People's Daily - December 16, 2025

Persistently prioritize the ideological and moral development of minors as a strategic and fundamental task, and work together to create a favorable social environment for the healthy growth of minors.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大) , the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to the ideological and moral construction of minors, and has taken multiple measures to promote new progress and new achievements in various tasks.

On the new journey, it is necessary to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, adhere to treating the ideological and moral construction of minors as a strategic and fundamental task, persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) to cultivate the soul, improve the collaborative education mechanism of schools, families, and society, educate and guide the vast number of minors to establish lofty ideals, practice the core socialist values, develop good moral character and behavior habits, and strive to become socialist builders and successors who develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and in terms of labor. Party committees and governments at all levels should strengthen organizational leadership, relevant departments and mass organizations should earnestly perform their duties, and jointly create a good social environment for the healthy growth of minors.

Beijing (北京), December 15th (Reporter Zhao Bing (赵兵)) - Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), President of the People's Republic of China (国家主席), and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (中央军委), recently made important instructions on the ideological and moral construction of minors. He pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to the ideological and moral construction of minors, and has taken multiple measures to promote new progress and new achievements in various tasks.

Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that on the new journey, it is necessary to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, adhere to treating the ideological and moral construction of minors as a strategic and fundamental task, persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) to cultivate the soul, improve the collaborative education mechanism of schools, families, and society, educate and guide the vast number of minors to establish lofty ideals, practice the core socialist values, develop good moral character and behavior habits, and strive to become socialist builders and successors who develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and in terms of labor. Party committees and governments at all levels should strengthen organizational leadership, relevant departments and mass organizations should earnestly perform their duties, and jointly create a good social environment for the healthy growth of minors.

The symposium on the ideological and moral construction of minors was held in Beijing (北京) on December 15th. The meeting conveyed the important instructions of Xi Jinping (习近平). Cai Qi (蔡奇), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委) and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee (中央书记处书记), attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

Cai Qi (蔡奇) pointed out in his speech that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions are far-sighted, insightful, and highly political, ideological, targeted, and guiding. It is necessary to earnestly study, comprehend, and thoroughly implement them.

Cai Qi (蔡奇) pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed the ideological and moral construction of minors in an important position. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important expositions and important instructions, profoundly clarifying the correct direction, responsibilities, missions, paths, and methods for strengthening and improving the ideological and moral construction of minors in the new era, providing fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in the ideological and moral construction of minors.

Cai Qi (蔡奇) emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) as guidance, fully 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 CPC Central Committee, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the ideological and moral construction of minors, adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, improve the collaborative education mechanism of schools, families, and society, educate and guide the vast number of minors to practice the core socialist values, strengthen their ideals and beliefs, cultivate patriotic feelings, strengthen moral cultivation, increase knowledge and insights, cultivate a spirit of struggle, and enhance comprehensive qualities. Implement the main responsibility of schools for educating people, adhere to moral education first, and pay attention to the integration of the "five educations" (moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor). Attach importance to and strengthen family education, and give play to the basic role of family education. Actively create a good social and cultural environment, and strive to create and produce good cultural products and provide good cultural services for children. Focus on improving the ability to educate people through the internet and enhance minors' online literacy. Promote the physical and mental health of minors and accelerate the construction of a psychological health service system for minors. Strengthen the protection of minors and the prevention of illegal and criminal activities, and guide minors to establish a concept of the rule of law. Strengthen the Party's leadership over the ideological and moral construction of minors, create a good social environment, and jointly promote the healthy growth and all-round development of minors.

Li Shulei (李书磊) presided over the symposium.

Responsible comrades from the Cyberspace Administration of China (中央网信办), the Ministry of Education (教育部), China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青团中央), the All-China Women's Federation (全国妇联), the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department (北京市委宣传部), and Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), as well as representatives of grassroots workers in the ideological and moral construction of minors, made speeches.

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Improve the collaborative education mechanism and jointly promote the development of good character.

By: 本报评论员

The ideological and moral development of minors is a strategic and fundamental task concerning the long-term development and enduring stability of the Party and the country.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to the healthy growth of minors and has made a series of important expositions. Recently, the General Secretary made important instructions on the ideological and moral development of minors, pointing out that "the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education must be implemented" and "a collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society should be improved." He called for educating and guiding the vast number of minors to "establish lofty ideals" and "develop good moral character and behavior habits," emphasizing the need to "jointly create a good social environment for the healthy growth of minors."

On December 15th, a symposium on the ideological and moral development of minors was held in Beijing (北京). The meeting conveyed the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and put forward clear requirements for strengthening and improving the ideological and moral development of minors on the new journey. We must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the ideological and moral development of minors, improve the collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society, actively create a good social and cultural environment, focus on improving the ability to educate people through the internet, guide minors to establish a concept of the rule of law, and jointly promote the healthy growth and all-round development of minors.

The youth stage is the "critical period of growth" in life, and it is crucial to establish a correct worldview, outlook on life, and values. An important aspect of helping minors fasten the first button of their lives is to improve the collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society, promote the formation of good character from an early age, and lay a solid foundation for the healthy growth of minors.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The "First Class of the New Semester," with the theme of "Remembering and Striving," used modern technology to present the magnificent history of the War of Resistance to the audience, allowing teachers and students to receive a profound spiritual baptism. "I want to study hard and not shrink back from difficulties, but be brave and strong like the heroes of the War of Resistance." This was the feeling of a sixth-grade student.

Integrating a sense of historical depth with the sense of the technological era, and adapting to the development trend of digitalization, networking, and intelligence, the first class of the new semester has become an effective carrier of ideological and political education. This inspires us that strengthening and improving the ideological and moral development of minors must implement the school's main responsibility for education, adhere to the same direction and parallel progress of ideological and political courses and curriculum-based ideological and political education, place moral education in a more important position, and strive to ensure that every class not only disseminates knowledge but also imparts virtues, so that the seeds of socialist core values take root and sprout in the hearts of students. Teachers bear the important responsibility of disseminating knowledge, disseminating ideas, disseminating truth, shaping souls, shaping lives, and shaping new people in the new era. They must have faith, have feelings, have a dignified personality, and consciously set an example for learning and being a person.

During the in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, a story about a junior high school student sparked heated discussion. Her mother was on a business trip, and her grandmother, who had come from out of town to celebrate the festival, opened the door to receive a package, and when she saw that it was a box of mooncakes, she wanted to open it and give it to her granddaughter to eat. She immediately dissuaded her, saying that her mother said there were eight regulations, and she could not open packages sent by strangers when she was not at home, and she would let her mother handle it herself when she came back. From this, we can see both the power of the Central Eight-Point Regulation to transform customs and the importance of parents' exemplary behavior.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the family is the first school in life, and parents are the first teachers of children. They must tell their children the 'first lesson in life.'" Children begin to receive family education from the time they babble and learn to speak. What kind of family education they receive determines what kind of person they become. Parents, especially mothers and fathers, have a great influence on their children, which can often affect a person's entire life. As parents, passing on good moral concepts to children from an early age, educating their children with correct ideas, methods, and behaviors, inheriting the traditional family virtues of the Chinese nation, and cultivating a family culture of family harmony, good family education, and upright family style can give play to the basic role of family education and enable children to form good behavior habits and moral character from an early age.

Visiting revolutionary sites such as Yangjialing (杨家岭) and Zaoyuan (枣园) in Yan'an (延安), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, many people were deeply impressed by a group of "little narrators" with an average age of about 10 years old. They explained red stories through "speaking, singing, and dancing," becoming a beautiful landscape for spreading the Yan'an (延安) spirit, and demonstrating the responsibility and commitment of the new era's youth. Social practice, social activities, and various student club activities on campus are the students' second classroom. Making good use of this classroom, giving full play to the educational functions of public cultural facilities, red resources, and cultural relic resources, enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of social education, and strengthening labor education and social practice will help the vast number of young people establish feelings for the people, responsibility for society, and loyalty to the country.

Minors are the future of the country and the hope of the nation. Closely focusing on the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, persistently using Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to cultivate the soul, improve the collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society, and form a strong joint force to promote the healthy growth of minors will surely promote our cause to write a new chapter in the passing of the torch.

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Expanding domestic demand is a strategic move.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 15th. The 24th issue of "Qiushi" magazine, to be published on December 16th, will feature an important article by Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, titled "Expanding Domestic Demand is a Strategic Move." This is an excerpt of important discourses by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) from October 2015 to October 2025.

The article points out that expanding domestic demand is related to both economic stability and economic security. It is not an expedient measure, but a strategic move. Implementing the strategy of expanding domestic demand is necessary to maintain the long-term, sustained, and healthy development of China's economy, and to meet the people's growing needs for a better life. We must accelerate efforts to address the shortcomings in domestic demand, especially consumption, so that domestic demand becomes the main driving force and anchor for stabilizing economic growth.

The article emphasizes that the advantage of a large economy is its internal circulation. We must firmly grasp the strategic base point of expanding domestic demand, so that the links of production, distribution, circulation, and consumption rely more on the domestic market to achieve a virtuous cycle. Expanding domestic demand and expanding opening up are not contradictory. The smoother the domestic circulation, the more it can form an attraction field for global resources and factors, the more conducive it is to building a new development pattern with the domestic large cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other, and the more conducive it is to forming new advantages in participating in international competition and cooperation. We must organically combine the strategy of expanding domestic demand with deepening supply-side structural reform, exert efforts and coordinate at both the supply and demand sides, and form a higher-level dynamic balance in which demand drives supply and supply creates demand.

The article points out that insufficient aggregate demand is a prominent contradiction facing the current economic operation. We must resolutely implement the outline of the strategic plan for expanding domestic demand, form a complete domestic demand system as soon as possible, and focus on expanding consumption demand supported by income, investment demand with reasonable returns, and financial demand with principal and debt constraints. Consumption is an important engine of China's economic growth. The most fundamental way to expand consumption is to promote employment, improve social security, optimize the income distribution structure, expand the middle-income group, and steadily promote common prosperity. We must establish and improve a long-term mechanism for expanding residents' consumption, so that residents have stable income to consume, dare to consume without worries, and are willing to consume with a strong sense of gain from the consumption environment. We must improve the mechanism for expanding investment, expand the space for effective investment, moderately advance the deployment of new infrastructure construction, expand investment in high-tech industries and strategic emerging industries, and continue to stimulate the vitality of private investment. We must continue to deepen supply-side structural reform, continuously promote technological innovation and institutional innovation, break through the blockages, bottlenecks, and fragile points of supply constraints, enhance the competitiveness and security of the industrial chain and supply chain, and adapt to and meet existing needs with independent and controllable, high-quality supply, and create and lead new demands. We must adhere to the close combination of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, investing in things and investing in people, and resolutely eliminate the blockages and bottlenecks that hinder the construction of a unified national market.

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Grasp the Key, Accomplish the Key Tasks of Next Year's Economic Work

By: 本报评论员

Economic work involves a myriad of tasks, but grasping the key aspects allows for effective overall management, driving the whole situation with key points. The Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) focused on ensuring a good start for the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" and deployed eight key tasks of "adherence," providing action guidelines and clarifying the main direction for doing a good job in next year's economic work.

Adhering to domestic demand as the mainstay, adhering to innovation-driven development, adhering to reform and tackling tough issues, adhering to opening up, adhering to coordinated development, adhering to "dual carbon" leadership, adhering to people's livelihood as paramount, and adhering to safeguarding the bottom line—these "eight adherences" make targeted deployments around key areas and crucial links such as building a strong domestic market, accelerating the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces, and enhancing the driving force and vitality of high-quality development. They focus on solving old problems and addressing new challenges, reflecting a clear problem orientation and goal orientation. Here, we take "adhering to domestic demand as the mainstay" and "adhering to 'dual carbon' leadership" as examples for in-depth analysis to deepen understanding and grasp.

The market is the scarcest resource in the world today, and a strong domestic market is the strategic support for Chinese-style modernization. The conference summarized the Party's (中国共产党) "five musts" of understanding the laws of economic work under the new situation, with the first being "must fully tap economic potential." The conference scientifically analyzed China's (中国) economic situation, pointing out that the contradiction between strong domestic supply and weak demand is prominent, which is a sober understanding and accurate grasp of the problem. The conference put "adhering to domestic demand as the mainstay and building a strong domestic market" at the top of the eight key tasks for next year's economic work, which is an inevitable choice to consciously use the laws of economic development, solve practical problems, and cope with external uncertainties.

In recent years, firmly grasping the strategic base point of expanding domestic demand, stimulating potential consumption, and expanding effective investment, China's (中国) domestic demand scale has continued to expand, quality has continued to improve, and international influence has continued to increase. From January to November this year, China's (中国) total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded 45.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%. The growth rate of service retail sales was faster than that of commodity retail sales, and digital consumption, green consumption, and health consumption have increasingly become new hot spots of consumption, and their leading and supporting role in consumption has become increasingly apparent.

Market resources are China's (中国) huge advantage. China (中国) is the world's second-largest consumer market, with the world's largest middle-income group, containing huge investment and consumption potential. 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, including more than 11.2 million vehicles traded in and more than 128.44 million home appliances traded in, powerfully confirming that the domestic demand potential of the super-large market composed of more than 1.4 billion people is unlimited.

Expanding domestic demand is the key focus of strengthening the domestic cycle. It is necessary to coordinate the promotion of consumption and the expansion of investment, and make good use of China's (中国) super-large market advantages. Deeply implementing special actions to boost consumption, expanding the supply of high-quality goods and services, focusing on benefiting people's livelihoods and increasing momentum, promoting investment to stop falling and stabilize, and promoting urban renewal with high quality will surely further stimulate domestic demand potential, smooth economic circulation, enhance the endogenous power and reliability of the domestic cycle, better drive the domestic and international dual cycles, and inject a source of vitality into promoting stable and positive economic development.

Green development is a distinct background color of Chinese-style modernization. The conference deployed the key task of "adhering to 'dual carbon' leadership and promoting comprehensive green transformation," demonstrating the firm determination and pragmatic actions of our Party (中国共产党) in leading the people to unremittingly promote ecological civilization construction and unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development.

In recent years, under the guidance of the "dual carbon" goals, China's (中国) green transformation of economic and social development has entered a fast lane. The total installed capacity of wind power and solar power has completed the 2030 national independent contribution target ahead of schedule; the process of industrial low-carbonization has accelerated, with a cumulative cultivation of 6,430 national green factories and 491 green industrial parks, and the output value of national green factories accounting for more than 20%; the world's largest carbon market has been built, with a cumulative transaction volume of more than 800 million tons and a transaction value of more than 54 billion yuan... The footsteps of green, circular, and low-carbon development are sonorous, and the construction of a beautiful China (中国) has taken major steps. International people commented that "China's (中国) green innovation not only benefits its own country but also benefits the world."

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "To achieve the 'dual carbon' goals, we must base ourselves on national conditions and adhere to steady progress and gradual realization." Next year is the first year that the dual control of energy consumption will fully shift to the dual control of carbon emissions. To promote the green and low-carbon development of economic and social development, it is necessary to coordinate industrial structure adjustment, pollution control, ecological protection, and climate change response, synergistically promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and focus on energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation in key industries, strengthen the construction of the national carbon emission trading market, and strengthen the governance of new pollutants, laying a solid foundation for striving to achieve carbon peaking before 2030.

New quality productive forces are themselves green productive forces. Fully and accurately implementing the new development concept, accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, accelerating the formation of green production and lifestyles, activating new momentum for green development, expanding new space for economic and social development, and enhancing the ecological well-being of the people.

Currently, China's (中国) development faces both strategic opportunities and risks and challenges. Earnestly studying and implementing the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), effectively grasping, understanding, and implementing the intentions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), responding to challenges and promoting development more actively and effectively, and striving to achieve the goals and tasks of economic and social development next year, we will surely firmly grasp the initiative and create a new situation in high-quality development.

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Zhao Leji Presided Over the 56th Meeting of the Chairman and Vice-Chairpersons of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee

This newspaper reported from Beijing on December 15th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) The 56th Chairman’s Meeting of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee was held at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of December 15th. Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) presided over the meeting. The meeting decided that the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee will be held in Beijing (北京) from December 22nd to 27th.

The Chairman’s Meeting suggested that the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee should deliberate on the draft of the Environmental Protection Code, the draft of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, the draft of the National Development Plan Law, the draft revision of the Fisheries Law, the draft of the Law on the Safety of Hazardous Chemicals, the draft revision of the Civil Aviation Law, the draft revision of the National Common Language Law, and the draft revision of the Foreign Trade Law; deliberate on the motion of the Chairman’s Meeting on submitting the draft of the State-owned Assets Law for deliberation; deliberate on the motion of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) on submitting the draft of the Childcare Service Law for deliberation; deliberate on the motion of the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) on submitting the draft of the Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law for deliberation; deliberate on the State Council’s motions on submitting the draft revision of the Banking Supervision and Administration Law for deliberation and on submitting the draft revision of the Trademark Law for deliberation; and deliberate on the motion of the Chairman’s Meeting on submitting the draft interpretation of relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law for deliberation and on submitting the draft decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) on convening the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人民代表大会) for deliberation.

The agenda of the 19th session of the Standing Committee suggested by the Chairman’s Meeting also includes: deliberating on the State Council’s report on the rectification of problems found in the audit of the implementation of the central budget and other fiscal revenues and expenditures in 2024, the report on the allocation and use of fiscal higher education funds, the report on the promotion of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, the report on the establishment and improvement of the mechanism for integrated urban-rural development, and the report on the protection of the rights and interests of flexible employment and new employment forms workers; deliberating on the report of the National People's Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee’s law enforcement inspection team on the implementation of the Energy Conservation Law and the report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Promotion Law; deliberating on the reports submitted by the National People's Congress (全国人大) Ethnic Affairs Committee, Constitution and Law Committee, Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on the results of the deliberation of the motions submitted by the Presidium of the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人大); listening to the reports of the Deputies Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) on the handling of suggestions, criticisms, and opinions of the deputies to the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (全国人大); deliberating on the report of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) on the work of record review in 2025, the report of the Budgetary Affairs Commission on the work of record review of fiscal budget matters in 2025, and the report of the Legislative Affairs Commission on the work of legal cleanup and handling opinions; deliberating on the written report of Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) on his visit to New Zealand and Australia; deliberating on the report of the Credentials Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) on the qualifications of individual deputies; deliberating on the motion of the Central Military Commission on submitting the proposal to approve the addition of members to the Election Committee of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军); and deliberating on relevant appointment and removal matters.

At the Chairman’s Meeting, Liu Qi (刘奇), Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大), reported on the draft agenda and schedule of the 19th session of the Standing Committee. Relevant Deputy Secretaries-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大), and heads of relevant special committees and working committees of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) reported on relevant topics.

Vice Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大) Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), He Wei (何维), Wu Weihua (武维华), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), and Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔) attended the meeting.

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Ding Xuexiang Meets with Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and Co-Chairs China-Singapore Bilateral Cooperation Mechanism Meetings

Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, December 15th (Reporters Zhu Chao (朱超) and Liu Enli (刘恩黎)) Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, met with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong (颜金勇) in Chongqing (重庆) on the 15th, and co-chaired the 21st Meeting of the China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation, the 26th Meeting of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (中新苏州工业园区) Joint Steering Council, the 17th Meeting of the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (中新天津生态城) Joint Steering Council, and the 9th Meeting of the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity (中新（重庆）战略性互联互通示范项目) Joint Steering Council.

During the meeting, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) stated that the long-term stable development of China-Singapore relations has benefited from the strategic guidance of the leaders of both countries and adherence to the correct political direction. Both sides should continue to enhance mutual trust, respect each other's core interests, and ensure the steady and long-term development of friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Singapore.

Gan Kim Yong (颜金勇) stated that Singapore attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly adheres to the one-China policy, opposes "Taiwan independence," and is willing to strengthen exchanges at all levels with China to promote greater development of bilateral relations.

Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) and Gan Kim Yong (颜金勇) co-chaired the four bilateral cooperation mechanism meetings. The two sides comprehensively reviewed and summarized the progress of China-Singapore pragmatic cooperation, and exchanged in-depth views on high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road," economic and trade and sustainable development, innovation, finance, public health and cultural exchanges, cooperation in national-level bilateral cooperation projects, and other topics, clarifying the direction and focus of cooperation in the next stage. The two sides unanimously agreed to deepen the alignment of development plans, explore more convergence of interests and growth points for cooperation; make full use of policy resources to promote the upgrading of major projects; cultivate and strengthen new quality productive forces, and accelerate the formation of landmark achievements; and work together to maintain the multilateral trading system and better promote the respective development of the two countries and the prosperity and stability of the region.

After the meeting, Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥) and Gan Kim Yong (颜金勇) jointly witnessed the exhibition of China-Singapore cooperation achievements, attended the departure ceremony of the China-Singapore Multimodal Transport Demonstration Project Chongqing (重庆)-Central Asia and Chongqing (重庆)-Southeast Asia international freight trains, and visited the China-Singapore Interconnectivity Project Comprehensive Exhibition Hall and the Chongqing Municipal Digital City Operation and Governance Center.

Yuan Jiajun (袁家军) participated in the above activities.

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Photo Report

On December 15th, the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key project for power development and a major project of the Hainan Free Trade Port—the Hainan 500 kV main grid project—was fully put into operation. The project includes the construction of three new 500 kV substations in Yecheng (椰城), Changhua (昌化), and Sanya (三亚), with a new transmission line length of 838 kilometers, forming a complete "mouth" shaped ultra-high voltage ring network architecture. This marks the first time that the voltage level of the Hainan power grid's main grid has crossed from 220 kV to 500 kV, with a power transmission capacity increased by more than 4 times, making the power supply more secure and reliable.

The picture shows the newly built 500 kV Sanya (三亚) substation of the project.

People's Daily reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷), Sun Haiwen (孙海文), and Zhuo Huairui (卓怀瑞) photographed it (People's Vision).

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November National Economy Continues Steady and Progressive Development

Beijing, December 15th (People's Daily reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强) and Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) On December 15th, the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) released data showing that in November, production and supply remained generally stable, the employment situation was generally stable, market prices continued to improve, new quality productive forces steadily developed, and economic operation continued the overall stable and 稳中有进 (wěn zhōng yǒu jìn - "stability with progress," maintaining stability while making progress) development trend.

In November, the national industrial added value above designated size increased by 4.8% year-on-year. The added value of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.7% year-on-year, and the added value of the high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 8.4% year-on-year. From January to November, the national industrial added value above designated size increased by 6.0% year-on-year.

In November, the national service industry production index increased by 4.2% year-on-year. From January to November, the national service industry production index increased by 5.6% year-on-year.

(Related reports on page two)

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Issuance of "Regulations on Military Service Registration"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 15th (北京). With the consent of the State Council (国务院) and the Central Military Commission (中央军委), the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) and the General Office of the Central Military Commission (中央军委办公厅) recently issued the "Regulations on Conscription Registration Work," which will come into effect on January 1, 2026.

The "Regulations on Conscription Registration Work" adheres to Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping's (习近平) thinking on strengthening the military, focuses on promoting the implementation of the "Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国兵役法)," and strives to build a new era conscription registration system and mechanism with standardized procedures, clear responsibilities and rights, convenience, and efficiency. It refines and clarifies the objects, timing, content, methods, and related requirements for initial conscription registration and reserve registration, providing strong support for effectively ensuring citizens' fulfillment of military service obligations in accordance with the law and orderly and standardized conscription registration work.

The issuance and implementation of the "Regulations on Conscription Registration Work" is an important achievement of the military service system reform and is of great significance for doing a good job in conscription and other work.

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Favorable Conditions Exist for Achieving Full-Year Targets (Authoritative Release)

By: 本报记者 刘志强 刘温馨

In November, more proactive and effective macro policies continued to show results, the construction of a unified national market was further advanced, efforts were focused on strengthening the domestic circulation, production and supply continued to grow, market sales continued to expand, the growth of imports and exports of goods accelerated, employment and prices were generally stable, high-quality development was steadily promoted, and the national economy continued its stable and progressive development trend. At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) on December 15, Fu Linghui (付凌晖), spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局), chief economist, and director of the Department of Comprehensive National Economic Statistics, introduced the performance of the national economy in November.
"Despite the difficulties and pressures, China's economy has strong resilience, strong macro policy support, and new growth drivers are steadily growing, providing good conditions for achieving the expected annual targets," said Fu Linghui (付凌晖).

Production growth is stable, market sales are expanding, and foreign trade resilience is evident.
Production growth is stable. In November, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.8% year-on-year, with the growth rate basically the same as the previous month; the service production index increased by 4.2% year-on-year, and the production indexes of information transmission, software and information technology services, and leasing and business services increased by 12.9% and 8.4% year-on-year, respectively.
Market sales are expanding. In November, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 1.3% year-on-year. From January to November, the retail sales of services increased by 5.4% year-on-year, an increase of 0.1 percentage points faster than from January to October; the retail sales of cultural, sports, and recreational services and communication and information services maintained double-digit growth.
Foreign trade resilience is evident. In November, China's total imports and exports of goods increased by 4.1% year-on-year, 4 percentage points faster than the previous month; from January to November, China's total imports and exports of goods with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" increased by 6% year-on-year, faster than the growth of total foreign trade imports and exports.
Employment and prices are stable. In November, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.1%, the same as the previous month; the consumer price index rose by 0.7% year-on-year, rebounding for three consecutive months.
People's livelihood is strongly guaranteed. Various regions have increased their efforts to ensure energy supply, effectively guaranteeing the energy needs for winter production and life. In November, the output of crude oil, natural gas, and electricity from industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 2.2%, 5.7%, and 2.7% respectively. New formats and scenarios such as residents' travel and shopping are accelerating construction. From January to November, investment in accommodation and catering, wholesale and retail, and electricity and heat production and supply industries increased by 7.1%, 7.1%, and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively.

New quality productive forces are developing rapidly, and industrial production is steadily improving in quality.
"Since the beginning of this year, various regions and departments have strengthened scientific and technological innovation and actively cultivated and developed new quality productive forces, achieving positive results," said Fu Linghui (付凌晖).
Emerging industries are growing stronger. From January to November, the value added of high-tech manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 9.2% year-on-year, and the value added of intelligent consumer equipment manufacturing increased by 7.6%; the leading role of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence in industrial upgrading has been enhanced, and the output of industrial robots and industrial control computers and systems products increased by 29.2% and 87.6% year-on-year, respectively.
Traditional industries are being transformed and upgraded. The processing and manufacturing of new raw materials and new materials is growing rapidly, supporting the growth of related traditional industries. From January to November, the value added of the biomass fuel processing industry increased by 15.6% year-on-year, and the contribution rate to the growth of the petroleum processing industry increased by 1.6 percentage points year-on-year; the value added of the coal and chemical industries increased by 6.3% and 7.8% year-on-year, respectively, reflecting the steady improvement in production capacity and technological level brought about by transformation and upgrading.
The digital economy is improving upward. From January to November, the value added of digital product manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 9.3% year-on-year, and the production index of information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 11.3%.
Green transformation empowers development. From January to November, the power generation of hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power from industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 8.8% year-on-year; the output of new energy vehicles and lithium-ion power batteries for automobiles increased by 26.5% and 42.2%, respectively.
Industrial production generally maintained a steady and high-quality development trend, with structural optimization and upgrading. In November, the value added of equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 7.7% and 8.4% year-on-year, respectively, significantly faster than the growth rate of the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size.
"All parties are actively laying out future industries, accelerating the research and application of new-generation information technology, life science technology, and new energy technology, and deeply implementing the national strategic emerging industry cluster development project, which will help promote the cultivation and growth of new quality productive forces in China and lead and support high-quality economic development," said Fu Linghui (付凌晖).

Consumption potential continues to be released, and investment still has huge potential.
Since the beginning of this year, special actions to boost consumption have been implemented in depth, and policies to replace old consumer goods with new ones have been effective. From January to November, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 4% year-on-year, faster than the same period last year.
Commodity consumption continues to expand. In November, the retail sales of cultural and office supplies and communication equipment from units above the designated size increased by 11.7% and 20.6% year-on-year, respectively.
Service consumption is growing rapidly. From January to November, the retail sales of services increased by 5.4% year-on-year, rebounding for three consecutive months and faster than the growth rate of retail sales of goods; residents' spiritual and cultural needs continue to expand, the retail sales of cultural, sports, and recreational services maintain double-digit growth, and online entertainment consumption such as online film and television is continuously active.
New consumption models such as instant retail and live streaming e-commerce are growing rapidly. From January to November, online retail sales of physical goods increased by 5.7% year-on-year, 1.7 percentage points faster than the total retail sales of consumer goods, accounting for 25.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods.
"It should also be noted that residents' consumption capacity and confidence need to be further improved, and the endogenous driving force for consumption growth still needs to be enhanced," said Fu Linghui (付凌晖). In the next stage, it is necessary to focus on stabilizing employment and promoting income growth, actively expanding high-quality supply, vigorously optimizing the consumption environment, and continuously releasing consumption potential.
From January to November, fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) decreased by 2.6% year-on-year, and project investment excluding real estate development investment increased by 0.8%. How should this be viewed?
"Affected by multiple factors such as the decline in real estate investment, the growth rate of investment has declined, but project investment excluding real estate development investment has maintained growth. Driven by policies to expand domestic demand and industrial upgrading and development, investment in key areas has maintained growth, continuing to lay the foundation for the medium- and long-term development of the economy," Fu Linghui (付凌晖) analyzed. Investment in equipment manufacturing and energy green transformation and other fields has shown good growth momentum, investment in some traditional industries such as petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industries, and accommodation and catering industries has expanded, investment in people's livelihood infrastructure such as electricity and heat production and supply industries, and water transportation industries has grown rapidly, and the policy-driven effect of investment in equipment and tooling purchases has continued to be evident.
"China's investment potential and space are still huge. Promoting the development of new quality productive forces, promoting coordinated urban-rural and regional development, strengthening people's livelihood guarantees such as education, medical care, housing, and basic public services, and meeting the people's needs for a better life all require continuous increase in investment," said Fu Linghui (付凌晖). Recently, relevant departments have introduced many measures to promote investment growth, which will help investment to steadily rebound.

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Firm up confidence, leverage strengths (Quick Commentary)

By: 刘志强

The economic performance in the first 11 months fully proves that "the supporting conditions and basic trend of China's long-term economic improvement have not changed." Recently, some international organizations have raised their expectations for China's economic growth, which also shows the international community's confidence in the Chinese economy.

The Chinese economy has grown in the face of trials and tribulations and has become stronger through tests. At present, there are still many old problems and new challenges in economic development. In response, the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) made systematic arrangements and targeted deployments. "Implementing more proactive and effective macro policies," "focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations," and implementing the key tasks of "eight persistences" in detail will all help us solve the "problems in development and transformation" and promote the steady and long-term development of the Chinese economy.

Let us strengthen our confidence, make good use of our advantages, respond to challenges, strive to achieve the annual economic and social development goals, ensure a good conclusion to the "14th Five-Year Plan" (十四五), and lay a solid foundation for the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五).

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The 12th National Games for the Disabled and the 9th Special Olympics of China Successfully Conclude

This newspaper's Shenzhen (深圳) dispatch on December 15th (Reporter: Yi Shuran (易舒冉)) The 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities of the People's Republic of China and the 9th Special Olympics Games closed in Shenzhen (深圳) on the evening of the 15th. This was the first time that Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) jointly hosted the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and Special Olympics, fully demonstrating the great importance attached to the cause of persons with disabilities and the special care for persons with disabilities by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core.

At 8 p.m., the closing ceremony of the Games was held at the Shenzhen (深圳) Sports Center Gymnasium. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) announced the closing of the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities of the People's Republic of China and the 9th Special Olympics Games. Huang Kunming (黄坤明) attended the closing ceremony.

At the closing ceremony, Governor of Guangdong Province Meng Fanli (孟凡利), Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chan Kwok-ki (陈国基), Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Ao Ieong U (柯岚), and President of the China Disabled Persons' Federation Cheng Kai (程凯) delivered speeches successively. Director of the General Administration of Sport of China Gao Zhidan (高志丹) attended the closing ceremony.

The Games included 46 major events, with 7,824 athletes from 34 delegations across the country participating. The scale of the delegations and the number of athletes participating in mass events both reached new highs. The Games were a concentrated display of the new achievements in the development of sports for persons with disabilities in China during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. A total of 15 world records and 156 national records were broken or surpassed. The competitive performance of disabled athletes in surpassing themselves and scaling new heights, as well as their spirit of self-improvement and optimism, inspired and motivated everyone.

At the closing ceremony, Wang Xi (王曦), member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Chan Kwok-ki (陈国基), and Ao Ieong U (柯岚) returned the flags of the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the Special Olympics to Zhou Changkui (周长奎), Chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, and Tong Lixin (佟立新), Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China. Zhou Changkui (周长奎) handed over the flags to Wang Daoxi (王道席), member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan (湖南) Provincial Party Committee, representing the host of the next National Games for Persons with Disabilities and Special Olympics. The next National Games for Persons with Disabilities and Special Olympics will be held in Hunan (湖南) in 2029.

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First overall uniform change for the People's Police since the new era.

Beijing, December 15th (Reported by Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) According to the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) on December 15th: Recently, with the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the 2025-style People's Police uniform has been officially equipped. This is the first overall uniform change for the People's Police force in the new era.

The 2025-style People's Police uniform is designed by the Ministry of Public Security (公安部). Following the systematic innovation concept of "1+N+N," where one police uniform variety corresponds to multiple styles and fabrics, it inherits and develops on the basis of the current 99-style police uniform. While maintaining the color, style, and logo decorations without major adjustments, it mainly improves and optimizes the function, variety, version, and fabric.

In terms of style, it focuses on solving the problem that the current style is not suitable for large-scale and high-intensity movements such as patrolling, running, and arresting. In terms of variety, it reduces infrequently used varieties and increases urgently needed varieties for actual combat and training. In terms of fabric, it strengthens the application of new materials to improve wrinkle resistance, abrasion resistance, breathability, and warmth retention, so as to better meet the clothing needs of People's Police in different regional environments, different police departments, different duty types, and different work scenarios.

The 2025-style police uniform equipment adheres to highlighting the grassroots, favoring the front line, and serving actual combat, and implements differentiated distribution according to different department police types, climate regions, duty types, and work scenarios. At the same time, this equipment will not be distributed all at once. Starting this year, the current 99-style police uniform varieties will be replaced gradually as needed within the annual fiscal budget. For varieties that have not been replaced with new police uniforms, continue to wear the corresponding varieties of the current police uniform, implementing "new and old in parallel" until natural elimination.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the People's Police uniform has undergone nine major reforms, namely the 50-style police uniform, 55-style police uniform, 58-style police uniform, 66-style police uniform, 72-style police uniform, 83-style police uniform, 89-style police uniform, 99-style police uniform, and 2025-style police uniform.

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Commercial vitality injected, an old neighborhood's annual output value exceeds 100 million yuan (Towards the "15th Five-Year Plan" development blueprint)

By: 本报记者 王欣悦

Adhere to the city's connotative development, vigorously implement urban renewal, and build a modern people's city that is innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent.

——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" Proposal

Winding along the cliffside path, shops thrive, and across the Jialing River (嘉陵江) one can see towering buildings. Daijia Lane (戴家巷) in Cangbai Road Community (沧白路社区), Yuzhong District (渝中区), Chongqing (重庆), is located in the bustling Jiefangbei (解放碑) commercial district, separated from the Hongyadong (洪崖洞) scenic area by only a cliff face.

In the past, this place suffered from inconvenient transportation and dilapidated facilities. "The houses leaked, and the pipe network was aging," recalled Xia Meng (夏梦), Secretary of the Party Committee of Cangbai Road Community (沧白路社区). The riverside cliffs were overgrown with weeds, and it took half an hour to detour from the cliff to the river. "Most of the original residents moved away one after another."

In 2021, the renovation and upgrading of the Daijia Lane (戴家巷) block was completed. The path was renovated and connected, the facilities were brand new, and the more obvious change was the influx of commercial vitality. The air is filled with the aroma of coffee, customers are constantly coming and going in the cultural and creative shops, and the old block has become popular online. Today, the permanent population of the Daijia Lane (戴家巷) area has increased by about 80% compared to before the renovation.

"Ding—" Resident Zeng Dailin (曾代林) stepped out of the elevator, "Now there are elevators to go up and down, and there are all kinds of shops at my doorstep, which is much more convenient."

The increase in popularity of the community cannot be achieved without the role of investment promotion. "It is very important to introduce new business formats rhythmically and selectively. For example, we positioned the residential buildings on the inner side of the block as cultural and creative hotels, the cliffside path facing the river is mainly for restaurants and bars, and the exit of the block focuses on cultural and creative retail—each building has a clear functional zoning to avoid homogeneous competition," said Chen Lin (陈林), Senior Investment Manager of Yuzhong Cultural Tourism Development Group Changxiang Company (渝中文旅发展集团长翔公司).

At the corner of the alley entrance, the Beibuyuan Hot Pot Restaurant (北步园火锅店) is experiencing a peak in customer flow. "We joined the business alliance, and the alliance uniformly arranges marketing activities, giving the hot pot restaurant better promotion opportunities." The business alliance mentioned by Wang Li (王立), the person in charge of the hot pot restaurant, was jointly established by Changxiang Company (长翔公司) and the community. As a member of the alliance, Beibuyuan Hot Pot Restaurant (北步园火锅店) abides by unified standards in terms of facade style and outdoor space management, and can participate in street activities such as fairs, realizing the transformation from fighting alone to developing together.

As Daijia Lane (戴家巷) became a popular online destination, contradictions gradually emerged.

"The voices and clinking of glasses downstairs are so noisy that we can't sleep. When we open the windows, it's all hot pot fumes, and we can't even dry our clothes." Residents initially complained a lot about the hot pot restaurant.

A "courtyard consultation meeting" was quickly held, with representatives of residents, business representatives, and the operating company sitting in a circle. In the end, the merchants agreed to install grease traps, optimize the direction of the flue, and control business hours. Some restaurants also took the initiative to propose paying the full year's property fees for the residents upstairs: "We will pay tens of thousands of yuan, so that we can do business with peace of mind, and the neighbors will also be comfortable."

"Beibuyuan Hot Pot Restaurant (北步园火锅店) moved in in 2020, and now new merchants have to go through review before moving in," said Chen Lin (陈林). The company summarized the lessons learned, "Although heavy oily fume catering formats are very popular with tourists, the community and the company respect the wishes of local residents and strictly control the number, achieving 'only out, no in', and also avoiding serious homogeneous competition."

"We focus on cultivating 'small but beautiful' new business formats, focusing on experiential consumption such as theaters and handicrafts. We hope that tourists will stay and feel, and also reduce the impact on residents' lives," said Chen Lin (陈林). Today, the annual output value of the Daijia Lane (戴家巷) block exceeds 100 million yuan, creating nearly 400 jobs.

The transformation of Daijia Lane (戴家巷), with its renovation and upgrading of old communities and the renovation and upgrading of commercial spaces, is a microcosm of Chongqing's (重庆) urban renewal. In order to solve the problems of incomplete functions and outdated facilities in the old city, Chongqing (重庆) has implemented 223 urban renewal projects in the past five years, and 23 urban renewal experiences and practices have been promoted nationwide. The relevant person in charge of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (重庆市住房和城乡建设委员会) said: "We will revitalize idle resources and attract industrial clusters through urban renewal, create more innovative, entrepreneurial, and creative carriers and diverse and dynamic spaces, and promote industrial upgrading, regional development, and value reshaping."

At dusk, Zeng Dailin (曾代林) sat on a bench, watching the bustling tourists, and the laughter of tourists came from afar. "The alley is still the same alley," she sipped her tea lightly, "but life is getting more and more comfortable." 巴适 (bā shì - "comfortable," Sichuan dialect for very good, comfortable, satisfactory).

This issue is coordinated by: Zhang Anyu (张安宇)

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"Making familiar places even more beautiful"

By: 田雨龙

I have been doing business in Daijia Lane (戴家巷) for almost 10 years, and my store is right at the entrance of the famous Cliffside Walkway. I remember when I first came here, it was a veritable back alley, full of sewage and garbage, and the steps were badly damaged.

In 2018, community workers went door-to-door to solicit opinions, and everyone held several discussion meetings together to talk about suggestions for the renovation of the block.

Some old residents worried that the block would lose its original characteristics after the renovation, and the designer stated on the spot: "We will not turn this place into a completely new place, but make the place that everyone is familiar with more beautiful."

During the renovation, the old chimney where water was boiled at the entrance of the alley was left behind, becoming a witness to history.

During the renovation, my business was indeed affected, but watching the Cliffside Walkway being built up little by little, I felt much more at ease.

In 2021, the Daijia Lane (戴家巷) block reopened. The walkway, about 750 meters long, spirals on the cliff outside the Hongyadong (洪崖洞) scenic area, connecting to the old street of Daijia Lane (戴家巷) above and reaching the Jialing River (嘉陵江) riverside road below, retaining traditional architectural elements such as city walls and stilted buildings.

After the walkway opened, the flow of people in the old block increased significantly. My small shop was also renovated, not only selling daily necessities, but also adding some postcards and cultural and creative products with local characteristics, which tourists like very much.

After the Cliffside Walkway became popular, business has been much better. But the biggest change is that the atmosphere of the whole street is different. Now everyone has a sense of ownership, and when they have time, they walk along the walkway to see where maintenance is needed. This feeling is particularly good, and I hope the Daijia Lane (戴家巷) block will get better and better.

(The author is the operator of Qing Song Grocery Store (青松杂货店) in Daijia Lane (戴家巷), interviewed and compiled by Wang Xin Yue (王欣悦), a reporter from this newspaper)

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Introducing New Business Formats Tailored to Local Conditions (Expert Commentary)

By: 刘 岩

Urban renewal meets the people's need for a better life, but the demand for funds is large and cannot rely solely on government investment. Sustainable urban renewal should improve people's livelihoods and be economically viable.

Introducing new business formats into urban renewal in accordance with local conditions is related to the social life traditions of residents and the industrial foundation of the city, which can achieve a win-win situation for economic and social benefits. For example, Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, based on the characteristics of the old city's concentration of life service industries, introduced diversified business formats in historical and cultural blocks such as Pingjiang Road (平江路), retaining the pattern and texture of old houses and allowing tourists to experience the lifestyle of the old city; Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi (江西) Province, through the creation of Taoyangli (陶阳里) historical and cultural blocks, reproduced the thousand-year-old ceramic culture and created an experience space where history and modernity coexist, and landscapes and residents coexist.

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to adhere to the people-centered approach, adhere to seeking truth from facts (实事求是 (shí shì qiú shì - "seek truth from facts," be practical and realistic)), continuously improve the quality of public space in urban renewal, implant new business formats and new functions, stimulate the vitality of old neighborhoods, significantly improve the urban living environment, highlight the characteristics of the city's appearance, and better meet the people's needs for a high-quality life.

(The author is Ding Yiting (丁怡婷), Deputy Chief Planner of Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute (北京清华同衡规划设计研究院), and this article was compiled from an interview by a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Photo Story

On December 13th, in Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County (阿克塞哈萨克族自治县), Jiuquan (酒泉) City, Gansu Province (甘肃省), construction workers laid sand barriers in the Kumtag Desert (库姆塔格沙漠).

