Summary: In 2025, the CCP continued to emphasize adherence to the "Eight-Point Regulation" and combating undesirable work styles, with Xi Jinping stressing its importance for long-term governance and self-revolution. Xi Jinping conducted inspections throughout the year, accompanied by Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi, focusing on grassroots issues and promoting innovation. The Party implemented measures to address formalism, reduce waste, and improve bureaucratic efficiency. The article claims high public satisfaction with the campaign's results. The United States was not mentioned in this article.
Summary: Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of comprehensively, profoundly, and accurately understanding the strategic deployments of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, particularly regarding the "15th Five-Year Plan" for economic and social development. He highlighted the need to grasp the overall domestic and international situation, build a modernized industrial system, foster a new development pattern, and promote coordinated economic and social development. Xi stressed the importance of the real economy amidst global challenges and the new technological revolution, urging against neglecting traditional industries in the pursuit of new productive forces. He cautioned against blindly following trends, referencing examples such as chip manufacturing and the "new three" industries, and instead advocated for adapting development strategies based on local conditions. The article did not mention United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Shenzhou-20 mission, carrying astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie, successfully completed a six-month stay on the Tiangong space station, performing multiple spacewalks and experiments, even facing a potential impact from space debris. The mission achieved a record for the longest in-orbit stay by a Chinese astronaut crew, marking progress in China's space program. In recognition of their achievements, Chen Dong was awarded the "First-Class Space功勋 Medal," while Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie were granted the title of "Heroic Astronaut" and the "Third-Class Space 功勋 Medal". The CCP calls upon all to emulate the astronauts' dedication to national strength and development to achieve socialist modernization. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this report.
Summary: Wang Huning, Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, addressed the 2025 macroeconomic situation analysis symposium, emphasizing the importance of studying Xi Jinping's economic thought and implementing the spirit of the 20th Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference. He urged the CPPCC to focus on major theoretical and practical issues related to economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, conduct thorough research, and actively participate in political consultation and democratic oversight. Attendees included CPPCC Vice Chairmen Wang Yong, Hu Chunhua, and others. During the meeting, multiple members, including Miao Wei and Lin Yifu, offered suggestions on topics such as technological innovation, consumption, investment, and industrial development.
Summary: In 2025, China achieved a trade surplus of $7.5 million in crop seeds for the second consecutive year, with exports reaching 62,000 tons. Domestically bred varieties now account for over 95% of China's cultivated area for crops. China's seed industry is experiencing international expansion, with hybrid rice, cotton, and vegetable seeds exported to over 50 countries. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is committed to continue to promote seed industry revitalization to ensure China's food security. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's 2025 economic report highlights a shift in consumption patterns, with slower growth in retail sales of goods (3.7% increase) signaling a maturing market. Service retail sales outpaced goods, indicating a move towards experience-driven consumption and a blended focus on both goods and services. This consumption upgrade, driven by investments in both material goods and human capital, suggests China's economic growth is not plateauing. The report highlights the potential for high-quality, sustainable development by linking population development with high-quality living.
Summary: At a State Council Information Office press conference, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Vice Minister Zhang Yunming highlighted China's industrial economic achievements in 2025, including a 5.9% year-on-year increase in the value-added of industrial enterprises above a designated size. Zhang also noted the significant growth in China's digital economy, with revenues of digital industries reaching approximately 38.3 trillion yuan by the end of 2025. MIIT spokesperson Xie Cun stated that China's 6G R&D has completed the first phase of testing and has begun the second phase. The article also highlights advancements in manufacturing, AI, and green technology, but makes no mention of the United States.
Summary: China's humanoid robot industry is experiencing rapid growth, with over 140 domestic companies and 330 products launched, fueled by advancements in core technologies like large models and integrated joints. These robots are increasingly utilized in manufacturing, transitioning from demonstrations to practical applications, and driving scaled development of new technologies. A national standardization committee, including over 70 leading enterprises and research institutions, was established to foster a healthy ecosystem for the industry. Analysts generally believe that 2025 will be the first year for scaled production in the industry. The trend in humanoid robots is considered by the author to be an embodiment of the continuing improvement of China's industrial economy.
Summary: According to an interview with Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong, China aims for significant progress in urban renewal by 2025, focusing on high-quality development of cities and the real estate sector during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Key initiatives include promoting "good housing" construction with higher standards, accelerating a new real estate development model, and encouraging enterprises to develop advanced technologies in construction. The focus of the development will be "safe, comfortable, green, and smart" housing. The ministry also aims to optimize traditional industries by focusing on technology, the market, quality, and overseas expansion of the construction industry.
Summary: China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released typical cases of "involution" (内卷) governance in 2025, highlighting preventative measures in industries like photovoltaics and electric vehicles. SAMR implemented early risk warnings and compliance guidance in the photovoltaic sector, alongside quality spot-checks in the EV industry to prevent low-price, low-quality products. The regulatory approach combines "soft" measures like administrative talks with platforms such as Huolala and food delivery services, with "hard" measures like compulsory recalls for issues like misleading advertising. SAMR emphasizes collaborative governance, engaging platforms, businesses, and consumers to improve overall regulatory effectiveness.
Summary: The 40th Qinhuai Lantern Festival commenced on January 21st at Bailuzhou Park in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. The festival features approximately 390 lantern sets across eight exhibition areas. Planners intend to host over 200 cultural activities, with the event running through the end of May. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The People's Bank of China, along with the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Financial Regulatory Administration, jointly issued regulations on RMB cash acceptance and services, effective February 1, 2026. These regulations aim to protect the legal tender status of the RMB and address the refusal of cash payments. Businesses providing face-to-face services must support cash payments and maintain sufficient change. Locations using automated systems or unified payment cards should clearly display payment options and cash conversion methods, and they should not charge fees for cash conversion.
Summary: According to a report citing data from China's National Bureau of Statistics, China's GDP grew by 5.0% in 2025, exceeding 140 trillion RMB, with international figures noting China's role as a major contributor to global economic growth. Experts highlighted China's advancements in high-tech manufacturing, the digital economy, and green technologies, emphasizing its role in global innovation and green industrial chains, with one expert noting the country's leading role in renewable energy. Several international organizations and institutions have revised China's economic growth forecasts upward, signaling confidence in the country's economic prospects. Observers believe China's economic development will create new opportunities for countries, including the Global South, and will contribute significantly to global economic recovery and green transition. A former VP at ABC expressed great enthusiasm with China's achievements in green development.
Summary: The article highlights Ningbo-Zhoushan port's record-breaking cargo throughput, emphasizing China's unwavering commitment to opening up despite global headwinds like unilateralism and protectionism. Xi Jinping's 2020 inspection of the port led to the "dual circulation" strategy, promoting both domestic and international economic engagement. The port's growth reflects a shift towards higher-quality exports, with significant increases in high-tech product exports, including "new three" products and electric vehicles, with a corresponding increase in high-tech imports. Despite international trade challenges and allusions to external barriers, the port's container throughput and growing partnerships, exemplified by collaborations with ports in Germany and Spain, demonstrate China's resilience and expanding global influence.
Summary: The article, written by the head of the South African Institute of International Affairs, criticizes U.S. tariff policies as detrimental to global trade and particularly harmful to developing economies. It argues that these tariffs, implemented under a double standard, hinder growth, weaponize economic power, and obstruct industrialization in the Global South. The author contends that these policies allow developed nations to protect their markets while pressuring developing countries to embrace free trade. The piece advocates for a fair, inclusive, and sustainable global trade system that promotes mutual benefit and equitable development, moving beyond zero-sum thinking. The impact of U.S. tariffs on domestic price levels within the United States is also briefly mentioned.
Summary: World Economic Forum (WEF) Executive Director Sebastian Buckup, speaking at the 2026 Davos meeting, stated that China is leading global green transformation through energy restructuring and technological innovation. He highlighted the WEF's focus on dialogue to rebuild trust amid global complexities and considers China a vital partner, especially regarding the Summer Davos forum. Buckup emphasized China's economic growth, technological advancements (particularly in EVs), and its rising ranking in the WEF's energy transition index due to investments in clean energy. He noted China's potential to lead in technology-driven economic growth and its role in global low-carbon development. Buckup expressed anticipation that China will continue to play a key role in promoting open cooperation at the WEF.
Summary: The article reports on a Chinese-funded water weir project in Khon Kaen province, Thailand, which aims to improve water management and irrigation for local farmers. Former Khon Kaen Governor Kaisorn described the collaborative process with the Chinese Consulate in Khon Kaen in selecting the site and plan. Chinese Consul General Liu Hongmei stated that the weir project is another vivid demonstration of pragmatic cooperation between China and Thailand in the field of people's livelihood. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Thammanat expressed Thailand's desire to learn from China's development experience. Kaisorn mentioned that Khon Kaen officials have studied poverty alleviation strategies in China and hope to strengthen cooperation in infrastructure.
Summary: Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jia Kun stated that Chinese companies have been operating legally and compliantly in Europe, contributing to the development of the European telecommunications and digital industries. He expressed serious concern over the EU's proposed cybersecurity policies, particularly the "de-risking" strategy targeting "high-risk" third-country suppliers, which he sees as politically motivated protectionism aimed at excluding Chinese companies. Guo criticized the EU for undermining market principles and politicizing normal cooperation, and warned that such actions would harm the EU's own technological progress, economic development, and image. Guo urged the EU to avoid going further down the wrong path of protectionism.
Summary: This article discusses the implementation of "Benefit-Agriculture" bus lines in Huishui County, Guizhou Province, as part of the "15th Five-Year Plan" to improve agricultural policies. The county government, responding to farmers' needs, launched specialized bus routes with modifications for transporting produce, reducing transportation costs and increasing farmers' income. The government subsidizes these lines to balance operational costs, while the bus company explores integrating passenger, freight, and postal services for additional revenue. These bus lines have facilitated the flow of agricultural products and improved access to markets for rural residents. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: This article discusses the "惠农专线" (惠农 special line) bus service in Huishui, Guizhou, which aims to help rural farmers sell their produce. By adding stops closer to villages and offering early morning departures, the bus service reduces the burden on farmers and improves the efficiency of agricultural product distribution. This initiative allows farmers to reach the market during peak hours, increasing their income and incentivizing agricultural production. The service connects rural production with urban demand, contributing to rural revitalization by facilitating farmers' access to markets. The article does not mention U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Jiangsu Province's People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee conducted evaluations of the provincial government's 2025 "practical projects for the people's wellbeing" (民生实事) program, focusing on issues such as precision, balance, and long-term effectiveness. Five research groups from the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress went to 13 prefecture-level cities in the province to investigate the implementation of all the practical projects for the people's wellbeing. NPC representatives, such as Qiao Sen, raised concerns about specific projects like rural road construction, pointing out issues like missing road names affecting logistics. Vice Governor Shen Jianrong reported that the 2025 goals were fully completed, and the government would consider feedback from the NPC representatives and the public when planning the 2026 projects. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The Yellow River's Inner Mongolia section has reached a total frozen length of 637 kilometers and entered a period of stable freezing, according to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters Office. Freezing occurs in two sections, divided by the Haibowan water conservancy hub. The freezing process has been relatively slow, characterized by segmented freezing and repeated cycles, but no major risks have occurred.凌汛 (lìngxùn) is a unique flood situation in the Yellow River, due to the river's flow from low to high latitudes, which makes it susceptible to flooding in winter and spring.
Summary: The Shenzhen port in Guangdong province has officially launched green methanol bunkering services. The "Da Qing 268" bunkering ship successfully refueled the international container ship "COSCO SHIPPING Carnation" with 200 tons of green methanol. The operation was conducted under the guidance of maritime authorities. This marks a significant step towards the port's capacity for supplying alternative fuel options. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In 2025, the CCP Central Committee, led by Xi Jinping, emphasized the continued importance of adhering to the "Eight-Point Regulation" to combat undesirable work styles and promote long-term improvements in Party conduct. Xi Jinping personally directed a study and education campaign focused on the "Eight-Point Regulation", stressing practical implementation and problem-solving. The Politburo members, including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi, also carried out inspections and implemented austerity measures. This renewed focus on self-discipline and practical work styles aims to strengthen the Party's foundations and support China's modernization goals. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Former Navy Deputy Political Commissar Wang Zheng, holding the rank of vice admiral, passed away in Beijing on January 3 at the age of 64 due to illness. Wang, a representative to the 20th National Congress of the CCP, served in various political roles within the Air Force and Navy, including Director of the Navy Political Work Department. He was promoted to Air Force Major General in 2013 and Navy Vice Admiral in 2019. The report highlights his contributions to the PLA's modernization. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article discusses the transformation of two successive leaders of Hubei Chuyuan Group, referred to as Lao Yang and Xiao Yang, through the study and application of Party ideology, specifically Xi Jinping Thought. Initially resistant to environmental regulations, particularly a "sky-high fine," Xiao Yang eventually embraced green development and technological upgrading, turning waste into a resource. The article highlights the importance of aligning business practices with the Party's theoretical guidance for economic advancement, referencing the growth of China's economy from 110 trillion to 140 trillion during the "14th Five-Year Plan". It stresses the need for proactive and continuous learning by Party members to contribute to China's modernization. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of government responsiveness ("响应度") to public concerns for effective governance and improved livelihoods in China. It highlights examples of local governments using technology and streamlined processes to quickly address citizen issues, moving from reactive responses to proactive problem anticipation. The piece cites Xi Jinping's emphasis on efficient and pragmatic governance, advocating for officials to avoid formalism and bureaucracy in addressing public needs. Reforms aimed at reducing burdens on local officials and leveraging data analysis for proactive governance are also discussed. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The General Office of the State Council recently released the "List of Key Items for 'High-Efficiency Handling of One Matter' in 2026 (First Batch)," encompassing 13 items for individuals and businesses. The list expands accessible government services, including support for tech innovation, intellectual property protection, childcare subsidies, flexible employment insurance, foreigner's phone registration, and ship departures. These measures aim to transform government services from merely "accessible" to "easy to handle". The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This article discusses the author's seven years of experience handling environmental complaints in Guangxi, emphasizing the importance of listening to and addressing public concerns effectively. The author highlights the need to understand the root causes of complaints and to balance individual concerns with broader economic development. The piece mentions the implementation of reward systems for reporting environmental violations and the adoption of "closed-loop management" for addressing complaints. Guangxi's fourth ecological and environmental protection supervision team stationed in Qinzhou urged to resolve the ecological and environmental issues which were strongly reported by the people, and a total of 20 batches and 183 pieces of mass complaints were handed over, and all of them were supervised and completed. The author concludes that effective complaint resolution requires empathy and a commitment to serving the people.
Summary: China has submitted an application to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to register 203,000 new satellites, marking its largest concentrated international frequency and orbit filing to date. The application secures orbital slots and communication frequencies, which are crucial for satellite communication quality and operate on a "first-come, first-served" basis. While this does not equate to an immediate launch of that many satellites, it strategically reserves space for China's burgeoning commercial aerospace sector and prepares it for international competition, following similar actions by countries including the United States and France. Successfully fulfilling the application requires launching the first satellite within seven years and the remaining satellites within fourteen. China's technological advancements, supported by patient capital, suggest that the vision of a comprehensive satellite network is within reach.
Summary: A village in Henan province constructed a replica of Tiananmen Gate on a wall to fulfill elderly residents' dreams of seeing it, evoking strong emotions and national pride. The artwork resonated deeply, tapping into a shared cultural memory and sense of national identity. This highlights how national sentiment is embedded in everyday life, connecting individuals to their history and country. The article also references a student reciting poetry on the Great Wall, which also evoked a sense of pride and patriotism. This collective emotional response underscores a deeply ingrained sense of national identity within the Chinese populace.
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Summary: The article discusses the development of China's AG600 "Kunlong," the world's largest amphibious aircraft, from its 2009 inception to obtaining its production license in 2025, highlighting the technical challenges and collaborative efforts involved. Key innovations included the "V" shaped hull and the mitigation of water resistance. Over 300 research units and 16 universities were involved, and the AG600 has achieved full domestic production of its airframe structure, power plant, and major airborne systems. Test flights pushed the aircraft to its limits in diverse environments, proving its capabilities for emergency rescue. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Ma Xinshi, a professor at Shandong University's School of History, has dedicated decades to the study of ancient Chinese rural society, overcoming challenges such as scarce historical materials and limited domestic research. Inspired by a foreign scholar's comment about the lack of Chinese scholarship in the field, she resolved to establish a Chinese voice in the study of China's own history. Her major works include "Social History of Rural Villages in the Two Han Dynasties" and "Research on the Morphology of Ancient Chinese Villages". Her work includes research on the relationship between urban and rural areas in ancient China. She also teaches and mentors students in this area.
Summary: Ma Xin has dedicated over 40 years to studying ancient Chinese rural society, focusing on often-overlooked historical details through a "microscopic" approach. Her research concentrates on traditional villages, aiming to fill gaps in the understanding of ancient Chinese rural society. Ma Xin's comprehensive and systematic research of ancient village development has established a solid foundation for future studies. She continues to explore the continuation of civilization within historical intricacies. Ma Xin's work inspires younger scholars to engage in rural research.
Summary: In 2025, China's manufacturing sales revenue grew 1.7 percentage points faster than overall national sales, accounting for 29.7% of total sales, indicating faster development in intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing and integrated digital technologies. VAT invoice data showed increased investment in automation, digitization, and environmental governance within the manufacturing sector, signaling a shift towards intelligent upgrading and green transformation. Sales revenue in intelligent equipment manufacturing and digital product manufacturing also experienced significant growth. The data also showed that the proportion of sales revenue of high energy-consuming manufacturing industry in the manufacturing industry decreased compared with the previous year. The integration of the digital economy and the real economy deepened in 2025.
