Summary: In 2025, Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative. During the SCO summit, Xi met with UN Secretary-General Guterres, emphasizing multilateralism and cooperation to address global challenges. Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, greeted foreign delegations, including leaders such as Putin and Kim Jong Un, at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory against Japanese aggression. Xi Jinping also met with President Trump, calling for the two countries to act as partners. China's foreign policy in 2025 focused on building a community of common destiny with neighboring countries and promoting multilateralism amidst global turbulence, while also aiming to promote the development of global governance in contrast to the United States.
Summary: The article highlights China's progress in developing a modern industrial system by upgrading traditional industries through intelligent technologies and fostering new growth drivers like humanoid robots and the low-altitude economy. It cites Xi Jinping's call to integrate technological and industrial innovation for global competitiveness. The piece emphasizes advancements in areas like intelligent manufacturing, robotics deployment, and the expansion of "three new" economies. Zheng Shanjie of the National Development and Reform Commission noted efforts to enhance the competitiveness of key industries, which is expected to generate significant market growth and benefits over the next five years. The article underscores the importance of modern infrastructure networks in facilitating economic development and improving people's lives.
Summary: Wang Huning met with leaders of the Buddhist Association of China (BAC) and representatives at the 11th National Congress of the BAC in Beijing. He stressed the importance of studying Xi Jinping Thought, adhering to the Party's religious policies, and guiding Buddhists to follow the Party's leadership to contribute to China's modernization. Wang also emphasized strengthening ideological guidance, promoting the Sinicization of Buddhism, and cultivating talented Buddhist leaders. Li Ganjie also participated in the meeting.
Summary: A series of lectures were held at over 20 Beijing universities featuring 36 speakers from the forefront of Chinese industry and research, including engineers and recipients of the "National Excellent Engineer" title, in fields like integrated circuits and biomedicine. These lectures aimed to inspire students to contribute to China's technological advancement and address "chokehold" technologies. Speakers shared stories of innovation and overcoming challenges, emphasizing self-reliance in technology, and the need for youth to take up the torch. Xi Jinping was quoted as saying that China's scientific and technological achievements are worthy of attention, and that attempts to restrict China will ultimately fail. The lectures are intended to inspire students to contribute to China's technological independence.
Summary: China's National Energy Administration reports a significant increase in power generation capacity through November, with a 17.1% year-on-year rise. Solar power capacity saw a 41.9% increase, reaching 1.16 billion kilowatts, while wind power surpassed 600 million kilowatts, a 22.4% increase. China provides approximately 70% of the world’s wind power equipment and has driven down global wind power costs by more than 60% over the past decade. Wind power is now a competitive energy source in China, with costs continuing to decline. The article does not mention any U.S. related affairs.
Summary: Xinjiang Oilfield became China's first oilfield to inject over one million tons of carbon dioxide annually by December 28th. This milestone signifies a crucial advancement in the large-scale application of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology in the region. The carbon injection was done at Xinjiang Oilfield's Junggar Basin. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was made.
Summary: The National Sports General Administration released reports indicating a steady improvement in the physical fitness of Chinese citizens and an expanding population participating in sports. The proportion of citizens achieving a "qualified" or higher physical fitness level reached 84.9%, an increase from 2020. The percentage of residents regularly engaging in sports reached 38.52%, also showing growth since 2020. These findings are part of a five-year national fitness monitoring program. The article does not mention any US or US-China relations.
Summary: This news compilation covers a range of topics, including the growing global popularity of Chinese agricultural products. It also discusses the advancement of a unified national market within China. Furthermore, it touches upon major domestic and international sports news anticipated for 2025. Lastly, it features a year-end special on practical work and dedication at the grassroots level. The article does not appear to mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The book "Xi Jinping Economic Thought Series Lectures," compiled by the National Development and Reform Commission and China Media Group, has been published and is now available nationwide. The book is based on the script of a television documentary series of the same name. It explains the core tenets, rich content, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's economic thought, using practical examples. The book aims to promote the understanding and implementation of Xi Jinping's economic ideas. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: Commerce Minister Wang Wentao delivered a report on "Expanding High-Level Opening-Up and Promoting Inclusive Economic Globalization" at a forum organized by multiple central organizations. Wang highlighted the historical achievements and changes in China's opening-up since the 18th Party Congress, emphasizing its role in driving high-quality development and promoting inclusive globalization. He outlined plans for the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, including expanding institutional opening-up, maintaining the multilateral trading system, and expanding the high-standard free trade zone network. Wang emphasized the importance of sharing opportunities and jointly developing with the world, while also noting the complex changes and challenges in the international environment. The forum was attended by approximately 730 representatives from various sectors, and was hosted by an official from the Central Military Commission's Political Work Department.
Summary: Propaganda teams across various regions, including Henan, Hubei, Tibet, and Ningxia, are disseminating the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee through tailored and localized campaigns. These campaigns utilize diverse methods, such as incorporating local dialects and addressing specific concerns of different groups like farmers, students, and community members. For example, university students in Hubei were told that their work with robotics would help advance the country's development of "new productive forces." The goal is to translate policy into tangible action and foster widespread understanding and support. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's State Council Tariff Commission released the "2026 Tariff Adjustment Plan," effective January 1, 2026, adjusting import tariff rates and optimizing tariff item classifications to promote high-quality development. The plan lowers import tariffs on 935 items, including key components, advanced materials, and medical products, aiming to foster new productive forces, green transformation, and improve people's livelihoods. Some import provisional tax rates will be cancelled, with the most-favored-nation rates being restored, to enhance domestic economic drivers. The plan also continues to implement agreed tariff rates with 34 trade partners and preferential rates for the least developed countries, signaling China's commitment to high-level opening-up amid international economic pressures.
Summary: The article reports on the completion of resettlement housing and relocation of 325 households affected by a mountain flood disaster in Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Reconstruction was completed at six centralized resettlement sites, allowing all affected residents to move in. The event was photographed by reporters Song Chaojun and Lang Bingbing. The article does not discuss or allude to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A series of lectures were held at over 20 universities in Beijing, organized by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Education, Science, and Talent Work Leading Group. The lectures featured 36 front-line science and technology workers from key industries like integrated circuits and AI, who shared their experiences and encouraged students to contribute to China's technological advancement. Speakers emphasized overcoming "chokehold" technologies ("卡脖子”技术) through self-reliance and innovation. These efforts aim to inspire a new generation to contribute to national development through technological innovation. One speaker mentioned China's progress in autonomous driving technology.
Summary: Four state-owned enterprises (SOEs), China Chengtong Holdings Group, China Huadian Group, China National Agricultural Development Group, and China Datang Group, have begun construction of their headquarters in the Xiong'an New Area. These four firms represent the second group of SOEs relocating to Xiong'an. This follows the earlier relocation of China Satellite Network Group, China National Chemical Corporation, China Huaneng Group, and China Minmetals, with some already operational in the new area. In total, eight SOE headquarters and hundreds of their subsidiaries and Beijing-based companies have moved to Xiong'an. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses China's push for innovation and new growth drivers, particularly focusing on the role of "scenes" (应用场景) as bridges between technology and industry. It highlights the application of AI in agriculture, using the example of an AI-powered orchard management system developed by Jiarun Technology Group. This system, utilizing IoT sensors and AI algorithms, enables precise monitoring and management of crops, improving efficiency and yield. The system has been adopted in Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia and Cambodia, for crops such as durian and bananas. The article emphasizes the importance of data-driven agriculture and the potential for AI to further enhance market prediction and production strategies.
Summary: The article reports that China's total water consumption has remained stable since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, despite economic growth and increased grain production. The Ministry of Water Resources has focused on building a water-saving system to promote water conservation efforts in agriculture, industry, and urban areas. Key achievements include reductions in water consumption per unit of GDP and industrial added value, as well as improved irrigation efficiency and reduced urban water leakage. These efforts demonstrate China's commitment to efficient and strict water resource management. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A global survey conducted by the Global Times Research Institute indicates a generally positive international perception of China and its leadership in 2025. The survey, encompassing over 50,000 individuals across 46 countries, found strong international recognition of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and China's governance practices. A majority of respondents expressed optimism about China's economic growth and support for its role in global affairs, including expectations for China to address international crises and reform global governance. International sentiment favored China over the U.S., with a higher percentage expressing positive feelings toward China and criticizing U.S. trade policies and actions. The survey also revealed a desire for closer relations with China across various regions, while most ASEAN respondents support negotiations regarding the South China Sea.
Summary: The article emphasizes China's focus on its own development amidst global uncertainties, highlighting its economic resilience and contributions to global growth. It cites a recent survey indicating international confidence in China's economic future and interest in its global role. The article stresses that China's development does not aim to challenge or replace any other country, but rather to improve itself and share development opportunities. It notes the importance of the U.S. and China focusing on their own development, as it is vital to the well-being of both countries and to global peace and development.
Summary: Walid Kmaiha, head of the Lebanese Silk Road Institute and the "Lebanon-China Dialogue Road" Association, stated that Arab countries should learn from China's governance and modernization theories. Kmaiha highlighted China's long-term strategic planning and focus on high-quality development through green development and technological innovation as valuable lessons. He emphasized the importance of dialogue and cooperation between Arab countries and China in various fields, particularly in economics, technology, and culture. He believes that China's commitment to building a community with a shared future and upholding the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence offers significant guidance for Arab countries' foreign relations and development. Kmaiha's association aims to strengthen exchanges between Arab and Chinese media and academic institutions to promote mutual understanding.
Summary: Wang Yi met with the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand in Yunnan, along with military officials from the three countries, to mediate the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict. Wang stated that China has been actively mediating the conflict and expressed satisfaction with the recent ceasefire agreement. He highlighted the importance of rebuilding mutual trust and offered China's support in various areas, including ceasefire monitoring and humanitarian aid. Both Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers praised China's constructive role in de-escalating the situation and promoting dialogue.
Summary: Chinese, Cambodian, and Thai foreign ministers and military officials met in Yunnan to discuss the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict. China welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between Cambodia and Thailand, offering support for its implementation and humanitarian aid for displaced persons. The parties agreed to focus on restoring normal exchanges and rebuilding political trust, including supporting the upcoming Lancang-Mekong Cooperation leaders' meeting in Thailand. China pledged to provide a platform for communication and encourage the long-term improvement of bilateral relations between Cambodia and Thailand. All parties committed to regional peace, stability, and combating cross-border crime, including online scams.
Summary: Chen Wenqing, member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, addressed the opening of the China Rule of Law Forum (2025) in Shenzhen, emphasizing the importance of Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law. Huang Kunming, also a Politburo member and Guangdong Party Secretary, attended and delivered a speech. Participants highlighted Xi's legal thought as the most important achievement in socialist rule of law since the 18th Party Congress. The forum focused on using Xi's legal thought to provide a strong legal guarantee for the "15th Five-Year Plan" economic and social development. Attendees also discussed building a China-specific legal knowledge system while drawing on global legal achievements.
Summary: PLA Eastern Theater Command spokesperson Shi Yi announced the "Joint Mission-2025" exercises commencing December 29, involving the army, navy, air force, and rocket force in multiple areas around Taiwan. The exercises will focus on joint operations capabilities, including sea and air patrols, control of key areas, and external deterrence. Shi Yi stated the exercises are intended as a "stern warning" to "Taiwan independence" forces and "external interference forces" and are a legitimate action to safeguard national sovereignty and unity. The exercises included multiple ships and aircraft approaching Taiwan from multiple directions, simulating joint strikes by multiple military branches. The Command did not explicitly name any specific countries as "external interference forces", but the phrase is commonly understood to allude to the United States.
Summary: The PLA Eastern Theater Command will conduct significant military exercises, including live-fire drills, on December 30, 2025, from 0800 to 1800 hours. These exercises will take place in specified sea and air spaces defined by coordinates off the coast of China. Vessels and aircraft are advised to avoid the designated areas for safety during this period. The announcement does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated that the PLA's Eastern Theater Command initiated the "Joint Sword-2025" exercises on December 29 as a "stern warning" against "Taiwan independence" forces seeking independence through military means. Lin Jian asserted that the DPP's pursuit of independence and reliance on the U.S. is turning Taiwan into a "powder keg." He also commented on outside forces using Taiwan to contain China, which he believes emboldens "Taiwan independence" sentiments. Lin Jian emphasized China's unwavering commitment to safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity, warning against any provocations on the Taiwan issue. He claimed that attempts to obstruct China's reunification will not succeed.
Summary: Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang addressed questions about the Eastern Theater Command's "Joint Sword-2025" exercises near Taiwan, stating they were a stern warning to "Taiwan independence" forces and external interference. Zhang accused external forces of emboldening "Taiwan independence" and harming China's sovereignty and stability in the Taiwan Strait. He specifically warned the United States and other countries to abandon the illusion of "using Taiwan to contain China" and cease provocations. Zhang further asserted that the PLA would resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity through anti-secession and anti-interference actions. He warned the DPP against seeking independence through foreign support and resisting reunification through force.
Summary: The PLA Eastern Theater Command began "Joint Sword-2025" exercises around Taiwan on December 29th, involving multiple branches. State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua stated that these exercises are a stern warning to "Taiwan independence" forces and external interference. Chen accused the Lai Ching-te administration of seeking independence through external forces, harming cross-strait relations, and threatening peace. He warned against any external interference in the Taiwan issue, and claimed that the exercises are not targeted at Taiwan compatriots, but at preventing "Taiwan independence" and interference from external forces, but instead meant to protect the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of Taiwan compatriots.
Summary: The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command will conduct "Joint Mission-2025" exercises in multiple locations around Taiwan, starting December 29th. The exercise is described as a firm warning against the Lai Ching-te administration's "seeking independence through external forces" and a stern warning against external interference, particularly referencing U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, which are criticized as hypocritical and destabilizing. The article asserts that the U.S. uses Taiwan as a pawn to extract benefits and will abandon it if it becomes a liability. It warns Lai Ching-te that his actions are futile in the face of the PLA's capabilities and the will of the Chinese people and that reunification is inevitable.
Summary: In 2025, Xi Jinping promoted global governance and cooperation through multiple initiatives, including the Global Governance Initiative proposed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Tianjin Summit. He met with UN Secretary-General Guterres, who acknowledged the challenges facing multilateralism and the need for reforming international governance. Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan welcomed foreign delegations, including President Putin and Kim Jong-un, to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan and WWII in Beijing. Xi also held talks with President Trump in Busan, emphasizing partnership and friendship between the two countries. China committed to working with other countries to further global development, particularly in the Global South.
Summary: By the end of 2025, China's irrigated farmland area exceeded 1.09 billion mu, an increase of more than 53 million mu since the end of 2020, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. The water resources sector is strengthening the modernization and renovation of large and medium-sized irrigation districts. Seven new large irrigation districts were started this year, with a designed irrigation area of more than 5.6 million mu. There are currently 6,924 large and medium-sized irrigation districts nationwide, with a designed irrigation area of 627 million mu. Irrigated farmland accounts for 80.76% of the total national grain output in 2025.
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Summary: The article summarizes three perspectives on the continued importance of reading and writing poetry in the age of AI, following the 10th Shanghai International Poetry Festival which was themed "AI Era Poetry Path". The authors argue that poetry cultivates personal refinement, provides unique perspectives on life, and connects individuals to cultural heritage in ways that AI-generated content cannot replicate, which is important for the average Chinese. They emphasize that poetry stems from genuine emotions and experiences, fostering a deeper understanding of oneself and the world. The authors do not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: China's ice and snow economy is booming, transitioning from event-driven to a systematic and industrialized stage. The sector's growth stems from integrating ice and snow with culture, sports, and technology to cater to evolving consumer demands, as seen in Xinjiang's Altai region. Regions are leveraging historical and cultural resources, like the Anyang Gate site in Henan, to create unique winter tourism experiences. Collaboration between regions and addressing infrastructure gaps, such as transportation in remote areas, are crucial for sustainable development. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the city of Hunchun in Jilin province as a key entry point for Russian king crabs into the Chinese market, facilitated by its strategic location and efficient customs procedures. Hunchun handles over 80% of China's king crab imports due to streamlined "green channels" and innovative inspection methods. This has spurred the development of a king crab industry chain in Hunchun, from processing to research and development. Hunchun businesses are also exploring opportunities to export local products to Russia, packaging them under a unified brand to increase appeal. Furthermore, the article notes China's visa-free policy for Russian citizens and Hunchun's corresponding policies to facilitate tourism, underscoring the importance of people-to-people exchanges.
Summary: China has made significant progress in wetland protection, including mangrove restoration, invasive species removal, and migratory bird route preservation, contributing to global conservation efforts. The country now boasts 22 international wetland cities, the highest number worldwide. These wetlands showcase China's model of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. The article emphasizes ecological prioritization as key to China's modernization and environmental progress. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Two recent first flights of Chinese rockets, the Long March-12 Y1 and the Blue Arrow's Zhuque-3 Y1, achieved orbit but failed to recover their first stages. The article emphasizes that setbacks are inherent to technological advancement in rocketry and other fields. The author cites previous examples of Chinese aerospace successes, such as the Dongfeng-2 missile and Long March 3B rocket, that emerged from initial failures. More broadly, the article argues that technological advancements like high-speed rail and 5G technology involve extensive experimentation, optimization, and sometimes failures. The article asserts that acknowledging and learning from setbacks is crucial for eventual success in achieving technological breakthroughs.
Summary: This article profiles a farmer and seed breeder in Hunan Province, highlighting his journey from initial setbacks due to poor seed selection to becoming a successful seed producer through diligent study, experimentation, and collaboration with agricultural companies like Yahua Seed Industry and Yuan Chuang Super Rice Technology Co. He emphasizes the importance of combining traditional knowledge with new technologies, as exemplified by his son's use of drones for farming. The farmer also expresses optimism about the increasing number of young people returning to rural areas and embracing modern farming techniques, creating a blend of experience and innovation in agriculture. He sees this intergenerational exchange as vital for the continued prosperity of rural China.
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Summary: China's agricultural exports have been steadily increasing, reaching 732.75 billion yuan in 2024, a 34.6% increase from 2021, driven by advantageous products like fruit and aquatic products. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) is actively promoting agricultural trade and diversification into new markets, including those in the Middle East, while also seeking to mitigate risks associated with over-reliance on single markets. To further boost agricultural exports, China is focusing on developing high-quality agricultural production systems and encouraging innovation in processing and branding, with the goal of cultivating internationally competitive agricultural enterprises. The article mentions that China is trying to reduce its dependence on single markets. This comes amid increasing worries from western analysts that China may be trying to become less dependent on the United States, in particular.
Summary: The China Zhi Gong Party (致公党) convened its 16th Central Committee's fourth plenary session in Beijing on December 29th. Chairman Jiang Zuojun delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee, highlighting the party's activities in 2025, including studying Xi Jinping Thought and the spirit of the 20th Party Congress. Jiang outlined the party's 2026 agenda, calling for contributions to the 15th Five-Year Plan and national reunification, while emphasizing the importance of uniting overseas Chinese. The meeting also focused on internal supervision and the spirit of Xi's congratulatory letter on the party's centennial.
Summary: The 10th China Beijing International Art Biennale opened on December 29th, co-sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department. The Biennale, themed "Symbiosis," features thematic, special, and national exhibitions, including a "Human-Intelligence Symbiosis: Digital Art Special Exhibition." It focuses on global issues like peaceful development and ecological civilization. The exhibition received over 9,000 submissions and showcases approximately 600 contemporary artworks from nearly 120 countries and regions. An international art conference will be held in conjunction with the Biennale, which runs until January 28, 2026.
Summary: The Xiangjiang New Area in Hunan province, the first national-level new area in central China, has experienced rapid development over the past decade, marked by population and economic growth, and the development of key industries such as engineering machinery, new materials, and electronic information. The area has focused on improving infrastructure and transportation networks, including tunnels and bridges, and fostering innovation through entrepreneurship programs, particularly for university students. The New Area also emphasizes cultural enrichment through community centers, arts initiatives, and integrating art with daily life. The successful launch of Shenzhou-21 manned spacecraft also used operating systems researched and developed by a listed company in the new district.
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Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to build a unified national market, which is seen as crucial for bolstering domestic circulation and utilizing the country's vast market resources. It highlights progress made in breaking down market barriers and promoting fair competition, while also acknowledging remaining challenges like local protectionism and "involution" (excessive internal competition). The article emphasizes the importance of expanding opening up to integrate domestic and international markets, leveraging both domestic and international resources. It calls for addressing issues such as disorderly low-price competition and standardizing government behavior to facilitate a unified, open, and competitive market system. The article references the United States in describing the process of bringing new pharmaceuticals to the Chinese market.
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Summary: During the "14th Five-Year Plan," the Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC) focused on aligning with national strategies, supporting regional development, and strengthening its financial services, including increasing financial support for key regions, manufacturing upgrades, and technological innovation, with technology loans exceeding 940 billion yuan. PSBC aimed to strengthen rural revitalization and inclusive finance, increasing agricultural-related loans and extending financial services to small and micro enterprises. Emphasizing green finance, PSBC saw its green loan balance grow significantly and implemented innovative green finance solutions. Furthermore, PSBC has invested heavily in digital transformation, including the development of a new generation of distributed core systems that are fully independent and controllable, and it is exploring the application of large-scale models.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping has personally promoted the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) as a major national strategy. The Hainan FTP officially launched full island closure on December 18th. Hainan FTP's development demonstrates China's commitment to expanding opening-up and economic globalization. It also noted that China's exploration of constructing such a zone could offer valuable lessons and potential solutions for developing nations.
Summary: The article discusses the importance of strengthening legal education for minors in China, emphasizing its role in national development and the rule of law. It highlights Xi Jinping's instructions on moral education for minors, stressing the need to cultivate socialist values and improve collaborative educational mechanisms involving schools, families, and society. The piece acknowledges challenges such as online misinformation and weak legal awareness among some minors, advocating for a systematic approach involving schools, families, communities, and the judicial system to promote legal awareness and protect minors' rights. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The State Council Academic Degrees Committee has issued new regulations for pilot "Doctorate + Master's" dual degree programs. These programs, designed by pilot universities, aim to cultivate high-level interdisciplinary talent in response to major needs such as technological development and industrial transformation. The regulations, which were implemented to encourage pilot universities to set up projects in a standardized and orderly manner, define the program's content, procedures, and supervision. Pilot universities are encouraged to explore reforms in talent training models that emphasize interdisciplinary perspectives, skills, and collaborative education. These programs will leverage interdisciplinary platforms, and incorporate appropriate diversion mechanisms.
Summary: The article commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama's enthronement, emphasizing adherence to historical traditions and regulations. It stresses the importance of domestic selection, the Golden Urn lottery, and approval by the central government in the reincarnation process, particularly for high-ranking lamas. The author argues that these principles uphold religious freedom and respect for Tibetan Buddhism while asserting China's sovereignty over religious affairs. The article explicitly states that the selection process is an internal affair, with no precedence for foreign involvement. It also mentions the 2007 "Management Measures for the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism," to ensure the process is conducted by law.
Summary: China's Ministry of Education issued new regulations for managing preschool children's school records. The regulations mandate a unique, lifelong student ID for every child enrolled in legally established kindergartens, with records following the child through transfers and continuing into primary school. The system aims to prevent duplicate or fraudulent records and ensures data sharing with the national student information management system. Kindergartens and county-level education authorities are required to regularly verify and update student records to ensure accuracy. The regulations cover children aged three until they enter primary school.
Summary: The article reports on road improvement projects in Li County, Hunan province, specifically focusing on the refurbishment of County Road 152 in Guanyuan Township. Farmers, like fish farmer Song Peng, are expressing satisfaction over the improved road conditions, which facilitate smoother transport of agricultural products to market. The Li County government, responding to public concerns, initiated repairs on the road in June 2025, investing 827,000 yuan. Li County has allocated 23.66 million yuan in 2025 towards rural road maintenance as part of a three-year plan (2025-2027) to upgrade substandard roads.
Summary: The third National Labor Cooperation and Labor Brand Development Conference was held in Nanning, Guangxi, focusing on promoting high-quality employment and rural revitalization. Representatives from 31 provinces, ASEAN countries, and foreign experts attended, signing cooperation agreements worth 1.381 billion yuan. The conference showcased 164 labor brands and promoted AI's role in labor cooperation, including the "Zhegui AI Operation and Maintenance Talent Program." The event also featured discussions on cross-border labor cooperation with Vietnam and skill-based cooperation related to the Belt and Road Initiative with ASEAN members.
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Summary: Yushe County in Shanxi province is leveraging its "Yushe Ancient Building Craftsmanship," a provincial intangible cultural heritage, to develop a skilled labor brand and boost the local economy. The county is cultivating talent through vocational school programs and workshops, ensuring the transmission of traditional techniques like Hanwen brocade painting. They are also innovating with "mud skin murals" and developing cultural and creative products to extend the industrial chain. The county is attempting to promote the industry through integration of production, sales and ancillary facilities.
Summary: The recently published "Regulations on the Management of Chinese Employees of Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Missions in China," effective January 1, 2026, aim to establish a transparent and standardized management system for Chinese nationals working in foreign missions. These regulations are the first dedicated administrative regulations for this purpose and are intended to serve China's diplomatic objectives and improve the legal framework for foreign affairs. The regulations address issues such as "private recruitment" and aim to protect the rights of Chinese employees, reflecting China's obligations under international law, including the Vienna Conventions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is tasked with guiding and coordinating the management of these employees, emphasizing centralized control. The regulations seek to balance the needs of foreign missions with Chinese legal requirements and national interests.
Summary: The new "Regulations on the Management of Chinese Employees of Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Missions in China" aims to establish a transparent and standardized management system for Chinese employees and safeguard their legal rights, addressing issues like wage deductions and wrongful termination. The regulations clarify the legal obligations of foreign missions to respect Chinese laws and protect employee rights, requiring service agreements between missions and Foreign Affairs Service agencies, and labor contracts between the agencies and employees. It establishes dispute resolution mechanisms, referencing China's Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law for labor contract disagreements. The regulations intend to balance diplomatic privileges and immunities with the protection of Chinese employees' legitimate rights. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The Xian Nong Tan (先农坛) in Beijing has opened its inner altar area to the public after the relocation of Beijing Yucai School, marking the connection of the inner altar and Qingcheng Palace areas. As part of Beijing's efforts to preserve and promote its central axis after its successful World Heritage application, the city has issued a three-year action plan (2025-2027) focused on heritage protection. Zhang Lixin, Party Secretary and Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, stated that the relocation of occupying units within the Xian Nong Tan area will continue to restore its historical layout. The site will be developed into a display window for traditional historical culture, a venue for international exchanges, and a cultural and leisure space for citizens. The move is part of a broader effort to further restore the historical pattern and appearance of the Xian Nong Tan.
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Summary: Hangzhou is striving to achieve "common prosperity" by focusing on high-quality development, promoting urban-rural integration, and improving public services. The city has seen progress in economic growth, narrowing the income gap between urban and rural residents, and enhancing public services in areas like housing, childcare, and elderly care. Hangzhou is promoting rural revitalization through industrial development and talent attraction, and is also working to make cultural resources more accessible to grassroots communities. The city aims to serve as a model for achieving common prosperity nationwide. There is no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: Dalian police recently dismantled a major wildlife crime ring involved in poaching and selling the endangered yellow-breasted bunting. The investigation revealed a "hunting-acquisition-distribution" chain, leading to the arrest of over ten suspects. Authorities identified that the birds were being sold as wild game or pets. The operation involved multiple departments, including the Public Security Bureau and the Natural Resources Bureau, and aimed to deter illegal bird trafficking and protect migratory birds. Authorities also conducted inspections of markets and restaurants and have been increasing public awareness on the issue.
Summary: During the 14th Five-Year Plan, China significantly expanded its conservation of forestry and grassland germplasm resources, increasing collections by 180% to 147,400 copies and protecting native and endangered species. The utilization rate of improved varieties of major afforestation tree species rose from 65% to 76%, enhancing forest quality. China has also implemented a three-year action plan to revitalize the forestry and grass seed industry, leading to improvements in resource protection, breeding innovation, seedling production, and market regulation. Over the past five years, China has constructed over 1,500 forest tree seed production bases, 600,000 mu of grass seed breeding bases, and 188,000 seedling production bases, and have not mentioned or alluded to the United States.
Summary: The diversion tunnel of the Yellow River Guxian water conservancy project was successfully completed on December 28, marking a preliminary victory for the project. The tunnel, critical for diverting floodwaters during construction, now allows the project to move toward the next stage, including the tunnel lining. Once completed, the Guxian project will serve multiple functions, including flood control, water regulation, supply, irrigation, and power generation. It will also help supplement downstream water and create conditions for water use outside the river channel, contributing to the long-term stability of the Yellow River.
Summary: The article reports on the work of Talihati Santayi, the captain of the Silk Road International Ski Resort rescue team in Xinjiang. Talihati, a former shepherd from a rural village, now leads a team equipped with specialized vehicles to patrol, train, and perform rescues on the slopes. He highlights the economic benefits of winter tourism in Xinjiang and the importance of the ski resort rescue team for ensuring safety. He also expressed how much he enjoys his job, and particularly being praised by tourists from around the world. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Anhui Branch is using AI and big data to innovate financial services for Anhui's rapidly growing automotive industry, particularly for parts suppliers facing financing challenges. ICBC Anhui is employing a "data + AI + business" model to provide clustered financial services, shifting from traditional lending to proactive, AI-driven assessment and allocation of credit. This new model aims to streamline loan processes, improve risk control, and offer customized financial solutions to companies throughout the automotive supply chain. ICBC Anhui's approach seeks to foster an ecosystem of shared growth, moving beyond simply providing loans to becoming a partner in industrial development. The bank is also expanding this approach to other industries in the region.
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Summary: China successfully hosted the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, with President Xi Jinping attending the opening ceremony, and its athletes achieving a record medal haul. The 15th National Games were jointly hosted by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, an innovative practice under "One Country, Two Systems," with Xi Jinping present at the opening. The State Council issued an opinion on releasing sports consumption potential to promote the high-quality development of the sports industry, aiming for a scale exceeding 7 trillion yuan by 2030. Portland Trail Blazers selected Chinese player Yang Hansen in the NBA draft.
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Summary: The article reports on Japanese public protests against the government's increasing military expansion and revisionist stance on historical issues. Protesters are specifically calling for the retraction of comments made by Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan, which are perceived as provocative and a threat to regional peace. Critics argue that the government's actions, including record-high defense budgets and potential changes to the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," are pushing Japan towards militarism and ignoring the country's pacifist constitution. Concerns were raised that the government is attempting to downplay its role as a historical aggressor and that the younger generation is not getting an accurate account of Japan's history. No direct mention of the United States, or U.S.-China relations, was included.
Summary: The Chinese dance drama "Deep Memory," which portrays the Nanjing Massacre through the lens of Iris Chang's research, premiered in Paris, sparking a dialogue about war memories and reconciliation. The performance, which uses physical expression to overcome language barriers, seeks to highlight a largely marginalized history. Despite facing resistance in Japan, the drama underscores the enduring impact of history on contemporary politics and societal attitudes. It emphasizes the importance of remembering historical events not to perpetuate hatred, but to pursue justice. The international version of the play uses international actors to foster a cross-cultural understanding of the shared history.
Summary: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated that China lodged a formal complaint with Panama regarding the demolition of a monument commemorating Chinese contributions to Panama by a local government. Lin Jian emphasized the historical contributions of Chinese laborers to the Panama Canal and the monument's significance as a symbol of friendship, condemning the demolition as damaging to bilateral relations and offensive to overseas Chinese. He noted public outrage in Panama and President Mulino's condemnation and order to rebuild the monument. China demands a thorough investigation and a correction of the local government's actions to mitigate the negative impact. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson addressed the recent developments in southern Yemen. China expressed concern and called for the maintenance of Yemen's sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity. The spokesperson urged all parties to prioritize the interests of the Yemeni people and engage in political dialogue based on relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative. China supports mediation efforts by regional countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE. China will continue to promote peace talks to achieve a political solution in Yemen.
Summary: A recent UN report indicates a 14.7% increase in security incidents in Afghanistan compared to last year, with terrorism posing a direct threat. Tajikistan accused Afghanistan of supporting cross-border terror attacks, leading to condemnation and a pledge to prevent future incidents. The UN reports a dire humanitarian crisis with millions facing food insecurity and needing aid. At a UN Security Council meeting, China's representative Fu Cong urged the Afghan government to eliminate terrorist forces and called on the international community to avoid ideological bias and geopolitical calculations in its approach to Afghanistan. Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan lauded China's support for regional peace and stability efforts.
Summary: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Chongqing branch is increasing its green finance offerings to support Chongqing's green transition, focusing on areas like new energy buses, green manufacturing, and ecological restoration along the Yangtze River. ICBC Chongqing is providing financial support to companies involved in upgrading traditional manufacturing processes with environmentally friendly technologies and also supporting PPP projects for sewage treatment and water supply. They are also supporting rural tourism and traditional Chinese medicine industries in Chongqing by providing customized financial products and management systems. ICBC Chongqing is aiming to promote the conversion of ecological advantages into development advantages and common prosperity through financial support. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Chinese media reports a surge in international tourism to various regions due to winter sports and activities. Hebei's Chongli, a Winter Olympics venue, attracts visitors with skiing and international competitions. Similarly, Yunnan's Diqing offers Southeast Asian tourists their first snow mountain experiences, while Jilin's Yanbian combines ice scenery with unique ethnic customs, attracting Russian tourists in particular. Xinjiang's Altay, known as a "powder snow paradise," is drawing international skiers and coaches, with some Australian tourism representatives noting the area's international standards.
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Summary: This article summarizes local initiatives in China to implement the directives given by Xi Jinping during his inspection tours in 2025. Shanghai is striving to become a leader in AI development and governance, while Liaoning province is focused on improving its business environment to attract investment. Other regions like Shanxi are promoting industrial transformation and green development, while Henan is reducing burdens on local officials to improve public services. Yunnan province is focused on balancing the relationship between economic growth and environmental protections, and this has involved helping the local population adopt new industries.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of *shigan* (实干, "practical work" or "doing real things") for Party cadres, particularly in the context of achieving economic goals and improving people's livelihoods. It highlights the need to confront problems head-on, adopt appropriate methodologies, and prioritize tangible results over superficial displays. The piece cites examples of cadres focusing on industrial transformation, revitalizing old neighborhoods, and supporting rural communities as demonstrations of *shigan*. It stresses that practical action and a focus on delivering results are essential for achieving high-quality development in the upcoming "15th Five-Year Plan". There is no mention of the United States.
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Summary: The article discusses the impact of AI on China's cultural production, noting concerns about the proliferation of low-quality, homogenous content ("slop") despite a booming cultural industry. It argues that genuine cultural creation should prioritize emotional depth, trust, and uniqueness to resonate with audiences and offer irreplaceable experiences. The author emphasizes the need for originality, ethical AI usage, and respecting intellectual property to foster a healthy and innovative cultural ecosystem. The piece references the "15th Five-Year Plan" goals of boosting cultural originality and regulating the internet, and highlights the importance of balancing technological advancement with the human element in artistic creation to meet people's cultural needs and strengthen their spirit. It does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An unnamed author advocates for a "script-centric system" (剧本中心制) in Chinese television production, arguing it is not about prioritizing screenwriters alone, but about ensuring unified creative vision throughout the entire production process. The author criticizes the current disconnect between pre-production (scriptwriting) and later stages (directing, acting), leading to scripts being altered and diluted. They propose a system where a designated individual oversees the entire process to maintain the script's integrity, emphasizing that this person, whether from the platform, production, directing, or writing side, must have the professional capabilities to coordinate all aspects of the creative process. This coordinated approach, starting with script selection, will ultimately lead to higher quality dramas that resonate with audiences. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The micro-drama series "Home In and Out" has released a second installment, exceeding 1 billion views and sparking industry discussion on themes and techniques. "Home In and Out 2" expands on the original's focus on a blended family in a Sichuan setting, using daily life to portray family warmth and generational changes. The sequel broadens its scope by adding characters and increasing episodes, structuring the plot into 11 units with a clearer narrative, moving from family to neighborhood relationships. It distinguishes itself by using realistic storytelling and focusing on cultural relevance, offering an alternative to quick-paced, sensational micro-dramas. The series' success demonstrates that realistic themes focused on mainstream culture can achieve popularity and critical acclaim.
Summary: The sixth season of the popular Chinese police documentary series "Guardian of Jiefang West" attempts to move beyond simply recording events and instead explores themes like the boundaries of love and the disconnect in family relationships by thematically arranging cases. However, the show's fast-paced narrative, which strings together several similar cases in each episode, prevents it from delving deeply into the complexities of these social issues. The show only briefly explores the nuances of family tragedies or moments of human distortion, which arguably diminishes the impact of a documentary series with a large following. The author suggests the show could focus on achieving a balance between documenting and in-depth analysis. The article does not allude to U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the growing trend of elaborate and innovative curtain calls ("xiemu") in Chinese stage productions, designed to create viral short-video content for wider promotion. These meticulously designed curtain calls, exemplified by the dance dramas *Dream of the Red Chamber* and *The Exploitation of the Works of Nature*, aim to attract new audiences through social media buzz. However, the article cautions that prioritizing spectacle over substance can lead to audience disappointment if the main performance fails to meet expectations, creating a phenomenon dubbed "xiemu style." It emphasizes that while leveraging online platforms is important for reaching wider audiences, the artistic integrity and quality of the main performance remain paramount for long-term success and audience retention. The piece suggests that a focus on quality over quantity is needed to translate viral marketing into genuine artistic success.
Summary: Recent Chinese documentaries like "City Fenghua Records" showcase the transformations of Chinese cities through a more intimate and people-centric lens, moving away from grand narratives of achievement. These programs emphasize the daily lives, cultural heritage, and the spirit of innovation within cities, fostering a sense of belonging and highlighting the unique characteristics of each urban center. By focusing on individual experiences and historical context, the documentaries aim to resonate with viewers and encourage reflection on preserving cultural identity amidst urban development. The approach places people at the center of the narrative, documenting their contributions to urban change and their connection to the city's landmarks and cultural experiences. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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By: 新华社记者
The river of time flows ceaselessly. In 2025, the world's great changes once again etched China's courage and responsibility.
"Faced with the accelerated evolution of the world's century-long changes and the intertwined international situation of change and chaos, countries need unity and cooperation more than ever before, to transcend estrangement and conflict with a broad mind, and to care for the destiny of mankind with great compassion."
In this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平), with his far-sighted vision that pierces through the clouds and his concern for the world, led China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics to adhere to self-confidence and self-reliance, openness and inclusiveness, fairness and justice, and cooperation and win-win results, contributing wisdom to the cause of human progress, pointing the way to improving global governance, and joining hands with the international community to write a new magnificent chapter in the historical process of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
(1) Gathering Global Governance Strength in the Historical Tide
"I would like to propose a global governance initiative and work with all countries to promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system and work together towards a community with a shared future for mankind."
On September 1, 2025, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative to the world.
This is another important international public product provided by China to the international community after the Global Development Initiative in 2021, the Global Security Initiative in 2022, and the Global Civilization Initiative in 2023.
Adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating people-centeredness, and focusing on action-orientedness... At the critical moment when global governance is sailing against the current and regressing if it does not advance, China's ideas are deafening and China's solutions are timely.
Before proposing the Global Governance Initiative, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met intensively with international dignitaries who came to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit at the Tianjin (天津) State Guesthouse. In his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, President Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke meaningfully: "History tells us that multilateralism, unity and cooperation are the correct answers to solving global problems."
Guterres thanked China for its long-term firm and strong support for the United Nations. He said: "At present, multilateralism, international law, and the authority of the United Nations are facing challenges, the international governance architecture urgently needs reform, and it is timely to revisit the original intention and values of the United Nations 80 years ago."
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and also the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Looking around the world, the trend of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results has not changed, but the shadows of the Cold War mentality, hegemonism, unilateralism, and protectionism have not dissipated, the poison of militarism and the attempts of historical revisionism to challenge the post-war international order, and new threats and challenges are emerging one after another, making the world more intertwined with change and chaos.
"The Chinese people firmly stand on the right side of history and on the side of human civilization and progress, adhere to the path of peaceful development, and work with the people of all countries to build a community with a shared future for mankind."
On the morning of September 3, the grand meeting to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was grandly held in Beijing (北京). President Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) greeted the heads of foreign delegations and their spouses attending the commemorative meeting outside the Duanmen Square (端门广场) on the north side of the Tiananmen Rostrum (天安门城楼), exchanged greetings with them, and took a group photo.
The foreign guests participating in the commemorative activities were of high level, strong representation, and wide participation. There were leaders of neighboring countries such as Russian President Putin, North Korean Labor Party General Secretary and State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un, Cambodian King Sihanouk, and the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries; there were leaders who crossed mountains and seas, such as Congolese (Brazzaville) President Sassou, Serbian President Vucic, and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban President Diaz-Canel; and there was Indonesian President Prabowo, who arrived in Beijing (北京) in the early hours of the day...
From Tianjin (天津) to Beijing (北京), two major events were held successively. Many national leaders and international friends "transferred" to attend, placing the major events hosted by China at the top of their busy schedules. In the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂), from morning to night, dozens of bilateral meetings between Chinese and foreign leaders were held intensively, filled with sincere friendship and the desire for cooperation.
"History warns us that the fate of mankind is closely linked, and only when all countries and nations treat each other equally, live in harmony, and help each other can we maintain common security, eliminate the root causes of war, and prevent historical tragedies from recurring!" Friends from all over the world gathered in China, and President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words were extremely firm, arousing strong resonance.
Russian President Putin said that attending the commemorative activities was a demonstration to the world that Russia and China helped each other and fought side by side in the World Anti-Fascist War, playing a key role in the victory of the European main battlefield and the Eastern main battlefield, and demonstrating a firm position in jointly defending historical truth and safeguarding the achievements of World War II;
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev congratulated China on the successful holding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin (天津) Summit and expressed his willingness to work with China to implement the Global Governance Initiative and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction;
Slovak Prime Minister Fico said that Slovakia supports the basic principles of the Global Governance Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to maintain close communication and cooperation with China to make positive efforts to reform and improve the global governance system.
"At any time, we must promote the common values of all mankind, firmly defend international fairness and justice, and let the world be filled with righteousness and the world be bright and clear." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) firm declaration demonstrates the historical mission and era responsibility of a responsible major country.
At present, the international community lacks rules and the rule of law, and the governance deficit is constantly increasing. How to reform and improve the global governance system and continue to advance the lofty cause of human peace and development has increasingly become a major proposition that the international community urgently needs to solve.
2025 can be described as a "big year" for global governance. The concepts and propositions such as the Global Governance Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) meet the needs of the world and conform to the aspirations of the people, gathering a powerful force in the international community to jointly meet challenges and create the future together.
--On September 24, he delivered a video speech at the United Nations Climate Change Summit, announcing a new round of China's national independent contribution package of goals, injecting strong impetus into global climate governance;
--On October 13, he delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Global Women's Summit, putting forward China's proposals for accelerating the new process of women's comprehensive development, supporting women to assume the responsibilities of the times, deeply participating in global governance, and sharing the fruits of governance;
--On November 1, at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, he emphasized that we must bear in mind the well-being of all mankind and promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence in a beneficial, safe, and fair direction...
"By reforming and improving the global governance system, we can fully mobilize resources from all parties and better respond to the common challenges facing human society." President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out.
In 2025, China's head-of-state diplomacy reached a climax, and President Xi Jinping (习近平) joined hands with all parties to respond to the challenges of the times with unity and cooperation, consolidate the cornerstone of global governance, enhance the effectiveness of global governance, and promote the international community to travel the great road of the world together in consultation, joint construction, and sharing.
(2) Raising the Sails of Win-Win Cooperation in the Strong Wind of the Times
"Major-country relations affect the international situation, and the evolution of the international situation profoundly affects domestic development."
In October 2025, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal reviewed and approved by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made an important argument on the close connection between major-country relations, the international situation, and domestic development.
In this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) maintained frequent communication and carried out strategic coordination with the leaders of major countries in the world, promoting the overall stability and balanced development of major-country relations.
Going through thick and thin together, crossing mountains and passes together. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin have met and interacted closely many times, leading Sino-Russian relations to continue to be the most stable, mature, and strategically rich group of major-country relations in today's turbulent and changing world. The two sides issued several joint statements on global strategic stability and further strengthening cooperation to safeguard the authority of international law. "Persistently promoting the high-level development of Sino-Russian relations is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples and is also a stable source of world peace." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words conveyed to the world the strategic choice of two neighboring major countries facing the future.
Grasping the direction and controlling the overall situation. Since the beginning of the year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has had many telephone conversations with US President Trump, pointing out the direction and setting the tone for stabilizing and improving Sino-US relations. In October, in Busan (釜山), South Korea, the two leaders met again after 6 years, and the meeting lasted more than 100 minutes. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the two countries being partners and friends is the enlightenment of history and the need of reality"; President Trump said that "China is a great country, and President Xi (习近平) is a respected great leader" "The two countries can accomplish many great things in the world by working together." President Xi Jinping (习近平) sized up the situation, personally took charge, and once again led the giant ship of Sino-US relations through rapids and dangers, demonstrating the confidence, composure, and responsibility of a leader of a major country.
Achieving each other and benefiting the world. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and French President Macron strolled through Dujiangyan (都江堰), talking about the way to govern the country from the strategy of water management, enhancing mutual understanding through friendly exchanges, leading Sino-French relations to go more steadily and better in the "new Jiazi", and jointly making greater contributions to world peace, stability, and human development and progress; had in-depth exchanges with the leaders of Germany, Spain, Portugal, and other countries, jointly issuing the voice of China and Europe advocating multilateralism and advocating open cooperation; met with European Council President Costa and European Commission President Von der Leyen, emphasizing that the more severe and complex the international situation, the more China and Europe must strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust, and deepen cooperation...
Insight into the historical trend and shoulder the mission of the times. As the world's second largest economy and a developing major country, China will always be the world's force for peace, stability, and progress.
In early April, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Neighboring Countries was held in Beijing (北京), opening a new chapter in the construction of a community with a shared future in the neighborhood. A trip to Southeast Asia in April, a visit to Russia in May, a flight to Central Asia in June, and a trip to South Korea at the end of October... In 2025, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visits focused on the surrounding areas.
Spring in Hanoi (河内), flowers are in full bloom. Vietnam took the reception of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit as the most important diplomatic agenda this year. During the visit, China and Vietnam agreed to continue to deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership and accelerate the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance;
The enthusiastic Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) is full of friendship. Malaysian leaders expressed their joy at President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit on social media with the Chinese song "My Good Brother", and the two countries announced the construction of a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future;
The jubilant Phnom Penh (金边) is filled with the fragrance of flowers. The leaders of China and Cambodia held talks and agreed to work together to build a new era of all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future;
In the summer of Astana (阿斯塔纳), the national flags of China and the five Central Asian countries flew high. The heads of state of the six countries jointly signed the "Treaty of Permanent Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" to fix the principle of lasting friendship in legal form;
In the late autumn of Gyeongju (庆州), South Korea welcomed the visit of the Chinese head of state again after 11 years. The South Korean side treated President Xi Jinping (习近平) as the most important and most distinguished guest and gave him a warm reception with the highest courtesy. The strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries was reaffirmed during the visit...
Over the past year, leaders of neighboring countries have also come to China. Meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Huang Xuncai (黄循财), entrusting "let the tree of Sino-Singaporean friendship be lush and fruitful"; meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi, promoting the sustained, healthy, and stable development of Sino-Indian relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective; meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz, pointing out that it is necessary to accelerate the construction of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era to better benefit the two peoples; meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo, saying that China is willing to work with Indonesia to uphold the original intention of establishing diplomatic relations, promote the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, and promote the construction of a China-Indonesia community with a shared future at a high level... President Xi Jinping (习近平) personally planned and practiced, writing a series of head-of-state diplomatic stories based on the surrounding areas and planning the overall situation.
"This is your first visit to China, and I am very happy to meet you." On January 13, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with Grenadian Prime Minister Mitchell in Beijing (北京), warmly greeting the foreign guest who came from afar from Latin America and the Caribbean. As the first foreign leader to visit China to be met by President Xi Jinping (习近平) in 2025, Prime Minister Mitchell said with emotion that "China is the leader of the Global South, has always adhered to the equality of all countries, big and small, respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and is consistent in its words and deeds in international affairs."
Treating each other equally, respecting each other, and seeking common development are precisely the ways in which China gets along with the vast number of Global South countries.
There are not only close neighbors across the sea, but also partners thousands of miles away. Sri Lanka, Brunei, Kenya, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Senegal, Tonga... From Asia to Africa, from South America to Oceania, this year, the long list of visiting foreign leaders covers five continents and four oceans, and the busy head-of-state diplomatic schedule runs through spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
The positioning of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe, Congo (Brazzaville), and other countries has reached a new level; working with Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote the "five major projects" of unity, development, civilization, peace, and people's hearts, and jointly building a China-Latin America community with a shared future; announcing that it will implement zero tariffs on 100% of tariff items for 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations; signing more than 60 bilateral cooperation documents with Central Asian countries in the fields of development strategy alignment, energy, and interconnection; President Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the New Development Bank of BRICS countries in Shanghai (上海), encouraging the bank to start the second "golden decade" of high-quality development and supporting Global South countries to embark on the road to modernization...
"China is working with all parties to promote the high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', supporting more developing countries to achieve modernization, and opening up new space for global development." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) solemn declaration and China's pragmatic actions to promote win-win cooperation are injecting a steady stream of positive energy into the common prosperity of all countries.
(3) Holding High the Torch of Shared Destiny Amidst Turbulence and Change
The world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with conflicts and confrontations rising one after another, and risks and challenges emerging one after another. Mankind is once again facing a critical choice concerning its future destiny: unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum?
Under great changes, there should be a grand pattern, great compassion, and great responsibility. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are firm and powerful: "I have always maintained that history cannot go backwards, it should move forward; the world cannot be divided, it should be united; mankind cannot return to the law of the jungle, it should build a community with a shared future for mankind."
