambers of commerce in Mali (马里) and dozens of African companies, and promoted Chinese motorcycle accessories, medical equipment, etc. to the markets of African countries such as Mali (马里), Guinea (几内亚), and Senegal (塞内加尔).
During an inspection at a new energy technology company in Hunan (湖南), Konte (孔特) discovered a small distributed solar system that met the actual needs of Africa. "The power grid infrastructure in African countries is relatively weak, and centralized power stations are difficult to cover remote villages, while modular systems can be quickly deployed to cover small power stations in nearby square kilometers." He hopes to introduce the system to Mali (马里) to build a solar power supply network covering multiple villages. "We are already discussing specific technical solutions with Chinese partners. After the project is implemented, it will not only alleviate the local power shortage, but also bring hundreds of jobs," Konte (孔特) said.
Today, Konte (孔特) has established a "Mali (马里) Project Incubation Station" in the China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base to help young entrepreneurs from Mali (马里) connect cooperation projects between the two countries. Speaking of the future, Konte (孔特) is full of confidence: "I hope to cooperate with Chinese companies to better promote technology transfer between the two countries and bring solar technology to the African market."
Return to TopBy: 白紫微
Currently, an increasing number of foreign entrepreneurs are closely linking their important life decisions with China. Some choose to start businesses in China, expanding their growth space in the vast Chinese market; others are deeply influenced by their experiences in China, seeking breakthroughs in their own careers in line with the general trend of China's high-quality development. This is not only a vivid illustration of the continuous release of attractiveness by vibrant China, but also an important manifestation of China's promotion of open cooperation and mutual benefit.
China's ability to become a hotbed for innovation and entrepreneurship for many foreign entrepreneurs stems from its increasingly perfect and highly attractive innovation ecosystem. From a policy perspective, China continues to optimize its business environment, providing foreign entrepreneurs with convenient government services and diverse support policies. Whether it is the simplification of enterprise registration procedures or the financial support and resource docking for innovative projects, it provides many conveniences for foreign entrepreneurs. In terms of industrial support, China has a super-large market, a complete industrial system, and a full industrial chain, which together form fertile ground for innovation. From research and development design to production and manufacturing, and then to market promotion, each link is closely connected, which can quickly respond to the needs of entrepreneurs and help transform innovative ideas into practical products and services efficiently. China's strong atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship is also very infectious. Various entrepreneurial parks and incubators are springing up everywhere, providing a platform for entrepreneurs in different fields to exchange and cooperate.
China not only attracts entrepreneurs to realize their dreams here, but also profoundly affects entrepreneurial practices around the world, becoming an exporter of innovative ideas. Many foreign entrepreneurs come to China with the desire to promote the development of their hometowns. They combine China's advanced technologies and experiences in science and technology, the digital economy, and green development with the market needs and resource endowments of their hometowns to explore development paths that are in line with local realities. In this process, development opportunities are more widely shared, and China and foreign countries benefit together in cooperation, injecting new vitality into global economic development.
At present, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century at an accelerated pace, and global development is facing many uncertainties. Innovation and cooperation are the keys to addressing challenges and achieving common development. China promotes global development with its own development and benefits all countries in the world with its own openness, which is not only reflected at the policy level, but also in the entrepreneurial stories of countless ordinary people. Every entrepreneur who connects with China is an epitome of Chinese-style modernization (中国式现代化) benefiting the world.
As high-quality development continues to advance and the door to opening up becomes wider and wider, China will build more innovative cooperation platforms, continue to optimize the innovation ecosystem, and provide a broader development space for global entrepreneurs. It is believed that the seeds of innovation and entrepreneurship will take root and sprout on a wider land, bear fruitful fruits of shared development, and promote the construction of a more open, inclusive, and prosperous world.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴储岐
In the early morning, the thin mist had not yet dissipated. In the rice paddies of Xintian Village (辛田村), Longshui Town (龙水镇), Quanzhou County (全州县), Guilin (桂林), Guangxi (广西), rice flowers gently fell and carp darted through the water. "Raising fish in rice paddies yields a double harvest," said Jiang Hongzhi (蒋洪志), the head of the Wansui Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. (万穗农业开发有限公司) base.
It's hard to imagine that this was once a poor village. The transformation stemmed from the Party organization's precise breakthrough: finding the "key" to industry, attracting talented people who had returned to their hometown, promoting land transfer, and improving infrastructure. In just a few years, the collective economic income of Xintian Village (辛田村) exceeded 100,000 yuan.
In recent years, Quanzhou County (全州县) has strengthened the Party's leadership, promoted the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside through mechanisms such as joint organization building, resource integration, and service quality improvement, and transformed organizational advantages into industrial advantages and development victories.
Joint Organization Building Promotes Clustered Development
Walking into the 10,000-mu selenium-rich grape planting base in Jiantang Town (枧塘镇), Quanzhou County (全州县), clusters of grapes hang from the branches, tourists shuttle through to experience picking, e-commerce platform orders "ding ding" ring, and villagers are busy in the packaging workshop of the cooperative.
"Now the grape industry has taken off, but in earlier years, abundant harvests did not mean abundant income was the norm," said Wang Zifu (王滋富), the former secretary of the Fangtang Village (芳塘村) Party Branch.
In the past, grape planting in Jiantang Town (枧塘镇) was "scattered, weak, and small." Each village and household worked on their own, relying on experience for fertilization and spraying, and relying on the weather to sell their fruit. The experience of Party member Wang Yao (王瑶) is a microcosm. Wang Yao (王瑶) was diligent and capable, but the grapes she used to grow could not be sold at a good price. In order to sell a few more cents, she rode her bicycle to the county town's farmers market before dawn, guarding it for a whole day. The grapes that could not be sold rotted in the basket. "After a year of hard work, I hardly made any money."
After figuring out the pain points, precise reforms were implemented. In 2015, after Wang Zifu (王滋富) participated in a large-scale training for rural Party members organized by the county, he discussed with the Party members and large households in the village and, under the guidance of the town Party committee, established the Jiantang Town (枧塘镇) Nengfu Fruit and Vegetable Planting Professional Cooperative (能富果蔬种植专业合作社). The cooperative implemented the "Party Branch + Cooperative + Base + Farmer" model, organizing more than 120 scattered farmers from several villages to build a contiguous base, introduce high-quality varieties, unify management standards, and unify technical training, breaking the pattern of "small plots of land and small farmers" in one fell swoop.
Wang Yao (王瑶) was the first to sign up to join. The cooperative carried out unified technical services, allowing her to learn "scientific grape cultivation": soil testing and formula fertilization, green prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, standardized pruning... The quality of the grapes improved year by year.
"Growing well" also requires "selling well." To this end, the town Party committee took the lead in implementing the "Internet + E-commerce Village-to-Village" plan and built an e-commerce service center. Wang Yao (王瑶) actively participated in e-commerce training, learning step by step from taking and editing pictures to live streaming explanations. "My legs were shaking during the first live broadcast, but now I can sell more than 200 orders in one session!" Now, she not only sells her own grapes, but has also become the cooperative's "anchor celebrity," leading more than 10 farmers to open online stores together.
Industrial clustering brings about structural changes. The county further organized villages with adjacent regions and similar industries to form a pattern of "Party organization leadership, industrial chain connection, enterprise driving, and mass participation."
"Our pagoda tree flowers have also caught the fast train of joint organization building," said Ma Deke (马德科), head of the Jiantang Town (枧塘镇) Zhutang Golden Pagoda Tree Planting Professional Cooperative (珠塘金槐种植专业合作社).
