Summary: President Xi Jinping met with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung in Beijing, emphasizing the importance of China-South Korea relations and calling for increased communication and cooperation. Xi stressed the need to respect each other's core interests and appropriately manage differences through dialogue, highlighting opportunities in emerging fields like AI and the green economy within China's "15th Five-Year Plan." Both leaders acknowledged their shared responsibility in maintaining regional peace and promoting global development, including jointly opposing protectionism. Lee Jae-myung reaffirmed South Korea's commitment to the One China policy and expressed a desire to deepen the South Korea-China strategic partnership. Following the meeting, the two leaders witnessed the signing of 15 cooperation agreements in various fields. Wang Yi was present at these events.
Summary: President Xi Jinping met with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (马丁) in Beijing, emphasizing the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between China and Ireland established in 2012. Xi highlighted the importance of mutual respect and win-win cooperation, urging strengthened strategic communication and expanded collaboration in areas like AI and digital economy. He also underscored the need for multilateralism and adherence to international law, criticizing unilateral actions that undermine the international order. Xi expressed hope that Ireland, as the upcoming EU rotating presidency holder, would contribute constructively to stable China-EU relations. Varadkar affirmed Ireland's commitment to the one-China policy and deepening cooperation with China in various fields while emphasizing the importance of stable EU-China relations. Wang Yi was present at the meeting.
Summary: President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Mamady Doumbouya on his election as President of Guinea. Xi highlighted Guinea as one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to establish diplomatic relations with China, emphasizing mutual respect, equality, and support for each other's core interests. He expressed his desire to work with Doumbouya to further develop the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. He further stated that this relationship will contribute to the well-being of both nations and promote solidarity in the Global South. No U.S.-China relations were discussed in the article.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang, accompanied by Huang Kunming and Wu Zhenglong, conducted research in Guangdong from January 3rd to 5th, emphasizing high-quality development and innovation. He urged companies to seize opportunities and innovate, while also encouraging local governments to improve coordination, deepen reforms, and improve the business environment. Li stressed the importance of technological innovation and application, particularly in areas like AI, new energy vehicles, and robotics, pushing for industrial upgrades and broader applications. He also highlighted the need to expand high-level opening up, improve infrastructure, and promote balanced import and export development.
Summary: Politburo Standing Committee member Cai Qi addressed the National Propaganda Ministers Meeting, emphasizing the importance of Xi Jinping Thought in guiding propaganda and ideological work. Cai called for strengthening the Party's theoretical foundations, guiding public opinion, promoting socialist core values, and enhancing China's cultural influence internationally. Li Shulei, head of the Central Propaganda Department, further elaborated on these goals, emphasizing the need to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought, reform media, and enhance international communication. Tie Ning and Chen Yiqin also attended the meeting. The meeting did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in Beijing on January 5th. Han praised Chrétien's contributions to China-Canada relations and referenced Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Trudeau's meeting in South Korea last October as a strategic guide for improved relations. He expressed China's willingness to strengthen communication and promote healthy, stable, and sustainable bilateral development based on equality and mutual respect. Chrétien positively assessed the development of Canada-China relations and affirmed his commitment to promoting their healthy and stable growth.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of innovation as the primary driver for economic growth in China and the need to accelerate the development of new growth engines. It is part of a series focusing on eight key tasks for the year's economic work. The article also mentions promoting the prosperous development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Over the past decade, the Yangtze River Economic Belt has seen significant improvements, with good water quality rising from 67% to 96.5% and the region's GDP share increasing from 42.2% to 47.3%, according to a State Council Information Office press conference. Wang Changlin, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that the area has prioritized ecological preservation, with measures including shutting down or relocating nearly 10,000 chemical enterprises. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment's Jiang Huhua highlighted efforts to combat pollution and restore the ecosystem, while Yao Wenguang from the Ministry of Water Resources discussed the construction of a flood and drought disaster prevention system. Jiang Kaiyong from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported positive outcomes from the Yangtze River fishing ban, including increased aquatic biodiversity.
Summary: According to Zheng Shanjie, China must prioritize the development of "new quality productive forces" (新质生产力) during the 15th Five-Year Plan period to achieve high-quality development and gain a strategic advantage in great power competition. Zheng highlighted China's strengths in institutional mechanisms, innovation ecosystems, industrial systems, and growth potential. He emphasized the need for technological self-reliance, modernizing the industrial system, and expanding high-level opening up. Zheng mentioned that China will continue to expand the high-standard free trade zone network, and promote market diversification and the integration of domestic and foreign trade. He also noted that China's export structure is accelerating, and that high value-added products such as electromechanical products already occupy a dominant position.
Summary: Four bridges along the Pinglu Canal in Guangxi province opened to traffic on January 1st, adding to the thirteen bridges already completed and operational out of the planned twenty-seven. Several bridges were previously opened in December 2023. These bridges will improve local transportation and logistics, and support the upcoming full opening of the canal. The eight bridges still under construction are over 90% complete. The article does not discuss U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang conducted a research trip to Guangdong from January 3rd to 5th, emphasizing the importance of high-quality development and innovation. He urged companies to seize opportunities and innovate, contributing to economic stability, and called on government to deepen reforms, improve efficiency, and optimize the business environment. He visited tech companies like BYD and observed advancements in AI, new materials, and robotics, stressing the need for practical application of technology and industrial ecosystem development. Li also highlighted the need to expand high-level opening-up, integrate infrastructure connectivity with regulatory standards, and promote balanced import and export growth. Huang Kunming and Wu Zhenglong accompanied Li on the trip.
Summary: Egyptian artist Ahmed Nawar expressed his excitement over receiving a letter from Xi Jinping, who he believes deeply understands civilization exchange. Nawar, representing Arab artists, had co-authored a letter to Xi during the "Art Connects the Silk Road" event in Cairo in April 2023, sharing their experiences from visiting China. Xi's reply encouraged them to create art that promotes Sino-Arab cultural exchange. Nawar highlighted Xi's Global Civilization Initiative, praising China's role in fostering respect among different civilizations. Nawar also mentioned the importance of art in strengthening China-Arab relations and sharing a positive image of China.
Summary: The author, Director of the Japanese Security Studies Office at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations' Northeast Asia Institute, criticizes Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's claim that a "Taiwan emergency" could constitute an existential crisis for Japan, allowing it to exercise collective self-defense. The author argues that Takaichi's statement challenges the post-WWII international order established by documents like the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations, which affirmed Taiwan's return to China. Furthermore, the author contends that Takaichi's remarks violate Japan's treaty obligations under the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement and the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, and contravene international law principles, including the UN Charter. The author asserts that Japan has no say in the Taiwan question and any provocative actions will be met with strong opposition.
Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi stated that Xi Jinping's Global Governance Initiative offers a "Chinese solution" to global governance challenges and aligns with the needs of the times. Abdul-Mahdi highlighted the initiative's emphasis on sovereign equality and multilateralism, contrasting it with unilateralism and protectionism, implicitly referencing the United States. He noted Iraq's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative and the Arab-China Cooperation Forum, viewing them as mechanisms for enhanced cooperation. Abdul-Mahdi stressed that the initiative would allow countries to jointly address global challenges.
Summary: Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar visited China at the invitation of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, where they co-chaired the 7th China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue. Both sides agreed to strengthen strategic communication and deepen cooperation in various fields, launching activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2026. Pakistan reaffirmed its commitment to the One China principle, while China reiterated its support for Pakistan's sovereignty and counter-terrorism efforts, opposing double standards on counter-terrorism. They also agreed to advance the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and strengthen cooperation on regional issues like Afghanistan, while expressing their views on the situation in Kashmir, with China reiterating it should be resolved peacefully through dialogue.
Summary: Politburo member and head of the Central Organization Department Shi Taifeng met with a delegation from Singapore's People's Action Party (PAP) led by PAP Chairman and Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing in Beijing. Shi expressed China's desire to strengthen party-to-party exchanges with Singapore, solidifying political trust and deepening practical cooperation under the strategic guidance of both countries' leaders. He further emphasized the need to promote the all-round, high-quality, and forward-looking partnership between China and Singapore. Chan responded that Singapore is willing to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning between the two parties, and deepen cooperation in various fields.
Summary: Politburo member and Vice Premier He Lifeng and South Korean Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung attended the China-South Korea Business Forum in Beijing. He Lifeng stated that China and South Korea should upgrade economic and trade cooperation, guided by the consensus reached by the two countries' leaders. He Lifeng also emphasized China's commitment to high-level opening up, welcoming foreign investment from companies, including those from South Korea. Lee Jae-myung expressed South Korea's willingness to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with China. The forum was co-hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with approximately 400 representatives from both governments and business communities in attendance.
Summary: Liu Haixing, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with a People's Action Party (PAP) delegation led by PAP Chairman and Singaporean Education Minister, Lee Chih-sheng, in Beijing on January 5th. They discussed implementing the consensus reached by leaders of both countries. The two sides also discussed strengthening party-to-party exchanges through institutionalized mechanisms. Their discussion touched on promoting the development of China-Singapore relations.
Summary: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated that China is pleased with the gradual implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand, including the safe return of 18 Cambodian soldiers. Lin expressed hope for continued dialogue between Cambodia and Thailand to ensure a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, rebuilding trust, and improving relations. China intends to implement Xi Jinping's Global Security Initiative and provide assistance to Cambodia and Thailand toward a sustainable ceasefire and improved bilateral relations. China will contribute to the maintenance of regional peace and stability.
Summary: A large number of Sany Heavy Machinery excavators are ready to be shipped from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province to countries in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South America, and Africa. The visual confirms that hundreds of excavators are lined up awaiting transport. This export activity highlights China's ongoing manufacturing and export capabilities, potentially impacting infrastructure development in recipient nations. The article suggests an expansion of Chinese economic influence in developing regions through heavy machinery exports. This also hints at the global demand for Chinese manufactured goods despite geopolitical tensions.
Summary: The Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee has allocated 400 million yuan from Party membership fees for Lunar New Year (2026) visits and慰问 (wènwèn, express sympathy and solicitude) to Party members experiencing hardship, veteran cadres, and families of deceased cadres. Priority is to be given to Party members who joined before the founding of the PRC, those working in difficult conditions, recipients of national honors, and those who have sacrificed their lives in service. The directive emphasizes that local party organizations should enhance political awareness, strengthen organizational leadership, and utilize the funds to offer targeted ideological and political work and to resolve practical difficulties where possible. The allocated funds are to be distributed before the Spring Festival.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping noted in his 2026 New Year's address that childcare benefits increased by 300 yuan per month. The 2026 childcare subsidy application process opened on January 5th, with a national average of 3,600 yuan per child under 3 years old annually. Guangxi resident Liao Lizhan praised the subsidy, equivalent to over two months of his salary. As of the end of 2025, 31 provinces had issued childcare subsidies to over 24 million people, with a national issuance rate of around 80%. The National Health Commission is working to expedite the issuance of the 2025 subsidy and ensure the smooth implementation of the 2026 subsidy.
Summary: A *People's Daily* article emphasizes the importance of studying and internalizing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to avoid ideological "laziness" and promote high-quality development. It uses the example of Hubei Chuyuan Group's transformation from environmental violations to green development to illustrate how studying Party theory can lead to practical solutions. The article stresses that clinging to outdated ideas and resisting new policies will hinder progress, particularly in areas like ecological protection and developing new productive forces. It calls on cadres to actively learn and apply Party theory to solve problems and advance Chinese-style modernization. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, addressed the National Propaganda Ministers Conference, emphasizing the importance of Xi Jinping Thought in guiding propaganda and ideological work to support China's modernization. He called for strengthening international communication to tell China's story effectively. Li Shulei, head of the Propaganda Department, also spoke, detailing specific tasks such as media reform, ideological work improvement, cultural heritage protection, and enhancing international communication. Tie Ning and Chen Yiqin also attended the conference. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: At the start of the new year, the PLA and PAP have commenced their annual military training, focusing on realistic combat scenarios. Exercises emphasize commanding troops under complex conditions and utilizing technology, such as drones and new naval vessels. The training aims to improve the troops' ability to fight and win wars. The report does not mention the United States.
Summary: The Ministry of Education announced the upgrade and launch of the National Student Information Management System for primary and secondary schools. The upgraded system aims to create a unified and efficient digital platform for student enrollment and management, offering improvements in areas such as inter-provincial transfers and identity verification. The system intends to improve education management, and support initiatives like student financial aid and population data compilation. Data security is emphasized with features like tiered authorization and activity logging.
Summary: The article discusses Anhui province's efforts to strengthen primary-level healthcare through integrated county medical consortia. These efforts include unified management of resources in Lu'an's Huoshan county, "township-employed, village-used" policies for village doctors in Huaibei's Suixi county, and the establishment of consultation and referral service centers in Wuhu's Fanchang district. These initiatives aim to improve access to quality medical services at the local level. Liu Tongzhu, Party Secretary of Anhui Provincial Health Commission, stated that the province will fully promote the quality and upgrading of the construction of a close-knit county medical community.
Summary: The article discusses China's efforts to build and improve county-level medical consortiums (县域医共体) to enhance primary healthcare access for its population. By the end of 2025, over 3,000 such entities were established, covering over 900 million people. The author argues further reforms are needed during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) to deepen institutional innovation, improve talent management, and promote digital transformation. The goal is to shift towards a healthcare model focused on resident health outcomes through integrated medical and preventative care.
Summary: China has successfully concluded its first astronaut cave training program in Chongqing, involving 28 astronauts across four groups. The six-day, five-night training aimed to simulate the extreme conditions of space, such as isolation and risk, by having astronauts navigate narrow passages, climb cliffs, and endure long periods of cold and darkness. The exercise sought to enhance astronauts' comprehensive abilities to cope with extreme environments, in preparation for longer space station missions and future manned lunar landings. The training program enriched China's astronaut training system by incorporating realistic scenarios and technological innovations. The program did not include discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article emphasizes China's focus on innovation-driven growth and the development of new productive forces (新质生产力) to support high-quality economic development. It highlights the expansion of international science and technology innovation centers in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. These centers aim to better integrate resources and foster world-class innovation. The article cites examples of technological advancements in various sectors and regions, noting the increasing role of private enterprises in national innovation and the need for local governments to tailor their development strategies to their specific strengths. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S. - China relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes China's focus on innovation ("新") as a key driver of its development, citing its rising global innovation index ranking and the world's largest R&D workforce. It highlights advancements in fields like biotechnology, quantum technology, and 6G, contributing to self-reliance in science and technology. The article also notes the integration of technological and industrial innovation, facilitated by the development of international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and the Greater Bay Area. These efforts are intended to boost the Chinese economy and to foster high-quality development.
Summary: Liu Yidong, head of Mido Microworm, a company specializing in large language models (LLMs), stated that Xi Jinping's visit to Shanghai's "Model Speed Space" in April 2025 encouraged them to focus on technology and talent. Since then, their LLM-based application, "Moli Tong," has been significantly upgraded. Liu anticipates increased investment in data and algorithms in 2026 to enhance AI efficiency, viewing AI as a field for young people to contribute to China's modernization. The article contains no references to the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Jia Zhilong, head of the chip development team for the "Benyuan Wukong" superconducting quantum computer in Hefei, reported that the system has completed over 700,000 global computing tasks, indicating China's quantum computing power has reached a usable stage. His team developed domestic equipment for quantum chip production like laser annealing and non-destructive probe instruments in 2023. Jia emphasized the importance of mastering core technologies and striving for further integration of control circuits and chips.
Summary: Harbin Institute of Technology's "Lilac III" student micro-nano satellite team, comprised of students from various disciplines, independently designs, develops, and controls satellites, launching several into space over the past decade. Professor Wu Fan emphasizes the team's interdisciplinary approach and integration of industry and education. Academician Cao Xibin highlights the platform's role in fostering talent and advancing education and technology. The team plans to collaborate with enterprises and research institutes to create an open innovation platform, expanding participation across disciplines. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Jilin province is prioritizing expanded reading access by upgrading existing bookstores, constructing new reading spaces, and promoting reading activities, especially in rural areas. The province has focused on integrating physical bookstores with community centers and other public spaces, such as museums and schools. Furthermore, the province held the Northeast Book Fair in Changchun and is developing digital platforms to provide broader access to reading materials. Special attention is being paid to providing reading resources to disadvantaged groups, including students, rural populations, and people with disabilities. The initiatives aim to cultivate a widespread culture of reading throughout Jilin.
Summary: The China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA) convened its 12th Central Committee's fourth plenary session in Beijing on January 5th. CNDCA Chairman Hao Mingjin delivered a work report on behalf of the 12th Central Standing Committee, highlighting the organization's achievements in political and organizational development under Xi Jinping Thought in 2025. Hao emphasized that in 2026, the CNDCA must prioritize studying Xi Jinping Thought and focus on serving China's modernization. The meeting also included the election of additional vice chairpersons, standing committee members, and committee members. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The People's Daily hosted the launch of the "Year of Bingwu" special stamps on January 5th, featuring two designs: "Galloping Towards a Grand Blueprint" symbolizing economic development and "Ten Thousand Horses Bringing Blessings" representing national unity. The set of stamps, valued at 2.40 yuan, has a planned issuance of 26.68 million sets. On the same day, China Post, together with the postal departments of Hong Kong and Macao, jointly printed a small sheet of zodiac stamps in the same theme, which was unveiled simultaneously. The stamps are available for purchase at designated postal outlets and online platforms starting January 5th.
Summary: The Guizhou Anpan Expressway's Guniuhe Grand Bridge successfully completed its arch closure on January 5th, a key milestone for the Anshun-Panzhou Expressway project. Spanning 881.8 meters across the Guniuhe River, the bridge reaches approximately 400 meters above the valley floor. This closure paves the way for further construction on the expressway. The article did not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Beijing has announced nine major initiatives aimed at establishing the city as a global hub for artificial intelligence innovation by 2026. These actions include bolstering domestic computing power, expanding high-quality data availability, and promoting AI applications across various sectors. Beijing anticipates these efforts will result in significant advancements in AI theory and technology, a more self-reliant computing infrastructure, and substantial investment in the AI industry. The city aims to cultivate a trillion-yuan AI core industry, fostering a new intelligent economic structure.
Summary: During the 14th Five-Year Plan, Tibet implemented significant upgrades to its highway system, improving 3,432 km of major access routes and building 6,595 km of new or improved rural roads. By 2025, 167 rural road projects are planned, with a focus on paving roads to 14 townships and 231 administrative villages. Bridge repairs and safety improvements are also scheduled, along with expanding bus service to additional villages. The region anticipates handling 16.26 million passenger trips and 49.9 million tons of freight via highways in the coming year.
Summary: An article reports on the "Digital Dunhuang Grottoes" database, a platform that digitally reunites dispersed Dunhuang artifacts. Launched in 2024, the platform aims to preserve and share digital assets of the grottoes' cultural relics, utilizing AI and expert collaboration to decipher texts and enhance accessibility. The platform currently holds 9,946 digital resources and has been accessed by over 250,000 users from 33 countries. The project includes digitally restoring artifacts scattered across the globe, including those now held in France. The project reflects the use of techonology to further cultural heritage preservation and public access.
Summary: The "AI Super League" event in Nanning, Guangxi, saw participation from 31 Chinese provinces and 11 ASEAN countries, focusing on AI applications across various industries. The competition resulted in significant investment interest and technology transfer opportunities, with a focus on projects aligning with economic and social development needs. Guangxi is actively building an AI industry ecosystem, aiming to become a hub for AI cooperation with ASEAN, following a development model of "R&D in North China, integration in Guangxi, and application in ASEAN." Guangxi plans further AI transformation competitions involving domestic and international entities.
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Summary: The article discusses Xi'an's efforts to cultivate a cultural brand as a "city of Tang poetry," aiming to instill a sense of identity and belonging among its residents. It emphasizes the importance of rediscovering the "poetry" within cities, connecting people to their cultural heritage and fostering a sense of community through shared artistic experiences. The article argues that revitalizing urban poetry can enhance cultural standards and promote civic virtue by drawing on historical traditions, and that cultural enrichment is essential for the comprehensive development of Chinese cities. It suggests integrating poetry into daily life by incorporating it into public spaces and education, so that it becomes a living part of the city's identity. Finally, the article asserts the importance of preserving and innovating upon Chinese culture, ensuring that its poetic heritage continues to inspire and enrich contemporary society.
Summary: The article summarizes three commentaries on improving work ethic and effectiveness within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) system, particularly at the grassroots level. One commentary criticizes "good enough" attitudes among village and community cadres, advocating for higher standards and better service. Another addresses the problem of superficial self-criticism in work summaries, urging officials to identify and confront real issues. The third emphasizes the importance of "seeking truth" (求实) in theoretical discussions and planning meetings (务虚会), ensuring they lead to concrete action and practical solutions.
Summary: The article discusses the "pre-hospitalization" service model being implemented in various regions of China to alleviate hospital bed shortages and reduce patient expenses. This model allows patients scheduled for elective surgery to complete pre-operative examinations and assessments as outpatients, reducing their average length of stay and costs. The article suggests that this model requires coordination between departments and the participation of medical insurance departments to ensure that policy dividends smoothly benefit patients. It also highlights the need for hospitals to tailor implementation plans to their specific conditions to avoid negative impacts and the importance of shifting from a disease-centered approach to a people-centered, full-cycle health management system. It does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Sixth National Physical Fitness Monitoring Bulletin indicates that 84.9% of the Chinese population meets the minimum physical fitness standards, a 0.8% increase from 2020. This five-year national assessment provides data on the current state of physical fitness in China and its trends. The results will inform the development of public sports policies for the 15th Five-Year Plan. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations are present in the article.
Summary: This article discusses Wuxi, Jiangsu's "role-reversal running" (换位跑) initiative, where cadres experience processes from the perspective of ordinary citizens and businesses to improve governance and service delivery. The goal is to help officials better understand the concerns of the public and align their work with the needs of the people, moving beyond subjective judgments. It emphasizes that this requires genuine action and empathy, not just symbolic gestures. The effectiveness of the initiative is measured by the extent to which it solves problems and improves people's lives. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights China's accelerating efforts in "smart agriculture" through the implementation of advanced technologies in various agricultural sectors, aiming to modernize production, enhance efficiency, and ensure food security. It notes the redefinition of traditional agricultural elements like land and labor through digital technologies, fostering new business models and integrating various industries. The transition also cultivates a new generation of tech-savvy farmers. The article further emphasizes the need to overcome existing challenges, such as achieving self-reliance in core technologies and breaking down data-sharing barriers, to achieve a resilient smart agricultural ecosystem. There is no mention of the United States.
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Summary: The article discusses China Railway Group Limited's (中国中铁) efforts to transform from "Made in China" to "Created in China," emphasizing quality and brand recognition in infrastructure projects. It highlights advancements in tunneling equipment like the shield machine and other specialized engineering equipment. The article also cites examples of significant infrastructure projects, including the Padma Bridge in Bangladesh and railways in Laos and Indonesia, showcasing Chinese technology and standards. The upcoming opening of the Hungarian section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway (匈塞铁路) is highlighted as a key project under the Belt and Road Initiative. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The article emphasizes the importance of cultural prosperity for Chinese-style modernization and building a strong socialist culture under Xi Jinping's thought. It outlines that new-era socialist culture is rooted in traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture, and serves as a cultural embodiment of Chinese-style modernization. It stresses enhancing the guiding power of thought, rallying power of spirit, appealing power of values, and international influence of Chinese socialist culture. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At the December 2025 Central Economic Work Conference, Xi Jinping stressed the importance of "establishing and practicing a correct view of performance," emphasizing adherence to objective laws and realistic planning focused on genuine growth. He urged cadres to prioritize tangible achievements that promote development and benefit the people, tailoring policies to local conditions instead of imposing blanket solutions. Xi highlighted the necessity of thorough investigation and research to understand realities and avoid detached decision-making. Cadres should focus on serving the people and ensuring that development benefits everyone, especially when the nation is experiencing an economic downturn like the “15-5 period.” The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Hainan experienced a surge in tourism during the New Year holiday, the first since the island's "all island closure" policy was implemented, with duty-free sales increasing significantly due to new favorable policies. According to official data, the sales volume of duty-free goods increased 52.4% compared to last year, with the number of shoppers and the value of goods bought also increasing significantly. Officials such as Li Haigang from the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports, are planning to introduce more international performances and events in 2026 to further stimulate tourism consumption. Inbound tourism also saw substantial growth, with inbound flight bookings to Haikou and Sanya increasing significantly, particularly from countries like Russia, Singapore, and South Korea. Experts suggest there is room for improvement in destination branding and international standards to further boost Hainan's tourism industry.
Summary: Anhui province is focusing on developing four key industry clusters in the Wanbei region, including new energy vehicles and components, aiming for a scale exceeding 330 billion yuan by 2027. The province is promoting "four modernizations" – industrial, information, urban, and agricultural – to upgrade the area's industrial capacity, exemplified by advancements in digital agriculture and sensor technology. The province relies on innovation in particular, with the city of Bengbu fostering 4 provincial manufacturing innovation centers. Pairing programs with cities such as Shanghai are helping facilitate testing and reduce costs for businesses in the region. Cooperation is also taking place with cities such as Ningbo and Xuzhou to help develop industrial cooperation parks and attract investments.
Summary: Beijing has released 14 new measures to boost pilot testing capabilities and integrate technological and industrial innovation. The measures focus on four key areas, including the layout of pilot platforms and improving the pilot service ecosystem. Subsidies will be provided for new pilot projects, with higher amounts allocated to international leading industries like AI and lower amounts for industries like new-generation information technology. The plan aims to bolster industries such as AI, biomedicine, new materials, and integrated circuits. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Jiangsu Guoxin's Dafeng 850 MW offshore wind power project, the largest in Jiangsu's "14th Five-Year Plan" period in terms of capacity and number of turbines, has been fully connected to the grid. Located in the sea area southeast of Xinyang Port and northeast of Dafeng Port in Yancheng, the project consists of 100 turbines with a capacity of 8.5 MW each, totaling 850 MW. The project is expected to generate 2.88 billion kWh of electricity annually. This will save 870,000 tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2.39 million tons annually, contributing to optimizing the regional energy structure and aiding the "dual carbon" goals.
Summary: The article depicts the harvesting of razor clams in Donggang, Liaoning Province during the winter season. Farmers are shown breaking sea ice to dig out the clams from artificial breeding grounds and transporting them for cleaning. The image highlights the economic activity in the region despite the harsh winter conditions. There is no mention of U.S.-China relations or any official statements.
Summary: Yunnan province has reached over 6 gigawatts of new energy storage capacity, placing it among national leaders, as reported by the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid. Since the start of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the province has focused on building a new power system demonstration zone, integrating 75 energy storage projects to date. The report highlights the high utilization hours of Yunnan's new energy storage, ranking it among the top regions in the country. The inauguration of the Guoyi Energy Storage Station in Qujing city marked this milestone. No U.S. or U.S.-China relations are mentioned.
Summary: The Post Savings Bank of Ningbo is providing financial support to fishermen and small businesses in Xiangshan County, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, which is transforming into a modern fishing hub. The bank has implemented measures to address the financing difficulties faced by these businesses, such as offering "speed loans" and creating application scenarios for various financial needs. Since 2025, the bank has disbursed 878 million yuan in loans to 483 fishermen, including those in specific sectors like fishing vessels and agricultural tool production. This included loans to specific individuals who had had financial problems. The move aims to provide more precise financial support to the region's fishing industry.
Summary: Facing past challenges of perishability and limited market reach, Feicheng peaches in Shandong Province have transformed into a successful industry now valued at 4.112 billion yuan through optimized varieties and extended harvest seasons. Modern agricultural techniques, including the integration of water and fertilizer, agricultural IoT, and e-commerce platforms, have improved production and sales. The local government promotes agritourism by creating cultural themes. The peach wood carving industry has expanded to over 4,000 products, generating 2.6 billion yuan in annual sales. The local agricultural bureau aims to further enhance the industry and contribute to rural revitalization.
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Summary: Yongning Community in Quyang County, Hebei Province, solved the problem of insufficient electric bicycle parking and charging facilities by building new smart sheds. Previously, the community struggled with the issue due to limited staff and excessive administrative burdens, including numerous reporting requirements to various departments. The situation improved after the community reduced the number of departmental plaques displayed at its service center, freeing up resources. The implementation of a new "call the branch for help" mechanism and a clearer definition of responsibilities between county and township levels further streamlined the process, enabling cooperation between the community, property management, functional departments, and residents to construct the new facilities. The new mechanism also allows the township government to reduce over a hundred items of work.
Summary: The article discusses the need to reduce bureaucratic burdens on local officials in China, which hinder their ability to effectively serve the people and implement policies. It argues that excessive meetings, paperwork, and unnecessary administrative tasks detract from service delivery and governance effectiveness. To address this, the article advocates for streamlining responsibilities, removing unnecessary requirements, and fostering a collaborative approach between local governments and other departments. The piece highlights a specific mechanism in Quuyang County, Hebei Province, where local governments can request assistance from other departments to resolve community issues, improving efficiency.
Summary: The Supreme People's Court released six model cases on "family education guidance orders," emphasizing the legal responsibility of parents to educate their children. One case involved a father, Du, who was ordered to visit his child and receive family education guidance after neglecting visitation for over a decade, highlighting that visitation is both a right and an extension of parental duties. Another case addressed juvenile delinquency linked to inadequate family education, often involving children from broken homes with strained parent-child relationships, requiring tailored family education guidance and social worker intervention. In a third case, the court revoked a mother's guardianship due to abuse and appointed a community committee as the guardian, issuing a "Family Education Responsibility Notice" to ensure the child's well-being and education.
Summary: The article discusses the rapid development of rural e-commerce in China, where smartphones are becoming essential tools, and livestreaming is a new form of agricultural labor. Local officials are leveraging Party building to promote rural revitalization by using livestreaming to market agricultural products and showcase rural life. This effort aims to open new sales channels and boost rural industry development, benefiting villagers through increased profits from livestreaming sales. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A new "Yu Lu Tong" (渝路通) mini-program in Chongqing allows drivers involved in minor car accidents to connect with traffic police via video call for rapid on-line investigation, responsibility determination, and damage assessment. This system facilitates seamless coordination with insurance companies, including real-time data sharing and direct online claims for certain accidents. According to traffic police officer Yao Yi, the program integrates "alarm, responsibility determination, damage assessment, compensation, repair, and medical treatment" into a single service. Consequently, the average claims processing time has decreased from 7 days to 3 days, with peak-hour traffic speed in the central urban area increased by 3.6% and the congestion index decreased by 5.8% compared to 2024.
Summary: Fengxin County in Yichun, Jiangxi Province, is piloting a "whoever can do the job should be given the job" (揭榜挂帅) mechanism to address challenges in rural revitalization, grassroots governance, and project construction. The county is establishing a project database targeting key, frequently encountered tasks, encouraging younger, lower-level cadres to take on projects based on their expertise to improve their capabilities. Project progress is regularly monitored, and cadres who successfully advance projects are rewarded with performance bonuses and promotion opportunities. The initiative aims to improve governance by incentivizing cadres to tackle difficult issues. No mention is made of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Heilongjiang, Suihua Public Security Bureau underwent rectification following a July 2025 central-level criticism for overburdening grassroots police with complex and disguised performance metrics. Suihua's Deputy Mayor and Public Security Bureau Director Ding Ran stated that the city-level Public Security Bureau has eliminated all statistical reports below the municipal level, except those uniformly stipulated by higher authorities, and abolished or revised seven documents inconsistent with the spirit of higher authorities. These changes, including canceling "battle situation statistics," aimed to reduce the burden on local police and allow them to focus on serving the community. As a result, police have handled thousands of practical matters for the public, cracked down on telecommunications fraud, and reduced crime rates. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Chongqing is upgrading its "Man Tian Xing" ("Stars Everywhere") initiative to accelerate its software and information services (softinf) industry, focusing on attracting talent and promoting high-quality development. The updated plan emphasizes integrating "AI+" technologies and applications, leveraging Chongqing's manufacturing base and digital infrastructure, in order to modernize urban governance and advance manufacturing processes. By establishing talent recognition mechanisms, fostering collaboration between universities and enterprises, and creating supportive policies, Chongqing aims to create an ecosystem that attracts, retains, and empowers talent within the softinf sector. The city is also expanding the initiative's geographic scope and fostering the development of "AI+" products across various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, and education. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was made in the article.
Summary: Qujing, Yunnan province launched "shared pharmacies" in early 2025 to address difficulties faced by patients with chronic and special diseases in obtaining medication. The initiative focuses on district-level hospital pharmacies, extending services to township service stations and village clinics, and using information technology to integrate prescriptions, medicines, and settlement. After one year, Qujing has built 17 shared pharmacies, serving over 180,000 people and increasing convenience and affordability. The effort began after local officials identified issues of drug availability, long wait times, and potential infection risks during a supervisory visit to local hospitals. The pharmacies implement unified procurement, drug lists, distribution, medical insurance settlement, service standards, and information platform. The goal is to ensure patients can obtain drugs in their villages with the help of medical insurance, reducing costs and also improving patient health.
Summary: Beijing has implemented a "fast-track" compensation system for minor occupational injuries ("小伤快赔") affecting new economy workers like delivery drivers, streamlining the claims process and reducing paperwork. The process involves reporting accidents via platform apps, with occupational injury departments coordinating with insurance companies to expedite claims. The number of required documents has been reduced from 10 to 5, and medical reimbursement payouts have increased to once per day. This occupational injury insurance program, funded by platform companies on a per-order basis, currently covers 1.57 million workers across 21 companies in high-risk sectors like ride-hailing and delivery services in Beijing.
Summary: According to Xinjiang's Department of Commerce, the region has achieved near-universal coverage of commercial and logistics infrastructure in its counties and townships, including comprehensive commercial service centers, logistics hubs, and e-commerce access. This expansion is attributed to the implementation of the "County Commerce Three-Year Action Plan (2023-2025)" and significant central government funding. Li Xuan, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Department of Commerce, stated that further policies and financial support will be used to promote the quality and efficiency of the county commerce system. The goal is to promote integrated urban-rural development and overall rural revitalization. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Jiangxi Province has seen significant progress in intellectual property (IP) development, with effective invention patents reaching 58,000 and registered trademarks exceeding 1.04 million by November 2025. IP pledge financing increased threefold in five years, reaching 12.183 billion RMB in the first three quarters of 2025, and the province saw the launch of China's first "bank guarantee" credit-enhanced IP securitization product. Jiangxi has focused on integrating IP into its overall development strategy, supporting industrial upgrades, and fostering innovation through financial tools. The province has also built a rapid IP protection network and promoted specialized training programs to enhance IP services. These efforts aim to leverage IP as a key driver for high-quality development in Jiangxi.
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Summary: In 2025, China began allowing the import of qualified recycled black powder from lithium-ion batteries, previously classified as solid waste. China Resource Recycling Group's battery subsidiary completed its first overseas transaction, importing 47 tons of recycled black powder through Tianjin customs. This policy shift aims to address the rising demand for resources like nickel, cobalt, and lithium driven by the growth of the electric vehicle industry. The imported black powder contains valuable strategic metals and is expected to reduce reliance on mining and lower carbon emissions. The article does not mention the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the "flower herald winds" (花信风), a traditional phenological calendar linked to the 24 solar terms, starting with the Minor Cold (小寒). This calendar associates specific flowers with each of the 24 "候" (periods of five days) between Minor Cold and Grain Rain, marking the transition from winter to spring. The author notes that climate change is affecting the timing of flower blooms, and that the concept of flower herald winds is becoming increasingly popular. The piece ultimately promotes appreciating nature and traditional culture.
Summary: The National Natural Resources Work Conference held on January 5th announced that by 2025, a new round of strategic breakthroughs in mineral exploration will achieve significant results, with substantial increases in resources such as uranium, copper, gold, lithium, and potash. The conference highlighted efforts to optimize natural resource management, promote unified geographic mapping, and strengthen the protection of cultivated land, as well as the facilitation of major economic projects by resolving local issues and streamlining approval processes. The conference also noted progress in disaster prevention and mitigation, integrated supervision and law enforcement of natural resources, and achievements in scientific and technological innovation, including record-breaking achievements in continental scientific drilling. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 42nd Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival opened on January 5th with the theme "Ice and Snow, Creating the Future Together." The festival features ten tourism routes and over 200 cultural, sporting, and trade activities. Domestic and international guests, including representatives from national ministries, foreign cities, embassies, international organizations, businesses, and tourism agencies, attended the opening ceremony. The event aims to strengthen cultural ties and stimulate the ice and snow economy. Harbin extends a winter invitation to the world, seeking to co-create a better future.
Summary: China's "Three-North" Shelterbelt Program has reportedly completed over 200 million acres of construction through 415 projects, employing integrated ecosystem management. The initiative, now in its sixth phase (2021-2030), encourages diverse investment and participation through various policies and innovative approaches like "road-based desertification control" and "photovoltaic + desertification control". It emphasizes water conservation, selecting hardy vegetation, and adapting strategies based on local conditions. The program has also established ten key joint prevention and control areas to foster regional integrated governance. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration aims to complete over 70% of the sixth phase's planned tasks and substantially achieve key objectives of the battle by the end of 2027.
Summary: In 2025, China's national carbon market saw stable operation and increased market activity, with 3,378 key emitters included in the emissions trading scheme. By the end of 2025, the cumulative transaction volume of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon emission trading market was 865 million tons, with a cumulative transaction value of 57.663 billion yuan. The quota settlement completion rate for 2024 was approximately 99.99%. The voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction project saw rapid expansion with 12 methodologies released, and 33 projects registered, resulting in a cumulative transaction volume of 9.2194 million tons and a turnover of 650 million yuan.
Summary: The China Tourism Academy's report forecasts a boom in Chinese ice and snow tourism, projecting 360 million tourists and 450 billion yuan in revenue for the 2025-2026 winter season. The report indicates that China's ice and snow economy has already surpassed 1 trillion yuan in 2025, with over 14,000 related enterprises. The report states that ice and snow tourism is leading to the formation of a complete industrial chain. The report did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes are in the final stages of preparation, aiming for strong performances. China has secured slots in short track speed skating, speed skating, figure skating, and curling, with qualification for snow events continuing. Competition is expected to be fierce, especially in ice events where teams from Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands are strong contenders. Recent successes in snow events, including world cup wins for athletes like Su Yiming and Gu Ailing, signal a shift in China's traditional "ice strong, snow weak" dynamic.
Summary: Beijing will host its inaugural "Humanoid Robot Half Marathon" on April 19, 2026, alongside the Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon. According to Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area official Liang Liang, the event aims to encourage more autonomous, human-like, and adaptable robots. The competition will feature autonomous navigation and remote control groups, with winning teams eligible for substantial orders, including million-level rewards for the champions. The race will also include "robot service officials" providing support and entertainment along the route. The event will also launch a robot secondary development community to provide full-chain support for participating teams.
Summary: The 2025 Chinese Rubik's Cube Tournament Series Finals were recently held in Beijing, gathering 320 competitors selected from four preliminary competitions. Participants competed in events including 2x2, 3x3, and Maple Leaf Rubik's Cubes, encompassing individual, all-around, and team relay categories. The tournament series, which began last July, has attracted over 3,000 athletes across China. Furthermore, nearly 400 professional referees have been trained through the associated Level 1 referee program, contributing to a broader development ecosystem. The growing popularity of Rubik's Cube is also boosting sports-related consumption in training, equipment, and tourism.
Summary: The 2025 Chinese Athletics Association 10km Elite Race Finals (Meishan Station) concluded with Mao Jinhu winning the men's division in 28:59 and Zhang Deshun winning the women's division in 31:54, setting a new national record. The race, a Class A event sanctioned by the Chinese Athletics Association, adhered to its road running standards. The course was certified by World Athletics, the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, and the Chinese Athletics Association.
Summary: Qingyuan County's Hedi Town in Zhejiang Province, once a remote mountain town, has transformed into a popular sports destination. The town leveraged its high altitude and terrain to develop into a sub-plateau training base, attracting sports teams and hosting numerous events. These activities have generated substantial revenue, which has been reinvested into improving facilities and promoting sports-tourism integration. Local officials plan to further upgrade facilities, cultivate athletic talent, and expand into outdoor activities to boost the local economy. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The 24th Changchun Jingyuetan Vasa International Skiing Festival was held in Jilin Province, co-hosted by the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau and the Changchun Municipal Government. The event included 50km, 25km, 6km, 1.5km, and 0.3km races, attracting over 2,000 participants from 33 countries and regions. The 50km race was combined with the 50km event of the 2025-2026 National Cross-Country Skiing Championships. Originating in Scandinavia, the Vasa Skiing Festival has evolved into an international event integrating sports, cultural exchange, and economic cooperation in Changchun since 2003. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Nanchang Aviation University's College of Environment and Chemical Engineering is strengthening Party building with a "one core, three effects, four colors" system. This system aims to integrate "red gene" ideology into all aspects of the college's operations, fostering development in disciplines, talent cultivation, and social service. The college is focusing on key projects such as strengthening organization through Party branch co-construction and training young teachers through mentorship programs. The initiative seeks to contribute to ecological civilization and higher education development. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: In Zhejiang province, local cultural centers are launching "art self-study rooms" (艺术自习室) to provide free, professional art spaces for citizens of all ages, addressing previous issues of lacking practice spaces. These rooms offer facilities for music, calligraphy, dance, and other arts, and can be booked online. The initiative aims to improve public cultural services by utilizing previously underused resources, and has been popular with citizens who previously lacked access to such spaces. Some participants have even become volunteers, offering their skills to others and further enhancing community engagement. The program has expanded across Zhejiang province, with the goal of continuing to provide artistic spaces to more citizens.
Summary: Experts from various fields, including Qin and Han archaeology and paleography, have been debating the authenticity, dating, and historical significance of the Garitang Qin stone inscription discovered in Qinghai. The debate has become a popular science lesson for the public, showcasing the rigorous research process and challenging established historical knowledge. Scholars emphasize the importance of critical thinking and rigorous methodology in historical research. The public discussion of the Qin stone inscription has allowed the public to understand Qin Dynasty history, Chinese character evolution and digital collection of cultural relics. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on Gaochun District's initiative to revitalize its numerous ancient opera stages ("唱响古戏台") into multi-functional cultural centers. According to Bi Tao, head of the Gaochun District Culture and Tourism Bureau, this initiative aims to increase the utilization of these stages by hosting diverse cultural activities like performances, exhibitions, and training. The stages have been renovated to include facilities like reading rooms and gyms, and are used by local performing arts groups. The district plans to further expand the initiative by increasing the number of performances, upgrading facilities, and fostering local arts groups, all to boost public well-being.
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Summary: Following a reported U.S. military operation on January 3rd that forcibly detained Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife, international actors, including Latin American and Caribbean states, strongly condemned the action as a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty and a threat to regional peace. Multiple countries and organizations issued statements, including the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), denouncing external interference and demanding Maduro's immediate release. Some statements accused the U.S. of violating international law and seeking to control Venezuela's oil resources. U.S. actions were described as a pursuit of hegemony and power, not democracy, and were compared to historical instances of U.S. interventionism. Some American lawmakers also criticized the actions as unconstitutional.
Summary: This article criticizes the U.S. military action in Venezuela as a violation of sovereignty and international law, aimed at maintaining U.S. hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. It argues that the U.S. is undermining international norms by prioritizing unilateral action and attempting to transform Latin America into its exclusive sphere of influence. The author claims the U.S. is reviving the Monroe Doctrine through coercive measures and economic incentives to polarize the region and increase dependency. Ultimately, the author asserts that this reliance on force and transactional power will fail and strengthen regional unity against U.S. intervention. The U.S.'s self-serving hegemonic behavior will also face growing international opposition.
Summary: Recent reports indicate escalating tensions in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia conducting airstrikes against a military base in Al Mahrah governorate after the Southern Transitional Council (STC) allegedly refused to withdraw. Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council head Alimi has expressed hope for Saudi-led dialogue between Yemeni factions. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have issued statements regarding the situation, with Saudi Arabia regretting the UAE's alleged support for the STC, viewing it as a threat to regional stability. The UAE has denied these allegations and announced the withdrawal of its forces from Yemen, while reaffirming its support for Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni government claims full control of Hadramaut governorate and the STC forces are reportedly withdrawing from Al Mahrah.
Summary: Cambodia has proposed holding a special meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission in Siem Reap province during the second or third week of January to discuss border demarcation. The proposal, conveyed in a letter to Thailand on January 5th, also aims to address the issue of Thai military encroachment on Cambodian territory and sovereignty. This follows a previous proposal from Cambodia for a meeting in the first week of January 2026, which Thailand rejected due to its caretaker government status and ongoing landmine concerns in the border region. The meeting aims to resolve ongoing issues between the two countries. There is no discussion of the United States or US-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article, accompanied by a photograph credited to Xinhua News Agency, depicts snow-covered Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany. The caption notes that multiple European countries are experiencing cold weather. The report does not mention any Chinese political figures or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Greenland's Premier Múte Bourup Egede condemned recent U.S. remarks regarding the control and annexation of Greenland as "completely unacceptable." Egede specifically criticized President Trump's statement about "needing Greenland" and linking it to Venezuela and military intervention. He emphasized that threats and talk of annexation are inappropriate between friends, advocating for dialogue through proper channels and with respect for international law. These comments followed statements by Trump suggesting the U.S. "absolutely needed" Greenland, and the Danish Prime Minister's assertion that the U.S. had no right to annex the territory. The U.S. currently maintains a military base on Greenland.
Summary: Malaysia is prioritizing illegal solid waste management, particularly electronic waste, as a key component of its environmental governance. Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi stated the government has established a joint mechanism to inspect containers at major ports, with the goal of interdicting illegal electronic waste and waste plastics. A 2025 law prohibits import of plastic waste from non-Basel Convention countries and requires a 99.5% purity for compliant imports. The country is also combating domestic plastic pollution, including extending single-use plastic bag bans to protected areas, while Greenpeace warns that Malaysia could become a regional dumping ground if it doesn't fully prohibit "foreign garbage" imports as other countries have done.
Summary: A fire at the "Constellation" bar in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland resulted in 40 fatalities aged 14 to 39. Victims included Swiss, French, Italian, Belgian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Turkish citizens. Swiss authorities have identified all victims. Mobile phone videos taken in the bar's initial moments supported the assumption that the fire originated in the ceiling. The article does not discuss Chinese politics, statements of Chinese officials, or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Chinese AI technology is expanding globally, enhancing healthcare with United Imaging's AI-enhanced MRI machines in Spain, which improve diagnostic speed and accuracy. In Brazil, Didi Chuxing's AI-powered order allocation system for its 99 platform is reducing wait times for passengers and drivers, and also collaborating with local governments to improve urban planning. Additionally, iFlytek's smart teaching system is fostering Chinese language learning in Thailand by providing personalized feedback and interactive lessons. These technologies are helping to address developmental challenges and contribute to economic and social progress in these regions. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A report by MIT and Hugging Face indicates that China's domestically developed open-source AI models now account for 17.1% of global downloads, surpassing the U.S. for the first time. China's AI industry scale has exceeded 900 billion RMB, with over 5,300 AI companies accounting for 15% globally. China's AI technologies are extending from "open-source leadership" to "application overseas," focusing on sectors like urban governance, energy, and manufacturing, including implementations in projects like Saudi's NEOM city. China actively participates in global governance, promoting principles like human-centric AI development and international cooperation, as demonstrated by its AI resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly. China aims to contribute to global AI development in areas like rule-making and risk governance.
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Summary: The Yunnan Province is actively combating corruption and promoting good governance by focusing on key areas and integrating investigation, reform, and governance. Measures include recovering misappropriated funds for community services, such as the 800,000 RMB returned to a community due to irregularities in land leases uncovered during an investigation of a corrupt official. The province is also focusing on food safety in schools by establishing digital management platforms and centralized procurement to ensure transparency and quality, addressing a significant public concern. Furthermore, big data analysis and proactive monitoring are used to identify irregularities in subsidy distribution, and the province is using the suggestions of the public to inform supervision.
Summary: The article reports on the efforts of local Communist Party officials in Tibet's Shigatse Prefecture to rebuild villages after the 2025 earthquake. Specifically, it highlights the work of Tsering, the Party Secretary of Deling Village, in Razê County, who helped relocate villagers into new homes. The article emphasizes the dedication of Party members, who lived and worked on-site to ensure the completion of reconstruction projects, building trust with the local population. By October 2025, over 22,000 new homes were built, and over 10,500 homes were repaired and reinforced. The officials are now focused on developing the collective village economy.
Summary: The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Dazhou, Sichuan Province, has implemented a "Three Hundred Action" plan since 2025 to cultivate three teams of cadres: experienced case handlers, young cadres, and outstanding cadres. This initiative addresses issues like narrow talent selection, suboptimal team structure, and weak professional skills within the commission. The plan involves establishing a closed-loop mechanism for cadre selection, cultivation, utilization, supervision, and motivation. Measures include setting differentiated entry standards, offering practical training like pairing young cadres with mentors, and strengthening supervision through methods like integrity talks. The commission aims to forge a highly qualified and professional team for discipline inspection and supervision.
Summary: The article praises a community worker's diligent and empathetic approach to resolving a neighborly dispute involving a resident and their child's at-home sports practice, emphasizing the importance of attentive service in grassroots governance. The piece highlights the value of proactively addressing residents' concerns and finding solutions that cater to their needs. An example is provided of cadres in Liaoning province who improved traffic conditions by observing traffic patterns, surveying local businesses and coordinating with relevant departments. The article stresses that dedicated service ensures that the "last mile" of grassroots governance becomes the "smoothest mile", thereby constantly enhancing the lives of the people. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Marking 120 years of Chinese cinema, the article highlights the rise of animation in 2025, with animated films accounting for half of the year's total box office. It points to trends like the increasing influence of animation technology and aesthetics on live-action films, citing examples such as the "Avatar" series and Chinese sci-fi productions. The emergence of AI-generated "manhua films" (漫影) and the growing cultural influence of the animation industry are also discussed. The article suggests that Chinese culture can go overseas through media such as video games. These developments signal the beginning of a new "Manga Era" for Chinese cinema.
Summary: The article discusses the rise of "found footage" (拾得影像) short videos in China, which are compilations of everyday moments captured by ordinary people and re-edited to evoke emotional resonance. These videos draw from a vast database of user-generated content, reflecting authentic slices of life. Creators weave together seemingly disparate clips, using techniques like "match cuts" to connect actions and emotions across different times and locations, fostering a sense of shared experience. The article claims that through these compilations, creators provide a gentle perspective on life and collective creation. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the significant transformations occurring in China's TV drama industry, driven by technological advancements and evolving audience preferences, with a focus on the restructuring of the drama ecosystem into long, medium, and short-form content. It highlights the importance of "content is king" and balancing artistic creation with the demands of digital platforms, as well as the role of regulatory changes like "Guangdian 21" in optimizing management and encouraging innovation. The article suggests that the industry is shifting from mass communication to niche consumption, emphasizing value-driven content. It also mentions the growing importance of medium-length dramas and the aesthetic evolution of micro-dramas.
Summary: A poetry reading and musical performance commemorating the 120th anniversary of poet Zang Kejia's birth was held in Beijing. Veteran artists recited Zang's famous works, including "Some People," which honors Lu Xun, and others inspired by the Sino-Japanese War. The event highlighted Zang's concern for social realities and the power of poetry, integrating musical compositions based on his poems, some of which were performed for the first time. Residents from the neighborhood where Zang lived for 40 years also attended, underscoring the lasting impact of his work.
Summary: The "Sea Silk New Space Drama Incubation" showcase in Quanzhou featured five theatrical productions, including the endangered Huachao opera "This is Where We Land." Other performances included the Liyuan opera "Red Sleeping Bed," an adaptation of the traditional "Chen San Wu Niang," the Gaojia opera "Luosha Ji," and two innovative puppet dramas, "Clever Encounter" and "Zhou Ji." The showcase aimed to explore diverse expressions of drama and promote these productions to a wider audience. The productions did not appear to involve the United States or discuss U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The short drama series "Miracle" tells the story of Shenzhen and China, portraying a group of strivers at the forefront of reform and opening up. Through 15 short stories, it reflects Shenzhen's extraordinary achievements over 45 years and the vitality of Chinese-style modernization, focusing on the lives of ordinary people such as delivery drivers and shop owners. The series highlights the spirit of daring to be the first, showcasing not only the speed of Shenzhen's development but also the emotional warmth of people building a better life, such as construction workers and Tibetan cadres. The drama aims to artistically portray the collective memory, reform, and innovation of Shenzhen residents.
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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th (Reporters Feng Xinran (冯歆然) and Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥)) On the afternoon of January 5th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) of the People's Republic of China held talks with President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) of South Korea, who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京).
