Summary: Xi Jinping issued an instruction on the work of central enterprises (CEs), emphasizing their role in national strategy and the economy since the 18th Party Congress. He urged CEs to focus on their core businesses, enhance technological innovation, deepen reforms, and strengthen Party leadership while preventing risks. Premier Li Qiang conveyed Xi's directives at a conference, stressing the need for CEs to contribute to socialist modernization, infrastructure, supply chain security, and technological independence. Zhang Guoqing presided over the meeting, and Wu Zhenglong attended.
Summary: The article celebrates the achievements of China's功勋荣誉表彰 (Merit and Honor Commendation) system over the past decade, highlighting its role in promoting heroism and national pride. Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of these commendations, personally awarding medals and emphasizing the need to learn from past commemorations to enrich national ceremonies. The system, formalized through laws and regulations since 2015, aims to inspire the nation to contribute to China's modernization and rejuvenation. The article also notes the conferral of Friendship Medals on international figures, showcasing China's commitment to global cooperation and a shared future. Commendations were awarded to contributors to the COVID-19 response.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang signed a State Council decree to promulgate the "Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision Regulation," effective February 1, 2026. The regulation aims to strengthen administrative law enforcement supervision, promote standardized and fair enforcement, and enhance the rule of law in government. It outlines the scope of supervision, focusing on implementation of key decisions, enforcement systems, and qualification management, while also addressing issues like irregular enforcement and arbitrary fees. The regulation specifies various methods of supervision, including daily, focused, and special oversight, and establishes mechanisms for addressing identified problems. It also emphasizes the importance of building a strong supervisory team and improving information sharing.
Summary: Zhao Leji, Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, met with NPC deputies attending the 19th session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee. He emphasized that deputies should study and implement the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference, faithfully fulfill their statutory duties, and correctly exercise their democratic rights. He noted that the NPC Standing Committee has improved the legal system, enhanced the effectiveness of supervision, and deepened representative work. Zhao also stressed the importance of the upcoming NPC session in mobilizing the people to implement the central government's decisions and ensuring a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan". Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the meeting.
Summary: The high-speed railway connecting Baotou and Yinchuan fully opened on December 23rd, completing the Beijing-Lanzhou corridor, a key component of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network. The Baotou-Yinchuan line spans 519 kilometers, traversing Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. This opening, in conjunction with existing lines, will improve transportation for residents along the route. The high-speed rail will connect to Beijing. The news was reported by Li Xinping and Zhang Chengwen, with photography by Yin Songhao.
Summary: The archaeological work at the Liangzhu ancient city site in Hangzhou's Yuhang district continues to provide evidence of China's 5,000-year civilization. Following Xi Jinping's instructions from his September visit, Yuhang district is focused on cultural heritage protection and innovative development, building the Liangzhu Cultural Grand Corridor, a cluster of cultural landmarks. Yuhang is promoting the integration of culture and technology, including AI, to boost its cultural industries, with revenues of scaled cultural enterprises increasing by 14.4% in the first three quarters. According to Liu Ying, member of the Standing Committee of Hangzhou Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Yuhang District Committee, the district will continue to promote "culture + technology" and "culture + tourism" to enrich the city's cultural heritage and improve citizens' lives. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the beauty of Chinese elements and unique "skyline" created by ancient building rooftops. It also touches upon the experience of working in green buildings. The piece focuses on environmental sustainability, highlighting green building practices within China. There is no discussion of specific officials, US-China relations, or the United States in general.
Summary: The CCP Central Organization Department issued a notice calling on Party organizations at all levels to conduct visits and offer condolences to Party members, veteran cadres, and those in need during the New Year and Spring Festival holidays. The directive emphasizes understanding the circumstances of those in need, especially veterans who joined the Party before 1949, and ensuring proper benefits and subsidies are provided. The notice also stresses the importance of aligning these activities with the spirit of the 20th Party Congress, reinforcing the "Two Establishments" and the "Four Consciousnesses." The directive calls for upholding the spirit of the "Eight-Point Regulation" to prevent formalism and alleviate burdens on local areas.
Summary: State Councilor Chen Yiqin addressed a symposium in Beijing on studying Xi Jinping's discourse on civil affairs, emphasizing its importance for high-quality development in the field. Chen underscored the need to understand the fundamental position of civil affairs in connecting with the people and focusing on universal, basic, and guaranteed livelihood construction. She urged efforts to actively implement the national strategy to address the aging population and improve social assistance, welfare, affairs, and governance. Participants included representatives from the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and officials from Shandong and Hubei provinces. The meeting stressed integrating the study of Xi's discourse with the spirit of the 20th CPC Central Committee's Fourth Plenary Session to promote high-quality development of civil affairs.
Summary: At a State Council Information Office press conference, Vice Minister of Transport Li Yang reported that China's transportation economy remained stable in the past year, with fixed asset investment exceeding 3.6 trillion yuan and cargo throughput increasing. He also outlined plans for the "15th Five-Year Plan," including expanding cruise and yacht consumption, promoting car rentals, and developing scenic driving routes to stimulate domestic demand. Official Jin Jingdong mentioned major projects like the Pinglu Canal and the Shiziyang Passage will be completed. Furthermore, the Ministry plans to implement equipment updates to promote green and intelligent transportation. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to strengthen its "pilot-scale" (中试) manufacturing platforms to bridge the gap between technological innovation and market application, as outlined in the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals. An official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) stated at a symposium on manufacturing pilot-scale innovation and development on December 11th that policies are improving, platforms are being built more quickly, and overall pilot capabilities are improving. MIIT issued a notice to accelerate the systemic layout and high-level construction of manufacturing pilot platforms, aiming for a basic modern system by the end of 2027. The initiative focuses on strengthening existing platforms, activating others, and filling gaps in key industries like AI, robotics, and biomedicine to avoid redundant construction.
Summary: The world's first industrialized salmon aquaculture vessel, "Su Hai 1," has begun operations in China, with the first batch of salmon fry placed into its tanks. The vessel, equipped with 15 closed aquaculture tanks and a capacity of 8,000 tons per year, uses a smart control system for precise environmental regulation and rapid water exchange to minimize stress on the salmon. After stocking, "Su Hai 1" will begin mobile aquaculture operations in suitable sea areas. The vessel was docked in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province prior to its deployment.
Summary: China's photovoltaic (PV) industry has seen improved profitability in its main industrial chain this year due to self-regulation and efforts to combat "involutionary" competition, as reported by the China Photovoltaic Industry Association. Average prices for polysilicon, wafers, cells, and modules have increased since the beginning of the year, and losses among major companies have decreased significantly in the third quarter. While revenues are down, gross profit margins are up due to companies rejecting low price orders. Export volumes are up compared to last year, with over $24.4 billion USD in exports for wafers, cells, and modules.
Summary: The article discusses Hunan province's implementation of zero-based budgeting as part of China's 15th Five-Year Plan, aimed at optimizing fiscal expenditure and improving budget performance. Hunan has consolidated its budget allocation authority, reducing redundant projects and reallocating funds to priority areas like technological innovation and environmental protection. By breaking down traditional spending patterns and promoting inter-departmental coordination, Hunan has increased efficiency and support for strategic initiatives. The reforms have led to significant savings in areas like IT infrastructure and have facilitated the creation of large-scale investment funds. Through these measures, Hunan is striving for high-quality economic and social development.
Summary: According to the China Machinery Industry Federation, China's machine tool equipment industry is projected to see its revenue increase from 763.1 billion yuan in 2020 to 1051 billion yuan in 2025 during the 14th Five-Year Plan. The industry's export value is expected to rise from $63.86 billion during the 13th Five-Year Plan to $106.21 billion during the 14th Five-Year Plan, with an average annual growth of approximately 10.7%. The industry has cultivated a number of competitive brands with independent intellectual property rights. Key machine tool products are approaching or reaching advanced international technical levels, increasing the market share of domestic mid- to high-end products.
Summary: According to the author, the president of the ROK-China Parliamentarian's Alliance, Xi Jinping's visit to South Korea and attendance at the APEC summit in Gyeongju was highly valued by the South Korean side, with President Lee Jae-myung hosting a welcoming banquet. The two leaders reaffirmed the strategic cooperative partnership, agreeing to deepen cooperation in emerging fields like AI and green industries. Xi's proposals at the APEC meeting regarding multilateral trade and supply chain stability were well-received by South Korea. The author anticipates increased cooperation between South Korea and China in areas like trade digitalization and supply chain management, but also highlights potential future competition in certain industries, as well as potential in AI, robotics, and autonomous driving.
Summary: The article highlights the strengthening ties between China and South Korea, noting increased tourism spurred by mutual visa exemptions and growing economic cooperation, including the popularity of Chinese brands in South Korea. Bilateral trade exceeded $300 billion last year, and both countries have agreed to accelerate the second phase of the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. Despite past challenges, the fundamental basis of mutual interest remains unchanged, and President Xi Jinping's state visit to South Korea was successful. The article also mentions that China will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen next November.
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Summary: President Xi Jinping visited South Korea from October 30th to November 1st at the invitation of President Lee Jae-myung to attend the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju. Xi and Lee agreed that China and South Korea should strengthen strategic communication and deepen cooperation. Xi also announced that China will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen next November. The article mentions a positive U.S.-China summit in Busan that South Korea assisted with. The author argues that China and South Korea should stick to their original intentions of establishing diplomatic ties, uphold good-neighborliness and friendship, and adhere to mutually beneficial cooperation.
Summary: The article accuses Japanese politician Sanae Takaichi of dangerous remarks regarding Taiwan, suggesting a potential "existential crisis" for Japan that could justify collective self-defense, revealing a lingering militaristic ambition towards Taiwan. It claims Japan has failed to thoroughly purge militaristic ideology, with right-wing forces distorting history and harboring territorial ambitions. The author criticizes the West's historical underestimation of China's role in WWII and argues that lenient post-war policies allowed militarism to resurface in Japan. It warns that Takaichi's statements challenge China's core interests and threaten regional stability. It did not mention the United States.
Summary: The China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Chorus performed at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as part of the "2025 China-Saudi Arabia Culture Year" celebrating 35 years of diplomatic relations. The NCPA Chorus performed a diverse repertoire of international songs and collaborated with the Saudi Corala Choir on Arabic and Chinese songs. NCPA Vice President Wang Cheng noted this was the chorus's first performance in Saudi Arabia, and that the NCPA will continue promoting cultural exchange between the two countries. Both sides expressed a desire for increased artistic collaboration to further develop cultural exchange and friendly relations. The performance did not include any discussion of the United States.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated that the Hainan Free Trade Port will become a crucial gateway for China's high-level opening up. He highlighted the inclusion of Hainan Free Trade Port in the "15th Five-Year Plan" and emphasized China's commitment to open trade policies amidst global economic uncertainty. Lin cited the reduction of the foreign investment negative list and the elimination of foreign investment restrictions in manufacturing as examples of China's efforts. He also noted the increase in newly established foreign-invested enterprises and the growth of foreign trade.
Summary: The National People's Congress Standing Committee is reviewing a draft law on state-owned assets (SOA). The draft SOA law aims to establish a comprehensive legal system for SOA management, covering various types of state assets including natural resources, administrative assets, and enterprise assets. It emphasizes the responsibilities of the State Council and local governments in managing, reporting, and supervising SOA, aiming to prevent asset losses. The draft law also provides space for new types of assets such as airspace and data.
Summary: The article discusses China's pursuit of "quiet cities," highlighting the increasing prevalence of electric vehicles and noise reduction efforts in urban construction. It emphasizes the importance of balancing development with public well-being, advocating for policies that are responsive to the needs and concerns of the people. The piece underscores the need for coordinated efforts across different regions and sectors to achieve harmonious and sustainable development under the leadership of the CCP. It also alludes to the concept of "people-centered modernization." There is no mention of the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the development and implementation of China's system of awarding honors and medals over the past decade under Xi Jinping's leadership. It highlights the importance of these awards in promoting socialist values, inspiring national pride, and fostering a sense of collective memory centered on key historical events and achievements. The article notes the establishment of a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for the honors system, including regulations for awarding medals to foreign nationals, such as the "Friendship Medal" given to the President of Tajikistan, which also demonstrates China's commitment to international cooperation and building a community of common destiny. The awarding of the "Changcheng (Great Wall) Medal" to law enforcement from various countries is also mentioned. Xi Jinping is mentioned in the article giving awards to model citizens in a ceremony.
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Summary: According to Wang Yiming, expanding domestic demand is a strategic move, focusing on both the total amount and the structure of investment and consumption. Investment should be directed towards human capital, consumer upgrades, and technology, while consumption can be boosted by increasing government spending on public services and removing barriers to service sector investment. To stimulate domestic demand, Wang suggests improving the business environment for private firms and incentivizing local governments to provide public services to rural migrants, as well as implementing reforms related to consumption tax collection. The goal is to create a complete domestic demand system that drives economic growth. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: A geological disaster information officer, Zhang Deyuan, in Gansu province identified signs of a landslide and alerted residents, leading to the safe evacuation of 462 people. The article emphasizes the importance of a nationwide five-tier disaster information network and the necessity of well-coordinated local responses, highlighting this incident as an example of China's improving grassroots emergency response system. The piece champions proactive disaster prevention through routine drills and public awareness campaigns, which are essential for effective risk management. It praises the institutionalized mechanisms that enable swift and coordinated responses from various departments, from initial warning to resident relocation. The piece also notes that successful disaster response hinges on both the individual responsibility of information officers and the collective effort of the community and government.
Summary: Hainan Free Trade Port has formally initiated island-wide customs closure operations, characterized by relaxed first-line controls, managed second-line controls, and internal island freedom. The new policies aim to facilitate a modern industrial system within Hainan and explore new pathways for high-level opening up. The expansion includes broader zero-tariff goods coverage, more diverse bonded maintenance operations, and improved software and hardware supervision facilities. This initiative is intended to promote trade and mutual benefit, positioning China at the forefront of opening up.
Summary: After nearly 40 years, the Milu deer, native to China and once extinct there due to war, has had its name changed back from "Pere David's Deer" to the Chinese transliteration "MiLu" in the West. This change reflects China's growing global influence, with its successful ecological civilization efforts, specifically the reintroduction and expansion of the Milu population in Jiangsu's Yancheng Dafeng wetlands, gaining international recognition. The success of China's conservation efforts, including scientific practices like reintroduction and relocation, has led international organizations to acknowledge the "China model" for species reintroduction. The return of the name "MiLu" highlights the importance of cultural preservation and China's increasing ability to shape international discourse through demonstrable achievements. The article does not mention the United States, or any U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Recent policy documents from the Ministry of Education focus on both alleviating burdens on teachers and strengthening science education in primary and secondary schools. The measures aim to free up teachers' time for teaching and research, and to cultivate students' interest in science and innovation, ultimately supporting the broader goals of building a strong education system and fostering high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. The documents emphasize cultivating talent to meet national strategic needs and promoting collaboration between schools, families, and communities. These efforts are part of a broader strategy to integrate education, technology, and talent development to support national modernization. There is no mention of the United States or U.S. - China relations in the article.
Summary: Shanghai has completed a decades-long effort to eliminate the use of chamber pots, marking a significant improvement in sanitation, privacy, and living standards for residents. The project, involving complex renovations in older, densely populated areas, highlights the city's commitment to prioritizing the people's livelihood in its development. This involved tailored solutions for each household, balancing preservation with modernization. The effort exemplifies a broader pursuit of modernization that focuses on improving the lives of ordinary citizens.
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Summary: On the 100th anniversary of the China Zhi Gong Party (致公党), Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter on behalf of the CCP Central Committee, acknowledging the Zhi Gong Party's historical contributions. Xi expressed hope that the Zhi Gong Party will uphold CCP leadership, study Xi Jinping Thought, and contribute to national reunification by uniting overseas Chinese. The letter emphasized the importance of the Zhi Gong Party serving national unity and contributing to China's modernization. The Zhi Gong Party is urged to strengthen itself and fulfill its duties, broadly uniting overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese, and actively contribute to the cause of national reunification. The article makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: The Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, and the Communist Youth League Central Committee have jointly issued a notice to launch a nationwide "Legal Aid Volunteer Action" aimed at mobilizing legal professionals, university faculty, and students to engage in legal aid volunteer services. The initiative outlines seven key actions, including expanding the volunteer pool, extending services to western grassroots areas, and integrating volunteer work into legal education. Over 400 universities and 100,000 students have already participated in legal aid volunteer work, conducting over 240,000 activities and serving millions. The program aims to standardize legal volunteer services and promote their large-scale development.
Summary: According to the article, Hangzhou's Yuhang district is focusing on cultural preservation and development around the Liangzhu heritage site, following Xi Jinping's call to strengthen cultural heritage protection. The district is building the Liangzhu Cultural Grand Corridor, integrating culture with technology, tourism, and people's livelihood. This includes projects such as the China Grand Canal Comprehensive Protection Project and revitalization of traditional villages. The area is also fostering digital culture industries, leveraging AI to boost cultural enterprises and their overseas expansion. Liu Ying, member of the Standing Committee of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Yuhang District Party Committee, stated that Yuhang District will better shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era.
Summary: Chun'an County in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, will implement a series of reforms at Qiandao Lake Scenic Area starting October 30, 2025, to boost tourism. The reforms include discounted "one-ticket" packages, a "bus-like" operation of tour boats with flexible routes, and innovative themed tours. The goal is to reduce costs for tourists, increase their autonomy in choosing destinations, and diversify tourism products. The initiative seeks to tap into the consumption potential of the tourism market by improving the visitor experience. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Hebei province is focusing on developing its vegetable industry to supply Beijing and Tianjin, with a goal of ensuring stable supply and high quality. The province is establishing vegetable industry clusters and collaborating with Beijing on research and development, introducing over 50 new varieties annually. The article highlights the integration of technology, such as AI-powered systems and intelligent equipment, to modernize vegetable production. Hebei supports Beijing businesses in establishing direct supply bases and collaborates with research institutions to improve vegetable quality. The initiative aims to create a modern vegetable supply system that benefits both farmers and urban residents.
Summary: The Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (TDSL) held its 11th Central Committee's fourth plenary session in Beijing, focusing on studying the spirit of the 20th CPC Central Committee. Su Hui, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC and Chairman of the TDSL Central Committee, delivered a work report. She outlined the TDSL's accomplishments over the past year and emphasized the importance of adhering to the "Two Establishments." Su Hui stressed that in 2026, the League should focus on high-quality development and contribute to the implementation of the 15th Five-Year Plan while opposing Taiwan independence.
Summary: The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) held its 4th executive committee meeting in Changsha, Hunan. ACFIC Chairman Gao Yunlong delivered a work report, emphasizing the need to adhere to Xi Jinping Thought and implement the Party Central Committee's decisions in 2026. The meeting focused on strengthening ideological foundations, improving services for private enterprises, and enhancing the ACFIC's capabilities. Key objectives include promoting the "two healths" (healthy development of the private economy and healthy growth of non-public economic figures) and contributing to the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The meeting did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Urban Housing and Construction Conference outlined plans for 2025-2026 focused on urban renewal, affordable housing, and stabilizing the real estate market. The government aims to complete the "guaranteed housing delivery" (保交房) initiative and promote "good housing" (好房子) construction. In 2026, the focus will shift to high-quality urban renewal through detailed improvements to existing infrastructure and community spaces. To stabilize the real estate market, cities will implement differentiated policies to manage housing supply, reduce inventory, and optimize supply, including potentially acquiring existing housing stock for public housing. The conference also emphasized supporting reasonable financing needs for real estate companies through a "whitelist" system and promoting new real estate development models, including piloting ready-built sales.
Summary: Beijing has become one of the first cities in China to issue special license plates for L3-level autonomous vehicles, as announced by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Traffic Management Bureau on December 23rd. These vehicles, with conditional autonomy, can perform dynamic driving tasks under specific conditions but require a human driver as a backup. The three vehicles licensed can achieve autonomous driving at speeds up to 80 km/h on highways and urban expressways within a single lane. The move indicates China's continued push for autonomous driving technology.
Summary: The city of Yichun in Heilongjiang province, known as the "Forest Capital," has launched its winter ice and snow tourism season with the theme "Ice and Snow Forest, Fairytale Yichun." The city is promoting five themed tourism products, seven routes, and fifteen attractions, integrating resources into a comprehensive tourism layout. Yichun has planned over 50 cultural, sports, and tourism activities throughout the winter, including sports competitions, festivals, and interactive experiences. To enhance the tourist experience, Yichun is focusing on providing exceptional service and ensuring visitor comfort through improved transportation, accommodation, and dining options. The city aims to make visitors feel welcome and provide a memorable and immersive winter tourism experience.
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Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan," Guizhou province focused on high-quality development, shifting its economic focus and promoting industrial transformation. As of 2024, Guizhou's GDP exceeded 2.27 trillion yuan, with the industrial sector contributing 36.7% to economic growth and the digital economy accounting for over 40%. The province emphasized technological innovation and breakthroughs in key areas like bridge construction and new energy battery materials, while also expanding opening up and promoting "Guizhou manufacturing" exports, with "new three" export growth of 85.8% in 2024. Guizhou also prioritized ecological preservation and green development, maintaining high environmental quality and increasing the proportion of clean energy. Finally, it continued to dedicate 70% of financial expenditure to improve people's well-being.
Summary: The article discusses Xi Jinping's theory of "Chinese-style modernization" as a comprehensive approach to national development and rejuvenation. It highlights the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) leadership as essential for this modernization, emphasizing its distinct characteristics, including common prosperity, material and spiritual coordination, and peaceful development. The author claims that this model offers an alternative to Western modernization and provides a new option for developing countries. The article also touches upon strategic goals and principles guiding this modernization. It claims that China is promoting a new form of human civilization.
Summary: The article emphasizes Xi Jinping's call for local governments to avoid blindly following trends in industrial development, specifically mentioning areas like AI, computing power, and NEVs, and instead adopt strategies tailored to their specific local conditions. It criticizes cadres who exhibit a lack of innovative thinking, superficial work styles, and a tendency towards formalism when planning projects. The article advocates for thorough research and a pragmatic approach, drawing on Xi's early experiences in Ningde as an example of successful, localized development. It also highlights the need for regions with weaker industrial bases to focus on stability and select reliable projects suited to their capabilities when developing new productive forces.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of securing China's energy supply chains for national security and economic stability. It highlights Xi Jinping's call for energy independence and the need to maintain resilient supply chains, particularly given the global energy transition and external pressures, including those from the United States, which are disrupting global energy markets. The article acknowledges China's progress in renewable energy but also recognizes challenges in core technologies and over-reliance on external sources in certain areas. The author advocates for technological innovation, diversification of energy sources, and deepening reforms to bolster the resilience and autonomy of China's energy supply chains. Finally, the article also touches on working with countries involved with the Belt and Road initiative to ensure China's energy security.
Summary: The article reports on efforts in Xining, Qinghai province to streamline local governance and reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies that delay the resolution of minor issues. Local officials described a system where responsibility for problems was unclear, leading to delays and frustration. To address this, Xining has clarified departmental responsibilities, improved communication between levels of government via a "whistleblowing" system, and shifted performance evaluations to focus on tangible results rather than documentation of process. These reforms aim to reduce burdens on local officials and improve responsiveness to public needs.
Summary: This article focuses on improving local governance in China by addressing bureaucratic inefficiencies and encouraging proactive service. It criticizes cadres for inaction and slow processing of citizen requests, attributing this to both systemic issues and individual dereliction. The piece advocates for a shift towards proactive engagement with citizens, streamlined processes, and clearer accountability. It also emphasizes the need for training, support, and a tolerance for errors to empower cadres to be more effective and innovative.
Summary: In anticipation of the 80th anniversaries of the end of WWII and Taiwan's retrocession in 2025, the author emphasizes the importance of adhering to the one-China principle as a cornerstone of the post-WWII international order. The author cites Xi Jinping's remarks affirming China's sovereignty over Taiwan based on documents like the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation, and UN Resolution 2758. The article argues that the establishment of the PRC did not change the status of Taiwan as part of China. It asserts that upholding the one-China principle is essential for maintaining the post-war international order and the authority of the UN. The author claims that challenging this principle undermines the foundations of international law and the global consensus.
Summary: Nanchang County is improving elderly care through community dining halls, home modifications with technological enhancements like smart bracelets, and a "smart elderly care" service platform featuring emergency alert systems. Over 2,000 homes have been modified to be elderly-friendly, and 400 villages and communities now have elderly service facilities. The county is focused on enriching the elderly's lives by providing venues for cultural activities and health lectures. According to the Nanchang County Civil Affairs Bureau, the goal is to further reform the elderly care service supply, optimize service delivery, and improve service quality. The article did not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the cultural significance and architectural beauty of traditional Chinese rooftops, particularly in Shanxi province, highlighting their historical evolution and aesthetic features. It notes the various types of roofs, such as the *wudian*, *xieshan*, and *zanjian*, and their connection to social hierarchy and philosophical concepts like "harmony between man and nature." The piece also describes how these ancient architectural elements are being integrated into modern design and popular culture, citing examples like museum merchandise and online trends. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Ma Jiaqi, a 30-year-old architecture graduate, founded a travel agency in Datong in 2023 to provide guided tours and study programs focused on ancient architecture, particularly the Huayan Temple. Ma's unique style combines academic research with engaging storytelling, aiming to connect visitors with the historical and aesthetic significance of these structures. He emphasizes the human stories behind the architecture, such as the community efforts in preserving the N禅 Temple. Ma hopes to share his love of ancient Chinese architecture with the world. The article notes a broader trend of young people engaging with and promoting ancient architecture in China through innovative methods.
Summary: Digital technologies are being used to revitalize and reinterpret ancient Chinese paintings, allowing them to be displayed in immersive and interactive ways, such as through AI animation and 3D modeling. These efforts aim to both preserve cultural heritage and make it more accessible to the public. Digital analysis helps to reveal the aesthetic and philosophical depths of the paintings, and AI-generated recreations, as with the "Ten Scenes of West Lake," introduce younger generations to traditional art forms. These initiatives also foster new avenues for cultural tourism by integrating technology with traditional art. This digital transformation promises to revitalize Chinese culture by innovating and adapting to the needs of today's society.
Summary: The third "Golden Voice Award" ceremony, a national-level government award for broadcasting and hosting, was held in Changsha, Hunan Province, on December 23rd. Hosted by the National Radio and Television Administration and the Hunan Provincial People's Government, the ceremony awarded 20 winners across four themed chapters centered on looking towards the future. The event also included a symposium and salon for industry professionals. Established in 2021, the biennial award aims to set industry standards by recognizing ten outstanding radio and ten outstanding television broadcasters and hosts. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) has launched a working group to investigate reports of a Nanjing Museum painting, "Jiangnan Spring," appearing at auction. The NCHA is taking the matter seriously after media reports surfaced. A team has already been dispatched to Nanjing to conduct the investigation.
Summary: The "Guoyun Youchang - 2026 Chinese National Orchestra New Year Concert" was held at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on December 23rd, featuring a joint performance by multiple regional orchestras. The concert included both classic and contemporary pieces of Chinese orchestral music, showcasing the creative development of traditional folk music. Wu Yuxia, President of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, stated that the concert, co-sponsored by the Society and the National Centre for the Performing Arts, aimed to highlight Chinese culture through top-tier performances and classic melodies. The concert has been held for five consecutive years. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
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Summary: Wuhan Lingkonggang Economic and Technological Development Zone (Dongxihu District) is rapidly developing as an industrial new city, focusing on manufacturing, complete industries, and open development. The district hosts the National Cyber Security Talent and Innovation Base, aiming to build a "China Cyber Valley". It is also a key node in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the "Belt and Road" initiative, with the China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) originating there. The area focuses on upgrading traditional industries and fostering emerging sectors like network security, information technology, and new energy. Dongxihu is also improving its living environment with parks, transportation, and cultural facilities.
Summary: The Zhongjian Sanju headquarters building in Wuhan has undergone several energy-saving renovations, including the installation of solar panels, insulated glass, and an energy-recovering elevator system. A "zero-carbon smart operation platform" integrates various building systems, adjusting ventilation based on occupancy and CO2 levels. The building also utilizes waste water from a nearby sewage treatment plant as a source of thermal energy for heating and cooling, reducing carbon emissions. These upgrades have collectively reduced the building's carbon footprint by 45%.
Summary: The article discusses the ongoing green transformation of the construction industry in China, focusing on energy conservation and emissions reduction through design, technology, and operation. It defines green building as a holistic approach maximizing resource efficiency and minimizing environmental impact throughout a building's lifecycle. The piece highlights energy-saving strategies in design, equipment selection, and operational management, including AI-driven automation and predictive maintenance. The benefits of green buildings include lower utility costs and improved indoor air quality for occupants. The adoption of green building practices can support China's "dual carbon" goals.
Summary: During the 14th Five-Year Plan, China has focused on grassland protection and restoration, resulting in a significant reduction in degraded grassland area. The area of healthy and sub-healthy grasslands has increased, now constituting over 70% of the total. Grassland degradation has decreased by nearly 280 million acres. Authorities have also cracked down on illegal activities impacting grasslands, with cases of illegal occupation decreasing annually. China has also been working to develop its modern grass industry, including cultivating grass seed breeding bases.
Summary: Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, China has added over 340,000 square kilometers of land under soil and water conservation, resulting in a net reduction of approximately 116,000 square kilometers of soil erosion. Soil and water conservation rates have reached over 73%. Progress has been made in soil and water conservation reforms, with regions like Liaoning and Sichuan exploring methods for comprehensive treatment projects. Key areas, including the upper and middle reaches of major rivers and the Northeast black soil region, have received central investment for comprehensive small watershed management, leading to reduced soil erosion and enhanced ecosystem quality.
Summary: The MindSpore AI framework summit will be held in Hangzhou on December 25th, hosted by the MindSpore open-source community and the Global Computing Alliance. The summit will feature keynote speeches from academics, open-source community representatives, large model vendors, financial industry clients, and educators, covering topics such as AI framework technology analysis and large model applications. The MindSpore open-source community will also present awards to outstanding contributors and winners of the MindSpore model development challenge. The summit aims to foster innovation and application of MindSpore in various industries. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the economic transformation of Jincheng, Shanxi Province, focusing on its shift from a resource-dependent economy to one driven by innovation and high-quality development. Jincheng is developing new industries like optoelectronics and coal-bed methane, while upgrading traditional industries with digital technologies. The city is also promoting cultural tourism and healthcare industries. Reform and innovation are highlighted as key drivers, with improvements in the business environment and increased foreign investment.
Summary: Jincheng, Shanxi province, is undergoing a transformation from a resource-dependent city to one driven by technology and innovation, focusing on high-end, intelligent, and green industries. The city is developing new energy sources like coalbed methane, aiming to become a national demonstration base, and is also fostering a strong cultural and tourism industry. Jincheng is actively promoting reform and innovation, improving its business environment to attract investment and boost economic development. Efforts are also being made in rural revitalization and ecological preservation, emphasizing green development and environmental protection. The article does not discuss United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The EU fined Elon Musk's X 120 million euros for violating the Digital Services Act regarding transparency and content moderation, prompting strong reactions from the U.S. government. The EU cited issues with X's "blue check" system, advertising transparency, and researcher access to data. The U.S. criticized the EU's regulations as unfair to American tech companies, threatening retaliatory tariffs. EU officials maintain the regulations are not specifically targeting U.S. companies and that all companies operating in the EU must comply with the same standards. The U.S. has linked the issue to trade negotiations, suggesting steel and aluminum tariffs could be reinstated if the EU did not alter its digital regulations.
Summary: The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 0.75% for the first time since 1995 to combat inflation and stabilize the Yen. Despite the rate hike, the Yen continued to fall against the dollar due to interest rate differentials with the U.S., even though the US Treasury Secretary Yellen had urged Japan to stop the ultra-loose monetary policy. Fiscal stimulus further complicated the situation. Structural weaknesses, including trade deficits and limited repatriation of overseas profits, undermine confidence in the Japanese economy. Rising interest rates may exacerbate bankruptcies among SMEs and strain household finances.
Summary: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national gun buyback program following the Bondi Beach shooting, the deadliest since 1996. The federal government will legislate support for the program, sharing costs with local governments, while federal police handle collection and destruction. This initiative aims to address loopholes in gun control, revealed after the Bondi Beach shooter legally possessed six firearms. The government plans to establish a unified national gun registry, set limits on individual gun ownership, tighten weapon approvals, and re-negotiate the 1996 National Firearms Agreement. Foreign Minister Penny Wong stated the government will consider different actions to prevent violence and eliminate hate.
Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan," the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province focused on consolidating poverty alleviation achievements and promoting rural revitalization by developing local industries like tea and Chinese medicine. They established mechanisms to prevent people from falling back into poverty and expanded income-generating opportunities through industry and employment support, including skills training and dispatching teams to villages. Xiangxi is creating demonstration zones for coordinated revitalization and integrating culture and tourism, leading to a significant increase in tourists and revenue. The region aims to transform its ecological advantages into economic benefits, promoting employment through cultural and tourism development, and there is no mention of U.S. in this article.
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Summary: The article reports on the need for strengthened global AI governance, highlighting the potential risks and benefits of AI development. Experts such as Xue Lan and Anthony Munnsamy emphasize the importance of inclusivity, ensuring developing nations have a voice in governance frameworks, while Inga Von Berle mentions the EU's risk-based approach to AI regulation. Thomas Gergely notes China's active role in proposing AI governance principles, emphasizing human-centric and ethical approaches. The piece suggests the United Nations should play a key role in coordinating global efforts and urges developed countries to take on greater responsibility, while also mentioning the proposal to form the "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization."
Summary: The article emphasizes China's commitment to global AI governance through its own initiatives, contrasting them with the U.S. approach. China is positioning itself as a leader in AI governance by promoting international cooperation, open access, and inclusive benefits, while criticizing the use of AI for hegemonic purposes. China promotes its "Global AI Governance Initiative" and "AI+ International Cooperation Initiative" as alternatives to the "American AI Action Plan." The author highlights China's efforts to establish international platforms and initiatives, such as the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, to foster AI development for the benefit of all nations, especially developing countries. They further underscore the nation's dedication to a shared global future through collaborative AI advancement.
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Summary: The article highlights the innovative capacity of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China, showcasing advancements in technology and manufacturing. It cites examples ranging from microcapsule technology used in automobiles to AI-driven smart manufacturing in OPPO's factories and brain-computer interface technology developed at the Pazhou Laboratory, emphasizing the collaborative ecosystem driving these developments. The GBA's comprehensive industrial system, complete with supporting infrastructure, fosters rapid response to industrial needs and enhances the region's competitive edge. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In November, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of continuing the development path of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) as a leader in innovation. The article attributes the GBA's manufacturing success to its location, cluster advantages, and innovation capabilities, highlighting its role as a gateway for opening up and connecting to the global economy. It emphasizes the area's comprehensive manufacturing system and efficient division of labor among cities. The piece also mentions the development of a regional science and technology innovation community, supported by national strategies and regional collaboration, to drive high-quality development in the GBA. There is no mention of the United States.
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Summary: Hainan Free Trade Port officially initiated island-wide customs closure on December 18, entering a new stage of construction. Over the past five years, Hainan has utilized foreign investment of 102.5 billion yuan, with an average annual increase of 14.6%. This surge in foreign investment is attributed to the central government's policy support and reform and innovation. Preferential policies such as "zero tariffs," low tax rates, and simplified tax systems, along with reforms to optimize the business environment, have attracted foreign companies. Hainan aims to leverage its position to connect with both domestic and international markets, contributing replicable experiences to China's modernization.
Summary: The article discusses Hainan's preparations for becoming a fully enclosed free trade port, characterized by liberalized policies for incoming flows and controlled internal management. The new system aims to ease the movement of people, goods, capital, and data into and out of Hainan. The author anticipates this will boost the island's consumer market. There is no information in the article about the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A novel snack, the milk-covered hawthorn berry (奶皮子糖葫芦), has become popular in cities like Beijing, reflecting a shift in Chinese consumption towards experiences and cultural identification. This snack combines the traditional candied hawthorn with milk products, appealing to younger consumers through a fusion of tradition, ethnic elements, and health consciousness. Social media has further propelled its popularity, with consumers sharing homemade recipes and turning the snack into a symbol of lifestyle and cultural experience. The trend highlights the broader evolution of China's snack food industry towards health, functionality, and quality over quantity, signaling a need for businesses to focus on product quality, innovation, and consumer experience to sustain market growth.
Summary: The article discusses efforts across China to stimulate consumption by creating new consumer scenarios and integrating different sectors. Examples include Longhu Mountain leveraging local chestnut production for tourism in Yingtan, Xinjiang's Yining introducing new brands and diverse dining options, and Shandong's Leling utilizing big data to assist fruit vendors. These initiatives focus on rural vitalization, upgrading commerce, and promoting digital transformation to increase local incomes and improve consumer experiences in smaller cities and rural areas. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China Center for International Economic Exchanges released the "China Sustainable Development Report (2025)," indicating a continuous rise in China's sustainable development index over the past nine years. The report highlights significant progress in areas such as green transformation, reducing urban-rural disparities, improving health, and raising education levels, aligning with the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Separately, the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government jointly hosted an event in Huizhou, Guangdong, focused on connecting production and sales of agricultural products from formerly impoverished areas. The event featured online and offline sales, including the "832 platform," aimed at boosting rural industry revitalization. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The author recounts the rapid writing of a novel draft inspired by the story of Cai Wei, a Red Army radio expert from Ningde, Fujian, and the broader theme of searching for unsung heroes. The work was further inspired by the story of the "Red Army Maritime Independent Battalion", and the soldier Chen Xiangrong. The author describes visiting Cai Wei's memorial and being intrigued by the story of a mistaken identity in the search for Cai Wei's family. This inspired a novel concept about a search for a hero's origins that repeatedly "finds the wrong person," but ultimately uncovers other heroes in the process. The process of writing involved significant research into the history of the Ningde area.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of expanding one's inner world, going beyond superficial appearances to achieve moral and intellectual growth. It argues that broadening one's perspective, cultivating generosity, and embracing humility are essential for personal development. The author emphasizes the need to move beyond narrow self-interest and embrace a wider view of society, the nation, and the world. Furthermore, continuous learning and self-reflection are presented as crucial drivers for internal expansion. The piece draws an analogy with installing mirrors in elevators to create an illusion of spaciousness, suggesting a similar approach to enriching the inner self.
Summary: This article is a nostalgic reflection on the *mu mahuang* (木麻黄, horsetail casuarina) trees of the Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong province, in southern China. The author reminisces about the tree's prevalence in the local landscape, from coastal windbreaks to schoolyards, and its symbolic importance to the community. The *mu mahuang* is not a showy tree, but is valued for its resilience and ability to thrive in harsh conditions. The author describes it as a symbol of home, and recalls childhood memories associated with the tree.
Summary: This article identifies Bao Xuelei as the artist behind the Chinese painting "Winter Sunshine - A Reverie on Arxan's Ice-Free River." It provides the title of the artwork and the artist's name, but offers no further details regarding its artistic merit or significance. There is no discussion of politics, U.S.-China relations, or any official statements. The piece focuses solely on identifying the creator of the artwork.
Summary: 武威, historically known as Liangzhou, was once a crucial strategic location known for its superior horses. The city was the capital for several dynasties and known as the "Five Liang Capitals" due to the city's importance. The "Ma Ta Fei Yan" (马踏飞燕) statue, now a national symbol, was unearthed here, representing the spirit of confidence and progress. During the Han and Tang dynasties, the area was vital for horse breeding. Today, the spirit of the horse remains deeply ingrained in Wuwei, symbolizing the city's rapid development.
Summary: The poem depicts a return home after an unsuccessful attempt to leave the mountains. The author's parents silently acknowledge their child's return, offering simple comfort through food and warmth. The scene emphasizes the familiar, grounding presence of family and home in contrast to the outside world. The poem does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article describes the author's fond memories of foraging for mushrooms (茅草菇) and harvesting sweet potatoes (红薯) with their mother in the countryside. It reminisces about the specific techniques and sensory experiences associated with these activities, highlighting the connection to the land and the joy of sharing the harvest. The author expresses nostalgia for this past connection with nature and family. There is no mention of any official statements, political figures, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This short announcement from *People's Daily* solicits original, unpublished submissions from readers. It specifies that submissions should not be sent to multiple publications simultaneously. The announcement provides an email address for submissions. The article does not discuss any Chinese political figures or U.S.-China relations.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大) , central enterprises have earnestly implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, actively served national strategies, and played a backbone and pillar role in the national economy.
On the new journey, central enterprises must fully recognize their responsibilities and missions, better serve the overall work of the Party and the country, serve high-quality economic and social development, serve the guarantee and improvement of people's livelihoods, bravely shoulder social responsibilities, and contribute greater strength to the construction of Chinese-style modernization. It is necessary to focus on the main responsibilities and main business, continuously optimize the layout of the state-owned economy, effectively enhance core functions, and enhance core competitiveness. It is necessary to base ourselves on the real economy, strengthen the tackling of key core technologies, and promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. It is necessary to further deepen reforms, improve the modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics, improve the corporate governance structure, focus on solving deep-seated problems restricting enterprise development, and strive to build world-class enterprises. It is necessary to coordinate development and security, effectively prevent and resolve risks, and continuously consolidate the foundation for the safe development of enterprises.
It is necessary to adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, strengthen the construction of enterprise leadership teams, consolidate the responsibility for managing the Party and governing the Party, promote the integration of Party leadership into all aspects of corporate governance, and promote the deep integration of Party building work with production and operation. It is necessary to improve systems, strengthen supervision, resolutely punish corruption, persevere in rectifying the "**四风**" (sì fēng - "four forms of misconduct," formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance), and strive to create a clean and upright political ecology.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 23rd. Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), President of the People's Republic of China (国家主席), and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (中央军委), recently made important instructions on the work of central enterprises, pointing out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的十八大), central enterprises have earnestly implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, actively served national strategies, and played a backbone and pillar role in the national economy.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that on the new journey, central enterprises must fully recognize their responsibilities and missions, better serve the overall work of the Party and the country, serve high-quality economic and social development, serve the guarantee and improvement of people's livelihoods, bravely shoulder social responsibilities, and contribute greater strength to the construction of Chinese-style modernization. It is necessary to focus on the main responsibilities and main business, continuously optimize the layout of the state-owned economy, effectively enhance core functions, and enhance core competitiveness. It is necessary to base ourselves on the real economy, strengthen the tackling of key core technologies, and promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. It is necessary to further deepen reforms, improve the modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics, improve the corporate governance structure, focus on solving deep-seated problems restricting enterprise development, and strive to build world-class enterprises. It is necessary to coordinate development and security, effectively prevent and resolve risks, and continuously consolidate the foundation for the safe development of enterprises.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, strengthen the construction of enterprise leadership teams, consolidate the responsibility for managing the Party and governing the Party, promote the integration of Party leadership into all aspects of corporate governance, and promote the deep integration of Party building work with production and operation. It is necessary to improve systems, strengthen supervision, resolutely punish corruption, persevere in rectifying the "**四风**" (sì fēng - "four forms of misconduct," formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance), and strive to create a clean and upright political ecology.
The Central Enterprise Leaders Conference was held in Beijing (北京) from December 22nd to 23rd. The meeting conveyed Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions. Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委) and Premier of the State Council (国务院总理), attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out in his speech that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions put forward clear requirements and ardent expectations for central enterprises, which are highly strategic and guiding, and further point out the direction for doing a good job in central enterprises. We must deeply study and comprehend them and implement them well.
Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Central enterprises must unify their thinking and actions with the Party Central Committee's scientific judgment and decision-making arrangements on the situation, further clarify their orientation, accurately locate themselves, and earnestly shoulder their responsibilities and missions. It is necessary to provide strong guarantees in promoting the construction of major infrastructure, accelerate the upgrading of traditional infrastructure and its digital and intelligent transformation, and carry out the construction of new infrastructure moderately ahead of schedule. It is necessary to act as the main force in achieving independent control of the industrial chain and supply chain, develop emerging industries and future industries in conjunction with the main responsibilities and main business, ensure the supply of energy resources, and enhance the resilience of the industrial chain. It is necessary to strengthen basic support in promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, strengthen applied basic research, and improve the quality of key common technology supply. It is necessary to actively and proactively act in serving major national strategies and make greater contributions to the overall development. It is necessary to further deepen the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises and take the lead in optimizing the layout of the state-owned economy, improving the modern enterprise system, and improving the effectiveness of state-owned assets supervision. It is necessary to run the Party's leadership through all aspects and the entire process of reform and development, promote comprehensive and strict Party governance in depth, and create a clean and upright political ecology.
Li Qiang (李强) emphasized that the heads of central enterprises should perform their duties with a more enterprising spirit, enhance their overall awareness, be good at grasping the main contradictions, be courageous in reform and innovation, improve their ability to manage complex situations and solve outstanding problems, and lead enterprises to continuously create new situations in reform and development.
Zhang Guoqing (张国清) presided over the meeting. Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) attended the meeting.
Relevant departments of the Central and State organs, and the main responsible comrades of central enterprises and centrally-managed financial enterprises attended the meeting.
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"A nation that values heroes will produce heroes, and a nation that strives to be heroic will see heroes emerge in great numbers."
In December 2015, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) issued the "Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation System," and the National People's Congress Standing Committee (全国人大常委会) passed the "Law of the People's Republic of China on National Medals and National Honorary Titles," providing a top-level design for the Party and state merit and honor commendation system, opening a new chapter in the work of merit and honor commendation.
Ten years of cultivation have yielded abundant fruit.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the continuously enriched institutional design and awarding practices have promoted merit and honor commendations to fully play their role in guiding the spirit and demonstrating exemplary models, inspiring the entire Party and society to learn from the virtuous, admire heroes, and strive to be pioneers, gathering surging strength for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Supreme Praise, Inspiring the Chinese Nation's Pride and Confidence
In the golden autumn of September, with a strong wind blowing, the world's attention turned to Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) –
80 red flags fluttered in the wind, 80 salutes shook the sky, and 80,000 peace doves soared high... The national ceremony was the focus of attention, engraving the hard-won glory of victory.
On the city tower, veteran soldiers and comrades who came from the flames of war were invited to watch the ceremony, and the commemorative medals "80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" worn on their chests shone brightly.
"The activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War were a solemn, grand, magnificent, inspiring, and motivating commemoration," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, stressing the need to carefully summarize the experience and practices in preparing for the commemorative activities and continuously enrich and improve the ceremonial system of a major party and a major country.
Governing affairs with righteousness and regulating hearts with propriety.
Looking back over the past decade, each grand ceremony of the times has been magnificent and well-organized, greatly boosting the morale of the Party, the military, and the people. Each merit and honor commendation has been respectful and profound, continuously cultivating and promoting the core socialist values and continuously enhancing the cohesion and appeal of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
"I present awards to the recipients of national medals and national honorary titles. Glory belongs to them, and also to every striver who steps forward and takes responsibility."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), in his New Year's message for 2025, fondly recalled the unforgettable moment of awarding medals to model heroes more than three months earlier.
On September 29, 2024, the capital Beijing (北京) was adorned with flowers along the ten-mile Chang'an Avenue (长安街).
The motorcade carrying the heroes departed from their residence, escorted by a ceremonial motorcycle team, and drove onto Fuxing Road (复兴路), onto Chang'an Avenue (长安街), and towards the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
Outside the venue, a bright red carpet was laid from the east gate of the Great Hall, ceremonial guards stood solemnly with rifles on their shoulders, and energetic youths waved a sea of red flags.
Inside the venue, two flag bearers held the five-star red flag high, and three ceremonial soldiers held the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal, and the Medal of National Honorary Title, walking with vigorous steps and majestic momentum.
As the music of "Salute to the Heroes of the Motherland" sounded, the passionate melody and the heroic sentiments echoed in the venue. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stepped onto the awarding platform and personally presented medals to the recipients, and waves of applause rang out again and again.
At that moment, through radio, television, and online broadcasts, the grand occasion of the ceremony spread throughout the country, triggering strong resonance: "The meritorious officials of the country, the heroes of the people, they deserve it!"
The high level of courtesy and the grandeur of the ceremony are a tribute to heroes, a remembrance of the original intention, and a transmission of the spirit.
On July 28, 2017, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军), the "August 1st Medal" was awarded for the first time, awarding the highest military honor to military personnel who have made outstanding contributions in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and promoting the modernization of national defense and the armed forces;
On September 29, 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the "Medal of the Republic" and national honorary titles were awarded for the first time, awarding the highest national honor to outstanding individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the construction, development, and stability of the country;
On June 29, 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the "July 1st Medal" was awarded for the first time, awarding the highest honor within the Party to Party members who have made outstanding contributions to the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the new great project of Party building;
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The "special arrangements" in special years play a heroic ode to the new era, inspiring the Chinese people to march towards the great ambition of national rejuvenation.
At the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the COVID-19 Epidemic, medals were awarded to four recipients of national medals and national honorary titles, praising them for their white coats as armor, boundless love, and full display of heroic qualities in this sudden crisis and major test;
At the National Summary and Commendation Conference for Poverty Alleviation, medals, certificates, and plaques were awarded to recipients of the national honorary title of "Model of Poverty Alleviation," praising the selfless dedication of ordinary but great poverty alleviation models, creating a historical miracle...
Wherever the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee focus, the work of merit and honor commendation advances. Each timely awarding activity commends the advanced in the name of the country, marking one glorious moment after another in the nation's collective memory.
Medals shine, engraving great achievements and carrying deep affection.
On July 5, 2024, in the Mirror Hall of the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe (杜尚别), Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦), the national flags of China and Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦) were intertwined.
Under the gaze of the entire audience, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly presented the "Friendship Medal" to Tajik President Rahmon (拉赫蒙). The participating guests stood up more than ten times and applauded warmly. This was the first time that China had awarded the "Friendship Medal" abroad.
The grand awarding ceremony witnessed the enduring special friendship. The brilliant medals and awards expressed the beautiful hope of working together.
Awarding the China Reform Friendship Medal to 10 international friends, including Alain Merieux (阿兰·梅里埃); awarding the People's Republic of China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award to more than 100 foreign experts, multiple international organizations, and one foreign organization; awarding the "Great Wall Commemorative Medal" to officials from law enforcement and security departments of relevant countries on five continents...
These acts of friendship spanning mountains and seas have set a friendly example of mutual understanding and affinity, demonstrated the open and inclusive atmosphere of a major country, and highlighted the major country's responsibility in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The grand ceremony pays tribute to immortal achievements, gathering the vigorous spirit and strong positive energy for striving in the new era and embarking on a new journey.
Great Wisdom Governs the System, Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity to a Higher Level
The weighty "Medal of the Republic" praises the highest national honor and blesses the motherland with prosperity and strength.
With red and gold as the main colors, the medal incorporates elements such as the national emblem and five-pointed stars, and uses traditional techniques such as filigree inlay and enamel... The design details of the medal are a vivid testament to China's outstanding traditional culture and a vivid microcosm of the adherence to and innovation of the ceremonial system of a major party and a major country with Chinese characteristics.
Rituals govern the country, stabilize the state, order the people, and benefit future generations.
Clarifying the etiquette for raising the national flag, singing the national anthem, the oath-taking ceremony for joining the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the admission ceremony for joining the Communist Youth League of China (中国共产主义青年团), and the admission ceremony for joining the Young Pioneers of China (中国少年先锋队); creating and launching ceremonial music such as "Martyr's Memorial Day Bugle," enhancing the sense of ceremony in national ceremonies...
Based on the traditional Chinese ritual and music culture centered on the five rites, inheriting China's long history of honors, the Party Central Committee has made comprehensive and systematic regulations on merit and honor commendations, celebrations, inauguration ceremonies, commemorative activities, military ceremonies, foreign affairs etiquette, and funeral mourning, achieving an organic combination of inheriting ritual and music culture and showcasing the style of the times, endowing the governance system and governance capacity with the foundation and strength of civilization.
The merit and honor commendation system is an important part of the ceremonial system of a major party and a major country.
Over the past decade, the construction of the Party and state merit and honor commendation system has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focusing on overall planning, highlighting merit orientation, and adhering to laws and regulations, achieving a historic breakthrough from scratch and from establishment to improvement.
Establishing institutions, unifying "laying the foundation" and "adding bricks and tiles" –
Based on the opinions issued by the Party Central Committee in 2015 and the laws passed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (全国人大常委会), the three regulations on merit and honor commendation of the Party, the state, and the military have been formulated successively.
At the same time, more than 10 supporting measures have been gradually improved in stages as practical operational regulations, making the establishment, approval, evaluation, and awarding of merit and honor commendations interlocked and legally binding.
The "1+1+3+N" institutional system marks the continuous consolidation of the four pillars and eight beams of the Party and state merit and honor commendation system, and the continuous improvement of a unified, standardized, and authoritative merit and honor commendation system.
Grasping the right direction, combining spiritual encouragement and material rewards, with spiritual encouragement as the main focus –
In the autumn, in the northwest corner of the motherland, the beautiful Xinjiang (新疆) is filled with joy and celebration.
On the morning of September 25, 2025, the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) was grandly held in the Xinjiang People's Hall (新疆人民会堂).
People noticed that on the rostrum, four model heroes were in the same frame as the high-hanging national emblem: "July 1st Medal" winner Mamatjan Omar (买买提江·吾买尔) and Wei Deyou (魏德友), "People's Role Model" national honorary title winner Burumahan Maurdoto (布茹玛汗·毛勒朵), and "People's Guardian" national honorary title winner Bayka Kailidibek (巴依卡·凯力迪别克).