To contribute China's strength to promoting an equal and orderly world multipolarization--
In June 2025, President Xi Jinping (习近平) flew to Kazakhstan to attend the Second China-Central Asia Summit. Inside the conference hall of the Astana (阿斯塔纳) Independence Palace, the heads of state of the six countries sat around a "circle of unity".
"China supports Central Asian countries in playing a greater role in international affairs and is willing to work with all parties to safeguard international fairness and justice and oppose hegemonism and power politics." At the summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly expounded the "China-Central Asia spirit" of "mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual benefit, and mutual assistance, and promoting common modernization with high-quality development", demonstrating the firm will of the six countries to follow the wishes of good-neighborliness, strengthen the foundation of trust, gather the strength of unity, and act with mutual assistance.
Covering nearly 1.5 billion people and more than 13.6 million square kilometers of land, China and Central Asia do not engage in closed and exclusive "small circles", and even more oppose group politics and Cold War confrontation, setting a model for building a new type of international relations for the "world in the post-Cold War era".
Attending the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Latin America and Caribbean Community Forum, profoundly expounding that "independence and self-reliance are our glorious tradition, development and revitalization are our natural rights, and fairness and justice are our common pursuit"; attending the online summit of BRICS leaders, powerfully releasing the clear signal of BRICS countries "jointly defending multilateralism, safeguarding the multilateral trading system, and promoting 'Greater BRICS Cooperation'"; at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization +" meeting, calling for "taking on the role of the mainstay in promoting world multipolarization and the democratization of international relations"...
The concept and proposition of embracing the world and the far-sighted and profound insight mark China's unwavering pursuit and unremitting struggle to promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.
To provide China's plan for promoting inclusive and universally beneficial economic globalization--
To provide a Chinese solution for promoting inclusive and shared economic globalization—
On March 28th, at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京), President Xi Jinping (习近平) cordially met with representatives from the international business community. Faced with the impact of "decoupling and chain breaking" on the global economy, President Xi Jinping (习近平) clearly stated: "Multilateralism is the inevitable choice for solving the difficulties and challenges facing the world, and economic globalization is an irreversible historical trend."
Walking with China is walking with opportunities, believing in China is believing in tomorrow, and investing in China is investing in the future.
Craig Allen, President of the US-China Business Council, said that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) speech on keywords such as "multilateralism" and "openness" sent a strong and stable signal to all sectors; Amin H. Nasser, President of Saudi Aramco, said that President Xi Jinping (习近平) has always led the win-win situation of mutually beneficial cooperation, demonstrating a true spirit of openness; Pernille Spiers-Lopez, CEO of Inter IKEA Group, said that we are confident in cooperating with China because we and China are both focused on long-term development...
Implementing unilateral visa-free policies for 48 countries, comprehensively relaxing and optimizing transit visa-free policies; signing 23 free trade agreements with 30 countries and regions; launching the "Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment in 2025," continuously reducing the negative list for foreign investment access; continuously expanding the "Belt and Road" international cooperation "circle of friends," becoming the world's largest, most extensive, and most influential international economic cooperation platform; carrying out a large number of practical, people-benefiting, and quick-impact "small and beautiful" projects under the Global Development Initiative framework... Promoting the vast opportunities of sharing Chinese-style modernization, China's actions are consistent.
November 1st, Gyeongju, South Korea. President Xi Jinping (习近平) announced that China will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen (深圳市), Guangdong Province (广东省) next November. The theme of the meeting, "Building an Asia-Pacific community and promoting common prosperity," and the priority areas of "openness, innovation, and cooperation," strongly respond to the demands of all parties.
Demonstrating China's vision in promoting the development and progress of human civilization—
"The fluttering snowflakes are in various shapes, and different civilizations also have their own styles."
In February 2025, the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin (哈尔滨) were successfully held, with the largest number of participating countries and regions and the largest number of athletes in the history of the Asian Winter Games. President Xi Jinping (习近平) gathered with international dignitaries in the ice city. Using sports as a medium, China and the world jointly drew a beautiful picture of inclusive coexistence and mutual learning among civilizations.
"Diverse civilizations are the true colors of the world." On July 10th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory letter to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Civilization Dialogue, profoundly pointing out that "the international situation is intertwined with chaos and change, and mankind is standing at a new crossroads, urgently needing to transcend civilization barriers with civilization exchanges and transcend civilization conflicts with civilization mutual learning."
In Beijing (北京), President Xi Jinping (习近平) introduced the World Cultural Heritage Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线) to Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn; replied to young sinologists, encouraging them to introduce a real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China to the world, and to be envoys for connecting Chinese and foreign civilizations; sent a congratulatory letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, hoping that the two ancient civilizations would gather civilization strength to build a community with a shared future for mankind; in Tianjin (天津), President Xi Jinping's (习近平) wife, Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛), took a boat trip with the spouses of foreign leaders attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and enjoyed the Haihe River (海河) together, savoring the charm of the harmonious integration of different cultures...
A civilization ancient country with a long history of more than 5,000 years is striding forward on the road to modernization, gathering the magnificent power of **天下一家** (tiān xià yī jiā - "all under heaven are one family," the world is a community) and **和衷共济** (hé zhōng gòng jì - "harmony and sincerity, crossing the river together," to work together with one heart), and is committed to working with friends from all countries to make the earth's home where mankind depends for survival even better.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim admired that President Xi Jinping (习近平) is not only an outstanding political leader, but also knows the way of economic development, and is a great man with a clear vision and understanding of civilization values;
Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, said that under the wise leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), China has made extraordinary development achievements, played an important role in promoting global governance, and will surely realize the vision of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation;
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko lamented that President Xi Jinping (习近平) has strategic thinking, a long-term vision, and the courage to assume leadership responsibilities, not only pointing out a clear development path for China, but also for the entire world...
The great road is as smooth as a whetstone, and travelers are boundless; the great road is for the public, and there are many fellow travelers. "China is willing to work with all countries to be practitioners of friendly cooperation, promoters of civilization mutual learning, and participants in building a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly create a better future for the world."
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 29th, reporters Yang Yijun (杨依军), Sun Yi (孙奕), Sun Nan (孙楠), Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥), Shao Yibo (邵艺博))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 政 刘温馨
Flexible manufacturing of "thousands of pieces in thousands of styles," digital and intelligent transformation to reduce costs and increase efficiency; embodied intelligence integrated into real-world application scenarios, the low-altitude economy opening up a new "track" in the sky...
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, pointed out: "Focus on developing new quality productive forces, strengthen the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and build a modern industrial system with international competitiveness."
Strong industries lead to a strong economy. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's traditional industries have accelerated their transformation towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, new quality productive forces are accumulating momentum, and the construction of a modern industrial system has taken solid steps.
——Consolidating the foundation and upgrading, traditional industries release development vitality.
Intelligent belt monitoring, automatic slab steel turning, automatic drone inspection... A series of digital and intelligent applications have brought new vitality to Hunan Xiangtan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. (湖南湘潭钢铁集团有限公司), a traditional steel enterprise.
"The goal of digital and intelligent transformation is to allow machines to operate autonomously and to make enterprises more efficient," said Long Zhongyi (龙忠义), director of the Xianggang Digital and Intelligent Research Institute (湘钢数智化研究院). During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Xianggang built an intelligent factory system architecture, constructed multiple intelligent production lines, implemented a total of 45 typical artificial intelligence application scenarios, and applied 99 sets of industrial robots, steadily improving labor productivity.
Improving quality and upgrading, traditional enterprises continue to move towards high-end, intelligent, green, and integrated development. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's newly installed industrial robots have accounted for more than 50% of the global total, and more than 230 excellent-level intelligent factories and 1,260 5G factories have been built cumulatively. In the first three quarters of this year, the contribution rate of the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size to the growth of all industrial enterprises above designated size reached 24.7%, and the proportion of clean energy power generation such as hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power in industrial enterprises above designated size increased to 35.3%.
——Innovating and cultivating new, injecting new quality momentum into the economic landscape.
With 82 degrees of freedom in the whole body, and a dexterous hand that replicates the size of a human hand at a 1:1 scale with 22 degrees of freedom... Recently, XPeng Motors (小鹏汽车) released a new generation of humanoid robots equipped with 3 self-developed Turing artificial intelligence chips, which can realize functions such as dialogue and walking. "Our goal is to achieve mass production of the new generation of humanoid robots by the end of 2026," said He Xiaopeng (何小鹏), chairman of XPeng Motors.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the low-altitude economy has "taken off," cutting-edge materials have "emerged from their cocoons," and manned spaceflight has "patrolled the sky and reached for the moon"... In 2024, China's "three new" economic added value accounted for about 18% of the gross domestic product.
——Strengthening the foundation and increasing efficiency, the modern infrastructure system is continuously consolidated.
In the first 11 months of this year, China's express delivery volume totaled 180.74 billion pieces. "Express delivery is getting faster and faster!" Mr. Wang (王先生), who lives in Beijing (北京), exclaimed that he placed an order at 8 p.m. the day before, and the express delivery arrived at his doorstep at 6 a.m. the next day. From 2020 to 2024, China's express delivery volume has grown at an average annual rate of about 20%, and the service timeliness, service quality, and cost performance are all at the world's leading level.
The modern infrastructure system provides a "high-speed channel" for the flow of factors and a "public foundation" for industrial and consumption upgrades. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the national integrated computing power network system has been accelerated. At present, China has the world's largest highway network, high-speed rail network, port network, postal express network, power transmission and distribution network, and broadband network. The interconnected, coordinated, integrated, safe, and efficient development of infrastructure promotes rapid economic and social development and serves the convenient life of the people.
The heavy achievements have consolidated the foundation for development. Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," it is necessary to further consolidate the foundation and make comprehensive efforts. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes: "Maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing and build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone."
"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, consolidating and enhancing the status and competitiveness of industries such as chemical, machinery, and shipbuilding in the global industrial division of labor, and developing advanced manufacturing clusters will accelerate the effective improvement of the quality and reasonable growth of the quantity of traditional industries. It is preliminarily estimated that in the next 5 years, it will add about 10 trillion yuan of market space, releasing huge development momentum and people's livelihood dividends," said Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委).
Striving is the right time. Deeply implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, all regions and departments are making efforts towards new development and winning with quality. The construction of a modern industrial system will continue to take new steps and reach new heights.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 29th (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) The 11th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China was held in Beijing (北京) from the 28th to the 29th. Wang Huning (王沪宁), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, met with members of the leadership of the Buddhist Association of China and took a group photo with the delegates. He stated that it is necessary to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, deeply understand Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on religious work, fully implement the Party's basic policy on religious work, guide people in Buddhist circles and religious believers to firmly listen to the Party and follow the Party, and contribute to the realization of the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period and the promotion of Chinese-style modernization.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) congratulated the opening of the 11th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China, affirmed the work done since the 10th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China, and put forward hopes for the next step of work. He stated that the Buddhist Association of China should strengthen ideological and political guidance, grasp the era's requirements of unity and struggle, guide people in Buddhist circles and religious believers to practice the core socialist values, establish correct views on the country, history, ethnicity, culture, and religion, and continuously enhance their recognition of the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics, and forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. It is necessary to promote the Sinicization of Buddhism in China and promote the embodiment of Chinese characteristics and adaptation to the requirements of the times in terms of religious doctrines, rules, management systems, etiquette customs, and behavioral norms. It is necessary to implement comprehensive and strict governance of religion, strengthen legal publicity and education, and guide religious personnel to abide by laws and regulations, adhere to rules and precepts, and maintain correct belief and practice. It is necessary to build a Buddhist talent team that is politically reliable, religiously accomplished, morally convincing, and plays a role at critical times, and cultivate "dual-proficient" talents who are proficient in classical doctrines and excellent traditional Chinese culture. It is necessary to strengthen friendly exchanges with foreign Buddhist communities and tell the story of Chinese religion well. It is necessary to strengthen self-construction and give full play to the role of religious organizations as a bridge and link.
Li Ganjie (李干杰), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting.
The 11th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China reviewed and approved the work report of the 10th Council of the Buddhist Association of China, the newly revised Constitution of the Buddhist Association of China, and a series of religious rules and regulations, and elected a new leadership of the Buddhist Association of China.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 丹 吴 月
"20 years ago, when I walked out of campus, I was as full of dreams as you are." Not long ago, when he returned to his alma mater, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学) to give a lecture, Fang Kan (方侃), a senior engineer at Xiaomi Automobile Co., Ltd. (小米汽车有限公司), was filled with emotion. "In these 20 years, China's automobile industry has been climbing all the way: first following, then running alongside, and now on some tracks, we are starting to try to lead—behind the miracle is hard work."
On the podium was not a university teacher, but a front-line industrial technology talent. A lecture stirred up patriotic feelings in the students' hearts.
At the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), when talking about the highlights of the "14th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) mentioned the scientific and technological innovation achievements of going to heaven, entering the earth, and going to the sea, which were "impressive" and "practice has proved that our 'stranglehold' cannot be held."
How to overcome the "stranglehold" technology? Where does the confidence of young people to "look at the world equally" come from? Since September this year, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Education, Science and Technology Talent Work Leading Group (北京市委教育科技人才工作领导小组) has sponsored a series of lectures by front-line industrial technology talents in the capital entering universities, entering more than 20 universities, and inspiring young people to be practical and responsible through the original intention of serving the country through scientific research and entrepreneurial stories, and promoting the virtuous cycle of education and talent training, talent leading innovation, and innovation driving industry.
"Young talents are the source of vitality for the country's strategic talent strength. Their struggle stories are vivid ideological and political teaching materials." According to the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Talent Work Bureau (北京市人才工作局), Beijing has selected 36 members from outstanding talents such as winners of the "National Outstanding Engineer" title, winners of municipal talent awards, and those selected for national and municipal talent projects to form a lecture group, covering 12 key areas such as integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, and biomedicine. These outstanding talents from the front lines of scientific research and engineering enter the campus with innovation and practical achievements to dialogue with students, vividly demonstrating the great practice of Chinese-style modernization.
In the dialogue, there are industry changes and industrial upgrades—
In Beijing Yizhuang (北京亦庄), fully unmanned autonomous taxis safely deliver passengers to their destinations; in Nansha District (南沙区), Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), autonomous driving trucks transport imported fruits to various places; in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), unmanned mining trucks efficiently transport coal... Xiao Ping (肖平), senior director of Beijing Pony.ai Technology Co., Ltd. (北京小马智行科技有限公司), told the story of China's autonomous driving technology moving forward.
On the screen, the comparison between the company's first and seventh generation autonomous driving models is clear. "Generations of scientific and technological predecessors have laid a good scientific research foundation for us." Xiao Ping (肖平) said that the struggle story of autonomous driving is still being continued, and he looks forward to young students taking over the "relay baton" of the times and going to the country with the wisdom of science and technology.
In the dialogue, there is the struggle to overcome key core technologies and write papers on the land of the motherland—
"Our team released a trillion-parameter model and achieved global open source. Many people asked me: 'Why can you do it?' I said, this is not waiting, not buying, let alone copying—it is done!" Facing the students, Wang Shaolan (王绍兰), president of Beijing Zhipu AI Technology Co., Ltd. (北京智谱华章科技股份有限公司), said firmly.
Socialism is achieved through hard work, and the new era is achieved through struggle. Believing and practicing is reflected in the growth process of every lecturer. Liu Qi (刘奇), chief expert of security attack and defense of China Telecom Group (中国电信集团), born in 1995, said: "The loneliness of debugging code alone at 3 a.m. will eventually be transformed into the confidence to protect thousands of homes." Qing Gele Jirigele (青格勒吉日格乐), chief technology expert of the Technology Research Institute of Shougang Group Co., Ltd. (首钢集团有限公司), said: "In the past 20 years, every experimental failure and every data deviation is like a tempering of steel in the furnace, making the steel more resilient and making me more resilient." Struggle and hard work have taken root in the hearts of students.
In the dialogue, there are future stars and seas, and eager expectations for youth—
"Every ignition is the synchronous resonance of more than 1.4 billion heartbeats; every leap melts the micro-light of the 'small self' into the galaxy of the 'big self'. Today, when I see the same blazing starlight shining in the eyes of younger you, I know that this galaxy will extend to a farther deep space." Looking forward to deep space and exploring the future, Jia Yang (贾阳), a researcher at the Overall Department of the China Academy of Space Technology (中国空间技术研究院总体部), wrote poems for the students: "Take the sky as a case, write poems, and go to the ninth heaven."
"Our stars and seas are hundreds of trillions of cells in the human body." Reviewing the process of innovative drug research and development, He Ting (何霆), founder of Beijing Yimiao Shenzhou Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (北京艺妙神州生物医药股份有限公司), and an entrepreneur born in the 1980s, encouraged his younger students to say that scientific and technological innovation is not a 100-meter sprint, but a relay long-distance race. "Our baton has been running for 10 years, but this long-distance race about life is far from over. We look forward to young people taking over the baton and joining this long-distance race."
Details of overcoming difficulties and persistence in turning the corner made the students excited.
"Finally, please think about what 'stranglehold' technologies in your professional fields need to be broken through?" At the end of the lecture, a technology talent asked the students. And this is also a question raised by the times to scientific and technological workers and young students.
"I am engaged in research in the field of graphics processors, and I hope to contribute to the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance through my own efforts." Huang Rulin (黄汝霖), a doctoral student at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院大学), has a clearer goal.
"As a transportation major student, I hope to combine intelligent technology with transportation system planning and participate in the construction of smart cities and low-carbon travel systems in the future." Liang Junjie (梁骏杰), a master's student at Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学), has a stronger motivation to study.
"Looking forward to seeing you at the forefront of science and technology in the future!" "Let's do something we will be proud of in this life!" "The future has me, and you should have it!" The encouragement of front-line science and technology talents in the capital's industry is inspiring. Reading late into the night in the library and unremitting pursuit in the laboratory are gathering into a powerful force to promote the progress of China's scientific and technological cause.
The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Education, Science and Technology Talent Work Leading Group (北京市委教育科技人才工作领导小组) said that it will take this event as a starting point, continue to run ideological and political classrooms for studying the Party's innovative theories, build mobile classrooms for perceiving great practices, and open up cutting-edge classrooms for touching technology, and use the light of truth, the reality of struggle, and the power of innovation to empower youthful dreams.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 29th (Reporter Ding Yiting (丁怡婷)): The data recently released by the National Energy Administration (国家能源局) shows that as of the end of November, the cumulative installed power generation capacity nationwide was 3.79 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%. Among them, the installed capacity of solar power generation was 1.16 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%; the installed capacity of wind power exceeded 600 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 22.4%.
600 million kilowatts is equivalent to more than 26 Three Gorges Dams (三峡电站)' total installed capacity. In 2025, the wind power industry continued to break records, with the world's largest 26-megawatt offshore wind turbine, the world's highest-altitude wind power project in operation, and China's (中国) farthest offshore wind power project successively connected to the grid.
Today, China (中国) has provided approximately 70% of the world's wind power equipment, driving down global wind power costs by more than 60% over the past decade. In regions with good wind energy resources, the average cost of onshore wind power has fallen to 0.1-0.15 yuan per kilowatt-hour, and the average cost of near-sea offshore wind power has fallen to about 0.33 yuan per kilowatt-hour. Wind power has become a power source with market competitiveness.
Return to TopAs of December 28, China National Petroleum Corporation (中国石油) Xinjiang Oilfield (新疆油田) has injected over 1 million tons of carbon dioxide this year, becoming the first oilfield in China to achieve an annual carbon injection of one million tons. This marks a crucial step for Xinjiang Oilfield (新疆油田) in the scaled application of carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.
The picture shows workers checking wellhead pressure changes in the Ganquan River (甘泉河) Operation Area of the Zhundong (准东) Oil Production Plant of Xinjiang Oilfield (新疆油田) recently.
Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥) and Xu Zhiyuan (徐志远) reported with photos.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 29th (Reporter Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳) and Tao Xiang'an (陶相安)) The General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) recently released the "Sixth National Physique Monitoring Bulletin" (《第六次全国国民体质监测公报》) and the "2025 National Fitness Activity Status Survey Bulletin" (《2025年全民健身活动状况调查公报》). The data shows that the national physique level in China is showing a steady upward trend, and the scale of people participating in sports exercise continues to expand.
As a national-level physical fitness monitoring result conducted every 5 years, the "Sixth National Physique Monitoring Bulletin" (《第六次全国国民体质监测公报》) shows that the proportion of Chinese citizens whose physical fitness reaches the "qualified" level and above reached 84.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with 2020, and the proportion of people reaching the "good" level and above reached 30.9%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared with 2020.
The "2025 National Fitness Activity Status Survey Bulletin" (《2025年全民健身活动状况调查公报》) shows that the proportion of residents aged 7 and above in China who regularly participate in sports exercise reached 38.52%, an increase of 1.3 percentage points compared with 2020.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 29th (Xinhua) -- The book "Series of Lectures on Xi Jinping's Economic Thought," jointly compiled by the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展和改革委员会) and China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), has been jointly published by People's Publishing House (人民出版社) and China International Broadcasting Press (中国国际广播出版社) and is now being distributed nationwide.
The book, bearing the same name as the television special program "Series of Lectures on Xi Jinping's Economic Thought," is primarily edited from the commentary of the special program. Combining practical cases, the book elaborates on the core essence, rich connotation, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's (习近平) Economic Thought.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 29th. The fourth report in the series of reports on the current situation and policies, jointly organized by the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the Work Committee of the Central and State Organs (中央和国家机关工委), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部), and the Beijing Municipal Party Committee (北京市委), was held in Beijing (北京) on December 29th. Wang Wentao (王文涛), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), delivered a special report entitled "Expanding High-Level Opening-up to the Outside World and Promoting Inclusive Economic Globalization."
In his report, Wang Wentao (王文涛) pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken the overall situation into account and steered the course, and opening up to the outside world has achieved historic achievements, undergone historic changes, and realized historic leaps. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's development has made significant achievements, high-level opening up to the outside world has continued to expand, the open economy has reached a new level, independent opening up has made new breakthroughs, open cooperation has shown new achievements, and open leadership has demonstrated new responsibilities, which has not only developed itself but also benefited the world.
Wang Wentao (王文涛) believes that high-level opening up to the outside world is a powerful driving force for comprehensively promoting high-quality development, an important way to meet the people's needs for a better life, an active effort to promote inclusive economic globalization, and a strategic choice to cope with the uncertainty of the external environment. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's development environment will face profound and complex changes. The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, the international balance of power is undergoing profound adjustments, and a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs. At the same time, the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the advantages of a super-large-scale market, the advantages of a complete industrial system, and the advantages of abundant human resources are becoming more prominent. We must strengthen our confidence and determination, accurately grasp and properly respond to the opportunities and challenges facing the expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world.
Wang Wentao (王文涛) said that we must take Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership over opening up, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, and implement the various deployments in the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal on "expanding high-level opening up to the outside world and creating a new situation of win-win cooperation." Steadily expand institutional opening up, maintain the multilateral trading system, expand international circulation, promote reform and development through opening up, share opportunities and develop together with the world. Actively expand independent opening up, connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, expand market access and opening up areas with the service industry as the focus, expand the network of high-standard free trade zones, promote innovative development of trade, consolidate the "three pillars" of a strong trading nation, expand the space for two-way investment cooperation, shape new advantages in attracting foreign investment, effectively implement the management of foreign investment, jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, and continuously expand new space for win-win development.
The report meeting was presided over by a responsible comrade from the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部). About 730 cadres from Party and government organs and military organs in Beijing, cadres and employees from central enterprises, teachers and students from universities in the capital, and representatives from all walks of life in the capital attended the report meeting.
Return to Top"With sensors monitoring underground and drones patrolling the fields, we must enhance the technological content of our farming, shifting from relying on experience to trusting data." In winter, the "Colorful Grand Gathering" theoretical promotion event in Chengguan Subdistrict, Lin颍 County (临颍县), Henan Province, was particularly lively. Li Huizi (李慧子), the leader of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee spirit promotion team, was explaining the prospects of "enhancing comprehensive agricultural production capacity and quality benefits" to local farmers.
At the event, the promoters integrated the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee into stories and visible cases that the villagers could understand, turning "written language" into "everyday talk," and the "resonance-style" promotion received rounds of applause from the masses.
Recently, promotion teams from Henan, Hubei, Tibet, Ningxia, and other places have entered schools, markets, and communities to carry out targeted, segmented, and interactive promotion activities, transforming policy theories into vivid practices in local dialects, allowing the promotion activities to truly resonate 声入人心 (shēng rù rén xīn - "voice enters the heart," deeply touching or persuasive).
Henan has leveraged the roles of "grassroots promoters," "youth theory promotion experts," and "promotion talents" to flexibly utilize forms such as "fieldside lectures," "courtyard classrooms," and "mobile Party schools" to widely carry out over 12,000 popular and well-received promotion activities, reaching over 1 million people.
In the "Canned Tea Deliberation Bar" of the Liyuan Community in Anjuyuan Community (安居苑社区), Jinfeng District (金凤区), Yinchuan City (银川市), Ningxia, several "Anju Aunties" launched a lively and vivid promotion activity in the form of快板 (kuài bǎn - a form of rhythmic storytelling).
"Many Ningxia people love to drink canned tea, and the people of Anjuyuan Community often drink tea and deliberate here," said Liu Wenchang (刘文长), a member of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区) Party Committee Promotion Group and head of the lecturer group. "Choosing the 'Canned Tea Deliberation Bar' as the promotion space, and inviting promoters with community work experience to conduct the promotion, is to make the promotion content more relevant and easier for the masses to understand." Currently, Ningxia has formed 278 grassroots promotion teams, absorbing 3,582 promotion backbones such as moral models, advanced typical figures, and grassroots spokespersons, to carry out multi-level, broad-coverage, and down-to-earth theoretical promotion activities with stories from around them and in the language of the people.
"Students, the '15th Five-Year Plan' proposal will 'accelerate high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and lead the development of new quality productive forces' as a strategic task for deployment." At a promotion event at Wuhan University (武汉大学), Xiao Xiaohui (肖晓晖), Executive Dean of the School of Robotics, said, "Robots are representatives of new quality productive forces and core carriers of AI empowering the real economy. The industry has broad prospects and a great demand for talent. What you are learning is keeping pace with the drumbeat of national development. I hope you will continue to hone your skills and contribute to the great cause of the country."
Targeting university teachers and students, focusing on "new quality productive forces" and "youth responsibility"; facing enterprise employees, highlighting "industrial chain upgrading" and "safe development"; responding to public concerns, closely focusing on "rural revitalization" and "common prosperity"... Hubei's promotion activities not only explain the "major affairs of the country" but also thoroughly explain the "important matters of the province," guiding the vast number of cadres and the masses to find the grasp of implementing the spirit of the Plenary Session and transforming the spirit of the Plenary Session into the driving force for promoting the development of the cause.
At the New Era Civilization Practice Station in Zhegu Community (哲古社区), Cuomei County (措美县), Tibet, a promotion activity conducted in Tibetan is delivering easy-to-understand policy interpretations to the pastoral masses. Herdsman Yixi Danba (益西旦巴) said: "This promotion made me understand that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee is closely related to everyone, and everyone has more expectations for the future life."
In order to transform the learning results into a powerful driving force for promoting high-quality development, Tibet has adopted methods such as leading cadres taking the lead in speaking, promotion groups focusing on speaking, departments and industries classifying and speaking, and grassroots promoters covering speaking to carry out promotion activities. As of now, Tibet has carried out more than 30,000 promotion activities, achieving full coverage of all 7 prefectures (cities), 74 counties (cities, districts), 697 townships (streets), and 1,787 temples in the region.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 29)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 观
On December 29th, the State Council Tariff Commission (国务院关税税则委员会) released the "2026 Tariff Adjustment Plan," which will be implemented starting January 1, 2026. The plan scientifically adjusts the provisional import tax rates, optimizes the tariff item settings, and continues to implement treaty tax rates and preferential tax rates, which is conducive to leading the development of new quality productive forces, meeting the people's growing needs for a better life, expanding high-level opening up, and promoting high-quality development.
In order to enhance the linkage effect of the two markets and two resources, both domestic and international, and expand the supply of high-quality commodities, provisional import tax rates lower than the most-favored-nation tax rates will be implemented on 935 commodities in 2026. First, to promote high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology and promote the construction of a modern industrial system, the import tariffs on key components and advanced materials such as CNC hydraulic gas cushions for presses and special-shaped composite contact strips will be reduced. Second, to help promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, the import tariffs on resource-based commodities such as recycled black powder for lithium-ion batteries and unroasted pyrite will be reduced. Third, to increase efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods and help accelerate the construction of a healthy China, the import tariffs on medical products such as artificial blood vessels and diagnostic kits for some infectious diseases will be reduced.
Gao Lingyun (高凌云), a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), believes that the plan closely focuses on the directions of "cultivating the new," "moving towards green," and "benefiting the people," and promotes high-quality development in multiple fields. Reducing import tariffs on some high-end equipment parts and advanced materials will help promote the development of new quality productive forces and cultivate and strengthen new driving forces. Reducing import tariffs on some energy and resource products will help promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and help companies achieve the "dual carbon" goals better and faster. Reducing import tariffs on some medical products will help increase the supply of high-quality commodities, reduce the medical burden on patients, and protect the lives and health of the people.
In addition, in order to enhance the endogenous driving force of the domestic major cycle, the plan cancels the provisional import tax rates on commodities such as micro-motors, printing machines, and sulfuric acid, and restores the implementation of the most-favored-nation tax rates within the scope of China's commitments to the World Trade Organization, based on changes in domestic industrial development and supply and demand.
In terms of tariff item settings, in order to serve scientific and technological development and technological progress and support the development of the circular economy and under-forest economy, new national sub-items such as intelligent bionic robots, bio-aviation kerosene, and under-forest ginseng will be added in 2026. After the adjustment, the total number of tariff items will be 8,972.
Zhao Jungui (赵俊贵), Vice President of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (中国石油和化学工业联合会), believes that this adjustment mainly involves varieties such as bio-aviation kerosene and recycled black powder for lithium-ion batteries in the petrochemical field, which reflects the national policy guidance of supporting the petrochemical industry to cultivate new quality productive forces, promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of fossil energy, and ensuring national energy resources and the security of the industrial chain and supply chain. Through the adjustment, the tax rates are more optimized, the tariff item settings are more scientific, and the policy measures are more targeted, which is conducive to the petrochemical industry's cultivation of new green export momentum and will also have a positive promoting effect on accelerating the cultivation and development of strategic emerging industries.
"Adding tariff items for emerging products such as robots can help industries and enterprises accurately grasp trade data, analyze the development trends of overseas markets, and then formulate scientific and efficient development strategies," said Li Yanxia (李燕霞), Chief Engineer of the China Machinery Industry Federation (中国机械工业联合会).
In order to continuously deepen economic and trade cooperation and promote regional integration and development, treaty tax rates will continue to be implemented in 2026 on some imported goods originating from the above-mentioned trading partners in accordance with the 24 free trade agreements and preferential trade arrangements signed between China and 34 trading partners.
In order to promote economic and trade cooperation with the least developed countries and help the least developed countries develop, 100% tariff-free treatment will continue to be given to 100% of tariff items from 43 least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China in 2026; preferential tax rates will continue to be implemented on some imported goods originating from Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar in accordance with the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement and the exchange of letters between China and the governments of relevant ASEAN member states.
Gao Yuning (高宇宁), Vice Dean of the School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University (清华大学), believes that continuing to adhere to the implementation of treaty tax rates for 34 trading partners fully reflects that under the current situation of increasing pressure on the international economic and trade environment, China continues to demonstrate the responsibility of a responsible major country, continuously expands high-level opening up, and injects stable expectations and provides a good trade environment for the global trade system.
Return to TopOn December 29th, a centralized relocation and move-in event for post-disaster reconstruction following the debris flow disaster in Yuzhong County (榆中县), Lanzhou City (兰州市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), was held simultaneously at various resettlement sites. Reconstruction of houses at all six centralized resettlement sites in the county has been fully completed, and all 325 affected households have been relocated and moved in.
The picture shows the relocation and move-in event at the centralized resettlement site in Malian Tan Village (马莲滩村), Mapo Township (马坡乡), Yuzhong County (榆中县).
People's Daily reporter Song Chaojun (宋朝军) and Xinhua News Agency reporter Lang Bingbing (郎兵兵) took the photos.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 吴 丹 吴 月
"20 years ago, when I walked out of campus, I was as full of dreams as you are." Not long ago, when he returned to his alma mater, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (北京航空航天大学) to give a lecture, Fang Kan (方侃), a senior engineer at Xiaomi Automobile Co., Ltd. (小米汽车有限公司), was filled with emotion. "In these 20 years, China's automobile industry has been climbing all the way: first following, then running alongside, and now on some tracks, we are starting to try to lead—behind the miracle is hard work."
On the podium was not a university teacher, but a front-line industrial technology talent. A lecture ignited patriotic feelings in the students' hearts.
At the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), when talking about the highlights of the "14th Five-Year Plan," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) mentioned the scientific and technological innovation achievements of going to heaven, entering the earth, and going to the sea, which were "impressive" and "practice has proved that we cannot be strangled."
How to overcome "stranglehold" technologies? Where does the confidence of young people to "look at the world equally" come from? Since September this year, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Education, Science and Technology Talent Work Leading Group (北京市委教育科技人才工作领导小组) has hosted a series of lectures by front-line industrial technology talents in Beijing universities, entering more than 20 universities, and inspiring young people to be practical and responsible through the original aspirations of serving the country through science and technology and the stories of hard work and entrepreneurship, so as to promote a virtuous circle of education cultivating talents, talents leading innovation, and innovation driving industry.
"Young talents are the source of vitality for the country's strategic talent strength. Their struggle stories are vivid ideological and political teaching materials." According to the relevant person in charge of the Beijing Talent Work Bureau (北京市人才工作局), Beijing has selected 36 members from outstanding talents such as winners of the "National Excellent Engineer" title, winners of municipal talent awards, and those selected for national and municipal talent projects to form a lecture group, covering 12 key areas such as integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, and biomedicine. These outstanding talents from the front lines of scientific research and engineering enter campuses and have dialogues with students with their innovation and practical achievements, vividly demonstrating the great practice of Chinese-style modernization.
In the dialogue, there are changes in the industry and upgrades in the industry—
In Beijing Yizhuang (北京亦庄), a fully unmanned self-driving taxi safely delivers passengers to their destination; in Nansha District (南沙区), Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东), self-driving trucks transport imported fruits to various places; in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture (昌吉回族自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), unmanned mining trucks efficiently transport coal... Xiao Ping (肖平), senior director of Pony.ai (北京小马智行科技有限公司), told the story of China's autonomous driving technology moving forward.
On the screen, the company's first to seventh generation autonomous driving models are in stark contrast. "Generations of scientific and technological predecessors have laid a good scientific research foundation for us." Xiao Ping (肖平) said that the struggle story of autonomous driving is still being continued, and he looks forward to young students taking over the "relay baton" of the times and going to the country with the wisdom of science and technology.
In the dialogue, there is the struggle to overcome key core technologies and write papers on the land of the motherland—
"Our team released a trillion-parameter model and achieved global open source. Many people asked me: 'Why can you do it?' I said, this is not waiting, not bought, let alone copied—it is done!" Facing the students, Wang Shaolan (王绍兰), president of Beijing Zhipu AI (北京智谱华章科技股份有限公司), said firmly.
Socialism is achieved through hard work, and the new era is achieved through struggle. Firm belief and practice are reflected in the growth process of every lecturer. Liu Qi (刘奇), chief expert of security attack and defense of China Telecom Group (中国电信集团), born in 1995, said: "The loneliness of debugging code alone at 3 a.m. will eventually be transformed into the confidence to protect thousands of homes." Qing Gele Ji Ri Ge Le (青格勒吉日格乐), chief technology expert of the Shougang Group Co., Ltd. Technology Research Institute (首钢集团有限公司技术研究院), said: "In the past 20 years, every experimental failure and every data deviation is like a tempering of steel in the furnace, making the steel more tough and making me more resilient." Struggle and hard work have taken root in the hearts of students.
In the dialogue, there are future stars and seas, and eager expectations for youth—
"Every ignition is the synchronous resonance of more than 1.4 billion heartbeats; every leap melts the micro-light of the 'small self' into the galaxy of the 'big self'. Today, when I see the same blazing starlight shining in the eyes of younger you, I know that this galaxy will extend to a more distant deep space." Looking forward to deep space and exploring the future, Jia Yang (贾阳), a researcher at the Overall Department of the China Academy of Space Technology (中国空间技术研究院总体部), wrote poems for the students: "Take the sky as the case, write poems, and go up to the nine heavens."
"Our stars and seas are hundreds of trillions of cells in the human body." Reviewing the process of innovative drug research and development, He Ting (何霆), founder of Beijing Immuno-Oncology Technology Co., Ltd. (北京艺妙神州生物医药股份有限公司), and an entrepreneur born in the 1980s, encouraged his younger students to say that scientific and technological innovation is not a 100-meter sprint, but a relay long-distance race. "Our stick has been running for 10 years, but this long-distance race about life is far from over. We look forward to young people taking over the baton and joining this long-distance race."
Details of overcoming difficulties and persistence in turning the corner made the students excited.
"Finally, please think about what 'stranglehold' technologies in your professional fields need to be broken through?" At the end of the lecture, a technology talent asked the students. And this is also a question raised by the times to scientific and technological workers and young students.
"I am engaged in research in the field of graphics processors, and I hope to contribute to the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance through my own efforts." Huang Rulin (黄汝霖), a doctoral student at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院大学), has a clearer goal.
"As a transportation major student, I hope to combine intelligent technology with transportation system planning and participate in the construction of smart cities and low-carbon travel systems in the future." Liang Junjie (梁骏杰), a master's student at Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学), has stronger learning motivation.
"Looking forward to seeing you on the cutting edge of science and technology in the future!" "Let's do something we will be proud of in this life!" "The future has me, and you should have it!" The encouragement of the front-line scientific and technological talents in the capital's industry is inspiring. Reading late at night in the library and unremitting pursuit in the laboratory are gathering into a powerful force to promote the progress of China's scientific and technological cause.
The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Education, Science and Technology Talent Work Leading Group (北京市委教育科技人才工作领导小组) said that it will take this event as a starting point to continue to run the ideological and political classroom for studying the party's innovative theories, build a mobile classroom for perceiving great practices, and open a cutting-edge classroom for touching technology, and use the light of truth, the reality of struggle, and the power of innovation to empower youthful dreams.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shijiazhuang (石家庄) dispatch, December 29th (Reporter Shi Ziqiang (史自强)) From December 25th to 28th, China National Agricultural Development Group Co., Ltd. (中国农业发展集团有限公司), China Huadian Corporation Ltd. (中国华电集团有限公司), and China Chengtong Holdings Group Ltd. (中国诚通控股集团有限公司) successively held commencement ceremonies for their headquarters projects in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), Hebei (河北). The China Datang (中国大唐) Xiong'an headquarters project commenced construction earlier this year. To date, the headquarters of all four central enterprises in the second batch to be relocated to Xiong'an (雄安) have commenced construction.
The construction of the headquarters of the four central enterprises in the first batch to be relocated to Xiong'an (雄安) is progressing smoothly. The China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd. (中国星网) headquarters and its affiliated enterprises moved into their offices in October 2024; China Sinochem (中国中化) and China Huaneng (中国华能) relocated to Xiong'an (雄安) for office work on October 9th of this year; the main structure of the China Minmetals (中国矿产) headquarters project has been capped, and decoration and other work are being carried out. To date, the headquarters of eight central enterprises have been relocated to Xiong'an (雄安), and more than 400 central enterprise branches and more than 4,000 Beijing (北京)-based enterprises have settled in Xiong'an (雄安).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郁静娴
The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to adhere to innovation-driven development and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new growth drivers.
Scenarios are bridges connecting technology and industry, and linking research and development with the market. They are important carriers for promoting the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation. The large-scale application of new technologies, new products, and new scenarios will provide new impetus for innovation. In November, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Opening of Scenarios to Promote the Large-scale Application of New Scenarios," proposing 22 key areas for scenario cultivation and opening.
Starting today, this edition launches a series of reports titled "New Economic Orientation: New Scenarios, New Drivers," exploring how to increase the construction and opening of application scenarios, explore the path of "technological breakthrough - scenario verification - industrial application - system upgrade," and provide strong support for accelerating the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality economic and social development.
-- Editor
"Temperature 24 degrees Celsius, humidity 37%, chlorophyll index 3.7%..." At 9:30 a.m., Hu Cong (胡聪), a technician at the digital orchard company under Jiejiarun Technology Group Co., Ltd. (捷佳润科技集团股份有限公司), opened his mobile phone, and the application interface clearly showed the situation of a blueberry base in Yong'anli Village (永安里村), Dingdang Town (丁当镇), Long'an County (隆安县), Guangxi (广西). 230 mu of substrate-cultivated blueberries are in the period of flowering and fruiting on the same tree.
In the lower right corner of the real-time picture, a personified icon of the crop environment "frowns." "Recently, the air humidity is low and the evaporation is high, so more watering is needed." Hu Cong (胡聪) lightly touched the "smart irrigation" option on the screen, remotely controlling the solenoid valve hundreds of meters away to start crop irrigation.
How much water is appropriate? On the main interface, artificial intelligence has automatically generated daily agricultural advice based on the weather and greenhouse environment: "It is recommended to use the winter irrigation mode, 400 ml per large tree and 250 ml per small tree." The system also detected signs of pests in one area, prompting "apply biological natural enemies and spray biological pesticides in equipment area 3333" and "pay attention to operating at night to avoid affecting pollinating insects."
Between human-computer interaction, the dynamics of hundreds of acres of blueberry orchards are fully visible. "In the past, inspections relied on manual labor, and one person could manage at most 30 mu. Now, 3 people can achieve refined management in this park, and they can grow blueberries with better appearance and taste," said Hu Cong (胡聪).
Efficient park inspection capabilities are inseparable from strong hardware and software support.
In the park, Internet of Things sensors are like capillaries, capturing subtle changes in plants: equipment on the top of the shed senses changes in water vapor caused by plant transpiration; high-definition plant growth recorders integrate visible light and multi-spectral cameras to screen suspicious diseased leaves and fruits; root scanners monitor root growth status at any time... A series of intelligent hardware allows crops to "speak."
Having hardware alone is not enough. The vast data stream collected must be processed by the artificial intelligence "brain" before it can output valuable agricultural decision-making suggestions. "Different from industrial production, the growth of crops is affected by environmental factors such as climate." Chen Bin (陈彬), product manager of the Innovation Center of Jiejiarun (捷佳润) Company, said, "The application of artificial intelligence in the agricultural field is inseparable from the technical closed loop of 'data + algorithm + scenario' for support."
Chen Bin (陈彬) introduced that the company has established industry-university-research cooperation with more than 10 institutions such as Zhejiang University (浙江大学) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院), collected massive crop image data in dozens of large cooperative bases, and accurately labeled them by a team of agricultural technology experts to form "standard teaching materials" for artificial intelligence models to learn. At the same time, relying on the shared computing power of large domestic Internet companies, the model is trained in actual combat to enable artificial intelligence to learn to identify the health and pathological characteristics of various crops. By adjusting the sensor density, equipment type, and data service level, the core system can be used in various scenarios such as facility greenhouses, large orchards, tea gardens, and large-scale vegetable bases.
Data comes from scenarios, is applied to scenarios, and then obtains feedback from scenarios to optimize algorithms. In the technical closed loop of "data + algorithm + scenario," the scenario plays an important role.
In order to accelerate the application of new technologies to more scenarios, Jiejiarun (捷佳润) Company builds a landing network through multiple channels. At the technical level, joint laboratories are co-constructed with scientific research institutes to continuously optimize algorithm models and equipment compatibility, and quickly transform scientific research results into practical solutions; at the market level, the system effectiveness is centrally displayed using agricultural exhibitions, industry summits, and other platforms. At the same time, it actively connects with local agricultural digital transformation plans, participates in the construction of smart agriculture demonstration projects, and relies on policy support to reduce user investment costs.
This artificial intelligence park inspection system has been promoted to more than 2 million mu in Guangxi (广西), Sichuan (四川), and other places, and has also opened up overseas markets. At the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (中国—东盟博览会), the on-site demonstration of the artificial intelligence park inspection system attracted many merchants. "Southeast Asian countries grow tropical crops such as bananas, dragon fruit, and durian, which highly match Guangxi's (广西) technological advantages." Zhang Xingjie (张兴杰), deputy general manager of Jiejiarun (捷佳润) Company, said that they have reached cooperation with companies in Malaysia (马来西亚), Cambodia (柬埔寨), and other countries to include the artificial intelligence park inspection system in the intelligent upgrade plan for local durian and banana planting.
"Each time a user takes a photo to identify, they are 'feeding' new data into the model, forming a virtuous cycle of 'learning - optimization,' and the accuracy of identification and diagnosis and the coverage of scenarios will become stronger and stronger," said Chen Bin (陈彬).
Traditional agriculture is transforming into data-driven smart agriculture, and artificial intelligence technology continues to extend to pre-production and post-production links in addition to helping production links. At the end of 2024, the system suggested that the Jinchengjiang (金城江) base advance the blueberry market launch by two weeks based on ASEAN (东盟) fruit consumption data, just in time for the gap in the Thai (泰国) fruit market, selling 30 yuan more per kilogram. Strengthening market forecasting capabilities and using sales to feed back into production, Zhang Xingjie (张兴杰) believes that this will be the future upgrade direction of the agricultural artificial intelligence "brain."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 29th (Reporter Deng Jianyang (邓剑洋)) The reporter recently learned from the first China Water Saving Award Ceremony held in Beijing (北京): Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's total water consumption has achieved zero growth while the economic aggregate has continuously crossed major steps and grain output has had consecutive bumper harvests.
In recent years, with the construction of a water-saving system of institutions and policies as the main line, the Ministry of Water Resources has comprehensively promoted the national water-saving campaign, vigorously implemented agricultural water-saving and efficiency-enhancing measures, industrial water-saving and emission-reduction measures, and urban water-saving and loss-reduction measures, carefully and meticulously using water resources, strictly and carefully managing water resources, and promoting remarkable results in water-saving throughout society.
According to reports, since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's water consumption per 10,000 yuan of domestic product and water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value have decreased by 17.7% and 23.6% respectively compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," the effective utilization coefficient of farmland irrigation water has increased from 0.565 to 0.583, and the leakage rate of urban public water supply pipe networks has dropped to less than 10%.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 褚 君
The 2025 Global Survey Report on China's International Image was released on December 29. Survey data shows that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) has gained high recognition from the international community. The thorough implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) spirit and the formulation of Five-Year Plans and other governance concepts and experiences have received international praise. International goodwill towards China continues to increase, and there are expectations for China to play a greater role.
This global survey was specifically conducted by the Global Times Research Institute (环球时报研究院). The survey sample consisted of approximately 51,700 people from 46 countries, including 15 developed countries and 31 developing countries, covering representative countries from all continents, as well as G20 countries, 9 BRICS countries, and 10 ASEAN countries.
Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) Gains High Recognition from the International Community
The survey selected some important concepts from Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) and asked foreign respondents for their opinions. "Building a community with a shared future for mankind" and "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" were both recognized by nearly 80% of international public opinion. "Exercising full and strict governance over the Party," "Comprehensively deepening reforms," and "Putting the people first" were all recognized by over 70%. In developing countries, the proportion of public opinion recognition in the above five aspects all exceeded 80%, and in developed countries, it all exceeded 60%.
More than 70% of foreign respondents are aware of the "Global Development Initiative," "Global Security Initiative," and "Global Civilization Initiative" (Note: The "Global Governance Initiative" had not yet been proposed when this public opinion poll was conducted) proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) to the international community, as well as the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) Spirit and the Formulation of Five-Year Plans and Other Governance Concepts and Experiences Receive International Praise
The survey introduced the Chinese Communist Party's concept and practice of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, such as thoroughly implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定) spirit. Survey data shows that nearly 70% of foreign respondents hold a positive attitude towards this, agreeing that "higher requirements should be placed on members of the ruling party than ordinary citizens" or "strict requirements." This proportion reaches or exceeds 70% in BRICS countries, ASEAN countries, and African countries, and exceeds 60% in European countries and Middle Eastern countries.
2025 is the final year of China's "14th Five-Year Plan" and also the year for planning the "15th Five-Year Plan" (2026-2030). The survey introduced China's development experience in formulating and implementing Five-Year Plans. More than 3/4 of foreign respondents have objective and positive perceptions and evaluations of this, recognizing that "this is an important experience for China to achieve economic and social development" and agreeing that the Five-Year Plan "is worth learning from by their own governments." This proportion exceeds 80% in BRICS countries, Middle Eastern countries, ASEAN countries, and African countries.
Optimistic about China's Economic Growth and Recognizing China's International Status
Survey data shows that more than 80% of foreign respondents give positive evaluations of China's economic growth in 2025. This proportion is 86% in developing countries and 75% in developed countries. Nearly 90% of respondents expressed confidence in the continued growth of China's economy in the next 10 years. The confidence level of people in developing countries is even higher, with a proportion nearly 20 percentage points higher than that of developed countries.
Nearly 80% (78%) of foreign respondents recognize that China's comprehensive national strength is increasing, an increase of 8 percentage points compared to 2024. This proportion has increased by more than 10 percentage points year-on-year in developed countries and ASEAN countries. More than 80% (82%) of respondents recognize that China's economic strength and technological strength are "strong," and the proportion has also increased compared to last year.