Xi Jinping (习近平) extended sincere New Year greetings to the people of South Korea. Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that he and President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) have met twice and exchanged visits, which reflects the importance both sides attach to China-South Korea relations. As friends and neighbors, China and South Korea should interact more, visit each other often, and communicate frequently. China always places China-South Korea relations in an important position in its neighborhood diplomacy, and maintains the continuity and stability of its policy towards South Korea. China is willing to work with South Korea to firmly grasp the direction of friendly cooperation, adhere to the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results, promote the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership to move forward along a healthy track, effectively enhance the well-being of the two peoples, and positively empower regional and even world peace and development.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China and South Korea have long adhered to the principles of 以和为贵 (yǐ hé wéi guì - "harmony is precious," valuing peace and harmony) and "harmony without uniformity," transcending differences in social systems and ideologies, and achieving mutual success and common development. The two sides should continue this fine tradition, continuously enhance mutual trust, respect each other's chosen development paths, take care of each other's core interests and major concerns, and adhere to resolving differences properly through dialogue and consultation. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee deliberated and approved the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, which outlines a blueprint for China's development in the next five years and also provides broad opportunities for countries around the world. China and South Korea have close economic ties, and their industrial and supply chains are deeply intertwined. Cooperation is mutually beneficial and win-win. It is necessary to strengthen the alignment of development strategies and policy coordination, expand the pie of common interests, and create more cooperative achievements in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, the green industry, and the silver economy. The two sides should increase people-to-people exchanges, carry out exchanges in youth, media, sports, think tanks, local areas, and other aspects, so that positive narratives become the mainstream of public opinion.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the world is currently undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, and the international situation is becoming more turbulent and intertwined. China and South Korea shoulder important responsibilities in maintaining regional peace and promoting global development, and have broad common interests. They should firmly stand on the right side of history and make correct strategic choices. More than 80 years ago, China and South Korea made huge national sacrifices and won the victory against Japanese militarism. Today, they should work together to defend the achievements of World War II and safeguard peace and stability in Northeast Asia. As beneficiaries of economic globalization, China and South Korea should jointly oppose protectionism, practice true multilateralism, and contribute to promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world and an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all.
Lee Jae-myung (李在明) extended his best New Year wishes to the Chinese people. Lee Jae-myung (李在明) said that South Korea and China are close neighbors, and the relationship between the two countries has a long history. South Korea and China jointly fought against Japanese militarist aggression. South Korea appreciates China's protection of historical sites related to the Korean independence movement in China. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, close cooperative relations have been established, with fruitful results. South Korea attaches great importance to its relations with China and is willing to take the first head-of-state diplomacy in the new year as an opportunity to consolidate the momentum of the comprehensive restoration and development of South Korea-China relations, seek common ground while reserving differences, deepen the South Korea-China strategic cooperative partnership, and jointly create a new situation in the development of relations between the two countries. South Korea respects China's core interests and major concerns and adheres to the one-China principle. South Korea-China economic and trade cooperation has played a positive role in the economic and social development of both countries. South Korea looks forward to seizing the opportunities brought by China's "15th Five-Year Plan" and promoting more achievements in practical cooperation between the two countries. The two countries should promote national exchanges and enhance understanding and mutual trust. South Korea is willing to strengthen multilateral coordination with China and contribute to the world's prosperity and development. He wished China a complete success in hosting this year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of 15 cooperation documents in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, ecological environment, transportation, and economic and trade cooperation.
Before the talks, Xi Jinping (习近平) and his wife Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) held a welcome ceremony for Lee Jae-myung (李在明) and his wife Kim Hye-kyung (金惠景) in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
When Lee Jae-myung (李在明) arrived, the honor guard lined up to salute. The heads of state of the two countries ascended the reviewing stand, the military band played the national anthems of China and South Korea, and 21 salute shots were fired in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场). Lee Jae-myung (李在明), accompanied by Xi Jinping (习近平), reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the march-past.
In the evening, Xi Jinping (习近平) and Peng Liyuan (彭丽媛) held a welcome banquet for Lee Jae-myung (李在明) and his wife in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂).
Wang Yi (王毅) participated in the above activities.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th (Reporter Dong Xue (董雪)) On the morning of January 5th, President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (马丁) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京人民大会堂), who is in China for an official visit.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that both China and Ireland love peace, are open and inclusive, and are self-reliant and enterprising. The people of both countries won national independence and liberation through struggle, and have moved towards modernization through the continuous struggle of several generations. Since the establishment of a mutually beneficial strategic partnership between the two countries in 2012, bilateral trade has quadrupled, mutual investment has developed in a balanced manner, and the people of the two countries have traveled to each other, helping their respective national development. Mutual respect, equal treatment, and mutual benefit and win-win results are valuable experiences for the long-term stable development of Sino-Irish relations, and the two sides should jointly inherit and carry forward these principles. China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with Ireland, deepen political mutual trust, expand pragmatic cooperation, seek benefits for the people of the two countries, and add impetus to China-EU relations.
Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that China and Ireland should maintain friendly exchanges at multiple levels and in multiple fields, continuously enhance communication and understanding, take care of each other's core interests and major concerns, consolidate political mutual trust, and consolidate the political foundation of bilateral relations. This year is the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." In the next five years, China will continue to promote high-quality development and expand high-level opening up to the outside world. China is willing to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Ireland, connect development strategies in fields such as artificial intelligence, the digital economy, and pharmaceutical health, promote two-way investment, achieve complementary advantages, and share opportunities and common development. The two sides should strengthen cooperation in education, culture, and tourism to promote people-to-people connectivity, and welcome more Irish teenagers to study and exchange in China.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the world today is intertwined with changes and chaos, and unilateral hegemonic acts seriously impact the international order. All countries should respect the development paths independently chosen by the people of other countries, abide by international law and the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and major countries should take the lead. Both China and Ireland support multilateralism and advocate international fairness and justice. They should strengthen coordination and cooperation in international affairs, jointly safeguard the authority of the United Nations, and promote the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction. China and the EU should focus on the long term, adhere to the positioning of a partnership, view and handle differences objectively and rationally, and adhere to cooperation and win-win results. Ireland will hold the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of the year, and hopes to play a constructive role in the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations.
Leo Varadkar (马丁) said that Ireland and China have a deep and long-lasting friendship. Economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has been continuously strengthened, and cultural exchanges have become increasingly close. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) successful visit to Ireland in 2012 laid a solid foundation for the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between Ireland and China in recent years. China's effective formulation and implementation of long-term national development strategies and its major achievements are admirable. Ireland firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is committed to strengthening and developing the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between the two countries. It is willing to deepen cooperation with China in trade, investment, science and technology, biomedicine, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, education and other fields. China plays an indispensable and important role in international affairs and has made positive contributions to safeguarding the authority of the United Nations and promoting world peace. The resolution of any international dispute should comply with international law. Ireland is willing to maintain close communication and coordination with China, safeguard international law, adhere to free and open trade, and promote world prosperity and stability. It is very important for EU-China relations to maintain stable development, and Ireland is willing to play a constructive role in promoting the healthy development of EU-China relations.
Wang Yi (王毅) attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th. On January 4th, Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) sent a congratulatory message to Mamady Doumbouya (马马迪·敦布亚), congratulating him on his election as President of the Republic of Guinea.
Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that Guinea was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to establish diplomatic relations with the new China. For a long time, the two sides have always adhered to mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and carried out fruitful cooperation in common development. I attach great importance to the development of China-Guinea relations and am willing to work with President Doumbouya (敦布亚) to promote greater development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, so as to enhance the well-being of the two peoples and make greater contributions to promoting the unity of the Global South.
Return to TopGuangzhou, January 5th (Xinhua) -- (Reporter Zou Wei) Li Qiang (李强), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Guangdong (广东) from January 3rd to 5th. He emphasized that as we enter the new year, it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Central Economic Work Conference, closely focus on the theme of promoting high-quality development, keep in mind the mission in the overall national development situation, cultivate advantages in innovative development, stand at the forefront of reform and opening up, seize the day and do a good job in all aspects of economic and social development, and strive to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
In Shenzhen (深圳市), Li Qiang listened to reports on the planning and development of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone and learned about the progress of park enterprises in using artificial intelligence to empower research and development in new materials, biomedicine, and other fields. He also inspected the new energy vehicle exhibition of BYD Company (比亚迪公司). Li Qiang pointed out that technological innovation is the key to winning the future. It is necessary to strengthen the innovation subject status of enterprises, improve support for policies, funds, and talents, rely on the advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) to gather innovation resources, aim at emerging fields and key core technologies to strengthen research and development cooperation, and achieve more breakthrough results. Li Qiang visited the Shenzhen Shekou Cruise Homeport Heliport and Robot Valley (机器人谷) to learn about the development of the low-altitude economy, watched product demonstrations by robotics companies, and inquired in detail about the technological transformation and application of enterprises and the development of industrial clusters. Li Qiang pointed out that the life of technology lies in application. It is necessary to further improve the industrial ecology, cultivate and expand application scenarios, explore effective business models, and promote the accelerated iteration and upgrading of new technologies and products such as robots and drones in expanding applications, so as to better empower thousands of industries and benefit millions of households.
Passing through the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (深中通道), Li Qiang listened to the introduction of the project's operation and the planning and construction of the Pearl River Estuary (珠江口) cross-sea passage. He emphasized that it is necessary to make full use of advanced technology, manage and use transportation arteries well, ensure safe and smooth operation, and better promote the interconnection and coordinated development of the Greater Bay Area. In Foshan (佛山市), Li Qiang inspected Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (广东美的厨房电器制造有限公司) and visited the digital and intelligent production line. He pointed out that economic development and the improvement of residents' quality of life have brought many new consumer demands. It is necessary to deeply study these new changes, accelerate the research and development and production of more high-quality products, and promote the formation of a virtuous cycle of demand driving supply and supply creating demand. At Foshan International Land Port (佛山国际陆港), Li Qiang learned in detail about the development and operation of cross-border e-commerce and bonded logistics. He emphasized that it is necessary to unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world, better combine infrastructure "hard connectivity" and rules and standards "soft connectivity," coordinate the layout and construction of major open cooperation platforms for technological innovation, service trade, and industrial development, expand digital trade and green trade, orderly expand autonomous opening up in the service sector, actively expand imports, and promote balanced development of imports and exports.
During the research, Li Qiang held a discussion and exchange with some technology companies and relevant departments of the Shenzhen Municipal Government (深圳市政府). He emphasized that this year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." He hopes that the majority of enterprises will seize opportunities, be determined to innovate, strive to achieve greater development, and inject strong impetus into the steady and positive economic development. Government departments at all levels should strengthen coordination and cooperation, form a joint force in their work, and grasp and implement all tasks as early as possible. It is necessary to deepen reforms in key areas, improve service efficiency, optimize the business environment, and continuously stimulate the endogenous动力 (nèishēng dònglì - "internal power," inherent driving force) of economic development.
Huang Kunming (黄坤明) and Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) participated in the research.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Zhao Bing (赵兵)) The National Conference of Ministers of Propaganda was held in Beijing (北京) on the 5th. Cai Qi (蔡奇), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully implement Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards." We must focus on deepening the study and publicity of the Party's innovative theories, focus on improving the guiding ability of mainstream public opinion, focus on promoting and practicing the core socialist values, focus on promoting the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, and focus on enhancing the communication and influence of Chinese civilization, so as to provide a solid ideological guarantee, strong spiritual power, and favorable cultural conditions for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has adhered to grasping the work of propaganda and ideology from a strategic and overall perspective. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has presided over a series of important meetings, delivered a series of important speeches, and put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments, forming Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, leading the propaganda and ideological culture to achieve historic achievements in the new era. We must further grasp the study and implementation, fully implement the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee on building a strong cultural country, and promote the good start and steady progress of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for propaganda and ideological culture work.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) emphasized that it is necessary to unswervingly use Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen the soul, and improve the work system of arming the whole Party, educating the people, and guiding practice with the Party's innovative theories. We must do a good job in news and public opinion, put economic propaganda in an important position, strengthen public opinion response and guidance, consolidate the responsibility system for ideological work, and consolidate and expand the mainstream ideology and public opinion of self-confidence, self-improvement, unity, and striving. We will continue to enhance the guiding and shaping power of core socialist values and promote ideological and political work. Deepen the reform of cultural system and mechanism, develop new cultural formats, and promote the deep integration of culture and tourism. Improve the effectiveness of network ecology governance and strengthen the construction of network civilization. Strengthen the construction of international communication capacity, and tell the story of China in the new era in a true, three-dimensional, and comprehensive manner. We must adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, promote the anti-corruption struggle and the construction of work style, and provide a strong political guarantee for creating a new situation in propaganda and ideological culture work.
Li Shulei (李书磊), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), presided over the meeting and made work arrangements, emphasizing the need to deeply study and practice Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, deepen the study, research, publicity, and interpretation of the Party's innovative theories, accelerate the systematic transformation of mainstream media, improve the ability and level of doing ideological and political work, prosper new mass literature and art under the Internet conditions, promote the systematic protection of cultural heritage with landmark reform measures, vigorously promote national reading and the construction of a book-fragrant society, coordinate the promotion of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction, actively build an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of international communication, and promote the digital empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction, so as to implement all tasks with a high sense of responsibility and mission.
Tie Ning (铁凝), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and State Councilor Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th (Xinhua) – On January 5th, Vice President Han Zheng (韩正) met with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in Beijing (北京).
Han Zheng (韩正) praised Chrétien for his long-term contributions to promoting the development of China-Canada relations. He stated that in October of last year, President Xi Jinping (习近平) and Prime Minister Trudeau successfully met in South Korea, reaching important consensus on further improving and developing China-Canada relations, providing strategic guidance, and opening a new chapter in China-Canada relations. China and Canada have broad common interests and vast space for cooperation. China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Canada, and on the basis of equality and mutual respect, promote the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of bilateral relations.
Chrétien positively evaluated the good momentum achieved in the development of Canada-China relations, saying that the economies of Canada and China are highly complementary, the prospects for bilateral relations are broad, and he is willing to continue to actively promote the healthy and stable development of Canada-China relations.
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王云杉
The proportion of excellent water quality increased from 67% to 96.5%.
The region's gross domestic product (GDP) accounted for 42.2% of the country's total, rising to 47.3%.
The per capita disposable income of residents increased from 23,000 yuan to 44,000 yuan, a 91% increase.
The development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a major regional strategy for China. Over the past 10 years, the proportion of excellent water quality in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has increased from 67% to 96.5%, the region's GDP has more than doubled, and its share of the national total has increased from 42.2% to 47.3%. On January 5, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a press conference to introduce the progress and achievements of the Yangtze River Economic Belt's development over the past 10 years.
The Yangtze, Mother River, is Revitalized
"Through unremitting efforts, the Yangtze River Economic Belt has embarked on a new path of ecological priority and green development, and the Yangtze, Mother River, has been revitalized." Wang Changlin (王昌林), Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), said that in recent years, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with relevant departments and provinces and cities along the river, has insisted on giving top priority to jointly grasping major protection, implementing the "Yangtze River Economic Belt Development Plan Outline" (《长江经济带发展规划纲要》), formulating a five-year implementation plan, promoting a three-year action plan, and promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development.
The ecological base color of the Yangtze River is more distinct. Nearly 10,000 chemical enterprises have been "closed, reformed, relocated, and transformed," solving the problem of "chemical encirclement of the Yangtze River." 1,361 illegal docks have been completely cleaned up and rectified, and black and odorous water bodies in cities at the prefecture level and above along the river have been basically eliminated. We have unswervingly promoted the ten-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River, and the water quality of the Yangtze River's main stream has been improved from Class V in some sections to Class II across the board.
The innovation momentum of the Yangtze River is stronger. A number of world-leading scientific and technological achievements, such as the "artificial sun" "one hundred million degrees and one second" operation and targeted anti-cancer drugs, have been continuously created. A number of internationally competitive innovative enterprises, such as DeepSeek (深度求索) and Yushu Technology (宇树科技), have emerged one after another. A number of world-class industrial clusters, such as automobile manufacturing and electronic information, have continued to form... The foundation of the Yangtze River Economic Belt's development is stronger, its muscles and bones are stronger, and its momentum is stronger.
The open Yangtze River is more vibrant. The construction of a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation corridor along the river has been accelerated. The high-grade waterways of the Yangtze River system have increased from 8,000 kilometers to 11,000 kilometers. The cargo throughput of trunk ports has increased by 71% to 4.2 billion tons, ranking first among inland rivers in the world. We have promoted high-level opening up to the outside world, and the China-Europe (Asia) freight train and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor in western China have been built with high quality. The nine pilot free trade zones along the river have developed in coordination.
The cultural heritage of the Yangtze River is deeper. We have adhered to protecting, inheriting, and promoting the Yangtze River culture, comprehensively promoted the systematic protection of Yangtze River cultural relics and cultural heritage, built and made good use of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park, and promoted the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional culture.
The quality of the happy Yangtze River continues to improve. 132 water conservancy projects have achieved joint scheduling, effectively protecting the lives and property of the people. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project (南水北调工程) has cumulatively transferred more than 84 billion cubic meters of water, benefiting 48 cities and 195 million people along the route. The per capita disposable income of residents increased from 23,000 yuan to 44,000 yuan, a 91% increase.
Wang Changlin (王昌林) said that the next step will be to prepare and implement the "15th Five-Year Plan" implementation plan for the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, promote the implementation of the three-year action plan for the major protection of the Yangtze River as a whole, and promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt to a new level.
Supporting High-Quality Development with a High-Quality Ecological Environment
"The main stream of the Yangtze River has maintained Class II water quality for six consecutive years, and the number of flagship species such as finless porpoises has increased." Jiang Huohua (蒋火华), Director of the Department of Water Ecology and Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部水生态环境司司长), said that provinces and cities along the river and relevant departments have jointly grasped the major protection of the Yangtze River and deeply fought the battle to protect and restore the Yangtze River. For pollution prevention and control, we have organized eight special actions, including the treatment of inferior Class V water bodies, the investigation and rectification of "three phosphorus" (三磷), and the treatment of water pollution in industrial parks. For protection and restoration, we have continued to carry out "Green Shield" (绿盾) strengthened supervision of natural protected areas and implemented 17 integrated ecological protection and restoration projects for mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasslands, focusing on improving the quality and stability of regional ecosystems. For systematic governance, we have carried out overall basin supervision and provincial supervision, delineated more than 17,000 ecological environment control units, basically established an ecological environment zoning control system, and promoted the establishment of a unified horizontal ecological protection compensation mechanism in the main stream of the Yangtze River. For risk prevention, more than 1,800 tailings ponds have completed pollution control, and more than 1,280 key rivers have achieved full coverage of environmental emergency "one river, one policy, one map" ("一河一策一图").
Jiang Huohua (蒋火华) said that the next step will be to adhere to precise, scientific, and law-based pollution control, improve the monitoring and supervision system for sewage outlets into rivers, deeply carry out pollution prevention and control in industry, urban life, agriculture and rural areas, and ships and ports, steadily improve aquatic biodiversity, and comprehensively promote the protection and construction of beautiful rivers and lakes in the Yangtze River Basin, so as to support the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt with a high-quality ecological environment.
In recent years, extreme weather has often triggered floods and droughts. Yao Wenguang (姚文广), Director of the Department of Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention of the Ministry of Water Resources (水利部水旱灾害防御司司长), said that the Ministry of Water Resources has systematically built a flood and drought disaster prevention system in the Yangtze River Basin, and the effectiveness of flood and drought disaster prevention in the Yangtze River Basin is remarkable. In terms of flood control, we successfully responded to the basin-wide major flood in 2020, scientifically dispatched upstream and midstream reservoir groups to intercept 49 billion cubic meters of floodwater, avoiding flood threats to 137 county-level and above cities, 17.52 million people, and 1.1 million hectares of cultivated land. In terms of drought resistance, in 2022, we effectively responded to the most severe prolonged drought since 1961 and the upstream intrusion of saltwater in the Yangtze River Estuary, ensuring the water supply for important downstream cities and the drinking water safety of the people, and the irrigation water demand for 183 million mu of autumn grain crops. In a year of severe drought, we achieved worry-free water supply and a bumper grain harvest.
As a landmark measure for the major protection of the Yangtze River, the fishing ban in the Yangtze River has achieved significant results. Jiang Kaiyong (江开勇), Director of the Yangtze River Basin Fisheries Administration Supervision and Management Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部长江流域渔政监督管理办公室主任), introduced that in the past five years, the restoration of aquatic biodiversity has been improving. From 2024 to 2025, the scale of Chinese sturgeon release has exceeded 1 million fish for two consecutive years. The natural reproduction experiment of Yangtze sturgeon has been successful, and an important step has been taken in the reconstruction of wild populations. The aquatic biological monitoring network in the Yangtze River Basin has been continuously improved. From 2021 to 2024, a total of 344 species of native fish were monitored, an increase of 36 species compared with before the fishing ban.
Actively Promote the Green and Low-Carbon Transformation of Industries along the River
The Yangtze River Economic Belt is an important area for industrial agglomeration in China. Wang Changlin (王昌林) said that the ecological environment capacity of the Yangtze River Basin is limited. "In recent years, we have actively promoted the green and low-carbon transformation of industries along the river and achieved positive results."
Innovation-driven cultivation of new momentum. We have improved the regional innovation system, deployed 3 science and technology innovation centers and 8 national laboratories and other innovation platforms in provinces and cities along the river, and made breakthroughs in a number of key core technologies in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum information, integrated circuits, and life sciences.
Industrial upgrading creates new advantages. The Yangtze River Economic Belt has a good industrial base and strong resilience. It has cumulatively cultivated 41 national-level advanced manufacturing clusters and 30 strategic emerging industry clusters, accounting for 51% and 45% of the country's total, respectively.
Green transformation achieves new breakthroughs. We have actively promoted the green transformation of traditional industries such as steel, petrochemicals, and building materials; deployed and built 24 national carbon peak pilot cities and parks and 14 zero-carbon parks... The Yangtze River Economic Belt contributes nearly half of the country's GDP with about 1/3 of the country's energy consumption and carbon emissions.
The throughput capacity of waterways has been qualitatively improved. Green service facilities on the Yangtze River trunk line are operating effectively. 20 green service areas, 13 washing stations, 8 liquefied natural gas refueling stations, and 8 battery swapping stations have been built. 38,000 trunk shipping vessels have basically achieved "zero emissions" of pollutants. The interconnection mileage of the "one map" of electronic waterways in the Yangtze River system has reached 11,000 kilometers. Jin Jingdong (金敬东), head of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport (交通运输部综合规划司负责人), said that the next step will be to implement the trunk waterway capacity expansion and upgrading project, accelerate the construction of high-grade tributary waterways, and focus on unblocking the blockages and bottlenecks in water transport; continue to promote the upgrading of port hub capacity and form a multi-level port pattern with reasonable layout, specialization, and efficiency; vigorously implement the renewal and digital transformation of water transport infrastructure, and promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
By: 本报记者 刘志强
Editor's Note: Recently, the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), the Work Committee of the Central and State Organs (中央和国家机关工委), the Ministry of Education (教育部), the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (中央军委政治工作部), and the Beijing Municipal Committee (北京市委) jointly held a series of reports on the current situation and policies. On December 25, 2025, Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), delivered a special report entitled "Actively Developing New Quality Productive Forces and Solidly Promoting High-Quality Development," which is now published in an abridged question-and-answer format.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must place the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions in a more prominent strategic position.
Reporter: General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that the most important thing in promoting high-quality development is to accelerate high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology, actively develop new quality productive forces, and achieve substantial and breakthrough progress in promoting scientific and technological innovation, accelerating the cultivation of new driving forces, and promoting the optimization and upgrading of the economic structure. How should we understand the important strategic significance of developing new quality productive forces?
Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁): During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core united and led the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and forge ahead, promoting steady progress in economic operation and steady development of new quality productive forces. New historical achievements have been made in high-quality development, and China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have reached new levels. Standing at the height of the overall development of the Party and the country, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made comprehensive expositions and systematic deployments on the theory and practice, connotation and extension, methods and paths of developing new quality productive forces, effectively leading the high-quality development of China's economy and society. Facts fully prove that developing new quality productive forces is one of the most original and iconic concepts in Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, deepening our Party's scientific understanding of the laws of productive forces development and providing scientific guidance for solidly promoting high-quality development on the new journey in the new era. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization, and developing new quality productive forces has important strategic significance.
First, promoting high-quality development requires new productive forces theory to guide it. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, our Party has created the "two major miracles" of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and has formed a productive forces theory with Chinese characteristics. As China enters a new stage of development, high-quality development has become the primary task of building a socialist modern country in all respects, and there is an urgent need for new productive forces theory to lead and promote it. At this critical historical period, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) innovatively developed the traditional productive forces theory, emphasizing that new quality productive forces have already taken shape in practice and demonstrated a strong driving force and support for high-quality development. Developing new quality productive forces is an inherent requirement and important focus for promoting high-quality development. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must adhere to economic construction as the center, take promoting high-quality development as the theme, transform and upgrade traditional kinetic energy and cultivate and stimulate new kinetic energy by developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, steadily improve total factor productivity, and achieve high-quality and sustainable development.
Second, winning the strategic initiative in major power games requires developing new quality productive forces. Looking at the history of human social development, technological revolutions and industrial transformations have profoundly changed the world economic landscape. At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, and the game between major powers is becoming more complex and intense. The basis for occupying an advantage lies in the development of productive forces, and the key to dominating competition lies in the competition of productive forces. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must take the development of new quality productive forces as the "decisive move" to establish China's medium- and long-term strategic advantage, respond to changes in the global political landscape, economic landscape, industrial landscape, and technological landscape, seize the historical opportunities of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, accelerate the formation of more iconic, original, and disruptive scientific and technological and industrial innovation achievements, shape new development momentum, accumulate new development advantages, win the initiative in development, and always stand firm in the game between major powers.
Third, promoting the all-round development of people requires developing new quality productive forces. People are the most decisive force and the most active factor in productive forces. Developing new quality productive forces will build a solid material and social foundation, and step by step promote the realization of the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all the people. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must adhere to the people-centered approach, create more diverse and abundant employment opportunities by developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, continuously improve the quality of people's lives, better meet the people's aspirations for a better life, fully release the potential of workers and the innovation and creativity of the whole society, promote the coordinated development of economy and society, and the mutual promotion of material and spiritual civilization, so that the fruits of modernization construction can benefit all the people more and more fairly.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's comprehensive national strength has been further greatly enhanced, providing solid and strong support for developing new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Reporter: In today's world, competition around a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is becoming more intense. What strategic advantages do we have in developing new quality productive forces?
Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁): We must enhance strategic confidence, maintain strategic focus, grasp the strategic advantages in terms of systems and mechanisms, innovation ecology, industrial system, and growth space, and unswervingly and actively develop new quality productive forces.
First, the advantages of systems and mechanisms. First, the planning system. We give full play to the strategic guiding role of the national development plan, effectively transforming the Party's propositions into the national will and the common actions of the whole society. This is an important experience in our Party's governance and an important political advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Second, the macroeconomic governance system. We focus on strengthening the macro guidance of planning, innovating and improving macro-control, enhancing the consistency of macroeconomic policy orientation, promoting the coordinated efforts of policies in various fields such as finance, currency, and industry, strengthening expectation management, promoting the deep integration of innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and accelerating the cultivation and expansion of new quality productive forces. Third, the new type of national system. We focus on building a coordinated and efficient decision-making and command system and organizational implementation system, allocating resources, concentrating efforts to overcome the key core technologies in the most difficult and highest technology fields, and continuously gathering the driving force, cohesion, and innovation into new quality productive forces. At the same time, we must also deeply realize that the advantages of the planning system, macroeconomic governance system, and new type of national system ultimately lie in adhering to and strengthening the Party's overall leadership, firmly safeguarding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized and unified leadership, giving play to the Party's leading core role in grasping the overall situation and coordinating all parties, and running the Party's leadership through all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development.
Second, the advantages of innovation ecology. First, all innovation elements, such as talent, technology, capital, and data, are accelerating their gathering towards the development of new quality productive forces. China's total talent resources and the total number of R&D personnel rank first in the world, technology companies with high R&D investment and high growth attributes are gaining more favor from the capital market, the data market is growing rapidly, and the digital economy has become an important economic form. Second, various innovation entities are bursting with vitality and collaborative innovation, continuously enhancing the integrated effect and multiplier effect of developing new quality productive forces. In the field of artificial intelligence, scientific and technological innovation teams and enterprises are deeply cooperating and integrating with various industries, not only releasing multiple general-purpose large models that lead the world, but also releasing a large number of industry models. Third, the innovation environment is excellent. The basic system and policy system that support comprehensive innovation are constantly improving, promoting the formation of a good atmosphere in the whole society that encourages bold innovation, daring to innovate, and being inclusive of innovation, building a larger stage and creating more opportunities for the development of new quality productive forces.
Third, the advantages of the industrial system. In terms of traditional industries, we will strengthen basic capacity building and major technological breakthroughs, and promote traditional industries to move from the low-end to the mid-to-high-end and from quantitative change to qualitative change by developing new quality productive forces, and continuously revitalize new vitality. In terms of emerging industries and future industries, we will accelerate breakthroughs in the forefront of world science and technology and innovation, new kinetic energy will grow rapidly, and some industries have achieved the leap from following to running alongside and then to leading, promoting the accelerated development of new quality productive forces. In terms of the service industry, it supports industrial development on the one hand and improves people's livelihoods on the other, showing a good development trend of a substantial increase in scale and continuous improvement in quality and efficiency. By embedding specialized services in all links of the industrial chain, it provides more and more opportunities for the development of new quality productive forces. In terms of the modern infrastructure system, the main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network "6 axes, 7 corridors, and 8 channels" is basically connected, and the "capillaries" of transportation are also more developed, shortening the distance of time and space and smoothing the flow of people and logistics, supporting the smooth flow, integration, and aggregation of elements needed for the development of new quality productive forces.
Fourth, the advantages of growth space. From the perspective of the domestic market, China has a super-large market of more than 1.4 billion people and the world's most complete manufacturing system. From high-speed rail, nuclear power, mobile communications, and platform economy to smart cars, smart phones, smart homes, and then to artificial intelligence, low-altitude economy, the development of new quality productive forces will combine huge market demand with rich application scenarios, strong production capacity, and diverse business models, which will spawn more advanced technologies, form more industrial applications, and cultivate more world-class enterprises. From the perspective of the international market, China's export structure is accelerating its upgrading, and high value-added products such as mechanical and electrical products have already taken the lead. In the first 11 months of 2025, the export value of mechanical and electrical products increased by 8.8% year-on-year, accounting for 60.9% of the total export value. At the same time, Chinese enterprises that "go global" have significantly improved their technological content and competitiveness, and continue to "update" the global market with higher-quality goods, services, and technologies, further enhancing our confidence in developing new quality productive forces.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we should focus on doing a good job in eight aspects of developing new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality development.
Reporter: The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference made systematic deployments for developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. What key tasks will be carried out next?
Zheng Shanjie (郑栅洁): We will thoroughly study and comprehend General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions on developing new quality productive forces, unswervingly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the deployments of the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the principle of coordinating the country as a whole, adapt to the times and local conditions, implement policies according to industry categories, continuously improve the practical skills and capabilities of developing new quality productive forces, and go all out to promote high-quality economic and social development.
First, accelerate high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology. Strengthen the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research, strengthen the original innovation orientation of scientific research and technological development, and optimize the environment conducive to original and disruptive innovation. Improve the new type of national system, take unconventional measures, promote the decisive breakthrough of key core technologies in key areas throughout the entire chain, and deploy and implement a number of major national science and technology tasks. Promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerate the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements, strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, and build international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing (京津冀), Shanghai (长三角), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区).
Second, build a modern industrial system. Optimize and upgrade traditional industries, and consolidate and enhance the status and competitiveness of industries such as chemicals, machinery, and shipbuilding in the global industrial division of labor. Accelerate the development of strategic emerging industry clusters such as new energy, new materials, aerospace, and the low-altitude economy, and promote quantum technology, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communications to become new economic growth points. Implement the service industry expansion and quality improvement action, promote the extension of productive service industries to specialization and the high end of the value chain in different fields, and promote the high-quality, diversified, and convenient development of life service industries. Strengthen the overall planning of infrastructure, optimize the layout structure, promote integration, and enhance safety resilience and operational sustainability.
Third, improve the system and mechanism for developing new quality productive forces. Benchmark the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals, organize the drafting of the outline of the plan and special plans, and refine the deployment requirements for developing new quality productive forces in the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals into pragmatic measures. Implement more proactive and promising macro policies, incorporate various economic and non-economic policies, existing policies and incremental policies into the consistency assessment of macroeconomic policy orientation, improve the expectation management mechanism, and form a macroeconomic policy environment conducive to the development of new quality productive forces. Build a system and mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, accelerate the improvement of the system and mechanism for market-oriented allocation of factors, as well as major scientific and technological innovation organization mechanisms, scientific and technological achievement transformation mechanisms, and fiscal and tax financial systems.
Fourth, build a strong domestic market. Deeply implement special actions to boost consumption, expand the supply of high-quality consumer goods and services, optimize the implementation of "two new" policies, expand service consumption with a focus on relaxing access and integrating business formats, and promote the expansion and upgrading of commodity consumption. Optimize the structure of government investment, increase the proportion of government investment in people's livelihoods, promote the construction of "two major projects" with high quality, continuously improve the comprehensive benefits of investment, and improve the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in major projects. Resolutely eliminate the carding and blocking points that hinder the construction of a unified national market, unify the basic system rules of the market, regulate the economic promotion behavior of local governments, resolutely eliminate local protection and market segmentation, comprehensively rectify "involutionary" competition, and fully release the dividend of China's super-large market.
Fifth, expand high-level opening to the outside world. Steadily expand institutional opening up, connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, expand the network of high-standard free trade zones, and build the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) to a high standard. Promote market diversification and the integration of domestic and foreign trade, vigorously develop trade in services, and support the development of new business formats and models such as cross-border e-commerce. Expand the space for two-way investment cooperation, reduce the negative list for foreign investment access, promote the reinvestment of foreign capital in China, and guide the rational and orderly cross-border layout of industrial chains and supply chains. Jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, strengthen the overall planning and management of cooperation, improve the three-dimensional interconnection network layout, and improve the development level of China-Europe (Asia) freight trains.
Sixth, optimize the regional economic layout. Give play to the superimposed effects of regional coordinated development strategies, major regional strategies, major function zone strategies, and new urbanization strategies, and build a regional economic layout and territorial space system with complementary advantages and high-quality development. Encourage and guide all localities to accurately identify their functional positioning in the overall national development, base themselves on their own resource endowments and industrial foundations, reasonably set goals, find the best path, and achieve differentiated development of new quality productive forces. Promote regional linkage development, improve mechanisms such as regional planning coordination, industrial collaboration, and benefit sharing, and form a regional collaborative network for developing new quality productive forces.
Seventh, accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. New quality productive forces are inherently green productive forces. We will actively and steadily promote and achieve carbon peaking, implement a dual control system for total carbon emissions and intensity, promote the peaking of coal and oil consumption, and establish and improve a green and low-carbon standard system. Accelerate the construction of a new energy system, continuously increase the proportion of new energy supply, and strengthen the clean and efficient utilization of fossil energy. Accelerate the formation of green production and lifestyles, promote the green and low-carbon transformation of key areas, promote the development of a circular economy, improve the green consumption incentive mechanism, promote green and low-carbon lifestyles, and form a social atmosphere that advocates ecological civilization.
Eighth, solidly promote the common prosperity of all the people. Focus on guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods in development, expanding development space in meeting people's livelihood needs, increasing investment in people, and promoting the all-round development of people. In terms of employment, improve the employment support and public service system, stabilize and expand employment for key groups such as college graduates, migrant workers, and demobilized soldiers, and promote the healthy development of flexible employment and new employment forms. In terms of education, improve the education resource allocation mechanism adapted to population changes, expand the supply of education resources in towns with a net inflow of school-age population, and promote the improvement of the quality and expansion of higher education. In terms of medical care, promote the expansion and sinking of high-quality medical resources and the balanced regional layout, implement the medical and health strengthening project, and support the development of innovative drugs and medical devices. In terms of population, improve the population service system covering the entire population and the entire life cycle, and promote high-quality population development.
Return to TopFour cross-canal bridges on the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河) in Guangxi (广西), namely the Jinhaiwan Bridge (金海湾大桥), Wanshengtang Bridge (万胜塘大桥), Jiuzhou Bridge (旧州大桥), and Datianping Village Bridge (大田坪村大桥), were simultaneously completed and opened to traffic on January 1. (Reported by Zhu Jiaqi (祝佳祺) and Pang Geping (庞革平) of this newspaper, Nanning (南宁), January 5th). Prior to this, the main bridge of the Nanzhu Avenue (南珠大街) cross-river bridge and the Dingwu Village Bridge (丁屋村大桥) on the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河) were successively completed and opened to traffic in December 2025. A total of 27 main channel bridges are planned to be built across the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河), of which 19 have been completed, 13 have been opened to traffic, and the construction progress of the 8 bridges under construction exceeds 90%.
The opening of the bridges has further smoothed the travel and logistics transportation channels for the people along the route, improved the efficiency of residents' lives and regional connectivity, and also provided strong and powerful transportation support for the full opening of the Pinglu Canal (平陆运河).
Return to TopGuangzhou, January 5th (Xinhua) -- (Reporter Zou Wei) Li Qiang (李强), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Guangdong (广东) from January 3rd to 5th. He emphasized that as we enter the new year, it is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Central Economic Work Conference, closely focus on the theme of promoting high-quality development, keep in mind the mission in the overall national development, cultivate advantages in innovation-driven development, stand at the forefront of reform and opening up, seize the day and do a good job in all aspects of economic and social development, and strive to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
In Shenzhen (深圳市), Li Qiang (李强) listened to reports on the planning and development of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone and learned about the progress of park enterprises in using artificial intelligence to empower research and development in new materials, biomedicine, and other fields. He also inspected the new energy vehicle display of BYD Company (比亚迪公司). Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that technological innovation is the key to winning the future. It is necessary to strengthen the innovation subject status of enterprises, improve support for policies, funds, and talents, rely on the advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) to gather innovation resources, aim at emerging fields and key core technologies to strengthen research and development cooperation, and achieve more breakthrough results. Li Qiang (李强) visited the Shenzhen Shekou Cruise Homeport Heliport and Robot Valley, learned about the development of the low-altitude economy, watched product demonstrations by robotics companies, and inquired in detail about the technological transformation and application of enterprises and the development of industrial clusters. Li Qiang (李强) pointed out that the life of technology lies in application. It is necessary to further improve the industrial ecology, cultivate and expand application scenarios, explore effective business models, and promote the accelerated iteration and upgrading of new technologies and products such as robots and drones in expanding applications, so as to better empower all industries and benefit thousands of households.
Passing through the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge (深中通道), Li Qiang (李强) listened to the introduction of the project's operation and the planning and construction of the Pearl River Estuary cross-sea passage. He emphasized that it is necessary to make full use of advanced technology, manage and use transportation arteries well, ensure safe and smooth operation, and better promote the interconnection and coordinated development of the Greater Bay Area. In Foshan (佛山市), Li Qiang (李强) inspected Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (广东美的厨房电器制造有限公司) and visited the digital and intelligent production line. He pointed out that economic development and the improvement of residents' quality of life bring many new consumption demands. It is necessary to deeply study these new changes, accelerate the research and development and production of more high-quality products, and promote the formation of a virtuous cycle of demand driving supply and supply creating demand. At Foshan International Land Port (佛山国际陆港), Li Qiang (李强) learned in detail about the development and operation of cross-border e-commerce and bonded logistics. He emphasized that it is necessary to unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world, better combine infrastructure "hard connectivity" and rules and standards "soft connectivity," coordinate the layout and construction of major open cooperation platforms for scientific and technological innovation, service trade, and industrial development, expand digital trade and green trade, orderly expand autonomous opening up in the service sector, actively expand imports, and promote balanced development of imports and exports.
During the research, Li Qiang (李强) held discussions and exchanges with some technology companies and relevant department heads of the Shenzhen Municipal Government (深圳市政府). He emphasized that this year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." He hopes that the majority of enterprises will seize opportunities, be determined to innovate, strive to achieve greater development, and inject strong impetus into the steady and positive economic development. Government departments at all levels should strengthen coordination and cooperation, form a joint force, and grasp and implement all tasks as early as possible. It is necessary to deepen reforms in key areas, improve service effectiveness, optimize the business environment, and continuously stimulate the endogenous动力 (dòng lì - "driving force," internal impetus) of economic development.
Huang Kunming (黄坤明) and Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆) participated in the research.
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"President Xi Jinping (习近平) is an outstanding leader of a major country with a profound understanding of mutual learning between civilizations. I was very excited to receive President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter," said Ahmed Nawar, an octogenarian professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Helwan University in Egypt and a renowned painter, in a recent interview with our newspaper.
In April 2023, at the "Artistic Silk Road - Exhibition of Works by Renowned Chinese and Arab Artists" and the China-Arab Artists Dialogue Salon held in Cairo, Egypt, Nawar, as a representative of Arab artists, read out the joint letter they wrote to President Xi Jinping (习近平).
"In the letter, we shared our observations and feelings from participating in the 'Artistic Silk Road' visit to China for more than 10 years, and expressed our expectations and confidence in promoting cultural exchanges between Arab countries and China," Nawar said. President Xi Jinping (习近平) quickly replied, encouraging everyone to create more artistic works that promote cultural exchanges between China and Arab countries with great artistic beauty, share their experiences and feelings in China, let more Arab friends feel China and understand China, and work with the Chinese people to jointly write a new chapter in mutual learning between Chinese and Arab civilizations in the new era.
Nawar said that he was both moved and inspired after reading President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter word by word. "As an art worker, I often think about whether my works have the power to cross borders and cultures when I create. This reply letter is the greatest encouragement to my artistic career. From that moment on, I became more determined to use my brush to enhance the friendship between Arab countries and China," Nawar said, "With the continuous deepening of cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Arab countries and China, I believe that my artistic path will become wider and wider."
In Nawar's view, the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平) makes people understand that civilization exchange is never a solo performance of one country, but a chorus of all countries in the world. China actively promotes mutual respect and harmonious coexistence among different civilizations, making civilization exchange and mutual learning a bridge to enhance the friendship between people of all countries. Arab countries have always adhered to the open spirit of "Knowledge, though far away in China, should also be sought." Nawar said: "When I read the joint letter to President Xi Jinping (习近平), what appeared in front of me was the picture of the Forbidden City (故宫) and the pyramids reflecting each other - this is not only an artistic encounter, but also a response to the common values of mankind."
In 2013, Nawar went to China for sketching for the first time. "In Xinjiang (新疆), I was attracted by the rich and colorful ethnic cultures there, and I gained a deep understanding of Xinjiang's (新疆) social customs, customs, cultural heritage and development achievements, which benefited me a lot." Nawar said that the natural scenery and local customs of Xinjiang (新疆) brought him rich creative inspiration, and he created more than 30 paintings, "I hope to introduce the real Xinjiang (新疆) to Arab countries and even the world through these paintings, and express my love and respect for China with my paintings."
Since then, Nawar has traveled to China many times. He marveled at the beautiful mountains and rivers, the rich natural and cultural heritage, as well as the unique cultural landscape and the ever-changing social development of China. His experience of visiting many places in China has also given him a deeper understanding of civilization exchange and mutual learning. "Chinese people often say '各美其美，美美与共' (gè měi qí měi, měi měi yǔ gòng - "each appreciates their own beauty, and appreciates the beauty of others together," everyone can appreciate their own culture and also appreciate the beauty of other cultures), which is exactly what the Arab proverb says, 'Gardens are brilliant because of the blooming of hundreds of flowers, and the night sky is brilliant because of the convergence of stars.' Walking on the stone steps of the Great Wall (长城), boating in the misty rain of West Lake (西湖), I deeply realized the true meaning of civilization dialogue - just like the morning light of the Nile and the twilight of the Yangtze River (长江) intertwining into poetry," Nawar said.
"President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in his reply letter that culture can connect hearts and art can communicate the world. This reflects President Xi Jinping's (习近平) emphasis on cultural exchange and demonstrates the lofty vision of promoting people's friendship and promoting world peace through promoting mutual learning between civilizations." In Nawar's view, art exchange can let more Arab people understand China. "Art exchange and other activities not only enrich our cultural horizons, but also inject new vitality into Arab-China relations." He believes that the continuous creation and exchange of artists from both sides will jointly contribute to building Arab-China relations into a model of harmonious coexistence of different civilizations.
"President Xi Jinping (习近平) attaches great importance to Arab-China cultural exchanges and personally promotes people-to-people connectivity," Nawar said. China has proposed the Global Civilization Initiative, calling on all countries to work together to promote civilization exchange and dialogue and make progress together in inclusiveness and mutual learning. President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter is not only a recognition of the artistic creation of Arab artists, but also a beautiful expectation for the future deepening of civilization exchange and mutual learning between Arab countries and China. "President Xi Jinping's (习近平) reply letter has strengthened my creative direction and inspired me to continue to promote Arab-China civilization interaction with art as a bridge. I will continue to tell Chinese stories and convey the friendship between Arab and Chinese people through artistic creation," Nawar said.
"With the continuous deepening of cooperation, Arab-China cultural exchanges will surely bloom more brilliantly." Nawar said that more and more Arab artists are going to China for sketching and creating more artistic works, which has far-reaching significance for promoting civilization exchange and mutual learning. "Through artistic creation, Arab artists can not only show the diverse beauty of China, but also convey their experiences and feelings in China to more people in Arab countries. This artistic dialogue is not only a cultural exchange, but also a reflection of the exchange and integration of the two major civilizations," Nawar said.
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Those who challenge the international order will suffer the consequences, those who abandon their treaty obligations will lose their credibility, and those who violate international law will be judged by justice.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) openly declared that a "Taiwan emergency" may constitute a "survival-threatening situation" in which Japan can exercise its right to collective self-defense. From a legal perspective, Takaichi's fallacy commits at least three sins.
The sin lies in challenging the international order. In 1943, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom held a meeting in Cairo and jointly issued the Cairo Declaration. The declaration clearly pointed out from the perspective of international law that Japan's occupation of Taiwan was illegal, confirmed that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, and demanded that Japan must return all Chinese territories such as Taiwan that it had stolen. In July 1945, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom jointly issued the Potsdam Proclamation, reiterating that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out." In September of the same year, Japan signed the instrument of surrender, explicitly promising to "faithfully fulfill the obligations of the Potsdam Proclamation." On October 25 of the same year, the Chinese government announced the "restoration of the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan" and held the "Surrender Ceremony of Taiwan Province in the China War Zone." A series of documents and historical facts show that Japan's return of Taiwan was a victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and an important part of the post-World War II international order. Takaichi's fallacy implies the possibility of military intervention in the Taiwan issue, which is a blatant interference in China's internal affairs and a public challenge to the post-World War II international order.
The sin lies in abandoning treaty obligations. In 1972, during the negotiations for the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the Japanese side submitted a written document to the Chinese side, explaining the specific meaning of "The Government of Japan fully understands and respects this position of the Government of China, and adheres to the position of Article 8 of the Potsdam Proclamation," which was later written into the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement. Based on Japan's acceptance of the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, the document stated that Taiwan should be returned to China as "the unchanging view of the Japanese government," and Japan "did not envision that Taiwan would have any legal status other than that of the territory of the People's Republic of China in the future." This is the commitment made by Japan to China on the Taiwan issue. Subsequently, China and Japan signed the Sino-Japanese Joint Statement. In 1978, China and Japan signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan, which clearly stipulated that "the various principles stated in the Joint Statement should be strictly observed." Therefore, "Taiwan belongs to China" and "non-interference in the Taiwan issue" are Japan's treaty obligations and are binding on Japan. The above documents, statements, and treaties prove that Japan explicitly promised to regard the Taiwan issue as China's internal affair. Currently, Takaichi's fallacy violates diplomatic promises and abandons treaty obligations.
The sin lies in violating the basic norms of international law. Takaichi's linking of the "Taiwan emergency" with Japan's "survival-threatening situation" is an attempt to use Japan's domestic law to give legitimacy to intervention in the Taiwan issue. Takaichi's implication of using force to interfere in China's internal affairs and infringe upon China's territorial integrity not only violates the spirit of the Potsdam Proclamation and the four political documents between China and Japan, but also violates the Charter of the United Nations and other international laws. China will not agree to this kind of behavior, and the international community will not allow it. Currently, many countries have spoken out to condemn it.
Those who challenge the international order will suffer the consequences, those who abandon their treaty obligations will lose their credibility, and those who violate international law will be judged by justice. The Taiwan issue leaves no room for Japan to comment, and any overstepping will be met with a head-on blow.
(The author is the Director of the Japan Security Research Office of the Institute of Northeast Asian Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (中国现代国际关系研究院) )
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"Currently, although many countries have made progress in politics, economy, science, and technology, inequality, injustice, and unreasonableness in international relations are still prevalent. The Global Governance Initiative points the way for building a more just and reasonable international order." Recently, Adil Abdul-Mahdi (阿迪勒·阿卜杜勒—迈赫迪), former Prime Minister of Iraq (伊拉克), said in an exclusive interview with this reporter that President Xi Jinping (习近平) solemnly proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) Tianjin (天津) Summit, providing a Chinese solution for strengthening and improving global governance, conforming to the trend of the times, and meeting the expectations of the people of all countries.
Abdul-Mahdi is a senior Iraqi politician who has served as Minister of Finance, Vice President, Minister of Petroleum, and Prime Minister. He said that the world is undergoing profound changes, the Global South is collectively rising, unilateralism and power politics are unsustainable, and global governance is entering a new period of transformation and adjustment. "President Xi Jinping's (习近平) proposal of the Global Governance Initiative comes at the right time, providing Chinese wisdom for bridging the global governance deficit and solving the global development dilemma, which meets the urgent needs of today's world. To solve these dilemmas, countries should carry out extensive dialogue and cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit," said Abdul-Mahdi.
Among the five core concepts of the Global Governance Initiative, adhering to sovereign equality and practicing multilateralism have triggered Abdul-Mahdi's deep thinking. He believes that the Global Governance Initiative advocates that the sovereignty and dignity of all countries, regardless of size, strength, wealth, or poverty, must be respected, and internal affairs must not be interfered with; the essence of global governance is multilateralism, advocating that all countries participate in international affairs on an equal footing, cooperate in building the international system, and jointly enjoy the fruits of development.
Abdul-Mahdi said that in recent years, China (中国) has actively promoted cooperation under international multilateral mechanisms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织) and the BRICS (金砖国家) cooperation mechanism, promoted high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), and made contributions to improving global governance and promoting peace and development. He emphasized that, completely different from the historical colonial expansion or the logic of unilateralism, protectionism, and hegemonism pursued by individual countries today, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) adheres to the principle of joint consultation, joint construction, and sharing, providing Global South countries with a cooperation platform based on their own resource endowments and development plans, which helps promote mutually beneficial and win-win results and common development among participating countries.
"Currently, Iraq's (伊拉克) economic and social development faces many challenges. Under the framework of jointly building the 'Belt and Road' (一带一路), Iraq (伊拉克) and China (中国) have signed a series of cooperation agreements to promote further deepening of practical cooperation in economic and livelihood fields. For example, China (中国) actively assists Iraq's (伊拉克) infrastructure construction." Abdul-Mahdi said that Iraq (伊拉克) firmly supports and actively responds to the initiatives proposed by China (中国). Under the framework of the Arab States-China Cooperation Forum (阿拉伯国家—中国合作论坛), Iraq (伊拉克) and China (中国) have strengthened dialogue, exchanges, and practical cooperation, built consensus on development, and injected momentum into deepening friendly relations.
Abdul-Mahdi emphasized: "Under the guidance of the Global Governance Initiative, all countries should work together to address global challenges, promote the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction, and jointly pave the way for a harmonious and developing future."
Return to TopAt the invitation of Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Ishaq Dar (穆罕默德·伊沙克·达尔), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, visited China from January 3 to 5, 2026. On January 4, 2026, His Excellency Wang Yi (王毅) and His Excellency Dar (达尔) co-chaired the seventh China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue in Beijing (北京).
During this strategic dialogue, the two sides comprehensively exchanged views on bilateral relations and cooperation in various fields such as strategy, politics, defense and security, economy, trade, investment, and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, and discussed international and regional issues of common concern. The two sides unanimously agreed to strengthen strategic communication, deepen strategic mutual trust, jointly safeguard common interests, promote the economic and social development of the two countries, and maintain and promote international and regional peace, development, and prosperity.
The two sides announced the launch of activities to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan in 2026, taking this as an opportunity to consolidate China-Pakistan friendship, expand new areas of cooperation, and allow China-Pakistan friendship to 继往开来 (jì wǎng kāi lái - "inherit the past and usher in the future," to carry on the past and open up the future) and be passed down from generation to generation.
The two sides reaffirmed that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic partners, and the ironclad friendship between the two countries is as solid as a rock, and strategic mutual trust is unbreakable. A healthy and strong China-Pakistan relationship is of great strategic significance to regional peace, stability, and development. The two sides reaffirmed that high-level exchanges between the two countries are an important symbol of China-Pakistan relations. The two sides will take the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries as a guide, implement the "Action Plan (2025-2029) between the Governments of China and Pakistan on Building a Closer China-Pakistan Community of Shared Future in the New Era," and promote the building of a China-Pakistan community of shared future to be at the forefront of building a community of shared future in the surrounding areas.
The Pakistani side highly appreciated the development achievements made by China in the new era under the leadership of President Xi Jinping (习近平), and congratulated the successful conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the upcoming start of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The Pakistani side appreciated China's people-centered development concept and believed that Chinese-style modernization provides new path choices and practical solutions for developing countries to achieve independent development. The Chinese side congratulated the Pakistani leaders for leading the country to achieve macroeconomic stability with the national economic reform plan "Take-off Pakistan" as the center, laying a solid foundation for national economic growth and the people to share the fruits of development and prosperity.
The two sides reaffirmed their mutual and firm support on issues involving each other's core interests. The Pakistani side reiterated its firm adherence to the one-China principle, that Taiwan (台湾) is an inalienable part of China's territory, firmly supports all efforts made by China to achieve national reunification, opposes any form of "Taiwan independence," and opposes any attempt to create "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan." Pakistan firmly supports China on issues related to Xinjiang (新疆), Tibet (西藏), Hong Kong (香港), and the South China Sea (南海). The Chinese side reiterated its firm support for Pakistan in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, supporting Pakistan in following a development path that suits its national conditions and achieving economic prosperity, supporting Pakistan in firmly combating terrorism, and supporting Pakistan in playing a greater role in international and regional affairs.
