Summary: This article details Liaoning province's efforts to improve its environment and transition to a green economy, referencing Xi Jinping's emphasis on ecological protection during his visits to the province in 2022 and 2025. Key initiatives include pollution control in cities like Benxi, ecological restoration of the Horqin Sandy Land, and industrial transformation in Dalian's petrochemical industry. The province has achieved significant progress, including improved air quality, wetland restoration, and increased adoption of clean energy. Liaoning's Party Secretary Xu Kunlin affirmed the province's commitment to ecological priorities and high-quality development. The article also refers to the twentieth Central Committee's fourth Plenary session's call to accelerate the green transformation of economic and social development, and the Central Economic Work Conference's emphasis on promoting a comprehensive green transformation. The United States is not mentioned in the article.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of "实干" (practical work) as the key to achieving national goals and improving people's livelihoods, citing Xi Jinping's directives. It highlights successful examples of practical implementation, such as the Yangtze River "ten-year fishing ban" leading to ecological improvements, Shanghai's efforts to eliminate "拎马桶" (carrying chamber pots) to improve living conditions, and the expansion of affordable childcare services nationwide. The article stresses that these achievements are the result of consistent, pragmatic efforts by the Party and cadres. The success of these efforts has created a sense of satisfaction and security within the populace. No mention of the U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China is promoting the construction of "good houses" (好房子) focusing on safety, comfort, greenness, and intelligence, aiming to meet both rigid and diverse housing needs. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) will comprehensively improve housing standards, design, construction, materials, and services. Policies such as the revised "Residential Project Specification" which raises standards for building height and sound insulation, are being implemented alongside design competitions to promote functional and comfortable layouts. The government encourages local adaptation, pilot programs in affordable housing, and renovation of old houses. The MOHURD official emphasized the need to survey public demand in housing.
Summary: On December 18, 2025, the Hainan Free Trade Port officially initiated full island customs closure. The first batch of goods is passing through customs supervision channels at the centralized inspection sites of the "second-line ports" (freight) in Haikou's Xin Hai Port and Nan Port. This event signifies a major step in Hainan's development as a free trade hub.
Summary: The article emphasizes China's significant economic potential, highlighting the automotive industry's recent achievements as examples of this strength. It notes China's shift to the world's largest auto exporter and the rise of electric vehicles. The piece stresses the importance of innovation, urbanization, and human capital investment to unlock further potential. It also emphasizes that the economic development must be tailored to local conditions. The article references the US in relation to the success of China's electric vehicle industry.
Summary: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attended and addressed the launch event for Hainan Free Trade Port's island-wide customs clearance operations in Haikou. He emphasized that the Hainan Free Trade Port is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee, led by Xi Jinping, to promote reform and opening up. He stated that the basic conditions for island-wide customs clearance have been met and that this will be an opportunity to deepen reforms and promote high-quality development. He urged efforts to build Hainan into a key gateway for China's new era of opening up. He Lifeng also inspected cargo customs clearance, anti-smuggling joint prevention and control, and the implementation of offshore duty-free policies.
Summary: China's State Council issued an opinion to combat illegal activities related to tobacco across the entire supply chain, targeting issues like counterfeiting, smuggling, and sales of illicit products. The opinion emphasizes cracking down on overseas manufacturing and smuggling, strengthening border controls, and regulating special zones to prevent illicit tobacco activities disguised as transit trade. Domestically, it focuses on dismantling supply chains for counterfeit materials, regulating e-cigarettes, and prohibiting the illegal production and sale of various tobacco-related products. The document also calls for strengthening law enforcement mechanisms and inter-agency cooperation to combat these activities. The policy also called for international cooperation.
Summary: The article discusses the development of the flange forging industry in Cuijiazhuang Village, Dingxiang County, Shanxi Province, which has become a pillar of the local economy. Benefiting from the local government support and technological upgrades, the village's flange production accounts for approximately 48% of the national total, and is expected to exceed 20 billion yuan in 2025. The industry's growth has created jobs and increased incomes for villagers, attracting young people to return home. The local government plans to further refine the flange forging industry during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period to boost the county's economy and promote employment. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article emphasizes "lian nong dai nong" (connecting farmers to benefit farmers) as a key link between industrialization and rural revitalization, noting its expansion beyond agriculture to industry and services. It highlights a case study of Cui Jia Zhuang village, where industry-village cooperation has improved villagers' skills and the village's overall development potential. The piece calls for cultivating strong enterprises to lead rural development, linking preferential policies to their success in this area, and fostering diverse income streams for farmers. This includes providing support for young rural entrepreneurs and creating flexible employment opportunities for elderly residents and left-behind women. Finally, it advocates for improved management of rural collective assets to increase farmers' income.
Summary: According to Minister of Civil Affairs Lu Zhiyuan, the Ministry will focus on improving people's livelihoods and social welfare during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, following the spirit of the 20th Central Committee's Fourth Plenary Session. Key initiatives include actively responding to the aging population by building a universal and accessible elderly care service system, enhancing social assistance and welfare levels, and optimizing social affairs management and services. The Ministry aims to construct a three-tiered elderly care service network and promote the development of the "silver economy." There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of "实干" (pragmatism, solid work) in achieving China's goals, citing Xi Jinping's directives on translating plans into tangible results. It highlights examples of concrete achievements resulting from this approach, including ecological improvements in the Yangtze River, urban renewal projects in Shanghai addressing sanitation issues, and the expansion of affordable childcare services. The article also notes Xi Jinping's emphasis on the importance of providing childcare and financial support for families with young children.
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Summary: According to a former Malaysian ambassador to China, Xi Jinping's April visit to Malaysia deepened strategic trust and expanded cooperation into new areas like AI and the digital economy. Xi's visit, during which he attended a welcome banquet hosted by Prime Minister Anwar, also saw both countries agree to build a high-level strategic Malaysia-China community with a shared future. The visit resulted in over 30 cooperation agreements covering areas like the Global Development Initiative and civilization dialogue. The author notes Xi's emphasis on dialogue over confrontation, which he sees as a response to Cold War thinking. The visit is also seen as injecting new momentum into ASEAN-China cooperation.
Summary: Ahead of his state visit to Malaysia in April, Xi Jinping published an article emphasizing the deep-rooted friendship between China and Malaysia, highlighting historical ties through the maritime silk road. The article notes the cultural fusion evident in Malacca, citing the peranakan culture and cuisine as examples. The visa-free agreement signed during Xi's visit, effective July 17th, is contributing to increased tourism, with over 4 million Chinese tourists visiting Malaysia by the end of November. The article conveys a positive outlook on China-Malaysia relations, suggesting that the increase in cooperation will lead to a more prosperous future for both countries. There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: During Xi Jinping's state visit to Malaysia, his first foreign trip of the year, he and Prime Minister Anwar agreed to build a high-level China-Malaysia community with a shared future, ushering in a new "Golden 50 years" for relations. Both countries agreed to establish a "2+2" dialogue mechanism for foreign affairs and defense, and witnessed the exchange of over 30 bilateral cooperation agreements covering AI, digital economy, and education. Xi and Anwar emphasized cooperation on the "Confucian-Islamic Civilization Dialogue" and the leaders oversaw the signing of a mutual visa exemption agreement. Malaysia reaffirmed its commitment to relations with China regardless of changes in the international situation.
Summary: Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke separately with the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand regarding the border conflict between the two countries, with both sides expressing a desire for de-escalation. Wang Yi stated China's opposition to the conflict, emphasizing its detriment to ASEAN unity, and urged an immediate ceasefire. He noted that China's Special Envoy for Asian Affairs would be traveling to both countries to facilitate communication and offered China's assistance in mediating a peaceful resolution, while also cautioning against attempts to undermine China's relations with both countries. The Cambodian and Thai Foreign Ministers welcomed China's mediation efforts and the visit of the special envoy.
Summary: National People's Congress Standing Committee Vice Chairman Wang Dongming visited Sri Lanka at the invitation of the Sri Lankan Parliament, meeting with President Dissanayake, Prime Minister Amarasuriya, and Speaker Wickramaratne. Wang stated China is willing to work with Sri Lanka to jointly build the "Belt and Road" initiative and deepen the strategic partnership under the guidance of the two heads of state. He also promoted the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese-style modernization. The Sri Lankan side reaffirmed its commitment to the One China principle and support for Xi Jinping's major concepts and initiatives, expressing a desire to deepen cooperation with China. The Sri Lankans also thanked China for providing emergency disaster relief.
Summary: The launch of Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) demonstrates China's unwavering commitment to high-level opening-up and sharing development opportunities with the world. The Hainan FTP will implement liberalization and facilitation policies, aiming for "zero tariffs, low tax rates, and a simplified tax system," becoming a key gateway for China's opening-up in the new era. Hainan is also creating replicable experiences for reform and opening-up through institutional innovation and alignment with international rules. The FTP is fostering regional collaboration and creating opportunities for both Chinese and foreign enterprises, with an increasing number of countries seizing cooperative opportunities. The article did not mention the United States directly, but notes China's commitment to economic globalization.
Summary: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jia Kun criticized Japan's plan to deploy mobile radar on Yonaguni Island to monitor Chinese naval and air activities in the Okinawa-Miyako Strait. Guo asserted that countries enjoy freedom of navigation and overflight in the relevant airspace according to international law. He questioned whether Japan, referencing Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Taiwan-related remarks, was provoking China to justify its military expansion and returning to militarism. Guo urged Japan to learn from its history, highlighting the concerns of Asian neighbors and the international community regarding Japan's military and security moves. The statement did not mention the United States.
Summary: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo JiaKun condemned the U.S.'s approval of an \$11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, stating it violates the One China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués. Guo accused the U.S. of sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" forces and undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Guo emphasized that "using Taiwan to contain China" will not succeed. China will take firm measures to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and urged the U.S. to adhere to the One China principle and cease arming Taiwan.
Summary: Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong stated that some Chinese exporters have met the basic requirements for general export licenses for rare earth materials. The Ministry has received and approved some of the general license applications submitted by these exporters. He Yadong was responding to a question at a press conference regarding whether China has begun issuing longer-term rare earth export licenses to European companies. The statement comes after China implemented export controls on rare earth-related items.
Summary: Jiangsu province is addressing issues in rural revitalization funds, including slow disbursement of agricultural subsidies and substandard construction of agricultural facilities, by increasing oversight and leveraging technology. The province is focusing on areas like high-standard farmland construction funds and agricultural machinery purchase subsidies, implementing measures such as the "crop cloud" platform to improve accuracy and efficiency in subsidy distribution. Disciplinary inspection organs are involved in supervising project evaluations and ensuring fair allocation of funds, preventing corruption and cronyism. These efforts aim to enhance farmers' satisfaction and ensure the proper use of funds intended for rural development. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations are made in the article.
Summary: The article discusses Quzhai Village's efforts to improve elderly care services, aligning with the "15th Five-Year Plan" suggestions. It highlights the Quzhai Fushou Elderly Apartment, funded by the village collective, providing comprehensive facilities and services for residents over 70. Retired villager Feng Chunfang, who had initially moved to the city, chose to return to the village-run apartment due to the sense of community and available amenities. The village is exploring market-based operations to expand services to non-villagers and to further improve facilities and services. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An elderly resident of Quzhai Village in Hebei Province, Feng Chunfang, chose to return from the city to the village's elderly apartment complex, citing his comfort. This "comfort" stems from the village's collective economy supporting comprehensive elder care, including updated menus, sheltered spaces, readily available care, and on-site medical facilities. The village's strong collective economy, built through village-run enterprises, enables the construction of apartments and provision of subsidies for the elderly. The article advocates for strengthening collective economies to improve rural livelihoods and welfare, including elder care. The author is the director and senior editor of Shijiazhuang Radio and Television Station in Hebei.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of maintaining a sense of rhythm – knowing when to accelerate and when to slow down – in China's development and reform. Drawing on Xi Jinping's writings, it argues for both rapid progress in certain areas and a measured, step-by-step approach in others, like the Hainan Free Trade Port. It stresses the need for strategic patience and a long-term perspective, especially amidst global uncertainties. The article claims that China is responding to external pressures, including containment and suppression, with both strategic planning and flexible tactics, focusing on internal development while adapting to changing circumstances. It also asserts that China aims to maintain its own pace of development despite external disruptions.
Summary: Hu Tou Village in Guangxi's Hezhou City is leveraging tourism and cassava noodle production to revitalize the local rural economy. Cassava noodles have proven a significant income source for villagers. The process of drying the noodles in winter has also become a notable tourist attraction. The provided image shows villagers drying noodles on December 16. The article did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's Ministry of Education has upgraded the National Teacher Management Information System, integrating it with national education governance platforms. The upgraded system aims to create a unified, data-centric platform for teacher management, encompassing various applications. It incorporates AI and big data for analyzing teacher workforce trends, supporting policy decisions. It also enhances the "China Teacher" mini-program to improve access to services for teachers.
Summary: China's Yangtze River Delta Railway reported a record high of over 900 million passenger trips in 2024, a 4% increase from the previous year. The railway has increased capacity by implementing the fourth-quarter train schedule for 2025 with 1407.5 pairs of passenger trains. A total of 581 high-speed trains will have their ticket prices lowered, with the lowest price being only 40% of the original. To boost tourism and commuting, the railway is offering discounted commuter tickets on eight lines.
Summary: The Hong Kong SAR government will provide affected homeowners of Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court with a two-year rental subsidy of HK$150,000 annually, plus a one-time relocation allowance of HK$50,000; tenants will receive a one-time relocation allowance of HK$50,000. Chief Secretary for Administration Deputy Secretary Cheuk Wing-hing stated that the "Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Assistance Fund" has raised approximately HK$3.8 billion, including HK$3 billion from external donations and HK$300 million from the SAR government. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen explained the HK$50,000 relocation subsidy aims to cover moving and furniture replacement costs. As of December 18th, 1,172 residents were living in youth hostels, camps, or hotel rooms coordinated by the SAR government, and another 3,457 residents were living in transitional housing or Hong Kong Housing Society units. The SAR government has also increased the living allowance for each affected household to HK$100,000, processing 1,926 cases to date.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of "strategic focus" (战略定力) in China's environmental governance, using noise pollution control as a primary example. It argues that achieving environmental goals requires patience, proactiveness, and adherence to natural laws, rather than hasty or reckless actions. The article highlights specific policies and achievements, such as improved noise pollution standards and ecological restoration projects. It connects these successes to a broader theme of steady progress and long-term planning in ecological civilization construction. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses China's continued efforts in rural revitalization following the initial poverty alleviation campaign, emphasizing the importance of balancing internal and external forces, addressing immediate needs while planning for long-term development, and leveraging regional advantages within the national unified market. It highlights examples of successful local initiatives, such as industrial development and infrastructure improvements, that have lifted people out of poverty and promoted rural development. The article also mentions that China's success in poverty alleviation serves as an example to other developing countries. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Beijing has launched a "fast compensation for minor injuries" (小伤快赔) program for new employment types, such as delivery drivers and ride-hailing drivers, to streamline occupational injury compensation. The program simplifies the application process by reducing required documents and enabling fully online submissions, aiming to improve the accessibility and efficiency of healthcare reimbursement for minor injuries. The initiative also involves commercial insurance institutions to enhance policy implementation. This reform is intended to address previous difficulties in accessing occupational injury support due to challenges in defining labor relations for these workers. The article highlights how digitalization and social collaboration can improve governance and public services.
Summary: Two recently released mandatory national standards from the State Administration for Market Regulation address critical technical aspects of civilian drone operation. These standards aim to resolve the issues of drone operator identification and real-time tracking during flight. The new standards provide a foundation for the safe and orderly development of the drone industry. The standards intend to ensure drone monitorability and safety. These measures address the risks associated with the burgeoning drone market.
Summary: A publisher publicly apologized for quality issues in its edition of *Romance of the Western Chamber* (*Xixiang Ji*), sparking concern about declining standards in classical text editing. The article argues that publishers are prioritizing speed and profit over accuracy, resulting in numerous errors and misleading content in published classical works. It urges publishers to improve quality control, embrace reader feedback, and uphold a commitment to rigorous scholarship. The piece emphasizes that neglecting quality undermines both the reputation of publishing houses and the long-term health of the industry. It calls for a renewed dedication to craftsmanship in editing and publishing classical texts.
Summary: This article discusses how to better engage young people in volunteer work in China. It argues for a shift from task-oriented to needs-oriented volunteer programs, emphasizing understanding and addressing the specific needs of recipients. The piece advocates for a more comprehensive evaluation system for volunteer work that goes beyond simply tracking hours to assess impact and effectiveness. It suggests aligning volunteer opportunities with students' academic majors to enhance both their skills and the quality of service provided. Ultimately, the author believes that fostering high-quality youth volunteerism will contribute to China's modernization.
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Summary: A recent enforcement inspection of China's Energy Conservation Law across six provinces revealed significant progress in energy efficiency and green development, while also identifying persistent challenges in implementation. The inspection team observed that energy conservation is increasingly viewed as a driver of competitiveness, with enterprises adopting advanced technologies to reduce energy consumption. However, the team also noted issues such as "development over conservation" mindsets, insufficient inter-departmental coordination, and difficulties in promoting innovative technologies due to high initial costs. The inspection highlighted the need for strengthened technological leadership, supportive policies for the energy conservation service industry, and an improved system of incentives and penalties to drive broader adoption of energy-saving practices.
Summary: Since 2018, the central government has invested over 3 trillion yuan in medical insurance, benefiting residents, especially those in need, and improving services. From 2018-2025, residents have received medical insurance benefits over 18 billion times. In November, the Ministry of Finance and the National Medical Security Administration allocated 416.6 billion yuan in subsidies for basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents in 2026. Central government subsidies for basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents totaled 2.87 trillion yuan from 2018 to 2025.
Summary: Shandong Normal University is pioneering a unified approach to ideological and political education (思政课) across primary, middle, and higher education. The university is coordinating efforts between its own Marxist academy, local municipalities, and primary and secondary schools to address inconsistencies and redundancies in patriotic education. This includes developing curriculum materials tailored to different age groups and facilitating cross-segment collaboration among teachers. Shandong Normal University has also established a platform to share resources and promote professional development for 思政课 teachers throughout the province. The goal is to create a cohesive educational system that fosters patriotism and cultivates students to contribute to national development.
Summary: According to the article, the Bank of Communications (交通银行) is actively developing its elderly financial services, aiming to become a "senior-friendly bank." The bank established a dedicated department in 2021 and aims to have a leading elderly financial service system by 2027. The bank is collaborating with government, industry, and third-party organizations to build a comprehensive support network, including managing pre-paid fees for elderly care facilities and offering discounts on meals and travel. These initiatives aim to provide financial security and cater to the cultural and spiritual needs of the elderly.
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Summary: The article discusses the trend of smaller, more flexible buses becoming popular in several Chinese cities, highlighting Beijing's "red mini-buses" for short-distance commutes, Chengdu's themed buses connecting neighborhoods, and Lishui's autonomous "unmanned minibuses." These smaller buses address the changing transportation needs of citizens and navigate narrow streets, offering targeted and convenient services like direct routes and on-demand options. An expert notes that the shift towards smaller, customized, and smarter public transport can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the appeal of public transit for residents.
Summary: China's National Development and Reform Commission, along with other ministries, issued the "Benchmark Levels for Key Areas of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization (2025 Edition)" to promote the coal industry's shift towards high-end and high-value products. The document encourages upgrading existing projects to meet benchmark levels within three years, with the aim of achieving higher "benchmark" standards, or face elimination. It also emphasizes classifying management, specifying time limits, and strengthening technology promotion and application. The plan aims to reduce pollution and carbon emissions through clean and efficient utilization of coal. The announcement does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Urumqi and Altay Prefecture in Xinjiang have optimized school holiday arrangements to include "snow holidays" aimed at encouraging youth participation in winter sports, offering incentives like free skiing and discounts. Xinjiang has increased investment in its ice and snow industry, leading to significant growth in tourist numbers and revenue during the 2024-2025 snow season. To further boost winter tourism, Xinjiang is issuing consumer vouchers and promoting integrated tourism packages that combine skiing with cultural experiences and local cuisine. The region hopes to prolong the chain of consumption and enhance the experience of visiting Xinjiang during the winter. The article makes no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: Shenyang's Yuhong District in Liaoning Province is focusing on rural revitalization through technological innovation and industrial upgrades, with significant achievements in ensuring food security, stimulating industrial vitality, and deepening rural reforms. The district has implemented a "322" management model for high-standard farmland, achieving dynamic supervision of arable land and promoting digital empowerment in agriculture. Yuhong District is also building an all-industrial system and integrating digital technology to develop characteristic industries such as "fragrant rice" and specialty agricultural products. The district emphasizes strengthening rural governance through Party building and innovation, while also improving rural infrastructure and public services. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of "Beautiful China" construction as a key component of socialist modernization, high-quality development, and meeting the people's needs for a better life. It highlights progress made since the 18th Party Congress in environmental improvement, green transformation, and ecological system enhancement. The piece outlines key tasks for the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, including strengthening party leadership, pollution control, building a new energy system, and achieving carbon peaking. It also frames "Beautiful China" as a contribution to global environmental governance, promoting green and sustainable development globally. There is no discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's call for strong Party spirit (党性) among cadres, arguing it is essential for preventing deviations in their performance goals (政绩观). It posits that Party spirit and self-interest (私心) are inversely related, with self-interest being a "corrosive" force. The article highlights historical examples of cadres who prioritized public service over personal gain. Furthermore, it contends that a decline in Party spirit, often stemming from weakened ideals, can lead to corrupt practices and misguided performance goals. The piece concludes by advocating for continuous self-improvement and ideological strengthening to resist the encroachment of self-interest and maintain a correct view of performance.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of using digital technologies to protect, preserve, and utilize China's historical and cultural heritage. It argues that digital tools can enhance the entire value chain, from understanding the value to protecting the resources, promoting smart management, enriching culture, and driving industrial innovation. The article emphasizes building a digital resource system and leveraging AI and big data for in-depth research and value extraction. It also advocates for innovative content expression to connect cultural heritage with modern society, extend the cultural value chain, and boost related industries.
Summary: During a Politburo study session on strengthening internet governance, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of creating a healthy online environment and highlighted the need to uphold Party leadership, prioritize the people, innovate while maintaining integrity, ensure legal protection, and adopt a systematic approach. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is tasked with implementing Xi's directives by strengthening online propaganda, improving governance effectiveness, addressing online disorder, promoting the healthy development of new technologies, and fostering international cooperation. The article focuses on domestic internet governance and does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) has issued guidance on promoting literary and artistic creations focused on portraying the "New Era" through key national scenes and previously untouched frontline stories. This involves integrating Party directives, societal needs, and artistic aspirations to improve the creation, production, service, guidance, and organization of literary and artistic works. CFLAC is also focused on expanding the reach of culture through online and offline platforms, including leveraging digital technologies like 5G, big data, and AI to create immersive experiences. They emphasize the importance of providing quality works and avoiding "information cocoons" to strengthen unity and promote Chinese culture, ultimately aiming to enhance China's cultural soft power and international discourse. The article does not contain any discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "2025 National National Security Studies Academic Annual Meeting" reported on the significant progress in national security studies, particularly the establishment of 38 degree-granting programs during the "14th Five-Year Plan." These programs, encompassing doctoral and master's levels, span diverse institutions, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the field and its aim to serve national strategic needs. The discipline was officially designated in 2020 by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and the Ministry of Education. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Changchun's People's Square, closed for 22 years, has reopened with a new underground passage connecting it to Metro Line 1. The renovation project, prioritizing cost-effectiveness, revitalized the historical landmark by extending an existing metro exit and restoring historical features like the Soviet Red Army Martyrs Memorial Tower. The square now features improved pedestrian access, landscaping, and cultural amenities, attracting over 5,000 visitors daily. The revitalized space also hopes to sell cultural products to showcase the city. The project demonstrates Changchun's efforts to balance urban development with the preservation of its historical identity.
Summary: The China Media Group (CMG) unveiled the mascots for the 2026 Spring Festival Gala: four horses named "Qiqi," "Jiji," "Chichi," and "Chengcheng," embodying the Gala's theme of unstoppable momentum. The mascots draw inspiration from iconic horse figures throughout Chinese history and incorporate traditional patterns to symbolize prosperity and renewal. Each mascot is based on a specific historical horse figure, including horses from the Zhou, Han, and Tang dynasties, as well as the Przewalski's horse.
Summary: The fourth Houguan Forum was held in Fuzhou, Fujian, focusing on the theme of inheriting and promoting Houguan culture and integrating education, science, technology, and talent development. Over 900 descendants of Houguan sages, experts, scholars, university faculty and students, and business representatives gathered to discuss the inheritance and development of Houguan culture. The forum included activities such as a student tour of Minhou, aimed at promoting cultural understanding among young people. The forum was hosted by several Fujian provincial and municipal entities, including the Fujian Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department and Fujian Normal University.
Summary: Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei sports lottery centers jointly concluded a "Responsible Lottery" awareness month focused on protecting lottery buyers' rights. The campaign, covering the Jing-Jin-Ji region, emphasized rejecting illegal lotteries, regulating sales, and safeguarding rights through coordinated mechanisms and online/offline activities. The initiative involved a joint proposal promoting rational lottery purchases and training for sales agents on compliant sales practices. The campaign saw over 8,000 views of its WeChat content. The effort is aimed at contributing to a "responsible, trustworthy, high-quality development" of the national public welfare lottery.
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Summary: A group of e-commerce livestreamers in the Saihan district of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, successfully recovered unpaid wages through a special dispute resolution mechanism established by the local Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. The Bureau has implemented a comprehensive system of prevention, monitoring, and punishment to address labor rights issues in emerging employment sectors like livestreaming. This includes inter-departmental collaboration, regular compliance guidance for businesses, and a specialized team to handle disputes. The Bureau also emphasizes the importance of workers signing written contracts and retaining evidence of their work to protect their rights. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Fuzhou pancake vendor Zhang Jianwu, accompanied by his wife Gong Baoyu, sought medical treatment after being diagnosed with cancer. Gong had posted online requesting financial assistance due to limited savings, prompting donations from university students and other local businesses. Local merchants organized fundraising activities, directing their proceeds to Zhang. As of December 14th, Zhang had received over 300,000 RMB in donations and expressed his gratitude. The article did not mention the United States.
Summary: Since 2021, Yiwu in Zhejiang province has invested over 11.75 million yuan to help Bazhou District in Sichuan province develop its tea industry through an East-West cooperation initiative, increasing the added value of Bazhou tea by 30% and boosting farmers' income. With Yiwu's support, Bazhou is developing projects like forest health tourism hotels and demonstration tea gardens to boost local employment. Yiwu has invested 195 million yuan in 70 projects to revitalize Bazhou's resources. Yu Bin, Secretary of the Bazhou District Committee, stated that the two regions' cooperation demonstrates the important role of East-West collaboration in promoting regional coordinated development and comprehensive rural revitalization. Tang Xiansun, head of the Yiwu aid team in Bazhou, stated that new ideas are needed for new paths.
Summary: Two Phase III clinical trials on diabetes and weight-loss drugs, jointly conducted by multiple Chinese research institutions, have been published in *Nature*. The studies focused on Mazdutide as a monotherapy (DREAMS-1) and in combination with oral hypoglycemic drugs (DREAMS-2) for type 2 diabetes patients. DREAMS-1 was a collaboration between teams led by Zhu Dalong and Zhao Jiajun, while DREAMS-2 involved teams led by Guo Lixin, Zhang Bo, and Yang Wenying. Both trials involved collaboration with the R&D team at Innovent Biologics.
Summary: Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City is focused on innovation, project implementation, and optimized services, achieving 872.67 billion RMB in revenue for the first three quarters of the year. The area is focused on attracting investment and talent, including overseas talent, and has seen the establishment of several high-level research platforms and the implementation of innovative policies. The city is also improving its business environment, including insurance products to de-risk AI innovation. Hangzhou is accelerating the upgrading of facilities to promote industry-city integration.
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Summary: Jiangxi province is focusing on integrating culture and tourism to boost its economy, with efforts to protect cultural heritage, promote local arts, and develop rural tourism. The province is implementing policies and financial support to strengthen the cultural and tourism industry chain, aiming to make it a pillar of economic growth. Initiatives include the "Ganchao" football league which provides tourism discounts, and cultural events and festivals to attract tourists. Tourist satisfaction reached a record high during the recent holiday season. No mention of the United States was made.
Summary: On December 18th, Hainan officially launched its island-wide customs closure (封关), marking a new phase in its development as a free trade port. The initiative aims to facilitate the free flow of personnel and goods through "first-line" (与我国关境外其他国家和地区之间) liberalization while ensuring effective regulation via "second-line" (自贸港与内地市场) controls. The first international flight landed in Sanya after the closure, with simplified immigration procedures for travelers. The policy expands the range of "zero-tariff" goods and streamlines customs processes, aiming for both efficient trade and effective oversight, and allows foreign airlines to repair planes in Hainan at a reduced cost. The article does not explicitly mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the official launch of the full island closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port, marking a key step in expanding high-level opening-up. It emphasizes the need for continued hard work, innovation, and a long-term perspective to build a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. The article highlights past achievements such as the creation of 173 institutional innovation cases and the implementation of favorable policies like "zero tariffs." It also stresses the importance of attracting talent to contribute to the construction of the free trade port. The piece does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Chinese companies are playing a significant role in infrastructure development within Arab nations, building landmarks and projects like housing, hospitals, and railways. China Construction Middle East (CCME) has been particularly active in countries like the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, directly employing 350,000 local workers in the process. These companies emphasize quality, environmental protection, and cultural exchange. By adhering to international standards and investing in local talent, Chinese firms are gaining recognition and contributing to mutual benefit and modernization in the region. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: The 2025 Beijing People's Art Theatre (BPAT) International Drama Invitation Exhibition will feature 14 plays from 9 countries, aiming to build a bridge between Eastern and Western arts. BPAT emphasizes both "bringing in" and "going out," seeking to establish the exhibition as a hub for international masters and diverse cultural exchange. Notably, in 2024, the French Ambassador to China, invited diplomats from multiple countries to view performances and exhibitions, praising BPAT for showcasing Chinese drama. BPAT also utilizes innovative practices like remote set design collaboration to mitigate international shipping costs, as demonstrated in the French play "The Screens." Through these efforts, BPAT aims to enhance the global influence of Chinese civilization.
Summary: Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, uses his poetry to capture the realities of life in war-torn Gaza, focusing on themes of loss, resilience, and the human condition. His work reflects personal experiences of displacement, the destruction of his home and community library, and the broader suffering of the Palestinian people, including the hope to return to their homes and live in peace and dignity. Abu Toha aims to give voice to the voiceless through his writing and social media presence, documenting the impact of conflict on daily life in Gaza. He hopes for the restoration of not only infrastructure but also hope for life, reading, and education in Gaza. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article describes St. George's Hall in Liverpool, a neoclassical building completed in 1854 that functions as both a concert hall and a courthouse. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attended the opening of the Liverpool Assize Court (later the Royal Criminal Court) in 1851, and their bronze statues stand outside the hall. Architect Harvey Lonsdale Elmes won design competitions for both the concert hall and the courthouse, leading to their merger into a single building. St. George's Hall survived the German air raids of World War II and was renovated in the early 21st century. The United States is not mentioned in the context of this article.
Summary: The Spanish town of Buñol hosts the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight during its week-long tomato festival, drawing tens of thousands of tourists. Participants throw over 100 tons of non-edible tomatoes at each other, followed by a cleanup where the tomato remains are recycled for compost and biofuel. The festival has transformed Buñol's economy from traditional industries to tourism, with local restaurants and communities offering tomato-themed dishes. According to local councilor Sergio Galarza, the festival represents a commitment to sustainability in addition to its reputation for fun. The festival promotes local tourism and agriculture in the region.
Summary: This article provides contact information for the *People's Daily* global forum via email. It also credits Cai Huawei with the page layout design. The article contains no information concerning Chinese politics, officials, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A recent report from Heilongjiang Province highlights the ongoing autumn grain procurement, characterized by accelerated digital sales, strong financial support from the Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), and active market trading. ADBC provided substantial loans to support grain purchases, ensuring prompt payments to farmers. Companies are developing complete industrial chains to raise the corn product's added value. Despite the overall positive trend, some farmers are holding onto their grain in anticipation of higher prices, potentially creating market risks that analysts say should be carefully managed to ensure farmers can make the most of their harvest.
Summary: The article emphasizes the need for a shift in rural talent cultivation from simply increasing the *quantity* to improving the *quality* of talent, stressing the importance of accurately identifying talent needs and tailoring training content and methods. It highlights successful examples, such as Gansu Nongken's targeted training programs and Hunan Xupu County's diverse "classroom" settings, that address specific regional and individual needs. The article also suggests innovative approaches like pairing experienced cadres with young talent in Xinjiang Baicheng County. Overall, the piece argues that precise and needs-based talent cultivation is crucial for supporting comprehensive rural revitalization. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Tianwa Village in Sucheng District, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, is collaborating with food processing companies to produce radish pickles using traditional methods. This initiative has created over 30 local jobs and increased farmers' annual income by an average of 30,000 yuan. The article highlights the success of this radish pickle processing industry in boosting local employment and income.
Summary: The city of Zhuji in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province is promoting a "private charging pile sharing" model to facilitate electric vehicle travel in rural areas, addressing the underutilization of private charging stations and the increasing demand from tourists. This initiative allows villagers to share their private charging stations with tourists, providing convenience and additional income. Additionally, the area is promoting household photovoltaic (PV) projects, enabling farmers to use green electricity and sell excess power to the state grid. Nearly 6,000 households in Zhuji have installed household PV systems, increasing farmers' income and reducing carbon emissions.
Summary: In Lanling County, Shandong Province, a booming livestreaming e-commerce sector is revitalizing rural economies. Wang Baolei, a former novice, now successfully promotes local agricultural products like pickled vegetables through livestreaming, increasing villagers' incomes. The county leverages Party building to integrate resources and provide e-commerce training, creating a cohort of "internet celebrity" agricultural promoters. The state grid provides comprehensive support, ensuring uninterrupted power supply for livestreaming activities. This initiative has significantly boosted online sales, driving rural industrial revitalization with a 28.6 billion yuan sales volume in the first three quarters of this year.
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Summary: A recent investigation in China reveals that telecom operators often make it difficult for existing customers to switch to cheaper mobile data plans, employing tactics such as "new user only" deals and binding contracts. Customers report being misled about contract terms, particularly regarding early termination fees and bundled services, with complaints being particularly common among elderly users targeted with "free phone" promotions that lock them into expensive plans. Experts suggest that operators' performance evaluations incentivize them to retain high-value customers, creating a "push high, not low" dynamic. While regulators have initiated actions to improve transparency and streamline plan changes, challenges remain in enforcing consumer rights and addressing deceptive sales practices. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the problems arising from the recycling of mobile phone numbers in China, highlighting a case where a new user accidentally logged into the account of deceased singer Coco Lee. It argues that the current system, intended to efficiently utilize limited phone number resources, leads to issues like users receiving previous owners' bills or facing difficulties registering accounts. The piece calls for a collaborative effort among telecom operators, online platforms, and users to improve management of phone number transitions, including measures like extended grace periods, proactive notifications, and stricter account security protocols. Ultimately, the goal is to balance resource efficiency with user privacy and security in the digital age and to avoid the leakage of personal information.
Summary: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has launched the "One-ID Check" service to allow users to check the mobile phone cards and internet accounts registered under their name, addressing concerns about fraudulent or dormant cards. This service offers online and offline channels for users to query their registration information across different telecom operators and internet platforms, including WeChat, Alipay, Meituan and JD.com. The initiative aims to mitigate the risk of unknowingly registered cards being used for illegal activities. Users can dispute and resolve discrepancies by contacting the relevant telecom or internet companies. The service streamlines the process of identifying and managing registered accounts and cards, improving user protection and personal credit.
Summary: China is promoting entrepreneurship through policy support, improved environment, and platforms for activities like competitions. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is focused on offering tax benefits, loans, and training programs to support startups and link them to investment. Initiatives include entrepreneurship training, resource matching, and financial incentives, such as increased loan amounts and tax deductions. The goal is to foster job creation and economic growth by supporting new industries and business models. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security intends to strengthen public entrepreneurship services and implement combined policies, like subsidies, to protect entrepreneurs and their projects.
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Summary: The author reflects on their childhood spent on Dali Road in Tianjin's Five Avenues district, a historically significant area built in the early 20th century with foreign influence, and the evolution of the district, since 1860 when the British first established a concession in Tianjin. They recall their family's initial prosperity and subsequent decline due to business failures and the broader socio-political shifts, including the retreat of political figures from the area after the Xinhai Revolution and the increasing number of working-class residents. The author notes the transformation of the neighborhood from a "Chinese and Western" enclave to one with increased integration with the old city, reflecting the natural accumulation of urban culture. Despite these changes, the author cherishes the enduring sense of home associated with the area, and their decision to preserve the memory of the neighborhood rather than revisit it and risk disillusionment.
Summary: The article reflects on the significance of Yang Zhenning's work, particularly his collaboration with Li Zhengdao on parity nonconservation, highlighting its impact on Chinese scientists' confidence. It emphasizes Yang's later work on gauge field theory and his deep appreciation for the beauty of mathematics, quoting Yang's wish to be a mathematician in another life. The author describes a personal meeting with Yang in May 2021, noting his sentiment about mathematics. The article positions Yang as a role model who inspired Chinese scientists and expressed optimism about China's future scientific contributions.
Summary: This article discusses a reportage book, "Village Road," documenting the transformations in Zhejiang's rural villages, inspired by Xi Jinping's "Green mountains are gold mountains" concept. The author, Ji Hongjian, spent over a year visiting more than 50 villages and interviewing over 150 individuals to capture the stories of rural development. The book covers topics such as environmental governance, industrial development, and cultural construction, presenting a panoramic view of China's rural present and future. The work aims to place Zhejiang's experiences within the broader context of China's modernization.
Summary: Ma Tuo, a Beijing subway police officer on Line 13, has authored a book, "Loving This Steaming World," recounting stories of ordinary people he encounters in his daily work. His stories emphasize the resilience and warmth found in everyday life within the bustling subway system, highlighting moments of connection and support. He writes not to achieve literary fame, but to share the lives of ordinary individuals. Ma hopes his book will resonate with readers and remind them of the shared human experience within the everyday lives of others. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese archeological team excavated the Mayan city of Copan over a 10-year period, leading to insights detailed in the book *The Corn Kingdom: A Brief Account of Mesoamerican Archeology*. The Mayan civilization, a focal point of the book, relied heavily on corn and developed a unique understanding of the cosmos, reflected in their stone carvings. Copan, one of the most important Mayan city-states, was controlled by foreign warriors who married local noblewomen and built temples and inscribed staircases. The Chinese team's experiences offered a new perspective on foreign civilizations, potentially informing the study of Chinese civilization. The book provides a glimpse into the ancient Mesoamerican civilization, including the Mayan civilization, and its many undiscovered secrets.
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By: 本报记者 刘成友 胡婧怡 刘佳华
After a heavy snowfall, the Xiaoling River (小凌河) in Jinzhou (锦州), Liaoning (辽宁) is covered in silver, and the solid, flat river surface attracts many citizens to skate.
Once, direct sewage discharge and indiscriminate garbage dumping turned the Xiaoling River (小凌河) into a stinking ditch. In recent years, Jinzhou (锦州) has built reservoirs, reinforced river embankments, cleared river channels, and intercepted sewage. The Xiaoling River (小凌河) has regained its clear waters, and a 54-kilometer riverside road has been built along the bank, forming a 10-kilometer-long linear forest park that runs through the city.
Liang Shujun (梁树军), who has lived nearby for more than 20 years, now walks in the Donghu Forest Park (东湖森林公园) by the river almost every day: "I used to avoid it, but now I walk slowly and breathe fresh air."
In January 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his visit to Liaoning (辽宁) to see and慰问基层干部群众: "The heavier the development tasks, the more important it is to attach importance to ecological and environmental protection and promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development." In August 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection of the Donghu Forest Park (东湖森林公园) in Jinzhou (锦州): "Ecological civilization construction can significantly improve the people's sense of gain, and the people's experience is the most profound."
Green development is the foundation of high-quality development. Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, Liaoning (辽宁) is coordinating pollution prevention and control, ecological restoration, and industrial transformation to vigorously promote the construction of a beautiful Liaoning (辽宁) and create a better home with bluer skies, greener mountains, and clearer waters.
Protecting "green" through pollution prevention and control——
Benxi (本溪), located in southeastern Liaoning (辽宁), was once heavily polluted. In 2024, Benxi's (本溪) air quality reached 338 days of excellent or good air quality, accounting for 92.3%.
Walking into the closed "smart stockyard" of Benxi Iron and Steel Group's (本钢集团) Beiying Company (北营公司), the mist curtains sprayed by 4 fog cannons firmly lock the iron ore powder dust on the scraper. "In the past, manual open-air operations were dusty, and people could not be seen 10 meters apart; now, the 3,000-square-meter space is unobstructed, and inspectors only need to go to the site regularly for inspection," said Meng Gang (孟钢), operations director of the Raw Material II Operation Zone of Beiying Company (北营公司).
In the past 5 years, Benxi Iron and Steel (本钢) has invested approximately 12.7 billion yuan in environmental protection projects, nearly 5 times more than the previous 5 years, including more than 200 ultra-low emission transformation projects.
The intensity of investment reflects the determination to govern. Liaoning (辽宁) has fought well in the battle to defend blue skies, clear waters, and pure land, and has completed a total of 1,391 ultra-low emission transformation projects in the steel industry, carried out in-depth整治 of sewage outlets into rivers and seas, and comprehensively eliminated inferior Class V water quality sections. In 2024, the air quality of all 14 cities in Liaoning (辽宁) reached the national secondary standard for the first time.
Supplementing "green" through ecological restoration——
On the southern edge of the Horqin Sandy Land (科尔沁沙地), climbing the Ouli Mountain (欧李山) viewing platform, you can see the lake surface like a mirror and the mountains stretching in the distance.
In August 2023, Liaoning (辽宁) launched the Horqin Sandy Land annihilation battle. Zhangwu County (彰武县) promoted the integrated restoration of forest and grass vegetation,治理 of desertified cultivated land, and comprehensive watershed management. The mobile and semi-fixed sandy land has been completely eliminated, and Chinese pine and Zhangwu pine (彰武松) trees stand tall along the highway. During holidays, the Deliger Grassland Scenic Area (德力格尔草原风景区) is crowded with tourists. Bao Dongmei (包冬梅), who lives nearby, is busy in the scenic area's teahouse. "This is a grassland built on sand dunes, and there are 130 meters of sand under the scenic area. Now the scenic area is popular, and we can earn money at our doorstep."
To date, Liaoning's (辽宁) Horqin Sandy Land annihilation battle has completed a total of 8.03 million mu of comprehensive治理 tasks,整治 and restored 5,592 hectares of coastal wetlands, 79.3 kilometers of coastline, and 415,000 mu of abandoned mines.
Increasing "green" through industrial transformation——
On the coast of Bohai Bay (渤海湾), the modern green hydrogen-based energy fueling terminal at the Dalian Changxing Island Petrochemical Industrial Base (大连长兴岛石化产业基地) welcomed its first cargo ship in early September this year, with nearly 5,000 tons of ethylene imported into cryogenic storage tanks. "We are actively promoting the construction of supporting storage tank areas, covering 9 types of products such as methanol and liquid ammonia. It is expected that by 2027, a 50 billion yuan-level hydrogen-based energy industrial cluster will be built," said Wu Junfeng (吴峻峰), Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Dalian Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone (大连长兴岛经济技术开发区).
Not far away in the Hengli Industrial Park (恒力产业园), a glass house is like an indoor park - surrounded by green plants, small bridges and flowing water, and koi carp swimming freely. "The water used to plant trees and raise fish is all recycled water that we have treated," said Chen Jianhua (陈建华), chairman of Hengli Group (恒力集团). "We have achieved full reuse of reclaimed water and also innovated seawater cascade cooling technology. Through seawater desalination, we can save the water consumption of 100,000 households a year."
Liaoning (辽宁) is accelerating the green transformation of industries and the construction of a strong province of clean energy, and has cultivated more than 800 provincial-level and above green factories. In 2024, Liaoning's (辽宁) comprehensive utilization rate of new energy reached 95.86%, and the proportion of installed capacity and power generation of clean energy both exceeded 50%.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a beautiful China. The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized adhering to the guidance of "dual carbon" and promoting comprehensive green transformation. "We must thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, continue to unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development, and strive to build a beautiful Liaoning (辽宁) where people and nature coexist harmoniously, and support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment," said Xu Kunlin (许昆林), Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee (辽宁省委书记).
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"Great truths are simple, and practical work is essential."
Practical work is the bridge connecting ideals and reality, the key to solving development problems, and, even more so, the consistently excellent work style of Chinese Communists.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the reason we were able to maintain steady development in a complex and volatile international environment was precisely because we always adhered to the spirit of practical work, transforming strategic plans into actions and turning long-term goals into tangible results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "When things are said, we must hear the echo of their implementation and see how well they are actually carried out."
Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, we always firmly remember "empty talk harms the country, practical work prospers the nation" and "use new great struggles to create new great achievements." We adhere to prioritizing action, breaking through difficulties with action, and achieving victory with action. We bravely face major tests with high winds and rapid waves, even turbulent waves. With a spirit of historical initiative, we overcome difficulties, fight risks, and meet challenges, concentrating our efforts on managing our own affairs well and striving to create a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed that "achieving socialist modernization is a historical process of step-by-step progression and continuous development and progress, which requires unremitting efforts and continuous struggle."
The Central Economic Work Conference proposed that "we must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, adhere to achieving political achievements for the people, and achieve political achievements through practical work."
To win the "14th Five-Year Plan" and move towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," ensuring that the goals and tasks are effectively implemented, the key is still to advocate practical work and vigorously grasp implementation, turning every promise into tangible and perceptible changes, and writing an era answer sheet of people-first with concrete achievements.
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In the Shizhongshan Scenic Area (石钟山景区) of Hukou County (湖口县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), Yangtze finless porpoises frequently appear, capturing vivid images.
Affected by human activities and other factors, the Yangtze River's biological integrity index once reached the worst "no fish" level.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Resolutely promote the 'ten-year fishing ban' on the Yangtze River and consolidate the results already achieved."
Decision-making takes "reality" as a prerequisite, and implementation takes "reality" as a requirement. Planning involves considering the overall situation, and operation involves meticulous precision, using the skill of embroidery to do the work thoroughly and in place.
Strengthen top-level design, introduce a number of policies on resettlement and security for fishermen who have retired from fishing, law enforcement supervision of the fishing ban, resource protection and restoration, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the fishing ban; strictly enforce law enforcement supervision, effectively curbing illegal fishing; coordinate protection and restoration, and improve the recovery of aquatic biological resources... Promote the ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River and unswervingly move forward.
Do practical things that the people can see, touch, and benefit from, and also do good things that lay the foundation, build the foundation, and benefit future generations.
After the fishermen go ashore, what about their production and life? "Stable and able to become rich," the fishermen who have retired from fishing have started new lives one after another—
In Nanji Township (南矶乡), Xinjian District (新建区), Nanchang City (南昌市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), relying on the island's wetland national nature reserve, fishermen have opened homestays and farmhouses after training, with a peak daily tourist reception of more than 5,000 people.
In Jingzhou City (荆州市), Hubei Province (湖北省), since 2020, more than 200 related job fairs have been held, providing nearly 20,000 jobs in food processing, textile and clothing, and other industries for fishermen who have retired from fishing.
Clear waters and blue skies, rivers clear and seas calm. The achievement of every point is inseparable from the persistent spirit of practical work. "Ecological and environmental protection is a long-term task." Looking at the whole country, green development is advancing steadily: in 2024, the proportion of days with excellent air quality in cities at the prefecture level and above in China was 87.2%, building the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system...
Say what you mean and do what you say, and persevere. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward: "Green development is a distinct background color of Chinese-style modernization. Firmly establish and practice the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, take carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as the traction, coordinate and promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, build a solid ecological security barrier, and enhance the momentum of green development." The "green future" is reaching our side and benefiting the world.
