People's Daily - January 8, 2026

New Home, New Life, New Year, New Atmosphere

By: 本报记者 袁 泉 徐驭尧 琼达卓嘎

In Chajiang Village (茶江村), Changsuo Township (长所乡), Dingri County (定日县), Shigatse City (日喀则市), Tibet (西藏), stands a brand-new red and white Tibetan-style building, the home of Sonam Dorje (索朗多吉). Outside, the minimum temperature has reached -20 degrees Celsius, while inside, the aroma of hot butter tea fills the air.

The 14-year-old Sonam Dorje runs and jumps, full of energy. A year ago, he was buried under the rubble during the Dingri earthquake, suffering fractures in both legs. He still vividly remembers the moment he was rescued from the rubble.

"When I grow up, I hope to become a firefighter and help more people!" Sonam Dorje looks forward to the future with anticipation.

On January 7, 2025, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County (定日县). General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attached great importance to this and gave important instructions, pointing out that "we must make every effort to carry out search and rescue operations, do our best to treat the injured, and minimize casualties" and "arrange the basic living needs of the people to ensure a safe and warm winter." In August 2025, when listening to the work report of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区) Party Committee and Government, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must continue to do a good job in the post-disaster reconstruction of Dingri County (定日县)."

Thoroughly implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, Tibet (西藏) overcame numerous difficulties and built a new home on the ruins. Over the past year, a total of more than 22,000 houses with an area of 3.1 million square meters have been rebuilt, and more than 10,500 houses have been repaired and reinforced.

Party building leads the way, and grassroots Party organizations play a fighting fortress role—

In Xiaerba Community (夏尔巴社区), Saga Town (萨迦镇), Saga County (萨迦县), there is a special alley with brand-new houses rebuilt after the disaster on both sides. The road in the middle is wide and flat, allowing two cars to pass side by side.

Once, this small road called "Jim Road" (吉姆路) was only two meters wide. "The reconstruction plan widened the road, and residents along the road had to give up some of their homesteads," said Awang Rejie (阿旺热杰), the cadre in charge of post-disaster reconstruction in Saga County (萨迦县).

Three Party members took the lead in giving up part of their homesteads; Awang Rejie (阿旺热杰) led the Party members to do work from house to house. In the end, all 18 households "gave up one meter."

In Xiqin Village (锡钦村), Xiqin Township (锡钦乡), Lazi County (拉孜县), over the past year, Party members have organized volunteer service teams to provide services for the "old and young," "where there are difficulties, Party members go there," said Pubu Zhaxi (普布扎西), secretary of the village Party branch.

Since the launch of post-disaster reconstruction work, Tibet (西藏) has established a top-down contracting and supervision system, with cities contracting counties, counties contracting townships, and townships contracting villages. All 836 cadres in charge of villages have been stationed at project construction sites; more than 6,600 Party members and cadres at the four levels of city, county, township, and village in Shigatse City (日喀则市) have been fighting on the front line of post-disaster reconstruction.

With concerted efforts, various forces rebuild a new home—

The roads are flat, and the buildings are scattered. On the football field, children run and play. In Senga Village (森嘎村), Changsuo Township (长所乡), Dingri County (定日县), various supporting facilities are complete.

"Friends from Shanghai (上海) built a new home for us!" Villager Luobu (罗布) has forged a deep friendship with the construction workers, not only helping with the work but also taking the initiative to act as a translator for the construction team and local villagers.

Senga Village (森嘎村) was one of the villages most severely affected by the Dingri earthquake. Shanghai (上海) undertook the reconstruction of the entire village. "We not only worked hard to improve the seismic fortification standards of the houses, but also made every effort to build a green and livable modern new village," introduced Zhuang Yinong (庄亦农), chief engineer of the general contracting department of Shanghai Construction Engineering Group (上海建工集团).

When one place is in trouble, help comes from all directions.

During the planning stage, departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) provided guidance and support; in the design stage, Tibet (西藏) invited more than 1,000 professional and technical personnel from Tongji University (同济大学) and other units to participate fully; during the construction period, 134 enterprises from all over the country, more than 2,600 construction management personnel, and more than 61,000 construction workers worked overtime and continuously fought.

With prosperous industries, the lives of the masses are getting better and better—

In the cold winter season, the machines roared in the factory building of the Dongre Village (东热村) Feed Cooperative in Dingjie County (定结县), and the forage grass was processed and packaged into neat bales.

Seeing the good development prospects, villagers have invested in the cooperative. By the end of 2025, the cooperative had achieved sales of more than 650,000 yuan, driving the income of dozens of villagers.

With prosperous industries, people's livelihoods are stable. Shigatse City (日喀则市) is accelerating the implementation of the construction and upgrading project of the forage grass industry in the disaster-stricken counties, effectively enhancing the self-development capabilities of the disaster areas.

In addition, Shigatse City (日喀则市) vigorously promotes work-for-relief, employment assistance, and skills training, and widely mobilizes the masses in the disaster areas to participate in rubble removal, repair and reinforcement, and other links, benefiting 110,500 people, achieving an income of 1.164 billion yuan, and enhancing the sense of gain of the masses in the disaster areas.

"Bearing in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) earnest entrustment, we have always regarded post-disaster reconstruction as an important political task and a major livelihood project, and achieved the work goal of 'rebuilding in the same year and moving in in the same year'," said Wang Junzheng (王君正), Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区).

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China's economy is developing in a new and better direction, with positive prospects.

By: 钟才平

China's economy has always grown through the trials and tribulations, becoming stronger through tests. In 2025, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, we have consistently responded to the uncertainties of the international environment with the certainty of high-quality development, unswervingly focused on managing our own affairs well, and coped with external challenges by strengthening our internal capabilities, promoting the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of China's economy.

Facing a turbulent international environment, we have responded calmly and moved forward against pressure.

Since the beginning of last year, the US government has repeatedly escalated multiple rounds of tariff suppression against us under the pretext of the so-called "fentanyl issue" and "reciprocal tariffs," with the added tariff rates once reaching 145%. Under the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee, we have adhered to a "two-pronged approach."

On the one hand, we have retaliated tit-for-tat. In response to US hegemonic practices, we launched a "combination punch" of five rounds of tariff and non-tariff countermeasures, forcing the US to take the initiative to negotiate with us. After several rounds of talks between the two sides, especially after the summit between the two heads of state in Busan, the Sino-US tariff war and trade war were put on "pause," and a phased easing of Sino-US economic and trade relations occurred.

On the other hand, we actively promoted foreign trade "breakthroughs." Through the implementation of an export diversification strategy, in the first 11 months of 2025, exports to ASEAN and the European Union increased by 14.6% and 8.9% respectively, and exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" increased by 11.3%. Although exports of goods to the US decreased by 18.3% year-on-year, total exports denominated in US dollars still increased by 5.4%, effectively resisting the impact of the tariff war and trade war.

Practice has fully proven that China's economy has a solid foundation and strong resilience, and is fully capable of withstanding major tests of high winds and waves, even stormy seas.

Facing arduous and heavy domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, we have implemented more proactive and effective macro policies, focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and promoting the economy to develop towards new and better directions.

Economic operation is stable and progressing. The full-year economic growth for 2025 is expected to be around 5%, continuing to rank among the top major economies in the world, with the total economic volume reaching 140 trillion yuan, successfully completing the main goals and tasks of economic and social development for the year.

The industrial structure is continuously optimized. In the first 11 months of 2025, the added value of large-scale equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing increased by 9.3% and 9.2% respectively, which is 3.3 and 3.2 percentage points faster than the added value of large-scale industries. The proportion of added value of equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing in large-scale industries reached 36.4% and 16.7% respectively, an increase of 2.7 and 1.6 percentage points compared with 2020. The industrial structure continues to climb towards new and better directions, helping us gain a first-mover advantage in the global industrial chain restructuring.

A large number of innovative achievements have emerged. The more the US contains and suppresses us, the more it stimulates our independent innovation capabilities. The "choke point" list is getting shorter and shorter, and the independent and controllable list is getting longer and longer. In the first 11 months of 2025, China's high-tech product exports performed brightly. Among them, integrated circuit exports were 1.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.6%. China's research and application of artificial intelligence, biomedicine, robotics, and other fields are at the forefront of the world, becoming new highlights emerging after the "new three items." The game "Black Myth: Wukong" and the Labubu doll and other Chinese products have set off wave after wave of "China fever" internationally.

New steps have been taken in reform and opening up. The Law on Promoting the Private Economy was promulgated and implemented, the negative list for market access was further reduced, the "involution-style" competition was comprehensively rectified, a unified national market was built, and the comprehensive deepening of reform was advanced in depth. The scope of application of the unilateral visa-free policy for entry into China was expanded, the entire island of Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) was closed for operation, independent opening up and unilateral opening up were promoted in an orderly manner, and high-level opening up to the outside world was steadily expanded. The US magazine *The Diplomat* recently published an article stating that the rise of China's electric vehicle industry is a vivid example of openness overcoming protectionism.

The quality of the ecological environment has been significantly improved. "Energy use" is cleaner, the world's largest renewable energy system has been built, and one in every three kilowatt-hours of electricity used is green electricity. "Pollution control" has achieved remarkable results. In the first 11 months of 2025, the concentration of PM2.5 in the air in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) dropped to 31 micrograms/cubic meter, a decrease of 54% compared with 10 years ago. "Greening" leads the world, and China has contributed 1/4 of the world's new greening area. China's achievements in ecological environment construction have been highly recognized at home and abroad.

People's livelihood security has been more effective. The achievements in poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, winning universal praise from the world. The proportion of social security expenditure in GDP has doubled from 4% in 2012 to about 8% now, which is roughly equivalent to the level of middle- and high-income countries, and maintains a sustained and rapid growth. The average life expectancy has reached 79 years, which is comparable to that of the United States. In 2024, the number of homicide cases per 100,000 people in China was 0.44, and the detection rate was 99.94%. "Safe China" has become a bright national brand. China has built the world's largest education, medical, and social security system, the level of basic public services has been continuously improved, and the common prosperity of all people has been steadily promoted.

Judging from the economic operation in the fourth quarter of 2025, many indicators such as prices, efficiency, and expectations have improved significantly, and positive factors are still accumulating and increasing. The good momentum of China's economic development towards new and better directions will continue.

In November 2025, the increase in the consumer price index rose for three consecutive months, and the decline in the producer price index for industrial products has generally narrowed since August; in the first 11 months, the profits of large-scale industrial enterprises increased by 0.1% year-on-year, and the cumulative growth rate has maintained growth for four consecutive months; as a leading index, the manufacturing purchasing manager index was 50.1% in December, an increase of 0.9 percentage points from November, and rose to the expansion range again after 8 months. The non-manufacturing business activity index also rebounded to the expansion range after 1 month.

"千磨万击还坚劲 (qiān mó wàn jī hái jiān jìng - "subjected to all kinds of磨 and 击, it is still strong and vigorous," meaning after all kinds of hardships, it is still strong and vigorous)." The fundamental reason why China's economy can move forward against pressure and move towards new and better directions lies in General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) leadership and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, which is our greatest confidence and greatest strength to overcome all difficulties and obstacles. As long as the people of the whole country are closely united around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the giant ship of the Chinese economy will surely ride the wind and waves and move steadily and far.

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Revised Regulations on Funeral Management Released

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 7th (Reporter). Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) recently signed a State Council decree, announcing the revised "Funeral Management Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). The "Regulations" will be implemented on March 30, 2026, with a total of 8 chapters and 73 articles. The main revisions are as follows:

First, clarify the requirements for funeral management. Emphasize that the funeral industry is an important public welfare undertaking; adhere to public welfare benefiting the people, civilized and economical practices, and green ecology, improve funeral services, deepen the transformation of funeral customs, and steadily promote funeral reform.

Second, clarify basic public funeral services. Stipulate that qualified funeral service projects should be gradually included in the scope of national basic public services and dynamically adjusted; clarify the establishment of a funeral industry investment mechanism adapted to the basic funeral service needs of the people.

Third, strengthen fee management. Implement list-based management of funeral services, prohibit the establishment of projects and collection of fees outside the list; require relevant departments to strengthen price monitoring and supervision in accordance with the law, and curb excessive fees; refine specific circumstances of price violations in the funeral field.

Fourth, strengthen full-chain supervision. Strengthen law enforcement cooperation and coordination, and standardize service management in all aspects of "death, funeral, burial, and sacrifice."

Fifth, promote land-saving and ecological burial. Promote burial methods that do not occupy or occupy less land, encourage ecological burial, and promote land-saving burial.

(Related reports can be found on pages 13 and 14)

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Using strong political oversight to promote the whole Party's practice of "two safeguards"

By: 本报记者 张 洋

Political oversight is a powerful measure to urge the entire Party to adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.

Since 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on Party building and the Party's self-revolution, continuously promoting the concretization, precision, and normalization of political oversight, promoting the entire Party to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthening the "Four Consciousnesses," firming the "Four Confidences," and achieving the "Two Safeguards," forming a good situation of working together to implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.

Wherever the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee go, political oversight follows.

With a vast sea, thousands of sails compete, and the tide surges to start a new journey. On December 18, 2025, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) officially launched full island customs closure. After the closure, Hainan Island (海南岛) will implement a liberalization and facilitation policy system characterized by "'first line' liberalization, 'second line' control, and freedom within the island."

Building the Hainan Free Trade Port is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee, focusing on comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally planned, deployed, and promoted it, and made a series of important instructions and approvals.

In 2025, at the critical juncture of fully promoting full island customs closure, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (海南省纪委监委) deployed the "Supervision and Guarantee Year for Customs Closure Operation" action. How are the free trade port policies being implemented in enterprises, and is the construction of customs closure operation projects smooth? Discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels in Hainan Province (海南省) rely on the "Supervision One Network" platform to strengthen full-process tracking and online supervision. From discovering problems and initiating handling to rectification progress and completion, each link is "sunned" on the platform, and a series of difficulties and blockages affecting the construction of the free trade port are resolved.

Wherever the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee go, political oversight follows. Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have always taken the implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and important instructions and approvals as the primary political responsibility, focusing on the implementation of the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments on further comprehensively deepening reform and doing a good job in the "14th Five-Year Plan" closing work, strengthening supervision and inspection, and ensuring implementation in place.

Innovation is the primary driving force. Focusing on promoting the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省苏州市纪委监委) closely monitors key links such as project review, funding use, and achievement transformation, embedding supervision and following up on supervision.

Ecological and environmental protection is a "major matter of the country." The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province (云南省文山壮族苗族自治州纪委监委) urges functional departments to clarify responsibilities, identify problems, and plug loopholes by issuing discipline inspection and supervision recommendations and early warning prompts.

Rows of new buildings stand side by side, the elderly sit and bask in the sun in the community square, and the assistance workshop is busy and orderly... This is the largest ecological resettlement area in Jiangxi Province (江西省) - Wu'an Jincheng (武安锦城) in Wuning County (武宁县).

2025 is the last year of China's transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Wuning County (武宁县) continues to strengthen political oversight, strictly investigates and deals with unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems that infringe upon the interests of the masses in the field of comprehensive rural revitalization, promotes the improvement of dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanisms to prevent returning to poverty, and helps to draw a picture of strong agriculture, beautiful rural areas, and rich farmers.

Upholding integrity and innovating, continuously improving the accuracy and effectiveness of supervision.

Tiegang Village (铁岗村), Jindu Town (金渡镇), Gaoyao District (高要区), Zhaoqing City (肇庆市), Guangdong Province (广东省), used to be unknown, but now it has become a "Shangri-La" that urban people yearn for. The change stems from the "High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousands of Villages" continuously promoted and implemented by Guangdong Province (广东省).

In November 2025, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Guangdong (广东), he pointed out: "It is necessary to improve the system and mechanism for coordinated regional development and integrated urban-rural development, and gradually make up for the shortcoming that the gap between urban and rural regional development is still relatively large. The 'High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousands of Villages' implemented by you has brought new changes to the appearance of townships, and it must be continued."

Looking back on this year, the discipline inspection and supervision agencies of Guangdong Province (广东省) have thoroughly studied and implemented the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on coordinated urban-rural and regional development, based on their functional responsibilities, and strengthened political oversight. Facing the current situation of the "High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousands of Villages" with many projects and large amounts of funds, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (省纪委监委) issued key work points, clarifying 22 key supervision points in 6 aspects, including industrial development and human settlement environment improvement. Various places have further refined the list and accurately exerted efforts with "small cuts" - the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Boluo County, Huizhou City (惠州市博罗县纪委监委) promoted the rectification of the environment along the Huanan Kunshan-Luofu Mountain (环南昆山—罗浮山) line, and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Gaozhou City (高州市纪委监委) helped solve the problems of lychee preservation and processing... Under the escort of supervision, the appearance of the countryside has quietly been renewed.

Political oversight must not only grasp the key points, but also pay attention to methods. Since 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have deeply grasped the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, made good use of the positions, viewpoints, and methods running through it, upheld integrity and innovated, actively explored, and continuously improved the accuracy and effectiveness of supervision.

This year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission (中央纪委国家监委) assisted the Party Central Committee in formulating measures for discipline inspection and supervision agencies to carry out political oversight. Discipline inspection and supervision commissions in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), Zhejiang (浙江), Henan (河南) and other places have issued work guidelines in light of local realities.

In response to the implementation of major cross-regional and cross-departmental strategies, discipline inspection and supervision agencies have focused on improving the coordinated supervision mechanism. Focusing on the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈), in May 2025, the discipline inspection and supervision agencies of 4 cities and 4 districts in southern Sichuan and western Chongqing (川南渝西地区) jointly released a list of key cooperation and development matters, clarifying 11 key tasks in 3 aspects: "joint promotion of major strategy implementation," "joint cultivation and training of teams," and "joint investigation and governance of centralized rectification."

Handling cases is the most powerful supervision. The discipline inspection and supervision agencies of Fuyang City, Anhui Province (安徽省阜阳市纪检监察机关) keep in mind the "major matter of the country" of food security, adhere to looking at it politically and investigating it politically, strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, strictly investigate and deal with violations of discipline and law such as cadres' irregular intervention in relevant projects and embezzling project funds, and adhere to promoting governance through cases, promoting relevant departments to formulate practical documents for the construction of high-standard farmland, and helping to build, manage, and use high-standard farmland well.

Achieving success through persistent efforts, integrating political oversight into daily life and grasping it regularly.

"The rectification work is relatively solid, and further efforts are needed in consolidating achievements and drawing inferences about other cases." In the summer of 2025, the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (山西省纪委监委) sent an inspection team to supervise and inspect the relevant work of optimizing the business environment in Yangquan City (阳泉市), and at the same time conducted a "look back" at the rectification of the problems fed back by the inspection team in 2024.

Since 2023, the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision (山西省纪委监委) has organized and carried out political oversight on optimizing the business environment for three consecutive years. In 2025, supervision paid more attention to extending from individual case investigation to similar case rectification, and at the same time extended its tentacles to the grassroots level, focusing on the urgent difficulties and worries of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, and escorting the iterative upgrade of the business environment with continuous and deepened supervision.

Supervision is valuable in achieving success through persistent efforts and achieving normalization and long-term effectiveness. Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have adhered to integrating supervision into the formulation and implementation of major development strategies, important policies and measures, and key project tasks, and regularly carried out "look back" on the implementation, ensuring comprehensive implementation, precise implementation, and high-quality implementation.

Inspection is a strategic institutional arrangement for intra-Party supervision, and it is a sharp sword for governing the Party and a powerful tool for governing the country. In 2025, according to the deployment of the Party Central Committee, the Central Inspection Work Leading Group (中央巡视工作领导小组) organized and carried out two rounds of inspections, achieving high-quality full coverage of inspections of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and simultaneously upgraded the inspection of Kunming City (昆明市) and jointly inspected 15 sub-provincial cities.

This year, the Party committees of 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) inspected a total of 2,663 Party organizations; 186 central units carried out internal inspections of 31,000 Party organizations; and cities and counties across the country carried out inspections of 111,000 village Party organizations.

Inspection must not only discover problems, but also promote the solution of problems. This year, we explored and carried out inspection rectification inspection and evaluation, carried out a "look back" on the inspection rectification of centrally administered enterprises; improved the inspection situation notification mechanism, and strengthened rectification accountability... "We continue to improve the mechanism, consolidate responsibilities, promote the coordinated efforts of relevant entities, strengthen inspection rectification and the application of results, and continuously improve the effectiveness of promoting reform and governance through inspection," said a relevant person in charge of the Central Inspection Office (中央巡视办).

2026 is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels will firmly grasp the positioning of political organs, perform their duties and assume responsibilities, and promote the entire Party to think in one direction and work together with high-quality political oversight, ensuring that Chinese-style modernization always advances in the correct direction.

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Breaking Down Linkage Bottlenecks with a Win-Win Approach (First-hand Observations on Implementing the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session)

By: 本报记者 杨文明 叶传增

His annual income tripled in just 3 years, how did Xu Ze (许泽) do it?

In winter, the wind in Mengzi (蒙自) City, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省), is still somewhat warm. Xu Ze (许泽), a resident of Xianjing Community (仙景社区) in Caoba Town (草坝镇), is standing in the blueberry field in his work clothes, his face full of sweat and an irrepressible smile: "I picked more than 300 kilograms, which can be sold for 20,000 yuan!"

More than 3 years ago, Xu Ze (许泽) was just a transportation worker at a local blueberry company, working from dawn till dusk with little increase in income. Now, he has transferred 22 mu of land and his annual income exceeds 400,000 yuan, making him a locally well-known "blueberry tycoon."

How did he cross over from a transportation worker to a "blueberry tycoon"?

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "It is necessary to improve the mechanism for linking and benefiting farmers, and pay attention to leaving more of the added value of the industry to the farmers." "Improving the mechanism for linking and benefiting farmers and promoting the stable increase of farmers' income" is also written into the "Suggestions" of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party.

Low latitude, high altitude, and a warm and humid climate, with an average annual temperature of around 19 degrees Celsius. Such endowments have made Mengzi (蒙自) a treasure land for blueberry cultivation. "Every year from November to May of the following year, when other producing areas are in the off-season, it is still our peak season," introduced Lan Hao (蓝皓), Secretary of the Party Committee of Caoba Town (草坝镇).

Leading blueberry companies have set their sights on this place, and the output value has increased year by year, but the income of farmers has not increased.

At that time, the Party Committee of Caoba Town (草坝镇) was very worried, not knowing how to solve the two "not high" problems: enterprises were not very motivated to bring along farmers, as they could make more profit on their own, and they also had to worry about the quality of planting when cooperating with farmers; farmers were also not very motivated, as they had never planted blueberries and did not have that much money to invest.

Later, Caoba Town (草坝镇) established a village collective enterprise, Zhensheng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. (振晟农业开发有限公司), with Zhensheng Company (振晟公司) acting as an "intermediary" to try to take the road of linking and benefiting farmers.

Undertaking government industrial development funds, Zhensheng Company (振晟公司) purchases agricultural materials such as greenhouse films, substrates, and seedlings for farmers; farmers provide land and are responsible for planting and management; Caoba Town (草坝镇) provides land support and financial subsidies, and invites leading enterprises to provide technical guidance and sales channel development.

"The blueberry sales income is distributed according to the ratio of 60% for farmers and 20% each for the village collective and leading enterprises," said Zhou Jiqiang (周吉强), Executive Director of Zhensheng Company (振晟公司). In the year when the "622" mechanism for linking and benefiting farmers was launched, 15 farmers in Caoba Town (草坝镇) joined, and Xu Ze (许泽) was one of them.

"Solving the funding problem and providing technical support, the blueberries planted are large and sweet," Xu Ze (许泽) tried planting 5 mu of blueberries, and the net income in that season was 120,000 yuan, which was more than his annual income when he was a transportation worker.

The "622" mechanism has also allowed enterprises to taste the sweetness. "Saving land rental and labor costs, the company has freed up energy to build brands and expand sales channels," said Lu Qian (陆仟), Technical Manager of Honghe Anmei Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (红河安美农业科技有限责任公司). The company has driven more than 300 farmers to plant more than 2,500 mu of blueberries, and its products are selling well in first-tier cities in China.

Yang Yongchao (杨永超), Deputy Director of the Mengzi (蒙自) Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that the current blueberry planting area in Mengzi (蒙自) is 60,000 mu, with an output value exceeding 6 billion yuan, driving more than 20,000 farmers in 32 administrative villages to increase their income.

It is not only the farmers' wallets that have benefited. Xiaoxinzhai Village (小新寨村) in Xin'ansuo Street (新安所街道), Mengzi (蒙自), uses 5% of the village collective's annual dividend income for infrastructure construction, and last year helped 124 households complete toilet renovations.

"To deeply study, publicize, and implement the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the Party, we will continue to improve the mechanism for linking and benefiting farmers, so that more people can share the fruits of development and achieve industrial value-added, enterprise profit increase, and farmer income increase," said Zhao Ruijun (赵瑞君), Secretary of the Honghe (红河) Prefectural Party Committee.

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Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail Cross-Border Passengers to Exceed 30 Million in 2025

According to reports from the Shenzhen General Station of the Immigration Inspection of Guangdong and the West Kowloon Immigration Inspection Station, Shenzhen (深圳), this newspaper reported on January 7th from Shenzhen (深圳) (Reporter Li Gang (李刚)): In 2025, the number of cross-border passengers on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (广深港高铁) exceeded 30 million for the first time, accounting for 30% of the total passenger flow since the opening of the West Kowloon Station (西九龙站) port of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (广深港高铁), an increase of 16.8% compared to the previous year.

Since the opening of the West Kowloon Station (西九龙站) port of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (广深港高铁) in September 2018, the West Kowloon Immigration Inspection Station (西九龙边检站) has cumulatively inspected more than 100 million inbound and outbound passengers.

Departing from Hong Kong West Kowloon High-speed Rail Station (香港西九龙高铁站), one can directly reach 96 stations across the country, with no fewer than 208 daily train services.

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Do solid work in delivering benefits to the people (Today's Commentary)

By: 申少铁

The childcare subsidy will be officially and fully open for applications starting January 5, 2026. Since the implementation plan was formulated and promulgated last July, this beneficial policy has benefited tens of millions of families.

Childcare is a major family matter and a major national matter. Through the precise distribution of financial funds, childcare families can receive a subsidy of 300 yuan per child per month, which can directly reduce the burden of childbirth and parenting, promote the construction of a fertility-friendly society, and also leverage "small openings" to drive "large livelihoods," helping to promote high-quality population development and high-quality life for the people, reflecting the inherent requirement of "investing in people."

The improvement of people's livelihood is an ongoing process. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) recommendations have deployed a series of major measures focusing on increasing the protection and improvement of people's livelihoods. To protect and improve people's livelihoods in development, the key is to implement them with a 钉钉子精神 (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing spirit," perseverance; the spirit of doing something persistently and thoroughly), and to implement education, medical care, elderly care, and other beneficial things for the people, so that the fruits of modernization can better benefit all the people.

"When every 'small family' is full of vitality, the 'big family' of China will prosper." Adhering to the close combination of benefiting people's livelihoods and promoting consumption, investing in things and investing in people, we will surely write a heart-warming answer sheet for people's livelihoods and an inspiring new chapter of development.

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Focus on Wheat Field Management to Promote Seedling Transformation and Upgrading, and Solidly Ensure the Stable Production and Supply of "Vegetable Basket" Products

Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, January 7th. Liu Guozhong (刘国中), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted research in Henan (河南) from January 6th to 7th. He emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, fully implement the arrangements of the Central Economic Work Conference and the Central Rural Work Conference, implement the system of shared responsibility between the Party and government for food security and the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system, focus on promoting the conversion and upgrading of wheat field management and seedling conditions, and earnestly do a good job in stabilizing production and ensuring the supply of "vegetable basket" products, so as to ensure a stable and secure supply of grain and important agricultural products, and provide a strong guarantee for a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan."

Liu Guozhong (刘国中) visited Anyang County (安阳县) and Neihuang County (内黄县) in Anyang City (安阳市), going deep into the fields and agricultural service centers to learn about the winter wheat seedling conditions, cold and drought resistance, and the supply guarantee of agricultural materials. He said that the national winter wheat planting area has remained stable, but the seedling conditions in some areas are currently weak. It is necessary to adhere to the bottom-line thinking, base ourselves on fighting disasters to win a bumper harvest, seize the opportunity to start early, and provide scientific guidance to do a good job in field management, so as to consolidate the foundation for summer grain production. It is necessary to closely monitor the seedling and soil moisture conditions, effectively prevent cold waves, droughts and other disastrous weather, and ensure the safe overwintering of winter wheat. It is necessary to adhere to the advancement of measures, implement policies according to different categories, promote them in succession, and promote them to the end, so as to effectively implement key technical measures to promote the transformation of weak seedlings into strong ones to specific fields, counties, townships, villages and responsible persons, and promote the conversion and upgrading of seedling conditions. It is necessary to earnestly do a good job in ensuring the supply and stabilizing the prices of agricultural materials such as fertilizers, pesticides, and seeds, and effectively guarantee the needs of spring plowing. It is necessary to improve the efficient and convenient agricultural socialization service system, promote the organic connection between small farmers and modern agricultural development, and promote large-scale balanced production increase. It is necessary to implement various support policies for grain production, pre-allocate relevant funds in advance, and support the development of field management and spring plowing preparation.

Liu Guozhong (刘国中) also visited vegetable planting bases and agricultural product wholesale markets to investigate facility agriculture and the supply of "vegetable basket" products. He emphasized that the period around the Spring Festival is the peak season for the consumption of "vegetable basket" products. It is necessary to strengthen price monitoring and information release for vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, milk, and aquatic products, and coordinate the production and supply, quality inspection and other work to ensure sufficient quantity, stable prices, and quality and safety. It is necessary to effectively promote the comprehensive regulation and control of pig production capacity, continue to do a good job in relieving the difficulties of the meat and dairy cattle industry, strengthen the prevention and control of animal diseases, and promote the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the industry. It is necessary to develop facility agriculture in accordance with local conditions, improve the ability to supply diversified food, and better drive farmers' income increase.

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At the Start of the New Year, These Small Changes Send Positive Signals (New Economic Direction)

By: 本报记者

Purchasing smart glasses to enjoy "national subsidies," railway tourism ticket packages in Northeast China selling well, and a decrease in the value-added tax rate for individuals selling homes purchased less than 2 years ago... 2026 marks the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan." At the start of the new year, a batch of policies and measures have been implemented and upgraded to respond to the urgent needs and concerns of the people and enhance the driving force and vitality of high-quality development.

Consumption: "National subsidies" restart, and Hainan's offshore duty-free new policy is even more powerful.

"Adding new energy-saving appliances for the New Year brings both energy savings and discounts." During the New Year's holiday, Li Yang (李阳), a resident of Jinan (济南), Shandong (山东), ordered a first-class energy efficiency 85-inch color TV. The original price was nearly 8,000 yuan, but he only paid a little over 6,600 yuan.

On January 1st, a new round of "national subsidies" began, leading to a continuous rise in market consumption.

Looking at the scope of subsidies, smart glasses have been added to the existing mobile phones, tablets, smart watches, and bracelets; household appliances include six major categories: refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, air conditioners, computers, and water heaters, but only products meeting first-class energy efficiency or water efficiency standards are subsidized; subsidies are still available for the renewal and replacement of automobiles.

Looking at the subsidy standards, digital and household appliances continue to enjoy a 15% subsidy ratio, with a maximum subsidy of 500 yuan per digital product and a maximum subsidy of 1,500 yuan per household appliance; automobile renewal has been adjusted to a subsidy based on the price ratio, with a maximum subsidy of 20,000 yuan.

Another major change in the consumer market comes from the adjustment of Hainan's (海南) offshore duty-free policy: the number of duty-free goods has increased from 45 to 47 categories, and the beneficiaries have been expanded to include departing passengers; Hainan residents who have offshore records within a natural year can purchase 15 categories of "buy and take away" goods an unlimited number of times within the same natural year.

With policy benefits combined with the New Year's holiday, Hainan's offshore duty-free market has ushered in a "good start." According to Haikou Customs (海口海关) statistics, from January 1st to 6th, Hainan's offshore duty-free shopping amounted to 1.1 billion yuan, an increase of 90.6% year-on-year; the number of shoppers was 133,000, an increase of 40% year-on-year; and the number of items purchased was 733,000, an increase of 31.8% year-on-year.

Service: Supply and demand work together to provide warmer protection measures.

One ticket meets the diverse needs of tourists - recently, many travelers have discovered the launch of 15-day railway tourism ticket packages in Northeast China. One high-speed rail ticket covers 14 stations, can be taken in segments with one purchase, is valid for 15 days, and allows ticket holders to freely travel to popular ice and snow tourism destinations such as Changbai Mountain (长白山) and Harbin (哈尔滨).

Since November 27, 2025, the railway department has successively launched 25 new tourism ticket package products at 212 stations. Passengers can freely choose 2-10 segments of the journey within the specified departure and arrival station range, supporting both seat reservation in advance and direct boarding by swiping their ID, making "traveling by train" more convenient and faster.

Two new regulations reflect green transformation and development - On January 4th, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) and relevant departments jointly issued the "Green Product Certification and Labeling Management Measures," which for the first time systematically made comprehensive and unified specifications for green product certification activities. On January 5th, the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) and 8 other departments issued a document to implement the green consumption promotion action, with 20 measures in 7 aspects involving eating, clothing, housing, transportation, use, and tourism.

In the future, from green agricultural products, green catering, and green hotels to green home furnishings and green cars, green consumption will become more convenient and popular, thereby driving the accelerated green and low-carbon transformation of all walks of life.

One gift package is full of warm and caring assistance - "This is a special New Year's gift." Yao (姚), an elderly villager from Shuiquanbao Village (水泉堡村), Wanquan District (万全区), Zhangjiakou (张家口), Hebei (河北), who has suffered from uremia for many years, received a "Red Cross Warmth Package" from the Red Cross Society of China (中国红十字会总会) in the new year. Unlike the rice, flour, and oil distributed in previous years, this time, electronic vouchers were innovatively used, allowing recipients to choose from 30套餐 as needed, truly achieving precise alignment with the needs of the people.

The China Meteorological Administration (中国气象局) practices the concept of "observation is service," strengthening the linkage between meteorological early warning and disaster forecasting and emergency response; the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (国家林草局) issued several measures to promote the development of the under-forest economy, strengthening "one-on-one, point-to-point" scientific and technological services for under-forest economic projects; the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) organized and carried out the "You Order, I Inspect" activity, conducting spot checks on best-selling products such as meat, eggs, milk, seasonal pastries, fresh fruits and vegetables, and gift box sets that are of concern to the public... At the beginning of the new year, a series of policies and measures focus on all aspects of economic and social development, turning grand visions into beautiful realities bit by bit with practical work.

Childbearing: Childcare subsidies will be available for application in 2026, benefiting millions of families.

"3,600 yuan a year, this is a national red envelope for children." Ms. Zhang (张), a resident of Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京), is very excited.

On January 5th, childcare subsidies for 2026 became available for application and can be processed online or offline. Online channels include childcare subsidy mini-programs on platforms such as Alipay (支付宝) and WeChat (微信), as well as the childcare subsidy application zone on the government service platform of the province where the infant's household registration is located; offline, it can be processed at the township or street where the infant's household registration is located.

According to reports, the online application has added a renewal function. Infants who have already applied for childcare subsidies in 2025 and meet the conditions for continuing to apply in the new year can apply for renewal.

Data shows that 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities have issued childcare subsidies for 2025, with a cumulative issuance of over 24 million people and an issuance rate of approximately 80%.

In 2026, the fertility support policy will also be "updated": 10,000 medical institutions nationwide will provide early pregnancy care clinic services to strengthen early pregnancy consultation and guidance; 150,000 inclusive childcare slots will be added nationwide to reduce the burden of childcare on families... "We will further optimize fertility support policies and incentive measures, promote a positive view of marriage and childbearing, coordinate the development of inclusive childcare and integrated childcare services, optimize maternal and child services, and strive to stabilize the scale of new births," said a relevant person in charge of the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委).

Home Purchase: The value-added tax rate for individuals selling homes purchased less than 2 years ago is reduced to 3%.

At 2 p.m. on January 7th, the transaction registration hall of the Overseas Chinese Road Branch Center (华侨路分中心) of the Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) real estate market transaction center was full, with over a hundred waiting seats occupied.

"The good policy saved me more than 80,000 yuan!" Zhang Jian (张健), a resident of Gulou District (鼓楼区), Nanjing (南京), came to process the transfer of ownership. His family plans to replace their home, and the existing home was purchased less than 2 years ago. The tax on a house with a total price of more than 4 million yuan was as high as 210,000 yuan, and the buyer and seller had not been able to reach an agreement.

A few days ago, Zhang Jian (张健) saw the news: the Ministry of Finance (财政部) and the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) issued an announcement that from January 1st, the value-added tax rate for individuals selling homes purchased less than 2 years ago would be reduced from 5% to 3%. "According to the new policy, I only need to pay a little over 120,000 yuan in taxes, saving a lot of money." Zhang Jian (张健) said that once the transaction costs were reduced, an agreement was quickly reached.

"From January 4th to 7th, a total of 284 second-hand housing transactions were processed, and the number of transactions for homes less than 2 years old increased significantly year-on-year," said Chen Jiamin (陈家敏), the head of the Overseas Chinese Road Branch Center (华侨路分中心).

"This adjustment to the value-added tax policy for individuals selling homes is an important measure to stabilize the real estate market," said Li Xuhong (李旭红), Vice President of the Beijing National Accounting Institute (北京国家会计学院). "From a macro perspective, this adjustment not only reduces housing transaction costs, which can stimulate the liquidity of the existing housing market and promote the release of improved demand for 'selling old and buying new,' but also creates a fair market environment by unifying policy standards, helping the virtuous cycle of the primary and secondary housing markets."

Credit Reporting: The one-time credit repair policy is implemented, which is both powerful and warm.

Just after the New Year, many people on social platforms posted their credit reports: a user in Guangdong (广东) shared that the credit report had been "updated," and the number of accounts with overdue records previously displayed had changed from 2 to 0; a user in Henan (河南) posted after checking, "I am among the first batch of people to have their credit updated."

On December 22, 2025, the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) announced the introduction of a one-time credit repair policy. For individual overdue information with a single amount not exceeding 10,000 yuan during the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2025, the central bank's credit reporting system will not display it if the individual fully repays the overdue debt before March 31, 2026 (inclusive).

On January 1, 2026, the one-time credit repair policy was implemented smoothly. The Credit Reference Center of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行征信中心) promptly adjusted and processed overdue information that met the policy conditions to ensure the implementation of the policy. Through arrangements such as "exemption from application and immediate enjoyment," setting a 3-month policy grace period, and adding 2 free inquiry opportunities in the first half of 2026, individuals who meet the conditions can apply the policy fairly, justly, simply, and easily.

"The one-time credit repair policy is both powerful and warm, reflecting the professionalism and precision of credit management," said Dong Ximiao (董希淼), Deputy Director of the Shanghai Finance and Development Laboratory (上海金融与发展实验室) and Chief Researcher of Zhaolian. He believes that while maintaining the rigid constraints of the credit system, the policy adds the flexibility of humanistic care, marking that China's social credit management is shifting from "punishment-based" to "punishment and repair-oriented."

Business Operation: The Value-Added Tax Law is implemented to stimulate the vitality of business entities.

The "Value-Added Tax Law of the People's Republic of China" officially came into effect on January 1st, and the supporting regulations, the "Implementation Regulations of the Value-Added Tax Law of the People's Republic of China," were implemented simultaneously.

"The implementation of the Value-Added Tax Law and its implementation regulations makes the certainty of value-added tax policies stronger, and enterprises have a clearer legal basis for compliance management," said the person in charge of Chongqing Zongshen General Power Machinery Co., Ltd. (重庆宗申通用动力机械有限公司). The Value-Added Tax Law clarifies the scope of "sales" by means of positive enumeration, making the company's direction clearer and more standardized when handling daily tax affairs.

As China's largest tax, value-added tax has undergone a series of major reforms since the 1994 tax system reform, including the business tax to value-added tax reform, tax rate simplification, and value-added tax credit refunds. "The value-added tax legislation has very important practical significance. It not only establishes the legal authority of value-added tax but also helps to guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of taxpayers," said Li Xuhong (李旭红).

In order to stimulate the vitality of various business entities, relevant measures have been introduced one after another: 4 departments issued guidance to promote the expansion and strengthening of government financing guarantees and reduce the comprehensive financing costs of entrepreneurial groups; the Ministry of Natural Resources (自然资源部) sent working groups to provide on-site services, innovating the "through train" mechanism for land approval and compressing review links... Multiple measures are taken to help companies start the new year lightly, better seek innovation, expand markets, and promote development.

(Reporters Li Xinping (李心萍), Bai Jianfeng (白剑锋), Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵), Gu Zhongyang (顾仲阳), Ouyang Jie (欧阳洁), Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余), Li Hongmei (李红梅), Lin Lili (林丽鹂), Wang Ke (王珂), Yao Xueqing (姚雪青), Wang Guan (王观), Chang Qin (常钦), and Shen Shaotie (申少铁) of this newspaper)

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Ensuring Good Policies are Implemented Effectively and Achieve Results (Editor's Note)

By: 祁嘉润

Shopping, travel, childcare, business operations... At the beginning of the year, from consumption to services, from development to people's livelihoods, a series of practical, effective, and tangible policies and measures for the masses and enterprises have been implemented, optimized, and upgraded, demonstrating the strength of reform and conveying the warmth of people's livelihoods. China, at the beginning of the new year, is showing the surging momentum and vitality of high-quality development.

2026 is the starting year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." The Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), focusing on ensuring a good start and a good first step for the "15th Five-Year Plan," determined the overall requirements and policy orientation of economic work in 2026 and proposed eight key tasks, with clear directions and clear paths.

The blueprint has been drawn, and it is the right time to forge ahead. In this year of linking the past and the future, all regions and departments must anchor their goals and tasks, combine them with reality, adapt to local conditions, actively open up the last mile of policy implementation, so that good policies can be implemented and achieve results, transmit positive signals, and stabilize development expectations.

Standing at the new starting point of the new year, let us strengthen our confidence, seize the opportunity, and, with a pragmatic and hardworking style and a 锲而不舍 (qiè ér bù shě - "carve without stopping," to persevere; to keep working at something until it is finished) spirit, solidly do all kinds of work, strive to achieve the goals and tasks of economic and social development throughout the year, and promote high-quality development and people's well-being to a new level.

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Entering a New Track, This "Old" Enterprise Achieves Annual Revenue of 1.5 Billion Yuan (Striving for the "15th Five-Year Plan" - First-Line Observations)

By: 本报记者 李凯旋

Promote the digital and intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry, develop intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, and service-oriented manufacturing, and accelerate the transformation of industrial models and enterprise organizational forms.
　　——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal

　　Just after the New Year's Day holiday, in the Robot Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park of Mianyang Science and Technology City New District (绵阳科技城新区) in Sichuan Province (四川省), employees returned to their posts by taking driverless buses and shuttle buses, and unmanned delivery vehicles loaded with packages were busy delivering goods. Various autonomous driving scenarios have been integrated into daily life. In the data operation center, artificial intelligence automatically decomposes tasks and plans routes for unmanned vehicles.
　　"The park's more than 50 unmanned devices achieve 'one brain multi-control', reducing operating costs and improving management efficiency," said Wang Ruoling (王若铃), product manager of Jiuzhou Software Co., Ltd. (九洲软件有限公司), a subsidiary of Sichuan Jiuzhou Investment Holding Group (四川九洲投资控股集团). The company customized an intelligent network-connected cloud control platform for the robot industrial park to meet the needs of autonomous driving scenarios in the park.
　　Jiuzhou Group (九洲集团), founded in 1958, is a traditional manufacturing enterprise. In recent years, in addition to producing hardware products such as electronic system equipment, communication and intelligent terminals, it has also "produced" digital solutions and products such as natural disaster monitoring and early warning platforms and production management systems, expanding software service business and developing service-oriented manufacturing.
　　Why expand software service business?
　　"The group and many customers have digital transformation needs in their development," said Yang Zhikun (杨志坤), deputy director of the Strategic Development Department of Jiuzhou Group (九洲集团). The "order taking" model of traditional manufacturing has limited profit margins. Opening up the information technology service industry sector can enter business areas such as overall solutions, which have higher added value.
　　Jiuzhou Software (九洲软件) was established in 2022. The real transformation of roles is not easy: the enterprise management platform is equipped with advanced algorithms, but it does not fit the usage habits of traditional enterprises; the carefully developed intelligent body has just been delivered, and the customer proposes that the function is incomplete and needs to be upgraded...
　　"The way of thinking must be changed," said Song Xiaochen (宋晓晨), deputy general manager of Jiuzhou Software (九洲软件). In the early days of the company's establishment, everyone still had a "manufacturing mindset": focusing on research and development and delivering as soon as possible. However, in the service field, closely following needs and following up on services are more competitive.
　　After taking over the robot industrial park project, Wang Ruoling (王若铃) and her colleagues conducted research for several months: understanding customer needs, surveying the roads around the park, and judging whether unmanned equipment can enter the site; visiting park enterprises, bus companies, and express delivery companies to collect practical suggestions and refine the plan.
　　Finally, the autonomous driving scenario took shape and landed. Park enterprises can make appointments for unmanned delivery vehicles to send and receive packages through mini-programs, and unmanned sweepers and patrol vehicles have become "new employees." "The platform can also access a variety of unmanned equipment, and the drones and robot dogs produced by park enterprises can be verified and displayed here," said Wang Ruoling (王若铃). The intelligent network-connected cloud control platform can empower the park's business and industry.
　　Project delivery is not the end. After more than a year of on-site service, Jiuzhou Software (九洲软件) continues to provide service upgrades. "Not only must we debug the existing system to ensure operation, but also develop new functions." Wang Ruoling (王若铃) showed reporters new modules such as operating cost management and automatic report generation. "It's not needed now, but autonomous driving is developing rapidly, and there may be a need soon."
　　While speaking, a driverless bus drove to the intersection. In the center of the screen of the data operation center, the digital twin picture real-time restores the road conditions, and the accident early warning analysis is carried out simultaneously. "Thanks to hardware support, the platform runs smoothly." Lu Wei (吕伟), a solution engineer at Jiuzhou Software (九洲软件), introduced that the radar installed on the unmanned equipment, the edge computing box of the roadside equipment, etc. are all manufactured by Jiuzhou Group (九洲集团).
　　Most of the hardware equipment required for the digital solutions provided by Jiuzhou Software (九洲软件) are produced by Jiuzhou Group (九洲集团). "The service plan has undergone a lot of testing within the group. The 'soft and hard resource sharing' model makes the hardware more adaptable and can be adjusted in time according to software needs." Lu Wei (吕伟) said that he once encountered the problem that the algorithm was not accurate enough in identifying illegal lane changes, partly because the roadside radar and cameras were separated, and the data obtained could not be analyzed. After the software team put forward the demand, Jiuzhou Group (九洲集团) quickly provided a more advanced radar-camera integrated machine, which solved the problem.
　　"Manufacturing builds the foundation, software adds value," which makes this traditional enterprise rejuvenate. In 2025, Jiuzhou Software's (九洲软件) operating income is expected to reach 1.5 billion yuan. "The new track is full of new opportunities. Striving for the '15th Five-Year Plan', we must not only give full play to the advantages of hardware manufacturing, but also strengthen investment in service technology, tackle key products such as industry large models, and open up incremental markets," said Song Xiaochen (宋晓晨) with great enthusiasm.
　　This issue is coordinated by: Guo Xueyan (郭雪岩)

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Strengthening the Tackling of Key Common Technologies and Model Innovation in Service-Oriented Manufacturing (Expert Commentary)

By: 杨建军

Developing service-oriented manufacturing is an important measure to promote the deep integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, promote the deep integration of informatization and industrialization, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. In September 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and seven other departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Deeply Promoting the Innovative Development of Service-oriented Manufacturing (2025-2028)," which clarified the goals and tasks of developing service-oriented manufacturing.

Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," service-oriented manufacturing has continued to innovate and develop in enterprise practice and exploration, promoting the continuous improvement of the quality and efficiency of China's manufacturing development. In terms of investment, it provides rich scenarios, promotes the deep application of a new generation of information technology, and effectively stimulates investment in new infrastructure in fields such as big data, artificial intelligence, and the industrial internet. In terms of consumption, it focuses on solving the structural contradictions in consumption supply, improving the supply system, and expanding market demand. In terms of exports, it enhances the international competitiveness of Chinese enterprises through differentiated, customized, and full-cycle services, and promotes the increase in both the quantity and quality of service trade.

In the future, we must promote the innovative development of service-oriented manufacturing with a systematic, holistic, and collaborative approach. We must strengthen the tackling of key common technologies and model innovation in service-oriented manufacturing, cultivate and strengthen key productive service industries, promote the application of typical models of service-oriented manufacturing by category, promote the construction of a standard system, stimulate the vitality of business entities, create a high ground for the innovative development of service-oriented manufacturing, and consolidate the digital and intelligent technology base for the development of service-oriented manufacturing. We will focus on carrying out actions to cultivate and upgrade shared manufacturing, actions to enhance service-oriented manufacturing brands, and demonstration actions to innovate and demonstrate integrated application scenarios. In addition, we will make efforts to strengthen policy support, improve public services, strengthen the talent pool, and promote international cooperation, so as to continuously push the development of service-oriented manufacturing to new heights.

(The author is the Director and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute (工业和信息化部电子第五研究所). This article was compiled and edited from an interview with Liu Wenxin (刘温馨), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Photo Report

On January 6th, at a CNC machine tool manufacturing company in Ma'anshan, Anhui, employees were rushing to produce smart CNC machine tools for export. In the new year, the majority of enterprises are operating at full capacity, busily engaged in production, and going all out to fulfill orders.

Photo by Wang Wensheng (王文生) (Image China)

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The processing and conversion rate of major agricultural products nationwide reaches 75%.

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 7th (Reporter Yu Jingxian (郁静娴)) - This reporter has learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) that since 2025, agricultural and rural departments at all levels have focused on leveraging "local specialties" (土特产), strengthening leading enterprises, supplementing industrial chains, revitalizing business formats, and building brands, achieving positive results in promoting the high-quality development of rural industries. In 2025, the number of agricultural product processing enterprises above designated size nationwide exceeded 100,000, with estimated operating income of approximately 18 trillion yuan and total profits of approximately 1.2 trillion yuan, and the processing conversion rate of major agricultural products reached 75%.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) has implemented a three-year action plan to promote the development of the agricultural product processing industry, supported the construction of more than 1,600 agricultural product processing parks, and built a number of key agricultural product processing laboratories, technology integration research bases, and R&D sub-centers, accelerating the technological innovation and application of agricultural product processing. At the same time, it has cultivated leading enterprises by industry and created "chain owner" enterprises throughout the entire industrial chain, driving the coordinated development of upstream, midstream, and downstream entities. Currently, there are 98,000 leading enterprises above the county level nationwide, including 2,250 national-level leading enterprises.

By orderly developing rural characteristic resources and optimizing the industrial structure and regional layout, various regions have seen the emergence of a number of specialized villages and towns in the fields of characteristic planting, characteristic breeding, characteristic food, and characteristic handicrafts. More than 180 industrial clusters with an output value exceeding 10 billion yuan, nearly 100 industrial parks exceeding 10 billion yuan, and more than 450 industrial strong towns exceeding 1 billion yuan have been cultivated nationwide. The quality and efficiency of the development of rural characteristic industries have been significantly improved, and a concentrated and clustered development pattern has been initially formed.

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"(High-Level Interview) Promoting the Building of a Closer Mutually Beneficial Strategic Partnership Between China and Egypt"

By: 本报记者 李欣怡

On the morning of January 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) met with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin (马丁), who was in China for an official visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (北京). That evening, Prime Minister Martin said in an interview with this newspaper, "My meeting with President Xi Jinping (习近平) was very friendly and constructive, and will further promote the development of political and economic and trade relations between Ireland and China, and promote the building of a closer mutually beneficial strategic partnership between Ireland and China."

This visit was Martin's first visit to China since becoming Prime Minister of Ireland. During his visit, Martin also met with heads of Chinese-funded enterprises investing and operating in Ireland and Irish enterprises developing in China. He said that Ireland is one of the important gateways for Chinese enterprises to enter the European market, and many Chinese enterprises are discovering important opportunities in Ireland. He hopes that Irish companies can go deeper into the Chinese market and create more jobs in China.

In recent years, economic and trade relations between China and Ireland have developed steadily and achieved fruitful cooperation results. Since the establishment of a mutually beneficial strategic partnership between the two countries in 2012, bilateral trade has quadrupled, and mutual investment has developed in a balanced manner. At present, China is Ireland's largest trading partner in Asia. "My first visit to China was 20 years ago, and the trade volume between the two countries has grown rapidly over the years," Martin said, adding that current cooperation between China and Ireland covers a wide range of fields. China has become an increasingly important market for Irish companies, especially in dairy products, food, pharmaceuticals, and service consumption, where Irish products are popular with Chinese consumers.

Martin said that in recent years, cooperation between Ireland and China has gradually expanded from traditional industries such as agriculture and food and beverage to emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, the digital economy, and medical health. An Irish biomedical company is exploring cooperation with Chinese companies to carry out stem cell research, demonstrating the huge potential for cooperation between the two sides in the field of life sciences. At present, the digital economy and renewable energy have become new highlights of cooperation between the two countries, and there is also great potential for cooperation between the two sides in financial services, infrastructure construction, and other aspects. Ireland has abundant wind energy resources and is actively promoting the development of offshore wind power projects. Enterprises of the two countries can strengthen cooperation in the field of green energy, promote digital economy cooperation, and inject new impetus into the global development of artificial intelligence. "China and Ireland can achieve greater development by sharing cutting-edge scientific research results on the basis of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results," Martin said.

People-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and Ireland are becoming increasingly close. Ireland has included Chinese in the college entrance examination foreign language selection subjects, University College Dublin has held Sino-Irish cooperative education exchange programs for many years, and the Irish dance drama "Riverdance" and the pop band "Westlife" are very popular in China. Martin said that direct flights have now been opened between Dublin (都柏林), the capital of Ireland, and Beijing (北京), and he looks forward to adding more direct flights in the future to provide more convenience for enhancing people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two sides. China and Ireland have close educational cooperation, and there are close ties between universities in the two countries. He welcomes more Chinese students to study in Ireland to further promote mutual understanding between the two peoples.

In the second half of this year, Ireland will hold the rotating presidency of the European Union. Martin believes that as a member of the European Union, Ireland advocates the establishment of a stronger EU-China relationship and contributes to easing current global tensions. Industrial resilience and economic security are important issues of concern to both sides, and the EU and China should view and handle differences objectively and rationally and adhere to cooperation and win-win results. Many EU member states maintain close bilateral relations with China, which helps promote the healthy and stable development of EU-China relations.

Today's world is intertwined with changes and chaos, and unilateral hegemonic practices seriously impact the international order. "Strengthening dialogue between countries plays a key role in promoting cooperation, resolving disputes, and bridging differences," Martin said. Ireland's economic development has benefited from an open and free trade environment, and trade barriers will ultimately harm the world economy. Both Ireland and China support multilateralism and strictly fulfill their international obligations as member states of the United Nations. All countries should firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law, maintain the role of international organizations such as the United Nations agencies and the World Trade Organization in resolving disputes, adhere to free and open trade, and promote world prosperity and stability.

