Summary: The 20th CCDI's fifth plenary session was held in Beijing, attended by Xi Jinping and other top leaders including Li Qiang and Li Xi. Li Xi presented a work report, and the meeting affirmed achievements in Party self-revolution and outlined key tasks for 2026, the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The meeting emphasized strengthening political oversight to ensure the realization of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and addressing corruption in key areas. It also mentioned the need to expand high-level opening-up, which is related to the United States. The session called for high standards in discipline inspection and supervision, contributing to building a modern socialist country.
Summary: According to the article, Xi Jinping, at the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's fifth plenary session, emphasized the need to resolutely advance the anti-corruption struggle. He reiterated the assessment that the anti-corruption situation remains severe and complex, stressing the importance of maintaining a high-pressure stance and enhancing the penetrating power of anti-corruption efforts. The article highlights the intertwined nature of misconduct and corruption, advocating for investigating both "wind-related" issues (不正之风) and corruption to sever their connections. It argues that effectively combating corruption is crucial for ensuring the party's integrity and promoting economic and social development. The article does not specifically mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In a speech given on January 12th, Xi Jinping affirmed the achievements of the past year in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, emphasizing the importance of implementing major decisions of the CPC Central Committee to maintain authority and unity. Officials from various provinces, including Guangxi, Liaoning, Hubei, and Chongqing, expressed their commitment to implementing Xi's directives, focusing on areas such as promoting high-quality development, building a China-ASEAN community, and strengthening supervision to ensure policies are effectively implemented. The speech also underscored the need to strengthen institutional checks on power, combat corruption, and build a loyal and capable anti-corruption force. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang convened a State Council Party Group meeting on January 14th to study and implement the spirit of Xi Jinping's speech at the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) plenary session, focusing on promoting Party conduct, integrity, and anti-corruption efforts within the government. The meeting emphasized the importance of aligning with Xi's directives and strengthening Party leadership in all aspects of government work to ensure the implementation of the CPC Central Committee's decisions. Li stressed the need to enhance regulatory frameworks, consistently address both misconduct and corruption, and improve government efficiency. Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing, Liu Guozhong, Wang Xiaohong, Wu Zhenglong, and Chen Yiqin attended the meeting. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Zhao Leji chaired a meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Party Group to study and implement Xi Jinping's speech at the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's fifth plenary session, emphasizing the importance of upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and ensuring its policies are fully implemented within the NPC. The meeting stressed the need for NPC officials to be law-abiding, disciplined, and self-aware in promoting Party conduct, integrity, and anti-corruption efforts. Participants also discussed strengthening supervision over leading officials and improving anti-corruption legislation. Li Hongzhong and other members of the NPC Standing Committee Party Group attended the meeting. The article contains no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Party Group meeting, presided over by Wang Huning, conveyed and studied Xi Jinping's important speech at the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's fifth plenary session, emphasizing upholding the "Two Establishments" and strengthening the Party's comprehensive leadership. The meeting stressed the need to implement the spirit of the 20th CPC Central Committee's Fourth Plenary Session and Xi Jinping's important instructions, focusing on major tasks and strategic measures determined by the "15th Five-Year Plan".石泰峰, 胡春华, 沈跃跃, 王勇, 周强, 巴特尔, 陈武, 穆虹, 咸辉, 王东峰, and 姜信治 attended and spoke at the meeting. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In 2025, China's automobile production and sales reached 34.531 million and 34.4 million vehicles, respectively, marking a 10.4% and 9.4% year-on-year increase, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Fu Bingfeng, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the association, attributed the growth to policies promoting consumption and the expansion of the electric vehicle market. China's new energy vehicle production and sales also led globally, with 16.626 million and 16.49 million units, respectively, representing a 29% and 28.2% year-on-year increase. The country has achieved breakthroughs in core technologies such as new generation power batteries and autonomous driving.
Summary: According to Wang Jun at a State Council Information Office press conference, China's 2025 total import and export value reached a record high of 45.47 trillion yuan, a 3.8% increase, maintaining its position as the world's largest trader in goods. China's trade with Belt and Road countries and ASEAN saw significant growth. Spokesperson Lu Dalaing stated that the essence of China-U.S. trade is mutually beneficial. Despite a complex external environment, China's foreign trade demonstrated resilience with exports of high-tech and green products increasing significantly. Private enterprises played a crucial role, accounting for over half of the total trade value, and imports also saw growth, especially in machinery and electronics.
Summary: According to an interview with Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun, the Ministry will focus on implementing the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference by strengthening innovation, promoting the integrated development of education, science, and talent, and supporting the construction of international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Shanghai-Yangtze River Delta, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Ministry aims to enhance the role of enterprises in technological innovation, including supporting their participation in national science and technology decision-making and increasing R&D investment. Yin emphasized the importance of original innovation and key core technology research. The interview made no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Dalian New Airport central channel's offshore section has completed the installation of all 394 foundation piles. These piles are considered vital for the bridge's stability and durability. The construction team overcame challenges such as extensive karst caves and complex rock formations. The team focused on scientific construction methods to ensure progress and quality. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: China's National Development and Reform Commission, along with other ministries, jointly issued new measures to regulate the planning and investment direction of government-backed investment funds at the national level, aiming to address issues such as mismatches with local resources and unclear fund positioning. The new guidelines emphasize that government funds should align with national industrial policies, avoid restricted or prohibited industries, and prevent redundant construction. National-level funds are to prioritize key areas like the modernization of the industrial system and core technology breakthroughs. Local funds should focus on supporting small, micro, and private enterprises as well as tech startups.
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Summary: Foreign companies like Michelin, Bekaert, BMW, and CJ Group are expanding their investments and operations in Shenyang, attracted by the city's manufacturing base, talent pool, and improving business environment. These companies are integrating into local supply chains, benefiting from resource sharing, government support, and access to a large consumer market. BMW is particularly optimistic about China's innovation in the automotive industry and its role in driving global transformation. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the article, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is promoting revisions to Japan's "three security documents" to strengthen Japan's "independence and peace" and protect its citizens. However, the author claims Japan's pursuit of military expansion contradicts its self-proclaimed "peaceful nation" image. The article accuses Japan of undermining its pacifist constitution, harboring nuclear ambitions, and provoking regional instability through actions concerning Taiwan and other issues. The author also criticizes Japan's role as a pawn of external powers in creating an "Asian version of NATO". The article warns the international community to recognize Japan's true intentions and work together to maintain regional and international peace and stability, alluding to Japan's historical manipulation of peace rhetoric before World War II.
Summary: This article, authored by the chairman of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation, highlights China's contributions to global food security through South-South cooperation. It emphasizes China's sustained focus on agricultural development, technological advancements, and poverty alleviation strategies, which offer valuable lessons for other developing nations. The author praises China's integration of ancient agricultural wisdom with modern practices, especially in agricultural heritage protection and rural revitalization. The article notes China's commitment to sharing its expertise with Global South countries through long-term, practical agricultural programs. Finally, it expresses optimism that China will continue to advance agricultural innovation and contribute to global sustainable development.
Summary: The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposes improving rural infrastructure and living conditions. Recent reports highlight advancements in this area, such as providing reliable water access to remote villages, as seen in Zhejiang's micro water station project benefitting over 4000 villagers. Sichuan's Danleng County introduced customized bus routes to facilitate school commutes for rural students. In Anhui's Wuhu, digital agriculture is being promoted, allowing farmers to monitor and manage their fields remotely via mobile devices. These efforts aim to modernize rural life and bridge the gap between urban and rural areas. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) held its fifth plenary session, where Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, with Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi also in attendance. The meeting reviewed the CCDI's work in 2025 and outlined tasks for 2026, emphasizing stricter Party governance to support the "15th Five-Year Plan" goals. The session underscored the importance of political oversight to ensure the implementation of the Party's central policies and decisions, with a focus on promoting high-quality development. The CCDI pledged to resolutely combat corruption in key sectors and to address undesirable work styles among officials, while building up its own force, and also mentioned the need to expand high-level opening up. The plenary session emphasized implementing stricter Party governance and fighting corruption to support the "15th Five-Year Plan" goals.
Summary: Yangshuo County in Guilin, Guangxi, known for its karst landscapes and climbing, is promoting rock climbing-themed cultural tourism. Having hosted 17 climbing festivals, the region boasts over 70 independent climbing areas and 1200 routes, creating Asia's most complete natural rock climbing training base. It attracts tens of thousands of domestic and international enthusiasts annually, showcasing the integration of outdoor sports and ecotourism. The article does not discuss any statements or actions of any officials, and does not mention the United States.
Summary: In a speech given on January 12th, Xi Jinping affirmed the achievements of the Party's comprehensive and strict governance in the past year and made strategic deployments to provide a solid guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan." Officials across various provinces, including Guangxi, Liaoning, Hubei, and Chongqing, expressed their commitment to implementing Xi's directives, focusing on political oversight to ensure the Party Central Committee's major decisions are carried out. They highlighted the importance of preventing corruption and ensuring that power is restricted by regulations. The United States was not mentioned in the article.
Summary: Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council Party Group meeting on January 14th, emphasizing the importance of studying and implementing Xi Jinping's speech at the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) plenary session, and further promoting Party conduct and anti-corruption efforts within the government. The meeting stressed the need to resolutely uphold the "Two Establishes" and "Two Safeguards," and to integrate comprehensive and strict Party governance into all aspects of government work. It highlighted the importance of implementing central decisions, strengthening regulations and enforcement, and addressing both misconduct and corruption. Ding Xuexiang, He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing, Liu Guozhong, Wang Xiaohong, Wu Zhenglong, and Chen Yiqin were present at the meeting. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Zhao Leji, Chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over a meeting of the NPC Standing Committee's Party Group to study and implement Xi Jinping's speech at the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) plenary session. The meeting emphasized upholding the Party Central Committee's authority, using Xi Jinping Thought to unify action, and implementing the decisions of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. The meeting stressed strengthening Party building within the NPC and promoting anti-corruption efforts, including relevant legislation. Li Hongzhong and other members of the NPC Standing Committee Party Group were present. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Party Group meeting was held on January 14th, where Wang Huning conveyed Xi Jinping's important speeches from the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's (CCDI) fifth plenary session and a Politburo Standing Committee meeting. The meeting emphasized upholding the "Two Establishments" and strengthening the Party's comprehensive leadership to resolutely advance the Party's self-revolution. The CPPCC will focus on the "15th Five-Year Plan," aiming to build consensus and gather strength for its successful start. Shi Taifeng and Hu Chunhua, along with other CPPCC Party Group members, attended and delivered speeches. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Several Chinese cities are piloting "building check-ups" to optimize living environments and inform urban renewal, including Zhengzhou, Changsha, Tianjin and Nantong. These check-ups aim to systematically assess the life cycle of buildings and avoid large-scale demolitions, focusing instead on incremental improvements to enhance the comfort and safety of older buildings. The initiative intends to meet the public's expectations for better housing by identifying problems, addressing residents' needs, and improving living conditions in older urban areas. The article argues that this approach is crucial for high-quality urban renewal and reflects a shift towards prioritizing quality over speed in urban development. This is said to improve people's quality of life and promote sustainable urban development. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article emphasizes China's progress in food and grain security, noting a grain output of 1429.8 billion *jin* in 2025 despite natural disasters and an overall stable food safety situation, with low failure rates in staple foods. Technological advancements and enhanced infrastructure are credited for the bumper harvest. The piece highlights the shift towards whole-chain traceability in food safety regulation, emphasizing stringent standards and severe penalties to ensure food safety from production to consumption. It calls for a balance between quantity and quality, promoting the use of technology and rule of law to guarantee food security, and encourages collaborative efforts to reduce food waste. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article criticizes the increasing trend of Chinese school sports days ("校运会") prioritizing elaborate performances over actual athletic competition, driven by a culture of "内卷" (involution). The pressure to create impressive displays for school promotion leads to excessive burdens on teachers, students, and parents, undermining the true educational value of sports. The article argues that this focus on formalism distorts education and encourages a harmful, results-oriented mindset. It advocates for simpler, more inclusive sports days that prioritize participation, effort, and the joy of movement, rather than competition and superficial displays. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the expanding toy market in China, encompassing products like smart devices, blind boxes, construction blocks, and plush toys. To ensure product safety and promote high-quality development within the industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has revised and improved four mandatory national toy safety standards. The new national standards, approved and released by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standards Committee), aim to make toys safer and more reliable. There is no information regarding the statements or actions of specific officials nor any mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A *Jilin Daily* article criticizes the prevalence of "pseudo-intelligent" smart home appliances in China, characterized by exaggerated functionality, complex operation, and unmet expectations. The article accuses manufacturers of deceptive marketing, prioritizing short-term profits over genuine user needs and technological innovation. It calls for strengthened regulatory oversight with clear standards and strict enforcement against false advertising to protect consumers and foster genuine technological advancement in the smart home appliance sector. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In his 2026 New Year's address, Xi Jinping highlighted cultural trends, emphasizing culture's role in nurturing the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation. The article stresses strengthening the Party's leadership to build this shared spiritual home, citing examples from Yunnan province and Tibet's "new era civilization practice points." It advocates for promoting socialist core values and consolidating the cultural identity of the Chinese nation through initiatives like non-material cultural heritage programs in Xinjiang schools. This is aimed at fostering national unity and providing spiritual support for advancing Chinese-style modernization. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Public Security jointly announced the "Most Beautiful Grassroots Police" for 2025, recognizing officers who demonstrated courage and dedication in their work. These officers excelled in areas such as criminal investigation, social governance, and security, leveraging new knowledge and technologies to enhance their effectiveness. One officer, Cui Hui, is highlighted for solving a 28-year-old murder case, while another, Wan Song, is praised for his technological expertise that helped solve difficult cases. The selected officers are praised for their dedication to serving the people and safeguarding society.
Summary: The chief engineer of China Communications Construction Company's Xinjiang Transportation Investment and Development Co. reflected on the challenges overcome during the construction of the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunnel. Overcoming complex geological conditions in the Tianshan mountains, the team innovated with a "main tunnel + central pilot tunnel" excavation approach and domestically produced TBMs ("Tianshan" and "Shengli" models) to shorten the construction time. The project faced setbacks, including an incident where the "Tianshan" TBM became trapped, necessitating a 14-month rescue operation. The team overcame high stress and complex geological conditions to complete the tunnel. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A meeting of leading officials from national Party history and literature departments convened in Beijing on January 14th to review progress in areas like document editing and Party history research. The meeting outlined key tasks for 2026, emphasizing the need to deepen the study of Party innovation theory and promote Xi Jinping's works. Participants were urged to study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC Central Committee's Fourth Plenum. Over 120 people attended, including members of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee and officials from provincial and municipal Party committees.
Summary: The article reports that the Jiurushan scenic area in Jinan, Shandong province, experienced impressive icefalls on January 13th. This natural phenomenon attracted a large number of tourists to the leisure and tourism resort. The article does not mention any political figures, policy initiatives, the United States, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article profiles 85-year-old Su Shaoqin, a representative inheritor of Shanwei Fishermen's Song, a traditional folk song originating from the Song Dynasty. Su, who comes from a family of fishermen, has been singing since childhood and was part of a Shanwei amateur fishing song team that performed in Guangzhou in 1957. She emphasizes the importance of preserving the original flavor of the music while innovating performance styles and lyrics to keep it relevant. In 2018, Su and four generations of her family performed at the Beijing National Theater, dedicating their songs to the Party. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Hainan is rapidly developing its digital economy, aiming to become a hub for digital culture export, particularly in gaming and short video production, and has seen its digital economy core industries grow significantly since 2021. The province is improving its data infrastructure with international submarine cables and a commercial underwater data center to facilitate faster and more cost-effective data transmission. Hainan offers incentives and platforms for companies to "go global" with games and other digital products, with policies such as a "negative list" for data outflow, aiming to create a transparent and business-friendly environment. With island-wide customs clearance expected in 2025, Hainan anticipates further liberalization of financial policies to support digital trade. These policies and advancements have attracted foreign investment and facilitated the establishment of global trade headquarters in Hainan.
Summary: A Fudan University professor of Marxism discusses their approach to teaching ideological and political education (思政) courses, emphasizing addressing students' concerns and fostering critical thinking through discussions and debates. The professor highlights the shift towards interactive learning environments that promote ideological alignment and personal development. The professor mentions Fudan University's "Path to a Strong Country" course as an example, which integrates field studies and practical experiences. This approach aims to connect classroom learning with societal realities, encouraging students to integrate personal aspirations with national development. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
Summary: The article emphasizes the development of ideological and political education (思政课) in Chinese universities during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. It highlights the increased focus on Xi Jinping Thought, expansion and professionalization of the teaching staff (now over 150,000), and the establishment of over 550 national-level practical teaching bases. The article also notes the integration of practical experience and online platforms to enhance the relevance and impact of these courses. The goal is to strengthen the ideological foundation of the younger generation. The article did not discuss the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: Students at a primary school in Hefei, Anhui Province participated in a campus technology event involving robot dogs and "water rocket" construction. The students watched robot performances and engaged in hands-on activities. The event aimed to allow students to experience the charm of cutting-edge technology. The article makes no mention of US-China relations or specific officials.
Summary: Beijing has built 1,136 parks, serving over 500 million visitors annually, with 93% coverage within a 500-meter radius; plans include building 200 more parks in the next decade. The city is removing fences to integrate 725 parks into the urban landscape and enhancing existing parks with age-friendly facilities. New measures aim to transform parks into comprehensive urban spaces integrating leisure, culture, consumption, and ecology. These measures encourage innovative operational mechanisms, including social capital investment and the introduction of "citizen park directors" for oversight.
Summary: During the recent New Year holiday, Yunnan Province experienced a significant increase in tourism, driven by the popularity of educational travel ("*yanxue you*"). The trend is fueled by a growing emphasis on holistic education, allowing students to engage with real-world environments and gain deeper understanding through interactive experiences at sites like the Chengjiang Fossil Site Natural History Museum. Experts note the unique natural resources of Yunnan provide enriching learning opportunities. However, challenges such as inconsistent product quality, weak curriculum development, unqualified instructors, and insufficient safety measures persist within the "*yanxue you*" sector. Calls are being made to strengthen collaboration between cultural tourism, education, and market regulatory departments to regulate the "*yanxue you*" sector.
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Summary: During a cold snap in China, Taizhou, Zhejiang is leveraging its robust manufacturing base to boost its snow boot industry. Faced with past challenges of low profits and intense competition, local enterprises are now focusing on quality and value, supported by local government initiatives such as shared testing labs and brand guidance. Companies are obtaining patents and certifications, resulting in higher product quality and customer trust. The industry is expanding overseas through cross-border e-commerce, with factories operating year-round to meet global demand. No mention of the United States was made in the text.
Summary: A new rose cultivar was named "Baohua" after a popular online suggestion referencing the uncle of a commenter, reflecting the hard work of ordinary people. The name, meaning "treasure of natural resources and outstanding people," resonated with the research team's desire to highlight the "Chinese core" of the rose. This naming process demonstrated a dialogue between researchers and the public. The article emphasizes that the naming reflects cultural confidence and respect for laborers. It does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The *People's Daily* reported several domestic developments, including the publication of *A Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Idioms* in Beijing. Shenzhen, Guangdong, is piloting a program where electric vehicle owners can sell electricity back to the grid. The inaugural Northeast China City Football League will commence in May 2026, with simultaneous opening ceremonies in multiple cities. Finally, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, held its first foreign language tour guide competition to promote cross-cultural communication.
Summary: A group of children from Guangxi Province are visiting Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces in northeastern China for a third time to enjoy the winter scenery. The group of 18 children, led by teachers from their Guangxi kindergarten, are participating in ice and snow activities. Jilin Province has developed over 400 winter tourism products, including family and cultural tours, and will host over 800 winter-related events this season.
Summary: This article from Xinhua reports on the rising popularity of Wu Chengyan, a young painter in Henan's Shangqiu, whose large-scale murals, including one of Tiananmen Square intended for elderly villagers, have drawn significant tourist attention to his village, Wu Ying. Wu began creating the murals in 2023, fulfilling requests from villagers. The influx of tourists has led to local government initiatives to manage the increased activity and improve village infrastructure. Wu's family also explores e-commerce as a supplemental income source. The murals are said to activate rural spaces and consolidate national sentiment.
Summary: Anfu County in Jiangxi Province has launched a "clean signage and reduce certification" campaign, removing excessive and unnecessary plaques from community service centers to declutter spaces and improve focus on service. The removed information has been digitized and made accessible through service desks and digital platforms, streamlining administrative processes. The initiative utilizes digital platforms for data sharing and verification, reducing the need for citizens to obtain physical documents. Anfu County is also deepening its "one-window" service reform, combining burden reduction with empowerment to build a clearer, more efficient, and warmer grassroots service system.
Summary: A mobile bathing service in Chongqing's Qijiang district provides elderly residents with safe and convenient bathing facilities, addressing the challenges posed by limited accessibility and mobility issues, especially during winter. The "bath-aid express" vehicles are equipped with features like adjustable massage beds, air conditioning, and sterilization systems. The Chongqing government has been promoting this "bath-aid express" public service project, collaborating with district and county charitable organizations to offer mobile bathing services and in-home support. Last year, they carried out 320 bathing activities. The project has provided over 80,000 free bathing services to disabled and semi-disabled elderly residents.
Summary: A rural village in Fujian Province is utilizing heavy-lift drones to transport bamboo from remote mountain areas, significantly reducing labor costs. The initiative is part of a "bamboo mountain property management" model piloted by a local company established in 2023 with the support of the township. This company consolidates fragmented bamboo forests, providing comprehensive management services to farmers. Currently, 23 drones manage 21,000 acres of forest covering 114 households. The use of drones reportedly cuts transportation costs by approximately 100 yuan per acre.
Summary: Yantai Culture and Tourism Vocational College is delivering customized e-commerce training directly to agricultural producers in rural Shandong province. Lu Shaojie, the Party Branch Secretary of the Department of Modern Business, led a team of teachers to an edible mushroom company in Laiyang to provide on-site instruction. The training, initiated in September 2024 in conjunction with the Yantai Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, aims to help farmers market their products more effectively and promote rural revitalization. The college tailors e-commerce strategies to specific agricultural products. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The "稻田图书馆" (rice paddy library) in Anhui's Suzhou has been recognized as a model "皖美消费" (Anhui Beautiful Consumption) scenario for 2025, attracting over 180,000 visitors since opening in May 2025. The library combines reading, rural scenery, and coffee, offering an immersive experience and hosting 56 events including reading clubs and farming workshops. This cultural infusion has doubled the scale of local catering and rice industries, boosting village income and helping over 100 households increase their income through tourism-related ventures. There is no mention of the United States in the article.
Summary: The city of Handan has launched a "taxi + tourism" transportation service model to better serve tourists and enhance their experience. The program trains taxi drivers to become tourism ambassadors knowledgeable about local attractions, routes, and historical anecdotes. As part of the initiative, drivers receive vehicle maintenance benefits and insurance options. The program aims to transform taxi drivers from mere drivers into informed tour guides, improving the overall experience for visitors.
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Summary: Since the 18th Party Congress, Xi Jinping has emphasized the need to balance development and security, further reiterated at the Central Economic Work Conference in December 2025. The article argues that this concept is rooted in the overall national security concept, evolving to emphasize the dialectical relationship between development and security, aiming to move from a static dependence to a dynamic promotion of each other. It highlights advancements in China's economic and technological strength, food and energy security, and supply chain resilience. Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan," the article emphasizes building a modern industrial system, achieving technological self-reliance, enhancing the national security system, and strengthening national security capabilities in key areas to support high-quality development. The article makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: In his 2026 New Year's address, Xi Jinping quoted an ancient saying emphasizing the importance of planning and perseverance in achieving success. The article argues this reflects the CPC's consistent strategic thinking and pragmatic spirit, crucial for the "15th Five-Year Plan." It cites economic and technological advancements during the "14th Five-Year Plan" as examples of successful strategic implementation, such as R&D spending and the number of global innovation clusters. The article also highlighted the importance of the strength of the people in achieving the goals set forth by the party. There is no mention of the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: China's automotive industry saw continued growth in production and sales, reflecting the nation's economic resilience. Electric vehicle technology advancements, including longer ranges and faster charging, drove significant increases in EV sales and exports, with exports reaching 2.615 million units. The industry is also rapidly adopting intelligent technologies like L2 and L3 autonomous driving features, with the first L3 licenses being issued. Measures to counter "internal competition" (内卷) have started to correct issues like price wars, with industry profits showing improvement. This transition also focuses on a shift towards technological innovation and value upgrades, with domestic NEV brands gaining market share in the high-end vehicle market.
Summary: China's Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration, and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly announced tax rebates for individuals selling their existing homes and repurchasing within one year, effective from 2026 to 2027. Full tax rebates are available if the new home's price equals or exceeds the old one; otherwise, rebates are proportional. The policy stipulates that both transactions must occur within the same city and the seller of the old home must be the owner or one of the owners of the new home. Housing and urban-rural construction departments will establish information-sharing mechanisms with tax authorities to facilitate verification.
Summary: The State Administration for Market Regulation announced new regulations, "Measures for the Supervision and Management of Fiber Product Quality," focusing on key products like infant fiber goods, school uniforms, and underwear. The regulations emphasize stricter control over raw materials, including a ban on reprocessed fibers in infant and intimate apparel. Key production stages will be closely monitored through mandatory inspection systems. The rules also mandate detailed labeling requirements for fiber content and safety classifications. The new rules go into effect on July 1st.
Summary: The China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. will launch a "Ski Equipment Convenience Service" on six train lines in Northeast China starting January 15, allowing passengers to carry and store ski equipment on designated areas of the train. The service, costing 98 RMB per set of equipment, is available on select trains running between cities including Harbin, Shenyang, and Changchun, and can be booked through the 12306 app. The service aims to facilitate easier access to skiing destinations via high-speed rail.
Summary: The Baihua Lake Bridge, a key part of the Gui'an expansion highway in Guizhou, successfully completed its load test, signifying its readiness for operation. Once completed, the Gui'an expansion highway will be the first smart highway in Guizhou province. The bridge underwent static load testing. This development was highlighted by a photo from Qiao Qiming. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: At a press conference on Hebei province's comprehensive transportation system, officials announced plans to significantly expand the province's transportation infrastructure by 2025. Key goals include attracting 17 billion yuan in central funding, a 52% year-on-year increase, and completing 431.1 kilometers of new highways across 12 sections, bringing the provincial highway total to 9,000 kilometers. The initiative aims to fully connect the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network's main framework. The report makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses the success of "Nailong," a Shenzhen-based animated IP that has gained over 38 million followers and expanded into international markets. The company behind Nailong, Seventh Impression, received government support, including a 250,000 yuan subsidy, which aided in its development and international expansion by participating in Shenzhen cultural fairs. The company also faces challenges related to copyright infringement, both domestically and internationally, for which they are receiving guidance from Guangdong's copyright authorities. The article highlights Guangdong's broader efforts to strengthen copyright protection and promote original content development, with the province's copyright industry contributing significantly to its GDP. There is no explicit mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: A consumer assistance campaign organized by China Rare Earth Group and three other central enterprises, under the guidance of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), commenced in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. The event combines offline and online sales, showcasing 1,400 agricultural products from 110 enterprises in 92 counties supported by central enterprises and ministries. The initiative aims to connect producers and consumers to support industrial development and increase income in poverty-alleviated areas. The campaign reflects the social responsibility of central enterprises in serving rural revitalization. The article did not mention the United States.
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Summary: An investigation in Quanzhou, Fujian province, revealed that local officials were improperly charging villagers "rural housing appearance guarantee deposits" (风貌保证金) before construction, with one village official, Huang, embezzling 1.07 million yuan. The Quanzhou Discipline Inspection Commission (纪委监委) launched a special rectification campaign, uncovering 14 related cases and disciplining 19 individuals. The city government has since ordered the cancellation of the deposit system and refunded 388 million yuan to over 20,000 households. To prevent future issues, the city is offering subsidies and low-interest loans for housing and providing free house designs to villagers. This case highlights the need for improved regulatory oversight and the importance of addressing financial burdens on rural communities.
Summary: The article discusses the misuse of rural housing "appearance guarantee deposits" (风貌保证金) in Quanzhou, where these funds, intended to ensure proper construction, have become a source of corruption and mismanagement at the village level. Disciplinary inspections revealed that a lack of oversight in village governance led to arbitrary collection, poor accounting, and even embezzlement of these deposits by local officials. The response involved investigating individual cases, auditing city-wide practices, disciplining cadres, and refunding the misused funds. Beyond simply recovering the funds, the focus shifted towards improving governance and establishing long-term mechanisms, such as strengthening supervision and shifting from punitive management to a service-oriented approach.
Summary: The Party Secretary of Pan Village in Henan Province emphasized the importance of proactive local leadership in rural revitalization, moving beyond a passive "wait-and-see" approach. He recounted establishing a textile factory to provide local employment, spurred by villagers' desire to earn income while staying close to home. He and the first secretary sent to the village by State Grid worked together to secure initial orders for the factory. The factory's success led to expansion and attracted young people back to the village. The author stressed the need to listen to the opinions of the masses, and work together to strengthen the collective village economy.
Summary: The Beijing Public Security Bureau has integrated its "Beijing 110" emergency platform with anti-telecom fraud measures, establishing a centralized mechanism for receiving reports and stopping payments related to telecom fraud. This system uses intelligent technology for centralized handling of fraud reports and emergency payment cessation. The "Beijing 110" platform has evolved into an intelligent system integrating phone, SMS, and internet reporting, and it has also been integrated with the 12345 citizen hotline to improve information sharing and coordinated handling of non-emergency reports.
Summary: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's Organization Department of the Party Committee recently conducted simultaneous training sessions for 110,000 rural and community-level Party members on rural revitalization and grassroots governance. The sessions, broadcast from the Party School to over 3,000 locations, emphasized practical skills in areas such as industrial development and conflict resolution. Experts, officials, and local leaders were invited to lecture, ensuring the training was both theoretical and practical. The Organization Department plans to make this type of centralized training a regular event.
Summary: This article reports on traffic management efforts by public security and schools in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, aimed at ensuring pedestrian safety around schools during the winter. The initiative employs a strategy of designated personnel and responsibilities, peak-hour traffic management, and off-peak violation enforcement. A photograph illustrates an auxiliary police officer assisting students crossing a street. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article reports on Gao'an city's "complaint classification and handling" mechanism, which categorizes citizen complaints made via the 12345 hotline into "reasonable and legal," "legal and litigious," and "unreasonable and illegal" types, to improve resolution efficiency. The system allows for immediate action on reasonable complaints and clarifies legal avenues for litigious issues. Gao'an analyzes complaint data to proactively address recurring problems and elevates complex, multi-departmental issues for centralized resolution. This system has achieved a nearly 90% resolution rate for over 20,000 complaints received last year.
Summary: The Jinniu district in Chengdu repurposed its previously criticized, excessively renovated "Foreign Exchange Center" into the Jinbin International Hotel, addressing a shortage of meeting, training, and accommodation facilities in the high-tech industrial park. This revitalization, involving a professional operations team and market-oriented approach, aimed to avoid resource waste and cater to business travelers and local companies. The project has seen significant activity, hosting numerous events and generating substantial revenue. Jinniu district has also implemented stricter regulations and oversight of state-owned enterprise investments to prevent future issues and promote efficient resource management. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group has invested over 4 billion yuan in technological innovation to transform phosphogypsum, a byproduct of phosphate production, from an environmental burden into a valuable resource. The company has established three industrial pathways for phosphogypsum utilization: building materials, sulfuric acid and cementitious materials, and municipal/packaging materials. One key technology involves producing high-quality anhydrous gypsum for use in plastics, coatings, textiles, and packaging. By 2025, the company plans to mass produce and supply high-quality anhydrous gypsum to meet the demand of different industries. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Subsidized theater performances are gaining popularity in China, providing affordable entertainment for local residents and opportunities for performers. In Chongqing's Kaizhou district, the local theater offers performances with both professional actors and community members, boosting tourism and local businesses. In Zhangye, Gansu province, the government subsidizes performances of the local Qinqiang opera, fostering community engagement and providing a platform for both seasoned and young performers. The initiative has led to increased audience attendance, enhanced performance quality, and a renewed appreciation for traditional art forms. The article does not mention any U.S. or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the Chairman of the Henan Dramatists Association, the increasing popularity of Yu opera stems from a combination of cultural heritage, modern opportunities, talent cultivation, innovative dissemination, and evolving audience tastes. He notes the importance of systematic training for young performers, citing the success of the Henan Yu Opera Youth Troupe. He emphasizes embracing the internet and new performance formats like immersive theater to engage audiences, particularly younger ones. The chairman mentioned a production in Ye County, Pingdingshan City that was attended by 40,000 people. He also stresses that the core of traditional culture must remain unchanged.
Summary: A research team from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has independently developed China's first rapid analyzer for nanocrystalline structures. According to team leader Xian Haiyang, this instrument overcomes limitations of relying on foreign equipment for analyzing sub-micron to nano-scale materials, especially in strategically important areas like deep-Earth resource research. The new analyzer can collect data in seconds, significantly faster than traditional methods. The team has already used the technology to successfully analyze new minerals and verify the presence of deep-Earth water in bridgmanite crystals.
Summary: The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) held a press conference on January 14th, announcing six major archaeological achievements. These included the construction of a national animal specimen resource bank, advancements in textile archaeology related to Tang Dynasty dyeing techniques, and findings on early dryland agriculture in northern China dating back 10,000 years. Also announced were discoveries of ancient Yangmei trees and research into prehistoric water conservancy projects dating back 5,000 years. The conference was hosted by CASS and co-organized by several of its affiliated institutions. The findings contribute to understanding the origins of Chinese civilization and cross-disciplinary research on Silk Road cultural heritage.
Summary: An article discusses the "People's Courtyard" ("百姓小院") in Lhasa, Tibet, which serves as a cultural center offering activities like traditional dance, reading, and skills training for villagers. According to Liu Hongjin from the Tibet Autonomous Region's Culture and Tourism Department, these courtyards aim to bring public cultural services to the grassroots level, empowering villagers to participate in and organize cultural activities. The courtyards offer customized programs based on villagers' needs, such as veterinary lectures for herders or weaving classes for women. The article highlights the expansion of Tibet's public cultural service network, aiming for comprehensive coverage at all levels. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A collaborative research team including the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has identified the TaROD1 gene in wheat as a key "susceptibility switch" for Fusarium head blight (FHB). Gene editing to knock out TaROD1 resulted in new wheat material with enhanced resistance to both FHB and powdery mildew, without impacting growth or yield. This discovery provides a promising genetic resource and technical pathway for improving disease resistance in wheat. The research offers a new genetic target for breeding disease-resistant wheat varieties. The study was published in *Plant Communications*.
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Summary: China's Ministry of Civil Affairs implemented the "Rural Renowned Action" (乡村著名行动) to standardize rural place names, addressing issues like navigation difficulties and weak branding of local products. By the end of 2025, the initiative had renamed nearly one million rural locations and installed millions of new signs. This effort facilitates e-commerce and logistics in rural areas, as seen in the branding of "Thirty Mile Fort Apples" in Liaoning Province. The project integrates place names with e-commerce platforms and tourism, promoting economic development and cultural preservation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the "Village Renaming Action" initiative, emphasizing its focus on addressing practical issues like navigation and logistics in rural areas to improve people's lives. The initiative aims to create standardized support through a national database and collaborative mechanisms with postal services and internet platforms. By addressing these "small" issues, the program seeks to boost rural economies and improve livelihoods. The program's success relies on aligning policy with public needs and fostering collaboration between different levels of government. Ultimately, the article suggests that such targeted initiatives can effectively promote comprehensive rural revitalization.
Summary: China's sixth centralized bulk-buying program for high-value medical consumables concluded in Tianjin, covering 12 types of medical consumables across drug-coated balloons and urological intervention devices. The initiative aims to reduce costs for patients with cardiovascular and urinary conditions, with 202 companies winning bids. The program focuses on preventing "maliciously low prices" while encouraging technological innovation. It has now covered 142 kinds of medical consumables across various clinical fields. The report does not mention the United States.
Summary: Beijing has issued new regulations mandating the construction and management of baby care facilities in public spaces frequently visited by mothers and infants. Sixteen departments, including the Beijing Municipal Health Commission and the Development and Reform Commission, jointly released the measures. The regulations specify that facilities like shopping centers, transportation hubs, medical facilities with pediatric services, cultural and sports venues, and parks must establish dedicated mother and baby rooms. These rooms should range from 4 to 10 square meters, depending on the size and traffic of the venue and cannot be substituted by public restrooms.
Summary: A recent notice from five departments, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, aims to regulate online recruitment, requiring platforms and HR service providers to obtain licenses and strengthen account management. Platforms must verify user identities, authenticate accounts, and clearly display qualifications while adhering to specific formatting standards for job postings. Discriminatory content and false advertising are prohibited, with measures like account suspension for violations. The notice also cracks down on illegal traffic diversion disguised as recruitment. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In 2025, China's overall health literacy rate reached 33.69%, a 1.82 percentage point increase from 2024, according to the National Health Commission. Urban health literacy reached 36.68% while rural areas reached 30.58%. Disparities between Western China and eastern and central regions saw a slight decrease. The highest health literacy rates were in the areas of safety and emergency response at 58.18%.
Summary: By 2025, Tibet has established 80 centralized service centers for individuals with extreme financial difficulties, providing 5,825 beds for elderly individuals, and ensuring coverage in every county. The region has also set up over 12,000 elderly care beds, with 55% designated for nursing care, alongside 65-day care centers and 195 rural "happiness courtyards," collectively serving over 1.9 million elderly individuals. Tibet has invested in elderly meal programs, home modifications, and care services for vulnerable elderly populations. The region has also implemented national and local standards for elder care, awarding star ratings to 43 elder care facilities.
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Summary: The article profiles three Chinese individuals holding leadership positions in international sports organizations. Li Quanhai, president of World Sailing, emphasizes the importance of active participation and voicing opinions in international decision-making, and was awarded the "International Olympic Committee President's Award" by then-IOC President Bach. Yang Yang, vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), focuses on safeguarding athlete rights and facilitating communication between China and the international community. Wu Fei, vice chair of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) umpires and referees committee, stresses contributing Chinese wisdom to the sport while maintaining international standards and will participate in important work in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup.
Summary: Chinese freestyle skier Xu Mengtao secured her seventh World Cup season title at the final event in Lake Placid, USA, adding two silver medals to her season tally of one gold, two silver, and two bronze. The 35-year-old veteran, who won gold at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, reaffirmed her commitment to the sport despite past injuries and her age. Xu also became the first Chinese athlete to achieve a "Grand Slam" in snow sports after winning the Asian Winter Games. She is now preparing for her fifth Winter Olympics. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A unique "one-point winner" exhibition match was held at the 2026 Australian Open, pitting professional and amateur tennis players against each other. The winner of each match was determined by a single point, with the overall champion receiving AUD 1 million and their affiliated organization receiving an additional AUD 50,000 for tennis development. Professional players included Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff. Australian amateur Smith won the competition. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article details how the city of Weifang is promoting the integration of medicine and sports by having sports rehabilitation therapists from local hospitals provide free exercise and diet guidance to residents at local gyms. These therapists, like Guo Peiwu from Weifang People's Hospital, create personalized exercise prescriptions for individuals, delivered via a mobile app, and monitor their progress. This initiative aims to address health issues like fatty liver disease by encouraging exercise and healthy living. Over 300 residents have received exercise prescriptions as part of this program. There is no reporting on any U.S. or U.S.-China related issues.
Summary: The Chinese U23 national football team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Cup for the first time in history after drawing 0-0 with Thailand, finishing second in Group D. China secured their spot alongside Australia, who defeated Iraq 2-1. The Chinese team achieved this milestone with a strong defensive performance throughout the group stage, remaining one of only two teams in the tournament not to concede a goal. They will face Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Hangzhou Bank team won its first-ever Chinese International Chess League title, defeating the Shenzhen Pengcheng team in the final round of the 2025 season. The championship match consisted of four rounds, with Hangzhou Bank ultimately prevailing after a key victory by Lu Miaoyi against former world champion Hou Yifan. Chongqing Ticai team secured third place, while the relegation matches are scheduled to continue later this month. The article does not mention United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The 2026 Hero Pass 330 (Chicheng) Great Wall Cross-country Race, limited to 330 participants, will be held in June in Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. The race, which was cut short last year due to heavy rainfall, features a 336km course with significant elevation gain. Separately, the 2026 Chongli 168 Ultra Cross-country Race is scheduled for July, with multiple race categories including a 168km event. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi stated that recent unrest in Iran was instigated by Israel and the United States, accusing them of inciting terrorists. He also stated that Iran is prepared to negotiate with the U.S. based on "mutual respect" but is also ready for war. Iran's mission to the UN condemned U.S. incitement and interference, warning against military aggression. Concurrently, the U.S. State Department issued safety warnings urging American citizens to leave Iran. China expressed its hope and support for Iranian stability, opposing interference in internal affairs and the use of force.
Summary: A recent report indicates that U.S. tariffs are contributing to inflation and negatively impacting consumer confidence, with a University of Michigan survey showing a lower consumer sentiment index in December 2025 compared to the previous year. Higher prices on holiday gifts, driven partly by tariffs, have led to increased expenses for American families, estimated at around $130 per household. Experts suggest retailers are passing on tariff costs to consumers, impacting frequently purchased items like toys and personal care products. The OECD anticipates that these tariffs will continue to suppress U.S. demand and slow down household spending growth, potentially causing more persistent inflation.
Summary: Syria's healthcare system is collapsing due to over a decade of conflict, resulting in shortages of equipment, medicine, and personnel, with many facilities inoperable and a significant exodus of medical professionals seeking better opportunities abroad. The healthcare sector faces severe underfunding, with per capita spending far below WHO standards. While some progress has been made through international support, including new hospitals and reopened health centers, long-term sustainability requires a multifaceted approach beyond aid, including attracting medical professionals back to the country. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A *Newsweek* report cited by Xinhua indicates that during Trump's first year back in office (January 2025-January 2026), the U.S. conducted 573 unilateral airstrikes and drone attacks in other countries. When factoring in coalition strikes, the total number of attacks reaches 658. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) analysis suggests the Trump administration prioritized rapid and high-intensity military action with fewer restrictions. This demonstrates a “preemptive” strategy employed by the U.S. government.
Summary: The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) issued a statement on its website expressing strong support for Cuba's national sovereignty and independence. ALBA also urged the international community to support the lifting of the U.S. embargo on Cuba, citing relevant UN resolutions. The statement emphasized the importance of sovereign equality and mutual respect in international relations. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil shared the statement on social media. The statement directly addresses the impact of U.S. policy on Cuba and calls for its reversal.
Summary: France, once a leading flour exporter, has become a net importer since 2018, with imports reaching a record 400,000 tons in 2024. Increased milling capacity in African nations and lower production costs in Germany, including labor and taxes, have contributed to France's declining market share. Despite increased exports of high-end flour to the U.S., France's flour industry faces challenges due to aging equipment and low profitability, leading to reduced investment. German flour, sometimes processed from French wheat, is undercutting French prices in domestic markets. A report by Crédit Agricole attributes the decline to deferred investments in modernizing production facilities.
Summary: Danish forces have begun deploying military personnel and equipment to Greenland, preparing for a potentially larger, more permanent presence. This deployment follows increased scrutiny from the U.S., particularly after comments made by former President Trump regarding the U.S. acquiring Greenland. Danish Defense Minister Poulsen stated plans to increase and normalize the Danish military presence on the island, potentially with participation from other countries. Poulsen also announced an upcoming meeting with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg alongside Greenland's Foreign Minister Viviane Motzfeldt on January 19th. The deployment aims to strengthen Denmark's defense capabilities in Greenland.
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Summary: Beijing's updated "Three Guarantees at the Doorstep" responsibility system, effective January 15, 2026, refines urban management by clarifying responsibilities for businesses and individuals regarding cleanliness, order, and appearance of their premises. The revision addresses emerging issues like shared bike management and integrates professional services while encouraging community participation through monitoring and reporting violations. The updated system shifts from a purely administrative approach to a collaborative governance model. The revisions were made after soliciting feedback from businesses and residents, and the new regulations were designed to be more practical and effective. The regulations also codify successful local governance practices, such as those from Changping, Tongzhou, and Chaoyang districts.
Summary: Four National People's Congress (NPC) delegates discussed strategies for rural revitalization and agricultural modernization, crucial for the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan in 2026. Shang Jinshuo emphasized the importance of grain production, technological innovation, and protecting farmers' interests. Li Yehong advocated for more effective and targeted agricultural policies to support rural development. Qiao Yaqun highlighted poverty alleviation efforts and developing local industries like the goji berry production in Qinghai. Xu Qiang stressed the need for tailored approaches to rural development based on local resources and cultural heritage, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach.
Summary: NPC delegate Jiang Yuanxun, representing tea farmers in Fujian's Wuyishan, focuses on promoting the tea industry and rural revitalization. He facilitates communication between tea farmers and authorities, addressing issues like transportation. Jiang has suggested the development of cross-strait tea culture and tourism, construction of the "China Tea Expo Garden", and building a "Wuyi Tea Area" to promote the high-quality development of Min tea. He also advocates for expanding Min tea's presence in overseas markets by tailoring products and marketing to international consumers, highlighting Fujian as the starting point of both the "Wanli Tea Road" and the Maritime Silk Road.
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Summary: This article discusses China's advancements in digitalizing government services, highlighting initiatives such as national platforms for online services and inter-provincial data sharing to reduce bureaucratic hurdles. It emphasizes utilizing technologies like big data and AI to improve governance efficiency and responsiveness to citizen needs, as well as innovative mechanisms and technologies to ensure sustainable and high-quality digital governance. The article claims that China's online service index ranks eleventh globally, contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to global e-government development. A case in Shanxi province is mentioned, where citizens can complete real estate registration procedures for properties in Tianjin through inter-provincial data sharing. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A recent Supreme People's Court case highlighted how failures in family education, such as parental neglect or abuse, contribute to juvenile delinquency. The article emphasizes that family education is a matter of national importance, necessitating legal interventions like the "Family Education Guidance Order" to address parental shortcomings. China has been strengthening its legal framework to protect minors, including revisions to laws and the promotion of the Family Education Promotion Law, to guide parents in fulfilling their educational responsibilities and prevent juvenile crime. The piece underscores the importance of collaborative efforts between the state, schools, and society to support families and create nurturing environments for children. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Dangtu County People's Procuratorate in Anhui Province found several companies on a local online recruitment platform were posting job listings with "male only" requirements, violating labor laws. After an initial recommendation to the Dangtu County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (HRSSB) failed to fully rectify the issue, the procuratorate filed an administrative public interest lawsuit against the HRSSB for neglecting its regulatory duties. Following the lawsuit, the HRSSB implemented corrective measures, including removing discriminatory content and establishing stricter vetting processes for job postings, leading the court to terminate the litigation. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chen, believing his improved financial situation warranted a change, sued Wang for custody of their child. The Qingdao Intermediate People's Court, under Judge Ren Daoliang, conducted a social investigation, prioritizing the child's best interests, not solely material wealth. Despite Chen's better housing, the child expressed a desire to remain with Wang, citing a stable environment and emotional bond. Judge Zhang Jie emphasized the court's commitment to juvenile protection through legal education and outreach programs, focusing on issues like bullying. Zhang Zhengzhi pledged to continue judicial protection for minors. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: An unnamed creator of the television drama *Xiaocheng Dashi* (*小城大事*) discussed the inspiration and creative process behind the show, emphasizing its focus on portraying the reforms and spirit of the 1980s and 90s. They highlighted the importance of interacting with real-life figures from that era to capture their stories and the unique character of the time. The creator emphasized the creation of memorable characters through which to display the struggles and triumphs of reform. The drama aims to evoke nostalgia for those who experienced the era, and also to make it more accessible to younger generations. The creator did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The creators of the Chinese drama *Punishment II* aimed to depict the complexities of combating organized crime and the importance of the rule of law, focusing on the protagonist Qin Feng's unwavering dedication. The drama seeks to explore the difficult choices faced by law enforcement when personal relationships and legal obligations conflict, highlighting the sacrifices and perseverance of those fighting against corruption. The narrative delves into the intricate power dynamics behind organized crime, emphasizing the need to eradicate its roots. By portraying realistic characters and scenarios, the drama aims to resonate with audiences and promote a shared understanding of the collective responsibility in upholding justice. The drama does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An actor discusses his role as Cui Guoming in the TV show *Old Uncle*, highlighting the character's resilience and determination to improve his family's life despite facing setbacks. He emphasizes that the character's drive stems not from ambition, but from a desire to move forward, and that he hopes to convey the character's vitality to the audience. The actor also reflects on two other roles he played in 2025, a police officer in *Oriole* and a police officer in *Stationed*, noting similarities in their characters' resilience. He states that he attempted to add comedic nuance to the characters' depictions, to portray their ability to find levity even in hardship.
Summary: The article discusses the recent trend of "AI-modified" short videos that distort classic Chinese literature and historical narratives, expressing concern that this "cultural nihilism" undermines national identity, especially among children. The National Radio and Television Administration has launched a one-month campaign to address videos that "remix" content from classic works, historical events, revolutionary themes, and heroic figures. The article emphasizes that while technology can expand creative boundaries, it should not distort cultural heritage and historical consensus. It calls for a balance between technological advancement and the preservation of cultural values, urging individuals and platforms to prioritize cultural quality and social benefits. The piece does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Hai'an High School, a county-level school, staged the play "Westward Relocation" (西迁), supported by the Jiangsu People's Art Theater, depicting a university's wartime relocation. High school students performed the play, which tells the story of a university's agricultural college faculty and students transporting livestock westward during the war. The school has been producing a new full-length play annually for ten years, integrating art, culture, and spirit into student growth, with support from provincial-level theatrical troupes. Students report gaining a deeper understanding of national service and dedication through participation in the plays. The article did not mention United States or U.S.-China relations.
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The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) was held in Beijing (北京) from January 12 to 14, 2026. 120 members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection attended the session, and 265 people attended as observers.
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the plenary session and delivered an important speech. Li Qiang (李强), Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Wang Huning (王沪宁), Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Li Xi (李希), and other party and state leaders attended the meeting.
The plenary session was presided over by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The plenary session thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, conscientiously implemented the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, summarized the work of discipline inspection and supervision in 2025, deployed the tasks for 2026, and reviewed and approved the work report "Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Party Governance with Higher Standards and More Practical Measures to Provide Strong Guarantees for Achieving the Goals and Tasks of the 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan'" made by Comrade Li Xi (李希) on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
The plenary session conscientiously studied and profoundly comprehended the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平). It unanimously agreed that the speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the past year, focused on the key period of basically realizing socialist modernization, made strategic deployments for promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures to provide strong guarantees for achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," and placed earnest expectations on the contingent of discipline inspection and supervision cadres. The speech was insightful, broad in vision, profound in thought, and rich in content, with strong political, ideological, and guiding significance, pointing out the direction for deepening comprehensive and strict Party governance and the anti-corruption struggle, and providing fundamental guidelines. It unanimously expressed that it would take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a guide, strengthen the sense of mission and the will to struggle, faithfully perform duties, and be responsible, closely focus on realizing the Party's mission and tasks, unswervingly strengthen political supervision, resolutely rectify conduct and enforce discipline against corruption, always be loyal, clean, and responsible, dare to fight and be good at fighting, and contribute to the realization of socialist modernization as scheduled.
The plenary session pointed out that in 2025, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core unremittingly promoted the Party's self-revolution, united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and forge ahead, successfully completed the goals and tasks of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," and Chinese-style modernization has taken new and solid steps. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the National Supervisory Commission, and discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, kept their entrustments in mind, were grateful and forged ahead, more firmly supported the "two establishments" and resolutely achieved the "two safeguards," more firmly fought to safeguard the Party's unity and unification, and fought to defend the Party's advanced nature and purity, providing strong guarantees for the development of the Party and the country with new achievements in Party conduct, integrity building, and the anti-corruption struggle. The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection thoroughly studied and implemented Volume V of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," strengthened the publicity and interpretation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on the Party's self-revolution, drove the entire system to study ideology, understand the truth, and grasp implementation, ensuring that discipline inspection and supervision work always moved forward in the correct direction. Closely focusing on the major political responsibility of the "two safeguards," it strengthened political supervision, deepened political inspections, achieved high-quality full coverage of inspections of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, and effectively guaranteed the implementation of the Party Central Committee's major policies and guidelines. It solidly carried out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, severely rectified the stubborn diseases of "four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance," seriously investigated and dealt with and publicly reported typical cases of violations of regulations on eating and drinking, and promoted the entire Party to further improve its conduct and establish new conduct. It unswervingly promoted the anti-corruption struggle, deepened the rectification of corruption in key areas such as finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, fire protection, tobacco, medicine, universities, sports, development zones, public welfare and charity, work safety, engineering construction, and bidding, introduced evidence guidelines for investigating new types of corruption and hidden corruption problems, deepened the simultaneous investigation and treatment of conduct and corruption, formulated and implemented a three-year action plan for the construction of a clean culture in the new era, and strived to eradicate the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption. It deepened the rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people, strongly punished "flies and ants corruption," promoted the solution of the urgent, difficult, and worrying problems of the masses, and gave the masses more sense of gain. It deepened the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, completed the full dispatch of discipline inspection and supervision teams to centrally administered enterprises, promoted the improvement of comprehensive and strict Party governance regulations and systems and supporting systems for the Supervision Law, and better promoted the transformation of institutional advantages into governance effectiveness. It solidly carried out the "Year of Standardization, Rule of Law, and Regularization of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work," and launched a "combination punch" for its own construction, bringing the construction of the iron army of discipline inspection and supervision to a new level. While affirming the achievements, it also analyzed the existing problems in the work of discipline inspection and supervision and the construction of the cadre contingent in a realistic manner, and demanded that they be given great importance and effectively resolved.
The plenary session emphasized that the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization, and comprehensive and strict Party governance faces new situations and tasks. Discipline inspection and supervision organs must effectively unify their thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core's accurate judgment of the situation and scientific deployment of tasks, deeply grasp the higher requirements for maintaining the Party's unity and unification in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly promote the entire Party to support the "two establishments" and achieve the "two safeguards"; deeply grasp the higher requirements for putting power in the cage of the system in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly strengthen the rule of power by the system and the use of power in accordance with regulations; deeply grasp the higher requirements for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly follow the path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics; and deeply grasp the higher requirements for encouraging responsibility and action in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly promote Party members and cadres to start businesses in compliance with regulations and discipline.
The plenary session proposed that 2026 is the first year of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" and also the 105th anniversary of the founding of our Party. To do a good job this year, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on Party building and his important thought on the Party's self-revolution, firmly support the "two establishments" and resolutely achieve the "two safeguards," unswervingly promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, continue to deepen the rectification of conduct and discipline against corruption, increase the integrated advancement of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, more effectively eradicate the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption, continue to carry out the "Year of Standardization, Rule of Law, and Regularization of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work," promote the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and new journey, and provide strong guarantees for achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period.
First, strengthen political supervision and promote the entire Party to unite and concentrate its efforts to achieve the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. Promote the strengthening of the Party's innovative theoretical arming, guide Party members and cadres to enhance their sense of mission, and be faithful, pragmatic, responsible, and self-disciplined. Promote the vast number of Party members and cadres to establish and practice correct views on political achievements, consciously act in accordance with the laws, and achieve political achievements for the people and political achievements through hard work. Strictly enforce political discipline and election discipline, resolutely eliminate "two-faced people" who harbor two minds and whose words and deeds are inconsistent, focus on solving the problem of "seven things to guard against," seriously correct liberalism in thought, political opportunism, organizational factionalism, departmentalism in work, and being a good person in fulfilling responsibilities, and effectively safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core. Closely focus on the strategic deployment of implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, focusing on the construction of a modern industrial system, developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, building a unified national market, expanding high-level opening up to the outside world, steadily promoting the common prosperity of all the people, preventing the return to poverty as a regular practice, resolving the implicit debt of local governments, strengthening ecological and environmental protection, and coordinating development and security, and other task requirements, follow up with supervision in a timely manner to ensure a smooth start to the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan."
Second, strengthen the rectification of conduct and discipline, and consolidate and expand the achievements of in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation. Continue to severely curb hedonism and extravagance, and deepen the rectification of frequently occurring problems such as violations of regulations on eating and drinking and violations of regulations on receiving gifts and gift money; seriously investigate and deal with problems such as engaging in public-funded tourism in the name of research and study, carrying out Party building activities, and training, and disguised public-funded foreign (overseas) tourism; closely monitor and correct new trends such as the illegal construction of buildings, halls, and pavilions in the name of people's livelihood projects. Continue to rectify formalism and bureaucracy, resolutely correct outstanding problems such as waiting and watching without taking action near the time of the election, and being eager for quick success and instant benefits after the election, "flipping pancakes," and engaging in "image projects," and promote the reduction of burdens for the grassroots. Thoroughly implement the opinions on unremittingly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of conduct construction, based on regular study and education, with the key being to consolidate responsibilities, and with the simultaneous investigation and treatment of conduct and corruption as the starting point, improve the long-term mechanism for conduct construction.