Be realistic and pioneering, and be good at doing things and achieving success. The beautiful vision is refined into a construction drawing and transformed into a real-life picture, demonstrating the Chinese Communists' consistent feelings for the people, "the tenacity, perseverance, and fighting spirit of 滴水穿石 (dī shuǐ chuān shí - "dripping water pierces stone," perseverance will eventually overcome any difficulty) and drawing a blueprint to the end."
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"In the past, it was hard to go out in winter to pour the chamber pot, but now I finally live in a new house with an independent kitchen and bathroom," Shanghai (上海) citizen Zhang Yuancheng (张远程) said with emotion.
In Shanghai's (上海) Shikumen (石库门), Cantonese-style alleyways, and simple houses, there are many people and small living areas. At the beginning of construction, there were no specially designed toilets, so the problem of going to the toilet could only be solved by pouring chamber pots. With the rapid development of urban construction, on one side is the bustling city, and on the other side is carrying a chamber pot. This contrast makes the "carrying chamber pot" problem a pain point in the lives of Shanghai people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The renovation of old residential areas is directly related to the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and is an important task to improve the quality of people's lives."
Take responsibility and work hard. Since the 1990s, Shanghai (上海) has launched a tough battle for people's livelihood, "cannot walk towards modernization carrying a chamber pot." Following the completion of the historic task of renovating old areas in 2022 and solving the problem of "carrying chamber pots" in concentrated areas, after continuous hard work, the task of renovating 6,493 households "carrying chamber pots" this year was completed ahead of schedule, and the old alleys embraced a new life.
Building a modern people's city condenses the dialectic of "achieving the great and exhausting the subtle." Whether it is "focusing on building a vibrant and innovative city" or "focusing on building a green, low-carbon, and beautiful city," or promoting garbage classification and CD-ROM actions, the premise of implementation is also "reality," "we must continue to promote it, and we cannot be tight for a while and loose for a while."
Do not avoid difficulties and do not escape responsibility. "One step at a time, one stick after another forward." Practical work writes a glorious answer sheet recorded in history and inspires unremitting continuous struggle. The practical spirit of the vast number of party members and cadres runs through the poverty alleviation battle of "never withdrawing troops until a complete victory is won," inspires the ambition of "climbing the peak of world science and technology," and is engraved on the historical monument of "building a moderately prosperous society in all respects on schedule"... This historical patience and strategic determination to always adhere to practical work has allowed us to overcome many long-standing problems and accomplish many major and important tasks concerning the long term.
Great undertakings are achieved through practical work. Based on our own responsibilities, adhering to the principle of putting action first, and striving to do every small thing well and every good thing practically, we can promote the implementation of various measures, solve various problems, and achieve practical results in various tasks.
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Who will take care of the children before they are 3 years old? This practical test is placed in front of many young parents.
On the test paper of governing the country, whether the issue of early childhood education is answered well, and whether the parents' worries can be effectively alleviated, is related to the people's well-being, and even more related to the long-term balanced development of the population and the future of the country and the nation.
On May 5, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the first meeting of the 20th Central Finance and Economics Commission: "We must vigorously develop a universal childcare service system. Improve the childcare support policy and standard specification system, coordinate the allocation of childcare service resources for children aged 0-6, and increase financial support through multiple channels. The state's financial resources should provide more support for related public services."
The word "vigorously" conveys the country's firm determination to promote people's livelihood and also responds to the society's deep desire for early childhood education.
Increase supply to alleviate the contradiction of "one position is hard to find"; reduce the burden, and issue a childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan per child per year to 3 years old, and gradually promote free preschool education... A number of inclusive childcare policies aimed at "difficulty in taking care of children" have been implemented one after another, and more and more families have a real sense of gain.
All work must be done in a practical way, so that the masses can see changes and get benefits.
Data shows that in 2024, the number of childcare places in the country reached 5.737 million, an increase of 126% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan"; the county-level coverage rate of childcare services reached 98.5%, and the growth rate of the number of childcare places has exceeded 20% for three consecutive years.
"Thousands of things, in the final analysis, are things of thousands of households." "The key to things involving the common people is reality. Various policies and measures should be practical and effective, and we should adhere to doing our best and acting according to our capabilities." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) is always concerned about this.
People's livelihood is no small matter, and every branch and leaf is always concerned. Building the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system, adding more than 12 million new urban jobs every year during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and directly settling medical expenses across provinces benefiting 560 million people... Adhering to guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development, the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security is written in abundant products and prosperous people, and thousands of lights.
Benefiting the people lies in practical work. Adhering to achieving political achievements for the people and achieving political achievements through practical work, "we must firmly remember the truth that empty talk harms the country and practical work prospers the nation, adhere to the unity of knowledge and action, and be practical workers," we will surely be able to make a career in the new era and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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Reader Concerns
My house was built in the 1980s. Recently, I saw news that the country is promoting the construction of "good houses." I would like to know what specific arrangements will be made? Can old houses also be transformed into "good houses"?
Living in a "good house" and living a good life are the most basic expectations of the people. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests building safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses" and implementing housing quality improvement projects and property service quality improvement actions. The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized the orderly promotion of "good house" construction.
With safety, comfort, greenness, and intelligence as the goals for building "good houses," how can we systematically promote them to better meet the rigid and diversified housing needs of the masses? Relevant officials from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) stated that they will adhere to overall planning and comprehensively improve housing standards, design, construction, building materials, and service levels to support the construction of "good houses" that satisfy the people.
Issuing policies and measures. Since May 1st of this year, the "Residential Project Specification" has been implemented, raising standards and requirements for residential floor height, sound insulation performance, sunshine standards, service life of external insulation systems, elevator installation, accessibility, and suitability for aging, guiding the improvement of residential quality. For example, the floor height of new residential buildings has been increased from 2.8 meters to more than 3 meters, and the sound insulation performance index of floors has been changed from no more than 75 decibels to no more than 65 decibels.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) also organized national "good house" design competitions and other activities to guide designers to design functional, rationally laid out, easy-to-use, and comfortable apartment types for different area residences and the needs of different groups, striving to make every square meter make the best use of everything and be worth the money.
Improving construction and service levels. China is steadily developing prefabricated buildings, carrying out intelligent construction pilots, and implementing government procurement to support green building materials to promote the improvement of building quality. By actively promoting new construction methods, it effectively guarantees the quality of housing construction. In addition, pilot projects for the construction of complete communities are being carried out to make up for the shortcomings of service facilities such as parking and charging, leisure and fitness. Implementing property service quality improvement actions, guiding various regions to standardize property service behaviors, and improving the environmental sanitation of residential areas and the operation and maintenance level of shared facilities and equipment.
"The construction of 'good houses' must first adhere to asking the people about their needs and meeting the needs of the people. In the process of formulating relevant standards, local governments and enterprises must take investigating and understanding the needs of the masses as their main task." Relevant officials from the Standards Quota Division of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部标准定额司) introduced that, for example, China Construction Group Co., Ltd. (中国建筑集团有限公司) conducted questionnaire surveys, sorted out hundreds of public needs in the field of housing, and on this basis, constructed a "good house" construction system, proposing technical paths and measures to support the construction of "good houses" from good design, good construction, good materials, and good operation and maintenance.
Encouraging adapting to local conditions. The construction of "good houses" should avoid 大呼隆 (dà hū lōng - "a great clamor," doing things in a chaotic and disorganized manner) and 一刀切 (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," applying a uniform standard regardless of the situation), and different places, different prices, and different areas should have different "good houses." At present, various regions are carrying out "good house" construction exploration practices according to local conditions. Among them, Fujian Province (福建省) is promoting Fuzhou (福州市), Xiamen (厦门) and other places to accelerate the improvement of supporting policies, and selecting some affordable housing projects as "good house" pilots. Beijing (北京市) is carrying out "original demolition and reconstruction" to promote the transformation of old houses into "good houses," such as the reconstruction project of dilapidated houses in No. 8 Huapichang (桦皮厂8号楼), using concrete modular integrated building technology, it only took more than 3 months to realize the renewal of old houses and improve the living experience.
"Next, the government should take the lead in building affordable housing into 'good houses,' guide real estate development enterprises to combine diversified market demands, build a batch of 'good house' models according to local conditions, and combine urban renewal, adopt a variety of methods, and transform old houses into 'good houses.' At the same time, we will focus on solving problems such as poor sound insulation, leakage, cracking, and odor, and vigorously promote new construction methods," said relevant officials from the Standards Quota Division of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部标准定额司).
Return to TopOn December 18, 2025, the Hainan Free Trade Port officially launched full island customs closure. At the Haikou Xinhai Port (海口新海港) and Nangang ("南港") "second-tier port" (freight) centralized inspection site, the first batch of goods is passing through the customs supervision channel. (Related reports on pages 3 and 13)
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Return to TopBy: 任 平
China's economy is large in size and also large in potential.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "China's economic foundation is stable, its advantages are numerous, its resilience is strong, and its potential is great. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed." The Central Economic Work Conference summarized the inherent laws of doing economic work under the new situation with "five musts," and the first is "we must fully tap economic potential."
Recently, the "three 30 million" of the automotive industry has attracted attention. From this, we can better grasp the potential of the Chinese economy.
At the end of October, FAW-Volkswagen (一汽—大众) welcomed the 30 millionth complete vehicle rolling off the production line. Over the past 34 years, FAW-Volkswagen has achieved a leap towards high-end intelligent manufacturing by "joint venture without dependence, and more emphasis on innovation than introduction," and also demonstrated the huge potential of the Chinese market for open and win-win cooperation.
On December 10, the 30 millionth Chinese brand vehicle of Changan Auto (长安汽车) rolled off the production line. It took 30 years for the first 10 million vehicles, and only 4 and a half years for the third 10 million vehicles. This is the fruitful result of solidly promoting quality change, efficiency change, and power change, demonstrating the innovation and brand power of Chinese manufacturing.
On December 11, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会) released data showing that in the first 11 months of this year, China's automobile production and sales both exceeded 31 million vehicles. From jumping to the world's top in complete vehicle exports to new energy vehicles accounting for more than half of new car sales, the automotive industry has accelerated its sprint during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, demonstrating China's super-large market advantages and complete industrial system advantages.
"The Chinese economy is a sea, with a large scale, resilience, and potential. We have the confidence and ability to cope with various risks and challenges."
Moving towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," we will further make good use of the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources. We will win the initiative in development amidst the trials and tribulations, and we will create new situations and open up the future.
(I)
To tap economic potential, we must first accurately grasp where the potential lies. China is the world's second largest consumer market, with the world's largest middle-income group and the most complete industrial system. Economic potential is being released in the direction of newness and excellence.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Market resources are a huge advantage of our country. We must fully utilize and give play to this advantage, and constantly consolidate and enhance this advantage to form a strong support for building a new development pattern."
Potential lies in the transformation between the new and the old.
From fuel vehicles to new energy vehicles, from electrification to intelligence, innovation is the strongest engine for promoting the leapfrog development of the automotive industry.
Changan Auto (长安汽车) has built more than 200 laboratories, and BYD (比亚迪) and Leapmotor (零跑) each lead the way in the field of new energy vehicles... The deep integration of the automotive innovation chain and industrial chain is creating new market advantages and enhancing the autonomy of development.
The low-altitude economy is "taking off," artificial intelligence is empowering, and innovative drugs are ushering in "double improvement in quantity and quality"... In the first 11 months of this year, the sales revenue of the national high-tech industry increased by 14.7% year-on-year. All walks of life are starting from "new" and continue to create surprises for the market.
Only when the new and old driving forces are smoothly connected can the economy make steady progress. Grasping the opportunities of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, coordinating the upgrading of traditional industries, the expansion of emerging industries, and the cultivation of future industries, and developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions will give the Chinese economy unlimited possibilities.
Potential lies in the integration of cities and villages.
The cumulative sales of new energy vehicles in rural areas have been about 15 million units in 5 years, and the cumulative volume of China Post Express (中国邮政快递) entering villages has exceeded 10 billion pieces in the past 3 years... Vivid figures reflect the broad space for industrial prosperity, consumption upgrading, and infrastructure investment, and reflect the strong potential of the sinking market.
Imbalance and inadequacy are the shortcomings of development, but also contain the potential for development. From promoting the high-quality development of the county economy to strengthening the coordinated and linked development of key urban agglomerations, promoting urban-rural integration and regional linkage will broaden new market space and create new economic increments.
Potential lies in the consideration of both people and things.
"Let ice and snow sports enter ordinary people's homes" has spawned an ice and snow economy with a total scale of about one trillion yuan; the proposal of the dream-seeking action for schooling is committed to creating no less than 300 projects to improve the academic qualifications and abilities of industrial workers...
Paying attention to people's expectations, serving people's needs, and promoting people's development, giving play to the multiplier effect of the close combination of investment in things and investment in people, and improving the quality and efficiency of human capital to help the total factor productivity leap, can enhance demand capacity, release considerable consumption potential, and achieve a win-win situation for economic development and people's livelihood improvement.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "From the perspective of the requirements for basically realizing socialist modernization, there is broad space for both investment in things and investment in people."
A strong domestic market is the strategic support for Chinese-style modernization. Tapping energy from the depth of the industry, finding potential from the geographical space, and cultivating new opportunities from the development of people... Breaking through fixed thinking and realizing "creating something out of nothing," our incremental space and room for maneuver are wider, and the trend of the Chinese economy towards newness and excellence is more significant.
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To transform economic potential into development momentum, we must adhere to both policy support and reform and innovation. Focusing on "introduction," "breaking," and "establishment," and doing a good job in the great article of reform, economic potential is released in the process of moving forward under pressure.
The Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that "there are still many old problems and new challenges in China's economic development, the impact of external environmental changes has deepened, the contradiction between strong domestic supply and weak demand is prominent, and there are many risks and hidden dangers in key areas"; at the same time, it clarified that "most of these are problems in development and transformation, which can be solved through efforts."
The process of solving problems is the process of releasing potential.
Take the automotive industry as an example. "Involution" competition once intensified, and the profit margin of China's automotive industry in the first quarter of 2025 fell to 3.9%, lower than the average level of the manufacturing industry.
From carrying out special rectification actions against online chaos in the automotive industry to issuing the "Compliance Guidelines for Price Behavior in the Automotive Industry (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)," the "visible hand" took timely action, powerfully leading the way and helping the industry gradually return to the right track. In the first 10 months, the profits of the automotive industry increased by 4.4% year-on-year, both "allowing flexibility" and "managing well."
Small cars reflect great governance wisdom. To promote the release of economic potential, the government should act as a guide, a barrier breaker, and a protector.
The direction that should be introduced must be powerfully guided.
"Why has China become the global leader in electric vehicles?" In March of this year, an article on the website of The Washington Post (《华盛顿邮报》) believed that "the success of China's electric vehicles is mainly due to industrial planning."
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, ultra-long-term special treasury bonds support equipment renewal and drive social investment; the establishment of special re-lending for technological innovation and technological transformation guides enterprises to go green, new, and intelligent; through talent cultivation and international cooperation, industrial upgrading is promoted... Giving full play to the value-driven and strategic traction role of the system and policies is an important method to stimulate economic potential.
The barriers that should be broken must be effectively broken.
Carrying out comprehensive reform pilots for market-oriented allocation of factors, comprehensively rectifying "involution" competition, and iteratively releasing 5 versions of the negative list for market access... The more we face bottlenecks and blockages, the more we must give play to the role of reform, break through the shackles of ideological concepts, remove institutional and mechanism obstacles, and promote the optimization and maximization of factor allocation efficiency.
The rules that should be established must be established in an orderly manner.
Issuing opinions on accelerating the construction of a unified national market, promulgating the "Regulations on Fair Competition Review," and implementing the Law on Promoting the Private Economy... Reform and the rule of law are "dual-driven," and a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable business environment is continuously created, and market vitality is fully surging.
Stimulating economic potential is a development proposition and also a reform proposition.
Since the new era, from the research and application of artificial intelligence and other technologies at the forefront of the world to the leapfrog development of new energy vehicles, the impressive innovative achievements have made us more able to appreciate the profound judgment that "we cannot be 'strangled' by those who try to 'strangle' us," and also more able to appreciate the strategic consideration of "giving full play to the advantages of the new type of national system."
Giving full play to institutional advantages, "introducing" powerfully, "breaking" effectively, and "establishing" in an orderly manner, and continuously smoothing the economic cycle, we will surely make the economic body "full of vitality" and healthy and vigorous.
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China is so big, and the actual situation in various places varies greatly. Under the idea of "a game of chess," adhering to adapting to local conditions can stimulate the comparative advantages and development potential of various places and gather them into a strong driving force for China's economic development.
"Developing new quality productive forces should be adapted to local conditions," "ecological and environmental protection should be adapted to local conditions," and "rural toilet renovation should also be adapted to local conditions"... At the Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) repeatedly emphasized the importance of adapting to local conditions for doing a good job in economic work.
To release economic potential, we must make good use of dialectics and adhere to "one key opens one lock."
Coordinate the local and the overall, find the strategic positioning, and avoid rushing into action.
Anhui (安徽) "closely focuses on the two key words of integration and high quality," relying on its location advantages and industrial chain collaboration, and has jumped to become the "first automobile province"; Mohe (漠河) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) "takes the development of the ice and snow economy as a new growth point," and the cold-region vehicle testing industry is thriving because of "cold."
Thinking about "what a region can do" from "what the overall situation needs" and going to "what the overall situation needs" with "what a region can do" can find the right industrial track and achieve beauty in each and a shared beauty.
Coordinate strengths and weaknesses, give play to comparative advantages, and avoid homogeneous competition.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) warned: "When starting projects, it is always the same few things: artificial intelligence, computing power, new energy vehicles. Do all provinces in the country have to develop industries in these directions?" Giving play to strengths and avoiding weaknesses, finding characteristics, can avoid the repeated construction of "everyone wearing the same clothes."
Looking at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), the innovation clusters are full of vitality, uniting and working together; looking at the border areas, the port economy and cross-border trade are in full swing, turning the inland terminal into an open frontier... Various places start from reality, seize development opportunities, develop in a differentiated manner, and give full play to their strengths, so that they can better achieve coordinated development.
Coordinate domestic and international, adhere to open development, and avoid closing the door to build cars.
Building the Asia-Europe Golden Passage, the total value of Xinjiang's (新疆) foreign trade import and export has continuously crossed 3 trillion yuan; relying on the construction of a free trade port, the annual average growth of newly established foreign-funded enterprises in Hainan (海南) has been 43.7% in the past 5 years... Gathering the atmosphere of the world and borrowing the strength of all parties for our use breaks the geographical restrictions and wins development opportunities.
Today's potential breeds tomorrow's momentum; today's efforts achieve future power.
Grasping the general trend of development, strengthening development confidence, and concentrating efforts to do our own things well will surely transform unlimited economic potential into surging development momentum, and help the "15th Five-Year Plan" achieve new leaps by making a good start in 2026.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Haikou, December 18th. The Hainan Free Trade Port's island-wide customs clearance launch event was held in Haikou on the 18th. He Lifeng (何立峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the event and delivered a speech.
He Lifeng (何立峰) pointed out that building the Hainan Free Trade Port is a major reform and opening-up initiative personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), and a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with a focus on both domestic and international situations to promote the innovative development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the construction of the Free Trade Port has achieved positive results, the basic conditions for island-wide customs clearance are already in place, and the island-wide customs clearance of the Hainan Free Trade Port has officially begun. It is necessary to take the operation of island-wide customs clearance as an opportunity to continuously deepen reforms in key areas, solidly promote high-quality development, and continuously improve the risk prevention and control system, so as to build the Hainan Free Trade Port into an important gateway leading China's opening up to the outside world in the new era.
He Lifeng (何立峰) also conducted on-site inspections of the Hainan Free Trade Port's cargo customs clearance, anti-smuggling joint prevention and control, and the implementation of the offshore duty-free policy.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 18th (北京) - The General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) recently issued the "Opinions on Cracking Down on Illegal Tobacco Activities Across the Entire Chain" (关于全链条打击涉烟违法活动的意见) (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), proposing a series of targeted policies and measures to solve prominent problems such as tobacco counterfeiting, selling counterfeit products, and smuggling, continuously purify the tobacco market environment, and effectively safeguard national interests and consumer rights.
The "Opinions" require focusing on cracking down on overseas tobacco counterfeiting and smuggling into the country. Strengthen law enforcement cooperation with relevant countries, severely crack down on overseas counterfeit Chinese tobacco brand behavior, and resolutely investigate illegal tobacco flowing into and through our country. Strengthen joint law enforcement cooperation between sea and land, and accurately crack down on tobacco smuggling activities at sea. Strengthen comprehensive management of tobacco-related issues at land borders and ports, and severely crack down on various forms of tobacco smuggling activities. Strengthen the management of tobacco-related issues in various special areas, and strictly prohibit infringing intellectual property rights and smuggling or disguised smuggling of tobacco through transit transportation, entrepot trade, and transfer trade. Strengthen risk control of tobacco-related risks in inbound and outbound transportation vehicles and international postal parcels, and investigate and deal with smuggling tobacco by using inbound and outbound transportation vehicle staff and cross-border e-commerce logistics, international postal parcels and other channels in accordance with the law.
The "Opinions" require high-pressure and severe crackdown on domestic illegal tobacco activities. Cut off the supply chain of raw and auxiliary materials and tobacco machinery for tobacco counterfeiting, strengthen the source management of tobacco counterfeiting, and strictly prevent and control the transfer and spread of tobacco counterfeiting. Strictly investigate illegal storage, transportation, and delivery of tobacco-related products, rectify the illegal operation of tobacco-related products with tobacco monopoly retail licenses, and severely crack down on the sale of various illegal tobacco-related products. Clean up and rectify illegal online sales of tobacco-related products. Comprehensively strengthen the supervision of e-cigarettes, and severely investigate illegal production, wholesale, transportation, and sales of e-cigarettes and the return of e-cigarette exports and other illegal activities. Strictly prohibit the production and sale of tobacco-related products containing tobacco and nicotine ingredients such as oral tobacco, nicotine pouches, and tobacco paste without permission, and severely crack down on illegal production and sales of empty tube cigarettes, tea cigarettes, flower cigarettes, and other products with similar appearance, usage, and main functions to tobacco, as well as simple cigarette-making machinery and other behaviors.
The "Opinions" propose strengthening support and guarantees for cracking down on illegal tobacco activities. Improve the vertical management system of the tobacco industry, improve the working mechanism of entrusted law enforcement between departments, and strengthen the effective connection between tobacco monopoly administrative law enforcement and criminal justice. Strengthen professional law enforcement forces and accelerate the standardization and professionalization of law enforcement teams. Strengthen law enforcement supervision and comprehensively promote strict, standardized, fair and civilized law enforcement.
The "Opinions" emphasize that all regions and relevant departments must attach great importance to cracking down on illegal tobacco activities, fully fulfill their territorial responsibilities and regulatory responsibilities for cracking down on illegal tobacco activities, and ensure that all aspects of cracking down on illegal tobacco activities are organically connected throughout the entire chain, and that all tasks and measures are implemented effectively.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 付明丽
Develop county economies with distinct characteristics, explore the multiple functions of agriculture, promote the deep integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in rural areas, cultivate and strengthen distinctive rural industries, improve mechanisms for connecting farmers to and benefiting them from these industries, and promote stable income growth for farmers.
——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" Recommendations
At 8 p.m. on December 10th, trucks loaded with flange forgings drove out of the Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村) Industrial Park in Shenshan Township (神山乡), Dingxiang County (定襄县), Xinzhou City (忻州市), Shanxi Province (山西省). Gao Yong (高勇), the equipment department head of Shanxi Fuxingtong Heavy Ring Forging Co., Ltd. (山西富兴通重型环锻件有限公司) and a villager of Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村), was the last to leave the factory: "Orders are already scheduled until January next year."
"I can earn more than 8,000 yuan a month in the factory; my wife also has income working in the village's labor protection glove factory; after graduating from university, my son works in the same company as me and has already bought a house and started a family in the city." Calculating his family's finances, the 55-year-old Gao Yong (高勇) looked pleased.
In Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村), there are many families like Gao Yong's (高勇). More than 90% of the village's employment is concentrated in flange forging and related industries.
A flange is a part used to connect pipes, equipment, or mechanical components, and is widely used in mechanical equipment, wind power generation, petrochemicals, and other fields. Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村) has 58 flange forging enterprises, of which 27 are above a designated size.
Why are flange enterprises clustered in Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村)?
"Blacksmithing" is a traditional craft of Dingxiang (定襄) people, which can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. "Dingxiang (定襄) has no coal mines and cannot rely on resource-based industries. However, the people of Dingxiang (定襄) are willing to endure hardship and have created a prosperous industry for the people by relying on their blacksmithing skills," introduced Yang Xiaoguang (杨晓光), Director of the Dingxiang County Bureau of Industry, Information Technology and Science and Technology (定襄县工信和科技局). Since the 1960s, Dingxiang (定襄) has introduced traditional forging equipment such as power hammers, and flange forging has gradually formed an industry.
"Since I can remember, the village has been making flanges," said Gao Yong (高勇), who manages more than 400 pieces of equipment in the factory and has witnessed the company's transformation and upgrading. "In the past, equipment maintenance relied on manual records. Two years ago, we introduced a digital management system, which saves time and effort."
"When I chose to study CNC technology in university, I already planned to return to my hometown to work after graduation," said Gao Yong's (高勇) son, Gao Zhe (高哲), who has grown from a ring rolling machine operator to the deputy director of the heat treatment workshop, with an annual income of more than 100,000 yuan.
With technological innovation and equipment upgrades, Fuxingtong (富兴通) company, where Gao Yong (高勇) and his son work, has expanded its business from wind power flanges to the production of various forgings, and its annual output value has increased from less than 50 million yuan when it was first established to 800 million yuan. Currently, the company is expanding its workshop. "After the new workshop is put into use after the new year, it will drive more villagers to find employment," introduced Wang Yongdong (王永栋), the company's deputy general manager.
In order to develop and strengthen the village's collective economy, Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村), in conjunction with the needs of enterprises, has opened a labor protection glove processing workshop, which has absorbed people such as those who have been lifted out of poverty to find employment, and has also achieved revenue through industrial park enterprise rents and advertising space investment.
With the expansion of the industry, enterprises and the village are moving towards each other. Fuxingtong (富兴通) company responded to Dingxiang County's (定襄县) "Hundred Enterprises Revitalize Hundred Villages" campaign by purchasing 2 garbage trucks and 200 garbage bins for the village, and installing more than 200 street lights. "The village has established an industrial park service team to harden roads and lay sewage pipe networks to provide good services for enterprises," introduced Zhao Huajie (赵华杰), Secretary of the Party Branch of Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村).
With the village's appearance renewed and the industry booming, more and more young people are returning to their hometown. Last year, 27-year-old Yan Qiyang (闫启阳) returned to the village: "The village has developed very well in recent years. When it comes to Dingxiang (定襄) flanges, many people know about them."
The Dingxiang (定襄) flange forging industry is constantly upgrading, and in 2024, it was selected as a national-level characteristic industrial cluster for small and medium-sized enterprises. The county's flange production accounts for about 48% of the country's total production, and the total output value is expected to exceed 20 billion yuan in 2025.
"Facing the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we must refine and optimize the flange forging industry, support county economic growth, drive employment, and promote income growth," said Yang Xiaoguang (杨晓光).
This issue's coordination: Han Wenrong (韩文榕)
(Related new media reports can be found on the People's Daily National Party Media Information Public Platform's "Great Power, Small Village" Communication Cloud Platform, the Farmer's Daily official WeChat account, and the "Study Times" learning platform's eponymous special topic)
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Linking farmers to and benefiting farmers is the bond that coordinates new industrialization and comprehensive rural revitalization, and promotes the transformation of new and old kinetic energy in rural industries. In recent years, the industrial fields of linking farmers to and benefiting farmers have expanded from agriculture to industry and service industries; the ways of linking farmers to and benefiting farmers have expanded from order acquisition, factor cooperation, and service links to employment promotion, entrepreneurial incubation, and supporting collaboration in the entire rural industry, strengthening the driving capacity and benefits.
Cuijiazhuang Village (崔家庄村) relies on characteristic industries to achieve a win-win situation for the village and enterprises, which not only improves the labor skills and comprehensive quality of the villagers, but also renews the overall appearance of the village and enhances the potential for rural development.
Today, farmers' demands for comprehensive development are increasing. To better leverage the role of the mechanism of linking farmers to and benefiting farmers, it is necessary to base ourselves on counties and villages, accelerate the cultivation of various new business entities and leading enterprises with good development benefits and strong driving capabilities, and link preferential policies with the level of linking farmers to and benefiting farmers to ensure that the links are tight, the benefits are stable, and the benefits are long-lasting.
We should also take into account the individual development and income security demands of different groups, and provide support for farmers to choose diversified income-increasing paths. For young people, establish and improve the rural entrepreneurship and employment service system, and provide sustainable participation opportunities in all links of the industrial chain; for the elderly, left-behind women and other groups, optimize the connection and matching of related industries, give play to the intermediary service role of village collectives, cooperatives, and leaders, and create more flexible employment opportunities.
In addition, strengthen the standardized management, revitalization and utilization of rural collective "three resources" (三资), and realize the transformation from "**管住**" (guǎn zhù - "manage tightly," strict control) to "**管活**" (guǎn huó - "manage flexibly," flexible management), so that farmers can obtain more income channels.
(The author is Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), associate researcher at the Institute of Rural Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), interviewed and compiled by a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李昌禹
China's modernization prioritizes the people's well-being. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "Strengthening inclusive, basic, and guaranteed livelihood construction, resolving the most concerning, direct, and realistic interests of the people, and continuously promoting the high-quality development of civil affairs." The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made important deployments for "increasing efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods." How to implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee? Our reporter interviewed Lu Zhiyuan (陆治原), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部).
Civil affairs work is related to people's livelihoods and connected to people's hearts.
Reporter: How should we deeply understand and accurately grasp the new deployments and requirements made by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in increasing efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods, especially in the field of civil affairs?
Lu Zhiyuan (陆治原): The plenary session put forward the guiding ideology, major principles, main goals, and strategic tasks for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. This is a scientific judgment made by the Party Central Committee based on summarizing the practical experience of the Party leading economic and social development since the new era, taking into account the strategic requirements for basically realizing socialist modernization and the general trend of China's development in the next five years. It has strong guiding significance for civil affairs work.
In the field of civil affairs, the plenary session put forward clear requirements for actively responding to the aging of the population, improving the urban and rural elderly care service network, improving the social assistance system, improving the service guarantee system for empty-nest elderly, children in difficulties, and people with disabilities, establishing and improving the basic funeral service system, effectively governing bad habits in weddings and funerals, strengthening the cultivation and management of social organizations, and promoting and regulating the development of public welfare and charity. These deployments cover all aspects of civil affairs work and fully reflect the Party Central Committee's high attention to civil affairs work and its deep concern for the vast number of civil affairs service recipients.
Civil affairs work is related to people's livelihoods and connected to people's hearts. It embodies the Party's original aspiration and mission, demonstrates the superiority of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and demonstrates social civilization and progress. It is the guaranteed and basic work of social construction. We must benchmark and implement the decisions and deployments of the plenary session on civil affairs work, conduct in-depth research item by item, plan civil affairs work during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, improve policies and systems, accelerate the formulation and implementation of measures, and implement these key tasks without compromise, so that the people can get more benefits.
Turning the "livelihood commitments" on the blueprint into a happy picture that the masses can feel and reach.
Reporter: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, what major progress and achievements have been made in civil affairs?
Lu Zhiyuan (陆治原): During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we focused on promoting inclusive, basic, and guaranteed livelihood construction, and turned the "livelihood commitments" on the blueprint into a happy picture that the masses can feel and reach.
First, the guaranteed livelihood security has been newly improved. A hierarchical and classified social assistance system has been basically established, and the coverage has been extended from low-income and extremely poor people to low-income edge people and families with rigid expenditure difficulties. A national social assistance dynamic monitoring information platform has been built to strengthen monitoring, early warning, and assistance, and to achieve effective connection with rural revitalization while consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation. The average standards of urban and rural minimum living security nationwide have increased by 22.2% and 23.9% respectively compared with 2020, and 39.11 million people with minimum living security and 4.85 million people in extreme poverty have been guaranteed on a regular basis. Major progress has been made in the construction of the children's welfare security system, and de facto unattended children, left-behind children, and mobile children have been included in the scope of national security and care services. A security and care system covering all types of children in difficulties has been basically established. The basic living security standards for orphans raised in centralized care, orphans living in society, and de facto unattended children have increased by 28%, 35%, and 35% respectively compared with 2020. The living subsidies for people with disabilities in difficulty and the nursing subsidies for people with severe disabilities have been effectively implemented. The construction of a support and care service system for people with severe disabilities has been accelerated, and the community rehabilitation service system for people with mental disorders has been further improved, and has cumulatively served 1.26 million rehabilitation recipients. China's guaranteed livelihood security network is more dense, and the achievements of modernization are increasingly benefiting the vast number of people in difficulty.
Second, new steps have been taken in aging work and elderly care services. The reform of aging work institutions has been completed, the aging work system has been improved, a new pattern of aging work has been basically formed, the national strategy of actively responding to population aging has been deeply implemented, the "Silver Age Action" in the new era has been solidly carried out, the silver-haired economy has grown stronger, and the preferential treatment and rights protection of the elderly have been more effective. The national basic elderly care service system has been fully established, the top-level design of elderly care service reform and development has been completed, the construction of the elderly care service network has been steadily promoted, and an elderly care service system with Chinese characteristics that suits China's national conditions is accelerating its construction, and the supply structure is constantly optimized. The number of elderly care institutions and facilities nationwide has reached 397,000, with 7.802 million beds, and the proportion of nursing beds has increased from 48% in 2020 to 67.3%. In the past five years, 2.24 million households of elderly people with special difficulties have completed age-appropriate renovation, and 500 demonstration community home-based elderly care service networks, 2,990 demonstration elderly-friendly communities, and 86,000 elderly meal assistance points have been built. Various allowances and subsidies such as high-age allowances, service subsidies for elderly people with economic difficulties, and nursing subsidies for disabled elderly people have benefited 50.51 million elderly people, further increasing the well-being of the elderly.
Third, new achievements have been made in special social services. Marriage registration has been fully implemented "nationwide," which has effectively facilitated the masses. The reform of marriage customs has continued to deepen, and a civilized and healthy marriage custom style is accelerating its formation. The supply of basic funeral services has continued to increase, effectively filling the "blank spots" of grassroots funeral homes, and 3,350 public columbariums and 16,800 public cemeteries have been built, and people-benefiting funeral services have continued to advance. The China National Place Name Information Database has been opened and launched, and the "Famous Rural Action" has been carried out in depth. 810,000 rural place names have been named, effectively serving people's travel and rural revitalization.
Fourth, new progress has been made in related social governance. The registration and management system for social organizations has been further improved, a new batch of science and technology social organizations has been established, 852,000 social organizations have been registered nationwide, and the layout structure has been continuously optimized. The charitable cause has accelerated its development. The "Charity Law of the People's Republic of China" has been revised and implemented, and the institutional system for promoting and regulating the development of the charitable cause has been continuously improved. At present, more than 16,000 charitable organizations have been registered and recognized, an increase of 70% compared with 2020. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the total sales of welfare lottery tickets have reached 884 billion yuan, raising 266 billion yuan in public welfare funds. These efforts have effectively promoted social harmony and stability and an upward and virtuous social atmosphere.
Writing a warmer footnote of people's livelihood for Chinese-style modernization.
Reporter: Focusing on the implementation of the deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, what is the development idea of civil affairs work during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period? What are the major measures?
Lu Zhiyuan (陆治原): We will conscientiously study, publicize, and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, carefully prepare the civil affairs development plan and related special plans, and solidly promote the high-quality development of civil affairs work, writing a warmer footnote of people's livelihood for Chinese-style modernization.
First, actively respond to the aging of the population and build an inclusive and accessible elderly care service system. Accelerate the improvement of the institutional mechanism for implementing the national strategy of actively responding to population aging, prepare and implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" for the development of the national aging cause, accelerate the improvement of the three-level elderly care service network covering urban and rural areas, actively mobilize business entities to participate, promote elderly care service consumption, and promote the coordinated development of the aging cause and the aging industry.
Second, conform to the requirements of promoting common prosperity and improve the level of social assistance and social welfare. Promote the promulgation and implementation of the Social Assistance Law, improve the institutional measures to promote the high-quality development of social assistance, scientifically and accurately identify social assistance recipients, timely discover people in difficulty who need help, and ensure the bottom line of people's livelihood is guaranteed accurately and firmly. Improve the welfare security system for children in difficulty, increase care services for children with autism, mobile children, and left-behind children, promote the "open-door" operation of children's welfare institutions, and better play the service functions of children's directors and children's supervisors. Improve the social security system and care service system for people with disabilities, improve the living subsidies for people with disabilities in difficulty and the nursing subsidies for people with severe disabilities, explore and improve the guardianship system for adult people with disabilities, develop support and care services for people with severe disabilities, and promote the accelerated development of the rehabilitation assistive device industry.
Third, focus on doing practical things for people's livelihood and optimize social affairs management and services. Promulgate and implement the newly revised Funeral Management Regulations, establish and improve the basic funeral service system, make up for the shortcomings of urban and rural public welfare funeral service facilities, establish a cross-departmental comprehensive supervision mechanism in the funeral field, comprehensively promote "one-time handling of funeral affairs," deepen the reform of funeral customs, and promote ecological burial. Improve marriage service policies, consolidate and optimize marriage registration "nationwide," deepen the reform of marriage customs, and advocate a positive view of marriage and childbearing.
Fourth, focus on serving high-quality development and strengthen and innovate social governance. Steadily do a good job in administrative division work and strengthen the inheritance and protection of regional and place name culture. Improve the policies and measures to promote the high-quality development of social organizations, promote the formulation of the Law on Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce, revise the regulations on the registration and management of private non-enterprise units and social groups, vigorously cultivate and develop international science and technology organizations, support the development of community social organizations, and optimize the structural layout of social organizations. Improve the institutional policies to promote the high-quality development of the charitable cause, accelerate the improvement of the comprehensive supervision mechanism for charity, regulate the development of charitable activities such as Internet charity, support the development of community charity, and better play the role of the third distribution of the charitable cause.
Reporter: The plenary session made important deployments for actively responding to the aging of the population. What measures will the Ministry of Civil Affairs take to protect the rights and interests of the elderly and increase the well-being of the elderly?
Lu Zhiyuan (陆治原): During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will conscientiously implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, earnestly fulfill the work responsibilities of the National Working Commission on Aging, deeply promote the implementation of the national strategy of actively responding to population aging, and continuously enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the vast number of elderly people.
First, strengthen the overall coordination of aging work. Strengthen the comprehensive coordination, supervision, guidance, organization, and promotion of aging work, improve aging policies and regulations, and promote the improvement of the service security system for the elderly to have support, care, medical care, entertainment, learning, contribution, and peace. Deeply carry out national conditions education on population aging and enhance the consensus of the whole society on actively responding to population aging.
Second, accelerate the improvement of the elderly care service system. Improve the elderly care service network covering urban and rural areas, optimize the supply of basic elderly care services, promote the classified reform of elderly care institutions according to local conditions, give priority to supporting the development of guaranteed and inclusive support-type elderly care institutions, improve the care system for disabled and demented elderly people, further improve care service capabilities, and strengthen visits and care for elderly people with special difficulties.
Third, actively promote the development of the silver-haired economy. Adhere to the coordinated development of career and industry, vigorously cultivate and develop business entities for elderly care services, fully implement the project of issuing elderly care service consumption subsidies to moderately and severely disabled elderly people, carry out consumer promotion activities such as the elderly care service consumption season, and innovate the application scenarios of smart elderly care products. Promote the promulgation of support measures for the high-quality development of the silver-haired economy and optimize the development environment of the silver-haired economy.
Fourth, comprehensively build an elderly-friendly society. Promote the strengthening of age-appropriate and barrier-free renovation of public facilities, build elderly-friendly communities and elderly-friendly cities, and provide friendly services for the elderly. Widely carry out publicity and education on fraud prevention for the elderly, implement and improve the working mechanism for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, and promote the strict crackdown on illegal and criminal activities such as fraud and illegal fundraising involving the elderly in accordance with the law. Deeply carry out the "Silver Age Action," accelerate the construction of the elderly volunteer service system, develop elderly human resources, and give play to the active role of the elderly. Continue to organize a series of activities to respect, love, and help the elderly, such as "Respect for the Elderly Month," and vigorously promote the traditional virtues of filial piety and respect for the elderly.
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"Great truths are simple, and practical work is essential."
Practical work is the bridge connecting ideals and reality, the key to solving development problems, and, even more so, the consistently excellent style of the Chinese Communists.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the reason we were able to maintain steady development in a complex and volatile international environment was precisely because we always adhered to the spirit of practical work, transforming strategic plans into action and turning long-term goals into tangible results.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "When things are said, we must hear the echo of their implementation and see how well they are being carried out."
Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, we have always kept firmly in mind that "**空谈误国、实干兴邦**" (kōng tán wù guó, shí gàn xīng bāng - "empty talk harms the country, practical work prospers the nation," empty talk is harmful to the country, only hard work can make the country strong) and "use new great struggles to create new great achievements," adhering to taking action as the priority, breaking through difficulties with action, and winning with action. We bravely face major tests of high winds and waves, even stormy seas, overcome difficulties, fight risks, and meet challenges with a proactive spirit, concentrating our efforts on managing our own affairs well and striving to create a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) proposed that "realizing socialist modernization is a historical process of step-by-step advancement and continuous development and progress, which requires unremitting efforts and continuous struggle."
The Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) proposed that "we must establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, adhere to achieving political achievements for the people, and achieve political achievements through practical work."
To win the decisive battle of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and move towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," ensuring that the goals and tasks are effectively implemented, the key is to advocate practical work and vigorously grasp implementation, turning promises into tangible and perceptible changes, and writing an era answer sheet of people-first with concrete achievements.
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In the Shizhongshan Scenic Area (石钟山景区) of Hukou County (湖口县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), Yangtze finless porpoises frequently appear, capturing vivid images.
Affected by human activities and other factors, the Yangtze River's (长江) biological integrity index once reached the worst "no fish" level.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Resolutely promote the 'ten-year fishing ban' on the Yangtze River and consolidate the achievements already made."
Decision-making takes "reality" as the premise, and implementation takes "reality" as the requirement. Planning takes into account the overall situation, and operation is meticulous and appropriate, using embroidery skills to do the work solidly and in place.
Strengthen top-level design, issue a number of policies on resettlement and security for fishermen who have retired from fishing, law enforcement supervision of the fishing ban, resource protection and restoration, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the fishing ban; strictly enforce law enforcement supervision, and illegal fishing has been effectively curbed; coordinate protection and restoration, and the restoration of aquatic biological resources is improving... Promote the ten-year fishing ban on the Yangtze River and unswervingly move forward.
Do practical things that the people can see, touch, and benefit from, and also do good things that lay the foundation, lay the groundwork, and benefit future generations.
After the fishermen go ashore, what about their production and life? "Stable and able to get rich," the fishermen who have retired from fishing have started a new life -
In Nanji Township (南矶乡), Xinjian District (新建区), Nanchang City (南昌市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), relying on the island's wetland national nature reserve, fishermen have opened homestays and farmhouses after training, and the daily tourist reception volume reaches more than 5,000 people at peak times.
In Jingzhou City (荆州市), Hubei Province (湖北省), since 2020, more than 200 related job fairs have been held, providing nearly 20,000 jobs in food processing, textile and clothing, and other industries for fishermen who have retired from fishing.
Clear waters and blue skies, rivers clear and seas calm. The achievement of every point is inseparable from the persistent spirit of practical work. "Ecological and environmental protection is a long-term task." Looking at the whole country, green development is advancing steadily: in 2024, the proportion of days with excellent air quality in cities at the prefecture level and above in China is 87.2%, building the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system...
Say what you mean and do what you say, and persevere. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes: "Green development is a distinct background color of Chinese-style modernization. Firmly establish and practice the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, take carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as the traction, coordinate and promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, build a solid ecological security barrier, and enhance the momentum of green development." "Green future" is reaching around and benefiting the world.
Be realistic and pioneering, and be good at doing things and achieving success. Beautiful visions are refined into construction drawings and transformed into real-life paintings, demonstrating the Chinese Communists' consistent people-oriented feelings, "**滴水穿石**" (dī shuǐ chuān shí - "dripping water pierces stone," perseverance can accomplish anything), the resilience, perseverance, and fighting spirit of drawing a blueprint to the end.
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"It used to be freezing cold to go out to empty the chamber pot in winter, but now I finally live in a new house with an independent kitchen and bathroom," sighed Zhang Yuancheng (张远程), a citizen of Shanghai (上海).
The old alleys of Shanghai's (上海) Shikumen (石库门), Cantonese-style Lilong (里弄), and Jianwu (简屋) are crowded and have small living areas. They were not specifically designed with toilets when they were built, so the only way to solve the toilet problem was to empty chamber pots. With the rapid development of urban construction, one side is a prosperous city, and the other side is carrying chamber pots. This contrast makes the "carrying chamber pots" problem a pain point in the lives of Shanghai people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The renovation of old residential areas is directly related to the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security, and is an important task to improve the quality of people's lives."
Take responsibility and work hard. Since the 1990s, Shanghai (上海) has launched a tough battle on people's livelihood, saying "we cannot walk towards modernization carrying chamber pots." Following the completion of the historic task of renovating old areas in 2022 and solving the problem of "carrying chamber pots" in concentrated areas, after continuous efforts to overcome difficulties, the task of renovating 6,493 households "carrying chamber pots" this year was completed ahead of schedule, and the old alleys embraced a new life.
Building a modern people's city condenses the dialectic of "striving for greatness while being meticulous." Whether it is "focusing on building a vibrant and innovative city" or "focusing on building a green and low-carbon beautiful city," or promoting garbage classification and CD-ROM actions, the premise of implementation is also "reality," "we must continue to promote it, and we cannot be tight for a while and then loose for a while."
Do not avoid difficulties and do not shirk responsibility. "One step at a time, one stick after another." Practical work writes a glorious answer sheet recorded in history and inspires unremitting continuous struggle. The practical spirit of the vast number of party members and cadres runs through the poverty alleviation battle of "**不获全胜决不收兵**" (bù huò quán shèng jué bù shōu bīng - "we will never stop fighting until we win a complete victory," never stop until complete victory is achieved), inspires the lofty aspirations of "climbing the peak of world science and technology," and is engraved on the historical monument of "building a moderately prosperous society in all respects on schedule"... This historical patience and strategic determination to always adhere to practical work has allowed us to overcome many long-standing problems and accomplish many major and important tasks concerning the long-term future.
Great undertakings are achieved through practical work. Based on our own responsibilities, adhering to putting the word "do" first, and striving to do every small thing well and every good thing practically, we can promote the implementation of various measures, solve various problems, and achieve practical results in various tasks.
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Who will take care of the children before they are 3 years old? This practical test is placed in front of many young parents.
On the examination paper of governing the country, whether the issue of young children being raised well is answered well, and whether the worries of parents can be effectively alleviated, is related to the people's well-being, and even more to the long-term balanced development of the population and the future of the country and the nation.
On May 5, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the first meeting of the 20th Central Finance and Economics Commission: "We must vigorously develop a universal childcare service system. Improve the childcare support policies and standards and norms system, coordinate the allocation of childcare service resources for 0-6 years old, and increase financial support through multiple channels. The state's financial resources should provide more support for related public services."
The word "vigorously" conveys the country's firm determination to promote people's livelihood and also responds to the society's deep desire for young children to be raised well.
Increase supply to alleviate the contradiction of "one position is hard to find"; reduce the burden, and childcare subsidies of 3,600 yuan per child per year are distributed to 3 years old, and free preschool education is gradually promoted... A number of inclusive childcare policies aimed at "difficulty in raising children" have been implemented one after another, and more and more families have a real sense of gain.
All work must be done practically so that the masses can see changes and get benefits.