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Sanae Takaichi's Erroneous Remarks Must Be Retracted (International Forum)

By: 北中一永

Japan's Minister Sanae Takaichi's (高市早苗) remarks not only violate the "Peace Constitution" established by the Japanese people based on the history of war aggression and victimization, but also violate the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China, and are a blatant interference in China's internal affairs.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) stated that a "Taiwan contingency" may constitute a "survival-threatening crisis situation" for Japan, sending a wrong signal that Japan may intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait issue, which is deeply shocking and infuriating. This provocative statement not only violates the "Peace Constitution" established by the Japanese people based on the history of war aggression and victimization, but also violates the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China, and is a blatant interference in China's internal affairs.

The 1972 Japan-China Joint Communiqué clearly stipulates that "The Government of the People's Republic of China reiterates that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People's Republic of China. The Government of Japan fully understands and respects this position of the Chinese Government, and adheres to the position stipulated in Article 8 of the Potsdam Proclamation." Japan should abide by this commitment. Article 98 of the Japanese Constitution also clearly stipulates that "The treaties concluded by Japan and the established international laws shall be faithfully observed." Takaichi's (高市) remarks clearly violate this constitutional provision. There is no other way to resolve this situation except to retract the remarks. However, Takaichi (高市) stubbornly refuses to retract them. Her shallow and ignorant erroneous remarks are unreasonable and will inevitably lead to an extremely contradictory situation. We will strongly oppose this.

The Japan-China Friendship Association has long been committed to promoting non-governmental exchanges and friendship between the two countries. Over the years, we have spared no effort to deepen the Japanese people's understanding of China and cultivate friendly feelings between the two peoples. We hold cultural exchange activities such as Erhu, Pipa, vocal music, Peking Opera, and face-changing performances; promote Taijiquan, with more than 2,000 participants in Tokyo (東京) alone; offer Chinese language, poetry, and other learning classes; hold Chinese film screenings, traditional Chinese medicine lectures, and lectures on China's national conditions; produce video works of testimonies from former Japanese soldiers; organize visits to Huludao City (葫芦岛市), China, the departure port for the repatriation of millions of Japanese overseas Chinese, and the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes by Unit 731 (侵华日军第七三一部队罪证陈列馆) of the Japanese Army; hold regular exchanges with Chinese students studying in Japan; and provide assistance to victims of chemical weapons abandoned by the Japanese army in China...

The Japan-China Friendship Association has consistently lodged strong protests against cabinet ministers and members of the Diet visiting the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), the then Prime Minister offering "Tamagushi-ryo" (玉串料) (sacrificial fee) to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社), Japan's plan to deploy offensive weapons in the Southwest Islands (西南诸岛), and attempts to abandon the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles." In September 2025, when China solemnly commemorates the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the association also solemnly expressed its firm determination not to repeat the mistakes of war and to create a peaceful living environment for the Japanese people. However, Takaichi's (高市) erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan have poured cold water on our many years of efforts and seriously undermined the foundation of Japan-China non-governmental friendship, which is unforgivable.

Looking back at history, the crimes of the Japanese war of aggression against China against the Chinese people are **罄竹难书** (qìng zhú nán shū - "exhaust bamboo write insufficient," too numerous to record). This history cannot be erased. The Japan-China Friendship Association was established the year after the founding of New China on the basis of deep reflection on this history. "Japan and China will never go to war again" has always been the core purpose of our activities, and this purpose will never change in the future.

It is worth emphasizing that the Japanese people also did not gain any benefit from the war. I still remember what my grandmother and other elders often said: "It was so good to be defeated in the war. The soldiers no longer dare to run rampant, and although the house was burned down, the war is finally over."

Although there are many difficulties ahead, the significance of the non-governmental friendship we have built over a long period of time will never disappear. We firmly believe that friendship will always be the mainstream of Japan-China relations.

(The author is the Secretary-General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Federation of the Japan-China Friendship Association)

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This is the global value of Chinese-style modernization.

By: 本报记者 沈小晓

"China has embarked on a path of modernization characterized by peace, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit." Recently, Nadia Helmy, Professor of Political Science at Beni Suef University in Egypt, said in an interview with this reporter that Chinese-style modernization promotes win-win cooperation in the world, promotes the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and contributes to human peace and development.

Nadia Helmy has always paid close attention to China's modernization process. She believes that Chinese-style modernization is a major achievement of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in leading the people in long-term exploration and practice. "The construction achievements of Chinese-style modernization benefit the people, improve the people's living standards, and the people actively participate in modernization construction, gathering more positive forces to promote modernization construction."

Nadia Helmy closely follows China's measures to further comprehensively deepen reform and promote Chinese-style modernization. She believes that institutional construction provides a guarantee for Chinese-style modernization. As the world's second largest economy and a responsible major country, China always adheres to peaceful development and has an important impact on the global political and economic landscape, especially on the modernization of countries in the Global South.

In recent years, the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) with high quality between China and Egypt has been very effective. China remains Egypt's largest trading partner and one of the most active and fastest-growing countries investing in Egypt in recent years. Nadia Helmy said that the "Belt and Road" initiative helps developing countries move towards modernization and plays an important role in promoting local economic development and improving people's livelihoods. Nadia Helmy believes that China is a promoter and contributor to the global energy transition. "China follows the concept of green development, emphasizes the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, contributes to protecting the Earth's ecology, and also wins more support for Chinese-style modernization on the international stage." She believes that China upholds fairness and justice, actively promotes peace and promotes talks, and contributes to solving the Palestinian issue. "China unswervingly safeguards world peace and promotes common development, demonstrating the responsibility of a major country in safeguarding world peace."

Nadia Helmy said that the vast number of developing countries, including Egypt, have a common pursuit of achieving development and revitalization and people's happiness. "Chinese-style modernization is not only beneficial to the Chinese people, but also beneficial to the world." She said that China has achieved modernization through self-development and has successfully embarked on a path of modernization that suits its own national conditions. At the same time, it helps other countries develop and shares development results with countries in the Global South, which not only inspires the vast number of developing countries, but also brings development experience and opportunities, benefiting the people of all countries. "This is the global value of Chinese-style modernization."

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Wang Yi to Visit Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Lesotho and Attend Opening Ceremony of "China-Africa People-to-People Exchange Year" at African Union Headquarters

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 7th. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced on January 7th: Wang Yi (王毅), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, and Lesotho from January 7th to 12th at the invitation of the respective governments, and will attend the opening ceremony of the "China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchange" at the African Union (非盟) headquarters. This marks the 36th consecutive year that the Chinese Foreign Minister has made Africa the destination of his first visit of the year, a tradition that has become 约定俗成 (yuē dìng sú chéng - "established by usage," a practice established by long usage; a convention).

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Construction and Environmental Protection Go Hand-in-Hand: Fish Return to Coral Reefs

By: 本报记者 管克江

The Red Sea Tourism Project is one of the mega-infrastructure construction projects under Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030" framework. The Saudi government highlights green environmental protection as a key feature of the project, strictly implementing environmental standards during construction. The green and intelligent manufacturing solutions and practices of Chinese enterprises have been highly recognized by all parties.

Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation III (山东电建三公司), a subsidiary of POWERCHINA (中国电建), undertook the construction of three seawater desalination plants and the laying of submarine cables for the Red Sea Tourism Project. Before construction, the project sent a professional team to comprehensively assess the underwater ecological situation and transplanted corals that might be damaged by the pipelines in advance. After the pipelines were laid, the corals were "moved back" and prefabricated concrete hollow squares were placed to facilitate coral growth. Today, under the clear, turquoise waters of the Red Sea, colorful coral reefs sway with the waves, and various coral reef fish such as Napoleon wrasse and grouper swim among them (see photo, taken by Li Yang (李阳)). On some reefs, various corals in red, purple, and pink have also begun to take shape. Habib, a staff member of the project's environmental protection department, and his colleagues check the coral growth in relevant sea areas every week and use underwater robots to inspect the ecology at the bottom of the reefs. Habib happily said, "The return of fish to the coral reefs indicates that the ecosystem has recovered." Mo Bing (莫兵), the project leader, introduced that the project has established an independent environmental protection department, which regularly holds environmental practice activities with the owner to protect the living environment of marine fish, sea turtles, mangroves, and other animals and plants from the impact of construction operations.

Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation III (山东电建三公司) also undertook the first phase of public utility infrastructure for the Red Sea Tourism Project, including modules such as photovoltaics, energy storage, power grids, seawater desalination, water supply pipe networks, wastewater treatment, wastewater pipe networks, solid waste treatment, communications, and regional cooling. Chen Song (陈松), the deputy project manager, introduced that in order to realize the digitalization of project management and construction, the owner proposed the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information System (GIS).

Applying Building Information Modeling means that design and construction must be completed together in a virtual space. Chen Song (陈松) said, "The building structure is not complicated, but it involves the interconnection and communication of different contractors. We need to predict and prepare in advance where to drill holes in the wall and how to bury underground pipelines." He said that the application of Building Information Modeling can avoid potential design risks and reduce on-site rework. "In the past year or so, we have successfully prevented about 2,000 building collisions from occurring."

Mo Bing (莫兵) said: "In the Saudi Red Sea Tourism Project, the Chinese side has always promoted the project with the concept of green, intelligent, and high-quality, contributing wisdom to the high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road' between China and Saudi Arabia."

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Wang Xiaohong Meets with Pakistani Interior Minister and Minister for Narcotics Control Naqvi

Beijing, January 7th (Reporter Zhang Tianpei (张天培)) State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) met with Pakistani Minister of Interior and Narcotics Control Naqvi (纳克维) in Beijing (北京) on the 7th.

Wang Xiaohong (王小洪) stated that China is willing to work with Pakistan to thoroughly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, strengthen exchanges at all levels, severely crack down on terrorism and telecommunications network fraud crimes, deepen cooperation in personnel, project, and institutional security and law enforcement capacity building, effectively respond to various risks and challenges, jointly safeguard the national security and social stability of the two countries, and help build a closer China-Pakistan community of destiny in the new era.

Naqvi (纳克维) stated that he is willing to deepen law enforcement and security cooperation with China and further take measures to protect the safety of Chinese personnel, projects, and institutions in Pakistan.

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Foreign Ministry Responds to Japan's Planned Revision of "Three Security Documents": The International Community Must Be Highly Vigilant

According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 6th (Reporters Dong Xue (董雪) and Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥)) – It is reported that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) recently stated that she aims to revise the "Three Security Documents" within the year. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning (毛宁) stated at a regular press conference on January 6th that this reflects Japan's dangerous trend of accelerating its "remilitarization," which the international community must be highly vigilant about.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China will continue to share development and prosperity with all countries with an open attitude

According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 7th (Reporters Dong Xue (董雪) and Cao Jiayue (曹嘉玥)) -- Recently, research reports from several European financial institutions have stated that China has demonstrated strong resilience among the world's major economies. In response, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning (毛宁) stated on January 7th that China will continue to share development and prosperity with all countries with an open attitude.

At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: Recently, several European financial institutions, including Standard Chartered Bank of the United Kingdom, Société Générale of France, and ING Group of the Netherlands, have released research reports stating that, supported by technological innovation and green transformation, China's economy is expected to maintain stable growth in 2026 and demonstrate strong resilience among the world's major economies. What is the spokesperson's comment on this?

Mao Ning (毛宁) said that in the past year of 2025, China's economy effectively responded to various risks and challenges, moving forward under pressure and developing towards new and better directions. Technological innovation achievements and green energy transformation led the world, and overall national strength reached a new level. China continues to promote high-level opening up to the outside world and has become the main trading partner of more than 150 countries and regions, with its contribution to world economic growth remaining at around 30%, injecting momentum into global development.

She stated that this year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Looking ahead to the "15th Five-Year Plan," the supporting conditions and basic trends for the long-term positive development of China's economy will not change, and its advantages will become more prominent. China will use "innovation" and "green" as the engine and foundation for high-quality development, and use "openness" and "sharing" to help global common development, and continuously expand autonomous opening up and institutional opening up.

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Ministry of Commerce: Initiating an Anti-Dumping Investigation into Imported Dichlorodihydrosilane Originating from Japan

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 7th (Xinhua) - The Ministry of Commerce (商务部) issued an announcement on the 7th, deciding to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into imported dichlorodihydrosilane originating from Japan, starting from January 7, 2026.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (商务部新闻发言人) responded that the investigation was initiated in response to an application from the domestic industry. Preliminary evidence submitted by the applicant shows that from 2022 to 2024, the quantity of dichlorodihydrosilane imported from Japan showed an overall upward trend, with prices cumulatively falling by 31%. The dumped imported products from Japan have caused damage to the production and operation of the domestic industry. After receiving the application, the investigating authority reviewed the application in accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations and following WTO rules, and considered that the application met the conditions for initiating an anti-dumping investigation, and decided to initiate the investigation.

According to the announcement, the investigation will begin on January 7, 2026, and should normally be completed before January 7, 2027, but may be extended by 6 months in special circumstances.

The investigated products are mainly used in the production of logic chips, memory chips, analog chips, and other types of chips, and can also be used to synthesize silicon-based series precursors and polysilazanes.

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Agricultural schools will transform from "able to cultivate" to "able to process and innovate"

By: 本报记者 谢佳宁

Inside the brand-new teaching building, laboratories are lined up in a row, the newly installed experimental equipment gleaming with metallic luster. In the dairy processing room, several students in green school uniforms are busy measuring temperatures, stirring, and recording data, the air filled with a faint milky aroma. In the green fields of northern Honduras, the Atlántida Province Agricultural School, expanded with Chinese aid to Honduras, was put into use in December 2025, helping local agricultural education.

"In the past, students' learning environment was very rudimentary, without professional equipment. Now, we have dairy, meat, and fruit and vegetable processing laboratories, which allow us to carry out standardized operations and produce high-quality products through experiments," said Principal Joaquín Canales. "These new facilities enable students to transform knowledge into skills, injecting new impetus into the development of Honduran agriculture."

The Atlántida Province Agricultural School is one of the six agricultural schools in Honduras expanded with Chinese aid. According to China Construction Group Co., Ltd. (中国建筑集团有限公司) (hereinafter referred to as "China Construction"), the total construction area of the six agricultural schools is approximately 6,150 square meters. The construction content includes new teaching buildings, practical training classrooms, and supporting facilities, which will provide more opportunities for rural Honduran youth to receive high-quality vocational education. All six schools have been completed and handed over.

"The six agricultural schools originally faced difficulties such as outdated facilities and limited resources, lacking systematic experimental equipment and practical conditions, making it difficult to carry out complete agricultural teaching," said Jiang Luhong, head of the technical team for the China Construction Aid Honduras Agricultural School Project. "After the expansion, each school has added functional areas such as biology and chemistry laboratories, meat processing rooms, vegetable processing rooms, and dairy product training rooms, equipped with modern equipment such as microscopes, vacuum packaging machines, automatic milk filling machines, slicers, and dryers, which will greatly improve teaching and practical training capabilities, realizing a complete teaching chain from production to processing. Honduran agricultural schools will transform from 'being able to farm' to 'being able to process and innovate,' laying the foundation for cultivating more modern agricultural talents."

Outside the campus, green trees surround and a gentle breeze blows; inside the campus, teachers and students are busy in the laboratories and fields. "Agricultural schools provide Honduran youth with 'science, hope, and tools,' helping them create a future on their own land," Honduran President Castro praised, adding that this project has landmark significance in the development of agricultural technical education in Honduras, and the friendship established between Honduras and China has borne fruit. Carlos Martínez, a senior student, told reporters: "With China's help, we have better facilities and equipment."

Chinese Ambassador to Honduras Yu Bo (于波) said that the project is a landmark achievement in the two years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and a crystallization of the joint efforts of both sides. China firmly supports the Honduran people in actively exploring a development path that suits their own national conditions and is willing to provide assistance within its capacity for Honduras' social progress and improvement of people's livelihoods.

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China Strengthens Export Controls on Dual-Use Items to Japan

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 6th (北京新华社). The Ministry of Commerce (商务部) issued an announcement on January 6th, deciding to strengthen export controls on dual-use items to Japan (日本). The announcement will officially take effect from the date of its publication.

A Ministry of Commerce (商务部) spokesperson responded to this, stating that Japanese (日本) leaders recently made blatant erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan (台湾), implying the possibility of military intervention in the Taiwan Strait (台海), grossly interfering in China's (中国) internal affairs, seriously violating the One-China principle (一个中国原则), and the nature and impact are extremely egregious.

The spokesperson pointed out that in order to safeguard national security and interests, and to fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation, in accordance with the relevant provisions of laws and regulations such as the "Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国出口管制法》) and the "Export Control Regulations on Dual-Use Items of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国两用物项出口管制条例》), China (中国) has decided to prohibit the export of all dual-use items to Japanese (日本) military users, military uses, and all other end-user uses that help enhance Japan's (日本) military strength. Any organization or individual from any country or region that violates the above provisions by transferring or providing relevant dual-use items originating from the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) to Japanese (日本) organizations and individuals will be held legally responsible in accordance with the law.

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Zanzibar President: Chinese projects effectively boost local economic and social development

Nairobi, January 7th (Reported by Huang Weixin (黄炜鑫)) Dar es Salaam News: Tanzanian Zanzibar President Mwinyi (姆维尼) stated on the 6th that key infrastructure projects in the country, undertaken by Chinese companies, are progressing smoothly and will significantly improve Zanzibar's transportation conditions, injecting new impetus into local economic and social development.

Mwinyi (姆维尼) made the above remarks when attending the opening ceremony of Zanzibar's first overpass, constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation East Africa Limited, on the same day.

Mwinyi (姆维尼) stated that this project, together with the Zanzibar Southern Seawater Tidal Road project that was recently laid the foundation, is of great significance for enhancing the city's image and improving people's livelihoods. The implementation of related projects is a vivid manifestation of pragmatic Sino-African cooperation, which will provide strong support for the development of Zanzibar's tourism and trade, and help the local economy achieve sustainable growth.

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Guiding the Way with Thought, Moving Forward to the New

By: 本报记者 禹伟良 陆娅楠 唐露薇

On January 5th, this newspaper published a front-page headline article titled "The Story of Old Yang and Young Yang's Ideological 'Turnaround'." Recently, the reporter conducted an interview and dialogue with Yang Peng (杨鹏), Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Chuyuan Group (楚源集团), focusing on studying, thinking, and implementing Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

"When the Mind Opens, Difficulties Give Way"

Reporter: In 2016, Chuyuan (楚源) accepted an environmental "sky-high fine" and suspended production for rectification. Looking back after ten years, how do you view this "big stumble"?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): If we calculate the small account, the fine of more than 27 million yuan and the nearly 10 months of production suspension represent a significant loss. But from a long-term perspective, ignoring ecological safety and blindly pursuing rapid expansion would have led to the company's eventual collapse.

Looking back today, I am grateful to the Party and the government. We made mistakes, and the provincial and municipal Party committees and governments helped us correct them, treating us as "one of their own." Relevant departments were meticulous in their supervision and equally attentive in their services.

This also made me rethink what the times require of the private economy. My father's generation mainly solved the problem of "whether or not" there was something, emphasizing the number and scale of enterprises. Today, high-quality development pursues "whether or not" it is good. High quality and sustainability are not just slogans but determine the life and death of enterprises.

Reporter: Your candid view of the punishment back then reminds us of our first meeting in 2022, which was not as calm as today.

Yang Peng (杨鹏): At that time, the ideological knot had not been completely untied. In 2022, Chuyuan's (楚源) sales revenue fell to a low point, and I also considered switching to a new track.

In 2023, the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection was held, and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) said at the meeting, "For traditional industries, we cannot simply regard them as 'low-end industries' and abandon or shut them down. Instead, we must promote the upgrading of processes, technologies, and equipment to achieve green and low-carbon transformation."

The General Secretary's words immediately calmed me down. When the mind opens, difficulties give way. Without technological reserves, blindly following the trend to engage in new energy is just a 一窝蜂 (yī wō fēng - "a swarm of bees," a chaotic rush or mass movement) and a 大呼隆 (dà hū lōng - "big whoop," a noisy and disorganized affair); focusing on our main business in a down-to-earth and single-minded manner is the right path for us.

"We Cannot Oppose New Quality Productive Forces to Traditional Industries"

Reporter: At the 2025 Central Urban Work Conference, the General Secretary earnestly said, "When it comes to projects, people always talk about a few things: artificial intelligence, computing power, new energy vehicles. Do all provinces and regions have to develop industries in these directions?" It is clear that Chuyuan (楚源) is now on the right track. After settling down, how do you develop?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): There are magic weapons in the Party's innovative theories, and private enterprises cannot be "ideological lazybones." For example, we have repeatedly understood and benefited greatly from the General Secretary's emphasis on "developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions."

We cannot oppose new quality productive forces to traditional industries. The transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces.

Look at our surrounding peers, the Xingfa Group (兴发集团). In the past, those of us in the fine chemical industry looked down on those who made fertilizers and pesticides. But they learned and implemented the new development concept early and well, successfully transformed and produced food-grade products, opening up new application fields. Looking at our neighbor, X Xianhe Paper (仙鹤纸业), they turned reeds from the Yangtze River (长江) into specialty paper, used in high-end fields such as electronics, medicine, and aerospace, truly connecting green waters and green mountains with golden mountains and silver mountains.

Transformation is not changing careers. Seizing green opportunities turns gourds into pagodas. In recent years, we have continuously increased investment to firmly pursue green development and strengthen the circular economy.

"The Private Enterprises I Have Contacted Are All Full of Confidence in the Real Economy and Manufacturing"

Reporter: Some voices believe that it is not advisable to invest in the real economy at present, and it is best to "hold cash as king." Chuyuan (楚源) has invested a cumulative 230 million yuan in 2024 and 2025 and plans to invest 400 million yuan in 2026, moving forward under pressure. Where does the confidence come from?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): The private enterprises I have contacted are all full of confidence in the real economy and manufacturing. China's more than 1.4 billion people are more than 1.4 billion customers. If there are people, they need to wear clothes, and if life is good, they need to change clothes. Rigid demand will not disappear, and the large market is real, which is our greatest confidence. In recent years, the "two new" policies support equipment renewal, and subsidies are used to promote technological transformation, digital empowerment, and low-carbon transformation. This is the policy dividend that the country has given us, and we cannot miss it.

Manufacturing is facing difficulties, but this is cyclical. The current trough does not mean a bleak future. We have stumbled, and we know better to look up at the road. Just as the General Secretary instructed, "We must suppress this impetuous mentality and rush, and engage in modernization construction in a down-to-earth and solid manner."

Many traditional manufacturing industries, including the chemical industry, are also technology-intensive industries. Adhering to high-end, green, and intelligent development, and being patient with capital, time will not let us down. Taking Chuyuan (楚源) as an example, after surviving the trough of 2022, our sales revenue increased by about 15% in 2024 and 2025, moving towards new and better.

"We Are Particularly Looking Forward to the Comprehensive Rectification of 'Involutionary' Competition"

Reporter: Seeing today's Chuyuan (楚源) full of confidence in transformation and upgrading, who would have thought that in 2016 you were worried that the "sky-high fine" was selective law enforcement. Do you still have such concerns today?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): From the new Environmental Protection Law "growing teeth" to the solid promotion of the Private Economy Promotion Law, we have clearly felt that the political ecology and business environment are very different from before, and everyone's starting line is getting closer and closer. When encountering problems, we don't look for people, but look at the law first, and the boundaries are clearer; when we see market opportunities, we boldly try and bravely break through if the law does not prohibit it, and the expectations are more stable.

Reporter: What you are talking about is the significance of accelerating the construction of a unified national market. Do you feel regret as an enterprise for losing the policy depression by rectifying "involutionary" competition?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): Policy depressions are often traps, not pies. The rule of law is the best business environment. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal puts forward the comprehensive rectification of "involutionary" competition, which we are particularly looking forward to. Relying on expanding production capacity and competing on prices, dragging others half to death, we also live very tired. High-quality development can truly grasp the initiative of development and create a win-win situation.

"'Second-Generation Entrepreneurs' Should Also Be Entrepreneurs of High-Quality Development, and the Key Is to Establish a Correct View of Righteousness and Benefit"

Reporter: Everyone is very concerned about the succession of private enterprises. As a "second-generation entrepreneur," have you ever thought about lying flat? Or switching to investment?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): There is pressure in doing business, and the key is to develop the ability to withstand pressure.

Some people have also advised me to close the factory and engage in venture capital. After ABC rounds, I temporarily earned much more than doing real business. I refused because I thought of three scenarios.

My child asked me, "Dad, why did you give up the real economy back then? Did you surrender because you couldn't do it?"

The employees asked me, "President Yang (杨总), what about our jobs? What about our future lives?"

The villagers asked me, "Little Yang (小杨), where did the Shishou (石首) brand that Yang (杨) and his generation earned go?"

The entrepreneurial spirit cannot be broken in the "second generation," which is our wealth. At the same time, we must let go of the burden and move forward. "Second-generation entrepreneurs" should also be entrepreneurs of high-quality development, and the key is to establish a correct view of righteousness and benefit. Innovation, coordination, green, and openness are all based on sharing. Why is it difficult for manufacturing to recruit workers? The environment is not friendly, the operation is not intelligent, and the sense of gain is low. How can young people be willing to come to work? Enterprises must not only win in market competition but also win together with nature and the community, so that employees, customers, and surrounding residents can share the dividends of enterprise development. "The close combination of investing in things and investing in people," I think that's what it means.

Reporter: Looking back on ten years, what word would you choose to summarize it?

Yang Peng (杨鹏): Rebirth. The rebirth of thought, the rebirth of the enterprise.

When the mind is clear, everything is clear. The micro-subject of the enterprise must be integrated into the overall situation of national development, moving forward with the times, moving forward under pressure, moving towards the new, and operating on track. When communicating with other peers, the most common topic is not their respective businesses, but how to keep up with the general trend of development, high quality, and sustainability.

Actually, I am also very curious. I am not a big entrepreneur, so why have you been squatting at Chuyuan (楚源) for several years and talking to me time and time again?

Reporter: You have a strong sense of the times. Promoting Chinese-style modernization, the private economy is a vital force. Looking at Chuyuan (楚源) is like looking at thousands of Chinese enterprises that have broken with old development concepts, armed themselves with new ideas, and are undergoing difficult transformation and upgrading and firmly pursuing green development.

Yang Peng (杨鹏): In the ten years since General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) held the symposium on promoting the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (长江经济带), Chuyuan Group (楚源集团) has achieved ideological turnaround and development transformation. We have recognized that high-quality development is the hard truth of the new era and will unswervingly move forward.

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Guiding Students to Resonate with National Development (Employment Services for University Graduates in Action)

By: 本报记者 吴 丹

Holding an inspection record book and walking along the long railway, Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) closely followed his master, listening to explanations while inspecting every rail and switch. Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏), a railway newcomer, came to the Baoji Engineering Section of China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路西安局集团有限公司宝鸡工务段) after graduating from the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture of Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学土木建筑工程学院) in June 2025. Why did he choose to become a worker rooted in the front line of the railway? This is closely related to the employment guidance and service work of Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学).

Zhang Bo (张博), director of the Employment and Entrepreneurship Guidance Center of Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学就业与创业指导中心), introduced that the university focuses on national strategies such as building a transportation powerhouse and implements a key area pilot project in employment, which runs through the entire process from students' enrollment to graduation, guiding them to find employment directions that resonate with national development. "In order to help students find ideal jobs, we have established in-depth strategic cooperation with leading companies in the industry, not only recommending students to companies during the graduation season, but also advancing guidance and services, allowing students to understand the national conditions and feel their mission in the scientific research and engineering projects needed by the country," Zhang Bo (张博) said.

With the help of the key area pilot project, Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) participated in the construction of two "sky roads."

During the summer vacation of his first year of graduate school, Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) rushed to the Lixiang section of the Yunnan-Tibet Railway (滇藏铁路丽香段) to participate in the scientific research and tackling of complex projects such as the Haba Snow Mountain Tunnel (哈巴雪山隧道), witnessing the end of the history of no trains in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州) of Yunnan (云南). In his second year, he stationed at the Sejila Mountain Tunnel (色季拉山隧道) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原) for a whole year, following up on the on-site technical research of this project. "At the construction site, I saw how the country tried every means to build the railway to the snowy plateau, and the dedication of the construction team, 'People's Railway for the People,' deeply infected me," Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) said, these experiences planted a seed in him to devote himself to the national rail transit industry.

With ideals in mind, how to achieve them? Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) chose to start his career from the position of a front-line worker.

"Experience in front-line positions is a necessary path for the growth of railway people," Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) explained. In his opinion, only by sinking to the grassroots level and going to the site can he better promote the organic combination of theory and practice and accumulate experience for solving more complex engineering problems.

What helped him complete the change of mindset from the laboratory to the side of the railway was a series of support measures under the framework of the key area pilot project. For example, a large number of alumni working in grassroots positions in key areas shared their experiences, allowing Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) to see the growth path and development prospects of working at the grassroots level. "In the grassroots work graduate training camp, what I heard were the vivid stories of senior students discovering problems, applying what they had learned, and growing on the front line," Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏) said, this made him believe that he could gain solid experience and broad growth space in grassroots positions.

According to reports, Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学) is promoting the key area pilot project to create a new model of employment work that is full-chain, all-round, all-covering, and all-cycle. In the past 5 years, the employment rate of graduates in transportation, information technology, energy and power, and other fields has exceeded 90%.

What the country needs is what the youth aspire to. At the end of 2025, the 2026 graduate campus recruitment fair of the national railway system was held at Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学). 18 subordinate units of the State Railway Group (国铁集团) attracted more than 4,000 graduates to apply within two days, and more than 600 people have reached employment intentions. The key area pilot project continues to play its role. Like Fan Xiaomin (范晓敏), more and more students from Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学) are integrating their personal ideals into the overall situation of national development.

(Xue Siyuan (薛思远) participated in writing)

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Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Live Streaming E-commerce Released

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 7th (Reporter: Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) and the Cyberspace Administration of China (国家网信办) recently jointly released the "Supervision and Administration Measures for Live Streaming E-commerce," to strengthen the supervision and administration of live streaming e-commerce, protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and operators, and promote the healthy development of live streaming e-commerce.

Solidifying the main responsibility and constructing a full-chain regulatory system. The measures detail the legal provisions of the E-commerce Law and other laws and regulations. From the three dimensions of pre-event, during-event, and post-event, the legal responsibilities of live streaming e-commerce platform operators, live streaming room operators, live streaming marketing personnel, and live streaming marketing personnel service organizations are further clarified.

Innovating regulatory tools and strengthening the traffic regulation mechanism. The measures focus on the characteristics of the live streaming e-commerce industry, strengthen regulatory means, incorporate traffic control into the regulatory toolbox, and clearly stipulate that if the market supervision department and the cyberspace administration department notify the live streaming e-commerce platform operators of the illegal activities of live streaming room operators, live streaming marketing personnel, and live streaming marketing personnel service organizations, the live streaming e-commerce platform operators should promptly take warning, restriction of functions, restriction of traffic, suspension of live streaming, time-limited suspension of broadcasting, closure of accounts, prohibition of re-registration of accounts, and inclusion in blacklists and other disposal measures against the relevant entities.

Responding to technological development and standardizing digital human live streaming. The measures incorporate AI-generated content such as digital human anchors into supervision, to prevent new technologies from becoming a "shield" for generating or disseminating false information, and promote the standardized application of artificial intelligence technology in the field of live streaming e-commerce.

Strengthening collaborative governance and building cross-departmental and cross-platform regulatory synergy. The measures promote joint disposal between regulatory departments and stipulate cooperation mechanisms such as clue transfer, information sharing, consultation and judgment between the market supervision department and the cyberspace administration department. At the same time, a collaborative disposal system between regulatory departments and platforms is established to promote the exertion of their respective advantages and form a governance synergy.

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Photo Report

In 2025, Chongqing (重庆) newly started the renovation of 1,227 old urban residential areas, with a total area of 30.11 million square meters, benefiting 300,000 households. Residents' sense of happiness continues to improve right at their doorsteps. The picture shows January 6, in Nanhu Community (南湖社区), Huayuan Road Subdistrict (花园路街道), Nan'an District (南岸区), Chongqing (重庆), parents are taking their children to play in the renovated square, enjoying the warm winter sun.

Qi Lansen (齐岚森) photographed (Image China).

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Ministry of Education Launches "Winter Vacation Warm-Hearted Employment Promotion Campaign" for 2026 University Graduates

According to the Ministry of Education (教育部), Beijing (北京), January 7th (reporter Wu Yue (吴月)): As the winter vacation approaches, the Ministry of Education (教育部) recently deployed various regions and universities to focus on carrying out the "Winter Vacation Promotion of Employment and Warm Heart Action" for the 2026 graduating class from December 2025 to February 2026. The key initiatives include five measures: the "Warm Heart Job Delivery" series of recruitment activities, the "Warm Heart Job Expansion" targeted enterprise visit activities, the "Warm Heart Navigation" employment guidance activities, the "Warm Heart Assistance" employment difficulty assistance activities, and the "Warm Heart Leading" internship promotion of employment activities, to help the 2026 graduating class of college students to find employment smoothly.

In the "Warm Heart Job Delivery" series of recruitment activities, the provincial-level education administrative departments actively strive for the support of the human resources and social security departments, and jointly carry out special recruitment activities for college students returning home during the winter vacation, seizing the opportunity of college students returning home during the winter vacation to carry out special recruitment activities in different forms and different scopes with the city (county, district) as the unit. In the "Warm Heart Job Expansion" targeted enterprise visit activities, the provincial-level education administrative departments focus on guiding universities in their jurisdictions with relatively weak employment work to actively carry out enterprise visits and job expansion. In the "Warm Heart Leading" internship promotion of employment activities, the provincial-level education administrative departments make full use of the opportunity of college students returning home during the winter vacation, and work with human resources and other departments to organize activities such as "College Students Look at Hometown" and "College Students Hometown Trip," and organize returning college students to relevant enterprises and institutions for job interviews and internships in a targeted manner.

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State Council Appoints and Removes National Personnel

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 7th (Xinhua) -- The State Council has appointed and removed national personnel.

Guo Xi (郭西) was appointed as the Auditor-General of the National Audit Office; Zhang Jianmin (张建民) was appointed as the Deputy Director of the National Data Bureau.

Jie Bing (解冰) was removed from the post of Deputy Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.

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Using strong political oversight to promote the whole Party's practice of "two safeguards"

By: 本报记者 张 洋

Political oversight is a powerful measure to urge the entire Party to adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.

Since 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on Party building and the Party's self-revolution, continuously promoting the specification, precision, and normalization of political oversight, promoting the entire Party to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthening the "Four Consciousnesses," firming the "Four Confidences," and achieving the "Two Safeguards," forming a good situation of working together to implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.

Wherever the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee reach, political oversight follows.

With a vast sea for a thousand sails to race, a tide surges to start a new journey. On December 18, 2025, the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) officially launched full island customs closure. After the closure, Hainan Island (海南岛) will implement a liberalization and facilitation policy system characterized by "'first line' liberalization, 'second line' control, and freedom within the island."

Building the Hainan Free Trade Port is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee, focusing on comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) personally planned, personally deployed, and personally promoted it, making a series of important instructions and approvals.

In 2025, at the critical juncture of fully promoting full island customs closure, the Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervisory Commission (海南省纪委监委) deployed and carried out the "Supervision and Guarantee Year for Customs Closure Operation" action. How are the free trade port policies being implemented in enterprises? Is the construction of customs closure operation projects going smoothly? ... Discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels in Hainan Province (海南省) rely on the "Supervision One Network" platform to strengthen full tracking and online supervision. From the discovery of problems, initiation of handling, to rectification progress and completion, each link is "exposed" on the platform, and a series of difficulties and blockages affecting the construction of the free trade port are resolved.

Wherever the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee reach, political oversight follows. Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have always taken the implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and important instructions and approvals as the primary political responsibility, focusing on the implementation of the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments on further comprehensively deepening reform and doing a good job in the "14th Five-Year Plan" closing work, strengthening supervision and inspection, and ensuring implementation.

Innovation is the primary driving force. Focusing on promoting the integrated development of technological innovation and industrial innovation, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province (江苏省苏州市纪委监委) closely monitors key links such as project review, funding use, and achievement transformation, embedding supervision and following up on supervision.

Ecological and environmental protection is a "major matter of the country." The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province (云南省文山壮族苗族自治州纪委监委) urges functional departments to clarify responsibilities, identify problems, and plug loopholes by issuing discipline inspection and supervision recommendations, and issuing warning alerts.

Rows of new buildings stand side by side, the elderly sit and bask in the sun in the community square, and the assistance workshop is busy and orderly... This is the largest ecological resettlement area in Jiangxi Province (江西省) - Wu'an Jincheng (武安锦城) in Wuning County (武宁县).

2025 is the last year of China's transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization. The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Wuning County (武宁县纪委监委) continues to strengthen political oversight, strictly investigate and deal with unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems that infringe upon the interests of the masses in the field of comprehensive rural revitalization, promote the improvement of dynamic monitoring and assistance mechanisms to prevent returning to poverty, and help draw a picture of a strong agriculture, a beautiful countryside, and rich farmers.

Upholding integrity and innovating, continuously improving the precision and effectiveness of supervision.

Tiegang Village (铁岗村), Jindu Town (金渡镇), Gaoyao District (高要区), Zhaoqing City (肇庆市), Guangdong Province (广东省), used to be relatively unknown, but now it has become a "Shangri-La" that urbanites yearn for. The change stems from the "High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousands of Villages" continuously promoted and implemented by Guangdong Province (广东省).

In November 2025, when General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Guangdong (广东), he pointed out: "It is necessary to improve the mechanisms for coordinated regional development and integrated urban-rural development, and gradually make up for the shortcoming that the gap between urban and rural areas is still relatively large. The 'High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousands of Villages' implemented by you has brought new changes to the appearance of townships, and it must be continued."

Looking back on this year, the discipline inspection and supervision agencies of Guangdong Province (广东省纪检监察机关) have thoroughly studied and implemented the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on coordinated urban-rural and regional development, based on their functional responsibilities, and strengthened political oversight. Facing the current situation of many projects and large amounts of funds in the "High-Quality Development Project of Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousands of Villages," the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervisory Commission (省纪委监委) issued key work points, clarifying 22 key supervision points in 6 aspects, including industrial development and human settlement environment improvement. Various localities have further refined the list and precisely exerted efforts with "small cuts" - the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Boluo County, Huizhou City (惠州市博罗县纪委监委) promoted the rectification of the environment along the Huanan Kunshan-Luofu Mountain (环南昆山—罗浮山) line, and the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Gaozhou City (高州市纪委监委) helped solve the problems of lychee preservation and processing... Under the escort of supervision, the appearance of the countryside has quietly been renewed.

Political oversight must not only grasp the key points, but also pay attention to methods. Since 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have deeply grasped the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, made good use of the positions, viewpoints, and methods that run through it, upheld integrity and innovated, actively explored, and continuously improved the precision and effectiveness of supervision.

This year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) assisted the Party Central Committee in formulating measures for discipline inspection and supervision agencies to carry out political oversight work. Discipline inspection and supervision commissions in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), Zhejiang (浙江), Henan (河南) and other places have issued work guidelines in light of local realities.

In response to the implementation of major cross-regional and cross-departmental strategies, discipline inspection and supervision agencies have focused on improving the collaborative supervision mechanism. Focusing on the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (成渝地区双城经济圈), in May 2025, the discipline inspection and supervision agencies of 4 cities and 4 districts in southern Sichuan and western Chongqing (川南渝西地区4市4区纪检监察机关) jointly released a list of key cooperation and development matters, clarifying 11 key tasks in 3 aspects: "joint promotion of major strategy implementation," "joint cultivation and training of teams," and "joint investigation and governance of centralized rectification."

Handling cases is the most powerful supervision. The discipline inspection and supervision agencies of Fuyang City, Anhui Province (安徽省阜阳市纪检监察机关) kept in mind the "major matter of the country" of food security, adhered to looking at it from a political perspective and investigating it from a political perspective, strictly enforced political discipline and political rules, strictly investigated and dealt with violations of discipline and law such as cadres' irregular intervention in related projects and embezzlement of project funds, and adhered to promoting governance through cases, promoting relevant departments to formulate practical documents for the construction of high-standard farmland, and helping to build, manage, and use high-standard farmland well.

Achieving success through sustained efforts, integrating political oversight into daily work and grasping it regularly.

"The rectification work is relatively solid, and further efforts are needed in consolidating the results and drawing inferences about other cases." In the summer of 2025, the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervisory Commission (山西省纪委监委) sent an inspection team to supervise and inspect the relevant work of optimizing the business environment in Yangquan City (阳泉市), and at the same time conducted a "look back" at the rectification of the problems fed back by the inspection team in 2024.

Since 2023, the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supervisory Commission (山西省纪委监委) has organized political oversight of optimizing the business environment for three consecutive years. In 2025, supervision paid more attention to extending from individual case investigations to similar case rectifications, and at the same time extended its tentacles to the grassroots level, focusing on the urgent and difficult problems of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, and escorting the iterative upgrade of the business environment with continuous and deepened supervision.

Supervision is valuable in achieving success through sustained efforts and achieving normalization and long-term effectiveness. Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have adhered to integrating supervision into the formulation and implementation of major development strategies, important policies and measures, and key project tasks, and regularly carried out "look back" on the implementation, ensuring comprehensive implementation, precise implementation, and high-quality implementation.

Inspections are a strategic institutional arrangement for intra-Party supervision and a sharp weapon for managing the Party and governing the country. In 2025, according to the deployment of the Party Central Committee, the Central Inspection Work Leading Group (中央巡视工作领导小组) organized and carried out two rounds of inspections, achieving high-quality full coverage of inspections of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and simultaneously upgraded the inspection of Kunming City (昆明市) and conducted joint inspections of 15 sub-provincial cities.

This year, the Party committees of 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团) inspected a total of 2,663 Party organizations; 186 central units conducted internal inspections of 31,000 Party organizations; and cities and counties across the country inspected 111,000 village Party organizations.

Inspections must not only discover problems, but also promote the solution of problems. This year, we explored and carried out inspection rectification inspection and evaluation, conducted a "look back" on the inspection rectification of centrally-administered enterprises; improved the inspection situation notification mechanism, and strengthened rectification accountability... "We continue to improve the mechanism, consolidate responsibilities, promote the coordinated efforts of relevant entities, strengthen inspection rectification and the application of results, and continuously improve the effectiveness of promoting reform and governance through inspections," said a relevant person in charge of the Central Inspection Office (中央巡视办).

2026 is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels will firmly grasp the positioning of political organs, perform their duties and responsibilities, and take responsibility, and promote the entire Party to think in one direction and work together with high-quality political supervision, ensuring that Chinese-style modernization always moves forward in the correct direction.

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Four Departments Issue Document to Promote Workers' Cultural and Sports Activities

According to our report from Beijing on January 7th (Reporter Yi Shuran (易舒冉)), to encourage trade unions at all levels to increase the number of spring and autumn outings based on actual conditions, up to 4 outings can be organized each year; to encourage grassroots trade unions to issue cultural and tourism consumption coupons and movie tickets based on actual conditions; to encourage grassroots trade unions to use membership fees to purchase annual tickets for tourist attractions in the province or region where employees are located and other cultural tourism products... Recently, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (全国总工会), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), the National Film Administration (国家电影局), and the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) jointly issued the "Opinions on Deeply Promoting the High-Quality Development of Workers' Cultural and Sports Work in the New Era and Expanding Workers' Cultural and Sports Consumption," making arrangements around systematically promoting workers' cultural and sports work and expanding workers' cultural and sports consumption.

The opinion puts forward 8 key tasks, clarifying that by 2030, a widely covered, clearly hierarchical, and distinctive workers' cultural and sports activity system will be basically established, and a number of workers' cultural and sports brand projects with national influence will be created.

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First Edition Editors: Yang Xu, Zhang Shuaizhen, Zhang Yujie; Second Edition Editors: Jiang Xuejie, Qi Jiarun, Guo Xueyan; Third Edition Editors: Han Xiaoming, Jiang Bo, Li Anqi; Fourth Edition Editors: Bai Zhiyu, Chen Zhen, Zhang Xueyan

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Persist in Opening Up and Promote Mutually Beneficial Cooperation in Multiple Fields (Seeking Progress While Maintaining Stability, Improving Quality and Enhancing Efficiency to Achieve a Good Start for the "15th Five-Year Plan")

By: 本报记者 罗珊珊

Expanding high-level opening-up is an important magic weapon for promoting reform and development.

At present, the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, major-country relations are affecting the international situation, and the evolution of the international situation is profoundly affecting domestic development. The Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) held at the end of 2025 clearly stated when deploying this year's economic work that it is necessary to "better coordinate domestic economic work and international economic and trade struggles." Against this background, firmly adhering to opening-up is a key choice for grasping the general trend and forging ahead.

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "As a major contributor to and anchor of world economic growth, China will unswervingly expand high-level opening-up, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, continue to share its development opportunities with the world, and inject more positive energy and certainty into global development."

Entering 2026, the international economic and trade landscape is undergoing profound restructuring. All regions and departments must rationally and dialectically analyze the complex and ever-changing external environment, proactively recognize, respond to, and seek changes, and use the certainty of high-level opening-up to cope with various uncertainties, and win strategic initiative in fierce international competition.

Steadily Promote Institutional Opening-up

The level of opening-up is complementary to the quality of development and the depth of reform.

The higher the quality of development and the deeper the reform, the higher the requirements for opening-up. Both the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposals and the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) regard "institutional opening-up" as a key direction for expanding opening-up.

Experts said that different from the traditional opening-up of commodities and factors of production, institutional opening-up focuses on the international alignment of rules, regulations, management, and standards, and is a key measure to solve deep-seated institutional and mechanism obstacles and shape new advantages in international competition.

The focus of institutional opening-up is to align with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and free trade pilot zones and free trade ports are key carriers for pioneering trials.

Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao (王文涛) said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" (十四五) period, we regarded free trade pilot zones as "experimental fields" for institutional opening-up, and launched a number of landmark and pioneering measures, and achieved a series of breakthrough and exemplary results. At present, 22 free trade pilot zones are distributed in the east, west, south, north, and central parts of China, contributing about 1/5 of the country's foreign investment and total import and export volume.

On December 18, 2025, Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), an important gateway for China to promote high-level opening-up, officially launched full island customs closure operations. On the same day, Siemens Energy held a groundbreaking ceremony for the gas turbine assembly base and service center in Danzhou City (儋州市), Hainan Province (海南省). "The Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自由贸易港) has an excellent institutional framework, providing a stable and efficient platform for cooperation, which helps Siemens Energy build an industrial ecosystem covering the entire industrial chain," said Joern Schmucker, Senior Vice President of Siemens Energy Global.

Ornella Onu, CEO of the World Free Zones Organization, said that the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) is becoming a "testing ground" for global high-standard trade rules, high-efficiency customs models, and a good business environment, and the experience accumulated in its development and construction will also promote China's institutional opening-up to continuously take new steps.

Reform will not stop, and opening-up will not cease. Yuan Xiaoming (袁晓明), Assistant Minister of Commerce, said that the Ministry of Commerce will continue to fully support the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港), focus on deepening institutional innovation in trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, expanding market opening, and fair market competition, promote the interconnection and compatibility of rules, regulations, management, and standards, and create a first-class business environment.

Promote the Improvement of Quality and Efficiency of Foreign Trade

Foreign trade is an important engine for driving economic growth and an important hub for smoothing the domestic and international dual circulation.

In 2025, facing a complex and severe external environment, China's foreign trade went against the trend and achieved stable quantity and improved quality, showing abundant vitality with steady growth. In the first 11 months of 2025, the total value of China's goods trade import and export was 41.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year.

In 2026, how to further promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of foreign trade? The Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议) pointed out the direction - promoting the integration of trade and investment, and the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade. Encourage and support service exports, and actively develop digital trade and green trade.

Promoting the integration of trade and investment and the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade is a strategic move to actively respond to the profound changes in the global economic and trade landscape.

The integration of trade and investment, as the name suggests, emphasizes the coordinated linkage of trade and investment.

"Previously, companies mostly went overseas in a single way. Now, more and more companies are combining commodity and service trade with cross-border capital investment, driving trade growth through investment layout, and then using trade networks to deepen investment and take root, forming a virtuous cycle of 'exchanging investment for markets and promoting investment with trade'," said Huang Xiwei (黄希韦), Director of the China Financial Transaction Research Center of the University of International Business and Economics.

The integration of domestic and foreign trade emphasizes the smooth integration of the two markets, domestic and international.

In 2025, the integration of domestic and foreign trade in China continued to accelerate, and relevant policies and measures were successively implemented. The sixth meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee (中央财经委员会) held in July emphasized focusing on promoting the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade and smoothing the path for export to domestic sales.

"China has a huge market size and broad market space. The domestic market has always been a strong backing for foreign trade companies," said Wang Xuekun (王雪坤), Dean of the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce. It is necessary to better leverage the advantages of the super-large-scale market, promote the deep integration of domestic and foreign trade rules and systems, the effective connection of standard certification, and the smooth connection of market channels, and improve the efficiency of domestic and foreign trade conversion.

Actively develop service trade, digital trade, and green trade, and cultivate new momentum for foreign trade.

In recent years, China's service trade has developed rapidly, and its scale has remained among the top in the world. However, the proportion of China's total service trade in the total foreign trade is still lower than the global average. With changes in the external environment and the adjustment of China's industrial structure, it is necessary to place the acceleration of innovative development of service trade in a more important position.

A relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce said that it will support demonstration cities in the eastern region to leverage the advantages of high-end factor agglomeration, and resource-based cities in the central and western regions that meet the conditions to develop cloud computing, supercomputing, intelligent computing, artificial intelligence and other related service outsourcing businesses, and cultivate new growth points.

Promote All-round Cooperation and Win-Win Results

At the end of November 2025, a photovoltaic special train loaded with 35 carriages and 70 standard containers of photovoltaic glass panels slowly departed from the Hai'an (海安) Commercial and Trade Logistics Park in Jiangsu (江苏), exited the country from the Mohan (磨憨) Railway Port in Yunnan (云南), seamlessly connected with the China-Laos Railway, and went straight to the Vientiane South Station (万象南站) in Laos.

"This batch of goods travels south along the railway trunk line, and the entire transportation time only takes about 7 days, which is nearly half shorter than traditional sea transportation," introduced the relevant person in charge of Nantong Customs (南通海关). The opening of the "Nantong (南通) - Vientiane South (万象南)" China-Laos train has added new vitality to the economic and trade cooperation between the Yangtze River Delta region and the countries of the Indochina Peninsula.

In 2025, China unswervingly expanded opening-up. Internally, it promoted reform and development through opening-up, and externally, it promoted cooperation and win-win results through opening-up. A pattern of opening-up to the outside world in a wider range, wider fields, and deeper levels is accelerating. In 2026, the more complex and volatile the environment, the more necessary it is to promote all-round and multi-field cooperation and win-win results.

——Deepen the reform of the foreign investment promotion system and mechanism, and share opportunities and grow together with global companies.

From December 19 to 21, 2025, the first CIIE Premium Goods Fair was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) (国家会展中心（上海）). Sanofi brought a number of CIIE star exhibits that "went from the booth to the market" to the exhibition. Xingshuping (星舒平), which made its global debut at the eighth CIIE, was approved by the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in just over a month, achieving "global first launch" in China.

The Ministry of Commerce stated that it will continue to polish the "Invest in China" brand, create new advantages in attracting foreign investment, implement "access and operation," and create a transparent, stable, and predictable institutional environment.

——Promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and strengthen friendly mutual trust and interest integration with co-construction countries.

The "Belt and Road" is not a "solo show," but a "grand chorus." In the first 11 months of 2025, China's total imports and exports to countries co-building the "Belt and Road" totaled 21.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 6% year-on-year.

Wang Xuekun (王雪坤) believes that China must rely on countries co-building the "Belt and Road" to adjust and optimize the strategic layout of international economic and trade cooperation, and expand new space for China's international circulation. It is necessary to strengthen strategic alignment, deepen infrastructure "hard connectivity," rules and standards "soft connectivity," and people-to-people "heart connectivity" with co-construction countries, improve the three-dimensional interconnection network layout, and coordinate the promotion of major landmark projects and "small but beautiful" livelihood projects.

——Promote the negotiation and signing of more regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements, and expand new space for win-win development.

Expanding a high-standard free trade zone network facing the world is an important measure for China to promote higher-level opening-up to the outside world and accelerate the construction of a new development pattern under new historical conditions. At present, China has signed 24 free trade agreements with 31 countries and regions.

Wang Wentao (王文涛) said that it is necessary to make good use of multilateral platform mechanisms, accelerate the process of regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements, and expand the high-standard free trade zone network. Implement the measure of implementing 100% tariff-free treatment on products under 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China through the negotiation and signing of economic partnership agreements for common development, and flexibly and pragmatically negotiate and sign more bilateral and small multilateral trade and investment agreements.

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Promoting High-Quality Development Through High-Level Opening Up (Editor's Note)

By: 吴 凯

The Central Economic Work Conference proposed adhering to opening up to the outside world and promoting win-win cooperation in multiple fields. Today's China is closely connected with the world and is promoting deep-level reforms and high-quality development through high-level opening up, and constantly bringing new impetus and new opportunities to the world with China's new development.

Looking back at the "14th Five-Year Plan," opening up and development have been advancing steadily and vigorously, and the results of opening up have been fruitful and gratifying.

Data witnesses the quality of opening up. Foreign trade has taken on a new look. In the first 11 months of 2025, China's total value of imports and exports of goods trade reached 41.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.6% year-on-year. Foreign investment cast a vote of confidence. In the first 11 months of 2025, 61,200 new foreign-invested enterprises were established in China, an increase of 16.9% year-on-year. These impressive data not only demonstrate the vitality of China's economy, but also reflect the global market's confidence and expectations for China's development prospects.

In 2026, the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," the pace of opening up will be more firm and the picture of opening up will be more beautiful.

Offset the uncertainty of the international cooperation environment with the certainty of open cooperation. Focusing on steadily promoting institutional opening up, three measures will be launched, including orderly expanding the autonomous opening up of the service sector; focusing on promoting the improvement of the quality and efficiency of foreign trade, special policies will be studied and introduced to expand the import of high-quality consumer goods and support the import of key equipment, technologies and parts; continuing to work hard to optimize the business environment and expand the attraction of foreign investment, a new batch of policy measures to optimize the foreign investment environment will be launched, guided by deepening the reform of the foreign investment promotion system and mechanism... China is increasing confidence, adding vitality, and winning the initiative with a higher level of opening up to the outside world.

Open China is opening up a broader world for its own high-quality development with unprecedented confidence and composure, and will surely inject more stability and positive energy into the world economy.

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The beaches of Sanya are captivating.

By: 本报记者 曹文轩

Lying on the beach, basking in the sun, facing the sea, and enjoying the warm breeze. In Yalong Bay (亚龙湾), Sanya (三亚), Hainan (海南), Belarusian (白俄罗斯) tourist Yelena (叶莲娜) and her family are enjoying a wonderful time.