Quanzhou (全州) is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Golden Pagoda Tree." Through joint organization building, it successfully introduced the leading enterprise Guilin Yuanxinda Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (桂林原心达生物科技有限公司), integrated more than 6 million yuan in funds to purchase seedlings and agricultural materials for farmers, radiated and drove more than 300,000 mu of planting scale, and established high-standard demonstration bases for golden pagoda trees in Baibandong (百板洞) in Lianghe Town (两河镇), Luping (鲁屏) in Daxi Jiang Town (大西江镇), and Dagang (大岗) in Yong Sui Town (永岁镇). The annual output of golden pagoda trees in the county exceeded 22,000 tons, with an annual output value of 1.1 billion yuan, driving more than 200,000 people in 175 villages in 18 townships to increase their income.
Pioneer Demonstration Leads the Masses to Prosperity
In the Maozhushan Village (毛竹山村) grape plantation, Party member and large-scale grower Wang Hairong (王海荣) checked the growth while guiding paired farmers in management: "Thin out the fruit on this bunch a bit more, and leave a light-transmitting surface on the leaves over there..." From planting seedlings and building new racks to thinning flowers and fruits and winter composting, the tradition of passing on experience in the vineyard has never been interrupted.
The grapes of Maozhushan Village (毛竹山村) are a veritable "pillar industry." Twenty years ago, the village Party branch led the entire village to work hard, and every household relied on grapes to increase their income. However, the market changed quickly, and traditional varieties gradually lost their advantages, and prices continued to fall.
How to transform and upgrade the industry? Wang Xinming (王新明), secretary of the Maozhushan Village (毛竹山村) Party Branch, found Xie Zhiming (谢志明), the then-stationed first secretary, and coordinated with the county Science and Technology Bureau, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, and other departments to promote the joint construction of the village Party branch with the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (广西农科院) and the Guangxi Special Crop Research Institute (广西特色作物研究院), introducing science and technology commissioners Zhang Ying (张瑛), He Jianjun (何建军), and other expert teams to provide on-site guidance, and find a "technical breakthrough path" for Maozhushan (毛竹山) grapes.
Improving varieties, the villagers were not at ease at first: "Can the new varieties guarantee a harvest?" Zhang Ying's (张瑛) team moved the classroom to the fields: holding regular training classes every month, demonstrating root restriction cultivation, tree shape cultivation, and flower and fruit thinning techniques. The controlled production and quality improvement in the demonstration area were obvious, the fruit ears were more neat, and the sugar content was more stable, which the villagers saw in their eyes.
Wang Shiduan (王世端), a 60-year-old Party member, was among the first to "eat crabs," taking the lead in replanting new varieties such as Sunshine Rose. Under the guidance of scientific and technological personnel, the fruit setting rate and coloring degree were significantly improved. The yield per mu exceeded 4,000 jin in the second year, and the output value per mu exceeded 40,000 yuan. "With the guidance of an expert team and the help of a stationed working team, we have confidence in our hearts," Wang Shiduan (王世端) said with a smile.
While science and technology commissioners were stationed, Party member "local experts" were also constantly growing. Wang Hairong (王海荣) has explored a set of planting techniques suitable for local grapes in many years of planting practice, and actively participated in the "Party members taking the lead, capable people helping" activities organized by the town Party committee, and formed pairing assistance with surrounding farmers.
The 20 mu of Sunshine Rose planted by villager Jiang Bolin (蒋柏林) once suffered from frequent diseases and poor appearance. After a year of hard work, he still had to pay money. After pairing, Wang Hairong (王海荣) went to the park many times to "diagnose and treat," from water and fertilizer integration to green prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, from protecting flowers and fruits to timely bagging, and every key link was not missed, both demonstrating in the field and answering questions remotely through mobile phones at any time. In the second year, the quality of Jiang Bolin's (蒋柏林) grapes improved, orders increased, and annual income approached 200,000 yuan.
In order to further improve quality and stabilize income, the county party committee guided the village Party branch to build a "5G smart grape orchard" with the help of scientific research institutes, and promoted technologies such as root restriction cultivation, drip irrigation, and water and fertilizer integration, which greatly reduced the incidence of diseases and insect pests, making the grapes grow more stable and of better quality. The newly promoted Nina Queen grape has a market price of about 60 yuan per kilogram, a yield of about 700 kilograms per mu, and an output value of more than 40,000 yuan per mu, becoming the "fruit of prosperity" in the mouths of local farmers.
In the past 5 years, Quanzhou County (全州县) has cultivated more than 500 Party member leaders in getting rich, developed more than 100 Party members among the leaders in getting rich, and established more than 500 pairs of assistance pairs. At present, the county's grape planting area has reached more than 27,000 mu, with an annual output of 47,000 tons, bringing 480 million yuan in income to the masses.
Helping Enterprises Overcome Difficulties and Extending the Industrial Chain
"When we encounter problems, we 'blow the whistle,' and relevant departments immediately come to our door," said Wang Li (汪丽), general manager of Guilin Quanzhou Milanxiang Food Co., Ltd. (桂林全州米兰香食品有限公司). Milanxiang (米兰香) is a rice noodle deep processing enterprise, and the production line has developed from 1 to 13, driving more than 100 people to employment. However, the company faced "three major problems" of land use, water use, and electricity use during the expansion period.
Quanzhou County (全州县) immediately launched the "Enterprises Blow the Whistle, Departments Report" mechanism, established a service team, and the county Natural Resources Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Power Supply Company, and other departments participated in the whole process, with dedicated personnel providing "one-on-one" guidance on materials, joint review and approval to speed up the process, adding a special power supply line for the enterprise, formulating a water supply pressure increase plan, and accelerating pipeline construction. Finally, the problem was properly resolved, and the production line ran smoothly.
The warm service stimulated Milanxiang's (米兰香) enthusiasm to give back to the local villagers. The company signed high-quality rice purchase and sales contracts with 12 village committees in Caiwan (才湾), Xianshui (咸水), and other townships to build a 17,000-mu rice-fish symbiosis base, driving local economic development.
The company also set up a "help workshop" to give priority to employing relocated households. Shu Xiaoyan (舒晓艳), a villager in Yima Village (驿马村), Caiwan Town (才湾镇), is one of the beneficiaries. She was originally a registered poor household. After moving to the resettlement site in 2017, she entered the Milanxiang (米兰香) rice noodle pressing workshop through training. Her monthly salary has increased from more than 2,000 yuan to more than 4,000 yuan now, and her annual income exceeds 50,000 yuan. "The family's foreign debt has been paid off, and I don't have to worry about the children's tuition fees. Life is getting more and more promising," said Shu Xiaoyan (舒晓艳).
In recent years, Quanzhou County (全州县) has adhered to the principle of integrating management into service, and actively promoted the role of Party organizations throughout the entire process of production, processing, and sales.
In Jiantang Town (枧塘镇), the Nengfu Cooperative (能富合作社) has moved from "selling fresh fruit" to "three-industry integration." The grape base has built sightseeing corridors, night tour projects, and agricultural product markets. Villager Wang Xinmei's (王新梅) vineyard has a constant stream of visitors on weekends, who can sell fresh fruit, raisins, and take tourists to pick, earning hundreds of yuan a day. "I took off my 'poor hat' and built a new house," Wang Xinmei (王新梅) said happily.
At the same time, 150 village-level e-commerce outlets in Quanzhou (全州) have pushed agricultural products from the fields to the whole country, with online transaction volume exceeding 320 million yuan in the first half of this year. A matrix of distinctive brands has been formed one after another: the "Jianpu (枧葡)" trademark has been successfully registered, the "Yuanxinda Golden Pagoda Tree (原心达金槐)" has won a number of international certifications, Quanzhou (全州) rice noodles sell well at home and abroad, and the "Maozhushan (毛竹山) Live Broadcast Room" is well-known.