Third, strengthen comprehensive management, and make good use of the strategic grasp of integrating the advancement of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt. Strengthen the deterrent of not daring to be corrupt by maintaining high pressure, adhere to using strong medicine to cure diseases and using heavy penalties to manage chaos, continue to thoroughly investigate and clean up, deepen the rectification of corruption in key areas such as finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, education, academic associations, development zones, and bidding, seriously investigate and deal with problems such as collusion between government and business, power providing protection for capital, and capital infiltrating the political field, deeply investigate and carefully examine new types of corruption and hidden corruption such as expected returns, agreed-upon holding on behalf, and "revolving doors" between government and business, focus on investigating and dealing with corruption by "key minorities" and young cadres, deepen the simultaneous investigation of bribery and offering bribes, increase the investigation and handling of cross-border corruption cases, and cooperate with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to formulate a law against cross-border corruption. Continuously improve the penetration of anti-corruption, and timely discover, accurately identify, and effectively manage various corruption problems. Strengthen the restriction of not being able to be corrupt by strengthening supervision and restriction, improve the institutional mechanism for the unity of authorization, use of power, and restriction of power, which is clear, transparent, and traceable, assist the Party Central Committee in revising the "Regulations on Internal Supervision of the Communist Party of China," thoroughly implement the opinions on strengthening the supervision of "top leaders" and leading bodies, and promote scientific authorization, correct use of power, and effective restriction of power. Strengthen the foundation of not wanting to be corrupt by deepening integrity education, thoroughly implement the three-year action plan for the construction of a clean culture in the new era, enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of integrity publicity and education, and continuously shape the ideological character of being clean and upright, the political ethics of being honest and serving the public, the moral integrity of being honest and self-disciplined, and the social atmosphere of advocating integrity and rejecting corruption. Promote integrated advancement by improving the system and mechanism, improve the anti-corruption work mechanism under the unified leadership of the Party committee, improve the responsibility implementation mechanism for anti-corruption, deepen the promotion of reform and governance through cases, pay attention to scientific and technological empowerment, accelerate the construction of a digital discipline inspection and supervision system, strictly use it in accordance with regulations and discipline and the law,
Fourth, strengthen law enforcement for the people and continue to deepen the centralized rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people. Deepen national rectification projects such as the management of rural collective "three assets," the management of medical insurance funds, and elderly care services, deploy and carry out the rectification of high-standard farmland construction problems, guide various localities to focus on key rectification projects and practical matters related to people's livelihood in accordance with local conditions, and deeply rectify illegal law enforcement in different places and profit-seeking law enforcement. Study and formulate opinions on carrying out rectification work on a regular basis to form a long-term mechanism. Promote county-level main battlefields to continue to deepen rectification work, give play to the role of mass supervision, and enhance grassroots supervision capabilities.
Fifth, strengthen political inspections and enhance the deterrence, penetration, and driving force of inspection supervision. Comprehensively implement the inspection work policy, organize and carry out the seventh and eighth rounds of inspections by the 20th Central Committee. Deepen the linkage between inspections and inspections from top to bottom, and strengthen guidance and supervision of inspections in provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, internal inspections in central units, and inspections of villages. Coordinate and supervise the inspected Party organizations to grasp the rectification of central inspections, improve the rectification evaluation and accountability mechanism, and promote the effective solution of problems.
Sixth, strengthen the awareness of an iron army and continuously improve the standardization, rule of law, and regularization of discipline inspection and supervision work. Consolidate and expand the achievements of the "Year of Standardization, Rule of Law, and Regularization of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work," and concentrate on grasping it for another two years to strive for greater results. Forge absolute loyalty, highlight political education and Party spirit education, and achieve outstanding political quality. Deepen the reform of discipline inspection and supervision institutions, carry out all-member training at different levels and categories, strengthen actual combat training and training by doing, and achieve outstanding capabilities. Carry forward the spirit of struggle, strengthen the standardization of supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement, assist the Party Central Committee in revising the "Supervision and Discipline Enforcement Work Rules of the Discipline Inspection Organs of the Communist Party of China," strengthen the awareness of the rule of law, the awareness of procedures, and the awareness of evidence, and achieve outstanding work style. Always maintain a sense of awe, improve the internal power restriction mechanism and management and supervision system, the National Supervisory Commission reports special work to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, actively accepts supervision, resolutely prevents "darkness under the lamp," and achieves outstanding integrity.
The plenary session called on us to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, work hard and forge ahead, continuously promote the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and new journey, and make greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 14)
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"Corruption is a stumbling block and obstacle in the development of the Party and the country, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that we cannot afford to lose and must not lose." At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) accurately grasped the situation, tasks, and stage characteristics of the anti-corruption struggle, deployed comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures, and emphasized "promoting the anti-corruption struggle more soberly and firmly."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has launched an unprecedented anti-corruption struggle, eliminating malpractices and restoring order with the mission of "offending thousands but living up to the expectations of 1.4 billion people," adhering to no restricted areas, full coverage, and zero tolerance, and taking multiple measures such as "fighting tigers," "swatting flies," and "hunting foxes." We have successfully embarked on a path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, addressing both the symptoms and root causes, and promoting an integrated approach to making officials not dare to, not be able to, and not want to be corrupt.
Moving wood to establish trust, strictly governing the Party, removing corruption and generating vitality to promote self-revolution, we have won the historical initiative to ensure that the Party does not change its nature, color, or flavor, and won the historical initiative for the Party to unite and lead all the people to jointly strive for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. Looking at the world, only the Communist Party of China can do this. This is a significant advantage of our Party and the key to winning the era. Facing the future, this path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics must be firmly followed.
"The more effective the governance of the Party, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development." The practice since the new era shows that the Party's self-revolution and economic and social development are closely linked, mutually reinforcing, and complementary. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's development environment faces profound and complex changes. Through the Party's self-revolution, promoting new trends and uprightness, correcting stubborn diseases, creating a good political ecology, inspiring cadres to take responsibility, and uniting the people, we can continuously inject positive energy into economic and social development.
"At present, the situation in the anti-corruption struggle is still severe and complex, and the task of eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption is still arduous and heavy." At this plenary session, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) reiterated the major judgment of "two still's" and emphasized the need to "maintain a high-pressure posture without wavering," "continuously improve the penetration of anti-corruption," and "make greater efforts in integrated advancement," pointing out the methods and paths for advancing the anti-corruption struggle in depth.
As the anti-corruption struggle enters the deep-water zone, touching deeper and deeper interests, the correlation and concealment of corrupt acts become stronger and stronger, and the difficulty of investigation and handling becomes greater and greater. Only by grasping the new trends and characteristics of corruption, innovating means and methods, and timely discovering, accurately identifying, and effectively governing various corruption problems can we continuously improve the penetration of anti-corruption.
Unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems are mutually related and have the same roots. The intertwining of unhealthy tendencies and corruption is a distinct feature of many violations of discipline and law. In the first episode of the television special "Never Stop, Never Retreat Half a Step" entitled "Correcting Unhealthy Tendencies and Governing Chaos for the People," which was broadcast recently, a fallen official confessed in front of the camera, "In fact, my violations of laws and crimes all started from eating and drinking problems, from violating the Eight-Point Regulation (精神) of the Central Committee."
When investigating and dealing with the "Four Winds" problem, the Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision "must see four things": whether there are eating and drinking circles, requests for assistance, interest transfers, and power-money transactions, pulling out the "corruption" thread from the "wind" thread; the LinCang (临沧) Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision in Yunnan (云南) Province adheres to in-depth investigation along the lines in its work, extending the understanding of the political ecology and "Four Winds" problems of individuals and their regions, departments, and units, and promoting reform and governance through cases...
Both "investigating corruption from wind" and "correcting wind from corruption," severely punish the intertwined problems of wind and corruption with "joint investigation," eradicate the common roots of wind and corruption with "joint governance," and block the evolution of wind and corruption by connecting "investigation" and "governance." Through the appearance of "wind," uncover the essence of "corruption," deeply investigate the collusion between officials and businessmen, the protection of businessmen by officials, and the integration of officials and businessmen behind inaction and reckless action, thoroughly investigate the requests for assistance and interest transfers behind violations of regulations on eating and drinking, and we will be able to form a strong deterrent effect and continuously consolidate the defense line against wind and corruption.
Our Party is a big party, leading a big country, and carrying out a great cause unprecedented in history. The "examination" has no end, and the "cave dwelling question" is constantly answered and renewed. We must, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, unswervingly follow the path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics, more soberly and firmly promote the anti-corruption struggle, and carry out the anti-corruption struggle to the end with the spirit of Yugong moving mountains and Jingwei filling the sea (愚公移山 (yú gōng yí shān - "Old Man of愚公 removed the mountains," to show determination to overcome seemingly impossible difficulties) and 精卫填海 (jīng wèi tián hǎi - "Jingwei filling the sea," to persevere in the face of insurmountable odds)).
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On January 12, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, fully affirming the remarkable achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the past year. Focusing on the crucial period of basically realizing socialist modernization, he made strategic deployments to promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures, providing a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
The vast number of Party members and cadres expressed that they should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, strengthen their sense of mission and fighting will, faithfully perform their duties, and persevere in promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance, so as to promote the unity of the entire Party and continuously advance Chinese-style modernization.
Seriously Explore Effective Methods and Approaches for Implementing the Major Decisions and Deployments of the Party Central Committee
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental requirement for safeguarding the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and it is also an important historical experience for the continuous development and progress of the cause of the Party and the people.
"We must always regard 'two safeguards' as the Party's highest political principle and fundamental political rules, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, closely focus on implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, serving the construction of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future and other major deployments, formulate dynamic updates and targeted supervision lists, keep an eye on key people, key matters, important areas, and important links, strengthen concrete, precise, and regular supervision and inspection, resolutely correct outstanding problems such as engaging in 'vanity projects,' and ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented." said Fang Lingmin (房灵敏), Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission.
"To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we must focus on the goals and tasks of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, promote the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision, and ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and requirements are implemented without compromise," said Li Haitao (李海涛), Secretary of the Anshan City (鞍山市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省) Commission for Discipline Inspection.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to seriously explore effective methods and approaches for implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. We will strengthen the concept of systems, deepen departmental linkages, build a smart supervision platform, and construct a supervision mechanism with clear responsibilities, complementary functions, and efficient operation, so as to contribute to the realization of the goals and tasks of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period," said Zheng Yan (郑炎), Secretary of the Zaoyang City (枣阳市), Hubei Province (湖北省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission.
"The grassroots level is the 'last mile' of policy implementation, and grassroots supervision must be strengthened," said Zhou Yong (周勇), Secretary of the Chengkou County (城口县), Chongqing (重庆市) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Acting Director of the Supervisory Commission. "To seriously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will base ourselves on the actual conditions of the county, focus on key areas such as ecological and environmental protection, safe production, and comprehensive rural revitalization, deepen work measures such as ledger management, special class promotion, dynamic tracking, and supervision and accountability, integrate political supervision throughout the entire process and embed it in all aspects, focus on improving the effectiveness of supervision, and ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee take root."
Ensure that Rules and Regulations Truly Become Electrified High-Voltage Lines
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the Party's self-revolution focuses on governing power, and putting power in the cage of the system is an important task of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the new era.
"We will seriously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, promote the improvement of rules and regulations, refine approval authority, process standards, and responsibility lists, and at the same time strengthen supervision and inspection of the implementation of the system, resolutely fight against violations of discipline and law, and ensure that the rules and regulations truly become electrified high-voltage lines," said Zhang Xiong (张雄), Director of the Policy and Regulations Research Office of the Shaanxi Province (陕西省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Commission.
"To seriously study and understand the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we must shoulder our responsibilities, take action, continuously weave a tight cage of the system, strengthen the implementation of the system, especially focus on the normalization of supervision of major decisions, the use of funds, and approval supervision, urge the 'key few' to take the lead in complying with rules and discipline, and drive the overall standardized operation of power," said Sun Tianwen (孙天文), Secretary of the Qiqihar City (齐齐哈尔市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission.
"Studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, a profound understanding is that regulating the operation of power requires grasping both the construction of the system and the implementation of the system," said Xie Lianggui (谢良贵), Secretary of the Xinyu City (新余市), Jiangxi Province (江西省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Acting Director of the Supervisory Commission. "We will adhere to and consolidate the existing effective rules and regulations, actively adapt to the development of the situation and tasks, deeply investigate the weak links and integrity risk points in the operation of power, and improve the system with clear powers and responsibilities, standardized processes, interlocking links, and mutual support; focus on improving the enforcement of the system, strengthen daily supervision and inspection, promote the coordination of various supervisions, and more scientifically and effectively put power in the cage of the system."
Leave No Place for Corrupt Elements to Hide
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that corruption is a stumbling block and stumbling block in the development of the cause of the Party and the country, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech contains rich ideological methods and working methods," said Ye Minqi (叶敏琦), Secretary of the Linping District (临平区), Hangzhou City (杭州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission. "We must continue to maintain a high-pressure posture, focus on areas with concentrated power, intensive funds, and rich resources, and launch heavy punches; in response to new types of corruption methods, give full play to the use of big data screening and penetrating analysis capabilities, and continuously enrich the toolbox for corruption governance; connect the chain of responsibility, improve the normalized line transfer, information exchange, and measure coordination mechanisms, and leave no place for corrupt elements to hide."
"We must take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a guide, punish corruption with zero tolerance, and promote the integrated approach of 'not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt'," said Peng Lei (彭磊), Secretary of the Binchuan County (宾川县), Yunnan Province (云南省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission. "We must combine the actual situation to find the right focus and play a combined punch, continue to increase pressure on 'not daring to be corrupt', deepen and expand on 'not being able to be corrupt', consolidate the foundation on 'not wanting to be corrupt', and continue to make greater efforts on the integrated promotion, weave a tight supervision network with full-chain collaboration, and create a clean and upright political ecology."
"Rectifying unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people is related to the direction of people's hearts," said You Zuojin (尤作锦), Secretary of the Lanling County (兰陵县), Shandong Province (山东省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission. "To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will tighten and consolidate responsibilities, strengthen linkage and coordination, focus on key areas such as 'campus meals' and rural collective 'three assets' management, continue to exert efforts in severely punishing 'flies and ants' and correcting stubborn diseases, and win the hearts of the people with practical results."
Strive to Forge a Discipline Inspection and Supervision Iron Army that is Loyal, Clean, Responsible, and Dares to Fight and is Good at Fighting
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that it is necessary to continuously strengthen the standardization, legalization, and regularization of discipline inspection and supervision work, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech places ardent expectations on the vast number of discipline inspection and supervision cadres, which is inspiring and encouraging," said Ouyang Jiancheng (欧阳健承), Secretary of the Dazhou City (达州市), Sichuan Province (四川省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Acting Director of the Supervisory Commission. "We will keep in mind our entrustment, build a strong loyalty to the Party, clearly stand for politics, firmly safeguard the unity and unity of the Party; improve our ability to perform our duties, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement; strengthen self-discipline and be absolutely loyal, absolutely reliable, and absolutely pure."
"We will take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a guide, further enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of supervision and discipline enforcement, ensure the correct exercise of discipline enforcement and law enforcement power through strict procedural norms and system constraints, and provide a strong guarantee of discipline for promoting the development of the cause with more powerful supervision, more standardized discipline enforcement, and a more pragmatic style," said Duan Xiaoshen (段小申), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Hainan Police Academy (海南警察学院).
"To seriously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will, in accordance with the requirements of being politically strong, capable, well-styled, and clean, strive to forge a discipline inspection and supervision iron army that is loyal, clean, responsible, and dares to fight and is good at fighting, and earnestly fulfill our responsibilities and missions," said Liu Jingping (刘敬平), Secretary of the Li County (澧县), Hunan Province (湖南省) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Supervisory Commission.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th (北京) -- On January 14th, Premier of the State Council and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group Li Qiang (李强) presided over a meeting of the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council, to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the spirit of the plenary session, and to deploy further efforts to promote the building of Party conduct and integrity and the fight against corruption in the government.
The meeting pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, standing at the height of the overall development of the Party and the country, made strategic deployments for deeply promoting the Party's self-revolution and advancing the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with higher standards and more practical measures, which has strong political, ideological, and guiding significance, and provides fundamental guidance for deeply promoting the building of Party conduct and integrity and the fight against corruption. The Leading Party Members Group of the State Council and the Party Groups (Committees) of all departments of the State Council must earnestly unify their thoughts and actions with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the deployments of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," further enhance political consciousness, and integrate the requirements of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party into all aspects and the entire process of government work.
The meeting pointed out that in the past year, the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council and the Party Groups (Committees) of all departments of the State Council have conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, solidly carried out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and achieved new progress in the building of Party conduct and integrity and the fight against corruption in the government. In the new year, it is necessary to persistently strengthen the rectification of conduct, discipline, and anti-corruption efforts, take more powerful and effective measures, unswervingly promote the building of Party conduct and integrity and the fight against corruption in the government, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to focus on grasping the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, improve the execution and penetration of consistent implementation, establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, adhere to achieving political achievements for the people and achieving political achievements through hard work, and focus on promoting the continuous achievement of new results in high-quality development. It is necessary to focus on grasping the construction and implementation of laws and regulations, enhance binding force, tighten the cage of the system more tightly and firmly, and eradicate the soil for the breeding of corruption. It is necessary to focus on grasping the simultaneous investigation and treatment of both misconduct and corruption, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of conduct construction with a **钉钉子精神** (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing spirit," perseverance; the spirit of doing something persistently until it is done well), closely focus on key areas where corruption is prone to occur and frequently occurs, continuously deepen comprehensive management, combining punishment and prevention, and prevent various types of new corruption and hidden corruption.
The meeting emphasized that the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council should earnestly fulfill its political responsibility for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, continuously strengthen the government's self-construction, and improve administrative efficiency and service quality. Comrades of the Leading Party Members Group should fulfill their "one position, two responsibilities," continuously strengthen Party spirit cultivation, and always achieve strict self-discipline, integrity, and honesty.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Liu Guozhong (刘国中), Wang Xiaohong (王小洪), Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆), and Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th. The Leading Party Members Group of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组) of the Communist Party of China (中共) held a meeting on the 14th to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (二十届中央纪委五次全会) and the spirit of the plenary session, and to study and implement measures in light of the actual work of the National People's Congress (全国人大). Zhao Leji (赵乐际), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会), and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting held that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in deepening the building of Party conduct and clean government and the fight against corruption in the past year, profoundly analyzed the situation and tasks of governing the Party in the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and made deployments and clear requirements from three aspects: more resolutely and forcefully implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), more scientifically and effectively confining power to the cage of the system, and more soberly and firmly advancing the fight against corruption. The speech was far-sighted, profound and incisive, and thought-provoking, providing fundamental guidance for deepening the Party's self-revolution and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the new era and on the new journey. Party organizations and Party member cadres at all levels of the National People's Congress (全国人大) must conscientiously study and comprehend the spirit of the General Secretary's important speech and the spirit of the plenary session and implement them in place.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to resolutely safeguard the authority of the Party Central Committee (党中央) and its centralized and unified leadership, use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) to unify thought, unify will, and unify action, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," and ensure that the Party Central Committee's (党中央) major policies and decisions are fully implemented in the work of the National People's Congress (全国人大). The Leading Party Members Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组) must enhance its sense of political responsibility and historical mission, play a good role in the National People's Congress (全国人大) in grasping the direction, managing the overall situation, and ensuring implementation, base itself on its responsibilities to implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, and contribute to achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, attach importance to practical work and seek practical results, and do all work in a solid and in-depth manner. Comrades of the Leading Party Members Group should take the lead in implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), set an example from above, and be loyal and reliable, consistent in word and deed, responsible, and strictly enforce orders and prohibitions.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to take the lead in understanding laws and disciplines, clarifying rules, and knowing awe, strictly exercise self-discipline, be honest and clean, and enhance the consciousness and determination of self-revolution. Comrades of the Leading Party Members Group must strictly abide by the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and Party discipline, strictly abide by the rules of deliberation and decision-making, and adhere to carrying out work in accordance with regulations and laws. Strengthen supervision over the implementation of democratic centralism and the implementation of the "major issues, important decisions, important personnel appointments and removals, and important project arrangements" (三重一大) decision-making mechanism by the "top leaders" and leading bodies of various units of the National People's Congress (全国人大) to ensure the standardized operation of power. Continue to do a good job in anti-corruption-related legislation and tighten the institutional cage for preventing and controlling corruption.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to deeply promote the building of Party conduct and clean government and the fight against corruption, strictly implement the Central Eight-Point Regulation (中央八项规定), and, in accordance with the requirements of the "four organs," comprehensively strengthen Party building and self-construction of the National People's Congress (全国人大). The Standing Committee's Leading Party Members Group must earnestly fulfill its political responsibility for governing the Party and strictly administering the Party, lead and supervise the Party groups of the organs, the Party groups of the special committees, and Party organizations and Party member cadres at all levels of the National People's Congress (全国人大) to earnestly assume their responsibilities, adhere to investigating both misconduct and corruption, deepen the treatment of both symptoms and root causes, continuously purify the political ecology, and continuously create a good environment for doing business and starting businesses.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局委员) and Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组副书记), and Wang Dongming (王东明), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔), and Liu Qi (刘奇), members of the Leading Party Members Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组成员), attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held a meeting on January 14th to convey, study, and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and to convey, study, and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech when the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee listened to the work report of the Party Group of the CPPCC National Committee. Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, and Secretary of the Party Group, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting held that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the past year. Focusing on the key period of basically realizing socialist modernization, it made strategic deployments to promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures, and to provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. It fully demonstrated the firm determination and will of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core to consistently promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, and demonstrated that our Party always maintains a clear and firm understanding of solving the unique problems of a large party, providing fundamental guidelines for deeply promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance and the anti-corruption struggle.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to adhere to and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," enhance the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards." It is also necessary to deeply study and thoroughly understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thoughts on Party building and his important thoughts on the Party's self-revolution, more resolutely and effectively implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, more scientifically and effectively confine power to the cage of the system, and more clearly and firmly promote the anti-corruption struggle, unswervingly advancing the Party's self-revolution in depth. The Party Group of the CPPCC National Committee, the Party Group of the Office, and the Party Groups of the special committees should fulfill their political responsibility for strictly governing the Party, and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the Party Central Committee's deployment requirements for Party conduct and integrity building and the anti-corruption struggle into all aspects of the CPPCC's work. Party members should take the lead in learning and doing, set an example, and take the lead in grasping the relevant work in their respective areas of responsibility and contact.
The meeting emphasized that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made important instructions and put forward clear requirements for the work of the CPPCC, pointing out the direction for doing a good job in various tasks of the CPPCC National Committee in 2026 and for holding the Fourth Session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee. It is necessary to conscientiously study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership over the CPPCC, adhere to the nature and positioning of the CPPCC, enhance the political responsibility and mission of doing a good job in the CPPCC, and carry out consultative political discussions closely around the major tasks and strategic measures determined in the "15th Five-Year Plan," in order to widely gather people's hearts, build consensus, gather wisdom, and gather strength for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Shi Taifeng (石泰峰) and Hu Chunhua (胡春华), Deputy Secretaries of the Party Group of the CPPCC National Committee, and Party members Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Wang Yong (王勇), Zhou Qiang (周强), Bater (巴特尔), Chen Wu (陈武), Mu Hong (穆虹), Xian Hui (咸辉), Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), and Jiang Xinzhi (姜信治) attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Members of the Party Group of the CPPCC National Committee Office and responsible comrades of the Party Groups of the special committees attended the meeting.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 14th (Reporter Wang Zheng (王政)) The latest data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会) on the 14th shows that in 2025, China's automobile production and sales reached 34.531 million and 34.4 million vehicles, respectively, an increase of 10.4% and 9.4% year-on-year, maintaining a scale of more than 30 million vehicles for three consecutive years, and ranking first in the world for 17 consecutive years.
"Driven by the combined effects of policies such as trading in old consumer goods for new ones, promoting new energy vehicles in rural areas, and enhancing supply-demand matching, the potential of China's auto market demand continues to be released, and production and sales continue to grow." Fu Bingfeng (付炳锋), Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会), said that the automobile manufacturing industry has a long industrial chain, absorbs a wide range of employment, and has a significant driving effect on economic growth. The outstanding performance of the automobile industry in 2025 reflects the strong resilience and surging momentum of China's economy moving forward under pressure and developing towards new and better directions.
Automobile industry innovation achievements are emerging, and new energy vehicles continue to "lead" the world. In 2025, China's production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 16.626 million and 16.49 million vehicles, respectively, an increase of 29% and 28.2% year-on-year, ranking first in the world for 11 consecutive years, and new energy vehicle sales reached 47.9% of total new vehicle sales.
New generation power batteries, electronic and electrical architectures, intelligent cockpits, intelligent assisted driving and other key core technologies continue to break through. In 2025, 800-volt high-voltage silicon carbide platforms and fast charging technology that charges 80% in 15 minutes were applied in batches, and the first batch of L3-level conditionally automated driving models obtained access permits.
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On January 14, the State Council Information Office (国务院新闻办) held a press conference. Wang Jun (王军), Deputy Director of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), introduced the import and export situation for the entire year of 2025. "According to customs statistics, China's total foreign trade import and export for the year was 45.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.8%, hitting a record high. China will continue to maintain its position as the world's largest trading nation in goods," Wang Jun (王军) said. Facing a complex and severe external environment, China's economy has moved forward against pressure, developed towards new and better directions, and made new strides in reform and opening up. The trade in goods has achieved rapid growth, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality.
December 2025 Imports and Exports Break Monthly Scale Record
"In the complex situation of profound changes in the international environment and major challenges to the world's economic and trade order, China's imports and exports still achieved a relatively rapid growth of 3.8%. This is the ninth consecutive year of growth and the longest continuous growth since its accession to the WTO. In December 2025 alone, imports and exports reached 4.26 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%, breaking the highest monthly scale record. The achievements of foreign trade throughout the year are very extraordinary and hard-won," Wang Jun (王军) introduced.
The market is more diversified. China has trade relations with more than 240 countries and regions, and imports and exports have increased with more than 190 countries and regions. Among them, imports and exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) reached 23.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.3%, accounting for 51.9% of the total import and export value; imports and exports to ASEAN, Latin America, and Africa were 7.55 trillion yuan, 3.93 trillion yuan, and 2.49 trillion yuan, respectively, increasing by 8%, 6.5%, and 18.4% respectively.
Exports are moving towards new and better directions. China's exports of high-tech products reached 5.25 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2%. Exports of "New Three Items" and wind turbine generator sets and other green products increased by 27.1% and 48.7% respectively. Exports of independent brand products increased by 12.9%, and the proportion of total exports increased by 1.4 percentage points.
Enterprises are more vibrant. There are more than 780,000 operating entities with import and export records in China. Among them, private enterprises continue to play the role of the "main engine" of foreign trade, with imports and exports of 26.04 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1%, and the proportion of total imports and exports increased to 57.3%.
Imports maintain growth. With the decline in international market prices, China's imports have maintained growth for three consecutive quarters since the second quarter. Imports of mechanical and electrical products for the year reached 7.41 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.7%, of which the import value of electronic components and computer parts increased by 9.7% and 20% respectively.
Wang Jun (王军) said that thanks to the strong promotion of stable foreign trade policies, the continuous release of import potential of the super-large market, and the continuous adaptation of the complete industrial system to overseas demand, foreign trade achieved stable growth in 2025. Looking forward to 2026, the momentum of global trade growth is insufficient, and the external environment facing China's foreign trade development is still severe and complex, and the pressure to stabilize foreign trade is still high. At the same time, China's economic foundation is stable, with many advantages, strong resilience, and great potential. The supporting conditions and basic trends for long-term improvement have not changed, the pace of trade innovation and development will be more solid, and the basic situation remains stable.
China-US economic and trade relations have attracted much attention. "According to the cargo trade statistics of both sides, China is the United States' third largest export destination country and the third largest import source country. The United States is China's largest cargo export destination country and the third largest import source country," said Lü Daliang (吕大良), spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs (海关总署) and Director of the Department of Statistical Analysis. "The essence of China-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win. Maintaining the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of China-US economic and trade relations is beneficial to both countries and the world. China and the United States should jointly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and through dialogue and consultation, continuously reduce the list of problems and lengthen the list of cooperation, so that China-US economic and trade relations can become the 'ballast stone' and 'propeller' of China-US relations."
Exports Withstand Headwinds and Adverse Currents, Imports Increase Year-on-Year for Seven Consecutive Months
From the perspective of exports, in 2025, China's exports withstood headwinds and adverse currents, reaching 26.99 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%. Wang Jun (王军) introduced that the reasonable growth in quantity comes from the effective improvement in quality. China's export innovation and development have more color, greener development has a stronger background, and win-win development has a brighter nature.
Adapt to international market demand with innovation. In 2025, exports of high-tech products increased by 13.2% year-on-year, driving China's export growth by 2.4 percentage points. Among them, exports of special equipment, high-end machine tools, and industrial robots increased by 20.6%, 21.5%, and 48.7% respectively. In particular, industrial robots, exports exceeded imports.
Promote global low-carbon transformation with green. In the field of green energy, in 2025, exports of lithium batteries and wind turbine generator sets increased by 26.2% and 48.7% respectively; in the field of green travel, exports of electric motorcycles and bicycles increased by 18.1%, and exports of railway electric locomotives increased by 27.1%. High-quality green supply provides a Chinese solution for global green transformation.
Promote common development through cooperation. China's intermediate product trade has achieved rapid growth, which is the main force driving exports and provides strong support for global industrial cooperation. Export markets are more diversified. In 2025, exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) increased by 11.2%, driving export growth by 5.4 percentage points. ASEAN has become China's largest export market for three consecutive years. China continues to provide the world with high-quality, affordable, stable, and reliable product supply, becoming a "key link" in the global industrial chain and supply chain.
From the perspective of imports, in 2025, China's imports reached 18.48 trillion yuan, a record high, and will become the world's second largest import market for 17 consecutive years. "With the continuous recovery and improvement of China's economy, the steady increase in production and the expansion of consumer demand have driven imports to stabilize. Since June, imports have maintained year-on-year growth for seven consecutive months, and the growth rate in December has further accelerated to 4.4%. The import trend continues to improve," Wang Jun (王军) said. In the future, China's door to opening up will be wider and wider, and the space for import growth is broad. China's large market is always a great opportunity for the world. Customs will further innovate regulatory systems to provide better customs clearance supervision and services for expanding imports.
Private Enterprises' Imports and Exports Account for 57.3% of Total Foreign Trade Value
Wang Jun (王军) introduced that the vast number of foreign trade operators have faced difficulties and forged ahead, and their endogenous driving force and innovation potential have been continuously enhanced, jointly promoting the stable growth and quality improvement of China's foreign trade.
The innovation momentum of private enterprises is more abundant, and their strength is constantly increasing. In 2025, the proportion of private enterprises' imports and exports in China's total foreign trade value increased by 1.8 percentage points to 57.3%, exports of high-tech products increased by 14.8%, of which high-end equipment increased by 26.9%, accounting for nearly 60% of the national proportion. Among the total foreign trade value of China's specialized, refined, and new "Little Giant" enterprises, private enterprises account for more than 70%. In the field of new business forms, private enterprises' exports through market procurement increased by 9.2%.
The confidence of foreign-funded enterprises in the Chinese market remains solid. A recent survey of multinational corporations by relevant institutions shows that more than 90% of the surveyed companies will continue to invest in China. In 2025, foreign-funded enterprises' imports and exports reached 13.27 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.7%, maintaining growth for seven consecutive quarters.
State-owned enterprises play an important role in ensuring the supply of energy resources and enhancing the resilience of the industrial chain. In 2025, state-owned enterprises' imports and exports reached 6.06 trillion yuan, accounting for 13.3% of China's total foreign trade value.
Major foreign trade provinces shoulder heavy responsibilities. Lü Daliang (吕大良) introduced that in 2025, the total imports and exports of Guangdong (广东), Jiangsu (江苏), Zhejiang (浙江), Shanghai (上海), Shandong (山东), Beijing (北京), and Fujian (福建) reached 34.11 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.7%, contributing more than half of China's foreign trade increment, and effectively stabilizing the basic foreign trade situation. Among them, imports and exports of high-tech products increased by 11.4%, driving the overall imports and exports of the seven provinces and cities by 2.2 percentage points, and imports and exports of electronic information, high-end equipment and other products achieved rapid growth.
Reporter's Notes
Injecting More Certainty into Global Economic and Trade Development
Continuing to maintain its position as the world's largest trading nation in goods, achieving the longest continuous growth since its accession to the WTO, and becoming the world's second largest import market for 17 consecutive years... China's foreign trade in 2025 is full of highlights, demonstrating strong resilience. Against the background of slowing global economic growth and the rise of unilateralism and protectionism, it is not easy to achieve such results.
The continuously growing "circle of friends" helps China's foreign trade move forward against pressure. In April 2025, the United States announced the imposition of so-called "reciprocal tariffs" on all trading partners, including China. When the whole world was paying attention to China's foreign trade, private enterprises, which have been growing and developing in the wind and rain, have embarked on a new journey and gone to all parts of the world to open up new markets. There are already more than 240 countries and regions with which China has trade relations, and Chinese products are going to wider and deeper places.
Continuous innovation in Chinese manufacturing helps China's foreign trade win the market. The "new content" and "green content" of China's foreign trade are constantly improving. Traditional ceramic techniques are integrated with overseas culture, and novel ceramic trees have become a new choice for foreign holiday decorations; when the outdoor temperature exceeds 60 degrees Celsius, the "desert air conditioner" can still work normally; smart toys have touch sensing and scene dialogue functions, providing consumers with a novel emotional consumption experience. Chinese manufacturing continues to adapt to diverse market demands with innovation.
China's super-large market potential continues to be released, which also provides new opportunities for the world to expand its market. In 2025, China imported 18.48 trillion yuan of goods, and its share of global imports remained at around 10%.
The external environment is uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing, and the pressure to stabilize foreign trade is still high, but China's trade innovation and development pace is more solid, its advantages are more prominent, its trade partners are more diversified, and its development resilience is stronger, which will inject more certainty into global economic and trade development.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵永新
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "We must take technological innovation as the lead, vigorously cultivate and expand emerging industries and future industries, occupy the commanding heights of international competition, and shape new momentum and new advantages for economic development." The Central Economic Work Conference pointed out that we should adhere to innovation-driven development and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces. In order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, our reporter interviewed Yin Hejun (阴和俊), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部).
Leading the Development of New Quality Productive Forces
Reporter: The Central Economic Work Conference listed "adhering to innovation-driven development and accelerating the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces" as one of the eight key tasks of economic work in 2026. At the new start of the "15th Five-Year Plan," in which aspects will the Ministry of Science and Technology focus on implementation?
Yin Hejun (阴和俊): The Central Economic Work Conference deployed "adhering to innovation-driven development and accelerating the cultivation and expansion of new driving forces" as one of the eight key tasks, which fully reflects the great importance attached to scientific and technological innovation by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, and reflects the strategic leading position and fundamental supporting role of science and technology. It is of great guiding significance for us to unify our thinking, deepen our understanding, thoroughly implement the innovation-driven development strategy, accelerate the construction of a strong country in science and technology, and strongly support high-quality development.
2026 is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" and a crucial year for deepening the construction of a strong country in science and technology. The Ministry of Science and Technology will focus on the strategic goal of building a strong country in science and technology, adhere to innovation-driven development, strengthen the overall planning of strategic plans, policies and measures, major tasks, scientific research forces, resource platforms, and regional innovation, give full play to the advantages of the new type of national system, strengthen central-local coordination and inter-departmental linkage, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of various innovation entities, enhance the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system, increase the supply of high-quality science and technology, cultivate and expand new driving forces, support the construction of a modern industrial system, and lead the development of new quality productive forces.
First, we will coordinate the layout to promote the "15th Five-Year Plan" for science and technology work. We will accelerate the formulation and promulgation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" for National Science and Technology Innovation, deploy the key tasks and major measures during the "15th Five-Year Plan" in a full-chain and full-field manner, and strengthen the overall layout and systematic advancement of science and technology work in the next five years.
Second, we will promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation. Scientific and technological innovation provides endogenous power for industrial innovation, and industrial innovation creates application value for scientific and technological innovation. We will focus on the urgent needs of economic and social development, deploy and implement national major science and technology projects, and strengthen original innovation and key core technology breakthroughs. We will strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, cultivate and expand leading technology enterprises, accelerate the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements, innovate scientific and technological financial services, promote the mutual integration and coordinated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and support the construction of a modern industrial system.
Third, we will build international science and technology innovation centers at a high level. We will promote the Beijing (京津冀) (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (上海) (Yangtze River Delta), and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) international science and technology innovation centers to further strengthen their functions of originating original innovation, leading high-end industries, and gathering top talents, and build important strategic pillars for the construction of a strong country in science and technology. At the same time, we will improve the regional innovation system and encourage local areas to create innovation highlands with their own characteristics.
Fourth, we will promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent. We will establish and improve a coordinated mechanism for integrated advancement, strengthen the leading role of scientific and technological innovation in education and talent, promote the virtuous interaction between independent scientific and technological innovation and independent talent cultivation, innovate the model of talent cultivation and use, and rely on major scientific and technological tasks to cultivate first-class leading talents and innovation teams.
Promoting the Integrated Development of Education, Science and Technology, and Talent
Reporter: The Central Economic Work Conference proposed "formulating a plan for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent." What measures will the Ministry of Science and Technology take next?
Yin Hejun (阴和俊): Education, science and technology, and talent are the fundamental and strategic support for Chinese-style modernization. The Central Economic Work Conference made clear arrangements for the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent. We will work with relevant departments to implement them.
First, we will strengthen overall coordination. We will establish and improve a coordinated mechanism for integrated advancement, strengthen the connection of plans, policy coordination, resource integration, and evaluation linkage, coordinate the deployment of major tasks and reform measures, and support local areas to take the lead in piloting.
Second, we will strengthen the leading role of scientific and technological innovation. Relying on national major science and technology tasks and science and technology innovation platform bases, we will accelerate the gathering and creation of first-class leading scientific and technological talents and realize the virtuous interaction between independent scientific and technological innovation and independent talent cultivation.
Third, we will improve the talent cultivation model. Focusing on scientific and technological innovation, industrial development, and national strategic needs, we will make extraordinary arrangements for urgently needed disciplines and majors, deepen the integration of science and education and the integration of industry and education, pay attention to discovering and cultivating young scientific and technological talents, cultivate in practice, practice in cultivation, and enhance talents' innovative spirit and innovative ability.
Fourth, we will coordinate the advancement of education, science and technology, and talent reform. We will deepen the reform of project review, institutional evaluation, talent evaluation, and income distribution, unblock the channels for talent exchange between universities, research institutes, and enterprises, and fully stimulate the innovation and creativity of the vast number of scientific and technological personnel.
Steadily Promoting the Construction of Three Major International Science and Technology Innovation Centers
Reporter: The Central Economic Work Conference proposed building international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing (京津冀) (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (上海) (Yangtze River Delta), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区). What is the profound meaning of this major deployment? How will the Ministry of Science and Technology promote its implementation?
Yin Hejun (阴和俊): Expanding the Beijing (北京) International Science and Technology Innovation Center to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) and expanding the Shanghai (上海) International Science and Technology Innovation Center to the Yangtze River Delta (长三角) marks a new stage in the construction of international science and technology innovation centers, moving from single-city breakthroughs to regional coordinated and integrated development. The purpose is to give full play to the leading role of Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海), and through spatial expansion, resource integration, policy superposition, and power coordination, promote the complementary advantages, coordinated linkage, and cohesive force of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) and Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui (沪苏浙皖), further enhance the functions of originating original innovation, leading high-end industries, and gathering top talents, and ensure the completion of globally influential science and technology innovation centers by 2035.
Next, we will conscientiously implement the construction plans for the Beijing (京津冀) (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei), Shanghai (长三角) (Yangtze River Delta), and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) international science and technology innovation centers, and work with relevant parties to steadily promote the construction of the three major international science and technology innovation centers.
First, we will build important strategic pillars for a strong country in science and technology. We will accurately grasp the functional positioning of international science and technology innovation centers, further strengthen the functions of originating scientific and technological innovation, leading high-end industries, and gathering top talents, deeply participate in global scientific and technological and industrial competition and cooperation, and establish a benchmark for supporting and leading Chinese-style modernization with scientific and technological innovation.
Second, we will strengthen highland leadership and coordinated linkage. We will give full play to the leading role of Beijing (北京) and Shanghai (上海), drive the coordinated linkage and complementary advantages of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀) and the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and strengthen resource sharing, talent co-cultivation, platform co-construction, project co-research, industrial chain co-linking, and policy mutual recognition. At the same time, we will promote the connection of rules and mechanisms between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, deepen scientific and technological innovation cooperation in the Greater Bay Area, and build a global science and technology innovation highland.
Third, we will adapt to local conditions and give full play to our strengths. We will support Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (京津冀), the Yangtze River Delta (长三角), and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (粤港澳) to base themselves on their resource endowments and industrial foundations, coordinate their layout in terms of the innovation chain and industrial chain, and focus on forging long technological boards and advantageous industries.
Fourth, we will coordinate the efforts of the central and local governments and build synergy. Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Ministry of Science and Technology will work with relevant departments and local governments to introduce policies and measures in areas such as the layout of strategic scientific and technological forces, the deployment of major scientific and technological tasks, the cultivation of industrial clusters, and the construction of an open innovation environment, and promote the international science and technology innovation centers to accelerate the enhancement of their global influence and build world-class innovation origins.
Implementing the Main Position of Enterprise Scientific and Technological Innovation from the System
Reporter: The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized strengthening the main position of enterprises in innovation. What implementation measures will the Ministry of Science and Technology introduce?
Yin Hejun (阴和俊): The Ministry of Science and Technology will work with relevant departments to implement the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation from the system, cultivate and expand leading technology enterprises, give full play to the role of enterprises as "question setters," "answerers," and "graders," and open up the channel from strong science and technology to strong enterprises, strong industries, and a strong economy.
First, we will strengthen the main position of enterprises in technological innovation decision-making. We will support state-owned enterprises and private enterprises to deeply participate in national scientific and technological innovation decision-making and listen more to the opinions of enterprises in the formulation of major strategies, major plans, and major policies.
Second, we will strengthen the main position of enterprises in R&D investment. We will build a scientific and technological financial system that is compatible with scientific and technological innovation and strengthen financial support for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises. We will continue to improve the implementation mechanism of preferential tax policies for scientific and technological innovation, increase the proportion of additional deductions for enterprise R&D expenses, and guide enterprises to increase R&D investment.
Third, we will strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific research organization. We will support enterprises to undertake or participate in more national major scientific research tasks, establish a mechanism for enterprise projects to be upgraded to national projects, support leading technology enterprises to take the lead in uniting innovation entities such as universities, research institutes, and small and medium-sized enterprises to form innovation consortia, build science and technology innovation platform bases, and promote the integrated innovation of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.
Fourth, we will strengthen the main position of enterprises in the transformation of achievements. We will enhance the ability of enterprises to absorb and transform scientific and technological achievements, accelerate the efficient transformation and application of major scientific and technological achievements, and promote the incubation and cultivation of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Science and Technology will work with relevant departments to continuously strengthen the coordination and implementation of policies and provide continuous and strong policy guarantees for enterprise scientific and technological innovation.
Return to TopOn January 14, the construction of all 394 pile foundations for the mid-line main channel across the sea section of the new Dalian (大连) airport was completed. As the "stabilizing needles" supporting the entire bridge, the pile foundations are the core structure that directly determines the stability and durability of the cross-sea bridge. The construction team overcame many challenges such as the wide distribution of karst caves in the sea area and the complex karst morphology of the pile positions, carried out scientific construction, and ensured the quality of the construction progress.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 14th (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强)) - Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委), the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the Ministry of Science and Technology (科技部), and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) jointly released the "Working Methods (Trial Implementation) on Strengthening the Layout Planning and Investment Guidance of Government Investment Funds," which systematically regulates the layout and investment direction of government investment funds at the national level for the first time. The National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) simultaneously formulated the "Government Investment Fund Investment Evaluation and Management Methods (Trial Implementation)," intending to strengthen incentives and constraints, and standardize and improve operational management and investment decision-making mechanisms.
In recent years, some government investment funds have experienced problems such as mismatch with local resource endowments and industrial foundations, unclear fund positioning, and homogenization of investment directions in their establishment and operation. In response, the working methods make clear requirements for the functional positioning and investment focus of government investment funds.
The working methods propose that government investment funds should clearly define the key investment industrial fields in the fund establishment plan. The investment fields should comply with the macroeconomic control requirements of the national productivity layout, comply with the encouraged industries in national-level industrial catalogs such as the Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment, and comply with national-level development plans and national-level special plans, regional planning requirements, etc. Investment is not allowed in restricted and eliminated industries in the Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment, as well as other industrial fields explicitly prohibited in relevant planning and policy documents. When investing in encouraged industries, it is necessary to strengthen evaluation and argumentation to prevent blindly following the trend, **一哄而上** (yī hòng ér shàng - "swarm up," to rush headlong into action) and low-level repetitive construction.
Specifically, national-level funds should be based on the overall situation and focus on supporting key areas such as the construction of a national modern industrial system and tackling key core technologies according to the fund's positioning, support eligible cross-regional major projects and private investment projects with strong demonstration and driving effects, make up for shortcomings in industrial development, break through industrial bottlenecks, and focus on a few key areas to play a demonstration and leading role.
Local funds should accurately identify their positioning, comprehensively consider the region's financial resources, industrial resource base, debt risks, and other factors under the management of the provincial government, and choose investment fields according to local conditions; focus on supporting the incubation of small and micro private enterprises and technology-based enterprises, and drive the effective participation of social capital.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 胡婧怡
Tires are precisely formed on automated production lines, and inspection data of finished product performance is displayed in real time on electronic screens. At the high-end tire production base of the French company Michelin in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, tires are processed through intelligent production lines to achieve automated warehousing and logistics distribution, and then shipped from here to the world.
The largest fine cord production and export base of the Belgian Bekaert Group, the world's largest production base of the German BMW Group (宝马集团), the largest overseas investment project of the South Korean CJ Group (希杰集团)... From leasing production lines to building their own production bases, from "testing the waters" of the market to deeply cultivating the industry, an increasing number of foreign-invested projects in Shenyang (沈阳) are growing into "industry benchmarks."
"Integrating into the local industrial chain to achieve resource sharing and coordinated development"
"In 1995, Michelin (米其林) established a joint venture factory with Shenyang Tire Factory (沈阳轮胎总厂), officially introducing tire production lines to China. At that time, China's sedan car industry was still in its infancy. We made such a significant investment decision because we saw the huge potential of the Chinese market," Li Yanbing (李延冰), General Manager of Michelin (沈阳) Tire Co., Ltd., told reporters. "Today, China has become the world's largest automobile consumer market. Michelin's (米其林) 30-year development history in Shenyang (沈阳) is not only the growth history of the company's roots in China, but also a microcosm of the company's resonance and mutual achievement with China's automobile industry."
From gradually establishing an international standardized production system, to becoming an important support for Michelin's (米其林) global supply chain, and then to building a "green, intelligent, and low-carbon" future factory, Michelin's (米其林) Shenyang (沈阳) factory now has an annual production capacity of 17.1 million passenger car tires, with a cumulative output of 100 million tires. In 2024, Michelin (米其林) will apply the first set of its latest generation assembly line equipment to the Shenyang (沈阳) factory. "The technical achievements, management experience, and green innovation practices accumulated by the Shenyang (沈阳) factory are empowering Michelin's (米其林) competitiveness in Asia and other markets around the world through the group's global network. More than 500 global talents and factory managers come to the Shenyang (沈阳) factory for training every year," said Li Yanbing (李延冰).
The huge potential of the Chinese market, Shenyang's (沈阳) equipment manufacturing foundation, and talent advantages are key to attracting manufacturing foreign-invested enterprises to take root in Shenyang (沈阳).
Walking into the Bekaert (贝卡尔特) Shenyang (沈阳) factory, light golden steel wires shuttle between rapidly rotating wheels. A 5.5 mm diameter wire rod is drawn into a 0.08 mm diameter steel wire, and then twisted at a speed of 6,000 revolutions per minute to produce steel cord products, which are widely used in rubber tire reinforcement, window lifting, elevator lifting, and other fields.
"In Shenyang (沈阳), we can basically achieve full industrial chain support and product sales. There are many vocational and technical colleges here, which train tens of thousands of skilled talents every year, which can quickly meet the production and development needs of enterprises. Foreign-funded enterprises can easily integrate into the local industrial chain to achieve resource sharing and coordinated development," Xu Hongyan (徐红艳), President of Bekaert (贝卡尔特) Group's Rubber Reinforcement Business Unit, highly praised Shenyang's (沈阳) mature industrial support.
From building the first hot forming production line in Shenyang (沈阳) in 2015 to the full operation of all five hot forming production lines today, Voestalpine (奥钢联), headquartered in Linz (林茨), Austria, produces high-strength automotive components in Shenyang (沈阳), mainly providing lightweight structural solutions for vehicles to local vehicle manufacturers such as BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马) and Beijing Benz (北京奔驰).
"As a representative of Voestalpine's (奥钢联) core technology, there are 10 hot forming production lines worldwide, and Shenyang (沈阳) has 5 of them, of which the fifth production line has achieved local independent research and development. Thanks to China's complete industrial chain and supply chain, our procurement costs for spare parts, services, etc. for the production line have been greatly reduced. In 2024, we achieved sales of 1 billion yuan, and the profit level far exceeds other factories around the world," said Qian Xuejun (钱学俊), CEO of Voestalpine (奥钢联) Metal Components (Shenyang) Co., Ltd., proudly.
In order to encourage foreign-invested enterprises to invest, Shenyang (沈阳) implements a positive incentive mechanism and has formulated the "Several Measures of Shenyang (沈阳) City to Further Optimize the Foreign Investment Environment and Increase Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment." In 2024, 50 companies were selected as "Shenyang (沈阳) City Outstanding Contribution Foreign-Invested Enterprises," and 17 companies were selected as "Liaoning (辽宁) Province Outstanding Contribution Foreign-Invested Enterprises."
"Full of confidence in the company's long-term development in China"
Walking into the BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马) Tiexi (铁西) plant in Shenyang (沈阳), a modern production line is presented in front of you: unmanned transport vehicles shuttle between work stations and warehouses, accurately delivering various parts to the corresponding work stations; from parts assembly to complete vehicle assembly and testing, each link on the production line is carried out in an orderly manner; the large screen in the central control room displays the operating status of each production line and each link in real time...
"China's promotion of high-end, intelligent, and green development of manufacturing is highly consistent with BMW's (宝马) vision of setting a benchmark for lean, digital, and sustainable production," said Dr. Johann Wieland, President and CEO of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (华晨宝马汽车有限公司). The Chinese automotive industry continues to innovate and has become an important driving force for promoting the global automotive industry's transformation towards intelligent, electric, and sustainable mobility.
"China's manufacturing industry has shifted from a traditional model to an industrial pattern characterized by high technology and continuous innovation. BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马) is fortunate to be a participant and promoter of this transformation, sharing opportunities and responsibilities with the industry," said Dr. Johann Wieland. To date, the BMW (宝马) Shenyang (沈阳) production base has launched approximately 200 artificial intelligence applications, and production efficiency has been comprehensively improved. For every four BMW (宝马) cars sold globally, one is made in China.
"BMW (宝马) is joining hands with Chinese partners to enter a new stage of win-win cooperation," said Dr. Johann Wieland. "China is one of the most dynamic markets in the world, bringing together many consumers who are proficient in technology, willing to try new things, and open-minded. We are always optimistic about the prospects of the Chinese market and are full of confidence in the company's long-term development in China."
With the increasing demand for lightweight cutting-edge products in international and domestic markets, the German Otto Fuchs Group (德国欧福集团) established its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Asia in 2010 - Otto Fuchs Technology (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. (欧福科技（沈阳）有限公司), mainly providing aluminum-magnesium alloy forgings for automobile suspension and steering systems. "Green and sustainable development is an important strategic direction for the company's development," said Brooke (布鲁克), Senior Manager of the company. In order to actively respond to market demand and accelerate product transformation and upgrading, the company continues to increase investment, add new production lines, and expand existing production capacity.
The fruitful cooperation results and mature development model have laid a solid foundation for the development of German enterprises in China. In 2023, the first German Center of the German Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (德国联邦中小企业联合会) in China was established in Shenyang (沈阳), and an industrial park was built at the same time to further promote Sino-German industrial interaction and the gathering of German small and medium-sized enterprises. Wang Yang (王洋), Chief Representative of the German Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (德国联邦中小企业联合会) in China, introduced that in the past two years, the German Center has held several trainings in the fields of foreign investment law and green electricity trading, organized German entrepreneur delegations to visit and exchange in China, and the industrial park is attracting more German companies to settle in and put into production.
"Deeply feel the attractiveness of the Chinese market to foreign investment"
In the office of An Tai Min (安泰旻), Chairman of CJ (Shenyang) Bio-Technology Co., Ltd. (希杰（沈阳）生物科技有限公司), a plaque of the Shenbei New District (沈北新区) government-enterprise liaison bridge is placed in a very conspicuous position. "If you encounter any problems, scan the QR code above, and you can directly contact a service specialist to help us communicate and answer," An Tai Min (安泰旻) told reporters.
CJ (Shenyang) Bio-Technology Co., Ltd. (希杰（沈阳）生物科技有限公司) is the largest overseas investment project of the South Korean CJ Group (韩国希杰集团) to date, producing feed additive amino acid series products, etc. In addition to supplying the Chinese market, the products are also exported to more than 50 countries and regions around the world.
"In the 13 years of the company's development in Shenyang (沈阳), we have deeply felt the attractiveness of the Chinese market to foreign investment. The continuously optimized business environment, stable policy expectations, and continuously improved infrastructure provide a stable, transparent, and predictable development environment for foreign-invested enterprises, and have strengthened our confidence in developing deeply here," said An Tai Min (安泰旻). In 2024, China will fully abolish foreign investment access restrictions in the manufacturing sector, providing broad space for the company's capacity expansion and business diversification.
"We have implemented dual-system talent training since 2019. Through industry-education-research cooperation, we have trained more than 500 talents. In view of our contribution to school-enterprise cooperation, the Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Government has given rewards to further improve dual-system talent training," introduced Wang Nan (王楠), Human Resources Manager of Bekaert (贝卡尔特) Shenyang (沈阳) Factory. The company also enjoys corresponding preferential policies in projects such as direct electricity transactions, energy-saving renovation, and intelligent upgrading subsidies.
In the Sino-German (Shenyang) High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park (中德（沈阳）高端装备制造产业园), in the Shenyang (沈阳) factory of the Spanish Gestamp Group (西班牙海斯坦普集团), the production line is operating efficiently. After the body and chassis parts are off the line, they are immediately transported to the general assembly workshops of BMW Brilliance (华晨宝马) and several surrounding automobile companies. "In order to meet the needs of customers to increase production capacity, in 2023, we invested in the expansion of the automotive component project. With the support of the Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone (沈阳经济技术开发区), the factory's power supply system was successfully relocated and upgraded, and the third-phase plant was put into use ahead of schedule, increasing production capacity by 20%," said Ren Tingfu (任廷付), General Manager of Gestamp Automotive Components (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. (海斯坦普汽车组件（沈阳）有限公司).
Establishing a business service officer system for key foreign-invested enterprises to create a convenient and efficient government affairs environment; opening a total of 23 international passenger and cargo routes to provide efficient and convenient trade channels; innovating the "one-window acceptance and parallel approval" of work permits and residence permits for foreigners to create an international livable and business-friendly environment... In recent years, Shenyang (沈阳) has taken many measures to increase its efforts to attract foreign-invested enterprises.
The national-level advanced manufacturing cluster, especially in high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy vehicles, and other fields, has formed a strong industrial ecosystem and a resilient supply chain system, providing industrial support for foreign companies to develop in Shenyang (沈阳). At the same time, Shenyang (沈阳) has cultivated a large number of high-quality industrial workers and technical talents, providing talent reserves for the localization development of manufacturing foreign-invested enterprises. "We continue to optimize the foreign investment environment, actively build a platform for communication and exchange between the government and foreign-invested enterprises, establish and improve the Shenyang (沈阳) City Foreign-Invested Enterprise Joint Conference Working Mechanism, establish a foreign-invested enterprise complaint acceptance agency, and effectively solve the practical difficulties and problems encountered by enterprises in their operations to eliminate their worries," said Shi Wujie (史武杰), Deputy Director of the Shenyang (沈阳) Municipal Bureau of Commerce. The vibrant Shenyang (沈阳) is opening its arms to embrace the world and achieve greater mutual benefit and win-win results with all parties.
Layout design: Cai Huawei (蔡华伟)
Return to TopWhile chanting "peace," Japan is advancing its military expansion, and the huge contrast between its words and actions tears apart the facade of Japan as a so-called "peaceful nation," fully exposing the dangers of Japan's current strategic direction.
Recently, when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) was promoting the revision of the "Three Security Documents" within the year, she claimed that this move was to strengthen Japan's "independence and peace, and protect the lives and livelihoods of the people." While chanting "peace," Japan is advancing its military expansion. This huge contrast between its words and actual behavior not only tears apart the facade of Japan as a so-called "peaceful nation," but also fully exposes the dangers of Japan's current strategic direction.
For a long time, Japan has painstakingly cultivated a "peaceful nation" persona on the international stage, attempting to whitewash its militaristic aggression by weaving various rhetoric and facade projects, and to deceive the trust of the international community. However, many of Japan's actual practices make one doubt its true intentions.
Why does a "peaceful nation" regard the "Peace Constitution" as a **眼中钉** (yǎn zhōng dīng - "thorn in the eye," something one intensely dislikes and wants to get rid of), wanting to discard it as soon as possible? Japan's "Peace Constitution" clearly stipulates that "the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes," "land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized," laying the domestic legal foundation for Japan to follow the path of peaceful development after the war. Since its entry into force in 1947, the "Peace Constitution" has restrained Japan's military expansionist impulses, sent a "non-war" signal to Asian neighbors who had suffered from Japanese aggression, and played an important role in improving Japan's relations with regional countries. However, the Japanese right wing has long regarded the "Peace Constitution" as an obstacle to so-called "national normalization," and in recent years has accelerated the hollowing out of the "Peace Constitution": lifting the ban on collective self-defense, implementing the "State Secrets Protection Law," formulating the "New Security Law," accelerating the expansion of military spending, developing "counterattack capabilities," easing restrictions on arms exports... These practices violate the original intention of the "Peace Constitution," leading to the "exclusively defense-oriented" policy existing in name only and the "right of belligerency" being tacitly acknowledged, and are actually pushing Japan towards "new militarism."