"This is my second time in Hainan (海南), and the beaches of Sanya (三亚) are fascinating," Yelena (叶莲娜) said. Many street-front shops and restaurant menus in Sanya (三亚) have Russian signs, and some service staff can communicate in simple Russian, which makes her feel very welcome.

The friendly tourism environment allows Yelena (叶莲娜) and her family to explore the local life in depth. "We can spend money by linking our overseas bank cards. There are no restrictions on duty-free shopping, the categories are very rich, and the shopping process is smooth. We also plan to expand our scope of play and go to the tropical rainforest in central Hainan (海南) and the Qilou Old Street (骑楼老街) in Haikou (海口)." Yelena (叶莲娜) said.

"The current demand of overseas tourists has shifted from simple sightseeing to differentiated and localized experiences," said He Jin (何瑾), chairman of Hainan Saiao Fei International Travel Agency (海南赛奥飞国际旅行社). Personalized tourism programs such as tourism and family visits, and traditional Chinese medicine health preservation are very attractive.

Currently, citizens of 86 countries can come to Hainan (海南) visa-free with ordinary passports. Hainan (海南) is working hard to develop international routes, optimize the payment environment, and enrich tourism products to promote the continuous warming of inbound tourism. According to statistics, in 2025, Hainan (海南) received more than 5.9 million inbound overnight tourists, an increase of more than 50% compared with 2024.

After the entire island is closed off, the air connectivity and convenience between the Free Trade Port and the world will be accelerated. The "Sanya (三亚) - Prague (布拉格)" route has been successfully opened, becoming the first seventh freedom passenger route in the Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港). Previously, traveling from Europe to southern Chinese cities usually required multiple transfers. The "Sanya (三亚) - Prague (布拉格)" route provides European passengers with a more direct, convenient, and comfortable intercontinental travel option.

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"Confidence in rooting in China is stronger"

By: 本报记者 王昊男

A notification of data export filing results is a footnote to Beijing's promotion of high-level opening up to the outside world. In December 2025, AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical company located in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (北京经开区), successfully passed the filing review of the "Decentralized Clinical Research" data export negative list.

"A compliant and efficient data export channel is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation of the company's business," said Leon Wang (林骁), Executive Vice President, International and China President, AstraZeneca. "The increasingly open policy environment is one of the important reasons why we chose Beijing (北京) as a globally important strategic anchor for our company."

It is not only the flow of data that has been put on the "fast forward button," but also rare disease drugs. In the first half of 2025, relying on the "Rare Disease Drug Security Pioneer Zone" built by the Tianzhu Free Trade Zone (天竺综保区), two innovative drugs from AstraZeneca were successively approved by the National Medical Products Administration (国家药监局) for temporary import of urgently needed clinical drugs.

"The open ecosystem and considerate services give us more confidence to take root in China," said Leon Wang (林骁). Since entering China in 1993, AstraZeneca has invested more than 5 billion US dollars in China, and China has become its second largest market in the world. "The number of employees in Beijing (北京) is expected to increase to more than 1,700 in the future."

From data flow to drug customs clearance, from institutional innovation to ecological cultivation, Beijing (北京) is gathering global resources with a higher level of openness. Over the past five years, Beijing (北京) has seized the opportunity to build a National Comprehensive Demonstration Zone for Expanding Opening-up of the Service Industry and a Pilot Free Trade Zone, and has cumulatively implemented more than 400 reform and opening-up tasks approved by the State Council in two rounds, with more than 9,000 newly established foreign-funded enterprises.

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Order volume on hand increased again.

By: 本报记者 李亚楠

After receiving the customs declaration form and watching a special transport vehicle carrying 80-meter-long wind turbine blades leave China from the Horgos (霍尔果斯) highway port in Xinjiang (新疆) and head towards Kazakhstan, Qian Yanni (钱艳尼), a customs broker at Xinjiang Feichi International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (新疆飞驰国际货运代理有限公司), breathed a sigh of relief: more than 230 vehicles of wind power equipment had all completed agency export procedures and were being transported to wind power projects in countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative.

"Chinese enterprises, relying on advanced new energy technologies, mature infrastructure construction experience, and a complete industrial chain, are injecting green development momentum into Central Asian countries, and also finding new paths for themselves to expand into the international market," Qian Yanni (钱艳尼) told reporters. The company started acting as an agent for the export of large wind power equipment in 2016 and currently owns more than 100 special vehicles.

In the past two years, the company's orders for the export of large wind power equipment have continued to increase. Starting in 2023, in addition to Kazakhstan, export destinations have also increased to include Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and others. Currently, two new freight forwarding companies have come to "share the cake," but Qian Yanni (钱艳尼) is not worried. "The whole cake is bigger, and the volume of orders in our hands has increased again." According to Qian Yanni (钱艳尼), the company has already successively received new orders for this year, and the total is expected to be more than the same period last year. "If our own special vehicles are not enough, we will have to rent vehicles."

"In response to the characteristics of large wind power equipment being ultra-wide and oversized, and the large turning radius of transport vehicles, customs has specially opened a dedicated channel for large equipment." Qian Yanni (钱艳尼) felt the change in customs clearance speed. Using the local direct access model, the goods can be loaded on the same day, customs declaration can be completed the next day, and the export can be completed through a dedicated channel.

As the largest port in Xinjiang (新疆) for exporting wind power equipment, according to statistics from Horgos Customs (霍尔果斯海关), in the first 11 months of 2025, the Horgos Port (霍尔果斯口岸) exported a total of 948 vehicles of wind power equipment.

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This edition's editors: Wu Kai, Lin Ziye, Huang Jinyu

This issue coordinated by: Wu Yan (吴燕), Lü Zhongzheng (吕钟正)
Layout design: Zhang Fangman (张芳曼)

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How to Get Public Data "Running" and "Used" (Big Data Observation: Reading the "14th Five-Year Plan")

By: 本报记者 施 钰

Expand the safe and orderly opening of basic public information data, and explore incorporating public data services into the public service system.
——Excerpt from the "14th Five-Year Plan" Outline

Improve the basic system of data elements, build an open, shared, and secure national integrated data market, and deepen the development and utilization of data resources.
——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" Proposals

Retired soldier Xu Chuanzong (许传宗) can enter scenic spots without a ticket by "scanning his face" at the gate; He Minna (贺敏娜), an employee of a company, found that the materials required for loan applications were reduced and the time to receive the funds was faster; engineer Lin Tao (林涛) is more confident in the city's effective flood prevention and drainage in the event of heavy rainfall... In Fujian (福建), public data application scenarios are constantly enriched, bringing many conveniences to production and life.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Fujian Provincial Data Administration (福建省数据管理局), Fujian (福建) has opened more than 45,000 public data catalogs, opened more than 10 billion public data items, and promoted the launch of more than 300 public data socialization application scenarios. Fujian (福建) has established a public data authorization operation price formation mechanism, and completed the policy closed loop of market-oriented allocation of public data resources from registration management, service supply to pricing and charging, fully releasing the value of public data resources.

How can public data "run" and "be used"? Looking at the whole country, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the reform of market-oriented allocation of data elements was comprehensively deepened, the construction of data resource management system and development and utilization reached a new height, and the construction of Digital China (数字中国) achieved remarkable achievements.

Optimize Livelihood Services
More data circulation, less running around for the masses

Sanfang Qixiang (三坊七巷) Historical and Cultural Block in Fuzhou (福州) is crowded with tourists and very lively.

Open the mobile applet, fill in personal real-name information, and authorize veteran certification with one click... "I didn't expect to be able to enter the scenic spot directly by clicking on my mobile phone, which is very convenient and heartwarming," said Xu Chuanzong (许传宗), "This saves a lot of time compared to going to the window to show my certificate for free tickets."

"There is a huge number of people who can enjoy tourism discounts, such as veterans, preferential treatment recipients, disabled people, the elderly, and students. The manual windows in scenic spots are under great pressure during the peak tourist season." Su Wansheng (苏万生), director of the Cultural and Tourism Department Technology Innovation Center for Transaction Data Elementization of Sanfang Qixiang (三坊七巷) Scenic Area, introduced that in order to improve the convenience of relevant people entering the park, the center launched the "Convenient Ticket-Free Entry for Specific Groups in Tourist Attractions" application in 2025. By retrieving data from the provincial veterans affairs, human resources and social security, disabled persons' federation, education and other departments through the public data platform, relevant people can complete data authorization and certification on their mobile phones, and can enjoy discounts according to the scenic spot's ticket purchase regulations to achieve "ticket-free entry." At present, the ticket-free convenient entry application has been launched and is being tested in 12 5A-level tourist attractions in Fujian (福建), and has cumulatively covered nearly 600,000 real-name authentication users in 2025.

"More data circulation, less running around for the masses." In the view of Liu Minjie (刘民杰), deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Data Administration (福建省数据管理局), developing public data application scenarios according to different social service needs under the premise of information security can effectively improve the convenience of the masses in handling affairs.

Chen (陈) , an old man in his 80s, does not know how to use a smartphone, but he also feels the convenience brought by data circulation. He lives in Nanping (南平), and has to go to a hospital in Fuzhou (福州) every 3 weeks to get medicine. "After completing the examination in my hometown hospital, I can come to Fuzhou (福州) to get medicine and go back on the same day, saving on accommodation costs."

"Before each dispensing, we will adjust the medication according to the results of blood routine and liver and kidney function tests." Zhang Guifeng (张桂枫), chief physician of the Department of Oncology, Fujian Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Fuzhou University (福州大学附属省立医院), Chen (陈) 's attending doctor, introduced that in the past, many out-of-town patients needed to wait overnight for the test results. In 2021, Fujian (福建) launched a medical examination and test result mutual recognition information system, so that many out-of-town patients can complete the examination in their local hospitals in advance, and then take the results to the hospital in Fuzhou (福州) for diagnosis and medication. Since the system was launched, it has achieved mutual recognition of 171 examination and test results, and a total of 654 hospitals have been included in the mutual recognition institutions.

Promote Financing Docking
Connecting bank-enterprise information and accelerating capital flow

Log in to the Fujian "Jin Fu Yun" (金服云) platform website, enter the special, specialized, and new enterprise loan page, fill in the application amount, term, guarantee method, designated financial institution, loan type and other information, He Minna (贺敏娜), audit director of Fujian Aishi Innovation Materials Co., Ltd. (福建阿石创新材料股份有限公司), skillfully demonstrates the loan application process.

"Click submit to release financing needs, and directly enjoy the interest rate after financial discount after completing the loan." He Minna (贺敏娜) said that at the beginning of 2025, the company obtained a one-year credit loan of 30 million yuan from Industrial Bank (兴业银行) through the "Jin Fu Yun" (金服云) platform for the purchase of raw materials. "In the past, it took a month to provide a lot of supporting materials, and the discounted funds had to be re-applied to the government." He Minna (贺敏娜) said that the number of materials required for this loan was significantly reduced, and it only took 5 working days from application to loan issuance, and the financing cost after the discount decreased by 30% compared with before.

Enterprises hope to obtain loans quickly, and financial institutions need to fully assess the lending conditions. How to balance the needs of both parties?

"Rely on data to open up the information channel between banks and enterprises." Chen Zhichao (陈智超), chairman of Fujian Jin Fu Yun Credit Investigation Co., Ltd. (福建省金服云征信有限责任公司), introduced that taking this special, specialized, and new special loan as an example, the platform can directly verify the enterprise's application qualifications by importing the list of special, specialized, and new enterprises.

Calling more data to build an evaluation model can also provide decision support for financial institutions to quickly grant credit and issue loans.

"Small and micro enterprises log in to the application interface, fill in basic information, and authorize data calls, and we can quickly calculate the enterprise's loanable amount and conduct enterprise credit evaluation based on the data. The enterprise applies in the morning, and can get the loan as soon as the afternoon of the same day." Yang Chao (杨超), staff member of the Inclusive Finance Department of Fujian Rural Credit Cooperative Union (福建省农村信用社联合社), introduced that in response to the financing needs of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, the cooperative and the "Jin Fu Yun" (金服云) platform jointly developed the "Micro e-Loan" product, calling industrial and commercial, tax, electricity, social security and other data in the public data platform, and automatically generating enterprise credit opinions, which has become an important basis for issuing credit loans.

"In the past, business personnel were busy collecting enterprise supporting materials, going through approval procedures, and archiving credit files every day. Now with the assistance of data models, enterprises are more worry-free, and business personnel have more time to deeply serve customers." Yang Chao (杨超) introduced that since the "Micro e-Loan" pilot, it has served 142 customers with a loan balance of about 137 million yuan.

"According to the different needs of financial institutions, we use public data to generate a variety of enterprise credit evaluation models to enable financial institutions to 'dare to lend, be willing to lend, be able to lend, and know how to lend'." Chen Zhichao (陈智超) said that as of the end of December 2025, the "Jin Fu Yun" (金服云) platform has served nearly 1.1 million enterprise financing transactions, with a financing amount of more than 1.57 trillion yuan, and financial institutions have called various related credit reports more than 3.3 million times.

Assist Urban Governance
Real-time collection and monitoring, intelligent joint scheduling

Public data can also become the "eyes" and "brain" of urban governance.

A set of data comparison allows Lin Tao (林涛), an engineer at the Scheduling Office of the Fuzhou (福州) Urban Water System Joint Drainage and Regulation Center, to see the ability of data to "control water"——

When Typhoon "Megi" landed in 2016, the maximum 24-hour rainfall was 241.2 mm, and a large area of the city was flooded, and many residential areas and underground garages were flooded. During the landing of Typhoon "Gemi" in 2024, the maximum 24-hour rainfall reached 327.5 mm, but there was basically no water accumulation in the city during the entire period of rainfall, and traffic was normal.

"Previously, the water-related management functions in the urban area were scattered in 5 units, each managing its own affairs. When heavy rainfall came, everything depended on manual measurement and reporting and experience disposal, which was not efficient." Lin Tao (林涛) introduced that in 2017, Fuzhou (福州) integrated various water-related management departments and established the Urban Water System Joint Drainage and Regulation Center, which changed from departmental division to joint management, and various water-related data were also opened up.

Xu Tao (徐涛), director of the Science and Technology Information Department of the Fuzhou (福州) Urban Water System Joint Drainage and Regulation Center, introduced that the center's urban water system scientific scheduling system has been connected to 133 rain gauge stations, 589 water quality and water level stations, 750 road water accumulation stations, and 1604 pipeline network water level monitoring points, and shares and integrates data from meteorological, hydrological, water conservancy, traffic police and other departments to grasp the operating status of key water systems in the city in real time. "Once water accumulates on the road, an alarm will be automatically triggered, and nearby staff can quickly arrive to deal with it," said Xu Tao (徐涛).

Real-time data helps rapid response, and historical data can also be used to train big data prediction models, thereby assisting decision-making.

"During continuous rainfall, it is necessary to ensure that the downstream river water does not backflow, and also to allow the upstream reservoir to scientifically discharge floodwater." Lin Tao (林涛) said that water system scheduling is a systematic project, and dynamically changing rainfall, pipeline network water level and other conditions will affect scheduling decisions.

"With the analysis model, by inputting various real-time data, we can predict the future river water level rise in each time period." Lin Tao (林涛) introduced that this model has played an important role in many past heavy rainfall events.

With the help of data collection and analysis, since the establishment of the joint drainage and regulation mechanism, the emergency response efficiency of drainage and flood control in Fuzhou (福州) urban area has increased by more than 50%, and the storage capacity of reservoirs and lakes has increased by more than 30%.

"Public data has huge economic and social value." Liu Minjie (刘民杰) said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, a local data protection and utilization mechanism will be established, more abundant application scenarios will be expanded, and data will release greater potential and benefit more subjects.

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Unlocking the Full Value of Public Data (Expert Commentary)

By: 欧阳日辉

Public data is an important component of data elements and contains enormous value. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China has continued to establish and improve policies for the development and utilization of public data, allowing public data to "run" and be "used," achieving positive progress.

A sharing system of "horizontal connection and vertical linkage" has been basically established. Horizontally, Zhejiang (浙江), Fujian (福建), Chongqing (重庆), and other places are accelerating the construction of integrated government big data systems to support cross-level, cross-departmental, and cross-business data calls, enabling data to empower grassroots burden reduction and facilitate enterprise and public services. Vertically, the National Integrated Government Data Sharing Hub promotes the return of departmental data to local areas, supporting more than 540 billion shared calls by various regions and departments, effectively supporting the implementation of the "efficient handling of one matter" list, and continuously enhancing the sense of gain for enterprises and the public.

The public data opening "data forest" is growing vigorously. In 2024, the number of public data opening platforms at the prefecture-level city level and above nationwide increased by 7.5%, and the amount of data opened increased by 7.1%. The "root system" of the public data opening "data forest" continues to extend to the grassroots level, and 11 provincial-level opening platforms, including Guangdong (广东), Jiangsu (江苏), and Shandong (山东), have achieved data interconnection with prefecture-level city opening platforms.

Authorized operation has become a new highlight in the supply of public data. Fujian (福建) is promoting the implementation of the overall authorization model, basically running through the entire process of registration, authorized operation, and product and service pricing. Beijing (北京) is deepening the application of the public data sub-field authorization model, and has provided more than 400 million services to more than 60 financial institutions and more than 700,000 market operators. Under the premise of ensuring safety and controllability, authorized operation provides data resources, products, and services to the market, which is becoming an important way to promote the development and utilization of public data resources.

The application scenarios for the development and utilization of public data are constantly enriched. The National Data Bureau has cumulatively released 100 demonstration scenarios for public data "running," and a number of scalable and replicable models and practices are accelerating their formation. For example, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism actively promotes the "convenience of entering tourist attractions" service, strengthens data sharing and identity verification for groups such as veterans and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and has covered thousands of scenic spots. The China Meteorological Administration has built a meteorological data circulation security supervision platform, which has realized unified management of 14,000 data products in the meteorological field, supporting nearly 130,000 application scenarios.

Looking ahead to the "15th Five-Year Plan," public data will shift from mechanism exploration to large-scale operation in the supply chain, and from scenario demonstration to full-domain empowerment in the application chain. With the deepening of market-oriented allocation reform of data elements, the value of public data will be fully released, and the construction of Digital China will be more vigorous.

(The author is Wang Yunsan (王云杉), Vice President of the China Internet Economy Research Institute of the Central University of Finance and Economics and a member of the National Data Expert Advisory Committee, interviewed and compiled by a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Let more people see intangible cultural heritage.

By: 王开玉

Not long ago, during the New Year holiday, many primary and secondary school students came to visit the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区). The children were fascinated and also enjoyed themselves in the intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience area. Since its trial operation on September 14, 2025, the Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum has received nearly 100,000 visitors. Our goal is to provide a larger platform for intangible cultural heritage inheritors and to allow more people to experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage.

I started working at the Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Research Center (新疆非遗保护研究中心) in 2010. I participated in everything from the construction of the autonomous region-level representative project list of intangible cultural heritage to the general survey of intangible cultural heritage resources. We went to various prefectures and cities to conduct field surveys to understand the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage projects at the grassroots level. I also witnessed the transformation of Xinjiang's intangible cultural heritage from spontaneous inheritance to systematic protection.

At that time, we went to Shache County (莎车县) in Kashgar Prefecture (喀什地区) to find inheritors of the Twelve Muqam (十二木卡姆) intangible cultural heritage. The Twelve Muqam is a large-scale comprehensive art form integrating singing, dancing, and music. We carried cameras to create oral histories, and at the same time, we invited the inheritors to leave Shache County to teach in schools and perform in various parts of the country and even abroad. Everywhere they went, they were surrounded by enthusiastic audiences, and everyone gradually understood the value of this intangible cultural heritage. This made us more deeply feel the significance of the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.

As of the end of 2024, Xinjiang (新疆) has 141 national-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage, 567 autonomous region-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage, 2,803 prefecture and city-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage, and 5,933 county and district-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage. However, intangible cultural heritage inheritors lack a place where they can centrally display, inherit, and conduct training. As a common cultural memory of all ethnic groups, intangible cultural heritage should be seen by more people, and intangible cultural heritage inheritors should have a more professional stage. As a result, the Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (新疆非遗馆) came into being.

The Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (新疆非遗馆) has opened four basic display exhibitions: "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Festivals," "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Life," "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Etiquette," and "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Various Provinces and Regions," and planned five special exhibitions: "Jade from Kunlun (昆仑)," "Splendid Carpets," "The Work of Pottery," "Unceasing String Music," and "Intangible Cultural Heritage on the Silk Road." The museum has a collection of nearly 3,000 pieces (sets).

Live inheritance is a highlight of the Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (新疆非遗馆). In order to practice the concept of seeing people, seeing objects, and seeing life, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum regularly invites inheritors to come for exhibitions and interactions. Once, we invited three inheritors of "Manas (玛纳斯)" from Tekes County (特克斯县) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州). They were already in their sixties and seventies, but they were very happy after hearing about it. They traveled all the way from the village to Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市) just to allow the audience to appreciate the heroic epic "Manas" on the spot. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum also signed a cooperation agreement with the Xinjiang Arts Institute (新疆艺术学院), and students joined the ranks of intangible cultural heritage inheritors, performing regularly to ensure that the inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage continues uninterrupted.

Next, we plan to lead more Xinjiang (新疆) intangible cultural heritage inheritors to go out, and at the same time invite intangible cultural heritage inheritors from other provinces to come in, to enhance exchanges and learn from experience. We also plan to build a joint industry-university-research base with universities, and cooperate in volunteer recruitment and docent training; at the same time, we will promote the integration of culture and tourism, create cultural and creative brands, and create research and study projects, and strive to make the Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (新疆非遗馆) a popular destination.

(The author is the deputy curator of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区非物质文化遗产馆), interviewed and compiled by Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥), a reporter from this newspaper)

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Participating in the Protection and Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage is Gradually Becoming a Social Trend

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's (中国) intangible cultural heritage protection has achieved outstanding results, the team for intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance has grown stronger, the level of protection and inheritance has been further improved, and intangible cultural heritage has continued to integrate into modern life, meeting the people's growing needs for a better life.

Systematic protection has been steadily promoted. 14 national-level cultural ecological protection experimental zones have passed acceptance, and 276 national and provincial-level cultural ecological protection zones have carried out holistic protection of intangible cultural heritage and the human and natural environment on which it relies, so that people can see the mountains, see the water, and remember their nostalgia. The China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum (中国非遗馆) and 9 provincial-level intangible cultural heritage museums in Zhejiang (浙江), Guangdong (广东), and Xinjiang (新疆) have opened and operated, and a total of 2,290 national-level representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage have been recorded. There are 2,397 intangible cultural heritage protection institutions with more than 17,000 employees.

The inheritance of intangible cultural heritage has successors. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部), together with the Ministry of Education (教育部) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部), launched the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor Training Program. Over the past 10 years, it has gathered the strength of 149 universities to hold more than 1,400 training courses, covering more than 1,300 national-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage. More than 100 universities have established undergraduate majors in intangible cultural heritage protection and related research directions.

Tourism and intangible cultural heritage collide to create new sparks of consumption. Beijing Temple Fair (北京庙会), Chaoshan Yingge Dance (潮汕英歌舞), Guangdong Lion Dance (广东醒狮)... Various places have held experience activities such as intangible cultural heritage folk culture and intangible cultural heritage handicraft skills. "Intangible cultural heritage + performing arts," "intangible cultural heritage + tourism products," and "intangible cultural heritage + homestays" and other formats continue to incubate, and intangible cultural heritage-themed tourism routes continue to be updated.

Cross-border integration of modern elements makes intangible cultural heritage "trendy." On short video platforms, the number of videos related to intangible cultural heritage is increasing; intangible cultural heritage is integrated with fashion, animation, games, etc., and has more "opening methods"; Guochao (国潮) and new Chinese styles continue to "attract fans" among young people, and participating in the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage is gradually becoming a social trend.

(Compiled by Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥), a reporter from this newspaper)

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Loaded on board and set sail

On January 7th, 25,000 tons of vehicles and mechanical equipment were loaded onto a ship at Yantai Port (烟台港) in Shandong (山东), ready to be shipped to Côte d'Ivoire (科特迪瓦) in West Africa. This is the first batch of goods exported to Africa from Yantai (烟台) port in 2026.

According to statistics from Yantai Customs (烟台海关), the shipping volume of China-Africa liners from Yantai Port (烟台港) reached 5.81 million tons in 2025, an increase of 49% year-on-year, reaching a new historical high.

The picture shows trucks being hoisted onto a China-Africa liner for export to Africa.

Photo by Tang Ke (唐克) (Image China (影像中国)).

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Former Member of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee and Former Secretary of the Bijie Municipal Party Committee Wu Shenghua Severely Violated Party Discipline and Laws and Was Expelled from the Party and Removed from Public Office

This newspaper reported from Beijing on January 7th. With the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央), the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission (中央纪委国家监委) filed a case for investigation into the serious violations of discipline and law by Wu Shenghua (吴胜华), an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee, former member of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee (贵州省委), and former Secretary of the Bijie Municipal Party Committee (毕节市委).

The investigation found that Wu Shenghua lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original aspiration and mission, failed to effectively implement the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments on preventing and resolving local debt risks, failed to fulfill his primary responsibility for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, associated with political swindlers, engaged in superstitious activities, and resisted organizational review. He violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee (中央八项规定精神), accepted banquets that could have affected the impartial execution of public duties, and illegally equipped and used official vehicles. He violated organizational principles by failing to report personal matters as required, sought benefits for others in the selection and appointment of cadres, and accepted money and property. He lost his bottom line of integrity, illegally accepted gifts and money. He lacked a sense of responsibility and was lazy and negligent in his duties. He used his position to seek benefits for others in the approval of mineral resource development and contracting of construction projects, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property.

Wu Shenghua seriously violated the Party's political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, work discipline, and lifestyle discipline, constituted a serious violation of duty and was suspected of committing bribery crimes. Moreover, he did not restrain himself or 不收敛、不收手 (bù shōu liǎn、bù shōu shǒu - "not restrain, not stop," continuing misbehavior despite warnings) after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, his nature was serious, and his impact was vile, and he should be severely punished. In accordance with the "Regulations on Disciplinary Sanctions of the Communist Party of China" (《中国共产党纪律处分条例》), the "Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国监察法》), the "Law on Administrative Disciplinary Actions for Public Officials of the People's Republic of China" (《中华人民共和国公职人员政务处分法》) and other relevant regulations, after deliberation by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and reported to the Political Bureau of the Central Committee for deliberation, it was decided to give Wu Shenghua a punishment of expulsion from the Party; the National Supervisory Commission (国家监委) gave him a punishment of dismissal from public office; terminated his qualifications as a representative to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (党的二十大) and the 13th Guizhou Provincial Party Congress (贵州省第十三次党代会); confiscated his illegal gains; and transferred his suspected criminal problems to the procuratorial organs for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved was transferred together. The punishment of expulsion from the Party will be confirmed when the plenary session of the Central Committee is convened.

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This page's editors: Guan Xuanyue, Lu Tao, Gao Shang

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"China's Cold Pole" Offers Unique Warmth (China Highlights: Cold Resources Become Hot Industry)

By: 呼伦贝尔日报记者 张梁诚

"Icy land is also a gold mine." Many places adapt to local conditions, transforming the "characteristics" of natural endowments into "leverage points" for promoting high-quality development. This is not only a microcosm of regional economic transformation but also a vivid practice of the new development concept at the grassroots level, providing new ideas for promoting industrial revitalization and achieving common prosperity. Starting today, this edition launches a series of reports titled "Cold Resources Become Hot Industries," taking you to explore the stories of how various places are transforming "cold resources" into "hot industries."
——Editor

In December 2025, the lowest temperature in Genhe City (根河市), Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), had dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius. At 7 a.m., before dawn, reindeer herder Gu Musen (古木森) carried a birch bark bucket filled with dry moss, stepping on the thick snow towards the deer pen at the edge of the forest. Behind him, Wen Gang (文刚), a tourist from Guangdong (广东), carefully stepped out of the wooden house, the white breath instantly frosting his eyelashes.
This time, Wen Gang came to Genhe, known as the "Cold Pole of China," and encountered rare reindeer deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains (大兴安岭) forest.
"This fawn is very strong. If you feed it, it will remember you," Gu Musen said to Wen Gang. A reindeer with a star-shaped spot on its left ear walked slowly, gently lowering its head. This was Wen Gang's first time seeing a reindeer: "If I have the chance, I will come back to see them again."
Genhe, which means "clear and transparent river" in Mongolian, is a small city located on the northern slope of the Greater Khingan Mountains. The seven-month ice and snow period was once regarded as an obstacle to development. "Now we no longer avoid 'cold,' but reinterpret 'cold'—extreme cold becomes a scarce experience," said Song Ling (松岭), Director of the Genhe City Culture, Tourism, Radio, and Television Bureau.
In 2022, Genhe City launched the "Adopt a Reindeer" project. Tourists obtain adoption certificates by signing adoption agreements and can come to Genhe at any time for on-site visits. After the project was launched, it further boosted the growth of local winter tourist volume.
"This is not only a tourism project but also a cultural bond," Song Ling introduced. Each adopted reindeer is associated with an Ewenki (鄂温克族) family. Most of the adoption fees paid by tourists go directly to the reindeer herding families for reindeer protection and forest maintenance, and a portion is used for cultural inheritance.
Behind the reindeer adoption project is a complete cultural experience chain: visiting the reindeer herding tribe, learning Ewenki birch bark making skills, experiencing winter life in the forest area...
These experiences are rooted in real life. Gu Musen told reporters: "In the past, we only regarded reindeer as transportation and means of production. Now, they have become a bridge connecting cultures."
Following Wen Gang's itinerary, one can directly feel the operation of this cultural experience chain.
In the early morning, led by an Ewenki guide, he learned to break ice with an axe to fetch water and prepare "breakfast" for the reindeer. The outdoor thermometer pointed to minus 32 degrees Celsius, but during the feeding process, he kept bending down to get close to the reindeer.
At 10 a.m., he put on Ewenki national costumes and experienced the "Cold Pole Challenge": making a fire and boiling tea using traditional methods outdoors at minus 30 degrees Celsius. When the rising flames licked the bottom of the iron pot, he said with a smile: "It turns out that in extreme cold, a small pile of fire can make people so happy."
The story of Genhe has a deeper transformation background. The small city, which once prospered because of its forests, faced a difficult transformation after the comprehensive cessation of commercial logging of natural forests in 2015. How to transform "cold" and "remote" into new resources? Genhe's choice is: deep cultural and tourism integration.
"We don't do conventional ice and snow tourism," Song Ling said. "What we want to do is in-depth ice and snow cultural experiences."
Cold has become Genhe's unique productivity.
In Lengji Village (冷极村), Genhe City, villagers have transformed their courtyards into "low-temperature experimental fields": instant photography of water splashing into ice, comparison of the thermal insulation performance of different materials of clothing... These "experiments" have become popular experience projects.
Ma Dexin (马德新), Minister of the Operations Department of Lengji Village, told reporters that the demand for guest rooms is very high this winter, and sometimes reservations need to be made a week in advance. "Guests come precisely to experience how to live warmly in the severe cold," Ma Dexin said.
Data shows that from September to December 2025, Genhe City achieved a tourism revenue of 1.316 billion yuan, an increase of 12% year-on-year; the number of tourists received reached 903,600, an increase of 14.2% year-on-year.
Genhe's transformation is still ongoing. The local area is building an extended consumption chain focusing on hot spring health and supplemented by immersive dining experiences to help achieve the annual tourism target. "Cold is not the end, but the starting point," Song Ling said. "We want to show the world that in such a cold place, there is a new experience."
Another morning, Wen Gang is about to leave. As the car drove away, Wen Gang looked back and saw smoke rising from the wooden house and reindeer walking in the snow. This place, known for its "cold," is redefining the meaning of cold in a uniquely warm way.

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The village now has an industrial enclave.

By: 新华社记者 熊家林

"This is the first dividend the village collective has received from the industrial enclave outside the village!" Chen Hui (陈辉), the Party Branch Secretary of Yixi Village (义溪村) in Zhongcun Township (中村乡), Yongfeng County (永丰县), Ji'an City (吉安市), Jiangxi Province (江西省), said, holding the dividend statement, unable to hide his joy.

Yixi Village (义溪村) is located in the southern mountainous area of Yongfeng County (永丰县), where mechanized farming and large-scale industrial development are difficult, which restricts the village's industrial development.

Since 2024, Yongfeng County (永丰县) has constructed a "Party building + company + collective + farmer" development model, establishing one county-level "Common Prosperity Company" and more than 40 village-level "Common Prosperity Companies." The county-level "Common Prosperity Company" undertakes the tasks of resource integration and market connection, assesses the resource endowments and industrial needs of each village, and builds a bridge for cross-regional resource interaction.

The sweet potato industry cooperation between Zhongcun Township (中村乡) and Zuolong Township (佐龙乡) has become Yongfeng County's (永丰县) first landed "industrial enclave" project. Through the connection of the county-level "Common Prosperity Company," Yixi Village (义溪村) integrated village collective funds to invest in the sweet potato industry base in Zuolong Township (佐龙乡), jointly built drip irrigation facilities, and jointly developed the market. Today, the sweet potato seedlings cultivated by the base are sold to Hainan (海南), Shandong (山东) and other places.

(According to Xinhua News Agency)

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Down-to-earth summary, writing a solid answer sheet (Listening to Voices from Across the Seas)

By: 董汶鑫

Repaired over 400 meters of old irrigation canals; hardened muddy village roads and renovated old narrow bridges; newly built 4 river dams; connected tap water to the homes of over 200 villagers... At the end of 2025, the year-end summary video of Wang Hao (王浩), the post-00s Party branch secretary of Tenghuayu Village (藤花峪村) in Zaozhuang (枣庄), Shandong (山东), went viral online, affectionately dubbed a "down-to-earth" summary by netizens.

This summary lacks sophisticated editing techniques and exaggerated presentation, but the significant and minor changes in Tenghuayu Village (藤花峪村) over the past year are concretely presented in Wang Hao's (王浩) calm narration, earning thumbs-up from netizens for each practical project benefiting the people.

The popularity of this summary stems from its substantial work content. Each practical project in the video is supported by authentic footage, showcasing the tangible changes occurring in the village. It's not just Wang Hao (王浩); there are many such cadres at the grassroots level. In a series of videos posted online by Li Hao (李浩), a post-90s village cadre in Huai'an (淮安), Jiangsu (江苏), the bustling rural market and spacious rural roads constitute the annual memory of rural development.

The popularity of this summary stems from its pragmatic work style. Repairing irrigation canals, hardening road surfaces, and connecting tap water – these "key small matters" concern villagers' daily travel, production, and lives. They are "major issues" in promoting the construction of livable and beautiful villages and improving the level of rural governance. Treating the "small matters" of the masses as top priorities and actively promoting them with a practical and hardworking style, every achievement is adding bricks and tiles to the people's sense of gain and happiness.

The popularity of this summary stems from its innovative work ideas. In the past year, Wang Hao (王浩) and two young cadres formed an agricultural assistance team, using live-streaming e-commerce to boost villagers' income. In rural areas, there are many such young cadres who are rooted in the countryside, introducing industries, strengthening culture, and researching technology, constantly **推陈出新** (tuī chén chū xīn - "weed through the old to bring forth the new," to innovate; to develop new ideas on the basis of the old).

A year-end summary is a review of past work, a plan for future work, and a reflection and adherence to the original intention. Wang Hao's (王浩) year-end summary proves with practical actions that in the vast rural land, the new era of youth has much to offer and will have much to achieve.

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It's Now Easier to Reach Cliff Village

By: 新华社记者 吴光于 胡 旭 尹 恒

On January 1st, the Mabian to Zhaojue section of the Leshan-to-Xichang Expressway in Sichuan opened to traffic.

Located in the Daliang Mountains (大凉山) in southwestern China, sheer cliffs abound, and "cliff villages" are synonymous with traffic obstruction here. Adjacent to it, the Xiaoliang Mountains (小凉山) are even steeper than the Daliang Mountains (大凉山). "Previously, it took at least 5 hours to travel from Zhaojue County (昭觉县) in the Daliang Mountains (大凉山) to Mabian Yi Autonomous County (马边彝族自治县) in the Xiaoliang Mountains (小凉山). After the expressway opens, it will only take one and a half hours, and the journey to Chengdu (成都) will be shortened from 9 hours to 4 hours!" said Qumu Lagu (曲木拉古), a bus driver.

How difficult is it to build an expressway between the Daliang Mountains (大凉山) and the Xiaoliang Mountains (小凉山)? This area is located in the transition zone of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the Sichuan Basin, with rivers cutting through and ravines crisscrossing. The construction of the Daliang Mountain No. 1 Tunnel (大凉山1号隧道), which is 15.3 kilometers long, is the most difficult of all. The project innovatively adopted a combined construction process of "pilot tunnel TBM + main tunnel drilling and blasting method," which effectively overcame geological risks such as fault fracture and shortened the construction period.

The Daliang Mountains (大凉山) and Xiaoliang Mountains (小凉山) are ecologically sensitive areas, and the Dafengding (大风顶) area, which the expressway must pass through, is a densely distributed area of Davidia involucrata, a national first-class protected plant. "We tried our best to avoid it during the design stage. If it was unavoidable, we adopted scientific protection methods such as nearby transplantation, on-site protection, and planting and breeding," said Zhou Haibo (周海波), the designer of the expressway project.

"Walking out of the closed mountains was once the dream of countless Liangshan (凉山) children." Luo Gu'aji (罗古阿吉), Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (凉山彝族自治州) People's Congress and Secretary of the Zhaojue County (昭觉县) Party Committee, said that this land is striving to enter the "fast lane" of high-quality development.

(According to Xinhua News Agency)

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New Year, Stepping from "Happiness Dam" Towards Happiness

By: 本报记者 李俊杰

On the morning of January 1st, at Xingfu Ba Station (幸福坝站) on Hefei (合肥) Metro Line 3 in Anhui (安徽) Province, the first marriage registration point in a subway station in China – the Xingfu Ba Marriage Registration Office of Feixi County (肥西县) Civil Affairs Bureau – welcomed 116 couples to register. Yao Xian (姚仙) and Shi Zhengmei (石正梅), a couple born in the 1990s, arrived early in the morning from their home: "The name 'Xingfu Ba' itself has a beautiful meaning. Getting our marriage certificate here in the new year adds a sense of 'double happiness'."

Because of the romantically meaningful station name "Xingfu Ba," Hefei (合肥) Metro Line 3 is affectionately called by citizens "the subway to happiness." Based on thorough research and repeated demonstrations, the Feixi County (肥西县) Civil Affairs Bureau innovated its service model by moving the marriage registration office into the subway station, officially opening it to the public on February 5, 2024. This "urban romantic landmark" hidden in the subway station has witnessed the sweet moments of 5,170 couples since its opening.

Not limited to Xingfu Ba Station (幸福坝站). Since the "14th Five-Year Plan," Anhui Province (安徽省) has built 14 park-style marriage registration offices and 86 outdoor marriage certificate issuing bases, making marriage registration more convenient and warmer.

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"Guizhou Green Tea" First Plucking of the New Year Begins

People's Daily, Qianxinan, Guizhou (贵州黔西南), January 7th (Correspondent Li Zhongdi (李中迪)) On January 1st, the National Early Tea Conference and the 2026 "Guizhou Green Tea" First Plucking event were held in Chashengu (茶神谷), Lianmeng Village (联盟村), Chayuan Subdistrict (茶源街道), Puan County (普安县), Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (黔西南布依族苗族自治州), Guizhou.

Thanks to its unique ecological environment and three-dimensional climate, Guizhou's early tea sprouts about 20 days earlier than other tea areas and can be harvested in batches on New Year's Day. At the event, Puan County's export tea "Large Base" was officially unveiled, and more than 80,000 mu of registered tea gardens will open a green channel for tea exports.

Guangdong's "One Registration for Three Days" Implemented in an Orderly Manner

Southern Daily, Guangzhou (广州), January 7th (Reporter Zhang Ziwang (张梓望)) Recently, the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission (广东省卫生健康委) jointly with the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (中医药局) and the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control (疾病预防控制局) officially issued a notice regarding the "One Registration for Three Days" measure to benefit the people and facilitate their lives. Starting from January 1, 2026, all public medical institutions in Guangdong (广东) (including Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals and Maternal and Child Health Hospitals) will implement this policy in an orderly manner.

"One Registration for Three Days" refers to the fact that after a patient registers for a regular appointment for the first visit, if the examination and test results exceed the doctor's consultation time on the same day, resulting in the incomplete treatment, a "follow-up appointment" can be made free of charge within 3 natural days (including the day of the visit) for subsequent diagnosis and treatment.

Gansu Dunhuang Achieves Full Green Electricity Use Throughout the Year

Gansu Daily, Dunhuang (敦煌), January 7th (Reporter Wang Zhandong (王占东)) In 2025, Dunhuang City (敦煌市), Gansu Province (甘肃省), achieved full green electricity use throughout the year for the first time. Dunhuang City, located deep in the Gobi Desert of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊), is rich in wind and solar resources, with a wind power development potential of 28 million kilowatts and a photovoltaic power development potential of 86 million kilowatts.

At present, the total installed power capacity of Dunhuang City is 4.34 million kilowatts, all of which is renewable energy.

Nanning, Guangxi Releases Electronic Map of Temporary Convenience Markets

People's Daily, Nanning (南宁), January 7th (Reporter Zhang Yunhe (张云河)) Recently, the electronic map of temporary convenience markets in Nanning City (南宁市), Guangxi (广西), was officially released online. At present, Nanning City has set up a total of 207 temporary convenience markets with 14,487 stalls.

The temporary convenience markets are subject to dynamic management, and the electronic map will be updated with information from time to time according to actual operating conditions. Citizens and stallholders can use the designated link to check the specific location, opening hours, and consultation telephone number of each temporary convenience market with one click.

Lishui, Zhejiang Creates a No-Dine-In Takeaway Gathering Area

Zhejiang Daily, Lishui (丽水), January 7th (Huang Xinyi (黄馨怡)) Liandu District (莲都区), Lishui City (丽水市), Zhejiang (浙江) has created a no-dine-in takeaway gathering area - "Food Creation Factory" Takeaway City, with 37 independent stalls, 4 shared warehouses, and 1 shared vegetable washing area, equipped with a rider station. All operating rooms are uniformly laid with water and electricity, non-slip tiles, and public flue pipes, and are equipped with professional stoves. Since its launch, many merchants have settled in, with an average of about 2,000 orders per day.

The Liandu District Market Supervision Administration (莲都区市场监督管理局) uses the provincial-level "Takeaway Online" platform for full-process visual supervision. All stores on the online takeaway platform have opened "Bright Kitchen and Bright Stove," and consumers can view the kitchen screen in real time.

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Ledger for People's Livelihood: Shortening the Distance the Public Has to Travel

By: 重庆日报记者 张 莎

Not long ago, Chongqing (重庆) resident Zhou Qiang (周强) called the Benyuelu Community (奔月路社区) of Tiansheng Street (天生街道) in Beibei District (北碚区). In 2023, Zhou Qiang (周强) was diagnosed with rectal cancer, and treatment drained his savings. After community worker Tian Chunling (田春玲) received the call, she proactively offered home service. Only then did Zhou Qiang (周强) learn that applying for assistance now doesn't require running around; he only needs to open "Yu Yue Relief Pass" (渝悦救助通) on his mobile phone to operate.

Under Tian Chunling's (田春玲) guidance, Zhou Qiang (周强) submitted an application for the minimum living guarantee for urban and rural residents on his mobile phone. His request for help entered the collaborative network of "One Thing for Social Assistance in Chongqing" (重庆社会救助一件事). On the day of the application, the street's public service center accepted it online, and a silent "data relay" was immediately launched.

In just three working days, a detailed report on the verification of the family's economic situation was generated. Combined with the results of the home visit investigation, Zhou Qiang (周强) fully met the conditions for minimum living allowance assistance. Subsequently, the street's preliminary review, public announcement, and the district's Civil Affairs Bureau (区民政局) review and confirmation, and other processes were tightly advanced. The entire process took only 10 working days to pass the minimum living allowance application.

Chongqing (重庆), guided by the reform of "efficiently handling one thing," relying on "Yu Kuai Ban" (渝快办) and "Yu Yue Relief Pass" (渝悦救助通), has created a joint handling platform for "One Thing" for social assistance, turning the past of people running errands into data running errands, and delivering a thick ledger of people's livelihood. The result is a true example of 高效办成一件事 (gāo xiào bàn chéng yī jiàn - "efficiently handle one thing," to accomplish tasks efficiently and effectively).

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"Little Code" Cracks the Difficulty of Delivery Riders Entering Buildings

By: 陕西日报记者 张乐佳

Recently, the "Qin Feng Rider · Xianyang Xiaoge Code" service platform was officially launched. In order to solve the problems encountered by new employment groups such as couriers and food delivery riders in their daily work, such as "difficulty entering doors, difficulty finding roads, and difficulty communicating," the Social Work Department of the Xianyang (咸阳) Municipal Party Committee in Shaanxi (陕西) Province, together with the Xianyang (咸阳) Municipal Market Supervision Administration and other units, jointly developed and launched the "Qin Feng Rider · Xianyang Xiaoge Code" service platform.

After completing real-name authentication on the mini-program, riders can generate their own exclusive "Xiaoge Code." In pilot communities and buildings, they can quickly complete identity verification and order verification by simply scanning the code, achieving rapid passage. The platform integrates a "community service map," marking the locations of facilities such as charging piles, drinking water points, and public restrooms, and providing internal navigation. During the delivery process, if riders encounter problems such as management blind spots or safety hazards, they can use the "one-click reporting" function to provide immediate feedback, promoting effective solutions to the problems.

"The launch of the platform has brought us convenience in our work, allowing us to enter and exit residential areas and office buildings more conveniently, without wasting time on identity verification issues, and also allowing us to better integrate into this city," said a food delivery rider.

According to reports, the platform is exploring the establishment of a positive incentive mechanism. Riders can earn points through standardized services, participation in training, and feedback of suggestions, and use these points to redeem rights or services.

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Farmland transformation: smart and high-yield

By: 河北日报记者 刘冰洋

"We're sowing the same seeds, so why is your yield per mu 100 kilograms higher than mine?"

Recently, at the First Branch of the Zhuozhou Teaching and Experimental Farm of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学涿州教学实验场) , Li Gang (李刚), a major grain grower from Datuanliu Village (大团柳村), Dongchengfang Town (东城坊镇), Zhuozhou City (涿州市), Hebei Province (河北省), looked at the lush green wheat seedlings and asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.

He Yubin (何玉彬), a technician at the First Branch, smiled and pointed to the land under his feet: "The answer is hidden here."

In May 2024, Zhuozhou (涿州) carried out high-standard renovation of 5,792 mu of basic farmland at the Zhuozhou Teaching and Experimental Farm of China Agricultural University (中国农业大学涿州教学实验场). By improving soil fertility, upgrading infrastructure, and building the Internet of Things, it promoted the deep integration of good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods. In 2025, the medium-strong gluten wheat planted here set a new local yield record per mu.

"The current high-standard farmland is not just about leveling the land and promoting agricultural machinery, it also needs to be smart. A farmland intelligent management system based on the Internet of Things has been built on the farmland, integrating advanced modern agricultural management technologies such as information collection, image recognition, and wireless transmission," said He Yubin (何玉彬). Through big data, cloud computing, and other technologies, the system can grasp the key data of wheat, corn, and other crop production in real time. It can accurately identify which field is short of water and which soil needs topdressing, and quickly provide managers with countermeasures to realize customized and precise control of crops.

Up to now, Zhuozhou City (涿州市) has cumulatively built 448,100 mu of high-standard farmland, effectively solving problems such as fragmentation of cultivated land, decline in quality, and incomplete facilities.

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Little Ning Bookstore: Nourishing the Heart and Mind

By: 本报通讯员 黄 昊

In Changning City (常宁市), Hunan (湖南) Province, a batch of meticulously crafted "Xiao Ning Book Houses" (小宁书屋) have quietly entered communities, business districts, and other areas, becoming easily accessible "spiritual stations" for citizens. Within a 15-minute walk, one can find a quiet corner for reading. These small and ingenious reading spaces bring tangible convenience to citizens.

Not long ago, the "Xiao Ning Book House" (小宁书屋) at the Liangjiang Community (两江社区) Elderly Care Service Center in Peiyuan Street (培元街道) was upgraded, with 1,000 new books neatly placed on the shelves. Residents come here to read every day in an endless stream, from gray-haired elderly people to skipping children. Everyone takes what they need and immerses themselves in the world of words. Resident Liu Deshi (刘德仕) told reporters, "The opening of the book house is very convenient for us. I live near here, and it only takes a few minutes to go downstairs every day."

The "Xiao Ning Book House" (小宁书屋) in the business district is equally popular. On Ziyang Pedestrian Street (紫阳步行街) in Qunying Community (群英社区), Yiyang Street (宜阳街道), citizens who come to the street and community residents who are free from time to time walk into this "cultural station" to take a break, slowing down their hurried pace and making reading a relaxing and pleasant choice.

The ingenuity of the "Xiao Ning Book House" (小宁书屋) is also reflected in accurately meeting needs. In book houses in different places such as banks and hotels, the book configuration has its own focus - financial books for business people, leisure reading for guests... Each book house is as close as possible to the reading preferences of the surrounding groups. At present, Changning's (常宁) 23 "Xiao Ning Book Houses" (小宁书屋) have been gradually upgraded. They are scattered in every corner of the city, using "small spaces" to carry "big culture", so that reading is no longer limited to the library, but becomes a daily habit and a community landscape.

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How "Kun of the North Sea" Became Reality (Commentator's Observation)

By: 常 晋

Using a new type of national system to overcome key core technologies, China has achieved significant results in manned spaceflight, lunar and Mars exploration, quantum information and other fields. We can reach the sky, drill into the earth, enter the sea, and move mountains. Where the will is, no distance is too far.

Combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's outstanding traditional culture, the rich treasure trove of Chinese culture is linked and integrated with the rich landscape of modernization, which not only expands the historical depth of building a strong country, but also allows the ancient civilization to bloom in modern times.

"In the Northern Sea, there is a fish, its name is Kun. The Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is; it transforms into a bird, its name is Peng..." Zhuangzi's unrestrained brushstrokes in "Xiaoyao You" have found a realistic annotation today.

Not long ago, a video topped the hot search lists on major platforms. In the afterglow of the sunset at the Yellow River Estuary in Dongying (东营), Shandong (山东), hundreds of thousands of migratory birds gathered and flapped their wings, forming a spectacular "bird wave." Its formation changed sinuously, sometimes like a giant Kun swimming, sometimes like a Peng hanging down from the sky, outlining a magnificent outline between heaven and earth. Many netizens left messages exclaiming: "The ancients did not deceive me!" This shock comes from the cultural resonance that spans thousands of years, and also from the era atmosphere of high-quality development.

The "appearance" of Kunpeng is not accidental, but an inevitable result of the continuous advancement of ecological civilization construction. The Yellow River Delta used to be a place where "people don't stop and birds don't build nests" due to frequent river cutoffs and seawater backflow. With the establishment of nature reserves and the implementation of systematic ecological restoration, the local water system has been connected, tidal channels have been dredged, the "bare ground" has turned green, the wetland area has gradually expanded, and the intertidal biological populations have been restored one after another. Now, the total number of birds has increased from 187 at the beginning of the area's establishment to 376, of which the number of the Eurasian teal alone exceeds 240,000. Every migration season, tens of thousands of birds soar and fly together, performing the magnificent scene of "soaring up ninety thousand miles."

The solid advancement of green transformation and the major steps taken in the construction of a beautiful China have given the exquisite artistic conceptions in poetry a tangible carrier that can be seen and felt. The implementation of the "ten-year fishing ban" has restored the Yangtze River to the scene of "river dolphins blowing waves and sand birds getting fish leisurely"; water diversion and dredging, and sewage interception and silt removal have made "the sparkling water and clear weather are just right" a normal state of West Lake (西湖). Not only that, the vast desert of Tengger (腾格里) has put on a "green scarf," and the barren mountains of Saihanba (塞罕坝) have rippled with thousands of acres of forest. Promoting green development through protection and governance has already surpassed the ancients' imagination.

Looking at the landscape, freehand becomes realistic; looking up at the stars and the sea, legends become legends. The spirit of innovation is fully stimulated, and the vitality of creation continues to surge. The historical achievements of science and technology have brought the unreachable myths into reality. The feat of "Nuwa Mending the Sky (女娲补天)" is embodied in the solid action of protecting our common home. As of September 2025, China has cumulatively eliminated approximately 628,000 tons of ozone-depleting substance production and use, accounting for more than half of the elimination in developing countries, patching up the "cracks" in the sky. The persistence of "Kuafu Chasing the Sun (夸父逐日)" is demonstrated by the relay of nuclear scientists. From hand-made coils in simple laboratories to the independent construction of the "artificial sun" - the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), generations of "Kuafu" have been running in a relay, vowing to grasp the "raging sun" in their hands. In early 2025, EAST achieved 1066 seconds of steady-state long-pulse high-confinement mode plasma operation at 100 million degrees Celsius, setting a world record.

Xihe (羲和), Tiangong (天宫), Guanghan (广寒), Beidou (北斗)... For thousands of years, the ancestors looked up and "asked the sky," using magnificent imagination to annotate the boundless universe. Now, using a new type of national system to overcome key core technologies, China has achieved significant results in manned spaceflight, lunar and Mars exploration, quantum information and other fields. We can reach the sky, drill into the earth, enter the sea, and move mountains. 志之所趋，无远弗届 (zhì zhī suǒ qū, wú yuǎn fú jiè - "where the will goes, no place is too far," where there is a will, there is a way). The Chang'e (嫦娥) project "catching the moon in the nine heavens," the Zhurong (祝融) Mars rover "exploring the fire planet," and the Beidou (北斗) satellites "guiding the space" are all dreams that have been rooted for generations, and the power of Chinese technology and the charm of Chinese culture have jointly created a Chinese-style romance.

In the echo of ancient and modern comparisons, we can better understand the ideological power of the "second combination." The wisdom of "all things get their harmony to live, and get their nourishment to grow" is in line with the logic of "integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand." The ecological environment is improving, and the poetic aspirations in ancient books are coming to us. The concept of "as heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement" is integrated with the requirement of "we must accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement." Overcoming difficulties and climbing to new heights, the myths passed down by word of mouth are gradually becoming reality. Combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's outstanding traditional culture, the rich treasure trove of Chinese culture is linked and integrated with the rich landscape of modernization, which not only expands the historical depth of building a strong country, but also allows the ancient civilization to bloom in modern times.

The distant freehand brushwork has never faded; the realistic brushwork of the times is powerful. Taking culture as the soul, taking practical work as the responsibility, and taking innovation as the empowerment, those dream seeds will surely break ground with the strong voice of development of "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable" and become a grand sight.

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Autonomous Driving: Enabling Safe and Orderly Evolution (A Micro Perspective)

By: 杨 柳

Besides overcoming challenges such as cost control and technological upgrades in large-scale mass production, it is even more important to verify the effectiveness of safety redundancy mechanisms in various extreme scenarios, clarify the boundaries of human-machine responsibility in complex interaction scenarios, and make safety the most important gene of autonomous driving.