Summary: Ahead of the Spring Festival travel season, workers at the Luoyang Locomotive Depot of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. are conducting comprehensive maintenance and repairs on locomotives. These efforts aim to ensure the safe and stable operation of locomotives during the Chunyun period. The article focuses on domestic transportation and does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The revision of "The Historical Atlas of China," originally compiled by Tan Qixiang, has commenced in Shanghai, led by Fudan University's Research Institute of Chinese Historical Geography. The decade-long revision will incorporate new archaeological and historical findings, modernize mapping techniques, and include a digital platform. New additions will focus on the origins of early Chinese civilization and the Republic of China period, utilizing updated national geographic data. Fudan University Party Secretary Qiu Xin emphasized the project's importance in advancing new humanities disciplines and producing high-quality academic results. There is no discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Henan province is focusing on talent development to strengthen its agricultural sector, with a focus on cultivating skilled local workers and attracting experts through preferential policies and platforms. The province is reforming higher agricultural education, encouraging practical application, and investing heavily in agricultural research and technology. They are also providing financial support and incentives for researchers to commercialize their findings. This initiative aims to modernize agriculture, increase grain production, and boost farmers' incomes, with improvements in wheat and corn breeding. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: An official from the Chinese Quyi (folk art forms) Artists Association discussed the resurgence of traditional Chinese performing arts like *xiangsheng* (cross-talk) among younger generations in Beijing, highlighting the blend of traditional forms with modern technology and cross-genre collaborations. They mentioned that Beijing's performing arts market is thriving, with significant growth in performances, audiences, and revenue, particularly among those born after 1995. The official also cited an example of a project that blended 10 types of *quyi* with symphony orchestra and multimedia visual arts to tell the story of Isabel Crook. The official emphasizes that Beijing is fostering diverse performance spaces to promote *quyi*. The article did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Beijing is actively pursuing a strategy to become a "Capital of Performing Arts" during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. This involves showcasing high-quality performances at venues like the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre, with the latter focusing on international musicals. Beijing is also promoting new types of performing arts spaces in cultural districts and commercial areas, integrating "performing arts plus" elements like themed dining and cultural products to spur consumption. The city is aiming to make performing arts more accessible to the general public, fostering urban cultural vitality. There is no mention of statements or actions of officials, nor is there mention of the United States.
Summary: Anhui Province announced the successful completion of a project providing surface water to approximately 30 million urban and rural residents in the northern part of the province, replacing groundwater sources. Implemented since 2021, the project utilizes water from the Huai River and the south-to-north water diversion project to address water quantity and quality issues. All 45 newly built and renovated surface water plants are now operational, serving 28 counties and districts across six cities. This has led to a reduction in groundwater extraction and a rise in groundwater levels. By 2025, the project aims to reduce groundwater extraction in northern Anhui by 30.96% compared to 2020.
Summary: Recent extreme cold, snow, and ice have impacted much of China, causing a surge in heating-related electricity demand, particularly in southern regions. Icing on power lines has posed a challenge to grid stability. To ensure electricity supply, authorities have deployed advanced technologies such as de-icing robots, snow-clearing robots, infrared thermometers, and drones for more precise and efficient ice removal and power grid maintenance. The article does not mention the United States or US-China relations.
Summary: China's National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) issued guidelines on pricing for innovative medical services, focusing on technologies like 3D printing, robotic surgery, and remote surgery. The guidelines establish pricing for 37 new items, aiming to promote technological upgrades and the transition to precision medicine. For robotic surgery, tiered pricing is introduced based on the robot's involvement, encouraging their use in complex procedures while preventing abuse. The NHSA will guide local authorities to set both minimum and maximum price limits to ensure both reasonable cost recovery for medical institutions and patient access.
Summary: The Wenjisang gas storage cluster in Xinjiang, China's first in the Northwest, has extracted 633 million cubic meters of natural gas since November 14, 2023, ensuring stable energy supply for heating and industrial production along the West-East Gas Pipeline. In response to recent cold weather and increased heating demand, the daily gas extraction has reached a record high of 6.2 million cubic meters. Staff have maintained safety systems and conducted drills to ensure smooth operations in extreme cold. The gas company will continue monitoring temperature changes and downstream demand to adjust extraction plans and strengthen safety controls.
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Summary: Engineers from the China Academy of Building Research are conducting extreme cold weather testing in Mohe, Heilongjiang, for 16 companies' heat pump air conditioning equipment. The five-month testing period aims to validate product reliability and energy efficiency in real-world, extreme low-temperature conditions, unlike standard laboratory settings, and improve national standards. These tests extend beyond air conditioning, encompassing automobiles and new materials, with over 700 test vehicles from 37 companies currently undergoing winter trials in Mohe. The extreme environment helps companies identify and fix the shortcomings of their products and technologies. Mohe is becoming an important site for industrial upgrading and technological innovation.
Summary: The victory of the Yongzhou football team in a local tournament, "Xiangchao," has spurred unexpected positive developments beyond the sporting arena. A Jiangsu netizen's gesture of celebrating the victory with billboards in Yongzhou prompted the city to reciprocate with gifts of local oranges. This interaction evolved into a mutually beneficial exchange, with reciprocal offers of free access to tourist attractions. This positive cycle transformed into a model of sustainable cooperation with potential for broader regional development, demonstrating how positive actions can lead to multiple benefits. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: China's railway system will expand its "Quiet Carriages" service to over 8,000 trains starting February 1st. Ningbo-Zhoushan port in Zhejiang province launched a new foreign trade route connecting major Chinese ports with Brisbane and Sydney in Australia, offering more logistics options for companies engaging in the Oceania market. Nanjing in Jiangsu province has introduced "Talent Policy 2.0" that includes housing subsidies for young professionals. Ningxia province launched its first rail-sea transport train carrying onions to Southeast Asian countries via Qingdao port. Qinghai province will start a three-year campaign to promote its "Qinghai Home Cuisine" brand.
Summary: Shanghai's first "Silver Age Store" opened in Putuo district, extending the Shanghai Elderly Care Expo into a permanent retail space. The store focuses on elderly consumers' needs across clothing, food, housing, transportation, and entertainment. By creating experiential scenarios and integrating exhibition, testing, sales, and consultation, the store aims to foster a new consumer space for elderly individuals. The store has achieved 505,000 RMB in sales and roughly 1.49 million RMB in prospective orders for services for elderly-friendly renovations.
Summary: The article discusses concerns about the objectivity of AI search results in China, highlighting instances where advertisements are disguised as organic recommendations for products like coffee machines. It notes the presence of fake experts promoting products and the use of "generative engine optimization" tools to create and distribute advertorial content. The article emphasizes that current Chinese advertising laws require clear identification of ads to prevent consumer deception. Experts suggest the relevant departments should improve industry standards to regulate the industry. There is no mention of the United States or Sino-American relations.
Summary: In Uhai, Inner Mongolia, the Fuqiang community has launched a "Warm Nest Guarding" service where the community holds the keys of residents who are frequently away from home. Community Deputy Party Secretary Ji Hui retrieves a key for a routine home inspection. Initially met with skepticism, the program started with only seven keys, but grew to 89 after the community demonstrated its reliability by preventing damages from a burst pipe in an absent resident's home. Community Party Secretary Meng Yanyan emphasizes the trust and responsibility associated with the program, highlighting the regular safety inspections conducted. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: In Donggang, Liaoning, ice harvesting during the coldest months (between New Year's Day and the start of Spring) is crucial for preserving seafood, a major local product, unlike inland areas where ice is mainly for sculptures. Modern machinery assists in harvesting ice blocks, typically 40 cm thick and weighing 100 kg, which are stored in large piles near the North Yellow Sea. The ice is preserved with insulation techniques to ensure a year-round supply for the fishing and seafood transport industries. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In Nagqu, Tibet, the "Herdsmen's Teahouse" community governance model in Azha Town, Jiali County, is improving local residents' quality of life. Since May 2025, community work teams in Deji and Yajie communities have focused on this model to implement projects addressing residents' urgent needs, such as water supply improvements and bathhouse construction. These projects, funded by the work teams, have enhanced community cohesion and participation through events and improved amenities. The article makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A technology company in Guiyang's Yunyan district, specializing in data annotation and AIGC animation, has significantly reduced animation production time using "data annotation + AI." The company, which was introduced from Shanghai, is now delivering hundreds of works to multiple platforms annually and has secured AIGC animation orders exceeding 50 million yuan. Yunyan district has identified data annotation as a key driver for regional industrial upgrading, attracting 23 such companies involved in areas like autonomous driving and large language models. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Tianjin's new Z4 line (North Section), dubbed the "sea view subway," has officially opened, connecting the north and south areas of the Binhai New Area. The line, a key project of Tianjin's 14th Five-Year Plan, significantly reduces travel time between Zhaishang and Beitang stations. The subway offers unique views of the sea and attractions like the National Maritime Museum. Its opening is expected to promote urban renewal and industrial upgrading along the route. The route has gained popularity on social media, with videos showing the sea view.
Summary: The Xinjiang branch of the Xinhua Bookstore in Daliyabuyi Township, Hotan Prefecture, opened in 2022, initially located in a villager's vacant house, drawing significant local attention due to the previous difficulty of accessing books. Coordinated by the local government, the bookstore relocated to the Daliyabuyi Tourist Center in April 2025 and now attracts tourists and locals. The bookstore's employee, Maihemutihan Sidike, is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of the store. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: Xi Jinping's economic thought emphasizes the intertwined relationship between economic development and improving people's livelihoods, advocating for coordinated progress in both areas. The article argues that focusing on and meeting the evolving needs of the population, particularly in healthcare, elderly care, and housing, drives high-quality economic growth by creating new industries and upgrading existing ones. High-quality development, in turn, provides a solid foundation for improving livelihoods through reforms and innovation. The piece stresses the importance of aligning policies, precisely addressing public needs, and empowering the population to participate in and benefit from development to create a virtuous cycle of economic advancement and improved living standards. There is no explicit discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations within the text.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of Party members reporting both positive achievements and existing problems ("reporting both good and bad news") to higher levels, arguing it reflects responsibility to the Party, the nation, and the people. It stresses that accurately reporting problems ("bad news") is crucial for informed decision-making and preventing minor issues from escalating. Furthermore, the article urges cadres to not only report problems but also actively seek solutions and take responsibility for addressing them. The piece advocates for a pragmatic and problem-solving approach to governance, encouraging cadres to confront challenges and drive progress. There is no mention of the United States or Sino-U.S. relations.
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of integrating cultural and economic development within the framework of "Chinese-style modernization," advocating for a "humanistic economics" approach. It argues that both material and spiritual strengths are necessary for national rejuvenation, with high-quality development and improved living standards being interconnected goals centered around the people. The piece calls for balancing cultural prosperity with economic growth, leveraging technological innovation to empower cultural industries and create new economic opportunities. It also touches on how the government and the market should relate to each other. There is no direct discussion on the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Chinese manufacturers of small electric heating appliances are seeing increased international demand, with exports of electric heaters and blankets up 6.18% year-on-year from January to November 2025. Companies in Zhejiang province, particularly in Cixi and Yiwu, are rapidly adapting to market demands by offering customized products and shortening production cycles. Companies are innovating to move upmarket and reduce costs, with some actively exploring new markets in regions like Europe. The article notes that the United States is not mentioned.
Summary: The article highlights the success of China's domestic heating appliance industry in overseas markets, attributing it to the country's complete industrial chain. This chain enables rapid responses to market demands, from design to mass production, with new products launched in under two months. The industry's strength lies not only in assembly but also in innovation, fostering collaboration between upstream and downstream companies to develop high-end products. The article emphasizes the importance of continued innovation for the industry's long-term growth and competitive edge. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: According to the Ministry of Commerce, China's total retail sales of consumer goods reached 50.1 trillion yuan in 2025, a 3.7% increase, with final consumption expenditure contributing 52% to economic growth. The growth was driven by policies encouraging the replacement of old consumer goods with new ones, which led to record-breaking sales in home appliances and communication equipment, both exceeding one trillion yuan. Specifically, sales of smart devices like glasses and watches increased by over 40%. The Ministry of Commerce also noted that the policy promoted industrial transformation and boosted the development of new productive forces. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City (科技城) aims to become a national-level high-tech zone by focusing on talent and innovation, with 2026 being the initial year of the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The Sci-Tech City is working to attract global talent through international collaborations and platforms, building a comprehensive talent service system. It focuses on developing future industries like AI, future information, future space, and future health, by supporting research platforms and innovation. The Sci-Tech City also emphasizes improving the environment for talent and business. The article makes no mention of U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: This article reports on the corruption case of She Qian, the former director of the clinical laboratory of a Chongqing hospital, who was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for accepting over 10 million RMB in bribes. She Qian leveraged her position in medical equipment procurement and at the Chongqing Clinical Laboratory Center to solicit bribes from pharmaceutical companies and individuals in exchange for favorable treatment, often using elaborate schemes to conceal the illicit funds via real estate purchases. To avoid detection, she had companies purchase properties for her, including one instance where a businessman paid over a million RMB in order to have his reagents enter the supply chain. After initially denying the charges, She Qian confessed to her crimes after key bribe-givers like a man named Yang were detained and provided evidence. There is no explicit mention of United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article discusses a corruption case involving She Qian, who amassed wealth through concealed methods like disguised loans, nominee salaries, and proxy property holdings, characterizing it as a form of "new-style" and hidden corruption. It highlights the challenges in investigating such cases due to their deceptive nature and calls for precise identification of illicit transactions, thorough evidence gathering focused on the quid pro quo nature of corruption, and comprehensive governance reforms. The article also advocates for technological enhancements in oversight, deepened industry reforms to consolidate purchasing power and improve transparency, and strengthened ethical training for medical personnel to combat corruption in the medical sector. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: An official from the Shanting District of Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, discusses the district's successful implementation of a large-scale rural water supply project. The project addressed the historical issue of unreliable and poor-quality water access by developing a "large plant, small station, high pool, thin pipe" model. Local cadres engaged with villagers to adjust construction plans and resolve issues, leading to a high adoption rate and improved water quality. The author stresses the importance of prioritizing the needs of the people and focusing on long-term benefits rather than superficial achievements when undertaking projects. There is no mention of the United States or US-China relations in the article.
Summary: A press conference was held by the All-China Journalists Association where representatives from various Chinese manufacturing firms, including China National Building Material Group, China Railway Engineering Equipment Group, Gree Electric, and Seres Group, discussed "Intelligent Manufacturing and Connecting the World." Participants, including Zeng Jianping, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Manufacturing Power Construction Strategy Advisory Committee, emphasized technological innovation and cultivating new productive forces. They highlighted the role of enterprises in advancing high-quality development of advanced manufacturing, positioning them as key players in innovation. The Central Economic Work Conference's emphasis on strengthening the role of enterprises in innovation was referenced. No mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations was made.
Summary: During a press conference, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Peng Qing'en stated that despite external headwinds and obstruction from the DPP authorities, cross-strait economic ties continued to grow steadily in 2025, with trade reaching $314.33 billion. Peng emphasized that strengthening cross-strait economic cooperation is in the common interest of compatriots on both sides. He also stated that the "1992 Consensus" is the political foundation for cross-strait relations, and that only by acknowledging it can cross-strait dialogue resume. Peng stated that attempts to promote "decoupling" are doomed to failure. He also noted that adherence to the "1992 Consensus" is the "stabilizing force" for cross-strait relations and peace in the Taiwan Strait.
Summary: Amidst record-breaking cold weather in Xinjiang's Altay Prefecture, with temperatures plummeting to -47.4°C in Fuyun County, local border police from the Altay Border Management Detachment have been inspecting and repairing border defense infrastructure. Patrols have also been increased in key areas, including mounted patrols by officers from the Kanas Border Police Station. The news focuses on the local response to the weather conditions. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has launched a unified online platform for unemployment services, integrating nine previously separate processes, including unemployment registration, insurance claims, and job training. This initiative aims to streamline government services for laborers in Guangxi, reducing application steps from 24 to 3 and required materials from 31 to a maximum of 7. The goal is to minimize in-person visits, enabling online application and data sharing to avoid repetitive submissions. This reform focuses on improving domestic efficiency and does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Haikou, Hainan, has issued a notice establishing a communication mechanism for companies to address concerns about administrative law enforcement. The initiative, jointly issued by the Haikou Municipal Bureau of Justice, the Municipal Bureau of Business Environment Construction, and the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce, aims to create a transparent channel for companies to protect their rights. The mechanism involves utilizing the 12345 government service hotline and industry associations to identify and address improper law enforcement issues, while also establishing enterprise contact points for administrative law enforcement supervision. The goal is to resolve issues, improve regulations, and standardize administrative enforcement. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Baiyun Zhebian Electric Equipment in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, anticipates record-high production in the first quarter due to a surge in orders, including those for high-altitude photovoltaic energy storage projects destined for both domestic and international markets. Shangyu District is prioritizing major projects, aiming for 22 billion RMB in fixed asset investment in Q1. The district is also focused on improving the business environment through initiatives like "政企服务直通车" to support companies' green transitions and overall development. Deputy District Mayor Feng Shikai emphasized Shangyu's focus on prioritizing major projects. The article does not discuss the United States.
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Summary: Yunnan province's coffee industry is undergoing a transformation from raw material supplier to a branded product, with planting areas reaching 1.463 million mu and accounting for over 98% of the national yield. Individual coffee farmers are improving bean quality and adopting standardized practices through cooperative organizations. Yunnan is innovating via integration of "coffee + tourism" and development of new media to promote the region's unique coffee story, leading to increasing exports with a 358% increase in 2024. The province is actively seeking a unified branding strategy for Yunnan coffee.