Data shows that in 2024, the number of childcare places in the country reached 5.737 million, an increase of 126% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan"; the county-level coverage rate of childcare services reached 98.5%, and the growth rate of childcare places has exceeded 20% for three consecutive years.
"Thousands of things are, in the final analysis, things of thousands of households." "The key to things involving the common people is reality. Various policies and measures should be practical and effective, and we should adhere to doing our best and acting according to our capabilities." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) always keeps this in mind.
People's livelihood is no small matter, and every branch and leaf is always concerned. Building the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system, adding more than 12 million new urban jobs every year during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and directly settling medical expenses across provinces for 560 million people... Adhering to guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood in development, the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security is written in abundant products and prosperous people, and thousands of lights.
Creating benefits for the people focuses on practical work. Adhering to achieving political achievements for the people and achieving political achievements through practical work, "we must firmly remember the truth that empty talk harms the country and practical work prospers the nation, adhere to the unity of knowledge and action, and be practical workers," and we will surely be able to make a career in the new era and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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In April of this year, I had the honor of welcoming President Xi Jinping (习近平) to Kuala Lumpur again. This important diplomatic event reminded me of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) first state visit to Malaysia 12 years ago. Participating in the reception work twice allowed me to truly feel the composure, confidence, and amiability of a leader of a major country, and also witnessed the continuous leap of Malaysia-China relations in the tide of the times.
On April 16, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar (安瓦尔) held a welcome banquet for President Xi Jinping (习近平) at the Prime Minister's Office. I stood at the entrance waiting. President Xi Jinping (习近平) entered the hall, first exchanged greetings with a friend he knew in China, and then walked towards me and shook my hand cordially. "Welcome to Malaysia again!" I greeted President Xi Jinping (习近平). President Xi (习) nodded in acknowledgement, thanking me for my long-term efforts in developing Malaysia-China relations.
The temperament displayed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) at that moment was particularly memorable. He possesses both a calm and firm willpower and exudes a gentle and inclusive charisma. This kind of leadership style is a vivid portrayal of a nation's confidence.
Twelve years ago, President Xi Jinping (习近平) made his first state visit to Malaysia. At that time, as the president of the Malaysia-China Friendship Association, I participated in the reception work and co-hosted the Malaysia-China Economic Cooperation Summit Forum with business leaders. I still clearly remember President Xi Jinping (习近平) attending the forum and delivering an important speech on strengthening practical cooperation between the two countries and China's economic development, encouraging economic figures from both countries to seize opportunities and continue to write a new chapter of mutually beneficial cooperation. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech was concise, powerful, and rich in content, which was very inspiring.
During that visit, the two countries decided to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership. Twelve years later, the two sides unanimously agreed to build a high-level strategic Malaysia-China community with a shared future, leading bilateral relations into a new stage. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) state visit to Malaysia this year was packed with a tight schedule and fruitful results. The leaders of the two countries jointly witnessed the exchange of more than 30 cooperation documents, covering areas including the implementation of the three major global initiatives, the "Confucian-Islamic Civilization Dialogue," the digital economy, service trade, artificial intelligence, etc., and carried out a structured and systematic upgrade of bilateral cooperation.
In my opinion, this state visit has three far-reaching significance: First, the strategic mutual trust between the two countries has been further enhanced, the leaders of both sides have fully exchanged views, clarified the direction of cooperation, and the atmosphere was sincere and pragmatic; second, the dimensions of cooperation have been comprehensively expanded, from economic and trade exchanges and infrastructure construction to artificial intelligence, the digital economy, high-end manufacturing, and mutual learning between civilizations; third, the regional influence is significant. Malaysia will serve as the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2025. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit has injected new impetus into ASEAN-China cooperation and made Kuala Lumpur an important coordinate of regional cooperation again.
What makes me particularly pleased is that the results of this state visit have been implemented quickly and steadily. After the visit, the cooperation mechanism between the two countries was immediately launched. Only two months later, a delegation from the International Confucian Association of China visited the International Islamic University of Malaysia and co-hosted the "Confucian-Islamic Civilization Dialogue" to promote the institutionalization of the "Confucian-Islamic Civilization Dialogue" mechanism and determined to continue to hold related activities in Beijing (北京) next year. In terms of tourism and people-to-people exchanges, the pace of cooperation between the two countries has obviously accelerated. At present, there are more than 600 round-trip flights between Malaysia and China every week, and the number of Chinese tourists to Malaysia in 2025 has exceeded 4 million.
Malaysia-China cooperation is constantly extending to the depths of the industrial chain and innovation chain. From artificial intelligence research and development, data governance and application ecology, to hydrogen energy, energy storage systems, and precision parts and intelligent manufacturing, the collaboration between companies in the two countries is becoming increasingly close. Chinese universities and Malaysian partners are jointly building vocational training bases to help young people master new industrial skills for the future.
In September of this year, at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization+" meeting held in Tianjin (天津), President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative. This is another important public product that China has provided to the world after the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. At present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and there is an urgent need for new ideas and new initiatives. I have been deeply involved in related research and dialogues for a long time, and I can deeply feel that the four major global initiatives have received widespread attention and positive responses around the world.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized that "the trend of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win is unstoppable," and called for "adhering to dialogue rather than confrontation, inclusiveness rather than exclusion, and integration rather than decoupling." This is not only a profound enlightenment summarized by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in its century-long struggle, but also a powerful response to the camp confrontation and Cold War mentality that exist in the world today. As a developing country, we sincerely hope that the world will be more just and harmonious, and the Chinese solution points out a clear and feasible path to achieve this vision.
(The author is the former Malaysian Ambassador to China and the President of the Malaysia-China Friendship Association. This article was compiled and edited by Zhang Niansheng (章念生) and Bai Yuanqi (白元琪), reporters from this newspaper.)
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In April, the ancient Malaysian city of Malacca is teeming with tourists. Among the streets and alleys, arcade buildings stand in rows, interspersed with Chinese ancestral halls, temples, and guild halls. This was once the location of the "Official Factory," a temporary trading post established by Zheng He (郑和) when he anchored in Malacca during his voyages to the West, and also an important settlement for early Chinese in Southeast Asia, witnessing the historical process of cultural integration between China and Malaysia.
"China and Malaysia are friendly neighbors facing each other across the sea. The Maritime Silk Road has witnessed the friendly exchanges between the two countries spanning thousands of years, and the 'unbreakable by cutting water' (切水不断 (qiē shuǐ bù duàn - "cut water unbroken," describes a strong and enduring relationship that cannot be severed)) friendship has become even deeper with the evolution of history." On April 15, on the occasion of his state visit to Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in a signed article published in the local media entitled "Let the Ship of China-Malaysia Friendship Sail to a Better Future."
The sincere emotions between China and Malaysia that transcend time and space continue to flourish in the streets and alleys of Malacca. Stepping into the Baba Nyonya (峇峇娘惹) Peranakan Ancestral Home Museum in Malacca, pieces of flower-patterned tiles, carved wooden cabinets, and embroidered costumes vividly tell the story of the aesthetics of life nurtured by cultural integration. Deep in the hall, several tourists are taking pictures in bright Nyonya costumes. On Jonker Street (鸡场街) in the historical district of Malacca, Lucy (露西), the hostess of the "Little Nyonya" restaurant, serves up a steaming hot and sour fish. As a local Nyonya, Lucy deeply understands the cultural code of Nyonya cuisine: inheriting Chinese techniques such as stir-frying, steaming, and stewing, and incorporating Malaysian spices such as lemongrass, blue ginger, and laksa leaves to create a rich, spicy, and flavorful taste. Chinese tourists are the main customers of the "Little Nyonya" restaurant. "Since the restaurant opened, I have met many Chinese friends. I often say that China seems to be right next door to us," Lucy said.
President Xi Jinping's (习近平) state visit to Malaysia again adds new impetus to the ship of China-Malaysia friendship. During the visit, China and Malaysia officially signed a mutual visa exemption agreement, which came into effect on July 17. Bilateral cultural exchanges continue to heat up, and cross-border tourism has achieved "just go" (说走就走). As of the end of November this year, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Malaysia has exceeded 4 million, surpassing the level of the entire previous year. More than 600 flights travel between China and Malaysia every week, and "Durian flights" have become a vivid footnote to the increasingly close cooperation between the two countries... With the acceleration of personnel exchanges and the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation, the ship of China-Malaysia friendship will surely continue to 乘风破浪 (chéng fēng pò làng - "brave the wind and the waves," to ride the wind and surge ahead; to have high ambitions) and move steadily and far on the voyage of building a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future.
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On April 15th, local time, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) special plane landed at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (吉隆坡国际机场), Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (安瓦尔) personally greeted President Xi Jinping at the foot of the ramp, and a welcoming team in national costumes performed enthusiastic dances. President Xi Jinping's state visit to Malaysia officially began.
This is the second stop of President Xi Jinping's first foreign visit this year, and also his first visit to Malaysia in 12 years. The Malaysian side attached great importance to it and warmly received him with the highest standards of courtesy. The national flags of China and Malaysia fluttered on the main roads of Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) and Putrajaya (布城), and landmark buildings were lit up in Chinese red. During the visit, the leaders of the two countries reached a series of important consensuses and achievements, writing a new chapter of good-neighborliness, friendship, unity and cooperation.
Political mutual trust has reached a new level. During the visit, the leaders of the two countries unanimously agreed to build a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future, opening a new "golden 50 years" for China-Malaysia relations. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that China and Malaysia are good neighbors, good friends, and good partners, who visit each other frequently and are as close as family. Prime Minister Anwar (安瓦尔) shared wonderful moments of the visit on his personal social media, using the Chinese song "My Good Brother" as background music, emotionally expressing his sincere friendship with President Xi Jinping (习近平). The two countries agreed to establish a "2+2" dialogue mechanism for diplomacy and defense, and took the lead in the world to achieve full coverage of cooperation documents for the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative.
Pragmatic cooperation is advancing steadily. Malaysian Supreme Head of State Ibrahim (易卜拉欣) said during his meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平) that Malaysia attaches great importance to its relations with China. No matter how the international situation changes, Malaysia and China will work together for win-win cooperation to promote the construction of a high-level strategic community with a shared future. During the visit, the leaders of the two countries jointly witnessed the exchange of more than 30 bilateral cooperation documents between China and Malaysia, covering fields such as artificial intelligence, digital economy, service trade, and educational cooperation, laying a policy and legal foundation for the two sides to build a new quality productive forces cooperation highland and strengthen the integration and development of industrial and supply chains. The two sides unanimously agreed to deepen the alignment of development strategies, promote the upgrading of the "Two Countries, Twin Parks" cooperation, strengthen infrastructure connectivity cooperation, and carry out comprehensive aviation cooperation. Malaysian telecommunications operators signed a 5G construction cooperation agreement with Chinese companies, and Chinese technology helped local communication networks run at an "accelerated" pace.
People-to-people exchanges are full of highlights. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Prime Minister Anwar (安瓦尔) have a high degree of consensus on promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. At the welcome banquet held for President Xi Jinping (习近平), Prime Minister Anwar (安瓦尔) used "All men are brothers within the four seas" to elaborate on his understanding and recognition of building a community with a shared future for mankind. The leaders of the two countries unanimously emphasized the need to carry out "Confucian-Islamic Civilization Dialogue" cooperation and jointly build a platform for civilization exchanges. Taking this visit as an opportunity, the long-awaited mutual visa exemption agreement between the two countries was officially signed, making exchanges in the fields of economy, trade, education, and tourism between the two countries more convenient.
President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit pointed out the direction for the development of China-Malaysia relations in the next stage, and China is working with Malaysia to steadily promote the implementation of the important consensus of the leaders. China supports Malaysia's work as the rotating chair of ASEAN with practical actions. The development of the China-Malaysia "Two Countries, Twin Parks" has driven the optimization of the cargo structure of Kuantan Port (关丹港), and the construction of the East Coast Rail Link (东海岸铁路) is nearly 90% complete, which will effectively promote the coordinated development of eastern and western Malaysia. The "Confucian-Islamic Civilization Dialogue" was successfully held, and mutual learning among civilizations has become an important bridge for the two peoples to connect with each other. As of now, the number of Chinese tourists to Malaysia has exceeded 4 million, and there are more than 600 round-trip flights between the two countries every week. In mid-November, a new pair of giant pandas, "Chen Xing" (辰星) and "Xiao Yue" (晓月), came to the National Zoo of Malaysia (马来西亚国家动物园) to live, starting a new round of cooperation in giant panda protection and research between the two countries.
President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit left an indelible mark on the development history of China-Malaysia relations, which has spanned more than half a century. China is willing to work with Malaysia, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, to promote the construction of a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future to go deeper and more solid, opening the next more brilliant "golden 50 years" and moving towards a brighter and better future.
(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 18th. Wang Yi (王毅), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke by phone on the 18th with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn (布拉索昆) and Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow (西哈萨) respectively. Both Cambodia and Thailand briefed Wang Yi (王毅) on the latest developments in the Cambodian-Thai border conflict and expressed their willingness to de-escalate and cease fire.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that as friends and close neighbors of both Cambodia and Thailand, China least wants to see the two countries engage in military conflict and is deeply saddened by the civilian casualties caused by the conflict. The intensity of this round of conflict far exceeds that of the past, and its continuation will be detrimental to both sides and will also undermine the unity of ASEAN. The pressing task is to make a decision, cease fire as soon as possible, 及时止损 (jí shí zhǐ sǔn - "stop losses in time," to cut losses promptly), and rebuild mutual trust.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that China adheres to promoting peace and talks, fairness and impartiality on the Cambodian-Thai border dispute, and supports ASEAN's mediation efforts. The Special Envoy for Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already departed for Cambodia and Thailand to conduct shuttle diplomacy. China will continue to act as a bridge to play a constructive role in promoting the reconstruction of peace between Cambodia and Thailand. It is hoped that the two countries will take effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese projects and personnel, and be wary of those who spread false rumors to smear China's friendly relations with the two countries.
Prak Sokhonn (布拉索昆) and Sihasak Phuangketkeow (西哈萨) highly appreciated China's objective and impartial stance, its mediation efforts to promote peace and talks, welcomed the Chinese special envoy's shuttle diplomacy, and looked forward to China playing a more important role in promoting de-escalation and the reconstruction of peace.
Return to TopColombo, December 18 (Xinhua) (Reporter Wu Ziyu (吴子钰)) – At the invitation of the Sri Lankan Parliament, Wang Dongming (王东明), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, led a delegation to visit Sri Lanka from December 16 to 18. He met with Sri Lankan President Dissanayake (迪萨纳亚克) and Prime Minister Amarasuriya (阿马拉苏里亚) respectively, and held talks with Speaker Wickramaratne (维克拉马拉特纳).
Wang Dongming (王东明) stated that China and Sri Lanka are traditional friendly neighbors, as well as good friends and good partners. China is willing to work with Sri Lanka under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, enhance exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies and in various fields, deepen the China-Sri Lanka strategic cooperative partnership, and build a China-Sri Lanka community with a shared future. Wang Dongming (王东明) also introduced the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and Chinese-style modernization.
The Sri Lankan side stated that Sri Lanka-China relations are enduring and **历久弥新** (lì jiǔ mí xīn - "the longer it lasts, the newer it becomes," to become increasingly stronger with the passage of time). They expressed gratitude to China for providing emergency disaster relief assistance to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka firmly adheres to the one-China principle, actively supports the major concepts and initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), and is willing to work with China to jointly promote the continuous and in-depth development of Sri Lanka-China friendly cooperation.
Return to TopHainan Free Trade Port's (海南自贸港) launch of island-wide customs clearance operations once again clearly demonstrates to the world that China's determination to expand high-level opening-up will not change, its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and its determination to promote economic globalization will not change.
On December 18, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) officially launched island-wide customs clearance operations, marking another historic moment in China's reform and opening-up process. Currently, the international situation is complex and volatile, and protectionism is severely impacting the international economic and trade order. A China that is constantly expanding its high-level opening-up to the outside world adds confidence and contributes opportunities to the world, fully demonstrating its pattern and responsibility in leading the era.
The Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will become an important gateway leading China's new era of opening up to the outside world. Building the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) is a major reform and opening-up initiative personally planned, deployed, and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), and a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with a focus on both domestic and international situations to promote the innovative development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. After the launch of customs clearance operations, Hainan (海南) will implement a liberalization and facilitation policy system characterized by "'first line' liberalization, 'second line' control, and freedom within the island," and gradually create conditions for the comprehensive implementation of "zero tariffs, low tax rates, and a simplified tax system." As relevant systems continue to improve and policy dividends continue to be released, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will transform its opening-up momentum into high-quality development momentum, leading China's high-level opening-up to the outside world to a new level, and injecting more momentum into the further development of economic globalization. The Malaysian National News Agency reported that, at present, the global trade pattern is undergoing profound changes, and China's creation of a high-level economic zone not only reflects China's confidence as a major global economic power, but also demonstrates its determination to lead global economic development.
Higher-level opening-up and higher-standard reforms: the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) has created "Hainan experience" that can be learned from and replicated for reform and opening-up. Since the release of the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港)" in June 2020, the institutional and mechanism innovation in various fields of opening-up in Hainan (海南) has been continuously promoted, and a free trade port policy and system system focusing on trade freedom and facilitation and investment freedom and facilitation has been initially established. From the release of the first negative list for cross-border service trade in the country to the innovative establishment and improvement of the "single window" for international trade and international investment, from the implementation of the "15%" income tax policy for both enterprises and individuals to the expansion of visa-free countries for personnel entry to 86 countries, Hainan's (海南) reform explorations in cross-border capital flow, personnel entry and exit, transportation and data security and orderly flow demonstrate the deep connection between the Hainan Free Trade Port's (海南自由贸易港) policies and systems and international rules, and have become an important practice for China to promote institutional opening-up. At present, Hainan (海南) has cumulatively cultivated and formed 21 batches of 173 institutional integration and innovation cases, of which 82 have been recognized at the national level and 37 have been promoted nationwide.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "In the past, our opening-up was 'following', but now our opening-up is to 'lead'." The continuous advancement of the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) promotes the continuous upgrading of regional coordination and opens up more cooperation opportunities for various countries, especially neighboring countries. On the one hand, an increasing number of Chinese companies are relying on the institutional advantages of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) to "go global" and promote a smoother connection between domestic and international dual circulation. Data shows that in the first half of 2025 alone, Hainan (海南) enterprises added 167 new overseas investment filing projects, an increase of 103% year-on-year. On the other hand, from the Yangpu Port (洋浦港) international transshipment pilot to the optimization of the industrial layout of tropical high-efficiency agriculture, and then to the cross-border service collaboration of the aircraft maintenance industry, institutional opening-up is promoting the further development of regional industrial chains and supply chains. "Continuously providing a more stable, transparent and predictable business environment for multinational companies," "providing strong support for companies to enhance their international competitiveness and explore the Chinese market," "China's growth and opening-up is a gift to the world"... The willingness of companies from various countries to seize the cooperation opportunities of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) is constantly rising.
Opening-up is the only way to prosperity and development, and it is a distinct symbol of Chinese-style modernization. Hainan Free Trade Port's (海南自贸港) launch of island-wide customs clearance operations once again clearly demonstrates to the world that China's determination to expand high-level opening-up will not change, its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and its determination to promote economic globalization will not change.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) December 18th (Reporters Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥) and Feng Xinran (冯歆然)) Regarding reports that Japan plans to deploy mobile radar devices on the easternmost island of Okinawa (冲绳) to monitor Chinese aircraft carriers and airplanes, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said on the 18th that, in connection with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) series of erroneous and dangerous remarks regarding Taiwan, people must ask whether Japan is following the designs of right-wing forces and returning to the evil and dead end of militarism? China urges Japan to learn from historical lessons!
At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to reports, sources said that in order to respond to Chinese military actions, the Japanese Ministry of Defense (日本防卫省) signed a land lease agreement on the 15th to deploy mobile radar devices on the easternmost island of Okinawa (冲绳) to monitor Chinese aircraft carriers and airplanes operating in the waters between Okinawa Island (冲绳岛) and Miyako Island (宫古岛). The relevant deployment is planned to start in 2026, and it is expected that about 30 people will be stationed there. What is China's comment on this?
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said: "I have noticed the relevant reports. It needs to be pointed out that all countries enjoy freedom of navigation and overflight in the relevant sea and airspace in accordance with international law."
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) pointed out that due to the history of Japanese militarist aggression and other reasons, Japan's military and security trends have always been of great concern to its Asian neighbors and the international community. Japan has previously continuously strengthened targeted military deployments in areas adjacent to China's Taiwan (台湾), and even declared the deployment of intermediate-range missiles. This time, it has gone even further by deploying radar and troops to engage in spying on its neighbors. "In connection with Prime Minister Takaichi's (高市早苗) series of erroneous and dangerous remarks regarding Taiwan, people must ask whether Japan is creating incidents and engaging in close-range provocations to cover up and find excuses for its own military expansion and maritime ambitions? Whether it is following the designs of right-wing forces and returning to the evil and dead end of militarism? We urge Japan to learn from historical lessons!"
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 18th (Reporters Shao Yibo (邵艺博) and Feng Xinran (冯歆然)) In response to the United States initiating arms sales to Taiwan totaling approximately $11 billion, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated at a regular press conference on the 18th that the U.S.'s attempt to "assist independence with arms" will only 引火烧身 (yǐn huǒ shāo shēn - "invite fire to burn oneself," to bring trouble upon oneself), and its attempt to "control China by using Taiwan" will absolutely not succeed. China will take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the U.S. openly announced a huge plan to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, which seriously violates the One China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués, seriously damages China's sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, seriously undermines peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this.
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated that the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces on the island are "seeking independence with arms" and "rejecting reunification with arms," lavishly squandering the people's hard-earned money to purchase weapons, not hesitating to turn Taiwan into a "powder keg," which cannot save the inevitable doom of "Taiwan independence," but will only accelerate pushing the Taiwan Strait into a dangerous situation of war.
"The Taiwan issue is the most important core interest of China and the first red line that cannot be crossed in Sino-U.S. relations. No one should underestimate the firm will and strong ability of the Chinese government and the Chinese people to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity," Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said. China urges the U.S. to abide by the One China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués, implement the solemn commitments made by U.S. leaders, and immediately stop the dangerous act of arming Taiwan.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 18th (Reporters Xie Xiyao (谢希瑶) and Huang Taoming (黄韬铭)) - Ministry of Commerce (商务部) spokesperson He Yadong (何亚东) said on the 18th that since the implementation of export controls on rare earth-related items, Chinese authorities have conducted policy briefings for Chinese exporters. With the accumulation of relevant export and compliance experience, some Chinese exporters have initially met the basic requirements for applying for general licenses. "As far as I know, some Chinese exporters' applications for general licenses have been received and approved."
At a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) that day, a reporter asked: EU officials said that China has begun issuing longer-term rare earth export licenses to European companies. Can the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) confirm this? He Yadong (何亚东) made the above response.
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"Previously, we had to chase after the subsidy progress, but now our application materials are being 'urged' to be submitted. The cadres are even more proactive than I am!" Bian Yiming, the head of Jiuqu Modern Family Farm in Longgang Town, Yandu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省盐城市盐都区龙冈镇九曲现代家庭农场), spent 100,000 yuan to buy a rice transplanter. He had just uploaded the purchase invoice to the system in the morning, and by noon, township cadres were at his door to verify the machinery and guide him in supplementing his application materials. In less than a month, a 26,000 yuan agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidy was deposited into his bank account.
"In the past, subsidy disbursements were slow because some cadres, seeking convenience, would accumulate application materials to a certain quantity before submitting them for reimbursement in a unified manner," said Ge Yahui, head of the Agricultural Machinery Section of the Yandu District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (盐都区农业农村局农机科). "Now, the province has clear regulations that townships must accept farmers' online applications within two working days, with 'immediate application and immediate reporting'."
Since the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) deployed the campaign to address prominent problems in the supervision of rural revitalization fund usage, Jiangsu Province (江苏省) has focused on "small entry points" such as the management of high-standard farmland construction project funds, agricultural machinery purchase and application subsidies, and arable land fertility protection subsidies. It has comprehensively ascertained the bottom line of funds, investigated prominent problems such as delayed or滞拨滞拨, misappropriation, and promoted the improvement of 331 systems, continuously enhancing the people's sense of gain and happiness.
Promoting rectification and remediation, agricultural facility quality is more robust.
The warm sunshine shines on the wheat fields of Fanchang Village, Wuxun Town, Binhai County, Yancheng City (盐城市滨海县五汛镇范场村).
"The newly built machine-耕路 (jī gēng lù - "machine-cultivated road," farm road for agricultural machinery) means that even after rain, it doesn't delay the machinery from going into the fields," said farmer Gu Shanhua. He recalled that one year, heavy rainfall caused the machine-耕路 to collapse, and the agricultural machinery was stuck in the mud, unable to move. Towing, repairing, and opening a new road delayed the construction period for several days, and late planting resulted in some wheat failing to sprout.
"The quality problems of machine-耕路 are difficult to see from the appearance. Some contractors cut corners, failing to compact the foundation and directly pouring concrete on the road surface, with a thickness of only 15 centimeters. Problems may not be apparent in the short term, but after being rolled over by agricultural machinery and eroded by rainwater, they easily collapse," introduced Wang Yunfeng, the supervisor of the Sixth Group machine-耕路 project in Fanchang Village.
The deeper problem points to "flies and ants corruption" (蝇贪蚁腐). "High-standard farmland construction involves large amounts of work and fast fund disbursement, making it 'fat meat' in the eyes of some people," said Kou Jian, head of the Fifth Resident Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Binhai County Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission (滨海县纪委监委第五派驻纪检监察组). "During the remediation, we found that individual leading cadres colluded with contractors and bidding agents, subcontracting the winning projects layer by layer to earn price differences."
Since the launch of the remediation, Binhai County (滨海县) has deepened the promotion of reform and governance through cases, issuing discipline inspection and supervision recommendations to the County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (县农业农村局), promoting the construction of a high-standard farmland information supervision platform to achieve remote visual management, dynamic attendance of key personnel, and improve the efficiency of problem discovery and handling.
Now, another machine-耕路 is being built next to Gu Shanhua's field. "The construction unit clocks in for work, uploads photos of key processes, and conducts acceptance inspections with project completion signs. If any step is not up to par, the payment will be deducted," said Zhou Shanhua, the person in charge of the Sixth Group machine-耕路 project in Fanchang Village, as he took out his mobile phone to photograph an excavator mixing lime soil. "Now, the road surface concrete is strictly thickened to 18 centimeters according to regulations, and the base layer uses lime-soil-bound crushed stone material to increase strength, making the road quality more robust."
Solidifying supervisory responsibilities, the selection of agricultural enterprise projects is more standardized.
December is the prime season for crabs to be on the market. In the aquaculture base of an agricultural technology company in Shajiabang Town, Changshu City (常熟市沙家浜镇), workers are busy catching and packaging hairy crabs.
"To catch crabs, you have to pinch both sides of the shell, otherwise it's easy for them to break their legs when they struggle," explained Li Ziqiang, the head of the company, while demonstrating. "But no matter how careful you are, an average pond with a yield of over 400 catties per mu will still have more than 20 catties of crabs with broken legs, which are priced at less than half the price of normal crabs."
In order to tap into the value of crabs with broken legs, Li Ziqiang invested more than 5.4 million yuan last June to build a deep processing workshop and applied for a subsidy for the initial processing and refrigerated preservation of aquatic products. "The competition for project applications is fierce. After the workshop is built, I'm not sure whether the subsidy will be successfully obtained," Li Ziqiang admitted frankly.
Li Ziqiang's concerns stem from many aspects. "The project funds come from the central, provincial, and municipal finances, and are distributed by townships and sub-districts on a merit-based basis. As for the standard of 'merit,' the project review unit has considerable decision-making power. If it is subject to interference from personal connections, it is easy to breed integrity risks such as favoritism," said Dai Dan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Changshu Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission (常熟市纪委常委、监委委员).
In response, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed in the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau of Changshu City (常熟市纪委监委派驻市农业农村局纪检监察组) intervened in the subsidy project verification, closely monitoring the authenticity of the projects and the fairness of the review through attending Party group meetings and review meetings, visiting project sites, accepting letters and visits, and regularly checking ledgers, strictly controlling the placement of agricultural funds.
Now, the selection of agricultural enterprise projects is more standardized and the review is stricter. During the verification, the stationed Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group found that an intelligent water and fertilizer integration project of a family farm in a certain town failed to complete construction within the prescribed time. After consultation with relevant departments, it proposed termination and allocated the subsidy funds of approximately 290,000 yuan to other enterprises.
After layers of review, Li Ziqiang's project successfully received a subsidy of more than 1.6 million yuan in June this year. He used the money to purchase new equipment and processed the crabs with broken legs into crab roe sauce and other products. "With new sales channels, each mu of pond has increased revenue by at least 500 yuan," Li Ziqiang said, his joy overflowing.
Strengthening technological empowerment, the distribution of pro-agricultural subsidies is more precise.
Standing on the ridge of the field, Xia Zhuhua, a large grain grower in Yangchenghu Town, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City (苏州市相城区阳澄湖镇), raised his mobile phone and took a "click" of the field, then immediately uploaded the photo to the "Crop Cloud" platform.
"The system has calculated the area for which I am eligible for subsidies this year," Xia Zhuhua said, signing his name on the mobile phone screen after verifying that it was correct. "In the past, every time I applied for a subsidy, I had to follow the village cadres to survey each plot of farmland, which was time-consuming and laborious, and it was common to make mistakes and have to redo it."
"There are many irregular plots, small plots, and pits and ponds near Yangchenghu (阳澄湖), making manual verification prone to errors," said Zhai Xifeng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Xiangcheng District Discipline Inspection Commission (相城区纪委常委). "During the remediation, it was found that due to negligence in registration and tabulation and lax review of materials, there were some cases of incorrect, missed, or delayed distribution, and some cadres were held accountable as a result."
In response to problems such as unclear field plots, inaccurate area verification, and slow subsidy distribution, the Suzhou Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission (苏州市纪委监委) promoted the construction of the "Crop Cloud" platform by the agricultural and rural affairs departments. Relying on satellite remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and other technologies, the platform automatically obtains and analyzes information such as plot location, planting area, and crop type from the photos uploaded by farmers, shortening the verification cycle from one month to one week, with an accuracy rate of over 95%.
Speaking of the precision of the "Crop Cloud" platform, Xia Zhuhua has a deep understanding. In the first half of this year, when applying for a arable land fertility protection subsidy, Xia Zhuhua mistakenly photographed soybeans on wasteland next to the farmland. The system identified that the crop type in the picture was incorrect and reminded him to upload it again.
Technological empowerment helps to accurately distribute pro-agricultural subsidies. Relying on the "Crop Cloud" platform, Suzhou City (苏州市) distributed more than 91 million yuan in arable land fertility protection subsidies in 2025, reducing the area of ineligible subsidies by 79,300 mu, saving more than 9.5 million yuan in financial funds.
"In the next step, we will continue to leverage the supervisory and promoting role of discipline inspection and supervision agencies and the cross-departmental coordination advantages, consolidate responsibilities, open the way with cases, address both symptoms and root causes, and safeguard the farmers' 'money bags'," said the relevant person in charge of the Jiangsu Province Rural Revitalization Fund Usage Supervision Prominent Problem Remediation Special Class (江苏省乡村振兴资金使用监管突出问题整治专班).
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Optimize the supply of basic elderly care services and improve the urban and rural elderly care service network.
——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal
Having grown tired of the city, Feng Chunfang (冯春芳) chose to return to the village and move into the elderly apartment.
Feng Chunfang (冯春芳) is from Quzhai Village (曲寨村), Luquan District (鹿泉区), Shijiazhuang City (石家庄市), Hebei Province (河北). Six years ago, he retired from a village-run enterprise and moved into a house his children bought in the city. "Living in the city is lively outside, but there are never any companions around, and I have to take care of three meals a day myself," said Feng Chunfang (冯春芳).
In May of this year, Feng Chunfang (冯春芳) chose to change his environment. The "new home" he had in mind was the Quzhai Fushou Elderly Apartment (曲寨福寿老年公寓) in his hometown.
Walking into the entertainment room of the elderly apartment, Feng Chunfang (冯春芳) went straight to the chess table, sat down neatly, and began to watch his companions play chess. The Quzhai Fushou Elderly Apartment (曲寨福寿老年公寓) was invested and built by the village collective in 2005, and expanded in 2010. It now has hundreds of rooms and supporting facilities such as entertainment rooms, gyms, and bathrooms. Outdoors, an activity square the size of half a football field is equipped with various fitness equipment, and a sunshade棚 is set up above to shelter from the wind and rain.
"Usually, I go to the entertainment room to watch chess and chat, or go to the square to practice exercises and dance. There is always something to do and someone to accompany me," said Feng Chunfang (冯春芳). "I don't have to worry about eating either. The menu changes often and suits the tastes of us old people."
"In order to facilitate the elderly to see a doctor, the village health clinic is also located in the elderly apartment," said Niu Qingxia (牛青霞), the head of the elderly apartment. The apartment is equipped with more than 20 catering, health care, and care staff, and there are people on duty 24 hours a day to respond to the urgent needs of the elderly.
Yao Jianwei (姚建伟), the Party Secretary of Quzhai Village (曲寨村), introduced that the elderly apartment is open to elderly people over 70 years old in the village, and currently more than 70 elderly people live there. The living allowance issued by the village can cover the accommodation costs. "Doing a good job in the village collective economy is to continuously enhance the happiness of the villagers."
Building a sunset glow corridor and small pavilions, adding new nursing beds, organizing physical examinations and lectures, and inviting the village song and dance team to carry out cultural performances... In the past 5 years, Quzhai Village (曲寨村) has continued to improve the "hard" facilities and "soft" services of the elderly apartment.
"Comfortable." Speaking of his feelings about living in the elderly apartment, Feng Chunfang (冯春芳) was straightforward. The happy elderly life of the villagers in Quzhai Village (曲寨村) has also attracted villagers from surrounding villages. "Many elderly people from outside the village also want to move in," said Yao Jianwei (姚建伟). Since this year, the elderly apartment has begun to explore a market-oriented elderly care operation model, trying to receive elderly people from outside the village, and further expand the service scope of the elderly apartment.
"In the future, we will continue to work hard, accumulate a solid family fortune, weave a dense network of people's livelihood security, and give villagers more tangible gains," said Yao Jianwei (姚建伟).
(Related new media reports can be found on the People's Daily National Party Media Information Public Platform's "Big Country, Small Village" (《大国小村》) Communication Cloud Platform, the official WeChat account of the Farmers' Daily, and the "Study Times" (学习强国) learning platform with the same name)
Return to TopBy: 商业南
Feng Chunfang, an elderly resident of Quzhai Village (曲寨村) in Shijiazhuang (石家庄) City, Hebei (河北) Province, voluntarily chose to move back to the village from the city and reside in the elderly apartment complex. The "comfort" he expressed encompasses not only contentment and recognition but also reflects a village's vivid practice of supporting the collective economy and wholeheartedly seeking the well-being of the masses.
This "comfort" stems from people-oriented and meticulous care. In the Quzhai Village (曲寨村) elderly apartment complex, elderly care is not simply about providing food and accommodation, but also includes frequently updated menus, a weather-sheltered square, and readily available companionship. Locating the village health clinic in the apartment complex further meets the medical needs of the elderly. The warmth of elderly care services is hidden in the details of daily life.
This "comfort" is inseparable from the strong support of the collective economy. Quzhai Village (曲寨村) has accumulated a solid foundation by developing and strengthening village-run enterprises, enabling the village to build apartments and issue subsidies for the elderly, allowing the fruits of development to benefit the villagers. This fully proves that strengthening and expanding the collective economy can provide a solid guarantee for rural people's well-being.
There is no end to guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, only continuous new starting points. Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," comprehensively promoting rural revitalization requires accumulating a solid foundation for more villages, weaving a denser and stronger safety net for people's well-being, and allowing more people to enjoy a "comfortable" old age at their doorstep.
(The author is the Director and Senior Editor of Shijiazhuang (石家庄) Radio and Television Station, Hebei (河北) Province.)
Return to TopBy: 盛玉雷
Test driving a domestic new energy vehicle, on an open road, a single acceleration provides a strong sense of pushback. Approaching an intersection with pedestrians and vehicles moving about, the sales consultant kindly reminds to slow down: "Be fast when you should be fast, and slow when you should be slow, there must be a sense of rhythm."
Careful consideration of these words reveals a profound meaning. Whether in life or work, or even in reform, development, and innovation... there should be a sense of rhythm that is appropriate for both fast and slow, combining movement and stillness.
Be fast when you should be fast, seize the day, and maintain a spirited and striving attitude.
Xi Jinping (习近平) wrote in the postscript to "Getting Rid of Poverty": "Work hard to govern, strive for strength, take China's prosperity as our responsibility, and make the entire country 'get rid of poverty' in the shortest possible time, and make China stand among the developed countries in the shortest possible time. This is a more urgent and practical thought and action."
The two phrases "in the shortest possible time" reveal the situation of rolling stones uphill and sailing against the current, as well as the urgency of seizing every minute and never slacking off.
Within a day, 24,000 enterprises are born, and more than 120 billion yuan of goods are traded internationally; in one second, more than 1.43 million GB of data are transmitted in the cloud, and more than 6,200 express packages enter the delivery channels... The flowing time witnesses a moving China (中国), spurring on its horse and unstoppable.
Today, the world's major economies are all vying for the commanding heights of future development. Opportunities are fleeting, and what you see must be seized, allowing no stay, hesitation, or wait-and-see attitude. In the rhythm of a hundred舸争流, hundreds of boats racing, hundreds of millions of people are anchoring their goals, actively acting and striving to run the relay race that belongs to our generation.
Be slow when you should be slow, be steady and pragmatic, and maintain unwavering strategic patience.
On December 18, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) officially launched the full island customs closure, "There is no ready-made experience in the world for implementing customs closure operations on such a large scale."
"We must not 邯郸学步 (hán dān xué bù - "邯郸 walk learning," blindly imitating others and losing one's own identity), we must not act arbitrarily, and we must not have a浮躁heart." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平总书记) earnestly warned: "Our feet must be on the ground. We have inherent laws in everything we do. We must scientifically and orderly arrange the pace and progress of opening up, be steady and pragmatic, and strive to 'let go of the living' and 'manage well'."
What is the "rhythm of opening up"? Obviously, we cannot act hastily, but must "step on the ground" and take one step at a time. The world is intertwined with changes and chaos, and China's (中国) "door to opening up will only open wider and wider," without disrupting its own rhythm due to external storms. At the same time, the more open we are, the more we must coordinate development and security, enhance our own competitiveness, open supervision capabilities, and risk prevention and control capabilities, so as to ensure a new development pattern with a new security pattern.
Achieving socialist modernization is a historical process of step-by-step progress and continuous development. From urban construction to low-carbon development, to cultural enrichment; from the centennial goal to the millennium plan... The time perspective of "planning for a hundred years, a thousand years" means considering the grand history, the grand pattern, and the grand logic. "Quick fixes" are not desirable, and one-time solutions are not realistic.
In the sense of rhythm of the sun and moon passing by and the quiet water flowing deep, interlocking and deepening step by step, we can discover the power of dripping water through stone and accumulating strength.
The sense of rhythm, in the final analysis, is a skillful ability to manage complex situations and a superb wisdom to deal with difficult challenges.
Suddenly encountering containment and suppression, "standing firm despite storms," the key lies in the fact that we have a clear understanding in our hearts and tricks in our hands.
Relying on the domestic market to promote the transfer of foreign trade to domestic sales, relaxing and optimizing the transit visa-free policy, actively entering the market with medium and long-term funds, and increasing the scope of the "two new" policies... Adapting to the times and circumstances, playing the "key chess pieces" well, and playing the "combined punches".
From the wisdom of accurately identifying changes, to the ability to scientifically respond to changes, to the courage to proactively seek changes, we always respond to the uncertainty of the external environment with the certainty of policies, and hedge against the suddenness of containment and suppression with the flexibility of measures, focusing our efforts on doing our own things well.
Maintaining a sense of rhythm of being calm and unhurried, "we must not only have strategic planning and firm fighting spirit, but also have strategies, wisdom, and methods."
From the development process to the rejuvenation journey, maintain the rhythm, be methodical, be a friend of time, and be a "tide maker of the times."
Return to TopIn recent years, Hutou Village (虎头村) in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County (富川瑶族自治县), Hezhou (贺州), Guangxi (广西) has promoted the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside by developing tourism and the cassava vermicelli industry. The distinctive cassava vermicelli can bring considerable income to each household. The labor scene of drying cassava vermicelli in winter has also become a unique landscape attracting tourists.
The picture shows villagers in Hutou Village (虎头村) taking advantage of the sunny weather to dry vermicelli on December 16.
Photo by Li Chenghua (李成华) (Image China)
Return to TopAccording to the Ministry of Education (教育部), the upgraded National Teacher Management Information System (全国教师管理信息系统) was launched on December 17th. The teacher system adopts a "unified deployment, multi-level application" model, deeply connecting with data resources such as the National Education Governance Public Service Platform (国家教育治理公共服务平台), building a standardized, data-centralized, business-coordinated, and convenient teacher management digital intelligence work platform for education administrative departments and schools at all levels. It covers teacher management and various special business application scenarios, effectively empowering the construction of the teaching staff.
After the upgrade, the teacher system has formed a functional architecture focusing on teacher management, teacher service, special business, and data analysis. It innovatively integrates artificial intelligence and big data technology to analyze the development trend of the teaching staff, providing strong support for scientific decision-making. It also helps the construction of the "Chinese Teacher" (中国教师) mini-program for teacher benefits and local teacher benefit zones, allowing benefit information to be accurately transmitted and directly and quickly enjoyed. The system will 赋能 (fù néng - "empower," to give power or ability to someone or something).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 18th (Reporter Li Xinping (李心萍)): A reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group that as of December 18th, the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Railway has cumulatively transported over 900 million passengers this year, an increase of over 38 million passengers compared to last year, with a growth rate exceeding 4%. Following breakthroughs of 600 million, 700 million, and 800 million passengers in 2017, 2019, and 2023 respectively, it has set a new historical high for annual passenger volume.
Closely following market demand, precisely allocating transportation capacity. Currently, the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Railway is implementing the fourth quarter train operation diagram for 2025, with a total of 1407.5 pairs of passenger trains operating; operating special trains and chartered cars as needed, with a cumulative total of 96 special trains and chartered cars for fans, concerts, etc., in the first 11 months; analyzing and studying regional passenger flow characteristics, and organizing the operation of autumn tour and red tourism trains.
Promoting benefits for the people and offering discounts, implementing fare reductions. China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group has successively implemented fare reductions for 581 EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) train services since November 1st, covering multiple lines such as the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway (京沪高铁), the Shanghai-Kunming High-Speed Railway (沪昆高铁), and the Hangzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed Railway (杭深高铁), with the lowest fares being only 40% of the published fares.
Innovating product design, assisting tourism and commuting. The Yangtze River Delta (长三角) Railway has launched 11 types of regular ticket products, such as 30 days/10 trips to 60 trips, and 2 types of cumulative ticket products, such as 10 trips/90 days and 20 trips/90 days, targeting passenger groups such as business travelers, short-term project work systems, and regular commuters, covering 8 lines such as the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway (京沪高铁), the Hangzhou-Wenzhou High-Speed Railway (杭温高铁), and the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-Speed Railway (沪苏湖高铁), all with a certain degree of fare discounts.
Return to TopThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) government stated on December 18th: It will provide a rental subsidy of HK$150,000 per year to the owners of Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) in Tai Po (大埔), for a period of two years, totaling HK$300,000, and a one-time relocation subsidy of HK$50,000. Tenants can receive a one-time relocation subsidy of HK$50,000. The subsidy will be distributed through the "one social worker per household" mechanism of the Social Welfare Department (社会福利署) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区) government.
The Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区政府政务司副司长), Cheuk Wing-hing (卓永兴), said when meeting with the media that as of noon on the 18th, the "Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Assistance Fund (大埔宏福苑援助基金)" had raised approximately HK$3.5 billion in external donations, plus the HK$300 million in start-up funds from the Special Administrative Region (特区) government, totaling HK$3.8 billion.
Cheuk Wing-hing (卓永兴) said that he learned that many affected residents hoped to receive rental subsidies to rent units that meet their needs. Providing rental subsidies allows residents to choose longer-term residences that are suitable for their family circumstances, which is currently the most feasible and problem-solving resettlement path.
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (香港特区政府民政及青年事务局局长), Alice Mak Mei-kuen (麦美娟), said that the HK$50,000 relocation subsidy is intended to subsidize relocation, replacement of furniture and appliances, and other expenses. If owners move out of emergency accommodations provided by the Special Administrative Region (特区) government, such as hotels and youth hostels, or have moved to transitional housing or private market units, they will be eligible for the relocation subsidy.
Mak Mei-kuen (麦美娟) said that tenants who have moved into transitional housing or Hong Kong Housing Society (香港房屋协会) units can be exempted from rent until May 31, 2026, after which they will be required to pay the corresponding rent. Tenants who move to private market rental units after May 31, 2026, will not be eligible for the relocation subsidy.
In addition, as of the morning of the 18th, a total of 1,172 residents had moved into youth hostels, campsites, or hotel rooms coordinated by the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (民政及青年事务局) of the Special Administrative Region (特区) government; another 3,457 residents currently reside in units in transitional housing, Hong Kong Housing Society (香港房屋协会) projects, or Po Tin Interim Housing (宝田中转房屋) in Tuen Mun (屯门) under the Housing Bureau (房屋局) of the Special Administrative Region (特区) government.
The Special Administrative Region (特区) government previously announced that it would use the "Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Assistance Fund (大埔宏福苑援助基金)" to provide living allowances to each affected family, and the amount has been increased from HK$50,000 to HK$100,000. As of the 18th, 1,926 cases have been processed. Social workers from the Social Welfare Department (社会福利署) have contacted more than 1,980 affected residents and provided "one social worker per household" services to more than 4,900 people.
Return to TopBy: 崔 妍
Maintaining strategic focus is a strategy and wisdom; it is a clear requirement and a method for success.
Some time ago, a foreign journalist told a story on the British *Financial Times* website about noise pollution control: in the months since arriving in Beijing (北京), there was no need to worry about being woken up, and "sleep quality was better than in the past few years." The noise-canceling earplugs that used to be used could only "lie quietly in the drawer." Compared with the first visit to Beijing (北京) in 2016, the author felt that street noise had been significantly reduced.
Such personal experience is a reflection of the effectiveness of China's noise pollution control. The *China Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Report (2025)* released by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) shows that in 2024, the national daytime compliance rate was 95.8%, and the nighttime compliance rate was 88.2%. In 2014, the daytime compliance rate was 91.3%, and the nighttime compliance rate was 71.8%. Step by step, China's noise pollution control has made new progress, from which we can understand what is meant by "strategic focus."
Not impatient, step by step, strategic focus means patience.
Sound is the "breath" of the city. From the roar of吊塔 (diào tǎ - crane) operations to the lively shouts of the market, social production and daily life are intertwined with complex sound environments. Preventing noise pollution does not mean muting all production and life, but requires patiently "adjusting the volume." Square dancing uses directional speakers, only allowing "sound in the dance area"; communities formulate management covenants to reach a "quiet consensus"; earnestly grasp the implementation of the system and establish behavioral guidelines... Instead of "one-size-fits-all" or "sudden brakes," but coordinating needs, establishing mechanisms, and forming customs with patience, this is an important reason for the effectiveness of noise pollution control.
Not only noise pollution control, but also doing any ecological governance work, we must not be impatient and rash, eager for quick success and instant benefit. It is not "stopping production," but aiming at the source and implementing "coal-to-electricity" and "coal-to-gas" projects, etc., so that "APEC Blue" is transformed into a sense of happiness; it is not "not using water," but optimizing and refining water distribution plans, taking into account river basin protection and people's livelihood needs, so that the Yellow River (黄河) has become a beautiful mother river. Strategic focus emphasizes slow work, requires down-to-earth efforts and sustained efforts, and cannot be rushed or impatient. This is a key to doing a good job.