Inviting representatives of recipients of merit and honor commendation awards to participate in the ceremony on every major ceremony; clarifying the political treatment, living treatment, and work treatment of recipients of merit and honor commendation awards from the institutional level; establishing standards for Spring Festival visits and condolences, issuing honorary allowances, organizing recuperation and medical care...
The hearts of the people are the greatest politics, gathering outstanding talents from all fields into the cause of the Party and the state, and creating good conditions for them to start businesses and make achievements.
Looking back over the past decade, the key to the vigorous promotion of institutional construction lies in the leadership of the Party.
In April 2016, the Party Central Committee decided to establish the Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation Work Committee (党和国家功勋荣誉表彰工作委员会) to be responsible for the overall coordination of merit and honor commendation work.
Since 2019, local areas have successively established provincial-level merit and honor commendation work leading groups.
As a coordinating body for Party Central Committee deliberations, the Merit Committee takes the lead in overall management, and the Merit Office, members of the Merit Committee, and local merit and honor commendation work leading groups perform their respective duties and are responsible for their respective responsibilities, awarding the right person, at the right time, and for the right achievements.
A strong country is built by those who uphold the law, and a prosperous country is built by those who value virtue.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the Party and state merit and honor commendation system is more "effective, useful, stable, and lasting," fully demonstrating the great power style of the "Chinese system" and the era style of "Chinese governance."
Dare to be Pioneers, Writing a New Heroic Epic with One Heart
The rain has just stopped, and the pines and cypresses are verdant. The eight hundred miles of Taihang (太行) are filled with heroic spirit.
On July 7, 2025, the 88th anniversary of the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Yangquan (阳泉), Shanxi (山西), in the hinterland of Taihang (太行), to visit the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆).
"Forgetting the past means betrayal. Coming here is to receive spiritual baptism. The vast number of young people are born in the right time. They must continue the red bloodline, establish the lofty ambition of strengthening the country with me, be upright and proud Chinese people, and bravely shoulder the historical task of national rejuvenation," General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words were firm and powerful.
The Chinese nation is a nation that produces heroes, and the new era is an era that achieves heroes.
Recalling the scene at the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the COVID-19 Epidemic, Zhang Dingyu (张定宇), winner of the national honorary title of "People's Hero," is still excited. Suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he walked to the stage with difficulty, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) awarded him a medal and said with concern: "Take care of your health! Take good care of your health."
Now, Zhang Dingyu (张定宇), who spends "half his time in the hospital and half his time in the laboratory," is working hard to build a communication bridge between clinical research and achievement transformation. He said: "I am a member of the grassroots, and I will always serve the people in different positions."
Honor is the driving force to continue moving forward.
At Huaping Girls' High School (华坪女高) in Lijiang (丽江), Yunnan (云南), the light of the "August 1st Medal" and the warmth of the "July 1st Medal" met. Holding the empty sleeve of mine-clearing hero Du Fuguo (杜富国), "Torch Principal" Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) burst into tears. The two model heroes encouraged each other, and in every day of the future, they will not forget their original intentions and will always struggle.
Role models are the lighthouses that illuminate the times.
In May 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the work of promoting cultural and ethical progress, emphasizing: "Give play to the exemplary role of advanced models and further form a social atmosphere of striving for progress and goodness."
Following the direction pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), an all-round and three-dimensional publicity and education matrix is accelerating its formation –
In the classroom, incorporating the advanced deeds of more revolutionary heroes and people with lofty ideals into the important content of primary and secondary school teaching, making character shaping a "compulsory course" for the growth of young people; on the screen, the TV series "Medal of the Republic," based on the recipients of the "Medal of the Republic," is popular, interpreting dedication and faith, and stirring resonance and strength; in the live broadcast room, witnessing the return of the remains of the volunteer martyrs in Korea, the deep national sentiments of the martyrs strike the hearts of the people in silence...
Rich and diverse learning and publicity activities have built a spiritual bridge connecting history and the present, connecting individuals and the nation, so that heroic stories are widely spread, and the spirit of model heroes becomes a trend, becoming the richest spiritual nourishment for the Chinese people in the new era.
Water hitting a stone makes a sound, and people hitting their aspirations make them grand.
At the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, striving for self-reliance and self-improvement. The "National Engineer Award" evaluation and commendation was carried out for the first time, and the vast number of engineering and technology talents were greatly encouraged. They are burying their heads in hard work, tackling key problems, and writing a new chapter in the development of engineering and technology in the new era and on the new journey by forging great power tools and overcoming technical fortresses.
In the academic garden, students continue to write the dream of a strong country. The scholarly spirit and patriotic feelings of Zhang Jinpan (张晋藩), winner of the national honorary title of "People's Educator," deeply permeate future generations. Generations of young legal talents have lofty ambitions and contribute their youthful strength to the grand journey of building a rule of law China.
On the border of the motherland, the color of loyalty is even brighter. Wang Gang's (王刚), winner of the "August 1st Medal," counter-terrorism deeds of rushing into fire and charging into battle inspire the officers and soldiers of the Xinjiang (新疆) Corps of the Armed Police to patrol the front line of counter-terrorism and stability maintenance, building a solid security barrier and safeguarding national peace and security.
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Looking across the country, there are heroic odes that can be sung and wept everywhere, and there are heroic declarations of marching forward everywhere. The struggles of countless people have converged into the surging torrent of the Chinese nation's vigorous progress in the era.
Looking up, the noble spirit of model heroes is like a torch and a star, illuminating the way forward –
At a new historical starting point, uniting more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters will be united and move forward, and will surely write a new heroic epic with new great struggles!
(Xinhua News Agency (新华社), Beijing (北京), December 23, reporter Ding Xiaoxi (丁小溪), Sun Shaolong (孙少龙), Fan Sixiang (范思翔), Dong Boting (董博婷))
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 23rd. Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) recently signed a State Council decree, announcing the "Regulations on Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on February 1, 2026.
The "Regulations" aim to strengthen and standardize administrative law enforcement supervision, promote strict, standardized, fair, and civilized law enforcement, improve the level of administration according to law, and strengthen the construction of a government under the rule of law. The "Regulations" consist of 7 chapters and 44 articles, mainly stipulating the following contents.
First, clarify the overall requirements. It stipulates that administrative law enforcement supervision is a basic method of coordinating administrative law enforcement work and an important part of the Party and state supervision system. It emphasizes that administrative law enforcement supervision work should follow the principles of giving equal importance to standardization and guidance, giving equal importance to prevention and correction, and giving equal importance to supervision and protection, so as to urge the correction of administrative law enforcement problems and improve the quality and efficiency of administrative law enforcement.
Second, clarify the scope of supervision. It stipulates that supervision shall be carried out on the implementation of major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on administrative law enforcement work by administrative law enforcement agencies, the implementation of various administrative law enforcement systems, and the carrying out of administrative law enforcement according to law. Strengthen the qualification management of administrative law enforcement entities and personnel. Strengthen supervision on whether there are illegal off-site law enforcement, profit-seeking law enforcement, and arbitrary charges, arbitrary fines, arbitrary inspections, and arbitrary seizures.
Third, improve the supervision methods. It stipulates that comprehensive use of daily supervision, key supervision, special supervision and other methods to carry out supervision. It clarifies that methods such as listing for supervision and upgrading supervision shall be adopted to conduct key supervision on typical and representative outstanding administrative law enforcement problems that are strongly reflected by enterprises and the masses and have a significant social impact. It stipulates that the administrative law enforcement supervision agencies of the people's governments at or above the provincial level shall carry out special supervision on specific fields and specific issues that are related to the overall economic and social development and the vital interests of the people.
Fourth, standardize the supervision and handling. It stipulates that measures such as issuing administrative law enforcement supervision and supervision letters, opinions or decisions shall be taken to urge corrections based on different circumstances for the problems found in the supervision. It clarifies the need to strengthen the connection and coordination with supervision and supervision, and establish and improve communication and information sharing mechanisms with government supervision, administrative reconsideration, etc. It clarifies that the results of administrative law enforcement supervision will be used as an important part of the evaluation of the effectiveness of the construction of a government under the rule of law.
Fifth, improve safeguard measures. It clarifies the need to strengthen the construction of the administrative law enforcement supervision team. It stipulates that the administrative law enforcement supervision agency of the State Council shall urge the strengthening of the standardization of administrative law enforcement and improve the integrated level of national administrative law enforcement supervision information.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 23rd (Reporter Peng Bo (彭波)). Zhao Leji (赵乐际), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), held a discussion and exchange on the afternoon of the 23rd with NPC deputies attending the 19th meeting of the 14th NPC Standing Committee. He emphasized that NPC deputies should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference, accurately grasp and thoroughly understand the Party Central Committee's analysis and judgment of the situation and its decision-making arrangements, faithfully fulfill their statutory duties, and correctly exercise their democratic rights.
At the symposium, the deputies put forward opinions and suggestions focusing on the work of the NPC Standing Committee and the drafting of the work report of the Standing Committee. Zhao Leji (赵乐际) listened carefully and had in-depth exchanges with the deputies. He said that 2025 is a very extraordinary year. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and work hard, promoting new and major achievements in the cause of the Party and the country, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to come to a successful conclusion. Over the past year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, the NPC Standing Committee has performed its duties in accordance with the law, further improved the legal system, enhanced the pertinence and effectiveness of supervision work, deepened and expanded the work of deputies by taking the implementation of the newly revised Deputies Law as a starting point, gave play to the role of the NPC in foreign affairs, and solidly promoted the construction of "four organs."
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) pointed out that the achievements made in the work of the Standing Committee are inseparable from the support, participation, and hard work of the NPC deputies. Over the past year, more than 270 deputies have attended the meetings of the Standing Committee, more than 900 deputies have participated in legislation, law enforcement inspections, supervision of financial and economic work, foreign affairs and other activities, and more than 1,000 deputies have carried out relevant research, further expanding the breadth and depth of deputies' participation in the work of the Standing Committee. The deputies gave play to the characteristics and advantages of coming from the people and being rooted in the people, maintained close contact with the masses, conducted in-depth research, listened to and reflected opinions and suggestions from all sides, and made contributions to the high-quality development of the work of the NPC.
Zhao Leji (赵乐际) emphasized that this meeting of the Standing Committee deliberated on the decision on convening the Fourth Session of the 14th NPC next year. Successfully convening next year's conference is of great significance for mobilizing the people of all ethnic groups across the country to unite and concentrate their efforts to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, earnestly do a good job in all aspects of the work throughout the year, and ensure a good start and a good step for the "15th Five-Year Plan." The deputies should make careful preparations, perform their duties in accordance with the law, and complete the scheduled tasks of the conference. It is necessary to participate in centralized inspections as arranged, conduct in-depth research and thinking, carefully study and discuss the draft laws to be submitted to the conference for deliberation, and reflect public opinion and wisdom in deliberation speeches, motions, and suggestions. It is necessary to base oneself on the overall situation and the overall situation, combine the actual development and construction of localities, industries, and grassroots levels, participate in the deliberation and voting of the conference with a serious and responsible attitude, strictly abide by the conference style and discipline, tell the truth, tell the truth, and come up with practical measures, 集思广益 (jí sī guǎng yì - "collect thoughts benefit widely," to draw on collective wisdom and pool ideas), and build consensus.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the symposium.
Return to TopOn December 23, the entire line of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway was opened for operation, and the Beijing-Lanzhou corridor of the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network was fully connected.
The main line of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway is 519 kilometers long, starting from Baotou (包头), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), passing through Bayannur (巴彦淖尔), Ordos (鄂尔多斯), Wuhai (乌海), and Shizuishan (石嘴山), Ningxia (宁夏), and ending in Yinchuan (银川). After the full opening of the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway, it forms the Beijing-Lanzhou corridor, one of the main corridors of China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network, together with the Beijing-Baotou High-speed Railway and the Yinchuan-Lanzhou High-speed Railway, facilitating travel for people along the route.
The picture shows a EMU train running on the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway in Urad Front Banner (乌拉特前旗), Bayannur (巴彦淖尔) on December 23.
Li Xinping (李心萍), Zhang Chengwen (张枨文)
Photo by Yin Songhao (尹松浩) (People's Vision)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 何 聪 刘军国
In winter, at the archaeological site of the Fanshan site of Liangzhu Ancient City (良渚古城) in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省), archaeological team members are recording a three-dimensional image of a section of the site.
The Liangzhu Site (良渚遗址) is a testament to the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization. "In the process of excavation and research, we have made important discoveries about the relationship between Fanshan and the water conservancy system, as well as the spatial structure of Fanshan itself," said Wang Ningyuan (王宁远), researcher at the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (浙江省文物考古研究所) and head of the archaeological project of Liangzhu Ancient City (良渚古城) and the water conservancy system.
In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Zhejiang (浙江): "We must better shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era, continue the historical and cultural heritage, strengthen the protection of cultural heritage, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional culture."
To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Yuhang District (余杭区) is building the Liangzhu Culture Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊) around the Liangzhu Site (良渚遗址), focusing on strengthening the protection of cultural heritage, and the millennium-old cultural context is flourishing.
Stepping into the China Painting Collection Hall (中国历代绘画大系典藏馆) located in Yuhang District (余杭区), the theme exhibition "Great Sound is Silent - Music in Song Dynasty Paintings" is fascinating, "dubbing" ancient paintings with original music and restored and re-created repertoire. "It feels like traveling through time and space, the experience is particularly strong," said tourist Wang Rui (王蕊).
Yuhang District (余杭区) continues to build a high-level cultural landmark cluster. On the Liangzhu Culture Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊), the Liangzhu Ancient City Site Park (良渚古城遗址公园), the China Painting Collection Hall (中国历代绘画大系典藏馆), the Yuhang Art Museum (余杭美术馆), and other places are strung together, and public cultural spaces are constantly expanding. On the southern wing of the Liangzhu Culture Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊), Yuhang District (余杭区) is promoting the construction of the central axis of the new Hangzhou (杭州) urban center, and a number of major public cultural facilities such as the Zhejiang Concert Hall (浙江音乐厅), the Yuhang Grand Theater (余杭大剧院), and the Yuhang International Sports Center (余杭国际体育中心) are under construction.
Coordinating protection and development, Yuhang District (余杭区) has embarked on a path of cultural benefits for the people.
In the morning light, the Tiaoxi River (苕溪) glistens, and people come and go on the top of the Xixian Great Dyke (西险大塘) on the right bank. This flood control barrier built in ancient times has become a "Tiaoxi Cultural Scenery Belt (苕溪文化风情带)" integrating water conservancy, ecology, and culture, attracting citizens and tourists.
The Grand Canal (Yuhang Section) Comprehensive Protection Project (Phase II) (大运河（余杭段）沿线综保工程（二期）项目) was completed not long ago, and the area along the canal has been renewed. "The canal culture and Liangzhu culture are integrated, which not only preserves the historical relics of canal shipping, but also incorporates many landscape sketches," said Zhou Su (周苏), associate researcher at the Liangzhu Museum (良渚博物院).
Traditional villages have also been revitalized through cultural innovation. Jing Shan Village (径山村) relies on the thousand-year-old Zen tea culture to cultivate the "Jing Shan Tea Banquet (径山茶宴)," promoting income increase for villagers. Xikou Village (溪口村) has built a museum cluster to protect local memories and enrich the lives of villagers.
"Culture + Technology" has spawned a high-level cultural industry platform here.
The Liangzhu Culture Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊) is home to Zhejiang Province's (浙江省) only national foreign cultural trade base, and has built the National Short Video Base Creation and Operation Center (国家短视频基地创作运营中心), and is currently planning the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Going Overseas Comprehensive Service Platform (浙江省文化出海综合服务平台), the Provincial Cultural and Technological Integration Key Laboratory (省级文化科技融合重点实验室), and so on.
Not only that, in Yuhang (余杭), many innovative enterprises are exploring - Suoyi Culture Company (索以文化公司), which is stationed in the China Liangzhu Digital Culture Community (中国良渚数字文化社区), applies its independently developed AIGC intelligent production software to animation production, effectively shortening the production cycle; Fliggy Travel (飞猪旅行) has launched the artificial intelligence product "Ask One Question (问一问)," which improves the efficiency of handling complex cultural tourism needs.
With the help of artificial intelligence technology, Yuhang's (余杭) digital cultural enterprises are accelerating their overseas expansion. In the first three quarters of this year, the revenue of Yuhang's (余杭) cultural enterprises above designated size reached 519.854 billion yuan, an increase of 14.4%.
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, Yuhang District (余杭区) will better shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era, and coordinate the promotion of 'Culture + Technology,' 'Culture + Tourism,' and 'Culture + People's Livelihood,' continue the city's cultural context, and make the city's development more charming and the lives of citizens more textured," said Liu Ying (刘颖), member of the Standing Committee of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee (杭州市委常委) and Secretary of the Yuhang District Party Committee (余杭区委书记).
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Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 23rd: The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央组织部) recently issued a notice requiring Party organizations at all levels to carry out activities to visit and comfort Party members, veteran Party members, and veteran cadres experiencing difficult living conditions during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival periods. This is to allow the broad masses of Party members, cadres, and the people to deeply feel the care and warmth of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and to further inspire the broad masses of Party members, cadres, and the people to **勠力同心** (lù lì tóng xīn - "unite efforts with one heart," to work together with one mind) and struggle together, and to actively play a role in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The notice pointed out that visits and condolences should be carried out with heart and affection. Comprehensively and accurately grasp the basic situation of Party members, veteran Party members, and veteran cadres experiencing difficult living conditions, and conduct extensive visits and condolences. Veteran Party members who joined the Party before the founding of the People's Republic of China should be universally visited and comforted. Care and concern should be shown to grassroots cadres, especially comrades working in areas with harsh conditions and on the front lines of urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks. Do a good job in implementing the relevant treatment and visiting and comforting recipients of the "Republic Medal" ("共和国勋章"), "July 1st Medal" ("七一勋章"), national honorary titles, outstanding national Communist Party members, and outstanding national Party affairs workers. Do a good job in visiting and comforting, caring for and assisting, and providing long-term assistance to the families of Party member cadres who sacrificed themselves on duty. The scope of visits and condolences can be appropriately expanded to do a good job in caring for and assisting former village (community) Party organization secretaries, village (resident) committee directors, and extremely poor people impoverished due to illness who have normally left office. Visits and condolences should be paid to Party members experiencing difficult living conditions among newly employed groups, and grassroots Party affairs workers who are indeed in difficulty can also be visited and comforted. The Organization Department of the Central Committee (中央组织部) will allocate condolence funds from Party membership dues managed on behalf of the Central Committee. All regions and departments (systems) should implement supporting funds as soon as possible to ensure that they are distributed to the condolence recipients before the Spring Festival.
The notice requires that the treatment of retired cadres and living allowances for veteran Party members be implemented, relevant policies and regulations be earnestly implemented, and the work of distributing living allowances to rural veteran Party members who joined the Party before the founding of the People's Republic of China and urban veteran Party members who do not enjoy retirement benefits be carefully carried out.
The notice emphasizes that it is necessary to improve the political stance, combine the carrying out of visits and condolences with studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and planning the economic and social development of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and guide the broad masses of Party members and cadres to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards." Leading cadres at all levels must adhere to the principle of putting the people first, take the lead in promoting the Party's fine traditions and work style, go to the grassroots level, enter homes, and convey the care and warmth of the Party Central Committee to the objects of visits and condolences. It is necessary to consolidate and expand the achievements of in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, prevent formalism, and increase the burden on the grassroots. It is necessary to strengthen the supervision and management of funds for visits and condolences to ensure that they are used for their designated purposes. It is necessary to strengthen organizational leadership, coordinate visits and condolences with various tasks during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival periods, and ensure that the people spend a happy, safe, and peaceful holiday.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 23rd (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) A symposium on studying and implementing "Excerpts from Xi Jinping's (习近平) Discourse on Civil Affairs Work" was held in Beijing (北京) on December 23rd. State Councilor Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on civil affairs work has a lofty vision, is full of deep feelings, is rich in content, and profound in thought, providing fundamental guidance and injecting strong impetus for promoting the high-quality development of civil affairs in the new era. It is necessary to deeply understand its great significance, accurately grasp the fundamental position and basic attributes of civil affairs work in relation to people's livelihood and connected to people's hearts, adhere to the direction and positioning of strengthening inclusive, basic, and bottom-line people's livelihood construction, focus on promoting the implementation of the national strategy to actively respond to the aging of the population, focus on improving the level of social assistance, social welfare, social affairs, and social governance, deepen the reform and development of civil affairs, strengthen the construction of civil affairs culture, and do a good job in civil affairs with heart and affection.
Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) pointed out that studying, publicizing, and implementing "Excerpts" should be taken as an important political task, closely integrated with studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and strive to create a new situation in the high-quality development of civil affairs during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Responsible comrades from the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部), the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and other departments, responsible comrades from the governments of Shandong (山东) and Hubei (湖北) provinces, and representatives of experts and scholars attended the meeting.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫
How is China's transportation economy performing in the final year of the "14th Five-Year Plan"? In the inaugural year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," how can transportation better serve to promote consumption and expand domestic demand? At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) on December 23, Vice Minister Li Yang (李扬) of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) and others introduced the relevant situation.
The total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society is expected to exceed 66 billion person-times this year.
"In the past year, the transportation economy has been operating generally smoothly and steadily, and has successfully completed the annual target tasks," Li Yang (李扬) introduced.
Major indicators are growing. This year, the completed transportation fixed asset investment is expected to exceed 3.6 trillion yuan, maintaining a high level of operation. The completed commercial freight volume is expected to exceed 58 billion tons, an increase of about 3.5% year-on-year; the throughput of foreign trade containers at ports increased by about 9.6%, and international air cargo increased by 20%.
Service capacity has been improved. This year, the total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society is expected to exceed 66 billion person-times. The service capacity of urban rail transit has been significantly improved. The operating mileage of urban rail transit in 54 cities exceeds 11,000 kilometers, with an average daily passenger volume of more than 90 million person-times, and the rail transit access rate of hub airports reaches 83.3%.
The development of new quality productive forces. This year, about 1,700 kilometers of expressways and more than 2,200 digital transformations of highway and waterway ancillary facilities have been completed. A total of 60 automated container and dry bulk cargo terminals have been built.
The situation of safe production is improving. In the first 11 months, the number of railway traffic accidents nationwide decreased by 18.4% year-on-year, and the number of highway and waterway industry accidents decreased by 25.8% year-on-year.
In the past 5 years, the main framework of the "6 axes, 7 corridors, and 8 channels" national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network has been basically completed, connecting more than 80% of county-level administrative regions and serving about 90% of the country's total economy and population; major cities in key urban agglomerations such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), and Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) have achieved 2-hour access, and the strategic support of transportation services has become more powerful. Moving towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," the following transportation work will be focused on:
Accelerate the connection of the main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, promote the construction of cross-regional and cross-basin major channels, and create a multi-level, integrated comprehensive transportation hub system; strengthen coverage and access guarantees in weak areas, optimize passenger transport service supply, and deeply promote cost reduction, quality improvement, and efficiency enhancement in transportation logistics.
Build a modern metropolitan area comprehensive transportation system, improve transportation conditions for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and do a good job in transportation for the construction of national strategic hinterland; strengthen major scientific and technological research and application, develop smart transportation, promote the digital and intelligent upgrading and transformation of transportation infrastructure transportation services, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of transportation.
Strengthen major risk control and special governance of outstanding problems, strengthen monitoring, early warning, and emergency rescue capacity building, and resolutely curb the occurrence of major and particularly serious accidents.
Cruise passenger transportation volume increased by 27.8% in the first 11 months.
The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to "adhere to domestic demand as the mainstay and build a strong domestic market." Transportation has rich experiential consumption scenarios. How can it serve to promote consumption and expand domestic demand? Li Yang (李扬) conducted a review.
The first is to expand cruise and yacht consumption. From January to November, the volume of cruise passenger transportation reached 1.265 million person-times, an increase of 27.8% year-on-year; in the past 3 years, the average annual growth rate of newly registered yachts in China has been more than 40%, showing a rapid growth trend. The Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) will further promote the development of cruise transportation and tourism services from the perspectives of strengthening supply, improving services, and stimulating new demand; study and formulate a number of measures to expand yacht consumption, and promptly revise relevant regulations and systems such as the "Yacht Safety Management Regulations" to inject new impetus into the development of the yacht economy.
The second is to promote the high-quality development of small and micro passenger car rentals. At present, the total number of small and micro passenger car rentals in China is about 4 million, which is still in a stage of rapid development. The car rental market is booming during holidays. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of the national short-term rental market is expected to reach about 15%. In 2026, the consumption of the automotive aftermarket such as car rentals will be expanded, the supply of rental vehicles during key periods will be strengthened, and public car rental travel will be promoted.
The third is to create a batch of high-quality self-driving routes. In recent years, self-driving tours have become a new hot spot for tourism consumption, and a number of highways have become "internet celebrity check-in spots," meeting the needs of the masses, promoting consumption, and driving the improvement of highway service quality. In 2026, relying on ordinary national and provincial road resources, the highway service facility system will be improved, a batch of cross-regional and distinctive high-quality self-driving routes will be cultivated, and new growth points for the integration of transportation and tourism will be created.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河), the Shiziyang Channel (狮子洋通道), etc. will be completed.
Transportation infrastructure investment has a large scale, takes effect quickly, has good comprehensive benefits, and has a strong driving effect. It is one of the important areas for stabilizing investment, expanding domestic demand, and promoting growth.
What is the progress of major transportation projects in China? Jin Jingdong (金敬东), head of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部综合规划司), introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a large number of landmark major projects such as the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (深中通道), the reconstruction and expansion of the Liaoning section of the Beijing-Harbin Expressway (京哈高速辽宁段改扩建), the reconstruction of the East Sixth Ring Road in Beijing (北京东六环改造), the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge (常泰长江大桥), the Dongjiakou Port Area of Qingdao Port (青岛港董家口港区), and the Jiangyin Port Area of Fuzhou Port (福州港江阴港区) have been fully completed; transportation fixed asset investment has reached 18.8 trillion yuan, and the comprehensive transportation capacity and operating efficiency have been greatly improved.
Jin Jingdong (金敬东) said, "During the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, we will accelerate the improvement of the modern comprehensive transportation system and plan to build a large number of major projects to accelerate the connection of comprehensive transportation corridors." Among them, landmark major projects such as the Shiziyang Channel (狮子洋通道), the Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge (张靖皋长江大桥), the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河) of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor (西部陆海新通道), and the Shanghai East Railway Station (上海东站) of the Oriental Hub will be completed and put into operation; the quality improvement and renovation of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway G318 (川藏公路G318提质改造) and the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu along the Yangtze River High-speed Railway (沪渝蓉沿江高速铁路) and other projects will be accelerated.
Equipment renewal is becoming an important support for releasing domestic demand potential. "Since the launch of the 'Two New' work, the transportation industry has accelerated the promotion of a new round of equipment renewal and replacement in the transportation field, and the green, intelligent, and safety levels of transportation equipment have been greatly improved," Jin Jingdong (金敬东) said.
As of now, the railway has eliminated more than 450 old railway diesel locomotives and updated them with new locomotives. Highways and urban transportation have scrapped and updated 114,000 new energy urban buses and power batteries; eliminated and updated more than 250,000 operating diesel trucks with National III and National IV standards; and promoted the purchase of more than 27,000 new energy cold chain transportation vehicles.
In terms of waterways, support has been given to scrapping and updating more than 12,000 old operating ships; in terms of civil aviation, support has been given to carrying out the renewal of gasoline and diesel airport ground operation vehicles; in terms of postal express delivery, more than 80,000 sets of terminal distribution vehicles and old sorting equipment have been updated.
The Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) will continue to implement the seven major actions of large-scale equipment renewal in the transportation industry, accelerate the renewal of old equipment and the use of intelligent and green equipment, and better serve to promote consumption and expand domestic demand.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘温馨
In the clean workshop of the Hummingbird Intelligent Manufacturing Pilot Test Base in Chengdu High-tech Zone (四川成都高新区) , Sichuan (四川), several pilot production lines are running, helping scientific research projects "run" the "last mile" towards the market; in the testing room, optical, mechanical, structural... all kinds of equipment are available, testing and inspection, disassembly and review, timely discovery and promotion to solve various problems before mass production of new products. "Enterprises, research institutions, etc. do not need to build their own production lines, they can complete product finalization, process optimization and reliability verification here." Tian Yong (田勇), head of the High-tech Hummingbird Intelligent Hardware Pilot Platform, introduced that the full-chain achievement transformation services provided by the base have helped more than 300 products to be mass-produced and launched on the market.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (“十五五”规划) proposal suggests accelerating the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements, and deploying the construction of concept verification and pilot test verification platforms. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) issued the "Notice on Further Accelerating the Systematic Layout and High-level Construction of Pilot Test Platforms for Manufacturing," proposing that by the end of 2027, the strength of high-level pilot test platforms will be further strengthened, a modern pilot test platform system will be basically established, and a national manufacturing pilot test service network with multi-entity participation, multi-field layout, and multi-level services will be initially formed.
Pilot testing is a key link connecting the innovation chain, technology chain, and industrial chain, and smoothing the "intermediate station" from technological innovation to market application. Data shows that the success rate of industrialization of scientific and technological achievements after pilot testing can reach 80%; while without pilot testing, the success rate of industrialization is only 30%.
In recent years, China (中国) has continued to promote the construction of pilot test platforms for manufacturing, and has built more than 2,400 pilot test platforms, and selected the first batch of 241 key pilot test platforms for cultivation by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部). The key pilot test platforms have undertaken 25,000 pilot test service projects. "The policy system for pilot testing in manufacturing is constantly improving, the pace of platform construction is accelerating, the pilot testing capabilities are systematically improving, and the development ecology is becoming increasingly perfect, which effectively promotes the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements." On December 11, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) said at the symposium on innovation and development of pilot testing in manufacturing.
How to build high-level pilot test platforms for manufacturing?
The "Manufacturing Pilot Test Platform Construction Guidelines (2025 Edition)" was released, focusing on solving the problems of "what to build, who to build, and how to build" for pilot test platforms; the "Key Points for the Construction of Key Directions of Manufacturing Pilot Test Platforms (2025 Edition)" was released, guiding local areas to focus on 6 key areas and 37 industry key directions, including raw materials industry, equipment manufacturing, consumer goods industry, information technology, emerging and future industries, and common needs, to deploy and build pilot test platforms urgently needed for industrial development. At the same time, the notice clearly proposes to systematically promote the construction and development of pilot test platforms through "strengthening a batch, activating a batch, and supplementing a batch."
Strengthen a batch. Adhere to the progressive advancement, cultivation of excellence and strengthening, and leading by example, guide pilot test platforms to build and develop around strategic positioning, basic capabilities, technical advantages, operating mechanisms, service effectiveness, and future potential. Activate a batch. Adhere to classified policies, precise support, quality improvement and efficiency enhancement, promote pilot test platforms to enhance endogenous development动力 and competitiveness, organize a series of activities such as intelligent diagnosis, targeted improvement, training and exchange, and experience empowerment, or encourage strategic restructuring, professional integration, etc., to guide pilot test platforms to break through the pain points, blockages, and difficulties in development. Supplement a batch. Focus on key industry areas such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, quantum technology, clean low-carbon hydrogen, biomedicine, industrial mother machines, instruments and meters, as well as major technical equipment, new materials, and information technology, which are related to future development, industrial security, and scarce pilot test supply, and rely on production, learning, research, and application entities to deploy and build pilot test platforms.
In addition, in order to avoid repetitive construction and "involution" competition, the notice requires that, following the laws of industrial development, adhering to starting from reality, based on resource endowments, industrial foundations, and scientific research conditions, promote the layout and construction of pilot test platforms, achieve functional complementarity, resource sharing, and business promotion, and prevent a rush and blind advancement.
Return to TopOn December 23, the industrialization project of "Suhai No. 1 (苏海1号)," the world's first salmon farming vessel, was put into production, and the first batch of seawater salmon fry was put into the tanks. "Suhai No. 1 (苏海1号)" is equipped with 15 closed breeding tanks, with a designed annual breeding capacity of approximately 8,000 tons. Through the ship's intelligent control system, precise control of water, oxygen supply, and feeding is achieved. It can complete 16 water exchanges within 24 hours, providing a low-stress growth environment for salmon. After the fry are stocked, the ship will set sail to suitable sea areas for cruising aquaculture.
The picture shows "Suhai No. 1 (苏海1号)" berthed at Ganyu Port Area (赣榆港区), Lianyungang Port (连云港港), Jiangsu (江苏) on the evening of the 22nd.
Photo by Si Wei (司伟) (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 23rd (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷), Zhang Ling (张玲)) Since the beginning of this year, the photovoltaic industry has responded to the comprehensive rectification of "involutionary" competition, strengthened industry self-discipline, and the profitability of the main industrial chain links has gradually improved. Prices have been restored, and the decline in total exports has narrowed significantly. Data released by the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (中国光伏行业协会) shows that as of the end of November, the average prices of polysilicon, silicon wafers, solar cells, and modules have increased by 38.9%, 2.2%, 0.4%, and 2.3% respectively compared with the beginning of the year. The losses of enterprises in the main industrial chain have continued to narrow, with losses in the third quarter decreasing by more than 5.6 billion yuan compared with the second quarter, a reduction of approximately 46.7%.
"Against the background of declining operating income, the gross profit margins of the main industrial chain links have improved, reflecting that photovoltaic enterprises are responding to the requirement of 'selling at prices not lower than cost' and gradually abandoning low-price, low-profit orders," said Wang Bohua (王勃华), Honorary Chairman of the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (中国光伏行业协会). The rapid growth trend of new production capacity in the current main industrial chain links has also been effectively controlled.
In terms of exports, the export volume of photovoltaic products rebounded somewhat in the first 10 months of this year, export prices stopped falling, and the total export value of silicon wafers, solar cells, and modules exceeded US$24.4 billion, with a significant narrowing of the decline compared with the same period in 2024.
As of the end of October, the national installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation was 1.14 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 43.8%. The proportion of photovoltaic power generation installed capacity in total installed capacity increased from about 12% in 2020 to about 30%; the proportion of power generation in total social electricity consumption increased from about 3.5% in 2020 to about 11.6%.
Relevant officials from the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department (新能源和可再生能源司) of the National Energy Administration (国家能源局) stated that the photovoltaic industry should advocate a virtuous competition order with technological innovation, quality improvement, and service optimization as the core. It is necessary to improve its own adjustment capabilities, meet the application needs of multiple scenarios such as photovoltaic desertification control, agricultural photovoltaics, and building-integrated photovoltaics, vigorously expand new non-electric utilization avenues, accurately combine photovoltaics with green hydrogen, ammonia, alcohol and other technologies, and directly connect with energy consumption needs such as industrial and commercial refrigeration and heating, and agricultural product drying, to achieve on-site and nearby consumption of solar energy.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴齐强 颜 珂
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests deepening zero-based budgeting reform, unifying budget allocation authority, optimizing the structure of fiscal expenditure, and strengthening budget performance management.
Changing the "cake-sharing" pattern is a tough "hard bone" to crack. Hunan Province regards deepening zero-based budgeting reform as a key task for further comprehensively deepening reform in the province, and promotes it across the board.
Zero-based budgeting focuses more on actual needs, financial resources, and the urgency of matters, and responds more flexibly to changes in the internal and external environment. What has the reform brought about, and what has it changed? Find the answers in the "three accounts."
The first account: Look at the structure.
The Yuelu Mountain Industrial Innovation Center (Laboratory) (岳麓山工业创新中心（实验室）), located in Changsha (长沙), is one of the four major laboratories that Hunan Province (湖南省) has focused on building in recent years. Yu Jinqing (余金清), deputy director of the center, reviewed the year-end report card: focusing on the common technology needs of Hunan's key industrial chains, 14 new products have been developed, and a number of scientific and technological achievements and products have filled domestic gaps; 7 achievements have been transformed in Hunan, with a total contract amount of nearly 284 million yuan... "The continuously increasing financial support has given us the confidence and determination to continue to innovate," said Yu Jinqing (余金清).
Continuously building the "three highlands," including a "science and technology innovation highland with core competitiveness," is General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment to Hunan. In 2025, Hunan's provincial budget funds for the construction of the "three highlands" will increase by 71% year-on-year. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Hunan has cumulatively arranged 110.9 billion yuan for the construction of the "three highlands," with an average annual increase of 28%.
Where does the increment come from? Break the solidified expenditure pattern and seek benefits from reform. "Taking the breaking of the government budget base as an example, the province has comprehensively cleaned up 300 major expenditure projects, cumulatively recovered 16.7 billion yuan of non-key and non-rigid expenditures, and enhanced the financial support capacity for ensuring major events," said a relevant person in charge of the Hunan Provincial Department of Finance (湖南省财政厅).
The second account: Look at overall planning.
The Survey and Monitoring Technology Center of the Second Surveying and Mapping Institute of Hunan Province (湖南省第二测绘院调查监测技术中心) has more than 25,000 iron tower cameras across the province transmitting monitoring images in real time, covering approximately 90% of the concentrated and contiguous cultivated land, approximately 76% of the forest land, and approximately 40% of the water area in the province. Many departments have needs to build "iron tower sentries." With financial coordination to promote work coordination, the Provincial Department of Natural Resources (省自然资源厅) took the lead, "one builds for everyone to use," avoiding the duplication of about 100,000 construction points and saving more than 500 million yuan in financial funds.
Determining money based on events, changing from "fighting separately" to "making a fist." Hunan focuses on breaking down departmental barriers and special boundaries, strengthening the overall planning of special funds, cross-departmental funds, cross-level funds, and cross-unit funds, and focusing on supporting the major plans, key projects, and important tasks of the Party Committee and the government. In 2025, the number of special provincial financial funds in Hunan will be reduced from 42 to 33, and subsequent efforts will be further increased to continuously improve the concentration of fund use.
The third account: Look at effectiveness.
In order to achieve full-process supervision of gas cylinders, the Chenzhou (郴州) City Urban Management Bureau (城管局) plans to build an information system. The Municipal Data Bureau (市数据局) gave a new idea: the market supervision department also has a similar platform, which can be shared by upgrading and transforming it. "The cost of building a separate system is not low. Now that the platform is shared, the annual additional cost is only more than 50,000 yuan," said He Wei (何维), deputy director of the Chenzhou Municipal Data Bureau.
Multi-headed management and duplicate construction used to be prominent problems in information construction. How should money be spent, how should standards be set, and what is the effect? Hunan takes the zero-based budgeting reform as an opportunity to strengthen the management of plans, projects, funds, standards, and assets. Although construction needs increase year by year, it can still achieve "doing more with less money." In 2025, Chenzhou City (郴州市) alone saved 103 million yuan in information construction funds.
Asking about effectiveness when spending money, and promoting use with effectiveness. Taking strengthening the unified allocation of budget authority as the starting point, Hunan strengthens the systematic integration of fiscal reform and other reforms, promotes the improvement of governance efficiency in multiple dimensions, and implements the "five major tough battles" in key areas such as industry, universities, scientific research, information technology, and asset management, to promote the solution of a number of chronic and stubborn problems that have been wanted to be changed for a long time but have not been changed.
Looking at the "big picture" outside of the three accounts. At present, Hunan Province (湖南) has cumulatively invested 24 billion yuan to leverage social capital to form a 100 billion yuan scale Golden Hibiscus Fund Matrix (金芙蓉基金矩阵), raised 13.7 billion yuan to support the layout and discipline professional optimization of colleges and universities, and coordinated 11.7 billion yuan of national and provincial funds to support the fight against the five landmark battles for air pollution prevention and control, injecting new momentum into the high-quality economic and social development of the province.
Return to TopBeijing, December 23rd (Reported by Li Xinping (李心萍)) - The reporter learned from the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会) that since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the operating income of the machine tool equipment industry is expected to increase from 763.1 billion yuan in 2020 to 1051 billion yuan in 2025. The export value of machine tool equipment products is expected to increase from US$63.86 billion during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period to US$106.21 billion during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, with an average annual growth of approximately 10.7%. Exported main engine products have transitioned from ordinary machine tools to mid-range CNC machine tools and high-end five-axis machining centers.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the machine tool equipment industry has cultivated a number of brand enterprises with independent intellectual property rights and international competitiveness, such as General Technology Group Machine Tool Co. (通用技术集团机床公司), Beijing Jingdiao (北京精雕), Qinchuan Machine Tool (秦川机床), HG Laser (华工激光), HNC (华中数控), GSK (广州数控), and Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Cutting Tools (株洲钻石刀具). Key machine tool products such as high-precision and high-speed five-axis machining centers, high-precision and high-speed gear processing machine tools, CNC turning-milling compound machining machine tools, high-precision and high-speed five-axis laser processing machine tools, heavy/super-heavy machine tools, mid-to-high-end CNC systems, high-performance cutting tools, and high-precision position feedback components are close to or have reached the international advanced technical level, and the proportion of domestic mid-to-high-end products in the market has increased.
Return to TopBy: 金太年
From October 30th to November 1st, Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) was invited to Gyeongju, South Korea, to attend the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and pay a state visit to South Korea. I was fortunate to attend the welcoming banquet held by President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) for President Xi Jinping (习近平). The atmosphere was harmonious and friendly, making it unforgettable.
The South Korean side attached great importance to President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit, treating him as the most important and distinguished guest, and warmly received him with the highest courtesy. The two heads of state had in-depth communication and exchanges in a friendly atmosphere, reaffirmed the South Korea-China strategic cooperative partnership, and reached a series of cooperation consensuses. In 2008, South Korea-China relations were elevated to a strategic cooperative partnership. In the past few years, the relations between the two countries have experienced difficulties and challenges. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit has opened a new chapter for the development of relations between the two countries. The two leaders agreed to explore the potential of emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, biopharmaceuticals, green industries, and the silver economy, and promote the upgrading of economic and trade cooperation. It is expected that the two countries will further strengthen cooperation in economy, culture, personnel exchanges, and other aspects, and promote the development of relations between the two countries in the direction of peace, stability, and mutual benefit and win-win results. At present, profound changes have taken place in the international situation, and the global industrial chain and supply chain have been unprecedentedly impacted. In this context, South Korea and China adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results, openness and inclusiveness, strengthen dialogue and cooperation, bring positive signals for regional peace and stability, and will powerfully promote the sustainable prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region.
At the welcoming banquet held on the evening of November 1st, I had the third close contact with President Xi Jinping (习近平). In 2017, after former South Korean President Moon Jae-in (文在寅) took office, I first met President Xi Jinping (习近平) in Beijing (北京) as a member of the South Korean special envoy delegation. I still keep the group photo from that time and have always placed the photo in my office. During the 9th Asian Winter Games in February this year, I accompanied the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea, Woo Won-shik (禹元植), and met President Xi Jinping (习近平) again in Harbin (哈尔滨). President Xi Jinping (习近平) had a sincere and friendly exchange with us, expressing his high attention to the development of relations between the two countries, which impressed me deeply. This meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平) in South Korea is of more special significance, especially as the relations between the two countries are improving, and the atmosphere of the welcoming banquet is relaxed and pleasant.
At the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed jointly maintaining the multilateral trading system, jointly creating an open regional economic environment, jointly maintaining the stability and smooth flow of industrial and supply chains, jointly promoting the digital and green transformation of trade, and jointly promoting inclusive and beneficial development, providing ideas for promoting economic development in the Asia-Pacific region. The South Korean economy is export-oriented and attaches great importance to maintaining the multilateral trading system and the stability and smooth flow of industrial and supply chains. The South Korean government also attaches great importance to promoting the digital and green transformation of trade and promoting inclusive and beneficial development. In the future, South Korea and China can strengthen cooperation in these areas.
China is the host of next year's APEC meeting. In order to promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region, South Korea and China can strengthen consultation and cooperation in maintaining a free and open trade system, building a stable industrial and supply chain, and promoting the digital and green transformation of trade. With economic development and industrial structure adjustment, competition between South Korea and China in certain industrial fields is inevitable, but at the same time, the two countries can carry out more future-oriented cooperation, such as in the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, and unmanned driving. It is believed that healthy competition and close cooperation can further promote technological innovation and social progress on both sides. South Korea and China are not only neighbors that cannot be moved away, but also neighbors that cannot be moved away. Promoting peace and seeking common prosperity are the common aspirations of the two countries. Achieving common prosperity in healthy competition and close cooperation will provide a successful and exemplary model for global governance.
The South Korea-China Parliamentary Friendship Association was established in 2022 and currently consists of about 130 members of the National Assembly of South Korea. Since I became the chairman of the association last year, I have visited China many times and am delighted to see the increasing exchanges between South Korea and China and the closer people-to-people exchanges. The younger generation is related to the future of the sustainable development of relations between the two countries, and promoting youth exchanges is a top priority. It is hoped that through various forms of youth exchange programs such as youth entrepreneurship cooperation and youth diplomat exchanges, as well as exchanges between media, think tanks, and local areas, the people of the two countries will be able to communicate with each other. When we truly feel the results of cooperation, the distance between the hearts of the people of the two countries will continue to narrow. I am willing to make my own contribution to this.
(The author is the chairman of the South Korea-China Parliamentary Friendship Association, interviewed and compiled by Mang Jiuchen (莽九晨), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 马 菲
"Look, these are the photos and videos I took in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南) last week." Kang Won-gu (姜元求), Central Chairman of the Korea-China Cultural Exchange Association, enthusiastically showed reporters his phone album: the magnificent Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟), the ancient city streets full of life... One Chinese landscape after another became his unforgettable memory.
During my interview in South Korea, I met many Korean friends like Kang Won-gu (姜元求) who developed a fondness for China after visiting. In November of last year, China implemented a visa-free policy for South Koreans holding ordinary passports on a trial basis. At the end of September this year, South Korea implemented a temporary visa-free entry policy for Chinese group tourists. The warm breeze of "two-way visa-free" travel is promoting two-way travel between the people of the two countries, further tightening the bond of bilateral relations.
"Many of the appliances in my home have now been replaced with Chinese brands, and the robot vacuum cleaner is especially useful." One Korean friend praised Chinese brand appliances. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 33 years ago, China-South Korea economic ties have been close, and the industrial and supply chains are deeply intertwined. Last year, bilateral trade exceeded $300 billion. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. Over the past 10 years, the markets of both sides have deeply integrated, and the fruits of cooperation have benefited thousands of households. The two sides agreed to accelerate the second phase of negotiations on the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, using high-standard economic and trade rules as a guide, upgrading economic and trade cooperation as a starting point, injecting new institutional impetus into economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, and adding more confidence to regional opening up and cooperation.
In the past few years, China-South Korea relations have experienced difficulties and challenges, but the realistic foundation of intertwined interests and shared destiny between the two countries has not changed, and the common vision of promoting peace and seeking common prosperity has not changed. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) state visit to South Korea was a complete success, reaffirming the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership, opening up a new situation in China-South Korea relations, and ushering in new opportunities for the development of bilateral relations. Developing together with mutual respect, and cooperating for win-win results while seeking common ground while reserving differences, a healthy, stable, and continuously deepening China-South Korea relationship is in the fundamental interests of the people of both countries and is conducive to regional peace, stability, development, and prosperity.
The highlight of this Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Informal Meeting was the handover of the host. At a time when the multilateral trading system is under severe impact and the Asia-Pacific region is facing a choice of where to go, China will host the 33rd APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) in November next year. Transforming from an unknown small fishing village into a modern international metropolis, Shenzhen (深圳) has grown along with China's reform and opening-up process and is a vivid microcosm of China's pursuit of a mutually beneficial and win-win opening-up strategy. Next year is the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan," and China's continued march towards modernization will bring greater development opportunities to the Asia-Pacific region and the world.
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Return to TopBy: 戴 兵
At the invitation of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (李在明), President Xi Jinping (习近平) paid a state visit to South Korea from October 30 to November 1 to attend the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, achieving complete success. This was a major head-of-state diplomatic action taken by President Xi Jinping (习近平) after the successful conclusion of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, writing a new chapter in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Gyeongju (庆州) is a historical and cultural city that embodies the origins of China and South Korea, witnessing close and friendly exchanges between the two sides for more than 1,000 years. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) state visit to South Korea again after 11 years was highly valued by the South Korean side, which treated President Xi Jinping (习近平) as the most important and distinguished guest, and warmly received him with the highest courtesy. President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) specially sent flower baskets and Gyeongju's specialty Hwangnam bread on the day of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) arrival in Gyeongju, and had friendly exchanges with President Xi Jinping (习近平) many times during the APEC meeting. On the afternoon of November 1, President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) held a grand state event for President Xi Jinping (习近平) in Gyeongju. The welcoming ceremony was held in the Gyeongju Museum (庆州博物馆), which is very characteristic of the local area. A guard of honor dressed in traditional costumes lined up to escort the welcome. The two heads of state walked into the meeting hall past Dabotap Pagoda (多宝塔) and Seokgatap Pagoda (释迦塔) in the warm autumn sun, and had in-depth exchanges for 100 minutes in a friendly atmosphere, reaching a series of important consensus. Both sides agreed that China and South Korea are important neighbors that cannot be moved away and inseparable partners. They should strengthen strategic communication, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, enhance national sentiment, and strengthen multilateral cooperation to promote the steady and long-term development of the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. That evening, the two heads of state had a small-scale friendly exchange, and President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) held a welcome banquet for President Xi Jinping (习近平). The scene was warm and friendly, demonstrating the emotional integration of China and South Korea, which deeply infected people from all walks of life in China and South Korea.
President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered two important speeches at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, calling on all parties to adhere to the original intention of APEC, share opportunities and achieve win-win results in open development, advocate inclusive economic globalization, and commit to building an Asia-Pacific community. President Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "**越是风高浪急，越要同舟共济**" (yuè shì fēng gāo làng jí, yuè yào tóng zhōu gòng jì - "the rougher the wind and the higher the waves, the more important it is to share the same boat," to overcome difficulties together), which resonated strongly with all parties. I noticed that when President Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke, the participants were listening attentively and taking notes carefully. During the handover of the host, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly announced that China will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen (深圳) in November next year, and the audience burst into warm applause. President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) said that he believes the meeting in Shenzhen (深圳) will be even more successful. Another important agenda of this visit was the summit between the leaders of China and the United States in Busan (釜山). The meeting achieved positive results, stabilized relations between major powers, and boosted global confidence. The South Korean side provided active assistance for the meeting.
The heads of state of China and South Korea personally steered the ship, leading the relations between the two countries to show a new atmosphere, open up a new situation, and usher in new opportunities. Recently, I have had intensive contacts with various sectors of South Korea, including the government, the National Assembly, political parties, economy, media, and think tanks. They have all congratulated President Xi Jinping (习近平) on the positive results of his visit to South Korea and expressed their keen expectations for strengthening friendly cooperation between South Korea and China. Many South Korean institutions and groups have held forums and activities to offer suggestions for the development of relations between the two countries.
At present, China-South Korea relations are standing at a new historical starting point. Both sides should cherish the hard-won good situation, fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and promote the development of China-South Korea relations to take advantage of the momentum and develop better. Both sides should strengthen dialogue and communication, deepen understanding and mutual trust, properly manage differences, and build a strategic consensus and strong synergy of good-neighborliness, friendship, cooperation, and win-win results. Both sides should focus on common interests, seize major opportunities such as China's upcoming implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan," promote the upgrading of mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries, and better benefit the people of both countries. Both sides should promote positive energy, promote cultural exchanges, make good use of visa facilitation policies, and encourage people from both countries, especially young people, to visit each other frequently and get to know each other better. Both sides should jointly safeguard multilateralism and free trade, safeguard international fairness and justice, support the success of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting to be held in Shenzhen (深圳), and promote regional stability and development and even world peace and prosperity.
With strong winds, it is good to set sail, and it is time to forge ahead. In the face of the accelerated evolution of the once-in-a-century changes and the intertwined international situation, promoting the healthy and stable development of China-South Korea relations is always the right choice that is in line with the fundamental interests of the people of both countries and conforms to the trend of the times. As long as both sides adhere to the original intention of establishing diplomatic relations, adhere to good-neighborliness and friendship, and adhere to cooperation and win-win results, they will surely be able to create a new situation in the changing situation and jointly create a better tomorrow for China-South Korea relations.
(The author is the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea)
Return to TopBy: 常思纯
Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) absurd remarks about Taiwan fully expose the lingering ghost of Japanese militarism and its undying ambition for Taiwan. This not only directly challenges China's core interests, but also seriously undermines regional peace and stability, posing a threat to world peace, which the international community must jointly resist.
Since the end of World War II, Japanese militarist forces have never been completely eradicated, and there are even signs of a resurgence, which is the result of the combined effect of internal and external factors.
From the perspective of internal factors in Japan, after World War II, Japanese society has never thoroughly and comprehensively criticized and eliminated the militarist ideology that drove it to launch wars of aggression. A group of militarists and their descendants have once again entered the central power of Japan and are active in the political arena, laying a deep hidden danger for the rise of militarist ideology. Since the mid-1950s, the Japanese government has condoned right-wing forces to deliberately tamper with history textbooks many times, downplaying, distorting, and even denying the history of aggression, attempting to systematically instill erroneous perceptions of Japan's history of aggression in the younger generation, providing social soil for the revival of militarism. The Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) was originally a spiritual tool and symbol of Japanese militarism's launch of foreign wars of aggression, but now more and more Japanese politicians are visiting the Yasukuni Shrine to cater to right-wing forces and consolidate their political foundations, using this militarist symbol as a tool to seek political gain.