Summary: Shanxi Province is innovating its political education ("Si Zheng Ke") by integrating local revolutionary history and traditional culture into immersive, field-based learning experiences. Students visit historical sites and museums, engaging with local resources and reflecting on patriotism and national identity. The province has established numerous practice-teaching bases and is investing significantly in training political education teachers. Officials are also promoting the use of new media to enhance the appeal and effectiveness of political education, aiming to cultivate a strong sense of national pride and commitment among students. Ma Jun, Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Education Working Committee and Director of the Provincial Department of Education, highlighted the ongoing efforts to strengthen ideological and moral education for minors.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of cultivating language skills and appreciation for literary expression among Chinese youth. It highlights initiatives that encourage young people to engage with traditional Chinese poetry and literature through immersive experiences and creative activities. The piece emphasizes the need to counter the negative influence of inappropriate online slang and promote a deeper understanding of Chinese language and culture. By fostering eloquent and thoughtful communication, the article hopes to inspire confidence and a sense of national pride in the younger generation. There is no discussion or allusion to the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Tsinghua University has released the 15th volume of Warring States Period bamboo slips, revealing previously unseen documents on equine management. The collection includes five texts focusing on evaluating horses ("Xi Ma"), equine diseases ("Fan Ma Zhi Ji"), horse training ("Xun Ma"), horsemanship techniques ("Yu Shu"), and the principles of horsemanship ("Yu Ma Zhi Dao"). These documents are the earliest known systematic texts on these subjects from pre-Qin China, providing valuable insights into animal husbandry, veterinary history, and transportation during the Warring States period. Experts highlight that the "Yu Shu" text fills a gap in historical records regarding ancient horsemanship skills, showcasing sophisticated techniques. The "Yu Ma Zhi Dao" text shares ideological similarities with the Legalist school of thought from the same era.
Summary: A promotional campaign, "Protecting Cultural Heritage: We Are in Action," was held in Langzhong, Sichuan, emphasizing the importance of nationwide participation in cultural heritage preservation and implementation of Xi Jinping's instructions on the matter. The event featured presentations on various aspects of cultural heritage, including the protection of ancient cities, Shu Road preservation, artifact preservation, and the innovative dissemination of intangible cultural heritage. The campaign aims to create a new protection framework that is "government-led, society-participated, and jointly built by all." The event was jointly organized by multiple departments, including the Bureau of Civilized Creation of the Central Propaganda Department, and the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Summary: In 2025, China's commercial space sector is projected to experience rapid growth, accounting for 54% of the country's total space launches with 50 missions. These include 25 commercial carrier rocket launches and 16 commercial satellite launches. 311 commercial satellites are expected to enter orbit, constituting 84% of China's total. Furthermore, reusable carrier rocket technology is advancing, with the Zhuque-3 reusable carrier rocket planned for its maiden flight, validating core technologies such as first-stage reentry and return.
Summary: A recent study by the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has identified a new mechanism for gold precipitation induced by pyrite, using in-situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy to observe the nanoscale dynamics. The research revealed that gold nanoparticles form within a "dense liquid layer" on the pyrite surface, even in fluids with extremely low gold concentrations, challenging traditional views on the origin of gold in hydrothermal deposits. This discovery provides a novel perspective on the genesis of gold deposits and the enrichment of gold in the epigene environment. The findings offer microscopic kinetic observations of gold's enrichment and potentially guide interface regulation in green gold leaching processes. The research did not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The article highlights the harmonious coexistence of historical architecture and modern life in Hengdaohezi Town, Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province, which preserves over 200 historical buildings. The town's rustic and elegant old houses are presented in the context of contemporary living. The article includes a photo of the snow-covered town. There is no mention of U.S.-China relations or any official statements.
Summary: A "Shuangxing Yaoshi" (Twin Stars Shine on the World) exhibition showcasing artifacts from the Sanxingdui and Jinsha archaeological sites opened at the National Museum of China, sponsored by the National Cultural Heritage Administration and the cultural heritage bureau of Sichuan province. The seven-month exhibition features over 200 artifacts, including some that are being displayed outside of Sichuan province for the first time. The exhibition highlights the archaeological discoveries and cultural remains of the ancient Shu civilization, revealing its connections with the Central Plains and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Landmark artifacts, including two crowned and vertically eyed bronze masks from different museums, are exhibited together for the first time since 1986. The exhibition aims to provide a multi-sensory experience for visitors through various accessibility features.
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Summary: Cairan Zhuoma, a nursing graduate, returned to her Tibetan hometown in Qinghai to raise native chickens, applying her healthcare knowledge to improve breeding practices. She started a company focused on Tibetan chicken breeding and sales, incorporating her nursing background into every aspect of the process, from disease prevention to scientific feeding. She also shares her expertise with villagers, providing free training and establishing a cooperative to help them increase their incomes through chicken farming. The local government has supported her efforts, designating her company as a key incubator for entrepreneurship and providing financial assistance. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: A recent national teleconference on the 2026 Spring Festival travel season (chunyun) anticipates a record 9.5 billion cross-regional trips. Attendees at the meeting emphasized the need for strengthened transportation organization, optimized travel services, and elevated safety measures to manage the expected surge in travelers. The meeting also called for improved coordination to address extreme weather conditions and ensure the transportation of essential goods. Participants stressed the importance of prioritizing public safety and providing a warm and welcoming travel environment. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Inner Mongolia is experiencing extreme cold weather, with temperatures dropping as low as -44.5 degrees Celsius, impacting residents' lives significantly. Local authorities across Inner Mongolia are implementing emergency measures, including optimizing heating systems, distributing coal, and conducting inspections of vulnerable populations' homes. Transportation authorities are addressing road safety by identifying and managing icy patches and deploying emergency response teams. Power companies are also implementing emergency responses, including enhanced grid inspections and 24-hour monitoring, to maintain a stable power supply. The article does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations.
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Summary: China's U23 national football team advanced to the final of the AFC U23 Asian Cup for the first time after defeating Vietnam 3-0. This success is attributed to a systematic youth training program implemented after 2015, diverse training pathways, and a stable coaching team led by Spanish coach Antonio Puche. Players gained experience in the Chinese Super League and China League One. The team will compete against Japan in the final.
Summary: The first Keshiketeng Ice Sailing Competition was recently held in the Xilamulun Grand Canyon in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, attracting 65 domestic and foreign participants to the emerging sport. Competitors navigate ice boats equipped with blades across a smooth ice surface, relying on wind power. The competition involves navigating a course, rounding a windward mark, and completing a set number of laps. Safety precautions include equipment checks and avoiding hazardous ice formations.
Summary: The second stop of the 2025-2026 FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup, held in Shenyang, Liaoning, recently concluded. As the final qualifying event before the Milan Winter Olympics, over 200 athletes from 22 countries and regions competed for Olympic berths. Chinese athletes Yongqing Lamu and Pang Chuyuan secured their qualifications for the Winter Olympics.
Summary: UnionPay attended the World Economic Forum, highlighting its efforts to build a globally interconnected payment network using a "new four-party model" and QR code interoperability, especially in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. UnionPay is adopting a "dual-track" G2G and N2N approach, aligning with the Belt and Road Initiative to promote digital economy development by integrating Chinese payment standards with infrastructure in partner countries. UnionPay has achieved QR code interoperability in approximately 50 countries and regions, increasing both outbound and inbound QR code transactions. The company aims to further expand its global network and facilitate both "going global" and "bringing in" strategies.
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Summary: Chinese mini-dramas are experiencing significant growth in Southeast Asia, with over 300 overseas applications and projected downloads reaching 1.21 billion by 2025. These dramas, characterized by fast-paced plots and cultural resonance, have sparked a viewing craze and serve as a new medium for cultural exchange. Chinese companies are collaborating with local Southeast Asian entities, such as Indonesian telecom companies and production teams, to integrate local cultural elements and expand distribution channels. This localization strategy aims to address cultural diversity challenges and foster sustainable growth in the region. The popularity of these dramas is attributed to their ability to resonate with Southeast Asian audiences on an emotional level, with U.S. media outlets highlighting the trend as a new opportunity for Chinese culture to go global.
Summary: The article outlines South Korea's economic strategy focused on transitioning to high-value industries like AI, advanced semiconductors, and green technologies to overcome challenges in traditional sectors. The government is implementing policies to support these emerging industries, emphasizing quality over quantity, which aligns with China's focus on innovation-driven growth. Digital and green transitions are key pillars, with investments in AI data centers, cloud services, and a hydrogen economy. The article suggests that increased cooperation between South Korea and China, particularly in manufacturing and services, could benefit both nations amidst global uncertainties and the role that it can play in the world economy.
Summary: Japanese government data indicates a significant drop in Chinese mainland tourists visiting Japan in December, falling 45.3% year-on-year to 330,400. This decline began in November, following controversial remarks on Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Japanese media and experts attribute the strained U.S.-China relations stemming from the Takaichi's statements to the decrease in tourism, negatively impacting Japan's retail, hospitality, and food service sectors. Japan's largest travel agency, JTB, projects a potential 3% decrease in total inbound tourists to Japan by 2026 due to the uncertain outlook for Chinese tourism.
Summary: The article reports a decline in international student enrollment in U.S. universities, attributed to tightened U.S. visa policies, including increased social media scrutiny. Enrollment from India, China, and other countries has decreased, leading to financial strain on universities, research assistant shortages, and broader economic consequences. Universities report visa application obstacles as the primary cause of the decline, with the White House's threats to cut funding for universities with many international students and revoke visas of students involved in Palestine-related protests further deterring prospective students. The article concludes that this trend threatens the U.S.'s global competitiveness and innovation leadership as other countries attract international talent with more favorable policies.
Summary: A planned $800 billion Ukraine reconstruction plan, involving Ukraine, Europe, and the United States, was reportedly postponed at the World Economic Forum in Davos due to significant transatlantic divisions. The *Financial Times* reported that disagreements centered on Greenland and the US's formation of a "peace committee" to oversee post-war governance in Gaza. Officials stated that all matters related to signing the Ukraine reconstruction plan are currently on hold. This demonstrates a potential strain on US-European cooperation regarding international crisis management.
Summary: Pakistani police report the death toll from a Karachi shopping mall fire on January 17th has risen to 60. The fire occurred in Karachi, the capital of Sindh province in southern Pakistan. The Xinhua report does not discuss Chinese officials, statements, or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: Amid heightened geopolitical tensions and risk aversion, gold and silver prices surged to record highs. U.S. President Trump announced tariffs on goods from several European nations, explicitly linking them to the U.S.'s ambition to purchase Greenland and threatening further tariffs on French wine and champagne due to disagreements over Gaza. The EU is considering retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. Analysts at BNP Paribas attribute the soaring gold prices to uncertainties surrounding Trump's tariffs and concerns about the Federal Reserve's independence, while predicting an imminent correction in silver prices due to improved supply and potential profit-taking.
Summary: An International Energy Agency report predicts a global oil demand increase of 930,000 barrels per day in 2026, with all growth originating from non-OECD countries. Global oil supply is projected to rise by 2.5 million barrels per day, reaching 108.7 million barrels. The report notes that although benchmark crude oil prices rose due to factors such as the situations in Iran and Venezuela, they have since fallen back. The anticipated rise in demand is in part due to global economic adaptation to U.S. tariffs levied in 2025. Global oil supply is still predicted to exceed demand by 3.69 million barrels per day.
Summary: Palestinian sources reported that Israeli military attacks in Gaza resulted in at least 11 deaths, including three journalists whose vehicle was bombed. Hamas stated they are coordinating with mediators to recover the last remaining Israeli hostage body in Gaza. Hamas accused Israel of using the missing body as a pretext to avoid fulfilling its obligations in the first phase of the ceasefire. The report does not mention the United States or U.S.-China relations. Israeli forces have not yet responded to these claims.
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Summary: This article summarizes discussions with several members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on implementing the spirit of the Central Rural Work Conference to advance agricultural and rural modernization. The discussions emphasized stabilizing grain and oil production, consolidating poverty alleviation achievements, and promoting cultural and ethical progress in rural areas. Key proposals included developing mechanized production models to address labor shortages and improving agricultural product sales through strengthened supply and marketing cooperatives. Interviewees also suggested establishing mechanisms for industrial support that promote sustainable development and expand incomes of rural residents. There was no mention of US-China relations or the United States.
Summary: This article discusses the importance of improving red soil in southern China to enhance agricultural productivity and food security. It proposes strengthening top-level design, similar to efforts for black soil and saline-alkali land, with targeted projects addressing acidification, organic matter, and heavy metal contamination. The author suggests establishing long-term, diverse funding mechanisms, including incorporating red soil improvement into agricultural carbon sequestration initiatives. Furthermore, the article advocates for technological advancements, customized regional strategies, and promoting successful localized models to improve soil fertility and agricultural quality. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA) has proposed addressing challenges in the country's inclusive childcare system, citing high operating costs, insufficient financial support, and a shortage of qualified personnel. Their recommendations include clarifying the public attribute of inclusive childcare and increasing policy support through financial subsidies and tax incentives to encourage social organizations to establish inclusive childcare service institutions. The CNDCA also suggests improving laws and standards, building a multi-level talent training system, and exploring diversified childcare service models, including community-based and smart childcare options. The proposal makes no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: The West Lake District Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) members in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, have been deeply involved in the development of Longwu Tea Town, focusing on integrating culture, technology, and industry around the "tea" theme. CPPCC members like Xu Qingxiang and Li Hong have proposed strategies for infrastructure, traffic flow, cultural promotion, and industrial upgrades. Their suggestions, including a "three-level diversion" traffic strategy and leveraging tea culture for regional revitalization, have contributed to the town's economic growth, with the West Lake Dragon Well tea brand reaching a value of 8.639 billion yuan. The initiatives have led to increased tourism and revenue for the tea town. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in this article.
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Summary: Shandong courts are implementing multiple mechanisms for ecological protection of the Yellow River basin, including restorative justice measures like afforestation. Courts are also adjudicating cases of illegal mining and pollution, such as those involving illegal sand mining and waste oil disposal, emphasizing strict enforcement of environmental laws. To address ecological damage exceeding natural recovery, courts are facilitating compensation through payments and labor. Shandong courts are also handling new types of cases involving carbon emissions and carbon trading, while also supporting green industrial transformation through measures like technology upgrades, capacity replacement, and carbon sink purchases. There is no discussion of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: The article discusses the challenges of protecting individual personality rights in the digital age, as AI technologies enable the imitation, replication, and even "creation" of a person's voice, image, and personality fragments. It notes that while China's Civil Code provides a legal framework, traditional definitions of rights and infringement need updating to address deepfakes, AI-generated content, and algorithmic replication of personality. The article emphasizes balancing personality rights with technological innovation, advocating for clear rules, and "reasonable use" guidelines, especially for deceased individuals' digital revivals, while considering public interest and freedom of expression. It also calls for collaborative efforts from lawmakers, platforms, developers, and the public to regulate AI applications, promote ethical considerations in technology development, and raise awareness of digital rights to foster a healthy internet environment.
Summary: A traveler named Zhao was ordered by a Shenzhen court to pay 2600 RMB to another traveler, Zhang, after prematurely leaving a 32-day Xinjiang road trip they had agreed to undertake together. Zhao violated their agreement by leaving the group without notice and refusing to cover agreed-upon return expenses, leading to the curtailment of the trip and unexpected costs for the remaining members. The court emphasized the importance of adhering to contractual agreements and the principle of good faith in such travel arrangements. The court also advised travelers to use formal contracts and to consult the "contract model text library" website of the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the article.
Summary: Yunnan province is enhancing tourism safety and services through innovative policing, including smart policing systems in ancient towns, drone traffic management in rural areas, and mobile police stations at tourist sites.昆明 police have implemented multi-agency coordination during the red-billed gull migration season, reducing traffic delays and bird-related incidents. The Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department, in conjunction with the Department of Culture and Tourism, has launched measures to promote high-quality development of the cultural tourism industry. Yunnan's Deputy Director of Public Security, Xiao Feng, stated that the province is integrating policing with tourism development by providing security, governance, and services. There was no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations in the text.
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Summary: China's musical theater market is experiencing rapid growth, with box office revenue increasing threefold in six years, driven by factors such as the rising popularity of domestic productions and immersive theater experiences. Original Chinese musicals now account for roughly half the market share, spurred by a surge in quality, variety, and quantity that has drawn more attention to the art form. While concerns exist about over-reliance on celebrity casting, analysts argue that the focus on performance quality and word-of-mouth marketing will ensure the long-term success of strong artistic works. The industry still faces challenges, including a shortage of high-quality actors and a need for more in-depth creative exploration, but is actively working to establish complete industrial chains. There was no mention of the United States or US-China relations in the article.
Summary: The author, a professor at the Central University for Nationalities, discusses her journey in promoting and preserving the culture of Kizil through dance, culminating in her role as both producer and lead actress in the dance drama "Her Kizil." The drama aims to tell the story of China through art, exploring the multicultural integration of Kizil civilization and emphasizing the importance of cultural preservation, as seen through the eyes of a modern-day artifact restorer. The author highlights the integration of traditional and modern elements to showcase the beauty of Kizil's art and history. She envisions a future where "Her Kizil" will tour and have a permanent show, using dance to share the spirit of the nation. The author hopes the play will help audiences understand cultural diversity and the deep connection between the individual and history.
Summary: A new documentary series, "100 Ancient Cuisines," aims to make historical Chinese cuisine accessible to modern audiences by having food blogger Gao Wenqiang recreate ancient dishes with guests like the author. The show tackles the challenge of interpreting sparse historical records, such as Su Dongpo's description of "steamed lamb with apricot cheese," by combining rigorous research with engaging presentation, and highlighting the cultural and historical context behind the recipes, such as the dish's relation to Su's exile. The author participated in the recreation of three dishes, focusing on the historical and cultural background of them. By showcasing the historical and cultural aspects of Chinese cuisine, the series hopes to offer viewers a deeper appreciation of Chinese history and culture, making no mention of the United States.
Summary: The article discusses the rise of "cute baby" short videos (萌宝短剧) in China, highlighting their popularity and potential negative impact on child actors. These short videos often feature children in roles that are inappropriate for their age, leading to concerns about their well-being and rights. The author emphasizes the need for regulation, referencing existing guidelines prohibiting the exploitation of minors in media. Parents are urged to protect their children from the pressures of the industry, and the National Radio and Television Administration (国家广电总局) has issued guidance to regulate child-related short dramas. There is no mention of the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: In Liuzhou's Yufeng Park, Guangxi, a vibrant scene of traditional folk singing is thriving, drawing large crowds both online and offline. The park has become a hub for singers, including popular online personalities like Wei Zhongxiu, who perform and livestream local mountain songs. The local government supports this cultural phenomenon, implementing park management strategies and encouraging the modernization and preservation of the folk music tradition. The annual "Yufeng Ge圩" festival has boosted cultural tourism in the Yufeng district. The article does not discuss the United States or U.S.-China relations.