Autonomous driving is one step closer to individual consumers. Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) announced the access permits for two L3-level conditionally automated driving models. Subsequently, the first L3-level autonomous driving special license plate was officially born in Chongqing (重庆).

For the commercialization of autonomous driving, this is a very crucial leap, marking a new stage in the autonomous driving industry from technology verification to mass production applications.

Currently, China divides driving automation into 6 levels from 0 to 5, with L3 corresponding to conditional autonomous driving. Under specific conditions, driving tasks can be handed over to the automated system, and the driver does not need to continuously pay attention to road conditions, but must take over in time when the system requests. This level is regarded as a watershed from assisted driving to autonomous driving.

The acquisition of access permits for L3-level autonomous driving models means that their safe operation capabilities have passed preliminary verification, and it also means that they need to assume social responsibilities according to corresponding standards. When the vehicle system becomes an important legal entity, traffic accident liability determination, insurance product design, and human-machine co-driving ethical guidelines all need to be updated accordingly. Carrying out commercial closed-loop verification in real-world scenarios and promoting the synchronous improvement of supporting systems such as traffic management and insurance claims are the only way for autonomous driving to evolve in an orderly manner to higher levels.

The commercial application of autonomous driving technology has never been a technological solo advance, but an orderly evolution that integrates the safety bottom line into industry development. China's policy promotion in the field of autonomous driving has always followed the principle of "safety first, gradual progress." First, functional unmanned vehicles are deployed in limited scenarios such as logistics and distribution, and then manned autonomous driving vehicles are gradually promoted for cautious testing in more complex environments. This development path not only reflects a high degree of responsibility for the safety of people's lives and property, but also leaves necessary adaptation periods for facility upgrades, regulatory improvements, and public acceptance.

Driving from closed roads to open roads, and getting closer and closer to large-scale applications, indicates that the technology and industrial maturity of autonomous driving have reached a certain level. At this important turning point, besides overcoming challenges such as cost control and technological upgrades in large-scale mass production, it is even more important to verify the effectiveness of safety redundancy mechanisms in various extreme scenarios, clarify the boundaries of human-machine responsibility in complex interaction scenarios, and make safety the most important gene of autonomous driving.

For example, in non-standardized scenarios such as extreme weather, sudden obstacles, and road construction, how to solve the algorithm's decision-making delay problem? In the fuzzy zone of human-machine collaboration, especially during the transition period of system and driver takeover, how to divide the responsibilities of car companies, software providers, and drivers? While accelerating technological innovation, further clarifying the boundaries of responsibility and forming an effective full-cycle supervision model can promote the stable and orderly development of the industry.

Unlike other technologies, the autonomous driving field has extremely low error tolerance. Without safety as the foundation, all efficiency improvements, experience innovations, and industrial blueprints will become 镜花水月 (jìng huā shuǐ yuè - "flowers in a mirror, moon in the water," an illusion; something that looks attractive but is unattainable). In the early stages of development, public trust in autonomous driving is exceptionally precious and very fragile. A traffic accident caused by system failure, an unmanned vehicle parked in the middle of the road due to a malfunction, or a brochure packaging assisted driving as autonomous driving will weaken public trust and even cause the commercialization process of autonomous driving to stall. Restraining the impulse for short-term monetization and building a solid foundation for long-term safety is the right path for industry development.

Currently, autonomous driving is opening up greater commercial imagination space and will also have a huge impact on people's travel and life. A car company that has obtained access permits stated that technology access is just the starting point, and returning home safely is the ultimate value. In this globally focused competitive field, China has accumulated certain experience and advantages from technological innovation to safety supervision. Maintaining patience, taking steady steps, building a solid safety dam, and making every trip trustworthy, autonomous driving will win a broader development space in enhancing social well-being.

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What Does Recycling Idle Goods Add Value To? (Jin Tai Random Notes)

By: 龚 利

How to deal with idle items at home? Listing them on platforms and circulating them for cash has become a choice for many.

In recent years, the circulation of idle goods has developed rapidly. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), China's second-hand commodity transaction volume reached 1.69 trillion yuan in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 28%, with an average compound growth rate of 12% in the past six years. Some believe that this is not only the growth of an industry, but also the realization of "value-added" in a broader sense.

Value "added." A nearly new appliance, if discarded, becomes "useless," but if bought and sold second-hand, it will continue to be used. A limited-edition trendy toy, in its winding transactions, not only realizes value circulation, but also adds emotional value to enthusiasts. A mobile phone with a damaged screen but a good motherboard, after being repaired through an idle circulation platform, may become a research object for technology "enthusiasts"... From assessment and repair to logistics and warehousing, the circulation chain of idle goods is an extended value chain, broadening the growth space of the market.

Efficiency "added." For example, a company that connects online and offline channels, gathers various second-hand goods, and launches a "warehouse-style store + transparent quality inspection" model, which not only focuses on quality assurance, but also on scene experience, solving consumer pain points, achieving customer flow growth, and improving transaction efficiency. "Efficiency enhancement" has become a common focus of various industries. From "immediate purchase and immediate refund" for offshore tax refunds, to developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, to building a unified national market, efficiency reform is both a goal and an engine. Shifting from "scale expansion" to "efficiency improvement" and unblocking the "blood vessels" of resource element flow, the market potential is unlimited.

Concept "added." On trading platforms, each transaction is marked with the corresponding carbon reduction, allowing users to directly see their environmental contribution and be more willing to circulate idle goods. Promoting green development relies not only on institutional norms, but also on concept updates. Integrating the new development concept into all aspects of production and life, using changes in life to illuminate changes in concepts, mobilizes not only external driving forces, but also the internal driving force for conscious transformation, and further integrates the synergy of high-quality development.

Where is the anchor point for the circulation of idle goods to promote "value-added"? It lies in guiding the precise matching of supply and demand with "turning waste into treasure" and better coordinating the expansion of domestic demand and the deepening of supply-side structural reform.

Looking at recent practices, the word "coordination" has become the key to development. Yiwu (义乌), the "world supermarket," not only explores emerging overseas markets, but also promotes "export to domestic sales," coordinating a resilient "dual circulation." New products such as embodied intelligence and DeepSeek are being launched, and digital, green, and other transformation trends are surging. The innovation chain and industrial chain are integrated, coordinating the improvement of economic quality. The Hainan Free Trade Port (海南自贸港) is operating with full island closure, and the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) is deepening and becoming more practical, coordinating the "two overall situations" to expand high-level opening up, conveying more certainty.

From individual idle item exchanges to the vigorous growth of a trillion-yuan market, the circulation of idle goods promoting "value-added" is not only a reflection of changes in consumption concepts, but also an epitome of quality revolution, efficiency revolution, and power revolution. These "changes" are all driving factors for high-quality development. Guided by the new development concept, being good at recognizing changes, being brave in responding to changes, and daring to seek changes, we can continuously generate more new increments to promote high-quality development.

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Photo Report

Taking an "overnight train" for a "peripheral tour," booking a homestay for a party, participating in interactive games at scenic spots to experience an immersive "time-traveling" New Year's Eve... During the recent New Year's holiday, various "ritualistic" New Year's Eve celebrations dominated social media. Nowadays, people's ways of celebrating festivals are becoming increasingly diverse, and festival consumption is showing more and more highlights.

This is precisely:

Night trains pierce through the stars,
Homestays gather friends.
Happy songs bid farewell to the old year,
A new wave of consumption surges.

Cheng Senwen (成森文)

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Don't let "small joys" become "major headaches"

By: 周 磊

In recent years, many old residential areas have installed elevators, bringing convenience to people's lives. However, in some places, even though the plan is set, the construction team is slow to arrive. What was clearly a good thing eventually becomes a source of worry. Problems similar to "only hearing the sound of footsteps on the stairs, but no one coming down" occur from time to time.

Upon closer inspection, the situations vary. For example, some involve meetings being held repeatedly, and plans being revised again and again, but no action is taken; others involve matters requiring coordination among multiple departments, resulting in pushing and blocking during implementation, so no one moves; still others emphasize objective difficulties, leading to indefinite delays. Although objective difficulties may exist, the subjective factors cannot be ignored. Once "slow" takes precedence and "delay" becomes a habit, it is easy to turn things that should have been done quickly into "long-standing, difficult problems."

Why are tasks that could be completed in the short term left hanging in the air? Sometimes it is because cadres lack the ability to handle complex matters; sometimes it is because cadres are "mediocre, lazy, and undisciplined," lacking a sense of time and urgency, thinking "it will be done sooner or later, so there's no rush"; and sometimes it is because cadres have a biased view of performance, favoring "grand plans" and "large projects," and looking down on "small, practical things" that benefit the people. The tactic of "delay" seems to be a matter of efficiency on the surface, but at its root, it is a lack of strong commitment to serving the people and an unrealistic work style.

What can be done should be done immediately; what the people expect should be done with earnest effort. The eyes of the people are discerning, and they can distinguish between those who seek truth and are pragmatic and those who only talk but do not act. Putting the urgent needs and concerns of the people in the "slow lane" is essentially being irresponsible to the people. All matters that the people eagerly expect, that are basically ready, and that have already been decided should be followed through to the end, done successfully, and done well.

The people's concerns are the cadres' concerns. Things that can be done quickly and well must not be delayed; things that can make the people happy must not be done perfunctorily; things that can take effect in a timely manner and solve the people's worries must not be evaded. Lighting a street lamp in an old residential area, opening up a dead-end road in a village, optimizing a convenient process at a service window... "Small certain happiness" can also lead to great achievements. Completing tasks that can be achieved in the short term is, in itself, laying the foundation and accumulating strength for "large projects" with a wider scope and a longer cycle.

"For the common people, every trivial matter around them is a real big deal, and some are even urgent and difficult." This view of performance has established a coordinate for cadres to do their work. Let us not let a "wait" go against the will of the people, and let us not let a "delay" hinder development. We should respond to the people's expectations with the spirit of "never put off till tomorrow what may be done today."

(Excerpted and edited from *Hubei Daily* (《湖北日报》))

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Break Monopoly Barriers, Safeguard People's Livelihood Rights

By: 黎海华

Of all things, people's livelihood is paramount. Investigating and handling 35 cases of monopoly agreements and 25 cases of abuse of market dominance, with a total of 2.93 billion yuan in fines and confiscations... The State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监管总局) announced the anti-monopoly achievements in the field of people's livelihood in China in the past three years, delivering a vivid answer sheet of "regulation for the people."

The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (党的二十届四中全会) proposed: "Strengthen anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition law enforcement and justice, and form a market order of high quality and reasonable prices and benign competition." Anti-monopoly is placed in a more prominent position, which is not only an inevitable requirement for maintaining fair market competition order, but also a key measure to safeguard the people's "money bags" and "vegetable baskets" and other livelihood well-being.

Monopoly behavior in the field of people's livelihood pushes up the cost of living and compresses the space for people's welfare. Polymyxin B sulfate for injection, which treats severe infections, is priced extremely high due to monopoly, and many patient families are overwhelmed. Market regulators investigated and dealt with relevant enterprises according to law, and promoted the price of the drug to drop by more than 95%. From "sky-high price" to "inclusive benefit," anti-monopoly measures save lives and safeguard the hope of countless families.

Only by clearing the blockages in the free flow of factors can we realize the optimal allocation of resources and the surge of innovation vitality. From the mandatory bundling of public utilities such as gas and water supply to the price manipulation of the raw material drug market, monopoly behavior will directly damage consumers' right to choose and fair trade, and then weaken market vitality and hinder industry innovation. Resolutely "unsheathing the sword" against monopoly behavior can enhance the market's competitive vitality and efficiency.

Anti-monopoly in the field of people's livelihood has a weather vane significance for clearing administrative barriers and local protectionism. Many public utilities have natural monopoly or administrative franchise characteristics, which require stricter regulation to prevent and stop monopoly behavior from the source.

Achieving a fundamental solution to monopoly depends on building a systematic governance plan. The Anti-Monopoly Law and its supporting system provide a solid guarantee for anti-monopoly. Comprehensively implement the fair competition review system, strictly prevent the introduction of regulations that exclude and restrict competition from the source of policies; innovate and use "three books and one letter" and other tiered regulatory tools to promptly remind, interview, and rectify emerging problems... Multi-pronged approach and comprehensive governance can eliminate the soil that produces monopoly to the greatest extent, standardize order, and stimulate vitality.

In practice, anti-monopoly faces increasingly hidden monopoly agreements, "algorithm black boxes" that are difficult to penetrate, and abuse of market dominance, while investigation and evidence collection is a severe battle. Taking out extraordinary reform determination and governance wisdom to promote anti-monopoly supervision and law enforcement without avoiding difficulties can respond well to the people's expectations for a clear market and fair prices.

People's livelihood is no small matter, and every detail is always concerned. From the price fairness of a box of medicine to the independent choice of a public service, and then to the clear and orderly overall market environment, continuously breaking down monopoly barriers and maintaining competition order in the field of people's livelihood, the fruits of development will surely benefit all people more fairly.

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Deeply Understand the World Significance of the Chinese Path, Chinese Governance, and Chinese Theories (In-depth Study and Implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

By: 刘海星

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "The '15th Five-Year Plan' period is a crucial period for consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts. Formulating and implementing the '15th Five-Year Plan' well will lay a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) accurately grasp the historical orientation of China's development, clearly put forward the guiding principles and main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and draw a grand blueprint for the country's development in the next five years, which contains a unique and world-benefiting Chinese path, Chinese governance, and Chinese rationale. We must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping's (习近平) diplomatic thought, as our guide, deeply understand and comprehensively implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) from a strategic and overall perspective, deeply grasp the global influence and historical contribution of our Party as the world's largest Marxist ruling party, and tell the international community about the world significance of the Chinese path, Chinese governance, and Chinese rationale from theoretical and practical dimensions, and actively demonstrate the good international image of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党).

Deeply Grasping the Important Contribution of the Chinese Path to World Prosperity and Stability

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "China insists on following a development path that suits its own national conditions" and "The Communist Party of China (中国共产党) unites and leads the Chinese people to embark on a path of modernization that both develops itself and benefits the world." Our Party continuously deepens its understanding of the laws governing communist party rule, socialist construction, and the development of human society, actively explores major contemporary issues such as theoretical innovation of scientific socialism, modernization construction, and world peace and development, opens up the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, successfully embarks on the path of Chinese-style modernization, creates a new form of human civilization, and firmly follows the right path of peaceful development, so that the historical significance and contemporary value of the Chinese path continue to be demonstrated.

The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics has pushed the world socialist movement to a new stage. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Marxism is a constantly developing and open theory. Localization can take root, and modernization can be full of vitality." Our Party insists on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and with China's excellent traditional culture, continuously enriches and improves the Party's theoretical system in response to new contemporary issues and practical new requirements, forms the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, promotes the realization of national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people's happiness, and demonstrates the power of truth of Marxism and the practical power of socialism. At a time when systemic crises of capitalism are frequently breaking out, the success of socialism with Chinese characteristics has led Marxist parties in various countries to jointly promote theoretical and practical innovation, continuously enhancing the influence and appeal of socialism, and further bringing about major changes in favor of socialism in the historical evolution and competition between the two ideologies and two social systems of socialism and capitalism worldwide. Some foreign political parties highly praise the mainstay role of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the world socialist movement in the 21st century, and generally believe that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era "is Marxism of our time" and "makes original contributions to enriching the treasure house of Marxist thought." The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics pioneered by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) not only effectively guides the continuous success of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, but also inspires progressive forces in various countries to unite and cooperate, and jointly create a better future for socialism.

The path of Chinese-style modernization has opened up a new path to modernization for developing countries. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "What we pursue is not a modernization that is unique to China, but we expect to work with all countries, including the vast number of developing countries, to jointly achieve modernization." Our Party closely focuses on changes in the world and national conditions, implements the new development concept, builds a new development pattern, promotes high-quality development, leads more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to stride forward to modernization, drives the continuous growth of the overall strength of developing countries, and promotes the most progressive and significant changes in the international balance of power since modern times. Our Party adheres to pioneering and innovation, closely focuses on the goal and task of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, and embarks on a distinctive path of Chinese-style modernization in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up to the outside world, creating a new form of human civilization. The path of Chinese-style modernization breaks the "Western-centrism" logic of "modernization = Westernization" and sets an example and provides a new choice for the vast number of developing countries to independently move towards modernization. Many political party leaders and dignitaries from developing countries said that Chinese-style modernization is not only committed to its own development, but also provides important public goods for the world, greatly encouraging the confidence and determination of developing countries to explore a path to modernization that suits their own national conditions. Many foreign political parties, especially political parties in developing countries, are vying to learn from the development experience of the Chinese-style modernization path, and are carrying out creative practices in infrastructure construction, poverty alleviation, and industrial cultivation and upgrading in combination with their own national conditions, achieving good results.

Adhering to the path of peaceful development gathers strength for promoting world peace and promoting common development. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We will never follow the old path of colonial plunder, nor will we take the wrong path of national strength leading to hegemony, but we will take the right path of peaceful development." For a long time, China has always concentrated on construction and development, and has become the largest contributor to global development and the largest builder of world peace in the process of adhering to the path of peaceful development. Especially at a time when geopolitical conflicts are intensifying and protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, China is firmly acting as a force for peace, stability, and progress in the world, and is constantly injecting certainty into a turbulent and changing world. In the face of the scarcity of global ideological public goods, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), focusing on safeguarding the fundamental interests of all mankind, creatively proposed a series of new concepts and initiatives such as the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, the "Belt and Road" Initiative, and the Four Global Initiatives, which profoundly answered the contemporary questions of "what kind of world to build and how to build this world," which not only pointed out the direction for the benign interaction between China and the world, but also contributed ideological public goods for all countries to jointly cope with the changes of the times, and continuously attracted and united more international forces to work together on the path of peaceful development. China's image as a major country that values credibility, affection, justice, and morality has been highly praised by the international community. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has been written into many United Nations resolutions and various bilateral and multilateral documents, the "Belt and Road" family has included 3/4 of the world's countries, and the Four Global Initiatives have been supported by more than 100 countries and international organizations. Chinese concepts and Chinese initiatives are being deeply promoted and continuously practiced on a global scale. Many countries and political parties have expressed their firm stance of standing on the right side of history with China, and highly appreciate and thank China for its important contributions to world prosperity and stability, and look forward to taking the implementation of China's "15th Five-Year Plan" as an opportunity to further strengthen the alignment of development strategies and jointly build a better world.

Deeply Grasping the Unique Enlightenment of Chinese Governance on World Political Party Governance

The Chinese path contains Chinese governance, that is, the theoretical creation and practical experience of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) in governing the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "In the world's century of great changes, China provides stability and certainty." Since the new era, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the modernization process of China's national governance system and governance capacity has been continuously advanced, effectively ensuring China's economic development and social stability, and the governance effectiveness of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is universally recognized. Chinese governance provides enlightenment and reference for political parties in the world that are facing problems such as political polarization, economic stagnation, and difficult people's livelihoods to get out of their predicament, seek governance and strength, solve the problems of political party governance, and realize the prosperity of the party and the governance of the country.

Give play to the core leading role of the Party. Unswervingly giving play to the Party's core leading role in commanding the overall situation and coordinating all parties is the foundation of Chinese governance and the key to ensuring the correct direction of the path and achieving both development and stability. From continuously solving the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development to successfully coping with the challenges of the external environment, our Party unites and leads the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to continuously create a new situation in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. Practice has repeatedly confirmed that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), as the core of the Party Central Committee and the core of the whole Party, has always played a decisive role in holding high the banner and determining the direction. Looking back at the governance difficulties currently faced by some foreign political parties, the endless challenges are often accompanied by a loss of direction. These political parties have gradually realized that strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the Party and highlighting the key role of the core leadership is the key to solving problems and gathering strength. Only by avoiding political parties from falling into chaos in multiple demands can the coherence and effectiveness of policy implementation be ensured. In recent years, in the exchange of experience in governing the country between our Party and foreign political parties, "Party leadership" and "core role" have become high-frequency words mentioned by foreign parties, and are also the key points they hope to learn from. Many of them said that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) has continued to improve its ability to manage the Party and govern the country, demonstrating strong cohesion, organization, and action, which is in sharp contrast to the situation in which some foreign political parties devote their main energy to elections, attack each other between political parties in order to win elections, and form factions within the Party, leading to a situation of disunity. The Communist Party of China's (中国共产党) strict organizational system is an important "code" for China to continuously formulate and implement five-year plans. Uniting and leading the people of the whole country to work together towards the goals of the "15th Five-Year Plan" will surely continue to achieve new and greater achievements.

Adhere to the value orientation of putting the people first. Putting the people first is the fundamental position of Marxism, the distinct background color of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and the core essence of Chinese-style modernization. The process of our Party continuously promoting the step-by-step advancement of socialist modernization always demonstrates "people-centered." The advanced governance model of putting the people first runs through the entire process of formulating and implementing the "15th Five-Year Plan" and a series of policies. The outstanding achievements made in China's economic and social development powerfully prove that only by always taking the realization, safeguarding, and development of the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people as the starting point and foothold of all work can we ensure that we win the historical initiative in the century of great changes and ensure that we remain invincible in increasingly fierce and complex games. In today's world, political parties in many countries have fallen into the chaotic game of polarization and fragmentation, and many political parties lack responsible thinking about social division and people's livelihood difficulties. Some traditional mainstream political parties have lost their "original intention" and deviated from the nature and purpose of the political party when it was founded, only caring about catering to temporary radical propositions and using "emotional votes" to win political advantages. They are unable to put forward effective policy propositions for problems such as economic weakness, social injustice, and governance failure, and cannot integrate the demands of different interest groups. They are alienated from the people and gradually lose their ruling position; some foreign political parties play the "people card" in order to win votes, unrealistically proposing welfare policies that are like 寅吃卯粮 (yín chī mǎo liáng - "eating this year's food next year," living beyond one's means) and economic development policies that cannot be implemented. Although they earn voter support in the short term, they sacrifice long-term development. Its essence is still to safeguard the private interests of a few interest groups rather than the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people, which is essentially different from our Party's adherence to putting the people first. Putting the people first, as the core value connotation of understanding Chinese governance, replaces the logic of capital with the logic of the people, completely transcends erroneous concepts such as "private interests first" and "capital first," and provides answers for political parties in various countries to solve development and governance problems.

Promote the spiritual quality of self-revolution. Our Party always adheres to promoting the Party's self-revolution with the perseverance of always being on the road, and continuously achieves new results and new experiences in managing the Party and governing the Party, providing useful reference and reference for political parties in the world to manage the Party and govern the Party. Under the rapid development of artificial intelligence and the impact of conservative and extremist ideologies, the underlying logic and operating model of political party politics in the world are facing profound challenges. Some national political parties blindly trust the checks and balances mechanism of the Western "separation of powers," and have failed to jump out of the historical cycle rate, and are deeply mired in the quagmire of frequent government changes and intensified party disputes. Since the new era, our Party has deeply promoted the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with the brave spirit of being hard on ourselves, starting with the formulation and implementation of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, setting an example from the top down, moving trees to establish credibility, and making persistent efforts, which not only promoted a new look of Party conduct and government conduct, but also continuously enhanced the Party's cohesion and combat effectiveness; it not only profoundly changed China, but also polished the "golden business card" of the Communist Party of China's (中国共产党) experience in managing the Party and governing the Party on the world political party stage. Many political party leaders and dignitaries from various countries sincerely admire General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) mission to "offend thousands of people and not fail 1.4 billion people," and highly praise our Party's great courage and political wisdom in self-revolution, believing that the Communist Party of China's (中国共产党) experience in solving the world problem of political party self-supervision through comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and providing fundamental guarantees for economic and social development is very valuable, and urgently hopes to strengthen anti-corruption exchanges and international cooperation with our Party. Many political party leaders and dignitaries from various countries are also very concerned about the in-depth study and education of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation carried out by our Party, and earnestly propose to learn from our Party's governance wisdom of promoting the overall improvement of the level of Party management and governance by breaking through the small entry point of style construction.

Formulate scientific plans with a long-term perspective. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Scientific formulation and continuous implementation of five-year plans is an important experience in our Party's governance of the country, and also an important political advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics." After World War II, some countries also tried to formulate economic plans or plans, but on the whole, the scientificity and applicability of these national plans were insufficient, and the implementation effect was not obvious or abandoned halfway. Looking at the world, only China has formulated and implemented five-year plans most persistently and successfully, thereby creating two major miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that are rare in the post-war international community. Our Party scientifically formulates phased development goals, clarifies key tasks and policy orientations, and effectively coordinates development resources and forces, which not only continuously enhances China's strength, but also releases China's development dividends, bringing knowable and perceptible opportunities to the world. More and more political parties in the world attach importance to studying and learning from China's scientific planning with a long-term perspective, especially political parties in the "Global South" are very concerned about how the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) leads the scientific formulation and continuous implementation of five-year plans, and believe that China's ability to transform long-term development goals into realistic achievements step by step is admirable. Many foreign political party leaders and dignitaries said that understanding the five-year plan formulated by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) is a "strategy" for understanding the governance logic of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) and the development trend of Chinese-style modernization.

Deeply Grasping the Leading Role of Chinese Rationale in the Progress of Human Civilization

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Our promotion of theoretical innovation is theoretical innovation based on practice, not empty talk sitting in an ivory tower. We must adhere to discovering truth and developing truth in practice." Chinese rationale is the theoretical source of the Chinese path and Chinese governance, and is the crystallization of the sinicization and modernization of Marxism and the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, which not only guides Chinese practice but also provides Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for solving the common problems of the world today. Under the new situation, we must focus on summarizing, refining, and telling the Chinese rationale to the outside world, and promote the close connection and mutual connection between learning well, understanding well, implementing well, and disseminating well the Chinese rationale.
To tell the world about the significance of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the culmination of the Chinese rationale. It has not only historically changed China, but also provided important inspiration for countries to solve domestic development problems and cope with global challenges. More and more countries realize that having a strong leadership core in a world of intertwined changes and chaos is of great significance. They admire General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s leadership, influence, and appeal as a world-class leader. It has become a trend in the international community to look eastward and learn from the Communist Party of China (中国共产党). Many political parties in the "Global South" attach importance to learning from Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and have integrated it into the theory and practice of party building, and transformed it into practical and effective measures for economic and social development in their countries. Some political parties in Western countries have become increasingly interested in the governance wisdom and development experience contained in Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and their understanding is constantly deepening. We must fully grasp historical opportunities, adapt to the needs of the international community, and promote the international dissemination of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to continuously deepen and solidify.

To tell the world about the contemporary value of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. Outstanding traditional Chinese culture is the civilizational gene of the Chinese rationale. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has profoundly grasped the historical experience of the Sinicization of Marxism in the new era and the development law of Chinese civilization, and promoted the mutual compatibility and mutual achievement of Marxism and outstanding traditional Chinese culture. The Sinicized Marxism has distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner, which is fundamentally due to the nourishment of outstanding traditional Chinese culture. The more national it is, the more global it is. Only by always basing ourselves on our own long-standing cultural roots can we scientifically mark the historical position, deeply understand the world situation, and calmly respond to risks and challenges. In today's world of intertwined changes and chaos, the excellent qualities of Chinese traditional culture, such as embracing the world, advocating harmony, 自强不息 (zì qiáng bù xī - "self-improvement without cease," constantly striving to become stronger), and emphasizing trustworthiness and good neighborliness, have been revitalized, especially in sharp contrast to some foreign behaviors that are arrogant, wantonly bullying, and betraying trust. We must base ourselves on the great practice of the new era, use internationally accepted language to tell the world about our party's creative transformation and innovative development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, so that the international community can more easily understand and accept the profound and lasting civilizational foundation behind the Chinese path and Chinese governance, and continuously enhance the communication power and influence of Chinese civilization.

To tell the world about the Communist Party of China (中国共产党)'s worldview. Building a community with a shared future for mankind is an important concept of Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping (习近平)'s diplomatic thought. It is our party's sincere proposition and historical aspiration to uphold the truth of Marxism and face the world and the future. Our party not only seeks happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, but also seeks progress for mankind and great harmony for the world. Our party's global vision and world-mindedness are determined by the advanced nature of our party, which has been inseparable from it since its birth. Building a community with a shared future for mankind grasps the historical law of human social development, plans a common solution to global challenges, creatively establishes new ideas for international relations, leads the new direction of global governance, creates new forms of international exchanges, and constantly attracts and unites people from all countries to build a better world together. Our party firmly believes that a better world will benefit China, and a better China will benefit the world. In today's world, the more people who agree with this concept, the more conducive it will be to world peace and development, and it will inevitably be conducive to Chinese-style modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We must clarify the Communist Party of China (中国共产党)'s good intentions, realistic possibilities, and practical paths for building a community with a shared future for mankind with the world, further consolidate the great power of all countries in the world to jointly promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and create a good external environment for Chinese-style modernization.

On the new journey, the Party's foreign affairs work will always adhere to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping (习近平)'s diplomatic thought and General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s important expositions on the Party's foreign affairs work, focusing on the main goals and key tasks of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, firmly grasping the "three important" positioning that the Party's foreign affairs work is an important front of the Party, an important component of the country's overall diplomacy, and an important manifestation of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, giving full play to its characteristics and advantages under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), continuously consolidating the global network of political party partnerships, and deeply telling the world about the significance of the Chinese path, Chinese governance, and the Chinese rationale, so as to make greater contributions to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and promoting the progress of mankind.

(The author is the Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央对外联络部部长))

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Further improve ideological guidance, cohesion, and service work for new employment groups.

By: 全国党建研究会

General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must pay close attention to the development of new business forms, adhere to the combination of online and offline approaches, do a good job in ideological guidance and cohesive service for new employment groups, and continuously consolidate the party's class foundation, mass foundation, and social foundation for governing." The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party proposed: "Strengthen the Party's construction in new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups" and "Promote the healthy development of flexible employment and new employment forms." Further improving the ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups, uniting this group closely around the Party, and jointly striving to achieve the economic and social development goals of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a major theoretical and practical issue that must be well answered in promoting the new great project of Party building in the new era.

To implement the important requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, we must understand the laws and master the methodology, and regard further improving the ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups as a systematic project. To coordinate efforts and promote overall development with systematic thinking, the key is to grasp the "four pairs of relationships": Grasp the relationship between "Party building leadership" and "joint management," giving full play to the leading role of Party building work departments while also striving to stimulate the work motivation of industry departments, mass organizations, grassroots organizations, and other parties, effectively promoting the organic combination of Party building and business, and forming a working pattern of multi-party linkage and concerted efforts; grasp the relationship between "ideological guidance" and "caring service," paying attention to gathering people's hearts through silent caring service and integrating guidance into service, and also being good at guiding new employment groups to consciously feel grateful to the Party, listen to the Party, and follow the Party through thought-provoking ideological education; grasp the relationship between the "invisible hand" and the "visible hand," regulating interest relations through the market's "invisible hand" and strengthening service management through the government's "visible hand"; grasp the relationship between "promoting development" and "preventing risks," promoting the benign interaction and healthy development of platform enterprises and new employment groups, while also proactively assessing, preventing, and resolving various risks and hidden dangers in emerging fields. Specifically, to further improve the ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups, efforts need to be focused on the following aspects.

Systematically analyze and accurately "portray." Accurately grasping the quantity and scale, distribution structure of new employment groups, and scientifically summarizing their definition, connotation, and group characteristics is an important foundation for doing a good job in ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups. New employment groups involve many fields, and comprehensive comparative research should be strengthened from multiple perspectives to comprehensively analyze the economic and social foundation for their formation, analyze the relationship between cultivating and developing new quality productive forces and new business forms and new employment groups, analyze the factors affecting the ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups, and conduct accurate "portrayal" of new employment groups from the aspects of platform carriers, employment relationships, and employment methods, and systematically summarize the experience and laws of doing a good job in ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups. It should be noted that new employment groups are in a dynamic development and change. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the current situation and also analyze the trends, especially paying attention to the new changes brought about by the application of artificial intelligence, strengthening the research and judgment of the changing trends of new employment group business formats, work models, and employment methods, to ensure that service management work is more targeted, contemporary, and effective.

Optimize the system and protect rights and interests. New employment groups have new demands for labor relations, social security, and other aspects, and it is necessary to start from laws and regulations, systems and mechanisms, and regulatory norms to promote the establishment of a rights and interests protection system that adapts to the characteristics of new employment groups and closely meets the needs of new employment groups. For example, in terms of labor relations, explore under the current labor law system, promote the inclusion of new employment form workers who do not fully meet the existing circumstances for establishing labor relations into the scope of institutional protection; in terms of social security, encourage and support flexible employment personnel and new employment form personnel to participate in employee insurance; in terms of platform algorithms, further promote the optimization of platform algorithm rules, improve algorithm transparency and fairness, safeguard the right to know, right to participate, and right to choose of practitioners, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers in terms of salary, health, education, safety, etc., and promote the win-win development of platform enterprises and platform operators and workers; and so on.

Solve problems and provide caring services. New employment groups are creators and sharers of a better life. It is necessary to integrate guidance and cohesion into caring services, and warm and gather people's hearts in a silent and subtle way. In recent years, the working environment and service management of new employment groups have been continuously improved, but there is still a certain gap compared with their needs. It is necessary to further promote the comprehensive efforts of the government, society, industry, and enterprises to respond to demands and concerns, solve practical difficulties, and further create a friendly atmosphere of respect, understanding, acceptance, recognition, and care for new employment groups, create friendly scenarios such as business districts, communities, and buildings, and build a development ecology of all-domain friendliness and benign interaction. The work of new employment groups has certain characteristics such as temporality and transitionality, and it is necessary to promote efforts from platform enterprise training, public employment services, and other aspects, improve working mechanisms such as career planning and skills enhancement, and help new employment groups expand their development space.

Integrate into social governance and play an important role. As an important part of urban operation, new employment groups are deeply embedded in all aspects of urban operation and social development, and have the advantages of wide range of activities, strong mobility, and fast information access, and are an important force that social governance can rely on. At present, various localities, according to the industry characteristics and professional advantages of new employment groups, have built targeted platform carriers, created rich scenarios, and improved long-term mechanisms to promote new employment groups to play a more extensive role in grassroots governance, industry governance, and network governance. Practice has proved that through cultivating and selecting advanced models, social civilization publicity and education, and creating social governance brands, the sense of ownership of new employment groups can be further stimulated, and their enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity in participating in social governance can be fully mobilized.

Organizational coverage and strengthened leadership. The key to doing a good job in ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups is political leadership and political identity, and the important prerequisite is to achieve tangible and effective coverage of the Party's organization and Party's work. The foundation of Party building in emerging fields is relatively weak, and the complexity of the industries in which new employment groups are located and the diversity of employment forms pose certain challenges to traditional organizational coverage methods. It is necessary to closely focus on the distribution and flow characteristics of Party members in new employment groups, innovate flexible and efficient organizational coverage methods to achieve tangible coverage and effective coverage; use information technology to explore new paths for Party member education and training, organizational life, management services, etc. for new employment groups, and take organizational guidance, incentive care, and other methods to stimulate the endogenous motivation of Party members, enhance their sense of Party member identity, and promote mobile Party members in new employment groups to actively show their identity and fully play their role.

Improve the mechanism and gather strength. The ideological guidance and cohesive service work for new employment groups involves many functional subjects, a wide geographical scope, and a long chain of links, and it is necessary to further strengthen cross-departmental and cross-regional linkage to gather the overall strength to do a good job. Various localities and relevant departments should take the initiative and coordinate linkage, adhere to the principle of managing the industry and also managing Party building, and on the basis of clarifying the division of responsibilities, achieve each assuming its own responsibility and joint management. Improve the communication and collaboration mechanism between departments, localities, industries, and enterprises, solve the problem of each managing a section on the "strip" and each managing a piece on the "block," and effectively enhance the comprehensiveness, systematicness, and penetration of management services.

Looking to the future and promoting development. New employment groups are generated with the innovative application of information technology, and will inevitably develop with the continuous development of information technology, especially with artificial intelligence empowering thousands of industries, constantly spawning new industries, new business forms, and new models. The service content of new employment groups will be further deeply embedded in richer scenarios such as people's livelihood needs and urban governance, and the role positioning will shift from single to multiple, from "service personnel" to multiple roles such as "security personnel," "information personnel," and "publicity personnel," becoming a business card of the city image, a symbol of social civilization, a force of social governance, and a creator of a better life. With the continuous growth in the scale and number of new employment groups and the gradual maturity of the occupational system, their requirements for the employment environment will leap from basic demands such as labor remuneration and social insurance to higher-level demands such as rule of law protection and a friendly employment ecology. It is necessary to adapt to the changing development needs of new employment groups, improve a social security system that meets the characteristics of their groups, promote their healthy and orderly development, and enhance their sense of gain, happiness, and security.

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Forge ahead with concerted efforts to build a demonstration area for strengthening the sense of community for the Chinese nation.

By: 韦 韬

The consciousness of the Chinese nation's community is the foundation of national unity, the basis of ethnic solidarity, and the soul of spiritual strength. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has adhered to the "two integrations" and focused on the "two overall situations," clearly putting forward the major original proposition of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. This has opened up a new realm of the Sinicization and modernization of Marxist ethnic theory and pointed out the direction for the Party's ethnic work in the new era. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made important arrangements for "forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and promoting the construction of the Chinese nation's community." Guangxi (广西) is an autonomous region with the largest minority population in China. People of all ethnic groups have long been as close as family members, and ethnic relations are very harmonious. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "Guangxi (广西) is a national demonstration area for ethnic unity and progress," encouraging Guangxi (广西) to "take forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation as the main theme of various tasks in the autonomous region, as the fundamental direction for promoting the creation of ethnic unity and progress, and consolidate and develop the good situation of unity and struggle among people of all ethnic groups." On the new journey, Guangxi (广西) will bear in mind its entrustment, be grateful and forge ahead, focus on building and sharing "five homelands" to achieve practical results, unite and concentrate on building a demonstration area for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, continue to be at the forefront of the country in ethnic unity and progress, play a demonstration and leading role, and strive to write a Guangxi (广西) chapter of Chinese-style modernization, contributing Guangxi (广西) strength to the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.
　　Jointly build and share the common spiritual home of the Chinese nation, forming a strong spiritual bond of cohesive hearts and united progress.
　　General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out that "cultural identity is the deepest level of identity, the root of ethnic unity, and the soul of ethnic harmony," emphasizing that "we must focus on building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation and continuously build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation." A history of China is a history of the integration of various ethnic groups into a unified Chinese nation. Since Guangxi (广西) was incorporated into the central territory in the Qin Dynasty (秦朝) and integrated into the central centralized government, the Chinese nation's ideology of "great unity" has been integrated into the blood and is as solid as a rock. The Lingqu Canal (灵渠) built in the Qin Dynasty (秦朝) and Hepu (合浦), one of the starting ports of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, are historical witnesses of the active integration of people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi (广西) into the big family of the Chinese nation. Since the founding of New China, under the brilliant light of the Party's ethnic policies, people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi (广西) have been working together, sharing prosperity and honor, and jointly building a model area for ethnic unity and progress, promoting the flowers of ethnic unity to bloom forever in the land of Bagui (八桂). Entering the new era, the cause of the Party and the country has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and Guangxi (广西) has also undergone tremendous changes. People of all ethnic groups are more sincerely grateful to General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and the Party Central Committee, and their recognition of the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics has reached an unprecedented height.
　　The common spiritual home of the Chinese nation is the spiritual world on which the Chinese nation depends for survival and development, and it is a strong bond for the cohesion and unity of all ethnic groups. On the new journey, we will unswervingly use Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen our souls, continuously strengthen the publicity and education of the "Five Histories," vigorously select and publicize role models of the times such as Huang Danian (黄大年) and Huang Wenxiu (黄文秀), deepen the research and interpretation of revolutionary culture such as the Baise Uprising (百色起义) and the Xiangjiang Battle (湘江战役), strengthen the research on the indigenous ethnic groups in Guangxi (广西), continue to create distinctive brands such as "Guangxi March 3rd" ("广西三月三") and "Liu Sanjie" ("刘三姐"), inherit and protect ethnic cultural treasures such as bronze drums, Zhuang brocade, and Huashan rock paintings, strengthen the influence of cultural brands such as the Literary Gui Army (文学桂军), the Lijiang Painting School (漓江画派), and the Bagui Calligraphy Style (八桂书风), implement the national common language and writing promotion campaign and quality improvement action, and continuously deepen the theoretical research and publicity and education on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, singing the main theme of "the Chinese nation is one family, and we are united to build the Chinese dream" throughout the society, so that the "five recognitions" are deeply rooted in Bagui (八桂), and promote all ethnic groups to embrace each other like pomegranate seeds.
　　Jointly build and share a common prosperous and happy homeland, consolidating the material foundation for all ethnic groups to work together towards modernization.
　　General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) instructed us during his inspection in Guangxi (广西), "On the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, no ethnic group can be left behind. People of all ethnic groups must work together, unite and forge ahead, create a better future for the Chinese nation, and share the great glory of national rejuvenation." Achieving a happy life and common prosperity is the most yearning and expectation of people of all ethnic groups for a better life, and it is also the starting point and foothold of high-quality development and modernization construction. Guangxi (广西) is a combination of "old, young, border, mountain, and reservoir" areas, with a late start in development, a weak foundation, and a weak foundation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the cordial care of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) and the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the entire region has worked hard and forged ahead, achieving the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society in sync with the country. The total economic volume has expanded from 1.15 trillion yuan in 2012 to 2.87 trillion yuan in 2024, creating 10 100-billion-level industrial industries such as metallurgy and automobiles. The number of industrial enterprises above designated size has exceeded 10,000, and about 80% of fiscal expenditures are used for people's livelihood every year, and the lives of people of all ethnic groups have continued to improve.
　　Since 2025, Guangxi (广西) has adhered to the principle of pragmatism and innovation as the soul, speaking with performance and letting the people evaluate, focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and using artificial intelligence as a small incision to make a big article on cultivating new quality productivity, promoting the overall stable and progressive economic operation of the region, and profound changes in thinking, pattern, ideas, and style. At present, a consensus is being formed throughout the region: on the good foundation laid by the previous autonomous region party committees and governments, the central support Guangxi (广西) has received is unprecedented, the opportunities for opening up and development are unprecedented, and the spirit of cohesion and development is unprecedented. It is ushering in the best period of historical development, and high-quality development has arrived, its momentum is gradually forming, and its prosperity can be expected. On the new journey, we will take the people's yearning for a better life as our goal, adhere to transformation and upgrading, AI empowerment, develop new quality productivity in accordance with local conditions, adhere to the development path of "R&D in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou + integration in Guangxi (广西) + application in ASEAN," accelerate the industrial agglomeration and development of artificial intelligence, and strive to build ten modern pillar industries in manufacturing, such as non-ferrous metals and key metal materials, advanced steel materials, and modern green chemicals. We will concentrate superior resources to cultivate and strengthen emerging industries and future industries such as biomedicine, new materials, and low-altitude economy, promote the quality and efficiency and leapfrog development of the service industry, accelerate the development of modern characteristic agriculture, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system that reflects Guangxi (广西)'s characteristics and advantages. We will adhere to giving play to our advantages and linking rivers and seas, continue to expand domestic and foreign opening up, accelerate the construction of major projects such as the Beibu Gulf International Gateway Port and the China-Vietnam border smart port, actively connect with major national strategies such as the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Hainan Free Trade Port, enhance the energy level of opening up platforms such as the China-ASEAN Expo, steadily expand institutional opening up, accelerate the construction of border port industrial parks, and steadily promote the construction of the Pinglu Canal, plan and implement the "second half" of canal construction, improve the operation quality and efficiency of the Western Land-Sea New Passage, and accelerate the transformation of Guangxi (广西)'s location advantages into development advantages. We will adhere to the people first and people's livelihood as the most important, deeply implement the new era's action of enriching the people and benefiting the border, implement the three-year action plan of "warming people's hearts and benefiting the people," accelerate the completion of shortcomings and weaknesses in employment, education, medical care, culture, and other fields, vigorously implement projects to do practical things for the people, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation, and let people of all ethnic groups create a better life and share the fruits of development.
　　Jointly build and share a harmonious homeland of mutual assistance and solidarity, and consolidate the social foundation for exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups.
　　General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the Chinese nation was forged in the exchanges, interactions, and integration of all ethnic groups, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will also be realized in the exchanges, interactions, and integration of all ethnic groups." Guangxi (广西) has 12 indigenous ethnic groups, including Zhuang (壮), Han (汉), Yao (瑶), Miao (苗), Dong (侗), Mulao (仫佬), Maonan (毛南), Hui (回), Jing (京), Shui (水), Yi (彝), and Gelao (仡佬), with all 56 ethnic components. Among the 50.13 million permanent residents, the minority population accounts for 37.63%, and the Zhuang (壮) population accounts for 31.41%. For a long time, people of all ethnic groups have shared the same sky, cultivated the same field, drank the same river, and built the same homeland. They are interspersed in ethnic distribution, economically interdependent, culturally inclusive, and emotionally close to each other. They are connected by the same breath and share weal and woe, forming a diversified and integrated pattern of "you in me and me in you." At present, Guangxi (广西) has built more than 1,000 "concentric cultural carriers" and more than 3,000 "ethnic homes" and "service centers." More than 1.63 million families in the region are composed of two or more ethnic groups, and multi-ethnic circles of friends, social circles, and living circles have become the norm.
　　Exchanges, interactions, and integration are the only way to enhance ethnic unity, forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and promote the construction of the Chinese nation's community. On the new journey, we will continue to deepen the creation of ethnic unity and progress, deeply implement the action of building a demonstration area for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and the "exchange plan for ethnic minority youths," the "embedded development plan for ethnic groups," and the "tourism promotion plan for exchanges, interactions, and integration among ethnic groups," coordinate economic and social development plans and public resource allocation, and implement ethnic equality in economic, educational, employment, community construction, and cultural construction. We will accelerate the construction of the "five common" corridors on the border and the model corridors for ethnic unity and progress, do a good job in urban ethnic work, optimize and improve the embedded social structure and community environment, optimize and improve the social conditions for people of all ethnic groups to live, learn, build, share, work, and enjoy together, and constantly weave a beautiful "Zhuang brocade" for people of all ethnic groups to live in harmony, work together, and develop harmoniously for a long time.
　　Jointly build and share a livable, healthy, and beautiful homeland, so that a good ecological environment becomes the most inclusive livelihood and well-being for people of all ethnic groups.
　　Chinese-style modernization is the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) profoundly pointed out that "a good ecological environment is the fairest public product and the most inclusive livelihood and well-being"; during his inspection in Guangxi (广西), he praised "Guangxi (广西)'s ecological advantages are invaluable," and instructed us to "adhere to the basic principles of giving priority to conservation, protection, and natural restoration, and take the harmonious coexistence between man and nature as the basic goal, so that the mountains and rivers of Bagui (八桂) will always be green, the water will always flow, and the air will always be fresh." Beautiful mountains and clear waters have always been Guangxi (广西)'s "golden signboard." Han Yu (韩愈), a poet of the Tang Dynasty (唐代), praised "The river is like a green silk belt, and the mountains are like jasper hairpins," and Wang Zhenggong (王正功), a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty (南宋), wrote the eternal masterpiece "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" ("桂林山水甲天下"). Historically, people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi (广西) have had the tradition of respecting nature, adapting to nature, and protecting nature. Terraces, stilt buildings, and the Lingqu Canal (灵渠) reflect the wisdom of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Guangxi (广西) has always kept in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平)'s earnest entrustment, deeply fought the battle against pollution, coordinated the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands, and seas, steadily promoted green and low-carbon development, maintained the ecological quality index at the forefront of the country, ranked third in the country in biodiversity richness, and accounted for more than 1/3 of the number of longevity towns in the country. Guangxi (广西)'s good ecological environment is a microcosm of beautiful China.
　　Ecological civilization construction is a fundamental plan related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Protecting the mountains and rivers of Guangxi (广西) is to seek well-being for the people of all ethnic groups in the region, increase the momentum for high-quality development, and build a barrier for national ecological security. On the new journey, we will continue to establish and practice the concept that green waters and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains, increase the protection of ecosystems, coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, continue to deeply fight the battles to defend blue skies, clear waters, and pure land, and promote the investigation and rectification of heavy metals and livestock and poultry breeding pollution; accelerate the green transformation of development methods, actively and steadily promote and achieve carbon peaking, focus on building a new energy system, adhere to green industrialization and industrial greening, take the Nandan (南丹) Key Metal High-Quality Development Comprehensive Experimental Zone as a demonstration to lead the high-quality development of the non-ferrous metal industry in the region, accelerate the construction of Guilin (桂林) as a world-class tourist city and Guangxi (广西) as a world tourist destination, and develop and strengthen the forestry, cultural tourism, elderly care, and health industries, so that a good ecological environment will continue to become a growth point and a starting point for improving the quality of life of people of all ethnic groups.
　　Jointly build and share a stable and peaceful homeland on the border, and constantly consolidate and develop a good situation of ethnic unity, social stability, and border tranquility.
　　General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "we must adhere to maintaining national security and social stability as the bottom line requirement for border governance. We must improve the social governance system of joint construction, joint governance, and sharing, constantly consolidate the grassroots foundation, and improve the effectiveness of social governance in border areas." Guangxi (广西) is located in the southern border of the motherland, and it is also an old revolutionary area and a border area. Eight counties (cities, districts) border Vietnam, with a land border line of 696 kilometers and a coastline of 1,628 kilometers. Ethnic unity and border consolidation are closely related to national security. People of all ethnic groups have exchanged, interacted, and integrated in the long river of history, sharing weal and woe, forming the glorious tradition of defending the country and guarding the border, and stories such as Madam Wa's resistance to Japanese pirates and Feng Zicai's resistance to the French are widely circulated. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Guangxi (广西) has fully implemented the overall national security concept, built a social governance pattern of joint construction, joint governance, and sharing among all ethnic groups, promoted the modernization of the ethnic affairs governance system and governance capacity, built a high-level safe Guangxi (广西) and a rule-of-law Guangxi (广西), firmly guarded the bottom line of not allowing systemic risks to occur, and achieved ethnic unity, social stability, and border tranquility.
　　Security is the prerequisite for development, and development is the guarantee of security. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee made comprehensive arrangements for "promoting the modernization of the national security system and capacity and building a higher level of safe China." On the new journey, we will better coordinate development and security, adhere to and improve the system of ethnic regional autonomy, govern ethnic affairs in accordance with the law, innovate the ethnic work system and mechanism, effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of people of all ethnic groups, and let "ethnic relations" continue to be the social indicator with the highest satisfaction among cadres and the masses; fully implement the responsibility system for ideological work, deepen the four major projects of "countering, building walls, purifying the soil, and attacking the heart" to safeguard political security, firmly grasp the Party's leadership over ideological work; accelerate the construction of a high-level safe Guangxi (广西) and a rule-of-law Guangxi (广西), continue to strengthen anti-smuggling and crack down on "three illegals," severely crack down on various infiltration, subversion, and sabotage activities, violent terrorist activities, ethnic separatist activities, and religious extremist activities, carry out the fight against organized crime and evil on a regular and institutionalized basis, improve the urban and rural grassroots governance system, and continue to prevent and resolve risks and hidden dangers in key areas such as real estate, finance, and local government debt, and resolutely guard the "southern gate" of the motherland.
　　(The author is the Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区))

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It is inappropriate to redact judges' names and case numbers in online court judgments.

According to a report from our newspaper in Beijing on January 7th (Reporter: Wei Zhezhe (魏哲哲)), some documents published on China Judgements Online recently had the names of the trial personnel concealed and the case numbers blurred. The reporter interviewed the person in charge of the Trial Management Office of the Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) regarding this issue.

The person in charge stated that the people's courts adhere to the disclosure of judicial information such as judgment documents, court trial activities, and trial procedures, and support the improvement of national information security, citizens' personal information, and the protection mechanism for the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises. The people's courts anonymize the names of the parties, legal persons, and other organizations in online documents.

The person in charge introduced that, according to relevant requirements, the names of the trial personnel, judge assistants, and clerks who perform their duties in accordance with the law in the case will not be anonymized in the online documents. In addition, the case number, as an important identifier to distinguish the type and order of the case, is also retained. In practice, some operators were unfamiliar with the requirements for anonymizing documents and mistakenly concealed the names of judges and case numbers, which was obviously inappropriate. The Supreme People's Court (最高人民法院) has paid attention to the above-mentioned problems and has arranged for relevant courts to rectify them.

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Photo Report

Starting January 5th, the "Exhibition of Wu Shi (吴石), Zhu Feng (朱枫), and Chen Baocang (陈宝仓) Archives from the Collection of the Shanghai Archives" is on display in the public service hall of the Archives. This is the first time the Shanghai Archives has publicly displayed the precious archival documents of the three martyrs, Wu Shi (吴石), Zhu Feng (朱枫), and Chen Baocang (陈宝仓). The exhibits include Wu Shi's (吴石) "Record of Chongqing Experiences - A Bright Mirror Illuminating the Great Rear Area," Zhu Feng's (朱枫) identity card application under the aliases "Zhu Jing (朱静)" and "Chen Zhu Miming (陈朱弥明)," and Chen Baocang's (陈宝仓) identity card application with his family, etc. This batch of precious first-hand historical materials provides an important basis for restoring the history of the struggle on the hidden front and deepening research in related fields.

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"Mobile Guardians" Among the Citizens

By: 本报记者 贺林平

"A vehicle rear-end collision occurred on Jiuzhou Avenue, causing localized congestion. Please proceed to handle it immediately!" As night fell, a police alert flashed on the computer screen of Wang Shusi (王书思), a duty officer in the command and dispatch hall on the 16th floor of the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau (珠海市公安局) main building in Guangdong Province.

"Ping An Iron Cavalry Team (平安铁骑队) member Du Peng (杜鹏) is patrolling nearby. Please proceed to handle it..." Wang Shusi skillfully clicked the mouse and remotely issued the order. Du Peng immediately turned his vehicle around and arrived at the scene in 3 minutes; quickly taking photos, collecting evidence, and directing traffic, the entire set of actions was completed in one go, and the road was instantly restored to smooth flow.

Traffic police handle road accidents, criminal police handle criminal investigations, and police stations handle basic police situations. Why is it necessary to form a Ping An Iron Cavalry Team? Wang Hua (王华), Political Commissar of the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau's Patrol and Special Police Detachment (珠海市公安局巡特警支队), said: "The Ping An Iron Cavalry Team is uniformly dispatched by the Municipal Bureau to break down the differences between police types, regional boundaries, and time and space constraints, further enhance social security prevention and control and emergency response capabilities, and effectively respond to various emergencies."

Before 6 o'clock in the morning, Iron Cavalry Team member Sang Jingcheng (桑景程) had already left home in the morning light, catching the earliest bus, arriving at Gongbei Port (拱北口岸) in 25 minutes; after getting off the bus, he quickly walked for more than 10 minutes to reach the Gongbei Ping An Iron Cavalry office camp; after washing up, eating breakfast, changing into a uniform, and organizing a full set of equipment, he rode his motorcycle and set off at 7:30.

The Ping An Iron Cavalry Team is supported by intelligence-led patrols, adhering to the principle of "police force following police situations." "The patrol area and routes are divided according to grids. I am mainly responsible for the area around Gongbei Port. An early shift involves at least 6.5 hours of patrolling and running fifty to sixty kilometers," said Sang Jingcheng.