Following the winter snow, the Aksai (阿克塞) area of the Qilian Mountains (祁连山) northern foothills in Jiuquan (酒泉) City continued to accelerate the advancement of the water source conservation and ecological protection and restoration project. The project has a total scale of 222,000 mu, including engineering sand fixation, beach (sand) afforestation, artificial shrub forest and other desertification prevention and control projects.

Photo by Gao Hongshan (高宏善) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued)

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China Remains a Key Engine of Global Growth (Foreign Media View on China)

The Central Economic Work Conference recently held in Beijing (北京) has received widespread attention from the international community. International public opinion believes that this conference has set the course for China's economic work next year and laid a good foundation for the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Against the backdrop of rising global economic uncertainty, China's economy has maintained a steady growth momentum, sharing development opportunities with various countries, and will continue to be an important growth engine for the world, injecting more stability and positive energy into the world.

Continuously Expanding Domestic Demand, Adhering to the General Tone of Seeking Progress While Maintaining Stability

The Central Economic Work Conference clearly proposed, "Adhere to domestic demand as the mainstay, build a strong domestic market," and "Adhere to innovation-driven development, and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new growth drivers." In the new year, China will continue to adhere to domestic demand as the mainstay and innovation-driven development, and maintain the stability of macroeconomic policies, building a solid economic foundation with a more proactive and stable policy mix.

Singapore's *Lianhe Zaobao* published an article saying that the conference released a clear signal that China will adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, better coordinate domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, do a good job in economic work according to local conditions, and achieve high-quality and sustainable development.

Pakistan's *Daily News* reported that China's "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion, and the "15th Five-Year Plan" will usher in its opening year. Holding the Central Economic Work Conference at this critical juncture is of great significance. The conference clarified the direction of China's economic development next year, and will continue to implement the new development concept, promote high-quality development, and technological innovation, service industry expansion and quality improvement, and comprehensive green transformation will become key factors in promoting China's steady economic growth. The report believes that China has the advantage of a super-large market, and huge domestic demand consumption will continue to drive economic growth.

Kazakhstan's DK News Network published an article saying that the Central Economic Work Conference clarified the goals of China's economic work under the new situation. The combination of policy support and reform and innovation, maintaining a balance between development vitality and effective supervision, and promoting the coordinated accumulation of material capital and human capital will effectively enhance the resilience of China's economy and better cope with external challenges.

Europe's *Modern Diplomacy* website said that next year is the opening year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." Facing external risks and challenges, China will make building a strong domestic market a key task of economic work. The article analyzes that China will increase investment in technological industries such as artificial intelligence and deepen reforms to promote a domestic demand-led economic development model.

Upward Revision of Growth Forecasts Highlights the Strong Resilience of the Chinese Economy

Recently, international institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have successively raised their forecasts for China's economic growth rate in 2025, and stated that in the face of international changes and various risks and challenges, the Chinese economy has shown significant resilience.

Saudi Arabia's *Asharq Al-Awsat* quoted the analysis and interpretation of many economic experts on the World Bank's upward revision of China's economic growth expectations, believing that China's economic statistics for the third quarter proved "the significant resilience of the Chinese economy," indicating that China's fiscal and financial policies are coordinated and effective. The report said, "Against the background of increasing global uncertainty, China has successfully achieved stable economic growth through strategic support policies and deepening structural reforms."

The UAE's "Al-Ain News" wrote that China's economy in 2025 is making steady progress, which is the result of China's guidance of economic and social development through medium and long-term plans, and policies such as promoting the diversification of export markets. All parties are full of confidence in China's economic growth prospects.

The Arabic channel of British Sky News reported that many international institutions have raised their expectations for China's economic growth, affirming the positive effects of China's comprehensive policies. The Chinese economy provides support for global economic stability.

Tajikistan's Avesta News Agency reported that China is implementing more proactive fiscal policies and moderately loose monetary policies, which support domestic consumption and investment. The demand from developing countries has also boosted China's exports. The report quoted the view of Mara Warwick, World Bank Country Director for China, that China's more proactive fiscal policies, continuous deepening of structural reforms, and a more predictable business environment will help boost confidence and lay the foundation for resilient and sustainable growth.

Algeria's *El Moudjahid* analyzed that China's exports to Southeast Asia, Africa, and the European Union are all growing, and the diversification of export markets demonstrates the strong vitality and risk resistance of the Chinese economy.

Sharing Innovation Achievements and Promoting World Economic Development and Prosperity

Many foreign media believe that China's economy is developing towards new and better directions, sharing the development opportunities brought about by scientific and technological innovation with various countries, and will inject more stability and certainty into the world economy.

Malaysia's *The Star* published an article pointing out that in the past 10 years, China has been deeply integrated into the industrial chain and supply chain of ASEAN, becoming an indispensable part of the production chain of mechanical equipment, electronic products, and renewable energy equipment. Based on its super-large market size, complete industrial chain and supply chain ecology, and continuous promotion of industrial upgrading, high value-added commodities such as electric vehicles, solar panels, industrial robots, and lithium batteries have become important export products of China, and have driven the industrial upgrading of related countries.

The UAE's *Al Ittihad* reported that China's artificial intelligence development plan is ambitious, and technological innovation will continue to help China's economic growth.

Algeria's Silk Road News Network reported that China and Algeria are cooperating in communications, satellites, smart education and other fields to promote the digitization of cultural heritage and the development of creative industries. This integration of culture and technology highlights China's vitality and innovative resilience in opening up and cooperation.

Kenya's *The Star* published an article saying that in recent years, China has made significant progress in digital technology, artificial intelligence, and green industries. China is a reliable partner and friend of Africa, and hopes that both sides can draw wisdom from each other's civilizations and jointly create a path of development.

Tanzania's *The Citizen* reported that China's announcement that it will implement a 100% tariff-free policy on products from 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China means huge opportunities for Tanzania, which relies on agriculture to support the livelihoods of millions of people. From cashew processors and avocado growers to seaweed farmers in coastal areas, all parties in Tanzania are actively exploring the Chinese market.

"China is transforming from a 'world factory' to a 'global innovation center'." Cuba's Prensa Latina reported that the *Global Innovation Index Report 2025* shows that China's innovation index ranking has entered the top ten in the world for the first time. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, technological innovation promoted industrial innovation and helped China's economic and social development achieve comprehensive development.

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By: 金 轩

China and Japan are neighbors separated only by a strip of water, and are important neighbors to each other. The deep integration of Chinese and Japanese economic interests, industrial chains, and supply chains has played a positive role in promoting peace, development, prosperity, and stability in both countries and the region. However, recently, the current Japanese leader openly made erroneous remarks concerning Taiwan, grossly interfered in China's internal affairs, and undermined the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. The nature of these actions is extremely egregious, and the impact is extremely serious, adding insult to injury for the already weak Japanese economy.

Structural contradictions coupled with short-term shocks have left the Japanese economy in a state of internal and external difficulties. Japan's economic recovery path is already difficult and fragile, with deep-seated problems such as weak domestic demand, lack of innovation, and aging and declining birthrates proving difficult to solve. The government's debt burden is as high as about 2.5 times its gross domestic product (GDP), consistently ranking first among major economies, squeezing macroeconomic policy space. Affected by tariff shocks, Japan's constant-price GDP in the third quarter of 2025 fell by an annualized rate of 2.3% quarter-on-quarter, once again flashing a "red light." The current Japanese leader's erroneous remarks have triggered tensions in Sino-Japanese relations, further exacerbating pessimistic expectations for the Japanese economy in all aspects. Institutions predict that the impact on the tourism industry alone will result in an economic loss of approximately 2.2 trillion yen (approximately US$14.2 billion) and a 0.36% reduction in GDP for Japan in the coming year. The market does not approve of the Japanese cabinet's approval of a 21.3 trillion yen (approximately US$137.4 billion) economic stimulus package. Japanese government bond yields have repeatedly hit new highs, the yen exchange rate has fallen significantly, and the Nikkei 225 index once erased all gains since the new prime minister took office. The "triple kill" situation in the stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets has fueled expectations of a "sell-off in Japan." Economic deceleration coupled with political distrust has led investors to "vote with their feet," expressing pessimistic expectations for the Japanese economy.

China has irreplaceable significance for the Japanese economy. As the world's second-largest economy and a major source of global economic power, China's rapid development is an important opportunity for Japan. China is Japan's largest trading partner, the second-largest export destination, and the largest import source. In 2024, the total Sino-Japanese trade volume was US$308.3 billion. A large number of Japanese companies have long been deeply rooted in China, with Japan having established more than 50,000 enterprises in China and accumulated more than US$130 billion in investment in China. In the first three quarters of 2025, Japan's actual investment in China increased by 55.5% year-on-year. There are frequent exchanges between China and Japan in various fields. In the first 10 months of 2025, approximately 8.2 million mainland Chinese tourists visited Japan, and their consumption accounted for approximately 1/4 of the total consumption of foreign tourists, creating a large number of jobs and economic benefits for Japan. The good situation of economic cooperation between China and Japan is inseparable from the joint efforts of the people of both countries and the political mutual trust between the two governments. The current Japanese leader's erroneous remarks seriously violate the one-China principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people, and fundamentally undermine the political foundation of Sino-Japanese relations. The Chinese people love peace, are friendly and kind to their neighbors, and pursue win-win cooperation and avoid zero-sum games, but on major issues concerning national sovereignty and territorial integrity, there will never be any compromise or concession. The differences in total population, economic volume, industrial structure, and market size between China and Japan are significant. If such a large volume of trade, investment, and consumption fluctuates sharply, the impact will also be asymmetrical. In the difficult recovery process of the Japanese economy, if a small group of right-wing politicians are trapped in short-sighted politics and disregard national interests and the well-being of the people, Japan may truly become a "loser" in the global economic landscape.

Cooperation and win-win results are the right path of history, but the political foundation cannot be damaged or shaken. China's development is an opportunity for the world, especially for neighboring countries such as Japan. China's "15th Five-Year Plan" development blueprint has been drawn, and the continuously growing Chinese economy has opened up broad space for Sino-Japanese cooperation, but this must be based on a solid and stable political foundation. We solemnly demand that the Japanese side honor its commitments, learn from history, abide by the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan and its commitments to date, maintain the political foundation of bilateral relations, and avoid extreme erroneous words and deeds from kidnapping and damaging bilateral economic relations. We solemnly urge the Japanese side to 悬崖勒马 (xuán yá lè mǎ - "rein in at the edge of a cliff," to come to a sudden realization before it's too late), recognize and correct its mistakes, cherish the painstaking efforts and efforts made by the older generation of politicians and people from all walks of life in both countries to develop Sino-Japanese relations, face history, look to the future, establish a correct understanding of China, return to the correct track of peaceful coexistence and cooperative development, and inject certainty and provide positive energy into a turbulent world!

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Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Meets with Wang Yi

This newspaper reported from Riyadh on December 14th (Reporter Ren Haoyu (任皓宇)): On the 14th, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (穆罕默德) met with Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Riyadh (利雅得).

Mohammed bin Salman (穆罕默德) asked Wang Yi (王毅) to convey King Salman's (萨勒曼) and his own sincere greetings and best wishes to President Xi Jinping (习近平), saying that the Saudi leadership cherishes its deep friendship with President Xi Jinping (习近平) and attaches great importance to developing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. The Saudi side is willing to work with the Chinese side to elevate the relationship between the two countries to a higher level. The Saudi side has always adhered to the One China principle, firmly supports China in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly opposes external forces interfering in China's internal affairs. The Saudi side is willing to further deepen cooperation with China in oil and gas, new energy, artificial intelligence, high technology and other fields. The Saudi side supports China in hosting the second China-Arab States Summit and the second China-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in 2026, and is willing to promote the early completion of the China-GCC free trade agreement negotiations. The Saudi side thanks China for its efforts in promoting the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and is willing to maintain regular communication and coordination with China in international multilateral affairs.

Wang Yi (王毅) conveyed President Xi Jinping's (习近平) cordial greetings to King Salman (萨勒曼) and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (穆罕默德), saying that President Xi Jinping (习近平) has established a deep friendship and mutual trust with the Saudi leaders. China welcomes Crown Prince Mohammed (穆罕默德) to visit China next year to attend the second China-Arab States Summit. China is willing to be the most trustworthy and reliable partner in Saudi Arabia's national revitalization process, strengthen all-round mutually beneficial cooperation with Saudi Arabia, consolidate traditional energy cooperation, expand emerging industries and future industries cooperation, and open up new prospects for the China-Saudi Arabia comprehensive strategic partnership. China is willing to work with the GCC countries to strive for an early conclusion of the China-GCC free trade agreement. China is also willing to continue to maintain close communication with Saudi Arabia to inject more stability into the realization of peace and security in the Middle East.

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Jordan's King Abdullah II Meets with Wang Yi

Amman, December 15th (Reported by Zhang Zhiwen (张志文) from this newspaper) On December 15th, King Abdullah II (阿卜杜拉二世) of Jordan met with Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Amman (安曼).

Abdullah II (阿卜杜拉二世) stated that he has visited China multiple times since his youth, holds deep affection for China, and greatly values his profound friendship with President Xi Jinping (习近平). Jordan highly values the development of its relations with China and looks forward to further strengthening high-level exchanges with China, promoting practical cooperation, and enhancing communication and coordination in international and regional affairs, working together to address the current turbulent and volatile international situation, especially the Middle East turmoil. Jordan actively supports the second China-Arab States Summit to be held in China next year and is willing to make every effort to prepare for it, promoting the summit to become a new opportunity to deepen the strong China-Arab relations.

Wang Yi (王毅) stated that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, bilateral relations have maintained healthy and stable development. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Jordan strategic partnership. China is willing to strengthen communication and collaboration with Jordan, implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and plan for the next decade of the China-Jordan strategic partnership. We welcome His Majesty the King to attend the second China-Arab Summit in China and jointly promote China-Arab cooperation to a new level. Under the leadership of His Majesty the King, Jordan, as a stabilizing factor in the region, adheres to principles, upholds justice, and plays a unique and positive role in promoting regional peace. China is a responsible major country, consistently adhering to the principle that all countries, regardless of size, are equal, adhering to non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, supporting countries in pursuing development paths that suit their own national conditions, and never imposing its will on others. China will always stand on the side of the Global South, on the side of small and medium-sized countries, firmly safeguard the common interests of the vast number of developing countries, and is willing to continue to be Jordan's most reliable strategic partner in the process of development and revitalization.

The two sides also exchanged in-depth views on the situation in the Middle East region.

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"In China, I feel the spirit of 'daring to think and daring to do'" (Witnessing · China Opportunities)

By: 本报记者 李志伟

"As an important contributor to world economic growth, China has always adhered to the concept of openness and win-win cooperation, continuously optimizing the business environment, and injecting confidence into the development of multinational companies in China." Recently, Peter Arduini, President and CEO of GE HealthCare, said in an exclusive interview with this reporter that China's continued promotion of high-level opening up to the outside world provides strong support for multinational companies, including GE HealthCare, to continue to cultivate the Chinese market and expand investment in China, which is crucial to the world's open development.

As early as 1897, X-ray machines produced by GE HealthCare began to serve Chinese patients. In 1991, GE HealthCare jointly built its first local Chinese factory. In recent years, GE HealthCare has continued to expand its investment in China, and has established six major production bases and more than 30 offices in China, and has built three major "innovation centers" in Beijing (北京), Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏) and Shanghai (上海). At present, the company has more than 7,000 employees in China, and the local R&D team has expanded to 1,800 people, with 150 innovative products launched. "The Chinese market has become an indispensable and important part of GE HealthCare's global innovation landscape. The company's recent increase in innovation investment in China shows its strong confidence in the Chinese market," said Arduini.

"Affected by geopolitical and other factors, multinational companies are currently facing more challenges. China is focusing on creating a vibrant, open and resilient market. A series of reform measures have benefited both Chinese local and multinational companies and achieved mutual benefit and win-win results." Arduini said that from infrastructure construction to talent training, the Chinese side has given GE HealthCare strong support, which is an important cornerstone for the company's layout in the Chinese market. "The Chinese government emphasizes innovation and actively supports multinational companies from the policy level. The protection of intellectual property rights is very encouraging. The company has recently settled some intellectual property rights in China. At the same time, many new products that the company is developing are closely related to the procurement of parts and investment layout of Chinese production bases," said Arduini.

China has a super-large market and a complete industrial chain and supply chain. With the continuous improvement of China's scientific research and innovation capabilities, multinational companies have ushered in new opportunities for development in China. "To deeply cultivate the Chinese market, we need to adhere to local design and local manufacturing, both leveraging the power of the Chinese market and leveraging the company's own advantages." Arduini introduced that in recent years, GE HealthCare has had many products designed and produced in China, such as robots for surgery, a variety of C-arm equipment, PET-CT medical imaging equipment, etc. China has outstanding strength in software, machinery, electrical and other fields, and the development and integration of artificial intelligence has also become an important area of innovation in China. "We benefit from China's technological innovation and talent development, and will continue to expand our independent R&D investment in China," said Arduini.

"As one of the first multinational companies to enter the Chinese market, GE HealthCare's long-term commitment to the Chinese market will not change. We firmly believe that success in the Chinese market is crucial to GE HealthCare's continued development globally." Since the 1990s, Arduini has frequently visited China. He said that he has personally witnessed the rapid development of Chinese cities, "In China, I feel the spirit of 敢想敢干 (gǎn xiǎng gǎn gàn - "dare to think, dare to do," describes a bold and decisive approach to pursuing goals). GE HealthCare will continue to deepen cooperation with Chinese partners, share the development opportunities of the Chinese market, and promote more cooperation results to the world."

Arduini expressed his expectation for the stable development of US-China relations: "If the US and China find an effective way to cooperate, it will benefit both sides and the world. For US-China multinational companies, the stability and continuity of both sides' foreign policies are of great significance. We sincerely hope that the US and China can continue to carry out constructive dialogue and continue to improve bilateral relations, which will inject more positive energy into the world's development."

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He Lifeng Meets with Malaysian Democratic Action Party Senior Cadre Delegation

Beijing, December 15th (Xinhua) -- He Lifeng (何立峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met in Beijing on the 15th with a delegation of senior cadres led by Loke Siew Fook (陆兆福), Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party of Malaysia and Minister of Transport of the Government.

He Lifeng (何立峰) stated that since the beginning of this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has held two meetings with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (安瓦尔), leading bilateral relations to a new level. China is willing to work with Malaysia to adhere to high-level guidance, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen mutual learning between civilizations, promote the open and inclusive development of the world, and create a new "Golden 50 Years" for China-Malaysia relations. He Lifeng (何立峰) also introduced the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.

Loke Siew Fook (陆兆福) expressed his willingness to strengthen inter-party exchanges with the Chinese side and promote the continuous development of bilateral relations.

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Chinese Delegation Attends the 11th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption

This newspaper reported from Doha on December 15th (Reporter: Shen Xiaoxiao (沈小晓)): The 11th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption opened in Doha, Qatar, on December 15th. The head of the Chinese delegation, Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying (华春莹), attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Hua Chunying (华春莹) stated in her speech that the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government are unequivocally opposed to corruption. As a century-old party in power for a long time, an important experience of the Communist Party of China is to 持之以恒 (chí zhī yǐ héng - "persevere," to persist in doing something) in advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and unswervingly carry out the anti-corruption struggle. China's anti-corruption struggle has achieved historic achievements, winning the heartfelt support and broad support of the people. The Communist Party of China has formulated the Central Eight-Point Regulation, insisted on investigating and treating both misconduct and corruption, and strived to eradicate the soil and conditions for corruption. The Eight-Point Regulation has become the "golden calling card" of the Communist Party of China in governing the Party and administering the country, and its significance and value in promoting integrity, fairness, and honesty are increasingly transcending national borders. Next year, China will serve as the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and will hold a series of anti-corruption conferences at that time. All parties are welcome to actively participate and promote exchanges and cooperation.

Hua Chunying (华春莹) said that the world today faces various challenges. The core concept of the "Five Adherences" of the global governance initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) provides useful insights for international anti-corruption cooperation. We must adhere to sovereign equality, international rule of law, multilateralism, people-centered approach, and strive for practical results, faithfully and in good faith fulfill the obligations of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, focus on the pursuit of fugitives and the recovery of stolen assets, build fast, convenient, and efficient pragmatic cooperation channels, and not provide a "safe haven" for corruption crimes under any pretext, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global anti-corruption governance system.

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Scholars from China and Abroad Discuss World Multipolarization and Chinese-Style Modernization

The Shanghai, December 15th edition of this newspaper reports (Reporter Cui Yin) The 2025 International Academic Forum on Chinese-Style Modernization, themed "World Multipolarization and Chinese-Style Modernization," was held in Shanghai (上海) on the 13th. More than 40 international scholars from 25 countries, along with more than 500 academic talents from various universities and research institutions in China, conducted in-depth discussions around the theme.

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Joint Press Release of the Meeting Between the Foreign Ministers of the People's Republic of China and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Xinhua News Agency, Amman, December 15th. At the invitation of Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Wang Yi (王毅), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, visited Jordan (约旦) from December 14th to 15th, 2025.

The two sides emphasized the desire of the two countries' leaders to strengthen cooperation in order to actively benefit the friendly people of both countries. Both sides expressed appreciation for the level of cooperation between the two countries in various fields and will continue dialogue and coordination to expand cooperation and achieve the development policy goals of both countries.

The two sides held discussions on deepening cooperation in traditional fields such as economy and trade, infrastructure, energy, defense, transportation, and justice, as well as exploring the potential for cooperation in new fields such as scientific and technological innovation, communication technology, the digital economy, artificial intelligence, and green energy. They also discussed expanding cooperation and exchanges in culture, tourism, news, education and student exchanges, and think tanks. The two sides also explored measures to facilitate personnel exchanges between the two countries.

The Jordanian side reiterated its position of adhering to the One China policy, emphasizing that the government of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) is the sole legal government representing all of China, and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory.

The two sides emphasized the importance of conducting people-to-people exchanges through cultural arts and strengthening cooperation between legislative bodies.

The two sides pointed out that the two countries have carried out effective cooperation in multilateral diplomatic settings, and emphasized the importance of continuing to strengthen coordination and cooperation. The Jordanian side expressed its appreciation for the series of major initiatives and proposals put forward by President Xi Jinping (习近平).

The two sides emphasized that the various agreements and memorandums of understanding signed between the two countries should be implemented well in order to serve the common interests of the two countries and achieve their common goals.

The two sides discussed the regional situation, as well as the developments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. They emphasized that a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire should be achieved in Gaza, and that emergency, immediate, and sustainable access to aid should be achieved in order to address the humanitarian crisis. The two sides emphasized that the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement should be combined with genuine political efforts aimed at establishing a sovereign and independent Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions.

The Jordanian side highly appreciated President Xi Jinping's (习近平) initiatives and proposals for resolving the Palestinian issue, as well as the announcement of a new round of aid to Palestine. The Chinese side appreciated the efforts made by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (约旦哈希姆王国) to achieve regional security and stability, as well as the great efforts made for humanitarian relief in Gaza, and affirmed the importance of the Hashemite family's historical guardianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.

The two sides emphasized that the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum is a comprehensive platform for positive interaction between China and Arab countries and has played an important role. The Jordanian side supports China in hosting the second China-Arab States Summit in 2026.

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The first session of the series of reports on the current situation and policies was held in Beijing.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 15th. The first report meeting of a series of reports on the current situation and policies, jointly organized by the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the Work Committee of the Central and State Organs (中央和国家机关工委), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部), and the Beijing Municipal Party Committee (北京市委), was held in Beijing (北京) on the 15th. Han Wenxiu (韩文秀), Deputy Director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission Office (中央财办) in charge of daily work and Director of the Central Agricultural Office (中央农办), delivered a special report entitled "Adhering to Stability While Seeking Progress and Improving Quality and Efficiency, Striving to Achieve a Good Start to the 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan'."

In his report, Han Wenxiu (韩文秀) pointed out that since the beginning of this year, 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, promoting the stable operation of China's economy and its development towards new and better directions. The main goals of economic and social development for the whole year will be successfully achieved. Over the past five years, we have effectively responded to extraordinary shocks and challenges such as the once-in-a-century pandemic, and promoted new and major achievements in the cause of the Party and the country. We must fully recognize the hard-won development achievements this year and during the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, further enhance our confidence and determination to continuously advance Chinese-style modernization and continue to write new chapters in the two major miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, correctly grasp the international and domestic situation facing China's development, seize opportunities, make good use of advantages, tap potential, and continuously consolidate and expand the momentum of steady economic improvement.

Han Wenxiu (韩文秀) believes that there are many tasks and heavy responsibilities for next year's economic work, so it is necessary to grasp the key points and **纲举目张** (gāng jǔ mù zhāng - "lift the net by its main rope, and the meshes will open," to grasp the key link to solve a problem). We must follow the requirements of high-quality development, focus on the key tasks deployed by the Central Economic Work Conference, build a strong domestic market, step up efforts to cultivate and strengthen new drivers of growth, focus on deepening reform and opening up, promote urban-rural integration and regional linkage, promote comprehensive green transformation, strive to do more practical things for the people, and actively and steadily resolve risks in key areas. We must adhere to stability while seeking progress and improving quality and efficiency, increase the intensity of counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments, maintain stable economic growth, maintain overall stability in employment and prices, maintain a basic balance in international payments, and promote synchronized growth in residents' income and economic growth.

Han Wenxiu (韩文秀) stated that the more complex the situation, the more it is necessary to strengthen the Party's overall leadership over economic work, adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and form a unified will and strong synergy. We must enhance our overall perspective and execution, combine with reality, adapt to local conditions, and fully implement the Party Central Committee's ideas, tasks, and policies on next year's economic work. We must establish and practice a correct view of performance, and improve the differentiated assessment and evaluation system. We must scientifically formulate the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," pursue realistic and substantial growth without exaggeration, and promote high-quality and sustainable development.

The report meeting was presided over by a responsible person from the Central Propaganda Department (中央宣传部). About 730 cadres from Party and government organs and military units in Beijing (北京), cadres and employees from central enterprises, teachers and students from universities in the capital, and representatives from all walks of life in the capital attended the report meeting.

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Strengthen Confidence, Boost Enthusiasm (Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee)

In the bright conference rooms of office buildings, in the lively lecture halls of universities, in the warm Party-Masses Service Centers of communities... In recent days, lecture groups from various regions and units such as Shanghai, Guizhou (贵州), Gansu (甘肃), and state-owned enterprises have conducted comprehensive, multi-level, and diversified in-depth and extensive publicity of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, promoting the implementation of theory in a way that the masses love to see and hear, so that the spirit of the plenary session can be implemented at the grassroots level and achieve practical results.

In Shanghai (上海) in winter, the "Model Speed Space" (模速空间), a professional incubation and acceleration platform for artificial intelligence large models, is filled with a wave of learning. Party members from emerging fields gathered to study the spirit of the plenary session. Li Meng (李猛), a professor at the Party School of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC (中共上海市委党校), spoke about "accelerating high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology," which resonated strongly with everyone.

"We are studying the '15th Five-Year Plan' proposal, and we must seize the commanding heights of artificial intelligence industrial applications and provide software services for more industrial chain partners." "We want to explore and collect the high-quality functions of different artificial intelligence large models and apply them to community governance." ... The discussion was very lively.

Up to now, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Lecturer Group (上海市委讲师团) has developed 118 publicity courses and carried out more than 200 publicity activities, covering approximately 800,000 listeners; various grassroots publicity teams in Shanghai (上海) have carried out nearly 30,000 publicity activities, covering more than 3 million listeners.

Combining vivid cases and detailed data, it not only explains "how to view" but also clearly explains "how to do it." In Anshun City (安顺市), Guizhou Province (贵州省), after the centralized publicity, members of the publicity group made a special trip to the construction site of the Guizhou Aviation Industry City (贵州航空产业城) to respond to grassroots industrial development issues on the spot. Mou Shibo (牟时波), general manager of Anshun Development Zone Management and Operation Co., Ltd. (安顺开发区管理运营有限公司), said after listening to the publicity that he would accelerate the construction of the second phase of the Anshun Aviation Supporting Manufacturing Industrial Park (安顺航空配套制造产业园) project and comprehensively promote the implementation of investment promotion projects to help the construction of the Guizhou Aviation Industry City (贵州航空产业城).

In recent days, members of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee Publicity Group (贵州省委宣讲团) have conducted more than 50 publicity activities in the form of face-to-face meetings, report meetings, and symposiums, driving publicity activities by publicity entities at all levels and types throughout the province for more than 28,300 sessions, covering more than 1.86 million audiences.

"The spring breeze blows across the Ziwu Ridge (子午岭), and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session shines brightly; we must guard our grain bags, and the road to characteristic development is wide and broad!" In the Nanliang Folk Singing Inheritance Institute (南梁说唱传习所) in Huachi County (华池县), Qingyang City (庆阳市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), the "Red Publicity Light Cavalry" (红色宣讲轻骑兵) composed of representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage incorporated the "15th Five-Year Plan" development blueprint drawn by the plenary session into the high-pitched singing.

"The plenary session's deployment responds to everyone's most concerned issues such as 'what to plant well, how to increase income, and how to build the village,' making the villagers' ideas for developing characteristic agriculture and building a beautiful home clearer and more confident!" The publicity with the flavor of the soil made the villagers feel very kind and inspired.

Since November 5, Gansu Province (甘肃省) has uniformly arranged for more than 5,700 publicity groups (teams) composed of party and government leading cadres, party committee lecturer teams, and grassroots celebrities to enter enterprises, government agencies, communities, rural areas, and campuses to communicate and exchange ideas with grassroots cadres and the masses in easy-to-understand language and vivid examples. As of now, the publicity groups have made 26,700 publicity reports, covering 8.47 million audiences.

The "Good Man Slope" (好汉坡) Publicity Team of China National Petroleum Corporation Changqing Oilfield (中国石油长庆油田) went deep into the mountains and the front-line well stations of the oil area, widely using case analysis, scenario simulation, and other forms to transform "big principles" into "small stories" that employees want to hear. The publicity interspersed interactive Q&A and on-site debates to achieve two-way communication.

The "Cultural Caravan" (文化大篷车) Publicity Team of China National Petroleum Corporation Changqing Oilfield (中国石油长庆油田) deeply promoted the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee into work teams, well stations, and positions. This publicity team, composed of old party members, old model workers, old experts, and new youths from the oilfield, adopted the method of "policy + case" and "theory + story" to organize old party members to talk about energy transformation in combination with the history of the oilfield, old model workers to talk about the spirit of struggle based on their own experiences, old experts to talk about the direction of development closely related to production practice, and new youths to talk about the responsibility of youth in fresh language. The publicity team has carried out 16 consecutive publicity sessions, covering 1,500 grassroots employees.

Cadres and employees of state-owned enterprises participating in the publicity activities said that they should fully and accurately understand the spirit of the plenary session, actively connect with the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, better integrate into and serve the overall national development situation, and contribute to promoting the construction of Chinese-style modernization.

(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 15)

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Perfecting the Collaborative Education Mechanism to Jointly Promote the Development of Good Character

By: 本报评论员

The ideological and moral development of minors is a strategic and fundamental task concerning the long-term development and lasting stability of the cause of the Party and the country.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to the healthy growth of minors and has made a series of important expositions. Recently, the General Secretary made important instructions on the ideological and moral development of minors, pointing out that "the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education must be implemented" and "a collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society should be improved." He called for educating and guiding the vast number of minors to "establish lofty ideals" and "develop good moral character and behavior habits," emphasizing the need to "jointly create a good social environment for the healthy growth of minors."

On December 15th, a symposium on the ideological and moral development of minors was held in Beijing (北京). The meeting conveyed the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and put forward clear requirements for strengthening and improving the ideological and moral development of minors on the new journey. We must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the ideological and moral development of minors, improve the collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society, actively create a good social and cultural environment, focus on improving the ability to educate through the internet, guide minors to establish a concept of the rule of law, and jointly promote the healthy growth and all-round development of minors.

The adolescent stage is the "critical period of growth" in life, and it is crucial to establish a correct worldview, outlook on life, and values. An important aspect of helping minors fasten the first button of their lives is to improve the collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society, promote the development of good character from an early age, and lay a solid foundation for the healthy growth of minors.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The "First Class of the School Year," with the theme of "Remembering and Striving," used modern technology to present the magnificent history of the War of Resistance to the audience, allowing teachers and students to receive a profound spiritual baptism. "I want to study hard and not shrink back from difficulties, but be as brave and strong as the heroes of the War of Resistance." This was the feeling of a sixth-grade student.

Integrating a sense of historical depth with the sense of the technological era, and adapting to the development trend of digitalization, networking, and intelligence, the "First Class of the School Year" has become an effective carrier of ideological and political education. This inspires us that strengthening and improving the ideological and moral development of minors must implement the school's main responsibility for education, adhere to the same direction and path for ideological and political courses and curriculum-based ideological and political education, place moral education in a more important position, and strive to ensure that every class not only disseminates knowledge but also imparts virtues, so that the seeds of socialist core values take root and sprout in the hearts of students. Teachers bear the important responsibility of disseminating knowledge, disseminating ideas, disseminating truth, shaping souls, shaping lives, and shaping new people in the new era, and they must have faith, have feelings, and have upright personalities, and consciously set an example in learning and being a person.

During the in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, a story about a junior high school student aroused heated discussion. The mother was on a business trip, and the grandmother, who came from out of town to celebrate the festival, opened the door and took the express delivery. Seeing that it was a box of mooncakes, she wanted to open it and give it to her granddaughter to eat. She immediately dissuaded her, saying that her mother said there were eight regulations, and she could not open express deliveries sent by strangers when she was not at home, and she would let her mother handle it herself when she came back. From this, we can see the power of the Central Eight-Point Regulation in transforming customs and habits, and we can also appreciate the importance of parents' words and deeds.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the family is the first school in life, and parents are the first teachers of children. They must tell their children the 'first lesson in life.'" Children begin to receive family education from the time they babble, and what kind of family education they receive determines what kind of person they become. Parents, especially mothers and fathers, have a great influence on their children, which can often affect a person's entire life. As parents, passing on good moral concepts to children from an early age, educating children with correct ideas, methods, and behaviors, inheriting the traditional family virtues of the Chinese nation, and cultivating a family culture of family harmony, good family education, and upright family style can give play to the basic role of family education and enable children to form good behavior habits and moral character from an early age.

Visiting revolutionary sites such as Yangjialing (杨家岭) and Zaoyuan (枣园) in Yan'an (延安), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, many people were deeply impressed by a group of "little narrators" with an average age of about 10. They explained red stories through "speaking, singing, and dancing," becoming a beautiful landscape for spreading the Yan'an (延安) spirit, and showing the responsibility and commitment of the new era's youth. Social practice, social activities, and various student club activities on campus are the students' second classroom. Making good use of this classroom, giving full play to the educational functions of public cultural facilities, red resources, and cultural relic resources, enhancing the comprehensive effectiveness of social education, and strengthening labor education and social practice will help the vast number of young people establish feelings for the people, responsibility for society, and loyalty to the country.

Minors are the future of the country and the hope of the nation. Closely focusing on the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, persevering in using Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to cultivate the soul, improve the collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families, and society, and form a strong joint force to promote the healthy growth of minors will surely promote our cause to write a new chapter in the inheritance of the torch.

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Zhao Leji Presides Over the 56th Meeting of the Chairman and Vice-Chairpersons of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee

This newspaper reported from Beijing on December 15th (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)) The 56th Chairman’s Meeting of the 14th National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee was held at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京) on the afternoon of December 15th. Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) presided over the meeting. The meeting decided that the 19th session of the 14th National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee will be held in Beijing (北京) from December 22nd to 27th.

The Chairman’s Meeting suggested that the 19th session of the 14th National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee should review the draft of the Environmental Protection Code, the draft of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, the draft of the National Development Plan Law, the draft revision of the Fisheries Law, the draft of the Law on the Safety of Hazardous Chemicals, the draft revision of the Civil Aviation Law, the draft revision of the National Common Language Law, and the draft revision of the Foreign Trade Law; review the motion of the Chairman’s Meeting on submitting the draft of the State-owned Assets Law for deliberation; review the motion of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) on submitting the draft of the Childcare Service Law for deliberation; review the motion of the Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) on submitting the draft of the Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law for deliberation; review the State Council’s motions on submitting the draft revision of the Banking Supervision and Administration Law for deliberation and on submitting the draft revision of the Trademark Law for deliberation; and review the motions of the Chairman’s Meeting on submitting the draft interpretation of relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law for deliberation and on submitting the draft decision of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee on convening the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress (全国人大).

The agenda of the 19th session of the Standing Committee, as suggested by the Chairman’s Meeting, also includes: reviewing the State Council’s reports on the rectification of problems found in the audit of the implementation of the central budget and other fiscal revenues and expenditures in 2024, on the allocation and use of fiscal higher education funds, on the progress of promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, on the progress of establishing and improving the system and mechanism for integrated urban-rural development, and on the protection of the rights and interests of flexible employment and new employment forms workers; reviewing the reports of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee’s law enforcement inspection teams on the implementation of the Energy Conservation Law and on the implementation of the Circular Economy Promotion Law; reviewing the reports submitted by the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Ethnic Affairs Committee, Constitution and Law Committee, Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on the results of the deliberation of the motions submitted by the Presidium of the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress (全国人大) for deliberation; hearing reports from the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee’s Deputies Affairs Committee and the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) on the handling of suggestions, criticisms, and opinions from deputies to the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress (全国人大); reviewing the reports of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee’s Legislative Affairs Commission on the work of record review in 2025, the report of the Budgetary Affairs Commission on the work of record review of fiscal budget matters in 2025, and the report of the Legislative Affairs Commission on the work of legal cleanup and handling opinions; reviewing Chairman Zhao Leji’s (赵乐际) written report on his visits to New Zealand and Australia; reviewing the report of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee’s Credentials Committee on the qualifications of individual deputies; reviewing the motion of the Central Military Commission on submitting the proposal to approve the addition of members to the Election Committee of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (中国人民解放军); and reviewing relevant personnel appointment and removal matters.

At the Chairman’s Meeting, Liu Qi (刘奇), Secretary-General of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee, reported on the draft agenda and schedule of the 19th session of the Standing Committee. Relevant Deputy Secretaries-General of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee, and heads of relevant special committees and working committees of the Standing Committee reported on relevant topics.

Vice Chairpersons of the National People’s Congress (全国人大) Standing Committee Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Zheng Jianbang (郑建邦), Cai Dafeng (蔡达峰), He Wei (何维), Wu Weihua (武维华), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), and Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔) attended the meeting.

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Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiring to collude with foreign forces, among other charges

This newspaper Hong Kong (香港) December 15th dispatch (Reporter Feng Xuezhi (冯学知)) Anti-China disrupt Hong Kong (香港) element Jimmy Lai (黎智英) and three Apple Daily (苹果日报) companies suspected of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) and other cases opened in Hong Kong (香港) on the 15th. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) High Court made a ruling on the case that day, finding Jimmy Lai (黎智英) guilty of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications.

The defendants involved include Jimmy Lai (黎智英), Apple Daily Limited (苹果日报有限公司), Apple Daily Printing Limited (苹果日报印刷有限公司), and Apple Daily Internet Limited (苹果日报互联网有限公司). The four defendants were charged with one count of conspiracy to publish seditious publications and one count of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was separately charged with one count of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.

The case officially opened on December 18, 2023, and was heard by three designated judges of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法). By June 11, 2024, the prosecution had formally completed its presentation of evidence, and the court ruled on July 25 that all charges had been established on the face of the evidence. Jimmy Lai (黎智英) began testifying on November 20, 2024, and concluded in March 2025. From August 18 to 28, 2025, all parties made closing statements.

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The Central Government Firmly Supports the Hong Kong SAR in Punishing Criminal Acts Endangering National Security

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 15th (Reporters Shao Yibo (邵艺博) and Feng Xinran (冯歆然)) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) High Court ruled on December 15th that anti-China disrupt Hong Kong (反中乱港) element Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was guilty of conspiring to collude with foreign forces. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated at a regular press conference that Hong Kong (香港) is a society governed by the rule of law, and the Central Government (中央政府) firmly supports the Special Administrative Region (特区) in safeguarding national security in accordance with the law and punishing criminal acts that endanger national security.

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated that China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the open defamation and smearing of Hong Kong (香港) judicial system by individual countries. The judicial organs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) perform their duties in accordance with the law, maintain the authority of the law, and defend national security, which is reasonable, justifiable, and lawful, and brooks no criticism.

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said: "The relevant judicial case is purely an internal affair of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区). We urge the relevant countries to respect China's sovereignty, respect the rule of law in Hong Kong (香港), and refrain from making irresponsible remarks on the trial of judicial cases in the Special Administrative Region (特区), and not to interfere in Hong Kong (香港) judiciary or interfere in China's internal affairs in any form."

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Resolutely Support the Hong Kong SAR's Lawful Conviction of Jimmy Lai, the Prime Anti-China Disruptor of Hong Kong

This newspaper reported from Beijing on December 15th (Reporter Cheng Long (程龙)). The WeChat official account of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Central Committee (中央港澳办) published an article on Hong Kong and Macao affairs on December 15th titled "Resolutely Support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Convicting Jimmy Lai (黎智英), the Chief Culprit of Anti-China Disruptive Activities in Hong Kong, in Accordance with the Law." The full text is as follows:

On December 15th, the Court of First Instance of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) ruled that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was guilty of conspiring to collude with external forces to endanger national security and conspiring to publish seditious publications. We firmly support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) in fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security and in convicting the chief culprits of anti-China disruptive activities in Hong Kong who endanger national security in accordance with the law.

Jimmy Lai (黎智英) is the main planner and participant of a series of anti-China disruptive events in Hong Kong, the mastermind behind the Hong Kong version of the "color revolution," and the agent and pawn of external anti-China forces. His crimes are obvious and his harm is profound. For a long time, Jimmy Lai (黎智英) has been "anti-China whenever the opportunity arises" (逢中必反), relying on foreign and overseas forces, doing all kinds of bad things to Hong Kong and the country, seriously impacting the bottom line of the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, seriously endangering national security, seriously undermining Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, and seriously harming the interests and well-being of citizens. People will not forget the tragic scenes during the "Extradition Bill Incident" when "Hong Kong independence" was rampant, "black violence" was rampant, and "mutual destruction" (揽炒 (lǎn chǎo - "embrace stir-fry," a strategy of mutual destruction or scorched earth)) prevailed; they will not forget Jimmy Lai's (黎智英) frequent visits to the United States and Western countries to collude with external anti-China forces, begging for sanctions against Hong Kong and China, and even clamoring to "fight for the United States," while manipulating public opinion tools to wantonly create and spread rumors, provoke confrontation, incite hatred, beautify violence, and provide financial support for anti-China disruptive elements and "Hong Kong independence" forces; they will not forget that after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), Jimmy Lai (黎智英) still did not restrain himself, continued to publish seditious articles, and attracted external interference with his stubborn face. The large number of facts revealed during the court trial conclusively proved that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) engaged in activities that endanger national security, allowing people to further recognize that he is the culprit of the past chaos in Hong Kong and a traitor who is willing to be a "running dog" and "lackey" of external forces. The people of the whole country, including Hong Kong compatriots, are filled with righteous indignation at this and strongly demand that he be severely punished in accordance with the law.

Safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) has the constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security. Since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), the administrative, legislative, and judicial organs of the Special Administrative Region have conscientiously performed their duties and resolutely prevented, stopped, and punished acts and activities that endanger national security. Hong Kong society has returned to the right track, and the legitimate rights and freedoms of the vast majority of citizens have been better protected in a safer environment. National security ensures Hong Kong's security and family security has become a strong consensus in Hong Kong society.

The rule of law in Hong Kong is inviolable. Laws must be followed, and violations must be investigated. 法网恢恢、疏而不漏 (fǎ wǎng huī huī, shū ér bù lòu - "the net of justice is vast, though its meshes are wide, it lets nothing escape," justice will eventually prevail). In today's Hong Kong, the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security are becoming more and more sound. The days when external forces and anti-China disruptive elements were unscrupulous and did whatever they wanted are gone forever. Anyone or any organization that dares to challenge the laws safeguarding national security and carry out activities that endanger national security, no matter what banner they are under, no matter what "background" or "master" they have, will surely be severely punished by the law.

We firmly support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) in fully and accurately implementing the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法). Any attempt to obstruct the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) from safeguarding national security is futile. The despicable acts of external forces to exert pressure and interfere in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (香港特区) handling of national security cases, and even threaten to sanction officials and judicial personnel of the Special Administrative Region, cannot shake the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (香港特区) firm determination to safeguard the rule of law and national security, but will only further arouse the Hong Kong society's shared hatred of the enemy and only accelerate the death knell for its agents in Hong Kong!

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Resolutely Support the Hong Kong SAR's Lawful Punishment of Jimmy Lai for Colluding with External Forces to Endanger National Security

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 December 15th, emphasizing that safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. It firmly supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) in preventing, suppressing, and punishing crimes and activities endangering national security in accordance with the law. It supports the Hong Kong SAR's judicial organs in convicting Jimmy Lai (黎智英) of conspiring to collude with external forces to endanger national security and other crimes in accordance with the law, and strongly condemns external forces for interfering with and smearing Hong Kong's rule of law and judiciary.

The spokesperson pointed out that this case is the first case in Hong Kong involving collusion with external forces to endanger national security under the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法). A large number of facts and evidence revealed during the trial powerfully proved that the defendant, Jimmy Lai (黎智英), is the behind-the-scenes "mastermind" and "financier" of anti-China and Hong Kong destabilizing forces, willingly serving as a pawn for external forces to "contain China with Hong Kong." He has long controlled anti-China and Hong Kong destabilizing organizations and personnel such as Apple Daily (苹果日报), colluding with overseas anti-China forces, spreading Hong Kong-independence, "black violence," and "burn together" ("揽炒") rhetoric to destabilize Hong Kong, attempting to incite others to subvert the SAR government, and even directly organizing confrontational actions, begging external forces to impose sanctions on China and the Hong Kong SAR. Even after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), he did not cease his activities. His crimes have caused serious damage to Hong Kong society and left Hong Kong citizens with deep pain, and he must be investigated and punished in accordance with the law. The SAR judicial organs convicted Jimmy Lai (黎智英) in accordance with the law, safeguarding national security and defending the dignity of the rule of law. All sectors of Hong Kong society support this, and the general public applauded.

The spokesperson stated that since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法), "one law brings stability to Hong Kong" (一法安香江) (yī fǎ ān xiāng jiāng - "one law brings peace to Hong Kong," the law has brought stability), quickly reversing the chaos and providing a solid guarantee for the steady and long-term implementation of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law. The SAR judicial organs' trial of Jimmy Lai (黎智英)'s case of conspiring to collude with external forces to endanger national security in accordance with the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) is a legitimate and just act of upholding the rule of law. External hostile forces disregard the facts, beautify anti-China and Hong Kong destabilizing elements as "democracy advocates," and wantonly attack and smear Hong Kong's rule of law and judiciary. We strongly condemn this and firmly support the Hong Kong SAR in fully and accurately implementing the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) without any discount, and earnestly fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security.

The spokesperson emphasized that the current Hong Kong SAR government is leading all sectors of society in making every effort to boost the economy, seek development, and benefit the people, and is making every effort to carry out disaster relief and recovery work. However, some anti-China and Hong Kong destabilizing elements and those with ulterior motives are spreading rumors, attacking the government, inciting the public, and attempting to disrupt social order and endanger national security. The SAR judicial organs' conviction of Jimmy Lai (黎智英) in accordance with the law this time once again declares a zero-tolerance attitude towards acts and activities endangering national security. This is also a stern warning to anti-China and Hong Kong destabilizing elements: all acts that endanger national security will inevitably be severely punished by law!

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Resolutely Support the Hong Kong SAR in Punishing Jimmy Lai's Crime of Endangering National Security in Accordance with the Law

This newspaper's Hong Kong (香港) December 15th dispatch (Reporter Li Xia (李霞)) A spokesperson for the Office for Safeguarding National Security 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维护国家安全公署) stated on the 15th that they firmly support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (香港特别行政区) judicial authorities' lawful ruling that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) is guilty of conspiring to collude with foreign countries or external forces to endanger national security.

The spokesperson pointed out that safeguarding national security is a top priority in any country, and anyone who violates the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) will inevitably be punished by law. The large number of facts revealed in the trial of the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case fully proves that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) was the main planner and participant in a series of anti-China and Hong Kong (香港) chaos events, a pawn of external anti-China forces, and the mastermind behind the "amendment turmoil." He openly begged foreign countries to impose sanctions on China (中国) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区), clamored to "fight for the United States," colluded with "Hong Kong independence" (港独) and "black violence" organizations and external forces, abused public opinion tools to incite hatred and intensify confrontation, and incited support for riot activities, attempting to disrupt Hong Kong (香港) and carry out a "color revolution" attempt, with numerous crimes and conclusive evidence. His actions seriously impacted the bottom line of the "one country, two systems" principle, seriously endangered national security, and seriously damaged Hong Kong's (香港) prosperity, stability, and the well-being of its citizens. Such serious crimes should be severely punished by law.

The spokesperson stated that Hong Kong (香港) is a society ruled by law, where laws must be followed and violations must be investigated. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) strictly handles the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case in accordance with the law, defends the authority and dignity of the rule of law, and fulfills its constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security, which has been widely recognized and supported. The trial process of the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case was open and transparent, and the procedures were fair and just. Jimmy Lai's (黎智英) legitimate rights have been effectively guaranteed, and his lawyer confirmed in court that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) had not been treated unfairly during his detention. A few Western politicians and anti-China media, under the guise of "human rights" and "freedom," smeared Hong Kong's (香港) rule of law, openly defended Jimmy Lai (黎智英), beautified his actions endangering national security, and rudely interfered in Hong Kong's (香港) judiciary. This is a political manipulation with ulterior motives, a blatant trampling on the spirit of the rule of law, and fully exposes their hypocrisy and "double standards." We strongly condemn this.

The spokesperson emphasized that safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is the highest principle of the "one country, two systems" policy. The Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong (驻港国家安全公署) will unremittingly and firmly fulfill its duties, and work with the Special Administrative Region (特区) to comprehensively and accurately implement laws safeguarding national security, punish crimes endangering national security in accordance with the law, and be highly vigilant, stand ready, and resolutely crack down on external forces interfering in the trial of national security cases and undermining Hong Kong's (香港) rule of law, and jointly safeguard the overall stability of Hong Kong (香港) society and the steady and long-term implementation of "one country, two systems."

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HKSAR Government Welcomes High Court's Guilty Verdict in Jimmy Lai Case

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特别行政区) High Court of First Instance ruled on December 15th on the case of Jimmy Lai (黎智英) and three companies related to Apple Daily (苹果日报), who were charged with three counts of endangering national security, finding all charges to be established. The SAR government welcomes the court's conviction.

Chief Executive John Lee (李家超) stated: "Jimmy Lai (黎智英) has long used his media outlet, Apple Daily (苹果日报), to wantonly create social conflicts, incite social antagonism, incite hatred, glorify violence, and openly beg foreign countries to sanction China (中国), sanction the Hong Kong SAR (香港特区), and invite external interference. Jimmy Lai (黎智英) harms the fundamental interests of the country and the well-being of Hong Kong citizens. His actions are shameful, and his intentions are malicious. Jimmy Lai's (黎智英) willful and reckless crimes were carried out in full view of the public, and the evidence is conclusive. The court's conviction demonstrates the justice of the law and safeguards Hong Kong's core values. The law never allows anyone, regardless of their profession or background, to openly harm their own country and compatriots in the name of human rights, democracy, and freedom. The Hong Kong SAR (香港特区) has a responsibility to safeguard national security and will resolutely combat acts and activities that endanger national security. Hong Kong (香港) is a society governed by the rule of law, and the SAR government will enforce the law, punish those who violate it, and strictly enforce the law. We will do our utmost to prevent, suppress, and punish acts and activities that endanger national security, and fulfill this natural and righteous responsibility."

John Lee (李家超) emphasized: "The SAR government is clear-cut, and the judicial authorities are justified and fearless of any intimidation, and are determined to fulfill their responsibility to safeguard national security."

A spokesperson for the SAR government pointed out that the court's trial was impartial. The court's reasons for the ruling in this case are as long as 855 pages, fully open for public inspection, detailing the court's analysis of relevant legal principles and evidence, as well as the reasons for finding Jimmy Lai (黎智英) and the three defendant companies guilty. The court's conviction is reasoned and measured, fully demonstrating that the court strictly made its ruling in accordance with the law and evidence, without any interference, and certainly without any political considerations.

The spokesperson said that the SAR government has noticed that at all stages of the Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case, there have been smear attacks, interference, and pressure from all sides, especially the external forces led by the United States and the West, who have been constantly smearing the Hong Kong SAR's (香港特区) law enforcement actions and judicial procedures, and attempting to beautify the criminal behavior of Jimmy Lai (黎智英) and his gang with base political manipulation and lies, and even threatening judges, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, and other SAR government officials with so-called "sanctions," attempting to interfere with the Hong Kong SAR (香港特区) court's trial in accordance with the law, and engaging in acts that obstruct justice and undermine the rule of law. The external forces' despicable plots will ultimately be futile and 不攻自破 (bù gōng zì pò - "collapse without being attacked," to fall apart of itself; to collapse without being attacked).

The spokesperson emphasized that the SAR government must sternly refute the malicious attacks of external forces. First of all, the court's trial was open, fair, and just. The court conducted a total of 156 days of public hearings, reviewed as many as 2,220 exhibits, more than 80,000 pages of documents, the testimony of 14 prosecution witnesses, and Jimmy Lai (黎智英) himself testified in court for as many as 52 days. These are clear proofs that Jimmy Lai (黎智英) and other defendants were convicted after a fair trial. The Jimmy Lai (黎智英) case has nothing to do with freedom of the press. The defendants have only used news reports as a guise for many years to engage in activities that harm the country and Hong Kong (香港). Jimmy Lai (黎智英) received appropriate treatment and medical care during his detention.

The spokesperson said that safeguarding national security is an ongoing process, not a completed one. The SAR government will continue to firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests under the solid protection of the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港国安法) and the "Safeguarding National Security Ordinance" (《维护国家安全条例》), continuously improve relevant legal systems and enforcement mechanisms, effectively respond to the ever-changing national security risk situation, safeguard high-quality development with a high level of security, and ensure that the practice of "one country, two systems" ("一国两制") is stable and far-reaching.

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First Edition Editors: Xu Nuo, Zhang Shuaizhen, Luan Xinyi; Second Edition Editors: Lü Li, Guo Xueyan, Zhang Anyu; Third Edition Editors: Han Xiaoming, Jiang Bo, Zhou Zhou; Fourth Edition Editors: Liu Nian, Yang Shuobi, Zhang Xueyan

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Cultivating Micro-Irrigation, Stimulating the Momentum of Niche Markets (Commentator's Observation)

By: 崔 妍

Using embroidery-like precision to promote matching, supply and demand will be more smoothly coupled, nourishing the market to grow and thrive. Accumulating strength over time, the branches of niche markets will extend to wider areas.

Recently, the editorial department of "Yao Wen Jiao Zi" (《咬文嚼字》) released the top ten buzzwords for 2025, and "Gu Zi" (谷子) was on the list. From an unfamiliar vocabulary to an annual hot word, it reflects the vigorous development of the "Gu Zi Economy." In 2024, the market size of China's "Gu Zi Economy" reached 168.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.6%, and it is expected to exceed 240 billion yuan this year. "Gu Zi" (谷子) is abundant, becoming a vivid microcosm of the potential release of the consumer niche market.

Where does the potential come from?

The upward-growing growth. From a practical point of view, niche markets are often emerging and trendy, still in the "budding" stage, and still face unresolved bottlenecks, stuck points, and pain points. For example, there is still room to expand the supply of high-quality green building materials for home decoration and personalized household products, and infant and student-related products still have problems such as single functions and uneven quality. Such difficulties are both points of effort and points of growth.

The downward-rooted depth. Niche markets have many types and wide roots. The deeper you explore, the more potential space you can discover, leading new demand with new supply. Just like the milk skin candied hawthorns that became popular everywhere at the beginning of winter, the ingenious combination of the "fashionable item" milk skin and the "seasonal limited" candied hawthorns attracted many people to queue up and try it.

Both growth and depth mean that niche markets have broad space and bright prospects. As long as you cultivate carefully and irrigate carefully, you can stimulate strong momentum.

Deep cultivation requires focusing on the interaction between supply and demand. Aiming at the increasingly segmented market demand and providing "right" products and services is the key to finding growth. For example, for the sports event economy, the outdoor economy, and the ice and snow economy, the recently released "Implementation Plan on Enhancing the Adaptability of Consumer Goods Supply and Demand to Further Promote Consumption" proposes to "strengthen the supply of high-quality products such as multi-functional intelligent sports and fitness equipment, ice and snow and outdoor sports equipment." Actively develop interest consumption, provide emotional value for consumers who pay attention to self-pleasing; launch more high-quality aging-friendly products to support the happy "red sunset" for the silver-haired group; enrich the supply of infant products to protect the healthy growth of the flowers of the motherland... Grasping business opportunities in the virtuous interaction between supply and demand can not only improve people's livelihood and well-being, but also cultivate fertile soil for market growth.

Drip irrigation is more skillful than "**大水漫灌**" (dà shuǐ màn guàn - "flood irrigation," a crude and inefficient approach). This means promoting a more precise match between supply and demand, keeping up with the trend of personalized and segmented consumption. Taking this year's "Double 11" as an example, some e-commerce platforms will give consumers personalized coupons. For example, people who are identified by the platform system as "poop shovelers" may find that many of their coupons are for pet categories. Drip irrigation also means accurately improving the business environment. At a "breakfast meeting" of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), a dairy company hoped to clarify the regulatory requirements for liquid infant formula products. After investigation, demonstration, and multi-party efforts, the revised Food Safety Law included "infant formula liquid milk" in the registration management, promoting liquid infant formula products to better meet domestic market demand.

Whether it is accurately delivering "gift packages" or accurately responding to calls, it reflects the logic of improving efficiency with accuracy. In the transformation trend from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, focusing on quality and efficiency is the key "scoring point" for promoting development. Using embroidery-like precision to promote matching, supply and demand will be more smoothly coupled, nourishing the market to grow and thrive. Accumulating strength over time, the branches of niche markets will extend to wider areas.

Niche markets converge into a lush forest of a unified national market. Both focusing on the entire forest ecology and "**具体树木具体分析**" (jù tǐ shù mù jù tǐ fēn xī - "analyze specific trees specifically," to deal with each situation on a case-by-case basis), the "timely rain" of policies combining universal benefit and precision is increasingly becoming a real need. Taking the financial field as an example, from implementing and refining 25 specific measures to support the private economy with financial support, to establishing a 500 billion yuan re-lending for technological innovation and technological transformation, to unblocking payment bottlenecks and making it easier for the elderly and "foreigners" to spend money... A series of support policies and pragmatic measures are nourishing the fertile fields of niche markets. The convergence of various policies promotes the transformation of potential market demand into real purchasing power, so as to promote the realization of dynamic balance between supply and demand.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal includes "the role of domestic demand in driving economic growth continues to be strengthened" as a major goal of economic and social development. Around this goal, the niche market is a blue ocean waiting to be activated. Focusing on the needs of different groups and better meeting the needs of characteristic consumption, combining "equal distribution of rain and dew" and "deep cultivation and drip irrigation," this blue ocean will surely surge with more new waves.

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Take the Lead in Tightening the "Rule of Law String" (People's Daily Commentary)

By: 张 璁

The authority of the law lies in its implementation. When the entire chain of building a system for state personnel to study and apply the law is seen and remembered by the people, they will also emulate it in their actions.

Incorporating legal knowledge into the recruitment examination content for state personnel, including rule of law education in the education and training plans for state personnel, and including the study and application of law by leading cadres in the annual duty reports as required... The Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law, which came into effect not long ago, incorporates rule of law education into the cadre education system and makes a special chapter on "Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law for State Personnel," promoting state personnel to take the lead in respecting, studying, abiding by, and applying the law.

The "key minority" are the key targets of publicity and education on the rule of law. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Leading cadres at all levels bear important responsibilities in promoting the rule of law, and comprehensively governing the country according to law must grasp the 'key minority' of leading cadres."

Take the business environment as an example. A government that respects the rule of law can give business entities a "reassurance pill." Shanghai (上海) uses "inspection codes" to make administrative law enforcement "transparent"; Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) draws "warning lines" for public officials in 10 aspects of behavior, such as performing duties, social interactions, and employment of immediate family members; Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) streamlines business procedures for enterprises, and some entrepreneurs lament that they "have not eaten a meal, drunk a glass of wine, or given a cigarette"... Standardized business procedures and clear rights and obligations are the foundation for enterprises to do business with confidence and develop with peace of mind. It is crucial for leading cadres to be good at using the rule of law thinking and methods to promote work and optimize the business environment.

Power is granted by law and must be exercised according to law. This is a basic concept of the rule of law. Improving the rule of law literacy of public officials must begin from the day they enter the cadre ranks, so that they have a clear mirror of the law hanging high in their hearts, hold the戒尺 of the law tightly in their hands, and know the standards for being an official and doing things. Only by truly establishing, explaining, and abiding by the rules of power operation, and strictly ensuring that statutory duties must be fulfilled and that anything not authorized by law is prohibited, can the occurrence of illegal and disciplinary behaviors such as abuse of power and seeking personal gain be effectively reduced.

The authority of the law lies in its implementation. The effectiveness of the law depends to a large extent on public officials transforming their respect for the rule of law and their reverence for the law into ways of thinking and behaving. In recent years, various localities have used the mechanism of述法 (shù fǎ - reporting on legal duties) to tighten and implement the responsibility of the main leaders of the Party and government to fulfill their primary responsibility for promoting the construction of the rule of law. Some "top leaders" lamented after述法 (shù fǎ - reporting on legal duties) on the spot that facing the results, issuing military orders, and tightening the "rule of law string" in blushing and sweating. With rule of law education escorting the implementation of the law, economic and social development can obtain more powerful rule of law support.

Public officials, especially the "key minority," taking the lead in respecting, studying, abiding by, and applying the law not only directly affects the level of legalization of governance, but also has a positive guiding and exemplary role in society. In the past, in the court of administrative litigation, there was an embarrassing situation of "seeing officials not seeing officials." Nowadays, various localities are forcing administrative organs to administer according to law by strengthening the appearance of heads of administrative organs in court to respond to lawsuits. Strengthening rule of law education can not only educate leading cadres to revere the law, but also guide the masses to believe in the rule of law by setting benchmarks. From recruitment examinations, daily study of the law, annual duty reports, supervision and other links, the entire chain of building a system for state personnel to study and apply the law is seen and remembered by the people, and they will also emulate it in their actions.

The country prospers when the rule of law prospers. Respecting, studying, abiding by, and applying the law is by no means a requirement for a temporary event, but must be practiced throughout one's life. The vast number of public officials internalizing the spirit of the rule of law in their hearts, building a solid ideological dam, externalizing it in their actions, and strictly administering according to law will surely continue to optimize the rule of law business environment, cultivate a clean and upright political ecology, and support a vibrant, stable, and orderly rule of law China.

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Helping the Disabled Goes Beyond "Seeing" (Warm News & Hot Comments)

By: 易舒冉

【Keywords】Helping People with Disabilities Integrate into Society
【Event】Not long ago, Zhao Qiubao (赵秋宝), a visually impaired blogger with millions of followers, traveled around Chongqing (重庆) with her guide dog. Compared to the monorail passing through buildings and the hotpot cuisine, what impressed Zhao Qiubao (赵秋宝) the most was the kindness and enthusiasm of the people of Chongqing (重庆). In the short videos Zhao Qiubao (赵秋宝) filmed, airport staff guided her all the way, reminding others not to touch the guide dog while it was working; subway staff proactively asked if she needed help and helped her carry her luggage; and strangers offered warm reminders one after another. "People say that navigation fails in Chongqing (重庆), but I want to say that here, every person in Chongqing (重庆) is my navigation," said Zhao Qiubao (赵秋宝).
【Commentary】
"Although I can't see, the people of Chongqing (重庆) are my eyes." From the patient guidance of staff in airports and subways to strangers proactively offering help, from restaurant operators helping to cook ingredients to hotel staff offering considerate reminders... In Zhao Qiubao's (赵秋宝) heart, the kindness of strangers added warmth to the journey of life. These small acts of kindness, like starlight, not only illuminated her travel path but also demonstrated a city's care and attention to special needs groups.
Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has had the fine traditions of helping the disabled and those in need, and of mutual assistance. China has 85 million people with disabilities, and protecting the rights and interests of people with disabilities and promoting the development of the cause of people with disabilities is an essential requirement for meeting the people's needs for a better life. With the improvement of relevant social security systems and care service systems, the living conditions of people with disabilities in China have improved significantly, and their living standards have continuously increased. Today, more and more people with disabilities are eager to go out and integrate into society.
Tang Zhanxin (唐占鑫), a person with physical disabilities, used his expertise to cooperate with friends to compile China's first "Spinal Cord Injury Self-Help Manual" and distribute it free of charge to "injured friends" in need; Chen Guiping (陈桂平), a one-armed village doctor, practiced injections, dressing changes, and rescues repeatedly with one hand, guarding the health of villagers for twenty-nine years; Huang Ying (黄莺), a visually impaired doctoral student, firmly believes that "except for not being able to see, I can do anything," sharing her daily life and inspirational stories through short videos, spreading positive energy, and gaining the attention of over one million fans. By receiving education, socializing, and participating in public activities, they alleviate loneliness and enhance self-confidence; through employment, entrepreneurship, and other practices, they obtain economic income and become self-reliant... With willingness and action, people with disabilities can find new "ways to open" their lives, create value, and achieve self-identity.
To better integrate people with disabilities into society, individual courage, social goodwill, and institutional guarantees need to resonate at the same frequency. Since the implementation of the Law on the Construction of Barrier-Free Environments, the ability, convenience, and degree of social participation of people with disabilities in their homes, travel, and society have significantly improved. It should also be noted that problems such as the lagging construction and poor maintenance of barrier-free environments in some areas, the incomplete elimination of employment discrimination against people with disabilities, and the frequent occurrence of social prejudice and misunderstandings still exist. To solve these problems, the government needs to further strengthen its responsibility and provide solid institutional guarantees for people with disabilities to integrate into society. It also needs to create a good social atmosphere of understanding, respect, care, and assistance for people with disabilities. Furthermore, every member of society needs to start from themselves, with more equal communication and respectful gazes, and use practical actions to help and assist people with disabilities. When kindness becomes a habit, when inclusiveness becomes the norm, and when barrier-free environments become standard city features, special needs groups can truly unload their burdens, move forward bravely, and strive to create their own wonderful lives.
In June of this year, the China Braille Publishing House hosted a one-minute experience of blind people's lives. In the dark, the smooth and flat road made many participants exclaim in fear. For people with disabilities, social participation is not only a process of "walking slowly" but also like a challenging "adventure." When we use hardware guarantees to solve the basic travel needs of people with disabilities, we may wish to pay more attention to their psychological feelings. More "putting oneself in their shoes" can truly make people with disabilities feel "seen" and "respected," so that they can achieve self-development more calmly.

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Photo Story

The tropical crop industry is an important industry for people's livelihood, a characteristic industry, and a high-efficiency industry. From fruits such as lychees and mangoes, to industrial basic raw materials such as natural rubber and palm oil, and then to food crops such as cassava... In recent years, the industry has flourished. According to statistics, the planting area of ​​major tropical crops in China exceeds 72 million mu, the total output is about 40 million tons, and the total output value in 2024 reached 283.99 billion yuan.

This is precisely:

The hot land is now covered with new brocade,
The lush forests and fruits show their charm.
Following nature and responding to things, promoting endowments,
Mountains and seas sing a long song to the road to prosperity.

Liao Yuanwen (廖沅文)

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Curb the Unhealthy Trend of Self-Media Spreading Rumors and Extortion (Perspective)

By: 董 渺

A certain catering public account, under the guise of "helping the healthy development of the industry," has repeatedly maliciously smeared a certain coffee company, with content involving business models and business data, demanding a "cooperation fee" of 450,000 yuan; a certain self-media released negative and untrue information such as "service point closures" and "major traffic accidents involving company vehicles" to smear the enterprise, using this as a threat to extort money... Recently, some cases of online public opinion extortion involving enterprises have attracted attention.

Self-media has many advantages and can become an important force in online public opinion supervision. It is worth noting that some practitioners regard "supervision" as a tool for extortion, either fabricating scandals by 移花接木 (yí huā jiē mù - "grafting flowers onto trees," secretly substituting one thing for another; a deceptive trick), or distorting the interpretation of financial data, or collecting fees from competing products to publish false evaluations, which seriously pollutes the online ecology and makes honest and trustworthy enterprises suffer unspeakably.

It takes years of cultivation for an enterprise to win the market and establish a reputation. A piece of false information can undo all efforts, especially during key nodes such as peak sales seasons and before listing. Online rumors can even have a devastating impact on enterprises. What is even more alarming is that some self-media publish false information involving people's livelihood fields such as food safety, ecological environment, and medical health, which can easily cause public panic, tear apart social consensus, and the harm cannot be underestimated.

Self-media supervision should be based on facts and rooted in rationality. When some platforms question false advertising of health products, they will attach authoritative ingredient testing reports and spot check results from market supervision departments, using solid evidence to support their views. Such supervision is more likely to meet the public's demand for true information. On the other hand, those who make profits by creating rumors and extorting money are accustomed to using the routine of "first hyping negative news and then asking for cooperation fees," which will only erode the public's trust in self-media.

The healthy development of any industry is inseparable from self-discipline, especially for the self-media industry. Those self-media accounts that win the support and trust of netizens are often able to adhere to industry norms and abide by ethical bottom lines. Those who disregard the rules and touch the red line, even if they gain traffic and benefits in the short term, will inevitably backfire and be severely punished. From account bans to criminal penalties, relevant cases are not uncommon, and no practitioner should have a 侥幸心理 (jiǎo xìng xīn lǐ - "lucky mentality," a fluke mentality).

Stopping the unhealthy trend of self-media creating rumors and extorting money is not only a necessary requirement for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, but also an important measure to optimize the business environment. Relevant departments should continue to consolidate the results of rectification, carry out in-depth work to rectify the network environment, on the one hand, improve relevant laws and regulations to provide a solid and powerful legal basis and institutional guarantee for combating self-media creating rumors and extorting money; on the other hand, consolidate the main responsibility of network platforms, urge platforms to earnestly fulfill their responsibilities, and strengthen the review and supervision of self-media accounts. At the same time, it is also necessary to promote rational voice of self-media through publicity and education, standardized guidance, etc., so that online public opinion supervision can operate on an objective, true, and responsible track.

(Excerpted and compiled from *Shaanxi Daily (陕西日报)*, original title "Such 'Supervision' Will Be Punished")

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Don't Let Hidden Realms Become Dangerous Grounds (Talking Point)

In recent years, some undeveloped and unexploited areas have been packaged as secret realms and niche attractions. Two news items have once again sounded the alarm for "wild tourism": Four departments in Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, issued a notice prohibiting illegal activities such as crossing and exploration in the core protected area of the Qinling Mountains (秦岭) (Xi'an section); Lushan (庐山) in Jiangxi (江西) Province, in accordance with laws and regulations, pursued the recovery of rescue costs from 10 "wild tourism" participants and took administrative detention measures against the organizers of the activity. Regarding willful "wild tourism," the WeChat official account of "People's Daily Commentary" recently launched a call for contributions. In this issue of "Everyone Talks," we have selected and published three submissions.
——Editor

Think Twice Before Going on a "Wild Tour"
Feng Xiaohu (冯小虎), Weifang City (潍坊市), Shandong Province (山东省)

Little-visited canyon secret realms, thorny forest paths, long-abandoned deep mountain mines... "Wild tourism" can satisfy some people's desire to embrace nature and explore the unknown, but it also poses many risks. Think twice before going on a "wild tour."

First, consider whether there are safety hazards. Many "wild tourism" destinations have complex terrains with risks such as flash floods and falling rocks. Once an accident occurs, rescue teams will have difficulty arriving in time. In addition, some participants lack outdoor survival experience, so "wild tourism" has significant safety hazards. Everyone is primarily responsible for their own safety and should put safety first, not taking risks lightly.

Second, consider whether you are crossing the regulatory red line. Nowadays, many places have introduced relevant regulations to regulate ecological tourism and outdoor adventure tourism, and have set red lines. Everyone should consider whether their behavior will violate relevant regulations and carry out outdoor tourism on the premise of complying with rules and regulations.

Third, consider whether it will damage the ecology. Some areas have relatively fragile ecological environments, and arbitrarily trampling vegetation and leaving garbage such as food packaging in the natural environment can cause considerable harm. Everyone should be a guardian of the ecology, not a destroyer.

Have reverence in your heart, and know where to stop. Not engaging in willful "wild tourism" is being responsible for yourself and for society.

Increase the Cost of Violations
Zou Lingyan (邹凌雁), Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京市东城区)

As an outdoor tourism enthusiast, I once witnessed a rescue at the wild Great Wall (长城) in the suburbs of Beijing. A photography enthusiast, while on a "wild tour," deviated from the planned route to capture a sunset scene and was accidentally trapped. The wild Great Wall has steep terrain and loose mountain rocks, making it difficult for rescuers to reach the scene and carry out the rescue. Although the rescue was successful in the end, it made me realize the triple cost of willful "wild tourism": it can easily put oneself in a difficult situation, consume public rescue resources, and potentially damage the fragile ecology.

Relying solely on dissuasion often has limited effect. Wire fences that have been erected are repeatedly cut, some tourists ignore no-entry signs, and some hikers go to great lengths to avoid patrols... All of these remind us that it is necessary to establish rigid constraints and increase the cost of violations. Where is crossing prohibited? What responsibilities will there be for violating the rules? Establishing rules and regulations, delineating the red lines of systems and rules, and clarifying the boundaries between "adventure" and "risk-taking" can truly serve as a warning.

Prevention beforehand is better than accountability afterward. Increasing the cost of violations has both a deterrent effect and a guiding role. It can make more people understand this principle: outdoor tourism never means doing whatever you want; respecting nature and respecting rules are compulsory courses for every tourist pursuing poetry and the distance.

Face Up to Cultural and Tourism Needs
Lu Li (陆离), Ganzhou City (赣州市), Jiangxi Province (江西省)

Some people summarize that their tourism has three stages: the first stage is to go to popular attractions in popular cities, the second stage is to go to museums in various places to learn about humanities and history, and the third stage is to return to nature and enter the original ecological natural environment. This view may only be a personal opinion, but it also reflects people's need to be close to nature from one aspect.

With economic and social development, tourists' needs are constantly upgrading, no longer satisfied with checking in and sightseeing, but pursuing more personalized, differentiated, and high-quality in-depth experiences. In reality, some areas' tourist attractions are homogeneous, and many popular tourist attractions are prone to overcrowding, making it difficult to bring a good experience to tourists. In a sense, going to some niche, original ecological, and undeveloped natural places to pursue novel experiences is also due to the fact that tourism needs are not fully met.

To govern willful "wild tourism," we must not only work hard on blocking but also on dredging. For example, suitable areas can be screened and opened as experience attractions after improving facilities and strengthening management; professional service projects can also be developed to reasonably design hiking and off-road routes. Saying no to willful "wild tourism" while enriching tourism supply, so that people can pursue the beauty of nature in a civilized and safe way, can achieve better governance results and enhance the people's sense of gain.

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This edition's editors: Li Haoran, Shi Ling, Meng Fanzhe

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Igniting the Red Spark in Children's Hearts (Cultural Landscape Towards the "15th Five-Year Plan")

By: 邱传玉

Strengthen and improve ideological and political work, promote campus cultural construction, make good use of red resources, and strengthen the ideal and belief education of young people.

--Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" Proposal

I am a teacher at the First Central School of Zhengcheng Town (郑城镇) in Pingyi County (平邑县), Linyi City (临沂市), Shandong Province (山东省), and also a national defense education instructor for the children. Facing the students, I not only explain formulas and theorems, but also repeatedly and affectionately tell the story of the War of Resistance written with life on Sujiagu (苏家崮).

My home is in Mutouya Natural Village (木头崖自然村), at the foot of Sujiagu Mountain (苏家崮山). When I was a child, I went to Sujiagu (苏家崮) to collect firewood, and the earthen pits scattered among the mountain ridges always made me curious. I heard from the elders that it was the place where the remains of the martyrs were buried. On the cliff of the mountain, mottled traces of blood can still be identified. At that time, I didn't understand how heavy the word "sacrifice" was, but these stories were like a red seed, buried in my heart.

This seed truly broke ground in the spring of 2018. Encouraged by the responsible comrades of the Party Spirit Education Base Office of the County Party Committee, I embarked on the road of excavating the battle stories of Sujiagu (苏家崮) and pursuing red memories.

In early December 1941, 400 students from the Shandong Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) came to Ningjiaquan (宁家圈) area of Zhengcheng Town (郑城镇) for rectification, and the Third Regiment of the First Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army (八路军山东纵队) was responsible for the protection task. At dawn on December 8, the Sixth Company, which was training on the Liangshui River (凉水河), was attacked by Japanese and puppet troops. In order to cover the breakthrough of the Party School students to the north, the soldiers of the Third Regiment seized the commanding height of Sujiagu (苏家崮) to the south and fought with the enemy. In this battle, there were 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops participating in the war, and our army annihilated 500 enemies, and more than 200 soldiers were sacrificed.

From the Liangshui River (凉水河) 5 kilometers northwest of Sujiagu (苏家崮), to the edge of the cliff where the brave soldiers jumped down with the enemy, and then to the hillside where the heroes sleep at the foot of Sujiagu Mountain (苏家崮山)... I traveled all over the surrounding rivers, mountains, and villages, and visited the surviving knowledgeable elders. Every time I heard them talk about the sound of guns and cannons booming day and night, and the enemy surrounded them, I was extremely indignant.

In addition to visiting, I also read the memoirs of the old soldiers word by word. I often climbed to the top of the mountain with materials and repeatedly compared them with the ruins. I have long been familiar with the numbers related to the battle. I know that behind every number is a once-vivid life, and a history that should not be forgotten.

In August of this year, the State Council (国务院) announced the fourth batch of national-level memorial facilities and sites of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the Sujiagu Anti-Japanese Martyrs Cemetery (苏家崮抗日烈士陵园) was included in the list. When I heard the news, my eyes were filled with tears, which was the deepest consolation to the heroic spirits of the martyrs.

Today, the Sujiagu (苏家崮) battle site in Zhengcheng Town (郑城镇) and the former site of the CPC Lunan District Committee (中共鲁南区党委) have been included in the restoration plan and implemented for key protection. We also integrate multiple red resources to create high-quality red tourism routes and enrich the content of patriotism education.

In order to truly "activate" the red stories, I often take students into the Sujiagu (苏家崮) battle site and tell the details of the battle where the martyrs sacrificed; I also take out old photos to help them restore the scene when the soldiers ran out of ammunition and food and defended their country. I want to make the children understand that today's good life did not come out of thin air, but was irrigated by the blood of the martyrs. At the end of 2021, the First Central School of Zhengcheng Town (郑城镇) was named "Linyi City Red Culture Inheritance Demonstration School (临沂市红色文化传承示范校)".

The Sujiagu (苏家崮) battle has passed for more than 80 years, and many witnesses have gradually passed away. The road of excavation and sorting is still very long. As long as I can still stand on the podium and climb Sujiagu (苏家崮), I will continue to be a storyteller of red stories, ignite the red fire in the hearts of children, and pursue the footsteps of heroes and cultivate patriotic feelings.

(The author is a national defense education instructor at the First Central School of Zhengcheng Town (郑城镇) in Pingyi County (平邑县), Linyi City (临沂市), Shandong Province (山东省). This reporter Wang Pei (王沛) interviewed and compiled this report.)

This issue is coordinated by: Lu Tao (卢涛)

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Invigorating Red Resources, Innovating Educational Formats (Extended Reading)

By: 傅石灵

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "On the new journey, we must implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and adhere to treating the ideological and moral construction of minors as a strategic and foundational task."

Every inch of mountain and river is bought with an inch of blood, every handful of warm earth contains a handful of souls. The new China was built with the blood and lives of countless revolutionary martyrs. Education on revolutionary traditions must start with children, emphasizing both knowledge education and emotional cultivation, guiding young people to establish correct worldviews, views on life, and values.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, red resources continued to empower the ideals and beliefs education of young people, the construction of characteristic education bases continued to deepen, many provinces launched revolutionary cultural relic-themed tourist routes, and red classrooms turned "sleeping cultural relics" into "vivid teaching materials"; activities such as "walking ideological and political classes" and young narrators continued to broaden their coverage, museum-school collaboration became mainstream, and more and more young people changed from listeners to inheritors; new technologies such as virtual reality restored revolutionary scenes, online access to red resources continued to increase, and digital empowerment broke down barriers of time and space.

Taking Linyi (临沂) in Shandong (山东) as an example, this is an old revolutionary area and one of the main birthplaces of the Yimeng Spirit (沂蒙精神). Yinan County (沂南县) allows students to experience the hardships of the revolution through "simulated support for the front," and Mengyin County (蒙阴县) relies on large-scale live performances such as "Hero Menglianggu (孟良崮)" to allow students to immersively experience the Yimeng Spirit... A series of vivid practices use forms that young people like to see and hear, allowing students to move from "knowing" to "identifying," conveying spiritual power.

Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," to strengthen the ideals and beliefs education of young people, we must further deepen the integration of "digital intelligence + red," create innovative scenes such as "digital dialogue with revolutionary predecessors," and enhance the immersive experience of education. At the same time, we will build a progressive education system, promote the integration of the red gene into the blood of young people's growth, and build a solid foundation of faith for cultivating new people of the era who can shoulder the important task of national rejuvenation.

(The author is a teacher at the Linyi Municipal Institute of Educational Sciences (临沂市教育科学研究院) in Shandong Province (山东省). This article was compiled and edited by Wang Pei (王沛), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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The 9th China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Exhibition of Achievements by Renowned Veteran Artists Held

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 15th. The opening ceremony of the 9th China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) Achievement Exhibition of Renowned Veteran Artists was held on December 15th at the Exhibition Hall of the China Literary and Art Workers' Home (中国文艺家之家展览馆). Tie Ning (铁凝), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联), attended the opening ceremony.

The exhibition, themed "Promoting Morality and Art, Diligently Cultivating," features a total of 437 precious historical photographs and images, 142 representative objects, and 4 special promotional videos. It aims to fully reflect the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles' (中国文联) role as a bridge between the Party Central Committee and outstanding literary and art masters, and focuses on showcasing the extraordinary pursuits and artistic ambitions of the older generation of artists such as Zhang Yongshou (张勇手), Lü Yisheng (吕艺生), and Deng Zaijun (邓在军) in remembering their original aspirations and missions, pursuing both moral integrity and artistic excellence, and focusing on the creation of masterpieces. It also aims to inspire the vast number of literary and art workers to adhere to their original aspirations, promote creation, and make greater contributions to the prosperity and development of socialist culture and the advancement of building a strong cultural nation.

The exhibition is hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联), and organized by the Domestic Liaison Department of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联国内联络部) and the Service Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联机关服务中心). The China Film Association (中国影协), the China Dancers Association (中国舞协), the China Television Artists Association (中国视协), and the China Literature and Art Foundation (中国文学艺术基金会) are co-organizers.

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Healthcare at Home: No Need to Visit, Medications Delivered.

By: 本报记者 窦瀚洋

Stepping into the integrated medical and elderly care ward of the Donghu Sub-district Community Health Service Center in Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省绍兴市越城区), the elderly are either stretching their muscles practicing Baduanjin, chatting leisurely, or slowly strolling with the company of caregivers, presenting a peaceful and warm scene.

In recent years, taking the creation of a national demonstration zone for integrated medical and elderly care as an opportunity, Yuecheng District (越城区) has promoted the deep integration of medical and health services with elderly care service resources, and gradually built an elderly health service system with coordinated development of home, community, and institutions. Based on consolidating basic medical security, the "Donghu·Zeshui Medical and Elderly Care (东湖·泽水医养)" at the grassroots level officially went into operation this year. Relying on the inpatient department of the Donghu Sub-district Community Health Service Center (东湖街道社区卫生服务中心) for functional integration, it simultaneously possesses the practice license of a medical institution and the filing qualification of an elderly care institution, with a total of 108 beds, providing continuous and stable medical and elderly care services for the elderly.

In medical and elderly care institutions, medical and elderly care services are seamlessly connected. The elderly can see a doctor without leaving the building and get medicine without queuing. Medical staff conduct regular rounds and consultations every day, and establish an electronic health record of "one person, one file" for each elderly resident.

At the same time, Yuecheng District (越城区) is comprehensively promoting the "Smart Medical Management (智医管)" action for in-home hospitalization, extending the service radius with digital empowerment. Family beds are equipped with intelligent monitoring and remote connection equipment to achieve immediate response to home rounds, health monitoring, and emergency assistance, allowing more elderly people to enjoy professional medical care in a familiar environment.

Shaoxing (绍兴) starts with solving the actual needs of the elderly for medical treatment, and continuously consolidates the grassroots elderly health service network. As of now, Yuecheng District (越城区) has formed a medical and elderly care service system covering institutional elderly care, community care, and medical support, with a total of 5 integrated medical and elderly care institutions, 18 elderly care institutions, and 17 town and street-level day care service centers. Elderly care institutions and medical and health institutions are fully paired, and the integration of medical and elderly care at the town and street level has achieved full coverage.

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Nearly 3.5 million Red Cross volunteers nationwide

This newspaper reported from Beijing on December 15th (Reporter Shen Shaotie (申少铁)): A press conference on volunteer service work held by the Red Cross Society of China (中国红十字会) on the 15th revealed that the national Red Cross system currently has nearly 3.5 million registered Red Cross volunteers and 34,000 Red Cross volunteer service organizations. There are 3.72 million registered volunteers for the China Marrow Donor Program (中国造血干细胞捐献) and 7.28 million registered volunteers for national body and organ donation. These volunteers and volunteer service organizations are active in cities and villages all year round, fighting on the front lines of humanitarian work, and making positive contributions to serving national strategies, people's livelihoods, and social governance.

The Red Cross Society of China (中国红十字会) will better play its role as a bridge and link connecting people in need, strive to broaden the channels for Red Cross volunteer services, and unite and lead the vast number of Red Cross volunteers and volunteer service organizations to serve national strategies with a greater vision and safeguard the lives and health of the people.