Summary: This appears to be a standard masthead for a publication, likely *People's Daily*, providing the email address for submissions and the name of the layout designer. It does not contain any information regarding Chinese politics, statements by officials, or U.S.-China relations. Therefore, a summary is not applicable.
By: 新华社记者 孙少龙 董博婷 唐健辉
"It is necessary to adhere to the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee as iron rules and rigid constraints, unremittingly rectify the stubborn maladies of the 'Four Winds,' and continuously promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction."
At the end of 2025, the annual democratic life meeting of the highest level within the Party was held in Zhongnanhai (中南海), Beijing (北京). As always, the meeting once again focused on the construction of work style, and listened to a report on the implementation of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee in 2025.
2025 was a very extraordinary year. The "14th Five-Year Plan" was successfully concluded, and Chinese-style modernization took new and solid steps.
Faced with profound and complex changes in the domestic and international situation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core deployed in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee throughout the Party, continuously deepened the Party's work style construction, let the fresh air and integrity inspire the land of China, and gathered the mighty force of unity and struggle to create new glories.
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Forge a good work style with iron discipline
On June 30, 2025, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held its 21st collective study on improving the long-term mechanism for implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and correcting the "Four Winds."
At this collective study, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that self-revolution is the second answer to our Party's escape from the historical cycle of rise and fall, and that promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance by starting with grasping work style is an important experience of the Party's self-revolution in the new era.
The Party's work style is the Party's image, which is related to the direction of people's hearts and the survival of the Party.
In March 2025, just after the conclusion of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会), a concentrated education within the Party that was serious, tough, and carried through to the end—in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee—kicked off throughout the Party.
A few days later, during his inspection in Guizhou (贵州) and Yunnan (云南), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke about the far-reaching considerations of the Party Central Committee's decision to carry out this study and education:
"In recent years, the eight-point regulations have indeed promoted fundamental changes, and the atmosphere has been refreshed. Most of the phenomena that were difficult to reverse in the past are gone. At the same time, it must be seen that some places have loosened, some aspects still have blind spots and dead corners, and some bad habits have rebounded. Like driving nails, drive a few more times, and with sustained effort, transform customs."
At the critical juncture when the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to conclude and the "15th Five-Year Plan" is being planned, tightening the ideological string again and sharpening the blade of the original intention is related to the Party's foundation of governance and the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization construction.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attached great importance to this study and education, personally planned and determined the theme of the study and education, guided the direction, provided guidance throughout the process, and personally promoted it, providing fundamental guidance for the Party to carry out the study and education.
The Leading Group for Party Building Work of the Central Committee conscientiously implemented the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee, grasped overall coordination, and grasped the promotion of study and education in a tight and practical manner.
Party organizations at all levels shouldered their political responsibilities, carefully organized and implemented, the vast number of party members and cadres actively responded and participated seriously, and the people widely paid attention and enthusiastically supported, achieving obvious results in promoting learning, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, solving outstanding problems of the "Four Winds" in a serious and tough manner, and making up for the shortcomings of the work style construction system, and strengthening the enforcement of the system, achieving the expected goals.
In the very extraordinary year of 2025, the international situation was intricate and complex, and the domestic reform, development, and stability tasks were arduous and heavy.
The greater the risks, the more challenges, and the heavier the tasks, the more necessary it is to strengthen the Party's work style construction, to invigorate the spirit, stimulate morale, establish an image, and win the hearts of the people with a good work style.
Over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important instructions and approvals on implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and deepening the Party's work style construction on many important occasions, pointing out the direction for persistently strengthening the Party's work style construction:
Grasp the study and education, emphasizing "focusing on the theme, organizing the study and education in a simple and pragmatic manner, not engaging in formalism, formalism itself is what the eight-point regulations oppose," "the investigation of problems must be true, and the rectification measures must be practical to ensure that practical results are achieved";
Adhere to the problem orientation, emphasizing "deepening the rectification and governance of recurring problems, resolutely preventing rebound and backsliding," "establishing and improving a regular mechanism for discovering and solving problems, and carrying out rectification and governance in a real manner";
Promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, emphasizing "adhering to the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee as iron rules and rigid constraints, unremittingly rectifying the stubborn maladies of the 'Four Winds,'" "must be determined and persevering in implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee with the determination and perseverance of fighting a tough battle and a protracted war";
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) also made important instructions on rectifying the problem of eating and drinking in violation of regulations and following the Party's mass line in the new era, leading the entire Party to deepen its understanding of work style construction from a higher political standpoint, and firmly determined to fight a tough battle and a protracted war.
The giant pen of the times has begun a new writing.
On October 23, 2025, amid a tide of applause, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party deliberated and approved the "Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development."
The planning recommendations emphasized adhering to the Party's comprehensive leadership and clearly proposed: unswervingly implement the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, resolutely curb all kinds of unhealthy tendencies, and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction.
Purifying the turbid and promoting the clear, the atmosphere is ever-changing.
"We have carried out in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, established credibility by moving a tree, strictly governed the Party, promoted self-revolution by removing corruption and generating new muscles, and the Party's work style and political style have continued to improve."
In his New Year's message in 2026, reviewing the solid steps of work style construction over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) issued a new call:
"It is necessary to encourage the original intention and mission, persevere and make long-term efforts, continue to answer the 'cave dwelling question' of Yan'an (延安), and write an answer to the times worthy of the people."
Leading by example
Set a shining example for the whole Party
On January 22, 2025, the Little New Year in the north. Early in the morning, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took a train all the way north, out of Shanhaiguan (山海关), and came to Liaoning (辽宁).
"I have always been concerned about you, and I have been learning about the situation here every day during that time." The first stop, the General Secretary went straight to Zhujiagou Village (祝家沟村), Suizhong County (绥中县), Huludao City (葫芦岛市), which had been severely affected by floods.
"Putting the people first, helping the disaster-stricken people is what the Party and the government should do. Do you have any other requirements and hopes?" At the villager's home, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) picked up the photos of the flood and looked at them carefully, and learned in detail whether the government's reconstruction housing subsidies were in place and what the villagers' main sources of income were.
Time flies, but the red heart remains the same.
In the drum tower of Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) in Liping County (黎平县), Guizhou (贵州), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sat around with village cadres and villager representatives to talk about "doing a better job in rural revitalization," and the earnest entrustment warmed people's hearts and gathered confidence;
Coming to Lijiang Old Town (丽江古城) in Yunnan (云南), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked along the stone road, inspected the style of the ancient city, and had cordial exchanges with shopkeepers and tourists, emphasizing "protecting and inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture";
Walking into the pomelo forest in Nanfu Village (南福村), Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong (广东), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked and watched along the orchard path, observing the growth, talking about the age of the trees, and asking about the harvest, encouraging everyone to "work together and strive for progress";
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Over the past year, from the white mountains and black waters to the coast of the South China Sea, from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Central Plains, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has gone deep into the grassroots and directly to the front line, and his footprints have spread across 12 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, leaving behind warm scenes of being with the people.
Investigation and research are our Party's family heirloom, and the first of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee is to improve investigation and research.
In Shanghai (上海) and Henan (河南), respectively, he walked into innovative ecological communities and factory workshops, inspected on the spot, stopped and asked questions, and encouraged young innovative talents and industrial workers to devote themselves to independent innovation;
During his inspection in various places, he put forward specific requirements for carrying out in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, and pointed out the methods and paths;
Presided over the symposium on economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in some provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, the symposium for non-Party members, and attended the symposium for private enterprises, listened to opinions and suggestions, and strengthened research and argumentation...
Going deep into the grassroots and seeking knowledge in person. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took "investigation and research to open the way," observed the real situation, emphasized practical results, and set a shining example for the whole Party to attach importance to investigation and research, go deep into investigation and research, and be good at investigation and research.
Leading by example is reflected in all aspects.
Domestic inspections are simple and easy, streamlining accompanying personnel; requiring strict economy and thrift in the commemorative activities and preparations for the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War; taking the lead in improving the style of writing and meetings, adhering to short meetings and short speeches...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took the lead in strictly implementing the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and its implementation rules, demonstrating firm belief with practical actions, and driving the continuous enrichment of new trends and positive atmosphere in the whole society.
Comrades 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 comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee deeply studied and understood General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on strengthening the Party's work style construction, and implemented the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee without compromise.
In terms of improving investigation and research, the comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee went to various places to investigate major issues, focusing on in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, adhered to going deep into the grassroots and deep into the masses, and did not engage in layer-by-layer accompaniment.
In terms of streamlining meetings and activities, the approval of national meetings convened by departments was strictly controlled, network video conferences were standardized, and clear requirements were put forward for controlling the scale and simplifying the form.
In terms of streamlining documents and briefings, the issuance of documents and the establishment of projects and specifications were determined in a realistic manner, and relevant systems such as the review of central documents and the submission of public document information briefings were improved.
In terms of standardizing outbound visits, the size of delegations was strictly controlled, and the number of accompanying personnel was streamlined to the greatest extent. Transportation was taken in accordance with regulations, and foreign personnel and relevant local authorities in China were not disturbed during stopovers.
In terms of improving news reports, the length of articles, the number of words, and the length of time were carefully checked. The content of the reports focused on key tasks, enriched new media reports, and gave more space to grassroots reports reflecting changes in people's lives and showing new trends and positive atmosphere.
In terms of improving security work, the scope of security control was minimized as much as possible, without closing roads, clearing the venue, or restricting normal production and business activities.
In terms of practicing thrift and opposing waste, the "Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" were revised, and the "Notice on Party and Government Organs Implementing the Requirements of Living a Tight Life" was issued. The comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee strictly implemented the system regulations on office space, housing, and vehicles.
Over the past year, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has adhered to deepening ideological and political leadership with concentrated education within the Party, ensuring the overall situation of economic and social development with work style construction, adhering to serious and tough, normal and long-term correction of work style stubborn diseases, taking people's satisfaction as the fundamental yardstick, and continuously promoting the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots level, providing a strong political guarantee for the development of the Party and the country's various undertakings.
**锲而不舍** (qiè ér bù shě - "carve without stopping," to persevere; to keep working at something)
Concentrate efforts and do pioneering work with excellent work style
At the end of 2025, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Relevant Work During the New Year's Day and Spring Festival of 2026."
The notice clearly proposed "continuously correcting the 'Four Winds' and establishing a new style," and put forward clear requirements for consolidating and expanding the results of in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, strictly investigating problems such as eating and drinking in violation of regulations, and firmly establishing and practicing the correct view of performance.
"The formulation and implementation of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee is our Party's move to **徙木立信** (xǐ mù lì xìn - "move a tree to establish trust," to establish credibility through a small act), which must be grasped constantly and persistently until it truly transforms customs and leads the social atmosphere and people's customs with an excellent Party style."
Over the past year, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), the entire Party has deeply grasped the new situation, new tasks, and new requirements of work style construction, unswervingly implemented the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, fought a good combination of punches to rectify the "Four Winds," educated and guided the vast number of Party members and cadres to promote the style of seeking truth from facts, being honest and clean, and devoted themselves to the development of the cause with high morale.
Consolidate the ideological foundation and promote the in-depth and solid development of innovative theories—
In the early morning, the Party and Mass Service Center of Naliu Village (那柳村), Huguang Town (湖光镇), Mazhang District (麻章区), Zhanjiang City (湛江市), Guangdong Province (广东省) was packed. On the big screen, the special guidance of the "Nanyue Party Member Grand Lecture Hall" was being broadcast live, and the Party members watched attentively and took notes carefully.
In order to promote the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee to be internalized in the heart and externalized in action, Guangdong (广东) relied on the Party member distance education platform to extend the "Nanyue Party Member Grand Lecture Hall" to more than 27,000 village (community) Party organizations throughout the province, so as to temper Party spirit and improve ideological awareness.
From traditional meetings and concentrated learning, to innovative "online lecture halls" to deliver learning to people, and then to "practice classrooms" to go deep into the fields and workshops...
Over the past year, all regions and departments have taken the opportunity of carrying out study and education to deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on strengthening the Party's work style construction, actively expanded the form of learning, and guided the vast number of Party members and cadres to deepen their understanding of the importance and urgency of work style construction in in-depth study and careful understanding, and further enhanced their political consciousness in implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee.
Strengthen the deterrent effect and see practical results in rectifying outstanding problems in key areas—
All regions and departments comprehensively and deeply investigated the problems existing in the implementation of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, concentrated on rectifying and publicly reporting typical problems of eating and drinking in violation of regulations, and corrected "organ diseases" and "衙门作风" (yá mén zuò fēng - "yamen style," bureaucratic work style). The problems existing in the issuance of official documents were corrected, so as to promote the transformation of work style and the freshness of political style with a correct writing style.
At the same time, combined with the relevant negative typical reports such as statistical fraud, warning education was used to promote the prevention and correction of deviations in the view of performance. The problem of arbitrary use of power was seriously rectified, and the illegal construction and luxurious decoration of buildings, halls, and pavilions were continuously corrected.
Data shows that from January to November 2025, more than 250,000 cases of violations of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee were investigated and dealt with nationwide. Many places and departments reflected that the reported cases were like "sobering agents" and "preventive injections," which effectively enhanced the immunity of Party members and cadres to the "Four Winds" problems.
Practice thrift and further tighten the "bolts" of Party and government organs taking the lead in living a tight life—
In Zhejiang (浙江), Sichuan (四川), Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Jiangxi (江西) and other places, official receptions "scan the code to eat" in the cafeteria, which not only reduces the burden of reception, but also avoids over-standard reception.
Not long ago, a batch of desks and chairs left over from the centralized relocation of the Shapingba District (沙坪坝区) Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission a few years ago came to the service hall of the District Veterans Affairs Bureau through the circulation of the "Public Property Warehouse Online" application in Chongqing (重庆), which not only saved procurement costs, but also realized the efficient utilization of state-owned assets.
The national administrative departments at all levels took the work of the public property warehouse as the starting point to promote the revitalization of assets. As of the end of October 2025, the public property warehouse platform has revitalized a total of 382,300 assets.
From strengthening the daily supervision of key areas, deepening the zero-based budget reform, and strictly classifying and managing government investment projects, to strictly controlling the official expenditure and public consumption of organs, and strictly controlling government purchases of services...
Over the past year, all regions and departments have adapted to local conditions, used their brains, and continued to deepen the construction of economical organs, and the atmosphere of the whole society promoting the fine style of hard struggle, thrift and economy has become increasingly strong.
Tighten the institutional cage and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction—
In response to the outstanding problems of violating the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, the measures for the review and management of financial funds expenditure for the holding of festivals and forum activities by central departments were formulated, and the relevant documents on the management of official overseas (border) trips were revised;
Refine the supporting institutional regulations for the implementation of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee by the financial system, state-owned assets central enterprises, and national industry associations and chambers of commerce, and strengthen the supervision of key areas;
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Over the past year, in response to the outstanding problems in the field of work style, all regions and departments have turned hard requirements into hard measures and made iron rules grow iron teeth, so as to create a strict atmosphere and establish a correct atmosphere with rigid institutional constraints, strict institutional implementation, strong supervision and inspection, and strict punishment mechanisms.
A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2025 showed that 95.5% of the respondents affirmed the effectiveness of the implementation of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, and 92.2% of the respondents expressed satisfaction with the effect of the transformation of Party style and political style driving the improvement of social atmosphere.
Embark on a new journey, meet new challenges, and show a new style.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the entire Party will unremittingly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and persistently promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction. This will surely凝聚 (níng jù - "coagulate," gather) more powerful strength with an excellent work style, providing a strong guarantee of work style for 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 21)
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"The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made strategic deployments for economic and social development during the '15th Five-Year Plan' period, which requires comprehensive, profound, and accurate understanding and grasp." At the opening ceremony of the seminar for leading officials at the provincial and ministerial level to study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) put forward clear requirements on how to study and implement the spirit of the plenary session, and profoundly expounded on major theoretical and practical issues such as grasping the changes in the domestic and international situation, building a modern industrial system, constructing a new development pattern, and promoting coordinated economic and social development.
The modern industrial system is the material and technological foundation of Chinese-style modernization. Placing it as the first of all strategic tasks during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a strategic consideration made by the CPC Central Committee (党中央) after careful consideration. How to achieve a comprehensive, profound, and accurate understanding and grasp of the strategic deployment of the plenary session can be explained by taking this as an example.
Looking at the general trend of development, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's construction of a modern industrial system has taken solid steps. In 2025, China's manufacturing scale is expected to remain the world's largest for 16 consecutive years. The added value of equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 9.2% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively. The research and application of artificial intelligence, biomedicine, robotics, and other fields are at the forefront of the world. Practice shows that a strong real economy is where China's development advantages and foundation lie. In recent years, China's economy has overcome difficulties and maintained strong resilience and vitality, and the strategic reliance is a complete industrial system.
Looking at the overall development situation, China's development is currently facing both strategic opportunities and risks and challenges, and there are increasing uncertain and unpredictable factors. A new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation represented by artificial intelligence is accelerating breakthroughs. The more complex and volatile the situation, the more important it is to hold on to the foundation of the real economy and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. Thinking about its positioning from the overall perspective of "providing strong material support for achieving the second centenary goal" and "winning strategic initiative in increasingly fierce international competition" can deeply understand the decision-making intentions and deployment intentions of the CPC Central Committee.
From this perspective, "comprehensive" means understanding the spirit of the plenary session from an overall perspective and grasping all deployments as a whole. We must comprehensively understand the major significance, situation, guiding ideology, important principles, goals, tasks, and policy measures of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and plan and promote various tasks with an overall concept and systematic thinking. We cannot lose sight of one thing while attending to another, let alone distort things by quoting them out of context.
What is the connotation of building a modern industrial system? How to build it? Only by thinking clearly and understanding these issues can we achieve a more accurate understanding and more conscious action.