Why does a "peaceful nation" attempt to revise the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles," revealing its "nuclear" ambitions? As the only country in the world to have suffered nuclear attacks, Japan should firmly uphold the nuclear non-proliferation regime. However, high-ranking Japanese government officials have thrown out the fallacy of "nuclear weapons ownership" and are poised to revise the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles." This behavior is not only a betrayal of its own peace commitments, but also a blatant challenge to the post-war international order and the authority of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Japan is a typical "nuclear threshold state," and has long produced and stored plutonium materials far exceeding the actual needs of civilian nuclear energy. Because of this, any relaxation of Japan's nuclear policy will have a serious impact on the regional security landscape and global strategic stability. Regarding the current Japanese government's "nuclear weapons ownership" tendency, Japanese media have questioned: If even the "Three Non-Nuclear Principles" are disregarded, that would be the worst situation. Just how much of this hawkish regime's nature will be exposed?
Why does a "peaceful nation" repeatedly provoke incidents, endangering regional peace and stability? The Takaichi administration (高市政权) frequently creates trouble on the Taiwan issue, openly interferes in China's internal affairs, and even launches military threats against China, leading to serious difficulties in Sino-Japanese relations. This is not an isolated case. In recent years, the Japanese right wing has continuously hyped up the so-called "China threat theory," painstakingly fanning the flames and creating incidents on many issues such as the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Japan also has constant friction and frequent conflicts with other regional countries such as South Korea, Russia, and North Korea. More dangerously, Japan is working hard to act as a "pawn" for countries outside the region, promoting the creation of a so-called "Asia-Pacific version of NATO," attempting to introduce bloc confrontation into Asia, seriously undermining mutual trust among countries in the region, and creating major risks to regional peace and stability.
The warmongering history is not far away, and militaristic adventurism must be prevented. Looking back at the history of World War II, Japan once used the false slogan of "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" to whitewash its aggression, and once relied on diplomatic smokescreens to confuse its opponents and launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to start the war. Today, Japan is once again wearing the cloak of "peace," but in its actual actions, it is pursuing policies of military expansion and preparedness, and undermining regional peace and stability. This kind of words and deeds are exactly the same as the sinister methods played by Japanese militarism before and after the outbreak of World War II. Its purpose is to confuse the international community and create conditions and convenience for its own strategic speculation and adventure.
In 1954, Japan presented a "Peace Bell" to the United Nations, with the words "Long live absolute world peace" cast on the bell. Ironically, today, the Japanese right wing is going further and further down the dangerous road of "new militarism." Faced with the extremely wrong and extremely dangerous strategic direction of the Takaichi administration (高市政权), the international community must keep its eyes open, recognize the true intentions behind its "peaceful nation" facade, and take strong actions to jointly safeguard regional and international peace and stability.
Return to TopBy: 帕尔维兹·库哈夫坎
As a populous country, China, while meeting the food needs of its own population of over 1.4 billion, has effectively enhanced the resilience of the global food system through South-South cooperation, making significant contributions to maintaining global food security.
I have been working in global rural development for nearly 40 years, and China has always been a focus of my work. I first went to China in the early 1980s. At that time, the level of development in rural areas of China was generally not high, and infrastructure urgently needed to be strengthened. Since then, I have returned to rural China many times, witnessing one of the most remarkable rural transformations in modern history. Today, China's rural economy is vibrant and increasingly diversified, and the living standards of farmers have improved significantly.
In my view, China's success is particularly evident in several aspects. The first is the persistent emphasis on agricultural issues. For many years, the first document issued annually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央) – the No. 1 Central Document (中央一号文件) – has focused on the "San Nong" (三农) issues (agriculture, rural areas, and farmers), ensuring policy stability and continuity. China has many leading technologies in the agricultural field, such as hybrid rice, integrated pest management, and increasingly digital and intelligent agricultural industrial chains. China's targeted poverty alleviation strategy effectively integrates the comprehensive development of rural areas, providing experience that other developing countries can learn from. Currently, China's rural e-commerce and express delivery businesses are developing rapidly, broadening the sales channels for agricultural products and connecting farmers more closely with the market, thereby increasing farmers' income.
What needs to be particularly pointed out is that China also draws agricultural wisdom from its ancient history. China has a large number of agricultural cultural heritages, which are located throughout the country, not only containing profound ecological wisdom but also becoming famous tourist destinations. In these agricultural ecosystems, elements such as crops, livestock, and water sources are often organically combined. Today, China's agricultural heritage protection is closely integrated with rural revitalization, providing more possibilities for the development of rural areas in China. The concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" (绿水青山就是金山银山) is a modern interpretation of China's ancient wisdom.
Currently, China is committed to sharing its rich experience with the Global South countries in need. In the South-South cooperation projects supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (联合国粮农组织), I have witnessed how Chinese agricultural experts work side by side with farmers in other developing countries, adjusting technologies according to local ecological and economic conditions. Unlike many countries that carry out short-term projects, Chinese experts usually stay in the local area for a longer period of time. This "down-to-earth" working model, coupled with practical and cost-effective technologies – improved seeds, small-scale irrigation, integrated crop management, and simple mechanization, ensures that cooperation is both efficient and sustainable.
After achieving phased goals such as complete poverty alleviation, China clearly has higher pursuits for agricultural and rural development. The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposals have made new deployments to accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. We have reason to expect that China will continue to expand the promotion and application of agricultural innovation achievements, and make greater contributions to promoting global sustainable agricultural development and maintaining global food security.
(The author is the Chairman of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation and former senior official of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 窦瀚洋 王永战 李俊杰
The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal suggests gradually improving the completeness of rural infrastructure, the convenience of public services, and the comfort of the living environment. We will coordinate the advancement of county-level land and space governance, steadily carry out comprehensive land consolidation across the entire area, continuously improve the rural living environment, solve problems such as toilet renovation and garbage surrounding villages with a 钉钉子精神 (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing spirit," perseverance and meticulousness in tackling problems), accelerate the efforts to make up for the shortcomings in modern living conditions in rural areas, and create high-quality living spaces in the countryside. Recently, reporters went deep into rural areas to explore the achievements of local construction and development.
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Improving the completeness of rural infrastructure is related to the production and living needs of rural residents, and is an important means to enhance the well-being of farmers and promote the sharing of reform and development achievements by the vast number of farmers.
Turning on the faucet brings clear tap water; getting on the bus at the doorstep, customized bus lines make it easier for students to go to and from school; mobile phones have become "field managers," taking care of watering and field inspections... In recent years, as the pace of comprehensive rural revitalization has continued to accelerate, rural areas have undergone new changes, and farmers' lives have become more comfortable.
Shengzhou, Zhejiang (浙江嵊州) –
Ensuring the "Last Mile" of Water Use in 0.5% of Remote Mountainous Areas
In Shimen Natural Village, Chatinggang Village, Chongren Town, Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province (浙江省嵊州市崇仁镇茶亭岗村石门自然村), villager Yu Hanting (俞汉汀) turned on the faucet, and clear tap water gurgled out.
"In the past, we fetched water from the stream, which was muddy and unusable on rainy days. Now the water pressure is sufficient and the water quality is good, and electric water heaters can be used normally," said Yu Hanting (俞汉汀). This remote mountain village with only 5 households has completely bid farewell to the predicament of "relying on the weather for water" by relying on a single-village miniature water station.
In Zhejiang (浙江), where seven parts are mountains, one part is water, and two parts are fields, the "tentacles" of integrated urban and rural water supply are difficult to extend to scattered remote high mountain and island villages. In Shengzhou (嵊州), although centralized water supply has been achieved in 99.5% of the area, there are still 0.5% of scattered farmers living in remote mountainous areas who are troubled by special conditions and face problems such as "difficulty in accessing water."
Qian Gu (钱谷), a member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Shengzhou Water Affairs Group (嵊州市水务集团), introduced that most of these villages are hidden deep in the mountains. Like Shimen Natural Village (石门自然村), it is 3 kilometers of mountain road away from the nearest village collective water supply station, with steep slopes, sharp bends, and narrow roadbeds. Large-scale laying of water supply pipelines is not only costly but may also damage the mountain ecology.
Since September 2023, Zhejiang (浙江) has begun to implement a new round of renovation and upgrading of single-village water stations for rural water supply. "We have launched a 'combination punch': extending urban water supply pipelines as far as possible, constructing and renovating single-village water stations to high standards, and providing basic security for scattered populations, directly facing the most remote and water-scarce people in the province," said Zhu Liusha (朱留沙), Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Water Resources (浙江省水利厅).
Since the implementation of the action, the province has built 32 new "thousand-ton ten-thousand-person" water plants, extended urban water supply pipelines by 3,915 kilometers, and renovated and upgraded 8,828 single-village water stations with "one station, one policy," achieving "multi-source joint protection" of water sources and 100% coverage of advanced water production equipment.
In Shengzhou (嵊州), the local Water Affairs Group (水务集团) joined forces with expert teams from Zhejiang University of Technology (浙江工业大学) and the local township and village committees to launch a project to tackle water supply in remote mountainous areas. Shengzhou (嵊州) has invested a total of 20 million yuan to build 77 miniature water stations in 77 mountainous villages in 9 townships and sub-districts throughout the city, benefiting more than 4,000 mountainous people.
In November 2025, with the completion and commissioning of the last single-village water station in the province—Zhangcun Water Supply Station (樟村供水站) in Chun'an County (淳安县)—Zhejiang's (浙江) pioneering action to renovate and upgrade single-village water stations for rural water supply was officially declared complete, allowing 5,501 administrative villages and 2.42 million mountainous and island people in the most remote, water-scarce, and least affluent areas of the province to drink high-quality water simultaneously, promoting the same standards, quality, and services for urban and rural water supply throughout the province.
Danleng, Sichuan (四川丹棱) –
Customized Bus Lines Facilitate Rural School Routes
Early in the morning, the sky is just beginning to brighten. In Datiankan Village, Zhangchang Town, Danleng County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province (四川省眉山市丹棱县张场镇大田坎村), 11-year-old Wang Ziyi (汪子怡) arrives early at the village bus stop to wait.
Soon, a customized student bus slowly arrives. The vehicle stops, Wang Ziyi (汪子怡) reports her name, gets on the bus, and sits down. The vehicle starts and heads towards Zhangchang Town Primary School (张场镇小学校), where she studies.
Due to school mergers, Wang Ziyi (汪子怡) came to Zhangchang Town Primary School (张场镇小学校) in September 2025 to study in the fifth grade. The school is about 10 kilometers away from Datiankan Village (大田坎村). She thought her parents would have to pick her up and drop her off every day this semester, but on the first day of school, the teacher told her about the opening of the customized student bus line.
It turned out that considering that some students lived far from the school, in August 2025, with the support of the Danleng County Transportation Bureau (丹棱县交通运输局) and the Education and Sports Bureau (教体局) and other departments, Danleng Daya Bus Company (丹棱县大雅公交公司) opened this customized student bus line.
"Every morning, the customized bus will send the students to the campus. In the evening, it will pick up the children again. The school will also arrange teachers to be responsible for statistics and escorting students to and from school." At Zhangchang Town Primary School (张场镇小学校), Vice Principal Zheng Yehong (郑叶红) is responsible for this work and is very familiar with the children who take the bus every day.
Every day, near the end of school, the school teachers come to the front of the bus, holding a statistics book, and record each student who gets on the bus. "We must ensure that no one is left behind when returning home, based on the number of students who come to school that day," said Zheng Yehong (郑叶红). Now, this customized student bus line transports nearly 100 children every day.
Danleng County (丹棱县) is mostly mountainous and hilly, and the county area is large. The countryside is not only far from the towns, but it is even more inconvenient to get to the county seat.
Yang Yujiao (杨雨娇), 13, who also lives in Datiankan Village (大田坎村), also has happy news. Since starting junior high school, she has to go home every week from Danleng Middle School (丹棱中学校), which is located in the county seat. Every Friday, buses come to the school to pick up her and her classmates. "It takes more than an hour to get to the village, and it only costs 8 yuan per trip," said her mother, Yang Xianqin (杨先琴), with a smile.
"We have given discounts to every customized student bus line, with fare discounts of up to 70%," said Tang Yuan (唐源), Deputy General Manager of Danleng Daya Bus Company (丹棱县大雅公交公司). The county has opened 16 customized student bus lines, connecting the county seat and towns, and towns and villages, transporting more than 3,000 students every week.
Today, 100% of the larger natural villages (groups) in Danleng County (丹棱县) have access to hardened roads, and urban and rural buses cover 90% of administrative villages. "On the one hand, we will continue to strengthen the construction of 'Four Good Rural Roads,' and on the other hand, we will open more convenient bus lines," said Wei Yong (魏勇), Director of the Danleng County Transportation Bureau (丹棱县交通运输局).
Wuhu, Anhui (安徽芜湖) –
Promoting the Construction of Digital Farmland to Help Agricultural Modernization
In Xindong Village, Xingang Town, Fanchang District, Wuhu City, Anhui Province (安徽省芜湖市繁昌区新港镇新东村), grain grower Xia Yelong (夏叶龙) stood in his yard, opened his mobile phone, tapped the screen with his fingertips, and looked at the well-growing rapeseed seedlings in the picture, feeling very emotional.
"In the past, when planting more than 1,000 mu of land, I had to run to the fields before dawn every day to check the seedling emergence and soil moisture changes. Just inspecting the fields would take more than 20,000 steps," said Xia Yelong (夏叶龙). "Now, the mobile phone is the 'field manager,' taking care of watering and field inspections. I can grasp the dynamics of the fields while sitting at home."
From the past of "inspecting the fields every day" to today's "fingertip operation," behind this transformation is Fanchang District's (繁昌区) active exploration of integrating digital technology in the construction of high-standard farmland. Since 2021, Fanchang District (繁昌区) has invested more than 25 million yuan to build a 10,000-mu digital farmland demonstration base.
"The construction of digital farmland is by no means a simple accumulation of equipment, but a farmer-benefiting project that accurately meets the needs of farmers," said Situ Zhen (司徒臻), head of the Farmland Construction Section of the Fanchang District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau (繁昌区农业农村局). Before construction, they widely solicited opinions through holding village council meetings and conducting household visits to ensure that every technological application is in line with production realities.
Today, the intelligent sensing equipment spread throughout the fields is like installing "telescopes" and "ears" for the farmland, realizing real-time monitoring of soil moisture, pest conditions, seedling conditions, and disaster conditions. "The data is synchronized to the digital farmland platform through the 5G network, providing farmers with a full-chain service of 'monitoring-decision-making-execution,' and there is also an automatic irrigation system, allowing farmers to complete precise irrigation without leaving their homes," said Situ Zhen (司徒臻).
Liu Mingshan (刘明山), a grain grower in Yongqing Village, Pingu Town, Fanchang District (繁昌区平铺镇永庆村), vividly remembers the rice stem borer pest control at the end of July 2025. At that time, the pest monitoring instrument in the field sensitively captured the key data of the pests entering the egg-laying period. The information was synchronized to his mobile phone in real time through the digital farmland platform, and agricultural experts also gave online analysis and suggestions. "We seized that egg-laying period and applied medicine in time, nipping the pest in the bud," Liu Mingshan (刘明山) said emotionally. If he had missed that best window, not only would the amount of medicine used have to be increased, but the effect might not have been ideal.
In the past, irrigation was one of the most labor-intensive links in farmland operations. Like Liu Mingshan's (刘明山) more than 700 mu of land, he had to hire three or four people to work together. Today, the automatic irrigation devices installed on the plots have completely liberated manpower. "If I find that a piece of land is a little short of water on my mobile phone, I just tap the screen with my fingertip, and the water will automatically flow over," said Liu Mingshan (刘明山), which also allows him to have more energy to think about how to optimize planting and management.
"The core of agricultural modernization is technological empowerment, and the key to agricultural infrastructure construction is to meet the needs of farmers," said Situ Zhen (司徒臻). In the next step, Fanchang District (繁昌区) will continue to increase investment in the construction of digital farmland and strengthen the deep integration of digital technology and all aspects of agricultural production. "We want to make farmers plant with 'wisdom' and 'quality,' and use more solid agricultural infrastructure to ensure food security, help more farmers grow good grain and increase income, and build a solid industrial foundation for comprehensive rural revitalization," said Situ Zhen (司徒臻).
This issue is coordinated by: Yu Xuan (余璇)
Return to TopThe Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) was held in Beijing (北京) from January 12 to 14, 2026. 120 members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection attended the session, and 265 people attended as observers.
Xi Jinping (习近平), General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the plenary session and delivered an important speech. Li Qiang (李强), Zhao Leji (赵乐际), Wang Huning (王沪宁), Cai Qi (蔡奇), Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), Li Xi (李希) and other party and state leaders attended the meeting.
The plenary session was presided over by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The plenary session thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implemented the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, summarized the work of discipline inspection and supervision in 2025, deployed the tasks for 2026, and deliberated and approved the work report made by Comrade Li Xi (李希) on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, entitled "Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Party Governance with Higher Standards and More Practical Measures to Provide a Strong Guarantee for Achieving the Goals and Tasks of the 'Fifteenth Five-Year Plan' Period."
The plenary session conscientiously studied and profoundly understood the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平). It unanimously agreed that the speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the past year, focused on the key period of basically realizing socialist modernization, made strategic deployments for promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures to provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, and placed earnest expectations on the contingent of discipline inspection and supervision cadres. The speech was far-sighted, broad in vision, profound in thought, and rich in content, with strong political, ideological, and guiding significance, and pointed out the way forward and provided fundamental guidance for deepening comprehensive and strict Party governance and the anti-corruption struggle. It unanimously stated that it would take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a guide, strengthen the sense of mission and the will to struggle, faithfully perform duties, and be responsible, closely focus on realizing the Party's mission and tasks, unswervingly strengthen political supervision, resolutely rectify conduct and enforce discipline and fight corruption, always be loyal, clean, and responsible, dare to fight and be good at fighting, and contribute to the realization of socialist modernization as scheduled.
The plenary session pointed out that in 2025, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core unremittingly promoted the Party's self-revolution, united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to overcome difficulties and forge ahead, successfully completed the goals and tasks of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," and Chinese-style modernization took new and solid steps. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission (国家监委) and discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels adhered to Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, kept in mind the entrustment, were grateful and forged ahead, more firmly supported the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieved the "Two Safeguards," more firmly fought to safeguard the Party's unity and unification, and to defend the Party's advanced nature and purity, and provided a strong guarantee for the development of the Party and the country with new achievements in Party conduct, integrity building, and the anti-corruption struggle. The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection thoroughly studied and implemented Volume V of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China*, strengthened the publicity and interpretation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on the Party's self-revolution, drove the entire system to study ideology, understand the truth, and grasp implementation, and ensured that the work of discipline inspection and supervision always advanced in the correct direction. Closely focusing on the major political responsibility of the "Two Safeguards," it strengthened political supervision, deepened political inspections, achieved high-quality full coverage of inspections of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, and effectively guaranteed the implementation of the Party Central Committee's major policies and guidelines. It solidly carried out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, severely rectified the stubborn diseases of the "Four Winds," seriously investigated and publicly reported typical cases of violations of regulations on eating and drinking, and promoted the entire Party to further improve its conduct and establish a new style. It unswervingly promoted the anti-corruption struggle, deepened the rectification of corruption in key areas such as finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, fire protection, tobacco, medicine, universities, sports, development zones, public welfare and charity, work safety, engineering construction, and bidding, introduced evidence guidelines for investigating new types of corruption and hidden corruption problems, deepened the joint investigation and treatment of wind and corruption, formulated and implemented a three-year action plan for building a clean culture in the new era, and focused on eradicating the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption. It deepened the rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people, strongly punished "flies and ants corruption," promoted the solution of urgent, difficult, and worrying problems for the people, and enabled the people to have a greater sense of gain. It deepened the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, completed the full dispatch of discipline inspection and supervision teams to centrally-administered enterprises, promoted the improvement of comprehensive and strict Party governance regulations and systems and supporting systems for the Supervision Law, and better promoted the transformation of institutional advantages into governance effectiveness. It solidly carried out the "Year of Standardization, Rule of Law, and Regularization of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work," and launched a "combination punch" for its own construction, and the construction of the iron army of discipline inspection and supervision reached a new level. While affirming the achievements, it analyzed the existing problems in the work of discipline inspection and supervision and the construction of the cadre contingent in a realistic manner, and required that they be given great attention and effectively solved.
The plenary session emphasized that the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization, and comprehensive and strict Party governance faces new situations and tasks. Discipline inspection and supervision organs must effectively unify their thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core's accurate judgment of the situation and scientific deployment of tasks, deeply grasp the higher requirements for maintaining the Party's unity and unification in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly promote the entire Party to support the "Two Establishments" and achieve the "Two Safeguards"; deeply grasp the higher requirements for putting power in the cage of the system in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly strengthen the rule of the system over power and the use of power in accordance with regulations; deeply grasp the higher requirements for maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly follow the path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics; deeply grasp the higher requirements for encouraging responsibility and action in achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period, unswervingly promote Party members and cadres to start businesses and make achievements in compliance with regulations and discipline.
The plenary session proposed that 2026 is the first year of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" and also the 105th anniversary of the founding of our Party. To do a good job this year, it is necessary to adhere to Xi Jinping's (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thought on Party building and his important thought on the Party's self-revolution, firmly support the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," unswervingly promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, continuously deepen the rectification of conduct and enforcement of discipline and anti-corruption, increase the integrated promotion of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, more powerfully and effectively eradicate the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption, continue to carry out the "Year of Standardization, Rule of Law, and Regularization of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work," promote the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and on the new journey, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period.
First, strengthen political supervision and promote the entire Party to unite and concentrate its efforts to achieve the goals and tasks of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. Promote the strengthening of the Party's innovative theoretical arming, guide Party members and cadres to enhance their sense of mission, and achieve firm belief, pragmatism, responsibility, and self-discipline. Promote the vast number of Party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, consciously act in accordance with the laws, and achieve political achievements for the people and political achievements through hard work. Strictly enforce political discipline and election discipline, resolutely eliminate "two-faced people" who harbor two minds and whose words and deeds are inconsistent, focus on solving the "seven things to be wary of" problem, and seriously correct ideological liberalism, political opportunism, organizational factionalism, work localism, and dereliction of duty good-old-boyism, and effectively safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core. Closely focusing on the strategic deployment of implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, focusing on the construction of a modern industrial system, developing new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, building a unified national market, expanding high-level opening to the outside world, steadily promoting common prosperity for all the people, preventing returning to poverty as a normal practice, resolving hidden debts of local governments, strengthening ecological and environmental protection, and coordinating development and security, and other task requirements, promptly follow up with supervision to ensure a smooth start to the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan."
Second, strengthen the rectification of conduct and enforcement of discipline, and consolidate and expand the achievements of in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation. Continue to resolutely curb hedonism and extravagance, and deepen the rectification of frequently occurring problems such as violations of regulations on eating and drinking and violations of regulations on receiving gifts and gift money; seriously investigate and deal with problems such as engaging in public-funded tourism in the name of research and study, carrying out Party building activities, and training, and disguised public-funded overseas (border) tourism; closely monitor and correct new trends such as illegally building buildings, halls, and pavilions in the name of people's livelihood projects. Continue to rectify formalism and bureaucracy, resolutely correct outstanding problems such as waiting and watching without taking action near the time of the election, and being eager for quick success and instant benefits after the election, "flipping the pancake," and engaging in "image projects," and promote the reduction of burdens for the grassroots. Thoroughly implement the opinions on unremittingly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation to promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of conduct construction, based on regular study and education, with the key to consolidating responsibilities, and with the joint investigation and treatment of wind and corruption as the starting point, and improve the long-term mechanism for conduct construction.
Third, strengthen comprehensive management, and make good use of the strategic grasp of integrating the promotion of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt. Strengthen not daring to be corrupt by maintaining high-pressure deterrence, adhere to using strong medicine to cure diseases and using heavy penalties to manage chaos, continue to investigate and clean up, deepen the rectification of corruption in key areas such as finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, education, academic associations, development zones, and bidding, seriously investigate and deal with problems such as collusion between government and business, the provision of protection by power for capital, and the infiltration of capital into the political field, deeply investigate and carefully examine new types of corruption and hidden corruption such as expected returns, agreed-upon holding on behalf, and the "revolving door" between government and business, focus on investigating and dealing with corruption by the "key few" and young cadres, deepen the joint investigation of bribery and acceptance of bribes, increase the investigation and handling of cross-border corruption cases, and cooperate with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to formulate a law against cross-border corruption. Continuously improve the penetration of anti-corruption, timely discover, accurately identify, and effectively govern all types of corruption problems. Strengthen not being able to be corrupt by strengthening supervision and restriction, improve the institutional mechanism for the unity of authorization, use of power, and restriction of power, which is clear, transparent, and traceable, assist the Party Central Committee in revising the *Regulations on Internal Supervision of the Communist Party of China*, thoroughly implement the opinions on strengthening the supervision of "top leaders" and leading bodies, and promote scientific authorization, correct use of power, and effective restriction of power. Strengthen not wanting to be corrupt by deepening clean governance education, thoroughly implement the three-year action plan for building a clean culture in the new era, enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of clean governance publicity and education, and continuously shape a clean and honest ideological character, a clean and honest political morality, a clean and self-disciplined moral character, and a social atmosphere of advocating integrity and rejecting corruption. Promote integrated advancement by improving the system and mechanism, improve the anti-corruption work mechanism under the unified leadership of the Party committee, improve the anti-corruption responsibility implementation mechanism, deepen the promotion of reform and governance through cases, pay attention to technological empowerment, accelerate the construction of a digital discipline inspection and supervision system, strictly use it in accordance with regulations and discipline and the law,
Fourth, strengthen discipline enforcement and law enforcement for the people, and continue to deepen the centralized rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the people. Deepen national rectification projects such as the management of rural collective "three assets," the management of medical insurance funds, and elderly care services, deploy and carry out the rectification of high-standard farmland construction problems, guide various localities to focus on key rectification projects and practical matters related to people's livelihood in accordance with local conditions, and deeply rectify illegal law enforcement in different places and profit-seeking law enforcement. Study and formulate opinions on carrying out rectification work on a regular basis to form a long-term mechanism. Promote county-level main battlefields to continue to deepen rectification work, give play to the role of mass supervision, and enhance grassroots supervision capabilities.
Fifth, strengthen political inspections and enhance the deterrence, penetration, and driving force of inspection supervision. Comprehensively implement the inspection work policy, organize and carry out the seventh and eighth rounds of inspections by the 20th Central Committee. Deepen the linkage between inspections and inspections from top to bottom, and strengthen guidance and supervision over inspections by provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, internal inspections by central units, and inspections of villages. Coordinate and supervise the inspected Party organizations to grasp the central inspection rectification work, improve the rectification evaluation and accountability mechanism, and promote the effective resolution of problems.
Sixth, strengthen the awareness of an iron army and continuously improve the standardization, rule of law, and regularization of discipline inspection and supervision work. Consolidate and expand the achievements of the "Year of Standardization, Rule of Law, and Regularization of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work," and concentrate on grasping it for another two years to strive for greater results. Forge absolute loyalty, highlight political education and Party spirit education, and achieve outstanding political quality. Deepen the reform of discipline inspection and supervision institutions, carry out all-member training at different levels and categories, strengthen actual combat training and training through work, and achieve outstanding capabilities. Carry forward the spirit of struggle, strengthen the standardization of supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement, assist the Party Central Committee in revising the *Supervision and Discipline Enforcement Work Rules of the Discipline Inspection Organs of the Communist Party of China*, strengthen the awareness of the rule of law, procedural awareness, and evidence awareness, and achieve outstanding work style. Always maintain a sense of awe, improve the internal power restriction mechanism and management and supervision system, the State Supervision Commission reports special work to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, actively accepts supervision, resolutely prevents "darkness under the lamp," and achieves outstanding integrity.
The plenary session called on us to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, work hard and forge ahead, continuously promote the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and on the new journey, and make greater contributions to comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 14)
Return to TopYangshuo County (阳朔县), Guilin (桂林) City, Guangxi (广西) Province, boasts a unique karst peak forest landscape and is a world-renowned rock climbing destination. In recent years, the area has developed rock climbing-themed cultural tourism projects and successfully held 17 rock climbing festivals. It has developed more than 70 independent climbing areas and more than 1,200 climbing routes, creating Asia's most complete natural rock wall training base. Each year, it attracts tens of thousands of domestic and foreign enthusiasts to challenge their limits, demonstrating the dynamic picture of deep integration of outdoor sports and ecological tourism.
The picture shows rock climbers ascending a steep rock wall on January 13.
Photo by Liu Jiaoqing (刘教清) (People's Vision)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 耿 磊
On January 12, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) delivered an important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, fully affirming the remarkable achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the past year. Focusing on the critical period of basically realizing socialist modernization, he made strategic deployments to promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more concrete measures, providing a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
The vast number of Party members and cadres have expressed that they will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, strengthen their sense of mission and fighting will, faithfully perform their duties, persevere in promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance, and promote the gathering of strong synergy from the entire Party to continuously advance Chinese-style modernization.
Sincerely explore effective methods and approaches for implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is the fundamental requirement for safeguarding the authority and centralized unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and it is also an important historical experience for the continuous development and progress of the Party and the people's cause.
"We must always take 'two safeguards' as the Party's highest political principle and fundamental political rules, implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, closely focus on implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and serving the construction of a China-ASEAN community with a shared future and other major deployments. We will formulate a dynamic update and targeted supervision list, keep an eye on key people, key matters, important areas, and important links, strengthen specific, precise, and regular supervision and inspection, resolutely correct prominent problems such as engaging in 'vanity projects,' and ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented and put into practice," said Fang Lingmin (房灵敏), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区).
"To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we must focus on the goals and tasks of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, promote the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision, and ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions and requirements are implemented without compromise," said Li Haitao (李海涛), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Anshan City (鞍山市), Liaoning Province.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized the need to sincerely explore effective methods and approaches for implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. We will strengthen the concept of systems, deepen departmental linkages, build a smart supervision platform, and construct a supervision mechanism with clear responsibilities, complementary functions, and efficient operation to contribute to the realization of the goals and tasks of the '15th Five-Year Plan' period," said Zheng Yan (郑炎), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of Zaoyang City (枣阳市), Hubei Province.
"The grassroots level is the 'last mile' of policy implementation, and grassroots supervision must be strengthened," said Zhou Yong (周勇), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Acting Director of the Supervisory Commission of Chengkou County (城口县), Chongqing (重庆). "To conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will, based on the actual conditions of the county, focus on key areas such as ecological and environmental protection, safe production, and comprehensive rural revitalization, deepen work measures such as ledger management, special class promotion, dynamic tracking, and supervision and accountability, and integrate political supervision throughout the entire process and embed it in all aspects, focusing on improving supervision effectiveness to ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee take root."
Ensure that rules and regulations truly become electrified high-voltage lines.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that the Party's self-revolution focuses on governing power, and putting power in the cage of the system is an important task of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the new era.
"We will conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, promote the improvement of rules and regulations, refine approval authority, process standards, and responsibility lists, and strengthen supervision and inspection of the implementation of the system, resolutely fight against violations of discipline and law, and ensure that the rules and regulations truly become electrified high-voltage lines," said Zhang Xiong (张雄), Director of the Policy and Regulation Research Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission of Shaanxi Province (陕西省).
"To conscientiously study and understand the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we must shoulder our responsibilities, take action, continuously weave a tight institutional cage, strengthen the implementation of the system, especially focus on the normalization of supervision of major decisions, the use of funds, and approval supervision, urge the 'key few' to take the lead in complying with rules and disciplines, and drive the overall standardized operation of power," said Sun Tianwen (孙天文), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of Qiqihar City (齐齐哈尔市), Heilongjiang Province.
"Studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, a profound understanding is that regulating the operation of power requires grasping both the construction and implementation of the system," said Xie Lianggui (谢良贵), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Acting Director of the Supervisory Commission of Xinyu City (新余市), Jiangxi Province. "We will, while adhering to and consolidating the existing effective rules and regulations, proactively adapt to the development of the situation and tasks, deeply investigate the weak links and integrity risk points in the operation of power, and improve the system with clear powers and responsibilities, standardized processes, interlocking links, and mutual support; focus on improving the enforcement of the system, strengthen daily supervision and inspection, promote the coordination of various supervisions, and more scientifically and effectively put power in the cage of the system."
Let corrupt elements have nowhere to hide.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that corruption is a roadblock and stumbling block in the development of the Party and the country, and the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech contains rich ideological methods and working methods," said Ye Minqi (叶敏琦), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of Linping District (临平区), Hangzhou City (杭州市), Zhejiang Province. "We must continue to maintain a high-pressure posture, focus on areas with concentrated power, intensive funds, and rich resources to launch heavy blows; in response to new types of corruption methods, give full play to the use of big data screening and penetrating analysis capabilities, and continuously enrich the toolbox for corruption governance; connect the chain of responsibility, improve the normalized line transfer, information sharing, and measure coordination mechanism, so that corrupt elements have nowhere to hide."
"We must take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a guide, punish corruption with zero tolerance, and promote the integrated approach of 'not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt'," said Peng Lei (彭磊), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of Binchuan County (宾川县), Yunnan Province. "We must combine the actual situation to find the focus, play a combined punch, continue to increase pressure on 'not daring to be corrupt', deepen and expand on 'not being able to be corrupt', consolidate the foundation on 'not wanting to be corrupt', and continue to make greater efforts in the integrated promotion, weave a tight supervision network with full-chain collaboration, and create a clean and upright political ecology."
"Rectifying unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses concerns the direction of people's hearts," said You Zuojin (尤作锦), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of Lanling County (兰陵县), Shandong Province. "To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will tighten and consolidate responsibilities, strengthen linkage and coordination, focus on key areas such as 'school meals' and the management of rural collective 'three assets', continue to exert efforts in severely punishing 'flies and ants' and correcting stubborn diseases, and win the hearts of the people with practical results."
Focus on forging a discipline inspection and supervision iron army that is loyal, clean, responsible, and dares to fight and is good at fighting.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that it is necessary to continuously strengthen the standardization, legalization, and regularization of discipline inspection and supervision work, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech places ardent expectations on the vast number of discipline inspection and supervision cadres, which is encouraging and inspiring," said Ouyang Jiancheng (欧阳健承), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Acting Director of the Supervisory Commission of Dazhou City (达州市), Sichuan Province. "We will keep in mind our entrustment, build a strong foundation of loyalty to the Party, take a clear-cut stand on politics, firmly safeguard the Party's unity and unification; enhance our ability to perform our duties, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement; strengthen self-discipline and integrity, and achieve absolute loyalty, absolute reliability, and absolute purity."
"We will take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech as a guide, further enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of supervision and discipline enforcement, ensure the correct exercise of discipline enforcement and law enforcement power through strict procedural norms and institutional constraints, and provide a strong guarantee of discipline for promoting the development of the cause with more powerful supervision, more standardized discipline enforcement, and a more pragmatic style," said Duan Xiaoshen (段小申), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Hainan Police Academy (海南警察学院).
"To conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech, we will, in accordance with the requirements of being politically strong, capable, having a good style, and being clean and upright, focus on forging a discipline inspection and supervision iron army that is loyal, clean, responsible, and dares to fight and is good at fighting, and earnestly fulfill our duties and mission," said Liu Jingping (刘敬平), Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Director of the Supervisory Commission of Lixian County (澧县), Hunan Province.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th (北京) -- On January 14th, Premier of the State Council and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group, Li Qiang (李强), presided over a meeting of the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council, to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the spirit of the Plenary Session, and to deploy further efforts to promote the building of a clean government and the fight against corruption within the government.
The meeting pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, standing at the height of the overall development of the Party and the country, made strategic deployments for deeply advancing the Party's self-revolution and promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures. It has strong political, ideological, and guiding significance, and provides fundamental guidance for deeply advancing the building of a clean government and the fight against corruption. The Leading Party Members Group of the State Council and the Party Groups (Committees) of all departments of the State Council must earnestly unify their thoughts and actions with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the deployments of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," further enhance political consciousness, and integrate the requirements of comprehensive and strict Party governance into all aspects and the entire process of government work.
The meeting pointed out that in the past year, the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council and the Party Groups (Committees) of all departments of the State Council have conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, solidly carried out in-depth study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and achieved new progress in the building of a clean government and the fight against corruption within the government. In the new year, it is necessary to persistently strengthen the rectification of conduct, discipline, and anti-corruption efforts, take more powerful and effective measures, unswervingly promote the building of a clean government and the fight against corruption within the government, and provide a strong guarantee for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan." It is necessary to focus on implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, improve the execution and penetration of consistent implementation, establish and practice a correct view of performance, adhere to achieving performance for the people and achieving performance through practical work, and focus on promoting high-quality development to continuously achieve new results. It is necessary to focus on the construction and implementation of laws and regulations, enhance constraints, tighten the cage of the system more tightly and firmly, and eradicate the soil for the breeding of corruption. It is necessary to focus on investigating and treating both misconduct and corruption, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of conduct construction with a 钉钉子精神 (dīng dīng zi jīng shén - "nailing-nails spirit," perseverance; the spirit of doing something persistently until it is done well), closely monitor key areas where corruption is prone to occur and frequently occurs, continuously deepen comprehensive management, combining punishment and prevention, and prevent various types of new corruption and hidden corruption.
The meeting emphasized that the Leading Party Members Group of the State Council should earnestly fulfill its political responsibility for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, continuously strengthen the government's own construction, and improve administrative efficiency and service quality. Comrades of the Leading Party Members Group should fulfill their "one post, two responsibilities," continuously strengthen Party spirit cultivation, and always achieve strict self-discipline, integrity, and honesty.
Ding Xuexiang (丁薛祥), He Lifeng (何立峰), Zhang Guoqing (张国清), Liu Guozhong (刘国中), Wang Xiaohong (王小洪), Wu Zhenglong (吴政隆), and Chen Yiqin (谌贻琴) attended.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th. The Leading Party Members Group of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组) of the Communist Party of China (中共) held a meeting on the 14th to study and implement the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (二十届中央纪委五次全会) and the spirit of the plenary session. Combining this with the actual work of the National People's Congress (全国人大), the meeting studied measures for implementation. Zhao Leji (赵乐际), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会委员长), and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting held that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in deepening the building of Party conduct and clean government and the fight against corruption in the past year. It profoundly analyzed the situation and tasks of governing the Party in the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and made arrangements and clarified requirements from three aspects: more resolutely and forcefully implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), more scientifically and effectively confining power within the cage of the system, and more soberly and firmly advancing the anti-corruption struggle. The speech was commanding, profound, incisive, and thought-provoking, providing fundamental guidance for deeply promoting the Party's self-revolution and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the new era and on the new journey. Party organizations and Party member cadres at all levels of the National People's Congress (全国人大) must conscientiously study and comprehend the speech, and implement the spirit of the General Secretary's important speech and the plenary session.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee (党中央), use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era (习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想) to unify thought, unify will, and unify action, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes" (两个确立), resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards" (两个维护), and ensure that the Party Central Committee's (党中央) major policies and decisions are fully implemented in the work of the National People's Congress (全国人大). The Leading Party Members Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组) must enhance its political sense of responsibility and historical mission, play a good role in the National People's Congress (全国人大) in setting the direction, managing the overall situation, and ensuring implementation, and implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session based on its responsibilities, so as to contribute to achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan". It is necessary to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, emphasize practical work and seek practical results, and do all work in a solid and in-depth manner. Comrades of the Leading Party Members Group should take the lead in implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee (党中央), set an example from above, and be loyal and reliable, consistent in word and deed, responsible and dutiful, and **令行禁止** (lìng xíng jìn zhǐ - "orders are carried out and prohibitions are stopped," strict obedience to orders).
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to take the lead in understanding laws and disciplines, clarifying rules, and knowing reverence, strictly exercise self-discipline, be honest and upright, and enhance the consciousness and determination of self-revolution. Comrades of the Leading Party Members Group must strictly abide by the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and Party discipline, strictly abide by the rules of deliberation and decision-making, and adhere to carrying out work in accordance with regulations and laws. Strengthen supervision over the "top leaders" and leading bodies of various units of the National People's Congress (全国人大) in implementing democratic centralism and implementing the "major issues" decision-making mechanism, so as to ensure the standardized operation of power. Continue to do a good job in anti-corruption-related legislation, and tighten the institutional cage for preventing and controlling corruption.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to deeply promote the building of Party conduct and clean government and the anti-corruption struggle, strictly implement the Central Eight-Point Regulation, and, in accordance with the requirements of the "four organs," comprehensively strengthen Party building and self-construction of the National People's Congress (全国人大). The Standing Committee's Leading Party Members Group must earnestly fulfill its political responsibility for governing the Party and strictly administering the Party, lead and supervise the Party groups of the organs, the Party groups of the special committees, and the Party organizations and Party member cadres at all levels of the National People's Congress (全国人大) to earnestly assume their responsibilities, adhere to investigating both misconduct and corruption, deepen both symptomatic and radical cures, continuously purify the political ecology, and continuously create a good environment for doing business and starting businesses.
Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠), member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局委员) and Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组副书记), and Wang Dongming (王东明), Xiao Jie (肖捷), Tie Ning (铁凝), Peng Qinghua (彭清华), Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Losang Jamcan (洛桑江村), Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔), and Liu Qi (刘奇), members of the Leading Party Members Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (全国人大常委会党组成员), attended the meeting.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th. The Chinese Communist Party (中共) National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) Leading Party Members Group convened a meeting on January 14th to convey, study, and implement the important speech and spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), and to convey, study, and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech when the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委会) listened to the work report of the Leading Party Members Group of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协). Wang Huning (王沪宁), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委), Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), and Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting held that General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the Party in the past year. Focusing on the critical period of basically realizing socialist modernization, it made strategic deployments to promote comprehensive and strict Party governance with higher standards and more practical measures, and to provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. It fully demonstrated the firm determination and will of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core to consistently promote comprehensive and strict Party governance, and demonstrated that our Party always maintains a clear and firm understanding of solving the unique problems of a large party, providing fundamental guidance for deepening comprehensive and strict Party governance and the anti-corruption struggle.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to adhere to and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership, profoundly understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments," strengthen the "Four Consciousnesses," strengthen the "Four Confidences," and achieve the "Two Safeguards," deeply study and thoroughly understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important thoughts on Party building and his important thoughts on the Party's self-revolution, more resolutely and effectively implement the Party Central Committee's major decisions and deployments, more scientifically and effectively confine power to the cage of the system, and more clearly and firmly promote the anti-corruption struggle, unswervingly advancing the Party's self-revolution in depth. The Leading Party Members Group of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) and the Party Group of the Office, and the Party Groups of the various special committees, must fulfill their political responsibility for strictly governing the Party, and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important speech and the Party Central Committee's deployment requirements for Party conduct and integrity building and the anti-corruption struggle into all aspects of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's (全国政协) work. Party members should take the lead in learning and doing, set an example, and take the lead in grasping the relevant work in their respective areas of responsibility and contact.
The meeting emphasized that General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) recently made important instructions and put forward clear requirements for the work of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (人民政协), pointing out the direction for doing a good job in various tasks of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) in 2026 and opening the Fourth Session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协). It is necessary to conscientiously study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (党的二十届四中全会) and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important instructions, adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership over the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (人民政协), adhere to the nature and positioning of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (人民政协), enhance the political sense of responsibility and mission for doing a good job in the work of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (人民政协), and focus on the major tasks and strategic measures determined by the "15th Five-Year Plan" to carry out consultative political affairs, and broadly gather people's hearts, build consensus, gather wisdom, and gather strength for achieving a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Shi Taifeng (石泰峰) and Hu Chunhua (胡春华), Deputy Secretaries of the Leading Party Members Group of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协), and Shen Yueyue (沈跃跃), Wang Yong (王勇), Zhou Qiang (周强), Bater (巴特尔), Chen Wu (陈武), Mu Hong (穆虹), Xian Hui (咸辉), Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), and Jiang Xinzhi (姜信治), members of the Leading Party Members Group, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Members of the Party Group of the Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) and responsible comrades of the Party Groups of the various special committees attended the meeting.
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Examining the life cycle of each building with systematic thinking not only avoids the waste of resources and social conflicts caused by large-scale demolition and construction, but also enables the city to achieve organic renewal through continuous "micro-renovation" and "refined improvement" in gradual development.
Regular physical examinations, to achieve early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment of diseases, can provide guidance for health management. Recently, many places across the country have begun to pilot "house physical examinations" to provide a more scientific basis for optimizing the living environment and carrying out urban renewal.
Zhengzhou (郑州), Henan (河南) Province, announced the implementation of the first "physical examination" for urban residences with a building age of 30 years or more, establishing three systems: "house physical examination, safety management funds, and house insurance." Changsha (长沙), Hunan (湖南) Province, clarified that public buildings older than 25 years that have not reached their designed service life must undergo a "physical examination" at least once every 5 years, and self-built commercial houses must undergo a "physical examination" before operation. Many cities, including Tianjin (天津) and Nantong (南通), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, have also successively introduced relevant policies on "house physical examinations."
Data shows that there are more than 210 million houses in the country with a building age of 25 years or more, accounting for approximately 38.7% of the total number of urban residences. As the number of old houses increases year by year, taking "house physical examinations" as a pre-emptive measure, implementing urban renewal by category, and improving the comfort and safety of houses can better meet the people's expectations of living in "good houses." Therefore, the role of "house physical examinations" should not be underestimated. It is related to the quality of urban renewal and contains the wisdom of stock development and benefiting the people.
Seeking development from existing stock, the key lies in improving quality and efficiency. "Taking the pulse" of old houses is not only about protecting the buildings themselves, but also about caring for the quality of life of residents, reflecting the shift of urban development from pursuing speed to focusing on quality. Adding elevators, renovating pipelines, solving parking problems, enriching living facilities... Urban renewal and renovation involve a myriad of tasks. It is not about patching things up in a 头痛医头、脚痛医脚 (tóu tòng yī tóu, jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo - "treat the head when the head aches, treat the foot when the foot aches," to treat symptoms but not the root cause) manner, but about finding the key point to achieve maximum impact with minimal effort. Examining the life cycle of each building with systematic thinking not only avoids the waste of resources and social conflicts caused by large-scale demolition and construction, but also enables the city to achieve organic renewal through continuous "micro-renovation" and "refined improvement" in gradual development.
Seeking development from existing stock, it is crucial to put in the effort of embroidery. If incremental expansion is like painting on a blank sheet of paper, stock development tests the embroidery skills of meticulous strokes. For example, more than 30 rooftop terraces along the central axis of Beijing (北京) are open, serving as viewing platforms and decorating the "fifth facade" skyline; in Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东) Province, parks and ball courts are built under elevated bridges, providing citizens with more places for leisure and entertainment. By identifying problems and anchoring the needs of the people through "house physical examinations," eliminating potential risks with "minimally invasive surgery," and then realizing the recreation of residential functions and the regeneration of house value, urban development will gain new momentum.
Seeking development from existing stock, the driving force lies in serving the people. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, more than 240,000 old urban communities were renovated nationwide, benefiting more than 40 million households and 110 million people. The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized: "Promote urban renewal with high quality." To promote urban renewal in a high-quality direction, the key lies in practicing the concept of "the people's city is built by the people, and the people's city is for the people." "House physical examinations" are an effective tool. From structural safety to functional adaptation, from living experience to environmental coordination, promoting precise policy implementation through "physical examinations" and promoting more old houses to shift from "livable" to "good to live in" can consolidate the foundation for the "dream of a secure home" and promote a "healthy restart" in the field of urban construction.
Today's increment will become tomorrow's stock, and today's stock can also be renewed into tomorrow's increment. Currently, China's urban development is shifting from a stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage dominated by stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement. In addition to the functional decline of old communities, many cities also face multiple challenges such as land resource constraints and historical style protection. Promoting urban renewal with "house physical examinations" as an entry point is not only a protection of existing buildings, but also a deep excavation and optimization and reshaping of urban spatial resources. Continuing to broaden the ideas and enrich the measures for stock development, urban construction and development will have greater space and stronger momentum.
Renewal does not mean the simple "retirement" of old things, but the breeding of transformation, precipitation, and regeneration. Exploring a path of urban development that integrates preventive thinking, systematic concepts, gradual paths, technological empowerment, and humanistic care, and achieving a virtuous interaction between the improvement of the human living environment and the sustainable development of the city, will surely write a brilliant chapter of Chinese-style modernization.
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To ensure every "small family" is thriving, we must strengthen our sense of responsibility, constantly worrying about potential issues, deepen source governance, address both symptoms and root causes, continuously improve governance capabilities, improve the governance system, and effectively prevent and resolve various risks.
The people regard food as their paramount concern, and safety is the priority in food. Recently, two sets of data have confirmed China's significant progress in food security and food safety.
In 2025, the national grain output reached 1,429.8 billion catties, not only stabilizing above 1.4 trillion catties but also achieving increased production against the trend under unfavorable conditions of frequent natural disasters.
As of the end of November 2025, the national market supervision system had completed 6,176,900 batches of supervision and spot checks. Among the 39 major categories of food sampled, 24 major categories had a failure rate of less than 1%. The failure rates of rice, flour, oil, meat, and milk, which are consumed in large quantities, have remained low for five consecutive years.
Another bumper harvest of grain production and the overall stability of food safety demonstrate the deep coupling of grain security and food safety, ensuring safety throughout the entire chain from the vast fields to the people's dining tables, which is an important manifestation of having the "big picture of the country" in mind.
The abundant grain harvest has not come easily. The reason why grain production in 2025 was able to overcome disasters and achieve a bumper harvest is precisely due to the hard-core support of new quality productive forces, which has enhanced our strategic focus. From "one spray three defenses" in farmland in Shanxi (山西), to the emergency modification of tracked harvesters in Henan (河南) to cope with rain conditions, to the high-standard farmland construction in Beidahuang (北大荒), the promotion and application of technology and the resilience of infrastructure provide guarantees for grain production.
The extreme abundance of food has brought unprecedented challenges to safety supervision. Faced with complex food supply chains, the governance approach is shifting from end-of-line investigation to full-chain traceability. The "one product one code" full-process traceability system, coupled with the national-level "most stringent standards, strictest supervision, most severe penalties, and most serious accountability," has increased consumers' confidence in "safety on the tip of the tongue."
Firewood, rice, oil, and salt, three meals in four seasons, involve the "small accounts" of thousands of households and are also related to the "big accounts" of governing the country. Looking forward to the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, to ensure every "small family" is thriving, we must strengthen our sense of responsibility, constantly worrying about potential issues, deepen source governance, address both symptoms and root causes, continuously improve governance capabilities, improve the governance system, and effectively prevent and resolve various risks.
Quantity and quality must be coordinated. Statistics show that 700,000 tons of grain, 98,000 tons of oil, 1.92 million tons of vegetables, and 230,000 tons of meat flow to dining tables through complex supply chains every day across the country. Quantity security is the foundation, while quality security is the bottom line. Without safety, all "bumper harvests" will be reset to zero. Ensuring both supply and diversity, as well as strengthening supervision and quality, will make the Chinese people's rice bowl more stable and secure.
In practice, technology has a strong ability to improve quality safety and nutritional health, but if technology is misused, it can also cause serious harm. Through strict legal supervision, the problem of illegal addition of "one drop of fragrance" in edible vegetable oil in China has improved, and the failure rate of spot checks has dropped from 2.08% in 2020 to 0.08% in 2025. To promote profound changes in grain and food safety governance, we must not only rely on technology to ensure increased production, but also consolidate responsibilities with the rule of law, so that the rule of law and technology can be driven by two wheels and cooperate closely.
The participation and synergy of the whole society are also crucial. Anti-food waste has become a new battlefield for ensuring food security. From offline "food stations" to online platforms selling discounted near-expiry food, seemingly small measures add up to an increase in considerable "invisible good farmland." Working together to build a safety defense line from the field to the table will benefit everyone.
Consolidating the granary of a major country and safeguarding safety on the tip of the tongue is a systematic project related to the national economy and people's livelihood. In the new year, let us work together to polish the diligent plow, consolidate the dam of responsibility, activate the kinetic energy of science and technology, and hold the shield of the rule of law, and jointly draw a new picture of national food security and people's well-being.
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Let students understand that effort has value, that hard work deserves recognition, and that winning or losing is never the only measure.
The school sports meet is a stage for vibrant youth and a platform for striving hard. However, recently, some school sports meets have focused on performance and neglected the actual sports events, drawing attention. At the opening ceremony, various exaggerated displays take turns, creating a grand and lively atmosphere, but also leading to student fatigue, parental expense, and teacher stress.
How has the joy of competition on the field become a vanity contest of forms? The root lies in "**内卷**" (nèi juǎn - "involution," excessive internal competition), forming a chain of escalating demands. For example, in order to create an eye-catching enrollment promotional video, the school's expectation for the "visual effects" of the opening ceremony is passed on to the teachers; in order to win the competition, the teachers pass the pressure of intensive rehearsals to the students, and transfer the work of preparing costumes, props, and other materials to the parents; students have to compress their study and rest time to make way for tedious rehearsals... The school sports meet is no longer a highly anticipated joyous event, but has become a heavy burden.
When the scoring and ranking of the opening ceremony are placed above the joy of competition, when the carefully choreographed performance is only for show, the school sports meet deviates from its original intention. This distorted guidance not only dissolves the charm of sports itself, but also greatly diminishes the educational value of sports, which is to "civilize the spirit and toughen the body."
Only by abandoning the impulse to engage in formalism can we restore the school sports meet to its proper appearance. A high-quality school sports meet does not need to pursue "ultimate perfection." It can be a simple class formation, with students conceiving their own ideas; it can be reused props and costumes, using economical ingenuity to avoid waste; it can also be a combination of work and rest in the rehearsal arrangement, allowing children to stretch their muscles and bones in the scattered time of physical education classes and activity classes.
Furthermore, if the school sports meet is stained with utilitarian undertones, it is easy to distort the educational effect. If classes aim at winning rankings at every turn, it is easy to cause "distorted actions" and create wrong perceptions for children. For example, students participating in competition events are labeled as "only doing sports because they are not good at studying," and some teachers use "exemption from homework" as an incentive, which may create a tendency in children's minds to oppose sports and learning.
Campus sports are not about unrestrained competition, but about allowing every child to participate better, to feel the joy of sports in running and jumping, to experience the meaning of effort in gritting their teeth and persevering, and to understand the power of unity in fighting side by side. Letting students understand that effort has value, that hard work deserves recognition, and that winning or losing is never the only measure, is it not the meaning of education?
From a broader perspective, the "change in flavor" of school sports meets is not an isolated case. Some labor competitions, essay competitions, and artistic performances also have the phenomenon of running off track. This reminds us that once education falls into the quagmire of formalism, it is difficult to achieve the goal of fostering virtue through education.
Sports temper the muscles and bones, labor tempers character, and art inspires the mind. Every activity is an opportunity for education. By removing the impetuosity of formalism, unloading the pressure of escalating demands, and refusing to let anxiety, infighting, and vanity entangle the growth of children, we can cultivate new people of the era who are growing towards the sun and developing in an all-round way.
Return to TopFrom smart products and trendy blind boxes to building blocks and plush toys, China's toy market has steadily expanded in recent years. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) revised and improved four mandatory national standards for toy safety, which were approved and issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局) (National Standards Committee (国家标准委)). The implementation of the new national standards will make toys safer and more reliable, and promote the high-quality development of the industry.
This is precisely:
Wisdom nourishes,
"Playmates" follow new rules.
Intelligence and fun accompany growth,
Seedlings grow stronger.
Zhi Yanwen (郅延文)
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Smart cooking machines often require frequent manual intervention during the cooking process, falling far short of the expectation of freeing up hands; some smart washing machines come with a built-in detergent dispensing function, but the dosage does not meet actual needs... According to media reports, some smart home appliance products exhibit a "pseudo-intelligence" phenomenon, manifested as exaggerated functions, complex operations, and a gap in experience.
Currently, artificial intelligence is developing vigorously, and some manufacturers are taking the opportunity to hype it up, packaging simple program control as "smart black technology," only wanting to use flowery rhetoric to "fool" consumers, turning a blind eye to the real pain points of users. These "pseudo-intelligent" products may be able to earn some profits in the short term through false advertising and other means, but in the long run, the lack of technological content will ultimately make it difficult to go far. Its greater harm lies in squeezing the market space of innovative enterprises, further damaging consumer trust, and slowing down the pace of digital upgrading.
To rectify the "pseudo-intelligence" chaos, the key lies in building a solid regulatory defense line. Relevant departments should take the initiative to exert efforts, accelerate the improvement of laws and regulations, and refine the "intelligent" standards in the fields of home appliances, so that regulatory law enforcement has rules to follow. At the same time, strengthen routine supervision and special rectification, severely punish illegal acts such as false advertising, unblock consumer rights protection channels, and increase the cost of violations. Enterprises need to adhere to the bottom line of honest operation, abandon speculative mentality, and truly focus on product research and development, focus on user needs to polish products, improve the level of intelligence, and win market recognition with excellent quality. Consumers should purchase products through formal channels, not blindly believe in the concept of "black technology," and support high-quality products with rational consumption.
The value of technology lies in making life more convenient and better. The healthy development of the smart home appliance industry relies on hardcore technology and high-quality services, rather than hyping concepts and creating gimmicks. Supervision should be strengthened in accordance with the law, so that "pseudo-intelligence" has no market, and that real smart products can better serve thousands of households.
(Excerpted and compiled from *Jilin Daily* (《吉林日报》))
Return to TopBy: 唐军旗
"The popularity of museums and cultural heritage continues to rise, new additions are made to the list of World Heritage sites, Sun Wukong and Nezha are globally popular, and ancient Chinese style has become the 'top aesthetic' in the eyes of young people..." In his New Year's message for 2026, President Xi Jinping (习近平) reviewed the cultural highlights of the past year, evoking shared memories for countless people. The nourishing effect of culture on the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation is fully demonstrated.
The rejuvenation of a nation requires not only strong material power but also strong spiritual power. The shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation is the spiritual and cultural space recognized, belonged to, and safeguarded by all Chinese sons and daughters, and it is the spiritual bond that maintains national unity, ethnic solidarity, and social harmony. On the new journey, continuously building the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation can provide strong support for promoting the construction of the Chinese national community.