The Chinese side appreciated Pakistan's comprehensive measures to combat terrorism and ensure the safety of Chinese personnel, projects, and institutions in Pakistan. The Chinese side fully affirmed Pakistan's important contributions and great sacrifices made over the years in combating terrorism. The two sides reiterated their "zero tolerance" attitude towards combating all forms of terrorism and agreed to further comprehensively deepen counter-terrorism and security cooperation, and jointly strive to ensure the safe and smooth progress of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation between China and Pakistan. The two sides called on the international community to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation and resolutely oppose the adoption of "double standards" on counter-terrorism issues.
The two sides agreed to deepen the alignment of development plans and priority areas, and create an "upgraded version 2.0" of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (中巴经济走廊), a pilot project for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative. The two sides agreed to focus on the three major areas of industry, agriculture, and mining, build and operate Gwadar Port (瓜达尔港) well, ensure the smooth flow of the Karakoram Highway (喀喇昆仑公路) channel, and enhance Pakistan's sustainable development capabilities. The two sides will also deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade and investment, information technology, science and technology, cybersecurity, vocational and technical training and education, and cultural exchanges. The two sides are willing to make full use of the opportunity of the year-round opening of the Khunjerab Pass (红其拉甫口岸) to deepen China-Pakistan economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges. The two sides welcomed third parties to participate in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor cooperation in accordance with the model agreed upon by China and Pakistan.
The two sides agreed to further strengthen cooperation between the financial and banking industries of the two countries, including mutual support in regional and international multilateral financial platforms. The Pakistani side thanked China for its support in the financial field.
The two sides expressed satisfaction with the increasingly expanding aerospace cooperation between the two countries and looked forward to Pakistani astronauts entering the Chinese space station at an early date, and unanimously agreed to be committed to exploring space in a peaceful and mutually beneficial manner to promote economic and social development and prosperity.
The two sides unanimously agreed that it is necessary to firmly safeguard the achievements of victory in World War II, abide by the purposes and principles of the "Charter of the United Nations," resist attempts to distort historical facts, oppose the resurgence of fascism and militarism, and support the post-war international order established by relevant international legal documents and principles such as the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, maintain world peace and security, and maintain historical truth and international justice.
The two sides emphasized the importance of the South Asian regional order based on the "Charter of the United Nations," international law, and basic norms of international relations, reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the South Asian region, the necessity of resolving all outstanding disputes through dialogue and consultation, and opposed any unilateral actions. The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side on the latest situation in the Jammu and Kashmir (查谟和克什米尔) region and Pakistan's position. The Chinese side reiterated that the Kashmir (克什米尔) issue is a dispute left over from history and should be properly resolved peacefully in accordance with the "Charter of the United Nations," relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, and relevant bilateral agreements.
The two sides are willing to carry out cross-border water resources cooperation based on the principle of equality and mutual benefit, and emphasized the necessity of fulfilling international legal obligations. The importance of maintaining international and regional security and stability was reaffirmed.
The two sides are willing to continue to promote new achievements in the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers' dialogue and the China-Bangladesh-Pakistan trilateral cooperation mechanism.
The two sides reiterated their willingness to promote cooperation within the framework of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative, promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, and work together towards a community with a shared future for mankind. The Pakistani side highly appreciated China's efforts to safeguard the right to sustainable development of developing countries. The two sides expressed satisfaction with their cooperation in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (上海合作组织), and agreed to deepen coordination and cooperation to safeguard the common interests of developing countries and international fairness and justice. The two sides reiterated their adherence to the purposes and principles of the "Charter of the United Nations," supported multilateralism and free trade, opposed hegemonism, opposed bullying acts that infringe upon the sovereignty of other countries, and opposed engaging in "small circles" and camp confrontation. The Chinese side congratulated the Pakistani side on its outstanding completion of its work as the rotating chair of the UN Security Council and fully supported Pakistan as the next rotating chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The two sides agreed to maintain close communication and coordination on the Afghan issue and, together with the international community, encourage the Afghan government to build an inclusive government, govern moderately, focus on development, and be friendly with its neighbors, so as to play a constructive role in achieving stability and development in Afghanistan and integrating into the international community. The two sides called for more visible and verifiable actions to dismantle and eliminate all terrorist organizations entrenched in Afghanistan that continue to pose a serious threat to regional and global security, and to prevent terrorist organizations from using Afghan territory to engage in terrorist activities against other countries and pose harm to other countries.
The two sides called for an unconditional, comprehensive, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza (加沙), reiterated their support for the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, and supported the implementation of the "two-state solution" and the establishment of an independent State of Palestine (巴勒斯坦国). The two sides expressed concern about the situation in the occupied West Bank (约旦河西岸) and called for a solution as soon as possible. The two sides are willing to work with the international community to make unremitting efforts to promote peace and stability in the Middle East.
The two sides reaffirmed that China and Pakistan will further promote ironclad friendship, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and strengthen strategic coordination, and continuously set new goals and create new prospects for the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dar (达尔) thanked Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, for his warm and friendly reception to himself and the Pakistani delegation. The two sides agreed to hold the next Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad (伊斯兰堡) at a time convenient for both sides next year.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 5)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th. Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, met in Beijing on the 5th with a delegation from the People's Action Party (PAP) led by Lee Chih Hsien (李智陞), Chairman of the PAP and Minister for Education of the Government of Singapore.
Shi Taifeng (石泰峰) stated that under the strategic guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and Singaporean leaders, China-Singapore relations have developed steadily, and cooperation in various fields has continued to deepen and become more practical. China is willing to strengthen the institutionalized exchanges between the two parties with Singapore, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation, and promote the China-Singapore all-round high-quality forward-looking partnership to yield more results.
Lee Chih Hsien (李智陞) expressed his willingness to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning between the two parties, and deepen cooperation in various fields.
Return to TopBeijing, January 5th (Reporter Li Changyu (李昌禹)) He Lifeng (何立峰), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the China-South Korea Business Forum in Beijing on the morning of January 5th with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) and delivered a speech.
He Lifeng (何立峰) pointed out that China and South Korea should, under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by the two heads of state during their mutual visits, actively promote the upgrading of economic and trade cooperation and constantly create a new situation of win-win cooperation. China will unswervingly expand high-level opening up to the outside world and welcomes enterprises from all countries, including South Korean companies, to invest and develop in China and share development opportunities.
Lee Jae-myung (李在明) said that in recent years, cooperation between South Korea and China in various fields has continued to deepen. South Korea is willing to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation with China to bring more benefits to the people of both countries.
The forum was co-sponsored by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (中国贸促会) and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (韩国大韩商工会议所). About 400 representatives from the governments and business communities of the two countries participated.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th (Xinhua) – On January 5th, Minister Liu Haixing (刘海星) of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央对外联络部) met in Beijing (北京) with a delegation from the People's Action Party (人民行动党) led by Lee Chih Hsien (李智陞), Chairman of the People's Action Party and Minister of Education of the Government of Singapore (新加坡). The two sides exchanged views on jointly implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthening inter-party institutionalized exchanges, and promoting the development of China-Singapore (中新) relations.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 5th (Reporters Dong Xue (董雪) and Yuan Rui (袁睿)) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian (林剑) stated at a regular press conference on the 5th, in response to relevant questions, that as a friendly neighbor of both Cambodia and Thailand, China has noted that the ceasefire consensus between Cambodia and Thailand has been gradually implemented, and 18 Cambodian soldiers have safely returned to Cambodia, which is gratifying.
A reporter asked: Since Cambodia and Thailand signed a joint ceasefire statement on December 27, 2025, no further exchanges of fire have occurred in the border area between Cambodia and Thailand, and the Thai side handed over 18 detained soldiers to the Cambodian side on December 31. The overall situation has cooled down. What is China's comment on this?
"It is hoped that Cambodia and Thailand will continue to look forward and move forward, strengthen dialogue and communication, jointly ensure a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire, and gradually rebuild trust and improve relations. This is in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the people of Cambodia and Thailand, and also in line with the common expectations of the international community," said Lin Jian (林剑).
He said that China will continue to implement the Global Security Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping (习近平), in accordance with the direction determined by the China-Cambodia-Thailand Fuxian Lake (抚仙湖) meeting, provide active assistance in the Asian way for Cambodia and Thailand to achieve a sustainable ceasefire and improve bilateral relations, and make due efforts to maintain regional peace and stability and promote the construction of a community with a shared future in the neighborhood.
Return to TopOn January 5th, at the Sany Heavy Machinery Kunshan Industrial Park (三一重机昆山产业园) in Kunshan (昆山), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), hundreds of excavators were neatly lined up, waiting to be loaded and shipped to countries in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South America, Africa, and other regions.
Photo by Yuan Xinyu (袁新宇) (Visual China (视觉中国))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) January 5th dispatch (Reporter Zhang Yang (张洋)) To fully embody the care and warmth of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the Organization Department of the Central Committee recently allocated 400 million yuan from Party membership fees managed on behalf of the Central Committee, to be used for visits and慰问 activities during the 2026 New Year's Day and Spring Festival period.
The Organization Department of the Central Committee proposed that the targets of the visits and慰问 activities should be Party members, veteran Party members, and veteran cadres who have difficulties in their lives. All veteran Party members who joined the Party before the founding of the People's Republic of China should be visited and慰问. We must care for and cherish grassroots cadres, especially those working in areas with harsh conditions and on the front lines of urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks. We must do a good job in implementing the relevant treatments and conducting visits and慰问 to recipients of the "Medal of the Republic," the "July 1st Medal," national honorary titles, outstanding national Communist Party members, and outstanding national Party affairs workers. We must do a good job in visiting and慰问 the families of Party member cadres who sacrificed themselves on duty, providing care, assistance, and long-term support. The scope of visits and慰问 can be appropriately expanded to include caring for and assisting former village (community) Party organization secretaries, village (resident) committee directors, and extremely poor people impoverished due to illness. Visits and慰问 should be conducted to Party members with livelihood difficulties among newly employed groups, and grassroots Party affairs workers who are indeed in difficulty can also be visited and慰问.
The Organization Department of the Central Committee requires that Party organizations at all levels improve their political stance, strengthen organizational leadership, carry out visits and慰问 with heart and soul, do a good job of ideological and political work in a targeted manner, help solve practical difficulties within their capabilities, and strive to achieve the good result of "慰问 one person, warming one household, and带动 a whole area." All regions and departments (systems) must implement supporting funds, strengthen fund supervision, ensure that funds are used for their designated purpose, and ensure that they are distributed to the慰问 targets before the Spring Festival.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 申少铁 庞革平
In his 2026 New Year's message, President Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "In the past year, the rights and interests of new employment groups have been further guaranteed, age-appropriate renovations have brought convenience to the elderly, and childcare families have received an additional 300 yuan per month in subsidies."
"President Xi Jinping (习近平) specifically mentioned childcare subsidies in his New Year's message, which is so heartwarming!" On January 4, Liao Lizhan (廖立战), a villager from Taitong Village (太同村), Qingfeng Town (庆丰镇), Gangbei District (港北区), Guigang City (贵港市), Guangxi (广西), received a New Year's "big red envelope." His family has three children, and in 2025, 10,800 yuan in childcare subsidies was credited to his account. Looking at the information on his phone, he could not hide his joy: "This money is equivalent to more than two months of my salary. It will be easier to buy milk powder, complementary food, and diapers this year."
Liao Lizhan (廖立战) is a farmer who has parents above him and children below him. He has been working away from home for a long time. After the successive births of his three children, the family's expenses suddenly increased, and the pressure of life also increased.
Last August, after hearing that he could apply for childcare subsidies, Liao Lizhan (廖立战) applied on the WeChat "Childcare Subsidy" mini-program, scanning and uploading his ID card, children's birth certificates, and other documents, and waiting for the system to review them.
On January 5, after the 2026 childcare subsidy application was opened, Liao Lizhan (廖立战) submitted his application early in the morning. "Just click 'Renew Application,' the process is very simple," Liao Lizhan (廖立战) said happily.
Guigang City (贵港市) is one of the pilot cities for childcare subsidies in the country. As of now, the issuance rate of childcare subsidies in Guigang City (贵港市) in 2025 has reached 93.74%.
A reporter learned from the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) that the 2026 childcare subsidy application was fully opened on January 5. Any infants and young children who meet the application conditions can apply online through the "Childcare Subsidy" mini-program on Alipay and WeChat platforms, the childcare subsidy application zone on the government service platform of the province where the infant and young child's household registration is located, or they can apply offline at the township or street where the infant and young child's household registration is located.
The online application for the 2026 childcare subsidy is more convenient. The National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) actively promotes the convenience of the information management system. The system has added a one-click renewal function, that is, applicants for infants and young children who have already applied for childcare subsidies in 2025 and meet the conditions for continuing to apply in the new year can continue to apply. If the information has not changed, they can directly perform the one-click renewal operation; if the information has changed, they only need to click to modify it, and the system will automatically bring in the first application information, and the applicant only needs to modify and submit the changed content. The application progress can be viewed at any time after the application. Online application platforms such as Alipay also provide a "Childcare Subsidy Calculator" function, and applicants can easily calculate the total amount of subsidies that can be applied for by entering the infant's date of birth.
In order to reduce the burden of childcare, alleviate fertility anxiety, and release fertility potential, in July 2025, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中办) and the General Office of the State Council (国办) issued the "Implementation Plan for the Childcare Subsidy System," which clearly stipulates that from January 1, 2025, a subsidy of 3,600 yuan per child per year will be issued to infants and young children under the age of 3 who are born in compliance with laws and regulations, until they reach the age of 3.
As of the end of 2025, 31 provinces have issued childcare subsidies, with more than 24 million people receiving them, and the issuance rate of childcare subsidies in 2025 is about 80%. In the next step, the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委) will work with relevant departments to guide various localities to accelerate the issuance work, complete the 2025 childcare subsidy issuance task as soon as possible, and do a good job in the 2026 childcare subsidy issuance work.
Return to TopBy: 肖 鹿
Thought is like flint; the more it is struck in practice, the more sparks it produces and the more brilliantly it shines.
The lengthy communication "The Story of Old Yang and Young Yang's Ideological 'Turns'," published on the front page of the *People's Daily* (《人民日报》) on January 5th, is quite enlightening.
Over the past decade, two successive chairmen of Hubei Chuyuan Group (湖北楚源集团), when they did not deeply understand the Party's innovative theories, the company's illegal discharge of pollutants was difficult to solve for a long time, and they "cried injustice and lay flat" when punished; after putting themselves in the situation, learning in a timely manner, and learning in connection with reality, they were determined to rectify the situation and then firmly promote green development.
The transformation of Chuyuan powerfully proves that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) is the "nutrition" for transforming the subjective world and the "key" for transforming the objective world. Only by truly learning and believing in the Party's innovative theories, internalizing them in our minds, can we find the breakthrough point for starting a business and be able to handle complex and volatile situations with ease.
Old problems and new challenges emerge one after another, and problems in development and troubles in transformation follow one after another. How can we always maintain the initiative and then lead development and upgrading? General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) requires the vast number of Party members and cadres to "resolutely abandon all lazy thinking that clings to old ways of thinking, old concepts, old routines, and old methods, and resolutely oppose all lying-flat behaviors that are irresponsible, inactive, evasive, and unenterprising." This is of great guiding significance for ensuring high-quality development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Why do some people willingly become ideological slackers? They don't study or think deeply, and they rush forward with inertia, which is comfortable and easy.
Why can't we be ideological slackers? People are products of the times, and if their thinking can't keep up with the times, they will be like stepping on a watermelon rind, sliding wherever it takes them.
High-quality development is the primary task, and a high-quality life is what the people expect. Clinging to the old way of thinking of sacrificing the environment for growth in the "era of scarcity," believing in "empiricism," and thinking that "it was okay to do this in the past, so there's no need to change it now," and being slow to respond to new policies and new requirements, isn't that like 刻舟求剑 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn - "carve boat seek sword," acting foolishly; trying to fit changing circumstances to a fixed standard)?
Adhering to the organic unity of the rule of law and the rule of the Party according to regulations, the Party's conduct, the government's conduct, and the social atmosphere have been renewed. If we do not promptly grasp the new dynamics and new requirements of work style construction and accurately grasp the inherent unity of the Party's discipline and entrepreneurship, how can we advance the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in depth?
The ancients said that people grow old and decline if they do not learn. The aging of people is not only in age, but also in the mind. Ideological laziness leads to slow action. Only by learning comprehensively and systematically, learning in a timely manner, learning with in-depth thinking, and learning in connection with reality, and mastering the Party's innovative theories, can we avoid falling into the trap of knowing little and being confused, not knowing and being blind, and being ignorant and chaotic.
An ideological "slacker" is bound to be a "dwarf" in action. Learning is not a one-day effort, and those who do not improve daily will surely regress daily. Live and learn, and your thinking will keep up, and your actions will be on point.
"Jointly grasp major protection and not engage in large-scale development" is the main theme of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带). Does not engaging in large-scale development mean not developing? The "Two Mountains" theory precisely transcends the traditional Western binary opposition. By learning comprehensively and viewing things objectively and dialectically, we will be more determined to take the path of ecological priority and green development, and our steps will be more solid.
Developing new quality productive forces is an inherent requirement and an important focus for promoting high-quality development, and a broad consensus has been formed. When developing new quality productive forces, are we only focusing on the "new three items"? Should traditional industries be "abandoned altogether"? Learning superficially makes it easy to mechanically copy. Only by learning systematically and in connection with reality can we understand the great wisdom of "developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions."
Without precedents to follow and without ready-made textbooks to copy, promoting Chinese-style modernization (中国式现代化) must not 守株待兔 (shǒu zhū dài tù - "guard stump wait rabbit," to rely on luck or wait idly for opportunities), but must boldly explore in practice, seek the truth of objective reality, and strive for the reality of benefiting the people. "If our Party had one hundred to two hundred comrades who systematically rather than piecemeal, practically rather than emptily, learned Marxism-Leninism, it would greatly increase our Party's combat power"!
The more deeply we learn, the clearer our thinking becomes, and the more determined our actions become. By putting ourselves in the situation, putting our work in the situation, and putting our responsibilities in the situation, mastering the fundamental skills of Marxism, and understanding the laws, clarifying the direction, learning the methods, and increasing wisdom from the Party's innovative theories, our cause will surely be invincible.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Zhao Bing (赵兵)) The National Conference of Ministers of Propaganda was held in Beijing (北京) on the 5th. Cai Qi (蔡奇), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, fully implement Xi Jinping (习近平)'s cultural thought, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards." We must focus on deepening the study and publicity of the Party's innovative theories, focus on improving the guiding ability of mainstream public opinion, focus on promoting and practicing the core socialist values, focus on promoting the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, and focus on enhancing the communication and influence of Chinese civilization, so as to provide a strong ideological guarantee, strong spiritual strength, and favorable cultural conditions for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has adhered to grasping the work of propaganda and ideology from a strategic and overall perspective. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has presided over a series of important meetings, delivered a series of important speeches, and put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments, forming Xi Jinping (习近平)'s cultural thought, leading the propaganda and ideological culture to achieve historic achievements in the new era. We must further grasp the study and implementation, fully implement the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee on building a strong cultural country, and promote a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan" for propaganda and ideological culture work.
Cai Qi (蔡奇) emphasized that it is necessary to unswervingly use Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen the soul, and improve the work system of arming the whole Party, educating the people, and guiding practice with the Party's innovative theories. Do a good job in news and public opinion, put economic propaganda in an important position, strengthen public opinion response and guidance, consolidate the responsibility system for ideological work, and consolidate and expand the mainstream ideological public opinion of self-confidence, self-improvement, unity, and striving. Continue to enhance the guiding and shaping power of socialist core values, and promote ideological and political work. Deepen the reform of the cultural system and mechanism, develop new cultural formats, and promote the deep integration of culture and tourism. Improve the effectiveness of network ecology governance and strengthen the construction of network civilization. Strengthen the construction of international communication capabilities, and tell the story of China in the new era truthfully, three-dimensionally, and comprehensively. Adhere to and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, promote the anti-corruption struggle and the construction of work style, and provide a strong political guarantee for creating a new situation in propaganda and ideological culture work.
Li Shulei (李书磊), a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部), presided over the meeting and made work arrangements, emphasizing the need to deeply study and practice Xi Jinping (习近平)'s cultural thought, deepen the study, research, publicity, and interpretation of the Party's innovative theories, accelerate the systematic transformation of mainstream media, improve the ability and level of doing ideological and political work, prosper new mass literature and art under the conditions of the Internet, promote the systematic protection of cultural heritage with landmark reform measures, vigorously promote national reading and the construction of a book-fragrant society, coordinate the promotion of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction, actively build an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of international communication, and promote the digital and intelligent empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction, with a high sense of responsibility and mission to implement the tasks.
Tie Ning (铁凝), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and State Councilor Shen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 5th (Reporter Li Longyi (李龙伊)) As the new year begins, the People's Liberation Army (解放军) and the Armed Police Force (武警部队) have launched their new year's military training. On training grounds across the country, all officers and soldiers of the army are working hard to improve their ability to win battles, establishing a clear orientation towards realistic combat.
Taking combat as the guide for training, focusing on "reality". The troops construct realistic battlefield environments, setting up sudden emergencies and dangerous situations, allowing officers and soldiers to strengthen their combat skills and temper their excellent work style in real combat readiness; commanders organize all-element, all-system training under complex conditions, practicing command, coordination, and support... Through difficult and strict training, the ideological foundation of "always being ready for battle" is more solid.
Driven by technology, moving towards "new". On land, drones cross "enemy" formations to drop bombs and create smoke screens, guiding infantry assaults; at sea, new main battle ships carry out multi-subject realistic comprehensive offensive and defensive exercises; in the air, multi-type aircraft formations carry out beyond-visual-range precision strikes... The future has arrived, and advanced combat capabilities deeply empower military training.
All officers and soldiers of the army, with firm determination and solid training, continue to forge the hard-core ability to fight and win battles, launching a new charge towards the goal.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 5th (Reporter Yan Yiqiao (闫伊乔)) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education (教育部): On January 5th, the National Student Information Management System for Primary and Secondary Schools completed its iterative update and was officially upgraded and launched. The upgraded student information system provides education administrative departments and schools at all levels with a standardized, centralized, collaborative, and convenient digital platform for student status management.
This upgrade of the National Student Information Management System for Primary and Secondary Schools has achieved four significant improvements: First, business processing is more convenient. It integrates core businesses such as student registration, generation, transfer, promotion, and graduation, realizing a full-process "one-stop online service." The efficiency of inter-provincial transfer processing has been greatly improved compared to before the system upgrade, effectively reducing the burden on grassroots work and accelerating services for the public. Second, student information is more accurate. It optimizes identity information deduplication and improves the comparison mechanism with the national population basic information database, solving problems such as duplicate student records and empty student records from the source, and significantly shortening the distribution cycle of national formal student ID numbers. Third, education management is more scientific. Massive amounts of fresh and active student status data not only serve the effective implementation of compulsory education to ensure school attendance, student financial aid, funding guarantees, and examination enrollment, but also provide strong support for the construction of the national population database, the implementation of the "child education special additional deduction" for individual income tax reform, the efficient anti-trafficking efforts of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) "Reunion Action," and the student status verification for student sports events across industries. Fourth, data information is more secure. The system has established strict security management systems, implemented hierarchical authorization of accounts, complete operation traceability, and sealing of long-term unused accounts, strictly protecting students' personal information and building a solid data security defense line.
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The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests "implementing projects to strengthen primary-level medical and health services" and "strengthening operational support for county-level and primary-level medical institutions."
Anhui Province relies on the construction of close-knit county medical communities to allow more people to enjoy high-quality medical services at their doorsteps. As of now, the consultation rate within Anhui's counties has reached over 90%, the proportion of inpatient visits within counties is nearly 80%, and the proportion of primary-level diagnosis and treatment volume is nearly 60%.
Lu'an City, Huoshan County—
Unified Management, Expansion and Downward Shift of Medical Resources
In Huoshan County (霍山县), Lu'an City (六安市), Anhui Province, at the Erjie Town (儿街镇) Central Health Center, Wang (王) Da-ye (大爷), a resident of Erjie Community (儿街社区), presented a silk banner, saying, "I'm here today to thank Dean Pan (潘) in person."
Some time ago, after hearing that Pan (潘) Jiadong (家东), the president of the Huoshan County (霍山县) Medical Community General Hospital, was holding consultations at the town health center every Wednesday, Wang (王) Da-ye (大爷), who was suffering from abdominal pain, came to see him. After further examination, Wang (王) Da-ye (大爷) was diagnosed with colon cancer.
"Having surgery, wouldn't that have to be in the county hospital? My family would have to run back and forth to take care of me," Wang (王) Da-ye (大爷) hesitated.
"Don't worry, the medical conditions at the town health center fully meet the standards. You can have surgery right at your doorstep, and I'll be the chief surgeon," Pan (潘) Jiadong's (家东) words reassured Wang (王) Da-ye (大爷).
After surgical treatment, Wang (王) Da-ye (大爷) recovered smoothly.
Huoshan County (霍山县) is located in a mountainous area and is quite large. It takes several hours to travel from the most remote townships to the county seat by car. In August 2023, Huoshan County (霍山县) Hospital Group and County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Group merged to form the Huoshan County (霍山县) Medical Community General Hospital, which governs 17 township health centers, 134 village clinics, and 5 community health service centers, building a close-knit county medical community.
"Under the guidance and assistance of the medical community, a number of town health centers have created primary-level specialty departments based on their actual conditions, and experts from the general hospital also regularly hold consultations at township health centers every week," Pan (潘) Jiadong (家东) said.
Huaibei City, Suixi County—
Township-Employed, Village-Based, Supporting and Guaranteeing the Village Doctor Team
Early in the morning, Li (李) Xiuping (秀萍), a village doctor from Daokou Village (道口村), Baishan Town (百善镇), Suixi County (濉溪县), Huaibei City (淮北市), Anhui Province, arrived at the village health clinic on time. "There are many elderly people in the village, and they get up early, so we come a little earlier too," Li (李) Xiuping (秀萍) said.
More than 20 years ago, after graduating from health school, Li (李) Xiuping (秀萍) returned to work at the Daokou Village (道口村) health clinic. Starting in 2025, Suixi County (濉溪县) incorporated village health clinics into the extended medical service points of township health centers, comprehensively promoting the "township-employed, village-based" model for the village doctor team. Thanks to this, Li (李) Xiuping (秀萍) became an employee of the township health center.
"In the past, village doctors' incomes were unstable, and their monthly salaries mainly depended on the number of outpatient visits," said Yan (闫) Huaren (化仁), deputy director of the Suixi County (濉溪县) Health Commission. "Now, village health clinics are uniformly managed by township health centers, and subsidy income and medical income are included in special accounts for management. Basic salaries for village doctors are calculated and distributed according to their professional titles and years of service, and social insurance is uniformly handled, so their benefits are more guaranteed."
"'Township-employed, village-based' means that the county and town also send doctors to the villages every month to provide business guidance," Li (李) Xiuping (秀萍) said. "Our skills have improved, and our professional identity is also stronger."
Currently, among the 223 village health clinics in Suixi County (濉溪县), more than 95% have completed the registration changes for service point practice licenses, and 784 village doctors enjoy the "township-employed, village-based" benefits.
Wuhu City, Fanchang District—
Close Collaboration, Convenient and Efficient Consultation and Referral
In Fanchang District (繁昌区) People's Hospital in Wuhu City (芜湖市), Anhui Province, there is a "Expert Wall for Consultation and Referral Services," and the doctors displayed on it have one thing in common: they all come from hospitals outside Fanchang District (繁昌区).
Sun (孙) Chunjing (春景), a member of the Party Committee of the Fanchang District (繁昌区) Health Commission, introduced that in April 2023, the district piloted the establishment of a district-level consultation and referral service center, which has now signed contracts with hundreds of medical experts from outside the district.
Chen (陈) Xiaoyue (晓月) is from Guoren Village (郭仁村), Pingpu Town (平铺镇), Fanchang District (繁昌区). After graduating, she worked in another province. A few months ago, she had an electronic colonoscopy, and the results showed that she had colon polyps and needed surgery.
Considering that it would be inconvenient to have surgery alone in another place, Chen (陈) Xiaoyue (晓月) immediately contacted Cong (从) Hongze (宏泽), the village doctor of Guoren Village (郭仁村). Cong (从) Hongze (宏泽) used the consultation and referral mechanism to send Chen (陈) Xiaoyue's (晓月) situation to the Fanchang District (繁昌区) Consultation and Referral Service Center.
The service center immediately organized consultations with experts inside and outside the district. "For patients received through the consultation and referral mechanism, the hospital not only registers and makes appointments with doctors for them in advance, but also arranges staff to provide escort services," said Chen (陈) Jianhua (建华), director of the Fanchang District (繁昌区) Consultation and Referral Service Center. Chen (陈) Xiaoyue (晓月) underwent endoscopic polypectomy by an expert and was successfully discharged from the hospital.
"The consultation and referral service center fully realizes the rapid transmission and sharing of patient information, greatly shortening patients' waiting time," said Zheng (郑) Haifeng (海峰), director of the Fanchang District (繁昌区) Health Commission.
"We will comprehensively promote the quality and upgrading of the construction of close-knit county medical communities, promote the integration of counties and townships, villages, and cities and counties, so that the masses can enjoy high-quality medical and health services at their doorsteps," said Liu (刘) Tongzhu (同柱), Party Secretary of the Anhui Provincial Health Commission.
This issue is coordinated by: Chen (陈) Zhen (震)
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The construction of county medical communities is an important means to promote hierarchical medical treatment and safeguard the health of the masses "at their doorstep." The key lies in integrating medical resources at the county, township, and village levels, promoting the sinking of high-quality resources and the efficient utilization of resources within the county, and consolidating the grassroots health defense line.
By the end of 2025, more than 3,000 closely-knit county medical communities have been built and operated nationwide, covering a population of over 900 million. The consultation rate within the county and the amount of grassroots diagnosis and treatment have steadily increased, initially realizing "grassroots examination, higher-level diagnosis," and the convenience and sense of gain for the masses in seeking medical treatment have continued to increase.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, deepening the reform of county medical communities requires focusing on key areas and continuing to exert efforts. Deepen institutional and mechanism innovation, improve the coordinated development mechanism of medical treatment, medical insurance, and medicine, optimize medical insurance payment methods, and build a community with shared responsibilities and shared benefits; innovate personnel and salary systems, strengthen talent training and incentives, promote digital transformation, and promote the balanced sinking of high-quality resources; promote the transformation of service models, gradually establish an evaluation system oriented towards residents' health outcomes, and promote the integration of medical treatment and prevention, so that county medical communities can better safeguard the health of the masses.
(The author is a professor at the School of Government Management of Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学), and this article was compiled from an interview with Chen Zhen (陈震), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopAccording to reports from Beijing (北京) on January 5th (Liu Shiyao (刘诗瑶) and Zhan Kang (占康) of this newspaper), China's first astronaut cave training, led and organized by the China Astronaut Research and Training Center (中国航天员科研训练中心), recently concluded successfully in Wulong District (武隆区), Chongqing (重庆). During the training, a total of 28 astronauts, divided into 4 groups, completed 6 days and 5 nights of cave training. Through scenario design close to actual mission conditions, intensive training models, and various technological innovations, the content of China's astronaut training system has been innovatively enriched. The training has practically honed the astronauts' comprehensive ability to cope with extreme environments, providing strong support for astronauts to perform longer-duration flights on space stations and manned lunar landing missions in the future.
It is reported that the cave environment has similarities with the extreme conditions of space, such as isolation, confinement, and high risk. Astronauts must experience traversing extremely narrow passages, climbing and rappelling down cliffs, long-term exposure to damp and cold stimuli, and extreme physical fitness tests. They must also overcome many challenges such as fear of darkness and sensory deprivation.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 谷业凯
Guangdong Jiangmen (广东江门), 700 meters underground, China's leading neutrino experiment device released its first physical result. Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician Wang Yifang (王贻芳) believes: "In the next few decades, it will continue to produce significant results."
Guizhou Liupanshui (贵州六盘水), the world's first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide generator set was successfully put into commercial operation. In the view of Huang Yanping (黄彦平), chief scientist of China National Nuclear Corporation (中核集团): "Technological innovation requires the courage to break through."
From basic research to tackling key core technologies, from scenario-driven to application enablement... China's economic momentum is stronger and its vitality is fully demonstrated.
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary, emphasized: "Chinese-style modernization must be supported by scientific and technological modernization, and achieving high-quality development must rely on scientific and technological innovation to cultivate new driving forces." The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2025 proposed, "Adhere to innovation-driven development and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces."
Cultivating and expanding new driving forces is both what is needed now and what the future depends on. At the beginning of the new year, various regions and departments are accelerating the promotion of new momentum gathering and the expansion of new industries, developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and injecting lasting impetus into high-quality development.
Extend the industrial chain and broaden the competition track.
Expand and improve the construction of international science and technology innovation centers.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (京津冀), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) are important sources of power leading the country's high-quality development. The Central Economic Work Conference proposed, "Build international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (Yangtze River Delta), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."
In the core area of Tianjin Tiankai High-level Science and Education Industrial Park (天津天开高教科创园), a neurosurgical robot is accelerating the completion of type inspection. "Based on the fully self-developed intelligent planning system and lidar rapid registration technology, this robot can be used for assisting craniocerebral puncture in the operating room," said Wang Hong (王宏), a researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (中国医学科学院生物医学工程研究所).
Beitian Medical Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (北天医疗科技（天津）有限公司), founded by Wang Hong (王宏), is an epitome of the deep integration and collaborative optimization of innovation elements in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
"Tiankai Group (天开集团), which is responsible for the operation of the park, works with drug regulatory departments to provide 'advanced intervention' services for production licenses to ensure that production can begin as soon as the registration certificate is obtained," Wang Hong (王宏) said. The expansion of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center (北京国际科技创新中心) to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will help companies connect with local medical resources and accelerate the expansion of application scenarios.
Ma Zifeng (马紫峰), a distinguished professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), has a deep understanding of the expansion and improvement of the "three major centers." A few years ago, through the reform of empowering scientific and technological achievements, Ma Zifeng (马紫峰) founded Zhejiang Na Innovation Energy Co., Ltd. (浙江钠创新能源有限公司). "We are accelerating the concept verification test of sodium-ion batteries with companies such as CATL (宁德时代) and BYD (比亚迪). The first phase of the 40,000-ton sodium-ion battery electrode material production line invested and constructed in Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江), has been put into operation in 2025, which will provide support for the safety of the new energy industry."
In Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), there is a saying that the components needed to produce a mobile phone can all be assembled within a one-hour "commute circle" in Huaqiangbei (华强北). Today, the updating and extension of the industrial chain demonstrates the competitiveness of Shenzhen (深圳) and even the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) on the "new track."
Shenzhen Jialichuang Technology Group Co., Ltd. (深圳嘉立创科技集团股份有限公司) is an electronics manufacturing company that grew up from a "one-meter counter" in Huaqiangbei (华强北). "Our printed circuit boards help the rapid iteration of commercial aerospace avionics systems, and the newly launched self-developed electrical design software has achieved a new breakthrough in 'software-defined manufacturing'," the company's负责人 introduced. Jialichuang (嘉立创) has served more than 7.1 million users in more than 180 countries and regions, covering emerging industries such as robotics and new energy vehicles.
In recent years, China has accelerated the construction of international science and technology innovation centers. In the 2025 ranking of the world's top 100 innovation clusters, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai-Suzhou ranked first, fourth, and sixth respectively. "The strategic upgrade of international science and technology innovation centers to geographically connected city clusters is conducive to better integrating resources and creating world-class innovation sources," said Liu Dongmei (刘冬梅), Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (中国科学技术发展战略研究院).
Data is a powerful proof. In 2025, the proportion of China's hot papers in the world exceeded half for the first time, the number of domestic valid invention patents exceeded 5 million, and China's ranking in the global innovation index rose from 34th in 2012 to 10th in 2025, becoming one of the economies with the fastest improvement in innovation in more than 10 years.
Looking at the whole country from the "three major centers," the original innovation capability has been significantly enhanced, original achievements continue to emerge, and high-level scientific and technological supply is becoming an important engine for cultivating and developing new quality productive forces and promoting new momentum for high-quality development, providing a "source of living water" for innovation-driven development.
Promote transformation and upgrading, and help deep integration.
Accelerate the layout of a modern industrial system.
High-quality development cannot be separated from industrial support, and a modern industrial system is the material and technical foundation of Chinese-style modernization.
The Central Economic Work Conference proposed, "Formulate an action plan for expanding and improving the quality of the service industry," "Implement a new round of high-quality development actions for key industrial chains," and "Deepen and expand 'Artificial Intelligence +'," and the construction of a modern industrial system continues to advance.
Feeding, flipping, aligning, positioning, welding... On the 150-meter-long production line of Shandong Fangyin Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (山东方垠智能制造有限公司), it takes only one hour for a steel plate to be processed into an "H-shaped" structural part. "We cooperate with Inspur Digital Enterprise Technology Co., Ltd. (浪潮数字企业技术有限公司) to realize the deep mapping and real-time feedback of production factors and digital twin systems, which reduces production costs by 18% and increases production efficiency by 20%," said Lu Zhaoqing (逯兆庆), general manager of the company.
In recent years, the application and innovation of information technology have been active, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry. "The deep integration of modern service industry and advanced manufacturing industry will effectively promote the extension and value-added of the industrial chain and the improvement of the level of intelligence and digitalization," said Wei Daisen (魏代森), general manager of Inspur Digital Enterprise (浪潮数字企业).
At present, China's scientific and technological support capabilities are constantly enhanced, laying a good foundation for industrial development. In November 2025, the added value of China's equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.7% year-on-year, and the production index of information transmission, software and information technology service industry increased by 12.9% year-on-year. From January to November 2025, the added value of China's high-tech manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 9.2% year-on-year.
Technological frontiers such as artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence are accelerating breakthroughs, and their leading role in industrial upgrading is enhanced. In the first 11 months of 2025, the added value of China's intelligent consumer equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.6%, and new products such as AI glasses and AI mobile phones were in short supply.
"The basic model will not be available until 45 days later." A new AI glasses is placed in a Shanghai (上海) electronics store, attracting many consumers to experience it. "Our new assembly production line has been put into operation and is running at full capacity in order to catch up with the Spring Festival consumption boom," introduced Jin Xian (晋显), product manager of Quark AI glasses.
From unmanned mines to flexible production lines, from smart factories to zero-carbon terminals, traditional industries are prospering because of "new", emerging industries are moving towards "new", and future industries are accelerating their layout. Among them, enterprises are playing an increasingly important role.
Not long ago, three experts from private enterprises were elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院), setting a new high for the number of academicians elected from private enterprises in a single session. "Many private enterprises undertake major national tasks, participate in the construction of national science and technology innovation platforms, and devote themselves to international science and technology innovation competition, and gradually grow into an important force for scientific research exploration," said Wu Kai (吴凯), academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief scientist of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (宁德时代新能源科技股份有限公司).
In the view of Wan Jinbo (万劲波), a researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院科技战略咨询研究院), to strengthen the innovation subject status of enterprises, it is necessary to further promote the aggregation of innovation resources to enterprises and continuously improve China's scientific and technological competitiveness, industrial base capabilities and the modernization level of the industrial chain.
Find the right position and show cluster advantages.
Develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions.
Developing new quality productive forces is the inherent requirement and important focus of promoting high-quality development. The Central Economic Work Conference proposed, "Develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions."
In the "Eastern Data and Western Computing" industrial park in Qingyang (庆阳), Gansu (甘肃), the cabinets are neatly arranged, and the numbers on the large screen are jumping in real time. In an instant, massive data undergoes complex calculations, allowing the creative design team in Guangdong (广东) to complete the ultra-fine rendering of 3D models.
Qingyang (庆阳) is rich in energy resources, but its industrial structure has long been relatively simple. After the launch of the "Eastern Data and Western Computing" project, Qingyang (庆阳) relied on its own advantages to rank among the top ten data center clusters in the country. In the process of development, Qingyang (庆阳) focused on the construction of computing infrastructure and implemented unified planning and management. The local government launched innovative policies in a timely manner, giving rise to new business forms and models such as smart medical care and the low-altitude economy. At present, the local data center has a rack scale of 37,000 racks, and all computing power has achieved "immediate consumption upon commissioning."
New quality productive forces have become the focus of local layouts. Hebei (河北) proposed to accelerate the cultivation of industries such as biomedicine and electronic information; Sichuan (四川) proposed to strengthen national strategic emerging industrial clusters such as biomedicine and rail transit equipment...
"In the face of major opportunities for innovative development, all regions need to find their own position in the national strategic layout and integrate into the national innovation network," said Mu Rongping (穆荣平), chairman of the Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policy (中国科学学与科技政策研究会).
Adhering to innovation-driven development and accelerating the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces, China, which is moving towards "new" in the new year, will surely hand in a wonderful answer sheet for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
(Reporter Song Chaojun (宋朝军) of this newspaper participated in the writing)
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New, a word to understand today's China.
Scientific research records are continuously being "refreshed," major national instruments are constantly being "updated," and traditional industries are continuously being "renovated"... The daily renewal of society stems from the surging innovation.
A set of figures marks the vitality of innovation and creation in the new era: In 2025, China ranked among the top ten in the global innovation index for the first time, making it one of the fastest-growing economies in terms of innovation in more than a decade.
The confidence in innovation has sufficient foundation support. The world's largest R&D personnel team is a deep talent pool; the largest number of global top 100 science and technology innovation clusters is the technological accumulation of many years. Bio-manufacturing, quantum technology, embodied intelligence, 6G... Many fields have achieved a leap from quantitative change to qualitative change, from following to leading, continuously injecting "acceleration" into high-level scientific and technological self-reliance.
There is both the steady confidence of accumulated strength, and the vigorous vitality of continuous growth. From experts from private enterprises being elected as academicians, to various business entities transforming into innovation entities, the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation injects vigorous vitality into economic development. Looking to the future, the construction of international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing (北京) (Jing-Jin-Ji), Shanghai (上海) (Yangtze River Delta), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is like embedding three development "engines," laying a solid foundation for cultivating new quality productive forces and providing impetus for promoting high-quality development.
An innovative China, with abundant confidence and flying vitality.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王崟欣
At 9 p.m., the office of Mido Microworm Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. in the "Model Speed Space" large model innovation ecosystem community in Shanghai was bustling. After just finalizing a plan with the delivery team, Liu Yidong (刘益东), the company's head, sat down with the algorithm team to discuss function development.
Mido Microworm is one of the first companies to move into "Model Speed Space," focusing on the research and application of large models in vertical fields such as office work, marketing, and urban governance. In April 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) came to "Model Speed Space" for research, and Liu Yidong was on site. "The General Secretary's encouragement strengthened our confidence and made our direction clearer—technology and talent are our core strengths." Liu Yidong introduced that in the past six months or so, the intelligent agent application "Moli Tong," developed based on independently developed large models, has been iterated to the fourth version, and the company's overall business volume has increased significantly.
Walking out of the office, many of the lights in "Model Speed Space" were still on. In the scattered lights, there are the struggles and dreams of entrepreneurs like Liu Yidong. Looking forward to 2026, Liu Yidong is full of expectations, "In the new year, we will also increase investment in data and algorithms to allow users to feel the efficiency of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is a young career, and it is also a career for young people. We, this group of young people, must continue to struggle and shine with youthful brilliance on the stage of promoting Chinese-style modernization."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 徐 靖
Inside the nation's first quantum chip production line, located on Yunfei Road in Hefei, Anhui (安徽合肥云飞路), Dr. Jia Zhilong (贾志龙), the head of the chip development team for the "Origin Wukong" superconducting quantum computer, puts on a dustproof suit, passes through the air shower, and enters the clean room. Under the microscope, the nanostructures of the new generation of quantum chips are clearly visible, and he carefully fine-tunes the final process parameters.
"Since the 'Origin Wukong' went online, it has completed more than 700,000 computing tasks worldwide," Jia Zhilong (贾志龙) said. "This shows that China's quantum computing power has entered a usable stage."
High-end equipment cannot be bought; it can only be built ourselves. In 2023, from blueprints to products, the team developed the first domestic dedicated laser annealing instrument and non-destructive probe instrument for quantum chip production. "We must hold the key core technologies in our own hands," Jia Zhilong (贾志龙) said. It is precisely by relying on independent research and development of the entire chain from design to manufacturing that the team has achieved the leap from samples to products.
From achieving a breakthrough in medium-scale manufacturing capabilities to completing a large number of quantum computing tasks worldwide, and then to tackling the next generation of chips, each breakthrough has laid a solid foundation for stronger "Chinese computing power." Today, the team is working on the front line to promote more efficient integration of control circuits and chips.
"Use today's meticulous work to exchange for tomorrow's development initiative," Jia Zhilong (贾志龙) said. In the new year, he and his team are ready to sprint towards the next peak in this climb to the forefront of science and technology.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 方 圆
Late at night, the laboratories of Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学) are brightly lit. Students are enthusiastically discussing around the sketch of the "Lilac-3 (紫丁香三号)" satellite. Students from majors such as Aircraft Design and Engineering, Microelectronics, and Electrical Engineering are proposing creative and feasible solutions based on their professional knowledge.
This scene is the daily life of the HIT (哈工大) Lilac Student Micro-Nano Satellite Team. This team, composed of university students, independently completes satellite design, research and development, and control, and has sent multiple satellites into space in more than 10 years.
"At the beginning of the team's establishment, we set the 'multi-disciplinary mixed' model, giving full play to the advantages of interdisciplinary integration and complementary advantages, and exploring a talent training model that deeply integrates industry and education," said Wu Fan (吴凡), a professor at the School of Astronautics of HIT (哈工大) and the team's instructor.
"'Promoting the development of education, science and technology, and talent in an integrated manner' is not an abstract concept, but a concrete educational practice. Just like the 'Lilac (紫丁香)' open and collaborative innovation platform, students grow into outstanding talents in creating scientific and technological value, and the emergence of talents will promote the development of education and science and technology," said Cao Xibin (曹喜滨), Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (中国工程院) and director of the team's steering committee.
"We plan to combine the development trend of commercial aerospace, and jointly build an open innovation collaboration platform with enterprises, research institutes, etc., so that students from more disciplines and majors can participate and grow," Wu Fan (吴凡) and his members are full of expectations for the new year.
Return to TopThis issue coordinated by: Zhi Chunli (智春丽), Xiao Yao (肖遥)
Layout design: Wang Zheping (汪哲平)
By: 本报记者 汪志球 郑智文
On the podium, cultural scholar Cao Baoming (曹保明), combined a series of books to describe the charm of Northeast folk culture; between the bookshelves, students shuttled through special areas such as the People's Education Press (人民教育出版社) and China National Geographic (中国国家地理), picking out a book to read... In Changchun (长春), Jilin Province (吉林省), the newly opened "Zhe You Shu (这有书)" cultural space is not only a new place for readers to read and buy books, but also a new platform for cultural sharing.
The most fragrant books can lead to a distant future. In recent years, Jilin has attached great importance to national reading work, innovatively promoted the construction of "physical bookstores + civilization practice + reading space," actively carried out rich national reading activities, and solidly guaranteed the rights and interests of national reading covering urban and rural areas. The fragrance of books permeates the mountains and rivers of Jilin.
Upgrading reading spaces and optimizing national reading services
In Changchun, the Xinhua Bookstore Chongqing Road Store (新华书店重庆路店), which has gone through nearly 80 years of wind and rain, now has a new name - "Dong Shufang · Xinhua Leisure Bookstore (东书房·新华休闲书店)."
The store name has been updated, and the interior has been renewed. The bookstore has added more than a hundred leisure seats, and cleverly used the space near the windows and corners to create multiple leisure reading areas. "There are more spaces in the store where you can sit down and read, which is very pleasant." In the afternoon, the sun shines on the windowsill, and citizen Chen Yu (陈宇) sits quietly with a book, enjoying reading time.
In recent years, Jilin Provincial Xinhua Bookstore Group (吉林省新华书店集团) has upgraded and transformed existing bookstores, focusing on the layout of five major differentiated bookstores in Changchun: "East, West, South, North, and Central," each with different themes and prominent characteristics. "Dong Shufang upgrades hardware and services, Xi Shufang focuses on academic art, Nan Shufang integrates retro style with cultural tourism check-in, Bei Shufang creates a professional poetry theme, and Zhong Shufang highlights local cultural and creative characteristics, forming a cultural pattern of 'book fragrance filling the city'." Wu Ronggang (吴荣刚), deputy manager of the chain direct sales center of Jilin Provincial Xinhua Bookstore Group, introduced that Jilin Provincial Xinhua Bookstore is accelerating its transformation from simply selling books to actively creating a composite cultural experience space integrating reading, salons, exhibitions, and cultural creativity.
With books as the medium, Jilin actively promotes the construction of "physical bookstores + civilization practice + reading space," turning 68 Xinhua bookstores into new era civilization practice bases, and creating 37 new types of reading spaces such as "bookstore + museum," "bookstore + community," and "bookstore + campus." "We continue to optimize national reading services, encourage physical bookstores to improve reading conditions and carry out reading activities, and give play to the national reading service function." Jiang Yang (姜洋), director of the Publishing Department of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (吉林省委宣传部), said.
At night, the lights are brightly lit in the Ji Yue Qi She Reading Room (吉阅七舍阅书房) in the south of Changchun. "It's close to home, there are many books, and it's convenient to read and borrow books." Primary school student Liu Entong (刘恩潼) is a regular here. In Jilin, city study rooms can be seen in shopping malls, parks, and communities. At present, Jilin has built a total of 151 city study rooms, which are built with government investment and with the participation of social forces, gathering forces to create a new type of public cultural space with beautified space, optimized functions, rich supply, and distinctive characteristics, becoming a good place for the public to read nearby. In the past two years, Jilin has also continuously launched a batch of high-quality cultural tourism books, and built Xiangji Tu (书香吉图) free reading points and Jitu Shufang (吉途书房) in 8 stations of the G331 Jilin section (G331吉林段), 2 stations of the Shenbai High-speed Railway (沈白高铁), and 80 highway service areas, so that citizens and tourists can also enjoy reading during their journey.
Integrating into daily life and deepening the promotion of national reading
"Mr. Xiang Bei (先生向北)", "A Brief History of Jilin (简明吉林历史)"... Changchun reader Wang Hao (王昊) talked about last year's book list, full of gains: "From summer to winter, a Northeast Book Fair (东北书博会) allowed me to purchase the entire year's reading list in one stop."
In the early summer of 2025, the Second Northeast Book Trade Fair was held in Changchun. During the 5 days, the Northeast Book Fair attracted nearly 800 cultural enterprises from inside and outside the province to participate, exhibiting and selling more than 400,000 kinds of publications, attracting more than 4.5 million online and offline visitors, with a cumulative transaction volume of about 234 million yuan.
"I like to sit next to the vegetable garden and read during the slack season, learning how to farm and reading history. Knowing that there is a fair, I want to come and read books as soon as possible." During the Northeast Book Fair, Chu Hongchang (初洪昌), an 82-year-old farmer from Gongzhuling City (公主岭市), Jilin Province, left home at 4 am and rushed to the exhibition hall early, "Reading allows me to understand the vast world even in the fields."
Meeting friends with books, in recent years, the Northeast Book Fair has gradually become an important cultural engine for centrally displaying the development achievements of the Northeast publishing industry, deeply promoting the popularization of national reading, and helping the regional cultural prosperity and development.
The promotion of national reading is not only about important activities, but also about integrating into daily life.
The community is filled with the fragrance of books. "What are some poems related to horses?" "'Spring breeze is proud of the horse's hooves' (春风得意马蹄疾)", "'In those years, with iron horses and golden spears, we swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger' (想当年，金戈铁马，气吞万里如虎)"... The host asked questions, and the audience actively answered. In the Yuanxiangshu Grid Party-Masses Service Station (原香墅网格党群服务站) in Qiaoxi Community (桥西社区), Meihekou City (梅河口市), Jilin Province, a classical poetry exchange and sharing meeting with the theme of "'Horse' Up Poetry · Elegant Rhyme Spreads (‘马’上寻诗·雅韵流芳)" is being held. "There are many children in the jurisdiction with strong reading needs. We hold reading sharing activities on a daily basis to plant the seeds of reading in their hearts." said Jiang Pinyu (姜品聿), the station director.
Ink rhyme floats between the fields. Setting up book stalls in the market, Shanyou Town (善友镇) in Songyuan City (松原市), Jilin Province, puts mobile libraries on the market to facilitate villagers who come to the market to read and borrow books. "Reading resources are 'alive' and cultural services are 'sinking', allowing wisps of book fragrance to permeate the countryside." said Yang Yizhong (杨依众), deputy mayor of Shanyou Town.
Jilin actively promotes the establishment of a reading promotion activity network covering the entire province, and has been deeply cultivating the "Xiangji Jilin (书香吉林)" reading season brand activity for 10 consecutive years, using benchmark activities to lead the popularization of reading trends.
Vertically connected, building a three-level linkage working mechanism at the provincial, municipal, and county levels, promoting the formation of a "one place, one brand, one place, one characteristic" full-domain reading ecology; horizontally united, the propaganda department deepens the coordinated linkage with departments such as education, trade unions, the Communist Youth League, women's federations, and disabled persons' federations, carefully creating "Reading Campus (阅动校园)" reading activities, "Chinese Dream · Labor Beauty - Reading Classic Good Books and Striving to Be Era Craftsmen (中国梦·劳动美——阅读经典好书、争当时代工匠)" employee creative reading activities, family parent-child reading activities, "Ji Xiaohong Reading Online (吉小红阅读在线)" and other distinctive and audience-targeted national reading brand activities, realizing all-round and wide coverage of reading promotion services. "We will focus on building 'reading +' public cultural living room scenes covering urban and rural areas and along transportation routes, and deliver reading services to every corner of social life." said Wang Di (王迪), Deputy Minister of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department and Director of the Provincial Press and Publication (Copyright) Bureau (吉林省新闻出版（版权）局).