International Public Opinion Has a Good Impression of China, Is Willing to Be Close, and Has a High Interest in Chinese Culture and Technology
Survey data shows that nearly 70% (69%) of foreign respondents have a favorable impression of China, an increase of 6 percentage points compared to 2024. Goodwill towards China in Middle Eastern countries and ASEAN countries exceeds 70%, and in BRICS countries and African countries, it is close to or exceeds 80%. The proportion of international public opinion with an overall "good" impression of China (64%) and Chinese people (66%) has increased by 5 and 10 percentage points respectively compared to 2024, and the proportion of good impressions in various dimensions has also shown varying degrees of year-on-year growth. The proportion of those with a good impression of Chinese science and technology reached 80%, and the proportion of those with a good impression of the Chinese people's spirit of struggle and innovation exceeded 3/4. Through statistical analysis of keywords, it was found that the most impressive aspects of China for foreign people in 2025 include economy, technology, culture, science and technology, development, strength, goodness, advancement, and innovation.
More than 90% of foreign respondents expressed interest in China, with more than 40% having a high degree of interest. The greatest point of interest in China for developed countries is "culture," while for developing countries it is "technology." The survey listed some emerging things related to China in recent years. Among them, TikTok and online shopping have a usage rate of about 60% among foreign people, and robots, drones, and intelligent driving cars have a recognition rate of over 80% among foreign people.
The survey also found that media news reports and online social platforms have become the two major channels for foreign respondents to learn about China. Under the visa-free transit policy, 3/4 of foreign respondents said they would be willing to visit China in the future, an increase compared to 2024. Further investigation into the willingness to visit revealed that travel and sightseeing were selected in the highest proportion (49%), followed by shopping (23%).
Expect China to Participate in International Affairs and Reform and Improve Global Governance
In May 2025, the signing ceremony of the International Mediation Institute Convention was held in Hong Kong (香港), China. More than half of foreign respondents expect the International Mediation Institute to contribute to promoting the peaceful settlement of disputes and promoting friendly cooperation among countries. More than 60% expect China to participate in promoting the resolution of international hot issues such as the Ukraine crisis, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Israeli-Iranian conflict. More than 70% expect China to participate more in international affairs or play a greater role in the future, a higher proportion than in previous years. The proportion of international public opinion expecting China to take more actions in promoting the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction, carrying out mediation and coordination on international/regional hot issues, and in economic and trade cooperation and educational, scientific, and cultural cooperation is about 80%.
Nearly 60% (58%) of foreign respondents expect the future international order to be an equal and orderly multipolar world system, with each country participating in international affairs on an equal footing. In BRICS countries, ASEAN countries, and African countries, this proportion exceeds 60%. 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. Survey data shows that nearly 70% of foreign respondents generally support the current international system with the United Nations as its core, and 36% support reforming and improving it on the basis of the existing international system.
Regarding the concept of "building a community with a shared future for mankind," more than 70% of foreign respondents expressed their agreement, with an agreement rate of over 80% in African countries, over 3/4 in BRICS countries and Middle Eastern countries, over 70% in ASEAN countries, and close to 70% in European countries.
International Public Opinion Continues to Expect Sino-US Relations to Develop in a Positive Direction, and Goodwill Towards China Exceeds Goodwill Towards the United States
In overall international public opinion, over 70% hope that future Sino-US relations will "tend to ease" or "maintain the status quo," with over 40% hoping to "tend to ease" and over 30% hoping to "maintain the status quo." The overall data performance is similar to that of 2024. The proportion of public opinion in developed countries, European countries, ASEAN countries, and BRICS countries expecting Sino-US relations to tend to ease has increased year-on-year.
In the comparison of "which country, China or the United States, has a higher degree of goodwill," the proportion of international public opinion choosing China is 39%, which is 1.5 times that of choosing the United States (26%), and the proportion of choosing both as similar is 25%. Compared with 2024, the proportion of "higher goodwill" gained by China has increased by 9 percentage points, and the United States has decreased by about 8 percentage points.
The US government's imposition of high tariffs on the world has caused widespread concern and criticism, with over 60% (63%) of foreign respondents holding critical and opposing opinions, considering it to be a "**单边霸凌之举**" (dān biān bà líng zhī jǔ - "unilateral hegemonic act," an act of unilateral bullying and dominance), a "**倒行逆施之举**" (dào xíng nì shī zhī jǔ - "retrogressive act," an act that goes against the tide of history), and "damaging international trade rules"; 43% of foreign respondents are concerned that it will push up the cost of living. The Chinese government has taken a firm opposition stance and strong countermeasures, and over 70% of foreign respondents expressed their agreement with this. The agreement proportion in African countries reached 80%, and in BRICS countries, ASEAN countries, and Middle Eastern countries, it exceeded 70%. The agreement proportion in European countries also exceeded 2/3.
Regarding some of the US government's foreign policies and actions (such as demanding the return of sovereignty over the Panama Canal, proposing claims to sovereignty over Greenland, implementing military strike operations against Iran, and once stating "in the international system, if you are not at the table, you are on the menu," etc.), nearly 70% of foreign respondents believe that this will have a negative impact on the international community, with over 1/3 choosing "seriously impacting the existing international order and basic norms of international relations, and is neo-imperialism," and over 1/3 choosing "seriously damaging relations between countries, and is a manifestation of hegemonism and power politics, bringing the international community back to the law of the jungle."
Hope That Their Own Country's Relationship with China Will Be More Friendly in the Future
In 2025, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Neighboring Countries was held, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to focus on building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries and strive to create a new situation in work relating to neighboring countries. Over 3/4 of foreign respondents gave positive and objective evaluations of China's neighboring diplomatic policies, believing that "China's security and stability promote the security and stability of neighboring countries," "China's development drives the development of neighboring countries," and "geographical proximity, close exchanges, and more cooperation opportunities."
Over 80% of foreign respondents believe that their own country has a normal, friendly, or strategic cooperative relationship with China, an increase compared to 2024. Developing countries, Middle Eastern countries, ASEAN countries, African countries, and BRICS countries are more inclined to view China as a "strategic partner" or "friendly country," while developed countries and European countries are more inclined to view China as a "normal relationship country."
Survey data shows that over 2/3 of foreign respondents hope that their own country's relationship with China will become better in the future, an increase of about 5 percentage points compared to 2024. This proportion is about 80% in African countries, Middle Eastern countries, and BRICS countries, and over 60% in ASEAN countries and European countries. Compared with 2024, the proportion of public opinion in Middle Eastern countries and BRICS countries hoping to improve relations with China has increased by 10 percentage points.
Regarding the most appropriate solution to the South China Sea issue, over 70% of people in ASEAN countries support the parties concerned negotiating and consulting, shelving disputes, and jointly developing, with the support proportion of people in the Philippines being over 60%.
In addition, demographic difference analysis of the survey data found that younger and more knowledgeable groups among foreign respondents are more interested in China, more willing to contact China, have more goodwill towards China, and have stronger recognition of China. This is basically consistent with the global public opinion survey data in 2024.
Return to TopAs the world's largest developing country and developed country, China and the United States focusing on their own development and managing their own affairs well is not only related to the well-being of the two peoples, but also an important driving force for world peace and development.
In 2025, the world is accelerating its evolution amidst intertwined changes and chaos. The linkage between China's development and the world pattern is constantly strengthening, and China's impact on global growth, technological change, and global governance is becoming more profound and positive. The latest released 2025 China International Image Global Survey Report shows that nearly 90% of respondents expressed confidence in China's continued economic growth in the next 10 years. International public opinion has a high interest in Chinese culture and technology, and expects China to participate more in international affairs and reform and improve global governance.
"Confidence," "patience," and "assurance" – these have become high-frequency words in the international community's observation of China's response to the complex external environment. Since the beginning of this year, facing the severe impact on the international economic and trade order, China has coordinated domestic economic development and international economic and trade cooperation, unswervingly managed its own affairs well, and the main goals of economic and social development will be successfully completed. Despite the turbulence, China remains calm. Facing various risks and challenges on the road ahead, China always maintains clarity and firmness, concentrates its efforts on managing its own affairs well, wins the initiative, wins advantages, and wins the future, and continuously promotes Chinese-style modernization, which both develops itself and benefits the world.
The key to the development of a country and a nation lies in following its own path and managing its own affairs well. This is the basic truth revealed by dialectical materialism, and it is also a profound enlightenment from China's development process. As a large developing country, China's development cannot depend on others. Over the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China has adhered to drawing a blueprint to the end, working one term after another, from the "First Five-Year Plan" to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," from poverty and blankness to an estimated total economic volume of about 140 trillion yuan this year, steadily ranking as the world's second largest economy and the world's largest manufacturing country. The Chinese economic ship can navigate through turbulent rapids and overcome difficulties and obstacles, relying on that unwavering determination to manage its own affairs well.
This year, a tariff tsunami suddenly struck, casting a shadow over the global economy. At a difficult moment, China showed the world its composure and confidence: "It has demonstrated the ambition, backbone, and confidence of the Chinese people, highlighted our hard-core strength, and won the respect of the international community." Where does composure and confidence come from? It is inseparable from China's proactive understanding of changes, responding to changes, and seeking changes in recent years, and unswervingly using the certainty of its own high-quality development to better cope with the uncertainty of external environmental changes. Accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, adhering to the overall planning of development and security, and solidly promoting high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology... A series of strategic blueprints seize the initiative in the midst of major changes, providing solid support for the current Chinese economy to move forward against pressure. In the first three quarters of this year, China's gross domestic product increased by 5.2% year-on-year, contributing 4% to the growth of global trade in goods; it became one of the world's top 10 most innovative economies for the first time, and the number of artificial intelligence patents accounted for 60% of the global total... Despite difficulties and pressures, the Chinese economy is resilient, macroeconomic policies are strongly supported, and new momentum is growing steadily, providing good conditions for achieving the expected goals for the whole year.
To manage world affairs well, the prerequisite is to manage one's own affairs well. As the world's largest developing country and developed country, China and the United States focusing on their own development and managing their own affairs well is not only related to the well-being of the two peoples, but also an important driving force for world peace and development. At present, both China and the United States are pursuing their respective dreams and are committed to making people live a better life. Achieving this goal, properly handling bilateral relations is crucial. The better each country develops, the more opportunities it can provide to the other, and it will also help to cope with the challenges each faces.
China unswervingly manages its own affairs well, and has never wanted to challenge or replace anyone, but to be a better version of itself and share development opportunities with countries around the world. China continues to expand high-level opening up to the outside world, and continuously improves the market-oriented, rule-of-law, and internationalized business environment, providing broader market space and investment opportunities for companies from all countries. In the next 10 years or more, China's middle-income group will exceed 800 million people, and it is accelerating the formation of the world's largest and most dynamic consumer market. More wonderful stories of "sharing benefits with the world" will unfold in China, and the United States can be a participant and will also be a beneficiary. The United States should also show the wisdom and pattern that a major country should have, view China's development objectively and rationally, move in the same direction as China, and achieve mutual success and common prosperity.
With hearts set on the distant future, why fear high mountains and dangerous roads; anchoring the course, there is no fear of the vast sea and fierce winds. No matter how the external environment changes, China will remain confident and maintain its focus, concentrate its efforts on managing its own affairs well with a spirit of historical initiative, promote the economic ship to continue to break through waves and move forward, and continuously inject new impetus and open up new space for world development with the new achievements of Chinese-style modernization.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 管克江
"China's discourses and intellectual wisdom on governance and Chinese-style modernization are worth learning from by Arab countries." Walid Kmaiha, Director of the Lebanese Silk Road Institute and Chairman of the Lebanese "Lebanese-Chinese Dialogue Road" Association, said in a recent interview with this reporter that through studying related works, he has gained a better understanding of the ruling strategies and governance concepts of the Communist Party of China.
In Kmaiha's view, scientific strategic planning is crucial. For example, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) uses medium- and long-term plans to guide economic and social development, ensuring that all parties can be effectively mobilized and brought together during the implementation of the plans, and that China can be built from a poor and weak agricultural country into the world's largest manufacturing country and the world's second largest economy. He said: "China is comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the nation with Chinese-style modernization. China's development experience inspires us to set more long-term and reasonable development goals."
Arab countries generally face the heavy task of economic transformation. Kmaiha pays close attention to China's experience in promoting high-quality development. He said: "China's accelerated development of new quality productive forces, focusing on green development and technological innovation, also provides an important reference for Arab countries."
As Chairman of the "Lebanese-Chinese Dialogue Road" Association, Kmaiha said that dialogue and exchanges between the people of Arab countries and the Chinese people are very important. At present, both Arab and Chinese countries are at a critical stage of development. Strengthening exchanges and cooperation in various fields such as economy, science and technology, and culture will not only benefit the better development of both sides, but also make greater contributions to world peace and development.
Kmaiha believes that China has always adhered to the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, and has taken practical actions to safeguard world peace and promote common development, which reflects its broad mind and sense of responsibility. Arab countries and China, on the basis of mutual respect, equal cooperation, and mutual benefit and win-win results, jointly promote the high-quality construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), creating a model of harmonious coexistence among countries with different social systems, different beliefs, and different cultural traditions. China's adherence to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (和平共处五项原则) also provides an important reference for Arab countries to develop foreign relations.
Kmaiha said that the "Lebanese-Chinese Dialogue Road" Association is willing to dedicate itself to enhancing exchanges between Arab and Chinese media and academic institutions, and building a bridge to promote mutual understanding between the Arab and Chinese people. "Arab and Chinese institutions should carry out more joint research projects, especially strengthening the study and exchange of China's ideas on governance. China's wisdom will bring more inspiration to the development of Arab countries."
(Haitham Muzaen participated in the writing)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Kunming, December 29th (Reporters Yuan Rui (袁睿) and Wang Guansen (王冠森)) The China-Cambodia-Thailand Foreign Ministers' Meeting was successfully held in Yuxi (玉溪), Yunnan (云南) on the 29th. Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn (布拉索昆), Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow (西哈萨), and the heads of the three countries' armed forces attended.
Wang Yi (王毅) stated that since the outbreak of the Cambodian-Thai border conflict, China has adhered to the spirit of the Global Security Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and actively mediated. Chinese leaders have maintained friendly communication with Cambodian and Thai leaders, and foreign ministers have had multiple phone calls. The Chinese special envoy has made four shuttle visits. With the joint efforts of all parties, the Cambodian and Thai military recently reached a ceasefire agreement, which China is pleased to see.
Wang Yi (王毅) said that the trilateral meeting is timely. We held several bilateral talks here, especially the diplomatic and military departments of Cambodia and Thailand also conducted face-to-face in-depth exchanges here, all showing a positive and open attitude, all committed to easing the situation, and all willing to improve bilateral relations on the basis of a ceasefire. The discussions among the three parties were beneficial and constructive, forming an important consensus: First, to jointly look forward and move forward; second, to proceed in an orderly manner without stopping; and third, to rebuild mutual trust is the most important. China will always be a promoter of the development of Cambodia-Thailand relations and is willing to provide all necessary assistance and support, including ceasefire supervision, humanitarian assistance, and mine clearance cooperation. We expect and believe that Cambodia-Thailand relations will return to the right track as soon as possible.
The foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand highly appreciated China's constructive role in resolving conflicts, easing the situation, and promoting dialogue. Both sides emphasized the value of peace and expressed their willingness to actively implement the ceasefire agreement, make good use of dialogue mechanisms at all levels, jointly manage and resolve disputes, and jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas of the two countries.
A press communique was issued after the trilateral meeting.
Return to TopFrom December 28 to 29, 2025, the Foreign Ministers of China, Cambodia, and Thailand, and the heads of the military departments of the three countries, held a meeting at Fuxian Lake (抚仙湖) in Yuxi (玉溪), Yunnan (云南), China. The Chinese side welcomed the signing of the Joint Statement on Ceasefire by the Third Special Meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee on December 27. The three parties emphasized that this is in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the people of Cambodia and Thailand, sends a positive signal, is conducive to regional peace and stability, and fully demonstrates that dialogue and consultation are a realistic and effective way to resolve complex disputes. The three parties exchanged in-depth views on consolidating the ceasefire situation between Cambodia and Thailand, gradually restoring normal exchanges, rebuilding political mutual trust, improving bilateral relations, and maintaining regional peace and stability. The main achievements are as follows:
I. The immediate priority is to consolidate the ceasefire situation. It is necessary to ensure the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Statement on Ceasefire. The Chinese side supports the joint efforts of Cambodia and Thailand to ensure a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, and to lay the foundation for rebuilding peace. To this end, the three parties support the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Border Committee to carry out its work in accordance with the Joint Statement of the Third Special Meeting of the General Border Committee of the two countries on December 27, 2025. The Chinese side is willing to provide all necessary support to help Cambodia and Thailand advance humanitarian demining through joint coordination working groups and other bilateral arrangements, and is also willing to provide substantial assistance to enable the ASEAN observer group to play an effective role. The Chinese military will maintain contact with the militaries of Cambodia and Thailand, and provide support to both sides to consolidate the ceasefire situation according to the needs of both Cambodia and Thailand.
II. The next focus is to restore normal exchanges. The Chinese side welcomes the efforts of Cambodia and Thailand to restore multi-level communication and exchanges in various fields, and to restore exchanges and cooperation in the border areas of the two countries and the daily livelihoods of displaced people in accordance with the Joint Statement of the Third Special Meeting of the General Border Committee of the two countries on December 27, 2025. The Chinese side is willing to immediately provide support for humanitarian matters such as the resettlement of displaced people in the border areas of Cambodia and Thailand.
III. Cambodia and Thailand will be committed to rebuilding political mutual trust. The Chinese side welcomes the efforts of Cambodia and Thailand to rebuild diplomatic communication channels and promote closer ties between the foreign ministers of the two countries. Cambodia and Thailand agreed to jointly create a good atmosphere for the proposed Fifth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting to be held in Thailand, promote its timely convening and ensure the success of the meeting.
IV. The long-term goal is to promote the improvement of bilateral relations. The Chinese side encourages Cambodia and Thailand to create conditions to promote the gradual restoration of normal diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Chinese side is willing to provide a platform for Cambodia and Thailand to conduct more comprehensive and effective communication when necessary.
V. The common responsibility is to maintain regional peace and stability. Cambodia and Thailand are committed to resolving differences through peaceful means, and are willing to abide by the Charter of the United Nations, the ASEAN Charter, and the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, and work with regional countries to jointly address risks and challenges. The three parties agreed to take more forceful measures to combat cross-border crimes such as telecommunications network fraud, and safeguard the lives and property of the people of regional countries.
Cambodia and Thailand thanked the Chinese side for providing strong support for promoting dialogue between the two countries and for fully accommodating the comfort levels of both Cambodia and Thailand. In accordance with the spirit of the trilateral consensus on tranquility, the Chinese side will continue to play a constructive role in rebuilding mutual trust and achieving lasting peace for Cambodia and Thailand in the Asian way, and jointly build a community with a shared future in the neighborhood.
(Xinhua News Agency, Kunming (昆明), December 29)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Shenzhen on December 29th (Reporter Jin Xin (金歆)) The China Rule of Law Forum (2025) and the 16th China Jurists Forum opened on the 29th in Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东). Chen Wenqing (陈文清), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委), attended and delivered a speech. Huang Kunming (黄坤明), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, attended and delivered a speech.
The participating representatives believe that the most important achievement we have made in the construction of the socialist rule of law since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is the formation of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on the Rule of Law. Xi Jinping's Thought on the Rule of Law is a brilliant example of adhering to the "two combinations" in the field of the rule of law, and it is the guiding ideology that must be adhered to for a long time in comprehensively promoting the rule of law. The vast number of jurists and legal workers must adhere to Xi Jinping's Thought on the Rule of Law as the fundamental guideline, grasp the historic achievements made in the construction of the rule of law in our country, actively promote legal research, take the initiative to serve legal practice, and jointly create a new situation in the construction of a rule-of-law China.
The participating representatives stated that to promote legal research in the new era, it is necessary to adhere to the "soul vein" of Marxist legal theory, inherit the "root vein" of outstanding Chinese traditional legal culture, base ourselves on China's great socialist legal practice, draw on the world's outstanding achievements in legal civilization, accelerate the construction of China's independent legal knowledge system, and create a legal discipline system, academic system, teaching material system, and discourse system with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner, so as to contribute Chinese wisdom to global legal civilization.
The forum, themed "In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on the Rule of Law to Provide a Strong Legal Guarantee for the '15th Five-Year Plan' for Economic and Social Development," was hosted by the China Law Society (中国法学会), the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee (广东省委政法委), and the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Government (深圳市委市政府). Relevant responsible comrades from central and state organs, representatives from the legal community, and others participated in the forum.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Nanjing, December 29th (南京). Eastern Theater Command Spokesperson Senior Colonel Shi Yi (施毅) of the Army stated that starting December 29th, the Eastern Theater Command (东部战区) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) organized forces from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force in the Taiwan Strait (台湾海峡), the northern, southwestern, southeastern, and eastern areas of Taiwan Island (台湾岛), to conduct the "Just Mission-2025" exercise. The exercise focuses on practicing maritime and aerial combat readiness patrols, seizing comprehensive control, blockading key ports and areas, and conducting outer-line three-dimensional deterrence, among other subjects. Naval and air forces will approach Taiwan Island (台湾岛) from multiple directions, with various military branches conducting joint assaults, aiming to test the theater command's joint operational combat capabilities. This is a stern warning to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external interference forces, and a legitimate and necessary action to defend national sovereignty and safeguard national unity.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Nanjing, December 29th (新华社南京12月29日电) The Eastern Theater Command (东部战区) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) will conduct important military exercises and organize live ammunition shooting in the following sea and air areas from 08:00 to 18:00 on December 30, 2025. Specifically:
The line connecting the four points of 26°32′00″N, 121°40′00″E, 26°32′00″N, 122°36′00″E, 25°43′00″N, 122°36′00″E, and 25°43′00″N, 121°40′00″E.
The line connecting the four points of 24°59′00″N, 120°04′00″E, 25°39′00″N, 121°13′00″E, 26°17′00″N, 121°13′00″E, and 25°37′00″N, 120°04′00″E.
The line connecting the four points of 23°27′00″N, 118°14′00″E, 23°27′00″N, 119°13′00″E, 22°13′00″N, 119°44′00″E, and 22°13′00″N, 118°45′00″E.
The line connecting the four points of 21°49′00″N, 119°16′00″E, 21°49′00″N, 121°00′00″E, 21°05′00″N, 121°00′00″E, and 21°05′00″N, 119°16′00″E.
The line connecting the four points of 21°58′00″N, 121°40′00″E, 21°58′00″N, 122°28′00″E, 23°23′00″N, 122°28′00″E, and 23°23′00″N, 121°40′00″E.
For safety, relevant ships and aircraft should not enter the above sea and air areas during this period.
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Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 29th (Reporters Wen Xin (温馨) and Feng Xinran (冯歆然)) On December 29th, the Eastern Theater Command (东部战区) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) began to organize the "Just Mission-2025" exercise. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated on the 29th that the relevant military exercises conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) are a stern warning to the "Taiwan independence" (台独) separatist forces' attempt to seek independence through military means. Any egregious actions that cross the line and provoke on the Taiwan issue will inevitably be met with a resolute response from China.
At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: On the morning of the 29th, the Eastern Theater Command (东部战区) conducted military exercises near the island of Taiwan. There are reports that this military exercise is in response to the recent $11.1 billion large-scale arms sales to Taiwan by the United States. What is the spokesperson's comment on this?
"The spokesperson of the Eastern Theater Command (东部战区) has already released information regarding the relevant military exercises," Lin Jian (林剑) said. The relevant military exercises conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) are a stern warning to the "Taiwan independence" (台独) separatist forces' attempt to seek independence through military means, and a necessary action to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Lin Jian (林剑) said that the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities stubbornly adhere to the "Taiwan independence" (台独) position, attempt to "seek independence by relying on the United States (倚美谋独)," and do not hesitate to turn Taiwan into a "powder keg" and "ammunition depot," fully exposing their heinous faces as "saboteurs of peace," "creators of crisis," and "instigators of war." External forces' attempts to "use Taiwan to contain China (以台制华)" and arm Taiwan will only fuel the arrogance of "Taiwan independence" (台独) and push the Taiwan Strait into a dangerous situation of war.
"The Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests," Lin Jian (林剑) said. China's will to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity is unwavering. Any egregious actions that cross the line and provoke on the Taiwan issue will inevitably be met with a resolute response from China, and any sinister attempts to obstruct China's reunification will not succeed.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 29th (Reporter Wang Chuntao (王春涛)) - Defense Ministry Spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang (张晓刚) answered reporters' questions on December 29th regarding the Eastern Theater Command's "Just Mission-2025" exercise.
A reporter asked: On December 29th, the Eastern Theater Command organized the "Just Mission-2025" exercise in the area surrounding Taiwan Island. Some foreign media commented that this military exercise is aimed at the recent large-scale US arms sales to Taiwan. What is your comment on this?
Zhang Xiaogang (张晓刚) stated that the Eastern Theater Command immediately released information about organizing the "Just Mission-2025" exercise. This exercise is a serious warning to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external interference forces, and is a legitimate and necessary move to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Zhang Xiaogang (张晓刚) said that recently, external forces have frequently crossed the line on the Taiwan issue, attempting to embolden and encourage the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, exacerbate cross-strait confrontation and antagonism, seriously damage China's sovereignty and security, and seriously undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. The Lai Qingde (赖清德) authorities have bottomlessly catered to and relied on external forces, arrogantly seeking "independence" and provocation, becoming the root cause of undermining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and exacerbating the tense situation.
Zhang Xiaogang (张晓刚) stated that "Taiwan independence" is fundamentally incompatible with peace in the Taiwan Strait, and external forces' connivance and support for "Taiwan independence" will only 引火烧身 (yǐn huǒ shāo shēn - "invite fire to burn oneself," to bring trouble upon oneself) and 自食恶果 (zì shí è guǒ - "eat the bitter fruit of one's own making," to suffer the consequences of one's own actions). We urge relevant countries to abandon the illusion of "using Taiwan to contain China," stop fueling trouble on the Taiwan issue, and not challenge China's determination and will to safeguard its core interests; we solemnly warn the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities that "seeking independence by relying on external forces" is doomed to failure, and "resisting reunification by force" is a dead end. The People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) will never be soft on fighting "independence" and promoting reunification, and will continue to organize anti-secession and anti-interference actions to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.
Return to Top(Reported by Cheng Long (程龙) from Beijing on December 29th) The Eastern Theater Command (东部战区) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军) began organizing forces from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force on December 29th to conduct the "Just Mission-2025" exercise around Taiwan Island. Chen Binhua (陈斌华), spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国务院台办), stated on the 29th that the relevant military actions of the People's Liberation Army are a stern warning to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external interference forces, and a necessary and just move to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities are engaged in "Taiwan independence" separatist activities, engaging in unprincipled flattery of foreign powers and selling out Taiwan without any bottom line, sacrificing Taiwan's economic development and people's livelihood and welfare. They are colluding with external forces to seek "independence" provocations and recklessly pursuing militarism, seriously undermining cross-strait relations, seriously threatening peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and seriously damaging the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of Taiwan compatriots. We will never tolerate or condone any "Taiwan independence" separatist acts and will resolutely strike them down.
Chen Binhua (陈斌华) pointed out that Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and any external forces attempting to interfere in the Taiwan issue and interfere in China's internal affairs will inevitably be met with a bloody nose before the copper walls and iron walls of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军). The historical trend of national reunification is unstoppable, and no one should underestimate our firm determination, firm will, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Chen Binhua (陈斌华) said that compatriots on both sides of the strait are one family. The relevant military actions are aimed at "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and external interference forces, in order to curb "Taiwan independence" collusion with external forces to wreak havoc in the Taiwan Strait, fundamentally safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, safeguard the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of Taiwan compatriots, and are by no means aimed at the vast number of Taiwan compatriots. It is hoped that the vast number of Taiwan compatriots will recognize the extreme danger and harm of the Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities' "Taiwan independence" separatist line, and join us in resolutely opposing "Taiwan independence" separatism and foreign interference, firmly safeguarding the common home of the Chinese nation, and jointly creating a better future for national reunification and national rejuvenation.
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Starting on December 29th, the People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command (中国人民解放军东部战区) is organizing the army, navy, air force, and rocket force to conduct the "Justice Mission-2025" exercise in the Taiwan Strait (台湾海峡), northern Taiwan Island (台岛北部), southwestern Taiwan Island (台岛西南), southeastern Taiwan Island (台岛东南), and east of Taiwan Island (台岛以东). This is a resolute punishment for the Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities' "seeking independence by relying on external forces" and "seeking independence through military means," a serious warning to external forces' interference, and a legitimate and necessary action to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
What is justice? What is the mission? The answers are exceptionally clear. When external forces arm Taiwan (台湾) with large-scale arms sales, when "Taiwan independence" separatists rampantly plot "independence" and provoke, resolutely counter and forcefully strike back—this is justice. When the likes of Lai Ching-te (赖清德) recklessly speed down the dead end of "Taiwan independence," and even dare to cross red lines and bottom lines, deliver a head-on blow and completely eliminate them, firmly safeguarding national unity and the common well-being of compatriots on both sides of the strait—this is the mission. No country can tolerate separatist acts. The rumbling roar of the army of justice over the Taiwan Strait (台湾海峡) is like the shocking echo of "Justice will prevail! Peace will prevail! The people will prevail!"
Who is undermining peace? Who is unilaterally changing the status quo? Through this US arms sales plan to Taiwan (台湾), which creates a historical high in terms of amount, the world can see clearly. The United States sells offensive weapons such as "HIMARS" rocket launchers and suicide drones to Taiwan (台湾) on a large scale, profiting greatly, while claiming that it is doing so for "peace in the Taiwan Strait (台湾海峡)." This is like someone throwing a time bomb at your doorstep, but claiming that it is to ensure your home's safety. How hypocritical, how absurd, how hegemonic! If the Taiwan (台湾) issue is not handled well, Sino-US relations will be shaken to their foundations. If the US truly hopes for calm in the Taiwan Strait (台湾海峡), it should stop "using Taiwan (台湾) to contain China (中国)," return to the origin and original meaning of the one-China principle, abide by the political commitments made to China (中国), and clearly oppose and stop "Taiwan independence."
Lai Ching-te (赖清德), who is still dreaming of "seeking independence," should realize, after witnessing the People's Liberation Army's (人民解放军) overwhelming force, that buying more weapons will not buy peace of mind, but rather increasing anxiety and nightmares every night. The Lai Ching-te (赖清德) authorities have fallen into a cognitive error, thinking that buying weapons on a large scale from the United States and continuously increasing the defense budget, showing a posture of "fighting to the death" with the mainland, can be exchanged for the United States' "firm support" and "security commitments." In fact, on the contrary, the real demand of the United States is to let Taiwan (台湾) always be a "pawn," a "card" that can be exploited for profit at any time. Once Lai Ching-te (赖清德) turns Taiwan (台湾) into a "powder keg" that may ignite at any time, it will lose its value to the United States and become a "negative asset." Lai Ching-te's (赖清德) crazy provocations and "seeking independence through military means" are tantamount to pouring oil on himself, and once a "spark" is struck, he will be abandoned by the United States.
Currently, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the balance of power across the Taiwan Strait (台湾海峡) has undergone fundamental changes. The steel torrent of the September 3rd military parade and the mighty Dongfeng missiles have fully demonstrated that we not only have the determination and will, but also the ability and means to crush any separatist plot. In the face of the People's Liberation Army (人民解放军), which can be summoned at any time, can fight when it comes, and will win when it fights, the weapons and equipment that Lai Ching-te (赖清德) buys with more money are nothing more than expensive live targets; in the face of the insurmountable gap in strength and the unity and shared hatred of more than 1.4 billion people, the only end for "Taiwan independence" separatists is destruction.
Not long ago, the 2025 Cross-Strait Annual Chinese Character was announced in Taipei (台北). Netizens at home and abroad actively participated, with a total of more than 15.82 million votes. Among them, the character "势" (shì - situation, momentum) was elected as the 2025 Cross-Strait Annual Chinese Character with more than 1.28 million votes. The trend of history and the trend of popular sentiment are surging towards the beautiful prospect of national reunification and national rejuvenation. The small countercurrent of "Taiwan independence" separatist forces is destined to be submerged in the great tide and trend, and will forever bear historical guilt and infamy.
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The river of time flows ceaselessly. In 2025, the world's great changes once again etched China's courage and responsibility.
"Faced with the accelerated evolution of the world's once-in-a-century changes and the intertwined international situation, all countries need unity and cooperation more than ever before, to transcend estrangement and conflict with a broad mind, and to care for the destiny of mankind with great compassion."
In this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平), with his far-sighted vision and his commitment to benefiting the world, led China's major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics to adhere to self-confidence and self-reliance, openness and inclusiveness, fairness and justice, and cooperation and win-win results, contributing wisdom to the cause of human progress, pointing the direction for improving global governance, and joining hands with the international community to write a new magnificent chapter in the historical process of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
(1) Pooling Global Governance Efforts in the Great Tide of History
"I would like to propose a global governance initiative to work with all countries to promote the building of a more just and reasonable global governance system and jointly move towards a community with a shared future for mankind."
On September 1, 2025, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative to the world.
This is another important international public good provided by China to the international community after the Global Development Initiative in 2021, the Global Security Initiative in 2022, and the Global Civilization Initiative in 2023.
Adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating people-centeredness, and focusing on action-orientedness... At a critical juncture when global governance is sailing against the current and regressing if it does not advance, China's ideas are deafening and China's solutions are timely.
Before proposing the Global Governance Initiative, President Xi Jinping (习近平) held intensive meetings with international dignitaries who came to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit at the Tianjin State Guesthouse. In his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, President Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke meaningfully: "History tells us that multilateralism, unity and cooperation are the correct answers to solving global problems."
Guterres thanked China for its long-term firm and strong support for the United Nations. He said: "At present, multilateralism, international law, and the authority of the United Nations are facing challenges, the international governance architecture urgently needs reform, and it is timely to revisit the original intention and values of the United Nations 80 years ago."
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and also the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Looking around the world, the trend of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win results has not changed, but the shadows of the Cold War mentality, hegemonism, unilateralism, and protectionism have not dissipated, the poison of militarism and the attempts of historical revisionism to challenge the post-war international order, and new threats and challenges are emerging one after another, making the world more intertwined.
"The Chinese people firmly stand on the right side of history and on the side of human civilization and progress, adhere to the path of peaceful development, and work with the people of all countries to build a community with a shared future for mankind."
On the morning of September 3, the grand meeting to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held in Beijing. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) greeted the heads of foreign delegations and their spouses attending the commemorative meeting outside the Duanmen Square on the north side of the Tiananmen Rostrum, exchanged greetings with them, and took a group photo.
The foreign guests participating in the commemorative activities were of high level, highly representative, and widely involved. There were leaders of neighboring countries such as Russian President Putin (普京), North Korean Labor Party General Secretary and State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un (金正恩), Cambodian King Sihanouk (西哈莫尼), and the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries; there were leaders who crossed mountains and seas, such as Congolese (Brazzaville) President Sassou (萨苏), Serbian President Vucic (武契奇), and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban President Diaz-Canel (迪亚斯—卡内尔); and there was Indonesian President Prabowo (普拉博沃), who arrived in Beijing in the early hours of the day...
From Tianjin to Beijing (北京), two major events were held successively. Many national leaders and international friends "transferred" to attend, placing the major events hosted by China at the top of their busy schedules. In the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂), from morning to night, dozens of bilateral meetings between Chinese and foreign leaders were held intensively, filled with sincere friendship and the desire for cooperation.
"History warns us that the destinies of mankind are intertwined, and only when all countries and nations treat each other equally, live in harmony, and help each other can they maintain common security, eliminate the root causes of war, and prevent historical tragedies from recurring!" Friends from all over the world gathered in China, and President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words were extremely firm, arousing strong resonance.
Russian President Putin (普京) said that attending the commemorative activities was a demonstration to the world that Russia and China helped each other and fought side by side in the World Anti-Fascist War, playing a key role in the victory of the European main battlefield and the Eastern main battlefield, and demonstrating a firm position in jointly defending historical truth and safeguarding the achievements of World War II;
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev (米尔济约耶夫) said that he congratulated China on the successful holding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit, and was willing to work with China to implement the Global Governance Initiative and promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction;
Slovak Prime Minister Fico (菲佐) said that Slovakia supports the basic principles of the Global Governance Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) and is willing to maintain close communication and cooperation with China to make active efforts to reform and improve the global governance system.
"At any time, we must promote the common values of all mankind, firmly defend international fairness and justice, and let the world be filled with righteousness and clarity." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) firm declaration demonstrates the historical mission and era responsibility of a responsible major country.
At present, the international community lacks rules and the rule of law, and the governance deficit is constantly increasing. How to reform and improve the global governance system and continue to advance the noble cause of human peace and development has increasingly become a major proposition that the international community urgently needs to solve.
2025 can be described as a "major year" for global governance. The concepts and propositions such as the Global Governance Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) meet the needs of the world and conform to the aspirations of the people, gathering a powerful force in the international community to jointly meet challenges and create the future together.
——On September 24, he delivered a video address at the United Nations Climate Change Summit, announcing China's new round of national independent contribution package goals, injecting strong impetus into global climate governance;
——On October 13, he delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Global Women's Summit, putting forward China's proposals for accelerating the new process of women's comprehensive development, supporting women to assume the responsibilities of the times, deeply participating in global governance, and sharing the fruits of governance;
——On November 1, at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, he emphasized that we must bear in mind the well-being of all mankind and promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence in a beneficial, safe, and fair direction...
"By reforming and improving the global governance system, we can fully mobilize resources from all parties and better respond to the common challenges facing human society," President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out.
In 2025, China's head-of-state diplomacy reached a climax, and President Xi Jinping (习近平) joined hands with all parties to respond to the challenges of the times with unity and cooperation, consolidate the cornerstone of global governance, enhance the effectiveness of global governance, and promote the international community to travel the great road of the world together in consultation, joint construction, and sharing.
(2) Hoisting the Sails of Cooperation and Win-Win in the Strong Wind of the Times
"Relations between major countries affect the international situation, and changes in the international situation profoundly affect domestic development."
In October 2025, the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal reviewed and approved by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made an important argument on the close connection between relations between major countries, the international situation, and domestic development.
In this year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) maintained frequent communication and strategic coordination with the leaders of major countries in the world, promoting the overall stability and balanced development of relations between major countries.
Going through thick and thin together, crossing mountains and passes together. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and President Putin (普京) met and interacted closely many times, leading Sino-Russian relations to continue to be the most stable, mature, and strategically rich group of major-country relations in today's turbulent and changing world. The two sides issued several joint statements on global strategic stability and further strengthening cooperation to safeguard the authority of international law. "Persistently promoting the high-level development of Sino-Russian relations is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples and is also a source of stability for world peace." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words conveyed to the world the strategic choice of the two neighboring major countries facing the future.
Grasping the direction and controlling the overall situation. Since the beginning of the year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) has had many telephone conversations with US President Trump (特朗普), pointing out the direction and setting the tone for stabilizing and improving Sino-US relations. In October, the two leaders met again in Busan, South Korea, after 6 years, and the meeting lasted more than 100 minutes. President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "it is a historical inspiration and a realistic need for the two countries to be partners and friends"; President Trump (特朗普) said that "China is a great country, and President Xi (习近平) is a respected great leader" "The two countries can accomplish many great things in the world by working together." President Xi Jinping (习近平) sized up the situation, took personal responsibility, and once again led the giant ship of Sino-US relations through rapids and shoals, demonstrating the confidence, composure, and responsibility of a leader of a major country.
Achieving each other and benefiting the world. President Xi Jinping (习近平) and French President Macron (马克龙) strolled through Dujiangyan (都江堰), talking about the way to govern the country from the strategy of water management, enhancing mutual understanding through friendly exchanges, leading Sino-French relations to move more steadily and better in the "new Jiazi", and jointly making greater contributions to world peace, stability, and human development and progress; he had in-depth exchanges with the leaders of Germany, Spain, Portugal, and other countries, jointly issuing the voice of China and Europe advocating multilateralism and advocating open cooperation; he met with European Council President Costa (科斯塔) and European Commission President von der Leyen (冯德莱恩), emphasizing that the more severe and complex the international situation is, the more China and Europe must strengthen communication, enhance mutual trust, and deepen cooperation...
Gaining insight into the historical trend and shouldering the mission of the times. As the world's second largest economy and a developing major country, China will always be a force for peace, stability, and progress in the world.
In early April, the Central Conference on Work Relating to Neighboring Countries was held in Beijing (北京), opening a new chapter in the construction of a community with a shared future in the neighborhood. A trip to Southeast Asia in April, a visit to Russia in May, a flight to Central Asia in June, and a trip to South Korea at the end of October... In 2025, President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visits focused on the surrounding areas.
In Hanoi (河内) in the spring, flowers were in full bloom. Vietnam regarded the reception of President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit as the most important diplomatic agenda this year. During the visit, China and Vietnam agreed to continue to deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and accelerate the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future with strategic significance;
In the enthusiastic Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡), the friendship was strong. Malaysian leaders expressed their joy at President Xi Jinping's (习近平) visit on social media with the Chinese song "My Good Brother", and the two countries announced the construction of a high-level strategic China-Malaysia community with a shared future;
In the jubilant Phnom Penh (金边), the fragrance of flowers filled the air. The leaders of China and Cambodia held talks and unanimously agreed to work together to build a new era of all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future;
In Astana (阿斯塔纳) in midsummer, the national flags of China and the five Central Asian countries were flying high. The heads of state of the six countries jointly signed the "Treaty of Permanent Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" to fix the principle of lasting friendship in legal form;
In Gyeongju (庆州) in late autumn, South Korea welcomed the visit of the Chinese head of state again after 11 years. The South Korean side warmly received President Xi Jinping (习近平) as the most important and most distinguished guest with the highest courtesy. The strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries was reaffirmed during the visit...
Over the past year, leaders of neighboring countries have also come to China one after another. Meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Huang Xuncai (黄循财), he expressed his hope that "the tree of Sino-Singaporean friendship will be lush and fruitful"; meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi (莫迪), he promoted the sustained, healthy, and stable development of Sino-Indian relations from a strategic and long-term perspective; meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz (夏巴兹), he pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era to better benefit the two peoples; meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo (普拉博沃), he said that China is willing to work with Indonesia to uphold the original aspiration of establishing diplomatic relations, promote the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and the Bandung Spirit, and promote the construction of the China-Indonesia community with a shared future at a high level... President Xi Jinping (习近平) personally planned and practiced, writing a series of head-of-state diplomatic stories based on the surrounding areas and planning the overall situation.
"This is your first visit to China, and I am very happy to meet you." On January 13, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with Grenadian Prime Minister Mitchell (米切尔) in Beijing (北京), warmly greeting the foreign guest who came from afar from Latin America and the Caribbean. As the first foreign leader President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with in 2025, Prime Minister Mitchell (米切尔) said with emotion that "China is the leader of the Global South, has always adhered to the equality of all countries, big and small, respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and is consistent in its words and deeds in international affairs."
Treating each other equally, respecting each other, and seeking common development are precisely the way China gets along with the vast number of Global South countries.
There are not only close neighbors across the sea, but also partners thousands of miles away. Sri Lanka, Brunei, Kenya, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Senegal, Tonga... From Asia to Africa, from South America to Oceania, this year, the long list of visiting foreign leaders covered five continents and four oceans, and the busy head-of-state diplomatic schedule ran through spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
The positioning of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe, Congo (Brazzaville), and other countries has reached a new level; working with Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote the "five major projects" of unity, development, civilization, peace, and people's hearts, and jointly building a China-Latin America community with a shared future; announcing that it will implement zero tariffs on 100% of tariff items for 53 African countries that have established diplomatic relations; signing more than 60 bilateral cooperation documents with Central Asian countries in the fields of development strategy alignment, energy, and interconnection; President Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the New Development Bank of BRICS countries in Shanghai (上海), encouraging the bank to start the second "golden decade" of high-quality development and supporting Global South countries to embark on the road to modernization...
"China is working with all parties to promote the high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', support more developing countries to achieve modernization, and open up new space for global development." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) solemn declaration and China's pragmatic actions to promote cooperation and win-win results are injecting a continuous stream of positive energy into the common prosperity of all countries.
(3) Holding High the Torch of Shared Destiny Amidst Turbulence and Change
The world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with conflicts and confrontations rising one after another, and risks and challenges emerging one after another. Mankind is once again facing a critical choice concerning its future destiny: unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum?
Under great changes, there should be a grand pattern, great compassion, and great responsibility. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words are firm and powerful: "I have always maintained that history cannot go backwards, it should move forward; the world cannot be divided, it should be united; mankind cannot return to the law of the jungle, it should build a community with a shared future for mankind."
To contribute Chinese strength to promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world——
In June 2025, President Xi Jinping (习近平) flew to Kazakhstan to attend the Second China-Central Asia Summit. Inside the conference hall of the Astana (阿斯塔纳) Independence Palace, the heads of state of the six countries sat around a "concentric circle".
"China supports Central Asian countries in playing a greater role in international affairs and is willing to work with all parties to safeguard international fairness and justice and oppose hegemonism and power politics." At the summit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly expounded the "China-Central Asia spirit" of "mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual benefit, and mutual assistance, and promoting common modernization with high-quality development", demonstrating the firm will of the six countries to follow the wishes of good-neighborliness, strengthen the foundation of trust, gather the strength of unity, and take the actions of mutual assistance.
Covering nearly 1.5 billion people and more than 13.6 million square kilometers of land, China and Central Asia do not engage in closed and exclusive "small circles", and even more oppose group politics and Cold War confrontation, setting an example for building a new type of international relations for the "world in the post-Cold War era".
Attending the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Latin America and Caribbean Community Forum, he profoundly expounded that "independence and self-reliance are our glorious traditions, development and revitalization are our natural rights, and fairness and justice are our common pursuits"; attending the online summit of BRICS leaders, he powerfully released the clear signal of BRICS countries "jointly defending multilateralism, safeguarding the multilateral trading system, and promoting 'Greater BRICS Cooperation'"; at the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization +" meeting, he called for "taking on the role of the mainstay in promoting the multipolarization of the world and the democratization of international relations"...
The concept and proposition of having the world in mind and the far-sighted and profound insight mark China's unwavering pursuit and unremitting struggle to promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.
To provide a Chinese solution for promoting inclusive and universally beneficial economic globalization——
On March 28th, at the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) in Beijing (北京), President Xi Jinping (习近平) warmly met with representatives from the international business community. Faced with the impact of "decoupling and chain breaking" on the global economy, President Xi Jinping (习近平) clearly stated: "Multilateralism is the inevitable choice for solving the difficulties and challenges facing the world, and economic globalization is an irreversible historical trend."
To work with China is to work with opportunities, to believe in China is to believe in tomorrow, and to invest in China is to invest in the future.
Craig Allen, President of the US-China Business Council, said that President Xi Jinping's (习近平) mention of keywords such as "multilateralism" and "opening up" sent a strong and stable signal to all sectors. Amin Nasser, President of Saudi Aramco, said that President Xi Jinping (习近平) has always led the win-win situation of mutually beneficial cooperation, demonstrating a true spirit of openness. Pernille Spiers-Lopez, CEO of Inter IKEA Group, said that we are confident in cooperating with China because we and China are focused on long-term development...
Unilateral visa-free entry for 48 countries, comprehensive relaxation and optimization of transit visa-free policies; signing 23 free trade agreements with 30 countries and regions; launching the "Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment in 2025," continuously reducing the negative list for foreign investment access; the "Belt and Road" international cooperation "circle of friends" continues to expand, becoming the world's largest, most extensive, and most influential international economic cooperation platform; carrying out a large number of practical, people-benefiting, and quick-impact "small and beautiful" projects under the Global Development Initiative framework... Promoting the vast opportunities of Chinese-style modernization, China's actions are consistent.
November 1st, Gyeongju, South Korea. President Xi Jinping (习近平) announced that China will host the 33rd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen (深圳市), Guangdong Province (广东省) in November next year. The theme of the meeting, "Building an Asia-Pacific community and promoting common prosperity," and the priority areas of "openness, innovation, and cooperation" strongly respond to the demands of all parties.
Demonstrating China's vision in promoting the development and progress of human civilization—
"The fluttering snowflakes are in various shapes, and different civilizations have their own styles."
In February 2025, the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin (哈尔滨) were successfully held, with the largest number of participating countries and regions and the largest number of athletes in the history of the Asian Winter Games. President Xi Jinping (习近平) gathered with international dignitaries in the ice city. Using sports as a medium, China and the world jointly drew a beautiful picture of inclusive coexistence, exchange, and mutual learning among civilizations.
"Diverse civilizations are the true colors of the world." On July 10th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory letter to the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Civilization Dialogue, profoundly pointing out that "the international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos, and mankind is standing at a new crossroads, urgently needing to transcend civilization barriers with civilization exchanges and transcend civilization conflicts with civilization mutual learning."
In Beijing (北京), President Xi Jinping (习近平) introduced the World Cultural Heritage Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线) to Thai King Vajiralongkorn; replied to young sinologists, encouraging them to introduce a real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China to the world, and to be envoys for connecting Chinese and foreign civilizations; sent a congratulatory letter to Egyptian President Sisi on the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, hoping that the two ancient civilizations would gather civilization strength to build a community with a shared future for mankind; in Tianjin (天津), President Xi Jinping's (习近平) wife, Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛), and the spouses of foreign leaders attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit took a boat trip together and enjoyed the Haihe River (海河), savoring the charm of the harmonious integration of different cultures...
A civilization with a long history of more than 5,000 years is striding forward on the road to modernization, gathering the magnificent power of global unity and mutual assistance with a grand pattern and an open mind, and is committed to working with friends from all countries to make the earth, the home on which mankind depends, a better place.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim admired that President Xi Jinping (习近平) is not only an outstanding political leader, but also deeply understands the way of economic development, and is a great man with a clear vision and understanding of the value of civilization;
Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, said that under the wise leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), China has made extraordinary development achievements, played an important role in promoting global governance, and will surely realize the vision of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation;
Belarusian President Lukashenko lamented that President Xi Jinping (习近平) has strategic thinking, a long-term vision, and the courage to assume leadership responsibilities, not only pointing out a clear path for China, but also for the entire world...