Strengthening the Party's overall leadership provides a strong political guarantee for building the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation. Yunnan (云南) is the province with the most ethnic minority groups and has done a great deal of work in leading with high-quality Party building and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County (金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县) in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (红河哈尼族彝族自治州), relying on the Martyrs' Cemetery and the "Heroic Ten Sisters" Party branch and other red resources, regularly carries out mass patriotic education activities and organizes Party members and cadres to give special Party lectures on the front lines of the border; Qujing City (曲靖市) innovatively constructs a "Zhuyuan Pomegranate Red" publicity matrix, excavating stories that are "down-to-earth" and "dew-kissed," to better explain ideas, disseminate theories, and guide cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups to enhance the "five recognitions"... Under the strong leadership of the Party and with the leadership and drive of Party members and cadres, the construction of the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation has direction and guarantees, and can permeate people's hearts and gather strength.
Cultivating and practicing socialist core values provides an effective handle for building the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation. Practice shows that core values are an important stabilizer of a country and a spiritual bond and cultural consensus by which a nation maintains itself. How can socialist core values be transformed into people's ideological identity and behavioral habits? In 2025, Kangma County (康马县) in Shigatse (日喀则), Tibet (西藏) built "New Era Civilization Practice Points Supermarkets" in 49 villages. Villagers can earn points by participating in village affairs, volunteering, and abiding by village rules, and use them to redeem tangible daily necessities—laundry detergent, thermos bottles, butter tea pots, etc. This is like setting up a "behavior account" where good habits can "appreciate" and old bad habits will be "deducted." In 2025, the county accumulated a total of 53,289 points, redeeming goods worth 206,000 yuan. Values such as harmony, dedication, integrity, and friendliness are integrated into daily life and engraved in the hearts of the masses of all ethnic groups. As socialist core values continue to take root in people's hearts, the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation will surely be vibrant and prosperous.
Consolidating the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation injects strong momentum into building the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation. Cultural subjectivity is manifested in a country or a nation's adherence to and development of its own historical and cultural traditions, values, and spiritual beliefs, and is an inexhaustible source for building the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation. In Tacheng Prefecture (塔城地区), Xinjiang (新疆), rich and colorful intangible cultural heritage courses have become a major feature of the education system. The "Thousand-Person Waist Drum" project of Yumin County (裕民县) No. 2 Elementary School integrates children's rhythm training into traditional techniques and innovatively combines classic recitations such as *Di Zi Gui* and *San Zi Jing*, becoming a bright business card for campus cultural construction; Wusu City (乌苏市) Eighty-Four Township Central Elementary School built a Chinese herbal medicine plantation and the "Ya Ren Xin Tang" specimen hall, hiring experts to teach, allowing students to understand Chinese medicine culture while identifying medicinal materials, and opening up a new path for the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. Intangible cultural heritage projects entering campuses allow outstanding traditional Chinese culture to become the nourishment for nurturing students' growth and strengthening cultural confidence. With cultural subjectivity, the Chinese nation has spiritual independence and autonomy, and our spiritual home can be more abundant and richer.
On the new journey, taking the construction of the shared spiritual home of the Chinese nation as a strategic task, working with heart and soul, implementing it carefully and meticulously, and persevering for a long time, we will surely be able to bring the hearts of all ethnic groups together, make them spiritually dependent on each other, and gather the mighty force of hundreds of millions of people to jointly promote Chinese-style modernization.
(The author is the Deputy Dean of the School of Management, Central Minzu University (中央民族大学))
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张天培
In recent days, the Central Propaganda Department (中央宣传部) and the Ministry of Public Security (公安部) jointly announced the "Most Beautiful Grassroots Police" for 2025 to the whole society. The selected police officers stepped forward and charged ahead at critical moments, and fought continuously despite hardships in the face of major tasks. They sprinkled their blood and sweat on the front lines of cracking down on cases, social governance, and security prevention, and transformed new knowledge and new technologies into hard-core support for empowering actual combat and enhancing combat effectiveness, making outstanding contributions to maintaining social fairness and justice and continuously improving the people's sense of security and satisfaction.
Golden shields are forged with hot blood. Their touching deeds inspire all public security police to move forward bravely and protect the people.
Loyal dedication and responsibility, always charging ahead
"Wang (王) is very likely hiding in a certain city in this province." During the National Day holiday in 2023, when people were immersed in the festive atmosphere, Cui Hui (崔辉), deputy captain of the Traditional Property Crime Investigation Brigade of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Suzhou (宿州) Public Security Bureau in Anhui Province (安徽省), was immersed in the studio, buried in analyzing massive amounts of data, looking for traces of Wang (王), a suspect in a vicious murder case that occurred in 1995. Finally, the arrest team successfully arrested Wang (王) based on his clue analysis. This 28-year pursuit finally came to an end.
"Justice may be delayed, but it will never be absent." With more than 20 years of police experience, Cui Hui (崔辉) has gradually grown into a nationally renowned "fugitive pursuit expert" and the leader of a model worker innovation studio. In his heart, the work tasks will change, but the belief in safeguarding justice will never fade; technology will be innovated, but the original intention of serving the people will always remain the same.
The flow of people under the Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) meanders to the street corner, and the neon lights of Jianghan Road (江汉路) illuminate the smiling faces of tourists. Behind this hustle and bustle and tranquility, there is a public security technology police officer who used the last 48 hours of his life to write the last line of "code" for the city's peace.
On May 26, 2025, Wan Song (万松), a former police officer of the Third Brigade of the Science and Technology Information Detachment of the Wuhan (武汉) Public Security Bureau in Hubei Province (湖北省), suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage after working continuously for many days, and fell at his post. He died the next morning after ineffective rescue, at the age of only 50.
In the Public Security Bureau, Wan Song (万松) had a resounding title - "Technical Emergency Room". Many years ago, a vicious case occurred in Hongshan District (洪山区), Wuhan (武汉), and the clues were scarce and the situation was deadlocked. "Let Wan Song (万松) try it." Someone suggested. After receiving the task, Wan Song (万松) plunged into the massive data, screened out key clues from more than 10,000 pieces of information, and finally successfully assisted in solving the case.
"The word 'peace' must always have zero errors." This is what Wan Song (万松) often said.
Digging out a huge drug network from an unclaimed express package. Similar stories are countless in the case-handling experience of Peng Zedong (彭泽栋), a police officer of the Haikou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau (海口海关缉私局).
Extracting clues from tens of thousands of scattered pieces of information to find a breakthrough in the case; continuously polishing for several months to form a complete chain of evidence; digging deep into details and not letting go of a single fish that slips through the net... In Peng Zedong's (彭泽栋) story, there is no "smooth sailing", only a long contest with time and repeated dialogues with evidence.
In recent years, Peng Zedong (彭泽栋) has successively investigated and handled various smuggling violations and crimes such as smuggling drugs, smuggling waste, and smuggling goods and articles prohibited from import and export by the state. What is the secret to repeatedly handling major and important cases? "There is no secret, but to put in enough hard work, stupid work, and meticulous work." Peng Zedong (彭泽栋) said.
At the intersection of Youyi Road (友谊路) and Binshui Road (宾水路) in Tianjin (天津), regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, regardless of wind, frost, snow and rain, there is always a women's traffic police team directing traffic here. They stand upright, their gestures are standard, and they direct the endless stream of passing vehicles. Lian Jie (连捷), a police officer of the Dongfengli Brigade (东风里大队) of the Hexi Traffic Management Detachment (河西交管支队) of the Tianjin (天津) Public Security Bureau Traffic Management Corps, is one of them.
Outdoor duty all year round, wind and rain are commonplace. Standing on the post, Lian Jie (连捷) has withstood the repeated tests of the four seasons: in summer, the police uniform is wet and dry after being exposed to the sun, full of sweat stains; in winter, after a shift, the legs are frozen numb, and even the knees cannot be bent... Whenever there are important security activities, in order to do a good job in traffic security, she often works for more than ten hours. Someone asked her why she worked so hard? She replied with a smile: "The intersection is my 'office'. I want to be like my name, and achieve 连战连捷 (lián zhàn lián jié - "win successive battles," to win every battle; to be consistently victorious) in solving the difficulties of the masses' travel."
Deeply cultivate the feelings of serving the people and safeguard social peace
As the head of the "Police Dad Guardian Group", Song Liufeng (宋柳丰), who was transferred to the Xitang Police Station (西塘派出所) of the Jiashan County (嘉善县) Public Security Bureau in Jiaxing City (嘉兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), often goes back to the "Police Dad Juvenile Protection Studio" located in the Luoxing Police Station (罗星派出所) for a walk. Some parents will bring their children to meet Song Liufeng (宋柳丰) here, hoping that he can help their children solve "growing pains".
Song Liufeng (宋柳丰) still clearly remembers the first time he saw Xiao Hao (小浩) (pseudonym). When Xiao Hao (小浩) was brought to the interrogation room for theft, Song Liufeng (宋柳丰) found that the child looked numb. When Xiao Hao's (小浩) father arrived at the police station, his first reaction was to raise his fist at Xiao Hao (小浩). Song Liufeng (宋柳丰) immediately stopped and corrected Xiao Hao's (小浩) father's behavior. Gradually, Song Liufeng (宋柳丰) became Xiao Hao's (小浩) strong backing and helped his parents change their parenting style. Xiao Hao (小浩) affectionately called Song Liufeng (宋柳丰) "Dad Song (宋爸爸)".
Under the influence of Song Liufeng's (宋柳丰) deeds, 61 police officers from criminal investigation, special patrol police, traffic management and other police types and various police stations have voluntarily joined the "Police Dad Guardian Group" to participate in juvenile education and assistance work to help minors grow up healthily.
The cultural and tourism boom has made the Quanzhou Railway Station (泉州火车站) in Fujian (福建) crowded with people, which has brought great challenges to the station area and surrounding public security management.
Lin Fangde (林芳德), director of the Quanzhou Station Police Station (泉州站派出所) of the Xiamen (厦门) Public Security Department of the Nanchang Railway Public Security Bureau (南昌铁路公安局), has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Looking at the bustling passengers, he often said: "The station area is the face of Quanzhou (泉州), and we must protect it."
Under the promotion of Lin Fangde (林芳德), a joint duty center was built at Quanzhou Station (泉州站). During the period of preparing for the center, Lin Fangde (林芳德) went to government departments to learn about the situation during the day, and plunged into the station to listen to the opinions of railway workers and passengers at night. He took the "new police concept" and repeatedly calculated the "synergy account" with everyone. In this way, in just 6 months, 3 large joint duty centers were built at Quanzhou Station (泉州站), and joint rectification became the norm.
Now the station area is becoming more and more orderly. Many passengers posted photos with Quanzhou Station (泉州站) on social platforms and praised it: "As soon as you arrive at Quanzhou Station (泉州站), you can feel the order and warmth of this city!"
Relying on day-to-day hard work, Jin Liang (金亮), director of the Tumuji National Nature Reserve Forest Public Security Police Station (图牧吉国家级自然保护区森林公安派出所) of the Zalaite Banner (扎赉特旗) Public Security Bureau in Hinggan League (兴安盟), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区), has developed three unique skills: "eagle eye", "iron feet" and "living map". He is affectionately called "Jin Sanyang (金三样)" by his colleagues.
In one patrol, Jin Liang (金亮) found abnormal vehicle track marks. After guarding in the cold wind for two hours, he intercepted a suspicious vehicle and seized hunting dogs and tools for committing the crime on the spot, and arrested the hidden poachers. Ecological protection requires long-term efforts in daily patrols. Jin Liang (金亮) has traveled all over the 70,000 hectares of the protected area. When encountering mountains, wetlands, and rivers that vehicles cannot pass through, walking has become his only way of patrolling.
Working in the protected area all year round, Jin Liang (金亮) deeply loves every plant and tree here. "In 2018, the peak number of migratory birds passing through the protected area was more than 80,000, and the highest peak in 2025 has exceeded 300,000!" Looking at the flocks of migratory birds flying in front of him, Jin Liang's (金亮) heart is full of pride.
Solve problems with technology and empower actual combat with technology
Since joining the police, Yi Guiping (易桂平), a national outstanding people's police officer and a police officer of the First Detachment of the Huangpu Border Inspection Station (黄埔边检站) of the Guangzhou Entry-Exit Border Inspection General Station (广州出入境边防检查总站), has had an indissoluble bond with data.
In the Huangpu Border Inspection Station (黄埔边检站), there is a well-known data research and judgment studio - "Yi Guiping Studio (易桂平工作室)". This "data workshop" can not only gather clues, analyze and integrate, and output applications, but also provide early warning, learning and exchange. Here, Yi Guiping (易桂平) and his comrades use data research and judgment to continuously innovate maritime vessel investigation. In Yi Guiping's (易桂平) view, data is never a simple and cold number, but a sharp tool to protect the safety of the maritime national gate.
Someone asked Yi Guiping (易桂平), why can he always maintain the motivation to move forward in the past transformations? He pointed to the Party member badge and police number on his chest and said: "One tells me the direction, and the other teaches me to focus." In his opinion, work should be "drilled into a dead end". This is respect for the profession and responsibility. "Every piece of data is related to the safety of the national gate, and there must be no carelessness."
In the physical and chemical laboratory of criminal technology in the Taiyuan (太原) Public Security Bureau in Shanxi Province (山西省), the blue-green cold light emitted from the mass spectrometer is particularly eye-catching in the night, reflecting the focused expression of Ren Fei (任飞), a police officer of the Criminal Science and Technology Detachment of the Taiyuan (太原) Public Security Bureau.
Ren Fei's (任飞) "battlefield" is in the laboratory. In his opinion, every wave peak on the spectrum needs to be carefully explored, and his mission is to let these silent evidences "speak" and decipher the crime code.
Faced with the detection problem of new psychoactive substances, Ren Fei (任飞) led the team for half a year, and after more than 500 repeated experiments, established a series of instrumental detection methods for new psychoactive substances. And this is just a microcosm of Ren Fei's (任飞) continuous technical breakthroughs.
Zhang Lei (张雷), a police officer of the Accident Inspection and Appraisal Team of the Accident Handling Detachment of the Traffic Management Corps of the Beijing (北京市) Public Security Bureau, has a bright halo - "Postdoctoral Fellow of Engineering from Tsinghua University (清华大学)".
"Theory comes from practice, and scientific research cannot be separated from practice." In Zhang Lei's (张雷) eyes, devoting himself to the grassroots is the best choice. When he left the postdoctoral station, he resolutely chose to put on a police uniform: "Only by going to the front line and deeply cultivating grassroots work, and transforming new knowledge and new technologies into the combat effectiveness of public security organs, can we give full play to the greatest value of scientific research."
Since joining the police, Zhang Lei (张雷) has participated in the appraisal of major and difficult traffic accidents across the country for many times, and presided over and participated in the formulation of 18 industry standards.
"I am a people's police officer, and my work must be responsible to all parties involved in the accident. Every accident appraisal and every responsibility determination is related to the dignity of the law and related to fairness and justice." Zhang Lei (张雷) said.
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On December 26, 2025, my team and I stood at the Urumqi Yongfeng Toll Station entrance of the Xinjiang Uwei Expressway, watching the vehicles drive towards the distant Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道), filled with emotion. Recalling 2017, when we received the task of constructing the Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道) project, we were very excited: What an honor to participate in the construction of the world's longest highway tunnel!
However, challenges and pressures followed: Overcoming the geological structure of the Tianshan Mountains (天山) was a major problem. The Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道) is located in an active zone, and its geological conditions are known in the industry as a "geological museum," with multiple risks superimposed, posing a great threat and challenge to construction safety and progress. During construction, we needed to cross 16 geological fault zones. The rock mass in the fault zone was broken and rich in water, which could easily cause collapse, water inrush, and mudslides. In terms of climate, the Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道) is located in an uninhabited area above 3,000 meters above sea level in the Tianshan Mountains (天山), posing a huge challenge to personnel and equipment.
The Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道) is 22.13 kilometers long. If traditional drilling and blasting methods were used, the construction period would be long and the speed would be slow. After repeated research and demonstration, we chose the excavation scheme of "main tunnel + central pilot tunnel." Specifically, a central pilot tunnel is added between the left and right main tunnels to increase the working face and start construction simultaneously in multiple places, realizing "**长隧短打**" (cháng suì duǎn dǎ - "long tunnel short hit," breaking a long tunnel into shorter sections for faster construction), shortening the construction period from the conventional 72 months of "two-end tunneling" to 52 months.
In addition, the Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道) has a buried depth of more than 1,100 meters, and pollutants are difficult to discharge inside the tunnel. For ventilation and smoke exhaust, we adopted the three-tunnel lane-style long-distance construction ventilation method, plus four pairs of ventilation shafts excavated from the Tianshan Mountains (天山) from top to bottom, which effectively alleviated the ventilation difficulties in the construction of extra-long tunnels and can also meet the ventilation and exhaust needs during later operation.
As a very challenging project, the Tianshan Victory Tunnel (天山胜利隧道) places high demands on tunneling equipment. During the construction process, we carried out systematic TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) construction technology innovation, which led to the birth of "Tianshan Hao (天山号)" and "Shengli Hao (胜利号)." These two "major country weapons" are both domestically produced equipment. We innovatively used a combination of open-type hard rock tunnel boring machine and grouting concrete construction method for the first time in the world, so that the hard rock tunnel boring machine has two flexible switching tunneling modes and three support methods. After using the new TBM, the construction efficiency increased by 3-5 times.
During the construction process, I spent more than 200 days a year sticking to the front line of the project. What impressed me most was on August 26, 2023, when the "Tianshan Hao (天山号)" TBM tunneled to 8 kilometers, it suddenly encountered a hidden pressure-torsional granite intensely altered zone. A mixture of stones, gravel, and mud instantly poured out from the gaps around the cutter head and shield. 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Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 14th (Reporter: Li Linwei (李林蔚)) The National Conference of Principal Leaders of Party History and Literature Departments was held in Beijing (北京) on the 14th. The conference summarized the new progress made by national Party history and literature departments in areas such as document editing, Party history research, compilation and translation of works, and publicity and education. It clarified the general requirements and key tasks for Party history and literature work in 2026, emphasizing the need to focus on promoting the in-depth and solid implementation of the Party's innovative theoretical arming, deepening the integrated advancement of research, compilation, translation, and publicity of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important works, focusing on the advancement and implementation of long-term and major projects, stimulating the internal motivation and overall vitality of the cadre team, and promoting the high-quality development of Party history and literature work with high-quality Party building.
The conference emphasized that studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee is a major political task for the current and future period. Party history and literature departments must deeply grasp the important position of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in the process of basically realizing socialist modernization, grasp the historical orientation of Party history and literature work from the historical process of basically realizing socialist modernization, from the fruitful achievements of Party history and literature work, and from the mission and tasks undertaken by Party history and literature work, and at a new starting point, show a new atmosphere and achieve new accomplishments.
More than 120 people attended the meeting, including members of the Council of the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, members of the leadership teams of various departments and directly affiliated units, and principal leaders of the Party history and literature departments of the Party committees of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (新疆生产建设兵团党委), and the Party committees of sub-provincial cities.
Return to TopOn January 13th, the Jiurushan Leisure Tourism Resort in Jinan City (济南市), Shandong Province (山东省), witnessed magnificent icefalls, attracting many tourists to visit.
Photo by Hao Xincheng (郝鑫城) (Image China)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 程远州
Highlights:
Shanwei Fishermen's Song is the song of the Ouchuan fishermen, with simple and beautiful melodies and lively and humorous lyrics. Su Shaoqin (苏少琴), 85 years old, is a representative inheritor of Shanwei Fishermen's Song. Her singing is melodious and graceful. While maintaining the original flavor, she innovates performance methods and lyrics, presenting wonderful performances for the audience...
"The sea is green and vast, the fishermen's song is passed down by our ancestors, although I am over eighty years old, I love to continue to inherit it..." Before seeing the person, one hears the voice first. In Shanwei (汕尾), Guangdong (广东), 85-year-old Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) stands on a fishing raft, and a melodious impromptu fishermen's song flows on the sea.
Shanwei Fishermen's Song is the song of the Ouchuan (瓯船) fishermen, passed down from generation to generation since the Song Dynasty (宋朝), with impromptu lyrics set to music. Shanwei Fishermen's Song has simple and beautiful melodies, lively and humorous lyrics, and is good at using fish, birds, sails, sea water, and waves as metaphors, full of fishermen's characteristics. What is even more unique is that the song often uses filler words such as "lie (咧), li (哩), na (哪)," like jumping waves, graceful and charming.
Born into an Ouchuan (瓯船) fishing family in Shanwei (汕尾), Guangdong (广东), this seven-character sentence, four-sentence couplet Shanwei Fishermen's Song, is a melody integrated into Su Shaoqin's (苏少琴) blood. "I grew up listening to fishermen's songs, and I could compose and sing impromptu at the age of 7," said Su Shaoqin (苏少琴). Her mother and cousin were both local fishermen's singers. She learned to sing with the adults, and at the age of 16, she represented the local area in the Spring Festival (春节) cultural performance.
At that time, Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) and more than 10 partners performed the traditional fishermen's song "Marrying a Bride (娶新娘)," and the highly ornamental Tanka (疍家) wedding customs were vividly displayed in the singing, winning bursts of applause from the audience, and also making Shanwei Fishermen's Song known to more people. Taking this opportunity, the Haifeng County Culture Bureau (海丰县文化局) formed the Shanwei Amateur Fishermen's Song Team (汕尾业余渔歌队), and Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) and other first members were invited to participate in the performance.
In 1957, Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) went to Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (广州中山纪念堂) for a performance. At that time, Shi Mingxin (施明新), conductor of the South China Song and Dance Troupe (华南歌舞团), led a team to collect folk songs, and excavated and sorted out Shanwei Fishermen's Song, drawing inspiration from Su Shaoqin's (苏少琴) melodious singing, and created "Women's Fishing Team Suite (妇女捕鱼队组歌)," and took the fishermen's song team to Guangzhou (广州) to perform.
In the past, the fishing sisters sang fishermen's songs while weaving hemp and nets, and there was not much modification in the performance form. Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) said that in order to go to Guangzhou (广州) for the performance, Shi Mingxin (施明新) and others polished the dance movements, queue changes, and facial expressions of the Shanwei Amateur Fishermen's Song Team (汕尾业余渔歌队) to make it more stage-infectious. For example, in terms of performance costumes, while maintaining the fishermen's characteristics such as "Shanwei Bun (汕尾髻)" and "Bamboo Hat (竹笠帽)," the costumes of the female fishermen singers were changed from the traditional blue-black or cyan-black two-color clothing in the past to new-style clothing with multiple colors such as white, purple, and yellow, and decorated with lace and patterns, showing a new spiritual temperament.
Shanwei Fishermen's Song not only resounded in the local area, but also became one of the living sources of national music. A number of classic music such as "Fighting the Typhoon (战台风)," "Night in the Military Port (军港之夜)," and "Spring Story (春天的故事)" contain the musical genes of Shanwei Fishermen's Song. After the reform and opening up, the Shanwei Amateur Fishermen's Song Team (汕尾业余渔歌队) was also invited to perform in Hong Kong (香港), Macau (澳门) and other places, and the new Shanwei Fishermen's Song program adapted from the Tanka (疍歌) song also won many awards, and Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) has been active in one performance after another.
In January 2009, Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) was awarded the title of "Outstanding Inheritor of Guangdong Folk Culture (广东省民间文化杰出传承人)." In May 2018, Su Shaoqin (苏少琴) was selected into the list of representative inheritors of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.
Behind the honor is the persistence year after year and the love from the heart. "The funds of the amateur fishermen's song team are limited, we often work while singing and polishing our singing skills," said Su Shaoqin (苏少琴). Shanwei Fishermen's Song comes from the seaside boat and also bursts out more vigorous vitality in daily work.
In Su Shaoqin's (苏少琴) view, to inherit Shanwei Fishermen's Song, it is necessary to maintain the original flavor of the rhythm, but also to innovate the performance methods and lyrics, so that this art can keep pace with the times and be loved by more people. In October 2018, the Beijing National Theater (北京民族剧院) staged "Singing Fishermen's Songs to the Party (渔歌里说——我唱渔歌给党听)," and four generations of Su Shaoqin's (苏少琴) family shared the stage, presenting the most sincere feelings of the Tanka (疍家) children to the Party with fishermen's songs.
"Now I put my main energy on the inheritance of fishermen's song skills." Today, Su Shaoqin's (苏少琴) apprentices have exceeded one hundred, and her home has become a fishermen's song art inheritance base.
(Zheng Zhiming (郑智明) participated in the writing)
By: 本报记者 孙海天
Just a second ago, you were still in the airplane cabin, but pushing open a door brings you to an office building; pushing open another door transforms the scene into a bustling market... In the Li'an (黎安) area of Lingshui Li Autonomous County (陵水黎族自治县), Hainan Province (海南省), the Haifeng International Film and Television Base, transformed from a 14,000-square-meter abandoned farmers market, features over 90 intelligently linked shooting scenes, achieving "scene changes with every step."
The efficient scene transitions reflect the "fast-forward" development of Hainan's short drama industry. As an important engine for developing new quality productive forces, Hainan's digital economy has emerged prominently in recent years: since the "14th Five-Year Plan," the number of large-scale enterprises in Hainan's core digital economy industries has increased from 256 to 499, achieving an overall revenue of over 200 billion yuan in 2024, and is expected to exceed 230 billion yuan in 2025.
As a province with a relatively weak industrial base, how has Hainan broken down the "invisible walls" of data flow, how has it become a new highland for digital culture going overseas, and why has it become a new choice for international digital enterprises? Recently, reporters visited many places in Hainan.
Building a Solid Foundation
From Data "Expressways" to Underwater "Super Brains"
In the second phase of the Haikou Longhua Animation Industrial Park (海口龙华动漫产业园), cutting-edge cross-border trade is taking place among brightly colored buildings.
"We are doing 'incoming data processing,' similar to 'incoming material processing,' where the raw material for processing is data orders." Staff at Hainan Manchuang Yunfan Technology Co., Ltd. (海南漫创云帆科技有限公司) are using an "AI + human" model to transform a domestic Xianxia (仙侠) online literature IP into exquisite animation videos.
According to company staff, previously in other cities, international internet access required detours, resulting in high costs and network delays of hundreds of milliseconds, which not only slowed down animation rendering but also frequently caused communication issues with overseas customers when discussing video details. "Now here, data can directly get on the 'expressway' from our doorstep." The industrial park already has more than 80 resident enterprises, and their animated videos are extremely popular on overseas platforms.
In 2021, the Hainan Wenchang (文昌) to Hong Kong (香港) submarine optical cable was completed and put into use, with an extremely low latency of 7.8 milliseconds. In recent years, the Asia Link Cable (ALC) international submarine cable and the Southeast Asia-China Hainan-China Hong Kong international submarine cable (SEA-H2X) have successively landed in Lingshui (陵水), making Hainan's data "expressway" increasingly smooth. As the fourth province in the country, after Beijing (北京), Shanghai (上海), and Guangdong (广东), to simultaneously have international communication business entry-exit bureaus of the three major operators, Hainan has jumped from the end of the national internet transmission to a hub connecting global data. Now, data does not need to be transferred, achieving "direct access from the doorstep," which can reduce related costs by nearly 30% for enterprises with extremely high network speed requirements such as games and live streaming.
The development of digital trade relies on "roads" and "computing power."
Below the sea surface, 30 meters deep in the offshore waters of Lingshui, the world's first commercial submarine data center is in operation.
"We are solving the global pain point of 'high energy consumption of computing power.' The computing power of a single module is equivalent to the simultaneous operation of 30,000 high-end computers, and it can complete computing tasks that would take an ordinary computer one year in just one second." Wang Shihua (王诗桦), deputy general manager of the Hailan Cloud (海兰云) Submarine Data Center Hainan Demonstration Project, introduced that putting servers originally stored on land underwater and using seawater for natural cooling can improve the energy efficiency of the submarine intelligent computing center by about 40% compared to land-based data centers.
This green "land-sea computing" model solves the pain point of high-energy-efficiency computing, attracting large model training, offshore data processing, and other businesses to accelerate their convergence in Hainan. In 2024, Hainan's digital trade volume reached 28.79 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44.5%.
Deeply Cultivating the Track
From Game "Grab and Go Overseas" to Full-Link Film and Television Support
Turning our attention to the northwest corner of Hainan Island (海南岛), in the Hainan Old City Science and Technology New City (海南老城科技新城) located in Chengmai (澄迈), He Mengmeng (贺盟蒙), a staff member of the Hainan Game Overseas Public Service Platform, is busy connecting with enterprise needs.
The Hainan Game Overseas Public Service Platform provides one-stop, all-round overseas services for small and medium-sized teams through its self-developed PlayOL system, enabling enterprises to achieve zero-code modification, zero-channel cost, and one-click overseas expansion. He Mengmeng introduced that since its launch in April 2025, 63 enterprises have settled on the platform, with 201 games going overseas and overseas registered users exceeding 10 million.
"In the past, small teams going overseas were like 'blindly venturing into the sea.' Building servers, finding translators, and negotiating payments required a starting cost of 700,000 to 800,000 yuan." Guo An (郭安), the technical director of Hainan Suyun Mengyou Technology Co., Ltd. (海南速云萌游科技有限公司), said with deep feeling, "Now it's like 'grab and go overseas.' Utilizing the free trade port's policy of safe and orderly data flow, the need to build our own overseas servers is eliminated, greatly shortening the distribution cycle."
Lingshui (陵水), located in the southeast corner, echoes Chengmai (澄迈) from afar.
Walking into the Lingshui Overseas Students Town (陵水海归小镇), among more than 2,000 buildings of different styles, over 110 small game overseas enterprises are active, and more than 230 important creators are permanently stationed here.
"Pushing open the window, you see the azure Li'an Port (黎安港) in front of you, and turning your head, the screen shows the Chinese Xianxia (仙侠) world about to meet overseas users." In this town, Lei Jun (雷骏), the head of Hainan Chenyao Network Technology Co., Ltd. (海南辰爻网络科技有限公司), lives a "pastoral" entrepreneurial life: living upstairs and working downstairs. "Rent is free for the first year of occupancy, and server costs are subsidized, reducing operating costs by more than 30%." Lei Jun said. Currently, he has five games ready to launch globally, focusing on the Southeast Asian and Japanese and Korean markets.
To date, Hainan has cumulatively deployed 425 games overseas, with players covering 148 countries and regions.
"Don't engage in homogenization, play the differentiation card well." Lingshui (陵水), Haikou (海口), and Chengmai (澄迈) have formed a pattern of differentiated competition: Haikou (海口) focuses on animation and cross-border live streaming, Chengmai (澄迈) deeply cultivates the game platform, and Lingshui (陵水), while developing the game industry, actively incubates a short drama ecosystem.
"Hainan is transforming from a 'place of creative inspiration' to a 'place of origin'." Du Xin (杜欣), head of the Haifeng International Film and Television Base, said that the base provides full-link support from "script-shooting-service," with overall costs about 35% lower than in the mainland. Because Hainan's climate complements the mainland, winter is the peak shooting season, and it has already hosted over 100 film and television projects.
From "incoming data processing" to the overseas expansion of high-quality short dramas, from "one-click overseas expansion" of games to cross-border live streaming, Hainan is using the unique policy dividends and infrastructure advantages of the free trade port to build a new digital cultural overseas channel reaching the world.
Releasing Dividends
From Rule "Negative List" to Institutional Opening
Why choose Hainan? The most common answer given by enterprises is "rule transparency."
"For enterprises, the most difficult thing about data going overseas is how to ensure compliance," a person in charge of a cross-border live streaming enterprise stationed in the Haikou Fuxing City Internet Information Industry Park (海口复兴城互联网信息产业园) frankly said.
Over the years, the institutional innovation of the free trade port has continued to accelerate—the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" issued in 2020 clearly proposed "safe and orderly flow of data"; the "Regulations on the Development of International Data Centers in Hainan Free Trade Port" in 2024 took the lead in clarifying the international data center system in the form of legislation; in early 2025, Hainan took the lead in issuing the "Hainan Free Trade Port Data Cross-border Management List (Negative List) (2024 Edition)" nationwide, clarifying that data outside the list can flow freely without filing.
The continuously improving institutional design continues to reduce the compliance costs of enterprises. Song Pengcheng (宋鹏程), chief scientist of Anhe (Hainan) Digital Industry Holding Co., Ltd. (桉菏（海南）数产控股有限公司), believes that "the free trade port policy and system framework with 'zero tariffs, low tax rates, simplified tax system' and '5 free and convenient, 1 safe and orderly flow' is gradually being built." In Fuxing City (复兴城), Dun & Bradstreet, a foreign-funded credit investigation agency that has passed the data cross-border security assessment of the State Internet Information Office (国家网信办), provides credit investigation support for Chinese enterprises going overseas.
The opening of the system not only attracts foreign investment but also promotes a business environment of "consistent treatment for domestic and foreign investment," and more and more leading enterprises are setting up copyright centers or global trade headquarters in Hainan.
On December 18, 2025, the entire island will be officially closed off, and Hainan will enter a new stage of development. "After the closure, the further opening of financial policies will solve the pain point of capital repatriation for small and medium-sized enterprises." The relevant person in charge of the Lingshui International Investment Promotion Bureau (陵水国际投资促进局) believes that through tools such as multi-functional free trade accounts (EF accounts), the exchange and transfer of funds between different currencies will be more free and convenient, and the dividends of digital trade will continue to feed back into local research and development.
Hainan is exploring a set of data governance solutions that are based on security baselines and in line with international economic and trade rules through stress tests of institutional opening. On the coast of the South China Sea (南海), the giant ship of digital trade is setting sail, heading into the distance.
Return to TopBy: 叶方兴
Not long ago, I received a message from a student: "Teacher, thank you for your guidance and encouragement, which allowed me to discover my potential and strengthen my determination to pursue scientific research." From initial hesitation to dedicated academic pursuit, this student has a clearer plan for the future.
What is the significance of ideological and political courses? For me, this is the best annotation—when I see batches of students establishing ideals and beliefs, devoting themselves to the forefront of scientific research and the grassroots, and combining their professional knowledge with the ambition to serve the country, I am not only proud of them, but also feel the heavy responsibility on my shoulders more deeply.
The course I teach is "Ideological and Moral Cultivation and the Rule of Law." How can I explain the knowledge in the textbook in a deep, thorough, and lively way? In my teaching practice, I have found that solving students' ideological confusion is the best entry point. Therefore, I tried to formulate a "confusion list," collecting the problems discovered in daily communication with students and ranking them according to students' attention.
These confusions can be roughly divided into two categories: one is daily troubles, such as "rolling GPA" and "finding partners"; the other is cognitive questioning, such as "what is true patriotism" and "can a communist society really be realized?" After identifying these problems, I will guide students to conduct group discussions, thematic debates, etc. in class, encourage them to fully express their views, and then combine theory and reality to explain the principles behind them clearly.
In these years of teaching, I have had a direct feeling: the ideological and political classroom is transforming from a knowledge platform for teachers' one-way output to a nurturing field of ideological flow, emotional resonance, and broadened horizons. This transformation is more conducive to students solving their confusions and building consensus through communication, thinking, and personal experience.
In recent years, the concept of the "Great Ideological and Political Course" has been widely promoted, which has not only expanded the types of ideological and political courses, but also opened up a new teaching landscape. The "Road to a Strong Country" ideological and political course at Fudan University (复旦大学) has made useful explorations in this regard.
Listening to the struggle story of Academician Chu Junhao (褚君浩), an infrared physicist trained independently in China, understanding how personal ideals resonate with national development; focusing on the "Healthy China 2030" Planning Outline (《“健康中国2030”规划纲要》), discussing the opportunities and challenges of the medical and health industry; walking into Hongling Village (红菱村), Xitang Town (西塘镇), Jiashan County (嘉善县), Zhejiang Province (浙江省) to conduct field investigations, participating in live broadcasts to help farmers, and empowering rural development with technological power... Following the progressive practical ideas of learning, thinking, practicing, and understanding, a three-dimensional and vivid ideological and political course is gradually constructed based on on-site teaching, case studies, and practical experience.
The changes in students are the most convincing. When the ideological and political classroom is connected with social reality, what students gain is not only the growth of knowledge, but also the leap of thought and the firmness of belief. In these years, my colleagues and I have been delighted to see that more and more students are beginning to learn to observe problems in reality, locate themselves in the era, and integrate the "small self" with the "big self" in action.
In the future, we will continue to promote the upholding of integrity and innovation in ideological and political courses—not only focusing on what to teach, but also focusing on what students need; not only optimizing how to teach, but also focusing on how to educate. To make ideological and political courses truly become courses that students want to listen to, love to learn, deeply believe in, and practice, this is the unchanging original intention and the unremitting pursuit.
(The author is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Marxism, Fudan University (复旦大学马克思主义学院). This article was compiled by Ding Yasong (丁雅诵), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 贾偲祺
Ideological and political courses are key courses for implementing the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a comprehensive education system has been formed, in which ideological and political courses and curriculum-based ideological and political education move in the same direction, on-campus education and off-campus practice reinforce each other, and science and technology education and humanities education advance in coordination.
The courses uphold integrity and innovate, and their ideological and theoretical nature is more prominent. Universities across the country have successfully launched and taught the "Introduction to Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" course, with 40 million students attending. From unified textbooks to supporting courseware, from reference handouts to student readers, the increasingly rich teaching resources have driven the continuous improvement of classroom quality.
The teaching staff has grown stronger, and their enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity have been continuously improved. The total number of ideological and political course teachers in universities across the country has exceeded 150,000, with more than 120,000 full-time ideological and political course teachers. More than 80% of them have postgraduate degrees or above, and the trend of younger and more professional teachers is remarkable.
The pattern of educating people with the "Great Ideological and Political Course" has basically taken shape. More than 550 national-level practical teaching bases have been established, and nearly 90% have developed basic courses featuring on-site teaching. A set of model "golden courses" on the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression runs through primary, secondary, and universities, attracting more than 150 million teachers and students to learn together remotely. For five consecutive years, the "Writing Youthful Chapters on the Land of the Motherland" cloud-based Great Ideological and Political Course has been carried out, with the total number of online broadcasts exceeding 45 billion times. More ideological and political courses are closely integrated with reality, bursting out with a strong impetus for educating people.
With the comprehensive implementation of the new era's ideological and political course curriculum, the practice of educating people is constantly expanding. More novel and vivid ideological and political courses will, like a spring breeze and rain, continue to build a solid ideological foundation for the growth and success of the younger generation.
(The author is a lecturer at the Marxism Academy of the Central Party School (中央党校马克思主义学院). This article was compiled and edited by Ding Yasong (丁雅诵), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopOn January 14, students at the Rongcheng Garden Branch of Liu'an Road Primary School in Lindian Street, Luyang District, Hefei City, Anhui Province (安徽省合肥市庐阳区林店街道六安路小学荣城花园分校), participated in an interactive race with robot dogs.
On the same day, the school held a campus science and technology event where students experienced the charm of cutting-edge technology up close by watching robot performances and making "water rockets" themselves.
Photo by Zhao Ming (赵明) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing on January 14th (Reporter Pan Junqiang (潘俊强)) On the 14th, the reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening: Beijing has built 1,136 parks of various types, receiving an average of over 500 million visitors annually. The service radius coverage of parks and green spaces within 500 meters has reached 93%. In the next 10 years, Beijing will build another 200 parks.
Currently, by scientifically dismantling fences, 725 parks in Beijing have seamlessly integrated with the city. Many parks built years ago have achieved age-friendliness by supplementing service facilities. With the continuous advancement of garden city construction, Beijing recently released the "Several Measures on Further Improving Park Quality and Stimulating Urban Development Vitality," focusing on deep integration of city and parks, innovation in operating mechanisms, strengthening land security, and improving governance effectiveness, to promote the transformation of parks from single leisure spaces to comprehensive urban green spaces integrating leisure, culture, consumption, and ecology.
The "Measures" focuses on breaking down the "walls" of space and function; it clarifies that parks can adopt autonomous or entrusted enterprise operations on the basis of adhering to public welfare attributes, and encourages social capital to carry out large-scale and branded operations.
In order to ensure the implementation and effectiveness of policies, the "Measures" proposes the establishment of a city-wide park "regular physical examination" mechanism. The evaluation results will be directly used for park optimization and upgrading. It will also pilot the "Citizen Park Director" model, allowing enthusiastic citizens to transform from park visitors to "family members," participating in the supervision of park management and making suggestions.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 叶传增
During the recent New Year holiday, the Yunnan Chengjiang Fossil Site World Natural Heritage Museum (云南澄江化石地世界自然遗产博物馆) was bustling with visitors from all over, immersed in a journey to explore the mysteries of the origin of life.
In the Cambrian seabed tunnel, a giant shrimp nearly 2 meters long swam leisurely, its huge shadow passing overhead; in the interactive sensing area of the "Cambrian Explosion" exhibition hall, children saw the cold fossils "come alive"; on the holographic projection screen above, the vertebrae of the Kunming fish (昆明鱼) were clearly visible... "Learning while traveling makes the knowledge in books more three-dimensional," said a tourist from Hubei (湖北) who came with his child for a study tour.
The Yunnan Nationalities Museum (云南民族博物馆) launched the "Colorful Yunnan in Full Bloom - Building a Common Spiritual Home and Sharing the Excellent National Culture Exhibition"; the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Museum (楚雄彝族自治州博物馆) held a series of activities called "Museum Welcomes the New Year, Fun Sharing Heritage"... During the New Year holiday, many places in Yunnan (云南) carried out colorful cultural tourism activities, and the number of tourists received increased significantly year-on-year. Study tours, as an important form of these activities, attracted many tourists. New scenes and experiences such as rainforest trekking, natural science expeditions, and industrial exploration met the diverse needs of student tourists, becoming attractive walking classrooms.
Why can study tours "blossom and bear fruit" in Yunnan (云南)? "The natural resources here are unique and can provide children with a wealth of choices to read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles," said Wu Di (吴頔), a Chinese teacher at the Affiliated Middle School of Yunnan Minzu University (云南民族大学附属中学). She cited an example: there is a text in the Chinese textbook that tells the story of a pack team going through hardships and flying over the Nujiang Grand Canyon (怒江大峡谷). "After some students personally experienced the canyon cable slide in Nujiang (怒江), they felt the steepness of the mountains and rivers, gained a deeper understanding of the text, and were able to develop a sense of awe."
Zhou Ai (周艾), head of the Public Service Department of the Chengjiang Fossil Site World Natural Heritage Museum (澄江化石地世界自然遗产博物馆), introduced that the museum comprehensively uses AR, VR, intelligent somatosensory interaction and other technical means to flexibly adjust the explanation methods for students of different ages, so that children can achieve something in the study tour.
Liu Shuyu (刘书妤), head of Kunming Qika Lan Art Study Institution (昆明七卡蓝艺术研学机构), observed that in recent years, study tours that focus on participation and immersion have gradually become the mainstream of the industry. "For example, children hold task cards and shuttle through the streets of Lijiang Old Town (丽江古城), enjoying both the experience and the knowledge."
"Behind the study tour craze is the deepening of educational concepts," analyzed Chen Yaping (陈亚颦), a professor in the Department of Geography at Yunnan Normal University (云南师范大学). Parents and schools are paying more and more attention to the cultivation of students' comprehensive qualities, and study tours help students observe, think, and collaborate in the real world, which is a beneficial supplement to school classrooms.
On the other hand, He Jia (何嘉), head of Yunnan Anbo Education Institution (云南安博教育机构), said that the study tour industry still has problems such as products not matching the description, weak curriculum development capabilities, uneven quality of mentors, and insufficient safety guarantees.
"Study tours are not a simple combination of tourism and education, but a practical course with clear educational goals," Chen Yaping (陈亚颦) suggested that cooperation among cultural tourism, education, and market supervision departments should be strengthened to establish a "access-process-result" full-chain supervision mechanism to ensure that study tours have goals, designs, and effectiveness, and to "continue to transform good scenery into good classrooms, so as to better nurture the healthy growth of young people."
Return to TopBy: 台州日报记者 泮永翔
In the depths of the San-jiu period, many parts of China have ushered in cold weather. In some areas of Heilongjiang (黑龙江) and Jilin (吉林) provinces, the minimum temperature has broken through minus 30 degrees Celsius.
Amidst the biting cold winter, enthusiasm remains undiminished. Laughter and cheerful voices echo in Xinjiang (新疆) ski resorts, crowds surge in Harbin Ice and Snow World (哈尔滨冰雪大世界) in Heilongjiang (黑龙江), and on natural ice rinks in many parts of northern China, the unique winter joy of "slipping and sliding" is being passed on.
How to provide "warm" guarantees for people enjoying ice and snow? The "business opportunities" hidden in the cold winter are bursting forth with powerful momentum in Taizhou (台州) City, Zhejiang (浙江) Province.
"Our heated snow boots are warm and fashionable, and also have a special waterproof function – so you can go out on rainy and snowy days, warm and worry-free!" In the shared live broadcast room of the "Shoes and Hats United for Common Prosperity Workshop" (鞋首同心共富工坊) in Shangni Village (上倪村), Luqiao District (路桥区), Taizhou (台州), the host holds a pair of snow boots and recommends them to the camera. In the lower right corner of the screen, the order numbers are constantly refreshing.
At the same time, in a nearby home textile company, the production line is operating at full speed. Cutting, sewing, quality inspection... the workers are focused on operating the equipment, and pairs of snow boots are quickly taking shape. The finished products that have just "walked" off the end of the line are quickly packaged and shipped from here, across mountains and seas, to all parts of the country and even overseas.
Snow boots are precisely the "main product" of Taizhou (台州) shoe companies.
With the vision of precise development, it is first and foremost inseparable from a solid manufacturing base – Taizhou (台州) is one of China's important shoe production bases. As a well-known professional shoe and hat production village in Taizhou (台州) City, Shangni Village (上倪村) has a history of several decades in the shoe and hat industry, with an annual output value of more than 1 billion yuan.
If you want to consolidate your development advantages, you will inevitably experience the "pain" of transformation – once, due to factors such as unstable orders, meager profits, and intense homogeneous competition, "more but not refined" became a problem that plagued the snow boot industry.
"In the past, most were 'mom-and-pop shops,' small in scale and narrow in scope. Everyone was used to imitating 'popular models' and competing on price, and the profits became thinner and thinner," said Chen Yanling (陈岩玲), general manager of a shoe and hat factory. Now, more and more companies are shifting from "competing on quantity and fighting price wars" to "competing on quality and fighting value wars."
Shoe sole injection molding molds, shoe upper cleaning devices... On the wall of Chen Yanling's (陈岩玲) office, patent certificates are eye-catching.
The confidence to compete on quality comes from the local solid support. On the third floor of the "Shoes and Hats United for Common Prosperity Workshop" (鞋首同心共富工坊), there is a district-level shoe testing shared laboratory. The snow boots in Chen Yanling's (陈岩玲) hand, as well as other products in the factory, must undergo a strict "final exam" here. Dai Mingchang (戴明昌), president of the Luqiao District (路桥区) Shoe Industry Association, introduced that the Luoqiao Subdistrict (螺洋街道) and the Luqiao District Market Supervision Administration (路桥区市场监督管理局) established the Luqiao District Shoe Industry Association Brand Guidance Service Station (路桥区鞋业协会品牌指导服务站) to carry out special guidance on trademark registration, formulate group standards, and set strict "thresholds" in terms of warmth, environmental protection, durability, and process details, and promote the establishment of the "Hehe Fulfillment" regional public brand alliance, implementing a "one-vote veto system for quality": only enterprises that pass strict spot checks, credit audits, and fully comply with group standards can be authorized to use the brand logo.
"Patent + strict inspection" not only provides quality assurance for local enterprises, but also dispels the doubts of many customers. In October 2025, Chen Yanling (陈岩玲) sent an invitation to an overseas distributor who was concerned about product quality: "Come and see our inspection."
Ten thousand pairs of snow boots were laid out, and the quality inspectors inspected them one by one and repeatedly checked them. In the end, only 36 pairs were eliminated due to minor defects. The distributor, who stood by the whole time, went from frowning slightly to nodding frequently, and his doubts disappeared. The cooperation was finalized on the spot, and subsequent orders followed.
Today, in Shangni Village (上倪村), 20 companies have obtained brand certification and 36 patent applications have been successfully filed. The pass rate of snow boot spot checks has increased from 60% in the past to more than 95%. The number of shoe companies with trademarks has increased from only 7% to 106 registered trademarks and 2 collective trademarks.
Focusing on overseas business has enabled the snow boot industry to continuously move towards "no off-season throughout the year."
In 2023, Ye Siyu (叶思雨), who returned from studying abroad, led Luyu Shoe Factory (露宇鞋业厂) to try cross-border e-commerce and began to explore overseas markets. "When the northern hemisphere is in summer, the southern hemisphere is in winter, so we have to continue to stock up and sell. Now, the factory is busy all year round, and can stably send out more than 500 pairs of snow boots on average every day," she said.
Grasping the rhythm of production and sales is also a science. Xin Jia Shoe and Hat Factory (鑫家鞋帽厂) starts pre-stocking for regions such as Northern Europe and Russia as early as August every year. Chen Zhiwei (陈志伟), the person in charge, said: "On the one hand, we directly connect with overseas customers through cross-border e-commerce platforms, which can quickly grasp the market rhythm; on the other hand, we continue to innovate on products and improve cost performance."
The "Shoes and Hats United for Common Prosperity Workshop" (鞋首同心共富工坊) has successively built 4 shared live broadcast rooms and 80 factory live broadcast rooms, and has reached cooperation with multiple cross-border e-commerce platforms to build a "zero-threshold" live broadcast matrix. At present, resident enterprises conduct more than 40 live broadcasts per week, and online monthly sales have increased by 20%.
"We want to send winter warmth to more places with pairs of Taizhou (台州)-made snow boots," said Dai Mingchang (戴明昌).
Return to TopBy: 张一夫
"Liu Bao Hua (刘宝华) rose, because my second uncle is called Liu Bao Hua (刘宝华)." In the name solicitation event for new rose varieties initiated by the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (云南省农业科学院), this message written by a netizen sparked heated discussions among netizens and led in the vote count. Moreover, "Bao Hua (宝华)" with its beautiful implication of "abundant resources and outstanding talents" (物华天宝，人杰地灵) complemented the "Chinese chip" rose promoted by the research team, and was subsequently submitted as the official name for application.
The naming of this small flower is not only a popular science practice by the research team, but also a warm encounter. So, what makes "Bao Hua (宝华) Rose" so touching?
Behind the naming lies the emotional warmth of ordinary people's simple intentions. The netizen's message reminds many people of the hard-working and silently cultivating elders in their families. At this moment, "Bao Hua (宝华)" becomes the name of millions of ordinary people who are rooted in life and growing vigorously. They all deserve to be "cherished" and "remembered." "Bao Hua (宝华) Rose" is like a gentle dedication written to all ordinary workers.
Behind the naming lies the conversational heat between the research team and the public. The research team initially had concerns, but was soon persuaded by the enthusiasm of the majority of netizens. This naming event allows people to see that scientific research is not aloof, but can also be full of everyday life. The popularity of "Bao Hua (宝华)" gives this variety a unique identity, which is a two-way rush between "Bao Hua (宝华)" and the new rose variety.
Behind the naming lies the rich and lasting cultural depth of the Chinese people. Although "Bao Hua (宝华)" is just a common name, after repeated reading, one can increasingly feel the beauty of the traditional charm of "abundant resources" (物华天宝). Just as one netizen sighed, "Bao Hua (宝华) Rose, it really sounds better and better the more you read it."
The attention and recognition received by "Bao Hua (宝华) Rose" is precisely a natural expression of cultural confidence - this confidence stems from the accumulation of outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and even more so from the respect for ordinary workers. The warm dialogue from solicitation to naming makes this process no longer a one-way release, but a full respect for public participation, endowing scientific research results with rich emotional dimensions.
A small flower depicts the image of countless workers striving for a happy life, and condenses the wisdom of scientific researchers and the social public. In the new year, with new plans and a new starting point, we will move forward step by step in a down-to-earth manner, and we will surely make more small flowers bloom even more beautifully.
Return to TopThe "Great Dictionary of Chinese Idioms" Premieres in Beijing
Beijing (北京), January 14th (Reporter Shi Fang (施芳)) – The "Great Dictionary of Chinese Idioms," a compilation ten years in the making that fills a gap in the field, recently premiered in Beijing (北京).
The "Great Dictionary of Chinese Idioms" is a large-scale dictionary of idioms compiled by the Dictionary Research Center of The Commercial Press (商务印书馆), containing a large number of entries and precise definitions. It includes 48,560 entries, totaling approximately 5 million words. The dictionary is based on a large-scale ancient book database and a modern corpus, mainly including common and frequently used idioms, idioms with high frequency of use in ancient literature, and new idioms that have emerged and stabilized in recent years.
Guangdong (广东) Shenzhen (深圳) Pilots New Energy Vehicle Electricity Discharge to Grid Electricity Fee Settlement
According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社), January 13th, Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau (深圳供电局) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网) successfully completed the pilot electricity fee settlement for discharging electricity to the grid at a charging station. New energy vehicle owner Mr. Li (李先生) received a one-time income of about 15 yuan. A month ago, he discharged about 20 kilowatt-hours of electricity to the grid during peak hours. This is the first time that Shenzhen (深圳市), Guangdong (广东) has realized the electricity fee settlement for new energy vehicles discharging electricity to the grid.
Shenzhen (深圳) is one of the first pilot cities in the country for large-scale vehicle-grid interaction applications. "By using price signals to guide new energy vehicles to charge during off-peak hours and discharge during peak hours, it will help release the 'mobile energy storage' potential of new energy vehicles and alleviate the pressure on power supply in local areas," said the relevant person in charge of Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau (深圳供电局) of China Southern Power Grid (南方电网).
Inaugural Northeast China Urban Football League to Launch
Shenyang (沈阳), January 14th (Reporter Liu Hongchao (刘洪超)) – The inaugural Northeast China Urban Football League (hereinafter referred to as "Northeast Super") will launch on May 23, 2026.
Different from the traditional opening ceremony, the first "Northeast Super" will be held simultaneously in Shenyang City (沈阳市), Liaoning Province (辽宁), Changchun City (长春市), Jilin Province (吉林), Harbin City (哈尔滨市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江), and Hohhot City (呼和浩特市), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), and the opening game will be launched simultaneously after the opening ceremony. The event adheres to a mass-oriented positioning, encouraging more young players to devote themselves to social football and reserve reserve forces for Northeast football.
Hunan (湖南) Zhangjiajie (张家界) Holds Foreign Language Tour Guide Competition
Changsha (长沙), January 14th (Reporter Yang Xun (杨迅)) – The first Foreign Language Tour Guide Competition of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (张家界国家森林公园) in Hunan (湖南) recently concluded. The competition lasted 40 days and is the first professional competition in the field of foreign language explanation in Zhangjiajie's (张家界) more than 40 years of tourism development, aiming to cultivate more compound explanation talents.
In the final, 22 contestants gave bilingual presentations on the themes of scenic area history, geology, and ecology, and demonstrated cross-cultural communication skills through foreign language dubbing.
More Than 40,000 Seedlings of Western Tibet Cymbidium Goeringii Return to Guangxi (广西) Mountains and Forests
Bose (百色), Guangxi Daily (广西日报), January 14th (Reporter Wang Yanqun (王艳群)) – Under the promotion of Guangxi Yachang Orchid National Nature Reserve (广西雅长兰科植物国家级自然保护区), more than 40,000 artificially cultivated seedlings of the national second-class protected wild plant, Western Tibet Cymbidium goeringii, have recently returned to the karst mountains and forests in northwestern Guangxi (桂西北).
The reserve is the area with the largest distribution area, the best growth trend, and the most complete preservation of the world's three major wild populations of Phalaenopsis parishii, Paphiopedilum dianthum, and Vanilla planifolia, and can be called a "natural gene bank" of orchid plants. As of now, the reserve has cultivated more than 1.2 million orchid seedlings, of which more than 1 million have been successfully returned to the wild.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郑智文
On January 14th, at the Changchun Ice and Snow World (长春冰雪新天地) in Jilin (吉林), a group of children from Guangxi (广西) were playing to their heart's content, enjoying the fun of ice and snow.
"This is our third time coming to the Northeast, it feels like visiting relatives." Liang Hongxia (梁红霞), the teacher leading the team from a kindergarten in Guangxi (广西), introduced that this "little sugar tangerine" team consists of 18 children, who recently, led by their teachers, went to various places in Jilin (吉林) and Heilongjiang (黑龙江) to experience the ice and snow scenery.
"Uncle, how are these ice sculptures made?" "Ice is taken from the river, and they are carved with knives and shovels, with meticulous craftsmanship." The children asked curiously, and the craftsmen demonstrated while answering.
This snow season, Jilin (吉林), with its skiing, snow appreciation, hot springs, rime, and winter fishing as its characteristics, has created a product system of more than 400 kinds in 6 major categories, including family tours, parent-child tours, and cultural tours, and will hold more than 800 kinds of ice and snow activities.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 张浩然 王前慧 郝 源
"Mr. Wu, can we take a photo with you?" Facing the tourists holding up their cameras, Wu Chengyan (吴承言), a young painter from Shangqiu City (商丘市), Henan (河南) Province, smiled and agreed.
This is the second time his hometown, Wuying Village (吴营村), has received attention. The last time was in early 2025, when his Nezha-themed mural in the village attracted attention. This time, it was because of a giant "Tiananmen" (天安门) mural. Wu Chengyan (吴承言) said that the "Tiananmen" (天安门) mural, which he completed in 5 days, was originally intended to help the elderly in the village who were old and inconvenient to travel far to fulfill their wish of "going to Beijing (北京) to see Tiananmen (天安门)," but he did not expect it to attract so much attention.
Wu Chengyan's (吴承言) mural journey began in his wife's hometown, Zhaolou Village (赵楼村). "She runs a kindergarten in the village, and my studio is in the basement of the kindergarten. I started painting murals in the village in 2023. I paint whatever the villagers want to see," said Wu Chengyan (吴承言).
From single pieces of more than ten square meters to more than 100 square meters, Wu Chengyan's (吴承言) mural works are becoming more and more numerous and larger. Just buying paint and renting lifting vehicles costs several thousand yuan each month. To make painting sustainable, he and his family have also tried to increase their income through live streaming and other methods.