Facing all types of groups, strengthening national reading guarantees
In the Nongjia Shuwu (农家书屋, farmer's bookstore) of Chuangye Village (创业村), Xianghai Mongolian Ethnic Township (向海蒙古族乡), Tongyu County (通榆县), Jilin Province, a calligraphy plaque with the words "Let Culture Lead Tomorrow (让文化引领明天)" hangs on the door of the reading room. "Reading is even more needed in the countryside. Villagers gain knowledge and feel the weight of culture through reading." said Lin Haijiang (林海江), the administrator of the Nongjia Shuwu.
In 2017, Lin Haijiang transformed his own idle house into a bookstore, which had only more than 200 books at that time. With the joint support of various parties, the bookstore now has more than 5,300 books, attracting many villagers to read here.
The change of a Nongjia Shuwu is an epitome of Jilin's efforts to strengthen national reading guarantees in recent years. Jilin arranges special financial funds every year, focusing on special groups such as students in difficulty, urban and rural people in difficulty, and people with disabilities, issuing 50,000 Huimin book purchase cards (惠民购书卡) and more than 100,000 electronic reading cards, effectively guaranteeing the basic reading rights and interests of all types of groups, and letting the light of reading warm society.
With a light click of the mouse, after logging into the "Ji Yue Wanjia (吉阅万家)" Huimin digital reading platform, medical journals immediately appeared on the screen. "As medical students, these free digital resources can help us broaden our channels for obtaining professional knowledge." said Jia Jinlu (贾金鹭), a student at Baicheng Medical College (白城医学高等专科学校).
In recent years, Jilin has broken through regional restrictions with a digital inclusive model, focusing on building the "Ji Yue Wanjia" Huimin digital reading platform, providing no less than 100 million articles (条) of online digital reading resources and audiobook services covering literature, science and technology, art and other fields for free; at the same time, it has opened up free use rights for college students in the province for a period of one year, supporting them to use online reading, academic retrieval and download services for massive resources such as journals, doctoral and master's theses, newspapers, conference literature, yearbooks, standards, patents, and reference books.
At present, Jilin has a total of 9,328 Nongjia Shuwu, 1,839 community reading spaces, 1,034 physical bookstores, 66 university libraries, 67 public libraries and other grass-roots cultural positions, building a reading system covering urban and rural areas, and fully guaranteeing the reading needs of all types of people. "Jilin strengthens systematic planning, deeply promotes the construction of a book-fragrant society, promotes more public cultural spaces to shoulder the task of national reading promotion, and at the same time prospers the publishing and book market, accelerating the formation of a cultural atmosphere in which the whole people love to read, read good books, and are good at reading." said Cao Lubao (曹路宝), member of the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 5th (Reporter Liu Botong (刘博通)) The Fourth Plenary Session of the 12th Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会) opened in Beijing (北京) on January 5th. The main tasks of the meeting are to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the spirit of the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) to the conference celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会), to review the work report of the Standing Committee of the 12th Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会) and the work report of the Central Internal Supervision Committee, and to elect supplementary vice chairmen, standing committee members, and members of the 12th Central Committee. Hao Mingjin (郝明金), Chairman of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会), delivered a work report on behalf of the Standing Committee of the 12th Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会).
Hao Mingjin (郝明金) pointed out that in 2025, under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, and under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会) deepened ideological and political construction, strengthened the quality and effectiveness of organizational construction, earnestly fulfilled the functions of a participating party closely aligned with the central tasks of the Party and the state, enhanced the ability to perform social service work, and promoted the high-quality development of various tasks with a rigorous and practical work style. In particular, it highlighted political leadership, unremittingly used Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen the soul; adhered to strict governance of the association, and solidly carried out the theme education of "studying regulations, strengthening work style, and establishing image"; continued its fine traditions, and grandly celebrated the 80th anniversary of the founding of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会); and focused on the implementation of work, and continued to promote standardized construction, achieving new achievements in self-construction and performance of duties.
Hao Mingjin (郝明金) emphasized that 2026 is the opening year for the implementation of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan." The China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会) must always take studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the primary political task, more deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards," closely connect with the actual work of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会), continue to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), take serving the construction of Chinese-style modernization as the main line of work, broadly gather consensus, actively offer suggestions and advice, comprehensively strengthen the self-construction of the participating party, and promote the work of the China National Democratic Construction Association (中国民主建国会) to a new level with a more vigorous and promising spirit, and unite and strive to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 5th (Reporter Tian Liang (田亮)) On January 5th, the premiere ceremony for the "Year of Bingwu" special stamp was held at the People's Daily (人民日报) headquarters.
The "Year of Bingwu" special stamp set consists of two stamps. The first stamp is named "Galloping Towards a Grand Blueprint." The image depicts a red horse stepping on clouds with a fiery mane, expressing the expectation that in the new year, the country's economic and social development will accumulate strength, surge forward, and gallop towards the established goals of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The second stamp is named "Ten Thousand Horses Bring Blessings." The image depicts three horses galloping side by side, surrounded by auspicious patterns, symbolizing that people of all ethnic groups across the country will unite with tremendous strength, with ten thousand horses galloping forward, and work together to achieve common goals on the journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The face value of the entire set of stamps is 2.40 yuan, and the planned issuance is 26.68 million sets.
On the day of the event, China Post (中国邮政) and the postal departments of Hong Kong (香港) and Macau (澳门) jointly unveiled a miniature sheet of zodiac stamps of the same theme printed in the three regions. Starting from January 5th, consumers can purchase the "Year of Bingwu" special stamps at designated postal outlets nationwide, the China Post Online Business Hall (中国邮政网上营业厅), the China Post APP (中国邮政APP), the China Post Micro Post Office official account (中国邮政微邮局公众号), and the China Post Mall WeChat mini-program (中国邮政商城微信小程序).
Return to TopOn January 5th, with the hoisting of the last steel arch in place, the Gu Niu River Grand Bridge of the Anpan Expressway in Guizhou Province was successfully closed, laying the foundation for the subsequent project construction. The bridge is a control project of the Anshun-Panzhou Expressway, with a total length of 881.8 meters. The main bridge spans the Gu Niu River (古牛河), and the height from the bridge deck to the bottom of the valley is about 400 meters.
The picture shows the closing site of the Gu Niu River Grand Bridge (古牛河特大桥) of the Anpan Expressway (安盘高速).
Xinhua News Agency reporter Tao Liang (陶亮) photo
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Wang Haonan (王昊男)) - In about two years, build a domestic intelligent computing cluster with a capacity of 100,000 cards, add more than 100PB (petabytes) of high-quality data, and implement more than 100 artificial intelligence benchmark applications... At the 2026 Beijing·Artificial Intelligence Innovation Highland Construction Promotion Conference held on January 5th, Beijing (北京) released nine major actions: the Technology Innovation Source Action, the Intelligent Computing Autonomous Ecology Strengthening Action, the High-Quality Data Gathering Action, the All-Domain Application Enabling Action, the Scientific Intelligence Paradigm Innovation Action, the Embodied Intelligence Full-Chain Leap Action, the Innovation Ecology Leading Action, the Open Source Opening and Gathering Action, and the Security Governance Escort Action, to accelerate the construction of a global artificial intelligence innovation highland.
According to reports, through the implementation of the above-mentioned special actions, Beijing (北京) will achieve a significant improvement in the original capabilities of artificial intelligence basic theory and core technology, and more original achievements will emerge. The development level of scientific intelligence and embodied intelligence will be globally leading; the autonomous guarantee capability of computing power will be basically realized; the scale of various industrial investment funds will be gathered to more than 200 billion yuan; more than 10 new listed companies and more than 20 unicorn companies will be added in the field of artificial intelligence; the core industry scale of artificial intelligence will exceed one trillion yuan, and a new form of intelligent economy will be initially formed, becoming a global artificial intelligence innovation highland with technological source power and industrial competitiveness.
Return to TopThis newspaper Lhasa (拉萨), January 5th (Reporter Xu Yuyao (徐驭尧)) - The reporter learned from the Department of Transportation of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区交通运输厅): During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Tibet (西藏) implemented quality improvement and renovation projects on 3,432 kilometers of highway trunk lines for entering and exiting Tibet (西藏), and newly built and renovated 6,595 kilometers of rural roads. The total mileage of highways open to traffic in the region is expected to reach 125,200 kilometers, with graded highways reaching 110,000 kilometers. The proportion of ordinary national highways at or above Grade III will reach 95%, and the road accessibility rate for townships and administrative villages will reach 100% and 92.48%, respectively.
In 2025, Tibet (西藏) will implement 167 rural road projects, and 14 townships and 231 administrative villages will have access to hardened roads. 171 dangerous rural road bridges will be renovated, and 1,624 kilometers of safety and life protection projects will be implemented to improve safety保障 capabilities. Passenger bus services will be added to 28 administrative villages, achieving passenger bus access to 623 townships and 3,902 administrative villages, enhancing transportation service capabilities. The action plan for reducing costs, improving quality, and increasing efficiency in transportation and logistics will be implemented. It is estimated that the annual highway passenger volume will reach 16.2633 million passengers, and the freight volume will reach 49.9009 million tons.
Return to TopBy: 丁晓宏
The sunlight caresses the Sanwei Mountain (三危山) in Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肃). I sit in front of my computer, the screen displaying the "Digital Dunhuang Library Cave" database platform woven from billions of bytes. As a member of the Dunhuang Research Academy's (敦煌研究院) cultural relic digitization and preservation team, my work is closely linked to the millennia of history within this screen.
I still remember the first time I saw the real Library Cave; it was much smaller than I had imagined. When the older generation recounted the history of cultural relics being lost overseas a century ago, I felt deeply saddened. In May 2025, the "Digital Dunhuang Library Cave" database platform was released, allowing the Library Cave cultural relics lost overseas and sealed for a long time to achieve "reunion" in a new digital form.
In 2024, the "Digital Dunhuang Library Cave" database platform project officially started. Our key task is to transform the Library Cave cultural relics into digital assets that can be permanently preserved and infinitely shared, not only to authentically record the current situation of the Library Cave, but also to make it an accessible, researchable, and interpretable shared living resource. As of now, the platform has released 9,946 volumes (pieces) of digital resources of Library Cave cultural relics, more than 62,000 images, and completed content recognition of more than 7.8 million characters.
Faced with the unrecognizable characters on the Library Cave scriptures, we use artificial intelligence technology to assist in data processing and intelligent retrieval. Where characters are blurred or handwriting is scribbled, researchers review and correct them. We have also opened a "Library Cave Unearthed Literature Recognition and Interpretation" column on the "Digital Dunhuang Library Cave" database platform, inviting global experts and ancient writing enthusiasts to participate in the interpretation. Currently, some characters have been identified and deciphered through this method.
The "Digital Dunhuang Library Cave" database platform also has functions such as character comparison reading, character pronunciation and correction, and full-text comparison reading to help users read and understand. As of now, the database has been accessed more than 250,000 times, with visitors from 33 countries and regions. We also plan to translate the existing content into new languages and build exclusive knowledge bases such as a vernacular knowledge base, a Dunhuang (敦煌) slang knowledge base, and a scripture dictionary data set to improve the service quality of the database.
What excites me even more is the realization of the "digital return home" of Dunhuang (敦煌) cultural relics scattered overseas. I am deeply impressed by the digital restoration of the Dunhuang (敦煌) manuscripts *Guiyijun Yafu Jiu Poli* (归义军衙府酒破历). This is a "ledger" of official wine consumption by the local government in Dunhuang (敦煌) more than 1,000 years ago. In the course of time, this document was divided into three sections: the first section is preserved in the Dunhuang Research Academy (敦煌研究院), the second section was lost overseas and returned by overseas friends, and the third section is collected by the National Library of France (法国国家图书馆). With the help of the digital scripture joining function, we finally reunited these three sections of documents in virtual space, allowing the ancient scroll to reappear in its complete form after a thousand years.
The digitization of cultural heritage is not only about scanning and preserving, but also about bringing cultural relics to life through digital means. The "Lighting up the Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟)" event recreates the bustling night scene of Dunhuang (敦煌) thousands of years ago online; the "Digital Dunhuang Open Material Library" is launched, opening up creative materials to the world. In the future, we will continue to use digital technology to reproduce the splendor of history, and protect, promote, and develop the treasures of Chinese civilization.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Cultural Relic Digitization Research Institute of the Dunhuang Research Academy (敦煌研究院). This report was compiled and edited by Zeng Yichen (曾亦辰), a reporter from this newspaper.)
■Further Reading
Technology Supports the Activation and Utilization of Cultural Heritage
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the protection of cultural heritage and modern technology have been continuously integrated, promoting the digital and intelligent empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction, and injecting new impetus into the development of new cultural formats. The role of technology in cultural heritage protection, management, research, display, and dissemination is becoming increasingly prominent.
Technology enhances the ability to prevent and control cultural relic risks. The widespread application of satellite remote sensing, drones, artificial intelligence, and other means, as well as new equipment such as fire detection, automatic fire extinguishing, and anti-theft early warning, has greatly improved the ability to monitor and warn of cultural relic risks.
Technology expands the path of cultural heritage protection. Important progress has been made in scientific diagnostic methods and dynamic monitoring technologies for cultural relic diseases, as well as in the diagnosis and evaluation of soil site diseases and wind erosion prevention technologies. The National Multi-Field Coupling Laboratory for the Protection of Ancient Murals and Soil Sites has been put into use, accelerating the simulation of various natural environmental changes and providing important support for the preventive protection of cultural heritage.
Technology assists archaeological excavation and research. Interdisciplinary research has helped the Exploration of Chinese Civilization Project (中华文明探源工程) make important progress, and ancient genome capture technology and sedimentary ancient DNA analysis methods have helped human evolution research. Silk micro-trace detection technology has become a key means of discovering silk residues at sites such as Shuanghuaishu (双槐树) and Sanxingdui (三星堆).
Technology supports the activation and utilization of cultural heritage. Digital means have promoted the continuous emergence of innovative demonstration applications such as the "Digital Palace Museum (数字故宫)" and "Digital Dunhuang (数字敦煌)". The World Silk Road Interactive Map and other international cultural relic technology cooperation projects initiated by China have attracted wide participation from the international academic community, and the value of cultural relics in promoting exchanges and mutual learning among human civilizations has become increasingly prominent.
(Compiled by Wang Jue (王珏), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopAI Empowering Thousands of Industries Super League "A Super Night" was recently held in Nanning (南宁), Guangxi (广西), according to a report in this newspaper on January 5th from Nanning (南宁) (Reporters Liu Quan (刘泉) and Zhu Jiaqi (祝佳祺)). The competition covered 31 provinces and 11 ASEAN countries, with 20 tracks closely linked to the needs of economic and social development, attracting 10,447 teams from home and abroad, including 604 teams from ASEAN countries. After competition, 93 excellent competition scenarios and 202 new technology exhibits emerged, forming a total amount of more than 74 million yuan for projects to select the best candidates, 40 projects were initially favored by capital, 57 technologies entered the transformation and application channel, and a number of enterprises reached cooperation with ASEAN partners.
Guangxi (广西) is working together to build a development path of "Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and Guangzhou (广州) R&D + Guangxi (广西) Integration + ASEAN Application," build a China-ASEAN artificial intelligence industry ecosystem, and accelerate the construction of an international artificial intelligence cooperation highland facing ASEAN. Guangxi (广西) will also hold a joint AI transformation competition for hundreds of industries and thousands of enterprises, inviting domestic and foreign enterprises, universities, and teams to jointly accelerate the promotion of artificial intelligence innovation and application.
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To give high-rise buildings and mansions a soul, to give the bustling traffic warmth, and to give people who live here and travel here a sense of identity and belonging, it is crucial to discover such cultural power.
People often say "poetry and the distance," as if only the distance has poetry. In fact, poetry is not only in the distance but also by our side. During this period, Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi (陕西) is focusing on creating the cultural brand of "Capital of Tang Poetry." Go to a "Tang Poetry Appointment" under the Zhongnan Mountains (终南山), "encounter Li Bai (李白)" at the Tang Paradise (大唐不夜城), and participate in community poetry gatherings at the Tang City Wall Relics Park (唐城墙遗址公园)... "Poetry leads to Zhongnan, sincerity leads to Chang'an (长安)," the echo of poetry across the years awakens the poetic heart of the ancient capital.
"Hanging eaves with spiritual grass shadows, ancient mountain names around the wall." This is a poem by Yao He (姚合), a poet of the Tang Dynasty, describing the Xuandu Temple (玄都观). A rammed earth site excavated in the urban area of Xi'an (西安) in 2024 is precisely the foundation of the Xuandu Temple (玄都观) hall. Ancient Chang'an (长安) and modern Xi'an (西安) thus meet in poetry. Not only Xuandu Temple (玄都观), but also Ba Bridge (灞桥) farewell willows, Quchi (曲池) banquets, and Goose Pagoda (雁塔) inscriptions... The name "Chang'an (长安)" appears more than a thousand times in the Tang poems collected in *Quan Tang Shi* (《全唐诗》) [Complete Tang Poems]. In those days, inside and outside Chang'an (长安) was a huge poetry creation site; today, in the streets and alleys of Xi'an (西安), "every place name hides a poem." The poetic heart forged by the poets is the unique historical and cultural heritage of this city.
On the land of China, cities are scattered like stars, and over 940 million people live in towns. If a city has poetry, its citizens have poetry. "Fine rain on Heavenly Street moistens like oil, distant view of grass color, close up none," this is poetry in ordinary alleys; "A slice of moon over Chang'an (长安), ten thousand households pounding clothes," this is poetry in daily life. To find the poetic heart of a city is actually to find "nearby poetry" and "poetry by our side," so that people can feel a "poetic space" when they rest and work, and in the midst of daily life. Imagine, on the way home from work, stuck in traffic on Leyouyuan (乐游原), suddenly recalling the line "Ten thousand trees chirping cicadas across the bank rainbow, there is a west wind on Leyouyuan (乐游原)," and suddenly finding a resting place in poetry.
Awakening the poetic heart of a city is not only a response to people's aesthetic needs, but also a continuation of the tradition of "poetry education," improving the city's cultural standards and cultivating the city's civilized customs. "Dense stitches before departure, fearing a delayed return," makes people feel grateful for maternal love; "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near," makes people broad-minded. Poetry thus acts on people's hearts and temperaments, which can be described as the most subtle part of education. When more and more people can dialogue with the purest and most profound hearts through poetry, feel beauty, promote goodness, and experience truth, the city will not only have cultural spirit, but also purity and harmony.
Both nourishing the heart and nurturing culture, awakening the poetic heart of a city is in line with the requirements of the city's "intensive development." A city, without the nourishment of culture, is nothing more than a "copy and paste" of buildings and streets. Born here, depicting here, sung for a thousand years, for Xi'an (西安), Tang poetry is not only a cultural memory, but also a cultural living water that nourishes the city. To give high-rise buildings and mansions a soul, to give the bustling traffic warmth, and to give people who live here and travel here a sense of identity and belonging, it is crucial to discover such cultural power. It can be said that the beating poetic heart is the cultural pulse of the city and an important support for development.
How to awaken the poetic heart of a city? This requires turning "poetry on record" into "poetry in place" and transforming it into "poetry in the heart." Many places have their own "ten scenic spots," and the unique landscape is the poetry of mountains and rivers; while the people, events, and things in a place are the profound poetry of humanity. Poetry is created because of the scenery, and scenery is created because of the poetry. The tangible city and the intangible charm blend together to create "poetry in place." The poetic heart must ultimately take root in people's hearts. The leisurely chanting of the elderly in the morning light, the clear recitation of children in the school hall - poetry needs to flow like a clear spring into the gaps of daily life, transforming into the rhythm of the city's breathing. By opening up connecting points, finding resonance points, and activating the power of poetry that transcends time and space, we can achieve "poetry in the heart." When poetic sentiments surge through the streets and alleys and permeate people's hearts, the poetic heart can flourish and thrive.
"Chinese culture continues the spiritual bloodline of our country and nation, which requires both inheritance and protection from generation to generation, and also needs to advance with the times and innovate." China is a country of poetry, poetry is in the city, and also in the countryside; poetry is in the streets, and also in the fields. To achieve creative transformation and innovative development, the poems that have been deposited in the long river of history will surely be able to radiate new vitality and nurture endless poetry for the new culture of our era.
Return to TopGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the democratic life meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee at the end of last year: "We must adhere to the eight-point regulation of the Central Committee as iron rules and rigid constraints, unremittingly rectify the stubborn maladies of the 'four winds', and continuously promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction." In this issue of "Everyone Talks," we focus on work style construction, combine it with practical work, and select three submitted articles for readers to think about together.
——Editor
Be "Particular," Not "Careless"
Shan Shixin (山石鑫), Chengdu (成都市), Sichuan Province
Villages and communities are at the forefront of contacting and serving the masses, and every task is connected to the people's hearts and livelihoods. However, some village and community cadres have a "careless" mentality, believing that grassroots matters are small, remote, and have poor conditions, so work standards can be lower, requirements can be looser, and levels can be worse.
For example, data statistics are not detailed or accurate enough, resulting in "roughly the same"; serving the masses is satisfied with "as long as it can be done," lacking the initiative to improve quality and efficiency, optimize processes, and facilitate the masses; policy implementation only focuses on "completing the task," treating "processed" as "well handled." Behind this, there are factors of ideological slackness, problems of insufficient ability, and reasons for unrealistic work styles, but fundamentally, the awareness of serving the masses is not enough.
Be "particular," not "careless." To solve this problem, efforts must be made both to "break" and to "establish." On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen targeted ideological education, enhance the awareness of the purpose, and promote village and community cadres to consciously eliminate inertia and solve the ideological problem of not wanting to do things; on the other hand, it is also necessary to strengthen training and empowerment, and practical training to make up for the shortcomings of the inability to do things well. Guiding grassroots cadres to be more "particular" and less "careless" in every task and every link, and truly do good things well and practical things practically, can live up to the trust and support of the masses.
Identifying Problems Requires "Targeted Treatment"
Duan Weili (段伟利), Zhengzhou (郑州市), Henan Province
At the turn of the year, many units are conducting work summaries. Among them, identifying problems is an essential part. However, some cadres have a stereotypical phenomenon in identifying problems.
These routines often have several typical characteristics. First, virtualization: the description of the problem is general and vague, glossing over it and not touching the essence. Second, softening: turning a blind eye to "hard bones" that truly touch deep-seated contradictions and require tackling difficulties, and only picking those painless problems to talk about. Third, generalization: replacing personal problems with departmental problems, and replacing common problems with specific problems.
Finding problems is a comprehensive review of oneself and a starting point for promoting work improvement. Only when problems are identified accurately can we be targeted and **对症下药** (duì zhèng xià yào - "prescribe the right medicine for the illness," to suit the remedy to the case). Only then will the next step of work have direction, and rectification and improvement will have goals. This requires us to make good use of the "rearview mirror" and listen to the opinions and suggestions of work service objects; make good use of the "perspective mirror" to deeply explore the root causes of problems through the appearance of problems; and make good use of the "magnifying glass" to consciously use rules and regulations, work requirements, etc. to examine ourselves, see how much gap there is, and what shortcomings exist. By presenting fewer irrelevant problems and having more courage to face contradictions and take action to overcome difficulties, we can turn the process of solving problems into a process of promoting work progress, so that we can improve ourselves and make progress in our work.
Brainstorming Sessions Must Be "Realistic"
Zhao Dong (赵东), Binzhou (滨州市), Shandong Province
Holding brainstorming sessions to diagnose development, seek solutions to problems, and gather consensus on reform is an important method for promoting work. In practice, some places believe that brainstorming sessions are just "chatting" and "shooting the breeze," so they are not fully prepared, and the content of the meeting lacks "dry goods," failing to produce ideas or methods. Similar situations are worth vigilance.
Brainstorming sessions must also be "realistic." Brainstorming sessions are for "looking up at the road," clarifying directions, finding ideas, and seeking countermeasures, to avoid blindly "burying oneself in work" and falling into pragmatism. If brainstorming sessions are equated with empty talk and armchair theorizing, and satisfied with sitting and talking, it deviates from the original intention and easily breeds the drawbacks of formalism. Taking "reality" as the guide, resolutely opposing empty talk and avoiding vanity, brainstorming sessions can produce quality and results.
Doing virtual work practically is not virtual. This requires basing oneself on practice, adhering to a problem-oriented approach, doing work ahead of time, conducting research with problems in mind, thinking in light of the actual situation, focusing on the bottlenecks facing development and the problems that the masses strongly reflect, coming up with practical tricks and strategies, and making up for shortcomings and strengthening weaknesses. Turning the ideas formed in brainstorming sessions into implementable plans is also a requirement for doing a good job. Only by being good at thinking and planning, and also being good at doing and achieving, can we do our work well and satisfy the masses.
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【Phenomenon】In recent years, in order to alleviate the "difficulty in finding a bed" in medical institutions and reduce patients' expenses, many places have launched "pre-hospitalization" services for patients undergoing elective surgery with clear diagnoses and stable conditions. Patients can complete preoperative examinations, tests, anesthesia assessments, and other preparations in the outpatient clinic, and be directly arranged for hospitalization and surgery when beds become available. Some places have also promoted pilot projects for medical insurance payment of "pre-hospitalization" expenses, so that patients' preoperative examination and testing-related expenses can be included in the hospitalization expense settlement after formal admission.
【Commentary】
Patients undergoing inpatient treatment often face uncertainties such as a shortage of beds before admission, and need to complete a series of preoperative examinations after admission, so surgery cannot be performed immediately. In response to the dilemma of "people waiting for beds," the "pre-hospitalization" model has emerged, taking an exploratory step in improving the efficiency of medical resource utilization.
The "pre-hospitalization" model moves preoperative examinations, health assessments, and other steps to the outpatient stage. For patients, the most direct benefits are "fewer trips, less waiting, and less spending." In Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南), after some hospitals launched "pre-hospitalization" services, the average length of stay for patients was reduced by 1 to 3 days, and costs were reduced by more than 1,000 yuan. Since the Xiangya Third Hospital of Central South University (中南大学湘雅三医院) began its pilot project in 2020, patients have completed examinations and assessments at the pre-hospitalization center after diagnosis, and the average time to surgery after admission has been shortened by 2 to 3 days, and the waiting time has been reduced from 7 days to 3 days.
This may seem like a slight adjustment in the process, but it actually touches on the core of refined management of medical resources. For medical institutions, "pre-hospitalization" is a beneficial exploration to improve operational efficiency. In the traditional model, patients only start queuing for examinations after admission, which restricts the efficient turnover of beds. By moving the examination forward, hospitals can more accurately plan bed resources and surgery schedules, and use limited medical resources to serve more patients well.
Of course, any innovative exploration needs to face real-world challenges.
For example, "pre-hospitalization" separates some services from the hospitalization process, involving the connection and adjustment of charging items and medical insurance reimbursement policies, which requires strengthening coordination between departments and the deep participation of medical insurance departments. The introduction of a more convenient and efficient payment and settlement mechanism is necessary to ensure that policy dividends smoothly benefit patients.
Furthermore, "pre-hospitalization" is mainly aimed at some patients undergoing elective surgery, not all hospitalized people. How to scientifically and reasonably define the applicable population is related to service efficiency and reflects the refined level of medical management. In addition, moving the examination forward means increased pressure on the outpatient clinic, requiring more refined appointment scheduling, guidance services, and more intelligent information system support. In the exploration process, hospitals should be encouraged to adapt to local conditions and combine their own specialty characteristics and resource conditions to design reasonable implementation plans, and avoid 一刀切 (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach) which can have negative impacts.
In recent years, from the mutual recognition of examination and test results to the promotion of day surgery and the popularization of multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment models, a series of innovative measures have promoted the medical service system to move towards a more efficient and humanized direction. In 2025, the mutual recognition of examination and test results in 360 cities across the country will reach more than 200 items. These "burden reduction" and "barrier breaking" measures, which are oriented towards patient needs, are widely welcomed and provide inspiration: the more practical and problem-oriented the innovation of medical service models is, the more it can be transformed into a tangible sense of gain for the masses in seeking medical treatment.
Looking deeper, the value of practices such as "pre-hospitalization" lies not only in the optimization of resource allocation methods and the improvement of efficiency, but also in the transformation and updating of concepts: medical services are shifting from fragmented management "centered on treating diseases" to full-cycle, integrated health management "centered on people's health." "Centered on people's health" requires not only "treating existing diseases" but also "preventing diseases"; not only focusing on the final treatment effect, but also paying attention to the details and experience of the entire medical process. Breaking traditional path dependence, and on the premise of ensuring medical quality and safety, being brave enough to "operate" on processes and "adjust the structure" of the system, and comprehensively improving the comfort, intelligence, and digitalization level of medical services, can better meet the growing needs of the masses for convenient and comfortable medical treatment.
People's health is an important symbol of socialist modernization. Improving the medical experience and improving medical efficiency are endless. Every innovative measure and institutional innovation that responds to the urgent needs and concerns of patients will contribute to enhancing the health and well-being of the masses and promoting the construction of a Healthy China (健康中国).
Return to TopRecently, the "Sixth National Physical Fitness Monitoring Bulletin" was officially released. The monitoring results show that the proportion of people with qualified physical fitness in China has reached 84.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with 2020, maintaining a steady upward trend. As a national physical fitness monitoring result conducted every 5 years, this bulletin systematically presents the current situation and changing patterns of national physical fitness in China, providing a scientific basis for the formulation of mass sports policies during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
This is exactly:
Sweat sprinkles the sports field,
Training strengthens muscles and bones.
Sports temper the will,
Health becomes a fashion.
Zhi Yanwen (郅延文)
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Be good at thinking from another's perspective, go among the people, sincerely listen to the voices of the masses, truthfully reflect the wishes of the masses, genuinely care about the difficulties of the masses, and accurately understand the concerns and expectations of the masses." How can we truly put thinking from another's perspective into practice? Wuxi (无锡), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, is exploring the "running in someone else's shoes" activity, which aims to promote cadres to systematically examine the shortcomings and loopholes in government governance capabilities and service levels from the perspective of the masses, the perspective of enterprises, and the dimension of practice through role exchange, process experience, and immersive perception, so as to form more accurate, efficient, perceptible, and accessible institutional achievements.
"Running in someone else's shoes" is not just a formal innovation and improvement. By changing the angle and direction of looking at problems, it can help party members and cadres better and more accurately connect the "things they do" with the "things the masses expect," and the decisions made will be more in line with the wishes of the masses, truly doing practical and good things to the hearts of the masses and enterprises.
The "shoes" in "running in someone else's shoes" are the position of cognition and the position of perception. Thinking from another's perspective is an internal cognitive reshaping. To bid farewell to the subjective judgment of "talking to oneself," empathize with the urgent needs and anxieties of the masses, and understand the development dilemmas of enterprises, we must solve the primary problem of "thinking clearly." "Running in someone else's shoes" also requires truly "running" in action, putting down airs and walking into the front line, replacing empty talk with solid actions, and replacing hearsay with personal experience.
True empathy and true experience require party members and cadres to switch from the simple identity of "service provider" to the real "person concerned," personally experience the handling process, and personally experience the policy implementation process. This "immersive" approach helps to break down the barriers between managers and service recipients, allowing party members and cadres to accurately locate the problems in policy implementation and identify the key factors affecting the experience of the masses.
Of course, the ultimate goal of "running in someone else's shoes" is to see practical results. The masses have a scale in their hearts, weighing not the attitude of empathy or the frequency of running, but how many problems have been solved, how much the people's livelihood has improved, and how considerate the service is. Ultimately, by implementing every step practically and meticulously with a **钉钉子精神** (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing spirit," to work with perseverance and precision), and extending the footprints of "running in someone else's shoes" to the depths of the people's hearts, we can create tangible well-being for the masses.
(Excerpted from *Xinhua Daily* (《新华日报》), originally titled *"Running in Someone Else's Shoes," the Key is to Change the Perspective of the Masses*)
Return to TopBy: 李 越
In Sichuan's hilly and mountainous rice paddies, intelligent agricultural machinery completes rice transplanting operations in irregular plots with centimeter-level precision; in Inner Mongolia's smart pastures, milking robots, feeding robots, and manure cleaning robots operate in coordination; in Guangdong's lychee orchards, "space-air-ground" multi-modal monitoring data is learned and analyzed by the smart agriculture brain, realizing accurate monitoring of flowering and fruiting conditions and timely early warning of disasters...
These technologically advanced scenes come from the typical smart agriculture cases for 2025 recently released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部). To promote agricultural modernization, the fundamental driving force lies in the modernization of agricultural science and technology. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's smart agriculture construction has been comprehensively accelerated, and agricultural science and technology innovation has been continuously promoted. "Letting farmers use the best technology to grow the best grain" is becoming a reality. Intensive and precise "smart" grain production, "digital planting and breeding" in facility agriculture, and accelerated "digital transformation and intelligent upgrading" of the entire agricultural industry chain will inject strong impetus into agricultural modernization.
The vigorous development of smart agriculture is due to its profound potential to reshape agricultural production logic, factor value, and industrial form. From technological breakthroughs in laboratories to practical applications in fields, from the precise calculation of data models to the skilled operation of new farmers, smart agriculture is reshaping every aspect of agricultural production, giving traditional agriculture unprecedented vitality, and providing solid support for ensuring food security, promoting high-quality agricultural development, and achieving common prosperity.
At the level of factor value, traditional factors such as land and labor are being redefined by the empowerment of digital technology, driving agriculture from a labor-intensive, experience-led traditional industry to a technology-core modern industry. This transformation not only helps reduce production costs and increase yields per unit area, but also promotes systemic enhancement of quality, resilience, and efficiency throughout the entire industry chain. Taking Shanghai's "agricultural data + financial innovation" exploration as an example, agricultural production process data is standardized and listed for trading on data exchanges, and applied to scenarios such as insurance claims and financing credit enhancement, exploring a new path for the appreciation of digital assets for agricultural and rural development.
In terms of industrial form, traditional agricultural production relies heavily on experience judgment and human input. Smart agriculture breaks down information barriers in all aspects of agricultural production, processing, and sales, promotes the deep integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, and spawns new business forms such as agricultural product e-commerce, leisure agriculture, and agricultural experience, extending the agricultural industry chain and enhancing the overall competitiveness of agriculture. The release of this potential can not only solve the resource constraints, efficiency bottlenecks, and other problems currently facing agricultural development, but also provide strong support for the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, making agriculture an industry with prospects.
From "sweat dripping under the seedlings" to "data entering the cloud," vast fertile fields have seen the emergence of many cutting-edge technology integrated application sites, gathering a group of new types of workers such as cross-regional agricultural machinery operators, drone pilots, cloud-based "field nannies," and farmer broadcasters. They are no longer farmers in the traditional sense, but "new farmers" who rely on skills, data thinking, and market awareness to make a living. Farmers are transforming into a composite profession that integrates traditional agricultural wisdom and modern information skills, attracting more and more well-educated young talents with innovative enthusiasm to return to their hometowns to start businesses.
Looking to the future, the comprehensive development of smart agriculture still needs to overcome realistic challenges such as the autonomy of key technologies and data sharing barriers. As the "Artificial Intelligence +" action deepens and becomes more practical in the agricultural field, and as we continue to strengthen standard leadership, technological breakthroughs, scenario expansion, talent cultivation, and data integration, an autonomous, controllable, and resilient smart agriculture ecosystem will profoundly change agriculture, and the Chinese people's rice bowl will surely be firmly held in their own hands.
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Spanning a river with a bridge, the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge (常泰长江大桥) has created six world records; forging ahead with a resounding momentum, the Chongtai Yangtze River Tunnel (崇太长江隧道) has successfully traversed the deepest point underwater in the Yangtze River (长江); with steel rails stretching into the distance, the Hungary-Serbia Railway (Hungarian section) (匈塞铁路（匈牙利段）) is about to open, creating a bright "Belt and Road" (一带一路) name card...
When General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd. (中铁工程装备集团有限公司), he emphasized: "Promote the transformation of Made in China to Created in China, the transformation of China's speed to China's quality, and the transformation of China's products to China's brands."
Firmly remembering the earnest entrustment and practicing the "three transformations," China Railway Group Limited (中国中铁) has become one of the largest and strongest multi-functional comprehensive construction industrial groups in the global infrastructure construction field, ranking forty-third among the world's top 500 enterprises.
Pursuing "newness" and moving forward, realizing Created in China
Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are known as "underground dragons." From the first domestic hard rock tunnel boring machine capable of climbing steep slopes to the world's largest diameter vertical shaft boring machine, and then to the world's first in-situ variable diameter tunnel boring machine... Adhering to innovation leadership, China Railway Group Limited's (中国中铁) production and sales volume of tunnel boring machines has ranked first in the world for eight consecutive years.
Not only tunnel boring machines, but also from the world's first creation of the drilling and blasting machine, to welding robots, spraying robots, and then to bridge erecting machines such as "Yinglong" (应龙号) and "Yuehai" (越海号), China Railway Group Limited's (中国中铁) special engineering equipment is frequently updated, using "Created in China" to help "cross mountains and seas."
Achieving "quality" and reaching far, casting China's quality
The Pingtan Strait Road-Rail Bridge (平潭海峡公铁大桥) successfully crossed the storm sea area; the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway (拉林铁路) crossed the Yarlung Zangbo River (雅鲁藏布江) 16 times; the Antarctic Qinling Station (南极秦岭站) can withstand ultra-low temperatures of minus 60 degrees Celsius... One landmark project after another constantly refreshes the quality benchmark of "China Construction."
Participating in the construction of 2/3 of the national railway mileage, 1/2 of the high-speed railways, and 3/5 of the urban rail transit, in the experience of "**逢山开路、遇水架桥**" (féng shān kāi lù, yù shuǐ jià qiáo - "pave roads through mountains, build bridges across rivers," overcome all difficulties), China Railway Group Limited (中国中铁) has won 132 National Science and Technology Awards and 253 Luban Awards (中国建设工程鲁班奖) for China Construction Engineering.
Climbing towards "high" and polishing China's brand
Winning the global tender and using 900 days to open the longest tunnel in Central Asia—the Kamchik Tunnel (卡姆奇克隧道) in Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦卡姆奇克隧道), achieving the miracle of a train passing through the mountains in 900 seconds.
After 8 years, overcoming the construction problem of "inserting steel bars into tofu," the Padma Bridge (孟加拉国帕德玛大桥) in Bangladesh (孟加拉国) was built, which is called the "Dream Bridge" by the local people, shortening the river crossing time from the original seven or eight hours to 10 minutes.
China-Laos Railway (中老铁路), Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (雅万高铁), Hungary-Serbia Railway (匈塞铁路), Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway (亚吉铁路)... China Railway Group Limited (中国中铁) continues to use Chinese technology, Chinese standards, and Chinese solutions to polish the golden name card of "China Construction."
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Cultural prosperity and strength are important hallmarks of Chinese-style modernization. Promoting cultural prosperity and development and building a strong socialist cultural power are important supports for basically achieving socialist modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Continuously develop a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics that has strong ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made systematic deployments for this, pointing out the direction and key focus for the prosperity and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. We must deeply understand the characteristics and rich connotations of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, deeply grasp the innovative contributions of Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, and, guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, prosper and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era that has strong ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence.
The Enrichment and Development of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era
Culture is the accumulation of human spiritual activities and the crystallization of the spiritual world in a certain era. Engels pointed out: "The theoretical thinking of every age, including the theoretical thinking of our age, is a product of history, and it has completely different forms and completely different content in different ages." An era has the culture of that era. For more than a hundred years, the Chinese Communists have always united and led the Chinese people to develop new cultures in line with the characteristics and needs of different eras. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the "two overall situations" have accelerated their evolution and interacted deeply, the world's cultural turbulence has shown new trends, the development of Chinese civilization has raised new issues, the construction of a strong cultural power has entered a new stage, and social ideology and culture have shown new characteristics. New changes in the development of the times and new situations in the cultural field call for new cultural creations. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Work together to create a new culture that belongs to our era" and "Continuously cultivate and create socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era." Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a new culture that needs to be created through our joint efforts and belongs to our era. This new culture is essentially guided by Marxism, oriented towards modernization, oriented towards the world, oriented towards the future, and is a national, scientific, and mass socialist culture, which is not only in the same line as the socialism with Chinese characteristics formed since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, but also reflects the new connotations added to socialism with Chinese characteristics with the development of the times.
From the perspective of development goals, socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a new culture that can better meet the people's ever-growing needs for a better spiritual life. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The people's demand for spiritual and cultural life exists at all times." Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a culture that focuses on people and is based on people. Entering the new era, the main contradiction in our society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. The main contradiction facing our cultural supply is no longer whether there is a shortage or whether it is enough, but whether it is good or excellent. To meet the people's ever-growing needs for a better life, an important aspect is to meet the people's ever-growing needs for spiritual and cultural life; to solve the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development, an important aspect is to solve the problem of unbalanced and inadequate cultural development. Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is precisely a new culture cultivated and created with the times as a perspective and the people as the center. It can adapt to new changes in the field of cultural construction in the new era, meet the new expectations of the people's spiritual and cultural life, better protect the people's cultural rights, and better meet the people's diverse, multi-level, and multi-faceted spiritual and cultural needs with new styles, high quality, and personalized cultural supply, and promote the common prosperity of the people's spiritual life.
From the perspective of the main content, socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a new culture jointly forged by outstanding traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Socialism with Chinese characteristics originates from the outstanding traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the Chinese nation's more than 5,000 years of civilization history, is integrated with the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the Party leading the people in revolution, construction, and reform, and is rooted in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics." Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era was formed in the great journey of the Communist Party of China leading the people to build a new culture of the Chinese nation for more than a hundred years, and was formed in the inheritance and development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era promotes the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture in accordance with the new characteristics and new requirements of the new era; according to the new development of the new era, it continues to promote and carry forward many elements in revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, forming a new culture that has both red genes and expands the content of the new era. Outstanding traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture are in the same line, connecting the past, present, and future of the Chinese nation, and achieving integration, forging, innovation, and development in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, jointly forging socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
From the perspective of manifestation, socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a new culture that exists as the cultural form of Chinese-style modernization. Marxism believes that the civilization form of a society is a unity of the economic base and the superstructure that is adapted to a certain stage of development of productive forces, and is a concrete and historical unity of the economic form, political form, and cultural form of the society. Since modern times, mankind has created different social civilization forms, including various cultural forms, through different modernization paths. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, create a new path of Chinese-style modernization, and create a new form of human civilization." The Chinese-style modernization that we are promoting and expanding in the new era is essentially socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China, which has both the common characteristics of modernization in various countries and the Chinese characteristics based on its own national conditions. This determines that the cultural form of Chinese-style modernization must be a conceptual superstructure that is adapted to our country's economic base, must be a cultural form that reflects our country's economic form and political form, and must reflect the socialist nature and have distinct Chinese characteristics. Such a cultural form is the socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era created by our Party uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country in adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics and advancing bravely along the broad road of Chinese-style modernization.
From the perspective of spiritual characteristics, socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a new culture that is firm in cultural confidence, adheres to openness and inclusiveness, and adheres to integrity and innovation. Cultural confidence is a more fundamental, more extensive, and deeper confidence. Firmly upholding cultural confidence is essentially upholding confidence in socialism with Chinese characteristics. Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a culture established by the Communist Party of China leading the Chinese people on the land of China in the new era. It is rooted in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, fully demonstrates the spiritual independence and subjectivity of the Chinese people in the new era, and can enable the Chinese nation to be full of confidence and firmly uphold cultural confidence in the new era. Openness and inclusiveness are the source of vitality for the development of civilization and a significant symbol of cultural confidence. Adhering to openness and inclusiveness means enriching and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics by actively learning from all the outstanding achievements of human civilization. Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is a culture formed in the process of being inclusive, drawing on the strengths of others, integrating Chinese and foreign cultures, and connecting ancient and modern times. It is a culture formed in the process of promoting the Sinicization of Marxism in the new era, inheriting and developing outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and promoting the localization of foreign cultures. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "For cultural construction, adhering to integrity is the only way to avoid losing oneself and one's direction, and innovation is the only way to grasp the times and lead the times." Adhering to integrity and innovation means promoting the innovative development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era on the basis of maintaining the cultural soul and roots. Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is constantly innovating cultural development ideas, communication discourse, reform mechanisms, and presentation forms while adhering to the Communist Party of China's cultural leadership and the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) Cultural Thought is a Scientific Guide for the Prosperity and Development of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era
The most shining symbol of culture in an era is often the most leading and dominant thought of that era. Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought, formed in the practice of cultural construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, is a major achievement in adhering to the "two combinations" and promoting the innovation of Marxist cultural theory, and is also the most creative and symbolic important content of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. To prosper and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, we must be guided by Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought and cultivate and create a new culture for the new era.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought is the latest achievement in the Sinicization of Marxist cultural theory in the new era. In terms of principles and positions, Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought inherits the Marxist theory on the essence of culture and the subject of cultural creation, especially its distinct political principles and people's position, and creatively proposes major arguments such as adhering to the Party's leadership over culture, adhering to the fundamental system of Marxism's guiding position in the ideological field, adhering to the people-centered work orientation, and fully stimulating the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation. In terms of principles and methods, Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought emphasizes the important role of culture in the development of the country, the nation, and the economy and society, and proposes important expositions such as building a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership, promoting the coordinated development of material and spiritual civilization, cultivating and practicing socialist core values, forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, fully embodying and creatively developing the basic principles of Marxism on the dialectical relationship between the economic base and the superstructure, ideology, spiritual production, the all-round development of people, and spiritual communication; and proposes important concepts such as "the two combinations," "creative transformation and innovative development," and "firmly upholding cultural confidence, adhering to openness and inclusiveness, and adhering to integrity and innovation," fully embodying and innovatively developing the fundamental methods of Marxism on cultural construction. In terms of original content, Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought combines the new situation facing the cultural field in the new era and creatively proposes new concepts and new expressions such as "the cultural mission of the new era," "cultural subjectivity," "new cultural life," "independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences," "governance capacity in the cultural field under informatization conditions," "digital empowerment and informatization transformation of cultural construction," "Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative system," "common values of all mankind," and "new form of human civilization," greatly enriching the treasure house of Marxist cultural theory.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought is a brilliant model for promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. For example, in terms of cultural functions, outstanding traditional Chinese culture emphasizes "culture is the tool for conveying the Tao" and "observing human culture to transform the world." Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought proposes "to promote undertakings with culture, to cultivate vitality with culture, to establish the heart with culture, and to cast the soul with culture," and points out that cultural and artistic workers and philosophy and social science workers all shoulder the important responsibilities of enlightening thoughts, cultivating sentiments, and nourishing the soul, and undertake the mission of cultivating people with culture, educating people with culture, and cultivating vitality with culture, realizing the inheritance and development of the Chinese nation's ideological wisdom on carrying the Tao with culture and transforming people with culture. In terms of cultural spirit, famous sentences such as "worry about the world's worries before the world worries, and enjoy the world's joys after the world enjoys" and "no one has ever lived forever, but leave a loyal heart to shine in history" in outstanding traditional Chinese culture have been passed down through the ages. Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought emphasizes that "patriotism is the deepest and most lasting emotion in the world, and it is the source of morality and the foundation of merit for a person" and "efforts should be made to cultivate patriotic feelings," which contains the inheritance and development of the national spirit with patriotism as the core. In terms of cultural cultivation, outstanding traditional Chinese culture emphasizes "lead them with virtue, regulate them with rites, and they will have a sense of shame and be upright." Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought proposes to implement the civic morality construction project, promote traditional Chinese virtues, strengthen family education and family style construction, strengthen and improve the ideological and moral construction of minors, promote the understanding of great virtues, abide by public virtues, strictly observe private virtues, and improve the people's moral standards and civilization literacy, reflecting the inheritance and development of the Chinese nation's cultural traditions that emphasize morality and humanistic cultivation. And so on.
Xi Jinping's (习近平) cultural thought adheres to the "two combinations," is based on the specific reality and rich practice of Chinese cultural construction in the new era, inherits and innovates Marxist cultural theory, and inherits and develops the positive ideological achievements of the Chinese nation on culture in history. It has formed a series of major innovative viewpoints on the status and significance of culture, positions and principles, development paths, leading forces, creative subjects, missions of the times, and external communication, and has greatly deepened and expanded the understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction, the laws of Chinese civilization development, and the laws of human civilization progress with a broad historical depth and civilizational vision, writing a new chapter in the Sinicization of Marxist cultural theory in the new era, and has pioneering and symbolic significance in the history of Marxist cultural theory development and an important milestone significance in the history of Chinese cultural thought. This thought systematically answers the major questions of what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics should be adhered to and developed in the new era and how to adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics with a series of principled arguments, theoretical achievements, and original contributions, providing a scientific guide for the innovative development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, laying a new cornerstone for cultural confidence and self-improvement, forging a new glory of socialist culture, and forming a new peak of Chinese culture.
Focus on Enhancing the Ideological Guidance, Spiritual Cohesion, Value Appeal, and International Influence of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "Cultural prosperity leads to national prosperity, and cultural strength leads to national strength." The cultural strength of a country and a nation is a concentrated embodiment of the centripetal force and vitality that this country and nation has based on culture, as well as the attractiveness and radiation generated by it. The strength of cultural power is related to the rise and fall of the country and the survival of the nation. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, including "the level of social civilization has been significantly improved. Cultural confidence is more firm, the mainstream ideology and public opinion are constantly consolidated and strengthened, socialist core values are widely practiced, the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation are constantly stimulated, the people's spiritual and cultural life is richer, the cohesion of the Chinese nation and the influence of Chinese culture are significantly enhanced, and the country's soft power continues to improve." Anchoring these goals, we must focus closely on enhancing ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence to prosper and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
Strengthening the Party's leadership over propaganda and ideological and cultural work, continuously consolidating and expanding mainstream ideology and public opinion, and enhancing the ideological leadership of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Ideological leadership is the power or ability to guide people to move in a certain direction with ideological theory. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "If a nation wants to be at the forefront of the times, it cannot be without theoretical thinking for a moment, and it cannot be without correct ideological guidance for a moment." Thought is the most essential part of culture, and the height reached by thought represents the height of cultural development. To enhance cultural strength, it is necessary to first enhance its ideological leadership. Only by focusing on enhancing the ideological leadership of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era can we ensure that the Chinese nation always moves at the forefront of the times in the direction guided by the new era and new thought, and ensure that all the people, encouraged by mainstream ideology and public opinion, continue to move towards the grand goal of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. It is necessary to continuously promote the Party's theoretical innovation based on China's national conditions and grasp the general trend of world development, and scientifically answer the questions of China, the world, the people, and the times. We must unswervingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) to strengthen the soul, deepen the study and publicity and education of the Party's innovative theories, and truly let the Party's innovative theories enter the mind and heart. Innovate the implementation of the Marxist theory research and construction project, and deepen the systematic and rational interpretation of the latest theoretical achievements of the Sinicization of Marxism in the new era. Accelerate the construction of an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, and conduct disciplinary integration and rational interpretation of the Chinese path, Chinese governance, and Chinese principles. Deepen the systematic reform of mainstream media, promote the integrated management of news propaganda and online public opinion, and improve the guiding ability of mainstream public opinion. Enhance the governance capacity of the cultural field under informationization conditions, promote the digital and intelligent empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction, and use advanced information technology to enhance the dissemination and guidance of advanced ideological culture.
Cultivating the nation's spirit of vigorous and striving, further enriching the people's spiritual and cultural life, and enhancing the spiritual cohesion of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Spiritual cohesion is the power or ability to condense and unite people together with spiritual will. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, so that all ethnic groups can gather their hearts, depend on each other spiritually, and form a strong spiritual bond of unity and progress." Spirit is the basic and dominant content in culture. Once a common spiritual gene is formed in the culture of a nation, and spiritual cohesion is generated, it can promote the unity of will and maintain unity among members of all ethnic groups. Only by focusing on enhancing the spiritual cohesion of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era can the entire Party, the entire army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country unite as one, gather together, and gather the mighty force to advance towards the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. It is necessary to promote the great creative spirit, great struggle spirit, great unity spirit, and great dream spirit of the Chinese people, promote the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists with the great spirit of Party building as the source, and forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. Coordinate the promotion of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction, improve the people's civilization literacy and the level of social civilization, and jointly build and protect the common spiritual home of the Chinese nation. Enhance cultural original ability, cultivate and form a high-level cultural talent team, and prosper new mass literature and art under the conditions of the Internet. Vigorously promote cultural undertakings, implement actions to improve the quality and efficiency of public cultural services, and widely carry out mass cultural activities. Accelerate the development of the cultural industry, strengthen the humanities economy, and promote the deep integration of culture and technology, and culture and tourism. Accelerate the improvement of the cultural management system and production and operation mechanism, stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation, and use deeply rooted masterpieces to compose the chapter of the times and gather the strength to forge ahead.