Not timid, proactive, strategic focus means a spirit of enterprise.
Issuing the *Residential Project Specification* to improve the sound insulation performance requirements of residential construction, residential tranquility has a "hard standard"; formulating and implementing the Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law, noise prevention, noise reduction, and noise control have a legal basis... Not being impatient does not mean inaction, and stacking stones into mountains requires more proactive efforts. The effectiveness of noise pollution control contains the patience of "**积跬步以至千里**" (jī kuǐ bù yǐ zhì qiān lǐ - "accumulate small steps to reach a thousand miles," great achievements come from gradual accumulation), and the enterprise of "always being concerned."
From a broader perspective, from the implementation of the ecological protection red line system to achieve a red line to control important ecological space, to firmly promote the "ten-year fishing ban" in the Yangtze River (长江), so that the beautiful scenery of fish leaping and birds flying and finless porpoises chasing waves reappears... Rivers are becoming clearer and barren mountains are becoming greener, behind which are pragmatic actions and firm steps to promote ecological civilization construction. Planning for the long term and working in the present, seizing the day and striving for progress, only in this way can blueprints be spread into realistic pictures.
Not blindly, following the laws, strategic focus also means wisdom.
Correctly understanding the laws and profoundly grasping the laws are the basis for starting a business. The *14th Five-Year Plan for Noise Pollution Prevention and Control* proposes to "follow the objective laws of noise pollution prevention and control" and "promote the improvement of noise pollution prevention and control level in stages and steps." This is a reflection of doing things according to the laws.
Stepping out of the "noise chapter," in each chapter of China's ecological governance "story collection," law is an unavoidable keyword. Mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands are a community of life. All localities adhere to integrated protection and restoration. The "landscape project" has completed ecological protection and restoration of more than 120 million mu; lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. The square grid sand fixation and photovoltaic water lifting from Xinjiang (新疆) have been "transplanted across continents" to Africa, and fruit trees can also be planted in sandy land... Reckless and reckless actions will not achieve anything. Only by holding the "golden key" of law can we achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "As long as we see that we are moving forward, we must maintain our focus. Moreover, instead of just criticizing and pointing fingers, we must truly act and do it." To achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, we must seek progress while maintaining stability, and we must never engage in "carbon rush"; the "artificial sun" is divided into "three steps," and technical and commercialization problems are solved one by one... Maintaining strategic focus is a strategy and wisdom; it is a clear requirement and a method for success.
Enhancing strategic focus, maintaining patience, enterprise, and wisdom, why worry about things not being successful and careers not flourishing?
Return to TopBy: 王 浩
With the increasingly well-formed national unified market, the flow of factor resources between regions and urban-rural areas is becoming smoother. The countryside is no longer synonymous with "remoteness" but can also become the forefront of development.
From shaking off poverty to rural revitalization, one journey follows another in continuous struggle.
There are changes in individual destinies. "Rather fight bitterly than endure hardship," this is the determination written on the mud wall by Li Guozhi, a poverty-stricken household in Xiaoluoma Village (小骡马村), Tongjiang County (通江县), Sichuan (四川). Relying on precise assistance policies, he raised cattle and sheep, planted Chinese prickly ash, and gradually expanded the scale, transforming from a poor household to a wealthy leader today.
There is a new life in poverty-stricken areas. Weiyuan County (渭源县), Gansu (甘肃), was once considered "the most barren place under heaven." Based on its advantages and making good use of policies, the county extended the chain, supplemented the chain, and strengthened the chain. In 2024, the total output value of the potato industry exceeded 3.2 billion yuan, and the "subsistence potato" became a "poverty alleviation potato," and then a "revitalization potato" and a "prosperity potato."
Eight years of tackling key problems and five years of consolidation, the forward footsteps contain historical patience and strategic focus. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Lifting the hat of poverty is not the end, but the starting point of a new life and a new struggle." "For the poverty-stricken counties, poverty-stricken villages, and poverty-stricken people who have been lifted out of poverty, we must maintain the overall stability of existing assistance policies and help them get on their feet and see them off." The continuation of policies reflects the unchanged original intention and witnesses the people's leader's feelings for the people and the value concern of a large party and a large country.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward the need to "establish a normalized mechanism to prevent returning to poverty." How to continuously consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation and embark on the road of comprehensive rural revitalization? We might as well find answers from the following three sets of dialectical relationships.
Coordinate internal and external forces to build a joint force for revitalization. It is necessary to maintain the continuity of assistance policies and unremittingly stimulate endogenous动力 (dònglì - "driving force," internal motivation).
Using new technologies to weave a dense monitoring network can make the normalized mechanism for preventing returning to poverty more precise and effective. While providing basic security, it is also necessary to encourage people who have been lifted out of poverty to spur their horses and strive for a better life. Nanhua County (南华县), Yunnan (云南), optimizes the Yi embroidery industry, cultivates rural craftsmen, and rural women "take care of their babies, embroider flowers, earn money, and take care of their families." Tianjin (天津) and Gansu (甘肃) jointly created the "Jin-Gan Nursing Worker" labor service brand, carrying out skills training and employment docking. We must continue to apply the "blood-making" development-oriented assistance experience to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, so that people who have been lifted out of poverty can get on the train of the times and rely on their own hard work to become rich.
Based on the present and the long-term, accumulate the merits of the present and implement long-term strategies. We must not only grasp the urgent tasks at hand, but also do a good job in laying the foundation and benefiting the long-term.
Housing, medical care, schooling, and safe drinking water are related to the vital interests of people who have been lifted out of poverty and are also related to the long-term development of the countryside. Hanchuan City (汉川市), Hubei (湖北), solved the problem of "small and scattered" rural drinking water facilities and realized "one water pipe connecting urban and rural areas." In Hanbin District (汉滨区), Ankang City (安康市), Shaanxi (陕西), while renovating dilapidated rural houses, they promoted earthquake-resistant and environmentally friendly building materials so that farmers could live in good houses. We must combine the urgency of "grasping what we see as right" with the determination of "insisting on laying the foundation and benefiting the long-term," do our best and act according to our capabilities, promote the equalization of infrastructure and public services, and lay a solid foundation and accumulate momentum for accelerating the development of poverty-stricken areas.
Grasp the part and the whole, make good use of advantages, and develop by borrowing momentum. We must not only accurately locate ourselves in the overall situation and give play to comparative advantages, but also use the national unified market to expand space and connect with various places.
With the increasingly well-formed national unified market, the flow of factor resources between regions and urban-rural areas is becoming smoother. The countryside is no longer synonymous with "remoteness" but can also become the forefront of development. With 5G coverage and express delivery entering villages, coffee beans from Xinzhai Village (新寨村), Longyang District (隆阳区), Baoshan City (保山市), Yunnan (云南), cross the Gaoligong Mountains (高黎贡山), spreading fragrance throughout the country and to the world. In Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County (罗城仫佬族自治县), Guangxi (广西), live broadcast rooms are moved into bamboo forests, and fresh bamboo shoots are dug and sold on the spot, allowing people who have been lifted out of poverty to "get rich in the cloud." Poverty-stricken areas, based on agricultural products and focusing on the large market, can transform comparative advantages such as ecology, resources, tourism, and culture into development advantages, and open up a new world for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Achieving the complete lifting of 800 million poor people out of poverty is a great feat in the history of human modernization. Its benefits benefit the Chinese people, and its enlightenment benefits countries all over the world. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out: "China can succeed, and other developing countries can also succeed. This is the world significance of China's successful fight against poverty." As the pace of common prosperity becomes more and more solid, the Chinese people can better share the fruits of development, and Chinese-style modernization will be more noticed by the world because of inclusive development.
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[Keywords] Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries
[Event] Not long ago, the Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (北京市人力资源和社会保障局) announced the comprehensive implementation of "Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries" for occupational injuries among new employment form workers such as food delivery drivers and ride-hailing drivers throughout the city. Under the premise of compliance, safety, and traceability, this model adopts measures such as prioritizing handling with added identification, dedicated personnel for full follow-up, and electronic materials replacing paper materials, taking into account the safety of medical insurance funds, standardized procedures, and convenient services. It can realize the entire online process of "minor injury" medical expense reimbursement, saving time and being convenient.
[Commentary]
In the streets of the early morning, food delivery riders shuttle through the traffic; in the city at night, ride-hailing drivers rush through the streets and alleys... Approximately 84 million new employment form workers keep the "capillaries" of the city's efficient operation flowing smoothly. From minor bumps and scrapes caused by traffic accidents to "occupational diseases" caused by long hours of rushing around, the potential occupational injury risks for this group cannot be ignored.
In the past, couriers, online delivery personnel, ride-hailing drivers, and other groups often had no recourse when encountering occupational injuries due to the difficulty in determining labor relations. In 2022, 7 provinces and 7 platform enterprises established occupational injury protection pilot programs; now, the pilot scope has expanded to 17 provinces, covering more than 20 million new employment form workers, achieving full coverage within the system.
Good policies should not only focus on coverage but also emphasize the user experience. New employment form workers have a fast work pace and high mobility. For minor injuries with clear facts and well-defined responsibilities, if claims require cumbersome materials and lengthy review cycles, they often 望而却步 (wàng ér què bù - "shrink back at the sight of," to hesitate or back down when faced with difficulties) due to the time cost, making it difficult for them to enjoy the benefits of the policy. The number of materials has been reduced from 10 to 5, and they can be submitted online throughout the entire process; the frequency of "minor injury" medical treatment payments has been optimized from 3 times per month in the past to 1 time per day... Beijing's (北京) "Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries" model makes the claims process more efficient and convenient, making protection warmer and faster.
From a broader perspective, the policy "updates" of "Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries" also reveal common experiences in people's livelihood governance. In reality, some well-intentioned policies that benefit the people do not give the masses a strong sense of gain. The reason for this is largely due to obstacles in the process and a lack of thoughtfulness in the procedures. Relying on the improvement of governance effectiveness and striving to do good things well and practical things practically can truly open up the "last mile" of policies that benefit the people.
For example, empowering efficiency improvement with digitalization. The high efficiency of "Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries" benefits from optimizing service processes with digital means. There is unlimited space for the application of new technologies to improve government services in the field of people's livelihood. In Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), hospitals share data with medical insurance management departments, realizing "exemption from application and immediate enjoyment" of maternity allowances; in Zunyi (遵义), Guizhou (贵州), the Rural Revitalization Cloud Platform dynamically monitors information on returning to poverty and becoming impoverished, providing assistance for accurately helping people lifted out of poverty... Breaking down "information silos," using computing power to replace manpower, and using intelligence to increase efficiency, the rapidly changing digital China (中国) will promote more "unfelt" people's livelihood service processes and more "felt" happiness.
Another example is to build synergy through social collaboration. The "Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries" model is inseparable from the participation of commercial insurance institutions. Through interest linkages and resource integration, allowing the government, enterprises, and society to perform their respective duties and give full play to their strengths, is an effective way to avoid the government "going it alone" and stimulating the vitality of various entities. Introducing professional elderly care institutions to operate community day care centers, exploring the construction of inclusive kindergartens through government and social capital cooperation (PPP) models, and introducing social organizations to participate in neighborhood mediation, cultural event planning, and assistance to special groups... Forming a complementary governance community can form a governance synergy of "1+1>2", making a series of people's livelihood services more sustainable.
Focusing on the urgent needs and concerns of the people, moving services one step forward and one level deeper, we look forward to the continuous emergence of more governance innovations like "Quick Compensation for Minor Injuries" to make government services more convenient, public services more inclusive, and social operations more orderly.
"Requirements for Real-name Registration and Activation of Civil Unmanned Aircraft" clarifies the work process for real-name registration and activation of civil drones; "Operational Identification Specification for Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems" ensures the monitorability and safety of civil drones during operation... Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) released two mandatory national standards to technically solve the problems of "who can fly" and "who is flying" for drones, providing a guarantee for the safe and orderly development of the industry.
This is precisely:
Standards build the foundation,
Flights follow the trajectory.
The blue ocean wave surges,
Risks must not be taken lightly.
Yan Lu Wen
Return to TopBy: 王志顺
Not long ago, a publishing house publicly apologized for the editing and proofreading quality issues of "Romance of the Western Chamber," which aroused widespread attention. From readers pointing out the problems to taking the book off the shelves for self-inspection and quality rectification, the publisher's response speed was undeniably fast, but the phenomenon of "loss of control" in ancient book collation exposed by the incident is even more worthy of deep thought.
Time stamps inconsistent with historical facts, the commentary text of Jin Shengtan (金圣叹) appearing in reverse order, and more than 10 errors such as punctuation, grammatical errors, and sentence breaks within 4 pages... The dense occurrence of low-level errors is like a mirror, reflecting the inadequacy and failure of the front-end editing and proofreading. According to regulations, the error rate of books needs to be controlled within one in ten thousand, and the editing and proofreading of this book are not up to standard. Similar problems are not isolated cases. There is a commentary version of the "Analects" with an erroneous annotation of "learning and practicing it from time to time"; the table of contents and text page numbers of a classic reprint are misplaced, making it difficult for readers to browse. The frequent appearance of flaws in the "National Studies Classics" cannot help but make people question: How can the classics that carry the millennium-old cultural heritage be so "fragile" in the publishing process?
When the popularity of Sinology fuels the popularity of ancient books, some publishers regard classical literature as a "traffic code" and "classic reproduction" as a gimmick, but ignore the craftsmanship of 十年磨一剑 (shí nián mó yī jiàn - "ten years to grind a sword," it takes great effort to perfect one's skill). When proofreading becomes merely a process and editing and proofreading become a formality, the classics become a "negative example" of the text. This not only dissolves the seriousness and solemnity of the classics and betrays the long-term trust of readers, but also has the potential to form incorrect perceptions and mislead readers.
Quality control is the lifeline of publishing, not a "cost burden." When readers transform from readers into "volunteer proofreaders," and publishers degenerate from content gatekeepers into "error correction objects," this misalignment itself deserves high attention from the industry. If publishers can establish a reader feedback mechanism with an attitude of "being pleased to hear of one's faults," and transform "error picking" into "co-construction," it may well be an effective path to improve quality. Conversely, if quality decline is allowed to become the norm, what will be damaged is not only the reputation of the publishing house, but also the foundation for the long-term development of the industry.
This incident has sounded an alarm for the publishing industry. In today's era of digital and fast-food reading, ancient book collation especially needs to adhere to the tradition of "slow work yields fine products." Publishing institutions should take this as a lesson, improve the entire chain quality system of editor training, review and proofreading processes, and reader communication feedback, so that every link becomes a "firewall."
不积跬步，无以至千里 (bù jī kuǐ bù, wú yǐ zhì qiān lǐ - "without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles," great achievements come from accumulating small efforts). The quality improvement of ancient book publishing can never be achieved overnight. This requires publishers to inherit the cultural heritage with a pious heart, polish the text with a craftsman's spirit, and also requires society to jointly supervise with a rational perspective. When the errors and omissions in "Romance of the Western Chamber" are corrected, what we expect is not only the perfection of a book, but also the entire industry's return to and adherence to the common sense that "quality is life."
(Excerpted and compiled from "Chongqing Daily" (重庆日报), original title "Ancient Book Collation Especially Needs to be Treated with Craftsmanship")
Return to TopBy: 覃采萍
"Little Dolphins," "Little Leaves," "Little Orange Lamps"... these volunteer nicknames have become synonymous with warmth and dedication in major events and volunteer services. The reason why people like to call volunteers this way is both because it sounds friendly and can show their kindness and good deeds of lighting up the "big self" with the "small self," and also because these volunteers are mostly young, with youth groups, especially students, often playing a major role.
Youth is an important group participating in volunteer services. For young people, dedicating love and giving back to society through volunteer services is also a process of cultivating sentiments and developing abilities. How to better carry out youth volunteer service activities, both attracting more young people to participate in them, continuously injecting talent into volunteer services, and helping young people grow and develop through volunteer services, is a topic that needs to be solved jointly by the whole society.
More shift from task-oriented to demand-oriented. Some volunteer activities, from the beginning of planning, adhere to the "doing tasks" thinking, which easily leads to formalism and makes it difficult to truly play the role of exercising and cultivating the practical abilities of young students. Nowadays, more and more youth volunteer service activities are turning to demand-oriented. The "Warm Children's Hearts, Online Together" volunteer assistance program for left-behind children launched by Daqing City (大庆市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), first conducted needs research and evaluation before starting, established "growth files" for the children receiving assistance, and accurately matched them with the most suitable college student volunteers according to the characteristics of each child, significantly improving the quality of volunteer services. Providing services according to the actual needs of the recipients and returning to the original intention of dedication and assistance can make volunteer activities effective and allow young people to gain growth from them.
Improve a diversified evaluation system to avoid falling into "length-only theory." Currently, participation in volunteer service activities is also an important reference for further education, evaluation, and employment, and has become an important element in enriching personal resumes. However, some evaluation systems overemphasize the single indicator of volunteer service hours, ignoring multi-dimensional evaluation, which easily leads to a length-only orientation. Improving a diversified evaluation system and enriching evaluation dimensions as much as possible will help achieve positive incentives. For example, the "River Youth" volunteer service brand, which mainly focuses on protecting river ecology, will evaluate from the dimensions of the impact, timeliness, and public participation of the river problems solved, and generate a "Top 100 Cases" list, and generate a "Top 100 Teams" list according to the number of teams, volunteer hours, and activity quality and efficiency. A more complete evaluation indicator system will not only help improve the quality and efficiency of youth volunteer services, but also encourage participants to focus on actual problems and solve actual problems, and develop real skills.
Promote the deep integration of volunteer service activities and the majors learned. For young students, it is an ideal state to fully combine what they have learned with volunteer services, which can not only dedicate love but also improve professional skills. For example, the "Youth Assistance for Children's Growth" Jiangsu (江苏) college legal aid volunteer service project focuses on mobile left-behind children and children in difficulties, recruits volunteers from law schools in the province, and uses the opportunity of returning home to visit relatives during the summer vacation and daily social practice to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of minors in rural areas. Paying attention to giving play to the advantages of young students with professional knowledge and skills, and realizing the organic unity of professional training, practical exercise, and volunteer service, can achieve multiple benefits and get twice the result with half the effort 事半功倍 (shì bàn gōng bèi - "half effort, double result," achieve more with less effort).
Youth is the future of the country and the hope of the nation. Using high-quality volunteer service activities to gather their love and enthusiasm, and to support their abilities and growth, will surely better stimulate the upward and good youth power, and inject inexhaustible impetus into promoting Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is a professor at the School of Marxism, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (中南财经政法大学))
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 倪 弋
Energy conservation is a fundamental national policy of China. The state vigorously promotes conservation and opposes waste. The current Energy Conservation Law came into effect on January 1, 1998, and was systematically revised in 2007. It has played an important role in integrating energy conservation into the entire process and all fields of economic and social development, coordinating energy conservation and environmental protection, and promoting green development.
From July to September this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会) organized law enforcement inspection teams to conduct law enforcement inspections on the implementation of the Energy Conservation Law in six provinces, including Hunan (湖南), Guangdong (广东), Guangxi (广西), Sichuan (四川), Tianjin (天津), and Jiangsu (江苏). All localities and departments have conscientiously implemented the Energy Conservation Law, solidly promoted energy conservation in various fields, promoted the improvement of energy utilization efficiency, and achieved remarkable results in the implementation of the law, providing a strong guarantee for the sustained and healthy economic and social development and the comprehensive social progress in the new era. At the same time, the inspection team also found that there are still some problems and difficulties in the positioning of energy conservation work, the system and mechanism, the intensity of work, the promotion of technology, and incentive measures.
Strengthen Conservation Priority and Let Energy Conservation Better Promote High-Quality Development
"In the past, when the air conditioner was turned on in summer, the first floor was freezing, and the third floor was sweating. After the renovation in 2023, not only the comfort level has improved, but the electricity saved each year is equivalent to saving about 235 tons of standard coal." At the Tianjin (天津) Municipal Government Affairs Service Center, staff showed the inspection team the changes brought about by the smart energy management platform. The inspection team affirmed this: "The government affairs service center should do a good job in energy conservation and take this opportunity to enhance energy conservation awareness."
This practice of transforming energy conservation pressure into a driving force for quality improvement and efficiency enhancement is constantly emerging in various places. The inspection team saw that energy conservation is no longer regarded as a burden, but has become a new source of corporate competitiveness.
In Hunan (湖南), the inspection team visited Huaneng Yueyang Power Plant (华能岳阳电厂). This modern power plant, which provides important support for the Hunan (湖南) power grid, is undergoing a green transformation. "Since 2019, we have promoted the power plant to reduce energy consumption per unit of output, upgraded and replaced high-energy-consuming equipment, and reduced coal consumption for power generation by 7.5 grams per kilowatt-hour, saving 180,000 tons of standard coal," the head of the power plant said, pointing to the energy efficiency data scrolling in real time on the large screen in the central control room.
In the production workshop of Guangxi Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group (广西柳州钢铁集团), machines roared. The head of the group introduced to the inspection team: "In the past three years, we have invested more than 2.3 billion yuan to implement more than 100 energy-saving and carbon-reduction renovation projects." After applying advanced technologies such as dry quenching and sintering waste heat recovery, the company's annual energy saving is about 240,000 tons of standard coal.
The concept of energy conservation is also extending to emerging fields. At the Tianjin Port (天津港) Second Container Terminal, the sea breeze blows the blades of the wind turbine. Ren Wei (任伟), secretary of the company's party committee, introduced: "This is the world's first 'zero-carbon' terminal that uses 100% green electricity and is 100% self-produced and self-sufficient." Inside the Tianjin Jinmen Lake (天津津门湖) New Energy Vehicle Comprehensive Service Center, 71 charging parking spaces are arranged in an orderly manner. Staff introduced: "Here, the highest number of charging and battery replacement vehicles per day reaches more than 800, and the photovoltaic panels on the roof and carport provide us with clean electricity."
However, the inspection team also found that some places still have the inertia of thinking of "emphasizing development and neglecting energy conservation." The inspection team pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the priority of conservation, unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority, conservation and intensive use, green and low-carbon high-quality development, coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and integrate energy conservation into the entire process and all fields of economic and social development.
Improve the Management Mechanism and Form a Joint Force for Energy Conservation in the Whole Society
A sound system and mechanism are the key to the effective implementation of the law. Shen Jianrong (沈剑荣), Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province (江苏省) and Director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission (省发展改革委), showed the inspection team a "hard-core" mechanism - an energy consumption carbon emission monitoring platform when reporting to the inspection team. "We have formed a mechanism of monthly monitoring, quarterly analysis, and annual evaluation, and we will remind and interview areas with lagging progress, and implement project restrictions when necessary." This system has given "teeth" to energy conservation supervision.
In Tianjin (天津), Ding Yuangang (丁元刚), Secretary of the Party Committee of Yuanda Technology Group (远大科技集团), introduced a new model of contract energy management to the inspection team: "We provide full energy hosting services, renovate aging systems, and achieve a comprehensive annual energy saving rate of 26.19%." This model of "I invest, you save energy, and share benefits" solves the problems of insufficient funds and lack of technology for energy-using units. Similar measures have also been effectively implemented in Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital (江苏省人民医院). President Liu Yun (刘云) said: "Since the introduction of contract energy management in 2015, a total of 12 million yuan has been invested in technical transformation, outdated equipment has been eliminated, and energy consumption has been greatly reduced."
Institutional innovation is constantly emerging at the grassroots level. In the hall of the Liuzhou City (柳州市) Chengzhong District People's Government (城中区人民政府), a letter of proposal for an energy shortage experience day is eye-catching. The local person in charge introduced: "In addition to issuing proposals, we have also built an energy consumption monitoring platform, a rainwater recovery system, and replaced all lighting equipment." These measures have made the district rated as an excellent demonstration case of energy and resource conservation for national public institutions.
However, the inspection team found that problems such as poor departmental coordination and weak grassroots capabilities still exist. Deng Yingying (邓莹莹), a representative of the National People's Congress (全国人大代表) and Director of the Procurement Management Center of Guangxi Baise Energy Investment Development Group Co., Ltd. (广西百色能源投资发展集团有限公司), suggested: "We must continue to carry out precise training, strengthen supervision in key areas, and ensure that energy conservation measures are implemented effectively." The inspection team emphasized that it is necessary to improve the comprehensive governance system led by the Party Committee, responsible by the government, the main body of enterprises, and the participation of the society, improve the supporting mechanisms and measures in the fields of energy prices, finance, and taxation, so that savers benefit and wasters pay the price.
Strengthen Scientific and Technological Leadership and Vigorously Develop the Energy Conservation Service Industry
"The lights automatically brighten when the vehicle approaches and gradually dim after leaving." In the demonstration area of Guangxi Guilin Haiwei Technology Co., Ltd. (广西桂林海威科技股份有限公司), technicians showed the inspection team the intelligent lighting system. The head of the company introduced: "Replacing high-pressure sodium lamps with LED lamps can save more than 30% of energy. The intelligent control system can avoid excessive lighting and can also automatically adjust the color temperature according to the weather to ensure safety." Technological innovation makes energy conservation more intelligent.
In the Tianjin Airport Economic Zone (天津空港经济区), the inspection team walked into Airbus (Tianjin) Final Assembly Co., Ltd. (空中客车（天津）总装有限公司). In the spacious and bright factory building, aircraft assembly work was carried out in an orderly manner. Sun Shujia (孙书佳), the company's energy management specialist, pointed to a set of equipment and introduced: "This is the air compressor waste heat recovery system we installed. It can convert the waste heat generated during the production process into usable energy. Through a series of systematic energy-saving renovations, the company has achieved a 10% reduction in the comprehensive energy consumption per aircraft produced between 2021 and 2024."
The green and low-carbon energy conservation service industry is growing in innovation. The Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province (广东省工业和信息化厅) issued the "Implementation Rules for the Gradient Cultivation Management of Green Factories in Guangdong Province (广东省绿色工厂梯度培育管理实施细则)" to promote the gradient cultivation of green factories and improve the construction of a green manufacturing system, and has cumulatively cultivated 490 national green factories, 13 green industrial parks, and 104 green supply chain enterprises. Guangxi (广西) has been publishing a recommended list of advanced industrial energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies every year since 2023, and has cumulatively recommended 25 technologies.
How to let electric vehicles "get out of the city, go to the countryside, and return home"? In Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), the inspection team learned that in recent years, China Southern Power Grid Guangdong Power Grid Company (中国南方电网广东电网公司) has continued to increase investment in the construction of charging infrastructure. As of now, Guangdong (广东) has 49,900 public and dedicated charging stations and 789,000 charging piles. The cumulative charging volume from January to May 2025 is about 8 billion kilowatt-hours, which is equivalent to saving 3 billion liters of gasoline.
However, the transformation of innovative achievements still faces bottlenecks. During the inspection, it was found that some advanced technologies are being promoted slowly due to high initial costs and insufficient market awareness. Some companies in Hunan (湖南), Sichuan (四川) and other places reported that energy-saving technological transformation faces practical problems such as difficult financing and long investment recovery periods.
The inspection team proposed that it is necessary to increase investment in the research and development of key core technologies and improve the technology evaluation and promotion mechanism. In particular, it is necessary to vigorously develop the energy conservation service industry, implement relevant supporting policies such as taxation and financing, and cultivate a group of specialized leading enterprises, so that technological innovation can truly become the core driving force for energy conservation and consumption reduction.
Return to TopThis report Beijing (北京) December 18 (Reporter Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)) - The reporter learned from the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局): Since 2018, the central government has invested more than 3 trillion yuan cumulatively, making residents' participation in insurance more secure, people in need more at ease, and medical insurance services more convenient. From 2018 to 2025, residents have cumulatively enjoyed medical insurance benefits more than 18 billion times. In November of this year, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), together with the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局), allocated 416.6 billion yuan in advance for the 2026 subsidy funds for basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents, subsidy funds for urban and rural medical assistance, and funds for medical security service capacity building.
The central government's financial subsidy for residents' medical insurance has been continuously increased. From 2018 to 2025, the central government has cumulatively allocated 2.87 trillion yuan in subsidy funds for basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents, which is used to subsidize participants in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents. In 2025, the total per capita funding for basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents will be 1,100 yuan, of which the per capita financial subsidy standard is 700 yuan, and the individual payment standard is 400 yuan, with the financial subsidy accounting for more than 60%.
The role of medical assistance as a safety net continues to be effective. From 2018 to 2025, the central government has cumulatively allocated 237.5 billion yuan in subsidy funds for urban and rural medical assistance. In 2024, 79.16 million people were subsidized to participate in basic medical insurance, and nearly 200 million people enjoyed outpatient and inpatient assistance. The participation rate of rural low-income populations and people who have been lifted out of poverty nationwide remains stable at over 99%, and the reimbursement ratio for rural people in need within the policy scope exceeds 90%.
Financial support effectively improves the level of medical insurance services. From 2019 to 2025, the central government has cumulatively allocated 27.6 billion yuan in funds for medical security service capacity building. The nationally unified medical insurance information platform has been fully built and put into use, and over 1.2 billion people enjoy convenient medical treatment with medical insurance codes. The number of direct cross-provincial medical settlement visits nationwide has increased by 110 times, and the number of designated medical institutions connected to the network for cross-provincial settlement of inpatient expenses has increased from 27,600 to 80,000.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 肖家鑫
"From gathering the hearts of children to forging patriotic feelings, from establishing the ambition of a strong nation to practicing the actions of serving the country, the four lessons progress step by step, allowing the spirit of patriotism to rise from emotional experience to rational choice, and then to practical engagement in the hearts of students in different academic stages." In the auditorium of the Affiliated Elementary School of Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学), teachers and experts who observed the patriotic-themed ideological and political education class delivered in relay by four teachers from elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university gave high praise. This teaching demonstration activity has become a vivid microcosm of Shandong Normal University's exploration and promotion of the integrated construction of ideological and political education courses in primary, secondary, and higher education.
As the supporting unit of the Ministry of Education's Community for the Integration of Ideological and Political Education Courses in Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education (Shandong) (教育部大中小学思政课一体化共同体（山东）) and the Shandong Province Guidance Center for the Integrated Construction of Ideological and Political Education Courses in Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education (山东省大中小学思政课一体化建设指导中心), Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学), based on the characteristics of normal universities, has built a new pattern of collaborative promotion of "university-level overall planning—city-level coordination—primary and secondary school linkage."
"In the past, elementary schools, middle schools, and universities all talked about 'patriotism,' and the content was repetitive and poorly connected." Wu Chunlei (吴春雷), Deputy Dean of the School of Marxism (马克思主义学院) at Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学), pointed out the confusion of many ideological and political education teachers in primary, secondary, and higher education in his comments. Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学) has conducted in-depth research on the cognitive rules of students at all academic levels, compiled excellent lesson plans into a series of books entitled "Integrated Special Teaching Design of Ideological and Political Education Courses in Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education" (《大中小学思政课一体化专题教学设计》), and transformed abstract theories into teaching content that is easily accepted and resonates with students at different academic levels; through carrying out integrated summit forums, double-coordination and double-improvement actions, and a series of cross-academic teaching and research activities such as "regular lesson preparation + key research and training," ideological and political education teachers from primary, secondary, and higher education are brought together to refine their lessons.
Under the guidance of the Shandong Provincial Department of Education (山东省教育厅), Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学) took the lead in establishing the Shandong Province Community for the Integration of Ideological and Political Education Courses in Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education (山东省大中小学思政课一体化共同体), and signed joint construction agreements with the education authorities of 16 cities, establishing a "1+16" joint meeting system and liaison officer system. "By clarifying the respective rights and responsibilities of universities, education departments, and primary and secondary schools, we have broken the situation of fighting on our own," said Zhang Jian (张建), President of Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学).
The deep integration of university-local collaboration helps the mechanism to take root better. Not long ago, Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学) and Huaiyin District (槐荫区) of Jinan City (济南市) jointly launched the Ideological and Political Integration Academic Leader Navigation Action, jointly building the "Red Spark" Famous Teacher Studio (“红色薪火”名师工作室), with university experts and backbone teachers from primary and secondary schools forming teams to carry out teaching and research breakthroughs and curriculum development. Sun Li (孙莉), Director of the Huaiyin District Education and Sports Bureau (槐荫区教体局) and Executive Deputy Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the District Party Committee (区委教育工委), introduced that this "academic + practical" collaborative model has developed 12 provincial-level integrated demonstration courses for Huaiyin District (槐荫区).
Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学) also breaks through the limitations of time and space through an online and offline combined research and training model. The university built the "Shandong Province Guidance Center for the Integrated Construction of Ideological and Political Education Courses" WeChat platform (山东省思政课一体化建设指导中心微信平台), uploading more than 1,500 high-quality lesson plans, teaching videos, and other resources for teachers throughout the province to download for free; it regularly holds "Double Coordination and Double Improvement" teaching and research activities, promoting the overall improvement of teachers' levels through "university teachers delivering education to the countryside and primary and secondary school teachers entering the school for research and study" two-way exchanges.
"We will continue to deepen the reform and innovation of the major ideological and political education course, so that integrated construction will become a solid support for cultivating new people of the era, contribute to the new era's project of establishing morality and cultivating people, and help the ideological and political education courses in primary, secondary, and higher education form a synergistic force for educating people with the same frequency," said Feng Jikang (冯继康), Secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong Normal University (山东师范大学).
Return to TopWith the accelerating process of population aging, elderly care has become an important topic of common concern for the entire society. As a large state-owned commercial bank, Bank of Communications (交通银行) actively practices the political and people-oriented nature of financial work, innovates financial products and services, strengthens multi-party collaborative cooperation, and jointly builds an elderly care ecosystem based on home care, combined medical and elderly care, and community support, striving to write a great article on elderly care finance.
Forward-looking Layout, Creating an Elderly Care Financial Service System
Bank of Communications (交通银行) has made a forward-looking layout in the field of elderly care finance, establishing the Elderly Care Finance Department in 2021 to coordinate and promote the innovative exploration of the entire group's elderly care financial business development and elderly care financial ecosystem construction. Bank of Communications (交通银行) is anchored in the development vision of "building an elderly-friendly bank," comprehensively upgrading the elderly care financial layout, formulating and implementing an elderly care financial service system plan, and clearly proposing that by 2027, an elderly care financial service system will be built that is "strategically clear, has sound mechanisms, a comprehensive layout, rich products, complete services, and leading in major service areas among peers." At present, the scale of pension托管 (tuō guǎn - "trusteeship") of Bank of Communications (交通银行) ranks among the top in the market, the scale of pension financial business is growing rapidly, and the scale of social security cards and personal pension business has increased significantly. As of the end of November 2025, the balance of elderly care industry loans of the entire bank increased by more than 40% compared with the end of the previous year, strongly supporting the high-quality development of the silver economy, health industry, and elderly care industry.
Service-Oriented, Building a Full-Chain Service Closed Loop
Bank of Communications (交通银行) focuses on the differentiated needs of elderly customer groups of different ages, enriches products, improves services, and builds a full-chain service closed loop, committed to becoming a trusted financial partner for the elderly.
In response to the problem of "children not having time to accompany, high costs of caregivers" for the elderly, Bank of Communications (交通银行) innovatively launched a special activity of "medical assistance and payment preferential subsidies" in Shanghai. Users in the Shanghai area can conveniently book professional medical assistance services through the "Happy Age Health" section of the Bank of Communications (交通银行) mini-program, enjoying the dual reassurance of "having care during medical treatment and reductions in payment."
In addition, Bank of Communications (交通银行) innovatively launched a "credit medical treatment" service program with "minimal application, universal benefit for all, full guarantee, and pay later," which has a high pass rate, preferential interest rates, and also has functions such as interest-free periods and deferred and installment repayment, effectively alleviating the financial pressure of medical treatment for the elderly.
Focusing on the health and wellness needs of the elderly, Bank of Communications (交通银行) has partnered with professional institutions to launch a series of home care services. Users in the Shanghai area can book services such as Guorong Leyang Home Care through "Happy Age Health," and the platform simultaneously provides personalized health management plans, professional care plans, as well as online health record establishment, nutritional sleep assessment and data tracking, to achieve comprehensive health management.
Sound System, Integrating into the Whole Society's Elderly Care Ecosystem
Bank of Communications (交通银行) actively links with the government, industry, and third-party institutions, integrating resources through collaborative innovation, organically integrating the policy support of relevant departments, the professional advantages of financial institutions, and the service capabilities of industrial entities, to jointly build a broad and reliable elderly care support network.
In order to protect the "money bags" of the elderly, Bank of Communications (交通银行) closely cooperates with the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) and local civil affairs bureaus to launch a comprehensive service program for the supervision of prepaid funds for elderly care institutions, providing full-chain "business + funds" safety supervision for the prepaid fees of elderly care institutions, building a solid "firewall" for the elderly's pension money, so that the elderly can rest assured and their families can be at ease.
In terms of food consumption, Bank of Communications (交通银行) cooperates with payment institutions and elderly meal assistance institutions, and the elderly can receive coupons after binding their Bank of Communications (交通银行) social security card to the payment platform, enjoying immediate discounts when consuming in designated canteens.
In terms of cultural and tourism experience, Bank of Communications (交通银行) joins hands with online travel service platforms to provide customers over 50 years old with exclusive travel services and consumption discounts such as travel, hotels, and travel packages; in Hainan (海南), Bank of Communications (交通银行) also launches silver-haired exclusive cultural and tourism routes for elderly customers living there, and provides rights such as housekeeping cleaning, airport pick-up and drop-off, and airport VIP channels.
In order to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the elderly, Bank of Communications (交通银行) also cooperates with elderly universities at all levels in various places, moving classrooms into bank outlets to create a "new social world" for the elderly; promoting the construction of online elderly schools, so that more elderly people can enjoy rich courses without leaving home.
From strategic planning to service implementation, and then to ecosystem co-construction, Bank of Communications (交通银行) is steadily promoting the construction of an elderly care financial service system and fully integrating into the whole society's elderly care ecosystem. Looking to the future, Bank of Communications (交通银行) will continue to adhere to the financial commitment to the people, continue to deepen the layout in the field of elderly care finance, and work with all sectors of society to jointly build a multi-level and diversified elderly care ecosystem, contributing solid Bank of Communications (交通银行) strength to painting a happy picture of "the elderly being supported, the elderly being cared for, the elderly being happy, and the elderly being safe."
Data source: Bank of Communications (交通银行)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王昊男 王永战 窦 皓
With the increasing number of alternative options such as subways, private cars, and electric bicycles, the structure of citizens' travel demands is changing. The public transportation industry is transforming on demand, and more and more small buses are appearing on the streets. On the one hand, they are "slimming down," and lightweight and flexible models are conducive to saving costs and reducing empty seats; on the other hand, they are "improving quality," providing more convenient and distinctive services. The city is developing, and the public transportation industry is also advancing with the times, but what remains unchanged is its positioning as a public resource for people's livelihood. Recently, reporters from this newspaper visited three places to explore the development of small buses.
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Beijing (北京)
Short-distance connection, precise and fast direct access
At 7:30 in the morning, at the entrance of the China Railway Construction Yueju Youth Apartment community in Fengtai District (丰台区) of Beijing (北京), a small bus with a bright red body and a rounded shape slowly stopped. "From the community to Zhangguozhuang Subway Station (张郭庄站), the distance is about 3 kilometers, and it's a direct ride," said Xiao Zhang (小张), an office worker, while scanning the code to get on the bus.
In September of this year, Special Line 100 became a "new favorite" for many commuters in the surrounding area as soon as it opened. These buses are less than 6 meters long, and Beijing (北京) citizens affectionately call them "Red Meng Ba" (红色萌巴). Zheng Wei (郑伟), deputy manager of the Operation and Management Department of the Third Passenger Transport Branch of Beijing Public Transport Group (北京公交集团), introduced: "In some old communities, hospitals, and areas around schools with narrow roads, large buses have difficulty entering, but the 'Red Meng Ba' can easily turn and park."
Since being put into use in the first half of this year, Beijing (北京) has had 500 "Red Meng Ba" buses put into operation, covering 138 routes.
Xu Di (许迪), business supervisor of the Line Network Center of Beijing Public Transport Group (北京公交集团), said that when it was first put into use, the passenger flow of some lines was not high. "We have continuously optimized according to passenger feedback, and now the passenger flow of many lines has steadily increased." With the optimization of routes and the improvement of citizens' awareness, the daily passenger volume of "Red Meng Ba" has now reached 51,000 passengers.
"Short, frequent, and fast" routes are a major highlight of the "Red Meng Ba." In response to citizens' travel needs, Beijing (北京) has opened 19 "short, frequent, and fast" routes, with an average length of only 4 kilometers and a departure interval of less than 5 minutes during peak hours, all using the "Red Meng Ba" model. "Our original intention was 'point-to-point, fast connection and fast delivery'," Xu Di (许迪) explained that the routes mainly focus on the connection between the subway and the community, providing precise travel services, strengthening point-to-point fast direct access, and high-frequency operating schedules. At present, 19 "short, frequent, and fast" routes have connected more than 10 subway lines, providing services for 31 surrounding communities.
Experts believe that the miniaturization of public transportation is an important trend to adapt to urban development and changes in citizens' travel habits. It can provide higher-quality rapid connection services for travelers. In the future, more micro-routes should continue to be opened accurately according to different travel scenarios to continuously enhance the attractiveness of ground public transportation.
Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川)
Connecting streets and alleys, enriching the city's style
The bus body is painted with barbecue patterns, and the interior is decorated with hot pot, pandas, and other distinctive elements. In Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), the cute-looking No. 154 small bus has attracted the attention of many tourists.
"Compared with large buses on main roads, the No. 154 small bus is more suitable for the road conditions of urban branch roads, and it also connects old streets and alleys with distinctive features," said Huang Shuai (黄帅), deputy general manager of Chengdu Public Transport Group Beixing Bus Co., Ltd. (成都公交集团北星巴士有限公司). He introduced that No. 154 is a "food special line" with 17 stops along the line, serving an average of more than 3,000 citizens and tourists every day.
Walking into the car, you can see that the 6.5-meter-long car is equipped with 14 high-backed soft seats. "It's very comfortable to sit on," said Mr. Cheng (程先生), a citizen who likes to take this small bus to buy groceries and eat.
Getting on the bus from the bus stop at the Hehuachi Wholesale Market (荷花池批发市场) in Chengdu (成都) and heading to Jiefang West Street (解放西街), a burst of fragrance hits you; driving into Ma'an West Road (马鞍西路), fatty intestine noodles and freshly baked pot helmets attract diners to line up; arriving at Caojia Lane (曹家巷), tourists getting on the bus talk about the "spicy and fresh" of the old hot pot... On the bus, tourists can feel the atmosphere of Chengdu (成都) up close and taste the city's flavors.
Small buses not only serve tourists, but also connect 15-minute life service circles, making it more convenient for residents to travel.
Li Xing (李星), director of the Fourth Planning Institute of Chengdu Urban Planning and Design Institute (成都市规划设计研究院), analyzed: "According to calculations, the average travel distance for citizens taking rail transit is 15 kilometers, while small buses meet the travel needs of citizens within a 3-kilometer range."
"The operating distance of our line is less than 5 kilometers, with an average of one stop every 300 meters, serving more than 100,000 residents in the surrounding area every month," said Chen Yilin (陈意林), the person in charge of the No. 1040 bus line. No. 1040 connects many old streets and alleys, and also connects nearby hospitals, vegetable markets, and Metro Line 3.
Small buses improve residents' travel experience and adapt to the needs of urban road structure adjustments. At present, Chengdu Public Transport Group (成都公交集团) has operated more than 2,000 small buses, connecting many streets and alleys to meet residents' living needs. "In the future, as the urban road network structure continues to become denser, there will be more and more small buses on branch roads or secondary trunk roads," said Li Xing (李星).
Lishui (丽水), Zhejiang (浙江)
Smart transportation, dynamic route planning
In the morning, in Songyang County (松阳县), Lishui City (丽水市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), a small blue and black bus departed from the Passenger Transport Comprehensive Service Center Station (客运综合服务中心站) to Xinjietou Station (新街头站). Taking a closer look, this cute-looking bus is a bit different - there is no driver in the driver's seat, and the original rearview mirror position has been replaced with a sensor camera...
"The starting and stopping are gentle, the ride is very stable, and you can also swipe the elderly card," said Grandpa Li (李大爷), who took the bus to Songyang County People's Hospital (松阳县人民医院), praising the "unmanned minibus."
Inside the "unmanned minibus" with a capacity of 8 people, in addition to a few passengers, there is also a safety officer wearing a red armband in the front row of the carriage. "The radar and cameras arranged around the car body can sense road conditions in all directions and decelerate or brake in time. At the same time, it also has a 'smart brain' that can analyze road conditions in real time and dynamically plan routes," said safety officer Bao Jianhui (包建辉). "When there are pedestrians on the road, the vehicle can react quickly and decelerate smoothly."
After being trained and assessed, Bao Jianhui (包建辉), who used to be a bus driver, became a safety officer, mainly responsible for monitoring the vehicle's operation throughout the entire process and providing manual intervention in case of emergencies.
As a pilot county for the development of the smart transportation industry in Zhejiang (浙江), Songyang's (松阳) "unmanned minibus" covers the main bus lines 1 and 2, connecting passenger transport centers, schools, hospitals, scenic spots, etc.
In Liandu District (莲都区), Lishui City (丽水市), there is also a "dynamic micro-bus" with a length of 5.99 meters. The "dynamic micro-bus" has no fixed routes or stops. Citizens can enjoy point-to-point pick-up and drop-off services like a private car by placing an order through their mobile phones, without worrying about transfers, saving time and effort.
In the view of Bai Hongyu (白鸿宇), director of the Transportation Development Research Center of Zhejiang Academy of Communications Sciences (浙江省交通运输科学研究院), the "large-to-small" change in bus models, the "fixed-to-customized" change in bus services, and the "traditional-to-smart" change in bus modes, changing traditional models and accurately matching needs, are important explorations to improve service efficiency, reduce operating costs, and enhance the attractiveness of public transportation. "While improving residents' sense of gain, it is also helping industrial development and systematically improving the efficiency of urban public transportation," said Bai Hongyu (白鸿宇).
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 18th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)). In order to promote the coal industry from low-end to high-end, and coal products from primary fuels to high-value products, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) recently jointly issued the "Benchmark and Baseline Levels for Key Areas of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization (2025 Edition)" with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部), the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部), the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局), and the National Energy Administration (国家能源局).
The "Level 2025 Edition" encourages and guides industry enterprises to combine their actual situation and long-term development to implement transformation and upgrading of projects. First, implement classified management. For newly built coal development and utilization projects and conditional existing projects, promote clean and efficient utilization levels as much as possible, and strive to reach benchmark levels. For existing projects with clean and efficient utilization levels lower than the existing baseline level, guide enterprises to carry out clean and efficient coal utilization transformation in an orderly manner, accelerate the reduction of pollution and carbon emissions of enterprises, and resolutely eliminate backward production capacity and backward processes according to laws and regulations. Second, clarify time limit requirements. For projects that need to carry out clean and efficient coal utilization transformation, local authorities should clarify the transformation and upgrading and elimination time limits (generally not exceeding 3 years) and annual plans without affecting the supply of electricity and heat, and upgrade to above the baseline level within the prescribed time limit, and strive to reach the benchmark level; projects that cannot be completed on time will be eliminated. Third, strengthen the promotion and application of technology. Strengthen the research and development and promotion and application of clean and efficient coal utilization technology and equipment, carry out the evaluation of clean and efficient coal utilization projects, and actively promote the construction of technology transformation and upgrading projects.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李亚楠
On a weekend morning, the sky in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Xinjiang (新疆) had just begun to lighten when the lights in Yan Dan (闫丹)'s home came on. She gently woke up her 8-year-old son, who quickly got dressed, ate breakfast, and the family of three drove to the ski resort. "I signed my child up for a ski winter camp, and he has made great progress and is very enthusiastic," said Yan Dan (闫丹).