"We ensure that there are people to lead the characteristic industries, people to solve the problems, and people to run the market by grasping the organization, gathering talents, and strengthening services, so that the Party organization can be seen, stand up, and be reliable at the key nodes of industrial development," said the relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the Quanzhou County (全州县) Party Committee.
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In the early morning, Fang Liang (方亮), the Party Branch Secretary of Xianhou Village (显后村), Zuokou Township (左口乡), Chun'an County (淳安县), Hangzhou City (杭州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), inspected boats and other facilities along the rafting river. This year marks his fourteenth year of returning to his hometown to take office. "In the past, villagers went out to work, and the village gradually became 'empty'. Now, the village is developing distinctive rafting and rural homestays. With more tourists and more employment opportunities, villagers have returned to the village one after another," said Fang Liang (方亮).
Chun'an County (淳安县) is located in the mountainous area of western Zhejiang (浙西山区), and nearly half of its villages once faced the problem of hollowing out. "If the train runs fast, it all depends on the locomotive." The local government combined the governance of hollow villages with the rectification and improvement of weak and backward village Party organizations. In the past three years, it has rectified and improved more than 30 backward Party organizations in hollow villages. On this basis, it explored and promoted mechanisms such as village-enterprise joint operations and Party building joint construction to enhance the village Party organizations' ability to lead the villagers to become rich. It has built 529 "Common Prosperity Workshops" (共富工坊), absorbing more than 13,000 people into employment.
With an average altitude of more than 800 meters and a forest coverage rate of 92%, Hu Jiaping Village (胡家坪村) in Wangfu Township (王阜乡) is shrouded in clouds for more than half of the year. It was once a hollow village. With the active coordination of the county and township, the Hu Jiaping Village (胡家坪村) Party organization connected with Binjiang Real Estate Group (滨江房产集团) to transform idle houses into boutique homestays and resort hotels, and idle land into "Common Prosperity Workshops" (共富工坊) in the form of common prosperity farms, promoting the integrated development of agriculture, culture, and tourism.
The changes are real: the winding mountain road leading to the mountain has been widened from 3 meters to 5 meters, so there is no need to worry about vehicles meeting; a 1-kilometer-long mountain trail has been built, providing tourists with a new destination; the village's five natural villages have begun phased facade renovations, and the village has a good environment...
Villager Zhan Guisheng (詹贵生) has more expectations: "In the past, life was hard, there was no income, and I could only go out to work. Now that the village roads are wider, the scenery is more beautiful, and there are more tourists, camellia oil, tea, and walnuts have opened up sales channels, and my annual income has doubled." Today, the total collective economic income of Hu Jiaping Village (胡家坪村) is nearly 1.9 million yuan, and more than 100 villagers are employed at their doorsteps.
To promote the sustainable development of rural areas and move steadily and far on the road to common prosperity, the key is to attract and cultivate talents. In recent years, Chun'an County (淳安县) has leveraged the role of the Party Committee of Mobile Party Members in Hangzhou (在杭流动党员党委) to guide more than 120 mobile Party members to return to their villages to take office and develop their hometowns.
In the Wan Tou Lake Sheep Farm (万头湖羊养殖场) in Huangcun Village (黄村村), Zitong Town (梓桐镇), automatic feeders spread rows of "feed", attracting the sheep to come forward to eat; the conveyor belt at the bottom of the sheepfold continuously operates, conveying the sheep manure all the way to the fermentation tank.
In 2016, Huang Qiuxia (黄秋霞) returned to her hometown to start a business, bringing with her the advanced management experience she had learned abroad. She actively promoted the signing of cooperative breeding and acquisition agreements between the enterprise and Helian Village (河联村) and Yinshan Village (尹山村), established a unified operation model for seed supply, technology, breeding, service, and sales, and built an automated and intelligent breeding farm, driving the collective annual income of Helian Village (河联村) and Yinshan Village (尹山村) to increase by 1.1 million yuan.
At the same time, Chun'an County (淳安县) implemented the "One College Student per Village" training program, organizing college students to work in the villages, basically achieving full coverage of college students in 336 administrative villages. Yu Hualiang (余华亮), the "One College Student per Village" in Anshang Village (安上村), Jinfeng Township (金峰乡), used his advantages of knowing computers and understanding marketing to help homestay owners publish information, build brands, and attract guests, and help farmers sell agricultural and special products, winning the trust of the masses.
The masses have the final say on how well the Party organization is doing. In solving the development and governance problems of hollow villages, Chun'an County (淳安县) also pays attention to providing basic services, actively leveraging the role of Party members in the villages, and promoting the "recognizing people, recognizing things, and recognizing feelings" service mechanism, requiring members of the village "two committees" (村两委) to visit farmers in their jurisdiction every year, Party members to take the lead in handling practical matters for the people every month, pairing up to help disadvantaged groups, and providing front-line services to the masses in the villages.
In Yuyuan Village (郁源村), Jiangjia Town (姜家镇), members of the village "two committees" (村两委) take the lead in handling matters such as minimum living security for villagers; in Gaoshan Village (高山村), Dashu Town (大墅镇), the Party organization guides villagers to help each other based on the principles of proximity, familiarity, and similar houses... In Xingguang Village (星光村), Jiukeng Township (鸠坑乡), there are 103 elderly people left behind, and their children who are away from home are concerned about the elderly's meals. To this end, the village has set up a canteen for the elderly and also provides door-to-door meal delivery services for the elderly with mobility problems.
The Party organization leads the work, Party members and cadres take the lead, and drive the masses to work together... In Chun'an (淳安), grassroots Party organizations actively play the role of fighting fortresses, allowing hollow villages to焕发新活力 焕发新活力 (huàn fā xīn huó lì - "radiate new vitality," to regain vigor and energy).
Return to Top"Why haven't I received my arable land fertility protection subsidy? What's going on?" Some time ago, Liu (刘某), a villager from a certain village in Xinhe Town (新合镇), Chaisang District (柴桑区), Jiujiang City (九江市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), reported the situation to the town's discipline inspection commission cadres.
In 2022, Liu (刘某) went out to work and transferred his arable land to others. A policy briefing reminded him. "The lecturer said that the target of the arable land fertility protection subsidy is farmers who have the right to contract, and the transfer will not affect the receipt of the subsidy. I checked the details and found that the subsidy for that year was not received at all," said Liu (刘某).
The town discipline inspection commission cadres immediately went to the town finance office to check the information and found that the subsidies of 23 villagers, including Liu (刘某), were not paid into their respective accounts, but to the same person - the village group leader Xu Moumou (胥某某).
The town discipline inspection commission cadres found Xu Moumou (胥某某) to inquire and found out the truth: In 2022, Xu Moumou (胥某某) transferred a total of 29.85 mu of land from 23 villagers. In order to facilitate the declaration of subsidies, he uniformly registered the land in his own name, but after the subsidy of more than 3,000 yuan was received, he had a crooked idea: "The subsidy is only more than 100 yuan per mu. Many villagers work outside and will not scrutinize the affairs of the village, so they will not be discovered."
However, the truth will eventually come out. In October 2025, Xu Moumou (胥某某) was given a political warning and the money was returned to the villagers in full.
[Disciplinary Officer's Statement] In this case, Xu Moumou (胥某某) believed that the masses were not familiar with the policies and intercepted the subsidies, exposing his indifference to the interests of the masses and the 钻空子 (zuān kòng zi - "exploit loopholes," to take advantage of loopholes). As comprehensively and strictly governing the Party continues to extend to the grassroots level and the supervision of benefiting-farmers funds continues to increase, the vast number of grassroots cadres should firmly establish awareness of discipline and law, be cautious and conscientious, and be honest and devoted to public service. The people's money, not a penny, can be encroached upon, "Do not reach out, or you will be caught."