Promote and practice socialist core values, give play to the role of culture in cultivating the mind and cultivating sentiments, and enhance the value appeal of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Value appeal is the power or ability to influence and summon people with values and make them accept and respond. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "History and reality show that building core values with strong appeal is related to social harmony and stability, and related to the long-term peace and stability of the country." Among the many values in a country, core values are the deepest elements that determine the nature and direction of culture. The strength or weakness of a country's cultural soft power fundamentally depends on the strength or weakness of its core values. Only by focusing on enhancing the value appeal of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era and promoting socialist core values into the mind and heart can we effectively build the core value support for building a strong country and national rejuvenation. It is necessary to focus on cultivating and practicing socialist core values, leading the direction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era, adhering to cultivating people with culture and educating people with culture, and using Chinese culture to cultivate value pursuits and cultivate moral sentiments. Starting from improving the system mechanism, improving the work system, and innovating activity carriers, promote the organic integration of socialist core values into all fields of cultural construction, and subtly influence the spiritual world of contemporary Chinese people. Give play to the exemplary and demonstrative role of party members, cadres, and advanced models, and use their exemplary words and deeds and noble personality to drive the masses to practice socialist core values, and create a cultural atmosphere of advocating virtue and goodness in the whole society. Deeply implement the inheritance and development project of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, vigorously promote revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, and provide abundant cultural nourishment for the publicity and education of socialist core values. Promote the culture of integrity and clean governance, and use the Party's glorious traditions and fine work style to influence party members. Strengthen and improve ideological and political work, promote campus cultural construction, make good use of red cultural resources, strengthen ideal and belief education, and guide young people to be conscious practitioners of socialist core values and qualified builders of the socialist cause.
Enhance the communication and influence of Chinese civilization, continuously improve the country's cultural soft power, and enhance the international influence of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. International influence in the cultural sense is the power or ability of culture to spread and radiate to the world and attract and persuade people from other countries. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Focus on improving the international communication influence, the appeal of Chinese culture, the affinity of the Chinese image, the persuasiveness of Chinese discourse, and the guiding force of international public opinion." In today's world, the pattern and evolution of cultural development are undergoing profound adjustments and reshaping. Enhancing cultural international influence is an inevitable requirement for the prosperity and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Only by focusing on enhancing the international influence of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era and better occupying the commanding heights in the world cultural pattern can we gain a firm foothold and master the initiative in the fierce international cultural competition, and create a positive external public opinion atmosphere for building a strong country and national rejuvenation. It is necessary to improve the system and mechanism for coordinating all parties' forces and resources to actively participate in international communication work, and accelerate the construction of a multi-channel, three-dimensional external communication pattern. Innovate communication carriers and methods, and innovate online and offline external publicity. Promote the coordinated efforts of departments, localities, media, think tanks, enterprises, and universities, and build a strong team of specialized talents that meet the needs of international communication in the new era. Study international communication theory, master the laws of international communication, and enhance the international communication capabilities of mainstream media. Accelerate the construction of a Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative system, so that the thoughts, theories, spiritual symbols, and values of contemporary China can better go to the world. Strengthen regional and national studies, promote the globalization, regionalization, and segmentation of Chinese stories and Chinese voices, and enhance the affinity and effectiveness of international communication. Deeply practice the Global Civilization Initiative, vigorously promote the concept of equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness among civilizations, and actively advocate the common values of all mankind. Widely carry out international cultural exchanges and cooperation, deepen inter-state civilization dialogues, and promote people-to-people understanding and affinity. Increase the overseas promotion of cultural masterpieces and the service support for cultural trade, and encourage cultural enterprises to expand overseas business, so that the international community can understand Chinese culture more and more deeply.
Building a strong socialist cultural country is a major strategic decision made by our Party, which is related to the overall situation of building Chinese-style modernization. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for promoting the construction of a strong socialist cultural country. On the basis of the remarkable achievements made in promoting the construction of a strong cultural country during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we must anchor the strategic goal of building a strong cultural country by 2035, adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, take root in the broad and profound Chinese civilization, conform to the development trend of information technology, develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era with strong ideological leadership, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence, solidly promote the construction of a strong cultural country, and build a solid cultural foundation for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
(The author is a professor at the School of Marxism, Wuhan University (武汉大学).)
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At the Central Economic Work Conference held in December 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized "establishing and practicing a correct view of performance," profoundly pointing out "consciously acting in accordance with the laws" and "all plans must be pragmatic and realistic, pursuing tangible and genuine growth." The value of performance lies in its substance. Substantial achievements are not superficial fanfare, but rather genuinely promote development and benefit people's livelihoods. Party members and cadres must firmly grasp the basic ideological method, working method, and leadership method of seeking truth from facts, and apply it throughout the entire process and all aspects of performing their duties, leading conscious action with ideological consciousness, and writing a response worthy of the people and the times with tangible achievements.
China has a vast territory, and local resources, industrial foundations, and development levels vary greatly. Decisions that deviate from reality will inevitably lead to "**水土不服**" (shuǐ tǔ bù fú - "unaccustomed to a new environment," to be unsuited to a new environment), which will not only make it difficult to promote development, but also cause waste of resources. In practice, a few party members and cadres, regardless of local conditions, blindly follow trends in industrial layout, falling into a predicament of homogenized competition; some ignore the actual needs of the masses and engage in "**一刀切**" (yī dāo qiē - "one size fits all," applying a uniform standard regardless of specific circumstances) in promoting people's livelihood projects, which seems grand but actually increases the burden on the masses. The root cause of these problems lies in not truly taking seeking truth from facts as the starting point for thinking about problems, making decisions, and handling affairs.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized the importance of "adapting to local conditions," urging all regions to "'use a different key to open each lock,' and not to "**刻舟求剑**" (kè zhōu qiú jiàn - "carve boat seek sword," to take measures without regard to changing circumstances)." To pursue tangible achievements, we must first adhere to starting from reality, deeply study and judge the characteristics of local development, accurately grasp the unique advantages of resource endowments and basic conditions, and identify the entry point and breakthrough for development. Whether it is industrial upgrading, project construction, or improving people's livelihoods and comprehensively revitalizing the countryside, we must respect actual conditions and objective laws, avoid seeking quick success and instant benefits, and blind and reckless actions, but rather adapt to local conditions, leverage strengths and make up for weaknesses, and implement classified policies to embark on a path of high-quality development that is in line with our own reality and has local characteristics. Only in this way can achievements be tangible and stand the test of practice.
How can we understand and grasp reality? The key lies in investigation and research. Comrade Mao Zedong (毛泽东) conducted more than 20 days of in-depth investigation in Xunwu, Jiangxi (江西寻乌), and wrote the classic work "Xunwu Investigation," which provided a solid basis for our party to formulate correct commercial and land policies. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) presided over seven central poverty alleviation work symposiums and conducted more than 50 in-depth investigations and research on poverty alleviation work at the grassroots level, traveling to 14 contiguous areas of extreme poverty, chatting with poor people face-to-face, and proposing a targeted poverty alleviation strategy, providing a winning formula for winning the battle against poverty. This fully demonstrates that only through solid and effective investigation and research can we understand all aspects of the situation and make all work more in line with reality, more in line with the laws, and closer to the masses.
In reality, some party members and cadres are accustomed to sitting in the office and making decisions "**拍脑袋**" (pāi nǎo dài - "patting one's head," making decisions impulsively), knowing little about the situation at the grassroots level and being indifferent to the demands of the masses. This kind of working method that is divorced from reality and the masses is an important reason for the emergence of ostentatious performance projects and image projects. The key to solving the problem lies in doing a good job in investigation and research. Party members and cadres must deeply realize that "without investigation, there is no right to speak, let alone the right to make decisions," take the initiative to go down to the grassroots level and immerse themselves in the front line, conduct research with problems in mind, and visit with thinking, look at the "front" and also look at the "backyard," listen to "praises" and also listen to "complaints," and make scientific decisions and promote the implementation of work on the basis of mastering first-hand information.
The fundamental value of performance lies in enhancing the well-being of the people. If the pursuit of performance is only to "**贴金**" (tiē jīn - "gilding," to glorify oneself) for oneself and to "**铺路**" (pū lù - "paving the road," to prepare the way) for promotion, it will inevitably fall into the misunderstanding of seeking quick success and instant benefits and engaging in fraud, which will ultimately harm the interests of the masses and affect the image of the Party. To pursue tangible achievements, we must always adhere to the original intention of serving the people, do practical things for the benefit of the people, do detailed things to warm the hearts of the people, and do good things to comply with the will of the people. Starting from solving the urgent and difficult problems of the masses, starting from improving the living environment and improving the level of public services, we will truly make the fruits of development more and more fairly benefit all the people.
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's development environment faces profound and complex changes. Climbing slopes and crossing hurdles requires constant effort. The more we overcome difficulties, the more we must adhere to the spirit of seeking truth from facts and pursue tangible achievements. The vast number of party members and cadres must adhere to starting from reality, deeply grasp the methodology of adapting to local conditions, conduct in-depth investigation and research, advocate pragmatism and responsibility, serve the people and create benefits for the people, create outstanding achievements with excellent work style, and make new and greater contributions to promoting Chinese-style modernization.
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Airport and wharf passenger flows surged, duty-free shopping districts saw booming sales, and island-wide self-driving tours gained popularity... This New Year's Day marked Hainan's first holiday after the island's closure. On online platforms, terms such as "offshore duty-free consumption is booming" and "inbound tourist numbers are soaring" frequently topped the trending searches. The bustling scenes and impressive data are encouraging and invigorating. Standing at the new starting point of island-wide closure, Hainan is steadily advancing towards its goal of becoming an international tourism consumption center.
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Policy dividends released, offshore duty-free shopping amount increased exponentially.
On December 31, 2025, Wang Ren'an (王仁安), sales manager of China Duty Free Haikou International Duty-Free City (中免海口国际免税城), spent an unforgettable New Year's Eve: "It was late at night, and tourists kept coming into the store, which was open until 1 a.m." Although busy, Wang Ren'an felt particularly happy seeing the solid growth in sales data.
"I expected a lot of people, but not this many." On New Year's Day, Su Qian (苏倩), a tourist from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), after shopping at the Haikou International Duty-Free City, prepared to go to the "Sky Secret Forest" (天际秘林) for photos. She lingered for a long time before finally taking a picture during a break in the flow of people.
Why has there been an explosive growth in passenger flow during this period? Wang Ren'an analyzed that, in addition to the peak tourist season in Hainan, the main reason is that the island-wide closure has attracted attention and attracted many consumers. At the same time, the new duty-free policy implemented last November clarified that residents of the island can purchase goods on the "buy and take away" list an unlimited number of times within the limit as long as they have a departure record within one year, which further stimulates the shopping enthusiasm of local residents.
Expectations are high, policies are active, and duty-free shops throughout the island are heating up. According to statistics from Haikou Customs (海口海关), during the New Year's Day holiday, Hainan's offshore duty-free goods sales reached 442,000 pieces, an increase of 52.4% year-on-year; the number of shoppers was 83,500, an increase of 60.6% year-on-year; and the shopping amount was 712 million yuan, an increase of 128.9% year-on-year.
Walking in the Haikou International Duty-Free City, signs of activity reductions and exemptions can be seen everywhere, and "new policy interpreters" answer questions in densely populated areas. "I calculated it early. Buying skin care products and a mobile phone, with the activity superimposed on government consumption coupons, can save accommodation and airfare. It's really worth it!" Su Qian (苏倩) smiled.
Duty-free shops throughout the island seized the opportunity with various activities. "We launched a '3-for-10% off' promotion for some duty-free products, and also incorporated cruise performances, giant gashapon machines, and script killings. The rich consumption scenarios have taken consumers' shopping experience to the next level," said Wang Ren'an (王仁安).
"Hainan is building a global boutique shopping destination, and it is necessary to make good use of the key policy of duty-free shopping." Xia Feng (夏锋), a researcher at the School of Marxism (马克思主义学院) at Hainan University (海南大学), said that it is necessary to enrich the supply of national trendy brands, Hainan's characteristic commodities, and new technology products, and improve the multi-level supply system of "offshore duty-free + duty-free daily consumer goods for island residents + cross-border e-commerce" to promote the quality and upgrading of duty-free consumption.
A good start has added more expectations to Wang Ren'an (王仁安) for 2026: "I hope that the duty-free shopping policy will be more effective after the closure, so that enterprises and island residents will have a greater sense of gain."
This expectation may be realized soon. In December 2025, the Department of Commerce of Hainan Province (海南省商务厅) announced the "Hainan Free Trade Port Island Residents Consumption 'Zero Tariff' Imported Goods Business Entities and Duty-Free Shop Management Measures (Trial) (Draft for Comment)" (海南自由贸易港岛内居民消费“零关税”进境商品经营主体及免税店管理办法（试行）（征求意见稿）), soliciting public opinions. Enterprises and island residents are expected to enjoy a wider range of duty-free policy dividends.
Relying on resource endowments, island cultural tourism activities are distinctive.
On the second day of the New Year's Day holiday, Su Qian (苏倩) and her friends took a sightseeing bus to visit Haikou Holiday Beach (海口假日海滩) and Wanlv Park (万绿园), immersed in the joyous festive atmosphere. She attributed this wonderful journey to her initial idea of going to Haikou (海口) to watch the New Year's Eve concert.
On the last day of 2025, the Hunan Satellite TV Mango TV New Year's Eve concert was held at the Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium (海口五源河体育场), attracting tens of thousands of spectators. The excitement is not limited to stadiums and concert halls. During the New Year's Day holiday, walking on the streets and scenic spots of Haikou, there are constant special performances such as intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, street art, and immersive dramas.
With warm and comfortable winter climate and good transportation infrastructure, in recent years, Haikou has taken advantage of the construction of the Free Trade Port to accelerate its run towards the "International Performing Arts Capital" (国际演艺之都), developing a city temperament that integrates tropical customs, artistic style, and international style. Tourism platform data shows that on New Year's Day, the increase in air ticket bookings to Haikou ranked among the top in the country, and the popularity of self-driving tours in Haikou increased by 96% year-on-year.
Xu Yanqing (徐艳晴), Executive Dean of the School of International Tourism and Public Management (国际旅游与公共管理学院) at Hainan University (海南大学), believes that the relaxed policy environment provides soil for Hainan's performing arts economy. For example, Hainan recently implemented the "Hainan Free Trade Port Tourism Regulations" (海南自由贸易港旅游条例), encouraging foreign investors to establish performance brokerage agencies and performance venue operating units in the Free Trade Port, and plans to allow the establishment of Chinese-controlled foreign-invested performing arts groups. In recent years, Hainan's implementation of large-scale performance "service one thing" and other approval process optimizations have also made the docking of international performing arts resources smoother.
"We will use 'policy + activity' dual-wheel drive to introduce large-scale sports events and performances, expand the scale of the sports economy and performing arts economy, and fully stimulate Hainan's tourism consumption potential." Li Haigang (李海钢), Deputy Director of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province (海南省旅游和文化广电体育厅), introduced that Hainan plans to introduce and hold 77 key sports events and performances in 2026, including 37 international events.
During the New Year's Day holiday, in Sanya (三亚), various yachts raced against each other, drawing white curves on the sea; in Qionghai (琼海), the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone (博鳌乐城国际医疗旅游先行区) welcomed batches of health tourism groups... All parts of the island rely on resource endowments and policy advantages to show their strengths.
With a convenient and friendly environment, the number of inbound tourists has surged.
During the New Year's Day holiday, walking in the Luhuitou Scenic Area (鹿回头景区) in Sanya, you can always encounter groups of foreign tourists; on the beach of Dadonghai (大东海), it is crowded with foreign guests enjoying sunbathing; under the afterglow of the setting sun, the seaside bars and shops have become a happy ocean for tourists from all over the world.
In a hotel in Sanya, several tourists from Kazakhstan are checking in. Wang Zhiqing (王知青), the hotel director, said that the rooms for the New Year's Day holiday were fully booked a month ago, and nearly half of them were foreign tourists. To help them adapt to the time difference, the hotel extended breakfast time to 1:30 pm.
"When the Dadonghai Tourist Center (大东海游客中心) was established in 2022, many tourists came to consult every day. Now the number of tourists has doubled, but fewer people come to consult." In the eyes of Lu Huimin (卢慧敏), a staff member of the scenic spot, on the one hand, the payment and play environment in Sanya is becoming more and more convenient and friendly; on the other hand, the "China Travel" has become popular in the past two years, and most foreign tourists will do their homework in advance.
According to statistics, during the New Year's Day holiday, Hainan's inbound and outbound passenger flow increased by more than 20% year-on-year. On New Year's Day, the number of inbound air tickets in Haikou (海口) and Sanya (三亚) increased by more than 3 times and 5 times year-on-year, respectively. The main source countries are Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, etc.
"After the closure operation, with the successive implementation of policies such as free and convenient entry and exit of personnel, opening of air rights, duty-free shopping, medical and educational tourism, and the gradual reduction of tourism factor costs, Hainan's tourism market will be further opened, and total tourism revenue will increase rapidly." Xia Feng's (夏锋) team predicts that after the closure operation, Hainan's total tourism revenue will increase by 2.62%-3.28%.
Cooler heads are needed behind the heat. Xu Yanqing (徐艳晴) believes that Hainan's inbound tourism still has room for improvement in destination brand shaping, supply system upgrading, special policy implementation, diversification of source markets, and construction of international standards. She also suggested that relevant practitioners should fully measure the suitability of resources and policies when conducting business in Hainan, grasp the growth points of new business formats, and promote the high-quality development of Hainan Free Trade Port's tourism industry.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩俊杰
Recently, the 11 factory buildings of Anhui Aodehua Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. have been completed. After settling in Fuyang (阜阳), Anhui, the company achieved trial production in just one year. "After reaching full production, it will produce 1.15 million sets of clutches annually, with an estimated annual output value of 1 billion yuan," said Lin Aiqing (林爱青), general manager of the company. At present, Fuyang (阜阳) City has attracted nearly 300 automobile parts and after-market enterprises above designated size, and the new energy vehicle industry chain is constantly improving.
In recent years, Anhui (安徽) has adhered to using industrial revitalization to lead the development of northern Anhui (皖北), and is building four key industrial clusters: new energy vehicles and parts, new energy, new materials, and green food in northern Anhui (皖北). "We strive to achieve a scale of over 330 billion yuan for the new energy vehicle industry in northern Anhui (皖北) by 2027," said Chen Jun (陈军), director of the Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission (安徽省发展改革委).
Extending, strengthening, and supplementing the chain is not only happening in the automotive industry. "With a mobile phone and a computer, you can grasp the situation of the pear orchard in real time, changing the traditional model of growing pears depending on the weather and experience," said the person in charge of the "Digital Orchard" platform in Dangshan County (砀山县), Suzhou (宿州) City. By introducing new technologies and equipment such as cloud computing, big data, and agricultural Internet of Things, the rate of high-quality fruit has increased by 15% compared with traditional planting, and the average income per mu has increased by 800 yuan.
Walking into the "China Sensor Valley" located in Bengbu (蚌埠) City, you are greeted by a sense of technology. Relying on the leading enterprise Anhui Northern Microelectronics Research Institute Group (安徽北方微电子研究院集团), it has attracted more than 200 upstream and downstream enterprises of intelligent sensors to gather here, and has initially built a complete industrial chain system of intelligent sensor materials, design, manufacturing, packaging, testing and application.
These scenes are a microcosm of Anhui's (安徽) adherence to promoting the "four modernizations" - new industrialization, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization - simultaneously in northern Anhui (皖北), effectively enhancing the industrial capacity. Northern Anhui (皖北) covers Suzhou (宿州), Bengbu (蚌埠), Huaibei (淮北), Bozhou (亳州), Huainan (淮南), Fuyang (阜阳) and other places. It is an important part of Anhui's (安徽) regional development pattern, and it is also a relatively underdeveloped area in the province.
The "four modernizations" are continuously enhancing the development capacity of northern Anhui (皖北). The innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain are accelerating their integrated development in northern Anhui (皖北). Bengbu (蚌埠) City has created 4 provincial-level manufacturing innovation centers, cultivated 100 provincial-level enterprise technology centers, and has cumulatively cultivated 449 provincial-level new products; Huaibei (淮北) City has cooperated with universities and research institutes such as the University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学) and Shanghai Jiaotong University (上海交通大学) to build 3 national-level innovation platforms and 88 provincial-level innovation platforms.
Paired cooperation helps northern Anhui (皖北) develop faster and better. In December 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) issued the "Implementation Plan for Shanghai-Suzhou-Zhejiang Cities to Provide Paired Assistance to Northern Anhui Cities (皖北)", clarifying that 8 cities (districts) in Shanghai (沪), Suzhou (苏), and Zhejiang (浙) will provide paired assistance to 8 cities in northern Anhui (皖北). In the Lu'an Economic and Technological Development Zone (六安经济技术开发区), Lu Ming (吕明), laboratory supervisor of Anhui Kaisting Technology Co., Ltd. (安徽凯斯汀科技有限公司), experienced the benefits of paired cooperation - the new energy vehicle high-end parts testing base jointly built by Shanghai (上海) and Lu'an (六安) City allows experimental test results to be "available immediately." "After the base is in operation, companies no longer need to go to other places for testing, which effectively reduces costs," said Lu Ming (吕明).
The construction of industrial parks is accelerating, and the carrying capacity is accelerating. The Xu-Huai Industrial Cooperation Park (徐淮产业合作园区) in Huaibei (淮北) City has cumulatively signed 67 projects with more than 100 million yuan from Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu (江苏), with a total agreed investment of 30.47 billion yuan; since Bengbu (蚌埠) City and Ningbo (宁波) City, Zhejiang (浙江) formed a paired relationship, the Yong-Beng Cooperation Industrial Park (甬蚌合作产业园), a paired assistance industrial cooperation park, has been built, and 51 projects with more than 100 million yuan from Ningbo (宁波) have been signed, with a total agreed investment of 21.935 billion yuan... 360 cooperation park projects jointly built by Shanghai-Suzhou-Zhejiang (沪苏浙) cities and northern Anhui (皖北) have been launched, with a total investment of over 160 billion yuan.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Wang Haonan (王昊男)) The Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, together with the Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, and the Zhongguancun (中关村) Management Committee, recently issued the "Several Measures on Further Enhancing the City's Pilot Test Service Capabilities to Promote the Integrated Development of Scientific and Technological Innovation and Industrial Innovation." The measures propose 14 policy initiatives in four areas: the layout of pilot test platforms, the continuous improvement of pilot test service capabilities, the optimization of the pilot test service ecosystem, and the strengthening of safeguard measures.
The measures propose to build a number of pilot test platforms in internationally leading industries such as artificial intelligence, medicine and health, and green and low-carbon industries, as well as in fundamental and security-strengthening industries such as new materials, integrated circuits, aerospace technology, and new security and emergency response, and in the future industrial growth matrix. New construction projects will be supported with subsidies of 35% of the total investment, up to a maximum of 100 million yuan. For energy-level upgrading industries such as next-generation information technology and intelligent connected new energy vehicles, a number of pilot test platform clusters will be built, and new construction projects will be supported with subsidies of 25% of the total investment, up to a maximum of 50 million yuan.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Nanjing, January 5th) (Reporter Wang Weijian (王伟健)) The Jiangsu Guoxin Dafeng 850,000-kilowatt offshore wind power project in Dafeng recently achieved grid connection for all wind turbines. This is the offshore wind power project with the largest single-project capacity and the largest number of wind turbines built in Jiangsu (江苏) during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
The project is located in the sea area southeast of Xinyang Port (新洋港) and northeast of Dafeng Port (大丰港) in Yancheng (盐城), with a planned sea area of 136 square kilometers, consisting of 4 sites. The project installed 100 wind turbine units with a single unit capacity of 8.5 MW, with a total installed capacity of 850,000 kilowatts, and supporting the construction of 2 offshore booster stations and 1 onshore switching station. After the project is put into operation, it is expected to generate 2.88 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, saving 870,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 2.39 million tons annually, contributing to optimizing the regional energy structure, building a new power system, and helping achieve the "dual carbon" goals.
Return to TopIn the cold winter season, the razor clams artificially cultivated on the tidal flats of the Yellow Sea in Donggang City (东港市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), enter the harvest season. The picture shows farmers breaking the sea ice on the tidal flats on January 3 to dig out razor clams, which are transported to the shore for cleaning.
Photo by Lü Wenzheng (吕文正) (Image China)
Return to TopKunming, January 5th (People's Daily reporter Yang Wenming (杨文明) and correspondent Wang Yu (王宇)) It was learned from China Southern Power Grid Yunnan Power Grid Co., Ltd. that with the recent official operation of the Guoyi Energy Storage Power Station in Malong District (马龙区), Qujing City (曲靖市), Yunnan Province (云南省), the total installed capacity of new energy storage in Yunnan (云南) has exceeded 6 million kilowatts, ranking among the top in the country. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Yunnan (云南) has actively promoted the construction of a new power system demonstration zone. As of now, a total of 75 energy storage projects have been connected to the grid and put into operation, forming a diversified and large-scale energy storage layout. Currently, the utilization hours of new energy storage in Yunnan (云南) rank among the top in the country.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫
In the early morning, the Xihu Port (西沪港) in Xiangshan (象山), Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江) is shimmering with light, and Bao Hua'ao (鲍华熬), a major aquaculture farmer, is bending over to check the large yellow croakers in the net cages.
Xiangshan (象山), Ningbo (宁波) is rich in fishery resources and has been accelerating its transformation into a strong modern fishery county in recent years. Fishery production has a long cycle and requires large investments, and fishermen and small and micro enterprises often face the dilemma of "urgent need for money and difficulty in financing."
Previously, Bao Hua'ao (鲍华熬) was in a business predicament due to insufficient funds to purchase feed. "Thanks to the bank's 'timely rain,' it solved my 燃眉之急 (rán méi zhī jí - "burning eyebrows emergency," a desperate situation)," he recalled.
This "timely rain" came from the door-to-door service of the Postal Savings Bank of China (邮储银行) Ningbo Branch (宁波分行). In September 2025, the account manager took the initiative to visit the fishing village to understand the scale of aquaculture and funding needs, and issued a 300,000 yuan "Speed Loan" through online approval on the same day.
How to make financial "living water" more accurately irrigate the fishing villages? Go deep into the front line, understand the needs, and innovate products. For example, the bank built the "Small and Micro Easy Loan" application scenario to meet the financial needs of customers in different scenarios; combined with the characteristics of the fishery industry in Ningbo (宁波), it provides credit support to small and micro enterprises in subdivided fields such as fishing barges, oil barges, and fishing tool production and sales companies. Since 2025, the Postal Savings Bank of China (邮储银行) Ningbo Branch (宁波分行) has issued 878 million yuan in fishing vessel mortgage loans, providing credit support to 483 fishermen.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 蕊
How did a peach that once "couldn't leave its hometown due to its thin skin and soft flesh" grow into a "golden fruit" with a brand value of 4.112 billion yuan?
The answer lies hidden in the peach orchards covering the mountains. Winter is deep, and the cold is intense. In the Feicheng peach planting base in Xishangli Village (西尚里村), Xincheng Subdistrict (新城街道), Feicheng City (肥城市), Shandong Province (山东), peach trees stand silently upright in the cold wind, their branches strong and vigorous. Fruit farmers, holding pruning shears, move with neat and precise movements, thinning out the dense branches and shaping the framework. "2025 will be a big year, with continuous orders. We will produce a lot of peaches, and the price will be very stable. The winter temperature is low, and winter peaches are very popular in the market," an old fruit farmer said with a smile.
Once upon a time, Feicheng's 100,000 mu of peach orchards faced the dilemma of "not being able to go out" due to the single variety, the overly concentrated harvest period, and the traditional Feicheng peach's thin skin, soft flesh, juicy texture, and extreme perishability.
How to make the reputation of "heavenly pan tao, earthly Feicheng peach" a reality? "By optimizing the variety structure and introducing excellent varieties, the maturity period of Feicheng peaches is extended, realizing 'selling nationwide'," said Chen Wenyu (陈文玉), senior agronomist at the Feicheng Peach Industry Development Center (肥城桃产业发展中心). Today, Feicheng, with Xincheng Subdistrict (新城街道), Taoyuan Town (桃园镇), and Yiyang Subdistrict (仪阳街道) as its core production areas, radiating to Anzhan (安站), Chaoquan (潮泉), Wangzhuang (王庄) and other towns and villages, has formed an industrial layout centered on traditional Feicheng peaches, covering more than 100 cultivated varieties, breaking seasonal restrictions and achieving peaches in all seasons.
With the variety enriched, the planting methods have also been upgraded. "Wide-row ridge cultivation, integrated water and fertilizer management, agricultural Internet of Things... these new technologies have been widely used in our base," said Liu Bin (刘斌), production supervisor of Shandong Nongfa Huifeng Agricultural and Forestry Technology Co., Ltd. (山东农发汇丰农林科技有限公司). "We have also built new fruit selection workshops and fresh-keeping storage facilities, and carry out post-harvest processing according to standardized procedures to ensure the quality of every Feicheng peach." It is important to produce well, but also to sell cleverly. The local government has also joined hands with e-commerce platforms, and live streaming and community group buying are thriving, solving the sales dilemma of 酒香也怕巷子深 (jiǔ xiāng yě pà xiàng zi shēn - "even good wine fears a deep alley," even good products need marketing).
Not limited to fresh fruit. The people of Feicheng are writing the "peach article" better and better. The local government promotes the deep integration of agriculture, culture, and tourism, with "scenic spot + peach elements" as its characteristic, creating a number of peach culture-themed tourism projects such as "Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms · Peach Blossom Paradise" ("十里桃花·桃源胜境") and "Dream Peach Blossom Land" ("梦幻桃花源"). Sightseeing and picking, cultural experience and other diversified activities are advancing simultaneously, forming a virtuous circle of tourism diversion and agricultural income increase. "Since the development of rural tourism, there are more tourists, peaches are easier to sell, and our pockets are bulging," said Liu Hongfen (刘洪芬), a fruit farmer in Liutai Village (刘台村), Yiyang Subdistrict (仪阳街道), with a happy smile.
In addition to the sweetness of fresh fruit and the prosperity of cultural tourism, a legend of "turning wood into gold" is also being staged here - Feicheng peach wood carving, starting from peach wood swords and peach wood ruyi, has now expanded to more than 30 series and more than 4,000 varieties, with annual sales revenue of 2.6 billion yuan, driving employment for more than 67,000 people. "Planting peach trees more precisely, extending the industrial chain longer, and making the brand more resounding, so that small specialties can grow into large industries - this is the most hardcore 'secret to wealth' and a vivid interpretation of the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside," said Wang Jirong (王继荣), Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Feicheng Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (肥城市农业农村局).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 邵玉姿
In Yongning Garden Community, Yongning Community (永宁社区), Quyang County (曲阳县), Hebei Province (河北省), laughter fills the air. Downstairs in Building 8 of the community, resident Shen Shuying (申淑英) neatly parks her electric bicycle in the newly built smart shed in front of the building, takes out the battery charger, and scans the code to charge it. "It stops charging when fully charged and sends reminder messages to my phone." After speaking, Shen Shuying hurried home, "I need to tidy up upstairs and then go square dancing!"
Behind Building 5 of the community, Zhang Xiaoyang (张晓阳), a cadre from Yongning Community (永宁社区), is inspecting the site cleanup. "We need to quickly clean up this open space so that the construction team can enter the site as soon as possible." Another smart shed for electric bicycles is being built here. "In recent years, the number of electric bicycles in the community has increased rapidly. The newly built sheds have solved the urgent need, but there is still a shortfall, which we will make up for as soon as possible," said Zhang Xiaoyang (张晓阳).
In Yongning Garden Community (永宁花园小区), during peak hours, problems such as congestion of electric bicycles entering and exiting, high load operation of charging facilities, and illegal parking occur from time to time. This situation lasted for several years. Why was it so difficult to solve at that time?
"We have always wanted to solve it, but we don't have enough manpower and are too busy to take care of it. We are anxious to see the problem but can't do anything about it," said Gao Jingmin (高静敏), the then secretary of the Yongning Community (永宁社区) Party Branch. Yongning Community (永宁社区) was established in 2014 and has 10 communities under its jurisdiction. For a long time, 7 community cadres have been responsible for the daily management and service work of more than 4,000 households and more than 13,000 people in the area. "If it's basic service, we can handle it by doing more," said Gao Jingmin (高静敏). "But if we want to improve the service further and do things more comprehensively, it will be difficult. Filling out forms, reporting numbers, and attending meetings, one after another, we are overwhelmed."
The forms and numbers that Gao Jingmin (高静敏) mentioned come from the signs of the community Party-masses service center. Gao Jingmin (高静敏) said: "Legal, employment... various departments come to hang a sign. The 'face' of the community Party-masses service center is not big, but more than 30 signs have been hung up before and after. We do whichever work is urged the most urgently first."
"One person has to hold several 'positions' at the same time. Sometimes, just filling out forms takes up a whole day, and there is no time to go around the community." Zhang Xiaoyang (张晓阳), who is responsible for contracting Yongning Garden Community (永宁花园小区), received feedback from residents about the chaotic parking of electric bicycles and the lack of charging facilities very early on. After Zhang Xiaoyang (张晓阳) took the time to look at the site once, the community handed the problem over to the property management for coordination and resolution.
"When the community built the parking shed, it was planned according to the standard of one charging port for every three households. Now almost every household has one, and some even have more than two," said Zhang Xiaoyang (张晓阳). The property management believes that to completely solve this problem, it is necessary to build more parking sheds. However, it is necessary to coordinate with multiple departments such as housing construction and fire protection, and the community feels overwhelmed.
Zhang Xiaoyang (张晓阳) calculated: Contact the County Housing and Construction Bureau (县住建局) to apply for adjusting the local plan of the community and confirm the legality of using idle public space; contact the County Fire and Rescue Brigade (县消防救援大队) to review the fire protection compliance of the parking shed construction plan, clarify the fire separation distance, fire lane reservation, and fire facility configuration standards, and control the fire safety during construction; contact the County Power Supply Company (县供电公司) to submit an application for business expansion and connection to electricity, cooperate with on-site surveys, and determine the power access point and line laying path; contact the charging pile equipment supplier to determine the equipment model according to the needs of residents and coordinate the installation and commissioning...
Gao Jingmin (高静敏) said: "It sounds like just one thing, but there are many procedures to do. We can't spare anyone to be responsible for this matter. We keep the matter in mind and feel that we can only wait and see at that time."
After reporting to the town, the Hengzhou Town (恒州镇) Party Committee studied and believed that this was something that should be done, but compared with the many tasks undertaken by the town, it was not so urgent. Liu Huiliang (刘会亮), director of the Hengzhou Town (恒州镇) Community Construction and Property Management Supervision Office, said: "If I coordinate this matter, I have to run to one department after another."
The problem cannot be fundamentally solved, but the community also thought of a solution: During peak hours, the community mobilized volunteer forces to try to guide residents to park in an orderly manner in vacant places to ensure that electric bicycles do not go upstairs.
Task overload, manpower shortage, and unsmooth mechanisms, the matter that Gao Jingmin (高静敏) was concerned about could only wait.
The turning point appeared in the reduction of signs. According to the requirements of the higher authorities, Yongning Community (永宁社区) removed nearly 30 signs. Gao Jingmin (高静敏) said: "The community Party-masses service center only retained 5 signs. The 'face' is clean, and the burden is reduced." Now, adding parking sheds has been put on the community's work agenda. Community cadres visited households, distributed questionnaires, and held symposiums to sort out more than 30 specific suggestions in 5 categories, such as "smart charging" and "staggered peak management." At the same time, the community reported the research results and construction plan of "adding smart parking sheds" to the Hengzhou Town (恒州镇) Party Committee.
The acceleration benefited from the promotion of the "find the Party branch when you have something to do" service mechanism for the people and the clarification of the list of powers and responsibilities. In order to open up the "last mile" of serving the masses, the Organization Department of the Quyang County (曲阳县委组织部) Committee took the lead in formulating the "Notice on Deepening the 'Find the Party Branch When You Have Something to Do' Service Mechanism for the People and Implementing 'Township Whistleblowing, Department Reporting'", clarifying that the township Party committee secretary is the "whistleblower" and the main responsible comrades of the county-level departments are the "liaison officers". According to the needs of the township, the personnel involved go to the site to centrally deal with the difficulties of the town and village. For urgent matters, the township blows the whistle at any time, and the county-level leaders and departments in charge of the township immediately report to improve the efficiency of disposal. In August 2025, Quyang County (曲阳县) formulated and issued the "List of Job Responsibilities of Townships in Quyang County (曲阳县乡镇履职事项清单)", and each township formulated specific matters such as people's livelihood services, economic development, and social security according to the actual situation, as well as the specific undertaking departments and working methods for each matter, to further clarify the boundaries of responsibilities between the county and township.
Liu Huiliang (刘会亮) introduced that, benefiting from the two mechanisms, the "whistle" was blown between the county and township, and each problem previously faced in adding parking sheds had a corresponding person in charge and corresponding solutions. The introduction of the "List of Job Responsibilities of Townships in Quyang County (曲阳县乡镇履职事项清单)" has greatly reduced the burden on townships. "Compared with the past, the work of townships has been reduced by more than 100 items."
Under the coordination of Liu Huiliang (刘会亮), a four-party consultation meeting attended by the community, property management, functional departments, and resident representatives was successfully held in the conference room of the community Party-masses service center. The meeting reached a consensus on the spot that the Yongning Garden Community (永宁花园小区) property management would invest in adding 2 smart sheds next to Buildings 1 and 8 of the community, and relevant departments would fully support and cooperate. The approval process has a green channel, the power grid relocation is handled specially, and residents supervise the construction site... During the day, the shed roof is built, and at night, the lines are laid. Two translucent smart sheds covering an area of more than 1,000 square meters have been built, equipped with 280 smart charging interfaces, and fire protection facilities have been improved simultaneously.
The grassroots governance force is also constantly growing. Quyang County (曲阳县) is accelerating the establishment of a professional system for community workers. "In 2025, the county recruited a group of community workers, and now they are all in place. We have reached 25 community cadres." Bi Dong (毕栋), the newly appointed secretary of the Yongning Community (永宁社区) Party Branch, is full of confidence. "In the future, we will have more power to participate, improve the community's governance capabilities, and serve the residents well."
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The grassroots level is the "last mile" for policy implementation and the "first mile" for serving the people. For some time, various signs in some places have filled the "face" of Party-masses service centers. Excessive meetings and documents, filling out forms and reporting numbers have left grassroots cadres exhausted, further hollowing out service functions, frustrating the needs of the masses, and restricting the improvement of grassroots governance effectiveness.
To rectify formalism and reduce the burden on the grassroots, we must clarify the functions and responsibilities through institutional arrangements, so that the grassroots can remove unnecessary signs and shoulder the responsibility of doing practical things. We must continue to stimulate the internal motivation to solve problems and take responsibility, so that grassroots cadres can let go and put more time and energy into serving the people.
Optimizing grassroots governance requires not only traveling light but also "coordinated operations." Quyang County (曲阳县) in Hebei Province (河北省) has implemented a mechanism of "township blowing the whistle, departments reporting," where townships, communities, and various departments and units work together to solve residents' "worries." This mechanism breaks down the barriers of departmental divisions. Complex problems that originally required repeated coordination and layer-by-layer approval can be solved efficiently through collaborative linkage, promoting the transformation of grassroots cadres from being powerless to solve difficult problems to being willing and able to do difficult things with heart and effort.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 魏哲哲
How to solve the dilemma of "parents' divorce, children's suffering"? Can parents waive visitation rights to their minor children? How can public guardians better fulfill their family education responsibilities?
In response to social hot topics, the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) released six typical cases of judicial application of "Family Education Guidance Orders," emphasizing the upgraded legal status of family education from a "family matter" to a "national affair." Parents or other guardians should establish a sense of responsibility that the family is the first classroom and parents are the first teachers, and assume the primary responsibility for implementing family education.
In a visitation dispute case, after Lu (卢某) and Du (杜某) divorced, they agreed that Du (杜某) could visit their child, Xiao Du (小杜), once a month. However, for more than 10 years, Du (杜某) never visited. Xiao Du (小杜) longed for his father's love and sued the court, requesting that Du (杜某) be ordered to visit him at least once a month. However, Du (杜某) refused to visit, claiming that visitation with minor children is a right that can be waived.
In response to Du's (杜某) misunderstanding, the judge provided legal education: Visitation is not only a statutory right but also an extension of the statutory obligation to raise, educate, and protect minor children. Considering the principle of the best interests of the minor and Xiao Du's (小杜) emotional needs, Du (杜某) should visit his child regularly.
The court held that Du's (杜某) failure to visit for more than 10 years violated both the agreement and the provisions of the Civil Code regarding parents' obligations to raise and educate their children, infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of the minor. It issued a "Family Education Guidance Order" to Du (杜某) in accordance with the law, ordering him to visit his child regularly and receive family education guidance. After the mediation in this case, the court entrusted a youth social worker to assist with the first visit, after which independent visits were achieved. Subsequent tracking revealed that the parties had completed the required family education courses, the parent-child relationship was harmonious, and the child's condition was good in all aspects.
Many cases in practice show that juvenile delinquency is highly correlated with improper performance of family education duties. In the vast majority of cases, the parents or other guardians of juvenile delinquents have deficiencies or improprieties in family education, or other factors that are not conducive to the healthy growth of the minor.
Taking the case of Li (李某) suing Wang (王某) and others for a health rights dispute as an example, the nine defendants not only engaged in bullying but also had bad behaviors such as smoking, drinking, and beating others. From the perspective of family circumstances, most of the nine defendants lived in divorced families, and one had lost both parents; some parents or guardians were busy with work and neglected to care for and educate their children; and some had tense parent-child relationships, resorting to beating and scolding their children after they made mistakes. The bad behaviors of the nine defendants were closely related to their family education situation.
The court conducted targeted family education guidance work based on the specific circumstances of the bullied and the bullies' families; at the same time, it mobilized professional social resources and organized social workers to provide professional family education guidance to promote the correction of the bullies' deviant behaviors. In addition, judicial recommendations were issued to promote school rectification and prevent more bullying behaviors from occurring.
Xiao Ru (小如), an 8-year-old girl, had an unknown biological father, and her mother, Guo (郭某), engaged in abuse and instructed Xiao Ru (小如) to steal. A neighborhood committee applied to the court to revoke Guo's (郭某) guardianship. The court held that Guo (郭某) had harmed Xiao Ru's (小如) physical and mental health and ruled to revoke Guo's (郭某) guardianship and designate the neighborhood committee as Xiao Ru's (小如) guardian.
After the judgment, the neighborhood committee respected Xiao Ru's (小如) wishes and entrusted Xiao Ru's (小如) aunt to provide daily care. The court issued a "Family Education Responsibility Notice" to the neighborhood committee, requiring the neighborhood committee to set up a special person and position to be responsible for the protection of minors; to conduct regular visits to Xiao Ru (小如) and establish a growth file; and to ensure that Xiao Ru (小如) receives and completes compulsory education.
In addition, the court, in conjunction with the Women's Federation (妇联) and public welfare organizations, provided assistance to ensure Xiao Ru's (小如) life, education, and medical care. At the same time, it promoted cooperation between the civil affairs, women's federation, and education departments to solve the problem of "who will manage and how to manage" after the transfer of guardianship. The Supreme People's Court (最高法) stated that in this case, the people's court expanded the scope of application of the "Family Education Responsibility Notice" from parents to public guardians, enriched the connotation of the national guardianship system, and conveyed the guiding principle that public guardians should ensure that minors can obtain a sufficiently good and healthy family education environment when assuming guardianship responsibilities.
Return to TopIn recent years, rural e-commerce has developed rapidly. Mobile phones have become new farming tools, internet traffic has become a new type of agricultural resource, and livestreaming has become a new type of farm work. How can we expand the sales channels for agricultural products? Various regions are using Party building to lead the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Many cadres are stepping in front of the camera to promote agricultural products, showcase the new look of the countryside, allow villagers to taste the sweetness of livestreaming, and drive the development of rural industries.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Chongqing (重庆) on January 5th (Reporter Wang Xinyue (王欣悦)) -- At 7:30 in the morning, traffic gradually thickened on Guixi Avenue in Dianjiang County (垫江县), Chongqing (重庆). Suddenly, a white car failed to brake in time and rear-ended the car in front. Cheng Xiaobo (程小波), a police officer from the Accident Handling and Countermeasures Squadron of the Traffic Management Brigade of the Dianjiang County (垫江县) Public Security Bureau, accessed the scene through the "Yulutong" (渝路通) traffic accident rapid handling and easy compensation mini-program.
Under the guidance of Cheng Xiaobo (程小波), the parties involved used their mobile phones to circle the accident scene, taking pictures of the vehicle positions, license plate numbers, and collision details. Evidence fixation and liability determination took 5 minutes and 12 seconds. Both drivers quickly left the scene, and the traffic flow behind them quickly returned to normal.
After a traffic accident occurs, the public can use the "Yulutong" (渝路通) traffic accident rapid handling and easy compensation mini-program to connect with traffic police for point-to-point video calls, quickly handle the police situation online to determine responsibility and loss, and synchronize accident information to insurance companies, realizing seamless connection between traffic accident handling and insurance claims. At present, Chongqing (重庆) has set up video alarm receiving posts in the traffic management detachments of each district and county in the city, handling an average of 649 minor traffic accidents per day. The average vehicle speed during peak hours in the central urban area has increased by 3.6% compared with 2024, and the congestion index has decreased by 5.8% compared with 2024.
"‘Yulutong’ turns the six things of ‘reporting to the police, determining responsibility, determining loss, claiming compensation, repairing, and seeking medical treatment’ into an integrated service." Yao Yi (姚毅), a police officer from the Accident Handling and Countermeasures Detachment of the Traffic Management Corps of the Chongqing (重庆) Public Security Bureau, introduced, "We have broken down the data barriers between public security traffic management and insurance companies, realizing full and real-time sharing of 23 types of accident-related data, and piloting online direct compensation for single-vehicle losses within 5,000 yuan and minor personal injuries within 3,000 yuan, reducing the average claim settlement cycle from 7 days to 3 days."
Return to TopAccording to a report from our Nanchang (南昌) office on January 5th (Reporter Zhou Huan (周欢)), in order to solve the difficult problems in key areas such as comprehensive rural revitalization, grassroots governance, and project construction, Fengxin County (奉新县), Yichun (宜春), Jiangxi (江西) Province, combined the pilot work of performance management for township civil servants and explored the "whoever can do it takes the job" mechanism. They established a project pool around high-frequency key tasks, encouraging young grassroots cadres to claim tasks based on their job responsibilities, practical work, and professional expertise, and improve their ability to work hard in overcoming difficulties.
Fengxin County (奉新县) carried out the "face-to-face activities between cadres and the masses," collected and sorted out specific matters and specific problems that affect the people's sense of gain, and the township party committee researched and determined the "listing" project, clarified the task objectives and time limit requirements, and young grassroots cadres can participate in the task claim in "groups." Local relevant departments regularly schedule project progress and dynamically grasp the progress. For cadres who are progressing smoothly in the project, they will be given preference in performance bonuses, evaluations, and promotions, so that "doing well and doing poorly are different."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 崔 佳 方 圆
"Director Cong (丛所长), are you there?" Early in the morning, resident Sun Shumei (孙树梅) came to the entrance of the Fendou Police Station of the Beilin Branch of the Suihua Public Security Bureau (绥化市公安局北林分局) in Suihua City (绥化市), Heilongjiang (黑龙江). She knew the way and went straight to the director's office.
"Auntie, I'm here!" Hearing the voice, Director Cong Guocheng (丛国成) came out to greet her. Sun Shumei (孙树梅) said, "It's nothing, I just haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you, so I came to take a look."
On weekdays, Cong Guocheng (丛国成) often runs to the district, showing concern for the residents. Anyone with difficulties likes to talk to him. Over time, the police and the people have become close.
Speaking of the new changes in the station, Cong Guocheng (丛国成) feels deeply: "After the burden reduction at the grassroots level, the 'ropes' on our bodies have loosened, and there are fewer trivial matters. Everyone can move more freely, and their minds are more active." From helping the elderly with their certificates to mediating neighborhood disputes, from publicizing prevention in the streets and alleys to responding to requests for help as soon as possible, the service is done more carefully and practically. The hearts of the police and the people are naturally getting closer and closer.
Behind the transformation is a profound rectification.
In July 2025, the Office of the Special Work Mechanism for Rectifying Formalism and Reducing Burdens at the Grassroots Level of the Central Government, together with the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, issued a notice regarding the problems of complicated assessment indicators and hidden variations that increased the burden on the grassroots level of the Suihua Public Security Bureau (绥化市公安局).
After the problem was notified, the Suihua Municipal Party Committee (绥化市委) and the Municipal Government (市政府) immediately studied and deployed rectification measures. The Municipal Public Security Bureau (市公安局) acted quickly, adhering to the principle of learning from the case, promoting reform through the case, and promoting governance through the case.
In response to the problems pointed out in the notice, the Suihua Public Security Bureau (绥化市公安局) established a leading group for rectification work, formulated a detailed plan, and incorporated the typical problems notified into the study and education investigation list of the bureau's leadership team, the centralized rectification ledger, and the personal problem list of leaders at all levels, consolidating the rectification efforts. At present, the "battle situation statistics" and other disguised assessment items have been completely cancelled.
The rectification is not limited to "points," but also focuses on "surfaces." "We resolutely implement the rectification work deployment of the Provincial Party Committee (省委) and the Municipal Party Committee (市委), promote rectification and remediation, learn from one instance and apply it to others, and conduct self-examination and self-correction. Except for the unified regulations of the higher authorities, all statistical reports are cancelled. We have achieved 'zeroing' of statistical reports below the Municipal Bureau (市局), and repealed and revised 7 documents that do not conform to the spirit of the higher authorities, achieving 'zeroing' of the problem of lax institutional alignment," said Ding Ran (丁然), Deputy Mayor of Suihua (绥化市) and Director of the Public Security Bureau (公安局).
The key to long-term effectiveness lies in the mechanism. The Suihua Public Security Bureau (绥化市公安局) has studied and formulated the "Vehicle Use Management Measures," the "Detailed Rules for Strictly Prohibiting the Transfer of Staff from Grassroots Public Security Organs," and the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Management of Organ Document Review." At the same time, it has integrated and established a meeting plan management system, optimized the process, and set the rules in advance.
"Since the launch of the rectification work, we have adhered to the equal emphasis on problem rectification and work style tempering, always focusing on our primary responsibilities and businesses, so that the actual effect of rectification can be truly reflected in maintaining security and serving the people." Ding Ran (丁然) listed a set of figures: In 2025, the city's public security organs have accumulated 3,589 instances of doing practical things for the people and providing convenient services; solved 77 cases of telecommunications fraud, intercepting and recovering more than 960,000 yuan; the city's security-related police incidents decreased by 23.2% year-on-year, and the incidence of homicide cases decreased by 34.78% year-on-year. "The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security are the best measure of the effectiveness of rectification."
Return to TopSince 2022, an industrial initiative called "Man Tian Xing" (满天星, meaning "Stars All Over the Sky") has accelerated the development of Chongqing's software and information service industry (referred to as the "software and information industry"), showcasing a new atmosphere. "Man Tian Xing" has gradually become a well-known brand with national influence.
Standing at a new starting point, Chongqing Municipality is iterating on the "Man Tian Xing" initiative. Recently, the "Implementation Plan for Further Promoting the 'Man Tian Xing' Initiative for the Software and Information Service Industry in Chongqing" was officially issued, marking a new stage of steady progress and quality improvement in the transformation of Chongqing's software and information industry.
High-Level Promotion, Systematic Operation
Promoting High-Quality Development of the Software and Information Industry
Chongqing is an important modern manufacturing base in China. "Hard" power is its distinct label, with deep industrial foundations in automobiles, electronic information, and equipment manufacturing. As the wave of the digital economy surges, new development trends such as intelligent and connected vehicles, digital upgrades of factories, and intelligent operation of cities are placing new demands on the software and information industry. Chongqing's software and information industry should not only be an independent track but also a "catalyst" for empowering the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.
At the same time, some commercial buildings in Chongqing are vacant, and space resources are not being effectively utilized. Under the collision of the urgent need for industrial upgrading and the opportunity to revitalize existing space, the "Man Tian Xing" action plan emerged. Its underlying logic is to attract young talents and high-quality enterprises to settle in, gather "popularity," and improve the population structure; revitalize vacant buildings, provide high-quality industrial space, and reconstruct the urban form; promote the high-quality development of the software and information industry, empower the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and the smooth transition of new and old kinetic energy, and drive related productive service industries and life service industries, reshaping urban competitiveness.
In order to promote the effective implementation of the "Man Tian Xing" action plan, Chongqing is promoting it at a high level and operating systematically, building a working mechanism that allows the whole city to "move and compete." The main leaders of the municipal government preside over the city-wide work promotion meeting every quarter; the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology (重庆市经济信息委) jointly operates with more than 10 departments, including big data, development and reform, education, and human resources and social security; the municipal level establishes "six ledgers" for buildings, enterprises, projects, talents, activities, and publicity, and implements refined management; and the main leaders of each district government promote the work according to the schedule. The quarterly promotion meeting is also a "case review session," where advanced districts and counties share their experiences, and backward districts and counties analyze the reasons and propose improvement measures. The combination mechanism of "overall design + ledger management + horse race competition + dynamic optimization" allows the "Man Tian Xing" action to quickly transform from documents into city-wide practice.
Achieving Six Major Leaps
The Scale of the Industry Enters the First Echelon in the Country
Chongqing takes the development of the software and information industry as an important starting point for promoting the construction of Digital Chongqing (数字重庆) and an important part of expanding and improving the quality of productive service industries. Since the implementation of the "Man Tian Xing" initiative for more than 3 years, Chongqing has focused on the central urban area as the main battlefield, closely focusing on key links such as talent, places, enterprises, scenarios, and ecology, and the software and information industry has flourished, achieving six major leaps.
New leaps have been achieved in the scale of employees and talent attraction. The city has added 263,000 employees in the software and information industry, doubling the total number compared to 2021. The proportion of people with household registration outside the city has increased to 30.5%, and 1 out of every 3 new employees is a "New Chongqinger."