After the end of the Cold War, the international situation changed rapidly, and Japan's development fell into the "lost 30 years." Japan is increasingly inclined to pursue so-called "normalization" through breakthroughs in the political and security fields. Historical revisionist thought continues to grow and spread in Japan. Some Japanese politicians and right-wing forces openly deny the Nanjing Massacre, the forced recruitment of "comfort women," and other atrocities committed by the Japanese army during World War II, and continue to question, deny, and hollow out the "Murayama Statement" (村山谈话) and the "Kono Statement" (河野谈话). Japanese leaders have traveled overseas many times to hold so-called "memorial" activities, and have worked hard to sell the narrative of "atomic bomb victims" to the outside world, attempting to downplay their responsibility as the perpetrator of the war of aggression by shaping the identity of "victims."
From an external perspective, erroneous historical views of World War II such as "Western centrism" and "European main battlefield theory" have distorted the world's understanding of Japanese militarism. In fact, appeasement policy was one of the important roots of the outbreak of World War II. Since the September 18th Incident (九一八事变), some Western countries have adopted a policy of appeasement and tolerance towards Japan's aggression against China. After World War II, under the influence of Cold War thinking, Western academia did not adequately recognize the importance of the Eastern main battlefield and seriously ignored China's significant contribution to the victory of the world's anti-fascist war.
During the Cold War, ideology became an important factor affecting international relations. In order to maintain its vested interests in the Far East, individual countries were eager to build Japan into a "bridgehead" against communism, so they hastily ended the liquidation of Japanese militarism. A group of Class A war criminals who were responsible for war crimes were released early, and a large number of militarists were removed from "rectification" and returned to Japanese politics and business circles, seizing important positions. For example, Class A war criminals Mamoru Shigemitsu (重光葵) and Okinori Kaya (贺屋兴宣) served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice of Japan, respectively, after their release from prison. It can be seen that the "poisonous seedling" of militarism was not only not completely eradicated in post-war Japan, but quietly grew under the careful protection of some right-wing forces who escaped punishment.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) recently falsely claimed that a "Taiwan emergency" may constitute a "survival-threatening situation" in which Japan can exercise its right to collective self-defense, openly provoking the post-war international order. As everyone knows, Japanese militarism has repeatedly launched wars of aggression in the past under the pretext of so-called "survival crises." This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, but the ghost of militarism still hovers over Japan. Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) absurd remarks about Taiwan fully expose the lingering ghost of Japanese militarism and its undying ambition for Taiwan. This not only directly challenges China's core interests, but also seriously undermines regional peace and stability, posing a threat to world peace, which the international community must jointly resist.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Research Office of the Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 任皓宇
A concert by the China National Centre for the Performing Arts (中国国家大剧院) Choir, titled "Global Tour," was recently staged at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Dhahran (宰赫兰) , an eastern city in Saudi Arabia, bringing a feast for the ears to the local audience. As the choir conductor's gesture concluded, the music came to an abrupt end, and the audience stood up in unison, applauding the wonderful performance.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Saudi Arabia, and it is also the first China-Saudi Cultural Year. This performance is one of the important performances under the framework of the "2025 China-Saudi Cultural Year." From the melodious Chinese folk song "Jasmine Flower" (茉莉花) and the famous Peking Opera excerpt "The Drunken Concubine" (贵妃醉酒), to the British folk song "Scarborough Fair," the French symphonic piece "La Mer," the Argentine tango classic "Por Una Cabeza," the Brazilian folk song "Moon Circle Dance," and the exuberant African song "Blessing," the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) Choir selected classic pieces from several continents, depicting a moving panorama of world music with rich layers and diverse cultural perspectives.
Paul Bains, Head of Performing Arts at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, praised the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) Choir for their outstanding performance, saying, "The repertoire spans continents, reflecting the power of music to unite people and bringing a rich experience to the audience."
"Music transcends borders, and culture builds bridges. Hearing the enthusiastic applause and cheers from the audience, we were greatly encouraged. Although the language is different, music allows everyone to find more emotional resonance," said Jiao Miao (焦淼), head of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) Choir and resident conductor, expressing the hope that this performance would promote everyone's understanding of different cultures.
At the concert, the Saudi Corolla Choir (沙特克罗拉合唱团) and Chinese musicians jointly sang the classic Arabic song "How Many People Are There" and the Chinese song "Singing and Smiling" (歌声与微笑). Asma (阿斯玛), a member of the Corolla Choir (克罗拉合唱团), said, "This is the first time I have sung a Chinese song, and the experience of performing with Chinese colleagues is unforgettable." Abrar (阿布拉尔), a member of the choir, said, "I like listening to Chinese songs and have learned a few. I am very happy to have the opportunity to collaborate with Chinese artists. We cooperated very well when we sang together, and music enhanced our understanding of each other."
Bandar Arab (班达尔·阿拉伯), founder of the Corolla Choir (克罗拉合唱团), said that Saudi Arabia and China maintain good exchanges and cooperation in economic, cultural and other fields. With this opportunity, the two sides have further expanded artistic cooperation and look forward to leading the group to visit China for performances in the future.
Wang Cheng (王诚), Vice President of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院), said that this performance was the first performance of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) Choir in Saudi Arabia. With the joint efforts of the Chinese and Saudi teams, the performance was presented wonderfully. In the future, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) will continue to actively promote cultural exchanges between China and Saudi Arabia and organize more outstanding art groups to perform in Saudi Arabia. Musab Salan (穆萨布·萨兰), Executive Director of the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, said that Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to the development of the cultural industry and looks forward to more cooperation between artists from both sides to help promote cultural exchanges and friendly relations between China and Saudi Arabia.
(Reported from Dhahran (宰赫兰), Saudi Arabia, by this newspaper)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 23rd (Reporters Liu Yang (刘杨) and Yuan Rui (袁睿)) - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated on the 23rd that he believes the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) will become an important gateway for China's high-level opening to the outside world. China's door to opening up will open wider and wider, development opportunities will become more and more numerous, and new impetus will be continuously injected into promoting global common prosperity.
"From the establishment of the Hainan Special Economic Zone (海南经济特区) in 1988 to the recent full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), Hainan (海南) has left a deep imprint in the history of China's reform and opening up. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee wrote 'high-standard construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港)' into the '15th Five-Year Plan' proposal. It is believed that the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) will become an important gateway for China's high-level opening to the outside world," said Lin Jian (林剑) when answering relevant questions.
Lin Jian (林剑) stated that in the face of increasing uncertainty in the world economy, China is fulfilling its opening-up commitments with practical actions, meeting the countercurrent of protectionism with firm determination, and promoting the construction of an open world economy. China has reduced the negative list for foreign investment access, completely eliminated foreign investment access restrictions in the manufacturing sector, granted 100% tariff line product zero-tariff treatment to all least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China, and optimized visa-free entry and transit visa-free policies. In the first 11 months of this year, more than 60,000 new foreign-invested enterprises were established in China, an increase of 16.9% year-on-year, and the total value of imports and exports of goods trade was more than 41 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year. The breadth and depth of China's opening to the outside world continue to expand, the market's "magnetic attraction" continues to increase, and the resilience and vitality of foreign trade continue to be demonstrated.
Return to TopConstruction of a Legal System for State-Owned Assets
By Peng Bo (彭波), reporter of this newspaper
On December 22nd, the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee deliberated on the draft State-Owned Assets Law.
It is reported that the State-Owned Assets Law stipulates common and fundamental rules applicable to all types of state-owned assets, guides and constrains the formulation and implementation of various special state-owned asset laws and regulations, and constructs a systematic, comprehensive, structurally reasonable, closely connected, and harmoniously unified Chinese-style socialist state-owned asset legal system composed of the State-Owned Assets Law, special state-owned asset laws, and special state-owned asset regulations and rules.
The draft State-Owned Assets Law submitted for deliberation is divided into 7 chapters and 62 articles, including General Provisions, Responsibilities of State-Owned Asset Owners, State-Owned Asset Management, State-Owned Asset Reporting, State-Owned Asset Supervision, Legal Liabilities, and Supplementary Provisions.
The draft stipulates that state-owned assets are domestic and foreign properties and rights that are clearly owned by the state in accordance with the Constitution and laws, or that the state obtains or forms through purchase, investment, expropriation, acceptance of donations, etc. The draft divides state-owned assets into state-owned natural resource assets, administrative and institutional state-owned assets, enterprise state-owned assets, and other state-owned assets, which not only conforms to the current management system, but also effectively connects with the state-owned asset management reporting system and the National People's Congress (NPC) state-owned asset supervision mechanism, while leaving space for new types of assets such as airspace and data, enhancing the inclusiveness and forward-looking nature of the legislation.
The draft focuses on fulfilling the responsibilities of state-owned asset owners by stipulating state-owned asset management, reporting, and supervision systems, with a focus on consolidating the responsibilities of the State Council (国务院) and local people's governments, relevant departments and institutions, as well as state organs and institutions that directly control and use state-owned assets, and state-funded enterprises, and improving the management and supervision chain. The draft clarifies that the responsibilities of state-owned asset owners include: asserting ownership, layout planning, establishing rules and regulations, reviewing and approving major matters, reporting in accordance with the law, and accepting supervision.
In terms of strengthening state-owned asset management, the draft clarifies relevant specific management requirements for the government, departments and institutions, and state organs and institutions that directly control and use state-owned assets, and state-funded enterprises, including: strengthening layout planning and giving full play to the leading role of layout planning in state-owned asset management; strengthening asset allocation, use, income, and disposal management, and clarifying prohibitive provisions such as "state-owned assets shall not be allocated, used, or disposed of without approval through legal procedures" to prevent the loss of state-owned assets; and strengthening basic management, stipulating basic management systems such as handling property rights registration, strengthening financial accounting management, and coordinating digital construction.
In addition, the draft also stipulates relevant systems for state-owned asset reporting and supervision. In response to problems such as the need to consolidate the basic data of state-owned asset management reports and improve quality, the draft extends the reporting responsibilities to cover all management links in fulfilling ownership responsibilities, and further strengthens the full-caliber reporting and all-round supervision of state-owned assets.
Taking Ensuring the Healthy Growth of Infants and Young Children as the Main Theme
By Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲), reporter of this newspaper
On December 22nd, at the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee, Luo Shugang (雒树刚), Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大), made an explanation on the draft law on childcare services.
It is reported that the draft takes ensuring the healthy growth of infants and young children as the main theme, with a total of 8 chapters and 76 articles, including General Provisions, Childcare Institutions, Childcare Personnel, Service Provision, Guarantee Measures, Supervision and Management, Legal Liabilities, and Supplementary Provisions.
The draft clarifies that childcare service work should give play to the leading role of the government, encourage, guide and regulate the participation of social forces, vigorously develop inclusive childcare services, reduce the cost of family rearing, and build a multi-subject, safe, high-quality, reasonably priced, and convenient childcare public service system.
The draft strictly regulates the access conditions for childcare institutions to enhance social trust: First, it clarifies the establishment conditions, requiring childcare institutions to meet the prescribed conditions in terms of personnel, premises, facilities and equipment, and funds; second, it strictly regulates the establishment procedures, requiring that the establishment of childcare institutions should first obtain a license from the health and health authorities, and then go through the corresponding registration procedures in accordance with laws and administrative regulations, and relevant departments should take online handling, joint handling, and centralized handling methods to provide convenient services for the establishment of childcare institutions; third, it strengthens information disclosure, and the health and health authorities should publish and update the directory and basic information of childcare institutions to the public in a timely manner to facilitate infant and young children families to inquire and select childcare institutions.
The draft strengthens the construction of the childcare personnel team and improves professional standards. The draft strictly regulates the qualifications for office. The state implements a childcare teacher qualification examination and registration system. Applicants for childcare teacher practice certificates shall obtain a diploma from a higher education institution or a secondary vocational school in childcare, nursing, or other related majors, pass the national childcare teacher qualification examination and register, and other childcare personnel shall meet the qualifications for office prescribed by the state. The draft clarifies the circumstances under which employment is prohibited. Childcare institutions shall conduct pre-employment inquiries and regular annual inquiries of childcare personnel in accordance with the law, and personnel who are found to have committed acts of violence, abduction, sexual assault, abandonment, or abuse shall not be hired or shall be immediately suspended from their work, and the employment contract or labor contract shall be terminated in accordance with the law.
The draft clarifies the content of childcare services, and childcare institutions should scientifically formulate corresponding schedules and activity plans according to the growth and development characteristics of infants and young children to ensure that infants and young children get sufficient sleep, outdoor activity time, and nutritious and healthy diets; support infants and young children to actively explore, express and communicate, and cultivate good living and behavioral habits.
Encouraging Antarctic Activities in a Green and Low-Carbon Manner
By Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲), reporter of this newspaper
On December 22nd, at the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee, Lu Xinshe (鹿心社), Chairman of the Environment and Resources Protection Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大), made an explanation on the draft law on Antarctic activities and environmental protection.
The draft has 7 chapters and 57 articles, including General Provisions, Antarctic Activity Permits, Antarctic Environmental Protection, Inspection, Observation and Examination, Guarantee and Supervision, Legal Liabilities, and Supplementary Provisions.
The draft stipulates that Antarctic activities shall adhere to the principles of peaceful use, environmental protection, resource conservation, scientific and technological support, and international cooperation, and safeguard the common interests of mankind.
Regarding the scope of application of the law, the draft adopts a jurisdiction model of "personal" and "place of departure" based on the Antarctic Treaty (《南极条约》), the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (《南极海洋生物资源养护公约》), and China's (中国) Antarctic governance practice, stipulating that this law applies to Antarctic activities carried out by citizens, legal persons, or non-legal person organizations of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国), and Antarctic activities organized by foreign natural persons, legal persons, or non-legal person organizations within the territory of the People's Republic of China or departing from the territory of the People's Republic of China to carry out Antarctic activities. At the same time, the draft clarifies in the supplementary provisions that Antarctic activities referred to in this law refer to activities such as investigation, fishery, tourism, and shipping carried out in Antarctica.
In order to safeguard China's (中国) Antarctic interests, fulfill treaty obligations, and regulate the conduct of Antarctic activities, on the basis of the existing administrative licensing of Antarctic exploration activities, the draft expands the scope of licensing and stipulates the administrative licensing system for Antarctic exploration, tourism, shipping, and other activities; makes a connection provision with the Fisheries Law (《渔业法》) for the licensing of Antarctic fishing activities; and clarifies the relevant management measures for Antarctic tourism, shipping, and other activities.
Regarding Antarctic environmental protection, the draft stipulates that Antarctic activities should be encouraged to be carried out in a green and low-carbon manner, clarifies the overall requirements for Antarctic environmental protection, stipulates the environmental impact assessment system, clarifies the specific requirements for Antarctic animal and plant protection, waste disposal, prevention of marine pollution, as well as regional protection, protection of historical sites and monuments, and makes provisions for emergency environmental event response.
Regarding legal liabilities, the draft clearly stipulates the legal liabilities of staff who abuse their powers, neglect their duties, engage in malpractice for personal gain, or have other illegal acts in performing their management responsibilities; and stipulates the legal liabilities for carrying out Antarctic exploration, fishery, tourism, shipping, and other activities without a license or in violation of the license provisions, as well as violating relevant management requirements and environmental protection obligations.
Strengthening Regulatory Requirements for Banking Financial Institutions
By Ni Yi (倪弋), reporter of this newspaper
On December 22nd, the "Banking Supervision and Administration Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" (《中华人民共和国银行业监督管理法（修订草案）》) was submitted to the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee for deliberation. Cong Lin (丛林), Deputy Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration (国家金融监督管理总局), stated in his explanation that the current Banking Supervision and Administration Law (银行业监督管理法) was implemented in 2004 and has played a positive role in strengthening banking supervision and promoting the standardized and healthy development of the banking industry for many years, and its overall institutional framework is adapted to regulatory needs. However, with the rapid development of the banking industry in recent years, supervision is facing some new situations and new problems, so it is necessary to revise the current law.
It is reported that the revised draft has 6 chapters and 80 articles, and the main revisions are as follows:
Strengthening regulatory requirements. Improving the licensing management system, supplementing the principles and review conditions that must be followed for approving the establishment of banking financial institutions, refining the matters of change in administrative licenses, and improving the time limit requirements; strengthening **穿透式监管** (chuān tòu shì jiān guǎn - "penetrating supervision," a regulatory approach that looks beyond the surface to understand the underlying risks and ownership structures of financial institutions), extending the regulatory objects from banking financial institutions to the main shareholders and actual controllers of banking financial institutions, and putting forward requirements for them in terms of access conditions and capital contribution obligations, severely cracking down on illegal related-party transactions, capital flight, and other illegal acts.
Improving regulatory measures. Clarifying the obligation of banking financial institutions and their main shareholders and actual controllers to submit materials; clarifying that banking service institutions such as accounting firms and law firms should be diligent and conscientious; improving regulatory coercive measures, adding regulatory measures such as ordering the transfer of assets, supplementing capital, and transferring actual control rights to improve the ability to resolve risks in a timely manner; clarifying that when risks occur, the banking supervision and administration agency of the State Council (国务院) may take measures such as rectification, reorganization, takeover, and revocation, and making provisions for the conditions, procedures, and time limits for implementation.
Strengthening consumer rights protection. Improving consumer protection responsibilities, clarifying that the banking supervision and administration agency of the State Council (国务院) implements supervision and management of the consumer rights protection work of banking financial institutions; improving the consumer protection mechanism, clarifying that the banking supervision and administration department of the State Council (国务院) guides the establishment of banking consumer dispute mediation organizations to protect consumers' legitimate rights and interests such as autonomous choice, fair transactions, and information security; strengthening the management of practitioners, strictly prohibiting false publicity, illegal charging, and other acts that infringe on the rights and interests of customers, and increasing the protection of personal information.
In addition, the revised draft also stipulates the extraterritorial application effect of this law; supplements and improves the legal responsibilities, increases the penalties, and increases the amount of fines.
Clarifying Specific Circumstances of Malicious Trademark Registration
By Ni Yi (倪弋), reporter of this newspaper
On December 22nd, at the 19th session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee, Shen Changyu (申长雨), Director of the National Intellectual Property Administration (国家知识产权局), entrusted by the State Council (国务院), made an explanation on the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft)" (《中华人民共和国商标法（修订草案）》).
Shen Changyu (申长雨) stated that the current Trademark Law (商标法) was implemented in 1983 and has been amended 4 times, playing a positive role in protecting exclusive trademark rights and promoting the development of the socialist market economy. As of the end of 2024, China (中国) has accumulated 83.523 million trademark registration applications and 49.777 million valid registered trademarks, both ranking first in the world. At the same time, some new situations and new problems have also emerged in the trademark field. In order to solve the outstanding problems existing in practice, it is necessary to revise the current Trademark Law (商标法).
It is reported that the revised draft has 9 chapters and 84 articles, and the main revisions are as follows:
Clarifying the overall requirements of trademark work and serving high-quality development. Adding provisions that trademark work should implement the intellectual property strategy deployment of the Party and the state; clarifying the division of responsibilities for trademark registration, management, and law enforcement; adding a trademark definition, and emphasizing that applying for registration and using trademarks shall not harm national interests, social public interests, or the legitimate rights and interests of others.
Clarifying trademark registration conditions and standardizing trademark registration. Adding a special chapter to centrally stipulate and improve the trademark registration conditions originally scattered in various chapters. Clarifying the prohibition of using the name, flag, emblem, and medals of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) as trademarks; adding provisions that "dynamic signs" can be registered as trademarks, and color combinations, sounds, dynamic effects, etc. that are only generated by the nature of the goods themselves, are necessary to obtain technical effects, or make the goods have substantial value shall not be registered as trademarks; clarifying that trademark registration that is not for the purpose of use and obviously exceeds the needs of normal production and operation shall not be registered; strengthening the protection of well-known trademarks, and expanding the prohibition of preemptively registering others' registered well-known trademarks on dissimilar and dissimilar goods to prohibit preemptive registration regardless of registration or not.
Strengthening trademark management and maintaining a fair competitive market order. Clarifying the specific circumstances and penalties for malicious trademark registration; regulating the improper use of trademarks, adding provisions that the use of registered trademarks in a way that misleads the public may be fined and the trademark revoked, and clarifying the management and use obligations and legal responsibilities of collective trademark and certification trademark registrants; promoting the use of trademarks, clarifying that the trademark management department of the State Council (国务院) may proactively revoke registered trademarks that have become generic names or have not been used for three consecutive years without legitimate reasons; strengthening the standardization of trademark agencies and trademark agency practitioners.
Return to TopBy: 李洪兴
In an article, Eleanor Olcott, a reporter for the British *Financial Times*, shared her two discoveries about China "making cities quieter." First, electric vehicles have become the "quiet cousins" of gasoline vehicles, and their increasing popularity is reducing traffic noise; second, the construction noise at construction sites has been reduced, and some cities are laying low-noise pavements and installing sound barriers. As a result, the noise-canceling earplugs she used when traveling to other parts of the world can only "lie quietly in the drawer" at her home in Beijing (北京).
Environmental sounds reflect the momentum of high-quality development. Development also has "decibels," which can be heard from two pairs of relationships.
Grasp the stillness and movement, and perceive the wisdom of 谋定而后动 (móu dìng ér hòu dòng - "plan then act," to make careful plans before taking action), "stillness and movement, stillness must have determination, and movement must have order."
Walking into the Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区) in Hebei (河北), French blogger Milena deeply felt that this is a "three-city" that breathes. Above ground, the interweaving of blue and green outlines the pattern; underground, the comprehensive pipe gallery guarantees operation; in the cloud, powerful computing power serves governance. How can the "city of the future" lead the future? Plan first and then build, with a long-term vision, high starting point, and strict standards. As a result, people once felt that "almost no bricks or tiles were moved" for a period of time, and later they saw "a scene of bustling activity." This is precisely the benign interaction between stillness and movement.
Stop when it is time to stop, and act when it is time to act. Macro policies continue to exert efforts and increase efforts in a timely manner, maintaining continuity and stability while enhancing flexibility and predictability; the free and orderly flow of resource elements allows various resources to play their strengths, and generates new advantages in the dynamic convergence of logistics, information flow, and technology flow; developing a humanistic economy retains cultural roots while achieving creative transformation and innovative development... The flowing notes of development are intertwined into a three-dimensional score of development, stirring up a rich symphony of development.
Promote call and response, and make good use of the method of responding to the people's calls, "adhere to 'taking the people's heart as our heart' and listen to the voices of the people."
A young man in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) often takes a tape measure to "find faults" in public facilities in the streets and alleys, and after the problem is reported, he is happy to receive "second-level rectification." From "citizen ruler" to "co-governance pace," the speed and efficiency are due to the local "system that can see public opinion" - the core platform for comprehensive service reform of people's livelihood demands. This is precisely the mutual promotion and progress of turning the "voice" of the masses into the "applause" of governance effects.
The sound is not high, but it is effective if it enters the heart. When formulating development plans, listen to the suggestions of the masses; when carrying out legislation, the public opinion "through train" is driven to the doorsteps of the masses; the task list of reform is filled with the demands of the masses that "sound into the ears"... The voice of development originates from the voice of the people and gathers the voice of the people; the heart of development is close to the heart of the people and conforms to the heart of the people. In the final analysis, Chinese-style modernization is a modernization centered on the people, and "taking the people's heart as our heart" sends out a strong voice of the times.
The sound of development should be a "harmony" rather than a "noise." This is like the blowing, plucking, and singing in an orchestra, and only the harmony of silk and bamboo and the skillful concerto can be pleasant to the ear. The Yangtze River (长江) and the Yellow River (黄河) have a long span and a wide basin. Whether it is major protection or major governance, the upper and lower reaches and the left and right banks need to work together to promote it; the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), Yangtze River Delta (长三角), Pearl River Delta (珠三角) and other regions are large in size and densely populated with industries. To take the lead and be at the forefront, we must innovate advantages from cooperation and expand new spaces in linkage. Looking at the whole country from a river basin and a region, the Party's leadership acts as the "conductor," and the "harmonies" from all directions can be intertwined into a "concerto," playing the triumphant song of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
China in the era, China in development, inspires the horn of the era and the sound of development. With full energy and full of energy, work hard and work together, the "decibels" of development will bring more gains and joy.
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"Only by respecting heroes will heroes emerge, and only by striving to be heroes will heroes emerge in great numbers."
In December 2015, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) issued the "Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation System," and the National People's Congress Standing Committee (全国人大常委会) passed the "Law of the People's Republic of China on National Medals and National Honorary Titles," providing a top-level design for the Party and state merit and honor commendation system, opening a new chapter in the work of merit and honor commendation.
Ten years of cultivation have yielded abundant fruits.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the continuously enriched institutional design and awarding practices have promoted merit and honor commendations to fully play their role in guiding the spirit and demonstrating typical examples, inspiring the entire Party and society to learn from the virtuous, respect heroes, and strive to be pioneers, gathering surging power for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Supreme Praise, Inspiring the Chinese Nation's Pride and Confidence
In the golden autumn of September, with a vast and mighty wind, the world's attention turned to Tiananmen Square (天安门广场)—
80 red flags fluttered in the wind, 80 salutes reverberated through the sky, and 80,000 peace doves soared high... The national ceremony was the focus of attention, engraving the hard-won victory and glory.
On the city tower, veteran soldiers and comrades who had come from the flames of war were invited to watch the ceremony, the commemorative medals "80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" shining on their chests.
"The activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War were a solemn, grand, magnificent, inspiring, and motivating commemoration," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, stressing the need to carefully summarize the experience and practices in preparing for the commemorative activities and to continuously enrich and improve the ceremonial system of a large party and a large country.
Governing affairs with righteousness, and regulating the heart with rituals.
Looking back over the past decade, each grand ceremony of the era has been magnificent and orderly, greatly inspiring the hearts of the Party, the military, and the people. Each merit and honor commendation has been respectful and profound, continuously cultivating and promoting the core socialist values, and continuously enhancing the cohesion and appeal of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
"I presented awards to the recipients of national medals and national honorary titles. Glory belongs to them, and also to every striver who steps forward and takes responsibility."
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), in his New Year's message for 2025, fondly recalled the unforgettable moment of awarding medals to model heroes more than three months earlier.
On September 29, 2024, the capital Beijing (北京) was adorned with flowers along the ten-mile Chang'an Avenue (长安街).
The honor guard motorcade carrying the heroes departed from their residence, escorted by the honor guard motorcycle team, and drove onto Fuxing Road (复兴路), onto Chang'an Avenue (长安街), and towards the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
Outside the venue, a bright red carpet was laid from the east gate of the Great Hall, shoulder-gun saluting soldiers stood solemnly, and energetic teenagers waved a sea of red flags.
Inside the venue, two flag bearers held high the five-star red flag, and three honor guards held the medals of the Republic, the Friendship Medal, and the national honorary title medals, their steps powerful and their momentum like a rainbow.
As the music of "Salute to the Heroes of the Motherland" sounded, the慷慨激昂 慷慨激昂 (kāng kǎi jī áng - "vehement and impassioned," filled with righteous indignation and enthusiasm) melody and the heroic sentiment echoed in the venue. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stepped onto the awarding platform and personally presented the medals to the recipients, and waves of applause rang out again and again.
At that moment, through radio, television, and online broadcasts, the grand occasion of the ceremony spread throughout the country, arousing strong resonance: "The meritorious servants of the country, the heroes of the people, they deserve it!"
The high level of courtesy and the grandeur of the ceremony are a tribute to heroes, a remembrance of the original intention, and a transmission of the spirit.
On July 28, 2017, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军), the "August 1st Medal" was awarded for the first time, granting the highest military honor to military personnel who have made outstanding contributions in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and promoting the modernization of national defense and the armed forces;
On September 29, 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the "Medal of the Republic" and national honorary titles were awarded for the first time, granting the highest national honor to outstanding individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the country's construction, development, and stability;
On June 29, 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the "July 1st Medal" was awarded for the first time, granting the highest honor within the Party to Party members who have made outstanding contributions to the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the new great project of Party building;
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The "special arrangements" in special years play a heroic hymn of the new era, inspiring the lofty aspirations of the Chinese sons and daughters to march towards national rejuvenation.
At the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the COVID-19 Epidemic, medals and awards were presented to the four recipients of national medals and national honorary titles, praising them for their white coats as armor, boundless love, and full display of heroic qualities in this sudden crisis and major test;
At the National Summary and Commendation Conference for Poverty Alleviation, medals, certificates, and plaques were awarded to the recipients of the national honorary title of "Role Models in Poverty Alleviation," praising the selfless dedication and devotion of ordinary and great poverty alleviation models, creating a human miracle that will go down in history...
Wherever the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee focus, the work of merit and honor commendation advances. Each timely awarding activity commends the advanced in the name of the country, marking the glorious moments in the nation's collective memory.
The medals shine, engraving great achievements and carrying deep affection.
On July 5, 2024, in the Mirror Hall of the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe (杜尚别), Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦), the national flags of China and Tajikistan (塔吉克斯坦) were intertwined.
Under the gaze of the audience, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly presented the "Friendship Medal" to Tajik President Rahmon (拉赫蒙). The participating guests stood up more than ten times, applauding warmly. This was the first time that China had awarded the "Friendship Medal" abroad.
The grand awarding ceremony witnessed the enduring special friendship. The bright medals and awards expressed the beautiful hope of working together.
Awarding the China Reform Friendship Medal to 10 international friends, including Alain Merieux (阿兰·梅里埃); awarding the People's Republic of China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award to more than 100 foreign experts, multiple international organizations, and one foreign organization; awarding the "Great Wall Commemorative Medal" to officials from law enforcement and security departments of relevant countries on five continents...
These friendly gestures across mountains and seas have set a friendly example of mutual understanding and affinity, demonstrating the open and inclusive atmosphere of a major country, and highlighting the major country's responsibility in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The grand ceremony pays tribute to immortal achievements,凝聚 凝聚 (níng jù - "to condense, to concentrate," to gather together) the vigorous spirit and powerful positive energy for striving in the new era and embarking on a new journey.
Great Wisdom Governs the System, Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity to a Higher Level
The weighty "Medal of the Republic" praises the highest national honor and blesses the motherland with prosperity and strength.
With red and gold as the main colors, the medal incorporates elements such as the national emblem and five-pointed stars, and uses traditional techniques such as filigree inlay and enamel... The design details of the medal are a vivid testament to the excellent traditional Chinese culture and a vivid microcosm of the adherence to and innovation of the ceremonial system of a large party and a large country with Chinese characteristics.
Rituals govern the country, determine the state, order the people, and benefit future generations.
Clarifying the etiquette for raising the national flag, singing the national anthem, the oath-taking ceremony for joining the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the ceremony for joining the Communist Youth League of China (中国共产主义青年团), and the ceremony for joining the Young Pioneers of China (中国少年先锋队); creating and launching ceremonial music such as "Martyr's Memorial Day Bugle," enhancing the sense of national ceremony...
Based on the traditional Chinese ritual and music culture centered on the five rituals, inheriting China's long history of glory, the Party Central Committee has made comprehensive and systematic norms for merit and honor commendations, celebrations, inauguration ceremonies, commemorative activities, military ceremonies, foreign affairs etiquette, and funeral mourning, realizing the organic combination of inheriting ritual and music culture and demonstrating the style of the times, endowing the governance system and governance capacity with the cultural heritage and strength.
The merit and honor commendation system is an important part of the ceremonial system of a large party and a large country.
Over the past decade, the construction of the Party and state merit and honor commendation system has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focusing on overall planning, highlighting merit orientation, adhering to laws and regulations, and achieving a historic breakthrough from scratch and from establishment to improvement.
Establishing rules and regulations, unifying "laying pillars and beams" with "adding bricks and tiles"—
On the basis of the Party Central Committee's issuance of opinions and the National People's Congress Standing Committee's (全国人大常委会) passage of laws in 2015, the three regulations on merit and honor commendation of the Party, the state, and the military have been successively formulated.
At the same time, more than 10 supporting measures have been gradually improved in stages as practical operational regulations, making the establishment, approval, evaluation, and awarding of merit and honor commendations interlocked and legally based.
The "1+1+3+N" system marks the continuous consolidation of the four pillars and eight beams of the Party and state merit and honor commendation system, and the continuous improvement of a unified, standardized, and authoritative merit and honor commendation system.
Grasping the right direction, combining spiritual encouragement and material rewards, with spiritual encouragement as the main focus—
In the autumn, in the northwest corner of the motherland, the beautiful Xinjiang (新疆) is filled with joy and celebration.
On the morning of September 25, 2025, the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) was grandly held in the Xinjiang People's Hall (新疆人民会堂).
People noticed that on the rostrum, four model heroes were in the same frame as the high-hanging national emblem: "July 1st Medal" winner Maimaitijiang Wumaier (买买提江·吾买尔) and Wei Deyou (魏德友), "People's Role Model" national honorary title winner Burumahan Maurledo (布茹玛汗·毛勒朵), and "People's Guardian" national honorary title winner Bayika Kailidibieke (巴依卡·凯力迪别克).
Inviting representatives of recipients of merit and honor commendation awards to participate in the ceremony on every major ceremony; clarifying the political treatment, living treatment, and work treatment of recipients of merit and honor commendation awards from the institutional level; establishing standards for Spring Festival visits and condolences, issuing honorary allowances, organizing recuperation and medical care...
The hearts of the people are the greatest politics, gathering outstanding talents from all fields to the cause of the Party and the country, and creating good conditions for them to start businesses and make achievements.
Looking back over the past decade, the key to the vigorous promotion of institutional construction lies in the leadership of the Party.
In April 2016, the Party Central Committee decided to establish the Party and State Merit and Honor Commendation Work Committee (党和国家功勋荣誉表彰工作委员会) to be responsible for the overall coordination of merit and honor commendation work.
Since 2019, various localities have successively established provincial-level merit and honor commendation work leading groups.
As a coordinating body for Party Central Committee deliberations, the Merit Committee takes the lead in overall management, and the Merit Office, members of the Merit Committee, and local merit and honor commendation work leading groups perform their respective duties and responsibilities, awarding the right people, at the right time, and for the right achievements.
A strong country is strong when those who uphold the law are strong, and a prosperous country is prosperous when those who respect morality are honored.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the Party and state merit and honor commendation system is more "effective, useful, stable, and lasting," fully demonstrating the style of a great country with the "China system" and the era style of "China governance."
Bravely Be Pioneers, Writing a New Heroic Epic with One Heart
The rain has just stopped, and the pines and cypresses are verdant. The eight hundred miles of Taihang (太行) are filled with heroic spirit.
On July 7, 2025, the 88th anniversary of the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to Yangquan (阳泉), Shanxi (山西), in the hinterland of Taihang (太行), to visit the Hundred Regiments Offensive Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆).
"Forgetting the past means betrayal. Coming here is to receive spiritual baptism. The vast number of young people are born in the right time. They must continue the red bloodline, establish the lofty ambition of strengthening the country with me, be upright and proud Chinese people, and bravely shoulder the era's great task of national rejuvenation," General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words were firm and powerful.
The Chinese nation is a nation of heroes, and the new era is an era of achieving heroes.
Recalling the scene at the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the COVID-19 Epidemic, Zhang Dingyu (张定宇), winner of the national honorary title of "People's Hero," is still澎湃 心潮澎湃 (xīn cháo péng pài - "heart surging," overwhelmed with emotion). Suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he walked onto the stage with difficulty. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presented him with a medal and said with concern: "Take care of your health! Take good care of your body."
Now, Zhang Dingyu (张定宇), who spends "half his time in the hospital and half his time in the laboratory," is fully committed to building a bridge of communication between clinical research and achievement transformation. He said: "I am a member of the grassroots, and I will always serve the people in different positions."
Honor is the driving force to continue moving forward.
In Huaping Girls' High School (华坪女高) in Lijiang (丽江), Yunnan (云南), the glory of the "August 1st Medal" met the warmth of the "July 1st Medal." Holding the empty sleeve of mine-clearing hero Du Fuguo (杜富国), "Torch-lighting Principal" Zhang Guimei (张桂梅) was in tears. The two model heroes encouraged each other, not forgetting their original intentions and striving forever in every future day.
Role models are the beacons that illuminate the era.
In May 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the work of building spiritual civilization, emphasizing: "Give play to the exemplary role of advanced models and further form a social atmosphere of upward and benevolent behavior."
Following the direction pointed out by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), an all-round and three-dimensional publicity and education matrix is accelerating its formation—
In the classroom, incorporating the advanced deeds of more revolutionary heroes and people with lofty ideals into the important content of primary and secondary school teaching, making character shaping a "compulsory course" for the growth of young people; on the screen, the TV series "Medal of the Republic," based on the recipients of the "Medal of the Republic," was a hit, interpreting dedication and faith, and stirring resonance and strength; in the live broadcast room, witnessing the return of the remains of the volunteer martyrs in Korea, the deep national feelings of the martyrs struck people's hearts in silence...
Rich and diverse learning and publicity activities have built a spiritual bridge connecting history and the present, connecting individuals and the nation, making heroic stories widely spread, making the spirit of model heroes a common practice, and becoming the richest spiritual nourishment for the Chinese people in the new era.
Water hitting a stone makes a sound, and people hitting their aspirations make them grand.
At the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, striving for self-reliance and self-improvement. The "National Engineer Award" evaluation and commendation was carried out for the first time, and the vast number of engineering and technology talents were greatly encouraged. They are now burying their heads in hard work, overcoming difficulties, forging major national instruments, overcoming technical fortresses, and writing a new chapter in the development of engineering and technology in the new era and on the new journey.
In the academic garden, peaches and plums continue to write the dream of a strong country. The scholarship and patriotic feelings of Zhang Jinpan (张晋藩), winner of the national honorary title of "People's Educator," deeply inspire future generations. Generations of young legal talents have lofty aspirations and contribute their youthful strength to the magnificent journey of building a rule-of-law China.
On the border of the motherland, the color of loyalty is even brighter. Wang Gang's (王刚), winner of the "August 1st Medal," anti-terrorism deeds of rushing into fire and charging into battle inspire the officers and soldiers of the Xinjiang (新疆) General Team of the Armed Police to patrol the front line of anti-terrorism and stability maintenance,筑牢 筑牢 (zhù láo - "to build firmly," to establish a solid foundation) a safety barrier and safeguard national peace and security.
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Looking across the north and south of the country, there are heroic hymns that are worth singing and crying everywhere, and there are heroic declarations of triumphant progress everywhere. The struggles of countless people have converged into the surging torrent of the Chinese nation's vigorous progress in the era.
Looking up, the noble spirit of model heroes is like a torch and a star, illuminating the way forward—
At a new historical starting point, being more closely united around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters will be united and move forward, and will surely write a new heroic epic with new great struggles!
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 23 (新华社北京12月23日电), reporter Ding Xiaoxi (丁小溪), Sun Shaolong (孙少龙), Fan Sixiang (范思翔), Dong Boting (董博婷))
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Li Zheng (李拯), Commentator of this newspaper
Wang Yiming (王一鸣), Vice Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (中国国际经济交流中心)
Li Zheng (李拯): General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Expanding domestic demand is related to economic stability and economic security. It is not an expedient measure, but a strategic move." The Central Economic Work Conference placed "adhering to domestic demand dominance and building a strong domestic market" at the top of the list of key tasks for next year's economic work. How should we comprehensively, dialectically, and with a long-term perspective view the challenges and potential of expanding domestic demand?
Wang Yiming (王一鸣): To expand domestic demand, we must look at both the total amount and the structure. From the perspective of investment, the momentum of investment in traditional fields has weakened, but investment in high-tech industries has grown rapidly. In the long run, China's per capita capital stock level is still relatively low, especially in areas such as technological innovation, industrial upgrading, urban renewal and transformation, rural infrastructure, and public services, where shortcomings and weaknesses are still prominent, and the investment potential remains huge.
From the perspective of consumption, new growth points in consumption such as service consumption are constantly forming. In the first 11 months of this year, retail sales of services increased by 5.4% year-on-year, showing an improving trend. Next year, the formulation and implementation of a plan to increase the income of urban and rural residents and the in-depth implementation of special actions to boost consumption will further release consumption potential.
Li Zheng (李拯): At this year's Central Economic Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) instructed: "We must attach great importance to the decline in investment, but also remain calm and composed. From the perspective of basically realizing socialist modernization, there is broad space for investment in both material things and people." How can we open up this broad space?
Wang Yiming (王一鸣): To adapt to changes in the stage of economic development, the investment structure needs to be optimized and adjusted. The general direction is to strengthen human resource development and investment in the all-round development of people, increase the proportion of government investment in livelihood projects, increase investment in areas that are compatible with the upgrading of the consumption structure, and increase investment in areas such as technological innovation and low-carbon transformation to make up for shortcomings, so as to form a virtuous interaction between expanding investment and transforming the development mode, optimizing the economic structure, and transforming growth drivers. For example, increasing investment in the field of consumption upgrading and encouraging the development of new technologies and products such as "artificial intelligence +", ultra-high-definition video, and humanoid robots can release the potential of new consumption such as digital consumption and green consumption. For another example, increasing investment in the service sector, further relaxing access restrictions in fields such as education, medical care, culture and tourism, and elderly care, and increasing the supply of high-quality services can also release diversified service consumption demands.
Li Zheng (李拯): Stimulating the enthusiasm of private investment can better activate the endogenous driving force of the economy. How can government investment leverage more private investment?
Wang Yiming (王一鸣): Private investment accounts for about half of fixed asset investment and is an important force in promoting the stabilization and recovery of investment. To stimulate the enthusiasm of private investment, we must not only implement short-term policies, but also attach importance to institutional construction. On the one hand, we must improve the market environment for fair competition, further unblock the blockages and bottlenecks restricting private investment, support private enterprises in participating in major projects in fields such as railways and nuclear power, guide private investment to new tracks such as high technology and service industries, and stimulate the vitality of private investment. On the other hand, we must create a legal and business environment, protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs, continue to increase efforts to resolve the problem of overdue payments to private enterprises, resolutely prevent illegal law enforcement in other places and profit-seeking law enforcement, and take more practical measures to enhance the confidence of private investment.
Li Zheng (李拯): In 2024, China's residents' consumption rate is 39.9%, which is still about 10-30 percentage points lower than that of developed countries, especially the proportion of service consumption is low. To boost consumption, what shortcomings need to be addressed and what increments can be tapped?
Wang Yiming (王一鸣): The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal lists "a significant increase in the residents' consumption rate" as one of the main goals of economic and social development. From the demand side, China's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has exceeded 13,000 US dollars, and is in a stage of transformation and upgrading of the consumption structure, that is, the proportion of subsistence consumption is declining, and the proportion of development consumption is increasing. Development-oriented consumption such as education and health often takes the form of collective consumption, which requires an increase in government public service expenditures. From the analysis of international experience, the proportion of government public service expenditures increases most significantly in the stage when per capita GDP is from 10,000 US dollars to 25,000 US dollars.
From the supply side, commodity consumption is relatively saturated, and service consumption is booming. At present, the supply of high-quality and diversified services is insufficient, and it is necessary to relax access restrictions, straighten out service prices, attract more social capital to enter, and provide high-quality services in more subdivided fields.
Li Zheng (李拯): Expanding domestic demand is not an expedient measure, but a long-term strategy. How can we further unblock blockages, solve difficulties, and accelerate the construction of a complete domestic demand system?
Wang Yiming (王一鸣): We must combine short-term policies with medium- and long-term institutional construction to form a long-term mechanism and effective institutional arrangements for expanding domestic demand, solve the deep-seated problems of insufficient domestic demand and weak consumption, and promote the formation of a more economic development model dominated by domestic demand, driven by consumption, and driven by endogenous growth. For example, we should accelerate the implementation of the reform determined by the "Decision" of the 20th Third Plenary Session of the Party to "promote the postponement of the collection of consumption tax to the production link and steadily decentralize it to local governments" to mobilize the enthusiasm of local governments to promote the expansion of consumption. For another example, the citizenization of agricultural transfer population is an important starting point for boosting consumption and expanding domestic demand. We must accelerate the implementation of the "system of providing basic public services by registering household registration in the place of permanent residence", encourage the government of the place of permanent residence to solve the basic public service problems of social insurance, housing security, and education for migrant children of the agricultural transfer population, and establish an effective incentive mechanism to improve the enthusiasm of the government of the place of permanent residence to provide basic public services, and release the huge consumption potential of the agricultural transfer population.
Using reform to unblock blockages, strengthen weaknesses, and make up for shortcomings, accelerate the construction of a unified national market, and form a complete domestic demand system that connects all links of production, distribution, circulation, and consumption. The Chinese economy will gather a continuous stream of development momentum, be more capable of weathering storms, and have a higher quality of endogenous growth.
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## Person: Geological Disaster Information Officer Zhang Deyuan
## Story
On December 10th, in Huangci Village (黄茨村), Yanguoxia Town (盐锅峡镇), Yongjing County (永靖县), Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (临夏回族自治州), Gansu Province, Zhang Deyuan (张得元), a geological disaster information officer, noticed dust rising from a hillside during his patrol, along with falling rocks, indicating a potential landslide. Zhang Deyuan (张得元) reported the situation while knocking on doors and urging everyone to evacuate. Upon receiving the report, Yanguoxia Town (盐锅峡镇) immediately organized the evacuation of 462 people from 118 households. Thanks to the timely discovery and warning of the danger, all residents were safely evacuated.
## Commentary
Half a mountain collapsed, yet no one was injured or killed. The lucky code to "outrun" half a mountain is written in the inspection records of Zhang Deyuan (张得元) over 1,000 days as a geological disaster information officer. As a native of Huangci Village (黄茨村), he is familiar with the local conditions; as a geological disaster information officer, he has received professional training. He patrols the Black Terrace (黑台) landslide hazard area twice a day, morning and evening, and is well aware of the loose rocks and cracks on the slope. Because of this, on December 10th, he was able to keenly detect the anomaly, buying valuable time for subsequent actions.
The starting point of the evacuation was Zhang Deyuan's (张得元) instinctive shout; the completion of the rescue, however, was far from the effort of one person alone. From Zhang Deyuan (张得元) issuing the warning to the decisive organization of the evacuation by town and village officials, and then to the orderly evacuation of the villagers, it is the scientific and efficient disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief mechanism that has built a solid dam for the safety of the people.
The "small position" can safeguard "big safety" because of the institutionalized mass monitoring and prevention mechanism. At present, China has built a five-level disaster information officer system covering the national, provincial, municipal, county, township, and village levels, forming an important line of defense for disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief. In Gongshan Dulong and Nu Autonomous County (贡山独龙族怒族自治县), Yunnan Province, disaster information officer Xiong Yumei (熊玉梅) discovered that the river water had overflowed the riverbank, helping to evacuate 201 people; in Danba County (丹巴县), Sichuan Province, disaster information officer He Jianhua (何建华) observed abnormal sediment content in the ditch during his patrol, helping to evacuate 439 people... Repeated successful evacuations prove that "zero casualties" is not accidental, but is written in the sense of responsibility and professionalism of millions of disaster information officers. Continuously strengthening the "nerve endings" of disaster early warning will strive for greater initiative in "preventing disasters before they occur."
The effectiveness of the mechanism begins with "building it well" and succeeds with "using it well." After receiving the warning, departments at all levels responded quickly and performed their respective duties. Professional technicians conducted on-site surveys and research to determine the development trend of the landslide; township and village cadres evacuated the masses; police forces were dispatched to set up multiple sentry posts around the landslide... Responding immediately upon hearing the whistle and passing the baton without shirking responsibility, the efficient evacuation of Huangci Village (黄茨村) is a microcosm of the continuous improvement of China's grassroots emergency system. From pre-disaster evacuation to the resettlement of affected people, and then to the prevention of secondary disasters... This system solves the "no one in charge, unable to do" problem existing in grassroots emergency work, answers questions such as "what to do, who will do it, and how to do it," and significantly enhances the confidence and ability to deal with emergencies.
When disaster strikes, how can evacuation be quick and orderly? The answer lies in the seemingly repetitive daily drills. Drills train not only the routes but also the unconditional trust in the command system. The sound of the notification whistle rings out again and again, forming a conditioned reflex to act upon hearing it; escape routes are memorized, so even in times of crisis, steps are firm. Strengthening the publicity of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief knowledge in peacetime, carrying out emergency drills on a regular basis, and effectively enhancing public awareness and ability to prevent risks can promote disaster prevention and mitigation from "paper plans" to a true "safety barrier," effectively enhancing emergency capabilities.
As the saying goes: "Prevention is the best, rescue is second, and warning is the worst." 防为上，救次之，戒为下 (fáng wèi shàng, jiù cì zhī, jiè wèi xià - "prevention is best, rescue is second, warning is worst," prevention is the most effective strategy). Pre-emptive prevention is a more effective, more economical, and safer governance strategy. By putting in the effort in peacetime and strengthening "everyone is responsible, everyone does their best," we will surely continue to consolidate the foundation of "prevention" and safeguard the peace of thousands of households.
Return to TopWider coverage of "zero-tariff" goods, more diversified bonded maintenance business with "both ends abroad," and more complete software and hardware supervision facilities... Recently, the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) was officially launched. The liberalization and facilitation policy system characterized by "'first line' liberalization, 'second line' control, and free flow within the island" empowers the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) to build a modern industrial system and explores ways for China to expand high-level opening to the outside world.
This is precisely:
The Qiong Island (琼岛) closure opens a new chapter,
The flow of goods is smooth and all industries are busy.
Cooperation and win-win are like adding wings,
Standing at the forefront of opening up in the East.
By Dong Zeyang (董泽扬)
Return to TopBy: 袁 媛
Not long ago, a piece of news about the renaming of an animal attracted attention: After nearly 40 years of "returning home," the Père David's deer in the Western world has reverted to its Chinese name, changing from the commonly used "Pere David's Deer" in English to the Chinese transliteration "MiLu."
The Père David's deer, also known as "sibuxiang" (四不像), is a species native to China. Due to the chaos of war in the late Qing Dynasty (清朝), the native Père David's deer became extinct, and a small number of individuals were scattered in Europe, where they were given foreign names by Western scholars. In the 1980s, China and the UK signed a reintroduction agreement, and the Père David's deer were able to gradually return to their homeland. Among them, Dafeng Coastal Wetland in Yancheng (盐城) , Jiangsu (江苏) became one of their important homes. Today, the Père David's deer population here has expanded to more than 8,500, making it the world's largest Père David's deer gene pool, with reproduction and survival rates among the highest in the world.
Bringing back the Père David's deer was not easy, and regaining its true name was also difficult. A Chinese researcher once submitted an article to an international journal using "MiLu," and the editor said they "couldn't understand it." The loss of the true name reflects the lack of discourse power. A few papers alone cannot shake the established international perception. As China's achievements in ecological civilization construction are globally demonstrated, Chinese experience has received more international attention. Through scientific practices such as introducing and expanding populations, rewilding and releasing, and protecting in different locations, the Yancheng Dafeng (盐城大丰) Reserve has not only rescued the Père David's deer from the brink of extinction, but also created a "Chinese model" for species reintroduction. International organizations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature have repeatedly affirmed this achievement, and the story of Père David's deer protection in China has gradually spread to the world. From some academic journals beginning to recognize "MiLu" to Western media actively using "MiLu" instead of "Pere David's Deer" in reports, the speed of the Père David's deer renaming has exceeded people's expectations.
The "speed" of the true name's return stems from the "slow" pace of conservation work. It is the patient perseverance, the accumulation of technology, the continuity of policies, and the silent dedication of generations of "deer keepers," step by step, that have accumulated solid data and replicable experience for Père David's deer protection, winning the heartfelt respect of the international community.
It can be seen that safeguarding cultural roots and mastering the initiative in discourse cannot be rushed or delayed. It cannot be delayed because the erosion and misinterpretation of cultural symbols are ongoing. If we do not take timely action to rescue and actively disseminate them, these cultural imprints may be buried in the long river of time. It cannot be rushed because doing basic work requires the skill of embroidery. The sustainability of Père David's deer protection is inseparable from the ecological economics behind the Père David's deer. In Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu (江苏), the populations of red-crowned cranes, Père David's deer, and spoon-billed sandpipers have expanded. The local area has used these as prototypes to create the "Three Treasures" city IP image of the Yellow Sea Wetland, launching a series of wetland ecological and cultural creative products, driving an output value of tens of millions of yuan. Breeders, docents, researchers... The spirit of perseverance inherited by the older generation of "deer keepers" collides and integrates with the open minds of the younger generation, filling the technical gaps in the field of Père David's deer protection and promoting the frequent appearance of "MiLu"-related research results on the international stage, providing solid talent support for the construction of cultural discourse power.
The return and rectification of the name of the Père David's deer is not only a story of the revival of a species, but also a vivid practice of telling Chinese stories well and spreading Chinese voices well. China has a long and splendid civilization, and at the same time has created the most magnificent modernization process in human history. Chinese stories are wonderful and exciting. I believe that in the future, there will be more such stories, wonderfully told and widely disseminated by strivers in all walks of life.
(Excerpted from *Xinhua Daily* (新华日报), originally titled *Why Did the Père David's Deer Revert to Its Chinese Name?*)
Return to TopBy: 吴 丹
Recently, two policy documents regarding primary and secondary school education have been released in succession, and their combined effect is quite profound.
Focusing on reducing the burden on teachers, the Ministry of Education (教育部) issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Further Reduce the Non-Educational and Teaching Burden of Primary and Secondary School Teachers," proposing eight burden-reducing measures. Focusing on science and technology education, the Ministry of Education (教育部) and seven other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Science and Technology Education in Primary and Secondary Schools," consolidating the foundation for cultivating innovative talents in science and technology.