After the village became lively, more and more tourists came. The local government organized a special working group, drawing personnel to do a good job in maintaining order, ensuring hygiene, and ensuring food safety, and helping to renovate and upgrade the roads in the village. Now, Wu Chengyan (吴承言) has created more than 40 murals in the village. These murals have activated the rural space, condensed the feelings of home and country, and turned Wuying Village (吴营村) into a "museum without walls."
(According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社))
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 范小勇
Walking into the Yangmeiling North Community of Zhouhu Town, Anfu County (安福县), Jiangxi Province (江西省), the walls of the Party-Masses Service Center are clean and tidy. Liu Zhanhua (刘战华), the secretary of the community's Party branch, is patiently explaining medical insurance policies to an elderly person. Behind her, the layers of plaques that used to be there are gone, replaced by a few clear and necessary signs. "With the walls clean, my heart is also calmer, and I can focus more on service," Liu Zhanhua (刘战华) said with feeling.
In the past, the walls here presented a different picture, with all kinds of signs and display boards covering them. The change began with the "Clean Plaques and Reduce Certificates" campaign launched by Anfu County (安福县), which cleared up all kinds of non-standard plaques and retained only the signs that the public needed most for handling affairs. The content that was "taken down from the walls" has not disappeared, but has been transformed into loose-leaf books at the service desk, available for consultation at any time.
With fewer plaques, will it affect the public's ability to handle affairs? Anfu County (安福县) relies on relevant digital platforms to share and verify government data. Many certificates that previously required people to travel back and forth to obtain can now be completed through internal system circulation, which is convenient and efficient. Currently, Anfu County (安福县) is deepening the "One-Window Acceptance" reform, promoting the combination of burden reduction and empowerment, and striving to build a clearer, more efficient, and warmer grassroots service system.
Return to TopBy: 重庆日报记者 朱 婷
At the Gǎnshuǐ Town (赶水镇) Elderly Care Service Center in Qijiang District (綦江区), Chongqing (重庆), a mobile bathing vehicle slowly drove into the courtyard. As the door opened, professional bathing equipment was revealed one by one, bringing coolness and warmth to the elderly in winter.
For elderly people, taking a bath is not an easy task. In the cold winter season, some elderly people's living spaces have small bathrooms and lack protective facilities, posing significant safety hazards for bathing. In particular, some elderly people have limited mobility, and a single bath often requires the joint assistance of multiple people, which is time-consuming and laborious.
The arrival of the mobile bathing vehicle helps the elderly enjoy a comfortable life. The mobile "caring bathroom" has been fully adapted for aging, with air conditioning, a professional disinfection system, and ventilation equipment all available inside the vehicle. An automatically lifting massage bath bed solves the problem of getting in and out of the vehicle and getting up during bathing for the elderly.
According to reports, over the past year, Chongqing (重庆) has continued to promote the "Mobile Bathing Vehicle" public welfare project, cooperating with district and county charitable organizations to carry out elderly care services combining "mobile bathing vehicles + fixed bathing points + door-to-door service." Multiple mobile bathing vehicles are operating well, and a total of 320 bathing activities were carried out in 2025. As of now, the "Mobile Bathing Vehicle" public welfare project has provided more than 80,000 free bathing services to disabled and semi-disabled elderly people in the city.
Return to TopBy: 福建日报记者 王玥明
On the morning of January 9th, in the bamboo forests of Chakuo Village (槎口村), Guilin Township (桂林乡), Shaowu City (邵武市), Fujian Province (福建), the sound of rotor blades broke the silence.
Drone pilot Peng Jiazhi (彭嘉智) kept a close eye on the control screen, his hands steadily pushing the joystick – the heavy-lift drone precisely lifted six neatly bundled moso bamboo poles. With a load of 120 kilograms, the drone's body remained stable. Peng Jiazhi (彭嘉智), staring at the real-time image transmitted by the drone, explained, "This bundle of moso bamboo can be handled by the drone in 5 minutes, and it can transport 10 tons a day."
In August 2025, Guilin Township (桂林乡) relied on Shaowu Guizhilin Rural Revitalization Development Co., Ltd. (邵武市桂之林振兴乡村发展有限公司) to test the "bamboo mountain property management" model. This company was established in 2023, led by the township and jointly funded by various villages. The township measured the bamboo mountains, clarified property rights, and integrated scattered bamboo forests, laying the foundation for the large-scale operation of the bamboo industry. The company provides forest farmers with a full-chain托管-style service. Li Boming (李伯明), a forest farmer in Chakuo Village (槎口村), said, "Using drones for transportation can save about 100 yuan per mu of moso bamboo from the mountain to the foot of the mountain."
Now, 23 heavy-lift drones have woven an aerial transportation network over the bamboo forests of Guilin Township (桂林乡). As of now, the total area of forest land managed by the township has reached 21,000 mu, covering 114 forest farmers.
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 石文昊
"No added preservatives, freshly picked and shipped are the selling points." "The light should shine on the product at an angle to highlight its color." "Use the greenhouse behind you as the background so buyers can see the real planting environment." ... Recently, a down-to-earth e-commerce class was held in the greenhouse of an edible mushroom company in Laiyang City (莱阳市), Shandong (山东).
That day, Lu Shaojie (路少杰), Secretary of the Party Branch of the Modern Business Department of Yantai Vocational College of Culture and Tourism (烟台文化旅游职业学院), led a team of teachers and drove more than 100 kilometers to get here. The *Agaricus blazei* mushrooms in the greenhouse were growing vigorously. Chu Zhentao (褚振涛), the general manager of the company, swept away the worries of the past few days: "The *Agaricus blazei* mushrooms are growing very well, but I don't know how to sell them at a good price. I reflected my confusion to the college, and I didn't expect the teachers to come to my door to teach. After listening to the explanation, I was truly 茅塞顿开 (máo sè dùn kāi - "thatch blocked suddenly open," to be suddenly enlightened)."
Chu Zhentao's (褚振涛) "coming to the door" is a microcosm of the college "opening" e-commerce classes in the fields. Lu Shaojie (路少杰) said that the college broke the boundaries of the classroom and delivered customized courses directly to the fields and cooperatives, so that farmers can learn and use them.
Since launching the high-quality farmer training program in conjunction with the Yantai Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (烟台市农业农村局) in September 2024, Yantai Vocational College of Culture and Tourism (烟台文化旅游职业学院) has conducted several training sessions. The school's teaching team tailors e-commerce solutions to the characteristics of different agricultural products to help the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Return to TopBy: 安徽日报记者 张玉芳 何雪峰
On wooden bookshelves, agricultural books and literary classics are arranged in a scattered order; in the reading area, villagers in twos and threes peruse agricultural technology manuals, and children read children's picture books with relish. In the winter in Zhentou Village (镇头村), Jiagou Town (夹沟镇), Yongqiao District (埇桥区), Suzhou (宿州) Anhui (安徽), the Daotian Library (稻田图书馆) is filled with warmth. This cultural space that "grew" from farmland was recently successfully selected as an excellent case for the 2025 "Wanmei Consumption" new scene.
Since its opening on May 4, 2025, it has received more than 180,000 visitors, with a single-day peak of over 4,000 visitors, and online exposure of over 10 million times.
"The immersive experience of 'book fragrance + rice fragrance + coffee fragrance' makes the slow-paced rural life that people yearn for a tangible consumption scene," said Shen Shouyang (沈寿杨), the head of operations.
The charm of the Daotian Library (稻田图书馆) is far more than just reading and sightseeing. In one year, 56 special events were staged here in succession; book sharing sessions, intangible cultural heritage experience classes, agricultural research camps, etc., have kept this "field study" full of vitality, and also allowed culture and art to truly integrate into rural life.
Cultural empowerment has opened up new channels for the industrial revitalization of Zhentou Village (镇头村). After the Daotian Library (稻田图书馆) was established, the village's catering and fragrant rice industry doubled in scale, more than 100 villagers increased their income through tourism-related entrepreneurship, and the village's collective income increased significantly.
Return to TopBy: 邯郸日报记者 薛雅兰
Not long ago, Ms. Wang (王女士) from Dalian (大连市), Liaoning (辽宁) Province, wrote a review on the "Travel Handan (自游邯郸)" mini-program: "Driver Gao (高师傅) used professionalism and enthusiasm to make this ancient city tour comfortable and unforgettable!"
Behind Ms. Wang's (王女士) group's pleasant journey lies Handan (邯郸市), Hebei (河北) Province's exploration of solving relevant development problems. As a national historical and cultural city, Handan (邯郸) has rich cultural and tourism resources and many tourists from other places. How to better serve tourists and improve their experience has become a question considered by relevant departments.
In November 2025, the "taxi + cultural tourism" transportation service model was officially launched in Handan (邯郸), promoting the transformation of taxi drivers from drivers to cultural tourism recommendation officers. After training, cultural tourism taxi drivers are familiar with the best routes and opening hours of various attractions, and can also tell the historical allusions of various scenic spots and historical sites. Handan (邯郸) has also introduced special support measures: cultural tourism taxis enjoy vehicle maintenance discounts, and drivers can insure exclusive accident insurance, etc.
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By: 李鹏飞 吴海军
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has attached great importance to development and security, repeatedly emphasizing "coordinating development and security." The "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development" (hereinafter referred to as the "Suggestions"), adopted by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, takes "adhering to the coordination of development and security" as a basic principle that must be followed for economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and clearly proposes "consolidating security in development and seeking development in security." The Central Economic Work Conference held in December 2025 further emphasized "better coordination of development and security." Coordinating development and security is not only a profound summary of the experience in governing the country in the new era, but also an inherent requirement for embarking on a new journey of Chinese-style modernization. A deep understanding of its theoretical origins, practical foundations, and future orientation is of great significance for achieving a virtuous cycle of high-quality development and high-level security.
Deeply Grasping the Theoretical Connotation of Coordinating Development and Security
Coordinating development and security is an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and it is a creative integration and systematic development of the Marxist view of development and security in the new era. This not only transcends the binary opposition between traditional development theory and security theory, but also constructs a national security and development theory system with Chinese characteristics and style, embodying the creative application of Marxist materialist dialectics and demonstrating the CPC's profound grasp of the laws of governing the country.
From the perspective of theoretical evolution, the idea of coordinating development and security is rooted in the holistic view of national security and has been continuously enriched in practice, increasingly highlighting the dialectical unity between development and security. National security is an important cornerstone for governing and stabilizing the country, and safeguarding national security is in the fundamental interests of all ethnic groups in the country. In April 2014, at the first meeting of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) creatively put forward the holistic view of national security and put forward clear requirements for implementing the holistic view of national security, emphasizing that "development is the foundation of security, and security is the condition for development." In November of the same year, at the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed coordinating the two major tasks of development and security. Since then, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has profoundly clarified the dialectical relationship between development and security on many important occasions, and emphasized the need to coordinate development and security. In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the CPC established the coordination of development and security as "a major principle for the CPC to govern the country." In October 2020, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee incorporated the coordination of development and security into the guiding ideology for China's economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. In October 2022, the 20th National Congress of the CPC took it as a major strategic deployment for the development of the Party and the country in the new era and wrote it into the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment)." The Central Economic Work Conference held in December 2023 clearly defined "we must adhere to the virtuous cycle of high-quality development and high-level security" as a regular understanding of doing economic work in the new era. In March 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized during the 19th collective study of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee that "we must further establish the concept that development is the absolute principle, and security is also the absolute principle." In October 2025, the "Suggestions" further proposed "consolidating security in development and seeking development in security," marking the leap of understanding of the relationship between development and security from static dependence to dynamic mutual promotion, and constructing a systematic and scientific theoretical system.
From the perspective of theoretical innovation, the idea of coordinating development and security is not only an important innovation in economic development theory, but also a systematic deepening of national security theory, and a comprehensive expansion of social governance theory, reflecting multiple theoretical values. Western mainstream economics often regards security as an institutional premise or external constraint, ignoring its essential attributes inherent in the development process. The concept of "consolidating security in development and seeking development in security" takes security as an inherent component and core goal of development, forming an endogenous security development theory, emphasizing that national resilience, system stability, and risk controllability are inherent requirements of high-quality development. Through the paradigm innovation of economic development theory, it provides scientific theoretical guidance for super-large countries to achieve sustainable development in a complex international environment. Especially in the context of the deep restructuring of the global industrial chain and supply chain and the rise of technological nationalism, this idea provides Chinese wisdom for how developing countries can maintain autonomy in opening up and build a solid security bottom line in development.
The idea of coordinating development and security elevates security from traditional "defensive security" to "development-oriented security," emphasizing that security is not an obstacle to development, but a guarantee and driving force for development. National security theory has thus achieved an essential leap from "security constraint" to "security empowerment." The idea of coordinating development and security introduces a dynamic and systematic risk governance perspective, expanding social governance theory from multiple dimensions. This idea deeply integrates security into the entire process of social governance, enabling social governance to achieve a transformation from passive response to proactive risk prevention and resolution, enriching the goals and content of social governance; expanding social governance from traditional social order to emerging fields such as data security and privacy protection, reflecting the horizontal expansion of social governance; by emphasizing the important supporting role of security for development, it stimulates the enthusiasm of business entities and social organizations to participate in security governance, and promotes the transformation of social governance to multi-party co-governance.
From a methodological perspective, the idea of coordinating development and security adheres to the holistic nature of systematic thinking, emphasizes the dialectical nature of practice orientation, and highlights the dynamic nature of contradiction analysis. It is a brilliant model of adhering to and applying dialectical materialism and historical materialism. This idea regards development and security as an organic whole, opposing the separation and opposition of the two. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that "security and development are two wings of one body and two wheels of driving," "security is the prerequisite for development, development is the guarantee for security, and security and development should be promoted simultaneously." The unity of opposites in which development and security are interdependent and mutually transformed requires us to jump out of the one-sided thinking of "emphasizing development and neglecting security" or "emphasizing security and suppressing development," establish a systematic concept, strengthen strategic coordination, and achieve a dynamic balance and mutual promotion of high-quality development and high-level security.
The idea of coordinating development and security focuses on solving contradictions from practice. In the context of the unusually complex security issues in China's development, integrating security into development and embodying security requirements in development vividly reflects the practical character of this idea. The idea of coordinating development and security emphasizes dynamically identifying, analyzing, and solving risks and hidden dangers in development practice to achieve the long-term unity of development and security. This governance philosophy, which combines strategic initiative and risk defense, demonstrates the CPC's superb political wisdom in managing complex situations and contributes a Chinese governance plan of "overall consideration and dynamic balance" to global governance.
Significant Progress Has Been Made in Coordinating Development and Security in China in the New Era
Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core has taken the coordination of development and security as a major principle of governing the country, promoting the deep integration and mutual promotion of the two. After more than 10 years of practice, China has not only achieved effective improvement in the quality of the economy and reasonable growth in quantity, but also maintained the bottom line of security under multiple unexpected shocks, demonstrating the powerful practical power of "consolidating security in development and seeking development in security."
Economic strength and the ability to achieve self-reliance in science and technology have significantly improved, consolidating the material and technological foundation of national security. History and reality have repeatedly proven that the enhancement of national strength is the most solid foundation for maintaining national security. Only when a country has strong economic strength, scientific and technological strength, defense strength, and comprehensive national strength can it effectively resist external risks and shocks and safeguard its sovereignty, security, and development interests. In 2024, China's gross domestic product reached 134.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year, ranking among the top major economies in the world, and the contribution rate to global economic growth remained at about 30%, providing a fundamental foundation for coping with external shocks. In 2024, per capita GDP reached 13,445 US dollars, standing firmly at the 12,000 US dollar threshold for four consecutive years, forming a super-large-scale market advantage and domestic demand potential, which is a strategic depth to resist risks. In 2024, China's manufacturing added value accounted for nearly 30% of the world's total, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years, with 41 industrial categories, 207 medium categories, and 666 small categories. The completeness and scale of the industrial system have become the "ballast stone" for coping with the risk of supply chain disruptions. At the same time, major breakthroughs have been made in achieving self-reliance in science and technology, breaking the "bottleneck" dilemma. In 2024, the total R&D investment of the whole society exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 48% compared with 2020, and the R&D investment intensity reached 2.68%, which is higher than the average level of EU countries. Among them, basic research funding reached 249.7 billion yuan, an increase of more than 70% compared with 2020. China has achieved a series of major original scientific research results in many cutting-edge fields such as quantum technology, life science, material science, and space science. In addition, the number of high-level international journal papers and international patent applications has ranked first in the world for five consecutive years.
The ability to guarantee food and energy resources has been systematically strengthened, firmly guarding the bottom line of survival and development security. High-quality development is not only reflected in the improvement of economic strength and technological level, but also in the ability to guarantee the basic elements of national survival and development. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's annual grain output has remained stable at more than 1.3 trillion jin, reaching 1.43 trillion jin in 2025, and the per capita grain possession has exceeded 1,000 jin, which is significantly higher than the internationally recognized safety line of 800 jin, effectively ensuring basic self-sufficiency in grain and absolute security in rations. As of now, more than 1 billion mu of high-standard farmland have been built nationwide, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress has reached 63.2%, the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation, planting, and harvesting has exceeded 75%, and the coverage rate of improved varieties has remained above 96%. Not only has grain output increased, but the reserve system, emergency system, and regulation system have also become more sound, and the "firewall" to cope with international grain price fluctuations has been continuously strengthened. At the same time, the ability to guarantee energy security has been significantly improved. In 2024, China's annual comprehensive energy production capacity reached 4.98 billion tons of standard coal, and the energy self-sufficiency rate remained above 80%. As of the end of July 2025, the installed capacity of renewable energy reached 2.17 billion kilowatts, ranking first in the world, including 570 million kilowatts of wind power and more than 1.1 billion kilowatts of photovoltaic power, a doubling increase compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan," and the proportion of non-fossil energy installed capacity historically exceeded 60%. In the context of an external dependence of more than 70% on crude oil, through diversified import channels, the construction of a strategic reserve system, and the energy consumption revolution, China has effectively hedged the impact of geopolitical conflicts on energy supply, and the clean and low-carbon transition and secure supply guarantee have been coordinated and promoted.
The resilience and competitiveness of the industrial chain and supply chain have been significantly enhanced, effectively coping with external containment risks. Security is the prerequisite for development. Without a safe and stable environment, any development is out of the question. In the face of the technological blockade by the United States and the West and the pressure of global supply chain restructuring, China is accelerating the construction of an independent, controllable, safe, and efficient modern industrial system. The "chain chief system" is implemented in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial machine tools, and advanced materials to promote collaborative research by upstream and downstream enterprises. Domestic operating systems and databases have achieved large-scale application in key industries, and the industrial ecology of information technology application innovation is accelerating its maturity. In the fields of aerospace, deep-sea exploration, and high-end medical equipment, a number of "long-board" industries have continued to enhance their international competitiveness, becoming strategic fulcrums to counter external suppression.
The construction of a new security pattern has been comprehensively promoted, providing escort for high-quality development. Building a new security pattern is a strategic choice for promoting high-quality development and a solid guarantee for supporting Chinese-style modernization with high-level security. First, the national security system has been systematically restructured. The National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee has further strengthened the Party's centralized and unified leadership, and the coordination mechanisms for national security work in key areas such as economy, technology, finance, data, and artificial intelligence are operating efficiently, and the collaborative pattern of "the whole country as one chessboard" has basically taken shape. Second, substantial progress has been made in resolving major risks. Financial risks are generally controllable. As of the end of 2024, China's government debt ratio was 68.7%. According to the report released by the International Monetary Fund in April 2025, the average government debt ratio of G20 countries was 118.2%. Overall, China's government debt ratio is in a reasonable range, and the risk is safe and controllable; compared with the beginning of 2023, as of the end of June 2025, the number of financing platforms has decreased by more than 60%, and the scale of financial debt has decreased by more than 50%; the policy of optimizing and adjusting the real estate market has been implemented, and rigid and improved housing demand has been gradually released, and the real estate market has continued to stabilize; the situation of safe production has been continuously improved. In 2025, the number of production safety accidents and the number of deaths nationwide decreased by 9.4% and 7.7% year-on-year, respectively; the number of people affected by natural disasters and the number of deaths and missing persons due to disasters decreased by 28.8% and 10.9% year-on-year, respectively, and the number of major and extraordinarily serious accidents was steadily controlled in single digits. Third, the level of social governance and public safety has been comprehensively improved. In 2025, the number of criminal cases filed by public security organs nationwide decreased by 12.8% year-on-year, hitting a new low since the beginning of this century; in 2024, the number of cases accepted by procuratorial organs for review and prosecution decreased by 14.3% year-on-year; the number of registered mass petitions decreased by 29.1% year-on-year. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the new era "Fengqiao Experience" has been adhered to and developed, and the urban and rural grassroots governance system combining autonomy, rule of law, and rule of virtue under the leadership of Party organizations has basically taken shape. In some areas, grassroots governance platforms relying on grid management, refined services, and information support have achieved positive results, and the community governance system has been continuously improved, providing strong support for the early identification and on-site resolution of conflicts and disputes.
While fully affirming the historic achievements made in coordinating development and security, we must also be soberly aware that China still faces many old problems and new challenges in the process of development, the impact of external environmental changes has deepened, there are many risks and hidden dangers in key areas, and the risk of being "stuck in the neck" in key core technologies still exists. The degree of external dependence on some high-end chips, basic industrial software, and precision instruments and equipment is still relatively high. The resilience of the industrial chain and supply chain needs to be further improved, and problems such as regional layout homogenization and insufficient emergency backup capabilities still exist in some areas. Risks and hidden dangers in the fields of finance, real estate, and local government debt are intertwined and superimposed, and preventing systemic risks still requires continuous attention and steady response. The rule system and regulatory capacity in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, cross-border data flow, and biosafety are not yet sound. This reminds us that coordinating development and security is not a static balance that can be achieved once and for all, but a long-term strategic task that needs to be continuously deepened and dynamically optimized.
The Realistic Path to Adhering to Coordinating Development and Security During the "15th Five-Year Plan" Period
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, facing the complex and volatile international situation and the arduous and heavy tasks of domestic reform, development, and stability, we must resolutely implement the important requirements repeatedly emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) such as "adhering to the concept of systems," "strengthening bottom-line thinking," and "accelerating the formation of new quality productive forces," adhere to coordinating development and security, accelerate the construction of a new security pattern adapted to the new development pattern, be good at consolidating the foundation of security in development, and be good at expanding development space with security barriers, so as to provide strong support for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
Consolidating the foundation of national security with the construction of a modern industrial system. The modern economy is a complex network of highly specialized division of labor and collaboration, and the rupture of any link may trigger systemic risks. In recent years, affected by factors such as geopolitical conflicts, natural disasters, and public health events, the stability of the global industrial and supply chains has been severely impacted. As the world's largest manufacturing country and the largest trader in goods, China is deeply integrated into the global division of labor system, and some key raw materials, core components, and high-end equipment still rely on imports, and there is some vulnerability in the industrial and supply chains. Therefore, the "Recommendations" propose to adhere to focusing on the real economy in developing the economy, maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing, and build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone. On the one hand, we should focus on key industries related to national security and the lifeline of the national economy, such as mining, metallurgy, chemical industry, machinery, and shipbuilding, accelerate the filling of shortcomings in the industrial and supply chains, improve their independent and controllable level, strengthen the re-creation of the industrial base and the tackling of major technical equipment, and promote technological transformation and upgrading. On the other hand, we should consolidate and enhance China's existing advantages in new energy, new materials, aerospace, and low-altitude economy, and accelerate the creation of more innovative, higher value-added, and more secure and reliable industrial chains. At the same time, it is necessary to proactively lay out future industries, focusing on the development of quantum technology, bio-manufacturing, hydrogen energy and nuclear fusion energy, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communications, and promote the construction of national future industry pilot zones with high quality. Promote the coordinated linkage of upstream and downstream industrial chains, promote the integrated development of large, medium, and small enterprises, encourage enterprises to take the lead in forming innovation consortia, strengthen the main position of enterprise innovation, and comprehensively enhance the overall resilience and risk resistance of the industrial chain. By building an independent and controllable, safe and efficient modern industrial system, we can provide a solid guarantee for national economic security.
Strengthening the strategic support of national security with high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology. At present, global scientific and technological innovation has entered an unprecedentedly intensive and active stage, and a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is profoundly reshaping the global innovation landscape and economic structure. Whoever can firmly grasp the key grip of scientific and technological innovation and take the lead in making this preemptive move in scientific and technological innovation will be able to seize the opportunity and win the initiative in development. In recent years, the suppression and containment of China's high-tech enterprises by the United States and other Western countries have exposed the "bottleneck" problems that still exist in some key core technology fields in China. This warns us that key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or begged for; we must firmly grasp the lifeline of science and technology in our own hands. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党) regards "achieving high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology" as a strategic support for national development, and the "Recommendations" further emphasize the need to "accelerate high-level self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology and lead the development of new quality productive forces." During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must continue to improve the new national system, strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological forces, optimize the allocation of innovation resources, and significantly improve the overall effectiveness of the national innovation system. Strengthen the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research, increase long-term and stable support, and strive to achieve original breakthroughs "from 0 to 1" in more key areas, promote the deep integration and efficient coordination of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and comprehensively improve the efficiency of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces and the level of industrialization. At the same time, create an institutional environment and cultural ecology conducive to original innovation, and fully stimulate the innovative potential of all types of talents. Only in this way can we firmly grasp the initiative in development in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial machine tools, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, and bio-manufacturing, effectively prevent and respond to technology blockades and supply chain interruption risks, and build a solid foundation for national development.
Activating the driving force of high-quality development with the national security system. Development requires a safe environment, and security escorts development. Whether major risks can be effectively prevented and resolved is directly related to the effectiveness of China's economic and social development and the process of Chinese-style modernization. The "Recommendations" propose to "unswervingly implement the overall national security concept" and "consolidate the centralized, unified, efficient, and authoritative national security leadership system." During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we must focus on building a complete, scientific, standardized, and effective national security system. Optimize the overall coordination mechanism for key security areas and major special projects, implement the responsibility system, and promote the efficient connection and systematic integration of all links and elements. Improve the foreign-related security governance architecture, accelerate the layout of overseas risk prevention and control networks, forge the practical ability to respond to external containment and intervention, expand cross-border law enforcement cooperation, and provide strong support for improving global security governance.
Enhancing development resilience by strengthening national security capabilities in key areas. The "Recommendations" propose that "building a safe China is an important part of Chinese-style modernization." The primary task of forging practical and useful national security capabilities is to defend political security and ensure the security of state power, institutional security, and social stability; at the same time, focus on major security areas on which the healthy operation of the economy and the people's well-being depend, and consolidate the foundation of national development. Specifically, we must resolutely adhere to the bottom-line tasks of food, energy resources, industrial and supply chains, and major infrastructure security. Systematically strengthen the exploration, development, and storage of strategic mineral resources, improve the intensive and safe utilization of water resources, ensure the smooth flow of strategic channels such as sea and land, and steadily promote the construction of national strategic hinterland and the backup layout of key industries. In the face of the accelerating evolution of the technological revolution, it is necessary to proactively plan and systematically build protection capabilities in emerging fields such as network, data, artificial intelligence, biology, ecology, nuclear, space, deep sea, polar regions, and low altitude, and seize the strategic commanding heights of the future. In response to the prominent risks in the current economic and financial fields, we should coordinate and steadily resolve the risks and hidden dangers in the fields of real estate, local government debt, and small and medium-sized financial institutions, and strictly prevent the cross-regional transmission of risks. Focusing on key links such as production operations and food and drug safety, comprehensively improve the intrinsic safety level of key infrastructure such as transportation, energy, and communications, and curb the occurrence of major and extraordinarily serious accidents from the source. At the network space level, it is necessary to deepen comprehensive governance, strengthen personal information protection, and actively respond to the public's new expectations and concerns about security in the digital age.
(The authors are respectively a special researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院), and an associate researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院).)
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In his New Year's message for 2026, President Xi Jinping (习近平), quoting the ancient saying "Those who start sharply must plan for the end, and those who succeed must first plan for the beginning," conveyed profound meaning with every word. This ancient saying encapsulates the Chinese nation's accumulated wisdom on achieving success over thousands of years and highlights the Chinese Communists' consistent strategic thinking and pragmatic spirit. At the new starting point of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," profoundly grasping the governance wisdom contained in this ancient saying is of great significance for making a good start and taking a good step in the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," and striving to create a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
"First plan for the beginning" is the foundation of planning affairs, demonstrating strategic clarity. Forewarned is forearmed; without preparation, everything fails. During the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, facing a turbulent international environment and arduous and heavy domestic reform, development, and stability tasks, China has been able to steer the ship steadily and move forward smoothly, a fundamental reason being the scientific planning and forward-looking layout by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core. Whether it is taking high-quality development as the primary task or making the strategic choice of building a new development pattern; whether it is taking the realization of high-level self-reliance in science and technology as the strategic support for national development or deploying the development of new quality productive forces, every major decision demonstrates the far-sightedness of "first plan for the beginning." Over the past five years, China's total economic output has successively crossed the 110 trillion yuan, 120 trillion yuan, and 130 trillion yuan thresholds, and is expected to reach about 140 trillion yuan in 2025; in 2024, the total social R&D expenditure exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan, and the number of global top 100 innovation clusters accounted for the first in the world... The achievement of these achievements is a vivid manifestation of the transformation of strategic planning into development effectiveness, and also confirms the profound truth of "those who succeed must first plan for the beginning."
"Must plan for the end" is the key to achieving success, reflecting a spirit of responsibility. Everything has a beginning, but few have a successful end. The initial vigor is easy to obtain, but the determination to finish well is difficult to maintain. The Chinese Communists emphasize seriousness and perseverance the most, and always promote the success of various undertakings from beginning to end with the realm of "success does not have to be with me" and the responsibility of "success must have me." On the battlefield of poverty alleviation, millions of poverty alleviation cadres took root at the grassroots level, and after arduous struggle, nearly 100 million rural poor people were lifted out of poverty, realizing the promise of "not leaving a single one behind"; in the field of ecological protection, we took the courage to cut off our wrists to win the battle to defend the blue sky, and fulfilled the promise of "returning the blue sky and white clouds to the people." During the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, from the commercial flight of the C919 large aircraft to the commissioning of the Fujian ship, from the positive progress of "East Data West Computing" to the full line connection of the world's highest altitude ultra-high voltage DC project, all are vivid practices of "those who start sharply must plan for the end."
"First plan for the beginning" clarifies the goals and paths; "must plan for the end" strengthens resilience and determination. "First plan for the beginning" is wisdom, and "must plan for the end" is a guarantee. The two are dialectically unified and are the way to forge ahead in starting a business. The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party determined the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" framework and main goals, which is precisely the strategic deployment of "first plan for the beginning." At present, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and we must not only maintain the clarity of "first plan for the beginning" and dare to break bottlenecks and promote innovation, but also adhere to the determination of "must plan for the end" and draw a blueprint to the end. Whether it is cultivating new quality productive forces, building a unified national market, accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, or improving people's well-being, doing all work well must not only be good at planning the overall situation and implementing precise policies, but also be down-to-earth and persistent.
To transform the governance wisdom of "first plan for the beginning" and "must plan for the end" into practical power, the key lies in uniting the strength of the broad masses of the people to struggle. The people are the creators of history and the decisive force in the future destiny of the country. The brilliant achievements of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period stem from the unity and unremitting struggle of hundreds of millions of people. From the Party members and cadres who wholeheartedly serve the masses at the grassroots level to the scientific researchers who bury themselves in tackling key problems in the laboratory; from the farmers who work hard in the fields to the workers who strive for excellence in the factory workshops, the efforts made by every ordinary person bring inexhaustible power to national development. On the new journey, we must always adhere to the people-centered approach, fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of all the people, and draw wisdom and gather strength from the practice of the people.
The historical scroll unfolds in tempering; the chapter of the times continues in struggle. Standing at a new historical starting point, we must not only maintain the strategic clarity of "first plan for the beginning," but also maintain the spirit of responsibility of "must plan for the end," and move forward courageously on the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way with the courage to whip the horse and the momentum of non-stop.
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Electrification technology continues to advance, cutting-edge technologies are being applied at an accelerated pace, and anti-"involution" measures have been implemented one after another... China's automobile production and sales continue to grow. The impressive performance reflects the strong resilience and surging momentum of China's economy as it moves forward against pressure and develops towards new and better directions.
Nearly a thousand industrial robots form a "steel forest," supported by a self-developed digital base and AI vision "sky eye," achieving stamping accuracy of 1.8 microns and welding automation rate of 100%... Stepping into the BYD (比亚迪) Shenzhen-Shantou factory, where a complete vehicle rolls off the assembly line every 51 seconds, a scene of intense and orderly production comes into view.
"In the 80 days since the launch of the Fang Cheng Bao (方程豹) Leopard 5, cumulative sales have exceeded 50,000 units, with an average transaction price of over 210,000 yuan, and sales in December 2025 exceeded 34,000 units," said Xiong Tianbo (熊甜波), General Manager of Fang Cheng Bao Automobile.
An efficient intelligent manufacturing system, strong local supply chain capabilities, rapid technological iteration, and the intensive launch of highly competitive new products, coupled with the effective release of domestic automobile demand under the combined effect of policies, have promoted the continuous growth of automobile production and sales in China. China's automobile production and sales have maintained a scale of over 30 million vehicles for three consecutive years, and have remained the world's largest for 17 consecutive years.
In a complex situation with increasing external pressure and numerous internal difficulties, the automobile industry's impressive performance reflects the strong resilience and surging momentum of China's economy as it moves forward against pressure and develops towards new and better directions.
Deeply Cultivating Electrification, Integrating and Innovating Multiple Technological Routes
On the morning of December 23, 2025, in Mohe (漠河), the temperature was minus 28 degrees Celsius. Zhang Luchao (张鲁超), a system control development engineer at Geely Automobile Research Institute (吉利汽车研究院), opened the Galaxy Starship 7 (银河星舰7), which had been left overnight, and started a 10-kilometer test during peak traffic hours. "Today, we are testing Geely's (吉利) Starry Sky AI Cloud Power Intelligent Energy Management System," Zhang Luchao (张鲁超) introduced. The AI algorithm can independently learn user habits and intelligently choose whether to heat the battery pack based on parameters such as usage time, temperature inside and outside the vehicle, weather, and remaining battery power, reducing heat management power consumption by up to 30%.
In 2025, the average driving range of pure electric passenger vehicles in China is close to 500 kilometers, and 800-volt high-voltage silicon carbide platforms and fast-charging technology that charges 80% in 15 minutes are being applied in batches. All-solid-state batteries have entered the small-batch trial production stage, and are sprinting at full speed towards the mass production target in 2027. Electrification is integrated and innovated with multiple technological routes such as high-efficiency internal combustion engines, hydrogen fuel, and synthetic fuels. China's original "super electric hybrid technology" that can use oil, electricity, hybrid power, and range extension has been fully popularized and has become a successful example of reverse technology export to multinational automakers.
The continuous advancement of electrification technology and the significant alleviation of consumers' range anxiety have continued to promote the replacement of traditional fuel vehicles by new energy vehicles. In 2025, China's production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 16.626 million and 16.49 million units, respectively, an increase of 29% and 28.2% year-on-year. New energy vehicle sales accounted for 47.9% of total new vehicle sales.
Leading electrification technology has also driven China's new energy vehicle exports to a new level, with 2.615 million units exported in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 100%. Among them, 2.532 million new energy passenger vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 100%; 83,000 new energy commercial vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 86.8%.
Focusing on Intelligence, Autonomous Driving Moves Towards "Mass Production Application"
With a research and development investment of up to 10 billion yuan, based on the powerful advantages of "computing power + algorithm + data," Huawei's (华为) Qiankun Intelligent Driving ADS 5 is in a critical period of transition from technology closed-loop verification to mass production adaptation. With more than 1 million vehicles equipped with Qiankun Intelligent Driving and an active user ratio of over 95%, safety and experience will be further improved, and large-scale deployment is expected to begin in the second half of 2026.
Statistics show that the sales proportion of new passenger vehicles with L2-level combined assisted driving functions in China has exceeded 60%. On December 15, 2025, two models from Changan (长安) and BAIC (北汽) obtained the first batch of access permits for L3-level conditionally automated driving vehicles. China's autonomous driving vehicles are accelerating from the "technology verification" stage to a new stage of "mass production application," and are expected to become one of the earliest commercialized scenarios for embodied intelligence.
"Cutting-edge technologies such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and new-generation communications are the first to achieve large-scale application in the automotive field, making the automotive industry a key carrier for the landing verification and commercial transformation of new quality productive forces-related technologies," said Zhang Yongwei (张永伟), Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Electric Vehicle 100 Forum (中国电动汽车百人会).
Deeply Engaging in "Anti-Involution," Transforming Towards Technological Innovation and Value Upgrading
Since last year, with the cessation of the "price war," the commitment of 17 automakers to pay accounts within 60 days, the strengthening of product consistency spot checks, and the implementation of anti-unfair competition law enforcement and other anti-"involution" measures in the automotive industry, the disorderly price war, continuous decline in industry efficiency, false advertising, black public relations, and other problems that once deeply plagued the domestic automotive industry are being corrected step by step. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) show that from January to October 2025, the automotive industry's profits increased by 4.4%. From January to November 2025, the automotive industry's profits increased by 7.5%, accelerating by 3.1 percentage points compared to January to October.
With the transformation from extensive development relying on resource input and low-price competition to technological innovation and value upgrading, mainstream automakers are focusing on high-quality supply, and brand advancement has taken new steps. In 2025, a batch of flagship models representing the core technological strength of brands have been recognized by the market. Among them, the AITO (鸿蒙智行) Zunjie S800 (尊界S800) accounted for about 50% of the sales of luxury cars in the million-yuan range, and the AITO M9 (问界M9), M8 (M8), and M7 (M7) topped the sales charts in the 500,000 yuan, 400,000 yuan, and 300,000 yuan SUV markets, respectively. Voyah Dreamer (岚图梦想家) continued to be the monthly sales champion of high-end MPVs, with an average price per vehicle exceeding 400,000 yuan. Zeekr (极氪) 009 and 9X won the championship in the 400,000 yuan+ luxury pure electric MPV and 500,000 yuan+ large SUV segments, respectively. Industry statistics show that in 2025, the sales of domestic new energy high-end brands represented by AITO, Li Auto (理想), Zeekr, Voyah (岚图), and Xiaomi (小米) increased by more than 40% year-on-year.
Chen Shihua (陈士华), Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会), said that with the smooth and orderly connection of the "two new" policies, China's automotive industry will continue to promote high-quality development in 2026, and the overall market will maintain stable operation.
Return to TopBeijing, January 14th (Reporter Qu Zhehan (曲哲涵)) To continue supporting residents in improving their housing conditions, the Ministry of Finance (财政部), the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局), and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) issued an announcement on the 14th, stating that from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2027, taxpayers who sell their own homes and repurchase housing in the market within one year after selling their existing homes will be given a tax refund on the individual income tax already paid on the sale of their existing homes.
Among them, if the amount of the newly purchased housing is greater than or equal to the transfer amount of the existing housing, all of the individual income tax already paid will be refunded; if the amount of the newly purchased housing is less than the transfer amount of the existing housing, the individual income tax already paid on the sale of the existing housing will be refunded in proportion to the amount of the newly purchased housing to the transfer amount of the existing housing.
According to the announcement, taxpayers who enjoy preferential policies must simultaneously meet the following conditions: The housing sold and repurchased by the taxpayer should be within the same city. The taxpayer selling their own housing must be directly related to the newly purchased housing and should be the owner or one of the owners of the newly purchased housing.
According to the announcement, taxpayers who meet the conditions for tax refund preferential policies should provide legal and valid sales and purchase contracts and other relevant materials required by the competent tax authority to the competent tax authority, and the tax refund will be processed after review by the competent tax authority.
The announcement requires that housing and urban-rural development departments at all levels should establish an information-sharing mechanism with tax departments to share information such as online signing and filing of housing transaction contracts in their respective regions (including revoked filing information) with local tax departments in real-time; regions that have not yet achieved real-time information sharing should establish and improve working mechanisms to ensure that tax departments can promptly obtain housing transaction contract filing information required for reviewing tax refunds.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 14th (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) - This reporter learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局): The recently issued "Measures for the Supervision and Management of the Quality of Fiber Products" will focus on infant and child fiber products, student uniforms, underwear, and fiber wadding products as key regulatory targets. It will implement precise prevention and control "combined punches" around three key aspects: raw materials, production, and labeling.
Strict management of raw materials will not be relaxed. Differentiated raw material prohibition management will be implemented for products with different risk levels. For key products such as infant and child fiber products and close-fitting underwear, requirements will be further tightened on the basis of mandatory national standards, and the use of reprocessed fibers as raw materials for production will be clearly prohibited.
Strict control of key links. Fiber product producers and sellers must establish and implement an inspection and acceptance system for incoming goods to ensure that quality responsibilities are traceable. For products with centralized procurement and unified use characteristics such as student uniforms, the pre-supply inspection system will be strictly implemented to ensure that each batch of products can be delivered for use only after passing inspection.
Strict requirements for information labeling. The product labels of student uniforms, underwear, infant and child fiber products, and other products should include fiber composition, content, and safety technical category; for non-living wadding fiber products, a durable label of "non-living products" must be marked in a prominent position.
The "Measures for the Supervision and Management of the Quality of Fiber Products" will be implemented on July 1st of this year.
Return to TopAccording to reports from our newspaper, Beijing (北京), January 14th (Reporter: Li Xinping (李心萍)), the reporter learned from China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路沈阳局集团有限公司): Starting January 15th, the railway department will pilot the "Ski Gear Convenience Service" on 6 trains on the Northeast Ring Line, allowing passengers to carry ski gear with them and store it in designated locations on the train, making "taking the high-speed rail to ski" more convenient and faster.
The specific train numbers for the pilot "Ski Gear Convenience Service" are Harbin West (哈尔滨西) to Tonghua (通化) D548/9/8, D547/50/47, Shenyang North (沈阳北) to Shenyang North (沈阳北) G8131/4, G8133/2, Changchun West (长春西) to Changchun (长春) G8138/5/8, G8137/6/7. The specific stations that handle this service include 18 stations such as Shenyang North (沈阳北), Fushun (抚顺), Tonghua (通化), Changbai Mountain West (长白山西), Changbai Mountain (长白山), and Jilin (吉林).
Passengers can check information through the "Ski Gear Convenience Service" function of the Railway 12306 client. After purchasing a ticket, passengers can select this service on the order page and make an appointment for payment. After the appointment is successful, passengers can bring their properly packaged ski gear to the station on the day of travel, and undergo security checks and ticket verification through the channel marked with the "Ski Gear Convenience Service" logo. Station staff will simultaneously verify the ticket and ski gear transportation appointment information. After boarding, passengers can place their ski gear in the adjacent "Ski Gear Storage Area" under the guidance of train staff. During train operation, staff will conduct regular inspections to ensure the safety of ski gear.
The service fee for the "Ski Gear Convenience Service" is 98 yuan per set. The railway department reminds that the number of ski gear storage spaces on each EMU train is limited, and it is recommended that passengers in need make an appointment as soon as possible. The sum of the length, width, and height of the ski gear that can be stored must not exceed 200 centimeters. Ski gear exceeding this size still needs to be consigned. To meet the different needs of ski enthusiasts, the "Ski Gear Express" service will continue to operate.
Return to TopOn January 13th, Guiyang (贵阳), Guizhou (贵州), the Baihua Lake Bridge (百花湖大桥), a control engineering project of the Guian Expansion Expressway (贵安扩容高速), successfully completed its load test, marking the bridge's passage through a comprehensive "physical examination" before opening to traffic, and laying the foundation for the full line to open. After completion, the Guian Expansion Expressway (贵安扩容高速) will become the first smart expressway in Guizhou Province (贵州省). The picture shows the Baihua Lake Bridge (百花湖大桥) undergoing a static load test.
Photo by Qiao Qiming (乔啟明) (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopThis newspaper Shijiazhuang (石家庄) January 14th (Reporter Shi Ziqiang (史自强)) The reporter learned from the Hebei (河北) Province's press conference on accelerating and improving the modern comprehensive transportation system on the 13th: In 2025, Hebei (河北) will focus on promoting high-quality development of transportation to a new level. Investment in project construction will reach a new high, with 17 billion yuan of central funds in place, a year-on-year increase of 52%, driving transportation project investment to exceed 116 billion yuan. 12 sections of expressways will be completed, totaling 431.1 kilometers, bringing the total length of expressways in the province to 9,000 kilometers. The main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network will be fully connected, and expressway county exits will basically achieve full coverage.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 姜晓丹
A round-headed, adorably naive yellow dragon is making its way from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) to the world, gaining increasing popularity. This is the original animation IP – "Nai Long" (奶龙). In just a few years, it has grown from a short video platform into an IP with over 38 million fans and over 100 billion views across the entire network, with over 200 cooperative brands, over 2,000 derivative products, and related products sold to 57 countries and regions.
In 2017, Xie Chengen (谢承恩) and his team settled in Shenzhen (深圳) and established Seventh Impression Culture Media (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (第七印象文化传媒（深圳）有限公司), and began conceiving the image of Nai Long (奶龙) in 2019. "We want to convey healing and joyful positive emotions to help people relieve anxiety, tension, and other emotions," he said. After many attempts, the team finally designed the Nai Long (奶龙) image with yellow skin and a cute appearance.
In early 2020, the first Nai Long (奶龙) short video went viral, but soon encountered a bottleneck. "The image needs to be optimized, the content needs to be upgraded, and commercialization has not yet started," said Xie Chengen (谢承恩).
As a highland for technological innovation and digital creativity, Shenzhen (深圳) has a relatively complete digital industry ecosystem and abundant talent reserves, which provides support for the IP's iteration and upgrade. The team started with advertising cooperation and gradually expanded to commercial licensing, actively exploring a "content + licensing" dual-drive model.
The rapid development of the enterprise is inseparable from the support of the government. In 2024, Seventh Impression (第七印象) participated in the evaluation of Shenzhen's (深圳市) new business format enterprises and received a support reward of 250,000 yuan. This recognition not only provided financial support for the enterprise, but also significantly enhanced the enterprise's industry credibility, bringing more opportunities for it to attract industrial chain cooperation resources and expand IP licensing and derivative development business. In 2024 and 2025, the company participated in two consecutive Shenzhen Cultural Fair (深圳文博会) , attracting a large number of potential partners and accelerating the brand's marketization and internationalization process.
The IP's popularity has also brought about infringement and piracy issues. "For example, some shopping malls build related amusement facilities without authorization, the IP image is seriously distorted, and the safety cannot be guaranteed; some people intercept video clips, and even use AI tools to generate low-quality content in batches," said Xie Chengen (谢承恩). The company has formed a professional legal team, under the guidance of the Shenzhen Intellectual Property Protection Center (深圳市知识产权保护中心) and market supervision departments, relying on local rapid rights protection mechanisms and special law enforcement actions, to timely maintain the IP image.
Overseas infringement issues are even more complex. "The rights protection chain is long and the cost is high," said Xie Chengen (谢承恩). The Guangdong (广东省) copyright department actively provides rights protection guidance and assists in connecting with overseas intellectual property organizations and legal resources to escort the company's "going overseas."
From a founding team of a dozen people to driving the entire industrial chain to over 100 million yuan in output value, the Nai Long (奶龙) IP has successfully broken through, which is a vivid microcosm of Guangdong (广东) strengthening copyright protection and promoting the continuous development of original content.
Data shows that the added value of Guangdong's (广东) copyright industry has exceeded 1.15 trillion yuan, accounting for 12.8% of the added value of the national copyright industry, 8.91% of Guangdong's (广东) gross regional product, and driving nearly 6 million people to employment.
"Guangdong (广东) is exploring a sustainable development path of copyright empowering industry and industry feeding back copyright," said Wang Dashu (王大树), Director of the Copyright and Printing Management Division of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (广东省委宣传部版权和印刷管理处处长). Guangdong (广东) will continue to improve the copyright legal system, strengthen cross-regional law enforcement collaboration, optimize copyright public services, and strive to create a vivid example of copyright helping high-quality development.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Nanchang on January 14th (Reporter Wang Dan (王丹)) The "‘Qi’ Heart Co-operation ‘Cheng’ Intention to Help Farmers" Central Enterprise Consumption Assistance Joint Action, guided by the Social Responsibility Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (国务院国资委社会责任局) and jointly sponsored by China Rare Earth Group (中国稀土集团) and other four central enterprises, opened on the 14th in Ganzhou (赣州市), Jiangxi Province (江西省).
The event adopts a "offline exhibition and sales + online sales" linkage model. Among them, the offline centralized exhibition and sales feature 1,400 kinds of special agricultural products from 110 assisted enterprises in 92 counties designated for assistance and counterpart support by more than 30 state-owned central enterprises and 3 national ministries and commissions, and is open to the public. Professional institutions were also invited to conduct quality testing on-site to ensure product safety.
This action aims to build a bridge for production and sales docking, help the industrial development of poverty-stricken areas and increase farmers' income, and is a concrete practice of state-owned central enterprises actively fulfilling their social responsibilities and serving rural revitalization.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 施 钰
After repaying the 30,000 yuan borrowed from relatives, Ms. Lin, a villager from Xipu Village (西埔村), Shengxin Town (省新镇), Nan'an City (南安市), Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建) Province, breathed a sigh of relief. Ms. Lin had been concerned about this debt for almost four years.
In previous years, the newly built Nan'an City (南安市) railway station was located in Xipu Village (西埔村), and Ms. Lin's home was subject to requisition. "The government arranged for new building land and compensation for the requisition. We originally thought that with the family's savings, we could build a three-story building, with three storefronts on the first floor for business and the second and third floors for living." But what Ms. Lin didn't expect was that at the end of 2020, before the new house was about to start construction, the village notified her to pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan per storefront. Helpless, Ms. Lin had to borrow 30,000 yuan from relatives to pay the deposit.
Why should a deposit be paid to the village for building one's own house?
It turns out that in some places, in order to prevent the random dumping of construction waste, illegal construction, and "naked houses," a "rural housing appearance deposit" is collected when people build, renovate, or expand rural houses. This "deposit" is returned after the people complete the construction as required.
"At the beginning of 2022, we finished building the house, but due to limited economic conditions, the exterior walls were not yet decorated, so we didn't go to the village to ask for the money back," Ms. Lin said. By the beginning of 2024, she had finally saved enough money to paint the exterior walls of the new house, but the deposit had still not been returned.
Ms. Lin didn't know that the deposit she had paid had been embezzled by the then village committee director.
At the end of 2023, some people reported that Huang (黄), the former director of the Xipu Village (西埔村) Village Committee, had embezzled funds from the village collective account. Chen Yongxiang (陈永祥), director of the Third Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Nan'an City (南安市) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, introduced that an in-depth investigation revealed that Huang (黄) had repeatedly instructed the village committee's financial personnel to transfer the appearance deposits collected by the village to his company account in Yunnan (云南), using them to repay personal debts and the company's daily operations. The amount involved was as high as 1.07 million yuan, involving 20 villagers, ranging from 15,000 yuan to 60,000-70,000 yuan.
In August 2024, the Nan'an City (南安市) Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision transferred Huang (黄) to the procuratorate and refunded all the appearance deposits collected by the village. "After receiving the deposit back, I immediately cleared my debts and finally put my mind at ease," Ms. Lin said.
"The situation in Xipu Village (西埔村) is not an isolated case. The discipline inspection and supervision commissions of Shishi (石狮), Anxi (安溪), and other counties and cities have also handled related cases," said Lü Xiaoyun (吕晓云), deputy director of the Party Conduct and Government Affairs Supervision Office of the Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision. The conclusion of one case and the handling of it raised the concern of the Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision regarding the deposit issue. The amount of appearance deposit collected is large, posing a risk of corruption. The Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision immediately took the "rural housing appearance deposit" as a small entry point to carry out special rectification, comprehensively sorting out relevant problem clues throughout the city, investigating and dealing with 14 problems, handling 19 people, and punishing 9 people.
While handling the case, the Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision took the lead in conducting front-line research. "The collection of appearance deposits is a village rule and regulation introduced under the framework of village autonomy, which objectively increases the burden on the people," Lü Xiaoyun (吕晓云) and her colleagues found in their research that the appearance deposits in some places were collected very casually. "Who collects them, how much is collected, and the standards are all determined by the villages themselves, ranging from several thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan. The way of issuing invoices is also varied. Some invoices are standardized, while others are just receipts written on a blank sheet of paper."
There is no uniform standard for how to collect, and there is also a lack of norms for how to manage. When to collect, when to return, and whether there is a public announcement vary from village to village. Some do not include the appearance deposit in the village collective account management, some set unreasonable return conditions, and some even squeeze and embezzle it. If there are personnel changes in the village, the accounts are unclear when people leave, and some villagers cannot get their money back.
"Collecting deposits has an immediate effect, but deviations have occurred in the implementation process. With the increasing improvement of the rural housing management system, the deposit system is no longer applicable," introduced Li Yihai (李溢海), a fourth-level researcher at the Quanzhou (泉州) City Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau. In August 2024, the Quanzhou (泉州) City Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau issued a document urging grassroots village (neighborhood) committees to comprehensively abolish the collection of appearance deposits, requiring the return of illegally collected or unreturned deposits within a time limit. The discipline inspection and supervision team stationed in the city's Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau followed up on the refund work throughout the process, breaking the obstacles of "**清而不退、退而不全**" (qīng ér bù tuì, tuì ér bù quán - "clearing without refunding, refunding incompletely," meaning incomplete or insincere efforts to resolve the issue).
Lü Xiaoyun (吕晓云) introduced that the Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision promoted the refund of appearance deposits and the housing supervision work to be included in the "agenda book" of the municipal leaders in charge, urging housing and urban-rural development, agriculture and rural affairs, natural resources, and other departments to shoulder the responsibility of supervision, consolidate the territorial responsibility of local party committees and governments, and implement process control, completion acceptance, and other measures. As of now, Quanzhou (泉州) City has refunded 388 million yuan of rural housing appearance deposits, involving 20,800 farmers.
Refunding the deposit is the first step. Next, it is also necessary to strengthen the construction of the system, focus on the government's service functions, and promote the prevention of "naked houses," illegal construction, and other problems from the source. The Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision further issued discipline inspection and supervision recommendations to functional departments, urging them to promote system improvement simultaneously.
"The emergence of 'naked houses' is largely due to the lack of funds for housing construction," Li Yihai (李溢海) introduced. For low-income people in rural areas who are included in the minimum living allowance, the provincial, municipal, and county-level housing and urban-rural development departments provide subsidies ranging from 80,000 to 120,000 yuan according to standards when solving their dilapidated houses. For people who have a shortage of housing construction funds, the municipal housing and urban-rural development department connects with Quanzhou (泉州) Rural Commercial Bank, and those who meet the relevant application conditions can apply for low-interest housing construction loans. At the same time, the Quanzhou (泉州) City Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau actively promotes the design of "good houses" in rural areas, providing hundreds of housing design drawings that conform to the local style of Quanzhou (泉州) for people to choose for free, and recommends adding age-appropriate designs.
"Knowing that we no longer need to pay the appearance deposit, our three brothers are also determined to rebuild the old house." At the beginning of last year, Ke Shengfu (柯生福), a villager from Fozige Village (佛仔格村), Kuidou Town (魁斗镇), Anxi County (安溪县), and his brothers started to rebuild the old house. In these few days, the main structure of the three-story building is about to be completed. "The town cadres and village cadres have come several times, and the management is transparent and standardized," Ke Shengfu (柯生福) said.
Cadre's Remarks
Collecting rural housing appearance deposits easily breeds corruption and increases the burden on farmers. We adhere to both symptoms and root causes, strictly investigating petty corruption such as embezzlement, fraudulent claims, and encroachment of deposits, and also promoting the refund of deposits in place. We also urge functional departments to strengthen industry supervision, which is a reshaping of grassroots governance and cadre style.
The work of supervision and discipline enforcement must always stand firmly on the people's position, being both brave enough to "**亮剑**" (liàng jiàn - "unsheathe the sword," to show determination to fight against problems) against prominent problems that the people strongly reflect, and also good at promoting point-to-surface and systematic governance to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
——Lin Huaqiang (林华强), a third-level chief staff member of the Party Conduct and Government Affairs Supervision Office of the Quanzhou (泉州) City Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Fujian (福建) Province
In the past, the most common method we used to promote the management of rural housing appearance was to collect deposits—we felt that this was the simplest and most effective. Our work was convenient, but the interests of the people were damaged.
Now, under the supervision of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the chaos of deposit collection has been corrected, and our working methods must also change. Taking the initiative to go to the door to explain policies, provide some appearance design references, and go to the housing construction site more often... As long as we explain it thoroughly to the people and do the work in advance, we can win the support of the people.
——Guo Renfu (郭仁富), Secretary of the Party General Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Fozige Village (佛仔格村), Kuidou Town (魁斗镇), Anxi County (安溪县), Fujian (福建) Province
By: 徐雷鹏
A seemingly insignificant "deposit" is linked to the immediate interests and trust of thousands of households. When village rules and regulations, in their implementation, are distorted into arbitrary collection and chaotic management, becoming a "muddled account," or even embezzled by individual cadres, it is no longer a simple management measure but a risk point of corruption around the masses.
The rampant chaos of rural housing style deposits stems from the lack of restraint in the exercise of power and the shortcomings in village-level governance. The value of discipline inspection and supervision lies in its ability to see through appearances and discover the deep-seated problems hidden behind the issues. From the investigation and handling of individual cases to a city-wide investigation, from the punishment of cadres to the refund of funds, discipline inspection and supervision organs not only corrected specific violations of discipline but also promoted "deep governance" with a "small incision," releasing a strong signal of resolutely rectifying unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems around the masses.
Discipline inspection and supervision are by no means a matter of "returning it and being done with it." Its ultimate aim is to promote the improvement of governance capabilities and the construction of long-term mechanisms. Quanzhou (泉州), while refunding the deposits, focused on consolidating the regulatory responsibilities of local areas and departments, strengthening inspections throughout the entire housing construction process, and exploring practical measures such as financial support to replace simple "fee management," promoting the transformation of management logic from "substituting management with fines" to "service + supervision."
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To comprehensively promote the revitalization of the countryside, grassroots cadres must not 等靠要 (děng kào yào - "wait, rely, demand," passively waiting for assistance instead of taking initiative), but must be responsible and dare to act, and strive to be a good "leading goose."