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China expects to start commercial application of 6G around 2030

Beijing, December 15th (Reporter Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) - It was learned from the 2026 China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信通院) In-depth Observation Report Conference that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's 6G development is in a critical stage where vision and demand are clearly defined, technological breakthroughs are initially effective, and standard research has been fully launched. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the focus will be on standard development and industrial research and development, with commercial applications expected to begin around 2030. By 2035, large-scale commercial deployment will be achieved, and it is expected to cultivate a trillion-yuan-level 6G industry and application market.

Experts from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信通院) stated that, in addition to the three original business scenarios of 5G, 6G should take advantage of the opportunity of deep integration of communication and AI to focus on cultivating mobile intelligent service scenarios and ecosystems, and create new economic growth points.

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Changsha, Hunan Innovates "All-Time Management" to Polish City's Brand

As the urban living room of Changsha (长沙) City, Hunan (湖南) Province, the May First Business District sees an average daily traffic of over 500,000 people in the past two years. Since February 2025, the Changsha (长沙) City Urban Management Bureau has innovatively launched a "Full-Time Management" mechanism, delivering a bright report card of high-quality urban management through all-time, all-field, and all-round systematic governance.

The focus of "Full-Time Management" lies in breaking time constraints and departmental boundaries, promoting management from "division" to "collaboration." The May First Business District involves three administrative regions: Furong District (芙蓉区), Tianxin District (天心区), and Kaifu District (开福区), and has long faced management challenges. This year, led by the Changsha (长沙) City Urban Management Bureau, a special supervision team was formed, establishing a "daily notification, weekly rectification, ten-day assignment, monthly consultation, and quarterly dispatch" working mechanism. It integrates the forces of urban management, market supervision, street offices, and other departments to build a refined management network, a three-dimensional management system, and a normalized operation mechanism. A management team of more than 400 people is on duty 24 hours a day, with 220 full-time personnel assigned to specific positions, achieving full coverage of business district management, barrier-free regional collaboration, and high efficiency in problem investigation and handling.

Changsha (长沙) systematically implements the "Three Clearances, Two Enhancements, and One Standardization" campaign in the May First Business District, solidly carrying out the "Three Clearances" of traffic, fire protection, and food safety, and focusing on promoting the "dual enhancement" of public security management and business district quality. The urban management department took the lead in carrying out the "Two Clearances and Two Constructions" special action, clearing illegal constructions and messy pipelines, and realizing the undergrounding of all strong and weak current pipelines in key areas. It implemented integrated maintenance of sanitation, municipal administration, and landscaping "from wall root to wall root," promoted refined cleaning of the business district, and carried out 24-hour normalized mobile cleaning in key commercial blocks to ensure that garbage is produced and cleared daily, and transported as soon as it is full.

Faced with the management challenges of mobile vendors, Changsha (长沙) City has set up diversion points to absorb more than 300 stalls for standardized operation. Shared bicycle parking points and electronic fences are set up in the outer areas of the May First Business District to find a balance between urban management and people's livelihood security.

Technological empowerment makes urban management smarter and more efficient. The May First Business District introduces a video network platform and AI intelligent recognition technology to intelligently identify, automatically capture, and real-time alarm irregularities such as occupying roads for business and illegal parking. The command platform dispatches patrol personnel to handle the situation, realizing closed-loop management of "online discovery - offline processing - online review," and the efficiency of problem handling is increased by nearly 40%.

Management produces benefits, and refinement shows quality. Changsha (长沙) promotes "meticulous management of a big city, collective management of a big city, and intelligent management of a big city," making the sense of gain, happiness, and security of citizens and tourists within reach.

Data source: Changsha (长沙) City Urban Management Bureau

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Hunan Hengyang: Cultural benefits for the people, playing the "happiness melody" in urban and rural areas

On November 29th, a classic play performed by inheritors of intangible cultural heritage was staged at the Hengyang Municipal Government (衡阳市政府) Conference Center in Hunan Province (湖南省), winning rounds of applause from the audience. This year, Hengyang (衡阳) has revitalized and utilized urban resources. Since June, the conference center has been open to the public during weekday leisure time and weekends. Free and beneficial performances have turned it into a "cultural living room" full of vitality.

To date, the conference center has successfully held 22 benefit performances, serving 14,000 citizens. From excerpts of Qi Opera to classics of Huagu Opera, from Xiang Opera to situational song and dance, inheritors of intangible cultural heritage and literary and art workers have taken turns on stage, allowing citizens to enjoy a "cultural feast" at their doorstep.

While the lingering sound of traditional opera echoes in the conference center, the Hengyang Poly Grand Theatre (衡阳保利大剧院) offers citizens a modern art experience. Since the beginning of this year, the Poly Grand Theatre has held more than 100 high-quality performances and public welfare activities, such as Richard Clayderman's piano concert, the dance drama "Only Green," and a Guofeng music concert, attracting more than 100,000 viewers. Hengyang (衡阳) has also introduced ticket subsidy discounts, allowing citizens to enjoy cultural benefits at their doorstep.

The tentacles of cultural benefits extend to every corner of Hengyang City (衡阳市). Activities such as "Square Performances Every Ten Days, Community Fun Every Week," the "Yan Hui Tian Lai" New Year Concert, and free art exhibitions have jointly woven a public cultural service network covering urban and rural areas. In the first three quarters of 2025, the city's public libraries received 910,000 readers, with the fragrance of books and ink permeating the city's texture.

The city's cultural life is rich and colorful, and the art activities in the vast countryside are also wonderful.

Hengyang (衡阳) has deeply implemented the "Ten Small Projects at the Doorstep" demonstration project for rural public cultural services, improved grass-roots cultural infrastructure such as township cultural positions and rural public welfare film fixed screening demonstration points, and extended cultural services along rural paths to thousands of households. The stage during temple fairs, the calligraphy and painting exhibition at the market, and the open-air movie in the village are all "cultural fairs" that are highly anticipated by villagers. In recent years, the city has carried out more than 200,000 "sending operas, calligraphy and painting, and movies to the countryside" activities, and promoted more than 2,000 series of activities for intangible cultural heritage to "enter schools, scenic spots, communities, and grass-roots levels."

Adhering to "cultural tourism to revitalize the city," Hengyang's (衡阳市) cultural benefit practices not only enrich the spiritual life of the masses, but also make the entire city radiate vigorous vitality in the nourishment of culture, injecting deep and lasting cultural impetus for Hengyang (衡阳) to accelerate the construction of a provincial sub-center city.

Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Hengyang Municipal Committee (中共衡阳市委宣传部)

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This edition's editors: Ji Yalin, Guan Xuanyue, Zhang Weihao

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Mangoes here ripen off-season, extending the flavorful harvest (Beautiful China: Characteristic industries under ecological advantages)

By: 本报记者 李茂颖

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Located in the dry-hot river valley area of Yuanjiang County (元江县), Yuxi City (玉溪市), Yunnan Province (云南省), abundant light and heat resources have nurtured a rich variety of mangoes. The local area utilizes three-dimensional climate conditions to optimize variety resources and promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of the mango industry, making mangoes a characteristic industry that increases the income of the masses and increases the greening of mountains and rivers.

In winter, in the dry-hot river valley of Yuanjiang (元江), the mango forests are quietly recuperating, and the fruit farmers are busy pruning and maintaining the fruit trees.

In recent years, Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (元江哈尼族彝族傣族自治县) in Yuxi City (玉溪市), Yunnan Province (云南省) has made mangoes a key industry to be built with all its strength as "one county, one industry." The small mango is becoming a win-win industry for local fruit farmers to increase their income and for the ecological restoration of the Honghe River Basin (红河流域).

Abundant light and heat resources make it one of the most suitable areas for producing high-quality mangoes.

Yuanjiang County (元江县), located in a low-latitude plateau area, is almost frost-free all year round, and has abundant light and heat resources. It is a unique "natural greenhouse" and one of the earliest places in Yunnan (云南) to develop hot zone resources and develop characteristic agriculture in hot zones. In the local area, many places have thin soil and many rocks, and grain planting is limited. The planting of tropical economic forests and fruits has become the focus of development.

"Mangoes are tropical fruit trees and require high growing temperatures." Li Jianqi (李健琪), a senior agronomist at the Yuanjiang County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (元江县农业农村局), said, "The average annual temperature in the Yuanjiang (元江) hot dam area is 24.1 degrees Celsius, and the average annual sunshine duration is about 2291 hours. Abundant light and heat resources are conducive to mango growth, sugar conversion, and nutrient accumulation, making it one of the suitable areas for producing high-quality mangoes."

Bai Xue (白雪), a fruit farmer in Ganzhuang Community (甘庄社区), grows more than 100 mu of mangoes. Every year from May, mangoes enter the picking season one after another. The fragrance is refreshing all over the mountains and plains, and the round and full mangoes are particularly attractive.

"Our Yuanjiang (元江) mangoes mature early, taste good, and have a beautiful appearance." Bai Xue (白雪) said. Each household in Ganzhuang Community (甘庄社区) plants nearly 20 mu of mangoes. Relying on the mango industry, the average annual income per capita is 25,000 yuan.

The three-dimensional climate is obvious, and the early, mid and late ripening are reasonably matched to achieve staggered listing.

Every year, before the mango picking season arrives, Su Yongren (苏永仁), chairman of the Yuanjiang Qinnong Fruit Professional Cooperative (元江勤农水果专业合作社), receives a constant stream of order calls.

"After they mature, the mangoes picked during the day are transported out at night." Su Yongren (苏永仁) said, "Relying on the cooperative + e-commerce model, unified online and offline sales, the busiest time this year, nearly 4,000 orders were sent out in one day."

Don't look at the good sales of Yuanjiang (元江) mangoes now, but in the past, selling fruit was a headache for growers. Due to immature planting technology, unreasonable variety structure, and unsmooth sales channels, Yuanjiang (元江) still lacked competitive advantages compared with other producing areas even though it had very good light and heat conditions and rich mango varieties. "When mangoes mature, mangoes from other places are also on the market in large quantities, and they cannot be sold at a good price." Su Yongren (苏永仁) said.

There are many varieties of Yuanjiang (元江) mangoes. How to turn rich variety resources into real industrial development advantages? This is an urgent problem to be solved in the development of the Yuanjiang (元江) mango industry.

Carefully calculating the ecological "family property" - the highest altitude is 2580 meters and the lowest is 327 meters, Yuanjiang County (元江县) has obvious three-dimensional climate characteristics. From the hot dam area at low altitude to the semi-mountainous area at medium altitude, it is suitable for planting various tropical fruits of different categories. Is it possible for mangoes? "Hainan (海南) mangoes mature early, and Guangxi (广西) mangoes are on the market in July and August. There is a gap period for mangoes to be on the market from early May to the end of June." Under the guidance of experts, Su Yongren (苏永仁) and other fruit farmers used local three-dimensional agricultural planting conditions to find a way out in mango varieties.

With the help of science and technology, the early-maturing mango "Xiaojinfeng" (小金凤), which has been improved locally, matures and is launched on the market in May, making Yuanjiang (元江) mangoes the earliest mangoes to be launched on the market in the country after Hainan (海南). "We use the time difference in the mango maturity period to launch a large number of mangoes during the gap period, which are sold to Xinjiang (新疆), Northeast China (东北) and other places." Su Yongren (苏永仁) said.

At present, the Yuanjiang (元江) mango variety nursery retains more than 100 variety resources, and the maturity period is from May to September every year. "Yuanjiang (元江) mango planting is mainly based on early-maturing mangoes, and some mid- and late-maturing varieties are developed in mountainous areas to continuously optimize the mango variety structure in Yuanjiang County (元江县)." Li Jianqi (李健琪) said.

Standardized and green planting promotes the improvement of quality and efficiency of the mango industry.

Mango planting has high requirements for water conservancy infrastructure. In the past, many orchards in Yuanjiang County (元江县) had problems such as weak water supply capacity and low water conservancy facility matching rate.

In order to make the mango industry bigger and stronger, Yuanjiang County (元江县) actively declared and integrated agricultural industry projects, built mango standardized planting demonstration bases, improved water conservancy irrigation facilities and roads, and consolidated the foundation for the development of the mango industry. In the mango modern agricultural industrial park in Ganzhuang Community (甘庄社区), a large pool is "embedded" in it, and the main water pipeline leads to the orchard. By gradually supporting water-saving irrigation facilities, the mango planting conditions have been greatly improved.

Every year, the local area holds various technical training meetings. How to grasp the best fertilization, watering, fruit protection and other technologies? What are the occurrence patterns of mango diseases and insect pests, the best prevention and control time, and scientific prevention and control methods? Experts from inside and outside Yunnan Province (云南省) came to the site to explain to farmers in detail, and new agricultural equipment such as agricultural drones and intelligent irrigation and integrated water and fertilizer equipment were even more eye-catching.

Such field classrooms are not uncommon in Yuanjiang (元江). Yuanjiang County (元江县) has strengthened cooperation with scientific research institutions and colleges and universities, built mango expert grass-roots workstations and field schools, and continuously introduced new varieties and advanced planting technologies. In addition, Yuanjiang County (元江县) has also promulgated and implemented local standards to promote standardized and green mango planting, and further promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of the mango industry.

As the local area continues to promote the construction of planting bases, continuously optimize varieties, and improve fruit quality, Yuanjiang County (元江县) has held the Golden Mango Culture and Tourism Festival for many years in a row. There are 13,500 mango planting farmers and 52,000 employees in the county. In 2024, the mango planting area in Yuanjiang County (元江县) reached 242,000 mu, with an annual output of 264,000 tons and an agricultural output value of 1.16 billion yuan. One sweet mango after another has become a characteristic industry for local people to increase their income and green the mountains and rivers.

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How will the continuing La Niña affect China this winter?

By: 本报记者 蒋雪鸿

The National Climate Center's monitoring shows that the central and eastern equatorial Pacific entered a La Niña state in October this year. As of December 15, the La Niña state is still ongoing.

What is a La Niña state? According to the national standard "Discrimination Method of El Niño/La Niña Events" (GB/T 33666—2017), the average value of sea surface temperature anomalies in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific is defined as the NINO3.4 index. When the 3-month moving average of this index is less than or equal to -0.5 degrees Celsius, it is considered that the central and eastern equatorial Pacific has entered a La Niña state. When the duration of the La Niña state is greater than or equal to 5 months, it is determined that a La Niña event has formed.

"It is expected that this La Niña state will continue until the beginning of 2026, with a duration of less than 5 months, and the possibility of forming a La Niña event is relatively low," said Zhang Daquan (章大全), Deputy Director of the Climate Prediction Office of the National Climate Center (国家气候中心).

What are the possible impacts of a persistent La Niña state? Generally speaking, in the winter when a La Niña event occurs, cyclonic anomalous circulation prevails over the Northwest Pacific and the South China Sea (南海), and the northerly winds on its west side are conducive to guiding cold air from the north southward, strengthening the East Asian winter monsoon, leading to lower temperatures in central and eastern China.

Zhang Daquan (章大全) said that affected by global warming and other factors, since the beginning of this century, the situation of warmer winter temperatures in China under the La Niña background has also occurred frequently, and even warm winters have occurred, such as the winter of 2020/2021. At the same time, cyclonic anomalous circulation will inhibit the transport of water vapor from the Northwest Pacific, the South China Sea (南海), and the Bay of Bengal to southern China, leading to a continuous decrease in precipitation, which can easily trigger continuous drought in winter and spring. In the summer of the year following a La Niña event, the position of the Western Pacific subtropical high is often northward, the East Asian summer monsoon is stronger, which is conducive to more precipitation in northern China, while precipitation in the Yangtze River (长江) basin is less than the same period of the year, which can easily lead to high temperature and drought.

With the La Niña state continuing, what weather processes will occur in China this winter? It is expected that in the winter of this year, the temperature in most parts of China will be close to the same period of the year to higher, but the temperature will fluctuate significantly, and strong cooling and warming events will occur frequently. In terms of precipitation, the overall precipitation in the country will be less, and the spatial distribution will be "more in the north and less in the south."

In winter, northeastern China, northern China, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Xinjiang (新疆) and other places may experience periodic strong winds, sharp cooling, and snowfall weather processes; periodic low temperatures and rain, snow, and freezing weather may occur in northern and southwestern parts of China; in winter and spring, the temperature in southeastern East China, eastern Central China, and eastern South China will be higher, and precipitation will be less, and the risk of continuous drought in winter and spring is higher. Zhang Daquan (章大全) reminded that with the La Niña state continuing this winter, various regions can make some production and living preparations in response to meteorological disaster risks.

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Guoke Technology Listed in Hong Kong: Deeply Cultivating "AI+" Energy Storage, Reshaping the Energy Scene Ecosystem

Guoxia Technology Co., Ltd. (果下科技股份有限公司) (referred to as "Guoxia Technology (果下科技)") was established in 2019 and is a leading solution and product provider in China's energy storage industry, as well as a Jiangsu (江苏) unicorn enterprise in 2025. According to a report by China Insights Consultancy, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) was the eighth largest Chinese supplier in the global multi-purpose energy storage system market (in terms of new installed capacity) in 2024, with an estimated output value of over 2 billion yuan in 2025. On December 16th, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (港交所), and will drive the long-term development of the enterprise with the technical form of "systematization + intelligence," and continue to promote the large-scale application of renewable energy and the reshaping of energy scene ecology.

Contributing "AI+" Power to the New Energy Storage Industry

New energy storage is an important technology and basic equipment for building a new power system, and an important support for achieving the "dual carbon" goals. With "AI+" energy storage as its strategic direction, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) is deeply engaged in "systematization + intelligence" technology, building a full-stack technology closed loop from battery management to system scheduling, promoting the energy system from "threshold control" to "intelligent decision-making." It has been widely used in key scenarios such as prediction, optimization, and scheduling of energy storage systems, which can greatly optimize efficiency, improve accuracy, and meet the energy saving and carbon reduction needs of high-energy-consuming scenarios such as power companies, manufacturing companies, computing centers, and large-scale residences, and help build "low-carbon parks."

Actively Planning and Laying out New Tracks for Future Technology

Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," embodied intelligence and other future technologies will enter daily life and intelligent manufacturing scenarios. In the AI era, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) will actively seek innovation and change, develop professional AI chips for energy storage systems to achieve millisecond-level edge decision-making; develop AI optimization robots specially designed for energy storage systems with autonomous inspection, anomaly detection, remote collaboration, and edge decision-making capabilities, and use innovative energy storage technologies to constrain robot behavior patterns; and open vertical field AI models to the industry.

Participating in the Construction of Global New Energy Infrastructure

With "HANCHU ESS" as its overseas brand, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) has achieved multi-scenario intelligent energy storage in more than 10 countries and regions in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia; based on a unified vertical energy large model platform, AI scheduling capabilities have been adapted to the electricity price mechanisms, frequency regulation rules, and policy systems of different countries, becoming a "globalization + localization" intelligent energy storage solution provider. Through the synergy of domestic and foreign brands, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) not only provides products to global partners, but also uses its domestic "energy storage system + AI + operation and maintenance system" capabilities to improve the level of global new energy infrastructure.

Building an Open and Collaborative Industrial Innovation Ecosystem

As one of the founding enterprises of the "Large Energy Storage Ecological Innovation Consortium," Guoxia Technology (果下科技) is committed to building an open, collaborative, and intelligent industrial innovation ecosystem, growing together with like-minded people, and has jointly established innovative platforms such as the Energy Storage Thermal Management Joint R&D Center with institutions such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学). At present, Guoxia Technology (果下科技) has joined hands with upstream and downstream ecological partners to deploy "AI+" energy storage systems in cities such as Suzhou (苏州) and Huai'an (淮安) in Jiangsu (江苏) Province, effectively improving the local power grid's peak shaving capacity and the utilization efficiency of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy, and ensuring the efficient and stable operation of the power system.

Adhering to the corporate culture of "purity, sincerity, people-oriented, and excellent innovation," Guoxia Technology (果下科技) will work with more partners to build an industrial innovation ecosystem, promote industrial technology innovation, and jointly create a new energy future of intelligent interconnection and efficient symbiosis.

Data source: Guoxia Technology Co., Ltd. (果下科技股份有限公司)

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Editor(s) of this page: Chen Juan, He Yuche, Zhang Yifu

Layout Design: Shen Yiling (沈亦伶)

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This year, stimulating the vitality of cultural innovation and creation (Year-end Special Report)

The year 2025 was an extraordinary one. In this year, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation surged, and the construction of a strong socialist culture took solid steps. In this year, we commemorated the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Anti-Japanese War literary and artistic works transcended time and space to inspire resonance. We also celebrated the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema and the museum industry. *Ne Zha: The Devil Child* became a smash hit, museums made epic progress, new mass literature recorded scenes of the times, and AI creators came to our side... On the slowly unfolding scroll, countless vivid expressions of the times converged into the magnificent atmosphere of Chinese-style modernization.
Looking back on this year, we organize the annual cultural memory, relive touching moments, draw strength, and move towards the new.
-- Editor

Reliving Anti-Japanese War Literary and Artistic Works
The Spirit of the Anti-Japanese War in Literature and Art Transcends Time and Space
Tian Qinxin (田沁鑫)

Looking back at 2025, at the historical moment of commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the anti-Japanese war literary and artistic works active on the stage and the sincere resonance inspired by the great spirit of the Anti-Japanese War have become the most profound memories engraved in my heart.
Standing at this important historical coordinate, from June to October 2025, the National Theatre of China (中国国家话剧院) launched eight plays with anti-fascist and red themes, including "Iron Flow Eastward" (《铁流东进》), "The Red Starting Point" (《红色的起点》), "Copenhagen" (《哥本哈根》), "The Physicists" (《物理学家》), "Sanwan, That Night" (《三湾，那一夜》), "Mort Without Burial" (《死无葬身之地》), "Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony" (《直播开国大典》), and "Literature and Art in the Anti-Japanese War" (《抗战中的文艺》), affectionately looking back at the unyielding and resistance in the years of war. This is not only a high tribute to the great victory won by the Chinese nation in bloody battles, but also a concentrated demonstration of literary and art workers responding to the voice of the times and undertaking cultural responsibilities through artistic creativity.
Whenever the lights on the stage come on, I am always surrounded by a deep sense of emotion. Eighty years ago, literary and art workers took the land of the motherland as the stage and used drama to express the unyielding cry of the Chinese nation. Today, anti-Japanese war literary and artistic works that transcend time and space take the audience back to that national epic, remember history, cherish the memory of martyrs, cherish peace, and create the future.
From the eager eyes of the audience in the theater and the enthusiastic messages on social media, I deeply feel that the audience can fully believe in the power of drama, and drama can always believe in the power of the audience, which further enhances our sense of mission as literary and art workers. Drama is an imported product, but drama has a profound accumulation in the five thousand years of Chinese civilization. Looking forward to the new year, we will adhere to creative transformation and innovative development, enhance the ability of cultural originality, combine the art of drama with the Chinese view of drama performance, create more good works, and let drama better enter the daily life and inner world of the people. We have a mission on our shoulders and a lot to do.
(The author is the president of the National Theatre of China (中国国家话剧院), and this article was compiled by Chen Yuanyuan (陈圆圆), a reporter from this newspaper)

Traditional Culture Radiates the Glory of the Times
The Youth Power of Preserving and Innovating Opera
Wang Yong (王勇)

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) replied to the young artists of the theater, emphasizing "practicing art for the people, adhering to high moral character and artistic excellence, preserving the right and innovating, and letting Peking Opera art continue to radiate the glory of the times." The General Secretary's important reply inspired every young literary and art worker. Peking Opera art has been passed down from generation to generation and has always embraced the tide of the times with an enterprising spirit of preserving the right without sticking to the old and respecting the ancient without restoring the ancient, bursting with cultural charm.
Innovation takes preserving the right as its soil, and only on the basis of preserving the right can the flower of innovation bloom. Stylization, freehand brushwork, and comprehensiveness are the outstanding characteristics of Peking Opera. Peking Opera creation should fully demonstrate the aesthetic advantages of the body. In the creation of modern dramas, dance and sound effects and other means serve the expression of the core theme of the drama, but cannot steal the main position of the art tradition. The National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院) has created a number of performance brands. The "Excellent Peking Opera Repertoire Exhibition" and the "National Small Theater Peking Opera 'Heroes Gathering'" continue the Peking Opera body while innovating the expression of the times; classic performance brands such as "Spring Voice," "Autumn Charm," and "Martial Arts Performance" enrich the new format of Peking Opera performance.
The creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture has won the love of young people, nourished their spiritual world, and enabled the cultural confidence and consciousness of the new era of youth to reach a new height. Since the reorganization and establishment of the Youth Troupe of the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院青年团), it has successively launched three key dramas starring young actors. The revival drama "Red Mushroom Girl in the North" (《北国红菇娘》) is starred by actors born in the 1990s and 2000s. The youth performance brand "There is a Play Here" has performed more than 300 regular performances, truly putting young actors on the stage to hone their skills.
This year, the quintessence of Chinese culture went overseas. Riding on the "Adora Magic City" (爱达·魔都号) cruise ship, Peking Opera had a deep dialogue with the world; **凡益之道，与时偕行** (fán yì zhī dào, yǔ shí xié xíng - "The way to benefit is to advance with the times," meaning to adapt to changing circumstances to achieve success). Peking Opera broadcasting led online audiences to immerse themselves in the traditional aesthetic meaning of the solar terms. The vitality of art lies in the endless rhythm of the times, and the soil of outstanding traditional Chinese culture nourishes Peking Opera art to constantly update itself and meet challenges.
(The author is the president of the National Peking Opera Company (国家京剧院), and this article was compiled by Zhi Chunli (智春丽), a reporter from this newspaper)

The 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Chinese Cinema
Passing on Humanistic Spirit and Aesthetic Power in Light and Shadow
Yin Hong (尹鸿)

In 2025, on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of world cinema and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema, *Ne Zha: The Devil Child* (《哪吒之魔童闹海》) became a smash hit, becoming the world's highest-grossing animated film with a box office of over 15.4 billion yuan, allowing the world to see the humanistic spirit and aesthetic power contained in Chinese animation, Chinese films, and Chinese culture.
In this year, we commemorated the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. A number of films such as "Mountains and Rivers as Witness" (《山河为证》) and "Nanjing Photo Studio" (《南京照相馆》) took the audience into the cinema to remember history. "Nanjing Photo Studio" (《南京照相馆》) revealed the historical tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre, showing the choices and encounters, courage and strength of a group of ordinary Chinese people when disaster struck. This is not only a visual reminder of the cruel history, but also a record of the spirit of China in the era.
At present, media forms are becoming increasingly rich, and "short, flat, and fast" video content is vying for the audience's attention, but filmmakers still produce film masterpieces with their serious realistic concerns, rigorous artistic standards, and diverse subject choices, forming one era focus after another. Films such as "The Volunteers: A Bloody Battle for Peace" (《志愿军：浴血和平》), "Detective Chinatown 1900" (《唐探1900》), "Chang'an's Lychee" (《长安的荔枝》), and "The Stage" (《戏台》) expand film themes and innovate artistic expression in different dimensions, reflecting the humanistic background of Chinese films "writing about ordinary people and writing for ordinary people," and practicing the creative orientation of "people-centered."
It is worth mentioning that the exploration of "cinema +" and "film +" has spawned activities such as tasting food with movies, traveling with movies, popularizing science with movies, and watching cultural relics with movies, expanding the impact of movies to a wider range of life scenarios and releasing more consumption vitality.
Chinese films have gone through 120 years of trials and tribulations and have overcome obstacles. As long as it is more penetrating in the times, more self-aware of self-renewal, more willing to actively embrace new audiences, new needs, and new technologies, and more honest and capable of discovering, exploring, and presenting Chinese stories, Chinese films will surely usher in another bright new era.
(The author is the vice chairman of the China Film Association (中国电影家协会) and a professor at Tsinghua University (清华大学), and this article was compiled by Liu Yang (刘阳), a reporter from this newspaper)

Museums Make Epic Progress
Museums, a Key to Understanding Contemporary China
Chu Xiaobo (褚晓波)

Thinking back to August 2025, the Shanghai Museum's (上海博物馆) 13-month "Top of the Pyramid: The Great Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization" concluded, attracting more than 2.77 million visitors, setting a world record for the number of visitors to a single paid special exhibition in a museum.
Why was this unprecedented achievement achieved? I think this is inseparable from the leapfrog development of China's museum industry, and it also reflects the continued warming of the "cultural and museum fever." Museums are not only halls for collection, research, and display. In the new era, they can completely become a key to understanding contemporary China.
The Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) is a microcosm of the high-quality development of China's museum industry. By the end of 2024, the number of museums registered in China had reached 7,046. This fully shows that the people's yearning for a better life has reached a new height in the spiritual level. In the vigorous atmosphere of museums, we can see the development of China. The vast majority of museums and art galleries are open to the public free of charge, which is based on national strength.
At the same time, without good exhibitions and good activities, so many audiences would not enter the museum. Chinese museums provide audiences with high-quality content and services. On November 11, 2025, the special exhibition "Melting the Ancient and Shining the New: Retrospective and Innovative Bronze Ware of the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties" jointly organized by the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (美国纽约大都会艺术博物馆) was unveiled at the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆). Max Hollein, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (美国纽约大都会艺术博物馆), said to me: "I was conquered by the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆)." Whether it is content planning or exhibition design, Chinese museums are far beyond his imagination. We let the world see that Chinese museums are already world-class.
Today, the overseas influence of Chinese museums is also growing, and more and more foreign museums are actively seeking cooperation with us. The next "Dialogue with the World" series of exhibitions is being actively prepared. We look forward to Chinese museums better allowing the public to see and the world to see.
(The author is the director of the Shanghai Museum (上海博物馆), and this article was compiled by Cao Lingjuan (曹玲娟), a reporter from this newspaper)

New Mass Literature Records Scenes of the Times
Amateur Writing, Depicting the Light of Ordinary People
Wang Jibing (王计兵)

"If I were to rewrite the Jianghu, I would pay tribute to the era with the Xiaoge. Those who act chivalrously do not need eighteen kinds of weapons, but hold a beam of light in the world." This is a poem I wrote this year, and it is also a simple dream as a new mass literature writer.
As a member of the "Xiaoge," I always record my daily life and express my emotions with a pen, and I also hope that everyone can live a simple life with the light of ordinary people with enthusiasm.
We have caught up with the golden age of new mass literature. Today, a large number of amateur creators have emerged, which makes me deeply aware that "grass is different from grassland." When the writing of countless ordinary people converges, it will present a grassland-like vastness. "**我们终因普通而不凡**" (wǒ men zhōng yīn pǔ tōng ér bù fán - "We are ultimately extraordinary because of our ordinariness," meaning that the collective efforts of ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things).
If you are a person with a heart in life, you will receive unexpected gifts.
One afternoon, I was picking up a meal at a snack bar. The hostess who ran the snack bar was sleeping on the sofa with her child in her arms. This scene was written into my poem "Three O'Clock in the Afternoon": "A dream is holding a dream in a dream. I tiptoed to take away the takeaway on the counter, like a thief of time, stealing the hard work in the lives of this mother and son." Unexpectedly, this poem touched an Italian doctor studying in China and was recommended by her to be published in an Italian publication. When the familiar text was translated into Italian and the relevant documentary was broadcast in Italy in December 2025, my heart was filled with pride.
Amateur creation requires adhering to the original intention. Never lower your literary standards, and guard the "new mass literature" brand. New mass literature will spring up like mushrooms after a rain, growing into tall bamboo forests, and we will also complete a leap in life experience through literature.
How lucky I am to meet new mass literature in the best era of literature. I have published many collections of poems and have also started prose writing. I firmly believe that new mass literature will eventually be integrated into people's lives like firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and everyone will have more happiness because of literature. Just like I wrote in my poem: "New mass literature is a seed. Not all seeds will bloom, but all seeds will inevitably take root and sprout."
(The author is a takeaway deliveryman and poet, and this article was compiled by Wang Weijian (王伟健), a reporter from this newspaper)

AI Creators Come to Our Side
Everyone Can Realize Their Literary Imagination
Wu Yan (吴岩)

In 2025, Chinese science fiction literature accelerated its growth. The "Three-Body" Overseas Ten-Year Influence Conference was held in Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南), showing the charm of Chinese science fiction literature going overseas with 42 languages and 6.5 million copies of foreign language versions sold. Domestic science fiction literature creation continued to flourish, and more and more scientific workers and film and television workers entered the field of "technology + literature." At the Shanghai International Film Festival (上海国际电影节), the Science Fiction Film Week Technology Creation Unit showed the potential of technology empowering culture. The science fiction stage plays "China Orbital No." (《中国轨道号》) and "Quantum Ghost" (《量子幽灵》) that we created were performed in many places, which refreshed the audience.
Artificial intelligence empowers science fiction creation, which not only illuminates a new direction for literary and artistic creation, but also shows the magnificent view of the integration of technology and culture. At the beginning of 2025, we tried to use artificial intelligence to conduct integrated training in science fiction creation for teenagers. We found that children can realize everything from story design and novel creation to picture and video creation, becoming small "science fiction creators." This made me realize that technology can bring more intuitive changes to literary and artistic innovation. I look forward to the future, artificial intelligence, as a tool, can come to our side more widely and break the boundaries between ordinary people and science fiction creators. Technological innovation is changing with each passing day, and science fiction innovation must also follow the pace of the times and move faster.
After several years of development, artificial intelligence may be more widely and deeply integrated into our cultural life, creating a new cultural ecology. In the new cultural ecology, anyone can create literary works that belong only to their family and friends, and there will also be story linkages and interactions between each other. When artificial intelligence comes to our side, everyone can realize their literary imagination and let "technology + culture" light up every story around them.
(The author is a professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (南方科技大学) and director of the Science Fiction Creation and Industrialization Research Center, and this article was compiled by Dong Yingxue (董映雪), a reporter from this newspaper)

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Strengthen the implementation of the Constitution and advance socialist democracy and the rule of law.

Deepening the Publicity and Education of the Constitution to Promote the Constitution to Take Root in People's Hearts

Hong Dayong (洪大用), Deputy Minister of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部)

Constitutional publicity and education is a fundamental task in the construction of the rule of law. The Central Propaganda Department (中宣部) adheres to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its guide, deeply studies and implements Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, earnestly places constitutional publicity and education in a prominent position in the entire publicity and education on the rule of law, vigorously promotes the spirit of the Constitution and the spirit of socialist rule of law, and strives to contribute to creating a new situation in comprehensively governing the country according to law in the new era.

Adhering to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law as the guide, we will promote the continuous deepening and solidifying of constitutional learning and education. Closely focusing on studying, publicizing, and implementing Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, we will continue to strengthen constitutional learning and education, focus on improving institutional mechanisms, pay attention to highlighting key groups, and continuously enhance the entire society's awareness of the rule of law and constitutional concepts. We will do a good job in publishing the first volume of "Selected Works on Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law," and work with relevant departments to compile and publish the "Study Outline of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law (2025 Edition)," providing authoritative teaching materials for the broad masses of cadres and the public to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law. We will firmly grasp the "key minority" of leading cadres, incorporate Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law into the study plans of the theoretical study centers of Party committees (Party groups), and consolidate the ideological foundation for the broad masses of Party members and cadres to be loyal to, abide by, and safeguard the Constitution. We will strengthen constitutional and legal education for young people, promote constitutional learning in schools, and allow the belief in the rule of law to take root and sprout in their hearts.

Adhering to enhancing constitutional confidence as the foundation, we will promote the continuous expansion of the breadth and depth of research on Chinese constitutional theory and practice. Connecting with the vivid practice of building a rule-of-law China, we will continuously deepen the systematization of constitutional theory research and scholarly interpretation. We will complete the compilation of the key textbooks of the Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project, "An Introduction to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law (Second Edition)" and "Constitutional Theory of China in the New Era," with high quality, fully reflecting General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on the Constitution and fully reflecting the latest achievements in the rich development of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law. We will establish a large number of National Social Science Fund projects around the study of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law and constitutional theory research, and organize experts and scholars to combine contemporary Chinese constitutional system and constitutional practice to refine iconic concepts and original viewpoints. Closely combining with the study and implementation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, we will organize forces to deeply study and interpret the important role of the rule of law, especially the Constitution, in promoting high-quality economic and social development, advancing the modernization of national governance, and meeting the people's needs for a better life, guiding people to enhance their confidence and determination to advance Chinese-style modernization on the track of the rule of law.

Adhering to enhancing the entire society's ability to practice the Constitution as the focus, we will promote the continuous enhancement of the pertinence and effectiveness of constitutional theme publicity activities. We will continue to innovate forms and methods, broaden publicity channels, carefully organize legal publicity activities that the masses love to hear and see, and vividly interpret the significant advantages and strong vitality of the Chinese constitutional system and constitutional theory. We will implement the Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law, solidly advance the implementation of the "Eighth Five-Year" Plan for Popularizing Laws, launch the formulation of the "Ninth Five-Year" Plan for Popularizing Laws, highlight the important position of the Constitution, and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of constitutional publicity and education. We will take advantage of opportunities such as the "December 4th" National Constitution Day and "Constitution Publicity Week," combined with activities such as holding the "Hundred Legal Experts' Hundred Lectures" and the mass theme publicity and education of "Strengthening the Country and Revitalizing the Nation with Me," to widely carry out constitutional and legal publicity. We will organize all levels and types of media to plan and launch a batch of news reports, and make full use of various forms such as film and television dramas and integrated media products to strive to make constitutional publicity and education more vivid and effective.

In the next step, we will deeply study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, combine the formulation and implementation of the "Ninth Five-Year" Plan for Popularizing Laws, promote the integrated advancement of knowledge popularization, theoretical interpretation, and conceptual guidance, actively cultivate constitutional culture, vigorously promote the spirit of the Constitution, and promote the implementation of the Constitution as a conscious action of all the people, creating a strong atmosphere of the rule of law for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

Promoting the Construction of Socialist Democracy and the Rule of Law with High-Quality Constitutional Work

Xin Chunying (信春鹰), Chairman of the National People's Congress (全国人大) Constitution and Law Committee

Under the leadership of the Party Group of the Standing Committee, the Fourteenth National People's Congress (全国人大) Constitution and Law Committee has deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important thought on upholding and improving the system of people's congresses, promptly followed up on the study of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the Central Conference on Work Concerning Overall Law-Based Governance, adhered to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee over constitutional work, earnestly performed its duties, and promoted new progress and new achievements in governing the country according to the Constitution and the rule of law.

High-quality improvement of the legal system related to the Constitution.

Revising the Legislation Law (立法法), Supervision Law (监督法), Deputies Law (代表法), Supervision Law (监察法), etc., deliberating the draft National Development Plan Law, systematically improving the basic legal system closely related to the operation of the system of people's congresses, and better upholding and improving the fundamental political system of the country;

Revising the Villagers Committee Organization Law (村民委员会组织法), Urban Residents Committee Organization Law (城市居民委员会组织法), deliberating the draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, improving the basic political system with the times; formulating and revising the Foreign Relations Law (对外关系法), Emergency Response Law (突发事件应对法), etc., further improving the important political system;

Compiling the Ecological Environment Code, formulating and revising the Private Economy Promotion Law (民营经济促进法), Cultural Relics Protection Law (文物保护法), Preschool Education Law (学前教育法), Public Security Administration Punishment Law (治安管理处罚法), etc., improving and developing important systems in the fields of economy, culture, society, and ecological environment, and ensuring the comprehensive implementation of the system, principles, and rules established by the Constitution with a scientific and complete socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.

Strictly controlling the constitutional gate in the unified deliberation of legal bills.

Adhering to legislation according to the Constitution, giving full play to the core position and function of the Constitution in legislation, and the characteristics of implementing the provisions, principles, and spirit of the Constitution in legislative work are more distinct. In accordance with the provisions of the National People's Congress (全国人大) Organization Law and the Legislation Law (立法法), a constitutionality review is conducted on each draft law. In the process of formulating and revising laws such as the Private Economy Promotion Law (民营经济促进法) and the Villagers Committee Organization Law (村民委员会组织法), we reviewed and studied the constitutionality issues raised by relevant parties, and strived to make each legislation conform to the spirit of the Constitution, reflect the authority of the Constitution, and ensure the implementation of the Constitution.

Promoting innovative development of constitutional publicity and education.

Formulating the Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law to improve the institutionalization, standardization, and legalization level of constitutional publicity and education. Members of the Constitution and Law Committee published articles related to constitutional theory and practice, carried out publicity activities in various forms, and promoted the construction of an independent Chinese constitutional theory system and discourse system. The Constitution and Law Committee and the Legislative Affairs Commission organized the production of a "Constitution Wall" engraved with the 2018 revised text of the Constitution to strengthen the construction of constitutional publicity and education positions. Young cadres of the Legislative Affairs Commission publicized the Constitution to the public visiting the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂), promoting the Constitution to enter the people. The approved Chinese-English bilingual version of the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China" was published to help tell the story of the Chinese Constitution in foreign exchanges.

In the next step, we must deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important instructions on the work of comprehensively governing the country according to law, comprehensively grasp the core meaning of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, adhere to the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics and the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, seek progress while maintaining stability, adhere to integrity and innovation, and strive to make new contributions to building a socialist rule-of-law country with a higher level.

Deeply Practicing Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law to Promote the Effective Implementation of the Constitution and Laws

He Rong (贺荣), Minister of Justice

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee made important deployments for promoting socialist democracy and the rule of law, strengthening the implementation and supervision of the Constitution and laws, and improving the institutional mechanism for maintaining the unity of the national rule of law. Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the work of comprehensively governing the country according to law, emphasizing the organic unity of upholding the leadership of the Party, ensuring that the people are the masters of the country, and governing the country according to law. The Ministry of Justice deeply practices Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, earnestly implements the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the Central Conference on Work Concerning Overall Law-Based Governance, firmly adheres to the leadership of the Party, bases itself on the functions of judicial administration, continues to grasp the implementation of relevant responsibilities for the implementation of the Constitution and laws, vigorously promotes the spirit of the Constitution, maintains the authority of the Constitution, and takes responsibility in building a socialist rule-of-law country at a higher level.

Adhering to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law as the guide, vigorously promoting the spirit of the Constitution. Deeply understanding the core meaning of the "Twelve Adherences" of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, accurately grasping that adhering to governing the country according to law must first adhere to governing the country according to the Constitution, and adhering to governing according to law must first adhere to governing according to the Constitution. We will work together to compile and publish the "Study Outline of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law (2025 Edition)," conduct centralized publicity to newly recruited civil servants across the country, and regularly hold the China Rule of Law Practice Grand Lecture Hall to continuously deepen learning, publicity, education and training, research and interpretation, and implementation, guiding the entire society to firmly adhere to the Party's leading position established by the Constitution, and firmly adhere to the path of the rule of law with Chinese characteristics.

Basing ourselves on our responsibilities to comprehensively implement the Constitution, implementing the provisions, principles, and spirit of the Constitution. Deeply understanding that the life of the Constitution lies in its implementation and the authority of the Constitution also lies in its implementation, we will put the provisions, principles, and spirit of the Constitution into practice in all aspects of judicial administration. We will earnestly perform the relevant responsibilities of government legislative review to ensure that the administrative regulations and rules drafted and reviewed are in line with the spirit of the Constitution and reflect the authority and dignity of the Constitution. We will strengthen the record review of regulations and rules, organize and carry out centralized cleaning of laws, regulations, and policies involving unequal treatment of enterprises, and effectively maintain the unity of the national rule of law. We will focus on the legal supervision of leading cadres' handling of affairs according to law, organize and carry out special actions to regulate administrative law enforcement involving enterprises, and promote government departments to perform their duties and carry out work within the scope of the Constitution and laws.