Reducing the non-teaching burden on primary and secondary school teachers is a "reduction"; strengthening science enlightenment and interest cultivation in primary and secondary school education is an "increase." Viewed against the backdrop of national development, this reduction and increase, this decrease and increase, follow different specific paths but in fact resonate at the same frequency, jointly pointing to the goal of building a strong education nation and reflecting the deep logic of education reform.
Improve the mechanism for adapting talent cultivation to the needs of economic and social development, place the cultivation of talents urgently needed for major national strategies in a more prominent position, focus on creating top-notch innovative talents, and promote the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
Today's children and adolescents are tomorrow's builders and successors. Basic education should not only consolidate students' knowledge base but also stimulate students' interest in science, exploration of the unknown, and cultivate their innovative thinking. Strengthening science and technology education in primary and secondary schools, guiding students to love science, dare to explore, and learn to create in the process of hands-on experiments and practical exploration, is of far-reaching significance for comprehensively improving students' core literacy and consolidating the foundation of national innovation talents. In this process, reducing the burden on teachers is also to better enlighten students. Only when teachers are freed from unnecessary administrative work can they have enough time and energy to invest in teaching research, lesson preparation, and truly devote themselves to the overall development of students and focus on the primary task of fostering virtue through education.
Strengthening the construction of the teaching staff is the most important foundation for building a strong education nation. In order to better cultivate talents, it is necessary not only to relieve teachers of their burdens but also to improve their quality. Sichuan (四川) strictly prohibits mandatory requirements for teachers and students to participate in activities unrelated to education and teaching; Shanghai (上海) has proposed to ensure that head teachers have the time and energy to do a good job in building classes and educating people, and to effectively reduce repetitive work and non-educational administrative work... Localities have successively introduced measures to create a good environment for dedicated teaching and quiet education. At the same time, strengthening science and technology education in primary and secondary schools requires promoting the construction of teaching staff, improving the collaborative mechanism between families, schools, and communities, and cultivating compound educational talents with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills in a targeted manner, so as to cultivate high-quality students with high-quality teachers.
Integrate the development of education, science and technology, and talent to achieve a virtuous interaction and mutual support between a strong education nation, a strong science and technology nation, and a strong talent nation.
The primary and secondary school stage is an important period for cultivating students' scientific interests, innovative awareness, and practical abilities, and the quality of its science and technology education directly determines the depth and breadth of the future talent pool. Allowing teachers more time to focus on teaching and allowing schools to pay more attention to science and technology education in primary and secondary schools will help solve the problems of insufficient educational support and the lack of smooth connection between talent cultivation and scientific and technological innovation.
Such a reform idea is gradually unfolding in various fields of education: establishing and improving the adjustment mechanism of discipline settings and talent cultivation models driven by scientific and technological development and national strategic needs, actively promoting the transformation of education models driven by artificial intelligence, and establishing a classified evaluation system and assessment system that conforms to the laws of educational scientific research activities and talent growth... A series of policy measures are interconnected and echo each other, further unblocking the pain points and blockages in the virtuous cycle of education, science and technology, and talent, and promoting the mutual connection and coordination of high-quality education, high-quality talent, and high-level scientific and technological innovation.
Building a strong education nation is not only an important part of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong nation and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, but also plays a leading and supporting role. To deeply grasp the needs of Chinese-style modernization for education, science and technology, and talent, and to strengthen the supporting role of education for science and technology and talent, we can use the power of education to cultivate the foundation of people's happiness, consolidate the foundation of national prosperity with the strength of education, and provide the most solid support for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Return to TopBy: 何海兵
After decades of continuous efforts, Shanghai has generally completed the "night soil bucket" (拎马桶) renovation project this year. This renovation carries the simple desires of families for hygiene, privacy, and dignity, and also writes a moving chapter of "people's livelihood as the most important thing" in the development of a megacity.
In China's urban construction, Shanghai (上海) is one of the cities at the forefront, and it also faces more complex facility renewal cycle problems. Bidding farewell to the "night soil bucket" is one of these challenges.
To resolve this pain point of people's livelihood, Shanghai (上海) ran a marathon of decades of continuous efforts and walked an uphill road that became more difficult as it went on. From the perspective of urban renewal, the easily implemented renovations have been basically completed through area renewal or sporadic old renovations. The remaining unrenovated houses are not only aging and structurally unreasonable, but also have great difficulties in renovating related supporting facilities.
In other words, Shanghai (上海), which is at the forefront of urban construction, wants to ensure that every resident does not fall behind in terms of sanitary facilities. It must not only maintain the policy continuity of "decades," but also put enough "embroidery skills" into complex systematic projects. In this way, this "unremarkable little thing" can be turned into an "extraordinary big thing."
"Making a dojo in a snail shell" (螺蛳壳里做道场 - luó sī ké lǐ zuò dào chǎng - "making a temple in a snail shell," to do something big in a small space; to make the best of limited resources), many people use this sentence to describe the meticulous effort Shanghai (上海) has put into bidding farewell to the "night soil bucket." This is not only the ingenuity of targeted renovation in a limited space, but also a challenge to transmit the precision and warmth of urban governance to every "nerve ending."
Urban renewal has never been just about houses and people, but about the entire urban system. Renovating old houses that are not in pieces is no easier than building a new building. Adding a toilet not only requires updating the architectural form, but also often faces complex and diverse public expectations and the historical inheritance of urban context. There is no ready-made standard answer to this question. We can only forge a suitable key for each lock with the original intention and patience of seeking benefits for the people.
For example, the complete renovation of Fanguan Lane (蕃瓜弄) community in Jing'an District (静安区), Shanghai (上海), held 26 special discussion meetings on "one household, one plan" alone. In Yangpu District (杨浦区), staff members squatted and counted each of the 63 night soil collection stations in the district, and after figuring out the most real base numbers, they explored diversified paths such as "demolition and reconstruction," "in-house installation + household removal installation + protective repair" simultaneously, and adding bottom-line guarantees for sanitary facilities for different situations. Grasping the relationship between ensuring people's livelihood and improving quality, the present and the long-term, seeking the optimal solution within the scope permitted by policies, and striving to maximize the interests of the masses can allow the sunshine of development to illuminate every inconspicuous corner and reach every ordinary family.
"Communication is a more important design link than submitting drawings," said a designer involved in the renovation, pointing out the difficulty and significance of this people's livelihood project: This renovation seems to solve the sanitary needs of a small number of residents, but in fact it is necessary to dredge the hearts and minds of the people and is a channel for the masses to move towards a higher quality of life.
The essence of modernization is the modernization of people. While pursuing the height of development, always remembering to improve the temperature of people's livelihood, and always caring about those who are temporarily lagging behind on the road to running forward, is precisely the value pursuit and moving part of Chinese-style modernization.
The exit of the small toilet, from the perspective of urban development history, may only be a small change in the living scene, but it means a great improvement in living space, function, and quality. An employee of the Old Renovation Office (旧改办) in Huangpu District (黄浦区) will never forget a detail: At the signing site, 80-year-old Grandma Zhao (赵奶奶) insisted on taking the old toilet home. "She said she wanted to tell her great-grandson that this was a big mountain that the people of Shanghai (上海) spent 30 years moving away." Adhering to the people-centered approach, taking out a blueprint and drawing it to the end, and integrating humanistic care into meticulous governance can find ways to solve complex people's livelihood problems and let the spring breeze of modernization blow under every roof of you and me.
(The author is a professor at the Party School of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共上海市委党校))
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Return to TopBy: 蒋作君
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Zhi Gong Party, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent a congratulatory letter, expressing warm congratulations on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and extending sincere greetings to all members of the Zhi Gong Party. This marks a significant milestone in the history of the Zhi Gong Party, the history of multi-party cooperation under the leadership of the CPC, and the history of political consultation. The entire Zhi Gong Party feels deeply inspired, greatly encouraged, and immensely honored.
In October 1925, the China Zhi Gong Party was founded in San Francisco, USA, by the overseas Chinese community, the Chee Kung Tong of America (美洲洪门致公总堂). The century-long history of the Zhi Gong Party is a glorious history of sharing weal and woe and showing utter devotion to the CPC, a history of striving for national independence, people's liberation, and the realization of national prosperity and people's happiness, and a progressive history of adhering to the path of socialist political development with Chinese characteristics. At this new starting point, the Zhi Gong Party must conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter, fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and create a new situation in its work with an ever-forward-looking and enterprising attitude, so as to broadly unite people, build consensus, pool wisdom, and gather strength for the great cause of building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation.
1. Conscientiously Study the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Congratulatory Letter, and Clarify the Zhi Gong Party's Direction and Fundamental Principles at the New Starting Point
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter is far-sighted and profoundly meaningful, fully embodying the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core's high regard for the cause of multi-party cooperation and its sincere care for the Zhi Gong Party. The congratulatory letter clarifies the important contributions of the China Zhi Gong Party in various historical periods, pointing out that as the earliest established democratic party in China, the Zhi Gong Party has always shared weal and woe and shown utter devotion to the CPC, actively participating in the cause of the Chinese revolution, construction, and reform, working together to forge ahead in the new era, and contributing wisdom and strength to striving for national independence, people's liberation, and the realization of national prosperity and people's happiness, writing a glorious history of "dedication to public service and repaying the country with overseas Chinese resources" (致力为公、侨海报国). It clarifies the political foundation for the Zhi Gong Party's unity and struggle, pointing out that on the new journey, it is hoped that the Zhi Gong Party will always adhere to the leadership of the CPC, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold the original aspiration of cooperation, and carry forward its fine traditions. It clarifies the Zhi Gong Party's goals, pointing out that the Zhi Gong Party should strengthen its own construction, earnestly perform its duties, broadly unite overseas Chinese, returned overseas Chinese, relatives of overseas Chinese, and students studying abroad, actively serve the great cause of national reunification, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter is far-sighted and profound in thought. It is the latest theoretical achievement of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on adhering to, developing, and improving the new type of party system in China, further enriching and developing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on doing a good job in the Party's united front work in the new era, pointing out the direction and providing fundamental guidance for the Zhi Gong Party to perform its duties and build itself at the new starting point, and also injecting strong impetus into the Zhi Gong Party to broadly unite the wisdom and strength of Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad, promote the high-quality development of various tasks, and enhance the effectiveness of China's new type of party system.
The entire Zhi Gong Party must combine the study of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter with the study and implementation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and take it as a major political task for the present and for some time to come, consolidate the ideological foundation for firmly upholding the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieving the "Two Safeguards," accurately grasp the guiding ideology, important principles, main goals, strategic tasks, major measures, and fundamental guarantees for China's economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and effectively unify thoughts and actions with the decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee, so as to contribute to the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and ensure that decisive progress is made in basically realizing socialist modernization.
2. Take the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Congratulatory Letter as Guidance, and Summarize and Carry Forward the Basic Experience of the Zhi Gong Party's Century-Long History
Looking back on the Zhi Gong Party's century-long history of struggle, we have summarized six basic experiences that must be adhered to. At the new starting point, the Zhi Gong Party will take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter as guidance, summarize and carry forward the basic experience of the Zhi Gong Party's century-long history, and draw wisdom, gather strength, and strengthen its beliefs from the century-long history of struggle.
* The political character of being of one heart with the Party, showing utter devotion, and sharing honor and disgrace. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that on the new journey, it is hoped that the Zhi Gong Party will always adhere to the leadership of the CPC, deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold the original aspiration of cooperation, and carry forward its fine traditions. Looking back on the past, the Zhi Gong Party and the CPC have gone from recognition to identification, from similarity to affinity, and from compatriots to comrades, always sharing weal and woe and showing utter devotion to the CPC. Embarking on the new journey, the Zhi Gong Party will firmly remember the political attributes of a participating party in socialism with Chinese characteristics, unswervingly take adhering to the leadership of the CPC as the primary political principle, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core in thought, politics, and action.
* The patriotic feelings of dedicating oneself to public service, caring about national affairs, and being concerned about people's livelihoods. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is hoped that the Zhi Gong Party will actively serve the great cause of national reunification and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. Looking back on the past, the Zhi Gong Party "rose up for the sake of national restoration, survived for the sake of national preservation, and strived for the sake of national prosperity," always sharing the same breath as the motherland and sharing the same destiny as the people in its century-long struggle. Embarking on the new journey, the Zhi Gong Party will bear in mind the "major affairs of the country," focus on the "concerns of the people," give play to its "strengths," focus on the hot and difficult issues of concern to the masses and the thoughts, expectations, and hopes of overseas Chinese, actively offer advice and contribute efforts, and unremittingly strive for the realization of national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people's happiness.
* The spirit of performing duties with both down-to-earth efforts and lofty aspirations. General Secretary Xi Jinping expressed his earnest hope that the Zhi Gong Party would earnestly perform its duties in his important congratulatory letter. Looking back on the past, the Zhi Gong Party put forward the first group proposal of democratic parties in the new CPPCC, offered wise words and practical suggestions around the country's major strategies, and always deeply cultivated the fertile soil of China and jointly built a prosperous and great cause in its century-long struggle. Embarking on the new journey, the Zhi Gong Party will earnestly perform the functions of a participating party, focus on promoting Chinese-style modernization and conduct in-depth research, seek truth from facts, offer wise advice, and plan practical strategies for development, and always be a good advisor, good helper, and good colleague of the CPC.
* The open characteristic of repaying the country with overseas Chinese resources, conducting research around the world, and making friends with people from all over the world. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is hoped that the Zhi Gong Party will broadly unite overseas Chinese, returned overseas Chinese, relatives of overseas Chinese, and students studying abroad, and actively serve the great cause of national reunification. Looking back on the past, the Zhi Gong Party listened to the voices of overseas Chinese, made extensive international friends, and helped promote peaceful reunification across the Taiwan Strait, always paying attention to giving play to the characteristics of overseas Chinese and uniting overseas Chinese and safeguarding their interests in its century-long struggle. Embarking on the new journey, the Zhi Gong Party will continue to highlight the characteristics of overseas Chinese, carry out external liaison at multiple levels, through multiple channels, and in multiple fields, gather the wisdom and strength of overseas Chinese with open actions, understand the situation and intentions of overseas Chinese with open thinking, tell the Chinese story with an open attitude, and contribute to promoting Chinese-style modernization and creating a new pattern of opening up to the outside world.
* The concept of governing the Party by adhering to principles and innovating, following regulations, and promoting the country by abiding by the law. Adhering to principles and innovating is of great significance for building a high-quality socialist participating party with Chinese characteristics. Looking back on the past, the Zhi Gong Party has always paid attention to strengthening its own construction and participating in the formulation and implementation of national policies, laws, and regulations in its century-long struggle. Embarking on the new journey, the Zhi Gong Party will adhere to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its guide, do a good job in party affairs in accordance with the Constitution, national laws and regulations, and the Zhi Gong Party Charter, integrate the CPC's strategy of governing the country according to law and the concept of governing the party according to regulations into the work of participating in politics and performing its duties, and play an active role in promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities.
* The progressive character of valuing quality, keeping pace with the times, and advancing together. The great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics is endless, and the practice of self-construction of participating parties is also endless. Looking back on the past, the Zhi Gong Party has always adhered to pioneering and enterprising and promoted the continuous development and growth of the cause of multi-party cooperation in its century-long struggle. Embarking on the new journey, the Zhi Gong Party will continue to make progress in thought, keep pace with the times, plan in accordance with the times in organization, value quality, advance together in performing its duties, be brave to take responsibility, continue to broadly unite the strength of overseas Chinese, draw the largest concentric circle, form a vigorous and surging momentum, and contribute the strength of the Zhi Gong Party to promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
3. Take the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Congratulatory Letter as Guidance, Learn from the CPC, and Build a High-Quality Socialist Participating Party with Chinese Characteristics
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee took adhering to the overall leadership of the CPC as a principle that must be followed in economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, pointing out that it is necessary to adhere to using the Party's self-revolution to lead social revolution, unswervingly promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, enhance the Party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, improve the Party's ability and level to lead economic and social development, and gather tremendous strength for promoting Chinese-style modernization. At the new starting point, the Zhi Gong Party will implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter, adhere to learning from the CPC, conscientiously learn from the CPC's valuable experience in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, and unremittingly strive towards the goal of a socialist participating party with Chinese characteristics that is politically firm, organizationally solid, capable of performing its duties, has an excellent style, and has sound systems.
* It is necessary to unswervingly adhere to the leadership of the CPC. Firmly grasp the distinct political attributes of a participating party, adhere to highlighting political leadership in the construction of leading bodies, highlighting political functions in organizational construction, highlighting political positions in the construction of representative figures, highlighting political consensus in the education and training of party members, and highlighting political supervision in style construction, and continuously consolidate the common ideological and political foundation.
* It is necessary to adhere to governing the Party according to regulations. Take the Zhi Gong Party Charter as the fundamental basis for system construction, implement the China Zhi Gong Party's Five-Year Plan for Promoting Self-Construction, comprehensively improve basic systems such as the performance of duties by central committee members, the construction of the style of participating parties, and the construction of grassroots organizations, and further build a scientific, complete, and effective system.
* It is necessary to deepen the strategy of revitalizing the Party with talent. Take the construction of a high-quality talent team as the "chief committee project" of self-construction, adhere to political standards, highlight the characteristics of overseas Chinese, and promote the introduction, cultivation, and use of talent in an integrated manner, so as to lay a solid foundation for the development of the cause of multi-party cooperation.
* It is necessary to deepen style construction. Always maintain the sobriety and determination that style construction is always on the road, highlight problem orientation, goal orientation, and result orientation, further deeply implement the CPC Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation, continue to deepen the "four focuses" and "four expansions" work system of internal supervision, innovate effective measures for "four supervisions," and create a good environment of integrity and uprightness.
* It is necessary to strengthen the construction of model organs. Set an example in deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, set an example in always maintaining a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee, and set an example in resolutely implementing the CPC Central Committee's various decisions and deployments, and strive to achieve exemplary performance in performing duties, standardized systems, brand models, innovative demonstrations, and exemplary words and deeds, and build model organs that the CPC Central Committee can rest assured of and that Zhi Gong Party members and people from all walks of life are satisfied with.
4. Take the Spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Congratulatory Letter as Guidance, Comprehensively Implement the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and Contribute to the Great Cause of Building a Strong Country and Realizing National Rejuvenation
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee clarified the guiding ideology for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period: adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development, comprehensively implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, focus on comprehensively building a strong socialist modern country and realizing the second centenary goal, comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, coordinate the promotion of the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan," coordinate the promotion of the "Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy," coordinate the domestic and international situations, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to taking economic construction as the center, taking promoting high-quality development as the theme, taking reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, taking meeting the people's growing needs for a better life as the fundamental purpose, and taking comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as the fundamental guarantee, promote the effective improvement of the quality and the rational growth of the quantity of the economy, promote the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all the people to take solid steps, and ensure that decisive progress is made in basically realizing socialist modernization. At the new starting point, the Zhi Gong Party will dedicate itself to the "greatest 'public' in the new era" of "comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization," take "uniting people, building consensus, pooling wisdom, and gathering strength" as its "dedication," focus on the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period to discuss politics and offer suggestions, build consensus, and be a good advisor, good helper, and good colleague of the CPC.
* It is necessary to further consolidate the common ideological and political foundation. Always take adhering to the leadership of the CPC as the primary political principle, unswervingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen the soul and cast the soul, guide the vast number of members and the masses they contact to continuously enhance their political identity, ideological identity, theoretical identity, and emotional identity with the leadership of the CPC and socialism with Chinese characteristics, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," achieve the "Two Safeguards," and unite and strive to achieve the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and jointly create a new situation in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
* It is necessary to earnestly perform the functions of a participating party. Focus on the major decisions and deployments, major strategic needs, and major practical problems of the Party and the country to carry out investigations and research, innovate working methods, broadly mobilize resources, continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of participating in political affairs, democratic supervision, and participating in political consultation under the leadership of the CPC, and conduct high-quality research and high-level suggestions around the key tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, such as building a modern industrial system, accelerating high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, building a strong domestic market, accelerating the construction of a high-level socialist market economic system, and expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, so as to better serve the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and earnestly shoulder the historical mission of being a participant, practitioner, and promoter of China's new type of party system.
* It is necessary to strengthen the ability to "do a good job in the great article on overseas Chinese." Conscientiously study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on overseas Chinese affairs, comprehensively implement overseas Chinese affairs policies, and better unite the hearts and strength of overseas Chinese. Enhance ideological consensus in "bringing in" and "going out," and gather the powerful force of building the Chinese dream together with one heart. Highlight the Zhi Gong Party's advantages in various sectors, deeply understand the practical concerns and interests of overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan compatriots, carry out special research on overseas Chinese affairs, form opinions and suggestions with overseas Chinese characteristics, and contribute to serving the great cause of national reunification, improving overseas Chinese affairs policies, and helping high-level opening up to the outside world.
* It is necessary to improve the quality and effectiveness of social service work. Taking digital assistance as the main line and assistance in the field of people's livelihood as the focus, implement the five-year plan outline for fixed-point assistance to Qixingguan District, Bijie, Guizhou, item by item, promote the assistance work of helping Bijie's comprehensive rural revitalization and high-quality development to a new level with the "industry + cause" integrated two wings and the "technology + digital" leading empowerment, and promote the construction of livable and workable beautiful villages. Focusing on strengthening the comprehensive prevention and control of chronic diseases, developing a full-chain service of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and management, solidly carry out the work of helping the construction of healthy communities, give full play to the Zhi Gong Party's talent advantages, put forward forward-looking, scientific, and operable policy recommendations, and contribute the Zhi Gong Party's strength to promoting the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all the people to take solid steps during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Striving forward on a new journey full of glory and dreams, the cause of multi-party cooperation under the leadership of the CPC has a glorious mission and great responsibility. The entire Zhi Gong Party must unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important congratulatory letter, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," dedicate itself to public service and follow the Party, repay the country with overseas Chinese resources and build new achievements, and unite and strive to comprehensively promote the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization!
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 23rd (Reporter Zhang Cong (张璁)): The Ministry of Justice (司法部), the Ministry of Education (教育部), and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (共青团中央) recently issued a notice to organize and continuously promote the "Legal Aid Volunteer Action" throughout the country. This initiative aims to widely mobilize legal professionals, university faculty and students, and individuals to actively engage in legal aid volunteer services, promoting the standardized construction and large-scale development of legal volunteer services.
The notice proposes seven action measures: cultivating and developing a legal aid volunteer team, carrying out multi-field and multi-type volunteer services, promoting the extension of legal aid volunteer services to the western grassroots, incorporating legal aid volunteer services into legal education, strengthening the organization and management of volunteer services, establishing a volunteer service collaboration mechanism, and leading and driving broad participation from all sectors of society. These measures focus on creating more distinctive volunteer service brands that are well-known to the public, satisfying to the masses, and recognized by society.
It is understood that more than 400 universities across the country, with over 100,000 university faculty and students, have participated in legal aid volunteer services, accumulating more than 240,000 activities and serving tens of millions of people.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 何 聪 刘军国
In winter, at the archaeological site of the Fanshan site of Liangzhu Ancient City (良渚古城) in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省), archaeological team members are recording three-dimensional images of a section of the site.
The Liangzhu (良渚) site is a testament to the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization. "In the process of excavation and research, we have made important discoveries about the relationship between Fanshan (反山) and the water conservancy system, as well as the spatial structure of Fanshan (反山) itself," said Wang Ningyuan (王宁远), a researcher at the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (浙江省文物考古研究所) and head of the archaeological project of Liangzhu Ancient City (良渚古城) and the water conservancy system.
In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Zhejiang (浙江): "We must better shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era, continue the historical and cultural heritage, strengthen the protection of cultural heritage, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional culture."
To thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Yuhang District (余杭区) is focusing on the Liangzhu (良渚) site to build the Liangzhu Cultural Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊), striving to strengthen the protection of cultural heritage, and the millennium-old cultural context is flourishing.
Stepping into the China Painting Grand Collection Museum (中国历代绘画大系典藏馆) located in Yuhang District (余杭区), the theme exhibition "Great Sound is Silent - Music in Song Dynasty Paintings" is fascinating, "dubbing" ancient paintings with original music and restored and recreated pieces. "It feels like traveling through time and space, the experience is particularly strong," said tourist Wang Rui (王蕊).
Yuhang District (余杭区) continues to build a high-level cultural landmark cluster. On the Liangzhu Cultural Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊), the Liangzhu Ancient City Site Park (良渚古城遗址公园), the China Painting Grand Collection Museum (中国历代绘画大系典藏馆), the Yuhang Art Museum (余杭美术馆), and other places are strung together, and public cultural spaces are constantly expanding. On the southern wing of the Liangzhu Cultural Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊), Yuhang District (余杭区) is promoting the construction of the central axis of the new Hangzhou (杭州) urban center, and a number of major public cultural facilities such as the Zhejiang Concert Hall (浙江音乐厅), the Yuhang Grand Theater (余杭大剧院), and the Yuhang International Sports Center (余杭国际体育中心) are under construction.
Coordinating protection and development, Yuhang District (余杭区) has embarked on a path of cultural benefits for the people.
In the morning light, the Tiaoxi River (苕溪) glistens, and people come and go on the Xixian Great Embankment (西险大塘) on the right bank. This flood control barrier built in ancient times has become a "Tiaoxi Cultural Scenery Belt (苕溪文化风情带)" integrating water conservancy, ecology, and culture, attracting citizens and tourists.
The Grand Canal (Yuhang Section) Comprehensive Protection Project (Phase II) (大运河（余杭段）沿线综保工程（二期）项目) was recently completed, and the area along the canal has been completely renewed. "The Grand Canal culture and the Liangzhu culture are integrated, which not only preserves the historical relics of the Grand Canal shipping, but also incorporates many landscape sketches," said Zhou Su (周苏), associate researcher at the Liangzhu Museum (良渚博物院).
Traditional villages have also been revitalized through cultural innovation. Jingshan Village (径山村) relies on the thousand-year-old Zen tea culture to cultivate the "Jingshan Tea Banquet (径山茶宴)," promoting the increase of villagers' income. Xikou Village (溪口村) has built a museum cluster to protect local memories and enrich the lives of villagers.
"Culture + Technology" has spawned a high-level cultural industry platform here.
The Liangzhu Cultural Grand Corridor (良渚文化大走廊) is home to Zhejiang Province's (浙江省) only National Foreign Cultural Trade Base (国家对外文化贸易基地), and has built the National Short Video Base Creation and Operation Center (国家短视频基地创作运营中心), and is currently planning the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Going Overseas Comprehensive Service Platform (浙江省文化出海综合服务平台), the Provincial Cultural and Technological Integration Key Laboratory (省级文化科技融合重点实验室), and so on.
Not only that, in Yuhang (余杭), many innovative enterprises are exploring - Suoyi Culture Company (索以文化公司), which is stationed in the China Liangzhu Digital Culture Community (中国良渚数字文化社区), applies its independently developed AIGC intelligent production software to animation production, effectively shortening the production cycle; Fliggy Travel (飞猪旅行) has launched the artificial intelligence product "Ask One Question (问一问)," which improves the efficiency of handling complex cultural tourism needs.
With the help of artificial intelligence technology, Yuhang's (余杭) digital cultural enterprises are accelerating their overseas expansion. In the first three quarters of this year, the revenue of Yuhang's (余杭) cultural enterprises above designated size reached 519.854 billion yuan, an increase of 14.4%.
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, Yuhang District (余杭区) will better shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era, and coordinate and promote 'Culture + Technology,' 'Culture + Tourism,' and 'Culture + People's Livelihood,' continue the city's cultural context, and make the city's development more flavorful and the lives of citizens more textured," said Liu Ying (刘颖), member of the Standing Committee of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee (杭州市委常委) and Secretary of the Yuhang District Party Committee (余杭区委书记).
Return to TopTo promote the high-quality development of the tourism industry and create a friendly tourist destination, Chun'an County (淳安县), Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省) announced the implementation of a series of off-season reform measures for the Qiandao Lake (千岛湖) Scenic Area on October 30, 2025. By piloting "one-ticket" discount packages, promoting "bus-like" operation of cruise ships, and innovating themed tourism routes, the county is committed to enhancing the tourist experience and tapping the consumption potential of the tourism market.
Mechanism Innovation
Promoting "One-Ticket" to Reduce Tourism Costs
The "one-ticket" mechanism is market-led, supplemented by government support. Qiandao Lake (千岛湖) cruise and yacht operating companies can independently set ticket discounts, and the government provides corresponding ticket discounts to incentivize them. The more the boat ticket is discounted, the greater the ticket reduction, with a maximum of "full ticket exemption." Currently, six major operating companies, including Qiandao Lake Tourism Co., Ltd. (千岛湖旅游股份有限公司), are actively participating to provide substantial discounts to tourists.
The new measures can effectively reduce tourists' travel costs. Taking the sightseeing cruise ship operated by Qiandao Lake Tourism Co., Ltd. (千岛湖旅游股份有限公司) as an example, during the policy trial period from November 1 to December 31 this year, the cost of a single lake tour can be significantly reduced from 195 yuan to 45.5 yuan. At the same time, the scenic area pass is launched, which links ticket, boat ticket and island project discounts, reducing the total cost of major projects in the central lake area and southeast lake area to less than 40% of the original price, benefiting the people and the guests.
Model Innovation
"Bus-like" Cruise Ships to Enhance Tourist Experience
In response to the previous problems of "one boat to the end" and fixed routes, Qiandao Lake (千岛湖) has innovatively launched a "bus-like" operation model for cruise ships. The new model breaks with tradition and transforms sightseeing cruise ships into flexible "lake buses."
At present, three types of "bus-like" routes have been launched in the central and southeast lake areas of Qiandao Lake (千岛湖): the "Grand Loop Line" covering all islands, the "Boutique Small Loop Line" featuring two selected islands, and the "Check-in Special Line" directly reaching classic attractions such as Meifeng Island (梅峰岛) and Huangshan Tip (黄山尖). Tourists can freely choose their destination and flexibly arrange their itinerary like taking a city bus, realizing a fundamental shift from "scenic spot arrangement" to "tourist autonomy," and enhancing tourists' freedom and experience.
Product Upgrade
Enriching the "Lake Tour Menu" and Innovating Tourism Products
In addition to price policies and operating models, Qiandao Lake (千岛湖) Scenic Area is also committed to enriching the supply of tourism products and solving the development bottleneck of a single theme. Recently, the scenic area has launched a number of special routes, such as the "Azure Water Sunset Glow" afternoon tea leisure route and the "A Hundred Years of Cultivation to Cross the River in the Same Boat" romantic theme route, and actively explores new business formats such as lake conferences and team building customization to meet tourists' diversified and high-quality needs.
Data source: Chun'an County (淳安县) Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau (淳安县文化和广电旅游体育局)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邵玉姿
In the early morning, in the vegetable greenhouses around Beijing (北京), workers are busy picking vegetables such as cabbage and eggplant; within a day, these vegetables will be transported to Beijing (北京) and served on residents' tables.
With the coordinated development of agriculture in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北), such scenes are becoming commonplace. In recent years, Hebei (河北) has insisted on cultivating its "vegetable garden" well, ensuring the "vegetable basket" of Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津), vigorously building industrial clusters of facility vegetables around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津), and promoting the upgrading of the vegetable industry. According to statistics, in 2024, Hebei's (河北) vegetables accounted for 42.5% of the wholesale market in Beijing (北京).
Upgrading the industry, laying out 9 key vegetable counties with more than 200,000 mu
In Niutuo Town (牛驼镇), Gu'an County (固安县), Langfang (廊坊), Hebei (河北), the vegetable greenhouses of Shunzhai Melon and Vegetable Planting Professional Cooperative are full of greenery. Inside the garland chrysanthemum seedling cultivation greenhouse, several employees are carefully picking young seedlings.
"These seedlings are cultivated according to high standards and directional cultivation. After picking them every morning, they are delivered to major stores in Beijing (北京) within 2 hours," said Zhang Xinwei (张新伟), deputy director of the cooperative. This year, the cooperative has signed a supply agreement with a brand catering chain store in Beijing (北京) to further expand the market.
In order to ensure that the "vegetable basket" of Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) is "stable in daily supply and guaranteed in emergency," in 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs included the facility vegetable industry cluster around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) in Hebei Province (河北省) into the construction list of advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, and continued to support the coordinated development of agriculture in the three places through special funds from the central government. In the same year, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (北京市农业农村局), the Tianjin Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee (天津市农业农村委员会), and the Hebei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (河北省农业农村厅) jointly carried out the construction of vegetable bases, accurately empowering them through subsidies.
Not far from the continuous greenhouses is a clean vegetable processing workshop covering an area of about 5,000 square meters. Inside the workshop, an intelligent potato washing and cutting production line is running at high speed. With the support of a number of policies, Shunzhai Cooperative has not only upgraded its planting facilities, but also improved its primary processing and supply chain system at the place of origin.
Implementing a 100 billion yuan vegetable industry project, building a facility vegetable industry cluster around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津)... Hebei (河北) has laid out and built 9 key vegetable counties with more than 200,000 mu in the surrounding areas of Beijing (北京). Hebei (河北) and Beijing (北京) have jointly built 183 vegetable bases around Beijing (北京), covering 115,000 mu, with an annual supply capacity of more than 500,000 tons.
"Compared with open-field planting, facility production has a controllable environment, increased production capacity, better quality, and staggered supply, which helps to meet the needs of the Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) markets for ensuring supply and improving quality," said Gao Hongbo (高洪波), director of the Science and Education Xingnong Center of Hebei Agricultural University (河北农业大学) and expert of the Hebei Provincial Facility Vegetable Innovation Team.
Deepening integration, introducing and cultivating more than 50 new varieties every year
Purple line eggplant, emerald green eggplant, fragrant round eggplant... In the early morning, at the Beijing Xinfadi Market (北京新发地市场), the various eggplants on the stall of stall owner Li Jun (李军) are dazzling, with an average daily shipment of more than 60 tons of eggplants. Last year alone, the sales volume of eggplants reached about 25,000 tons, with a total sales amount of more than 100 million yuan.
After finishing sales, he is busy with production. After the "rush hour" wholesale business, Li Jun (李军) set off for Jizhou District (冀州区), Hengshui (衡水), Hebei (河北). Here, he participated in building the Beijing Xinfadi (北京新发地) to help rural revitalization (Jizhou) demonstration base. "Hebei (河北) grows vegetables and Beijing (北京) sells them. This is coordinated development," said Li Jun (李军).
Running between the two places is Li Jun's (李军) daily routine. "The base in Xiwu Village (西午村) can produce about 10 tons of eggplants a day, plus the base in Dongluokou Village (东罗口村) and the part that drives surrounding farmers to plant, a total of 20 tons of eggplants can be produced a day," said Li Jun (李军).
The base is full of the shadow of collaborative development. "The round eggplant planted in the greenhouse is cultivated by a scientific research institution in Beijing (北京) and is very popular in the market," said Li Jun (李军). This year, the base is trying to plant new varieties cultivated by Hebei Agricultural University (河北农业大学).
Hebei (河北) and Beijing (北京) scientific research institutions have deeply cooperated to introduce and cultivate more than 50 new varieties suitable for the needs of Beijing (北京) consumers every year. At the same time, Hebei (河北) supports Beijing (北京) merchants to build 600,000 mu of direct supply or order bases in Hebei (冀), and jointly builds 8 direct purchase and direct supply centers with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Agricultural Products Industry Alliance.
The quantity is increasing, and the quality is also continuously improving. "We have established 3 'national' R&D centers, such as the Hebei Branch of the National Vegetable Improvement Center, compiled and applied more than 250 provincial vegetable standards, and established a high-quality vegetable index system to realize the digital evaluation system of appearance, flavor, nutrition, and safety indicators," said the relevant person in charge of the Hebei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (河北省农业农村厅).
Technological innovation, traditional planting moving towards smart planting
Vegetables not only grow on the land, but also in the workshop.
"Taking golden ear fungus as an example, our smart cabin can cultivate 3,500 sticks. The growth period of a batch of golden ear fungus is 35 to 45 days, and the output reaches more than 3,000 jin." Speaking of his rare mushroom smart cabin, Hou Ruifeng (侯瑞锋), the person in charge of Hebei Plant Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (河北普兰特生物科技有限公司), is very proud.
"Relying on the AI biological model, we have recorded and formed a complete planting model of multiple varieties of mushrooms in the system terminal. After selecting the corresponding planting model, the system will automatically correct the various parameters in the planting process," said Hou Ruifeng (侯瑞锋). This year, this rare mushroom smart cabin has been implemented in Luquan District (鹿泉区), Lingshou County (灵寿县), and other places in Shijiazhuang (石家庄市).
Intelligent temperature control equipment, intelligent water and fertilizer integrated machine, intelligent spraying robot, digital agriculture platform... The level of agricultural intelligence is constantly improving, and traditional planting is moving towards smart planting.
"Technological innovation is the internal driving force to promote the development of the vegetable industry and improve the construction of vegetable bases," said Gao Hongbo (高洪波). The level of intelligence of vegetable production bases in Hebei (河北) still needs to be improved. It can rely on the high-quality scientific research resources in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) region to strengthen the research and development of key technologies and the demonstration of new achievements in Hebei (河北) in a hierarchical and classified manner, such as setting up special R&D projects around facility transformation, variety renewal, green production, and quality improvement to accelerate the upgrading of technology and products.
The construction of the facility vegetable industry cluster around Beijing (北京) and Tianjin (天津) is a systematic project. "Relying on the construction of the base, from simple spatial layout to systematic capacity building," Gao Hongbo (高洪波) suggested that, guided by market demand, with technology and cold chain as the two wings, and with regional coordination and policy innovation as the guarantee, a modern vegetable supply system should be built that is stable in production, efficient in circulation, responsive, profitable for farmers, and beneficial to citizens.
Return to TopThe Fourth Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (台盟) was held in Beijing (北京) on December 23. The meeting thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, listened to and reviewed the work report of the Standing Committee of the 11th Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League for 2025, and reviewed the work report of the Internal Supervision Committee of the 11th Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League for 2025. Su Hui (苏辉), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 11th Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.
Su Hui (苏辉) pointed out that over the past year, the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League has adhered to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as its guide, thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, profoundly comprehended the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthened the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthened the "Four Confidences," and achieved the "Two Safeguards." Closely focusing on the overall work idea of "three grasps, two promotions, and one improvement" of the entire league, and focusing on the work theme of "participating in politics and performing duties to gather strength," we have upheld integrity and innovation to deepen ideological and political consensus, and worked together to serve the overall situation; consolidated the foundation and strengthened the foundation to optimize self-construction measures, and strived to be pragmatic in governing the league strictly; improved quality and efficiency to strengthen the practice of participating in politics and performing duties, and strived to make progress in promoting development. We have united the vast number of league members and Taiwan (台湾) compatriots to encourage responsibility and forge ahead, and promoted the development of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League in the new era to move forward firmly and powerfully.
Su Hui (苏辉) emphasized that 2026 is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The entire league should take "High-Quality Development Improvement Year" as the theme of the year's work, leading the entire league to focus on the formulation and implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the start of a new round of special democratic supervision by democratic parties, and other work to improve the effectiveness of serving the overall situation and promoting high-quality economic and social development; focusing on giving play to the characteristics and advantages of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, firmly opposing "independence" and promoting reunification, and improving the effectiveness of assisting the high-quality development of united front work in the new era; focusing on adhering to comprehensive and strict governance of the league, strengthening self-construction, and improving the effectiveness of high-quality development of various undertakings of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, earnestly fulfilling the functions of participating in the deliberation and administration of state affairs, exercising democratic supervision, and participating in the political consultation led by the Communist Party of China, and continuously improving political judgment, the ability to participate in the deliberation and administration of state affairs, organizational leadership, cooperation, and the ability to solve their own problems, and strive to be good advisors, good helpers, and good colleagues of the Communist Party of China.
Return to TopThis newspaper Changsha (长沙) December 23rd (Reporter Yang Hao (杨昊)) From December 22nd to 23rd, the Fourth Executive Committee Meeting of the 13th All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce was held in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南). Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, attended and delivered a work report.
The meeting emphasized that in 2026, all levels of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce must adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important speeches and the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and promote the work of promoting the "two healths" to a new level. It is necessary to strengthen the foundation of thought, use the Party's innovative theories to unite the people's hearts and minds, gather wisdom and contribute to the formulation and implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and use stronger leadership to凝聚民营经济人士奋进新征程的共识和力量 (níng jù mín yíng jīng jì rén shì fèn jìn xīn zhēng chéng de gòng shí hé lì liàng - "cohesion of private entrepreneurs to forge ahead on a new journey of consensus and strength," to unite private entrepreneurs and gather their strength to embark on a new journey). It is necessary to optimize services to solve problems, deepen the establishment and improvement of a modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics by executive committee enterprises, and help promote the implementation and effectiveness of policies related to enterprises. It is necessary to strengthen the bones and improve capabilities, continuously strengthen the construction of political organs and the construction of the cadre team, solidly promote the reform and development of chambers of commerce, and increase the reform efforts to improve the effectiveness of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce in promoting the "two healths."
Return to TopThe People's Daily, Beijing, December 23rd (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)) - It was learned from the National Urban and Rural Housing Construction Work Conference that significant progress will be made in urban renewal in 2025, the task of ensuring housing delivery will be fully completed, and the construction of "good houses" will begin to take shape. 38 cities are carrying out independent renewal and reconstruction of old houses, and 42 cities are implementing pilot programs for the full life cycle safety management system of houses. 106 complete community pilot projects have been completed, more than 2,000 various service facilities such as elderly care and childcare have been built and renovated, 26,000 new parking spaces have been added, and 713,000 square meters of public activity space and public green space have been added and improved.
In response to promoting the construction of modern people's cities, urban renewal will be carried out with high quality in 2026, and the transformation of old urban communities, the construction of complete communities, the construction of pocket parks, the opening and sharing of green spaces, the construction of "warmth projects," and the transformation of urban micro-public spaces will be promoted with the meticulous effort of "**绣花**" (xiù huā - "embroidery," meticulous and detailed work), to improve the quality of barrier-free and age-appropriate environments. Continue to carry out the transformation of underground pipe networks and the construction of comprehensive pipe corridors, and strive to complete the transformation of 30,000 kilometers of various gas pipelines. Actively carry out the construction of new urban infrastructure. Continue to build urban drainage and flood control engineering systems and urban infrastructure lifeline safety projects.
In response to focusing on stabilizing the real estate market, the focus in 2026 will be on: implementing policies according to the circumstances of each city to control incremental supply, reduce inventory, and optimize supply, combining urban renewal and urban village renovation to revitalize existing land, and promoting the acquisition of existing commercial housing for use as guaranteed housing, resettlement housing, dormitories, talent housing, etc. Optimize and precisely implement the supply of guaranteed housing, implement housing quality improvement projects, and orderly promote the construction of "good houses."
Further leverage the role of the "whitelist" system for real estate projects to support the reasonable financing needs of real estate companies. City governments should make full use of their autonomy in real estate regulation, adjust and optimize real estate policies in a timely manner, support residents' rigid and improved housing needs, and promote the stable operation of the real estate market.
Accelerate the construction of a new model for real estate development, orderly build basic systems, implement a real estate development project company system in real estate development, promote a lead bank system in real estate financing, and promote a spot sales system for commercial housing sales to achieve "**所见即所得**" (suǒ jiàn jí suǒ dé - "what you see is what you get," what you see is what you get), fundamentally preventing delivery risks. Standardize the supervision of pre-sale funds and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of homebuyers. At the same time, deepen the reform of the housing provident fund system. Implement an action to improve the quality of property services, explore a new model for the coordinated operation of neighborhood committees, owners' committees, and property service enterprises under the leadership of community party organizations, explore the "property service + life service" model, and promote "property services into the family."
Return to TopBeijing, December 23rd (Reporter Wang Zhou (王洲)) The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Traffic Management Bureau officially issued L3-level dedicated license plates for autonomous driving vehicles on highways on the 23rd, becoming one of the first cities in the country to issue this dedicated license plate. The L3 level (conditional automated driving) system can perform dynamic driving tasks under limited conditions, but requires the driver to act as a takeover backup. The three vehicles licensed this time can achieve autonomous driving functions at a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour in a single lane on highways and urban expressways.
Return to TopForest sea of frost, snowy hot springs, forest cuisine... Yichun City (伊春市), Heilongjiang Province, with a forest coverage rate of 83.8% and known as the "Forest Capital," has now opened its winter snow season and welcomes guests from all directions.
Just entering winter, Yichun officially launched the "Hundred-Day Action" plan for winter ice and snow tourism, showing full sincerity with early planning and early action. With the theme of "Ice and Snow Forest · Fairytale Yichun," Yichun carefully arranges elements such as forests, sports, health, and culture, launching 5 themed products, 7 boutique routes, and 15 internet-famous check-in spots, integrating the city's tourism resources into a "three-group one-line" all-area tourism layout.
Tieli City (铁力市) and Daqingshan County (大箐山县) in the south mainly focus on the passion of "ice and snow sports"; Yimei District (伊美区), Wucui District (乌翠区), and Youhao District (友好区) in the central part create the prosperity of "ice and snow consumption"; Jinlin District (金林区) and Nancha County (南岔县) in the east weave the dream of "ice and snow fairy tales"; Fenglin County (丰林县), Tangwang County (汤旺县), and Jiayin County (嘉荫县) in the north string together the magnificence of "ice and snow sightseeing."
On November 29, the first Yichun City Ice and Snow Forest Cross-country Super League officially started. 300 athletes raced on a 2.5-kilometer forest trail, their figures shuttling between the snow and the shadows of the trees, and the cheers from outside the field made the forest boil.
Not far away, in the Toulingshan Scenic Area (透龙山景区), the immersive drama "I'm the Protagonist - Snow Ridge Anti-Japanese War" is in full swing. The wind howls, and the simulated gunfire is deafening. Tourists seem to be transformed into anti-Japanese soldiers, trekking and charging in the vast snow.
On the side, at the mountain goods market, piles of shiny frozen pears form small mountains. Take a bite, and it's clear, cool, fragrant, and sweet. A large iron pot bubbles in the snow, sauerkraut is covered with soup, and the pork belly is stewed until it's soft and tender. Tourists surround the iron pot, exhaling white air, and eat until their noses sweat. The hot food dispels the cold of winter, and the laughter is full of the comfort and satisfaction of the journey.
This ice and snow festival, which integrates "opening of the competition, opening of tourism, and opening of the market," brought a "good start" to Yichun's winter tourism market. In the next 3 months, Yichun's "winter calendar" is full. The "Ice Super" curling super league, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization snow football match, and the National Winter Hiking Conference will be grandly staged; the second Yichun Ice and Snow Day and the Lantern Festival city parade will continue to create an atmosphere; border river ice fishing, snow frisbee, ice dragon boat and other interesting experience projects are all over the area.
More than 50 cultural, sports, and tourism activities are carried out from south to north in turn, ensuring that the entire snow season is full of climaxes and excitement, allowing Yichun's winter to extend from a short trip to a quality journey that can be participated in, immersed in, and reminisced about.
The vast forest and white ice and snow are the background color of Yichun's winter, and service is the adhesive. Yichun engraves sincerity and enthusiasm into the details, doing everything possible to "pamper guests" and make every tourist feel at home.
In order to make tourists travel safely and play happily, the transportation department strengthens road snow removal and anti-skid measures, and volunteers provide guidance services at intersections; major hotels and homestays in the city are busy improving heating and optimizing bedding; restaurants launch small-portion dishes and half-portion dishes, and also add special "forest banquets," with a wide variety of special delicacies such as blueberry cakes, pine nut cakes, and birch juice beer, allowing tourists to taste a variety of flavors.
The whole staff "pampering guests" has only one purpose, which is to make every tourist feel that this "home in the forest" is warm and welcoming.
Ice and snow are a gift from nature, and enthusiasm is the invitation from the "Forest Capital." This winter, Yichun is using all its sincerity to rewrite the winter cold into a warm poem. In the poem, there is both the magnificence of the north and the long-lasting affection.
Data source: Publicity Department of the Yichun Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共伊春市委宣传部)
Return to TopThe high-speed rail in Panxing speeds through, allowing "high-speed rail access to every city" to open up a new pattern of regional development; the Huajiang Canyon Bridge flies across the natural chasm, stringing together a golden tourism belt with a rainbow in the clouds; the "Village Super League" and "Village BA" are popular and out of the circle, activating the development momentum with the integration of culture, sports, and tourism... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Guizhou Province adhered to high-quality development as the overall theme, strengthened comparative advantages, took the initiative to serve and actively integrated into national strategies, moved forward under pressure and with heavy burdens, vigorously promoted the shift of work focus, the transformation of ideological concepts, and the transformation of economic development, focusing on industries, projects, and investment promotion, and strived to find a new path of development that is different from the eastern region and other western provinces.
After winning the battle against poverty as scheduled, Guizhou promoted the historical shift of work focus to high-quality development as the overall theme, focusing on "four new" and attacking "four modernizations," planning and building a high-quality development policy system, and achieving effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth of the economy. As of 2024, Guizhou Province's regional GDP exceeded 2.27 trillion yuan, the contribution rate of industry to economic growth reached 36.7%, the digital economy accounted for more than 40%, and the total county economy accounted for 62.2% of the province's total economy.
New breakthroughs have been made in industrial development, and the development structure has become increasingly optimized. Guizhou has adhered to focusing on industries and attacking industry, innovatively promoted "rich mineral intensive development," accelerated the construction of "six major industrial bases," anchored digital productivity and green productivity, developed new quality productivity in accordance with local conditions, and built a modern industrial system with Guizhou characteristics. Industry has become the "pillar" of the province's economic development, and its contribution rate to economic growth has increased from 17.1% in 2020 to 36.7% in 2024. In particular, emerging industries represented by the digital economy and new energy have risen rapidly. In the first three quarters of this year, the added value of electronic information manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, and new energy battery materials industries increased by 36%, 64%, and 36% respectively, and new momentum is accelerating. The foundation of agricultural "ballast stone" is more stable, with a total output value exceeding 500 billion yuan. The popularity and reputation of cultural tourism brands have continued to improve, achieving greater advantages and stronger strengths. The "Four Major Cultural Projects" have been deeply promoted, and mass cultural and sports activities such as "Village Super League," "Village BA," and "Roadside Concerts" have continued to be popular. The "Four Actions" of tourism industrialization have been deeply implemented, and the popularity and reputation of key scenic spots such as "Huang Xiaoxi Eats Dinner" have continued to improve, and the construction of a world-class tourist destination is accelerating.
Technological empowerment has activated new momentum, and the innovative background has become brighter. Guizhou attaches great importance to innovation-driven development, deeply promotes "technology entering Guizhou," and has achieved remarkable results in many fields such as innovation platform construction, key technology research, and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Technological innovation strongly supports high-quality development. The "Six Major Science and Technology Strategic Actions" have been deeply implemented, the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation has been steadily promoted, the scientific and technological innovation platform system has been reshaped, and a number of key technologies have been broken through in the fields of bridge construction, mineral resource exploration and intensive processing, and new energy battery materials. The comprehensive scientific and technological innovation level index has exceeded 50%. The "China Sky Eye" (中国天眼) has set a new record, having discovered 1,152 pulsars, surpassing the total of similar international detection results in the same period. "Guizhou manufacturing" has contributed to national heavyweights such as the Long March rocket (长征火箭), the Shenzhou spacecraft (神舟飞船), and the domestically produced large aircraft C919, and many scientific and technological achievements are accelerating from the laboratory to the production line and transforming into real productivity.
Reform and tackling key problems have stimulated new vitality, and the door to opening up has become wider and wider. Guizhou has taken economic system reform as the traction, integrated into and served the construction of a unified national market, and has boldly tried, boldly broken through, and actively reformed in key areas such as investment and financing, business environment, state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, the private economy, and factor marketization, achieving obvious results. The "1+3" management system for government investment has been established to realize the whole-cycle supervision of projects, and "investment must be effective and ineffective must be held accountable" has become a common consensus. Actively build the "Li Cong Rong" (黎从榕) in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州) and Zunyi (遵义), the two major "bridgeheads," and actively connect with the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈). The "channel + hub + network" modern logistics system is accelerating construction. With 4 national logistics hubs and 3 national backbone cold chain logistics bases as the center, and multi-level logistics parks as support, a logistics infrastructure network has been basically formed. Efforts have been made to expand markets in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia, and promote the accelerated export of "Guizhou manufacturing" such as new energy batteries, liquor, and tires. In 2024, the export value of "new three items" of electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and solar cells increased by 85.8%.
Green development has shaped new advantages, and the ecological foundation has become thicker and thicker. Guizhou is unswervingly promoting the construction of a beautiful Guizhou and making every effort to protect the ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (长江) and the Pearl River (珠江). Firmly adhere to the two bottom lines of development and ecology, deeply fight the battle against pollution prevention and control, coordinate and promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, the province's ecological environment quality continues to lead, the proportion of days with excellent air quality in central cities remains above 98%, the water quality of the main river sections leaving the province is all excellent, and more than 100 billion cubic meters of high-quality water sources are transported to the Yangtze River and the Pearl River every year. Accelerate the green transformation of development methods. The world's first 660 MW ultra-supercritical double-arch coal-fired unit was put into operation in Guizhou, marking a major breakthrough in China's efficient and clean coal power technology. The proportion of clean energy installed capacity in the province has exceeded 60%, and the proportion of the green economy has increased from 44.4% in 2020 to 48.8% in 2024, and the "green content" has continued to increase. This green answer sheet is the most inclusive people's livelihood and the most important responsibility.