In rural areas, the greatest hope of the villagers is to be able to stay at home, take care of their children, support the elderly, and still have a stable income. Enabling everyone to secure a stable job at their doorstep has become a top priority for village cadres.
In the past few years, many left-behind women in the village often gathered at the village entrance to chat: "The slack farming season is so long, it would be great to have a place to work" "Going to other places? We can't leave the elderly and children behind..." Hearing these words, I felt very uncomfortable. Villagers want to get rich, relying solely on a few acres of land is not enough, we must find ways to give idle people something to do and enable capable people to earn money.
I and the village committee cadres pondered for a long time, and also invited several women representatives with ideas to discuss together. "Many sisters in our village can operate sewing machines, if we can take on some processing work, we are guaranteed to make money." These words awakened us - why seek far and wide when what we need is close at hand? Based on the existing foundation, tapping our own potential, it is possible to blaze a new trail for increasing income.
No sooner said than done. If we didn't have a venue, we vacated the old village office; if we lacked funds, we tried to raise funds from various sources. The most important thing was to have orders. Fortunately, Zu Zhaojie (俎兆杰), the first secretary dispatched to Panzhuang Village (潘庄村) by the State Grid Lin颍 County Power Supply Company (国网临颍县供电公司), had a strong ability to integrate resources. The two of us rode electric bikes, carrying samples, and traveled all over the surrounding counties and cities to visit clothing factories and processing points.
After the first order was secured, more than 20 villagers were successfully employed. Everyone was around the sewing machine, both excited and unfamiliar, so I invited experienced masters to teach them hand-in-hand. In order not to affect everyone's farm work, the textile processing factory implemented a flexible working system, with piece-rate pay. Villager Gao Lijun (高丽君) was among the first to join the factory, and is now a skilled technician. She tells everyone she meets: "Earning two to three thousand yuan a month, and still being able to take care of the family, is better than working away from home."
Gradually, more and more customers came to us. We used the support funds to expand the new workshop by 540 square meters, added more than 60 new equipment, and increased the number of jobs to more than 50.
Through all the exploration, I deeply feel that if the countryside wants to develop industries, it cannot be greedy for more and quick results. If we can't get big projects, then we must base ourselves on reality, like swallows building nests, little by little, so that the industry takes root in the soil and grows on the needs of the villagers.
The industry in Panzhuang Village (潘庄村) started with the establishment of a textile processing factory because it is down-to-earth, has a low threshold, and the management model is also adapted to local conditions. The flexible working system meets the needs of the villagers to "work and take care of the family at the same time," so everyone is motivated.
Every time I walk into the workshop, the "dada" sound of the sewing machine makes me feel excited. With this sound, everyone is energetic in their work and has hope in their lives. In recent years, some young people from Panzhuang Village (潘庄村) who worked in other places have successively returned to their hometown to start businesses. They are educated, have broad knowledge, and have many ideas, bringing new vitality to the village.
To comprehensively promote the revitalization of the countryside, grassroots cadres must not 等靠要 (děng kào yào - "wait, rely, demand," passively waiting for assistance instead of taking initiative), but must be responsible and dare to act, and strive to be a good "leading goose." After determining the direction of development, how to do it specifically, we must also listen to the opinions of the masses, so that everyone becomes a participant, creator, and beneficiary, and work together to make the village collective economy bigger and stronger.
(The author is the Party Branch Secretary of Panzhuang Village (潘庄村), Sanjiadian Town (三家店镇), Lin颍 County (临颍县), Luohe City (漯河市), Henan Province (河南省))
Return to TopThe Beijing (北京) January 14th (People's Daily reporter Wang Zhou (王洲)) -- According to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (北京市公安局), in order to recover the property losses suffered by the public due to telecommunications network fraud to the greatest extent, the "Beijing 110" platform will deeply integrate alarm reception with telecommunications network fraud prevention work, and establish a centralized anti-fraud alarm reception and payment suspension mechanism. The mechanism relies on an intelligent system to centrally accept fraud-related police reports and perform emergency payment suspension operations.
In recent years, the "Beijing 110" platform has evolved from a traditional telephone alarm system to an intelligent alarm platform integrating telephone, SMS, and Internet alarms. The alarm response time has been continuously compressed, and the efficiency of handling key police situations has been significantly improved. In 2025, the platform further launched version 3.0 of the alarm receiving and handling system, realizing functions such as automatic classification of police situations, precise dispatch of orders, and risk early warning, and realizing "rapid response and efficient disposal" by quickly extracting key alarm information. In 2025, for the first time, the platform incorporated multiple sources of alarm reports, such as people reporting to public security organs and calling police stations, into standardized management, effectively transforming the effectiveness of police mechanism reform into a sense of gain for the public.
At the same time, the "Beijing 110" platform continues to deepen its collaborative linkage with multiple departments, especially its connection and integration with the 12345 Citizen Hotline Service Center. The two sides have strengthened information sharing and collaborative disposal capabilities by sending personnel to each other's work halls to carry out physical joint operations, helping the rapid transfer of non-police alarms.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Yinchuan (银川) report on January 14th (Reporter Zhang Wen (张文)): Recently, the Organization Department of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (宁夏回族自治区党委组织部) Party Committee held demonstration training courses for rural and community party members, focusing on the two themes of rural revitalization and grassroots governance, and organized 110,000 grassroots party members across the region to "attend the same class."
The training set up the main classroom at the Party School (Administrative College) of the Autonomous Region Party Committee (自治区党委党校（行政学院）), directly connecting 243 township and street party schools and 2,873 village (community) party organizations throughout the region, delivering high-quality courses to the "doorsteps" of grassroots party members, which not only facilitates grassroots party members to participate in training nearby, but also effectively expands the coverage of training.
It is understood that the training highlights practical combat effectiveness, focusing on practical work needs such as industrial development, collective economy, grid governance, and conflict resolution. Experts and professors from the Autonomous Region Party School (自治区党校), responsible comrades from relevant units, and township party committee secretaries and village (community) party organization secretaries are invited to give lectures, which not only ensures the completion of theoretical education hours, but also achieves being "**接地气**" (jiē dì qì - "close to the ground air," relevant and practical; in touch with the realities of everyday life).
According to reports, the Organization Department of the Autonomous Region Party Committee (自治区党委组织部) will conduct "the same class" on a regular basis to achieve equal quality and effectiveness in party member education and training, and promote comprehensive coverage of basic training for party members throughout the region.
Return to TopSince the beginning of winter, the public security departments of Huai'an City (淮安市), Jiangsu Province (江苏省), in conjunction with schools, have adopted a "fixed position and fixed responsibility, peak guidance, and off-peak correction" working model around campuses to maintain traffic order and ensure the safety of people's travel. The picture shows on January 14, auxiliary police guiding students across the road on North Beijing Road (北京北路) in Huai'an City (淮安市).
Photo by Xu Changzheng (徐昌政) (Image China)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 杨颜菲
"I just moved in less than half a year ago, and there is serious water seepage at the connection between the living room and the balcony. I have repeatedly negotiated with the developer, but there is still no result." Recently, in Gao'an City (高安市), Yichun (宜春), Jiangxi (江西) Province, Li Guozhen (李国珍), who lives in Huashuo Park No. 1 (华硕公园壹号), couldn't help but complain to his neighbors.
Seeing that the problem could not be solved, the family decided to file a complaint through the 12345 hotline platform. After receiving the complaint, the hotline platform staff analyzed that Li Guozhen's (李国珍) demands belonged to the "reasonable and legal" category and confirmed the responsible unit according to the division of industry responsibilities. They immediately assigned the problem to the Housing and Construction Bureau (住建局) and required it to be resolved as soon as possible.
The Housing and Construction Department (住建部门) immediately handled the case upon receipt and dispatched professional technicians to the site on the same day. After careful investigation, it was finally determined that the water leakage was caused by the leakage of the drainage pipe buried in the interior decoration, not a structural problem of the main body of the house. After the technicians gave a detailed explanation on the spot, Li Guozhen (李国珍) realized that the water leakage was caused by improper decoration of his own house and decided to contact a plumber to deal with it himself. The Housing and Construction Department (住建部门) objectively verified the cause and eliminated the misunderstanding. Li Guozhen (李国珍) was very satisfied with the service.
The smooth handling of demands is due to the "demand classification handling" mechanism established by Gao'an City (高安市). The 12345 hotline platform divides demands into three categories: "reasonable and legal," "related to law and litigation," and "unreasonable and illegal," strengthening immediate acceptance and classified handling of demands. At the same time, the responsible units resolve 100% of reasonable and legal demands in the first time, explain the judicial resolution channels for demands related to law and litigation, and explain the policies to the public for unreasonable and illegal demands.
In addition, Gao'an City (高安市) conducts normalized data analysis on the classified handling situation, and "handles before complaints" for problems with obvious "possibility, seasonality, and tendency" characteristics, and launches a "monthly topic" reform for one type of problem. For problems that are concentratedly reflected by the public and involve multiple departments, the "difficult matters are handled at a higher level" is implemented to concentrate resources and forces from all parties to solve them. Last year, it accepted more than 20,000 hotline requests, with a resolution rate of nearly 90%.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王明峰
Early in the morning, reporters arrived at Jinbin International Hotel (锦宾国际酒店) (formerly the Jinniu District Foreign Exchange Center (金牛区对外交流中心)), located in Jinniu District (金牛区), Chengdu City (成都市), Sichuan Province (四川省). The spacious conference center hall was already bustling with people. An annual conference focusing on investment promotion was about to kick off here. A notice board outside the conference center showed that meeting room bookings were scheduled until next month.
In November 2024, the Office of the Special Work Mechanism for Addressing Formalism and Reducing Burdens at the Grassroots Level of the Central Government, together with the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, issued a notice about the problem of excessive decoration at the Jinniu District Foreign Exchange Center (金牛区对外交流中心) in Chengdu (成都市). After the problem was reported, the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee (四川省委) and the Sichuan Provincial Government (四川省政府) convened a special meeting to deploy rectification measures. The Chengdu Municipal Party Committee (成都市委) and the Chengdu Municipal Government (成都市政府) acted quickly, rectifying the situation with a resolute attitude and pragmatic measures.
"Avoid simplistic, **一刀切** (yī dāo qiē - "one knife cut," a one-size-fits-all approach) handling. For facilities and equipment that have been built, put into use, and have practical functions, we must make the most of them in accordance with laws and regulations to prevent new waste of resources," introduced the relevant person in charge of Jinniu District (金牛区). "The Foreign Exchange Center (对外交流中心) is located within the Chengdu Jinniu High-Tech Industrial Park (成都金牛高新技术产业园区), surrounded by dense scientific research institutions and innovative enterprises. However, for a long time, there have been shortcomings in functional support such as conference training, office leasing, and hotel catering."
Combining the overall planning and functional positioning of the area, Jinniu District (金牛区) combined project revitalization with supplementing public services and industrial support functions in the area, introduced a professional operation team, and implemented overall agency operation. In January 2025, the Jinniu District Foreign Exchange Center (金牛区对外交流中心) officially launched market-oriented operations under the Jinbin International Hotel (锦宾国际酒店) brand. Business travel, conference activities, and reception of surrounding business clients have become its main businesses. "I have to run to the Jinniu High-Tech Industrial Park (金牛高新技术产业园区) about ten times a year. Before, I had to find a hotel in the city. Now it's much more convenient to stay at Jinbin International Hotel (锦宾国际酒店)," said Cheng Xi (程曦), an employee of a pharmaceutical company.
"Currently, conferences and business activities have a significant impact on occupancy rates. Many citizens come here to hold wedding banquets, and the operating conditions are relatively stable," said Su Hang (苏航), sales manager of Jinbin International Hotel (锦宾国际酒店). Without new investment or duplicate construction, the market vitality of the project is gradually being released through professional operation and precise positioning.
In addition to the hotel function, the office buildings and public spaces of the Foreign Exchange Center (对外交流中心) are also accelerating their opening to the public. Currently, many companies have moved in. Around functions such as meetings, education and training, and event performances, the Foreign Exchange Center (对外交流中心) is gradually forming a composite use scenario. As of the end of November 2025, the project has undertaken more than 190 social training and conference activities, signed cooperation service agreements with nearly 400 enterprises and social organizations, and accumulated revenue of more than 25 million yuan.
Adhering to **举一反三** (jǔ yī fǎn sān - "infer the rest from one case," to draw inferences about other cases from one instance) and addressing both symptoms and root causes, Jinniu District (金牛区) regards rectification as an entry point to systematically improve project management and investment supervision capabilities, focusing on plugging loopholes and preventing risks at the institutional level. It has formulated and issued 11 institutional documents such as the "Implementation Opinions on Resolutely Implementing the Requirements of Getting Used to Living a Tight Life and Further Strengthening Thrift" and the "Investment Supervision and Management Measures for District-Owned State-Owned Enterprises," and simultaneously revised and improved 9 internal control systems such as internal audit and visa changes for district-owned state-owned enterprises, promoting the formation of a system of institutional constraints covering the entire process of project "construction, installation, use, and management."
Return to TopPhosphogypsum, as a large-scale industrial by-product generated during the production of phosphoric acid, poses a severe challenge to ecological and environmental protection due to its long-term storage, which not only occupies a large amount of land resources but also restricts the green and sustainable development of the phosphate chemical industry.
Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) adheres to the concept that "industrial by-products are also resources." With technological innovation as the driving force, it has invested more than 4 billion yuan to transform phosphogypsum from an "environmental burden" to an "industrial resource." It has explored a technologically advanced, economically significant, and replicable and scalable path for the value-added utilization of phosphogypsum. Through a comprehensive layout of technological research and industrial transformation of phosphogypsum resource utilization, it has basically built three industrialization paths: "phosphogypsum-based building materials," "phosphogypsum-based sulfuric acid co-production of gelling materials," and "phosphogypsum-based municipal & packaging materials," thereby converging into a new green development path of 变废为宝 (biàn fèi wéi bǎo - "turn waste into treasure," to turn something useless into something useful), injecting green momentum into the transformation and upgrading of the traditional phosphate chemical industry.
Focusing on "Phosphogypsum-Based Building Materials"
Developing New Green Building Materials
In the current context of rapid development of green buildings, building material innovation has become an important support for promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the construction industry. Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团), driven by technological innovation, has successfully developed a new type of gypsum wall material—phosphogypsum high-precision interlocking modules—providing a new choice for the green and low-carbon transformation of the construction industry. The research and development draws on the mortise-tenon structure of traditional Chinese architecture, abandoning the cumbersome masonry process in the construction of traditional wall materials, and realizing the rapid assembly of "building block modules," which greatly improves construction efficiency.
The phosphogypsum high-precision interlocking module has outstanding performance advantages. In terms of construction efficiency, its installation speed is fast, which can greatly shorten the construction period, especially suitable for large-scale construction projects. In terms of cost control, construction costs can be saved through multiple ways such as simplifying the construction process, reducing labor input, and reducing material consumption, achieving a win-win situation for economic and social benefits.
In addition to the characteristics of high efficiency, convenience, economy, and affordability, the quality and performance of the product can also withstand market testing. Relying on advanced production technology and strict quality control, the phosphogypsum high-precision interlocking module also has multiple performances such as fire prevention, sound insulation, and thermal insulation. Its fire resistance limit can reach the corresponding standard requirements, and its thermal insulation performance can meet the building energy-saving needs of different climate regions, creating a safe, comfortable, and environmentally friendly living and working environment for people. With multi-dimensional advantages, this product has a wide range of application scenarios. Whether it is residential buildings such as affordable housing and commercial housing, or industrial buildings such as industrial park factories and warehouses, or public buildings such as schools, hospitals, and office buildings, it can be applied on a large scale and is a new choice for green buildings.
At present, Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) has built a large-scale production line of phosphogypsum high-precision interlocking modules, forming a stable production capacity of 1.4 million square meters per year. The commissioning and operation of this production line not only realizes the standardization and large-scale supply of products, but also plays a demonstrative role in solid waste disposal. It can effectively reduce the environmental pressure of phosphogypsum storage and provide a solid material basis for the development of the green building industry, promoting the building materials industry to move steadily towards a green and low-carbon direction.
Focusing on "Phosphogypsum-Based Sulfuric Acid Co-Production of Gelling Materials"
Building a New Circular System for the Phosphate Chemical Industry
The main component of phosphogypsum is calcium sulfate, which is an industrial by-product formed by the chemical decomposition of phosphate rock with sulfuric acid. Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团), based on the perspective of the entire phosphate chemical industry chain, innovatively builds a closed-loop development model of "sulfur cycle, calcium utilization." Through continuous technological breakthroughs, it has successfully broken through the technical bottleneck of phosphogypsum decomposition and developed phosphogypsum decomposition to produce sulfuric acid co-production of gelling materials technology, realizing the efficient recycling and value-added of phosphogypsum resources.
The key to this technology lies in the construction of a dual cycle chain of "phosphogypsum—sulfuric acid—phosphate chemical industry" and "phosphogypsum—gelling materials—infrastructure," so that the valuable elements in industrial by-products can be fully utilized. In early 2024, the phosphogypsum decomposition to produce sulfuric acid co-production of gelling materials unit ("1468" unit) invested and constructed by Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) was successfully put into operation, marking the official entry of this closed-loop model into the industrial application stage. It can consume 1.4 million tons of phosphogypsum annually, while producing 650,000 tons of sulfuric acid and 800,000 tons of gelling materials. Through this innovative model, phosphogypsum realizes "turning waste into treasure and recycling," transforming from a "burden" restricting industrial development into a "resource" supporting the high-quality development of the industry.
In order to further expand the scale of phosphogypsum disposal and consolidate the advantages of closed-loop development, Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) is taking advantage of the situation and launching a new round of capacity expansion plans. According to the design standard of a single unit consuming 1.7 million tons of phosphogypsum per year, the group is planning to build 2 sets of phosphogypsum decomposition to produce sulfuric acid co-production of gelling materials units. After all the new units are completed and put into operation, the group will add 3.4 million tons of phosphogypsum disposal capacity annually. By then, the overall disposal scale will achieve a leap-forward improvement, forming a large-scale and normalized phosphogypsum industrial disposal system, helping to further optimize the circular ecology of the phosphate chemical industry and laying a solid foundation for the long-term sustainable development of the industry.
Focusing on "Phosphogypsum-Based Municipal & Packaging Materials"
Expanding New Fields for High-Value Utilization of Solid Waste
For a long time, the utilization of phosphogypsum has been mostly concentrated in low-value-added fields such as traditional building materials. How to extend to the field of high-end materials and increase product added value is the key to solving the problem of insufficient phosphogypsum resource utilization. Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) achieved a major technological breakthrough in 2025. Relying on the liquid-phase crystal conversion process developed in cooperation with universities, it successfully converted phosphogypsum into high-performance, low-cost, high-quality anhydrous gypsum, filling the technical gap in related fields in China and opening up a new path for the value-added and large-scale utilization of phosphogypsum.
High-quality anhydrous gypsum products show significant competitiveness in four aspects: "stable, white, fine, and economical," which can meet the high standard requirements of gypsum materials in multiple industries. Test data shows that the total phosphorus and total fluorine content of high-quality anhydrous gypsum produced by this process are reduced to below 0.1%, effectively solving the pain points of traditional process products with high impurity content and unstable performance; the product whiteness exceeds 90%, and the powder particle size is as fine as D90 of about 1500 mesh, with excellent physical and chemical properties, and the key indicators such as purity, whiteness, and fineness have reached the standards of high-end inorganic powder materials. The liquid-phase crystal conversion process also has significant cost advantages. By simplifying the production process, reducing energy consumption, and improving raw material utilization, the production cost of high-quality anhydrous gypsum can be greatly reduced.
With outstanding quality advantages, the application fields of high-quality anhydrous gypsum have been greatly expanded, and it can be widely adapted to multiple industrial fields such as plastics, coatings, textiles, and packaging. In the plastics industry, as an efficient filler, high-quality anhydrous gypsum can significantly improve the mechanical strength, heat resistance, and dimensional stability of products, achieving enhanced modification; when used in coatings, it can effectively improve the hiding power, adhesion, and weather resistance of the paint film and improve the overall performance; in the textile field, it can be used as a functional finishing agent to give fabrics better stiffness and wrinkle resistance; adding high-quality anhydrous gypsum to packaging materials can enhance the material's moisture resistance and stability, expanding its application potential in harsh environments.
In June 2025, the group has achieved stable production of high-quality anhydrous gypsum on a 100,000-ton industrial unit. According to market demand, high-quality anhydrous gypsum can be supplied on a large scale every year in the future to meet the needs of various industries for high-end inorganic powder materials. In order to promote the collaborative development of the industrial chain, the group has also taken the lead in forming an industrial chain collaborative innovation alliance, uniting upstream and downstream enterprises and scientific research institutes to jointly build pilot lines, testing centers, and raw material bases, and widely carry out joint research on the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and jointly explore new breakthroughs in the field of high-end materials. With the implementation of more demonstration projects, high-quality anhydrous gypsum is expected to grow into a "key fulcrum" driving the high-value utilization of phosphogypsum, leading the utilization of phosphogypsum from "low-value disposal" to "high-value value-added."
From "difficult to store" to "turning into resources," from "low-value utilization" to "high-value value-added," Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) has taken solid steps on the road of comprehensive utilization of phosphogypsum. In the future, Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团) will continue to take technological innovation as the core driving force, deepen industrial chain collaborative innovation, and make new and greater contributions to promoting the high-quality development of the phosphate chemical industry and helping to achieve the "dual carbon" goals.
Data source: Guizhou Phosphate Group (贵州磷化集团)
Return to TopA theater ticket opens a door to the world of art for the grassroots. To allow the masses to enjoy high-quality artistic performances, many places have launched benefit-the-people theaters, which not only bring benefits to the audience but also create opportunities for theater troupes, promoting high-quality cultural resources directly to the grassroots and achieving a win-win situation. As the curtain of the grand play slowly rises, the distance between the grassroots and art is shortened.
——Editor
Kaizhou, Chongqing (重庆开州)
A Theater Ticket Gathers Popularity
By Our Reporter Shen Jingran (沈靖然)
Almost without hesitation, going to the Kaizhou Theater (开州剧院) to watch benefit-the-people performances on weekends has become a fixed arrangement for Zhou Jiying (周继英), a resident of Kaizhou District (开州区), Chongqing (重庆). "The ticket price is cheap enough, the performance is wonderful, and after the show, I can chat with my neighbors about the segments in the play," Zhou Jiying (周继英) said.
Can cheap tickets bring in good actors? Can good plays be staged? What does the theater rely on to maintain itself? The reporter walked into the Kaizhou Theater (开州剧院) to explore the answers.
Before the performance, a young man in a white shirt was humming softly backstage. His name is Tan Hancong (谭涵聪), and he was still looking for a job a few months ago. "The first time I went on stage was purely accidental," Tan Hancong (谭涵聪) said. "Once, when I came to the theater to watch a play, the host suddenly asked a lucky audience member to sing a few lines, and I happened to be selected."
That day, he sang "Me and My Motherland" (我和我的祖国), and the applause from the audience was warm. After the performance, the relevant performance负责人 (fù zé rén - person in charge) found him: "Young man, you have a good voice, would you like to come and try it out here?"
Now, Tan Hancong (谭涵聪) is a resident guest of the theater and has also joined the cultural workers' team organized by the district. "The people sitting in the audience may be my neighbors. If I don't perform well, I'll be embarrassed to meet them when I go grocery shopping next time; if I perform well, the old men and women will hold my hand and praise me. That feeling is better than getting a bonus!" he said.
The theater performances include both professional actors and ordinary people. Anyone who wants to perform can sign up at the district cultural center, and if they pass the selection, they can go on stage. "We have a program called 'Kaizhou Good People' (开州好人), which is about the things around us," Tan Hancong (谭涵聪) said. "The actors are just neighbors, and although the performance is not professional, the emotions are real, and the audience likes it very much."
Last week, Zhou Jiying (周继英) also signed up. She adapted her experience of taking care of her sick daughter for more than 40 years into simple dance moves. Although they were just a few simple postures, when the performance ended, the applause lasted for a long time. "Actually, I didn't dance very well," Zhou Jiying (周继英) said, her eyes still red after stepping down from the stage, "but I felt much more open after dancing."
At 9 p.m., as the last performance ended, the audience walked out chatting and laughing, some still humming the lyrics. Zhang Yang (张扬), the person in charge of the performance, was not in a hurry to get off work. He took out a small notebook and started calculating the accounts: "Tonight was a full house, and the ticket money collected was more than 1,000 yuan. The cost of actor subsidies, water and electricity, and equipment depreciation is at least 3,000 yuan per show."
At this rate, the theater loses about 2,000 yuan for each performance. How long can the theater last? "Relying solely on ticket money, it wouldn't last a week," said Huang Yajun (黄亚军), deputy director of the Kaizhou District (开州区) Culture and Tourism Development Committee (文化和旅游发展委员会), "but we have come up with a solution."
Relying on professional cultural and tourism companies, the theater packages actors and programs to launch "customized performance" services—corporate celebrations, township activities, and scenic spot performances can all be "ordered." Customized performances are charged at market prices, and the income is used to subsidize daily benefit-the-people performances. "We also rent out costumes and props, which can earn a lot in a month," Huang Yajun (黄亚军) said.
More importantly, it's about popularity. Since the opening in 2025, the benefit-the-people performances at the Kaizhou Theater (开州剧院) have attracted more than 120,000 on-site viewers, and the number of online live broadcasts has exceeded 5.3 million. With more people coming to see the show, the number of tourists has also increased significantly, boosting the business of surrounding restaurants and teahouses.
Benefit-the-people performances have also stimulated the enthusiasm of the masses to participate. On average, more than 100 people sign up to perform on stage every month. The theater organizes 115 literary and art volunteers to "pair up" with 40 townships and subdistricts, exploring distinctive actors and programs based on the conditions of rural venues, and performing in the order of application time each month.
"The theater gathers popularity, popularity brings consumption, and consumption feeds back into culture, so that the cultural cause can also form a virtuous cycle," Huang Yajun (黄亚军) said.
According to Wang Lixin (王立新), executive dean of the Cultural and Creative Industry Research Institute of Chongqing University (重庆大学文化创意产业研究院), the key to benefit-the-people performances is not the price, but the positioning. "The ticket price for benefit-the-people performances is low, and its value lies in putting mass art back into the context of cultural consumption." Wang Lixin (王立新) believes, "For the audience, a theater ticket will not cause a burden, and it is enough to form real consumption. If everyone is willing to pay, a relatively stable audience group will be formed, which will also help mass art take root in daily life."
"How many tickets are sold, what programs are popular, and what time has a high attendance rate—this data can help the theater troupe optimize program arrangements," Zhang Yang (张扬) said.
"We must not only allow the masses to afford to see the show, but also make the show have vitality," said Tan Bo (谭波), deputy section chief of the Literature and Art Section of the Kaizhou District (开州区) Party Committee Propaganda Department (区委宣传部文艺科). The district has introduced a series of supporting policies, arranging special funds every year for theater operation subsidies, providing creation support for excellent mass art works, and establishing a "mass art talent pool" to provide free training.
"We have adopted an operating model of six 'combinations' to combine mass actors with professional guidance, fixed venues with mobile stages, offline performances with online live broadcasts, public welfare benefits with market operations, sending culture to the countryside with planting culture to take root, and mass ordering with precise dispatching to improve the level of public cultural services through mechanism innovation," Tan Bo (谭波) said.
Zhangye, Gansu (甘肃张掖)
A Qinqiang Opera (秦腔) Performance Receives a Full House of Applause
By Our Reporter Zeng Yichen (曾亦辰)
At 12:30 p.m., the line in front of the ticket window had already turned a corner. Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. and the performance starts at 2:30 p.m. Why come so early? "If you come early, you can get a good seat." "It's nice to sit here and bask in the sun when the sun is warmest!" "I just put down my bowl and it's comfortable to talk to my old opera friends!"
This is the performance venue of the Zhangye Qiyi Theater Troupe (张掖七一剧团) in Gansu (甘肃). Just after 1 p.m., the staff began to arrange for the audience to enter the venue in an orderly manner, "Grandma, slow down, be careful of the slippery ground! Everyone, don't worry, there are seats for everyone!"
"I came over at 10 a.m. I can watch the actors rehearse, and they also taught me some simple singing techniques," Lu Jinlin (鲁金林), who is over seventy years old, told reporters that he has been fascinated by Qinqiang Opera (秦腔) since he was in his thirties. "I just love to watch the Qiyi Theater Troupe's (七一剧团) plays. Wherever the troupe goes, I 'chase' after it!" Before the Qiyi Theater Troupe's (七一剧团) "touring" performances, he could only enjoy his opera addiction in teahouses.
People in Gansu (甘肃) love Qinqiang Opera (秦腔) for its hearty and unrestrained nature. Shouting a line makes you feel comfortable all over. The people are looking forward to listening to the opera, and the actors are eager to sing, so the municipal government has built a "bridge": the finance department pays for services, making "enjoying opera at your doorstep" a reality. Walking into the theater, Lu Jinlin (鲁金林) took a front-row seat. "The troupe has re-arranged classic plays like 'Eight Pieces of Clothing' (八件衣) with every line and tune. Look at the costumes on the stage, they are more exquisite than what I saw when I was young!"
The performance started on time at 2:30 p.m., staging classic plays that are "popular with the masses and good at by the actors." This day was three excerpts. The first act was "Foolish Dream" (痴梦). The actors on the stage flicked their water sleeves, drawing circles in the air. "The sleeve flicking is so neat, and the 'joyful sound' in that Qinqiang Opera (秦腔) segment just now makes me feel bright!" Inside the theater, old opera fans introduced the content they were familiar with to new opera fans. "Everyone is very willing to share, and the viewing atmosphere is very good. There are also rolling subtitles on both sides of the stage, so even if you come for the first time, you can quickly enter the plot," said a young audience member.
A Qinqiang Opera (秦腔) performance receives a full house of applause, which gives the actors more motivation. After the normalized operation of benefit-the-people performances, the average performance time of actors in the Qiyi Theater Troupe (七一剧团) has increased by 40% compared with before, and young actors have also received full training. "Now every show is full, and we are close to the audience. With more communication, both singing and acting are more stable," said Zhong Miao (种妙), the lead actor of "Foolish Dream" (痴梦) and a young actor. "Many old opera fans come to every show. We sing the first line, and they can follow with the next line. This also 'forces' us to be more serious and bring out our best state."
"In the summer, many audience members from nearby villages and towns will ride their bikes to watch the show," said Zhou Wenhui (周文慧), general manager of the Qiyi Theater Troupe (七一剧团), talking about the next plan. "When the weather gets warmer, our troupe will continue to go to community squares, township cultural squares, and rural markets to let more people feel the charm of Qinqiang Opera (秦腔)."
By: 李树建
Having dedicated over 50 years to the art, I have personally witnessed the ups and downs, as well as the transformations, of Henan Opera. In recent years, Henan Opera has garnered increasing popularity and continues to "break the circle," which is the result of the inheritance of cultural genes, the promotion of opportunities of the times, and the joint action of talent echelon, communication innovation, and audience aesthetics.
The ancient Henan Opera, deeply rooted in the fertile soil of the Central Plains, is one of the carriers of Chinese civilization. In the long-term development and evolution of Henan Opera, people have integrated their feelings of home and country and the value pursuit of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness into it, forming a distinct cultural identity. The cultural genes of Henan Opera are not rigid, but vivid and fluid. The value concepts contained in Henan Opera resonate with the current spiritual pursuits of people, thus bursting with new vitality.
A single opera aria inherits and revitalizes. A number of plays such as "Cheng Ying Saves the Orphan" (《程婴救孤》), "Village Official Li Tiancheng" (《村官李天成》), and "Chang Xiangyu" (《常香玉》) have successively won various national awards, becoming cultural phenomena that transcend regions. The most impressive performance I have ever had was originally planned for no more than 10,000 spectators, but more than 50,000 people came; the performance started at 2:30 p.m., and the seats were already full at 10 a.m. I was both excited and nervous—this was a grand occasion I had never seen since I started my career. Similar scenes have been staged in many places, which is not only a performance, but also a cultural interaction, showing the vigorous vitality of traditional art among the people.
Why is Henan Opera becoming more and more popular? In addition to the classic repertoire, it is also inseparable from the young actors who inject vitality into Henan Opera. In 2009, we promoted the establishment of a Henan Opera undergraduate class at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (中国戏曲学院). When the first batch of undergraduates enrolled, we hired more than 20 artists to teach, and after graduation, we established the Henan Henan Opera Youth Troupe (河南豫剧青年团). Today, this troupe has 37 bachelors, more than 10 masters, and 2 doctors, becoming one of the most popular professional troupes. The success of the Youth Troupe proves that only systematic and high-starting-point training can ensure that the art of opera is passed on from generation to generation.
"Even good wine fears deep alleys," 酒香也怕巷子深 (jiǔ xiāng yě pà xiàng zi shēn - "fragrant wine also fears deep alley," even good products need promotion), nowadays, Henan Opera actively embraces the Internet and enters the vision of more people. Some troupes set up live broadcast stands next to the stage, and dozens of live broadcast rooms are online simultaneously for each performance, attracting tens of thousands of netizens to watch. The innovation of communication methods has broken the "walls" of traditional theaters and allowed traditional culture to be reborn in the digital age.
Henan Opera audiences are not conservative or exclusive. As long as the works meet contemporary aesthetics and touch the soul, they will be warmly accepted. This open-minded appreciation provides fertile ground for Henan Opera innovation. During a performance in Ye County (叶县), Pingdingshan City (平顶山市), Henan Province (河南省), the organizers set up a large screen for the rear-row audience to watch simultaneously, and 40,000 spectators were in good order, which itself is a reflection of the improvement of audience quality. Art and the audience are mutually accomplished, and a high-quality audience group is the social foundation for the continued prosperity of Henan Opera.
Without an audience, the inheritance and development of opera will also be limited. I once personally experienced the pain of audience disconnection in a performance: the old audience gradually left, and the new audience failed to continue. This prompted us to explore immersive performances—not only to train actors, but also to cultivate audiences. In 2023, my team and I carried out Henan Opera immersive resident performances in Zhengzhou (郑州), Shanghai (上海), Beijing (北京) and other places; in 2024, we started a national tour of immersive performances. The actors tried to put on makeup offstage, walk among the audience and sing, and interact with the audience at zero distance, so that they could understand opera and truly love this art. Over the years, we have adhered to "change and unchange": what changes are the form, method, and technology, and what remains unchanged is the root and soul of traditional culture.
Henan Opera with feelings changes with the times, which is a vivid embodiment of cultural confidence. This inspires us that traditional art must live in the present and must adhere to the core of culture and embrace the changes of the times. In the future, we will continue to deepen the talent training system, expand communication channels, innovate performance forms, and especially work hard to cultivate young audiences. Opera workers and the audience "run in both directions," and the artistic flower of Henan Opera will surely bloom with more brilliant light.
(The author is the Vice Chairman of the China Theatre Association (中国戏剧家协会) and the Chairman of the Henan Theatre Association (河南省戏剧家协会), compiled by Zhang Wenhao (张文豪), a reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopThis newspaper reports from Guangzhou on January 14th (Reporter Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹)) The first domestically developed rapid analyzer for nanocrystal structures, independently researched and developed by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (广州地球化学研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) research team, was officially released on the 14th. The instrument possesses high-throughput rapid analysis capabilities for phase identification and structure determination of nanoscale crystals and minerals, and its overall technical level is on par with the latest international equipment of the same type.
Atoms are the basic units that make up the material world, and their arrangement and interaction determine the properties of matter. As humans explore the unknown world of deep space and deep earth, and application fields such as nanomaterials, resolving the crystal structure of submicron to nanoscale materials has become an important need for scientific understanding and the development of high technology.
"Traditional single-crystal X-ray diffraction technology has difficulty breaking through the analytical bottleneck of nanoscale crystals, and relying on foreign instruments and software is accompanied by multiple barriers such as high costs, complex operations, and limited algorithms, which has led to China being 受制于人 (shòu zhì yú rén - "controlled by others," to be at the mercy of others) in strategic fields such as deep-earth resource research for a long time," said Xian Haiyang (鲜海洋), the team leader and researcher at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (广州地球化学研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院).
The sample stage is a key piece of equipment for measuring nanoscale samples. "During the data acquisition process, the amount of sample drift must be very small, otherwise it will seriously affect the measurement results. And nanoscale objects are very prone to drift. After repeated research, we finally managed to control the amount of drift within 200 nanometers," said Xian Haiyang (鲜海洋).
Compared to traditional equipment that takes at least half an hour or even several days to analyze crystals, this analyzer only needs a few seconds to tens of seconds to collect data, which means that multiple data points can be collected in 1 minute.
Currently, the team has successfully analyzed two new minerals, "Wangyepalladite" and "Oxyplumbopyrochlore," using this technology, which have been approved and named by the International Mineralogical Association, and also confirmed that early deep-Earth water can exist in bridgmanite crystal lattices. Related results have been published in the international academic journal *Science*.
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on January 14th (Reporter Zhou Feiya (周飞亚)) On the 14th, the first major achievement conference of the 2026 Key Laboratory of Scientific Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) was held in Beijing (北京), releasing a total of 6 major achievements, covering the origin of Chinese civilization, the protection of cultural heritage along the Silk Road, and interdisciplinary research.
The "Construction Report of the China Animal Resource Specimen Bank—Creating a Globally Leading Scientific Archaeological Resource Standard Library" introduced the construction of the Chinese Civilization Scientific Resource Animal Specimen Bank, systematically collecting ancient animal bone specimens unearthed from 121 sites in 26 provinces and extant animal specimens with important scientific research and collection value, totaling more than 100,000 pieces; "Innovative New Paradigm of Field Archaeological Excavation and Cultural Relics Protection—Taking the 2018 Xuewei No. 1 Tomb Laboratory Protection Project as an Example," focusing on the "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries of the Century" 2018 Xuewei No. 1 Tomb, proposed an integrated work paradigm of "refined excavation + emergency protection + restoration research," scientifically restoring several (sets) of precious relics that were severely damaged and had complex compilation relationships; "Restoration and Research of Tang Dynasty Tie-dyeing Fabrics—A New Progress in Textile Archaeological Experimental Research," focusing on Tang Dynasty tie-dyeing fabrics unearthed in Dulan County (都兰县), Qinghai Province (青海省), adopted the double evidence method combining literature and physical objects, relying on a quantitative evidence chain formed by multidisciplinary cross-validation, and established China's historical status as the main origin of the global classical textile technology of tie-dyeing; "New Scientific Archaeological Discoveries in the 10,000-Year History of Agricultural Culture in Northern China—Three Stages of Early Dryland Agriculture in the Yanshan (燕山) North and South Regions," focusing on key sites of the origin of dryland agriculture in the north, carried out multidisciplinary cooperative research including carbon-14 dating and carbon-nitrogen stable isotope analysis, and systematically summarized the key time nodes of dryland agriculture and early civilization development; "Archaeological Discovery of China's Earliest Ancient Bayberry Tree—Research on the Relics of Ancient Bayberry Trees from the Liangzhu Culture (良渚文化) Period at the Shiyao (施岙) Site," through scientific methods such as tree-ring chronology and carbon-14 dating, it was determined that the ancient tree relics unearthed at the Shiyao (施岙) Site in Yuyao (余姚), Zhejiang (浙江), were ancient bayberry trees from the Liangzhu Culture (良渚文化) period around 2520 BC, and the ancient trees were identified from the "Myrica genus" to the "Myrica species" for the first time, which is the earliest and most clearly defined bayberry species in China; "Digital Archaeology Unveils China's Water Conservancy Project Around 5,000 Years Ago—Research on Prehistoric Water Management Civilization in China," innovatively integrated cutting-edge information technologies such as satellite remote sensing, drone aerial photography, and three-dimensional reconstruction of sites, revealing that the ancestors mastered climate and hydrological characteristics, reasonably managed water resources to cope with climate change, and promoted the birth and development of prehistoric civilization.
The conference was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院) and co-organized by the Bureau of Scientific Research of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院科研局), the Chinese Academy of History (中国历史研究院), the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院考古研究所), and the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院大学).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 琼达卓嘎
A simple courtyard is located in a village in Chundui Township, Linzhou County (林周县), Lhasa (拉萨), Tibet (西藏). In the winter plateau, the cold wind is biting. Pushing open the door of the "People's Courtyard," warmth and bustle rush in – it has become the "cultural living room" in the mouths of the villagers.
Inside the courtyard, the village art troupe is performing the traditional dance "Xieqin," with loud singing and lively sleeves; more than 20 elderly people are sitting in a circle, some humming along with the singing, some playing Tibetan chess, and some quietly reading books; children are playing in the picture book area; young people are listening attentively in the skills training room... The small courtyard embodies the spirit of the whole village.
"With the courtyard, there is no need to worry about watching performances or reading books, just a step away." Dunzhu (顿珠), the leader of the local cultural heritage team, said. The winter is long, and in the past, most villagers stayed at home, and many people said they felt "**心里空落落的**" (xīn lǐ kōng luò luò de - "empty in the heart," feeling empty and lonely).
Aci Ren (阿次仁), a villager, is a regular visitor to the courtyard. "In the past, there was no place to dance or watch programs, and we could only bask in the sun and chat in winter. Now it's different. Reading, playing chess, and listening to young people talk about new things make me feel particularly happy," she said with a smile.
Walking into the "People's Courtyard," the functional areas are clearly defined: the Tibetan reading area displays books on agricultural and animal husbandry technology, history, and literature; the digital cinema plays movies, documentaries, and agricultural technology films; the handmade exhibition area displays exquisite Tibetan boots and woven products, next to which is the deliberation corner, where village affairs are often discussed, and young people can also learn coffee making.
"This is our common 'home'," said Deji Quzhen (德吉曲珍), the administrator. "The elderly can wash their hair and feet for free, young people can learn practical skills, and children have a dedicated space. Next, we will also open various interest classes." In Deji Quzhen's view, the courtyard has become a "complex" integrating cultural display, skills teaching, exchange and discussion, and digital experience.
The popularity of the "People's Courtyard" is a vivid portrayal of Tibet's efforts to promote the sinking of public cultural services and build grassroots cultural nodes. Liu Hongjin (刘鸿锦), deputy director of the Public Service Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism (西藏自治区文化和旅游厅), introduced that here, villagers are not only participants but are also gradually becoming organizers and creators.
The art troupe where Dunzhu is located is a typical example of a self-generated group. With the help of the courtyard's venue and equipment, the team members choreograph programs, integrate traditional "Xieqin" with modern dance elements, and create skits reflecting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside. They not only perform in their own village but also begin to be invited to perform in neighboring villages and cities. "The courtyard has given us a stage and confidence," Dunzhu said.
The vitality of the courtyard comes from "customization on demand." The management personnel regularly solicit villagers' opinions: pastoral villages hope for lectures on veterinary epidemic prevention, women want to learn modern weaving to broaden income channels, and children desire more animated science popularization... The people "order," and the government "delivers," achieving precise connection between culture and needs.
Since its opening in August last year, the courtyard has carried out more than 10 activities, receiving a total of more than 3,000 people.
The sparks of the "People's Courtyard" cannot be separated from the solid foundation of public cultural services that Tibet has continuously consolidated. Up to now, Tibet has built a public cultural service network covering five levels: region, prefecture, county, township, and village, with a total of 6,287 venues, realizing that every county has an activity center, every township has a cultural station, and every village has an activity room.
Liu Hongjin said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Tibet will improve the modern public cultural service system, strengthen and make good use of grassroots cultural positions, carry out actions to improve the quality and efficiency of public cultural services, promote the sinking of cultural resources, improve "embedded" services, cultivate local talents, and support mass-run cultural activities.
The winter sun shines through the windows of the "People's Courtyard," sprinkling on the reading elderly, reflecting the smiling faces of the playing children, and warming the hearts of every villager.
Return to TopBeijing, January 14th (Reported by Yu Sinan (喻思南)) A reporter learned from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农业科学院): The Institute of Agricultural Genomics of the academy, in conjunction with domestic universities, has discovered a key "susceptibility switch" gene for wheat scab. After using gene editing technology to knock out this gene, new wheat materials that are both resistant to scab and powdery mildew, and whose growth and yield are unaffected, have been created, providing important genetic resources and technical pathways for improving wheat disease resistance. The relevant research results were published in "Plant Communications."
Wheat scab is an important head blight caused by Fusarium graminearum. At present, resources of major resistance genes for wheat scab are very scarce, and only 2 major resistance loci have been cloned. In order to effectively control scab, there is an urgent need to discover new scab resistance regulatory genes. The research team identified a key "susceptibility switch" gene, TaROD1, in wheat. After knocking out this gene, it was found that the resistance of the mutant to scab was significantly enhanced, and the resistance to powdery mildew was also significantly improved. More importantly, under field and greenhouse conditions, the mutant showed no significant differences from the wild type in key agronomic traits such as plant height, spike traits, and single-plant yield, achieving disease resistance without yield reduction.
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In the process of rural revitalization, "land without names" and "names without standards" used to be prominent pain points—unnamed roads caused navigation failures, vague addresses blocked express delivery channels, and a lack of distinct regional identification made it difficult for distinctive local products to enter the market. "Difficulty finding roads," "difficulty with express delivery," and "weak industries"—small place names directly affect villagers' lives and rural development.
To solve these problems, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) deployed the "Rural Prominent Action" in May 2023. By the end of 2025, a total of 927,000 rural place names across the country had been named or renamed, more than 32 million place name signs and house number plates had been set up, more than 12 million place names and points of interest had been standardized and marked, and the number of navigations exceeded 10 billion person-times. From the digital house numbers in Hefei (合肥), Anhui (安徽), to the smooth logistics in Haikou (海口), Hainan (海南), and then to the special products from the village in Dalian (大连), Liaoning (辽宁), "small place names" are becoming a "great driving force" for serving people's livelihoods, empowering governance, and driving rural revitalization and development.
Solving the "Navigation Difficulty" for Travel
Roads have signs and homes have house numbers
Location is no longer vague
Some time ago, Chen Taixi (陈太喜), who had been working away from home for a long time, drove back to his hometown and felt a big difference.
In the past, when he went home, he could only navigate to the village committee and then drive to the old house nearby based on his memory. Now, he can directly locate "No. 8, Wanghuai Road, Chewang Village, Yijing Town, Changfeng County, Hefei City, Anhui Province (安徽省合肥市长丰县义井镇车王村旺槐路8号)" in the navigation system. The navigation also marks every cement road in the village, and the stores and restaurants along the way are clearly visible.
"The village has carried out the 'Rural Prominent Action'. The village cadres said that the road in front of my house was named Wanghuai Road." Chen Taixi (陈太喜) said happily when talking about the changes in his hometown.
"In the past, the roads had no names, so the villagers used the old pagoda tree in the village to locate them, saying how many meters in which direction from the old pagoda tree," said Yan Taixin (严太新), secretary of the Party branch of Chewang Village (车王村). However, landmarks are only a vague location, and it often happens that the exact address cannot be found. "When outsiders come to the village, if they are not familiar with the direction, they have to ask for directions as soon as they enter the village," Yan Taixin (严太新) said, adding that the rows of houses in the village are built similarly, making it even more difficult to find the destination.
Since February 2024, Changfeng County (长丰县) has successively carried out the "Rural Prominent Action" in the county, standardizing the naming of 482 roads and residential areas, and setting up 793 digital road signs and 27,482 digital house number plates.
Xinghuai Road, Wanghuai Road, Fenghuang Bridge Road... The seven main roads in Chewang Village (车王村) all have names rich in regional culture. "When naming, we organized the old party members and old teachers in the village, and everyone unanimously agreed to name the roads after historical sites such as the ancient pagoda tree and Fenghuang Bridge (凤凰桥) in the village," Yan Taixin (严太新) said.
"Naming roads is also an excavation of rural culture. When naming, we use rural historical culture, traditional folk customs and other resources to let everyone remember their nostalgia in the road names," said Zhen Ning (甄宁), director of the Social Affairs Service Center of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Changfeng County (长丰县民政局社会事务服务中心).
After the place names are standardized, the more critical thing is "collecting and mapping". In May 2019, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) built and opened the National Place Name Information Database, an authoritative publishing platform for standard place names. Changfeng County (长丰县) follows the principle of "whoever approves, whoever registers" to standardize the registration and announcement of standard place names and upload them to the database. At the same time, it also mobilized cadres and the masses to collect and map 1,434 pieces of road and various points of interest information through the "Rural Prominent Action" mini-program released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部). Road names and interest points that benefit agriculture and farmers have been "lit up" on Baidu (百度), Gaode (高德), and Tencent (腾讯) maps, greatly facilitating travel navigation in rural areas.
After the place names are mapped, the obvious convenience follows—express delivery is delivered to the door, taxis can be parked directly in front of the door, and the service speed of grass-roots cadres is also faster.
Today, road signs are set up at the intersections and ends of each main road in Chewang Village (车王村). There is a QR code on the road signs. By scanning the code, you can see the origin of the road name. Ecological farms, planting bases, reservoir ponds, and bridge water conservancy facilities are also marked. "This information is included in the navigation system, which not only facilitates everyone's travel, but also allows emergency response and people's livelihood services to arrive more accurately, making the bottom map of rural governance clearer," Zhen Ning (甄宁) said.
Solving the "Difficulty of Express Delivery Entering Villages"
Data sharing facilitates postal routes
Logistics goes to the countryside accurately to households
"Di——New order, please check!" On January 11, in the express delivery distribution center in Sanjiang Town (三江镇), Meilan District (美兰区), Haikou City (海口市), Hainan Province (海南省), the sorting line was running at full speed, and Zhang Lin (张林), a China Post deliveryman, was skillfully scanning packages and loading the express items marked with "Qierui Village (茄苪村)" and "Qienan Village (茄南村)" onto the vehicle.
"Two years ago, I had a headache when I saw the items from these villages," Zhang Lin (张林) said with emotion. In the past, most of the roads in the villages had no names, and the package slips only had vague addresses such as "next to the small shop" and "at the intersection of the main road". He had to call to confirm at the entrance of the village. If the signal was not good or the description was unclear, it would take half an hour for a single order.
Now, Zhang Lin (张林) can accurately locate the household by entering the road name in the mobile phone navigation interface. This change stems from the "Rural Prominent Action" promoted by Meilan District (美兰区).
For a long time, the lack of names for land and the lack of standards for names in rural areas have been a major pain point for express logistics entering villages. In order to open up the "last mile", the Meilan District Civil Affairs Bureau (美兰区民政局) launched a rural place name standardization and digitization project in conjunction with multiple departments in 2024.
In Sanjiang Town (三江镇), Yanfeng Town (演丰镇) and other places, civil affairs staff, together with professional surveying teams, conducted on-site surveys of each village road and industrial road, and named them in combination with villagers' opinions. "The road from Fubao Village (福宝村) to the wax apple base is called 'Fumin Road', and the road connecting the oyster pier in Yanhai Village (演海村) is called 'Dukou Road'. The naming is both standardized and in line with industrial characteristics," said Liu Xiaoxia (刘晓霞), deputy director of the Meilan District Civil Affairs Bureau (美兰区民政局副局长).
The key step is "going to the cloud and interconnecting".
Meilan District (美兰区) collected spatial data on the newly named 227 rural roads, and recorded place name information, spatial coordinates and multimedia data into the National Place Name Information Database. After joining the information database, Internet map platforms such as Baidu (百度) and Gaode (高德) can refer to the markings and location information on the map to standardize the collection and mapping for use.
At the same time, in order to respond to the "Notice on Strengthening Cooperation between Place Names and Postal Services to Help Rural Revitalization" issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (民政部) and the State Post Bureau (国家邮政局) in 2025, Meilan District (美兰区) promoted the postal department to put forward "name needs", and the place name authorities specifically solved the problem of place name blank spots, weaving a dense place name network for rural postal routes. The rural place name "one map" built by the Haikou (海口) urban area place name network platform integrates information such as postal logistics, industrial distribution, and leisure routes, allowing logistics vehicles to accurately identify each node.
Data interconnection has activated rural logistics efficiency. According to statistics, in 2025, the access rate in Meilan District (美兰区) has reached 100%, and the value premium of regional public brands such as "Meilan Good Products" has exceeded 1.6 billion yuan. A win-win pattern of production and sales of "place name + industry" is taking shape.
Yanfeng Town (演丰镇) is famous for its oysters. In the past, due to vague addresses, fresh food logistics companies did not dare to accept orders, fearing that delays would cause losses. Today, at the postal comprehensive convenience service station in Tashi Village (塔市村), Yanfeng Town (演丰镇), the daily throughput of express items has jumped from dozens a few years ago to more than 800. "Last year, the sales of seafood and fruits increased significantly. Many repeat customers place orders online, and express delivery vehicles go directly to the stalls to pick up the goods. This year, I plan to discuss large orders with the post station, and the business is more promising," said an oyster farmer in Yanfeng Town (演丰镇) with a smile. Relying on the improved place name sign guidance system, the local area has created the "Oyster Town" IP. Tourists can scan the road sign information to see the place name story and navigate to the farmers' farmhouses.
Solving the "Weak Brand" of Industry
Use place names to name special products
Open up online sales channels
"Thirty-li Fort (三十里堡) apples have a long history of planting, and the soil is regularly tested to ensure selenium-rich quality. You can receive them at home in two or three days after placing an order!" In the apple sales live broadcast room in Thirty-li Fort Street (三十里堡街道), Jinzhou District (金州区), Dalian City (大连市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), the anchor Jiang Xiaona (蒋晓娜) showed fresh fruits while telling the origin of the place name, "This place is named Thirty-li Fort (三十里堡) because it is 30 li away from Jinzhou Ancient City (金州古城). There is also a Ming Dynasty (明代) beacon tower nearby. Welcome everyone to come and pick them."
Jiang Xiaona (蒋晓娜) was originally a housewife. In 2025, she became a spokesperson for local agricultural products through the Baoma live broadcast training organized by the Jinzhou District Civil Affairs Bureau (金州区民政局). "I feel particularly accomplished when I see special products with place names such as 'Thirty-li Fort (三十里堡) Apples' and 'Fuzhou Bay (复州湾) Salt Field Shrimp' going to the whole country," Jiang Xiaona (蒋晓娜) said.
In the past, the high-quality special products in Jinzhou District (金州区) faced the dilemma of "having characteristics but no brand name and having products but no traffic".
"The farm's dozens of orchards are scattered in various villages. The location is remote, and it is not clear on the map. It is difficult for couriers to find the way, let alone do e-commerce live broadcasts," Wang Fengnian (王锋年), director of the state-owned farm in Thirty-li Fort Street (三十里堡街道), recalled that in the past, apples were mostly purchased by fruit merchants or sold nearby. "Everyone only knew that they were Dalian (大连) apples, but they didn't know that they were produced in Thirty-li Fort (三十里堡)."
Jinzhou (金州) has a long history and rich place name resources. "However, in the past, the addresses of production bases were vague, which restricted the development of the industry," said Xu Yang (徐洋), director of the District Civil Affairs Bureau (区民政局局长).
Since 2023, Jinzhou District (金州区) has carried out the "Rural Prominent Action", comprehensively investigating place name blank spots, standardizing the collection of more than 4,360 pieces of place name information such as roads, residential areas, and agricultural parks, and working with natural resource departments to build a "digital base map" of rural space. The entire area of orchards, shrimp ponds, and greenhouses not only has standard addresses, but is also equipped with three-dimensional panoramic maps.
"Place names are not just markers, but also cultural business cards. Combining them with products can become productivity," Xu Yang (徐洋) said. Jinzhou District (金州区) embedded rural place name information into e-commerce platforms. Xu Yang (徐洋) took the lead in entering the live broadcast room, telling place name stories to sell goods through live broadcasts, "naming" special products with place names, and "promoting" the region through the sale of special products. Subsequently, the District Civil Affairs Bureau (区民政局) trained more than 700 Baoma to form a live broadcast team, bringing more than 300,000 exposures to special products every day on average. In 2025, the sales of special products with place names in Jinzhou District (金州区) increased by 37% year-on-year.
Digital place names have also promoted the integrated development of industries. Using place names as tourism guides, Jinzhou District (金州区) "connects scenery with roads and prospers industries with names", connecting agricultural sightseeing bases such as Qiding Mountain (七顶山) cherry orchard and Thirty-li Fort (三十里堡) apple orchard, forming a distinctive rural tourism corridor and becoming an important engine for rural revitalization.
"In the past, we were worried about sales when apples were ripe. Now, online sales account for more than half of the total output, and the price is about 10% higher than the wholesale price. There are also tourists who come to pick them, and fruit farmers have truly benefited," Wang Fengnian (王锋年) said.
(Our reporter Qin Ruijie (秦瑞杰) participated in the writing)
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Rural place names, seemingly inconspicuous geographical "small symbols," are actually "key matters" concerning people's livelihoods and the strength of industries. The reason why the "Rural Place Name Action" can take root and achieve results at the grassroots level is that it starts with the "small incision" of the urgent needs and expectations of the masses, allowing policy accuracy and people's livelihood temperature to resonate at the same frequency.
The vitality of a policy lies in accurately perceiving public opinion. Starting from the perspective of the people, the initial design of the policy directly addresses daily concerns such as "difficulty in finding roads" and "difficulty in express delivery," allowing returning travelers to accurately return home, villagers to receive and send express delivery with peace of mind, and industrial integration to flourish. These visible and tangible changes allow the masses to gain a real sense of achievement.
The feasibility of a policy lies in truly fitting the conditions of the people. From the standardized support provided by the National Place Name Information Database (国家地名信息库), to the collaborative mechanism built by the postal service cooperation, to the data interoperability of Internet platforms, the "Rural Place Name Action" has built an implementation system of top-down linkage and multi-party collaboration. This not only maintains the systematic nature of top-level design, but also gives the grassroots enough flexibility, truly shortening the distance from "policy blueprint" to "people's livelihood benefits."
Small place names hide big livelihoods, and good policies contain true feelings. The practice of the "Rural Place Name Action" inspires us that rural construction should aim at needs, make precise efforts, and handle "small things" practically, so that policy dividends can continue to surge and the road to comprehensive revitalization can become wider and wider. 瞄准需求 (miáo zhǔn xū qiú - "aim at needs," to accurately target the needs).
