Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of a strong start to the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), highlighting Xi Jinping's call for all regions and departments to align with the national agenda and ensure effective implementation. It discusses how various regions, such as Hainan, the Yangtze River Delta, and others, are focusing on their unique strengths and addressing specific challenges to contribute to the overall national development goals. The article also touches on inter-regional and inter-departmental cooperation, such as collaborations between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau to streamline modular construction standards, as examples of coordinated efforts. The piece focuses on domestic issues.
Summary: The article discusses Beijing's efforts to foster "new quality productive forces" (新质生产力) by integrating technological and industrial innovation, guided by Xi Jinping's directives. Beijing aims to build a modern industrial system, focusing on high-tech industries and establishing platforms for technology transfer and commercialization. The city is promoting collaboration between research institutions and enterprises, providing financial support, and streamlining patent usage for small businesses. Beijing also encourages cross-disciplinary cooperation and the formation of innovation consortia to target emerging industries.
Summary: This article discusses Xi Jinping's strategic vision for the Yangtze River Economic Belt, emphasizing ecological protection and high-quality, sustainable development. It highlights the shift from prioritizing economic development to prioritizing environmental restoration, encapsulated in the principle of "jointly protecting the environment and avoiding large-scale development." The article cites improvements in water quality, biodiversity, and economic vitality along the river, with foreign trade in the 11 provinces and cities reaching a record high. It emphasizes the importance of coordinated efforts between different regions and innovative approaches to achieve both ecological preservation and economic growth. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In his New Year's address, President Xi Jinping highlighted the booming cultural and tourism market, including trends like "city-super" and "village-super," and the popularity of winter sports. The New Year holiday saw vibrant consumer demand with new commercial spaces and brands debuting across China, exemplified by strong sales and visitor numbers in Beijing. Travel surged, with overall cross-regional mobility up nearly 20% year-on-year, including significant increases in railway and air travel. The expansion of visa-free policies also contributed to an increase in inbound tourism, with cities like Sanya seeing a notable rise in international arrivals.
Summary: This article emphasizes Xi Jinping's call for Party members to focus on practical achievements that benefit the people as China enters the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. It highlights the importance of aligning local initiatives with the central government's strategic goals, citing examples like the Fujian-Ningxia poverty alleviation model and Yiwu's economic development. The article stresses the need to address the fundamental concerns of the people, avoid formalism, and solve practical problems. It also underscores the importance of strengthening the real economy and promoting technological innovation to overcome challenges and achieve high-quality development. The article notes that China faces strategic opportunities and risk challenges in the external environment.
Summary: According to the article, in his 2026 New Year address, Xi Jinping focused on the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan," emphasizing the need to "anchor goals and tasks, strengthen confidence, take advantage of the momentum, and solidly promote high-quality development" to continue the "Chinese miracle". The article attributes China's rapid development and achievements, such as its high-speed rail network and technological advancements like DeepSeek and humanoid robots, to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. It claims China's ability to overcome technological bottlenecks demonstrates that attempts to "strangle" (卡脖子) the country will not succeed. The piece stresses the importance of maintaining confidence and leveraging China's unique advantages, such as the whole-nation system, to achieve further progress. It also alluded to the United States, stating that China is responding to global uncertainty with the certainty of its high-quality development.
Summary: This article summarizes Xi Jinping's focus on improving the lives of the Chinese people, drawing from his New Year's addresses and policy initiatives. It highlights efforts to increase incomes through rural development and technological advancements in agriculture, citing examples like fruit farmers in Guangdong. The article also emphasizes job creation, particularly in rural areas, and improved social security, elder care, and healthcare access. Specific initiatives, such as childcare subsidies and expanded medical insurance coverage, are mentioned as examples of the government's commitment to addressing the needs of vulnerable populations. Finally, the article touches on disaster relief and support for disabled individuals, highlighting the socialist system's advantages in protecting the most vulnerable.
Summary: This article from Xinhua News Agency reports on the appearance of the first "supermoon" of 2026, a full moon occurring near its closest point to Earth (perigee), on January 3rd. The article notes that a second supermoon is expected on December 24th, 2026. The article includes a photograph of the supermoon taken in Miyun District, Beijing. There is no mention of Chinese politics, the United States, or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of a strong start to the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), with regions and departments focusing on high-quality development and coordinated efforts. It highlights examples like Hainan leveraging its free trade port status, the Yangtze River Economic Belt promoting inter-provincial cooperation, and Guangdong collaborating with Hong Kong and Macau to standardize modular construction. The article stresses the need for local initiatives to align with national strategies and for addressing both short-term and long-term challenges to achieve comprehensive development. The piece does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights Beijing's efforts to foster "new quality productive forces" (新质生产力) by integrating technological and industrial innovation, particularly in advanced manufacturing and biomedicine. Beijing is supporting these efforts by establishing middle-stage testing platforms (中试平台), encouraging collaboration between research institutions and enterprises through joint funding initiatives, and fostering a globally competitive innovation ecosystem. Beijing aims to strengthen these platforms, encourage innovation, and streamline the commercialization of scientific achievements, like the Changping Laboratory’s breakthroughs in Parkinson's research. The Beijing Municipal Party Committee Secretary尹力emphasized the critical role of technological innovation in the upcoming 15th Five-Year Plan.
Summary: The 2026 "Buy in China" and Spring Festival Consumption Season was launched in Shanghai on January 3rd. During the launch, enterprises announced measures for the "Buy in China" campaign. The Ministry of Commerce will continue the "Buy in China" series in 2026, focusing on commodity consumption, service consumption, and consumption scenarios, organizing national events like the "Happy Shopping Spring Festival." The initiative aims to stimulate consumer market vitality through themed activities and support for local and city-specific events. A special "Happy Shopping Spring Festival" event will be organized by the Ministry of Commerce to promote consumption across various sectors during the Chinese New Year.
Summary: A Spanish media outlet reports that increased trade between China and Spain is reflected in the speed with which Spanish bluefin tuna reaches Chinese markets. Bilateral trade reached $50.032 billion in the first 11 months of 2025, and Spanish officials express optimism about deepening cooperation, particularly as Chinese demand for high-quality agricultural products grows. Chinese companies are investing in Spain, particularly in new energy vehicles and renewable energy projects. The Spanish Trade Secretary of State, Amparo López Senovilla, stated that Spain wants to deepen cooperation with China in renewable energy and the digital economy, emphasizing the importance of collaboration in advanced manufacturing amid rising trade protectionism. Ambassador Yao Jing notes that Sino-Spanish energy cooperation will not only promote the flow of technology and capital between the two countries, but also help green cooperation between China, Europe and the world.
Summary: The article accuses Japanese right-wing forces of attempting to rehabilitate militarism by distorting history, exemplified by a former Japan Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff publicly claiming the U.S. framed Japan for the Pearl Harbor attack. The article contends that Japanese right-wing elements deny war crimes, beautify past aggression, and promote a narrative of self-defense to justify their actions, and warns that the United States should not turn a blind eye to this. The author asserts that these forces seek to revise Japan's post-war pacifist trajectory under the guise of being a U.S. ally, while secretly harboring resentment over their defeat in World War II.
Summary: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will conduct a state visit to China from January 4th to 7th, 2026. This marks Lee's first state visit to China since assuming the presidency in June 2025. Lee, born in 1964, previously served as mayor of Seongnam and governor of Gyeonggi Province, and is a two-time member of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party. He is married to Kim Hye-kyung and has two sons. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin will pay an official visit to China from January 4th to 8th at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang. Martin, born in 1960, has held various ministerial positions including Minister for Education and Foreign Affairs. He served as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) from 2020 and will again take the position in January 2025. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chinese-brand electric vehicles (EVs) continued to gain market share in Norway in 2025, reaching 13.7% of total new car sales, a 3.3% increase from 2024. Nearly 96% of new passenger vehicles registered in Norway in 2025 were fully electric. BYD emerged as the top-selling Chinese brand, ranking tenth overall among car manufacturers in Norway. The Norwegian Road Federation attributed this success to competitive EV models in key market segments.
Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin's official visit to China from January 4-8, marking the first visit by an Irish Prime Minister in 14 years. During the visit, Martin will meet with President Xi Jinping and hold talks with Premier Li Qiang and Chairman Zhao Leji to exchange views on bilateral relations and shared concerns. The spokesperson stated that China aims to use this visit to enhance political trust and expand mutually beneficial cooperation with Ireland, further promoting Sino-European relations. Martin will also visit Shanghai during his trip. No mention was made of the United States.
Summary: In response to a reporter's question, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemned the United States' reported military strike against Venezuela, including the alleged capture and removal of President Maduro. The spokesperson stated that China was shocked and strongly condemned the U.S. action, characterizing it as a violation of international law, an infringement on Venezuelan sovereignty, and a threat to regional peace. China urged the U.S. to abide by international law and cease infringing on other countries' sovereignty. The statement highlights China's opposition to perceived U.S. hegemony and interventionism.
Summary: Venezuela's UN delegation has formally requested the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to address the "brutal, unreasonable, and unilateral" armed aggression by the United States against Venezuela. The letter, addressed to the Security Council's President for January, Somalia's Abukar Dahir Osman, calls for condemnation of the U.S. attack, an immediate cessation of hostilities, and accountability for the U.S. government's actions. Venezuela claims the U.S. aims to overthrow its current government and install a puppet regime to exploit Venezuelan oil resources. The letter characterizes the U.S. action as an attack on a peaceful nation.
Summary: With Turkey's visa-free entry policy for Chinese citizens with ordinary passports taking effect on January 2nd, the first group of Chinese tourists arrived in Istanbul from Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. China Southern Airlines' Istanbul branch held an event at the airport to welcome the first visa-free tourists and gave souvenirs to some. Xu Jiafeng, General Manager of the branch, said that China Southern Airlines plans to increase direct flights from Guangzhou, Beijing, and Urumqi to Istanbul starting in March to cope with the increase in passengers after the visa-free entry policy, and the total number of weekly flights may reach 17, further expanding the "Air Silk Road" between China and Turkey.
Summary: The 2026 "Chang'an Lantern Festival, Xi'an City Wall" New Year cultural activities officially opened in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, with the theme "Thousands of Lights Illuminate Chang'an, the Year of the Horse Welcomes Spring." The event featured foreign tourists visiting the city wall and admiring the lanterns. The article does not discuss Chinese officials or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Bishvesh Shrestha, General Manager of Nepal's Double Seven Travel Agency, along with seven Nepalese tourism professionals, visited China to attend the 2025 China International Travel Fair and explore tourism opportunities. Shrestha highlighted the impressive preservation of cultural heritage in Gansu, the immersive tourism experiences in Dunhuang, and the convenience of China's mobile payment infrastructure. He also praised China's integration of green practices in tourism development and noted the growing interest among Nepalese tourists in Chinese destinations, including coastal regions. China's efforts in digital innovation and sustainable tourism development are attracting international tourists. Xiao Jiang, director of the China Tourism Office in Kathmandu, sees tourism as a way to showcase China's modernization.
Summary: This article discusses the development of youth football education at Jingyang Primary School in Guizhou province, which has become a national model for its systematic approach to integrating football into the curriculum. Principal Yang Wenjian emphasizes the school's commitment to providing football education for all students through courses, leagues, and facilities, leading to recognition as a national youth football characteristic school in 2015. Coach Luo Xiangguo notes that football has opened doors for students, with many using their skills to attend better schools. The school also benefits from resources donated by a school in Foshan, Guangdong, as part of an East-West collaboration initiative.
Summary: The article highlights the positive impact of football education at Jingyang Elementary School in Majiang County, Guizhou, demonstrating how sports can benefit rural children. It emphasizes that football promotes physical health, teamwork, and a sense of joy for all students, not just a select few. Exposure to football broadens horizons and inspires aspirations for the future among children in remote areas. The article advocates for more rural schools to leverage their unique strengths to support children's well-being and development. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of individual well-being ("small families") contributing to the nation's prosperity ("big family") in his 2026 New Year address. The article highlights the Chinese Communist Party's focus on improving people's lives through economic development and targeted policies, using the example of Nanfu Village in Guangdong. It stresses the connection between national strength and individual happiness, emphasizing that improvements in areas like employment, elderly care, and childcare contribute to overall well-being. The article illustrates this connection through examples of technological advancements, cultural innovations, and the dedication of Communist Party members to serving the people.
Summary: In his 2026 New Year's address, Xi Jinping highlighted the booming cultural and tourism market, citing popular events and winter sports. New businesses and brands emerged during the holiday, injecting fresh appeal into the market with Beijing seeing significant sales and visitor numbers in its commercial districts. Across the country, tourism flourished, evidenced by increased bookings and searches related to attractions. Transportation infrastructure improvements and increased convenience boosted travel, with overall cross-regional personnel flow rising significantly. The expansion of visa-free policies also led to an increase in inbound tourism, with cities like Sanya experiencing substantial growth in international arrivals.
Summary: The Sichuan city of Leshan's Suji Ancient Town held a "Molten Iron Fireworks Festival" event on January 2nd, drawing large crowds of locals and tourists. The event featured the "beating iron flowers" intangible cultural heritage performance. The article focuses on the event's popularity as captured by the photographer, Li Huashi. There is no mention of US-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article discusses Xi Jinping's strategic vision for the Yangtze River Economic Belt, emphasizing ecological protection and high-quality development. It highlights the shift from prioritizing economic development to prioritizing ecological preservation, encapsulated in the principle of "jointly protecting without large-scale development." The article details efforts to improve water quality, restore aquatic life, and promote green industries along the Yangtze River. It further notes that from January to November 2025, the total value of imports and exports in the 11 provinces and cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt reached 19.12 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period, accounting for 46.4% of the country's total imports and exports. The piece underscores the importance of coordinated regional development and innovation-driven growth to achieve sustainable modernization.
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Summary: The article profiles three young professionals working in China's far western Xinjiang region, highlighting their dedication to serving the country in demanding environments. First, a Tajik border guard named Bibiasman Abamisilin stationed at the Khunjerab Pass, the world's highest border crossing, recounts her commitment to serving travelers, including the transition to year-round operation of the pass. Second, a police officer named Lin Mingxing at the Paike border station who is originally from Hainan Province describes the difficulties of living so far from home, including growing a榴莲蜜 at the station. Finally, customs officer Zhong Mingfei explains the hectic schedule and challenges of working at the Kalasu Port, a major land port for trade with Tajikistan.
Summary: The article profiles young people who have chosen to live and work in the Pamir Plateau region of China. It highlights their dedication and sense of responsibility, emphasizing that they have come from different parts of China to make this region their home and serve the country. The article frames their decision to stay in the region as a patriotic choice, suggesting they view their work there as contributing to the well-being of the nation.
Summary: This article reflects on the past year and looks forward to the new one, highlighting the efforts and dreams of Chinese youth. It emphasizes the importance of youth taking responsibility and contributing to national development, citing examples in rural revitalization and scientific research. The piece also discusses societal support for young people, including policies related to employment, entrepreneurship, and family life, as well as the creation of youth-friendly communities. Finally, it calls for continued support from society to provide fair opportunities and smooth pathways for young people to achieve their dreams and contribute to emerging fields.
Summary: This article recounts a hearing-impaired athlete's journey to winning four gold medals at the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities in 2025. The athlete describes overcoming initial weaknesses with the help of coach Chen Zebin, who emphasized her potential and encouraged her to persevere through challenging training. She relies on visual cues for starts due to her hearing impairment, requiring intense focus. Inspired by sprinter Su Bingtian, she aims to continue improving and achieving success in future competitions. The athlete emphasizes that her dream has no end and she will continue to run.
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Summary: This article highlights the dedication of Chinese soldiers stationed at various border posts, from the easternmost tip of Heilongjiang to the southern islands of the South China Sea and the mountains of Yunnan and Xinjiang. Soldiers in Heilongjiang are described as greeting the first light of day for the country, while those on Zhongjian Island face harsh environmental conditions. Soldiers in Yunnan patrol through dense forests, and those in Xinjiang teach school children about national defense. The soldiers are dedicated to defending China's borders. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: According to an interview with professors from the Army Border and Coastal Defense College, China has been systematically improving its border defense infrastructure, including transportation, physical barriers, and intelligent control systems. These improvements encompass upgrades to surveillance, command, and control systems, with an emphasis on integrating technologies like Beidou and blockchain for more precise management. The experts highlighted the dedication and spirit of border defense troops, emphasizing their commitment to safeguarding national territory. The article underscores the importance of modernizing border defense for national security and development. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article discusses the development of the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经开区) in Sichuan, focusing on its efforts to build a modern industrial system. The zone is prioritizing the development of steel and new energy battery industries, aiming for two 100 billion RMB-scale clusters, while also fostering energy, chemicals, and intelligent manufacturing sectors. To attract and retain businesses, the zone is innovating its investment strategies through industrial guidance funds and improving infrastructure. The development zone also emphasizes the integration of industry and city by improving public services and living facilities to create a harmonious business environment, aiming to become a national-level economic development zone by 2030.
Summary: In 2025, China commemorated the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War, with a military parade and artistic performances emphasizing national spirit. The Shanghai Museum's exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts broke world records, highlighting cultural exchange. The return of the *Chuboshu* (楚帛書) from the United States after decades abroad was celebrated as a victory for cultural heritage preservation. Domestic films also saw a resurgence, with *Nezha* breaking animation records and war films evoking patriotism. A popular drama, *The Silent Glory,* resonated across the Taiwan Strait, prompting reflection on national identity.
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By: 本报记者 杨 旭
Opening Remarks
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial time to consolidate the foundation and fully exert efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. This year marks the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized "ensuring a good start and a good beginning for the '15th Five-Year Plan'."
The road ahead is long, let's move forward with strides. Starting today, this newspaper launches the column "'15th Five-Year Plan' Good Start and Good Beginning," focusing on the powerful measures and active explorations of various regions and departments to anchor their goals and tasks and solidly promote high-quality development, showcasing the vivid practices of the vast number of cadres and the masses who are firm in their confidence, seize the momentum, and continuously create new prospects for the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
2026, the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The start relates to the overall situation, and the beginning determines the subsequent momentum.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) earnestly instructed at the Central Economic Work Conference: "Once something is decided, it must be implemented. All levels and departments must have a sense of the overall situation and execution." In his New Year's message for 2026, the General Secretary affectionately encouraged: "We must anchor our goals and tasks, strengthen our confidence, and seize the momentum."
Since the beginning of the year, various regions and departments have taken responsibility and strived to be the first, settling down to implement and handle practical matters. Across the land of China, it is bustling and thriving.
Finding the Right Position in the Overall National Situation
The opening year should have the vision of an opening.
The greatness of a large country is reflected in the great differences between regions. "There is biodiversity, there is regional diversity, there are elderly people, there are young people, some are young and some are old, why do they all choose to do the same work?"
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) urged all regions and departments to "consciously act under the overall situation and play a good game of chess for the whole country." The Central Economic Work Conference required "grasping in the overall situation" the key focus of economic work in 2026.
Finding the right position in the overall national situation and effectively combining national strategies, market demands, and regional advantages, various regions continue to explore new models for high-quality development.
On the coast of the South China Sea, the tide of opening up surges.
At about 9:00 AM on January 3, a plane from Kazakhstan landed at Sanya Phoenix International Airport (海南三亚凤凰国际机场). In just 1 minute, international passengers can experience "seamless customs clearance" and convenient entry.
Since the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), policy dividends have continued to be released. Leveraging overlapping advantages, Hainan (海南) plans for a region from the overall situation and serves the overall situation with a region.
"In the opening year, Hainan (海南) will proactively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules and effectively transform policy advantages into development advantages," said Qi Shuli (綦树利), Director of the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission (海南省发展改革委).
On the banks of the Huangpu River (黄浦江), striving for new trends.
Starting, climbing, rolling over gravel roads... On January 2, in Lingang, Shanghai (上海临港), the factory of Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. (智元创新（上海）科技股份有限公司), general-purpose humanoid robots are undergoing walking, load, and joint stability tests.
A robot has more than 20,000 parts, almost all of which can be found within a hundred kilometers of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角). Controllers come from Shanghai (上海), servo motors from Zhejiang (浙江), reducers are produced in Jiangsu (江苏), and shells come from Anhui (安徽)... The robot production and supply chain in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) is becoming increasingly complete and stronger.
Regarding the creation of an international science and technology innovation center, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has planned deeply and thoughtfully: "The Party Central Committee has decided to expand the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center (北京国际科创中心) to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), and the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center (上海国际科创中心) to the Yangtze River Delta (长三角)" "Establish a benchmark for supporting and leading Chinese-style modernization with science and technology."
"From Shanghai (上海) to Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) (上海（长三角）), it is not only a spatial expansion, but also highlights the overall perspective of regional collaboration and system integration in China's scientific and technological innovation," said Shen Kaiyan (沈开艳), Director of the Institute of Economics at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (上海社会科学院经济研究所).
Grasping positioning and serving the overall situation, practice plays a symphony.
In the land of Shanxi (山西), the "waste gas" coalbed methane from the depths of old mines has become clean energy. Shanxi (山西) focuses on the construction of the National Resource-Based Economic Transformation Comprehensive Supporting Reform Experimental Zone (国家资源型经济转型综合配套改革试验区), surging new momentum; in the forests of northern China, tens of thousands of forest rangers and grass protectors patrol the hard-won ecological construction achievements, helping Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) build a solid important ecological security barrier in northern China; on the Songliao Plain (松辽平原), seizing the winter leisure window to continuously improve machine wells, ditches, and road networks, steadily promoting the construction of high-standard farmland, Jilin (吉林) shoulders the responsibility of food security...
"Those who grasp the big picture can take care of the small," looking at the overall situation and planning deeply for a region, a region adds glory, and the overall situation adds color.
Promoting Development by Solving Problems
The opening year should have the wisdom of an opening.
Many problems in development and transformation cannot be bypassed or avoided. Adhering to problem orientation is a worldview repeatedly emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and also a methodology that runs through it: "We emphasize enhancing problem awareness and adhering to problem orientation, which is to admit the universality and objectivity of contradictions, and to be good at using the recognition and resolution of contradictions as a breakthrough to open up the work situation."
Facing problems and solving problems contains the dialectical philosophy of seizing the day and achieving lasting success –
Problems that can be solved in the short term should be handled immediately and effectively.
"Hello, this is the Beijing 12345 Citizen Service Hotline..." On New Year's Day morning, Hu Jiahui (胡佳慧), a dispatcher at the Beijing Citizen Hotline Service Center (北京市市民热线服务中心), quickly typed on the keyboard.
"The street lights in the village suddenly went out last night? Okay, please tell me the specific address..." While confirming the information, she operated in the system, and the work order status quickly changed to "processing." On the same day, the street lights in Liugou Village (柳沟村), Jingzhuang Town (井庄镇), Yanqing District (延庆区) were repaired.
Feedback on emergencies within 2 hours, feedback on basic livelihood security requests within 24 hours, and feedback on general requests within 7 days... Accepting and handling cases immediately, "fast" is a rigid requirement.
"We will do our best to handle the demands of the masses and enterprises and drive the modernization of urban governance with the demands of citizens," said Shen Binhua (沈彬华), Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Municipal People's Government (北京市人民政府) and Director of the Beijing Municipal Government Service and Data Management Bureau (北京市政务服务和数据管理局). This year, Beijing (北京) will further deepen the reform of accepting and handling cases immediately, accelerate the development of hotline intelligence, and improve the functions of the citizen service hotline platform, "focusing on the special governance of 'one question per month' and tackling 11 problems such as rural sewage treatment and the standardization of the domestic service market."
Problems that are difficult to solve for a while should be addressed gradually and with long-term efforts.
On the first morning of the new year, Gao Zhengliang (高正良), a homestay operator in Weishan Township (沩山乡), Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), turned on the tap to wash vegetables and cook for guests. Due to the high terrain and scattered water sources, difficulty in accessing water was once the number one problem in Weishan Township (沩山乡). "Now the water is stable, the heart is also stable, and the motivation is even stronger," said Gao Zhengliang (高正良).
Changsha (长沙) promotes rural water supply security projects in accordance with local conditions. For villages like Weishan Township (沩山乡) that cannot be included in large-scale water supply in the short term, small water supply projects are built to alleviate the difficulty of accessing water. In the next 5 years, Changsha (长沙) is expected to deploy 101 projects to comprehensively improve rural water supply security capabilities.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, focusing on consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation, in 2026, a normalized mechanism for preventing returning to poverty will be established, normalized and precise assistance will be implemented, endogenous development momentum will be enhanced with powerful and effective development-oriented assistance, infrastructure conditions in underdeveloped areas will be continuously improved, public service levels will be steadily improved, and rural revitalization will be steadily promoted with long-term efforts.
In the past 5 years, 240,000 old urban communities have been renovated nationwide, 396,000 elderly care institutions and facilities have been built, and 66,000 childcare service institutions have been added... The ever-increasing numbers condense the people's sense of gain and happiness.
Coordinating efficient implementation and long-term adherence, solving one question at a time and taking one step at a time, the economy and society continue to develop.
Building Synergy in Answering the Same Question Together
The opening year should have the strength of an opening.
Faced with the complex and volatile international situation and the arduous and heavy domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, various regions and departments need to answer the same question together and build synergy.
There are differences between regions, how to guide and build synergy according to the situation?
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the path: "In the process of their respective development, we must start from the overall situation" "Achieve differentiated development, coordinated development, and organic integration to form overall synergy."
Covering 11 provinces and cities and spanning the eastern, central, and western regions, the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) is the longest and most extensive economic belt in China. The vast space and different geographical conditions are gradually clarifying the outline of joint consultation, joint construction, joint governance, and shared benefits.
From the Hejiang Section (合江段) of the Yangtze River (长江) in Sichuan (四川) to the Jiangjin Section (江津段) of Chongqing (重庆), the ecological environment departments of Sichuan (川) and Chongqing (渝) have formed a joint law enforcement team to conduct on-site inspections and jointly protect a river of clear water, with a 100% compliance rate for the water quality of 25 cross-border river national assessment sections in Sichuan (川) and Chongqing (渝); downstream along the river, at the junction of Jiangsu (苏) and Anhui (皖), a drone patrols the water surface along the river channel of the Chu River (滁河), and the horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for the Chu River (滁河) between the two provinces is implemented... The guiding principle of "jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development" runs through the entire process, and the practical innovation of inter-provincial cooperation and institutional convergence is deepening and becoming more practical.
There is a division of labor between departments, how to answer the same question together and work together?
On the night of January 3, the production workshop of the China Construction · Intelligent Manufacturing (Dongguan) Base (中建·智造（东莞）基地) was still humming with machines. "This batch of modular integrated building components will be hoisted in the Yuen Long (元朗) Heng Chau (横洲) public housing project in Hong Kong (香港) in a few days, and production must be accelerated," said Liu Ziyun (刘子云), Deputy Manager of the Production and Manufacturing Center of the Science and Technology Innovation Division of China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Investment and Development Company (中建四局投资发展公司科创事业部生产制造中心). The company will focus on developing the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) markets this year.
In the past, due to the lack of mutually recognized technical and operational standards, modular building products produced in Guangdong (广东) were difficult to enter the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) markets. In order to accelerate the flow of resources and factors, the competent authorities of the three places, as well as customs, taxation, and other units, worked together to solve the problem and clear the blockages. From raw material import, processing and manufacturing to export customs declaration and tax rebate, the entire chain is now "green lighted" all the way.
"In the process of integrated development, old problems and new challenges will be encountered. The mutual recognition of modular building industry standards is just one breakthrough. We can only base ourselves on our duties and focus on the overall situation, so that departments can mesh together like gears, work in the same direction, and promote the high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区)," said Wang Yong (王勇), Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau (广州市住房和城乡建设局).
The great road is simple, and practical work is essential; a hundred rivers compete, and those who row hard come first. Various regions and departments anchor their goals and tasks, maintain their momentum, and use practical work and achievements to help the "15th Five-Year Plan" start well and take off, and write new glory with new departures.
(Comprehensive reports by reporters Dong Zeyang (董泽扬), Ji Juesu (季觉苏), Zhang Cheng (张枨), Liu Yiqing (刘以晴), Wang Haonan (王昊男), Sun Chao (孙超), Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), Wang Yongzhan (王永战), Yao Xueqing (姚雪青), and Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州) from this newspaper)
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Walking into Beijing Jingcheng Additive Technology Co., Ltd. (北京京城增材科技有限公司), on the production line, special resin is precisely printed in the form of micro-droplets, layer by layer, on breathable casting sand, gradually forming complex sand mold structures.
"In the past, it took three months from mold design to completion. Production demands have driven innovation and research and development. Our industrial-grade sand mold 3D printer has significantly shortened the production cycle," said Pang Ruifeng (庞瑞峰), the company's general manager. The company's orders are already scheduled until the second quarter of 2026, ensuring that production capacity can keep up with customer demand.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Technological innovation and industrial innovation are the basic paths for developing new quality productive forces."
In-depth implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Beijing (北京) accelerated the construction of a modern industrial system adapted to new quality productive forces. The contribution of high-precision and cutting-edge industries to economic growth remained above 40%, forming 3 trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters and 7 hundred-billion-yuan-level industrial clusters.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal states: "Promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation." Yin Li (尹力), Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee (北京市委), stated that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. Beijing (北京) must accelerate the construction of an international science and technology innovation center, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and strive to be at the forefront in developing new quality productive forces.