To further tap into the potential of ice and snow tourism, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) and Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区) have successively optimized the holiday arrangements for primary and secondary schools, clearly establishing snow holidays, and introducing a number of supporting incentive policies to encourage young people to participate in ice and snow sports. During the snow holidays, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) ski resorts have launched preferential activities such as free skiing for 2 days for young people aged 6-18; primary and secondary school students in Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区) can enjoy the benefit of free ski passes at the four major ski resorts, and can also enjoy discounts on ski equipment rental and catering in the ski resorts. In addition, there are corresponding preferential policies for accommodation and transportation.
In recent years, Xinjiang (新疆) has continued to increase investment in the ice and snow industry, the number and quality of ski resorts have continued to improve, and the reception capacity has been significantly enhanced. From the 2024 to 2025 snow season, Xinjiang (新疆) S-level ski resorts received a total of 3,572,800 tourists, an increase of 10.22% year-on-year; and achieved tourism revenue of 844 million yuan, an increase of 39.13% year-on-year.
Not long ago, Xinjiang (新疆) released a winter tourism preferential "gift package" and a series of consumption promotion activities, which will distribute 45,000 consumer coupons in 6 rounds. Various regions have also actively promoted the deep integration of ice and snow with culture, tourism, and sports, launching winter tourism routes that integrate skiing, hot springs, gourmet food, and folk custom experiences to extend the consumption chain and enhance the consumption experience.
Return to TopAgriculture is the foundation of the nation, and when the foundation is strong, the nation is secure. Yu Hong District (于洪区), Shenyang City (沈阳市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), is working diligently towards the comprehensive revitalization of its rural areas. With high-quality development as its primary task and technological innovation leading industrial upgrades, it has systematically completed 32 key tasks for comprehensive rural revitalization and 11 projects to address shortcomings and strengthen the foundation. Significant results have been achieved in ensuring food security, stimulating industrial vitality, building beautiful and harmonious villages, and deepening rural reforms, injecting strong momentum into the comprehensive rural revitalization in the new era.
Technological Empowerment to Safeguard the Granary and Consolidate the Foundation of Food Security
Food security is a matter of paramount importance to the nation. Improving the effectiveness of technological innovation helps to consolidate the foundation of food security. Yu Hong District (于洪区) always regards ensuring food security as a major political responsibility, integrating technological innovation throughout the entire chain of grain production. Strictly adhering to the red line for cultivated land, it has innovatively promoted a new "322" management and protection model for high-standard farmland, achieving dynamic supervision of 337,900 mu of cultivated land and 277,600 mu of permanent basic farmland. The provincial demonstration zone project for high-standard farmland was completed in 2024, injecting digital momentum into the improvement of cultivated land quality. Strengthening technological empowerment, the grain planting area has been stabilized at 283,000 mu, with 48,000 mu-times of single-yield improvement projects implemented. Integrated promotion of technologies such as precision fertilization and green prevention and control has resulted in a comprehensive mechanization rate of 99% for major grain and oil crops, with grain production expected to exceed 353 million jin in 2025. Promoting seed industry innovation, five corn varieties approved by the province have been introduced. The use of data management systems has achieved full coverage of traceability for characteristic agricultural products, constructing a "field-to-table" regulatory system.
Industrial Upgrades Add Momentum and Activate the Engine of Rural Development
Industrial prosperity is an important foundation for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and agricultural modernization is the key path and cornerstone. Yu Hong District (于洪区) focuses on characteristic, digital, and integrated development, striving to build a "5+1+1" full industrial system, diversely stimulating the endogenous power of rural areas, and relying on digital technology to achieve the foundation strengthening and chain building of the "Five Fragrances with Gifts" characteristic industry. Optimizing "Rice Fragrance," the 2,500-mu modern seed industry breeding base has achieved integrated research and development and promotion. "Yu Hong Rice (于洪大米)" has been selected into the National Famous, Special, and Excellent New Agricultural Products Directory, and crab paddy rice, selenium-rich rice, and clear water rice are selling well at home and abroad. Strengthening "Vegetable Fragrance," the golden ear fungus digital cloud warehouse project has been put into production, and Wos pickled cabbage and pickled radish are strictly controlled for quality according to strict standards, and have been rated as national special agricultural products. Refining "Herb Fragrance," the "Cordyceps sinensis" dual-protein project has been successfully developed, and agricultural Internet of Things technology integrates intelligent monitoring and environmental self-control functions to achieve precise and industrialized development of the Cordyceps militaris industry. Expanding and stabilizing "Meat and Egg Fragrance" and "Fish and Shrimp Fragrance," with precise feeding and intelligent traceability technology as the starting point, egg-laying chicken breeding and beef deep processing projects have achieved intelligent transformation and digital upgrading. Shenyang Jinrun Freshwater Fish Farm (沈阳市金润淡水鱼养殖场) has been approved as a Liaoning Province Aquatic Fine Seed Farm (辽宁省水产良种场). High-standard planning and construction of the "Glorious Years" agricultural, cultural, and tourism industry complex and the "By the Water's Edge" rural revitalization industry demonstration belt, relying on digital technology to innovate smart tourism scenarios, and create a demonstration model of industrial integration.
Reform and Innovation Unite Efforts and Consolidate the Foundation of Good Rural Governance
Developing new quality productive forces in agriculture requires a sound institutional guarantee and efficient governance system. Yu Hong District (于洪区) takes reform and innovation as a breakthrough point, striving to build a modern rural governance model led by Party building. Implementing a rural Party building traction demonstration project, 55 village-stationed cadres are rooted in the grassroots, and 2 administrative villages have been built into "one-stop" digital government service pilots, opening up the "last mile" of serving the masses. Improving governance effectiveness, improving the "three governance integration" rural governance system, establishing a mechanism for investigating and resolving conflicts and disputes, and promoting the construction of safe villages to go deep and solid. Deepening rural reform to release vitality, the entry rate of rural land contract management right confirmation archives into the museum is 100%, and the property rights transaction volume will exceed 18 million yuan in November 2025; relying on digital platforms, rural collective "three assets" realize intelligent supervision and efficient utilization; 6 strong village companies and 10 industrial joint party committees have been established, and the total operating income of village collective economies will exceed 20 million yuan in 2024 and 2025.
Joint Construction and Sharing of Beautiful and Harmonious Villages to Improve People's Livelihood Security Level
Building livable, workable, beautiful, and harmonious villages is key to improving rural infrastructure and people's livelihood security. Yu Hong District (于洪区) is committed to improving people's livelihoods, focusing on the needs of the masses, and continuously promoting the comfort, completeness, and convenience of rural production and life. Improving infrastructure construction, smart water conservancy facilities allow the rural large-scale water supply rate to reach 62%, and the tap water coverage rate to reach 99%. Extending public service coverage, demonstration villages and villages for "comfortable employment" have been built, and digital platforms guide the employment of 4,400 rural laborers; urban-rural alliance schools use information technology to create a regional integrated smart campus management system of "Happy Education Service Platform + Campus Safety Management Platform"; joint medical institutions build an urban-rural elderly care service network to provide professional on-site care, allowing the elderly to enjoy convenient services.
Currently, Yu Hong District (于洪区) is fully promoting the creation of a national rural revitalization demonstration county and continuously consolidating the foundation of agricultural and rural modernization. In the future, Yu Hong District (于洪区) will anchor the goal of agricultural and rural modernization, deeply promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, take the development of new quality productive forces as the engine, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs in consolidating the bottom line of food security, expanding characteristic industrial clusters, building livable and beautiful villages, and deepening comprehensive rural reforms, and strive to draw a magnificent picture of industrial prosperity, rural beauty, and farmer prosperity.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Yu Hong District Committee of Shenyang City (中共沈阳市于洪区委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 孙金龙
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 clearly proposes to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a Beautiful China. This is a major strategic deployment made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, focusing on the overall situation of modernization construction featuring harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature. We must adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, accurately grasp the great significance and objectives of building a Beautiful China in the new era and on the new journey, resolutely implement them, and accelerate the promotion of building a Beautiful China.
I. Fully Recognize the Great Significance of Building a Beautiful China
Building a Beautiful China is an important goal for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and an important component of realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Currently, China's ecological civilization construction is still in a critical period of overlapping pressures and moving forward with a heavy burden. We must place the construction of a Beautiful China in a prominent position in the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation, so that our motherland will have bluer skies, greener mountains, clearer waters, and a more beautiful ecological environment.
(I) Building a Beautiful China is the only way to cultivate the green foundation of Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization is a modernization featuring harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature, and green development is a distinct feature of Chinese-style modernization. As a large developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, it is not feasible for China to enter modernization as a whole by following the Western path of modernization development centered on capital, materialism expansion, and pollution first, treatment later. The construction of a Beautiful China is related to the realization of the second centenary goal as scheduled and must be integrated into the entire process of Chinese-style modernization. We must consciously plan development from the height of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature, comprehensively promote the modernization of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature through the construction of a Beautiful China, and make the green foundation of Chinese-style modernization brighter and more substantial.
(II) Building a Beautiful China is the inherent requirement for achieving high-quality development. High-quality development is a development in which green development becomes a common form, and green and low-carbon development are key links in achieving high-quality development. China still faces a heavy task of green and low-carbon transformation, and the task of achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is arduous. Synergistically promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and promoting high-quality development and creating a high-quality life with high-level protection, is the strategic path for building a Beautiful China. We must accelerate the green transformation of the development mode and promote the realization of higher quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable, and safer development.
(III) Building a Beautiful China is an inherent requirement for meeting the people's growing needs for a better life. A good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most inclusive benefit to people's livelihood. With the improvement of China's economic and social development and people's living standards, a beautiful ecological environment has become an important part of people's yearning for a better life. The beauty of a Beautiful China lies first and foremost in its excellent ecology and beautiful environment. Providing more high-quality ecological products to meet the people's growing needs for a beautiful ecological environment is an important task in building a Beautiful China. We must continuously improve the quality of the ecological environment so that the people can share the beauty of nature, the beauty of life, and the beauty of life in green mountains and clear waters.
(IV) Building a Beautiful China is China's contribution to jointly building a clean and beautiful world. Building a beautiful home is the common dream of mankind. Currently, the global environmental governance deficit is serious, and the sustainable development process is far from reaching expectations. The construction of a Beautiful China is not only an important action for China to promote the solution of global environmental problems through its own efforts, but also an important reference for other countries to promote ecological environment governance and sustainable development. We must adhere to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, lead the global environmental governance process with the construction of a Beautiful China, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength to achieving green, low-carbon, and sustainable development.
II. New Era Beautiful China Construction Takes Major Strides
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has regarded ecological civilization construction as a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and made strategic deployments for comprehensively promoting the construction of a Beautiful China. All regions and departments have resolutely implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, promoting historic, transformative, and comprehensive changes in ecological civilization construction from theory to practice, and the construction of a Beautiful China has taken major strides.
(I) The ecological environment has continued to improve, strongly supporting high-quality development. Adhering to precise pollution control, scientific pollution control, and law-based pollution control, and continuing to fight the tough battle against pollution prevention and control in depth, the environmental quality has been significantly improved. Compared with 10 years ago, the average concentration of PM2.5 in key cities across the country has decreased by 56% cumulatively, and the number of heavily polluted days has decreased by 92%, making it the country with the fastest improvement in air quality in the world; the proportion of surface water with excellent water quality in the country has increased from 64.1% to 90.4%, the water quality of the main stream of the Yangtze River has remained stable at Class II for 5 consecutive years, and the water quality of the main stream of the Yellow River has remained stable at Class II for 3 consecutive years, and black and odorous water bodies in cities at the prefecture level and above have been basically eliminated. Soil environmental risks have been effectively controlled, and the treatment rate of rural domestic sewage has reached more than 45%. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security in the ecological environment has been significantly improved, creating a successful practice of the largest developing country in effectively protecting the ecological environment while achieving rapid economic and social development.
(II) The pace of green and low-carbon transformation has accelerated, actively shaping new drivers of development. Vigorously promote the green and low-carbon transformation of industrial structure, energy structure, and transportation structure, and accelerate the cultivation and development of green productivity. The world's largest clean power supply and clean steel production system has been built, more than 96% of coal-fired power units have completed ultra-low emission transformation, and 950 million tons of crude steel production capacity has completed full-process ultra-low emission transformation or key project transformation. A renewable energy system with the largest scale and fastest development in the world has been built. In 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy will reach 56% of the total installed capacity of the country. Since 2012, China has supported an average annual economic growth of 6.1% with an average annual energy consumption growth of 3.4%, and carbon emission intensity has decreased by more than 35% cumulatively. The production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years, and more than 80% of the world's photovoltaic modules and 70% of wind power equipment come from China. The green and low-carbon industry has become a new engine for economic growth and a new driver for foreign trade development.
(III) The quality of the ecosystem has steadily improved, further consolidating the ecological foundation for long-term development. In-depth promotion of major projects for the protection and restoration of important ecosystems, and implementation of major projects for biodiversity protection. Establish a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body, delineate and strictly abide by the ecological protection red line, the area of the land ecological protection red line accounts for more than 30% of the land area, and 90% of the terrestrial ecosystem types and 74% of the national key protected wild animal and plant populations have been effectively protected. China's forest coverage rate has increased to more than 25%, contributing 1/4 of the world's new green area, and the "green wealth" of the whole people has been continuously accumulated. 572 demonstration zones for ecological civilization construction and 240 practice and innovation bases of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" have been named successively, providing vivid practices and fresh samples for synergistically promoting high-quality development and high-level protection.
(IV) The reform of the ecological civilization system has achieved remarkable results, continuously enhancing the endogenous driving force for development. Ecological civilization has been incorporated into the Party Constitution and the Constitution, more than 30 ecological environment laws and regulations including the Environmental Protection Law have been formulated and revised, and dozens of reform measures involving ecological civilization have been introduced. The legal system for ecological environment protection with Chinese characteristics and the institutional system of ecological civilization with the nature of "four beams and eight pillars" have been basically formed. In particular, the central ecological environment protection inspection system has become a major institutional innovation for consolidating the political responsibility for ecological civilization construction. The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Regulations on Ecological Environment Protection Inspection Work" in April 2025, promoting the inspection work to continue to develop in depth. The world's largest carbon emission trading market has been built and is operating stably, and the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market has been launched, and the market mechanism for green and low-carbon development has been continuously improved.
(V) The contribution to global environmental governance is prominent, fully demonstrating the responsibility of a major country. Actively participate in global environmental and climate negotiations, and firmly safeguard national environmental and development rights and interests. Promote the conclusion, signing, entry into force and implementation of the "Paris Agreement" (《巴黎协定》), make a solemn commitment to carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, declare to the outside world the national independent contribution by 2035, and propose for the first time the absolute emission reduction target covering the entire economic scope and including all greenhouse gases, and take strong measures to address climate change. As the president of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the "Convention on Biological Diversity" (《生物多样性公约》), it promoted the conclusion of the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" (《昆明—蒙特利尔全球生物多样性框架》) with milestone significance, launched the Kunming Biodiversity Fund, and effectively enhanced global biodiversity protection confidence. Advocate the establishment of the "Belt and Road" Green Development International Alliance and the ecological and environmental protection big data service platform, and continue to carry out South-South cooperation to address climate change. China has become a firm actionist and important contributor to the world's green development.
III. Promote New and Major Progress in Building a Beautiful China
The "Suggestions" clearly state that making new and major progress in building a Beautiful China is one of the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and proposes that green production and lifestyles will be basically formed, the carbon peaking goal will be achieved as scheduled, a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient new energy system will be initially built, the total emissions of major pollutants will continue to decrease, and the diversity, stability and sustainability of the ecosystem will continue to improve. The "Suggestions" set up a special chapter to deploy the key tasks and major measures to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and build a Beautiful China. We must thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, firmly establish and practice the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets (绿水青山就是金山银山), take carbon peaking and carbon neutrality as the traction, synergistically promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, build a solid ecological security barrier, and enhance the driving force for green development.
(I) Strengthen the Party's overall leadership over the construction of a Beautiful China. Improve the working mechanism of central coordination, provincial responsibility, and city and county implementation, implement the "Regulations on the Responsibility System for Ecological Environment Protection of Local Party and Government Leading Cadres (Trial Implementation)" (《地方党政领导干部生态环境保护责任制规定（试行）》), and establish a responsibility system that covers all aspects, has consistent powers and responsibilities, is clearly rewarded and punished, and is closely linked. Deepen the ecological environment protection inspection, take the construction of a Beautiful China as the focus of inspection, continue to give play to the role of the inspection sword, and consolidate the "Party and government with the same responsibility, one post with two responsibilities" for ecological environment protection. Improve the implementation system and promotion mechanism for the construction of a Beautiful China, and coordinate the promotion of the "Beautiful Series" construction actions. Study and formulate an evaluation index system and evaluation methods for the effectiveness of the construction of a Beautiful China, and transition the evaluation of the effectiveness of the tough battle against pollution prevention and control to the evaluation of the effectiveness of the construction of a Beautiful China at an appropriate time, so as to promote the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on the construction of a Beautiful China.
(II) Continue to promote pollution prevention and control and ecosystem optimization in depth. Adhere to environmental protection for the people, fully implement precise, scientific and law-based pollution control, pay more attention to source governance, strengthen the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, the synergy of multi-pollutant control, and the synergy of regional governance, and fight the tough battle against blue sky, clear water, and pure land in depth, and promote new breakthroughs in pollution prevention and control in key areas, important fields, and key indicators. Accelerate the implementation of the fixed pollution source supervision system with the pollutant discharge permit system as the core, and realize the "one certificate" management of fixed pollution sources. Implement comprehensive solid waste management actions, and carry out investigation and rectification of environmental safety hazards of heavy metals. Strengthen environmental risk prevention and control, and deepen the governance of new pollutants. Strengthen the construction of national security capabilities in the fields of biology, ecology, and nuclear. Improve the ecological environment standards, monitoring, evaluation and assessment system.
Adhere to the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand, and coordinate the promotion of major projects for the protection and restoration of important ecosystems. Strictly abide by the ecological protection red line, comprehensively promote the construction of a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body, and orderly establish new national parks. Strengthen biodiversity protection. Strengthen the overall coordination and supervision and management of ecology and environment, and carry out effectiveness evaluation of ecological protection and restoration. Scientifically carry out large-scale national land greening actions, and fight the tough battle of the "Three-North" project. Improve the diversified ecological compensation mechanism, and expand the channels for realizing the value of ecological products in accordance with local conditions. Strengthen the systematic governance and ecological protection of important rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Implement the ten-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River.
(III) Accelerate the construction of a new energy system. Continue to increase the proportion of new energy supply, promote the safe, reliable and orderly replacement of fossil energy, focus on building a new power system, and build a strong energy country. Adhere to the combination of wind, solar, water, nuclear and other energy sources, coordinate on-site consumption and external transmission, and promote the high-quality development of clean energy. Strengthen the clean and efficient utilization of fossil energy, and promote the transformation and upgrading of coal-fired power and the replacement of bulk coal. Comprehensively improve the level of mutual complementation and economic security resilience of the power system, scientifically layout pumped storage, vigorously develop new energy storage, and accelerate the construction of smart grids and microgrids. Improve the level of electrification of terminal energy use, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy consumption. Accelerate the improvement of market and price mechanisms adapted to the new energy system.
(IV) Actively and steadily promote and achieve carbon peaking. Adhere to the principles of national coordination, conservation priority, dual-wheel drive, smooth internal and external circulation, and risk prevention, implement carbon peaking actions in a planned and step-by-step manner, and firmly grasp the rhythm and intensity of achieving carbon peaking. Implement a dual control system for total carbon emissions and intensity. Deepen the implementation of energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation. Promote the peaking of coal and oil consumption. Improve the carbon emission statistical accounting system, and steadily implement local carbon assessment, industry carbon control, enterprise carbon management, project carbon evaluation, and product carbon footprint policies and systems. Develop distributed energy and build zero-carbon factories and parks. Expand the coverage of the national carbon emission trading market, enrich trading varieties and trading methods, accelerate the construction of a voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market, and build a more effective, more dynamic, and more internationally influential carbon market. Establish and improve a green and low-carbon standard system, and promote the improvement and connection and mutual recognition of international rules and standards. Improve the work system for adapting to climate change and enhance the ability to cope with climate change, especially extreme weather.
(V) Accelerate the formation of green production and lifestyles. Deepen the ecological environment zoning management, improve the management and control system covering the entire region, strengthen the connection with territorial space planning, and synergistically optimize the industrial layout. Promote the green and low-carbon transformation of key areas such as industry, urban and rural construction, transportation, and energy, and continue to promote ultra-low emission transformation in key industries such as steel, cement, and coking. Improve the total amount management and comprehensive conservation system of resources, improve the level of garbage classification and resource utilization, and promote the development of a circular economy. Continue to build national ecological civilization pilot zones, build pioneer zones for a Beautiful China, and create highlands for green development. Build beautiful cities and beautiful villages in accordance with local conditions, carry out protection and construction actions for beautiful rivers and lakes and beautiful bays, and form a number of demonstration models for the construction of a Beautiful China. Implement fiscal, taxation, financial, investment, price, science and technology, and environmental protection policies to promote green and low-carbon development. Build a standard, certification and labeling system for green and low-carbon products, improve the green consumption incentive mechanism, promote green and low-carbon lifestyles, and transform the construction of a Beautiful China into the conscious action of all people.
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Only with a strong Party spirit and the abandonment of selfish and impure thoughts can we ensure that our performance-based view does not deviate." Party spirit is the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, their careers, their words, and their virtues, while selfishness is the "corrosive" that erodes Party spirit cultivation. Party spirit and selfishness are opposing forces that rise and fall in relation to each other. Whether Party spirit is stronger or selfishness is more prevalent profoundly affects the performance-based view orientation of Party members and cadres.
When Party members and cadres have a strong Party spirit and adhere to principles, speaking and acting out of impartiality and fairness, the people will genuinely approve from the bottom of their hearts. For many years, there has been a saying widely circulated in Lankao (兰考), Henan (河南): "Seeing the paulownia tree reminds us of Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄)." Jiao Yulu (焦裕禄), who "had all the people in his heart, but only himself," did not allow himself or his family to take any advantage of public resources and devoted himself to changing the face of Lankao (兰考). In Dongshan (东山), Fujian (福建), "first worship Gu Gong (谷公), then worship ancestors" is a tradition that the local people have maintained for many years. Gu Wenchang (谷文昌), with the belief of "what is the Communist Party for if it does not save the people from suffering," carried a hoe with him when he went to the countryside and insisted on thinking, working, and toiling together with the people, leading the cadres and the masses of Dongshan (东山) to transform a barren island into a maritime oasis... Countless such Party members and cadres have no small self in their hearts but the masses, consciously integrating their personal pursuits into the cause of the Party and the people, and have made genuine achievements and practical achievements in their respective positions that benefit the people, are recognized by the people, and are remembered by the people, using actions and even lives to profoundly interpret what is Party spirit and how to talk about Party spirit.
A strong Party spirit leads to a correct performance-based view, while heavy selfishness leads to a biased performance-based view. Only by always adhering to Party spirit principles and abandoning selfish and impure thoughts can one stand firm and withstand tests in the face of various risks, challenges, temptations, and traps. To observe and test whether a Party member or cadre's Party spirit cultivation is strong and whether their performance-based view is correct, and whether their thinking and work are based on impartiality or selfishness, the key is to see whether they can "sit firmly on the side of the people." In reality, the performance-based view of individual Party members and cadres deviates and is misplaced, becoming confused and problematic on the issue of public and private interests, mistakenly regarding their positions as trading floors, treating their areas of responsibility as "private territories," being preoccupied with personal gains and losses, and being meticulous, while being perfunctory and irresponsible towards the affairs of the masses. All of this is due to excessive selfishness. When Party spirit is eroded by selfishness, over time and if left unchecked, one will eventually fall into the quagmire of corruption and degeneration.
The reason why selfishness erodes Party spirit lies in the loss of the ideological defense line and the decline of ideals and beliefs. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The Party spirit cultivation and moral level of cadres will not naturally improve with the increase of Party age or working age, nor will they naturally improve with the promotion of positions. We must strengthen self-cultivation, self-restraint, and self-transformation." Some Party members and cadres have precisely experienced the weakening and dilution of Party spirit cultivation in the process of promotion in positions and levels. With the increase in the halo above their heads, the performance-driven impulse of some Party members and cadres who are eager for quick success and instant benefits has become stronger, engaging in projects that waste money and resources and are not worth the losses for the sake of pursuing short-term effects and superficial appearances, such as "face-saving projects" and "image projects"; others have become hesitant and timid, holding the vulgar philosophy of "doing more is more wrong, doing less is less wrong, and doing nothing is not wrong," thinking about a smooth transition and "safe landing." For the vast number of Party members and cadres, enhancing Party spirit cultivation is not a matter of a while but a matter of a lifetime. The "calcium" of ideals and beliefs should be supplemented more and often. Only in this way can we avoid suffering from "osteomalacia" and always adhere to the correct performance-based view in starting a business.
To avoid selfishness from eroding Party spirit, the key is to accurately grasp the key points, implement targeted policies, and make practical efforts to build a Party spirit defense line, curb the spread of selfish desires, and use a clear orientation to calibrate the value coordinates of the performance-based view. Only by building a solid ideological foundation for a long time, deeply studying and understanding Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhering to the original aspiration and mission, and abandoning selfish and impure thoughts from the depths of our minds can we delineate the "red line," "bottom line," and "high-voltage line" that clearly distinguish between public and private interests, engrave serving the people and doing practical work into our bones and implement them in our actions, always establish ourselves with impartiality and handle affairs with fairness, and continuously temper our Party spirit in hard work and practical work, and continuously enhance our "immunity" to prevent the erosion of selfish and impure thoughts.
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Historical and cultural heritage carries rich connotations, is an important part of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and is a vivid witness to the continuous inheritance of Chinese civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Protecting and inheriting historical and cultural heritage is being responsible to history and the people." With the rapid development of digital technology, the protection, inheritance, revitalization, and utilization of historical and cultural heritage have ushered in new opportunities. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed "promoting the integration of culture and technology, promoting the digital and intelligent empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction" and "implementing the inheritance and development project of excellent traditional Chinese culture in depth, and promoting the systematic protection and unified supervision and inspection of cultural heritage." Digital technology can have a positive impact on the entire chain of "value cognition - resource protection - intelligent management - cultural nourishment - industrial innovation," and promote the transformation and upgrading of the path of historical and cultural heritage protection and development. Continuously improving the level of digital empowerment in the protection and utilization of historical and cultural heritage will help protect, inherit, and disseminate the treasures of Chinese culture, and continue the Chinese cultural heritage in creative transformation and innovative development.
Improve the level of intelligent management and enhance the accuracy of decision-making and the scientific nature of management. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Uphold a heart of awe of history and love of culture, adhere to the principles of protection first, rational utilization, and minimal intervention, and promote the systematic protection and unified supervision of cultural heritage." With the help of digital technology, building an "integrated space-air-ground" intelligent monitoring system for historical and cultural heritage can significantly improve the efficiency and quality of systematic protection and unified supervision, realize precise decision-making and scientific management driven by big data, and effectively improve the level of intelligent management of cultural heritage in China. It is necessary to make full use of digital means such as information sensing and big data analysis to conduct real-time monitoring and early warning of historical and cultural heritage, give play to the ability of digital technology to obtain real-time information of historical and cultural heritage in a non-destructive manner, discover potential risks in advance, and take protective measures in a timely manner. Improve the construction of scientific and technological infrastructure, solve key technical problems in the protection of cultural relics, and actively promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the protection of cultural relics. At the mechanism level, strengthen digital information sharing among different departments such as land and resources, natural ecology, cultural relics, and cultural heritage; at the system level, strengthen the scope and path of applying digital technology in the protection and management of historical and cultural heritage; at the technical level, strive to achieve high-precision, multi-dimensional, and all-weather digital real-time dynamic monitoring; and at the application level, achieve full coverage of digital and intelligent protection management systems for key historical and cultural heritage sites.
Build a digital resource pedigree to consolidate the digital foundation for protection and utilization. Relying on artificial intelligence, knowledge graphs, 3D modeling, and other technologies to systematically collect, integrate, associate, and present historical and cultural heritage can transform scattered cultural relics, ancient books, oral history materials, etc. into structured data, enhance the systematicness of historical and cultural heritage protection, and form a digital foundation to support subsequent virtual restoration, academic research, and innovative applications. It is necessary to strengthen the application of digital technology, collect, sort out, and gather various types of historical and cultural heritage digital resources, and form a systematic digital resource pedigree map and collection library. In recent years, the Palace Museum's digital project, the Dunhuang Research Institute's "Digital Dunhuang (数字敦煌)," and the Yungang Research Institute's "Yungang on the Cloud - Yungang Studies Literature Knowledge Base," which have achieved initial results, have allowed cultural heritage to go out of museums and enter the "cloud" and "network," realizing the digital and sustainable preservation of Chinese treasures. The "World Silk Road Interactive Map" project, in conjunction with about 40 institutions at home and abroad, has built a silk heritage database, using the virtuality, openness, and convenience of digital technology to expand the scope of cultural heritage dissemination and provide a basis for deepening transnational cooperative research on the Silk Road. It is necessary to further improve the technical standards and operating specifications for digital resources of historical and cultural heritage, continuously strengthen the requirements for full-element collection of digital resources of historical and cultural heritage in historical and cultural resource investigation and evaluation, national cultural relics census, traditional village investigation, and overseas lost cultural relics investigation, and connect existing various digital resource libraries from the mechanism and technical levels, and gradually build a digital collection library of Chinese cultural heritage and other databases to realize the co-construction, co-ownership, and sharing of cultural resources, and play an important role in building a Chinese civilization identification system.
Update academic research methods and deeply explore the connotation value. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must actively promote the protection, utilization, inheritance, and development of cultural relics and cultural heritage, explore the multiple values of cultural relics and cultural heritage, and disseminate more value symbols and cultural products that carry Chinese culture and the Chinese spirit." The connotation excavation and research of historical and cultural heritage is the primary link in exploring its value, and it is also the premise and foundation of protection and utilization. Digital technology provides a new perspective and tools for the connotation excavation of historical and cultural heritage, allowing cultural heritage to move from "static protection" to "dynamic interpretation," and continuously deepen people's understanding and understanding of the value of historical and cultural heritage. It is necessary to organically integrate digital technology into the historical and cultural heritage research link, form a cross-disciplinary academic ecology, and carry out targeted digital exploration according to the characteristics and conditions of different types of heritage such as archaeological sites, ancient buildings, and museum collections. For example, with the help of a geographic information system platform that integrates artificial intelligence and big data, the aggregation degree analysis of the spatial distribution of prehistoric sites can more accurately grasp the site selection distribution patterns of ancient ancestors and carry out more extensive and in-depth research; through digital analysis technologies such as pattern recognition and neural networks, the artistic styles of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting can be decoded, forming a regular understanding of the brushwork skills and color habits of ancient artists. Apply high-precision 3D scanning, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, and other cutting-edge digital intelligence technologies widely to deep information extraction, intelligent analysis, scene reconstruction, and other links to help deeply reveal the historical, cultural, artistic, and scientific value of historical and cultural heritage.
Innovate content expression forms and extend the cultural value chain. The combination of digital technology and historical and cultural heritage finds connection points with the present for excellent traditional Chinese culture with rich and diverse application scenarios, which can make historical and cultural heritage present a more vivid and fresh appearance, provide new ways and means for the rational and moderate development and utilization of historical and cultural heritage, enrich cultural products, optimize cultural experiences, enhance communication effectiveness, and enhance the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness. Through cloud dissemination, online experience, immersive interaction, and scene revitalization, historical and cultural heritage is presented in a situational and interactive way, enhancing the audience's sense of participation and interaction, enabling the audience to better perceive the traditional charm and contemporary value contained in historical and cultural heritage, and enhancing cultural identity and pride. Give play to the coupling and gain effect of the combination of culture and technology, drive the reshaping and innovation of related industries, form a digital-driven co-creation and symbiosis of historical and cultural heritage and research and education, creative industries, film and television communication, tourism and sightseeing, etc., transform cultural resource advantages into cultural development advantages, and allow historical and cultural heritage to continue to release economic and cultural dual effects in industrial integration.
(The author is a professor at the School of Arts and Archaeology, Zhejiang University (浙江大学).)
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At the important moment when the entire Party and the entire country are deeply studying, publicizing, and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and when the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to conclude and the "15th Five-Year Plan" is being planned, the 23rd collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee focused on strengthening the governance of the online ecosystem. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over the study and delivered an important speech, fully demonstrating the great importance and earnest expectations of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core for cybersecurity and informatization work. The national cyberspace system is deeply encouraged and inspired, and deeply feels the mission and responsibility on its shoulders. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) (中央网信办) regards the in-depth study, publicity, and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a major political task, focusing on learning, understanding, and implementing it in a practical manner, and striving to transform the actual results of the in-depth study, publicity, and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech into a powerful driving force for strengthening the governance of the online ecosystem and promoting the construction of a cyber superpower.
1. Enhance political awareness and overall awareness, and deeply grasp the great significance of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech accurately grasps the trend of the information revolution and the general trend of domestic and international development. Starting from the overall and strategic height, it profoundly expounds the great significance, effective experiences, goals, directions, and main tasks of strengthening the governance of the online ecosystem. It points out the direction and provides fundamental guidelines for improving the long-term mechanism for the governance of the online ecosystem and continuously creating a clear and upright online space. It has great and far-reaching significance for promoting the high-quality development of the cybersecurity and informatization cause and accelerating the construction of a cyber superpower. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has placed the governance of the online ecosystem in an important position, made a series of major deployments, and put forward a series of clear requirements, coordinating and promoting systematic governance, governance according to law, comprehensive governance, and source governance. The mainstream values, mainstream public opinion, and mainstream culture online have continued to grow, and various online chaos have been effectively cracked down and curbed. The overall online ecosystem is moving upward and improving. The fundamental reason for these achievements lies in the leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The national cyberspace system must always bear in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) kind concern and earnest entrustment for the cybersecurity and informatization cause, and effectively unify thoughts and actions with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech. It must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards." It must focus on strengthening the political awareness that "if we cannot pass the internet test, we cannot pass the test of long-term governance," and solidly promote the governance of the online ecosystem with a high sense of responsibility, mission, and urgency, and constantly create a new situation in the high-quality development of the cybersecurity and informatization cause.
2. Strengthen ideological guidance and consolidate the theoretical foundation, and deeply study and understand the rich connotation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech adheres to the Marxist worldview and methodology, uses scientific positions, viewpoints, and methods, systematically answers a series of major theoretical and practical issues in the governance of the online ecosystem, and profoundly summarizes the important experiences of grasping the governance of the online ecosystem, which must adhere to the Party's leadership, adhere to the people first, adhere to integrity and innovation, adhere to the rule of law, and adhere to the concept of the system. It is the latest enrichment and development of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Culture and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on cyber superpower, and elevates our Party's understanding of the laws of the development and governance of cyberspace to a new height. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) (中央网信办) regards the deep study and understanding of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as the top priority. The office meeting strengthens leadership and guidance, and conducts in-depth study and understanding of the core meaning, spiritual essence, rich connotation, and practical requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech through various forms such as holding office meetings to convey learning and holding virtual work meetings to discuss and exchange ideas. It deeply grasps the important position of the governance of the online ecosystem, deeply grasps the remarkable achievements made in the governance of the online ecosystem, deeply grasps the valuable experience of grasping the "five must adhere to" in the governance of the online ecosystem, and deeply grasps the goals and tasks of strengthening the governance of the online ecosystem. On the basis of systematic research, it made comprehensive arrangements for the study, publicity, and implementation work. The various bureaus and units of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) (中央网信办) and the cyberspace departments, online social organizations, and key website platforms in various localities followed up in a timely manner, combined with their own realities, and carried out in-depth study, discussion, and exchange in various forms, so as to truly achieve deep learning and thorough understanding, learning for application, and constantly enhance the consciousness and firmness of implementation.
3. Strengthen online communication and create a strong atmosphere, and strive to promote the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech to penetrate into the hearts of the people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech has aroused enthusiastic responses in the whole society, and the majority of netizens have followed up with comments and likes. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) (中央网信办) gives full play to the advantages of online communication, makes good use of online theoretical publicity brands such as "Reasoning China," timely pushes authoritative manuscripts, and guides the launch of in-depth interpretation articles and online products such as "A Meeting · Why does the collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee focus on the governance of the online ecosystem?" and "Shi Guang Ji · This matter of concern to the General Secretary is closely related to you and me in front of the screen," and comprehensively publicizes and interprets the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech. Actively use new technologies such as artificial intelligence, and adopt various forms such as short videos and graphic texts to carefully create vivid online products, so that the majority of netizens can better feel the ideological power of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech. Follow the online mass line, strengthen the participation of multiple subjects, open online topics such as "Creating a Clear and Upright Online Space" and "Improving the Pattern of Comprehensive Online Governance," widely listen to netizens' opinions and suggestions, guide the majority of netizens to actively produce high-quality online content, and jointly help the governance of the online ecosystem, and consciously become advocates, builders, and maintainers of a good online ecosystem.
4. Focus on major tasks, strengthen responsibility and commitment, and solidly promote the implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech made a series of major deployments for strengthening the governance of the online ecosystem, and put forward new and higher requirements for improving the level of managing, governing, and using the internet. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) (中央网信办) benchmarked the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, formulated an implementation plan, refined key tasks and measures, and strived to implement various deployments and requirements into the entire process and all aspects of the governance of the online ecosystem. Adhere to integrity and innovation to strengthen online positive publicity, deepen the online publicity and interpretation of the Party's innovative theories, strengthen online topic setting, deeply implement the high-quality online anchor training project, and continue to enrich the supply of high-quality online content. Take multiple measures to improve the effectiveness of governance work, deepen the construction of online civilization, strengthen online literacy education, promote the "certificate display" work of internet news and information services, accelerate the legislative and amendment process in the field of online ecology, and focus on issues such as account impersonation and infringement of the rights and interests of others to strengthen online law enforcement. Launch heavy punches to rectify various online chaos, investigate and deal with illegal and irregular behaviors such as online celebrity accounts flaunting wealth and worshiping money, and inciting opposition, announce typical law enforcement cases to the society, and carry out special actions such as "Qinglang · Rectifying the Chaos of Online Live Streaming Rewards" in depth, and strengthen the governance of key links such as lists and topics. Promote the healthy and orderly development of new technologies and new applications by promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages, strengthen the research and application of new technologies in the field of cyberspace, further improve the relevant work of identifying artificial intelligence-generated synthetic content, accelerate the construction of technical governance capabilities, and improve the level of network security, data security, and artificial intelligence security governance. Carry out mutually beneficial and win-win international cooperation and exchanges in the network field, focus on building an exchange platform, hold the Second China-ASEAN Digital Governance Dialogue and other activities, actively participate in the formulation of international rules, and continuously improve the effectiveness of online international communication, and use the internet to spread China's voice and tell China's stories well.
The governance of the online ecosystem is an important task in the construction of a cyber superpower, which is related to national development and security, and is related to the vital interests of the people. The national cyberspace system must continue to deepen the study, publicity, and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the 23rd collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, work hard on comprehensive learning, comprehensive understanding, and comprehensive implementation, improve the long-term mechanism for the governance of the online ecosystem, and focus on improving the foresight, accuracy, systematicness, and coordination of governance, and continuously create a clear and upright online space, and create a strong online atmosphere and a good online environment for promoting Chinese-style modernization with new achievements in the governance of the online ecosystem.
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Recently, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) issued the "Working Opinions on Organizing and Carrying Out Themed Literary and Artistic Creation of 'The New Era in Scenarios'," guiding literary and art workers to delve into key scenarios showcasing the pulse of the times and the front lines of creation that are not easily accessible, to capture little-known details of struggle and touching stories at close range, and to concretize the grand spirit of the times into realistic themes that are perceptible, in-depth, and expressible.
At the China Railway Dispatch and Command Center (中国铁路调度指挥中心), a giant screen displays real-time data streams; at the construction site of the Baihetan Hydropower Station (白鹤滩水电站), giant tunnel boring machines rumble through the rock layers... These scenarios, which embody the characteristics of the times, the people, and typicality, are representative presentations of the Chinese spirit and the deepest fertile ground for artistic creation. In practice, the work method of the Party building system of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) reshaping the creation mechanism is a measure that organically combines the requirements of the Party Central Committee, the needs of the times, and the pursuits of artists. It is also a grasp to improve the service, guidance, and organization of literary and artistic creation and production.
Enrich communication forms and promote the effective reach of high-quality cultural resources in fission-style communication. In an era where information is ubiquitous, all-encompassing, and used by everyone, we must understand what the public needs and what society needs. Literature and art can inspire the mind, nourish the soul, and cultivate sentiments, and are an effective form of disseminating the Party's innovative theories and socialist core values. In recent years, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) has created various thematic literary and artistic volunteer service special programs, designing themes and main lines around important nodes and major events, attracting many artists to participate, and building a full-media communication system in the field of literature and art. In addition to online linkage broadcasts, rolling broadcasts are also carried out on screens in public places such as buses, subways, civil aviation aircraft, high-speed rail stations, and gas stations, allowing people to feel the charm of literature and art and the enlightenment of thought in their daily lives.
Innovate communication content to achieve a close combination of new mass literature and art and digital intelligence communication. On the one hand, promote content integration, create phenomenal cultural products, and realize content appreciation. The domestic game "Black Myth: Wukong" (黑神话：悟空) embeds traditional cultural elements in the game and has been widely recognized by users at home and abroad. On the other hand, promote form integration, innovate communication scenarios, and strengthen the comprehensive application of technologies such as 5G, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to provide more scenarized, interactive, and immersive literary and artistic experiences. Through VR technology, audiences from all over the world can visit the Palace Museum (故宫博物院), Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang (敦煌莫高窟), and other places up close without leaving their homes, and feel the breadth and depth of outstanding Chinese traditional culture.
Strengthen public opinion guidance and strengthen unity through mass-loved literary and artistic communication. Jumping out of the "information cocoon" requires not only optimizing algorithm technology, but also expanding the supply of high-quality works, so that people can improve their self-cultivation and enrich their spiritual world in the process of appreciating art. In recent years, topics and activities such as "Literary and Art Volunteers Pay Tribute to Great National Instruments" and "Literary and Art Volunteers' Era Style Action" organized on platforms such as Weibo (微博) and Douyin (抖音) have guided hundreds of literary and art workers to speak out on the Internet, with more than 8 billion views.
With reshaping the creation mechanism as the foundation, enriching communication forms as the means, innovating communication content as the core, and strengthening public opinion guidance as the direction, forming a pattern of synergistic efforts can make literary and artistic works焕发新活力 (huànfā xīnhuólì - "radiate new vitality," to regain vitality) in the digital intelligence era, let the charm of Chinese civilization shine with new brilliance in global communication, provide solid support for enhancing the country's cultural soft power and international discourse power, and make literary and artistic communication both "have a voice" and "have weight," both "spread widely" and "attract well."
(The author is the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文联) organs)
Return to TopThis newspaper Zhuhai (珠海) December 18th (Xin Anquan (新安全) reporters Li Linbao (李林宝) and Wei Shengnan (隗胜楠)) Recently, the National Security Studies Academic Appraisal Group, hosted by Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus (北京师范大学珠海校区), held the "2025 National National Security Studies Academic Annual Conference." This reporter learned at the conference that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 38 national security studies degree programs were established nationwide, including 21 doctoral degree authorization points for first-level disciplines in national security studies and 17 master's degree authorization points for first-level disciplines, marking significant progress in the development of national security studies as a discipline.
In December 2020, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council (国务院学位委员会) and the Ministry of Education (教育部) issued a notice deciding to establish national security studies as a first-level discipline. As a new interdisciplinary subject, national security studies shoulders the contemporary mission and strategic task of serving major national strategic needs and building a solid national security barrier. Currently, the 38 national security studies degree programs nationwide cover comprehensive universities, political science and law institutions, police academies, ethnic universities, foreign affairs institutions, normal universities, maritime universities, science and engineering universities, finance and economics universities, military academies, and national high-end think tanks.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 汪志球 刘以晴
On Renmin Avenue (人民大街) in Changchun (长春), Jilin Province (吉林省), a 78-meter-long underground passage connects Metro Line 1 with Renmin Square (人民广场), which has reopened after being closed for 22 years. Since July of this year, the average daily traffic here has exceeded 5,000 people.
Renmin Square (人民广场) was built in 1933. It is a roundabout square and one of the city's important transportation hubs. The square covers an area of more than 70,000 square meters, and is surrounded by several main roads. With the development of the city, the traffic flow has surged, and pedestrians often compete with vehicles for road space when crossing the ground. In 2003, Changchun (长春) decided to close the square for safety reasons.
At the beginning of this year, the Renmin Square (人民广场) restart project was put on the agenda under the principle of "optimizing functions and saving costs." "Although Changchun (长春) has many parks and squares, Renmin Square (人民广场) is unique. It has witnessed the historical changes of this city," said Wang Boguan (王伯冠), the project leader of Changchun Rail Transit Group (长春市轨道交通集团).
Faced with the problem of how to open it safely, several plans, such as building a circular overpass and setting up ground traffic lights, were rejected one after another because they might block the city's landscape and exacerbate congestion. In the end, the plan determined to "break through underground" - extending the original D entrance of Metro Line 1 station 78 meters south to directly connect to the center of the square.
"This plan uses the existing facilities of the subway, which is convenient for citizens to travel and saves costs," Wang Boguan (王伯冠) introduced. During the construction process, the open-cut method was used at the entrance and exit, and the cut-and-cover method was used for the passage through the roundabout road; the ground of the passage used fair-faced concrete instead of marble, "which is low in cost, non-slip, and easy to clean."
On July 21 this year, Changchun Renmin Square (长春人民广场) was reopened to the public, and the underground passage at Exit D of Renmin Square Station (人民广场站) of the subway was opened simultaneously.
A passage revitalizes historical space; a square awakens urban memories. Li Ping (李平), a citizen in her 60s, brought her grandchildren to Renmin Square (人民广场) and took a group photo in front of the renovated Soviet Red Army Martyrs Memorial Tower (苏联红军烈士纪念塔). The Soviet Red Army Martyrs Memorial Tower (苏联红军烈士纪念塔) is a 27.5-meter-high solid granite tower with a bomber model placed on top.
Due to years of wind and water erosion, many bricks on the low walls around the Soviet Red Army Martyrs Memorial Tower (苏联红军烈士纪念塔) have aged. "We encountered many difficulties during the renovation process. We invited experienced masters to guide us. Everyone took chisels and hammers to slowly clean the mud and debris between the bricks. In the end, the utilization rate of the original stone was about 90%," said Shen Lei (沈磊), the quality supervisor of Shanghai Construction Decoration Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (上海市建筑装饰工程集团有限公司), who was responsible for the renovation work. "We insist on repairing the old as before, so that the cultural relics are as close as possible to their original appearance."
On the southwest side of the square, Wu Jing (吴静) and her friends sat down on a stone bench with coffee in their hands and chatted easily. Behind them is the Changchun Public Security Bureau (长春市公安局), whose main building is a historical building.
After the renovation, the Changchun Public Security Bureau (长春市公安局) and other units removed the original parking spaces and added cultural identification systems, rest facilities and stone slab walkways. In order to beautify the environment, Renmin Square (人民广场) also planted about 115,000 plants of bougainvillea, roses, and poinsettias, and organized 11,500 square meters of green space.
"Many Changchun (长春) children have a photo with the memorial tower." After the square opened, Gan Weixing (甘卫星), who lives in another place, made a special trip to see it. "I used to come here often when I was a child. Now that Renmin Square (人民广场) has reopened, it allows us to relive the city's past."
The business format of Renmin Square (人民广场) is also being updated, exuding new vitality. In the themed coffee shop, three baristas are busy in a 20-square-meter room, selling eight or nine hundred drinks a day, with a daily turnover of more than 10,000 yuan. Next, Renmin Square (人民广场) also plans to sell the "Junzhi Changchun (君至长春)" series of cultural and tourism products, making it a window to showcase the city's image.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 18th (Reporter Liu Yang (刘阳)) The China Media Group (中央广播电视总台)'s 2026 Spring Festival Gala (春节联欢晚会) released its mascot image on the 18th. The four spirited horses "Qiqi (骐骐)," "Jiji (骥骥)," "Chichi (驰驰)," and "Chengcheng (骋骋)" are lively, adorable, and full of vigor, perfectly complementing the gala's theme of "Qiji gallop, **势不可挡** (shì bù kě dǎng - "the force is irresistible," an unstoppable trend or force)." The mascot's design inspiration comes from classic images of horses from different periods in Chinese history, combined with traditional patterns such as flowing cloud patterns and mountain cloud patterns, showcasing the historical beauty of continuous life and the era's atmosphere of renewal, and containing the beautiful meaning of instant success and a bright future.