Leaps have been achieved in the revitalization of existing buildings and the construction of agglomeration areas. A total of 3.75 million square meters of existing buildings have been revitalized, 26 software and information industry parks and 29 municipal-level "Man Tian Xing" demonstration buildings have been built. Liangjiang Digital Economy Industrial Park (两江数字经济产业园) was selected as one of the "Top 30 Software Parks for High-Quality Software Development in China in 2025."
Leaps have been achieved in the main body of enterprises and product competitiveness. 17,200 new software and information enterprises have been added, 3 new 10-billion-level software and information enterprises and 20 1-billion-level software and information enterprises have been added, and 91 software products and applications have been selected as national pilot demonstrations.
Leaps have been achieved in scenario opening and application effectiveness. 4,117 application scenarios have been released, promoting the software and information industry to empower the development of the manufacturing industry. 22 national-level excellent intelligent factories have been built, ranking first in the western region, and a breakthrough of zero has been achieved in global lighthouse factories. Yubei District (渝北区) was approved as a national pilot city for the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, and Yubei District (渝北区) and Changshou District (长寿区) were approved as national pilot cities for new technological transformation of the manufacturing industry.
Leaps have been achieved in the industrial ecology and development atmosphere. Activities such as the Automotive Software Open Source Competition and the Digital Industry Ecology Conference have been held, and the China Industrial Software Conference and the Intelligent Vehicle Basic Software Ecology Conference have been held for 5 and 2 consecutive sessions, respectively, significantly enhancing industry influence.
New leaps have been achieved in industrial scale and development level. In 2025, the main business income of the city's software and information industry is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan, an increase of 77% compared to 282.4 billion yuan in 2021, and will become the pillar industry in Chongqing's "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system to reach its established goals first.
Behind the series of leaps is Chongqing's systematic practice of consolidating the foundation of talent with a deeply integrated education model. By integrating the resources of enterprises, universities, and training institutions, 15 software talent "super factories" have been built, forming a cultivation system of "enterprises with projects, universities providing theory, institutions strengthening practical training, and associations promoting collaboration." Chongqing University of Science and Technology (重庆科技大学) and enterprises such as Changan Automobile (长安汽车) have jointly built automotive software "customized classes," forming a practical teaching team of more than 150 people, realizing the effective connection between talent cultivation and industrial needs; Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering (重庆工业职业技术大学) integrates classrooms into the Beidou (北斗) industrial chain, inviting enterprise engineers to serve as "industry mentors," allowing students to grow in real projects. In the past 3 years, this model has gathered more than 1,000 industry mentors, developed 702 sets of teaching materials, opened more than 1,200 courses, and cumulatively transported 35,000 outstanding software and information talents rooted in the industry to Chongqing.
Based on talent, Chongqing is based on the advantages of manufacturing and promotes the software and information industry to "empower and add intelligence" to all walks of life. In the industrial field, Changan Automobile's (长安汽车) digital and intelligent factory has driven the automation rate of production to exceed 90% through intelligent transformation; after the completion of the module factory transformation, Tianshi Seiko Technology (天实精工科技) has greatly improved production efficiency and successfully expanded the automotive camera market. Technology applications more widely benefit social governance and people's livelihood. Philisin Technology (菲利信科技) uses artificial intelligence and big data to serve the medical industry; Lixin Data Technology (立信数据科技) builds a smart health and elderly care platform to protect the safety of elderly people living alone; China Unicom Industrial Internet (联通产业互联网) focuses on smart cities and digital government fields to provide solutions. In a wider range of industry applications, the AI environmental assessment system developed by Ruangjiang Turing Artificial Intelligence Technology (软江图灵人工智能科技) significantly improves environmental assessment efficiency; Dawa Imaging Technology (达瓦影像科技) has built the "Yongchuan Science and Technology Studio" (永川科技片场), which greatly shortens the film and television production cycle with the help of film and television large models.
The vigorous development of the industry has also driven the renewal of urban space and the aggregation of ecology. Through the "government guidance + industry collaboration + enterprise main body" model, a number of "sleeping buildings" have been transformed into industrial highlands. Guanyinqiao Chongqing E-commerce Industrial Park (观音桥重庆网商产业园) has introduced policies such as cloud server subsidies and resource docking through digitization, attracting more than 100 e-commerce enterprises to settle in. Today, it has become an "e-commerce hub" with an average daily delivery of 300,000 pieces, vividly interpreting Chongqing's practice of transforming "stock" into "increment" and "sleeping buildings" into industrial highlands.
Closely Focusing on the "Artificial Intelligence +" Trend
Continuing to Run Out of the "Acceleration" of the Industry's Development in Both Quantity and Quality
The "Implementation Plan for Further Promoting the 'Man Tian Xing' Initiative for the Software and Information Service Industry in Chongqing" summarizes the achievements of more than 3 years of work, conforms to the trend of industrial development, seizes the "AI +" development opportunity, and proposes to take the aggregation of software and information industry practitioners as the main task, AI intelligent bodies as the main direction of attack, accelerate "AI +" applications, strengthen data empowerment, and promote the "Man Tian Xing" initiative to a new level.
Focusing on "putting the aggregation of talents in the first place," establish a software and information talent identification mechanism of "enterprise identification, government recognition." Chongqing promotes the joint construction of "Xinghui Base" (星晖基地) by schools and enterprises to cultivate industrial talents in a targeted manner. Issue employment subsidies for scarce positions to software and information industry practitioners, and issue social security subsidies and one-time employment absorption subsidies to software and information enterprises. Implement the action plan for millions of college graduates and other young people to stay in Chongqing and come to Chongqing for employment and entrepreneurship, and strive to add 100,000 new jobs to the software and information industry every year.
Relying on the rich scenarios and data resources of Digital Chongqing (数字重庆) construction, the modernization of super-large city governance, and the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, the government takes the initiative to build a platform and builds a "software + supply chain + manufacturing" scenario-driven model by regularly releasing "opportunity lists" and "capability lists"; enterprises strengthen supply and demand docking, allowing software and information enterprises to carry out technical research and product iteration in real scenarios, and promote the transformation of scenarios into industries and employment. For example, give full play to the construction advantages of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle capital, seize the national "vehicle-road-cloud integration" application pilot and L3-level autonomous driving pilot opportunities, and promote the software technology research, testing, verification and application promotion of intelligent driving, vehicle operating systems, etc.
In terms of industrial space expansion, Chongqing takes urban renewal as an important starting point, implants innovation, entrepreneurship and creative elements, promotes livability and business, and better promotes industrial prosperity and talent aggregation. The new stage of the "Man Tian Xing" initiative will expand the scope from the central urban area to districts and counties with conditions in the city, and build a clustered development pattern of "municipal-level agglomeration area + characteristic agglomeration area." Strengthen and optimize the innovation industry ecosystem around universities, build open source communities, enhance the level of capability opening platforms, public service platforms and industry empowerment platforms, and build an industrial carrier system of "online and offline collaboration, diversified integration."
Strengthen "AI +" empowerment and create an "AI +" product matrix. Chongqing will make good use of the Digital Chongqing (数字重庆) base and AI technology, and use AI intelligent bodies and digital twins to promote the modernization of super-large city governance capabilities. Highlight AI + manufacturing, support the integration of AI technology into the entire process of "research, production, supply, sales and service" in the manufacturing industry, and promote the quality improvement, cost reduction and efficiency increase of the manufacturing industry. Support software and information enterprises to carry out the development and application of industrial integration intelligent bodies for education, medical care, science and technology, low-altitude economy and other fields. Promote the integration and innovation of AI intelligent bodies and consumer-grade hardware products, and cultivate new intelligent products.
The prosperity of the industry leads to the aggregation of talents, and the aggregation of talents leads to the strengthening of the industry. The virtuous cycle of "talent - carrier - business form" is building a development ecology of "attracting people, retaining people, and achieving people" in the mountain city.
Data source: Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology (重庆市经济和信息化委员会)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨文明
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To explore solutions for the inconvenience of medication for patients with chronic and special diseases, Qujing (曲靖), Yunnan (云南) launched the "Shared Pharmacy for Chronic and Special Diseases" in early 2025. Focusing on district-level hospital pharmacies, with service stations in townships and extension points in village health clinics, it achieves "three connections" of prescriptions, medicines, and settlements through information technology. Over the past year, Qujing (曲靖) has built 17 "Shared Pharmacies for Chronic and Special Diseases," serving a cumulative total of over 180,000 visits, making medication more convenient and affordable for the people.
"In the past, getting antihypertensive medication involved registration, queuing, and dispensing, a process that took up most of the day." Zhao Qiongfen (赵琼芬), who lives in Qixiu Community (启秀社区), Tongquan Street (通泉街道), Malong District (马龙区), Qujing City (曲靖市), Yunnan Province (云南省), suffers from hypertension herself and also has to take care of her diabetic mother. "Taking her to the hospital risks cross-infection, but not taking her makes it difficult to explain her condition."
Now, she walks into the "Shared Pharmacy for Chronic and Special Diseases" opposite the Malong District People's Hospital (马龙区人民医院), shows her electronic medical insurance code, and gets medication for both her and her mother in less than 10 minutes. "I pick it up on the way, and it doesn't delay my grocery shopping," Zhao Qiongfen (赵琼芬) said.
The change began with a special supervision.
We cannot let the people repeatedly struggle for a box of medicine.
In early 2025, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed at the Qujing Municipal Health Commission (曲靖市卫健委) of the Qujing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (曲靖市纪委监委) discovered during an experiential supervision that "few medicines, long waiting times, and easy infection" were common problems reported by the people when purchasing medicines, with the inconvenience of medication for patients with chronic and special diseases being particularly prominent.
To understand the real situation, discipline inspection and supervision cadres and medical insurance bureau staff went to the hospital to experience the medication purchase process – it took nearly a morning just to get a box of the commonly used antihypertensive drug nifedipine. Most chronic disease patients are getting repeat prescriptions, not initial diagnoses, so why is it so time-consuming and laborious?
The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group then fully communicated with health and medical insurance departments, conducted special research, and gradually clarified the root causes of the problems: On the hospital side, because medicines are sold at zero markup on the purchase price, there is no profit and the pressure of occupying working capital is high, so they are unwilling to stock a large amount of medicines; in terms of the diagnosis and treatment process, according to hospital diagnosis and treatment management regulations, patients need to go through the entire outpatient process to purchase medicines, which invisibly lengthens the waiting time; on the market side, the prices of some medicines in retail pharmacies are generally higher than in hospitals, and the people report that buying medicines is expensive.
The research team also found during visits that township health centers and village health clinics do not have a complete range of medicines, and some medicines that people want to buy are not in stock. Some chronic disease patients choose to buy and take medicines on their own, and the long-term lack of professional medication guidance may lead to minor illnesses becoming major illnesses.
We cannot let the people repeatedly struggle for a box of medicine. Relevant departments worked together to include the difficulty of medication for chronic and special diseases in the key supervision list.
To tackle the "hard bone," Qujing City (曲靖市) chose Malong District (马龙区) for the pilot project. Chen Shaoquan (陈绍全), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Qujing Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau (曲靖市医保局党组书记), explained: "Malong District (马龙区) does not have a large population, but many patients go to provincial and municipal hospitals to buy medicines, and the medical insurance fund is under great pressure. Exploring solutions to the problems in Malong District (马龙区) can pave the way for the entire city."
Finding a balance between people's needs and practical difficulties
In recent years, the operating pressure of the Malong District (马龙区) medical community has been increasing year by year. Zhang Jinping (张金平), President of the Malong District People's Hospital (马龙区人民医院), was puzzled when he learned that a "Shared Pharmacy for Chronic and Special Diseases" was to be built on a trial basis: "We already don't have enough money, why should we spend extra money?"
"Hospital drug sales must be sold at zero markup on the purchase price, and the construction of new pharmacies involves sites, decoration, personnel, etc., which increases the hospital's additional investment," said Hu Wenjun (胡文俊), Vice President of the Malong District People's Hospital (马龙区人民医院).
How to balance people's needs and practical difficulties? All parties sat down together and carefully calculated the economic, health, and public sentiment accounts.
"Let's start with the economic account," Chen Shaoquan (陈绍全) said first. "The entire district implements the 'bundled payment, surplus retention' policy for close-knit medical communities. The medical insurance fund is allocated to the medical community in a lump sum. If patients seek medical treatment and purchase medicines outside the district, the money still comes out of the bundled amount; and the shared pharmacy sells at zero markup, the price of the medicine is the same as what it is sold to the patient, guiding patients to buy medicines in the district at no extra charge, and the fund expenditure can be saved by more than 30%. The money saved is actually retained within the medical community led by our district hospital."
"The most important thing is the health account," Fu Shiwei (符世伟), Deputy District Mayor of Malong District (马龙区), took over the conversation. "A hypertensive patient only needs a few hundred yuan for standardized medication for a year, but once it develops into a stroke, the rescue will cost tens of thousands of yuan. Shared pharmacies allow patients to take medication on time and scientifically, which helps reduce complications."
"There is also a public sentiment account that cannot be missed," added Huang Yanhui (黄艳惠), Director of the Eighth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Qujing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (曲靖市纪委监委第八监督检查室主任). "Letting the elderly run less and queue less, and letting their children worry less and take less leave, the sense of gain behind this convenience is directly related to the people's trust in the government and the hospital."
With the accounts clear, on January 18, 2025, the first "Shared Pharmacy for Chronic and Special Diseases" in Malong District (马龙区) was built opposite the District People's Hospital (区人民医院), integrating the functions of "two stations and three platforms": the doctor's workstation can issue prescriptions and measure blood pressure and blood sugar, the medical insurance service station can handle reimbursements and chronic disease identification; and three service platforms provide full-process guidance, which is efficient and convenient.
For the medication needs of patients with rare and special diseases, the pharmacy implements a "reservation purchase" mechanism. Patients can initiate reservations at the village health clinic at their doorstep, and the medicine is usually delivered to the clinic within 3 days, truly realizing "no need to leave the village, medicine arrives at the village."
Patients spend less money, and the effect of health management is also improved.
"The key is not how many pharmacies are built, but to make existing health clinics a part of the shared pharmacy, so that patients can get medicine without leaving the village," Chen Shaoquan (陈绍全) introduced. The shared pharmacy does not engage in large-scale demolition and construction, but focuses on district-level hospital pharmacies, with service stations in townships and extension points in village health clinics, to achieve "three connections" of prescriptions, medicines, and settlements through information technology.
"This box of hypoglycemic drugs used to cost 35 yuan in pharmacies, but now it only costs 20 yuan, and I only spend more than 10 yuan after medical insurance reimbursement." Yang Wei (杨伟), a villager in Jiuxian Street (旧县街道), Malong District (马龙区), calculated the cost of the medicine he just spent, "This one medicine alone can save more than 500 yuan a year, and I don't have to run to the city specifically."
The drop in drug prices stems from the pharmacy's "six unified" management: priority is given to unified centralized procurement, unified drug catalogs, unified distribution management, unified medical insurance settlement, unified service standards, and unified information platform. Priority is given to the use of national centralized procurement drugs, and sales are at zero markup. Yang Qian (杨倩), a pharmacist at the Malong District People's Hospital (马龙区人民医院), gave an example: "The price of the commonly used antihypertensive drug amlodipine besylate tablets has decreased after centralized procurement, and patients can save a lot of money by adding outpatient exemptions and medical insurance reimbursements."
The medical insurance fund has also ushered in a virtuous circle of cost reduction and efficiency improvement. In 2025, the Malong District (马龙区) medical community saved more than 4.1 million yuan compared with the same period in 2024, effectively alleviating the operating pressure of primary medical institutions, and also making it more convenient for the people to purchase medicines, forming a virtuous circle of "fund saving - service improvement - patient benefit."
The health benefits are more long-term. Doctors regularly follow up and monitor patients' conditions, and pharmacists scientifically guide patients to use medicines rationally. The blood pressure and blood sugar control rates of chronic disease patients in Malong District (马龙区) have increased by 2%-15% year-on-year, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management ranks first in the city.
"We must protect the people's money for medical treatment." Huang Yanhui (黄艳惠) said that through continuous follow-up and effectiveness tracking, all 624 problem clues transferred by the city's medical insurance system have been cleared. With the safety of the fund guaranteed, patients with chronic and special diseases can get medicine without leaving the village, and the people are more confident in their healthy lives.
From the pilot in Malong District (马龙区) to the promotion throughout the city, Qujing (曲靖) has now built 17 "Shared Pharmacies for Chronic and Special Diseases." It is more convenient for patients with chronic and special diseases to get medicine: urban patients can pick it up on the way, township patients do not need to travel across districts, and rural patients can get medicine by taking a walk at their doorstep. As of the end of 2025, the "Shared Pharmacies for Chronic and Special Diseases" in Qujing City (曲靖市) have a maximum of 619 types of medicines, which can basically meet the needs of the people for purchasing medicines; they have served a cumulative total of more than 180,000 visits and have made reservations for 400 types of medicines for 1,700 patients.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 潘俊强
In Haidian District (海淀区), Beijing (北京市), a delivery rider named Xiao Dan (小单) had a traffic accident while delivering food, resulting in a fracture. Xiao Dan (小单) initiated a "one-click report" on the platform company's APP, went to the hospital for treatment, and then returned home to rest. He submitted five items online: an application form for occupational injury insurance disability benefits, an informed consent confirmation letter, a diagnosis certificate, a receipt of payment, and an accident liability determination letter. The Haidian District (海淀区) occupational injury insurance department, in collaboration with commercial insurance institutions, contacted the platform company to conduct an accident investigation. After confirming it was a "minor injury," they immediately initiated the fast-track claims process, and Xiao Dan (小单) received 302 yuan in medical reimbursement that same day.
Targeting new-employment-form workers such as food delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers, Beijing (北京) is promoting "fast-track claims for minor injuries" for occupational injuries throughout the city. According to Dong Ming (董明), director of the Beijing (北京市) Work Injury Insurance Affairs Management Center, "minor injuries" refer to occupational injury cases that meet the criteria for occupational injury confirmation, only involve outpatient (emergency) treatment in Beijing (北京市) without the need for hospitalization, have clear facts, complete information, clear division of responsibility, and no disputes.
After the implementation of "fast-track claims for minor injuries," "minor injury" cases will be marked with a special identifier, and each step will be prioritized for processing, implementing a simplified review and issuance procedure for the entire process. The application channel for claims payment is the same as for ordinary occupational injury cases. First, an accident report is filed through the platform company's APP, and then the platform company assists the individual in initiating an application for occupational injury insurance benefits. Alternatively, one can contact the Beijing (北京市) occupational injury insurance service hotline at 010-86409198 for assistance. After receiving the accident report information, the Beijing (北京市) occupational injury insurance department entrusts a commercial insurance institution to arrange a dedicated "one-on-one" service, proactively contacting the reporting person to provide full-process service until the reimbursement funds reach the worker's personal account.
The occupational injury insurance claim process includes six steps: accident reporting, timely medical treatment, initiating a medical expense reimbursement application, occupational injury confirmation, medical expense review, and medical expense disbursement. After the implementation of "fast-track claims for minor injuries," the three processes of occupational injury confirmation, medical expense review, and medical expense disbursement in "minor injury" cases are realized through "one-time application, combined processing." New-employment-form workers only need to submit one application through the platform company's APP, and subsequent processes are carried out sequentially and jointly through internal information collaboration. The number of materials that workers need to submit has been reduced from 10 to 5, and all can be submitted online, improving application efficiency. In addition, the "fast-track claims for minor injuries" model optimizes the benefit disbursement process, increasing the frequency of medical benefit disbursement from three times a month to once a day, ensuring that reimbursement funds are promptly disbursed to workers' personal accounts.
In recent years, Beijing (北京市) has implemented an occupational injury insurance system in high-risk industries such as ride-hailing, food delivery, instant delivery, and intra-city freight, adapting to the characteristics of new employment forms such as freedom, flexibility, high mobility, and online order taking. It adopts a pay-per-order participation model, with the platform company bearing the expenses. Currently, Beijing's (北京市) occupational injury insurance covers 1.5728 million new-employment-form workers in 3 industries (ride-hailing, instant delivery, and intra-city freight) and 21 companies, effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of groups such as food delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers, and effectively dispersing the employment risks of platform companies.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐), January 5th (Reporter Sun Shaoxiong (孙少雄)) - A reporter learned from the Department of Commerce of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区商务厅) that, according to incomplete statistics, as of now, comprehensive commercial and trade service centers in Xinjiang's county towns, county-level logistics and distribution centers, and township logistics and distribution stations have achieved full coverage. The accessibility rate of express delivery in villages and the coverage rate of rural e-commerce have basically reached 100%; the coverage rates of township commercial and trade centers and village-level convenience stores have reached 96.56% and 98.92%, respectively.
Since the joint release and implementation of the "Three-Year Action Plan for County Commerce (2023-2025)" by the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and other nine departments, Xinjiang's county commercial network layout has been continuously optimized, the comprehensive service functions and operational management efficiency have been significantly improved, the logistics and distribution industry has continued to grow, the channels for industrial products to go to the countryside and agricultural products to enter the city have become smoother, and the construction of the county commercial system is transitioning from "addressing shortcomings" to "improving quality."
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Xinjiang has cumulatively secured 548 million yuan in central government financial funds, precisely supporting 399 projects, leveraging 2.1 billion yuan in social investment, providing a solid guarantee for system construction; cumulatively constructed and renovated 255 comprehensive commercial and trade service centers in county towns, an increase of 45.7% compared to 2021; constructed 1,065 township commercial and trade centers, basically achieving full coverage; constructed approximately 30,200 village-level convenience stores; promoted full coverage of county-level logistics and distribution centers, constructed 1,412 township express delivery stations, promoted intensive distribution models such as postal-express cooperation and passenger-cargo-postal integration, and significantly increased the volume of express delivery into villages.
Li Xuan (李轩), Party Group Secretary and Deputy Director of the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region (自治区商务厅), stated that they will further activate the county-level sinking market and tap into rural consumption potential. Through policy guidance, financial support, and other measures, they will continue to promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the county commercial system, and help promote urban-rural integration and comprehensive rural revitalization.
Return to TopBy November 2025, Jiangxi Province had 58,000 valid invention patents and over 1.04 million valid registered trademarks. Intellectual property pledge financing increased more than threefold in five years, reaching 12.183 billion yuan in the first three quarters of 2025. The nation's first "bank guarantee" credit-enhanced intellectual property securitization product was launched in Jiangxi. The brand value of geographical indications exceeded 120 billion yuan, and 12 geographical indication products were selected into the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement. A "1+3+N" intellectual property rapid collaborative protection network was built, reducing the pre-examination cycle for patent applications by more than 70%. The intellectual property specialist system was implemented, training nearly 3,000 professionals...
A series of breakthrough data and landmark achievements clearly outline the upward trajectory of high-quality development of Jiangxi's intellectual property undertakings. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Jiangxi fully integrated intellectual property work into the overall development of the province, adhering to strategic guidance, industrial support, financial innovation, and environmental protection, forging a new path of synchronized resonance and mutual promotion between intellectual property and economic and social development, injecting strong momentum into writing a Jiangxi chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
Strategic Guidance, Institutional Foundation, Overall Development
Jiangxi has always adhered to high-level promotion, planning the construction of a strong intellectual property province within the overall innovation and development of the province. A series of policy documents such as the "Action Plan on Strengthening the Construction of a Strong Intellectual Property Province (2022-2035)" were issued, building a policy system covering the entire chain of creation, utilization, protection, management, and service. At the same time, the joint meeting system of provincial intellectual property work departments was improved, with the number of member units expanded to 27, effectively forming a cross-departmental collaborative and top-down working pattern, leading the steady development of intellectual property undertakings with solid planning and institutional guarantees.
Industrial Empowerment, Transformation and Efficiency Enhancement, Activation of Innovation Engine
Focusing on Jiangxi Province's "1269" action plan for modernizing key manufacturing industry chains, Jiangxi has deeply implemented the intellectual property promotion chain action, promoting the deep integration of the innovation chain and the industrial chain. As of November 2025, the number of valid invention patents per 10,000 people was 12.95, exceeding the established goal for the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. The channel for transformation and utilization has been continuously broadened, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt High-Value Patent Transformation and Utilization Competition was successfully held. The second competition had 1,410 participating projects, and the radiation range was significantly expanded. The province promoted the comprehensive revitalization of existing patents in universities, benefiting a total of 14,300 enterprises and helping 300 small and medium-sized enterprises achieve growth through patent industrialization. It won 14 awards in the 25th China Patent Award, and its core innovation strength is increasingly prominent.
Financial Breakthrough, Brand Shaping, Deepening Development Advantages
In response to the financing difficulties of innovation entities, many places in Jiangxi have innovatively launched intellectual property financial products such as "Gan Zhi Loan" (赣知贷) and "Yi Zhi Loan" (宜知贷). The cumulative amount of intellectual property pledge registration in the province reached 56.375 billion yuan. Following the issuance of the province's first intellectual property securitization product in Ganzhou (赣州), the nation's first "bank guarantee" credit-enhanced intellectual property securitization product was issued in Nanchang (南昌), and the province's first county-level intellectual property securitization project was issued in Fuzhou (抚州). Many places have successively launched intellectual property securitization projects, raising more than 500 million yuan for enterprises. Vigorously promote brand building, deeply cultivate geographical indication protection and utilization, Gou Gu Nao Tea (狗牯脑茶) and Guangchang White Lotus (广昌白莲) were selected into the National Geographical Indication Protection Demonstration Zone, and 7 geographical indication products such as Gannan Navel Orange (赣南脐橙) were shortlisted for the top 100 regional brands. The "Jinggangshan" (井冈山) regional public brand has achieved expansion and quality improvement, the "Jingdezhen Made" (景德镇制) brand construction is steadily advancing, and the integration of characteristic brands such as "Lushan Yunwu Tea" (庐山云雾茶) with the cultural tourism industry and the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside has been promoted, creating a series of shining "Jiangxi business cards."
Protection Collaboration, Service Optimization, Creating a First-Class Ecology
Jiangxi strives to build an efficient and collaborative intellectual property protection network, with the Jiangxi Provincial National Intellectual Property Protection Center as the main body, the national-level protection centers in Nanchang (南昌), Ganzhou (赣州), and Jingdezhen (景德镇) as fulcrums, and grassroots workstations as extensions, forming a "1+3+N" intellectual property rapid collaborative protection system. The "Gan Enterprise Going Global" Intellectual Property Escort Doctor Service Group was established, overseas workstations were set up, and a triple service system of "doctor group roving service, vanguard team precise service, and workstation fixed-point service" was built to escort the international development of enterprises. A total of 33 national and provincial public service outlets have been laid out, supporting Jiujiang (九江) to create a pilot project for the standardization of intellectual property public service construction, realizing full coverage of intellectual property public services in prefecture-level cities.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Jiangxi's intellectual property work has achieved a major transformation from quantity accumulation to quality improvement, and from decentralized construction to system integration. Standing at a new starting point, Jiangxi will continue to deepen the construction of a strong intellectual property province, comprehensively strengthen protection effectiveness, improve utilization efficiency, cultivate brand value, and optimize the service ecology, so that intellectual property truly becomes an "accelerator" for cultivating new quality productive forces and a "hard support" for supporting Jiangxi to build "three highlands" and implement "five major strategies," writing a more magnificent innovative chapter for the high-quality development of the Ganpo land.
Data source: Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Administration (江西省市场监督管理局)
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In 2025, China clarified that recycled black powder raw materials for lithium-ion batteries that meet the standards are no longer regarded as solid waste and can be imported. China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团), through its China ZR Battery Company (中国资环电池公司), completed its first overseas business transaction, enabling the resource recycling of recycled black powder in the lithium battery recycling industry chain.
"Don't underestimate these ordinary-looking black powders; they are real resources." Bai Chunping (白春平), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China ZR Battery Company (中国资环电池公司) under China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团), displayed the black powder in a sample bottle, "This is the recycled black powder for lithium-ion batteries that we imported from overseas."
On October 29, 2025, 47 tons of recycled black powder raw materials imported by China ZR Battery Company (中国资环电池公司) from overseas successfully cleared customs at Tianjin Xingang Customs (天津新港海关), including the black powder in the bottle—this was also the first overseas business transaction completed by China ZR Battery Company (中国资环电池公司) since its establishment.
Recycled black powder contains various strategic metal resources such as cobalt, nickel, manganese, and lithium, and is an ecological "rich mine."
On August 1, 2025, the "Announcement on Regulating the Import Management of Recycled Black Powder Raw Materials and Recycled Steel Raw Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries" was officially implemented. In the same month, 40 tons of recycled black powder raw materials introduced by China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) from overseas arrived in Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江) and successfully passed customs inspection, becoming the first batch of imported recycled black powder raw materials for lithium-ion batteries in China after the announcement was implemented.
What is recycled black powder? Bai Chunping (白春平) introduced that in the lithium battery recycling industry chain, recycled black powder is the core product separated from waste lithium-ion batteries after multiple processes such as discharging, dismantling, pyrolysis, crushing, and sorting, containing various strategic metal resources such as cobalt, nickel, manganese, and lithium.
"The value of recycled black powder far exceeds that of natural minerals." Bai Chunping (白春平) calculated that every 10,000 tons of recycled black powder raw materials imported can reduce approximately 30,000 tons of primary ore mining and reduce 25,000 tons of carbon emissions. The first batch of 40 tons of black powder contains 33%, 11%, and 6.5% of nickel, cobalt, and lithium, respectively, which can extract approximately 13.2 tons of nickel, 4.4 tons of cobalt, and 2.6 tons of lithium, equivalent to replacing the mining of 3,000 tons of nickel ore, 1,100 tons of cobalt ore, and 200 tons of lithium ore. "This is a real ecological 'rich mine' and resource 'rich mine'," said Bai Chunping (白春平).
Recycled black powder raw materials for lithium-ion batteries that meet the standards are no longer regarded as solid waste and can be imported.
Recycled black powder is so good, why couldn't it be imported before?
"There are both previous policy restrictions and market reasons." Bai Chunping (白春平) analyzed that, on the one hand, recycled black powder raw materials have long been regarded as solid waste and cannot be imported. On the other hand, with the rapid development of industries such as new energy vehicles, especially the soaring export volume, the demand for resources represented by nickel, cobalt, and lithium has increased sharply, but the domestic recycling volume of waste lithium batteries is limited and the capacity utilization rate is not high.
A turning point came in June 2025 when six departments, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部) and the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), jointly issued an announcement clarifying that from August 1 of that year, recycled black powder raw materials for lithium-ion batteries that meet the standards would no longer be regarded as solid waste and could be imported. This policy adjustment not only opened up new resource channels for China's lithium battery industry but also demonstrated China's determination to practice the concept of green development and promote resource recycling.
With the "reassurance" of the policy, China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) took steps to explore the smooth return of this overseas "resource rich mine."
"The biggest challenge is that there is no precedent to follow." Bai Chunping (白春平) admitted frankly that everything from the docking of upstream and downstream enterprises at home and abroad, the design of logistics solutions, to the standardization of customs clearance procedures needs to be explored from scratch. "The key is to open up the entire chain of 'procurement—logistics—customs clearance—production and utilization'."
The smooth completion of customs clearance for multiple batches of imported recycled black powder promotes the formation of a closed-loop resource cycle for the entire life cycle of batteries.
"Black powder quality is the first barrier." Bai Chunping (白春平) introduced that most overseas recycled black powder does not meet China's import standards, and the fluorine content and heavy metal impurities exceed the standards. To ensure that the quality of imported black powder meets China's policy standards, the black powder import project team of China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) successively contacted multiple overseas source enterprises, and the technical team learned in detail about the battery source and the process steps of battery powdering. After repeatedly sending samples to customers for testing and confirming that the products meet the import standards, the first batch of imported factories and sources were finally determined.
After passing the quality barrier, the cost must also be considered. "The overseas black powder import price pricing mechanism is complex, considering both the maritime metal price on the day of the port and factors such as the port customs clearance cycle and sales cycle," said Wang Junye (王俊晔), a member of the project team.
With the source of goods and costs determined, new problems arose: powdered recycled black powder is prone to leakage and moisture during cross-border sea transportation. "We jointly researched with logistics companies and customs departments many times, and finally determined to use sealed container transportation, and set up moisture-proof and shock-proof devices in the container, and purchased special insurance to ensure the safety of cargo transportation," said Wang Junye (王俊晔).
It is not only China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) that is working hard to import recycled black powder, but the customs department has also made many preparations for the customs clearance process. "The composition of recycled black powder is complex, requiring the testing of 11 items such as lithium, arsenic, and chromium, and the inspection process is cumbersome." The person in charge of the Second Comprehensive Business Division of Tianjin Xingang Customs (天津新港海关综合业务二处) introduced that to improve customs clearance efficiency, the customs department pre-formulated review and inspection plans and laboratory inspection procedures, conducted pre-inspection of the relevant materials submitted by China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) in advance, and strictly tested key indicators such as nickel, cobalt, lithium, phosphorus, and water-soluble fluorine to ensure that the products meet national standards.
Currently, this batch of recycled black powder that has successfully entered the country has been delivered to material companies, and after further processing and purification, it is converted into raw materials such as battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium iron phosphate, and then supplied to domestic power battery companies, forming a closed-loop resource cycle for the entire life cycle of batteries. "In the future, the company will deploy more black powder pretreatment bases to promote the import of recycled black powder to develop on a large scale." Bai Chunping (白春平) is full of confidence in the future.
Since the policy was liberalized, China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) and its subsidiaries have successfully completed the customs clearance of multiple batches of imported recycled black powder at Tianjin Port (天津港) and Ningbo Port (宁波港). At present, China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) has reached long-term cooperation intentions with multiple overseas suppliers to promote the formation of a closed-loop model of "overseas procurement—domestic processing—recycling" in the industry.
From policy breakthrough to practical implementation, from technical breakthroughs to smooth chains, the story behind the import of recycled black powder is not only an innovative exploration in a professional field but also a vivid microcosm of China's practice of the concept of green development and promotion of resource recycling. It is reported that China Resources Recycling Group (中国资源循环集团) will take the import of recycled black powder as an opportunity to strive to smooth the resource cycle chain and build a national and functional resource recycling platform.
Return to TopBy: 张建军
The twenty-four seasonal winds of flowers (二十四番花信风) begin during the Minor Cold (小寒) season. The seasonal winds of flowers are a phenological calendar related to the twenty-four solar terms, and are quietly integrating into public life.
January 5th this year marks the Minor Cold solar term, also the first solar term of the Gregorian New Year.
During the Minor Cold season, we are in the depths of winter, with intense cold. However, in the eyes of the ancients, the yang energy in nature has already begun to sprout. In the seventy-two pentads, the Minor Cold "first pentad: wild geese begin to fly north; second pentad: magpies begin to nest; third pentad: pheasants begin to crow," depicts a vibrant scene of wild geese preparing to fly north, magpies building nests, and pheasants crowing. In the plant world, the "seasonal winds of flowers" are quietly blowing.
In ancient times, there was a saying of "seasonal winds of flowers," meaning the phenological signs of flowering, a phenological calendar related to the twenty-four solar terms. From Minor Cold to Grain Rain (谷雨), eight solar terms and twenty-four pentads, each pentad corresponds to a flower, which becomes the "twenty-four seasonal winds of flowers," starting with plum blossoms and ending with chinaberry flowers. The seasonal winds of flowers during Minor Cold are three: first pentad: plum blossoms; second pentad: camellias; third pentad: daffodils. Among them, plum blossoms are especially loved by scholars and poets of all dynasties and are endowed with rich cultural connotations.
The seasonal winds of flowers are a natural phenological calendar compiled by the ancients based on observation. It outlines the timeline of winter's departure and spring's arrival through the changes in flowering events, and also injects romance and elegance into life. The twenty-four seasonal winds of flowers begin during the Minor Cold season, which not only contains the code of natural rhythms, but also carries the wisdom of people living in harmony with nature from ancient times to the present.
During the Minor Cold season, plum blossoms begin to bloom in the gardens of Jiangnan (江南), and plum blossoms in the mountains of Lingnan (岭南) enter their full bloom. However, the time scale of the seasonal winds of flowers is deeply influenced by geographical and climatic conditions and cannot be generalized. If you want to find plum blossoms in the north, you have to wait until later. It is worth noting that as global warming continues, the flowering time of plants is also changing. For example, in Luoyang (洛阳), Henan (河南), the proverb "see peonies three days after Grain Rain" is widely circulated, but now peonies can be appreciated around the Qingming Festival (清明). Flowers do not speak, but with their blooming姿态, they remind us that the climate is changing.
The seasonal winds of flowers are a record of phenological observation and an art that integrates ecological aesthetics. Now, people's understanding of the seasonal winds of flowers has surpassed the scope of ancient literati elegance, and the seasonal winds of flowers are quietly integrating into public life. Some city parks and botanical gardens have launched seasonal flower viewing maps, flowering forecasts, etc., so that the wisdom of the solar terms can be inherited and promoted in the modern life of flower viewing "check-ins."
During the Minor Cold season, the seasonal winds of flowers are like the first spring message sent by nature. We may as well slow down, wait quietly for the flowers to bloom, and in the changing of the solar terms, we pick up not only phenological knowledge, but also the cultural nourishment of ancient and modern inheritance, rich and lasting.
(The author is an associate researcher at the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Research Center of the China Agricultural Museum (中国农业博物馆), interviewed and compiled by Chang Qin (常钦), a reporter from this newspaper)
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Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Chang Qin (常钦)) It was learned from the National Natural Resources Work Conference held on the 5th that: In 2025, a new round of strategic actions to achieve breakthroughs in mineral exploration will achieve new results. Focusing on key mineral types, compile "one mine, one policy" plans to tackle key problems, comprehensively complete the "14th Five-Year Plan" mineral exploration goals and tasks, and significantly increase the resource volume of uranium, copper, gold, lithium, and potash salt, achieving major mineral exploration results such as the Dadonggou Gold Mine in Liaoning (辽宁大东沟金矿) and the Jijiaoshan Lithium Mine in Hunan (湖南鸡脚山锂矿).
According to reports, in 2025, the natural resources system will innovatively optimize the natural resources and land spatial planning management system, and promote natural resources work to achieve a number of tangible results. Vigorously promote the construction of a "single map." Orderly promote data collection and governance, information system optimization, and application scenario development, the unified geographic base map has been basically completed, the ministry and bureau jointly organized and carried out annual change surveys and general surveys of forests, grasslands, wetlands, and deserts, and coordinated and shared remote sensing image data.
Promote the "three-in-one" protection of the quantity, quality, and ecology of cultivated land. Introduce management measures for the red line of permanent basic farmland protection, and optimize cultivated land surveys and assessment rules for the responsibility system for cultivated land protection.
Go all out to support major economic provinces in taking the lead. Conduct in-depth on-site package-based services, implement "one province, one list" and "one week, one schedule," and cumulatively solve 566 problems reflected by local governments, and promote the implementation of 258 major projects. Implement a "one-stop" handling of approval matters, innovate the "through train" mechanism for land approval, reduce the review process by 2/3, and shorten the approval time by 1/3.
Continuously improve the comprehensive prevention and control capabilities of natural disasters. Solidify the disaster prevention and mitigation command center, and successfully forecast 666 geological disasters throughout the year.
Integrate the advancement of natural resource supervision and law enforcement. Integrate the advancement of supervision and law enforcement of planning, land, minerals, oceans, and forests and grasslands, establish a collaborative mechanism for the State Natural Resources Supervision and the implementation of the Forest Chief System, and the Ministry and Bureau jointly reported 53 typical cases of violations of laws and regulations.
New achievements have been made in the field of scientific and technological innovation. The Songliao Basin (松辽盆地) International Continental Scientific Drilling Project created the world record for the longest continuous core and ultra-high core recovery rate, added 8 national-level talents and 392 high-level scientific and technological innovation teams at the ministry level, and the ministry and province jointly strengthened the construction of the Moganshan (莫干山) Geoinformation Laboratory.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Harbin on January 5th (Reporter Fang Yuan (方圆)): On the evening of January 5th, the 42nd China·Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival grandly opened at Harbin Ice and Snow World (哈尔滨冰雪大世界). Guests from home and abroad gathered in the ice city to witness this international ice and snow event.
This year's Ice and Snow Festival is themed "Ice and Snow, Creating the Future Together," launching ten high-quality ice and snow tourism routes, holding more than 200 ice and snow cultural, sports, and economic and trade activities, and establishing guest countries, guest provinces, and guest cities to further strengthen the new bond of ice and snow culture and stimulate new momentum for the ice and snow economy. The opening ceremony kicked off with the song and dance "Dating Harbin," which was full of ice and snow romantic atmosphere. Chinese and foreign guests watched the wonderful cultural performances together and visited Harbin Ice and Snow World (哈尔滨冰雪大世界). Relevant ministries and commissions of the state, friendly cities at home and abroad, embassies in China, international organizations, business associations, representatives of well-known enterprises, and representatives of key domestic tourist cities and travel agents attended the opening ceremony.
With the opening of the 42nd Ice and Snow Festival, Harbin (哈尔滨) once again extends a winter invitation to the world. This "ice city" is taking a more open attitude, joining hands with guests from all parties to create a better future in the world of ice and snow.
Return to TopBeijing, January 5th (Reporter Dong Siyu (董丝雨)) - The reporter learned from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局) that since the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程) battle of key projects was fully launched, adhering to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, a total of 415 projects have been implemented, completing construction tasks of over 200 million mu.
The period from 2021 to 2030 is the construction period for the sixth phase of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程). Various regions and departments have introduced fiscal and financial policies, work-for-relief programs, and other measures to better mobilize the enthusiasm of governments, central enterprises, society, farmers, and herdsmen to invest and participate in multiple ways; actively explore various models such as "treating desertification with roads," "photovoltaics + desertification control," and "industrial desertification control"; adhere to determining greening based on water resources, focusing on tackling the selection and breeding of cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and salt-alkali-tolerant grass and tree species, and adhere to planting trees where suitable, shrubs where suitable, allowing desert where suitable, and allowing wasteland where suitable. At the same time, the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程) area coordinates the windward and leeward sides, the sand source area and the path area, and delineates 10 key areas for joint prevention and control, forming a new pattern of regional integrated governance.
Currently, the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程) battle of key projects is in a critical stage of comprehensive advancement and overcoming difficulties. Relevant负责人 of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局) stated that they will continue to exert efforts in scientific protection, systematic governance, consolidating achievements, and industrial collaboration, and strive to complete more than 70% of the sixth phase of the "Three-North" Shelterbelt Project (三北工程) plan and basically complete the main tasks of the key project areas by the end of 2027.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京), January 5th (Reporter Kou Jiangze (寇江泽)) - A reporter recently learned from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (生态环境部): In 2025, the national carbon market operated smoothly and orderly, and market vitality steadily improved. Key emission units in the carbon emission trading market continued to strengthen their awareness of carbon emission reduction, the completion of quota settlement remained at a high level, the areas supported by the voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market were further expanded, and the market ushered in rapid expansion. The national carbon market has continuously demonstrated its function of promoting low-cost emission reduction throughout society.
In 2025, a total of 3,378 key emission units were included in the quota management of the carbon emission trading market, including 2,087 key emission units in the power generation industry, 232 key emission units in the steel industry, 962 key emission units in the cement industry, and 97 key emission units in the aluminum smelting industry. The market operated for a total of 243 trading days. As of the end of December 2025, the cumulative transaction volume of allowances in the national carbon emission trading market was 865 million tons, with a cumulative transaction value of 57.663 billion yuan. The transaction scale continued to expand, and the transaction price remained within a reasonable range.
The completion of quota settlement in the carbon emission trading market remained at a high level. The total amount of quotas to be settled in 2024 was 8.194 billion tons, and the quota settlement completion rate was approximately 99.99%.
In 2025, the work of formulating and publishing methodologies for voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction projects was accelerated, and a total of 12 methodologies, including oilfield gas recovery and utilization and salt marsh vegetation restoration, were released, and the market ushered in rapid expansion.
At the same time, the registration of voluntary emission reduction projects and emission reduction volume was carried out in a solid manner. As of the end of December 2025, 33 voluntary emission reduction projects had been registered, with an emission reduction volume of 17.7637 million tons. The cumulative transaction volume of certified voluntary emission reductions was 9.2194 million tons, with a transaction value of 650 million yuan, and the average transaction price for the year was 70.76 yuan/ton. A total of 6,106 accounts have been opened in the registration system, covering legal entities such as project owners, key emission units, and financial institutions.
Return to TopBeijing, January 5th (Reported by Wang Ke (王珂)) On January 5th, the China Tourism Academy (中国旅游研究院) (Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部数据中心)) released the "China Ice and Snow Tourism Development Report (2026)," proposing that China's ice and snow tourism is entering a new stage of sustained prosperity. According to calculations, it is estimated that the number of ice and snow tourism and leisure tourists in China will reach 360 million in the winter of 2025-2026, and the income from ice and snow tourism and leisure is expected to reach 450 billion yuan.
The report shows that in 2025, the scale of China's ice and snow economy has exceeded 1 trillion yuan, and the number of ice and snow tourism-related enterprises nationwide has exceeded 14,000. With ice and snow tourism as the leader, China has formed a complete industrial chain covering culture, sports, and equipment.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季 芳 刘硕阳
The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (hereinafter referred to as the "Milan Winter Olympics") will open on February 6th, local time. Currently, Chinese ice and snow athletes have entered the final sprint stage of preparation. Relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of the Winter Sports Management Center (冬季运动管理中心) of the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局) stated that the national ice and snow teams will strive to achieve excellent results in the Winter Olympics with high morale.
The Milan Winter Olympics will feature 8 major events, 16 sub-events, and 116 minor events, with an estimated 2,900 athletes from around the world participating in the competition. Currently, the Winter Olympics qualification赛 (sài - "competition") for ice events have all concluded, and the Chinese team has secured participation席位 (xí wèi - "seats") in 29 minor events across 4 sub-events, including short track speed skating, speed skating, figure skating, and curling. The Winter Olympics qualification赛 (sài - "competition") for snow events and sledding events will continue until January 18th. Chinese snow athletes are striving to obtain more participation名额 (míng é - "quotas") while using competitions as training to adjust their competitive state.
Intense Competition in Ice Events
The Chinese short track speed skating team has achieved full participation in the Milan Winter Olympics and will send a lineup of 5 male and 5 female athletes. Judging from the performance of the 4 World Cup stops in the 2025-2026 season, the Chinese team has maintained a certain advantage in the relay events, winning 1 gold medal in the 2000-meter mixed relay and 3 silver medals in the men's 5000-meter relay. Furthermore, male athletes have won medals in the 500-meter, 1000-meter, and 1500-meter events. In recent years, the rise of several European and American teams has intensified competition in the sport. In particular, the Canadian team has performed well in both the 2025 World Championships and this season's World Cup, demonstrating team优势 (yōu shì - "advantage"). The strength of the Italian and Dutch teams should not be underestimated either. In the Winter Olympics, the Chinese team will face extremely fierce competition.
In speed skating, the Chinese team has made significant progress in recent years. At last year's Harbin Asian Winter Games (哈尔滨亚冬会), the Chinese speed skating team won 11 gold medals, demonstrating absolute strength in the Asian arena. Ning Zhongyan (宁忠岩), Gao Tingyu (高亭宇), Han Mei (韩梅), and other athletes have maintained strong competitiveness. In the 4 World Cup stops this season, Ning Zhongyan (宁忠岩) won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, ranking third in the men's 1500-meter standings, making him a strong contender for a medal in the Winter Olympics. "In the final sprint stage of preparation, my team and I will focus on improving details and adjusting our mindset," said Ning Zhongyan (宁忠岩). Gao Tingyu (高亭宇), who won the men's 500-meter champion at the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会), has gradually overcome injuries this season and his competitive state has continued to improve. "During the critical period of preparing for the Winter Olympics, we must not only maintain our advantages but also make up for our shortcomings in the later stages," said Gao Tingyu (高亭宇).
With the conclusion of the 2025-2026 National Figure Skating Championships (全国花样滑冰锦标赛), the Chinese figure skating team's Winter Olympics lineup is about to be revealed. At the Milan Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has obtained 1 participation名额 (míng é - "quota") each in the pairs, men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance events, as well as participation资格 (zī gé - "qualification") in the team event. Ice dance pair Wang Shiyue (王诗玥) / Liu Xinyu (柳鑫宇), men's singles skater Jin Boyang (金博洋), and pairs skaters Sui Wenjing (隋文静) / Han Cong (韩聪) and other veterans have returned in the past two seasons, and they will add助力 (zhù lì - "assistance") to the Chinese team's Winter Olympics journey.
The Pattern of "Strong in Ice, Weak in Snow" is Changing
In snow events, Chinese athletes have made significant progress in international competitions in recent years. At the Harbin Asian Winter Games (哈尔滨亚冬会), the Chinese delegation topped the gold medal table and medal table with 32 gold, 27 silver, and 26 bronze medals, not only creating the best results in its history, but also changing the pattern of "strong in ice, weak in snow" in China's winter sports. 19 of the 32 gold medals came from snow events.
As the Milan Winter Olympics approach, good news has been frequently reported from the snow arena. Su Yiming (苏翊鸣) won a silver medal in slopestyle at the 2025 World Championships, achieving China's first World Championship medal in the event. In the 2025-2026 season, he successively won the championship in the big air events at the Chongli (崇礼) and Beijing (北京) World Cup stops, and won the overall World Cup champion in snowboard big air. In addition, Gu Ailing (谷爱凌) won the championship in the halfpipe event at the World Cup Yunding (云顶) stop, and both the difficulty and innovation of her movements were very prominent.
The Chinese freestyle skiing aerials team, with three generations of athletes, participated in this season's World Cup together. At the Yunding (云顶) stop, the Chinese team swept 3 gold medals in the men's individual, women's individual, and mixed team events. Li Tianma (李天马) won the gold medal with high-difficulty movements. Veteran Kong Fanyu (孔凡钰) returned from injury and won the championship with triple jumps. Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) and Qi Guangpu (齐广璞), champions of the Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会), performed steadily and stood on the podium in individual events, adding confidence to the Winter Olympics preparation.
During the Milan Winter Olympics cycle, many young athletes have grown rapidly and emerged in international competitions. Freestyle skiing young players Liu Mengting (刘梦婷), Zhang Kexin (张可欣), and Li Fanghui (李方慧) and other athletes are striving to catch up. Liu Mengting (刘梦婷) won two big air World Cup medals in a row this season, and Zhang Kexin (张可欣) won a silver medal at the Calgary (卡尔加里) stop in the halfpipe. Men's snowboard rookies Yang Wenlong (杨文龙), Ge Chunyu (葛春宇), and Zhao Yingxu (赵英旭) also had outstanding performances in the World Cup.
Li Fanghui (李方慧) said that in the last month of preparation, she will work hard to polish her skills and face the challenges with a more resilient心态 (xīn tài - "mentality").
Sprinting Towards Glory and Dreams
Ski mountaineering is a new major event in the Milan Winter Olympics. In September 2021, the Chinese National Ski Mountaineering Training Team (中国国家滑雪登山集训队) was established, and then achieved the leap from scratch to catching up in the project. Currently, the Milan Winter Olympics ski mountaineering积分赛 (jī fēn sài - "points race") has all ended, and the Chinese team has obtained the participation资格 (zī gé - "qualification") for the mixed relay event, and at the same time automatically obtained the participation席位 (xí wèi - "seats") for two short-distance events, one male and one female, achieving full participation in all events, and also becoming the only participating team in Asia.
During the Milan Winter Olympics cycle, China's skeleton project has gradually entered the world's top ranks. Zhao Dan (赵丹) and Lin Qinwei (林勤炜) achieved a double breakthrough for the Chinese team in the mixed team event, winning the World Cup gold medal and the World Championship medal in the event. This season, Yin Zheng (殷正) won two bronze medals in the men's event at the World Cup, and slid a track record of 56.79 seconds on the same track as the Milan Winter Olympics, showing outstanding strength.
In curling, both the Chinese men's and women's teams have qualified for the Winter Olympics. In March last year, the Chinese women's curling team won a bronze medal at the World Championships, standing on the World Championships podium again after 14 years, and won the ticket to the Milan Winter Olympics. The Chinese men's curling team finished fourth, tying the best result in the team's history, and boarded the "last train" to the Winter Olympics in the Milan Winter Olympics curling qualification赛 (sài - "competition") in December last year.
Overall, the competition in various events at the Milan Winter Olympics will be very fierce. Teams such as Norway (挪威) and Canada (加拿大) continue to maintain strong competitive momentum, and the host Italy (意大利), as well as Switzerland (瑞士), South Korea (韩国), and other teams have also shown good form in some events.
Relevant负责人 (fù zé rén - "person in charge") of the Winter Sports Management Center (冬季运动管理中心) of the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局) stated that, next, the national ice and snow teams of China will go all out to compete well in the unfinished qualification赛 (sài - "competition") and积分赛 (jī fēn sài - "points race"), strive for more participation资格 (zī gé - "qualification"), and at the same time, give full play to the advantages of the national system, form a joint force for preparation, scientifically adjust the state of athletes, and prevent injuries and illnesses.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Wang Haonan (王昊男)): The first "Robot Service Officer" is established, and the champion team can receive million-level order rewards... The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Beijing (北京) Municipal Government Information Office that the 2026 Beijing (北京) Yizhuang (亦庄) Humanoid Robot Half Marathon will start on April 19th.
The event is themed "Yima Takes the Lead" and will be held on the same day as the Beijing (北京) Yizhuang (亦庄) Half Marathon, adopting a "human-machine co-running" model. It is reported that the Humanoid Robot Half Marathon will have autonomous navigation and remote control groups, using a mixed timing method for competition on the same field. The track includes multiple scenarios such as urban main roads, international automobile racing road sections, and parks. The starting point is located on Kechuang 17th Street (科创十七街) on the Tongming Lake (通明湖)畔 in Yizhuang (亦庄), and the finish line is Nanhai Zi Park (南海子公园).