Luo Zhijie (罗志杰), a police officer from the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau's Ping An Iron Cavalry Office (珠海市公安局平安铁骑办), introduced that Ping An Iron Cavalry Team members are equipped with mobile police terminals, 5G law enforcement recorders, walkie-talkies, as well as arm shields, batons, electric shock forks, restraint belts and other personal police equipment, as well as shielding cloths and fire extinguishers to deal with special situations. With "technology + manpower + professionalism," the Ping An Iron Cavalry Team has become a "mobile guardian" that quickly responds and appears in time for the masses.

When a little girl who took the wrong bus was panicked and helpless in front of the suburban industrial zone, Yang Minghan (杨明翰), an Iron Cavalry Team member who arrived in time, reassured her, "I'm not afraid when I see the police"; when tourists mistakenly entered the mudflats after the tide receded on the beach, and their legs were deeply trapped in the silt and unable to escape, Chen Zerong (陈泽荣) and Lou Xinyu (娄新宇), Iron Cavalry Team members, quickly arrived and worked together to rescue them from danger. Since its launch on May 1, 2025, the Zhuhai Ping An Iron Cavalry Team has dispatched police force more than 40,000 times, handled more than 40,000 police situations of various types, and served the masses more than 10,000 times; found 216 missing persons, and assisted in emergency medical rescue 113 times.

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New Opportunities Arise for Domestic Animated Films (New Observations on the Cultural Market)

By: 本报记者 刘 阳

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In 2025, domestically produced animated films achieved a surprisingly impressive result: among the top ten films in the annual box office rankings, animated films accounted for 4, with 3 of them being domestically produced; the box office revenue of animated films exceeded 25 billion yuan, accounting for nearly 50% of the market. Behind this lies the continuously increasing acceptance of animated films by the audience, and it also reflects the increasingly diverse content themes and the continuously aligning production technology of domestically produced animations with international advanced levels. Facing the new year, by maintaining the momentum of daring to explore creation, domestically produced animated films will better move towards the world stage.

Reviewing the Chinese film market in 2025, animated films performed brilliantly. The total national film box office revenue for the year was 51.832 billion yuan. Driven strongly by *Ne Zha: The Devil Child Reincarnation* (哪吒之魔童闹海) (hereinafter referred to as *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》)), the box office revenue of animated films exceeded 25 billion yuan, accounting for nearly 50% of the market. Among the top ten films in the annual box office rankings, animated films accounted for 4, namely *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》), *Zootopia 2* (《疯狂动物城2》), *Little Monsters on Langlang Mountain* (《浪浪山小妖怪》), and *Boonie Bears: Rebooted Future* (《熊出没·重启未来》), with 3 of them being domestically produced animated films.

A series of market data has greatly boosted the confidence of China's animated film industry, with domestically produced animated films represented by *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》) achieving a huge impact. How to view the Chinese animated film market in 2025 is particularly important for seizing market opportunities and taking new development steps in the new year.

Hit Films Added, Releasing Spillover Effects
In 2025, "Ne Zha" (哪吒) on his Wind Fire Wheels gathered global attention: *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》) became the global box office champion of animated films in film history with a global box office of 15.949 billion yuan, and also became the first Asian film in film history to enter the top ten in the global film box office, ranking fifth in the global film history box office.

Not only *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》), but also quite a few animated films have left a deep impression on Chinese audiences. Whether it is domestically produced animated films such as *Little Monsters on Langlang Mountain* (《浪浪山小妖怪》) or imported animated films such as *Zootopia 2* (《疯狂动物城2》), they have all performed well in the Chinese film market.

Yu Zhou (于洲), President of Light Chaser Animation (追光动画), believes that from the perspective of the domestic animated film market in 2025, the driving effect of hit films and head films is particularly significant. At the beginning of the year, *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》) attracted 324 million viewers, many of whom were audiences who watched the film multiple times, and many were "new audiences" who had not been to the cinema for many years. "*Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》) attracted high attention from the audience to animated films, which played a driving role in the performance of animated films throughout 2025," said Yu Zhou (于洲). "The topic effect formed by hit films further drove the rise in the box office of animated films."

"Chinese audiences are becoming more and more accepting of animated films," said Peng Kan (彭侃), a member of the Theoretical and Critical Committee of the China Film Association (中国电影家协会).

Data shows that from 2011 to 2018, animated films accounted for about 10% of China's annual box office; from 2019 to 2024, this proportion was about 14%; and in 2025, the proportion was close to 50%.

Currently, the post-95s and post-00s generations are the mainstream groups watching movies in theaters. "Compared with the post-70s and post-80s generations, this generation has been exposed to more animated films in the process of growing up, and they have a higher acceptance of animated films," said Yu Zhou (于洲).

The IP gene of animated films helps the market continue to rise. Most of the domestic and foreign animated films released in 2025 are IP films. *Ne Zha 2* (《哪吒2》), *Zootopia 2* (《疯狂动物城2》), *Boonie Bears: Rebooted Future* (《熊出没·重启未来》), *The Legend of Hei 2* (《罗小黑战记2》) all have previous works, *Little Monsters on Langlang Mountain* (《浪浪山小妖怪》) relies on the animated series *Chinese Odd Tales* (《中国奇谭》), and *Liao Zhai: Lan Ruo Temple* (《聊斋：兰若寺》) is developed from classical literary works with a deep foundation.

Peng Kan (彭侃) said that animated films are easy to realize IPization and release spillover effects. "The development of IP films is multi-dimensional, it can be a sequel, it can be a derivative product, and it can also be a joint marketing." In recent years, launching co-branded products with other brands during the release period can not only enhance the popularity and influence of animated films, but also bring them higher box office and peripheral revenue, thereby creating a strong viewing atmosphere, enhancing user stickiness, and expanding consumption scenarios.

Continuous Improvement in Quality, "Domestic" Occupies the Mainstream
Looking back at the past few years, domestically produced animated films such as *Chang'an* (《长安三万里》), *White Snake: Affection* (《白蛇：浮生》), *Deep Sea* (《深海》), and *Rock Brothers 2* (《茶啊二中》) have achieved good box office results and good reputation. "Chinese audiences are increasingly fond of domestically produced animated films, and domestically produced animated films have become the mainstream of the domestic animated film market," said Peng Kan (彭侃).

Industry insiders generally believe that the fundamental reason why domestically produced animated films are becoming more and more popular with audiences is the improvement in quality. On the one hand, the content themes are more diverse. Looking at the current domestically produced animated films, there are both the "Ne Zha" (哪吒) series and "White Snake" (白蛇) series adapted from Chinese traditional mythology, as well as *Chang'an* (《长安三万里》) and "Liao Zhai" (聊斋) series derived from Chinese classical literary works, as well as the "I Am What I Am" (雄狮少年) series focusing on real life, the *Little Monsters on Langlang Mountain* (《浪浪山小妖怪》) with realistic allegorical colors, and the "Boonie Bears" (熊出没) series that continues the family-friendly attributes... On the other hand, in terms of animation technology, the production technology of Chinese animated films has been in line with international advanced levels.

In recent years, the atmosphere of inheriting and developing excellent Chinese traditional culture has become increasingly strong, and the soil of cultural confidence has become increasingly deep. "Young audiences grow up in an era when the country's comprehensive strength is constantly increasing, and at the same time, schools and the whole society pay more and more attention to excellent Chinese traditional culture, which makes them have a natural sense of closeness to domestically produced animated films," said Yu Zhou (于洲).

From the perspective of industrial layout, the investment entities of domestically produced animated films are showing an increasingly clustered trend. At present, the producers of animated films are more concentrated. "The increasingly clustered investment entities mean that the industrial chain of Chinese animated films is more complete, and the risk resistance ability of animated film companies is enhanced, which is of great significance to the future development of Chinese animated films," said Peng Kan (彭侃).

Dare to Explore Creation, Tell Chinese Stories Well
While feeling happy about the good results, we must also calmly see the challenges behind them.

"To achieve continuous expansion of the animated film market, a large number of waist films are needed as support, which requires more small and medium-cost films to gain attention from audiences and the market," said Yu Zhou (于洲).

At the same time, the Chinese film market has become the world's largest box office for *Zootopia 2* (《疯狂动物城2》). This not only confirms China's strong digestion capacity as the world's second largest film market, but also shows the Chinese film market and film industry's tolerance and welcome to excellent imported films, becoming a microcosm of China's continued deepening of reform and opening up.

While excellent overseas animated films have achieved success in the Chinese film market, how can domestically produced animated films better go global, tell Chinese stories well, and convey Chinese voices well? This has become a new task and new topic for the Chinese animated film industry.

"The characteristics of animated films make them unique in expressiveness and have unique advantages in cultural communication," said Yu Zhou (于洲). "Chinese animated films need to think about how to explore expressing common human emotions when creating products with Chinese culture as the main content, so that audiences with different cultural backgrounds can accept and like our stories, thereby helping Chinese animated films better move towards the world stage."

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Decoding the "Creative Inheritance": The Chemical Reactions Within (Xin Yu)

By: 董映雪

Taking adherence to principles as the center, incorporating popular online elements, injecting innovative vitality, and expanding the reach of the "cultural radius" can attract young people from "familiarity" to "heartfelt," forming an aesthetic closed loop of "starting with novelty and ending with love."

"Now that Harry is eleven years old, it is time to go to school..." What is being sung is Peking Opera, and what is being played are characters from the movie "Harry Potter." A street performance by young Peking Opera enthusiasts has sparked a discussion about "fancy inheritance."

Traditional culture meets "fancy inheritance," and it's not just Peking Opera that's breaking through. Sichuan Opera face-changing suddenly reveals an "emoji"; practicing calligraphy involves writing popular song lyrics and lines from hit dramas; learning Su embroidery involves embroidering cartoon images; performing shadow puppetry involves dancing popular online dances... Some people are surprised that "traditional art can still be like this," while others joke that "no matter what, it's at least being passed down."

How should we view the "good" and "bad" of "fancy inheritance"? "Fancy inheritance" contains the "chemical reaction" produced by traditional skills and youthful power.

The comment section is lively with videos of Peking Opera excerpts adapted from film and television works such as "Harry Potter" and "Empresses in the Palace." Some netizens said that they have become opera friends with their elders because of this, unlocking the charm of opera; some young netizens show off their unique skills: Sichuan Opera face-changing turns into emojis, and Su embroidery techniques embroider cartoon images, attracting cheers of "without freshness, how can we keep the 'old skills'?" In one "fancy inheritance" after another, traditional art sheds its aloof coat and becomes approachable.

Of course, we must also face some concerns. Will "fancy inheritance" lead to attention-grabbing sensationalism? How to define "adaptation" and "fabrication," how to distinguish between breaking the circle and catering to traffic, and how to make "secondary creation" meet artistic requirements and adhere to the bottom line of creation? These all require deep thought. Form is the skin, and foundation is the bone. We cannot lose the spirit and essence for the sake of appearance. The profound charm of traditional art is the most solid core of inheritance. No matter how innovative, the charm of Peking Opera singing remains undiminished, the calligraphy strokes are powerful, and the Su embroidery and shadow puppetry skills are solid. These are all essential basic skills that cannot be neglected.

Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳), a master of Peking Opera, said "move the step but not change the form" (移步而不换形), and Li Keran (李可染), a master of traditional Chinese painting, said "use the greatest effort to get in, and use the greatest courage to get out." "Fancy inheritance" contains the changes and constants understood by Generation Z. Taking adherence to principles as the center, incorporating popular online elements, injecting innovative vitality, and expanding the reach of the "cultural radius" can attract young people from "familiarity" to "heartfelt," forming an aesthetic closed loop of "starting with novelty and ending with love."

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National Survey of Quyi (Traditional Chinese Performing Arts) Genres and Construction Project of the Chinese Quyi Genre Database Launched

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) January 7th dispatch (Reporter Zhou Feiya (周飞亚)) Recently, the National Quyi (曲艺) Variety Census and the Construction Project of the Chinese Quyi Variety Database was launched in Beijing (北京). This project is jointly implemented by the Chinese Ballad Singers Association (中国曲协), the National Archives of Publications and Culture (中国国家版本馆), and the Federations of Literary and Art Circles of various provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) (全国各省（区、市）文联), and is planned to be completed in 5 years. The project focuses on "systematic protection, digital presentation, and innovative development," conducting a comprehensive census of Quyi (曲艺) varieties nationwide. It will comprehensively sort out the evolution, current situation, artistic characteristics, and representative inheritor information of each Quyi (曲艺) variety, systematically collect classic works, literature, performance videos, oral histories, and other resources, and establish an authoritative and standardized Chinese Quyi (曲艺) Variety Database.

The project is divided into 4 stages and will first conduct pilot work in 8 provinces and municipalities: Tianjin (天津), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), Heilongjiang (黑龙江), Zhejiang (浙江), Shandong (山东), Hunan (湖南), Chongqing (重庆), and Sichuan (四川), to accumulate experience for the national census. The project results will be presented in the form of compilation of census reports, publication of a series of books, and construction of a digital resource database, and will be promoted to the public through online and offline platforms, providing solid support for Quyi (曲艺) research, inheritance, education, and innovation.

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Exhibition of Han Dynasty Bamboo Slips Unearthed from Juyan Ruins Opens

This newspaper Hohhot (呼和浩特) January 7th (Reporter Zhang Cheng (张枨)) "'Simple' Reading Juyan - Special Exhibition of Han Bamboo Slips Unearthed from Juyan Ruins" was recently held at the Inner Mongolia Museum (内蒙古博物院). The exhibition is guided by the Cultural Relics Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区文物局) and the Cultural Relics Bureau of Gansu Province (甘肃省文物局), and hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Alxa League Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共阿拉善盟委员会宣传部) and the Alxa League Culture, Tourism, Radio and Television Bureau (阿拉善盟文化旅游广电局). It is jointly undertaken by the Inner Mongolia Museum (内蒙古博物院), the Alxa Museum (阿拉善博物馆), and the Gansu Jian牘 Museum (甘肃简牍博物馆), and will last until March 15.

This exhibition takes "Juyan Han Bamboo Slips" as the carrier, systematically combs through the historical context of the Juyan Ruins from the Neolithic Age to the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and selects 400 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics such as Han bamboo slips, artifacts, and documents unearthed from the Juyan Ruins, which are divided into six units: "Juyan Ruins," "Treasures Appear," "Beacon Towers Guard Together," "Border Coexistence," "Silk Road Interconnection," and "Working Together with One Heart."

The Juyan Ruins are distributed in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区) and Gansu Province (甘肃省). Most of the Juyan Han bamboo slips excavated from the ruins are Han Dynasty border garrison documents. These Han bamboo slips are called "Juyan Han Bamboo Slips," "Juyan New Bamboo Slips," and "Ejina Han Bamboo Slips" according to different excavation times, and are collectively referred to as "Juyan Han Bamboo Slips." Their content involves many fields such as the Han Dynasty's political system, military system, economic development, culture and art, scientific and technological achievements, and ethnic exchanges. Juyan Han Bamboo Slips, together with Yin墟 Oracle Bones, Dunhuang Manuscripts, and Ming and Qing Archives, are known as the "Four Great Discoveries" of ancient Chinese documents in the early 20th century.

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For the dream of supporting education, always ready to "set off again" (Running for a dream)

By: 本报记者 田先进

Neat short hair, thin-rimmed glasses, dark skin... At first glance, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广), a chemistry teacher at Lixin County No. 1 Middle School (利辛县第一中学) in Bozhou (亳州), Anhui Province (安徽省), is sunny and talkative, but he gets a little out of breath when speaking for a long time.

It turns out that in July 2025, Hou Chunguang returned to Lixin (利辛) after finishing his aid-Tibet teaching assignment. The long-term life on the plateau brought him some physical discomfort. Now, Hou Chunguang has to bring a loudspeaker to class to ensure the teaching effect. "Some physical conditions are inevitable and can be recovered slowly, but the experience of supporting education on the plateau is more valuable," said Hou Chunguang (侯纯广).

Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) was born in a village in Lixin County (利辛县). Influenced by his grandfather, who was the principal of a primary school, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) applied to a normal school after the college entrance examination, determined to become a teacher. After graduation, he came to Lixin County No. 1 Middle School (利辛县第一中学) and became a chemistry teacher.

In 2010, Anhui Province (安徽省) planned to select teachers to support education in Xinjiang (新疆), and Lixin County (利辛县) happened to have a quota for chemistry teachers. After learning the news, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) was very excited. It had always been his dream to support education in remote areas: "When I was in college, I learned about the education situation in remote areas. At that time, I hoped to have the opportunity to support education and contribute my strength."

In this way, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) went to Xinjiang (新疆) and started his teaching career. When he first arrived, everything had to be adapted from scratch. "The local weather is dry, and there is a lot of sand and dust. Sometimes I feel sand in my mouth," Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) recalled. While adapting to the climate, problems in teaching also followed. "The children in the class are not proficient in Mandarin, and their chemistry foundation is relatively weak. I teach according to my previous teaching methods, and the effect is often not good," said Hou Chunguang (侯纯广).

In order to improve the teaching effect, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) began to ponder ways to improve: asking local teachers for advice, converting chemical terms into everyday language, and explaining abstract chemical concepts with practical examples around him. For example, what is a catalyst? Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) cleverly made an analogy: "Students with good grades answer your questions and solve your doubts, and the two make progress together. This student's help is your catalyst." In this way, the children's chemistry scores have improved greatly.

After the aid-Xinjiang (援疆) period expired, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) extended it for another half semester before reluctantly ending this period of teaching.

In August 2022, in response to the call for aid to Tibet (援藏), Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) resolutely rushed to Shannan City No. 2 Senior High School (山南市第二高级中学) in the Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区).

Different from aid to Xinjiang (援疆), aid to Tibet (援藏) takes longer and has a higher altitude. As soon as Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) got off the plane, he experienced altitude sickness. Even so, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) still devoted himself to teaching. At this time, he was already a senior chemistry teacher with more than 10 years of teaching experience, and he brought many good experiences to the snowy plateau.

During the third year of high school, in order to help the children improve their review effect, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) carefully selected exercises of different difficulty levels and printed them into test papers for everyone. "There are not many local exercise materials, and many questions were found by me bit by bit," said Hou Chunguang (侯纯广). That year, the class he led set the best record in the school's history in the college entrance examination.

During his aid-Tibet (援藏) period, Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) also served as a part-time high school chemistry teaching and research staff member in Shannan City (山南市), helping local young teachers improve their professional level through special research, demonstration classes, and listening and evaluating classes.

"Supporting education is my dream. Although there are hardships in the process, they are all valuable life wealth," Hou Chunguang (侯纯广) said firmly, "If I have the opportunity, I will set off again for my ideal."

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Progress Made in Simulation Research of Scientific Data from China's Xuntian Space Telescope

This newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 7th (Reporter Li Junqi (李君强)): A reporter learned from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院国家天文台) that China's research team has made progress in the scientific data simulation research of the China Space Station Telescope (中国空间站巡天空间望远镜). Related research was published online in the academic journal *Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics* in a special issue.

With the successive construction and operation of the fourth generation of space and ground survey telescopes internationally, a large amount of observational data is leading humanity into the era of big data astronomy. The survey space telescope also belongs to the fourth generation of survey telescopes. It is a large-scale space astronomical facility planned and constructed by China's manned space program, with a diameter of 2 meters and characteristics such as a large field of view, high image quality, and wide band.

In order to ensure the timeliness and reliability of the scientific output of the China Space Station Telescope (中国空间站巡天空间望远镜), the research team has built an end-to-end observation simulation suite for the telescope's main optical engine and various observation terminals, realizing high-quality pixel-level simulation of the observation data, which will be used for the comprehensive evaluation of the telescope's overall performance.

Li Cheng (李成), a professor in the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University (清华大学), said that the results paper completely and systematically demonstrates the instrument performance and simulated data of the telescope's main survey module and various auxiliary modules, providing reliable data guarantees for the research and development and testing of the data processing system before the launch of the survey space telescope, scientific pre-research, and scientific operation after launch.

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Daqing, Heilongjiang Province: Exploring the "Spiritual Rich Mine" to Deepen the Foundation of Integrity Culture

Daqing City (大庆市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), firmly remembers the important requirements of "being a good benchmark and banner, and building a century-old oilfield." The local government and enterprises are working together to plan and layout, promote the Daqing Spirit (大庆精神) and Iron Man Spirit (铁人精神), explore elements of a culture of integrity, accelerate the construction of a culture of integrity in the new era, and cultivate a clean and honest urban cultural foundation.

Daqing City (大庆市) adapts to local conditions, relying on resources such as the Iron Man Wang Jinxi (王进喜) Memorial Hall, and has laid out 15 integrity culture positions and an all-weather open online education platform to create an integrity culture education matrix. It has carried out more than 300 series of activities such as "six entries" of integrity culture, adopting methods such as sending lessons to the grassroots level and to branches. Nearly one million people have participated, covering 7,842 grassroots party organizations, 184,000 party members, and 267,000 oilfield employees in the city, promoting the continuation of the red bloodline and the promotion of glorious traditions throughout society. It always adheres to the value pursuit of "sharing worries for the country and dedicating to the people," fully activating the cultural genes of "hard struggle, advocating integrity and thrift," and continuing to inherit the fine traditions of "three old and four strict" and "four samenesses," jointly embarking on Daqing's (大庆) new practice of Chinese-style modernization.

Daqing City (大庆市) adheres to the joint residence of local enterprises and the joint construction of integrity, organically combining the connotation of Daqing Spirit (大庆精神) and Iron Man Spirit (铁人精神) with the culture of integrity. It has cooperated with relevant departments of Daqing Oilfield Company (大庆油田公司) to build an integrity education base with an exhibition area of 2,000 square meters. With the theme of "Century-old Oilfield · Clean Daqing (百年油田·清廉大庆)," it has five theme exhibition halls to showcase Daqing's (大庆) comprehensive and strict governance of the party, using 93 typical cases and a 3D immersive experience space to make integrity culture publicity visible, education internalized, and integrity rooted in the heart, establishing a diligent and honest work style.

At the same time, Daqing City (大庆市) makes good use of the "six heirlooms" from the oilfield battle period, sings the main theme of integrity and dedication, gathers positive energy for clean work, promotes the integration of the new era's integrity culture into grassroots units and oilfield factory and mining enterprise culture construction, continues to deepen the "Clean Breeze · Starting from Home (清风·从家出发)" family assistance to integrity activities, and builds a comprehensive integrity culture construction system extending from units to families and from "within eight hours" to "outside eight hours" through measures such as guiding "integrity" with the red spirit, establishing "integrity" with advanced models, cultivating "integrity" with urban culture, and passing on "integrity" with family traditions and family instructions, activating the spiritual gene of "being honest and upright and doing things cleanly," and issuing the powerful oath of "building a solid ideological defense line and guarding the bottom line of integrity."

Data source: Publicity Department of the Daqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共大庆市委宣传部)

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Editor in Charge for This Edition: Zhi Chunli, Cao Yiqing, Chen Shihan

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Great Wall Motor to Showcase Cutting-Edge Technologies at CES 2026

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Regulations on Funeral Management

Decree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
No. 824
The "Funeral Management Regulations" were revised and adopted at the 72nd Executive Meeting of the State Council (国务院) on November 14, 2025, and are hereby promulgated and shall come into effect on March 30, 2026.

Premier Li Qiang (李强)
December 12, 2025

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated to strengthen the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry, strengthen funeral management, steadily promote funeral reform, and promote the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.

Article 2 These Regulations apply to funeral management within the territory of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国).

Article 3 Funeral management shall adhere to public welfare and benefiting the people, civilization and thrift, green ecology, improve funeral services, and deepen the transformation of funeral customs.

Article 4 The civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院民政部门) shall be responsible for the national funeral management work. The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the funeral management work within their respective administrative regions.

The development and reform departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for performing the examination and approval procedures for funeral facility projects in accordance with their responsibilities; the finance departments shall be responsible for incorporating the necessary funeral work funds into the budget at the same level in accordance with regulations, and strengthening the supervision and management of funds; the natural resources departments shall be responsible for the examination and approval of land use for funeral facilities and planning permits, and shall incorporate the land use needs of funeral facilities into the annual land use plan in accordance with the territorial space plan; the health and health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control departments shall be responsible for the supervision and management of death certificates issued by medical and health institutions and temporary body storage places such as mortuaries; the market supervision and management departments shall be responsible for investigating and dealing with price violations, illegal charges, monopolies, unfair competition and other acts of funeral service institutions and other business entities in accordance with the law; the relevant departments of education, public security, ecological environment, housing and urban-rural development, human resources and social security, agriculture and rural areas, emergency management, ethnic affairs, religion, cyberspace affairs, telecommunications, and forestry and grassland shall, in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and other relevant laws and regulations, do a good job in funeral-related work within their respective responsibilities.

The local people's governments at or above the county level shall coordinate, coordinate, supervise and guide the relevant departments to do a good job in funeral management within their respective responsibilities.

The people's governments of townships and the sub-district offices, as well as the villagers' committees and residents' committees, shall do a good job in funeral-related work in accordance with the law.

Article 5 The funeral industry is an important public welfare undertaking.

Funeral services are divided into basic and non-basic items, and the charging policy shall be formulated by the development and reform department of the State Council (国务院发展改革部门), the finance department, and the civil affairs and other departments of the State Council (国务院民政部门).

The state shall formulate a list of basic funeral service items, including body transportation, body storage, body farewell, body cremation, ash storage, ecological burial, and ash grid burial provided by government-run funeral service institutions. The civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in conjunction with relevant departments, appropriately increase the basic funeral service items in their respective administrative regions in light of actual conditions. Charging standards shall be formulated in accordance with the law.

The civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the level of cities divided into districts and above shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, reasonably determine the list of non-basic funeral service items and implement strict management of charges in accordance with the law.

Article 6 The state shall gradually incorporate eligible funeral service projects into the scope of national basic public services and dynamically adjust them.

Article 7 The people's governments at all levels shall, taking into account actual needs and financial affordability, establish a funeral undertaking investment mechanism that is adapted to the basic funeral service needs of the people.

Article 8 The state promotes funeral reform, steadily and orderly implements cremation, reforms burial, and saves funeral land.

The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with the population, transportation, land resources, and other conditions of their respective administrative regions, steadily expand the scope of cremation areas and adjust the situation in a timely manner on the basis of the areas where cremation is implemented and the areas where burial is allowed, and report to the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院民政部门).

Article 9 Respect the funeral customs of ethnic minorities; no one shall interfere with the voluntary reform of funeral customs; encourage the adoption of funeral methods that meet the requirements of ecological environmental protection and land conservation, and dispose of bodies or ashes in accordance with the regulations of the place of death.

Article 10 The civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院民政部门) shall coordinate the planning and improvement of the national funeral basic information database, realize timely sharing with the national population basic information database, and establish and improve an information sharing mechanism with the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院), such as public security, health and health, and human resources and social security.

The civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for coordinating the construction, management, and maintenance of the funeral service information system in their respective administrative regions, incorporating funeral service entities and related practitioners into the system management, and providing convenient funeral services.

Article 11 Promote scientific and technological innovation and application in the field of funeral services. Strengthen the construction of a professional talent team related to funeral service management.

Article 12 State organs, mass organizations, grass-roots mass autonomous organizations, and media such as radio, television, newspapers, and internet platforms shall strengthen publicity and education to guide the masses to actively carry out funeral reform activities.

Article 13 Any organization or individual may file complaints and reports to the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at or above the county level and relevant departments for acts that violate the provisions of these Regulations. The departments receiving complaints and reports shall handle them in a timely manner in accordance with regulations.

Chapter II Funeral Facilities

Article 14 Funeral facilities are facilities necessary to meet the funeral service needs of the people, including funeral homes, columbariums, and public cemeteries.

Funeral service institutions are the operating units of funeral facilities. Newly established funeral service institutions shall be run by the government and shall be non-profit institutions. No new for-profit funeral service institutions shall be established.

The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the management of funeral service institutions in accordance with the law.

Article 15 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the construction of funeral facilities into relevant plans and coordinate with the territorial space plan. The construction of new funeral facilities in the administrative region shall comply with local relevant plans.

Article 16 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall build funeral homes as needed according to the population size and distribution of their respective administrative regions, and reasonably set up service outlets for funeral homes.

The local people's governments at or above the county level shall equip body transport vehicles in light of actual conditions to ensure body transport needs.

Article 17 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall build columbariums and public cemeteries, and shall reasonably determine the construction type, quantity, and scale in accordance with the principles of supply and demand matching, land conservation, and ecology, in combination with the implementation of cremation, the reform of burial, and existing land resources in their respective administrative regions.

Article 18 The land use for newly built funeral facilities shall be obtained by means of allocation in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Article 19 Funeral equipment such as body transport vehicles, body refrigerated cabinets, cremation machines, and cremation pollutant purification equipment required for funeral facilities shall comply with relevant mandatory standards. It is forbidden to manufacture, sell, or use funeral equipment that does not meet mandatory standards.

Article 20 Rural collective economic organizations or villagers' committees shall file with the civil affairs department of the county people's government for the establishment of public welfare cemeteries for villagers using village collective land. Relevant land use procedures shall be handled in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Rural public welfare cemeteries shall not, in principle, charge villagers for the use of tomb plots, and shall not provide tomb land or tomb plots to people other than villagers.

The local people's governments at or above the county level shall do a good job in the construction investment and unified management of rural public welfare cemeteries in light of actual conditions.

Article 21 It is forbidden to establish or restore clan cemeteries.

Article 22 It is forbidden to build graves in the following areas:

(1) Cultivated land and forest land;

(2) Urban parks, scenic spots, and cultural relic protection areas;

(3) Reservoirs and river dikes and water source protection areas;

(4) Both sides of railways and highway trunk lines.

Existing graves in the areas specified in the preceding paragraph, except for cemeteries with historical, artistic, and scientific value that are protected by the state, shall be relocated or buried deeply in a proper manner, leaving no mounds; public cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries that guarantee the basic burial needs of local residents and cannot avoid the areas specified in the preceding paragraph may be included in the territorial space plan in accordance with the law and are not within the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph.

Chapter III Funeral Services

Article 23 In the event of a natural person's normal death, the medical and health institution shall issue a death certificate in a timely manner and share the death certificate information through the government service platform in various places.

Medical and health institutions shall publish the contact information of funeral homes and their service outlets in accordance with regulations to facilitate contact with bereaved families.

For the deceased in cases (events) of non-normal death that are handled by the public security organs in accordance with the law and have not been treated by medical and health institutions, the public security organs shall issue death certificates.

Article 24 The health and health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control departments and civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the connection and cooperation between medical and health institutions and funeral homes.

The mortuaries of medical and health institutions shall not be outsourced, shall not carry out funeral services, and may provide convenient services for the temporary storage of bodies.

Article 25 Body transportation, storage, embalming, cosmetology, and cremation services shall be provided exclusively by funeral homes.

Article 26 Funeral homes shall transport bodies in a timely manner with a death certificate and carry out necessary sanitary technical treatment of the bodies. When transporting bodies, if the condition of the body is obviously inconsistent with the cause of death stated in the death certificate, the public security organ shall be notified immediately.

Article 27 The storage of bodies in funeral homes shall generally not exceed 3 days. If extended storage is required, the bereaved family or the body transfer party shall go through the extended storage procedures at the funeral home and pay the extended storage fee in accordance with regulations.

Article 28 Funeral homes shall cremate bodies with a death certificate and cremation confirmation and issue a cremation certificate.

Funeral homes shall install image acquisition equipment in key areas such as body storage and cremation, and save the collected video image information for no less than 90 days for future reference.

Article 29 In areas where cremation is implemented, bodies shall be cremated locally and nearby in funeral homes. If it is necessary to transport bodies across regions, the bereaved family shall contact the funeral home to transport the bodies with the body reception certificate issued by the civil affairs department of the transportation destination.

The transportation of bodies and remains across countries (borders) shall be handled in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Article 30 The measures for the issuance of death certificates and the disposal of bodies in special circumstances such as unidentified identity, unclaimed, on-the-spot death in traffic accidents, and death due to other emergencies shall be formulated by the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院民政部门) in conjunction with the public security department and health and health department of the State Council (国务院公安部门、卫生健康部门).

Chapter IV Burial Services

Article 31 Promote burial methods that do not occupy land or occupy less land, advocate the use of green and environmentally friendly funeral supplies, and reduce the petrification and hardening of cemeteries.

In areas where cremation is implemented, encourage and guide burial methods such as sea burial, tree burial, flower burial, and lawn burial of ashes; in areas where burial is allowed, encourage and guide burial methods such as deep burial of bodies, leaving no mounds, no hardening, and no monuments.

Localities with conditions may provide appropriate subsidies for ecological burials implemented in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 32 Localities may, in accordance with relevant national regulations and in light of actual conditions, delineate a certain area in appropriate places to implement ecological burial.

Article 33 The state advocates ash grid burial. Columbariums do not charge or appropriately charge for the use of grid positions and maintenance management fees.

It is forbidden to set up private ancestral halls in columbariums.

Article 34 Public cemeteries shall be guided by land-saving and ecological burial, promote the miniaturization of tomb plots and tombstones, and delineate a certain area to implement ecological burial and ash grid burial.

The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strictly limit the land area of tomb plots and the height of tombstones in public cemeteries, and the specific standards shall be formulated by the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院民政部门).

It is forbidden to expand the land area of tomb plots in disguise or use high-grade materials. It is forbidden to set up signs that violate public order and good customs.

Article 35 Columbariums and public cemeteries shall provide ash grid positions and public cemetery tomb plots with death certificates, cremation certificates, and other relevant supporting materials. Except for providing ash grid positions and public cemetery tomb plots for elderly people and critically ill patients.

Article 36 The usage cycle of ash grid positions and public cemetery tomb plots shall not exceed 20 years. When the usage cycle expires, renewal procedures can be handled and maintenance management fees can be paid.

Article 37 The operating units of columbariums and public cemeteries shall withdraw fees in accordance with regulations to establish a maintenance fund, which shall be managed in a special account under the supervision of the local civil affairs department and used for subsequent maintenance and management.

Article 38 It is forbidden to use residential houses exclusively for the placement of ashes. It is forbidden to bury bodies and build graves in places other than public cemeteries, rural public welfare cemeteries, and areas where ecological burial is implemented in accordance with the law.

Chapter V Funeral Activities

Article 39 Funeral activities shall comply with laws and regulations and social morality, shall not hinder public order or endanger public safety, shall not infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of others, and shall not violate public order and good customs.

Encourage organizations such as rural red and white affairs councils to play a role in assisting the masses in handling funeral activities in a civilized and thrifty manner and guiding the transformation of customs.

Article 40 The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen publicity and guide the masses to handle farewell and other funeral activities in funeral homes and their service outlets.

Article 41 Organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities such as funeral service agency, funeral supplies purchasing, planning and hosting, and information consulting, other than funeral service institutions, shall file with the civil affairs department of the county people's government.

The civil affairs department of the county people's government shall incorporate organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities into the funeral service information system and funeral industry organization management, and shall deal with acts that damage the rights and interests of bereaved families, such as illegal charges by means of deception, inducing extravagant handling, forcing acceptance of services, and reselling information of the deceased, and mark them in the funeral service information system and make them public to the society.

Article 42 Funeral service institutions shall not arbitrarily establish charging items in violation of relevant regulations, or raise charging standards in disguise by means of decomposing items or expanding the scope of charges.

Article 43 Funeral service institutions, business entities selling funeral supplies, and organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities shall not implement the following price violations:

(1) Failing to clearly mark prices in accordance with regulations, or increasing prices or charging unmarked fees in addition to the marked prices;

(2) Using false or misleading price means to induce bereaved families to trade with them;

(3) Forcibly or disguisedly forcing the sale of funeral supplies and providing funeral-related services and charging fees by means of bundling, attaching unreasonable conditions or unreasonable restrictions;

(4) Forcibly or disguisedly forcing bereaved families to accept paid services from third parties, or repeatedly charging fees using related service outlets;

(5) Other price violations prohibited by laws and regulations and relevant national regulations.

The units and organizations specified in the preceding paragraph shall not reach or implement monopoly agreements that exclude or restrict competition; those with a dominant market position shall not abuse their dominant market position.

Article 44 It is forbidden to manufacture and sell funeral supplies that violate laws and regulations or violate public order and good customs.

It is forbidden to sell coffins and other burial supplies to areas where cremation is implemented.

Article 45 The state advocates civilized, low-carbon, and safe tomb sweeping.

Online tomb sweeping service platforms shall comply with laws and regulations, follow public order and good customs, strengthen the protection of the deceased's information, shall not induce consumption, and shall not illegally or irregularly handle the deceased's information or publish or disseminate information prohibited by laws and regulations.

Article 46 Township people's governments, sub-district offices, and villagers' committees and residents' committees may use suitable venues to provide convenience for the masses to handle funerals.

Chapter VI Supervision and Management
Article 47: Local people's governments at or above the county level shall formulate a list of regulatory items covering the entire chain of funeral activities, and strengthen inter-departmental information sharing and law enforcement cooperation. The civil affairs departments and relevant departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall perform their duties in accordance with the law and supervise and inspect funeral activities.

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen regular supervision of funeral work and support and urge relevant departments to perform their duties in accordance with the law.

Article 48: The civil affairs, natural resources, water resources, forestry and grassland, and cultural relics departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall comprehensively use modern technical means to promptly discover and deal with illegal funeral activities.

Article 49: The civil affairs departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve a random inspection mechanism for matters such as the construction and operation of funeral facilities, the standards for burial in public cemeteries, and the management of funeral activities. The results of the random inspections and the handling of the results shall be notified to the inspected entities in writing and disclosed to the public in accordance with the law.

Article 50: Funeral services shall be subject to list-based management and dynamic adjustment, and it is prohibited to set up items or charge fees outside the list.

The civil affairs departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall, together with relevant departments, strengthen price monitoring and supervision of funeral services in accordance with the law to curb excessive charges.

Article 51: The civil affairs departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish an information sharing and supervision mechanism with supervision channels such as government service convenience hotlines. Funeral service problems reflected by bereaved families shall be handled promptly in conjunction with relevant departments, and the handling results shall be notified to the bereaved families.

Article 52: Funeral service institutions shall submit annual work reports and financial audit reports to the civil affairs departments to which they belong every year. The annual work report shall include information on daily operations, service management, safety production, and acceptance of awards and penalties. The civil affairs department at the next higher level may conduct supervision and inspection of funeral service institutions by randomly checking annual work reports and financial audit reports.

Article 53: The civil affairs departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish a credit record system for funeral service entities and related practitioners in accordance with relevant national regulations, include relevant information in the National Credit Information Sharing Platform, and carry out untrustworthy disciplinary actions in accordance with the law.

Article 54: Funeral industry organizations shall strengthen industry self-discipline and guide funeral service institutions to operate legally, honestly, and safely. Funeral industry practitioners shall abide by professional ethics and standardize civilized services.

Article 55: The state encourages citizens, legal persons, and other organizations to conduct social supervision of funeral work.

Chapter VII Legal Liability

Article 56: If a funeral service institution has any of the following circumstances, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit, give a warning, and confiscate illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed depending on the seriousness of the circumstances and the degree of harm; if the illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be given to the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law:

(1) Violating the provisions of these Regulations to transport, store, or cremate remains, or failing to preserve relevant video image information as required;

(2) Issuing cremation certificates in violation of the provisions of these Regulations, or falsely issuing, forging, or reselling cremation certificates;

(3) Providing ash lattice positions or tomb positions in violation of the provisions of these Regulations, or setting up signs that violate public order and good customs;

(4) Failing to submit annual work reports and financial audit reports or accept supervision and inspection in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations;

(5) Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

Article 57: Setting up private ancestral halls in ash halls, providing tomb positions exceeding the prescribed standards in public cemeteries, expanding the area occupied by tomb positions in disguised form, or using high-grade materials shall be ordered by the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level to make corrections within a time limit, give a warning, and confiscate illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 500,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 1 million yuan shall be imposed depending on the seriousness of the circumstances and the degree of harm; if the illegal income is more than 500,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be given to the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law.

Article 58: Building funeral facilities without authorization in violation of regulations, or changing the area or use of funeral facilities without authorization, shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations such as urban and rural planning and land management.

Article 59: If rural public welfare cemeteries provide tomb land or tomb positions for profit-making purposes, the civil affairs department of the county people's government shall order corrections; if there is illegal income, the illegal income shall be confiscated, and a fine of not less than 1 time and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be given to the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law.

Article 60: Burying remains that should be cremated, or burying remains and building graves in places other than public cemeteries, rural public welfare cemeteries, and areas where ecological burial is implemented in accordance with the law, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections within a time limit.

Article 61: Establishing or restoring clan cemeteries shall be ordered by the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level to make corrections within a time limit, and a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan and not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed depending on the seriousness of the circumstances and the degree of harm.

Article 62: Constructing graves in prohibited areas in violation of the provisions of these Regulations shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations such as land management and forestry.

Article 63: If any of the following circumstances exist, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with the market supervision department, order corrections and confiscate illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 30,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed:

(1) Manufacturing, selling, or using funeral equipment that does not meet mandatory standards;

(2) Manufacturing or selling funeral supplies that violate laws and regulations or violate public order and good customs;

(3) Selling coffins and other burial supplies to areas that implement cremation.

Counterfeiting or using Renminbi patterns in funeral supplies shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations on Renminbi management.

Article 64: Outsourcing mortuaries or carrying out funeral services in mortuaries shall be ordered by the health and health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control departments of the local people's government at or above the county level to make corrections in accordance with their respective duties, give a warning, and confiscate illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 30,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be given to the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law.

Article 65: If other organizations or individuals transport, store, preserve, groom, or cremate remains without authorization, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections, give a warning, and confiscate illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed.

Article 66: Using residential houses specifically for placing ashes and causing adverse effects, or handling funeral activities in violation of the provisions of these Regulations, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, order corrections and conduct education in accordance with their respective duties.

Article 67: Organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities that harm the rights and interests of bereaved families shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law. Violations of other laws and regulations shall be dealt with in accordance with relevant regulations.

Article 68: If there are price violations as stipulated in Articles 42 and 43, Paragraph 1 of these Regulations, penalties shall be imposed in accordance with relevant laws, administrative regulations, and rules on price management; if relevant laws, administrative regulations, and rules do not stipulate, the market supervision department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections, confiscate illegal income, and impose a fine of not more than 5 times the illegal income; if there is no illegal income, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan and not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed, and if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 500,000 yuan and not more than 1 million yuan shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be ordered to be suspended for rectification or revoked.

If there are violations as stipulated in Article 43, Paragraph 2 of these Regulations, they shall be dealt with in accordance with relevant anti-monopoly laws.

Article 69: If a network memorial service platform violates the provisions of these Regulations, the civil affairs, public security, cyberspace administration, telecommunications and other departments of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections in accordance with their respective duties and give a warning; if it refuses to make corrections or the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 300,000 yuan shall be imposed, and it may be ordered to suspend business for rectification or be closed down.

Article 70: If staff members of local people's governments at or above the county level and relevant departments, and staff members of funeral service institutions have any of the following behaviors in funeral work, they shall be given disciplinary action in accordance with the law:

(1) Seeking benefits for others in matters such as the construction of funeral facilities, the procurement of funeral equipment, and the procurement and sale of funeral supplies;

(2) Taking advantage of their work to solicit or illegally accept property;

(3) Approving or constructing funeral facilities that do not comply with the provisions of these Regulations;

(4) Concealing or improperly handling illegal problems, causing ecological damage, loss of public property, or adverse social impact;

(5) Other acts of abuse of power, neglect of duty, or malpractice for personal gain.

Property solicited or illegally accepted by taking advantage of work shall be confiscated, recovered, or ordered to be returned.

Article 71: In funeral management and services, if any suspected criminal behavior such as trafficking in remains, human tissues, and organs is discovered, it shall be transferred to the public security organs for investigation and handling in accordance with the law.

Article 72: Violations of the provisions of these Regulations that constitute violations of public security administration shall be given public security administrative penalties by the public security organs in accordance with the law; if they constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

Article 73: These Regulations shall come into force on March 30, 2026.

(Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Beijing (北京), January 7)

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Officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Civil Affairs Answered Questions from Reporters on the Revision of the "Funeral Management Regulations"

By: 本报记者 孟祥夫

In recent days, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang (李强) signed a State Council decree, announcing the revised "Funeral Management Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). Officials from the Ministry of Justice (司法部) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) answered questions from reporters regarding the relevant issues of the "Regulations."

Q: Please briefly introduce the revision background of the "Regulations."

A: Funeral affairs are a livelihood issue concerning thousands of households. China promulgated and implemented the "Funeral Management Regulations" in 1997, which played an important role in strengthening funeral management. In recent years, some new situations and new problems have emerged in the funeral field, requiring strengthening the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry, and strengthening and standardizing funeral charging, comprehensive supervision and other service management. Therefore, it is necessary to revise the current "Regulations."

Q: What is the overall idea of revising the "Regulations?"

A: The revision of the "Regulations" follows the following overall ideas: First, strengthen the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry, and ensure that the public welfare attributes are implemented. Second, strengthen and standardize service management from all links of the entire funeral chain of "death, funeral, burial, and sacrifice." Third, adhere to problem-oriented, and provide legal guarantees for solving outstanding problems in the funeral field.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to strengthen and standardize funeral service management?

A: In order to actively respond to high social concerns and strengthen and standardize funeral service management, the "Regulations" stipulate: First, highlight public welfare and benefit the people. It is clarified in the general principles that funeral management adheres to public welfare and benefits the people, and improves funeral services. Second, clarify the investment mechanism. Strengthen government investment and establish a funeral undertaking investment mechanism adapted to the basic funeral service needs of the masses. Third, strengthen facility supply. Funeral facilities include three categories: funeral homes, columbariums, and cemeteries. Funeral service institutions are the operating units of funeral facilities. In order to strengthen and standardize the service management of funeral facilities, it is stipulated that newly established funeral service institutions shall be run by the government, and the supply of facilities necessary to meet the funeral service needs of the masses shall be strengthened. Fourth, reduce the funeral burden on the masses. Formulate funeral service charging standards in accordance with the law, strictly manage charging, strengthen price monitoring and supervision, and curb excessive charging. At the same time, for the burial of ashes in niches, no or appropriate niche usage fees and maintenance management fees shall be charged. Fifth, strengthen convenient services. Funeral homes are required to reasonably set up service outlets; equip hearse vehicles in combination with actual conditions to ensure the needs of body transportation; use suitable venues to provide convenience for the masses to handle funerals; strengthen the construction of funeral service information systems to provide convenient funeral services; and publish the contact information of funeral homes and their service outlets to facilitate contact with the bereaved families.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to ensure the basic funeral service needs of the masses?

A: In order to ensure the basic funeral service needs of the masses, the "Regulations" stipulate: First, funeral services are divided into basic items and non-basic items. Second, the state formulates a list of basic items, including body transportation, body storage, farewell ceremonies, cremation, ash storage, ecological burial, and ash niche burial provided by government-run funeral service institutions, and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in conjunction with relevant departments, appropriately increase the basic items of funeral services in their respective administrative regions in light of actual conditions. Third, the state will gradually include qualified funeral service projects into the scope of national basic public services and dynamically adjust them, so as to ensure that all citizens can fairly and accessibly enjoy basic public funeral services adapted to the level of economic and social development. Fourth, the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the level of cities divided into districts or above shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, reasonably determine the list of non-basic items of funeral services, and implement strict management of charging in accordance with the law.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to strengthen and standardize the construction and management of funeral facilities?

A: In order to strengthen and standardize the construction and management of funeral facilities, the "Regulations" stipulate: First, incorporate them into relevant plans. It is clarified that the local people's governments at the county level or above shall incorporate the construction of funeral facilities into relevant plans and coordinate them with territorial spatial planning. Second, strengthen government responsibility. It is clarified that the local people's governments at the county level or above shall construct funeral homes as needed according to the population size and distribution of their respective administrative regions, and construct columbariums and cemeteries in accordance with the principles of supply-demand matching and land-saving ecology in combination with the implementation of cremation, the reform of burial, and existing land resources. Third, strengthen operation and management. It is clearly stipulated that no new for-profit funeral service institutions shall be established; adhere to both stock and increment, and clarify that the operation behaviors of various funeral facilities and funeral service institutions shall be uniformly included in the list of supervision items, strengthen comprehensive supervision, and increase the punishment for illegal behaviors in accordance with the law.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to strengthen and standardize funeral and burial service management?

A: In order to strengthen and standardize funeral and burial service management, the "Regulations" stipulate: First, strengthen and standardize funeral services. Clarify the normative requirements for body transportation, storage, cremation and other links. Second, strengthen and standardize burial services. It is clarified that columbariums and cemeteries shall provide ash niches and cemetery plots based on death certificates, cremation certificates and other relevant certification materials, except for providing ash niches and cemetery plots for elderly people and critically ill patients; the usage period of ash niches and cemetery plots can be renewed upon expiration. Third, strengthen and standardize information services. It is required that the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall coordinate the construction, management, and maintenance of funeral service information systems in their respective administrative regions, include funeral service entities and relevant practitioners in the system management, and provide convenient funeral services.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to strengthen and standardize charging management?

A: In order to strengthen and standardize charging management, the "Regulations" stipulate: First, implement list-based management of funeral services, and prohibit the establishment of items and charging fees outside the list. Second, clarify that relevant departments formulate funeral service charging policies, and strengthen price monitoring and supervision in accordance with the law. Third, refine the specific circumstances of price violations in the funeral field to provide a basis for investigation and handling in accordance with the law.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to change customs and practices in funeral affairs?

A: The "Regulations" clarify the guiding principles of civilization, thrift, green ecology, and run them through the entire process of funeral activities, promote land-saving and ecological burial, advocate the use of green and environmentally friendly funeral supplies, advocate civilized, low-carbon, and safe tomb sweeping, and at the same time strengthen publicity, education, and guidance, and encourage rural red and white affairs councils and other organizations to play a role in guiding the change of customs and practices.

Q: What provisions have been made in the "Regulations" to strengthen comprehensive supervision?

A: In order to clarify regulatory responsibilities and enhance regulatory synergy, the "Regulations" stipulate: First, clarify departmental responsibilities and establish a regulatory system covering the entire chain of funeral activities. Second, clarify that the local people's governments at the county level or above shall formulate a list of regulatory items, strengthen regular supervision, and the civil affairs departments and other relevant departments shall perform their duties in accordance with the law, improve measures such as spot checks, price monitoring, information sharing, annual reports, and credit punishment, and at the same time strengthen industry self-discipline and social supervision. Third, improve legal responsibilities, increase the circumstances of illegal behaviors in combination with actual conditions, determine the amount of fines according to the severity of the circumstances and the degree of harm, and improve the legal responsibilities of funeral-related staff.

Q: What key tasks need to be done to ensure the smooth implementation of the "Regulations?"

A: In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the "Regulations," relevant departments will focus on the following tasks. First, increase publicity and interpretation efforts, organize publicity, interpretation, learning and training of the "Regulations," accurately grasp the main content and practical requirements of the "Regulations," and improve the ability and level of implementation. Second, accelerate the improvement of supporting policies, and promptly refine and clarify the relevant supporting regulations for various types of funeral service institutions to ensure that the various systems of the "Regulations" are implemented effectively. Third, effectively grasp the implementation, adhere to adapting to local conditions and implementing policies according to different categories, strengthen and standardize funeral service management, and earnestly do a good job in the implementation of the "Regulations."

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Comprehensively Build a New Governance System for Funeral Services

By: 解志勇

"Life should be treated with propriety; death should be mourned with propriety, and sacrifices should be made with propriety." Funeral arrangements are deeply rooted in the culture of reverence and are related to family well-being, reflecting social civilization and the warmth of governance. This revision of the "Funeral Management Regulations" (殡葬管理条例) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") is a profound legal response by the state to strengthen the public welfare attribute of the funeral industry. The revision of the "Regulations" adheres to the principles of being based on national conditions and problem-oriented, aiming to systematically construct a modern funeral management system based on public welfare and benefiting the people, guided by civilization and thrift, and taking green ecology as the path. It promotes the entry of funeral service management into a new comprehensive governance system under the rule of law, where the government, the market, society, and the public all fulfill their responsibilities and collaborate in governance.

Strengthening the Public Welfare Attribute
The Establishment of the Legislative Purpose of the "Regulations"

The "Regulations" were promulgated and implemented in 1997, but the "public welfare attribute" of the funeral industry was not explicitly established in the legislative purpose. It is precisely because the public welfare attribute has not been fully strengthened and rigidly constrained at the legal root that the government's guarantee responsibility has not been fully implemented for a long time, leaving room for market profit-seeking behavior. Some institutions, such as funeral homes, which should bear public services in some areas, have shown a tendency to seek profits in actual operation, transforming basic services that should be universally beneficial into profit-making tools, resulting in chaos such as bundled consumption and opaque prices, making the word "public welfare" hollow in practice, and ultimately giving rise to problems such as "sky-high fees" that the masses strongly reflect.

This revision of the "Regulations" places "strengthening the public welfare attribute of the funeral industry" at the top of the legislative purpose, making it the general program that governs all subsequent management. From then on, the "public welfare" nature of the industry is no longer a policy advocacy or elastic requirement, but a mandatory requirement given by law that must be implemented in all management activities. The newly revised "Regulations" establish "adhering to public welfare and benefiting the people" as a basic principle, and explicitly declare that "the funeral industry is an important public welfare undertaking." From purpose to principle to characterization, "public welfare" has completed the legal construction from concept to system, providing a legal basis and direction guidance for the design and operation of all subsequent specific systems. This fundamental provision establishes a unified value cornerstone and fundamental guideline for defining the government's guarantee responsibility, regulating market service behavior, and introducing social supervision and evaluation, and is a prerequisite for building a diversified co-governance pattern.

Practicing Green Ecology
Advocating Changes in Funeral Methods with Systems

This revision of the "Regulations" not only aims to return to the original intention of public welfare but also is committed to leading the transformation of funeral methods.

In order to implement this transformation, the newly revised "Regulations" have constructed a systematic implementation framework through the establishment of special chapters and specific clauses, and have integrated the connotation of "green ecology" into the entire process of value orientation, system design, and implementation path. For example, it clearly stipulates that the state "promotes" burial methods that do not occupy or occupy less land, "encourages and guides" ecological burials such as sea burial and tree burial, and authorizes local governments to provide subsidies to participants. Through the combination of "government guidance + economic incentives," green burial is transformed from moral advocacy into an attractive realistic option. At the same time, it authorizes localities to delineate specific areas to implement ecological burial, providing legal and stable landing guarantees from the perspective of spatial planning.

Through a series of system designs, the newly revised "Regulations" directly address the dilemma of "low acceptance of ecological burial and insufficient utilization of facilities" caused by the lack of support in the past. By providing positive system supply and incentives, it aims to break the traditional path dependence and promote the transformation of public choice from passive acceptance to active recognition, transforming green ecology from the goal advocated by the government into a common action widely participated by society and the public, thereby providing a legal path for resolving the deep-seated contradiction between funeral activities and resources and the environment.