Accelerating the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements—
Beijing (北京) accounts for 4 of the 21 national-level manufacturing pilot test platforms. "'Pilot test' refers to the transitional experiment of converting new products in the trial production stage to the production process, which is a key link in the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements," introduced Li Bin (李彬), Director of the Industrial Division of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission (北京市发展改革委).
Looking to the future, anchoring the goal of further strengthening the high-level pilot test platform by the end of 2027, Beijing (北京) is systematically promoting the construction and development of pilot test platforms in accordance with the promotion ideas of "strengthening a batch, activating a batch, and supplementing a batch," highlighting the nature and function of public services, and clarifying the construction path.
Li Xujin (栗旭锦), Chairman of Beijing Yuli Technology Co., Ltd. (北京昱栎技术有限公司), has been rooted in the pilot test platform business for many years. The company's intelligent hardware and intelligent terminal concept verification platform can provide a full-chain service from research and development, design, testing, small-scale trials, pilot tests to large-scale mass production. "In recent years, pilot test platform support policies have been continuously introduced, and social awareness has become higher and higher. Many users actively connect with us," said Li Xujin (栗旭锦).
Promoting the aggregation of innovation resources to enterprises—
In Beijing (北京), there are more than 1,000 national-level specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprises, and 1,475 enterprises have established technology innovation centers... With steadily increasing volume and strong technical demands, enterprises can sensitively respond to market demands and lead the direction of innovation, which are positive forces for the application and transformation of scientific and technological innovation.
Acting as a "matchmaker," Beijing (北京) makes good use of the joint fund model of the National Natural Science Foundation "city-district-enterprise," with enterprises contributing funds and scientific research institutions solving problems, creating sufficient two-way motivation.
Attracting "living water," and building a science and technology financial service system adapted to the capital's scientific and technological innovation development, the Beijing Equity Exchange (北京股权交易中心) has built a comprehensive service system integrating enterprise cultivation and incubation, equity registration and custody, and other functions. By the end of 2025, there will be thousands of Beijing (北京) specialized, refined, and new special board enterprises.
Breaking down "thresholds," Beijing (北京) is exploring the "use first, pay later" model to safeguard the high-quality development of small and medium-sized micro enterprises. "Relying on the 'zero-threshold authorization' policy, we obtained the right to use patents from Beijing Information Science & Technology University (北京信息科技大学), which not only made the company's financial space more flexible, but also found a new way to empower technology," said Wen Yuyan (温玉艳), head of Beijing Xinghe Zhongzhi Technology Co., Ltd. (北京星和众智科技有限公司), who successfully signed a photovoltaic panel cleaning service contract with the help of this model. Small and medium-sized micro enterprises in Beijing (北京) have used more than 440 scientific and technological achievements from universities and research institutes through this model.
Creating an open innovation ecosystem with global competitiveness—
Zhongguancun Science City (中关村科学城) and other three major science cities are full of vitality, and industrial parks such as Jingxi Wisdom Valley (京西智谷) and Daxing Biomedical Industry Base (大兴生物医药产业基地) are dotted around... Actively creating an innovation ecosystem, Beijing (北京) is promoting technological breakthroughs, achievement transformation, project implementation, and ecosystem construction in an integrated manner.
"Striving for the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we support joint research across fields and platforms, encourage different types of innovation entities to participate in the establishment of innovation consortia, and carry out in-depth cooperation targeting new directions in future industries," said Gu Jinxu (顾瑾栩), Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology (北京市经济和信息化局).
Changping Laboratory (昌平实验室), a national-level laboratory in the field of life sciences, ushered in a "good start" in the new year. The research results of the team led by scientist Liu Hesheng (刘河生) on the loop mechanism of Parkinson's disease are expected to be published in top journals. Moreover, this achievement has empowered non-invasive brain stimulation therapy and has been put into clinical trials in medical institutions such as Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (中南大学湘雅医院).
Scientific research and application go hand in hand. "Changping Laboratory (昌平实验室) builds an open innovation ecosystem, bringing clinical hospitals, scientific research teams, and engineering units together on the same platform for tackling key problems, making the connection between industry and scientific research smoother," said Liu Hesheng (刘河生). "Being able to research and transform well is our solid foundation for the future."
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The Yangtze River, stretching across east and west, emerges from mountains, shapes countless rivers, surges mightily, nourishes generations of Chinese sons and daughters, and molds the distinct character of the Chinese nation.
Rising along the river, the Yangtze River Economic Belt covers 11 provinces and municipalities, accounting for about 1/5 of the country's land area, with a population size and economic aggregate accounting for about half of the country's total.
"Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt must be considered from the long-term interests of the Chinese nation," and "Restoring the ecological environment of the Yangtze River must be placed in an overwhelming position, jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development." On January 5, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) held a symposium in Chongqing (重庆) on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and delivered an important speech, comprehensively and profoundly expounding the major strategic thinking on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and drawing a grand blueprint for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Resolutely turning from large-scale development and construction, the decision to "jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development" stirred the land of China. This profoundly reflects General Secretary Xi Jinping's deep thinking on the relationship between ecological environmental protection and economic development, further enriching and improving the concept that green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains, and constituting an important part of Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought.
The dialectical law of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature not only diagnoses and directs the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt but also profoundly affects the Chinese-style modernization process on a broader land, writing a magnificent answer sheet for sustainable development.
The Yangtze River is greener and more beautiful. Since 2020, the main stream of the Yangtze River has maintained Class II water quality for six consecutive years, aquatic biological resources and diversity have increased, and the Yangtze River has gradually recovered its vitality.
The economic vitality along the river is even stronger. In the first 11 months of 2025, the total value of foreign trade imports and exports of the 11 provinces and municipalities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt reached 19.12 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period, accounting for 46.4% of the country's total imports and exports. The golden economic belt is worthy of its name.
"'Not engaging in large-scale development' means not engaging in chaotic development, low-level development, extensive development, or destructive development, but rather taking a path of high-quality development and green and low-carbon development. Now the path is correct, and we must continue to follow it."
Diagnosis——
"We must leave a clean and beautiful Yangtze River for future generations"
The change in the Yangtze River starts with the "journey" of a fish.
In the Three Gorges Dam area, in the Yangtze River Rare Fish Conservation Center, pearl-like fish eggs all break their membranes. In November 2025, China's first batch of fully artificially bred third-generation Chinese sturgeon fry emerged.
"After 40 years of continuous breeding, from the first generation to the third generation, the Chinese sturgeon artificial population's 'self-blood production' capacity has finally been established," said Guo Baifu (郭柏福), a senior engineer at the Three Gorges Group Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, deeply feeling the difficulty.
From the "delivery room" to the Yangtze River. At the end of March 2025, in the Jingzhou (荆州) section of the Yangtze River, 600,000 six-month-old second-generation Chinese sturgeon leaped into the river and headed for the sea.
From the Yangtze River to the sea. Five months later, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, one of the Chinese sturgeon was monitored and recaptured, which made Du Hao (杜浩), a researcher at the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, very happy. Opening the dynamic picture of the migration trajectory, one Chinese sturgeon after another turned into shining markers in the picture. "This Chinese sturgeon has grown more than 20 centimeters. The fish are equipped with 'chips,' and the migration route and growth situation can be seen clearly," said Du Hao (杜浩).
From breeding and releasing to tracking and monitoring, from a ten-year fishing ban to ecological restoration, good news continues to come from the Chinese sturgeon migrating between the river and the sea: In 2025, 59 Chinese sturgeon were found in offshore waters, and the distribution of Chinese sturgeon was monitored in many sea areas in Shanghai (上海), Zhejiang (浙江), Jiangsu (江苏) and other provinces, and the effect of resource supplementation was significant.
The survival status of the Chinese sturgeon is a "barometer" of the ecological health of the Yangtze River. Once, Chinese sturgeon were difficult to find, and the Yangtze River's biological integrity index reached the worst "no fish" level...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) painfully described the Yangtze River as "sick, and seriously ill."
More than just fish, chemical encirclement of the river, illegal sand mining, ecological degradation... The former mother river was riddled with holes.
"We must never allow the ecological environment of the Yangtze River to continue to deteriorate in our generation, and we must leave a clean and beautiful Yangtze River for future generations!"
From the long-term perspective of the development of the Chinese nation, and from the overall perspective of Chinese-style modernization. The development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major regional strategy personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
Over the past 10 years, from Chongqing (重庆) to Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), from Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) to Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西), from "promoting" to "deeply promoting," "comprehensively promoting," and then to "further promoting," he has chaired four symposiums on the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, consistent and advancing with the times.
"Jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development," these 10 words repeatedly emphasized by the General Secretary are deafening.
Jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development, socialism ecological civilization redefines the relationship between development and protection.
Having completed the industrialization process that developed countries took hundreds of years to complete in a few decades, reshaping the relationship between development and protection on the compressed timeline has become a topic of the times. The Yangtze River Economic Belt is like a microcosm. While developing rapidly, ecological pressure cannot be ignored.
The world is leaping from industrial civilization to ecological civilization, and the trend is mighty. Is it to exchange temporary economic growth at the expense of resources and the environment, or to take the road of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature?
At the symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in January 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) stated bluntly, "This discussion is not about development, but about protection," and many participants felt "as if they had been splashed with a basin of cold water."
"For the current and a considerable period in the future, restoring the ecological environment of the Yangtze River should be placed in an overwhelming position."
"We must unswervingly adhere to jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development, and make greater efforts in high-level protection."
The core of promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is protection and governance. From the ten-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River to carrying out special actions to整治入河排污口 (zhěng zhì rù hé pái wū kǒu - "rectify sewage outlets into the river," to regulate and manage pollution sources entering the river),整治沿江化工污染 (zhěng zhì yán jiāng huà gōng wū rǎn - "rectify chemical pollution along the river," to address pollution from chemical industries along the river), from promoting comprehensive治理洞庭湖 (zhì lǐ Dòngtíng Hú - "governance of Dongting Lake," comprehensive management of Dongting Lake),鄱阳湖 (Póyáng Hú - "Poyang Lake," comprehensive management of Poyang Lake) and other key lakes, to promoting the criminalization of illegal sand mining, tracing the roots, preventing at the source, and systematic governance, major achievements have been made in the ecological environmental protection and restoration of the Yangtze River Basin.
Jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development points out a new path for achieving coordinated coexistence of development and protection.
Emphasizing major protection, does it mean not developing? At the symposium on deeply promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in April 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) analyzed dialectically, "Jointly grasping major protection and giving priority to ecology are about ecological environmental protection, which is the premise; not engaging in large-scale development and green development are about economic development, which is the result," "They are dialectically unified."
To promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, it is necessary to re-examine the relationship between the "old road" and the "new road."
"Correctly grasp the relationship between ecological environmental protection and economic development, and explore a new path of coordinated promotion of ecological priority and green development," "So that green mountains and clear waters can generate huge ecological, economic, and social benefits."
In the Changzhou (常州) section of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu (江苏), there used to be 84 chemical enterprises, and wastewater was discharged indiscriminately. After 5 years of concentrated整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive cleanup), 45 chemical enterprises along the river were demolished, and the "industrial rust belt" was transformed into an "ecological embroidery belt," giving rise to new business forms such as "Oriental Carbon Valley" and "Innovative Medicine Valley."
Guided by thought, from clarifying the general tone of "jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development" to building a development pattern of "high-quality development and high-level protection," the understanding is becoming clearer and the consensus is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"Only by laying a good foundation for green development can there be rapid progress in future development."
More than 9,000 chemical enterprises along the river have been "closed, transformed, relocated, and transferred," and the phenomenon of "chemical encirclement of the river" has been basically resolved; accelerating the expansion of green and low-carbon industries, and synergistically promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth...
The relationship between humans and the river reflects the relationship between humans and nature. Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
"Plan for the long-term trend, implement long-term strategies, build a foundation for long-term peace, and further promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt to better support and serve Chinese-style modernization."
Protection——
"We must start from the integrity of the ecosystem and the systematic nature of the basin"
A bamboo, writing a vivid chapter of green development.
In the winter, the Chongqing (重庆) Zhongxian (忠县) section of the Yangtze River has a clear and smooth river surface, and the bamboo forests on both banks are still verdant. "This is our 'supporting green bamboo,' and it is also a bamboo for getting rich!" said Ran Chongping (冉崇平), secretary of the Party branch of Wenfeng Community, Wuyang Street, Zhongxian (忠县), proudly.
Zhongxian (忠县) is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with many mountains and steep slopes. The roots of green bamboo are well-developed, making it a "good hand" at maintaining soil and water. The bamboo forest edges the Yangtze River shoreline with green, beautifying the environment and enhancing the stability of the ecological structure. This newly planted 179,000 mu of bamboo forest conserves 65.7 square kilometers of sand and soil, and absorbs about 160,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually, becoming a natural barrier to protect the mother river.
The green barrier is also a green bank. Walking into the intelligent workshop of Chongqing Ruizhu Company in Zhongxian (忠县), small green bamboo is undergoing a green transformation. After 18 processes such as rough grinding and fine grinding, bamboo becomes degradable environmentally friendly lunch boxes, and the scraps are 100% recycled. "The products are sold to more than 30 countries and regions, and we can't finish before the Spring Festival," said Wang Jianzhong (王建忠), head of Ruizhu Company. The bamboo industry has created more than 3,000 jobs and driven 43,000 bamboo farmers to increase their income.
How to cure the "Yangtze River disease"? Investigate bamboo and ask for new ideas.
"We must scientifically use the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine, trace the roots, diagnose the causes, find the root causes, classify and implement policies, and treat systematically";
"We must continue to strengthen comprehensive治理 (zhì lǐ - "governance," comprehensive management) of the ecological environment and continue to strengthen pollution治理 (zhì lǐ - "governance," comprehensive management) in key areas";
From overall advancement to key breakthroughs, from top-level design to step-by-step advancement, the ecological environmental protection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a scientific methodology and a clear task book. This magnificent ecological protection and restoration work is unprecedented in its intensity, scale, and impact.
Focusing on problems, using iron fist to control pollution, and tackling "tough bones."
In Huangshi (黄石), Hubei (湖北), the scenery along the Yangtze River is picturesque, and the sign of the Zhongyaowan flood discharge port stands quietly. Fang Jinshui (方金水), a member of the Second Brigade of the Huangshi (黄石) Ecological Environmental Protection Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment, introduced, "This is the 'electronic ID card' of the sewage outlet. Citizens can see the name, code, and other information of the outlet by scanning the QR code."
In the past, problems such as direct discharge of kitchen waste from merchants and laundry water from residents into the port channel were serious. Now, after systematic transformation and整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive cleanup), the water quality of the outlet has steadily reached the Class IV standard of surface water environmental quality.
The sewage outlet into the river is connected to the Yangtze River on one end and the land pollution source on the other, and is the last "gate" for pollutants to enter the Yangtze River. In recent years, provinces and cities along the river have overcome difficulties such as excessive overflow and direct discharge of sewage and insufficient infrastructure construction, and have carried out classified整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive cleanup) on the basis of clarifying the bottom line, and strengthened supervision and management. Some provinces and cities have also relied on digital governance smart platforms to put "smart bracelets" on the Yangtze River, so that sewage discharge behavior can be "seen and managed."
Solving the "chemical encirclement of the river," carrying out "three phosphorus" investigation and整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive cleanup), and comprehensively整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive cleanup) the Yangtze River shoreline... One ecological protection battle after another has been launched, promoting the green transformation of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Systematic治理 (zhì lǐ - "governance," comprehensive management), overall planning, and strengthening systematic protection and restoration of the ecological environment.
The basin nature is the most fundamental and distinct characteristic of rivers and lakes. To jointly grasp major protection, "we must start from the integrity of the ecosystem and the systematic nature of the basin."
In the upper reaches, the Sanjiangyuan National Park realizes the overall protection of the sources of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Lancang River, and Yunnan (云), Guizhou (贵), Sichuan (川) and other places jointly established horizontal ecological protection compensation funds; in the middle reaches, Hubei (鄂), Jiangxi (赣), and Hunan (湘) provinces established an inter-provincial consultation and cooperation mechanism in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River; in the lower reaches, Shanghai (沪), Jiangsu (苏), Zhejiang (浙), and Anhui (皖) closely cooperate in legislation, law enforcement, and justice, forming a joint force for banning fishing...
In the second round of compensation agreement signed between Chongqing (重庆) and Sichuan (四川), the two provinces and cities further expanded the scope and increased funding, and also innovatively introduced a "comprehensive score" system including ecological flow, natural shoreline rate, and fish diversity. "The compensation mechanism has been upgraded from 'two-way compensation for water quality and quantity' to 'multi-dimensional compensation for water environment, water resources, and water ecology,' realizing the transformation of basin ecological protection compensation 'from water to land' and from a single water environment to more comprehensive ecological environment service benefits," said Xu Xiaochi (徐晓驰), Deputy Director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Finance.
From "managing each section" to "co-managing a piece," various coordinated mechanisms have been generally established in various parts of the Yangtze River Basin to synergistically promote the治理 (zhì lǐ - "governance," comprehensive management) of inter-provincial waters, truly realizing "drinking the same river water together."
Reform and innovation, green and rich co-prosperity, the Yangtze River's major protection "improves quality and efficiency."
Use reform and innovation methods to grasp the ecological protection of the Yangtze River. Bid farewell to "nine dragons治理 (zhì lǐ - "governance," comprehensive management) of water," break down departmental barriers, and China has comprehensively established and improved the river and lake chief system, so that every river and every lake has someone to manage and protect.
Based on protection and治理 (zhì lǐ - "governance," comprehensive management), various places continue to explore effective ways to realize the transformation of ecological value. Jing'an County (靖安县), Jiangxi (江西) has attracted social capital to build more than 10 characteristic waterfront projects, driving the integrated development of rafting, paddle boarding, and camping. "During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays in 2025, the number of tourists and tourism revenue in the county increased by 22.3% and 28.3% year-on-year, respectively. Green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains!" said Liu Si (刘思), Deputy Secretary of the Jing'an County (靖安县) Party Committee and County Mayor.
Over the past 10 years, the "green content" of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been constantly refreshed. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 344 native fish species were monitored in the Yangtze River Basin, an increase of 36 species compared with the 4 years before the fishing ban. The eutrophication trend of lakes such as Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) and Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) has been effectively curbed, and the function of the aquatic ecosystem has gradually recovered.
Development——
"Take a new path of ecological priority and green development"
A new energy vehicle is running out of the "acceleration" of high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
4 hours to solve the supply of required supporting parts. Shanghai (上海) develops chips and intelligent networking, Jiangsu (江苏) provides power batteries, Zhejiang (浙江) completes integrated die-casting, and Anhui (安徽) assembles them into complete vehicles... In the Yangtze River Delta in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, within a 4-hour drive, the "brain," "heart," "skeleton," and other parts required for a new energy vehicle can be collected.
40 seconds to build a brand-new new energy vehicle. At the Li Auto Changzhou (常州) Intelligent Manufacturing Base, more than 3,000 kinds of parts such as drive motors, sunroof glass, and various bolts can realize intelligent distribution, and the automation rate of connection processes such as spot welding, laser welding, and self-punching riveting reaches 100%.
The river-sea intermodal transport new channel is efficient and convenient. "The 'Wuhu (芜湖)-Shanghai (上海)' route for the export of new energy vehicles is direct and has no intermediate calls, which effectively improves the continuity and stability of the transportation link," introduced Chen Guang (陈光), Senior Manager of the Multimodal Transport Development Office of the Market Development Center of Shanghai International Port Group.
"The Yangtze River Economic Belt should take a new path of ecological priority and green development." The story of new energy vehicles from the factory to export provides a window to observe this new path.
As the main force leading China's high-quality economic development, this "golden economic belt" has formed five super industrial clusters of electronic information, high-end equipment, automobiles, home appliances, and textiles and clothing; the GDP of 11 provinces and cities in 2024 exceeded 63 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4%.
Seek momentum from innovation and shape new development advantages.
In Hubei (湖北) in the middle reaches, Wuhan (武汉) Optics Valley, an office of less than 10 square meters can breed a valuation of over 100 million yuan.
In an office building adjacent to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the "Modal Space" incubator has attracted more than 10 artificial intelligence start-ups to settle in less than two months after its launch.
"This is our first stop out of campus," said He Yongxian (贺永贤), founder of "Lingjing Engine." The government not only solved the two most "headache" things for the team - funding and talent - but also facilitated their cooperation with another artificial intelligence start-up.
"We provide free office space, build a full-cycle incubation chain from universities to the market, and help more innovative achievements in the field of artificial intelligence cross the gap from 'laboratory to market' and accelerate the process of technological industrialization," introduced relevant staff of Wuhan (武汉) Optics Valley Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd.
"We provide free office space and build a full-cycle incubation chain from universities to the market, helping more innovative achievements in the field of artificial intelligence to cross the **鸿沟** (hóng gōu - "wide gap," a wide gap or chasm, often used metaphorically to describe a significant divide or obstacle) from 'laboratory to market' and accelerate the process of technological industrialization," said a relevant staff member of Wuhan Optics Valley Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd. (武汉光谷金融控股集团有限公司).
Guizhou (贵州) has built a leading low-cost, high-reliability data center base in the country, relying on ultra-strong intelligent computing capabilities to build a key foundation for the high-quality development of big data; Anhui (安徽) has comprehensively laid out the development of the artificial intelligence industry, with new products and applications such as industrial artificial intelligence quality inspection systems and artificial intelligence large models emerging one after another. The innovation wave in provinces and cities along the Yangtze River is surging forward, a number of strategic emerging industries are accelerating their growth, and scientific research advantages and talent advantages are continuously being transformed into development advantages.
Play a good "chess game" for development and create a new model of coordinated development.
In September 2025, Dendrobium candidum dried branches and cut flowers from Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州) and Baoshan City (保山市), Yunnan (云南), attracted much attention at the 8th Shanghai (上海) Paired Assistance Region Featured Commodity Exhibition and Sales Fair.
"Yunnan (云南) has rich germplasm resources of Dendrobium, but in the past, it lacked deep processing technology and market channels, while Shanghai (上海) has scientific research transformation capabilities and an international consumer market," said Li Han (李涵), a researcher at the Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (云南省农科院花卉研究所).
Since 2024, Shanghai (沪) and Yunnan (滇) have joined hands to establish a full chain of R&D-production-sales, and cultivated the first ornamental Dendrobium brand "Hu Senlin (斛森林)". The Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (云南省农科院花卉研究所) has also reached preliminary cooperation intentions with a number of Shanghai (上海) supermarkets and cultural and creative enterprises, planning to launch creative and advanced flower products.
Jiangsu Provincial Port Group (江苏省港口集团), Chongqing Logistics Group (重庆物流集团), and Hubei Port Group (湖北港口集团) signed a strategic cooperation agreement to create a high-quality port and shipping development ecosystem of resource sharing and win-win cooperation; the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu Yangtze River High-speed Railway Wuyi Section (沪渝蓉沿江高铁武宜段) and the Hangzhou-Quzhou High-speed Railway (杭衢高铁) were opened for operation, with high-speed rail double lines running simultaneously, and the comprehensive transportation system along the Yangtze River is more complete. Strengthen upstream, midstream and downstream interaction and collaboration, promote green industry cooperation, and improve the level of regional transportation integration. The Yangtze River Economic Belt is striving to create a new model of coordinated development.
Relying on a good ecology, draw a new picture of harmonious coexistence between mountains, rivers, people and cities.
Hu Xiangbiao (胡相彪), a villager in Yaogongdu Village (姚公渡村), Poyang County (鄱阳县), Shangrao (上饶), Jiangxi (江西), has to walk more than ten miles along Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) every day to check for illegal fishing and discharge, persuade illegal anglers to leave, and remind tourists on the shore to take away their garbage.
Hu Xiangbiao (胡相彪) followed his father to fish since he was a child. After "washing his feet ashore," he became a lake patrol assistant, "Protecting Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) is protecting our home, and it is also leaving a legacy of green mountains and clear waters for future generations."
In order to let fishermen "stabilize and become rich," Yaogongdu Village (姚公渡村) cadres conducted one-on-one investigations, established employment ledgers, and connected with the employment needs of the county's industrial park. Welding, housekeeping, e-commerce live broadcasting... The free skills training organized by the county has also been opened in the village.
Today, the employment rate of fishermen who have come ashore in Yaogongdu Village (姚公渡村) has reached 100%, and the per capita annual income has reached more than 60,000 yuan. Relying on good mountains, good water, and a good ecology, some villagers have transformed their small buildings into homestays to develop rural tourism.
Drinking from the same river, jointly protecting the beauty of the Yangtze River. From the head of the river to the end of the river, cities and villages are dotted around, born from the Yangtze River and prospering because of the Yangtze River.
Neijiang (内江), Sichuan (四川), has renovated and de-listed 161 sewage outlets in the Neijiang section of the Tuojiang River (沱江内江段), and 11 black and odorous water bodies have been transformed into wetland parks, becoming a good place for citizens to relax and entertain; giant capsule-style bulk cargo warehouses and intelligent sprinkler systems have been built, and Chenglingji Port (城陵矶港) in Yueyang (岳阳), Hunan (湖南) has been renewed, becoming a new online celebrity check-in point, and dock workers can wear white shirts to work... Water and people, water and city, people and nature coexist harmoniously, and production space, living space, and ecological space are mutually beneficial and win-win, with the people protecting the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River benefiting the people.
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The great river is surging, showing thousands of weather phenomena and stirring up the tide of the times.
Maintain historical patience and strategic focus, draw a blueprint to the end, and work one after another, building the Yangtze River Economic Belt into a golden economic belt with a more beautiful ecology, smoother transportation, more coordinated economy, more unified market, and more scientific mechanism, to ensure that a river of clear water extends to future generations and benefits the people.
(Our reporters Feng Hua (冯华), Wang Hao (王浩), Dong Siyu (董丝雨), Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), Wang Yunshan (王云杉), Liu Xinwu (刘新吾))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珂 韩 鑫 李亚楠
In his New Year's message for 2026, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The cultural and tourism market is booming, the 'City Super' and 'Village Super' are extraordinarily lively, and ice and snow sports ignite winter passion. Tradition and modernity blend together, and Chinese culture shines with even more brilliant light."
During the New Year holiday, new scenes and highlights emerged in abundance, cultural and tourism consumption demand continued to be released, a vibrant China was on the move, and New Year consumption achieved a "good start," demonstrating the domestic market's strong vitality and huge potential.
Industry Upgrades, Market Blossoms in Multiple Spots
During the New Year holiday, new commercial carriers and brand flagship stores and exhibitions that debuted intensively injected fresh appeal into the market.
In Beijing (北京), Wanli Wangfujing WellTown (湾里·王府井WellTown), located in Tongzhou District (通州区), attracted 675,000 customers during the New Year holiday with its unique architectural design and more than 100 flagship and specialty stores; in Zhongguancun ART PARK (中关村ART PARK) Da Rong City East District (大融城东区), many trendy brand flagship stores settled in, with sales exceeding 21 million yuan during the New Year holiday.
Data from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (北京市商务局) shows that during the New Year holiday, the cumulative sales of key monitored enterprises reached 4.04 billion yuan, with a daily average increase of 16.3% year-on-year; the 60 key business districts in Beijing (北京) saw a passenger flow of 28.226 million, achieving sales of 8.46 billion yuan.
During the New Year holiday, major business districts across the country were bustling with activity, and new consumption scenarios, new business formats, and new models blossomed in multiple spots.
The cultural and tourism market was full of vitality - "The colorful lights shining on the ancient city wall are really too beautiful." Tourist Li Jia (李佳) and her family praised the lantern festival on the city wall of Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西). Data shows that during the New Year holiday, the ticket booking volume for the "Xi'an City Wall·Beilin Historical and Cultural Scenic Area (西安城墙·碑林历史文化景区)" increased by 134% year-on-year, and search volume for consumption-related terms such as "Xi'an City Wall makeup (西安城墙妆造)," "food near Xi'an City Wall (西安城墙附近美食)," and other eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment-related consumption terms increased significantly.
Box office performance of movies was outstanding - The variety of movie types and themes met the viewing needs of different audiences. According to data from online platforms, as of January 3, the New Year's Day box office exceeded 700 million yuan.
Catering and accommodation bookings were hot - The catering market was active during the New Year holiday, and many places experienced peak traffic. In the Wuyi business district (五一商圈) in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), many catering stores extended their business hours to cope with the flow of customers. Data shows that during the New Year holiday, the number of homestay orders in popular cities increased by 1.6 times year-on-year, and the demand for accommodation around popular scenic spots surged.
Convenient and Heartwarming, Travel Enthusiasm Soars
During the New Year holiday, the Xinjiang (新疆) Uwei Expressway (乌尉高速) ushered in its first holiday "big test" after its full line opened to traffic. "In the past, it took at least 7 hours to go back to my parents' home in Korla (库尔勒). Now, passing through the Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道), it only takes more than 3 hours to get there," sighed Zhang Song (张松), a citizen of Urumqi (乌鲁木齐). Data shows that in the first two days of the New Year holiday, the Uwei Expressway (乌尉高速) ushered in a peak in traffic flow.
"Relying on holographic tunnels and other means to deduce and warn about the operating status of vehicles, we have achieved联动 control of traffic management and information guidance equipment on the entire road section, ensuring smooth traffic on the entire expressway," introduced the relevant person in charge of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区) Department of Transportation.