Building a modern industrial system is to achieve an overall leap in the industrial system. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "All regions and industries must find their own positioning, adhere to the direction of intelligence, greening, and integration, give play to their comparative advantages, and form a vivid situation in which upstream and downstream industries are interconnected, each displaying its strengths, and working in the same direction." This points out the practical path for promoting the overall leap of the industrial system. The backbone of the modern industrial system is advanced manufacturing. The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes to adhere to focusing on the real economy in developing the economy, which aims to maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing and vigorously develop advanced manufacturing.
From this perspective, "profound" means knowing both what and why about the various deployments of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, understanding not only what it is, but also why and how to do it. The major judgments and innovative measures proposed in the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal have been fully demonstrated. We must truly understand it thoroughly and avoid 囫囵吞枣 (hú lún tūn zǎo - "swallowing a date whole," to accept without thinking) and superficial understanding.
Building a modern industrial system and developing new quality productive forces is an inevitable requirement. General Secretary Xi (习近平) has repeatedly emphasized that the development of new quality productive forces should be "adapted to local conditions." At the Central Economic Work Conference, he criticized "some places disregarding reality and blindly following trends. Seeing others engage in chips, they also engage in them. Seeing others engage in the 'new three items,' they are unwilling to lag behind."
Pointing out that "developing new quality productive forces does not mean ignoring or abandoning traditional industries, and it is necessary to prevent rushing into action and bubbles, and not to engage in a single model," and emphasizing that "it is necessary to promote the development of new industries, new models, and new drivers based on local resource endowments, industrial foundations, and scientific research conditions," General Secretary's (总书记) far-sightedness always has the soberness and calmness of "establishing before abolishing," and contains the pragmatic method of "adapting to local conditions," guiding us to promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation based on reality.
From this perspective, "accurate" means accurately grasping the policy boundaries and scales of the various deployments of the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal, doing what should be done, striving to do what can be done, and never doing what should not be done. The decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee (党中央) are based on the overall situation of national development and have universality, generality, and directionality. Different measures have differences in scope of application, progress requirements, and implementation methods, and they must be grasped according to specific circumstances.
The deeper we learn, the clearer we know, and the more steadfast we act. We must unremittingly understand the laws, clarify the direction, learn the methods, and increase wisdom from 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), comprehensively, profoundly, and accurately understand and grasp the strategic deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (党的二十届四中全会), have the overall situation in mind, aim high and see far, learn for application, unite knowledge and action, maintain strategic focus, carefully plan tactics, and strive to create a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
Return to TopOn April 24, 2025, the Shenzhou-20 manned spacecraft was successfully launched. Astronauts Chen Dong (陈冬), Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), and Wang Jie (王杰) successfully entered the Tiangong core module, staying in orbit for more than 6 months. They conducted 4 extravehicular activities (EVAs), carried out 7 airlock module in-and-out tasks for payloads and cargo, completed more than 120 space station construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair tasks, and carried out a series of space science experiments and technology tests, safely returning on November 14, 2025. The Shenzhou-20 manned flight mission is the 5th manned flight mission in China's manned space program to enter the space station application and development phase, setting a record for the longest on-orbit stay of a single Chinese astronaut crew. It marks a new step in China's aerospace industry achieving high-level self-reliance in science and technology, and is of great significance for enhancing China's comprehensive national strength and the cohesion of the Chinese nation, and further enhancing the national self-confidence and pride of all Chinese sons and daughters. In particular, in the face of a sudden situation where the spacecraft was suspected of being hit by small space debris, the project adhered to the principle of putting life first and safety first, responding quickly and agilely, analyzing and evaluating meticulously. The 3 astronauts calmly responded, transferring to another spacecraft in outer space. The crew worked together with one heart and the ground team as one, landing successfully according to the emergency plan, greatly inspiring the whole Party, the whole army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to 踔厉奋发 (chuō lì fèn fā - "energetically strive forward," to be vigorous and determined) and forge ahead bravely.
The complete success of the Shenzhou-20 manned flight mission embodies the wisdom and hard work of the vast number of scientists and technologists, astronauts, cadres and workers, and officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army. Comrades Chen Dong (陈冬), Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), and Wang Jie (王杰) are outstanding representatives of them. They are wholeheartedly devoted to the Party and determined to serve the country, fearless in the face of danger, and united in cooperation, demonstrating to the world the strong Chinese ambition, Chinese backbone, and Chinese confidence. Comrade Chen Dong (陈冬) has carried out manned flight missions 3 times and completed a total of 6 EVAs, becoming the first Chinese astronaut to stay in orbit for more than 400 days. Comrade Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) is resolute and decisive, bravely shouldering heavy responsibilities, and meticulously operating, successfully completing 3 EVAs on his first space flight. Comrade Wang Jie (王杰) trained diligently and endured hardships, was honorably selected into the Shenzhou-20 crew, and excellently completed the tasks assigned to him. In order to commend their outstanding achievements in China's manned space program, the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission decided to award Comrade Chen Dong (陈冬) the "First-Class Spaceflight Achievement Medal" and to confer the honorary title of "Heroic Astronaut" on Comrades Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞) and Wang Jie (王杰) and award them the "Third-Class Spaceflight Achievement Medal."
Comrades Chen Dong (陈冬), Chen Zhongrui (陈中瑞), and Wang Jie (王杰) are pioneers of the times who do not forget their original intentions, keep their mission firmly in mind, and dedicate themselves to noble causes. They are model pacesetters in exploring the universe, building dreams in space, and building a strong aerospace nation. The Party Central Committee calls on the whole Party, the whole army, and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to take Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, earnestly implement the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments," strengthen the "four consciousnesses," strengthen the "four confidences," and achieve the "two safeguards," unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) as the core, vigorously promote the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" spirit and the manned spaceflight spirit, take the commended astronauts as examples, maintain focus, enhance confidence, be determined to forge ahead, work hard, and strive together to basically realize socialist modernization, and continuously create a new situation in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing (北京), January 21)
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Beijing (北京) on January 21st (Reporter Jiang Jie (姜洁)) - The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协) convened a symposium in Beijing (北京) on the analysis of the macroeconomic situation for 2025. Wang Huning (王沪宁), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (中共中央政治局常委) and Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协主席), attended and delivered a speech. He stated that it is necessary to deeply study and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee (中共二十届四中全会精神) and the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议精神), profoundly understand Xi Jinping's (习近平) economic thought, deeply understand and grasp the major achievements of China's (中国) economic and social development in the past year and during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, deeply understand and grasp the CPC Central Committee's (中共中央) major judgments on the economic situation, deeply understand and grasp the regular understanding of doing economic work under the new situation, deeply understand and grasp the overall requirements, policy orientation, and key tasks for doing economic work this year, and deeply understand and grasp the fundamental requirements for strengthening the Party's (党) comprehensive leadership over economic work. We must deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards," unify our thoughts and actions with the CPC Central Committee's (中共中央) decisions and deployments on economic work, and enhance our sense of responsibility and mission in promoting economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.
Wang Huning (王沪宁) stated that the CPPCC (人民政协) should focus on major theoretical and practical issues of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, carefully organize inspections, studies, and investigations, conduct special research, and deepen theoretical research in the economic field. It is necessary to focus on implementing the key tasks of the annual economic work, actively conduct consultations and deliberations, carry out democratic supervision, and serve and assist the smooth start and good beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan" with high-quality suggestions and suggestions. It is necessary to assist the Party (党) and the government in doing a good job in publicizing policies, dispelling doubts, stabilizing expectations, and strengthening confidence, guiding all sectors of society to comprehensively and dialectically view the economic situation and development trends, and tell China's (中国) story well.
CPPCC (全国政协) members Miao Wei (苗圩), Li Xiaopeng (李小鹏), Yin Yanlin (尹艳林), Yu Weiping (余蔚平), Lin Yifu (林毅夫), Tan Jinquan (谭锦球), Yang Zongru (杨宗儒), Zhang Hecheng (张合成), Gu Xueming (顾学明), Mo Rong (莫荣), Qi Xiangdong (齐向东), and expert Liu Shijin (刘世锦) spoke, focusing on promoting the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology innovation and industrial innovation, promoting consumption and investment, enhancing fiscal sustainability, building a modern industrial system, promoting coordinated regional development, enhancing the ability to serve the real economy, grasping the initiative in food security, stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, and promoting high-quality and full employment. Everyone believes that in 2025, the national economy will operate against pressure and move forward, and new achievements have been made in high-quality development, which is fundamentally due to General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平总书记) leadership and the CPC Central Committee's (中共中央) centralized and unified leadership. It is necessary to conscientiously implement the deployment requirements of the Central Economic Work Conference (中央经济工作会议), continuously consolidate and expand the momentum of economic stability and improvement, and strive to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan."
Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协副主席) Wang Yong (王勇) presided over the meeting. Vice Chairmen of the National Committee of the CPPCC (全国政协副主席) Hu Chunhua (胡春华), Bater (巴特尔), Gao Yunlong (高云龙), Wang Dongfeng (王东峰), He Baoxiang (何报翔), Zhu Yongxin (朱永新), and Yang Zhen (杨震) attended the meeting. Responsible comrades from the National Bureau of Statistics (国家统计局) and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (全国工商联) introduced the relevant situation, and responsible comrades from relevant departments and units attended the meeting to listen to opinions and suggestions and interact with CPPCC (政协) members.
Return to TopAccording to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部): In 2025, China's seed exports reached 62,000 tons, achieving a trade surplus of $7.5 million. Building on the first-time export value exceeding import value in 2024, a trade surplus in crop seeds has been achieved for two consecutive years. To date, domestically bred varieties account for over 95% of China's crop cultivation area, and the market share of domestic breeds of livestock, poultry, and aquatic products exceeds 80% and 86% respectively. The "bottleneck" problem continues to be solved, and the situation of "Chinese grain" mainly using "Chinese seeds" is more firmly established.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The rice bowl of the Chinese people must be firmly held in their own hands, so the seeds must be firmly held in their own hands." The continuous expansion of overseas markets, the accelerated expansion and upgrading of foreign cooperation, the accelerated process of internationalization, and the steady improvement of the international competitiveness of seeds reflect the solid steps of China's seed industry revitalization.
China's hybrid rice has transformed from "a single seed" into "world grain," and China's white-feathered broiler breeding has gone from long-term reliance on imports to independent research and development for export. In 2025, China exported 36,000 tons of hybrid rice commercial seeds, an increase of 90% compared to 10 years ago; cotton seed exports were nearly 17,000 tons. To date, China's hybrid rice, cotton, and vegetable seeds have been exported to more than 50 countries and regions. Independently cultivated meat chickens, laying hens, meat sheep, beef cattle, dairy cows, etc., have also successively gone abroad. The output of innovative achievements in the seed industry has become a new highlight in China's agricultural international cooperation.
Currently, the seed industry revitalization action is more than halfway through, and the goal of "achieving results in five years" has been fully completed. Looking at the olive-shaped structure of China's agricultural seed sources, the top advantage is more obvious, and the yield and quality of rice, wheat, and other crops continue to improve, maintaining international leadership. The gap in the middle is gradually narrowing, with the area of independently bred corn varieties increasing from 91% in 2020 to 94%, and vegetables from 87% to 91%. Breakthroughs have been achieved in some varieties at the bottom, and carrots, broccoli, onions, etc., are transitioning from import dependence to having both imports and exports.
The development of the seed industry resonates with scientific and technological innovation, helping "Chinese grain" to mainly use "Chinese seeds." In the past five years, China has implemented key core technology research for seed sources, major projects for biological breeding, national key research and development plans, joint breeding research, and livestock and poultry genetic improvement plans. It has built world-class national germplasm resource banks for crops, livestock, poultry, and marine fisheries, and established a number of national and regional seed industry innovation platforms represented by Yazhou Bay National Laboratory (崖州湾国家实验室). National seed industry matrix enterprises, as the main body of breeding innovation, have increased their investment in research and development, and built a multi-level, three-dimensional breeding innovation research system. China's seed industry scientific and technological innovation as a whole has entered the world's first echelon.
The "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五规划) proposal suggests implementing the seed industry revitalization action in depth. Relevant officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (农业农村部) stated that, in line with the 2030 goals and tasks, they will do a good job in the identification and utilization of germplasm resources, accelerate breeding innovation research, promote the concentration of innovation resources in seed industry matrix enterprises, continuously improve the supply guarantee capacity, and allow more high-yield, high-quality, green, cost-saving, and special-purpose fine varieties to emerge continuously, using Chinese seeds to ensure China's food security.
Return to TopBy: 楠 溪
The 2025 China Economic Annual Report has been released, with consumption, the main engine, receiving much attention.
Some worry, "The total retail sales of consumer goods only grew by 3.7%. Has the growth dividend reached its peak?"
The slowdown in the growth rate of total retail sales is precisely a sign of a maturing consumer market.
The more developed an economy, the more diverse the consumption, and the lower the proportion of physical consumption. In 2025, the growth rate of service retail sales was 1.7 percentage points higher than that of commodity retail sales in the same period. China's consumption structure is shifting towards equal emphasis on commodity and service consumption, and the consumption momentum is shifting from "price-driven" to "experience-driven."
From "survival-oriented" to "development-oriented," consumption upgrades contain enormous potential. "Super League" (苏超) achieved a leverage effect of "1 yuan ticket driving 7.3 yuan of peripheral consumption," and the "night school craze" reflects a new track in the education market... Looking back at 2025, adhering to the close combination of investing in things and investing in people, new growth drivers and new consumption vitality are forming.
China's economic growth dividend has not only not "**见顶**" (jiàn dǐng - "see the top," reach its peak) but is also accelerating its gestation. By closely integrating high-quality population development with the people's high-quality life, China's development will surely be high-quality and sustainable.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王 政 刘温馨
In 2025, China's industrial added value of enterprises above designated size increased by 5.9% year-on-year, the proportion of manufacturing added value in GDP remained stable, and the manufacturing scale is expected to remain the world's largest for 16 consecutive years. The contribution of the industrial and information technology sector to economic growth exceeded 40%." On January 21, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Zhang Yunming (张云明), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部), and others announced the 2025 industrial economic development report card.
New Quality Productive Forces Lead High-Quality Industrial Development
"In 2025, global artificial intelligence technology will accelerate innovation and iteration, and the integration with various industries and fields will continue to deepen. China's artificial intelligence industry will also be full of highlights and vitality." Zhang Yunming (张云明) said, "Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) has promoted technological breakthroughs, achievement transformation, and industrialization development in an integrated manner, and developed new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, providing a strong impetus for China's economic development."
A number of innovative achievements with high "new content" have emerged. Technologies such as perovskite materials, permanent magnet materials, and power batteries are at the international advanced level. New networks, high-speed communication, advanced computing, emerging software, and blockchain technologies are accelerating iteration. Prototypes of atomic clocks and magnetometers based on new quantum technologies have been successfully developed. Superconducting quantum computers and optical quantum computers have achieved quantum supremacy. Brain-computer interface technology is accelerating its expansion from the medical field to education, industry, and other fields.
A number of new products with broad application prospects are accelerating their entry into the market. Intelligent robots and other terminal products are becoming increasingly mature and put into use. Bio-manufacturing products are continuously expanding their application scope in the pharmaceutical health, daily chemical beauty, and green energy industries. A number of new scenarios such as "5G+", "Industrial Internet+", "Robot+", and "Beidou+" (北斗) are accelerating their cultivation, providing broad market space for the rapid industrialization of new products.
A number of competitive advantageous industries have emerged. The added value of industries such as integrated circuits and electronic special materials increased by 26.7% and 23.9% year-on-year, respectively. The output of industrial robots increased by 28% year-on-year. New energy vehicle sales reached 16.49 million units, an increase of 28.2% year-on-year. The number and types of civilian unmanned aerial vehicle products continue to grow.
The Pace of Intelligent and Green Transformation is Accelerating
"We aim to create a number of 'China samples' that represent the highest level of global intelligent manufacturing, and explore and lead the way for the overall upgrading of China's manufacturing industry. At present, the first batch of 15 leading factories has been unveiled at the 2025 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference," said Xie Cun (谢存), spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and Director of the Information and Communication Development Department.
Leading factories meet the production requirements of high efficiency, high precision, high flexibility, and high quality, setting a transformation benchmark for their respective industries. Some automobile factories have achieved flexible mixed-flow production of multiple models, some petrochemical factories have achieved autonomous operation based on digital twins, and some optical cable factories have overcome the extreme manufacturing process of ultra-large-size preforms. These changes have led to an average increase in production efficiency of 29% and a decrease in product defect rate of 47%.
At present, artificial intelligence has penetrated more than 70% of the business scenarios of leading factories, precipitated more than 6,000 vertical field models, driven the large-scale application of more than 1,700 key intelligent manufacturing equipment and industrial software, formed a number of industrial intelligent bodies with perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities, and promoted the evolution of intelligent manufacturing from "automation" to "autonomy."
The progress of intelligent production technology and green energy technology has not only enabled the greening of industries, but also spawned green industrialization. "The average renewable energy utilization rate of national green computing power facilities in 2025 will exceed 70%." Tao Qing (陶青), spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) and Director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said that the next step will focus on the difficulties and blockages in flexible hydrogen production, digital and intelligent operation of microgrids, and other fields, develop key energy-saving and environmental protection equipment and integrated system solutions suitable for scenarios, promote the transition of advanced and applicable technology and equipment from "demonstration application" to "large-scale popularization," formulate and revise a number of basic general and technical specification standards, and focus on cultivating new momentum for green development.
The Accelerated Integration of the Real Economy and the Digital Economy
"According to preliminary estimates, by the end of 2025, China's digital industry revenue will be approximately 38.3 trillion yuan, with profits of 3.1 trillion yuan," said Zhang Yunming (张云明), an increase of approximately 39.5% and 48.4% respectively compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2020).