(Tu Chengqiang (涂成强), Song Jie (宋杰))
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For some time now, many compound gates of institutions have been opened. How should we view this?
The answer from "Beijing drifters" (北漂) working in the city is hidden in the smoke and fire of the canteens. The affordable and high-quality group-purchased lunch at the catering center of the National Institute of Health (国家卫生健康委科研所), the steaming hot freshly steamed buns at the community restaurant of the China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局)... The opening of internal canteens of many government agencies and public institutions has solved the problem of meals for office workers.
The answer from Shanghai residents is reflected in the greenery of the "pocket parks." Shanghai has implemented a three-year action plan for opening and sharing affiliated green spaces of institutions, successively opening 174 affiliated green spaces of institutions and transforming 47 "pocket parks," giving the public more green ecological spaces for rest and viewing.
The answer from the farmers of Wagangzhai Township (瓦岗寨乡), Hua County (滑县), Henan (河南) Province, is spread on the "drying ground" of the township government. During the wheat harvest season, a banner was posted at the entrance of the township government saying "Grain can be dried in the courtyard, and agricultural machinery operators can eat for free," and the square in the courtyard was covered with golden grain, with farmers holding rakes smiling happily.
Opening the door reveals the original intention. Opening up space allows the Party committees and governments to break down the physical walls of separation with the masses, and the psychological distance is narrowed; sharing resources allows the facilities of institutions to be invested in people's livelihood services, and the expectations of the masses are met. The opening of the gates of the institutions' compounds signifies a posture and a concept: government agencies and public institutions are no longer "yamen," and Party cadres are no longer aloof "officials," but public servants of the people.
Opening the door also embodies a kind of governance wisdom that gathers collective wisdom and pools collective strength. Taking the opening of institutional canteens as an example, many netizens, while posting check-in photos, also offered suggestions for the canteens: "It is recommended to list the daily menu" "Dishes can be sold by weight"... Many insightful opinions have been adopted by relevant institutions. We see that the masses are not only beneficiaries, but also participants and builders.
In fact, stories of opening and sharing are constantly being staged in more fields. In terms of project construction, the Hangzhou-Wenzhou High-speed Railway (杭温高铁), which is controlled by private capital, has been completed and opened to traffic, and newly approved nuclear projects have introduced private capital one after another. Various localities continue to promote the fair opening of competitive fields of infrastructure to various business entities. In grassroots governance, "democratic consultation meetings" gather ideas, "participatory budgeting" clarifies detailed accounts, "small courtyard council halls" resolve people's worries, and "b坝坝会" listen to the voices of the people, and a social governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance, and sharing is becoming increasingly sound...
Today, various tangible or intangible "doors" are being opened. Opening the door may also have a name - the mass line. This practice of integrating with the masses demonstrates the firm determination of the communists of the new era to maintain close ties with the masses. We have reason to believe that with such concepts, methods, and styles, the hearts of the Party and the people will be more united, and the society will be more harmonious and beautiful.
Return to TopAs a pioneer, forerunner, and experimental zone of reform and opening up, Guangdong Province (广东省), standing at a new historical starting point, focuses on developing new quality productive forces, strengthening the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, building a modern industrial system, comprehensively promoting coordinated regional development, and striving to contribute to the construction of Chinese-style modernization. As an important component of Guangdong's financial system, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行) thoroughly implements the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, consciously integrates its own development into Guangdong's grand practice of "taking the lead, setting an example, and shouldering heavy responsibilities," adheres to a people-centered approach, continuously promotes the concentration of financial resources towards key industries and key areas, and serves Guangdong's high-quality development with practical actions.
Empowering Intelligent Manufacturing
Financial Resources Nourish the Construction of a Modern Industrial System
Chinese-style modernization requires the support of technological modernization.
In the precision machinery workshop of Guangdong Sino Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (广东斯丹诺智能装备有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Sino"), sawing machines equipped with new numerical control systems are cutting metal plates with millimeter-level precision, and the touch screen displays cutting speed, pressure value, and temperature curve in real time.
Founded in 2015, Sino has grown into a specialized, refined, and new small and medium-sized enterprise along with Guangdong's accelerated transition from a "world factory" to a "global technology innovation hub." Its R&D and production of intelligent optical sorting machines for recyclable waste, intelligent copper-aluminum sorting machines, and lithium battery cascade dismantling equipment provide key equipment support and overall solutions for urban renewable resource recycling.
Technological research and development requires a continuous stream of capital investment. When Sino entered a bottleneck period of development due to the financing difficulties of "light assets" for science and technology enterprises, coupled with the realistic pressure of increased orders and capacity expansion, China Construction Bank Guangdong Free Trade Zone Branch (建设银行广东自贸试验区分行) accurately identified the enterprise's scientific and technological innovation value, broke away from the traditional mortgage model, and quickly approved a 10 million yuan "High-Quality Technology Fast Loan" for the enterprise. As the loans were gradually in place, several production lines of Sino were upgraded technologically, and the overall efficiency increased by 23%.
In recent years, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch has focused on the deep integration of technology and finance, and strived to solve the problem of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. It has taken the lead in forming the "Industry-University-Research-Finance Service" Technology Finance Alliance in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), established 50 technology finance characteristic sub-branches, and deployed financial resources on the front line of technology research and development; it has launched the "FIT Yue" comprehensive financial service program for the entire life cycle of technology-based enterprises to help enterprises open up the "last mile" from the laboratory to the production line.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) proposal suggests, "Maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing and build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone." "Manufacturing as the foundation" is a distinct feature of Guangdong's economic development. In October of this year, China Construction Bank (建设银行) released the "Good Construction and Intelligent Manufacturing" service program to support new industrialization, promote six special actions, and build six product systems to support the high-quality development of manufacturing.
In October, a technology renovation loan of more than 10 million yuan from China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch was successfully implemented in Yangchun New Steel Co., Ltd. (阳江市阳春新钢铁有限责任公司) in Yangjiang City (阳江市), helping the enterprise to carry out green and energy-saving technology renovation. After enjoying the technology renovation re-lending and interest subsidy policies, the actual financing cost of the enterprise was reduced to less than 1%. After the completion of the project, the enterprise is expected to save more than 2,000 tons of standard coal per year, thereby achieving energy saving and efficiency improvement.
In the process of serving the construction of a modern industrial system, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch is building a financial service ecosystem covering everything from basic research to the industrialization of scientific research results. As of the end of November this year, the loan balance of technology-based enterprises of China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch exceeded 170 billion yuan, with a cumulative loan of nearly 240 billion yuan to more than 9,200 technology-based enterprises, a manufacturing loan balance of more than 300 billion yuan, and a cumulative approval of credit for 72 technology renovation re-lending projects, with a credit line of more than 40 billion yuan. Through the "Technology Renovation Service Prefecture-Level City Bank" activity, it has connected with and responded to the needs of more than 2,000 manufacturing enterprises.