The great road is as smooth as a whetstone, and travelers are boundless; the great road is for the public, and there are many fellow travelers. "China is willing to work with all countries to be practitioners of friendly cooperation, promoters of civilization mutual learning, and participants in building a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly create a better future for the world."
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), December 29th, reporters Yang Yijun (杨依军), Sun Yi (孙奕), Sun Nan (孙楠), Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥), Shao Yibo (邵艺博))
Return to TopThis reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部): By the end of 2025, the national irrigated area of cultivated land has exceeded 1.09 billion mu, an increase of more than 53 million mu compared with the end of 2020, providing solid water conservancy support for ensuring food security.
Water conservancy departments have strengthened the modernization construction and transformation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas, and continuously improved the irrigation and drainage project system. This year, 7 new large-scale irrigation areas have been started, with a designed irrigation area of more than 5.6 million mu. The "One Map of Large and Medium-sized Irrigation Areas" has been improved, the directory of large and medium-sized irrigation areas has been adjusted in conjunction, and refined management has been promoted. There are currently 6,924 large and medium-sized irrigation areas in the country, with a designed irrigation area of 627 million mu. In 2025, the grain output from irrigated cultivated land accounted for 80.76% of the country's total grain output.
Return to TopNot long ago, the 10th Shanghai International Poetry Festival was held, with the theme "AI Era: The Way of Poetry." This theme has sparked reflection on reading and writing poetry. In the AI era, why should we still maintain our passion for poetry? In this issue of "Everyone's Talk," we have selected and published three submitted articles to share the thoughts of three authors.
——Editor
Imparting Learning and Temperament
Zheng Jia (郑甲), Suzhou City (宿州市), Anhui Province (安徽省)
Some time ago, while tidying up old objects, I found Gu Cheng's (顾城) poems copied in my high school notebook: "The grass is knotting its seeds / The wind is shaking its leaves / We stand, without speaking / And it is very beautiful." My fingertips brushed across the yellowed pages, and when I saw the first line, I unconsciously thought of the following lines. That moment of contentment is difficult for AI searches to provide.
Times are changing, the carrier of poetry has expanded to the screen, and the creation tool has added a keyboard, but "without learning poetry, there is no way to speak" is probably not outdated. AI writing poetry is certainly convenient. By entering keywords, it can generate well-crafted verses in a moment, but this is external to people. It is neither one's own thoughts and feelings, nor one's own knowledge and literacy. Reading poetry allows us to have knowledge and an aesthetic eye. When the sun sets and birds fly over the lake, we will exclaim "the falling霞与孤鹜齐飞(luò xiá yǔ gū wù qí fēi - "sunset clouds and a lone duck fly together," a beautiful scene of nature)," instead of shouting "a lot of birds"; when climbing to the top of the mountain, we will recite "会当凌绝顶，一览众山小(huì dāng líng jué dǐng, yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo - "I shall reach the summit, and all mountains will look small," expressing ambition and a broad vision)," instead of a pale sentence "the mountain is really high."
Poetry can not only give people knowledge and literacy, but also cultivate a person's temperament. Reading and writing poetry can subtly cultivate sentiment, enhance境界, and sublimate the spirit, thereby achieving "变化气质(biàn huà qì zhì - "change temperament," to improve one's character and disposition)." This is also something that AI cannot do for people. This is another reason why we should read and write poetry.
Holding a Heart that Loves Life
Wang Yi (王毅), Pingliang City (平凉市), Gansu Province (甘肃省)
I am a village-based cadre, and I tutor the left-behind children in the village in my spare time. Once, I saw a second-grade boy write in his homework book: "I want to feed the moon big / Feed it round and round / So that my mother can see it in the distant sky." The unconstrained imagination is full of longing for the mother. I also realized that poetry is never just a matter of writing skills, but a true understanding of life.
Undeniably, now you only need to enter instructions into AI software, and in a few seconds, you can generate poetry works that are higher than the level of ordinary creators. But this is often just a pile of rhetoric, and it is difficult to read the experience of life from it. After the first snow, walking in a small mountain village, "常持皎洁性，终恰艳阳年" has a concrete presentation; when encountering difficulties in life and work, "山重水复疑无路，柳暗花明又一村(shān chóng shuǐ fù yí wú lù, liǔ àn huā míng yòu yī cūn - "mountains rise beyond mountains, streams wind round streams, doubting there is no road, willow dark, flower bright, another village," a metaphor for finding a way out of a difficult situation)" will tell us that we might as well persevere... Reading a poem is to cross time and space and exchange life experiences with the author of the poem, which is precisely what AI works are difficult to bring.
Of course, we read and write poetry not to escape life, but to have a more open, inclusive, and resilient heart, not to be arrogant in good times, not to admit defeat in the face of challenges, and not to be discouraged in the face of setbacks. Use poetry to record life, feel life in poetry, and may each of us always hold a heart that loves life.
Having a More Poetic Life
Jin Qi (金琪), Yangpu District (杨浦区), Shanghai (上海市)
"A gust of wind blew through my pasture / Under the sun / The grass is dancing / Like wearing golden skirts." At the end of the summer vacation teaching in the mountainous area of Tibet (西藏), a Tibetan (藏族) girl gave me a poem she wrote. The few lines of words, deep and shallow, have no complicated rhetoric, no regular rhyme, but her delicate feelings for her hometown, and the beautiful artistic conception interwoven by wind, sunshine, and grass. Pure, simple, and full of poetry, it made me understand what poetry is.
Poetry is a way for people to observe the world. Times are developing, and the content and carrier of poetry are also changing. But what remains unchanged is that it always originates from people's emotions towards the real world. We often say, "诗言志(shī yán zhì - "poetry expresses intent," poetry conveys the poet's aspirations and feelings)." We may allow AI to extract relevant elements from a vast database, identify the expression habits of specific groups of people, and finally "write" a delicate poem, but the momentary flash of thought, the eternal emotion, and the individual's aspirations, these poetic feelings arising from true feelings, may be impossible for algorithms to simulate.
Poetry also stretches the cultural genes of a nation. Some verses can still ripple in the hearts of today's people after thousands of years; some emotions tightly connect countless individuals across different situations. The writing of life experiences by predecessors also has implications for current life. Even if AI can help us write poetry, we still need to read and write poetry ourselves, because this allows us to understand "what kind of person I am," clarify "how I should face the world," cultivate our body and mind,敦品励行(dūn pǐn lì xíng - "cultivate virtue and encourage practice," to cultivate one's moral character and strive for self-improvement), and thus have a more poetic life.
By: 陈亚楠
The profound historical accumulation and heritage are valuable resources for developing the ice and snow economy. Taking the tourist's perspective as the origin, what has never been seen is new, and what has never been experienced is strange.
On the powder snow slopes of Altay (阿勒泰), Xinjiang (新疆), ice and snow enthusiasts ski and chase the wind; among the jade-like tree branches on Changbai Mountain (长白山) in Jilin (吉林), visitors from afar appreciate the snow and seek tranquility; on the ice and snow special train heading to Mohe (漠河) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), tourists admire the scenery all the way north... Since the new snow season, the ice and snow tourism boom has surged, and the "ice and snow +" business formats have been innovated in various ways, making the ice and snow economy infinitely hot.
From a niche area in the past to a trillion-yuan industry today, the ice and snow economy has moved from "event-driven" to a new stage of systematic and industrialized development. Turning ice and snow into gold and silver mountains, what kind of reference does the innovation practice provide for the creation of various new consumption scenarios?
Matching supply and demand unlocks new dimensions of experience.
The "heat" of the ice and snow economy stems from the profound changes in tourism consumption. In the past, under the sightseeing model, the ice and snow scenery was similar, and the cold weather made it difficult to gather popularity. Nowadays, tourism has long surpassed the moment of shutter freezing and has become a life experience that carries the atmosphere of life and emotional resonance. The deep integration of ice and snow with culture, sports, technology, etc., makes the scenes more diverse, the projects more characteristic, and more accurately matches the needs of consumers.
In Altay (阿勒泰), the ancient craftsmanship of making fur snowboards has been revitalized through innovation and improvement, the stove-side tea brewing in grassland homestays exudes the atmosphere of northern Xinjiang (北疆), and technological light and shadow outline a dreamlike outline for the snow-capped mountains. Adapting to consumption trends, creating characteristics, and getting rid of the shackles of homogenization, allows passenger flow and income to achieve a positive cycle, which is one of the vitality codes of the ice and snow economy.
Creating new from the old activates new cultural values.
The profound historical accumulation and heritage are valuable resources for developing the ice and snow economy. Taking the tourist's perspective as the origin, what has never been seen is new, and what has never been experienced is strange. Finding the right transformation point, precipitating charm in the old days, and extracting highlights from historical memories can revitalize old resources.
The Yingtianmen (应天门) site in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南), launched an ice and snow night tour, allowing tourists to not only experience the artistic conception of snow falling in the prosperous Tang Dynasty on the city tower, but also feel the Tang Dynasty "ice play" scene restored by AR technology, and touch the historical temperature in the interlacing of light and shadow. Culture is the foundation and also a resource. Cultural empowerment makes ice and snow more attractive. As long as the right transformation path is found, a new explosive point can be formed.
Linking points and surfaces gathers new development synergy.
The ice and snow economy is not a single-point "solo", but a multi-point "chorus". Single scenic spots or urban resources are limited. Only by breaking down barriers and combining points and surfaces can we form economies of scale and synergistic advantages.
Heilongjiang (黑龙江) takes Xuexiang (雪乡) as the core, radiating and driving the Fenghuang Mountain (凤凰山) "Snow Valley", Hailin (海林) "Linhaixueyuan (林海雪原)", Chaihe (柴河) "Snow Village" and other high-quality tourism areas around Xuexiang, which not only alleviates the carrying pressure of a single scenic spot, but also forms a pattern of "**一点爆红、全域受益**" (yī diǎn bào hóng, quán yù shòu yì - "one point explodes red, the whole region benefits," a situation where one successful element leads to widespread benefits). This model of "breakthrough at a point, blossoming on the surface" can achieve complementary advantages and continuously enhance the radiation of the ice and snow economy.
Complementing and empowering expands new industrial boundaries.
As the saying goes, "**有无相生**" (yǒu wú xiāng shēng - "existence and non-existence arise together," everything has its opposite and depends on it). For the ice and snow economy, the existing ice and snow resources are the foundation, and development shortcomings and blank spots are potential. The high-quality development of the ice and snow economy requires not only making good use of resource endowments, but also making up for development shortcomings, so that the value of "having" can be fully released, and the potential of "not having" can be transformed into new momentum.
For example, in response to the inconvenient transportation in remote areas of the north, railway departments have increased the number of theme trains, civil aviation departments have increased the density of shuttle flight routes, and highway departments have upgraded tourism special lines. The three-dimensional transportation network connects the scattered ice and snow "pearls" into an industrial "necklace". For another example, most of China's ice and snow resources are concentrated in the north. Zhejiang (浙江) aims at the industrial gap and develops the ice and snow equipment industry. Yiwu (义乌) snow gear, Ningbo (宁波) ski poles, and Taizhou (台州) snow boots sell well at home and abroad. Only by forging long boards and making up for short boards can the ice and snow economy achieve new development in optimizing the stock and expanding the increment.
From "hibernating" in winter to heading towards the "cold", from the dormancy of "cold resources" to the boiling of the "hot economy", the rise of the ice and snow economy is a vivid portrayal of China's economic structure optimization and consumption potential release. Adapting to the trend and meeting the needs, deeply exploring culture to empower the economy, breaking down barriers to coordinate development, and making up for shortcomings to consolidate the foundation, using these development methods can not only allow the ice and snow economy to break through bottlenecks, but also help various new consumption scenarios move from "temporary fire" to "long-term heat".
Return to TopBy: 刘以晴
Does the King Crab Have a Surname? Some say it's "Hui (珲)," the "Hui (珲)" in Hunchun (珲春). An unexpected answer, but reasonable upon reflection. Hunchun (珲春) in Jilin (吉林) is a border city near the sea but not directly on the coast, and it has a "close relationship" with the King Crab. Let's first look at the journey of a crab.
In the Sea of Okhotsk, fishermen catch King Crabs and quickly put them into live water tanks; the prepared cold chain trucks connect to a circulating water system with the same temperature as the deep sea; the vehicles pass through the China-Russia border marker, and the customs inspection system at the Hunchun (珲春) port pops up a priority label for the "Green Channel for Fresh Aquatic Products"... One link after another, the time for a King Crab from capture to entry is compressed to 14 hours.
Fresh seafood, efficient transportation, and direct delivery of freshness make Hunchun (珲春) one of the main channels for high-quality aquatic products such as fresh Russian King Crabs to enter the domestic market. Thanks to the geographical advantage of "one city connected to three countries," the customs clearance efficiency of "inspecting and releasing upon arrival," and the cold chain network covering the whole country, Hunchun's (珲春) imports of King Crabs account for more than 80% of the national market share. This is a portrayal of the border city's new development and an epitome of Jilin's (吉林) opening-up and development.
Border city location, port advantages, and accessibility can only be smooth and active. The convenient passage of people, vehicles, and goods in accordance with laws and regulations requires institutional "escort." Opening up a special "Green Channel" for fresh aquatic products, innovating the "direct delivery and rapid inspection" and "one-click delivery for inspection" laboratory sample delivery models, and implementing classified management of goods based on risk levels, such as "monitoring and release" and "conditional removal"... Reform first, institutional exploration, breaking through customs barriers, what is improved is the speed of trade, and what is released is the dividend of opening up. Open development and stimulating vitality, the "daring to be the first in the world" in terms of mechanisms protects the "daring to be the 'freshest' in the world."
After people travel smoothly and goods flow freely, port cities are not only "transfer stations," but also have the potential to develop into "industrial parks." In Hunchun (珲春), a King Crab industrial chain is forming from temporary breeding and processing to research and development, resulting in high value-added products such as canned crab meat, chitosan masks made from crab shell extracts, and degradable seafood boxes. Further observation reveals that cold chain logistics, e-commerce live streaming, cross-border enterprises, and other industries related to seafood trade are constantly developing, and a diversified industrial and investment pattern is being nurtured. Building smart ports, upgrading characteristic industries, and creating an open ecology are turning border cities into hubs, and the port economy is becoming an economic growth point.
Opening up has always been two-way, with inflows and outflows. Development opportunities are often hidden in the understanding and grasp of trends. Hunchun (珲春) enterprises seize development opportunities and explore "grouping together to go abroad," packaging Yanbian (延边) kimchi, Changbai Mountain (长白山) fungus, etc., into "Jilin (吉林) Gift Boxes" to develop the international market with a unified brand; targeting the consumption needs of Russian families, they customize small portions of black fungus and compressed ginseng slices, and the products continue to sell well. Going to a larger market to find development space and tapping market potential close to real needs will gradually release development vitality.
Open development is common development, and it is necessary to promote mutual understanding. From September 15, 2025, to September 14, 2026, China will implement a visa-free policy for Russians holding ordinary passports on a trial basis. Hunchun (珲春) promptly introduced corresponding policies: the seamless connection of "visa-free + tax refund" makes shopping easier; border inspection personnel hold simple customs clearance guide cards to make travelers feel cared for. Looking at the whole country, from the "on-duty" of intelligent robots at the port of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (杭州萧山国际机场) in Zhejiang (浙江), to the "fill in on the plane, report online" foreign entry card filling model of the Shanghai (上海) General Station of Immigration Inspection, and then to the opening of "green entry channels" for special groups in many places... Although the measures are different, their purpose is the same: to make entry services more efficient and warmer. The emotional connection of two-way efforts is constantly building a deep, solid, and lasting foundation for opening up.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward: "Optimize the regional opening-up layout and create diverse forms of opening-up highlands." The advantage lies in the "border," the potential lies in the "reform," and the vitality lies in the "creation." Free flow of goods, optimization and innovation of systems, and mutual understanding of people's hearts... It is believed that more Hunchun (珲春) stories will be staged at the border ports in the future, injecting inexhaustible open momentum into regional coordinated development and Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is a reporter from the Jilin (吉林) branch of this newspaper)
Return to TopLaunching special campaigns for mangrove protection and restoration, removing *Spartina alterniflora*, an invasive alien species, from 97,300 hectares of wetlands, strengthening the protection and restoration of four cross-border bird migration routes in China (中国)... In recent years, China (中国) has made significant progress in wetland protection, contributing Chinese strength to global wetland conservation. To date, the total number of international wetland cities in China (中国) has reached 22, ranking first in the world. Beautiful wetlands are becoming three-dimensional calling cards of Chinese-style modernization, where humans and nature coexist in harmony.
This is precisely:
Reed catkins sway as gulls and egrets dance,
A thousand acres of green ripples reflect the cloudy sky.
Ecological priority implements good policies,
A beautiful China (中国) displays a new face.
By Bu Lawen (卜拉文)
Return to TopBy: 周 磊
Recently, the maiden flight of the Long March 12A Y1 carrier rocket (长征十二号甲遥一运载火箭) was completed. The second stage of the rocket entered its predetermined orbit, but the first stage failed to be recovered successfully. Not long ago, the maiden flight and entry into orbit of Blue Arrow Aerospace's Zhuque-3 Y1 carrier rocket (蓝箭航天的朱雀三号遥一运载火箭) also encountered failure in the first-stage recovery phase.
Twice within a month, setbacks occurred at the same technical threshold, and feelings of regret and disappointment are inevitable. But from this, we can also deeply feel China's aerospace industry's firm will to launch an assault on top-notch recovery technology. Rocket recovery is like "throwing a pencil from 10,000 meters in the air and having it accurately inserted into a pencil holder." The precision of engine ignition down to the millisecond level, the subtle balance of aerodynamic shape, and the load-bearing limit of the landing gear—it can be said that every link is an extreme challenge to cutting-edge technology.
The journey of aerospace has never been smooth. Looking at the history of world aerospace, no leap can avoid the process of trial and error. A carrier rocket is a behemoth composed of hundreds of thousands of precision parts, and its operation can be described as 牵一发而动全身 (qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn - "move one hair, affect the whole body," a slight move in one part may affect the situation as a whole), where any slight deviation can trigger a chain reaction.
Are those staggering steps worth it? Practice has already written the answer. In the 1960s, the maiden flight of the Dongfeng-2 (东风二号) missile failed. The research and development personnel carried out countless failure analyses and debris measurements, finally identifying the crux of the problem and achieving success. Once, the initial expedition of the Long March 3B (长征三号乙) ended in failure. The scientific research personnel worked hard for more than a month with candles and emergency lights to find the problem. It is from each thorough investigation of returning to zero that we accumulate steps, build ladders to the sky, and set off again.
Broadening our horizons, isn't this a microcosm of China's ascent to the peak of science and technology? Whether it is the introduction, digestion, and absorption of high-speed rail, and then to independent innovation and leading the world, or the latecomer advantage of 5G technology, it is through countless debugging, optimization, and even setbacks, that we break a bloody path and create a new world. Truly critical core technologies and disruptive innovations are all tested and created again and again.
"Failure is just a little bit short of success." Facing up to failure and learning from it will not miss any possibility of leading to success. In the eyes of the brave, the summit does not increase in height because a climber slips once, and each climb of the climber brings them closer to the sky.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Hubei Daily* (《湖北日报》), originally titled "Facing 'Imperfection' to Achieve Perfection")
Return to TopBy: 刘宗成
How does a farmer spend their day? As soon as the sky is faintly bright, they grab a bun, tuck it into their pocket, step into mud-covered rubber shoes, heed their partner's reminder to "take a coat," and hurriedly disappear into the morning mist of the farmland, starting their busy work. Although tiring, they don't feel bitter. We are farmers, seed producers, and have long planted our roots deeply in this field. Sometimes, looking at the lush green seedlings, I feel that my calloused hands also hold a pen, writing on this land about the duty to the land and the reverence for grain.
Seeds are the "lifeline" of agriculture, tied to the "grain bag" of harvest. Without good seeds, no amount of sweat may come to fruition. In 2012, I and others transferred 2,000 mu of land, and just as a good harvest was in sight, the harvest was met with continuous rain. Unfortunately, the variety we planted had soft roots and was not resistant to waterlogging. The rice ears became moldy and sprouted in just a few days, and the grains were sticky and crushed with a pinch. With my hard work rotting in the field, my chest felt heavy. This was not only the pain of losing everything, but also the regret of not using what I had learned. I graduated from agricultural college in the 1980s, but in recent years I have only focused on farming, forgetting the most basic principle—no matter how good the land is, if the seeds are not up to par, everything is equal to zero. Since then, I have been determined to cultivate seeds deeply, so that crops are "strong and sturdy," and never suffer losses on seeds again.
Farmland is my "battlefield" for cultivating seeds, and also the "examination hall" for testing effectiveness. To submit a satisfactory answer sheet, it is not enough to be diligent with "sweat dripping under the soil" (汗滴禾下土 (hàn dī hé xià tǔ - "sweat drips beneath the millet," describes the hard work of farmers), you must diligently study knowledge, be good at summarizing, and understand the temperament of each piece of land and each seed. For me, the most important thing is to "remember" more. Wherever I go, I will bring a notebook, which is my "seed production notebook." It not only contains data such as plant height and number of ears, but also clearly understands what diseases each field is prone to and what weather each seedling fears, so that I am not blind when planting.
Of course, if you want to get good grades, you can't just ponder on your own behind closed doors, you have to go out and learn from others. I actively connect with leading seed companies, invite different varieties to the field for a "competition," and select "fresh troops" for large-scale seed production in the coming year. At the same time, seed production must also dare to try and make mistakes. By eliminating all the wrong options, you will naturally find the correct answer. Just like after being bitten by insects, I know which seeds are most attractive to insects. 不经一事，难长一智 (bù jīng yī shì, nán zhǎng yī zhì - "one cannot increase one's wit without experience," you can't gain wisdom without experience). Now that agricultural insurance is constantly improving, with a system to support it, I feel more confident.
A good seed, a thousand good grains. The land is the most honest. If you blindly work hard and do things perfunctorily, it will be perfunctory to you; if you respect science and take care of it sincerely, it will not fail you. Relying on sweat to irrigate experience and using failure to accumulate wisdom, this seed production road has finally been walked out step by step. The hybrid rice we produce together with Yahua Seed Industry Co., Ltd. (亚华种业有限公司) is stable, high-quality, and the rice grains are bright and fragrant; in cooperation with Yuanchuang Super Rice Technology Co., Ltd. (袁创超级稻技术有限公司), we have introduced and cultivated high-yield rice that is resistant to high temperatures on a large scale... These seeds have now become the "leading ladies" in many farmlands, and the villagers' rice bowls are held more firmly and their wallets are bulging more.
In recent years, the sun overhead has not changed, but with the development of science and technology, the "tools" for seed production have become richer. My son, born after 2000, comes home on vacation and uses drones to help with spraying, which is 70% more efficient than manual labor. Someone saw it and said with a smile: "Your broken notebook should go to a museum." I believe that new technologies have new advantages, and old experiences have old wisdom. The two are complementary.
What is even more gratifying is that more and more young people are now willing to return to the countryside and deal with the land. I teach them the seed production experience I have accumulated for more than ten years, and they take me into the live broadcast room, using the camera to show friends from all over the world the scenery of the rice fields and tell the story of the seeds. The old leads the new, and the new promotes the old. They are "new farmers," and we are all "farmers who revitalize agriculture." As long as there are still people on the ridges and new footsteps, this land will always be full of vitality.
(The author is the head of Chenbu Yao and Miao Autonomous County Huayao Rice Planting Professional Cooperative (城步花瑶水稻种植专业合作社) in Shaoyang City (邵阳市), Hunan Province (湖南省))
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郁静娴
Starting from Zigui (秭归), Hubei (湖北), four containers fully loaded with 108 tons of Zigui navel oranges broke through the waves and set sail, arriving in Dubai (迪拜) to be placed on supermarket shelves.
This navel orange order, totaling $150,000, was recently signed by the Hubei Supply and Marketing Agricultural Products Dubai Exhibition and Sales Center (湖北供销农产品迪拜展销中心). "Efficient cross-border logistics links have enhanced the competitiveness of Zigui navel oranges in the Middle East market," said the relevant person in charge of Hubei Urban and Rural Supply Chain Group (湖北城乡供应链集团) Cross-border Business.
It's not just navel oranges; more and more high-quality and distinctive domestic agricultural products are spreading their fragrance abroad. According to statistics, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's agricultural product export volume has increased year by year, from 544.34 billion yuan in 2021 to 732.75 billion yuan in 2024, an increase of 34.6%. In the first 11 months of this year, China's agricultural product exports covered 224 countries and regions.
"This is a vivid footnote to the achievements of agricultural opening up, demonstrating the resilience and vitality of Chinese agriculture in the face of a complex international environment," said the person in charge of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部国际合作司).
Advantageous Products Highlight Leading Role
Lingnan (岭南) fine fruits are "attracting fans" worldwide. "This year, we have cumulatively exported more than 4,000 tons of lychees, an increase of about 18% year-on-year," introduced Li Zhuofeng (黎焯锋), Marketing Director of Zhongli Group (中荔集团). The appearance and flavor of Chinese lychees are excellent, and they have already gained overseas recognition, often being the first choice of foreign buyers.
"We have multiple lychee varieties such as Feizixiao (妃子笑) and Guiwei (桂味), which can meet different taste level needs, and are available continuously from May to September," introduced Li Zhuofeng. Zhongli Group began operating the "Lychee Flower Dan (荔枝花旦)" brand in 2022, promoting local specialty agricultural products to become world-class brands.
Delivering fruits and other agricultural products "freshly locked" to the international market tests the ability to race against time.
The General Administration of Customs (海关总署) implements "5+2" reservation inspection for exported agricultural products, reducing the customs clearance time for fresh agricultural products by 50%; China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (中国出口信用保险公司) has launched a "special agricultural product export policy" covering more than 150 countries... A series of pragmatic measures have built an express lane for agricultural products to travel across the ocean.
Last year, China's fruit export volume increased by more than 20% year-on-year, becoming a new engine driving the growth of agricultural product exports, and has continued to maintain growth since the beginning of this year. From the perspective of the overall product category structure, the export volume of aquatic products, vegetables, fruits, livestock products, and beverages accounted for 57.3% of the total agricultural product export volume, and the leading role of advantageous products has become increasingly prominent.
The person in charge of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs introduced that participating in the global industrial chain division of labor is conducive to the exchange and mutual learning of advanced production technologies and management experience, promoting the accelerated upgrading of China's entire agricultural industrial chain, and injecting strong impetus into the construction of an agricultural powerhouse.
Continuously Expanding Diversified Overseas Markets
From January to October this year, the rise of emerging markets in the field of agricultural product exports has been quite eye-catching.
Garlic is one of China's star vegetable export products. "Last year, I participated in agricultural product export-related activities organized by the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部农业贸易促进中心), and won orders when I first entered the Middle East market, and also reached a long-term cooperation agreement with a South African customer," said Li Hao (李浩), General Manager of Jin Haoyuan Agricultural Trade Co., Ltd. (金昊源农贸有限公司) in Jinxiang County (金乡县), Shandong (山东).
In Jin Haoyuan Agricultural Trade Company's garlic rice processing plant in Vietnam, the production line is operating at full capacity. Fresh garlic is transformed into clean bagged garlic rice through processes such as splitting, peeling, and cleaning, with a daily output of about 40 tons. Since April this year, the garlic rice processing plant and overseas public warehouses established by the company have been put into operation one after another, and the products are directly supplied to local first- and second-tier wholesale markets and chain supermarkets.
The garlic planting area in Jinxiang County accounts for more than 1/3 of the total area in the country. It has cultivated more than 900 enterprises like Jin Haoyuan that have independent import and export rights, and its products are exported to more than 170 countries and regions, driving agricultural efficiency and increasing farmers' income.
The success of advantageous agricultural products in diversified markets is inseparable from the joint efforts of industrial chain agglomeration, standard systems, brand matrixes, and channel innovation.
In Anxi County (安溪县), Fujian (福建), strict tea garden production standards have become a golden key to opening the door to the international market. Many tea companies in the county have obtained EU organic, US NOP, and Japanese JAS organic certifications, and the export unit price is 30%-50% higher than ordinary tea. In order to help tea companies obtain more high-value-added "international identity cards," Anxi County has established a county-level agricultural material supervision and logistics tracking platform, and pioneered a tea climate quality certification system.
Jinxiang garlic, Anxi Tieguanyin (安溪铁观音), Gannan navel oranges (赣南脐橙), Yunnan Pu'er tea (云南普洱茶)... China has formed a high-quality agricultural product production system represented by green, organic, famous, special, excellent, new, and geographical indication agricultural products, and its international market competitiveness is constantly increasing.
"The diversified market pattern effectively offsets the risks of demand fluctuations in some regions and injects new momentum into export growth," introduced the person in charge of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. In recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has organized exhibition groups to participate in well-known agricultural exhibitions in nearly 10 countries and regions such as Singapore and Spain every year; and carried out supply and procurement docking activities in the Middle East regions such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, signing nearly 20 agreements on site last year.
Opening up New Space for Agricultural Products to Go Global
Affected by factors such as tariff rates and foreign consumption culture, the path for agricultural products to go global is full of challenges and opportunities.
Tilapia is the largest category of exported farmed aquatic products in China. Due to its short growth cycle and strong adaptability, the annual export volume of fresh and frozen products accounts for about 1/3 of the world's total. In Zhanjiang (湛江), Maoming (茂名) in Guangdong (广东) and Wenchang (文昌) in Hainan (海南), one fish connects more than 200 enterprises and more than 600,000 employees.
"The situation has changed somewhat this year," introduced Lin Miaochang (林妙嫦), International Business Director of Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products Development Co., Ltd. (湛江国联水产开发股份有限公司). Global demand has declined, orders have decreased significantly, and tilapia processing production lines have once been largely shut down.
How to respond to severe challenges? In mid-July this year, during the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo, Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products signed a letter of intent for tilapia procurement cooperation with Yum China (百胜中国).
"We have formed a complete industrial chain supply capacity from seedlings and breeding to processing, and the quality control system is also very mature. This is the advantage accumulated over many years of industrial development, and it is also the key to turning crisis into opportunity," introduced Lin Miaochang. In order to adapt to the taste preferences of domestic consumers, the company has innovatively launched deep-processed products such as grilled fish and tilapia fillets. In addition to taking the route of exporting high-quality products to expand domestic sales, the company will also continue to cultivate the RCEP member country market and accelerate the development of international markets such as the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.
"Under external challenges, it is necessary to accelerate the opening up of new space for agricultural products to go global," said Yang Jun (杨军), a professor at the University of International Business and Economics (对外经济贸易大学). We should continue to cultivate emerging markets such as countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" and reduce dependence on a single market; actively participate in the formulation of international standards and enhance the right to speak in global agricultural product trade rules. At the same time, we should accelerate the transformation from primary processing to intensive processing, improve scientific and technological content and added value, and cultivate more independent agricultural brands with international influence.
The person in charge of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs introduced that this year, China launched the cultivation of high-quality entities for high-quality development of agricultural international trade, focusing on the entire chain of production, processing, and trade, and accelerating the cultivation of a group of national high-quality entities with high industrial agglomeration, high production standards, high export added value, high brand recognition, and high comprehensive service levels. By 2030, we will strive to cultivate more than 50 national high-quality entities with annual export volume exceeding 100 million US dollars and more than 600 with more than 10 million US dollars, and the annual export volume of each type of product of national high-quality entities will account for more than 50% of the annual export volume of that type of product in the country.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 29th (Reporter Yi Shuran (易舒冉)) On December 29th, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党) opened in Beijing (北京). The main content of the meeting was to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important congratulatory letter on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党), listen to and review the work report of the Standing Committee of the 16th Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党), and review the 2025 work report of the Internal Supervision Committee of the 16th Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党), etc. Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君), Chairman of the Central Committee of the Zhi Gong Party (致公党中央), delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 16th Central Committee of the Zhi Gong Party (致公党).
Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君) pointed out that 2025 is the year for the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and also the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党). Over the past year, the Zhi Gong Party (致公党) has been guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important congratulatory letter on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党), solidly carried out the theme education of "learning regulations, strengthening work style, and establishing image," and took the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党) as an opportunity to **振奋精神** (zhèn fèn jīng shén - "invigorate the spirit," to be energetic and uplifted), **鼓足干劲** (gǔ zú gàn jìn - "muster up all one's energy," to go all out; to exert oneself to the utmost), adhering to the fine tradition and lofty mission of "devoting to public service and following the Party, serving the country with overseas Chinese affairs and making new contributions," and promoting the party's participation in politics and performance of duties to achieve new achievements, and its own construction to reach a new level.
Jiang Zuojun (蒋作君) requested that in 2026, the Zhi Gong Party (致公党) should be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important congratulatory letter on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the China Zhi Gong Party (中国致公党), the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, adhere to the original aspiration of cooperation, carry forward the fine tradition, strengthen its own construction, earnestly perform its duties, help the "15th Five-Year Plan" to have a good start, widely unite overseas Chinese, returned overseas Chinese and their relatives, and students studying abroad, actively serve the great cause of national reunification, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 29th (Reporters Xu Hongmei (徐红梅) and Wu Yanli (吴艳丽)) The 10th China Beijing International Art Biennale, jointly sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (中国文学艺术界联合会), the Beijing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department (北京市委宣传部), and the China Artists Association (中国美术家协会), opened at the Beijing Exhibition Center (北京展览馆) on the morning of December 29th.
The Biennale, themed "Symbiosis," adopts a structure of "Thematic Exhibition + Special Exhibition + National Exhibition," and for the first time sets up the "Human-Intelligence Symbiosis: Digital Art Special Exhibition," "International Contemporary Ink Art Special Exhibition," and "Serbian Contemporary Art Special Exhibition," focusing on global common issues such as peaceful development, ecological civilization, and technological ethics. It aims to tell the Beijing (北京) story, the China (中国) story, and the world story through mutual appreciation of art, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Biennale solicited submissions from around the world through multiple channels, receiving more than 9,000 pieces (sets) of works from home and abroad. It ultimately exhibited approximately 600 pieces (sets) of contemporary art from nearly 120 countries and regions, including traditional art forms such as painting and sculpture, as well as contemporary art categories such as digital art, video, installations, and new media.
The International Art Conference of the 10th China Beijing International Art Biennale will be held on December 29th and 30th. The Biennale will be on display until January 28, 2026.
Return to TopIn 2015, Hunan Xiangjiang New Area (湖南湘江新区) was officially approved, becoming the first national-level new area in the central region. Over the past 10 years, this new city, planned to cover an area of 1,200 square kilometers, has seen its permanent resident population exceed 3 million, its total talent pool exceed 1 million, and its regional GDP exceed 500 billion yuan... A series of impressive figures are a vivid footnote to the vigorous development of this young city.
Growing Taller, the City Moves Towards Newness
By opening up the city's arteries and expanding its development pattern, Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) is growing taller.
In July 2024, the Xiangya Road River-Crossing Tunnel (湘雅路过江隧道) opened to traffic, making it more convenient for citizens to travel between the east and west banks of the Xiangjiang River (湘江), and further improving the urban transportation network of Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区). In recent years, Metro Line 6, the northern extension of Line 4, the southern extension of Line 3, and the second phase of the western extension of Line 2 have been successively started. The Xiangya Road River-Crossing Tunnel (湘雅路过江隧道), the Fuyuan Road Bridge (福元路大桥) and other river-crossing passages connect the two banks, accelerating the construction of a dense立体交通 network.
The 328-meter-high Xiangjiang Fortune Financial Center (湘江财富金融中心) and the 318-meter-high Changsha Jinmao Tower (长沙金茂大厦) have been completed, and Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) now has more than 100 buildings over 100 meters high. Mixc, Hexi Wangfujing (河西王府井), BBK Meixi New World (步步高梅溪新天地), Changsha Ole (长沙荟聚) and other seven major business districts stand tall. Xiangjiang Science City (湘江科学城), World Computing·Changsha Zhigu (世界计算·长沙智谷) and other industrial parks are accelerating their rise.
Meixi Lake (梅溪湖), Binjiang (滨江), Yanghu (洋湖) and other areas have transformed from "suburbs" to "popular sectors," and Dawang Mountain (大王山), High-speed Rail West City (高铁西城) and other sectors have been renewed, opening up the urban pattern of Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区).
Over the past 10 years, Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) has built a total of 27 comprehensive parks and 65 street corner gardens through actions such as "adding green and building parks" and "adding flowers and colors." The "300-meter see green, 500-meter see park" pattern has basically taken shape, and nearly 90% of residents can walk to parks, green spaces, and squares within 5 minutes. A beautiful picture of "parks in the city, city in the parks" is slowly unfolding.
Industrial Agglomeration, the City Becomes Stronger
Industry prospers, then the city becomes strong. Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) has industrial agglomeration and surging momentum.
On the west bank of the Xiangjiang River (湘江), industrial development is accelerating the high-quality development of the city. Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) focuses on building a symbiotic and integrated industrial ecosystem to continuously strengthen the city.
Over the past 10 years, Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) has cultivated three hundred-billion-level industrial clusters: engineering machinery, new materials, and electronic information, with the idea of "**链主牵引、链式布局、生态共生**" (liàn zhǔ qiān yǐn, liàn shì bù jú, shēng tài gòng shēng - "chain leader traction, chain layout, ecological symbiosis," focusing on leading enterprises to drive industrial chain development and create a mutually beneficial ecosystem).
As of now, Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) has 57 listed companies. Tongzipo Road (桐梓坡路) connects 25 listed companies with a total market value of nearly 250 billion yuan.
On the evening of October 31, the Shenzhou-21 manned spacecraft was successfully launched. The operating system developed by Kirin Xin'an (麒麟信安), a listed company in Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区), was applied to it, realizing the deep integration of domestic basic software from the information innovation field to major national aerospace projects.
Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) has both leading enterprises that "**顶天立地**" (dǐng tiān lì dì - "towering to the sky and standing on the earth," describes someone or something as being of great importance and influence) and start-ups that "**铺天盖地**" (pū tiān gài dì - "covering the sky and covering the earth," describes something as being widespread or overwhelming). Huishiwei (汇视威), established four years ago, relies on the domestic computing power of the Changsha Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center (长沙人工智能创新中心) to develop the visual base large model "Juzizhou (橘洲)"; Wujiang Zhichuang Company (五匠智创公司), founded by a doctoral student at Central South University (中南大学), has developed a corrosion-resistant "clad rebar" that can be used to solve infrastructure problems in extreme environments such as islands and reefs, and saline-alkali land.
Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) has built the "Yuelu Mountain University Student Entrepreneurship Corridor (岳麓山大学生创业走廊)," constructed a fund matrix of "200,000-level start-up - million-level growth - ten million-level acceleration," built 30 exclusive entrepreneurship incubation bases for college students, and built the "Tian Tian Lu Yan (天天麓演)" platform linking more than 150 universities around the world, providing entrepreneurs with all-factor, low-cost professional service support, with an annual increase of 3,965 college student entrepreneurship entities, accounting for 30% of the total increase in the province, driving nearly 40,000 jobs.
Cultural Streets and Alleys, the City Overflows with Color
Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区) is a happy city, based on culture, allowing culture to flow through the streets and alleys and permeate daily life.
From authors burying themselves in writing in community libraries to sports enthusiasts sweating in community gyms, Xiangjiang New Area's (湘江新区) 231 community cultural service centers and 38 community branch libraries are dotted around, with an annual attendance of 830,000 people, and cultural vitality permeates the streets and alleys. 102 smart community fitness centers cover 65 communities, serving more than 9 million people.
In Changsha Houhu Design and Creative Park (长沙后湖设计创意园), 1,187 cultural and creative enterprises are rooted here. Cafes are adjacent to art galleries, handmade shops face design workshops, and the Meixi Lake International Culture and Art Center Grand Theater (梅溪湖国际文化艺术中心大剧院) has "shows every day," bringing high art into daily life. The culvert of Changsha West Lake Park (长沙西湖公园) has become a colorful "art tunnel," and the city study room at the corner is embedded in the business district, integrating art and life.
Yue opera excerpts and guitar concerts are staged in turn in the Xiangjiang Art Small Theater (湘江艺术小剧场), and the Houhu Lakeside Concert (后湖湖畔音乐会) continues throughout the year... Xiangjiang New Area's (湘江新区) new tricks of "performance + intangible cultural heritage + opera + cultural tourism" have become Changsha's (长沙) eye-catching "traffic password" for cultural tourism.
In Xiangjiang New Area (湘江新区), urban development has both vigorous vitality and cultural depth. The sense of happiness brought to the people is hidden in these visible and tangible daily lives, so that the city not only has the speed of growth, but also the temperature of life.
Data source: Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Management Committee (湖南湘江新区管理委员会)
Return to TopBy: 本期主讲人：习近平经济思想研究中心副主任 李玉举
Building a unified national market is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core. This is not only the foundational support and inherent requirement for building a new development pattern, but also a strategic move concerning the overall national development and long-term interests.
In today's world, the market is the scarcest resource. As the world's second-largest consumer market, China has a population of over 1.4 billion and over 190 million business entities. This super-large market with huge growth potential is a great advantage for China's development and a solid foundation for coping with changes. It plays a strong supporting role in resource aggregation, innovation incentives, industrial upgrading, and economic growth. How to make good use of market resources and advantages? It is crucial to promote the construction of a unified national market in depth.
In recent years, we have strengthened strategic planning and top-level design, issued opinions on accelerating the construction of a unified national market, and formulated a series of supporting measures around improving laws and regulations or operating guidelines, promoting the construction of a unified national market to achieve positive results—the basic market system has been continuously improved, the interconnection of market facilities has been significantly enhanced, the flow of goods, services, and resource factors has become smoother, and the scale effect and agglomeration effect of the unified national market have been continuously demonstrated. However, we must also see that this task is still very arduous, and the construction of a unified national market faces many difficulties and obstacles.
So, how can we focus on key and difficult points and promote the construction of a unified national market in depth?
First, break down barriers and strengthen the domestic cycle. Eliminating market barriers and unblocking economic cycles is an inherent requirement for building a unified national market. In recent years, China has promoted the "one-network access" of government services across provinces, canceled the household registration restrictions for participating in insurance in the place of employment, and the restrictions on the off-site withdrawal and use of housing provident funds; implemented a unified national negative list system for market access, and the number of negative list items for market access has been reduced to 106, a decrease of nearly 30% compared with 2018; at the same time, the business environment has been continuously optimized. Taking the catering industry as an example, the time to open a business nationwide has been shortened from 37 days to 15 days, and the number of enterprise information change materials has been reduced from 23 to 6.
It can be said that China is accelerating the establishment and improvement of basic institutional rules, eliminating local protectionism and market segmentation, and is continuously building a solid foundation for unblocking the national economic cycle and giving full play to the advantages of a super-large market. At the same time, we should also see that local protectionism and market segmentation still exist. Some hidden barriers are mostly hidden in institutional rules, local policies, and market behaviors. We must focus on key and difficult points and be determined to eliminate stubborn maladies.
Second, break the "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition) and make the "big market" a "strong market." Competition is the basic characteristic of a market economy and the soul of a market economy. However, low-price, low-quality, and low-level "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition) distorts the operation of the market mechanism, inhibits the innovation vitality of enterprises, and has an adverse impact on high-quality development. "Value competition" driven by standards and innovation is becoming an effective way to solve the dilemma of "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition).
Since the beginning of this year, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) and other departments have introduced a number of measures to rectify "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition). For example, it is clearly required that the photovoltaic industry chain should curb low-price and disorderly competition, a special rectification action for online chaos in the automotive industry has been launched, and national standards in the fields of photovoltaics, batteries, and new energy vehicles have been formulated and revised. This fully shows that comprehensively rectifying "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition) is a necessary requirement for strengthening the domestic cycle and building a unified national market. We must give full play to the supporting role of quality and standards, and take promoting industrial optimization, transformation, and upgrading as a key means to break the industry's "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition) and achieve a leap to the middle and high end of the value chain.
Third, expand opening up and make good use of two markets and two resources. Building a unified national market is by no means a closed operation, but to promote reform through opening up and promote opening up through reform, to open up the "Ren and Du meridians" of the domestic and international dual cycles, and form a unified, open, competitive, and orderly market system.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, domestically, we will continue to reduce the negative list for market access and increase support for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major projects. For example, the proportion of private capital participation in some nuclear power projects has reached 20%. Externally, China's national version of the negative list for foreign investment access has reduced restrictions to 29 items, and access restrictions in the manufacturing sector have been completely "cleared"; there are 22 free trade pilot zones, forming nearly 200 institutional innovation achievements.
Based on the domestic and international dual cycles, we must make good use of two markets and two resources. Through a strong domestic market, form an "attraction field" for global advanced factor resources, attract the accelerated aggregation of technology, talent, and capital; use high-level institutional opening up to force the improvement of the basic market system, and promote the unified national market to leap from "physical integration" to "chemical integration."
The sixth meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs (中央财经委员会) held on July 1, 2025, pointed out that the basic requirements for promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth are "five unifications and one opening up," that is, unifying the basic market system, unifying market infrastructure, unifying the scale of government behavior, unifying market supervision and law enforcement, unifying the market of factor resources, and continuously expanding domestic and foreign opening up. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes to "resolutely eliminate the blocking points that hinder the construction of a unified national market." The Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) held not long ago clearly proposed to formulate regulations on the construction of a unified national market and deeply rectify "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition). At present, the construction of a unified national market is moving from "establishing pillars and frames" to "accumulating strength" in depth. To effectively implement the above requirements, the following three sets of relationships should be handled well:
Handle the relationship between an effective market and an effective government. It is necessary to scientifically define the boundaries between the government and the market, and form an economic order that is both "flexible" and "well-managed"; it is necessary to resolutely reverse the misplaced, overstepped, and absent government functions, and regulate the economic promotion behavior of local governments; it is necessary to focus on creating a stable, fair, transparent, and predictable business environment, give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, and form a market order of high quality and good prices and virtuous competition.
Handle the relationship between the central government and local governments. Adhere to the principle of the whole country as one game, both adhere to and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), but also give play to the initiative and creativity of local governments; the central level should continuously improve the basic market system, eliminate barriers in factor acquisition, qualification recognition, bidding and tendering, government procurement, etc., improve the long-term mechanism, and regulate disorderly competition; all regions should find their own positioning and advantages, and actively integrate into the overall situation, and avoid engaging in closed small markets and self-small cycles.
Handle the relationship between domestic and international. It is necessary to focus on opening up the blockages that hinder the smooth domestic cycle and accelerate the construction of a high-standard market system; it is also necessary to actively promote institutional opening up, actively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, expand the influence and radiation of the unified national market, and better utilize the domestic and international markets and two resources.
Promoting the construction of a unified national market in depth is both an arduous battle and a protracted war. It is necessary to adhere to the problem-oriented approach, establish first and then break, "establish" various systems and rules that are conducive to the construction of a unified national market, and "eliminate" various obstacles and constraints. The most urgent task at present is to focus on key and difficult points and be determined to eliminate stubborn maladies: focus on rectifying the chaos of low-price and disorderly competition among enterprises; focus on rectifying the chaos of government procurement bidding; focus on rectifying the chaos of local investment promotion; focus on promoting the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade; focus on making up for the shortcomings of laws and regulations; focus on correcting deviations in the concept of performance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out, "Market resources are China's great advantage, and we must fully utilize and give play to this advantage, and continuously consolidate and enhance this advantage, and form a strong support for building a new development pattern." We must promote the construction of a unified national market in depth with the reform courage of turning the blade inward and the open mind of embracing all rivers, transform advantages into victories, turn potential into strength, and provide strong support for high-quality development.
(People's Daily reporter Wang Zhen (王震) compiled)
Case 1
The "Flash Delivery" of One Kilowatt-Hour Across the Network
Narrator: Zhang Xian (张显), Director of the Market Department of Beijing Electric Power Trading Center (北京电力交易中心)
How to let more companies use green electricity?
At the Covestro (科思创) Shanghai Integrated Base, the proportion of green electricity used exceeds 30%, which has become the key for products to obtain environmental protection certification and enter overseas markets. In March of this year, dozens of companies including Covestro (科思创) in Shanghai used green electricity from Yunnan (云南) and Guangxi (广西), more than 2,000 kilometers away, realizing the "flash delivery" of green electricity across power grid operating areas, which has also become a vivid practice of national cross-power grid operating area power trading.
In the past, the State Grid (国家电网) and the Southern Power Grid (南方电网) mutually benefited and guaranteed each other, mainly following the transaction model of "one line, one discussion" and "one thing, one discussion." The two major power grids have formed relatively complete power markets in their respective operating areas. Although the "hard" facilities for cross-network power transmission have already been connected, the "soft" mechanism for cross-network transactions still needs to catch up.
In July, the "Cross-Power Grid Operating Area Regular Power Trading Mechanism Plan" was officially approved. The exploration of "Yunnan (云南) and Guangxi (广西) delivery, Shanghai (上海) receipt" is becoming the norm. Under the regular trading mechanism, during the peak summer season this year, more than 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were continuously transmitted from Yunnan (云南), Guangxi (广西) and other places to Shanghai (上海), Zhejiang (浙江), Anhui (安徽) and other areas with electricity shortages, which is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of more than 800,000 households. At the Beijing Electric Power Trading Center (北京电力交易中心), the cross-provincial transaction volume and the load forecast information of each province are updated in real time on the large screen, so it is clear at a glance where there is a power shortage and where the shortage can be made up.
The key to breaking down barriers lies in reform. In the future, the power market needs to continuously improve the trading mechanism, carefully plan with a global mindset, and steadily promote multi-party collaboration to play a good game of chess across the country.
(People's Daily reporter Wang Zhen (王震) compiled)
Case 2
The "Inspection-Free" Journey of a Flower
Narrator: Gao Chuanfu (高传福), a flower farmer in Yunnan (云南)
I am a Hubei (湖北) native who grows flowers in Yunnan (云南). In ten years of growing flowers, I have witnessed the transformation of a flower from "selling scattered based on experience" to "outputting according to standards."