Data from the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) shows that from January 1 to 3, the total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society is estimated to be 590 million person-times, with a daily average of 198 million person-times, an increase of 19.5% year-on-year. By mode of transport, railway passenger traffic is estimated to be 48.223 million person-times, an increase of 53.1% year-on-year. Highway personnel flow is estimated to be 540 million person-times, an increase of 15.5% year-on-year. Waterway passenger traffic is estimated to be 2.29 million person-times, an increase of 35.3% year-on-year. Civil aviation passenger traffic is estimated to be 5.881 million person-times, an increase of 10.49% year-on-year.
A diverse combination of sea, land, and air, seamlessly connecting domestic and foreign destinations, not only connects the road home but also expands new consumption spaces and stimulates new economic vitality.
Seeing snow scenery, soaking in hot springs, eating Liangnong cakes (梁弄大糕)... On January 2, Zhang Quansheng (张全盛) and his family from Xuancheng (宣城), Anhui (安徽), arrived at Yuyao Station (余姚站), Zhejiang (浙江) by high-speed rail, and immediately rented a new energy vehicle and went straight to Siming Mountain (四明山). "Now there is no worry about charging, and renting a car for self-driving is worry-free and convenient." Arriving at the State Grid Simingshan Town Charging Station (国家电网四明山镇充电站), they charged the car, and the family strolled around the town entrance, admiring the picturesque snow ridge.
Didi Chuxing (滴滴出行) data shows that during the New Year holiday, taxi demand increased by 31% year-on-year, and taxi demand to tourist attractions, catering places, and large business districts increased by 63%, 53%, and 48% year-on-year, respectively. Didi Car Rental bookings increased by 243% year-on-year, with about half of the users planning 2 to 4-day self-driving trips.
The first small holiday after the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) implemented full island customs closure operations saw a hot travel market. According to statistics, in the first two days of the holiday, the Qiongzhou Strait (琼州海峡) ferry transport cumulatively safely transported 106,400 passengers and 28,600 vehicles, with passenger and vehicle traffic increasing by 25.9% and 6.1% respectively compared to the same period in 2025.
The maritime department relied on the smart maritime platform to implement "one-to-one" full dynamic monitoring of key ships, and cumulatively broadcast 517 safety information messages during the holiday. At the same time, it strengthened联动 with the meteorological department to achieve the goal of "zero risk, zero accidents" under the trend of increasing passenger and cargo traffic in the strait.
Strong Guarantees, Enhanced Consumption Experience
Just after 10:00 a.m. on January 1, Mr. Huang (黄先生) from Dayun Village (大云村), Tangchang Town (唐昌镇), Pidu District (郫都区), Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), successfully signed for the national subsidy product he ordered on JD.com, which was the first national subsidy order delivered to the countryside by JD.com this year.
This year, the central government continues to allocate ultra-long-term special treasury bond funds, and local governments arrange matching funds in proportion to support the implementation of the policy of replacing old consumer goods with new ones, promoting the direct delivery of real money and silver benefits to consumers. During the New Year holiday, more green and intelligent products entered people's lives, further stimulating the vitality of the consumer market.
A person in charge of a shopping mall store in Nanshan District (南山区), Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) introduced that since the implementation of the subsidy policy, the store's passenger flow and sales have increased rapidly, "In the home appliance category alone, the single-day sales on New Year's Day almost caught up with the entire week last week."
During the New Year holiday, various regions and departments provided cultural and tourism products and services around themes such as ice and snow. On the evening of January 2, in the "Canal Memory (运河记忆)" historical and cultural block in Rencheng District (任城区), Jining (济宁), Shandong (山东), as the lights on both sides of the river gradually lit up, the "Canal Concert (运河音乐会)" was wonderfully staged, and a drone performance show lit up the night sky. The local area created a consumption area gathering "night tours, night banquets, night shopping, night entertainment, and night performances," attracting more young people to consume.
The visa-free "circle of friends" continues to expand, the convenience of being in China has been significantly improved, and the policy of departure tax refunds brings more benefits... During the New Year holiday, more foreign tourists came to China. Qunar.com (去哪儿旅行) data shows that during the New Year holiday, passengers using non-Chinese passports booked domestic flights to 97 cities, with inbound air ticket volume to Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南) increasing by more than 5 times year-on-year.
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Stepping into the new year and entering the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and facing a profoundly complex and changing development environment, what kind of efforts should we make to transform the new blueprint for China's development in the next five years into a magnificent and beautiful reality?
"Our feet must be on the ground. There are inherent laws in everything we do." In November 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized this when listening to the work report on the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port.
"The greater the cause, the more challenges it faces, and the more it requires us to know and shoulder our responsibilities. All comrades in the Party must maintain the heroic spirit of 'advancing despite difficulties' and the high-spirited fighting will of 'daring to teach the sun and moon to change the sky,' burying themselves in hard work, overcoming difficulties, and striving to create achievements worthy of the Party, the people, and the times."
At the grand historical juncture of the centenary of the founding of the Party in 2021 and the first presentation ceremony of the "July 1st Medal," this important speech by the General Secretary, calling on all comrades in the Party to make unremitting efforts and eternal struggles, always makes people more sober, more confident, full of pride, and full of energy.
Taking the people's heart as our own is the Party's original aspiration and its constant commitment. Only by creating achievements for the people can we win their heartfelt support.
At the turn of the year, the General Secretary put forward a series of clear requirements: "Adhere to creating achievements for the people and achieving achievements through practical work," "take the initiative to shoulder heavy and difficult tasks," and "write an answer sheet worthy of the people in the new era." This is a call to action for all comrades in the Party to embark on a new journey in the new year.
Bearing in mind the "major concerns of the country," "keeping our feet on the ground," and doing our work in accordance with local conditions are the methodological guidelines for us to grasp the laws with scientific methods, promote implementation with a pragmatic style, and achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
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"Finding the right strategic positioning in the overall national situation" and "combining theory with practice and adapting to local conditions" are the only ways to create achievements worthy of the Party.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Establishing and practicing a correct view of achievements depends decisively on Party spirit."
Party spirit, in the final analysis, is a matter of position. "At any time and under any circumstances, we must adhere to maintaining a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee, forming harmony in the chorus of the Party Central Committee's unified command, and we must never be out of tune or change the flavor."
The centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental guarantee for doing all work well, and the strategic decisions made by the Party Central Committee must be unconditionally implemented. At the same time, under the overall situation led by the Party Central Committee, we must adapt to local conditions and give full play to our strengths.
In 1996, the east-west counterpart assistance strategy was launched, and Fujian and Ningxia "paired up." Xi Jinping (习近平), then Deputy Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, attached great importance to this.
He clarified that "Ningxia and Fujian have obvious differences in geographical location and natural environment," determined the principle of "complementary advantages, mutual benefit, long-term cooperation, and common development"; conducted on-the-spot investigations in five counterpart assistance counties, and proposed the idea of building Minning Village; highlighted industrial assistance, and specifically instructed that "Juncao is our province's advantage" and "do what we are good at"...
One term after another, they created the "Minning Model" of east-west counterpart poverty alleviation cooperation. The Minning "Shan Hai Qing" (山海情 - "Mountain and Sea Love") has been writing new chapters for 30 years, and the per capita disposable income of Minning Town in 2024 exceeded 19,000 yuan.
Consciously acting under the overall situation, giving play to comparative advantages, respecting objective laws, and taking a high-quality development path suitable for the actual conditions of the region are important methods for creating achievements.
Looking at the east, Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), which does not rely on rivers, the sea, or borders, has developed into the "World's Supermarket of Small Commodities."
Regarding the institutional and mechanism obstacles encountered in Yiwu's development, Xi Jinping (习近平) once used an analogy when working in Zhejiang: the child is growing too fast, but the clothes are too small, "we have to change the fast-growing child into a larger piece of clothing."
"Combining the implementation of the central government's spirit and the implementation of the provincial party committee's decisions and deployments with the actual local conditions," Yiwu continues to stage a change of "clothes."
From carrying out reforms to expand economic and social management authority, to exploring new international trade methods, to "tailor-made" market procurement trade methods... "Yiwu people have achieved 'creating something from nothing' and 'inexplicably'," and the proportion of exports in the country increased from 0.1% in 2010 to 2.3% in 2024.
Looking at the west, the Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) region firmly establishes the idea of a unified game and an integrated development concept, creating a high-level model of regional cooperation. The number of China-Europe freight trains (Chengdu-Chongqing) ranks first in the country, and the water quality compliance rate of 25 cross-border river national assessment sections in Sichuan and Chongqing is 100%... The "walls" between the two cities of Sichuan and Chongqing are being broken down, and the "west attraction" is gradually strengthening.
"Striving for glory for one region and adding color to the overall situation," a new development pattern of regional tiered linkage, coordinated transformation of new and old kinetic energy, and continuous emergence of new growth poles and growth belts is accelerating.
Accurately positioning itself in the overall national situation, jumping out of the "one city, one place" to plan development, and handling the relationship between division of labor and cooperation, grabbing positions and dislocation, China's development is advancing with a thousand sails and a myriad of phenomena.
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"Considering problems from the standpoint of the people" and "taking how many good and practical things have been done for the people as an important criterion for testing achievements" are the only ways to create achievements worthy of the people.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Communists must bear in mind that creating happiness for the people is the greatest achievement."
The people's hearts are a scale, weighing the weight of party members and cadres in the hearts of the people; the people have a yardstick, measuring the effectiveness of decision-making and handling affairs for the people.
The reason why formalism and bureaucracy are "major enemies of realizing the Party's mission and tasks in the new era and new journey" is that their behavior deviates from the original aspiration.
To serve the people, we must fundamentally think for the people and solve the fundamental problems that concern the vital interests of the people.
How has Hongsipu District (红寺堡区) in Wuzhong (吴忠), Ningxia (宁夏), changed from a barren land that was "unsuitable for human habitation" in the past to an ecological new city with thriving industries, happy life, and beautiful environment?
Fighting wind and sand and drought, over the past 20 years, more than 1 million mu of afforestation has been accumulated, and the wilderness has been transformed into an oasis - to serve the people, we must solve the problem of the living environment.
Raising the water by about 100 floors, sending the Yellow River water into the wilderness, letting people say goodbye to bitter and salty water, irrigating wolfberry fields, and nourishing new industries - to serve the people, we must solve the problems of production and life.
The planting area of wine grapes is 108,100 mu, 14 daylily industry demonstration villages have been built, and a transportation and logistics park and a clean energy industry cluster have been created - to serve the people, we must solve the problem of endogenous power.
To serve the people, we must put ourselves in their shoes and think from their perspective, and solve the "key small things" of the masses.
"What are good and practical things should be considered from the actual needs of the masses, and should not be subjectively assumed, or simplified or one-sided."
"Supporting economic development and helping the masses become rich is a good and practical thing... Even the small things such as the fact that the masses in remote and deep mountains cannot buy light bulbs and soap are taken care of and solved by us, which is also a good and practical thing."
What the General Secretary teaches is how to do good and practical things to the hearts of the masses.
Shanghai (上海) uses the embroidery skills of "doing Taoism in a snail shell," using a blueprint to the end for more than 30 years, hammering it hammer by hammer, and in September 2025, citizens will completely bid farewell to "carrying chamber pots." In the old house renovation process in Fanguanong Community (蕃瓜弄小区) in Jing'an District (静安区), 26 special discussion meetings were held on "one household, one plan" alone.
Changping District (昌平区) in Beijing (北京) is working hard to open up the path for handling certificates, and once solved the problem of real estate registration that has plagued nearly 4,500 residents for many years. More than 23 million sets of historical legacy issues of real estate registration have been resolved nationwide.
"We must take more concrete and accessible measures to focus on meeting the needs of the people in employment, education, social security, housing, medical care, elderly care, and childcare."
Turning the General Secretary's instructions into practical actions to create happiness for the people, "taking the small things of the people as our own big things," not avoiding difficulties and not shirking responsibilities, we can be worthy of the people and worthy of our hearts.
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"Overcoming difficulties, fighting risks, and meeting challenges with a spirit of historical initiative" and "pursuing real and water-free growth" are the only ways to create achievements worthy of the times.
The Party Central Committee has made a major judgment on China's development environment during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, pointing out that "China's development is in a period of strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexisting, and the number of uncertain and unpredictable factors is increasing."
The impact of external environmental changes is deepening, and the old problems and new challenges in development cannot be avoided or bypassed... "Sometimes we reach a state of difficulty and danger, which can only be overcome by a strong spirit." This is the experience of history and the need of the future.
"Being a firm actionist and pragmatist in the construction of Chinese-style modernization" has never been cultivated in sunny days, but must be traveled through storms. Only by maintaining strategic sobriety, strategic confidence, and strategic initiative, and possessing the spirit of "daring," the energy of "innovation," and the style of "doing," can we create practical results that can stand the test of history and the people.
How did the "Six Little Dragons" come out of Hangzhou (杭州)?
In 2003, Xi Jinping (习近平), then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, first proposed the "Digital Zhejiang" strategy, and at the same time diagnosed and oriented Hangzhou: "In the past, it was a 'scenic paradise' and a 'West Lake paradise'. The next step is a 'Silicon Valley paradise' and a 'high-tech paradise'." At that time, less than 2 households per 100 households in Hangzhou were connected to the Internet with home computers.
Focusing on technological innovation, a "difficult but correct thing," Hangzhou adheres to long-termism, strives for real achievements, and has become a leading city in the net inflow rate of domestic talents and a preferred place for young people to innovate and find employment for many years in a row, ranking among the cities with innovative vitality.
"Accurately grasping the inevitable trend of the development of things, keenly discerning the opportunities and challenges that may arise on the road ahead, and using scientific strategies to foresee the future and lead the future." Leading cadres at all levels should have such a strategic vision.
Cultivating a world-class home appliance industry cluster and incubating world's top 500 enterprises such as Midea Group (美的集团); building a capital of industrial robots, with 1 out of every 20 industrial robots produced in the country coming from Beijiao (北滘)...
Beijiao Town (北滘镇) in Foshan (佛山), Guangdong (广东), with its "small" area of 92 square kilometers, carries the "big" output value of hundreds of billions of yuan, realizing the transformation from starting from manufacturing to being in charge of manufacturing.
The real economy is an important focus for coping with external challenges by practicing internal skills.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "There is no hurdle that cannot be overcome by withstanding pressure, practicing internal skills, and gaining a firm foothold." Only by continuously strengthening, optimizing, and expanding the real economy and unswervingly doing our own things well can we always stand invincible in the face of storms.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal insists on focusing on the real economy in developing the economy, placing the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions in a more prominent strategic position, and making strategic deployments for building a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone.
"Keeping our feet on the ground," consciously acting in accordance with the laws, doing practical things, achieving practical results, and seeking practical results are the qualities and adherence that party members and cadres should have.
"As long as we adhere to building the country through hard work and benefiting the people through hard work, we will surely be able to turn the grand blueprint for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way into reality step by step!"
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"Those who start sharply must plan for the end, and those who succeed must first plan at the beginning." In his New Year's message for 2026, President Xi Jinping (习近平), focusing on the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan," emphasized, "We must anchor our goals and tasks, strengthen our confidence, seize the momentum, and steadily promote high-quality development, further comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, promote common prosperity for all the people, and continue to write new chapters in the Chinese miracle."
What is the Chinese miracle? How to create a miracle? There is profound enlightenment in history.
Not long ago, the Xi'an (西安) to Yan'an (延安) high-speed railway in Shaanxi (陕西) Province was opened, and China's high-speed railway operating mileage exceeded 50,000 kilometers, more than twice the total of all other countries in the world. From a "latecomer to modernization" to a "practice center of modernization," China's modernization achievements have become a "picture beyond imagination" in the eyes of the West.
High-speed trains lead the world, highways connect urban and rural areas, and aerospace achievements "allow us to reach for the moon in the ninth heaven"... Who would have thought that a poor and weak China, subjected to bullying, could complete the industrialization process of Western developed countries in a few decades and embark on a new path for mankind towards modernization? Looking back on the past and present, it is moving to say: "Only we Chinese Communists have achieved it."
Faced with the world problem of eliminating absolute poverty, we have deployed all our resources and overcome difficulties to win the largest poverty alleviation battle in human history and build a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
Encountering unprecedented shocks and challenges, coordinating domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles, and unswervingly doing our own things well, we respond to various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development.
Faced with some key core technologies being controlled by others, strengthening the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, DeepSeek (深度求索), humanoid robots, and other things have amazed the world, and we have proven in practice that "strangling our necks will not work."
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Experiencing the historic achievements since the new era, "If miracles have a color, it must be Chinese red!" has become the common aspiration of hundreds of millions of people.
Moving forward in hard work, we understand even more that the leadership of the Party is the "stabilizing force" for constantly moving from victory to new victory, and that the "Two Establishments" are the fundamental guarantee for us to write Chinese miracles on the new journey.
The historical relay race requires running one棒接着一棒 (bàng jiē zhe yī bàng - "one stick after another," each generation building on the achievements of the previous one); the process of step-by-step progression requires each step to be steady and solid. Entering a critical period of laying a solid foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization, we especially need to muster our energy and seize the momentum.
To continue writing new chapters in the Chinese miracle, we must strengthen our confidence.
"When is there no difficulty? We overcome them one by one, year after year, and things get better year after year. The Chinese nation has been like this for more than 5,000 years. The key to climbing slopes and overcoming obstacles is to boost confidence." President Xi Jinping's (习近平) words reveal the normality of development and also reveal the state of struggle.
From the perspective of grand history, today's China is a "continuation and development of historical China," and the era we are in is an era full of promise.
Between the flashes of the "artificial sun," the national myth of "Kuafu chasing the sun" illuminates the future of mankind; the successful preparation of single-atom layer ultra-thin metal, the "two-dimensional metal" reinterprets the "microscopic limit," and "Arabian Nights" becomes a reality; connecting the brain-computer interface, controlling actions with a thought, and "心想事成" (xīn xiǎng shì chéng - "as you think, so it becomes," all wishes come true) becomes more concrete...
Looking to the future, putting the development of new quality productive forces in a more prominent position in light of local conditions, and comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, we will turn more "impossibilities" into "certainties."
To continue writing new chapters in the Chinese miracle, we must make good use of our advantages.
Winning the battle against poverty cannot be separated from the synergy formed by "the whole Party and the whole country mobilizing, and the secretaries at five levels working together"; the historic achievements in ecological civilization construction rely on the in-depth practice of the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains; the major scientific and technological achievements such as Chang'e's lunar exploration, Tianwen's Mars exploration, and Xihe's solar exploration are world-renowned, and behind them is the full play of the advantages of the new type of national system...
Miracles never fall from the sky, but are created by hundreds of millions of people under the leadership of the Party with sweat and hard work.
Faced with the coexistence of strategic opportunities and risks and challenges, and the increase in uncertain and unpredictable factors, we must strengthen our confidence, make good use of our advantages, and win the initiative of development with efficient governance. We will surely hand in a new and even more outstanding answer sheet on the new journey!
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申少铁 杨彦帆
"People's livelihood is no small matter; even the smallest twig is always a concern." "Firewood, rice, oil, salt, three meals a day, four seasons a year—every 'small family' is bustling with life, and China, this 'big family,' will thrive."
Having gone through spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and experienced wind, rain, and rainbows, it has been another extraordinary year.
On the eve of the New Year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered his New Year's message for 2026. Every simple and heartfelt word is filled with deep concern for the people's livelihood, making the more than 1.4 billion people feel warm and greatly encouraged.
Chinese-style modernization prioritizes the people's livelihood. Reading through these years' New Year's messages, the people's happy life has always been President Xi Jinping's (习近平) concern.
Within this concern, there is a pragmatic effort to allow the people to live a better life.
"In the past year, the rights and interests of new employment groups have been further guaranteed."
"Family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs—allowing the people to live a happy life is the top priority."
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How are the people who have been lifted out of poverty living? Are the middle- and low-income groups increasing their income? Are key groups employed? … Income and employment are major issues in people's lives, and they are also President Xi Jinping's (习近平) constant concern. This concern is filled with a people-centered sentiment.
Continuously promoting income growth consolidates the source of people's livelihood.
In November 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) visited the Nanfu Kumquat Planting Base in Yanyang Town, Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province (广东省梅州市梅县区雁洋镇南福金柚种植基地), and had cordial exchanges with fruit farmers and agricultural technicians. The General Secretary pointed out that developing rural characteristic industries is the foundation for promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. It is necessary to strengthen the application of science and technology, promote the integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism, continuously extend the industrial chain, increase added value, and drive more farmers to increase their income and become rich.
The General Secretary's care greatly encouraged Huang Hong (黄宏), a villager in Nanfu Village (南福村).
In recent years, Huang Hong (黄宏) has embarked on the road to prosperity by relying on agricultural technology. Under the guidance of agricultural technology experts, he adopted technologies such as the "pagoda-shaped pruning method" and "one fruit, two cuts," increasing the annual output of his 80 mu of kumquats from 200,000 jin in 2019 to 700,000 jin in 2025, and significantly improving the quality.
Relying on the increased income from kumquats, Huang Hong (黄宏) moved into a "kumquat building," drove a "kumquat car," and his son also returned to his hometown to start a business, using live streaming to broaden the sales channels for kumquats.
By doing everything possible to grasp reform and promote development, the people's income increase has a solid foundation. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, residents' income steadily increased. In 2024, the national per capita disposable income of residents reached 41,314 yuan, an increase of 9,125 yuan compared to 2020. Among them, the per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 23,119 yuan, and the ratio of urban and rural residents' income decreased from 2.56:1 in 2020 to 2.34:1.
Residents' consumption levels and quality of life are also improving. In 2024, the national per capita consumption expenditure of residents was 28,227 yuan, an increase of 7,017 yuan compared to 2020. The Engel coefficient decreased from 30.2% in 2020 to 29.8% in 2024. Development-oriented consumption expenditures such as education, culture, entertainment, transportation, communication, and healthcare increased by an average of 10% annually from 2021 to 2024.
Vigorously stabilizing employment consolidates the foundation of people's livelihood.
"Are there still many villagers working outside?" In March 2025, in Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨), Liping County, Guizhou Province (贵州省黎平县), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) was very concerned about the employment of the villagers. The General Secretary was very pleased to learn that most of the villagers were employed near their homes.
Lu Qinglan (陆清兰), 35, is one of the people employed near her home in Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨). She used to work outside, spending little time with her children. In early 2025, Lu Qinglan (陆清兰) joined the Tongpin Yuan Traditional Craft Farmers Professional Cooperative (侗品源传统工艺农民专业合作社) and became a craftswoman.
"I earn about 4,000 yuan a month and can take care of my children, so I feel very at ease." By doing embroidery and live streaming, and relying on her diligence and flexible mind, Lu Qinglan (陆清兰) has become a skilled worker in the cooperative in less than a year.
Employment is the most basic livelihood. Adhering to placing employment work in a prominent position in governing the country, strengthening the employment-first orientation, and introducing a series of policies and measures to stabilize employment and benefit the people.
In the first 11 months of 2025, 12.1 million new jobs were created in urban areas nationwide, and the average surveyed urban unemployment rate was 5.2%. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's employment situation was generally stable. At the end of 2024, the total number of employed people nationwide was 734.39 million, of which 473.45 million were employed in urban areas, an increase of 10.74 million compared to the end of 2020. In 2024, the average surveyed urban unemployment rate nationwide was 5.1%, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points compared to 2020.
Within this concern, there is a commitment to wholeheartedly solve the urgent difficulties and anxieties of the people.
"Age-appropriate renovations bring convenience to the elderly, and families with children receive an additional 300 yuan in subsidies each month."
"Solve the major and minor issues around the people, so that everyone has more smiles and warmer hearts."
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The issues that the people care about, such as elderly care, childcare, medical treatment, housing, and schooling, are always on President Xi Jinping's (习近平) mind. Striving to achieve that children are nurtured, people are educated, laborers are rewarded, the sick are treated, the elderly are cared for, people have housing, and the vulnerable are helped… In recent years, China's social security network has become increasingly dense.
Focusing on "the elderly and the young," strive to improve the level of service and security.
Since 2025, China has implemented a childcare subsidy system. Not long ago, Ma Xiangshan (马祥山), who lives in Huangxiang Village (黄巷村), Yijing Town (义井镇), Changfeng County (长丰县), Hefei City, Anhui Province (安徽省合肥市), was busy at the construction site when his phone "dinged." He stopped to take a look and saw that 3,600 yuan had been credited to his bank card, which was the childcare subsidy he had applied for.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China has focused on promoting childcare and elderly care. The number of childcare service institutions nationwide has increased by 66,000, an increase of 110%; the number of childcare places has increased by 3.79 million, an increase of 132%. As of the end of 2024, the number of people participating in basic old-age insurance nationwide exceeded 1.07 billion.
Building a healthy China, strive to improve the health level of the whole people.
Xu Jialan (徐家兰) is a villager in Shanshui Village (山水村), Sanjia Town (三家镇), Anju District (安居区), Suining City, Sichuan Province (四川省遂宁市). In November 2025, she completed the surgery to remove the steel plate from her fracture at her doorstep. This is due to the "expert sinking" mechanism established by the construction of the Anju District (安居区) tight county medical community.
"Doctors from the district hospital came to the town health center with equipment to perform the surgery for me." Xu Jialan (徐家兰) said that when she settled the bill upon discharge, after medical insurance reimbursement, she only paid more than 800 yuan, saving more than 2,000 yuan compared to going to the district hospital.
Since 2024, more than 50 similar surgeries have been carried out in township health centers in the local area, saving patients a total of nearly 320,000 yuan.
Health is a necessary requirement for promoting the all-round development of people and is the basic condition for economic and social development. China has built the world's largest medical service system, disease prevention and control system, and medical security system. As of the end of 2024, the average life expectancy of Chinese residents has reached 79 years, and major health indicators are among the top in middle- and high-income countries.
Building a strong education country, running education that the people are satisfied with.
"Building a high-quality education system and running education that the people are satisfied with is fundamentally about deepening the comprehensive reform of education." During the 2025 National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized when visiting members of the China Democratic League (民盟) and the China Association for Promoting Democracy (民进) from the education sector attending the CPPCC meeting.
Education is a major plan for the country and a major plan for the Party. Adhering to giving priority to the development of education, convening the National Education Conference (全国教育大会), and issuing and implementing the "Outline of the Plan for Building a Strong Education Country (2024-2035)" ("教育强国建设规划纲要（2024—2035年）")… During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken a series of policies and measures to promote the construction of a strong education country. As of the end of 2024, China's basic education has reached the average level of high-income countries in the world, and the total enrollment in higher education has reached 48.46 million, an increase of 6.63 million compared to 2020, building the world's largest higher education system.
Within this concern, there is care for ensuring the basic lives of people in difficulty.
"At the beginning of the New Year, what I am most concerned about are the people in difficulty."
"Some people have encountered difficulties in employment and life, and some places have experienced natural disasters such as floods, typhoons, and earthquakes. I am concerned about these."
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Ensuring the basic lives of people in difficulty demonstrates the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. The New Year's message is full of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) deep care for people in difficulty. Post-earthquake reconstruction, flood fighting and rescue, helping disabled people, and carrying out social assistance—no one can be left behind on the road to common prosperity.
——Guaranteeing the basic lives of people after disasters.
On January 7, 2025, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Dingri County (定日县), Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区), and the people's housing and other living facilities were severely damaged, and their basic lives were in difficulty.
"Seize the time to repair damaged infrastructure and arrange for the basic lives of the people." General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) immediately made important instructions. Local Party members and cadres acted on orders and worked day and night to repair and rebuild.
In the new year, Dingri County (定日县) is full of new atmosphere. Zaxi Luobu's (扎西罗布) new home in Sengga Village (森嘎村) is spacious and bright, with clean windows and 24-hour hot water supply…
"In August 2025, we moved into the newly built house." Zaxi Luobu (扎西罗布) said, "The house is bright, and my heart is even brighter. Now that I have a good life, I am more motivated to work."
——Increasing the protection and assistance for disabled people.
"Party committees and governments at all levels should attach great importance to the work of disabled people, continuously improve the quality of public services for disabled people, and actively create a good atmosphere and environment in which the whole society understands, respects, cares for, and helps disabled people." In May 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) made important instructions on the occasion of the 35th National Day for Helping Disabled Persons.
"In the past, if I wanted to learn about the latest policies benefiting disabled people, I had to trouble my family to read the news and run to the community to ask. Now I can turn on the TV and listen, and the policies benefiting disabled people are explained clearly!" Recently, Wang Xingqing (王兴庆), a disabled villager in Dawang Village (大王村), Fuyuan Street (富源街道), Zhanhua District (沾化区), Binzhou City, Shandong Province (山东省滨州市), turned on the TV and tuned to the channel for helping disabled people to learn about policies.
In 2025, Zhanhua District (沾化区) concentrated on carrying out various assistance activities such as disability assessment and certification, rehabilitation and care, assistance for schooling, and volunteer services, benefiting more than 17,000 people.
At the end of 2024, a total of 27.489 million disabled people nationwide participated in basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents, and 9.81 million disabled people received subsidies for insurance contributions; 11.89 million disabled people in difficulty enjoyed living allowances, and 16.36 million severely disabled people enjoyed nursing allowances; the enrollment rate of disabled children in compulsory education reached 97%… The network for protecting the rights and interests of disabled people is constantly becoming denser.