The acceleration of innovation capabilities and the cultivation of new momentum have become more prominent. Software industry innovation achievements continue to emerge, the basic software ecosystem continues to improve, and the number of devices loaded with the open source Hongmeng operating system has approached 1.2 billion. The artificial intelligence industry is booming, a number of phenomenal innovation achievements continue to emerge, and various terminal products are becoming increasingly rich. New fields and new track digital products are driving a new round of consumption upgrades and becoming new growth points for economic development.
The in-depth promotion of enabling applications and the "connector" role of real-number integration are becoming more prominent. The integrated application of the Industrial Internet has achieved full coverage of industrial categories, and a multi-level and systematic Industrial Internet platform has been initially built. The number of industrial equipment connected to key national platforms exceeds 100 million units (sets). Digital and intelligent technologies are deeply integrated into the core links of production and manufacturing. 100 high-level 5G factories have reached the global leading level, with an average increase in production capacity of 25%, an increase in product quality of 21%, and a decrease in operating costs of 19%.
China has built the world's largest and technologically leading information infrastructure, providing strong support for the deep integration and development of the real economy and the digital economy. Xie Cun (谢存) said that currently 4.838 million 5G base stations have been built, 5G-A covers more than 330 cities, 42 10,000-card intelligent computing clusters have been built, and the scale of intelligent computing power exceeds 1590EFLOPS, ranking among the top in the world.
Xie Cun (谢存) introduced that China's 6G research and development has completed the first phase of technical testing, forming a reserve of more than 300 key technologies, and has recently launched the second phase of 6G technical testing.
High-Quality Consumer Goods are More "Popular" and More "Brilliant"
The consumer goods industry is China's traditional advantageous industry and an important people's livelihood industry. In 2025, the added value of consumer goods industries above designated size increased by 3.7% year-on-year, accounting for 26.1% of all industries above designated size. "In the past year, we have made efforts in three aspects to continuously expand domestic demand, optimize supply, and better meet the people's growing needs for a better life," said Tao Qing (陶青).
We have made every effort to optimize supply and demand coordination and continuously increase the supply of high-quality products. We have organized and carried out consumer promotion activities such as the "Foodie Season," the textile and apparel "Excellent Supply Promotes Upgrading," and the "Filial Piety and Love for the Elderly Shopping Season," and have cumulatively released 35 landmark bio-manufacturing products, 1,321 innovative textile products, 1,188 high-quality elderly products, and 1,021 upgraded and innovative consumer goods. We have improved the quality and safety traceability system for infant formula milk powder to meet diverse consumer needs with high-quality supply, and truly allow the people to "have supply when they want to buy and be more assured when they buy."
We have strengthened the leading role of brand strategy and activated the endogenous power of domestic product consumption. We have deeply implemented the "increase variety, improve quality, and create brand" strategy for the consumer goods industry, selected and released the first batch of 93 enterprise brands and 43 regional brands of Chinese famous consumer products, organized and held the Consumer Famous Products Conference, and improved the brand cultivation and promotion system. We have focused on cultivating historical classic industries, creating national trend boutiques such as Chinese tea, silk, and porcelain, exploring new consumption scenarios, new business formats, and new models, and promoting domestic products to be more "popular" and more "brilliant," becoming the people's favorite consumer products.
We have consolidated the foundation for industrial upgrading and built a solid support for high-quality supply. We have issued and implemented digital transformation plans for the textile, light industry, food, and pharmaceutical industries. We have strengthened the construction of characteristic industrial clusters in the consumer goods industry, released the first batch of 39 traditional advantageous food production areas and key cultivation lists of local characteristic food industries, and 25 key cultivation lists of characteristic industrial clusters (counties) of textile and apparel in the central and western regions such as "one county, one policy," so that the consumer market is not only full of fireworks, but also more technological.
Return to TopBy: 刘温馨
A set of data is encouraging: the number of domestic humanoid robot complete machine enterprises exceeds 140, and more than 330 products were released throughout the year.
The industry generally believes that 2025 will be the year when humanoid robots achieve mass production. From their stunning debut on the Spring Festival Gala stage to competing in the same arena at sports events, and then to their practical applications in factory workshops and everyday life scenarios, humanoid robots that can "stand, walk steadily, and run fast" are a vivid microcosm of the continuous improvement of the "new content" of China's industrial economy.
The industry's better-than-expected iterative evolution relies on hard power. Overcoming core technologies such as large models, integrated joints, and computing chips, open-source public version machines such as "Qinglong" and "Tiangong" and the "Kaiwu" operating system have been launched successively, consolidating the technological foundation for industrial development.
The vitality of the industry is reflected in the value creation of the real economy. It is not difficult to find in interviews on the front lines of manufacturing that robots have become "permanent employees" on many production lines, replacing high-risk manual links and enabling flexible production. Domestic humanoid robots are accelerating the transition from "showing off skills" to "doing practical work," promoting the large-scale development of more new technologies and new products.
The healthy development of the industry is supported by a good ecosystem. In 2025, the Humanoid Robot and Embodied Intelligence Standardization Technical Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) was established, with more than 70 leading enterprises and research institutes working together to build a standard system. It is this development idea of innovation-driven, scenario-driven, and ecological collaboration that allows the humanoid robot industry to achieve leapfrog development.
It is believed that as technology continues to mature and scenarios continue to expand, this vibrant new track will cultivate more "new players" who run fast forward.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 丁怡婷
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out that "the quality of housing is related to the sense of happiness of thousands of households" and "a city should not only have height but also warmth." The Central Economic Work Conference proposed "promoting urban renewal with high quality" and "striving to stabilize the real estate market."
In 2025, China made significant progress in urban renewal, fully completed the task of ensuring housing delivery, and "China Construction" made efforts in many aspects. The construction of "good houses" has begun to gain momentum, and the foundation has been continuously consolidated. In order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, our reporter interviewed Ni Hong (倪虹), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部).
During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, housing and urban-rural construction is generally in a critical period of transformation and development.
Reporter: How do you view the situation facing housing and urban-rural construction during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period? What work will be focused on at the beginning of the "15th Five-Year Plan"?
Ni Hong (倪虹): During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, housing and urban-rural construction is generally in a critical period of transformation and development, which is accompanied by many challenges and rare opportunities. 2026 is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan." We will resolutely and vigorously implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, earnestly practice the people-oriented urban development concept, adhere to adapting to local conditions and providing classified guidance, build innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and intelligent modern people's cities, and strive to achieve a good start for the high-quality development of housing and urban-rural construction.
First, we will promote urban renewal with high quality. We will adhere to the connotative development of cities, take promoting urban renewal as an important starting point, coordinate the implementation of the important tasks of "one optimization and six constructions," coordinate the construction of urban renewal systems and mechanisms, systematically promote the "four goods" construction of good houses, good communities, good neighborhoods, and good urban areas, and create high-quality living spaces for the people.
Second, we will promote the high-quality development of the real estate industry. We will firmly grasp the base point of making the people live and work in peace and contentment, coordinate risk prevention and promotion of transformation, coordinate benefiting the people and stabilizing growth, strive to stabilize the real estate market, accelerate the construction of a new real estate development model, optimize the supply of affordable housing, and meet the diverse housing needs of the people with high-quality supply.
Third, we will create an upgraded version of "China Construction." With the fundamental purpose of providing high-quality building products, we will coordinate "loosening up" and "managing well," coordinate the domestic and international markets, put the application of scientific and technological innovation in a prominent position, vigorously develop intelligent construction and green buildings, vigorously cultivate new quality productivity in the construction industry, and improve the full life cycle safety management system.
Promoting urban renewal with high quality will coordinate the implementation of a series of people's livelihood projects, development projects, and safety projects.
Reporter: How will the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) implement the high-quality promotion of urban renewal?
Ni Hong (倪虹): Urban renewal is an important starting point for building modern people's cities, and it contains huge investment and consumption potential. It is an important combination of investing in things and investing in people. In 2025, urban renewal work achieved significant results. 26,000 old urban communities were renovated nationwide, 14,000 elevators were installed, improving living conditions and benefiting more than 4.7 million residents; more than 4,700 "pocket parks" and more than 5,800 kilometers of urban greenways were built, improving the urban living environment; 156,000 kilometers of underground pipe networks were built and renovated, enhancing urban resilience.
The key to promoting urban renewal with high quality is to identify problems and effectively solve them. We will adhere to the principle of "physical examination first, then renewal," and use the problems identified in the physical examination as the focus of urban renewal, and coordinate the implementation of a series of people's livelihood projects, development projects, and safety projects.
First, people's livelihood projects. The focus includes continuing to promote the renovation of old urban communities, eliminating safety risks, and improving living conditions and the living environment. Comprehensively promote the construction of complete communities, take better care of the elderly and children, and focus on making up for the shortcomings of public service facilities. Carry out the renovation of urban micro-public spaces, increase community parks and pocket parks around the people, and promote the opening and sharing of more parks and green spaces.
Second, development projects. Implement the construction of "two major" and "two new" projects with high quality, continue to carry out the construction of underground pipe networks and integrated pipe corridors, and normalize the renovation of aging gas pipelines and other municipal facilities, so that the city operates more efficiently and smoothly. Renovate old blocks and old factories, provide more innovation and entrepreneurship space for young people, and create more consumption scenarios for citizens. Protect and repair historical and cultural blocks and historical buildings, so that historical and cultural heritage can be revitalized and shine with new charm.
Third, safety projects. To build modern people's cities, we must firmly adhere to the bottom line of urban safety. We must continue to build an urban drainage and flood control engineering system, accelerate the construction of urban infrastructure lifeline safety projects, and establish a full life cycle safety management system for houses.
The successful implementation of these projects cannot be separated from the strong guarantee of policies and mechanisms. To this end, we will focus on building a policy and system system adapted to urban renewal, a planning and implementation system "from special planning to area planning to project implementation plan," and a sustainable urban construction and operation investment and financing system.
There is still great potential for high-quality real estate development, and we will focus on orderly promoting the construction of "good houses" and accelerating the construction of a new real estate development model.
Reporter: The Central Economic Work Conference proposed to focus on stabilizing the real estate market. What are the key considerations of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部) for real estate work in 2026?
Ni Hong (倪虹): For real estate, we must see that China's new urbanization is still advancing, there is also broad space for the optimization and adjustment of urban stock, and the people are full of expectations for high-quality housing. There is still great potential for high-quality real estate development.
Real estate is immovable property, and the real estate market is a market based on cities. City governments should make full use of their autonomy in regulation. Next, we will continue to adhere to city-specific policies, precise policies, and one-city-one-policy, control the increase, destock, optimize supply, give full play to the role of the real estate financing "whitelist" system, support the reasonable financing needs of real estate companies, support residents' rigid and improved housing needs, and promote the stable operation of the real estate market.
The key to high-quality real estate development is to accelerate transformation and upgrading. We will focus on two aspects of work:
First, orderly promote the construction of "good houses." In recent years, we have adhered to the multi-party collaboration of the government, enterprises, and society, and promoted the construction of "good houses" throughout the entire chain. This work has already begun to gain momentum. Last year, the new version of the "Residential Project Specification" was promulgated and implemented, with 14 improvements, including raising the floor height of residential buildings to no less than 3 meters, and stipulating that elevators should be installed from the 4th floor.
We also issued opinions on improving the quality of housing, made comprehensive arrangements for the construction of "good houses," and will guide various regions to implement them this year. We must continue to build "good houses" around good standards, good design, good materials, good construction, and good operation and maintenance, not only build new houses into "good houses," but also gradually transform old houses into "good houses," drive the upgrading of the industrial chain, and meet the diverse housing needs of the people with a supply of safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses."
The construction of "good houses" is an important scenario for the integrated application of technology, equipment, and materials, and there is great room for development. Real estate companies and construction companies should see that building "good houses" will be a new track for industrial transformation and development. In the future, the competition between companies will be about new technology, high quality, and good service. Whoever can seize this opportunity, transform and develop, and build "good houses" and provide good services for the people will have a market, development, and future.
Second, accelerate the construction of a new real estate development model. This is a fundamental solution to promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market, and it is also a comprehensive and highly systematic work. Next, the focus is on orderly building basic systems for real estate development, financing, and sales.
In real estate development, the project company system should be implemented, and the project company should exercise the rights of an independent legal person in accordance with the law. The enterprise headquarters should fulfill the responsibilities of investors, and it is strictly forbidden for the enterprise headquarters to illegally withdraw project company funds, evade capital contributions, or distribute dividends in advance before the project is delivered, to ensure the closed management of project funds and their exclusive use.
In real estate financing, the main bank system should be promoted. This is an effective method explored in the work of ensuring housing delivery. One bank or a syndicate of banks is designated as the main bank for a project, and the funds for project development, construction, and sales are deposited into the main bank, which guarantees the reasonable financing needs of the project company.
In the sale of commercial housing, the spot sales system should be promoted to achieve "what you see is what you get" and fundamentally prevent delivery risks. If pre-sale continues to be implemented, the supervision of pre-sale funds should be standardized to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of home buyers.
Grasp the industry, grasp the market, grasp the site, and grasp the "going global" to promote the quality and upgrading of the construction industry.
Reporter: The "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal proposes to optimize and upgrade traditional industries. What are the goals for the development of the construction industry, and in which areas will efforts be made?
Ni Hong (倪虹): The construction industry is not only an important pillar industry of the national economy, but also a basic industry, which is related to the overall development, employment stability, and people's livelihood and well-being. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we will take providing high-quality building products as the fundamental purpose, cultivate new quality productivity in the construction industry, promote the quality and upgrading of the construction industry, and create an upgraded version of "China Construction." The focus will be on four aspects of work:
Grasp the industry. Put scientific and technological innovation and application in a prominent position, vigorously develop new construction methods such as intelligent construction, promote the formation of engineering organization and implementation methods adapted to it, and cultivate a modern construction industrial workforce.
Grasp the market. Reform and improve the construction market mechanism, both "loosening up" and "managing well," stimulate the vitality and motivation of business entities, use standardized, informationized, and legalized means to manage what should be managed, and build a construction market environment of integrity, law-abiding, fair competition, and pursuit of quality.
Grasp the site. Adhere to quality as the foundation, make concerted efforts from standards, technology, materials, management, and regulations to improve the quality of buildings. Embed the concept of safety into the entire process of design, construction, and operation and maintenance, promote the establishment of a full life cycle safety management system for houses, and keep the bottom line of safety more firmly.
Grasp "going global." Give full play to the overall advantages of "China Construction," integrate the upstream and downstream industrial chains of the construction industry, encourage and support construction companies to "go global," and steadily enhance the status and competitiveness of the construction industry in the global industrial division of labor.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 21st dispatch (Reporter Lin Lili (林丽鹂)) The photovoltaic industry's "involution spillover" risk warning and rectification, the first implementation of vehicle quality spot checks in the field of new energy vehicles, the launch of centralized rectification of charging treasure quality and safety, public interviews with Huolala (货拉拉), interviews with takeaway platforms on the takeaway "subsidy war"... On the 21st, the State Administration for Market Regulation (市场监管总局) released typical cases of comprehensive rectification of "involution-style" competition in 2025.
The typical cases and practices released this time concentratedly reflect the following three prominent characteristics: First, attention is paid to prevention in advance. Carrying out "early warning + compliance guidance" in the photovoltaic industry to help enterprises correct deviations in time before the risk of "involution externalization" is formed; the first implementation of vehicle quality spot checks in the field of new energy vehicles to prevent possible low-price and low-quality risks; by strengthening the consistency inspection of certification, prevent enterprises from reducing quality after obtaining certification, and eliminate "price reduction and quality reduction" competition from the source of production. Second, attention is paid to the combination of rigidity and flexibility. Constantly enriching regulatory means, in the cases of Huolala (货拉拉), takeaway platforms, etc., using flexible tools such as interviews to guide corporate self-discipline; strengthening guidance in the field of advertising compliance to significantly reduce the violation rate; implementing penetrating strikes and mandatory recalls on problems such as false publicity in private domain live broadcasts, and building a solid bottom line of safety and integrity. Third, attention is paid to collaborative governance. Actively building a multi-party co-governance regulatory pattern, promoting the participation of platforms, enterprises, and consumers, forming a joint force for governance, and improving the overall effectiveness of the work.
Return to TopOn January 21st, the 40th Qinhuai Lantern Festival was lit at Bailuzhou Park (白鹭洲公园) in the Confucius Temple (夫子庙), Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) Province. This year's Lantern Festival has a total of eight exhibition areas with approximately 390 groups of lanterns, and plans to launch over 200 cultural activities, which will last until the end of May.
People's Daily reporter Yin Xiaowen (尹晓宇文) and Xin Yi (辛一) photographed this (Image China).
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 21st (Reporter Wu Qiuyu (吴秋余)) -- In order to effectively safeguard the legal tender status of the Renminbi (人民币), prevent and rectify the rejection of Renminbi (人民币) cash, meet the diversified payment service needs of the public, and build a cash-friendly circulation environment under the common development of multiple payment methods, the People's Bank of China (中国人民银行) has jointly formulated the "Regulations on the Receipt and Payment of Renminbi (人民币) Cash and Services" with the National Development and Reform Commission (国家发展改革委) and the Financial Regulatory Administration (金融监管总局), which will be implemented on February 1, 2026.
Units that collect payments manually, provide face-to-face services, or offer online reservations and transactions with offline service or goods delivery, and have the conditions for face-to-face collection, should support cash payments and maintain reasonable change reserves.
For unmanned, unattended service models using equipment and other self-service modes, as well as parks, factories, scenic spots, schools, and other places that use "one-card" settlement and are under unified management, business entities should mark payment methods, cash collection conversion methods, and service contact telephone numbers in conspicuous locations. When using conversion methods to collect cash, no handling fees should be charged or restrictive conditions set, causing inconvenience to the conversion.
For all transactions, payments, and services completed through the network, fee-charging units and business entities should publicize payment methods in advance and fully respect the public's right to know and right to choose.