New improvements have been made in people's livelihood security, and the sense of happiness has become stronger and stronger. Guizhou insists on using about 70% of its fiscal expenditure in the field of people's livelihood every year, continuously implements ten practical things for people's livelihood, and steadily promotes people-benefiting projects such as the "Six Six Employment Stabilization Plan," the residents' income increase action, and the "double improvement" of education and medical care. Adhere to employment first, introduce a series of policies to stabilize employment, build a "one network" of employment services covering inside and outside the province, and support workers to go out to work or find employment nearby. Every year, 600,000 new urban jobs are added, the scale of migrant workers outside the province is stabilized at about 6 million, the income growth rate of farmers continues to be higher than that of urban residents, and the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty is firmly guarded. Guizhou has fully implemented public service planning and standards, continued to increase resource investment, and made up for the shortcomings of public services such as education and medical care. Education, especially higher education, has new changes every year. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 154,000 new higher education degrees were added. Five national regional medical centers have been built and opened, and the people can enjoy high-quality medical services nearby. A number of cultural landmarks have been presented wonderfully, and the spiritual and cultural life of the masses has become richer.
The industrial energy level has leaped, technological innovation has broken through, ecological advantages have been highlighted, cultural confidence has been strengthened, and people's livelihood and well-being have climbed... Moving towards the "15th Five-Year Plan," Guizhou will effectively give play to its comparative advantages, strengthen the support of major projects and major projects, strive to find a new path of high-quality development, continuously meet the people's yearning for a better life, and write a wonderful Guizhou answer sheet for Chinese-style modernization.
Data source: Publicity Department of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共贵州省委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 中央党校（国家行政学院）校（院）务委员会
To comprehensively advance the building of a strong nation and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization is the central task of the Party and the country on the new journey in the new era. Volume V of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" scientifically summarizes the great practice of the Party leading the people to advance Chinese-style modernization since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The opening chapter, the report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, closely focuses on this central task and makes important deployments, treating it as the first special topic for concentrated discussion. This lays the "four beams and eight pillars" for the theoretical system of Chinese-style modernization and points out a broad road for building a strong nation and realizing national rejuvenation. Studying this authoritative work carefully is of great significance for deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, inspiring the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and gathering the immense strength to build Chinese-style modernization.
1. The Chinese Communists in the New Era Have Successfully Advanced and Expanded Chinese-Style Modernization
Building a modern and strong country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are the historical aspirations and consistent goals pursued by the CPC. Since its establishment, our Party has led the people to embark on the great journey of exploring the path to modernization. In 1945, Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) clearly proposed at the Seventh National Congress of the CPC "to strive for China's industrialization and agricultural modernization." After the founding of New China, the historical task of "four modernizations" was further proposed. After the reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping (邓小平) put forward the concept of "Chinese-style modernization," taking the realization of a "Xiaokang society" (小康社会) as a phased goal and proposing a "three-step" development strategy. Exploring up and down, the right path is full of vicissitudes. Generations of Chinese Communists have been running one relay after another, striving unremittingly towards the goal of modernization. Entering the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken over the historical baton, comprehensively summarized and profoundly grasped the historical experience and construction laws of Chinese-style modernization, and continuously achieved theoretical and practical innovations and breakthroughs around solving the prominent contradictions and problems existing in modernization construction, successfully advancing and expanding Chinese-style modernization, and continuously pushing forward the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
The understanding has been continuously deepened, and theoretical innovation has continued to open up new horizons. The issue of the times is the driving force of theoretical innovation. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as their main representative, have scientifically answered a series of major issues of the times, such as what kind of socialist modern and strong country to build and how to build a socialist modern and strong country, created Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and clarified the concepts, ideas, and measures for advancing Chinese-style modernization, providing fundamental guidelines for Chinese-style modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) creatively put forward a series of important expositions on various tasks of the Party and the country, pointing out the direction and ideas for all fields and aspects of modernization construction. In particular, the understanding of the connotation and essence of Chinese-style modernization has been further deepened, and the Chinese characteristics, essential requirements, and major principles of Chinese-style modernization have been summarized and formed, and the theoretical system of Chinese-style modernization has been initially constructed, making Chinese-style modernization clearer, more scientific, and more perceptible and feasible.
The strategy has been continuously improved, and the strategic deployment has become more scientific and complete. Based on China's new historical orientation of development, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has proposed the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, and made a "two-step" strategic arrangement to basically realize socialist modernization by 2035 and build China into a strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful socialist modern country by the middle of this century. It has clarified the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan" (五位一体) overall layout and the "Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy" (四个全面) strategic layout, and deeply implemented major strategies such as the strategy of invigorating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talent, the innovation-driven development strategy, the rural revitalization strategy, and the regional coordinated development strategy, providing solid strategic support for Chinese-style modernization. This series of major deployments has both consistency and integrity, as well as phased and contemporary characteristics, making the task of advancing Chinese-style modernization clearer, the path clearer, and the steps more solid.
The practice has been continuously enriched, and modernization construction has taken new and solid steps. Since the new era, our Party has taken a series of strategic measures, promoted a series of transformative practices, achieved a series of breakthrough progress, and achieved a series of landmark achievements, especially eliminating the problem of absolute poverty, building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and promoting the Party and the country to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes. The practice of Chinese-style modernization has unfolded in an all-round, all-field, and all-regional manner on the land of China. Embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, facing an extremely complex international environment and arduous and heavy tasks of reform, development, and stability, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has firmly grasped the primary task of high-quality development, accelerated the advancement of high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, further comprehensively deepened reform, and developed socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era, providing a more complete institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation, and a more proactive spiritual strength for realizing Chinese-style modernization. Today's China has a degree of modernization far exceeding expectations, and the fruits of modernization benefit all the people. The ideals for which countless sages have strived are becoming a reality.
2. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) Important Expositions on Chinese-Style Modernization Constitute a Complete Theoretical System
Great undertakings cannot be separated from the guidance of scientific theory. Based on China's modernization practice, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) clearly put forward the major proposition of "Chinese-style modernization," summarized and elaborated on the theory of Chinese-style modernization in the report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, and further elaborated on how to correctly understand and vigorously promote Chinese-style modernization at the opening ceremony of the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC. This series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new conclusions are interconnected and organically unified, profoundly expounding the historical process, leading forces, Chinese characteristics, essential requirements, major principles, strategic arrangements, practical requirements, and world significance of Chinese-style modernization, systematically answering major theoretical and practical questions such as "what is Chinese-style modernization, what to do, and how to do it," and constituting a complete theoretical system. It is a major theoretical innovation of our Party, the latest major achievement of scientific socialism, and makes original contributions to enriching and developing Marxist modernization theory.
Chinese-style modernization is socialist modernization led by the CPC. The entire cause of Chinese-style modernization is built on the basis of the Party's leadership and rooted in this most distinctive feature and most prominent advantage. Why should we emphasize the Party's leading position in the construction of Chinese-style modernization? General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) clearly stated the key: "This is because the Party's leadership is directly related to the fundamental direction, future destiny, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese-style modernization." This is the conclusion of history and practice, profoundly revealing the inherent inevitable connection between the Party's leadership and Chinese-style modernization. Facts are the most persuasive. The fundamental reason why Chinese-style modernization has been successfully advanced and expanded in the new era lies in the leadership and steering of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The more the cause develops, the more we must adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, implement the Party's leadership in all fields and aspects of modernization construction, ensure that Chinese-style modernization anchors the goals of struggle and moves forward steadily and far, stimulate the strong impetus for building Chinese-style modernization, and gather the immense strength for building Chinese-style modernization.
The Chinese characteristics of Chinese-style modernization. A country must take its national conditions as a starting point to achieve modernization. The reason why Chinese-style modernization is prefixed with the word "Chinese" lies in the fact that it has both the common characteristics of modernization in various countries and the distinct characteristics based on its own national conditions. From sorting out the five important characteristics of our country's construction of socialist modernization at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee to summarizing the Chinese characteristics of Chinese-style modernization in the report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly revealed the scientific connotation of Chinese-style modernization: Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of a huge population, common prosperity for all the people, coordination between material and spiritual civilization, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and peaceful development. These five aspects of Chinese characteristics are both theoretical generalizations, which centrally embody the Chinese style and Chinese spirit of Chinese-style modernization, and focus on answering the question of "what is" Chinese-style modernization; they are also practical requirements, which are the direction that our country's modernization construction must adhere to, and need to strive to turn Chinese characteristics into successful practices and distinct characteristics into unique advantages.
The essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization. Essence determines the basic characteristics and development direction of things. With profound insight and grand vision, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) scientifically summarized the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization. Among them, "adhering to the leadership of the CPC and adhering to socialism with Chinese characteristics" is to define and orient Chinese-style modernization, demonstrating the leadership advantages and institutional advantages of Chinese-style modernization. "Achieving high-quality development, developing whole-process people's democracy, enriching the people's spiritual world, achieving common prosperity for all the people, and promoting harmonious coexistence between man and nature" corresponds to the overall layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and is the path to building a strong socialist modern country. "Promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and creating a new form of human civilization" demonstrates the feelings and contributions of Chinese-style modernization "taking the world as its own responsibility." These nine aspects of generalization are essential provisions and internal requirements, and are the ideological and theoretical crystallization formed by the continuous exploration of how our country, a large oriental country, can accelerate the realization of modernization, focusing on answering the question of "what to do" in Chinese-style modernization.
The major principles of Chinese-style modernization. Chinese-style modernization has a bright future and a long way to go. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly discerned the times and the situation, the dangers and the opportunities, and clearly put forward the major principles that must be adhered to on the road ahead, namely, adhering to and strengthening the Party's overall leadership, adhering to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, adhering to the people-centered development ideology, adhering to deepening reform and opening up, and adhering to promoting the spirit of struggle. These five major principles determine the direction, path, value position, and dynamic vitality of Chinese-style modernization, condense the wisdom and essence accumulated by our Party over a long period of time, and embody our Party's self-consciousness and self-confidence in opening up the future, focusing on answering the question of "how to do" Chinese-style modernization. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. China's development environment faces profound and complex changes. To overcome various risks and challenges on the road ahead, we must firmly grasp these five major principles in order to accurately identify changes, scientifically respond to changes, and proactively seek changes, so as to ensure that Chinese-style modernization forges ahead.
The strategic goals of Chinese-style modernization. The blueprint cannot be accomplished overnight. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) unified the planning of the present and the planning of the future, pointing out: "Chinese-style modernization has goals, plans, and strategies, and it will definitely be realized. We will advance step by step in a down-to-earth manner." In terms of goals, the overall goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035 and the long-term goal of comprehensively building a strong socialist modern country by the middle of this century are proposed, and it is clarified that by 2035, we will build a strong country in education, a strong country in science and technology, a strong country in talent, a strong country in culture, a strong country in sports, and a healthy China, etc., using "seven focuses" to encompass the strategic focus of promoting Chinese-style modernization; in terms of planning, strategic arrangements are made for achieving the second centenary goal in two stages, and the "13th Five-Year Plan" and "14th Five-Year Plan" are organized and implemented, and the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal is studied and formulated; in terms of strategy, the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan" (五位一体) overall layout and the "Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy" (四个全面) strategic layout are promoted in a coordinated manner, and multiple strategic deployments are made around key areas and key regions. These phased and long-term goals proposed in accordance with the times and the situation make the strategic steps of Chinese-style modernization increasingly clear, the strategic path increasingly clear, and the strategic plan increasingly complete.
Advancing Chinese-style modernization requires handling several major relationships well. Chinese-style modernization involves the overall work of the Party and the country, involves all aspects of economic and social development, and is a highly complex systematic project, which must be guided by scientific methodology. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) adheres to the concept of system, emphasizes the need to take into account all aspects, systematically plan, and comprehensively promote, and correctly handle a series of major relationships such as top-level design and practical exploration, strategy and tactics, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, efficiency and fairness, vitality and order, and self-reliance and opening to the outside world. These six aspects of major relationships not only talk about theoretical principles and ideological methods from a philosophical height, but also talk about concepts, ideas, and policy propositions from a practical perspective, which are full of the ideological wisdom of materialist dialectics, and are the summary and sublimation of the practical experience of our Party's governance in the new era, providing a "bridge or boat" to the victorious shore of Chinese-style modernization construction. On the new journey, we must be good at using systematic science, systematic thinking, and systematic methods to study and solve problems, so that the work in various fields can cooperate with each other and complement each other.
The light of thought illuminates the road ahead. General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on Chinese-style modernization are logically rigorous, rich in content, and profound in thought, with distinct subjectivity and originality, providing fundamental guidelines and action guidelines for completing the Party's central task on the new journey in the new era. They have already demonstrated powerful truth power and practical power in the great changes of the new era, and will surely lead us to a distant expedition full of glory and dreams.
3. Chinese-Style Modernization Has Created a New Form of Human Civilization
Modernization is a significant symbol of the development and progress of human civilization. Chinese-style modernization is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization and is the result of civilization renewal. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that to understand China, the key is to understand Chinese-style modernization. Contemporary Chinese Communists continue to expand the breadth and depth of Chinese-style modernization, create a new form of human civilization, and make world contributions to the progress of human civilization.
Chinese-style modernization provides a new modernization model for the world. Modernization has never been a "single choice question." Although the modernization process began in the West, modernization is not equal to Westernization. Marx pointed out that Eastern societies "have the possibility of possessing all the positive achievements created by the capitalist system without going through the Caudine Forks of the capitalist system." This scientific prediction has been confirmed in the great achievements of Chinese-style modernization. China insists on taking its own path and has completed the industrialization process that Western developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years in just a few decades. Chinese-style modernization is the modernization that has grown out of the land of China. Through the "two combinations," especially the "second combination," it has formed a new form of human civilization, completely breaking the myth of "modernization = Westernization" and breaking the myth that modernization can only be achieved by following the capitalist model, showing another picture of modernization and providing a Chinese solution for the exploration of a better social system for mankind.
Chinese-style modernization is a major transcendence of Western modernization theory and practice. Looking back at the world's modernization process, although Western modernization has greatly promoted the development of human society, it has only benefited a few countries and a few people, and has not promoted global prosperity and stability. Compared with Western modernization, what is new in Chinese-style modernization? In terms of value position, Chinese-style modernization adheres to the people first and transcends capitalism with people-centeredness; in terms of realization methods, Chinese-style modernization adheres to the path of peaceful development and transcends plunder with peacefulness; in terms of goal pursuit, Chinese-style modernization adheres to promoting the all-round development of people and the all-round progress of society, and transcends one-dimensionality with comprehensiveness. The unique worldview, values, historical view, civilization view, democracy view, and ecological view contained in Chinese-style modernization and its great practice are major innovations in the theory and practice of world modernization, injecting new connotations, endowing new spirits, and opening up new realms for modernization.
Chinese-style modernization provides a brand-new choice for the vast number of developing countries. Diverse and varied development paths are what the world should look like. Looking at the modernization process of various countries, the historical lessons of some countries blindly copying or being forced to accept the Western model are very profound. Facing a series of modernization questions such as "What kind of modernization do we need? How can we achieve modernization?", China has set an example for the vast number of developing countries to independently move towards modernization with its own successful practice, providing a brand-new choice and showing the diversity of modernization paths to the world. 天下同归而殊途 (tiān xià tóng guī ér shū tú - "all roads lead to Rome," there are different routes to the same destination). As the largest developing country, China adheres to resolving the "clash of civilizations" theory and the "civilizational superiority" theory with civilizational exchanges and integration, actively supports countries in exploring modernization paths with their own characteristics based on their own civilizational heritage and actual national conditions, and uses Chinese-style modernization to help the modernization of the Global South, injecting strong impetus into the world modernization of achieving peaceful development, mutually beneficial cooperation, and common prosperity.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed that realizing socialist modernization is a historical process of step-by-step progress and continuous development, which requires unremitting efforts and continuous struggle. The vast number of party members and cadres must continue to strengthen their theoretical armaments, integrate the study of the fifth volume of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China* (*习近平谈治国理政*) with the study of the first to fourth volumes, deeply grasp the theoretical system and practical requirements of Chinese-style modernization, and act as firm actionists and pragmatists in the construction of Chinese-style modernization, and constantly add bricks and tiles and add glory to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
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"When projects are proposed, it's always about a few things: artificial intelligence, computing power, new energy vehicles. Is every province in the country going to develop industries in these directions?" This statement by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sharply points out the misconception of some localities and Party members and cadres who "easily follow the trend" and blindly follow the crowd when planning development and laying out projects, which is thought-provoking. In the new era and new journey, all regions must adhere to adapting to local conditions and using "one key to open one lock" when implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and find a high-quality development path that suits their own realities.
Planning development and laying out projects while deviating from reality and following the crowd reflects deep-seated problems. First, some Party members and cadres have homogenized thinking, and their ideas for starting businesses are limited to a few points and habitual circles, lacking innovative awareness. Second, their work style is superficial, with insufficient research and argumentation, acting on impressions, and making decisions based on guesswork. Third, formalism is at play, following the trend of "high-end" measures and copying the practices of others.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "We must prevent rushing headlong into things and creating bubbles, and we must not engage in a single model." How to sort out the context from the situation and grasp the laws from the trends, and find a development path and industrial projects that suit local realities, tests the working ability and sense of responsibility of Party members and cadres. To implement the important requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), first, we must deeply understand and thoroughly grasp the Party's innovative theories in the new era. We must not only stimulate work enthusiasm but also maintain a clear head, conduct solid investigations and research, and fully grasp the actual situation, so that we will not easily launch "vanity projects" or easily leave behind "half-finished projects."
When Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) first arrived in Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建) to work, "developing the Sandu Ao (三都澳) port, building the Fuwen (福温) Railway, and building a central city" were the three major hot topics locally. Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Decisions concerning the overall strategic situation of regional development must fully consider the national conditions, provincial conditions, and regional conditions, and do not advance development goals that are difficult to achieve in the near future. What is important is to focus on medium- and short-term work." Through solid research, he summarized Ningde's (宁德) "three major characteristics," "three major weaknesses," and "three major advantages," and proposed the development idea of "relying on the mountains to live off the mountains and sing mountain songs, and relying on the sea to live off the sea and chant sea scriptures," which fully embodies the excellent style of adapting to local conditions and seeking truth from facts. Solid research, understanding one's own "family assets," refusing to blindly follow the trend and rush headlong into things, and formulating the best plan that suits one's own reality is the correct solution to promoting high-quality development.
The same principle applies: the development of new quality productive forces in various regions is not a "synchronized step." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important article "Developing New Quality Productive Forces in Accordance with Local Conditions" emphasizes that all regions must proceed from reality, and according to their local resource endowments, industrial foundations, scientific research conditions, etc., selectively promote the development of new industries, new models, and new momentum, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries that serve as the basic support for economic growth and employment income, and promote the smooth transition of new and old development momentum. The "Suggestions" of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party made important deployments for "developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions." In practical work, regions with a better industrial base should bravely be pioneers and actively strive to be higher and stronger; regions with a relatively weak industrial base should stabilize the basic market, secure their food supply, and choose reliable projects within their capabilities, acting in accordance with the times and guiding the situation, and steadily grasping the initiative and dominance of development.
Different regions have different foundations and conditions. Improving the quality of development depends on continuous learning and courageous exploration. The vast number of Party members and cadres must abandon the mentality of being fond of greatness and eager for quick success and instant benefits, plan development in combination with their own realities, build a solid foundation and give play to their advantages in the fierce competition, and promote the steady and long-term development of Chinese-style modernization.
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Energy security is an important pillar of national security, and the security of the energy industry chain and supply chain is a strategic extension and key support for maintaining energy security under the new situation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the rice bowl of energy must be firmly held in our own hands," and emphasized that "the industry chain and supply chain must not be dropped at critical moments, which is an important feature that a major economy must possess." The "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" deliberated and approved by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee further clarified the requirements to "consolidate the foundation for national security and ensure the security of food, energy resources, important industry chains and supply chains, and major infrastructure." This provides scientific guidance for us to ensure the security of the energy industry chain and supply chain. We must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on national energy security and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, maintain strategic clarity, strengthen bottom-line thinking, ensure the security of the energy industry chain and supply chain, and build a solid energy foundation for achieving high-quality development and a virtuous cycle of high-level security.
The energy industry chain refers to the entire chain industrial system formed by the coordinated linkage of entities in energy exploration and development, processing and conversion, storage and transportation, and terminal consumption based on technological and economic connections; the energy supply chain refers to the efficient operating mechanism formed by the integration of elements such as logistics networks, information collaboration, and financial security around the entire process of energy products from production to consumption. The two are deeply integrated and operate as a whole, jointly constituting the key support for national energy security and economic lifeline. A major impact on the energy industry chain and supply chain may cause economic circulation to be blocked, leading to energy supply disruptions, abnormal price fluctuations, and disordered linkage of upstream and downstream industries, which will not only affect the normal production and operation activities of enterprises and the basic energy needs of the masses, but also have an adverse impact on the stable operation of the economy and the overall stability of society. A high level of energy industry chain and supply chain security is not only reflected in the physical level of "continuous supply" and "no price increase," but refers to the entire system having strong independent and controllable capabilities, diversified and complementary capabilities, and emergency response capabilities. This state of security can stabilize the "basic plate" of energy security when external suppression intensifies, promptly repair key functions when sudden disturbances occur, and safeguard the bottom line of development in the escalation of complex games, thereby supporting the steady and long-term development of the economy with stable and reliable energy security, and consolidating the foundation of national security with an efficient and orderly supply system. At present, the global energy transition is accelerating, and the competition among major countries for energy technology, resource acquisition, and transportation channels is becoming increasingly prominent. Some countries, under the pretext of national security, have taken measures such as export controls and unilateral sanctions to promote so-called "decoupling and chain breaking," which has interfered with the stability of the global energy industry chain and supply chain. The external environment faced by China's energy industry chain and supply chain is becoming more complex and severe. Only by accelerating the construction of a more resilient, more efficient, and more autonomous energy industry chain and supply chain can we better support high-quality economic development and seize the strategic initiative and win development opportunities in the context of profound adjustments in the global energy landscape.
In recent years, China's energy industry chain and supply chain construction has been steadily advancing. As of the end of 2024, China's installed renewable energy power generation capacity reached 1.89 billion kilowatts, accounting for 56% of the country's total installed power generation capacity. The installed capacity of hydropower, wind power, and solar power generation ranks first in the world, and the installed capacity of pumped storage and new energy storage is growing rapidly, providing strong support for the stable operation of the power system; the output of photovoltaic modules has ranked first in the world for 16 consecutive years. The lithium battery industry is globally leading. The production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years. We must also be soberly aware that we are still facing multiple challenges. Key materials and core software in the fields of new energy and energy storage still have technological bottlenecks, and some links are highly dependent on foreign countries. The industrialization level of cutting-edge technologies such as large-scale energy storage and hydrogen energy smelting needs to be improved. There is a certain degree of homogenization competition in the fields of new energy vehicles and lithium batteries, and there is still room for optimization in industry concentration and innovation efficiency. In addition, the United States, the European Union, and other countries are accelerating their layout and actively promoting the formulation of international standards in the fields of key minerals, green technology, and carbon rules. Facing new situations and new challenges, we must adhere to systematic thinking, coordinate efforts in multiple dimensions, and ensure the security of the energy industry chain and supply chain.
Strengthen the leading role of energy science and technology innovation and accelerate the tackling of core technologies. Adhering to self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology is the fundamental solution to solving the security problems of the energy industry chain and supply chain. Guided by the major needs of national energy security, systematically deploy major science and technology projects in the energy field, and concentrate efforts to tackle cutting-edge technologies in related fields. Strengthen the main position of enterprises in innovation, promote the deep integration of technology research and development and ultra-large-scale market application, and accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces. For example, we can rely on the construction of key energy technology demonstration platforms and the release of key application scenario lists to create first-of-its-kind application conditions for new technologies, and build collaborative innovation demonstration zones for the entire industry chain of photovoltaics and hydrogen energy to promote the large-scale implementation of advanced technologies. Actively participate in international energy science and technology governance, strengthen intellectual property protection, and continuously enhance China's voice and influence in the global energy innovation network through open cooperation.
Optimize the energy structure layout and enhance diversified collaborative security. Building a diversified and complementary energy supply system is the basic support for improving the security of the industry chain and supply chain. China's energy resource endowment is characterized by "rich coal, poor oil, and less gas." Promoting the optimized combination and coordinated development of traditional energy and new energy is the key to enhancing the stability and resilience of the energy system. For example, the complementary model of coal power and wind power and photovoltaics can significantly enhance the power supply guarantee capacity in extreme weather. Adhere to the principle of "establishing before abolishing," coordinate the orderly withdrawal of traditional energy and the safe replacement of new energy, give play to the basic supporting role of coal in energy security, vigorously promote the clean and efficient utilization of coal, and ensure the smooth and safe replacement of traditional energy by new energy. Actively promote the construction of large-scale wind power and photovoltaic bases, accelerate the development of new energy in the "sand, Gobi, and desert" areas (沙戈荒), the construction of offshore wind power clusters, and the promotion and application of distributed energy. Coordinate the two markets and two resources at home and abroad, consolidate and expand overseas energy resource supply channels, and enhance the independent controllability and international collaborative security level of energy resources through high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路).
Deepen the reform of the energy system and mechanism and improve the modern governance system. To enhance the resilience of the energy industry chain and supply chain, we must rely on deepening reform to stimulate institutional vitality. Further break down market barriers, encourage private enterprises to participate in the construction of energy infrastructure, and promote the complementary advantages and common development of various types of capital. Improve the energy reserve system, expand the scale of strategic reserves of oil, coal, and other resources, and optimize the reserve layout and operation mechanism. Innovate the risk management mechanism, improve the collaboration of the entire chain of energy "production, supply, storage, and sales," strengthen the safety supervision of infrastructure such as power and oil and gas pipeline networks, build a full-chain safety early warning platform, and formulate classified emergency plans. Improve the price monitoring and product pricing mechanism, and guide industries such as photovoltaics and new energy vehicles to shift from price competition to quality competition and value competition. Adhere to the rule of law in energy, actively promote the revision of the Energy Law and related supporting laws and regulations, and enhance the systematicness, coordination, and effectiveness of the energy legal system. Strengthen international cooperation in all aspects, promote the interconnection of energy infrastructure with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), and continuously enhance China's voice and influence in the formulation of international energy rules, and contribute Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to building an open, inclusive, safe, and stable global energy governance system.
(The author is a special researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
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In the Chengdong District of Xining City (西宁市), Qinghai Province (青海省), residents reported cracks in the road north of the Chujiaying residential area (褚家营小区), affecting safe passage. Village officials of Chujiaying Village (褚家营村) stated that after the road cracks appeared, the village reported it to relevant departments, but they never knew who was responsible for managing the road. Municipal, transportation, urban construction, and other departments and units all stated that the road was not within their management scope.
"The problem is like a football, being kicked back and forth." Chujiaying Village (褚家营村) is close to the urban expressway. After inquiring with multiple urban departments without success, the village also contacted the expressway management department, but was still told to "find the department that should be responsible." The crack was less than a meter, and filling it would not be difficult, but the process of finding the responsible party has caused this small matter, which could have been resolved quickly, to be delayed for a long time.
The reporter found in grassroots interviews that some "things that could be solved for the masses in a few days" are often delayed for a long time without effective resolution.
In Yinma Street (饮马街) Subdistrict, Chengzhong District (城中区) of Xining City (西宁市), subdistrict officials found a damaged street light in their jurisdiction during inspections. "The street light is located at the junction of two districts. We contacted several departments, and they all said it was not under their jurisdiction. The street light was teetering, so we had to surround it with caution tape to avoid injuring pedestrians as much as possible," said Li Zejun (李则君), a relevant person in charge of the Yinma Street (饮马街) Subdistrict Office.
Although the road cracks in Chujiaying Village (褚家营村) and the street lights in Yinma Street (饮马街) Subdistrict were later repaired, the reasons behind them deserve attention. "Small problems" become "stubborn diseases," often due to "unclear division of responsibilities" or "unrealistic work style."
In grassroots governance, "blocked" mechanisms and "unrealistic" work styles have led to the phenomenon of "simplifying complex problems." "These types of problems are closely related to people's livelihoods. They may seem like small matters, but they make grassroots cadres exhausted. This is not because the cadres are incapable, but because there is a problem with the work mechanism," said Xiao Jie (肖杰), the person in charge of the Xining City (西宁市) Special Work Mechanism Office for Rectifying Formalism and Reducing Burdens at the Grassroots Level. "A lot of the grassroots' time and energy is spent on 'finding who is in charge' rather than solving the problem. Some problems may involve multiple jurisdictions or departments, and it is indeed difficult for grassroots units such as subdistricts and communities to promote solutions alone."
In order to figure out "who should be in charge and who should handle it," Xining City (西宁市) is making efforts from multiple dimensions, including work mechanisms and assessment orientations, to urge various departments and grassroots units not to pass the buck or engage in superficial work, and to solve problems in a timely manner. Xining City (西宁市) has refined and sorted out the "list of powers and responsibilities," organized the city, district, and subdistrict levels to conduct investigations into the boundaries of powers and responsibilities, clarified the responsibilities of each department and level, and clarified the attribution of powers and responsibilities for grassroots affairs to specific departments. "After the powers and responsibilities are clear, it is easier to find someone when problems arise. For example, for aerial cables erected by operators, we directly contact the Development and Reform Department," said Zhong Qimeng (钟琪梦), a cadre from Shengli Road (胜利路) Subdistrict, Chengxi District (城西区).
Clear powers and responsibilities are the foundation, but the inefficient upward communication of grassroots cadres after receiving orders cannot be ignored. The focus is on "smoothness." Yang Bin (杨彬), the organization section chief of the Xining Municipal Party Committee Organization Department (西宁市委组织部), introduced that the city has implemented a "subdistrict blows the whistle, departments report" grassroots service model. When a subdistrict discovers a problem, it only needs to "blow the whistle," and the district-level mechanism office coordinates, and relevant departments come to "report" to solve it.
"Serious water accumulation once occurred on a section of Shengli Road (胜利路) behind the back door of People's Park (人民公园). After we discovered it, we immediately 'blew the whistle.' Urban management, municipal administration, emergency response, and other departments quickly arrived at the scene, prioritized handling the problem, and the road water was quickly cleared. After the water accumulation problem was solved, we began to investigate the cause and determine the responsible party, and finally found that it was a problem with the underground pipe network," said Zhong Qimeng (钟琪梦). "Now, when we encounter problems, we don't think about 'who should be in charge,' but rather solve the problem first, and not turn small things into difficult things!"
"Things that could be solved for the masses in a few days" take a long time to go around in circles during implementation, which is related to the past imprecise assessment and the orientation of emphasizing form. "Solving the problem is really fast, but in order to collect enough assessment materials, we have to go through all the procedures. It wasn't possible not to do this before, because the year-end assessment looked at this!" said a township cadre in Xining City (西宁市).
"Uncertainty" is a word that township cadres mention most often about assessment work. Some cadres reflected: "In order to prevent 'random' items in the assessment and reduce uncertainty, the work of leaving traces needs to be done 'thoroughly.'"
"Uncertainty" comes from two aspects. Zhang Feng (张峰), deputy minister of the Chengxi District (城西区) Committee Organization Department (区委组织部) of Xining City (西宁市), believes that: on the one hand, grassroots units are uncertain about the specific requirements of the assessment indicators, so in order to prove that the work has been done thoroughly, they have to pile up trace materials and ledgers. On the other hand, some assessors are not professional and often "only look at whether the top leader participated and whether there are traces left."
"I also participated in departmental assessments before. Convening a mobilization and deployment meeting counts as 1 point, and submitting summary materials counts as 2 points. This kind of assessment orientation leads everyone to have to put their main energy on 'proving that they have done things' rather than 'really solving problems,'" said Zhang Feng (张峰). Taking the target responsibility system assessment of the Chengxi District (城西区) Veterans Affairs Bureau (退役军人事务局) as an example, in the past, there were many assessment contents: "Promote the employment of veterans, promote the construction of veterans' homes, hold special recruitment fairs..." Now it is simplified to one sentence: "The employment rate of veterans has increased by 5% year-on-year."
No longer focusing on "how many meetings were held and how many materials were written" - the assessment standards have shifted to quantifiable and effective results, reducing the burden on departments to "work inefficiently in circles." Since last year, Chengxi District (城西区) has comprehensively promoted the assessment mechanism to shift to "results-oriented," reducing the number of assessment items from 63 to 31, and the number of assessment indicators from 527 to 237.
Grassroots departments also give scores to the assessment team. Chengxi District (城西区) of Xining City (西宁市) implemented reverse assessment this year. "Whether the assessment is carried out according to the assessment plan, whether there are multiple assessments or new assessments, and whether there are unnecessary trace items have become the content of our evaluation of the assessment team," said Zhong Qimeng (钟琪梦).
The focus is on "reality." Under the two-way change, the working ideas of grassroots cadres have changed significantly. "We know what materials the assessment team wants, and we only need to provide key data, not so many traces. Everyone can put more energy into their main responsibilities and businesses, and solve the urgent and difficult problems of the masses in a timely manner," said Wang Yaping (王亚萍), director of the office of the Chengxi District (城西区) Urban Management Bureau (城管局). "So far, we have received 46 pennants from the masses - this number is the sum of the past two years. The masses have gained a sense of gain, and we have gained a sense of accomplishment."
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Handling a matter is like a mirror reflecting service to the people, revealing the quality of cadres' work style and the relationship between cadres and the masses.
For some time, phrases like "service organizations are 'easy to enter, but difficult to get things done'," "problems are kicked back and forth like a ball," and "procedures are cumbersome, and some matters are delayed for a long time" have been circulating. Behind these issues lie objective factors such as the dysfunction of certain processes and mechanisms, as well as subjective reasons such as some cadres' lack of responsibility and inaction.
Work style construction is reflected in every specific service to the people. Grassroots cadres should have more initiative to "get things done immediately" and respond to the expectations of the masses with concrete actions—more "door-knocking" visits to understand needs, and fewer "waiting for reports" desk-bound empty runs; more meetings that can "negotiate on the spot and dispatch quickly," and less 议而不决 (yì ér bù jué - "discuss but not decide," to discuss without reaching a decision) and 商而不办 (shāng ér bù bàn - "discuss but not act," to discuss without taking action) buck-passing.
However, "get things done immediately" is not blind recklessness. How to do it quickly and well? Xining (西宁) has made beneficial explorations in solving the phenomenon of "simplifying simple problems" in grassroots governance. While breaking down departmental barriers and establishing a normalized coordination and docking mechanism, it further refines responsibilities, clarifies division of labor, and optimizes the assessment mechanism, reducing the burden of "inefficiently circling around" for departments.
In addition, to enable cadres to dare to act and be good at acting, it is necessary not only to stimulate their ideological consciousness of fulfilling their duties and responsibilities, but also to provide them with the confidence and methods to dare to act and be good at acting. For example, increase the intensity of cadre training, pay attention to practical training, and continuously improve their knowledge reserves and ability qualities; adhere to the combination of strict management and love, accurately tolerate errors and correct errors, dispel cadres' worries, and promote bold innovation and daring to venture.
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The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, and the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's Retrocession. On May 7, President Xi Jinping (习近平) published a signed article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta, pointing out: "Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the victory of World War II and the post-war international order. The Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, and other documents with international legal effect have confirmed China's sovereignty over Taiwan. The historical and legal facts are beyond doubt, and the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 cannot be challenged." On September 3, President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech at the meeting commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, emphasizing: "Resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity." On October 24, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a decision to legally establish October 25 as Taiwan Retrocession Day. These important expositions and decisions are of great significance and far-reaching impact for promoting a correct view of the history of the War of Resistance and World War II, maintaining the post-war international order, and defending the one-China principle.
The 1945 Return of Taiwan to China is an Important Part of the Post-War International Order
World War II was a global anti-fascist war in which justice triumphed over evil. It not only changed the global political landscape but also gave rise to a new international order. As the main Eastern battlefield of World War II, China long contained and consumed Japanese military power. At the heavy cost of more than 35 million military and civilian casualties, China made a huge contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. In view of the failure of the international order established after World War I to prevent the outbreak of war, the anti-fascist allied countries reflected on history, learned lessons, and resolved to create a new international order to maintain lasting world peace. In this context, China, as a victorious anti-fascist country, participated in relevant meetings on the post-war handling of Japan and jointly issued a series of international legal documents with other major victorious countries, explicitly requiring Taiwan to return to China.
Looking back at history, on December 9, 1941, the Chinese government issued a declaration of war against Japan, declaring that "all treaties, agreements, and contracts involving relations between China and Japan shall be abolished," and announced that it would recover Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. In 1943, the governments of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom issued the Cairo Declaration, announcing that the purpose of the three countries was to ensure that the territories Japan had stolen from China, such as Northeast China, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands, were returned to China. This provision confirmed that Taiwan belonged to China, providing a solid legal basis for Taiwan's return to China. On July 26, 1945, Article 8 of the Potsdam Proclamation, jointly signed by China, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and later joined by the Soviet Union, explicitly stipulated that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be implemented." This not only emphasized the inevitability of Taiwan's return to China but also made it part of the post-war international order. On September 2, 1945, the Japanese government formally signed the Instrument of Surrender, promising to "faithfully fulfill the obligations of the Potsdam Proclamation," which meant that it explicitly expressed its acceptance of the obligation to return Taiwan on the basis of international law. On October 25, 1945, the Chinese government formally declared the "restoration of the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan" and held the "Surrender Ceremony of Taiwan Province, China War Zone" in Taipei (台北). Thus, the Chinese government, based on a series of documents with international legal effect, recovered Taiwan not only de jure but also de facto.
The above shows that Taiwan's return to China is not only a major achievement of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, but also a historical fact confirmed in the process of establishing the post-war international order; it embodies both the common will of the anti-fascist allied countries and the institutional arrangements of the international community to maintain peace and justice. Any words or deeds that deny the historical documents of World War II and Taiwan's return to China are a blasphemy against the achievements of World War II, a trampling on historical facts and public justice, and a destruction of the post-war international order and the basic principles of international law.
The Founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 Did Not Change Taiwan's Status as Part of China
On October 1, 1949, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was proclaimed, replacing the government of the Republic of China as the sole legal government representing the whole of China. First, from the perspective of international law, the founding of the People's Republic of China was merely the replacement of an old regime by a new regime within a country, rather than the replacement of one country or region by another. In terms of subjectivity, before and after 1949, China was always a single subject of international law, and its sovereignty and inherent territorial boundaries did not change in any way, and no new country was separated from it. Although the special state of long-term political confrontation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait was caused by the continuation of the Chinese civil war and the interference of external forces, this did not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory. Second, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was widely recognized by the international community. These recognitions all belonged to government recognition under international law, rather than state recognition. Although the wording of recognition used by these countries was not entirely the same, either recognizing the "Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China," or recognizing the "People's Republic of China," or confirming that the "Central People's Government" is the "representative of the will of the Chinese people," etc. However, from the content of the recognition, the core meaning is to recognize that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal representative of China, rather than recognizing the birth of a new sovereign state.
UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 in 1971 Confirmed and Consolidated the One-China Principle
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it legally inherited the original "Government of the Republic of China" in an all-round way and became China's sole legal representative in the United Nations. However, under the manipulation of Western countries such as the United States, China's right of representation in the United Nations was illegally occupied by the Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) clique for a long time, which seriously deviated from the political reality that the government of the People's Republic of China was the sole legal government representing the whole of China after 1949. In response, on October 25, 1971, the 26th UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 by an overwhelming majority, deciding to restore all the rights of the People's Republic of China, recognizing the representatives of its government as the sole legal representatives of China to the United Nations, and immediately expelling the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek (蒋介石) from the seats they illegally occupied in the United Nations and all its affiliated institutions. Thus, the resolution completely resolved the issue of China's representation in the United Nations, including Taiwan, politically, legally, and procedurally. The resolution clarified that there is only one China in the world, completely eliminating any possibility of creating "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan." UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is not only a collective confirmation by the international community that "the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China," but also a collective endorsement of the political reality that "both sides of the strait belong to one China." In this sense, the resolution further confirmed and consolidated the international legal basis of the one-China principle from the dual dimensions of political consensus and legal norms.
As the most universal, representative, and authoritative intergovernmental international organization in the world, the UN General Assembly's Resolution 2758 provides a systematic and legal basis for all member states to establish diplomatic relations with China and carry out extensive cooperation. First, after the People's Republic of China restored its legitimate seat in the United Nations, many countries established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, and China's influence in the international community further expanded. At the same time, China made full use of its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to actively promote the establishment of a new international political and economic order and made remarkable contributions. Second, the effectiveness of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 comes not only from the jurisprudence of international law, but also from the extensive practice and universal adherence of the international community for more than half a century. The "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, colluding with external interference forces, have repeatedly proposed promoting the so-called "Taiwan's participation in the United Nations," but they have all failed. The facts show that UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 has continued to play an unshakable international legal effect and political authority in the past half century. Any political attempt to distort or deny the spirit of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is a challenge to the authority of the United Nations and will eventually fail due to the lack of an international legal basis and international community support.
The One-China Principle Has Become the Basic Norm for the International Community to Handle Taiwan-Related Issues
The one-China principle is not only China's core position on the Taiwan issue, but also a universal consensus of the international community and a basic norm of international relations. It has become the political basis for the international community to establish and develop bilateral or multilateral relations with China. First, the United Nations has always adhered to the one-China principle in handling Taiwan-related issues. After the adoption of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, UN specialized agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) also adopted similar resolutions to restore the legitimate seat of the People's Republic of China in them. Since then, the United Nations has repeatedly reaffirmed and earnestly followed UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 in handling Taiwan-related affairs, and its official documents refer to Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China." The legal opinion issued by the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat emphasizes that "Taiwan, as a province of China, has no independent status" and that "the Taiwan authorities do not enjoy any form of government status." Second, intergovernmental international organizations adhere to the one-China principle in handling Taiwan-related issues. In practice, when international organizations are involved in issues such as whether to allow Taiwan to participate, and the identity and name of participation, they will communicate with the government of the People's Republic of China in advance and obtain its consent. At the same time, the scope of Taiwan's participation in any international organization activities is strictly limited to non-political fields such as society, economy, and culture. These institutional arrangements have effectively maintained the basic pattern of the international community adhering to the one-China principle. Finally, international diplomatic practice adheres to the one-China principle in handling Taiwan-related issues. Foreign governments must first sever their so-called "diplomatic" relations with the Taiwan authorities when establishing diplomatic relations with the government of the People's Republic of China. At present, 183 of the more than 190 countries in the world have established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. They all recognize that there is only one China in the world, that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
Defending the One-China Principle is the Due Meaning of Maintaining the Post-War International Order
Maintaining the post-war international order is related to maintaining the authority and legitimacy of the United Nations. The purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations are the fundamental guidelines for handling international relations and must be unswervingly maintained. The most important achievement of the post-war international order is the establishment of the United Nations. Therefore, the core of maintaining the post-war international order is to maintain the authority of the United Nations, and the one-China principle is an important international consensus confirmed by UN General Assembly Resolution 2758. Therefore, defending the one-China principle is both a need to maintain the post-war international order and a need to maintain the authority of the United Nations. In this sense, challenging the one-China principle is challenging the post-war international order and the authority of the United Nations. The post-war international order is an order based on international law rules, which advocates rules and concepts such as equal national sovereignty, international fairness and justice, and multilateralism.
At present, emphasizing the inherent connection between defending the one-China principle and maintaining the post-war international order is both a continuation of historical logic and an active response to real challenges. Under the existing international order, any words or deeds that attempt to deny that Taiwan is a part of China are a blatant challenge to the post-war international order. In essence, the international community's defense of the one-China principle contains three basic requirements: First, resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatist activities; second, do not interfere in China's internal affairs, do not play the "Taiwan card" against China, and do not provide an international stage for "Taiwan independence" separatist forces; and third, fully understand and support the just cause of the Chinese government and people to resolve the Taiwan issue and complete national reunification. The unshakeable nature of the one-China principle lies not only in its own legitimacy, justice, and the consensus and adherence of the international community, and the strong guarantee of international law, but also in the increasingly strong comprehensive national strength of contemporary China, especially the rapid growth of its military power. The great achievements of China's national defense and military modernization in recent years provide a solid guarantee for safeguarding national sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.
Remembering history is to better create the future. On the occasion of commemorating the "three 80th anniversaries," we reiterate the world significance of defending the one-China principle, which is not only directly related to maintaining world peace, respecting the achievements of World War II and international consensus, but also related to respecting and maintaining the post-war international order. For this reason, firmly defending the one-China principle is not only the political responsibility of the Chinese nation itself, but also an inherent requirement for maintaining world peace and stability.
(The author is the Director and Professor of the Cross-Strait Relations Research Center of Renmin University of China)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 周 欢
Approaching noon, the "Happiness Canteen" in Zhengrong Dahu Community (正荣大湖社区), Nanchang County (南昌县), Jiangxi (江西) Province, is filled with the aroma of food. "My children are all working outside, and my husband and I have difficulty with our legs and feet, so it's quite troublesome to cook at home. Now that we have the canteen, with two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a soup, it's clean, delicious, and not expensive," said Grandma Luo (罗奶奶), a 76-year-old community elder, praising the "Happiness Canteen."
In order to solve the "difficulty in eating" problem for the elderly, Nanchang County (南昌县) has continuously increased investment in recent years, actively exploring diversified elderly care service models. Following the approach of "the government subsidizing a bit, enterprises giving a bit, and individuals contributing a bit," it has built and operates 16 community meal assistance points, serving an average of over 2,200 elderly people per month.
"My home is like it's been renovated, life is more convenient, and sleeping and going to the toilet are much more reassuring," said Yu Qiugen (余秋根), a 65-year-old from Songlin Village (松林村), Sanjiang Town (三江镇), Nanchang County (南昌县), who was unwilling to leave home for elderly care. Last year, with the support of the County Civil Affairs Bureau (县民政局), his home completed an aging-friendly renovation, installing nursing beds, handrails, shower chairs, and other facilities. Relevant departments also equipped him with a smart bracelet to monitor his health indicators in real-time and provide timely warnings. "They considered everything very thoughtfully and meticulously, I am very satisfied!" Yu Qiugen (余秋根) said with a smile.
By bringing elderly care services into homes, the elderly have realized their wish of "aging without leaving home." Currently, Nanchang County (南昌县) has cumulatively carried out aging-friendly renovations for more than 2,000 economically disadvantaged elderly households and built 2 community-embedded nursing homes with comprehensive functions, extending professional care services to the bedside of the elderly.
Technological empowerment makes elderly care services more intelligent and precise. "Beep beep beep..." Liu Futing (刘福廷), an elderly person living alone in Tacheng Township (塔城乡), Nanchang County (南昌县), pressed the smart call device at home. The "Smart Elderly Care" service platform immediately sounded an alarm, and staff immediately contacted village officials to check the situation. "With this 'little thing,' I feel more secure!" said Liu Futing (刘福廷).
Nanchang County (南昌县) introduced the "Smart Elderly Care" service platform, equipping some special and disadvantaged elderly people with "electronic guardians" such as smart call devices, video surveillance, and smoke detectors. Currently, the service platform has recorded information on nearly 200 elderly people, connected to more than 240 various smart terminal devices, and handled more than 10 emergency warning events.
Walking into the New Era Civilization Practice Center (新时代文明实践所) in Gangshang Town (冈上镇), Nanchang County (南昌县), students in the elderly calligraphy class are wielding their brushes and ink; in the community activity center of the Jinhu Management Office (金湖管理处) in Nanchang Xiaolan Economic and Technological Development Zone (南昌小蓝经济技术开发区), the elderly choir's singing is loud and clear. On the basis of meeting basic elderly care needs, Nanchang County (南昌县) strives to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly, promoting elderly care services from "having" to "excellence." All 400 villages (communities) in the county have achieved full coverage of elderly care service facilities. Relying on these positions, they regularly carry out health lectures, cultural and sports activities, serving an average of 11,000 elderly people annually.
"In the future, we will continue to deepen the supply-side reform of elderly care services, optimize service supply, improve service quality, and strive to create a characteristic elderly care service brand, making life more convenient and comfortable for the elderly," said the person in charge of the Nanchang County Civil Affairs Bureau (南昌县民政局).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 付明丽
Flying eaves and upturned corners, layered brackets, and silent owl-tail ornaments... The roofs of ancient Chinese buildings are not only the crystallization of craftsmanship but also the carrier of culture, outlining a unique "skyline."
According to the results of the Third National Cultural Relics Census, more than 260,000 immovable cultural relics of ancient buildings have been discovered in China. As the "fifth facade" of a building, the roof's swooping curves are aesthetic genes flowing in the nation's blood. Today, this "skyline" is flying from the historical sky into contemporary life: transforming into young people's cultural and creative "mythical beasts," healing emoticons on social media platforms, and becoming magnificent scenery in games and movies. Between the eaves, we see not only history but also a nation's dynamic and confident posture facing the future.
--Editor
From the "astronomical traffic" of "Black Myth: Wukong" to the healing screen-swiping of "Monster Little Ones of Mount Langlang," driven by cultural IPs, Shanxi's "ancient architecture tourism" continues to be popular. Visiting ancient buildings in Shanxi (山西), the eaves are a must-see unique landscape.
"Why am I always looking up in Shanxi (山西)?" A netizen's "ancient architecture tourism" topic posted on social media resonated with many people. Looking up, the flying eaves and upturned corners of the ancient buildings are beautiful and magnificent, making people can't help but exclaim: worthy of the ancestors' aesthetics!
The roof is one of the most prominent features of ancient Chinese architecture, known as the "fifth facade" of the building. The roof and the sky spread out the unique aesthetic curve of Chinese architecture, this "skyline" not only shows the architectural beauty but also outlines the contours of civilization.
From the perspective of the structural system, ancient Chinese roofs are mainly divided into Wudian (廡殿頂), Xieshan (歇山頂), Zanjian (攢尖頂), Xuanshan (懸山頂), and Yingshan (硬山頂) styles. Deep eaves, concave roof surfaces, and upturned eaves are their main features. The Book of Songs vividly described this: "Like a bird spreading its wings, like a pheasant flying."
The roof shape is first based on functional requirements. Ancient Chinese buildings mostly use earth and wood materials. This unique design can quickly drain rainwater and snow, weaken wind force, increase lighting, and protect the wooden structure of the building, demonstrating the wisdom of the ancients living in harmony with nature.
"The roof is not only a structure to shelter from wind and rain but also a concentrated embodiment of social etiquette, aesthetic taste of the times, and construction technology. Protecting and studying them is to protect the roots of Chinese civilization," introduced Lu Yi (路易), Dean of the Shanxi (山西) Provincial Institute for the Protection and Research of Ancient Buildings and Colored Sculpture Murals.
There are more than 28,000 ancient buildings in Shanxi (山西) Province, inherited from the Tang (唐) to the Qing (清) dynasties, which fully embodies Chinese aesthetics.
The East Main Hall of Foguang Temple (佛光寺) in Xinzhou (忻州), a wooden relic from the Tang Dynasty (唐代), is hidden in the southern foothills of Mount Wutai (五台山). The main hall has a single-eave Wudian (廡殿頂) roof, with large brackets and wide eaves, showing a magnificent atmosphere. The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔) in Shuozhou (朔州), a Liao Dynasty (辽代) building, has five stories and six eaves, all with octagonal Zanjian (攢尖頂) roofs. The brackets under each layer of eaves are layered like clouds, and the whole body is tapered upwards, symbolizing the spirit of "upward progress."
In the Song Dynasty (宋代), the promulgation of the "Yingzao Fashi" (营造法式) established the normative system of traditional Chinese architecture, and the Xieshan (歇山頂) roof, which required higher skills, became popular. The Sacred Mother Hall of Jin祠 (晋祠) in Taiyuan (太原), as a model of Song Dynasty (宋代) architecture, adopts a double-eave Xieshan (歇山頂) roof, with soft roof ridge curves and light and high-flying wing corners, revealing an elegant charm in its solemnity.
During the Ming (明) and Qing (清) dynasties, the courtyard houses of Shanxi (山西) merchants, such as Qiao Family Courtyard (乔家大院) and Wang Family Courtyard (王家大院), generally used Yingshan (硬山頂) roofs. The gable walls were neat and uniform, tall and closed, which not only prevented fire but also formed a unique architectural rhythm, reflecting the pragmatic and introverted character of Shanxi (山西) merchants.
Ancient building roofs often have decorations such as ridge ornaments, tile ornaments, and hanging fish, which expand the aesthetic and cultural connotations of ancient Chinese buildings. Among them, the various ridge ornaments are particularly eye-catching. According to different distribution positions, ridge ornaments are divided into Chiwen (鸱吻), Chuishou (垂獸), Qianshou (戗獸), Zoushou (走獸), and Toushou (套獸). The ridge ornaments at both ends of the main ridge of the roof are called Chiwen (鸱吻), with the head of a dragon and the body of a fish, opening its mouth to swallow the ridge, often decorated with yellow, green, and blue glazes, implying fire prevention and warding off evil spirits. The glazed Chiwen (鸱吻) of Chongyang Hall (重阳殿) in Yongle Palace (永乐宫) in Yuncheng (运城), the glazed Chiwen (鸱吻) of the Great Buddha Hall of Huayan Temple (华严寺) in Datong (大同), and the glazed Chiwen (鸱吻) of Houtu Temple (后土庙) in Jiexiu (介休) are colorful and majestic, reflecting the exquisite skills of Shanxi (山西) glazed tile making.