Benefiting People's Livelihood and Promoting Consumption
Deeply Practicing the Political and People-Oriented Nature of Financial Work
In November, the 15th National Games (十五运会) will be held in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. During the event, tourists from all over the world can receive discount coupons for using China Construction Bank credit cards for payment in Guangzhou (广州市), purchase featured cultural and creative products, and use digital RMB to pay for park tickets, etc., and can also enjoy more discounts, truly experiencing the convenience of financial promotion of consumption.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests, "Adhere to expanding domestic demand as a strategic base point, adhere to closely combining benefiting people's livelihood and promoting consumption, investing in things and investing in people, lead new supply with new demand, create new demand with new supply, and promote the virtuous interaction of consumption and investment, supply and demand." In terms of benefiting people's livelihood and promoting consumption, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch takes the special action of boosting consumption as a fulcrum to actively leverage the consumption vitality of cities and even counties. By promoting innovative products such as "CCB Fast Loan" (建行快贷), "CCB Easy Loan" (建易贷), "Housing Easy Loan" (房易贷), and "Pension Easy Loan" (养易贷), it uses financial technology means such as big data analysis, intelligent risk control, and real-time credit granting to comprehensively improve residents' diverse financial service experiences such as car purchases, home appliances, home decoration, and furniture.
Focusing on promoting the upgrading of the consumption structure, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch is using a comprehensive financial service ecosystem of "subsidies + merchants + credit + payment" to help Guangdong's consumer market enhance its endogenous power and reliability. In addition to providing payment convenience, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch also relies on the "CCB Life" (建行生活) platform to cumulatively undertake "trade-in" consumer coupon activities for four categories of home appliances, automobiles, electric vehicles, and home decoration in 13 prefecture-level cities under its jurisdiction this year. Around the construction of "circle-chain-group" scenarios, it innovatively launched a combination of preferential models of "national subsidy + merchant installment interest-free + installment immediate reduction" to promote a virtuous cycle of "government subsidies - bank concessions - enterprise concessions." At the same time, it supports the implementation of the "two new" policies by carrying out a 10 billion yuan consumer credit benefiting people's action to promote the integrated operation of credit cards and consumer loans.
From the consumer side to the production side, the consumer financial service chain of China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch continues to extend. New energy vehicles, as an important category of current consumer spending, the demand for funds from sales enterprises at the end of the industrial chain is becoming increasingly prominent.
This year, Shaoguan Fengjun Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. (韶关市锋骏汽车科技有限公司) benefited from policy dividends such as "national subsidies" and "purchase tax exemptions," and its average monthly order volume increased by 35% compared with the same period last year. Along with this came "two-way" financial pressure - to ensure the supply of popular models, it is necessary to pay the full amount of the car in advance to the manufacturer, and to pay the mortgage for customers who purchase cars in installments. When the publicity team of China Construction Bank Shaoguan Branch (建设银行韶关市分行) learned of this situation during a visit, it applied for a 2 million yuan "Mortgage Fast Loan" for the enterprise in just 5 working days. After the funds were disbursed, the enterprise's confidence was greatly boosted, the customer order delivery cycle was shortened to 1-2 weeks, and sales increased by 20% month-on-month.
China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch strives to promote the transformation of consumer credit products from "passive supply" to "active matching," effectively meeting customers' personalized, differentiated, and high-quality consumer credit needs. In order to build a solid foundation for consumer finance and continuously extend service connotations and scenarios, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch is further reaching areas such as pension consumption. As of November 2025, the branch has cumulatively undertaken more than 480 million yuan in "trade-in" consumer coupons, credit card consumption transaction volume of more than 170 billion yuan, and cumulatively provided consumer loans of more than 55 billion yuan to more than 330,000 customers. Among them, the balance of personal consumer loans in county areas reached 12.7 billion yuan, achieving full coverage of urban and rural residents.
Helping Rural Construction
Adding Bricks and Tiles to the Coordinated Development of Regional Economy
Developing rural characteristic industries is the foundation for promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. Meizhou City (梅州市) is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Pomelos" (中国金柚之乡), with an annual output value of nearly 10 billion yuan for the entire industrial chain. In recent years, it has attracted many young people to return to their hometowns to start businesses.
Dabu Gaofeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. (大埔高峰农业发展有限公司) is a pomelo planting enterprise founded by young entrepreneurs. At the beginning of this year, China Construction Bank Meizhou Branch (建设银行梅州市分行) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the local honey pomelo industry association. In response to the enterprise's funding needs for introducing new varieties, it innovated a third-party agricultural material guarantee mechanism and successfully provided it with a 1.9 million yuan "Agricultural Guarantee Loan," helping the enterprise lay the foundation for a bumper harvest this autumn.
In the past year, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch has implemented the implementation plan to support Guangdong Province's "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages High-Quality Development Project" (百县千镇万村高质量发展工程), and has cumulatively provided loans of more than 3 billion yuan for characteristic industries such as golden pomelos, Chenpi, and lychees. At the same time, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch, based on local resource endowments, promotes the integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, and has cumulatively provided credit support of more than 30 billion yuan to more than 200 modern agricultural industrial parks and more than 350 leading agricultural enterprises in the province.
With the support of China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch, the planting scale of the Longxi "Green Bay" Aromatic Plant (Borneol) Industrial Park (龙溪“绿茵港湾”香药植物（龙脑香）产业园) in Boluo County (博罗县), Huizhou City (惠州市) has continued to expand, becoming a production and processing base integrating automation, modernization, and high technology. While the company to which the industrial park belongs was renovating and upgrading "Green Bay," it also received the support of a 9.3 million yuan "Yulong Loan - Yuexing Loan" (裕农贷—粤兴贷) product program customized by China Construction Bank Huizhou Branch (建设银行惠州市分行), which not only met the research and development of borneol ingredients, but also developed homestays and health and wellness projects, driving local residents' employment.
To accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, it is necessary to improve the comprehensive production capacity and quality benefits of agriculture, and also to promote the construction of livable and workable beautiful villages. China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch is accelerating the improvement of rural agricultural infrastructure through a continuous stream of financial support. In Dabu County (大埔县), Meizhou City, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch issued a 1.1 million yuan "Mortgage Fast Loan" to a local village and town road construction enterprise, helping the beautiful market town achieve a brand-new look.
Today, from industrial entities to infrastructure construction, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch has built a comprehensive financial service system for rural construction. As of now, the loan balance of rural infrastructure construction of China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch has exceeded 40 billion yuan. Since the implementation of Guangdong Province's "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages High-Quality Development Project," it has cumulatively issued loans of 3.2 trillion yuan, of which agricultural loans have cumulatively issued more than 400 billion yuan. China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch fully demonstrates its mission and responsibility of financial services to the real economy in the new journey of modernization construction.
Data source: China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch
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The rise of any literary and artistic wave reflects the spiritual outlook of an era. The surge of any trend embodies the cultural choices of the people. The popularization of literature and art concerns everyone's sense of cultural gain and happiness, and even more so, the cultural mission of moving towards national rejuvenation.
From cities to villages, from "facing the yellow earth" to "fingertip cultivation" and "using lenses to write poetry," from Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东) to Qingxi Village (清溪村), Hunan (湖南), and then to Xiji (西吉), Ningxia (宁夏), from deliverymen shuttling through city streets to farmers brewing poetic lines in the fields, and then to wheelchair-bound youths "traveling the world" with words... the "multiple universes" of literature and art are opening up, and individuals in the "play" are transforming into "playwrights." The masses not only appreciate and accept, but also actively participate in creation. Culture is not the exclusive domain of a few, but is shared by the masses. This is precisely the cultural pursuit consistently upheld by the Communist Party of China.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The vitality of culture lies in innovation and creation." Mass literature and art are growing vigorously in the new era, and the popularization of literature and art is interpreting new Chinese stories and Chinese experiences.