Return to TopThe National Bureau of Statistics of China (中国国家统计局) released data on January 19, showing that China's (中国) gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 exceeded 140 trillion yuan for the first time, an increase of 5.0% over the previous year. Facing the complex changes in the domestic and international economic environment, China's (中国) economy has moved forward against pressure and developed towards new and better directions. New achievements have been made in high-quality development, and the main goals and tasks of economic and social development have been successfully achieved, bringing the "14th Five-Year Plan" to a victorious conclusion. International individuals interviewed by this newspaper stated that in 2025, China's (中国) economy overcame domestic and international challenges and delivered a brilliant report card, and China (中国) continues to inject important momentum into the world economy.
"Reaffirms the strong momentum and great potential of the Chinese economy"
In the past year, China's (中国) economic growth rate has ranked among the top among major economies in the world, and its contribution to world economic growth is expected to reach about 30%, continuing to be a major contributor and anchor of stability to world economic growth.
"In 2025, China's (中国) economic growth rate continued to rank among the top among major economies in the world, demonstrating the distinct characteristics of China's (中国) economy being stable and progressive," said Liang Zhihua (梁志华), Secretary-General of the Malaysia "Belt and Road" Committee. Against the background of intensified geopolitical games, complex and volatile external environment, and significantly increased uncertainty, China (中国) still maintained overall stable economic operation, thanks to its mature and effective macroeconomic regulation system, complete and competitive industrial chain foundation, and the solid support formed by the super-large-scale market. This ability to stabilize the fundamentals under pressure and cultivate new momentum in adjustment is a concentrated reflection of the resilience and vitality of the Chinese economy.
Abdulaziz Al-Shabani, a researcher at the Riyadh Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Saudi Arabia, believes that the 2025 economic data demonstrates China's (中国) ability to maintain stable development in a complex international environment. The stable and progressive development trend shows that the Chinese economy has sufficient resilience to cope with external pressures while maintaining endogenous growth momentum.
"Against the background of an international situation full of uncertainties, the Chinese economy still achieved its growth target, which is a remarkable achievement," said Marcos Pires, Professor of Political Economy at São Paulo State University in Brazil. Despite the impact of global trade, China (中国) has demonstrated outstanding policy determination and regulatory wisdom, successfully stabilizing key economic variables and maintaining a steady growth trend.
"The newly released economic data once again confirms the strong momentum and great potential of the Chinese economy," said Chaolun Aodeng (朝伦爱登), Director of the Mongolia "Belt and Road" Joint Development Research Center. He believes that the continuous and healthy development of the Chinese economy will inject more certainty into world development.
"In 2025, facing the drastic changes in the international environment and multiple internal challenges, China (中国) implemented more proactive and effective macroeconomic policies, effectively consolidating the foundation for development, stabilizing the overall economic situation, and delivering a brilliant answer sheet," said Sizo Nkala, a researcher at the Africa-China Research Center at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Looking at the world, China (中国) achieved a 5% growth rate with a super-large economic volume, ranking among the top among major economies, which is not easy. The strong resilience and vitality shown by the Chinese economy indicate that China (中国) is the most stable and reliable source of power for global economic growth.
"Becoming an important leader in the global innovation chain and green industrial chain"
In the past year, the added value of high-tech manufacturing industries above designated size in China (中国) increased to 17.1% of the added value of industries above designated size, the added value of digital product manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 9.3% year-on-year, and the output of servers and industrial robots grew rapidly; green electricity, green energy, and the green economy flourished, and new energy vehicles accounted for more than 50% of domestic new car sales... China (中国) has made many new progress in innovation-driven, industrial quality improvement, digital empowerment, and green transformation. New quality productive forces have been transformed from ideological consensus into development effectiveness, making economic growth more quality-oriented and more sustainable.
"In recent years, China (中国) has vigorously developed new quality productive forces, and its technological innovation capabilities have ranked among the top in the world. In the international market, Chinese electric vehicles, solar photovoltaic panels, electronic smart devices and other products have enriched consumer choices and become a bright business card of the Chinese economy," said Chaolun Aodeng (朝伦爱登). He said that innovative development has not only become an engine for China's (中国) own development, but also made positive contributions to other countries and regions in adjusting and optimizing their economic structures and achieving green development, and provided more opportunities for promoting global cooperation.
Harvey Dzodin, former Vice President of ABC, has visited China (中国) many times since 1988, and he is particularly impressed by the great achievements China (中国) has made in the field of green development. In 2025, China's (中国) installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power generation exceeded that of thermal power for the first time, marking a historic breakthrough in China's (中国) efforts to promote energy transformation and move towards green development. "When the winds of change blow, some build walls, others build windmills." Harvey Dzodin said that China (中国) has become a global leader in the development of renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro and solar power.
"The rapid development of China (中国) in high-tech manufacturing, the digital economy and the green economy shows that China's (中国) pace of high-quality development is accelerating," said Shabani. China's (中国) high-quality development helps the global modern industrial chain and clean technology progress, and makes positive contributions to the world's sustainable growth.
Zia Ijaz, President of Askari Bank in Pakistan, said that China (中国) is in a world-leading position in electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and the low-altitude economy, helping to further transform and upgrade the economic structure. "China (中国) has a large economy and a large population, and it is not easy to achieve economic transformation. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the Chinese people unite and work hard to activate more potential and move forward towards the established goals."
In 2025, China's (中国) production and sales of new energy vehicles both exceeded 16 million, ranking first in the world for 11 consecutive years. "Green transformation has become one of the distinct symbols of China's (中国) high-quality development," said Nkala. China (中国) promotes the world to move towards sustainable development goals through cooperation platforms such as jointly building the "Belt and Road".
"China's (中国) new economic industries and new business formats are booming, and a number of major scientific research achievements are emerging one after another. The deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation makes China (中国) gradually become an important leader in the global innovation chain and green industrial chain," said Liang Zhihua (梁志华).
"Will create more opportunities for world economic development"
Recently, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and Goldman Sachs and other international organizations and institutions have successively raised their expectations for China's (中国) economic growth, casting a "vote of confidence" in the Chinese economy. Looking to the future, the supporting conditions and basic trends for China's (中国) long-term economic improvement have not changed, and the general trend of high-quality economic development has not changed. It has the foundation and conditions to maintain stable and positive economic operation, inject more certainty into the world economy, and create more new opportunities.
"China's (中国) contribution to the world economy is multi-dimensional and systematic," said Pires. As the world's largest manufacturing country, China (中国) drives the industrialization process of countries in the Global South through industrial spillover and in-depth cooperation. He said that China's (中国) capital and technology investment is powerfully promoting Brazil's energy structure transformation and accelerating Brazil's digital infrastructure construction and industrial digitalization process. "China (中国) will continue to play an important role in global economic recovery and cutting-edge technological breakthroughs, and help the world economy achieve inclusive growth."
Shabani said that from a medium- and long-term perspective, thanks to the continuous deepening of reform and opening up, the huge domestic market and the complete industrial system, China's (中国) development prospects are bright. "The stable growth of the Chinese economy will create more opportunities for world economic development."
"We must learn from China's (中国) experience in technological innovation, talent cultivation, energy transformation, and green development, and better catch the 'express train' of China's (中国) economic development," said Chaolun Aodeng (朝伦爱登). He said that the economies of Mongolia and China (中国) are highly complementary, and he looks forward to further deepening cooperation between the two sides to achieve more mutual benefit and win-win results.
"China's (中国) continuously expanding consumer demand, constantly upgrading industrial structure, and strong demand for high-quality products and services have created a realistic path for regional countries to share Chinese opportunities and enhanced the confidence and stability of regional cooperation," said Liang Zhihua (梁志华). China's (中国) steady economic progress will surely provide more cooperation space for the vast number of developing countries and make important contributions to world economic recovery and green transformation.
"In recent years, more and more Chinese companies and Chinese businessmen have come to Pakistan, bringing advanced technology, concepts, norms and funds, and helping to train a group of technical talents locally," said Zia. China's (中国) economy is developing towards new and better directions, which is beneficial to its partners. He believes that China's (中国) high-quality development will bring more opportunities and benefits to neighboring countries and the world.
Nkala said that 2026 is the first year of China's (中国) "15th Five-Year Plan". As a number of long-term projects are gradually implemented, China's (中国) economy will continue to move towards innovation-driven, green and low-carbon high-quality development, "contributing important strength to promoting global economic recovery and development."
(Reported on January 21 from Beijing (北京), Bangkok (曼谷), Riyadh (利雅得), Rio de Janeiro (里约热内卢), Ulaanbaatar (乌兰巴托), Johannesburg (约翰内斯堡), Berlin (柏林), and Islamabad (伊斯兰堡) by reporters Jiang Bo (姜波), Zhang Niansheng (章念生), Ren Haoyu (任皓宇), Shi Yuanhao (时元皓), Zhang Penghui (张朋辉), Zheng Xiang (郑翔), Liu Zhonghua (刘仲华), and Zhao Yipu (赵益普))
Return to TopLooking at China's new openness from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), one conclusion is very clear: despite the rise of unilateralism and protectionism internationally, China's determination to open up remains unwavering, its capacity for openness is even stronger, and it is bringing more new opportunities to the world.
Recently, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) in Zhejiang (浙江) Province announced its 2025 results: cargo throughput exceeded 1.4 billion tons, ranking first in the world for 17 consecutive years, becoming the world's first super port to enter the "1.4 billion ton" level. At a time when economic globalization is encountering headwinds and the geopolitical landscape and trade policies are complex and volatile, this achievement is hard-won and is backed by forward-looking planning that assesses the situation, and a profound transformation of development concepts.
"The environmental conditions of 'large-scale import and export' have changed, and new ideas to lead development must be put forward based on the new situation." In 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) inspected Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), and shortly after returning to Beijing (北京), he proposed building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the mainstay and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other. In the nearly 6 years since then, the growth of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) clearly reflects the new atmosphere of China's high-level opening to the outside world.
From "large-scale import and export" to "high-quality import and export," reflecting the transformation of China's foreign trade drivers. Export products are more "new" and more "green." Observing the export data of Ningbo (宁波) Port, high-tech products perform brightly. In 2025, the export value of "new three" products increased by 76.3% year-on-year, and industrial robots were popular in the international market, with an export value increase of 113% year-on-year. Under the leadership of innovation and the blessing of green, new quality productive forces activate foreign trade momentum, and "China Intelligent Manufacturing" continues to provide the world with high-quality, affordable, stable, and reliable products. Import data also has prominent highlights. In 2025, Ningbo (宁波) Port's import of high-tech products increased by 13.5%. This once again proves that China's high-quality development brings a new upgrade of China's opportunities, and the super-large-scale market dividend is being further released.
From "overcoming difficulties" to "growing against the trend," demonstrating the confidence and strength to cope with the storms of the times. In recent years, from the impact of the century-long epidemic to the harassment of tariff tsunamis, international trade has faced numerous challenges. In times of difficulty, how to break through? In 2025, the container throughput of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) exceeded 40 million TEUs for the first time. Looking only at new energy vehicles, the export value of new energy vehicles from Ningbo (宁波) Port increased by 305.8% year-on-year last year, with an average of more than 700 new energy vehicles departing from Ningbo (宁波) to the world every day. Behind the export data is the hard-core strength of highly competitive industrial clusters. In 2025, the first batch of newly recognized high-tech enterprises in Ningbo (宁波) reached 2,666, and the industrial cluster effect continued to be released, promoting the comprehensive upgrading from technology to products to the industrial chain. A large number of enterprises connect to the global market through Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), and stand firm in the global industrial chain with their excellent competitiveness.
From "factor flow" to "rule leadership," demonstrating the steady advancement of institutional opening up. Institutional opening up is a higher level of opening up. From exploring the formulation of cross-border data flow rules in the field of bulk commodities to improving international maritime arbitration and commercial mediation mechanisms, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), relying on the Zhejiang Free Trade Pilot Zone (浙江自贸试验区), has always been at the forefront of institutional opening up. Today, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) is working with Hamburg Port (汉堡港) and Wilhelmshaven Port (威廉港) in Germany, and Valencia Port (瓦伦西亚港) in Spain to jointly build a green shipping corridor, exploring a unified green standard "from terminal to terminal"; building platforms such as the "Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation Forum" to promote the formation of an international friendly port cooperation mechanism... From proactively connecting to standard co-construction, China's voice and influence in international rule-making are constantly increasing.
From "freight channel" to "open hub," weaving a symbiotic development partner network. On January 8, the maiden voyage cargo ship "Mediterranean Jesenia" of the new Australian route berthed at Chuanshan Port Area (穿山港区) of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港). At present, the total number of routes at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港) exceeds 300, connecting more than 700 ports in more than 200 countries and regions around the world, and the port connectivity index ranks second in the world. The port's "circle of friends" continues to expand, and the market structure is more diversified. In 2025, Zhejiang (浙江) achieved import and export growth with more than 180 countries and regions, and its imports and exports to countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" exceeded 3 trillion yuan for the first time, a year-on-year increase of 8.7%. Looking at the overall situation from one area, today's China is strengthening links with more partners, expanding the intersection of interests with various countries, and adding momentum to economic globalization through open cooperation.
In previous years, when some people internationally raised the question of "whether China's construction of a new development pattern means abandoning opening up," General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out with a clear attitude: "'Dual circulation' is not about closing the country to the outside world, but about being able to survive and live better ourselves when others do not open their doors to us. We open our doors wide, and anyone who comes to cooperate with us is welcome."
Today, looking at China's new openness from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port (宁波舟山港), one conclusion is very clear: despite the rise of unilateralism and protectionism internationally, China's determination to open up remains unwavering, its capacity for openness is even stronger, and it is bringing more new opportunities to the world.
Return to TopBy: 克里坦·巴哈纳
In today's intricately interwoven global industrial chain, no country can 独善其身 (dú shàn qí shēn - "maintain personal integrity alone," to only care about oneself and not be concerned with others). Working together to establish a fair, inclusive, and sustainable global trade system is not only a moral imperative but also the only way to achieve common prosperity.
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting currently being held in Davos, Switzerland (瑞士达沃斯), the international trade order is one of the focal points of attention. Currently, the global trade system is facing a profound crisis of trust. With the deep integration of the world economy, the tariff policies implemented by the United States (美国) have distorted the global trade landscape, causing varying degrees of harm to developing economies.
Arbitrary tariffs not only fail to promote economic growth but also hinder development; they not only fail to encourage fair trade but also weaponize economic power. This policy tool exhibits a clear double standard: individual developed countries can build tariff barriers to protect their domestic markets while preaching free trade to developing countries. When Global South countries attempt to implement their own tariff policies, they often face pressure, retaliation, or threats of sanctions from developed countries.
The indiscriminate use of tariffs distorts the global allocation of resources, forcing billions of people in developing countries to pay for inflated living costs. The industrialization process of Global South countries is facing tariff pressure. Indian (印度) textile manufacturers, facing the threat of high tariffs from the United States (美国), have to consider relocating their production bases; South African (南非) steel manufacturers have lost key markets due to U.S. (美国) tariff provisions, which will lead to setbacks in their industrialization strategies. These cases reveal a reality: tariffs have become a means for developed countries to contain the industrial upgrading of late-developing countries and maintain their economic hegemony. Ordinary people bear the most direct cost. A report by the Yale University (耶鲁大学) Budget Lab shows that the U.S. (美国) government's implementation of a new round of tariff measures will lead to a short-term increase of 1.8% in domestic price levels, equivalent to an average loss of $2,400 per household.
Faced with systemic pressure, developing countries are demonstrating resilient development strategies, such as strengthening internal integration through regional free trade agreements. Global South countries are not seeking special treatment but are demanding the dismantling of structural discrimination and the establishment of a trade framework that truly reflects the principle of reciprocity, allowing latecomers to climb the value chain and helping first-mover countries to gain new momentum for sustained growth. Trade governance in the 21st century needs to transcend zero-sum thinking and establish new trade rules based on equal development rights.
In today's intricately interwoven global industrial chain, no country can 独善其身 (dú shàn qí shēn - "maintain personal integrity alone," to only care about oneself and not be concerned with others). Working together to establish a fair, inclusive, and sustainable global trade system is not only a moral imperative but also the only way to achieve common prosperity.
(The author is the President of the South African Institute of International Affairs (南非外交学会) and Editor-in-Chief of the South African magazine *Foreign Policy* (《外交》杂志).)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 郭梓云 尚凯元
The World Economic Forum's 2026 Annual Meeting is being held in Davos, Switzerland. World Economic Forum Managing Director, Sebastian Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普), said in an exclusive interview with this reporter: "By promoting the transformation of the energy structure and green technology innovation, China is not only achieving its own high-quality development, but also actively leading the global green transition."
The "Global Risks Report 2026" recently released by the World Economic Forum pointed out that political and economic risks continue to intensify in the new era of competition, and geoeconomic confrontation is listed as the primary risk this year; among the current risk rankings, economic risks are rising the fastest. According to Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普), the theme of this year's annual meeting is "The Spirit of Dialogue," which aims to call on the international community to rebuild trust through strengthening dialogue in today's complex and changing world. "China is an important partner of the World Economic Forum. The Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (Summer Davos Forum) is held in China as scheduled every year, and we look forward to China continuing to play an important role in such dialogues," said Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普).
Since 2009, Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普) has been involved in World Economic Forum project work in China and has witnessed China's tremendous development over the past decade. "China's economy has continued to develop rapidly, and the growth of its gross domestic product is a reflection of this process. China has achieved a series of technological advances by building an innovation ecosystem with its own characteristics, among which the leapfrog development in the field of electric vehicles is particularly remarkable," said Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普). China is the world's second largest economy and continues to maintain its position as an important global growth engine. "We attach great importance to China's industrial strength and technological progress, and regard China as an important governance partner, standard-setting partner, and goal-enhancing partner."
The World Economic Forum's 2025 Energy Transition Index shows that China's ranking has risen to twelfth place, a record high, thanks to its scale advantages in clean energy investment and innovation. Last summer, Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普) traveled in China with his family for three weeks, visiting Beijing (北京), Xi'an (西安), and Shanghai (上海). "The sky in China is bluer, and the air quality in the cities is better. These tangible improvements have impressed me deeply. Energy transition has become one of the key drivers leading China's high-quality development, and I believe that China is playing and will continue to play a key role in the global green transition."