Ancient Chinese architecture is not only pure art but also solidified etiquette. As the Book of Rites says, "Palaces and rooms must be in accordance with their standards," and the roof is a concentrated embodiment of etiquette.
The Wudian (廡殿頂) roof is often used in the main halls of royal palaces and important temples, and is divided into single-eave and double-eave types. The Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿) in the Forbidden City (故宫) has a double-eave Wudian (廡殿頂) roof, which is the highest-level building. Xieshan (歇山頂) and Zanjian (攢尖頂) roofs are widely used in temples and garden buildings. The Hall of Central Harmony (中和殿) in the Forbidden City (故宫) and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿) in the Temple of Heaven (天坛) are both models of Zanjian (攢尖頂) roofs. Traditional dwellings in various places mostly use Yingshan (硬山頂) and Xuanshan (懸山頂) roofs.
Ancient building roofs also condense the Chinese nation's philosophical thinking on the relationship between heaven, earth, and people. In the eyes of the ancients, the roof is the part of the building closest to "heaven," and the upturned eaves strongly express the spirit of "harmony between man and nature," which is the desire to integrate with nature and communicate with heaven.
The aesthetic interest and philosophical ideas contained in ancient building roofs have been passed down to this day. For example, the design inspiration of the China Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo came from the traditional Dougong (斗拱) structure, and the Suzhou Museum (苏州博物馆) retains the sloping roof and upturned eaves, both of which use advanced steel structure technology and environmentally friendly materials, showing the inheritance and innovation of architecture.
Ancient building culture is now entering modern life in new ways, and the "fancy" ancient building cultural and creative products are making young people "obsessed." For example, the TianGong Zaojing (天宫藻井) refrigerator magnet of the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum (北京古代建筑博物馆) has triggered a rush to buy. The Shanxi Museum (山西博物院) has launched ancient building-themed cultural and creative products such as "Eaves·Objects," which miniaturize ancient buildings between square inches, becoming "scenery that can be taken home." The Jiexiu City Museum (介休市博物馆) has a Ming Dynasty (明代) yellow glazed glazed animal XieZhi (獬豸), which became popular on the Internet because of its cute expression. The glazed refrigerator magnet made with this as the prototype has even become popular overseas.
The heaven and earth are simple and clean, and the architectural beauty of ancient buildings in Shanxi (山西) is unobstructed. Under the vast sky, flying eaves, ridge lines, and Chiwen (鸱吻) have a unique charm. When thousands of tourists look up in unison, what they see is not only the ingenious roof architecture but also the continuous Chinese civilization.
This issue's coordination: Chen Yuanyuan (陈圆圆)
Layout design: Shen Yiling (沈亦伶)
By: 本报记者 付明丽
"The Hall of Great Strength is built on a 4-meter-high platform. When walking up, you must look up, and you will see the hall slowly rising like a giant screen, with two Chiwen perched in the air." In Huayan Temple (华严寺) in Datong (大同), Shanxi (山西), Ma Jiaqi (马加奇) is taking tourists to visit the Hall of Great Strength (大雄宝殿). His explanation is vivid and well-received.
Ma Jiaqi (马加奇) is from Datong (大同) and is 30 years old this year. He has a postgraduate degree in architecture from Hunan University (湖南大学). "I have loved temples and ancient buildings since I was a child. During my postgraduate studies, I did a lot of research on ancient buildings. Why not turn this love into a career?" In 2023, Ma Jiaqi (马加奇) founded a travel agency in Datong (大同) to provide explanations and study tour services for ancient buildings.
Ma Jiaqi's (马加奇) explanation is unique. He defines his style on social media as: "A stand-up comedy explanation based on first-hand research materials, showing the mysteries of architectural wonders such as Huayan Temple (华严寺), Shanhua Temple (善化寺), and Yingxian Wooden Pagoda (应县木塔) in a way that everyone likes to see." In order to break the "dimensional wall" between ordinary tourists and ancient buildings, his explanations are always full of ingenuity.
His carefully designed in-depth tour route of ancient buildings in northern Shanxi (晋北), from cave temples to sculpted murals, from city defense buildings to traditional dwellings, makes tourists exclaim "addictive." In Ma Jiaqi's (马加奇) view, "Architectural structure knowledge may be distant, and professional terms may be obscure, but the aesthetic ideas carried by ancient buildings are closely related to everyone's life." Behind the architecture, the stories of people are also the focus of Ma Jiaqi's (马加奇) explanation. For example, when introducing the Tang Dynasty (唐代) wooden structure building N禅寺 (Nánchán Temple), he not only analyzes its artistic beauty, but also focuses on the inheritance of villagers raising funds to build and repair it from generation to generation. "Tourists are often moved by this, because what they see is a 'living' N禅寺 (Nánchán Temple)."
In the two years of starting his business, Ma Jiaqi (马加奇) has gained many fans. Opening his WeChat Moments, every post is related to ancient buildings. He has set a goal for himself, "to tell the world about ancient buildings."
In various places, there are many young people like Ma Jiaqi (马加奇) who are devoted to the dissemination of ancient buildings. Douyin (抖音) intangible cultural heritage creator "Architect" uses new techniques and expressions to create ancient building animations, injecting fresh vitality into the profound ancient building culture and promoting the "breaking circle" of ancient building dissemination.
Young people are becoming the main force in exploring ancient buildings. They dialogue with history in a unique way - from finding the dog of Foguang Temple (佛光寺) and visiting the cat of Dayun Temple (大云寺), to "traveling to Jinci (晋祠) with 'Journey to the West'", finding a spiritual habitat in the ancient building journey. The long-standing cultural context is 生生不息 (shēng shēng bù xī - "unceasingly," to grow and develop continuously; perpetual) because of such innovative interaction; the thousand-year-old ancient buildings are shining with new brilliance in the eyes of young people.
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AI brings ancient paintings to life, digital immersive exhibitions are dazzling, and ancient paintings come from the depths of the exhibition cabinets to thousands of scenes.
When the boats on the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" (《清明上河图》) begin to row and the pedestrians begin to walk, a sleeping capital of the Northern Song Dynasty "awakens" in the code. More and more people are discovering that ancient paintings, once quietly displayed in museums, are now being illuminated by digital light and shadow, moving towards us in richer forms of presentation: AI brings ancient paintings to life, digital immersive exhibitions are dazzling, and ancient paintings come from the depths of the exhibition cabinets to thousands of scenes.
Applying digital technology to help ancient paintings "renew, convey, and extend" is a new starting point for millennial paintings to move towards contemporary expression. With the advancement and implementation of the national cultural digitalization strategy, millennial paintings are injected with contemporary vocabulary, which also opens up a new space for imagination for Chinese culture.
Renewal: Digital technology reshapes the paintings. Ancient paintings are moving from static, unique exhibitions to light and shadow reunions that transcend time and space. The "Chinese Painting Collection of Past Dynasties" (中国历代绘画大系), which took decades to complete digital archiving, allows artistic treasures scattered at home and abroad to reunite and be exhibited together in the same frame. The mobile replica of the Yungang Grottoes (云冈石窟), made with 3D modeling and printing technology, allows the stone carvings engraved on the cliffs to leave the mountains and rivers and rush to the crowds. These practices are vivid portrayals of digital technology promoting ancient paintings to cross the barriers of time and space and enter public art and cultural spaces.
Convey: Digital technology interprets traditional painting meaning. The beauty of ancient paintings lies not only in their appearance but also in their millennial meaning. Ancient Chinese paintings not only depict nature and record society but also contain rich ideological concepts and aesthetic pursuits. Taking color as an example, it not only has the aesthetic concept of assigning colors according to categories but also reflects the philosophical thought of the unity of nature and man. With the help of color network analysis and interactive visualization design, people can explore the changes of colors in different paintings and understand the corresponding and collision between them. From technique and texture to aesthetic depth, digitalization is gradually revealing the creative code of ancient paintings, directly feeling the pulse of aesthetics.
Extend: Digital technology interprets the oriental painting realm. Ancient paintings leap out of paper, spread into a realm between virtuality and reality, and transform into an interactive cultural space. In teaching practice, we use generative artificial intelligence technology to recreate the "Ten Scenes of West Lake" (西湖十景图), applying multiple styles such as blue-green landscape, steep rocks, elegant style, and sparse charm, so that young people can perceive the beauty of oriental painting in the flow of light and shadow. The immersive experience of "Light and Shadow Painting" (《光影丹青》) made with naked-eye 3D and somatosensory interaction technology allows the audience to enter the painting and touch the millennial brush and ink. This kind of cultural reproduction has opened up a new path for the development of cultural tourism in the integration of humanities and technology and has also promoted the continuous revitalization of outstanding traditional Chinese culture in the national sharing.
Digital empowerment injects contemporary vitality into millennial paintings. Looking to the future, with equal emphasis on technological innovation and scene expansion, and parallel focus on meeting the needs of the times and serving the people's spiritual life, cultural digitalization will surely open up new landscapes in integrated innovation.
(The author is a researcher at the Art and Archaeological Image Data Laboratory of Zhejiang University (浙江大学))
Return to TopThis newspaper Changsha (长沙) December 23rd dispatch (Reporter Sun Chao (孙超)) The 3rd China Broadcasting and Hosting "Golden Voice Award" Award Ceremony, sponsored by the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) and the People's Government of Hunan Province (湖南省人民政府), was held in Changsha (长沙) on the evening of the 23rd. With the theme of "Gathering Strength Towards the Future," this award ceremony was divided into four chapters: "Magnificent New Era," "United Hearts Warm Ten Thousand Homes," "Passing on the Flame Forever," and "Golden Voice Towards the Future." Twenty winners shared their insights on the spot.
Before and after the award ceremony, supporting activities such as the "Golden Voice Award" symposium and the "Golden Voice Award" broadcasting and hosting industry salon will also be held. The China Broadcasting and Hosting "Golden Voice Award" is a national government award in the field of broadcasting and hosting in China. It was established in 2021 and is held every two years, dedicated to setting industry benchmarks. Each session selects 10 outstanding radio broadcasters and hosts and 10 outstanding television broadcasters and hosts.
Return to TopAccording to a report from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on December 23rd in Beijing (北京) (Reporter Wang Jue (王珏)), the State Administration of Cultural Heritage attaches great importance to the recent media reports regarding the "Nanjing (南京) Museum's 'Spring in Jiangnan (江南)' Scroll Appearing in the Auction Market" and other related situations. A working group has been established and dispatched to Nanjing (南京) to carry out work in recent days.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 23rd (Reporter Chen Yuanyuan (陈圆圆)) "Lasting National Charm – 2026 Chinese National Orchestra New Year's Concert" was staged at the Concert Hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) on the evening of the 23rd. This concert was jointly performed by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (上海民族乐团), the Jiangsu Performing Arts Group National Orchestra (江苏省演艺集团民族乐团), the Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Orchestra of Zhejiang Song and Dance Theatre (浙江歌舞剧院浙江民族乐团), and the Anhui Orchestra National Orchestra (安徽乐团民族管弦乐团), presenting a musical feast for the audience.
The concert brought together excellent national orchestral works from different periods. There were classic pieces such as "Spring Festival Overture" and "Erquan Reflection on the Moon," as well as works with distinct regional characteristics such as "Galloping Horses" and "Moro," and recent original works such as "Forever Mountain Lily," "Ode to China," "Spring Dance," and "Paradise on Earth." The young Suona player Liu Wenwen (刘雯雯)'s performance of "A Century of Nirvana" allowed the audience to appreciate the magnificent momentum and delicate emotions of the Suona art. The works of a group of young composers such as Wang Danhong (王丹红) demonstrated the achievements of the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional folk music in recent years.
Wu Yuxia (吴玉霞), President of the Chinese National Orchestra Society (中国民族管弦乐学会), said that as a brand project of the Chinese National Orchestra Society, the "Lasting National Charm" New Year's Concert has been held for five consecutive years. This concert was jointly hosted by the Chinese National Orchestra Society and the National Centre for the Performing Arts, aiming to integrate high-quality folk music resources from the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), showcase the profound heritage and contemporary vitality of Chinese culture with a top-notch performance lineup, superb playing skills, and classic folk music melodies.
Return to TopIn the northwest corner of Wuhan (武汉), Hubei Province (湖北省), north of the Han River (汉江) and south of the Fu River (府河), a beautiful picture scroll of a city of clouds and water slowly unfolds. A vibrant and promising industrial new city—Wuhan Linkong Economic and Technological Development Zone (武汉临空港经济技术开发区) (Dongxihu District (东西湖区))—is growing vigorously.
Dongxihu District (东西湖区), surrounded by water on three sides and embankments on all four, boasts a pleasant ecological environment and is a national-level ecological demonstration zone. It is a national new industrialization industry demonstration base and a national strong food industry zone, guided by intelligent manufacturing, with complete industries, and accessible to all parts of China. With its prominent strategic position, surging momentum, and openness and inclusiveness, it is accelerating the construction of a "China Net Valley (中国网谷)" integrating industry and city.
Riding the momentum to leap forward, this is a valley for pursuing dreams.
Dongxihu (东西湖), historically belonging to the eastern corner of the ancient Yunmeng Marsh (古云梦泽), saw its first inhabitants gather by the water, fishing, hunting, and farming 5,000 years ago. Baiquan Mao Temple Market (柏泉茅庙集) is imprinted with the prosperity and bustle of a thousand-year-old market, and the ancient town of X溝 (Xingou) tells the story of the Han River (汉江) wharf. Dongxihu (东西湖) thrived because of water. A ridge running from south to north separates the eastern and western flood lakes, hence the name "Dongxihu (东西湖)."
In 1957, to fundamentally control floods and ensure the supply of agricultural and sideline food products to Wuhan (武汉), more than 100,000 land reclamation soldiers carried soil on their shoulders and waded through the waves day and night on the Fu River (府河) and Han River (汉江). In 1958, the Dongxihu (东西湖) land reclamation project was a complete success, and the Dongxihu State-owned Farm (东西湖国营农场) came into being. The administrative establishment was set up simultaneously, and the 495-square-kilometer land area was formed.
Since then, this land, with the responsibility of a state-owned farm, has consolidated the city's "rice bag," "vegetable basket," and "milk bottle," nurturing the city's character of hard work, pragmatism, innovation, openness, and inclusiveness, and accumulating both material and spiritual wealth for development.
In 1978, Dongxihu District (东西湖区) implemented the contract responsibility system, the leasing system, and the factory director responsibility system. District-run, farm-run, and team-run industrial enterprises sprang up everywhere. The "Xingyinge (行吟阁)" beer from the Dongxihu Brewery (东西湖啤酒厂) became a taste symbol in the summer memories of Wuhan (武汉) people.
In 1992, Dongxihu (东西湖) established the Wujiashan Taiwan Investment Zone (吴家山台商投资区). Large food companies such as Uni-President (统一食品) and Coca-Cola (可口可乐) took root here, followed by electromechanical brands such as TCL Air Conditioner (TCL空调), and logistics companies such as Deppon (德邦) made heavy layouts. Food, electromechanical, and logistics drove the regional economy into the fast lane.
In 2010, Wujiashan Economic and Technological Development Zone (吴家山经济技术开发区) was upgraded to a national-level economic and technological development zone. In 2013, it was renamed Wuhan Linkong Economic and Technological Development Zone (武汉临空港经济技术开发区), completing the leap from a self-run development zone to a national-level platform.
From "establishing the district through agriculture" to "revitalizing the district through industry" to "national-level development zone," Dongxihu District (东西湖区) has completed three leaps of development with the spirit of daring to venture and daring to do. With the high-spirited posture of "Valley of Dreams," it continues to write a new chapter of riding the momentum to leap forward in the new era.
Shouldering the mission bravely, this is a valley of strategy.
There is no national security without cybersecurity. In September 2016, the National Cybersecurity Talent and Innovation Base (国家网络安全人才与创新基地) (referred to as "National Cyber Security Base (国家网安基地)") settled in Dongxihu District (东西湖区), starting a wave of entrepreneurship "from zero to one" on the banks of the Jing River (径河).
The School of Cyberspace Security of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学网络空间安全学院) and the International School of Cyber Security of Wuhan University (武汉大学国际网络安全学院) have settled in to run schools. Platforms such as the Jinyin Lake Laboratory (金银湖实验室) stimulate momentum. More than 300 cybersecurity companies such as Qi An Xin (奇安信) and Venustech (天融信) are deeply engaged in development. The Central China Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信通院华中研究院), the Wuhan University Net Valley Industry-Academia Innovation Institute (武汉大学网谷产创院), and the Net Valley Branch Park of the National University Science Park of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学国家大学科技园网谷分园) have been laid out.
From a blank space on a blueprint to a cybersecurity development highland, the National Cyber Security Base (国家网安基地) has built a solid cybersecurity "moat." The first phase of the 4-square-kilometer core area has been completed and put into use, and industries such as cyberspace security and artificial intelligence are accelerating their rise. The "one base and five circles" of scientific and technological innovation space centered on the National Cyber Security Base (国家网安基地) is taking shape.
Facing the wave of artificial intelligence development, Dongxihu District (东西湖区) is taking a bold and innovative approach to build "five highlands" for talent, innovation, industry, supply, and innovative development ecology for cybersecurity, accelerate the construction of a "China Net Valley (中国网谷)" integrating industry and city, and inject surging momentum into Wuhan's (武汉) "five valleys abundant harvest" development.
As a convergence node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) and the "Belt and Road (一带一路)," Dongxihu District (东西湖区) has "rail, water, road, and air" transportation. The China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) (中欧班列（武汉）) starts here, and it has two Han River (汉江) ports, Duoluokou (舵落口) and Qingfeng Port (青锋港). The road density ranks among the highest in the province, and four airport expressways reach Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (武汉天河国际机场) in 10 minutes.
In 2021, relying on its location and industrial advantages, Dongxihu District (东西湖区) set its sights on its goals and dared to venture and do. The Wuhan National Logistics Hub of Airport Type (武汉陆港型国家物流枢纽) was successfully approved, becoming another strategic move after the National Cyber Security Base (国家网安基地).
The Wuhan National Logistics Hub of Airport Type (武汉陆港型国家物流枢纽) constructs an industrial spatial pattern of "one core, two wings, and four zones." The core area lays out three major sections: Wujiashan Railway Logistics Base (吴家山铁路物流基地), Dongxihu Bonded Zone (东西湖保税园区), and Hano International Logistics Park (汉欧国际物流园), forming a closed-loop ecosystem of "rail-water intermodal transport + bonded services + cross-border trade," promoting the accelerated transformation of the "channel economy" to the "hub economy," and realizing the integrated development of "port, industry, and city."
The China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) (中欧班列（武汉）) has a stable volume of over 1,000 trains, radiating 121 cities in 40 countries and regions in Europe and Asia. More than 20 leading companies such as JD.com (京东) have settled in, and A-level logistics companies account for more than 50% of the city. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the added value of the transportation, warehousing, and postal industries increased by 114.7%. The China-Europe Railway Express Central China Regional Assembly Center was approved. The Wuhan National Logistics Hub of Airport Type (武汉陆港型国家物流枢纽) is reshaping Wuhan's (武汉) opening-up pattern and helping Hubei (湖北) build a new highland for inland opening-up.
Upgrading its capabilities, this is a valley of industry.
Gathering the profound heritage of state-owned farms, the solid foundation of a strong industrial district, and the responsibilities and missions of national strategies, Dongxihu District (东西湖区) insists on the "three-pronged approach" of upgrading traditional industries, expanding emerging industries, and cultivating future industries, promoting the deep integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, and building a "343" modern industrial system with complete industrial categories and optimized industrial structure.
From stock accumulation to incremental breakthroughs, the three traditional industries of food and health, equipment manufacturing, and commercial and trade logistics have been revitalized in iteration. Zhou Hei Ya's (周黑鸭) full-chain intelligent logistics platform realizes the integrated management of braised products "end-to-end." Jianmin Dapeng Pharmaceutical's (健民大鹏药业) "in vitro cultured bezoar" research and development has leveraged new breakthroughs in modern traditional Chinese medicine. Dongshi Industrial's (东实实业) aluminum alloy hot forming technology has forged lightweight car bodies for domestic new energy vehicles. The traditional industries in the entire district have shed their "old coats," put on "new armor," and burst out with strong development vitality.
Strategic emerging industry clusters are rising strongly, and the four industries of cybersecurity and information technology application innovation, electronic information, intelligent terminals, and new energy and new materials are building a new pattern of multi-polar development. TCL's (TCL) black light factory produces an air conditioner unit every 7 seconds on average. In BOE's (京东方) dust-free workshop, giant glass substrates are smoothly transferred on robotic arms. Zhongxing New Material (中兴新材) has built a dry-process battery separator production base, providing key material support for the development of the new energy industry. Emerging industry clusters are accelerating their rise and are becoming an important engine for driving regional economic growth.
Based on the present and planning for the long term, the three future industries of hydrogen energy, embodied intelligence, and low-altitude economy are accelerating their layout. Sinopec's (中石化) hydrogen energy equipment manufacturing base has officially landed, and drone research and application companies such as Hanfei Low Altitude (汉飞低空) and Hengfan Technology (恒樊科技) have been successfully introduced. An independently controllable robot simulation training ground has been built and put into use.
The total number of high-tech enterprises ranks among the top in the city, gathering 20 national-level specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprises and 177 provincial-level specialized, refined, and new enterprises. Today's Dongxihu District (东西湖区), with the integrated development of industrial innovation and technological innovation, is striding forward on the road of high-quality development.
Integrating all rivers, this is a livable valley.
The urban development of Dongxihu District (东西湖区) has not only the strong support of industrial take-off but also the warm background of happy people's livelihood. Dongxihu District (东西湖区) deeply understands the wisdom of "**兼收并蓄**" (jiān shōu bìng xù - "accept everything," to accept different things), skillfully integrates the elegance of water, the vitality of the city, and the well-being of the people, and creates a livable valley where "industry, city, and people" coexist harmoniously.
Jinyin Lake (金银湖) and Dugong Lake (杜公湖), two national-level wetland parks, are embedded in the urban fabric. The water quality of 26 lakes has reached Class IV or above. More than 90 various parks and gardens have been built in the entire district, and the green coverage rate has reached 48%. "Water in the city, the city in the green, and people in the scenery" has become the norm. Working and living here is often accompanied by ecological beauty.
Six urban subway lines in Dongxihu District (东西湖区) crisscross into a network. Jinshan Avenue (金山大道) and Linkong Avenue (临空港大道) form a "golden cross axis." Transportation trunk lines such as the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway (沪蓉高速), Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway (京港澳高速), and National Highway 107 (107国道) run through the entire district, weaving a convenient transportation network of "reaching the expressway in ten minutes and reaching the whole city quickly."
The first proton medical center in Central China has been put into use in Dongxihu District (东西湖区). Three Class III Grade A hospitals have been fully opened, and the outline of a western Wuhan (武汉) medical highland is emerging. The Linkong Experimental School of Central China Normal University (华中师范大学临空港实验学校) has been built and is running. The Linkong Branch of Wuhan Foreign Languages School (武汉外国语学校临空港分校) has sprung up. People's livelihood facilities are undergoing a huge change from "having" to "excellence."
Dongxihu Library (东西湖图书馆) has become a cultural and tourism characteristic IP. Classic repertoires are staged in turn at the Wuhan Linkong Grand Theater (武汉临空港大剧院). Concerts are passionately held at the Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center (武汉五环体育中心). The 100-meter Ferris wheel at the Wuhan Polar Ocean World Resort (武汉极地海洋度假区) has been romantically turned on. The "Xiangban Cihui (乡伴慈惠)" scenic spot has become the "poetry and distance" that young people yearn for. The diversified and integrated cultural, tourism, and sports supply matrix comprehensively meets the high-quality spiritual and cultural needs of the public.
In the past 10 years, 470,000 new Dongxihu (东西湖) citizens from all over the world have pursued their dreams and settled down here. Today, nearly one million residents are working together, innovating and starting businesses, and jointly writing a chapter of ordinary but great contemporary urban construction.
Data source: Wuhan Dongxihu District (武汉市东西湖区)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 范昊天
In the early morning, Cai Heng walked into the office of the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau (中建三局) headquarters building. Accompanying his footsteps, the lights overhead gradually brightened, and the sunlight outside the glass curtain wall illuminated the 14,000 square meters of monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic panels on the roof and connecting corridors.
The China Construction Third Engineering Bureau (中建三局) headquarters building is located on Gaoxin Avenue in the East Lake High-tech Development Zone (东湖高新区) of Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), and is one of the landmark buildings of "Optics Valley of China (中国光谷)." Cai Heng has worked in this building for many years and is very familiar with the environment. However, since the beginning of this year, Cai Heng has noticed some subtle changes in the building.
Walking into the elevator lobby, Cai Heng pressed the button for the 15th floor. "Before, when the elevator started and stopped, I felt a slight jolt, but now it's very smooth." This is because the building's elevators have been equipped with energy feedback devices, which make starting and stopping smoother and also convert the potential energy generated during operation into electrical energy to feed back into the grid, saving a lot of energy.
Arriving at his workstation and sitting down, soft natural light streamed through the glass curtain wall, covering Cai Heng's desk. This year, a special heat-insulating film was applied to the glass curtain wall of this building. Looking out through the glass, the scenery outside is unobstructed, and the heat insulation effect is also very good.
Why apply heat-insulating film? Shi Fei, Executive Manager of the Comprehensive Energy Division of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Urban Investment and Operation Co., Ltd. (中建三局城市投资运营有限公司), explained that after applying the heat-insulating film, the heat insulation rate reaches 72%, which can significantly block outdoor heat intrusion in summer and reflect indoor long-wave far-infrared rays in winter to play a role in heat preservation. This alone can save an average of 252,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 126 tons.
At 10 a.m., Cai Heng's department held a project promotion meeting. A small conference room was filled with a dozen people, but there was no feeling of stuffiness. "The current buildings are very 'smart' and can 'think'," said Shi Fei. With the independently developed "Zero-Carbon Smart Operation Platform," more than 3,000 equipment parameters such as photovoltaics, charging piles, air conditioning, and lighting can be integrated. With the help of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence technology, the fresh air system can real-time sense the indoor carbon dioxide concentration and the number of people, and flexibly adjust the fresh air volume through variable frequency fans, reducing carbon emissions by an average of approximately 87.6 tons per year.
At lunchtime, Cai Heng went to the cafeteria on the underground floor to eat. When passing through the connecting corridor and the lobby on the first floor, the warm and cozy corridor was particularly comfortable. "In the past, in winter, there would often be chilling 'through drafts' here," said Cai Heng. Now that the heating is sufficient, will the building's energy consumption be higher?
The answer is no. Liu Li, a technical expert from the Green and Low-Carbon Technology Research Institute of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau (中建三局绿色低碳技术研究院), once explained the secret of the "comfort transformation" of the lobby on the first floor to everyone - the entry path and management methods were optimized, and air curtain machines were installed to effectively block outdoor air; in winter, the angle of the air-conditioning vents in the hall was adjusted downward, and ground radiant heating was turned on... In the first winter after the renovation, the temperature in the lobby increased by about 9 degrees Celsius, with better insulation and less energy loss.
"Green buildings not only focus on energy-saving indicators, but also on the personal feelings of users," said Liu Li.
In the China Construction Science and Technology Industrial Park (中建科技产业园), where Cai Heng's company building is located, an underground integrated energy station was completed in June this year. "We use sewage source heat pump technology to turn the tail water from the adjacent Bao Xie Sewage Treatment Plant (豹澥污水处理厂) into a 'second energy source'," said An Ming, the station manager of the integrated energy station. In the humid and cold winter, the tail water temperature is between 12-16 degrees Celsius. Using this temperature difference, the system can extract heat from the tail water to provide heating for the park; and in summer, it releases heat to the tail water for cooling. In the past, these tail waters were directly discharged. After the park's renovation, the treated tail water replaced the original gas boilers and municipal steam heating, and it is estimated that carbon emissions can be reduced by 2,300 tons throughout the year.
Looking at the park, the "photovoltaic skin" with an installed capacity of 2.1 megawatts contributes 2.156 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, which is equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1,078.2 tons; the lighting system achieves "lights on when people come, lights off when people leave," reducing carbon emissions by an average of 67.5 tons per year; the newly added energy storage system stores energy during low electricity consumption periods and releases it during peak periods, reducing the park's energy costs by 23%... After a series of renovations and upgrades, the industrial park's overall carbon reduction is 30%, and the headquarters building's carbon reduction is 45%.
"Working in this building, I can intuitively feel that a green life is around me every day," Cai Heng said proudly.
Return to TopBy: 尹 奎
The construction industry is undergoing a profound green transformation, gradually shifting towards energy conservation and emission reduction through the transformation of development concepts and continuous technological innovation.
Generally speaking, green buildings refer to building forms that, throughout their entire life cycle from design, construction, use, to demolition, maximize energy conservation, land conservation, water conservation, and material conservation, protect the environment, reduce pollution, provide people with healthy, suitable, and efficient spaces, and ultimately achieve harmonious coexistence between buildings and nature.
Constructing green buildings is a systematic project that runs through design, construction, and operation. At the architectural design level, scientific physical environment design can significantly reduce reliance on active heating and cooling. In terms of equipment and energy, green buildings emphasize the selection of efficient electromechanical systems and actively integrate renewable energy sources.
The operational phase also contains energy-saving potential. Relying on intelligent operation and maintenance platforms and AI algorithms, buildings can achieve automatic adjustment of air conditioning airflow and lighting brightness, and through real-time monitoring and diagnosis of equipment operating data, can provide early warnings of failures, locate energy consumption anomalies, and continuously improve energy utilization efficiency.
For ordinary people, the benefits of green buildings are tangible. On the one hand, thanks to excellent thermal insulation and efficient equipment, the operating energy consumption of green buildings is usually lower than that of ordinary buildings, which can save a lot of water and electricity costs. On the other hand, green buildings effectively reduce respiratory discomfort and allergy risks by strictly selecting environmentally friendly building materials and equipping them with efficient fresh air filtration systems.
Promoting green buildings can help achieve the "dual carbon" goals and give everyone a more livable and sustainable living space.
(The author is the Assistant Dean of the Green and Low-Carbon Technology Research Institute of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau (中建三局), interviewed and compiled by Fan Haotian (范昊天), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 23rd (Reporter Gu Zhongyang (顾仲阳)) During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China has continuously strengthened grassland protection and restoration, and the ecological quality of grasslands has continued to improve. The area of degraded grassland nationwide has rapidly decreased at a rate of more than 46 million mu per year, and the area of healthy and sub-healthy grassland has increased to 2.7 billion mu, accounting for more than 70%. The national grassland ecological situation has achieved a historic shift from "overall deterioration" at the beginning of this century to "overall improvement."
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China vigorously promoted grassland restoration and management, taking the implementation of key projects such as "Three-North" and "Double Major" as the main starting points, continuously increasing the intensity of grassland restoration, reducing the area of degraded grassland by nearly 280 million mu, and preventing and controlling grassland pests and diseases over 100 million mu annually. The national grassland ecological situation is generally stable and improving, and the comprehensive vegetation coverage remains above 50%.
China has continued to strengthen the supervision of grassland resources, investigated and dealt with nearly 30,000 cases of various types of grassland damage, transferred more than 1,000 criminal cases to judicial organs, and the number of cases of illegal occupation of grassland has decreased year by year. A special action was launched to control overgrazing on grasslands, the third round of grassland ecological compensation policy was implemented, and nearly 4 billion mu of grassland grazing bans and grass-livestock balance tasks were implemented. The overgrazing rate of livestock in key provinces and regions has gradually decreased.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has actively developed modern grass industry, built 600,000 mu of grass seed breeding bases, and the supply capacity of perennial ecological grass seeds has reached 25,000 tons per year, effectively alleviating the "bottleneck" problem of grass seed supply. Accelerate the construction of a modern forage industry system and actively release the development space of the grass industry.
Return to TopAccording to a report on December 23rd from our Beijing (北京) headquarters (reporter Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋)), since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has added over 340,000 square kilometers of treated soil erosion area, with a net reduction of approximately 116,000 square kilometers of soil erosion area, bringing the soil and water conservation rate to over 73%.
Significant progress has been made in soil and water conservation reform. Liaoning (辽宁), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Jiangxi (江西), Sichuan (四川), Anhui (安徽), Shaanxi (陕西), and other regions have explored soil and water conservation projects tailored to local conditions, such as erosion gully, collapse gully, small watershed comprehensive management, and silt dam construction, forming arable land that can be used for a long time and is used for arable land occupation balance according to regulations. We are expanding the realization path of soil and water conservation ecological product value and guiding local areas to carry out the transformation and transaction of soil and water conservation ecological products.
Soil erosion in key areas has been effectively controlled. Focusing on the upper and middle reaches of major rivers, the Northeast black soil region, the Southwest karst region, the South-to-North Water Diversion (南水北调) source area, and the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (三峡库区), central investment supports the comprehensive management of small watersheds, treating 67,000 square kilometers of soil erosion area. The soil erosion intensity in the project implementation area has decreased by 15 to 20 percentage points, and the quality and stability of the ecosystem have been significantly enhanced.
Return to TopThe Ascend MindSpore AI framework, as a mainstream domestic open-source artificial intelligence framework, has received positive responses from developers at home and abroad since it was open-sourced in 2020, with more than 13 million downloads, covering more than 130 countries and regions, more than 120,000 merge requests, and more than 52,000 community contributors. It supports more than 25 series of large models, has more than 1,700 community partners, provides more than 2,000 solutions, supports nearly 2,500 academic paper innovations, and the Ascend open-source community has also become one of the most innovative and dynamic AI framework open-source communities in China.
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology and the innovation of models and training/inference paradigms driven by new scenarios, supernodes have become the consensus of the industry to promote AI infrastructure construction. As an important support for industrial intelligence, the AI framework is facing new challenges and opportunities. The Ascend MindSpore AI framework, born for supernodes, is deeply involved in cutting-edge technology innovation of large models, fully releases hardware computing power, accelerates the innovation of new model structures and new training and inference modes, helps developers innovate, and provides developers and partners in the industry, scientific research, and open-source fields with a development-friendly, efficient operation, and flexible deployment development experience, accelerating technological innovation and industrial implementation in the field of large models.
On December 25th, the Ascend Artificial Intelligence Framework Summit will be held at the Hangzhou International Expo Center (杭州国际博览中心). This summit is hosted by the Ascend MindSpore (昇思MindSpore) Open Source Community and the Global Computing Alliance GCC, and co-organized by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (华为技术有限公司) and OSCHINA Open Source China, AtomGit, Gitee, AITISA New Generation Artificial Intelligence Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, OpenI Qizhi Community (OpenI启智社区), Mole Community (魔乐社区), Huanxin Community (焕新社区), Shusheng Community (书生社区), and Sinan Community (司南社区).
The conference includes 1 keynote speech, 2 open-source community meetings, 2 special forums, and 1 Ascend Developer Workshop. The 800-square-meter exhibition area features 7 major areas, including a developer camp, face-to-face expert sessions, and a hands-on area, with more than 30 interactive exhibition points. At that time, many experts, scholars, enterprise guests, and well-known developers in the industry will gather together to discuss AI trends, share practical knowledge, and embrace a new open-source ecosystem for artificial intelligence.
In the keynote speech session, academic experts, open-source community representatives, large model manufacturer experts, financial industry customers, and education scholars will take the stage to share their insights, covering key topics such as in-depth industry insights, AI framework technology analysis, supernode technology innovation and characteristic solutions, the prospect of general artificial intelligence, the application of large models in the financial field, high-performance LLM inference frameworks, and the training of large model talents. In addition, the Ascend Open Source Community will present honors to outstanding Ascend MindSpore evangelists and outstanding developers, and present awards to the winners of the Ascend MindSpore Model Development Challenge.
On December 25th, the Ascend Artificial Intelligence Framework Summit at the Hangzhou International Expo Center (杭州国际博览中心) sincerely invites you to participate and embrace the new future of comprehensive intelligence in thousands of industries.
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Return to TopUnder the Taihang Mountains (太行山), along the banks of the Dan River (丹河) and Qin River (沁河), a city with a long history and full of vitality is forging ahead with high spirits on the journey of high-quality development. Jincheng City (晋城市), Shanxi Province, is known as the "screen of Hedong, throat of the Central Plains, and gateway of the Three Jins." It is rich in resources and was once famous as the "hometown of coal and iron." In recent years, facing the major issue of the transformation of resource-based cities, Jincheng has not been afraid of difficulties and has bravely embarked on a new path, cultivating new momentum and reshaping new advantages. It has made all-out efforts in areas such as reform and innovation development, industrial transformation and upgrading, deep integration of culture and tourism, comprehensive rural revitalization, and ecological environment governance, writing a "Jincheng answer sheet" full of resilience and vitality.
New Momentum: New Quality Productive Forces Activate Transformation Potential
Jincheng's transformation path is not a simple "de-coalification," but rather uses technological innovation as an engine to promote the upgrading of industries towards high-end, intelligent, and green development.
Jincheng uses new quality productive forces to activate transformation potential, cultivating a number of industrial clusters with national influence. It is making every effort to build a 100 billion-level optoelectronic industry cluster. In the past four years, the average annual growth rate of the industry's output value has been 42%, reaching 70 billion yuan in 2024, and it is expected to achieve the 100 billion yuan target this year. The semiconductor composite substrate project continues to expand mass production, and flexible nanocomposite material products are about to be launched. The National Science and Technology Innovation 2030 "Core Quantum Devices for Quantum Communication Systems" major project has been implemented. Major events such as the National Semiconductor Vacuum Science Instrument and the 3rd Antimonide Semiconductor and Optoelectronic System Integration Technology Conference have been held, and the visibility and influence of Jincheng's optoelectronic industry have been continuously enhanced.
At the same time, Jincheng is accelerating the development of the entire coalbed methane industry chain, adhering to the principle of making coalbed methane the top priority in building a leading city in the energy revolution, and striving to build a demonstration base for the national coalbed methane industry. Jincheng's coalbed methane production and increment have remained the first in Shanxi Province for five consecutive years, the gas storage and peak shaving capacity has been increased to 250 million cubic meters, and the gasification rate of urban and rural residents has reached more than 97%, and resource advantages are being transformed into tangible development advantages.
With the empowerment of digital and intelligent technologies, Jincheng's traditional industries are "old trees sprouting new branches," and new quality productive forces are "new branches bearing rich fruits." Among the 72 kinds of industrial products listed in the city, 36 have the characteristics of high technology, high efficiency, and high quality. Jincheng gives full play to the "ballast stone" role of coal, with advanced coal production capacity accounting for 97%, and the intelligent transformation of all 98 coal mines has started. It is accelerating the upgrading of steel for construction to steel for equipment and traditional carbon steel to silicon steel, doubling the added value of products. It is accelerating the innovative agglomeration of the casting industry, continuously deepening the construction of six major casting industrial parks, and striving to build a complete industrial chain of "precision castings - key components - complete machine manufacturing."
New Picture Scroll: Cultural Tourism and Health Care Brighten the City's Name Card
Jincheng insists on cultivating the cultural tourism and health care industry into a pillar industry, a people's livelihood industry, and a happiness industry. It has been rated as one of the top 20 cities in China for sustainable development of health care and a livable climate city in China, and was selected as the 46th in the top 100 of the 2025 China Health Care City List. In the first three quarters of 2025, Jincheng's 64 A-level tourist attractions received 15.9767 million tourists, achieving ticket revenue of 261 million yuan and tourism operating income of 540 million yuan, year-on-year increases of 34.17%, 60.90%, and 34.43% respectively, and the popularity of cultural tourism consumption continues to rise.
From planning and design, service quality improvement to brand shaping, Jincheng is using cultural tourism and health care as a pen to draw a picture of urban development that integrates ecology and humanities, and promotes development and benefiting the people.
Jincheng has a full-area layout of "one core, two rings, two belts, and multiple areas" for cultural tourism and health care space, and is committed to building a nationally renowned cultural tourism and health care city, creating a 396-square-kilometer ring-city ecological circle, a 582-kilometer Taihang No. 1 Health Care Ring, and building Qin River (沁河) and Dan River (丹河) cultural tourism and health care demonstration belts, driven by large scenic spots, and developing a number of high-level, composite, and characteristic cultural tourism and health care integrated development areas in accordance with local conditions.
In terms of product supply, Jincheng continues to enrich the "demonstration zone + large scenic spot + hundred villages and hundred courtyards + boutique routes" system. Here, tourists can enjoy tranquility and leisure in the Fengcheng Health Care Demonstration Zone, and feel the majestic mountains in the Taihang Mountain Wangmangling Scenic Area (太行山王莽岭景区), a national tourist resort. They can also touch the historical vicissitudes in the ancient Taihang castles, and drive on the Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway to feel the convenience and romance of "city-scenery connection and scenery-scenery connection."
In terms of service improvement, Jincheng has implemented the "A-level Tourist Attraction Doubling Plan." In the past five years, the number of A-level tourist attractions has increased from 27 to 64, and 5 new 4A-level tourist attractions have been added. It has formulated and issued local standards such as the "Taihang Family Health Care Village Construction Service and Management" to promote the standardization, standardization, and institutionalization of cultural tourism and health care services. It has jointly established a cultural tourism and health care city alliance with 23 cities in 13 provinces, and successfully held five National Health Care Industry Development Conferences, continuously promoting the "Oriental Ancient Castle, Human Jincheng, Yunjin Taihang, and Poetic Jincheng" brand.
New Engine: Reform and Innovation Release Development Vitality
The key to development lies in reform and innovation. Jincheng always regards high-quality development as the primary task, and makes concerted efforts from four dimensions: business environment, key reforms, innovation ecology, and opening up to the outside world, and plays a set of precise and powerful "combined punches" to make the development momentum continue to be abundant.
From 2022 to 2024, Jincheng was rated as "excellent" in the province's business environment assessment, and the goal of creating the best business environment in the province and the first-class in the country is accelerating into reality. Deepen the "commitment system + standard land + full agency" reform, so that project implementation can run out of "Jincheng speed," and continuously polish the "Jin Xin Service" brand, and use government services to exchange for the satisfaction of enterprises and the masses. In addition, Jincheng continues to deepen key reforms, and has introduced 46 reform measures in 12 aspects. 68 provincial-level and above reform pilots have been steadily promoted. A number of tasks such as forestry reform and development, standardized management of rural homesteads, and the implementation of personal pensions are at the forefront of the country, and the reform dividends continue to be released.
Jincheng vigorously implements the innovation-driven strategy, promotes the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, and capital chain, and technological innovation has become the main engine of transformation and development. In the past four years, investment in scientific research and experimental development has continued to increase, the number of high-tech enterprises has reached 211, and the cluster of innovation entities has accelerated its growth. The construction of the "Jin Chuang Valley Jincheng" innovation-driven platform has been continuously deepened, and the provincial-level small and micro enterprise innovation and entrepreneurship bases have achieved full coverage of counties, and the supporting role of the innovation platform has been continuously enhanced, providing a solid technological support for industrial transformation and upgrading.
In recent years, Jincheng has continuously improved the level of opening up to the outside world, continuously deepened the construction of international friendship cities, the "circle of friends" for exchanges and exchanges has continued to expand, the transportation channels have continued to be smooth, and the location advantages have become more prominent. The development of foreign trade is strong. In 2024, the actual use of foreign capital was 213 million US dollars, ranking first in Shanxi Province, and the level of the open economy has steadily increased.
New Pastoral: Comprehensive Rural Revitalization Depicts a New Scene of Common Prosperity
Rural revitalization leads to overall revitalization. Jincheng adheres to learning and applying the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration Project" as a guide, making flexible use of the "6 experiences and practices" such as high-level organizational promotion and overall planning and layout, and supported by more than 880 key projects with a total investment of more than 100 billion yuan, to promote comprehensive rural revitalization. A pastoral picture of a livable, workable, and beautiful countryside is slowly unfolding in the land of Jincheng.
Overall planning, precise efforts, and outlining the "roadmap" for comprehensive rural revitalization. Jincheng has constructed a city-wide layout of "one ring and two belts, five fingers into fists, a hundred villages of fine quality, and a thousand villages of common prosperity," and formulated an overall plan and annual action plan, clarifying the goals of building more than 200 high-quality demonstration villages and more than 1,000 upgraded villages by 2027, so that comprehensive rural revitalization has direction, path, and grasp. At present, 139 high-quality demonstration villages and 575 upgraded villages have been built, and 20 characteristic areas have been upgraded simultaneously, accelerating the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages.
The "Four Major Projects" consolidate the foundation and activate the endogenous power of rural development. Jincheng takes the star-level management system as a starting point to continuously improve the rural living environment. In recent years, the proportion of administrative villages with three stars or above has reached 79%, and the toilet penetration rate, rural domestic sewage treatment rate, and garbage collection and transportation coverage rate of natural villages have reached 89.6%, 55.8%, and 98.3% respectively, and the "appearance" and "temperament" of the countryside have been improved simultaneously. The demonstration project of urban-rural integrated development continues to advance, and the integration of infrastructure and the equalization of public services have achieved results. The "Gasification of Jincheng," "Large Water Network," and "Clean Heating" projects cover 97%, 98%, and 92% of urban and rural residents respectively, allowing urban and rural residents to share the fruits of development. The cultural tourism and health care-driven project deeply explores ecological and cultural advantages, and creates three demonstration corridors: Yunjin Taihang, Oriental Ancient Castle, and Urban-Rural Integration, basically forming a development pattern of "one belt, one rhyme, and each with its own characteristics." The special and superior industry efficiency enhancement project has built a million-mu forsythia base, accelerated the promotion of bee industry enrichment and other projects, and the "6+3" special and superior industries have been fully upgraded, exploring and forming "10 models" for expanding the village-level collective economy and "6 mechanisms" for linking farmers and benefiting farmers, allowing farmers to deeply integrate into the industrial chain and achieve income increase and enrichment in industrial development. In 2024, nearly 2/5 of the village collective economic income in Jincheng City exceeded 1 million yuan, 3/5 exceeded 500,000 yuan, and 4/5 exceeded 300,000 yuan, and the farmers' "money bags" are getting bigger and bigger, and the confidence in getting rich is getting stronger and stronger.
New Ecology: Green Development Protects Green Waters and Green Mountains
Green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. Jincheng firmly practices the concept of green development, always puts ecological protection in a prominent position, consolidates and expands the results of pollution prevention and control with higher standards, promotes ecological restoration and governance with more practical measures, promotes green and low-carbon development with stricter requirements, and protects Jincheng's green waters and green mountains with systematic measures, making green the most distinctive background color of high-quality development.
Precise efforts in pollution prevention and control, building a "protective net" for ecological security. Jincheng has made great efforts to grasp the precise governance of industrial sources and the refined management and control of social sources. In 2024, the number of days with excellent air quality reached 259, a record high, and for the first time, there was no heavily polluted weather throughout the year. It has deeply promoted the "One Clear Water into the Yellow River" ecological protection project, and completed the rural domestic sewage treatment project and the rural black and odorous water body treatment pilot project along the Qin River (沁河) and Dan River (丹河) with high quality. At the same time, it has accelerated the construction of a "waste-free city" and achieved a 100% safe utilization rate of polluted arable land and construction land, making the sky bluer, the mountains greener, and the water clearer.
Continuous efforts in ecological restoration, brightening the "high appearance" of ecological livability. Comprehensively implement the river chief system and the forest chief system, and deeply implement the three-year action of ecological restoration and governance and ecological greening quality improvement, making the land of Jincheng full of greenery. Today, the city's forest coverage rate has reached 40.3%, the green area rate in the built-up area has reached 43.87%, the green coverage rate has reached 47.5%, and the per capita park green area has reached 18.81 square meters. All four indicators rank first in the province, and an ecologically livable city with "green views when opening windows and parks when going out" has taken shape.
The green and low-carbon transformation is advancing in depth, activating new momentum for sustainable development. Jincheng has always taken the "dual carbon" goal as the guide, solidly carried out the "Ten Actions" of carbon peaking, and continued to deepen the construction of the national low-carbon city pilot. In 2024, the energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP in Jincheng City decreased by 3.8% year-on-year, and the cumulative decrease in 5 years was more than 20%.
From the "intelligent manufacturing light" of new quality productive forces to the "poetry and distance" of cultural tourism and health care, from the "ice-breaking momentum" of reform and tackling key problems to the "common prosperity road" of comprehensive rural revitalization, from the "ecological answer sheet" of green waters and green mountains to the "Jincheng practice" of high-quality development, this former resource-based city is writing a magnificent chapter of high-quality development in the new era with a spirit of endeavor, an attitude of innovation, and the power of transformation.
Data source: Propaganda Department of the Jincheng Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共晋城市委宣传部)
Return to TopAt the foot of the Taihang Mountains, on the banks of the Dan River and Qin River, a city with a long history and full of vitality is forging ahead with high spirits on the journey of high-quality development. Jincheng City (晋城市), Shanxi Province, is known as the "eastern screen of Hedong, the throat of the Central Plains, and the gateway of the Three Jins." It is rich in resources and was once famous as the "home of coal and iron." In recent years, facing the major issue of the transformation of resource-based cities, Jincheng has not been afraid of difficulties and has bravely embarked on a new path, cultivating new momentum and reshaping new advantages. It has made comprehensive efforts in the fields of reform and innovation development, industrial transformation and upgrading, in-depth integration of culture and tourism, comprehensive rural revitalization, and ecological environment governance, writing a "Jincheng answer sheet" full of resilience and vitality.
New Momentum: New Quality Productive Forces Activate Transformation Potential
Jincheng's transformation path is not a simple "de-coalification," but rather using technological innovation as an engine to promote the industry to leap towards high-end, intelligent, and green development.
Jincheng uses new quality productive forces to activate transformation potential, cultivating a number of industrial clusters with national influence. It is making every effort to build a 100 billion-level optoelectronic industry cluster. The average annual growth rate of the industry's output value in the past four years has been 42%, reaching 70 billion yuan in 2024, and it is expected to achieve the 100 billion-level goal this year. The semiconductor composite substrate project continues to expand mass production, and flexible nanocomposite material products are about to be launched. The national science and technology innovation 2030 "Quantum Communication System Core Quantum Devices" major project has been launched. Major events such as the National Semiconductor Vacuum Science Instrument and the 3rd Antimonide Semiconductor and Optoelectronic System Integration Technology Conference were held, and the popularity and influence of Jincheng's optoelectronic industry continue to increase.
At the same time, Jincheng is accelerating the development of the entire coalbed methane industry chain, insisting on taking coalbed methane as the top priority for building a leading city in the energy revolution, and striving to build a demonstration base for the national coalbed methane industry. Jincheng's coalbed methane production and increment have remained the first in Shanxi Province for five consecutive years. The gas storage and peak shaving capacity has been increased to 250 million cubic meters, and the gasification rate of urban and rural residents has reached more than 97%. Resource advantages are being transformed into tangible development advantages.
With the empowerment of digital and intelligent technologies, Jincheng's traditional industries are "old trees sprouting new branches," and new quality productive forces are "new branches bearing rich fruits." Among the 72 kinds of industrial products listed in the city, 36 kinds have the characteristics of high technology, high efficiency, and high quality. Jincheng gives full play to the "ballast stone" role of coal. The proportion of advanced coal production capacity reaches 97%, and the intelligent transformation of all 98 coal mines has started. It is accelerating the upgrading of steel for construction to steel for equipment and traditional carbon steel to silicon steel, realizing a doubling of product added value. It is accelerating the innovative agglomeration of the foundry industry, continuously deepening the construction of six major foundry industrial parks, and striving to build a complete industrial chain of "precision castings - key components - complete machine manufacturing."
New Picture Scroll: Cultural Tourism and Health Care Brighten the City's Name Card
Jincheng insists on cultivating the cultural tourism and health care industry into a pillar industry, a people's livelihood industry, and a happiness industry. It was named one of the top 20 cities in China for sustainable development capacity in health care and a climate-suitable city in China, and was selected as the 46th in the top 100 of China's health care cities list in 2025. In the first three quarters of 2025, Jincheng's 64 A-level tourist attractions received 15.9767 million tourists, realizing ticket revenue of 261 million yuan and tourism operating income of 540 million yuan, year-on-year increases of 34.17%, 60.90%, and 34.43% respectively. The popularity of cultural tourism consumption continues to rise.
From planning and design, service quality improvement to brand shaping, Jincheng is using cultural tourism and health care as a pen to draw a picture of urban development that integrates ecology and humanities, and promotes development and benefiting the people.
Jincheng has a citywide layout of "one core, two rings, two belts, and multiple areas" for cultural tourism and health care space, and is committed to building a nationally renowned cultural tourism and health care city, creating a 396-square-kilometer ecological circle around the city, a 582-kilometer Taihang No. 1 Health Care Ring, and building Qin River and Dan River cultural tourism and health care demonstration belts. With large scenic spots as the driving force, it will develop a number of high-level, composite, and characteristic cultural tourism and health care integration development areas in accordance with local conditions.
In terms of product supply, Jincheng is constantly enriching the "demonstration zone + large scenic spot + hundred villages and hundred courtyards + boutique routes" system. Here, tourists can enjoy tranquility and leisure in the Fengcheng Health Care Demonstration Zone, and feel the majestic mountains in the Taihang Mountain Wangmangling Scenic Area (太行山王莽岭景区), a national-level tourist resort. They can touch the historical vicissitudes in the ancient Taihang castles, and drive on the Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway to feel the convenience and romance of "city-scenic spot connection, scenic spot-scenic spot connection."