Return to TopOn the 13th, the sixth batch of national centralized procurement with volume (hereinafter referred to as "centralized procurement") for high-value medical consumables produced the winning results in Tianjin (天津). This centralized procurement included 12 types of medical consumables in two major categories: drug-coated balloons and urinary intervention, with 496 products from 227 companies bidding, and 440 products from 202 companies winning the bid. Mainstream enterprises with high demand from medical institutions actively won the bid, ensuring a rich and diverse supply of products.
Surgical consumables related to urinary system stones were included in centralized procurement for the first time. Kidney stone and ureteral stone removal surgery are among the most common surgeries in urology, involving complex products, and were previously a "blank area" for centralized procurement.
This centralized procurement for the first time purchased various key consumables required for urinary system stone surgery, including ureteral intervention guidewires, ureteral intervention sheaths, and ureteral balloon dilation catheters, with 454 products from 195 companies bidding, and 398 products from 170 companies winning the bid.
"This means that the main consumables required for various stone surgeries are basically covered," said Li Jun (李钧), Deputy Director of the Third Department of Urology, Urology Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital (首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院), Capital Medical University. He introduced that the price of minimally invasive stone surgery was previously between 20,000 and 30,000 yuan, and the overall treatment cost of stone disease is expected to be reduced after centralized procurement.
Drug-coated balloons are included in centralized procurement to protect patients with cardiovascular diseases. To build a more comprehensive treatment security system, the scope of national consumable centralized procurement continues to expand: from the initial cardiac coronary stents to peripheral vascular stents, and now to the drug-coated balloons in this centralized procurement, the centralized procurement coverage of cardiovascular intervention consumables is becoming increasingly broad.
"The previous stent centralized procurement reduced patients' medical expenses. With the inclusion of drug-coated balloons, more people will benefit," said Song Xiantao (宋现涛), Vice President of Beijing Friendship Hospital (首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院), Capital Medical University. Drug-coated balloons are suitable for situations such as stent restenosis after stent surgery and small vessel stenosis that is not suitable for placing stents, forming a complement to stents.
42 products from 32 companies producing drug-coated balloons participated in the bidding and all won the bid, which has a high degree of matching with clinical use and can reduce the financial burden on the public to a certain extent.
Scientific rules are set to prevent both "malicious low prices" and encourage technological innovation. This centralized procurement optimizes the centralized procurement policy, reflecting the principles of "stabilizing clinical practice, ensuring quality, preventing internal competition, and preventing bid-rigging." Group competition ensures the continuity of clinical use. It is clear that each type of product will be grouped and bid based on the size of medical institutions' demand and whether it can be supplied nationwide, to ensure that products with high clinical recognition and strong supply capabilities win the bid, stabilizing clinical use. Fully consider the functional differences of special products. Adapting to the characteristics of more "micro-innovation" in the field of consumables, for differentiated products with certain functional innovations, price comparison coefficients are formed based on clinical value to reasonably reflect price differences and enrich clinical use. Optimize the winning rules and clearly "prevent internal competition." Instead of simply selecting the lowest price to calculate the price difference, when the lowest price is too low, 65% of the average price of the entry is used as the price difference control benchmark. In this centralized procurement, 8 of the 20 competitive groups triggered this rule, which played an important role in preventing individual companies from quoting too low and overall lowering the price of products in the same group.
At present, the National Medical Insurance Department has successfully procured 142 types of medical consumables in 9 major categories, involving clinical fields such as cardiology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, otolaryngology, and urology. This centralized procurement is expected to be implemented around May 2026.
(Comprehensive reports from reporters Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳) of this newspaper and Xinhua News Agency reporters Xu Penghang (徐鹏航), Peng Yunjia (彭韵佳), and Zhang Jianxin (张建新))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 14th (Reporter Wang Zhou (王洲)) - In order to further meet the needs of citizens for civilized breastfeeding and infant care in public places, the Beijing (北京) Municipal Health Commission, Development and Reform Commission, and 14 other departments recently released the "Beijing (北京) Measures for the Construction and Management of Maternal and Infant Facilities," which clarifies that public places where mothers and infants frequently stay should build maternal and infant rooms and must not replace maternal and infant rooms with third bathrooms or toilets.
The measures clarify that large commercial outlets such as shopping centers and department stores; airports, railway stations, long-distance passenger stations, highway service areas, and transportation hubs; midwifery medical institutions, children's specialty hospitals, general hospitals with pediatrics departments, medical institutions with child health clinics; cultural, sports, and other activity venues; tourist and leisure places such as scenic spots, parks, gardens, and amusement parks; and large community public service or office places such as community health service centers where mothers and infants frequently stay should build maternal and infant rooms.
Public places may set up third bathrooms with infant care facilities as needed, but must not replace maternal and infant rooms, nurseries, and other facilities with third bathrooms or toilets.
The measures stipulate that the area of a maternal and infant room is generally 4 to 10 square meters. Public places with frequent stays of mothers and infants and a building area of 5,000 to 10,000 square meters should set up an independent maternal and infant room with a usable area of no less than 6 square meters. Public places with a building area of more than 10,000 square meters or a daily passenger flow of more than 10,000 people should set up a maternal and infant room with a usable area of no less than 10 square meters, or set up multiple independent maternal and infant rooms and nurseries with a usable area of no less than 4 square meters. Maternal and infant rooms in public places should use the prescribed signs, and complete, clear, and eye-catching directional signs should be set up at the entrance of public places.
In addition, the measures require that public place management should add a maternal and infant room emergency response mechanism to the original security system, and the emergency call button should be connected to the customer service center or security center and related service personnel. If citizens using the maternal and infant room experience physical discomfort, service personnel should assist them in obtaining medical help or on-site assistance. Unattended maternal and infant rooms need to publicize the emergency telephone number for maternal and infant facilities in a prominent area.
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In recent days, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部) and four other departments jointly issued the "Notice on Regulating the Release of Recruitment Information on Online Platforms" (关于规范网络平台招聘类信息发布的通知) (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), to further regulate online recruitment order and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of job seekers. The person in charge of the Human Resources Flow Management Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (人力资源和社会保障部人力资源流动管理司) provided an interpretation.
Q: What requirements does the "Notice" put forward for implementing the management of online recruitment service licenses?
A: For-profit human resources service agencies that publish recruitment information through websites, applications, etc., in the form of text, pictures, videos, live broadcasts, etc., shall obtain a Human Resources Service License (人力资源服务许可证) in accordance with the law. Online platforms that provide online recruitment services such as recruitment information release for employers shall obtain a Human Resources Service License (人力资源服务许可证) in accordance with the law. Local authorities should organize investigations within their jurisdictions to strengthen the screening of online platforms, take corresponding administrative regulatory measures against those who illegally publish recruitment information, and order relevant online platforms to promptly issue warnings, reminders, revoke deletions, restrict functions, and suspend or terminate services.
Q: What measures does the "Notice" propose for online platforms to strengthen account management?
A: Strengthen account registration management. Conduct real-name authentication of identity information for users applying for registration, implement real-name verification for account logins, further improve user agreements, and clarify the relevant rights and obligations of account information registration, use, and management. Classify and verify the qualifications of certified accounts. For recruitment service accounts, distinguish between different types, strengthen qualification verification and certification, register and file, and verify at least once every six months. Clearly indicate account qualification information. Online platforms should set up a "Recruitment Service" label and clearly indicate qualifications and certification information on the account homepage.
Q: What are the specific requirements of the "Notice" for standardizing the format of recruitment information?
A: The recruitment information released should include the basic information of the employer, the number of people to be recruited, the recruitment conditions, the job content, the work location, the basic labor remuneration, and other elements, and should indicate the validity period or be updated in a timely manner. Recruitment service accounts shall not publish recruitment information containing discriminatory content in terms of ethnicity, race, gender, religious belief, etc., shall not violate national regulations, set restrictions on the flow of human resources in terms of household registration, region, identity, etc., shall not use high salaries, guaranteed admission, etc. as gimmicks for false advertising, shall not impersonate expert authority to attract traffic, and shall not disguisedly release recruitment information in the name of human resources assessment, employment guidance consulting, etc. Those who forward recruitment information must strictly indicate the source of the information.
Q: What measures does the "Notice" have to deal with illegal and irregular accounts that illegally divert traffic in the name of recruitment information?
A: Take measures such as pop-up prompts, violation warnings, traffic restrictions, shielding and deletion, disconnection of publishing links, and cancellation of accounts to suspend or terminate relevant services. Verify accounts associated with suspected and fraudulent phone cards, and take disposal measures such as ordering corrections within a time limit, restricting functions, suspending use, and closing accounts. Establish a rapid disposal mechanism for complaints and reports, and promptly conduct manual review and platform intervention for accounts with concentrated complaints and reports. Establish an abnormal directory system to prohibit relevant entities from re-releasing recruitment information by changing, re-applying for accounts, and migrating accounts.
Return to Top(People's Daily) Beijing (北京), January 14th (Reported by Bai Jianfeng (白剑峰)) According to the National Health Commission (国家卫生健康委), in 2025, China's residents' health literacy level reached 33.69%, an increase of 1.82 percentage points compared to 2024, continuing to maintain a steady upward trend.
In 2025, the national urban residents' health literacy level was 36.68%, and the rural residents' level was 30.58%, an increase of 1.94 and 1.47 percentage points compared to 2024, respectively. The health literacy levels of residents in the eastern, central, and western regions were 36.71%, 32.98%, and 29.09%, respectively, an increase of 1.73, 1.50, and 1.82 percentage points compared to 2024, respectively. The gap between the western region and the eastern and central regions has narrowed.
The basic knowledge and concept literacy level of urban and rural residents was 41.36%, the health lifestyle and behavior literacy level was 38.99%, and the basic skills literacy level was 31.72%. The six types of health problem literacy levels, from high to low, were: safety and emergency literacy 58.18%, scientific health concept literacy 53.83%, health information literacy 50.83%, chronic disease prevention and control literacy 33.41%, infectious disease prevention and control literacy 32.42%, and basic medical literacy 32.22%.
Return to TopAccording to the news from the Information Office of the People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region (西藏自治区人民政府), as of 2025, Tibet (西藏) has built 80 centralized service centers for people in extreme poverty, achieving full coverage of county-level special care institutions, providing centralized care for 5,825 elderly people. More than 12,000 elderly care beds have been set up, with nursing beds accounting for 55%. 65 elderly daycare centers and 195 rural happy homes have been built, providing various elderly care services for more than 1.9 million elderly people.
Tibet (西藏) has established and improved a basic elderly care service list based on local conditions. The region has invested 5.63 million yuan to build 183 elderly meal assistance points with 7,979 meal seats; invested 12.26 million yuan to implement age-friendly renovations for 3,505 special elderly households in difficulty; invested 11.44 million yuan to carry out centralized care services for economically disadvantaged disabled elderly people and other groups; implemented national and local standards for elderly care services, and awarded star-level plaques to 43 elderly care institutions.
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Return to TopIn today's world of sports, international sports organizations play an important role. Whether it is a comprehensive international organization such as the International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会), or an international organization for a single sport, a group of Chinese sports figures are shining and contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the development of world sports. How did they get on the international stage, and how do they fulfill their responsibilities? Let's listen to their stories together.
——Editor
Li Quanhai (李全海), President of World Sailing—
"Actively participate and make your voice heard in decision-making"
Zheng Yi (郑轶) Lian Mengqi (廉梦琦)
The year 2026 will mark Li Quanhai's (李全海) (Figure 1, provided by the interviewee) forty-first year in the sailing sport, and another year as President of World Sailing (世界帆船联合会) (hereinafter referred to as "World Sailing").
World Sailing was founded in 1907 and now has 147 member units. Li Quanhai (李全海) is the first Chinese person to serve as President of World Sailing. He was successfully re-elected in November 2024 and is currently the only Chinese president of an Olympic sport's international federation. Behind this "unique" status is not only the high recognition of Li Quanhai (李全海) by the World Sailing family, but also the difficulty for Chinese people to enter the high levels of international sports organizations.
Li Quanhai (李全海) previously worked at the Water Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport (国家体育总局水上运动管理中心). Before running for president for the first time in 2020, Li Quanhai (李全海) had served World Sailing as vice president for 8 years. "In the past, no Asian had ever run for and been elected president, so I wanted to give it a try." Facing strong competitors, he made full preparations and went all out, and was eventually elected. In Li Quanhai's (李全海) view, it is the development and strength of the motherland that has given Chinese sports figures more opportunities.
"What can I bring to World Sailing? What practical problems need to be solved?..." After taking office, facing one problem after another, Li Quanhai (李全海) resolved conflicts, built consensus, and built a team. During his first 4-year term, the administrative reform process of World Sailing was substantially advanced, and the formulation and implementation of the Olympic sailing strategy also achieved fruitful results.
Li Quanhai (李全海) is particularly concerned about the development of sailing in remote countries and regions. He often flies long distances to the Caribbean and Africa to conduct on-site inspections of local events, listen to the needs of athletes and service teams, and provide support from the World Sailing level. "I put myself in the role of serving the development of world sailing, which is very important for building mutual trust and jointly promoting regional development."
Working across cultures, languages, and time zones for a long time has long been commonplace for Li Quanhai (李全海). He frankly said: "Participating in the work of international sports organizations requires not only professional management skills, but also passion and a willingness to make various preparations for doing volunteer work."
Under the leadership of Li Quanhai (李全海), sailing has become more popular around the world in the past few years, and his work achievements have won attention and recognition. On December 7, 2024, at the Executive Committee meeting where Li Quanhai (李全海) was re-elected as President of World Sailing, the then President of the International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会), Bach (巴赫), personally presented him with the "International Olympic Committee President's Award."
"No matter at what level you participate in the work of international sports organizations, it is important to actively participate, make your voice heard in decision-making, show wisdom, and reflect value." Looking to the future, there is still much that Li Quanhai (李全海) wants to do.
Yang Yang (杨扬), Vice President of the World Anti-Doping Agency—
"Be a guardian of athletes' rights"
Our reporter Li Shuo (李硕)
Yang Yang (杨扬) has been very busy in recent years. In May 2025, the World Anti-Doping Agency (世界反兴奋剂机构) held a Board meeting, and Yang Yang (杨扬) (Figure 2, Xinhua News Agency reporter Yin Gang (殷刚) photo), China's first Winter Olympic gold medalist, was successfully re-elected as Vice President and began her third term this year.
From Winter Olympic champion to international sports organization manager, Yang Yang (杨扬) has successively served in organizations such as the International Skating Union (国际滑冰联合会), the International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会), and the World Anti-Doping Agency (世界反兴奋剂机构). She continues to learn and actively participate, and her steps on the road of international sports governance are solid.
"To make the voice of Chinese athletes heard in international sports organizations" was her initial wish.
After the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Yang Yang (杨扬) considered retiring and began planning for the future. "First go out and see the world." She went to Australia for training and worked hard to study English at a local language school.
In 1999, Yang Yang (杨扬) was elected as a member of the International Skating Union Athletes' Commission. At the beginning of attending meetings, she often found it difficult to understand the content of the discussions, let alone express her views. "Before each meeting, I would learn about the agenda in advance, focus on the most familiar areas for in-depth research, and strive to put forward constructive opinions." She believes that the working ability of international sports organizations needs to be accumulated in practice, "**只有积极参与** (zhǐ yǒu jī jí cān yǔ - "only have active participation," only by actively participating) can you be seen and have the opportunity to integrate."
Several outstanding performances have won Yang Yang (杨扬) more platforms. In order to continuously improve herself, she went to Tsinghua University (清华大学) and the University of Utah (犹他大学) in the United States for further studies.
In 2010, Yang Yang (杨扬) was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (国际奥委会) Athletes' Commission. In 2015, as a Beijing Winter Olympics bid ambassador, she helped Beijing successfully bid for the Olympics with her wonderful speech at the bid site. During the preparation and hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics, as the chairman of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Athletes' Commission, she devoted all her efforts to a Winter Olympics that was "athlete-centered." In 2016, she became the first female speed skating director of the International Skating Union, the first female speed skating director in the organization's 125-year history. In 2020, she served as Vice President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (世界反兴奋剂机构), actively maintaining the continuity and stable advancement of global anti-doping work.
"A champion status allows you to be recognized in international organizations, but to be recognized, you rely on comprehensive qualities." Every time Yang Yang (杨扬) changes roles, she goes through "crazy cramming." In her opinion, one should not be afraid of "ignorance," but should bravely face challenges, "**每一段经历都拓展了我的视野，推动我成长** (měi yī duàn jīng lì dōu tuò zhǎn le wǒ de shì yě, tuī dòng wǒ chéng zhǎng - "every experience expands my horizons and promotes my growth," every experience broadens my horizons and promotes my growth)."
Yang Yang (杨扬) believes that the core of international sports organization rules lies in maintaining the fairness and sustainable development of global sports, which is consistent with China's goal of pursuing fair competition and promoting the healthy development of the cause. "In my work, on the one hand, I actively participate in the improvement of international rules, and on the other hand, I play a bridging role when communication with China is needed, increasing understanding and building consensus with pragmatic actions." When participating in policy formulation, rule improvement and other work, she insists on starting from the actual needs of athletes and strives to "be a guardian of athletes' rights" and defend the purity of sports.
Wu Fei (吴飞), Vice Chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation Referees and Umpires Committee—
"The heart must be rooted in China, and the eyes must look to the world"
Our reporter Sun Longfei (孙龙飞)
The WTT World Table Tennis Grand Slam was held in Beijing a few days ago, and the steady performance of referee Wu Fei (吴飞) (Figure 3, Bian Yuxiang (边玉翔) photo) attracted much attention. After the game, she won the "Referee Award," and her professional ability was highly recognized by the organizing committee.
Engaged in table tennis refereeing for more than 20 years, Wu Fei (吴飞) has moved from the domestic arena to the international stage. Today, she is the Deputy Director of the Department of Physical Education of Peking University (北京大学) and the Vice Chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation (国际乒联) Referees and Umpires Committee. Wu Fei (吴飞) said: "I hope to contribute Chinese wisdom and strength to the development of table tennis."
In 2003, Wu Fei (吴飞) joined Peking University (北京大学) as a teacher and assisted the Chinese table tennis team in carrying out scientific research with her professional background. In the same year, she began her refereeing career and obtained the highest-level international blue badge referee qualification at that time in 2007. "I cherish every opportunity to participate in international competitions as a Chinese referee." Since then, she has insisted on refereeing international competitions every year and has always maintained the validity of her "blue badge" qualification.
In 2012, Wu Fei (吴飞) became the youngest international referee at the time and refereed at the London Olympics. Subsequently, she participated in the Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics as a referee and deputy referee, and refereed in the World Table Tennis Championships, the Asian Games and other important events. With her stable on-site handling ability, Wu Fei (吴飞) has won the trust of the International Table Tennis Federation (国际乒联) referee team and the respect of athletes from various countries.
After the Paris Olympics, Wu Fei (吴飞) gradually shifted to referee training and management, serving as an examiner for gold and blue badge international referees, and mainly undertaking referee duties in various events. It is not easy to cooperate with referee teams from different countries and regions. She constantly accumulates trust and builds consensus in cross-cultural communication.
In 2019, upon the recommendation of the Chinese Table Tennis Association (中国乒协) and the inspection of the International Table Tennis Federation (国际乒联), Wu Fei (吴飞) joined the International Table Tennis Federation (国际乒联) Referees and Umpires Committee as a member; in 2021, she was elected as the Vice Chairman of the committee and has been re-elected to this day, becoming an important representative of Chinese table tennis referees in international organizations. "The responsibility on my shoulders is heavier. I must not only maintain the order and fairness of the game, but also convey China's voice," she said.
During her tenure, Wu Fei (吴飞) actively promoted the successful holding of the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (国际乒联) International Referee Conference and the 2025 International Elite Referee Seminar at Peking University (北京大学). Chinese athletes, coaches, referees and referees from various countries conducted in-depth exchanges. These two meetings unified the penalty standards for international competitions, laid the foundation for fair refereeing, and also enhanced China's influence in the field of table tennis rules and refereeing.
"My growth in the refereeing field is inseparable from the long-term support of the Chinese Table Tennis Association (中国乒协) and Peking University (北京大学)." Wu Fei (吴飞) always remembers, "**心要扎根中国，眼光要望向世界** (xīn yào zhā gēn zhōng guó, yǎn guāng yào wàng xiàng shì jiè - "heart must root in China, eyes must look to the world," one's heart must be rooted in China, while one's vision must extend to the world)."
Currently, Wu Fei (吴飞) has passed the assessment and become an International Table Tennis Federation (国际乒联) elite referee. This is the highest level of referee, and certificate holders have the right to serve as the chief referee of top events such as the Olympic Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, and the World Cup, participate in important work such as referee selection and penalty standard formulation, and be responsible for the overall enforcement and operation of the event.
Looking to the future, Wu Fei (吴飞) said: "I will always be in awe, continue to learn, and strive to become a stable, sober and warm referee, and be a good communication link between China and the world of table tennis."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季 芳
As the "final whistle" of the 2025-2026 season Freestyle Skiing Aerials World Cup sounded, Chinese athlete Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) once again stood on the podium, holding up the crystal globe trophy symbolizing the season's overall champion. This is her seventh overall season championship trophy in her career. From winning this honor for the first time at the age of 21 to still persevering in the arena she loves at the age of 35, Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) said that she used unremitting efforts to "once again break her own record."
Local time, January 12, Lake Placid, USA. The last stop of this season's Freestyle Skiing Aerials World Cup concluded. A total of two competitions were held at this World Cup stop, and Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) won two silver medals, setting her number of medals in individual World Cup events this season at 1 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. Her total score of 420 points far surpassed other athletes.
Holding the overall championship trophy again, Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) was deeply moved. "The moment my fingertips touched the crystal ball, I was filled with emotion. That joy was exactly the same as when I first won the overall championship at the age of 21, pure and fervent." In 2006, 16-year-old Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) made her World Cup debut in Beida Lake (北大湖) in Jilin (吉林). In the past 20 years, she has been among the top three in the World Cup season's overall standings 12 times, and has won the overall championship 7 times, leading the Chinese aerials team to constantly climb to new heights.
Behind the glory is unimaginable perseverance and hard work. In freestyle skiing aerials competitions, athletes need to dive down at speeds of 50 to 70 kilometers per hour, complete high-difficulty flips in the air, and withstand impact forces several times their own body weight when landing. Xu Mengtao's (徐梦桃) sports career is full of experiences fighting against injuries - 4 major surgeries, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in both knees, and 70% of her meniscus removed...
Winning the championship at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (北京冬奥会) was the highlight of Xu Mengtao's (徐梦桃) career. After that, she temporarily left the jump platform, but the love in her heart never went out. In 2023, at the age of 33, she announced her return to the arena, preparing for her fifth Winter Olympics journey. "I can still jump!" Behind the simple words is a fervent belief.
In the two seasons of her full return, she became a "model worker" on the field. In the 2024-2025 season, she won the World Cup overall runner-up, and in the 2025-2026 season, she won the championship again. Facing a series of problems brought about by increasing age, she and her team polished her training movements, arranged her daily training and rehabilitation in an orderly manner, and maintained her still top-notch competitiveness.
Last year, Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) passed two important milestones in her career, once again "unlocking" new achievements. She won the women's aerials championship at the Harbin Asian Winter Games (哈尔滨亚冬会), becoming the first Chinese snow sports athlete to achieve a Grand Slam, and then achieved her 100th international event medal in the Beida Lake (北大湖) World Cup.
"Love can **抵岁月漫长** (dǐ suì yuè màn cháng - "resist the long years," love can overcome the passage of time)," this sentence that she often says has become the driving force for her continuous progress. The 35-year-old Xu Mengtao (徐梦桃) is fully preparing for her fifth Winter Olympics, looking forward to drawing a dazzling trajectory again in the Winter Olympics arena.
Return to TopOn January 14th, the 2026 Australian Open held a unique "One-Point Showdown" exhibition match. Professional players and amateur enthusiasts competed on the Rod Laver Arena, with a single point determining the winner.
Unlike the rules of a regular tennis match, the serve in "One-Point Showdown" was decided by a game of rock, paper, scissors between the two players. The winner could choose to serve or receive, and the loser could choose their receiving position. World-ranked professional players had only one serve, while all other players were allowed two serves. Each match was a one-point decider, and the tournament adopted a winner-takes-all system, with the ultimate champion taking home AUD 1 million in prize money. The club or school represented by the champion player would also receive AUD 50,000 in tennis development funds. Ultimately, Australian amateur player Smith defeated multiple players to win the championship.
The competition included 24 professional players, 8 local state champions, 8 qualifying players, and 8 wildcard players. Professional players included Spanish player Alcaraz (阿尔卡拉斯), Italian player Sinner (辛纳), Polish player Swiatek (斯瓦泰克), and American player Gauff (高芙), among others.
(People's Daily reporter Li Shuo (李硕) compiled)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李 蕊 王 者
In the Xishangyu Community (西上虞社区) of Guangwen Street (广文街道), Kuiwen District (奎文区), Weifang City (潍坊市), Shandong Province (山东省), a gym is bustling just after 8 p.m. Citizen Gao Xinyi (高欣怡) is doing incline training on the treadmill, sweating profusely.
"I come to the gym four times a week, doing 40 minutes of strength training and half an hour of cardio each time," said Gao Xinyi (高欣怡). "After sticking with it for more than four months, I've lost about twenty pounds, my body fat percentage has dropped from 33% to 26%, and I feel much more energetic."
What's the secret to such effective exercise? Gao Xinyi (高欣怡) pulled out her phone. "Look, I follow the exercise prescription given to me by the sports rehabilitation therapist, check in on the mini-program every day, and the therapist can provide timely follow-up guidance."
In September last year, Gao Xinyi (高欣怡) was diagnosed with fatty liver during a physical examination. With a try-it-and-see attitude, she walked into the gym near her home, where she met Guo Peiwu (郭培武), a sports rehabilitation therapist from Weifang People's Hospital (潍坊市人民医院).
Since last year, the Weifang Municipal Health Commission (潍坊市卫生健康委) has actively promoted the integration of medicine and sports. More than 20 sports rehabilitation therapists from 15 medical institutions in Weifang (潍坊市) have entered gyms in their jurisdictions to provide citizens with free exercise and dietary guidance, and to prescribe personalized exercise prescriptions, covering exercise methods for different body parts, how to use fitness equipment, nutritional matching, and other knowledge. In addition, Weifang People's Hospital (潍坊市人民医院) also organizes sports rehabilitation therapists and fitness coaches to conduct regular online live broadcasts to popularize sports knowledge, allowing professional guidance to break through spatial limitations.
Every Tuesday evening, Guo Peiwu (郭培武) comes to the gym in Xishangyu Community (西上虞社区). "Weight management requires controlling your diet and exercising." After understanding Gao Xinyi's (高欣怡) physical condition and needs, Guo Peiwu (郭培武) prescribed an exercise prescription for her and pushed it to her phone through the mini-program—Monday, shoulder and glute training for 1 hour, elliptical machine for half an hour; Tuesday, core area exercise for 1 hour, treadmill incline for half an hour; Wednesday, a 40-minute walk after dinner...
"The guidance on what exercise to do each day and how long to train is very specific. Following the plan made by the sports rehabilitation therapist, I am improving quickly," said Gao Xinyi (高欣怡). She went from not being able to stick with the elliptical machine for 20 minutes at first to now being able to jog 5 kilometers, and her fatty liver condition has gradually improved.
To date, these sports rehabilitation therapists have prescribed exercise prescriptions for more than 300 citizens. "Serving the public with professional knowledge and encouraging more people to embrace health through exercise makes my work meaningful every day," said Guo Peiwu (郭培武). "Seeing them healthier makes me happier too."
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 14th (Reporter Liu Shuoyang (刘硕阳) and Chen Chenxi (陈晨曦)) Beijing (北京) time, January 14th evening, the U23 Asian Cup concluded all group stage matches. In the final round of Group D, the Chinese team drew 0-0 with the Thai team at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh (利雅得), Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯), finishing second in the group with 1 win and 2 draws, totaling 5 points, and making it to the U23 Asian Cup quarterfinals for the first time in history.
The Chinese team had previously participated in the U23 Asian Cup five times, each time being eliminated in the group stage. In the first two rounds of this tournament, the Chinese team first drew 0-0 with the Iraqi team, and then defeated the Australian team 1-0. In this match, the Chinese team focused on defense, with goalkeeper Li Hao (李昊), who performed excellently in the previous two matches, making a series of brilliant saves. Ultimately, the Chinese team drew 0-0 with the Thai team, advancing to the quarterfinals as the second-place team in the group.
In the other simultaneous match in the same group, the Australian team reversed the game with two goals in injury time, defeating the Iraqi team 2-1, finishing first in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, totaling 6 points, and advancing together with the Chinese team. It is worth mentioning that in the 3 group matches, the Chinese team completed a clean sheet in all of them, and is one of only two teams among the 16 participating teams in this tournament that have not conceded a goal. Beijing (北京) time, January 17th evening, the Chinese team will face Uzbekistan (乌兹别克斯坦), the first-place team in Group C, in the quarter-finals.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 14th (Reporter Zheng Yi (郑轶)) On the 13th, the 2025 China Chess League Finals concluded its final round in Shaoxing (绍兴), Zhejiang (浙江). The Hangzhou Bank Team (杭州银行队) defeated the Shenzhen Pengcheng Team (深圳鹏城队) with a score of 3:2, winning the first league championship in team history.
During the regular season of this season's league, the Hangzhou Bank Team (杭州银行队) and the Shenzhen Pengcheng Team (深圳鹏城队) secured the top two spots, directly advancing to the final four. In the first stage of the final four, the Hangzhou Bank Team (杭州银行队) defeated the Tianjin Team (天津队), and the Shenzhen Pengcheng Team (深圳鹏城队) defeated the Chongqing Sports Lottery Team (重庆体彩队), both advancing to the finals.
The championship battle consisted of 4 rounds of matches. In the first round, the Hangzhou Bank Team (杭州银行队), thanks to Bai Jinshi's (白金石) victory, took the lead with a score of 3:2. In the second round, the Shenzhen Pengcheng Team (深圳鹏城队) relied on Wang Hao (王皓) to score a crucial point, leveling the score at 3:2. In the third round, the Hangzhou Bank Team (杭州银行队) went all out, with young player Lu Miaoyi (鹿妙夷) defeating former world chess queen Hou Yifan (侯逸凡). Bai Jinshi (白金石) and Ma Qun (马群) followed up with victories, helping the team win a resounding 4:1 victory over their opponents. In the final battle, Lu Miaoyi (鹿妙夷) defeated Hou Yifan (侯逸凡) again, and the Hangzhou Bank Team (杭州银行队) finally won the championship. In the third and fourth place competition, the Chongqing Sports Lottery Team (重庆体彩队) won three consecutive rounds, securing the third place one round in advance, and the Tianjin Team (天津队) finished fourth. On January 25th, the relegation matches of this season's league will continue in Shaoxing (绍兴).
Return to TopBeijing, January 14th (Reported by Zeng Huafeng (曾华锋)) On the 13th, the reporter learned from the organizing committee of the 2026 Xiongguan 330 (Chicheng) Great Wall Trail Race that the event will be held in June this year, with a limit of 330 participants.
The Xiongguan 330 (Chicheng) Great Wall Trail Race was founded in 2024 and held in Chicheng County (赤城县), Zhangjiakou City (张家口市), Hebei Province (河北省). The course distance is 336 kilometers, with a cumulative elevation gain of over 14,000 meters, and a cutoff time of 138 hours. Last August, the event was terminated early due to heavy rainfall. After consideration, the organizing committee has rescheduled this year's event to be held from June 13th to 18th, with group settings including Xiongguan 330 kilometers, 33 kilometers, and 10 kilometers. In addition, the 2026 Chongli 168 Super Trail Race is scheduled to be held from July 10th to 12th, with 9 groups including 168 kilometers, 100 kilometers, 70 kilometers, and 10 kilometers youth group.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 张志文
According to a report by the Islamic Republic News Agency of Iran on January 14, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a phone call with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan 阿卜杜拉·本·扎耶德·阿勒纳哈扬) on the evening of January 13, stated that the recent riots in Iran were caused by Israel and the United States inciting some terrorists to disrupt peaceful demonstrations. Iran is determined to defend its national sovereignty and opposes any foreign interference. The day before, Amir-Abdollahian stated that Iran is prepared to negotiate with the United States on the basis of "mutual respect," but is also prepared for war. The Iranian Permanent Mission to the United Nations (United Nations 联合国) on January 13 called on the United Nations to explicitly condemn the United States for inciting violence and interfering in Iran's internal affairs, accusing the United States of fabricating excuses for military intervention, and warning the United States not to misjudge the situation and launch a military aggression against Iran. Majid Mousavi (Majid Mousavi 马吉德·穆萨维), Commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 伊斯兰革命卫队) of Iran, stated on January 14 that Iran is currently in a state of maximum combat readiness, and its missile reserves have increased since 2025.
Recently, protests have occurred in many parts of Iran, during which riots have occurred, causing casualties. In recent days, U.S. President Donald Trump (Donald Trump 特朗普) has repeatedly threatened military intervention in the Iranian situation. Trump posted on social media on January 13 that he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials. According to a report by The New York Times, the Pentagon is submitting to Trump a broader range of strike plans against Iran than previously reported. The U.S. State Department (U.S. State Department 美国国务院) issued successive "security alerts" on January 12 and 13, requiring U.S. citizens to leave Iran immediately and advising them to consider traveling overland to Turkey or Armenia.
In response to the escalating situation in Iran, UN Secretary-General (UN Secretary-General 联合国秘书长) spokesperson Dujarric (Dujarric 迪雅里克) said on January 13 that the United Nations is concerned about the rhetoric of using force surrounding the Iranian situation. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries have expressed their opposition to the use or threat of force on the Iranian issue, calling for resolving the issue through dialogue and negotiation and maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and other Gulf Arab countries have recently been lobbying the U.S. government behind the scenes not to launch a military strike against Iran. According to Saudi officials, Saudi Arabia has assured Iran that it will not be involved in a potential conflict and will not allow the United States to use its airspace for strikes, in an effort to distance itself from the United States and prevent the United States from taking military action.
Al Jazeera (Al Jazeera 半岛电视台) reported that Qatar is trying to mediate the increasingly tense situation and threats of war between the United States and Iran. Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani 穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·阿勒萨尼) said that Qatar supports all efforts to ease tensions and advocates strengthening regional security and stability through peaceful means. According to the official website of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi (Badr Albusaidi 巴德尔·本·穆罕默德·本·哈鲁布·阿布赛义迪) believes that dialogue and diplomacy should be the primary means of resolving differences, strengthening positive cooperation between countries in the region, and building trust to promote peaceful coexistence, and calls for avoiding any policies and practices that may exacerbate tensions or undermine regional peace.
Ömer Çelik (Ömer Çelik 厄梅尔·切利克), spokesperson for the ruling Justice and Development Party (Justice and Development Party 正义与发展党) of Turkey, said on January 12 that Iran's internal problems "should be resolved by the Iranian government itself," and "we absolutely do not want any chaos in our neighbor, Iran." Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (Hakan Fidan 哈坎·菲丹) emphasized in a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian on January 14 that it is necessary to resolve the current regional tensions through dialogue. This is the second phone call between the Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers this week regarding the Iranian situation.
On January 13, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova (Maria Zakharova 玛丽亚·扎哈罗娃) stated that Russia strongly condemns external interference in Iran's internal affairs, and that the U.S. threat to launch a military strike against Iran is "absolutely unacceptable."
On the same day, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning (Mao Ning 毛宁) stated at a regular press conference in response to a reporter's question on the Iranian situation that China hopes and supports Iran in maintaining national stability, "We have always opposed interference in other countries' internal affairs and opposed the use or threat of force in international relations. We hope that all parties will do more to promote peace and stability in the Middle East."
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李志伟
The shockwaves of U.S. tariff policies on the U.S. and global economies continue. Preliminary survey data released recently by the University of Michigan showed that the preliminary value of the U.S. consumer confidence index for December 2025 was 53.3, lower than the final value of 74 in December of the previous year. U.S. media reports that tariff policies have further exacerbated inflationary pressures, high prices have led to continued low consumer confidence in the U.S., and triggered public concerns about economic stability.
According to the latest report jointly released by U.S. non-profit consumer advocacy organization "Accountable.US" and other institutions, the prices of many popular holiday gifts during the just-passed Christmas season increased by an average of 26% compared to the previous year. Among them, the prices of home and kitchen supplies increased by 38% year-on-year, the price increase of electronic products was 34%, the prices of clothing, shoes, and accessories increased by 20%, and the prices of toys and games increased by 17%. For example, during the holiday season, a pair of headphones on the Amazon (亚马逊) platform was priced at $129.95, an increase of 30% compared to the previous year; the price of a beverage cooler rose to $89.99, more than three times the price of the previous year. "Accountable.US" released a report stating that this Christmas season, tariffs may increase holiday shopping spending for U.S. citizens by as much as $28 billion, equivalent to an additional expenditure of about $130 per household.
The U.S. think tank Center for American Progress believes in an article that many American families are increasingly feeling the squeeze of tariff policies on their household budgets. "The Christmas holiday season should be a peak season for U.S. household consumption expenditure, but tariff policies have exacerbated inflationary pressures, greatly reducing the purchasing power of many families during the holiday season." Sergio Ruiz (塞尔希奥·鲁伊斯), a 44-year-old resident of Tucson (图森市), Arizona (亚利桑那州), said that he now uses "buy now, pay later" services more often to cope with the cost of buying gifts for his children, "Prices have risen, what else can I do? I can only find ways to earn more money." Kimberly Baverena (金伯利·巴韦雷纳), a resident of New York (纽约), said: "I feel like prices have risen everywhere I've been. There's no doubt that we have to be more selective when we shop."
Kathy Bostjancic (凯茜·博斯扬西奇), chief economist at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (美国全美互惠保险公司), said that many consumers, especially low- and middle-income families, are generally facing payment pressure, becoming more cautious when shopping, and paying great attention to the cost performance of goods. According to the latest poll released recently by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (美联社—NORC公共事务研究中心), 87% of respondents believe that grocery prices have been higher than usual in the past few months; about 2/3 of respondents said that electricity bills and holiday gift spending have increased; about half of respondents seek lower-priced goods more often when shopping, or choose to postpone large purchases and cut non-essential expenses. Joanne Hsu (乔安妮·许), director of the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers (密歇根大学消费者调查项目) and economist, said that the American people "lack confidence" in the current economic situation, and many people find it difficult to tolerate the continued rise in prices.
For months, U.S. tariff policies have been one of the main factors affecting its retail prices and consumer spending. Eric Guziuk (埃里克·古齐克), assistant professor at the University of Montana (蒙大拿大学) School of Business, said: "Now most of the goods we import are consumer goods, and almost none are unaffected by tariff policies." Data from U.S. online group buying website RetailMeNot shows that 45% of surveyed consumers said that tariffs put pressure on their holiday season purchasing plans. "Accountable.US" and other institutions said in a report that in order to cope with rising commodity prices, 40% of families reduced the number of gifts purchased, and nearly 1/3 reduced the number of gift recipients, "The U.S. government's capricious tariff policies are the main culprit for rising commodity prices."
U.S. consumers have to bear the more serious burden brought about by tariff policies. Data from the Yale University Budget Lab (耶鲁大学预算实验室) shows that in June 2025, 70.5% of tariff costs were passed on to consumers, and retailers bore the remaining 29.5%. NBC (美国全国广播公司) quoted experts as saying that the high tariffs levied by the U.S. in 2025 have pushed up the import costs of goods for retailers. If retailers fully bear these tariffs, their profit margins will shrink significantly, so most companies choose to bear a portion themselves, and pass the rest on to consumers through price increases. Joe Adamczyk (乔·亚当斯基), senior consultant director at the U.S. procurement consulting company "Procurement Advisors" (采购能力公司), said that many retailers have now included a certain percentage of tariff costs in commodity pricing, so consumers need to pay higher fees.
The Center for American Progress stated in an article that the U.S. government claims that tariff costs will be borne by other countries, but in fact, tariff policies are increasing the living burden of the American people. An analysis by the Harvard Business School Pricing Lab (哈佛大学商学院定价实验室) shows that between March and September 2025, the prices of U.S. imported goods increased by about 4%, and the prices of domestic goods increased by 2%. The product categories most affected by tariff policies are the high-frequency purchase categories of U.S. citizens during the holiday shopping season, such as toys, personal care products, and small appliances such as coffee machines.
The Wall Street Journal (《华尔街日报》) reported that U.S. tariff policies continue to impact the global economy, and the chain reaction generated may last for several years. The latest economic outlook report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (经济合作与发展组织) shows that the total value of U.S. imported goods involving additional tariffs has decreased significantly compared to non-taxed imported goods, indicating that tariffs are suppressing overall U.S. demand, and it is expected that trade volume will continue to be under pressure, U.S. household consumption growth will continue to slow down, and inflation may be more persistent.
(This newspaper Washington (华盛顿) January 14th dispatch)
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Hassan Karim (哈桑·卡里姆), a resident of Damascus (大马士革), Syria (叙利亚), suffers from multiple chronic diseases and needs to visit a nearby hospital regularly for diagnosis and treatment. "Every time I go to the hospital, I have to bring a few batteries so that the doctor can use an electronic pulse oximeter to measure my blood oxygen saturation and other indicators. Have you ever heard of a patient having to bring their own batteries to the hospital?" Karim (卡里姆) said to the reporter with a wry smile, "Now many medicines are expensive and scarce, and many patients need to take pictures of prescriptions and try to buy medicines from neighboring countries."
Karim's (卡里姆) situation reflects the current difficult reconstruction of Syria's (叙利亚) medical system. "Public health departments do not have the money to purchase medical equipment, and there is an urgent need for dialysis and MRI equipment, ambulances, etc. The latest equipment in the hospital was purchased in 2011," said Diana Rayes (戴安娜·拉耶斯), a relevant person in charge of the Syrian (叙利亚) Public Health Network. Relevant data show that at present, Syria's (叙利亚) per capita expenditure on health is only $12, far below the minimum expenditure standard of the World Health Organization. As of 2022, health expenditure accounted for less than 2% of GDP. Margaret Harris (玛格丽特·哈里斯), a spokesperson for the World Health Organization, said that Syria's (叙利亚) health sector lacks medical facilities, the equipment is old, and it is operating at overcapacity all year round. A quarter of the country's hospitals and a third of primary health service centers cannot provide services. "More than 15 million people, including millions of displaced people, need medical assistance, but there is a huge funding gap in the medical system, which makes it impossible to purchase a large number of medical equipment and materials."
A report from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (康拉德·阿登纳基金会) office in Lebanon (黎巴嫩), a German think tank, stated that more than 10 years of conflict have severely impacted Syria's (叙利亚) medical system, leading to the collapse of its medical infrastructure and the disruption of basic medical services. As of now, only 57% of hospitals and 37% of primary health care centers in Syria (叙利亚) are operational, and more than 70% of medical staff have left or died. "Before the outbreak of the Syrian (叙利亚) crisis, my income was relatively stable and I was able to save some money. After 2011, the conflict brought soaring prices, making daily life increasingly difficult," Ferrous Kasar (费鲁斯·卡萨尔), a former nurse at a hospital in Syria (叙利亚), told reporters that she had to leave Syria (叙利亚) with her colleagues and go to Iraq (伊拉克) and Libya (利比亚) to work in the medical field to supplement her family income. "Abroad, my monthly salary is about $500, which is 2 to 3 times the salary in Syria (叙利亚)."
It is estimated that more than 15,000 doctors have left Syria (叙利亚) since 2011. An article on the Arabic channel of the British "Independent" website described it this way: "Half of the people in the Syrian (叙利亚) health department have left; in the northeast of Syria (叙利亚), where 5 million people live, there are only 3 oncologists; in some areas, including Deir ez-Zor (代尔祖尔) and Idlib Province (伊德利卜省), there is less than one doctor for every 10,000 residents..." The massive loss of medical workers has made Syria's (叙利亚) medical system even worse. In addition, the lack of medical education and training caused by the war has further accelerated the vicious cycle of talent outflow and declining medical standards.
In addition to medical institutions, many pharmaceutical factories in Syria (叙利亚) have also closed down or withdrawn, which has directly led to a shortage of medical equipment, medicines and related vaccines, and some epidemics such as polio have begun to spread. An article published on the "Health Policy Watch" website stated that the previous 14 years of war in Syria (叙利亚) caused at least 300,000 deaths and about 70% of the population to rely on humanitarian assistance. Under the heavy pressure of rebuilding the economy after the war, Syria (叙利亚) faces many challenges in restoring basic medical services. "Syria (叙利亚) urgently needs to rebuild a stable medical system, but the lack of funds and the loss of medical staff are huge challenges at present."
According to Syrian (叙利亚) media reports, with the support of the international community, 17 new hospitals in Syria (叙利亚) have been put into use, 53 departments have been added to old hospitals, and 300 health centers have been reopened. Syrian (叙利亚) medical staff overseas have also provided more than 6,000 surgical guidance and 22,000 medical consultations for the country, and some progress has been made in health personnel training and basic drug supply. At the same time, the Syrian (叙利亚) government is trying to narrow the medical gap between urban and rural areas by expanding the construction of community-based primary health care systems, and is taking relevant measures to attract medical staff abroad to return to their country. Rayes (拉耶斯) believes that the reconstruction of Syria's (叙利亚) medical system is in a transitional stage. In the long run, relying solely on international aid is unsustainable, and a more sustainable medical system needs to be built from many aspects in the future.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Washington, January 13 (Reporters Huang Qiang (黄强) and Xu Jianmei (徐剑梅)) U.S. Newsweek reported on January 13 that within the first year of U.S. President Donald Trump (特朗普) returning to the White House, he had ordered nearly 600 unilateral military strike operations on foreign territory.
The report cited data released that day by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, which monitors global conflict activity, saying that from January 20, 2025, to January 5, 2026, the United States conducted 573 airstrikes and drone strikes. If strikes conducted in cooperation with allies are included, the number of attacks launched by the Trump (特朗普) administration totaled as high as 658.
In its analysis report, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project pointed out that the Trump (特朗普) administration adopted a "preemptive" strategy, taking rapid, high-intensity military operations as the primary response measure, acting quickly and with few restrictions.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Caracas, January 13th, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) (美洲玻利瓦尔联盟) issued a statement on its official website on the 13th, expressing firm support for Cuba (古巴) in safeguarding its national sovereignty and independence, and calling on the international community to continue supporting the lifting of the United States' (美国) blockade against Cuba (古巴).
The statement said that the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) (美洲玻利瓦尔联盟) expressed its strongest support and solidarity with the people and government of Cuba (古巴), emphasizing that all countries should develop friendly relations and cooperation on the basis of sovereign equality, mutual respect, and adherence to the principles of international law.
The statement called on the international community and multilateral institutions to continue to support Cuba (古巴) with a united stance, to follow the relevant resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly with overwhelming majorities on multiple occasions, to promote the lifting of the United States' (美国) economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba (古巴), and to make positive contributions to peace, stability, and cooperation in Latin America (拉丁美洲) and the Caribbean (加勒比地区).
On the same day, Venezuelan (委内瑞拉) Foreign Minister Yván Gil (希尔) shared the above statement on social media.
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In the "Baguette Country," flour supply is increasingly dependent on imports. The latest data shows that France exported only 214,000 tons of flour in 2024, while in 1995, this figure was as high as 1.6 million tons. The French National Flour Milling Association (法国国家面粉业协会) stated that France, once the "world's number one flour exporter," has become a net flour importer since 2018, with imports reaching 400,000 tons in 2024, making it a "record year for flour imports."
From the second half of the 20th century to the 1990s, France, with its large production of soft wheat, advanced milling industry, and dense network of overseas markets, once held the position of the world's largest flour exporter. "In recent years, many African countries have built new mills and directly import wheat grain for processing, which has largely squeezed France's share in the global flour market," said Contamine (孔塔米娜), Secretary-General of the French National Flour Milling Association (法国国家面粉业协会). Although French flour still performs well in the high-end niche market, and exports to the United States are even increasing, it is not enough to support the entire industry. In 2023, affected by factors such as rising wheat prices due to geopolitical conflicts, Strasbourg Grand Mill (斯特拉斯堡大磨坊), France's fourth-largest flour company, went bankrupt, highlighting the industry's fragility.
In stark contrast is the steady growth of the German flour industry. Currently, 1/4 of the 1 kg bags of flour sold in French supermarkets come from Germany, and most are the most affordable products of the same type. Relevant research organized by the French National Flour Milling Association (法国国家面粉业协会) shows that the average flour extraction rate of German flour in the past 5 years was 81%, while that of France was 78%, which is related to both equipment performance and the quality of wheat raw materials used.
In the field of milling industry, German mills are generally larger in scale and mostly belong to diversified groups. This organizational form can share some corporate functions, form economies of scale, and thus reduce production costs. The German milling industry also benefits from lower labor costs. Research by the French National Flour Milling Association (法国国家面粉业协会) shows that the overall cost of wheat procurement, labor wages, and tax burden in Germany is lower than in France, giving it an advantage in flour prices. Industry insiders say that much of the German flour is actually processed using wheat raw materials from France and then resold to the French market.
French wheat is known for its quality and flavor, and is especially suitable for making traditional baked goods such as handmade bread, baguettes, and croissants, which is its unique advantage in the global market. Currently, France is still the largest wheat exporter in the European Union, but its flour supply is increasingly dependent on imports, which has triggered much reflection in French society. A recent report released by Crédit Agricole (法国农业信贷银行) believes that the main problem facing the French flour industry is "aging production tools and repeated delays in investment plans." Relevant surveys show that in 2024, 55% of French flour companies do not plan to increase investment, and nearly 20% of companies are even preparing to cut related expenditures, due to the low profitability of the flour industry, which will further affect the competitiveness of the French flour industry.
(Reported from Paris (巴黎) on January 14 by this newspaper)
Return to TopCopenhagen news: Danish Broadcasting Corporation reported on the 14th that the Danish military has begun transporting military supplies and dispatching advance detachments to Greenland, in preparation for a possible larger-scale deployment of troops.
The mission of the advance detachment is to open up logistics channels in advance, improve garrison conditions, and provide support for the entry of subsequent main forces. The advance detachment includes soldiers from the Danish Army to strengthen the Danish military presence in Greenland.
The report stated that this move occurred amid the escalating remarks by US President Donald Trump (唐纳德·特朗普) about "taking over Greenland" and criticism of Denmark's defense capabilities in the area.
Danish Defense Minister Morten Bødskov (波尔森) made a statement to the media after a meeting of the Danish Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee on the 13th, mentioning that it will promote a "larger-scale and more normalized" military presence in Greenland, and said that other countries may participate in the future. He also stated that he and Greenland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt (薇薇安·莫茨费尔特), will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (吕特) on the 19th.
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A snowfall has draped the city in silver, adding a touch of poetry. To ensure safe travel after the snow, Beijing (北京) issued a snow removal initiative in December of last year: all street-facing units and businesses should implement the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" ("门前三包") responsibility system, proactively "sweep the snow from their own doorstep."
The "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system is an urban management initiative pioneered in Beijing (北京) and subsequently promoted nationwide. This system has been in operation for many years. In 1985, Beijing (北京) formulated government regulations to create the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system nationwide. It was revised in 1999, providing experience and reference for various localities to explore innovation in urban governance models.
Urban management should be as meticulous as embroidery. With the continuous development of the economy and society, new business forms and other developments are constantly emerging. In the face of new situations and new circumstances, Beijing (北京) has comprehensively revised the original measures. The newly revised "Beijing 'Three Guarantees in Front of the Door' Responsibility System Management Measures" (hereinafter referred to as the "New Measures") will be officially implemented on January 15, 2026.
"This revision practices the concept of a people's city, improves and perfects the grassroots social co-governance system, and continuously enhances the refined governance effectiveness of the capital city. At the same time, it adheres to problem orientation, focuses on new situations, and addresses pain points, bottlenecks, and weak links in practice. It solidifies and enhances effective experiences and mature practices accumulated in the work through legislative forms, and builds a solid institutional foundation and provides legal guarantees for creating a clean, beautiful, and orderly urban environment," introduced Zhang Guoqiang (张国强), Deputy Director of the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Bureau of Justice.
Keeping up with the times, the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system continues to upgrade.
As night falls, near the bus stop on Dawang Road (大望路) in Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京), shared bicycle maintenance personnel are busy transferring vehicles piled up at the station. "This place carries a large number of people's commuting needs every day, and timely removal of shared bicycles is safer," said Wu Shuo (吴硕), General Manager of the Beijing-Tianjin (京津) Area of Meituan (美团) Cycling Development Department. Currently, the platform is equipped with 3 operation and maintenance service personnel for every 1,000 shared bicycles, providing a better experience for the public through timely inspections and scheduling.
For some time, the random parking and occupation of roads by shared bicycles have become prominent problems affecting the "appearance" of urban streets and alleys, and have also brought certain traffic safety hazards. "This is also a high-frequency problem reflected by the public, and a pain point and difficulty in urban management," introduced Meng Qinghai (孟庆海), Director of the Supervision and Assessment Division of the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Management Committee.
How should new problems that arise with the development of the times be solved? The New Measures respond to this by adding new clauses to regulate and clarify the responsibilities that shared bicycle operators should bear.
Among them, Internet bicycle operators should be equipped with necessary management and maintenance personnel, responsible for vehicle scheduling, parking order management, and recycling of damaged and discarded vehicles, and promptly clean up vehicles occupying roads, green spaces and other public places, and barrier-free facilities such as sidewalks. At the same time, it stipulates that express delivery operators, e-commerce platform operators and other related operators who carry out express delivery, food delivery and other service activities should supervise employees to park vehicles in a standardized manner.
"Focusing on prominent practical problems such as professional cleaning and standardized parking for express delivery and food delivery, and highlighting the responsibility requirements of professional service units by category to improve the professional and standardized management level of the urban environment is a major highlight of the New Measures," said Dong Yang (董杨), Deputy Director of the Fourth Legislative Division of the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Bureau of Justice. This is in line with the legislative spirit of the newly revised "Beijing (北京市) Non-Motor Vehicle Management Regulations" and reflects the requirements of safety and order in the capital.
The new era endows the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system with new connotations. Considering that the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system is directly related to stores, shops, enterprises, institutions, and individuals in society, and has the characteristics of wide coverage and great influence, this revision focuses on shifting from the traditional positioning of "management-oriented legislation" to the new era's "co-governance-oriented legislation" exploration: giving full play to the government's organizational leadership and coordination role, standardizing and improving the responsibility performance capacity and service quality of professional units, stimulating the co-governance motivation of "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsible persons, and advocating the entire society to jointly maintain the civilized customs of the urban environment.
By delineating clearer responsibility boundaries for various social entities, the re-enhancement of urban governance effectiveness has stronger support. For example, in response to the problem of sanitary dead corners, the New Measures clearly stipulate the responsibility requirements of operating units: professional cleaning operating units should clean regularly and maintain cleanliness in a timely manner in accordance with operating specifications and environmental hygiene standards; professional units such as gardening and greening should also fulfill relevant maintenance responsibilities.
There is inheritance and optimization, and the old system is rejuvenated in the new era. For the prominent problems in current urban governance, the New Measures adjust the content of responsibility from the original "guarantee hygiene, guarantee greening, and guarantee social order" to "guarantee cleanliness, guarantee neat appearance, and guarantee orderly environment."
"Regarding the 'Three Guarantees in Front of the Door' responsibilities, the New Measures have optimized the responsible matters on the original basis. Combining the realistic conditions of relatively sufficient professional forces in the new era, it clearly requires professional units to perform their responsibilities first, and the 'Three Guarantees in Front of the Door' responsible persons to cooperate, forming a mutually complementary and collaborative governance pattern," introduced Dong Yang (董杨). For example, the responsible person has the obligation to clean up garbage, waste, standing water, stains, etc. within the scope of responsibility in a timely manner, and only needs to ensure that the greening and its facilities are not damaged, and the division of responsibilities is clearer and more reasonable.
Highlighting the people's main position, implementing precise policies to optimize the urban environment
Approaching the twelfth lunar month, Guo Dongnian (郭东年), the store manager of Jingkelong Tianshuiyuan Store (京客隆甜水园店) in Chaoyang District (朝阳区), Beijing (北京), has entered a busy season. The implementation of the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system is a focus for Guo Dongnian (郭东年) to improve the shopping environment: "We actively implement the 'Three Guarantees in Front of the Door' responsibilities, so that residents can see the merchants' active maintenance of the surrounding environment and enhance the company's image."
From the old measures to the new measures, Guo Dongnian (郭东年) is a participant and witness. "At the legislative research meeting of relevant departments in Beijing (北京), I, on behalf of business merchants, reflected the problem that there are many non-motor vehicles parked at the subway entrance, which affects the business of surrounding merchants, and called for it to be reflected in the legislation." Guo Dongnian (郭东年) is very happy that this problem has been responded to in the New Measures: including the operators and managers of rail transit in the scope of "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsible persons, responsible for a certain range extending outward from the buildings and structures of rail transit entrances and exits.
Asking the people for their opinions, asking the people for their needs, and asking the people for their ideas, the legislation truly responds to the needs and expectations of the people and enterprises. In response to the urban furniture management problems that the public reflected more during the legislative research, the New Measures require urban furniture operation and maintenance units to strengthen the inspection and maintenance of urban furniture, and at the same time require "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsible persons not to set up ground locks, railings, stone piers and other facilities without authorization to ensure that public spaces are clean and unobstructed.
Another change that Guo Dongnian (郭东年) feels deeply is that the responsible person has the right to supervise. "The New Measures distinguish between what the responsible person 'should do' and 'should supervise'. For example, timely cleaning up garbage and snow in front of the door is the responsibility that merchants should perform; for others' illegal parking of vehicles, merchants can dissuade and supervise," said Guo Dongnian (郭东年). In front of the street-facing shops in Chaoyang District (朝阳区), there are "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility publicity signs, which have supervision telephone numbers and QR codes connected to the digital platform, which is convenient for responsible units and ordinary people to participate in supervision.