Strengthening constitutional publicity and education to promote the spirit of the Constitution to take root in people's hearts. Deeply understanding that strengthening constitutional learning, publicity, and education is an important foundation for the implementation of the Constitution, we will take the Constitution as the main content of publicity and education on the rule of law. We will grasp the implementation of the Law on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law, combine the drafting of the "Ninth Five-Year" Plan for Popularizing Laws, and further improve the pattern of constitutional publicity and education. We will conduct full coverage training for Party member lawyers, heads of judicial offices, and police officers in the prison system across the country to enhance their ability to perform their duties in accordance with the Constitution and laws. We will strengthen legal education for young people in conjunction with relevant departments and establish constitutional and legal knowledge courses in primary and secondary schools. We will jointly carry out "Constitution Publicity Week" activities with relevant departments and carry out annual legal figures publicity activities for 25 consecutive years to tell the story of the Chinese Constitution.

In the next step, we will continue to promote the in-depth and solid study, publicity, and implementation of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, strengthen and improve publicity and education on the rule of law, and perform our duties and responsibilities well in promoting the spirit of the Constitution, promoting the implementation of the Constitution, and maintaining the authority of the Constitution, further creating a good environment for respecting the Constitution, learning the Constitution, abiding by the Constitution, safeguarding the Constitution, and applying the Constitution.

Ensuring the Comprehensive Implementation of the Constitution with Strict and Impartial Justice

Deng Xiuming (邓修明), Vice President of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) in charge of daily work

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee made special deployments for promoting socialist democracy and the rule of law, and proposed "strengthening the implementation and supervision of the Constitution and laws, and improving the institutional mechanism for maintaining the unity of the national rule of law." The people's courts continue to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on the Constitution, earnestly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and ensure the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Constitution and laws with practical actions of strict and impartial justice.

Firmly adhering to the absolute leadership of the Party, firmly supporting the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieving the "Two Safeguards." The Constitution confirms the leading position of the Communist Party of China. The people's courts firmly adhere to the absolute leadership of the Party, unswervingly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important instructions and instructions and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, strictly implement the reporting system for major matters, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core in thought, politics, and action.

Adhering to the people-centered approach and consciously practicing whole-process people's democracy. The Constitution stipulates that all power in our country belongs to the people. The people's courts deeply practice the purpose of serving the people through justice, handle each case with the awareness of "as if I were the litigant," solidly promote "every letter must be replied," continuously improve the convenient, efficient, intelligent, and accurate litigation service system, carefully and attentively do a good job in contacting people's deputies and handling their opinions and suggestions, and always respond to the people's needs.

Adhering to comprehensively governing the country according to law and unswervingly following the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. The Constitution stipulates that our country implements the rule of law. The people's courts deeply understand that governing the country according to law must first govern the country according to the Constitution, adhere to the state system and political system determined by the Constitution, consciously accept the supervision of the people's congresses, strictly implement the laws and resolutions and decisions made by the National People's Congress (全国人大) and its Standing Committee, strictly implement the record review system, ensure the uniformity of law application, and effectively maintain the authority and dignity of the Constitution.

Adhering to focusing on the center and serving the overall situation, providing strong legal guarantees for Chinese-style modernization. The Constitution stipulates that the fundamental task of the country is to concentrate its efforts on carrying out socialist modernization along the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The people's courts keep in mind the "major affairs of the country," focus on maintaining security and stability, developing new quality productive forces, building a strong domestic market, and high-level opening up to the outside world, faithfully fulfill the duties conferred by the Constitution and laws, ensure that judicial guarantees follow wherever the central work of the Party and the country advances, and better serve the construction of Chinese-style modernization.

Adhering to strict and impartial justice and resolutely guarding the "last line of defense" for maintaining social fairness and justice. As the state trial organ stipulated by the Constitution, the people's courts adhere to strict law enforcement, improve the operating and supervisory mechanism of trial power, strengthen scientific trial management, deepen and standardize judicial openness, continuously improve judicial quality, efficiency, and credibility, and strive to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case.

Adhering to promoting the spirit of the Constitution and actively creating a good atmosphere for respecting the law, learning the law, abiding by the law, and applying the law. The foundation of the Constitution lies in the people's heartfelt support. The people's courts implement "whoever enforces the law popularizes the law," deeply promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of constitutional publicity and education, give play to the legal guiding effect of "small cases with great principles" that moisturize things silently, and promote the Constitution to truly enter daily life and enter the hearts of the people.

Strengthening Procuratorial Supervision, Safeguarding Fairness and Justice, and Promoting the Comprehensive Implementation of the Constitution

Tong Jianming (童建明), Deputy Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院) in charge of daily work

The national procuratorial organs adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law, faithfully fulfill the legal supervision duties conferred by the Constitution and laws, promote the comprehensive implementation of the Constitution, and help build a socialist rule-of-law country at a higher level.

Always adhere to the Party's absolute leadership over procuratorial work and unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. We will clearly adhere to the Party's leading position established by the Constitution, adhere to the organic unity of the Party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and governing the country according to law, and continue to brighten the distinct political background of firmly supporting the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieving the "Two Safeguards." We will adhere to the principle that wherever the central work of the Party and the country advances, procuratorial work will follow, and serve the high-quality development of the economy and society with high-quality and efficient procuratorial performance, and serve the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country on the track of the rule of law. We will deeply practice whole-process people's democracy, handle each case with high quality and efficiency, and strive to make the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case.
Actively integrate into the Party and state's supervision system, and faithfully fulfill the legal supervision responsibilities conferred by the Constitution and laws. Always adhere to the constitutional positioning of the legal supervision organ, enhance the consciousness and initiative of performing duties in accordance with the law, strengthen procuratorial supervision, and promote the comprehensive, coordinated, and full development of the "four major procuratorial functions" of criminal, civil, administrative, and public interest litigation. Strengthen the judicial protection of human rights, adhere to respecting and protecting human rights, and protect citizens' personal freedom, property safety, and personal dignity in accordance with the law; perform the duties of reviewing arrests and prosecutions in accordance with the law, and strengthen the supervision of compulsory measures involving citizens' personal rights; investigate and deal with crimes such as abuse of power for personal gain, illegal detention, and extraction of confessions by torture in accordance with the law. Strengthen the judicial protection of property rights, improve the working mechanism of prior review, mid-term supervision, and post-event correction, protect the property rights of various ownership economies equally in accordance with the law, strengthen procuratorial supervision over compulsory measures such as sealing up, detaining, and freezing, deepen special supervision of irregular off-site law enforcement and profit-seeking law enforcement and judicial practices, and help optimize the legal business environment. Strengthen the judicial protection of public interests, earnestly fulfill the responsibility of "representative of public interests," base on statutory fields, handle public interest litigation cases, firmly safeguard national and social public interests, and continuously demonstrate the function and value of the procuratorial public interest litigation system as an original achievement of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law.

Consciously safeguard the authority of the Constitution and actively promote the implementation of the Constitution and laws. Adhere to the principle that statutory duties must be fulfilled and that no power can be exercised without legal authorization, consciously operate within the scope of the Constitution and laws, and strictly exercise procuratorial power in accordance with the law. Adhere to the courage to self-supervise, deepen and standardize the openness of procuratorial affairs, consciously accept the supervision of the People's Congress, the democratic supervision of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and social supervision, and improve the system of checks and balances on the operation of procuratorial power. Conscientiously implement the constitutional oath system, guide and encourage procuratorial personnel to always respect, abide by, and safeguard the Constitution. Solidly carry out the filing of judicial interpretations, establish a synchronous filing mechanism for normative documents of local people's procuratorates at all levels, and safeguard the unity of the national rule of law. Strengthen constitutional publicity, orderly carry out activities such as National Constitution Day and "Procuratorial Practice Experts Entering Campuses," strengthen legal interpretation through cases and legal publicity and education, and vigorously promote the socialist spirit of the rule of law throughout society.

Deeply Promote the Integration of Juvenile Constitutional and Legal Education into All Stages of Schools
Wang Guangyan (王光彦), Deputy Minister of Education

China has 470,000 schools and 286 million students enrolled, making it crucial to strengthen legal education for young students. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the education system has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and relevant central government decisions and deployments, continuously improving the pertinence and effectiveness of legal education for young people, and has achieved remarkable results.

Running through a main line, promote Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law into textbooks, classrooms, and minds. The moral and rule of law (ideological and political) curriculum textbooks for primary and secondary schools arrange special chapters to discuss Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law, and organically integrate it into other curriculum textbooks in combination with the characteristics of the disciplines. Guide universities to offer the course "Overview of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" and devote a special chapter to discuss Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law, and take "Overview of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law" as a compulsory course for law majors. Implement a major special project for the study of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law, promote the compilation of a series of Chinese legal textbooks, deepen the reform of legal education and teaching, and promote the transformation of theoretical achievements into curriculum systems, textbook systems, and teaching systems. Through continuous efforts, the main position of the school and the main channel of the classroom have become more prominent, students' understanding of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law has become deeper, and the socialist rule of law belief has become firmer.

Focus on three combinations to enhance the attractiveness and appeal of legal education. Focus on the combination of classroom teaching and practical activities. While grasping the teaching of rule of law courses, actively explore "second classrooms," integrate rule of law education into various campus theme activities and off-campus practical activities, guide students to participate in the formulation of school rules and regulations, class rules, class covenants, etc., and give full play to the function of practical education. Focus on the combination of concept leadership and behavioral norms. Promote the core socialist values, tell the story of the Chinese rule of law, and convince people with reason and move people with emotion. Guide schools to improve school rules and regulations, internalize the concept of the rule of law in the heart and externalize it in action, so that students have respect in their hearts and stop in their actions. Focus on the combination of school leadership and multi-party participation. Deepen departmental cooperation and actively introduce off-campus resources. Jointly with the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院), the Supreme People's Procuratorate (最高人民检察院), the Ministry of Public Security (公安部), and the Ministry of Justice (司法部), formulate the "Measures for the Appointment and Management of Rule of Law Vice Principals in Primary and Secondary Schools."

Make good use of five carriers to create a diverse matrix of legal education. Build a popular legal website. The Ministry of Education's National Youth Popular Legal Website has become a resource center, service center, information center, and data center for legal education, with a cumulative visit volume of 43.3 billion times. Run a good ceremony activity. Every year, carry out the "Constitutional Morning Reading" activity. Hundreds of thousands of schools and tens of millions of teachers and students across the country participate synchronously in reciting constitutional provisions through a combination of online and offline methods, and understand the power of the Constitution in a solemn ceremony. Create a competition brand. Organize a series of national student competitions on "Learning the Constitution and Speaking the Constitution" to promote learning and teaching through competition; during which, carry out the "Constitutional Guardian" action. In the past five years, a total of 680 million students have become "Constitutional Guardians" by learning constitutional knowledge online. Build a good practice base. Effectively give play to the role of the National Youth Student Rule of Law Education Practice Demonstration Base, and guide local construction of a number of sub-bases and rule of law resource classrooms. Run a special journal. "Youth Rule of Law Education" has published more than 100 issues, exploring the laws of rule of law education and serving the needs of education.

Strengthen Constitutional Confidence and Deepen Constitutional Theoretical Research and Publicity and Education
Wang Hongxiang (王洪祥), Executive Vice President of the China Law Society (中国法学会)

Since 2025, the China Law Society (中国法学会) has thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law, thoroughly implemented the important instructions made by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) on the work of comprehensively governing the country according to law and the spirit of the Central Conference on Comprehensively Governing the Country According to Law, implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important letter to the Ninth National Congress of Members of the China Law Society (中国法学会), firmly supported the "Two Establishments," resolutely achieved the "Two Safeguards," united and led the vast number of legal scholars and legal workers to adhere to the correct political direction, continuously deepened constitutional theoretical research and publicity and education, and contributed to promoting socialist democracy and the rule of law.

Adhere to the Party's leadership and unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. First, firmly grasp the political direction, deeply understand that the Party's leadership is the most prominent feature and most fundamental requirement of our country's Constitution, firmly grasp the distinct political nature of the China Law Society's (中国法学会) work, and unswervingly adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership over the China Law Society's (中国法学会) work. Second, strengthen political guidance, unite and lead the vast number of legal scholars and legal workers to listen to the Party and follow the Party, and unswervingly follow the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics and the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. Third, fulfill political responsibilities, resolutely oppose and resist the erroneous views of Western "constitutionalism," "separation of powers," and "judicial independence," and firmly safeguard political security and ideological security in the field of law.

Strengthen ideological guidance and promote the construction of China's independent constitutional knowledge system. First, adhere to systematization and scientification, deeply study and thoroughly understand the new enrichment and new development of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law, give play to the demonstration and leading role of the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law Research Center, continuously strengthen the research and interpretation of the scientific theoretical system, major original contributions, and great practical power of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law, and promote Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law to be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Second, enhance attractiveness and appeal, work with relevant departments to jointly do a good job in the trial teaching and trial use of the textbook "New Era Chinese Constitutional Theory," and strive to consolidate the guiding position of New Era Chinese Constitutional Theory in our country's legal education. Third, highlight autonomy and originality, adhere to the "two combinations," continuously deepen the study of Chinese constitutional theory, refine iconic concepts and original viewpoints, and accelerate the construction of a constitutional discipline system, academic system, and discourse system with Chinese characteristics.

Strengthen constitutional confidence and continuously promote the in-depth and solid constitutional publicity and education. First, coordinate the resources and strengths of the China Law Society's (中国法学会) affiliated newspapers, periodicals, websites, and integrated media, deeply publicize and interpret the significant advantages and strong vitality of our country's constitutional system and constitutional theory, and guide all the people to become loyal advocates, conscious observers, and firm defenders of the Constitution. Second, make good use of brand legal publicity activities such as the "Hundred Jurists' Hundred Lectures" and the "Youth Legal Popularization Volunteers' Grassroots Legal Culture Tour," continuously carry out constitutional and constitutional-related legal publicity and education, grasp the "key minority" of leading cadres and key groups of young people, and vigorously promote the constitutional spirit and socialist rule of law spirit throughout society. Third, give play to the role of important platforms such as the China Rule of Law International Forum, strengthen international exchanges and cooperation in constitutional studies, comprehensively publicize the historic achievements made in our country's constitutional system construction and constitutional implementation, tell the story of the Chinese Constitution in the new era, and continuously enhance the international influence of our country's constitutional theory and constitutional system.

Be a Conscious Observer, Firm Defender, and Active Promoter of the Constitution
Sheng Hong (盛弘), National People's Congress (NPC) Representative

Study deeply and thoroughly, and steady the "steering wheel" of thought.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has delivered a series of important speeches and articles and made a series of important instructions on the Constitution and its implementation, which are of great guiding significance for in-depth study and correct understanding of our country's constitutional system.

As a representative of the National People's Congress (全国人大), I insist on combining the study of the Constitution with the study and implementation of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on the Rule of Law and with the practice of performing duties as a representative of the National People's Congress (全国人大). Through participating in various forms such as special training organized by the National People's Congress (全国人大), legal lectures in Changning District (长宁区) and Hongqiao Subdistrict (虹桥街道) of Shanghai (上海), and representative group studies, I constantly deepen my understanding and grasp of the provisions, principles, and spirit of the Constitution. Only by studying the spirit of the Constitution deeply and thoroughly can we better transform the wishes of the people into legislative suggestions, and better safeguard the authority of the Constitution and promote its implementation in the performance of our duties.

Go deep into practice and let the rule of law take root in the soil.

Hongqiao Subdistrict (虹桥街道), as one of the first grassroots legislative liaison points established by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会法工委), is an important practice place for practicing the major concept of whole-process people's democracy. Through holding legislative opinion solicitation meetings, soliciting opinions online, and conducting special research, we widely collect opinions and suggestions from all sectors of society on draft laws. Since its establishment in 2015, it has solicited opinions on 112 draft laws, with a cumulative participation of more than 47,000 people and 408 opinions and suggestions adopted.

The grassroots legislative liaison point not only builds a bridge between the Constitution and laws, national legislative work, and the people, but also spreads the "good voice" of Chinese-style democracy to the outside world through the "circle of friends."

Deepen publicity and education and integrate the spirit of the rule of law into governance.

Promoting the spirit of the Constitution to take root at the grassroots level is an inevitable requirement for consolidating the foundation of national governance. The "Law of the People's Republic of China on Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law" has been implemented since November 1, 2025. The promulgation of this law on national legal popularization work provides a clearer legal basis and work guidance for carrying out constitutional publicity and education at the grassroots level.

In work practice, relying on the National People's Congress (全国人大) to practice the grassroots practice station of whole-process people's democracy and the people's suggestion collection point, we build platforms such as citizen deliberation halls to listen to public opinion and gather public wisdom; through community and street co-governance committees, we organize open-day research and vision consensus meetings to guide all parties to participate in community governance in an orderly manner within the framework of the Constitution and laws.

In addition, we formulate autonomous regulations such as civilized pet-keeping covenants and parking management covenants, carry out "democracy + rule of law" themed publicity, and hold activities such as "sending a beam of rule of law light to children" minor legal popularization activities and home-school-community collaborative ideological and political courses to let the spirit of the Constitution take root in the lives of the masses.

Constitutional publicity and education should not only tell the story of the Constitution, but also transform the spirit of the Constitution into governance results that are perceptible and accessible to the masses.

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Dare to strive, refuse to admit defeat, let love be without barriers (Focus on the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and National Special Olympics Games)

The 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th Special Olympics Games concluded successfully in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) on the evening of December 15th. This was the first time that Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao (粤港澳) jointly hosted the National Games for Persons with Disabilities, leveraging their respective strengths to deliver outstanding results. As a comprehensive national sports event for people with disabilities, this Games showcased the new face of integrated development of the cause of people with disabilities, and also demonstrated the achievements of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) construction and the unique advantages of the "One Country, Two Systems" ("一国两制") policy.

Breakthroughs in Competitive Performance

Excellent results emerged from various delegations, and sports talents emerged in large numbers. Athletes set over 15 world records and 156 national records in events such as track and field, swimming, shooting, weightlifting, and track cycling, demonstrating the new achievements of China's competitive sports for people with disabilities.

Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) took the opportunity of hosting the Games to promote better development of competitive sports in their respective regions. Guangdong (广东) achieved full participation in all events, Hong Kong's (香港) participation scale and events reached a historical high, and the size of the Macao (澳门) delegation also reached a new high.

There are victories and defeats on the field, but no regrets in striving. A group of Paralympic champions, such as Jiang Yuyan (蒋裕燕) and Cai Bingchen (蔡秉辰), constantly surpassed themselves and achieved excellent results. Young athletes born after 2005 and 2010, such as Wei Jia (韦嘉), Huang Jianqiu (黄健秋), and Sun Yitong (孙以彤), emerged, demonstrating strong strength. Jiang Yuyan (蒋裕燕) from the Zhejiang (浙江) team won 9 gold medals, while Dong Chao (董超) from the Sichuan (四川) team, Xu Xingshang (徐兴尚) from the Shandong (山东) team, and Xie Zhili (谢志立) from the Zhejiang (浙江) team won 7 gold medals. "Friends with disabilities should not limit themselves. As long as you take the first step, you will turn the impossible into possible," said Jiang Yuyan (蒋裕燕).

Chang Zheng (常征), Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of the Games and member of the Party Group of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (中国残联), said that from the perspective of competition results, this Games demonstrated the effectiveness of various regions in optimizing talent cultivation, innovating training concepts and methods, and strengthening technological assistance, achieving the goals of testing results, reserving talents, and training teams, laying a good foundation for participating in the 2026 Nagoya Asian Para Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympic Games.

Developing Mass Sports for People with Disabilities

The number of Special Olympics events and mass sports events in this Games increased, the coverage was wider, and the number of participants reached a new high, which concentratedly demonstrated the development achievements of mass sports for people with disabilities in China.

The setting of Special Olympics events takes into account both competitiveness and fun, encouraging athletes to carry forward the spirit of "be brave in the attempt, win the victory," and enjoy the happiness brought by sports. The Special Olympics parent exchange activities, youth integration exchange activities, and athlete health programs held during the event provided professional health services for Special Olympics athletes, built a platform for the integration of people with and without disabilities, and supported people with intellectual disabilities to better integrate into society.

Athletes actively participated in mass sports events such as table tennis, badminton, darts, Chinese chess, and floor curling. Li Min (李敏), a darts player from the Chongqing (重庆) team, said: "I used to be afraid to go out, but now I compete with everyone and find that there are many things I can do." Gao Lei (高雷), a badminton player from the Beijing (北京) team, said that the spirit of hard work, unity, cooperation, and never giving up inspired in the process of pursuing dreams is a valuable asset in life. Wang Fang (王芳), a wheelchair dance player from the Beijing (北京) team, and her partner's performance received millions of likes on short video platforms. She was very happy: "I hope our dance can bring strength to more people with disabilities."

Creating a Social Environment to Help People with Disabilities

Chang Zheng (常征) said that Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) implemented the concept of "love without barriers" throughout the entire process of hosting the Games. From the renovation of barrier-free facilities in venues to the systematic optimization of the barrier-free environment in the whole region, the Greater Bay Area (大湾区) has gradually become a "zero-barrier competition area" friendly to people of all ages, providing a replicable model for the whole country.

Technological power has brought assistance to the Games. From guide dog robots to all-terrain wheelchairs, from mobile phone mini-programs providing barrier-free services to intelligent rehabilitation robots in athletes' residences, from intelligent transcription programs to futuristic brain-controlled systems... technology has become a good helper for athletes with disabilities in competitions and life.

In the Guangdong (广东) competition area, many famous athletes from the sports world entered the arena to interact and communicate with athletes with disabilities, sending sincere encouragement; volunteers and voluntary workers from Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) selflessly dedicated themselves to competition, accommodation, transportation and other positions, writing a new chapter in volunteer assistance to people with disabilities with warm smiles and professional services.

The joint hosting of the Games by the three regions is becoming increasingly smooth. In the competitions hosted by Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门), unified registration, event registration, qualification review, and personnel registration with mainland athletes were realized. Technical officials from the mainland, Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) cooperated, and competition organization and refereeing standards were promoted in a unified manner. Hong Kong (香港) has established strategic cooperative relations with disabled persons' sports organizations in Jiangsu (江苏) and other places, and jointly cultivated disabled athletes with Guizhou (贵州) and other places to jointly improve competitive level.

"Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) complement each other's advantages and work together to extend the integration of people with and without disabilities from the sports field to all aspects of life," said Chang Zheng (常征).

(Reported by Sun Longfei (孙龙飞), Zheng Yi (郑轶), Li Shuo (李硕), Yi Shuran (易舒冉), and Hong Qiuting (洪秋婷) of this newspaper)

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Technology Enhances Sports Events (Focus on the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and National Special Olympic Games)

By: 本报记者 王云娜

Recently, the track and field events of the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the National Special Olympic Games were held at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (广东奥体中心). A barrier-free information kiosk at the entrance was very conspicuous. Through the screen, users can inquire about the distribution of barrier-free facilities within the venue, and also obtain the venue's electronic map, barrier-free route planning, one-click call for help, and other services.

Providing technical support for barrier-free services for the venue is Guangzhou Huatu Information Technology Co., Ltd. (广州华途信息科技有限公司), a local enterprise in Tianhe District (天河区), Guangzhou (广州). Yu Yong (喻勇), Deputy General Manager of Huatu Technology, introduced that the team has designed exclusive barrier-free paths for different disabled groups. For example, they planned a wheelchair-friendly flow line for wheelchair users, and built a "digital blind track" for visually impaired users by deploying Bluetooth beacons and voice prompts.

Guangzhou Yuhong Technology Co., Ltd. (广州宇洪科技股份有限公司), a local enterprise in Tianhe District (天河区), created the communication "neural network" for the Guangdong Olympic Sports Center (广东奥体中心) and other venues. "In the past, a venue could only support a communication volume of up to 200 walkie-talkies. Through technological breakthroughs, we have achieved the simultaneous use of thousands of walkie-talkies," said Zhuo Zhouwang (卓周旺), Deputy General Manager of Yuhong Technology.

The Sixth National Games, the Ninth National Games, the 16th Asian Games, and now the 15th National Games and the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the National Special Olympic Games... For more than 30 years, Tianhe District (天河区) has used major sports events as application scenarios to cultivate and strengthen a group of technology companies.

The intelligent transportation command platform developed by GCI Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (佳都科技) and the "Tianshu" space-air-ground integrated prevention and control system developed by Shuyuan Technology (数元科技) ensure the safe gathering and evacuation of people during the events. The digital twin and simulation deduction services provided by Shida Weizhi (师大维智) and South Surveying & Mapping Technology Co., Ltd. (南方测绘) allow the pre-performance optimization of people flow, vehicle flow, and emergency plans in the virtual world. Tianhe District (天河区) actively opens up application scenarios, making sports events a "showcase" for new technologies and new products, accelerating technological innovation and product iteration, and a virtuous cycle of "talent leading innovation and capital boosting industry" is gradually forming.

"We will promote the smart venue solutions used in the games to more large-scale public facilities to serve more people," said Zhuo Zhouwang (卓周旺).

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Wholeheartedly Create a Sports Event Accessible to the People

By: 本报记者 季 芳

Xiaogan's rural tug-of-war competitions affect the whole township, Jingzhou's street and alley square dances are full of rhythm and flying... Recently, the 2025 Hubei Province "Hundred Towns and Thousand Villages" and "Hundred Streets and Thousand Alleys" National Fitness Series Events came to a successful conclusion. Since its launch in May, a total of 40 events have been held, covering 17 cities and prefectures in Hubei Province. The "Sports Games Around the People" has driven nearly 100,000 people from more than 1,000 communities and villages to participate in fitness activities.

"As soon as the music starts, I'm full of energy!" Duan Yu, head of the Zhanghuatai Community (章华台社区) dance troupe, said with a smile at the square dance competition site of the Shengli Street (胜利街道) Games in Shashi District (沙市区), Jingzhou (荆州). This group of dancers, with an average age of over 60, insists on rehearsing every day. "The community provides free rehearsal space, everyone dances better and better, and the relationship between neighbors is also deeper," said Duan Yu.

"Rope skipping, shuttlecock kicking, and hula hoop spinning are all popular and easy-to-learn activities for the masses, and everyone is very enthusiastic about participating," said Deng Qiangmei, a sports enthusiast. Along with the "Hundred Towns and Thousand Villages" and "Hundred Streets and Thousand Alleys" National Fitness Series Events, the arena has been extended from professional venues to downstairs residential buildings, village squares, and school playgrounds. The rural arena covers popular events such as basketball and football, as well as special activities such as "village running" and "carrying pole competitions." In the community arena, fitness lectures and physical tests in the community have been held successively, building a knowledge platform for healthy living.

Taking the sports event as an opportunity, in May of this year, Huangtan Town (黄滩镇), Yingcheng City (应城市), Xiaogan (孝感) held a town-wide sports meeting, attracting more than 3,000 local people to participate. 35 agricultural product booths were set up simultaneously at the sports meeting, which was very lively. Li Dekui, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of Huangtan Town (黄滩镇党委副书记、镇长李德奎), said: "The sports meeting gathered popularity and also revitalized the industry."

"Let sports become a catalyst for a happy life and an accelerator for development momentum." Luo Qiyi, Deputy Director of the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau (湖北省体育局副局长骆启义), said that in the future, Hubei will take sports events as the starting point to promote the precise sinking of national fitness public services and continuously expand the "territory" of sports benefiting the people.

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First Stop of Freeride World Qualifier Held in China

This newspaper Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) December 15th dispatch (Reporter Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥)) From December 11th to 16th, the first leg of the World Freeride Tour 2025-2026 season China qualifying competition was held in Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang (新疆). The event included one-star and three-star qualifying competitions, covering four categories: men's and women's ski, and snowboard, attracting more than 100 athletes from various countries and regions. Unlike traditional ski competitions, the World Freeride Tour does not have fixed competition routes. Athletes freely choose their routes on natural snow slopes, fully demonstrating their personal style and technique. This is the third consecutive year that the event has been held in Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), and the second leg of the competition will be held from late February to early March 2026.

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FIBA 3x3 Challenger Global Opener to Land in Hengqin Next Year

Macau, December 15th (People's Daily reporter Fu Zimei (富子梅)) The Hengqin Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone Civil Affairs Bureau and the International Basketball Federation (国际篮球联合会) recently reached the "2026-2030 FIBA 3x3 Hengqin Challenger Tournament Agreement": In the next 5 years, the FIBA 3x3 Hengqin Challenger Tournament will be launched in Hengqin (横琴) in the form of a global opening game, and the 2026 global opening game will be held in April. As a ninth-level event in the FIBA points system, the Hengqin (横琴) Challenger Tournament's international points system is directly linked to the Olympic qualifications.

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Going Green and Strengthening the Sea: Shandong Port Writes a New Chapter in Green Transformation

As an important hub of global trade, Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. (山东省港口集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Shandong Port (山东港口)") takes serving the "dual carbon" goal as its responsibility, drives high-quality development with green transformation, radiates and drives the industrial chain and regional economy to move towards green development, and depicts a new picture of the integrated development of port, industry, and city.

Planning and Design + Precise Practice, Building a Solid Foundation for Green Ports

Under the guidance of the "dual carbon" goal and the marine power strategy, Shandong Port (山东港口) released the "14th Five-Year Plan" for green and low-carbon ports in 2021, formulated supporting enterprise energy plans and "dual carbon" action plans, and constructed a "1+N" environmental protection management system to build a systematic framework for green transformation.

The ports under Shandong Port (山东港口) implement precise practices according to local conditions. Qingdao Port (青岛港) is accelerating the construction of a "China Hydrogen Port (中国氢港)," building a hydrogen energy supply, refueling, and safety management system; Rizhao Port (日照港) is implementing the "East Coal South Transfer (东煤南移)" project, relocating coal operation areas away from urban areas, reclaiming 3.4 kilometers of coastline, and creating an ecological corridor for citizens; Yantai Port (烟台港) is systematically promoting the construction of a green logistics system around the "1+3+5+8+N" green logistics system construction path; Bohai Bay Port (渤海湾港) innovatively constructs a multi-energy complementary intelligent energy system integrating photovoltaic, wind power, energy storage, and hydrogen energy, and its Weifang Port Area (潍坊港区) hydrogen refueling station creates an integrated demonstration scenario of green hydrogen "production, transportation, storage, refueling, and utilization," becoming the first "zero-carbon port" in the country.

Green transformation cannot be achieved without financial support. As an important partner of Shandong Port (山东港口), Bank of Communications Qingdao Branch (交通银行青岛分行) accurately connects with its strategic needs and provides it with comprehensive financial support. For the upgrading of Qingdao Port's (青岛港) automated terminal and hydrogen energy layout, Bank of Communications Qingdao Branch (交通银行青岛分行) approved a pre-authorization of 20 billion yuan, flexibly matching project loans, working capital loans, etc., and incentivized companies to increase green investment with preferential interest rates. In addition, Bank of Communications Qingdao Branch (交通银行青岛分行) also established a shipping finance center and a green finance committee, issued a number of service plans, and established a cross-departmental working group to continuously connect with the development needs of Shandong Port (山东港口).

Business Expansion + Chain Empowerment, Building a Green Collaborative Ecosystem

In addition to traditional loading and unloading businesses, Shandong Port (山东港口) is also promoting green transformation in logistics, shipping, equipment, cultural tourism, and other aspects, and is driving upstream and downstream industrial chains to collaboratively reduce carbon emissions as a chain owner, systematically building a green and low-carbon port ecosystem.

In terms of logistics, Shandong Port Land-Sea International Logistics Group Co., Ltd. (山东港口陆海国际物流集团有限公司) is accelerating the construction of distributed photovoltaic, battery swapping stations, and other infrastructure, and is putting into use new energy vehicles and automated green loading and unloading equipment on a large scale, effectively promoting low-carbon and efficient transportation. In terms of shipping, Shandong Ocean Shipping Group Co., Ltd. (山东远洋海运集团股份有限公司) has launched a domestic 200 TEU pure electric seagoing vessel construction project to promote the "full connection" of shore power. In terms of circular economy, Shandong Port Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (山东港口投资控股有限公司) has built a full-featured green resource recycling digital platform, connecting the closed loop of resource regeneration value. In terms of equipment manufacturing, Shandong Luhai Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (山东陆海装备集团有限公司) has implemented unmanned intelligent steel plate loading and unloading storage systems, unmanned blanking systems, automatic coating systems, and robot welding systems to cultivate new quality productive forces.

The cultural tourism industry is known as the "smokeless industry." Expanding diversified cultural tourism business formats helps to amplify the ecological value of "green mountains and clear waters" and cultivate new growth points for the regional economy. Therefore, the cultural tourism industry has become an important direction for the green transformation of Shandong Port (山东港口). In 2020, Shandong Port (山东港口) established a cruise cultural tourism group, and innovatively created a "cruise +" model through the acquisition of Qingdao Lushan Hyatt Hotel (青岛鲁商凯悦酒店). In this process, Bank of Communications Qingdao Branch (交通银行青岛分行) accurately provided 81 million yuan in loans to support the hotel acquisition business. At the same time, Shandong Port (山东港口) transformed industrial landmarks such as the Rizhao Port (日照港) fully automated container terminal into cultural tourism resources, realizing the transformation from "industrial rust belt" to "living show belt."

In the field of industrial chain collaboration, Shandong Port (山东港口) innovates logistics organization models. Yantai Port (烟台港) has opened a green direct line across the Bohai Sea for new energy vehicles, providing a "zero detour, zero emission, and fully intelligent" cross-sea channel for new energy vehicles and self-driving RVs, promoting the integration of the regional new energy industrial chain.

At the same time, Shandong Port (山东港口) innovates service models and creates "Port Easy Pay (港易付)," the first comprehensive service platform in the domestic port and shipping field that integrates electronic vouchers for accounts receivable and supply chain bills. Bank of Communications Qingdao Branch (交通银行青岛分行) directly connects with the "Port Easy Pay (港易付)" platform through the "open bank" model, transforming Shandong Port's (山东港口) credit into standardized vouchers and bills, and small and medium-sized enterprises can quickly obtain financing with electronic vouchers and bills. Up to now, Bank of Communications Qingdao Branch (交通银行青岛分行) has provided approximately 700 million yuan in credit to more than 100 small and medium-sized enterprises through this platform to support their green packaging upgrades, new energy transportation tool procurement, etc., promoting the extension of green transformation to the end of the industrial chain.

With the collaboration of all parties, Shandong Port (山东港口) will continue to use green development as a pen to write a new chapter in serving national strategies and helping regional high-quality development, and inject continuous green momentum into the construction of a strong maritime nation.

Data source: Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. (山东省港口集团有限公司)

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This edition's editors: Gong Yuhua, Gao Ji, Cheng Huan

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China Southern Power Grid: Thoroughly Implementing the New Energy Security Strategy and Contributing to Chinese-Style Modernization

Building the world's most advanced and technologically sophisticated large power grid, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) boasts world-leading power supply reliability; the Kunliulong DC project (昆柳龙直流工程) has set 19 "world firsts" in the field of power technology; national heavy equipment such as "Fuxi" (伏羲) and "Nankun" (南鲲) have been forged; the Southern Power Market has achieved continuous settlement trial operation, promoting the free flow of power resources on a larger scale...

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (中国南方电网有限责任公司) (hereinafter referred to as "Southern Power Grid" or "CSG") firmly fulfilled its duties and mission, thoroughly implemented the new strategy of "Four Revolutions, One Cooperation" for energy security, promoted "Two-Oriented Construction" (新型能源体系和新型电力系统建设) (construction of a new energy system and a new power system) with "Two-Way Coordination" (数字化、绿色化协同) (digitalization and greening coordination), vigorously promoted high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and unswervingly strengthened, optimized, and expanded the company, presenting a new atmosphere for China's Southern Power Grid, the world's Southern Power Grid, and the Southern Power Grid that opens up the future.

Stepping into the "15th Five-Year Plan," Southern Power Grid will accelerate the promotion of green and low-carbon energy transformation, accelerate the cultivation and development of new driving forces, build new competitive advantages, better play the "three roles," act as the "three vanguards," and strive to write a new chapter in the Southern Power Grid practice of Chinese-style modernization.

A More Solid Foundation

Integrating into the Overall Development and Serving National Strategies

What the country needs, what the people expect, and what the enterprise is oriented towards. Southern Power Grid keeps in mind the duties and mission of a backbone central enterprise in the energy industry, fully guarantees the reliable power consumption of 273 million people in the 1 million square kilometer power supply area, and serves the high-quality development of the economy and society.

Coordinating development and security, and holding the energy rice bowl firmly with the responsibility of a "pillar." The Southern Region has built the "Eight AC and Eleven DC" West-East Power Transmission mega-channel (西电东送大通道), with a transmission capacity of over 58 million kilowatts, and the resource allocation capacity has been significantly enhanced. The maximum unified dispatch load of the entire network reached 257 million kilowatts, and an energy supply system covering diverse supplies such as wind, solar, hydro, thermal, and nuclear power has basically been formed. Coordinating the implementation of the "Optimize the East and Improve the West, Strengthen the Prefecture and Bring Along the County" deployment (优东提西、强地带县), implementing major national strategies with "one policy for each item" and serving the coordinated regional development with "one policy for each province," promoting more balanced and fuller development in the five southern provinces and regions, and allowing more and fairer development results to benefit all the people.

Grasping stability and progress, and helping to stabilize the overall development situation with the role of a "ballast stone." During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Southern Power Grid is expected to complete a fixed asset investment of 737.3 billion yuan, an increase of approximately 23% compared to the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, relying on major projects to drive the smooth circulation of the industrial chain and supply chain, and helping the economy to continue to recover and improve. In 2024, the total electricity consumption of the entire society in Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), Hainan (海南), Guizhou (贵州), and Yunnan (云南) reached 1.7 trillion kilowatt-hours, an increase of over 30% compared to 2020, and reliable electricity has injected strong momentum into economic and social development.

Greater Vigor

Standing at the Forefront of the Times, Reforming and Innovating to Establish the Network

On June 28, 2025, the Southern Power Market (南方电力市场) launched a continuous settlement trial operation, becoming the first power spot market in the country with unified clearing of all subjects and all electricity volume in multiple provinces and regions, and the construction of a unified national power market has achieved an important landmark result. After ten years of honing a sword, the high-quality development of the Southern Power Market has become a vivid portrayal of Southern Power Grid's deep cultivation of the reform "demonstration field."

Invigorating vitality through reform. Southern Power Grid insists on planning reforms around development, and constantly stimulates innovation vitality and endogenous power. Key breakthroughs have been made in the power system reform, and a Southern Power Market system has been basically built with the medium and long-term market as the "ballast stone," the spot market as the "weathervane," and the auxiliary service market as the "regulator." State-owned enterprise reform is at the forefront, and the key task assessment of the central enterprise reform deepening and upgrading action has ranked among the top two central enterprises for four consecutive years, and the special assessment of the "Science and Technology Reform Action" and "Double Hundred Action" has ranked first among central enterprises for four consecutive years. Five governance documents have been included as central enterprise company governance templates, and an innovative system that combines accountability for violations and exemption from duty has been constructed, and the influence of the company governance "Southern Power Grid Model" continues to expand.

Driving the future with innovation. Southern Power Grid has fully implemented the "Ten New Actions" for scientific and technological innovation, and is making every effort to forge "power heavy equipment." The Kunliulong DC project (昆柳龙直流工程) has set 19 "world firsts" in the field of power technology, the world's first megawatt-level floating wave energy power generation device "Nankun" (南鲲) has been connected to the grid for operation, China's first power master control chip "Fuxi" (伏羲) has been successfully developed and mass-produced, and was rated as one of the "Top Ten National Heavy Equipment of Central Enterprises in 2021," and the "Yu Dian" intelligent simulation large model was awarded the highest award at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, giving full play to the role of enterprises as the main force in scientific and technological innovation.

Seeking breakthroughs through openness. The China-Laos Railway external power supply project is operating safely and stably, the Laos National Power Grid project has achieved substantive operation, the Uzbekistan wind power project has been successfully handed over, and a number of key projects such as the China-Laos 500 kV interconnected power grid project, the Chilean KILO high-voltage DC transmission project, and the Peru capital smart grid pilot project are accelerating. Southern Power Grid adheres to integrating Hong Kong and Macao, deeply cultivating the Lancang-Mekong region, and rooting in Latin America, effectively promoting the "going out" of the company's image, the "going out" of model projects, and the "going out" of Chinese standards.

More Optimized Layout

Adhering to Strategic Transformation and Enhancing Core Functions

Facing the goal of high-quality development, Southern Power Grid plans and then acts, adheres to the orientation of strategic transformation, and steadily transforms into a digital power grid operator, an energy industry value chain integrator, and an energy ecosystem service provider.

The transformation of digital power grid operators is fully exerted. Innovating the development concept of digital power grids, and promoting digital power grids to become an important action item in the construction of Digital China. In-depth promotion of "Two-Way Coordination" to promote "Two-Oriented Construction," the proportion of non-fossil energy installed capacity in the Southern Region reached 66%, and the proportion of power generation exceeded 50%, reaching the leading level of power grids of the same scale in the world. The installed capacity of new energy exceeds 260 million kilowatts, which is approximately 4.5 times that of 2020, becoming the largest power source in the five provinces and regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, and a clean power supply pattern has basically been formed.

The transformation of energy industry value chain integrators is moving towards new strengths. Actively promoting the construction of "four major clusters": digital industry clusters, energy storage industry clusters, comprehensive energy industry clusters, and electric vehicle charging and swapping industry clusters, accelerating the forging of the company's "second growth curve." "Jimu Sensing" products are widely used, and the "Huiyan" intelligent unmanned operation and maintenance system key equipment is promoted across fields, promoting the intelligence of all links of power generation, transmission, transformation, distribution, and use. The total installed capacity of pumped storage in operation, under construction, and planned exceeds "three ten million," and the installed scale of new energy storage is nearly one million kilowatts, achieving innovative breakthroughs in new energy storage "technology + model." The first virtual power plant management center in China has been built, with a controllable resource scale of over 10 million kilowatts, and the five southern provinces and regions have achieved full coverage of charging infrastructure in towns and townships, and are actively laying out new business formats such as vehicle-grid interaction.

The transformation of energy ecosystem service providers gathers chains and shares. Practicing the concept of "liberating users," establishing the first user ecosystem operation company among central enterprises, and building a diverse and intelligent service ecosystem. The "Dianhong" ecosystem links more than 500 industrial chain partners, realizing the upgrading and transformation from enterprise-level products to key infrastructure co-built and shared by the entire industry. Taking the lead in building major platforms such as the National New Energy Storage Innovation Center and the National Technology Standard Innovation Base, leading industry innovation and industrial ecosystem construction.

Greater Momentum

Accelerating the Construction of a Strong Enterprise and Establishing a Brand Image

Southern Power Grid firmly grasps the new mission and new positioning given to state-owned assets and central enterprises by the Party Central Committee, and coordinates the promotion of the construction of "nine strong enterprises" in service, technology, talent, digital, ecology, standards, quality, brand, and culture, and the development foundation and core competitiveness have been comprehensively enhanced.