The design inspiration for "Qiqi (骐骐)" comes from the Western Zhou (西周) Li Ju Zun (盠驹尊), and the color scheme is taken from the original meaning of the character "Qi (骐)" - a bluish-black horse. The design inspiration for "Jiji (骥骥)" comes from the Han Dynasty (汉代) Tianma (天马), its posture references the national treasure-level cultural relic Bronze Running Horse (铜奔马), and its wings draw on the flying horse shape on the Bronze Umbrella Ferrule with Gold and Silver Inlay and Turquoise Hunting Pattern. The design inspiration for "Chichi (驰驰)" comes from the Tang Dynasty (唐代) Sanhua Horse (三花马). The Sanhua Horse is the highest specification of fine horses seen in Tang Dynasty (唐代) cultural relics and historical materials, represented by the Zhaoling Six Steeds (昭陵六骏) and others. The design prototype of "Chengcheng (骋骋)" is Przewalski's horse. As the only surviving wild horse species on Earth, Przewalski's horse is a "living fossil of biological genes" with a long evolutionary history of 60 million years, and China (中国) ranks first in the world in terms of the population of Przewalski's horses.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Fuzhou on December 18th (Reporter Zhong Ziwei (钟自炜)) The fourth Houguan Forum was recently held in Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建). With the theme of "Inheriting and Promoting Houguan Culture and Promoting the Integrated Development of Education, Science, Technology, and Talent," more than 900 people, including descendants of Houguan sages, experts and scholars, university teachers and students, and business representatives, gathered together to discuss the inheritance and development of Houguan culture.
Houguan is the ancient name of Fuzhou (福州). Since modern times, eminent figures such as Lin Zexu (林则徐), Shen Baozhen (沈葆桢), and Yan Fu (严复) have emerged from here. Houguan culture contains modern Chinese explorations in the fields of education, science, technology, and talent. At the "'Reading a Thousand Years of Houguan, Continuing the Power of Youth' University Students Tour Minhou" event, one of the supporting activities of this forum, 100 young students from 20 universities touched the thousand-year cultural context while walking, and inherited the spirit of the sages through perception.
This forum was sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee (福建省委宣传部), the Fujian Provincial Education Working Committee (福建省委教育工委), and the Fujian Provincial Department of Education (福建省教育厅), and undertaken by Fujian Normal University (福建师范大学), the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department (福州市委宣传部), and the Minhou County Party Committee (闽侯县委).
Return to TopRecently, the "Responsible Lottery, Jointly Protecting the Rights and Interests of Lottery Purchasers" responsible lottery theme promotion month jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Sports Lottery Management Center (北京市体育彩票管理中心), Tianjin Municipal Sports Lottery Management Center (天津市体育彩票管理中心), and Hebei Provincial Sports Lottery Center (河北省体育彩票中心) successfully concluded. This event covered Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), focusing on the three major tasks of "Rejecting Illegal Lotteries, Regulating Sales, and Protecting Rights and Interests." Through the cooperative approach of "Mechanism Coordination, Offline Features, and Online Synchronization," the concept of responsible lottery was rooted in the land of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), building a defense line for the protection of the rights and interests of lottery purchasers.
Regional linkage, collaboratively weaving a "responsibility network." The highlight of this event lies in the fact that the sports lotteries of the three regions broke through regional restrictions for the first time, building a collaborative mechanism of "unified rhythm, full coverage, and precise implementation." The event was launched in early November, and the sports lotteries of the three regions simultaneously released the "Joint Initiative on Preventing Illegal Lottery Infringement and Protecting the Rights and Interests of Lottery Purchasers," clarifying the value orientation of "rational lottery purchase"; focusing on the front line of sales, special training on compliant sales for sales agents was carried out to standardize business practices from the source; and a theme poster on "Protecting Lottery Purchasers' Right to Know and Right to Redeem Prizes" was pushed to allow lottery purchasers to intuitively understand the key points of rights protection and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
Offline activities, promoting effectiveness according to local conditions. The sports lotteries of the three regions focused on combining regional realities to carry out differentiated and precise offline activities. Beijing Sports Lottery (北京体彩) interpreted behavioral norms through real cases, deepened warning education, and strived to guide lottery purchasers to enhance their ability to purchase lottery rationally; Tianjin Sports Lottery (天津体彩) closely followed the development trend of self-media, adding "Self-Media Compliant Operation Guide" training to the event to help practitioners avoid the risk of online communication; Hebei Sports Lottery (河北体彩) adopted a "policy + case + guidance" model to enhance practitioners' business capabilities and compliance awareness, ensuring that the concept of responsible lottery is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Online communication, resonating at the same frequency to aggregate strength. During the promotion month, the joint initiatives and theme posters released on the official WeChat platforms of the sports lotteries in the three regions had a total readership of 8,097 and a forwarding volume of 1,479, effectively expanding the radius of communication. It is worth mentioning that online promotion also achieved an effective link from social platforms to offline physical stores, which not only expanded the volume of publicity but also allowed lottery purchasers to truly feel the warmth and responsibility of the sports lotteries in the three regions.
This responsible lottery theme promotion month event is a vivid practice of coordinated linkage among the sports lotteries of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北). Through policy coordination, action linkage, and resource sharing, it has powerfully promoted the purification of the lottery market environment and demonstrated the responsibility of sports lottery. In the future, the sports lotteries of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) will continue to improve the cooperation mechanism and take more refined and pragmatic measures to jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of lottery purchasers, and contribute the strength of Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) sports lotteries to building a national public welfare lottery undertaking with "responsible, trustworthy, and high-quality development."
Data source: Beijing Municipal Sports Lottery Management Center (北京市体育彩票管理中心)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李祉瑶
"It's so great to receive my salary so quickly, thank you so much!" In September 2025, Guo (郭某), Zhao (赵某), and three other workers who had previously been engaged in e-commerce livestreaming, presented a silk banner to the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) of Hohhot (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). Prior to this, the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau efficiently resolved their salary dispute with the company through a special handling mechanism for labor disputes in new forms of employment.
With the rise of industries such as livestreaming, new forms of employment are becoming an important channel for increasing employment. Consequently, the issue of protecting labor rights and interests is becoming increasingly prominent. How can we safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment?
Focus on Retaining Key Evidence
Guo (郭某) and the other four individuals were employed by a media company in Saihan District (赛罕区), engaging in e-commerce livestreaming. In August 2025, they signed written labor contracts with the company. However, after only one month, the company forcibly dismissed them under the pretext of "poor performance" and failed to settle their wages after the dismissal. They had negotiated and communicated with the company multiple times, but the company repeatedly made excuses such as "poor business conditions" and "failure to meet livestreaming data standards."
In September, Guo (郭某) and the others went to the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) to file an offline complaint. "They only provided the labor contracts of three people, and the company did not go through the procedures for terminating the labor relationship," said Sun Jian (孙剑), a staff member at the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.
It is understood that Guo (郭某) and the others' income mainly came from livestreaming commissions. The labor contract contained vague provisions regarding labor remuneration, only specifying "deduction circumstances," and the basic salary standard was not clear. "There is a lack of key evidence such as livestreaming schedules, background attendance data, and wage settlement details, which has brought considerable difficulty to the investigation, evidence collection, and determination work," said Sun Jian (孙剑).
This is not an isolated case among the salary disputes involving workers in new forms of employment handled by the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局).
At the beginning of 2025, a courier's salary was not settled after leaving the company. Because he was removed from the work group, he could not obtain the salary details for the month of his departure as evidence and could only request relevant departments to verify and handle the salary issue. A delivery driver registered as a rider at a local station of a food delivery company. When signing the contract, he did not carefully read the terms and did not retain the original contract. When settling his salary, the delivery driver questioned the contract terms, resulting in a salary dispute.
"Some new-form-of-employment enterprises intentionally exploit the flexibility of employment models and other industry specificities. Workers need to enhance their awareness of rights protection, retain key evidence, and clarify salary details," said Iliqi (伊里奇), the deputy captain of the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局).
Address Legitimate Demands of Workers
Since the process and details of settling salaries need to be verified with both the complainants and the enterprise, on the day it received the complaint from Guo (郭某) and the others, staff members from the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) went to the company involved to conduct an on-site investigation.
"We met the company '负责人' (fù zé rén - "person in charge") described by Guo (郭某) and the others, but he did not admit his identity and only said 'the boss is not here'," said Sun Jian (孙剑). The Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) then issued a "Labor Security Supervision Investigation and Inquiry Notice" to the company involved.
"The notice required the company to cooperate in accordance with the law and provide materials on the signing of labor contracts, wage payments, and social security contributions for all employees that year, as well as a series of records on employment," said Sun Jian (孙剑).
By retrieving the company's livestreaming operation ledger, the attendance records and original labor contracts of Guo (郭某) and the other four individuals, and wage payment details, the fact that the company had not settled the wages was confirmed.
"The commission-based and piece-rate salaries common in new forms of employment are salary forms that are 'agreed upon by both parties in accordance with the law.' Enterprises need to clearly agree with workers on the basic commission salary standard, commission ratio, settlement method, settlement cycle, etc., and cannot delay or deduct wages because of industry specificities," said relevant staff members of the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局).
Combining the operational characteristics of the livestreaming industry, the staff guided the company to address the legitimate demands of workers from the perspective of compliant operation and maintaining reputation for long-term development. Ultimately, the company fully paid the outstanding wages totaling 26,336.72 yuan to the accounts of the five individuals on the same day.
According to reports, the employment model of new forms of employment includes various types such as traditional labor contract relationships and individual business registration. Relevant rights protection channels include different forms such as labor security supervision, labor relations coordination, and labor dispute mediation and arbitration. The intervention of the Labor Rights Protection Service Center is one of the ways to protect rights.
Achieve Full-Chain Governance
"New forms of employment have characteristics such as flexible labor relations, diversified work content, flexible work methods, and de-organization of work arrangements. These types of salary disputes have multiple problems such as difficulty in determining labor relations and difficulty in collecting evidence. The supervision and enforcement methods for traditional positions cannot be directly applied and need to be adjusted in a targeted manner," said Iliqi (伊里奇).
In order to efficiently solve salary problems in the field of new forms of employment, the local area has innovatively constructed a "prevention before the event, supervision during the event, and punishment after the event" full-chain governance system.
Multi-departmental collaboration and linkage allow supervision to be as forward-looking as possible. The Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) has joined forces with commerce, market supervision, and other departments to open up the sharing channel for monitoring and early warning platforms and new-form-of-employment enterprise registration and operation data.
In daily work, the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) also regularly distributes the "Compliance Guide for New Forms of Employment" to new-form-of-employment enterprises in its jurisdiction, clarifying requirements such as wage payment and labor contract signing. "We also conduct spot checks on employee wage flows, social security payments, and other situations in enterprises on a regular basis. If we find any non-compliance, we explain the relevant regulations and risks clearly, so that enterprises can quickly check for omissions and make up for deficiencies to prevent risks," said Sun Jian (孙剑).
In terms of system design, the Labor Rights Protection Service Center of the Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) has established a special handling mechanism for labor disputes in new forms of employment, targeting the employment characteristics of new forms of employment such as livestreaming, clarifying that investigations must be initiated within 24 hours of receiving a complaint. A special team for rights protection in new forms of employment has been formed, and members of the rights protection team are trained in the employment rules, salary calculation methods, and other knowledge of industries such as livestreaming to ensure that they can accurately connect with rights protection needs.
For violating enterprises, in addition to urging them to pay salaries, Saihan District (赛罕区) will also include relevant information in the labor security integrity file. Those with serious circumstances will be included in the list of untrustworthy wage arrears in accordance with the law and pushed to the credit platform for joint punishment, and restrictions will be imposed in accordance with laws and regulations in terms of government funding support, government procurement, bidding, financing loans, and market access.
Service Window
How can workers in new forms of employment correctly protect their rights and interests? The Saihan District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (赛罕区人力资源和社会保障局) suggests:
First, be sure to sign a written contract when starting a job, clarifying key terms such as salary standards, payment time, work content, and assessment standards, and avoid replacing labor contracts with "verbal agreements" or "cooperation agreements" only, to prevent enterprises from denying the labor relationship with a cooperative relationship.
Second, pay attention to retaining evidence of work in new forms of employment, such as livestreaming schedules, background data screenshots (including assessment basis such as livestreaming duration and number of viewers), wage settlement details, communication records, order receipts, etc. These materials are key evidence for subsequent rights protection.
If you encounter problems such as salary disputes or illegal dismissal, seek help from professional channels in a timely manner. You can go to the rights protection window of the human resources and social security department offline or call the government service hotline. Legal rights protection can solve problems more efficiently.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 钰
On December 15th, accompanied by his wife Gong Baoyu (龚宝玉), Zhang Jianwu (张建武), a pancake vendor from Fuzhou (福州), Fujian Province (福建省), went to Fujian Medical University Union Hospital (福州大学附属省立医院) for treatment. "So many people care about you, you need to focus on getting better and give back to society in the future," Gong Baoyu (龚宝玉) encouraged her husband.
In November, 50-year-old Zhang Jianwu (张建武) went to the hospital for examination due to physical discomfort and was diagnosed with cancer. "The family income is not high, and there are not many savings," said Gong Baoyu (龚宝玉). She usually takes care of the elderly and children in her hometown of Nanping (南平市), while Zhang Jianwu (张建武) sells Wuyi (武夷) pancakes on the snack street next to the Qishan (旗山) campus of Fujian Normal University (福建师范大学). Helpless, Gong Baoyu (龚宝玉) posted online for help.
"After seeing the request for help from the family of 'Pancake Uncle,' my classmates and I immediately donated money," said Li Mengzhen (李梦珍), a junior student at Fujian University of Technology (福建理工大学) Qishan (旗山) campus, which is near the snack street. She is also a regular at Zhang Jianwu's (张建武) stall. "'Pancake Uncle' is very enthusiastic to customers, and we all want to do our part."
With more and more reposts and attention, a relay of love began.
Liu Xueyu (刘雪玉), a merchant in a health tea shop on the snack street, decided to hold a charity sale after learning about this, and changed the payment QR code to Zhang Jianwu's (张建武). Nearby college students and citizens came to buy health tea, and Liu Xueyu (刘雪玉) was busy from 7 am to 7 pm.
In two days, pan-fried dumpling shops, sweet soup shops, wonton shops... merchants on the snack street extended a helping hand and changed to Zhang Jianwu's (张建武) payment QR code. "Some stalls only have a turnover of seven or eight hundred yuan a day, but they directly donated 1,000 yuan." Huang Duhai (黄杜海), a member of the village committee of Chezhou Village (蔗洲村) in Shangjie Town (上街镇), Minhou County (闽侯县), Fuzhou (福州市), where the snack street is located, said that the village promptly released donation information and sent people to help maintain order for the charity sale.
As of the 14th, Zhang Jianwu (张建武) had received more than 300,000 yuan in donations from all walks of life. "When I get better, I will go back to the snack street to treat everyone to pancakes," Zhang Jianwu (张建武) said emotionally.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 宋豪新
"These tea leaves are now our 'golden leaves' for increasing income and becoming wealthy!" Early in the morning, Yu Guangwei (余光伟), a tea farmer from Zaolin Town (枣林镇), Bazhou District (巴州区), Bazhong City (巴中市), Sichuan Province (四川省), came to manage the tea garden.
Since Yiwu City (义乌市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), and Bazhou District (巴州区) launched east-west collaboration in 2021, Yiwu has invested a total of more than 11.75 million yuan in special funds to help Bazhou develop the tea industry. Today, the added value of Bazhou tea has increased by 30%, driving up farmers' income.
In Tianmashan Town (天马山镇), Bazhou District (巴州区), the forest health and wellness tourism hotel supported by Yiwu has completed its main construction. The two regions have jointly built a "Colorful Tea Garden" demonstration park, constructed more than 10 kilometers of sightseeing roads, and cultivated more than 20 themed homestays.
"Only by opening up our minds can we find new paths." Tang Xiansun (汤贤孙), head of the Yiwu City (义乌市) aid team stationed in Bazhou, said. Yiwu, through 195 million yuan of collaborative funds, has planned and implemented 70 projects to help Bazhou District (巴州区) activate its unique resources and drive employment through industrial development.
Yu Bin (余斌), Secretary of the Bazhou District (巴州区) Party Committee, said that the "two-way rush" (双向奔赴) between the two regions demonstrates the important role of east-west collaboration in promoting coordinated regional development and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Return to TopThe two Phase III clinical research results of hypoglycemic and weight-loss drugs, jointly completed by multiple research and development units in China, were published online in the international top scientific journal "Nature" on December 18, Beijing time.
The two Phase III clinical research results published this time are the monotherapy study of mazdutide in patients with type 2 diabetes (DREAMS-1) and the study of combined use with oral hypoglycemic drugs (DREAMS-2). The former was jointly completed by Professor Zhu Dalong (朱大龙)'s team from Nanjing University Medical School Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital (南京大学医学院附属鼓楼医院), Professor Zhao Jiajun (赵家军)'s team from Shandong First Medical University Affiliated Provincial Hospital (山东第一医科大学附属省立医院), and other clinical research center teams across the country, together with the R&D team of Innovent Biologics (信达生物). The latter was completed by Professor Guo Lixin (郭立新)'s team from Beijing Hospital (北京医院), Professor Zhang Bo (张波), Professor Yang Wenying (杨文英) from China-Japan Friendship Hospital (中日友好医院), and other clinical research center teams across the country, in cooperation with the R&D team of Innovent Biologics (信达生物).
Return to TopAs the core area of the Hangzhou City West Science and Technology Innovation Corridor (杭州城西科创大走廊) and the main economic platform of Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州) Future Sci-Tech City (未来科技城) is firmly promoting the development strategy of "talent-led, innovation-driven, and industry-city integration," developing a "1+3+X" future industry system, and continuously improving the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. From January to September this year, the total revenue of enterprises above designated size in the area reached 872.667 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.38%. Since the fourth quarter, Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City has focused on the key tasks of "seizing orders, grasping projects, and optimizing services," and is comprehensively promoting the sprint.
Strengthening Innovation Support and Accelerating Achievement Transformation
Innovation is the key support for the sprint. Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City continues to strengthen platform effectiveness, accurately connects enterprises' R&D pain points with order bottlenecks, allowing enterprises to enter the market lightly.
Enterprises' innovative achievements are emerging intensively. Qiangnao Technology (强脑科技), one of the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons," launched the tactile version of the Revo2 bionic dexterous hand. Yuanli Infinite (原力无限)'s AD-01 robot promoted new breakthroughs in embodied intelligence technology. Yingji Power (英集动力) installed "energy brains" for more than 40 cities. Lingban Technology (灵伴科技) released a new generation of AI glasses. The accelerated implementation of enterprises' innovative achievements is a powerful proof of Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City's cultivation of an innovative ecosystem.
The innovation support system continues to improve. Relying on the four Zhejiang Provincial Laboratories of Zhijiang (之江), Tianmu Mountain (天目山), Hupan (湖畔), and Liangzhu (良渚), as well as a number of high-level scientific research platforms such as the Nanhu Brain-Machine Cross Research Institute (南湖脑机交叉研究院), Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City provides enterprises with full-chain support from basic research to pilot-scale incubation. Up to now, it has cultivated 69 national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, 502 provincial-level specialized and new enterprises, and 1,094 innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, and has undertaken 70 achievement landing and transformation projects.
Project Tackling Accelerates and Talent Gathering Empowers
Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City adheres to the principle of "projects first," constructs diversified investment attraction channels, and attracts a number of high-quality projects to land by strengthening investment promotion mechanisms and expanding investment promotion horizons. From January to September this year, a total of 72 industrial projects were introduced, with a total investment of more than 15 billion yuan, and the project landing rate is currently close to 80%.
The quality and efficiency of investment attraction continue to improve. In order to attract the Kunyuan Quantum (昆元量子) project to settle in Yuhang (余杭), Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City provided guidance and support in policy interpretation, industrial matching, and project approval, and promoted the smooth landing of the project. At present, Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City adheres to the tenacity of "going all out to talk about cooperation and doing everything possible to attract projects," closely focuses on the needs of cultivating new quality productive forces, focuses on key industrial maps, and helps to improve the quality and efficiency of investment attraction.
Significant progress has been made in the construction of major platforms. In the "China Flying Valley" of Nanhu Future Science Park (南湖未来科学园), the Hangzhou Yuhang Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Test Flight Operation Base (杭州余杭民用无人机试飞运行基地) was granted license No. 001 by the Civil Aviation Administration of East China (民航华东地区管理局), becoming the first civil unmanned aerial vehicle test flight base in Zhejiang Province to be put into trial operation; at the 2025 "Intelligent Connection · Future" Brain-Computer Interface International Conference and the Second China Brain-Computer Intelligence Conference, scientific researchers, technical experts, and industry representatives from around the world discussed the future of development and accelerated the industrial incubation of brain-computer intelligence technology and the cultivation of new quality productive forces.
The vitality of talent gathering continues to increase. Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City has taken measures such as broadening overseas talent introduction channels, deepening human resources agency collaboration, and enriching talent activity scenarios to create the "Overseas Innovation Future" talent brand. This year, 17 new domestic and foreign academicians were introduced and cooperated with, and 510 new overseas high-level talents were introduced.
Business Environment Improves and Industry-City Integration Upgrades
Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City provides "sunshine and rain-like" services to help enterprises overcome difficulties, refuel and empower them, and continuously optimize the business environment.
The risk protection mechanism continues to be optimized. This year, based on previous research, Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City, in conjunction with Taiping Technology Insurance Co., Ltd. (太平科技保险股份有限公司), innovatively launched "Achievement Transformation Insurance" and promoted the first achievement transformation insurance in the field of artificial intelligence in the province to land. As the first beneficiary enterprise of this insurance, Hangzhou Maixing Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州脉兴医疗科技有限公司) insured 2 million yuan for the large model sub-project under development and enjoyed an 80% government subsidy for the premium. This precise empowerment innovation insurance product is attracting the attention of more "artificial intelligence +" enterprises.
The effectiveness of enterprise financing services has been steadily improved. In response to the problems of enterprises' difficulty in financing and slow financing, Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City has continuously promoted the securitization of intellectual property rights. Up to now, it has issued a total of 14 intellectual property securitization products, serving 151 enterprises, and leveraging a total financing amount of 1.429 billion yuan.
Supporting facilities for industry-city integration are accelerating their upgrade. The Yintai commercial complex (银泰商业综合体) and MixC (万象城) and other high-end commercial facilities on the central axis of Hangzhou's important new urban center are accelerating their formation. The 320-meter-high A tower of the Yunmen Center (云门中心) (the "Golden Finger" complex project in the southern area of Yuncheng (云城)) was successfully capped, refreshing the new height of the Yuhang skyline.
Next, Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City will focus on the goal of "striving to create a national-level high-tech zone" and continue to exert efforts in key areas such as cultivating future industries, promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, accelerating project construction, and optimizing the business environment to ensure the successful completion of all annual goals and tasks and strive to achieve "full-year red."
Data source: Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City Management Committee (杭州未来科技城管委会)
Return to TopFrom the dazzling night view of the Pavilion of Prince Teng (滕王阁) to the golden meadows of Mount Wugong (武功山), from the autumnal晒秋 (shài qiū - "sun-drying autumn harvest," a traditional agricultural custom of drying crops in the sun) spectacle of Huangling in Wuyuan (婺源篁岭) to the millennia-old inheritance of the kiln fires in the porcelain capital... Jiangxi Province is striving to promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, and to strengthen the cultural and tourism industry, so that "poetry and the distance" become a part of more people's daily lives.
Since the beginning of this year, Jiangxi has adhered to shaping tourism with culture and highlighting culture with tourism, striving to truly build the cultural and tourism industry into a pillar industry, a people's livelihood industry, and a happiness industry, and continuously promoting deeper integration and higher-quality development of culture and tourism. Today, a flowing scroll of "Picturesque Jiangxi, Uniquely Beautiful Scenery (如画江西 风景独好)" is slowly unfolding on the land of Ganpo (赣鄱).
Culture as the Foundation: Inheriting the Cultural Heritage and Revitalizing It
The cultural heritage of Ganpo is like the water of the Gan River (赣江), converging thousands of streams; it is also like the sea of clouds on Mount Lu (庐山), embracing all things; it is even more like the kiln fire of the porcelain capital, melting the past and the present. Today's Jiangxi upholds integrity and innovation, allowing its profound cultural heritage to resonate with the pulse of the times.
Jiangxi adheres to the principle of "protection first, inheritance first," and builds a strong defense line for the protection of cultural heritage. The fourth national cultural relics census is being steadily advanced, the seventh batch of provincial-level cultural relics protection units has been newly announced, consolidating the resource base; the archaeological investigation of pre-Qin (先秦) sites in the Gan River (赣江) basin is being promoted to continuously explore the source of regional civilization; a three-year action plan for the protection of covered bridges and the "two-line" survey and mapping of provincial-level and above cultural relics protection units are being carried out to consolidate the foundation of safety. With planning taking the lead, the "Special Plan for the Construction of Cultural Relics Themed Tourist Routes in Jiangxi Province (江西省文物主题游径建设专项规划)" and the "Construction and Protection Plan for the Jiangxi Section of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park (长江国家文化公园江西段建设保护规划)" have been successively issued, constructing a clear map for protection and utilization. The "China on Porcelain (瓷上中国)" themed tourist route was selected as one of the top ten outstanding cases of cultural relics themed tourist routes in 2024, and the first Jiangxi Academy Culture Conference enlightened and nourished the mind, allowing cultural heritage to continue to be passed down in systematic protection.
An octogenarian master of Gan Opera (赣剧) shared the stage with an 11-year-old winner of the "Little Plum Blossom (小梅花)" award, staging a scene of passing on the torch; a "Plum Blossom Award (梅花奖)" winner's water sleeves fluttered, winning thunderous applause; 26 kinds of opera competed, jointly painting a picture of a vibrant Jiangxi art scene... The 9th Jiangxi Art Festival allowed art to "mutually benefit" citizens and tourists, and rich cultural heritage was activated and seen in contemporary life.
Entering the Jiangxi Provincial Art Museum (江西省美术馆), the "Boiling Red Land (沸腾的红土地)" exhibition was selected for the 2024 National Art Museum Collection Exhibition Season, and the "Colors and Surrealism" international art exchange exhibition of Uruguayan artists attracted Chinese and foreign tourists to check in. The "Dunhuang in Glaze (釉色里的敦煌)" special exhibition, launched in collaboration with the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (甘肃省文化和旅游厅), painted a chapter of the Silk Road on porcelain. Innovative exploration of the museum system, the pilot program of the general branch system was launched, the "Jiangyou Elegance (江右风雅)" special exhibition of the Badashanren Memorial Hall (八大山人纪念馆), and the "China on Porcelain (瓷上中国)" exhibition to Mauritius and other high-quality exhibitions were widely welcomed by the public. This year, the province's cultural and museum venues have received a cumulative total of over 180 million visitors. "Cultural and Museum Venue Tours" have become a new fashion in Jiangxi's cultural tourism.
The revitalization and utilization of intangible cultural heritage has added a powerful impetus to the integration of culture and tourism. The "Roots and Souls (根与魂)" intangible cultural heritage performance shone in Hong Kong; the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Lights Up Life Exhibition (非遗点亮生活展)" was rated as a dual case of national innovation and influence. Jingdezhen Ancient Kiln (景德镇古窑), Wunvzhou Resort (婺女洲度假区), and Huangling in Wuyuan, Shangrao (上饶婺源篁岭) have become "five-good" models for intangible cultural heritage entering scenic spots, promoting the deep integration of ancient skills and tourism experiences, making intangible cultural heritage visible, tangible, and consumable.
Tourism as the Body: Mountains and Rivers Complement Each Other, Culture Adds Color
Jiangxi continues to polish the "Picturesque Jiangxi, Uniquely Beautiful Scenery (如画江西 风景独好)" cultural tourism brand, promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, making Ganpo culture more profound, mountains and rivers more poetic, and urban and rural areas more vibrant.
From more than 40,000 fans in the Ganzhou (赣州) stadium singing "Ten Send-Offs to the Red Army (十送红军)" in unison, to Mount Longhu (龙虎山) in Yingtan (鹰潭) offering free tickets to visiting team fans, the "Gan Super (赣超)" football league created by Jiangxi Province has been upgraded from a simple sports event to a powerful engine driving cultural tourism consumption throughout the province. Jiangxi has turned football match tickets into "cultural tourism coupons" that can be used throughout the province. Fans can enjoy free or half-price tickets to dozens of A-level tourist attractions and discounts on hotel catering in 11 prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi with their tickets, successfully transforming the audience into tourist consumers. In the first round of the "Gan Super (赣超)" league alone, the linked scenic spots received more than 120,000 tourists, and their comprehensive income was more than 40 times the ticket revenue of the event, with a significant leverage effect.
Festival activities have become a new window for the integration of culture and tourism in Jiangxi. From the "Si Si Ruyi, Happy Tour of Jiangxi (巳巳如意 乐游江西)" Snake Year tourism benefit activities, to the Jiangxi branch venue of "5·19 China Tourism Day" and the countdown city (Nanchang (南昌)) activities, to the "Gan Tide Surges, Happy GO Jiangxi (赣潮涌动 乐GO江西)" Golden Autumn Cultural Tourism Carnival, key activities continue to open; the "Tour Jiangxi Following Poetry (跟着诗词游江西)," "Tour Jiangxi Following Sports Events (跟着赛事游江西)," and "Tour Jiangxi Following Performances (跟着演出游江西)" series of activities have gained momentum; the around Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) International Cycling Race, the Xinyu (新余) Fairy Lake (仙女湖) Marathon and other themed activities have been staged in turn... Shaping tourism with culture and highlighting culture with tourism, Jiangxi turns festivals into grand scenes and expands the market with holidays.
Rural tourism is wonderful and colorful. In the 2025 Jiangxi Rural Culture and Tourism Festival and the "Hundred Counties, Hundred Bowls (百县百碗)" cultural tourism consumption promotion activities, the "Hundred Counties, Hundred Flavors·Ping Shui Xiang Feng - Ganpo Good Things Exhibition and Sale (百县百味·萍水相逢——赣鄱好物展销)" and the "Hundred Counties, Thousand Flavors·Fireworks in the World - Ganpo Special Snack Street (百县千味·烟火人间——赣鄱特色小吃街)" attracted attention. Tourists can not only taste the food on the spot, but also scan the code to order specialties, greatly improving the consumption experience. During the event, Pingxiang (萍乡), Ganzhou (赣州), Jingdezhen (景德镇) and other places also simultaneously carried out navel orange picking tourism season, rural marathons, winter "village evenings" and other cultural tourism consumption promotion activities.
In addition, Huangling Village (篁岭村) in Jiangxi was awarded the "Best Tourism Village" by the World Tourism Organization, and 5 places were selected as "World Tourism Alliance Tourism Poverty Reduction Cases"; the brand matrix of red famous villages, national rural tourism boutique routes, etc. continues to grow, and the brand atmosphere of rural cultural tourism is becoming stronger.
Cultural tourism consumption is "hot and fiery," accumulating momentum for high-quality economic development. It is estimated that the number of domestic tourists and total tourism spending this year will increase by 4.8% and 13.8% year-on-year, respectively; during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the proportion of tourists entering Jiangxi exceeded 30%, and the proportion of foreign tourists ranked first in the central region.
Industry as Wings: Empowering the Market and Generating Gold on the Chain
Jiangxi is anchoring the goal of building a strong cultural province and a strong tourism province, creating a world-important tourist destination, and making culture and tourism an important support for high-quality development.
A series of tangible, feasible, and beneficial policies for the people have been frequently introduced. The "Jiangxi 'Tourism Integrity Province' Construction Plan (江西“旅游诚信省”建设方案)," "Implementation Plan on Boosting Cultural and Tourism Consumption in Jiangxi (关于提振江西文化和旅游消费的实施方案)," "Financial Support for High-Quality Development of Cultural and Tourism Industry Work Measures (金融支持文旅产业高质量发展工作举措)," and other measures have been successively introduced, using policies to leverage the market and innovation to drive development. At the same time, the "Jiangxi Province Construction Plan for the Pilot Zone for Inheriting Red Genes (2024-2028) (江西省建设红色基因传承先行区规划（2024—2028年）)" and the "Implementation Measures for the Quality Grade Management of Tourist Attractions in Jiangxi Province (Trial Implementation) (江西省旅游景区质量等级管理实施办法（试行）)" have been successively implemented, providing institutional guarantees for the development of cultural tourism. In 2025, 2 new national-level tourist leisure blocks and 3 five-star tourist hotels will be added; a new batch of 5 "Uniquely Beautiful Scenery (风景独好)" tourist famous counties, 5 tourist famous scenic spots, 5 tourist famous towns, and 5 tourist famous villages will be launched; Guangxin District (广信区) in Shangrao City (上饶市) and Qingyuan District (青原区) in Ji'an City (吉安市) were selected into the second batch of pilot lists for cultural industry empowering rural revitalization.
The power of the cultural tourism industry is gathering into a chain. Jiangxi is deepening the connection between cultural tourism production and finance, holding financial support for cultural tourism industry policy publicity and production-finance docking activities, and promoting 6 banks to sign credit lines of 8.2 billion yuan with key cultural tourism enterprises. In 2024, 165 cultural tourism projects were signed in the province, with a total investment of 48.9 billion yuan; 2,912 cultural enterprises above designated size in the province achieved revenue of 271.96 billion yuan, and the industrial foundation is becoming increasingly solid.
In July, the 2025 "Top Cultural Tourism Enterprises Entering Jiangxi" investment cooperation docking meeting was held in the Ganjiang New Area (赣江新区), reaching cooperation intention signing projects of 25, with a total signing amount of 3.026 billion yuan. In addition, Jiangxi also selected 124 provincial-level cultural industry key support projects, arranged more than 35 million yuan of funds, focusing on supporting the cultivation of new cultural tourism formats and the field of technology integration, accelerating the construction of a full industrial chain of "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment," and making every effort to build the tourism industry into a strategic pillar industry.
In terms of optimizing the market environment, Jiangxi is accelerating the construction of a "Tourism Integrity Province (旅游诚信省)," focusing on the full elements of "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment," comprehensively improving tourism quality and tourist experience, proposing the concept of "tourists not going down the mountain, services not going off work," and selecting 346 service benchmarks through carrying out the "Double Hundred Action" of chief quality officers and benchmark service personnel in the cultural tourism industry, promoting the "Tourism 110" rapid response model, with a completion rate and refund rate of 100%, effectively enhancing tourists' sense of gain with high-quality services. During this year's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, tourist satisfaction reached 94.5%, a record high, and the cultural tourism market environment continued to be optimized.
Today's Jiangxi, culture is not only the Ganpo cultural heritage passed down for thousands of years, but also a source of happiness that permeates people's lives; tourism is not only a journey to the "Uniquely Beautiful Scenery (风景独好)" in the distance, but also a poetry that integrates into daily life; the deep integration of culture and tourism is converging into the economic tide, integrating into thousands of homes, and continuously nourishing the beautiful life of the sons and daughters of Ganpo.
Data source: Jiangxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (江西省文化和旅游厅)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 曹文轩 孙海天 董泽扬
The Hainan Island (海南岛), nestled in the vast expanse of the South China Sea (南海), is emerging as a vital gateway for China's (我国) new era of opening up. With the approval of the Party Central Committee (党中央), the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) officially launched its island-wide customs closure on December 18th.
Customs closure is a physical definition: building the entire Hainan Island into a special customs supervision zone.
Customs closure is an institutional exploration: "first line" liberalization, "second line" control, and freedom within the island, expanding high-level opening up to the outside world.
In April 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly announced at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Hainan's establishment as a province and special economic zone that "the Party Central Committee has decided to support the construction of a free trade pilot zone on the entire Hainan Island, and to support Hainan in gradually exploring and steadily promoting the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics." In 2020, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) and the State Council (国务院) issued the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port." The recent Central Economic Work Conference proposed, "Solidly promote the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port."
How does the island-wide customs closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port operate? What preparations have been made by all parties for this day? What are the results? On the first day of the customs closure, reporters went deep into airports, parks, first and second line ports, and other locations to record this extraordinary day.
"First Line" Liberalization
Relaxing various restrictions, simplifying procedures, and benchmarking against international high-standard economic and trade rules.
Time: Nearly 2 AM
Location: Sanya Phoenix International Airport (三亚凤凰国际机场)
At 1:44 AM, a plane from Russia (俄罗斯) landed smoothly at Sanya Phoenix International Airport. This was the first international passenger flight to enter Sanya (三亚) after the island-wide customs closure.
Inside the arrival hall, Wang Tao (王涛), deputy director of the Phoenix Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station (凤凰出入境边防检查站), and his colleagues were in their positions.
In just a few years, the number of visa-free countries has more than tripled, leaving an upward "open curve" in Wang Tao's memory:
Before 2018, there were 26 visa-free countries, and the hall was mostly filled with group tourists, with few individual travelers. Staff sometimes had to "sit and wait." In May 2018, the visa-free policy for tourism for people from 59 countries was implemented, relaxing group visa-free travel to individual visa-free travel, and the work status changed to "running to do it."
In 2024, Hainan's visa-free policy made a "three-stage jump": on February 9th, the reasons for visa-free entry for people from 59 countries were expanded, adding commercial and trade, medical, and other needs; on July 30th, a 144-hour visa-free policy was launched for foreign tourist groups from Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳门) entering Hainan (海南); on December 17th, the transit visa-free stay time was extended to 240 hours, and Haikou Meilan (海口美兰) and Sanya Phoenix International Airports were added as transit visa-free entry ports. In that year, the number of inbound tourists received by Hainan exceeded 1 million again after 2019.
Since July of this year, superimposed with the bilateral comprehensive mutual visa exemption and unilateral visa-free policies applicable nationwide, citizens of 86 countries holding ordinary passports can enter Hainan visa-free.
"Customs closure is a new node. In the future, it will be more convenient for foreigners to come to Hainan," Wang Tao said.
At 2 AM, the aircraft door opened, and passenger Kozlova (科兹洛娃) walked into the arrival hall with the crowd, scanned the code to fill in the entry card, and walked to the verification counter to hand over her passport. The background system quickly completed information comparison. Scan passport, press fingerprints, look at the camera, "beep," the gate opened, and the "please pass" voice sounded. The whole process took less than 1 minute.
"First line" liberalization means treating the Hainan Free Trade Port as the "first line" between it and other countries and regions outside China's customs territory, implementing a series of free and convenient entry and exit measures to promote the high degree of freedom of movement of people, goods, and other factors.
In 2023, Sanya Phoenix International Airport launched the terminal expansion project, adding 17 entry-exit inspection channels. Chen Yongyi (陈永溢), captain of the first squadron of the Phoenix Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station, introduced: "The average clearance time for each passenger has been reduced by 30 seconds, the clearance time for a single flight has been shortened by about 30 minutes, and the overall efficiency has been improved by more than 30%."
New mechanisms are also being explored. In November 2023, with the approval of the National Immigration Administration (国家移民管理局), the border inspection agencies at the four open ports of Hainan Meilan (海南美兰), Phoenix (凤凰), Sanya (三亚), and Xiuying (秀英) became pilot projects for port visa reform. Visas can be processed on-site in the arrival hall, saving time costs for foreigners who urgently need to come to China (华) holding ordinary passports.
"In the past, there were mostly tourists wearing beach pants, but now there are more and more passengers in suits and carrying briefcases!" Wang Tao shared a set of data: As of November 30th this year, a total of 1.294 million foreigners entered and exited Hainan, an increase of 44.5% year-on-year, of which the number of foreigners entering for exhibitions, business, and other reasons increased by nearly 4 percentage points compared with the same period last year.
Time: 7 AM
Location: Yangpu Port (洋浦港)
Danzhou (儋州), Hainan (海南), the Yangpu Port in the early morning, sounded bursts of whistles. A ship loaded with 179,000 tons of petrochemical raw and auxiliary materials arrived at the port.
This is the first batch of "zero-tariff" petrochemical raw and auxiliary materials cleared through Yangpu Port after the Hainan Free Trade Port officially launched island-wide customs closure, with a cargo value of nearly 400 million yuan. Compared with before the customs closure, it saves enterprises nearly 10 million yuan in import costs. After the ship docks at the wharf, the goods can be quickly put into production under the efficient supervision of the customs.
"'First line' liberalization does not mean that the customs will let go. Not only must we manage, but we must also manage well," said Shu Xiang (舒翔), chief of the Supervision Section 1 of the Yangpu Customs Supervision Department (洋浦海关监管处) under Haikou Customs (海口海关).
How to manage well? Greatly simplify processes and procedures. "In the past, when imported goods arrived at the port, enterprises filled in customs declarations, and there were 105 items to declare. Now, the declaration items have been simplified to 33 items, and 'zero-tariff' goods and bonded goods that do not involve certificates or inspections can be directly released," Shu Xiang introduced. Even if spot checks are required, they can be carried out in the enterprise's warehouse, saving the enterprise time costs.
At present, the scope of "zero-tariff" commodities in the Hainan Free Trade Port has been expanded from more than 1,900 tariff items before the customs closure to more than 6,600 tariff items, and the proportion of all commodity tariff items has increased from 21% to 74%.
On the first day of the customs closure, a ship far away in Shandong (山东), the "Defu 1200" (德浮1200) settled in the Hainan Free Trade Port and was officially registered in "China Yangpu Port" (中国洋浦港).
The "China Yangpu Port" ship registry policy is one of the unique free trade port policies granted to Hainan by the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port." Shipping companies register their ships in the "China Yangpu Port" ship registry. Under the premise of meeting the policy conditions, the three links of ship purchase, ship registration, and ship operation can enjoy the Hainan Free Trade Port shipping policy and the Yangpu Economic Development Zone shipping support policy.
In the past, limited by tax and registration systems, many Chinese-funded ships operated overseas and flew foreign "flags of convenience." Now, giving ships "household registration," the five characters of "China Yangpu Port" not only mean "zero tariff," but also mean China's confidence in opening up to the outside world.
In order to benchmark against international high-standard economic and trade rules in this policy, the Hainan International Ship Registration Administration (海南国际船舶登记管理局) came into being in 2024. When the reporter met Deputy Director Zhang Danzhu (张丹竹), she was busy sorting out the information of newly registered ships. On June 1, 2020, the day the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" was released, she, then the ship registration supervisor of the Hainan Maritime Bureau's (海南海事局) government affairs center, was handling the procedures for the first ship to apply for registration, the "COSCO Shipping Xingwang" (中远海运兴旺) wheel.
Ships are often worth over 100 million yuan, with many certificates, complex materials, and complicated procedures. Zhang Danzhu and her colleagues visited shipowners, explored needs, and promoted the gradual improvement of one-window acceptance, coordinated approval, and other working mechanisms. The approval time limit has changed from days to hours and minutes.
Over the past 5 years, the Hainan Free Trade Port has boldly broken the ice in institutional design: canceling foreign equity restrictions on ships, promoting "one port for the entire island" registration, and optimizing the requirement of six calls at Hainan ports per year to once every 8 years...
At present, the "China Yangpu Port" has registered 80 ships, with a total carrying capacity of 7,529,600 tons, ranking among the top in China.
"Second Line" Control
All parties cooperate closely, and software and hardware are continuously optimized, so that it is both "controllable" and "fast".
Time: 10 AM
Location: Haikou Xinhai Port (海口新海港) and Nangang (南港) "Second Line Port" (Freight) Centralized Inspection Yard
The sea breeze swept across the gantry cranes, blowing across the Haikou Xinhai Port and Nangang, and the "Second Line Port" (Freight) Centralized Inspection Yard ushered in the first wave of freight peaks on the first day of the customs closure. Here, it faces Zhanjiang Xuwen Port (湛江徐闻港), Guangdong (广东) across the sea. After the customs closure, it is expected to undertake more than 80% of the truck exit customs clearance and inspection tasks in Hainan.
Some people compare the "first line" to the national gate, and the "second line" to the "valve" between the free trade port and the mainland market. This used to be the focus of controversy: too tight control affects trade exchanges; too loose control impacts the mainland market.
How to strike a balance? On the eve of the customs closure, the customs had repeatedly worked with relevant departments in Hainan to organize more than 300 enterprises in the province to carry out "second line port" customs closure test drills.
The effectiveness of the drill was tested on the first day of the customs closure -
At about 10 AM, a truck full of processed value-added goods slowly drove into the inspection channel.
The vehicle was diverted at the first checkpoint and entered the customs supervision channel, and then drove into the inspection area. X-rays instantly penetrated the carriage, generating a clear perspective view on the background screen. The inspection result showed that the image was normal and the goods were consistent with the declaration. The checkpoint automatically released the vehicle. The whole process took 2 minutes, and the driver did not turn off the engine, just like the daily drill.
Seamless customs clearance is an exploration of "controllable" and "fast".
On that day, Wan Dongming (万东明), a member of the Hainan Free Trade Port Expert Group of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署) and deputy director of the Shekou Customs (蛇口海关) under Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关), closely monitored the real-time dynamics of customs clearance at each "second line port." December 18th was his 1026th day of assisting Hainan.
Turning the clock back to 2023, 10 business experts from 7 directly affiliated customs were "named" by the General Administration of Customs to go to Hainan to support the customs closure. Wan Dongming was one of them.
In the early stage of port construction design, there were many disputes: Should the "second line port" be shared with the original "first line port" or separated? Different units have different responsibilities, how to break through the regulatory data barriers? ... Pressure forced cooperation. Wan Dongming and other experts gradually realized that port construction is the integration of mechanisms and the reshaping of concepts.
In July 2023, Hainan officially established a special working group for the construction of customs closure operation ports. Ports, customs, border inspection, maritime affairs, and other units pooled their wisdom, and the prototypes of 10 "second line ports" initially appeared, of which 8 have both "first line port" and "second line port" functions, while Haikou Xinhai Port and Nangang only serve as "second line ports." The Hainan Social Management Information Platform collects cross-departmental data to promote data to break through barriers and flow in an orderly manner.
Racing against time, software and hardware construction started simultaneously. As a staff member of the construction party of the Xinhai Port and Nangang "Second Line Port" project, Wang Chunlin (王春林), deputy general manager of production of China Railway Guangzhou Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中铁广州工程局集团有限公司) has a set of photos stored in his mobile phone, recording the changes: This land under his feet used to be full of aquaculture ponds, and now it has "grown" into a port inspection platform covering an area of 540,000 square meters.
With a construction period of 420 days, Wang Chunlin devoted himself to the project. "There are 16 channels on the second floor, and the maximum annual throughput of trucks can reach more than 1.7 million vehicles and more than 44 million tons of goods..." Wang Chunlin's eyes flashed with light, as if he had endless things to say.
In February this year, the "second line ports" passed the acceptance of the National Port Office (国家口岸办) one by one. Wan Dongming and Wang Chunlin both had the joy of "handing in the paper" and the anticipation for the customs closure.
Time: 1 PM
Location: Xinhai Port Anti-Smuggling Comprehensive Law Enforcement Station (新海港反走私综合执法站)
Ships travel like weaving, and freight exchanges are busy in the Qiongzhou Strait (琼州海峡); in the invisible data ocean, the intelligent prevention and control system is online at all times. In the comprehensive command room of the Xinhai Port Anti-Smuggling Comprehensive Law Enforcement Station, Deputy Director Ma Sheng (马胜) pointed to the big screen: "Look at these dense green dots, which are all kinds of ships sailing in the Qiongzhou Strait at this moment, and relevant information is fully grasped."
Hainan Island, as an independent geographical unit, has a long coastline and many ports and bays. What needs to be controlled is not only the 10 "second line ports," but also the long coastline in non-customs areas.