In terms of service improvement, Jincheng has implemented the "A-level Tourist Attraction Doubling Plan." In the past five years, the number of A-level tourist attractions has increased from 27 to 64, and 5 new 4A-level tourist attractions have been added. It has formulated and issued local standards such as the "Taihang Family Health Care Village Construction Service and Management" to promote the standardization, standardization, and institutionalization of cultural tourism and health care services. It has jointly established a cultural tourism and health care city alliance with 23 cities in 13 provinces, and successfully held five National Health Care Industry Development Conferences, continuously promoting the "Oriental Ancient Castle, Human Jincheng, Yunjin Taihang, Poetic Jincheng" brand.
New Engine: Reform and Innovation Release Development Vitality
The key to development lies in reform and innovation. Jincheng always regards high-quality development as the primary task, and makes coordinated efforts in four dimensions: business environment, key reforms, innovation ecology, and opening up to the outside world, playing a set of precise and powerful "combined punches" to make the development momentum continue to be abundant.
From 2022 to 2024, Jincheng was rated as "excellent" in the province's business environment assessment, and the goal of creating the best business environment in the province and a first-class business environment in the country is accelerating to become a reality. Deepen the "commitment system + standard land + full agency" reform to allow projects to land at "Jincheng speed," continuously polish the "Jin Xin Service" brand, and exchange government services for the satisfaction of enterprises and the masses. In addition, Jincheng continues to deepen key reforms, issuing 46 reform measures in 12 aspects, and 68 provincial-level and above reform pilots are being steadily promoted. A number of tasks such as forestry reform and development, standardized management of rural homesteads, and the implementation of personal pensions are at the forefront of the country, and the reform dividends continue to be released.
Jincheng vigorously implements the innovation-driven strategy, promotes the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, and capital chain, and technological innovation has become the main engine of transformation and development. In the past four years, investment in scientific research and experimental development has continued to increase, the number of high-tech enterprises has reached 211, and the cluster of innovation entities has accelerated its growth. The construction of the "Jin Chuang Valley·Jincheng" innovation-driven platform has continued to deepen, and the provincial-level small and micro enterprise innovation and entrepreneurship bases have achieved full coverage of counties, and the supporting role of innovation platforms has been continuously enhanced, providing solid scientific and technological support for industrial transformation and upgrading.
In recent years, Jincheng has continuously improved the level of opening up to the outside world, continued to deepen the construction of international friendship cities, and the "circle of friends" for exchanges and interactions has continued to expand. Transportation channels have continued to be smooth, and the location advantages have become more prominent. The development of foreign trade is strong. In 2024, the actual use of foreign capital was 213 million US dollars, ranking first in Shanxi Province, and the level of the open economy has steadily increased.
New Pastoral: Comprehensive Rural Revitalization Depicts a New Scene of Common Prosperity
Rural revitalization leads to overall revitalization. Jincheng insists on learning from and applying the experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration Project" as a guide, making flexible use of "6 experiences and practices" such as high-level organizational promotion and overall planning and layout. With more than 880 key projects with a total investment of over 100 billion yuan as support, it promotes comprehensive rural revitalization. A pastoral picture of a livable, workable, and beautiful countryside is slowly unfolding in the land of Jincheng.
Overall planning, precise efforts, and outlining the "roadmap" for comprehensive rural revitalization. Jincheng constructs a citywide layout of "one ring and two belts, five fingers into fists, hundreds of villages with boutiques, and thousands of villages with common prosperity," formulates overall plans and annual action plans, and clarifies the goals of building more than 200 boutique demonstration villages and more than 1,000 upgraded villages by 2027, so that comprehensive rural revitalization has direction, path, and grasp. At present, 139 boutique demonstration villages and 575 upgraded villages have been built, and 20 characteristic areas have been upgraded simultaneously, accelerating the construction of livable, workable, and beautiful villages.
The "Four Major Projects" consolidate the foundation and activate the endogenous power of rural development. Jincheng takes the star-level management system as a starting point and continuously improves the rural living environment. In recent years, the proportion of administrative villages with three stars or above has reached 79%, and the popularization rate of toilets, the treatment rate of rural domestic sewage, and the coverage rate of garbage collection and transportation in natural villages have reached 89.6%, 55.8%, and 98.3% respectively. The "appearance" and "temperament" of the countryside have been improved simultaneously. The demonstration project of urban-rural integrated development continues to advance, and the integration of infrastructure and the equalization of public services have achieved results. The "Gasification of Jincheng," "Large Water Network," and "Clean Heating" projects cover 97%, 98%, and 92% of urban and rural residents respectively, allowing urban and rural residents to share the fruits of development. The cultural tourism and health care-driven project deeply explores ecological and cultural advantages, and creates three demonstration corridors: Yunjin Taihang, Oriental Ancient Castle, and Urban-Rural Integration, basically forming a development pattern of "one belt with one charm, each with its own characteristics." The special and high-quality industry efficiency enhancement project has built a million-mu forsythia base, accelerated the promotion of bee industry enrichment projects, and comprehensively upgraded the "6+3" special and high-quality industries, exploring the formation of "10 models" for expanding the village-level collective economy and "6 mechanisms" for linking farmers and benefiting farmers, allowing farmers to deeply integrate into the industrial chain and achieve income increase and prosperity in industrial development. In 2024, nearly 2/5 of the village collective economic income in Jincheng City exceeded 1 million yuan, 3/5 exceeded 500,000 yuan, and 4/5 exceeded 300,000 yuan. The "money bags" of farmers are getting richer and richer, and the confidence in getting rich is getting stronger and stronger.
New Ecology: Green Development Protects Green Waters and Green Mountains
Green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains. Jincheng firmly practices the concept of green development, always puts ecological protection in a prominent position, consolidates and expands the results of pollution prevention and control with higher standards, promotes ecological restoration and governance with more practical measures, promotes green and low-carbon development with stricter requirements, and protects Jincheng's green waters and green mountains with systematic measures, making green the most distinctive background color of high-quality development.
Precise efforts in pollution prevention and control, building a "protective net" for ecological security. Jincheng vigorously grasps the precise governance of industrial sources and the refined management and control of social sources. In 2024, the number of days with excellent air quality reached 259, a record high, and for the first time, there was no heavily polluted weather throughout the year. It deeply promoted the "One Clear Water into the Yellow River" ecological protection project, and completed the rural domestic sewage treatment project and the pilot project of rural black and odorous water body treatment along the Qin River and Dan River with high quality. At the same time, it accelerated the construction of a "waste-free city" and achieved a 100% safe utilization rate of contaminated arable land and construction land, making the sky bluer, the mountains greener, and the water clearer.
Continuous efforts in ecological restoration, brightening the "high appearance" of ecological livability. Comprehensively implement the river chief system and the forest chief system, and deeply implement the three-year action plan for ecological restoration and governance and ecological greening quality improvement, making the land of Jincheng full of greenery. Today, the city's forest coverage rate reaches 40.3%, the green space rate in the built-up area reaches 43.87%, the green coverage rate reaches 47.5%, and the per capita park green space area reaches 18.81 square meters. All four indicators rank first in the province, and an ecologically livable city with "green views from the window and parks at the doorstep" has taken shape.
The green and low-carbon transformation is advancing in depth, activating new momentum for sustainable development. Jincheng always takes the "dual carbon" goal as the guide, solidly carries out the "Ten Actions" of carbon peaking, and continues to deepen the construction of the national low-carbon city pilot. In 2024, the energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP in Jincheng City decreased by 3.8% year-on-year, and cumulatively decreased by more than 20% in 5 years.
From the "intelligent manufacturing light" of new quality productive forces to the "poetry and distance" of cultural tourism and health care, from the "ice-breaking momentum" of reform and tackling tough problems to the "common prosperity road" of comprehensive rural revitalization, from the "ecological answer sheet" of green waters and green mountains to the "Jincheng practice" of high-quality development, this former resource-based city is writing a magnificent chapter of high-quality development in the new era with a spirit of endeavor, an innovative attitude, and the power of transformation.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Jincheng Municipal Committee (中共晋城市委宣传部)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 牛瑞飞
The European Union (欧盟) recently made its first "non-compliance decision" based on the Digital Services Act (《数字服务法案》), determining that the social media platform X, owned by American entrepreneur Elon Musk (马斯克), violated regulations regarding transparency and other aspects, and fined it 120 million euros. This move has triggered a strong reaction from the United States. The White House stated that if the EU continues to penalize American technology companies, the United States will impose additional tariffs on the EU.
On December 18, 2023, the European Commission (欧盟委员会) launched an investigation into the social media company X, which was the first formal investigation procedure initiated under the Digital Services Act (《数字服务法案》). The investigation focuses on whether the measures taken by X to curb the spread of illegal content and respond to information manipulation are effective. The relevant investigation is still ongoing.
According to a recent bulletin released by the EU, X's violations include: "Blue checkmarks" can be obtained through payment, which is misleading to users in terms of interface design; the advertising library is non-compliant in terms of transparency and accessibility; and the platform's public data access permissions have not been opened to qualified researchers as required. The European Commission (欧盟委员会) decided to impose fines of 45 million euros, 35 million euros, and 40 million euros respectively for the above three violations.
The bulletin stated that X must inform the European Commission (欧委会) within 60 working days of the specific measures it plans to take to terminate the violations related to "Blue checkmarks," and submit an action plan to the European Commission (欧委会) within 90 working days, listing the necessary measures to correct issues involving the advertising library and researchers' access to public data.
After the bulletin was released, Musk (马斯克) posted on the X platform, criticizing the EU's fine decision. The U.S. government also condemned the EU, believing that EU regulatory regulations are unfair to American technology companies. Hanna Virkunen, the European Commission (欧委会) Executive Vice President responsible for technological sovereignty and other affairs, believes that the EU's penalty decision is only related to the transparency of the X platform, and that the current fine amount is commensurate with the degree of violation relative to the user scale of the X platform. Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission (欧委会) Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, said that EU digital regulatory regulations "are not aimed at American companies." He said that as long as they operate in the EU single market, they must comply with the same standards.
In recent years, the EU has promoted the Digital Services Act (《数字服务法案》), the Digital Markets Act (《数字市场法案》), and other digital regulatory regulations into a comprehensive implementation phase. Since the beginning of this year, the EU has launched a series of law enforcement actions against American digital companies based on these two laws. In September, the EU fined Google (谷歌) 2.95 billion euros for antitrust violations, alleging that its behavior in the advertising field was illegal, and required it to submit a rectification plan. In October, the European Commission (欧委会) preliminarily determined that Meta (元宇宙平台公司) failed to provide researchers with sufficient access to public data, and that its Facebook (脸书) and Instagram (照片墙) also violated relevant obligations. In November, the European Commission (欧委会) announced a new round of investigation procedures against Google (谷歌) to review whether its search results are fair to the media industry.
Recently, the European Commission (欧委会) also launched assessments of Amazon (亚马逊公司) and Microsoft (微软公司) to determine whether they are "gatekeepers" of cloud computing services. If they are identified as "gatekeepers," the EU can legally conduct market investigations and sanction violations. Google (谷歌), Amazon (亚马逊公司), and others have stated that they disagree with the EU's relevant rulings and will appeal.
Currently, the digital regulatory friction between Europe and the United States has extended to traditional trade areas such as steel and aluminum. In November of this year, at a meeting of EU member state trade ministers held in Brussels (布鲁塞尔), Belgium (比利时), U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (卢特尼克) directly linked the reduction of steel and aluminum tariffs to the EU's regulatory approach to the technology industry, stating that if the EU does not make "substantial adjustments" to digital regulatory rules, the United States may restore or maintain high tariffs on EU steel and aluminum products. The EU criticized the United States' move as "blackmail," saying that digital regulatory regulations are a matter of sovereignty and cannot be challenged. Šefčovič said that the EU will not accept digital legislation as a bargaining chip for trade.
Observers believe that the contradictions between Europe and the United States surrounding digital regulation have been intensifying in recent years, and behind the huge fines is a struggle between the two sides for digital sovereignty. The EU has been under multiple impacts caused by the expansion of American digital giants, and emphasizes that it is necessary to strengthen EU digital sovereignty in a self-determined and open manner. In order to maintain its global digital industry hegemony, the United States has repeatedly accused EU digital regulation of being unfair to American technology companies. Just before the EU issued a huge fine to the X platform, the U.S. government released the latest version of its National Security Strategy Report, stating that Europe challenges the "America First" strategy in areas such as digital regulation and market opening. Many media outlets analyze that, judging from this report, the digital regulatory dispute is only one of the prominent contradictions between Europe and the United States, reflecting a deeper trend of changes in transatlantic relations. Perhaps, as European Council President António Costa (科斯塔) said, the differences in worldviews between Europe and the United States are widening, and "Europe must achieve sovereign autonomy."
(Reported from Brussels (布鲁塞尔) on December 23 by this newspaper)
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On December 19, the Bank of Japan announced an increase in the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, the highest level since 1995. The Bank of Japan also stated that if economic and price conditions permit, it will continue to promote interest rate hikes in 2026. This policy adjustment, regarded as "historic," aims to cope with persistently high inflation and stabilize the weak exchange rate of the Japanese yen, but the market reaction has been quite lukewarm—on the day of the interest rate hike, the exchange rate of the yen against the US dollar continued to fall, and the downward trend has not changed. This situation reflects the deep contradictions and structural difficulties facing Japan's macroeconomic policies.
Currently, Japan is experiencing inflationary pressures unseen for many years. In November, Japan's core consumer price index (CPI), excluding fresh food, rose 3.0% year-on-year, marking the 51st consecutive month of year-on-year increase. Taking rice as an example, prices have continued to rise for three years, and this year there has even been a nationwide supply shortage. Although nominal wages have repeatedly reached new highs in recent years, real wages have continued to decline due to inflation. In 2024, nominal wage growth was 2.8%, while real wage growth was -0.3%. The shrinking of residents' real income has led to continued sluggish household consumption. Domestic demand accounts for nearly 60% of Japan's GDP, and its weakness has become the main reason for dragging down economic growth. At the same time, in order to cope with imported inflation, the Japanese government has implemented multiple large-scale foreign exchange interventions since 2022, using a cumulative total of more than 24.5 trillion yen (approximately 157 yen per US dollar). However, due to the large interest rate differential with the United States and Europe, the depreciation trend of the yen is difficult to reverse. Against this background, the Japanese government finally agreed to the central bank's interest rate hike, both to alleviate the huge pressure on domestic people's livelihoods and partly out of consideration for the US demands—US Treasury Secretary Bessenet had repeatedly urged Japan to exit its ultra-loose monetary policy.
However, the interest rate hike did not produce the expected results. The primary reason is that even if Japan's policy interest rate rises to 0.75%, considering the November CPI increase, the real interest rate is still negative. The US federal funds rate target range is still at 3.5%-3.75%, and the actual interest rate differential between Japan and the United States is still significant, which makes arbitrage trading (borrowing low-interest yen to invest in high-yield assets) continue to prevail. The Bank for International Settlements estimates that the scale of related funds in 2024 is as high as 40 trillion yen, which continues to suppress the yen exchange rate. Secondly, fiscal and monetary policies are mutually contradictory, forming an offsetting effect. Just before the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike, the Japanese Diet passed the supplementary budget案 for fiscal year 2025 on December 16, with a scale of 18.3 trillion yen, a new high since the pandemic; the draft budget for fiscal year 2026 is expected to exceed 120 trillion yen. The current supply-demand gap in Japan is positive (that is, the state of supply exceeding demand), and stimulating demand will only further exacerbate inflation.
A deeper problem is that structural shortcomings have weakened market confidence in the Japanese economy. At present, several major hidden worries of the Japanese economy are becoming increasingly prominent: First, the trade balance has been in deficit for four consecutive years, with a deficit of 5.2 trillion yen in fiscal year 2024; second, overseas profits are mostly used for overseas reinvestment, and rarely flow back to the local area; third, the outlook for service receipts is worrying. Due to Japan's weakness in digital technology, the digital trade deficit is rapidly expanding. The surplus advantage in tourism is also feared to be unsustainable.
This interest rate hike may further accelerate risk exposure. The first to bear the brunt are small and medium-sized enterprises—the rising cost of financing coupled with the pressure of wage increases may trigger a new round of bankruptcies. Secondly, the burden on mortgage families has increased. As of the end of 2024, Japan's outstanding personal housing loans amounted to 227 trillion yen, and rising interest rates will directly squeeze household disposable income. More serious is the fiscal sustainability crisis. By the end of this year, Japan's total government debt is expected to exceed 1,450 trillion yen, accounting for 229% of GDP, far exceeding other developed countries. Interest expenditure on national debt in fiscal year 2024 has reached 7.9 trillion yen. If long-term interest rates rise by another 0.5 percentage points, the pressure on interest expenditure and fiscal space will further increase. In addition, the current balance sheet size of the Bank of Japan is close to 130% of GDP. The Bank of Japan frankly stated that reducing its holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) alone "may take a century." Its path to normalizing monetary policy is long and difficult.
The Bank of Japan's "historic interest rate hike" is ostensibly a shift in monetary policy, but in reality, it once again reflects its deep imbalances in inflation governance, fiscal discipline, and structural reform. If it cannot coordinate macroeconomic policies, promote industrial upgrading, and rebuild market confidence, relying solely on interest rate hikes will not only fail to curb the depreciation of the yen, but may instead trigger greater risks. Against the background of rising global economic uncertainty, the movement of Japan's economic "gray rhino" is worthy of high attention.
(The author is a professor at the Center for World Modern and Contemporary History at Nankai University (南开大学) and Vice Dean of the Institute of Japanese Studies (日本研究院))
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (阿尔巴尼斯) recently held a press conference in the capital, Canberra (堪培拉), announcing the launch of a nationwide gun buyback program. According to the plan, the Australian Federal Government will promote special legislation to support the gun buyback, with related expenses shared by the federal and local governments. The Federal Police (联邦警察) will be responsible for counting, registering, and destroying the recovered firearms. This is the largest gun control measure implemented in the country since the 1996 Port Arthur (亚瑟港) massacre in Tasmania (塔斯马尼亚州).
Albanese (阿尔巴尼斯) stated that this gun buyback program is a response to the Bondi Beach (邦迪滩) shooting in Sydney (悉尼), and the government will take practical actions to close security loopholes. On December 14, a large-scale shooting occurred at Bondi Beach (邦迪滩) in Sydney (悉尼), resulting in the deaths of 16 people, including one suspect. This is the deadliest shooting in Australia (澳大利亚) since the Port Arthur (亚瑟港) massacre in Tasmania (塔斯马尼亚州) that killed 35 people. An investigation by the Australian National Intelligence Agency (澳国家情报局) confirmed that the suspect in the incident was driven by the ideology of the extremist group "Islamic State," and the six guns he possessed were all legally registered, raising public concerns about the country's gun management system.
Data shows that the number of legally held firearms by civilians in Australia (澳大利亚) has now exceeded 4 million, an increase of approximately 25% since the implementation of gun control policies in 1996. Among them, New South Wales (新南威尔士州), where Bondi Beach (邦迪滩) is located, has the highest number of firearms in the country, with over 1.21 million registered firearms. One in 33 people has a gun license, and some individuals have more than 100 firearms registered in their name. Bronny, vice chairman of the Gun Control Australia (澳大利亚枪支管制协会), stated that the shooting reflects defects in the issuance of gun licenses and risk assessments. The principle established in 1996 that "each additional gun should be subject to stricter review" has not been effectively implemented, and the gun management system has gradually weakened in practice.
Former Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (乔什·弗莱登伯格) stated at a memorial event following the Bondi Beach (邦迪滩) shooting that the shooting was a major trauma in the nation's history, calling on the government to take strong measures to eliminate the breeding ground for extremist ideologies and the hidden dangers of gun proliferation. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (黄英贤) stated that the government will consider various measures to prevent violence and eliminate hatred, and unite all sectors of society to form a reform force. On social media, while expressing grief, the public generally called on the government to take this incident as a lesson and introduce practical and effective gun control measures.
To further improve gun control, the Australian Federal (澳大利亚联邦) and local governments have reached several consensuses. In addition to the gun buyback program, the government will also accelerate the construction of a unified national gun registration system, clarify the upper limit on the number of guns an individual can own, tighten the approval of legal weapon types, and explore making Australian citizenship a prerequisite for applying for a gun license. At the same time, it will launch a renegotiation of the 1996 National Firearms Agreement (《国家枪支协议》) to ensure that it adapts to the current security environment. New South Wales (新南威尔士州), as the region with the highest number of firearms, has launched a local reform plan, focusing on strengthening gun classification review, strictly managing licenses, and canceling the right to appeal after a gun license is revoked. The state's Premier Chris Minns (克里斯·明斯) stated that he will accelerate the implementation of the reforms.
Return to TopFrom the transformation of Shibadong Village (十八洞村), the birthplace of targeted poverty alleviation, to the comprehensive revitalization of contiguous villages; from the blossoming of distinctive industries everywhere to the all-encompassing breakthrough of cultural and tourism integration... During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州) in Hunan Province has adhered to consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting them with rural revitalization, painting a beautiful picture of industrial prosperity, beautiful countryside, and wealthy farmers in the Wuling Mountains (武陵山区).
Consolidating Achievements: Safeguarding the Bottom Line of Preventing Large-Scale Return to Poverty
This year is the final year of the 5-year transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting them with rural revitalization. The primary task of the transition period is to ensure that poverty alleviation achievements are stable and secure. Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) has implemented the "Six Looks and Six Checks" ("六看六查") and "Six Ones" ("六个一") working methods, and established an integrated monitoring and early warning mechanism of "farmers' self-declaration, cadre visits and investigations, and departmental data screening," comprehensively building a dynamic monitoring network to prevent return to poverty. A special assistance fund for preventing return to poverty has been established to continuously consolidate and improve the level of people's livelihood security in education, medical care, housing, and safe drinking water. Through precise assistance, nearly 19,000 households and 63,000 people have steadily eliminated the risk of returning to poverty.
Adhering to the concept of "development-oriented assistance," broadening the channels for increasing people's income, and taking industry and employment as the fundamental way out, various assistance projects have been implemented, and the "three more and three less" ("三多三少") incentive mechanism has been implemented. Two-thirds of the people who have been lifted out of poverty in the prefecture rely on industry to achieve stable income growth. In the first three quarters of this year, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the prefecture increased by 6.6% year-on-year. A "labor brand + assistance workshop + public welfare post" employment assistance system has been built, and the scale of employment of people lifted out of poverty has stabilized at around 300,000, with a cumulative training of more than 30,000 skilled personnel. A total of more than 1,100 resident village work teams and 3,400 resident village cadres have been selected and dispatched throughout the prefecture, achieving full coverage of resident village assistance in poverty-stricken villages and resettlement areas for relocated people.
Strengthening the Industrial Base: Forging a Characteristic Engine for Strengthening Villages and Enriching the People
Industrial revitalization is the top priority of comprehensive rural revitalization. Based on mountainous resources, Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) has established an industrial development guidance fund, focusing on cultivating seven rural characteristic industries for enriching the people, such as tea, traditional Chinese medicine, and characteristic breeding, injecting strong impetus into comprehensive rural revitalization.
Baojing County (保靖县) is the main producing area of Golden Tea. The Golden Tea garden is an important carrier for the development of rural characteristic industries for enriching the people in Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州). At present, the prefecture has 910,000 mu of tea plantations, with a comprehensive output value of nearly 10 billion yuan. Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) has been awarded the title of "China's Ecological Golden Tea Capital" by the Tea Science Society of China (中国茶叶学会).
Brand building and technological empowerment go hand in hand. Fifteen regional public brands such as "Xiangxi Xiangban" ("湘西香伴") and "Xiangxi Yellow Cattle" ("湘西黄牛") have been created, and the construction of the Xiangxi Branch of the Yuelu Mountain Seed Industry Innovation Center (岳麓山种业创新中心湘西分中心) has been promoted. Science and technology commissioners go deep into the fields to provide "on-demand" services. As of now, Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) has cultivated 4 national key leading enterprises and 43 provincial leading enterprises, promoting the upgrading of agriculture from the production link to the entire industrial chain.
Joint Construction of Areas: Creating a Demonstration Model of Coordinated Revitalization
Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) adheres to the integrated planning of villages, the integrated investment of resources, the integrated development of industries, and the integrated improvement of the environment, actively exploring new paths for comprehensive rural revitalization, and striving to build a "pioneer area for comprehensive rural revitalization in poverty-stricken areas."
At present, Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) is taking the development of the Shibadong area (十八洞片区) as a leader, promoting the construction of 10 comprehensive rural revitalization areas, such as the "Hundred-Li Tea Corridor Integrated Development" in Aikuo, Jishou City (吉首市和美隘口“百里茶廊融合发展”), the "Beautiful Water Village" in the Yuan River Basin, Luxi County (泸溪县沅水流域“水美乡村”), and the "Harmonious and Common Prosperity" in Changbutang, Fenghuang County (凤凰县菖蒲塘“和美共富”). The Shibadong area (十八洞片区) has been listed as a key provincial area, Shibadong Village (十八洞村) has been selected as one of the "Top Ten Cases of Cultural and Tourism Empowerment for Rural Revitalization," Aikuo Village (隘口村) has been selected into the "2024 List of Recommended Beautiful Leisure Villages," and Ludongshan Town (吕洞山镇), Changbutang Village (菖蒲塘村), and others have been awarded the title of "National Civilized Villages and Towns."
At the same time, projects such as human settlement environment improvement and governance modernization are being implemented. Infrastructure such as drinking water, roads, and toilets in each area is continuously improved, the construction of villages is "enhanced" and "qualified," and activities such as village chef competitions, village evenings, village super football matches, and tea BA basketball matches are vigorously carried out, and the ability of village governance is effectively improved.
Cultural and Tourism Integration: Activating New Momentum for Comprehensive Rural Revitalization
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Xiangxi Prefecture (湘西州) took the "Mysterious Xiangxi" ("神秘湘西") brand as the leader, deeply integrating ecology, culture, and tourism, and transforming green waters and green mountains into golden mountains and silver mountains for comprehensive rural revitalization. In the first three quarters of 2025, the prefecture received 50,289,500 tourists, realizing a total tourism revenue of 54.91 billion yuan. Among them, the number of inbound tourists reached 247,000, with tourism spending of 87,000,080 US dollars, both with year-on-year increases of more than 20%.
In terms of brand shaping, the online popularity of the "Mysterious Xiangxi" ("神秘湘西") IP exceeded 10 billion, and Fenghuang Ancient City (凤凰古城) continues to refresh its tourism popularity. In terms of cultural inheritance, local regulations on intangible cultural heritage protection have been promulgated, and 81 villages have been included in the Chinese Traditional Village Digital Museum (中国传统村落数字博物馆). In terms of business format innovation, diversified business formats such as "travel photography + performance + festival" have extended the average stay of tourists from 2.1 days to 3.4 days. In terms of benefiting the people and sharing, the cultural and tourism industry directly drives the employment of more than 500,000 people.
The key to Xiangxi Prefecture's (湘西州) practice lies in four major paths: adhering to all-area linkage, stringing 46 A-level tourist attractions and 300 key villages into chains; strengthening the leverage of intangible cultural heritage, integrating 248 state-level and above intangible cultural heritage items such as dragon boat races and Xiangxi Tujia Maogusi Dance (湘西土家族毛古斯舞) into modern life; strengthening the leap of science and technology, and digital products such as the "Border Town" ("边城") light and shadow show rejuvenate culture; deepening industrial driving, through the "scenic spot driving village" model, developing more than 6,000 cultural and tourism business entities, allowing the masses to share the development dividends.
Data source: Propaganda Department of the CPC Xiangxi Prefecture Committee (中共湘西州委宣传部)
Return to TopIn 2025, the global wave of intelligentization is surging, and innovations in the field of artificial intelligence are showing a collective breakthrough trend. Language large models, multi-modal large models, and embodied intelligence are changing with each passing day, promoting the rapid development of artificial intelligence towards more efficient and intelligent directions. At the same time, the risks and challenges brought by artificial intelligence have aroused widespread concern. The international community needs to further consolidate consensus to ensure that artificial intelligence is utilized and controlled by humans, develops in a direction that is beneficial and inclusive to humanity, and becomes an international public good that benefits mankind. This issue invites four domestic and foreign experts to share their insights on strengthening global governance of artificial intelligence.
Xue Lan (薛澜) (Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University)
Thomas Gergely (Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Mathematical Institute, Honorary Professor of Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Anthony M. Munsami (Chief Director of the Department of Cooperative Governance, Gauteng Province, South Africa)
Inge von Beller (Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry Middle East)
Governance Deficit
Artificial intelligence spawns new intelligence divides, bringing multiple potential risks with global impact.
Xue Lan: Artificial intelligence is an important driving force for a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and is having a profound impact on global economic and social development and the progress of human civilization. Like all major human technological advances, artificial intelligence algorithms and models have the great potential to benefit everyone and can greatly promote the well-being of human society. At the same time, however, the rapid development of artificial intelligence is also creating new intelligence divides globally and bringing potential risks with global impact, such as misuse and abuse, and system failures. How to maximize benefits and minimize harms, and strengthen the risk governance of artificial intelligence while promoting its universal benefit and benevolence, has become a globally recognized governance challenge.
Although international organizations represented by the United Nations, multilateral mechanisms represented by the AI Safety Summit and the G20, major AI powers led by China and the United States, and multi-stakeholders such as multinational corporations and the scientific community are actively participating in and promoting global AI governance, the existing governance landscape as a whole is still fragmented, and a unified and effective governance system has not yet taken shape. Various international AI governance mechanisms mainly rely on "soft law" such as ethical norms, value guidelines, codes of conduct, self-regulatory commitments, policy guidelines, regulatory guidance, and technical standards, rather than internationally "hard law" with universal binding force, and have not developed sufficiently rich governance tools to meet different needs. Accelerating the construction of a more inclusive, effective, and forward-looking global AI governance framework has become a common task facing all countries in the world.
Thomas Gergely: With the rapid development of digital technologies, especially the widespread application of generative artificial intelligence, today's information space is gradually evolving from a passive response in the past to an autonomous economic and social force. This transformation allows artificial intelligence to deeply penetrate various fields such as production, services, healthcare, education, politics, and culture, not only profoundly affecting people's daily lives but also reshaping the global governance landscape. The importance of strengthening global AI governance and international cooperation is increasingly prominent. The development of artificial intelligence has the characteristics of being cross-border, cross-platform, and cross-industry. Once there is a lack of international coordination, countries may fall into situations such as "technology racing" and "model racing," easily neglecting safety checks, ethical assessments, and long-term impacts, thereby exacerbating technological risks.
Inge von Beller: Establishing a trusted, clearly regulated, and predictable regulatory environment is critical to the healthy development of artificial intelligence. Whether attending AI technology-related forums or communicating with companies from different countries, I can clearly feel that the demand for strengthening AI governance is becoming increasingly urgent. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) passed the "AI Charter" last year, proposing an ethical and operational AI governance framework. The European Union (EU) divides AI systems into prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk, and minimal-risk categories based on the degree of risk, and establishes a quarterly update mechanism based on the speed of technological iteration. To ensure that artificial intelligence truly becomes an international public good that benefits human society, all parties need to strengthen collaboration and jointly build a more fair and effective global AI governance system, further balancing development and responsibility, and promoting artificial intelligence to serve society in a safer, more inclusive, and sustainable manner.
Anthony M. Munsami: Developed countries have more say in AI governance due to historical accumulation and technological advantages, while the voices of countries in the Global South are still insufficient. The latest United Nations (UN) report shows that there are more than 60 global AI governance frameworks, but less than 1/5 originate from the Global South. Taking the "Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence" as an example, only 2 of the 22 founding members are from the Global South. The severe imbalance in decision-making power makes it difficult for many countries in the Global South, especially African countries, to participate in core agenda setting, and they often can only passively accept existing rules and frameworks.
In August of this year, the United Nations (UN) passed a resolution deciding to establish an International AI Scientific Group and a Global AI Governance Dialogue Mechanism, demonstrating the active demands of various countries to bridge the intelligence divide. Artificial intelligence has non-competitive and non-exclusive characteristics, and its influence and scope of benefits transcend national borders. It should be an international public good. China's introduction of the logic of good governance into the field of artificial intelligence, focusing on promoting the overall progress of human civilization, represents the correct direction for building an inclusive, healthy, and sustainable global AI governance system.
People-Oriented
Only by placing "people" at the core can artificial intelligence technology truly promote social progress.
Thomas Gergely: Faced with emerging challenges, how to systematically govern the information space dominated by artificial intelligence has become an important issue. Researchers in various countries generally believe that it is necessary to establish an AI governance framework that combines national and global levels, covering various aspects such as concepts, ethics, and laws, to ensure that the information environment is safe and orderly, and that artificial intelligence develops in the direction of enhancing public interests and improving people's well-being.
China has actively proposed principles and ideas for AI governance. In 2019, the "Beijing Consensus on Artificial Intelligence" proposed that the research and development, use, and governance of artificial intelligence should be beneficial to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and sustainable social development. In recent years, China has continued to promote global AI governance and the construction of an ethical system, emphasizing that artificial intelligence should adhere to promoting development, non-discrimination, and being people-oriented, and advocating that the governance framework should fully respect the different development stages and cultural backgrounds of various countries.
Anthony M. Munsami: Only by placing "people" at the core of global AI governance can artificial intelligence technology truly promote social progress and serve human development. China innovatively proposed "adhering to being people-oriented and intelligent for good," emphasizing that AI governance should conform to the common values of all mankind, providing constructive ideas and a new perspective for global AI governance. "Being people-oriented" is the essence of traditional Chinese culture, which is similar to the South African Ubuntu spirit that advocates "a person is a person through other people." Both emphasize that people are the cornerstone of society, and that people are interdependent and mutually successful, which can help global AI governance find key answers and governance ideas from the world's excellent traditional cultures.
Xue Lan: Global AI governance needs to adhere to the concept of "being people-oriented," the purpose of "intelligent for good," and the principle of "mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit" to ensure that all countries enjoy equal rights to develop and utilize artificial intelligence. Specifically, "being people-oriented" is the original intention of global AI governance. The ultimate goal of AI research and development and application is not the iteration of technology itself, but to serve the enhancement of the common well-being of mankind. If this value anchor is abandoned, the development of artificial intelligence may run counter to the original intention of technological innovation and be transformed into a tool that harms human rights.
"Intelligent for good" is the global AI governance goal that aligns with the common values of mankind. The special attributes of artificial intelligence make it transcend the scope of value-neutral technological tools. Its algorithm design, data training, application deployment, and other links inevitably embed human intentions, biases, and value judgments. Adhering to "intelligent for good" requires that AI development must always follow the common values of all mankind, including peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom, setting a value bottom line for global AI development.
"Mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit" is the inevitable path choice to achieve AI governance. Only by respecting the differences in cultural traditions, development stages, and ideologies of various countries, and allowing countries to choose different technological paths and governance models according to their own national conditions, is it possible to achieve collective action in global AI governance. Only by adhering to equality of rights, equality of opportunity, and equality of rules, and ensuring that all countries have equal rights to develop and utilize artificial intelligence, can we build a truly inclusive and sustainable global AI governance system.
Inge von Beller: In the Middle East, more and more companies and institutions have reached a consensus on global AI governance, that is, to be people-centered, beneficial to human well-being, and adhere to equality and mutual respect. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) "AI Charter" proposes that AI development should be based on a harmonious human-machine relationship to ensure that technological progress serves human well-being. Therefore, "intelligent for good" is both a concept and an operational principle, which can be implemented by improving productivity, improving public services, and creating employment. Given that the AI ecosystem is closely interconnected and transcends national borders from models, data, infrastructure, and talent, it is particularly important to build a governance system based on international collaboration.
Collaborative Governance
The United Nations should play a leading role, developed countries should assume more governance responsibilities, and countries need to deepen exchanges and cooperation.
Inge von Beller: AI governance cannot be completed by a single country or group; it must rely on genuine multilateral cooperation. International collaborative regulation is the pillar of safe and effective AI development and a way to ensure that the benefits of technology reach a wider range of people. Following global consensus and differentiated control based on risk is an innovative governance idea that is in line with the characteristics of AI technology. The legislation of various countries does not have to be completely consistent, but the frameworks need to be compatible with each other. Operable governance standards and regulatory tools need to be jointly explored, promoted, and widely accepted by governments, technicians, and scholars from various countries. All parties need to strengthen AI infrastructure, education, and knowledge sharing to ensure that all countries, especially developing countries, have fair access to computing power, talent, and safe models, so that all countries can effectively participate in and jointly shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Thomas Gergely: International collaborative regulation is an important part of strengthening global AI governance. Its fundamental purpose is to ensure that the development of AI technology always operates on a track that is ethical, legal, and enhances human well-being. To achieve this goal, regulation must be closely integrated with broader information space governance, covering institutional arrangements such as data ownership, information dissemination, and information commercialization, and actively guide artificial intelligence to serve the public interest through clear guidelines and dynamically updated technical standards, rather than being completely driven by geopolitical or commercial factors. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure the free flow of scientific knowledge to promote innovation, enhance transparency, and prevent technological monopolies.
The international community must strengthen cooperation and jointly commit to reaching a consensus on ethical rules in the field of AI governance. Even a preliminary and minimal common framework will play an important role in promoting international collaborative regulation and global governance of artificial intelligence. If there is a lack of consensus, countries may introduce conflicting rules, leading to the fragmentation of the global AI governance system.
Anthony M. Munsami: Data shows that 92% of global AI R&D investment is concentrated in North America, East Asia, and Europe, and the proportion of AI-related patents in Africa is less than 0.5%. Currently, the development of AI technology in Africa is still in its initial stage. Despite facing multiple challenges such as weak digital infrastructure, unstable power supply, and a shortage of AI talent, Africa has the youngest population structure in the world and the potential for rapid growth in the digital economy, and can become an important part of the global AI governance system.
The risks and benefits of artificial intelligence are global in nature. Strengthening global AI governance requires the United Nations (UN) to play a leading role, developed countries to shoulder more governance responsibilities, and countries to deepen exchanges and cooperation. I have noticed that China has proposed the establishment of a global AI coordination agency, the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, this year. From conceptual leadership to concrete implementation, China's promotion of openness and sharing, and intelligent equality, not only contributes wisdom to global AI governance but also injects important impetus into bridging the intelligence divide and promoting inclusive development.
Xue Lan: Building a fair, just, comprehensive, and balanced global AI governance system is related to the common development of all mankind. As the intergovernmental international organization with the greatest ability to coordinate different regional AI governance visions globally, the United Nations (UN) needs to further play its leading role in global AI governance, leading countries to form governance frameworks and standards with broad consensus. The international community should actively support dialogue and cooperation under the framework of the United Nations (UN) and its specialized agencies, and jointly negotiate, formulate, and update ethical guidelines and legal frameworks in the field of AI governance. Leading AI countries have a responsibility to make more contributions to global AI governance while enjoying the benefits of AI technology development.
China has proposed the "Global AI Governance Initiative," the "AI Capacity Building Inclusive Plan," the "AI Global Governance Action Plan," and the "'AI+' International Cooperation Initiative," and has promoted a series of pragmatic cooperation with capacity building as the starting point, and advocated the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, which has injected important impetus into strengthening the institutionalization of the AI capacity building mechanism and contributed key forces to global AI governance. The global development of artificial intelligence needs to build a governance ecology with diverse participation and collaborative governance, forming a situation in which international organizations, governments of various countries, enterprises, scientific research institutions, non-governmental organizations, and individual citizens participate together with the concept of joint consultation, joint construction, and sharing, and fully leverage the respective governance advantages of multiple stakeholders to solve the coordination failures and even conflicts caused by the "mechanism complex."
(Interview and compilation by Chen Shangwen (陈尚文), Yu Limin (禹丽敏), Zheng Xiang (郑翔), and Guan Kejiang (管克江), reporters of this newspaper, with Jared Alper of People's Daily Online participating in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 孔 君
Currently, the world is undergoing accelerated changes unseen in a century, and artificial intelligence (AI) technology is developing rapidly, becoming one of the important variables in global economic and social development. How to develop benevolent and inclusive AI and promote common prosperity is a common issue facing the international community. In 2023, President Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed the "Global AI Governance Initiative," which provides a blueprint and direction for global AI governance, and has significant historical and practical significance. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out that AI can be an international public good that benefits mankind. In recent years, China has taken the "Global AI Governance Initiative" as its fundamental guideline and actively led global AI governance.
AI is a comprehensive integration of various elements such as computing power, algorithms, and data. Innovative breakthroughs cannot be achieved without the joint support of the global industrial and innovation chains. Individual innovation is like a few sparks that are easily extinguished, while collective intelligence and collaboration can intertwine and ignite each other, triggering a prairie fire. In the current situation where unilateralism and protectionism are rampant, we must take the path of open cooperation and joint innovation, remove barriers that hinder the flow of production factors between countries, and continuously promote the iterative upgrading of AI technology. We should promote all parties to strengthen the alignment and coordination of development strategies, governance rules, and technical standards, and form a global governance framework with broad consensus as soon as possible to safeguard the healthy and orderly development of AI.
AI technology is quietly changing the Earth we all live on, triggering philosophical reflections on human civilization in the international community, and also expanding the connotation and extension of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. China is actively committed to providing international public goods in the field of AI, supporting the United Nations (UN) in establishing two mechanisms: the Global AI Governance Dialogue and the International AI Scientific Advisory Group. It is deeply involved in the governance processes under the frameworks of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Group of Twenty (G20), and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), promoting and advocating core concepts such as people-oriented, benevolent and inclusive, open source and open, and collaborative governance internationally. It calls for AI technology to always serve the progress of human civilization, and clearly opposes AI becoming a tool for pursuing absolute advantage and maintaining hegemony, and opposes unrestrained international competition, demonstrating distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner.
In July of this year, China held the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, and issued the "Global AI Governance Action Plan," singing the main theme of the intelligent era and global cooperation, which is in sharp contrast to the "U.S. Artificial Intelligence Action Plan" filled with Cold War zero-sum thinking. In September of this year, China proposed the "'AI+' International Cooperation Initiative" at the High-Level Meeting of the Global Development Initiative held during the United Nations General Assembly, expressing China's positive willingness to jointly use AI to empower thousands of industries with all parties. China is actively implementing the "AI Capacity Building Inclusive Plan," holding multiple AI capacity building workshops in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and other places, and holding multiple thematic dialogues at multilateral platforms of the United Nations (UN) in New York (纽约), Geneva (日内瓦), and other places, demonstrating China's commitment to its words and actions as a major country.
AI is a common wealth of all mankind and should not become a game for rich countries and rich people. This is the motto of China's leadership in global AI governance. As the largest developing country, China always stands on the right side of history and on the side of human civilization progress, calling for countries to share common interests, rights, and responsibilities. In July of this year, the Chinese government proposed the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. This is a major initiative by China to respond to the calls of the Global South and promote joint consultation, joint construction, and shared governance, sending a strong message to the international community that we want cooperation, not confrontation; unity, not division; and openness, not closure. The World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization carries the hallmark of a shared and beautiful future, which is conducive to promoting global AI governance and international cooperation. It is believed that it will write a colorful chapter in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
(The author is an international affairs observer)
Return to TopThe Central Economic Work Conference proposed to "adhere to innovation-driven development, and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new drivers of growth" and "build Beijing (京津冀), Shanghai (长三角), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area international science and technology innovation centers."
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is one of the important sources of power for high-quality economic development in China. Anchoring the forefront of science and technology, facing future development, and based on industrial applications... In recent years, the achievements of "Bay Area Manufacturing" have been fruitful. At present, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has formed a complete industrial system covering 31 major manufacturing categories, cultivated 9 trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters, and emerging and future industries such as new energy vehicles and artificial intelligence are booming here. A number of world-class enterprises with global competitiveness have emerged one after another. In the top 100 innovative clusters in the Global Innovation Index Report 2025 released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou" innovation cluster topped the world for the first time, fully confirming the global innovation influence of "Bay Area Manufacturing."
Where does the advantage of "Bay Area Manufacturing" come from? Where is the strength reflected? Recently, reporters from this newspaper went into the Greater Bay Area to find out.
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From a New Material to See the Synergy of Collaborative Innovation——
"High-Energy" Microcapsules, Accelerating Towards Mass Production
By Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹), reporter of this newspaper
"In a car engine, there are hundreds of bolts. How to keep them tight in long-term vibration?" Cui Junjie (崔俊杰), CEO of Guangzhou Zhiwei New Material Technology Co., Ltd., asked the reporter.
"The answer lies in the microcapsules." Cui Junjie (崔俊杰) told reporters that in a car engine, the moment the nut is tightened, the microcapsules coated on the bolts will rupture, releasing the locking components and instantly forming a solid adhesive layer.
The application of microcapsule technology is not limited to the automotive industry. "As a micro-container, it has a unique 'core-shell structure' and can release internal substances under specific conditions, bringing about changes in industrial production," said Cui Junjie (崔俊杰).
This cutting-edge technology comes from the team of Professor Yang Jinglei (杨晶磊) of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Initially, the team built a laboratory on the Clear Water Bay campus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to carry out research and engineering exploration. Later, due to the need for more space for engineering development, the team turned its attention to the mainland and came to the Fok Yingdong Research Institute of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Nansha District (南沙区), Guangzhou, and obtained key support for the industrial incubation stage such as site, project introduction, and financing convenience.
"At the Fok Yingdong Research Institute, there is good infrastructure support for scientific research. After the enterprise develops to a certain stage, investment institutions and business partners in the Greater Bay Area can provide external assistance such as funds and projects. Rooting in Guangzhou (广州) can also better face the mainland market and expand industrial layout." In Cui Junjie's (崔俊杰) view, the collaborative innovation of the Greater Bay Area provides complete ecological support for scientific research and entrepreneurship. "The automotive and semiconductor industries in the Greater Bay Area are developed, and downstream customers are concentrated. At present, our customers are mainly concentrated in the Greater Bay Area."
Last year, Zhiwei New Material completed tens of millions of yuan in financing and achieved mass production of several tons of microcapsules. "Next, the company plans to refine the practical products at hand first, and then build an intelligent general platform to allow microcapsule technology to show its skills in more fields such as home furnishing, health, and agriculture," Cui Junjie (崔俊杰) looked forward to.
A microcapsule reflects the surging momentum of collaborative innovation in the Greater Bay Area. A set of bright data demonstrates strength: Guangdong (广东) has laid out the construction of 10 national major science and technology infrastructure, of which the pilot start-up area of the Greater Bay Area Comprehensive National Science Center has built 5, built 2 national laboratories, 45 national key laboratories, and 33 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratories; the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou" innovation cluster has ranked among the top in the global innovation index for five consecutive years, and this year it jumped to the top of the world; as of June this year, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area had 817,000 valid invention patents, accounting for about 1/6 of the total in China.
At present, the Greater Bay Area is accelerating towards building an international science and technology innovation center with global influence with collaborative efforts.
From an Automotive Supply Chain to See Industrial Supporting Capabilities——
Accessories Can Arrive on the Same Day, Demand is Responded to Instantly
By Li Gang (李刚), reporter of this newspaper
For automobile companies, supporting capabilities directly affect production efficiency. In the Xiaopeng Motors (小鹏汽车) Guangdong Zhaoqing (肇庆) factory, the surrounding complete industrial support helps the company's development run at an accelerated pace.
Less than 2 kilometers from the factory is the body parts partner, Guangdong Bojun Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (广东博俊汽车零部件有限公司).
"In March 2023, a new Xiaopeng model was planned to be launched in the Zhaoqing (肇庆) factory. Bojun Company responded in a timely manner, invested in building a factory nearby, and successfully achieved mass production and stable supply in less than half a year." Liu Yongjie (刘永杰), vice president of Xiaopeng Motors (小鹏汽车) supply chain, told reporters that Bojun Company has supplied a total of 200,000 sets of body parts for this model alone. "Sometimes the production line needs are urgent and can arrive within half an hour. It only takes 1.5 hours to send it to Xiaopeng Motors (小鹏汽车) Guangzhou (广州) production base."
"Being close to the factory makes it convenient for us to respond to demand instantly, and product supply can generally be achieved on the same day," said Xin Yonghua (辛永华), the relevant person in charge of Guangdong Jiali Auto Lamp Co., Ltd. (广东嘉利车灯有限公司), a supplier of car lights for Xiaopeng Motors (小鹏汽车).
At present, Zhaoqing High-tech Zone (肇庆高新区), where the Xiaopeng Motors (小鹏汽车) Zhaoqing (肇庆) factory is located, has more than 100 new energy vehicle and auto parts companies, and a new industrial pattern of comprehensive development of complete vehicles, key auto parts, auto electronics, auto safety, auto lightweighting, charging facilities, and the auto aftermarket has initially formed. A new energy vehicle industrial cluster of "10,000 mu and 100 billion yuan" is beginning to take shape.
For new energy vehicles, "electrification" is the first half, and intelligent networking is the "second half." Entering the intelligent driving era, the focus of the supply chain is shifting from traditional parts to software, artificial intelligence, and technological innovation ecosystems.
"Upstairs and downstairs are upstream and downstream, and the industrial park is the industrial chain." In August of this year, Xiaopeng Science and Technology Park (小鹏科技园) was completed in Tianhe Smart City (天河智慧城), Guangzhou (广州), gathering 59 intelligent networked and new energy vehicle companies. "As a software supplier of Xiaopeng Motors (小鹏汽车), after we came to Smart City, testing equipment and analysis software can deeply participate in the entire process of new energy vehicle research and development, and better integrate with the main engine factory," said Hu Jian (胡建), executive deputy general manager of Guangzhou Zhiyuan Electronics Co., Ltd. (广州致远电子股份有限公司).
Looking at the entire Greater Bay Area, the powerful industrial cluster effect, leading charging infrastructure construction, and forward-looking policy support system jointly build a highly competitive automotive industry ecosystem. Hong Kong (香港), as an international financial, trade, and shipping center, plays an important role in promoting high-end service links and internationalization of the industry.
According to relevant officials from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (广东省工业和信息化厅), Guangdong (广东) not only has leading complete vehicle companies such as BYD (比亚迪), GAC (广汽), and Xiaopeng (小鹏), but also has cultivated and introduced key component companies such as Huawei (华为), Yuexin Semiconductor (粤芯半导体), and Enpai Battery (因湃电池), and has strong strength in batteries, motors, electronic control systems, intelligent cockpits, and autonomous driving solutions. Guangdong (广东) has formed a complete industrial chain covering the entire vehicle manufacturing, "three-electric" system (battery, motor, electronic control), intelligent driving, and charging facilities, and its autonomous and controllable capabilities are constantly improving.
From a Digital Production Line to See Intelligent Manufacturing——
Production Digitization, Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiency
By He Linping (贺林平), reporter of this newspaper
Each roll of material has a unique "identity" identification code, and the system compares it in real time to minimize the errors that may be caused by manual material replenishment; test data is implemented with unmanned online management, and "scanning" automatically brings out test items without manual entry one by one... Walking into the OPPO Chang'an Industrial Park (OPPO长安工业园) in Dongguan (东莞), Guangdong (广东), the digital production line is running efficiently.
On the fourth floor, in the main board surface mounting workshop, 15 automated production lines are neatly arranged, and a continuous track runs steadily between the equipment. As the robotic arms dance and the lights flicker, various electronic components are in place, firmly attached to the cookie-sized main board. "The entire production line is 105 meters long, integrates 145 pieces of equipment, and can produce 12,000 main boards per day," workshop manager Liu Huangxing (刘煌星) told reporters.
Main board surface mounting is to accurately attach tiny electronic components to the main board, which is the most precise link in mobile phone manufacturing. The smallest component is only the thickness of a hair, which is directly related to the quality of mobile phone operation.
Pointing to the rolls of materials hanging on the placement machine in front of him, Liu Huangxing (刘煌星) introduced that they are densely packed with components ready to be installed on the main board. "Which machine each roll is installed on and when it is installed is all controlled by the system 'brain', and there can be no mistake."
"The system will automatically feedback which machine and which material is insufficient, and help set an optimal material replenishment sequence and route. Workers no longer have to walk around and rely on visual inspection like before. Each time the material is replenished, scanning the code on the material with a handheld terminal will trigger an alarm if the comparison does not match; even if it is installed incorrectly or missing, the placement machine will automatically identify and stop." Wu Guanghua (伍广华), who has worked on this production line for 6 years, said with emotion that workers in this position used to have to be trained for 3 months before they could start working, but now it only takes 3 to 7 days, "**干起活来轻松多了**" (gàn qǐ huó lái qīng sōng duō le - "work becomes much easier," the work is much easier now).
While speaking, an unmanned car more than one person tall slowly drove out of the "arch" in the middle of the production line and stopped in front of the automatic board receiving machine, "collecting" a basket of main boards that had completed single-sided mounting, and then transported them to another track of the production line to continue mounting the other side. Liu Huangxing (刘煌星) explained that the equipment that needs to transport materials will automatically issue instructions to the "cloud"; the nearest free car will immediately "accept the order" and come to the designated point according to the coordinates, automatically completing the transportation task. The reporter counted that there are a total of 5 cars in the workshop, busy traveling back and forth on free routes, and will automatically wait or avoid obstacles, without the need for manual operation throughout the process.
Looking at the Greater Bay Area through a production line, the "beauty of intelligent manufacturing" is visible. As of now, Guangdong (广东) has cumulatively promoted the digital transformation of more than 51,000 industrial enterprises above designated size, and the popularization rate of digital operation and management, the popularization rate of digital R&D and design tools, and the numerical control rate of key processes of industrial enterprises above designated size have reached 87.5%, 92.2%, and 73.9% respectively.