——Continuing to do a good job in social assistance for people in difficulty.
At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, various places actively deployed social assistance work. Henan (河南) proposed to improve and perfect the "daily visit + key assistance" working mechanism, and strengthen the comprehensive investigation, visits and care for special groups in difficulty; Qinghai (青海) carried out a winter campaign to ensure the basic living of people in difficulty, and arranged 3.1 billion yuan of assistance funds for people in difficulty…
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the national social assistance efforts have been continuously strengthened, and a social assistance system with layered classification has been basically established. In 2025, the central government arranged 156.68 billion yuan of assistance subsidies to provide basic security for people whose lives are difficult due to disasters or illnesses. As of the end of May 2025, the average standards for urban and rural subsistence allowances were 799.7 yuan and 594.9 yuan per person per month, respectively.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward that we should adhere to doing our best and acting according to our capabilities, strengthen inclusive, basic, and guaranteed people's livelihood construction, solve the urgent difficulties and anxieties of the people, smooth social mobility channels, and improve the quality of people's lives.
"Dreaming of mountains and seas, one does not feel the distance; the road ahead is long, stride forward." 2026 is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and a vibrant and hopeful year. Implementing the concern for people's livelihood, the key lies in practicality. Only by taking the people as the center, grasping implementation, and working hard can we write a heart-warming answer sheet for people's livelihood.
(Reporters from this newspaper Xin Yang (辛阳), Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹), Huang Xian (黄娴), Wang Yongzhan (王永战), Li Junjie (李俊杰), Qiongda Zhuoga (琼达卓嘎), and Li Rui (李蕊) participated in the writing)
Return to TopOn January 3rd, the first "Super Moon" of 2026 appeared in the sky. "Super Moon" refers to a full moon at perigee. According to astronomical experts, there will be two "Super Moons" in 2026, on January 3rd and December 24th, respectively. The picture shows the Panlong Mountain Great Wall Twenty-Four Eye Tower and the moon, taken in Gubeikou Town (古北口镇), Miyun District (密云区), Beijing (北京) on January 3rd.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Yehua (陈晔华) photographed.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 旭
Opening Remarks
The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial time to consolidate the foundation and fully exert efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. This year marks the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has emphasized "ensuring a good start and a good beginning for the '15th Five-Year Plan'."
The road ahead is long, let us stride forward. Starting today, this newspaper launches the column "'15th Five-Year Plan' - A Good Start and a Good Beginning," focusing on the strong measures and active explorations taken by various regions and departments to anchor their goals and tasks and steadily promote high-quality development, showcasing the vivid practices of the vast number of cadres and the masses who are firm in their confidence, seize the momentum, and constantly create new prospects for the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
2026, the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The start relates to the overall situation, and the beginning determines the subsequent momentum.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) earnestly instructed at the Central Economic Work Conference: "Once something is decided, it must be implemented. All levels and departments must have a sense of the overall situation and the ability to execute." In his New Year's message for 2026, the General Secretary affectionately encouraged: "We must anchor our goals and tasks, strengthen our confidence, and seize the momentum to move forward."
Since the beginning of the year, various regions and departments have taken responsibility and strived to be the first, focusing on implementation and practical work. Across the land of China, there is a vibrant and thriving atmosphere.
Finding the Right Position in the Overall National Situation
The opening year should have an understanding of the opening.
The greatness of a large country is reflected in the great differences between regions. "There is biodiversity, regional differences, there are elderly people, there are young people, some are young and some are old, why do they all choose to do the same work?"
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) urged all regions and departments to "consciously act under the overall situation and play a good game of chess for the whole country." The Central Economic Work Conference required "grasping in the overall situation" the key focus of economic work in 2026.
Finding the right position in the overall national situation, effectively combining national strategies, market demands, and regional advantages, various regions continue to explore new models for high-quality development.
On the coast of the South China Sea, the tide of openness surges.
At around 9:00 AM on January 3rd, a passenger plane from Kazakhstan landed at Sanya Phoenix International Airport (海南三亚凤凰国际机场) in Hainan (海南). In just one minute, international passengers can experience "seamless customs clearance" and convenient entry.
Since the full island closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), policy dividends have continued to be released. Leveraging overlapping advantages, Hainan (海南) plans for a region from the overall situation, and serves the overall situation with a region.
"In the opening year, Hainan (海南) will actively connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and effectively transform policy advantages into development advantages," said Qi Shuli (綦树利), Director of the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission (海南省发展改革委).
On the banks of the Huangpu River, striving for new trends.
Starting, climbing, rolling over gravel roads... On January 2nd, in Lingang (临港), Shanghai (上海), at the factory of Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. (智元创新（上海）科技股份有限公司), general-purpose humanoid robots are undergoing walking, load-bearing, and joint stability tests.
A robot has more than 20,000 parts, almost all of which can be found from suppliers within a hundred kilometers of the Yangtze River Delta (长三角). Controllers come from Shanghai (上海), servo motors from Zhejiang (浙江), reducers are produced in Jiangsu (江苏), and shells come from Anhui (安徽)... The robot production and supply chain in the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) is becoming increasingly complete and stronger.
Regarding the creation of an international science and technology innovation center, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has planned deeply and thoughtfully: "The Party Central Committee has decided to expand the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), and the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center to the Yangtze River Delta (长三角)" "Establish a benchmark for supporting and leading Chinese-style modernization with science and technology."
"From Shanghai (上海) to Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta) (上海（长三角）), it is not only a spatial expansion, but also highlights the overall perspective of regional collaboration and system integration in China's scientific and technological innovation," said Shen Kaiyan (沈开艳), Director of the Institute of Economics at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (上海社会科学院经济研究所).
Grasping positioning and serving the overall situation, practice plays a symphony.
In the land of Shanxi (山西), the "waste gas" coalbed methane from the depths of old mines has become clean energy. Shanxi (山西) focuses on the construction of the National Resource-Based Economic Transformation Comprehensive Supporting Reform Experimental Zone (国家资源型经济转型综合配套改革试验区), surging new momentum; in the forests of northern Sai Bei (塞北), tens of thousands of forest rangers and grass rangers patrol the hard-won ecological construction achievements, helping Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) build a solid important ecological security barrier in northern China; on the Songliao Plain (松辽平原), seizing the winter leisure window to continuously improve machine wells, ditches, and road networks, steadily promoting the construction of high-standard farmland, Jilin (吉林) shoulders the responsibility of food security...
"Those who grasp the big picture can take care of the small," looking at the overall situation and planning deeply for a region, a region adds glory, and the overall situation adds color.
Promoting Development by Solving Problems
The opening year should have the wisdom of the opening.
Many problems in development and transformation cannot be bypassed or avoided. Adhering to a problem-oriented approach is a worldview repeatedly emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), and it is also a methodology that runs through it: "We emphasize enhancing problem awareness and adhering to a problem-oriented approach, which is to acknowledge the universality and objectivity of contradictions, and to be good at using the recognition and resolution of contradictions as a breakthrough to open up the work situation."
Facing problems and solving problems contains the dialectical philosophy of seizing the day and achieving lasting success—
Problems that can be solved in the short term should be handled immediately and effectively.
"Hello, this is the Beijing 12345 Citizen Service Hotline..." On New Year's Day morning, at the Beijing Citizen Hotline Service Center (北京市市民热线服务中心), operator Hu Jiahui (胡佳慧) quickly typed on the keyboard.
"The streetlights in the village suddenly went out last night? Okay, please tell me the specific address..." While confirming the information, she operated in the system, and the work order status quickly changed to "processing." That day, the streetlights in Liugou Village (柳沟村), Jingzhuang Town (井庄镇), Yanqing District (延庆区) were repaired.
Feedback on emergencies within 2 hours, feedback on basic livelihood security requests within 24 hours, feedback on general requests within 7 days... Immediate handling of complaints, "fast" is a rigid requirement.
"We will do our best to handle the demands of the masses and enterprises, and drive the modernization of urban governance with the demands of citizens," said Shen Binhua (沈彬华), Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Municipal People's Government (北京市人民政府) and Director of the Beijing Municipal Government Service and Data Management Bureau (北京市政务服务和数据管理局). This year, Beijing (北京) will further deepen the reform of immediate handling of complaints, accelerate the development of hotline intelligence, and improve the functions of the citizen service hotline platform, "focusing on the special governance of 'one topic per month' and tackling 11 problems such as rural sewage treatment and the standardization of the domestic service market."
Problems that are difficult to solve for a while should be addressed gradually and with sustained effort.
On the first morning of the new year, Gao Zhengliang (高正良), a B&B operator in Weishan Township (沩山乡), Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), turned on the tap to wash vegetables and cook for his guests. Due to the high terrain and scattered water sources, water shortage was once the number one problem in Weishan Township (沩山乡). "Now the water is stable, my heart is also stable, and I am more motivated," said Gao Zhengliang (高正良).
Changsha (长沙) promotes rural water supply security projects in accordance with local conditions. For villages like Weishan Township (沩山乡) that cannot be included in large-scale water supply in the short term, small water supply projects are built to alleviate water shortages. In the next 5 years, Changsha (长沙) is expected to deploy 101 projects to comprehensively improve rural water supply security capabilities.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部), focusing on consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation, in 2026, a normalized mechanism for preventing return to poverty will be established, normalized and precise assistance will be implemented, and endogenous development momentum will be enhanced with effective development-oriented assistance, continuously improving infrastructure conditions in underdeveloped areas, steadily improving the level of public services, and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside with sustained efforts.
In the past 5 years, 240,000 old urban communities have been renovated nationwide, 396,000 elderly care institutions and facilities have been built, and 66,000 childcare service institutions have been added... The ever-increasing numbers condense the people's sense of gain and happiness.
Coordinating efficient implementation and long-term adherence, solving one problem at a time, taking one step at a time, the economy and society continue to develop.
Building Synergy Through Collaborative Responses
The opening year should have the strength of the opening.
Faced with the complex and volatile international situation and the arduous and heavy domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, various regions and departments need to respond collaboratively and build synergy.
There are differences between regions, how to guide and build synergy?
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out the path: "In the process of their respective development, they must proceed from the overall situation" "Achieve differentiated development, coordinated development, and organic integration to form an overall synergy."
Covering 11 provinces and cities, spanning the eastern, central, and western regions, the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带) is the longest and widest economic belt in China. The vast space and different geographical conditions make the outline of joint consultation, joint construction, joint governance, and shared benefits increasingly clear.
From the Hejiang (合江) section of the Yangtze River (长江) in Sichuan (四川) to the Jiangjin (江津) section in Chongqing (重庆), the ecological and environmental departments of Sichuan (川) and Chongqing (渝) have formed a joint law enforcement team to conduct on-site inspections and jointly protect a river of clear water. The water quality compliance rate of 25 cross-border river national assessment sections in Sichuan (川) and Chongqing (渝) is 100%; downstream along the river, at the junction of Jiangsu (苏) and Anhui (皖), a drone patrols the water surface along the river channel entering the Yangtze River (长江) in the Chu River (滁河). The horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism for the Chu River (滁河) in the two provinces has been implemented... The guiding principle of "jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development" runs through the entire process, and the practical innovation of inter-provincial cooperation and institutional connection is deepening and becoming more practical.
There is a division of labor between departments, how to respond collaboratively and work together?
On the night of January 3rd, the production workshop of the China Construction · Intelligent Manufacturing (Dongguan) Base (中建·智造（东莞）基地) was still humming with machines. "This batch of modular integrated building components will be hoisted in the Yuen Long (元朗) Heng Chau (横洲) public housing project in Hong Kong (香港) in a few days, and production must be accelerated," said Liu Ziyun (刘子云), Deputy Manager of the Production and Manufacturing Center of the Science and Technology Innovation Division of China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Investment and Development Company (中建四局投资发展公司科创事业部生产制造中心). The company will focus on developing the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) markets this year.
In the past, due to the lack of mutually recognized technical and operational standards, modular building products produced in Guangdong (广东) were difficult to enter the Hong Kong (香港) and Macao (澳门) markets. In order to accelerate the flow of resources and factors, the competent authorities of the three places, as well as customs, taxation and other units, worked together to solve the problem and unblock the blockages. From raw material import, processing and manufacturing to export customs declaration and tax rebate, the entire chain is now "green lighted" all the way.
"In the process of integrated development, old problems and new challenges will be encountered. Mutual recognition of modular building industry standards is just one breakthrough. Only by basing ourselves on our own duties and being concerned about the overall situation can departments mesh together like gears, work in the same direction, and promote the high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区)," said Wang Yong (王勇), Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau (广州市住房和城乡建设局).
The great road is simple, and practical work is essential; hundreds of boats compete, and those who row hard are the first. Various regions and departments anchor their goals and tasks, maintain their momentum of tackling key problems, and use practical work and achievements to help the "15th Five-Year Plan" start well and take the first step, and write new glory with new advances.
(Comprehensive reports by reporters Dong Zeyang (董泽扬), Ji Juesu (季觉苏), Zhang Cheng (张枨), Liu Yiqing (刘以晴), Wang Haonan (王昊男), Sun Chao (孙超), Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), Wang Yongzhan (王永战), Yao Xueqing (姚雪青), and Cheng Yuanzhou (程远州) of this newspaper)
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Walking into Beijing Jingcheng Additive Technology Co., Ltd. (北京京城增材科技有限公司), on the production line, special resin, in the form of precise micro-droplets, is printed layer by layer on breathable casting sand, and complex sand mold gradually takes shape.
"In the past, it took three months from mold design to completion. Production needs have forced innovation and research and development. The industrial-grade sand mold 3D printer we launched has greatly shortened the production cycle," said Pang Ruifeng (庞瑞峰), general manager of the company. The company's orders have been scheduled to the second quarter of 2026, and the production capacity can keep up with customer demand.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Technological innovation and industrial innovation are the basic paths for developing new quality productive forces."
Thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Beijing (北京) accelerated the construction of a modern industrial system adapted to new quality productive forces. The contribution of high-precision and cutting-edge industries to economic growth remained above 40%, forming 3 trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters and 7 hundred-billion-yuan-level industrial clusters.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal states: "Promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation." Yin Li (尹力), Secretary of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Party Committee, said that the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully developing the basic realization of socialist modernization. Beijing (北京) must accelerate the construction of an international science and technology innovation center, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and strive to be the first in developing new quality productive forces.
Accelerate the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements—
Beijing (北京) accounts for 4 of the 21 national-level manufacturing pilot test platforms. "’Pilot test’ refers to the transitional test of converting new products in the trial production stage to the production process, which is a key link in the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements," introduced Li Bin (李彬), director of the Industrial Department of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Development and Reform Commission.
Looking to the future, anchoring the goal of further strengthening the high-level pilot test platform by the end of 2027, Beijing (北京) is promoting the construction and development of the pilot test platform systematically in accordance with the promotion ideas of "strengthening a batch, activating a batch, and supplementing a batch," highlighting the nature and function of public services, and clarifying the construction path.
Li Xujin (栗旭锦), chairman of Beijing Yuli Technology Co., Ltd. (北京昱栎技术有限公司), has been rooted in the pilot test platform business for many years. The company's intelligent hardware and intelligent terminal concept verification platform can provide a full-chain service from research and development, design, testing, pilot test, intermediate test to large-scale mass production. "In recent years, pilot test platform support policies have been continuously introduced, and social awareness has become higher and higher. Many users have taken the initiative to connect with us," said Li Xujin (栗旭锦).
Promote the aggregation of innovation resources to enterprises—
In Beijing (北京), there are more than 1,000 national-level specialized, refined, and new "little giant" enterprises, and 1,475 enterprises have established technology innovation centers... With a steady increase in volume and strong technical needs, enterprises can respond sensitively to market demands and lead the direction of innovation, which is a positive force in the application and transformation of scientific and technological innovation.
Acting as a "matchmaker," Beijing (北京) makes good use of the joint fund model of the National Natural Science Foundation "City-District-Enterprise," where enterprises invest and scientific research institutions solve problems, creating sufficient two-way motivation.
Attracting "living water," and building a science and technology financial service system adapted to the capital's scientific and technological innovation development, the Beijing (北京) Equity Exchange Center has built a comprehensive service system integrating enterprise cultivation and incubation, equity registration and custody, and other functions. By the end of 2025, there will be thousands of Beijing (北京) specialized, refined, and new special board enterprises.
Breaking down "thresholds," Beijing (北京) is exploring the "use first, pay later" model to escort the high-quality development of small and medium-sized micro enterprises. "Relying on the 'zero-threshold authorization' policy, we obtained the right to use patents from Beijing Information Science and Technology University (北京信息科技大学), which not only made the company's capital space more flexible, but also found a new way to empower technology," said Wen Yuyan (温玉艳), head of Beijing Xinghe Zhongzhi Technology Co., Ltd. (北京星和众智科技有限公司), who successfully signed a photovoltaic panel cleaning service contract with this model. Small and medium-sized micro enterprises in Beijing (北京) have used more than 440 scientific and technological achievements from universities and research institutes through this model.
Create an open innovation ecosystem with global competitiveness—
Zhongguancun Science City (中关村科学城) and other three science cities are full of vitality, and industrial parks such as Jingxi Zhigu (京西智谷) and Daxing Biomedical Industry Base (大兴生物医药产业基地) are dotted around... Actively creating an innovation ecosystem, Beijing (北京) is promoting technological breakthroughs, achievement transformation, project implementation, and ecosystem construction in an integrated manner.
"Striving for the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we support joint tackling of key problems across fields and platforms, encourage different types of innovation entities to participate in the establishment of innovation consortia, and carry out in-depth cooperation targeting new directions in future industries," said Gu Jinxu (顾瑾栩), deputy director of the Beijing (北京) Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.
Changping Laboratory (昌平实验室), a national-level laboratory in the field of life sciences, ushered in a "good start" in the new year. The research results of the team led by scientist Liu Hesheng (刘河生) on the loop mechanism of Parkinson's disease are expected to be published in top journals. Moreover, this achievement has empowered non-invasive brain stimulation therapy and has been put into clinical trials in medical institutions such as Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (中南大学湘雅医院).
Scientific research and application go hand in hand. "Changping Laboratory (昌平实验室) builds an open innovation ecosystem, bringing clinical hospitals, scientific research teams, and engineering units together on the same platform for tackling key problems, making the connection between industry and scientific research smoother," said Liu Hesheng (刘河生). "Being able to research and transform well is our solid foundation for the future."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shanghai (上海) January 3rd dispatch (Reporters Tian Hong (田泓) and Wang Ke (王珂)) The 2026 "Buy in China (购在中国)" and New Year Consumption Season launch ceremony was held in Shanghai (上海) on January 3rd. At the launch ceremony, relevant companies released measures for the "Buy in China (购在中国)" campaign.
In 2026, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) will continue to organize the "Buy in China (购在中国)" series of activities, focusing on three major themes: commodity consumption, service consumption, and consumption scenarios, and will hold special events such as "Happy Shopping for the New Year (乐购新春)," Quality Consumption Month, and International Consumption Season across the country. It will support provinces in holding "Local Station" activities and organize 15 pilot cities for internationalized consumption environment construction to hold "City Special" activities. Through a matrix of activities with unified themes and distinctive characteristics, it will create a strong consumption atmosphere and stimulate the vitality of the consumer market.
As a highlight of the 2026 "Buy in China (购在中国)," the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) will work with relevant departments to hold a "Happy Shopping for the New Year (乐购新春)" special event for the Spring Festival, organizing various regions to launch a series of beneficial and convenient measures around the entire chain of "eating, living, traveling, shopping, and entertainment," creating new hotspots and new scenarios for Spring Festival consumption.
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A cargo flight carrying approximately 1.3 tons of Spanish bluefin tuna arrived at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (深圳宝安国际机场) in China. Within hours, the shipment cleared customs and entered the Chinese seafood market. Spanish media outlet *El Triangle* commented that the bluefin tuna, known as the "jewel of the Mediterranean," traveled from the heart of the Mediterranean to Chinese consumers' tables in less than 24 hours, a speed that "clearly reflects the increasingly close economic and trade cooperation between the two countries."
In recent years, economic and trade relations between China and Spain have flourished. Both sides have continuously expanded cooperation areas, innovated cooperation methods, and tapped into cooperation potential, establishing a dynamic and resilient supply chain cooperation relationship, benefiting both countries and their people with more tangible cooperation results.
"We are full of confidence in deepening cooperation in the future"
China promotes cooperation through openness, supports the common development of all countries, and injects stability into Sino-Spanish economic and trade relations by continuously expanding market access, promoting trade facilitation and liberalization, and sharing the dividends of China's economic growth.
In the first 11 months of 2025, bilateral trade between China and Spain exceeded US$50.032 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%. Among them, the quantity and variety of high-quality agricultural products such as olive oil, ham, wine, and citrus exported from Spain to China have continued to increase. The Chinese market has become an important growth point for Spanish agricultural product exports.
Customs clearance is more convenient. China's inspection and quarantine efficiency has been greatly improved, providing a strong guarantee for Spanish seafood, fruits and vegetables to enter the Chinese market. Taking bluefin tuna as an example, Shenzhen Customs (深圳海关) uses intelligent temperature control systems and rapid traceability mechanisms throughout the customs clearance process, greatly shortening customs clearance time. More Spanish fruits, olive oil and wine products have also been included in the fast customs clearance and cold chain transportation system.
The channel is smoother. The China-Europe Railway Express connecting Madrid (马德里) and Yiwu (义乌) has been operating efficiently since its first departure in 2014, building a channel for cross-border flow of goods between the two countries, making it more convenient for Spanish wine, olive oil, etc. to be transported to China, and providing key support for the continued growth of bilateral trade.
There are more diverse platforms. Through platforms such as the China International Import Expo (进博会), Spanish ham, citrus, olive oil, etc. have gained popularity and accelerated their expansion into the Chinese market. The two sides jointly hosted the "China-Spain Trade and Investment Matchmaking Conference" in Madrid, and wine exhibitions, tasting events and other promotion activities were held in many cities in China, and the increasing exchanges and trust injected impetus into the development of bilateral trade.
"As the demand for high-quality agricultural products in the Chinese market continues to grow, we are full of confidence in deepening cooperation in the future." Miguel Carrasco Lajas (米盖尔·卡拉斯科·拉哈斯), Chairman of the Regulatory Council of the Gata-Hurdes Protected Designation of Origin in Spain, said that China is one of the fastest-growing markets for Spanish olive oil exports. China's consumption upgrade and continuous expansion of opening up give the Spanish olive oil industry the confidence to provide more high-quality products to the Chinese market.
"Spanish companies are optimistic about China's economic development prospects"
On the streets of Spanish cities, more and more Chinese new energy vehicles can be seen. At the end of 2024, Chery (奇瑞) and a Spanish company started production of the first model at a joint venture factory established in Barcelona (巴塞罗那). In July 2025, BYD (比亚迪) plug-in hybrid vehicles topped the Spanish sales list with a market share of approximately 10%, becoming a brand loved by local consumers.
In recent years, China has supported more strong Chinese companies to invest in Spain, expand supply chain cooperation in fields such as photovoltaics, green hydrogen, and power batteries, and explore cooperation in future industries such as artificial intelligence, creating new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries.
Marta Blázquez (玛尔塔·布拉斯克斯), President of the Spanish Automobile Dealers Association, believes that Sino-Spanish cooperation presents natural complementarity: Spain has rich experience in vehicle manufacturing, parts supply, and the establishment of European sales networks, while Chinese companies have obvious advantages in new energy technology, intelligent configuration, and cost control. Chinese automakers produce locally in Spain and cooperate with local suppliers, creating numerous job opportunities for the local area.
During the 25th China International Industry Fair in September 2025, the "China-Spain Industrial Machine Tool Supply Chain Promotion Center" jointly established by the Shanghai Industrial Machine Tool Industry Alliance and core enterprises in the Basque region of Spain was officially unveiled. China and Spain will focus on high-end CNC machine tools, precision parts and other fields, and jointly carry out technical research and industry standard formulation.
In November 2025, the groundbreaking ceremony for the lithium iron phosphate battery factory jointly invested by CATL (宁德时代) and Stellantis Group in the Aragon Autonomous Region (阿拉贡自治区) of Spain was held. The factory will fully use renewable energy and is scheduled to be put into operation by the end of 2026. Jorge Azcón (豪尔赫·阿斯孔), President of the Aragon Autonomous Region Government, emphasized that the new factory will enhance the region's position in the European electric vehicle supply chain and inject long-term impetus into the region's economic development.
"The vigorous development of Sino-Spanish investment cooperation reflects that Spanish companies are optimistic about China's economic development prospects." Amparo López Senovilla (安帕罗·洛佩斯·塞诺维利亚), Spanish Secretary of State for Trade, recently stated that Spain is willing to deepen cooperation with China in fields such as renewable energy and the digital economy. She said that against the backdrop of rising trade protectionism, "strengthening cooperation with China in advanced manufacturing, high value-added industrial chains and other fields is of great significance to Spain and even Europe."
"Will help China-Europe and even global green cooperation"
Recently, China National Chemical Engineering Thirteenth Construction Co., Ltd. (中国化学工程第十三建设有限公司) signed a contract for the Cepsa San Roque bioenergy project in Spain, planning to establish a renewable fuel device using waste animal and vegetable oils as raw materials in southern Spain for the production of low-carbon fuels for aviation, shipping and road transportation, which is regarded by local media as "one of the largest and most technologically advanced biofuel projects in Spain."
Exchanges between China and Spain in clean energy, smart grids, energy storage technologies and other aspects are becoming increasingly close. In Spain, the Alcores photovoltaic power station has achieved multiple goals of economy and environmental protection; the Belvis photovoltaic power station project officially achieved full-capacity commercial operation in March 2025... Jaime Peris (海梅·佩里斯), National Reindustrialization Commissioner of the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism, said that China is a key partner for Spain in zero-carbon new industries, new manufacturing and global markets. Chinese companies continue to exert efforts in investment and technology transformation, and Spanish companies provide engineering experience and project management capabilities. Cooperation between the two sides is conducive to achieving complementary advantages.
Thanks to technological innovation, investment collaboration and policy support, Sino-Spanish companies have achieved win-win results in related projects, and have also provided international cooperation experience that can be used for global energy transition. Yao Jing (姚敬), Chinese Ambassador to Spain, said that companies from both sides have achieved fruitful results in cooperation in areas such as photovoltaic power station construction, wind power technology research and development, and energy digital management, injecting new impetus into the green and low-carbon development of the two countries. "The two countries have a high degree of consensus on addressing climate change and promoting the development of renewable energy, and are jointly committed to implementing the Paris Agreement. Sino-Spanish energy cooperation not only promotes the flow of technology and capital between the two countries, but will also help China-Europe and even global green cooperation," Yao Jing said.
From agricultural trade to high-end manufacturing, and then to future-oriented green energy, Sino-Spanish cooperation is not only a vivid interpretation of mutual benefit and win-win results, but also demonstrates the comprehensive results of technological complementarity, industrial linkage and cultural exchange. As Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (佩德罗·桑切斯) said, the comprehensive strategic partnership established between the two countries "is a relationship that has been deepening for many years, and today we are giving it new impetus." Based on this solid starting point, new forms and new momentum of Sino-Spanish economic and trade cooperation continue to emerge, which will open up broader development space for companies in both countries, enhance the well-being of the people of both countries, and make the Sino-Spanish comprehensive strategic partnership more strategically stable and more dynamic in development.
(Reported from Madrid (马德里) on January 3)
Return to TopFrom denying history to the dangerous strategic shift taking place in reality, behind it all is the Japanese right-wing forces' attempt to overturn the verdict on militarism and revive its ghost. How can the international forces of justice, who paid a huge price for the victory of World War II, turn a blind eye and do nothing about this?
Recently, TOSHIO Tamogami (田母神俊雄), former Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and a far-rightist, openly posted "The United States Framed Japan for the Pearl Harbor Attack," which quickly gained a large number of endorsements and likes. What this person said is by no means an isolated case, reflecting the long-standing and deliberate attempts by the Japanese right wing to tamper with the history of aggression. The various rhetoric used by these people to overturn the Pearl Harbor attack is like a mirror, reflecting the Japanese right wing's denial of war crimes and their unwillingness to accept the outcome of defeat.
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States marked the outbreak of the Pacific War, a conclusion that history has long since reached. Before the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, Japan also sent a goodwill mission to Washington to release a smokescreen. Without issuing a declaration of war, Japan suddenly launched a military attack on Pearl Harbor, destroying several major U.S. warships and causing heavy casualties to U.S. officers and soldiers. Then U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull commented that Japan "resorted to all kinds of sophistry, openly distorted the facts, and never dared to take responsibility for its actions." Then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in a fireside chat: "Whether today or 1,000 years from now, no honest person can suppress the indignation and hatred in their hearts when they see the Japanese militarist dictators sending special envoys to commit such treacherous acts among us under the guise of a flag of peace."
After the war, instead of reflecting on their actions, the Japanese right wing attempted to whitewash war crimes, shape a collective memory that favored the right-wing narrative, and undermine the post-war international order.