Historically, it stems from the inheritance and promotion of the Party's literary and artistic concepts over the past century. The popularization of literature and art runs through the history of modern and contemporary Chinese literature and art, through the Party's literary and artistic line, principles, and policies, and is a manifestation of the Sinicization of Marxist literary theory. In the 1930s, the "Popularization of Literature and Art" movement emphasized creating for workers and peasants, being close to revolutionary life, and using literature and art to enhance the ideological awareness of the masses. The popularization of literature and art is by no means a simple literary and artistic issue; it has shaped the national spirit,凝聚了共同情感 (níng jù le gòng tóng qíng gǎn - "凝聚了共同情感," to condense common emotions, to unite shared feelings), and carries the cultural ideals and beliefs of the Chinese Communists.
From a realistic perspective, it stems from the uniqueness and richness of Chinese-style modernization. The Chinese nation, with a renewed destiny, has completed the industrialization process that developed countries have gone through in hundreds of years in just a few decades, comprehensively built a moderately prosperous society, and embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Poverty alleviation, comprehensive rural revitalization, urbanization, the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind... the historical changes brought about by "compressed time and space" are changing the fate of the Chinese people with unprecedented breadth, and are also penetrating into every corner of people's hearts with unprecedented depth. In the transformation of the external world and the internal world, everyone is witnessing, creating, and contributing, and growing vigorously in the fertile fields of the times. It is the broad and great experience of the times and the rich and colorful reality of life that have allowed creators from the grassroots to step onto the literary and artistic stage from the scene of life, become spokespersons for countless ordinary people, and also achieve the richness, vividness, strength, and freshness in their works, allowing more people to see themselves and touch the times in literary and artistic creation.
From the perspective of technological conditions, it stems from the technological empowerment and user production triggered by media changes. In the past 20 years, information technology has developed rapidly, mobile internet has become popular, digital reading has risen, and digital media platforms have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. In the internet space, “英雄不论出处” (yīng xióng bù lùn chū chù - "heroes are not judged by their origins," talent knows no social barrier), as long as you have a passion, creation and publication are no longer out of reach. Everyone who lives seriously can become a storyteller, and there will be no shortage of listeners and sympathizers. The productivity and creativity of culture have been unprecedentedly liberated, professional literature and art and mass literature and art have broken down barriers and merged, and literature and art and the times, the masses and literature and art have coexisted and co-created.
From the perspective of cultural support, it stems from the cultural confidence and expressive enthusiasm of the creative subjects. China has more than 30 million online literature authors, updating 150 million words every day; China has 1.04 billion short video users, with more than 130 million videos launched daily... Behind the huge data is a specific and vivid creative subject, and an eager desire to tell the world "us and our stories." "全民创作" (quán mín chuàng zuò - "creation by all," everyone is creating) has become a grand sight, and non-professional creator clusters have emerged, truly realizing "劳者歌其事" (láo zhě gē qí shì - "those who labor sing of their work," people sing about their own work). The post-90s and post-00s generations are gradually becoming the main force of new mass literature and art. They grew up in a rapidly developing China, "cultural confidence" is their simple emotion, "平视世界" (píng shì shì jiè - "look at the world with equal eyes," to view the world on equal terms) is the level of their thinking, and "胸怀世界" (xiōng huái shì jiè - "have the world in mind," to have global ambitions) is their cultural ambition. Based on the absorption of all artistic aesthetics from ancient times to the present, standing at the forefront of global culture, they have put forward new and higher standards for artistic creation, and are also good at expressing themselves and gaining recognition through complex media technologies. It is the new changes in the masses themselves that have brought about the vigorous vitality of new mass literature and art.
The rise of any literary and artistic wave reflects the spiritual outlook of an era. The surge of any trend embodies the cultural choices of the people. When the multi-level and multi-faceted needs of the masses for culture are constantly activated; when hundreds of millions of people are both creative subjects and narrative subjects, both receiving subjects and communication subjects; when the masses participate deeply in the creation of literature and art with unprecedented ability, scale, and enthusiasm, expressing their yearning for a better life... the change of the subject will inevitably bring about the change of the ontology, and will also inevitably bring about the new change of the traditional literary and artistic appearance, shaping a new mass literature and art, a new cultural atmosphere, and truly realizing "the all-round development of people."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The 'strength' of a strong cultural country will ultimately be reflected in the people's ideological realm, spiritual state, and cultural accomplishment." The popularization of literature and art concerns everyone's sense of cultural gain and happiness, and even more so, the cultural mission of moving towards national rejuvenation.
Today's China, new mass literature and art is full of vigorous vitality, behind which is the Chinese people's confidence in the development path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Chinese people's recognition of common values and common ideals, and reflects the lofty pursuit of the Chinese Communists.
Ten thousand streams converge, and will eventually form a magnificent river. Only when the whole nation's cultural innovation and creativity are surging, can Chinese civilization be full of vitality and move forward all the way.
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Openness, confidence, and inclusiveness; loving movies and loving life; listening to oneself and listening to the world. Looking back at Chinese films in 2025, from creation to market to audience, all are demonstrating this kind of openness.
As the year draws to a close, people feel the approach of the holidays, and the already-opened Lunar New Year film season welcomes its first highlight – "Zootopia 2" grossed over 2 billion yuan in its opening week. Its popularity helped push China's film box office past the 50 billion yuan mark. The cinemas are packed, as if it were a "reenactment" of the viewing frenzy of "Ne Zha 2" ("Ne Zha: The Devil Child Reborn") at the beginning of the year. At the beginning and end of the year, these two works witnessed the charm of movies and the indispensability of cinema viewing, injecting vitality into the market and sparking audience discussions.
Audiences who once felt their blood boil in the cinema for Ne Zha's "My fate is up to me, not the heavens!" are also laughing and crying at the ups and downs between Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde. The two films have different settings, different themes, and different styles, but this does not affect the audience from being captivated twice. As one netizen said, in the same cinema, "We shed tears for Ne Zha and smiled for that fox." This summary-like sentiment resonated with many.
As a global language, film can transcend cultures and countries, reaching common emotions and allowing everyone to feel beauty, sincerity, understanding, and tolerance. With breakthroughs in digital technology, the acceleration of media changes, and shifts in people's appreciation and consumption habits, film faces challenges 130 years after its birth. But the phrase "shed tears for Ne Zha and smile for that fox" adds confidence in meeting these challenges. Openness, confidence, and inclusiveness; loving movies and loving life; listening to oneself and listening to the world – isn't this precisely the sense of openness that film brings? Looking back at Chinese films in 2025, from creation to market to audience, all are demonstrating this kind of openness.
Young talent and young expression bring creative openness. Jackie Chan (成龙) and Tony Leung Ka-fai's (梁家辉) "Chasing the Wind and Shadows" is still "capable," and Chen Peisi's (陈佩斯) "The Stage" evokes the viewing enthusiasm of middle-aged and elderly audiences, but film audiences are constantly iterating, tastes are constantly changing, and film urgently needs to be rejuvenated. The main creators of "Ne Zha 2" and "Zootopia 2" are mainly young people. "Mount Langlang Little Monsters" (浪浪山小妖怪), "The Legend of Luo Xiaohei 2" (罗小黑战记2), "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Lan Ruo Temple" (聊斋：兰若寺), "The Stars of the Three Kingdoms (Part 1)" (三国的星空（第一部）) and other "youthful" animated films show strong momentum, attracting a large number of young viewers. Works such as "Nanjing Photo Studio" (南京照相馆), "Wandering Life" (浪浪人生), and "The Lychee of Chang'an" (长安的荔枝) also mostly unfold narratives from the perspective of young people, showcasing innovative spirit. As Zhang Yimou (张艺谋), chairman of the jury of the 38th China Golden Rooster Awards (中国电影金鸡奖), said, "Young people are the future of Chinese films." Jackson Yee (易烊千玺), who contributed a wonderful performance in "Better Days" (小小的我), won Best Actor, and "Nice View" (好东西), which portrays the emotional lives of young people, became the biggest winner at the Golden Rooster Awards. Encouraging young creators to make more good films, and allowing generations of young audiences to continue to go to cinemas to watch films, is the only way to keep films "forever young." This consensus reached a new height in 2025.