The foundation of "strength" is more solid. The modern power supply service system has been basically built, the number of "Southern Power Grid Online" users has exceeded 100 million, realizing "face-swiping power handling," and in 24 cities and new districts, the upper limit of "zero investment" access capacity for low-voltage power handling by private enterprises has been increased to 200 kilowatts. Shenzhen (深圳), Guangzhou (广州), Foshan (佛山), and Dongguan (东莞) in Guangdong were selected as benchmark cities for "obtaining electricity," meeting the electricity needs of the people's better life with better services. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 33 international standards were led or jointly led to be released, 31 national standards and 106 industry standards were presided over, the secretariat of the first ISO technical committee in the field of energy storage in the world was located in Southern Power Grid, and the construction of the first national new power system quality inspection center was approved, playing a fundamental and leading role in building good standards and strengthening quality.

The key to "strength" is constantly consolidated. The industry and industry are accelerating changes, and digital strong enterprises, technology strong enterprises, talent strong enterprises, and ecological strong enterprises have become the key to competitiveness improvement. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Southern Power Grid invested over 30 billion yuan in scientific research projects, and undertook over 50 national major scientific and technological research tasks. Submarine cables have achieved "Made in China," the "Tianquan" solver has become the "most powerful brain" for clearing calculations in the Southern Power Market, and key technical problems have been solved one by one. In-depth promotion of "Two-Way Coordination," the construction of digital infrastructure is steadily advancing, and the coordination of electricity calculation and the coordination of calculation and network are constantly deepening; 36 near-zero carbon demonstration zones have been fully built, helping the green transformation of economic and social development. Strengthening the talent team, the company's employees and teams have been rated as "Annual Figures of Great Power Craftsmen" and "National Excellent Engineer Teams," and the talent development echelon pattern has been effectively formed.

The foundation of "strength" continues to be deepened. 500 Southern Power Grid Zhi Xing Book Houses (南网知行书屋) have been built, benefiting 510,000 rural students; it has entered the "World Brand 500" list, ranking 199th, a significant leap of 79 places in 5 years; the Southern Power Grid Zhi Xing Book House and the "Champak Flower" (占芭花) charity project were selected as excellent cases in the 5th "Global Poverty Reduction Case Collection Activity" in 2024, and the information credibility and viewpoint dissemination power have been effectively improved. A series of data and cases vividly interpret the development concept of Southern Power Grid's brand strong enterprise and culture strong enterprise, and the brand image of "Thousands of Lights, Deep Affection of Southern Power Grid" (万家灯火 南网情深) is becoming more and more popular.

The new era calls for new actions. Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," Southern Power Grid will serve major national strategies with the mission and responsibility of a vanguard and main force, deeply promote the "Two-Way Coordination" to promote "Two-Oriented Construction," better play the role of scientific and technological innovation, industrial control, and security support, and contribute Southern Power Grid's strength to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.

Data source: China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (中国南方电网有限责任公司)

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Harbin's Ice and Snow Invites You to Check in at a Winter Wonderland

When the flowing water of the Songhua River (松花江) freezes into ice, and snowflakes gently fall on Sun Island (太阳岛) in the Ice City, Harbin (哈尔滨), which consistently ranks among the "Top Ten Ice and Snow Tourism Cities," is welcoming its most enchanting season of the year. This northern ice city is using ice and snow as its pen to write the "Harbin Answer Sheet" for high-quality cultural and tourism development.

As the only state-owned enterprise in Harbin (哈尔滨) with cultural tourism as its primary responsibility, Harbin Modern Hotel Culture and Tourism Investment Group (哈尔滨马迭尔文化旅游投资集团) practices the concept of "cultivating tourism with culture and highlighting culture with tourism." At the end of 2025, it will hold the 2025-2026 Ice and Snow Tourism Product Global Promotion Conference to extend an ice and snow invitation to global tourists. The group's carefully crafted new journey of charm integrates international perspectives and innovative achievements, striving to allow tourists to encounter a more stunning Harbin (哈尔滨) and unlock a world-class ice and snow experience.

This winter, Harbin (哈尔滨) not only has the newly unveiled Ice and Snow World, but also launches the "Harbin Gifts" full of heart. Harbin Modern Hotel Culture and Tourism Investment Group (哈尔滨马迭尔文化旅游投资集团) is accelerating its transformation and upgrading, moving from a local cultural and tourism brand to a global benchmark enterprise.

In the 2025-2026 ice and snow season, Harbin Modern Hotel Culture and Tourism Investment Group (哈尔滨马迭尔文化旅游投资集团) will integrate its multiple well-known scenic spots, upgrade the scenic spots through thematic innovation and technological empowerment, and create an immersive ice and snow journey.

The 27th Harbin Ice and Snow World (哈尔滨冰雪大世界): With the theme of "Ice and Snow Wonderland," the area has been expanded from 1 million square meters to 1.2 million square meters, with a total ice and snow usage of 400,000 cubic meters. On December 17, the 27th Harbin Ice and Snow World (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) officially opened. This winter, it will jointly create the three major flagship ice and snow scenic spots in China with the group's Sun Island Snow Expo (太阳岛雪博会) and Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival (哈尔滨松花江冰雪嘉年华), covering over one million square meters. The ice and snow landscape integrates modern technology and diverse cultures. The three major landscape axes connect urban memories, ice and snow art, and cultural integration. New intelligent guide systems and large-scale facilities have been added to enhance the tourist experience. Rich performance activities and festive celebrations run throughout the ice and snow season, providing a cost-effective tourism experience.

The 38th Sun Island Snow Expo (太阳岛雪博会): Adhering to the concept of "Ice and Snow Poetic and Picturesque," it carefully plans themed scenic areas, including immersive interactive areas and ice and snow check-in show venues. It adopts a "one ticket to the end" measure, covering all entertainment projects. New AI guide robots and other intelligent service equipment have been added to provide a warm experience for tourists.

The 8th Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival (哈尔滨松花江冰雪嘉年华): The scale has reached a record high, with the theme of "Ice and Snow Joyful Companion," integrating technology and traditional culture, innovating interactive landscapes and VR technology, and providing nearly 60 play projects. Safety facilities and intelligent management are optimized simultaneously, providing a tourism experience that combines joy and safety.

Yabuli Ski Tourism Resort (亚布力滑雪旅游度假区): Characterized by "all ages and multiple formats," it upgrades the ski trail network, covering the needs of tourists with different skiing skill levels, and launches new formats such as winter fishing camping and night skiing. Combining research and study projects with themed hotels, it creates a one-stop ice and snow resort, realizing the multi-dimensional integration of "snow play, research and study, and vacation."

Other complementary scenic spots: Harbin Yuquan International Hunting Ground (哈尔滨玉泉国际狩猎场) forms an experiential closed loop with "daytime skiing + nighttime hot springs." Urban landmark buildings showcase the city's style through light and shadow shows and interactive projects, providing tourists with a diversified supply of ice and snow cultural tourism projects and enriching tourists' choices.

Harbin Modern Hotel Culture and Tourism Investment Group (哈尔滨马迭尔文化旅游投资集团) not only presents the magnificent picture of the ice and snow world, but also carefully displays the city's humanistic style. This ice and snow feast is far more than just a visual shock. The group simultaneously reshapes the "Top Ten Classic Experiences" and continues to write Harbin's (哈尔滨) "retro legend." It innovatively launches flavored ice cream and boutique meals. The "Modern Hotel Balcony Concert" integrates various countries' art and ice and snow elements, playing a winter romance. Through a series of innovative upgrades, Harbin Modern Hotel Culture and Tourism Investment Group (哈尔滨马迭尔文化旅游投资集团) demonstrates the integration results of "ice and snow + culture + technology," and draws a magnificent picture of "ice and snow" for tourists.

At the same time, it innovatively launches the "Harbin Gifts" product matrix, adhering to the "pampering fans" concept, condensing the crystal moments and romantic atmosphere of the Ice City into take-away souvenirs, giving tourists a refreshing experience.

At this moment, Harbin (哈尔滨) extends a warm invitation to the world—to go to a beautiful ice and snow feast and personally write a dazzling stroke in the beautiful winter travel scroll. This winter, let the warmth of "Harbin Gifts" melt the frozen land and light up your travel memories.

Data source: Harbin Modern Hotel Culture and Tourism Investment Group (哈尔滨马迭尔文化旅游投资集团)

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Promoting High-Quality Development of the Real Estate Sector (Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee)

By: 倪 虹

The "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" (《中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十五个五年规划的建议》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Suggestions") adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed "promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry." This is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, facing the new starting point of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and focusing on the overall situation. We must conscientiously study and comprehend, fully implement, accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development, and promote high-quality development of the real estate industry.

I. Deeply Understand the Important Significance of Promoting High-Quality Development of the Real Estate Industry

(I) Promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry is an objective need to meet the people's aspirations for a better life. Stable housing is the cornerstone of the people's happy life. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's real estate market has developed rapidly, residents' housing conditions have improved significantly, the per capita urban housing construction area has exceeded 40 square meters, and the average household has more than 1.1 houses. The world's largest urban housing security system has been built, with more than 68 million sets of various types of affordable housing and shantytown renovation and resettlement housing built, helping 170 million people realize their dream of stable housing. At present, the people's housing needs have generally shifted from "whether there is" to "whether it is good," and with aging, declining birthrates, and regional population growth and decline, people's production and lifestyles are changing, and housing needs are becoming more personalized and diversified. We must adapt to the people's new expectations for a better living environment, continuously improve the housing supply system, build "good houses," develop good products, and provide good services, and effectively enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.

(II) Promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry is an objective need to promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization. The current and future period is a critical period for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. Achieving high-quality development is the essential requirement of Chinese-style modernization. The real estate industry chain is long and highly correlated. After more than 20 years of rapid development, it has strongly supported China's urbanization and economic and social development. In 2024, the added value of the real estate industry and the construction industry accounted for 13% of the gross domestic product. In the long run, China's real estate development still has great potential and space. Promoting the real estate industry from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development, promoting real estate companies from pursuing scale expansion to focusing on improving product quality and services, and maintaining a basic balance between supply and demand, a basic rational structure, and basic price stability in the real estate market are conducive to promoting the effective improvement of the quality and the rational growth of the quantity of China's economy.

(III) Promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry is an objective need to promote the transformation and development of the real estate industry. Many systems in China's real estate field are designed to expand the scale of supply and solve the problem of housing shortages. While supporting the rapid growth of the real estate industry, rapid capital expansion has promoted the formation of a "high debt, high leverage, high turnover" model, and its drawbacks are becoming increasingly prominent and difficult to sustain. At present, China's urbanization is shifting from a period of rapid development to a period of stable development, and urban development is shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement. The relationship between supply and demand in the real estate market has undergone major changes. We must adapt to the new stage and new changes, accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development, deepen the reform of supply structure, business methods, and regulatory methods, innovate development models and methods, effectively prevent and resolve risks, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the real estate industry.

II. Accurately Grasp the Overall Requirements for Promoting High-Quality Development of the Real Estate Industry

To promote high-quality development of the real estate industry, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, firmly grasp the cornerstone of enabling the people to live and work in peace and contentment, anchor the goals, grasp the principles, and find the focus.

(I) Anchor the main goals of promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry. Accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development, establish a housing supply system that better meets rigid and improved housing needs, improve the housing system with multiple entities supplying, multiple channels guaranteeing, and renting and purchasing equally emphasized, promote significant improvement in housing quality, effective prevention and control of risks and hidden dangers, and obvious results in enterprise transformation, promote a sound real estate supply system, rational allocation of factors, standardized regulatory system, and stable industry operation, and continuously promote high-quality development of the real estate industry with high-quality supply, high-efficiency guarantee, and high-level operation.

(II) Properly handle the main relationships in promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry. First, the relationship between long-term and short-term. We must not only focus on the long term, steadily promote the reform of the basic system of real estate, and build a system, mechanism, and policy and regulatory system adapted to promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry, but also base ourselves on the present, implement the policies and measures that have been issued, and focus on consolidating the trend of stopping the decline and stabilizing the real estate market. Second, the relationship between top-level design and city-specific policies. Resolutely implement the important deployments of the Party Central Committee on promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry, and at the same time, proceed from the actual economic and social development level, real estate market conditions, and changes in population quantity and structure in various regions, implement city-specific policies, precise policies, and one city one policy. Third, the relationship between market and security. Adhere to the combination of optimizing market allocation and government guarantees, and form a supply pattern in which the two systems of guarantee and market are clearly positioned and functionally complementary. Fourth, the relationship between increment and stock. Adhere to rational control of increment, optimization and adjustment of stock, and focus on improving quality. Fifth, the relationship between promoting development and preventing risks. Adhere to the coordination of risk prevention, strengthening supervision, and innovating development models, continuously deepen reform to promote transformation, and establish a long-term mechanism for risk prevention and control.

(III) Strengthen the basic support for promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry. Strengthen legal support, compare the goals of promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry, comprehensively sort out the outstanding problems and deep-seated contradictions in the system and mechanism, and revise relevant laws and regulations. Strengthen standard support, strictly implement the specifications for residential projects, issue guidelines for the construction of "good houses," and support the formulation of local standards, group standards, and enterprise standards, and lead high-quality development with high standards. Strengthen technical support, focus on key scientific research projects in the real estate field, carry out forward-looking and exploratory technology research and development and application around improving housing quality, and promote practical technologies that benefit the people, and empower high-quality development of the real estate industry with science and technology. Strengthen talent support, strengthen the training and use of high-level talents, vigorously promote the spirit of craftsmanship, and build a skilled talent team that meets the requirements of the new stage of housing development.

(IV) Establish and improve the guarantee mechanism for promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry. We must adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, strengthen the leadership responsibility of Party committees at all levels in promoting real estate work, strengthen supervision and guidance at the provincial level, and implement the main responsibility of cities. Real estate work is a comprehensive, systematic, and highly complex work, involving multiple links such as development, construction, transaction, and use, multiple departments such as housing and construction, development and reform, finance, natural resources, finance, and taxation, multiple entities such as the government, real estate companies, financial institutions, and home buyers, and multiple factors such as population, land, and capital. We must adhere to the concept of system, effectively strengthen overall coordination between departments, optimize the allocation of factors and improve management efficiency in accordance with the division of responsibilities, and promote the formation of a working mechanism of departmental coordination and linkage.

III. Comprehensively Implement the Key Tasks of Promoting High-Quality Development of the Real Estate Industry

The "Suggestions" propose to "accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development, and improve the basic systems for commercial housing development, financing, and sales. Optimize the supply of affordable housing to meet the basic housing needs of urban wage earners and various families in difficulty. Increase the supply of improved housing in accordance with city-specific policies. Build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent 'good houses,' implement housing quality improvement projects and property service quality improvement actions. Establish a full life cycle safety management system for houses." We must accurately grasp and steadily promote, and take practical actions to implement all tasks of promoting high-quality development of the real estate industry.

(I) Optimize the supply of affordable housing. Improve the multi-level housing security system mainly based on public rental housing, guaranteed rental housing, and shared ownership housing. All localities should proceed from reality, adhere to doing what is possible and acting according to capacity, adhere to the combination of currency and physical objects, and the combination of allocation and sale, determine construction according to needs, determine purchase according to needs, and increase the supply of affordable housing through various means to meet the basic housing needs of urban wage earners and various families in difficulty. We must adhere to fairness, impartiality, and openness, continuously improve the management mechanisms for the application, waiting, access, use, and exit of affordable housing and strictly supervise the implementation, accelerate the establishment of a housing security waiting list system, accurately connect the needs of security objects and the supply of security housing, and improve security effectiveness.

(II) Promote the sustained and healthy development of the real estate market. Taking the preparation and implementation of housing development plans and annual plans as the starting point, establish a linkage mechanism of "people, housing, land, and money" factors, rationally determine housing demand according to population changes, scientifically arrange land supply, and guide the allocation of financial resources, so as to realize determining housing according to people, determining land according to housing, and determining money according to housing, and promote the balance of supply and demand and rational structure of the real estate market. Adhere to city-specific policies, precise policies, and one city one policy, fully empower city governments with the autonomy to regulate the real estate market, and adjust and optimize real estate policies in accordance with local conditions. Standardize the development of the rental market, cultivate market-oriented and professional housing rental enterprises, improve industry supervision and service capabilities, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of both tenants and landlords in accordance with the law.

(III) Reform and improve the real estate development, financing, and sales system. In real estate development, consolidate the real estate development project company system, the project company exercises the rights of an independent legal person in accordance with the law, the enterprise headquarters fulfills the responsibilities of investors, before the project is delivered, investors are strictly prohibited from illegally withdrawing sales, financing, and other funds of the project company, and it is strictly forbidden to withdraw capital or distribute dividends in advance. In real estate financing, promote the lead bank system, determine one bank or syndicate as the lead bank for a project, the funds for project development, construction, and sales are deposited in the lead bank, the lead bank guarantees the reasonable financing needs of the project company, and forms a mechanism for the lead bank and the project company to share interests and share risks. In commercial housing sales, promote the spot housing sales system to achieve what you see is what you get, and fundamentally prevent delivery risks; if pre-sale continues to be implemented, standardize the supervision of pre-sale funds and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of home buyers.

(IV) Implement housing quality improvement projects. Build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses," and improve the standards, design, materials, construction, and operation and maintenance levels of housing throughout the entire chain. In urban renewal, promote the "four goods" construction of good houses, good communities, good neighborhoods, and good urban areas in an integrated manner, steadily promote the renovation of urban villages and dilapidated houses, continue to focus on the renovation of old urban communities, make great efforts to solve the problems of elevator installation, parking, and charging, improve the living conditions and living environment of the people, build safe and healthy, well-equipped, and well-managed complete communities, prevent safety risks, and create high-quality living spaces for the people.

(V) Implement property service quality improvement actions. Strengthen Party building leadership, and explore a new model for the coordinated operation of neighborhood committees, owners' committees, and property service enterprises under the leadership of community Party organizations. Strengthen the self-discipline of the property service industry, standardize the behavior of property service enterprises, improve the quality of property services, enhance the service awareness of enterprises, focus on solving the "key small things" that residents of the community feel every day, and improve the quality of living. Expand the coverage of property services, encourage qualified property service enterprises to extend to fields such as elderly care, childcare, housekeeping, culture, and health, explore the "property service + life service" model, promote "property services into the family," and meet the diverse and multi-level living needs of residents.

(VI) Establish a full life cycle safety management system for houses. Proceeding from the reality that China has a large scale of existing houses and a long construction time, accelerate the establishment of a house safety physical examination, house safety management funds, and house quality safety insurance system to strengthen house safety guarantees. The house safety physical examination system aims to discover house safety risks and hidden dangers in a timely manner. The house safety management fund system aims to solve the problem of house repair funds. The house safety management fund is composed of individual accounts and public accounts. The individual account is the residential special maintenance fund paid by the owners, and the payment is implemented in accordance with the current regulations; the public account is established by the government in accordance with the principles of "taking from the house and using it for the house," "not increasing the burden on individuals, and not reducing individual rights and interests," and is raised through financial budget arrangements and land transfer income collection. The house quality safety insurance system aims to improve safety guarantee capabilities in a market-oriented manner.

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Promoting the Improvement and Enhancement of Ecological Civilization Education for Young People

By: 王冬梅

Green development is a distinct feature of Chinese-style modernization. Since the new era, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, China's green development, circular development, and low-carbon development have been comprehensively advanced, and significant strides have been made in building a beautiful China. The "Suggestions" of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party set up a special chapter to deploy "accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and building a beautiful China," taking it as a major strategic task during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

As participants in climate change and active forces in promoting social development, young people play an important role in building a beautiful China. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to strengthening ecological civilization education for young people, emphasizing that "it is necessary to promote the sowing of the seeds of ecological civilization in the hearts of the whole society, especially young people." Integrating ecological civilization education into the entire process of youth education and training, and making young people a pioneering force in promoting green development, is crucial to the future of building a beautiful China. At present, ecological civilization education for young people has achieved remarkable results, but there are still shortcomings and weaknesses, such as insufficient systematicness, weak practicality, low coordination, and insufficient attractiveness. It is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization as a guide, promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of ecological civilization education for young people, let the concept of ecological civilization take root in the hearts of young people, and inject a stronger and more lasting youthful force into the construction of a beautiful China.

Optimize knowledge education and cultivate a solid foundation of ecological awareness. To promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of ecological civilization education for young people, the most important thing is to promote Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization to be internalized and ingrained, and to improve the theoretical literacy of young people on ecological civilization. The core meaning, spiritual essence, rich connotation, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on ecological civilization should be taken as an important content of ideological and political education for young people, systematically integrated into ideological and political courses and the construction of curriculum ideological and political education, and this important thought should be thoroughly explained in ideological and political theory courses, so as to realize the organic unity of ideological guidance and knowledge imparting. Through vivid cases, guide young people to deeply understand the truth, rationale, and philosophy that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" (绿水青山就是金山银山 (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "clear waters and green mountains are gold and silver mountains," environmental protection and economic development are intrinsically linked)), deeply understand the historical law that civilization prospers with ecological prosperity and civilization declines with ecological decline, and continuously enhance political, ideological, theoretical, and emotional identification with the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. Institutions of higher learning, research institutions, etc. should strengthen the layout and construction of ecological civilization-related disciplines, encourage schools with conditions to open general ecological civilization courses, and support the compilation of high-quality ecological civilization education readers, textbooks, and popular science books for all ages, systematically introducing basic knowledge such as ecology, environmental science, sustainable development theory, and ecological ethics. Expand learning scenarios and forms, make full use of activities such as theme party days, theme league days, theoretical lectures, essay contests, and knowledge competitions, and innovatively use short videos, animations, sitcoms, and other forms that young people like to see, so as to make ecological civilization education closer to young people, and make respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature become the ideological consciousness and action consciousness of young people.

Enrich practical experience and improve green action skills. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Ecological civilization is a cause that the people participate in, build, and share together, and it is necessary to transform the construction of a beautiful China into the conscious action of all the people." To promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of ecological civilization education for young people, it is not only necessary to do a good job in knowledge imparting, but also to promote young people to practice in person, so that young people can feel and grow in action. It is necessary to continuously expand the scenarios of green practice activities, take ecological civilization practice as an important part of labor education and comprehensive social practice activities, and regularly organize young people to participate in practical activities such as tree planting and greening, garbage classification, "Operation Empty Plate" (光盘行动 (guāng pán xíng dòng - "clean plate campaign," an initiative to reduce food waste)), campus energy conservation, campus greening and beautification, ecological monitoring, wild animal and plant protection, and biodiversity surveys. Encourage college students to conduct in-depth research on topics such as rural ecological environment governance and environmental protection technology promotion during winter and summer vacations, and carry out social practice and social services. Build a green science and technology innovation platform, vigorously support young people's environmental protection science and technology innovation projects, and discover and cultivate green innovation talents and projects through competitions such as the "Challenge Cup." Encourage college student associations and youth volunteer organizations to go deep into communities and villages, and regularly carry out volunteer activities such as environmental protection science popularization, low-carbon life promotion, and ecological restoration services. Give play to the important role of young people in family and social life, encourage young people to bring the ecological concepts, knowledge, and skills they have learned at school back to their families, influence and drive family members to practice simple and moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyles such as green travel, water and electricity conservation, and green consumption, and through "small hands holding big hands," form a good atmosphere of educating a child, driving a family, and influencing the entire society.

Promote multi-party collaboration and gather the joint force of ecological education. Ecological civilization education for young people is a systematic project, which requires the collaboration of schools, families, governments, and society to form a joint force for education. It is necessary to strengthen the main position of school education, improve the evaluation system of students' comprehensive quality, and pay more attention to the evaluation of students' ecological civilization literacy. Encourage schools to integrate the concept of ecological civilization into campus management and campus culture construction, build "green schools," and form a subtle educational atmosphere. Give play to the basic role of family education. Parents should lead by example, practice the concept of green living, and set an example for their children. Through parent-child activities such as nature observation, gardening, and recycling of old objects, they can teach their children by words and deeds, and cultivate their simple emotions and sense of responsibility for loving nature and protecting the environment. Departments such as ecology and environment, science and technology, culture and tourism should closely cooperate to promote the full utilization and sharing of ecological civilization education resources. Museums, science and technology museums, libraries, youth palaces, etc. should innovate the means and scenarios of ecological civilization education, such as building online ecological civilization education resource libraries and sharing platforms, adding ecological civilization-themed exhibitions, lectures, and interactive projects, etc., to guide young people to pay attention to ecological challenges such as global climate change and biodiversity degradation, and deeply understand that humans and nature are a community of life, and that destroying the ecological environment will eventually endanger the survival and development of human beings themselves. News media need to increase publicity and reports on advanced models of ecological civilization for young people, use big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies to accurately push content, create a public opinion atmosphere that advocates green development, and encourage young people to devote themselves to the construction of ecological civilization and become a strong force in promoting the steady and long-term development of green development in China.

(The author is a professor at the Central Communist Youth League School (China Youth University for Political Studies))

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Promoting Deep Integration of Technological Innovation and Industrial Innovation Driven by Scenarios (In-depth Thinking)

By: 刘大勇 张俊艳

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "It is necessary to adhere to the unity of winning by quality and giving play to the scale effect, make good use of the advantages of the super-large market and rich application scenarios, cultivate more world-class enterprises and leading technologies, and unify the effective improvement of quality and the rational growth of quantity in the whole process of high-quality development." Scenarios are specific situations used for systematically verifying the industrial application of new technologies, new products, and new business forms, as well as supporting infrastructure, business models, and institutional policies. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed "increasing the construction and opening up of application scenarios, and strengthening the protection and utilization of intellectual property rights." The recent Central Economic Work Conference pointed out: "Focusing on developing new quality productive forces, we will promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation." At present, China is comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development. Promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation is an important measure to achieve high-quality development, which can continuously consolidate the material and technical foundation for building a strong socialist modern country in an all-round way. To implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, it is necessary to accelerate the cultivation and opening up of scenarios, promote the large-scale application of new scenarios, and provide strong support for promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and promoting the high-quality development of the economy and society.

The deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation is not a simple combination of technology application or industrial upgrading, but through promoting the precise coupling of knowledge innovation, technology research and development, industrial upgrading and market demand, realizing the efficient flow and cumulative accumulation of innovation elements, and injecting a continuous stream of power into high-quality development. As a bridge connecting technology and industry, and connecting research and development and the market, scenarios are an important carrier for promoting the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Taking scenarios as the traction to promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation can promote the mutual penetration and collaborative evolution of science and technology and industry, form a virtuous circle of development ecology, and then promote the continuous development and progress of productivity.

The cultivation and opening up of scenarios can promote the simultaneous advancement of precise research and development and industrial transformation. Scenarios can not only verify the application effect of new technologies and new products, but also discover the technical needs or research and development opportunities in industrial applications, and test the effect of related infrastructure and supporting services. For example, in the low-altitude economy application scenario, the development of a full-space unmanned system provides opportunities for lightweight and high-strength materials, new energy power and other technologies to accelerate research and development and integrated optimization; the intelligent factory application scenario can accelerate the systematic integration of sensing, interaction and fine operation technologies, form an efficient matching of various elements, and realize the continuous optimization of the production process. Supporting the construction of a number of comprehensive major scenarios, integrated scenarios in industry fields, and high-value small-cut scenarios, and expanding the supply of production scenarios, work scenarios, and life scenarios can provide systematic feedback for technology research and development, industrial transformation and its supporting conditions, so that they can accelerate integration in the process of mutual empowerment.

High-quality scenarios can promote the concentration and synergy of innovation resources, and are the "testing ground" for new technologies and new products, which can promote the rapid emergence of high-value technologies and products. On the one hand, the implementation of application scenarios can attract the investment and concentration of various elements such as talents, capital, knowledge, and data, give play to the effect of economies of scale and open up high-value industrial application directions; on the other hand, high-quality scenarios themselves can also become carriers of open innovation, promote various elements to explore and form an efficient collaborative combination model, discover paths for continuous innovation breakthroughs and industrial transformation and upgrading, and take the lead in verifying them in scenarios, providing new technologies and new products with a "place to use." For example, in the process of deeply exploring scenario resources, Tianjin Port (天津港) integrates intelligent transportation, digital twins, and integrated aviation logistics information interaction systems to create an intelligent "zero-carbon" terminal; Shenzhen Bao'an District (深圳宝安区) released two lists of scenario demand side (opportunity list) and scenario supply side (capability list), which include public fields such as social governance and people's livelihood services, and also cover industrial fields such as intelligent terminals and ultra-high-definition video display. By building an open innovation ecosystem, it promotes the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. High-quality scenarios establish a high-value catalytic space for the concentration, flow, response and interaction of innovation elements with finely matched and dynamically optimized situations.

Rich scenario resources help promote technology iteration, fault tolerance and correction, and credit accumulation in the innovation process, provide a safe and controllable verification environment for deepening reform and institutional innovation, and strengthen the supply of new systems. Promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation requires the efficient cooperation of various innovation entities. This process requires both inclusive institutional conditions and stable expectations of innovation entities on the external environment in long-term research and development, and the formation of a good credit mechanism between various entities to reduce transaction costs and uncertainty in cooperation. Strengthening the construction of systems and mechanisms in promoting scenario cultivation and opening up can promote the fair and efficient allocation of scenario resources, provide impetus for the research and development trial and error and product iteration of various innovation entities, and guide them to form a credit basis in extensive cooperation. At the same time, encouraging innovative entities with integrity awareness to continue to cooperate and discover more opportunities for the transformation of scientific and technological innovation achievements can expand and spawn new innovation spaces, and realize a virtuous circle of continuous reduction of transaction costs and continuous expansion of market scale.

Shortly after the closing of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Opening Up of Scenarios and Promoting the Large-scale Application of New Scenarios," which clearly proposed forming a path of "technology breakthrough - scenario verification - industrial application - system upgrade." This provides strong support for promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerating the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces. To this end, we must adhere to innovation-led, reform-driven, adapting to local conditions, safe and orderly, systematic advancement, and integrated development, and give full play to the traction role of scenarios in promoting the large-scale commercial application of new technologies and new products. Specific efforts can be made in the following aspects.

First, cultivate and expand economic and social application scenarios. We can focus on new fields and new tracks such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and clean energy to create a number of application scenarios, build a number of new business application scenarios for industrial transformation and upgrading in the fields of manufacturing, transportation, smart logistics, and modern agriculture, launch a number of industry application scenarios in the fields of emergency management and construction safety, innovate comprehensive application scenarios for social governance services, and enrich application scenarios in the field of people's livelihood. Second, increase the opening up of scenarios. Cultivate and open up comprehensive major scenarios, strengthen cross-field and cross-regional collaboration, pay attention to the open of the entire industrial chain scenario, optimize the promotion of scenario application, and promote innovation entities to participate in scenario development and utilization in accordance with the situation; at the same time, on the basis of maintaining moderate competition, based on the resource endowments of various places, pay attention to the characteristic differentiation of scenarios, cultivate and expand the large-scale application of new scenarios in accordance with local conditions, and prevent rushing into action and repeated construction. Third, improve the rules for the allocation of scenario resources. Deepen the reform of market access and market-oriented allocation of factors, improve relevant laws and regulations and standard systems, strengthen the guarantee of factors such as technology, data, talents, and funds, and cultivate a good innovation ecosystem; based on the development foundation of various regions and fields, improve the basic supporting conditions such as the intellectual property protection and utilization system and public data platform, promote the high-quality development of social credit system construction, reduce institutional transaction costs, and realize the orderly flow and efficient allocation of innovation factors in a larger scope and wider fields. On this basis, improve the application scenario guarantee capability. According to the actual needs of scenario cultivation and opening up, adhere to both "letting go" and "managing well," encourage institutional innovation in scenario construction and management, improve new scenario safety risk control measures, and strengthen cross-field, cross-level, and cross-link collaboration to form a good situation in which various reform measures cooperate with each other, support each other, and complement each other, and ensure the safe and orderly development of scenarios.

(The authors are professors of the School of Management and Economics, Tianjin University (天津大学))

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Strengthening Cooperation to Build a Resilient Earth (International Perspective)

By: 本报记者 郑 翔 黄炜鑫

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly recently concluded in Nairobi (内罗毕), the capital of Kenya (肯尼亚). The theme of the conference was "Promoting Sustainable Solutions for a Resilient Earth." Nearly 6,000 representatives from around the world gathered over five days to discuss global environmental governance and sustainable actions under multilateral cooperation. The conference adopted a ministerial declaration and reviewed and approved the "Medium-Term Strategy for 2026-2029," covering key areas such as climate action, biodiversity conservation, land and desertification management, and pollution and waste management. It aims to promote sustainable solutions and build a strong and resilient Earth.

The United Nations Environment Assembly is the highest-level decision-making mechanism for global environmental issues. It is held every two years and is responsible for formulating the global environmental agenda, providing macro policy guidance, and developing policy responses to emerging environmental challenges. Abdulla bin Ali Amri, President of the Assembly, said in his opening remarks that climate change, ecological destruction, land degradation, pollution, and waste are serious problems, but they are not insurmountable. The United Nations Environment Assembly has proven that multilateralism can only succeed when it is based on scientific evidence and pragmatic solutions. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said: "Despite initial disagreements at the conference, all parties demonstrated an outstanding spirit of multilateralism. Member States have committed to implementing multilateral environmental agreement obligations, promoting fair and inclusive global environmental governance, and supporting the funds established by the United Nations Environment Programme to ensure the smooth progress of environmental projects in various countries."

During the conference, the latest issue of the "Global Environment Outlook" report was officially released. The report shows that land degradation has affected more than 3 billion people worldwide. At the current rate, the area of productive land lost each year is approximately equal to the land area of Colombia (哥伦比亚) or Ethiopia (埃塞俄比亚). By 2050, the global per capita food supply is projected to decrease by 3.4%, and air pollution and plastic waste will cause trillions of dollars in economic losses each year. The historical cumulative amount of global plastic waste has exceeded 8 billion tons, and the impact of climate change is accelerating and causing irreparable damage. The report argues that effective environmental governance requires a fundamental shift in development concepts, abandoning the single gross domestic product (GDP) standard, and adopting an inclusive indicator system that comprehensively measures human and natural capital. It is necessary to transition to a circular economy, accelerate the decarbonization of energy systems, and expand protected areas and restore ecosystems.

The parties discussed the funding implementation of the "30×30" target under the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" (i.e., by 2030, 30% of the world's land and sea will be included in protected areas or other effective area-based conservation measures). Currently, developing countries still face an annual funding gap of tens of billions of dollars to achieve this goal. In addition, international protection funds for marine ecosystems are severely insufficient; developing island countries listed as priority support objects receive only $48 million annually. The conference called on all parties to take concrete actions to fill the existing funding gap and continue to increase overall investment in global marine protection. The relevant resolutions passed by the conference will also promote member states to cooperate in several key areas such as coral reef protection, rational management of minerals and metals, standardized governance of chemicals and waste, sustainable application of artificial intelligence, international cooperation in wildfire response, glacier protection, and response to excessive algae proliferation.

Deborah Balasa, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya (肯尼亚), said that Kenya (肯尼亚) is committed to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, promoting circular economy solutions, and building strong governance institutions. Kenya (肯尼亚) is willing to work with all parties to establish partnerships and promote the implementation of environmental governance results. Adalberto Maluf, State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil (巴西), said that it is of great significance for countries in the Global South to strengthen cooperation to address pollution, mining impacts, and ecological degradation. The Global South should introduce innovative solutions, strengthen multilateral actions, urge developed countries to fulfill their commitments, promote inclusive and efficient global environmental governance, and jointly build a clean and beautiful world.

During the conference, the theme side event "Improving Global Environmental Governance and Jointly Building a Clean and Beautiful World," guided by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (中国生态环境部) and hosted by the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Environment Programme, was successfully held, and the think tank report "Working Together Towards Eco-Friendly Modernization" was released, conveying China's (中国) concepts, practices, and initiatives for addressing climate change to the world. The Kunming Biodiversity Fund press conference was held, and participating representatives called for accelerating the implementation of the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" and addressing increasingly severe ecological challenges through inclusive and win-win multilateral cooperation.

Guo Fang (郭芳), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (中国生态环境部), said in her speech that the impact of the three major environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental pollution on humanity is further deepening. Facing global challenges, actively working together is humanity's only choice. China (中国) unswervingly follows the path of ecological priority, green and low-carbon high-quality development, and coordinates carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, creating successful practices for effectively protecting the ecological environment.

Dechen Tsering, Director of the Asia-Pacific Office of the United Nations Environment Programme, believes that China (中国) has made significant achievements in improving air quality, addressing pollution, and promoting energy transition. China's (中国) nationally determined contribution goals reflect continuous and firm climate action. Oniko Rais, Vice President of the United Nations Environment Assembly and State Secretary for Environmental Affairs and Circular Economy of Hungary (匈牙利), said, "China (中国) has an ancient proverb, 前人栽树、后人乘凉 (qián rén zāi shù, hòu rén chéng liáng - "the predecessors plant the trees, the later generations enjoy the shade," one generation plants trees so that later generations can enjoy the cool shade; to do things for the benefit of future generations), which is the same as the view that contemporary environmental governance decisions will profoundly affect future generations. We must find long-term sustainable solutions to ensure a truly green transition."

(Reported from Nairobi (内罗毕) by this newspaper)

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<b style="color:red">[Generation Error]</b>

People's Daily Beijing, December 15th (Reporter Chu Jun (褚君)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 15th that the archives transferred by Russia to China once again prove that Unit 731 of the invading Japanese army committed heinous crimes against humanity that are **罄竹难书** (qìng zhú nán shū - "exhaust bamboo write," too numerous to record; countless). The evidence is irrefutable and cannot be denied.

At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: On December 13th, the Central Archives published a batch of declassified archival materials transferred by Russia to China regarding the Soviet Union's trial of the Japanese Unit 731 in Khabarovsk (伯力) (now known as Khabarovsk), including interrogation records of Unit 731 members and investigation reports on the crimes of Unit 731, once again exposing the bacteriological warfare crimes committed by the Japanese army during its invasion of China. What is the spokesperson's comment on this?

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the archives show that the invading Japanese army carried out various live human experiments, including bacterial experiments, frostbite experiments, corrosive liquid experiments, and blistering poison gas experiments. The victims included Chinese, Soviets, and Koreans. The newly released interrogation records show that Kiyoshi Kawashima (川岛清), the head of the production department of Unit 731, and other Japanese war criminals confessed to their crimes, explicitly mentioning that the Japanese army used bacterial weapons on a large scale three times in 1940, 1941, and 1942, proving that the Japanese army's experiments had long been transformed into actual combat, with the aim of destroying humanity on a large scale.

Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the Khabarovsk (伯力) trial archives and the Unit 731 site and crime archives preserved in China complement and corroborate each other, jointly constructing a clear chain of crimes, confirming that the Japanese army's implementation of bacteriological warfare was an organized, premeditated, top-down, and systematic national crime. In addition to China, the Japanese army also formed Unit 9420 (冈字第9420部队) in Singapore (新加坡) in 1942, conducting illegal human experiments and bacteriological warfare in many Southeast Asian countries. The atrocities of the Japanese army will be forever nailed to the pillar of historical shame.

"What is alarming is that, in the face of ironclad facts, the Japanese right-wing forces are still trying their best to deny, or even downplay and beautify, their acts of aggression and crimes against humanity," Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said. Forgetting history means betrayal, and denying guilt means repeating it. All countries have the responsibility and obligation to urge Japan to thoroughly liquidate the remnants of militarism, so that the tragedy will not be repeated, and jointly safeguard the victory of World War II and the post-war international order, and jointly safeguard the hard-won world peace and stability.

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Foreign Ministry Announces Decision to Take Countermeasures Against Iwao Iwazaki

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) December 15th (北京) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) announced on the 15th the decision to take countermeasures against Shigeru Iwasaki (岩崎茂), the full text of which is as follows:

Decision on Taking Countermeasures Against Shigeru Iwasaki (岩崎茂)

(Promulgated by Order No. 18 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国外交部) on December 15, 2025, and effective as of December 15, 2025)

Shigeru Iwasaki (岩崎茂), former Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (日本自卫队), blatantly colluded with "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, seriously violating the one-China principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, seriously interfering in China's internal affairs, and seriously undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. In accordance with Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 15 of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国反外国制裁法), China has decided to take the following countermeasures against Shigeru Iwasaki (岩崎茂):

1. Freeze his movable property, immovable property, and other types of property within the territory of China;

2. Prohibit organizations and individuals within China from engaging in relevant transactions, cooperation, and other activities with him;

3. Refuse to issue him a visa and deny him entry (including Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳门)).

This decision shall come into effect as of December 15, 2025.

Attachment: List of Countermeasures

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部)
December 15, 2025

Attachment

List of Countermeasures

Shigeru Iwasaki (岩崎茂), male, born on February 3, 1953, Japanese nationality.

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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 15th (Reporter Wang Chuntao (王春涛)) - Defense Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Bin (蒋斌) stated on the 15th, in response to a reporter's question, that the Chinese people and the Chinese military will never allow historical tragedies to be repeated, and will work with the people of all countries in the region to resolutely prevent the resurgence of Japanese militarism and jointly safeguard the hard-won peace.

A reporter asked: It is reported that on China's 12th National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre (南京大屠杀), extensive memorial activities were carried out throughout the country. What is the spokesperson's comment?

Jiang Bin (蒋斌) said that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and the 88th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre (南京大屠杀). On December 13, 1937, the invading Japanese army barbarically invaded Nanjing (南京), cruelly killing 300,000 of our compatriots, committing heinous crimes and leaving the darkest page in the history of human civilization. The crimes cannot be denied, and justice cannot be desecrated. The Japanese side should deeply reflect on the numerous crimes committed against the people of Asian countries, including China, and stop all erroneous acts that distort and glorify the history of aggression.

Jiang Bin (蒋斌) stated that on the National Memorial Day, we commemorate the deceased compatriots and cherish the memory of revolutionary martyrs in the name of the country, demonstrating our firm stance of remembering history, not forgetting the past, cherishing peace, and creating the future. The Chinese people and the Chinese military will never allow historical tragedies to be repeated, and will work with the people of all countries in the region to resolutely prevent the resurgence of Japanese militarism and jointly safeguard the hard-won peace.

Another reporter asked: It is reported that regarding the flight training of carrier-based aircraft by the Chinese aircraft carrier formation, the Japanese side recently changed its tune, claiming that it had received prior notification from the Chinese side, but due to the lack of specific details such as training time and area, it failed to obtain sufficient risk avoidance information. What is the spokesperson's comment?

"The facts of this incident are clear and the evidence is conclusive, and the Japanese side cannot deny it with sophistry," Jiang Bin (蒋斌) said. "The actual situation is that on December 6, the Liaoning (辽宁) aircraft carrier formation organized ship 101 to notify the Japanese side that China would organize carrier-based aircraft flight training, and the Japanese ship 116 confirmed receipt; subsequently, the Chinese ship 101 again notified that the carrier-based aircraft flight training was expected to start at 15:00, lasting about 6 hours, mainly in the area south of the aircraft carrier, and the Japanese ship 116 confirmed receipt again. Under these circumstances, the Japanese side still sent aircraft to repeatedly intrude into the Chinese training airspace and sea area to harass, and all responsibility for endangering flight safety should be borne by the Japanese side."