Yunnan (云南) is an important base for the national cut flower market. About 7 out of every 10 cut flowers in the country come from Yunnan (云南). In the past, the industry faced a situation of "no standards to follow": there were no evaluation standards for the quality of flower materials, and oral price negotiations made it difficult for high-quality flower materials to obtain the premium they deserved.
How to break the deadlock? The opportunity for change appeared with the comprehensive implementation of flower industry standards. From branch length, flower diameter to flower cup height and flower color uniformity, a series of quantitative indicators are like a scale, making it possible to judge good flowers in a standardized way; they are more like a "pass," allowing good flowers to break through regional barriers and smoothly connect with the national market.
At first, many flower farmers were skeptical about the standards. When the first batch of A-grade flower materials cultivated according to the standards were snapped up at prices higher than the market price, and when national buyers took the initiative to come to the door and sign long-term orders due to the stable supply quality, everyone finally understood that the standards are not "flower racks" that add trouble and constraints, but "golden keys" that activate the industry and leverage the market. In the past, flowers were sold scattered by the branch, and price negotiations were time-consuming and sales were unstable; now, fresh flowers are graded according to standards and pre-ordered by the bundle. The "inspection-free" model makes high-quality flowers a market "hard currency," and we have the confidence that "good flowers don't have to worry about selling."
When the industry prospers, business thrives, and when pockets are bulging, life is sweet. My planting scale has steadily expanded from the initial 5 mu to 50 mu. Watching the fresh flowers I cultivate cross mountains and seas and enter thousands of households, I increasingly feel that this is not only an "inspection-free" journey of a flower, but also a happy transmission of beauty and warmth.
(People's Daily reporter Wang Renhong (王仁宏) compiled)
Case 3
The "Fantastic Journey" of a Small Medicine Bottle
Narrator: Yu Qingzhu (余庆祝), General Manager of Hainan Simcere Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (海南先声药业有限公司)
It took only 17 months for a new drug to be launched in China from its first launch in the United States, shortening the time by nearly 2/3 compared with the past; after realizing "Hainan (海南) manufacturing," it quickly entered the national medical insurance, and the price per bottle was less than 1/20 of the original price. How was this achieved?
In February 2021, the chemotherapy bone marrow protection new drug "Cosela" was launched in the United States, with a price of up to 1,400 US dollars per bottle. Can it be introduced to China and lower the price?
To introduce a new drug, it normally needs to go through complex clinical trials to ensure safety and effectiveness before it can enter the domestic market. This process usually takes 3 to 5 years.
The pilot policies of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) have solved this problem. In June 2021, Cosela completed its first domestic landing in Boao Lecheng (博鳌乐城), the "medical special zone" in Hainan (海南). The data accumulated in the pilot process greatly shortened the approval time. In July 2022, Cosela was approved for launch nationwide.
Relying on the large Chinese market, Hainan (海南) has not only become the landing point for more and more new drugs and medical devices to enter China, but also driven local enterprises to move from "product introduction" to "local production" and "joint technology research," and continue to climb in the global industrial value chain.
In April 2024, Simcere Pharmaceutical (先声药业) realized the localization of Cosela's production, with a retail price of 466 yuan per bottle and an annual output of 2 million bottles.
With the official launch of the full island customs closure of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), the dividends of efficient connection between domestic and international markets will be further released. More and more new drugs and good drugs have started the "fantastic journey" of launching in China, producing in Hainan (海南), and supplying globally.
(People's Daily reporter Yang Di (杨迪) compiled)
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Return to TopDuring the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, as a large state-owned commercial bank, Postal Savings Bank of China (中国邮政储蓄银行) (hereinafter referred to as "PSBC (邮储银行)") kept the "big picture of the country" in mind, deeply integrated into the overall development situation, resonated with national strategies, was closely linked to economic and social development, and served the construction of a strong financial nation and high-quality development. Looking ahead to the "15th Five-Year Plan," PSBC (邮储银行) is taking solid steps to transform the strategic depth and financial resilience accumulated during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period into a powerful driving force to help achieve a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan," continue to do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, and strive to write a new chapter in financial services for Chinese-style modernization.
Precisely Connecting with Major Strategies, Consolidating the Foundation of Regional and Industrial Finance
Coordinated regional development is an inherent requirement of Chinese-style modernization. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, PSBC (邮储银行) took the initiative to serve national regional development strategies, actively serving key regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), Hebei Xiong'an New Area (河北雄安新区), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区), and the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), focusing on infrastructure, modern industries, technological innovation, and opening up to the outside world. Through innovative financing models, optimized financial services, and increased credit issuance, PSBC (邮储银行) fully supported major project construction, industrial transformation and upgrading, and cross-border trade facilitation, promoting coordinated regional development and high-level opening up to the outside world with precise financial resources. As of the end of September 2025, PSBC (邮储银行)'s corporate loan balance in key regions increased by more than 20% compared with the end of the previous year, becoming an important financial support for regional economic development.
From 2020 to 2024, China's total industrial added value increased from 31.3 trillion yuan to 40.5 trillion yuan, and the foundation of the manufacturing industry continued to be consolidated. PSBC (邮储银行) resolutely implemented the manufacturing power strategy, increased financial supply in key areas such as industrial structure transformation and upgrading, industrial technological innovation and development, and the safety and stability of industrial and supply chains, fully forged comprehensive service capabilities, actively supported enterprise equipment renewal and technological transformation, and deeply promoted the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the manufacturing industry. As of the end of September 2025, PSBC (邮储银行)'s medium and long-term loans to the manufacturing industry increased by more than 11% compared with the end of the previous year.
In order to help accelerate high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement, PSBC (邮储银行) set its sights on the development goal of being a new force in science and technology finance, launched a "technology flow" evaluation system for technology-based enterprises, established a "look to the future" credit review and analysis method, created a "U Benefit Innovation" science and technology financial product service system, and built a multi-level science and technology financial professional institution system to better and faster promote technology enterprises to set sail and help the development of new quality productive forces. As of the end of September 2025, PSBC (邮储银行) served more than 100,000 technology-based enterprises, and the balance of technology loans exceeded 940 billion yuan, injecting financial vitality into the construction of a strong science and technology nation.
Actively Serving Inclusive People's Livelihood, Adding Color to the Beautiful Life of Urban and Rural Residents
PSBC (邮储银行) adheres to its positioning of serving "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农), urban and rural residents, and small and medium-sized enterprises, and is committed to building a main force in serving rural revitalization and a benchmark for inclusive finance, expanding the coverage of finance, improving the inclusiveness of services, and helping to create a new picture of a better life.
PSBC (邮储银行) always puts helping the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside in a prominent position, improves the professional agricultural service system, continues to guide financial resources to the "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农) field, upgrades the rural credit service model, deeply promotes the "active credit granting" model for "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers" (三农) customers, and creates a full-channel, three-dimensional customer reach system; promotes the development of rural characteristic industries, vigorously promotes the "one industry, one policy" industrial loan, and serves more than a thousand characteristic industrial clusters. As of the end of September 2025, PSBC (邮储银行)'s agricultural-related loan balance reached 2.47 trillion yuan, an increase of one trillion yuan compared with the end of 2020. At the same time, PSBC (邮储银行) continued to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation, and the balance of various loans in 832 poverty-stricken counties increased year by year, reaching 606.492 billion yuan as of the end of June 2025, providing solid financial support for the development of poverty-stricken areas.
In the face of the diversified needs of small and micro enterprises, PSBC (邮储银行) strengthens the "scenario +" customer service system, deeply promotes the coordination mechanism for supporting the financing of small and micro enterprises, widely reaches various business entities through the "thousands of enterprises and households visit," deepens the three-dimensional service system, and continuously expands the service coverage of small and micro enterprises; deepens digital and intensive transformation, accelerates product innovation and process reengineering, upgrades scenario finance and main bank services, and meets the diversified needs of small and micro enterprises. As of the end of September 2025, PSBC (邮储银行)'s inclusive small and micro enterprise loan balance was 1.75 trillion yuan, and the proportion of total customer loans remained among the top among state-owned large banks. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, PSBC (邮储银行) cumulatively issued more than 730 billion yuan of non-principal renewal loans, effectively alleviating the financing pressure of small and micro enterprises.
In response to the strategy of actively responding to the aging of the population, PSBC (邮储银行) focuses on the three major areas of pension finance, pension service finance, and pension industry finance, and builds a three-horizontal and three-vertical three-dimensional pension financial system, striving to become a warm-hearted pension bank accompanying customers and an important service bank for the comprehensive promotion of national pension finance. As of the end of September 2025, it served more than 300 million middle-aged and elderly customers aged 55 and above, issued more than 130 million financial social security cards, and the scale of personal pension account opening and contribution grew rapidly. In addition to cultivating pension finance, PSBC (邮储银行) also continued to strengthen people's livelihood financial services, steadily developed personal housing loan business, actively met the needs of consumer financing such as automobiles, education, and medical care, and in line with the public's wealth management needs, did a good job in customer asset management.
Practicing the Concept of Green Development, Guarding Green Waters and Green Mountains with Financial Innovation
Green development is a clear background color of high-quality development. PSBC (邮储银行) continues to improve the green financial system to help achieve the "dual carbon" goal. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the balance of green loans increased from less than 300 billion yuan to more than one trillion yuan, and a number of nationally pioneering financial solutions were implemented, building a comprehensive green service capability.
PSBC (邮储银行) promotes the construction of "green inclusive bank, climate-friendly bank, and eco-friendly bank" from a strategic level, through improving the governance structure of board decision-making and management promotion, establishing a special leading group, and establishing 55 green financial characteristic institutions. In terms of incentive mechanisms, it is equipped with multi-dimensional support policies such as performance appraisal, credit scale, and internal pricing. The MSCI ESG rating continues to rank among the top in the domestic banking industry.
In terms of innovative practice, PSBC (邮储银行) has implemented a number of nationally pioneering financial solutions: from forestry "carbon sink income right pledge loans" to help forest tending, to sustainable development-linked debt financing plans to explore new paths for carbon reduction; from issuing "carbon emission reduction support tools + sustainable development-linked loans + digital RMB" integrated loans, to launching "sea-related VEP loans" with the value of ecological products as collateral, continuously expanding green financing channels.
Focusing on key areas such as clean energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, and green transportation, PSBC (邮储银行) has formulated special credit granting policies, strictly implemented the "environmental protection veto system," embedded ESG risk classification into business processes, and ensured that financial resources are accurately invested in the green field through the approval of "green channels" and differentiated authorization.
Driving Digital and Intelligent Innovation and Upgrading, Creating an Autonomous and Controllable New Financial Ecosystem
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, PSBC (邮储银行) actively served the construction of digital China, unswervingly promoted technology-driven and digital transformation, and continued to increase investment in financial technology resources, with a cumulative investment of more than 44 billion yuan in the past four years, and the investment accounted for 3.53% of operating income in 2024, and the amount of investment increased year-on-year, ranking first among the six major banks; the total number of IT teams at the head office has grown to more than 5,400, providing a solid talent guarantee for digital transformation. At the same time, a series of breakthroughs have been made in the fields of autonomous and controllable core systems, service quality improvement, and management efficiency improvement. It has won the first prize of the Financial Technology Development Award of the People's Bank of China for three consecutive years, and has embarked on a distinctive digital development path for state-owned large banks.
As digital transformation enters the deep water zone, PSBC (邮储银行) has launched the construction of a new generation of distributed core systems, and has now completed the new replacement of personal, corporate, and credit card core systems. The new generation of core systems has pioneered the technological innovation model of PSBC (邮储银行) with six major innovation points: "distributed technology platform, code-level autonomous and controllable, enterprise-level modeling reconstruction, panoramic control and operation and maintenance system, online migration and seamless switching, and business and technology integration and collaborative combat," realizing 100% autonomous and controllable of the entire system.
PSBC (邮储银行) actively seizes the development opportunities of artificial intelligence, promotes the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology and financial business, and builds a new intelligent service ecosystem. On the customer service side, with multi-agent collaboration as the center, the 11.0 version of the mobile bank was released, realizing precise intention recognition and conversational business handling. In the evaluation of China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA), the user experience score ranked first for three consecutive years; the promotion and application of digital and intelligent technologies such as "cloud counters" for remote services and "digital people" were accelerated, realizing a significant increase in business processing efficiency and effectively improving customer experience. On the internal management side, PSBC (邮储银行) has built a "front-end - middle-end - back-end" full-link intelligent empowerment system to comprehensively empower the entire process of enterprise operation. The front-end launched an intelligent transaction assistant to realize process reengineering from manual one-by-one to batch-level seconds; the middle-end launched intelligent credit review to realize model analysis from manual investigation to intelligent driving, the classification and recognition rate of data images reached 96%, and the accuracy rate of key information extraction reached 92%; the back-end launched the "intelligent question number" tool, which greatly compressed the time-consuming manual data extraction and analysis from "day level" to "minute level."
PSBC (邮储银行) continues to promote the layout and application exploration of large-scale model technology, and took the lead in completing the private deployment and access of the DeepSeek-R1 model on the national high-performance computing cluster, and released the autonomous and controllable "Youzhi" large-scale model, which has been applied in more than 260 scenarios in the front, middle and back offices.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, PSBC (邮储银行) left a PSBC (邮储银行) imprint on the picture of high-quality economic and social development with a spirit of endeavor. In the next step, PSBC (邮储银行) will adhere to the guidance of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, adapt to the needs of high-quality economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, fully do a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, unswervingly follow the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics, and contribute PSBC (邮储银行) strength to the construction of a strong financial nation.
Data source: Postal Savings Bank of China (中国邮政储蓄银行)
Return to TopBy: 海南省马克思主义理论研究和建设工程重大项目课题组
Building the Hainan Free Trade Port is a major national strategy personally planned, deployed, and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平). During his inspection of Hainan in 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to emancipate the mind, be innovative, unite and strive, overcome difficulties, and accelerate the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics that has global influence. In November of this year, while listening to the report on the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, he emphasized the need to conscientiously study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party and build the Hainan Free Trade Port to a high standard. The construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port fully embodies our Party's firm determination to adhere to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world and actively expand opening up, and fully demonstrates our country's clear attitude of adhering to the correct direction of economic globalization and building an open world economy. On December 18 this year, the Hainan Free Trade Port officially launched full island customs closure. This is an important achievement of high-level opening up in the new era and a milestone in the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. Looking back on the practical course of building a free trade port with Chinese characteristics, deeply understanding the basic laws and contemporary value of building a free trade port with Chinese characteristics is of great significance for thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, better promoting high-level opening up, and injecting more impetus and vitality into Chinese-style modernization.
Exploring and promoting free trade is an important direction for China's opening up to the outside world.
Opening up is a distinct symbol of Chinese-style modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Continuously expanding opening up to the outside world and improving the level of opening up to the outside world, and promoting reform and development through opening up, is an important magic weapon for our country's continuous achievement of new achievements in development." Free trade is an important driving force for promoting economic globalization, and exploring and promoting free trade is an important direction for China's opening up to the outside world. Since the reform and opening up, our Party has firmly implemented the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, continuously explored and promoted the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, and steadily promoted the construction of free trade carriers.
Xiamen (厦门) was one of the earliest special economic zones established in China after the reform and opening up, and it undertook the mission of exploring the way forward for reform and opening up. In 1985, the State Council approved the expansion of the Xiamen (厦门) Special Economic Zone and gradually implemented some policies of a free port in the special zone. In order to better implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平), who was working in Xiamen (厦门), presided over the preparation of the "Xiamen Economic and Social Development Strategy for 1985-2000," which clearly adopted a progressive and step-by-step approach to build Xiamen (厦门) into a "free port-type special economic zone." In the process of exploring and implementing some policies of a free port, Xiamen (厦门) adhered to Chinese characteristics, served the overall development situation, and carried out opening up to the outside world in stages and steps, laying a theoretical and practical foundation for the Party Central Committee to deploy and draw a high-level and deep-level opening up to the outside world in the new era.
Entering the new era, the depth, breadth, and pace of opening up to the outside world are incomparable to the past, and the pressure to cope with external risks and safeguard national economic security is also incomparable to the past. Improving the quality of opening up to the outside world and the internal and external linkage of development is more important than ever. Our country has successively established 22 free trade pilot zones, forming a pattern of reform and opening up innovation that covers the east, west, north, and south, and coordinates the coast, inland, and border areas. The free trade pilot zone takes institutional innovation as the core, focuses on investment facilitation, trade facilitation, financial opening innovation, and in-process and post-event supervision, takes replicability and promotability as the basic requirements, takes risk prevention and control as the bottom line, and fully promotes reform and opening up innovation in related fields, forming a number of important institutional innovation achievements, becoming a new high ground for opening up to the outside world, a pioneer in comprehensively deepening reform, and a growth pole for high-quality development, exploring new ways and accumulating new experiences for further comprehensively deepening reform and expanding high-level opening up to the outside world.
The free trade port is the highest level of opening up in the world today. Hainan (海南) is China's largest special economic zone and a relatively independent geographical unit, with unique advantages to become a national reform and opening up experimental field. Faced with the intensification of unilateralism and protectionism, and the severe challenges to multilateralism and free trade, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly announced at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan (海南) Province and the special economic zone: "The Party Central Committee has decided to support Hainan (海南) in building a free trade pilot zone on the entire island and support Hainan (海南) in gradually exploring and steadily promoting the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics," demonstrating our country's determination to expand opening up to the outside world and actively promote economic globalization. In 2020, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the "Overall Plan for the Construction of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port," which clearly requires benchmarking international high-level economic and trade rules, focusing on the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, establishing a policy and institutional system adapted to a high-level free trade port, building a special customs supervision area with international competitiveness and influence, and building the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port into a distinct banner and important opening portal leading China's new era of opening up to the outside world. In 2021, the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port Law was officially implemented, providing legal guarantee for Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port to carry out institutional integration innovation and systematically coordinate and promote various reforms, so that various reforms have a legal basis and create a new high ground for opening up on the track of the rule of law.
In recent years, the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port has been unswervingly anchored to the strategic goal of becoming an important portal leading China's new era of opening up to the outside world, putting institutional integration innovation in a prominent position, and the free trade port policy and institutional system with the "free and convenient trade, investment, cross-border capital flow, personnel entry and exit, transportation and data security and orderly flow" as the main framework has been initially established. The launch of full island customs closure is a major landmark and nodal project for the construction of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port and the creation of an important portal leading China's new era of opening up to the outside world. Hainan (海南) is becoming a new frontier for China's opening up to the outside world, a new hot spot for regional mutually beneficial cooperation, and a new engine for promoting economic globalization.
Since the reform and opening up, our Party's understanding of the laws governing the construction of free trade ports with Chinese characteristics has been continuously deepened.
After centuries of development and evolution, free trade has played an important role in global economic development, but there is no unified model or paradigm for how to build a free trade port. Especially in the environment of profound and complex changes in the international political and economic landscape, under the conditions of a socialist market economy, and in the implementation of customs closure operations on such a large scale, there is no precedent to follow and no model to copy. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The Chinese people will continue to expand opening up and strengthen cooperation, unswervingly pursue a win-win strategy of opening up, adhere to the combination of bringing in and going out, promote the formation of an open pattern of land-sea internal and external linkage and two-way mutual assistance between the east and the west, implement high-level trade and investment liberalization and facilitation policies, and explore the construction of free trade ports with Chinese characteristics." In the long-term practical exploration since the reform and opening up, our Party's understanding of promoting the construction of free trade ports with Chinese characteristics has been continuously deepened, forming a series of regular understandings.
Adhere to Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The construction of a free trade port in Hainan (海南) should reflect Chinese characteristics, conform to China's national conditions, conform to Hainan's (海南) development positioning, and learn from the advanced management methods of international free trade ports." Any theory and practice has a profound historical origin and a broad realistic foundation, and the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics is also the case. When the Xiamen (厦门) Special Economic Zone implemented some policies of a free port, it adhered to basing itself on China's reality and Xiamen's (厦门) actual situation, adhered to the socialist direction without wavering, and referred to but did not copy the models of other countries and regions; the practical exploration of the free trade pilot zone was also advanced on the basis of adhering to the Party's comprehensive leadership, adhering to and improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and basing itself on China's reality and national conditions. From the beginning of the construction of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port, it has taken reflecting Chinese characteristics, conforming to China's national conditions, and conforming to Hainan's (海南) development positioning as basic principles, and planned and deployed the construction of the free trade port in the overall national game of high-level opening up, high-quality development, and high-level security, always adhering to the Party's leadership without wavering, adhering to the socialist system with Chinese characteristics without wavering, adhering to the guidance of practice with the Party's innovative theory, adhering to the decision of the Party Central Committee on major reform matters, reporting the implementation of policies to the Party Central Committee in a timely manner, grasping the overall progress of work by the Party Central Committee, and advancing step by step and layer by layer in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee. It can be said that adhering to Chinese characteristics is an important guarantee for the steady and long-term development of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port.
Take opening up to the outside world as the priority. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Hainan (海南) should adhere to opening up as the priority and implement a more proactive opening up strategy." Marxism reveals the historical inevitability of the world market as the direction of human social development, and predicts the historical reality of the increasing degree of interconnection and interdependence among countries in the world. Our Party's establishment of special economic zones, construction of free trade pilot zones, and promotion of the construction of free trade ports with Chinese characteristics is to integrate our country into the world market through expanding opening up. In the process of exploration, the Xiamen (厦门) Special Economic Zone conducted in-depth research on how people can freely enter and exit, and how financial and monetary policies are organized as important exploration topics for opening up to the outside world; the free trade pilot zone was initially based on the positioning of an experimental field for opening up to the outside world, shouldering the mission of building a new high ground for reform and opening up with a higher level of opening up and a stronger radiation effect. At the beginning of the construction of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port, the Party Central Committee clearly required adhering to opening up as the priority, implementing a more proactive opening up strategy, accelerating the establishment of a new open economic system, promoting the formation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up, and creating a new high ground for opening up with a higher level of opening up, a better business environment, and a stronger radiation effect. At the same time, it is required to learn from the advanced management methods of international free trade ports, form open policies and systems with international competitiveness, and build a frontier area for our country to deeply integrate into the global economic system. Adhering to opening up as the priority injects abundant vitality into the construction of free trade ports with Chinese characteristics.
Build in stages and steps. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Establish a free trade port policy and institutional system in stages and steps." Marxism believes that the understanding formed on the basis of practice is not a linear one-time completion, but a spiral development process of "practice - understanding - re-practice - re-understanding." Looking back at history, from making the historic decision to implement reform and opening up, to joining the World Trade Organization, to jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality in the new era and leading the development of economic globalization, this law has been followed and this process has been experienced. The construction of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port is also the same. In terms of development goals, it is clear that by 2025, a free trade port policy and institutional system focusing on trade freedom and facilitation and investment freedom and facilitation will be initially established, and by 2035, the free trade port institutional system and operation mode will be more mature, and by the middle of this century, a high-level free trade port with strong international influence will be fully built; in terms of key tasks, it is clear that before 2025, around trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, on the basis of effective supervision, the opening process will be promoted in an orderly manner, various factors will be promoted to flow conveniently and efficiently, early harvests will be formed, and full island customs closure operations will be launched in a timely manner; before 2035, the opening policies and related institutional arrangements will be further optimized and improved, and trade freedom and facilitation, investment freedom and facilitation, cross-border capital flow freedom and facilitation, personnel entry and exit freedom and facilitation, transportation freedom and facilitation, and data security and orderly flow will be fully realized, and the construction of a high-level free trade port will be promoted. Practice has proved that building in stages and steps helps to steadily promote a new pattern of reform and opening up at a higher level.
Take institutional innovation as the core. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must steadily expand institutional opening up and further improve the level of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation." Reform and opening up complement each other and promote each other. The deeper the reform, the higher the requirements for the level of opening up; the higher the level of opening up, the greater the promotion effect on reform. Faced with deep-seated institutional and mechanism obstacles that are not adapted to high-quality development, only by comprehensively deepening reform and opening up can the relations of production better adapt to the development of productive forces. Since the new era, with the continuous changes in the global economic situation and the accelerated reconstruction of international economic and trade rules, our country has adhered to high-level opening up as the guide and institutional innovation as the core, and promoted the construction of free trade pilot zones to achieve phased results in the field of institutional opening up, effectively giving play to the role of a comprehensive experimental platform for reform and opening up. The Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port adheres to the combination of problem orientation and goal orientation, puts institutional integration innovation in a prominent position, explores the establishment of a regulatory model and management system adapted to the construction of a free trade port, makes great efforts to eliminate the institutional and mechanism obstacles that hinder the flow of production factors, strengthens the overall planning and system integration of reform, and promotes high-level opening up and promotes high-quality development through institutional integration innovation. Practice has shown that promoting the construction of a free trade port is a complex system project, and it is necessary to achieve broader and deeper "major breakthroughs" in a wider range and at a deeper level through system-integrated reform and innovation, with a "small incision" of one point and one surface.
Take safe development as the foundation. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The more we expand opening up, the more we must coordinate development and security and firmly hold the bottom line of security." Security is the prerequisite for development, and development is the guarantee for security. At present, the strategic game between major powers is fierce, geopolitical factors are intricate and complex, various factors are intertwined, and the development deficit makes the world security situation more severe. Some Western countries have implemented containment measures such as technological blockade, "decoupling and breaking chains," and trade pressure against our country. At the same time, our country's construction of free trade pilot zones and the construction of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port must implement a wider range, wider field, and deeper level of opening up to the outside world, which is more susceptible to external factors, and will inevitably encounter various risks and challenges. The connotation and extension of security are richer, and the space-time field is wider. In the process of construction, the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port has always taken "managing well" as the prerequisite for "opening up," balanced efforts in opening up innovation and risk prevention, adhered to the virtuous interaction between high-quality development and high-level security, promoted high-level security with high-quality development, and guaranteed high-quality development with high-level security. Practice has proved that only by coordinating development and security, firmly holding the bottom line of security, can we ensure that the construction of free trade ports with Chinese characteristics is carried out steadily and step by step, and that we can achieve success over time and move forward steadily and far.
The contemporary value and world significance of high-quality development of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the official launch of full island customs closure in the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port "is a landmark measure for our country to unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world and promote the construction of an open world economy." In today's world, although unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and the international economic and trade order is facing severe challenges, opening up and integration are still the general trend, and economic globalization is still the objective requirement and irresistible historical trend of the development of productive forces on a global scale. After customs closure, Hainan's (海南) connection with the international community will be more convenient, which is of great significance for accelerating the attraction of global high-quality factors, promoting the high-quality development of the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port, and exploring and opening up the way for national reform and opening up. At the same time, it further demonstrates China's image as a responsible major country, helps to promote economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, universal, balanced, and win-win direction, and builds an open world economy, and also provides China's wisdom and China's solutions that can be used for reference for the opening up and development of the vast number of developing countries.
A distinct symbol of promoting high-level opening up. Since the new era, our country has focused on promoting high-level opening up to the outside world, steadily expanding institutional opening up in rules, regulations, management, standards, etc., especially in the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port, implementing trade liberalization and facilitation policies and measures with "zero tariffs" and "both access and operation" as basic characteristics, and implementing investment liberalization and facilitation institutional arrangements with significantly relaxing market access to the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port, strengthening property rights protection, and ensuring fair competition as the main characteristics. This helps to promote the free, orderly, safe, and convenient flow of various production factors across borders, becoming a distinct symbol of promoting high-level opening up, and will promote the transformation from factor dividends to institutional dividends and from institutional advantages to development effectiveness. After customs closure, the Hainan (海南) Free Trade Port has the basic conditions for promoting opening up on a larger scale and at a deeper level, and will become an important portal leading China's new era of opening up to the outside world, and is one of the most distinct symbols of China's high-level opening up.
A Distinctive Symbol of Promoting High-Level Opening-Up. Since the new era, China has focused on promoting high-level opening-up to the outside world, steadily expanding institutional opening-up in terms of rules, regulations, management, standards, etc. In particular, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) implements trade liberalization and facilitation policies and measures characterized by "zero tariffs" and "both access and operation," and implements investment liberalization and facilitation institutional arrangements characterized by significantly relaxing market access to the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港), strengthening property rights protection, and ensuring fair competition. This helps promote the free, orderly, safe, and convenient flow of various factors of production across borders, becoming a distinctive symbol of promoting high-level opening-up, and will promote the transformation from factor dividends to institutional dividends, and from institutional advantages to development effectiveness. After customs clearance, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) has the basic conditions to promote opening-up on a larger scale and at a deeper level, and will become an important gateway leading China's opening-up to the outside world in the new era, and is one of the most distinctive symbols of China's high-level opening-up.
A Powerful Tool for Promoting Deep-Level Reform. Reform is the driving force for promoting development. Without deep-level reform, it will be difficult to better promote high-quality development. At present, comprehensively deepening reform has entered a deep-water area and a critical period. Only by adhering to institutional innovation as the main line, focusing on solving deep-seated institutional and mechanism obstacles, and promoting the transformation of development methods and the conversion of old and new driving forces can we continuously enhance motivation and vitality, and better transform institutional advantages into national governance effectiveness. After customs clearance, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will focus on the theme of high-quality development, anchor strategic goals, better serve the national construction of a new development pattern, closely focus on the strategic positioning of building a comprehensive and deeply reformed and open pilot zone, a national ecological civilization pilot zone, an international tourism consumption center, and a national major strategic service guarantee zone, strengthen institutional integrated innovation, focus on giving play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, better give play to the role of the government, create a first-class market-oriented, rule-of-law, and international business environment, act as a pioneer in major reforms, give play to the role of a national important comprehensive reform and opening-up pilot platform, and help further comprehensively deepen reform and continuously move towards depth.
Contributing to the Construction of an Open World Economy. Building an open world economy is the only way to achieve sustained prosperity and stability of the global economy, and it is also an important condition for maintaining world peace and development. If economic globalization is promoted in a healthy and orderly manner, the world economy will prosper; if economic globalization encounters headwinds, the world economy will decline or even slump. Especially when some countries are engaged in **脱钩断链** (tuō gōu duàn liàn - "decoupling and breaking chains," severing economic ties) and building "**小院高墙**" (xiǎo yuàn gāo qiáng - "small yard high wall," building barriers to isolate oneself), China's in-depth implementation of the free trade pilot zone upgrade strategy and high-standard construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will inject certainty into economic globalization with open development, contribute to the construction of an open world economy, and demonstrate China's commitment to multilateralism, openness, and inclusiveness as a major country. After customs clearance, the entire Hainan Island (海南岛) will be built into a special customs supervision area, and the liberalization and facilitation policies and systems characterized by "'first line' liberalization, 'second line' control, and freedom within the island" will be implemented, which is conducive to building a new system of a higher-level open economy, which can attract global resources and factors with the domestic cycle, improve the ability to allocate resources globally, and at the same time more closely connect and interact with the world economy, injecting the greatest certainty into economic globalization.
An Important Carrier for Actively Participating in Global Economic Governance. At present, the world pattern is undergoing profound adjustments, and the global governance system and economic and trade rules are accelerating reconstruction. Reforms of international economic organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization have been frustrated, and the role and status of the "Global South" in global governance have been significantly enhanced. Since the new era, from proposing the "Belt and Road" initiative, improving the BRICS mechanism, and initiating the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, to fully utilizing multilateral mechanisms such as the G20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation to participate in global governance, China is playing an increasingly important role in global governance. To promote the reform and improvement of the global economic governance system, guide the global economic agenda, maintain the multilateral trading system, and actively assume international responsibilities and obligations commensurate with China's capabilities and status, it is necessary to accelerate the implementation of the free trade zone upgrade strategy and build free trade ports with high standards and high quality. After customs clearance, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) will connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, which will build a broader cooperation platform for China to actively participate in global economic governance.
Providing Useful Reference for the Opening-Up of Developing Countries. Promoting opening-up to the outside world and practicing free trade have caught up with the era of economic globalization, world modernization, and social informatization, and have powerfully promoted China's great transformation from closed and semi-closed to all-round opening-up. The great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics provides a new choice for countries and nations in the world that both hope to accelerate development and hope to maintain their independence, and contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving human problems. As an important part of the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics provides experience and reference for the vast number of developing countries to integrate into the world economic system and join economic globalization through reform and opening-up, and is a institutional public product provided by China to the international community. The high-standard construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) is not only of great significance for shaping China's opening-up pattern, but also of great reference significance for the vast number of developing countries to benchmark the highest level of opening-up in the world today, determine opening-up strategies, clarify opening-up directions, promote economic opening-up, and strengthen industrial support.
(Written by: Bi Puyun (毕普云))
Return to TopBy: 朱 林
Minors are the future of the country and the hope of the nation. The cultivation of their legal awareness is not only related to individual development but also to the foundation of the country's rule of law. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made important instructions on the ideological and moral construction of minors, emphasizing the need to implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, adhere to treating the ideological and moral construction of minors as a strategic and fundamental task, persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to cultivate the soul, and improve the collaborative education mechanism of schools, families, and society. This important instruction profoundly clarifies the strategic positioning and practical path of the ideological and moral construction of minors. The cultivation of legal awareness is one of the important contents of the ideological and moral construction of minors. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed "strengthening the prevention and governance of illegal and criminal acts by minors," taking it as an important measure to "promote the modernization of the national security system and capabilities, and build a higher level of safe China," highlighting the urgency and importance of legal education for minors. The Law on Popularization of Legal Knowledge and Education, which will come into effect on November 1, 2025, has a special chapter on legal publicity and education for young people, emphasizing that the state, society, schools, and families should strengthen coordination and cooperation, carry out legal publicity and education for young people according to their physical and mental characteristics and growth needs, popularize the legal knowledge necessary for young people in family life, school study, and social activities, educate and guide young people to establish awareness of abiding by the law, rules, integrity, and preventing illegal and criminal acts, consciously abide by laws and regulations, regulate their own behavior, safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, and respect the legitimate rights and interests of others. We must thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on the ideological and moral construction of minors and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, follow relevant legal guidelines, improve the collaborative mechanism for legal education for minors, implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and consolidate the foundation for promoting the comprehensive rule of law and building a higher level of safe China.
Legal education for minors is a systematic project involving multiple subjects, multiple links, and a long cycle. It is necessary to improve the collaborative mechanism, effectively integrate resources from all parties, form a synergy of education with the same goals, complementary resources, and shared responsibilities, promote its transformation to all-round and systematic, and enhance its pertinence, effectiveness, and sustainability. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law, the comprehensive rule of law has been deeply promoted, and positive progress has been made in the construction of a collaborative mechanism for legal education for minors. To implement the requirements of the "Outline of Legal Education for Young People," China has gradually built a new pattern of legal education with the joint participation of the government, schools, society, and families. The Law on the Promotion of Family Education clearly stipulates the responsibilities and obligations of family education from four aspects: family responsibility, national support, social coordination, and legal responsibility, promoting the close combination and coordination of family, school, and social education. Social organizations, judicial organs, and other parties have widely and continuously carried out legal publicity and education activities such as "Legal Education Entering Campus," and a social support network has been initially formed.
It should also be seen that the current growth of minors in China is in a complex environment intertwined with profound economic and social transformation and information technology revolution, and legal education is facing severe challenges. Some vicious cases reflect the weak legal awareness of some minors. False information, cyber violence, and other network chaos continue to impact minors' value cognition. Algorithm recommendation and other technologies exacerbate the phenomena of "information cocoons" and "emotional polarization," interfering with the cultivation of minors' rational mentality. Some schools remain in empty preaching, family legal education is absent, and social resources are scattered, resulting in a distance between legal education and practical needs. This requires us to strengthen systematic thinking, improve the collaborative education mechanism, and promote the implementation of legal education in multiple dimensions and levels to achieve effective results.
Taking school education as the main body, we will consolidate the main position for cultivating legal literacy. Schools are the core places for legal education for minors, and should play the main channel role, and deeply promote the integrated construction of legal education in primary, secondary, and higher education. Schools should take the initiative to strengthen the linkage with families, governments, judicial organs, and social organizations, establish a stable full-time or part-time legal education teaching staff, improve the performance mechanism of legal vice-principals and legal counselors, promote professional teachers in colleges and universities and legal practitioners such as judges and prosecutors to participate in curriculum development, and organically integrate legal knowledge such as the Constitution, the Law on the Protection of Minors, and the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency into ideological and political courses. Organize grassroots legal workers, college student legal volunteers, and other groups to enter schools to carry out thematic activities of legal publicity and education, and enhance the professionalism and authority of legal education and enhance the effectiveness of education through immersive and experiential education and teaching methods such as simulated courts and legal situation dramas.
Taking family education as the foundation, we will build the first classroom for cultivating legal concepts. The family is the first environment for the growth of minors, and the legal literacy and education methods of parents directly affect the formation of children's legal concepts. We should strengthen the coordination between home and school and continuously improve parents' awareness of legal education. Schools provide educational guidance for families through mechanisms such as "parent schools" and regular home visits and cooperation, and jointly pay attention to the daily behavior and ideological dynamics of minors inside and outside the school. In terms of network use and interpersonal communication, families should cooperate closely with schools to achieve information sharing and synchronous guidance. Pay attention to guiding children to identify network risks, regulate network speech and behavior, and avoid treating the network space as a "**法外之地**" (fǎ wài zhī dì - "a place outside the law," a place where laws do not apply). Parents should integrate the cultivation of legal awareness into the daily construction of family style, and guide their children to establish awareness of rules and respect for the law by clarifying family behavior norms.
Taking social collaboration as support, we will build a legal education network covering the whole region. Promote multiple subjects to jointly build and share legal education resources and form a synergy of education. Communities and mass organizations cooperate to carry out legal publicity activities relying on party-mass service centers, youth palaces, and other platforms. The education department, in conjunction with judicial organs, builds practical education bases, develops educational scenarios, and guides minors with vivid legal practice education by releasing typical cases and carrying out activities such as "open days" for legal practice units. Consolidate the main responsibility of media and network platforms, strengthen the supply of positive energy legal content, and improve the effectiveness of legal publicity and dissemination through VR, short videos, and other means. Improve the multi-subject collaborative network comprehensive governance system, strictly implement the "Regulations on the Protection of Minors on the Internet," improve the minor protection mechanism, strengthen content review, block the dissemination channels of bad information, and create a safe and healthy network environment for minors.
Taking judicial protection as the backing, we will strengthen legal practice guidance and rights protection. The judicial system must adhere to the equal emphasis on punishment and protection, and implement the policy of "education, persuasion, and redemption." We should focus on giving play to the source governance value of judicial recommendations, strengthen the collaborative linkage between judicial organs and departments and units such as education, civil affairs, and communities, and promote the improvement of systems in family supervision, school management, and other aspects through judicial recommendations, forming a closed loop of prevention of "**一案一整治**" (yī àn yī zhěng zhì - "one case one rectification," addressing systemic issues revealed by individual cases). Adhere to the principle of the best interests of minors, severely punish crimes against minors in accordance with the law, and let minors feel the protection of the rule of law. Adhere to the combination of leniency and severity in dealing with illegal and criminal acts by minors, and be lenient when appropriate and strict when necessary, tolerant but never indulgent. Actively adopt trial methods suitable for the physical and mental characteristics of minors, so that the trial is not only a public hall for punishment and punishment, but also a classroom for redemption and education.
(Author's affiliation: China University of Political Science and Law (中国政法大学))
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 29th (Reporter Huang Chao (黄超)). The Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council (国务院学位委员会) recently issued the "Pilot Program Management Measures for 'Doctorate + Master's' Double Degree Programs." Focusing on major needs such as scientific and technological development, industrial transformation, and the construction of an independent knowledge system, the pilot universities will independently establish programs, relying on disciplines and majors with significant advantages, organizing multidisciplinary integration and collaborative education, and supporting project students to simultaneously pursue a master's degree in another discipline while pursuing a doctoral degree.
The person in charge of the Department of Degree Management and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education (教育部) introduced that since 2023, the Ministry of Education has promoted the pilot construction of interdisciplinary centers in some high-level research universities, actively carried out the exploration of high-level compound talent cultivation, and some universities have actively built a new model of interdisciplinary talent cultivation characterized by project-based and cross-integration through improving curriculum systems and building collaborative education platforms. They have explored the establishment of "Doctorate + Master's" double degree talent cultivation programs, making beneficial attempts to cultivate high-level compound talents that meet the needs, and have achieved replicable and beneficial experiences. In order to further support relevant universities to carry out pilot projects first and set up projects in a standardized and orderly manner, the "Measures" stipulate the connotation and positioning, setting procedures, main content, and supervision and management of the projects.
According to the requirements of the "Measures," the projects will be set up by the pilot universities in a record-keeping manner in strict accordance with relevant requirements. Pilot universities are encouraged to explore reforms in talent cultivation models. The project focuses on the cultivation of students' interdisciplinary vision and abilities, and reflects the characteristics of multidisciplinary cross-integration and collaborative education in curriculum teaching and scientific research innovation. It is encouraged to rely on platforms such as interdisciplinary centers to strengthen guidance, management and service for project students, and to set up reasonable diversion or exit mechanisms.
Return to TopBy: 李德成
On December 8, 1995, Gyaincain Norbu (坚赞诺布), born in Jiali County (嘉黎县), Tibet (西藏), was identified through the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama and approved by the State Council to succeed as the 11th Panchen Erdeni. A grand enthronement ceremony was held at Tashilhunpo Monastery (扎什伦布寺). The reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama faithfully followed the historical traditions and rules of reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism, fully embodying the important principles of domestic search, Golden Urn Drawing of Lots, approval by the Central Government, and religious rituals, historical customs, and legal management of Living Buddha reincarnation. Historical lessons serve as a mirror for the future. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the enthronement of the 11th Panchen Lama. Reviewing this historical event and understanding the historical traditions and important principles of Living Buddha reincarnation in the practice of contemporary Living Buddha reincarnation has important historical and practical significance.
Unswervingly Implement the Principle of Domestic Search
The reincarnation of Living Buddhas is an internal affair of our country. Historically, the reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Chinese Tibetan Buddhism has always adhered to the principle and tradition of domestic search, and there has never been a precedent for searching abroad.
China's Living Buddha reincarnation system belongs to Chinese monasteries, and its reincarnation management is an inseparable part of China's religious affairs management. Maintaining the interests of the people, respecting the feelings of believers, and adhering to the principles of territorial management and domestic search in accordance with the law are unchangeable historical traditions.
Faith has no national boundaries, but believers do. The Living Buddha reincarnation system belongs to its affiliated monastery and is by no means a "private property" belonging to an individual, nor does it belong to a certain generation in this reincarnation system. Its inheritance and continuation are of great importance to the religious believers in its affiliated monastery and the monastery's locality. It is by no means up to an individual to decide, nor is it determined by the reincarnated person himself. All previous Dalai Lamas and Panchen Erdenis were identified in China, and there is no precedent for searching abroad.
In the reincarnation process of the 10th Panchen Lama, the principle of domestic search was unswervingly implemented. In accordance with religious rituals, 28 boys were found in 46 counties in Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited prefectures and counties, and then the scope was gradually narrowed according to religious rituals to determine the candidate reincarnated children.
The reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama is a vivid practice of the Party and the government fully respecting the opinions of the Tibetan Buddhist community and the religious feelings of the vast number of religious believers, and adhering to the principle of domestic search, fully demonstrating that the policy of freedom of religious belief has been effectively implemented.
Implement the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots System in a Reasonable and Lawful Manner
The Golden Urn Drawing of Lots is an important religious ritual and historical custom in the Living Buddha reincarnation system, which effectively guarantees the purity and effectiveness of Living Buddha reincarnation, especially the reincarnation of influential Living Buddhas. In the hundreds of years after the formation of the Living Buddha reincarnation system, due to the influence of secular society and the manipulation of powerful people, many malpractices arose, such as individuals arbitrarily designating, Dharma protectors accepting bribes and arbitrarily designating, and many great Living Buddhas coming from the same family, which endangered the Dharma and even national security. In order to eliminate the above-mentioned malpractices, in response to the request of the 8th Dalai Lama to "establish a legal system" and "pass it on for a long time," the Qing Central Government officially promulgated the "Twenty-Nine Articles for the Better Governance of Tibet" in 1793, which clearly stipulated the implementation of the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots system.
From a religious perspective, the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots inherits the traditional religious rituals of identifying reincarnated children such as divination and "dough ball selection," which fully conforms to the basic ideas and meanings of Tibetan Buddhism regarding Living Buddha reincarnation, and has a profound doctrinal and legal basis.
According to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, when identifying the true body of a reincarnated child, if there are doubts about the candidate reincarnated children, disputes arise, or there are more than two candidate reincarnated children, a "dough ball selection" ceremony should be held in front of the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to identify the true body of the reincarnated child, and it is believed that this is the will of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Therefore, according to historical tradition, there is absolutely no reason for the reincarnated person to have the final say in Living Buddha reincarnation. Historically, the 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (阿旺罗桑嘉措) was identified in 1622 at Reting Monastery (热振寺) through "dough ball selection" in front of the Manjushri Bodhisattva statue. The Golden Urn Drawing of Lots has the same Buddhist meaning as "dough ball selection," only the container has been changed from a porcelain bowl or silver basin to a golden urn, and the divination tool has been changed from a dough ball to an ivory stick, but it is more solemn and dignified.
The formation of the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots system also has an important legal basis. The Qing Central Government formulated and promulgated a series of edicts and regulations for the implementation of the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots, which provided legal connotations for the implementation of this system.
After the promulgation of the "Twenty-Nine Articles for the Better Governance of Tibet," the Tibetan local government, headed by the 8th Dalai Lama, translated the regulations and related documents into Tibetan, namely the "Water Buffalo Year Document," and promulgated it throughout Tibet for implementation. At the same time, the 8th Dalai Lama issued the "Water Buffalo Year Proclamation" to the whole of Tibet, which detailed the specific methods of the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots.
In the reincarnation process of the 10th Panchen Lama, high-ranking monks and virtuous people in the Tibetan Buddhist community gathered together and conducted serious and earnest discussions on some major issues in the search and identification of the Panchen Lama's reincarnated child. Everyone unanimously believed that the three reincarnated child candidates found by the search team in strict accordance with religious rituals and procedures could be fully used as objects to participate in the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots, and earnestly requested the Tibet Autonomous Region Government to review and report to the State Council for approval of the drawing of lots. On November 29, 1995, the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots ceremony to identify the true body of the reincarnated child of the 10th Panchen Lama was solemnly held in the Jokhang Temple (大昭寺) in Lhasa (拉萨) in accordance with religious rituals. Gyaincain Norbu (坚赞诺布) won the lottery and was subsequently approved by the State Council to succeed as the 11th Panchen Erdeni.
According to historical custom, the Central Government sends personnel to preside over the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots ceremony and enthronement ceremony for the reincarnation of great Living Buddhas such as the Dalai Lama and Panchen Erdeni. Representatives of the State Council, special commissioners of the State Council, and leaders of the Tibet Autonomous Region Government presided over and witnessed the Panchen Lama's reincarnation Golden Urn Drawing of Lots activity throughout the entire process, which was in accordance with regulations and systems, reasonable and lawful.
Seriously and conscientiously implement the Central Government's approval custom
The Central Government approval system has its formation and development process. The formation and development of the Living Buddha reincarnation system are inseparable from the support of the central government, and this has also formed the ultimate authority of the government's approval of Living Buddha reincarnation. Reporting to the central government for approval on the reincarnation of influential Living Buddhas has also become a historical custom.
In 1653, the 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (阿旺罗桑嘉措) went to Beijing (北京) to pay homage to Emperor Shunzhi (顺治帝) of the Qing Dynasty and was granted the title of "Dalai Lama, the Great Benevolent Self-Existent Buddha of the Western Paradise, Leader of the Buddhist Faith Under Heaven," and was given a golden book and golden seal, thus making the title of "Dalai Lama" officially conferred by the central government and used to this day. The system that the reincarnation identification of successive Dalai Lamas must be approved by the central government has also become a custom.
In 1713, Emperor Kangxi (康熙帝) of the Qing Dynasty conferred the title of "Panchen Erdeni" on the 5th Panchen Lobsang Yeshe (罗桑意希) and granted him a golden book and golden seal. The central government decided that "Panchen Erdeni" would become the official name of the system and has been used to this day. The system that the reincarnation of successive Panchen Lamas must be approved and conferred by the central government has also become a custom.
In the reincarnation process of the 10th Panchen Lama, the Party Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to it. On January 30, 1989, the State Council decided that "the Democratic Management Committee of Tashilhunpo Monastery (扎什伦布寺) shall be responsible for the search and identification of the reincarnated child of the 10th Panchen Erdeni Qoigyijabu, and shall report to the State Council for approval as necessary with the assistance of the Buddhist Association of China and the Tibetan Branch of the Buddhist Association."
On November 25, 1995, the State Council approved the "Request of the Tibet Autonomous Region Regarding the Determination of Three Boys as Candidates for the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots for the Reincarnated Child of the 10th Panchen Lama." On the afternoon of November 29, the day of the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots, the State Council issued the "Reply on Special Approval for Gyaincain Norbu, Identified Through the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots, to Succeed as the 11th Panchen Erdeni." On December 8, with the approval of the State Council, the Panchen Lama's enthronement ceremony was grandly held at Tashilhunpo Monastery (扎什伦布寺).
Adhering to the principle of Central Government approval for the reincarnation of great Living Buddhas reflects the tradition of "politics leading religion" and that state law is greater than religious rules and state power is greater than religious power, and also reflects the concept of governing the country according to law. The key links in the Panchen Lama's reincarnation have seriously and conscientiously implemented the principle of Central Government approval from beginning to end.
Looking at the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, whether it is the Golden Urn Drawing of Lots system, the principle of Central Government approval, or the principle of domestic search, all reflect the great importance attached by the Party and the government to Tibetan Buddhism and the deep concern for Tibetan Buddhist figures and religious believers, and also profoundly reflect the fine tradition of patriotism and love of religion, protecting the country and benefiting the people in the Tibetan Buddhist community.