"Never mistreat a good work" brings market openness. "Ne Zha 2" ranked first on the global animated film box office chart with 15.9 billion yuan. "Zootopia 2"'s opening week box office in mainland China exceeded that of North America. From this, we can see the power of the audience driving the market – being true to their real feelings, treating each film with an equal and open mind, and only paying for good movies. Thanks to the information transparency brought by the Internet, the function of "word-of-mouth" in the survival of the fittest in film industry links such as creation, production, distribution, screening, and marketing has been continuously strengthened, achieving one box office miracle after another. After "Ne Zha 2," people have reason to believe that every domestically produced film with real competitiveness will rewrite the glorious record of Chinese film history, and similarly, after "Zootopia 2," excellent imported films will be tested in China, the world's largest single market.
Box office success brings openness in cultural mentality. There was a time when supporting domestic films or liking imported films was an either-or choice. Watching imported films in cinemas, one admired the gorgeous pictures and exciting plots, while also feeling concerned about "inferior skills." In recent years, as "Made in China" has become a force to be reckoned with in the world film market, and as the dissemination and acceptance of Chinese culture have been significantly improved, especially as "Ne Zha 2" rushed to the forefront of world cinema through a "box office myth," Chinese audiences are more confident in their film choices and more at ease in their viewing mentality. Some commentators have summarized this as "China's cultural confidence is gradually entering a relaxed state: knowing that its own culture has a unique voice, and also willing to listen to the diverse expressions of the world." "Shed tears for Ne Zha and smile for that fox" is an understanding and call for common emotions, shared destiny, and common values.
The world is new every day, and only a broad heart can accommodate the new world of each day. From openness to greater openness, Chinese films are entrusted with even higher expectations.
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How can cultural relics in museums be brought into modern daily life? The documentary "National Treasure Moment" attempts to do so with short episodes of 5 minutes each. As a cultural relic ultra-high-definition image recording project jointly initiated by the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) and the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局), "National Treasure Moment" engraves "digital business cards" for 100 national treasures bearing national memories, allowing audiences to encounter a national treasure every day. It is simultaneously presented on national provincial satellite TVs, new media matrices of radio and television, and commercial audio-visual platforms, becoming a cultural micro-classroom on screens large and small, and has received widespread praise.
The creative team is good at using everyday things to make profound cultural relics feelable and knowable. When introducing the eggshell black pottery cup, the extreme thinness of 0.2 mm is transformed into a concrete picture by comparing it with the side edge of a 1-fen coin, a fresh eggshell, and the thickness of A4 printing paper. When showing the magnificence of the Yongle Bell, adult superimposed height and elephant weight are used as references. When describing the intaglio lines of the Jade Cong King, hair is used as a metaphor to reveal its precision. When museum exhibitions are integrated into life scenes, the ancient cultural relics are naturally connected with the audience's experience. Faced with the 3.96-meter-high "Tongtian Sacred Tree," the documentary raises an imaginative question: "Is it the Fusang sacred tree or the cosmic ladder?" to stimulate the audience's interest in and thinking about the cultural relics.
"National Treasure Moment" adheres to a rigorous academic attitude while pursuing a fresh expression of the times. The film uses "past and present lives" as a clue to connect the characters and stories behind the cultural relics, telling the common emotions and national spirit passed down from generation to generation by the Chinese nation, and injecting the breath of the times into deep cultural memories. The episode "The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi Brick Painting" takes "the same frame across 700 years" as its theme, explaining the history and artistic value of "the earliest Wei and Jin figure painting," and using 3D animation technology to concretely present the spiritual resonance of Wei and Jin celebrities and Spring and Autumn hermits across time and space, allowing the unyielding character of Chinese literati to strike the soul through thousands of years. The "Lotus Crane Square Pot" has a shape inherited from the Western Zhou Dynasty, dragon patterns highlighting the bronze shape of the Chu region, and crane images drawn from the decorative traditions north of the Central Plains. It is the crystallization of diverse cultural collisions and also inspires modern people to innovate in culture and art.
Another example is the Jade Cong King, which is round inside and square outside. It is the largest and most exquisitely carved jade cong unearthed so far. It is not only a witness to the complex social structure and exquisite craftsmanship of the Liangzhu ancient kingdom, but also the ancient practice of "using yellow cong to worship the earth" in the "Rites of Zhou" - the Liangzhu ancestors used it to communicate with heaven, earth, people, and gods, entrusting their deep awe of nature. The documentary tells the story of the successful application for World Heritage status of the Liangzhu Ancient City Site by analyzing the ecological concepts contained in the Jade Cong King, vividly proving that awe of nature and protection of nature have been integrated into the cultural genes of the Chinese nation, and encouraging contemporary people to pass on this spirit.
"National Treasure Moment" uses a refined volume, plain language, and innovative communication to provide new possibilities for the revitalization of cultural relics. It does not pursue grand narratives or deliberately sensationalize, but allows the cultural relics to speak for themselves, allowing the audience to generate a connection with history and civilization in a 5-minute encounter. When these silent national treasures meet hundreds of millions of viewers through the screen, the bloodline of Chinese civilization also slowly flows in everyone's heart.
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On December 2nd, the language publication "Yao Wen Jiao Zi" (《咬文嚼字》) released its top ten buzzwords of the year, with the term "living person vibe" prominently listed. This straightforward and simple term has rapidly gained popularity over the past year: in variety show bullet screens, viewers use it to praise the performance of guests; in film and television review sections, netizens use it to affirm that works are close to life and touching; in social media interactions, "living person vibe" has also become a secret to winning popularity and traffic. Following "relaxed vibe" being selected as one of the top ten buzzwords in 2024, "living person vibe" goes a step further, reflecting people's desire for authenticity and genuine emotions.
The reason why "living person vibe" touches people's hearts is that it responds to the real situation of contemporary people. Firstly, being in a fast-paced modern society and facing various life and work pressures, people are prone to falling into burnout. "Living person vibe" is precisely aimed at this low-energy state, affirming the expression of life's instincts and hoping to regain vitality.
Secondly, the homogenization of language and the "human-machine vibe" in the AI era make "human touch" precious. Especially in 2025, DeepSeek (DeepSeek) aroused widespread social attention, and AI applications penetrated into the fields of text, image, audio, and video creation. "Living person vibe" has become an important weapon against "human-machine vibe," guarding the unique freshness of human emotions and language.
Thirdly, the mediated existence state fostered by social media and the attention economy has led people to gradually conceal their true selves and begin to consciously or unconsciously manage their "persona." "Living person vibe" precisely jumps out of all kinds of exquisite "personas," presenting poetic moments that overflow this rule, and warmly opens its arms to others.
In the field of literature and art, "living person vibe" also frequently goes viral. Yu Hua (余华), Mo Yan (莫言), Li Juan (李娟), and other writers attract young readers, mainly not because of their "master aura," but because of their relatable life details, comedian-style humorous remarks, and spiritual connection with young people; the animated film "Monster in the Waves Mountain" (《浪浪山小妖怪》) broke through in the 2025 summer season, turning the hero myth into a passionate journey of ordinary people, and the little monsters reflected the audience's thoughts and feelings; the continued popularity of stand-up comedy also shows that starting from vivid experiences and delicately expressing the unnoticed life situations can obviously resonate more with the audience.