After the customs closure, more duty-free goods will flow freely on the island. Will smugglers take advantage of loopholes?
"Buzz--" A drone took off from the law enforcement station to patrol the hidden beaches.
"'Mobile Sky Eye' is one of our intelligent means," Ma Sheng said, this system made a great contribution in the pressure test a few months ago.
It was a late night when the alarm suddenly went off in the law enforcement station. It turned out that the drone found during the patrol that abnormal vehicles were gathering on a remote section of road near Xinhai Port. The thermal imaging lens clearly captured several trucks docking goods - a batch of smuggled duty-free goods trying to bypass supervision.
"In just 44 seconds, the system completed identification, locking, and alarm. When the coastal police rushed up, the suspects had not yet reacted," Ma Sheng sighed, "The traditional human sea tactics are bound to be unable to cover the more than 30 kilometers of coastline in the jurisdiction."
The "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" proposes to "set up comprehensive law enforcement points in areas where no port inspection agencies have been established." After preliminary preparations, led by the Hainan Provincial Party Committee Political and Legal Committee (海南省委政法委), 64 anti-smuggling law enforcement stations with unified personnel, equipment, and information system standards were built within 1 kilometer of the island's coastline.
On the day the customs closure was launched, the three-dimensional patrol mission of the anti-smuggling law enforcement station was carried out routinely.
"Technical defense is the main focus, and human defense is the auxiliary, weaving a 'sky net' that is sparse but not leaky," said Liu Zhuqin (刘竹琴), deputy detachment leader of the Anti-Smuggling Detachment of the Anti-Smuggling and Coast Management Corps of the Hainan Provincial Public Security Department (海南省公安厅反走私和海岸管理总队). By establishing a joint prevention and control mechanism with fraternal provinces such as Guangdong (广东) and Guangxi (广西), the anti-smuggling defense line has crossed the Qiongzhou Strait and extended to the other side.
Freedom within the Island
Barriers are broken, factors flow, and the free trade port has both "heat" and "temperature".
Time: 4 PM
Location: Haikou Comprehensive Bonded Zone (海口综合保税区), Haikou Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone (海口空港综合保税区)
In the afternoon, the breeze was warm, and the China Railway International Vehicle Industry (Hainan) Co., Ltd. (中车国际车辆产业（海南）有限公司) in the Haikou Comprehensive Bonded Zone was busy. Workers were carrying out bonded maintenance operations on 4 large automobile engines from Germany (德国) and Malaysia (马来西亚).
On this day, China Railway International Vehicle Industry (Hainan) Co., Ltd. took the lead in completing the automobile engine bonded maintenance business in China.
Bonded maintenance is one of the characteristic business formats representative of the free trade zone. It is a business model in which enterprises transport goods or means of transport with damaged parts, functional failures, quality defects, etc. from overseas to China in a bonded manner, and re-export them after testing and maintenance.
In 2024, China Railway International Vehicle Industry (Hainan) Co., Ltd. was established. As a customs closure pressure testing unit, this newly established enterprise proposed to carry out automobile engine bonded maintenance business when the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce (海南省商务厅) solicited opinions.
In July this year, the "List of Goods and Articles Prohibited and Restricted from Import and Export in the Hainan Free Trade Port" was released, allowing products with 38 commodity codes to carry out "two-end-out" bonded maintenance after the customs closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port, including some types of automobile engines.
"Using policy preferences such as bonded maintenance, the comprehensive cost of enterprises can be reduced by more than 15%," Zhang Zirui (张紫瑞), marketing director of China Railway International Vehicle Industry (Hainan) Co., Ltd., calculated.
However, enterprises also encounter growing pains: After the customs closure, the volume of goods is expected to increase significantly, but the enterprise's adjacent Macun Port (马村港) does not have container operation capabilities, and the engines have to be transported to Yangpu Port, which is nearly 100 kilometers away. Cross-regional circulation, time is cost.
How to solve the problem? The physical distance cannot be shortened temporarily, so shorten the "institutional distance" first.
"Direct delivery at the ship's side + immediate inspection upon arrival" - the customs gave an innovative solution, allowing goods to "run freely" on the island. Now, after the goods are unloaded at Yangpu Port, they do not need to stay at the terminal and can be directly transported to the factory in the comprehensive bonded zone. If necessary, on-site inspection is carried out.
The shortening of physical distance is also just around the corner - the third phase of the Macun Port project is being expanded, and it is expected that containers can be unloaded directly at the "doorstep" after completion in 2027.
At this moment, "freedom within the island" is transformed into the enterprise's real profit statement, turning into Zhang Zirui's comfortable smile.
At this moment, "island freedom" has been transformed into tangible profits for enterprises and a relaxed smile on Zhang Zirui's (张紫瑞) face.
Similarly, focusing on bonded maintenance, the view turns to Haikou Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone (海口空港综合保税区).
On the first day of the customs closure operation, at the Daxin Hufei Airport Maintenance Base (大新华飞维空港维修基地) under HNA Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. (海航航空技术有限公司), an Airbus A330-300 wide-body aircraft from Vietjet Aviation (越南越捷航空) of Vietnam is undergoing high-level scheduled maintenance. "Previously, overseas aircraft entering the country for maintenance required the payment of huge deposits, and there were tariffs on imported aviation materials. Now, policies such as duty-free entry and 'zero tariffs' on aviation materials have reduced the cost of maintenance in Hainan (海南) for overseas airlines by 10% to 15%," said Yang Wenbo (杨文博), Deputy Director of the maintenance base. Since its commissioning in 2022, it has completed maintenance on more than 2,400 aircraft.
From cars on the ground to airplanes in the sky, the high-end manufacturing industry, focusing on "bonded maintenance + remanufacturing," is accelerating its development in the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港).
Time: 8 PM
Location: Sanya International Duty Free City (三亚国际免税城), HTDF Sanya Downtown Duty Free Shop (海旅免税城)
As night falls, the lights come on. In Sanya Haitang Bay (三亚海棠湾), the dazzling Sanya International Duty Free City (三亚国际免税城) is bustling with people. "Island freedom" not only benefits enterprises but also benefits many consumers.
When the reporter met Fu Qufang (符曲芳), the sales manager in the watch area, she was busy receiving customers and barely had time to drink water.
Fu Qufang (符曲芳) joined the company in 2013, from an ordinary sales specialist to the sales manager who now manages the entire category of duty-free watches and alcoholic beverages. She has many feelings: "When I first came, the duty-free shopping quota was only 8,000 yuan per person per year, then it rose to 16,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan, and now it is 100,000 yuan. Every jump in the numbers means that more things can be bought, and customers have a wider choice."
What impressed her was the implementation of the "buy and take away" policy in 2023.
"In the past, customers often bought sunscreen and sunglasses and wanted to use them immediately, but the policy stipulated that they had to pick up the goods at the airport," Fu Qufang (符曲芳) recalled. "After that policy adjustment, 15 categories of duty-free goods could be used immediately after purchase, which was well received by consumers."
Each policy upgrade unleashes huge consumption potential.
The reporter saw on the scene that there were many Hainan (海南) residents with local accents in the queue in front of the cashier.
"I used to think that duty-free shops were for tourists from outside the island," said Hu Jie (胡婕), a Sanya (三亚) citizen who was buying maternity and baby products. Since the implementation of the new Hainan (海南) offshore duty-free policy on November 1, island residents who have a record of leaving the island once within a year can purchase goods on the "buy and take away" list an unlimited number of times within the quota. "Now, I can buy them on the way home from work!"
Wu De (伍德), General Manager of HTDF Sanya Downtown Duty Free Shop (海旅免税城), a Frenchman who has lived in China for 20 years, also keenly observed: "The new policy attracts tourists and activates the consumption potential of more than 10 million residents on the island."
With the smooth implementation of the tenth adjustment of the offshore duty-free policy, the categories of offshore duty-free goods in Hainan (海南) have been expanded to 47, and more imported goods that are close to people's livelihoods have been put on the shelves. In the first month of the implementation of the new offshore duty-free policy, Hainan (海南) achieved 2.38 billion yuan in duty-free shopping, an increase of 27.1% year-on-year.
The convenience of consumption and shopping is inseparable from the acceleration of commodity logistics.
In the regulatory warehouse of Sanya International Duty Free City (三亚国际免税城), the scanning gun in the hand of Chen Yunqing (陈运清), the warehouse storage professional manager of the logistics department, "beeped." "In the past, we had to run to the customs to submit paper documents for warehousing and delivery. One bill had dozens of pages of paper, and it took half a day to wait for the document review. Now, the system reviews the documents and completes them in seconds."
Huang Jing (黄婧), Deputy Section Chief of the Duty-Free Goods Supervision Section 1 of Sanya Customs (三亚海关) under Haikou Customs (海口海关), introduced that in order to cope with the expansion of duty-free goods, the customs innovatively implemented "centralized + automatic" document review and hierarchical supervision, which increased the efficiency of cargo circulation by more than 60%.
"Let the achievements of the Free Trade Port construction benefit more people." Chi Fulin (迟福林), Dean of the Hainan Free Trade Port Research Institute (海南自由贸易港研究院), said that the full island closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) is to exchange the "controllable" "second line" for the "open" "first line" and the "vibrant" island, and promote a higher level of opening up to the outside world.
As the night deepens, the sea breeze remains. On the first day of the customs closure operation, what I saw and heard included the breadth of the "first line" opening up, the strength of the "second line" control, and the enthusiasm of the island's freedom.
This day is an important milestone in the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) and a new starting point for China (中国) to expand its high-level opening up to the outside world in the new era.
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This is an ordinary day. On the land of Qiongzhou (琼州), people are striving and busy at their posts, just like in the past. This is an extraordinary day. The full island closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) has officially started, taking a key step in expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, making people feel expectant and looking forward to the future.
Standing at a new starting point, we must continue to exert our energy and overcome difficulties. There is no precedent to follow in building a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. From conception to blueprint, from blueprint to reality, every step is writing a new history. Around "'First Line' liberalization, 'Second Line' control, and freedom within the island," all parties involved have formed a joint force, repeatedly demonstrated, and continuously tested, laying a solid foundation for the closure operation. Practice has proved that only by doing practical work can we answer the questions of the times well.
Standing at a new starting point, we must continue to carry forward the spirit of innovation, dare to experiment, dare to break through, and independently reform. Since the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), a total of 21 batches of 173 institutional innovation cases have been cultivated. After the full island closure, favorable policies will continue to be implemented, and various factor resources will flow more freely. Hainan (海南) will further participate in the international division of labor. Faced with new situations and new problems, only by constantly breaking with convention and breaking with stereotypes can we seize opportunities and create new situations.
Standing at a new starting point, we are more convinced that the construction of the Free Trade Port (自由贸易港) should adhere to long-termism. How should the Free Trade Port (自由贸易港) be built? The "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港)" issued in 2020 made arrangements in stages and steps. In the past five years, many companies have enjoyed policy dividends such as "zero tariffs" and tariff exemptions for processing and value-added, while policies such as offshore duty-free have more deeply benefited the vast number of tourists and local residents. Give development time, and continue to move in the right direction, and the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will surely usher in more gains.
The key to starting a business is people. We must attract talents from all over the world to be used for the construction of the Free Trade Port (自由贸易港), and more importantly, make the Free Trade Port (自由贸易港) a broad stage for talents to show their talents. When we unremittingly struggle on this hot land of opening up with the reform courage of "building roads when encountering mountains and building bridges when encountering water" and the pragmatic spirit of "if we act, we will arrive; if we do, we will succeed," the story of China and the world working together for win-win results in the new era will surely write a more exciting chapter on the land of Qiongzhou (琼州).
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Return to TopIn the pragmatic cooperation between China and Arab countries, cooperation in the field of infrastructure construction has always played an important role. A number of Chinese companies have taken advantage of the vigorous development of China-Arab relations to set sail overseas, enhance Chinese brands, help overseas infrastructure construction, and serve people's livelihood development.
According to incomplete statistics, in Dubai (迪拜), United Arab Emirates (阿联酋), on average, 1 in every 34 people lives in a house built by China Construction Middle East (中建中东公司). Residences, hotels, universities, hospitals, airports, railways, bridges... Over the past 20 years, China Construction Middle East (中建中东公司) has built a large number of landmark projects and livelihood projects in the United Arab Emirates (阿联酋), Kuwait (科威特), Saudi Arabia (沙特) and other countries, directly driving the employment of 350,000 local people and injecting strong impetus into regional economic and social development.
The overseas infrastructure construction participated in by Chinese enterprises not only has quality height, but also has people's livelihood temperature. Actively connecting with international rules and standards, building an international and localized talent team, devoting themselves to environmental protection and public welfare, and promoting cultural exchanges... A series of solid actions have enabled Chinese enterprises to win wide recognition from local society, leaving a vivid imprint of mutual benefit and win-win results on the road of China and Arab countries joining hands to move towards modernization. The companies 扬帆出海 (yáng fān chū hǎi - "raise sail set to sea," to embark on a journey; to venture out into the world).
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Drama is a universal language. From October 11 to November 26, the 2025 Beijing People's Art Theatre International Drama Invitational Exhibition (北京人艺国际戏剧邀请展) (hereinafter referred to as the "Invitational Exhibition") will be held, featuring 42 performances of 14 plays from 9 countries. Excellent plays such as the twelfth edition of "The Servant of Two Masters" from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, "The Screens," a representative work by French drama master Jean Genet, and "The Threepenny Opera" from the Berliner Ensemble, will gather across borders, building a bridge for resonance between Eastern and Western art and emotions, and demonstrating the penetrating power and appeal of drama across cultures.
Exchange: Building a Highland of Dramatic Art and Culture
"Dragon-horse spirit, camel's steady pace" (龙马风神，骆驼坦步), this is the inscription written by the first president, Cao Yu (曹禺), for the Beijing People's Art Theatre (北京人民艺术剧院) (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing People's Art"). Based on upholding tradition and innovation, Beijing People's Art adheres to the principle of "bringing in" and "going out," connecting with the world with an open and inclusive mind, and striving to make the Invitational Exhibition a highland of dramatic art where international masters gather and diverse cultures exchange.
German drama master Bertolt Brecht was deeply influenced by Chinese opera. This year's Invitational Exhibition features his representative work, "The Threepenny Opera," showcasing the inheritance and innovation of contemporary German drama. "The Threepenny Opera," which was staged at the Beijing People's Art Theatre, is faithful to the original, without deconstruction or subversion. The work uses vibrant new arrangements, innovative stage presentations, and the wonderful performances of the actors to achieve a modern transformation of the classic, allowing the audience to see that the social allegory of a hundred years ago still has fresh contemporary vitality. As President Feng Yuanzheng (冯远征) said in a dialogue with the play's director, Barrie Kosky: "We need to use drama to think about the real problems facing individuals and society. Drama is not only the transmission of stories, but also a mirror, helping the audience to gain some degree of resonance and inspiration."
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the European Union. Beijing People's Art has invited national theater companies from Italy, France, Germany, and other countries to participate in the Invitational Exhibition with their representative plays, and will also conduct cultural exchange activities such as art lectures and workshops. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France in 2024, the Comédie-Française brought "Scapin the Schemer" and the Théâtre National de la Colline brought "At Sea" to that year's Invitational Exhibition. The French Ambassador to China, Bertrand Lortholary (白玉堂), invited ambassadors from many countries to China to watch the performances and special exhibitions, praising Beijing People's Art for presenting the professional style of Chinese drama.
Over the past 11 years, the Invitational Exhibition has become a bridge to promote mutual learning between Chinese and foreign cultures and to establish international artistic cooperation. We have established a mechanism for mutual visits and cooperation with many theaters, achieving two-way engagement and equal exchange. A number of excellent works with traditional Chinese aesthetic styles and modern spirit, such as "Zhang Juzheng," "Li Bai," and "Sima Qian," have appeared on the world stage. In September of this year, "Zhang Juzheng" was invited to participate in the 16th International Alexandrinsky Theatre Festival, deeply touching Russian audiences with its profound historical texture and philosophical stage language. A Russian theater critic called it "a political allegory with universal human significance, presented with poetic Chinese aesthetics."
Innovation: Stimulating the Intrinsic Motivation of Drama Creation
In 2025, we will use Beijing People's Art's newly created play "Hamlet" as the opening drama of the Invitational Exhibition, which is not only a highlight but also highlights the confidence of Chinese theater practitioners. The play breaks through the traditional revenge narrative, extracts the modern proposition of "choice" from the classic monologue of "to be or not to be," and makes a fresh interpretation of the Western classic play that is relevant to the pulse of the times. The industrial-style abandoned theater stage design, the poetic space constructed by metal frames, and the fashionable styling of the young actors—"Hamlet" is not only a classic revival of drama, but also demonstrates the accumulated innovative spirit of Beijing People's Art.
Innovation has always been the core of the Invitational Exhibition. Georgian director David Doiashvili has participated in the exhibition with "The Seagull" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and the rich stage presentation and brand-new content interpretation have given the audience a refreshing experience. The plays of Russian writer Anton Chekhov are known for their characters' psychological activities, and Doiashvili effectively externalizes the complex psychological world of the characters into distinct personality traits and vivid body language, making the theater "ignite."
This directly led to Beijing People's Art joining hands with Doiashvili to create the drama "The Cherry Orchard." This is another representative work of Chekhov, and the playwright Jiao Juyin (焦菊隐) praised it as "Anton Chekhov's 'swan song,' his last lyrical poem." In order to perform this lyrical poem well, Beijing People's Art adopted the cooperation model of "foreign director + Chinese actors." President Feng Yuanzheng said that Beijing People's Art had performed "The Cherry Orchard" before, but from the perspective of Eastern culture, we could not understand why Chekhov would call the story of a cherry orchard being sold a comedy. Doiashvili's interpretation of "The Cherry Orchard" is based on his cultural background and his understanding of Russian history. He guides Chinese actors to interpret the text from a new perspective, to find and approach the original spiritual core.
At the same time, the director tries to use the full emotional power of Georgian drama to make Chekhov's words more visual and more accessible to the audience. He uses Western drama's training methods for actors, increases physical training, and strives to find the common texture between actors and roles, so as to better shape and express the characters. This is also a kind of renewal and improvement for the physical training of Beijing People's Art actors.
In international performance exchanges, Chinese and foreign teams often face the situation of soaring international freight costs. Beijing People's Art innovatively adopts a scenic design system of off-site cooperation to solve this problem: Chinese and foreign scenic design teams negotiate in advance, and communicate technical details through dozens of online meetings, hundreds of emails, and countless WeChat messages. Facing the expensive and precision-demanding giant steps and large "hand" devices in the French play "The Screens," the Beijing People's Art scenic design team completed the production with millimeter-level precision, ensuring that it met the director's strict stage concept. On the eve of the performance, the French scenic design team found that due to incorrect data sent in the early stage, the inclination of the steps for the transition steps was too high, which affected the speed and safety of the actors' change of scenes. With its rich stage experience, the Beijing People's Art technical team immediately extended the steps by adding shims between the lines, ensuring the success of the performance and setting a technical benchmark for cross-cultural drama production. In the end, the "Screens," "Notebooks," and other plays of this Invitational Exhibition completed off-site production and prop rental at less than 1/4 of the international transportation budget, exploring a replicable and scalable cooperation path for subsequent international drama exchanges.
Cultivation: Promoting the Sound Development of the Drama Ecology
Drama originates from the people, relies on the people, and belongs to the people. Beijing People's Art has always regarded cultivating audiences, especially student audiences, as its top priority. Since 2002, the theater has selected a certain number of plays every year to hold "student public welfare performances," with ticket prices not exceeding 40 yuan, including classic plays such as "Thunderstorm" and "The No. 1 Restaurant in the World," as well as newly created masterpieces such as "The Miser" and "Delusion." These public welfare performances have benefited more than 20 universities and nearly 500,000 students. After leaving the campus, they not only become the main force of drama consumption, but also devote themselves to dramatic art, nurturing the industry ecology. During the Invitational Exhibition, even for the most popular performance plays, we still retain low-priced student tickets, in the hope that more students will enter the theater and feel the colorful charm of drama from different countries.
Holding drama lectures can shorten the distance between the audience and the drama. Many international plays at the Invitational Exhibition are difficult for some audiences to understand for a while due to large differences in cultural background and distance from real life. For example, some viewers frankly said that they "can't understand" "The Screens" in this year's Invitational Exhibition. In fact, this is precisely the embodiment of drama exploring boundaries and challenging habitual aesthetic experiences. These works often do not provide ready-made answers, but create a field full of symbols and poetry, inviting the audience to actively enter, perceive, and think. Through lectures, directors and actors have in-depth exchanges and in-depth analysis with the audience on the spot, not only explaining the cultural metaphors, directorial techniques, and philosophical core on the stage, but also guiding the audience to jump out of the single framework of "understanding the plot," learning how to "feel" the imagery, rhythm, and energy of the drama, and how to construct meaning from personal experience. From "not understanding" to "thinking," the sublimation of the function of drama is precisely realized—from passive story consumption to active aesthetic and philosophical participation, expanding the audience's dimension and ability to understand drama and even understand the world.
The Invitational Exhibition not only shortens the "distance of thousands of miles" between Chinese audiences and world classic plays, but also strengthens the cooperation and exchange between Beijing People's Art and industry associations and performing arts institutions, and gathers multi-party forces to jointly promote the development of drama. In 2024, Beijing People's Art took the initiative to launch the "International Drama Cooperation Initiative," and 24 art institutions from 10 countries joined the first batch. Our drama "circle of friends" is constantly expanding.
Looking to the future, the Invitational Exhibition will focus on international vision and local practice, provide richer content supply, carry out diverse forms of international cooperation, promote more excellent works to the world, strive to become a model and example of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and make greater contributions to enhancing the communication and influence of Chinese civilization.
(The author is the vice president of Beijing People's Art Theatre)
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Regarding Gaza, the world often hears numbers and statements, but what Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha (موساب أبو طه) writes is the real life torn apart by war, and his words allow the world to hear the heartbeat of Gaza.
"Writing poetry can help me transcend the trauma itself, transcend those images that linger in my mind and are difficult to express in normal circumstances. I think the best memorial to those I have lost or miss so much is through art, through poetry," Mosab (موساب) told the author in a recent interview, having won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
The poet condenses the brokenness and resilience of his homeland into lines of powerful words, like roses growing from ruins, piercing the desolation with an unyielding posture and blooming strongly.
Born in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza (غزة) in 1992, Mosab's (موساب) grandparents had lived there since being expelled from Jaffa (يافا) in 1948 and died there. "My childhood began with loss." At the age of 7, Mosab (موساب) witnessed a helicopter firing rockets and also witnessed the funerals of many children killed by Israel.
In the summer of 2014, 22-year-old Mosab (موساب) was preparing to celebrate his university graduation, but in an airstrike, he lost three friends, and his home and school were bombed. Since then, he began writing. Sunrises and sunsets, beaches, roses and citrus, neighbors dragging suitcases, children in the neighborhood, strawberry farms in Beit Lahia (بيت لاهيا), photos under the rubble, and the blockades and bombings he experienced all became Mosab's (موساب) inspiration for writing. In 2022, he published his first collection of poems, *You May Find Yourself Another Me: Poems from Gaza*, which won the 2022 Palestine Book Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
In October 2023, a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out. The Israeli attacks on Gaza (غزة) destroyed Mosab's (موساب) home and the Edward Said (إدوارد سعيد) Public Library, which he had painstakingly built. He and his family were displaced and took refuge in various places. In the intervals between bombings and evacuations, Mosab (موساب) continued to write poetry. The themes of his poems range from grand reflections on the fate of humanity to practical guides on how to survive an air raid, to the humming of a mother comforting her child during a bombing... By recording the suffering of a nation, he ultimately questions common humanity.
The new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict has lasted for more than two years. Today, the scene in the Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة) is shocking: Israeli military operations have caused more than 70,000 deaths, including at least 20,000 children, and more than 171,000 injuries, and the medical system is on the verge of collapse. The homes of survivors have been systematically destroyed: more than 90% of homes have been destroyed, arable land, agricultural greenhouses, and water wells have been extensively damaged, the production system is almost paralyzed, and famine and blockades have plunged hundreds of thousands of people into a survival crisis. At the same time, the flames of war continue to spill over, and the Middle East continues to be turbulent.
When the world's attention is focused on war-torn Gaza (غزة), how can poetry continue to tell the story of the people of Gaza?
In 2024, the collection of poems *Flayed* was published. In the opening, Mosab (موساب) wrote: "Every child in Gaza (غزة) is me. Every parent is me. Every house is my heart. Every tree is my leg. Every plant is my arm. Every flower is my eye. Every hole in the ground is my wound."
Mosab's (موساب) poems are not about romance, but a monologue of a war survivor and survivor. He told the author that, in addition to writing, he constantly updates Gaza (غزة) news on social media and speaks out for those who cannot speak.
As the author reads, Mosab's (موساب) poems reveal heartbreaking truths. He writes "In Gaza (غزة), breathing is a task," describing the daily survival of 2.4 million Gazans. He writes "Even the cemetery no longer welcomes us," recording the reality that the dead cannot rest in peace. He writes about daily life, discovering that "death is always sitting on my windowsill." He writes about the streets, "Everywhere are bomb craters, like crow's nests in a noisy forest." He writes about his grandfather, "He picked oranges and lemons, fished with his brothers until noon, sang a comforting song along the way, and took his piebald horse to the farrier," but his grandfather died, and Jaffa (يافا) has also been occupied, "Oranges no longer grow in his sad orange grove."
In war-torn Gaza (غزة), poetry seems powerless, as Mosab (موساب) wrote: "This is not a poem. This is a grave, not under the homeland, but on a flat, light white piece of paper." But poetry can also be a seed, taking root and sprouting in people's hearts, giving spiritual comfort in times of helplessness: in the refugee camp, poetry convinced Mosab (موساب) that he lived on the same earth as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. Poetry is also a cry from the poet to the world, asking for protection for those in need.
However, even in the darkest moments, Mosab (موساب) never gave up his belief in beauty. He describes a Palestinian village: "You can lie on a wicker chair next to a pomegranate tree and listen to the endless singing of canaries. You can dig a hole with your hands and find an earthworm breathing the earthy smell of yesterday's rain." He writes about the coast of Gaza (غزة): "I will collect shells and pebbles and build a house for us on the beach, waiting for you to come. You don't know how many houses I have built before you came. Maybe by that day, I have rebuilt the entire Gaza (غزة)."
Poems from Gaza (غزة) are like a faint but never-dying lamp, proving that even in the deepest darkness, there is still light shining. Behind these words, the author deeply feels the heavy weight, as if it is the resonance of thousands of voices on paper. Those unspeakable traumas find expression through poetry and find echoes. When talking about war and conflict, those poems remind us: we are not talking about abstract concepts, but about vivid, named, and dreamed lives, and their inalienable dignity.
When the author asked Mosab (موساب) about his expectations for the future, he said that he hoped that Palestinians could enjoy the most basic human rights: the right to return home, the right to freedom of movement, the right to live in dignity and peace, and no longer wake up every morning to find Israeli soldiers or settlers burning homes, farms, and olive groves, and no longer live in the roar of F-16 fighter jets dropping bombs. "I hope that when Gaza (غزة) is rebuilt, we can not only restore the library, but also restore hope, hope for life, hope for reading, and hope for education."
We cannot predict when true peace will come, but we expect these poems born in the smoke of gunpowder to cross the darkness and, with the painful memories of a nation and the immortal light of human civilization, move towards peace.
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Stepping out of Lime Street Station in Liverpool (利物浦市), England, an ancient and majestic neoclassical building comes into view, the city landmark of Liverpool (利物浦) – St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅). Construction of the hall began in 1841, and it officially opened to the public in 1854. It is a multifunctional building that includes a concert hall and a courthouse, and it was also a filming location for the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
Holding concerts is the main architectural function of St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅). The main concert hall is rectangular, located in the center, and is the largest room in the building, inspired by the ancient Roman Baths of Caracalla. It has the largest vaulted corridor in Europe, with 16 solemn and elegant granite columns standing majestically, 10 glittering chandeliers hanging from the dome, and more than 30,000 pieces of British Royal colored Minton tiles covering the floor. Colorful stained glass shines brightly on the south side of the hall, and a heavy, large pipe organ stands quietly on the north side. In 1856, an oval-shaped small concert hall was added to St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅), with beautiful decorations and a unique style. In the 1860s, the British literary giant Charles Dickens (查尔斯·狄更斯) attended reading events in the small concert hall, calling it his favorite room; and when he attended a dinner held in the main concert hall, he praised St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅) as "the most perfect hall in the world."
Judicial trial is another architectural function of St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅). Incredibly, the Royal Criminal Court and the Civil Court are only separated from the concert hall by a wall. In 1851, then-British Queen Victoria (维多利亚女王) and Prince Albert (阿尔伯特亲王) attended the opening ceremony of the Liverpool (利物浦) Assize Courts (later renamed the Royal Criminal Court) together, and bronze statues of the two still stand in the square outside the hall. The Civil Court is U-shaped and tiered, with a curved ceiling, bronze chandeliers, brown marble columns, and classical mahogany furniture, all of which show solemn elegance.
Looking back at the construction process of St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅), it is quite legendary. In the 1830s, the Liverpool (利物浦) City Council planned to build a larger building to host musical events, and published a design competition notice in "The Times" (《泰晤士报》). Architect Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (哈维·朗斯代尔·埃尔梅斯) stood out from 75 competitors and won the design rights. At almost the same time, with the rapid increase in the number of judicial cases in Liverpool (利物浦), the British government decided to establish an Assize Court here in 1837 and also published a bidding announcement in "The Times" (《泰晤士报》). Elmes (埃尔梅斯) continued to bid and won again. In 1837, the Music Hall Construction Committee, lacking sufficient funds, suggested to the Court Construction Committee that the two buildings be merged to share the costs.
Thus, Elmes (埃尔梅斯) began to design St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅) as we see it today. Unfortunately, he passed away in 1847. Charles Cockerell (查尔斯·科克雷尔) took over and completed the later interior decoration. In 1854, St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅) was officially completed.
During World War II, St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅) miraculously stood firm under the German air raids, becoming a spiritual symbol of Britain's fight against fascism. In the early 21st century, the British government carried out a £23 million restoration project, and St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅), which reopened in 2007, was revitalized. For more than a hundred years, music and law have intertwined and resounded in St. George's Hall (圣乔治厅), and one can faintly hear the Liverpool (利物浦) stories sung within.
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The Spanish town of Buñol (布尼奥尔) is located in the heart of the Valencia (瓦伦西亚) Autonomous Community, surrounded by the La Cabrillas (拉·卡布里拉斯) mountain range, with the Juanes River (乔内斯河) flowing quietly beside it. In this town with a population of less than 10,000, red-tiled roofs and stone houses are scattered on the slopes, olive trees and orchards dot the countryside, and the pace of life is slow, peaceful, and simple. To many newcomers, Buñol seems no different from other Spanish towns: peaceful, orderly, with the unique gentleness and casualness of the countryside.
However, this inconspicuous town has become world-famous due to an accidental event in 1945: during a festive parade, young people, in high spirits, threw tomatoes at each other, triggering an impromptu "tomato fight." This unintentional prank was preserved by the locals and gradually institutionalized and traditionalized over the following decades. Today, the Tomatina (番茄节), held in the last week of August every year, has become Buñol's cultural calling card.
The most exciting part of the Tomatina is the "tomato fight" on Wednesday (see photo, taken by Yan Huan (颜欢)). On this day, the town welcomes tens of thousands of global tourists. After the starting gun fires, tourists throw ripe tomatoes at each other: some take advantage of their friends' unpreparedness to "sneak attack" from behind; some simply open their arms to welcome a "tomato bomb" right in the chest, staggering back with a smile; some are not annoyed even if they are hit by a stranger's tomato, laughing and raising their hands to fight back... Laughter and cheers resound through the town's streets, the air is filled with a sweet and sour smell, the cobblestone road is quickly covered with a thick layer of tomato pulp, and people's expressions all reveal the same kind of joy: unreserved happiness. More than an hour later, the termination signal sounds, and the locals enthusiastically pick up water pipes and take the initiative to wash the participants. At this time, the town is integrated with tourists from all over the world, laughter and water splashes intertwining, fully demonstrating the enthusiasm and hospitality of the Spanish people.
Every year, the "tomato fight" consumes more than 100 tons of tomatoes. Newcomers inevitably have a question in their minds: isn't this too wasteful? In fact, the tomatoes used for throwing at each other are not the kind used for daily consumption, but industrial varieties such as pear-shaped tomatoes specially cultivated, characterized by large fruits, high water content, soft texture, and low edibility. This year's pear-shaped tomatoes came from the Extremadura (埃斯特雷马杜拉) region in western Spain, purchased by the Buñol government from farmers, totaling about 120 tons - Buñol's "tomato economy" has formed a virtuous interaction with agriculture in other regions. After the "tomato fight" ends, the residual tomato residue on the streets is uniformly cleaned and recycled by the government and sent to local farms, some of which is used for composting to improve soil texture, and the other part is converted into bioenergy raw materials. As Sergio Galarza (赛尔西奥·加拉尔萨), the local councilor specifically responsible for "tomato fight" affairs, said: "Our festival is a red carnival, but it is also a green festival, not only showing joy, but also reflecting a commitment to sustainability."
The highlights of the Tomatina are not just the "tomato fight." In the carnival that runs throughout the week, the town makes a full effort around tomatoes, launching various activities. At the food festival, restaurants and community kitchens launch tomato-themed recipes, from cold tomato soup to specialty tomato stewed rabbit, which is both a feast for the senses and a tribute to local agricultural products. The organizers specially hold a "mini tomato fight" for children, allowing children to integrate into the festive atmosphere in a gentler way. Even in the street bands and flamenco dances that can be seen everywhere, the performers deliberately choose red-toned costumes... Tomatoes have become a cultural symbol of this land and a language for the town to communicate with the world.
Driven by the Tomatina, Buñol, which originally relied on traditional industries such as cement, has quietly completed its transformation. The attention brought by the festival has activated the tourism industry in the local and surrounding areas, and industries from homestays, catering, and tour guides to souvenirs have been developed. More and more young people are returning home to participate in the festival preparations, and local residents have also formed a closer sense of cohesion and identity.
The Tomatina has come to an end, and the last group of tourists take the train to Valencia (瓦伦西亚) city, and Buñol returns to its former tranquility. However, the aftertaste of the festival still echoes in the air: it is a kind of happiness that transcends language, a harmonious dialogue between man and nature. A small town is telling its big story with a small fruit. As Galarza (加拉尔萨) hopes, every tomato passed between you and me is an invitation from Buñol to the world, hoping people will remember this town and also remember the joy of being indistinguishable from each other in the festival.
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By: 本报记者 邓剑洋
Food security is a "matter of great importance to the nation." Currently, the national autumn grain harvest has been completed, and the purchasing season has begun. What are the new characteristics of this year's autumn grain purchase? What challenges does it face? Can the majority of grain farmers achieve both high yields and good harvests? Recently, reporters went to the front line of autumn grain purchases in many parts of Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) for interviews.
Digital grain sales, strong financial guarantees, and autumn grain purchases are "accelerating"
Early in the morning, Wang Feng (王峰), a large grain grower in Beisheng Village (北盛村), Heli Town (鹤立镇), Tangyuan County (汤原县), Jiamusi City (佳木斯市), filled his truck with rice and went to the Heli rental warehouse of the Central Reserve Grain Tangyuan Direct Storage Co., Ltd. (中央储备粮汤原直属库有限公司) to sell grain. On the way, he skillfully opened the "Hui San Nong" (惠三农) platform to make an appointment.
"This year, there is no worry about selling grain. A bumper harvest year has coincided with good grain prices, and the enthusiasm for growing grain is even higher," said Wang Feng (王峰). "The purchase price of rice per ton at this purchase point is 27 to 34 yuan higher than that of grain brokers, and farmers nearby are willing to sell grain here."
Upon arriving at the purchase point, Wang Feng (王峰) took out his mobile phone, clicked "Grain Sale Check-in," and went straight into the one-stop service center to wait for his number to be called. On the electronic screen in the hall, information such as vehicles waiting for inspection, vehicles inspected, inspection status, and purchase settlement prices were clear at a glance.
In another corner of the hall, Wang Shanyou (王善友), the person in charge of the Central Reserve Grain Tangyuan Direct Storage Co., Ltd. (中央储备粮汤原直属库有限公司), was checking information on the intelligent supervision platform for grain storage outside the warehouse. "Digital technology makes grain purchases more transparent and efficient. We make full use of the 'one-card' grain purchase system, covering the entire process of grain delivery vehicles from entering the warehouse to leaving the warehouse, further facilitating farmers' grain sales," said Wang Shanyou (王善友).
After waiting, the truck carrying Wang Feng's (王峰) rice slowly stopped under the intelligent sampler. Eight "probes" descended three times in succession, extracting rice samples from 24 random locations, and transporting them through pipelines to the inspection room to complete the inspection.
"The grade of rice directly determines the purchase price. We carefully inspect the rice samples to obtain data such as moisture, impurities, whole grain milling rate, and rice milling rate, so as to determine the grade of rice. The entire inspection process only takes more than 20 minutes," said Wang Qiu (王秋), an inspector at the Central Reserve Grain Tangyuan Direct Storage Co., Ltd. (中央储备粮汤原直属库有限公司).
One truckload of Wang Feng's (王峰) rice was rated as first-class, and another truckload was rated as second-class. A total of about 140 tons of rice was sold for more than 360,000 yuan. This year, Wang Feng's (王峰) family planted 50 hectares of rice, with a total output of more than 500 tons and a net income of about 320,000 yuan.
At 2 p.m., Wang Feng's (王峰) grain sale money arrived in his account. "The Agricultural Development Bank of China (中国农业发展银行) provides us with about 27 million yuan of credit support every day. We make two payments within 24 hours, allowing farmers to get their grain sale money as soon as possible," said Wang Shanyou (王善友).
Grain is sold and money is received, which is inseparable from financial guarantees. "We actively practice the development concept of 'all grain, all chain, all bank, and all effort' and provide enterprises with 24-hour fund settlement services," said Li Junshi (李君仕), Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Jiamusi Branch (佳木斯市分行) of the Agricultural Development Bank of China (中国农业发展银行). Currently, the autumn grain purchase is ushering in its peak. As of the end of November, the bank had cumulatively issued 4.07 billion yuan in autumn grain purchase loans, purchasing 1.688 million tons of grain.
Building a purchase, processing, and sales industrial chain to "eat and squeeze dry" corn
Inside Shuangyashan Hongzhan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (双鸭山鸿展生物科技有限责任公司), corn purchases are in full swing. The grain truck hired by Wu Zhenyang (吴振阳), a villager from Yongfa Village (永发村), Jixian Town (集贤镇), Jixian County (集贤县), Shuangyashan City (双鸭山市), slowly drove into the yard. After procedures such as registration, sampling, inspection, weighing, unloading, and settlement, the transaction was successfully completed.
Wu Zhenyang (吴振阳) planted more than 350 mu of corn this year, with a total output of about 330 tons. "Corn is purchased on the market. This purchase point is close to home and pays quickly. Taking advantage of the high purchase price, I sold all the corn I harvested, totaling about 540,000 yuan. This year's bumper harvest has been successfully achieved," said Wu Zhenyang (吴振阳).
"This year, the average purchase price of corn is 80 to 100 yuan higher per ton than last year. Farmers are more enthusiastic about selling grain, and the purchase progress is significantly faster than last year," said Wu Minghua (吴明华), Deputy General Manager of Hongzhan Company (鸿展公司). "The rapid progress of grain purchases puts a lot of pressure on funds. This year, the Agricultural Development Bank (农发行) provided us with 80 million yuan in loans for the purchase of raw grain, which greatly alleviated our pressure and can better ensure that farmers receive their grain sale money as soon as possible."
"Autumn grain purchases are related to the vital interests of farmers. We closely monitor purchase dynamics and do a good job in all aspects of purchase fund supply management," introduced Feng Zongfeng (冯宗峰), President of the Shuangyashan Branch (双鸭山市分行) of the Agricultural Development Bank of China (中国农业发展银行). As of the end of November, the bank had cumulatively issued 2.13 billion yuan in autumn grain purchase loans for the 2025 grain year, an increase of 1.61 billion yuan year-on-year, supporting the purchase of 792,000 tons of grain, an increase of 549,000 tons year-on-year.
What happens to the corn after it is purchased? In Hongzhan Company's (鸿展公司) alcohol workshop and feed workshop, machines are running non-stop, and various ethanol products and feed products are continuously produced. "We have built a complete industrial chain integrating corn purchase, intensive processing, and sales, continuously improving product added value and increasing competitive advantages," said Liu Xianzhu (刘显祝), General Manager of the company.
Every grain of corn is "eaten and squeezed dry." Liu Xianzhu (刘显祝) introduced that through intensive processing, corn is processed into three categories of products - corn germ is extracted before producing alcohol, forming the first category of products; then, the second category of products, alcohol, is produced through processes such as crushing, liquid saccharification, fermentation, and distillation; the remaining residue is made into the third category of products, feed, through processes such as solid-liquid separation, evaporation and concentration, drying, and cooling. In the first 10 months of this year, the company produced a total of 481,900 tons of various alcohol products, 398,500 tons of feed products, and 20,000 tons of corn germ, with operating income of 3.316 billion yuan.
"In the process of producing alcohol, the carbon dioxide generated by corn in the fermentation stage has not been effectively utilized. In the next step, we will continue to improve the process, collect and process the carbon dioxide from the fermentation stage, and use it to produce green methanol, improving efficiency," said Liu Xianzhu (刘显祝).
Staple grains enter the peak season of purchase and sale, and high quality and good prices guarantee farmers' interests
In the corn inspection room of Shuangyashan Zhengdao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (双鸭山正稻生物科技有限公司), inspector Wei Jianguo (魏建国) is busy inspecting corn samples.
"This year is a bumper year, and the quality of corn is significantly better than last year. Most of the corn inspected last year was third-class, but this year most of it is first-class. High quality and good prices can better guarantee farmers' interests," said Wei Jianguo (魏建国).
Currently, the three major staple grains of rice, corn, and soybeans in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) have entered the peak season of purchase and sale, and the purchase progress is faster than usual. As of November 25, enterprises included in the statistics in the province had cumulatively purchased 50.6 billion jin of new grain, an increase of 10.97 billion jin year-on-year. Data from the Heilongjiang Branch (黑龙江省分行) of the Agricultural Development Bank of China (中国农业发展银行) show that as of the end of November, the bank had cumulatively issued 17.281 billion yuan in autumn grain purchase loans for the 2025 grain year, supporting the purchase of 11.046 billion jin of grain, an increase of 1.378 billion yuan and 150 million jin year-on-year, respectively.
Liu Xuyan (刘旭燕), a member of the Party Committee and Deputy Governor of the Heilongjiang Branch (黑龙江省分行) of the Agricultural Development Bank of China (中国农业发展银行), said that the Agricultural Development Bank (农发行) is fully guaranteeing the supply of funds for the purchase of policy-based grains such as the minimum purchase price, and is transforming the central government's policies benefiting agriculture into real money for grain farmers. At the same time, it actively supports various enterprises such as grain trade and processing to enter the market for purchases, further stimulating market purchase and sale vitality, and turning the bumper harvest on the black soil into a bumper harvest in farmers' pockets.
This year's autumn grain purchase in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) is characterized by fast purchase progress and active market purchase and sale. Currently, the overall quality of rice is better than last year, and the characteristics of high quality and good prices are obvious; downstream demand for corn purchases has rebounded, and the demand for purchasing corn from Heilongjiang (黑龙江) from other places has increased; the market price of soybeans is firm, and operating entities are highly motivated to purchase high-protein soybeans.
In a bumper year, high-quality grain is produced. How can we better guarantee farmers' interests?
During the interview, many grain purchasing enterprises stated that some farmers are currently reluctant to sell grain, which may pose market risks. "Grain farmers' 看涨不看跌 (kàn zhǎng bù kàn diē - "only look at rising not falling," a psychological tendency to only focus on potential gains and ignore potential losses) is a common psychology," said Si Wei (司伟), Dean of the School of Economics and Management of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学). It is necessary to help farmers overcome psychological biases and strive to become rational economic individuals with independent decision-making capabilities and the ability to take the initiative in market negotiations.
"Currently, grain purchases are characterized by the simultaneous efforts of minimum price purchases and reserve rotations, and the accelerated application of intelligent purchase technologies. Better guaranteeing farmers' interests requires efforts in many aspects," said Si Wei (司伟). It is necessary to strengthen the coordination between policy-based purchases and market-based purchases, strengthen financial guarantees, and ensure that purchasing enterprises pay for grain in a timely manner; promote production and sales docking, enhance farmers' bargaining power, and further strengthen the promotion of grain storage technology, taking multiple measures to ensure that the grain harvest is put into farmers' pockets.
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The cultivation of rural talent needs to shift from "having enough" to "being good enough," accurately identifying talent needs and designing cultivation content and methods in a targeted manner, in order to provide a more solid talent support for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
"In the past, we listened to whatever the teachers taught in training, but this time it is very targeted. Through the training, I know that if our products are to go out of Gansu and overseas, we need to put great efforts into standardized production, brand packaging, and cold chain logistics." This year's provincial high-quality farmer cultivation training class organized by Gansu State Farms (甘肃农垦) has brought a lot of gains to trainee Lu Na (卢娜).
The key to this training being particularly "satisfying" for the trainees lies in its precision. The online questionnaire issued more than a month before the training widely collected the needs of the trainees, and the content of the training courses focused on addressing the actual development difficulties of the trainees, which is of great benefit to improving their development capabilities.
At present, various types of rural talent cultivation have achieved remarkable results. The "2025 National High-Quality Farmers Development Research Report" shows that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the country has cultivated 1.26 million grain and oil producers, 800,000 industrial development leaders and people lifted out of poverty in poverty-stricken areas, 1.44 million new agricultural business entities, and nearly 40,000 agricultural business management talents. However, it should also be noted that some cultivation course designs are divorced from the actual rural scenes and ignore regional industrial characteristics; some cultivation courses are disconnected from the needs of the grassroots, focusing on theory over practice, resulting in poor effectiveness. Rural talent cultivation should avoid 大水漫灌 (dà shuǐ màn guàn - "flood irrigation," a method that is not precise and wastes resources) and emphasize quantity over quality. It is necessary to focus on the word "precision" to improve the quality and effectiveness of cultivation.
To precisely cultivate rural talents, it is necessary to understand the needs and teach students in accordance with their aptitude. In addition to collecting the needs of trainees like Gansu State Farms (甘肃农垦) and formulating cultivation content in a targeted manner, it is also necessary to design cultivation programs for different types of rural talents, such as planting and breeding processing, business management, and technology promotion; for different development areas, different cultivation strategies should also be formulated in accordance with local conditions. For example, in areas where farmers' business concepts need to be updated and their horizons need to be broadened, trainees can be organized to visit demonstration fields and benchmark agricultural enterprises on-site to find development directions in exchanges and learning; for economically developed areas, the ability of rural talents to lead high-quality development can be focused on, such as the course and practice design of the "Zhejiang Thousand Rural CEO Training Program" (浙江千名乡村CEO培养计划), which is committed to enabling talents to revitalize rural resources and connect with the market, driving village collectives and villagers to achieve more sustainable income growth.
To precisely cultivate rural talents, it is necessary to innovate methods and cultivate them in a "living" manner. Skill transfer cannot be separated from practice. It is necessary to make the cultivation scenes realistic and the methods diversified, so that trainees can master real skills in practice. Xupu County (溆浦县), Hunan (湖南) Province, has opened "field classrooms," "night classrooms," and "mobile classrooms" to cultivate various types of rural talents. The school formulates teaching and training programs, the enterprise provides the latest technical guidance, and the trainees, through systematic study, have increased the selling price of high-quality rice they grow by 1.5 yuan per kilogram. Baicheng County (拜城县), Xinjiang (新疆) innovatively promotes the "1+1" pairing assistance model, promoting township cadres and newly recruited young talents to form pairs. Cadres visit regularly, impart work experience, and provide targeted guidance to solve development problems. This kind of hand-in-hand teaching allows young talents to learn "true skills" and increase their talents. They have successively led the establishment of more than 40 live broadcast companies, cooperative unions, and strong village companies, driving more than 4,000 farmers to increase their average annual income by more than 15,000 yuan.