Based on the concept of co-construction, co-governance and sharing to promote problem solving, the New Measures transform the responsible person from a simple management object into a participant, supervisor and beneficiary of urban governance, and effectively play the main role of the people in urban governance. The New Measures grant the responsible person an important supervisory right, stipulating that the responsible person should dissuade others from illegal acts that affect environmental hygiene, urban appearance and environmental order within the scope of the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibilities; if the dissuasion is ineffective, report to the street office, township people's government or district urban management and other departments.
For mega-cities, there are thousands of trivial "small things" in front of the door. "'Three Guarantees in Front of the Door' is a highly open public space, which concentrates 60% to 70% of the types of environmental problems in urban management. Through 'small, fast and flexible' legislation, explore the path of refined urban governance. Everyone should lend a hand to do things together, so that urban life can be better," said Meng Qinghai (孟庆海).
Solidifying mature experience and practices, improving grassroots governance effectiveness
Wang Ruyi (王如意), 40 years old this year, runs a street-facing fried goods shop in Yulong Fourth District (裕龙四区), Guangming Street (光明街道), Shunyi District (顺义区), Beijing (北京). In order to attract more customers, she repeatedly occupied the road in the past. Even in the cold winter months, she would rather wrap herself into a "zongzi" and stay outside the door: "Street-facing shops are occupying the road to set up stalls. If I don't occupy it, wouldn't I suffer a hidden loss?"
She is not the only merchant with this idea. "There are 488 street-facing merchants in the jurisdiction. Relying solely on government supervision and inspection often results in 按下葫芦浮起瓢 (àn xià hú lu fú qǐ piáo - "press down the gourd, the ladle floats up," addressing one problem only to have another arise). To implement the 'Three Guarantees in Front of the Door' responsibilities, we must build and govern together with merchants and move in both directions," said Li Mang (李芒), Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guangming Street (光明街道), who came up with a set of "combined punches."
On the one hand, giving play to the leading role of grassroots party building, the street launched a pilot project of "Business Regulations and Store Agreements" in multiple communities within its jurisdiction on the basis of mobilizing community cadres to visit merchants door-to-door to listen to their opinions. "The community takes the lead in making agreements and clarifying rules, and merchants sign contracts in a centralized manner and strictly fulfill them. The system treats all merchants 'equally', and no one has any complaints," said Lu Yang (鲁杨), Secretary of the Party General Branch of Yulong Fourth District (裕龙四区) Community.
On the other hand, the street implements Shunyi District's (顺义区) "Good Customs" construction work, gives play to the role of volunteer patrols and red and black list rewards and punishments in the jurisdiction, and further consolidates the merchants' "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibilities. "We will also select merchants with good reputation to enter the 'Guangming Family' volunteer service alliance, so that they can participate more in community governance and realize the transformation from 'being managed' to 'community builders'," said Li Mang (李芒).
With the right governance path, merchants like Wang Ruyi (王如意) quickly reached a consensus, and "not occupying the road" became a habit. "The streets are clean and tidy, and we feel bright in our hearts when we walk by," said Lin Xiuhua (林秀华), a nearby resident.
After years of promoting the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system, Beijing (北京) is a rich source of experience, and the experience of Guangming Street (光明街道) is not an isolated case—
Chaoyang District (朝阳区) empowers governance with technology, develops an information management platform for "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door", gathers basic information of more than 20,000 "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsible units in the district, and regards each door-front responsibility area as a self-governing management point. If there are environmental problems in the door-front responsibility area, or special extreme weather conditions that need attention, the responsible unit will receive a reminder message;
Yangzhuang Street (杨庄街道) in Tongzhou District (通州区) formed a "Red Poplar Pioneer" volunteer street and alley patrol team, relying on the online points platform to mobilize residents, merchants, enterprises and institutions to participate in volunteer activities for street and alley interactive management, obtain corresponding points in exchange for gifts, and stimulate the enthusiasm of multiple subjects to participate in governance;
In Changping District (昌平区), Changsheng Small Street (昌盛小街) created a "Business-Residence Alliance", jointly composed of street-facing merchants, communities, property owners and resident representatives, formulated covenants, promoted the consultation method of "good consultation when something happens, and consultation when something happens", and guided merchants to consciously standardize operations.
Co-governance and sharing, with rewards and punishments, the effective experience of grassroots governance is solidified and improved through legislation. The New Measures clarify that it encourages improving the regional "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility performance capacity through forms such as merchant alliances and deliberative consultations; encourages street offices and township people's governments to strengthen the coordination and cooperation of the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" responsibility system with mechanisms such as residential (village) self-governance, grid management, and volunteer services; requires that the "Three Guarantees in Front of the Door" notification letter must state the reporting channels for ineffective dissuasion, specify specific contact information, and maintain dynamic updates.
"The vitality of regulations lies in the effectiveness of implementation. During the revision of the measures, a total of 16 districts, the Economic Development Zone, and 25 municipal units and departments were visited, and the role of the Beijing (北京市) Municipal Bureau of Justice's grassroots legislative liaison points was fully utilized. Opinions were widely solicited through visits, symposiums, and questionnaire surveys to make the New Measures more realistic and better implemented. On this basis, full respect is given to the grassroots pioneering spirit, and all existing mature experiences are fully incorporated into the revision work to form a continuation of governance models and means, complete the upgrade from experience governance to rule of law governance, and truly achieve the original intention of revising the measures with 'small incisions, standing firm, and truly effective'," said Zhang Guoqiang (张国强).
Return to TopThe year 2026 marks the beginning of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," making it crucial to do a good job in "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers." How can we anchor agricultural and rural modernization, steadily promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and promote integrated urban-rural development? Our reporter interviewed four National People's Congress (NPC) deputies.
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Shang Jinshuo (尚金锁), NPC Deputy and Honorary Chairman of Hebei Bailiang Group:
Unremittingly Focus on Grain Production
In recent years, China's grain production has achieved bumper harvests year after year, and the grain supply is sufficient and stable. However, we must be clearly aware that China's national condition is characterized by a large population and limited land, and we must never take grain security lightly at any time.
Safeguard arable land as the lifeline of grain production. Efforts should be made in terms of both the quantity and quality of arable land, firmly guarding the red line of arable land, strictly managing the balance between occupation and compensation, promoting the construction of high-standard farmland with high quality, and improving the quality of arable land, so as to ensure that there is not only land for growing grain, but also good land for growing good grain.
Do a good job in the major task of growing grain through science and technology. Develop new quality productive forces in agriculture according to local conditions, tap the potential for increasing grain production capacity through the integration of technologies such as good fields, good seeds, good machinery, and good methods, and make cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology engines to help grain production, so as to effectively improve the comprehensive production capacity, quality, and efficiency of agriculture.
Protect and mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain. We must give full play to the guiding role of policies, strengthen the support and coordination of policies that strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers, such as prices, subsidies, and insurance, improve policy effectiveness, promote the maintenance of prices of grain and other important agricultural products at reasonable levels, and promote stable income growth for farmers.
Grain security is a matter of national importance. We must unremittingly focus on grain production and ensure a stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products at a higher level.
(Interviewed and compiled by Shao Yuzi (邵玉姿), reporter of this newspaper)
Li Yehong (李叶红), NPC Deputy and Director of Jiangsu Xuyi Yesheng Fresh Fruit Professional Cooperative:
Improve the Effectiveness of Policies to Strengthen Agriculture, Benefit Farmers, and Enrich Farmers
Whether agriculture is strong, rural areas are beautiful, and farmers are rich is related to the quality and color of Chinese-style modernization. To achieve agricultural and rural modernization, we must increase policy support to strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich farmers, and guide more resources and factors to flow to the countryside.
Improve policy accuracy. Listen to real demands in the front line of agricultural and rural production, and accurately help rural industrial entities solve practical difficulties encountered in employment, market connection, and other aspects. Improve the accuracy of agricultural subsidy policies, so that those who produce more grain receive more subsidies, and protect and mobilize farmers' enthusiasm for farming and growing grain. Focus on solving the urgent and difficult problems of farmers, focus on making up for the shortcomings in rural construction, and avoid "sprinkling pepper" style construction that causes waste of resources.
Play a good combination of policies. Consistent policy orientation can produce a combined effect and form a synergistic policy force. Improve the diversified investment mechanism for rural revitalization, and improve the diversified investment pattern in which finance gives priority to protection, finance focuses on tilting, and society actively participates. Taking grain production as an example, strengthen the support and coordination of price, subsidy, and insurance policies to promote the maintenance of prices of grain and other important agricultural products at reasonable levels, so that farmers can "profit" from growing grain.
Pay attention to enhancing endogenous power. All kinds of policy support should not only provide emergency assistance, but also focus on the long term. Through continuous skills training, support for returning to the countryside for employment and entrepreneurship, and the development of industries to enrich the people, we can enhance farmers' ability to resist market risks, broaden employment and income channels, and enhance the endogenous power and resilience of agricultural and rural development.
(Interviewed and compiled by Qi Yukun (亓玉昆), reporter of this newspaper)
Qiao Yaqun (乔亚群), NPC Deputy and Governor of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (海西蒙古族藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省):
Continuously Consolidate and Expand the Achievements of Poverty Alleviation
Dynamic monitoring and assistance to prevent returning to poverty is an important task in consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation, and it should be placed in an important position for promotion. On the one hand, improve the efficiency of vertical monitoring and further increase the ability to actively discover problems and conduct blanket investigations. On the other hand, increase the frequency of horizontal monitoring, use the screening and information early warning of agricultural and pastoral, civil affairs, and medical insurance departments, and hold regular joint meetings for prevention and early warning to improve monitoring frequency and comparison efficiency.
Industrial assistance is an important way to consolidate achievements. We must accurately find agricultural industries that combine regional characteristics and improve mass participation. Combined with regional characteristics, the industry will produce "unexpected" new business scenarios. Based on endowments and deep excavation of regional conditions, disadvantages can also be turned into advantages. The annual rainfall in many places in Haixi is less than 50 mm, but its light advantage provides a guarantee for becoming the largest wolfberry production base. In 2025, the sales volume of fresh wolfberry fruit in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Chaidamu (柴达木) reached 1,100 tons, an increase of more than 5 times compared with traditional dried fruit, directly driving 27,000 people to employment.
Do a good job in rural industrial integration and value-added to ensure a smooth "shift" after the start. Not long ago, Keluke Town (柯鲁柯镇), Delingha City (德令哈市) distributed tens of millions of yuan in dividends, with each village receiving dividends ranging from 500,000 yuan to 1.3 million yuan. The town integrated the funds of each village for centralized management and reinvestment to solve the problems of scattered funds and weak value-added capabilities. Solving the "second step" of rural industrial development requires improving the scale operation capacity of the industry, coordinating assistance forces, and doing good things well and for a long time.
(Interviewed and compiled by Qiao Dong (乔栋), reporter of this newspaper)
Xu Qiang (许强), NPC Deputy and President of Chengdu University of Technology (成都理工大学):
Draw a New Picture of the Countryside in Accordance with Local Conditions
The construction of a livable, workable, and beautiful countryside is the expectation of hundreds of millions of farmers. Different villages have significant differences in resource endowments and cultural heritage, and we must base ourselves on reality and adapt to local conditions, both shaping and casting souls, so that the countryside has both "appearance" and "connotation," and is both rich in "pockets" and rich in "brains."
Take accurate measures based on resource endowments. Rural construction cannot be "one village with a thousand faces." Mountain villages can rely on ecological advantages to develop under-forest economy and rural tourism, plain villages can focus on characteristic planting and breeding to extend the industrial chain, and ancient villages can deeply explore cultural resources to create intangible cultural heritage experience projects. It is recommended to increase policy support for differentiated rural construction, guide all localities to find the right development positioning, and avoid blindly following the trend of construction.
Improve the long-term mechanism of rural governance. We should improve the rural governance system that combines autonomy, rule of law, and rule of virtue under the leadership of the Party organization, and promote practical and effective governance methods such as the "list system." At the same time, we must unblock channels for villagers to discuss and negotiate, so that farmers can truly become participants and beneficiaries of rural construction.
Thicken the spiritual soil of civilized rural customs. Deeply explore and inherit the excellent traditional culture of the countryside, and integrate family precepts and family instructions, village rules and folk conventions into daily life. It is recommended to strengthen the construction of rural cultural positions, improve facilities such as farmers' bookstores, support the development of cultural activities that are popular among the masses, and let civilized rural customs take root, blossom, and bear fruit in the countryside.
Rural construction is not a one-day effort. Only by basing ourselves on reality and making persistent efforts can we make every village radiate its unique charm and allow farmers to live a higher-quality life in livable and workable homes.
(Interviewed and compiled by Song Haoxin (宋豪新), reporter of this newspaper)
By: 本报记者 刘晓宇
In Tongmu Village (桐木村), Xingcun Town (星村镇), Wuyishan City (武夷山市), Fujian Province (福建省), many tea farmers have the contact information of Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋), a representative of the National People's Congress. "Representative Jiang often comes to the tea gardens, not only concerned about the tea harvest but also about the difficulties in our lives," said tea farmer Lao Li. He had previously reported the difficulty of tea transportation to Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋), which quickly gained attention under the representative's promotion. "Now, the road widening project leading out of the mountains has been approved, and our tea will be transported to the outside world faster in the future."
For more than three years, Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) has maintained a habit: carrying two notebooks with him. One records the opinions and suggestions of the people collected during the investigation, and the other records the progress and implementation of various suggestions. Now, Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) has filled his notebooks, and the lines are full of the expectations of the grassroots people.
Since 2022, the Standing Committee of the Wuyishan (武夷山市) People's Congress, based on the characteristics of the tea township, has created the "Civil Sentiment Tea Room" (民情茶话室) public opinion collection platform, which has enriched the ways for people's representatives to contact the people and has been welcomed by the masses. Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) is a regular here. On the 15th of every month, he will arrive here on time and sit with the masses, listening to the voices of the people in the curling tea fragrance. "This method is very down-to-earth. Everyone drinks tea and chats, and it is easy to say what is in their hearts," Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) said. "Many valuable suggestions are collected in such a relaxed atmosphere."
In the past three years, the "Civil Sentiment Tea Room" (民情茶话室) has received more than 200 people and collected more than 100 opinions and suggestions, of which 12 have been transformed into formal suggestions. From improving rural infrastructure to promoting the transformation and upgrading of the tea industry, from protecting traditional culture to promoting green development, these suggestions with the fragrance of soil have entered the decision-making vision through Jiang Yuanxun's (江元勋) performance of his duties.
"Green is the best background for high-quality development, and it is also the most sufficient confidence." As a native of Wuyishan (武夷山), Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) is most proud of his hometown's unique ecological environment and tea industry. Since taking office, Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) has put forward a number of suggestions related to the tea industry, such as "Suggestions on Supporting Nanping City (南平市) to Build a Cross-Strait Tea Culture and Tourism Integration Development Demonstration Zone" and "Suggestions on Supporting the Construction of a 'China Tea Expo Garden' in Wuyishan City (武夷山市), Fujian (福建)". At the National People's Congress in 2025, Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) put forward another "Suggestion on Building Wuyi (武夷) Greater Tea Area to Promote the High-Quality Development of Min Tea (闽茶)". "Being a friend of tea farmers and a spokesperson for tea farmers, what I always have in mind is the development of the tea industry and the interests of tea farmers," Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) said.
Outside of his own industry, Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) also focused on suggestions for improving people's livelihoods. In the second half of 2023, after visiting 8 towns and 24 administrative villages in Wuyishan City (武夷山市), Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) found that there were obvious shortcomings in rural elderly care services. He immediately organized a special investigation and held a symposium to listen to the opinions of all parties, and finally formed relevant suggestions.
Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) said that Fujian (福建) is the starting point of the "Ten Thousand Mile Tea Road" (万里茶道) and also the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road (海上丝绸之路). "We must carry forward the 'Ten Thousand Mile Tea Road' (万里茶道) culture, give full play to the advantages of Fujian (福建) as a hometown of overseas Chinese, and promote tea as a characteristic culture and characteristic product to overseas markets to help Min Tea (闽茶) go to sea." Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) said that in recent years, the Wuyishan (武夷山) tea brand has continued to grow, and its products are sold in large quantities to overseas countries and regions. He suggested that it is necessary to study and adapt to foreign lifestyles, living customs, and drinking habits, develop suitable tea products, tea packaging, and marketing methods, and create a world-class Min Tea (闽茶) brand.
"The tea industry is not only the leading industry for local poverty alleviation and prosperity but also an important carrier of Chinese culture." Jiang Yuanxun (江元勋) said that he will continue to fulfill his duties as a representative of the National People's Congress, so that a small tea leaf can gather a strong force to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
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"Beep!" A gentle scan completes the settlement.
A patient from Zhejiang (浙江) Province, at a hospital in Beijing (北京), opens the "Medical Insurance Electronic Voucher" on their mobile phone to complete the settlement.
In recent years, various regions and departments have accelerated the promotion of "one card for all" in social security cards at the regional level and "one card for all" nationwide, with a continuous increase in digital application scenarios. This is a microcosm of China's achievements in the construction of government service informatization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out: "Improve the level of informatization, intelligence, precision, and convenience of government services, so that the masses can make fewer trips." In recent years, various regions and departments, based on data resources, with business collaboration as the key, and public services as the focus, have built an overall electronic government architecture, achieving leapfrog development in multiple fields such as government services, business collaboration, and data governance. In 2024, China's online service index ranked eleventh globally, entering the "very high" category, contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the development of global e-government.
Breaking Down Data Barriers
Making it Easier for the Masses to Handle Affairs with Fewer Trips
From "handling affairs by running errands" to "handling affairs at your fingertips," the construction of digital government platforms is making government services both faster and warmer.
At the Xihu District (西湖区) Government Service Center in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江) Province, Mr. Luo, who is engaged in the decoration industry, is receiving a receipt for opening water, electricity, gas, and internet accounts.
"In the past, handling this matter required running to 4 departments and submitting 14 documents. Now, it's all completed in a few days!" he said with emotion.
Not long ago, the decoration project undertaken by Mr. Luo urgently needed to open water, electricity, gas, and internet accounts. According to his original experience, it would definitely be too late to handle it. Hearing that it could be much faster to handle it on the "Zheliban" (浙里办) APP, Mr. Luo submitted a joint application request in "Zheliban" with a try-it-and-see attitude. Staff contacted him on the same day, and the system automatically assigned tasks to relevant departments, with online joint review and approval throughout the process, saving him a lot of trouble.
Today, the "Zheliban" APP has become the "housekeeper" on the fingertips of the people of Zhejiang (浙江). Mr. Tao, who works in Hangzhou (杭州) City, Zhejiang (浙江) Province, is from Jinhua (金华) City, Zhejiang (浙江) Province. He realized zero materials and instant settlement of housing fund extraction across cities through the platform. Ms. Jiang, who just became a mother, can complete the "multi-certificate joint handling" of birth medical certificate, vaccination certificate, household registration, medical insurance participation, and social security card application online without having to travel, and the certificates are directly mailed to her home.
Not only in Zhejiang (浙江), but in recent years, China has been focusing on building a digital government service platform with the national integrated government service platform as the core, building a digital government service system that covers urban and rural areas, connects across regions, and is convenient and efficient. At present, the national integrated government service platform has more than 1.08 billion real-name registered users, and more than 90% of provincial-level administrative licensing items are accepted online. As of the end of June last year, the national integrated government service platform initially realized the standardized service of 5.21 million service items and more than 36,000 high-frequency hot service applications, and a powerful and convenient national government service "one network" has been built.
"I thought I had to make a special trip to Tianjin (天津), but I didn't expect to complete it at my doorstep in Taiyuan (太原). It's so convenient!" Ms. Yan, a citizen of Taiyuan (太原), Shanxi (山西) Province, successfully completed the real estate registration procedures for her new house purchased in Wuqing District (武清区), Tianjin (天津) City, at the "cross-provincial handling" window of the local government service center.
Under the guidance of the staff, Ms. Yan paid taxes and fees and submitted materials online. Relevant information was pushed to the Tianjin (天津) real estate registration department for review in real time. She found the electronic license on the same day and received the paper certificate 3 days later.
Behind this is the data sharing mechanism between Shanxi (山西) and Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), Hebei (河北), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) and other provinces. As of 2024, Shanxi (山西) has realized "cross-provincial handling" of 16 high-frequency businesses such as real estate registration with many provinces, with a cumulative number of more than 23,000 cases.
In recent years, various regions have been constantly breaking down data barriers: Chongqing (重庆) has built an integrated public data platform to promote the "one account book" management of data resources; Hainan (海南) has focused on breaking down medical, medical insurance, and pharmaceutical data to establish a dynamically updated "three medical" health file; the "one thing" for cross-provincial and cross-city enterprise migration registration in Beijing (北京), Tianjin (天津), and Hebei (河北) promotes information sharing and mutual recognition between departments in the three places... Various regions and departments are accelerating the implementation of the "Regulations on the Sharing of Government Data," establishing intensive and efficient data sharing and interaction channels, and promoting the improvement of government service efficiency through data sharing, so as to better help economic and social development.
Moving Towards "Data Intelligence Driven"
Upgrading and Improving Governance Effectiveness
Empowering grassroots governance with informatization is a key starting point for improving the quality and efficiency of government construction.
Relying on cutting-edge technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, grassroots governance is gradually breaking away from the traditional model of "experience judgment" and moving towards a scientific path of "data intelligence driven," realizing a leapfrog upgrade from "passively handling problems" to "actively predicting risks."
"Recently, I feel that the traffic conditions in Guiyang (贵阳) have improved a lot," sighed a citizen of Guiyang (贵阳) City, Guizhou (贵州) Province.
Behind this change is a vivid practice of deeply integrating informatization means into traffic governance.
Restricted by terrain conditions and road layout, traffic congestion has been a major problem in Guiyang (贵阳) city governance. To this end, the Guiyang (贵阳) Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, together with relevant enterprises, selected 31 key traffic nodes in its jurisdiction to deploy an intelligent traffic signal control system. The system deeply integrates traffic big data and local traffic police real-time monitoring data, real-time perceives and accurately predicts changes in traffic flow at intersections, and dynamically adjusts the timing scheme of traffic lights, maximizing the efficiency of green light passage during traffic peak hours.
A series of measures have been implemented and have taken effect. The average delay time of vehicles in the area on weekdays has decreased by 15%, the all-day congestion index has decreased from 1.7 to 1.58, and the morning peak congestion time has been shortened by half an hour, significantly improving the travel experience of citizens.
Not only Guiyang (贵阳), but various regions and departments are actively exploring new paths and new scenarios for the development and utilization of government data. Some regions rely on basic databases such as electronic licenses to automatically screen and match service objects that meet the conditions, and actively push information on "no application required" for fund subsidies; some places build urban physical examination information platforms, integrate multi-field data resources, carry out digital surveying and classification protection of historical and cultural resources, and realize refined management of historical and cultural cities, historical blocks, and historical buildings.
Big data and artificial intelligence have installed a "smart brain" for grassroots governance, and informatization communication channels have built a "bridge of hearts" to respond to the demands of the masses - the urgent and difficult problems of the masses can cross the barriers of streets and alleys and directly reach the level of governance decision-making, and the measures of grassroots governance are becoming more and more precise.
In the early morning, the vermilion doors and windows of Hongjun Lane (红军巷) in Laocheng Street (老城街道), Honghuagang District (红花岗区), Zunyi (遵义) City, Guizhou (贵州) Province, are quaint and elegant. This street, which is famous for the development of red cultural tourism, once caused Ms. Wang, a resident, some trouble: "With the increase of tourists, tricycles and handcarts are parked at will, and various stalls occupy most of the lane, making it difficult for pedestrians to pass."
How to resolve this problem? Ms. Wang remembered the "Harmonious Old City" convenient service mini-program promoted by community cadres in the residents' WeChat group. With a try-it-and-see attitude, she took out her mobile phone, took photos of the scene of lane congestion and stall occupation, and wrote down her demands on the mini-program: "The phenomenon of tourist stalls occupying the road in Hongjun Lane (红军巷) is serious, pedestrians are blocked, and there are also safety hazards. I hope to deal with it as soon as possible!"
As soon as the request was submitted, the mobile terminal of the street duty cadre popped up an emergency work order automatically dispatched by the system.
The street immediately joined hands with relevant departments in Honghuagang District (红花岗区) to rush to the scene to regulate and deal with the behavior of occupying the road for business. In order to solve the problem from the root, the staff also combined the actual width of the lane and the characteristics of the flow of people, and used yellow paint to draw clear and standardized fixed stall lines above the curb, which not only met the business needs of vendors, but also ensured the smooth passage of citizens.
Residents reflect their demands by "finger-pointing orders," the community accepts and handles them with "second-level response," the departments "coordinate and link" to jointly handle them, and the results are "open and transparent" and feedback in a timely manner - the implementation of government informatization is making the governance concept of "co-construction, co-governance and sharing" take root, blossom and bear fruit in the streets full of fireworks through small mobile terminals.
Innovative Technology Mechanism
Making Digital Government Sustainable and Improving Quality and Efficiency
The long-term sustainable development of government informatization cannot be separated from institutional guarantees and technological innovation. The continuous application of new technologies and the deep integration of institutional innovation are spawning a new ecology of government services.
"I am old and not used to smart phones and machine touch screens. This machine is easy to operate. I said to it 'apply for pension certification', and then it guided me step by step. It took only a few minutes to complete," said Mr. Chen, a retired elderly man in Yuncheng District (云城区), Yunfu (云浮) City, Guangdong (广东省) Province, praising the intelligent service function on the "Yuezhizhu" (粤智助) government service self-service machine.
In 2024, Yunfu (云浮) creatively integrated the AI intelligent voice guidance function into more than 1,000 "Yuezhizhu" (粤智助) government service self-service machines in the city, supporting Mandarin and Cantonese bilingual navigation, covering more than 600 service items, and the intelligent recognition accuracy rate of keywords is as high as 90%.
Such scenarios are not only appearing in Guangdong (广东): Urumqi (乌鲁木齐) City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (新疆维吾尔自治区), has launched the "instant approval" service, and artificial intelligence automatically verifies application information, realizing "instant approval" for applications that meet the conditions; Jinan (济南) City, Shandong (山东) Province, uses blockchain technology to launch "Quancheng Chain" (泉城链) to create a personal data safe, and through "one person one secret, one number one secret" technology, allows citizens to independently control the authorization of social security, medical and other data...
Various places have deeply integrated new technologies such as artificial intelligence with government services, activating more application scenarios for enterprises and the masses, and effectively promoting government services to leap to "intelligent handling."
In Suzhou Industrial Park (苏州工业园区), Jiangsu (江苏) Province, Mr. Li, a clerk of a biomedical enterprise, is handling the filing procedures for research and development projects through the government platform.
"Relying on the classification and grading protection mechanism constructed by the 'Suzhou Industrial Park Public Data Management Measures', the park has realized the safe sharing of government data. Matters such as the filing of enterprise research and development projects have greatly compressed the approval time limit through data sharing," said Mr. Li.
Various places have strengthened the institutional construction of informatization government services, and continuously improved the standardization, standardization, and convenience of digital government services: Shanghai (上海) has built a data flow system of "one table association," "one library sharing," and "one source processing"; Zhejiang (浙江) has launched the "cloud joint review" model, and enterprises submit materials once, and relevant departments can simultaneously conduct online verification; Hainan (海南) has released the "General Rules for the Standardization of Government Service Items," using standardization as a traction to promote the realization of "no difference acceptance and the same standard handling" of the same item... From grassroots practice to top-level design, a series of mechanism innovations have made the construction of digital government go steady and far.
In the information age, vitality is surging. In the digital society, vitality is flourishing. Every leap of government service informatization construction is anchored in the original intention of "people-centered."
From the national integrated government service platform weaving a "one network" of convenient services for the people, to big data empowering grassroots governance to achieve "precise problem solving," and then to the dual-wheel drive of technological innovation and institutional improvement, consolidating the foundation for sustainable development... This profound change is making digital dividends continuously become people's well-being, injecting strong impetus into improving the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capacity, and allowing the people to have more sense of gain, happiness, and security in the wave of informatization development.
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A student bullying case has implicated nine "sick" families. In this typical case recently released by the Supreme People's Court, the nine juvenile bullies involved came from families where some parents were divorced, resulting in a lack of supervision; some parents were busy with work, neglecting care and discipline for their children; and some had strained parent-child relationships, resorting to beating and scolding after their children made mistakes. If not for the court's "Family Education Guidance Order," these parents' dereliction of duty and absence would likely have caused even more problems.
Behind "problem children" often lie "problem families." Many cases in practice show that juvenile delinquency is objectively highly correlated with inadequate or inappropriate family education. Judicial practice has also found that tracing the growth experiences of juvenile delinquents reveals that their families, parents, or other guardians, in most cases, have educational deficiencies, improprieties, or other factors detrimental to the healthy growth of the minors.
Family education is both a "family matter" and a "national matter." In the past, many people felt that how to educate children was a "private family affair behind closed doors." Some families emphasized nurturing but neglected education, indulging their children and causing them to behave improperly; others disregarded the emotional needs of minors for their families, leading them to easily pick up bad habits in society due to a lack of spiritual support and positive education from their families. The family is the first school in life, and parents are the child's first teachers. Helping children fasten the first button of their lives concerns not only their healthy growth but also the future of the country and the nation.
Focusing on the role of the family, China's legal network for the protection of minors has been continuously strengthened in recent years. Amending the Law on the Protection of Minors and the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, issuing the Law on the Promotion of Family Education... From rights protection to education and prevention, and to creating a good family environment for the healthy growth of minors, guiding parents to correctly and effectively fulfill their family education responsibilities through legal means, and eradicating the "root cause" is a fundamental solution to preventing juvenile delinquency.
"Bringing up children according to the law" is not only a process of implementing legal provisions but also a transformation of family education concepts. For example, the Law on the Promotion of Family Education clearly stipulates that parents or other guardians of minors shall not discriminate against minors based on gender, physical condition, intelligence, etc., and shall not commit domestic violence. In reality, some families believe in "spare the rod and spoil the child" but do not realize that growing up in a family environment that is accustomed to solving problems and disputes through violent means can easily form a relationship pattern of "committing violence or being treated violently." The former "victims of violence" may also become future "perpetrators." Rejecting violence is the bottom line of family education and the red line drawn by the law, preventing tragedies and regrets from the source.
Whether family education can be "lawful" is crucial to the concerted efforts of all parties. To implement the requirements of the Law on the Promotion of Family Education and other laws, it is necessary to attach importance to the cooperation and resource integration of the social support system for the protection of minors, mobilize the advantageous resources of the state, schools, society, and other aspects, provide support and assistance to families, and help parents or other guardians improve their family education capabilities. The family is the cell of society, and only when all parties work together can they better create a growing environment full of love, freedom, and respect for children, so that they can grow up healthily, embark on the right path, and become people who contribute to society.
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Can recruitment require "male only"? If government departments are negligent in supervising employment discrimination, who can urge government departments to deal with problems in a timely manner?
Ms. Li from Dangtu County (当涂县), Ma'anshan City (马鞍山市), Anhui (安徽) Province, wanted to find a job as a equipment engineer locally. One day, she browsed the online recruitment service platform of the Dangtu County Employment and Entrepreneurship One-Stop Service Center and found that a company happened to have a position suitable for her. However, when she looked closely at the job requirements, she found that it clearly stated "male only." For a period of time, many female job seekers in Dangtu County (当涂县) encountered similar problems. Soon, the Dangtu County People's Procuratorate (当涂县人民检察院) noticed this problem.
After investigation, the procuratorial organ found that on the online recruitment service platform of the county's Employment and Entrepreneurship One-Stop Service Center, Yi Mou Company (益某公司), Huan Mou Company (环某公司) and other employers had posted job requirements such as "male only" when recruiting equipment engineers, operators, warehouse keepers and other positions.
Article 13 of the Labor Law stipulates that when hiring employees, women shall not be refused employment or higher employment standards shall not be imposed on women on the grounds of gender, except for types of work or positions that are not suitable for women as stipulated by the state. The Special Provisions on Labor Protection for Female Employees clearly define the scope of labor prohibited for female employees, including: underground mining operations; operations with the fourth level of physical labor intensity as stipulated in the classification standard of physical labor intensity; operations with a load of more than 20 kilograms more than 6 times per hour; and so on. At the same time, there are special provisions on the scope of labor prohibited during menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation.
Obviously, these positions on the online recruitment platform involved in the case are not included in this list. Therefore, the Dangtu County People's Procuratorate (当涂县人民检察院) put forward a procuratorial proposal to the Dangtu County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (当涂县人力资源和社会保障局), suggesting that it perform its supervision and management duties in accordance with the law; urge employers to delete gender-discriminatory job requirements; and improve the supervision mechanism of online recruitment services to ensure the legality of online recruitment information.
A month later, the Dangtu County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (当涂县人力资源和社会保障局) replied that all relevant issues had been rectified and implemented. However, when the procuratorial organ followed up on the supervision, it found that there were still "male only" job recruitment contents in the relevant online recruitment information.
If the suggestion does not work, it can only "sue when it should be sued." The Dangtu County People's Procuratorate (当涂县人民检察院) filed an administrative public interest litigation with the Dangtu County People's Court (当涂县人民法院) against the Dangtu County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (当涂县人力资源和社会保障局) as the defendant, requesting a judgment ordering it to perform its supervisory duties in accordance with the law.
The Dangtu County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (当涂县人力资源和社会保障局) realized the seriousness of the problem. During the trial of the case, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau (人力资源和社会保障局) established a special working class to conduct a comprehensive review and investigation, and promptly rectify the relevant content such as "male only" in the recruitment positions; establish a recruitment information release review mechanism, and strictly implement the information review process; carry out employment legal publicity through a combination of "online + offline" models. The problem was finally rectified, and the Dangtu County People's Court (当涂县人民法院) finally ruled to terminate the litigation.
By: 本报记者 魏哲哲
"My material conditions are better, and I can provide a good living and learning environment for my child. Wang (王某)'s attention to the child has decreased since she remarried and had another child." After Chen (陈某) divorced, the child had been living with the mother.
Some time later, Chen (陈某) believed that his economic situation had significantly improved. Not long ago, Chen (陈某) filed a lawsuit with the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court (青岛市中级人民法院) in Shandong Province (山东省), requesting a change in custody.
"The confirmation of custody of minor children should be based on the principle of being most beneficial to the growth of the minor. Superior material conditions are a consideration, but not the decisive factor in changing custody." Ren Daoliang (任道亮), the presiding judge of the Juvenile Cases Comprehensive Trial Division of the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court (青岛市中院未成年人案件综合审判庭), decided to comprehensively understand the relevant situation by carrying out social investigation and other work.
According to the actual needs of the case, the handling judge and the family affairs investigator conducted on-site visits to both parties' residences, the child's school, and the community where they lived, to comprehensively understand the actual living environment, living facilities, community facilities, interaction with the child, and respective family support systems of both parties.
The investigation showed that both parties could provide a safe and clean living environment. Chen (陈某)'s newly purchased housing conditions were better, but his parents were the main caregivers. Wang (王某)'s family atmosphere was harmonious, and the child got along naturally with the stepfather and half-sibling. The kindergarten teacher reported that the child was emotionally stable and adapted to group life.
In addition, the judge, accompanied by a professional psychological counselor and a judicial social worker, communicated with the child in a relaxed and gradual manner. The child clearly expressed the desire to live with the mother, Wang (王某).
"We cannot simply use material conditions to measure the importance of the child's emotional needs, the quality of parental companionship, and the stability of the living environment to the child." The handling judge said that the child had been living with Wang (王某) since the parents divorced, and had formed a stable living and learning environment and emotional dependence. A rash change would be more harmful than beneficial to the child's growth.
Through patient and meticulous mediation work, Ren Daoliang (任道亮) resolved the opposing emotions of both parties, guided both parties to focus on the child's interests, and reached an agreement on visitation rights and other issues, substantially resolving the dispute and achieving a complete settlement of the case.
In recent years, the Qingdao court (青岛法院) has innovated the trial mechanism for cases involving minors, better safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of minors by upgrading and transforming roundtable courtrooms and other flexible judicial venues, and carrying out personalized psychological counseling and other methods.
In September last year, the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court (青岛中院) jointly with the Qingdao Municipal Party Committee Social Work Department (青岛市委社会工作部) and the Qingdao Municipal People's Procuratorate (青岛市人民检察院) issued the "Work Plan for the Training of Juvenile Judicial Social Workers" (《未成年人司法社工培养工作方案》) to further improve the professional ability and service level of juvenile judicial social workers; and hired "Five Old Personnel" (五老人员) from the Caring for the Next Generation Working Committee (关工委) to conduct social investigations, better understand the case before judgment, and conduct follow-up visits after judgment.
"Protecting minors is of great significance. How to transform the judicial 'classroom' into a place for cultivating people? The key lies in moving judicial protection forward and transforming individual case handling into a public course for society." Zhang Jie (张杰), a member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court (青岛市中院党组), introduced that the court relies on rich case resources and jointly builds the Qingdao Youth Legal Publicity and Education Practice Base (青岛市青少年法治宣传教育实践基地) with relevant units to expand the coverage of youth legal education and guide young people to learn and use the law through interactive and immersive experiences.
According to reports, the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court (青岛市中院) regards "campus bullying" legal education as the focus of youth legal education. Judges combine real cases of campus bullying and use easy-to-understand language to explain the manifestations, legal consequences, and countermeasures of campus bullying, guiding children to establish harmonious and friendly interpersonal relationships and bravely say "no" when facing campus bullying.
"Next, we will continue to give play to the functional role of trials involving minors, promote the protection of minors with judicial protection, and better protect the healthy growth of minors." said Zhang Zhengzhi (张正智), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court (青岛市中院党组).
Return to TopBy: 孙 皓（《小城大事》导演）
At the beginning of the New Year, the TV screen is full of exciting and wonderful dramas. We invited the main creators of three popular dramas to talk about their creative experiences, feel the beauty and warmth, insight and reflection that light and shadow bring us.
--Editor
My connection with the TV series "Major Events in a Small Town" began when I was doing post-production for "Joy of Life 2". I felt that those stories could not only move the audience, but also move us. "Major Events in a Small Town" brightened my eyes.
Creation starts with living among the people. We had a lot of communication with the prototype characters. Their stories are both real and legendary. I also learned that in that era and in that place, many of China's "earliest" things were born: the earliest real estate concept, the earliest "gift industry" concept... In addition to these amazing legends, what is more precious is that we have discovered the shining points of the characters.
The local female reformers are full of tenacity and have a strong inner strength, which impressed me very much. One female entrepreneur spoke softly and calmly when talking about her experience of building a large industrial park. She said: "One day, a group of people gathered around a sand table and were indecisive. They said that this mountain was hindering the construction of the factory. I said, it would be good to remove it! They said, they hadn't thought about it, how much would it cost?! I said, how much money can be earned back, the cost performance is worthwhile, and the stones can be used to pave the road." Her tone was soft but firm, and we were all amused and applauded for her. This paragraph, after artistic refinement, is used in the drama segment of the protagonist Li Qiuping (李秋萍).
Living among the people is like picking fresh vegetables from the vegetable garden, but how to stir-fry this dish well? As creators, we must also learn from the characters in the play, learn their spirit of reform and innovative actions.
Starting from the characters, activate all the group portraits. No features, no release. I divided the characters into four groups. The first group is the town committee leadership team represented by Li Qiuping and Zheng Decheng (郑德诚). They are the organizers, operators and managers of the city construction, and the cadres fighting on the front line. The second group is the county-level leaders represented by Zhao Dongsheng (赵东升). They are a strong backing. The third group is the "ten thousand yuan households" represented by Gao Xuemei (高雪梅). They are the main force in city construction and are eager for more opportunities. The fourth group is the characters represented by Yang Xiaohai (杨小海) and Grandma Yang (杨奶奶), who participate in city construction with their own sweat and gradually become rich.
Then, taking the relationship between "Li Qiuping and Zheng Decheng" as a starting point, a vivid character relationship network is formed. Li Qiuping, the "2.0 version" of grassroots cadres in the 1980s and 1990s: a college student in 1977 who studied in Europe; has a broad vision, advanced ideas, is diligent and wise; she deeply loves this land, can not only carry burdens to go to the grassroots level, but also dance a cheerful "sixteen steps", can not only care about the suffering of the people in detail, but also bravely chase the team of thieves regardless of danger... Unlike Li Qiuping, Zheng Decheng comes from the grassroots level, learns in his work, has a high reputation among the masses, and has unique and effective working methods. The transformation of character relationships should be presented in individual events.
To tell the story of the 1980s and 1990s well, we must do a realistic restoration and also evoke people's impressions of that era. There is a lot to be done with "impression" and "restoration". The impression here is not only the impression of the era of those who have experienced it, but also the "distant impression" of young people who have not experienced that era. This beautiful impression can appear in our works, the key is how to present it. For example, Yang Xiaohai in the play goes from liking to show open-air movies to deciding to open a movie theater. It should have entered the 1990s at that time, and the movie at that time was in a downturn, but who can stop everyone's dreams? Whether in or out of the play, I tell everyone to show it boldly.
Adhering to the creative concept of "telling serious topics in a relaxed way", we use a light comedy tone to show grand themes. That was a simple, pure, passionate, selfless, and idealistic era. Therefore, in this work, the cadres and the masses we create are all lovely. The biggest obstacle is whether you dare to declare war on old ideas and put your ideals into action!
I hope that these lovely and idealistic characters in the play will also be loved by the audience.
Return to TopBy: 天 毅（《罚罪Ⅱ》导演）
Excellent film and television works should respond to the concerns of the times and convey mainstream values. The creation of "Punishment Crime II" focuses on Longwan, a land entangled with clan ties and development trends, and uses the perspective of police officer Qin Feng (秦枫) (Huang Jingyu (黄景瑜) as the actor) to tear open the dark undercurrent of crime beneath the calm surface. We try to let the audience feel the arduousness of the fight against organized crime and evil, and convey the concept of "crime must be punished, and the law is greater than the sky."
After the broadcast of the previous work "Punishment Crime," the audience paid strong attention to the complex game behind the fight against organized crime and evil, and the perseverance and sacrifice of law enforcement officers. We realized that criminal investigation themes should not be limited to sensational cases and stacking suspense. Only by adhering to the realistic creative background can the work reflect social reality and convey the spirit of the rule of law.
Evil forces have shed their violent cloak, and the operation of "protective umbrellas" is becoming more meticulous... The new types of criminal chains and plots revealed in "Punishment Crime II" all stem from the refinement of real cases. We hope that through the series, the audience can truly realize that the fight against organized crime and evil has entered the "eradication of the roots of organized crime and evil" deep game, and adherence to the rule of law process is crucial.
The character shaping of "Punishment Crime II" strives to break the narrative stereotype of "either black or white," so that each character becomes a "complex individual" with flesh and blood, presenting the three-dimensional texture of the characters in the tug-of-war between emotion and law, highlighting the weight of faith. Qin Feng's (秦枫) "tenacity, sincerity, and belief" are a true portrayal of thousands of front-line public security police officers. Bearing trauma and confusion, in the process of investigating the truth, he must not only face external suppression, but also resist inner confusion - when loved ones have a secret connection with the crime, and when law and human feelings collide fiercely, each of his choices is a vivid expression of true humanity.
When portraying characters, we strive to jump out of the stereotyped setting. In the play, Qin Feng (秦枫) and Liu Tianye (刘天也) (Wang Chuanjun (王传君) as the actor), this pair of "fellow villagers with different paths" sworn brothers, are intertwined by a fishing boat accident and eventually go to different paths. This setting is intended to explore what choices should be made when justice faces the constraints of family affection and ideals are crushed by reality? The portrayal of characters such as Mai Hongchao (麦洪超) (Zhang Tong (张桐) as the actor), Wang Tao (汪涛) (Qin Junjie (秦俊杰) as the actor), and Hu Xiaoyue (胡小跃) (Wang Ziqi (王子奇) as the actor) makes the story more grounded and realistic. We want to convey the concept that "justice is not divided into sizes, and the choices of every ordinary person can affect the direction of good and evil." Ye Tianyou (叶天佑) (Li Youbin (李幼斌) as the actor) arrived in Hanzhou (汉洲) with his apprentice's suicide note. His firmness and forbearance represent the inheritance of professional faith and reflect the responsibility and responsibility of the political and legal team. Whether it is the persistence of the adherents, the remorse of the fallen, or the awakening of the bystanders, they all constitute a multifaceted prism, allowing the audience to understand the belief in the rule of law in empathy.
The vitality of a work is hidden in the story and characters, and also reflected in the polishing of every production detail. We filmed on location across three provinces, with parallel lines inside and outside the studio. The narrative expression is "a case within a case, intertwined in time and space," and the truth emerges layer by layer in the collision between the past and the present. The main line takes the Hanzhou (汉洲) port development project as a guide, starting from the bizarre murder case of Qiao Defu (乔德福), leading to a series of related crimes, forming a chain of interlocking links. The narrative of parallel time and space not only focuses on the wit and courage in the current police investigation, but also restores the past through flashbacks, providing emotional and logical support for current choices. The rhythm of "strong plot + slow lyricism" allows the audience to immerse themselves in the pursuit of updates; the scenes of brotherly temptation and character sacrifice magnify emotions, and all action scenes adhere to "serving the characters and situations," and reject flashy skills.
Justice will surely arrive, which is the belief that "Punishment Crime II" wants to convey most. Qin Feng's (秦枫) "die-hard" investigation, the courage of the real-name whistleblower, and Zhao Peng's (赵鹏) (Xia Houbin (夏侯镔) as the actor) awakening of conscience, these individual persistence, eventually converge into a force to break through the darkness. We hope that this drama will let everyone feel that the fight against organized crime and evil is not only the responsibility of law enforcement officers, but also the common mission of every member of society.
With the broadcast of the series, the audience launched discussions around topics such as "how ordinary people should protect themselves and defend their rights in the face of evil forces," "how to cut off the protective umbrella of evil forces," and "the dilemma and persistence of front-line law enforcement officers in eradicating evil." This makes us more determined that a good film and television work should tell stories and shoulder social responsibility.
There is no end to creation. In the future, we will continue to take root in the soil of reality, record the pulse of the times with the lens, convey the belief in the rule of law with stories, and let more people see that the realization of justice is never a lone battle, but the result of countless people practicing their mission with life and defending fairness with blood.
Return to TopBy: 郭京飞（《老舅》主演）
I really liked the prototype story of "Old Uncle" when Director Kong Xiangzhao (孔祥照) told it to me for the first time. With the intuition of an actor, I realized immediately that Cui Guoming (崔国明) was a very three-dimensional and richly layered character. He has dramatic highlights, but more often, he is like the people we often see around us—motivated, thoughtful, willing to forge ahead, and unwilling to stop even when he hits walls and stumbles.
What touches me most about the character of Old Uncle Cui Guoming (崔国明) is not what he ultimately achieves, but that he never stops "striving." This "striving" is not to prove how great he is, but a very pure and instinctive choice: to always keep himself moving forward.
After reading the script, I felt even more clearly that Old Uncle's "striving" was to provide a reliable support for his family and to make life better. On the one hand, he is pushed forward by his family, his responsibilities, and reality; on the other hand, he is always trying to maintain a balance between his life ideals and earning a living. In the play, Old Uncle recites a poem: "The snow presses the bamboo branches low, so low they almost touch the mud. But when the red sun rises, they are still as tall as the sky." I think this is his attitude towards life: all the hardships are temporary, and as long as there is always a tenacity in your heart that refuses to crawl, there will always be a chance to stand up again. So, when shaping this character, I paid more attention to pondering the spirit of not bowing his head, not admitting defeat, and not giving up after each setback and before standing up again.
In my opinion, "Old Uncle" is not about how a person pursues success, but about how a person maintains the confidence to continue living through repeated ups and downs. I also hope to convey the vitality of Old Uncle to the audience—life is not necessarily smooth sailing, and it may be full of stumbles, but this road must be completed by oneself after all. As an actor, it is very fortunate to encounter such a pure but complex character.
In 2025, I also played two other roles—Guo Pengfei (郭鹏飞) in "Oriole" and Chang Sheng (常胜) in "Stationed"—which also have subtle echoes with Old Uncle Cui Guoming (崔国明). Guo Pengfei (郭鹏飞) in "Oriole" is an experienced anti-pickpocket police officer. He is transferred to Licheng (荔城) alone to carry out a mission, fighting wits with all kinds of thieves while facing physical pain and emotional scars. This character has long lost the sharpness of his youth and has gained some casualness and low-key demeanor after years of polishing. But under this seemingly "unreliable" appearance, he always has a string in his heart, which is his stubbornness to the truth and his dedication to his profession. In the performance, in order not to make the character too serious and tragic, the main creators and I deliberately added some self-deprecation, dark humor, and comedic details in expressions and actions to the character. This kind of life-like humor under difficult and high pressure just shows that the character's heart has not completely collapsed, and he is still willing to joke with life.
Chang Sheng (常胜) in "Stationed" is an experienced and highly responsible grassroots police officer. He has no hope of promotion, his marriage is frustrated, and he is sent to the remote Dongzhai Village (东寨村) to start a "one person and one dog" stationed life. He encountered many problems, including being misunderstood and frequently blocked in promoting his work. But this person has a rare stubbornness. Neither external doubts nor internal disappointments have shaken his adherence to his duties. In the case of scarce resources and limited police force, he gradually opened up the situation with his years of experience and his character of loving to ponder. When entering this character, I also added some light comedy expressions. I hope that through his optimism and positivity, the audience can see the process of a person regaining the initiative in life when facing various difficulties in life.
In the process of shaping these characters, my understanding has become clearer and clearer: these ordinary people with a sense of life cannot be played too "bitterly." If all the focus of the performance is placed on the setbacks they suffer, the characters may not appear three-dimensional enough. I hope to let the audience see the "elasticity" in them through the natural expression of comedy. This "comedic elasticity" not only makes the audience feel less heavy when watching the drama, but also hopes that the audience can feel that the characters still maintain a bottoming-out and rebounding mentality under the pressure of life, embrace reality with a positive attitude, and burst out the light and warmth of life from the collision.
Acting is about making the character real enough, complete enough, and able to stand on its own feet in the interweaving of joy and sorrow. It is in the encounter with these characters that I can continue to improve my acting skills—they remind me that a truly vital character must have laughter and tears and be able to withstand repeated viewing by the audience. For actors, only by constantly "striving" in the role and constantly approaching reality can they better resonate with the character, and the character not only carries the actor's efforts, but also subtly broadens my understanding of life and performance.
Return to TopBy: 王 瑨
Opening short video platforms, one can often come across some absurd content: the frail Lin Daiyu (林黛玉) uprooting a willow tree with her bare hands, Guan Yu (关羽) seeking redress from Liu Bei (刘备) for buying fake leather shoes, Sun Wukong (孙悟空) riding a motorcycle... classic characters crossing dimensions and subverting their words and deeds.
These "AI-modified" short videos often begin with a deliberately created contrast, sensationalist "clickbait" style creativity, and then are quickly filled and generated by technology. "Modification" has become "random alteration." In the final analysis, it is a low-cost "traffic business," a hollow and vulgar data carnival, which not only squeezes the living space of high-quality original content, but also makes the profound culture frivolous and cheap, leading to "cultural nihilism."
Faced with "AI modification" and "cultural nihilism," we cannot just 一笑而过 (yī xiào ér guò - "laugh it off," to dismiss something with a smile; to treat something lightly). The National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) recently launched a one-month special governance action for "AI-modified" videos nationwide, focusing on videos that "modify" television works based on the Four Great Classical Novels, historical themes, revolutionary themes, and heroic model figures. This governance is not a "one-size-fits-all" restriction on legitimate AI creation, but rather precisely hits the core problem, marking a clear value red line for cultural production in the digital age.
Technology can expand the boundaries of imagination, but it cannot trample on the bottom line of culture; creation can pursue novel expressions, but it cannot subvert the consensus of history.
A nation's cultural identity is built on a common and relatively stable foundation of historical memory and classical narratives. By reading *Dream of the Red Chamber* (*红楼梦*) and *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* (*三国演义*), we can see the spiritual life and philosophy of life of the Chinese people; by reading *Journey to the West* (*西游记*) and *Water Margin* (*水浒传*), we can appreciate the Chinese people's imagination of the universe and the pursuit of worldly pleasure. When AI crudely places them in completely unrelated scenes, when classics are reduced to fragmented and vulgar "spoof materials," it actually dissolves the aesthetic and ideological value of the classics as classics.
What is even more alarming is that, for minors who have not yet established a complete cognitive system, the massive amount of seemingly correct "AI-modified" information will interfere with or even tamper with the foundation of their cultural cognition.
Imagine that "modified" clips may become children's "first impression" of culture: if they learn about *Romance of the Three Kingdoms* through "Liu Bei selling fake shoes," understand history through "cult animation" that renders bloody violence, and approach heroes through vulgar and entertaining "jokes," what kind of world view, outlook on life, and values will they form? How will they understand the history and culture of our nation? Some parents have even worriedly discovered that some children are indulging in "foreign *Classic of Mountains and Seas*" that are mixed with violent content and severely distorted. If we allow "AI modification" to distort, tamper with, and blaspheme our cultural image, what more than just the classics will be unrecognizable?
From this perspective, this special governance action is reiterating the important role of humanistic spirit in cultural creation, aesthetic cultivation, and value shaping, and is calling for the subjectivity and cultural consciousness of people in the wave of data.
Technology is a "brush," and how to promote "creative transformation" rather than "destructive deconstruction" depends on the "painter"; the platform is the "canvas," and how to optimize algorithms and incorporate cultural quality and social benefits into value considerations depends on the "scroll exhibitor"; while enjoying the convenience of technology, how to maintain firm cultural confidence depends on the "painting reader."
In the AI era, technology will continue to develop, but the starry sky of national spirit needs constant coordinates. This requires the participation of everyone, and requires us to jointly build a creative ecology that combines technical standards and humanistic spirit.
Return to TopBy: 申 琳
Amidst the flames of the Anti-Japanese War, universities moved westward. A special team composed of teachers and students from the university's agricultural college, animal keepers, soldiers, and others, insisted on escorting hundreds of livestock and poultry used for teaching and research, embarking together on the westward relocation road... Over the course of a year, on this westward relocation road spanning more than 5,000 kilometers and crossing multiple provinces, each member of this special team experienced severe trials. On stage, the actors used full emotions to vividly portray lively characters; off stage, many audience members couldn't help but shed tears whenever they saw touching scenes.
At the end of December 2025, the drama "Westward Relocation" performed at Hohai University (河海大学) won prolonged applause from the audience. People marveled that such a performance, which brought the plot and characters to life, was performed entirely by high school students, and the rehearsals only took more than 60 days of after-school time.
Since 2016, Hai'an Middle School (海安中学), a county-level high school, has staged a completely new full-length drama every year for 10 consecutive years. Dong Yuhua (董裕华), Secretary of the Party Committee of Hai'an Middle School, said with emotion that the campus drama of Hai'an Middle School can be traced back to the beginning of the school's establishment. The long-term adherence is to integrate artistic, cultural, and spiritual elements into the growth of students.
In 2009, teachers and students of Hai'an Middle School established a drama club, starting with textbook dramas such as "Thunderstorm," and students' interest in drama art grew stronger. In 2016, under the guidance of school teachers and local cultural departments, the school drama club performed the full-length drama "Thunderstorm." Since then, the rhythm of staging a drama every year has continued.
In 2019, the school drama club decided to stage a new drama to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In this year, Hai'an Middle School won the support of the Chongqing Repertory Theatre (重庆市话剧院), obtained the script of the theater's fine repertoire "Red Rock Soul" (红岩魂), and rehearsed under the guidance of this professional theater group. A group of high school freshmen with no stage foundation, could they perform well? In the end, the teachers and students of the school drama club won the recognition of experts from the Chongqing Repertory Theatre, "High school students can actually master professional scripts!"
Xu Yao (许尧), the instructor of the drama club, is a graduate of Hai'an Middle School and has now worked at her alma mater for nearly 20 years. She saw the strong help of professional theater groups in the growth of the drama club from the successful performance of "Red Rock Soul." Since then, the school drama club has not only strived for the full help of local municipal theater groups, but also strived for the enthusiastic support from provincial theater groups in Chongqing (重庆), Hebei (河北), Jiangsu (江苏), and other places. In 2020, the drama club tried contemporary themes for the first time and staged the drama "Another Peach Blossom Rain" (又见桃花雨), which reflected the deeds of local teachers going to Ninglang (宁蒗), Yunnan (云南) to support education. In the following two years, they successively staged the dramas "Looking for Li Dazhao" (寻找李大钊) and "Survivor" (幸存者). In 2023 and 2024, the dramas "Fog Chongqing" (雾重庆) and "Big Green House" (大青屋) performed by the drama club were selected for the China Campus Drama Festival for two consecutive years and won the "Outstanding Drama Award."
In 2025, Hai'an Middle School won the support of the Jiangsu People's Art Theatre (江苏人民艺术剧院) and obtained the authorization of the theater's "Westward Relocation" script, attracting more than 100 high school freshmen to participate. The students of the drama club used the gaps in the August military training, the evening self-study and weekend time in September to rehearse nervously. Not only did no one complain about hardship, but they also performed meticulously every time. Wu Mingze (吴明泽), who played the male lead Wang Yingyu (王英郁), said: "Rehearsing day after day, we walked through the character's inner journey again and again, and those lines became expressions from the heart."
Participating in dramas, many students gained not only a rare aesthetic experience, but also a spiritual edification. Zhang Yixuan (张懿轩) played an old professor in "Westward Relocation." He said: "In Weng Zhiting (翁之亭), I deeply realized the heavy connotation of the sentence ‘国之所需，吾之所向’ (guó zhī suǒ xū, wú zhī suǒ xiàng - "where the country needs me, is where I will go," a person's aspirations should align with the needs of the country), and the character's experience and thoughts are more shocking to the soul than abstract concepts."
Every year, a completely new repertoire is rehearsed, and this innovative desire and spirit is what the school encourages. In order to reduce the academic pressure on the students in the drama club, Hai'an Middle School also innovated the "one role for multiple people, multiple scenes in joint rehearsal" role participation mechanism, which not only shared the learning pressure, but also expanded the coverage of students participating in drama performances.
The most important thing about campus drama is to educate people, so that students can receive artistic influence and spiritual baptism. Such a process of participation is the most important.
On and off the stage, everyone is the protagonist.
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