Defining Government Responsibility
Clarifying the Scope of Guarantee with List Management

Another shortcoming of the pre-revision "Regulations" in terms of public welfare guarantee is that although the articles mention "funeral service units," they do not define which are the basic services that the government must provide, nor do they clarify the financial responsibility for guaranteeing these services. This ambiguity of responsibility has led to inconsistent willingness and ability of local governments to invest in funeral public services in practice, forming a pattern of "public welfare absence and market supplementation."

The newly revised "Regulations" make a system response to this and establish a funeral service list management system. The core role of this system lies in: First, clearly defining and consolidating the government's guarantee responsibility. By clearly listing "basic projects" such as body transfer and ecological burial in the form of a national list, the scope of funeral services that the government must guarantee and be responsible for providing is defined for the first time nationwide. Second, a hierarchical and flexible management system is constructed on the basis of a unified bottom line. On the one hand, the national list sets a unified national guarantee bottom line; on the other hand, it authorizes provincial governments to appropriately increase local basic projects in combination with actual conditions, giving localities the necessary implementation flexibility. In addition, the authority to formulate the "non-basic project" list and price management is clearly granted to the local people's governments at the level of cities divided into districts and above, which reflects the downward shift of the management focus and requires local governments to assume direct regulatory responsibility for the overall standardization and accessibility of funeral services within their jurisdictions.

Strengthening Comprehensive Supervision
Establishing a Comprehensive Governance Architecture with Multi-Departmental Collaboration

The pre-revision "Regulations" only stipulated in principle that the civil affairs department is responsible for management. Faced with the many administrative fields involved in funeral activities, such as land use planning, medical and health, market supervision, and environmental protection, this single-entity responsibility system is difficult to cope with, resulting in the coexistence of overlapping departmental responsibilities and regulatory vacuums in practice, and the long-term absence of a cross-departmental, full-chain comprehensive supervision mechanism.

The revised "Regulations" have strengthened and standardized this. Not only does it clarify the leading responsibilities of the civil affairs department, but it also clarifies the specific responsibilities or collaborative obligations of various relevant departments in funeral management for the first time in a list-like manner, and legally and clearly decomposes the full-chain supervision responsibility to various professional fields. At the same time, it requires local people's governments at the county level and above to formulate a list of cross-departmental collaborative supervision matters and strengthen normalized law enforcement collaboration. This marks a fundamental shift in the funeral supervision model, forming a new pattern of "collaborative co-governance" under the unified leadership of the government and the joint governance of multiple departments in accordance with the law. In addition, a variety of modern governance methods such as credit supervision, social supervision, and industry self-discipline have also been introduced. This not only enriches the regulatory tools but also constructs a system in which multiple entities participate in an orderly manner: by using credit evaluation to constrain the behavior of all parties, unblocking social supervision and complaint reporting channels, and strengthening industry self-management, the government's supervision is organically combined with market self-discipline and social supervision to jointly form a three-dimensional and normalized supervision network to ensure that the public welfare attribute can be effectively maintained in every link of the industry's operation.

The revision of the "Regulations" is a profound change to systematically reshape the funeral field through the rule of law. It fundamentally corrects the value direction of industry development by establishing the "public welfare attribute" as an unshakable legislative soul. On this basis, the "Regulations" clearly define the government's guarantee bottom line with list management, comprehensively maintain service order with a standardized system, integrate the regulatory responsibilities of multiple departments with a collaborative architecture, and guide green ecological practice with system incentives. This set of system combinations means a fundamental shift in the logic of funeral governance. Its core lies in constructing a modern governance system with clear powers and responsibilities, diversified participation, and collaborative co-governance, establishing the government's responsibility for guaranteeing basic services and overall coordination, and at the same time providing solid institutional support for industry self-discipline, social supervision, and public participation through program design and channel opening, forming a joint force for governance. This marks the formation of a new model of comprehensive governance under the rule of law in China's funeral governance, responding to the people's expectation of "peace for the deceased."

(The author is the Dean, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor of the Comparative Law School of China University of Political Science and Law (中国政法大学).)

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Making Smart Use of Resources, More Fitness Spaces Emerge (Sports Grandstand)

Office buildings echo with the sound of balls being hit, old coal depots transform into sports showcases, and abandoned mine pits house smart trails... Such "spatial magic" is unfolding in many places, with small, unused plots of land becoming vibrant venues for national fitness. These ingenious and skillful approaches to revitalizing resources and responding to people's needs in urban development are worth learning from.
　　--Editor

　　"Upgrading" of Jinjiang Times Building in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江)
　　Let's Go Play Ball on the Top Floor of the Office Building
　　Reporter Dou Hanyang (窦瀚洋) of this newspaper

　　Lunch break arrives, and Lu Jian (卢健), an office worker in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), slings his racket over his shoulder and heads straight for the Jinjiang Times Building (近江时代大厦). He takes the elevator directly to the fifth-floor multi-functional sports ground, where many people are already exercising.

　　"Before, I had to go to venues 5 kilometers away to play ball, but now it's only a 10-minute walk from my office," says Lu Jian (卢健), who has recently become obsessed with pickleball. "I often come here with friends, and it's easy to book."

　　Looking around the multi-functional sports ground, there is one curling court, three tennis courts differentiated by beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and two pickleball courts equipped with non-slip mats.

　　Wangjiang (望江) Street, where the Jinjiang Times Building (近江时代大厦) is located, has 11 communities and 53 residential complexes, including 26 old residential areas. "Wangjiang (望江) Street, as a large resettlement housing area, lacks supporting facilities. There is a lack of professional sports venues within the radius of people's lives, work, and leisure consumption, making it difficult to meet diverse sports needs," Xiong Kan (熊侃), a member of the Wangjiang (望江) Street Party Working Committee, told reporters.

　　Taking the fifth floor of the Jinjiang Times Building (近江时代大厦) as an example, before the renovation, it was occupied by pipelines and other facilities, resulting in low overall utilization.

　　The renovation was not smooth sailing. The street first organized a professional third-party team to conduct a comprehensive on-site survey of the site, including structural safety assessments, load tests, and drainage system inspections, fully assessing the feasibility of the renovation and providing solid data support for subsequent design.

　　"The site is separated from the residential area by a road. Before the renovation, some residents were worried about noise problems during the construction process. We found through on-site surveys and measurements that the noise decibels would not affect normal life. After explaining to the residents, their concerns gradually dissipated," Xiong Kan (熊侃) explained.

　　By leveraging social resources and introducing a "government-enterprise cooperation" model, the renovation proceeded smoothly. The street is responsible for daily supervision, and Hangzhou Moon Island Sports Company (杭州月亮岛体育公司) in the jurisdiction leases the site, investing approximately 5 million yuan to complete the construction and renovation of the site. After the renovation was completed in June 2024, the fees are charged according to the reserved time and the venue, ranging from 40 yuan to 110 yuan per half hour.

　　The venue also has public welfare time slots, open to the public free of charge from 9 am to 10 am on weekday mornings. Li Yuan (李园), the person in charge of the venue, said: "This not only ensures the sustainable operation of the project but also benefits the people."

　　In Wangjiang (望江) Street, such renovated venues are increasing: the park under the Qiushi (秋石) Elevated Road has been transformed into an embedded sports park; the rooftop of the underground garage of Binjiang Jiayuan (Telecom) (滨江家园（电信）) residential area has added badminton courts and table tennis tables... In recent years, Wangjiang (望江) Street has excavated and built 1 sports park, 28 embedded sports venues, 22 fitness trails, and 2 public fitness centers, with a total area of over 20,000 square meters.

　　"Wangjiang (望江) Street has initially formed a 10-minute fitness circle, continuously revitalizing urban sports space and optimizing residents' fitness experience." In Xiong Kan's (熊侃) view, this innovative model provides a reference for national fitness, urban renewal, and community governance.

　　"Revitalization" of Idle Coal Depots in Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东)
　　Come, Stroll Through the Cultural and Sports Commercial Street
　　Reporter Wang Zhe (王者) of this newspaper

　　Walking into Qingdao Energy · Zhonglian Sports Plaza (青岛能源·中联运动广场) in Fushan New Area (浮山新区) Street, Shibei District (市北区), Qingdao (青岛), Shandong (山东) Province, the venue is bustling with activity. Zhou Miao (周淼), 40 years old this year, works nearby and almost always takes her lunch break to play badminton here with her colleagues.

　　"The venue is new, the atmosphere is good, and sweating it out is refreshing," says Zhou Miao (周淼). "I have a stored-value card here, which works out to be a little over 40 yuan per hour."

　　Zhonglian Sports Plaza (中联运动广场) covers an area of 14 mu, with a total construction area of approximately 11,000 square meters. Its predecessor was the coal storage warehouse of Qingdao Energy Group Jinze Heating (青岛能源集团金泽热力). In recent years, Qingdao (青岛) has continued to implement the "coal-to-gas" clean energy heating project. With the introduction of new energy sources, the warehouse became idle.

　　The idle coal depot was once a headache, but now it has become a fashionable sports showcase with an average daily traffic of over 2,500 people. How was the transformation from "industrial rust belt" to "vibrant showcase" achieved?

　　Urban renewal brought a turning point. In 2021, the "Qingdao Urban Renewal and Urban Construction Three-Year Action Plan" (青岛城市更新和城市建设三年攻坚行动方案) was released, focusing on infrastructure construction and other aspects that are urgently needed by citizens. In 2023, with the coordination and support of the Qingdao (青岛) and Shibei District (市北区) governments, Qingdao Energy Group (青岛能源集团) and Zhonglian Jianye Group (中联建业集团) reached a cooperation agreement, with Zhonglian Jianye Group (中联建业集团) investing in the planning, overall renovation, and operation management of the coal depot.

　　"After research, we learned that the surrounding residents have a great demand for cultural and sports activities, but there has never been enough land space nearby for construction," said Zhou Hua (周华), Chairman of Zhonglian Jianye Group Co., Ltd. (中联建业集团有限公司). The project plans the coal depot as a two-story building, creating a composite open cultural and sports commercial block.

　　In November 2023, Zhonglian Sports Plaza (中联运动广场) officially opened, including nearly 30 multi-functional venues and introducing more than 20 commercial brands, becoming a small and beautiful sports-themed neighborhood commercial block.

　　Today, the booking rate of badminton halls, basketball halls, table tennis halls, billiard halls, and other venues has exceeded 80%, with an average annual traffic of over 1 million people, further enriching and improving community facilities.

　　To facilitate citizens' sports activities, the park is equipped with charging piles and photovoltaic canopies, and also has charging and battery swap cabinets, becoming a green energy station for the community.

　　At a little after 1 pm, Zhou Miao (周淼), who had finished exercising, walked out of the badminton hall and came to the restaurant in the park with her friends for lunch. "After playing ball, we can have lunch nearby, and the car can be charged. Our sports life is much more convenient," she said.

　　"Greening" of Abandoned Mine Pits in Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia (宁夏)
　　Look, This Sports Park is Very Unique
　　Reporter Jiao Siyu (焦思雨) of this newspaper

　　Early in the morning, Helan Mountain (贺兰山) Sports and Leisure Sports Park in Yinchuan (银川), Ningxia (宁夏) becomes lively. On the fitness trail, morning runners move briskly, cyclists shuttle like the wind, and skateboard teenagers perform agile movements.

　　Standing at a high point and looking out, this sports park seems to be embedded in a garden, with lakes, waterfalls, pavilions, and fitness trails, basketball courts, and other facilities complementing each other.

　　This sports park, covering an area of 1,200 mu and with a distinct Chinese garden charm, was a subsidence mine pit left by a sand and gravel quarry 10 years ago. "When I was a child, I often came here. At that time, there wasn't a single tree, only the howling wind," said Jia Jincai (贾进财), the publicity manager of Ningxia Zhihui Yuanshi Winery Co., Ltd. (宁夏志辉源石葡萄酒庄有限公司).

　　In 2016, the winery planned to carry out ecological restoration of the mine pit. "The initial idea was very simple: first plant trees and restore the greenery," said Jia Jincai (贾进财). "But planting trees in a sand and gravel mine pit is too difficult. There is also a lack of water here, and it is common to plant one and have it die."

　　"No matter how difficult it was, we never thought about giving up," said Jia Jincai (贾进财). They gradually explored a set of scientific ecological restoration paths. First, plant drought-resistant and wind-resistant shelterbelts to fix soil and conserve water. After the vegetation has initially formed a forest and the ecology has improved, gradually introduce landscape tree species to enhance biodiversity. Today, more than 100 species of trees grow on this land.

　　"After the ecology improved, we combined the original uneven terrain of the mine pit to create a modern sports park integrating ecology, sports, and leisure," said Jia Jincai (贾进财).

　　In 2023, the park built a smart fitness trail. The trail is equipped with 1 competition control command center and 9 full-scene intelligent data collection points. Intelligent equipment helps runners record real-time data such as heart rate and pace through facial recognition and chip recognition.

　　"Last year, we held a half marathon, with over 60% of the runners coming from other places," said Jia Jincai (贾进财). The runners would also visit the winery, realizing a virtuous cycle of "promoting tourism through competitions and driving production through tourism."

　　"The construction of the park not only restored the ecology of the mine pit but also provided sports and leisure space for citizens, and also brought economic benefits to the winery, which can be described as **一举三得** (yī jǔ sān dé - "one move three gains," to kill three birds with one stone; to achieve multiple objectives with a single action)!" Jia Jincai (贾进财) said that in order to better meet the sports needs of citizens, the second phase of the Helan Mountain (贺兰山) Sports and Leisure Sports Park has also added facilities such as a football field, ski resort, archery hall, climbing hall, and bowl pool, which are now in use.

　　Layout design: Shen Yiling (沈亦伶)

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How to Shoot School Sports Day Photos Like the Olympics

By: 本报记者 郑洋洋

"A smooth start! The athletes in lanes four and five are neck and neck, with the other athletes striving to catch up! 11.64 seconds, the athlete in lane four crosses the finish line first!" Not long ago, a video of the Yuchi No. 1 Middle School (榆次第一中学校) sports meet in Jinzhong (晋中) City, Shanxi (山西) Province, went viral online. The multi-angle camera work coupled with the super-charged commentary made many netizens exclaim: "The quality is just like watching the Olympics!"

"We had the idea of filming an Olympic-style school sports meet a long time ago." Guo Jinchen (郭锦宸), a senior high school student, is the director of this video and a member of the school's micro-film club. After seeing videos of similar styles online, he decided to try it with his partners.

In 2020, Zhang Ziyuan (张梓源), an information technology teacher at Yuchi No. 1 Middle School (榆次第一中学校), took the lead in establishing the micro-film club, leading students to record campus stories using new media methods. The club built a "small film and television base" on campus. The equipment was borrowed from the school's audio-visual education group, the music arrangement was consulted with music teachers and vocal music club backbones, and Zhang Ziyuan (张梓源) followed up and guided the entire process, with the students learning and practicing at the same time.

How to shoot the men's 100-meter race? "The 100-meter speed is fast, the picture is strong, and it has a strong visual impact." Guo Jinchen (郭锦宸) said. The 100-meter final takes more than ten seconds, and the shooting must succeed in one go. Before the race, the shooting team repeatedly simulated around the preliminaries, and worked together to polish the details.

"To shoot an Olympic style, at least 3 aerial shots are needed." Qin Yiquan (秦义权), a junior high school student and team member, introduced that one shoots the picture before the sprint, one shoots the moment of crossing the line from above, and one shoots a panoramic surround shot. But they only had one drone and could only rely on quick transitions. After shooting the first segment, immediately let the drone fly to the finish line to shoot from above, and then zoom out to shoot the surrounding shots.

The shooting of the mobile camera position was even more tortuous. Zhao Ziqi (赵子琪), a junior high school student, wanted to imitate the guide rail tracking of the Olympic Games, and followed the athletes throughout the whole process sitting on an electric car with a stabilizer. But the athletes moved much faster than expected, and this segment was not used in the end. While mocking himself, he wondered how to shoot better next time.

The students collected a lot of material and completed the editing with their mobile phones. The process of shooting the school sports meet also increased the students' understanding of sports. From studying the camera movement, to observing the athletes' exertion rhythm, to feeling the atmosphere of the arena, they enjoyed the passion and joy brought by sports.

On weekdays, team members are also sports enthusiasts. Guo Jinchen (郭锦宸) likes football and pays close attention to the English Premier League, Serie A and other events; Zhao Ziqi (赵子琪) is obsessed with badminton and is a fan of Lin Dan (林丹) and Fu Haifeng (傅海峰), and the court is the place he goes to most often after class; Qin Yiquan (秦义权) has participated in the school sports meet 100-meter race many times, "Although I didn't win the championship in the competition, this shooting gave me a sense of accomplishment of 'winning the championship'."

Throughout the shooting process, Zhang Ziyuan (张梓源) stayed with the students. From lens discussion and script writing to shooting and editing, he patiently guided them. "I didn't expect the video to be so popular, and the students' progress exceeded expectations." Zhang Ziyuan (张梓源) said that the school sports meet video "going viral" is not only a display of the students' creativity and ability, but also conveys their love for sports and their enthusiasm for life. Such practice allows students to grow in multiple dimensions and also allows the spirit of sports to be better conveyed on campus.

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The 12th National Public Ice and Snow Season Kicks Off in Changchun

This newspaper Changchun (长春) January 7th (Reporter Wang Liang (王亮), Men Jiewei (门杰伟)) The 12th National Public Ice and Snow Season Launching Ceremony and Changchun (长春) City's First Ice and Snow Sports Carnival were recently held in Changchun (长春) City, Jilin (吉林) Province. With the theme of "Ice and Snow Starts a New Journey · Passion Lights the Future," this Ice and Snow Season is co-sponsored by the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局) and the People's Government of Jilin Province (吉林省人民政府), and organized by the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China (国家体育总局冬季运动管理中心), 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).

This Ice and Snow Season has set up the main venue in Changchun (长春), and branch venues in Beijing (北京), Chongqing (重庆), Sichuan (四川) and other places. In Jilin (吉林) Province, there are also 10 branch venues. 17 counties (cities, districts) and development zones in Changchun (长春) City were launched simultaneously to jointly create a "national linkage, nationwide participation" ice and snow sports upsurge. As a mass ice and snow event covering more than 2,000 events and activities across the country, this Ice and Snow Season aims to consolidate the achievements of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" and deeply practice "icy and snowy land is also golden and silver mountains" (冰天雪地也是金山银山 (bīng tiān xuě dì yě shì jīn shān yín shān - "icy and snowy land is also golden and silver mountains," a metaphor for turning natural resources into economic benefits)). At the launching ceremony, International Olympic Committee President Coventry congratulated via video. Winter Olympic short track speed skating champion Zhou Yang (周洋) and Wu Dajing (武大靖) jointly read the "Ice and Snow Sports Initiative," calling on the general public to actively participate in ice and snow sports.

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Regulations on Funeral Management

Decree of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
No. 824
The "Funeral Management Regulations" were revised and adopted at the 72nd Executive Meeting of the State Council on November 14, 2025, and are hereby promulgated and shall come into force on March 30, 2026.
Premier Li Qiang (李强)
December 12, 2025

Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated to strengthen the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry, strengthen funeral management, steadily promote funeral reform, and promote the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.
Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to funeral management within the territory of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国).
Article 3 Funeral management shall adhere to public welfare and benefiting the people, civilization and thrift, green ecology, improve funeral services, and deepen the transformation of funeral customs.
Article 4 The civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院) shall be responsible for the national funeral management work. The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the funeral management work within their respective administrative regions.
The development and reform departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for performing the examination and approval procedures for funeral facility projects in accordance with their responsibilities; the finance departments shall be responsible for incorporating the necessary funeral work expenses into the budget at the same level in accordance with regulations, and strengthening the supervision and management of funds; the natural resources departments shall be responsible for the examination and approval of land for funeral facilities and planning permits, and shall incorporate the land use needs of funeral facilities into the annual land use plan in accordance with the territorial space plan; the health and health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control departments shall be responsible for the supervision and management of death certificates issued by medical and health institutions and temporary body storage places such as mortuaries; the market supervision departments shall be responsible for investigating and dealing with price violations, illegal charges, monopolies, unfair competition and other acts of funeral service institutions and other business entities in accordance with the law; the relevant departments of education, public security, ecological environment, housing and urban-rural development, human resources and social security, agriculture and rural areas, emergency management, ethnic, religious, cyberspace affairs, telecommunications, forestry and grassland shall, in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations and other relevant laws and regulations, do a good job in funeral-related work within their respective responsibilities.
The local people's governments at or above the county level shall coordinate, coordinate, supervise and guide the relevant departments to do a good job in funeral management within their respective responsibilities.
The people's governments of townships and the sub-district offices, as well as the villagers' committees and residents' committees, shall do a good job in funeral-related work in accordance with the law.
Article 5 The funeral industry is an important public welfare undertaking.
Funeral services are divided into basic and non-basic projects, and the charging policy shall be formulated by the development and reform department of the State Council (国务院), the finance department in conjunction with the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院) and other departments.
The state shall formulate a list of basic funeral service projects, including body transportation, body storage, body farewell, body cremation, ash storage, ecological burial, and ash lattice burial provided by government-run funeral service institutions, and the civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, in conjunction with relevant departments, appropriately increase the basic funeral service projects in their respective administrative regions in light of actual conditions. Charging standards shall be formulated in accordance with the law.
The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at the level of cities divided into districts and above shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, reasonably determine the list of non-basic funeral service projects, and shall implement strict management of charges in accordance with the law.
Article 6 The state shall gradually incorporate funeral service projects that meet the conditions into the scope of national basic public services and dynamically adjust them.
Article 7 People's governments at all levels shall take into account actual needs and financial affordability, and establish a funeral undertaking investment mechanism that is adapted to the basic funeral service needs of the people.
Article 8 The state shall promote funeral reform, steadily and orderly implement cremation, reform burial, and conserve funeral land.
The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with the population, transportation, land resources, and other conditions of their respective administrative regions, steadily expand the scope of cremation areas and adjust the situation in a timely manner on the basis of the designated cremation areas and permitted burial areas, and report to the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院).
Article 9 Respect the funeral customs of ethnic minorities; others shall not interfere with voluntary reforms of funeral customs; encourage the adoption of funeral methods that meet the requirements of ecological environmental protection and land conservation, and dispose of bodies or ashes in accordance with the regulations of the place of death.
Article 10 The civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院) shall coordinate the planning and improvement of the national funeral basic information database, realize timely sharing with the national population basic information database, and establish and improve the information sharing mechanism in conjunction with the relevant departments of the State Council (国务院) such as public security, health and health, and human resources and social security.
The civil affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for coordinating the construction, management, and maintenance of the funeral service information system in their respective administrative regions, incorporating funeral service entities and related practitioners into the system management, and providing convenient funeral services.
Article 11 Promote technological innovation and application in the funeral field. Strengthen the construction of a professional talent team related to funeral service management.
Article 12 State organs, mass organizations, grass-roots mass autonomous organizations, and media such as radio, television, newspapers, and internet platforms shall strengthen publicity and education, and guide the masses to actively carry out funeral reform activities.
Article 13 Any organization or individual may complain or report to the civil affairs department of the people's government at or above the county level and relevant departments for acts that violate the provisions of these Regulations. The department receiving the complaint or report shall handle it in a timely manner in accordance with the regulations.

Chapter II Funeral Facilities
Article 14 Funeral facilities are facilities necessary to meet the funeral service needs of the people, including funeral homes, columbariums, and cemeteries.
Funeral service institutions are the operating units of funeral facilities. Newly established funeral service institutions shall be run by the government and shall be non-profit institutions. No new for-profit funeral service institutions shall be established.
The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the management of funeral service institutions in accordance with the law.
Article 15 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the construction of funeral facilities into relevant plans and coordinate with the territorial space plan. Newly built funeral facilities in the administrative region shall comply with local relevant plans.
Article 16 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall build funeral homes as needed according to the population size and distribution of the administrative region, and reasonably set up service outlets for funeral homes.
The local people's governments at or above the county level shall equip body transportation vehicles in light of actual conditions to ensure the needs of body transportation.
Article 17 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall build columbariums and cemeteries, and shall reasonably determine the construction type, quantity, and scale in accordance with the principles of supply and demand adaptation, land conservation, and ecology, in combination with the implementation of cremation, the reform of burial, and the existing land resources in the administrative region.
Article 18 The land use right of state-owned land for newly built funeral facilities shall be obtained by means of allocation in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 19 Funeral equipment such as body transportation vehicles, body refrigeration cabinets, cremation machines, and cremation pollutant purification equipment required for funeral facilities shall comply with relevant mandatory standards. It is forbidden to manufacture, sell, or use funeral equipment that does not meet mandatory standards.
Article 20 Rural collective economic organizations or villagers' committees shall file with the civil affairs department of the county people's government for setting up public welfare cemeteries for villagers using village collective land. Relevant land use procedures shall be handled in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Rural public welfare cemeteries shall not, in principle, charge villagers for the use of tomb sites, and shall not provide tomb land or tomb sites to other persons other than villagers.
The local people's governments at or above the county level shall do a good job in the construction investment and unified management of rural public welfare cemeteries in light of actual conditions.
Article 21 It is forbidden to establish or restore clan cemeteries.
Article 22 It is forbidden to build graves in the following areas:
(1) Cultivated land and forest land;
(2) Urban parks, scenic spots and historical sites, and cultural relics protection areas;
(3) Reservoirs and river dikes and water source protection areas;
(4) Both sides of railways and highway trunk lines.
Existing graves in the areas specified in the preceding paragraph, except for cemeteries with historical, artistic, and scientific value protected by the state, shall be relocated or buried deeply in a proper manner, leaving no mounds; public cemeteries and rural public welfare cemeteries that guarantee the basic burial needs of local residents and cannot avoid the areas specified in the preceding paragraph may be included in the territorial space plan in accordance with the law and are not within the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph.

Chapter III Funeral Services
Article 23 In the event of a natural person's normal death, the medical and health institution shall issue a death certificate in a timely manner and share the death certificate information through the government service platform in various places.
Medical and health institutions shall publish the contact information of funeral homes and their service outlets in accordance with regulations to facilitate contact with bereaved families.
For deceased persons involved in abnormal death cases (events) that are legally handled by public security organs and have not been treated by medical and health institutions, the public security organs shall issue death certificates.
Article 24 The health and health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control departments and civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the connection and cooperation between medical and health institutions and funeral homes.
The mortuaries of medical and health institutions shall not be outsourced, shall not carry out funeral services, and may provide convenient services for the temporary storage of bodies.
Article 25 Body transportation, storage, embalming, cosmetology, and cremation services shall be provided exclusively by funeral homes.
Article 26 The funeral home shall transport the body in a timely manner with a death certificate and carry out necessary sanitary technical treatment on the body. When transporting the body, if the condition of the body is obviously inconsistent with the cause of death stated in the death certificate, it shall immediately report to the public security organ.
Article 27 The storage of bodies in funeral homes shall generally not exceed 3 days. If the storage needs to be extended, the bereaved family or the body transfer party shall go through the extension storage procedures at the funeral home and pay the extension storage fee as required.
Article 28 The funeral home shall cremate the body with a death certificate and cremation confirmation and issue a cremation certificate.
The funeral home shall install image acquisition equipment in key areas such as body storage and cremation, and save the collected video image information for no less than 90 days for future reference.
Article 29 In areas where cremation is implemented, the body shall be cremated locally and nearby in the funeral home. If it is necessary to transport the body across regions, the bereaved family shall contact the funeral home to transport the body with the body reception certificate issued by the civil affairs department of the transportation destination.
The transportation of bodies and remains across countries (borders) shall be handled in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 30 The measures for the issuance of death certificates and the disposal of bodies in special circumstances such as unidentified identity, unclaimed, death on the spot in traffic accidents, and death due to other emergencies shall be formulated by the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院) in conjunction with the public security department and health and health department of the State Council (国务院).

Chapter IV Burial Services
Article 31 Promote burial methods that do not occupy land or occupy less land, advocate the use of green and environmentally friendly funeral products, and reduce the petrification and hardening of cemeteries.
In areas where cremation is implemented, encourage and guide burial methods such as sea burial, tree burial, flower burial, and lawn burial; in areas where burial is allowed, encourage and guide burial methods such as deep burial, no mounds, no hardening, and no tombstones.
Subsidies may be given to places where conditions permit for ecological burial in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 32 Localities may delineate a certain area in appropriate places in accordance with relevant national regulations and in light of actual conditions to implement ecological burial.
Article 33 The state advocates ash lattice burial. Columbariums do not charge or appropriately charge for the use of lattice and maintenance management fees.
It is forbidden to set up private ancestral halls in columbariums.
Article 34 Public cemeteries shall be guided by land-saving and ecological burial, promote the miniaturization of tomb sites and tombstones, and delineate a certain area to implement ecological burial and ash lattice burial.
The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strictly limit the land area of tomb sites and the height of tombstones in public cemeteries, and the specific standards shall be formulated by the civil affairs department of the State Council (国务院).
It is forbidden to expand the land area of tomb sites in disguise or use high-grade materials. It is forbidden to set up symbols that violate public order and good customs.
Article 35 Columbariums and public cemeteries shall provide ash lattices and public cemetery tomb sites with death certificates, cremation certificates, and other relevant certification materials. Except for providing ash lattices and public cemetery tomb sites for elderly people and critically ill patients.
Article 36 The use period of ash lattices and public cemetery tomb sites shall not exceed 20 years. When the use period expires, renewal procedures can be handled and maintenance management fees can be paid.
Article 37 The operating units of columbariums and public cemeteries shall withdraw fees in accordance with regulations to establish a maintenance fund, which shall be managed in a special account under the supervision of the local civil affairs department and used for subsequent maintenance and management.
Article 38 It is forbidden to use residential houses specifically for placing ashes. It is forbidden to bury bodies and build graves in places other than public cemeteries, rural public welfare cemeteries, and areas where ecological burial is implemented in accordance with the law.

Chapter V Funeral Activities
Article 39 Funeral activities shall comply with laws and regulations and social morality, shall not hinder public order or endanger public safety, shall not infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of others, and shall not violate public order and good customs.
Encourage rural red and white affairs councils and other organizations to play a role in assisting the masses in handling funeral activities in a civilized and thrifty manner and guiding the transformation of customs.
Article 40 The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen publicity and guide the masses to handle farewell and other funeral activities in funeral homes and their service outlets.
Article 41 Organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities such as funeral service agency, funeral supplies purchase, planning and hosting, and information consultation, other than funeral service institutions, shall file with the civil affairs department of the county people's government.
The civil affairs department of the county people's government shall incorporate organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities into the funeral service information system and funeral industry organization management, and shall dispose of acts that damage the rights and interests of bereaved families, such as illegal charges by means of deception, inducing extravagant handling, forcing acceptance of services, and reselling information of the deceased, and mark them in the funeral service information system and make them public to the society.
Article 42 Funeral service institutions shall not arbitrarily set up charging items in violation of relevant regulations, or raise charging standards in disguise by means of decomposing projects or expanding the scope of charges.
Article 43 Funeral service institutions, business entities selling funeral supplies, and organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities shall not implement the following price violations:
(1) Failing to clearly mark prices in accordance with regulations, or adding prices or charging unmarked fees outside the marked prices;
(2) Using false or misleading price means to induce bereaved families to trade with them;
(3) Forcibly or disguisedly forcing the sale of funeral supplies and providing funeral-related services and charging fees by means of bundling, attaching unreasonable conditions or unreasonable restrictions;
(4) Forcibly or disguisedly forcing bereaved families to accept paid services from third parties, or repeatedly charging fees using related service outlets;
(5) Other price violations prohibited by laws and regulations and relevant national regulations.
The units and organizations specified in the preceding paragraph shall not reach or implement monopoly agreements that exclude or restrict competition; those with market dominance shall not abuse their market dominance.
Article 44 It is forbidden to manufacture and sell funeral supplies that violate laws and regulations or violate public order and good customs.
It is forbidden to sell coffins and other burial supplies to areas where cremation is implemented.
Article 45 The state advocates civilized, low-carbon, and safe tomb sweeping.
Online tomb sweeping service platforms shall comply with laws and regulations, follow public order and good customs, strengthen the protection of deceased persons' information, shall not induce consumption, and shall not illegally or irregularly handle deceased persons' information or publish or disseminate information prohibited by laws and regulations.
Article 46 Township people's governments, sub-district offices, and villagers' committees and residents' committees may use suitable venues to provide convenience for the masses in handling funerals.

Chapter VI Supervision and Management
Article 47 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall formulate a list of regulatory items covering the entire chain of funeral activities, and strengthen inter-departmental information sharing and law enforcement cooperation. The civil affairs departments and relevant departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall perform their duties in accordance with the law and supervise and inspect funeral activities.

The local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen regular supervision of funeral work, and support and urge relevant departments to perform their duties in accordance with the law.

Article 48 The civil affairs, natural resources, water resources, forestry and grassland, cultural relics and other departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall comprehensively use modern technical means to promptly discover and deal with illegal funeral activities.

Article 49 The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve a random inspection mechanism for matters such as the construction and operation of funeral facilities, the standards for burial in public cemeteries, and the management of funeral activities. The inspection results and the results of the investigation and handling shall be notified to the inspected party in writing and disclosed to the public in accordance with the law.

Article 50 Funeral services shall be subject to list-based management and dynamic adjustment, and it is forbidden to set up projects or charge fees outside the list.

The civil affairs departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen price monitoring and supervision and management of funeral services in accordance with the law to curb excessive charges.

Article 51 The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish an information sharing and supervision mechanism with supervision channels such as government service convenience hotlines. Funeral service problems reflected by bereaved families shall be handled in a timely manner in conjunction with relevant departments, and the handling results shall be notified to the bereaved families.

Article 52 Funeral service institutions shall submit annual work reports and financial audit reports to the civil affairs departments to which they belong every year. The annual work report shall include daily operations, service management, safety in production, acceptance of awards and penalties, and other information. The civil affairs departments at the next higher level may conduct supervision and inspection of funeral service institutions by randomly checking annual work reports and financial audit reports.

Article 53 The civil affairs departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish a credit record system for funeral service entities and related practitioners in accordance with relevant national regulations, include relevant information in the National Credit Information Sharing Platform (全国信用信息共享平台), and carry out untrustworthiness disciplinary actions in accordance with the law.

Article 54 Funeral industry organizations shall strengthen industry self-discipline and guide funeral service institutions to operate legally, honestly, and safely. Funeral industry practitioners shall abide by professional ethics and standardize civilized services.

Article 55 The state encourages citizens, legal persons and other organizations to conduct social supervision of funeral work.

Chapter VII Legal Liability

Article 56 If a funeral service institution commits any of the following acts, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit, give a warning, and confiscate the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed depending on the circumstances and the degree of harm; if the illegal income is 100,000 yuan or more, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be taken against the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law:

(1) Violating the provisions of these Regulations by transporting, storing, or cremating remains, or failing to preserve relevant video image information as required;

(2) Violating the provisions of these Regulations by issuing cremation certificates or falsely issuing, forging, or reselling cremation certificates;

(3) Violating the provisions of these Regulations by providing ash lattice spaces or tomb spaces, or setting up signs that violate public order and good customs;

(4) Failing to submit annual work reports and financial audit reports or accept supervision and inspection in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations;

(5) Other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.

Article 57 If a private ancestral hall is set up in a columbarium, or if a public cemetery provides tomb spaces exceeding the prescribed standards, expands the area of the tomb space in a disguised form, or uses high-grade materials, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit, give a warning, and confiscate the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 500,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 1 million yuan shall be imposed depending on the circumstances and the degree of harm; if the illegal income is 500,000 yuan or more, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be taken against the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law.

Article 58 Anyone who violates the regulations by building funeral facilities without authorization, or changing the land area or use of funeral facilities without authorization, shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations such as urban and rural planning and land management.

Article 59 If a rural public welfare cemetery provides tomb land or tomb spaces for profit-making purposes, the civil affairs department of the county people's government shall order it to make corrections; if there is illegal income, the illegal income shall be confiscated, and a fine of not less than 1 time and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be taken against the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law.

Article 60 Anyone who buries a body that should be cremated, or buries a body or builds a grave in a place other than a public cemetery, a rural public welfare cemetery, or an area where ecological burial is implemented in accordance with the law, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit.

Article 61 Anyone who establishes or restores an ancestral tomb, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections within a time limit, and impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan and not more than 50,000 yuan depending on the circumstances and the degree of harm.

Article 62 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Regulations by building graves in prohibited areas shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations such as land management and forestry.

Article 63 If any of the following circumstances exists, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with the market supervision department, order corrections and confiscate the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 30,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal income is 100,000 yuan or more, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed:

(1) Manufacturing, selling, or using funeral equipment that does not meet mandatory standards;

(2) Manufacturing or selling funeral supplies that violate laws and regulations or violate public order and good customs;

(3) Selling coffins and other burial supplies to areas where cremation is implemented.

Anyone who imitates or uses the patterns of Renminbi (人民币) in funeral supplies shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations on Renminbi management.

Article 64 Anyone who outsources a mortuary or provides funeral services in a mortuary, the health and health, traditional Chinese medicine, and disease control departments of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections, give a warning, and confiscate the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 30,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal income is 100,000 yuan or more, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed. Disciplinary action shall be taken against the responsible leaders and directly responsible personnel in accordance with the law.

Article 65 If other organizations or individuals carry out the transportation, storage, preservation, cosmetic treatment, or cremation of remains without authorization, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections, give a warning, and confiscate the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal income is 100,000 yuan or more, a fine of not less than 2 times and not more than 5 times the illegal income shall be imposed.

Article 66 Anyone who uses residential houses specifically for placing ashes and causes adverse effects, or who violates the provisions of these Regulations by holding funeral activities, the civil affairs department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, order corrections and conduct education in accordance with their respective duties.

Article 67 Organizations and individuals engaged in funeral-related service activities shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law if they engage in acts that harm the rights and interests of bereaved families. Violations of other laws and regulations shall be handled in accordance with relevant regulations.

Article 68 Anyone who engages in price violations as stipulated in Articles 42 and 43, Paragraph 1 of these Regulations shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws, administrative regulations, and rules on price management; if relevant laws, administrative regulations, and rules do not provide for it, the market supervision department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections, confiscate the illegal income, and impose a fine of not more than 5 times the illegal income; if there is no illegal income, a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan and not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed, and if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 500,000 yuan and not more than 1 million yuan shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, the business shall also be ordered to suspend operations for rectification or the business license shall be revoked.

Anyone who engages in illegal acts as stipulated in Article 43, Paragraph 2 of these Regulations shall be dealt with in accordance with relevant anti-monopoly laws.

Article 69 If an online memorial service platform violates the provisions of these Regulations, the civil affairs, public security, cyberspace affairs, telecommunications and other departments of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections and give a warning in accordance with their respective duties; if it refuses to make corrections or the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan and not more than 300,000 yuan shall be imposed, and it may also be ordered to suspend operations for rectification or be closed down.

Article 70 If staff members of the local people's governments at or above the county level and relevant departments, and staff members of funeral service institutions commit any of the following acts in funeral work, they shall be given disciplinary action in accordance with the law:

(1) Seeking benefits for others in matters such as the construction of funeral facilities, the procurement of funeral equipment, and the procurement and sale of funeral supplies;

(2) Taking advantage of their work to solicit or illegally accept property;

(3) Approving or constructing funeral facilities that do not comply with the provisions of these Regulations;

(4) Concealing or improperly handling illegal problems, causing ecological damage, loss of public property, or adverse social impact;

(5) Other acts of abuse of power, neglect of duty, or malpractice for personal gain.

Property solicited or illegally accepted by taking advantage of one's work shall be confiscated, recovered, or ordered to be returned.

Article 71 If, in the management and service of funerals, any suspected criminal acts such as trafficking in corpses, human tissues, and organs are discovered, they shall be transferred to the public security organs for investigation and handling in accordance with the law.

Article 72 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Regulations and constitutes a violation of public security administration shall be given public security administrative punishment by the public security organ in accordance with the law; if it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

Article 73 These Regulations shall come into force on March 30, 2026.

(Xinhua News Agency (新华社) Beijing (北京), January 7)

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Comprehensively Build a New Governance System for Funeral Services

By: 解志勇

"Life should be treated with propriety; death should be mourned with propriety, and sacrifices should be made with propriety." Funeral arrangements are deeply rooted in the culture of reverence and are related to family well-being, reflecting social civilization and the warmth of governance. This revision of the "Funeral Management Regulations" (殡葬管理条例) (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") is a profound legal response by the state to strengthen the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry. The revision of the "Regulations" adheres to the principles of basing itself on national conditions and being problem-oriented, aiming to systematically construct a modern funeral governance system based on public welfare and benefiting the people, guided by civilization and thrift, and taking green ecology as the path, so as to promote funeral service management to enter a new comprehensive governance system under the rule of law, in which the government, the market, society, and the public all fulfill their responsibilities and cooperate in governance.

Strengthening Public Welfare Attributes
The Establishment of the Legislative Purpose of the "Regulations"

The "Regulations" were promulgated and implemented in 1997, but the "public welfare attribute" of the funeral industry was not explicitly established in the legislative purpose. It is precisely because the public welfare attribute has not been fully strengthened and rigidly constrained in the legal source that the government's guarantee responsibility has not been fully implemented for a long time, leaving room for market profit-seeking behavior. In some areas, funeral homes and other institutions that should bear public services have shown a tendency to seek profits in actual operation, transforming basic services that should be universally beneficial into profit-making tools, and deriving chaos such as bundled consumption and opaque prices, making the word "public welfare" hollowed out in practice, and ultimately giving rise to problems such as "sky-high fees" that the masses strongly reflect.

This revision of the "Regulations" places "strengthening the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry" at the top of the legislative purpose, making it the general program that governs all subsequent management. From then on, the "public welfare" nature of the industry is no longer a policy advocacy or elastic requirement, but a mandatory requirement given by law that must be implemented in all management activities. The newly revised "Regulations" establish "adhering to public welfare and benefiting the people" as a basic principle, and explicitly declare that "the funeral industry is an important public welfare undertaking." From purpose to principle to qualitative, "public welfare" has completed the legal construction from concept to system, providing a legal basis and direction guidance for the design and operation of all subsequent specific systems. This fundamental provision establishes a unified value cornerstone and fundamental principle for defining the government's guarantee responsibility, regulating market service behavior, and introducing social supervision and evaluation, and is the premise for building a multi-governance pattern.

Practicing Green Ecology
Promoting the Transformation of Funeral Methods with the System

This revision of the "Regulations" not only aims to return to the original position of public welfare, but also is committed to leading the transformation of funeral methods.

In order to implement this transformation, the newly revised "Regulations" have constructed a systematic implementation framework through the establishment of special chapters and specific clauses, and have run the connotation of "green ecology" through the whole process of value orientation, system design and implementation path. For example, it is clearly stipulated that the state "promotes" burial methods that do not occupy or occupy less land, "encourages and guides" ecological burials such as sea burial and tree burial, and authorizes local governments to provide subsidies to participants. Through the combination of "government guidance + economic incentives," green burial is transformed from moral advocacy into an attractive realistic option. At the same time, it authorizes localities to delineate specific areas for the implementation of ecological burial, providing legal and stable landing guarantees from the perspective of spatial planning.

Through a series of system designs, the newly revised "Regulations" directly address the dilemma of "low acceptance of ecological burial and insufficient utilization rate of facilities" caused by the lack of support in the past. By providing positive system supply and incentives, it aims to break the traditional path dependence, promote the transformation of public choice from passive acceptance to active recognition, and transform green ecology from the goal advocated by the government into a common action widely participated by the society and the public, so as to provide a legal path for resolving the deep-seated contradiction between funeral activities and resources and environment.

Delineating Government Responsibilities
Clarifying the Scope of Guarantee with List Management

Another shortcoming of the pre-revision "Regulations" in terms of public welfare guarantee is that although the articles mention "funeral service units," they do not define which are the basic services that the government must provide, nor do they clarify the financial responsibility for guaranteeing these services. This ambiguity of responsibility has led to inconsistent willingness and ability of local governments to invest in funeral public services in practice, forming a pattern of "public welfare absence and market supplementation."

The newly revised "Regulations" make a system response to this and establish a funeral service list management system. The core role of this system is: First, to clearly define and consolidate the government's guarantee responsibility. By clearly listing "basic projects" such as body transfer and ecological burial in the form of a national list, the scope of funeral services that the government must guarantee and be responsible for providing is defined for the first time nationwide. Second, a hierarchical and flexible management system is constructed on the basis of a unified bottom line. On the one hand, the national list sets a unified guarantee bottom line nationwide; on the other hand, it authorizes provincial governments to appropriately increase local basic projects in combination with actual conditions, giving localities the necessary implementation flexibility. In addition, the authority to formulate the "non-basic project" list and price management is clearly given to the local people's governments at the level of cities divided into districts or above, which reflects the sinking of the management focus and requires local governments to assume direct regulatory responsibility for the overall standardization and accessibility of funeral services within their jurisdictions.

Strengthening Comprehensive Supervision
Establishing a Comprehensive Governance Architecture with Multi-Departmental Collaboration

The pre-revision "Regulations" only stipulated in principle that the civil affairs department is responsible for management. Faced with the many administrative fields involved in funeral activities, such as land use planning, medical and health, market supervision, and environmental protection, this single-entity responsibility system is difficult to cope with, resulting in the coexistence of overlapping departmental responsibilities and regulatory vacuums in practice, and the long-term absence of a comprehensive regulatory mechanism across departments and the entire chain.

The revised "Regulations" have strengthened and standardized this. Not only does it clarify the main responsibilities of the civil affairs department, but it also clarifies the specific responsibilities or collaborative obligations of various relevant departments in funeral management for the first time in a list-like manner, and legally and clearly decomposes the full-chain regulatory responsibility to various professional fields. At the same time, it requires local people's governments at the county level or above to formulate a list of regulatory matters for cross-departmental collaboration and strengthen normalized law enforcement collaboration. This marks a fundamental change in the funeral supervision model, forming a new pattern of "collaborative governance" under the unified leadership of the government and the joint governance of multiple departments in accordance with the law. In addition, a variety of modern governance methods such as credit supervision, social supervision, and industry self-discipline have also been introduced. This not only enriches the regulatory tools, but also constructs a system in which multiple entities participate in an orderly manner: by using credit evaluation to constrain the behavior of all parties, unblocking social supervision and complaint reporting channels, and strengthening industry self-management, the government's supervision is organically combined with market self-discipline and social supervision to jointly form a three-dimensional and normalized regulatory network to ensure that the public welfare attributes can be effectively maintained in every link of the industry's operation.

The revision of the "Regulations" is a profound change to systematically reshape the funeral field with the rule of law. It fundamentally corrects the value direction of the industry's development by establishing "public welfare attributes" as an unshakable legislative soul. On this basis, the "Regulations" clearly define the government's guarantee bottom line with list management, comprehensively maintain service order with a standardized system, integrate the regulatory responsibilities of multiple departments with a collaborative architecture, and guide green ecological practice with system incentives. This set of system combinations means a fundamental change in the logic of funeral governance, and its core lies in building a modern governance system with clear powers and responsibilities, multiple participation, and collaborative governance, establishing the government's responsibility for guaranteeing basic services and overall coordination, and at the same time providing solid institutional support for industry self-discipline, social supervision, and public participation through program design and channel opening, forming a joint force for governance. This marks that China's funeral governance has formed a new model of comprehensive governance under the rule of law, responding to the people's expectation of "peace for the deceased."

(The author is the Dean, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor of the Comparative Law School of China University of Political Science and Law (中国政法大学).)

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This edition's editors: Gong Yuhua, Shi Zhe, Gao Ji

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Firmly Remember the Development Mission and Build a New Highland for Industry

Gathering Scientific and Educational Advantages to Drive Integrated Development

Wu Jiang (仵江), Standing Committee Member of the Xi'an (西安) Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Head of the Publicity Department

Xi'an (西安) has a profound cultural heritage and pulsates with innovative vitality. Based on the national development strategy and shouldering the mission of the times, it is transforming its advantages in science, education, and resources into a surging driving force for integrated development.

Xi'an (西安) is committed to building a source of scientific and technological innovation, making full use of the advantages of college students and various professional talents, carrying out the Sycamore Tree Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Action, building 15 municipal-level common technology research and development platforms and 222 achievement transformation platforms, connecting the "laboratory" and the "production line," and allowing the source of integrated living water to flow continuously.

Xi'an (西安) is committed to building a modern industrial cluster, drawing an "Innovation Integration Map," leading the industry to leap to the high end of the value chain with technological innovation, and realizing the resonance of cutting-edge technology and modern industry.

Xi'an (西安) is committed to building a modern logistics system facing Asia and Europe and reaching the world. The China-Europe Railway Express (Xi'an) (中欧班列（西安）) has accumulated more than 30,000 trips, becoming a "golden channel" for trade exchanges.

Xi'an (西安) is committed to exploring the new charm of the ancient capital of thousands of years. Through the digital protection project of the Xi'an City Wall (西安城墙) and other projects, it realizes the cross-border deep integration of cultural heritage and modern technology, opens up a new track for industrial innovation, and makes the integrated cultural achievements shine brightly.

(Zhang Yukun (张钰坤) of People's Daily Digital Communication Co., Ltd. (人民日报数字传播有限公司) compiled)

Producing High-Quality Content and Courageously Undertaking Social Responsibility

Tang Guangyu (唐光宇), Chairman of BabyBus Co., Ltd. (宝宝巴士股份有限公司)

Undertaking social responsibility is the inherent meaning of high-quality development of enterprises. BabyBus (宝宝巴士) always continues to create high-quality content, courageously undertakes social responsibility, and realizes high-quality development in creating greater social value.

Create high-quality content. As an enterprise that develops content for children aged 0-8, BabyBus (宝宝巴士) adheres to the principle of "content is public welfare, and products are responsibility," and creates diversified products such as interactive APPs, nursery rhyme animations, and Chinese studies stories, and develops adaptive products such as sign language cartoons and audio picture books, so that deaf and mute and autistic children can also enjoy content services.

Care for special groups. In the past five years, BabyBus (宝宝巴士) has continued to practice the concept of public welfare and donated more than 80,000 books and other materials to rural schools. Since 2025, it has actively participated in the construction of urban and rural public welfare libraries, and cooperated with institutions such as the Women's Federation (妇联) and the Red Cross Society (红十字会) to establish special funds to promote the normalization of public welfare actions.

Promote educational balance. In response to the reality that there are few preschool teachers in rural areas and the burden of lesson preparation is heavy, the company launched the "Preschool Teacher Shell" project in 2019, which systematically integrates more than 200 APPs, more than 4,500 episodes of animation, and more than 16,000 audio resources under the company, and transforms them into systematic and thematic lesson plans and supporting resources. Up to now, it has invested more than 100 million yuan and served more than 3 million preschool teachers across the country.

(Compiled by Han Xin (韩鑫), reporter of this newspaper)

Adhering to Innovation-Driven Development and Focusing on Future Industries

Zhao Yan (赵燕), Chairman and President of Bloomage Biotechnology Corporation Limited (华熙生物科技股份有限公司)

In recent years, Bloomage Biotech (华熙生物) has adhered to the development path from science to technology, from technology to products, and from products to brands, and has invested in basic research and applied basic research for a long time to promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and social value.

Around the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, Bloomage Biotech (华熙生物) promotes the transformation of the industry to a safer, greener, and more sustainable direction through biomanufacturing to replace animal, plant, and petrochemical sources. At present, biomanufacturing raw materials such as Rhodiola rosea glycoside, ergothioneine, and hyaluronic acid have been widely used in the field of life and health, and play an active role in improving the quality of life in terms of aging intervention and tissue regeneration. Behind this is the continuous construction of innovative research and development capabilities, pilot-scale achievement transformation capabilities, and market transformation capabilities of Bloomage Biotech (华熙生物). At present, the company has more than 900 scientific research personnel and has built a world-leading pilot-scale achievement transformation platform, which is open to scientific research institutions and small and medium-sized enterprises as industry infrastructure.

At present, biomanufacturing is entering a critical stage from technological breakthroughs to large-scale applications. Driven by the dual drivers of green and low-carbon transformation and the continuous growth of life and health needs, the industry has broad development prospects. In the future, Bloomage Biotech (华熙生物) will actively fulfill its corporate social responsibility while promoting the high-quality development of biomanufacturing, and contribute to building a sustainable life and health industry.

(Compiled by Han Xin (韩鑫), reporter of this newspaper)

Playing a Bridge Role and Serving the Private Economy

Ma Yuhong (马玉红), Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce (陕西省工商业联合会) and President of the General Chamber of Commerce

In recent years, Shaanxi Province (陕西省) has significantly improved its innovation capacity, and the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces has achieved remarkable results. In the future, the Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce (陕西省工商联) and the majority of private entrepreneurs will focus on the following tasks:

First, actively participate in the development of new quality productive forces. It is necessary to continue to increase investment in research and development and strengthen the leading role of scientific and technological innovation. It is necessary to accelerate industrial upgrading and promote the development of traditional industries in the direction of high-end, intelligent, and digital. It is necessary to orderly lay out emerging industries and future industries and build key areas such as biomanufacturing and commercial aerospace.

Second, be bold in exploring the improvement of corporate governance. It is necessary to benchmark the requirements of the modern enterprise system with Chinese characteristics and accelerate the improvement of the modernization level of corporate governance. It is necessary to further strengthen the awareness of abiding by the law and abide by the law and abide by contracts and keep promises. It is necessary to consciously practice a clean and cordial relationship between government and business and promptly reflect problems and demands through the platform of the Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Third, show responsibility in fulfilling social responsibility. It is necessary to keep in mind the era responsibility of industrial prosperity for the people and enhance the sense of responsibility and mission to promote common prosperity. It is necessary to take energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation as a key starting point for cultivating new quality productive forces and establish a green development concept. It is necessary to continuously build harmonious labor relations so that development results benefit all employees.

The Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce (陕西省工商联) will, as always, play a good role as a bridge and link between the Party Committee and the government and private economic figures, and as an assistant to the government in managing and serving the private economy, and will fully promote the high-quality development of the private economy.

(Compiled by Ren Xiaoxia (任筱霞), reporter of this newspaper)

Injecting Scientific and Technological Innovation Momentum into High-Quality Development

Han Jinhua (韩金华), Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology (黑龙江省科学技术厅)

In recent years, Heilongjiang (黑龙江) has focused on promoting high-quality development by empowering it with new quality productive forces.

Consolidate the foundation of innovation. In 2024, Heilongjiang Province's (黑龙江省) total social R&D expenditure reached 24.96 billion yuan, and the R&D investment intensity reached 1.51%, an increase of 44.1% and 0.27% respectively compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. The Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (黑龙江省自然科学基金) continues to support original innovation, the construction of major platforms is accelerating, the number of national-level science and technology innovation platforms has reached 69, and the number of national key laboratories has increased to 16.

Focus on key breakthroughs. Around the construction of the "4567" modern industrial system, more than 10 special projects in key areas have been implemented. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, 706 provincial key R&D plan projects were deployed, doubling the number of projects approved compared with the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. A series of breakthroughs have been made in high-end equipment, energy and power, and other fields. The core performance indicators of the 30 MW and 40 MW gas turbines of the 703 Institute (七〇三所) are benchmarked against international first-class products of the same power level.