In short, the cultivation of rural talent needs to shift from "having enough" to "being good enough," accurately identifying talent needs and designing cultivation content and methods in a targeted manner, in order to provide a more solid talent support for the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Return to TopTianwa Village (田洼村), Caiji Town (蔡集镇), Sucheng District (宿城区), Suqian City (宿迁市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省) cooperates with food processing enterprises to refine dried radish using traditional techniques. The products are widely welcomed by consumers. The dried radish processing industry has created jobs for more than 30 people near their homes, helping growers increase their annual income by an average of 30,000 yuan.
The picture shows farmers in Tianwa Village (田洼村) using the sunny weather to dry radish.
Photo by Xu Jianghai (徐江海) (People's Vision)
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Practicing a green lifestyle is an important part of rural ecological revitalization, in which new energy has a great role to play. Zhuji City (诸暨市), Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, combined with the actual situation of the countryside, innovated the "private pile sharing" model of charging piles, allowing new energy vehicles to travel smoothly in urban and rural areas; promoted household photovoltaic power generation, allowing green electricity to enter more and more farmers' lives, and opened up new channels for villagers to increase their income, realizing both green and gold.
On the weekend, Hu Qinyong (胡勤永), a citizen of Shaoxing (绍兴), and his family prepared to visit Qicun Village (齐村), Huangshan Town (璜山镇), Zhuji City (诸暨市). Before departure, he checked on the charging APP on his mobile phone and found that Qicun Village (齐村) had shared charging piles, so he decided to drive a new energy vehicle for a self-driving tour. Entering Qicun Village (齐村), the car had little power left, so Hu Qinyong (胡勤永) drove the car directly to the "Ancient Architecture Construction Skills Research Base" in the village and knocked on the door of villager Wang Quanyun's (王全云) house, "Hello! I'm here to charge."
Wang Quanyun (王全云) enthusiastically guided Hu Qinyong (胡勤永) to scan the code for charging. Watching the charging pile display light up, Hu Qinyong (胡勤永) sighed with relief: "In the past, when I went to the countryside to play, I was always worried about not finding a charging pile. Your 'private pile sharing' allows tourists who drive new energy vehicles to play without any worries, and they can enjoy the journey with peace of mind."
During the charging interval, the two chatted. Wang Quanyun (王全云) shared his original intention of installing a shared charging pile: "After installing a charging pile at home, it is a waste to be idle most of the time. It is better to share it to facilitate everyone. On average, each charge can also have an income of about 5 yuan. When the State Grid (国家电网) came to promote 'private pile sharing', I quickly agreed."
While charging, Hu Qinyong's (胡勤永) family visited the ancient construction research base. After charging and settling the bill, he was pleasantly surprised to find that because Wang Quanyun's (王全云) charging pile was at the residential electricity price, it was much cheaper than charging at a public charging pile.
Big data from State Grid Shaoxing Power Supply Company (国网绍兴供电公司) shows that rural private charging piles are idle for more than 20 hours per day on average, and every weekend and holiday, many tourists drive to the countryside for self-driving tours, and the rural charging demand surges by 47% year-on-year. The "private pile sharing" model effectively alleviates the contradiction between the high idle rate of farmers' charging piles and the strong charging demand of tourists, and is therefore welcomed by more and more villages.
Taojia Natural Village (陶家自然村) in Shengzhaowu First Village (盛兆坞一村), Huandong Street (浣东街道) has beautiful scenery. This year, the village's tea "Huansha·Lan Cong (浣纱·兰枞)" won the gold medal at the 50th Geneva International Invention Exhibition, and the small village became an internet-famous village. "More and more tourists are driving to the village to play. 'Private pile sharing' has solved the problem of tourists finding piles and charging difficulties. We encourage more villagers with conditions to participate," said Tao Guobin (陶国斌), deputy secretary of the Party branch of Shengzhaowu First Village (盛兆坞一村).
Convenient charging adds fuel to the fire for rural tourism. Photovoltaic power entering households allows more villagers to use green electricity.
Arriving at Meiyuan Village (梅苑村), Fengqiao Town (枫桥镇), the photovoltaic panels neatly arranged on the roofs of farmers' houses shine in the sun. "In the past, the roof was idle. After installing photovoltaic panels, in addition to supplying electricity for my own use, the excess electricity can also be sold to the State Grid (国家电网), which can also increase a stable income every year. This is a great thing!" Villager Ge Lijin (葛利金) said with a smile.
In order to promote the implementation of rural household photovoltaic projects, Zhuji (诸暨) simplified the approval process, and the State Grid (国家电网) opened a green channel, arranged special personnel to connect, from application acceptance, on-site investigation to grid-connected acceptance, the whole process of service, to ensure that photovoltaic power "can be generated, connected to the grid, and used well." As of now, nearly 6,000 farmhouses in Zhuji (诸暨) have installed household photovoltaic power generation, which can increase farmers' income by nearly 30 million yuan per year, reduce carbon emissions by more than 52,000 tons, and achieve a win-win situation for ecological and economic benefits.
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In Xinxing Town (新兴镇), Lanling County (兰陵县), Shandong Province (山东省), in the live broadcast room of the Shanliwangg Farmers' Farmland Planting Professional Cooperative (山里王农民田园种植专业合作社), Director Wang Baolei (王保磊) is holding a bottle of pickled wild vegetables, enthusiastically hawking to the camera: "The ingredients are only wild vegetables, salt, and spices, zero additives!" Messages asking "How to buy?" flood the screen, and order notification sounds rise one after another.
Who would have thought that this "outsider," who six months ago knew nothing about live streaming, has now become a "sales expert"—selling 800 bottles of pickled vegetables in a single month, increasing the monthly income of seven or eight villagers by an average of seven or eight hundred yuan.
On the live streaming e-commerce industry chain in Lanling County (兰陵县), thousands of live streamers and hundreds of related enterprises are active. In order to broaden the sales channels for agricultural products, Lanling County (兰陵县) uses Party building as a link to clear the "bottleneck" of resource connection and traffic monetization. Through organizing e-commerce training, the county has cultivated a group of "internet celebrity agricultural assistance experts." The State Grid Lanling County Power Supply Company (国网兰陵县供电公司) provides nanny-style service, and 80 Rainbow Communist Party member service team members fully guarantee worry-free electricity use for the entire live streaming e-commerce industry chain.
Live streaming e-commerce has boosted the sales of agricultural products. In the "Hometown Streamer, Hometown Goods" special campaign, the County Live Streaming E-commerce Industry Party Committee selected more than 20 kinds of featured products, organized streamers to enter planting bases and processing workshops, and through immersive live streaming of "on-site picking + process explanation + tasting evaluation," transformed agricultural products "养在深闺 (yǎng zài shēn guī - "raised in a deep boudoir," refers to something precious but hidden away)" into "internet celebrity popular products," among which "Yigou Vermicelli (沂沟粉条)" has an average daily order volume of over 10,000. Under the strong drive of the live streaming economy, in the first three quarters of this year, Lanling County's (兰陵县) online sales exceeded 2.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.8%, and the "digital engine" for rural industrial revitalization has strong momentum.
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It's Easy to Sign Up for a Package, But Difficult to Change It
Mobile communication packages are easier to increase in price than to decrease, some low-priced and affordable packages are unilaterally canceled by operators, and bundled sales terms are dazzling... Although the "speed increase and fee reduction" of mobile communication has been implemented for many years, some consumers still face obstacles when they want to apply for satisfactory packages. In this regard, the reporter conducted an interview.
"There is too much data left, and the package far exceeds actual usage needs." Entering December, Mr. Huang, a citizen of Changchun (长春) City, Jilin Province (吉林省), saw more than 20 GB of data remaining on his mobile phone and wanted to change to a different package next year.
Two years ago, Mr. Huang applied for a mobile phone package of 129 yuan per month, including 30GB of domestic data, as well as services such as a 1200M home broadband network.
"At that time, it was recommended by the salesperson, saying that it included home broadband. I didn't think about it carefully, so I agreed to apply. Now, there is a large amount of data remaining every month, and I can't use it all." Mr. Huang said, "I didn't expect that changing to a low-priced package can't be solved by making a customer service call."
It's easy to sign up for a package, but difficult to change it. Mr. Huang learned from customer service that to change to a low-priced package, he also needs to pay a penalty for breach of contract. "When applying for the package, the salesperson recommended several packages at different prices and asked me which one to apply for, but didn't mention the penalty for breach of contract." This penalty made Mr. Huang a little hesitant.
In Haikou (海口) City, Hainan Province (海南省), Mr. Wang also encountered similar troubles.
"Hello, I want to change my previous 99 yuan package to your newly launched 39 yuan large data package." Not long ago, Mr. Wang called the operator's customer service, hoping to change his package.
"Sir, I'm very sorry, this 39 yuan package is an exclusive offer for new users, and old users cannot apply for it for the time being. However, we can recommend several other packages for you..." the customer service replied.
"Then what kind of low-priced package can I change to?" Mr. Wang asked.
"I have found that you can choose a 29 yuan package, including 5GB of general data and 100 minutes of calls," the customer service suggested.
When Mr. Wang expressed his dissatisfaction with this and asked why he could not apply for the "exclusive package for new users," the customer service gave a new solution: "If you really like this 39 yuan package, we suggest you consider applying for a new card to use, which is also very cost-effective."
If you want to save money, you either have to give up the old number you have used for many years, or you can only wander around in a few old packages that are "not cost-effective." Mr. Wang's experience is not an isolated case.
The reporter's investigation found that, unlike the "tough refusal" in the past, the operator's methods are now more sophisticated, using "differentiation between new and old users" and other soft tactics to "fix" old users in high-priced packages.
"It can be done with a phone call or a text message when upgrading the package, but it is difficult to downgrade it," said Ms. Liu, a citizen of Haikou (海口) City. Similar complaints are everywhere on social platforms. Even worse, some users are upgraded to packages without understanding the specific situation, or are induced by activities such as "free mobile phones" to sign high-priced contracts for several years. When they find problems and want to change back, they find themselves in a dilemma of "paying a penalty for breach of contract" and "unable to downgrade."
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"Contract Bundling" Increases Users' Exit Costs
With doubts, Mr. Huang came to a business hall near his work unit to learn more about changing packages.
"It is clearly written on the business acceptance form that the whole-house optical broadband contract package has a total of 36 contract periods. During the validity period of the product, the user promises to be online. If you apply for early termination of the contract, you need to pay compensation for termination," the salesperson said.
Mr. Huang had almost no impression of the so-called business acceptance form: "At that time, I was asked to sign my name. It's also my fault that I didn't pay attention. I didn't expect it to contain so many terms. I only found out after reading it this time." Under Mr. Huang's questioning, he finally learned that the amount of the penalty for breach of contract was 40 yuan multiplied by the number of months not fulfilled.
After looking at several relatively low-priced packages, Mr. Huang did some calculations: "If I change the package, it is equivalent to the actual monthly expenditure being the package fee plus 40 yuan in the future, and the low-priced package service is different from the current 129 yuan package. If I had been informed about the penalty for breach of contract at the time, I would not have chosen to apply for this package. Now it is not cost-effective to change it, and it feels like a waste not to change it."
What made Mr. Huang even more puzzled was that when he applied for the package, the salesperson asked if he needed to increase the network speed and recommended a paid activity. However, another salesperson's statement about this activity was different from the previous recommendation.
"The salesperson at the time said that there was an activity of 599 yuan for 3 years, which could increase the network speed of the whole house and give away optical fiber coverage equipment for the whole house. I thought that the equipment would belong to me after 3 years, so I applied for it," Mr. Huang recalled.
Now, after detailed consultation, Mr. Huang was told that the 599 yuan was actually a equipment commissioning fee, and the equipment must be returned after the 3-year contract period. "If I don't return it, it will be considered lost by me, and I have to pay compensation," Mr. Huang said.
"I feel like I was fooled. The statements before and after are different. It was clearly stated that the equipment would be given away when I applied for it, so I applied for it." He came to change the package, but he didn't expect that the previous "gift upon expiration" was actually "use for a limited period," which made Mr. Huang even more headache.
The reporter's investigation found that "contract bundling" is a common trick used by operators to "retain" high-spending customers.
"It is said that it is to give back to old users and send mobile phones to their doorsteps for free. As a result, the call package quietly increased from 99 yuan to 159 yuan, and a 3-year contract was signed!" Not long ago, a blogger shared her father's experience on social platforms. When she discovered the problem and asked to cancel it, the operator strongly refused, claiming that there was the old man's signature and video as evidence, and that a high penalty for breach of contract was required for early termination.
Coincidentally, another blogger also reflected that her mother was also induced by "free mobile phones" to apply for a "full network credit purchase" business for 36 months, with a monthly repayment of 49.1 yuan, and was bound to a high-priced package.
This kind of "contract phone" routine is often aimed at the elderly. When salespersons promote products door-to-door, they usually only emphasize "free gifts" and are vague about key information such as high-priced packages, long-term contracts, and liability for breach of contract, and even deliberately conceal them. Some elderly people sign and take videos without fully knowing the situation. By the time their children find out that the phone bill is abnormal, it is too late.
"I just wanted to downgrade the 199 yuan package that I have used for many years, but I was told that I 'got a mobile phone' for the event, but I didn't get it at all!" In Haikou (海口) City, a mobile phone user posted a request for help on the Xiaohongshu (小红书) platform. "It was not clearly informed that there were contract terms when applying for the business, nor was the amount of the penalty for breach of contract explained. This behavior is suspected of infringing on consumers' right to know and right to choose independently," a user who helped his family successfully defend their rights commented under the post.
After users are bound by various contracts, operators can refuse users' downgrade requests on the grounds that "changes cannot be made during the contract period." Even if the contract expires, users may also face the dilemma of "the original preferential package has been removed from the shelves and cannot be renewed," and eventually choose a new package at a higher price.
In addition, routines such as "the first month's discount will skyrocket in the second month" and "recharge and return fees require long-term online access" are also emerging one after another.
"It is claimed that there are 200GB of data per month, but after carefully reading the small print, I found that most of it is 'targeted data,' and the general data that can be used all day long is less than a fraction." Some users have reported that on online channels, you can find various "19 yuan 235GB" and "29 yuan 580GB" large data card advertisements, but many of them hide "word games." When users consume data beyond a certain threshold, the network speed will be limited to an extremely low level.
Faced with routines, consumers' path to defending their rights is also not smooth. Many interviewees said that complaining to the operator's customer service is often told that "you need to wait for a specialist to call back," and eventually fall into a long-term tug-of-war.
Analysis
Implement Consumers' Right to Choose Independently in Accordance with the Law
The "Consumer Rights Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" clearly stipulates that consumers have the right to independently choose goods or services. The "Telecommunications Regulations of the People's Republic of China" also stipulates that telecommunications business operators shall not, in telecommunications services, limit telecommunications users to use their designated services in any way.
A person in the communications industry told reporters that "promoting high and not low" is a **潜规则** (qián guī zé - "unspoken rule," an unwritten rule or convention that is generally understood and followed within a particular group or organization). The performance evaluation of grassroots business halls and customer service personnel is linked to indicators such as the amount of high-value package applications and the average monthly consumption of users, which makes them more willing to leave the discounts to new users, while trying to retain high-priced old users.
Professor Jia Zhiqiang (贾志强), director of the Litigation Law Teaching and Research Department of the Law School of Jilin University (吉林大学), said that when consumers apply for packages, operators and sales personnel have the obligation to inform and remind them, and shall not make false propaganda, one-sided exaggeration, or confuse the extent of preferential tariffs. It is recommended that consumers focus on understanding and confirming the nature of service fees and the methods of changing or unsubscribing from services with ambiguous expressions during the communication process with telecommunications package sales personnel, and keep evidence.
How can we better protect consumers' right to choose independently?
Regulatory authorities and operators have begun to take action. Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) has launched the "Understandable and Worry-Free Handling" action for telecommunications services. Mobile (移动), Telecom (电信), and Unicom (联通) and other operators have also collectively promised to greatly streamline the number of packages, ensure that business orders are clearly agreed to by users, and "complete the processing within 48 hours" when users propose to change packages.
In Hainan Province (海南省), the Provincial Communications Administration (省通信管理局) organized cross-dialing tests on major communications companies in the province, and required relevant companies to strengthen training and effectively rectify the "inaccurate answers" and other problems found.
From the actual investigation and user feedback, solving the problem still requires continuous efforts from all parties.
Jia Zhiqiang (贾志强) believes that industry regulations and service standards should be further refined. The Consumer Rights Protection Law and other laws provide the most basic legal protection framework. Regulatory authorities and industry associations can formulate more detailed normative documents based on the corresponding clauses to constrain the sales behavior of operators. At the same time, regulatory authorities should increase daily law enforcement supervision of the above-mentioned chaos, and also unblock complaint channels to provide strong guarantees for consumers to defend their rights.
Legal experts suggest that, on the one hand, regulatory authorities should regularly carry out special rectification of businesses with concentrated mass complaints, such as "contract phone" routines. On the other hand, consumers should be more vigilant about words such as "free" and "discount" in the promotion of telecommunications packages. If they encounter infringement, they can file complaints through channels such as 12315 (consumer complaint hotline).
Communication is an important livelihood service. Experts suggest that operators shift their focus from "land grabbing" new business to improving user satisfaction, and win the trust of more consumers with transparent tariffs, high-quality networks, and sincere services.
This issue is coordinated by: Qiu Chaoyi (邱超奕)
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It is hoped that operators, platforms, users and other parties will work together to achieve a "clean transfer" of mobile phone numbers, ensuring that every user can enjoy the convenience of resources and have no worries in the digital age.
Not long ago, a piece of news that "a netizen accidentally logged into the account of deceased singer Coco Lee (李玟) with a new mobile phone number" aroused widespread concern. Some netizens posted that when they used a newly registered mobile phone number to register for a NetEase Cloud Music (网易云音乐) APP account, they automatically logged into Coco Lee's (李玟) account after receiving the verification code. An artist account with over 260,000 followers was accidentally logged in by a new user due to the operator's secondary release, reflecting the current management problem of digital accounts—the "digital identity" confusion brought about by number recycling.
Secondary release is a rational choice for resource recycling. China's 11-digit mobile phone number resources are limited. If they are not recycled, the number supply will be even more strained. At the same time, the social cost of upgrading to 12-digit numbers is high and difficult to achieve in the short term. The "Secondary Number Renewal" service led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) has covered approximately 240 mainstream applications and served over 5 million users, demonstrating its scale.
However, revitalizing and utilizing number resources cannot be at the expense of users' interests. Some netizens share similar concerns: new number holders frequently receive bills, verification codes, and even debt collection calls from the original number holders; when using a newly registered mobile phone number to register for an application, they are unexpectedly prompted that it is "already occupied." If the internet account previously bound by the user is not unbound, the new number holder often cannot register again... These trivial troubles reflect the pain points of people's livelihoods in the digital age. These situations not only disturb the normal life of the current number holder, but may also lead to the leakage of the former number holder's personal privacy, and also raise public concerns about the disposal of digital assets, the retention of digital memories, and privacy security.
The problem mainly stems from dispersed responsibility and the difficulty of multi-party management and collaboration. On the one hand, operators are responsible for recycling and releasing numbers, platforms are responsible for account management, and users are required to unbind themselves, but most people fail to clean up each item due to lack of awareness or complicated operations; on the other hand, there is a lack of clear regulations for special circumstances such as the accounts of deceased persons or long-term inactive accounts, resulting in a management vacuum. How to make mobile phone number recycling and rights protection mutually compatible, and resolve the troubles of "number rebirth," requires refined digital governance innovation.
Operators need to strengthen source control and optimize the entire process of releasing numbers. Operators can explore extending the vacancy period based on the services bound to the number, reserving sufficient time for users to unbind; when operators release secondary numbers, they can use technical means to detect binding situations and proactively inform new users that the number is a secondary number, making every effort to eliminate adverse effects on new users; although the "Secondary Number Renewal" service has served over 5 million users cumulatively, a large number of users are still unaware of this function, and it is necessary to strengthen popularization through online and offline channels such as business halls, APP pop-ups, and SMS reminders, especially providing detailed operation guidelines for elderly users to break information asymmetry.
Platforms need to upgrade technical mechanisms and build a solid account security defense line. Platforms can establish an automatic unbinding function for users who have not logged in for a long time, such as automatically sending unbinding reminders to accounts that have not logged in for a long time, and unbinding the account if there is no response after the deadline; for high-risk accounts such as those of artists, financial accounts, and long-term inactive accounts, consider implementing "SMS verification + identity verification" dual login authentication to avoid the loopholes of single verification code login.
Users themselves should establish a sense of digital responsibility and do a good job in account connection management. Users should proactively apply to unbind applications before changing numbers. After registering a new number, if they receive unfamiliar SMS messages or bills, they should promptly contact the corresponding platform to explain the situation and avoid being involved in previous disputes.
Situations similar to Coco Lee's (李玟) account also touch upon the issue of digital heritage protection. When the number owner passes away, how should the accounts bound to it be handled? The platform should establish a clear account hosting mechanism for deceased persons, or work with family members to unbind the accounts, to avoid the leakage of the deceased's privacy and damage to public sentiment. This is both a respect for the individual and a manifestation of civilization in the digital age.
From the accidental login of deceased artist accounts to the "old binding troubles" encountered by the masses, the pain points of secondary release point to the urgent need for refined governance. It is hoped that operators, platforms, users and other parties will form a joint force to achieve a "clean transfer" of mobile phone numbers, ensuring that every user can enjoy the convenience of resources and have no worries in the digital age.
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How many phone cards are registered under my name? Could there be "fraudulently used cards" or "dormant cards" being used for illegal activities such as fraud? To address users' concerns in this regard, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) has launched the "One-ID Check" service for self-assessment.
The "One-ID Check" has two query channels: online and offline. Online, users can find the entry through WeChat official accounts such as "MIC News" (工信微报), "MIIT Anti-Fraud Task Force" (工信部反诈专班), "CAICT" (中国信通院), and the Alipay "One-ID Check" mini-program. After filling in their name, the last six digits of their ID number, mobile phone number, and verification code, they can query. The query result will be replied within 48 hours through the dedicated SMS port 10699000. Offline, users can bring their second-generation ID card to the business hall of each basic telecommunications operating enterprise to submit an appointment query application.
In addition to querying mobile phone cards under one's name, "One-ID Check" also provides internet account query services under one's name. Currently, the scope of internet accounts associated with a user's mobile phone number covers 25 internet apps such as WeChat (微信), Alipay (支付宝), Meituan (美团), and JD.com (京东).
The "One-ID Check" service breaks the independent data situation of provincial basic telecommunications enterprises and mobile communication resale enterprises, realizes a unified and convenient query of mobile phone cards nationwide, avoids the risk of unknowingly applying for cards, and provides an effective way for users to maintain their own interests and protect their personal credit.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) reminds users that if they have any objections to the mobile phone card number or internet account results found in the query, they should contact the corresponding telecommunications company or internet company as soon as possible to inquire about detailed information, and follow the relevant steps to cancel, unbind, and other operations.
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"After roadshows and defenses, several investment institutions reached investment intentions of more than 80 million yuan with us on the spot and signed letters of intent." At the national finals of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurship Competition, which was recently hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) and other departments, Zhuhai Hengle Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (珠海横乐医疗科技有限公司) won the gold medal. Sun Yi (孙轶), the company's chief executive officer, said excitedly that the company's entrepreneurship is inseparable from close teamwork, and he would especially like to thank the government departments for their care and support.
Entrepreneurship is an important means of promoting high-quality and full employment. According to reports, this Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurship Competition set up five tracks, including artificial intelligence and robotics, and medicine and health and biomanufacturing, attracting more than 7,000 projects from across the country to participate. During the competition, it facilitated intended investments in entrepreneurial projects totaling 2.51 billion yuan.
Currently, new industries, new business formats, and new models are booming in China, and entrepreneurs are ushering in broad opportunities. What work has the human resources and social security department done to better unleash the multiplier effect of entrepreneurship driving employment? What is the sense of policy gain for entrepreneurs?
——Strong support, improve entrepreneurship policies.
"Our new drug research and development involves the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hemorrhagic stroke, and severe sepsis. We have built advanced zebrafish laboratories and drug screening platforms in the park, and we hope to continuously develop better innovative drugs." Zebra Pharmaceutical (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (斑马药业（中山）有限公司) has enjoyed a series of policy and financial "gift packages" in the three years since it started its business in Zhongshan Cuiheng New District Life Science Park. Wen Xiaoyan (温晓燕), chairman of the company, calculated an account: 3 million yuan in project support for innovative and entrepreneurial teams, 500,000 yuan in funding for international academic conferences, more than 200,000 yuan in subsidies for international talent workstations... "Not only are there support for entrepreneurial projects, but I myself also enjoy talent housing and rental subsidies, achieving a friendly connection between life and entrepreneurship."
In recent years, the human resources and social security department has continued to improve the policy system supporting entrepreneurship, and the policy content has been continuously improved. Tax incentives and exemptions from administrative and institutional fees are given to small and micro enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, and key groups starting businesses; the amount of individual entrepreneurial guaranteed loans has been increased from 50,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan, and some places have further increased it to 500,000 yuan; the deduction limit for tax incentives has been increased from 8,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan; special loans for stabilizing employment and expanding posts provide low-interest loans with a maximum credit line of 50 million yuan; and many places include entrepreneurs in the scope of talent introduction policies, giving them supporting support such as settlement, housing, medical care, and children's schooling.
——Excellent environment, cultivate entrepreneurial soil.
"When the entrepreneurial team first came to the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub (深圳前海深港青年梦工场) in Shenzhen from Hong Kong, there were only two people. After more than four years of incubation and cultivation, it has grown to more than 30 people." Insep Technology (茵塞普科技) is a technology company engaged in the recycling of organic waste. Yu Guangtao (余广滔), the founder, said with emotion that in addition to enjoying rent and tax reductions and exemptions, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub in Shenzhen also provides them with many opportunities in finding technical partners and attracting investment, which has powerfully helped the company accelerate its development. Currently, the industrialization project has been implemented in Yantian District (盐田区), Shenzhen.
"At present, the number of entrepreneurial incubation bases in China is constantly increasing and the scale is continuously expanding, with a total number of about 10,000." The person in charge of the relevant department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) said that in order to cultivate entrepreneurial soil and improve entrepreneurial ability, the human resources and social security department has carried out large-scale basic entrepreneurship training, created the "Malan Flower Entrepreneurship Training" (马兰花创业培训) brand, with an average annual training of more than 2 million people; strengthened the strength of entrepreneurship training teachers, and cultivated about 100,000 outstanding lecturers through organizing teacher training classes and holding training lecturer competitions; relying on public employment service agencies at all levels and grass-roots service platforms, an average of more than 5 million people are provided with equal, standardized, and convenient entrepreneurship services every year.
——Build a platform to enrich entrepreneurial activities.
Shandong (山东) held a women's innovation and entrepreneurship competition, covering more than 60 universities, focusing on supporting the entrepreneurship of female college students and other groups; Hebei (河北) held an e-commerce entrepreneurship competition, with 300 live e-commerce talents competing on the same stage to help the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside; Shaanxi (陕西) carried out a small and medium-sized enterprise innovation and entrepreneurship competition, closely focusing on key industrial chains to promote the transformation of entrepreneurial achievements... At present, the atmosphere of supporting entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly strong in various places.
It is understood that the human resources and social security department actively builds an entrepreneurship competition "arena," attracting more than 210,000 entrepreneurial projects and hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs to compete on stage, supporting a large number of high-quality entrepreneurial projects. In addition, it has also built an entrepreneurial resource docking platform, regularly carrying out the "Source Good Entrepreneurship" (源来好创业) resource docking service season activities to help entrepreneurs connect with investment and financing institutions, and provide a series of services such as venues, training, talent recruitment, and policy implementation.
"In the next step, we will strengthen the classified guidance and assistance to entrepreneurs, and deeply promote the four entrepreneurship models of 'scientific and technological achievements + entrepreneurship,' 'industrial development + entrepreneurship,' 'vocational skills + entrepreneurship,' and 'people's livelihood needs + entrepreneurship' to help entrepreneurs find the right market demand, find the right development positioning, and take a characteristic development path. At the same time, we will focus on improving public entrepreneurship services and achieving efficient handling of individual entrepreneurship 'one thing.' We will play a 'combined punch' of policies such as one-time entrepreneurship subsidies, entrepreneurship guaranteed loans, special loans for stabilizing employment and expanding posts, and subsidies for absorbing employment, continue to release policy dividends, and escort entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial projects." The person in charge of the relevant department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源社会保障部) said.
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One
As people age,
The impressions of childhood become clearer,
Like footprints left in the grass in spring,
Magically appearing in the snowy ground of winter.
This is
The memory of life, or the life in memory.
Two
Traveling ten thousand miles on the river,
At the moment of entering the sea,
Suddenly, a huge wave rises to the sky,
And looks back,
Affectionately gazing at it,
Ten thousand miles away,
Still shining,
The
Source.
Three
No one can return to yesterday,
But words can remember yesterday,
And bring yesterday's scenery to tomorrow.
Only one's own experiences truly belong to oneself.
If I don't write it myself,
Who will help me remember these things?
A street once connected my childhood, adolescence, and youth. How many stories will I leave on this old street?
This street is called Dali Road (大理道).
It is now a "historical street" in the nationally renowned Tianjin Five Avenues (天津五大道) area. But when my family moved into this street, it had only been built for 20 years. For the over 600-year-old Tianjin (天津), this street is too young. Why is it called a "historical street"? The reason is that its short history is too extraordinary.
Since Tianjin (天津) opened as a port in 1860, the British were the first to establish a concession. In 1926, they began to use the mud from the "Haihe River (海河) dredging" to fill pits and build roads and houses, turning it into a street area. Most of those who built houses in the Five Avenues (五大道) were political dignitaries from all over the country, deposed high officials, and even descendants of the royal family, as well as merchants engaged in foreign affairs, trade, and industry. In just 20 years, a uniquely scenic Five Avenues (五大道) area was established.
My life's memories begin in the Five Avenues (五大道).
Everyone has two families, two nests, in their lifetime. One is built by the father and mother; the latter is built by ourselves. Parents' home is the first home in our lives. We are all born in our parents' homes, learning to eat and drink, turning over, sitting up, crawling, babbling, and gradually understanding the most basic common sense of the world, and then growing up while playing. Parents' home protects you as a matter of course, and will never let you be threatened by the outside world, shielding you from all natural and social storms, but they don't let you know—how they pay and how they do it. They keep all kinds of thorns of life in their arms, always showing flower-like smiles when facing us, and never need their children to share their worries.
My father came from eastern Zhejiang (浙东), thousands of miles away, and my mother came from southwestern Shandong (鲁西南). Although they were originally from large families, they had both declined by their generation. However, my father was very hardworking. Although he was only a clerk in a bank, he supported his family entirely by his hard work and soon had a turning point. On the one hand, the bank's general manager valued his talent and promoted him; on the other hand, he caught up with a series of money-making opportunities. People cannot predict their own destiny. He actually jumped to the peak of his life like riding a roller coaster.
My mother was not only beautiful but also capable. Although she and my father did not have any property left by the previous generation, poverty can force people to think of ways and force people to be capable. Therefore, their home was created by the two of them together from scratch.
At that time, the division of labor between parents in the world seemed to be the same. The father went out to work, find things to do, find food, find money, and find things, and then build a nest. After the nest was built, everything inside was borne by the mother, giving birth to children, managing firewood, rice, oil, and salt, knitting and sewing, and even the heat in the house in winter was all taken care of by the mother. The mother had to use a handful of vegetable leaves, a basin of flour, a ball of cotton, and a lot of odds and ends to create a solid and warm home.
Since I was born, my life has been consistent, like a clear and transparent stream with sparkling waves. Although there are obstacles and stumbles in it, perhaps due to my nature, I am happy and carefree in this stream.
However, I don't know that behind this clear stream are the vicissitudes of the times and the turbulence of the family.
For example, my family's move from 115 Dali Road (大理道) to 105 Dali Road (大理道) marked the beginning of a turning point from prosperity to decline for a large family. Later, I learned that it was because my father completely misjudged the situation between the 1940s and 1950s, ambitiously invested in industry and started flour mills and coal mines on a large scale. In the end, the enterprise went bankrupt, its assets could not cover its debts, and it was economically injured. Later, our small building became one family per floor, a total of four families. The smell of each family's cooking was heard by each other, and the people of each family bumped into each other every day, and life was completely different.
During this period, the entire Five Avenues (五大道) community also quietly changed.
The big background is the drastic changes in international relations brought about by the two world wars. In the process of the gradual collapse of the colonial system, China began to take back concessions from various countries. After the Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命), in the face of the earth-shaking changes in the domestic political situation, some political dignitaries living in the Five Avenues (五大道) withdrew one by one; then, on the eve of the founding of New China, some wealthy families moved out, and a large number of foreign houses were vacated. Later, several mansions opposite my house were converted into public use. Some small foreign houses were taken over and rented out by state-owned real estate companies. Most of the people who kept running to the Five Avenues (五大道) to rent houses were salaried workers.
There were more people on the street, and more bicycles running around; due to the needs of people's daily life, small grocery stores and grain stores began to appear along the street; and various street vendors also gradually increased. The atmosphere of the old city's market gradually poured into the Five Avenues (五大道). The two originally "Chinese and foreign" urban areas—the local old city and the old concession—began to penetrate each other. The culture of a city is naturally accumulated, just like a person's character; there are many factors that change a person, and there are even more factors that change a city. No one can imagine what it will become tomorrow.
However, no matter how life changes, at least to this day, it still has the atmosphere of home for me. The atmosphere of home is the deepest atmosphere in the world.
After I left the Five Avenues (五大道), I never left Tianjin (天津). The few places I lived later were not far from here. If I wanted to take a look, driving to that old street would only take half an hour at most. Although the longer the time, the more I will miss it, although I often want to go back to the old street for a walk, especially in the autumn dusk or summer night rain. But I have never been there, why? I seem to be a little afraid, afraid that once I get there, I will feel sad instead. It is better to keep it in my memory and let it shine there forever like a pure and transparent blue stream.
Life is lost in life,
The soul lives forever in the soul.
By: 林开亮
Years from now, how will the world view the work of physicists Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) and Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道) on parity nonconservation? We can refer to physicist Feynman's comment on the 16th-century mathematician Tartaglia's discovery of the formula for solving cubic equations: "This was the most important progress in European mathematics, proving that modern people could do things that the ancient Greeks could not. The great psychological significance was that it inspired confidence, helped the Renaissance to rise, and allowed Europeans to no longer blindly imitate the ancients."
For the Chinese people, the parity nonconservation revolution initiated by Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁), Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道), and Chien-Shiung Wu (吴健雄) has the same significance. It shows that physicists from China have pioneered world-class scientific achievements in both theory and experiment.
Besides Tsung-Dao Lee (李政道), Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) also had two extremely important collaborators, Mills and Wu Ta-You (吴大峻). Chen-Ning Yang's (杨振宁) work with them in gauge field theory will make him immortal in the history of science.
When Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) was in middle school, he read "The Mysterious Universe," which described the three revolutions before 1930: special relativity, general relativity, and quantum mechanics. The gauge field theory he led has placed him in the ranks of first-class masters such as Einstein, Heisenberg, Dirac, and Schrödinger.
Influenced by his father, Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) has a special love for the beauty of mathematics. The mathematician Weierstrass once said, "A mathematician without some poetic talent will never become a complete mathematician." Similarly, we can say that Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) is a physicist with a poetic soul. Reading Chen-Ning Yang's (杨振宁) articles gives one a feeling of a spring breeze, refreshing and invigorating. This is also one of the reasons why I—a person who studies mathematics rather than physics—am deeply attracted to him.
The last time I met Mr. Yang (杨先生) alone was in May 2021, at Guigen Residence (归根居) in Tsinghua Garden (清华园). After exchanging greetings, the first sentence Mr. Yang (杨先生) said to me was: "If there is an afterlife, I want to be a mathematician." This is both his wish and his deep feeling after doing physics for a lifetime. As his colleague Dyson at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton said, "Mathematics is not only a tool for calculating phenomena for physics, but also the main source of ideas and principles for creating new theories." Mr. Yang's (杨先生) words also remind me of the physicist Galileo, who once said that "the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics."
On March 14, 1953, Einstein's 74th birthday, a short press conference was held before the birthday banquet. At the reception, Einstein received a list of questions, the last of which was: "What advice would you give to a student who wants to pursue a career in science?" Einstein replied, "Advice is of little help; only the inspiration and support of role models can help."
Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) is a role model. As he himself said, his most important contribution in his life was to help the Chinese people change their psychology of feeling inferior to others in science.
In 1986, Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁) said with emotion in an interview: "The changes in the past seven or eight years have made me feel that a new era is coming, and China's economic development will inevitably bring about a series of changes in education methods. One day, China will also have its own Einstein."
(This article is the postscript to the book "Still a Teenager When He Returns: The Biography of Chen-Ning Yang (杨振宁)," abridged in this edition, with the title added by the editor.)
Return to TopBy: 舒全球
This year marks the 20th anniversary of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" (绿水青山就是金山银山), proposed during his work in Zhejiang (浙江). Over the past 20 years, Zhejiang's (浙江) beautiful countryside construction has achieved remarkable results, becoming a vivid sample of the tremendous changes in the new countryside.
Reportage writer Ji Hongjian (纪红建) spent more than a year measuring over 50 villages in Zhejiang (浙江) with his footsteps, interviewing more than 150 village officials, entrepreneurs, and villagers, deeply exploring the changes in rural development, and panoramically excavating rural stories that resonate with the times. He wrote this book, "Village Roads: Exploring the Present and Future of Chinese Villages in Zhejiang" (《村道——在浙江探寻中国乡村的现在和未来》) (hereinafter referred to as "Village Roads" (《村道》)), showcasing the ambition, creativity, and development achievements behind the tremendous changes.
The author walked village roads and visited villages, arranging the first stop of the interview in Anji Yucun (安吉余村), the birthplace of the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" (绿水青山就是金山银山). Starting from Yucun (余村), the "way of the village" meandered forward. Alleys, houses, makers, and poetic stories all made the author linger. "Village Roads" (《村道》) covers rural environmental governance, industrial development, urban-rural integration, grassroots governance, cultural construction, and other aspects, gradually sublimating from the concrete path of rural construction to the cultural spirit. Dozens of villages, hundreds of characters and stories, present a well-organized yet grand atmosphere, which is the author's unique feature in the text structure.
Authenticity is the life of reportage. In the book "Village Roads" (《村道》), the more than 50 villages include both remote ancient villages and new era ecological civilization villages, both "Fengqiao Experience" (枫桥经验) demonstration villages and the first village in the country to implement the river chief system. In order to obtain first-hand information and experience the first scene, the author visited all the sites in person, reflecting the reportage writer's footwork, eyesight, brainpower, and writing skills. Rural environmental governance, the emergence of rural homestays, and distinctive artistic rural construction constitute windows, from which we can glimpse the "liveliness," "excellence," "harmony," and "beauty" of Chinese villages.
The colorful characters in the work also demonstrate the author's fieldwork skills. From village cadres to young entrepreneurs, they jointly constitute the main group portrait of rural revitalization. The author recorded their stories and also delved into their inner worlds, capturing the moment when "the individual is inseparable from the times." Village cadres are the group with the highest "appearance rate." The author restored their struggle stories of leading the people to build a beautiful countryside from different perspectives. The work focuses on young people, depicting many young people returning to their hometowns to start businesses, young village cadres, etc., because they represent the future of the countryside. The author also intentionally visited some old comrades who had worked in the village and some groups with special entrepreneurial experiences. Their watching and going away, their 背水一战 (bèi shuǐ yī zhàn - "fight with one's back to the river," a last-ditch battle) and 庖丁解牛 (páo dīng jiě niú - "butcher Ding carving an ox," to understand a subject thoroughly through long practice), endow this land with life and emotion.
"Village Roads" (《村道》) not only records the present of Zhejiang's (浙江) countryside, but also reflects on the future of China's countryside. The author places Zhejiang's (浙江) practice in the grand context of the Chinese-style modernization process, making local experience demonstrate universal significance. The thinking about urban-rural, regional, and land-sea differences shows a global vision that transcends regions.
Walking on the village road, the beautiful countryside picture scroll unfolds slowly like "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" (《富春山居图》). In this rapidly changing era, "Village Roads" (《村道》) tells us that the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside is not only the revitalization of the economy, but also the revival of culture; common prosperity is not only the abundance of material, but also the enrichment of the spirit. This winding village road ultimately leads to a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, harmonious co-prosperity between people, and harmonious co-governance between people and society.
Return to TopBy: 马 拓
My name is Ma Tuo (马拓), and I am a subway police officer from Beijing (北京), stationed on Line 13. If you often take this line, you may have seen me on the platform during the morning and evening rush hours, or you may have seen my photo on the publicity board in the station hall—wearing a navy blue police uniform, smiling a bit naively. Even if you haven't encountered any of these, by opening this book, "Loving This Bustling World," you can follow me into the jurisdiction and into the stories hidden in the crowds.
The subway lines in Beijing (北京) are never short of the hustle and bustle of everyday life. During the morning rush hour, the sound of footsteps in the station hall becomes a continuous drumbeat, people bury their heads and surge onto the escalators, their headphones playing uplifting songs, and their phone screens lit up with unread messages; during the evening rush hour, young people who have just gotten off work doze in the corners of the carriages, the work badges hanging on their backpacks still swaying gently. Many people think that the subway station is just a "place to pass through," but what I encounter here every day are real-life stories—some people hold newly printed resumes, repeatedly practicing their interviews in the corners of the platform; others stand at the ticket gate with red eyes, not even noticing that their transportation card has fallen to the ground.
Getting separated from family members, getting lost in the subway station, losing emotional control due to fatigue, fighting over a small friction... The repeated requests for help and police situations in the subway station make me realize that a subway police officer's "police honor" is the sense of being needed. Wearing this police uniform doesn't necessarily mean going deep into the tiger's den and facing death, nor does it mean standing out in the crowd with a glamorous image. Its value is reflected in the fact that people can breathe a sigh of relief as soon as they see you, they can put their minds at ease, and they can maintain the most simple and peaceful life.
There is an uncle who sells pancakes at the subway station entrance, who is there regardless of wind or rain, and the spatula in his hand never stops, but every time he sees an elderly person crossing the road, he puts down the spatula to help them; there is a girl who gets off the train halfway on the platform every evening rush hour to wait for a while, until she sees the train her boyfriend is on approaching, and then she walks to the carriage with a smile. These small moments are like stars scattered in the subway station, which may not be conspicuous, but are bright enough.
At first, I didn't think about writing, just because these scenes kept swirling in my mind. Sometimes it was after finishing the night shift, jotting down a few sentences under the desk lamp; sometimes it was during lunch break, leaving a fragment in the phone memo... Gradually, I began to think about writing these stories well. Not because I wanted to be a writer, but because I felt that the lives of these ordinary people were too worthy of being seen—they may not have earth-shattering achievements, but they persevere silently in their respective lives.
Memories from work have become the material for my writing; and writing has made me observe every detail of my work more carefully—before, I might have only focused on "handling things well," but now I will ask one more question, "Are you okay?" and listen a little longer to what they haven't finished saying.
Some people ask me, what is the point of writing these trivial stories all day long? Actually, I'm not sure, but a reader left me a message, saying that after reading the story of the mother looking for her son in the book, she called her mother in her hometown the next day, "I always thought my mother was nagging, but after reading the story, I realized that she is also afraid of getting lost and misses me." It turns out that these seemingly ordinary stories are like a warm baby in the cold winter, or an empty seat in a crowded carriage, with a subtle "just right" feeling.
This is my original intention for writing this book—not to talk about any grand principles, but to tell you about the warmth, the resilience, and the real lives that I have seen in the subway station. The stories of ordinary people are the background color of everyone. Real life can go straight to our hearts.
I remember when I first started working, I noticed a characteristic of the jurisdiction: there were fewer disputes and police situations during the evening rush hour than during the morning rush hour. The old police officer explained it to me like this: because the evening rush hour is everyone's way home, the closer you get to home, the more relaxed you become. This is life in the subway. I hope that the next time you take the subway, you can pay more attention to the people around you. You will find that you are never alone, and that this lively atmosphere is the appearance of countless ordinary people like us, moving forward together with regrets and joys.
Return to TopBy: 李默然
In 1839, American explorer John Lloyd Stephens and British painter Frederick Catherwood ventured into the jungles of Central America. While passing through a surprisingly open alluvial plain, they discovered the ruins of Copán – rising abruptly, tens of feet high, its top covered in dense forest, giving it a sense of historical vicissitudes. The southern side of the ruins, constantly eroded by floods, exposed a dense array of broken tiles and stones.
In 2015, Chinese archaeologists came here and began excavating the 8N-11 aristocratic courtyard of the Copán ruins. Ten years of work have allowed us to learn different archaeological concepts and methods, examine rich ancient remains, and gain friendship with foreign colleagues and people. These are reflected in the book "The Maize Kingdom: A Brief Account of Mesoamerican Archaeology."
Although commonly referred to as "Central American Archaeology," its research scope is a unique cultural area – Mesoamerica, generally translated as "美索美洲" or "中美地区" (Měisuǒ Měizhōu or Zhōngměi Dìqū - "Mesoamerica" or "Central American region"), to distinguish it from the political geography of Central America. This northwest-southeast elongated area, reaching the Pacific Ocean in the west, the Gulf of Mexico in the east, the Chihuahuan Desert (奇瓦瓦沙漠) of Mexico in the north, and Honduras (洪都拉斯) and western Nicaragua (尼加拉瓜) in the south, has a rich geographical environment that has created different civilization samples. Around 1200 BC, the first mature civilization of Mesoamerica, the Olmec (奥尔梅克), appeared in the Gulf of Mexico lowlands, and from then on, it was unstoppable, giving birth to the famous Maya (玛雅), Teotihuacan (特奥蒂瓦坎), Aztec (阿兹特克) and other ancient civilizations.
Maya civilization is the focus of this book. In terms of the most basic "eating," the dietary preferences of the Maya are evident on painted pottery, such as corn tamales, fermented corn juice, etc., everywhere showing the dependence and love for corn, making it a veritable "Maize Kingdom." In religion and art, the Maya have their own unique views on the origin of the universe and the operation of all things. They interpret these beliefs into stone carvings, and Copán is also known as the "Athens of the Mayan world" because of its exquisite stone carvings, and its artistic level is an outstanding representative of ancient American regions.
The Maya civilization's writing and calendar are praised by the world. Mayan writing is a hybrid script that combines phonetic and ideographic characters, containing more than 1,000 characters, with diverse combinations and artistic flair. The common stone stele of Maya civilization is a combination of a portrait of the king and a long inscription, and its decipherment process has been full of twists and turns, demonstrating the ingenuity of epigraphers. Unlike the vast majority of ancient civilizations, the Maya viewed time as a recurring circle: creatively artificially stipulating a time starting point for the world, and based on this, creating a long calendar, with 13 baktuns (approximately 5200 years) as a cycle.
The Copán site we excavated is one of the most important city-states in the southeastern Maya region. Its founders were foreign warriors who established a dynasty by marrying local aristocratic women, controlled the jade resources of Mesoamerica, and gained huge economic benefits, thus successively building exquisite temples, the longest inscription staircase in the Mayan world, and ingenious painted carvings.
The excavation process and daily life of the Chinese archaeological team here are unprecedented experiences. More importantly, starting from our own academic training and cultural foundation, we have a different understanding of foreign civilizations, and also bring new perspectives to the study of the origin and development of Chinese civilization.
Today, the cultures of Central American countries are colorful, and the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica, including the Maya civilization, have many unknown secrets waiting to be discovered. The narrative of this book can be described as 管中窥豹 (guǎn zhōng kuī bào - "to see a leopard through a tube," to get a glimpse of the whole through a small part; to have a limited view). It provides readers with a window to observe foreign civilizations.
(The author is an associate researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院考古研究所))
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