"The Japanese side has repeatedly deceived its own people and misled the international community, hyping up China's normal military training as a so-called 'security threat,' and packaging itself from a provocateur into a victim, which cannot help but make people suspect whether it wants to divert attention from the serious consequences caused by Prime Minister Takaichi's (高市) erroneous remarks on Taiwan? Is it trying to create an excuse for breaking through the post-war system, seeking military relaxation, and reviving the ghost of militarism? We strongly urge the Japanese side to face up to the crux of the current difficulties in China-Japan relations, earnestly reflect on and correct its mistakes, and any despicable acts and political manipulations of avoiding the real issues, 偷梁换柱 (tōu liáng huàn zhù - "steal beams replace pillars," to secretly substitute one thing for another; to practice deception) and 倒打一耙 (dǎo dǎ yī pá - "to strike with the rake turned backwards," to make a false counter-charge; to blame someone else first) will not succeed," Jiang Bin (蒋斌) said.

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China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch: Providing Long-Term and Reliable Financial Services to Facilitate the Upgrading of Science and Technology Innovation Enterprises

In Sanxiang Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, Guangdong Hesheng Industrial Aluminum Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Hesheng股份" (Hesheng Gufen), stock code: 002824) battery tray production workshop, a piece of new energy vehicle battery tray completes the entire process from aluminum cutting to precision assembly, and then after automated production line handling, quality inspection and packaging, it is sent to well-known domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers.

The development and growth of Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) is inseparable from the comprehensive financial service solutions supported by China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行). Over the years, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行) has become a good partner for enterprise growth with its attentive financial services.

Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has the world's leading battery tray automated production line, providing high-quality products for the new energy vehicle industry chain. From a traditional aluminum extrusion company to a leading domestic supplier of new materials and new energy integrated components, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen), which has been rooted in Zhongshan City (中山市), Guangdong Province (广东省) for 29 years, has overcome many difficulties on the road of transformation and upgrading. Facing fierce market competition, especially the high demand for performance iteration of aluminum alloy components in the consumer electronics field, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has built a scientific research team specializing in research and technological innovation. The team members come from aluminum processing, automotive lightweighting, materials science and other fields, and have obtained more than 280 invention patents, published more than 30 scientific and technological papers, and won the China Patent Excellence Award 3 times.

At present, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has layouts in Jiangsu (江苏), Anhui (安徽), Sichuan (四川) and other places to build a multi-point manufacturing system radiating across the country. This layout is in line with the "multi-point flowering" trend of the new energy vehicle industry, effectively improving response speed and supply chain resilience through localized supply.

As early as 2005, China Construction Bank Zhongshan Branch (建设银行中山市分行) took the initiative to become a growth partner of Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen), and established a good cooperative foundation through a series of business exchanges such as account opening, daily settlement, and payroll. Learning about the company's capacity expansion and cross-city development plan, China Construction Bank Zhongshan Branch (建设银行中山市分行) provided a total of 500 million yuan in credit support to the company after in-depth research and demonstration.

Currently, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has production capacity and technology reserves from aluminum extrusion to integrated assembly, and new energy battery structural parts have gradually formed advantages in terms of delivery scale, research and development capabilities, and production technology. With a deeper understanding, the peak value of loan support (including bills) from China Construction Bank Zhongshan Branch (建设银行中山市分行) to Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) exceeded 800 million yuan, and it successfully helped the company upgrade its production line and expand the Zhongshan Semiconductor Industrial Park (中山半导体产业园) through a combination of solutions such as working capital loans.

Aluminum alloy materials are widely used in the electronics industry, and consumer electronic products are also important application scenarios. The consumer electronic sheets, precision structural parts, and appearance structural parts developed and produced by Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) are important components of consumer electronic structural parts. In order to bring consumers a lighter and thinner mobile phone and tablet experience, the company has invested a lot of effort in the research and development of high-strength aluminum alloy sheets, and the mass-produced yield strength exceeds 400 MPa high-strength and high-brightness 6-series aluminum alloy, and over 500 MPa 7-series aluminum alloy and other materials, achieving domestic leadership.

With steady and in-depth exploration, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has occupied a leading position in the industry and has won honors such as "Top Ten Chinese Industrial Aluminum Extrusion Enterprises", "Top 500 Guangdong Enterprises (广东企业500强)", and "Guangdong Manufacturing Single Champion Enterprise (广东省制造业单项冠军企业)". Moving towards a new stage of development, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) also has diversified needs for financial support. In order to further improve the competitiveness of the company, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) is increasing its efforts to explore the international market. China Construction Bank Zhongshan Branch (建设银行中山市分行) launched foreign exchange settlement and sales services for it, solving the company's worries about "going out" and helping the company to smooth its international business chain.

In 2024, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has delivered a total of 530,000 battery trays to leading global lithium battery manufacturers and automobile manufacturers, ranking among the top in the industry in terms of shipments. With 8 major production bases and 2 research institutes, Hesheng股份 (Hesheng Gufen) has become more confident in providing aluminum "supply" to leading companies in consumer electronics and new energy vehicles.

Focusing on supporting mature technology innovation enterprises "from 10 to 100", China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行) has focused on creating a package of comprehensive service solutions such as enterprise listing and financing, industrial chain development, and mergers and acquisitions, focusing on the differentiated needs of enterprises to configure products and help enterprises grow bigger and stronger. In response to the People's Bank of China's (中国人民银行) policy of promoting stock holdings increase and repurchase re-lending, China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行) innovatively promoted the "Technology Enterprise Listing Pass (科企上市通)" exclusive product for listed and pre-listed enterprises.

The steady and long-term development of technology innovation enterprises is key to financial assistance. As of the end of November this year, the loan balance of technology-based enterprises of China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行) exceeded 170 billion yuan, and nearly 230 billion yuan of loans have been issued to more than 9,200 technology innovation enterprises.

Data source: China Construction Bank Guangdong Branch (建设银行广东省分行)

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Editor in charge of this edition: Zou Zhipeng, Zhang Huizhong, Chu Jun

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2025 M&A Finance Conference Held; "China M&A Comprehensive Index (2025)" Released; SPD Bank and Others Initiate the Establishment of "M&A Alliance"

On December 8th, the 2025 Mergers and Acquisitions Finance Conference, themed "M&A to Help Industrial Upgrading, Ecological Synergy to Reshape Potential - China's Opportunities and Practices," was held in Shanghai (上海). SPD Bank (浦发银行) was the co-organizer of the conference. At the event, the "China M&A Comprehensive Index (2025)" was released, and SPD Bank (浦发银行), CPIC (太保集团), and Guotai Junan Securities (国泰海通证券) jointly launched the "M&A Alliance" as the main initiating institutions. All links in the industrial chain will work together to help enhance the level of Shanghai (上海) as an international financial center and promote the high-quality development of the M&A market.

Releasing the Index: Policy Support Stimulates M&A Market Vitality

Mergers and acquisitions are of great significance for enhancing corporate competitiveness, promoting technological innovation, and cultivating new quality productive forces. The "Shanghai Action Plan for Supporting Listed Companies' Mergers and Acquisitions and Restructuring (2025-2027)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Shanghai M&A Twelve Articles") issued in December 2024 proposes to strive to build Shanghai (上海) into a pioneer and demonstration zone for listed companies' mergers and acquisitions and restructuring by 2027, with significantly improved industrial capabilities, a more sound M&A ecosystem, and a diversified and long-term cooperation mechanism.

As the M&A market continues to heat up, an objective, accurate, and quantifiable observation tool has become a new demand for all parties involved. In this context, SPD Bank (浦发银行) and the China Economic Information Service (中国经济信息社) jointly released the "China M&A Comprehensive Index (2025)," which provides an important reference benchmark for the M&A market through big data analysis.

The index shows that, with the first quarter of 2022 as the base period and 100 points as the base point, the index climbed rapidly after the introduction of the "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the M&A and Restructuring Market of Listed Companies" (hereinafter referred to as the "M&A Six Articles") in September 2024, reaching 125.9 points in the third quarter of 2025, with a year-on-year increase of 35.5%, indicating that the vitality of the M&A market has been significantly enhanced.

The Yangtze River Delta (长三角) region is one of the most active economic regions in China (中国) and a fertile ground for M&A vitality. The Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Regional M&A Sub-Index, which was released simultaneously on December 8, shows that as of the third quarter of 2025, the year-on-year increase of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Regional Sub-Index reached 42.4%, among which the Shanghai (上海) Sub-Index performed particularly well, with a year-on-year increase of 77.2% during the same period. From the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first three quarters of 2025, the number of M&A transactions completed in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) region accounted for 45% of the national total, and the transaction amount accounted for 60%. The three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) jointly constitute the main growth pole of the national M&A market.

As a national joint-stock commercial bank rooted in Shanghai (上海), SPD Bank's (浦发银行) M&A loans issued within 2025 have exceeded 100 billion yuan, with a balance of over 240 billion yuan, ranking among the top joint-stock commercial banks. M&A and restructuring are important driving forces in the process of enterprise transformation and upgrading, and M&A with the goal of industrial synergy and strategic synergy has become the mainstream. Based on this, SPD Bank (浦发银行) is committed to becoming the preferred bank for M&A finance, building the brand of "If you want M&A, choose SPD Bank (要并购，选浦发)", using a digital platform as the foundation, ecological collaboration as the carrier, and benchmarked services as the traction, and using the power of the entire bank to create a comprehensive service model of "commercial bank + investment bank + ecology," and building a "4+8+16+N" M&A financial service system.

Jointly Building an Alliance: Full-Chain Escort for the Implementation of M&A Projects

M&A and restructuring is an extremely complex chain. The entire process from planning to completion of an M&A project is inseparable from the in-depth cooperation of various professional service institutions and all links in the industrial chain. At the 2025 M&A Finance Conference, SPD Bank (浦发银行), CPIC (太保集团), and Guotai Junan Securities (国泰海通证券) jointly established the "M&A Alliance" with multiple parties as the main initiating institutions, and released the "Action Plan of the M&A Alliance to Support the Construction of Shanghai (上海) International Financial Center" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan").

The "Action Plan" proposes "one main line, four goals, four actions, and twelve measures." The "M&A Alliance" will enhance the activity, professionalism, and internationalization of the M&A market through full-chain comprehensive services, making Shanghai (上海) a gathering area for national M&A transactions, and driving the active development of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) region and the national M&A market. The "M&A Alliance" strives to achieve a support for national M&A transaction scale of over 1.2 trillion yuan, a Shanghai (上海) regional M&A transaction scale of over 400 billion yuan, and service for over 1,200 national M&A customers from 2025 to 2027, achieving full coverage of key M&A projects at the Shanghai (上海) municipal level and core projects of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) integration.

At the same time, the "M&A Alliance" will focus on ecological leadership actions, digital empowerment actions, financial escort actions, and cross-border coordination actions, and launch 12 specific measures to comprehensively enhance M&A service capabilities and effectively leverage the traction and driving role of M&A on the real economy.

As the main initiating institution, SPD Bank (浦发银行) has been deeply involved in the field of M&A finance for more than 20 years. In recent years, SPD Bank (浦发银行) has closely followed the policy guidance of the "M&A Six Articles" and the "Shanghai (上海) M&A Twelve Articles," and has taken the development of M&A finance as a strategic pillar for serving the construction of a modern industrial system. In 2025, it launched the "Puying M&A" super product and established the Head Office M&A Business Center, aiming to build the preferred bank for M&A finance and comprehensively upgrade its service core: using a systematic development plan as the outline, building a mechanism centered on the "Puying M&A" super product to ensure strong strategic execution and accurate resource allocation; using digital intelligence capability building as the engine, comprehensively empowering customer insight, project undertaking, risk control, and ecological connection, and improving service efficiency and experience; using refined operation and management as the benchmark, deeply cultivating key regions, key industries, and major customer groups, and providing differentiated comprehensive service solutions of "one household, one policy, and one package"; and using collaborative ecological construction as the path, opening up internal group resources, linking external strategic partners, and forming a strong synergy for serving the real economy.

At present, SPD Bank's (浦发银行) M&A financial services focus on five key areas: deepening the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, improving the quality and efficiency of listed companies, innovating and breaking through technology enterprises, optimizing the industrial chain of cross-border enterprises, and deploying assets of private equity institutions, and has implemented a number of benchmark cases with market influence, continuously outputting the "SPD Bank (浦发)" model of M&A finance. For example, assisting large state-owned enterprises in cultivating new quality productive forces and improving the industrial ecology and value chain; helping leading semiconductor companies optimize the industrial landscape and enhance their global market influence; promoting bio-pharmaceutical companies to achieve a strategic leap from "technology iteration" to "ecological construction"; accelerating the technical M&A of H-share listed companies by domestic network security A-share listed companies; innovating and implementing the first pilot business of non-resident M&A loans in Lingang (临港) in the entire market; and jointly deploying Chinese (中国) assets with international investment institutions.

Anchoring Goals: Promoting Shanghai (上海) to Build a New Highland for Global M&A and Restructuring

With the continuous release of policy dividends, M&A and restructuring projects focusing on hard technology fields are emerging intensively. At the event, experts from all links of the industrial chain expressed their views on M&A empowering enterprise transformation and upgrading, improving the quality of M&A and restructuring, and carrying out cross-border M&A, providing suggestions for further enhancing Shanghai's (上海) M&A industrial capabilities and improving the M&A industrial ecology.

Taking the first anniversary of the release of the "Shanghai (上海) M&A Twelve Articles" as a new starting point, the "M&A Alliance" will deepen the aggregation of elements, create a service empowerment highland, upgrade the one-stop platform of "project matchmaking + financing support + professional services," so that M&A resources can flow efficiently in Shanghai (上海); deepen ecological upgrading, promote the Jing'an (静安), Hongkou (虹口), and Hongqiao (虹桥) three M&A gathering areas to give full play to their strengths, continue to amplify the influence of the "China M&A Comprehensive Index," and promote the formation of a valuation system and transaction rules in line with international standards, helping Shanghai (上海) accelerate the construction of a global M&A resource allocation hub.

From releasing benchmark indexes to gain insight into market trends, to forming alliances to build a symbiotic ecology, and then to gathering the wisdom of all parties to jointly draw a development blueprint, the 2025 M&A Finance Conference fully demonstrated Shanghai's (上海) determination and actions to build a new highland for global M&A and restructuring. As a major financial institution in Shanghai (上海), SPD Bank (浦发银行) is deeply integrated into this journey with professional services, innovative models, and an open attitude.

Data source: SPD Bank (浦发银行)

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Ant Aifu: Becoming Users' AI Health Companion

In August 2025, the State Council (国务院) issued the "Opinions on Deeply Implementing the 'AI+' Action Plan," explicitly proposing to "explore and promote high-level resident health assistants accessible to everyone, and orderly promote the application of artificial intelligence in scenarios such as assisted diagnosis and treatment, health management, and medical insurance services."

Against this backdrop, Ant Group (蚂蚁集团) is actively exploring the application of artificial intelligence in the health field, launching the AI Health Assistant APP. On December 15, Ant Group (蚂蚁集团) announced that the AI Health Assistant has been upgraded to "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)," and released a new version of the APP, upgrading the three major functions of health Q&A, health companionship, and health services. "Ant Aifu's (蚂蚁阿福)" positioning has shifted from an AI tool to an AI health friend, committed to helping users and their families manage their health like a friend, and providing users with professional, personalized, and diversified service experiences.

Focusing on the health service needs of the public, creating a health assistant that everyone can use.

Gathering the public's growing demand for health services, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" has created three major functions: health Q&A, health companionship, and health services. Users can connect to devices such as sports watches through "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" to view body index data and family health records at any time. If there are health problems, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" can provide targeted answers at any time, and provide relevant data support during the user's online and offline medical treatment.

From AI health assistant to "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)," the APP has been online for nearly half a year, and the service coverage continues to expand. The number of monthly active users has exceeded 15 million, and it answers more than 5 million health questions every day. Among the user groups, 55% are from third-tier and lower cities. High-quality health services reach more regions through "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)," helping users improve the quality of healthy life.

Since its launch, the APP has won many domestic and foreign awards, was selected as the "Treasure of the Town Hall" in the heavyweight application category of the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), and was selected as an excellent case of the United Nations AI for Good Summit.

Relying on professional large models, customize personalized health management plans.

"Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" relies on professional large models to deeply learn professional health knowledge in medicine, nutrition, psychology and other related disciplines, and strives to provide users with scientific and professional health science knowledge and suggestions. In addition, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" also realizes the "active follow-up" function. By establishing multiple rounds of dialogue with users, it strives to improve the accuracy of answers and become an exclusive health assistant with both practicality and professionalism around users.

In terms of personalized services, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" will deeply link the user's established health record information and past Q&A records, and combine the user's personal health status and needs to output personalized health answers and solutions. For example, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" can customize exercise plans according to the user's height, weight and other data, and match users with more targeted exercise intensity.

Voice, text, and photos can be used to ask questions, improving the convenience of health services.

"Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" can realize 24/7 uninterrupted online service, not only supports voice and text questions, can understand dialects, but also supports image recognition. Users can click the "camera" button of "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" to identify multiple high-frequency scenes through photos and quickly obtain professional health science knowledge.

Take photos of skin to customize personalized skin care plans. The "take photos of skin" function of "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" supports comprehensive evaluation of skin conditions such as skin type, skin color, acne, and wrinkles, and then provides users with personalized skin care suggestions.

Take photos of medicine boxes to check the use of medicines and set up intimate reminders. Users can quickly check the uses, usage and dosage, contraindications and precautions of medicines through the "photo recognition" function, and can also set up medication reminders with one click.

"Little Diary" tracks health status, one-stop protection for the health of the whole family.

In the "health companionship" function of "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)," "Little Diary" can be connected to smart health devices of nine major brands including Huawei (华为), Apple (苹果), Yuyue (鱼跃), Omron (欧姆龙), Sannuo (三诺), and Silicon-based Motion (硅基动感). After users bind, they can automatically integrate multi-dimensional health information data such as sleep monitoring and exercise records to realize the centralized and dynamic mastery of health information, and "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" generates more comprehensive and personalized health reports that are more in line with their own conditions.

In addition, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" health records also support adding family member information such as the elderly, children, and spouses, assisting users in organizing family health records, reminding daily health checkups and related matters, and protecting the health of the whole family.

Intelligently generate "small health goals" to help develop healthy living habits.

The "small health goals" function launched by "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" supports users to formulate health check-in plans of multiple types such as exercise, diet, and sleep according to their own needs, and conduct regular reminders to help users develop regular and healthy lifestyles. This function realizes one-stop management of health planning, eliminating the need to switch between multiple platforms, which greatly improves the convenience of users. At the same time, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" will continue to deepen its understanding of users' living habits based on the check-in data and completion of "small health goals," so that subsequent health answers and suggestions are more targeted, forming a virtuous circle of health management.

AI cannot replace doctors, but is a health assistant in multiple scenarios.

In addition to answering basic and common health questions in life for users, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" can also link professional medical resources to explore more landing paths for "AI + Health."

"Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" uses AI technology as a link to build a health service ecosystem for individuals and families, meeting the diverse daily health management needs of the public. In the future, with the continuous iteration of technology and services, "Ant Aifu (蚂蚁阿福)" will continue to deeply cultivate the field of health management and inject more technological momentum into the construction of "Healthy China (健康中国)."

Data source: Ant Group (蚂蚁集团)

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Chinese Toys "Play" in the Global Market

According to Chinese customs statistics, in the first 11 months of 2025, the total value of China's goods trade import and export reached 41.21 trillion yuan (元), a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. In the process of high-quality development of China's foreign trade, relying on a complete supply chain foundation and continuous innovation capabilities, Chinese toys continue to sell well in the global market. Artificial intelligence technology makes electric toys more interactive, independent patents enhance the safety of children's vehicles, cultural elements make trendy toy figures glow with charm, and renewable materials are accelerating their popularization in toy production. Technology, culture, and green trends allow Chinese toys to continue to "**玩转**" (wán zhuǎn - "play around," to skillfully manage or manipulate) the global market.

Zhejiang Yiwu Intelligent Robot Toys—
Tech-Savvy Products Provide Emotional Value
By Liu Junguo (刘军国), Reporter of this newspaper
"Start, transform!" In the Xiaole Intelligent Technology store in the Yiwu Global Digital Trade Center (义乌全球数贸中心), store manager Chen Meng (陈猛) gave an order, and the intelligent robot toy on the display stand lit up with a blue indicator light. The mechanical joints opened and closed, rotating, and the transformation was completed in just a few seconds, eliciting admiration from the audience.

Yiwu (义乌) is the world's largest distribution center for small commodities, with one out of every four toys sold globally coming from Yiwu. Today, District 1 of the Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城) and the Global Digital Trade Center have become gathering places for technology-savvy products such as artificial intelligence toys and electric toys, and merchants from all over the world can be seen everywhere. From January to October this year, Yiwu's toy exports reached 21.81 billion yuan (元), a year-on-year increase of 19.5%, with intelligent toys creating a bright incremental increase.

In the Xiaole Intelligent Technology store, the artificial intelligence companion robot "K Bao" (K宝) is very popular. This round and cute robot toy is equipped with electronic eyes and a nose camera, can listen, speak, sing, and tell stories, and can also recite ancient poems and tell stories. Relying on the DeepSeek artificial intelligence large model, "K Bao" can communicate in more than 60 languages and provide personalized content and emotional companionship. It has now been exported to Myanmar (缅甸), Bangladesh (孟加拉国), Spain (西班牙), and other countries. The four-legged intelligent robot dog "Dubi" (嘟比) is another star product in the store. After two upgrades, the latest "Dubi" uses a new type of motor drive, making its movements more agile, and has also added interactive gameplay, which continues to sell well on cross-border e-commerce platforms.

"No stock, orders are scheduled for next month!" Wu Yunxing (吴允兴), the owner of Xiangfeng Toy Store in District 1 of the Yiwu International Trade City, told the purchasers. In the store, a mechanical dog's backflip movement is smooth and flowing, and many merchants are connecting with purchasing intentions. Wu Yunxing introduced that their research and development of artificial intelligence mechanical dogs integrates speech recognition, motion control, light effect interaction, and other technologies, and can complete more than 10 kinds of physical movements, and can also dance with music. The English interactive version launched this year has performed well in the European market, with an average daily foreign trade sales of more than 400 units.

At 2 p.m., in the sky above the Yiwu International Trade City, drones skillfully shuttle back and forth, some hovering to take pictures, and some tumbling to show off their skills. Daniel, a Colombian (哥伦比亚) merchant, looked in the direction pointed by the translator and saw Yang Long (杨龙), the head of the Weizhixing store, operating a model airplane to complete forward, backward, roll, hover, and other actions. "Too cool! I want one too!" Daniel gave a thumbs up and placed an order on the spot.

In recent years, benefiting from the vigorous development of China's low-altitude economy, the number of stores selling drones and model airplanes in Yiwu has rapidly increased from a few to hundreds. In the Yushi Electronics store, drone demonstrations have become a daily compulsory course. "According to the needs of overseas customers, we have developed single-camera, dual-camera, and even triple-camera aerial photography models to ensure a wider, clearer, and farther picture." Store owner Zhao Junjie (赵俊杰) revealed that not long ago, a South American (南美) customer placed an order for 1,800 dual-camera drones in one go.

Chen Meijun (陈美君), Secretary-General of the Toy Industry of the Yiwu China Small Commodity City Chamber of Commerce (义乌市中国小商品城商会), said that the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology has opened up new space for the toy industry. Today's intelligent toys can achieve accurate semantic understanding and personalized content generation, and not only have interactive functions, but also provide emotional value. "We look forward to more Chinese intelligent toys going to the world and allowing global consumers to experience the new experience brought by technological innovation."

Guangdong Shantou Chenghai Building Block Toys—
Creative Design Carries Oriental Aesthetics
By Li Zong (李纵), Reporter of this newspaper
In the exhibition hall of Guangdong Xin Jiaqi Technology Co., Ltd. (广东新佳奇科技有限公司) in Chenghai District (澄海区), Shantou City (汕头市), Guangdong Province (广东省), Alex, a Spanish (西班牙) merchant, picked up a translucent aerospace building block toy and examined it carefully. "This is our 'Dawn Aerospace Series'. It not only restores the appearance of the spacecraft, but also displays the internal structure through mechanical disassembly." Chen Xinmin (陈欣敏), the company's deputy general manager, introduced that the company seized the opportunity of the rapid development of China's trendy toy industry and focused on the design, production, and sales of model-level building block toys. Aerospace, plant, and other series of building blocks have become export best-selling products.

At 8 a.m., the toy factories in Chenghai District roared with machines. On this land with an area of only 345 square kilometers, there are tens of thousands of toy companies, 90% of toy parts can be purchased locally, and an average of more than 1,000 new products are launched every day, and new products can be delivered in as little as 7 days. Efficient supply chains and innovation chains have made Chenghai one of the most important plastic toy production and trade bases in China and even the world. Alex came here specifically to inspect building block products. "Chenghai's toys are not only well-made, but also very creative and very much in line with the needs of European consumers," he said.

In the production workshop of Xin Jiaqi Company, automatic injection molding machines are constantly running, and countless building block particles jump out and are packaged and transported to all parts of the world. In the "black light factory" of Shantou Gaodes Precision Technology Co., Ltd. (汕头高德斯精密科技有限公司) a few kilometers away, the highly automated production process is precise and orderly. Robotic arms automatically operate production, and logistics robots seamlessly connect, with no manual intervention required throughout the process. The precision parts such as the "beaded flowers" on the "Nine Dragons and Nine Phoenix Crowns" (九龙九凤冠), a popular cultural and creative product of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), are produced on this automated production line.

In Chenghai, toys are not only commodities, but also cultural products that integrate traditional Chinese culture and modern design. From building blocks of traditional landmark buildings such as the Forbidden City (故宫) and the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), to trendy toy figures in the Peking Opera (京剧) mask series, to miniature scenes of dragon and lion dances, these toys full of Oriental aesthetics are expanding the international market with distinctive cultural characteristics. According to Shantou Customs (汕头海关) data, in the first three quarters of this year, Shantou's toy exports reached 8.555 billion yuan (元). Among them, the European Union (欧盟) is the largest export market, with exports to the European Union increasing by 11.4% year-on-year in the first three quarters.

"With the continuous growth of the number of global customers and the continuous expansion of coverage, our toy exhibition hall has been relocated 4 times, and now has an area of more than 20,000 square meters," said Weng Xusheng (翁旭生), director of the Shantou Jinchengfeng Toy Exhibition Hall (汕头市金成峰玩具展厅). In recent years, there have been more and more foreign merchants in Chenghai, and the scale of local toy companies has become larger and larger. Many foreign merchants bring their recognition of China's toy industry and their interest in Chinese culture, and sell Chenghai toys to more than 150 countries and regions around the world. Teresa, a Brazilian (巴西) merchant, has come to Chenghai for procurement many times. "Every time I can see more new toy products, and every time I am amazed by the innovation capabilities here."

(Cai Xiaodan (蔡晓丹) participated in the writing)

Hebei Xingtai Pingxiang Children's Vehicles—
Invention Patents Drive Industrial Quality Improvement and Upgrading
By Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿), Reporter of this newspaper
"The products here are complete in variety, novel in design, and high in quality, and are very popular in our country." In November this year, at the 20th China Northern (Pingxiang) International Bicycle Children's Vehicle Toy Expo (中国·北方（平乡）国际自行车童车玩具博览会) held in Pingxiang County (平乡县), Xingtai City (邢台市), Hebei Province (河北省), Masood, a Saudi Arabian (沙特阿拉伯) purchaser, said excitedly while holding an order note for 800 containers. Since he first came to Pingxiang to purchase children's vehicles 6 years ago, he has come twice a year to visit factories, see new products, and place orders, staying for more than ten days each time.

Pingxiang County, known as the "Capital of Chinese Children's Vehicles" (中国童车之都), has 5,285 upstream and downstream enterprises of various bicycles, children's vehicles, and toys, with an annual output of 155 million bicycles, children's vehicles, and toys. The annual operating income of the bicycle and children's vehicle industry cluster exceeds 30 billion yuan (元). In 2022, it was recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (中国工业和信息化部) as a small and medium-sized enterprise characteristic industrial cluster. "In recent years, Pingxiang County has followed the idea of 'expanding the international market, expanding export trade, and driving both domestic and foreign sales' to guide bicycle and children's vehicle enterprises to upgrade and promote the industry to continuously move towards high-end and intelligent development," said Jiao Yufeng (焦钰峰), Secretary of the Party Branch of the Pingxiang County Bicycle Industry Association (平乡县自行车行业协会).

"Only enterprises with innovation capabilities can master the initiative of development." said Zhao Lanmin (赵兰敏), General Manager of Mengshou Bicycle (Hebei) Co., Ltd. (萌兽自行车（河北）有限公司). In the company's exhibition hall, rows of neatly arranged and uniquely shaped children's vehicles are eye-catching. A children's vehicle placed on the central exhibition stand is particularly conspicuous. "This is the company's most representative product. Guess how many patents this children's vehicle has? A total of more than 20, including two invention patents!" Zhao Lanmin introduced that the company has been recognized as a Chinese national-level technology-based small and medium-sized enterprise, with annual sales of children's vehicles exceeding 100,000 units, and has a very high degree of recognition in the markets of Singapore (新加坡), South Korea (韩国), and other countries.

Hebei Hengchi Bicycle Parts Group Co., Ltd. (河北恒驰自行车零件集团有限公司) was originally just a family workshop producing bicycle saddles, but now it has become a large enterprise integrating the production of children's vehicles, bicycles, and parts, and its products sell well in European and American markets. "We can provide customized and differentiated products according to the needs of customers in different countries." General Manager Dong Hongzhi (董宏志) said that the company currently launches more than 60 new products every year and has accumulated more than 260 related patents.

According to Xingtai Customs (邢台海关) data, in 2024, the export value of bicycle and children's vehicle products from Pingxiang County through local customs reached 799 million yuan (元); from January to June this year, the export value of bicycle and children's vehicle products from the county through local customs reached 400 million yuan (元). Pingxiang County has hundreds of supporting production enterprises for well-known brands such as "Good Boy" (好孩子), and has also emerged a number of local self-created well-known brands such as Qike (奇客), Fubei (福贝), and Xiaokabu (小咔布). In order to form a scale effect and give play to the agglomeration effect, Pingxiang County has built a provincial-level industrial park—Pingxiang County Bicycle Industrial Park (平乡县自行车工业园区). "At present, a national-level bicycle laboratory, 3 provincial-level R&D, service, and inspection and quarantine centers, and a bicycle research institute have been built in the park to help park enterprises develop better and further promote Pingxiang bicycles and children's vehicles to the world," said Dai Jianliang (戴建亮), Secretary of the Pingxiang County Party Committee.

(Zheng Ziqian (郑子谦) participated in the writing)

Jiangsu Yangzhou Plush Toys—
"Childhood Companions" are More Green and Environmentally Friendly
By Yao Xueqing (姚雪青), Reporter of this newspaper
December is another busy gift season, and a British (英国) customer has just sent a dolphin pattern and design requirements. Cai Xiao (蔡宵), a designer at Yangzhou Diteng Toy Gifts Co., Ltd. (扬州帝腾玩具礼品有限公司), opened her computer and entered the two-dimensional pattern into the simulation software, and a three-dimensional dolphin image jumped to the screen, and the curvature of the fins and the lines of the tail could be adjusted in real time. "This can greatly reduce the cost of physical proofing and is also more environmentally friendly," she said.

After the design is finalized, the order is sent to the production workshop. After the plush toy is made, a green "ID card" is sent to overseas customers along with the product. "Small toys also shoulder the mission of green environmental protection," said General Manager Zhang Yabo (张亚波). Over the past 8 years, the company has continuously invested in the development of renewable materials and widely used them in toy production, and they can also be recycled in the future. "We invest first and then look for the market, and the risk is definitely high. But as long as the direction of green development is right, we will not go the wrong way," Zhang Yabo said.

Yangzhou Diteng Toy Gifts Co., Ltd. has annual sales of 200 million yuan (元), and the proportion of renewable material products is constantly increasing. With the help of platforms such as the Canton Fair (广交会) and the American International Toy Fair, the company's green and environmentally friendly products have further opened up the international market. Caroline, a product development manager at a well-known British toy company, said: "We came here precisely because of their environmental protection concept, and we very much appreciate this environmentally friendly product."

Plush toys must have an environmentally friendly "core" and also have a diversified appearance. The R&D center of Yangzhou Step Toy Gifts Co., Ltd. (扬州市斯特普玩具礼品有限公司) is busy. "Why are these plush toys all square?" asked a visiting merchant. "**不跟风、不复制**" (bù gēn fēng, bù fù zhì - "not follow the trend, not copy," to avoid imitating others and create something original). Tang Lili (唐丽丽), the head of R&D, said that in order to gain a foothold in the highly competitive international market, the company's R&D center has subdivided into 3 directions: Cubic Companions, Sequin Unicorns, and Cross-border E-commerce Series. These square new products in front of you come from the "Cubic Companions" team.

Designer Liu Jinfeng (刘金凤) introduced that the team conducted a lot of research on overseas social platforms last year and found that young consumers prefer toys with unique shapes and distinctive personalities, and hope that they can bring higher emotional value. In April this year, the "Cubic Companions" series was officially launched—the square body, bold color scheme, and personalized expressions make it stand out among a group of round plush toys. Tang Lili said that the "Cubic Companions" are very stress-relieving to hold in your hand. "In less than 1 year, more than 200,000 have been sold in the global market."

"The Yangzhou plush toy industry started in the 1960s and has formed a complete industrial chain covering design, pattern making, production, and sales. At present, there are about 2,000 registered enterprises in the industrial chain, with an annual output value of more than 30 billion yuan (元) and more than 150,000 employees," said the relevant person in charge of the Yangzhou Plush Toy Association (扬州市毛绒玩具协会). The Yangzhou plush toy industry is moving towards independent brand creation and green high-end development. "We hope that in the future, we can provide more distinctive and greener 'childhood companions' for more consumers around the world."

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This edition's editors: Han Bingchen, Kang Jie, Qu Pei

Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)

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Gather Talents from All Directions, Build an Open Port (Frontline Observation)

By: 本报记者 耿 磊 孙海天

"Our journey is the sea of stars!" Watching the flames spew from the rocket's tail, the young engineer Xu Hui (徐慧) looked up, recalling the words she had heard while studying.

This is China's first commercial aerospace launch site. A few years ago, this place was still a stretch of sand and coconut groves. Now, it has become the place where countless aerospace personnel's dreams set sail.

In recent years, Hainan has continued to break down institutional barriers and accelerate the construction of a more open talent mechanism, successively implementing the "Million Talents Enter Hainan" Action Plan (百万人才进海南) and launching the "Million Elites Revitalize Hainan" Action Plan (百万英才兴海南). Countless people like Xu Hui (徐慧) have come to this hot land to innovate and start businesses.

On December 18, the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) will be officially launched. A few days ago, reporters went deep into the front lines of parks and enterprises to explore the progress and effectiveness of Hainan's promotion of talent system and mechanism reform, and to listen to the stories of various talents starting businesses.

Providing a Broad Stage for High-End Talents

The edges of Xu Hui's (徐慧) work shoes are always covered in mud and sand.

She is a native of Hainan. After graduating from university in 2018, she worked in Hangzhou, earning a high salary, but her heart was always concerned about her hometown: "I want to go home, but does Hainan have a stage for me?"

One day in 2023, the news that the Hainan commercial aerospace launch site was under construction came, and Xu Hui (徐慧) was very excited. "National strategy, professional counterpart, and hometown, this is the opportunity I have been waiting for!" She resolutely chose to return to Hainan and plunged into the construction site in Wenchang (文昌).

In the early days of the start-up, the conditions were far more difficult than imagined. "Once, the pickup truck got stuck in the mud, the wheels spun, and the mud splashed all over the car windows. Everyone could only push the car together," Xu Hui (徐慧) recalled.

"In the past, I felt that work was just a job, but now I feel that it is a career." Xu Hui (徐慧) is responsible for liquid hydrogen refueling. She pointed to the refueling gas supply room not far away and said, "This sense of accomplishment in participating in the historical process cannot be exchanged for any high salary."

Building a stage for those who want to come is a key measure for Hainan to attract talent. Nowadays, focusing on leading industries and facing future industries, Hainan relies on its resource and policy advantages to build a number of key parks and introduce a number of "national" scientific and technological innovation platforms, providing effective carriers for the landing of high-end talents.

In the view of Lü Peitao (吕培涛), a researcher at the Institute of Tropical Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (中国热带农业科学院热带生物技术研究所), scientific research requires both "soil" rooted in the industry and a "platform" to support the cause.

"I chose to come to Hainan largely because I was attracted by the platform here." Sitting in the laboratory, Lü Peitao's (吕培涛) tone was calm and firm. The "platform" he was talking about is the National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding (热带作物生物育种全国重点实验室) located in the high-tech zone of Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (崖州湾科技城).

In 2019, Lü Peitao (吕培涛) completed his postdoctoral studies and first went to Fujian to use functional genomics technology to study fruit ripening mechanisms. At that time, he chose banana fruit, a technology that was relatively weak but urgently needed by the industry, as the research direction.

"After all, bananas are tropical fruits, and I have always hoped to continue scientific research in a place more suitable for the development of the banana industry," Lü Peitao (吕培涛) admitted frankly. At an academic conference, the Institute of Tropical Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (中国热带农业科学院热带生物技术研究所) extended an olive branch to him, allowing him to see Hainan's unique advantages: a complete banana industry system, a suitable research environment for tropical crops, and resource support from national-level laboratories.

"The scientific research platform is of a high level, has industrial support, and is also located in a tropical region," Lü Peitao (吕培涛) decisively chose to come to Yazhou Bay (崖州湾). The support of Hainan Province made him feel very at ease: "The special fund is very in place, and the funding for each project leader is guaranteed." This allows him to focus more on exploring the mysteries of banana ripening mechanisms and promoting product quality improvement.

Lü Peitao (吕培涛) described this platform as "like a magnet," which not only attracted him, but also attracted several doctoral students he had supervised. After graduation, these young people also chose to come to Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City (崖州湾科技城) to pursue their scientific research ideals.

"With the goal of building an island of talent and an island of technological innovation, Hainan Province benchmarks the construction requirements of national high-level talent highlands and platforms for attracting and gathering talents, focuses on 'strengthening in five directions,' vigorously gathers innovation resources, strives to build high-level innovation carriers, introduces and cultivates a group of talents needed by key industries, and effectively gives play to the supporting and leading role of talents," said Zhou Ruwei (周汝伟), deputy director of the Talent Development Bureau of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee (海南省委人才发展局).

Serving Talents Like Family Members

Walking into the National Nanfan Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院国家南繁研究院) in Sanya (三亚), the latest achievements in seed industry technology are displayed in the hall. Behind these achievements is the silent hard work of a team of more than 700 experts.

Among the team, there are 123 flexibly introduced "migratory bird" experts who have traveled thousands of miles. Liu Ji (刘记), deputy director of the Nanfan Research Institute, was also once one of the "migratory birds." However, an unforgettable experience made him no longer travel far and chose to settle down here.

In 2023, he suddenly suffered from a rare disease and needed high surgery costs. This is a heavy burden for a scientific researcher in the working class.

Not long after being discharged from the hospital, his mobile phone "dinged" and a text message popped up: the claim payment has been received.

"I didn't fill out a form, didn't declare it, and didn't even know there was this money. Is it a scam?" Liu Ji (刘记) was shocked and went to verify it, only to find that it was a commercial health insurance automatically cashed out for high-level talents by Sanya City (三亚市) through background data comparison, and it was exempt from application.

"Serving talents like family members is really a full sense of belonging," Liu Ji (刘记) said. Nowadays, many experts at the Nanfan Research Institute, like him, have moved their household registration to Sanya (三亚) and settled their homes here.

Liu Ji's (刘记) experience is a microcosm of Hainan's refined talent service. By establishing a unified talent service platform for the province and systems such as the "Tianya Elite Card" (天涯英才卡), Hainan solves talents' worries about settling down, housing, medical care, etc., and innovatively implements a high-level talent service liaison system, taking the initiative to deliver services and solve problems, creating a comprehensive development environment that is reassuring and heartwarming.

In Haikou (海口), Chen Yun (陈鋆), the founder of Hainan Flyby Technology Co., Ltd. (海南飞行者科技有限公司), has a deep understanding of this. In 2016, he started a business in a rental house with 3 people to make drones. At the most difficult time, he couldn't even pay wages. "The government's industrial fund provided timely help, and the specialists from the Haikou Science, Technology and Industrial Information Bureau (海口科学技术和工业信息化局) took the initiative to provide services and helped us connect with university talent resources," he said.

"In the past, companies wanted to consult experts, but lacked access. Now the government takes the initiative to invite experts over," Chen Yun (陈鋆) said. Thanks to the seamless integration of industry, academia and research, Flyby Technology Co. (飞行者科技公司) has undertaken the province's anti-smuggling social management platform's situation early warning project and has rapidly grown into a national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprise.

In Yangpu Bonded Port Area (洋浦保税港区) in Danzhou (儋州), Yu Zhe (余喆) is discussing policy details with the local customs on corporate demands. She was originally a judge's assistant at the Haikou Maritime Court (海口海事法院), but now her identity is a talent commissioner.

This is an innovative measure launched by Hainan in 2025. It selects 520 cadres and talents from government agencies, enterprises and institutions, without occupying establishment quotas or transferring relationships, and directly descends to key parks and enterprises to solve problems in groups. Yu Zhe (余喆) and three other commissioners from universities and enterprises formed a "cross-border team" to specialize in tackling the stress test of Yangpu Port's (洋浦口岸) closure operation.

"In the past, I worked in the court, but now I provide door-to-door service on the front line," Yu Zhe (余喆) said. The Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) is about to be closed and operated, and there are complex legal rules and process bottlenecks in the series of policies, which many companies find confusing and difficult to deal with in practice. The team members used their expertise to help many companies solve urgent and difficult problems.

Fully Stimulating Enthusiasm for Starting a Business

Hao Xiaofei (郝晓飞), director of the Teaching and Research Office of Hainan Technician College (海南省技师学院), has been in a good mood recently. What makes him happy is not because of himself, but because of his student Wang Guansen (王冠森).

Under the guidance of Hao Xiaofei (郝晓飞), Wang Guansen (王冠森) worked hard to practice numerical control technology and achieved excellent results in the National Vocational Skills Competition. Not long ago, Wang Guansen (王冠森), who stayed at the school to teach, excitedly told Hao Xiaofei (郝晓飞) that with his skill certificate, he had applied for a talent housing subsidy with the same standards as undergraduates. "Teacher, now I can settle down in Haikou (海口)!"

"In the past, students in vocational colleges always felt that the development ceiling was low and the career prospects were unclear, and they couldn't be retained after graduation," Hao Xiaofei (郝晓飞) said, "Most talent policies are inclined towards people with higher education, and front-line technicians are often excluded." The introduction of the "Three-Year Action Plan for 'Skill Free Trade Port' (2023-2025)" ("技能自贸港"三年行动方案（2023—2025年）) broke the theory of only academic qualifications, and technicians and senior workers can enjoy the same talent treatment.

At present, Hainan is building a more open talent mechanism, introducing talent classification and evaluation reform, breaking the tendency of only academic qualifications and papers, incorporating market-oriented indicators such as salary levels and skill levels into the evaluation system, and dividing them into five categories of high-level talents: A, B, C, D, and E. At present, the province has identified more than 76,000 high-level talents in the five categories.