In order to protect citizens' freedom of religious belief and respect the inheritance and succession methods of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism, the State Administration for Religious Affairs promulgated the "Measures for the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism" in 2007. The measures were formulated on the basis of the strong demands of Tibetan Buddhist figures, in-depth investigation and research, extensive listening to opinions, and full respect for the inheritance and succession methods of Living Buddhas, and are in line with the actual situation of Tibetan Buddhism. Any country in the world will manage its own religious affairs in accordance with the law. There are no exceptions in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. This is the inevitable requirement of national sovereignty and government responsibilities. In the new era, with new actions, in the context of systematically promoting the Sinicization of religion in China and strengthening the rule of law in the governance of religious affairs, adhering to the implementation of the "Measures for the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism" will inevitably receive widespread support and endorsement from religious figures and religious believers.
(The author is the Deputy Director-General and Researcher of the China Tibetology Research Center (中国藏学研究中心))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on December 29th (Reporter Ding Yasong (丁雅诵)): The Ministry of Education (教育部) recently issued the "National Preschool Children's School Roll Management Measures (Trial Implementation)" (《全国学前儿童学籍管理办法（试行）》). The measures are divided into five chapters: General Principles, Establishment of School Rolls, Changes in School Rolls, Safeguard Measures, and Supplementary Provisions, totaling 27 articles. The measures emphasize that school rolls must be established for all preschool children attending legally established kindergartens, with one number per person, which will be used continuously in the primary school stage and remain unchanged for life. The management of school roll changes implements a "one person, one roll; the roll follows the person" system.
The measures clarify the functional positioning and scope of application of preschool children's school roll management, emphasizing that it is a record, verification, and processing of preschool children's enrollment, transfer, departure from kindergarten, graduation, and entry into school, and applies to children aged 3 years to before entering primary school in kindergartens and other preschool education institutions.
Kindergartens must not use false information to establish school rolls for preschool children, and must not establish duplicate or dormant school rolls. The preschool children's school roll system and the National Primary and Secondary School Student School Roll Information Management System should achieve data sharing. Kindergartens and county-level education administrative departments should establish a regular verification system for preschool children's school rolls, promptly verify preschool children's school rolls, and handle problematic school rolls to ensure that school roll change information is accurate and that the person and the roll are consistent.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙 超
"Before, this road was so bumpy that even the fish 'lost value'. Now the road is smooth, the vehicles are stable, and this year's income is stable too!" Song Peng (宋鹏), a fish farmer beside County Road 152 in Guanwan Town (官垸镇), Li County (澧县), Hunan (湖南) Province, watched truck after truck of live fish being transported smoothly, his face full of smiles. This old road, once potholed and in disrepair, is now as smooth as new, becoming a "road to prosperity" connecting thousands of acres of fish ponds to the market.
Being passable but not smooth, or smooth but not high-quality, is a common pain point for some rural roads in Li County (澧县). County Road 152 was built in 1998, and now the road surface is severely damaged, which not only makes travel inconvenient, but also causes fresh agricultural products to be "damaged as soon as they leave the village." Facing the urgent needs and concerns of the masses, the government responded quickly - the Li County (澧县) Transportation Bureau actively sought funding, started the repair project in June 2025, invested 827,000 yuan, and completed 4,815 square meters of slab replacement and 9,800 meters of joint cleaning and oiling.
Li County (澧县) formulated the "2025-2027 Three-Year Action Plan for Rural Road Maintenance and Quality Improvement," promoting the improvement of "secondary and poor roads" in grades and batches, and promoting the rural road network from "existence" to "good quality," investing 23.66 million yuan in rural road maintenance funds in 2025.
Return to TopTo thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on promoting high-quality and full employment and steadily advancing the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, deepen regional labor cooperation, and promote the high-quality development of labor brands, the 3rd National Labor Cooperation and Labor Brand Development Conference (referred to as the "Development Conference") with the theme of "Cooperation Promotes Employment, Ingenuity Builds Brands" was held in Nanning (南宁), Guangxi (广西) from November 18th to 19th.
The Development Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), and the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人民政府), and organized by the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人力资源和社会保障厅), the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区农业农村厅), Guangxi Radio and Television (广西广播电视台), and the People's Government of Nanning City (南宁市人民政府).
The overall framework of the Development Conference was "6+5+N", namely "6 main activities + 5 Guangxi parallel activities + N series of supporting activities". The exhibition area was 42,000 square meters, with 57,000 participants and visitors, achieving the expected goals of "highlighting achievements, effective exchange and cooperation, and influential brand promotion", presenting a high-standard, substantive, wide-ranging, and effective human resources event.
Consolidating Consensus on Cooperative Development. Responsible comrades from human resources and social security and agricultural and rural departments of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), consuls and relevant department officials from ASEAN countries, some foreign experts, Guangxi talents from outside the region, and experts and scholars gathered in Nanning (南宁) to jointly seek development, consolidate the ideological consensus of promoting "double promotion and double improvement" of labor cooperation and labor brand construction, and assisting in promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, serving the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and helping to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
Building a Labor Cooperation Platform. 32 cooperation agreements were signed at the conference site, with an intended amount of 1.381 billion yuan, and a plan to jointly train 90,600 people. A labor cooperation photo exhibition was innovatively set up, presenting the magnificent history of cross-regional labor mobility in China over the past 30 years, and showcasing the benchmark achievements of labor cooperation from city and county pairing to regional cooperation, and from inter-provincial assistance to national linkage. Ten practical cases of Guangdong-Guangxi labor cooperation were released, demonstrating the outstanding contributions made by Guangdong-Guangxi labor cooperation in helping Guangxi (广西) to obtain a "good" rating for six consecutive years in the national East-West cooperation assessment.
Showcasing Featured Labor Brands. 164 featured labor brands from all over the country participated in the exhibition, covering five major areas: advanced manufacturing, consumption highlights, people's livelihood services, beautiful countryside, and intangible cultural heritage skills. Labor brands such as "Guangxi Medical Nursing Worker" competed to appear. 35 food-related labor brands were displayed and exchanged, and Guangxi (广西) specialties such as Gongcheng Oil Tea (恭城油茶) were praised by the audience. Innovative labor brand feature programs were performed in rotation, and labor brands such as "Bagui Rice Noodle Master" attracted attention.
Highlighting AI-Enabled Development. New achievements in AI-enabled labor cooperation and labor brands were promoted. The "Zhejiang-Guangxi AI Operation and Maintenance Talent Program" in Yulin (玉林) achieved two-way empowerment between the two places, and new labor brands such as "Hangzhou AI Animation Maker" made their debut. The Guangxi Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Innovation Consortium was established, and 29 initial member units and 10 doctors signed contracts on the spot, and Guangxi's postdoctoral work in the field of artificial intelligence entered a new stage of collaborative development of "production, learning, research and application".
Promoting High-Quality and Full Employment. For the first time, a special recruitment event was included in the main activities, and an AI job search experience zone was set up. 500 employers participated in the conference, with more than 30,000 job seekers on site, and about 4,400 people reached intentions on site. A platform for introducing doctoral talents was built, and 35 enterprises and institutions and 865 doctoral students from key universities participated in the docking and negotiation activities, and 194 people initially reached intentions.
Promoting Talent Returning to Guangxi (桂) to Build Guangxi (桂). The exchange of innovative and entrepreneurial achievements of high-end talents at home and abroad has been held for 10 consecutive years. High-level talents participated with more than 80 projects, and 30 projects reached landing intentions, including 17 projects in the field of artificial intelligence. Activities such as the "Gathering Strength and Offering Suggestions - 2025 Guangxi Outstanding Talents from Outside the Region Symposium" were organized. 1 academician and 28 outstanding Guangxi (桂) talents offered 78 suggestions for the development of Guangxi (广西), attracting "Guangxi (桂) talents to return to Guangxi (桂) and build Guangxi (桂)". Ceremonies such as the Guangxi "Golden Embroidery Ball Friendship Award" presentation, the issuance of certificates for personnel enjoying special government allowances, and the awarding of Guangxi talent highlands were held to enhance the sense of gain and honor of talents and create a talent environment that attracts talents from near and far.
Expanding Foreign Exchange and Cooperation. The China-Vietnam Border Area Labor Cooperation Symposium was held, deepening cooperation consensus in labor cooperation and promoting China-Vietnam human resources cooperation. The "Skills Light Up the Future" and "Belt and Road" Skills Building Dream Action 2025 Guangxi Exchange Activity was held, releasing the Pearl River Basin "Belt and Road" Skills Building Dream Action Cooperation Alliance Nanning Initiative and the Overseas Vocational Skills Comparison and Recognition Catalog, awarding Chinese vocational skill level certificates to ASEAN students, and donating bilingual textbooks to ASEAN partners to promote international cooperation in skills talent training. The China-ASEAN Youth Talent Exchange Activity and the 11th Guangxi Entrepreneurship Competition Award Ceremony were held to strengthen international cultural exchange.
Highlighting the People-Oriented Background. The Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Association was established, and a large lecture hall on human resources management innovation was organized to promote the association to be a "booster" for policy implementation, a "think tank" for human resources and social security development, and a "bridge of hearts" for social services. The publicity and implementation activities of the "Regulations on the Social Security Card Resident Service All-in-One Card of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region" and the "Human Resources and Social Security + Finance" High-Quality Achievement Exchange Activity were held to promote the "8+N" application scenarios of the social security card resident service all-in-one card, and to implement the latest achievements of collaborative innovation between human resources and social security departments and financial departments to jointly serve the people's livelihood.
Data source: Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区人力资源和社会保障厅)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘鑫焱 马睿姗
Walking into a building color painting studio in Shihua Village (石花村), Yushe County (榆社县), Jinzhong City (晋中市), Shanxi Province (山西省), Jia Yanbing (贾艳兵), an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage in ancient building color painting, is standing in front of a silk lining to paint murals: using a brush tip to dip in mineral pigments, mainly in blue and green, with a small amount of red and brown interspersed; according to different patterns, the colors are rendered from light to dark, making the picture more three-dimensional, with the characters' eyes flowing and a long ancient charm.
"Yushe Ancient Building Color Painting Technique" (榆社古建彩绘技艺) is a Shanxi Province (山西省) intangible cultural heritage. The local area makes full use of this cultural resource to cultivate the "Yushe Ancient Building Craftsman" (榆社古建工匠) labor service brand, inheriting intangible heritage skills while developing the ancient building color painting industry, transforming cultural resources into development advantages.
Detailed Depiction and Careful Polishing
Painting New Colors for Ancient Buildings
In Shihua Village (石花村), the reporter met Mr. Yue Junde (岳俊德), who is over eighty years old. His specialty, Hanwen Brocade Painting (汉纹锦彩画), is one of the representatives of ancient architectural paintings in Shanxi Province (山西省). Yue Junde (岳俊德) introduced that Hanwen Brocade Painting (汉纹锦彩画) originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (隋唐年间), evolving from patterns such as wall skirt paintings and kang skirt paintings of the Han Dynasty (汉代). Later, color painting craftsmen integrated methods such as rendering, color separation, and heavy coloring into architectural color paintings. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties (明清时期), processes such as applying powder and gold leaf were also added, forming the Jin-style (晋式) color painting Hanwen Brocade (汉纹锦) technique with Shanxi characteristics.
In the 1970s, Taiyuan City (太原市) renovated the Sutra Repository of Yingze Park (迎泽公园). Yue Junde (岳俊德) led 21 apprentices to Taiyuan (太原) to undertake the project. It was this accidental opportunity that brightened the signboard of "Yushe Ancient Building Craftsman" (榆社古建工匠). The vast and complex project was completed in less than 5 months. Since then, the ancient building engineering team led by Yue Junde (岳俊德) gradually gained a foothold in Taiyuan (太原). Over the decades, Yue Junde (岳俊德) has led teams to undertake projects such as the renovation of Jin祠 (晋祠) in Shanxi (山西), and has also gone abroad, leaving Chinese pavilion architecture in many countries. In long-term practice, Yue Junde (岳俊德) has explored the "Piled Gold Landscape" technique with Shanxi characteristics, and also participated in the construction of Rongguo Mansion (荣国府) in Zhengding (正定), Hebei (河北), the filming location for the 1987 version of the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" (《红楼梦》).
In 2011, "Yushe Ancient Building Color Painting Technique" (榆社古建彩绘技艺) was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of Shanxi Province (山西省). Recalling the past, Yue Junde (岳俊德) is very gratified: "We must pass on the Hanwen Brocade Painting (汉纹锦彩画), and we cannot lose the good things left by our ancestors. Each generation will definitely be stronger than the last."
Carefully Cultivating People
Intangible Heritage Skills Enter the Campus
Ancient building color painting has a high threshold and is difficult to learn. How to activate the endogenous power of inheritance? Yushe County (榆社县) has opened up the "last mile" of ancient building talent cultivation and delivery, and gradually formed a complete talent cultivation mechanism.
Walking into the ancient building major class of Yushe County Vocational High School (榆社县职业中学), Chang Taisheng (常太生), an ancient building builder, is lying on the table, demonstrating the rendering method of lotus flowers to student Wang Xinyuan (王鑫媛) hand in hand: "The color transition should be more natural." Having been engaged in ancient building color painting for more than 40 years, he has now changed his identity and is teaching this ancient skill to more young people.
Chang Taisheng (常太生) specially brought his own drawings that he had drawn over the years, and after drawing the line drafts, he taught the students the techniques of monochrome flat coating and multi-layer rendering. The 3-hour ancient building color painting class every afternoon is Wang Xinyuan's (王鑫媛) most anticipated course of the week. After a semester of classes, she has been able to draw figure drafts with smooth and powerful lines and accurate composition.
Since the establishment of the Yushe Architectural Color Painting Intangible Heritage Workshop (榆社建筑彩绘非遗工坊) in 2022, many intangible heritage inheritors have entered the classroom. As of now, the Yushe Architectural Color Painting Intangible Heritage Workshop (榆社建筑彩绘非遗工坊) has opened 13 skill training classes, training more than 1,000 color painting workers.
In 2023, Yushe County (榆社县) promoted the cooperation of the County Ancient Building Group (县古建集团), the County Vocational High School (县职业中学), and Shanxi Engineering Science and Technology Vocational University (山西工程科技职业大学) to explore the "3-year vocational high school + 2-year junior college" education model. After graduation, students receive a junior technician certificate, opening up the channel for ancient building major students to enter higher education.
"I am very interested in architectural color painting in class, and I want to develop it into my own profession, and become an architectural color painter or designer in the future," said Wang Xinyuan (王鑫媛).
Developing Cultural and Creative Products
Extending the Upstream and Downstream Industrial Chain
In the exhibition hall of the Yushe Architectural Color Painting Intangible Heritage Workshop (榆社建筑彩绘非遗工坊), several students are drawing cultural and creative mural products. "Relying on drawing cultural and creative products, students can earn two or three thousand yuan more a month!" said Ren Jinfu (任锦富), head of the Yushe Architectural Color Painting Intangible Heritage Workshop (榆社建筑彩绘非遗工坊).
In the process of repairing ancient buildings, Yushe (榆社) ancient building color painting craftsmen have explored the "mud skin mural" technology. Using mud as the main material, mixed with a certain proportion of auxiliary materials such as wheat straw, wheat husk skin, cotton wool, and hemp rope, after fully stirring with water, it is attached to hard board materials in different layers, and then formed after smoothing, drying, drafting, outlining, and coloring. "Mud skin murals are our inheritance and innovation of Hanwen Brocade (汉纹锦) techniques. We integrate Shanxi culture into the creation of mud skin murals, allowing architectural color painting art to enter people's lives," said Ren Jinfu (任锦富).
In 2023, "Yushe Ancient Building Craftsman" (榆社古建工匠) was selected as a "characteristic labor service brand in poverty-stricken areas." Today, Yushe (榆社) has formed a complete industrial chain system of "wood component production - ancient building repair - cultural and creative development." After systematic training through intangible heritage workshops and intangible heritage entering campuses, it has solved the employment problem of more than 7,000 people in the county; organized construction teams to participate in more than 20 rural homestay renovation projects, driving the county's tourism revenue to increase by 20%. Yushe (榆社) ancient building craftsmen are active in ancient building maintenance sites in Tianjin (天津), Jiangsu (江苏), Yunnan (云南) and other places, becoming a business card for the export of Yushe's (榆社) labor service brand.
"Next, we will continue to extend the upstream and downstream industrial chain, increase the development and promotion of mud skin mural cultural and creative products, and prepare to build an ancient building brick and tile factory. Through the coordinated development of production and sales, we will make every effort to strengthen the construction of ancient building professional towns and continuously improve the competitiveness of Yushe's (榆社) ancient building industry," said a relevant person in charge of the Yushe County Party Committee (榆社县委).
By: 黄惠康
The "Regulations on the Administration of Chinese Employees of Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Missions in China" (《外国驻华外交领事机构中国籍雇员管理条例》) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), adopted at the State Council Executive Meeting, have been officially promulgated and will come into effect on January 1, 2026. It is the first time in the history of the rule of law in New China to formulate special administrative regulations on the management of Chinese employees of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China (hereinafter referred to as "Chinese employees"). The formulation of the "Regulations" is a major initiative to implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) thought on the rule of law, serve the overall diplomatic situation of the country, and further improve the construction of the legal system for foreign affairs, which is conducive to establishing an open, transparent, unified, and standardized management system for Chinese employees.
The Necessity and Significance of the "Regulations"
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "We must adhere to the overall promotion of the rule of law at home and abroad. We must accelerate the strategic layout of foreign-related legal work, coordinate the promotion of domestic governance and international governance, and better safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests." The management of Chinese employees is an important part of the national foreign affairs service work, which is related to the overall diplomatic work, the bilateral relations between China and countries that have established diplomatic relations with China, and the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens. It involves a wide range of issues and is highly policy-oriented, and needs to be promoted on the track of the rule of law.
The current management system and mechanism for Chinese employees was formed in the early 1960s. For a long time, Chinese employees of foreign diplomatic missions in China in the capital area have been managed and organized by the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions (北京外交人员服务局), which was approved by the State Council. The people's governments of other provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government exercise unified leadership over the Chinese employees of foreign consular missions in China in their respective regions, and designate special foreign affairs service agencies to organize and undertake the work. The needs of foreign embassies and consulates in China for Chinese employees are met by foreign affairs service agencies designated by the Chinese government through "dispatch system" and other methods. These management systems have operated normally for a considerable period of time and have played an important role in the field of foreign affairs services.
With the substantial increase in the number of countries that have established diplomatic relations with China, the number of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China and Chinese employees who provide auxiliary and service work for embassies and consulates has increased significantly, with a total number of nearly 10,000. In particular, with the continuous deepening of reform and opening up and the gradual liberalization of the personnel and talent market, the existing management system and mechanism for Chinese employees has obviously lagged behind the development of the situation, and the contradictions, frictions, and risks and challenges in the management of Chinese employees are increasing. Some foreign embassies and consulates in China have seen the phenomenon of "private recruitment and chaotic employment" of Chinese employees, and cases of infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees have also occurred from time to time. Therefore, there is an urgent need to formulate a unified and applicable regulation on the management of Chinese employees to fill the legislative gap in the field of foreign affairs services, strengthen and improve the management of Chinese employees through the rule of law, and better serve the overall diplomatic situation.
The management of Chinese employees is an important guarantee for fulfilling the obligations of the receiving country, an important window for demonstrating China's diplomatic style, and an important tool for serving the overall diplomatic situation. The "Regulations," which will soon be implemented, are based on the "Foreign Relations Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国对外关系法》) as the superior law, and have a solid legal foundation. They are based on law, open and transparent, unified and standardized, combining decentralization and management, and taking into account both domestic and foreign considerations. They not only comply with the relevant systems and regulations of Chinese law, but also comply with the relevant provisions of the "Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations" and the "Vienna Convention on Consular Relations," to which China is a contracting party. They not only have the characteristics of China's independent and autonomous foreign affairs service management system, but also refer to international practices or internationally accepted practices. After the promulgation and implementation of the "Regulations," they will become the criteria for regulating the recruitment, employment, management, and protection of Chinese employees, and will have legal binding force.
The Legislative Purpose and Institutional Construction of the "Regulations"
Due to the particularity of diplomatic and foreign affairs service work, it is a sovereign act in accordance with international law for the Chinese government, as the government of the receiving country, to establish necessary management systems while providing convenience for foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to employ local employees.
Legislative purpose. Article 1 of the "Regulations" stipulates that these regulations are formulated in accordance with the "Foreign Relations Law of the People's Republic of China" in order to facilitate foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to perform their duties and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees. According to the definition in Article 2 of the "Regulations," foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China refer to foreign diplomatic missions and consular missions in China; Chinese employees refer to Chinese citizens who are engaged in auxiliary and service work in foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China. The above provisions, together with the name of the "Regulations," indicate that the "Regulations" have a dual legislative purpose: First, to facilitate foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to perform their duties in China, and second, to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees; its legislative basis, the superior law, is the first foreign relations law of New China passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in June 2023. In terms of international law, it is the "Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations" and the "Vienna Convention on Consular Relations," to which China is a contracting party.
Scope of application. The "Regulations" apply to Chinese citizens employed by embassies of various countries in China (including the Delegation of the European Union to China) and consulates general or consulates in mainland China to engage in auxiliary and service work. The "Regulations" do not apply to the employment of Chinese employees by foreign news media in China, but should be implemented in accordance with the "Regulations on Foreign Permanent News Agencies and Foreign Journalists" (《中华人民共和国外国常驻新闻机构和外国记者采访条例》), or agreements between the two parties. At the same time, according to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the "Regulations" do not apply to consular missions of foreign countries in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Basic principles. Article 3 of the "Regulations" stipulates that the Chinese government shall, in accordance with the law, provide convenience for foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to employ Chinese employees; foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China shall respect China's laws and regulations and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees. Article 8 stipulates that Chinese employees shall abide by China's laws and regulations, fulfill the obligations stipulated in the labor contract, shall not engage in activities that endanger national security or harm social public interests, and shall not carry out activities in the capacity of diplomatic representatives or consular officers. These provisions constitute the basic principles of the Chinese employee management system, taking into account the rights and obligations of the three parties: foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China, foreign affairs service agencies, and Chinese employees. The "Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations" and the "Vienna Convention on Consular Relations" both stipulate that diplomatic (consular) personnel who enjoy diplomatic (consular) privileges and immunities have the obligation to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving country and not to interfere in the internal affairs of the receiving country. The Chinese government's management of Chinese employees through the formulation of administrative regulations is in line with international law and China's treaty obligations under relevant international conventions. Foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China should respect this and cooperate with the implementation of the regulations.
Basic system. The "Regulations" consist of 12 articles, covering the basic principles, management system, employment procedures, mutual relations, rights and obligations, and dispute resolution of Chinese employee management. "Centralized management" is one of the core contents of the Chinese employee management system. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) is responsible for guiding and coordinating the national Chinese employee management work. The unit entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the foreign affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government are respectively responsible for the management of Chinese employees of foreign diplomatic missions in China and foreign consular missions in China within their respective administrative regions. Other relevant departments shall cooperate in doing relevant work within the scope of their duties. The competent foreign affairs service unit shall issue Chinese employee certificates to Chinese employees as their work permits. The responsibilities, powers, and interests of diplomatic and consular missions in China, Chinese employees, and foreign affairs service undertaking agencies shall be clarified in accordance with the law. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) shall establish a unified Chinese employee human resources platform and open it to qualified job seekers and diplomatic and consular missions in China nationwide. Foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China shall employ Chinese employees through the Chinese employee human resources platform, sign service agreements with foreign affairs service agencies, and foreign affairs service agencies shall sign labor contracts with Chinese employees. All parties in China and foreign countries shall perform the various agreements in the service agreement and labor contract in good faith.
Specific Implementation and Supporting Improvement of the "Regulations"
The promulgation of the "Regulations" establishes a basic legal system for the management of Chinese employees of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China, which is of great significance for improving the level of legalization of foreign affairs service work.
In view of the strong political and policy nature of the management of Chinese employees, the legislative purpose of the "Regulations" is to build a basic framework for the Chinese-style management system for Chinese employees of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China. The provisions of the "Regulations" are relatively principled, reflecting the spirit of being broad rather than detailed, and leaving appropriate space and interfaces for future diplomatic practice. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the "Regulations," Article 11 of the "Regulations" specifically authorizes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) to formulate specific measures for the management of Chinese employees in accordance with the "Regulations." Article 12 leaves a period of preparation and smooth transition for the implementation of the "Regulations."
(The author is a specially appointed professor of the Institute of International Rule of Law of Wuhan University (武汉大学), a national high-end think tank, and the former Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia)
Return to TopBy: 钟 佳
The "Regulations on the Administration of Chinese Employees of Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Missions in China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") is the first administrative regulation in the field of foreign affairs services in New China, and also a special foreign-related administrative regulation. The "Regulations" establish an open, transparent, unified, and standardized management system for Chinese employees of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China (hereinafter referred to as "Chinese employees"). An important institutional innovation and legislative highlight is the top-level design and principled provisions for the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees. This will help establish a stable and orderly foreign affairs talent service market order and better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foreign affairs service practitioners through the rule of law.
The Urgent Need to Improve the System for Protecting the Rights of Chinese Employees
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "promoting the comprehensive rule of law is fundamentally to protect the people's rights and interests in accordance with the law." Therefore, the establishment and improvement of the foreign affairs service management system must adhere to the principles of the rule of law for the people, relying on the people, benefiting the people, and protecting the people, and actively respond to the legitimate demands of Chinese employees.
With the development of China's foreign relations, the number of diplomatic and consular missions in China has continued to increase, and the number of Chinese employees serving these institutions has also increased significantly, with a total of nearly 10,000. This is a special professional group. On the one hand, they are an important part of the foreign affairs service talent team, providing indispensable auxiliary services for foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to perform their duties. On the other hand, due to the particularity and uncertainty of the service objects, their working conditions and welfare benefits during their work in foreign embassies and consulates are severely restricted by the foreign parties, and their legitimate rights and interests lack the protection of Chinese law. Due to the lack of legal basis and weak rights protection mechanisms, the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees face many risks. Contradictions, frictions, and risk challenges in the management of Chinese employees are increasing. Therefore, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees in accordance with the law is an urgent requirement for improving the foreign affairs service management system, reflecting China's progress in the rule of law and its emphasis on human rights protection. The formulation of the "Regulations" provides a strong guarantee for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees.
Outstanding Problems in the Current Protection of the Rights and Interests of Chinese Employees
Investigations have found that a few diplomatic and consular missions in China, to varying degrees, have problems such as deducting wages, forcibly dismissing employees, refusing to purchase social security and medical insurance, and workplace harassment. The embassies and consulates of individual countries have also been in arrears with the wages and other expenses of Chinese employees for a long time. Labor disputes involving Chinese employees also occur from time to time and are on the rise. Because foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China enjoy diplomatic (consular) privileges and immunities, these disputes are often difficult to resolve properly. These problems urgently need to be resolved by establishing a new type of Chinese employee management system.
There are two outstanding problems in the existing protection of the rights and interests of Chinese employees:
There are no applicable laws and regulations for the protection of legitimate rights and interests. China's existing policies and laws on labor, social security, taxation, and other aspects do not consider the particularity of foreign affairs service work and cannot be fully applied to Chinese employees. In addition, the existing labor laws and regulations lack mandatory constraints on foreign embassies and consulates. The protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees is in a situation where there is no law to rely on, and they are in a weak position in safeguarding their rights. For example, a foreign consulate in China refused to purchase "five insurances and one fund" for its Chinese employees and also refused to sign an "Employment Agreement for Chinese Employees" with the local foreign affairs service agency. In order to protect their legitimate rights and interests, Chinese employees reported the problem to the local foreign affairs authorities and petitioning departments. However, due to the lack of applicable laws and regulations, not only were the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese employees not protected, but they were also illegally dismissed by the foreign party.
There is a lack of formal relief channels for labor disputes. In labor disputes between Chinese employees and foreign embassies and consulates, the civil litigation status of the two parties is unequal. Chinese employees generally lack domestic legal basis and formal labor dispute resolution mechanisms to protect their legitimate rights and interests. It is difficult to protect their rights through litigation, and they mostly rely on negotiation or petitions, but the effect is limited. This has led some Chinese employees whose rights have been infringed to turn to foreign affairs service agencies for compensation, and our foreign affairs service agencies sometimes have to bear the economic compensation responsibilities that should be borne by foreign embassies and consulates. In addition, when foreign embassies and consulates "privately hire" Chinese employees, it is more difficult for the Chinese parties to protect their rights.
The above problems show that with the development of the situation, the legalization and standardization reform of the management of Chinese employees is imperative.
The New Institutional Construction of Chinese Employee Rights Protection
The "Regulations" attach great importance to the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese employees, and regard it as an important starting point for improving the Chinese employee management system, making systematic arrangements for the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese employees from the top-level design and principled provisions. The basic legislative idea is to provide convenience for foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to employ Chinese employees, meet the reasonable demands of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China for internationalized, high-quality, long-term stable Chinese employees, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees from infringement in accordance with the law, maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights and interests of both parties. The "Regulations" emphasize the maintenance and protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees in the provisions on legislative purposes, basic principles, service agreements, and dispute resolution.
Article 1 of the "Regulations" clearly sets the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees as one of the two major legislative purposes of the regulations, which greatly strengthens the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees.
As an important principled provision, Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the "Regulations" further clarifies that foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China shall respect China's laws and regulations and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees. In this way, the "Regulations" establish the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees as a statutory obligation for foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China to employ Chinese employees in the form of administrative regulations, establishing a legal basis for Chinese employees to protect their legitimate rights and interests.
On this basis, the "Regulations" establish the legal relationship between foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China, foreign affairs service agencies, and Chinese employees. Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the "Regulations" stipulates that foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China shall sign service agreements with the foreign affairs service agencies designated by the local foreign affairs service authorities, clarifying matters such as the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese employees, the application of law, dispute resolution, and foreign affairs service fees; the foreign affairs service agencies shall sign labor contracts with Chinese employees, clarifying their auxiliary and service work content, labor remuneration, etc. in foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China. By signing service agreements and labor contracts, the rights and obligations of foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China, Chinese employees, and foreign affairs service agencies are clarified, urging all parties to exercise their rights correctly and strictly fulfill their obligations, and establish a standardized and effective labor relationship, which is also one of the important legal forms to ensure that Chinese employees legally realize their labor rights and interests.
The labor remuneration and other welfare benefits of Chinese employees shall, in principle, be adjusted by the market, but shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chinese law and be stipulated in the labor contract. According to relevant laws such as China's Labor Law, Labor Contract Law, and Social Insurance Law, Chinese employees are entitled to welfare benefits such as labor remuneration, "five insurances and one fund," and statutory holidays in accordance with the law. Service agreements and labor contracts shall not infringe on the constitutional rights of Chinese employees as Chinese citizens, and shall not violate Chinese laws and social public order and good customs.
In order to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees, the "Regulations" also construct a dispute resolution system for foreign affairs services. The "Regulations" distinguish between disputes arising from the interpretation and application of service agreements between foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China and our foreign affairs service agencies, and disputes arising from the interpretation and application of labor contracts between foreign affairs service agencies and Chinese employees, and stipulate different dispute resolution principles: that is, disputes related to the service agreements stipulated in Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the "Regulations" shall be resolved in accordance with the methods agreed in the service agreements; disputes involving labor contracts shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Mediation and Arbitration of Labor Disputes." The Law on Mediation and Arbitration of Labor Disputes establishes the basic system for handling labor disputes, including negotiation, mediation, labor arbitration, and litigation, but Article 5 of the law clarifies the order of dispute resolution methods, requiring that in the event that labor contract disputes cannot be resolved through negotiation or mediation by mediation organizations, both parties must first apply to the labor dispute arbitration committee for arbitration, and may file a lawsuit with the people's court if they are dissatisfied with the arbitration award, unless otherwise stipulated by law.
The promulgation of the "Regulations" is a milestone in the construction of the Chinese employee management system. Its significance lies not only in filling the legislative gap, but also in providing legal tools for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees, and balancing diplomatic (consular) privileges and immunities and the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese employees through legal means.
(The author is the Assistant Secretary-General of the China-ASEAN Legal Research Center of Southwest University of Political Science and Law and a lecturer at the School of International Law)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 29th (Reporter Shi Fang) On December 29th, with the handover ceremony of the original campus of Beijing Yucai School (北京育才学校) at the Temple of Agriculture (先农坛) held, the east gate of the inner altar of the Temple of Agriculture slowly opened, marking the connection of the inner altar area and the Qingcheng Palace (庆成宫) area of the outer altar. Starting December 30th, visitors can walk along the sacrificial road from the Qingcheng Palace area to visit the inner altar.
The Temple of Agriculture is one of the 15 heritage sites on the Beijing Central Axis (北京中轴线). During the process of applying for World Heritage status for the Beijing Central Axis, several key and difficult tasks were completed, including the relocation and reconstruction of Beijing Yucai School, the relocation and demolition of Xicheng Education Institute (西城教育学院), the overall relocation and acquisition of the Qingcheng Palace courtyard, and the relocation and requisition of the faculty and staff dormitory of Yucai School. The historical pattern and historical features of the Temple of Agriculture have been further restored. Xue Jian (薛俭), curator of the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum (北京古代建筑博物馆), introduced that in the future, the Temple of Agriculture will be built into a display window of traditional historical culture, a place for international exchanges, and a citizen's cultural and leisure space at the southern end of the central axis.
After the successful application for World Heritage status for the Beijing Central Axis, Beijing Municipality has deeply promoted the protection and inheritance of the central axis, and issued the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Protection and Inheritance of the Beijing Central Axis (2025-2027)," in which the Temple of Agriculture is a key site for the protection and inheritance of the Beijing Central Axis. Zhang Lixin (张立新), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage (北京市文物局), said that in the next step, they will continue to promote the relocation of occupying units within the Temple of Agriculture area to better restore the historical pattern of the Temple of Agriculture and expand the open area.
Return to TopCartography: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
Return to TopCommon prosperity is an essential requirement of socialism and an important feature of Chinese-style modernization. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), as a megacity with a population of over 10 million, has been unswervingly guided by the "Double-Eight Strategy" in the practice of building a demonstration zone for common prosperity with high-quality development. It is committed to establishing a system and mechanism to promote common prosperity, continuously narrowing the "three major gaps," and making every effort to promote the high-quality sharing of public services. The construction of an urban model for the common prosperity demonstration zone has achieved significant phased results.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan," Hangzhou will anchor the value coordinates of "people first," take reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, strive to promote decisive progress in the high-quality development and construction of the common prosperity demonstration zone in Zhejiang Province (浙江省), and strive to take the lead in presenting a vivid picture of basically realizing socialist modernization.
Focusing on high-quality development, consolidate the material foundation for common prosperity.
High-quality development is an important prerequisite for achieving common prosperity. Hangzhou (杭州) adheres to steady and solid progress, maintaining integrity and innovation, accumulating momentum on the basis of "stability," breaking through in stimulating the kinetic energy of "progress," and building a solid foundation for common prosperity with the systematic leap of the economy. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Hangzhou's (杭州) gross regional product crossed a new threshold of 2 trillion yuan, the high-end manufacturing industry made a strong breakthrough, the digital economy continued to lead, emerging industries flourished, and the development color of the innovative and dynamic city continued to improve.
Project construction is the "hard support" for economic and social development. From January to November this year, 235 "Thousand Projects and Ten Trillion" projects in Hangzhou (杭州) have cumulatively completed an investment of 135 billion yuan, with an investment completion rate of 125.6%. All 54 newly started projects have started construction, injecting strong impetus into economic growth. In terms of new urbanization construction, this year, Hangzhou (杭州) has included a total of 551 modern and beautiful town construction projects. As of the end of November, the investment completion rate reached 97.28%, and the urban-rural development space has been continuously optimized.
The steady development of the economy benefits people's livelihood. The income ratio between urban and rural residents has continued to narrow from 1.75 in 2021 to 1.64 in 2024. All administrative villages have achieved the "8050" goal, and the people's sense of gain and happiness has continued to increase. In order to further promote the equalization of income distribution, Hangzhou (杭州) has implemented the "expanding the middle and raising the low" reform, and accelerated the formation of an "olive-shaped" social structure dominated by the middle-income group through improving the employment and entrepreneurship service system and innovating the redistribution and tertiary distribution mechanisms, so that the fruits of development benefit all people.
Promote integrated urban-rural development and activate the momentum of comprehensive rural revitalization.
Integrated urban-rural development is an inevitable requirement of Chinese-style modernization. Focusing on narrowing the "three major gaps," Hangzhou (杭州) has coordinated the promotion of the three articles of "strengthening the city," "revitalizing the village," and "integration" around "enriching the people," and has embarked on a path of common prosperity through deep urban-rural integration.
In terms of "strengthening the city," Hangzhou (杭州) promotes the construction of new urbanization with county towns as important carriers, takes "county town-central town-key village" as the axis, innovates the "large town leading small township" mechanism, and comprehensively enhances the carrying capacity of county towns and central towns. From January to November this year, the city implemented 1,786 urban renewal projects, with an investment completion rate of 101%. Seven projects were selected as the first batch of typical urban renewal cases in Zhejiang Province (浙江省). At the 3rd BRICS Future Urban Forum, Hangzhou (杭州) won the "Sustainable Cities and Communities" award, and the level of urban construction and governance has been widely recognized.
In terms of "revitalizing the village," Hangzhou (杭州) focuses on the shortcomings of rural development and explores ways to enrich the people in accordance with local conditions. Promote mountain-sea cooperation and leapfrog development in western mountainous areas, accelerate the cultivation and development of "local specialty" industries, deepen the construction of "common prosperity workshops" led by party building, and transform rural resources into development advantages. As of the end of November this year, the 4 mountainous counties in Hangzhou (杭州) have attracted 86 industrial projects with a total investment of more than 100 million yuan, and newly identified 10 "local specialty" full industrial chains with more than 100 million yuan, with a cumulative total of 30. Jiande (建德) strawberries, Lin'an (临安) walnuts and other characteristic products have formed a large-scale and branded development trend, becoming an important support for driving farmers' income.
In terms of "integration," Hangzhou (杭州) opens up the flow of urban and rural resources and promotes the accelerated flow of talent, capital, and technology. Hangzhou (杭州) has solidly promoted the citizenship of agricultural transfer population and the development of young people in rural areas, orderly promoted the construction of a "four-chain" integrated development agglomeration area for rural talent revitalization. The first batch of 25 key projects have been launched in 2 agglomeration areas, attracting 64 entrepreneurial teams and nearly 500 entrepreneurs to settle in, directly driving the increase of people's income by more than 150 million yuan. At the same time, the construction of youth rural practice stations has been fully promoted. As of the end of November this year, 1,232 young people have actually entered the 123 stations in the city, driving 23,000 farmers and 246 village collective economies to increase their income by 185 million yuan, and a good pattern of two-way flow of urban and rural elements is accelerating.
Improve the level of public services and steadily support the happy life of the masses.
Taking guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood as the fundamental starting point, Hangzhou (杭州) has deeply implemented the "Seven Advantages and Enjoyments" project of public services, focusing on the seven major areas of "good childcare for the young, excellent education for the students, gainful employment for the workers, good medical treatment for the sick, healthy elderly care for the elderly, suitable housing for the residents, and public assistance for the weak," to promote more balanced, accessible, and high-quality public services, and promote more and fairer development results to benefit all people.
In terms of "suitable housing for residents," Hangzhou (杭州) launched the "Qinghe Inn" service to provide free short-term accommodation for non-Hangzhou (杭州) registered new citizens and young people who come to Hangzhou (杭州) to participate in job interviews, employment and innovation and entrepreneurship competitions for no more than 7 days (6 nights)/person/year. You can apply online through the "Talent Hangzhou (人才杭州)" mini program, and the review is efficient and convenient, so that young people can have a place to live and feel at ease, making the city more attractive and belonging.
Around the key areas of people's livelihood of "the elderly and the young," Hangzhou (杭州) has launched a series of people-friendly measures. Childcare vouchers of 600-1000 yuan per month are issued to eligible families with infants and young children aged 0-3 in the western districts (counties and cities) of Hangzhou (杭州). As of the end of November this year, a total of 60,000 people have applied for parenting care vouchers, and a subsidy of 12.58 million yuan has been issued to reduce the burden of childcare on families. The project to expand and improve elderly care services has been implemented, and more than 1,500 rural elderly canteens (meal assistance points) have been built in the city, with a coverage rate of more than 95% of villages (communities) providing elderly meal assistance services.
Cultural benefits make people's spiritual life richer. Hangzhou (杭州) promotes the direct access of high-quality cultural and sports resources to the grassroots level and urban-rural sharing, continues to deepen the cultural commissioner mechanism, deeply promotes the construction of humanistic villages, and vigorously promotes cultural benefit activities directly to the grassroots level. As of the end of November this year, there are 35 high-quality rural tourism routes in the city, and 1,800 high-quality cultural activities such as "sending performances to the countryside" have been launched, allowing urban and rural people to share high-quality cultural and sports resources and enrich their spiritual and cultural lives.
Achieving common prosperity is a process of forward development in a dynamic, and it must be persistent and **久久为功** (jiǔ jiǔ wéi gōng - "achieve success through persistent efforts," success comes from perseverance). Hangzhou (杭州) is taking solid measures and a pragmatic style to make and distribute the "cake" bigger and better in high-quality development, activate development momentum in urban-rural integration, and gather people's hearts and strength in improving people's livelihood. In the future, Hangzhou (杭州) will continue to deepen the practice of common prosperity, continuously narrow the gap between urban and rural development, improve people's well-being, and transform the beautiful picture of common prosperity into a vivid reality on the land of Qiantang (钱塘) step by step, providing more replicable and scalable experience for promoting common prosperity throughout the country.
Data source: Publicity Department of the CPC Hangzhou (中国共产党杭州市委宣传部) Municipal Committee.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张天培
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Recently, the Dalian (大连) public security organs in Liaoning (辽宁) successfully cracked a major case endangering precious and endangered wild animals, rescuing a large number of yellow-breasted buntings, a national first-class protected wild animal. Public security organs are severely cracking down on crimes that damage wild animal resources, building a solid barrier for migratory birds.
"Three, two, one, release!" With an order, a large number of yellow-breasted buntings rushed out of the birdcage, flapping their wings and flying high, drawing beautiful arcs in the sky.
Recently, the Dalian (大连) Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Natural Resources Bureau and other departments jointly released the national first-class protected wild animal, the yellow-breasted bunting. The yellow-breasted bunting is a small passerine migratory bird. These precious birds were able to regain their freedom due to a major case endangering precious and endangered wild animals that the Dalian (大连) Municipal Public Security Bureau recently successfully solved.
A Case of Endangering Wild Birds Emerges
In Zhuanghe (庄河) City, Dalian (大连), a discarded express delivery bill in a paddy field aroused the police's vigilance.
The location of the incident was remote, the recipient's information was vague, the description of the item was obscure, and the identity of the sender was suspicious. A series of signs were very suspicious. The police immediately organized an investigation and found that the sender of the express delivery was a bird net seller. The police initially analyzed that someone was suspected of illegal hunting activities and had been paying attention to relevant trends. In August of this year, bird protection volunteers provided a clue that someone in Laogu (老古) Village, Chengzitan (城子坦) Street, Pulandian (普兰店) District, Dalian (大连), was setting up bird nets in the rice fields. The police went in disguise and found four bird nets in the area.
After investigation, Sun Moumou (孙某某) of Laogu (老古) Village was highly suspected of catching birds, and Zhuanghe (庄河) was the location of the fattening den.
In a chance encounter, Zhang Moumou (张某某) contacted Sun Moumou (孙某某) and informed him that the peak of the yellow-breasted bunting migration was coming soon. Sun Moumou (孙某某) took several bird nets from Zhang Moumou (张某某), spread them out in a paddy field, and caught yellow-breasted buntings. After Sun Moumou (孙某某) caught the birds, Zhang Moumou (张某某) transferred them to the fattening den.
The suspects who collected and caught the birds were found, so who was raising and selling these birds?
The police continued to investigate and found that a black car frequently entered and exited the fattening den for several days, and the car was equipped with bird cages and other equipment. The owner of the car was Jiang Mou (姜某), who, together with Lü Moumou (吕某某), fattened the collected yellow-breasted buntings in the den and then resold them.
At this point, a profit chain of "hunting-acquisition-distribution" in which Sun Moumou (孙某某) caught yellow-breasted buntings, Zhang Moumou (张某某) acquired them, and Jiang Mou (姜某) and Lü Moumou (吕某某) fattened and sold them to the outside world emerged. The police decided to conduct a centralized operation to arrest Sun Moumou (孙某某), Zhang Moumou (张某某), and more than 10 others. In the Zhuanghe (庄河) den where the incident occurred, hundreds of bird cages were found in six fattening rooms, where yellow-breasted buntings were kept and fattened.
Wang Peiliang (王培良), deputy detachment leader of the Environmental Resources and Food and Drug Crime Investigation Detachment of the Dalian (大连) Municipal Public Security Bureau, introduced that since the autumn migration of migratory birds began this year, members of the gang have repeatedly roamed the fields at the junction of Pulandian (普兰店) District and Zhuanghe (庄河) City, Dalian (大连), taking advantage of the yellow-breasted bunting's feeding habits, and setting up sticky nets in the reed marshes and rice fields where they inhabit. Subsequently, they secretly transported the captured yellow-breasted buntings to other places through layers of resale to seek huge profits. According to the appraisal, the total value of the wild birds seized in this case reached more than 39 million yuan.
Deterrence to Illegal Hunting and Trading of Birds
"Illegal elements sell rare birds mainly for two purposes. Some birds are eaten as game, and some birds are kept for their beautiful calls." Li Hongbo (李洪波), a senior engineer at the National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center responsible for coastal bird monitoring and evaluation, introduced.
Wang Peiliang (王培良) introduced that in this case, the criminal gang made full use of the biological characteristics of the seasonal migration of yellow-breasted buntings, set up hunting points in remote areas, and frequently changed the location of the crime, which was extremely mobile, bringing great challenges to the discovery of clues and the fixing of evidence. Therefore, when closing the net, the police specially invited bird experts to conduct on-site identification and evaluation of the types and quantities of birds involved in the case, as well as the nature and harm of hunting tools, to provide a scientific basis for the characterization of the case.
"The successful detection of this case has formed a strong deterrent to illegal hunting and trading of birds, and built a safety net for migratory bird migration." The relevant person in charge of the Forest Resources Protection Division of the Dalian (大连) Municipal Natural Resources Bureau introduced.
Gathering a Strong Joint Force of the Whole Society to Love and Protect Birds
Recently, the Dalian (大连) Municipal Natural Resources Administrative Law Enforcement Team, together with public security, market supervision and other departments, conducted a joint inspection of the Xianglujiao (香炉礁) Flower, Bird and Fish Market in Xigang (西岗) District to carry out legal publicity. Wang Feng (王锋), captain of the Wildlife and Plant Protection Law Enforcement Supervision Brigade of the Dalian (大连) Municipal Natural Resources Administrative Law Enforcement Team, said: "We actively cooperate with relevant departments to conduct comprehensive inspections of restaurants, flower and bird markets, breeding bases and other places from time to time, and respond to the doubts of operators in a timely manner."
Bird protection volunteer teams are an important force in protecting wild birds. In Dalian (大连), more and more people spontaneously join volunteer teams to clean up habitats, build bird nests, and rescue injured birds during the migratory bird season and breeding season.
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the legal and regulatory system, the strict crackdown on crimes by law enforcement departments throughout the chain, and the continuous improvement of public awareness of bird protection, the number of illegal bird hunting cases in Dalian (大连) has decreased year by year, and a wild bird protection system integrating "legal norms + strict law enforcement + publicity and popularization of law + volunteer protection" has gradually formed.
The relevant person in charge of the Dalian (大连) Municipal Public Security Bureau said that relying on the "Peaceful Wilderness-2025" special action, the Dalian (大连) public security organs will further enhance their ability to discover and combat wildlife-related crimes, and establish information sharing, joint law enforcement, and case consultation mechanisms with natural resources, market supervision, customs, procuratorates and other departments, carry out various forms of legal publicity activities, and further gather a strong joint force of the whole society to love and protect birds.
Return to TopBeijing, December 29th (Reporter Gu Zhongyang (顾仲阳)) - The reporter learned from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局) that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China collected and preserved 147,400 copies of forestry and grassland germplasm resources, an increase of 180% compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan." Important native tree and grass species, as well as rare and endangered forestry and grassland germplasm resources, have been effectively protected. The utilization rate of improved varieties of major afforestation tree species increased from 65% at the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" to 76%, promoting the precise improvement of forest quality. The annual output value of the national seed and seedling flower industry exceeds 500 billion yuan, and the seed and seedling industry continues to develop and grow.
Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," China has implemented the "Three-Year Action Plan for Revitalizing Forestry and Grassland Seeds and Seedlings (2023-2025)," and the ability to protect and utilize forestry and grassland germplasm resources, the ability to innovate breeding, the ability to produce and supply seeds and seedlings, and the ability to supervise the market have been significantly improved. The first national survey of forestry and grassland germplasm resources was launched, and seven national forestry and grassland germplasm resource facility preservation banks ("1 main and 6 branches"), 209 national in-situ and ex-situ conservation banks for forest tree germplasm resources, and 20 national grass germplasm resource nurseries were laid out and constructed, initially building a forestry and grassland germplasm resource conservation system combining the national and provincial levels, in-situ and ex-situ conservation, and facility preservation in three ways. 2,152 improved varieties of forest trees and 324 varieties of grass have been selected and approved. The newly selected improved varieties of oil tea, such as "Deyou No. 2" oil tea and the Xianghua series of oil tea, have an average oil yield of more than 80 kilograms per mu, and drought-resistant and barren-resistant grass varieties such as the Zhongke series of Leymus chinensis have been widely promoted and applied in the "Three-North" region.