Liang Liang (梁靓), Deputy Director of the Management Committee of the Beijing (北京) Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经济技术开发区), introduced that this competition encourages participating humanoid robots to be more autonomous, more anthropomorphic, and have stronger adaptability. The organizer will equip each team with one-on-one event stewards, accurately match communication support services according to the team's needs, and uniformly provide track survey maps for the team to carry out technical testing. In addition, this event will be the first to set up a "Robot Service Officer" to provide diversified services such as robot cheerleading, route guidance, and performance interaction along the track. The winning team will enjoy a fast track from participation to the market, and the champion team can receive million-level order rewards. The event also added special awards such as "Best Endurance Award," "Most Beautiful Gait Award," "Best Design Award," and "Best Perception Award."
In addition, the organizer will launch and operate a robot secondary development community to provide full-chain support for participating teams, and open a robot half-marathon training camp to assist teams in carrying out targeted development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 5th (Reporter Zheng Yi (郑轶)) The 2025 China Rubik's Cube Sports Tour Series Finals were recently held in Beijing (北京). The competition brought together 320 players selected from 4 sub-stations to compete in individual events, all-around competitions, and team relay races for events such as the 2x2 Cube, 3x3 Cube, and Maple Leaf Cube.
The China Rubik's Cube Sports Tour kicked off in Shantou (汕头), Guangdong (广东) in July last year, and went through sub-stations in Wuhan (武汉), Hubei (湖北), Fuping (富平), Shaanxi (陕西), and Pingyin (平阴), Shandong (山东), attracting more than 3,000 athletes from all over the country to participate. The China Rubik's Cube Sports Level 1 Referee Training, which was carried out simultaneously with the tour, has trained nearly 400 professional referees. In recent years, Rubik's Cube sports have gradually built a development system from professional training, standard certification to multi-level competitions, and has also driven sports consumption such as training, equipment, cultural tourism, and more.
Return to TopThis Chengdu (成都) report on January 5th (Reporter Song Haoxin (宋豪新)) - The 2025 Chinese Athletics Association 10km Elite Race Finals, Meishan (眉山) Station, was held recently. After fierce competition, Mao Jinhu (毛金虎) won the men's championship with a time of 28 minutes and 59 seconds; Zhang Deshun (张德顺) won the women's championship with a time of 31 minutes and 54 seconds, breaking her own national record. As a Class A event of the Chinese Athletics Association, the event was strictly implemented in accordance with the road running standards of the Chinese Athletics Association, and the track was certified by World Athletics, the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, and the Chinese Athletics Association.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦 皓
Mountain biking, fun sports, mini-marathons... Recently, a sports carnival was staged in Hedi Town (荷地镇), Qingyuan County (庆元县), Lishui City (丽水市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), attracting many sports enthusiasts who came to sweat in the mountains and forests.
Located at the junction of Zhejiang (浙江) and Fujian (福建) provinces, Hedi Town (荷地镇) is one of the highest towns in Zhejiang (浙江) in terms of altitude, with a permanent population of less than 1,000 at one time. Why has a remote alpine town set off a sports craze?
"Disadvantages can also be turned into advantages. Hedi Town (荷地镇) has an altitude of more than 1,000 meters and is also a high-altitude mesa, which is very suitable for outdoor training, especially to help athletes improve their endurance and explosive power." Que Wenwei (阙文伟), Deputy Director of the Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Qingyuan County (庆元县文广旅体局), introduced that since 2021, the local area has carried out micro-transformation of urban space, and demountable swimming pools, basketball courts, football fields, plastic runways, gyms and other facilities have been completed successively. The once unknown Hedi Town (荷地镇) has gradually become a well-known sub-plateau sports base.
At present, the area has attracted track and field teams from three sports schools, including Hangzhou Chen Jinglun Sports School (杭州市陈经纶体育学校). Strolling through Hedi Town (荷地镇), people can often see athletes training in the morning light.
Since 2022, the town has held more than 60 sports events, outdoor sports and professional training activities, achieving an industrial income increase of more than 3 million yuan. "We make full use of the advantages of ecological resources to design sports venues, and the income from training and competitions in turn subsidizes the daily maintenance of the venues." Wu Zhenghan (吴政翰), Deputy Mayor of Hedi Town (荷地镇), said that sports forest parks, cultural and sports centers, national fitness centers and other venues have been completed successively, and the town has also built a new bookstore to facilitate the study of students who come to train.
Here, sports venues and sports facilities are distributed along streams and mountain ponds. The local area has also created alpine outdoor sports facilities such as a camping stargazing base camp and a scenic highway cross-country track, promoting the integrated development of sports and tourism. "With the help of good mountains, good water and venues, we focus on both training and competitions." Wu Zhenghan (吴政翰) said that sports events attract a large number of tourists in a short period of time, driving consumption in catering, accommodation, tourism and other areas, and promoting the development of the town.
"While continuing to upgrade the supporting facilities of the sub-plateau sports base, we will also focus on cultivating sports talents, expand outdoor cross-country, self-driving travel, professional training and other formats, optimize and refine competition activities, and strengthen the 'sports+' industry, so that sports can help the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside." Xue Zhenhua (薛振华), Secretary of the Party Committee of Hedi Town (荷地镇党委书记), said.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘以晴 郑智文
The 24th China Changchun Jingyuetan Vasa International Skiing Festival was held in the Jingyuetan National Scenic Area (净月潭国家级风景名胜区) in Changchun (长春), Jilin Province (吉林省). This event was co-sponsored by the Jilin Provincial Sports Bureau (吉林省体育局) and the Changchun Municipal People's Government (长春市人民政府), and organized by the Changchun Municipal Sports Bureau (长春市体育局) and the Changchun Jingyue High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (长春净月高新技术产业开发区).
The event included the 50km Gold Medal Race, the 25km Silver Medal Race, and the 6km, 1.5km, and 0.3km mass participation experience races. The 50km race was combined with the 50km event of the 2025-2026 National Cross-Country Skiing Championships. The event covered different tracks including forests, lakes, and roads, attracting more than 2,000 professional athletes and ski enthusiasts from 33 countries and regions.
The Vasa Skiing Festival originated in Northern Europe in 1922 and is one of the world's largest cross-country skiing events. Since landing in Changchun (长春) in 2003, the China Changchun Jingyuetan Vasa International Skiing Festival (中国长春净月潭瓦萨国际滑雪节) has developed from a single event into an international event integrating ice and snow sports, cultural exchange, and economic and trade cooperation.
Return to TopThe School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering of Nanchang Hangkong University (南昌航空大学) is based on the responsibilities and mission of serving the country through aviation. It has deeply cultivated the "one core, three effects, and four colors" party building work system, integrating the red gene into the entire process of running and managing the school. It has achieved leapfrog development in areas such as discipline construction, talent cultivation, and social services, writing a brilliant answer sheet of party building and career resonance.
"One Core" to Forge the Soul, Building a New Pattern of Party Building Leadership
The college is anchored to the cultivation and creation goal of "National Party Building Benchmark College," taking the construction of institutional mechanisms as the core, building a three-level linkage system of "Party Committee—Branch—Party Member," and clarifying the decision-making process for major matters before the Party organization meeting. By giving play to the role of demonstration and leadership, the entire college has formed a "five strong" pattern of "strong party building leadership, strong cohesion, strong ideological and political education, strong moral education, and strong promotion of development," laying a solid foundation for the development of various tasks.
"Three Effects" to Empower, Writing a New Chapter of Connotative Development
Under the leadership of party building, the college has achieved simultaneous improvement in education, discipline, and service. In the field of education, it deepens "double integration and double education," integrates ideological and political education throughout all aspects of professional education, and builds a chain-style education system through measures such as special classes for party member teachers, the opening of characteristic courses, and "Red 1+1 Co-construction" practical activities. In terms of discipline construction, focusing on first-class goals, it integrates resources to tackle doctoral programs and scientific research highlands, successfully achieving breakthroughs in doctoral programs, and related disciplines are among the best in the country. In terms of social services, it relies on professional platforms to carry out environmental protection volunteer services, closely focuses on the construction of a beautiful China to deepen scientific research transformation, and actively acts in the fields of environmental monitoring and pollution control, demonstrating the responsibility to serve regional development.
"Four Colors" to Build the Foundation, Activating New Momentum for College Development
In order to activate new momentum for college development, the college has created "four-color" characteristic projects, using differentiated measures to unite forces and promote development. The "Red Pioneer Project" consolidates the organizational foundation, innovates the "1+1+N" party branch co-construction system, and strengthens organizational combat effectiveness through the linkage of party branches between schools and localities and between schools and enterprises; the "Golden Vitality Project" empowers education, deepens the "Goose Formation Talent Matrix" brand, and establishes guidance through "three advances and three haves" activities; the "Green Service Project" demonstrates professional value, relies on scientific research platforms to lead major projects, and deeply cultivates the tackling of ecological environment governance; the "Cyan Growth Project" cultivates reserve forces, and cultivates young teachers with the "Blue Program" and "Dual Mentor System," injecting lasting momentum for sustainable development.
The tide rises wide in the Gan River (赣江), and it is the right time to forge ahead. Looking forward to the future, the School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering of Nanchang Hangkong University (南昌航空大学) will continue to strengthen party building leadership, shoulder responsibilities, deeply cultivate the integration of party building and career, and contribute to ecological civilization construction and higher education development with an energetic attitude.
Data source: School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University (南昌航空大学)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑海鸥
In Cangnan County (苍南县), Wenzhou (温州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, Cai Yuchai (蔡玉钗), a 59-year-old amateur opera enthusiast, and Zhang Enhong (张恩宏), a 25-year-old street dance lover, encountered a "novel experience." Previously, they were troubled by problems such as "practicing at home easily disturbs neighbors, and rehearsals lack professional venues." Now, the county cultural center has opened "art study rooms," with beautiful indoor and outdoor environments and professional facilities and equipment. They can make reservations as needed and use them for free. "The troubles are gone, and we are very happy."
In the piano room, fingertips dance on the keys, and soundproof walls lock in the flowing notes; in the calligraphy area, the fragrance of ink fills the air, and people gather around the table to learn from each other; in the music area, silver-haired seniors rehearse in a choir; in the dance studio, young people dance gracefully... In many places in Zhejiang (浙江) Province, the cultural center's "art study rooms" have opened up a professional artistic world for people.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal puts forward the "implementation of public cultural service quality improvement and efficiency enhancement actions." Since 2024, cultural centers in many places in Zhejiang (浙江) Province have launched "art study rooms" to revitalize base resources and provide free, high-quality art study spaces for the public during idle periods of the venues, promoting the improvement of public cultural service quality and efficiency.
From "Powerlessness" to "Happiness"
Citizens Have Free and Professional Art Study Spaces
"I look forward to coming here every week. It's all free, undisturbed, and I can play as much as I want. It doesn't matter if I play wrong, it's very relaxing and enjoyable." Every Saturday night, Wu Xinyao (吴欣遥), a post-95s Hangzhou (杭州) citizen, takes the subway to the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center (浙江省文化馆), "The journey takes nearly 1 hour, just to go to the 'art study room' appointment."
Arriving at the entrance of the piano study room, Wu Xinyao (吴欣遥) skillfully opens her mobile phone, swipes the reservation QR code, turns on the lights, and then immerses herself in the world of art. She praised, "The current cultural center classrooms give everyone the opportunity to open the door to art."
Wu Xinyao (吴欣遥) used to go to various piano shops and training institutions to practice playing the piano. The high cost and tight reservations made her feel "powerless." Many other piano art enthusiasts said, "I can't bear to buy one myself, I'm worried about spending too much money" and "I don't have the opportunity to play for free, so I can only bury my love in my heart."
Since having the "art study room," they have not only saved expenses but also enjoyed an unrestricted learning method and customized learning content in a quiet and professional environment. "Artistic dreams are within reach, and I feel full of happiness."
Many of Wang Qianqian's (王倩倩), a post-90s Hangzhou (杭州) citizen, friends have also become fans. Piano, guzheng, calligraphy and painting, chorus, dance, opera, and other study rooms are very popular, enriching young people's cultural life choices. Wang Qianqian (王倩倩) said, "Originally, after work and on weekends, when it comes to cultural life, it's just going to the library to read books and the museum to see exhibitions. Now it's great, you can also go to the cultural center to study, practice calligraphy, and play the piano, which is elegant and comfortable."
The elderly also feel happy, including Qi Wei (祁卫), a calligraphy enthusiast, and Shan Binyang (单斌阳), a dance enthusiast.
"I have loved calligraphy since I was a child, and I started practicing calligraphy again after retirement. Compared with the limited conditions at home, the calligraphy study room of the Provincial Cultural Center is spacious and bright, and my creative mood is very different," said Qi Wei (祁卫).
Shan Binyang (单斌阳) lives in Suichang County (遂昌县), Lishui City (丽水市). He admitted, "In the past, I was always troubled by the difficulty of finding rehearsal venues - the temporary places I found were either small in space and poor in equipment, or the time was not fixed, and the rehearsals were always interrupted. Now, when I make a reservation for the 'art study room' of the Suichang County Cultural Center (遂昌县文化馆), the sound field and sound system are very professional, and everyone can practice with peace of mind."
In response to the love of people of all ages, in order to improve the convenience of study room reservations, the cultural center usually announces in advance the opening hours, opening types, study themes, bookable time slots, capacity, and floor area of the "art study room," and people can make online reservations according to their actual needs. Netizens praised it as "as simple as buying a movie ticket."
"'Art' study together!" "Love it, love it!" On social media, men, women, young and old share wonderful study experiences. One pass ten, ten pass a hundred, the "art study room" attracts more people to walk into the cultural center and embrace their artistic dreams.
From Vacant to Popular
The "Sleeping" Facilities and Equipment of the Cultural Center are Revitalized
Where did the good idea of the "art study room" come from?
"In the past, the services of the cultural center relied on training and activities. At other times, the facilities and equipment were mostly in a vacant state." Ruan Jing (阮静), director of the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center (浙江省文化馆), has worked in the cultural center system for many years and knows the shortcomings of the cultural center's lack of routine services. "In addition, many people, especially young people, did not know what the cultural center had and what they could do in the cultural center, so their willingness to come in was not very high. However, with the popularity of the Citizens' Art Night School, more people came to the cultural center to participate in cultural and artistic training, full of enthusiasm for art, and expecting higher quality and more personalized services."
So, how to make up for the shortcomings, how to optimize services, and how to make the high-quality resources of the cultural center benefit more people and play a greater role?
The Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center (浙江省文化馆) conducted in-depth research. In the process, many citizens suggested: "If we can't get a place in the cultural center's night school training, can we go into the art classroom we yearn for, even if it's just to study?"
Feasible! Since March 2024, the "art study room" of the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center (浙江省文化馆) has been officially opened to the public, providing a platform for citizens to learn, exchange, and create art.
"For a time, men, women, young and old actively participated in it. Many netizens shared their experiences, expressed their support, and also put forward various suggestions for improvement," said Zhao Yaqian (赵亚倩), a staff member of the Art Training Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center (浙江省文化馆).
The "art study room" breaks the past "nine-to-five" opening hours of the cultural center, opening at staggered and extended hours.
"The public makes online reservations, and enters the classroom by scanning the QR code of the successful reservation, or the security guard is responsible for opening the door. During the study period, the monitoring and security system 'escorts' the whole process, and the duty staff responds to needs in a timely manner. There is almost no additional increase in personnel and funding," said Zhao Yaqian (赵亚倩). "In the past, the piano keys that could only be jumped by a few people in a limited time are now connected to more artistic dreams."
With stillness and movement, you can be alone or communicate - the "art study room" ingeniously divides the study classroom into "introverted area" and "extroverted area." People can choose independently, either studying independently in the quiet atmosphere of the "introverted area" and refusing to be disturbed, or exchanging ideas in the "extroverted area," learning art and making friends.
"In the study room, I met friends who also love calligraphy," said Qi Wei (祁卫). "Exchanging ideas, inheriting culture, and feeling happy physically and mentally."
Good experiences were quickly promoted throughout Zhejiang (浙江) Province.
The "Quiet Art Corner" of the Linhai City Cultural Center (临海市文化馆) in Taizhou (台州) receives more than 30 people per day, and citizens leave messages: "Quieter than a coffee shop, more atmosphere than at home"; the Lanxi City Cultural Center (兰溪市文化馆) in Jinhua (金华) has launched 6 spaces, each with floor-to-ceiling windows, and the environment is elegant and comfortable; the fishermen's wives in Qingsha Village (青沙村), Shengsi County (嵊泗县), Zhoushan (舟山), exclaimed, "In the past, it was more difficult to find a good place on the island than to find fish schools when fishing at sea. Now it's great, you can find a place to sing with a touch of your finger"...
"In the past, it was lively when there was training, and quiet after the event. Now, opening the door to run the museum, revitalizing resources, recreating scenes, and stimulating momentum, it's a win-win situation," said Ruan Jing (阮静). According to incomplete statistics, the "art study room" in the province has benefited more than 100,000 people.
From Artistic Dream to Giving Back to Society
Promoting the Improvement of Basic Public Cultural Services
Working during the day and taking classes at night, Dong Dandan (董丹丹) is a student of the guzheng class at the Citizens' Art Night School of the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center (浙江省文化馆). She admitted that it is not easy to get a place in the night school course, and the students cherish each course very much, and they all ask the teacher to "drag the class," "But the learning frequency of one class per week still feels not enough."
**拳不离手，曲不离口** (quán bù lí shǒu, qǔ bù lí kǒu - "fists should not leave the hand, songs should not leave the mouth," constant practice is essential for maintaining skill), Zhao Yaqian (赵亚倩) said that for the study of calligraphy, guzheng, opera, etc., "If you don't practice for a day, you will know it yourself; if you don't practice for two days, others will know it." To improve the level of learning, you need to constantly practice and consolidate. However, many night school students lack a quiet and convenient practice venue, as well as a positive learning atmosphere.
Learning about the students' demands and suggestions, the "art study room" specially arranges space to connect with the course content of the night school, so that students have a place for after-school study, practice and improvement, as well as more opportunities to learn and exchange ideas.
"With love in my heart, I go to night school under the stars, and I can still study after work. I feel the beauty of **'学而时习之，不亦说乎'** (xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū - "to learn something and practice it at due times is a pleasure," from the Analects of Confucius, emphasizing the joy of learning and practicing what one has learned)," said Dong Dandan (董丹丹). "The artistic journey is so great."
Even better things are still happening. When night school students make appointments to study in the "art study room," they gradually develop into volunteers and provide services to other people who come to study. The "gold content" of the "art study room" is constantly improving.
Song Aiying (宋爱婴), a citizen of Ningbo (宁波), is nearly sixty years old and is a retired literary and artistic backbone. She and her companions spontaneously formed a literary and artistic team to enrich their retirement life. Previously, they could only rehearse in paid venues. After learning that the Ningbo Municipal Cultural Center (宁波市文化馆) had opened an "art study room," the dance troupe became a loyal "fan," making efficient use of the venue resources to polish their programs.
After a period of time, the members of the dance troupe have greatly improved their level. More commendable is that as long as other people who come to study have questions or needs, "Aunt Song and her colleagues" will carefully guide them, talk about skills, explain the rhythm, and correct their posture. This team, which has grown up in a public welfare space, consciously serves the society with its artistic expertise.
"The study room provided by the cultural center not only fulfills our artistic dreams, but also allows us to find a new value in our retirement life," Song Aiying (宋爱婴) said sincerely. "It's especially fulfilling to be able to continue to contribute."
Zhao Yaqian (赵亚倩) said: "Cultural volunteers take active action to give back to society, serve more people with what they have learned, and become 'teaching assistants' in the study room, promoting the improvement of basic public cultural services."
Committed to making venue use zero-threshold, art learning zero-barrier, and cultural exchange zero-distance, one "art study room" effectively solves the problem of the lack of routine and basic services in the cultural center. Ruan Jing (阮静) said: "We will further mobilize cultural centers at all levels in Zhejiang (浙江) Province to open 'art study rooms' so that more art lovers can enjoy a moving time of artistic nourishment at their doorstep."
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Standing tall in Heyuan, filling a gap in history. Last year, the Garitang Qin Stone Inscription (尕日塘秦刻石) discovered at the source of the Yellow River (黄河) in Qinghai (青海), after concentrated argumentation by experts in the fields of stone cultural relic protection, Qin and Han archaeology, paleography, and calligraphy and seal engraving, was identified by the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局) as the only known Qin Dynasty (秦代) stone inscription in China that exists at its original site and at the highest altitude.
More than 2,000 years of wind and frost cannot obliterate the history carried by the inscription. Its discovery has triggered a cross-disciplinary academic debate. Experts and scholars have expressed their opinions on the age of the inscription, its glyphs, the meaning of the text, its historical value, and even its authenticity. Many academic articles cite classics and are logically rigorous, presenting the rigorous academic process to the public. Many netizens exclaimed on social media that "the discussion is heated enough." This "debate" has opened a window for the public to observe the "historical research scene" and has become a vivid national history popularization class.
The definitions in history books, the explanatory texts in museums... In the past, historical knowledge was mostly presented to the public in the form of conclusions. However, this whole process of multi-party argumentation and careful research presents the "present tense" of historical research completely to the public. As experts said, "This is precisely the value of archaeology and unearthed documents, to challenge common sense, to supplement or revise documentary common sense, and not just to provide corroboration for common sense."
The study of any historical issue is inseparable from a certain knowledge tradition and conceptual system. Researchers need to obtain resources from the knowledge system of their own discipline to construct a knowledge and ideological environment conducive to thinking, so as to raise appropriate questions and conduct reasonable arguments. In this debate about the Qin stone inscription, experts and scholars repeatedly verified the interpretation of a single character and sought evidence from various sources to determine the age. This rigorous and meticulous academic attitude reflects the tireless pursuit of truth. This also allows more ordinary people to understand that academic research requires arduous exploration and rigorous argumentation, reflecting a deeper level of awe for Chinese civilization.
More valuable is that this debate has allowed the academic spirit of "being serious" to break through the circle. Experts do not avoid controversy, dare to question, and are brave in exploration. This serious spirit is not only the cornerstone of academic progress, but also an indispensable quality in work and life. In the field of scientific research, perhaps it is because of being serious about that little bit that technological bottlenecks can be broken through and innovative results can be achieved. In the workplace, being serious about every work process can ensure the quality of completion and avoid mistakes. In daily life, sometimes being serious is the adherence to principles and the maintenance of the bottom line. An academic debate allows the spirit of being serious to enter the public more vividly, inspiring more people to uphold a rigorous attitude and pursue excellence in their respective fields.
From a broader perspective, academic debate has become a carrier for the popularization of historical and cultural knowledge. While paying attention to the discussion, people not only understand the Garitang Qin Stone Inscription (尕日塘秦刻石) itself, but also extend their exploration to related knowledge such as Qin Dynasty (秦代) history, the evolution of Chinese characters, and digital collection of cultural relics, and constantly build a three-dimensional knowledge system. This kind of exploration driven by an ongoing historical research event and a debated academic issue may be far more profound and lasting than directly obtaining information.
The public may hope to continue in-depth discussions on the academic debate surrounding the Garitang Qin Stone Inscription (尕日塘秦刻石). It not only promotes research, but also makes the public understand that the value of knowledge lies not only in seeking answers, but also in the process of seeking. The critical thinking, rigorous attitude, and serious spirit cultivated in this national history class may be the wisdom and character that everyone needs to face the world.
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"I will put that pearl tower inside, carrying it in my hand is still quite light." On the opera stage of Gaochun Old Street (高淳老街) in Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, Chen Liangmei (陈良美), the head of the Gaochun Old Street Art Troupe (高淳老街艺术团), is rehearsing the opera "Pearl Tower" (珍珠塔). Her every frown and smile are perfectly executed. In front of the stage is an open space with tables and chairs, surrounded on three sides by restaurants and teahouses. The overhead awning covers the open space in the middle, forming an independent area.
"Our stage is not just for performing operas, it has many other uses." Chen Liangmei (陈良美) took out her mobile phone, reciting competitions, folk performances, singing and dancing activities, and "Su Chao" (苏超) viewing, there are many kinds of activities. "Now this stage is 'very popular' and needs to be booked in advance."
There is a saying circulating in Gaochun (高淳) - "Sing mountain songs when leaving the house, watch opera when entering the door." Gaochun (高淳) has a profound historical background. During the Ming (明) and Qing (清) dynasties, agriculture was developed and commerce was active. It is also located at the junction of Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang (浙江), and Anhui (安徽) provinces, and foreign opera troupes have entered one after another, making Gaochun (高淳) one of the areas with the highest density of ancient opera stages in the Jiangnan (江南) region. At present, Gaochun (高淳) still has 92 ancient opera stages, four of which are provincial-level cultural relics protection units.
"Originally, the stage was only used for performing operas." According to local customs, inviting opera troupes to perform is mainly concentrated around the Spring Equinox, Autumn Equinox, and Spring Festival, and there are almost no performances on weekdays. "Most of the stages will be empty for several months once they are empty. Considering the problem of wear and tear, they are rarely open on weekdays." Bi Tao (毕涛), Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Gaochun District (高淳区) Bureau of Culture and Tourism, introduced that in order to improve the utilization rate of ancient opera stages, Gaochun (高淳) proposed "Singing Ancient Opera Stages" and innovatively created a new type of grassroots cultural space - the "Singing Ancient Opera Stages" cultural benefit complex.
Literary performances, art exhibitions, lectures and training, and reading promotion, different types of cultural activities gathered on the old stage. "Most of the stages are distributed in places where people gather, and they are physically close to the life scenes of the masses. They are the best places to carry out cultural activities in rural areas." Bi Tao (毕涛) said that Gaochun (高淳) has incorporated the transformation of the "Singing Ancient Opera Stages" cultural benefit complex into the public cultural service system, ensuring capital investment, and at the same time guiding social capital to participate in hardware transformation, and continuously improving the management level of cultural facilities and public service capabilities, making it a platform for the people to rehearse, perform, and shine.
Calligraphy room, reading room, gym... Walking into the Maocheng Opera Stage (茅城戏台) in Zhuanqiang Town (砖墙镇), it can be found that the multiple rooms under the stage have been transformed into multi-functional cultural activity venues, which are open to villagers on a daily basis. "Gaochun (高淳) people love opera, so the stage is generally built in the village. It is convenient and more cordial for the masses to come here for activities." Shi Min (史敏), director of the Zhuanqiang Town (砖墙镇) Cultural and Sports Station, said.
Walking up the stairs to the stage, the dance "Happiness Song Playing Lianxiang" (幸福歌打莲湘), which was independently choreographed by the villagers, is being rehearsed on the stage. The dance team was spontaneously organized by villagers who love dancing. There are 12 core members, driving more than 60 surrounding enthusiasts. "We come to the stage for rehearsals every week, and we also perform regularly on the stage. We are a dance team built on the stage." Wei Xiang (魏香), captain of the Maocheng Village (茅城村) dance team, said.
In Gaochun District (高淳区), there are 21 literary and artistic teams cultivated relying on ancient opera stages. They have excavated and sorted out real people and real events around the masses, and created many literary and artistic works with feelings and close to the people.
Now, the stage is busy all year round. Recitation, square dance, singing, opera and other competitions are carried out one after another, and various cultural and artistic activities are very popular.
"In the next step, we will take the construction of the 'Singing Ancient Opera Stages' cultural benefit complex as the starting point, and plan to carry out more than 100 literary and artistic performances on the ancient opera stages every year; complete more than 10 hardware upgrades of the ancient opera stages; cultivate more than 10 local cultural and artistic teams; create more than 5 original programs, and continuously improve the happiness and satisfaction of the masses." Bi Tao (毕涛) said.
The ancient opera stage has become a cultural living room shared by the people. They inherit the tradition, support the new era of civilized practice, gather the vitality of development, and tell the vivid story of rural cultural revitalization...
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The U.S. military launched a large-scale military operation against Venezuela in the early hours of January 3, forcibly taking control of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (马杜罗) and his wife and bringing them to the United States. The international community continues to strongly condemn the U.S.'s hegemonic actions of infringing on Venezuelan sovereignty, threatening peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean, and urging it to abide by international law and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and to stop infringing on the sovereignty and security of other countries.
"The sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of all countries must be fully respected."
On the 4th, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held a special summit, clearly opposing external military intervention, emphasizing the unshakable principle of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, calling on regional countries to jointly defend international law, and demanding that the U.S. immediately and unconditionally release Maduro and his wife and withdraw foreign military forces from the Caribbean region.
Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain jointly issued a statement on the 4th, clearly pointing out that the unilateral military action taken by the U.S. against Venezuela "violates international law and the basic principles of the UN Charter, and sets an 'extremely dangerous precedent' for regional peace and security." The statement emphasized the nature of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace, calling on regional countries to transcend political differences and achieve unity, clarifying that "the situation in Venezuela must be resolved through peaceful means, led by the Venezuelan people, and advanced without external interference and in compliance with international law," and urging the UN Secretary-General and relevant multilateral mechanisms to play a mediating role.
The Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 4th, pointing out that the U.S. action not only infringes on Venezuela's national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence, but its attempt to control Venezuelan oil resources is even more colonial in nature. The statement pointed out that the U.S.'s trampling on international law, its attempt to occupy foreign territory, and its actions clearly aimed at controlling Venezuelan oil resources will have extremely adverse effects on international stability and global order. "Trump's statement that he will 'manage' Venezuela until a 'safe' transition is implemented sets a dangerous precedent for the global order," calling for an immediate de-escalation of the situation and the release of Maduro and his wife.
The Namibian Ministry of International Relations and Trade issued a statement on the 4th, expressing "great shock" at the U.S.'s forcible control of Maduro and his wife, emphasizing that "the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of all countries must be fully respected, which is an important part of the core principles of the UN Charter and international law." Namibia firmly supports Venezuela in safeguarding its national sovereignty, and calls on the UN and regional organizations to actively intervene and support the convening of a UN Security Council meeting to properly handle the situation.
The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 4th, reiterating its full support for international law and the principles of national sovereignty and independence, and calling on relevant parties to "promote dialogue, prevent escalation of the situation, and protect the Venezuelan people and their legitimate choices."
The Sri Lankan People's Liberation Front issued a statement on the 4th, strongly condemning the U.S. military invasion, clearly asserting that "as a sovereign country, the future of Venezuela and who leads the country can only be decided by the Venezuelan people, and this right shall not be infringed upon by other forces."
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (安瓦尔) said on the 4th that, regardless of the reason, the act of forcibly abducting a sitting head of state constitutes a "dangerous precedent," which not only erodes the basic constraints on the use of force between countries, but also weakens the legal framework that supports the international order.
"The essence of the U.S. action is to forcibly manipulate regional affairs to serve its hegemonic interests."
"Today it is Venezuela, tomorrow it could be any country." Chilean President Gabriel Boric's (博里奇) statement on the 3rd represents the condemnation and concern of many Latin American countries regarding U.S. hegemonic interference. Many Latin American experts and scholars said that the U.S. action against Venezuela aims to create a "chilling effect" to deter regional countries and is an upgraded version of the "Monroe Doctrine." Regional countries should further strengthen unity and self-reliance and jointly oppose hegemonic actions.
John Bynes (约翰·毕恩斯), a professor at the Central University of Venezuela (委内瑞拉中央大学), told this reporter that the U.S. military action against Venezuela is a typical unilateral intervention that seriously violates international law. "The essence of the U.S. action is to forcibly manipulate regional affairs to serve its hegemonic interests, and has nothing to do with democracy and the interests of the people." Lina Beltran (莉娜·贝尔特兰), a professor of international relations at the Universidad Externado de Colombia (哥伦比亚埃斯特尔纳多大学), told this reporter that the U.S. behavior seriously threatens the security and national independence of the Latin American region. The international community should adhere to the principles of sovereignty and non-interference, oppose any country acting as an international police force, and all parties should adhere to the UN Charter and resolve disputes through dialogue and consultation.
Pavel Aleman (帕维尔·阿莱曼), a professor at the University of Havana (古巴哈瓦那大学) in Cuba, told this reporter that the U.S.'s hegemonic actions are a systematic destruction of international relations, and the so-called "rules of the game" are only followed when they are conducive to the expansion of its national power. The essence of the "Monroe Doctrine" is to regard the Americas as its own sphere of influence, and the U.S.'s new 2025 National Security Strategy report once again reflects this intention.
Carlos Aquino (卡洛斯·阿基诺), a professor at the National University of San Marcos (秘鲁国立圣马科斯大学) in Peru, believes that the recent unilateral military action taken by the U.S. against Venezuela seriously violates international law and is intended to reshape its influence in the Western Hemisphere. Elias Jabbour (埃利亚斯·贾布尔), a professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University (巴西里约热内卢州立大学) in Brazil, believes that the U.S. has long coveted Venezuelan oil resources, "Once powerful forces can wantonly trample on any country in the Latin American region, it means that the rights and interests of all of us are in jeopardy."
Marcos Pires (马科斯·皮雷斯), a professor at the São Paulo State University (巴西圣保罗州立大学) in Brazil, said that the U.S. adheres to the "Monroe Doctrine," and its unilateralism and protectionist policies have severely compressed the political autonomy of Latin American countries, "We are in an extremely unstable international system." Marta Montero (玛尔塔·蒙特罗), vice president of the Spanish think tank "China Knowledge Forum" (知华讲堂), believes that the U.S. is exacerbating regional instability and undermining the multilateral international order through military, economic, and other pressures.
"A naked and undisguised act of international destruction."
On January 4, several U.S. members of Congress continued to issue statements, accusing the U.S. military action of violating the U.S. Constitution. Federal Representative Steven Horsford (史蒂文·霍斯福德) emphasized that "only Congress has the right to approve wartime military strike operations," and he has taken the lead in promoting an initiative requiring any military action to be reported to Congress, and the core motivation for this action seems to be "to obtain Venezuelan oil resources," which is essentially "for the profits of oil companies." Federal Senator Jacky Rosen (杰姬·罗森) said that the Constitution clearly states that Congress has the power to declare war, and this illegal regime change operation "will not enhance U.S. security, but may undermine regional stability and involve the U.S. in more conflicts."
Justin Logan (贾斯廷·洛根), director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute (卡托研究所), a U.S. think tank, said that Trump has repeatedly declared that he will take over Venezuela until the transition of power, but "the American people have never agreed or been consulted," "We still do not know what 'taking over Venezuela' means, and it is completely unclear who is specifically responsible for this matter, how much the action will cost, when it will be announced to end, and how the related expenses will be paid." Brendan Bak (布兰丹·巴克), a researcher at the institution, said that the U.S. military action against Venezuela brings serious diplomatic and strategic risks, "The risk of excessive expansion of power has long plagued U.S. policy in the Middle East, and now it will spread to the Western Hemisphere."
"The U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president is a naked and undisguised act of international destruction." Ziad Motalla (齐亚德·莫塔拉), a law professor at Howard University (霍华德大学) in the U.S., wrote that power has replaced law, preferences have replaced principles, and force has been packaged as virtue. This is a silent execution and blatant contempt for the international order. The U.S.'s forcible control of a sitting head of state has no foothold in international law - none at all. This is neither an act of self-defense as stipulated in the UN Charter, nor is it authorized by the UN Security Council. Promoting regime change in other countries is not an occasional deviation in U.S. foreign policy, but a habitual behavior with a clear historical trajectory - from Iran in 1953, Guatemala in 1954, to Chile in 1973, and Iraq in 2003.
"The U.S. is concerned with power and oil, not democracy." Alan McPherson (艾伦·麦克弗森), a professor at Temple University (天普大学) in the U.S., said that the U.S.'s accusations against Maduro of "drug terrorism conspiracy, cocaine smuggling conspiracy," etc., are just excuses to overthrow his regime.
The Finnish Broadcasting Company (芬兰国家广播公司) published an article arguing that the U.S. action is an "lawless" unjust act and a reckless act of "imperialism." The U.S. military gathered military forces off the coast of Venezuela and attacked civilian ships weeks before the action, and the blatant "kidnapping" of a head of state is unprecedented, "obviously violating relevant laws, including international law, which is neither just nor humane and should be widely condemned," and bluntly stated that the U.S. motive is "interested in Venezuela's huge oil reserves."
Williams Gonçalves (威廉姆斯·贡萨尔维斯), a researcher at the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology (巴西国家科学技术研究院), called on "all countries to unite and use all legal and political means to condemn the U.S. action in the strongest terms and jointly safeguard the international order of sovereign equality."
(Yan Huan (颜欢), a reporter for this newspaper, participated in the writing)
Return to TopBy: 芦思姮
This US military action against Venezuela is not only a blatant trampling of the sovereignty of other countries, but also exposes the true face of the United States, which does not hesitate to violate international rule of law in order to maintain its exclusive hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. The US approach openly abandons the core principle of the United Nations Charter prohibiting the use of force, seriously undermines the binding effect of international norms through unilateral use of force, replaces international norms with the "law of the jungle," and attempts to turn Latin America into a "hegemonic reserve" for the United States.
Currently, the "Monroe Doctrine" is making a high-profile return to the core of US foreign policy. The United States is using economic assistance and security commitments as "carrots" and unilateral sanctions and military deterrence as "sticks" to try to exacerbate political polarization and social division in the Latin American region, thereby strengthening the dependence of regional countries on the United States. But in the long run, the hegemonic logic of relying on force and transactions is doomed to failure. US military intervention will further stimulate the spirit of unity and self-improvement among countries in the Latin American region. This hegemonic behavior of the United States, which 不择手段 (bù zé shǒu duàn - "by any means," unscrupulously; stopping at nothing), for its own interests, will inevitably be opposed by more of the international community.
(The author is the Deputy Director of the Regional Cooperation Research Office of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院))
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张志文
According to Middle Eastern media reports, Saudi Arabian warplanes launched an airstrike on a military base in Al Mahrah Governorate in eastern Yemen on January 4. There have been no reports of casualties. Sources say that some forces of the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) of Yemen have refused to withdraw from Al Mahrah Governorate. Meanwhile, Rashad al-Alimi (阿里米), Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen, recently stated that he hopes Saudi Arabia will lead a dialogue conference with representatives from all Southern Yemeni factions.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on January 3, welcoming the holding of a dialogue conference in Riyadh (利雅得) with representatives from various Southern Yemeni factions to seek a fair resolution to the Southern Yemeni issue. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the same day emphasizing that the UAE has always been committed to the security, stability, and prosperity of Yemen and the region, adhering to dialogue as a priority over confrontation, and seeking sustainable political solutions. In addition, Egypt, Turkey, and the Arab League have also issued statements calling for a comprehensive dialogue and consultation to resolve the Southern Yemeni issue. As of now, the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) has not commented on this.
Recently, the situation in southern Yemen has continued to escalate. Since December 2025, the armed forces of the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) have launched military offensives against the forces of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen in the eastern Yemeni governorates of Hadramaut Governorate and Al Mahrah Governorate. On December 30, the Saudi-led multinational coalition carried out airstrikes, targeting weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from two ships at the port of Mukalla (穆卡拉港) in Hadramaut Governorate, claiming that the ships involved came from the UAE. The UAE denied that the ships carried weapons. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement that it regretted the UAE's pressure on the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) of Yemen to take military action in the border area between Yemen and southern Saudi Arabia, believing that such actions pose a threat to regional security and stability, are highly dangerous, do not conform to the original intention of supporting the coalition of the legitimate government of Yemen, and do not help to achieve security and stability in Yemen.
On December 30, 2025, Alimi (阿里米) demanded that all UAE troops and personnel, and Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) forces withdraw from Yemen within 24 hours. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently issued a statement demanding that the UAE withdraw all its military forces in Yemen within 24 hours and stop providing any form of military or financial support to any party in Yemen. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense issued statements on the same day, announcing the withdrawal of anti-terrorism personnel stationed in Yemen, denying allegations related to the Yemeni issue, and reaffirming support for Saudi security and stability. According to the Emirates News Agency, the UAE Ministry of Defense announced on January 2 that all personnel of the UAE armed forces stationed in Yemen had returned to the UAE.
The Yemeni Saba News Agency reported on January 3 that the Yemeni government announced that government forces had completely controlled Hadramaut Governorate. Alimi (阿里米) issued a statement through the news agency stating that the "National Shield" forces had successfully recovered all military and security facilities in Hadramaut Governorate. According to Al Jazeera (半岛电视台) on January 4, citing Yemeni state television, the "National Shield" forces have received heavy weapons from the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) forces in Al Mahrah Governorate and designated a safe corridor for the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) forces to withdraw from Al Mahrah Governorate to Aden (亚丁).
Currently, there are three main forces in Yemen: the Yemeni government, which is widely recognized by the international community; the Houthi armed forces, which control the capital Sana'a (萨那) and gradually control the northern and northwestern regions of the country; and the Southern Transitional Council (南方过渡委员会) and other local armed forces, which have de facto power in Aden (亚丁) and the southern coastal areas. Since the Saudi-led multinational coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in 2015, although Saudi Arabia and the UAE are nominally members of the same coalition, with the goal of supporting the internationally recognized Yemeni government in fighting the Houthi armed forces, the two countries have long had different interests in Yemen and support different forces within Yemen.
Return to TopPhnom Penh, January 5th (Xinhua) -- (Reporter Wu Changwei (吴长伟)) The Cambodian State Secretariat of Border Affairs issued a press release on the 5th, stating that Cambodia has once again proposed to Thailand to hold a special meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission in Siem Reap Province (暹粒省), Cambodia, in the second or third week of this month to discuss surveying and demarcation work.
The press release stated that Cambodia sent a letter to Thailand on the 5th, proposing to hold a special meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission in Siem Reap Province (暹粒省) in the second or third week of this month to discuss surveying and demarcation work, and to resolve the issue of the Thai army's violation of Cambodia's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The Cambodian State Secretariat of Border Affairs issued a press release on December 29, 2025, stating that Cambodia proposed to hold an emergency special meeting of the Cambodia-Thailand Joint Boundary Commission in Siem Reap Province (暹粒省) in the first week of January 2026. Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nikonde (尼康德) stated on December 30 that, given the current caretaker status of the Thai government and the fact that there are still landmines in the border area making it unsafe, Thailand believes that it is temporarily unable to hold a special meeting of the Thailand-Cambodia Joint Boundary Commission.
Return to TopRecently, many European countries have experienced cold weather. The picture shows the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt (法兰克福), Germany (德国), covered with snow.
Photo by Michael Probst (迈克尔·普罗布斯特) (Xinhua News Agency (新华社) issued).
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Oslo, January 5th (Reporter Zhang Yuliang (张玉亮)) Copenhagen (哥本哈根) news: Greenland (格陵兰岛), a self-governing territory of Denmark (丹麦), Premier Múte Bourup Egede (延斯—弗雷德里克·尼尔森) said on the evening of the 4th that recent remarks by the U.S. regarding controlling and annexing Greenland (格陵兰岛) are "completely unacceptable."
Nielsen (尼尔森) said on social media: "Enough. No more pressure. No more hints. No more fantasies of annexation."
He stated that U.S. President Donald Trump's (特朗普) statement that "we need Greenland (格陵兰岛)" and linking Greenland (格陵兰岛) to Venezuela (委内瑞拉) and military intervention is wrong.
Nielsen (尼尔森) also said that threats, pressure, and talk of annexation "should never appear between friends." Greenland (格陵兰岛) is willing to engage in dialogue and communication, but it must be through the correct channels and with respect for international law.
Trump (特朗普), in a telephone interview with the American magazine *The Atlantic* on the 4th, said that Venezuela (委内瑞拉) may not be the last country the U.S. intervenes in, and said, "We absolutely need Greenland (格陵兰岛)." Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (弗雷泽里克森) said on the same day that the U.S. has no right to annex Greenland (格陵兰岛) and demanded that the U.S. stop threatening Denmark (丹麦) and the people of Greenland (格陵兰岛).
Greenland (格陵兰岛), located in northeastern North America (北美洲), is the world's largest island. The island is a self-governing territory of Denmark (丹麦) with a high degree of autonomy; defense and foreign affairs are managed by the Danish government. The U.S. currently has a military base in Greenland (格陵兰岛). Since taking office last year, Trump (特朗普) has repeatedly threatened to obtain Greenland (格陵兰岛) and has stated that he does not rule out the possibility of using force.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨 一
Not long ago, Malaysian law enforcement officers carried out a special enforcement operation in Port Klang (巴生北港), west of the capital Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡), and seized a batch of electronic waste containers that had entered the country through false declarations. According to data from the Malaysian police, from January to September 2025, the amount of money involved in smuggling electronic waste and other contraband seized in the country exceeded 4 billion Ringgit (林吉特) (1 Ringgit is approximately 1.71 RMB), setting a record high for the same period in history. As a Southeast Asian country once plagued by "foreign garbage," Malaysia (马来西亚) has made the control of illegal solid waste imports a key task of environmental governance in recent years, strengthening solid waste management and protecting the ecological environment through a number of measures.
Reducing the entry of "foreign garbage" is the primary link in Malaysia's (马来西亚) solid waste management. Nik Nazmi (尼克·纳兹米), Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change of Malaysia (马来西亚天然资源、环境和气候变化部), said that the country's government departments have established a normalized linkage mechanism, promoting a "box-by-box verification + random inspection" model in major ports across the country, focusing on intercepting illegal electronic waste and waste plastics. The *Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) Act 2025*, which came into effect in July 2025, stipulates a comprehensive ban on the import of waste plastics from non-Basel Convention (巴塞尔公约) contracting states, and the purity of compliant imported waste plastics must reach 99.5%. As of October 2025, the Malaysian (马来西亚) police and customs had jointly carried out 7,136 maritime law enforcement operations, with the value of electronic waste seized accounting for more than 90% of the total value of contraband during the same period.
Malaysia (马来西亚) is also simultaneously promoting domestic plastic pollution control. Data shows that the country produces approximately 12 million tons of solid waste annually, of which plastic pollution accounts for more than 30%, which is a prominent problem affecting the improvement of the ecological environment. In April 2025, the Malaysian (马来西亚) government announced that it would extend the ban on the use of disposable plastic bags to forest reserves, national and state parks, marine parks, geoparks and geological sites throughout the country. Penang (槟城州) has long been plagued by plastic pollution due to its long coastline. In March 2025, Penang (槟城州) launched a "daily plastic-free" transition period, which was fully implemented in September, with only a short-term buffer reserved for traditional markets and mobile vendors. To promote the implementation of the policy, the local government distributed 100,000 free environmentally friendly bags, promoted "bring your own tableware day" in primary and secondary schools, and replaced plastic packaging with natural materials such as banana leaves and kraft paper in vegetable markets. These measures have gained public support.
All sectors of Malaysian (马来西亚) society generally recognize the governance measures and have put forward suggestions for improvement. The non-governmental organization Sahabat Alam Malaysia (马来西亚自然之友) suggested extending the scope of plastic restriction to disposable products such as plastic bottles to build a full-chain control system. The Federation of Malaysian Grocers Associations (马来西亚杂货商联合会总会) called on the government to provide specific alternative solutions to assist retailers in their transformation. Heng Kiah Chun (翁敦欣), head of the Greenpeace Southeast Asia Malaysia (东南亚绿色和平组织马来西亚办事处) office, believes that Malaysia (马来西亚) has not yet fully banned the import of "foreign garbage," while Thailand (泰国) and Indonesia (印度尼西亚) have closed relevant entry channels. If Malaysia's (马来西亚) control lags behind, it may become a receiving point for regional waste transfer, increasing domestic processing pressure.
In response to concerns from all sectors, Nazmi (纳兹米) responded that the federal government will strengthen law enforcement collaboration with various states to ensure policy implementation. At the same time, Malaysia (马来西亚) will promote ASEAN regional cooperation, listing solid waste management as one of the core issues of ASEAN, and building a joint prevention and control system with countries in the region. He revealed that the government is studying the feasibility of a comprehensive ban on disposable plastic bags, and will promote the use of biodegradable materials through policy guidance in the future, and promote the integration of green development concepts into daily production and life.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, January 5th (Reporter Wang Qibing (王其冰)) - The Valais (瓦莱州) cantonal police in Switzerland announced on the 4th that as of the evening of the 4th, the identities of all 40 victims in the fire at the "Le Vin des Sens" bar in Crans-Montana (克朗—蒙大拿镇), Valais (瓦莱州), had been confirmed, with their ages ranging from 14 to 39 years old.
According to the Valais (瓦莱州) cantonal police, the victims included 21 Swiss citizens, 9 French citizens (one of whom held dual French and Swiss nationality, and one of whom held triple French, Israeli, and British nationality), 6 Italian citizens (one of whom held dual Italian and UAE nationality), 1 Belgian citizen, 1 Portuguese citizen, 1 Romanian citizen, and 1 Turkish citizen. Police said the victims ranged in age from 14 to 39 years old, many of whom were minors, the youngest being a 14-year-old Swiss girl.
Swiss prosecutors said that mobile phone videos played an important role in the accident investigation. Valais (瓦莱州) Attorney General Béatrice Pilloud (贝亚特丽丝·皮尤) told Swiss media on the evening of the 4th that someone had filmed the first few seconds of the fire inside the bar with a mobile phone, which supported the authorities' main hypothesis that the fire started from the ceiling.
Return to TopChina's artificial intelligence technology is reaching the world in ways that are more closely integrated with daily life, making innovative achievements tangible, accessible, and sustainable. From medical equipment that shortens waiting times for diagnosis and treatment, to intelligent algorithms that improve traffic efficiency, and teaching systems that activate classroom vitality, China's artificial intelligence technology responds to the development concerns of relevant countries, helps local economic and social development, and allows the fruits of technological innovation to benefit the people more widely and sustainably.
United Imaging Healthcare's intelligent magnetic resonance equipment—
Helping Spanish doctors make better diagnoses
By Yan Huan (颜欢), reporter for this newspaper
At 8 a.m., HM Hospital, located in the southern Spanish coastal city of Malaga, is already bustling. Outside the magnetic resonance imaging department, several patients are waiting for examinations. Cristóbal Barba, head of radiologic technology, sits in front of the console, operating methodically in front of multiple monitoring and image processing screens.
"In the past, we needed to manually enter each examination item. Now, the system can automatically generate scanning suggestions based on the patient's body part and the doctor's needs. We can start scanning by clicking the options we need to operate," Barba showed the reporter the recommended examination plan on the screen. "This magnetic resonance equipment from United Imaging Healthcare (联影医疗) in China is easier to operate. Young technicians can get started quickly, and can independently complete most routine operations after two weeks of learning—this was impossible with previous similar equipment!"
Spain's public healthcare system has broad coverage and a sound primary healthcare system, but long waiting times and tight human resources have always plagued major hospitals. Statistics from 2023 show that the average waiting time for surgery in the country is 121 days, and more than 20% of patients have to wait more than half a year. How to improve diagnosis and treatment efficiency and reduce the burden on doctors has always been a real challenge for the healthcare system.
In October 2024, HM Hospital Group, one of Spain's largest private healthcare groups, introduced this large-aperture magnetic resonance imaging system from United Imaging Healthcare (联影医疗). Through artificial intelligence image reconstruction technology, this equipment significantly outperforms traditional equipment of the same level in terms of imaging speed and clarity, and can meet the clinical examination needs of multiple body parts, such as the nervous system, bones and joints, and cardiovascular system.
"Compared with the equipment we used before, the most direct changes with this equipment are the improvement in scanning speed and image quality," Barba said, giving an example. For example, lumbar spine imaging used to take 25 minutes, but now it only takes 12 minutes; nervous system scans used to take an hour, but now they can be controlled within half an hour. "Some areas with blurred edges or deeper lesions were not clear on previous equipment. Artificial intelligence image reconstruction technology can automatically optimize image data and improve contrast, resulting in higher image accuracy, which helps doctors make better diagnoses."
Josefa Pulido, director of the radiology department at HM Hospital and the person in charge of introducing this Chinese equipment, said that the benefits this new equipment brings to patients are obvious. The technology is new, the diagnosis and treatment are efficient, and the cost performance is extremely high. Chinese medical equipment has made her sit up and take notice.
Not long ago, a female patient in her sixties underwent another magnetic resonance imaging examination due to pancreatic cancer. However, previous examination experiences had left her with a negative impression: loud noise, small space, and repeated movements caused her significant discomfort. After persuasion from Pulido and her colleagues, the patient agreed to try this Chinese equipment.
"The first thing the patient said after coming out of the examination room was: 'Is it that fast? Is it already over?'" Pulido said that the examination was completed in less than half an hour. "The space is wider, breathing is easier, and she said after the examination that she hopes to continue using this machine for future examinations."
For medical staff, the stable operation of equipment is crucial. "There has not been a single failure since it was put into use," Barba and Pulido said in unison. The after-sales support provided by United Imaging Healthcare (联影医疗) is very timely, and any problems can be responded to promptly.
Xue Min (薛敏), chairman of United Imaging Group (联影集团), said: "Only through technological innovation, so that the market can use equipment that truly meets its needs, can we lower the threshold for inclusive healthcare." The introduction of this equipment provides a new technological solution to alleviate the waiting pressure that patients have long faced. "In the past, we could only do magnetic resonance examinations for less than 25 patients a day. Now, we can consistently do 40 a day. The waiting time for patients has been greatly shortened, and diagnosis and treatment are more timely, which is good news for every family," Pulido said.
Didi Chuxing's order allocation system—
Reducing waiting times for passengers and drivers in Brazil
By Shi Yuanhao (时元皓), reporter for this newspaper
Delivery riders with yellow "99" delivery boxes on their motorcycles shuttle between restaurants and residential buildings, ride-hailing cars with "99" painted on their bodies drive through the streets and alleys, and "99 Pay" is reflected in the advertising light boxes on the roadside... Today in Brazil, the yellow-bottomed, black-lettered "99" logo can be seen everywhere, and the 99 platform has become integrated into all aspects of local people's daily lives. Since Didi Chuxing (滴滴出行) acquired the Brazilian 99 platform in 2018, innovative technologies represented by artificial intelligence and big data, as well as the concept of green and low-carbon development, have been making local people's lives more convenient and greener.