"Enjoying subsidies and being respected is both face-saving and practical," Hao Xiaofei (郝晓飞) sighed. Nowadays, he himself has been identified as a "D-level high-level talent" based on his skills. The improvement of this evaluation system allows the spirit of craftsmanship to have real value in the free trade port.

Hainan has grasped the "key to solving the problem" in the reform of talent evaluation and use, by optimizing the classification standards of high-level talents, introducing a dual evaluation system recognized by the market and society, and delegating identification authority. At the same time, it has greatly "relaxed restrictions" in terms of establishment, positions, and funding, fully stimulating the internal motivation of talents to start businesses.

In the Haikou National High-tech Zone (海口国家高新区), in the R&D center of Hainan Huayan Collagen Technology Co., Ltd. (海南华研胶原科技股份有限公司), Zhao Zifang (赵子方), the head of the company, is leading the team to tackle an international cutting-edge technology of "collagen cyclic dipeptide." In 2020, he gave up his stable job and went south to Hainan, leading the company to overcome many technical difficulties, and obtained more than 100 patents in a few years.

"We are a private enterprise, and we used to be most afraid of 'running with' in title evaluation and project declaration," Zhao Zifang (赵子方) admitted frankly. Pain points are the focus of reform. Chen Wanjie (陈万杰), director of the Comprehensive Division of the Talent Development Bureau of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee (海南省委人才发展局), introduced that Hainan has issued a list of "authorization and relaxation" to support talent development, giving employers greater autonomy in the use of establishment quotas, position settings, and salary distribution.

"Who is a talent is determined by the market." Hainan delegates the evaluation power to the market and enterprises. Based on tax payment and scientific research investment, Huayan Company (华研公司) can directly identify high-level talents. This allows Zhao Zifang (赵子方) to boldly introduce more than 30 full-time scientific researchers from outside the province and accumulate R&D advantages. Nowadays, Huayan Company (华研公司) has become a "chain owner" enterprise in the industry, driving the collective leap of upstream and downstream industries.

As night falls, Haikou Bay (海口湾) is brightly lit, and all kinds of talents are showing their talents and racing in the vast world of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) construction. "We must continue to deepen the reform of the talent system and mechanism, and strive to build an open talent ecology of 'the whole island as a chessboard' to provide strong talent support for the construction of the free trade port," said a relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee (海南省委组织部).

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Using examinations to promote performance and select talent.

By: 本报记者 沈童睿

At the end of the year, the assessment season arrives again. However, in the Organization Department of the Zannan County Party Committee (扎囊县委组织部) in Shannan City (山南市), Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区), the staff no longer feel the tension of preparing a large number of materials for inspection as in previous years. "The assessment method has been optimized, and more attention is paid to on-site inspections and work performance," one cadre frankly said. This change stems from the vigorous promotion of the annual comprehensive assessment reform in the Tibet Autonomous Region in recent years.

The Tibet Autonomous Region adheres to the principle of "appointing cadres based on ability and judging heroes based on performance," promoting work through assessment and selecting people through assessment, and has established a comprehensive assessment and evaluation system that is comprehensive, clearly oriented, and precisely differentiated. The key to the reform lies in "merging" and "streamlining": formulating and issuing five comprehensive assessment measures for prefectures and cities, directly affiliated units of the autonomous region, universities directly under the autonomous region, state-owned enterprises under the autonomous region, and temple management committees, using comprehensive assessment to merge Party building assessment, cadre assessment, and business assessment, and implementing a "1+1" assessment system of "autonomous region annual comprehensive assessment + promotion of rural revitalization strategy performance assessment" for prefectures and cities to achieve the unity of assessing people and assessing matters. The Tibet Autonomous Region has cumulatively streamlined 32.7% of the assessment indicators for prefectures and cities, and guided prefectures and cities to significantly streamline 78.8% of the assessment indicators for counties and districts.

How to ensure that the assessment truly reflects performance and distinguishes between good and bad? The Tibet Autonomous Region highlights key points and accurately portrays images. The annual comprehensive assessment reform closely focuses on the "four major tasks" of stability, development, ecology, and strengthening the border, fully considering the functional positioning, resource endowment, and development stage of different regions, as well as the characteristics of the responsibilities of each unit, and differentially setting assessment indicators and weights.

Qamdo City's (昌都市) Ruoqi County (类乌齐县) solicited opinions from county-level units and townships before determining the 2024 annual comprehensive assessment indicator system, taking into account the size and functions of different units, and combining common and individual work to set targeted quantitative assessment indicators. Different industry departments such as agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, water, health, and social security and employment implement differentiated assessments based on their nature, characteristics, and key tasks.

In order to ensure that the assessment results are objective and true, the Tibet Autonomous Region has boldly innovated in methods. In addition to conventional evaluations, it has also introduced political quality assessments, evaluations by leaders of the autonomous region, public satisfaction surveys, random home visits, and other methods, and cross-verified the assessment results with the results of inspections, audits, and other work.

"Assessment" is a means, and "application" is the key. The Tibet Autonomous Region closely integrates the assessment results with the selection and appointment, management and supervision, and incentive and restraint of cadres, establishing a practical orientation of "**能者上、优者奖、庸者下、劣者汰**" (néng zhě shàng, yōu zhě jiǎng, yōng zhě xià, liè zhě tài - "the capable go up, the excellent are rewarded, the mediocre go down, the inferior are eliminated," promoting the capable and demoting the incompetent).

Every year, the Tibet Autonomous Region commends regions and units with excellent assessments, and their leading cadres are given priority for promotion under the same conditions. Those rated as "general" are given collective talks and ordered to rectify within a time limit, and members of the leadership team are not promoted before the rectification is in place. More importantly, the annual comprehensive assessment is closely integrated with the research work of outstanding cadres, and the recommendation of outstanding cadres is carried out simultaneously in the assessment. Realistic performance materials are formed for each outstanding performer, and the outstanding cadre pool is dynamically adjusted.

Nyingchi City (林芝市) focuses on "how to identify the ability of cadres and how to evaluate work performance," innovates "immersive" research, goes deep into work positions and performance sites, learns about the actual performance of cadres from "local reputation," and discovers and grasps cadres with excellent work performance and good public evaluation through seeing people and things, recommending excellence and comparing selections.

"In order to further improve the scientific and standardized level of assessment work, we promptly follow up and comprehensively summarize the practical effectiveness of the annual comprehensive assessment, complete the full coverage guidance of the assessment work of 7 prefectures and cities and 74 counties and districts, and continuously improve from the aspects of responsibility implementation, system construction, methods, grade evaluation, and result application," said the relevant person in charge of the Tibet Autonomous Region Assessment Office.

In the past 4 years, the Tibet Autonomous Region has cumulatively discovered and grasped more than 1,200 outstanding cadres through assessment. More than 90% of the cadres promoted and used by the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region are outstanding cadres discovered through assessment or cadres rated as "excellent." As the assessment "baton" continues to be optimized, the orientation of advocating practical work is becoming increasingly clear, the spirit of the majority of Party members and cadres is continuously boosted, and the various undertakings of Tibet are promoted to maintain a good development momentum.

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Precise profiling, optimized selection and strong allocation.

By: 本报记者 何昭宇

"This comrade has a strong sense of responsibility and always treats visiting members of the public with enthusiasm." "This comrade is active in thinking, does not 循规蹈矩 (xún guī dǎo jǔ - "follow the rules and regulations," adhere to conventions and be unwilling to be flexible), and is good at finding new ideas when faced with new problems." "This comrade has been rooted in the grassroots for a long time and is experienced. Although he is approaching retirement, his enthusiasm for work has not diminished"... Looking through the assessment and research report of the Organization Department of the CPC Chenzhou (郴州) Municipal Committee in Hunan (湖南) Province, a series of descriptions clearly depict the "portraits" of various cadres.

"To identify cadres, the assessment is in the daily routine, and the research and judgment are frequent." Chen Runlin (陈润林), chief of the Cadre Section 1 of the Organization Department of the CPC Chenzhou (郴州) Municipal Committee, said that the local area coordinates daily research, assessment and inspection, discipline inspection and supervision, inspection and supervision, grassroots party building debriefing and evaluation, and other situations, comprehensively considers factors such as personality, expertise, and shortcomings, and conducts accurate portraits of members of the municipal management team and outstanding positive section-level cadres.

Fill out a form, draw an accurate portrait, build a good database, and put together a complete file... In the past two years, Chenzhou (郴州) City has promoted the whole-process documentary work of cadre selection and appointment, and has sorted out 461 person-times of the whole-process documentary files of cadre selection and appointment, striving to ensure that cadre selection and appointment are based on evidence, the whole process is traceable, and responsibilities can be evaluated, and continuously improve the standardization and scientific level of cadre selection and appointment.

"It is not strong if one person is strong, but it is strong if the team is strong." Shou Diyang (首弟阳), deputy minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Chenzhou (郴州) Municipal Committee in charge of daily work, participated in the research and analysis of the team configuration of various counties (cities and districts), and has a deep understanding of the importance of team structure: Beihu District (北湖区) lacks young cadres, Zixing City (资兴市) lacks industrial science and technology cadres, Guiyang County (桂阳县) lacks financial cadres, and Anren County (安仁县) and Linwu County (临武县) have too many local cadres... "An unbalanced team structure is often an important factor restricting the development of a region," said Shou Diyang (首弟阳).

In recent years, Chenzhou (郴州) City has set up 12 elements around promoting high-quality development and mobilizing the enthusiasm of cadres, selected and deployed more than 110 cadres of various types, and adjusted 7 cadres who were not suitable for their current positions, enhancing the systematicness, accuracy, and scientific nature of team selection and deployment, and improving the effectiveness of organizational work in serving the overall situation.

"In the next step, we will improve the method of 'talking face-to-face, listening on the front line, watching on the spot, conducting comprehensive research, and building a database for preparation,' focus on strengthening the analysis and research and judgment of the allocation elements of the leading team, and ensure that the quality, structure, function, and vitality of cadres at all levels and the leading team are good." The relevant person in charge of the Organization Department of the CPC Chenzhou (郴州) Municipal Committee said.

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Adherence to Party Building Leadership to Stimulate Co-Governance Vitality (Jin Tai Tide Sound)

By: 刘 健

The governance of megacities requires addressing complex challenges, and the effectiveness of governance largely depends on whether synergy can be formed. An important role of Party building lies in integrating dispersed governance resources, diverse participating entities, and overlapping division of responsibilities into a system with consistent direction and coordinated order. In recent years, Jinshan District (金山区), Shanghai (上海), has deeply studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on grassroots governance, adhered to the leadership of Party building, and continuously explored the construction of an urban governance community of shared participation, shared responsibility, shared contribution, and shared benefits.

In response to the problems of large governance scope and difficulty in refinement at the street and town level, and the difficulty in coordinating work and relatively insufficient resources at the residential and village level, Jinshan District (金山区) has set up 37 comprehensive grids between streets/towns and residential areas/villages. Relying on the grid Party building joint meeting mechanism, it explores and constructs a work method of Party building leadership, departmental collaboration, diversified participation, source governance, rule of law guarantee, and digital empowerment, carrying out "unveiling and answering together" for common problems, and transforming the organizational advantages of the Party into governance advantages.

The improvement of governance effectiveness is often constrained by the geographical boundaries of the governance field and the functional division of governance subjects. Jinshan District (金山区) focuses on cross-regional, cross-departmental, and cross-level problems such as civilized pet ownership, greening management, and noise disturbance, promotes the formulation of work guidelines by district-level functional departments, continuously strengthens the rapid response and coordinated disposal of "block call strip response," and promotes the precise sinking of resources, forces, and services to the front line. This move has cleared the "nerve endings" of grassroots governance, allowing the urgent and difficult problems of the masses to be effectively responded to in the "last kilometer."

Party building leadership is by no means a simple organizational coverage, but also provides system-integrated thinking and methods. Jinshan District (金山区) promotes the construction of the "One Number One Code" smart work platform, which is to promote the interconnection of governance data and the reengineering of business processes through Party building leadership, and efficiently realize the masses' demands of "someone listening and handling immediately." In order to further improve governance effectiveness, Jinshan District (金山区) also actively transforms from "treating the disease" to "preventing the disease," deeply carries out the "Four Hundreds" large-scale visits, and establishes a working mechanism of "visiting and contacting without litigation, early warning analysis before litigation, and direct access to public opinion for immediate handling of litigation," grasping the source investigation, comprehensive research and judgment, and conflict resolution of high-frequency matters, and promoting the upgrading from "solving one thing" to "solving a category of things."

The people build the city, and the city is for the people. The key to Party building leading diversified co-governance lies in stimulating the "sense of ownership" of the people and improving the governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance, and sharing. Jinshan District (金山区) explores the establishment of a "community co-governance committee" with the Party organization of the residential area as the core, the owners' committee and property company as the support, and the building group leader, community police, and community governance backbone as the main body, mobilizing various forces in the community to widely collect opinions, carry out deliberation and consultation, strengthen work supervision, and mobilize and unite the masses, and continuously activate the endogenous power of grassroots governance.

Ultimately, Party building leading grassroots governance, diversified participation in co-governance and sharing is a profound change in the governance paradigm. It condenses consensus through value leadership, integrates resources through organizational linkage, breaks down barriers through mechanism innovation, and wins the hearts of the people through refined services. Putting the Party's leadership throughout the whole process and all aspects of urban governance can inject strong and lasting impetus into promoting the modernization of megacity governance.

(The author is the Secretary of the Jinshan District (金山区) Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党).)

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Editor in Charge for This Edition: Wu Chuqi

Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)

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Webank: Fulfilling the Mission of Inclusive Finance and Exploring a New Path of High-Quality Development

Eleven years ago, WeBank (微众银行), as the first digital bank in China, started in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), bravely acting as a "pathfinder" and "gap filler," developing and growing in the wave of digital economic development.

For 11 years, WeBank (微众银行) has adhered to the mission of "making finance inclusive for the masses," from consolidating the technological foundation to promoting digital and intelligent transformation, from serving tens of millions of individuals to precisely irrigating millions of small and micro enterprises, using practical work to interpret the corporate responsibility of "finance for good, technology leading," and continuously exploring new paths for high-quality development.

Adhering to the Mission: Unblocking the "Last Mile" of Inclusive Finance

Since its establishment, WeBank (微众银行) has taken digitalization as its development engine, practiced the mission of "making finance inclusive for the masses," accurately connecting with the financial needs of various social groups, making inclusive financial services accessible and integrated into people's better lives.

In the personal financial services sector, WeBank (微众银行) has launched inclusive financial products such as "Weilidai (微粒贷)" and "WeBank Wealth+ (微众银行财富+)," serving more than 430 million individual customers cumulatively. In 2015, WeBank (微众银行) launched "Weilidai (微粒贷)," innovatively introducing a pure online credit loan model for the banking industry, contributing to the innovative development of the consumer credit market, and allowing inclusive financial services to reach more small and micro customers, of which about 71% of customers have a single loan cost of less than 100 yuan, and about 18% of customers are "first-time borrowers."

In terms of corporate financial services, targeting the financing difficulties of small and micro enterprises that are "short, small, frequent, and urgent," "Weiyedai (微业贷)" relies on the advantages of digital big data risk control, precise reach, and a complete corporate service system to greatly improve the financing efficiency of small and micro enterprises. At present, "Weiyedai (微业贷)" has radiated to 30 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government), with more than 6 million enterprises applying cumulatively, more than 1.7 million credit-granted customers cumulatively, and a cumulative credit amount of 1.7 trillion yuan. Among the credit-granted enterprises, private enterprises account for more than 99%, about 50% of customers are enterprises with no credit history, and a cumulative total of 380,000 enterprises have obtained the first corporate loan from WeBank (微众银行).

Targeting science and technology small and micro enterprises, WeBank (微众银行) has built a "government-bank-investment-insurance-guarantee" cooperation model. Nearly 50% of national high-tech enterprises in Shenzhen (深圳) have applied for "Weiyedai (微业贷)," with a cumulative credit amount of more than 33 billion yuan. In addition, WeBank (微众银行) has jointly launched products such as "Science and Technology Start-up Pass (科技初创通)" and "Emerging Future Industry Loan (战新未来产业贷)" to accurately match the financing needs of science and technology enterprises at different stages of development. In May 2025, "Weimaodai (微贸贷)," focusing on serving foreign trade small and micro enterprises, was launched to provide efficient and low-cost financing services for foreign trade small and micro enterprises, helping foreign trade enterprises to develop steadily.

Technology Empowerment: Building a Solid Foundation for the Global Development of Digital Banks

As a pioneer of digital banks in China, WeBank (微众银行) has never stopped exploring technology. The inclusive finance customer base is large, and the demand is small, dispersed, high-frequency, and diverse, which puts higher demands on the bank's technology capability system. Since its establishment 11 years ago, WeBank (微众银行) has successfully built a digital operation and management system covering all business scenarios through the deep application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing, creating a digital bank capability system with domestic, digital, modular, and intelligent characteristics, and gradually growing into a digital bank that has been widely recognized at home and abroad.

WeBank (微众银行) insists on independent innovation and has built the first distributed banking system architecture in China with completely independent intellectual property rights that can support hundreds of millions of customers and high-concurrency transactions. After continuous iteration, the IT operation and maintenance cost of this system per single account is controlled at about 2 yuan per year, and the peak daily transaction volume exceeds 1.4 billion transactions, providing a solid guarantee for the development of banking business and low-cost operation.

For 11 years, the proportion of technology personnel in WeBank (微众银行) has always exceeded 50% of the total number of employees, and the proportion of IT investment in revenue has exceeded 9% over the years, with a cumulative total of more than 4,000 patent applications submitted and more than 1,300 patents granted.

While consolidating its own capabilities, WeBank (微众银行) actively contributes to the "going global" of China's financial technology. As a technology subsidiary of WeBank (微众银行), WeBank Technology (微众科技) relies on the parent bank's leading financial technology capabilities, based in Hong Kong (香港), builds the Hong Kong (香港) headquarters into a sales center and innovation center serving the world, and provides digital finance and digital infrastructure solutions to global customers, helping to improve the local financial digitalization level and serve the local digital economy development. At present, WeBank Technology's (微众科技) business has expanded to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and other overseas markets, with a cumulative total of more than 20 institutions negotiated for cooperation and a cooperation intention amount of more than hundreds of millions of US dollars.

Innovation and Upgrade: Anchoring the New Goal of "AI Native Bank"

Currently, the breakthrough development of generative AI technology represented by large language models marks that the development of digital finance is entering a new stage. As the first digital bank in China, WeBank (微众银行) systematically proposed the "AI Native Bank" strategy in 2025, from building technical infrastructure, tool chains to diversified application models, comprehensively consolidating the AI capability base, continuously deepening the integration of full-scenario business, focusing on reshaping the organizational structure and governance system, and accelerating the transition "from digital native bank to AI native bank."

In terms of AI infrastructure, WeBank (微众银行) has established a low-cost and highly flexible multi-mode computing power supply system, which not only realizes the efficient management and scheduling of computing power, but also supports one-click deployment and one-click fine-tuning of models, significantly reducing the development and operation and maintenance threshold of AI applications. WeBank's (微众银行) self-developed AI intelligent computing switch for the financial industry builds a high-performance intelligent computing network with independent and controllable software and hardware, laying a smart, agile, economical and affordable computing power foundation. In terms of AI application construction, through a one-stop AI application construction platform and an enterprise-level knowledge platform, it supports low-code development and efficient knowledge accumulation, greatly reducing the development threshold. At the application development level, WeBank (微众银行) has deployed more than 100 AI scenarios, more than 800 AI Agents (intelligent bodies) and more than 50 digital employees, and has achieved remarkable results in key business areas such as risk control, marketing, and customer service: for example, AI credit bond review has shortened the report generation time from several days to 10 minutes, marketing acquisition has increased by 21%, and costs have been reduced by 5%, comprehensively promoting operational efficiency and cost optimization.

Moving towards an "AI Native Bank" requires comprehensive, in-depth, and systematic changes in strategy, system, talent, and application. At present, WeBank (微众银行) is gathering the wisdom and strength of the entire bank to steadily promote the construction of "AI Native Bank," and is committed to exploring paths and accumulating experience for the innovative development of the industry.

Performing Duties and Responsibilities: Delivering the Warmth and Power of "Finance for Good"

For 11 years, WeBank (微众银行) has always delivered humanistic care with warm financial services, deeply integrated the concept of "finance for good" into daily services, and continued to exert efforts in areas such as crossing the "digital divide" and helping the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, practicing corporate social responsibility.

WeBank (微众银行) provides warm services for special groups. For hearing-impaired people, "Weilidai (微粒贷)" has formed a dedicated sign language service team, opened an exclusive remote video identity verification process, and provides convenient and safe financial services; for visually impaired people, since 2020, it has continuously developed an exclusive APP version, forming a functional solution and service process covering the entire business process, helping visually impaired customers to use online financial services smoothly; facing the elderly group, it has launched a safe, simple, and easy-to-use "WeBank Wealth+ Parents Version (微众银行财富+爸妈版)" exclusive APP version, established intimate functions such as air counters, digital and intelligent outlets, one-click customer service, and exclusive assistants to optimize the user experience for elderly users.

WeBank (微众银行) has also extended financial services to the vast countryside. The "Weilidai Rural Revitalization Assistance Project (微粒贷乡村振兴帮扶项目)" has built a sustainable financial assistance mechanism by contributing taxes to key national rural revitalization assistance counties. At present, the project has been implemented in 48 counties, including 6 key national rural revitalization assistance counties, with a cumulative tax contribution of more than 2.9 billion yuan, providing continuous financial support for local infrastructure construction, industrial development, and people's livelihood improvement.

Eleven years of unremitting efforts, WeBank (微众银行) has integrated its own growth into the overall development situation, improved the quality and efficiency of inclusive financial services with technological innovation, and delivered the temperature of inclusive financial services with responsibility.

Moving towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," WeBank (微众银行) will always shoulder the mission of inclusive finance, promote high-quality development with technological innovation and the construction of "AI Native Bank," and actively fulfill its corporate social responsibility, moving towards the vision of "a globally leading digital bank" and contributing greater strength to promoting the construction of a financial power.

Data source: WeBank (微众银行)

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Literature and Art: Closely Connected to the People and Life (Upholding "Two Innovations" · Focusing on Literature and Art in the New Era)

By: 马 涌

The people, carrying their vibrant lives, have taken the initiative to step onto the forefront of art and literature. Within the realm of art and literature, all enthusiasts and practitioners have ushered in a moment that they should strive for, a moment they must strive for, and the destination of this striving must be the artistic peak that the era calls for.

In the name of new mass art and literature, creators from all walks of life have presented stunning and touching works. They are not familiar with profound artistic theories, nor do they master exquisite creative techniques. What they rely on, and what they are proud of, is the diverse and inexhaustible source – life.

In Xihai Gu (西海固) in Ningxia (宁夏), farmer Shan Xiaohua (单小花) watches over the fields, recording the hope of "tiny moss flowers" blooming; young patient Ma Jun (马骏) writes on his kang (炕, a heatable brick bed), winning the "Junma Award (骏马奖)" for himself. In Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东), barbecue stall owner Wen Xiongzhen (温雄珍) glimpses poetry from the hustle and bustle of the night market; cleaning lady Wang Ying (王瑛) swipes her phone screen, using memos to write about the "fluffy texture of life." In Qingxi Village (清溪村), Hunan (湖南), the literary charm of *Great Changes in a Mountain Village (山乡巨变)* is connected to the current new life in the village, co-authored by many villagers and writers... In more places, there are more people who are stirred by the tides of the times, either writing, filming, or singing, bravely embracing artistic creation. Their works contain the steaming atmosphere of the marketplace, the refreshing fragrance of the soil, and the colorful scenes of the times reflected in many eyes, thus arousing resonance in more hearts – this inspiring power is, without a doubt, the great power of art and literature.

If we place their works on a longer timeline, it is not difficult to discover the "newness" of the new mass art and literature – these creations are closer to life, and unprecedentedly close.

More than 80 years ago in Yan'an (延安), what the era called for was for literary and artistic workers to bid farewell to "foreign and ancient (大洋古)," to go to life, to go to a more real and broader life. Art and literature went to the masses, spoke for the masses, drew inspiration from the lives of the masses, and then dedicated it to the masses. Now, under the conditions of the Internet, art and literature come from the masses. Numerous laborers do not need to be "represented," but "speak for themselves" from now on. Their creations are "directly connected" to their own lives, without twists and turns, flowing out naturally.

In this sense, the practice of new mass art and literature is a historical innovation of the "only source" of artistic creation: the development of the new era has endowed the creative behavior of the masses "exploring the source" from the depths of life with unprecedented cultural foundation, technical convenience, and dissemination advantages. Everyone can create, and life is creation. Art and literature, with the power of the times, tightly embrace their own origin. The people-oriented nature of art and literature is therefore most directly and fully demonstrated.

New mass art and literature is born in response to the development of the times and is popular because of the needs of the masses. When the masses praise the "new mass art and literature" for its original and authentic sense of life, literary and artistic workers in the traditional sense should also have some thoughts and insights from it – the more widely and enthusiastically the new mass art and literature is welcomed, the more it proves that the demand for the essence of life in literary and artistic works is far from being satisfied.

Some writers piece together works with jokes, "downgrading" the depiction of life in literature to a second-hand source of online news; some film and television works "float" above life, and the stories and scenes presented make the audience shout "fake"; some institutions and organizations simplify the wonderful method of "collecting folk songs (采风)," which goes deep into life, into sightseeing tours and personal favors; some creators are fond of routines, simplifying, stereotyping, and formulating complex life; and even worse, they abandon basic artistic integrity and beg for help from AI or even plagiarism... All of this, tracing back to the source, is because the creators have separated from the living source of life and have retreated into the realm of closed-door creation. This kind of creation may gain public attention and market feedback for a certain period of time, but how can water without a source last long? In the end, it will either dry up and stop flowing, or become stagnant water.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Cultural and artistic workers should jump out of their own small joys and sorrows, go deep into practice, observe the lives of the people, express the voices of the people, and use their hearts, emotions, and efforts to write about the people, depict the people, and sing about the people." In artistic creation, no matter how fancy the tricks are, it is difficult to make up for the fundamental lack of life materials. When this new mass art and literature is booming, we should understand the enlightenment in it and take this as an opportunity to closely connect art and literature with life and with the people.

"There are a hundred or a thousand methods of artistic creation, but the most fundamental, most critical, and most reliable method is to take root in the people and take root in life." Now, the people, carrying their vibrant lives, have taken the initiative to step onto the forefront of art and literature. Within the realm of art and literature, all enthusiasts and practitioners have ushered in a moment that they should strive for, a moment they must strive for.

And the destination of this striving must be the artistic peak that the era calls for.

The peak is by no means out of reach. Hope is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of the vibrant new mass art and literature. On the one hand, the new mass art and literature creation, which is soaked in life, has accumulated enough potential and has the possibility of climbing to the peak. On the other hand, the collision and integration of mass creation and professional fields is also expected to give birth to unprecedented masterpieces. This possibility is thought-provoking: more than 20 years ago, an engineer from a hydropower station used his spare time to create and wrote the world-class science fiction masterpiece *The Three-Body Problem (三体)*, which became one of the most important achievements in Chinese literature this century. This journey to the peak is similar to the road of new mass art and literature creation. Although it is an individual case, it powerfully shows that the peak of the era is most likely to emerge from the colorful artistic practices of thousands of people.

In this new journey, "mass" is not "mediocre," but contains a vast innovative force; "amateur" is not "rough," but represents admirable reserves and empowerment. The depth of professionalism and the breadth of life will surely weave together an incomparably vast and incomparably lofty new world before us.

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The world of theater has no disabilities.

By: 任飞帆

Have you ever seen a theatrical performance by friends with disabilities? In this year's Starry Sky Arts Festival, one of the participating theater groups is composed of hearing-impaired actors, visually impaired actors, actors with physical disabilities, and able-bodied actors. This group is called the Leyi Theater Troupe (乐意剧团), and they already have two theatrical works.

I met the Leyi Theater Troupe (乐意剧团) at the Wuzhen Theatre Festival (乌镇戏剧节) last year, when their play "Reversing the Future" amazed many audience members. The play naturally used the actors' original physical conditions to introduce the theme: breaking down prejudice and respecting equality. The second play is also a fantasy theme, and the story is not only closely related to the real experiences and life feelings of the actors on stage, but also further explores many social issues of concern to the public.

They are amateur actors and people with disabilities, but they have not lowered the standards of art in the slightest. The actors' "voice, stage presence, form, and expression" must be basically up to par, and habits such as frowning and hunching are strictly supervised and corrected by the director. People with different types of disabilities need to overcome difficulties that are hard for ordinary people to imagine to perform on the same stage. On stage, music and lighting must be perfectly timed to facilitate the actors' ability to capture signals. When blind and deaf-mute people act together, the deaf-mute people cannot hear the blind people's lines, and the blind people cannot see the deaf-mute people's sign language. They can only find "codes" to communicate with each other through repeated rehearsals. In a public performance, an actor missed a large section of lines due to nervousness, but the person who picked up the scene was a deaf-mute actor who could not hear the sound. All the cast and crew on the stage secretly sweated. Unexpectedly, the deaf-mute actor very naturally picked up the correct lines. It turned out that he adjusted his performance based on the subtle changes in his partner's movements. For each performance, the crew needs to enter the venue two days in advance to familiarize themselves with the stage. Actors with physical disabilities must ensure that the movement lines are completely barrier-free, and visually impaired actors must remember where to start, where to turn, and how many steps to take to accurately find their position.

During the rehearsal process, hearing-impaired actors help actors with physical disabilities move forward, actors with physical disabilities help visually impaired actors distinguish directions, and hearing-impaired actors help visually impaired actors improve their physical movements... These actors are usually scattered in different corners of the city, each with their own work and life, and it is theater that brings them together. Everyone encourages each other, supports each other, and enhances their psychological resilience and self-identity. From repeated rehearsals and careful consideration of details to the final wonderful presentation, it is also a powerful proof to the public that people with disabilities are just a difference and can also create their own value.

Sitting in the audience, what touched me most was the composure and 不卑不亢 (bù bēi bù kàng - "neither humble nor arrogant," neither servile nor overbearing; maintaining one's dignity) of all the actors in the troupe. "You are happy to watch, and we are happy to perform. This is the Leyi Theater Troupe (乐意剧团)." The actors have a unique aesthetic perception and delicate creative ability. They have built a unique stage, showing richer life topics and life experiences. Theater nourishes their lives, and they also touch the hearts of the audience.

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Family warmth shines on the snowy field.

By: 赵 丽

When the rescued boy, Binggun (冰棍), stood in front of the camera, the staff guided him to recall happy things. The scene that emerged in his mind was: warm sunlight shining on the snow, Hu Ge (胡歌) playing Zhu Shaoyu (朱邵玉) beside him, and Wen Qi (文淇) playing Li Qi (李棋) urging him to hurry on the road in the car... This ordinary daily scene in life has become the warmest imprint in Binggun's life.

This is the ending of the movie "Three Drops of Blood," adapted from a true story, and it is also the most tender scene in the film.

In domestic films on the subject of anti-child trafficking, "Three Drops of Blood" is a work with a very distinctive authorial style. The film does not dwell on simple good-versus-evil confrontations and thrilling pursuits, but rather exposes the criminal chain of "family-style human trafficking." The two distinct industrial chains of trafficking in women and children, the slang terms such as "trafficking seedlings," and the division of labor in this network are all presented as realistically as possible. The main creators grasped the measure of the depiction more accurately and steadily, leading the film to a warmer side: through the journey of Zhu Shaoyu, a former offender, to find his son, the audience sees the fundamental goodness of human nature.

In terms of visual style, the film integrates the characteristics of the Northeast snowfield with the atmosphere of the story—desolate forest farms, snow-covered streets, and cold houses. The director uses cold tones to lay the groundwork, coupled with low background music and shaky shots, to create a strong sense of suffocation: the thrilling moment when someone peeks out in the snowy night, the long shot of chasing with guns, and the thrilling moment of the car crashing on the bridge all push the tension of the story to the extreme.

The actors' performances are also a stable output in the film. Hu Ge tore off the "idol" label and presented the complex character of Zhu Shaoyu with an almost extreme portrayal. To get close to the character, he lost weight until his cheeks were sunken, and the knife scars on his face, the greasy and frosty hair, and the gloomy and sharp eyes vividly portrayed a father searching for his son who was walking on the edge of crime. He interprets the multi-layered characteristics of the character—the anxiety of losing his son, the gloom, and the glimmer of humanity that has never been extinguished. Wen Qi played Li Qi, who was heavily pregnant, with a lot of layers. The fragility of a girl and the tenacity of motherhood were intertwined on her. When interacting with the speechless Binggun, she conveyed warmth that transcended blood ties with just one look. Yan Ni (闫妮), who played the "midwife," subverted her past image with her styling, and the real identity revealed in the second half of the film connected the suspenseful context of the whole film, allowing the tension to continue to ferment.

The most prominent value of the film lies in its profound depiction of human nature and family affection. The film title borrows from the Qinqiang opera "Three Drops of Blood" but jumps out of the blood relationship of "blood test recognition" and gives a clear attitude: true family affection is sometimes unrelated to blood. Zhu Shaoyu embarks on a path of revenge to find his son, Li Qi struggles to survive in order to seek shelter, and Binggun loses his language ability due to being abducted. Three strangers with many misfortunes pretend to be a family and walk on the edge of a knife. From mutual suspicion to warming each other, they dripped out the "third drop of blood" that transcends blood ties—family affection in an emotional sense. This is a very powerful proposition: true "family" does not necessarily rely on blood, but on choosing each other in the most difficult times.

At this point, it is not difficult for us to perceive the director's intention—to see the determined human nature in the texture of reality.

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How Far is it From the Stage to the Livestream Room?

By: 张颐武

With the internet profoundly reshaping the landscape of communication, a new wave of mass culture and art, where "everyone can participate and everyone can shine," is flourishing. The documentary-style interview program "Art Shines – Entering the Livestream Room" (《“艺”熠生辉——走进直播间》, hereinafter referred to as "Art Shines") focuses on this new mass culture and art, approaching a group of artists who were once active on traditional stages and are now revitalizing their careers in livestream rooms, as well as amateur talent streamers who are breaking boundaries and growing through online platforms, exploring the transformation of art in the digital age. When professional theaters are replaced by mobile phone screens on tripods, and applause from the audience becomes likes in the livestream room, what changes are taking place in today's culture and art?

The program adopts a blended format of "documentary exploration + in-depth dialogue + impromptu co-creation," with each episode revolving around the story of an artist streamer. Starting from entering the artist's livestream room, observing their preparation and performance status on the front and back stages; after the livestream, moving to a life-like setting for an interview; and finally concluding with an informal impromptu artistic collaboration, allowing emotions to flow naturally in a relaxed atmosphere.

The program records the artists' adaptation process from "bending down" to touch the internet to being "游刃有余" (yóu rèn yǒu yú - "handle a cleaver with skill," to be very capable and experienced). Bian Liunian (卞留念) transformed from "Music Director of the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony" to "Livestreaming Old Boy," Gao Yanjinzi (高艳津子) regards the livestream room as a "stage without discrimination" and calmly expands... Change is often difficult, sometimes only a thought away, but all require the solid support of the original artistic intention. The Ma Jia (马贾) couple uses livestreaming to promote international standard dance culture and broaden their career paths, Nazi Dilimulati (娜孜·地里木拉提) brings ethnic dance back to public life in the park, and Zhang Zhuojia (张晫嘉) opens up a niche track with the uniqueness of the theremin. These stories collectively paint a portrait of art workers exploring in multiple dimensions in the digital wave, reflecting the adaptability and evolution of the art world in the Internet era.

More than just recording, the program uses narration and dialogue to create a collision of ideas between different generations. Through the contrast between the plight of Gao Yanjinzi's (高艳津子) dance troupe and the breakthrough in the cloud, it reveals the challenges of artistic survival and the possibilities brought by livestreaming. The "quarrels" of the Ma Jia (马贾) couple in rehearsal and Nazi's (娜孜) reflection on the "spiritual inheritance" of ethnic dance jointly answer how to balance artistic professionalism and popularization. Wang Xiaowei's (王小玮) sober understanding of the relationship between traffic and discourse power, and Zhang Zhuojia's (张晫嘉) straightforward expression of "wanting to be popular so that more people can see," rationally discuss how to adhere to the original artistic intention in art communication. These discussions directly address key issues such as "art and traffic," "professionalism and the public," and "inheritance and innovation," presenting the survival situation and value reconstruction of art in contemporary society, and opening up a world of thought on top of real stories.

The program also incorporates a "play within a play" design, such as the host sending barrage questions in a virtual identity, and amateur streamers simultaneously livestreaming the exploration process, breaking the boundaries between the filming site and the online space. The audience follows the camera to see behind the scenes of the data-driven operation of the art livestreaming team, and also feels the emotional intensity of the artist "crying while performing." This setting and capture allows the audience to immersively experience the interactive nature of livestreaming and the real life state of art workers, enhancing the program's sense of immersion and authenticity.

"Art Shines" is an interview program, but also a window to observe social and cultural changes, and a film record of the ecological development of new mass culture and art. From this, the audience sees artists moving from the stage under the spotlight to the livestream room in front of the screen, completing the adjustment of personal artistic expression and public acceptance, revealing the profound transformation of art communication from one-way output to two-way interaction, and also indicating that the new mass culture and art is not a pan-entertainment that dissolves professionalism, but rather art integrates into public life in a new posture and a new language, which is a unity of rooting downwards and growing upwards. The program presents the audience with a moving new picture of art and culture, and also provides a representative social sample for understanding the vitality of China's current cultural ecology.

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How to Build a Brand for Costume Investigation Dramas (Artistic View)

By: 卞芸璐

The recent broadcast of the third installment of "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty: Chang'an" has once again sparked a frenzy of binge-watching. Simultaneously launched spin-off vertical short dramas "Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty: Chang'an County Constable" and the succeeding spin-off horizontal medium drama "Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty" cleverly interact with the long drama, forming the "Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty Universe" that fans are enthusiastically discussing.

The first installment of the "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty" series aired in 2022, winning over many viewers with its distinct Chinese aesthetics and Zhiguai (志怪) narrative style. The beneficial exploration of the "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty" series has gone beyond the narrow scope of genre innovation, demonstrating the powerful potential of excellent traditional Chinese culture driving film and television innovation, and also reflecting film and television industry experiences such as cross-media storytelling, serialization, and technological empowerment.

Firstly, it draws nourishment and inspiration from the tradition of classical Chinese narrative. The series originates from the eponymous series of miscellanea by screenwriter Wei Fenghua (魏风华). The original work is not a unit-structured novel story, but a compilation and interpretation of strange anecdotes and mysterious histories of the Tang Dynasty based on multiple Tang Dynasty legends and Zhiguai stories. From miscellanea to script, it is a process of dissolving, crushing, and reshaping the story world of the series. Inspired by Tang Dynasty legends and Zhiguai stories, Wei Fenghua organically integrated anecdotes such as "Qiting Painting Wall" (旗亭画壁), fantasies of "flying on a large urn," and even strange tales recorded in ancient books such as human-faced flowers, auspicious beast Bai Ze (白泽), and mechanical wooden birds, creating an oriental story world that focuses on detective work while taking into account historical biography and Zhiguai traditions, and contains romantic fantasies and bizarre thoughts.

Secondly, based on history, it reproduces historical features in the interweaving of fantasy and realism. Is it better to write based on historical materials, or to create a fairy-like fantasy? In the creative ecology of Chinese TV dramas, the aesthetic dispute between historical dramas and costume dramas has always been a difficult problem to solve. "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty" runs through the entire story with the clue of Jinwuwei (金吾卫) Zhonglang General Lu Lingfeng (卢凌风) and Di Renjie's (狄仁杰) closed-door disciple Su Wuming (苏无名) joining hands to solve cases. Many cases are full of flying imagination, so naturally they cannot be classified into the category of historical writing. However, in the choice of historical background and the presentation of social customs, this drama stays away from overhead and strives to restore a Tang Dynasty with a sense of historical continuity.

The work clearly "drops" the story into the historical time and space from Wu Zetian's (武则天) abdication to the Kaiyuan (开元) prosperous era. The undercurrents of various forces are surging, paving the way for the occurrence of cases and leaving space for the protagonists' activities. Although the narrative perspective of the series mainly focuses on the market, the "intertextuality" with history opens up a richly layered interpretation space for it.

The work also mobilizes the audience's interest in understanding history and traditional culture with a strong sense of historical immersion. For example, in the "Crying in Chenghua Temple" (成佛寺的哭声) unit case, the prototype of the "Wu Zetian Golden Slip" (武则天金简), a prop that played a decisive role in revealing the real murderer, is a real historical relic housed in the Henan Museum (河南博物院). The "Five Feet from the Sky" (去天尺五) unit case was inspired by the eight-character folk proverb of Chang'an (长安) in the Tang Dynasty: "The Wei and Du families in the south of the city are only five feet from the sky." In the case, the difference in social status between the aristocratic family and the merchant, and the key object "Fayue" (阀阅) that intensified the case, are all based on the cultural etiquette system of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, many historical elements such as Samarkand's "Golden Peach," traditional dessert "Sushan" (酥山), and the popular Tang Dynasty sport "Polo" are integrated into the story. In this way, a Tang Dynasty where swords and poems are intertwined, and the fireworks of the market and the splendor of civilization coexist, leaps onto the screen.

Finally, serialized creation and cross-media narrative layout are the key to the series nourishing the vitality of the IP and keeping it fresh. In addition to the three long dramas that have been broadcast so far, the series has also spawned three vertical micro-short dramas and one horizontal medium drama. They either tell the stories of branch characters or supplement the life experiences of the main characters, echoing and connecting with the long drama.

In this way, "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty" constructs a story world that is constantly growing and has many "access points." In this world, viewers can see interesting history, and can also solve puzzles, textual research, and interact, discover new connections between stories, and capture the "Easter eggs" hidden by the creators. The inspiration this brings to the creation of the series is that creating a unique aesthetic experience of "constantly discovering new things" can form a highly sticky audience group and enable the series to continue to flourish with vitality.

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A Song of Praise for the Toilers (Viewpoint)

The original dance work "Rooted" is set against the background of the improvement of saline-alkali land in Jilin (吉林), showcasing the story of strivers working hard on barren land. One person, one thing, one lifetime, he is connected to the land by blood, and his life is rooted here.

The dance shows considerable ingenuity in the use of props. A wooden stick is a tool for measuring the land and a backbone for supporting faith. The male actors use their bodies to express the relationship between people and the land. Through the display of strength, "rooting" becomes a portrayal of the spirit from action. The transformation of traditional dance vocabulary is also handled relatively naturally. The work extracts movements such as "pause step" and "flexion and extension" from Northeast Yangko, and integrates them into the context of "soil treatment and tackling difficulties"—the sinking footsteps show the stability of rooting, and the resilience of flexion and extension carries the meaning of overcoming difficulties, and the traditional program is effectively connected with the theme of the work. The work highlights the hardship of labor and the joy of harvest, allowing the audience to see that the vitality of national folk dance lies in "truth," which is both authenticity and sincerity.

Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Xinjiang (新疆) Li Yan (李燕)

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Editor in charge of this edition: Ren Feifan

This edition's email: wenyipl@peopledaily.cn
Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)

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