In the past five years, China has built more than 1,500 seed production bases for forest trees at all levels and of various types, 600,000 mu of grass seed breeding bases, and 188,000 seedling production bases, with an average annual production of 13,000 tons of forest tree seeds, 25,000 tons of grass seeds, and more than 20 billion seedlings, which strongly guarantees the construction of key ecological projects such as the "Three-North" region, the sustainable management of forests, and the diversified demand for improved varieties and strong seedlings for the under-forest economy.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on December 29th (Reporter Wang Hao (王浩)): The reporter learned from the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (黄河水利委员会) of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部): On December 28th, the diversion tunnel of the Yellow River Guxian (古贤) Water Control Project was successfully completed, marking the first phase victory of the project and creating the prerequisites for river closure and main project construction.
The diversion tunnel is a key control project on the critical path of the Guxian (古贤) project, undertaking the important task of diversion and flood discharge during construction. The project has a large design section, a large amount of excavation, and high construction intensity. Since the start of construction, facing multiple challenges such as complex geological conditions, frequent cross-operations, and low-temperature construction in winter, all participants have risen to the challenge and worked together to overcome difficulties, achieving the goal of full-line completion. After the diversion tunnel is completed, the project will enter the subsequent stage of tunnel lining and other work. Yellow River Guxian (黄河古贤) Water Control Project Co., Ltd. will promote the transfer acceptance and the first concrete pouring work to a high standard, focus on the goal of river closure, and continue to strengthen construction organization and resource allocation, and strive for the diversion tunnel to pass the flow on schedule and the main project to be constructed on schedule.
After completion, the Guxian (古贤) project will undertake important functions such as flood control and silt reduction, water resources regulation and storage, water supply, irrigation, and power generation, and create conditions for downstream water replenishment and increased river water use, which is of great and far-reaching significance for improving the Yellow River (黄河) water and sediment regulation system and ensuring the long-term stability of the Yellow River (黄河).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩立群
"Now depart and begin inspecting each ski run."
In the morning, the rescue team of the Silk Road International Ski Resort (丝绸之路国际滑雪场) in Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), Xinjiang (新疆) assembled. Team leader Talihati Santayi (塔里哈提·散塔依) issued the order, and the team members quickly rushed to their respective posts.
The Silk Road International Ski Resort (丝绸之路国际滑雪场) is located at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains (天山山麓), about 40 kilometers from downtown Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), in Shuixigou Town (水西沟镇), Urumqi County (乌鲁木齐县). The scenery here is beautiful, with long winters and heavy snowfall, making it ideal for skiing.
Talihati (塔里哈提) lives in Miaoergou Village (庙尔沟村), Shuixigou Town (水西沟镇). Since childhood, he followed his parents to graze sheep on the pasture. At that time, his family lived in a wooden house, and he had to ride a horse seven or eight kilometers to get to school. "Now buses go to the village, I live in an affordable house, and I can work at my doorstep," said Talihati (塔里哈提).
Icy and snowy land is also a gold mine. Winter comes early in Xinjiang (新疆), and the ski resort has already become popular. Huang He (黄河), Deputy General Manager of Silk Road Mountain Resort (丝绸之路山地度假区), said: "There are more and more tourists. While paying attention to efficiency, we must also pay attention to safety and make good use of the ski resort rescue team."
"The rescue team is equipped with special equipment such as snowmobiles and snow rescue boats. We patrol, drill, and rescue on the ski slopes every day," said Talihati (塔里哈提).
"Joining the rescue team requires learning a lot of professional knowledge. In addition to skiing skills, you must also master medical rescue skills, and everything must be completed with due diligence." From a former shepherd boy to a professional ski rescuer, Talihati (塔里哈提) is very proud, "I really like my current life. I am exposed to tourists from all over the world every day, which broadens my horizons and increases my knowledge, especially when I hear their praise, my heart is warm."
Return to TopIn Anhui Province (安徽省), the automotive industry chain is rapidly expanding, injecting strong momentum into economic development. The "Hefei (合肥) - Wuhu (芜湖)" dual-core driven and multi-point coordinated industrial pattern continues to consolidate. Vehicle manufacturers such as Chery (奇瑞), JAC (江淮), BYD (比亚迪), NIO (蔚来), and Volkswagen Anhui (大众安徽) are gathering, and over 3,100 scaled component enterprises are developing in coordination. However, many component enterprises on the chain often face challenges such as lengthy financing processes and high collateral thresholds, making it difficult for traditional credit models to adapt to the industry's rapid development. Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan" period and seizing the critical period, the Anhui Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (中国工商银行安徽省分行) (referred to as "ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行)") continues to deepen the structural reform of the financial supply side, cultivate new quality productive forces in the financial field, serve the high-quality development of the economy and society, and empower Anhui (安徽) to accelerate its automotive "leading industry."
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. Standing at a new historical starting point, in order to better leverage the supporting role of finance in the economy, ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) focuses on the integrated promotion of regional spatial ecology and industrial ecology, deepens financial reform and innovation according to local conditions, and constructs a new model of financial services for automotive industry clusters that is "digitalized, batched, and intensive" through the integration of "data + AI + business."
AI Empowerment: From "Single-Point Credit Approval" to "Cluster Intelligent Investment"
Facing the new pattern of industrial cluster development, ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) innovatively uses the "Smart Loan Pass (智贷通)" digital tool to construct an integrated comprehensive service model of "industrial chain + big data + artificial intelligence + process optimization." This model takes the internal AI intelligent body as the center, relies on multi-dimensional data fusion analysis and deep collaboration of professional teams, and realizes the transformation and leap from traditional "one-to-one" credit approval to "one cluster, one plan, batch operation, and precise due diligence."
Driven by this model, ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) changes the traditional bottom-up service model of banks, breaks through the bottlenecks of information lag, inefficient decision-making, and emphasis on heavy assets over light intellectual property in the traditional model, expands the service boundary, promotes the accelerated formation of a new paradigm of financial services, and further reduces costs, improves quality, increases efficiency, and expands the scope of financial services for industrial development. With the help of big data "enterprise portraits," it accurately acquires customers, relies on AI to promote the upgrading of risk control to "data-driven," and realizes "cluster coverage" through intensive credit approval.
The new model achieves three major breakthroughs: providing enterprises with the experience of "knowing the results upon arrival"; helping banks improve approval efficiency and risk control capabilities; and creating a new paradigm of "intelligently drawing industrial maps, intelligently controlling financial risks, and intelligently allocating credit resources."
Service Advancement: From "Passive Response" to "Proactive Empowerment"
ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) uses data as an engine to promote the leap from "passive response" to "proactive empowerment."
In Anqing (安庆), a special plastic film manufacturing enterprise that produces automotive window films deeply experienced the upgraded services of ICBC Anqing Branch (工行安庆分行): the customer manager of ICBC Anqing Branch (工行安庆分行) provided on-site services for the enterprise, evaluated the available loan amount through the AI credit approval system on the spot, and listed the list of materials that needed to be supplemented. The whole process was transparent and efficient. This transformation not only improved efficiency but also reshaped the bank-enterprise service relationship - enterprises changed from "seeking loans" to "selecting loans," and banks upgraded from "approving loans" to "allocating loans." Finally, relying on the "Automotive Component Industry Cluster Credit Approval Model," ICBC Anqing Branch (工行安庆分行) completed the entire approval process within 5 working days and issued a loan of 40 million yuan to the enterprise.
From "waiting for applications" to "proactively delivering," from "repeatedly submitting materials" to "submitting once," ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) relies on digital accurate portraits, proactive credit granting, and efficient processes to promote bank-enterprise cooperation from "passive docking" to "proactive win-win," embarking on a financial service advancement path driven by data and empowered by expertise.
Ecosystem Upgrade: From "Financial Blood Transfusion" to "Industrial Symbiosis"
ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) reshapes industrial finance with ecological thinking, promoting the leap of services towards full-cycle, multi-scenario comprehensive empowerment.
In Hefei (合肥), an intelligent technology enterprise that supplies key components to automotive enterprises received support through the "list-style" service of ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行). Through a complete set of "common growth plans," ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) quickly approved and released a project loan of 96 million yuan for it, realizing the advancement of bank-enterprise cooperation towards "ecological comprehensive services."
The leap of the service ecosystem simultaneously promotes the reshaping of talent professional capabilities. In this process, the customer manager team of ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) is accelerating its transformation from "traditional credit officers" to "industrial chain financial advisors," who are not only proficient in financial knowledge but also deeply understand the logic of industrial development, providing enterprises with full life cycle financial solutions.
In Wuhu (芜湖), after an automotive wiring harness manufacturer obtained a loan of 50 million yuan from ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行), it proactively recommended ICBC (工行) services to upstream and downstream partners, forming a virtuous cycle of "enterprise-led enterprise introduction." This practice deepens ICBC's (工行) "1+N" service concept: taking 1 main credit as a fulcrum, supporting N types of products such as wealth management cloud, bills, and payroll, constructing a comprehensive service combination of "credit + settlement" and "debt + equity," driving the entire industrial chain by serving one core enterprise, and realizing the cluster expansion of "**以点链面**" (yǐ diǎn liàn miàn - "connect the surface from a point," to use a specific example to promote overall development). Up to this point, ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) has realized the transformation from a financial supporter to an industrial co-builder.
Breakthroughs never stop, and services are always new. ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) is expanding the innovative practices of the automotive industry chain to more fields. When financial living water accurately irrigates the fertile land of industry, a magnificent new picture of industrial development is unfolding in the Jianghuai (江淮) land. ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行) will continue to reconstruct the service ecosystem with digital finance, empower industrial upgrading with the concept of symbiosis, and join hands with partners to embark on a new journey of high-quality development.
Data source: ICBC Anhui Branch (工行安徽省分行)
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The 9th Asian Winter Games Successfully Held in Harbin, Heilongjiang (黑龙江哈尔滨)
From February 7th to 14th, the 9th Asian Winter Games were successfully held in Harbin, Heilongjiang (黑龙江哈尔滨). President Xi Jinping (习近平) attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the Games. More than 1,200 athletes from 34 countries and regions in Asia participated in the Games. The Chinese sports delegation won 32 gold medals and 85 medals, ranking first in both the gold medal tally and the overall medal tally, achieving the best results in its history of participating in the Asian Winter Games. China, adhering to the concept of "green, inclusive, open, and clean" Games, won wide acclaim from the Olympic Council of Asia family and the international community with first-class venues and excellent organizational services.
The 15th National Games and the 12th National Games for the Disabled and the 9th Special Olympic Games Successfully Held in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao (粤港澳)
On the evening of November 9th, the 15th National Games of the People's Republic of China grandly opened in Guangzhou, Guangdong (广东广州). Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the Games. Guangdong (广东), Hong Kong (香港), and Macao (澳门) jointly hosted a large-scale sports event for the first time, which is not only an innovative practice in the history of the National Games but also an innovative practice of "one country, two systems" in the field of sports. The National Games included 34 competitive events and 23 mass sports activities, with more than 14,000 athletes and about 11,000 mass athletes participating, breaking/surpassing 8 world records, breaking/surpassing 13 Asian records, and breaking 14 national records.
On the evening of December 15th, the 12th National Games for the Disabled of the People's Republic of China and the 9th Special Olympic Games closed in Shenzhen, Guangdong (广东深圳). Guangdong (粤), Hong Kong (港), and Macao (澳) jointly hosted the National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics for the first time, fully demonstrating the great importance attached to the cause of disabled persons and the special care for disabled persons by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core. The National Games for the Disabled and Special Olympics included 46 major events, with 7,824 athletes from 34 delegations across the country participating, setting new highs in the size of the delegation and the number of athletes participating in mass events.
National Advanced Units and Individuals in Mass Sports, Advanced Collectives and Individuals in the National Sports System Commended
On November 9th, Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, cordially met with representatives of national advanced units and individuals in mass sports and representatives of advanced collectives and individuals in the national sports system in Guangzhou, Guangdong (广东广州), extending warm congratulations to them and encouraging them to strive hard and achieve new successes, making new contributions to building a strong sports nation.
On November 10th, the commendation conference for national advanced units and individuals in mass sports and advanced collectives and individuals in the national sports system was held in Guangzhou (广州).
The 12th World Games Successfully Held in Chengdu, Sichuan (四川成都), the Chinese Sports Delegation Ranked First in the Gold Medal Tally and the Overall Medal Tally for the First Time
From August 7th to 17th, the 12th World Games in 2025 were successfully held in Chengdu, Sichuan (四川成都). Nearly 4,000 athletes from 116 countries and regions sweated and pursued their dreams. The Chinese sports delegation won 36 gold, 17 silver, and 11 bronze medals, a total of 64 medals, at the World Games, ranking first in both the gold medal tally and the overall medal tally for the first time, achieving the best results in its history of participating in the World Games.
The General Office of the State Council Issued the "Opinions on Releasing the Potential of Sports Consumption and Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry"
On September 4th, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Releasing the Potential of Sports Consumption and Further Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry." The Opinions put forward 20 key measures in 6 aspects to accelerate the construction of a modern sports industry system, continuously boost sports consumption, and enhance the overall strength and competitiveness of the sports industry. The Opinions propose that by 2030, a number of sports enterprises and sports events with world influence will be cultivated, the development level of the sports industry will be greatly improved, the total scale will exceed 7 trillion yuan, and it will play an important role in building a new development pattern.
"Su Chao" Goes Viral, "City Super" and "Village-Level" Events Blossom in Many Places
Since the beginning of this year, a wave of mass sports events has surged. The Jiangsu Provincial City Football League ("Su Chao") (江苏省城市足球联赛) has become popular, and the number of spectators during the event has repeatedly hit new highs. Driven by "Su Chao," "City Super" events have blossomed in many places, and the mode of running events with "sports + culture and tourism" has attracted attention. Various "village-level" sports events have become popular, becoming a phenomenon-level cultural landscape. "Sports +" continues to unlock new scenarios, stimulate new consumption vitality, and add new impetus to economic and social development and comprehensive rural revitalization.
Ju Wenjun (居文君) Wins the Women's World Chess Championship for the Fifth Time
On April 16th, the ninth round of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship match ended in Fuling, Chongqing (重庆涪陵). The defending champion Ju Wenjun (居文君) defeated challenger Tan Zhongyi (谭中怡) with a total score of 6.5∶2.5, winning the world chess queen title for the fifth consecutive time. This is the sixteenth time that Chinese chess players have won the Women's World Chess Championship. Ju Wenjun (居文君) has also surpassed Xie Jun (谢军) and Hou Yifan (侯逸凡) to become the first five-time consecutive world chess queen in the history of Chinese women's chess.
Changchun, Jilin (吉林长春) Successfully Bids for the 33rd World University Winter Games
On November 26th, Changchun, Jilin (吉林长春) successfully bid for the 33rd World University Winter Games. The International University Sports Federation, the China University Sports Federation, and Changchun City (长春市) jointly signed the "Changchun 2027 33rd World University Winter Games Hosting Contract." This is the second time that the winter event has come to China after the 2009 Harbin World University Winter Games, and it is also another major comprehensive international ice and snow sports event that China has ushered in after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games. The World University Winter Games is scheduled to be held from January 15th to 25th, 2027, with a total of 12 major events and 93 minor events.
Wuhan Women's Football Team Wins the First Women's AFC Champions League Title
On May 24th, in the final of the 2024-2025 AFC Women's Club Champions League held in Wuhan, Hubei (湖北武汉), the Wuhan Chegu Jiangda Women's Football Team (武汉车谷江大女足) drew 1-1 with the Melbourne City Women's Football Team of Australia. After a penalty shootout, the Wuhan women's team defeated their opponents 5-4 and finally won the first Women's AFC Champions League title, creating the best record for Chinese women's football clubs in Asian competitions.
The Chinese Badminton Team Wins the Sudirman Cup for the Fourth Consecutive Time
On May 4th, the 2025 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championship successfully concluded in Xiamen, Fujian (福建厦门). The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 3-1 in the final to win the championship for the fourth consecutive time. This is also the fourteenth time that the Chinese team has won the Sudirman Cup in its history of participation.
International
Coventry Inaugurated as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee
On March 20th, local time, at the 144th IOC Session held in Navarino Coast, Greece, Kirsty Coventry (柯丝蒂·考文垂), 41, was elected as the new President of the International Olympic Committee. Coventry (考文垂) is from Zimbabwe and participated in 5 Olympic Games as a swimmer, winning 2 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze medals. On June 23rd, Coventry (考文垂) officially took over from Thomas Bach to become the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee, and also the first President from Africa and the first female President in the history of the International Olympic Committee.
The United Nations General Assembly Adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics
On November 19th, local time, the 80th United Nations General Assembly adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The resolution calls on UN member states to observe the Olympic Truce from 7 days before the opening of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (February 6-22, 2026) to 7 days after the closing of the Winter Paralympics (March 6-15, 2026), ensuring the safe passage and participation of athletes and officials.
The Competition Program for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Determined
On April 9th, local time, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee approved the competition program and athlete quotas for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with a total of 351 events, an increase of 22 events compared to the 329 events at the Paris Olympics. Among them, the swimming program will add 6 events in total, including the men's and women's 50-meter butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke. The mixed team table tennis event will be added to the Olympic stage, and men's doubles and women's doubles will replace men's teams and women's teams, becoming Olympic events again.
Draw for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico Revealed
On December 5th, local time, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico was held in Washington, D.C., USA. The Mexican team in Group A and the South African team will kick off the opening match in Mexico City on June 11, 2026. The World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and will be expanded to 48 teams for the first time, divided into 12 groups from A to L.
Multiple World Records Set in Athletics
At the Tokyo World Athletics Championships held in September, Swedish star Duplantis (杜普兰蒂斯) cleared the bar at 6.30 meters in the men's pole vault final, improving his own world record by 1 centimeter.
Lithuanian male discus thrower Mykolas Alekna (米科拉斯·阿莱克纳) set a new world record with a throw of 75.56 meters at the Oklahoma Throws Series held in April. On July 5th, Kenyan athlete Chebet (切贝特) improved the world record by 2.15 seconds with a time of 13 minutes 58.06 seconds in the women's 5000-meter race at the Eugene station of the World Athletics Diamond League; Kenyan athlete Kipyegon (基普页真) ran a world record of 3 minutes 48.68 seconds in the women's 1500-meter race.
UNESCO Establishes March 21 as "International Tai Chi Day"
On November 5th, UNESCO adopted a resolution at its 43rd General Conference to establish March 21 (the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere) as "International Tai Chi Day." Tai Chi originated in China, and currently has hundreds of millions of practitioners worldwide, covering more than 180 countries and regions.
The World Swimming Championships Held in Singapore, the Chinese Team Ranked First in the Gold Medal Tally
The 2025 World Swimming Championships were held in Singapore from July 11th to August 3rd. The Chinese sports delegation performed well, ranking first in the gold medal tally with 15 gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze medals. In addition, 3 world records were broken in the swimming events at the World Championships.
The NBA Portland Trail Blazers Select Chinese Player Yang Hanshen (杨瀚森)
In the 2025 NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers selected Chinese player Yang Hanshen (杨瀚森) with the 16th overall pick in the first round. After nearly 20 years, a Chinese player appeared in the first round of the NBA Draft again.
The World Table Tennis Professional League Announces Multiple Reform Measures
The World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) announced a series of reform measures in February, including revising the mandatory participation rules for athletes, awarding wild cards to Olympic champions, and increasing prize money investment. In addition, players will receive two exemptions per year to participate in WTT Champions events, allowing them to better arrange their schedules and plans.
Dembélé (登贝莱) and Bonmatí (邦马蒂) Win the 2025 Men's and Women's Ballon d'Or Awards Respectively
On September 22nd, local time, the 2025 Ballon d'Or Awards ceremony was held in Paris. Paris Saint-Germain player Ousmane Dembélé (奥斯曼·登贝莱) won the Men's Ballon d'Or for the first time. The 28-year-old Dembélé (登贝莱) scored 35 goals and provided 16 assists for the French Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain last season, helping the team win the Champions League, Ligue 1, and French Cup titles. Barcelona player Aitana Bonmatí (艾塔纳·邦马蒂) won the Women's Ballon d'Or, which is her third consecutive award.
Dembélé (登贝莱) and Bonmatí (邦马蒂) were also both selected as the FIFA Best Player of the Year, which was announced at the end of 2025.
By: 本报记者 刘文璋
Recently, Japan, disregarding strong opposition from all parties, has been continuously accelerating its pace of strengthening its military and expanding its armaments. From the erroneous remarks about Taiwan made by Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗), Japan's Minister of State for Economic Security, to the pronuclear statements made by senior officials at the Prime Minister's Office, to the planned revision of the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment" guidelines and the removal of five types of restrictions on arms exports, and the release of information about revising the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," Japan is going further and further down a dangerous path. Recently, in front of the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党) headquarters and the Second Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives in Japan, a large number of Japanese citizens held protest rallies, holding up signs such as "Prime Minister Withdraw Your Statement," "Oppose Arms Exports," and "Advocate Peaceful Diplomacy," and submitted petitions demanding that the ruling coalition stop all efforts aimed at easing restrictions on arms exports, and demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) withdraw her erroneous remarks about Taiwan.
"Takaichi's (高市) erroneous remarks about Taiwan are a blatant provocation to regional peace and stability!" A Japanese high school teacher surnamed Lin (林) told reporters that this statement was by no means a personal slip of the tongue, but a political manipulation by the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党) to deliberately intensify conflicts, which is very dangerous. Xin Cun (新村), a 32-year-old protester, told reporters bluntly that Takaichi's (高市) rash remarks were looking for an excuse to strengthen the military and expand armaments, which could easily intensify conflicts and trigger wars. All parties should resolve differences through dialogue, rather than creating confrontation.
"Takaichi's (高市) remarks about Taiwan are full of provocation and completely contrary to the people's desire for peace." Paul McCarteen, an Australian living in Japan, told reporters that his parents had personally experienced World War II and knew the cruelty of war. "The times are different, and people of all countries are looking forward to peaceful coexistence, but Japanese right-wing politicians are inciting confrontation for political gain, which is too dangerous." McCarteen said that all countries that have made mistakes should apologize and take responsibility to the victims, rather than evading history and inciting confrontation.
"This is the second time we have submitted a petition, but the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党) completely ignores the people's demands for peace." Miyuki Nishimura (西村美幸), a representative of the Japan Peace Committee, was full of anger and helplessness. She strongly opposed the Japanese right-wing politicians led by Takaichi (高市) continuing to break through the bottom line of the "Peace Constitution" through a series of dangerous actions and promoting the plan to strengthen the military and expand armaments.
Hirofumi Hoshino (星野裕史), an auditor of the Japan ISF Independent Speech Forum, told reporters that the Japanese government recently approved the 2026 fiscal year budget, of which the defense budget is about 9.04 trillion yen (approximately 410 billion yuan), a record high. The government also plans to re-evaluate the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles." A series of actions are pushing Japan onto the dangerous track of militarism, blatantly trampling on Article 9 of the Japanese "Peace Constitution," which clearly stipulates that "Japan forever renounces the initiation of war, does not recognize the state's right of belligerency, and does not maintain war potential." "This abnormal political move makes the people feel deeply uneasy." Hoshino (星野) said that Japan, as a perpetrator of war, does not reflect on or apologize, and also tries to intensify conflicts through the import and export of weapons. "We are highly vigilant and resolutely oppose Japan 重蹈历史覆辙 (chóng dǎo lì shǐ fù zhé - "repeat the historical mistakes," to repeat the mistakes of the past)."
"The historical fact that Japan was a perpetrator of war in the past is being attempted to be diluted or even covered up by the government, which is intolerable!" In the crowd, a protester named Takagi (高木) held up a sign that read "Face Up to the History of Aggression" and appealed to passers-by.
"Stop Amending the Constitution" Kitaku Branch representative Goi (五井) is very concerned about the historical education of the younger generation in Japan. "Nowadays, many young people in Japan do not learn the correct history in schools, do not understand the crimes Japan has committed, and some people are misled by the lie that 'war can make Japan rich.' The lack of historical education and the manipulation of right-wing forces give the revival of militarism an opportunity, which makes many people feel worried. Takaichi (高市) should withdraw her dangerous and erroneous remarks," said Goi (五井).
(Reported from Tokyo (东京) on December 29th by this newspaper)
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In the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France, with a history of over 300 years, the curtain of the Chinese dance drama "Deep Memory" slowly opened, and the trauma of a nation struck the audience's hearts with symbolic body language. This dance drama, which uses the American-Chinese writer Iris Chang (张纯如) as a clue to explore the truth of the Nanjing Massacre, is not only an artistic presentation in Paris, but also a deep dialogue across history, culture, and politics: it makes people think about war memories, collective scars, and the difficult path to reconciliation.
In Europe, most works about the history of World War II start in 1939, and the focus is often on the expansion of the Nazis and the suffering of the Jews. The events that took place on the main battlefield in Asia have long been marginalized due to the limitations of the narrative framework. The international premiere of "Deep Memory" in Paris broke through language barriers with physical movements, allowing that insufficiently understood history to be told with the help of human empathy—the actors did not have a single line, and the audience's tears had already quietly fallen.
More than 20 years ago, Iris Chang (张纯如) wrote the English version of "The Rape of Nanking" with a large amount of historical materials and interviews, revealing that bloody history to the world, but suffered denial, attacks, and threats from Japanese right-wing forces. To this day, attempts to bring "Deep Memory" to perform in Japan still face great resistance. This once again shows that history has never really gone away, and it always profoundly affects current politics, public opinion, and social mentality in some way.
"To forget the massacre is to massacre it a second time." Iris Chang's (张纯如) warning echoes the words of a young person to a survivor on the outer wall of the Paris Holocaust Memorial—"I promise to be the memory of your memory." Memory is never about perpetuating hatred, but about pursuing justice and safeguarding morality. Shortly after the dance drama was staged, a memorial ceremony was held in the Colbert Hall of the French National Assembly, where Chinese and French people jointly commemorated Father Jacquinot de Besange (饶家驹), the French priest who led the establishment of the Shanghai Safety Zone during World War II and sheltered 300,000 refugees. These all reflect the responsibility that contemporary people bear for historical memory.
The key to Europe's ability to move towards reconciliation in the ruins after the war lies in the alignment of historical memory. From the Drancy internment camp in France to the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands, from the Terezín concentration camp in the Czech Republic to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Europe has jointly constructed historical memory in an institutionalized and public way, thereby laying the ethical and social foundation for reconciliation. European society's reflection has never stopped: new films, dramas, dances, and literary works are still being born every year, continuously examining the war; the younger generation continues to ask "why historical memory is still important" through exhibitions, documentaries, and study visits. Memory is not a completed form, but a process that is constantly being retold, reinterpreted, and regenerated.
Germany undoubtedly plays a special role in constructing historical memory, and its "assuming responsibility" model is institutionalized, continuous, and irreversible: the school education system systematically presents Nazi crimes; concentration camp sites are completely preserved and used for public education for a long time; successive leaders have publicly admitted their guilt and expressed remorse at home and abroad for decades. German Chancellor Merz (默茨) said: "As the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, as a German, and as a child of the post-war generation, I am ashamed of this. From birth, we have been instilled with the mission, responsibility, and commitment of 'never again'." So-called "forgiveness" is never about erasing history, but about re-establishing the standard of justice after the truth has been presented, the crimes have been judged, and the responsibility has been assumed, and using this as a milestone on the road ahead.
The international version of "Deep Memory" deliberately selected foreign actors to play their own national characters in the play: a German dancer played John Rabe (拉贝), an American dancer played Minnie Vautrin (魏特琳), and a British-Japanese dancer played Shiro Azuma (东史郎), so that the "parallel time and space" of history and reality intersect on the stage. This is a cross-cultural and transnational "co-construction of memory": allowing creators from different countries to touch the same history together, think about its meaning together, and make the once-divided memories re-heal in expression and understanding. As Tong Ruirui (佟睿睿), the director of "Deep Memory," said: "Contemporary people must have the perspective of contemporary people." The dancers' agile bodies are also marking new annotations for history.
Return to TopBeijing, December 29th (People's Daily reporter Li Anqi (李安琪)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated on December 29th that China is seriously dissatisfied with the Panamanian local government's demolition of the monument commemorating Chinese contributions to Panama and has lodged a strong protest with the Panamanian side.
During the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: The monument commemorating China's contribution to the Panama Canal was ordered to be demolished by the local government over the weekend, with the local government claiming that the monument posed a risk due to structural damage. The decision has been criticized by other Panamanian leaders and the Chinese Ambassador to Panama. Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have any further comments?
"The friendly exchanges between the people of China and Panama have a long history. In the 19th century, a large number of Chinese laborers went to Panama and made important contributions to the construction of the Panama Railway and the opening of the Panama Canal, even paying the price of their lives. The monument is a testimony and commemoration of the Chinese laborers' significant historical contribution to Panama and the traditional friendship between China and Panama, and it is a recognition of the Chinese people's active integration into the local society," Lin Jian (林剑) said. The demolition is of an extremely vile nature, seriously hurting the feelings of the vast number of overseas Chinese in Panama and violating the overall situation of China-Panama friendship.
He said that China has noticed that the act has aroused public outrage in Panama, and Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino (穆利诺) has publicly condemned the act, and the Panamanian Presidential Palace has ordered the immediate reconstruction of the monument on its original site. "China demands that Panama thoroughly investigate the matter, correct the erroneous actions of the relevant local government as soon as possible, and eliminate the negative impact in a timely manner."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京) December 29th, A Foreign Ministry Spokesperson answered questions from reporters on December 29th regarding the situation in southern Yemen.
A reporter asked: The situation in southern Yemen has recently changed. The Saudi (沙特) Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement requesting the "Southern Transitional Council" of Yemen to stop military escalation from the overall interests of the Yemeni people. The UAE (阿联酋) Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement welcoming Saudi's (沙特) efforts to support Yemen's (也门) security and stability. What is China's (中国) comment on this?
The spokesperson said that China (中国) is concerned about the situation in southern Yemen (也门), calls for the maintenance of Yemen's (也门) sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, and hopes that all parties will prioritize the interests of the Yemeni people, respond to the peace-promoting efforts of regional countries and the international community such as Saudi Arabia (沙特) and the UAE (阿联酋), and resolve differences and disputes through political dialogue in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative, find solutions that take into account the legitimate concerns of all parties, and create conditions for the early restoration of peace and tranquility in Yemen (也门). China (中国) will continue to persuade and promote peace talks in its own way, and play a constructive role in promoting the early political settlement of the Yemen (也门) issue.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵益普
The latest report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (联合国阿富汗援助团) recently shows that from August 1 to October 31, 2025, a total of 2,737 security incidents occurred in Afghanistan, an increase of 14.7% compared with the same period last year. Currently, terrorism directly threatens the stability and development of Afghanistan. The international community urges the Afghan Taliban government to implement its counter-terrorism commitments as soon as possible.
In late November, two terrorist attacks occurred in the border area between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The Tajik government claimed that these terrorist attacks came from neighboring Afghanistan. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (拉赫蒙) strongly condemned the "illegal and provocative acts" from Afghanistan and said that effective measures would be taken to "prevent such incidents from happening again."
Border conflicts caused by terrorism have brought serious threats to the lives and property of local people. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths (弗莱彻) said, "Afghanistan is currently listed as one of the countries with the most serious humanitarian crises in the world," and about 17.4 million Afghans are currently facing food security problems. According to Georgette Gagnon (乔治特·加尼翁), Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, it is estimated that by 2026, approximately 22 million Afghans will be in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, accounting for about half of the total population.
At the United Nations Security Council (联合国安理会) open meeting on the Afghanistan issue held recently, China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Fu Cong (傅聪), urged the Afghan government to take more resolute and forceful actions to eliminate all terrorist forces entrenched in Afghanistan and gain the trust of regional countries and the international community. At the same time, he said that the international community should abandon ideological biases and geopolitical calculations, and oppose "double standards" or selective practices. The Chinese side called on the international community to continue to strengthen contact and dialogue with the Afghan government and promote the continuous improvement of the situation in Afghanistan. Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq (穆罕默德·萨迪克), said that China has provided necessary assistance in promoting dialogue, resolving differences, and enhancing bilateral relations, and has always supported any efforts that help maintain regional peace and stability.
Chongqing (重庆), a city of mountains and rivers, resonates with the rhythm of development and the harmony of green. In recent years, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Chongqing Branch (中国工商银行重庆市分行) (referred to as "ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行)") has deeply practiced the responsibility and commitment of a state-owned major bank. Using innovation as its pen and hard work as its ink, it has meticulously drawn a new picture of high-quality green finance development on the land of Bayu (巴渝).
Precise Drip Irrigation Empowers Green Transformation of Key Industries
With its deep cultivation and continuous innovation in the field of green finance, ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) provides strong financial support for the promotion of new energy buses and the green transformation of traditional manufacturing industries. It also actively expands the service boundaries of green finance, deeply integrating the concept of green into more industrial fields, helping to achieve rapid development in green transportation, green manufacturing, green bills, and new energy vehicle consumption, and providing solid financial support for industrial green transformation.
In the field of new energy bus promotion, in order to help Chongqing Wanzhou Automobile Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd. (重庆万州汽车运输（集团）有限公司) update its pure electric vehicles, ICBC Chongqing Wanzhou Branch (工行重庆万州分行) formed a special service team to visit the company and learn in detail about the progress of vehicle purchase and capital needs. It customized an adapted fixed asset purchase loan plan for the company, quickly launched the loan approval process, and successfully issued a loan of 38 million yuan to the company for the payment of new energy bus purchases, ensuring the smooth completion of the company's vehicle update plan.
In the field of green transformation of traditional manufacturing, in order to help Chongqing Jianfeng Chemical Co., Ltd. (重庆建峰化工股份有限公司) transform from traditional chemical industry to green intelligent manufacturing, ICBC Chongqing Fuling Branch (工行重庆涪陵支行) led a syndicate to approve a loan of 270 million yuan for the company's "energy-saving and carbon-reducing technology transformation project," with a cumulative issuance of 63.4369 million yuan in fixed asset loans. It also participated in the syndicate to approve 260 million yuan for the company's "annual output of 50,000 tons of dimethyl carbonate" project, with a cumulative issuance of 64.33 million yuan in fixed asset loans, adding more than 100 million yuan in financial support, providing effective assistance for the company's technology transformation and promoting carbon reduction transformation.
Turning Green into Gold Promotes Effective Transformation of Ecological Value
Over the years, ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) has continuously increased the supply of green finance, actively connecting with and participating in PPP (Public-Private Partnership) projects, carrying out financial support for urban sewage treatment, smart water affairs construction, and coastal ecological restoration in cities along the Yangtze River (长江) and its tributaries, building solid green barriers for the ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带).
Qingshui Creek (清水溪) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区), the gurgling stream is clear to the bottom under the warm sunshine, with fish swimming in it, a vibrant scene. The good ecology benefits from the "Clear Water and Green Banks" governance and improvement PPP project of Qingshui Creek (清水溪) and Fenghuang Creek (凤凰溪) in Shapingba District (沙坪坝区). In order to help the project to be implemented smoothly, ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) relied on its professional advantages in infrastructure financing to provide a loan of 150 million yuan for the project, designing a long-term, phased financing plan, effectively covering the project's construction period capital needs and operating period liquidity needs.
In addition to sewage treatment, the integrated urban and rural water supply project, which guarantees the safety of drinking water sources for the people, is also a key focus of ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行). In the Xiaoshimen Yangtze River (长江) water source project in Changshou District (长寿区), ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) comprehensively used a variety of products such as "investment, loan, bond, equity, lease, and consulting," and ultimately met the project construction needs through the "own funds + subsidy funds + special bonds + market-oriented financing" model. At the same time, with the help of the head office's FTP (internal funds transfer pricing) incentives, it took the initiative to give profits to enterprises, helping enterprises reduce project construction costs and create a good demonstration of a "win-win" situation for both banks and enterprises in terms of economic and social benefits. At present, the syndicated loan led by ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) has been put into operation, of which ICBC (工行) has invested 292 million yuan, promoting the people's vision of "drinking high-quality Yangtze River (长江) water" to be quickly transformed into a real-life scene.
Co-drawing a New Scene Exploring the Road to Common Prosperity in Urban and Rural Integration
As a firm practitioner of the "Two Mountains" theory, ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) continuously directs financial living water to the vast Bayu (巴渝) countryside, providing more long-term, low-cost, and sustainable financial products for the green agricultural industry in a targeted manner, helping to transform ecological advantages into development advantages and common prosperity advantages.
In the rural tourism demonstration project that is being heavily built in Jingzhu Village (荆竹村), Xiannvshan Street (仙女山街道), Wulong District (武隆区), Chongqing Wulong Yunshang Jingzhu Agricultural, Cultural and Tourism Development Co., Ltd. (重庆武隆云上荆竹农文旅发展有限公司) faces the problem of high project management costs. After learning about the company's difficulties during daily visits, ICBC Chongqing Wulong Branch (工行重庆武隆支行) developed, customized, and launched the "ICBC Smart Cultural Tourism Comprehensive Management System" for the company. The system covers three dimensions: scenic spot management, merchant services, and tourist experience. The scenic spot can monitor data such as passenger flow and revenue in real time through the digital cockpit, dynamically adjust operating strategies, and tourists can enjoy convenient one-stop services such as code scanning for ticket purchase, gate ticket verification, and mobile payment.
Located at the western foot of Jinfo Mountain (金佛山) in Nanchuan District (南川区), the Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Science and Technology Park (中医药产业科技园区) bears the responsibility of Chongqing (重庆) to build a 100 billion-level modern Traditional Chinese Medicine ecological circle. ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行) attaches great importance to the development of the park. Through upper and lower linkage, it has introduced and strongly supported the construction of a national-level ecological agriculture smart agriculture production base, and ultimately issued a 250 million yuan medium and long-term loan to the project contractor, Dianlong Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. (典龙建筑工程有限公司), effectively revitalizing regional ecological resources and improving the company's sense of access to financing.
Data source: ICBC Chongqing Branch (工行重庆市分行)
Return to TopFrom Chongli (崇礼), Hebei (河北), which has become known to the world because of the Winter Olympics, to Diqing (迪庆), Yunnan (云南), where Southeast Asian tourists encounter their first snow; from the rime scenery of Yanbian (延边), Jilin (吉林) to the "powder snow paradise" of Altay (阿勒泰), Xinjiang (新疆)... Across the vast land of China, the ice and snow landscape is colorful and attracts more and more foreign tourists. They either gallop on the snow, wander among the mountains, or stroll through the streets, experiencing the passion of ice and snow sports and the charm of ice and snow culture. The increasing popularity of ice and snow tourism continues to drive consumption upgrades and promote industrial integration, which is a microcosm of China's expansion of high-level opening up and promotion of high-quality economic development.
Hebei Zhangjiakou (河北张家口) –
Traveling with Events in the Winter Olympics Town
By Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿), reporter of this newspaper
Sliding, jumping, rotating, in the U-shaped venue, the athlete draws a beautiful arc and lands steadily, and the audience responds with warm cheers and applause.
On December 13, the final of the 2025-2026 FIS Freestyle Ski U-shaped Venue World Cup Yunding Station was held at Yunding Ski Park in Chongli District (崇礼区), Zhangjiakou City (张家口市), Hebei Province (河北省). The reunion of ice and snow with important events makes this Winter Olympics town particularly lively. Tourists from all over the world come to watch international competitions and experience ice and snow sports.
In Chongli (崇礼), first-class venue facilities and sound service guarantees not only provide a stage for professional athletes to display their talents, but also allow ordinary tourists to fully enjoy the fun of ice and snow sports.
"Tilt your body to the side, tighten your limbs..." On the primary track of Fulong Ski Resort, coach Zhu Shuze (朱恕泽) is demonstrating protective movements to 12-year-old Yonglin (咏琳) from Malaysia. After several attempts, Yonglin (咏琳) quickly mastered the skills, "Skiing is very happy, I am very happy here every day." Growing up in a warm climate, Yonglin (咏琳) has long yearned for ice and snow. On this trip to China, her sister Jingyi (静怡) specially arranged ice and snow experience activities for her.
"We first went to Beijing (北京) to visit famous historical sites, and then came to Chongli (崇礼) to stay for a few days to experience the fun of ice and snow. Chongli (崇礼) is the competition area of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and we are very confident in learning to ski here." Jingyi (静怡) did enough homework before the trip. It takes less than two hours to reach Chongli (崇礼) from Beijing (北京) by high-speed rail. The train travels between the mountains, and the continuous snow-capped mountains and the blue sky pass by the window, and the Jingyi (静怡) sisters are immersed in the scenery along the way.
This snow season, many ski resorts in Chongli (崇礼) have launched "accommodation and ski packages." Jingyi (静怡) booked a 5-day and 4-night package in advance, and the cost covers accommodation, ski tickets, coaching guidance and ski equipment rental, which is more than half cheaper than buying individual items. "This kind of package is especially friendly to overseas tourists, and you don't have to worry about anything."
What impressed Jingyi (静怡) the most was the thoughtful service throughout. There are free shuttle buses from the high-speed rail station to the ski resort, and professional coaches accompany you during skiing, so even beginners can quickly feel the fun of ice and snow sports.
Prospering because of the Winter Olympics and flourishing because of ice and snow. In recent years, Chongli (崇礼) has taken the ice and snow industry as its leading industry and is committed to building a world-class ski destination. At present, the district has 9 international-level ski resorts such as Wanlong (万龙), Yunding (云顶), and Thaiwoo (太舞), with a total of 219 ski trails with a total length of 178 kilometers, and has become one of the largest ski clusters in China.
Relying on perfect ice and snow infrastructure, Chongli (崇礼) actively undertakes large-scale international events, and simultaneously drives the upgrading of the tourism industry. "Traveling with events" has become a popular choice for many tourists. "In the 2024-2025 snow season alone, we will host 25 international and national snow events," said Wu Yan (武岩), deputy district chief of Chongli District (崇礼区). In the new snow season, the local area will strengthen comprehensive guarantees such as transportation, catering, and safety, and continue to optimize the environment and improve the tourist experience.
In addition to ice and snow sports, Chongli (崇礼) continues to enrich the supply of tourism products and provide tourists with diverse leisure experiences. From concerts by the China National Symphony Orchestra to the classic ballet "Swan Lake," from the joyful Chongli (崇礼) Big Circus to the popular square dance competition, from the exciting go-kart racing to the mountain bike carnival... More than 30 new business formats have been launched one after another, with wonderful events throughout the year, covering tourists of different interests and ages.
Enjoying skiing and watching competitions during the day, tasting authentic food and shopping in the evening, in the compact itinerary, the Jingyi (静怡) sisters fully feel the leisure and diversity of this Winter Olympics town. Approaching the return trip, Jingyi (静怡) was reluctant to leave: "This is a paradise for ice and snow. I haven't left yet, and I'm already looking forward to coming again next time!"
Yanbian (延边), Jilin (吉林) –
Experiencing Unique Folk Customs in the World of Ice and Snow
By Zheng Zhiwen (郑智文), reporter of this newspaper
Snowflakes are falling outside the window, and the room is warm and cozy. In a hot spring hotel in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (延边朝鲜族自治州), Jilin (吉林), 67-year-old Russian tourist Nelia (奈利亚) is enjoying tea with her relatives and friends while watching Chinese Korean actors perform traditional long drum dances. "I just experienced the hot spring, and now I'm watching the performance. This kind of trip is very pleasant." Nelia (奈利亚) is from Vladivostok (符拉迪沃斯托克). This is her third trip to Yanbian (延边) this year via the Hunchun (珲春) port.
Not far away and with similar snow scenery, why return again and again? Nelia (奈利亚) said: "The ice and snow culture here is unique. You can see all kinds of exquisite ice sculptures and snow sculptures in the city. In the world of ice and snow, many young people in ethnic costumes take photos and play, which is lively and interesting."
Not long ago, the "Changbai Mountain (长白山) Snow · Jimei (吉美) in Yanbian (延边)" Yanbian Prefecture (延边州) 2025-2026 new snow season officially started. Here, tourists from all over the world can experience ice and snow games such as snow tug-of-war and fun ring throwing, participate in ethnic song and dance flash mobs, guitar playing and singing and other interactive performances, watch intangible cultural heritage skills such as paper-cutting, iron art, and sugar figurines, and also taste special delicacies such as ginseng chicken soup... The deep integration of ice and snow landscapes and ethnic culture brings a rich experience to tourists.
According to statistics, from January to November this year, Yanbian (延边) ports had 1.252 million inbound and outbound personnel, including 731,000 foreigners, accounting for 58.4%.
Under Changbai Mountain (长白山), smoke curls up. In Toushan Village (头山村), Antu County (安图县), Yanbian Prefecture (延边州), a group of tourists from Singapore are tasting snow house hot pot.
This is He Xiuzhen's (何秀珍) first time to a Chinese northeastern village, and she is deeply shocked: looking far away, the forest and snow fields are vast; looking closer, the Korean-style courtyards are covered with white snow, and various snow sculpture shapes are unique. "I have never seen such a big snow, it is really coming to the world of ice and snow!" He Xiuzhen (何秀珍) smiled.
Ten years ago, Toushan Village (头山村) was still an unknown small mountain village. In recent years, with the continuous advancement of comprehensive rural revitalization, the advantages of this border village have been discovered. The geographical location is good, located in the Changbai Mountain (长白山) area, which can attract a large number of tourists to Changbai Mountain (长白山); the ice and snow resources are excellent, the altitude is higher than other villages, the snowfall in winter is large, and it is suitable for developing the ice and snow economy. After several years of construction and operation, Toushan Village (头山村) has now become a popular destination for ice and snow tourism.
In Toushan Village (头山村), what impressed He Xiuzhen (何秀珍) and her party was not only the ice and snow scenery, but also the local ethnic customs. The long drum is loud, the dance is graceful, and the young people in Korean costumes are graceful and emotionally interpret the long drum dance; the aroma of special delicacies such as stone pot bibimbap, ginseng chicken soup, rice cakes, and barbecue is fragrant.
This year, the ice and snow tourism industry in Toushan Village (头山村) is even richer: a new elephant hat dance-shaped snow sculpture has been added; a Korean folk snow night banquet has been launched; an "indoor ginseng garden" has been created, allowing tourists to experience the ancient skills of forest ginseng hunting and ginseng digging under the guidance of the "old leader" and appreciate the charm of "Fangshan culture"... He Xiuzhen (何秀珍) praised: "It is really a worthwhile trip to feel the fun of ice and snow and folk customs!"
Since 2024, Jilin Province (吉林省) has successively carried out publicity and promotion in Russia, Japan, South Korea, France and other countries. Resource introduction, product promotion, symposium exchanges, special literary and artistic performances, cultural project experiences... The forms of promotion and exchange activities are diverse, and high-quality cultural and tourism resources have attracted the attention of tourism agencies and media from various countries.
Jilin Province (吉林省) also invited foreign travel agents and media to conduct on-site inspections. In Yanji City (延吉市), Yanbian Prefecture (延边州), the eaves of the Chinese Korean Folk Garden are covered with snow, and colorful lights are shining. Tourists wearing Korean costumes can be seen taking photos everywhere. "The unique folk culture here combined with ice and snow exudes a different charm." Sebastian (塞巴斯蒂安), a Dutch travel agent who came to inspect, said while walking in the park: "The profound cultural heritage and unique geographical endowment are the key to attracting international tourists. I believe that more and more European tourists will set foot on this land in the future."
Diqing (迪庆), Yunnan (云南) –
Unlocking the First Snow Mountain in Life in "Southern Ice and Snow"
By Yang Wenming (杨文明), reporter of this newspaper
The description of "pyramid-shaped peaks" and "bitter cold light" in the novel "Lost Horizon" was all the Indonesian designer Mumin (穆明) had imagined about snow mountains. Growing up in the archipelago where it is hot all year round, "snow" was once just an abstract word in the pages of a book for him. Until the winter of 2025, when he came to Shangri-La City (香格里拉市), Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州), Yunnan (云南), he unlocked the first snow mountain in his life - Shika Snow Mountain (石卡雪山).
The rising sun plated the peaks with gold, and the snow covered the verdant fir trees. Taking a deep breath of the crisp air, Mumin (穆明) carefully felt the breath of winter. "The magnificence of reality is more concrete and shocking than words." Immersed in this strange beauty, Mumin (穆明) told the guide Yang Xinman (杨歆漫) that this time was not enough, and he would invite his friends to come next time.
As China continues to introduce visa-free and visa optimization policies and measures, more and more foreign tourists are coming to China. Mumin (穆明) listed the conveniences of "China Travel": "The number of flights from Indonesia to Kunming (昆明), Yunnan (云南) has increased, and high-speed rail is also very convenient between various parts of China. The time saved on the road can be used to see more beautiful scenery."
In December 2024, the Diqing Prefecture (迪庆州) Culture and Tourism Bureau held a special promotion meeting for South Asia and Southeast Asia in Kunming (昆明) with the theme of "The World's Shangri-La," inviting multinational agencies in China and Chinese and foreign travel agencies to participate, and using overseas social platforms to showcase Diqing's (迪庆) ice and snow wonders and folk culture.
Now, the promotion effect is continuing to be transformed into passenger flow, and many foreign tourists are coming to the major ski resorts in Shangri-La (香格里拉). At Qixingxue Ski Resort (七星雪滑雪场), Vietnamese self-media blogger Li Riguang (黎日光) stepped onto the snow for the first time. After the experience, he said excitedly: "My legs were weak when I first stepped on the snowboard. When I skied, the wind was whistling in my ears, which was beautiful and exciting!" Not far from the ski slopes, the project areas such as snowmobiles and merry-go-rounds were full of laughter.