The so-called "living person vibe" actually represents a kind of feeling structure and aesthetic texture in a highly digitalized and virtualized information environment: authenticity, imperfection, rough edges, wok hei, and unexpected surprises. Whether it is a "car crash moment" or a "messed up moment" or a "narrative of ordinary people," it may become an expression of true temperament and fresh taste, bringing human warmth and emotional resonance. Similar to "living person vibe," popular words such as "high energy" and "Passion" also point to an ideal state of existence full of vitality, reflecting people's common pursuit of "living authentically."
At the same time, "living person vibe" has gradually become a magic weapon for commercial marketing. In 2025, from film and television, variety shows to clothing, makeup, sports, and other fields, brands are working hard to flaunt "living person vibe." When "living person vibe" has routines and templates and can be easily copied and created, one cannot help but wonder: is this authenticity from the heart, or a "pseudo-living person vibe" after careful calculation and packaging? In addition, "living person vibe" is also easily confused with "lack of professionalism" and "roughness," becoming an excuse to give up the pursuit of excellence, which also needs to be paid attention to.
The popularity of "living person vibe" reminds us with the power of language to pay attention to the rough edges of life and the unpolished edges and corners. When AI tries to replicate human emotions with algorithms, and when social media almost monopolizes human connection methods, "living person vibe" may be transformed into a thin red line, connecting the most simple needs between people. As long as we are still moved by authentic expressions and stop for fresh moments, then "living person vibe" will not lose its weight, and the human world will always be full of warmth.
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In the past two years, a category of works has bucked the trend, carving out a unique track from a wide variety of audio-visual products, and continuing to attract people's attention. This is the suspense drama.
According to incomplete statistics, more than 30 suspense dramas have been launched on various platforms this year, and many works have exceeded 100 million views. "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty: Chang'an (唐朝诡事录之长安)," which recently concluded, topped the daily list of the drama industry in terms of market share. "The Endless End (无尽的尽头)" and "Sandstorm (沙尘暴)," which were launched earlier, both exceeded 8 points on Douban. "In the Name of the Law (以法之名)," "The Chess Player (棋士)," and "Life on the Line (命悬一生)" also sparked heated discussions on social platforms with their character portrayals and social issues. From the sporadic appearance of excellent works to the suspense genre winning audience recognition, to relying on the optimization of management mechanisms, the expression of themes has become increasingly rich and profound, and then to generating a closer emotional connection with the audience, the advancement of suspense dramas has been clear and powerful.
Fast-paced, suspenseful narratives provide a methodology for "long content" to win attention. Suspense dramas usually get straight to the point, throwing out high-density information and tense situations, quickly filling up the dramatic tension. The audience feels a "thump" in their hearts, and the excitement of following the drama comes. The first episode of "The Long Season (漫长的季节)" seems to be a slow-paced narrative of life, but it efficiently explains the relationships between characters and the background of the story. "The Yellow Bird (黄雀)" presents the multiple games between the police and the theft gang in the first 5 minutes, throwing out a "hook." Many suspense dramas tell complete stories in about 10 episodes with a light volume... This non-dragging, non-water-injected narrative method is essentially a respect for the audience's time and viewing habits. Narrative compactness and creating suspense are not only applicable to film and television creation, but also have reference value for all cultural products that need to tell stories - in a media environment with information overload, it is necessary to show charm and retain the audience at the first time.
From the sporadic appearance of "blockbuster single products" to the continuous launch of "blockbuster series," the key lies in successful branding operations. "Mist Theater (迷雾剧场)," "Midnight Theater (白夜剧场)," and "X Theater (X剧场)" have become well-known "brands" of suspense dramas. Taking "Mist Theater (迷雾剧场)" as an example, the platform first verified audience recognition through "Burning Ice (无证之罪)" in 2017, and then officially launched "Mist Theater (迷雾剧场)" in 2020, using "The Bad Kids (隐秘的角落)" and "The Long Night (沉默的真相)" to brighten the brand, and then stably outputted 4-5 works per year. Nearly 30 works have generally maintained a high level of production, establishing a brand awareness of "short drama series, fast pace, film texture, and social care," bringing a large number of new members to the platform. Many viewers "came for this."
The integration of social issues and realistic expression is the answer to transcending genre routines and being "both popular and acclaimed." Suspense dramas are not only about commercial value, but also about providing ideological enlightenment with a deep core, using cases as a window to observe society, using cases to explain the law, values, the ways of the world, and the righteousness of the country. "The Long Night (沉默的真相)" expresses the justice and perseverance of ordinary people, "Life on the Line (命悬一生)" discusses the human choices behind the case, and "In the Name of the Law (以法之名)" directly faces the contradiction and unity of emotion and law. These works touch on real issues of public concern such as judicial justice, intergenerational relationships, and educational equity. The creative idea of "genre shell + realistic core" integrates public emotions and social thinking into the narrative, and cultural products transcend the pure entertainment attribute and have a profound and lasting appeal. At the same time, the communication link of "plot content - social topics - public resonance" also conforms to the laws of new media communication.
Scientific management mechanisms have effectively broadened the creative space of suspense dramas and promoted the continuous improvement of their artistic level. The themes of suspense dramas mostly involve illegal and criminal cases, and also highlight the results of anti-corruption and anti-crime campaigns. The artistic portrayal of the evil of "villains," the reflection of criminal behavior, and the discussion of the bottom line of human nature are necessary to highlight the power of justice, but they should not be excessively rendered, 劝百讽一 (quàn bǎi fěng yī - "admonish a hundred to satirize one," to warn the many by punishing the few), and even more should not violate public order and good customs in order to attract attention. This involves a question of scale and content management. In recent years, while maintaining the diversification of artistic techniques, suspense dramas have not deviated from mainstream values such as punishing evil and promoting good, and abiding by laws and regulations, which is due to the benign interaction between creation and supervision, demonstrating the wisdom of keeping integrity and innovating in cultural management in the new era. The enlightenment for other cultural products with a certain degree of sensitivity, such as historical dramas, social topic films, animation games, etc., is that a cultural ecology with clear rules and encouragement of innovation is a necessary soil for the emergence of masterpieces.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward "creating a good cultural ecology and enhancing cultural original capabilities." The advancement of suspense dramas is an innovative path that integrates creative wisdom, industrial thinking, management methods, and communication strategies. It is true that the iteration and updating of cultural products is getting faster and faster, and suspense dramas will also face new challenges. Creators, platforms, and managers still need to work together to maintain the sharpness of innovation and breaking the situation. Observing the entire field of literary and artistic creation and cultural production from one corner, the successful experience of suspense dramas opens up a possibility: by rooting in the soil of reality, listening to the voices of the public, and condensing their own advantages in the new pattern of communication, it is expected to open up a new blue ocean, win the audience, and live up to the times.
Return to TopThe national standard dance "Yan Chang" not only won the 18th Wenhua Award, but also won the team dance championship at the Blackpool Dance Festival, the world's national standard dance competition. Its artistic feature lies in the organic integration of the "martial" aspect of opera and the "dance" aspect of national standard dance, shaping a dance image that emphasizes both power and romance. In the highly difficult national standard dance techniques, the work achieves the switching of dance styles and the transmission of emotional ups and downs through the transformation of facial masks, and bursts out emotional potential in the pauses and rhythms of opera melodies. This kind of ingenuity and wisdom in choreography demonstrates the power of dance in the exchange and mutual learning of Eastern and Western civilizations.
(Beijing (北京市) Haidian District (海淀区) Ren Wenhui (任文惠))
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