One trick is to reverse cause and effect. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan issued a declaration of war against the United States and Britain, constructing a false logic: because the United States and Britain were constantly increasing their economic and military threats to Japan, Japan "rose up" only for "self-preservation and self-defense." Even after the defeat, Japanese war criminals still insisted on the "self-defense theory." The New York Times reported on December 26, 1947, that Hideki Tojo (东条英机) told the tribunal composed of 11 countries "with righteous indignation" that the Western countries had carefully planned to force Japan to fire the first shot for "self-defense" and "to preserve the survival of the nation." In the decades after the war, this set of lies of militarism has not only not been cleansed, but has grown secretly. The Yushukan Museum in the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社) has long promoted this argument: the United States, Britain, China, and the Netherlands formed an "ABCD encirclement" against Japan, and although Japan tried to avoid war, it had to take a gamble in the end. The so-called conspiracy theories such as "the Pearl Harbor attack was a trap by the United States to drag Japan into the war" still have a large market in Japanese right-wing circles.
The second trick is to beautify atrocities. As early as during the war, Japanese militarism fabricated rhetoric to "justify" the use of force against the United States: this war was not only for Japan's "self-preservation and self-defense," but also a "war of liberation" on behalf of Asian yellow people against European and American white colonialists. "I don't think I did anything wrong. I think what I did was right and true." This was the last sentence Hideki Tojo (东条英机) said in the trial interrogation in 1948. More than 80 years after the defeat, the Japanese right wing has never stopped embellishing the war. To this day, the Japanese right wing still firmly believes in the "glorious dream" woven by militarism. Inside the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), the binoculars and letters written by Isoroku Yamamoto (山本五十六), the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet during the Pearl Harbor attack, are still placed in a prominent position, worshiped by believers day after day.
The third trick is to steal concepts. Thoroughly liquidating the war crimes of Japanese militarism is an inevitable requirement for defending justice. However, the Japanese right wing has instead made a false countercharge, playing the "reconciliation" card, attempting to cut ties with the history of the war of aggression, implying that the countries victimized by militarism should not hold on to historical issues. While promoting "peace," they smear neighboring countries, rendering a "crisis of survival," and then create momentum for getting rid of the post-war peaceful path. They even transform themselves, putting on a facade of "loyal allies," using cooperation with the U.S. military as an excuse to promote the lifting of the ban on the right to collective self-defense, and going further and further down the road of rearmament. Under the mask is an extremely dangerous strategic calculation. The Japanese right wing, which has never accepted defeat and still worships the planners of the Pearl Harbor attack as heroes, how can they really be willing to obey the so-called allies across the ocean for a long time?
Japanese militarism is insidious and cunning, and the Japanese right wing's tampering with history is consistent and indiscriminate. Overturning the Pearl Harbor attack is just one example. From denying history to the dangerous strategic shift taking place in reality, behind it all is the Japanese right-wing forces' attempt to overturn the verdict on militarism and revive its ghost. How can the international forces of justice, who paid a huge price for the victory of World War II, turn a blind eye and 袖手不管 (xiù shǒu bù guǎn - "fold hands, not manage," to stand aside and do nothing; to be indifferent to other people's affairs)?
Return to TopAt the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平), South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) will pay a state visit to China from January 4th to 7th, 2026.
Lee Jae-myung (李在明) was born in December 1964. From 2010, he successively served as the Mayor of Seongnam (城南市), Gyeonggi Province (京畿道), and the Governor of Gyeonggi Province (京畿道). Since 2022, he has been elected as a National Assembly member of the Democratic Party of Korea twice and served as the party leader. He took office as the President of South Korea in June 2025.
He is married to Kim Hye-kyung (金惠景) and has two sons.
This is President Lee Jae-myung's (李在明) first state visit to China since taking office.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 3rd)
Return to TopAt the invitation of Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强), Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin (米歇尔·马丁) will pay an official visit to China from January 4th to 8th.
Micheál Martin (米歇尔·马丁) was born in Cork (科克) City, Ireland in 1960 and graduated from University College Cork (科克大学). He previously served as the Irish Minister for Education, Minister for Health, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and Minister for Foreign Affairs. He has served as leader of Fianna Fáil (爱共和党) since 2011. He first served as Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) in June 2020, became Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) in December 2022, and became Taoiseach again in January 2025.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 3)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Oslo, January 2nd (Reporter Zhang Yuliang (张玉亮)) - Data released by the Norwegian Road Federation on the 2nd showed that the market share of Chinese brand electric vehicles in the Norwegian passenger car market continues to increase. A total of 24,524 vehicles were sold in 2025, accounting for 13.7% of the country's total new car sales, an increase of 3.3 percentage points compared to 2024.
In 2025, nearly 96% of new passenger cars registered in Norway were pure electric vehicles. BYD (比亚迪) became the Chinese brand with the largest market share in the new car market, ranking tenth in the list of car company sales. MG (名爵), XPeng (小鹏) and other brands also entered the top 20 in sales.
Regarding the outstanding performance of Chinese brands, Geir Inge Stokke, head of the Norwegian Road Federation, said that Chinese automakers are rapidly becoming an important part of the Norwegian market by launching competitive electric vehicle models in key market segments.
Return to TopBeijing, January 3rd (Reported by this newspaper) - On January 3rd, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when answering questions from reporters regarding the official visit of Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin to China from January 4th to 8th, stated that this visit marks the first time in 14 years that an Irish Prime Minister has visited China. During the visit, President Xi Jinping (习近平) will meet with him, and Premier Li Qiang (李强) and Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) will hold talks and meetings with him respectively, to deeply exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of common concern. In addition to Beijing (北京), Prime Minister Martin will also visit Shanghai (上海).
The spokesperson said that in recent years, the China-Ireland mutually beneficial strategic partnership has developed steadily. Both sides adhere to mutual respect and equal treatment, and achieve complementary advantages and common development through open cooperation, with the results benefiting the people of both countries. China is willing to take this visit as an opportunity to enhance political mutual trust with Ireland, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and add new impetus to the high-quality development of both sides and the healthy and stable progress of China-Europe relations in the new era.
Return to TopBeijing, January 3rd (People's Daily) -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (外交部) answered a reporter's question on January 3rd regarding the United States' military strike against Venezuela.
A reporter asked: According to reports, the United States has launched a military strike against Venezuela. Trump (特朗普) posted on "Truth Social" that the United States has successfully carried out a large-scale strike operation against Venezuela and its leader, Maduro (马杜罗), and that Maduro and his wife have been taken into custody and deported. What is China's comment on this?
The spokesperson said that China is deeply shocked and strongly condemns the United States' blatant use of force against a sovereign nation and its actions against the president of another country. This hegemonic behavior of the United States seriously violates international law, infringes upon the sovereignty of Venezuela (委内瑞拉), and threatens peace and security in Latin America (拉美) and the Caribbean (加勒比) region. China firmly opposes this. We urge the United States to abide by international law and the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and to stop infringing upon the sovereignty and security of other countries.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, January 3rd, the Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations sent a letter on the 3rd to Abukar Dahir Osman (阿布卡尔·达希尔·奥斯曼), the Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations and the rotating President of the United Nations Security Council for this month, strongly condemning the United States for launching a "brutal, unreasonable, and unilateral" armed aggression against Venezuela, and put forward four demands, including an emergency meeting of the Security Council.
The four demands include urgently convening a meeting of the Security Council to discuss the United States' acts of aggression; strongly condemning the United States' armed aggression against the people and government of Venezuela; demanding that the U.S. military immediately cease its armed attacks against Venezuela; and taking necessary measures to hold the U.S. government accountable for its crimes of aggression.
The letter stated that the United States launched this "deadly and perfidious" attack against a country in a state of complete peace, aimed at destroying the current regime in Venezuela and imposing a "puppet government" in order to plunder the country's oil resources.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Istanbul, January 2nd (Reporter Liu Lei (刘磊)) – From 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM local time on January 2nd, multiple flights directly from Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州), and other cities in China landed successively at Istanbul Airport. As Turkey's visa-free entry policy for Chinese citizens holding ordinary passports took effect on the same day, the first group of Chinese travelers enjoying this convenience entered Turkey with ease.
On the same day, the Istanbul branch of China Southern Airlines held an event at the airport to welcome the Chinese travelers arriving on the first visa-free day and presented souvenirs to lucky passengers. Xu Jiafeng (徐嘉锋), General Manager of the branch, introduced that in order to cope with the possible increase in passenger flow after the visa-free policy, China Southern Airlines plans to increase the frequency of direct flights from Guangzhou (广州), Beijing (北京), and Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) to Istanbul starting in March this year. At that time, the total number of weekly flights may reach 17, which will further broaden the "Air Silk Road" between China and Turkey.
Return to TopOn January 1st, the 2026 "Chang'an Lantern Festival - Xi'an City Wall (西安城墙)" New Year series of cultural activities, themed "Thousands of Lights Illuminate Chang'an (长安) · Wu Ma Welcomes the Spring," officially kicked off in Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi Province (陕西省). The picture shows foreign tourists at the event, climbing the city wall and enjoying the lanterns.
Photo by Zhang Cheng (张成) (Image China)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 墨
"The magnificent colorful Danxia landform, the solemn Great Buddha Temple (大佛寺), and the grand Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟), the rich natural and cultural heritage is breathtaking!" Bishwo Shrestha, General Manager of Nepal Double Seven Travel Agency, described his impressions of his trip to China in an interview with this reporter a few days ago. Recently, he and seven other Nepalese tourism industry colleagues were invited to participate in the 2025 China International Travel Mart. The 10-day trip not only gave him business cooperation intentions, but also deepened his understanding of China.
Gansu (甘肃) was the first stop of this trip to China. The magnificent natural scenery and diverse historical culture left a deep impression on them. "The trip to Gansu (甘肃) surprised us: the ancient and exquisite cultural heritage has been properly protected, and the local area has made useful explorations in the integrated development of historical and cultural protection and tourism development, and has accumulated rich experience, which has inspired Nepal to develop cultural and tourism resources," said Shrestha.
Kayan Raj Sharma, General Manager of an outdoor adventure tourism company, admired the immersive experience design of Dunhuang (敦煌) tourism. "Cultural guides, professional explanations, and on-site interactions significantly enhance the visitor experience and satisfaction." Sharma said that the exhibition presented the spread of culture and art on the ancient Silk Road, which resonated strongly with him. The long-standing exchanges between Nepal and China have provided fertile ground for deepening tourism cooperation and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
At the 2025 China International Travel Mart held in Haikou (海口), Hainan (海南), Shrestha felt the vigorous development of China's tourism industry. "At the scene, we saw that China is becoming more and more popular with international tourists, and China is also ready to provide better tourism services to global tourists." Shrestha said that the trade fair provides a platform for tourism practitioners from various countries to exchange experiences and expand partners.
"China provides full-scenario mobile payment network services, which greatly improves the efficiency and comfort of international tourists traveling to China." Sharma said that this digital-based, tourist-friendly smart environment not only demonstrates China's digital technology and innovation capabilities, but also provides valuable reference for other countries to cultivate a smart tourism ecosystem.
China's green tourism practices have also left a deep impression on them. Bimal Nagarjun, General Manager of Nepal Eco Trekking Company, noted that China systematically integrates green concepts into tourism development, deeply explores and utilizes "ecological rich mines" in accordance with local conditions, and widely applies advanced green technologies. "China develops tourism resources, focusing on creating a good experience for tourists on the basis of achieving ecological benefits."
Through this field investigation and exchange, everyone is more optimistic about the prospect of strengthening tourism cooperation between Nepal and China. They said that China's positive measures in cultural heritage revitalization and utilization, digital convenience services, and green development have attracted more and more international tourists, especially people from neighboring countries such as Nepal are highly interested in traveling to China.
"China's marine landscapes and water sports resources are very attractive to Nepalese tourists." Nagarjun said that as Nepalese tourism practitioners gain a deeper understanding of the local customs and tourism resources of various parts of China, "We look forward to Nepal and China continuously deepening cultural and tourism cooperation and jointly achieving diversified development."
"Vast territory, diverse natural environment, long history, and colorful multi-ethnic culture make China one of the countries with the richest tourism resources in the world." Xiao Jiang (肖江), Director of the China National Tourist Office in Kathmandu, said that traveling to China is not only a process of feeling Chinese culture and perceiving Chinese charm, but also provides an opportunity for tourists from all over the world to experience the vivid practice of Chinese-style modernization.
(Reported from Kathmandu (加德满都) by this newspaper)
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Strengthen physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education.
——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" Recommendations
After winding through mountains, Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) slowly appears on the side of the road. Pushing open the iron gate, it's hard to imagine that this is a village school: a standard soccer field, the artificial turf shining green in the sunlight, and the outer circle of the plastic track is full of elasticity.
Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) is located in Jingyang Village (景阳村), Majiang County (麻江县), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南苗族侗族自治州), Guizhou Province (贵州省), serving the surrounding 5 administrative villages, including this village. At 3:30 in the afternoon, the school bell rings, and Yang Changyu (杨昌与) of the fifth grade runs with his classmates to the playground with a soccer ball in his arms to begin the day's soccer training.
At Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学), almost every student can play soccer.
As early as the end of the last century, under the leadership of some teachers, Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) formed an atmosphere of playing soccer. In 2013, Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) moved into the Jingyang Middle School (景阳中学) school building, which had been revoked and merged, and had a standard soccer field. From then on, the school regarded soccer as a characteristic education.
"We conduct soccer teaching for all students through soccer classes, soccer clubs, and class soccer leagues; at the same time, we select students from the third to sixth grades to form men's and women's soccer teams to participate in competitions," introduced Yang Wenjian (杨文健), the principal of Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学). Setting up courses, building leagues, strengthening facilities, and creating an atmosphere, in 2015, Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) was rated as a national characteristic school for youth campus soccer, entering a systematic stage of soccer education.
Since 2016, the Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) team has represented Majiang County (麻江县) in the Qiandongnan Prefecture (黔东南州) campus soccer three-level league. In the 9 years of continuous participation, the women's team has won two runner-up titles, and the men's team has also achieved fifth place in the prefecture. During this period, class leagues and cross-grade soccer matches have also been carried out one after another. "Soccer is not exclusive to the team, but a joy that every class and every child can touch," said Yang Wenjian (杨文健).
Soccer has opened another door for children in mountain villages. "Many children have entered high-quality middle schools in the prefecture and county to continue their studies through their soccer expertise," said soccer coach Luo Xiangguo (罗祥国), "Soccer has changed the life trajectory of many students."
In order to let soccer education take root, Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) has put in a lot of effort. "A soccer class is specially reserved in the physical education classes of each grade. The lower grades mainly cultivate interest, while the higher grades add technical and tactical training," introduced Luo Xiangguo (罗祥国). The teachers also compiled the skills of juggling and passing into soccer exercises and integrated them into the 30-minute break between classes; the walls of the sports field are covered with soccer training diagrams, so that children can watch and practice at any time during their spare time, moving the classroom to the "sunshine."
East-West collaboration has also brought more resources to Jingyang Primary School's (景阳小学) soccer education. On the soccer field, there are equipment for special training such as shooting, passing, and juggling, all of which were donated by a school in Foshan (佛山), Guangdong (广东). Every semester, 5-10 students from Jingyang Primary School (景阳小学) go to Foshan (佛山) for exchange training. "After 3 years of rotation, the training activities have basically covered all the team members," said Luo Xiangguo (罗祥国). The coaches in Foshan (佛山) have stronger strength and have given students more professional guidance in technical and tactical training and sustainable development.
Yang Changyu (杨昌与) entered the school team in the fourth grade. In the past year or so, he has been to counties such as Danzhai (丹寨), Cengong (岑巩), and Jinping (锦屏) with the team, and also to Kaili City (凯里市), where the prefectural government is located. These experiences have broadened his horizons and shaped his dreams, "I think the outside world is very big. I want to study hard, play soccer well, and go to farther places to see in the future."
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What is the significance of developing rural sports education? Jingyang Elementary School (景阳小学) in Majiang County (麻江县), Guizhou (贵州) provides a vivid answer through its exploration of football education.
Here, football is not a special skill for a few, but "a joy that every child can touch." The figures sweating on the green field not only embody the laughter and friendship of childhood, but also strengthen the children's physique. The green field has thus become the most vivid classroom for their healthy and happy growth.
Football also opens a window for children in the depths of the mountains. "I want to study hard and play football well, so that I can go to farther places to see the world in the future." Behind the children's simple wishes lies the broadening of horizons, the increase of knowledge, and the budding of aspirations. Football sows the seeds of 自强不息 (zì qiáng bù xī - "self-improvement without cease," constantly striving to become stronger) in young hearts, and some people's life trajectories are changed as a result.
A small football contains profound educational significance. We look forward to more rural schools finding their own unique advantages and supporting a sky for the healthy and happy growth of children.
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Visitors from all over the country never stop coming, and express delivery points are piled high with packages sent to all parts of the country... At the beginning of the new year, the villagers of Nanfu Village (南福村) in Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong (广东) are busily engaged in their sweet endeavors. In the past, the dirt roads were difficult to travel, but now the roads are accessible, and digital technology and drones have found more application scenarios. "In the past, we worried about not being able to transport and sell golden pomelos; now, we only worry about not having enough to transport and sell!" This transformation is a vivid portrayal of how the "big family" supports the "small family" and how the "small family" achieves the "big family."
In his New Year's message for 2026, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Firewood, rice, oil, salt, three meals a day, and the four seasons – when every 'small family' is thriving, the 'big family' of China will flourish." These heartfelt words express the aspirations of hundreds of millions of people and serve as a guide for the struggles of the vast number of Party members and cadres.
This is the method of planning affairs: "Treating the small matters of the people as one's own major concerns."
In Zhujiagou Village (祝家沟村), Huludao (葫芦岛), Liaoning (辽宁), he told the disaster-stricken people, "Your hopes are also our hopes"; in Changan Community (长安小区), Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁), he told everyone, "The happy life of every household, the joy of the old and the young, is the most beautiful scene in the world"; in Nanfu Village (南福村), Meizhou (梅州), he told the villagers, "I am very concerned about these places that still need to move faster"... In the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has been constantly on the move, caring about every detail of the "small family" and brewing the grand plan of the "big family."
From the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals to the eight key tasks for this year's economic work as deployed by the Central Economic Work Conference, the areas of greatest concern to the people are all addressed. To answer the "happiness paper" of people's livelihood well, our confidence lies in the integration of the "big family" and the "small family," and the connection between the Party's heart and the people's heart.
This is the way to achieve success: "Achieving greatness by attending to the smallest details."
The warmth and vitality of the "small family" benefit from the enhanced strength of the "big family" and the implementation of policies in a detailed and practical manner.
The rights and interests of new employment groups have been further guaranteed, age-friendly renovations have brought convenience to the elderly, and childcare families receive an additional 300 yuan subsidy per month. The growth of comprehensive national strength has made people's well-being more secure. Artificial intelligence large models are catching up with each other, humanoid robots are showing off their "kung fu mode," and drones are performing dazzling "fireworks." New quality productive forces empower life to be more colorful. Cultural and museum fever and intangible cultural heritage fever continue to rise, the cultural tourism market is booming, and "City Super" and "Village Super" are lively and extraordinary. Cultural innovation and creation enhance the people's spiritual enjoyment.
Practice tells us that when planning the "big family," we must take a holistic view, and through investigation and research, we must clarify the situation, accurately identify the problems, and propose practical solutions. When benefiting the "small family," we must operate with precision, and with the skill of embroidery, we must do our work solidly and thoroughly.
This is where the happiness of the Communists lies: "The greatest happiness in the world is to struggle for the happiness of the people."
A "foreign internet celebrity" did not know much about the Communist Party of China and thought that all Party members were government officials. When he met a taxi driver who was a Party member in Shanghai (上海), he became even more curious, "What are the benefits of joining the Party?" The answer: "There are no benefits to joining the Party, only dedication. If I had to say a benefit, it would be that my parents would be proud of me."
If viewed from the perspective of "benefits," it would be difficult to understand Wang Jicai's (王继才) decision to stick to the isolated island for more than 30 years, or Li Baoguo's (李保国) determination to alleviate poverty in the Taihang Mountains (太行山) for 35 years...
"The people's sense of happiness is my sense of achievement," "Achieving the small happiness of the people is my small satisfaction," "The sense of happiness and gain is given to me by the masses"... From these words of Party members, we can realize that their happiness is selfless, striving, and comes from the people. The more radiant the smiles in the "small family," the higher the degree of happiness of Party members and cadres.
The blueprint has been drawn, and it is time to forge ahead.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 珂 韩 鑫 李亚楠
In his New Year's message for 2026, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The cultural and tourism market is booming, the 'City Super' and 'Village Super' are extraordinarily lively, and ice and snow sports ignite winter passion. Tradition and modernity blend together, and Chinese culture shines with even more brilliant light."
During the New Year holiday, new scenes and highlights emerged in abundance, cultural and tourism consumption demand continued to be released, a vibrant China was on the move, and New Year consumption achieved a "good start," demonstrating the domestic market's strong vitality and huge potential.
Industry Formats Renewed, Market Blossoms in Multiple Points
During the New Year holiday, new commercial carriers and brand flagship stores and exhibitions that debuted intensively injected fresh appeal into the market.
In Beijing (北京), Wanli Wangfujing WellTown (湾里·王府井WellTown), located in Tongzhou District (通州区), attracted 675,000 customers during the New Year holiday with its unique architectural design and more than 100 flagship stores and specialty stores; in Zhongguancun ART PARK (中关村ART PARK) Da Rongcheng East District (大融城东区), many trendy brand flagship stores settled in, and sales during the New Year holiday exceeded 21 million yuan.
Data from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (北京市商务局) showed that during the New Year holiday, the cumulative sales of key monitored enterprises reached 4.04 billion yuan, with a daily average increase of 16.3%; the passenger flow in 60 key business districts in Beijing (北京) was 28.226 million, achieving sales of 8.46 billion yuan.
During the New Year holiday, major business districts across the country were bustling with activity, and new consumption scenarios, new business formats, and new models blossomed in multiple points.
The cultural and tourism market was full of vitality—"The colorful lights shining on the ancient city wall are really too beautiful." Tourist Li Jia (李佳) and her family praised the lantern festival on the Xi'an City Wall (西安城墙) in Shaanxi (陕西). Data showed that during the New Year holiday, the ticket booking volume for the "Xi'an City Wall·Beilin Historical and Cultural Scenic Area (西安城墙·碑林历史文化景区)" increased by 134% year-on-year, and search volume for consumption-related terms such as "Xi'an City Wall makeup (西安城墙妆造)," "food near Xi'an City Wall (西安城墙附近美食)," and other food, accommodation, travel, shopping, and entertainment-related consumption terms increased significantly.
Box office performance of movies was bright—theaters offered a rich variety of movie types and diverse themes to meet the viewing needs of different audiences. According to data from online platforms, as of January 3, the New Year's Day box office exceeded 700 million yuan.
Catering and accommodation bookings were hot—the catering market was active during the New Year holiday, and many places experienced peak traffic. In the Wuyi business district (五一商圈) in Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), many catering stores extended their business hours to cope with the passenger flow. Data showed that during the New Year holiday, the number of orders for popular city homestays increased by 1.6 times year-on-year, and the demand for accommodation around popular scenic spots surged.
Convenient and Heartwarming, Travel Enthusiasm Soars
During the New Year holiday, the Xinjiang Uwei Expressway (新疆乌尉高速) ushered in its first holiday "big test" after the full line was opened to traffic. "In the past, it took at least 7 hours to go back to my parents' home in Korla (库尔勒). Now, it only takes more than 3 hours to get there through the Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道)," said Zhang Song (张松), a citizen of Urumqi (乌鲁木齐). Data showed that the Uwei Expressway (乌尉高速) ushered in a peak in traffic volume in the first two days of the New Year holiday.
"Relying on holographic tunnels and other means to deduce and warn about the operating status of vehicles, we have realized the linkage control of traffic control and information guidance equipment on the entire road section, ensuring the smooth flow of the entire expressway," said the relevant person in charge of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Transportation (新疆维吾尔自治区交通运输厅).
Data from the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部) showed that from January 1 to 3, the total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society is expected to be 590 million, with a daily average of 198 million, an increase of 19.5% year-on-year. By mode of transportation, the railway passenger volume is expected to be 48.223 million, an increase of 53.1% year-on-year. The road personnel flow is expected to be 540 million, an increase of 15.5% year-on-year. The waterway passenger volume is expected to be 2.29 million, an increase of 35.3% year-on-year. The civil aviation passenger volume is expected to be 5.881 million, an increase of 10.49% year-on-year.
A diverse combination of sea, land, and air, seamlessly connecting domestic and foreign destinations, not only connects the road home but also expands new consumption spaces and stimulates new economic vitality.
Seeing snow scenes, soaking in hot springs, eating Liangnong cakes (梁弄大糕)... On January 2, Zhang Quansheng's (张全盛) family from Xuancheng (宣城), Anhui (安徽), arrived at Yuyao Station (余姚站), Zhejiang (浙江), by high-speed rail, and then rented a new energy vehicle and went straight to Siming Mountain (四明山). "Now there is no worry about charging, and renting a car for self-driving is worry-free and convenient." Arriving at the State Grid Simingshan Town Charging Station (国家电网四明山镇充电站), they charged the car, and the family strolled around the town entrance, admiring the picturesque snow ridge.
Didi Chuxing (滴滴出行) data showed that during the New Year holiday, taxi demand increased by 31% year-on-year, and taxi demand to tourist attractions, catering places, and large business districts increased by 63%, 53%, and 48% year-on-year, respectively. Didi Car Rental (滴滴租车) bookings increased by 243% year-on-year, of which about half of the users planned 2 to 4-day self-driving trips.
The first small holiday after the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) island-wide customs closure operation saw a hot travel market. According to statistics, in the first two days of the holiday, the Qiongzhou Strait ferry (琼州海峡轮渡) safely transported a cumulative total of 106,400 passengers and 28,600 vehicles, with passenger and vehicle traffic increasing by 25.9% and 6.1% respectively compared with the same period in 2025.
The maritime department relied on the smart maritime platform to implement "one-to-one" full dynamic monitoring of key ships, and cumulatively broadcast 517 safety information messages during the holiday. At the same time, it strengthened linkage with the meteorological department to achieve the goal of "zero risks and zero accidents" under the trend of rising passenger and cargo traffic in the strait.
Strong Guarantee, Improved Consumption Experience
Just after 10:00 a.m. on January 1, Mr. Huang (黄先生) from Dayun Village (大云村), Tangchang Town (唐昌镇), Pidu District (郫都区), Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), successfully signed for the national subsidy product he ordered on JD.com, which was the first national subsidy order delivered to the countryside by JD.com this year.
This year, the central government continued to arrange ultra-long-term special national debt funds, and local governments arranged matching funds in proportion to support the implementation of the policy of replacing old consumer goods with new ones, and promote the direct access of real money and silver discounts to consumers. During the New Year holiday, more green and smart products entered people's lives, further stimulating the vitality of the consumer market.
The person in charge of a shopping mall store in Nanshan District (南山区), Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), introduced that since the implementation of the subsidy policy, the store's passenger flow and sales have increased rapidly, "In the home appliance category alone, the single-day sales on New Year's Day almost caught up with the entire week last week."
During the New Year holiday, various regions and departments provided cultural and tourism products and services around themes such as ice and snow. On the evening of January 2, in the "Canal Memory (运河记忆)" historical and cultural block in Rencheng District (任城区), Jining (济宁), Shandong (山东), as the lights on both sides of the river gradually lit up, the "Canal Concert (运河音乐会)" was wonderfully staged, and a drone performance show lit up the night sky. The local area created a consumption area gathering "night tours, night banquets, night shopping, night entertainment, and night performances," attracting more young people to consume.
The visa-free "circle of friends" continues to expand, the convenience of being in China has been significantly improved, and the departure tax refund policy has brought more benefits... During the New Year holiday, more foreign tourists came to China. Qunar.com (去哪儿旅行) data showed that during the New Year holiday, passengers using non-Chinese passports booked domestic flights to 97 cities, of which the number of inbound air tickets to Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南), increased by more than 5 times year-on-year.
Return to TopOn January 2nd, Suji Ancient Town (苏稽古镇) in Leshan (乐山), Sichuan (四川) Province, held an event themed "Iron Flowers Illuminate the Night - First Encounter with Suji (苏稽)," attracting a large number of citizens and tourists. The picture shows the intangible cultural heritage skill "Iron Flower Forging" activity site.
Photo by Li Huashi (李华时) (Image China)
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The Yangtze River, stretching across east and west, emerges from the mountains, sculpts thousands of rivers, surges mightily, nourishes generations of Chinese sons and daughters, and shapes the distinct character of the Chinese nation.
Rising along the river, the Yangtze River Economic Belt covers 11 provinces and municipalities, accounting for about 1/5 of the country's land area, and its population and economic aggregate account for about half of the country's total.
"Promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt must be considered from the long-term interests of the Chinese nation," and "Restoring the ecological environment of the Yangtze River must be placed in an overwhelming position, with joint efforts for major protection and no large-scale development." On January 5, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) held a symposium in Chongqing (重庆) on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and delivered an important speech, comprehensively and profoundly expounding the major strategic thinking on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and drawing a grand blueprint for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Resolutely turning away from large-scale development and construction, the decision to "jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development" has stirred the land of China. This profoundly reflects General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound thinking on the relationship between ecological environmental protection and economic development, further enriches and improves the concept that green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains, and constitutes an important part of Xi Jinping's (习近平) ecological civilization thought.
The dialectical law of harmonious coexistence between man and nature not only diagnoses and directs the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt but also profoundly affects the Chinese-style modernization process on a broader land, writing a magnificent answer sheet for sustainable development.