As the car is about to reach its scheduled destination, ride-hailing driver Gabriel's phone pops up with several order information in succession, ranging from a dozen to nearly a hundred reais (1 real is about 1.3 yuan). He taps the screen and accepts a longer-distance order. Gabriel lives in Rio de Janeiro and has been a registered driver on the 99 platform for more than 5 years. "I know that the 99 platform was acquired by a Chinese company, and the BYD car I drive is also a Chinese brand," Gabriel said. Thanks to the progress of the platform's algorithm, the continuous optimization of order and route selection, and the expansion of business scope such as delivery, his income has been increasing.
"Didi Chuxing's self-developed order allocation system based on telemetry technology improves matching efficiency and reduces waiting times for passengers and drivers by analyzing driver location, road conditions, and service needs in real time," a relevant person in charge of Didi's international business told reporters. This system has also been applied to the 99 platform and has been adjusted according to the local travel characteristics of Brazil. Considering the strong demand for motorcycle travel in Brazil and the shortage of instant delivery market services, Didi Chuxing (滴滴出行) launched new service models for motorcycle travel and ride-hailing delivery in the local area, improving the experience for passengers and drivers.
"We also cooperate with government departments in many cities in Brazil through data sharing agreements to help improve the level of local transportation planning," Bruno Rossini, director of communications for the 99 platform, told reporters. The platform uses travel choice preferences, traffic congestion, abnormal road data, and other information collected through big data to help local transportation departments better understand residents' travel methods and provide a basis for improving infrastructure and formulating transportation policies. For example, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, the 99 platform is cooperating with the city government to monitor road traffic data to help adjust traffic light timing. By cooperating with health departments in some areas, the 99 platform also distributes ride-hailing coupons to patients when they go to the hospital to help solve transportation problems when seeking medical treatment. "We hope to provide more efficient and inclusive transportation solutions through technology," Rossini said.
"Sustainability" is a key word in the development of Brazil's transportation sector in recent years. In 2022, the 99 platform took the lead in establishing the "Sustainable Mobility Alliance" in Brazil, covering electric vehicle manufacturing, car rental, energy, and financial industries, aiming to promote the popularization of electric vehicles in Brazil. Currently, the alliance has more than 30 companies. "I recently changed to a new car, and the operating costs of electric vehicles are lower," Gabriel told reporters.
"Providing more flexible employment opportunities has always been one of our goals. The 99 platform currently has about 1.5 million ride-hailing drivers and delivery riders," Rossini introduced. The 99 platform's travel services in Brazil have covered more than 3,300 cities, and its delivery business has entered more than 40 cities in Brazil. The platform is also preparing to establish support service points in many places to improve the working environment for ride-hailing drivers and delivery riders. "As an innovative technology-empowered company, we hope to make people's lives better and better through our efforts," Rossini said.
iFlytek's smart teaching system—
Making Thai students enjoy learning Chinese
By Chen Xirui (陈熙芮), reporter for this newspaper
With one click to upload daily-shot teaching materials, the system can automatically generate teaching courseware covering "Chinese characters—words—texts—exercises" and other content; students read the text aloud, and the system evaluates the pronunciation and intonation in real time and provides targeted training; with a light touch of the electronic screen, they can practice writing Chinese characters in the order of strokes... In Bangkok, Thailand, at Wat Nuannoradit School, a Chinese class is being conducted based on an artificial intelligence smart teaching system. With the help of intelligent tools, teachers can prepare lessons more efficiently, and students are more engaged and proactive in interactive and personalized learning.
In recent years, the "Chinese craze" in Thailand has continued to heat up, and Chinese has become one of the languages with the largest number of students learning it in Thai primary and secondary schools. With the increasing demand for compound talents who understand Chinese, local Chinese education faces practical challenges such as insufficient teachers, uneven distribution of teaching resources, and limited language environment. The introduction of iFlytek's (科大讯飞) artificial intelligence smart teaching system has brought new development opportunities for Chinese education in Thailand.
At the 21st China-ASEAN Expo held in September 2024, iFlytek (科大讯飞) officially released the "Chinese Smart Teaching System (ASEAN Version)" and announced that it would carry out pilot applications in more than 40 primary and secondary schools in Thailand. Xie Fei (解飞), head of iFlytek's (科大讯飞) international Chinese products, introduced that the system is based on the iFlytek Spark Cognitive Large Model (讯飞星火认知大模型) and integrates intelligent speech recognition and natural language processing technologies. It can analyze and correct students' voice input in real time and generate personalized exercise plans based on their learning progress. The system can also summarize and analyze learning data, collect students' common mistakes, and optimize teaching content.
"In the past, many students only spoke when they were called on by the teacher, and the average number of proactive speeches per class was less than twice. However, after the introduction of the Chinese smart teaching system, this number increased to 12 times. Students are obviously more willing to speak up!" Longsuri Sinhana, director of the Chinese Subject Development Center in Samut Prakan Province, Thailand, and principal of Thepsirin School Samutprakan, said that this system has promoted the transformation of the local Chinese education model from "teacher-centered" to "student-centered," stimulating students' initiative to participate, dare to speak, and be happy to use their learning enthusiasm.
From May 2025, Konghukia Public School in Khon Kaen, Thailand, conducted pilot teaching in 3 classes. During this period, students submitted about 2,500 assignments through the system, all of which were automatically graded and received learning feedback. At Lamplaimatpattana School in Samut Prakan Province, after nearly two semesters of pronunciation training, the accuracy rate of students' initials increased from 54% to 72%, and the accuracy rate of finals increased from 65% to 81%. Napaporn Pongsakarn, director of the Second Education Bureau of Bangkok, Thailand, said that she looks forward to Chinese technology helping Thailand's Chinese education digital transformation and injecting new impetus into Thailand's education development.
Xie Fei (解飞) said that the Chinese learning group in Southeast Asia is huge. In the future, iFlytek (科大讯飞) will further deepen cooperation with education departments and schools in ASEAN countries, launch teaching resources that are more in line with local curriculum systems, and strengthen localization services and teacher training to jointly create a more intelligent, inclusive, and sustainable new ecology of Chinese education.
Return to TopBy: 魏 凯
A recent report jointly released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States and the open-source platform Hugging Face shows that the proportion of open-source artificial intelligence models independently developed by China in the total global downloads has reached 17.1%, exceeding the United States for the first time. This change reflects a systematic leap in the overall strength of China's artificial intelligence industry.
According to the latest estimates from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信息通信研究院), in 2024, the scale of China's artificial intelligence industry has exceeded 900 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24%. As of September 2025, the number of artificial intelligence companies in China exceeded 5,300, accounting for 15% of the world's total. On this basis, the international influence of China's artificial intelligence technology is extending from "open source leadership" to "application overseas," and the product form has also expanded from a single tool-based application to a full-chain technology ecosystem covering algorithms, platforms, and industry solutions.
This transformation is closely related to the in-depth implementation of China's "Artificial Intelligence+" action. Driven by both policy guidance and market demand, Chinese artificial intelligence companies have gradually formed the ability to promote the deep integration of technology and application scenarios in long-term practice. The overseas expansion of products initially concentrated in Internet applications is accelerating to extend to core areas of the real economy such as urban governance, smart energy, transportation and logistics, and high-end manufacturing, showing the characteristics of deep coupling with the global demand for industrial digitization. In the Middle East, many Chinese companies have systematically applied artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies to national-level strategic projects such as Saudi Arabia's NEOM city and the United Arab Emirates' "Smart Dubai," helping them build efficient resource management and urban security systems in desert environments. In Southeast Asia, industrial visual inspection and predictive maintenance solutions provided by Chinese artificial intelligence companies have been implemented in electronics and auto parts factories in Vietnam, Thailand, and other countries. The overseas expansion of Chinese artificial intelligence companies has surpassed the simple output of products or services, but rather promotes the intelligent upgrading of local industrial chains through technology empowerment.
The overseas expansion of China's artificial intelligence technology is not only a broad expansion of technology applications, but also an effective response to production and life problems. In Southern Europe, Latin America, and other regions with dispersed populations or complex terrains, Chinese industrial drones equipped with artificial intelligence vision systems have become an important force in forest fire prevention and power line inspection, compressing the traditional response time from hours to minutes and providing security for remote communities. In the vast farmlands of Africa and South Asia, lightweight artificial intelligence pest and disease identification applications can provide diagnosis and prevention suggestions for small farmers through mobile phones. These practices not only create commercial value, but also improve people's quality of life, enhance social resilience, and promote the implementation of inclusive technology worldwide.
Looking at the world, China's advantages in the field of artificial intelligence are not only reflected in technological innovation and application promotion, but also in its responsible commitment to actively participate in global governance and promote international cooperation. Facing governance challenges such as cross-border data flow, algorithm compliance, and ethical security, China has always adhered to the principles of people-oriented, intelligent for good, fair and inclusive, and collaborative governance, and has integrated these concepts into international governance practices. The 78th United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted China's proposal to strengthen international cooperation in artificial intelligence capacity building, which reflects the international community's recognition of the Chinese plan and has become an important milestone in bridging the intelligence divide and promoting inclusive development.
Looking to the future, connecting the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) suggestions on the strategic layout of artificial intelligence development, Chinese artificial intelligence companies will integrate into the global innovation network with a more open, innovative, and credible attitude, and continue to contribute Chinese wisdom in rule-making, risk governance, and capacity building, and work with all countries to jointly promote the construction of a peaceful, secure, open, cooperative, and orderly community of common destiny in cyberspace.
(The author is the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (中国信息通信研究院) and the Head of the Overall Group of the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Alliance (中国人工智能产业发展联盟).)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨文明 张 驰
"Now that funding is ample, these damaged areas can be replaced with new ones, preventing bumps and scrapes for everyone." On a winter afternoon, Yang Lihua (杨丽花), Party Branch Secretary of Baizhiying Community (柏枝营社区) in Chenggong District (呈贡区), Kunming City (昆明市), Yunnan Province (云南省), is busy promoting road repair work.
Where did the funds for "minor repairs and patching" come from? "At the centralized return meeting for rural collective 'three assets' involved in cases, held at the beginning of 2025, the community account had more than 800,000 yuan, of which 300,000 yuan was specifically for community service projects," said Yang Lihua (杨丽花). "The recovery of this money is related to the district's 'three assets' investigation and case handling in the past two years."
In recent years, Yunnan (云南) has continued to deeply rectify unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses, focusing on prominent problems in key areas, promoting investigation, rectification, and governance in an integrated manner, promoting development, anti-corruption, and benefiting the people together, so that the masses can truly feel the increased efforts in promoting integrity and combating corruption, and the presence of a clean and upright atmosphere around them.
Where the masses expect, that is where the work focuses.
The return of more than 800,000 yuan is related to a piece of collective land in the community. "That piece of land is three or four mu, who would have thought there were so many 'tricks' in the rental price," Yang Lihua (杨丽花) recalled.
How did a piece of land become a tool for personal gain? The matter must start with the investigation and handling of the corruption case of Wu Mouming (吴某明), the former Party Branch Secretary of Miaojiaying Community (缪家营社区) in Chenggong District (呈贡区).
Since 2023, the Chenggong District (呈贡区) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) discovered clues that Wu Mouming (吴某明) was suspected of misappropriating funds from the community collective company and quickly filed a case for review and investigation. Subsequently, two businessmen closely related to him, Wang Moumou (王某某) and Jin Moumou (晋某某), accepted the investigation.
In a conversation, investigators heard Jin Moumou (晋某某) "complaining": "That piece of land in Baizhiying (柏枝营), I originally wanted to rent it for 50,000 yuan a year, but a boss spent 200,000 yuan to find me to sublet it, so I could make a profit. My cousin originally promised me but then went back on his word..."
The "cousin" in Jin Moumou's (晋某某) words is Li Mouhe (李某河), the former Party Branch Secretary of Baizhiying Community (柏枝营社区). Yang Qingsong (杨庆松), director of the Second Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Chenggong District (呈贡区) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委), led people to review the contract and found that the land belonged to the collective, and the contract stated that the rent was 50,000 yuan a year for a term of 15 years. "Knowing that it could be rented for 200,000 yuan, how could they still sign a contract for 50,000 yuan?"
Upon closer inspection, clues emerged. It turned out that after knowing that someone was offering a high price, Li Mouhe (李某河) had a crooked idea. He first found individual businessman Dong Mou (董某) to sign a land lease contract for 50,000 yuan a year, and then instructed Dong Mou (董某) to find a third party to sublet the land to others for 200,000 yuan a year. Through this business, Li Mouhe (李某河) obtained a benefit fee of 668,000 yuan.
Breaking through from the "tip of the iceberg," the Chenggong District (呈贡区) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) successively investigated and handled 16 community cadres in 3 subdistricts. "In the in-depth investigation, we found that the characteristics of the violations of discipline and law by some community cadres were very similar, and the unclear 'three assets' and the lack of effective supervision were important reasons," said Yang Qingsong (杨庆松).
The rural collective "three assets" are related to the interests of the masses. Since October 2024, the Kunming Municipal (昆明市) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) has taken Chenggong District (呈贡区) as a pilot to comprehensively ascertain the "family property" and build a scientific supervision system, and return a "clear account" to the rural collective "three assets."
Where the masses expect, that is where the work focuses. The Fengqing County (凤庆县) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) in Lincang City (临沧市) used "office-group-local" linkage supervision to solve the "difficulty in obtaining certificates," and 132 homeowners obtained their long-awaited real estate ownership certificates; the Dayao County (大姚县) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (楚雄彝族自治州) jointly with functional departments conducted a grid-style investigation of the "connected pipes but no water" problem in rural drinking water projects, effectively ensuring the drinking water safety of more than 28,000 people... Since 2025, discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels in Yunnan Province (云南省) have investigated and handled a total of 23,208 corruption and work style problems, filed 17,647 cases, detained 2,342 people, and given Party discipline and government sanctions to 10,687 people.
Focusing on weak links, plugging institutional loopholes
"120 kilograms of beef, 400 kilograms of pork, 20 kilograms of pumpkin, 50 kilograms of tomatoes..." At 7 am, Cai Zuo (蔡坐), the general affairs director of Xuanwei No. 10 Middle School (宣威市第十中学), together with the school supervisor and deliveryman, inspected the "campus meal" ingredients for the day.
The peace of mind regarding the ingredients comes from the platform's "escort." Fan Xu (范旭), deputy director of the Xuanwei City (宣威市) Education and Sports Bureau (教育体育局), logged into the "Xuanwei City (宣威市) School Canteen Digital Management Platform" to show reporters information such as ingredient inspection and supplier qualification management. "Public schools in the city implement unified centralized procurement of ingredients, and orders are placed through the platform, so that children can eat nutritious and fresh meals with peace of mind," said Fan Xu (范旭).
Since 2024, Xuanwei City (宣威市) has concentrated on carrying out a special rectification of "campus meals." The first step was to take back all public primary and secondary school canteens for independent operation or meal distribution by the schools. However, after the operating rights were taken back, the schools faced many difficulties: Where to purchase ingredients to ensure safety? What is a reasonable price for ingredients? What are the standards for the use of campus food and meal expenses? ...
To run the canteen well, it is also necessary to prevent risks from the source. Since July 2024, the Qujing Municipal (曲靖市) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) has joined forces with multiple departments to sort out the number of schools providing centralized meals, ingredient suppliers, and off-campus meal providers, and carried out 4 rounds of supervision and inspection on campus food safety, and promoted the solution of 8,959 problems in total. At the same time, it issued a discipline inspection and supervision proposal to the Municipal Education and Sports Bureau (市教体局) to promote the entry of bulk ingredients of all types of schools at all levels in the city into the scope of government procurement.
In February 2025, the ingredients used in 425 canteens in 363 schools in Xuanwei City (宣威市) were included in the city-level centralized procurement of bulk ingredients, and the education and sports department initiated a public bidding process, and 33 suppliers won the bid. "Not only are the ingredients guaranteed, but the prices are also finalized at the price inquiry meeting with the participation of many parties, maximizing the benefits for students," said Fan Xu (范旭).
Wherever the problems are concentrated, the supervision will advance to. "The special rectification has helped us fill in many institutional loopholes," said Li Chao (李朝), chief of the Food and Catering Safety Supervision Section of the Qujing Municipal (曲靖市) Market Supervision Bureau (市场监管局). In a joint spot check, relevant departments found that a supplier had been punished for failing a spot check, but a school was still preparing to order meals. It turned out that although the administrative penalty notice had been issued, the education and sports department and the school were not aware that the supplier's qualifications had problems.
"Under the promotion of the Municipal (市) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委), we and the Municipal Education and Sports Bureau (市教体局) have formulated and implemented a campus food safety information notification system to regularly exchange information and strictly control supplier qualifications," Li Chao (李朝) introduced, and more than 10 institutional mechanisms such as the evaluation mechanism for the withdrawal of meal supply enterprises have also been established one after another.
The changes are real. Near noon, the students of Xuanwei No. 10 Middle School (宣威市第十中学) rushed to the canteen. Cai Zuo (蔡坐) ordered steamed ribs, stir-fried chicken, stir-fried bitter vegetables, and rice, costing a total of 8 yuan, and then sat down to eat with the students. "Meat dishes are 3.5 yuan each, vegetarian dishes are 1 yuan each, students eat healthy and affordable, and the canteen operation can sometimes have a surplus," said Cai Zuo (蔡坐). Now the school is preparing to provide fruits, milk, etc., "Meal expenses should be spent on students."
In recent years, Yunnan (云南) has focused on making good use of means such as discipline inspection and supervision proposals, focusing on high-risk links where problems occur frequently, constantly plugging institutional loopholes, and doing a good job in the "second half of the article" of centralized rectification.
The Mouding County (牟定县) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) in Chuxiong Prefecture (楚雄州) summarized and sorted out the integrity risk points of village-level "small projects," hired third-party professional forces, and explored the establishment of a "small and micro project" review and supervision system; the Ruili City (瑞丽市) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州) focused on clearing the blockages and difficulties in project approval and land procedures, and escorting the development of plateau characteristic agriculture such as lemon and coffee planting...
Moving the supervision "probe" forward, turning passive into active
"This villager has been issued a death certificate more than a year ago, why are they still receiving high-age subsidies?" Hearing the inquiry from the discipline inspection and supervision cadres, a civil affairs assistant in a village in Menghai County (勐海县), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (西双版纳傣族自治州), looked uneasy.
This clue was originally "buried" in more than 1.5 million pieces of data. "In the past, supervision work relied entirely on 'looking with eyes, turning with hands, asking with mouths, and checking data,' but now we have big data to help," said Fan Songmei (范松梅), director of the Party Style and Government Style Supervision Office of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture (西双版纳州) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委).
Carrying out supervision of livelihood matters such as the implementation of pro-people and benefit-agriculture policies and pension subsidies involves massive amounts of data. "Not only are there many types of subsidies, many links, and a lot of data, but departmental information is also difficult to share, and the supervision is lagging behind, and the difficulty of recovering funds is also greater," said Fan Songmei (范松梅).
How to discover and solve problems before they "run, leak, and drip"? The Xishuangbanna Prefecture (西双版纳州) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) focused on 12 types of high-frequency pro-people and benefit-agriculture subsidies, integrated subsidy data from 17 departments, and built 20 big data early warning models. "By comparing and analyzing related data such as medical insurance payments, cultivated land area, and population household registration, we can accurately lock in abnormal clues, and the 'office-group-local' linkage special class will follow up and verify," Fan Songmei (范松梅) introduced.
Combining proactive early warning and institution building, after identifying 69 problems such as illegally receiving high-age subsidies, the Xishuangbanna Prefecture (西双版纳州) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) urged functional departments to improve process systems by issuing discipline inspection and supervision proposals.
"With the supervision of big data early warning models, the ability to find problems is stronger, and the supervision is more efficient." After cross-validating and colliding analysis of thousands of service data, discipline inspection and supervision cadres in Guandu District (官渡区), Kunming City (昆明市), quickly closed a case of a private nursing home fabricating services by verifying the overpayment of meal delivery service fees.
Moving the supervision "probe" forward also requires mobilizing the power of the masses. In Zhaotong City (昭通市), the "Masses' Topic Supervision Meeting" organized by the Ludian County (鲁甸县) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) was carried out in the courtyard, and "mass complaints" were transformed into "satisfaction and praise"; the Yuxi City (玉溪市) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委) innovatively carried out "front-line visits," collected mass demands on the front line, and promoted the supervision tentacles to reach the end...
"Since the concentrated rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses was carried out, we have taken 'allowing the masses to have a personal experience' as the goal, solidly carried out project-based rectification and systematic governance, closely focused on major livelihood matters, driven the overall situation by investigating and handling cases, and made coordinated efforts in punishment, governance, and prevention, and constantly improved the happiness index of the masses," said the relevant person in charge of the Yunnan Provincial (云南省) Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission (纪委监委).
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"Bola (波拉) (Tibetan for "Grandpa"), what do you think of this new home? If we have any difficulties, just tell me!" Holding an old man's hand, the young man Tsering (次旺) kept asking.
Tsering (次旺) is the Party Branch Secretary of Deling Village (德林村), Quxia Township (曲下镇), Lhatse County (拉孜县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区). For the past two months, he has been busy helping more than 120 households in the village move into their newly rebuilt homes after the disaster. "Some elderly people have difficulty moving, so we organized the village's Party members to help them move their luggage and furniture to ensure that everyone can move into their new homes in a timely manner," he said.
On January 7, 2025, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Tingri County (定日县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet (西藏), and Deling Village (德林村) was severely affected. After the earthquake, Tsering (次旺) immediately organized village officials and Party members to evacuate more than 600 people from 126 households in a timely manner. Within three days of the earthquake, he organized more than 20 villagers to set up more than 150 tents and allocate disaster relief supplies. For the next six months, he led the village's Party members to quickly adapt to their roles, shifting the focus of their work from disaster relief to reconstruction. "After experiencing a disaster, the Party organization is the reliance for the masses to embrace a new life, and our job is to give everyone a 'reassurance pill'," he said.
The brand-new village in front of him, every brick and tile, is the result of Tsering's (次旺) hard work. How to read the blueprints for house design? What standards should be adopted for house construction, and what kind of pouring techniques should be used? How to explain the policies to the masses? "I've become a 'local expert' in building houses," he said with a smile.
Tsering (次旺) always remembers the day when the new house of the villager Rinchen (仁增) was capped - at that time, the village officials and Rinchen's (仁增) family watched the last bucket of cement being poured. Rinchen (仁增) and his daughter Drolkar (卓嘎) were in tears, and they brought butter tea, roasted cakes and other food to entertain everyone, and solemnly presented a Hada. "You are like my children, building my home as if it were your own," Rinchen (仁增) said.
Wherever the reconstruction work progresses, the Party members and cadres fight there. Over the past year, more than 6,600 Party members and cadres from Shigatse City (日喀则市) counties and villages have gone deep into the front line of construction, eating and living on site, squatting at the construction site, coordinating and solving various difficulties and problems, and providing escort for post-disaster reconstruction.
At the post-disaster reconstruction site in the Pawu (帕吾) area of Karga Township (卡嘎镇), Angren County (昂仁县), Danzin Namgyal (旦增南木加), Mima Tsering (米玛次仁) and other five cadres from Karga Township (卡嘎镇) moved their bedding into the construction site's prefabricated house. This is not only their temporary dormitory, but also the "front-line command post" for post-disaster reconstruction. "The cadres are on site, and they can report anything at any time, which is very reassuring," said villager Tsering Dhondup (次仁顿珠).
The bright red Party flag is flying high at the post-disaster reconstruction site. Over the past year, such stories can be seen everywhere at the foot of Mount Everest: In the relocation of the entire Baira Village (白拉村), Mabja Township (麻布加乡), Saga County (萨迦县), village officials Drolkar Lhamo (德吉拉姆) and Kelsang Chuzhen (格桑曲珍) organized a Party member commando team overnight to rush to transport 30 tons of cement to protect it from the rain. Facing the problem of selecting a new house site, Zhang Wenjie (张文杰), the captain of the village work team in Lulha Village (鲁鲁辖村), Xigaze Town (协格尔镇), Tingri County (定日县), and his team members communicated with each household, using sincerity to dissolve barriers and gather the consensus of the whole village.
As of the end of October 2025, the post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction and reinforcement of houses in Tingri (定日), Tibet (西藏) have been completed and delivered. This post-disaster recovery and reconstruction involved 486 villages in 47 townships in 7 counties, with a total of more than 22,000 rebuilt houses with an area of 3.1 million square meters, and more than 10,500 reinforced houses with a reinforced area of 1.06 million square meters.
"Moving in is the end of reconstruction, but also the starting point for leading villagers to a new life." Looking to the future, Tsering (次旺) is full of confidence. Now, he is working with the village's two committees and villagers to plan the future development direction of the village's collective economy: "After this year, our hearts are closer to the masses."
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"Participating in case handling on the front line has helped me overcome shortcomings such as a lack of methods for external investigation and evidence collection, and insufficient experience in breaking through conversations." Recently, Gui Rao (桂绕), a young cadre from the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed in the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of the Dazhou Municipal Government in Sichuan Province (四川省达州市), was assigned to a special case for practical training after graduating from the Dazhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision's (达州市纪委监委) young cadre shaping and soul-casting training class.
Since 2025, the Dazhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (达州市纪委监委) has focused on problems in team construction, such as a narrow selection perspective, a suboptimal team structure, and weak professional capabilities. It has deeply implemented the "Three Hundred Actions" of cultivating 100 key case-handling backbones, cultivating 100 young cadres through grassroots experience, and customizing the training of 100 outstanding cadres. It has built a closed-loop training mechanism for cadre selection, cultivation, use, supervision, and incentives, and continuously forged "three teams" of high-quality, professional case-handling backbones, young cadres, and outstanding cadres.
In practice, the Dazhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (达州市纪委监委), in accordance with the principles of quantifiable, assessable, and easy operation, has differentially set 18 entry standards and 4 review procedures, and has reserved 137 case-handling backbones, 261 young cadres, and 139 outstanding cadres inside and outside the system. On this basis, a training system for political tempering, job experience, practical combat training, and professional training has been built. In response to the lack of case-handling experience among young cadres, mentoring is used to conduct routine theoretical guidance, real-world teaching, and experience sharing.
In order to build a solid ideological defense line against corruption and degeneration, the Dazhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (达州市纪委监委) has comprehensively adopted methods such as integrity talks, family assistance for integrity, and participation in court trial activities to strengthen cadre supervision and management. At the same time, it adheres to the combination of strict management and deep love, regularly carries out the selection activities of case-handling pacesetters and business backbones, and links the selection results with cadre selection and appointment, and evaluation of advanced and excellent individuals.
Now, the average case handling cycle in Dazhou (达州市) has been shortened by 13.1%, and the case formation rate of proactively discovering problem clues in self-handled cases has increased by 88.5%. "We will continue to strengthen source selection, precise seedling cultivation, dynamic seedling observation, and careful seedling protection, and constantly cultivate and forge a supervisory and disciplinary iron army with superb business skills, strong abilities, and excellent work style," said the relevant person in charge of the Dazhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (达州市纪委监委).
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Not long ago, I bought an inflatable mat specifically for my child to practice the long jump at home for physical education class. The downstairs neighbor came to my door, saying that the noise was bothering them. Although I removed the mat immediately, I also noticed a subtle change in the neighborhood relationship.
A few days later, I received a call from a community worker. It turned out that he had learned about our situation during a visit to residents, so he took the initiative to come and hoped that the upstairs and downstairs neighbors could sit down and chat. I thought it was just a small matter, so I said that the problem had been solved and there was no need to worry. However, a few days later, he called again, concerned about the progress of the child's sports venue and neighborhood relations, and patiently asked what other needs we had in our lives...
After hanging up the phone, I couldn't help but sigh, this cadre is really serious and meticulous! Upon closer inspection, it was heartwarming. Community work is complex and complicated, but in essence, it is still about working with people. To reconcile different opinions and solve problems, isn't this the kind of energy needed?
In grassroots work, neighborhood conflicts, residents' needs, the elderly and the young... the "small things" of "firewood, rice, oil, and salt" (柴米油盐) of thousands of households are precisely the touchstone for testing grassroots cadres. I remember once in an interview, a street cadre talked about his feelings: "No matter how small the matter is, it is a big deal for a specific family, and none of them can be 'perfunctory' (敷衍)." When the masses feel that "it's almost done," insist on asking one more question and thinking one step further, striving for 尽善尽美 (jìn shàn jìn měi - "perfect," to achieve perfection), and the seriousness behind it is a sense of responsibility of "being worried about everything," and the original intention of thinking what the people think and being anxious about what the people are anxious about.
Paying attention to seriousness reflects the governing temperature of empathy. The community worker who called me had a young voice and may not have personally experienced the joys and sorrows of raising children, but it does not affect his empathy for the needs of the masses. Mass work has never been about "checking accounts and canceling numbers," but about exchanging sincerity for sincerity. Standing in the position of the masses, sincerely listening and patiently communicating, building a bridge of trust between cadres and the masses, community work will be warmer and more effective.
Paying attention to seriousness also contains the governing wisdom of "knowing what's in your heart and having tricks in your hands." How to solve the problem of perennial traffic congestion and frequent accidents in prosperous commercial areas? In a previous interview in Zhanqian Street (站前街道), Xinfu District (新抚区), Fushun City (抚顺市), Liaoning (辽宁), street cadres and community workers revealed their approach: After months of squatting at intersections to observe traffic flow characteristics and visiting merchants to understand the demands of all parties, they found that many citizens stopped and left immediately after shopping, so they removed the roadside stone piers and delineated areas for immediate stop and go; at the same time, they repeatedly measured and calculated to add new parking lots within walking distance; they also coordinated relevant departments to optimize the red and green light changing time... A series of measures have greatly improved the traffic situation. Calming down, bending down, finding the crux of the problem, and coming up with effective countermeasures are the most simple "way to success" in doing a good job.
Paying attention to seriousness in serving the people makes the "last mile" of grassroots governance become the "smoothest mile," and the picture of the masses' better life will continue to unfold.
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Chinese cinema has been around for 120 years. 120 years is a long time, long enough to leave behind a galaxy of brilliant cinematic classics. The future of cinema is even wider and broader, wide and broad enough to be eagerly anticipated by everyone who loves film.
One of the most remarkable phenomena in Chinese cinema in 2025 is the meteoric rise of animated films. As of December 31, the total box office revenue for animated films throughout the year has exceeded 25 billion yuan, accounting for more than half of the total box office revenue for all films. At the beginning of the year, *Ne Zha: The Devil Child* (哪吒之魔童闹海) set many new records in Chinese film history. In the middle of the year, *Mount Langlang Little Monster* (浪浪山小妖怪) made the "revival of the Chinese animation school" a focus of discussion. At the end of the year, *Zootopia 2* (疯狂动物城2), against the backdrop of a general downturn in imported blockbusters, suddenly ignited the global film industry's confidence in the Chinese market.
Looking at these phenomena in the context of film history, these occurrences in the Chinese film market are not accidental but merely the ripples at the edge of a pond. We see that Chinese film art, after 120 years of development, has reached the next stage in terms of technology, industry, and culture, and is about to usher in the "Manga Era" of film.
One manifestation is that the historical role of animated films as a supplement to live-action films is being profoundly rewritten. As the film industry enters the digital age, Chinese animated films are increasingly demonstrating a strong artistic influence and box office appeal. From the hit *Monkey King: Hero Is Back* (西游记之大圣归来) 10 years ago, to the 唐 poetry animation *Chang An* (长安三万里) breaking through its original audience, to the animated feature film *Boonie Bears* (熊出没) steadily accompanying audiences during the Spring Festival for 11 consecutive years, and *Ne Zha: The Devil Child* (哪吒之魔童闹海) setting multiple film records, animated films have shown a strong momentum of development far exceeding that of live-action films, and have become a mainstay of the film industry's upward trend against the market. In terms of cultural connotation, *Mount Langlang Little Monster* (浪浪山小妖怪) prompts viewers to think about "what kind of person I want to become," and *Ne Zha: The Devil Child* (哪吒之魔童闹海) utilizes traditional cultural resources such as Sanxingdui bronzes, Mongolian Khöömii singing, and Dong ethnic group grand songs. The rise of animated films not only makes the product composition of Chinese films more complete, but also updates the concept of film art, that is, animated films are no longer just lighthearted games for children; their ideological connotation is increasingly expanding to the adult world, and their artistic language is also increasingly rooted in deep cultural soil, consciously pursuing a broad and profound artistic realm.
A second manifestation is the enormous impact of animation technology and aesthetics on contemporary live-action film creation. In the past 20 years, top blockbusters have increasingly used digital technology to complete the construction of story worlds and the shaping of film characters. Hollywood has the "Avatar" series and the Marvel and DC "superhero" series. Chinese films have the "Wandering Earth" (流浪地球), "A Writer's Odyssey" (刺杀小说家), and "Creation of the Gods" (封神) series. These fantastical cinematic stories make it difficult for audiences to distinguish between digital special effects and actual shooting. Film transcends reality and illusion, leaping into a freer and broader space of imagination. In particular, the imagination and creativity of animation creation, which can create something from nothing, is crucial to mass film production and is also subtly shaping the aesthetic habits of the audience. The shocking experience that the first "Avatar" brought to global audiences is still unforgettable. The recently released third installment was not as well-received as the first, which also indirectly confirms that the acceptance of animation aesthetics by contemporary audiences has become the norm.
A third manifestation is the arrival of "Man-ga Movies" (漫影). The rapid advancement of AI technology has added new members to the film family. Many new "filmmakers" have become programmers—making movies by training AI. Although we currently see more short videos and sample films that are partial and experimental, the commercialization of "Man-ga Movies" is imminent. The production of "Man-ga Movies" does not require live actors, or even personnel in positions such as cinematographers, lighting technicians, costume and makeup artists, or production assistants. It only requires the "director" to guide the intelligent agent to retrieve existing resources from the database and generate virtual scenes and characters based on algorithms, and then perform and present the plot. The means of production of the traditional film industry are invalidated in the production mode of "Man-ga Movies." The new mode of production requires new means of production, such as chips, algorithms, computing power, and electricity, and also highlights the importance of artistic experience, cultural accumulation, and active thinking. "Man-ga Movies" are just one of the many achievements of AI applications, but their artistic value reflects a country's comprehensive strength.
A fourth manifestation is the vigorous development of the animation culture ecosystem. The animation industry, which was once regarded as "child's play," has now grown into "the elephant in the room." Since the new century, the animation industry has become increasingly prosperous, with constantly enriched products and a more diversified market. In addition to comics and animated works, new phenomena such as comic conventions, COSPLAY, and the "goods" economy indicate that animation has gradually evolved from a youth subculture into an organic component of mainstream culture. With the continuous improvement of the quality of animation, games, which are naturally close to it in aesthetics, are also continuously innovating in the two artistic dimensions of narrative and audio-visuals, generating huge economic benefits and cultural influence. The Chinese electronic game *Black Myth: Wukong* (黑神话：悟空), which was sought after by global gamers in 2024, allows people to see that Chinese culture can achieve "going global" through a brand-new carrier, and even triggers social discussions and cultural tourism booms that go beyond the gamer community.
The new technological revolution has pushed film art to the forefront of the times and has also opened up the space for imagination for film art. The new film forms of the future will bring new aesthetic experiences, create new industrial ecosystems, and also promote the reorganization of classic film forms in "competition," stepping into a higher realm of profound thought, exquisite art, and excellent production. Chinese cinema has been around for 120 years. 120 years is a long time, long enough to leave behind a galaxy of brilliant cinematic classics. The future of cinema is even wider and broader, wide and broad enough to be eagerly anticipated by everyone who loves film. We look forward to the "Manga Era" belonging to film slowly unfolding a new picture.
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In the images, a pair of migrant workers sit side by side, two delivery drivers stand shoulder to shoulder, and a cat quietly squats on a balcony. These people and small animals in the mixed-cut short film "Don't Ask Me What Disco Is" come from different authors and different times. In the montage, they look at the fireworks in their respective night skies, and suddenly have a gentle intersection, making the audience feel a sense of "A bright moon rises from the sea, and people far away share this moment together."
In the past two years, a type of short video called "Found Footage" has attracted the attention of netizens and scholars. They have no protagonist; everyone is the protagonist. They have no complete story, but the emotions are full. They have no dialogue, but they are more powerful than words. They are called "Found Footage" because the shots come from netizens' casual recordings, or from unintentional captures by devices such as cameras and dashcams. They are not the result of conscious creation, nor have they been directed or designed. These scattered fragments of brilliance in the corners of the Internet are gathered and pieced together by thoughtful and creative "scissors hands" into "Found Footage."
The popularity of "Found Footage" is based on a massive database of people's visual lives. Data shows that the scale of short video users in China has reached 1.068 billion, with an average daily output of over 130 million. Massive images record the vivid fragments and real figures of ordinary people's lives. They seem small, but they invisibly converge into a huge, flowing, and continuously growing folk visual archive. In 2025, more video bloggers will devote themselves to the mixed-cut creation of "Found Footage." They will pick up these audio-visual fragments left in the corners of the Internet, combine them with music beats, and reweave and give them meaning.
These mixed-cut works mostly have low pixels and casual compositions, and even have a bit of "rustic flavor," but they have also faded away from the "protagonist halo" and avoided deliberately arranged dramatic conflicts, making them appear frank and real. An ordinary person dressed as the "Monkey King" (齐天大圣), sits alone in a corner, as if a superhero has also encountered a "darkest hour." The picture looks a bit absurd and funny at first glance, but through the connection of images, people see the "Monkey King's" unyielding spirit. After a takeaway delivery driver falls, he immediately performs a Thomas Flair on the spot, and his optimistic behavior is amusing, while the passerby's act of helping him up touches the softest part of the audience's heart with kindness. In "Flowers," a flower tenaciously blooms in the cracks of the cement floor, like a "poetic eye" reflecting the whole body. All emotions grow upward along this root of imagery, completing the optimistic declaration of "Where I am, flowers will always bloom." Several similar scenes are juxtaposed and interspersed, and in just a few tens of seconds, the emotions of tears and laughter are simultaneously activated and intertwined.
"Found Footage" mixed-cut works aim to establish emotional connections between people. The core technique is "matching editing," such as overlapping the figures of running takeaway delivery drivers and running old people, which not only echoes the similarity of postures, but also blends the warmth of youthful struggle and twilight innocence; connecting the ginkgo leaves thrown by children with the fireworks blooming in the night sky, as if Xin Qiji's (辛弃疾) words "The east wind blows at night and a thousand trees bloom" are echoed in a flashback in the contemporary era. Similar actions from different times and spaces are connected in matching editing, triggering a collective emotional resonance. The mixed-cut short film "Tearful Eyes" interweaves daily fragments of many mothers interacting with their children, conveying the long-lasting emotion that "the word 'mother' is enough to touch the heart with just a gentle call." These mixed-cut videos form emotional containers, bringing people spiritual comfort.
"Found Footage" mixed-cut works provide a gentle perspective on life. In the images, some expressions and gestures may be exaggerated and nonsensical like "emoticons," but after the audience observes quietly, they can generate an inner strength to persevere. With a full "earthy flavor" and "vitality," "Found Footage," with its new audio-visual logic and artistic form, is generating a "collective creation" of the Internet era written by "us," empathized with by "us," and sung by "us," becoming an important part of the new mass literature and art.
Return to TopBy: 赵 晖
Over the past year, media technology changes and audience aesthetics have accelerated, and the audiovisual industry has ushered in a major transformation. The spear of technology has pierced the ceiling of art, the boundaries of audiovisual are constantly expanding, audiovisual types continue to break through, and audiovisual consumption patterns are also transforming. Among them, the breaking and reconstruction of the drama series ecological pattern has attracted attention.
Today's audiences can feel the power of faith in the long drama "The Silent Glory," see the brilliance of human nature in the mid-length drama "Zhuquetang (朱雀堂)," and gain the emotional value of "home is where the love is" in the short drama "Home In and Out." Length is not a barrier, and long and short dramas are not a life-or-death competition. The epic sense of long dramas, the unit sense of mid-length dramas, and the granular sense of short dramas each have their own missions and grow independently. This also requires us to put aside our prejudices, update our evaluation criteria, deeply understand the ongoing changes in drama series, and promote the construction of a content matrix in which long, medium, and short drama series coexist and complement each other.
On the one hand, "content is king" is always the key to drama series reform. In the current situation where the Internet is deeply involved in the creation and dissemination of drama series, it is necessary to balance the laws of artistic creation with the traffic logic of digital platforms. Use Internet thinking to guide drama series creation to seek volume from topics, traffic from life, and quality from stories, and use user thinking to drive the transformation of "good topics" and "good ideas" into "good stories" and "good works." For example, no longer determine the outcome based on traffic stars, but fully recognize the importance of the script-centered system. For another example, pay more attention to the serialization and branding of content, and use more sticky series content to lock in user attention.
On the other hand, top-level design provides engine power for the innovation of the drama series ecology. The change of mechanism is the fundamental change. The promulgation and implementation of the "21 Articles of Radio and Television" helps to optimize the management mechanism, broaden content supply, stimulate the creativity of audiovisual production entities, and help the revitalization of national dramas. For example, for emerging drama series formats such as mid-length drama series, short drama series, seasonal dramas, unit dramas, and series dramas, the "reviewing and broadcasting simultaneously" and "revising and broadcasting simultaneously" mechanisms are proposed, and actively seeking to benchmark with international audiovisual broadcasting institutions helps improve creation and broadcasting efficiency, enabling creative teams to adjust content strategies in a timely manner based on audience feedback.
It should be seen that the drama series industry is shifting from mass communication to segmented consumption, and from traffic competition to value establishment. Dramas such as "Returning Team (归队)" and "Our Rivers and Mountains (我们的河山)" deeply explore the history of the country and the family, dramas such as "In the Name of the Law (以法之名)" and "The Silent Glory" continue to explore the "suspense+" narrative, and micro-short dramas such as "Home In and Out (家里家外)" and "A Grade Commoner (一品布衣)" continue to enhance the popularity of the drama series by focusing on social issues, each finding its own unique path.
Changes are always happening. For example, the increasingly important mid-length drama is not a shortened version of the long drama. Its moderate volume ensures the integrity of the narrative, and the abrupt narrative technique also conforms to the viewing habits of short video users. It not only integrates the gene of micro-short dramas focusing on social issues, but also inherits the aesthetic characteristics of long drama series' heavy industry, showing considerable development potential. Micro-short dramas are also undergoing an aesthetic transformation, with more and more works "breaking the circle" with aesthetics. "Midsummer Fendera (盛夏芬德拉)" magnifies the aesthetics of vertical screens, while "Imposter Langya (冒姓琅琊)" gives "small but refined" a more profound connotation with traditional culture as its background.
We are at an important moment of breaking and reconstructing the drama series ecology. Breaking means jumping out of the comfort zone and embracing uncertainty, and reconstruction means using innovation as a means to rebuild ecological rules. In this process, it is not a drama series format that吞并 (tūnbìng - "swallows," annexes) another format, but a symbiotic ecology of medium, long, and short drama series like a tropical rainforest with multiple levels, high density, energy circulation, and mutual nourishment. They are all beautiful and build a Chinese theater that never closes.
In this process, let us use craftsmanship to resist浮躁 (fúzào - "frivolous," impetuous), drive integration with innovation, and enhance value with pattern, so that every work becomes a film and television record of this era.
Return to TopBy: 沈 月
What better way to commemorate a poet than by reading his poems? If there is one, perhaps it is for enthusiasts to gather, reminisce about the poet's life, jointly recite classic poems, feel the truth of poetry in the re-emergence of historical context, and listen to the beauty of poetry in deep recitations and moving music... 2025 marks the 120th anniversary of the poet Zang Kejia's (臧克家) birth. On a winter night in December in Beijing (北京), a poetry recital concert titled "Some People" (《有的人》) warmed the hearts of many audience members.
"Some people are alive, but they are already dead; some people are dead, but they are still alive." Qu Xianhe (瞿弦和), an octogenarian performing artist, opened the prelude to the joint commemoration of the poet on and off the stage with a powerful recitation of "Some People" (《有的人》). This classic poem, familiar to readers, was written by Zang Kejia (臧克家) in 1949 to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Lu Xun's (鲁迅) death. The recital concert took this as its theme, commemorating Zang Kejia's (臧克家) poetic life.
Faced with the invasion of Japanese invaders and the fragmentation of the country, faced with the heroic fearlessness of "mothers calling their sons to fight the Eastern barbarians, wives sending their husbands to the battlefield," Zang Kejia (臧克家) wrote "Joining the Army" (《从军行》), calling for "the bowstring of the great era / is waiting for the strength of young arms." On the anti-Japanese battlefield, Zang Kejia (臧克家) donned military uniform, interviewed anti-Japanese heroes, and organized cultural work groups, frankly stating, "I am willing to throw this body, / throw everything, / to win the final victory / that share of glory." "The day before yesterday, a day of wind and snow, last night eight hundred child corpses," a few lines of "local news" in a Shanghai (上海) newspaper in the winter of 1947 made Zang Kejia's (臧克家) "blood all over his body seem like the angry tide of the Huangpu River (黄浦江)," and he angrily picked up his pen to write "Zero Degree of Life" (《生命的零度》)... These poems, inspired by contemporary events, still resonate today. The only reason is the poet's strong concern for reality. At the recital concert, the stories behind the birth of the poems were restored, from which it can be seen that Zang Kejia (臧克家) had a clear love and hate for social reality and was full of sympathy for the joys and sorrows of the people. He appealed to the most real and prominent emotions in his writing, allowing people to see the meaning of "speaking out" and the weight of the lines of poetry. The live recitations by artists such as Qu Xianhe (瞿弦和), Zhang Junying (张筠英), Wu Jingan (吴京安), Jia Quanyi (贾全仪), Liu Tianying (刘天英), and Zheng Lian (郑炼) highlighted the conciseness, power, and catchiness of poetry as a language art.
This recital concert also intentionally resonated between "poetry" and "music." Zang Kejia's (臧克家) representative work, "Old Horse" (《老马》), symbolizes the tragic fate of the poor people for thousands of years with a horse bearing humiliation and heavy burdens, which not only moved countless readers but also touched the composer Xian Xinghai (冼星海), who took the initiative to compose music for "Old Horse" (《老马》). Wang Luobin (王洛宾), the "King of Western Songs," also composed music for Zang Kejia's (臧克家) poem "The Hand of Resistance" (《反抗的手》). In 1958, inspired by the return of volunteer soldiers from the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, Zang Kejia (臧克家) wrote a poem that was composed into "Missing Song" (《怀念曲》) by the Korean composer Zheng Lvcheng (郑律成). These works embody the perfect combination of different art forms, some of which were brought to the artistic stage for the first time. The poetic thoughts are given the wings of music, which is even more touching.
Significantly, the old neighbors of Zhaotangzi Hutong (赵堂子胡同) in Dongcheng District (东城区), Beijing (北京), where Zang Kejia (臧克家) lived for more than 40 years before his death, also came to the recital concert. The poet has not gone far, because poetry remains in the world forever. In the sound of recitations and the sound of music, people can't help but think: What kind of poetry do we miss and need? What new possibilities are there for the presentation of poetic art today?
Return to TopBy: 朱兆万
These days, the cheerful melodies of traditional Huachao Opera have been lingering in my mind. The fresh and bright style of Huachao Opera makes it hard to associate it with words like "endangered." In fact, there is only one Huachao Opera troupe left in the country—the Huachao Opera Inheritance and Development Center of Zijin County, Guangdong Province (广东省紫金县花朝戏传承发展中心). I was fortunate enough to see the Huachao Opera "This Is Where We Land" on the stage of the 2025 "Maritime Silk Road New Space Drama Incubation" performance in Quanzhou, Fujian (福建泉州). In the biting cold wind, the humorous and energetic performance of the three young actors warmed the hearts of the audience.
The "Maritime Silk Road New Space Drama Incubation" performance ran from December 16th to 19th, 2025, with a total of 5 plays and multiple performances. In addition to Huachao Opera, Liyuan Opera's "Red Wedding Bed (红眠床)" also won many accolades. "Red Wedding Bed" is adapted from the traditional Liyuan Opera Xiaoliyuan school play "Chen San and Wu Niang (陈三五娘)," which is also the most famous traditional play of Liyuan Opera. The entire play is strung together by the image of the "red wedding bed," recounting the poignant love story of Chen San and Wu Niang in a flashback style. The playwright respects tradition and retains the basic appearance of the original work. Plots such as "watching the lanterns," "throwing lychees," "polishing the mirror," and "leaving the umbrella" are vividly presented with the help of Liyuan Opera's traditional gestures—"Eighteen Steps of Ke Mu," fully expressing the characters' emotions.
Gaojia Opera's "Rakshasa Story (罗刹记)" was originally a small theater opera. This performance placed it in front of the Weiyuan Building (威远楼) in Quanzhou, allowing the audience to truly experience the charm of a "grassroots troupe." The play is based on Pu Songling's (蒲松龄) "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (聊斋志异)," creating a bizarre world where beauty and ugliness are reversed. Its dramatic thought is profound, the script fits the opera genre, and the clown art of Gaojia Opera is also effectively displayed in the play. The director insisted on the performance and singing traditions of Gaojia Opera, cleverly using Quanzhou's traditional folk customs, the classic routines of Ke (Xianxi) school female clowns, modern dance, acrobatic movements, and even modern Southern Fujian songs, increasing the play's interest and entertainment value. The performance utilized the existing environment of the Weiyuan Building, breaking the limitations of the stage, bringing a novel experience, and making the audience marvel.
"Clever Encounter (机灵偶遇)" and "Zhou Ji (周记)" are two innovative dramas closely related to string puppet shows. The former endows the classic Quanzhou string puppet show "Monkey Fun (猴趣)" with modern technological elements, allowing a robot dog to have a dialogue with a puppet monkey. Actor Shen Suge (沈苏革) uses string techniques to manipulate the puppet monkey in his hand, completing difficult movements such as playing the guitar and dancing disco, while the robot dog is manipulated by backstage personnel. The two have the same wonderful effects in both form and content, creating a wonderful artistic spark. The latter, "Zhou Ji," features the sole actor Cai Jiajie (蔡佳捷) combining his personal experiences to create a "departure-return" play, allowing people to see a young actor's infinite love for puppet shows, just as he said at the end of the play: "I can do puppetry for a lifetime!"
A performance led the audience to see more diverse expressions and possibilities of drama. The organizers said that in the future, they will take these plays to a larger stage, and I sincerely hope that they can be seen by more people.
By: 戴 清
The short drama series "Miracle" tells the story of Shenzhen (深圳), and also the story of China. The entire series consists of 15 story units of varying lengths, shaping a group portrait of strivers at the forefront of reform and opening up, and also reflecting the extraordinary miracles Shenzhen (深圳) has created in 45 years, as well as the great achievements and abundant vitality of Chinese-style modernization.
The work uses small stories to showcase the big era, and small characters to carry the big theme. Deliverymen, small shop owners, insurance salespersons, people from all walks of life and their stories, converge, intertwine, and surge like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea. Among them, there is both the high-speed advancement of infrastructure and the vigorous development of ecological civilization construction, both major economic events such as the establishment of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (深圳证券交易所), and many interesting anecdotes from ordinary people in the special zone. These stories come together to richly and diversely depict the life steps, collective memories, and reform and innovation of Shenzhen (深圳) people, allowing the audience to appreciate the development trajectory of a city and even the entire China.
The work engraves the special zone spirit of daring to be the first in the world, not only writing about the speed of Shenzhen's (深圳) development, but also expressing the emotional temperature of the people building a better life. In the "City's Piano" unit, in the 1980s, builders bravely tried the world's most advanced integral synchronous sliding membrane technology for inner and outer cylinders, building the Shenzhen International Trade Building (深圳国际贸易大厦). Another side of the story is that construction worker Lu Xiaobo (卢晓波) drew a cardboard piano for his lover. This rough but emotional "city's piano" composes the bright and beautiful poetry in the hearts of the builders - "No matter how hard it is, we must live a tasteful life." The external Shenzhen (深圳) speed and the characters' inner yearning for beauty, one strong and one soft, complementing each other, allow the big theme to take root and grow into a good story, and also enhance the aesthetic pattern of the work.
The main creators also tried to leverage the strengths of short dramas, and actively set up some memorable "famous scenes." For example, a highly condensed narration, unforgettable actions and eyes of the actors, or cross-temporal montage. In the "Niu Niu" unit, "The miracle is not in the report, but in half of the wind that is concerned and half of the wind that plunges into the prairie..." The voice-over tells the story of the Tibetan aid cadres' "protecting cattle" in a meaningful and affectionate way, which is deeply moving; The "Chuang Nanguan" unit expressively depicts the scene of opera actress Sister Fan (范姐) "running buildings" to deliver food in order to help her son pay off debts - the camera switches between the past and the present, Sister Fan (范姐) in opera costume moves lightly on the stage, her water sleeves fluttering, and Sister Fan (范姐) in work clothes sweats on her head and walks with a gust of wind, showing a mother's confident and tenacious spirit... These passages are not only used to shape the characters, but also exude a strong poetic flavor, making the work more thought-provoking.
Telling stories from a small perspective is an effective method of thematic film and television creation, and also reflects the dialectics of artistic creation. "Miracle" is more difficult because of its small size, and also requires more artistic skills. These 15 intrinsically linked short stories vividly sketch the faces of the strivers in the process of Chinese-style modernization, illuminate the road we have come from, and also light up the direction for future progress.
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