In October 2025, the "Guangdong Province Artificial Intelligence Enabling Manufacturing High-Quality Development Action Plan (2025-2027)" was issued, proposing 16 policy measures to promote the digital transformation and intelligent leap of manufacturing, and accelerate the creation of a demonstration zone for the integrated development of "artificial intelligence + manufacturing" with global influence. At present, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area not only connects the mainland with Hong Kong and Macao, but also serves as a bridge connecting the world, constantly sharing good technologies and good products with the world.
Looking back at OPPO, an integrated intelligent manufacturing platform has begun to take shape, and it will soon be able to achieve "**足不出东莞，一屏尽知全球工厂事**" (zú bù chū Dōng guǎn, yī píng jìn zhī quán qiú gōng chǎng shì - "without leaving Dongguan, you can know everything about global factories on one screen," to have a complete overview of global factory operations from a single location). In the workshop and on the production line, the newly developed "AI digital human" is also being tested and will soon join the production. "'Bay Area Manufacturing' smart phones will be manufactured in an increasingly 'smart' way," said Liu Huangxing (刘煌星).
From a Laboratory to See Scientific and Technological Strength——
Deeply Cultivating Brain-Computer Interfaces, Technology Leads the Era
By Wang Yunna (王云娜), reporter of this newspaper
On December 15, the "Brain-Computer Intelligence, Bay Area Leading" - 2025 Brain-Computer Technology and Industrial Integration Development Closed-Door Conference, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Brain-Computer Interface Innovation Industry Alliance was launched. Enterprises, hospitals, universities, etc. from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and surrounding areas engaged in brain-computer interface-related fields will work together and integrate resources to create a global source of brain-computer interface innovation. The initiator of the alliance is the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) (人工智能与数字经济广东省实验室（广州）) (hereinafter referred to as "Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室)"), located in the Pazhou (琶洲) area of Haizhu District (海珠区), Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东).
In the brain-computer AI smart ward, on the electric nursing bed, the test personnel wear a slender headband to "control" the mouse on the tablet computer. Stay focused and blink gently, and one side of the head of the nursing bed slowly rises... Walking into the Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室), a performance test of a multi-modal brain-computer headband is underway.
"This headband can collect physiological signals of different modalities and 'calculate' people's thoughts. With it, people with limited mobility can dispatch the living facilities in the room at will without speaking or moving their hands, greatly improving the convenience and comfort of life," Li Yuanqing (李远清), executive deputy director of Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室) and professor of South China University of Technology (华南理工大学), told reporters.
The brain-computer AI smart ward originates from the "non-invasive multi-modal brain-computer interface technology" developed by Li Yuanqing (李远清) for many years - collecting brain electrical and head movement and other multi-modal signals through the headband, and analyzing and decoding user intentions through computer fusion to achieve precise control of complex environments.
How to cross the gap from the laboratory to industrialization? "Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室) provides scientific research platforms and various resources, allowing technology research and development to transform by leaps and bounds," said Li Yuanqing (李远清).
In April 2020, Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室) was established, relying on South China University of Technology (华南理工大学) for construction and operation. Li Yuanqing (李远清) led the team to move in. Since then, through exchanges and cooperation with scientific researchers from Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室), Li Yuanqing's (李远清) team has developed an artificial intelligence deep learning model based on big data technology, which has improved the generalization ability and practicality of the brain-computer interface system.
"According to the traditional research methods in the past, the system needs to customize a unique model for each person to achieve 'control'. This method is inefficient and cumbersome to use, and it is difficult to implement in real application scenarios," said Huang Qiyun (黄骐云), a researcher at Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室). After introducing the cross-subject big data model, the team based on the experimental data of hundreds of subjects, allowing the deep model to extract the common characteristics of brain cognitive functions. In 2022, the brain-computer AI cloud platform equipped with this model was put into use, realizing "'one software manages all'", and a key step was taken in the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
With the continuous efforts of the team, brain-computer AI smart wards, brain-computer AI wheelchairs and other original brain-computer interface products have been launched one after another and put into use in domestic and foreign markets. Today, the team is focusing on optimizing signal quality, improving algorithm accuracy, and improving wearing comfort, and further carrying out scientific research.
In recent years, Pazhou Laboratory (琶洲实验室) has laid out 137 scientific research projects around key technologies of artificial intelligence and vertical domain large models, jointly built 5 high-level joint research and development centers with leading enterprises, and incubated a number of high-tech enterprises. Through the linkage of cities such as Guangzhou (广州), Shenzhen (深圳), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门), the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has formed a complete mechanism for talent introduction, training, use, and flow, providing a continuous stream of intellectual support for artificial intelligence technology innovation.
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In November of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection of the Guangdong (广东) science and technology innovation and industrial innovation integration development achievements exhibition in Guangzhou (广州): "The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (京津冀) have, after so many years of experience, become pioneers in innovative development, and this path must be unswervingly followed."
Today's "Greater Bay Area Made" has become a core brand with strong economic strength, high-end manufacturing capabilities, and efficient innovation transformation capabilities.
What is the secret to "Greater Bay Area Made"? Location advantage is the foundation.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) is located on the southern coast of China, backed by the vast hinterland of the Pan-Pearl River Delta (泛珠三角), and faces the international market of the Pacific Ocean. It is China's frontier window for high-level opening to the outside world and an important hub connecting the global economy. With the continuous improvement of the level of infrastructure interconnection in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), relying on a modern transportation network composed of seven major airports, six major ports, the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (深中通道), and the Huangmao Sea Cross-sea Channel (黄茅海跨海通道) and other super projects, the flow efficiency of regional people flow, logistics, capital flow, and information flow has been significantly improved, providing good conditions for "Greater Bay Area Made" to make good use of both domestic and international markets and resources.
Cluster advantage is the key.
After years of development, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) has built a full-chain manufacturing system covering raw material supply, core component manufacturing, complete machine assembly, system integration, and after-sales service. In advantageous fields such as electronic information, high-end equipment manufacturing, and new energy vehicles, it has formed an industrial ecology of "upstream and downstream collaborative linkage, and deep integration of industry, academia, and research." In terms of spatial layout, it presents an efficient division of labor pattern of core city leadership, surrounding city supporting, and complementary advantages. Through industrial transfer, resource sharing, and policy coordination, it greatly reduces supply chain costs and improves response efficiency, laying a solid foundation for the large-scale and intensive development of "Greater Bay Area Made."
Innovation advantage is the core.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) has formed a closely linked regional science and technology innovation community, gathering many high-level universities and research institutions, and deploying a number of world-class major science and technology infrastructure. The construction of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong (广深港) and Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macao (广珠澳) Science and Technology Innovation Corridors has effectively promoted the deep integration of knowledge, technology, and institutional innovation, built an efficient and smooth technology achievement transformation system, and promoted the seamless connection between technology innovation and industrial development. This advantage significantly enhances the technical content and added value of "Greater Bay Area Made," and promotes its steady march towards the high end of the global value chain.
Looking to the future, the triple synergy will drive "Greater Bay Area Made" to go steady and far.
National strategic empowerment consolidates the foundation of institutional guarantees. From the official implementation of the "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" (《粤港澳大湾区发展规划纲要》) to the layout of major cooperation platforms such as Hengqin (横琴), Qianhai (前海), Nansha (南沙), and Hetao (河套), and the first pilot of institutional opening-up, a series of policy measures give the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) greater autonomy in reform, which is conducive to creating an internationalized business environment and providing stable, transparent, and predictable institutional guarantees for enterprise innovation and industrial development.
Regional collaborative integration stimulates endogenous development vitality. Relying on the unique advantages of "one country, two systems," the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) can give full play to Hong Kong and Macao's advantages in international rules alignment and intellectual property protection, as well as the strong competitiveness of the nine mainland cities in terms of industrial base and market size. Continuously improving the regional governance system and collaborative development mechanism, and breaking down the barriers that affect the flow of factors and resource allocation, will steadily enhance the international competitiveness of "Greater Bay Area Made."
Strengthen talent support and focus on core resource guarantees. Talent is the key to scientific and technological innovation. In recent years, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) has always adhered to the equal emphasis on "gathering talent, using talent, and retaining talent," and has built a multi-level and diversified talent training and supply system, and talent flow is becoming increasingly active. Top scientific research teams, young entrepreneurial pioneers, and highly skilled industrial workers gather and integrate, injecting inexhaustible power into "Greater Bay Area Made."
From "breaking walls" to "collaboration," the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) is standing at the forefront of the global science and technology innovation wave with a momentum of breaking waves. It is believed that the future "Greater Bay Area Made" will be more competitive.
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Public Management and Human Resources, Development Research Center of the State Council)
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On December 18th, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) officially launched full island customs closure, entering a new stage of construction.
Looking back at the journey, a set of impressive data outlines Hainan's (海南) "acceleration" in opening up to the outside world: In the past 5 years, Hainan (海南) has actually used 102.5 billion yuan of foreign capital, not only achieving an average annual growth of 14.6%, but also creating a record of attracting more foreign investment in 5 years than the total in the previous 32 years.
Against the backdrop of sluggish global economic recovery and rising trade protectionism, how can Hainan (海南) achieve a leap in the utilization of foreign capital and write a new answer sheet for China's (中国) open economy?
The answer lies in the methodology given by the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), which closed on December 11th - "We must adhere to both policy support and reform and innovation." Driven by the two wheels of policy support and reform and innovation, Hainan (海南) has activated the "multiplier effect" of industrial agglomeration, attracting global advantageous resource elements to flock in.
What are the advantages of Hainan (海南) in attracting foreign investment? First of all, it is inseparable from the free trade port policy system tailored for it by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党中央) and the State Council (国务院). In June 2020, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港建设总体方案)" was released, and "zero tariffs, low tax rates, simplified tax system" and "five free and convenient, one safe and orderly flow" quickly moved from paper to the ground: three import "zero tariff" policies for raw and auxiliary materials, transportation vehicles and yachts, and self-use production equipment have been introduced successively, the trial implementation of tariff exemption for domestic sales with a processing value-added of 30%, the "double 15%" preferential policy for corporate and individual income tax rates covering tourism, modern services, high-tech and other industries, and pilot projects such as cross-border investment and financing and cross-border data flow have been successively launched.
The policy and system system is the "foundation" for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港). In the past 5 years, based on the Hainan Free Trade Port Law (海南自由贸易港法), a special law, Hainan (海南) has issued more than 40 supporting regulations, clarifying various institutional arrangements of the free trade port in legal form. The strength and synergy of the policies are unprecedented in the history of Hainan (海南). After customs closure, with the expansion and improvement of "zero tariff" and other policies, the cross-border flow of people, logistics, capital flow and data flow in Hainan (海南) will be more convenient.
From "simplifying administration and benefiting the people" to "freedom and convenience," reform continues to exert its strength. If policy support is the "hard support" for attracting foreign investment, then reform and innovation is the "soft power" to optimize the business environment. Hainan (海南) takes institutional opening-up as the core and introduces a series of breakthrough reform measures to make foreign-funded enterprises "willing to come, stay and develop well."
For example, taking the "five-in-one" reform of foreign-funded enterprise registration as the starting point, Hainan (海南) continues to improve the convenience of market access for foreign-funded enterprises. Optimize the registration process of foreign-funded enterprises, reduce and exempt a number of registration application materials; take the lead in implementing the direct registration system for foreign enterprises; build a service chain of "three things in one" + "enjoy without application" for enterprise establishment, change, and cancellation... Now in Hainan (海南), the handling links for the establishment of foreign-funded enterprises have been reduced from 5 to 1, and the materials have been reduced by more than 77%. In May of this year, Liu Xiaoming (刘晓明), chairman of the Danish-Chinese Tourism and Cultural Exchange Association (丹中旅游文化交流协会) in Denmark (丹麦), completed the registration of opening a travel agency in Hainan (海南) remotely with "zero running" under the proactive and forward-looking services of the Hainan (海南) Tourism and Culture and Market Supervision departments.
The resonance of policy support and reform and innovation has activated a pool of spring water for industrial development. This year, Singapore's Perennial Group (新加坡鹏瑞利集团) signed a contract with Hainan (海南) to build an international high-end medical and elderly care project integrating medical treatment, rehabilitation, health preservation, and health management in Hainan (海南). This is the first wholly foreign-owned hospital introduced by the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港). In the past 5 years, Hainan (海南) has been based on the strategic positioning of "three zones and one center," and through the development model of "policy guiding direction, innovation building platform, and industrial aggregation," foreign-funded enterprises can rely on Hainan (海南) to connect with domestic and foreign markets and realize the development vision of "taking Hainan (海南) as a fulcrum to do global business."
"We must adhere to both policy support and reform and innovation" is not only the secret to Hainan Free Trade Port's (海南自贸港) leap in attracting investment, but also a universal formula for China's (中国) high-level opening up. By continuing to make good use of the "policy + reform" golden key, Hainan (海南) will be able to continue to run at an "accelerated speed" after customs closure and contribute more replicable and scalable "Hainan (海南) experience" to Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopAfter the entire island of Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) is closed off, it will implement a liberalization and facilitation policy and system characterized by "'first line' liberalization, 'second line' control, and freedom within the island." This means that the flow of people, logistics, capital, and data from around the world will be more convenient to enter and exit Hainan (海南), injecting new momentum into the active consumer market.
Return to TopBy: 陈思颖
This autumn and winter, an innovative snack that combines traditional candied hawthorns (tanghulu) and distinctive dairy products—milk skin tanghulu—has quietly become popular in cities such as Beijing (北京). In the streets and alleys of the city, long, winding queues are a common sight in front of the sales windows. "Willing to wait an hour for a string of candied hawthorns" has become a common consumption pattern for many young people, vividly outlining the current vibrant picture of the consumer market.
The "2025 China Catering Industry Annual Report" points out that China's consumption is shifting from material satisfaction to spiritual pleasure, cultural identity, and in-depth experience, with "cultural catering" becoming the main body of consumption experience.
The popularity of milk skin tanghulu is not accidental. The main reason for winning the market lies in the innovative reconstruction of traditional folk elements and the accurate capture of the needs of young consumer groups. Candied hawthorns are a representative traditional street snack in China, carrying the childhood memories of generations of Chinese people. Milk skin is a classic dairy product in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) and other places, highlighting the charm of ethnic cuisine. Adding yogurt that meets the concept of health with high protein and low fat, "traditional snacks + ethnic products + health elements" accurately meets the consumption demands of young people.
Network communication empowerment is another reason for the popularity of milk skin tanghulu. On social media, consumers actively share homemade recipes and innovative ways of eating, making this snack a carrier for conveying the joy of life. When young people carry canvas bags with local characteristics and take photos with milk skin tanghulu in ancient streets and alleys, tasting snacks has become a shareable life emotion and a warm cultural experience.
China's leisure food industry is undergoing a profound transformation. Relevant research reports show that the industry has shifted from past extensive growth to healthy and functional "intensive cultivation," and consumer demand has shifted from "large quantity and affordable price" to "high quality and delicious taste."
Under the craze, relevant enterprises also need to remain rational and stick to their original intentions. Industry experts said that the industry needs to accelerate the establishment of process standards and quality certification systems for traditional specialty foods, promote the organic combination of small-batch hand-made production and moderate-scale production, and build a solid foundation for product quality. Brands should cherish market popularity, polish products with ingenuity, promote innovation with sincerity, and maintain reputation with norms, so that popular products can stand the test of the market and time.
At present, China's consumer market has huge potential. By getting close to consumers, accurately understanding needs, actively responding to expectations, building a solid foundation for product quality with ingenuity, activating cultural value with innovation, and enhancing the consumer experience with sincerity, we can transform temporary market popularity into long-term development vitality and better release the endogenous power of the consumer market.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 齐志明
The Central Economic Work Conference pointed out, "Expand the supply of high-quality goods and services." New consumption scenarios are a systematic integration of new business forms, new models, and new products, which is of great significance for expanding the supply of high-quality goods and services. The General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Opening of Scenarios to Promote the Large-scale Application of New Scenarios," proposing to "strengthen the cross-border integration of commerce, culture, tourism, sports, health, transportation, and other consumption" and "create a batch of new consumption scenarios with a wide driving range and high visibility."
Currently, what active explorations have various regions made in expanding the supply of high-quality goods and services, strengthening cross-border integration, and creating new consumption scenarios? What good experiences and practices have been accumulated? Reporters conducted interviews in some places.
Yingtan (鹰潭), Jiangxi (江西)——
Agricultural and tourism integration, small chestnuts attract visitors from all directions
In midwinter, in Shangqing Town (上清镇), Longhu Mountain (龙虎山) Scenic Area, Yingtan City (鹰潭市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), many tourists from other places discovered that they can buy fresh chestnuts in this ancient town even in this season.
Small chestnuts string together a large industrial chain. Longhu Mountain (龙虎山) Scenic Area has created the "Longhu Mountain Chestnut (龙虎山板栗)" geographical indication brand, making chestnuts a tourist delicacy. Through the "agricultural and tourism integration" model, the annual sales volume has exceeded 120 million yuan.
Walking into the specialty store of Tong Qingfeng (童庆锋), a large chestnut grower in Shangqing Town (上清镇), this 54-year-old "Chestnut King" is staring at his mobile phone screen to schedule deliveries. The intelligent temperature control system in the cold storage shows a constant 5 degrees Celsius. "These 100,000 catties of new fruits have not been in storage for long, and the orders have already come chasing after them."
Shangqing Town (上清镇) has a tradition of growing chestnuts. For a long time, preservation has been a "bottleneck" problem for the chestnut industry. The solution is cold chain escort, breaking through the preservation bottleneck. In recent years, the local government has provided special support in terms of land use and funds to help Tong Qingfeng (童庆锋) build a 260-square-meter smart cold storage. The temperature and humidity can be precisely controlled through a mobile phone APP, extending the chestnut sales period from 3 months to 9 months.
With cold chain escort, the chestnut planting area in Shangqing Town (上清镇) has now expanded from 3,000 mu to more than 5,000 mu, with more than 20 households planting more than 100 mu, cumulatively driving more than 1,200 farmers to increase their income by an average of 3,000 yuan per person. At the same time, the chestnut industry is deeply integrated with tourism consumption, developing special delicacies such as "Chestnut Braised Chicken." With more tourists, the market is booming.
[Further Reading]
The sea shrimp processing in Ninghai County (宁海县), Zhejiang (浙江), the crisp pear industry in Dangshan County (砀山县), Anhui (安徽), the apple and goose integrated farming in Dali City (大理市), Yunnan (云南)... At present, there are many types of green, organic, famous, special, high-quality, and new geographical indication agricultural products in China. County-level regions rely on local resources to develop leading industries, and increase product added value by extending the industrial chain and creating regional brands, so that more people can increase their income through industry, forming a linkage effect of "industrial prosperity - strong county - rich people," and promoting a virtuous cycle of "industry - employment - income - consumption."
Zhang Linshan (张林山), a researcher at the Academy of Macroeconomic Research of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), believes that increasing the income and wealth of county residents must be based on the solid foundation of industrial development. The key to boosting county consumption lies in continuously improving the income level of county residents. When residents have a continuous and stable source of income, their consumption capacity and consumption confidence will naturally be strengthened, and an atmosphere of daring to consume and being willing to consume will gradually form. Various regions are adapting to local conditions and exploring innovation, focusing on multiple dimensions such as enriching people's industries and revitalizing resources, stabilizing employment, promoting income growth, and benefiting people's livelihoods, and promoting the improvement of county residents' consumption capacity.
Yining (伊宁), Xinjiang (新疆)——
Commercial streets are renewed, and brand "first stores" are popular
Recently, the Xingyuemao (星悦茂) underground commercial street in Yining City (伊宁市), Xinjiang (新疆) officially opened, showing a strong ability to attract customers on the first day. The scene was crowded with people, and customers kept coming and going. The daily passenger flow exceeded 120,000.
Stepping into Xingyuemao (星悦茂), what catches the eye is a flowing "Sayram Lake (赛里木湖) Blue." Among the 240 brands that have settled in, 57 are "first stores" or special concept stores that have entered the Yining (伊宁) market for the first time. "In the past, I had to go to Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) or shop online to buy trendy items," said Liu Jing (刘婧), a customer in her 90s, while picking out clothes in a designer brand store. "Now I have them at my doorstep, and I can try them on. It feels completely different."
In Xingyuemao (星悦茂), the catering area also presents the characteristics of diversified integration. Next to the traditional pilaf restaurant is a boutique coffee shop, and across the street is a new-style tea brand. Diversified consumption formats accurately respond to consumers' diverse and complex needs. Xingyuemao (星悦茂) integrates "scene experience" and "characteristic culture" into quality blocks, adding impetus to urban consumption.
"The Yining (伊宁) project is the 23rd Xingyuemao (星悦茂) project developed and operated by the company, and it is also a key step in the Northwest and serving the coordinated development of the region," said Tan Tiehua (谭铁华), head of Beijing New Cooperative Commercial Development Co., Ltd. (北京新合作商业发展有限公司). The company is committed to exploring in more cities, promoting commercial space to better carry culture, serve people's livelihoods, and integrate into the overall development of the city.
[Further Reading]
Compared with first- and second-tier cities, the unbalanced and insufficient characteristics of commercial development in third- and fourth-tier cities and counties are more prominent. Various regions are accelerating the efforts to make up for the shortcomings of commercial facilities and enrich consumption scenarios. In the third- and fourth-tier cities and county markets, young people have a high pursuit of quality life and fresh experiences, and show a strong interest in new brands and new scenarios. Milk tea shops, coffee shops, and bakeries on the streets have become popular places for young consumers to relax and gather.
Hong Tao (洪涛), vice chairman of the China Consumption Economics Society (中国消费经济学会) and director of the Institute of Commercial Economics of Beijing Technology and Business University (北京工商大学), believes that in third- and fourth-tier cities and counties, it is necessary to continue to revitalize commercial assets and create characteristic comprehensive business districts integrating shopping, catering, and entertainment, and improve community living circle services. In townships, efforts should be stepped up to upgrade commercial centers and trade markets, so that township residents can enjoy high-quality consumption 足不出镇 (zú bù chū zhèn - "feet not leave town," without leaving the town). In rural areas, we must continue to promote the joint construction and sharing of postal, e-commerce, and express delivery stations, expand diversified services such as agricultural material sales, express delivery, and payment agency, and achieve "one network for multiple purposes."
Leling (乐陵), Shandong (山东)——
Digital intelligence empowers the transformation and upgrading of county circulation
Early in the morning, the stall of Wang Haiyang (王海洋), a fruit merchant in Leling City (乐陵市), Shandong Province (山东省), was busy. He and his shop assistants are quickly packing the packaged high-quality apple boxes, and the packages with express delivery slips are piled up into a small mountain: "These are online orders, and they have to catch the early bus to be sent out. Now the purchase is stable and the sales are smooth, and I feel at ease even if I am busy."
This peace of mind is something that Wang Haiyang (王海洋) has never had in his 10 years of fruit business. Previously, he relied entirely on his old experience to purchase goods, and apples and grapes were all put together in the "large quantity and affordable" category. When he was lucky, he could sell them smoothly. When he encountered unexpected events such as sudden changes in the weather, he could only watch the fruits unsalable. The turning point came in September this year, when the second phase of the Leling (乐陵) Fruit Wholesale Market of China Cooperative Agricultural Products Group (中国供销农产品集团) officially opened.
The Leling (乐陵) Fruit Wholesale Market Phase II has built a big data intelligent system, which can not only capture transaction dynamics in real time, but also integrate local and surrounding agricultural product supply and demand data to provide merchants with full-chain auxiliary decision-making support from procurement to sales.
Now, the first thing Wang Haiyang (王海洋) does every day when he starts work is not to count the inventory, but to open the market merchant terminal system on his mobile phone. The big data platform clearly and accurately reflects the preferences of various customer groups: young white-collar workers prefer small high-quality products, families with many children prefer family packs, and township retailers pay attention to cost performance. This data makes him clear about market demand.
According to the data, he adjusted the apple sales strategy, breaking the previous single model of only wholesale apples in whole baskets, and launched a plan that runs parallel with "1 catty of high-quality boxes, 5 catties of family packs, 3 catties of benefit-the-people packs for 10 yuan" and whole basket wholesale. This adjustment, which accurately meets market demand, has immediate results. In the first month, apple sales increased by 60%, and the customer base has also expanded from the original secondary wholesalers to surrounding high-quality supermarkets and online cross-provincial order customers.
Various county-level regions are actively implementing special actions to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers in digital villages, and guide the transformation and upgrading of commercial and trade circulation enterprises in the direction of digitalization, chain operation, and standardization, so as to promote the high-quality development of county commerce.
[Further Reading]
In counties and villages, many residents have developed the habit of digital consumption, enjoy the convenience of instant delivery, and the demand for instant retail is also increasing.
"The integration of digital technology and consumption scenarios promotes the localization of consumption and attracts more and more young people in small towns to choose to return to their hometowns for employment and entrepreneurship," said Li Yongjian (李勇坚), a professor at the School of Applied Economics of the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院大学). New farmers have new consumption concepts and business concepts, which effectively release the consumption demand in the county market. More and more county markets are gradually realizing standardized, characteristic, and digital development. The use of mobile payment, e-commerce platforms and other digital technologies to broaden sales channels has realized the integration of online and offline operations and enhanced the vitality of the county consumption market.
Return to TopChina's Sustainable Development Comprehensive Index Grows
According to the "China Sustainable Development Report (2025)" released recently by the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (中国国际经济交流中心), China's Sustainable Development Comprehensive Index has shown a steady increase for nine consecutive years, from 56.2 in 2016 to 83.0 in 2025. The sub-indicators of each dimension show a continuous upward trend. Since 2016, the average annual growth rate of China's economic development index has been 5.26%; the average annual growth rate of China's social and livelihood index has reached 4.4%, reflecting China's continuous efforts to promote social progress and improve people's livelihoods in recent years; China's ecological environment index in 2025 was 86.6, an increase of 1.2% year-on-year, maintaining a steady rise; the governance protection index in 2025 increased to 80.4, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%.
The report pointed out that in the past 10 years, China has actively integrated the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals with the national development strategy, and has made significant progress in economic and social development fields such as comprehensively promoting green transformation, reducing urban-rural disparities, improving health, and improving education levels, contributing important forces to global sustainable development.
(Luo Shanshan (罗珊珊))
Helping to Connect the Production and Sales of Agricultural Products in Poverty-Stricken Areas
A production and sales connection activity for agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas in 2025, co-sponsored by the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (中华全国供销合作总社) and the People's Government of Guangdong Province (广东省人民政府), and co-organized by the Ministry of Finance (财政部), was held recently in Huizhou (惠州市), Guangdong Province (广东省). The theme of this production and sales connection activity is "Deepening the Production and Sales Connection of the '832 Platform' to Empower the Revitalization of Rural Industries," and it is carried out in a combination of online and offline methods. The offline event lasted for 3 days, with a concentrated display and sale of nearly 10,000 kinds of special agricultural products from more than 600 suppliers in 306 poverty-stricken counties in 22 provinces. Online, a sales zone was set up on the "832 Platform," with more than 420,000 kinds of "local specialties" being displayed and sold simultaneously online. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the "832 Platform" has completed an average annual transaction volume of approximately 10 billion yuan, with nearly 700,000 registered purchasing units, and more than 2.2 million individual users purchasing agricultural products from poverty-stricken areas through the platform.
(Li Zong (李纵), Qi Zhiming (齐志明))
Return to TopBy: 徐贵祥
On December 12, 2025, Beijing (北京) welcomed its first snow of the winter. Sitting at my desk, watching the snowflakes outside the window grow larger, I suddenly remembered that today was a special day—89 years ago today, an event that shocked the world occurred in Xi'an (西安), bringing China's War of Resistance Against Japan into a new stage and accelerating the pace of China's revolutionary victory.
That morning, I wrote the last word of the first draft of a new work.
In fact, this work only began 6 days ago. I wrote nearly 10,000 words that day, and the next day I deliberately slowed down, writing only two or three thousand words, and then... However, on the 12th, I still completed more than 40,000 words and solemnly wrote "First draft completed on December 12, 2025."
During the writing process, I always felt that my fingers were not as nimble as my brain. As soon as the previous words hit the computer screen, a lot of words chased after them.
For a writer, this is a bit magical, even, it can be said, a wonderful thing that is **可遇而不可求** (kě yù ér bù kě qiú - "can be met but not sought," rare and not easily obtained), rare once or twice in a lifetime. From this, I believe that I received divine help.
Who is this "god"? I thought of Qu Yuan (屈原), Li Bai (李白), Du Fu (杜甫), Su Dongpo (苏东坡), Lu You (陆游)... But I soon realized that it wasn't them. They were too far away from me and wouldn't care about an unknown person like me. At least this time, it wasn't them directly helping me, but... I finally thought of him, he is my god, my spirit.
Last June, I came to Jiaocheng (蕉城), Ningde (宁德), Fujian (福建) for the first time to participate in a literary event, during which I learned that there was a Cai Wei (蔡威) in Jiaocheng.
Cai Wei was the son of a wealthy family. He joined the revolution early and studied in the Shanghai (上海) Special Branch Radio Class. Later, he entered the Hubei-Henan-Anhui (鄂豫皖) Soviet Area and participated in assembling the first radio station of the Fourth Red Army. On the Long March, he became an expert in telegram interception and decryption, accurately deciphering enemy telegram codes, enabling his unit to turn danger into safety many times and inflict heavy damage on the enemy. Because of the excessive workload during the war years, Cai Wei died of illness in a battle and was buried in Min County (岷县), Gansu Province (甘肃省). More than a dozen senior Red Army generals attended the funeral, which shows Cai Wei's important contributions during the war years.
After that event, I carried Cai Wei's story in my heart and brought it to southern Anhui (皖南), Yili (伊犁), Changsha (长沙), Chengdu (成都), Xinzhou (忻州), Zunyi (遵义)... I went to many places within half a year. No matter where I went, I would intentionally or unintentionally inquire, has Cai Wei been here?
I found information about Cai Wei, and following the clues, I found some new leads. After Cai Wei joined the revolution, he used an alias. The Cai Wei file preserved by the organization—only a yellowed 16-page form—was also filled out with the alias "Cai Wei." The birthplace was marked as "Ningde or surrounding area," and the birth date was marked as "1907 or 1908." As for family circumstances, former names, whether there was a will, mailing address, etc., all were filled in as "unknown" or "none."
From this, I had many associations. On the road of writing about heroes, I have come into contact with thousands of war veterans, eyewitnesses, and researchers. In addition to the well-known martyrs, there are also some nameless and even unknown martyrs whose origins and whereabouts are unknown.
"Searching," these two words are too thought-provoking. It itself contains expectation, frustration, hope, disappointment, persistence, success... Any story about searching can be a tearjerker.
The second time I went to Ningde was a detour, perhaps because my heart heard a call.
Under the guidance of my local friend Chen Jian (陈坚), I went to the Cai Wei Memorial Hall again. That morning, I walked back and forth several times in the courtyard where Cai Wei lived as a child, looking up at the sky on the decorative bridge in the courtyard. I saw a spirited statue of Cai Wei, and the six golden characters "Nameless Hero Cai Wei" engraved on the base of the statue—this was inscribed by Marshal Xu Xiangqian (徐向前).
Finally, I focused my eyes on the blue steel sword.
Chen Jian told me that in the mid-1980s, Cai Wei's comrade General Ma (马将军) took the lead in promoting the search for Cai Wei's hometown and relatives, but General Ma only fought side by side with Cai Wei for two years in the later period of the Long March. He knew very little about Cai Wei's previous experience. Even, because Cai Wei had been using an alias, General Ma was not clear about Cai Wei's real name. Later, relying on brief information such as "Ningde or surrounding area," "studied radio in Shanghai," and "later went to Hubei-Henan-Anhui," it was determined that Cai Wei was Cai Zeshan (蔡泽鏚) who came out of Jiaocheng.
According to my limited experience, the story of Cai Wei and the story of searching for Cai Wei both have extremely high creative value and are a literary gold mine. The fact is indeed the case. Local cultural and historical workers and writers have been digging into Cai Wei's story in recent years and have written and published works such as "Looking for the Sword" ("寻剑") and "The Biography of Cai Wei" ("蔡威传"), and also created the TV series "Decryption" ("破密") with Cai Wei as the protagonist.
But why did I still go to Ningde and still come to search? There may be two other factors that are secretly driving me. One is the story of the "Red Army Maritime Independent Battalion" on Xiyang Island (西洋岛), Xiapu County (霞浦县) in Ningde, especially the suitcase left by the battalion commander, martyr Ke Chenggui (柯成贵), which moved me, because I never knew that there was a "Maritime Independent Battalion" during the Red Army period, and that suitcase sealed too many codes. Another factor is that Chen Xiangrong (陈祥榕), a young soldier from Ningde who sacrificed a few years ago and shouted "Pure love, only for China," is also from Ningde. When I think of Cai Wei, the images of Ke Chenggui and Chen Xiangrong always float before my eyes. I once conceived, trying to find the internal connection between the three and write an epic of heroes growing up on the land of heroes—until today, I have not given up this idea.
This time, I lingered in the Cai Wei Memorial Hall, gazing at the blue steel sword for a long time. Chen Jian told me that this sword was the key evidence to prove that Cai Zeshan was Cai Wei. He once again told me about the process of finding Cai Wei's family, and finally added: I also looked for the wrong one...
I still remember that when Chen Jian said this, we were about to go out. I was one foot inside the door and one foot outside the door, and I stopped for at least 5 seconds, then turned around and asked, what? Looked for the wrong one? Tell me quickly, what's going on?
Chen Jian said that in the 1980s, an old man in Fuding County (福鼎县), Ningde, provided the relevant leaders searching for Cai Wei with materials about his younger brother. Comparing Cai Wei's early experiences, they were very similar. The old man's younger brother was named Zhang Baidi (张白弟). Cai Wei's old comrade almost recognized him as Cai Wei, but was later denied because Zhang Baidi was much older than Cai Wei, and because they could not find the Cai family's ancestral blue steel sword in their home.
Chen Jian also said that later investigations revealed that Zhang Baidi also left Ningde in the 1930s to join the revolution, and there has been no news of him since. Even Zhang Baidi's brother couldn't remember Zhang Baidi's real name. He only remembered that he was very fair when he was a child, so he always remembered his younger brother as "Zhang Baidi."
After that, I didn't ask any more questions. Walking out of the Cai Wei Memorial Hall, I said to Chen Jian, I know what I'm going to do, I'm going to write a novel.
Chen Jian asked me, is it about Cai Wei? Or the story of searching for Cai Wei?
I said, neither, or not entirely. I want to write a story about "finding the wrong one."
Back in Beijing (北京), I contacted many friends in full swing, searched for local chronicles and party history materials from Ningde City (宁德市), Xiapu County, Jiaocheng District (蕉城区), Fu'an City (福安市), Fuding City, Pingnan County (屏南县), and began a comb-style cultivation, capturing inspiration, and searching for clues, becoming more and more impulsive and wanting to start.
During this period, Chen Guoqiu (陈国秋), a party history expert in Ningde City, provided another piece of information—during the revolutionary war, many nameless heroes sacrificed in Ningde, and there have been successful cases of searching in recent years. For example, in 1936, a part of the Mindong (闽东) Red Army Independent Division ran out of ammunition and food in the Baizhangyan (百丈岩) battle, and 9 heroes would rather die than surrender and jumped off the cliff. In the past, only the 9 martyrs who died in the Baizhangyan battle in Ningde were known, but their surnames and families have always been unclear. In recent years, the search efforts have been increased, and the names and backgrounds of 6 martyrs have been verified successively, and 3 are still being searched for...
This information once again ignited my passion. From December 7, 2025, I spent nearly 10 hours a day writing and thinking, and wrote a first draft of a novel. The basic structure is to search for the hometown and family of a nameless (alias) hero. The first stop was the wrong one, but by mistake, the origin was found for another nameless hero; searching again, it was still wrong, one mistake after another, and the origin was found for two similar nameless heroes; continuing to search, it was wrong again, and taking the wrong path, authoritative evidence was found from the "enemy"—after searching around, I returned to the original point, the hometown of the No. 1 nameless hero, which was still the old house that appeared earliest.
Wait a minute, the story is not over yet—after I revise it for half a year and publish it, you will find that the "enemy" who played a decisive role in the process of searching for the hero is also a hero in his true identity.
That's right, in the revolutionary war years, heroes were **遍地英雄** (biàn dì yīng xióng - "heroes all over the land," heroes everywhere).
Add a sentence, even if the novel is published, the story is not over. To borrow the words of a character in the work, a general, the search for heroes is always on the road.
Return to TopBy: 范国强
Why are there mirrors in elevators? Some people analyze that, in addition to "tidying up one's appearance," they also have the effect of enlarging the space. Elevator spaces are usually enclosed and small, which can easily bring a sense of crampedness and oppression. The setting of mirrors visually enlarges the space. Standing in the elevator and seeing the reflected image in the mirror, you will feel that the space seems to become wider. Nowadays, many urban residential rooms are not large. My study is only a dozen square meters and is crammed full. In order to "enlarge the space," I learned from the "elevator mirror installation" method and framed a landscape painting wallpaper on the wall. When I look up when I am tired from reading and writing, I am in a trance as if I am in the wild, and I feel refreshed.
Slightly embellishing the small environment to create an illusion of enlarged space has obvious positive significance. This inevitably leads to the thought that our inner world sometimes also needs to be enlarged. But this enlargement is not to create an illusion, but to truly pursue the progress of moral cultivation and the sublimation of ideological realm.
To enlarge the inner world, the most important thing is to enlarge the mind. If our minds are as narrow as elevators, and we only have our own "one acre three points of land" in our hearts, then this kind of life is not beneficial to the public or society. To enlarge the mind, it should contain not only oneself, but also others, society, country, nation, and even the entire world. The young Zhou Enlai (周恩来) was determined to "study for the rise of China," and the young Karl Marx bluntly stated, "If we have chosen the profession in which we can work the most for the benefit of mankind, then burdens cannot overwhelm us, because this is a sacrifice for everyone." Their minds are beyond our reach, but we can learn from the virtuous, which is a positive and enterprising life.
Enlarging the inner world is also reflected in enlarging the pattern of being a person. If you are always self-righteous and arrogant, and speak ill of others when you disagree with them, then the pattern of being a person is too small, as cramped as an elevator, which is annoying. To enlarge the pattern of being a person, treat others with a peaceful, generous, and humble attitude, so that you will not be confused by daily trivial matters, and will not be troubled by trivial unhappiness. Enlarging the pattern of being a person makes a person's personality more self-respecting, and only those who respect themselves will be respected by others.
Enlarging the inner world can also be extended to enlarging the horizons of seeking knowledge. If you 坐井观天 (zuò jǐng guān tiān - "sit well observe sky," to have a narrow view of things) and 夜郎自大 (yè láng zì dà - "yelang self big," provincial arrogance), and your knowledge is as narrow as an elevator, it will naturally be difficult to keep up with the pace of the times. Today's society is developing rapidly, and various new knowledge emerge in endlessly. Many things that were unimaginable in the past have long been integrated into people's daily lives. The need for survival forces us to adapt to the rapid development and changes of the times. If we want to further pursue the quality of life and the beauty of life, we need to strengthen our knowledge reserves as much as possible and strive to broaden our horizons of seeking knowledge.
Enlarging the inner world is a true interest and a high realm. "When I reach the top, I see all the mountains are small" is an enlargement, "The heart is broad, and there is always a boat to cross people" is an enlargement, and "Tolerance is great, and desirelessness is strong" is also an enlargement. Enlargement cannot be achieved overnight, "滴水穿石非一日之功" (dī shuǐ chuān shí fēi yī rì zhī gōng - "dripping water penetrates stone not one day's work," persistent effort brings success). Enlargement cannot rely solely on oneself, but also needs guidance from experts. Some people say that being with experts is "like entering a room of orchids," although you don't smell its fragrance, you will be assimilated with it over time. Reading good books is another indirect way of "dialoguing with experts." These are external factors that contribute to the enlargement of the inner world. But the key to enlargement is to rely on internal factors, rely on self-reflection and independence, and rely on continuous learning.
People who can enlarge their inner world will also become people with strong inner strength, will not be entangled by material difficulties, will not be troubled by trivial matters, will not lose their ambition for any adversity, and will not regret their mediocrity.
Return to TopBy: 邓宗良
Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛) is located at the southernmost tip of the motherland's mainland. On this hot land, besides mangroves, there are many beautiful and strong trees.
When the phoenix trees here bloom, they resemble clusters of firecrackers being set off, illuminating the towns in red.
The bougainvillea here has a long flowering period, and its rain-kissed smiles can be seen everywhere.
The jackfruit here hides its abundant fruits with dense leaves. How can the rich aroma of the fruit be hidden? This aroma is clearly a carefully customized product of the tropical sun, meant to intoxicate everyone who passes by.
There is a kind of tree that has no gorgeous flowers or abundant fruits. It grows honestly by the coast. It is sincerely loved by the people of Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛). It is the casuarina. The casuarina is a deep green, and looks somewhat gray from a distance. This green is full of strength and resilience.
In our town, people call the casuarina pine. Everyone knows it is not a pine tree. People just like to call it that. It has needle-like branches and leaves, and it also has the character of a pine tree. When we were children, we always liked to write about it in our compositions. The language teacher said, why are you still writing about the casuarina as a pine tree? The children's eyes could not hide their frustration, and they felt so wronged that they wanted to cry. The teacher suddenly didn't know what to say, and after a short while, she said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Students, please follow me and say 'casuarina' loudly."
Casuarina, casuarina! Our little mouths were wide open, and we shouted "casuarina" with all our might. Casuarina is not so tongue-twisting, this name is really loud, very kind, and very proud.
One by one, the casuarinas planted by the sea slowly grew taller and became a coastal protective forest. The casuarina coastal defense forest interprets the perseverance and self-sacrifice that children can see. Seeing titles like "The Great Green Wall by the Sea," whether it is a poem, a painting, or a song, the children know that it is praising the coastal defense forest, praising those tall and tenacious casuarinas. Behind the casuarina coastal defense forest, the fields are crisscrossed, and the smoke from the cooking fires curls upwards, which is our home.
The casuarina grows extremely well in the soft sandy soil by the sea. It likes it there, and its roots are very deep and very wide. Typhoons tear apart and devour some of the trees by the sea, but they cannot knock down the casuarinas that are connected together.
The casuarina coastal defense forest blocks the typhoon. It seems that it is not the typhoon that is roaring, but the casuarina that is howling.
Casuarinas are also planted by the side of the highway. It is not afraid of the scorching sun or drought. The asphalt highway is so hot that it is about to melt, and the sand on the shoulder of the road is still hot enough to burn your feet through your slippers, but the casuarina is still wearing a green coat without any fatigue.
The several casuarinas in the elementary school campus are very tall, and the children have to crane their necks to see the treetops. The old bark on the trunk of the casuarina is rough, hard, and somewhat cracked, as if it has been twisted out with force. Some stubborn roots prop up around it, and the children jump up and down on them.
When the sea fog dissipates, or the rain curtain rolls up, the pine-needle-like branches and leaves of the casuarina are covered with crystal-like water droplets. The children cannot push the trunk, so they jump up and pull the branches. The water droplets fall, like a shower of rain. The children shout "It's raining!"
The two casuarinas by the town's bus station are the tallest, and they have been like that for many years, neither growing nor aging. People drink two sips of herbal tea there while waiting for the bus, take shelter from a passing shower, and say some words of farewell there.
Leaving the casuarina tree means leaving home. When you arrive at your destination, you sometimes find one or two fallen leaves of the casuarina stuck in the cracks of your luggage. Golden, fragrant, pine-needle-like fallen leaves of the casuarina.
These two casuarinas are often caught by the wind, and the branches and leaves that are swung high make a string-like sound, delicate, clear, and warm. The casuarina actually has such tenderness.
Later, the highway was widened, and the town became bigger and taller day by day. People who only return to their hometown during the New Year and holidays want to find these two casuarinas in the new scenery even more.
The casuarina coastal defense forest on the other side of the sea is thicker and more beautiful. They are close to the coastline, winding, layered. In every sea breeze, there is the tone of the casuarina.
The casuarina sings the folk songs of the four seasons of Leizhou Peninsula (雷州半岛) in a cycle.
People returning home cannot help but blurt out, calling out "casuarina."
Return to TopChinese painting "Winter Sunshine - Fantasy of the Arxan Ice-Free River," by the artist Bao Xuelei (包雪蕾).
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Wuwei (武威) is a low-key city, and the horses of Wuwei (武威) are even more low-key.
On the vast land of the Northwest, some cities are household names, while others are like jade stones polished by time, warmly guarding their corners. Wuwei (武威) is such a city that requires one to calm down to understand.
Wuwei (武威) was formerly known as Liangzhou (凉州). Speaking of this, people can't help but show admiration and longing. This seemingly ordinary small city was once the capital of the Former Liang (前凉), Later Liang (后凉), Northern Liang (北凉), and Great Liang (大凉) dynasties in history, and was known as "Five Liang Capitals, the Metropolis of Hexi (五凉京华，河西都会)". The stories and customs of Wuwei (武威) are fascinating.
On the way to Wuwei (武威), you can see the Buddhist art of the Tiantishan Grottoes (天梯山石窟). Compared with the famous Dunhuang (敦煌), it is more stable and quiet, and its profound history and unique style are worth savoring. Kumarajiva Temple (鸠摩罗什寺) has a history of more than 1600 years. The eminent monk Kumarajiva (鸠摩罗什) spent 17 years here, learned the Liangzhou (凉州) dialect, and translated many Buddhist scriptures. The tongue relic he left behind after his death is enshrined in the temple and has become a treasure of the temple. Wuwei Confucian Temple (武威文庙) is known as the "Crown of Longyou Academies (陇右学宫之冠)". In the Confucian Temple, there are towering pine and cypress trees, as well as buildings such as the Dacheng Hall (大成殿), Pan Pool (泮池), and Zhuangyuan Bridge (状元桥). It also houses dozens of stone tablets and plaques, among which the "Book City Never Sleeps (书城不夜)" plaque is a portrayal of the hard-working study style of Wuwei (武威) students. Walking in the Confucian Temple, you can listen to the sound of reading that travels through time and space.
Among the many historical relics in Wuwei (武威), the horse has the highest popularity. Speaking of "The Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕)", many people know that it is the "China Tourism Symbol," but few people probably know that "The Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕)" comes from Leitai (雷台) in Wuwei (武威). Standing in front of the Leitai Han Tomb (雷台汉墓), where "The Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕)" was unearthed, it is hard to imagine that such a brilliant civilization is buried under this land. The tomb chamber is 19 meters deep, showcasing the remarkable engineering technology of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The star map on the dome and the precise drainage system are amazing examples of the wisdom of the ancients.
In September 1969, when local people were digging air-raid shelters here, one pickaxe opened a large brick chamber tomb from the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In the tomb, which had already been "visited" by tomb robbers many times, among the surviving bronze chariot and horse ceremonial figurines, there was a treasure that later shocked the world, the Bronze Galloping Horse (铜奔马)—now people are more familiar with its poetic name, "The Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕)".
I stared at the Bronze Galloping Horse (铜奔马) with its head held high, neighing, three feet in the air, and one foot stepping on a flying swallow, as if I heard the echoes of history. The momentum of this horse is extraordinary, as if confirming the description in Emperor Wu of Han's (汉武帝) "Song of the Heavenly Horse (天马歌)": "The Heavenly Horse comes from the Western Regions. Crossing the quicksand, the Nine Yi submit." It is not only a masterpiece of Han Dynasty sculpture art, but also a spiritual symbol of an era—confidence, unrestrainedness, and upward progress.
In Wuwei (武威), horses have never been just livestock, but "armor of soldiers," an important strategic resource. When Emperor Wu of Han (汉武帝) obtained the precious horses of Wusun (乌孙) and Dayuan (大宛), he personally named them "Heavenly Horses (天马)". As a result, the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊), a land of lush water and grass, became an important place for the Han Dynasty to breed warhorses.
"Liangzhou (凉州) horses gallop the world." The folk song handed down from the Western Jin Dynasty vividly records the strength of Liangzhou (凉州) horses and the might of Liangzhou (凉州) cavalry. The reason why Liangzhou (凉州) horses became the best military horses in northern China at that time was not only because of their excellent breed, but also because Liangzhou (凉州) cavalry were equipped earlier with advanced cavalry tools such as saddles, stirrups, and lightweight leather horse armor.
The Tang Dynasty was another peak of horse breeding in Wuwei (武威). In history, the Longyou (陇右) area had a thriving horse administration, with more than 700,000 horses raised. During the Kaiyuan (开元) period, when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (唐玄宗) performed the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai (泰山), the vanguard of the honor guard was 10,000 fine horses transferred from Liangzhou (凉州), grouped according to their coat color and proceeding in order.
There is an old saying in the countryside of Wuwei (武威): "Lord Horse King has three eyes (马王爷三只眼)". The prototype of their legendary "Lord Horse King (马王爷)" is Jin Midi (金日磾)—originally the crown prince of the Xiongnu (匈奴) Xiutu King (休屠王), he later entered the Han Palace and was appointed as the horse supervisor because of his skill in raising horses. Later generations respected him as the horse god. In folk depictions, he is depicted with four arms and three eyes, which is the origin of "Lord Horse King has three eyes (马王爷三只眼)". It is said that the Horse God Temple (马神庙) in Gulang County (古浪县) of Wuwei (武威) has a history of more than 400 years, entrusting people's prayers for the health of horses and the abundance of water and grass.
Today's Wuwei (武威), the figure of the horse is no longer as closely linked to war as in ancient times, but the horse culture is still vibrant. The Chakouyi Horse (岔口驿马) of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County (天祝藏族自治县) is an excellent breed that has been bred from "Han and Tang Horses (汉唐马)" to this day, with a breeding history of more than 2,000 years. The Chakouyi Horse (岔口驿马) walks with a diagonal gait, making it particularly stable to ride. In the horse farm, the Chakouyi Horse (岔口驿马) either leisurely grazes or trots, complementing the miniature "Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕)" bronze sculpture, as if a thousand years of time overlap at this moment.
As the sun sets, standing on the heights of Leitai (雷台) and looking into the distance, imagine that thousands of years ago, this place was a scene of 水草丰美 (shuǐ cǎo fēng měi - "lush water and grass," abundant water and grass) and "cattle and sheep blocking the road (牛羊塞道)," where people grazed on this land, relying on and accompanying horses. Today, the spirit of the horse has been deeply integrated into the blood of the people of Wuwei (武威), and the pace of the people of Wuwei (武威) in building this city is as fast as "The Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕)".
Return to TopBy: 林 萧
That winter, wanting to leave the mountains,
I circled around, my footsteps returning to the starting point.
My father, returning from working in the fields,
Took the luggage from my shoulder.
Saying nothing, he sat down and silently smoked.
My mother buried herself in the stove, starting the fire to cook.
The house was gradually illuminated by the firelight.
Breakfast was ready, my mother called me to eat.
Nothing more than potatoes, corn, and steamed buns.
These ordinary and familiar foods
Made me choke up.
At that time, a strong wind began to shake the window frames.
We sat around the fire pit, rubbing our hands.
The exhaled hot air, the remaining warmth of the charcoal fire,
Delayed the snow outside the window by two hours,
Before it silently fell on the roof.
By: 徐 迅
A friend posted photos on WeChat Moments of accompanying their mother to pick thatch mushrooms and dig sweet potatoes in the mountains and fields. This is the fruit of being close to the land.
Thatch mushrooms grow in pine forests. In my memory, picking thatch mushrooms is linked to raking firewood. When I was young, pine needle firewood was the best fuel for rural stoves. My mother knew how to rake firewood. Sometimes I followed behind her, watching her use a bamboo rake to gather pine needle firewood, and unexpectedly, I would see a group of round "little heads" exposed under the pine needle firewood, which were thatch mushrooms. At this time, my mother would stop raking firewood, pick up the thatch mushrooms, and then use the apron around her waist to hold them tightly. After returning home, she would remove the pine needles and soil mixed with the thatch mushrooms, and then wash the thatch mushrooms clean. Thatch mushrooms, stir-fried with chili peppers and sliced meat, or added to noodle soup, became an incredibly delicious delicacy.
Digging sweet potatoes is a real farm job. In the hillside fields, the sweet potato leaves grow lush and green. The sweet potatoes are buried underground, and when the season of maturity arrives, they must be dug out one by one with a hoe. This job requires some skill. If you use too much force, you can easily break the sweet potatoes; if you use too little force, you can't dig the sweet potatoes out. The key is to find the "nest" where the sweet potatoes grow. The freshly turned soil from the dug-out cluster of sweet potatoes often has a special fresh scent that hits you in the face, intoxicating you. The sweet potatoes that have just come out of the nest are lined up on the ground, as if they are a kind of happiness晒 (shài - "sun-dried, displayed") by a family. After the sweet potatoes are dried, they are picked up, taken home, and washed clean, and used for steaming, boiling, stewing, or not washed clean, wrapped in mud and stuffed into the stove to bake, all of which are fragrant and make people greedy. After leaving the land, I haven't dug sweet potatoes for many years, but I can still recall the sound of the hoe gently tapping the soil when digging sweet potatoes, and I can also imagine what my friend looks like when digging sweet potatoes. The freshly unearthed sweet potatoes have a tender red skin, which perfectly complements her face full of joy.
Being close to the land and enjoying family affection... This kind of conscious labor is truly a beautiful thing in the world.
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