The Yangtze River is greener and more beautiful. Since 2020, the main stream of the Yangtze River has maintained Class II water quality for six consecutive years, aquatic biological resources and diversity have increased, and the Yangtze River has gradually restored its vitality.
The economic vitality along the river is even stronger. From January to November 2025, the total value of foreign trade imports and exports of 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt reached 19.12 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period in history, accounting for 46.4% of the country's total imports and exports. The golden economic belt is worthy of its name.
"'Not engaging in large-scale development' means not engaging in chaotic development, low-level development, extensive development, or destructive development, but rather taking a path of high-quality development and green and low-carbon development. Now the path is correct, and we must continue to follow it."
Diagnosis——
"We must leave a clean and beautiful Yangtze River for future generations"
The change in the Yangtze River starts with the "journey" of a fish.
In the Three Gorges Dam area, in the Yangtze River Rare Fish Conservation Center, pearl-like fish eggs are all hatching. In November 2025, China's first batch of fully artificially bred third-generation Chinese sturgeon fry emerged.
"After 40 years of continuous breeding, from the first generation to the third generation, the Chinese sturgeon artificial population has finally established its 'self-blood production' capacity." Guo Baifu (郭柏福), a senior engineer at the Three Gorges Group Yangtze River Biodiversity Research Center, felt it was not easy.
From the "delivery room" to the Yangtze River. At the end of March 2025, in the Jingzhou (荆州) section of the Yangtze River, 600,000 six-month-old second-generation Chinese sturgeon jumped into the river and headed for the sea.
From the Yangtze River to the sea. Five months later, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, one of the Chinese sturgeon was monitored and recaptured, which made Du Hao (杜浩), a researcher at the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, very happy. Opening the dynamic picture of the migration trajectory, one Chinese sturgeon after another turned into shining markers in the picture. "This Chinese sturgeon has grown more than 20 centimeters. The fish is equipped with a 'chip', and the migration route and growth situation can be seen clearly." Du Hao (杜浩) said.
From breeding and releasing to tracking and monitoring, from a ten-year fishing ban to ecological restoration, good news continues to come from the Chinese sturgeon migrating between the river and the sea: In 2025, 59 Chinese sturgeon were found in offshore waters, and the distribution of Chinese sturgeon was monitored in many sea areas in Shanghai (上海), Zhejiang (浙江), Jiangsu (江苏) and other provinces, and the effect of resource supplementation was significant.
The survival status of the Chinese sturgeon is a "barometer" of the ecological health of the Yangtze River. Once, the Chinese sturgeon was difficult to find, and the Yangtze River's biological integrity index reached the worst "no fish" level...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) painfully described that the Yangtze River "is sick, and it is seriously ill."
More than just fish, chemical encirclement of the river, illegal sand mining, ecological degradation... The former mother river was riddled with holes.
"We will never allow the ecological environment of the Yangtze River to continue to deteriorate in our generation, and we must leave a clean and beautiful Yangtze River for future generations!"
From the long-term perspective of the development of the Chinese nation, and from the overall perspective of Chinese-style modernization. The development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major regional strategy personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平).
Over the past 10 years, from Chongqing (重庆) to Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), from Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) to Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西), from "promoting" to "deeply promoting," "comprehensively promoting," and then to "further promoting," he has chaired four symposiums on the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, consistently and keeping pace with the times.
"Jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development," these 10 words repeatedly emphasized by the General Secretary are deafening.
Jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development, socialism ecological civilization redefines the relationship between development and protection.
Having completed the industrialization process that developed countries have taken hundreds of years to complete in a few decades, reshaping the relationship between development and protection on the compressed timeline has become a topic of the times. The Yangtze River Economic Belt is like a microcosm. While developing rapidly, ecological pressure cannot be ignored.
The world is leaping from industrial civilization to ecological civilization, and the trend is mighty. Is it to exchange temporary economic growth at the expense of resources and the environment, or to take the road of harmonious coexistence between man and nature?
At the symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in January 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) went straight to the point, "This discussion is not about development, but about protection," and many participants felt "as if they had been splashed with a basin of cold water."
"For the current and a considerable period in the future, we must place the restoration of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River in an overwhelming position."
"We must unswervingly adhere to jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development, and make greater efforts in high-level protection."
The core of promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is protection and governance. From the ten-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River to carrying out special actions to整治入河排污口 (zhěng zhì rù hé pái wū kǒu - "rectify sewage outlets into the river," to regulate and manage pollution sources entering the river),整治沿江化工污染 (zhěng zhì yán jiāng huà gōng wū rǎn - "rectify chemical pollution along the river," to address pollution from chemical industries along the river), from promoting comprehensive management of key lakes such as Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) and Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) to promoting the criminalization of illegal sand mining, tracing the roots, preventing at the source, and systematic governance, major achievements have been made in ecological environmental protection and restoration in the Yangtze River Basin.
Jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development points out a new path for achieving coordinated coexistence of development and protection.
Emphasizing major protection, does it mean no development? At the symposium on deeply promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt held in April 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) analyzed it dialectically, "Jointly grasping major protection and ecological priority are about ecological environmental protection, which is the premise; not engaging in large-scale development and green development are about economic development, which is the result," "They are dialectically unified."
To promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, we must re-examine the relationship between the "old road" and the "new road."
"Correctly grasp the relationship between ecological environmental protection and economic development, and explore a new path of coordinated promotion of ecological priority and green development," "So that green mountains and clear waters can generate huge ecological, economic, and social benefits."
In the Changzhou (常州) section of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu (江苏), 84 chemical companies used to be crowded together, discharging wastewater indiscriminately. After 5 years of concentrated整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive remediation), 45 chemical companies along the river were demolished, and the "industrial rust belt" was transformed into an "ecological embroidery belt," giving rise to new business forms such as "Oriental Carbon Valley" and "Innovative Medicine Valley."
Guided by thought, from clarifying the general tone of "jointly grasping major protection and not engaging in large-scale development" to building a development pattern of "high-quality development and high-level protection," the understanding is becoming clearer and the consensus is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"Only by laying a good foundation for green development can we have a high-spirited advance in future development."
More than 9,000 chemical companies along the river have been "closed, transformed, relocated, and transferred," and the phenomenon of "chemical encirclement of the river" has been basically resolved; accelerating the expansion of green and low-carbon industries, and synergistically promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth...
The relationship between man and the river reflects the relationship between man and nature. Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
"Seek the long-term trend, implement long-term strategies, build a foundation for long-term peace, and further promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt to better support and serve Chinese-style modernization."
Protection——
"We must start from the integrity of the ecosystem and the systematic nature of the basin"
A bamboo, writing a vivid chapter of green development.
In the winter, the Yangtze River in Zhongxian (忠县), Chongqing (重庆) is as clear as a mirror, and the bamboo forests on both sides are still verdant. "This is our 'support green bamboo,' and it is also a bamboo for getting rich!" Ran Chongping (冉崇平), secretary of the Party branch of Wenfeng Community (文峰社区), Wuyang Street (乌杨街道), Zhongxian (忠县), said proudly.
Zhongxian (忠县) is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with many mountains and steep slopes. Bamboo has well-developed roots and is a "good hand" in maintaining soil and water. The bamboo forest edges the Yangtze River shoreline with green, beautifying the environment and enhancing the stability of the ecological structure. This newly planted 179,000 mu of bamboo forest conserves 65.7 square kilometers of sand and soil and absorbs about 160,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually, becoming a natural barrier to protect the mother river.
The green barrier is also a green bank. Walking into the intelligent workshop of Chongqing Ruizhu Company (重庆瑞竹公司) in Zhongxian (忠县), small green bamboos are undergoing a green transformation. After 18 processes such as rough grinding and fine grinding, the bamboo becomes a degradable environmentally friendly lunch box, and the scraps are 100% recycled. "The products are sold to more than 30 countries and regions, and we can't finish before the Spring Festival." Wang Jianzhong (王建忠), the person in charge of Ruizhu Company (瑞竹公司), said that the bamboo industry has created more than 3,000 jobs and driven 43,000 bamboo farmers to increase their income.
How to cure the "Yangtze River disease"? Investigate the new through bamboo.
"We must scientifically apply the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine, trace the roots, diagnose the causes, find the root causes, classify and implement policies, and treat systematically";
"We must continue to strengthen comprehensive management of the ecological environment and continue to strengthen pollution management in key areas";
From overall promotion to key breakthroughs, from top-level design to step-by-step promotion, ecological environmental protection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a scientific methodology and a clear task book. This magnificent ecological protection and restoration work is unprecedented in its intensity, scale, and impact.
Focusing on problems, using iron fists to control pollution, and tackling "tough bones."
In Huangshi (黄石), Hubei (湖北), the scenery along the Yangtze River is picturesque, and the sign at the outlet of the Zhongyaowan (中窑湾) flood discharge port stands quietly. Fang Jinshui (方金水), a member of the Second Brigade of the Huangshi (黄石) Ecological Environmental Protection Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment, introduced, "This is the 'electronic ID card' of the sewage outlet. Citizens can see the name, code, and other information of the outlet by scanning the QR code."
In the past, problems such as direct discharge of kitchen waste from merchants and laundry water from residents into the port channel were serious here. Now, after systematic transformation and整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive remediation), the water quality of the outlet has stably reached the Class IV standard of surface water environmental quality.
The sewage outlet into the river is connected to the Yangtze River on one end and the land pollution source on the other, and it is the last "gate" for pollutants to enter the Yangtze River. In recent years, provinces and cities along the river have overcome difficulties such as excessive direct discharge of sewage overflow and many arrears in infrastructure construction, and have carried out classified整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive remediation) on the basis of clarifying the bottom line, and strengthened supervision and management. Some provinces and cities have also relied on digital governance smart platforms to put "smart bracelets" on the Yangtze River, making sewage discharge behavior "visible and controllable."
Solving the "chemical encirclement of the river," carrying out "three phosphorus" investigation and整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive remediation), and comprehensively整治 (zhěng zhì - "rectification," comprehensive remediation) the Yangtze River shoreline... One ecological protection battle after another has been launched, promoting the green transformation of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Systematic governance, overall planning, and strengthening systematic protection and restoration of the ecological environment.
Basin is the most fundamental and distinct characteristic of rivers and lakes. To jointly grasp major protection, "we must start from the integrity of the ecosystem and the systematic nature of the basin."
In the upper reaches, the Sanjiangyuan National Park (三江源国家公园) realizes the overall protection of the source of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Lancang River, and Yunnan (云), Guizhou (贵), Sichuan (川) and other places jointly established horizontal ecological protection compensation funds; in the middle reaches, Hubei (鄂), Jiangxi (赣), and Hunan (湘) provinces established an inter-provincial consultation and cooperation mechanism in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River; in the lower reaches, Shanghai (沪), Jiangsu (苏), Zhejiang (浙), and Anhui (皖) closely cooperated in legislation, law enforcement, and justice, forming a joint force for banning fishing...
In the second round of compensation agreements signed between Chongqing (重庆) and Sichuan (四川) in the Yangtze River Basin, the two provinces and cities further expanded the area and increased funding, and also innovatively introduced a "comprehensive score" system including ecological flow, natural shoreline rate, and fish diversity. "The compensation mechanism has been upgraded from 'two-way compensation for water quality and water quantity' to 'multi-dimensional compensation for water environment, water resources, and water ecology,' realizing the transformation of basin ecological protection compensation 'from water to land' and from a single water environment to more comprehensive ecological environmental service benefits." Xu Xiaochi (徐晓驰), Deputy Director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Finance, said.
From "managing each section" to "co-managing a piece," various coordination mechanisms have been generally established in various places in the Yangtze River Basin to jointly promote the governance of inter-provincial waters and truly realize "drinking water from the same river together."
Reform and innovation, green and rich co-prosperity, the Yangtze River's major protection "improves quality and efficiency."
Use reform and innovation methods to grasp the ecological protection of the Yangtze River. Bid farewell to "nine dragons governing the water" and break down departmental barriers. China has comprehensively established and improved the river and lake chief system, so that every river and every lake is managed and protected by someone.
Based on protection and governance, various places continue to explore effective ways to realize the transformation of ecological value. Jing'an County (靖安县), Jiangxi (江西) has attracted social capital to build more than 10 characteristic waterfront projects, driving the integrated development of rafting, paddle boarding, and camping. "During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays in 2025, the number of tourists and tourism revenue in the county increased by 22.3% and 28.3% year-on-year, respectively. Green mountains and clear waters are golden mountains and silver mountains!" Liu Si (刘思), Deputy Secretary of the Jing'an County (靖安县) Party Committee and County Mayor, said.
Over the past 10 years, the "green content" of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been continuously refreshed. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 344 native fish species were monitored in the Yangtze River Basin, an increase of 36 species compared with the four years before the fishing ban. The eutrophication trend of lakes such as Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) and Dongting Lake (洞庭湖) has been effectively curbed, and the function of the aquatic ecosystem has gradually recovered.
Development——
"Take a new path of ecological priority and green development"
A new energy vehicle is running out of the "acceleration" of high-quality development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
4 hours to solve the supply of required supporting parts. Shanghai (上海) develops chips and intelligent networking, Jiangsu (江苏) provides power batteries, Zhejiang (浙江) completes integrated die-casting, and Anhui (安徽) assembles them into complete vehicles... In the Yangtze River Delta in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, within a 4-hour drive, the "brain," "heart," "skeleton," and other parts required for a new energy vehicle can be collected.
40 seconds to build a brand new new energy vehicle. At the Li Auto (理想汽车) Changzhou (常州) Intelligent Manufacturing Base, more than 3,000 parts such as drive motors, sunroof glass, and various bolts can be intelligently distributed, and the automation rate of connection processes such as spot welding, laser welding, and self-punching riveting reaches 100%.
The river-sea intermodal transport new channel is efficient and convenient. "The 'Wuhu (芜湖)-Shanghai (上海)' route for new energy vehicle exports is fully direct and has no intermediate calls, which effectively improves the continuity and stability of the transportation link." Chen Guang (陈光), Senior Manager of the Multimodal Transport Development Office of the Market Development Center of Shanghai International Port Group (上港集团), introduced.
"The Yangtze River Economic Belt should take a new path of ecological priority and green development." The story of new energy vehicles from the factory to export provides a window to observe this new path.
As the main force leading the high-quality economic development of our country, this "golden economic belt" has formed five super industrial clusters of electronic information, high-end equipment, automobiles, home appliances, and textiles and clothing; the GDP of 11 provinces and cities in 2024 exceeded 63 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4%.
Ask for momentum from innovation and shape new development advantages.
In Hubei (湖北) in the middle reaches, Wuhan (武汉) Optics Valley (光谷), an office of less than 10 square meters can breed a valuation of over 100 million yuan.
In an office building adjacent to Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学), the "Modal Space" incubator has attracted more than 10 artificial intelligence start-ups to settle in less than two months after its launch.
"This is our first stop out of campus." He Yongxian (贺永贤), the founder of "Lingjing Engine," said that the government not only solved the two most "headache" things for the team - funding and talent - but also facilitated their cooperation with another artificial intelligence start-up.
"We provide free office space, build a full-cycle incubation chain from universities to the market, and help more innovative achievements in the field of artificial intelligence cross the gap from 'laboratory to market' and accelerate the process of technological industrialization." Relevant staff of Wuhan Optics Valley Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd. (武汉光谷金融控股集团有限公司) introduced.
Guizhou (贵州) has built a leading low-cost, high-reliability data center base in the country, relying on ultra-strong intelligent computing capabilities to build a key foundation for the high-quality development of big data; Anhui (安徽) has comprehensively laid out the development of the artificial intelligence industry, with new products and applications such as industrial artificial intelligence quality inspection systems and artificial intelligence large models emerging one after another... Innovation waves are surging forward in provinces and cities along the Yangtze River, a number of strategic emerging industries are accelerating their growth, and scientific research advantages and talent advantages are continuously being transformed into development advantages.
Playing a good "chess game" of development and creating a new model of coordinated development.
In September 2025, Dendrobium officinale dried branches and fresh cut flowers from Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州) and Baoshan City (保山市), Yunnan (云南), attracted much attention at the 8th Shanghai (上海) counterpart regional specialty commodity exhibition.
"Yunnan (云南) has rich Dendrobium officinale germplasm resources, but in the past it lacked deep processing technology and market channels, while Shanghai (上海) has scientific research transformation capabilities and an international consumer market," said Li Han (李涵), a researcher at the Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (云南省农科院花卉研究所).
Since 2024, Shanghai (沪) and Yunnan (滇) have joined hands to establish a full chain of research and development—production—sales, and cultivated the first ornamental Dendrobium officinale brand "Husenlin (斛森林)". The Flower Research Institute of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (云南省农科院花卉研究所) has also reached preliminary cooperation intentions with a number of Shanghai (上海) supermarkets and cultural and creative enterprises, planning to launch creative and advanced flower products.
Jiangsu Provincial Port Group (江苏省港口集团), Chongqing Logistics Group (重庆物流集团), and Hubei Port Group (湖北港口集团) signed a strategic cooperation agreement to create a high-quality port and shipping development ecosystem of resource sharing and win-win cooperation; the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu Yangtze River High-speed Railway Wuyi Section (沪渝蓉沿江高铁武宜段) and the Hangzhou-Quzhou High-speed Railway (杭衢高铁) were opened for operation, with high-speed rail double lines being launched simultaneously, and the comprehensive transportation system along the Yangtze River is more complete... Strengthening upstream, midstream, and downstream interaction and collaboration, promoting green industrial cooperation, and improving the level of regional transportation integration, the Yangtze River Economic Belt is striving to create a new model of coordinated development.
Relying on a good ecology, drawing a new picture of harmonious coexistence between mountains, rivers, people, and cities.
Hu Xiangbiao (胡相彪), a villager in Yaogongdu Village (姚公渡村), Poyang County (鄱阳县), Shangrao (上饶), Jiangxi (江西), has to walk more than ten miles along Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) every day to check for illegal fishing and discharge, persuade illegal anglers to leave, and remind tourists on the shore to take away their garbage.
Hu Xiangbiao (胡相彪) followed his father in fishing since he was a child. After "washing his feet and going ashore," he became a lake patrol assistant, "Protecting Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) is protecting our home, and it is also leaving a legacy of green mountains and clear waters for our children and grandchildren."
In order to let fishermen "stabilize and become rich," Yaogongdu Village (姚公渡村) cadres conducted one-on-one investigations, established employment ledgers, and connected with the employment needs of the county's industrial park. Welding, housekeeping, e-commerce live broadcasting... The free skills training organized by the county has also been opened in the village.
Today, the employment rate of fishermen who have gone ashore in Yaogongdu Village (姚公渡村) has reached 100%, and the per capita annual income has reached more than 60,000 yuan. Relying on good mountains, good water, and a good ecology, some villagers have transformed their small buildings into homestays to develop rural tourism.
Sharing the same river water and jointly protecting the beauty of the Yangtze River. From the head of the river to the tail of the river, cities and villages are scattered all over, living by the Yangtze River and prospering because of the Yangtze River.
Neijiang (内江), Sichuan (四川), has rectified and de-listed 161 sewage outlets in the Neijiang section of the Tuojiang River (沱江内江段), and 11 black and odorous water bodies have been transformed into wetland parks, becoming a good place for citizens to relax and entertain; giant capsule-style bulk cargo warehouses and intelligent sprinkler systems have been built, and Chenglingji Port (城陵矶港) in Yueyang (岳阳), Hunan (湖南), has been completely renewed and has become a new online celebrity check-in point, and dock workers can wear white shirts to work... Water and people, water and city, and people and nature coexist harmoniously, and production space, living space, and ecological space are mutually beneficial and prosperous, with the people protecting the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River benefiting the people.
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The great river is surging, showing thousands of weather phenomena and stirring up the tide of the times.
Maintaining historical patience and strategic focus, drawing a blueprint to the end, and working one after another, building the Yangtze River Economic Belt into a golden economic belt with a more beautiful ecology, smoother transportation, more coordinated economy, more unified market, and more scientific mechanism, and ensuring that a river of clear water extends to future generations and benefits the people.
(Our reporters Feng Hua (冯华), Wang Hao (王浩), Dong Siyu (董丝雨), Yu Jingxian (郁静娴), Wang Yunshan (王云杉), Liu Xinwu (刘新吾))
By: 本报记者 贺 勇 阿尔达克
On the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原), the westernmost part of China's territory, at the snow-capped summit with an average altitude of over 4,500 meters, the thin air, biting cold, and long winters outline the basic conditions for survival here. However, a group of young people with sincere hearts have chosen to take root here. Among them are immigration management police who guard the "world's highest national gate," police officers who defend the border with ten thousand miles of homesickness, and customs officers who race against time at the "busiest port." As a microcosm of the young people on the frontier of the motherland, they weave the peace and prosperity of the motherland's frontier with their day-to-day work.
"Guarding at 5,100 meters is of great significance"
Kashgar (喀什), Xinjiang (新疆), Khunjerab Port (红其拉甫口岸), 5,100 meters above sea level. The world's highest national gate slowly opens in the morning light.
"Hello, welcome to China!" Bibi Yasman Abamislin (比比亚斯曼·阿巴米斯林), a police officer at the Khunjerab Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station (红其拉甫出入境边防检查站), takes the passport of a Pakistani traveler with both hands, revealing a standard smile. Her movements are smooth and her eyes are focused. She has repeated this inspection process tens of thousands of times.
Bibi Yasman is a Tajik youth born in the 1990s. In 2009, at the age of 17, she enlisted in the army without her family's knowledge. In 2015, Bibi Yasman, a graduate of a military academy, stood at a crossroads in her life. With excellent grades, she could have stayed at the school or gone to a city with better conditions. But Bibi Yasman wrote only one line on her assignment application form: "Apply to return to the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原) and return to the Khunjerab Border Inspection Station (红其拉甫边检站)."
Language is the first hurdle. Bibi Yasman needed to master border inspection terminology, basic English conversation, and understand the language habits of neighboring countries. In those days, Bibi Yasman got up an hour early every day and practiced pronunciation in the yard, where the temperature was below ten degrees Celsius, facing the snow-capped mountains: "Please show your passport" and "I wish you a pleasant journey."
In 2019, Bibi Yasman took off her military uniform and put on a police uniform, becoming one of the first immigration management police officers. She proactively increased her study of entry-exit laws and regulations and document identification knowledge.
On December 1, 2024, Khunjerab Port (红其拉甫口岸) was changed from seasonal opening to year-round opening, and the volume of customs clearance will increase significantly. Bibi Yasman was on duty when the news came.
"Let me go to the front line!" Bibi Yasman volunteered.
One afternoon in early 2025, the port received a notice: a group of Chinese travelers stranded abroad due to procedural issues would return. Bibi Yasman took the initiative to stay and wait.
Minus 25 degrees Celsius, the night was as dark as ink. At two o'clock in the morning, the bus finally drove into the port. When the travelers got off the bus with their luggage, they saw that the inspection hall was still brightly lit, and Bibi Yasman and her colleagues were standing at the door.
The air froze for a few seconds. A middle-aged traveler was the first to react, his voice trembling: "It's so late, and you are still waiting for us?"
"Welcome home," Bibi Yasman said with a smile.
At that moment, many people's eyes turned red. Some bowed deeply, and some held her hand and couldn't speak. An old man patted her shoulder with his rough hand: "Child, thank you for your hard work."
On the way back to the dormitory, the moon was hanging over the top of the snow-capped mountain. "At that moment, I knew that guarding at 5,100 meters is of great significance," Bibi Yasman wrote in her diary. "Choosing the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原) means choosing to persevere; putting on the police uniform means taking on responsibility."
"I have planted my homesickness here"
From Khunjerab Port (红其拉甫口岸) to the west, the car bumps along the mountain road for more than an hour to reach the Paiyik Border Police Station (排依克边境派出所).
"Paiyik (排依克)" means "the highest mountain" in Kyrgyz. With an average altitude of 4,600 meters, it is located at the junction of China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and is the throat of the Wakhan Corridor (瓦罕走廊). For Lin Mingxing (林明星), a 32-year-old police officer, this is the "farthest" place from his hometown of Qionghai (琼海), Hainan (海南) - a full 5,500 kilometers away.
In June 2022, Lin Mingxing went to the plateau for the first time. The off-road vehicle spiraled along the endless mountain road, his head began to ache violently, and nausea surged up in waves. The car finally stopped. Lin Mingxing pushed open the car door, his feet softened, and he almost fell to the ground. Before him were endless mountains covered with thick snow, and the whistling of the wind through the valley made the world particularly quiet.
"This is Paiyik (排依克)," Peng Mingyou (彭明有), then director of the Paiyik Border Police Station (排依克边境派出所), patted Lin Mingxing's shoulder. "Welcome."
Going home has since become a matter of precise calculation. If you leave the police station at 6 am, take a 6-hour car ride to Kashgar (喀什), catch the afternoon flight to Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), then transfer to Haikou (海口), and finally take a car back to Qionghai (琼海) - if all goes well, you can push open the door of your home the next evening. The round trip takes at least 4 full days.
On the phone, his mother always asked: "Are you used to it? Is it hard?" Lin Mingxing always replied with a smile: "It's very good, the mutton is especially fragrant." He never let his parents visit: "The road is too far and too tiring, I'll go back when I have a vacation."
The real test is patrolling.
Many places in the jurisdiction of the Paiyik Border Police Station (排依克边境派出所) are above 4,600 meters above sea level, and many places have no roads. The car stops where it can't go any further, and the rest of the road must be measured on foot.
Lin Mingxing participated in the patrol for the first time, and the goal was the China-Afghanistan No. 5 boundary marker. It was a nearly 60-degree scree slope. Lin Mingxing followed the old police officer and climbed upward, taking one step and sliding half a step. The thin air was like an invisible sponge, sucking away all his strength. His lungs felt like they were on fire, and every breath was burning.
"Don't stop, you won't be able to climb if you stop," the old police officer shouted in front.
He gritted his teeth and used his hands and feet. The gravel rolled under his hands, and snow poured into his boots. An hour and a half later, when the boundary marker finally appeared in his field of vision, his tears almost fell, and his eyes were already stinging from the wind.
After that patrol, he collapsed on the bed, feeling that all the bones in his body were falling apart. But the next day, he stood in the starting team again.
Over time, Lin Mingxing became the most familiar person to the herders. When cattle and sheep were lost, he and his colleagues helped to find them all over the mountains; when an elderly person needed regular medicine, they kept it in mind and brought it with them on the next patrol.
Behind the police station barracks, there is a sun greenhouse built by the police themselves. In the greenhouse, in the 200-square-meter planting area, lemons, camellias, and tomatoes have all survived.
Lin Mingxing buried durian honey seeds brought from Qionghai (琼海) in a small area against the wall - a unique tropical fruit from his hometown. His colleagues laughed at him: "It's hard for even apples to survive here, and you still want to grow tropical fruits?"
Lin Mingxing smiled honestly: "Let's try it."
Every day after returning from patrol, Lin Mingxing would go to the greenhouse to take a look. Watering, loosening the soil, and staying with those plants that couldn't speak for a while. One morning two months later, he suddenly discovered that the durian honey seed had sprouted two tender green buds.
Lin Mingxing squatted there and watched for a long time. The sunlight shone through the greenhouse plastic film, plating the tender buds with a layer of gold. At that moment, he thought of the tall durian honey tree in his hometown, and of his mother waving a cattail fan under the tree.
"I have planted my homesickness here," Lin Mingxing wrote in his diary.
Not long ago, the Ministry of Public Security awarded the Paiyik Border Police Station (排依克边境派出所) the national title of "Public Security Model." On the day of the award ceremony, the plateau sunshine was bright, shining on the police badges on everyone's shoulders, reflecting a dazzling light. Lin Mingxing stood in the team, looking at the distant snow-capped mountains. He suddenly felt that he had really taken root here - like that durian honey seedling, although it grows slowly, it is growing upward every day.
"My day is a rhythm accurate to the minute"
Karasu Port (卡拉苏口岸) is the largest land port for cargo throughput above 4,000 meters in China, connecting China and Tajikistan. On average, more than 200 freight vehicles enter and exit here every day, and this number doubles during peak periods. It can be said to be the "busiest" place on the Pamir Plateau (帕米尔高原).
At 3 pm, the customs hall is like a boiling pot. Telephone rings, walkie-talkie calls, inquiries from customs brokers, and the buzzing of printers - all kinds of sounds mixed together. Zhong Mingfei (钟明霏) sits at her workstation, her eyes quickly switching between 3 screens, her fingers dancing on the keyboard, while answering questions from the customs broker in front of her.
Her speech is fast, but clear; her movements are urgent, but orderly. This Shandong (山东) girl, born in 2001, is one of the youngest customs officers at Karasu Customs (卡拉苏海关).
In 2023, Zhong Mingfei, a graduate of Jining Medical College (济宁医学院), came to Xinjiang (新疆). During training, the teacher pointed to the map and said: "We are guarding 1/6 of the country's territory." She felt a surge of power in her heart. It wasn't until the assignment notice came down - "Karasu Customs (卡拉苏海关)" - that she seriously searched for this place for the first time: the port is 3,883 meters above sea level, the national gate is 4,368 meters above sea level, the average annual temperature is minus 5 degrees Celsius, and the winter lasts for 7 months.