Explore transformation paths. The "Regulations on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements" were revised, and the Action for Breaking Through the Industrialization of Scientific and Technological Achievements was implemented. In the past three years, 1,763 major scientific and technological achievements have been transformed, and the new economic benefits have reached 33.32 billion yuan. Seven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems around universities, research institutes, and major research institutions have been built, gathering more than 2,200 enterprises. A government-funded angel investment fund has been established to promote the transformation of more scientific and technological achievements into products and the formation of industries.

(Compiled by Ren Xiaoxia (任筱霞), reporter of this newspaper)

Spreading Green Footprints and Demonstrating People's Livelihood Temperature

Zhang Xingfu (张幸福), Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Huadian Shaanxi Energy Co., Ltd. (华电陕西能源有限公司)

In 2021, the Party Committee of China Huadian Shaanxi Energy Co., Ltd. (华电陕西能源有限公司) brought the "photovoltaic + agriculture" project to Xinhua Village (新华村) in Hanyin County (汉阴县), Shaanxi Province (陕西省), providing local farmers with a diversified income plan of "rent + shareholding + employment." In 2023, the "fishing and light complementary" project in Xinhua Village (新华村) was completed and put into operation, innovatively adopting the "power generation on the board and planting and breeding under the board" model, setting up a "sunshine bank" between the ridges, allowing more than 50 villagers in Xinhua Village (新华村) to receive a dividend of 138,000 yuan.

The changes in Xinhua Village (新华村) are a vivid footnote to the "Huadian Green Qin" action of the Party Committee of China Huadian Shaanxi Company (华电陕西公司党委).

In the past two years, the green footprints of the Party Committee of China Huadian Shaanxi Company (华电陕西公司党委) have traversed mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas: in the Mu Us Desert (毛乌素沙地), photovoltaic sand control has built a 2,000-mu green barrier; in the Guanzhong Plain (关中平原), rooftop photovoltaics have played an active role in controlling pollution and reducing haze; in the old revolutionary areas, flexible brackets have turned orchards into "power plants." One project after another is writing the people's livelihood temperature and social responsibility of energy companies on the land of Sanqin (三秦大地).

In the future, the Party Committee of China Huadian Shaanxi Company (华电陕西公司党委) will also deeply practice the corporate mission of "dedicating clean energy and creating a better life" of China Huadian (中国华电), continue to explore new paths for the deep integration of brand building and national strategy, and contribute to writing a new chapter in Shaanxi (陕西) for the construction of Chinese-style modernization.

(Compiled by Wang Donghui (王东辉), reporter of this newspaper)

Never Stop on the Road of Chasing Light

Duan Guiheng (段贵恒), Director of the News Center of China Energy Construction Group Central China Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd. (中国能建中电工程)

As the main force in energy and power construction, China Energy Construction (中国能建) continues to write innovative answers to the integrated development of "new energy +." In the coffee garden in Pu'er (普洱), Yunnan (云南), in order to break the limitations of traditional planting, we turned our attention to the sky above the coffee garden: can we achieve a double harvest in one place by setting up photovoltaic panels above the coffee trees, generating electricity on the panels and planting under the panels? After many technical iterations and scenario tests, we finally found the best solution, and the first "coffee-light complementary" power station in the country was implemented.

Such stories are constantly extending across the land of China. In Qingtian (青田), Zhejiang (浙江), "forest-light complementary" cultivates high-quality camellia oil "Qingneng Youcui (青能油萃)"; in Taishan (台山), Guangdong (广东), "fishing-light complementary" reshapes the golden coast; in Gangba (岗巴), Tibet (西藏), "pastoral-light complementary" warms the roof of the world... We build multi-scenario and multi-regional green energy networks in many places, allowing beams of "light" to illuminate the border deserts, coastal beaches, and rural fields.

One photovoltaic panel after another spreads out a beautiful picture, and one integrated sample after another interprets the responsibility. We always adhere to "innovation-driven, strengthening the main business," and strive to find answers from scientific and technological innovation and benefits from comprehensive energy business, and never stop on the road of chasing light.

(Compiled by Wang Donghui (王东辉), reporter of this newspaper)

Cultivating Professional Talents and Serving the Real Economy

Zhang Min (张敏), Deputy General Manager of AIA Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (友邦人寿保险有限公司)

No. 17 on the Bund (外滩) in Shanghai (上海) is the starting point of AIA's (友邦) business and a witness to our resonance with the pulse of the times. For decades, we have grown together with this land and walked with the economic and social development of China.

In the 1990s, China's financial system reform was steadily advancing, but actuarial talents who supported the high-quality development of the industry were extremely scarce. Faced with this issue, AIA (友邦) joined hands with Fudan University (复旦大学) to jointly establish the "AIA-Fudan Actuarial Center (友邦—复旦精算中心)" to cultivate professional talents and sow seeds for the future of China's financial development.

The Actuarial Center has expanded from a classroom of dozens of people at the beginning to cooperation with many top universities across the country; from a North American Actuary examination center to an open platform that gathers industry wisdom and connects cutting-edge research... The seeds sown that year have now grown into a forest.

The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized "steadily promoting institutional opening-up" and "deepening the reform of the foreign investment promotion system," which strengthened our confidence in long-term development in the Chinese market. AIA (友邦) will actively participate in consolidating the financial foundation and serving the real economy by cultivating talents, introducing experience, and managing long-term funds, and work with Chinese counterparts to move towards a healthier and more resilient future.

(Compiled by Wang Donghui (王东辉), reporter of this newspaper)

From Practice to Empowerment, Promoting the Sustainable Development of the Ecosystem

Li Bin (李斌), Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs, Schneider Electric (China) Co., Ltd. (施耐德电气（中国）有限公司)

"From a seed to a forest," the transformation of Schneider Electric's (施耐德电气) Xi'an (西安) factory in Shaanxi (陕西) is a footnote to the green transformation of the industry. In the past ten years, without expanding the factory area, the output value has increased by more than 10 times and the energy consumption per unit has decreased by 30%. The factory has gradually grown into a "green factory" and "zero-carbon factory."

At present, Schneider Electric (施耐德电气) has built 22 "zero-carbon factories" and 15 national-level "green factories" in China.

In addition to its own practice, the company also actively empowers the ecosystem to jointly move towards sustainable development. Since 2018, it has helped global customers reduce carbon emissions by 792 million tons. In addition, by launching the supplier "zero-carbon plan," it has promoted the company's top 1,000 global suppliers to reduce carbon emissions at the operational level by 53%.

To promote sustainable development, it is also necessary to cultivate "new seeds." In response to the call of "integration of industry and education," Schneider Electric (施耐德电气) is committed to building a full-chain cultivation system for sustainable development talents: entering 71 primary schools to carry out popular science, benefiting nearly 6,000 teenagers; cooperating with more than 100 vocational schools to allow nearly 100,000 students to contact industrial practice; jointly building an innovation competition platform with universities to ignite the green innovation enthusiasm of young people.

(Compiled by Liu Hui (刘慧), reporter of this newspaper)

Helping Rural Students Pursue Their Dreams

Xia Juntang (夏军堂), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of China Baoyuan Investment Co., Ltd. (中国宝原投资有限公司)

As a key member unit of CNNC (中核集团), China Baoyuan (中国宝原) directly undertakes the promotion and implementation of CNNC's (中核集团) "Nuclear Seed Program (核苗计划)." The "Nuclear Seed Program (核苗计划)" has paved the way for rural students to pursue their dreams with years of deep cultivation.

Since the launch of the "Nuclear Seed Program (核苗计划)" in 2012, CNNC (中核集团) has jointly built a full-process support mechanism of "enrollment-training-employment" with multiple parties, taking CNNC Vocational and Technical College in Guangyuan (广元), Sichuan (四川) as the base, with a cumulative investment of more than 13 million yuan, allowing 784 students to receive free education.

The effectiveness of the assistance has become increasingly prominent in practice: 598 "Nuclear Seeds (核苗)" have joined CNNC (中核集团) member units and grown into skilled craftsmen and great craftsmen; a student's stable employment can drive the family's annual income to increase by 60,000 to 120,000 yuan, truly realizing "cultivating one person and helping one household." Behind this achievement is the social responsibility of CNNC (中核集团) as a central enterprise.

Winning the highest grade in the assistance assessment for 7 consecutive years and winning the best global poverty reduction case twice, this recognition has inspired CNNC (中核集团) to continue to exert its efforts, deepen the integration of the "Nuclear Seed Program (核苗计划)" and rural industries, and help more rural students realize their dreams.

(Compiled by Liu Hui (刘慧), reporter of this newspaper)

Lighting the Road to Comprehensive Rural Revitalization

Wei Ran (魏然), Supervisor of the Party Building Work Department of China Datang Group Co., Ltd. (中国大唐集团有限公司)

Dahua Yao Autonomous County (大化瑶族自治县) in Guangxi (广西) is full of stone mountains and overlapping mountains, with less than 0.8 mu of arable land per capita, and the annual loss of excellent students exceeds 60%. We deeply realize that only by working hard on talents and skills, and cultivating the younger generation through education to give back to their hometowns, can we effectively consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation and truly build a solid foundation for comprehensive rural revitalization.

The educational assistance "Dream Building Project (筑梦工程)" came into being - we joined hands with the local government to establish a three-year assistance goal, and built a "five-in and five-out" assistance bridge through practical measures such as "issuing three dream building funds, organizing special activities, upgrading infrastructure, introducing professional forces, and improving the ability of vocational high schools." Today, the number of students with a total score of A+ in the local high school entrance examination who apply for and attend Dahua High School (大化高中) has increased from 84 to 368; in 2025, the school's undergraduate online rate will reach 80.7%, and the first-class online rate will be nearly 20%, a substantial increase of 20% and 10% respectively compared with before the assistance.

As an energy central enterprise, China Datang (中国大唐) not only guards thousands of homes, but also lights up the future path of rural children. Facing the future, China Datang (中国大唐) will extend its mission of serving the country through energy to the responsibility of strengthening the country through education, and continue to write more moving chapters of dream blooming on the road of comprehensive rural revitalization.

(Compiled by Liu Hui (刘慧), reporter of this newspaper)

Supporting the Dream of a Comfortable Home with Good Houses

Zou Peng (邹鹏), Deputy General Manager of China Green Xiong'an Investment Co., Ltd. (中绿雄安投资有限公司)

Among the buildings rising from the ground in Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), there is a residence affectionately called "a reassuring home" by the employees of the relocated enterprises. It is the "China Green Li (中绿里)" built by China Green Development Group (中国绿发).
In the rising building complex of Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), there is a residence affectionately called "a comforting home" by the employees of relocated enterprises. This is "Zhonglvli" (中绿里), created by China Green Development Group (中国绿发).

Based on the "City of the Future," we strive to explore how to enable builders to achieve a transition from "physical relocation" to "emotional belonging." From the desire of scientific researchers to spend time with their families, to the expectations of families moving to Xiong'an (雄安) for community facilities, to the demands of young entrepreneurs for convenient living, we visited nearly 300 relocated enterprises. Voices from the front line collectively formed the project's needs list.

Within the "15-minute living circle," supporting services such as community commercial centers, kindergartens, and clinics are readily available. In the newly opened Healthy Living Center, there are constant-temperature swimming pools, parent-child activity areas, and entrepreneurial exchange spaces... We innovate the "regional comprehensive development + precise undertaking" model, striving to turn vision into reality.

Green is the distinct background color of "Zhonglvli" (中绿里) integrated into Xiong'an (雄安). The project integrates prefabricated construction and sponge city technology to create the New Area's first "zero-carbon, zero-energy consumption" dual-certified demonstration building, making a high-quality green and low-carbon lifestyle accessible.

China Green Development Group (中国绿发) will continue to use "good houses" to support the "dream of settling down," allowing every builder to "take root, feel at ease, and have stable dreams," injecting lasting warmth into the "City of the Future."
(Reported by Li Tielin (李铁林))

Solving Enterprise Problems with Financial Innovation
Zhou Yonglong (周咏龙), Deputy General Manager of the Corporate Business Department, Bank of Communications Shenzhen Branch (交通银行深圳分行)

In early 2025, CIMC Raffles (中集来福士), a subsidiary of CIMC Group (中集集团), successfully delivered the offshore wind power installation vessel BOREAS to a Dutch shipowner. Behind this lies a story of financial institutions and enterprises working together to break through challenges.

The vessel is equipped with several leading technologies that can significantly reduce operational carbon emissions, providing quantifiable and replicable technical solutions for the industry's green transformation. However, in the early stages of the project, CIMC Raffles (中集来福士) encountered a professional financial problem: the "foreign-related term exposure advance payment guarantee." The Bank of Communications Shenzhen Branch (交通银行深圳分行) formed a team to deeply connect and innovatively adopted a flexible model, efficiently completing the issuance of the guarantee while strictly adhering to international rules, solving the urgent needs of the project.

The Central Financial Work Conference (中央金融工作会议) emphasized doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance, with green finance being one of them. As of now, the Bank of Communications Shenzhen Branch (交通银行深圳分行) has opened advance payment guarantees for three wind power installation vessels for CIMC Group (中集集团), all of which have been successfully delivered. This is a vivid practice of green finance precisely irrigating the real economy.

As a large state-owned bank with a century of history, Bank of Communications (交通银行) always keeps in mind the **国之大者** (guó zhī dà zhě - "the most important things for the country," refers to the most important national interests and priorities), taking serving national strategies and supporting the real economy as its fundamental purpose. In the future, it will continue to use financial innovation to help real enterprises solve transformation problems and help more green equipment go from blueprints to reality.
(Reported by Li Tielin (李铁林))

"Little Orange Lamp" Illuminates 10 Years of Public Welfare
Guo Enwei (郭恩伟), Party Branch Secretary of the Hengtong Construction Guarantee Company, State Grid Xianyang Power Supply Company (国网咸阳供电公司)

The "Little Orange Lamp" (小桔灯) public welfare brand, which has been deeply cultivated by State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power (国网陕西电力) for 10 years, carries the mission and responsibility of electricity workers and has become a vivid footnote to the company's practice of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles.

The "Little Orange Lamp" (小桔灯) public welfare brand was established in 2015. In 2016, "Little Orange Lamp" (小桔灯) was officially registered and established, practicing social responsibility in a more systematic manner. The "Warm Wardrobe" pioneered a new model of "self-selected donation" in the province, allowing recipients to receive warmth. In the "Warm Toy Museum," 66,000 toys have built a childhood harbor for 23,000 children.

Photovoltaic power stations inject green momentum into the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and the eye-protecting lamps in the "Power Love Classroom" illuminate the children's path to knowledge... As the power grid extends, the responsibility and warmth of the "Little Orange Lamp" (小桔灯) have also reached more places.

State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power (国网陕西电力) always practices the tenet of "People's Electricity for the People," empowering public welfare with smart green electricity and safeguarding the lights of thousands of homes with warm services. We will let the warmth of the "Little Orange Lamp" (小桔灯) illuminate more corners and wholeheartedly write a contemporary answer sheet for serving people's livelihoods.
(Reported by Li Tielin (李铁林))

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Editor in charge of this edition: Zhang Yanchun, Song Yu, Zhang Ziqi

Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)

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Bank of Beijing: Thirty Years of Perseverance and Progress, Writing the "Bank of Beijing Answer" for High-Quality Financial Development

In January 1996, Bank of Beijing (北京银行) (formerly Beijing City Cooperative Bank) was established, becoming one of the earliest city commercial banks in China. Over the past 30 years, Bank of Beijing has actively responded to national development strategies, guided its course with high-quality Party building, and adhered to characteristic and differentiated development. Its total assets have grown from more than 20 billion yuan at the beginning of its establishment to nearly 4.9 trillion yuan in 2025, ranking 49th in the "Top 1000 Global Banks in 2025" list of the UK's "The Banker" magazine... Behind the figures is Bank of Beijing's firm and unwavering commitment to the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics and its vivid practice of serving Chinese-style modernization.

Strengthening the Foundation and Consolidating the Roots: Party Building Leads to Development Advantages

Bank of Beijing's 30 years have been 30 years of adhering to the Party's leadership, strengthening Party building, and transforming political advantages into development advantages. The Party Committee of Bank of Beijing has always played a strong leading role, ensuring that all major decisions of the bank are in line with the direction of national strategy and the laws of industry development, promoting the historical breakthrough of business performance, and building a modern financial service network with distinctive characteristics, wide coverage, and efficient service.

Deeply integrating the Party's leadership into the entire process of corporate governance. The Party Committee of Bank of Beijing strictly implements the fundamental requirements of "setting the direction, managing the overall situation, and ensuring implementation." By formulating and strictly implementing a list and procedures for the Party Committee's prior research and discussion of major issues at all levels, it clearly defines the boundaries of the powers and responsibilities of each governance subject, effectively promoting the formation of a modern corporate governance mechanism that is scientific in decision-making, effective in execution, effective in supervision, and coordinated in operation.

The coverage and combat effectiveness of Party organizations continue to increase. The number of Party organizations throughout the bank has steadily increased to 562, and the number of Party members has grown to 9,321, becoming a pioneer force in business expansion and risk prevention and control. By cultivating Party organizations that are "strong in Party building, strong in business, and strong in risk control" and building a team of "three strong and four specialized" cadres and talents, it promotes the deepening of grassroots Party organization building from "tangible coverage" to "effective coverage," transforming organizational advantages into development advantages.

Ideological construction is being promoted in a solid and in-depth manner. Bank of Beijing adheres to using the Party's innovative theories to arm the mind, guide practice, and promote various tasks of reform and development. It creates a learning organization. The "Financial Grand Lecture Hall" has been held for more than 100 sessions, becoming an important knowledge platform for all employees to improve their professional skills. It takes multiple measures to enhance the ideological awareness of Party members and build an important position for Party members and cadres to improve their theoretical literacy.

Create a good political ecology of integrity and uprightness. Bank of Beijing adheres to comprehensively and deeply promoting the strict governance of the Party and the strict governance of the bank. It formulates and improves various rules and regulations, builds the "Firefly Community" internal forum, and follows the online mass line.

Serving the Overall Situation: Financial Vitality Nourishes the Capital

Bank of Beijing's 30 years have been 30 years of rooting in the development of the capital, serving the people's livelihood, and depending on the warmth and coldness of thousands of households. From supporting the renovation of Qianmen Street (前门大街) commercial district and the construction of urban trunk roads such as the Fourth Ring Road (四环路), to helping the construction of the Beijing Municipal Administrative Center (北京城市副中心), and then to serving the construction of the "Dual Olympic City," Bank of Beijing's financial support has been deeply integrated into the context of the capital's urban modernization.

In serving the improvement of the capital's core functions, Bank of Beijing has deeply cultivated the characteristic fields of science and technology finance and cultural finance. Since taking the lead in establishing the Zhongguancun Science Park (中关村科技园区) branch, it has gradually built a comprehensive financial service ecosystem covering the entire life cycle of science and technology innovation enterprises, serving 82% of the GEM, 76% of the STAR Market, 75% of the Beijing Stock Exchange listed companies, and 75% of the New Third Board innovation layer enterprises in Beijing. Since 2006, it has started exploring cultural finance, successively launching characteristic financial products such as "intellectual property pledge loans" and "Cultural Tourism e-loans," providing credit support of more than 600 billion yuan to more than 16,000 cultural and creative enterprises, effectively promoting the prosperity and development of the capital's cultural and creative industries.

Firmly practice the concept of serving the people and actively serve, guarantee, and improve people's livelihood. Since becoming the settlement and storage bank for Beijing's medical insurance fund in 2001, it has provided convenient and safe medical insurance settlement services to more than 20 million residents of the capital. From supporting the issuance of the first and second generation social security cards to providing the third generation social security card replacement service, it has always wholeheartedly escorted the social security services of the capital's citizens. At present, Bank of Beijing has provided the third generation social security card replacement service to more than 60,000 enterprises and institutions and more than 1.4 million citizens in the city. It launched the "Little Red Card" (工会互助卡) (trade union mutual aid card) to serve the employee group, with a cumulative issuance of more than 6.4 million cards, and carried out more than 10,000 activities such as serving employees and providing consumer discounts, continuously expanding the comprehensive service ecosystem.

Characteristic Breakthrough: Exploring a New Path of Differentiated Development

Bank of Beijing's 30 years have been 30 years of daring to explore and innovate, focusing on characteristic cultivation, and the road of differentiated development has become wider and wider. Bank of Beijing closely combines the strategic deployment of doing a good job in the "five major articles" of finance with its own resource endowments, opening up a new path of differentiated development.

Establish and implement the "First Strategy" of science and technology finance in depth. Build a "1+18+N" specialized operating system, create the "Jingxin Leading" (京心领航) science and technology financial service brand, launch online product matrices such as "Science and Technology Innovation e-loan" and "e-Investment Loan," and independently develop the "Science and Technology Innovation Radar" enterprise evaluation system to improve the ability to accurately identify and scientifically evaluate technology enterprises. As of the end of September 2025, the balance of science and technology financial loans of the entire bank was 437.71 billion yuan, achieving more than double growth in 3 years.

Proactively and proactively lay out the green finance track. Formulate and implement a special development plan for green finance, launch green financial products such as "Waste-free Loan," "Water-saving Loan," and "Green-Brown Loan," build an open and cooperative green financial ecosystem, deepen cooperation with the Beijing Green Exchange (北京绿色交易所) and other institutions, join the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, and promote green practices to align with international standards. As of the end of September 2025, the balance of green financial loans was 265.456 billion yuan, maintaining steady growth.

Persistently develop inclusive finance. Adhere to the positioning of serving small and medium-sized enterprises, open up the "first kilometer" of the first loan, and support more than 20,000 enterprises with the "first loan" since 2020. Upgrade the functions of the "Tong e Rong" (统e融) online financing service platform, optimize the non-principal renewal loan process, and reduce the financing costs of small and micro enterprises. As of the end of September 2025, the balance of inclusive small and micro enterprise loans of the entire bank was 260.81 billion yuan, maintaining a good growth trend.

Comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of pension financial services. Carefully create the "Jinghang Youyang" (京行悠养) pension financial service brand, serving more than 1.9 million individual pension customers, extending the service scope to multiple fields such as the aging-friendly transformation of business outlets and community financial knowledge publicity, and building a pension financial ecosystem combining "finance + non-finance" services.

Actively promote the innovative application of digital finance. Actively participate in the digital RMB pilot program, build a "digital currency bank," and innovate application scenarios such as digital RMB bonds and M&A loans. Launch the construction of a financial operating system intelligent computing power platform to empower business model reshaping and service efficiency improvement with technological innovation.

On this basis, Bank of Beijing focuses on building "five characteristic banks" to build differentiated competitive advantages.

Built the first "child-friendly bank" in the country, actively cooperated with women's federations in various places, comprehensively deepened the integrated service system of "products, services, and ecology," and promoted the ecological extension of children's finance to "family + education." With the mission of building a "bank that accompanies you throughout your life," it builds a full life cycle comprehensive financial service system covering children's finance, growth finance, entrepreneurial finance, family finance, wealth finance, and pension finance. Strengthen the construction of "the first bank for specialized, refined, and new enterprises," upgrade the credit product "Leading e-loan," with a cumulative loan of more than 150 billion yuan; serve more than 30,000 specialized, refined, and new enterprises, and provide credit funds of more than 1.45 trillion yuan for nearly 60,000 technology-based small and medium-sized micro enterprises, with a loan balance of nearly 120 billion yuan for specialized, refined, and new enterprises. Focusing on the positioning of "a bank that achieves talent dreams," it builds an integrated service system of "people-family-enterprise," with a cumulative loan of more than 1.8 billion yuan for "Talent Loan," and carries out talent financial cooperation with governments and enterprises to unblock the "education-technology-talent" cycle. Clarify the future direction of "commercial banks driven by artificial intelligence," promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and strategic layout, build an "AI + finance" ecosystem in ten representative application scenarios, and realize the intelligent leap of financial services.

Digital Intelligence Driven: Technology Empowerment Reshapes Service Paradigm

Bank of Beijing's 30 years have been 30 years of embracing technological change, promoting digital intelligence transformation, and driving future development with innovation. Bank of Beijing actively builds "Digital Beijing Bank," using digital transformation to comprehensively lead the "five major transformations" of development model, business structure, customer structure, operational capabilities, and management methods.

Fight the "three major battles" of digital transformation. Build a unified data base, a unified financial operating system, and a unified risk control platform. Among them, the unified financial operating system won the second prize of the 2023 Financial Technology Development Award of the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行). Based on this, deeply promote the digital reconstruction of multiple key business and management areas such as large retail, large operation, and large technology.

Regard the development of artificial intelligence technology as the top priority. Build the "Jingzhi Brain" (京智大脑) AI platform, develop a large model with hundreds of billions of parameters, launch MaaS, AIB and other platforms, deploy more than a thousand automated processes, and explore the collaborative office and hyper-automated business processing model of "human + AI."

Promote intelligent risk control construction to build a security defense line. The risk warning system "smoke index" has been iterated to version 4.0, which can achieve an average of 10 months of early warning for non-inclusive medium and long-term business. Adhere to a sound and prudent risk preference, establish and improve a specialized approval officer system, a science and technology financial credit approval committee and other characteristic mechanisms, and asset quality is stable and improving.

Thirty years of hard work and extraordinary journey; a new journey with missions on our shoulders, we need to move forward more vigorously. Bank of Beijing will continue to anchor the goal of a strong financial country, with a higher position, stronger responsibility, and better service, unswervingly lead and guarantee high-quality development with high-quality Party building, and strive to write a new chapter in serving the construction of Chinese-style modernization.

Data source: Bank of Beijing

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U.S. Hegemony and Interventionism: A Major Source of Global Turmoil and Conflict (In-Depth Observation)

By: 本报记者 张朋辉

On January 3rd, as the world was still immersed in the New Year's atmosphere, several loud explosions were heard in Caracas (加拉加斯), the capital of Venezuela. The United States launched a large-scale military operation against Venezuela, forcibly controlling Venezuelan President Maduro (马杜罗) and his wife, exposing the naked U.S. hegemonic behavior to the world.

Statistics show that from its founding in 1776 to 2019, the United States has carried out nearly 400 military interventions around the world. From Latin America to the Balkans, from West Asia to Central Asia, the presence of American troops has triggered a series of serious consequences such as regime change, social unrest, and economic regression. U.S. hegemony and interventionism are important sources of global turmoil and conflict, and continue to provoke widespread condemnation from the international community.

"Marks the return of predatory U.S. imperialism and a blatant trampling on the sovereignty of Latin American countries"

The U.S. military action against Venezuela is its largest military operation in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. Afterwards, U.S. President Trump (特朗普) held a press conference, vigorously promoting "Tang Luo Doctrine," claiming that this move "far exceeds the 'Monroe Doctrine'," with the aim of ensuring that "the United States' dominant position in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again," and even claiming that a working group would be formed to "manage" Venezuela, with the timing of "returning" the country to be decided by the United States. The French newspaper *Le Monde* pointed out incisively in an editorial that this "marks the return of predatory U.S. imperialism and a blatant trampling on the sovereignty of Latin American countries."

During his campaign, Trump promised to avoid U.S. involvement in overseas wars, publicly criticizing previous U.S. overseas regime change operations and endless wars, saying that "American soldiers should not bleed for other countries' disputes." However, U.S. media statistics show that in less than a year of his second term, the Trump administration has already carried out military strikes in seven countries: Venezuela, Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, and Nigeria, and has ordered the U.S. military to launch more than 626 airstrikes against other countries. The so-called "peace promise" has completely become a scrap of paper, once again confirming that the U.S.'s nature of foreign aggression and intervention, and its arbitrary pursuit of military bullying, has never changed.

This hegemonic logic is deeply rooted in U.S. history, and violent expansion has always been a distinct mark of its development trajectory. After its independence in 1776, the United States continuously expanded its territory through means such as military conquest, ethnic cleansing, and foreign wars, from the massacre of Native Americans and the invasion of Canada, to the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and the annexation of Hawaii, constantly realizing territorial expansion through force. After World War II, relying on its superior military strength, the United States provoked or launched a series of conflicts such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War.

Latin America has long been a disaster area for U.S. aggression and expansion. Since the "Monroe Doctrine" was put forward in the 19th century, the United States has always regarded Latin America as its "sphere of influence," not allowing other countries to interfere, and even less tolerating Latin American countries choosing their own development paths. At the beginning of the 20th century, then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (西奥多·罗斯福) bluntly stated: "In order to pursue the 'Monroe Doctrine,' the United States has to exercise the power of an international police force."

The Mexican-American War in 1846, the Spanish-American War in 1898, the invasion of Grenada in 1983, the invasion of Panama in 1989... A Harvard University research team concluded through combing through a century of history that between 1898 and 1994, the U.S. government planned and implemented at least 41 coups in Latin America, an average of once every 28 months, with means covering economic blockades, proxy wars, and direct military invasions. As some Latin American scholars have said, "The U.S.'s so-called 'protection' of Latin America has always been a cannonball wrapped in sugar, which will eventually pierce our sovereignty and dignity."

"The United States is undoubtedly the most warlike country in the world, with military interventions all over the globe"

A research report co-authored by Monica Duffy Toft, a professor at Tufts University, and Sidita Kushi, an assistant professor at Bridgewater State College, shows that from its founding in 1776 to 2019, the United States has carried out nearly 400 military interventions around the world, about half of which occurred after 1950, more than 1/4 of which began after the end of the Cold War, and 34% of the interventions targeted Latin America and the Caribbean.

As former U.S. President Carter (卡特) said, "The United States is undoubtedly the most warlike country in the world, with military interventions all over the globe." By creating conflicts, fueling wars, and implementing sanctions, the United States has not only brought profound disasters to relevant regions, but also seriously damaged global order and peace and stability.

The U.S. invasion of Vietnam in the 1950s and 1970s caused the deaths of about 1.1 million North Vietnamese soldiers and 300,000 South Vietnamese soldiers, and as many as 2 million civilians died in the war; in 1999, NATO, led by the United States, bypassed the UN Security Council and carried out 78 days of continuous bombing of Yugoslavia, causing more than 2,000 civilian deaths, more than 6,000 injuries, and nearly one million people displaced; in 2011, the United States and other Western countries interfered in Libyan affairs under the guise of "freedom" and "democracy," directly triggering long-term internal turmoil in the country; in 2021, the United States hastily ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of 174,000 Afghans, including more than 30,000 civilians, and nearly 1/3 of Afghans became refugees...

According to Venezuelan officials, the U.S. military action against Venezuela has caused at least 40 deaths, including soldiers and civilians, and the long-term unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States have led to a severe food crisis for more than 1/3 of the Venezuelan population; the decades-long economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba has caused irreparable humanitarian disasters.

Not only that, but on January 4, Trump, facing the media on "Air Force One," threatened Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Mexico, Denmark, and other countries in one breath, falsely claiming that the United States "needs Greenland."

Eric Schmitt (埃里克·施密特), a senior reporter for *The New York Times*, said that the military action against Venezuela is likely to lead the Trump administration to form a dangerous perception that "military intervention and subversion of regimes are low in cost and easy to implement," which may lead it to implement more similar actions against other countries in the future.

"The law of the jungle is treacherous and impermanent; what is inflicted on others today will bring disaster to oneself tomorrow"

Christian Caryl (克里斯蒂安·卡里尔), a veteran U.S. media person, said that in 2003, the Bush administration announced that the Iraq War was "mission accomplished," but it opened a long nightmare of chaos. Now, what Trump is doing may repeat the mistakes of the past, committing similar fundamental errors that led to the failure of the U.S. plan to reshape Iraq. As Ian Bremmer (伊恩·布雷默), president of the U.S. political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group, warned: "The law of the jungle is treacherous and impermanent; what is inflicted on others today will bring disaster to oneself tomorrow."

Historical lessons are vivid in our minds. The U.S.'s policy of military expansion not only harms other countries, but will ultimately hurt itself. After the "9/11" incident, the United States invested more than $5.8 trillion in the so-called "global war on terror," and it is estimated that it will invest about $2.2 trillion more in the next 30 years for the medical care of disabled veterans. These expenditures not only seriously damage the interests of the American people and exacerbate the domestic wealth gap, but also make economic and social problems such as the "Rust Belt" more prominent. Some U.S. congressmen have publicly stated that "huge war expenditures nourish the military-industrial complex, but allow ordinary people to bear the pain of inflation and shortcomings in people's livelihoods."

Years of overseas wars have also left U.S. military officers and soldiers with psychological trauma that is difficult to heal, and the high suicide rate among veterans has become a hidden pain in American society. A report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs shows that from 1999 to 2010, an average of about 22 veterans chose to commit suicide every day, which is equivalent to one person dying every 65 minutes; between 1979 and 2014, the average daily number of veterans committing suicide reached 20. U.S. media pointed out that the actual situation may be far higher than this number. Some insightful people believe that if war spending were invested in infrastructure and people's livelihoods, the face of American society might be completely different.

Ted Piccone (特德·皮科内), a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, analyzed that the Trump administration's use of power to suppress neighboring countries, its lawless arrogance, narrow nationalism, and crony capitalism intertwined, may drag the United States into a bottomless pit. Some Latin American countries may further promote the diversification of economic and security relations in order to hedge against the strong pressure and undue influence of the United States.

The Egyptian newspaper *Al-Youm Al-Sabea* published a commentary stating that the large-scale military action launched by the United States against Venezuela is essentially an attempt by the United States to maintain its interests in the Western Hemisphere through military means. This act of interfering in other countries' internal affairs by force is likely to become a new source of continued turmoil and conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean. The article believes that the United States has never been a "good neighbor" to Latin American countries, and Venezuela and other countries have paid a heavy price for coexisting with a "hegemonic neighbor." The U.S.'s military intervention is also all over the globe. Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, and the United States can control global markets and affect the energy supply of competitors by controlling this resource. The legitimacy of Maduro's rule is Venezuela's internal affair, and external interference will only exacerbate the chaos. History shows that the so-called "democratic transformation" promoted by the United States in many places often ends in tragedy, not only is it difficult to heal social rifts, but it also leaves lasting trauma.

Brazilian journalist Rafael Garcia (拉斐尔·加西亚) published an article on the Al Jazeera website, arguing that the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is far more than just a single act of aggression. This is the latest manifestation of the U.S.'s centuries-old pattern of interfering in Latin American affairs, and this pattern has already caused deep trauma to the region. The Trump administration is re-embracing this outdated policy of interventionism with new fervor, which is an extremely dangerous signal for the entire region. If the United States can launch military strikes against sovereign countries at will, then the entire international legal system will become meaningless. "What the people of Latin America need is genuine respect for the right to national self-determination. The future of the region must be decided by the people of the region, not manipulated in the shadow of an empire."

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Azerbaijan Actively Attracting Chinese Tourists

By: 本报记者 肖新新

In recent years, tourism exchanges between China and Azerbaijan have been continuously heating up. According to the latest data from the Azerbaijan Tourism Board, in the first 10 months of 2025, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Azerbaijan reached 57,000, a year-on-year increase of 49%; in 2024, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Azerbaijan was nearly 45,000, a year-on-year increase of 93%. Currently, China has entered the top 10 source countries for inbound tourists to Azerbaijan, and Sino-Azerbaijani tourism cooperation is showing a good development trend.

Azerbaijan, known as the "Land of Fire," is an important node on the ancient Silk Road, with rich historical and cultural heritage and diverse natural landscapes. The ancient and modern architecture and art of the capital Baku (巴库), the historical features and natural scenery of the Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape and mud volcano groups, as well as unique experiences such as salt cave recuperation and oil baths, constitute Azerbaijan's unique tourism resources. In July 2024, Azerbaijan implemented a one-year unilateral visa-free policy for Chinese citizens. In July 2025, the agreement on mutual visa exemption for citizens holding ordinary passports between China and Azerbaijan came into effect. The advancement of visa facilitation policies provides great convenience for personnel exchanges between the two countries.

"Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the Chinese tourism market and hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in the tourism industry," said Fuad Nagiyev (福阿德·纳吉耶夫), Chairman of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board. China is a strategic priority market for Azerbaijan's tourism industry. At present, Azerbaijan is improving its reception capacity for Chinese tourists through the "China Ready" project. The project includes strengthening Chinese services, optimizing payment convenience, adding traditional Chinese dishes to hotel menus, and training professional Chinese-speaking tour guides. According to reports, more than 100 local tourism practitioners have completed the project training and obtained certificates. Azerbaijan is also cooperating with Confucius Institutes in local universities to strengthen the reserve of Chinese-speaking talents and provide a more suitable travel environment for Chinese tourists.

The Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau, under the Azerbaijan Tourism Board, has increased its efforts in tourism product innovation and promotion, launching five major themed routes: Brilliant Culture Tour, Natural Ecological Adventure, Ancient Silk Road Charm, Featured Food Experience, and Physical and Mental Healing Tour, to meet the different needs of Chinese tourists. Since 2025, the Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau has held tourism promotion activities in Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), Guangzhou (广州) and other cities, and cooperated with travel platforms such as Ctrip (携程), Qunar (去哪儿), and social media such as WeChat (微信), Douyin (抖音), Weibo (微博), and Xiaohongshu (小红书) to enhance the popularity of Azerbaijan tourism in China. "We always have a high degree of enthusiasm and expectation for the Chinese tourism market," said Florian Sengstschmid (弗洛里安·森斯特施密德), CEO of the Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau.

Transportation connectivity provides important support for Sino-Azerbaijani tourism cooperation. Currently, Baku (巴库) has opened direct flights to Beijing (北京) and Urumqi (乌鲁木齐). Nagiyev (纳吉耶夫) said that Azerbaijan will continue to improve tourism infrastructure, provide more convenience for Chinese citizens to travel to Azerbaijan, and promote further improvement of the level of tourism cooperation between the two countries. Chinese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lu Mei (鲁梅) said that personnel exchanges between China and Azerbaijan are becoming increasingly close, and tourism exchanges are becoming more enthusiastic. China is willing to work with Azerbaijan to deepen tourism cooperation between the two countries and add new connotations to the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

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U.S. Claims Seizure of Two Oil Tankers in Approximately Half an Hour

According to Xinhua News Agency, Washington, January 7th (Reporters Huang Qiang (黄强) and Xu Jianmei (徐剑梅)) - At 8:43 AM U.S. Eastern Time on January 7th, the U.S. European Command announced on social media that it had seized a Russian oil tanker in the North Atlantic. About half an hour later, the U.S. Southern Command announced on social media that it had seized a stateless oil tanker in international waters.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hergeseth stated on social media that the U.S. "blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil remains fully effective worldwide." The U.S. European Command announced on social media that the U.S. seized the "Bella 1" oil tanker that day, which was seized in the North Atlantic after being tracked by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Munro." This seizure was carried out in accordance with a U.S. presidential order.

Previous reports stated that in December 2025, this oil tanker, originally named "Bella 1," successfully prevented U.S. personnel from boarding and sailed into the Atlantic Ocean. While being pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard, the oil tanker painted a Russian flag pattern on its hull, changed its name to "Sailor," and changed its country of registration to Russia. The report said that the oil tanker originally planned to load oil in Venezuela (委内瑞拉), but was unable to dock due to the U.S. blockade and is currently empty.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (俄外交部) previously stated that the oil tanker is currently flying the Russian flag and sailing in international waters in the North Atlantic, fully complying with international maritime law, but the U.S. and NATO (北约) have shown unusual attention to the oil tanker.

The U.S. Southern Command announced that the U.S. intercepted "a stateless, sanctioned 'shadow fleet' oil tanker" at dawn on January 7th, and no accidents occurred during the operation. The ship is named "Sophia" and was sailing in international waters at the time. The U.S. Coast Guard is controlling the "Sophia" to proceed to the United States for disposal.

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White House: Trump considered a "range of options," including the U.S. military, to obtain Greenland

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, January 6 (Reporters Huang Qiang (黄强) and Xu Jianmei (徐剑梅)) -- White House Press Secretary Leavitt (莱维特) said on the 6th that U.S. President Trump (特朗普) and his team are discussing "a series of options" to obtain Greenland (格陵兰岛), including "using the U.S. military."

In an email to Xinhua News Agency reporters, Leavitt (莱维特) confirmed that Trump (特朗普) has made it clear that "obtaining Greenland (格陵兰岛) is a U.S. national security priority and is crucial for deterring our adversaries in the Arctic region." Trump (特朗普) and his team are discussing "a series of options to achieve this important foreign policy goal," and "using the U.S. military" remains an option available to him as Commander-in-Chief.

Since taking office in 2025, Trump (特朗普) has repeatedly threatened to obtain Greenland (格陵兰岛) and claimed that he does not rule out the possibility of using force. In a telephone interview with the American magazine *The Atlantic* on January 4, Trump (特朗普) said that Venezuela (委内瑞拉) may not be the last country the United States interferes with, and said, "We absolutely need Greenland (格陵兰岛)."

Trump's (特朗普) remarks have sparked strong opposition from European countries such as Denmark (丹麦). Denmark (丹麦), France (法国), Germany (德国), Italy (意大利), Poland (波兰), Spain (西班牙), and the United Kingdom (英国) issued a joint statement on the 6th, emphasizing that Greenland (格陵兰岛) belongs to its people and that only Denmark (丹麦) and Greenland (格陵兰岛) have the right to decide on matters involving themselves.

Greenland (格陵兰岛), located in northeastern North America, is the world's largest island. The island is an autonomous territory of Denmark (丹麦) and has a high degree of autonomy. Defense and foreign affairs are managed by the Danish (丹麦) government. The United States currently has a military base in Greenland (格陵兰岛).

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"Stable life is what we hope for."

By: 管克江 伊纳斯

On January 5th, in the Grand Bazaar (大巴扎), the main trading market in Tehran (德黑兰), the capital of Iran (伊朗), a dazzling array of small commodities were sold in some shops, with shouts of hawking and bargaining intertwined. Merchant Kazemi (卡齐米) said, "Our sales remain stable, and the market is operating as usual. We hope that inflation can be alleviated as soon as possible, and the economy can recover."

Since the United States (美国) announced its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, Iran (伊朗) has suffered multiple rounds of severe sanctions from the United States (美国) and the West, currency devaluation, increased inflation, and its economic development has been severely affected. In particular, the sharp fluctuations in the Iranian Rial exchange rate some time ago led to hyperinflation. In recent days, people in some areas of Iran (伊朗) have taken to the streets to protest and cause riots. According to the Fars News Agency (法尔斯通讯社) of Iran (伊朗), on the evening of the 3rd, demonstration clashes occurred in Ilam Province (伊拉姆省) in the west of the country. Attackers attacked many government buildings, destroyed several banks, and many citizens' homes were destroyed, resulting in 3 deaths. Scattered protests also occurred in Tehran (德黑兰).

Iran's (伊朗) Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (哈梅内伊) said in a speech in Tehran (德黑兰) on the 3rd that some people, under various banners, used the protests of Iranian (伊朗) merchants to incite riots, attempting to undermine national security, which is "absolutely unacceptable." He emphasized that Iran (伊朗) "will never yield to the enemy." Ali Larijani (阿里·拉里贾尼), advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran (伊朗), said that the United States' (美国) interference in Iran's (伊朗) internal affairs is equivalent to disrupting the entire regional situation and will also harm its own interests. Moradi (莫拉迪), a senior media person at Iran's (伊朗) Mehr News Agency (迈赫尔通讯社), told the reporter of this newspaper that the number of protesters has decreased in recent days, but "some foreign hostile forces are trying to use related events to disrupt the situation."

According to multiple sources, the Iranian (伊朗) government's economic team has held emergency meetings and introduced a series of economic reform measures, such as strengthening currency control and increasing people's living subsidies, aimed at stabilizing exchange rates and improving people's livelihoods. Iranian (伊朗) President Pezeshkian (佩泽希齐扬) issued a presidential order announcing that from January 10th, each Iranian (伊朗) citizen can receive some subsidies to purchase daily necessities. Some analysts believe that Iran's (伊朗) economic reform has just begun, and maintaining social stability is very important during this period, and whether the government can quickly make ordinary people feel the effects of the policy is also crucial.

Mohammad Sarfi (穆罕默德·萨尔菲), editor-in-chief of *The Tehran Times* (《德黑兰时报》), said that the Iranian (伊朗) economy needs a stable social situation to recover and develop, and social unrest will only exacerbate economic challenges. Moradi (莫拉迪) said, "The government has worked hard to take various measures to improve the economy and people's livelihoods. We are currently in a transition phase." Government measures have injected certainty into the market. Another merchant, Abdullah (阿卜杜拉), said, "People do feel the increase in the cost of living, but the exchange rate is tending to stabilize, which has restored people's confidence." Citizen Fatima (法蒂玛) said, "I'm here to buy a birthday cake for my sister. Stable life is our expectation, and I hope the days will be better in the future."

In response to US (美国) President Trump's (特朗普) threat to attack Iran (伊朗) again and media hype about Israel's (以色列) possible new round of attacks, Iranian (伊朗) Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei (巴加埃) said at a regular press conference in Tehran (德黑兰) on the 5th that the Iranian (伊朗) armed forces are maintaining a high degree of vigilance and strengthening combat readiness to deal with possible new rounds of attacks. The Secretariat of the Iranian (伊朗) Defense Committee issued a statement on the 6th, condemning further threats and interventionist remarks against Iran (伊朗) by relevant parties, while emphasizing that Iran's (伊朗) security, independence, and territorial integrity are an inviolable red line.

(Reported by this newspaper from Dubai (迪拜) and Tehran (德黑兰) on January 7)

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UN Condemns Israel's "Apartheid" in West Bank

According to Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, January 7th (Reporter Shi Song (石松)) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office released a report on the 7th, condemning Israel's discriminatory policies and actions that have caused a "systematic suffocation" to the normal lives of Palestinians in the West Bank, and urging Israel to end the "apartheid regime" against Palestinians in the West Bank.

The report stated that Israel has violated international law requiring all countries to prohibit and eliminate apartheid. Israeli authorities apply two distinctly different sets of laws and policies to Israeli settlers and Palestinians residing in the West Bank. Palestinians also continue to suffer from massive land confiscation and resource deprivation.

"Whether it is fetching water, going to school, going to the hospital, visiting relatives and friends, or harvesting olives, every aspect of the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank is controlled and restricted by Israel's discriminatory laws, policies and practices," said United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk (沃尔克·图尔克) in a statement released with the report. "This is a particularly egregious form of racial discrimination and segregation, similar to the apartheid regimes we have seen before."

The report stated that these acts of "segregation, discrimination and oppression" are intended to be permanent and are designed to maintain the oppression and domination of Palestinians. These acts violate the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

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French Foreign Minister: A U.S. attack on another NATO country would be completely against its own interests

According to Xinhua News Agency, Paris, January 7th (Reporter Sun Yi (孙毅)) French Foreign Minister Barro (巴罗) stated on the 7th that an American attack on another NATO country would completely violate its own interests.

Barro (巴罗) said in an interview with French Radio on the same day that he believes the idea of the United States militarily intervening in Greenland (格陵兰岛), an autonomous territory of Denmark (丹麦), is a "political hypothesis" because "it makes no sense for one NATO country to take action against another NATO country. This is not only unreasonable, but also completely violates the interests of the United States."

Barro (巴罗) said that in the face of American threats, France "hopes to take action, but to act jointly with European partners," and will "share response plans with key partners in the coming days." He also said that he plans to discuss the matter with the foreign ministers of Germany (德国) and Poland (波兰) on the same day, and the three parties will "form a combination that can drive Europe."

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German unemployment rate rises for the third consecutive year

According to Xinhua News Agency, Berlin, January 7th (Reporter Che Yunlong (车云龙)), a report released by the German Federal Labor Agency (德国联邦劳工局) on the 7th showed that in 2025, the number of unemployed people in Germany (德国) was 2.948 million, an increase of 161,000 compared to the previous year; the unemployment rate was 6.3%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous year, rising for the third consecutive year.

Andrea Nahles (安德烈娅·纳勒斯), Director of the German Federal Labor Agency (德国联邦劳工局), said in a statement that affected by the continued economic weakness, the German (德国) labor market in 2025 was weaker than the previous year, and the overall trend was unfavorable.

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Finnish President: Greenland issue has "no room for discussion"

According to Xinhua News Agency, Helsinki, January 6 (Reporter Zhu Haochen (朱昊晨)) Finnish President Alexander Stubb (斯图布) said on the 6th that the Greenland issue "has no room for discussion," emphasizing that matters involving Denmark and Greenland should be decided by Denmark and Greenland themselves.

Stubb (斯图布) made the remarks during an interview with Finnish media while attending the "Volunteer Alliance" meeting in Paris, France, to aid Ukraine. He stated that Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, "only Denmark and Greenland can decide its affairs," and added, "We support Denmark."

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Members "crossing boundaries" to perform duties for greater effectiveness (deliberation and governance)

By: 本报记者 徐元锋 张 文

The factory gates slowly opened, and trucks entered in single file, slowly parking in front of the factory's cold storage. Opening the truck's tailgate, baskets of celery inside the cargo hold looked fresh and vibrant.
"This cold storage has been converted into a preservation storage, capable of storing more than 30 tons of celery at a time!" Shi Zhixiong (施志雄) watched from the side, feeling delighted: he hadn't expected his first "cross-border" duty performance to be so effective.
Shi Zhixiong (施志雄) is a member of the Economic Sector of the Wuzhong Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) (吴忠市政协) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区), and also the head of an e-commerce company. Starting in 2020, the CPPCC of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区政协) introduced relevant regulations to encourage CPPCC members to conduct research and perform their duties in a new "second sector" based on their personal energy and professional expertise, while maintaining their original sector. In 2025, Shi Zhixiong (施志雄) chose the agricultural sector as his "second sector" and participated in multiple activities.
During a recent rural survey with the agricultural sector, he learned that greenhouse vegetables in various parts of Wuzhong City (吴忠市) had entered a period of high yield, but the storage capacity of the preservation storages built in various villages was limited. "The cold storage of the dairy product processing plant in the city has a lot of idle space recently, and it can be used as a vegetable preservation storage with a little modification!" Shi Zhixiong (施志雄) provided countermeasures based on his understanding, solving the urgent need for the storage of local greenhouse vegetables.
"Cross-border" has improved the performance effectiveness of CPPCC members and built a bridge for resolving people's concerns and difficulties. In the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, more than half of the CPPCC members have chosen a "second sector," and in various municipal CPPCCs, 30% to 60% of the CPPCC members have chosen a "second sector." "Cross-border" performance has become another way for members to broaden their horizons and offer suggestions.

Broadening Horizons, Enhancing Performance Skills

A "cross-border" survey suddenly enlightened Li Shunqin (李顺琴), who had been struggling to find a solution.
Li Shunqin (李顺琴) is a member of the Education Sector of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协), and also a middle school teacher. In 2024, she planned to write a proposal calling for guiding families to play a better role in student education. When writing specific suggestions, she was troubled: how can she give actionable countermeasures?
The "second sector" survey activities opened up her thinking: she followed the Social and Legal Affairs Sector to conduct community surveys, and the grid management measures in communication with community grid members were refreshing.
"Adding students' school attendance to the grid registration can facilitate experts to enter the community to provide classified guidance to relevant families." Inspired, Li Shunqin (李顺琴) gave the suggestion of "combining community management and family education" in the proposal, and proposed many operational details in combination with the actual community management. Finally, this proposal on strengthening community parental education services became a high-quality proposal of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协).
Since 2025, promoted by the Yinchuan Municipal Education Bureau (银川市教育局) and other departments, the suggested content in the proposal has been gradually incorporated into community governance: some communities have begun to pilot the establishment of educational ledgers for underage residents, and some communities have opened educational expert consultation hotlines for parents... "Participating in 'second sector' activities breaks the boundaries of sectors and is of great significance for stimulating the vitality of members' performance and better playing the role of members in connecting with the masses," said Li Shunqin (李顺琴).
The "second sector" broadens the horizons of members, and "cross-border" performance gives a global perspective. In the CPPCCs at all levels in Ningxia (宁夏), members generally realize that the "second sector" has become an effective channel for expanding ideas and solving problems. "Performance should dare to 'cross-border,' not only caring about the fields they are familiar with, but also generally caring about topics such as science and technology and people's livelihood." Gu Changhong (顾长虹), a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, said that the CPPCC's responsibility of political consultation and advice requires members to 眼观六路、耳听八方 (yǎn guān liù lù, ěr tīng bā fāng - "eyes watch six roads, ears listen eight directions," be all-observant and all-attentive) to cast their eyes on all levels and fields of society, and achieve new growth and enhance their performance capabilities through the "second sector."
"Cross-border" has produced positive results, and CPPCCs at all levels have followed up. In Ningxia (宁夏), CPPCC members at all levels have learned about the cutting-edge trends in various fields such as ecological environmental protection and community governance through the "second sector." Taking the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region and the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协) as examples, since 2025, more than 200 and more than 150 members have chosen the "second sector," respectively.
"'Cross-border' has expanded the performance channels for CPPCC members with spare energy and ability, and the level of political consultation and advice has been effectively improved." Wei Heqing (魏和清), chairman of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协), introduced that in recent years, the directionality and feasibility of various consultation reports of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协) have been improved, which is inseparable from the effective implementation of the "second sector" system.

"Cross-border Talent Introduction" to Improve the Quality of Suggestions

Some time ago, the winter vegetable greenhouses in Zhongwei City (中卫市) entered a period of bumper harvest. At the same time, the high maintenance costs of greenhouses have become a concern for many farmers.
"Some accessories of intelligent greenhouses age quickly, and the replacement price is high. Can we find a way to save costs?" When the agricultural sector of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region recently organized a rural survey, many farmers and cooperatives complained to the CPPCC members.
Zhou Yongxing (周永兴), a member of the Science and Technology Sector of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, happened to participate in this survey "cross-border." Zhou Yongxing (周永兴), who has been engaged in high-end manufacturing for many years, carefully inspected many intelligent greenhouses and put forward his own views: intelligent greenhouses are like industrial assembly lines. If the operation process can be scientifically designed or re-engineered according to the variety of agricultural products planted in the greenhouse, the facility maintenance cost will be greatly reduced.
This idea was quickly verified - with the liaison and help of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, a research institution optimized the technical layout and production process of the intelligent greenhouses in two local villages for free. After half a month of operation, the maintenance cost decreased by more than 30%. The successful pilot of the two villages made Zhou Yongxing (周永兴) excited. He called for the promotion of the experience of "re-engineering the process" in several major greenhouse vegetable production and marketing cities in the Autonomous Region.
"CPPCC members basically have certain professional knowledge for the 'second sector' they choose." Zhang Song (张嵩), then director of the Office of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, said that participating in the "second sector" work requires CPPCC members not only to watch the excitement, but also to "not say layman's words, not do layman's things, see the problem, speak the point of view, and put forward countermeasures."
The "second sector" working mechanism promotes effective interaction between expert-type members and the fields they are familiar with, achieving the role of "cross-border talent introduction." Problems in related fields can timely absorb the suggestions of "outsider" members, concentrate the wisdom of all parties, and the talent-intensive advantages of the CPPCC are fully utilized.
In the evening, in the school playground of Yinchuan No. 9 Middle School (银川市第九中学), citizens ran around in twos and threes. The badminton court in the corner of the playground was brightly lit, and citizens were working hard to swing their rackets. "The sports area and the teaching area are separated, and the venue is open to the public in the evening and on holidays, which will not affect teaching." Liu Ying (刘英), a citizen living nearby, said that since it was opened to the public, it has quickly become a good place for nearby residents to exercise.
"Interconnection, integration, and complementarity to achieve more accurate suggestions." Xu Bao (徐宝), a member of the Social and Legal Affairs Sector of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协), commented on the role of the "second sector." After he chose the Education Sector as the "second sector," he found in the survey that many schools do not open gymnasiums to the public because they are afraid of taking risks.
After conducting research in many schools, Xu Bao (徐宝) suggested introducing insurance companies and third-party inspections to promote the opening of campus sports venues to the public. Finally, Yinchuan City (银川市) issued a notice to further promote the opening of sports venues in primary and secondary schools throughout the city to the public, adopting many of Xu Bao's (徐宝) suggestions.