The popularity of Diqing's (迪庆) ice and snow tourism is due to the unique charm of "Southern Ice and Snow": Meili Snow Mountain (梅里雪山) is famous for the spectacle of "Sunshine on Jinshan (日照金山)"; Shika Snow Mountain Scenic Area (石卡雪山景区) is being transformed in accordance with the standards of a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and the snow play park and starry sky snow house rejuvenate the old scenic area... Diqing (迪庆) also upgrades ice and snow tourism from simple sightseeing to in-depth experience through integration models such as "ice and snow + folk customs," "ice and snow + photography," and "ice and snow + intangible cultural heritage."
In Shangri-La Pudacuo National Park (香格里拉普达措国家公园), the scenic spot focuses on creating an immersive snow play space. "This year, we upgraded the snow play area, added snow skiing toys such as snow single-row sharks, and specially set up snow tanks and children's excavation areas; the Shudu Lake Scenic Area (属都湖风景区) also has check-in points such as ice and snow forests and ice-covered plank roads." Wang Lijun (汪丽军), deputy general manager of Pudacuo Tourism Branch of Diqing Prefecture Tourism Group Co., Ltd. (迪庆州旅游集团有限公司普达措旅业分公司), introduced that in the past two years, "Southern Ice and Snow" has continued to attract Southeast Asian tourists, and the annual growth rate of tourists has stabilized at about 30%. The monthly reception volume this year has reached 10,000 people.
A series of innovative measures have made the cold season a peak season for experiencing Diqing's (迪庆) ice and snow scenery. The homestays that used to be closed in winter are now fully booked until early spring next year, many Tibetan hot pot restaurants need to be booked in advance for the evening market, and the sales of ethnic handicrafts in surrounding shops have also increased significantly.
The travel group orders received by Yang Xinman (杨歆漫) are also one after another, and the schedule has been arranged until February next year. "Diqing (迪庆) is very different from the scenery of Southeast Asia and is sought after by Southeast Asian tourists. Many Southeast Asian tourists unlocked their first snow mountain in Yunnan Diqing (云南迪庆) and Lijiang (丽江). Not to mention the snow on the snow mountain, they will keep taking pictures of the morning frost on the road in the early morning."
"Standing here, the descriptions of snow mountains in the book have a concrete appearance." Mumin (穆明) showed reporters the photos of snow mountains stored in his mobile phone. Taking ice and snow tourism as a bridge, Diqing (迪庆) not only fulfilled the "first dream of snow mountain" for distant visitors like Mumin (穆明), but also allowed the "cold" resources of ice and snow to continuously release the "hot" economic effect.
Altay (阿勒泰), Xinjiang (新疆) –
Go to "Powder Snow Paradise" to Experience International-Level Ski Resorts
By Aldak (阿尔达克), reporter of this newspaper
The white snow and the blue sky complement each other, outlining the magnificent winter landscape of Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区), Xinjiang (新疆). At General Mountain Ski Resort (将军山滑雪场), Austrian ski coach Benny Walch (本尼·沃尔齐) stepped on snowboards and glided lightly over the snow, followed by a group of Chinese students.
Altay (阿勒泰) is located on the 47-degree north latitude "platinum snow area" line. It has a long snow season and abundant snowfall. The snow quality is light and dry. It is known as the "powder snow paradise" and has been verified by the academic community as the "earliest origin of human skiing." The annual snowfall period here can reach 210 days, the snow accumulation period exceeds 6 months, and the average natural snow depth in the mountainous area can reach 1 meter. In addition, the wind speed is gentle and the temperature is pleasant. It is recognized as having world-class natural conditions for skiing.
In recent years, with the rapid development of China's inbound tourism, Altay's (阿勒泰) ice and snow tourism industry has continued to upgrade, and the service system has become increasingly professional and international. In the 2024-2025 snow season, Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区) received more than 16 million tourists, an increase of more than 26% year-on-year; the number of skiers in major ski resorts exceeded 1.4 million, an increase of more than 21% year-on-year.
Among the various experiences of ice and snow tourism, ice and snow sports are the most popular. Professional coaches from ice and snow sports powerhouses such as Austria, Canada, and France have come to Altay (阿勒泰) to introduce systematic and standardized international ski teaching courses to major ski resorts.
Altay City General Mountain Ski Resort (阿勒泰市将军山滑雪场), as an alpine ski resort in the city, attracts ski enthusiasts at home and abroad with its convenient geographical location and excellent snow conditions. "The layout of the ski slopes here is professional, and the steep slopes and gentle slopes are organically combined, which can meet the needs of skiers of different levels." Walch (沃尔齐) said, "What is even more valuable is that the snow quality is excellent, and every ski is an enjoyment."
Along with the tourists, there are also travel agents and inspection groups from Australia, South Korea and other countries. Philip Bruce Osborne (菲利普·布鲁斯·奥斯本), general manager of the Australian Ice and Snow Tourism Expo, said after visiting General Mountain Ski Resort (将军山滑雪场): "The natural conditions here are superior, the scale and standards of the ice and snow tourism industry have fully reached international levels, and it is close to the city center with convenient transportation infrastructure, which has great potential to attract more international tourists."
In recent years, Altay (阿勒泰) has successively held professional events such as the FIS Cross-Country Skiing Points Series (Altay Station) and the Altay Mountain Winter Games, which have not only improved the standards of venue facilities and operation management, but also greatly enhanced its influence in the international ice and snow sports field. The events attract athletes, coaches and ski enthusiasts from all over the world, further driving the gathering and development of related industries such as tourism, training, and equipment. This year, Altay General Mountain International Ski Resort (阿勒泰将军山国际滑雪度假区) established cooperation with Club Med International Ski School of France to systematically introduce an international teaching system. Now in the ski resort, it is not only common to see Swiss professional coaching teams exchanging teaching concepts with local coaches, but also Russian coaches patiently guiding students' action skills - world-class teaching resources promote the continuous growth of Altay's (阿勒泰) ice and snow talent team.
In order to better welcome domestic and foreign tourists and athletes, Altay (阿勒泰) continues to upgrade its service system: launching multilingual tour guide services and launching international ticketing platforms in transportation hubs and scenic spots; opening express channels for ski equipment at the airport and cooperating with logistics companies to provide door-to-door delivery services for ski equipment; each ski resort continues to improve supporting facilities, increase catering, rest, medical emergency and other service points, so that tourists can enjoy the magnificent scenery while receiving considerate and thoughtful service. "We look forward to sharing the beauty of Altay's (阿勒泰) ice and snow with the world and leaving good memories for every visitor," said Wang Xinhui (王新慧), deputy director of the Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区) Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.
To better welcome domestic and international tourists and athletes, Altay (阿勒泰) continues to upgrade its service system: multilingual tour guide services are launched at transportation hubs and scenic spots, and international ticketing platforms are launched online; fast channels for snow gear are opened at airports, and cooperation with logistics companies provides door-to-door pick-up and delivery services for snow gear; various ski resorts continue to improve supporting facilities, increase service points for catering, rest, and medical emergency services, allowing tourists to experience the magnificent scenery while receiving considerate and thoughtful service. "We look forward to sharing the beauty of Altay's (阿勒泰) ice and snow with the world and leaving every visitor with wonderful memories," said Wang Xinhui (王新慧), Deputy Director of the Altay (阿勒泰) Region Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau.
"Altay (阿勒泰) is more wonderful than I imagined." After finishing his inspection trip to Altay (阿勒泰), Osborn (奥斯本) said with deep feeling, "The popularity of ice and snow tourism in China continues to rise. In the future, we hope to work with partners in the Altay (阿勒泰) region to invite more Australian ski enthusiasts and tourists to come and experience it."
Return to TopIn 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went to various localities for inspection and delivered a series of important speeches, pointing out the direction for the economic and social development of various regions. Over the past year, the vast number of party members and cadres have implemented policies without compromise and dared to act and achieve results in seeking development, and various undertakings have continued to achieve new results.
Recently, our reporters went deep into the grassroots to see the responsibility and implementation, and listened to the vivid stories of party members and cadres creating real achievements through hard work.
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Seize the Time and Run Out of Innovation Acceleration
Our reporters Ju Yunpeng (巨云鹏) and Wang Yinxin (王崟欣)
The Shanghai "Model Speed Space" large model innovation ecological community is still brightly lit late at night. Zhang Yun (张韵), secretary of the Party Committee of the community, and her team have just completed a key solution. "Record another moment of fighting alongside the company. When they succeed in the future, I hope to tell everyone that those great companies were born from the little lights in these late nights." She wrote on social media. This is not only a personal feeling, but also an epitome of the Shanghai Party organizations and party members and cadres at all levels charging ahead, providing close-fitting services, and making every effort to create a first-class innovation ecology.
In April of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Shanghai and asked Shanghai to "strive to be at the forefront of artificial intelligence development and governance in all aspects and produce a demonstration effect." Shanghai has strengthened its responsibility and made bold explorations and innovative governance in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, and strived to cultivate fertile ground for enterprises to focus on innovation.
Xuhui District (徐汇区), where "Model Speed Space" is located, currently gathers more than 1,500 artificial intelligence companies. On this basis, Xuhui District (徐汇区) has further expanded its incubation carriers, allowing more excellent artificial intelligence companies to "move in with their bags," and accelerated the gathering of a group of university joint innovation centers around the Shanghai Creative Institute, and established a 2 billion yuan "Shanghai Xuhui Artificial Intelligence Youth Entrepreneurship Fund" to provide early support and full-cycle services for entrepreneurs. "Technological innovation is changing rapidly, we can't wait, we can't be slow, we must seize the time and work hard when we see it accurately." Cao Liqiang (曹立强), Secretary of the Xuhui District (徐汇区) Committee, said.
In Qingpu District (青浦区), in the factory of Shanghai Zhenlan Instrument Technology Co., Ltd., robotic arms are flying up and down, and unmanned transport vehicles are shuttling between them. Li Shihua (李诗华), chairman of the company, said: "New technologies have brought new development opportunities to traditional industries. The original factory buildings are no longer enough, but land is very valuable and there are many procedures."
The Party Committee of Qingpu Industrial Park (青浦工业园区) quickly formed a special team, from the exploration of new plots to the preliminary review of materials and the optimization of project plans, guiding enterprises to maximize production space through "industrial building." "We want to think one step further and take on more responsibilities, so that companies can focus on innovation and development." Shao Jian (邵健), member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of the Park, said.
For many innovative companies, financial support is the "lifeline" for initial development. At the beginning of 2025, Shanghai issued the 8.0 version of the action plan to optimize the business environment. The General Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government issued the "Several Opinions on Further Deepening Reform and Innovation and Accelerating the High-Quality Development of Science and Technology Service Industry," proposing to help companies finance and reduce costs and increase efficiency. In this regard, Zhang Zhaodong (张兆东), founder of Shanghai Bangce Medical Technology Co., Ltd., felt deeply: his company, which has no collateral, no fixed assets, and no stable income, actually obtained a bank credit of 100 million yuan.
The key assistance came from the courage and good deeds of party members and cadres of the Songjiang District (松江区) Science and Technology Innovation Service Center. Chu Zhiqiu (储知秋), Deputy Director of the Shanghai Songjiang District (上海市松江区) Science and Technology Innovation Service Center, led teams to the company for research many times, repeatedly communicated with the bank, and finally used a 30 million yuan credit to "break the ice" and leverage larger-scale financial and social capital support. "Companies are innovating, and our service methods are also innovating. We will continue to play the role of a 'bridge of hearts,' linking resources from all parties, and go all out to support innovation, serve innovation, and run out of innovation acceleration." Chu Zhiqiu (储知秋) said.
Work Hard and Help Enterprises Overcome Difficulties and Add Vitality
Our reporter Hu Jingyi (胡婧怡)
"The comprehensive revitalization of the Northeast, in the final analysis, depends on reform and opening up."
In January 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Liaoning and put forward clear requirements for optimizing the business environment and adhering to and implementing the "two unswervingly."
Over the past year, Tai'an County (台安县), Liaoning Province, has regarded optimizing the business environment as the top priority for promoting the high-quality development of the county's economy, and introduced 55 innovative measures, established a working mechanism such as Entrepreneur Reception Day, promoted the construction of a "certificate-free city," fully implemented the system of leading cadres contacting enterprises, and strived to build a clean and close relationship between government and business.
At the end of the year, Xin Zhaoshuang (辛兆爽), Director of the Finance Bureau (State-owned Assets Administration Bureau) of Tai'an County (台安县), took stock: it has promoted more than 480 companies to reach financing agreements with banks, helping companies finance 1.74 billion yuan; newly sorted out 64 project financing needs, and continued to follow up on the financing progress of 10 key projects... He said: "We are solving the temporary difficulties for enterprises, and also empowering the long-term development of the region."
Liaoning Anjiu Animal Nutrition Food Co., Ltd. is located in Tai'an High-tech Agricultural Industrial Development Zone (台安高新农业产业开发区). The first phase of the pet wet food intelligent production line has been successfully put into production in April this year, and the second phase of the pet dry food intelligent manufacturing project next door has entered the equipment installation stage.
"Investing in Tai'an (台安) is not only about the industrial foundation, but also the business environment here." Wang Guohui (王国辉), general manager of the company, introduced that the company is about to put into production, but it faces financing pressure due to its short establishment time and lack of operating data. To this end, party members and cadres of Tai'an County (台安县) formed a special team to repeatedly discuss and study, coordinate banks to conduct on-site inspections, research the market, and analyze the prospects, and finally won a loan of 70 million yuan for the company, ensuring the smooth progress of the second phase of the project.
Over the past year, Tai'an County (台安县) has organized a large-scale "government-bank-enterprise" financing needs symposium every quarter, and 8 financial institutions in the county regularly introduce characteristic credit products for small and micro enterprises and key projects. Relevant departments guide party members and cadres to carefully study the new fields in industrial transformation and upgrading, use reform and innovation ideas, take the initiative, and formulate plans in combination with actual conditions, from saving enterprises from "urgency" to planning the industrial "situation."
Jinhe Renewable Resources Co., Ltd. is a renewable resource enterprise specializing in the crushing, processing and sales of waste metal. In 2025, it plans to expand its scale, but once had insufficient working capital. The Finance Bureau (State-owned Assets Administration Bureau) of Tai'an County (台安县) promoted state-owned enterprises to participate in equity investment, and at the same time innovated the "bank-enterprise supervision account" cooperation model, and coordinated the implementation of supply chain loans of 190 million yuan. "The government builds the platform and the finance escorts, which makes us more confident in development." You Bing (尤兵), Deputy General Manager of Jinhe Renewable Resources Co., Ltd., said.
"A good business environment is productivity and competitiveness. We must thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, continue to focus on the needs of enterprises, provide services with heart and soul, and inject lasting impetus into enterprises to move forward lightly and promote the high-quality economic and social development of Tai'an (台安)." Chang Liang (常亮), County Mayor of Tai'an County (台安县), said.
Work Hard to Take the Road of Transformation and Development
Our reporter Zheng Yangyang (郑洋洋)
"We received a loan of more than 10 million yuan, and the cadres of the Economic Development Zone helped us a lot!" In the Jincheng Economic and Technological Development Zone (晋城经济技术开发区) in Shanxi, Tong Lifu (童立福), general manager of Zhongke Chuangyuan (Shanxi) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., was very excited. As a new force in the optoelectronic industry that Jincheng (晋城) is vigorously cultivating, the company's orders are growing rapidly, but the R&D investment is high, and it once faced financing bottlenecks due to being "unfamiliar with the place."
Jincheng (晋城), the former "hometown of coal and iron," is firmly implementing the new development concept, actively promoting industrial transformation and development, and taking the development of the optoelectronic industry as a strategic breakthrough and actively introducing high-quality enterprises.
How to ensure that the introduced science and technology innovation enterprises can stay and develop well? Lian Jing (廉静), chairman of the State-owned Capital Operation Co., Ltd. of the Economic Development Zone, found a common problem in the research and visits: "Many enterprises have strong innovation capabilities and good market prospects, but they lack effective collateral and credit accumulation in the early stage, and their financing channels are not smooth." In response, the Party Working Committee of the Economic Development Zone innovatively proposed a "whitelist + risk compensation fund" mechanism: the government provides a whitelist to recommend high-quality enterprises through investigation, and the development zone provides a certain percentage of risk compensation fund for banks or guarantee companies to enhance loan credit. This injects a "reassurance pill" into financial institutions, making corporate financing smoother and the pace of transformation and development more stable.
Building a national comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for resource-based economic transformation is a strategic task entrusted to Shanxi by the Party Central Committee. In July 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Shanxi: "We must further unify our thinking, maintain our determination, and steadily and orderly promote transformation and development." Nowadays, in Jincheng (晋城), "as long as it is conducive to transformation and development, we will go all out to implement it" has become a broad consensus among party members and cadres. The local government is grasping the transformation and upgrading of traditional advantageous industries on the one hand, and grasping the cultivation and strengthening of strategic emerging industries such as optoelectronics on the other hand, and carrying out activities to solve problems and do practical things for enterprises in multiple batches, and the gold content, new content, and green content of economic development are constantly improving.
A few months ago, Shanxi Jingang Group (山西晋钢集团) prepared to invest in the production of new silicon steel materials and other high-end products, but problems such as capacity index replacement and land procedures were complicated, and the progress was slow for a while. The Jincheng Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (晋城市工信局) and natural resources, environmental protection and other departments held a special coordination and promotion meeting to establish a "enterprises raise demands, departments answer on the spot, and handle within a limited time" work mechanism. To add new capacity, it is necessary to find suitable enterprises to purchase indicators. Li Jin (李晋), Deputy Director of the Jincheng Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology (晋城市工信局), took the initiative to connect with the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology to help find cooperative enterprises that meet the indicator conditions; for land procedures, the municipal and county natural resources departments arranged special personnel to follow up; underground resource-related issues were coordinated by the municipal and county governments to ensure the smooth progress of the project.
"Transformation and development is the fundamental way out, and party members and cadres must enhance their strategic determination and implement it with the spirit of 'I don't have to be successful, but I must be successful.'" Xin Aiai (辛艾艾), member of the Standing Committee of the Jincheng Municipal Party Committee (晋城市委) and Minister of the Organization Department, said. In 2025, the output value of the city's optoelectronic industry successfully exceeded the 100 billion yuan mark, becoming an important engine for local transformation and development.
Work Together to Reduce Burdens, Increase Efficiency and Strengthen Services
Our reporter Fang Min (方敏)
On the morning of December 16, the warm winter sun shone on the bluestone road, and Zhao Yu (赵玉), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xidajie Street (西大街街道), Guancheng District (管城区), Zhengzhou City (郑州市), Henan Province, began her day's visit.
"The children get out of school early, and I get off work late. Can you coordinate with the bookstore to let the children read books?" "The neighborhood council pavilion has no roof, it's too sunny at noon and it rains, can you add a roof?"... Zhao Yu (赵玉) wrote down the opinions one by one, "Okay! I will do what I can do immediately, and I will find a way to do what is not easy to do, and I will definitely give everyone a reply."
Xidajie Street (西大街街道) has a permanent population of 50,000, with many elderly people and children, but the infrastructure is relatively weak. The workload is already heavy. In addition, the burden of reporting meetings and welcoming inspections and assessments was heavy in the past, and Zhao Yu (赵玉) felt even more overwhelmed. Sometimes, when the masses came to the door, she didn't have time to talk in detail. Now, she spends at least 3 days a week in the community to understand the needs of the masses.
The change stems from reducing the burden on the grassroots. In May 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during his inspection in Henan: "We must effectively rectify formalism and reduce the burden on the grassroots, support grassroots cadres to dare to do things and establish prestige, and support the masses to rely on their own strength to solve problems in social governance."
Zhengzhou City (郑州市) thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and introduced a series of measures to reduce the burden, such as relying on the construction of the third phase of the "City Brain" to achieve non-contact assessment, and the simplification rate of assessment indicators reached 73.89%; completed the compilation of the list of responsibilities of 193 townships (streets) in the city, and clarified the boundaries of responsibilities between counties and townships. In Xidajie Street (西大街街道), the higher-level departments recovered 14 categories of 86 items on the list, and at the same time cleaned up more than 30 signs and more than 30 work groups, and party members and cadres shifted from "revolving around materials" to "revolving around the masses."
"Reducing the burden is not reducing responsibility, but letting work return to the essence of service." Following Zhao Yu's (赵玉) visit, she talked about one thing: last month, a resident in her 60s suddenly felt dizzy while participating in activities at the community day care center. After recovering, she became more and more afraid and called the 12345 hotline, hoping to "see a doctor at her doorstep."
The Street Party Working Committee conducted research on this and learned that more than 70% of the elderly in the jurisdiction have the need to see a doctor nearby, and immediately reported it to the relevant departments. 28 days later, the triage point of the community service center was established. General practitioners take turns on duty, and elderly people over 60 can also establish health records and enjoy free follow-up visits.
Now, grassroots cadres have more time and energy to do practical things for the people. In Guancheng District (管城区), many old communities were once unmanaged, and the environment was "dirty, chaotic and poor." To this end, the Party Working Committees of multiple streets explored the joint management of unmanaged old communities and adopted the method of "try before you buy" for property management. The property management first moved in for free, cleaned up garbage, repaired facilities, and standardized parking. After the residents saw the changes, the party members took the lead in paying fees, the building chiefs explained door-to-door, and mobilized the residents to actively pay fees and actively participate in community governance.
The rain and sewage pipe network is connected, the wires are underground, and the community environment is getting better and better. "The environment is changing, and people's hearts are also changing. In the past, we did it and the masses watched, but now cadres and the masses are working together. Everyone says that there are people who manage urgent, difficult and worrying problems, and naturally they want to contribute. The joint construction, joint governance and sharing of grassroots governance has become a natural thing." Liu Li (刘利), Secretary of the Guancheng District (管城区) Committee, said.
Work Together to Draw a Harmonious Landscape Picture
Our reporter Yang Wenming (杨文明)
In winter, Wei Huilin (韦会林), Secretary of the Party Branch of Zhongzhai Village (中寨村), Lubuge Buyi and Miao Township (鲁布革布依族苗族乡), Luoping County (罗平县), Yunnan Province, strolled along the shore of Wanfeng Lake (万峰湖). Behind him, his own 50-mu camellia oleifera garden is lush and green; in front of him, the newly built industrial road leads directly to the outside of the mountain. On the lake, light boats are fishing, like a painting.
This harmonious picture is hard-won. In previous years, the local water quality of Wanfeng Lake (万峰湖) deteriorated to worse than Level V due to over-breeding. After the battle to tackle ecological remediation was launched, Wei Huilin (韦会林) was the first to stand up and personally dismantled his own 200 cages that had been operating for many years and had an annual income of hundreds of thousands of yuan, leading the breeders to "go ashore" one after another.
In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out during his inspection in Yunnan: "Yunnan has an important ecological status, and we must unswervingly follow the path of ecological priority and green development, and build a solid ecological security barrier in southwest China."
How to follow the path of green development and achieve a win-win situation for ecological protection and the production and life of the masses? Luoping County (罗平县) insisted on finding directions, methods, and answers from the Party's innovative theories, strengthened the concept of the system, and made overall plans for the three articles of "mountains, water, and people."
**路不通，再好的果子也难出山** (lù bù tōng, zài hǎo de guǒzi yě nán chū shān - "If the road is not open, even the best fruit will be difficult to get out of the mountain," meaning that without the necessary infrastructure, even the best products cannot reach the market). Luoping County (罗平县) supports the masses in developing the camellia oleifera industry, which has already reached a considerable scale, and the masses have a high voice for unblocking sales channels. To this end, relevant departments jointly tackled key problems, built industrial roads, and connected scattered camellia oleifera and navel orange orchards into pieces, and the "Party branch + leading enterprise + cooperative + farmer" model operated more smoothly.
New ideas have also been made in the water article. The local area explored the ecological breeding model of "raising water with fish" and used the clear water surface to reasonably develop ecological fishing and try new formats of leisure tourism. "I can receive many anglers on weekends, and the income is more stable than simply raising fish." Wei Xiaotiao (韦小跳), a villager in Zhongzhai Village (中寨村), said.
In order to ensure that the masses who go ashore can "stabilize and become rich," the Lubuge Township Party Committee (鲁布革乡党委) joined hands with the human resources and social security departments to carry out more than 1,000 vocational skills trainings in mechanical operation, catering services, and embroidery skills throughout the year. For the elderly, 160 public welfare positions such as ecological forest rangers and lake cleaners were developed for bottom-line resettlement.
Scientific governance has yielded fruitful results. Today's Lubuge Township (鲁布革乡) has a thriving industrial belt composed of 10,000 mu of camellia oleifera and 1,000 mu of navel oranges, and the collective economy of 9 administrative villages is stable at more than 120,000 yuan per year. In Luoping County (罗平县), the local government vigorously promotes the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, and completed the restoration of 1,352.12 mu of historical mines, comprehensive management of 42,500 mu of rocky desertification, and management of 55.62 square kilometers of soil erosion throughout the year. At the same time, relying on ecological advantages, it promotes the formation of a "spring to see rapeseed flowers, summer to see waterfalls, autumn to see peak forests, and winter to see fog" all-season residential model, and is expected to receive nearly 6 million tourists this year.
"This year's hard work is for next year's sweetness, and even more for long-term wealth. We must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought, strive to draw a harmonious and symbiotic picture, and while safeguarding the ecological security barrier, let the masses continue to share the ecological dividends." Xu Shaofa (许韶发), Secretary of the Luoping County (罗平县) Committee, said.
By: 沈童睿
Every year-end, Yang Qiaona (杨巧娜), Party Secretary of the Shifan Road Community (师范路社区) Party Committee of Ninghai Street (宁海街道), Yantai (烟台), Shandong (山东), flips through her work notebook to take stock of what she has done throughout the year. In 2025, establishing a "clear account" for property public revenue, making the masses feel informed, was a "stroke of genius." The demand for home-based elderly care is becoming more vigorous, but the routine care and assistance for the elderly who are advanced in age and living alone is not enough, which is a shortcoming. Closing the notebook, Yang Qiaona (杨巧娜) said: "Achievements are obtained through hard work. The existing problems must also be solved through hard work."
These words are simple, but they reveal a profound truth - the greatest truths are the simplest, and hard work is essential. Not long ago, the Central Economic Work Conference emphasized "it is necessary to establish and practice a correct view of performance, and adhere to achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through hard work." This is not only a clear requirement for party members and cadres, but also reveals the path to creating real achievements - putting the word "do" first and taking responsibility.
Putting the word "do" first is reflected in daring to face problems and tackling tough issues. I once interviewed a county party secretary, who talked about the local predicament a few years ago: the food processing industry, which had been relied on for many years, was growing weakly and lacked momentum for future development. The county did not stick to its "old ways" and make do, but conducted in-depth research and combined local conditions to cultivate a new material industry, quickly forging a new path. He said: "Data does not deceive people. Relying on local traditional industries is more than enough to seek stability, but it is very weak to seek progress. To develop, we must solve the problem of a single structure and cultivate new momentum in accordance with local conditions." It is this kind of hard work that targets the crux of the problem and takes decisive action that has brought about a turning point.
When starting a business, the method is very important. Only by getting the way of thinking right can we make a difference. Not long ago, I went to a city to interview about the renovation of old residential areas. More than 1,800 old residential areas were renovated in the past by "treating the head when it hurts and the foot when it hurts." Nowadays, the local area adheres to the concept of system, changing "scattered renovation" to "group-based and contiguous," and changing "government solo" to "multi-party chorus." Some adjacent communities demolished walls to open up space, share resources, and complement each other's functions, and effectively solved the problems of funds and subsequent management through platform companies. Visible and tangible changes have won praise from the masses.
How well you do depends on the effectiveness. Continuously rectifying formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots and improving the assessment and evaluation mechanism, an important achievement is to abandon "window dressing" and establish a "performance-based hero" orientation. Looking back on this year, in all walks of life, countless struggling figures are using actions to define "hard work": on the front line of industrial development, party members and cadres are busy between enterprises, research institutes, and departments, running projects, promoting transformation, and helping to develop new quality productive forces; in the fields, agricultural and rural workers put sweat into the soil and sow the hope of harvest; in the streets and alleys, community workers visit homes, care for people's well-being, deliver good policies to their doorsteps, and solve worries at their doorsteps... It is these day-to-day perseverance and repeated offensives that have promoted the continuous achievement of new progress and new results in the development of the cause.
2026 is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The vast number of party members and cadres will establish and practice a correct view of performance, be pragmatic and dedicated to the people, and strive to make progress, which will surely gather the strength to promote high-quality development and continuously create new achievements worthy of the Party, the people, and the times.
Return to TopBy: 张 铮
Technology makes creation commonplace, but those that can stand the test of time are never familiar, nutrient-poor imitations, but works with emotional warmth and communication between hearts, created by humans with the aid of technology. Even if they are rough or imperfect, they can still allow us to perceive the texture of life and touch the origin of creation.
Not long ago, an article by Professor Zhang Heqing (张河清) of Guangzhou University (广州大学) mourning his classmate, "Remembering My Close Friend Liu Yizhou (刘一周)," went viral. The more than 2,000-word article used simple language, but it was sincere and touched countless netizens, making them "cry." It turns out that we, who hold our mobile phones every day and see massive amounts of information fleetingly, are still deeply moved by content that is "warm and powerful."
Also in this December, both *Merriam-Webster's Dictionary* and *The Economist* gave the word of the year 2025 to "slop," which refers to low-quality digital content produced in large quantities by artificial intelligence (AI). A large part of the exponentially growing content output on the Internet comes from AI creation. They are generated quickly and in large quantities, with a greater pursuit of traffic than quality, causing people to worry about the "proliferation of mediocrity."
The combination of these two things provides us with a perspective for observing and thinking about today's literary and artistic creation and cultural production: on the one hand, as AI and algorithms are upgraded to become "creative partners," deeply involved in literature, film and television, music, games, publishing, cultural heritage protection and other fields, the previously precious and rare creativity, creation, and innovation seem to have broken through bottlenecks, and we have entered an era of abundant supply of cultural content; on the other hand, the torrent of information is not without superficially glamorous but internally homogeneous content with obvious AI flavor, a mixture of good and bad, causing people to feel fatigued and intensifying the desire for 返璞归真 (fǎn pú guī zhēn - "return to simplicity," to revert to one's true nature).
Looking at the booming cultural industry, we can also see this desire. In 2024, China's cultural industry revenue was 19.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 37.7% compared to 2020. Behind the overall growth, problems such as the need to improve cultural innovation capabilities, insufficient supply of high-quality cultural products, and weak international competitiveness of cultural enterprises still exist. In the newly added works of online literature platforms, the phenomenon of formulaic openings is prominent, and divorce, rebirth, and system activation have almost become universal templates for story settings; in the film and television field, AI is not only used for visual design and special effects generation, but also begins to affect narrative structure, and complex narratives are rejected by algorithms because they may lead to audience loss.
AI is not an opponent, but a mirror, allowing us to see: in the face of massive cultural supply, what are people still craving? In the abundant cultural creation, what is the most "scarce"? In my opinion, in the era of cultural digitization, emotion, trust, and uniqueness are even more valuable.
True feelings are high-level feelings that can transcend temporary emotions and inspire human resonance. No matter how sophisticated AI's "imitation writing" and "imitation creation" are, they cannot replace the sincere expression that originates from life experience, nor can they replace the creations that carry keen insights into the times and profound value choices. The literary and artistic works full of deep emotion are backed by the irreplaceable life course of the creator, which stirs ripples in the reader's heart and evokes the audience's long-lost memories. Thus, the recipient also becomes a witness to this life course. Whether it can provide irreplaceable in-depth experience and emotional connection is always an important yardstick for testing whether literary and artistic works can become masterpieces and eternal classics.
Trust is the trust and yearning for cultural originality in a deeply technical and data-driven creative environment. Technology is becoming a "trick of the eye." Face-changing videos that can be seen everywhere on short video platforms, celebrity speeches that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, self-media sharing done by digital humans and AI voiceovers, as well as willful and arbitrary "cutting," "pasting," and unscrupulous "grafting," are consuming the public's trust in cultural content and its sources. Therefore, it is particularly necessary to build a trustworthy content creation ecosystem of human-machine collaboration. It requires us to clarify AI logos, establish "borrowing" boundaries, form a creative consensus that respects history, respects academics, and respects original copyright, and safeguard the creativity of culture.
Without uniqueness, it is difficult to stand out from the massive amount of content. The uniqueness of literary and artistic works and cultural products depends not only on the creator's true feelings mentioned above, but also on the deep binding of audience needs. Unique products not only take the lead in targeting needs and responding to needs, but can even anticipate needs, create needs, and lead aesthetic trends and fashion trends. A truly unique content IP requires the support of the entire industrial chain of originality, production, distribution, consumption, and derivatives, which is by no means as simple as putting on a template. Creating uniqueness requires not only the pioneering creative courage of content creators and the meticulous production attitude of product creators, but also the entrepreneurial spirit of industry operators and the reform courage of industry managers. In addition to the final product presentation, integrating new production factors and cultivating new application scenarios are also important components of uniqueness.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) proposal puts forward "improving cultural originality," "prospering new mass literature and art under the conditions of the Internet," "implementing active cultural economic policies," "promoting the integration of culture and technology," and "guiding and regulating the healthy development of online literature, online games, and online audio-visual," which reflects the top-level design and value orientation of the dual-wheel drive of cultural undertakings and cultural industries and the unity of social benefits and economic benefits. Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," digital technologies represented by AI will further enhance the abundance of the cultural market. At the same time, it is imperative to allow this abundance to bring the general public more cultural gains, achieve both quantity and quality improvement, and promote the unity of meeting people's cultural needs and enhancing people's spiritual strength.
True cultural creation is a practice that can create meaning, build community, and connect history and the present. Being in the wave of cultural abundance, the form of cultural industry will inevitably continue to change, and it also prompts us to rethink the irreplaceable nature of human beings as the main body of creation. Technology makes creation commonplace, but those that can stand the test of time are never familiar, nutrient-poor imitations, but works with emotional warmth and communication between hearts, created by humans with the aid of technology. Even if they are rough or imperfect, they can still allow us to perceive the texture of life and touch the origin of creation.
(The author is a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University (清华大学))
Return to TopBy: 袁子弹
The "screenplay-centric system" is not equivalent to the "screenwriter-centric system," but rather emphasizes that someone must be responsible for the entire creative process, connecting the early and late stages of creation, and transforming the labor of individual jobs into a coordinated effort across the entire chain.
Recently, relevant departments have advocated for a "screenplay-centric system" to promote the polishing of screenplays in television drama creation, leveraging good screenplays to produce good works. In my opinion, this is a rectification of the source, helping creators to affirm the importance of the "foundation of a drama" (一剧之本), to affirm the power of characters, stories, and ideas in the screenplay, thereby returning creation to the right track. This is also the necessary, even the only, path for the emergence of high-quality film and television productions.
Having been in the industry for so many years, I have a deep feeling: "Screenplay, screenplay, the foundation of a drama" (剧本剧本，一剧之本). Many projects only talk the talk, saying that screenwriters are important and screenplays are important, while ignoring or downplaying the laws of creation. If making a TV series is like building a house, and the screenplay is the design drawing, then there are quite a few "illegal buildings" that alter the drawings. A screenplay must go through multiple stages before being approved, including planning discussions, screenwriter creation, and platform approval; after approval, there will be script readings involving directors, actors, cinematographers, editors, and others. But even so, why is it that after entering the filming stage, the screenplay can still be changed beyond recognition, ultimately making it difficult to produce high-quality works?
The reason is that the early and late stages of creation are disconnected. The early stage of creation is often led by the screenwriter, absorbing opinions from platform editors, evaluators, planning departments, etc., while directors and actors usually arrive late after the screenwriter has completed most of the screenplay creation. They face heavy filming tasks and have no time to carefully consider why the screenwriter designed the characters and structured the screenplay in this way. The huge communication costs force them to tend to use familiar teams to make changes, rather than patiently working with the screenwriter. This creates a disconnect between the early and late stages of creation. Even if all the links are excellent main creators, and they all hope to create excellent works, this disconnect makes them go their own way and unable to form a joint force.
In my opinion, the "screenplay-centric system" is not equivalent to the "screenwriter-centric system," but rather emphasizes that someone must be responsible for the entire creative process. There is a leading person who participates from beginning to end, ensuring the integrity and fluency of the screenplay, and ensuring that the screenplay can be practiced and completed to the greatest extent possible during filming. This person can be the platform, the producer, the director, or the screenwriter, but the prerequisite is that he or she must have real professional ability to lead everyone to connect the early and late stages of creation, and transform the labor of individual jobs into a coordinated effort across the entire chain.
Good creation is like a relay race, where each person completes their leg with high quality and steadily passes the baton to the next person. As the initiator of the project, the platform and the producer are the first leg. Taking the screenplay as the center means not following trends or crowds in the selection of themes, establishing the artistic value of the project from the source, rather than just focusing on data and "blockbuster formulas." Creation and profitability are not contradictory, but good creation is always forward-looking, protecting the innovation and forward-looking nature of the work from the very beginning, which is the cornerstone of high-quality creation.
The screenwriter is the second leg. Taking the screenplay as the center places higher demands on the screenwriter. Diligence, piety, delving into the texture of life, showing the truth and complexity of human nature—it is important to clearly recognize that our creation is facing the audience directly, and we must be worthy of this rapidly changing country, worthy of the flesh-and-blood characters that grow on this land. Only in this way can we write screenplays that reach people's hearts, and only such screenplays are qualified to become the center of creation.
The director and actors are the third leg. Taking the screenplay as the center means that the choice of directors and actors should be based on their understanding and fit with the screenplay, rather than using whoever is famous or has a lot of traffic. The secondary creation of directors and actors should not be a random play that deviates from the screenplay, but should be based on the structure and character background of the screenplay, adding luster rather than overturning and starting over. The director should maximize the realization of the screenplay's intention through lens scheduling and rhythm control; the actors should devote themselves to character shaping, showing the character's charm, rather than their own charm.
This screenplay-centric relay race has tactics and rhythm, bringing everyone's efforts together under the same creative purpose, without dropping the baton or going off course, and finally passing the baton to the audience, accepting the audience's scrutiny and test. Only in this way can the complete creative intention be presented, emotional communication and resonance with the audience can be achieved, and truly excellent works can be expected to be produced.
(The author is a screenwriter)
Return to TopBy: 李京盛
In March of this year, the micro-drama "Home Inside and Out" was broadcast and received much praise, also sparking industry discussions about themes, techniques, and styles, becoming an important event in the development of micro-dramas. Recently, the sequel "Home Inside and Out 2" has also met with audiences, expanding on the basis of the previous work with new stories, with over 1 billion views and undiminished market popularity.
"Home Inside and Out 2" continues the character relationships of the previous work, focusing on the reorganized family of Cai Xiaoyan (蔡晓艳) and Chen Haiqing (陈海清), while retaining the style and background of the previous work, continuing to use Sichuan-Chongqing dialect to interpret the scenes of the times, conveying family warmth through daily trivial matters, and telling emotional stories in the changing times. On the other hand, the sequel has expanded the story, adding characters such as Sanlun (三轮), Zhou Dawei (周大为), and Zuzu (祖祖), increasing the volume of the work from 79 episodes in the first part to 111 episodes, and constructing a framework with 11 units. The plot structure is clearer, the narrative perspective expands from within the family to the neighborhood, and the main theme expression rises from family affection to a richer level of human relationships.
The precipitation and upgrading of the creative techniques of the "Home Inside and Out" series provides inspiration for the current micro-dramas to move towards high-quality development.
Get rid of the shackles of "native themes" and explore thematic expressions with more realistic texture and cultural connotation. The narrowness and homogeneity of themes, and the lack of cultural and emotional immersion in stories, are the reasons why most popular micro-dramas on the market are criticized. "Home Inside and Out" uses realistic creative techniques to construct a "home" space with cultural recognition and a sense of real life, breaking through the narrative drawbacks of deliberately creating "castles in the air" and "daydreams" in previous micro-dramas. The relatively full group portraits of characters in the work, as well as their understanding, tolerance, and mutual support, all convey a living atmosphere and ethical emotions that should exist between family members and neighbors, raising the cultural value of micro-dramas.
Using a life-flow narrative method to break through the creative path of micro-dramas that blindly seek speed and pleasure. In a creative ecosystem that pursues strong plot stimulation and fast-paced refreshment, daring to slow down the narrative rhythm, using the long-flowing daily life to replace high-frequency emotional bombardment; using the common sense and reason in ordinary families to replace artificially created dramatic reversals; focusing the camera on the emotional changes of the characters, allowing emotions to ferment naturally in the process of plot advancement. This "rebellion" against routines helps to achieve aesthetic upgrading from emotional rendering to emotional precipitation. The vivid image of Cai Xiaoyan's (蔡晓艳) "crooked woman," the hilarious scenes of Chen Yifan (陈一帆) and her sister complaining about Zhou Dawei (周大为), and the collision of new and old characters all make the drama close to life and full of fun in character shaping.
The innovative attempts of the "Home Inside and Out" series reflect the efforts of micro-drama creators to break the homogenization and vulgarization dilemma, proving that realistic themes focusing on mainstream culture can have both traffic and word-of-mouth. More such explorations will encourage more creators to expand themes, update techniques, jump out of routines, and promote micro-dramas from entertainment products to more valuable cultural carriers.
Return to TopWith its tight pacing and humorous narration, the police documentary series "Guardian of Jiefang West" has consistently been popular among young people. By the sixth season, it is clear that the creators are no longer satisfied with the previous "catching live fish" style of recording, but are trying to elevate the cases to the level of discussing emotion, reason, and law through thematic arrangement, exploring themes such as "the boundaries of love" and "the time difference of family affection." However, the problem is that when an episode strings together multiple similar cases in thirty or forty minutes, the narrative has to operate at high speed. The camera has just led the audience to glimpse a crack in a family tragedy, or a moment of distorted humanity, and it has to rush to the next police situation. The weight and complexity of social issues are compressed into fast-paced "case briefings." In-depth topics are "laid out" but not truly developed. For a documentary IP with a huge influence, this is undoubtedly a pity. How to find a balance between "recording" and "thinking," and meet the audience's expectations for philosophical reflections beyond individual cases, may be a direction that this successful IP can try to cultivate while guarding the everyday atmosphere.
(Peng Yaoyao (彭瑶瑶), Haidian District (海淀区), Beijing (北京市))
The creators are no longer satisfied with the previous **现抓活鱼** (xiàn zhuā huó yú - "catching live fish," describing a spontaneous, on-the-spot approach).
Return to TopBy: 靳子贤
The curtain call of the dance drama *Dream of the Red Chamber* featured Jia Baoyu (贾宝玉) appearing alone to bow, then suddenly turning around as the curtain rose, revealing the Twelve Beauties of Jinling slowly walking towards him, their gestures and expressions full of deep emotion, highlighting the atmosphere of "a thousand red beauties weep, ten thousand vibrant flowers grieve." A video titled "The curtain call of *Dream of the Red Chamber* can be called the ceiling of aesthetics" received over 2.8 million likes on Douyin.
The curtain call of the dance drama *Tiangong Kaiwu* (天工开物), was jokingly called "everyone can fly," as the actors successively completed high-difficulty jumps and spins, maximizing the "sense of weightlessness." Netizens exclaimed in the comments: "A young man in bright clothes and an angry horse" was concretized at this moment!
Recently, several stage productions have achieved remarkable highlights through innovative interpretations of the curtain call, and have triggered widespread dissemination online in the form of short videos. However, some of these works have "curtain calls that go viral, but the main drama is disappointing," and audiences who are attracted to the theater by the curtain call feel a clear psychological gap. Such situations have occurred repeatedly, to the point where there is a special name for it: "Curtain Call Style."
For stage art, the curtain call is originally a two-way thank you between the actors and the audience at the end of the play. In the actors' bows and waves, and in the audience's applause and cheers, a performance comes to a complete and warm end. Nowadays, the curtain call has been managed by the creators to have more possibilities: close interaction with the audience, talent display and emotional expression of the actors, poetic condensation of the theme of the plot, carefully designed scene reproduction... Especially through the editing and amplification of short videos, it jumps out of the theater and becomes an "invitation" to more potential audiences in front of the screen, playing a role in publicity and promotion.
On the one hand, the variety of curtain calls deserves praise for its intention. It reflects the pursuit of creative ingenuity and excellent production by creators in the current increasingly competitive performance market. Even the curtain call is repeatedly designed and adjusted, which shows how strong the "quality control" awareness is. On the other hand, the curtain call is only the icing on the cake outside of the main drama. The real key is whether the work can match the audience's expectations. If there is only the highlight of the curtain call, but the content of the work is bland and empty, ignoring the solid plot and profound humanistic connotation, it is overdrawing the audience's trust. After the noise, nothing is left.
The frequent appearance of "Curtain Call Style" is actually somewhat similar to the spread of "famous scenes" in literary and artistic works in recent years. The word-of-mouth communication that was previously passed on is no longer "up to date." What the producers are now pursuing is an exponential spread triggered by a link, a fragment, or a curtain call. Especially aiming at the sinking market and releasing the demand for urban consumption potential, creators intentionally use the Internet and the screen to leverage the big with the small, expand the audience circle, and stimulate the "blockbuster" effect.
Even so, it should also be seen that the logic of traffic cannot override the logic of art. The "blockbuster" leads the flow, each showing its strengths, and in the end, it still has to fall on the viewing experience and compete with the quality of the work. After attracting the audience, it is also necessary to retain the audience and make the audience feel that "the trip was worthwhile." A wonderful curtain call design can only become the finishing touch for a work to move from a "blockbuster" to a "classic" if it is rooted in the core of the work.
Return to TopBy: 沈 策
Recently, a batch of video creators have launched documentary programs such as "Chronicles of Urban Glory" (城市风华录), "Cultural Heritage of China" (文脉春秋), and "China in Intangible Cultural Heritage" (非遗里的中国) with cities as their themes. Through multi-dimensional and three-dimensional perspectives, they allow audiences to truly feel the quiet transformation of Chinese urban landscapes.
Since the reform and opening up, China has experienced the largest and fastest urbanization process in world history. Urban agglomerations have risen on the vast land, and the achievements of urban construction are remarkable. However, for a period of time, the urban image narratives that matched it were often too grand, focusing on achievement-style publicity, lacking vividness, and affecting the communication effect. How to update the presentation of urban images? A new batch of programs has given the answer, that is, shifting from "the city of things" and "his city" to "my city" and "our city," focusing on showing the city's life, atmosphere, cultural heritage, and transformative power, using the people's perspective to observe the process of urban civilization and tell the Chinese story of urban renewal.
Reconstructing the vitality of urban life with a sense of home. The spatial meaning of a city originates from the individual's embodied perception, and the relationship between the city and people depends on the citizens' sense of home. If the urban image in the video only focuses on high-rise buildings, bright lights, and beautiful flowers, the people in it appear small and blurred. Such an urban presentation is difficult to penetrate the audience's hearts. Creating a sense of home has become a common pursuit of urban images today. "Chronicles of Urban Glory" (城市风华录) takes the audience to follow the footsteps of the "Fenghua Group" (风华团) to visit more than 10 representative cities, listening to the bustle of streets, the whispers of gardens, and the voices of citizens in the urban texture and life folds through documentary visits. Similarly, "China in Intangible Cultural Heritage" (非遗里的中国) allows us to see the wisdom of our ancestors still shining in contemporary society, "Homes Among Rivers and Mountains" (山水间的家) allows people to be immersed in the harmony between mountains and rivers and homes, "Three Meals, Four Seasons" (三餐四季) enters the kitchens of citizens, savoring thousands of flavors... The hot scenes and vivid stories burst out of the screen, telling the stories of people and things around them, and seeing the scenery and emotions of their homes. These images vividly explain that the city is ultimately a city of people, a source of happiness and fundamental well-being for citizens.
Giving the city a deep and long taste with a sense of humanity. A city, a land, a group of people, each has its own distinct characteristics, and there are different shooting angles. Urban image programs strive to treat the city as a historical and cultural book to be opened, giving each brick and tile a soul, highlighting its unique and distinct texture. "Chronicles of Urban Glory" (城市风华录) takes a different angle for each city, deeply exploring the city's temperament and endowments, allowing the audience to see how the historical city of Luoyang (洛阳) started the process of Chinese civilization, how Ningbo (宁波), "Hai Ding Bo Ning" ("海定波宁"), continues the prosperity of the port city, and how Suining (遂宁), "Sui Ju Shu Zhi Yu" ("遂居蜀之腴"), plans humanistic ecology and industrial economy with a green concept... Historical humanities have improved the city's recognition and reversed the stereotype of 千城一面 (qiān chéng yī miàn - "thousand cities one face," describing the lack of individuality among cities). Some viewers said: "It turns out that the old buildings I pass by every day hide so many stories, and now I will unconsciously pay attention to the cultural traces around me when I go out." One by one, the freehand Chinese cities nourish contemporary citizens with the prosperity of humanities, and also inspire people to think about how to retain the city's unique cultural genes, how to continue the city's historical features, and how to shape an urban image that runs through ancient and modern times?
Magnifying the city's magnetic effect with a sense of participation. "The city is for the prosperity of the people; the people are the foundation of the city. If people go to it, the city will prosper." It is the dream of every citizen to participate in the transformation of the city, release wisdom and talent, and realize their own value. The new urban images place the creation of people in the inheritance and transformation of the city in the C position, whether it is cleverly transforming the industrial building remains into a leisure and entertainment space for citizens, or reasonably planning the natural landscape in the golden area of the city where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, all of which reflects the wisdom of people. The presentation mode of "things in front of people" is gradually replaced by the shooting concept of "things behind people." The shooting perspective associates the architectural coordinates in the city with citizens' spiritual cultivation, cultural experience, and policy convenience, making the documentary effect more delicate and moving.
Chinese cities are still changing, which is an inexhaustible treasure trove of themes for video art. To tell the story of Chinese cities well, creators have a responsibility to start from the perspective of the audience, be good at looking down, looking inward, and looking forward, be people-oriented, take culture as the soul, and constantly launch urban video works with distinctive characteristics, so as to provide more abundant, three-dimensional, and vivid video annotations for the development of Chinese cities.
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