On the day she reported, Zhong Mingfei set off from Kashgar City (喀什市), and the car went up along the Gez River Valley (盖孜河谷). The scenery changed from oasis to desert, then to exposed rocks, and finally to continuous snow-capped mountains. The numbers on the altimeter kept climbing: 2000, 3000, 3500... Zhong Mingfei's ears began to ring.
The initial adaptation period was painful. When she woke up in the morning, her nasal cavity was streaked with blood; walking a little faster made her heart feel like it was about to jump out of her chest; she often woke up at night due to lack of oxygen, staring at the ceiling until dawn. Zhong Mingfei saw that several young people who came at the same time did not complain, and she gritted her teeth and persevered.
"My day is a rhythm accurate to the minute," Zhong Mingfei described her work.
At 9 am, Zhong Mingfei and her colleagues set off from the dormitory in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County (塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县) and took a one-hour car ride to the port. On the way, the car is a mobile conference room: arranging the day's tasks and conveying the latest requirements.
At 10 o'clock, arrive at the port. Change into uniform, sort out materials, and start preparing.
At 11 o'clock sharp, go on duty on time. From the moment the first truck drives into the regulatory area, busyness is like pressing the accelerator button.
One day in November 2024, a batch of exported construction machinery vehicles arrived centrally. Zhong Mingfei and her colleagues were busy from 12 noon to 11 pm. When she walked out of the hall, she felt hungry when the cold wind blew - she hadn't eaten lunch or dinner.
Back in the dormitory, Zhong Mingfei made a bowl of noodles. As she ate, tears suddenly fell. "It's not that I'm wronged, it's just a little tired," she wrote in her diary.
"Why not change places?" The thought flashed through her mind. But when Zhong Mingfei saw that some of her colleagues came from the water towns of Jiangnan (江南) and some came from the plains of Northeast China (东北), and they had all taken root on the plateau, she said to herself, "If others can do it, so can I."
Zhong Mingfei is also growing slowly. Now, she can see the common problems in the documents at a glance; she can handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a noisy environment; when facing cargo owners who do not understand, she can patiently explain the policy basis; when encountering emergencies, she can calmly deal with them.
In the winter of 2024, a batch of export vehicle procedures needed to be inspected. In the minus 20 degrees Celsius temperature, Zhong Mingfei worked continuously in the regulatory area for two hours, her hands were frozen red, but the inspection records were all correct. "This little girl is good!" The old master of the transportation company gave a thumbs up.
In the night, the snow-capped mountains are still majestic, and the national gate stands solemnly. Generations of young people are working hard on the frontier land, leaving their best years in the places where the motherland needs them most.
Return to TopBy: 阿尔达克
On the Pamir Plateau, time has its own measure—the wind-eroded marks on the boundary markers, the slowly growing green leaves in the greenhouse, the worn edges of the inspection stamps, and the highland red that quietly appears on young faces.
Bibiasman Abamislin (比比亚斯曼·阿巴米斯林), Lin Mingxing (林明星), Zhong Mingfei (钟明霏)... Behind these names are hundreds and thousands of young people rooted in the plateau—they come from all over the country, but they chose to take root in the plateau; they also have ordinary joys, sorrows, and emotions, but they shoulder extraordinary responsibilities.
"Why stay?" Every young person has been asked this question.
Three young people use their actions to give the most simple answer: "Where I stand is my hometown; where my heart is, is my country."
Return to TopBy: 易舒冉
The new calendar, exuding the fragrance of ink, is placed on the table, only to realize that the old one has quietly flipped through an entire year. Counting the mornings and evenings and actions of the past year, "New Youth" has accompanied you all the way, the figure of youth leaping in time.
From the continuous steps of 2025 to the brand new departure of 2026, young people have fought, ventured, cried, and laughed for their dreams. They once stood at the crossroads of graduation, put down their entanglements, and chose to steadily work in the small positions in the fields, communities, and neighborhoods; they once stumbled and encountered setbacks on the road to entrepreneurship, and tried to explore again and again, finding the glimmer of a solution; they once looked at the myriad lights outside the window in the deep night, missing their parents and hometown far away... Recalling all kinds of feelings, just because the dream is ahead, they still mustered their strength and worked hard to create a vibrant and beautiful life.
The vast number of young people give the answer with action: confusion is never the background color of youth, but struggle is; setbacks are never the end of progress, but growth is. And struggle and growth are inseparable from the responsibility reflected in the daily details.
Daring to take responsibility is the only way to grow. On the fields of comprehensive rural revitalization, the young students of the Quzhou Science and Technology Small Courtyard Team of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学曲周科技小院团队) eat, live, and work with the villagers. They squat in the fields under the scorching sun of midsummer to test soil and formulate fertilizers, teach farmers water-saving and fertilizer-saving techniques hand-in-hand, and become scientific research vanguards in the field laboratory and agricultural technicians trusted by the villagers; in the laboratory of scientific and technological research, Du Lingjie (杜灵杰), a young professor at the School of Physics of Nanjing University (南京大学物理学院), led the team to choose the "hard bone" in the field of quantum physics, endured loneliness, withstood pressure, and finally discovered quasi-particles with graviton characteristics for the first time in the world, realizing the harvest "from 0 to 1." Responsibility is not a slogan or empty talk, but a solid action. Moving forward with this responsibility, the pace of youth is more stable and the direction is clearer.
Growth is never a solitary journey, and youth development is inseparable from the support and empowerment of society. From youth-friendly communities, youth-friendly blocks to youth-friendly cities, youth-friendly has become a high-frequency word. Many cities have successively introduced many measures to try to empower young people to work smoothly and live comfortably; on the innovation and entrepreneurship track, a series of support policies such as tax reduction and exemption, and entrepreneurial loan guarantees provide "timely rain" for young entrepreneurs; a series of fertility support "combined punches" such as childcare subsidies and inclusive childcare allow young people in the workplace to work hard in their careers and take care of their families; the trade union stations in the streets and alleys allow new employment groups, most of whom are young people such as takeaway riders and couriers, to feel more at ease and warm in their hearts when they come and go in the wind and rain. These visible and tangible supports are the most solid backing for young people to pursue their dreams.
Young people shoulder the responsibilities of the times with responsibility, and society supports their dreams with warm attention. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal mentions many things that young people care about, "actively cultivate new occupations and new positions, and support enterprises to stabilize and expand jobs," "unblock the channels for talent exchange between universities, scientific research institutes, and enterprises," and "implement the maternity leave system," which will inject impetus into the road of young people's dreams.
The calendar pages are turned over one by one, and the times are also quietly handing over new test questions. From new energy to embodied intelligence, from smart city construction to the blue ocean of the silver-haired economy, these constantly unlocked new fields and new tracks require young people to venture and try, and also rely on all aspects of society to be good "dream-assisting partners," to make the rules more fair, the opportunities more equal, and the channels smoother.
May the footsteps of every young person be able to step on the rhythm of the times and accurately match their professional skills with the needs of the times; may every sincere responsibility receive a warm response and calibrate career planning in the new era and new journey. Youth and society move towards each other and achieve each other, and together write the youth story belonging to this era in the ever-changing times.
Return to TopBy: 武 杰
In 2025, the most unforgettable moment for me was on the track and field of the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities, where I crossed the finish line first four times and won gold medals. In a silent world, I ran out my own life's acceleration.
I was born in a village in Yishui County (沂水县), Linyi (临沂), Shandong (山东) Province. When I was a child, I often followed my parents to work in the mountains. On the rugged mountain paths, I always loved to run ahead like a wild child. The warmth of the wind brushing my cheeks and the solid touch of the soil under my feet quietly planted the seeds of track and field in my heart. After starting school, the school sports meet became my most anticipated stage. I actively signed up for competitions every time, and my figure was always present in the running events, and I often brought back the first-place certificate. This small talent in sports gave me a unique sense of confidence and courage on my growth path.
In 2023, through an introduction, I, who was studying at university, came to the Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation (北京市残联) and met Coach Chen Zebin (陈泽斌). When we first met, I could hardly push an empty barbell of 20 kilograms. My upper limbs and core strength were weak, and my abdominal and back muscle training was completely blank. But Coach Chen (陈教练) said that my jumping and explosive power were good, and I could participate in more professional training and make greater breakthroughs.
I still remember when I first started training my core strength, the abdominal muscles were so sore that it was difficult to even bend over to pick things up. Coach Chen (陈教练) would always pat me on the shoulder and tell me, "Your explosive power is stronger than many athletes. Persevere a little longer, make up for your shortcomings, and you can break through yourself." Simple but powerful words, like a ray of light, pierced through the fatigue and confusion of training, and made me suddenly understand that growth is never a smooth journey. The so-called breakthrough is precisely after gritting your teeth and getting through those difficult moments that you can meet a stronger version of yourself.
On the track and field, we hearing-impaired athletes cannot hear the starting gun and need to look at the starting flag when starting. We start running as soon as the flag drops. This starting method, which relies entirely on visual signals, requires me to have extremely strong concentration and reaction ability. Therefore, starting reaction training is an important lesson in my usual training. On the field, my eyes are always fixed on the red starting flag, and as soon as it drops, my brain commands me to rush out.
"Asian Flying Man" Su Bingtian (苏炳添) is my idol. Every time I watch Su Bingtian's (苏炳添) competition, I am particularly excited. In the screen, the way he sprints with all his strength on the track can instantly ignite the fighting spirit in my heart. I hope that like him, through day-to-day scientific training and an indomitable tenacity, I can overcome the troubles of injuries and physical bottlenecks, prove myself on a higher stage, and create better results on the track.
Someone asked me, now that I have won 4 gold medals, can I take a break? I want to say, "There is no end to dreams, and my running will not stop." In a silent world, I measure the length of my youth with my footsteps and write a different kind of wonderful life.
(The author is a Beijing (北京市) disabled athlete, interviewed and compiled by Yi Shuran (易舒冉), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopAt the turn of the year, along the vast borders, camouflage figures march on the spines of snowy mountains, traverse through deep forests, and stand guard on the shores of surging waves, protecting every inch of the motherland's land.
Firm footprints are a deep love for the vast landscape; amidst wind and frost, there is a loyal practice of the mission on their shoulders. With the border moon overhead and the home and country in their hearts, their ordinary dedication demonstrates mission and responsibility, a vivid annotation of the word "nation."
In this issue of the National Defense Edition, let us step into four troops stationed on the frontier, follow in the footsteps of the soldiers, record their unforgettable moments of the day, and listen to their stories and voices of rooting themselves in the border defense, guarding the border defense, and making contributions to the border defense.
——Editor
"The First Post of the East"—
Stationed in the Easternmost Reaches to Greet the Morning Sun
By Li Longyi (李龙伊), Reporter of this Newspaper
At 6:53 in the morning, a round of red sun burst forth, illuminating the sky. Beside the China 259/4(1) boundary marker, a white sentry tower stands bathed in light. This is Heixiazi Island (黑瞎子岛), located at the easternmost end of the motherland's land territory, and also the front line of the easternmost border defense.
On a new day, the officers and soldiers of the "First Post of the East" of a certain border defense company of the Northern Theater Command Army once again welcome the first ray of sunlight for the motherland.
At the sentry post, Sergeant First Class Yu Yang (余洋) and Private Wang Libin (王理彬) beside him, their eyes piercing through the mist on the river surface, gaze at the frozen boundary river. The sunlight shines on their faces, reflecting their resolute outlines.
"Pay attention to taking breaks during observation to prevent visual fatigue," Yu Yang softly reminds Wang Libin, who is on duty as a sentry for the first time. Wang Libin takes off his cold-proof gloves and massages his temples, exclaiming, "Squad leader, the frozen boundary river is so beautiful!"
At this moment, the motherland behind Yu Yang and Wang Libin is gradually awakening. The sound of the bugle for the flag-raising ceremony cuts through the sky, and they turn around at the same time, standing facing the direction of the flagpole. Accompanied by the majestic national anthem, the officers and soldiers raise the five-star red flag. Facing the direction of the national flag, Yu Yang and Wang Libin solemnly salute.
This touch of red of the national flag, which blooms as scheduled every day, makes Yu Yang's heart surge. He tells Wang Libin about a different flag-raising experience—one summer, the officers and soldiers fought against the flood for nearly two months. Every flag-raising ceremony, the three flag-raisers wore flood-fighting suits, supporting each other to raise the national flag. They broke through the water and returned through the water. The distance to the flagpole was only 20 meters, but it took seven or eight minutes to walk. "The national flag must be raised, this is the soul of the outpost," Yu Yang said with emotion.
Yu Yang remembers that many years ago, at the sentry post, he also listened to the old squad leader telling the story of when the company was first stationed. At that time, there were no patrol roads, and there were swamps and weeds everywhere. The predecessors, with the **天当被，地当床，喝江水，吃干粮** (tiān dāng bèi, dì dāng chuáng, hē jiāng shuǐ, chī gān liáng - "sky as quilt, earth as bed, drink river water, eat dry rations," describing the hardship and determination of early pioneers), carried bricks and tiles onto the island, and took root in a wilderness.
Now, the company has spacious barracks and sufficient supplies. Drinking purified water, using clean electricity, and families coming to the team "moving in with bags"... In more than 10 years, the border defense support has undergone a qualitative leap.
Standing on the high sentry tower and looking out, beside the patrol road outside the camp area, the officers and soldiers wrote in red paint: I stand guard for the great motherland, I welcome the sun into the motherland. "This sentence embodies the aspirations of all the officers and soldiers of the company. Loyalty and responsibility are passed down from generation to generation in the company," Yu Yang said.
"I welcome the sun into the motherland, and the sun sprinkles light and heat on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers..." Facing the morning sun, the officers and soldiers of the company embark on the patrol road. They drive new-type motorcycle snowmobiles, leaving lines of ruts in the vast snowfield. The winter sun covers Heixiazi Island (黑瞎子岛), reflecting the red faces of the soldiers, and the loud singing echoes in the borderland.
(Liu Yang (刘洋) and Wang Gan (王淦) participated in the writing)
The Officers and Soldiers Guarding Zhongjian Island (中建岛) in the Xisha Islands (西沙群岛)—
Practicing Muscles and Bones on the White Sand Beach
By Jin Zhengbo (金正波), Reporter of this Newspaper
Zhongjian Island (中建岛) in the Xisha Islands (西沙群岛), a coral island far away from the mainland, is characterized by perennial high temperature, high humidity, high salinity, frequent wind and rain, and a harsh environment. The harsher the environment, the more it can test the true colors of soldiers. On this white sand beach, generations of island-guarding officers and soldiers have built a defense line with loyalty, writing a regretless youth.
In the early morning, Sergeant First Class Li Xiaolong (李孝龙) finished his night sentry duty and walked down from the sentry post. The sea breeze blows, mixed with a salty and fishy smell. Beside the sentry post, the slogan "Without seven parts of heroic courage, don't go to Zhongjian White Sand Beach" is particularly eye-catching in the morning sun. Turning around and looking at the sea he has guarded for many years, it is not only the scenery in front of him, but also the boundary engraved in his heart. "Here, every stand is a garrison," Li Xiaolong (李孝龙) said.
When the sun is high, at the training ground at noon, the humidity is transformed into heat waves under the baking of the sun, rising from the coral sand surface. Sergeant Chen Jiali (陈嘉利) and his comrades have already begun high-temperature resistance training. The training uniform is wet and dry, dry and wet again. In less than two hours, a circle of salt frost forms on their backs.
"The sun here has a fierce temper!" Chen Jiali (陈嘉利) wiped his face, and a smile bloomed on his tanned face. It is this kind of "sauna weather" tempering that has honed their steel muscles and iron bones.
On the training ground, a group of post-00s recruits are singing the song "Xisha Black": "The sun shines, the sea breeze blows, giving us a body of masculinity..." Their singing is particularly clear in the air after the rain.
Not far away in the radar cabin, technician Zhang Xiaowei (张孝伟) is carefully inspecting the equipment. The thermometer in the cabin shows 42 degrees Celsius, and the humidity also exceeds the standard, posing a severe test to the precision instruments. "Humidity is a more difficult opponent than high temperature," he said. Years of island guarding experience have allowed them to explore a set of moisture-proof methods: sealed boxes, desiccants, and regular baking, effectively solving the impact of the environment on the equipment.
In the afternoon, the weather changed abruptly. The scorching sun that had just been scorching was instantly swallowed by surging gray clouds. The duty officer rushed out of the duty room: "Strong convection is about to pass through!"
"The more this kind of weather, the more you have to open your eyes wide." Li Xiaolong (李孝龙) immediately dressed neatly and walked to his battle position. Zhongjian Island (中建岛) is known as the "Wind Island." He remembers that when he first came to the island, after a typhoon, the entire island was in a mess. They used their shoulders to carry and their hands to dig, digging out the equipment piece by piece from the sand, and rebuilding their homes inch by inch.
In the evening, the washed air is still humid, but with a touch of freshness. Li Xiaolong (李孝龙) once again walked to the sentry post. Under the moonlight, the four characters "Long Live the Motherland" shine brightly.
Day after day, year after year. On this piece of land at the southern end of the motherland, the island-guarding officers and soldiers interpret with every day: happily guarding the horizon, taking the island as home.
(Ge Hanqiang (葛瀚强) participated in the writing)
Shilicun (十里村) Border Defense Company—
Traversing the Dense Forest to Protect the Boundary Marker
By Ren Tongtong (任彤彤), Reporter of this Newspaper
In the border pass of southern Yunnan, the morning mist is pervasive. The patrol officers and soldiers of a certain brigade of the Southern Theater Command Army's Shilicun (十里村) Border Defense Company are traversing the primeval forest of the Ailao Mountains (哀牢山脉). The humidity is misty, and the visibility is less than 10 meters. Their figures are sometimes visible and sometimes hidden on the rugged and winding mountain road.
On the patrol road, dangers are everywhere. The officers and soldiers not only have to climb rocks, climb vines, and cross streams, but also have to be constantly wary of poisonous snakes and insects.
After a long trek, passing through branches and leaves, the speed of the team suddenly slowed down. Private Chen Mengyang (陈梦阳), who was on patrol for the first time, felt a sense of tension—the "Shubian Cliff (戍边崖)" was ahead.
After joining the company, Chen Mengyang (陈梦阳) heard the most from the veterans about "Shubian Cliff (戍边崖)." The terrain here is precipitous. The left side is a knife-cut cliff, and the right side is a bottomless cliff. A small road more than 30 centimeters wide is "hanging" in mid-air. One look at it makes people's legs weak. A slight carelessness may lead to a fall into the deep valley. Generations of border defense officers and soldiers have never retreated. With extraordinary courage and firm belief, they have overcome dangerous passes time and time again.
"Think about the formula I taught you, watch how I pass first!" Sergeant First Class Zhao Wenhang (赵文航) took the lead and stepped onto the small road. His body was close to the cliff wall, and every step was steady, constantly looking back to signal to Chen Mengyang (陈梦阳).
When it was Chen Mengyang's (陈梦阳) turn, he faced the mountain cliff, grabbed the cliff crevices with both hands and moved slowly, muttering the formula "Hands test first, step firmly before changing feet; body close to the cliff, do not look down forward."
Seeing that there were only a few meters left, Chen Mengyang (陈梦阳) became anxious, and his foot slipped, instantly losing his center of gravity. Sergeant Jiang Jie (蒋杰) behind him reacted quickly, grabbed his equipment and pulled him back.
"Don't be afraid, look forward, I'm protecting you from behind!" Listening to the encouragement of the veteran behind him, Chen Mengyang (陈梦阳) wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took a deep breath, and continued to move forward. More than 10 minutes later, the patrol detachment passed through the "Shubian Cliff (戍边崖)" without any danger, and after a short rest, "charged" towards the depths of the Ailao Mountains (哀牢山脉).
After many tests, the patrol detachment finally reached its destination and arrived in front of the boundary marker. The bright red characters "China" are deeply engraved on the boundary marker, just as generations of border defense soldiers have imprinted their youthful years on the border of the motherland, even if they are with the mountains and accompanied by loneliness, they are still willing to do so.
"I cast my youth into the boundary marker, measuring the beauty of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, using my life to defend every grain of sand, every stone, every inch of land..." On the way back, the officers and soldiers sang such a song.
After returning to the team, Chen Mengyang (陈梦阳) took out his notebook and neatly copied the lyrics on it. The line "I cast my youth into the boundary marker" jumped onto the paper and was also engraved in his heart stroke by stroke.
(He Fanglin (贺方林) and Cao Jike (曹继可) participated in the writing)
Maitan (迈丹) Border Defense Company—
Sowing "Sparks" at the Foot of the Snow Mountain
By Li Longyi (李龙伊), Reporter of this Newspaper
The morning sun penetrates the thin mist of the plateau, shining on the playground of Maitan (迈丹) Primary School in Artux City (阿图什市), Xinjiang (新疆). More than 30 children with rosy cheeks sit in a circle, their eyes full of anticipation—the off-campus tutor, He Lengbieke (合楞别克), deputy instructor of the Maitan (迈丹) Border Defense Company, is going to give a national defense education class.
Accompanied by powerful footsteps, He Lengbieke (合楞别克) walks in wearing a neat military uniform. He holds a stack of photos, smiling and waving to the children: "Today's class, let's talk about the land under our feet, and talk about the story of guarding this land."
He Lengbieke (合楞别克) pulls out a photo, his fingertip falling on the boundary marker engraved with "China": "You see, this is the boundary marker that our company guards. Every time we patrol and walk to its side, we will gently wipe the words on it and salute."
Nuerbeke (努尔别克), a little boy in the front row, raises his hand: "Teacher, will you encounter blizzards during patrols? Are you afraid?" He Lengbieke (合楞别克) smiles and shakes his head: "Thinking that we are guarding the land of the motherland, we are not afraid at all."
He Lengbieke (合楞别克) asks the children: "The land of our Maitan (迈丹) has been protected by heroes from ancient times to the present. In your hearts, who is the hero?"
The children talk about the answers in their hearts, some mention the border guard Tuerdi Wusiman (吐尔地·吾斯曼), some talk about Sun Jiaqi (孙家奇), a soldier from two generations of the family serving in the Maitan (迈丹) Border Defense Company... Finally, the children look at He Lengbieke (合楞别克) in unison: "Teacher, who do you say is the greatest hero?" He Lengbieke (合楞别克) squats down and says solemnly to the children: "The hero in my heart is Shaliman (沙力曼), the first deputy instructor of the company."
Hearing this name, the children's eyes light up—the old people in the village always talk about him. He Lengbieke (合楞别克) says: "At that time, there was no school in Maitan (迈丹). Shaliman (沙力曼) and his wife came, and they cleaned up the idle adobe houses into classrooms. There was no place to write, so they wrote on the mud with branches; there were no textbooks, so they stayed up late to copy them by hand. When the heavy snow blocked the mountains, they led horses to pick up and drop off children from house to house; under the kerosene lamp, they corrected homework stroke by stroke... From then on, on the land of Maitan (迈丹), there was the sound of reading."
The children listen with fascination. He Lengbieke (合楞别克) continues: "When I was a child, my home was far from the pasture, and it took two hours to walk to school. If I met the People's Liberation Army uncles, they would take me in their car and sing military songs all the way to school. At that time, I thought, when I grow up, I will also wear this military uniform."
The class bell rings, the sun shines on the playground, and the children surround He Lengbieke (合楞别克). Nuerbeke (努尔别克) tugs at the corner of He Lengbieke's (合楞别克) clothes and whispers: "Teacher, I want to be a soldier when I grow up and guard the motherland."
The snow mountain is silent, and the boundary marker stands tall. On this plateau where heroes emerge, a series of vivid national defense education classes sow seeds of "guarding," warming the hearts of the children.
(Liu Nansong (刘南松) and Zheng Pengtao (郑鹏涛) participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 李龙伊 郭 玮
"Preparing the borders and strengthening the military are important national matters." Advancing the modernization of border, coastal, and air defenses is an inherent requirement of modernizing national defense and the military, and it is the due meaning of guaranteeing high-quality development with high-level security. It is of great significance for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal clearly states that it is necessary to "strengthen the construction of modern border, coastal, and air defenses." Currently, what is the status of China's border and coastal defense infrastructure, new methods, and conditions? Regarding related issues, we interviewed Zhang Desheng, Xiong Chunbao, and Wu Baisong, professors and associate professors from the Kunming Campus (昆明校区) of the Army Border and Coastal Defense Academy (陆军边海防学院).
Systematically Promoting the Systematized Construction of Border and Coastal Defense Infrastructure
Q: What achievements has China made in border and coastal defense infrastructure construction in recent years?
Zhang Desheng: Strengthening border and coastal defense infrastructure construction is an important measure to implement the Party Central Committee's (党中央) strategy for governing the border regions and enhance border and coastal defense control capabilities. In recent years, China has systematically promoted the systematized construction of border and coastal defense infrastructure around dimensions such as duty security, physical obstruction, and intelligent control, effectively safeguarding border and coastal defense security.
In terms of duty traffic, the quality and upgrading of border and coastal defense duty roads have been continuously promoted, and most duty road sections have now achieved vehicle passage. The layout and construction of helicopter landing pads and unmanned aerial vehicle intelligent duty platforms in key areas have formed a "air + ground" three-dimensional patrol mode, significantly improving the duty efficiency and mobility in remote and complex areas.
In terms of physical obstruction facilities, standardized obstruction facilities have been built in a coordinated manner at border ports, important passages, and areas prone to crossing the border, building a tight physical prevention and control network, effectively reducing the risk of illegal border crossings, and optimizing frontline human input, achieving a double improvement in prevention and control effectiveness and resource efficiency.
In terms of intelligent control, through the construction of multi-level monitoring centers, the deployment of joint military-police-civilian defense platforms, and intelligent equipment such as unmanned electronic sentries, all-weather, high-precision perception and dynamic control of key areas have been achieved, promoting border and coastal defense control towards scientification and precision.
With the continuous increase in investment and the deep empowerment of science and technology, China's border and coastal defense infrastructure is moving towards a higher level of intelligent development, which will further enhance real-time perception, information integration, and emergency response capabilities, and build a solid security barrier for the border and coastal areas.
Technology Has Become a Force Multiplier for Border Troops
Q: In recent years, China's smart border and coastal defense construction has achieved remarkable results. How does China achieve a leapfrog improvement in border management and sea control effectiveness by strengthening technological empowerment?
Wu Baisong: In recent years, China has focused on building a three-dimensional intelligent control system for border and coastal defense, and has achieved upgrades in perception networks, command systems, and control methods.
Breakthroughs have been made in the dimension of perception. The application of advanced technologies and methods such as high-sensitivity early warning induction and high-definition monitoring terminals on the front line has enabled the dimension of perception to shift from planar to three-dimensional.
The command link is highly collaborative. Today's border and coastal defense is based on a high-speed information network to establish an integrated platform, which systematically integrates front-end real-time early warning, mid-end intelligent decision-making, and end-end efficient disposal, greatly improving the efficiency of border situation disposal and realizing the "one-network" of the command link.
Control methods are intelligent and diverse. The integration of Beidou positioning (北斗定位), blockchain and other technologies has realized the precise scheduling and full dynamic tracking of control forces. The mutual coordination of manned and unmanned has accelerated the transformation from a "labor-intensive" to a "technology-intensive" model.
Today, border and coastal defense control has been upgraded from the past "barbed wire, binoculars, and walkie-talkies" to "visual monitoring, three-dimensional reconnaissance, and intelligent response," and a three-dimensional control system of "human defense, physical defense, and technical defense" has basically taken shape.
Love the Border Defense, Dedicate to the Border Defense, and Make Contributions to the Border Defense
Q: Border defense officers and soldiers have built a solid fortress for the motherland. How should we understand their dedication?
Xiong Chunbao: "Pure love, only for China" - Martyr Chen Xiangrong's (陈祥榕) affectionate confession profoundly interprets the patriotic feelings of border soldiers. Generations of officers and soldiers have their heads facing the border moon and their hearts tied to their homes and countries, guarding the sacred territory with their youth and blood. The environment on the front line of border defense is harsh and sparsely populated. What makes them resolutely take root, stick to their posts, and dedicate themselves?
The answer is hidden in their spiritual genes.
In the long-term practice of guarding the border, all troops adhere to the use of the red spirit to cultivate the roots and cast the soul, forging a spiritual core of loyalty to the mission and willingness to dedicate. I have visited many border defense companies, and almost every company has its own company song, company motto, and honor room, and deeply explores the red resources of the驻地 (zhù dì - garrison location) to help cultivate the revolutionary spirit. For example, the Alashankou Border Defense Company (阿拉山口边防连) has built a strong fortress with "the wind is like a song, and the responsibility is like a mountain," the Sailike Border Defense Company (赛里克边防连) has nurtured the spirit of "pure thought, pure pursuit, and pure atmosphere" in guarding the Xiershili (夏尔希里), the Tieliekete Border Defense Company (铁列克特边防连) has created a strong team with "firm belief like a rock, and defense like a rock," and the Gangba Battalion (岗巴营) shouted the oath "rather shed a cavity of blood than lose an inch of land" at high altitude... These spiritual monuments stand majestically on the long border line, casting a steel Great Wall to protect the motherland.
On the journey of building a strong country and a strong military, I believe that the new era of border soldiers will surely keep their mission in mind, improve their ability to safeguard the motherland's territorial sovereignty, security, and development interests, and continue to make new contributions to building a solid barrier for the security and stability of the motherland's border areas.