Improving the Mechanism to Ensure "Cross-border" Effectiveness

"I chose science and technology as the 'second sector.' What are the arrangements for this month's research and discussion activities?" The phone of the Science and Technology Sector Member Studio of the Autonomous Region rang, and Liu Caifeng (刘彩凤), a member of the Agricultural Sector of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, called - as an animal husbandry expert, she is looking forward to exchanging recent progress in animal husbandry technology with members of the Science and Technology Sector.
Since 2020, the sector member studios established by the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region in the fields of science and technology, education, and medicine and health have played a role in communication and liaison, becoming the "home" of sector members, and also becoming a position for members to engage in "second sector" activities.
"Sector member studios can allow members to directly negotiate and exchange with specialized departments on more professional issues, and also facilitate the development of 'second sector' activities." Liu Caifeng (刘彩凤) said, "Cross-border" members inevitably have information asymmetry with functional departments. Regularly collecting and sorting out relevant information through the studio is conducive to more efficient "cross-border" performance. At the same time, sector member studios also often "propose questions" for "cross-border" members around hot needs, and actively invite "cross-border" members to participate in consultation discussions and research activities.
"The talent apartment policy should increase its attractiveness, and the location, environment and hardware facilities of the apartment should keep up," "The research direction of universities should be combined with local characteristic industries"... In the "Tiewenling Committee Reception Room" (铁文玲委员会客室) in Yinchuan City (银川市), many CPPCC members from the education, economic and other sectors expressed their opinions.
As a member of the Economic Sector of the Yinchuan Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (银川市政协), Tie Wenling (铁文玲) established this reception room in 2023. How to attract more Yinchuan (银川) university graduates to stay in the local area? She invited members from the education and other sectors to discuss together, integrated suggestions from all sectors, and submitted a detailed proposal. Among them, the suggestions such as creating a "move-in ready" talent station were included in the supporting policy list of relevant special actions.
At present, more than 70 "committee reception rooms" have been established in CPPCCs at all levels in Ningxia (宁夏) - this working team led by 1 CPPCC member and composed of multiple CPPCC members has become a new link for learning and exchange and connecting with the masses. Various "committee reception rooms" go to fields, factories, workshops, communities and villages to provide policy publicity, professional knowledge dissemination, and difficulty assistance to sector members, and at the same time, form proposals and social conditions and public opinion information for the problems reflected by sector members, becoming another efficient platform for "cross-border" members to perform their duties.
Zhao Xin (赵欣), a staff member of the Member Liaison Studio of the General Office of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, introduced that CPPCC members mainly perform their duties in the "first sector," and the "second sector" records and transfers the "cross-border" activity situation and assessment to its original sector.
In various parts of Ningxia (宁夏), the "cross-border" performance of CPPCC members is moving towards institutionalization and precision. Taking Yinchuan (银川) as an example, the Municipal Committee of the CPPCC has clarified the content, process, method and assessment of cross-sector activities, and at the same time, organizes various special committees to regularly sort out the research, consultation and political discussion activities carried out by sectors, and publishes them through websites and public accounts, so that CPPCC members can fully understand the activity plans of various sectors. "At present, the 'second sector' work has built a comprehensive performance platform with proposals as the carrier and research as the way, which is increasingly helpful for CPPCC members to expand their participation and improve the accuracy of their suggestions." Zhao Xin (赵欣) said.

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Investing in People, Unleashing Potential (Suggestions)

By: 张连起

The essence of modernization is the modernization of people. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal clearly states that "investment in things and investment in people should be closely integrated." This not only anchors the direction for China's future modernization construction but also allows development to carry a more significant temperature of people's livelihood.

Investing in things has long played an important role in China's sustained and rapid economic development. Investments in physical assets such as infrastructure, buildings, and machinery have consolidated the material and technological foundation for economic and social development. Investing in people, on the other hand, pays more attention to shifting funds and resources to meet people's needs, improve their capabilities, and realize their value. This is not only a vivid practice of the concept of "people's livelihood is paramount" but also forms an important lever to leverage high-quality development. At present, the global innovation landscape is accelerating its restructuring, and the competition for talent quality and innovation capabilities is fierce. China is facing multiple challenges such as the adjustment of the labor force structure and the in-depth development of the technological revolution and industrial transformation. Against this background, the close integration of investing in things and investing in people is an important measure to meet the challenges of the times and seize development opportunities.

Investing in people is investing in the future. On the one hand, improving people's knowledge, skills, health, and security capabilities helps transform human resources into sustainable and value-added human capital. On the other hand, increasing investment in education, medical care, elderly care, and other areas is conducive to ensuring and improving people's livelihoods, achieving a high quality of life, and promoting common prosperity for all. To this end, it is recommended to use fiscal and tax policies as a starting point to increase systematic investment in "people" and promote high-quality development.

Optimize the expenditure structure and increase precise investment in people's livelihood. Continue to increase the proportion of government investment in people's livelihood, focusing on increasing public investment in areas such as fertility and parenting, education and medical care, vocational training, inclusive elderly care, and culture and sports. In the field of education, it should be tilted towards key areas such as vocational skills training. In the field of medical and health care, optimize the allocation of urban and rural medical resources, increase financial transfer payments to support rural and grassroots medical care, reduce the burden of medical insurance payments for residents, and improve the quality of basic medical services. In the field of fertility support and elderly care, optimize the arrangement of fertility subsidies and inclusive childcare service funds, increase financial and tax support for inclusive elderly care institutions, and alleviate the pressure of population aging.

Innovate incentive policies to guide social capital to participate in investing in people. In response to the huge investment required to comprehensively guarantee and improve people's livelihoods, not only financial investment is needed, but also the vitality and enthusiasm of various business entities must be fully stimulated. It is recommended to introduce differentiated financial and tax preferential policies to provide appropriate value-added tax and corporate income tax reductions and exemptions for enterprises participating in people's livelihood fields such as childcare, elderly care, vocational training, and health services. Provide relevant tax incentives for venture capital enterprises and equity investment funds that invest in human capital development. Optimize the government procurement service mechanism, guide social forces to provide high-quality people's livelihood services through market-oriented methods, and build a diversified investment pattern of "fiscal guidance, social participation, and market operation."

Improve income distribution adjustment and consolidate the institutional foundation for investing in people. Income distribution is the source of people's livelihood and an important guarantee for investing in people. It is recommended to guide enterprises to implement a normal wage growth mechanism for employees through fiscal and tax policies to ensure that those who work more get more, those with high skills get more, and those who innovate get more. Further optimize the individual income tax system, improve the individual tax system that combines comprehensive and classified taxation, and reasonably adjust the tax rate structure. Strengthen special tax incentives to encourage individuals to independently invest in skills training, health care, and other aspects.

Strengthen policy coordination and promote the deep integration of investing in people and investing in things. Through tax incentives, financial subsidies, and other methods, guide material capital investment to tilt towards human capital-intensive industries, and promote the benign interaction between industrial upgrading and human capital accumulation. For example, provide manufacturing enterprises with a combination of financial and tax incentives to encourage them to increase investment in employee skills training while introducing advanced equipment and carrying out technological transformation. For infrastructure investment projects, focus on their role in driving employment and promoting the flow of regional human capital, and take employment promotion and skills improvement as important considerations for project approval and financial and tax support. Through policy coordination, form a virtuous circle in which investing in things consolidates the foundation and investing in people stimulates kinetic energy.

(The author is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) and the president of the China Association for Financial Management of Enterprises (中国企业财务管理协会). This report was compiled and edited from an interview with Liu Botong (刘博通), a reporter from this newspaper.)

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Promoting the Deep Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education (Proposal Summary)

Proposer: China Democratic League Central Committee (民盟中央)
　　Motion: Higher education is an important symbol of a country's development level and potential, and an important combination point for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent. With the rapid development of the new generation of digital technologies, China's higher education is facing new requirements for intelligent transformation. The integrated development of artificial intelligence and higher education faces many challenges, such as lagging constraint mechanisms leading to legal and ethical risks, imbalanced resource allocation affecting educational equity, traditional education models hindering talent cultivation, and data dependence leading to poor management effectiveness.
　　Suggestions: Improve the dual regulatory mechanism of law and ethics. On the one hand, strengthen top-level design, improve relevant laws and regulations, establish a strict data security management system, ensure the safe storage, transmission, and use of educational big data, and ensure the rational application of artificial intelligence technology in the field of education under the premise of protecting data security and personal privacy. On the other hand, carry out research on ethical issues in artificial intelligence education, further optimize existing ethical norms, refine the connotation of scientific and technological ethical norms, and ensure the operability of ethical norms.
　　Jointly build and share intelligent education resources. On the one hand, through digital education pilots, promote the application of the national platform in the whole field, for all members, and throughout the whole process, establish an open education resource library, and promote the circulation and sharing of education resources; use artificial intelligence to realize intelligent recommendation and personalized matching of education resources, and promote the balanced distribution of high-quality resources. On the other hand, encourage social forces to participate in the joint construction and sharing of education resources, and jointly promote the intelligent transformation and popularization of education resources.
　　Establish and improve the talent training system. Strengthen the construction of artificial intelligence-related majors in universities, including curriculum setting, textbook development, and teaching method innovation, focusing on cultivating professional talents. Formulate policies to support the cultivation of artificial intelligence talents. Construct a multi-dimensional artificial intelligence education evaluation system including teaching quality, student development, and teacher level, and regularly carry out effect evaluation and feedback improvement.
　　Build a diversified management support system. Build a collaborative governance model with multiple entities, allowing education managers, teachers, students, and other stakeholders to participate in education decision-making and management, and avoid algorithmic bias in university management. Introduce courses related to interpersonal relationships, communication skills, and emotional intelligence, and regularly organize various social activities to provide students with psychological counseling and related services to help students establish connections in real social environments.
　　(Text compiled by Tong Wen (文 通))

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Education should not only emphasize science, but also have warmth (Story of fulfilling duties)

By: 本报记者 白光迪

In the classroom nearing noon, several students were still discussing a problem endlessly. Gao Jinfeng (高金凤), a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), and the principal of the Jiangyan District Experimental Primary School Education Group (姜堰区实验小学教育集团) in Taizhou (泰州), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), stood at the back of the classroom, listening attentively to the children's speeches.

"Some questions do not have standard answers, but they point to the direction of children's thinking," said Gao Jinfeng (高金凤). In recent years, her work has started from these specific and subtle educational scenes.

"With the continuous advancement of the 'Double Reduction' policy, children have more opportunities for hands-on practice, more frequent classroom questions, and a stronger desire to express themselves." However, in daily teaching and management, Gao Jinfeng (高金凤) gradually noticed some new practical problems: how to continuously stimulate scientific inquiry interest, how to help young people establish judgment in cyberspace, how to truly serve student growth through social practice activities... Repeated classroom observations and exchanges with teachers and students have made Gao Jinfeng's (高金凤) focus more concentrated.

Around these realistic concerns, during the 2025 National People's Congress (全国两会), Gao Jinfeng (高金凤) submitted several proposals and social sentiment information, focusing on key aspects of adolescent growth. She paid attention to the support issues of children with autism in the general education system, and suggested further improving the connection mechanism between special education and inclusive education; in response to the new challenges brought by the network environment to the growth of young people, she proposed building a network literacy education system with the collaborative participation of families, schools, society, and enterprises, and promoting the curricularization and normalization of relevant content; focusing on practical education, she suggested further innovating the forms of social practice for primary and secondary school students, so that students can understand responsibility and form identity in real situations.

"Performing duties is not about speaking from experience, but about transforming real problems at the grassroots level into actionable and implementable suggestions," said Gao Jinfeng (高金凤). Before forming these suggestions, she repeatedly verified her judgments through research, questionnaires, and exchanges, and constantly revised and improved her ideas.

The suggestions from the front line have also been constantly responded to in the process of performing duties. "Last year, the suggestions in several proposals and social sentiment information were absorbed into policy research and practical work, which made me feel very excited," said Gao Jinfeng (高金凤).

Over the years, Gao Jinfeng (高金凤) has always stayed on the front line of education. A few years ago, a child who was repeatedly rejected by the school due to poor health attracted her attention. Facing the parents' anxiety, she repeatedly discussed with the teaching team, adjusted teaching and management arrangements, created conditions for the child to integrate into the group, so that the child would not be "specialized" or ignored.

"Education should not only be scientific, but also have warmth." Gao Jinfeng (高金凤) believes that these educational practices are a vivid footnote to the implementation of moral education in reality.

From the podium to the research site, Gao Jinfeng (高金凤) has always maintained the consciousness of an educator. Since 2025, Gao Jinfeng (高金凤) has actively participated in a number of special research and symposium activities, and conducted in-depth exchanges with educators from different regions on topics such as moral education, the practice of moral education in life, and the cultivation of adolescent values. In relevant seminars, she combined campus practice to share the educational exploration of "returning to children's lives"; in special research, she put forward suggestions on strengthening the awareness of the Chinese national community among young people, believing that value identity should be naturally generated through real communication and real experience in daily education.

The class is still going on, and Gao Jinfeng's (高金凤) practice of performing her duties continues to extend in this familiar campus. "Performing duties cannot be separated from the front line, and we must convey the voices of the grassroots more accurately," said Gao Jinfeng (高金凤).

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Editor in charge of this edition: Liu Botong

Layout Design: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)

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Safeguarding the Shining National Brand of "Peace and Security" (Rule of Law Headlines)

By: 张天培

We are about to usher in the sixth Chinese People's Police Day. The people's police, the team that sacrifices the most and dedicates the most in peacetime, always takes "loyalty to the Party, serving the people, impartial law enforcement, and strict discipline" as its oath, faithfully fulfilling its duties, daring to take responsibility, willing to sacrifice and dedicate, and building an indestructible iron wall for national security, social stability, and people's tranquility.

To forge a loyal police soul and not forget the original intention of serving the people. In Ruijin (瑞金), Jiangxi (江西) Province, the birthplace of the people's public security, Xu Donghua (徐东华), a second-level hero and model of the national public security system and a descendant of martyrs, inherited the red gene and bravely fought against criminals to protect the masses: "This is the duty of a people's police." Jumai Abulizi (居麦·阿卜力孜), instructor of the Tal拉克乡 (塔尔拉克乡) Police Station in Luntai County (轮台县), Xinjiang (新疆), has been rooted in the hinterland of the Gobi for seventeen years, posting police-civilian contact cards on the doors of villagers' homes, just so that the masses can find the police when they encounter difficulties. From the "village night visits" of the police from the Gutian (古田) Police Station in Longyan (龙岩), Fujian (福建) Province, to the joint prevention and control of the "Zhang Side (张思德) Patrol Team" of the Zaoyuan (枣园) Police Station in Yan'an (延安), Shaanxi (陕西) Province, the people's police always take root among the people, measure public sentiment with their footsteps, resolve people's worries with sincerity, and let the solemn promise of "the people's public security for the people" transcend time and become more and more firm.

To interpret the mission with responsibility and practice the oath with dedication. In one thunderous attack after another, in one special action after another, the people's police resolutely and severely punish crimes, and always maintain a high-pressure situation against all kinds of illegal and criminal activities that endanger public safety, telecommunications network fraud, and drug crimes. In one brave act after another, in one life-and-death act after another, the people's police always put safeguarding the peace of the country and the happiness of the people first. Facing the violent rush of a hit-and-run driver, Jiang Zhongchao (蒋仲超), a police officer from the Traffic Management Brigade of the Jiangxia (江夏) Branch of the Wuhan (武汉) Public Security Bureau in Hubei (湖北) Province, struggled to subdue the gangster, and his life was forever fixed at that moment; facing criminals, Suo Wentao (锁文涛), an immigration management police officer from the Ruili (瑞丽) Border Management Brigade in Yunnan (云南), was not afraid, and tightly clamped them in a desperate fight; in order to ensure the security and interests of the country, the national security police went deep into the tiger's den without hesitation, putting their personal safety aside... Since the founding of New China, more than 17,000 police officers from public security organs alone have died on duty, and more than 3,700 people have been named martyrs. They have guarded the lights of thousands of homes with their blood and lives.

To forge an iron army in keeping with the times and build a solid security barrier with all efforts. At present, facing new situations and new tasks, the people's police force continues to deepen reform, and the level of public security prevention and control and service to the people has reached a new level. Zhu Xinqi (朱新琪), a community police officer in Tianjin (天津), used a big data police group to find an Alzheimer's patient who had been lost within 1 hour; Enshi (恩施), Hubei (湖北), implemented the "two teams and one office" reform, and solved a case of electric motorcycle theft in 8 hours, allowing the masses to truly feel "faster police dispatch and better service"; Jinsha (金沙) Public Security in Guizhou (贵州) built a drone "smart brain" to protect children's safety to and from school with a new "air-ground integration" school protection model. From "finger-tip policing" to the "police + N" community model, from cracking down on cases to serving the masses, the people's police are determined to reform and dare to innovate, constantly improving the effectiveness of actual combat, and guarding the "peace" of this bright national brand.

The police badge reflects the original intention, and the hot blood protects peace. Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that practice has proved that the people's police in our country is a team with strong combat effectiveness that the Party and the people can completely trust. On the occasion of the sixth Chinese People's Police Day, let us pay the highest respect to every people's police who sticks to their posts. May this shining police badge forever witness loyalty and responsibility; may this original intention of serving the people always illuminate the way forward, and the people's police make new and greater contributions to building a higher level of safe China and rule of law China!

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Solving the case is the best explanation to the people.

By: 本报记者 张天培

The Yaxue Highway connects the Yabuli Ski Resort (亚布力滑雪场) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province to the Snow Town National Forest Park (雪乡国家森林公园). It has an average altitude of 950 meters and winds through the forest and snowfields, offering magnificent scenery but also posing hidden dangers.

"Ensuring the safe and smooth flow of the 'Golden Avenue' of ice and snow tourism not only involves the safety of tourists' lives but also concerns the economic development of Snow Town tourism. We must guarantee zero accidents!" Jiang Liyang (姜礼阳), a first-level police chief at the Xuexiang Police Station (雪乡派出所) of the Dahailin Branch (大海林分局) of the Forest Area Public Security Bureau (林区公安局) in Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) Public Security Department (公安厅), repeatedly conducted in-depth investigations of hidden dangers and carefully checked every detail. Under the protection of Jiang Liyang (姜礼阳) and his colleagues, the Yaxue Highway achieved "zero occurrences of traffic accidents above the general level and zero casualties."

Protecting peace is seen by the people's police as a duty and a mission, but even more so as a belief.

"The masses may only come to me once in their lifetime, so I must take every opportunity to contact them seriously." Pan Danyong (潘丹勇), a fourth-level senior police chief at the Kaiyuan Road Police Station (开元路派出所) of the Luolong Branch (洛龙分局) of the Luoyang City (洛阳市) Public Security Bureau (公安局) in Henan Province (河南省), has a deep understanding of community policing.

In 2009, Pan Danyong (潘丹勇) voluntarily applied to move from the agency to the community, coming to the people's side. He has a special register in his hand, which records in detail the information of special groups such as elderly people living alone and disabled people in the jurisdiction. For more than 10 years, he has insisted on making monthly telephone follow-ups and home visits to special groups to help them deal with the difficulties they encounter in their daily lives and understand their needs. Zhang Yurong (张玉荣), an elderly woman in her 80s in the jurisdiction, specially placed Pan Danyong's (潘丹勇) police-civilian contact card on the top layer of her medicine box, comparing him to an "indispensable standby medicine."

The people's police come from the people and are for the people, always putting the interests of the people in their hearts.

"Solving a case is the best explanation to the masses." Zhang Tianning (张添宁), a national second-level hero model of the public security system and director of the Jiuxian Police Station (旧县派出所) of the Shanghang County (上杭县) Public Security Bureau (公安局) in Fujian Province (福建省), told himself in the mirror on the day he put on his police uniform that he must protect the people in his jurisdiction and live up to this police uniform.

In 2014, a murder and insurance fraud case occurred in Shanghang County (上杭县). The main criminal suspect, Ji (吉), had been on the run. Over the years, Zhang Tianning (张添宁) never gave up his pursuit of Ji (吉). Until April 2020, the task force analyzed and judged Ji's (吉) whereabouts. Zhang Tianning (张添宁) immediately led the police to the local area, overcoming numerous difficulties, and finally successfully captured Ji (吉), bringing a successful conclusion to the case. From a sharp soldier in the criminal investigation team to a police station director close to the people, Zhang Tianning (张添宁) is practicing the solemn oath of "fighting crime and protecting the people" and firmly fulfilling the sacred mission of guarding the peace of one side.

With a sincere heart of patriotism, loyalty casts the police soul. On the public security front, there is also a large group of people's police like Jiang Liyang (姜礼阳), Pan Danyong (潘丹勇), and Zhang Tianning (张添宁). Their battlefield is not only on the front line of chasing criminals and arresting thieves, but also in the streets and alleys of ordinary days; they not only have thunderous means, but also have a passion for serving the people, and use their selfless dedication to build a copper wall and iron wall to protect the people.

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Sowing the Seeds of National Security on the Border Frontline

By: 本报记者 亓玉昆

In the sunset, on the Pamir Plateau, the westernmost tip of the motherland's territory, in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture (克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州), Xinjiang (新疆), the horses' hooves crush the snow in the Bedieli Valley, Aziguli (阿孜古丽) watches her husband's figure as he returns to the team, her eyes filled with both concern and understanding.

The couple are both members of the "National Security Propaganda Team on Horseback," who travel on horseback all year round through the snowy pasturelands to various pastoral settlements, using simple local dialects to promote national security laws and regulations.

In 2018, the Kizilsu (克州) National Security Agency established the first "National Security Propaganda Team on Horseback." In the majestic snow-capped mountains and vast grasslands, this team has been lecturing on national security knowledge for many years. The horseshoes that have been replaced time and again bear witness to the path the propaganda team has traveled over the years.

National security officers often say that on the border front line, the most difficult thing to overcome is not the rugged mountain roads, but the language barrier. To this end, they not only carefully study national security laws and regulations such as the National Security Law and the Anti-Espionage Law, but also combine them with real cases and translate them into ethnic minority languages, so that border herders can better understand, "sowing the seeds of national security on the border front line."

"The herders' heartfelt support and love for the national flag is something that many people cannot imagine." Every time they are about to reach their destination for border patrol and propaganda, the team members will unfurl the national flag they carry with them.

Previously, the officers went to the border line to give lectures and originally planned to return to their station before dark, but the roads were rugged, the weather was cold, and the river beaches were muddy, so they did not reach a herder's yurt until very late.

"Who are you?" The herder in the distance saw them and quickly rode over on his horse, asking vigilantly. The officers pointed to their police uniforms and unfurled the national flag they carried with them. The herder instantly became enthusiastic and invited them into the yurt. Everyone sat cross-legged, eating nang (a type of flatbread) while chatting about everyday life and national security common sense.

Wherever the motherland's border line is, the "National Security Propaganda Team on Horseback" will surely appear!

Over the years, the officers have ridden their horses to every pastoral area, entered every yurt, and come to the herders' side to carry out mobile propaganda, helping the herders identify suspicious people and situations, and report them to the national security authorities in a timely manner.

Gradually, the border herders all knew that there was a "National Security Propaganda Team on Horseback," and more and more herders joined in the practical actions of safeguarding national security. The team has grown from the initial 1 team to the current 20 teams, and the number of members has expanded from less than 10 to nearly 200.

Once, a herder discovered suspicious footprints and signs of life on the border line. Because there was no mobile phone signal, he entrusted his flock to a friend to take care of and rode his horse nearly a hundred miles to report the situation.

National security is everyone's responsibility. In pastoral areas, every herder is a sentinel, and every yurt is a mobile哨所. Nowadays, the "National Security Propaganda Team on Horseback" is constantly innovating its propaganda forms, making the overall national security concept more knowable, perceptible, and communicable, and凝聚起 (níng jù qǐ - "coagulate," to gather together) everyone's strength to guard the border and jointly build national security.

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"Making parties feel the warmth of the rule of law"

By: 本报记者 魏哲哲

Early in the morning, Li Na (李娜), a bailiff on duty at the Guizhou Provincial High People's Court (贵州省高级人民法院), noticed that more than 20 emotionally agitated people were gathered at the entrance of the court. After inquiring, Li Na (李娜) learned that the visitors were all victims of an illegal fundraising case.

"It's cold. Let's go to the litigation service hall. Expressing your demands rationally will help the judge understand everyone's thoughts more clearly, and the effect will be better." While persuading the visitors to express their demands in accordance with laws and regulations, Li Na (李娜) contacted the judge to receive them on the spot. Subsequently, under the guidance of the bailiffs, the visitors selected representatives to tell the judge about their experiences and identified the channels for reflecting their demands.

From "emotionally intelligent" flexible law enforcement to "taking a step forward" proactive service, and then to "putting yourself in their shoes" treating litigants as if they were oneself, the judicial police of the people's courts adhere to strict, standardized, fair, and civilized law enforcement, and safeguard the people's sense of legal gain with more warm practices.

At the Yitong Manchu Autonomous County People's Court (伊通满族自治县人民法院) in Jilin Province (吉林省), a young mother was holding her 5-month-old child, waiting for the court session at the entrance of the courtroom. "The child's father is working away from home all year round, and there is no one at home to help take care of the child, so I can only bring the child with me." Faced with the young mother's dilemma, two bailiffs took the initiative to serve as temporary caregivers for the child.

"Let the parties feel the warmth of the rule of law." The Bailiff Brigade of the Minhou County People's Court (闽侯县人民法院) in Fujian Province (福建省) established a "Protecting 'Minors' with Warm Hearts" temporary care mechanism, specially arranging a "'Protecting 'Minors'' Station" near the court area, creating a dual service model of "safe space + professional companionship," extending judicial care beyond the court session, both protecting the physical and mental health of minors and effectively safeguarding the parties' litigation rights and ensuring the orderly conduct of court sessions, and effectively solving the practical difficulties of the masses in bringing their children to court.

Before the court session, Ms. Wang (王女士) accidentally lost her subpoena. Seeing that the court session was about to begin, Ms. Wang (王女士) was very anxious and sought help from the bailiff on duty at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region High People's Court (内蒙古自治区高级人民法院). The bailiff on duty quickly contacted the judge in charge and helped Ms. Wang (王女士) solve the problem in a timely manner.

Setting up judicial police service posts for the convenience of the people in the litigation service center, integrating the functions of "guidance, consultation, and assistance," effectively solving the problem of the masses being "**进门迷茫、办事不便**" (jìn mén mímáng, bànshì bùbiàn - "confused upon entering, inconvenient to handle affairs," describing the feeling of being lost and helpless when entering a government office); deepening flexible law enforcement, and effectively improving law enforcement credibility and public satisfaction through patient listening and explaining the law; deeply integrating into the front line of enforcement work, and building a solid police defense line for opening up the "last mile" of fairness and justice... The judicial police of the people's courts are not only the guardians of trial enforcement order, but also the "caring people" who warm the masses, brightening the background color of serving the people through justice and serving the people through law enforcement, making fairness and justice tangible and accessible.

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Wearing the police uniform means taking on responsibility.

By: 本报记者 张 璁

For 35 years since joining the police, Wen Xianghong (温向红), Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of Wenzhen Prison (温圳监狱) in Jiangxi Province (江西省), has approached her duty as a judicial administrative people's police officer with an almost "obsessive" rigor, never backing down even if others call her "stubborn."

"Wearing the police uniform means taking on responsibility."

Starting as a grassroots police officer, she treated every law enforcement step and every case with extreme responsibility, earning her the nickname "walking handbook of prison law enforcement practice" among her colleagues. She has strong principles in handling cases, precise control of standards, and never compromises or makes changes to what she has decided. As a result, over the years, none of the 2,624 "sentence reduction, parole, and temporary execution outside prison" cases led by Wen Xianghong have been illegal or irregular, contained errors, or resulted in complaints.

"Being honest and upright, and doing things cleanly" is Wen Xianghong's life motto.

She resolutely refuses requests from relatives and friends to inquire about cases, often telling them, "Not inquiring, not interfering, and not making demands is the greatest support for me." Moreover, Wen Xianghong has vigorously promoted the establishment of a centralized case-handling center, implementing online full-process handling of "sentence reduction, parole, and temporary execution outside prison" cases, using technical means and institutional design to block loopholes for cases based on personal connections or relationships.

Loyally fulfilling their oath upon joining the police, judicial administrative people's police officers safeguard peace with their hard work and even precious lives.

On July 28, 2025, Shi Shuai (师帅), a fourth-level senior police officer at the Heilongjiang Province Compulsory Isolation Drug Rehabilitation Center (黑龙江省强制隔离戒毒所), passed away due to ineffective medical treatment. Until the last moment of her life, she was still concerned about her work, composing a moving ode to life with her short 47 years.

For 24 years since joining the police, Shi Shuai always rooted herself in the front line, fulfilling her duties and responsibilities. During an individual conversation and education session, a newly admitted drug addict experienced an acute onset of drug cravings and suddenly got up, attempting to injure herself by hitting her head against the wall. She quickly used her body to block the wall, but the violent impact fractured three of her ribs. She studied her profession and actively explored new methods of education and rehabilitation, teaching according to individual needs and implementing personalized strategies. She once lived in the center for a month straight, patiently working with drug addicts and trying to mobilize their enthusiasm.

However, Shi Shuai was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in 2020. In 2022, her condition deteriorated again, and she was sent to the ICU for emergency treatment. In a semi-comatose state, Shi Shuai solemnly requested the organization to allow her to leave this world in her police uniform at the end of her life.

Loyal to the Party, enthusiastic about her career, sincere to the people, and devout to her profession, this excellent team interprets the mission and responsibility of being a people's police officer with practical actions.

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Entering School, Lost Youth Opens "Heart Lock" (On-the-Spot Report)

By: 本报记者 张 璁

"Folding the quilt neatly is the beginning of straightening out life."

During his three months at Rongshan School (荣山学校) in Haikou (海口市), Hainan Province (海南省), Xiao Wang (小王) in the correctional education class carefully wrote down the instructor's words, gradually "resetting" his past recklessness and impulsiveness. Regular meals, consistent sleep schedule... he realized that a steady way of life brought such peace of mind.

"Education instead of punishment," specialized schools help misguided children return to the right path in life. In the first 11 months of 2025, the number of juvenile criminal suspects accepted for review and arrest, and accepted for review and prosecution by national procuratorial organs decreased by 3.5% and 10% respectively compared with the same period in 2024, achieving a "double decrease" for the first time after rising for many years.

In recent years, in order to legally regulate and strengthen specialized correctional education work, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委) took the lead in formulating regulations on specialized correctional education work. All regions have taken the implementation of these regulations as the main focus, comprehensively promoting the prevention and governance of juvenile delinquency, and have achieved initial results.

One "key" opens one "heart lock."

Xiao Cai (小蔡) needs to receive one year of correctional education for intentionally harming others. On the day he stepped into Rongshan School (荣山学校), his heart was full of resistance and confusion: was this unfamiliar campus a "cage" to trap him?

But after eight months of studying and living there, Xiao Cai (小蔡) discovered that it was not the case at all—there was no monotonous indoctrination, but rather a patient search for the unique shape of each person's heart "lock hole" to open the "lock" in their heart. In cultural classes, teachers would not lower the requirements because students had weak foundations, but instead designed targeted courses so that each student could see growth and change in the courses.

At first, Xiao Cai (小蔡) was preoccupied with people and things outside, and often spaced out in class. The teacher talked to him, without harsh accusations, but always helping him to dredge and resolve his issues. Once, when the teacher helped him plan his future life, Xiao Cai (小蔡) suddenly froze, realizing that he had never seriously thought about his future, nor had he ever thought that anyone would really care about his future path.

"Before, I regarded those who led me into trouble as 'brothers,' and felt that 'mingling in society' outside was cool enough," Xiao Cai (小蔡) said. After getting rid of those people at school, he felt a huge change in himself. Now, Xiao Cai (小蔡) is working hard to pass the assessment and successfully transfer to the regular class of the specialized school, "I have even become the class monitor."

"Before 2022, our province had only one specialized school, Rongshan School (荣山学校) (old campus)," said a relevant person in charge of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee Political and Legal Affairs Commission (海南省委政法委). Since the province launched a three-year special action to "protect seedlings" for minors in 2023, in accordance with the principles of zonal layout, phased construction, centralized resources, and effective radiation, a total of 5 specialized schools including Hainan Rend School (海南省仁德学校) and Danzhou Zhengde School (儋州市正德学校) have been built, with a total of 6 campuses. In the past three years, juvenile criminal cases have decreased year by year, and illegal cases in 2025 have also seen a significant decline.

As of November 2025, 430 specialized schools have been built nationwide, including 316 specialized correctional education venues, nearly three times that of the end of 2023. Each province has at least one, with a total of more than 28,000 places, initially solving the problem of "nowhere to carry out" specialized correctional education.

Behavioral correction and cultural education are equally emphasized, helping children start anew.

On the day Xiao Qi (小琦) was sent to the specialized school, his mother felt like the sky had fallen.

As a ninth-grade student at a middle school, he was in a critical learning period for graduation. His father was often dispatched abroad for work and was not in the country. Xiao Qi (小琦), who gradually lost discipline, was eventually sent to Shanghang No. 6 Middle School (上杭六中) by the Shanghang County Public Security Bureau (上杭县公安机关) in Fujian (福建) to receive nine months of specialized correctional education due to theft and other serious misbehaviors.

After entering the specialized school, what about his studies and the child's future? For this reason, Xiao Qi's (小琦) mother also filed an administrative review, but faced with undeniable police records and relevant laws and regulations, the result was a foregone conclusion.

However, unexpectedly, the school had everything from physical training and labor skills education to legal and moral education, cultural education, and psychological education. Xiao Qi's (小琦) mother soon discovered a huge change in her child's physical and mental outlook. Especially during the high school entrance examination review, he cherished his time like gold and quickly entered the preparation state. When the results of the high school entrance examination were announced, Xiao Qi (小琦) himself could hardly believe that his score reached 604 points.

"All regions are actively exploring specialized correctional education curriculum settings, daily management, and other aspects, and continuously improving the work level of each link," introduced a relevant person in charge of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委). For example, in terms of educational measures, Zhejiang (浙江), Chongqing (重庆) and other places help students in need to enter ordinary high schools and vocational high schools through high school entrance examination sprint tutoring; Fujian (福建), Jiangxi (江西), Guizhou (贵州) and other places also explore opening baking, cooking, hairdressing and other courses to help students find employment and integrate into society after leaving school.

Ensure no relapse after leaving school, and jointly build all-round support.

After six months of systematic correction, Xiao Han (小涵) finally returned home.

How is that "prickly" girl doing now? Teachers at Xiangyang School (向阳学校) in Nanchuan District (南川区), Chongqing (重庆) found after graduation follow-up that Xiao Han (小涵) has begun to plan for vocational high school studies, and during the time waiting for the vocational high school autumn enrollment, she chose to work in a fruit shop to support herself. Those habits such as self-discipline cultivated in specialized schools have also effectively "transferred" to social life—now she insists on getting up alone at 6 am every morning to go to work, saying that she is "afraid of messing up her mind again by playing outside."

In order to solve the common problem of "good transformation in school, easy relapse after leaving school," Nanchuan District (南川区) has established a full-process tracking mechanism of "no disengagement from management after leaving school, and continuous assistance." The local area has formulated a "Follow-up Connection and Placement Plan" for each student leaving school, and established a follow-up observation period of at least half a year. At present, the proportion of students leaving school who successfully return to their original schools and have stable employment has reached 93%, continuously consolidating the effectiveness of education and correction.

In practice, ensuring the correctional effect after leaving school requires the joint efforts of all parties. In Qinghai (青海), judicial and administrative organs work in conjunction with the Party Committee Political and Legal Affairs Commission (党委政法委), education, public security and other departments. Judicial and administrative organs select full-time vice principals to strengthen the follow-up management of correctional students' connection after leaving school and returning to society, and resolutely prevent "loss of management immediately after leaving school."

"We must continuously strengthen work guarantees and gather the joint efforts of all parties," said a relevant person in charge of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (中央政法委). At present, all regions have dispatched more than 4,600 political and legal police officers to participate in the work of specialized schools. Public security, procuratorate, law, and justice units have sent personnel to serve as legal vice principals, building all-round support for juvenile delinquency prevention and governance and the protection of juvenile rights.

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This edition's editor: Zhang Cong

Layout Design: Shen Yiling (沈亦伶), Wang Zheping (汪哲平)

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Editor's Note

The New Year's Day film lineup in 2026 will offer a diverse range of content to create a New Year's viewing feast, accompanying audiences into the new year. We invited the main creators of three New Year's Day films to share their creative experiences. From their narratives, we can see the warmth and affection of domestic films, as well as the dedication and sincerity of filmmakers in presenting a good work to the audience.

——Editor

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"Role Play": To My Mother (On the Creative Process)

By: 成 龙

When I was little, I was a very naughty child. When I think about my childhood, I always recall certain scenes: like me sitting in a bathtub playing with water while my mother ironed clothes for others beside me; or late at night, me swaying on my mother's back as she sang to me. When I grew up, my mother told me that only when I was placed in the bathtub would I focus on playing with water, allowing her to seize the time to finish her work; if she didn't carry me outside for walks at night, my crying would disturb the upstairs employer's family from sleeping... Simple words, but they reveal a mother's hardship and love for her child.

After I became famous, my mother continued to work as a domestic helper. Her life remained frugal. Seeing that her bag was worn out, I secretly threw it away and bought her a new one, but she retrieved the old bag from the trash, saying it could still be used. The money I gave her, she kept untouched, still living off her own wages and tips. She told me, "Son, I don't need your money; my money is enough." Many times, I told her that now I had the means, she and Dad didn't have to work so hard anymore, and should retire early to enjoy life. She never agreed, continuing to go to work diligently as always, only covering the walls, empty bed, and floor of the room I used to live in with my movie posters.

My mother continued to work past retirement age. The employer, worried about her advanced age and the safety of climbing several flights of stairs every day, suggested she retire and enjoy her later years. Of course, I supported this. However, shortly after my mother left her job, she developed leg problems, gradually needing a wheelchair, and became increasingly depressed. At that time, I hadn't heard of "Alzheimer's disease," but I only knew that since returning home, my mother's health had deteriorated. Slowly, she forgot many things, forgot many people, until she forgot me...

In many moments later, I couldn't help but wonder: if my mother hadn't retired then, continued working, continued having something to do, would her body not have developed problems? But this unanswered regret can no longer be remedied.

When I encountered the script for the play "The Home Game" (《过家家》), I hesitated about whether to accept it. As an actor, I had always wanted to try this kind of "completely non-combative" role, but it was very difficult to portray the character of Ren Jiqing (任继青) well. Moreover, I had to draw upon those sad memories that I didn't want to face. In the end, I decided to take on the role, hoping to get closer to my mother in my memory through this way.

In the movie "The Home Game" (《过家家》), Ren Jiqing (任继青) is a father who feels deep guilt towards his son. After living alone for a long time, he falls ill, and a group of people gather around him by chance, including a "son," "daughter-in-law," and "in-laws," etc. A group of strangers form a new family. As Ren Jiqing's (任继青) condition worsens, these family members accompany him and also heal themselves. During the filming of the movie, I had a very pleasant collaboration with director Li Taiyan (李太言), Peng Yuchang (彭昱畅), Zhang Jianing (张佳宁), Pan Binlong (潘斌龙), Teacher Li Ping (李萍), Teacher Niu Ben (牛犇), and other actors. I thank all the staff of the crew for working together to complete this play.

To prepare for this role, I went to a nursing home that cares for Alzheimer's patients to experience life. I only realized there that the terrible thing about this disease is that it has almost no rules, each patient has their own different symptoms, and behind each symptom is the long life that this person has experienced. The joy, pain, regret, and persistence in his own story will eventually turn into pieces of fallen memory puzzles, until everything is completely blank...

Today's medicine and technology are so developed, yet we still haven't conquered this disease. I hope that by playing Ren Jiqing (任继青), an Alzheimer's patient, I can call on everyone to pay attention to this disease, recognize it, and understand it. When such patients appear around us, everyone can take care of them in a more appropriate way, get along with them, and let them spend each day with more quality. I also look forward to medical scientists being able to find effective treatments as soon as possible, so that mankind can say goodbye to this disease.

We have already welcomed 2026. I hope that the work "The Home Game" (《过家家》) will send New Year's blessings to everyone: I wish everyone a happy, safe, and healthy New Year. Please embrace your family and friends, express the love in your heart in a timely manner, and may we all have no regrets in the new year.

(The author is a well-known filmmaker)

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Where Valor Lies: Illuminating the Light of Peace with Authenticity (A Discussion on Creation)

By: 许渌洋

In the land scattered with landmine shells in the desert, bright red tomatoes grow, and war and life complete a shocking dialogue on this scorched earth... The film "No More Bets" is based on the true self-rescue experience of surviving hostages abroad, focusing on the cruel and little-known war-torn areas overseas. In the story, Chinese citizens Ma Xiao (马笑) (played by Xiao Yang (肖央)) and his wife Pan Wenjia (潘文佳) (played by Qi Xi (齐溪)), are caught in a terrorist war abroad. They endure 105 days of hardship, relying on their own wisdom and perseverance to complete a thrilling escape.

A few years ago, when we heard a true story about Chinese people being kidnapped overseas, the question immediately flashed in our minds: if a Chinese person is caught in a life-and-death crisis overseas, what should he do, what can he do? Is it to weave a dramatic hero story, or to be faithful to the real state of ordinary people in extreme environments? This was the choice we faced at the beginning of the creation.

We searched for answers in news reports, documentaries, memoirs, real images and other materials. The more we delved into it, the clearer we found that these people were just ordinary people, with the same life circumstances as you and me. They came to foreign lands for various reasons, but were unexpectedly pushed into a crisis, and could only rely on simple beliefs and tenacious vitality to find the possibility of survival. Therefore, a concept runs through the entire creative process: what we want to show is the real situation and tenacious will to live of ordinary people in extreme environments.

In addition to collecting massive amounts of material, we also interviewed former foreign correspondents, international aid workers, and others. The details they provided, such as how to identify directions by observing the stars in the wilderness, and how to find water sources in the desert, became the most valuable nourishment in the script.

In order to bring the real desert to the screen, the crew went to Africa to shoot on location, filming in the Sahara Desert where the temperature exceeded 50 degrees Celsius. Heatstroke was a challenge faced by everyone. Arabic is one of the most difficult languages in the world to master, and actors also have to overcome the language barrier in their performances. Ren Dahua (任达华), who plays a Chinese businessman in the film, found a teacher to learn Arabic two months in advance. Qi Xi (齐溪) also put a lot of effort into conquering foreign language lines. In desperation, what can really save ordinary people is often not extraordinary ability, but ordinary perseverance. And this is also the quality that we have been constantly honing throughout the creation period.

The biggest gain from creating this film is the realization of the power of truth. The shell wind chimes on the movie poster come from the crew's observations during the location scouting. The tranquility and beauty of the wind chimes form a striking contrast with the violence represented by the shells. This string of wind chimes and the details such as the prosthetic limbs made of shells by children in the minefield were used in the creation.

"I want to live like a human being!" In the film, the little girl who lost her left leg due to the war said so firmly. This wish, which seems simple to us, is actually a shore that some people may not be able to reach even if they try their best. In this film, we lead to thinking through the perspective of ordinary people involved in the war: "Who wins the war in the end?" We hope to use the film to convey the values of the pursuit of peace to the world.

In the film, Ma Xiao (马笑) follows Miao Feng's (苗峰) video and uses landmine shells to help local people grow tomatoes, using the remains of war weapons to nurture the hope of life. In the war and smoke, tomatoes can still grow and bear fruit tenaciously. It is not only a symbol of life, but also an expectation for peace and tranquility.

The film "No More Bets" makes us rethink the value of peace and carries hopes beyond the screen. "We can sit here and watch movies now because we have a strong country." Director Shen Ao's (申奥) words are a footnote to the film. We hope that through this work, the audience will better understand and cherish the peace under their feet.

(The author is the screenwriter of the film "No More Bets")

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A Step into the Past: A 25-Year Promise (On the Creation)

By: 黎震龙

When Louis Koo (古天乐) first proposed the idea of filming a movie version of "A Step into the Past," I thought about it for a long time. The first thing I did was immediately find the original TV series and watch it four or five times. Over the years, I have also seen viewers leave messages online saying: they have repeatedly watched the 40-episode TV series "A Step into the Past" many times. This remembrance spanning 25 years made me realize that what I was taking on was not just a movie, but a continuation of many people's youthful memories. To be honest, as a new director, this entrustment made me feel both honored and apprehensive.

The movie's ultimate ability to bring together the original cast is inseparable from everyone's joint efforts, and also inseparable from Louis Koo's (古天乐) continuous promotion behind the scenes. He personally contacted each old friend, including Raymond Lam (林峯), Jessica Hsuan (宣萱), Sonija Kwok (郭羡妮), and Joyce Tang (滕丽名). Some had already faded out of the industry, and even their contact information had been lost, requiring roundabout ways to inquire about their current situation. But in the end, these old friends scattered in various places all returned. 25 years ago, the TV series "A Step into the Past" became an important imprint in the youth of a generation. For us, "A Step into the Past" is no longer just a movie project, but an emotion that has been carefully guarded for 25 years. And I am fortunate to be able to participate in it as a director.

When I first stood behind the monitor, watching those familiar figures re-enter the camera, a wonderful feeling arose spontaneously. Everyone understood the difficulty behind this reunion. To bring everyone's time and energy together again into the same story requires great effort and fate. They are still those people, but 25 years of life's journey have given these characters a brand new texture and depth. This gift of time translates into the most natural understanding on the set. They don't need to deliberately design anything; a meeting of eyes, an impromptu performance, all carry years of accumulated understanding and trust. This also made me realize that the preciousness of this movie lies precisely in the part that no director can "design" – that is the emotional connection between actors and characters, and between actors, that has not been broken for 25 years.

Now that the movie has been released, I often recall many moments during filming. In the monitor, I can clearly see the traces of time on everyone – that is not something that makeup can modify, nor can it be fully presented by acting. At that moment, I deeply realized that "youthful spirit" may not be replicable, but it has transformed into something more precious: a group of mature creators, using their past life experiences to interpret how time leaves its mark on people, and how it makes people more mature and complete in the passage of time.

During the script creation, we also deliberately buried many details and plots that echoed the TV series. They are like Easter eggs scattered in the movie, waiting for old viewers to smile knowingly. But more importantly, this brand new movie story is independent and complete. Even viewers who have never seen the TV series can be attracted by the characters' fates and emotional entanglements. Nostalgia is not a threshold, but a touch of warmth hidden deep in the story, a special gift for old friends, and it does not prevent new friends from entering this imaginative world.

The movie version of "A Step into the Past" is a collective youth retrospective, and also a response we deliver to time and the audience. It is about memory, about companionship, about the beautiful journey of a group of people and a story growing together. We cannot turn back time, but we can choose how to remember, how to tell, and how to let the light that once illuminated us still reach another pair of eyes today.

Thank you to every actor for returning, thank you to every staff member for their persistence, thank you to everyone who has not forgotten this story. We are fortunate to reunite with old friends, and we also look forward to meeting new friends.

(The author is the director of the movie "A Step into the Past")

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How Can Intercultural Communication "Achieve Great Success"? (Quick Commentary)

By: 任飞帆

As we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, the online song "Great Plans Unfold" (大展鸿图) has once again become a popular choice for many galas. The "earworm" melody paired with rhythmic movements, coupled with the auspicious meaning of the song title, has made this song not only a hit throughout the year but also overseas. According to incomplete statistics, the lyrics of "Great Plans Unfold" (大展鸿图) have been translated into over a dozen languages. On well-known foreign music platforms, the creator's audio and video content has garnered a total audience of 350 million listens, and it has sparked millions of dance challenge recreations on overseas short video platforms.

The unexpected popularity of this song contains the cultural code of cross-cultural communication.

The sense of ease in "Great Plans Unfold" (大展鸿图) particularly resonates with the current mindset of listeners. The melody of this song is adapted from a classic excerpt of the traditional Cantonese opera "Princess Changping" (帝女花), and the singer has a strong Hakka accent. The lyrics are full of local cultural characteristics and proverbs, and the diverse cultural elements "mix and match" to create a sense of familiarity within the unfamiliar. The hoarse and simple voice, the lyrics that resemble casual chats between neighbors, the simple and easy-to-learn action of raising the microphone... It has memorable points, is easy to learn and sing, and its popularity aligns with online media, giving this song a unique appeal.

The popularity of "Great Plans Unfold" (大展鸿图) is an epitome of the internet + mass culture. From the unscripted live broadcasts of the internet celebrity "Hyperthyroidism Brother" (甲亢哥) in China, to the active communication and mutual reconciliation of bills by overseas netizens flocking to Xiaohongshu (小红书), to foreign tourists using their cameras to record the surprises of "China Travel," social platforms have become the driving force behind "China Fever." In the internet era, mass culture pays more attention to emotional value, and the channels of communication and reception have become richer and more diverse with the help of technology, achieving a superimposed effect of being both "down-to-earth" and "popular."

The vitality shown in cross-cultural communication is precisely a true expression of cultural confidence. This confidence stems from a love for one's own culture, from the accumulation of real life, and even more from a firm belief in a better future. Therefore, contemporary young people dare to showcase "niche" folk customs and are happy to embrace and exchange with different cultures, because young people firmly believe that the profound heritage of traditional culture and the diverse aspects of modern life do not need to be deliberately beautified or have filters added. Because this is the daily life of Chinese people, and it is also the most beautiful life. The world can thus see a more real, three-dimensional, and vivid China, and feel the vigorous and upward trend of Chinese culture.

How can cross-cultural communication achieve **大展鸿图** (dà zhǎn hóng tú - "great plans unfold," to realize grand ambitions; to have a bright future)? By displaying with composure and communicating sincerely, one will naturally win respect and recognition.

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In Memory of Director Xie Jin (People)

By: 祝希娟

I remember that at the 50th anniversary celebration of Director Xie Jin's (谢晋) film career, he wrote himself a letter. He said, "You can be a little excited, but not too excited; you can be a little satisfied, but not too satisfied; you can be a little proud, but not too proud."

Director Xie Jin (谢晋) demanded this of himself throughout his life. This is also a reflection of his personal and artistic charm.

Director Xie (谢) had a habit: whenever he received a new script, he would always let us read it first and listen to the opinions of actors, art designers, and other positions. He was a genius director who could gather the wisdom of everyone and integrate it into film creation.

For example, the filming of the movie "Ah! Cradle." The reason I was able to quickly take over the role was that Director Xie (谢) had shown me the script earlier. He initially intended for me to play Li Nan (李楠), but there were adjustments based on the factory's opinions, which I also understood very well—at that time, I was already 40 years old, and it was indeed difficult to play a character in her 20s. After reading the script at the time, I suggested to Director Xie (谢) that there were many shining stories in the script, like scattered pearls, and that a main thread was needed to string them together.

He listened to the opinions and revised the script repeatedly. Later, he called me specifically and said, "Ah Zhu (阿祝), I'm really sorry, it seems the factory doesn't quite agree with you playing the role." I said, "It's okay, our drama troupe has plenty of plays to perform." During the performance of "Night Shanghai (夜上海)," I received a long-distance call from Director Xie (谢). The originally scheduled actor fell off a horse and was unconscious for three days and three nights, and the entire Shanxi (山西) crew was at a standstill. When everyone was arguing, Director Xie (谢) decisively said, "Don't talk anymore, call Ah Zhu (阿祝) to come." He knew that I had studied the script and prepared for it. The next day, I took the train to Shanxi (山西), read the script on the train, and immediately cut my hair and listened to the director's instructions after arriving, and started filming the next day.

Since the collaboration of the movie "The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军)" crew in 1960, the main creators have always maintained a deep friendship. In decades of interaction, I learned a lot from Director Xie (谢), the most important of which is his bold selection and careful cultivation of young actors. When I was selected to play Wu Qionghua (吴琼花) in "The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军)," I was still a third-year student at the Shanghai Theatre Academy (上海戏剧学院) and had never acted in a movie or play. Director Xie (谢) had been searching for the role of "Wu Qionghua (吴琼花)" for two years and tried four actors without satisfaction, and finally boldly used me.

I remember when I reported to the film studio, everyone was very curious and surrounded me to look at me, not understanding why Director Xie (谢) chose such an ugly girl with such long braids and wearing an old cotton-padded jacket. Later, all of our actors went to Hainan (海南) to experience life. When passing by Guangzhou (广州), the screenwriter Liang Xin (梁信) came. Director Xie (谢) asked him who could play Wu Qionghua (吴琼花), and Liang Xin (梁信) pointed at me and said, "It's her." Director Xie (谢) told me that after hearing Liang Xin's (梁信) answer, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, but he also reminded me: "Don't be complacent, don't be proud, you still have a lot of homework to do. You have to study how to apply the Stanislavski system to film performance."

When filming the movie "Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (女篮5号)," everyone discussed how to choose the cast, whether to choose professional actors or professional athletes. Director Xie (谢) said to choose athletes, because actors find it difficult to truly understand the inner competitive spirit of athletes. When filming the movie "Two Stage Sisters (舞台姐妹)," Yue opera (越剧) actors were also selected, because the charm of opera requires years of accumulation, and it is easy for film actors to imitate the external movements, but it is not easy to convey its essence. When filming the subject matter of textile workers, Director Xie (谢) was even bolder and directly invited the model worker Huang Baomei (黄宝妹) to perform. He believed that the unique temperament of model workers is difficult for actors to master in a short period of time.

Director Xie (谢) has always been happy to accept new things and is also happy to explore with young actors. The experience of filming "The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军)" has been of great help to me, and no amount of description can overstate it. It's like I studied for another year at the Film Academy, and the tutor was Xie Jin (谢晋)—this is the greatest blessing in my life.

Director Xie (谢) always firmly believed that movies belong to young people, and the future of Chinese movies lies in young people. He not only boldly selected young actors, but also boldly used young directors. When filming "Ah! Cradle," Huang Shuqin (黄蜀芹) and Shi Xiaohua (石晓华) were both assistant directors, and later they both grew into excellent directors.

Director Xie (谢) directed more than 30 films in his life, but often said to me: "I am not satisfied, I still want to make 10 more good films." Unfortunately, this wish was not realized. Now this expectation should be taken over by young filmmakers to realize his unfinished artistic ideals. I want to say to the younger generation of creators: The hope of Chinese films lies in you, and building a strong film country requires your struggle. Our older generation of filmmakers will continue to contribute, but the real future always belongs to young directors and young filmmakers.

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