Return to TopThe Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed "building a modern industrial system and consolidating and strengthening the foundation of the real economy." As the main carrier for Dazhou (达州) City, Sichuan (四川) Province, to promote industrial transformation and implement the urban "eastward advancement" development strategy, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) (referred to as "Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区)") shoulders the historical mission of driving high-quality regional development. Currently, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) is focusing on three major directions: consolidating the industrial foundation, cultivating growth momentum, and exploring future paths, and a new industrial city is rapidly rising.
Anchoring the Main Line, Industry First
The primary task in building a new industrial city is to clarify the "foundation for existence." The Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) always focuses on industrial development. The park closely focuses on the fundamental task of consolidating and strengthening the foundation of the real economy, constructs an industrial organization model with leading enterprises as the main body, anchors the main line of development, systematically sorts out the industrial chain, reverses the investment promotion tasks, clarifies the key directions of attracting, supplementing, and strengthening the chain, and promotes the realization of precise and extended industrial layout development.
Based on Dazhou's (达州) industrial foundation and the coordinated development strategic layout of the Sichuan (四川), Chongqing (重庆), Wandakai (万达开) region, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) has embarked on a development path of "strengthening the foundation and seeking progress while maintaining stability"—taking the steel industry as the center to consolidate the development base. The Fangda Dagang (方大达钢) relocation and upgrade project, as a key project in Dazhou (达州) City, has a total investment of 15 billion yuan, realizing the leapfrog development of "relocation is transformation": the old factory area will be completely shut down in March 2025, the new factory area will be unveiled and put into operation in April, and three steel rolling production lines will be successfully put into trial production in June, and a modern steel base is accelerating its rise.
The park adheres to systematic layout, focusing on Fangda Dagang (方大达钢), and simultaneously plans the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, guides the gathering and landing of supporting resources, and gradually builds a "smelting-processing-application" industrial chain, which not only stabilizes the industrial scale but also enhances the added value of products, injecting strong and lasting momentum into the park's initial development.
The value of industrial space is effectively released. The transformation of the Fangda Dagang (方大达钢) factory area and cultural tourism development are promoted simultaneously. Relying on the industrial park and green intelligent manufacturing, it plans to create a national 4A-level tourist attraction, realizing "the factory area becomes a scenic spot, and production is display," allowing industrial development and urban image to complement each other.
After the steel-dominated industry gradually took shape, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) made a systematic strategic judgment based on the new stage of development. Since the second half of 2025, the park has closely focused on the requirements of industrial safety, growth, and coordination, and has promoted the upgrading, iteration, and optimization of the industrial structure in depth, anchoring the four major industrial development directions, with modern steel and new energy batteries as the strategic leading industries of 100 billion yuan-level industrial clusters, and energy and chemical industry and intelligent manufacturing as the important support of 10 billion yuan-level industrial clusters, promoting the industrial system to achieve a leapfrog evolution from "single-point breakthrough" to "multi-point support."
Taking the new energy battery industry as the key direction for cultivating follow-up momentum, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) adheres to open cooperation. After the Sichuan Xingkong (四川星空) sodium-ion battery industry project was launched, it took the initiative to connect with international chemical industry resources, and cooperated deeply with leading enterprises such as BASF (巴斯夫), and simultaneously accelerated the construction of a lithium battery circular economy industrial park, striving to build a new energy battery characteristic industrial base in the Chengdu-Chongqing (成渝) region, and moving from regional competition to a higher level of collaboration.
At the same time, the Dazhou (达州) Maliu (麻柳) Chemical Industrial Park completed the safety and environmental risk investigation and safety level assessment review of the Sichuan (四川) provincial-level chemical industrial park, reaching the safety standard of a D-level chemical industrial park. Relying on the basic conditions of the park, it has laid out modern chemical and intelligent manufacturing industries to form a clear and progressive industrial pattern.
Attracting Investment and Promoting Industry, Factors Underpinning
Aiming at the established industrial direction, so that enterprises can be "introduced, retained, and developed well," the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) regards investment promotion as the starting point for enterprise growth, follows the laws of enterprise growth, takes fund investment as an important starting point, and carries out model innovation from "introducing projects" to "accompanying growth," so that capital matches the pace of industrial development.
The park abandons the simple capital leverage model, and provides differentiated, relay-style, and "family-style" precise support according to the different development stages of enterprises. Breaking the mindset, the investment promotion work is defined as "full life cycle companionship," and a sound industrial guidance fund system is constructed to embed capital support in all aspects of enterprise development. At present, the park has established 6 industrial guidance funds with a total scale of more than 10 billion yuan, focusing on new materials, new energy and other fields, providing more flexible capital guarantee for enterprise development. At present, 14 projects have been signed through fund investment, with a total investment of 32.5 billion yuan.
The fund is deeply bound to enterprises through equity investment, resource integration and other methods, and constructs a closed-loop support system of "industrial research and judgment - investment decision-making - professional management - risk prevention - due diligence exemption," implements the innovative model of "promoting introduction through investment and promoting production through investment," and explores a new path of resilient investment promotion.
Through the coordinated efforts of fund investment promotion and industrial chain investment promotion, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) has realized the transformation of investment promotion concepts from "quantity-oriented" to "quality-oriented," and promoted industrial agglomeration to a higher quality and more sustainable direction, realizing a total investment of over 100 billion yuan during the peak period of project negotiations.
To achieve high-quality industrial development, it is necessary to accelerate and stabilize. To this end, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) is simultaneously improving the factor guarantee system.
Relying on the advantage of nearly 8,000 mu of available land, the park continues to improve energy, logistics and infrastructure supporting facilities, promotes the construction of an integrated energy system of "source, grid, load and storage," and upgrades infrastructure such as water supply, power supply, and gas supply. After the Kaijiang (开江) - Eastern Economic Development Zone (东部经济开发区) gas pipeline project and other key projects are put into operation, they provide a stable and reliable energy guarantee for the industrial agglomeration and development of the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区), making the operating costs of enterprises lower than those of similar parks in Sichuan (四川) and Chongqing (重庆).
Around the two leading enterprises, the park continues to extend the chain, supplement the chain, and gather and strengthen the chain, promote the concentration of resources, projects and factors to the leading industries, and cooperate with domestic well-known research institutions such as CCID (赛迪) Research Institute in key areas such as industrial planning, financing services, and investment promotion, empowering high-quality development.
In 2025, the park signed 15 industrial projects with a total investment of 32 billion yuan; 43 projects are under discussion, with a total investment of 103.1 billion yuan.
Integration of Industry and City, Coordinated Development
Industrial agglomeration promotes the optimization of urban spatial structure. The Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) has built a "dual-center" development pattern of Maliu (麻柳) Intelligent Manufacturing City and Tingzi (亭子) Cultural and Educational City: Maliu (麻柳) Intelligent Manufacturing City focuses on advanced manufacturing and carries core industrial functions; Tingzi (亭子) Cultural and Educational City focuses on scientific research, education and living facilities, providing talent support and people's livelihood security. The two sectors cooperate and support each other, forming a new situation of coordinated development of industry and city of "manufacturing supports the present, and service leads the future."
Park industrial projects are accelerating agglomeration. On January 4, 2026, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) deepened its cooperation and linkage with Zhongguancun Dongsheng (中关村东升) Science and Technology Park, and jointly held the first Innovation, Creation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the 14th "Dongsheng Cup (东升杯)" International Entrepreneurship Competition Dazhou (达州) Special Session, focusing on the three major fields of digital economy, new energy/new materials, and intelligent manufacturing, and attracting high-quality projects. The competition attracted 92 projects from all over the country to sign up, and many participating companies further clarified their landing needs during the docking process. The park is accelerating to become an important carrier for project transformation and industrial layout.
Adhering to the concept of coordinated development, the park simultaneously improves public services and living facilities, integrates the local "filial piety and kindness culture" into park governance and enterprise services, reshapes the relationship between government and enterprises, and enterprises and workers, and creates a business environment with warmth. Around the development concept of "Filial Piety and Kindness Economic Development (孝善经开), One Family between Enterprises and the Land (企地一家)," "Filial Piety and Kindness Economic Development (孝善经开)" demonstrates the temperature of respect, understanding and companionship, and "One Family between Enterprises and the Land (企地一家)" interprets the pattern of co-construction, win-win and long-term.
Public facilities such as the Liyu River (鲤鱼河) Filial Piety and Kindness Culture Square are continuously improved, effectively balancing residents' work and life needs. At the enterprise service level, the park promotes service forward with "family-style" service standards, strengthens departmental linkage for enterprises' main demands such as approval, financing, energy use, and employment, and establishes a rapid response mechanism.
On this basis, the park clarifies service commitments and work standards, focuses on the needs of the entire life cycle of enterprises, and promotes the listing of service items, the concretization of responsibility implementation, and the rigidity of processing time limits. Relevant departments take the initiative to accept enterprise evaluation feedback, and take enterprise satisfaction as an important basis for cadre assessment and selection, and establish the orientation of "using enterprise feelings to test service effectiveness."
The rapid response service mechanism plays a positive role in the development of enterprises. Taking the Dreame Technology (追觅科技) regional headquarters project as an example, after the project entered the site for construction, the park approved the construction plan for the exhibition hall and production line in only 7 days, completed the installation of equipment in 26 days, and realized the trial production of the intelligent mattress production line in 30 days. From project docking, site selection and landing to supporting guarantees, the park implements special class services and full follow-up, and coordinates relevant departments to promote solutions to the actual needs of enterprises such as space carrying and supporting connection, and the "Economic Development Zone (经开区) speed" has strengthened the confidence of enterprises in development.
Advancing Eastward, Starting a New Journey Again
On January 4, 2022, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) was officially established. In the past 4 years, the park has implemented a total of 55 major projects, completed an investment of 42.2 billion yuan, and the average annual growth rate of fixed asset investment has remained above 40%. With the improvement of infrastructure conditions, the main economic indicators have also been leaping: the regional GDP has maintained double-digit growth, the annual fixed asset investment has exceeded 10 billion yuan, the industrial output value above designated size has continued to expand, and many indicators are among the top in the city. Industrial projects are accelerating agglomeration, economic indicators are steadily rising, and the development path of "establishing industry first and then revitalizing the city" is becoming increasingly clear.
Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) will anchor the goal of "breaking 100 billion and creating a national-level development zone" in 2030, accelerate the empowerment of relevant leading enterprises, focus on building two 100 billion yuan-level industrial clusters of modern steel and new energy batteries, and make every effort to promote the creation of a national-level economic development zone, resonating with the strategic vision of forming an inter-provincial coordinated development model with the Sichuan (川), Chongqing (渝), Wandakai (万达开) region in 2035.
In 2026, the park will continue to deepen investment promotion, innovation and entrepreneurship, and enterprise service work, and use a series of high-level platform activities as a traction to stimulate the synergy of project landing, enterprise growth and innovation transformation, and promote the park to continue to accumulate new momentum in the pattern of coordinated development.
Advancing eastward, from planning blueprints to the gathering of momentum to coordinated empowerment, the Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (达州东部经济开发区) takes industry as the root, enterprises as the foundation, and long-term as the standard, and is making steady and vigorous progress on the road of high-quality development.
Data source: Party and Mass Work Department of Dazhou East Economic Development Zone (四川达州东部经济开发区党群工作部)
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"The New Year's flavor is stronger"
The 2025 Spring Festival is the first Spring Festival after "Spring Festival - the social practice of Chinese people celebrating the traditional New Year" was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Various regions have deeply explored the cultural connotations of the Spring Festival's intangible cultural heritage. Watching traditions and appreciating culture, the unique New Year customs and intangible cultural heritage experiences in various regions have become hotspots in the local tourism market. People are immersed in the charm of intangible cultural heritage, exclaiming, "The New Year's flavor is stronger."
"You can experience the history of world civilization without leaving the country"
In August 2025, the Shanghai Museum's (上海博物馆) 13-month-long "Top of the Pyramid: Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition" concluded, attracting over 2.77 million visitors, setting a world record for the number of visitors to a single paid special exhibition in a museum.
In the week before the exhibition closed, the Shanghai Museum (上博) was open for 168 consecutive hours, creating an unprecedented "Museum Sleepless Night," with more than 20,000 visitors experiencing the "Museum at 3 a.m." Tourists exclaimed: "It's so great to be able to experience the history of world civilization without leaving the country!"
"If there is no road ahead, I will forge one"
At 2:30 PM on December 13, 2025, China's film box office for 2025 reached 50.003 billion yuan, with a total of 1.194 billion moviegoers. In 2025, the Chinese film market returned to "50 billion+" for the fifth time, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality. This year, Chinese cinema, at 120 years old, is more youthful than ever: from *Ne Zha* (哪吒之魔童闹海) refreshing the world's animated film history record with the spirit of "If there is no road ahead, I will forge one," to war-themed films engraving the unyielding national spirit; from "one screen igniting a city" to "one movie ticket connecting culture, tourism, commerce, sports, and exhibitions"... A film is no longer just a film; it is a historical imprint, an expression of the times, an emotional valve for national memory, a cultural window for opening up to the outside world, and the origin of value connecting all things.
"Falling in love with reading is a happy thing"
On December 16, the *National Reading Promotion Regulations* (全民阅读促进条例) were announced. In recent years, "national reading" has been written into the 20th National Congress report, the "14th Five-Year Plan" outline, and the *Government Work Report* (政府工作报告) for 12 consecutive years. The "strength" of building a strong cultural country must ultimately be reflected in the people's ideological realm, mental state, and cultural accomplishment. "Book fragrance is an atmosphere." Cultivating book fragrance is cultivating a person's morality, a nation's character, and an era's temperament. As one reader said, "Falling in love with reading is a happy thing." When reading becomes a common practice and the fragrance of books is rich and fragrant across the land of China, it will be the day when people's hearts are more abundant and nourished, and Chinese culture is more prosperous and flourishing.
"Growth is not about becoming invulnerable, but about learning to move forward even when vulnerable"
On December 26, the *China Audio-Visual Big Data (CVB) 2025 Domestic TV Drama Ratings Report* (中国视听大数据（CVB）2025年国产电视剧收视报告) was released, outlining the prosperous picture of the annual domestic drama market with a total viewership of 250.5 billion person-times. In 2025, many excellent works of various types of dramas, such as revolutionary, realistic, urban, and costume dramas, emerged, with a hundred flowers blooming on both large and small screens, and constant highlights. The viewership data of 250.5 billion person-times is not only a vote of confidence from the audience, but also a report card for the drama industry's adherence to artistic laws and response to the needs of the times. As the lines in the hit drama *Zang Hai Zhuan* (藏海传) say, "Growth is not about becoming invulnerable, but about learning to move forward even when vulnerable," redefining the meaning of resilience. And the lines in *A Wonderful Life* (蛮好的人生), "Every hurdle is difficult, but every hurdle is overcome, and the road ahead is long and bright," tell us that domestic dramas that are with the times, with life, and with the audience will surely usher in a wonderful future.
From these moments, hear the throbbing heartbeat of the times
Zhou Feiya (周飞亚)
The Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂), the lights are on. The gala commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War is staged. The echo of "Justice will prevail," the agitation through time and space, is closely connected with reality at this moment.
Guangdong Olympic Sports Center Stadium (广东奥体中心体育场), the curtain opens. Robot musicians hold mallets and strike bronze instruments from more than 2,000 years ago, playing the prelude to the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games.
Inside the Hunan Provincial Museum (湖南省博物馆), the Changsha Zidanku Silk Manuscript (长沙子弹库战国帛书), a treasure that has been drifting overseas for 79 years, has finally completed its long journey home, becoming another classic example of international cultural relic return cooperation.
"If I go and don't return, then I won't return." The drama *Silent Glory* (沉默的荣耀) is popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and this line has triggered collective tears from the audience.
From the "earthy divine song" *Grand Plans Unfold* (大展鸿图) becoming a global hit and triggering a wave of imitations on various short video platforms, to the dance drama *Only Green* (只此青绿) touring three continents and drawing a new picture of Chinese culture going overseas, to the Shanghai Museum's (上海博物馆) ancient Egyptian文物展 exhibition setting a world record for the number of visitors to a single paid special exhibition in a museum with 2.77 million visitors, China and the world continue to move in both directions on the cultural track.
From these fleeting moments, we touch the deep pulse of Chinese literature and art in 2025 and hear the throbbing heartbeat of the times.
The cultural memory of 2025 begins with a heavy time coordinate. 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. History has not faded; it becomes more real with each of our retrospectives. On and off the stage of the drama *Literature and Art in the War of Resistance* (抗战中的文艺), today's audience deeply resonates with the literary and art workers of 80 years ago. Films and television dramas such as *Nanjing Photo Studio* (南京照相馆), *Mountains and Rivers as Witness* (山河为证), and *Returning to the Team* (归队) show the resistance and courage that still make people's blood boil after 80 years. What they convey is not only the tragedy of history, but also the firm belief that "justice will prevail."
This belief is the most resilient cornerstone of the national spirit, supporting today's Chinese sons and daughters to remain steadfast no matter what difficulties they face.
In 2025, a new century has quietly passed 1/4. Since the new era, a clear cultural phenomenon is that people's recognition and enthusiasm for traditional culture are reviving with unprecedented depth and breadth, reaching a new climax in 2025. The "phenomenal" cultural and creative phoenix crown refrigerator magnets of the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) have sold more than one million pieces, and traditional aesthetics have been integrated into daily life. The identification and naming of the Qin Dynasty stone carvings newly discovered in Qinghai (青海) has "broken the circle" from an academic event and become the focus of national concern, with everyone eager to touch the texture of history. From *Fengshen* (封神) to *Journey to the West* (西游), from *Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio* (聊斋) to *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* (三国), Chinese stories are constantly unlocking new "ways of telling." *Ne Zha* (哪吒之魔童闹海) topped the global animated film box office charts, and *Wolfwalkers* (浪浪山小妖怪) refreshed the Chinese 2D animated film box office record as a dark horse, becoming a grand gift presented by filmmakers on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema. "My fate is up to me, not the heavens" - this cry derived from traditional Chinese philosophy has been given a new meaning of the times. It is not only an individual's declaration of resistance, but also a spiritual portrayal of a nation facing a century of changes, igniting the flame of progress in the hearts of every Chinese person.
Of course, the ultimate concern of literature and art must be every specific person, their joys and sorrows, struggles and dreams. In the literary and artistic picture of 2025, the warmest "imprints" come from the micro-light emitted by countless ordinary people. Wang Jibing (王计兵), a deliveryman poet, saw the scene of a snack shop owner hugging her child and sleeping soundly while picking up a meal, and turned it into the poem *Three O'Clock in the Afternoon* (下午三点). This poem was translated and published by an Italian student, and then made into a documentary. The delicate inner world of an ordinary Chinese worker has crossed mountains and seas and touched the gentleness of the world. A large number of amateur creators like Wang Jibing (王计兵) constitute a vivid picture of "new mass literature and art."
When the echoes of history are intertwined with contemporary expressions, when the wings of technology lift the leap of culture, and when individual creations converge into a chorus of the times, Chinese literature and art in 2025 are at the intersection of tradition and the future. It will cast the wisdom of an ancient civilization, the responsibility of a modern great power, and the imagination of a future world into a new cultural expression, outlining the figure of a confident great power in the new era.
"The Chu Silk Manuscript is Home"
Yang Xuemei (杨雪梅)
"Heaven and earth are vast, the road home is long, every time in a dream. The Chu Silk Manuscript is home, Ulla!"
On June 22, 2025, at the Humanities Academy of Peking University (北京大学人文学苑), many sages gathered. The academic symposium "Celebrating the Return of the Chu Silk Manuscript and the Publication of the English Edition of *Zidanku Silk Manuscript*" is being held. Li Ling (李零), a professor at Peking University (北京大学), quoted this passage from his book *Going Home* (回家), expressing the joy of a dream coming true.
Just over a month earlier, at 3:55 a.m. on May 18, CA818, carrying the Zidanku Silk Manuscript (子弹库帛书), landed steadily at Beijing Capital International Airport (北京首都国际机场). At this moment, 79 years had passed since the Zidanku Silk Manuscript (子弹库帛书) was illegally taken out of China in 1946.
If we start counting from 1980 when the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) was studied, Li Ling's (李零) story with the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) has lasted for 45 years. When the Chinese version of *Zidanku Silk Manuscript* (子弹库帛书) was published in 2017, there was also a symposium. Everyone admired Li Ling (李零) for using his full efforts to piece together all the links in its circulation with all his heart, completing an encyclopedia about the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书). We can see the history of the discovery and research of the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书), and also clarify the history of its circulation. These contents have actually constituted a complete closed loop of justice. Why can't we get the cultural relics back? Perhaps it was from that time that the return of the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) once again became a "thought" for many people.
In April 2022, the Smithsonian Institution (史密森尼学会) in the United States issued a statement emphasizing that the ethical return of cultural relics in its collection acquired through unethical means has officially become part of its collection management policy. This is a very kind statement. The National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局) immediately noticed the message it conveyed and immediately launched work to promote the return of cultural relics. Many people have worked hard for thousands of days and nights...
In June 2024, the key physical evidence of the loss of the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) - an unusual box lid - returned, becoming the focus of world attention. When the fragments of the silk manuscript were illegally taken to the United States by Ke Qiang (柯强) that year, they were stored in a lidded box. In 2019, Professor Xia Dean (夏德安) of the University of Chicago (芝加哥大学) accidentally discovered this box lid while sorting out the archives. It contained two registration labels from the Fogg Art Museum (福格艺术博物馆) at Harvard University (哈佛大学), accurately marking the date when the silk manuscript was collected and taken away by Ke Qiang (柯强), and handwritten records from Gaidengsi (盖登斯), the director of the museum's restoration department, when he and Ke Qiang (柯强) jointly inspected the silk manuscript in 1949.
After another long year, the Smithsonian Institution (史密森尼学会) held a board meeting and agreed that the *Five Elements Order* (五行令) and *Attack and Defense Divination* (攻守占) of the Zidanku Silk Manuscript (子弹库帛书) would be withdrawn from the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art (国立亚洲艺术博物馆). On May 10, 2025, the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局) and the National Museum of Asian Art (国立亚洲艺术博物馆) signed a return agreement, which officially took effect on the same day. The return of the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) was finally settled at this moment.
On October 13, the ceremony for the second and third volumes of the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) to be housed in the Hunan Provincial Museum (湖南省博物馆) was held. Let us look forward to the early return of the first volume of the Chu Silk Manuscript (楚帛书) - *Four Seasons Order* (四时令), which is still drifting abroad. In this way, all the cultural relics unearthed from the Zidanku Chu Tomb (子弹库楚墓) will be reunited.
The repatriation and return of Chinese cultural relics lost in modern times concerns the inheritance of culture and the dignity of the nation, and has always touched people's hearts. We have been working hard. I believe that every return of cultural relics is a new starting point, which will make the road home for more lost cultural relics less bumpy.
"Don't deceive my China for lacking courage, a million soldiers under the mother's knees"
Wang Jin (王瑨)
September 3, 2025, Tiananmen Square (天安门广场), battle flags flutter, iron currents roll.
The battle flag formation, composed of 80 honorary flags of heroic model troops in the War of Resistance, carries the glory of history and comes in a mighty manner, leading the equipment formation to be reviewed. Every battle flag has withstood gunfire. People sigh that they are walking with their heads held high, just like their ancestors are watching the current prosperous age with us!
Careful people also noticed that the "Zhuang" (庄) character in "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连) on the battle flag has an extra dot, written as "庒". This retains the same font on the flag in 1943. Because of the writing habits at that time, "庒" was a variant of "庄". The battle flag retains the original font and pattern, which is the inheritance of the spirit of the ancestors who fought bloody battles and were unyielding.
And the number on the roster of this company starts from number 83. How could a company that had all its members heroically sacrificed be rebuilt so quickly?
**莫欺我中华无肝胆，母亲膝下百万兵** (mò qī wǒ zhōng huá wú gān dǎn, mǔ qīn xī xià bǎi wàn bīng - "Don't deceive my China for lacking courage, a million soldiers under the mother's knees," a strong declaration of national pride and resilience). In the situational drama *Eternal Number* (永远的番号) in the gala *Justice Will Prevail* (正义必胜) commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the cry of "Mother Earth" made us burst into tears and gave the real answer -
The heroic company, for the people, sacrificed all its members, and relied on the heroic people to be reborn from the ashes!
In 1943, in order to cover the safe transfer of the main force of the troops and the people, 82 soldiers of the Fourth Company of the Second Battalion of the Nineteenth Regiment of the Seventh Brigade of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army (新四军) launched a desperate fight with the Japanese invaders in the Liu Laozhuang (刘老庄) area. They fought bloody battles for 12 hours, and finally all of them heroically sacrificed due to running out of ammunition and food and being outnumbered.
The lives of 82 heroes were frozen in that spring, but their story did not end. The villagers collected the remains of the martyrs with tears, and then resolutely sent 82 Huaiyin (淮阴) youths to supplement the Fourth Company. The number of "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连) has since been recorded in military history.
We remember the "eternal number" to always remember the heroes, remember history, and remember the spirit of the War of Resistance. Li Yunpeng (李云鹏), the instructor of the Fourth Company, once wrote in a family letter, "Wait for the wind to stop and the waves to calm, and return triumphantly." The heroes did not embark on the road home, but paved a road to happiness for us with their lives.
Today, the number on the roster of "Liu Laozhuang Company" (刘老庄连) has been extended to No. 6673. In *Eternal Number* (永远的番号), the actor reported with tears in his eyes, "Liu Laozhuang Company, all members are replenished!" What is replenished is the soldiers of the company, but also the spirit of the nation. Countless Chinese sons and daughters "compete to die, rush to die," in exchange for the "immortality" of the Chinese nation, and cast the national soul of "not fearing violence, self-reliance and self-improvement."
A nation that has stood up and become strong in spirit is invincible!
"If I go and don't return, then I won't return"
Ren Shanshan (任姗姗)
On the registration book of the Beijing Futian Cemetery (北京福田公墓), the name "Wu Shi" (吴石) is written on a whole page. The staff said that hundreds of people come to worship Wu Shi (吴石) and his wife every day. In front of the tombstone of General Wu Shi (吴石将军), hundreds of bouquets of flowers are layered into a flower wall, and the shocking photos of the September 3rd military parade and the Fujian ship (福建舰) stand in the middle of the flowers... From Beijing's Xishan (北京西山) to Fuzhou's Cangshan (福州仓山), and then to Taipei's Machangding (台北马场町), the audience's footsteps to worship have not stopped for a long time after the end of the drama *Silent Glory* (沉默的荣耀).
"If I go and don't return, then I won't return." In *Silent Glory* (沉默的荣耀), facing the worries and retention of his close friend, Wu Shi (吴石), played by Yu Hewei (于和伟), answered with firm and calm eyes, freezing the most regrettable screen moment in 2025. In 1949, Wu Shi (吴石), who had spent half his life in military service, made great contributions to the new China. He could have lived a stable life on the mainland, but he resolutely went deep into the tiger's den without hesitation. Outside the screen, the audience who "knows the ending" is still worried about the heroes' footsteps away from home, and tears fill their eyes again and again. Those handshakes in the night and silent farewells interpret what "silent glory" means bit by bit, making the national feelings in countless people's hearts surge.
This sentence interprets the pure appearance of faith. From the moment he sneaked into Taiwan (台湾), Wu Shi (吴石) was prepared to "exchange the return of thousands of people for the non-return of one person." His belief is a "selfless" choice, hidden in every careful transmission and every dark night of walking on thin ice. As netizens wrote in the drama review: They did not hear the cheers of victory, but paved the way with their bodies.
This sentence interprets the appearance of pure faith. From the moment he infiltrated Taiwan, Wu Shi (吴石) was prepared to "exchange the return of ten thousand people for the non-return of one." His belief was a choice of "**无我**" (wú wǒ - "selflessness," selfless dedication), hidden in every careful transmission, every night of walking on thin ice. As a netizen wrote in a drama review: They did not hear the cheers of victory, but paved the way with their bodies.
"If one goes and does not return, then one goes and does not return," echoes continuously across the Taiwan Strait. 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's Retrocession and the 75th anniversary of the sacrifice of the four martyrs, Wu Shi (吴石), Zhu Feng (朱枫), Chen Baocang (陈宝仓), and Nie Xi (聂曦). After the drama aired, the Nanjing Municipal Archives (南京市档案馆) publicly released the original household registration cards of the three martyrs, Wu Shi (吴石), Chen Baocang (陈宝仓), and Nie Xi (聂曦), and their families for the first time. The Henan Provincial Archives (河南省档案馆) discovered the resume of martyr Wu Shi (吴石). Countless netizens shared pictures of paying homage to the heroes on social media... Amidst the myriad echoes, young people in Taiwan placed pineapple cakes and sorghum liquor for the heroes at Taipei Machangding (台北马场町).
Wu Shi (吴石), Zhu Feng (朱枫), Chen Baocang (陈宝仓), Nie Xi (聂曦)... On the Xishan (西山) Square of Unknown Heroes, 846 engraved names tell the life-and-death choices of the heroes on the hidden front. Those blank walls represent more than 200 unnamed victims. The people will not forget, and history will not forget those who have contributed to the motherland and the nation. All silent glory will be transformed into an eternal force that inspires progress in the continuous remembrance, tribute, and empathy of later generations.
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