2026 is the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan." "Comprehensive green transition is one of the important tasks for China's future development, and the World Economic Forum is paying close attention to this," said Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普). The cross-integration of cutting-edge technologies such as energy, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence is spawning many rapidly developing sub-sectors. With the outstanding achievements China has made in these fields, it is not only leading global low-carbon development, but also expected to take a leading position in the new round of economic growth driven by technology.
"Currently, the global development landscape is undergoing profound reshaping. Against this backdrop, the World Economic Forum's role in building multilateral cooperation consensus and shaping dialogue space is becoming increasingly prominent," said Buckup (塞巴斯蒂安·巴克普). As an important partner of the World Economic Forum, China gathers the attention of all parties, and discussions and project cooperation around Chinese topics at the forum are also increasing day by day. "We highly anticipate and believe that China will continue to actively transmit signals of openness and cooperation and play a key role on this key platform of the World Economic Forum."
(Reported from Davos, Switzerland (瑞士达沃斯), January 21 by this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孙广勇
The waters of the Xi River flow quietly, winding through the village. Amidst the crisp chirping of birds, Ban Khok Village in Ban Khok Subdistrict, Khon Kaen Province in northeastern Thailand, welcomes a bright morning. Sunlight shines on the pink lotus flowers, small fish hide in the shadows of the lotus leaves, and the air is filled with the fragrance of rice. "I dig up the lotus roots to sell at the market, along with the fish and shrimp caught from the river, and the rice grown on both banks, which is enough for my family to eat and sell," said Santi, a farmer living on the riverbank, as he tidied up his fishing net and chatted with the reporter.
Khon Kaen Province (孔敬府) is an important rice and cassava growing area in Thailand. Local farmer Chian told reporters, "I planted 5 rai (莱) (1 rai is approximately 1600 square meters) of rice, and harvested several thousand kilograms of rice. In the dry season of 2025, there was less rainfall, but fortunately, a weir was built, otherwise, the yield would definitely be reduced."
The weir that Chian mentioned is located in Ban Khok Village (班克村) and is a poverty alleviation project funded by the Chinese Consulate-General in Khon Kaen (中国驻孔敬总领馆), which was officially completed and put into use in January 2025. The weir is 4 meters wide, and a 30-meter-long protective embankment has also been built along the bank. Hearing that reporters were coming to interview, former Governor of Khon Kaen Province, Kaisorn (盖颂), made a special trip to the weir to tell reporters about the construction process of the weir.
"Northeastern Thailand lacks water resource management and irrigation systems. Khon Kaen Province (孔敬府) and the Chinese Consulate-General in Khon Kaen (中国驻孔敬总领馆) conducted multiple on-site surveys on the weir's location and construction plan. The weir plays an important role in managing local water resources - storing excess rainwater during the rainy season to reduce the risk of flooding; and releasing the stored rainwater for irrigation during the dry season. On the day the weir was completed, the surrounding villagers spontaneously came to express their gratitude, and the students sang and danced on the embankment," said Kaisorn (盖颂).
"After the weir was built, the river water became cleaner, and there were more fish. Sometimes I can catch more than 20 fish a day," said Baping (巴萍), a villager who was fishing.
"The weir helps to reduce the impact of drought and ensure food security," said Khakha Phong (甲卡蓬), the mayor of Ban Khok Subdistrict (班克镇). He added that the next step for Ban Khok Subdistrict (班克镇) is to expand the variety of crops planted, such as tomatoes, watermelons, eggplants, and bitter gourds. "We hope to further strengthen cooperation with China in seed cultivation, agricultural technology, and machinery."
Liu Hongmei (刘红梅), the Chinese Consul-General in Khon Kaen (中国驻孔敬总领事), said that the weir project is another vivid embodiment of the pragmatic cooperation between China and Thailand in the field of people's livelihood. These "small but beautiful, people-benefiting" projects are the result of the continuous poverty reduction cooperation between China and Thailand. In recent years, the Chinese Consulate-General in Khon Kaen (中国驻孔敬总领馆) has funded and implemented projects such as "poverty alleviation in counties" in Khon Kaen Province (孔敬府), and has helped farmers get rid of poverty by donating living materials and providing vocational development training.
Kaisorn (盖颂) said: "Many officials from Khon Kaen Province (孔敬府) have gone to Guangxi (广西), Yunnan (云南), Guizhou (贵州) and other places in China to learn about poverty alleviation experience. China's concept of 授人以鱼不如授人以渔 (shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú - "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," it is better to teach someone how to do something than to simply provide them with the end result) provides new ideas for poverty reduction in Thailand. We thank the Chinese government for its contribution to poverty reduction in Thailand, and hope to further strengthen cooperation with China in irrigation systems, roads, and electricity and other infrastructure fields." Thammana (塔玛纳), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand, said that China's development experience provides useful inspiration for countries around the world, including Thailand, and Thailand hopes to learn from China's experience to achieve economic and social development goals.
Return to TopBeijing, January 21 (Reporter Chen Xirui) Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) stated on the 21st that Chinese companies have long operated in Europe in compliance with laws and regulations, and have never endangered the national security of European countries. Instead, they have strongly promoted the development of Europe's telecommunications and digital industries, and provided high-quality products and services to the European people. China urges the European Union to avoid going further and further down the wrong path of protectionism.
At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to reports, the European Commission proposed a package of new cybersecurity policy proposals on January 20, intending to promote mandatory "de-risking" of supply chains from high-risk third countries in European mobile communication networks based on the existing 5G network security "toolbox." Some commentators believe that the concept of so-called "high-risk suppliers" has obvious political overtones, and is intended to completely exclude Chinese companies from European mobile communication networks under the pretext of security factors. What is China's comment on this?
"China has taken note of relevant reports and expresses serious concern about this," Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said. In the absence of any factual evidence, using non-technical standards to forcibly restrict or even prohibit companies from participating in the market seriously violates market principles and fair competition rules. It is a typical manifestation of politicizing and **泛安全化** (fàn ān quán huà - "pan-securitization," the act of broadly applying security concerns to various issues) normal cooperation, and is blatant protectionism. Arbitrarily interfering in the market and violating economic laws will not only fail to obtain so-called "security," but will also incur huge costs. "Facts have proven that the forced removal of high-quality and safe equipment from Chinese telecommunications companies by individual countries has caused huge economic losses and seriously hindered the development of the local digital network industry."
Guo Jia Kun (郭嘉昆) said that the European Commission disregards the basic fact that Chinese companies provide safe and high-quality products, disregards the good foundation and potential for cooperation between China and Europe in the field of digital networks, and engages in political manipulation under the pretext of security. This will not only seriously hinder the EU's own technological progress and economic development, but will also seriously damage the EU's image of market openness and seriously affect the confidence of companies from various countries to invest in Europe.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 苏 滨
Enhance the effectiveness of policies that strengthen agriculture, benefit farmers, and enrich rural areas.
——Excerpt from the "15th Five-Year Plan" proposal
A carrying pole, two baskets of fresh vegetables, piled high, weighing no less than a hundred pounds. At 6:13 a.m. on a winter morning, in Wangzitang Village (王子塘村), Lianjiang Subdistrict (涟江街道), Huishui County (惠水县), Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (黔南布依族苗族自治州), Guizhou Province (贵州省), villager Lao Zeng (老曾) carried vegetables to the bus stop to wait for the bus, preparing to go to the city to sell vegetables.
Lao Zeng's full name is Zeng Qingyong (曾庆勇). He started growing and selling vegetables five years ago to supplement his household income.
As the headlights approached, bus No. 7 slowly pulled into the station. Lao Zeng was at the front of the line of more than 10 people. He waved to the reporter to step aside, braced the edge of the basket with his knee, grabbed the handles with both hands, and with a "heave," the vegetables were moved onto the luggage rack of the bus.
At 6:30 a.m., the bus started on time.
"The fare is 3 yuan per person, free for the elderly over 70. If you are going to the city to sell vegetables, it also costs 3 yuan, even if it takes up more space, which is cheap and convenient," said Lao Zeng. Before, to go to the city to sell vegetables, he could only take a minibus. The individual fare was 5 yuan, and an additional 3 yuan was charged for bringing vegetables on the bus. Each person could not carry more than 50 pounds because there was no special storage area, so they had to be placed in the aisle. "The boarding point was not in the village. To take the bus, you had to carry vegetables and walk 1 kilometer. The departure time was also more than an hour later than now. When you arrived in the county town, it was easy to miss the golden time for selling vegetables."
Lao Zeng's words expressed the feelings of most vegetable farmers.
Noticing the demands of the vegetable farmers, at the end of 2024, the Huishui County government took the lead in organizing the County Transportation Bureau (县交通局), the Bus Company (公交公司), and other departments to listen to opinions from village to village regarding the opening of a special agricultural bus line.
In January 2025, Huishui Huicheng Transportation Co., Ltd. (惠水县惠成交通有限公司) used bus No. 7 as a pilot project, removing some seats and installing a 3-layer folding shelf to separate people and goods, and transformed and opened the first special agricultural bus line. To make it easier for vegetable farmers to catch the bus, the bus company added stops in 2 more villages on the original route and moved the stops from the main road to the villages. The No. 7 bus route alone covered 12 villages.
The operating cost of an agricultural bus line is at least 700 yuan per day, and the actual daily income is about 400 yuan. To balance operating costs, the government subsidizes the bus, and the bus company explores the integrated development of passenger, freight, and postal services to increase revenue.
"Now the No. 7 bus goes directly into the village, with a bus every 20 minutes, and it takes half an hour to get to the county town. More and more people are taking the bus to sell vegetables," Lao Zeng said with emotion.
At 7 a.m., the bus arrived at the terminal.
After opening the door, Lao Zeng hurried to unload the goods, hung up the rope, picked up the load, and went straight to the vegetable market 500 meters away.
At the vegetable market, Lao Zeng took out spinach, bok choy, and Chinese cabbage from the load and arranged them. The vegetables were fresh, the leaves were full, and the prices were affordable. According to past experience, selling a hundred pounds of vegetables for 80 yuan was no problem, and when the market was good, it could sell for 100 yuan. "Originally, 50 pounds of vegetables could sell for about 40 yuan. Now, not only have I saved on travel expenses, but there is no limit to the weight of the vegetables. I can earn dozens of yuan more per trip," Lao Zeng said with a smile.
At 8 a.m., the crowd was bustling, and the vegetable market was very lively.
"Since the opening of the special agricultural bus line, more and more vegetable farmers have come to the market to sell vegetables. The vegetables are very fresh, the prices are affordable, and the selection is wider. I can always buy what I am satisfied with," said Wang Qin (王芹), a resident of the county town, happily carrying two large bags of vegetables.
"The bus is not only a tool for public services, but also a carrier for the two-way flow of urban and rural elements. If the masses have demands, we will respond," said He Zhigang (何志刚), general manager of Huishui Huicheng Transportation Co., Ltd. He said that they will continue to conduct research with the County Transportation Bureau (县交通局) and other departments, focusing on agricultural product transportation, daily travel, going to market, and seasonal rural tourism, to meet the needs of the masses as much as possible. As of now, 3 special agricultural bus lines have been opened in the county, transporting more than 80 tons of agricultural products. The bus line has become a fast track to prosperity.
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Greeting the morning light, carrying fresh vegetables, and boarding the bus, the Huinong (惠农) special line in Huishui (惠水), Guizhou (贵州), fulfills the expectations of rural vegetable farmers to "sell a little more" with the convenience of "closer stops" and the anticipation of "earlier times."
Adding stops and moving them closer to the villages has allowed vegetable farmers like Lao Zeng (老曾) to say goodbye to the hustle and bustle of carrying loads and rushing one kilometer. Behind the "closer stops" is the effort of grassroots-level public service, which not only solves the "first kilometer" problem of agricultural products leaving the village but also reduces the obstacles to increasing vegetable farmers' income.
Departing early in the morning and arriving directly in the county town in half an hour ensures that the golden time for selling vegetables is not missed. "Earlier times" is not only an advance in time but also improves the efficiency of agricultural product circulation, allowing urban residents to eat fresher ingredients and achieving mutual benefit for vegetable farmers and citizens.
The value of "selling a little more" transcends income itself. For the "Lao Zengs (老曾们)," the extra tens of yuan in income is a direct reflection of the value of their labor; for rural development, this tangible benefit can effectively stimulate the enthusiasm of vegetable farmers for production.
The Huinong (惠农) bus is not just a means of transportation shuttling between urban and rural areas; it carries the hot production in the fields on one end and connects the livelihood needs of the town markets on the other, injecting warm momentum into the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王伟健
On the morning of January 20, the conference room on the 5th floor of the South Office Building of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee was bustling with activity. Members of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, People's Congress representatives, and representatives from government departments gathered to evaluate the implementation of 45 livelihood projects in 12 categories undertaken by the Jiangsu Provincial Government in 2025.
"The precision, balance, and long-term effectiveness of livelihood projects still need to be improved, which to some extent affects the people's actual sense of gain..." Qiao Sen (乔森), Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress representative and joint branch secretary of Changzhou Highway Transportation Group Co., Ltd. (常州公路运输集团有限公司), cut to the chase and pointed directly to the problems.
Qiao Sen's remarks stemmed from the information he collected during his grassroots investigations.
Prior to this evaluation meeting, from mid-to-late November to mid-December 2025, five investigation teams from the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress adopted a combination of "designated projects + self-selected projects" to conduct investigations in all 13 prefecture-level cities in the province, examining the implementation of all livelihood projects and understanding the effectiveness of their handling from multiple perspectives.
The investigation team in which Qiao Sen participated visited four investigation sites in Changzhou (常州) and Zhenjiang (镇江). On the morning of December 2, 2025, despite the biting cold wind, the investigation team arrived at Qianzhuang Village (前庄村), Jincheng Town (金城镇), Jintan District (金坛区), Changzhou City (常州市), to inspect a newly built rural road.
The representatives got off the bus at the entrance of the village and were greeted by Qianzhuang Bridge (前庄桥) and the adjacent County Road 302 (302县道), with a newly paved black asphalt surface. This was part of Jiangsu Province's 2025 plan to newly build or renovate 1,400 kilometers of rural roads and renovate 330 rural road bridges.
Qianzhuang Bridge (前庄桥) used to be a 4.6-meter-wide brick arch bridge. In December 2023, a routine inspection in Jincheng Town (金城镇) found the bridge to be a dangerous structure. Taking the opportunity of handling livelihood projects, the local authorities upgraded it to a 7-meter-wide two-lane bridge and renovated part of County Road 302 (302县道), benefiting more than 300 households in the surrounding area. "This project solved the problem of the dangerous bridge and also opened up the county road and township road, making it more convenient for villagers to go to the urban area," Yan Bo (严波), Director of the Jintan District Transportation Bureau (金坛区交通运输局), introduced while crossing the bridge with the representatives.
Qiao Sen (乔森), who was traveling with them, nodded repeatedly, but also raised his own questions: "I just opened my mobile phone navigation and found that this township road connecting Qianzhuang Bridge (前庄桥) to County Road 302 (302县道) does not have a road name yet. Without a road name, it is inconvenient to find the way, and it is also inconvenient for couriers to deliver goods, which is not conducive to logistics going to the countryside." Yan Bo (严波) quickly wrote down the suggestion in his notebook.
Everywhere they went, the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress investigation team would combine their on-site observations with symposiums, comparing each livelihood project involving the city one by one, comprehensively listening to the introductions of the project progress from local governments, and listening to the opinions and suggestions of local People's Congress representatives.
On December 4, in Loujiang Community (娄江社区), Loudong Street (娄东街道), Taicang City (太仓市), Suzhou (苏州), Liao Zhencai (廖振财), a 68-year-old resident, praised the old residential area renovation project to the People's Congress representatives who came to investigate: "The current living environment is vastly different from what it used to be!"
Daqing Jinxiu New City (大庆锦绣新城) in Loujiang Community (娄江社区) is the largest commercial housing complex in Taicang City (太仓市), built about 20 years ago, with more than 6,200 households. After the renovation, the community completed the undergrounding of overhead power lines, increased car parking spaces, and added compliant electric vehicle charging piles and other facilities. The renovated community improved its service level by introducing a property management company.
"Only by fully understanding the actual situation can we promote improvement." Jiang Jinbing (姜金兵), Director of the Social Construction Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress (江苏省人大社会建设委), participated in the investigation teams that went to Suzhou (苏州), Wuxi (无锡), and Nantong (南通) to inspect the implementation of livelihood projects such as the renovation of old residential areas and employment security. Combining the demands of all parties, Jiang Jinbing (姜金兵) made a suggestion at the evaluation site in the conference room: In the implementation of livelihood projects, a regular supervision and coordination mechanism should be established to coordinate and solve the policy obstacles and implementation difficulties faced by cities and counties in a timely manner.
During the investigation, one detail left a deep impression on Jiang Jinbing (姜金兵): In the Loujiang Community (娄江社区) Party-Masses Service Center, there are People's Congress representative liaison stations and legislative information collection points. At that time, a draft local regulation was being publicized to solicit opinions and suggestions from residents. "Residents can offer opinions and suggestions on the relevant regulations to be formulated downstairs at their homes, and discuss livelihood projects around them with People's Congress representatives. This is a concrete practice of whole-process people's democracy," said Jiang Jinbing (姜金兵).
"The annual target tasks of the 12 categories and 45 livelihood projects of the provincial government in 2025 have been fully completed." At the evaluation meeting, Shen Jianrong (沈剑荣), Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province (江苏省副省长), reported to the Standing Committee of the People's Congress on the overall implementation of the livelihood projects in 2025, "Next, in compiling the livelihood projects for 2026, the provincial government will carefully compare the opinions of representatives and the opinions of the masses collected by the relevant parties of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, and promote the implementation of the projects in a powerful, orderly, and effective manner."
Return to TopThis newspaper Hohhot (呼和浩特) January 21st (Reporter Zhang Cheng (张枨)) The reporter learned from the Office of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区防汛抗旱指挥部办公室): Currently, the cumulative length of the frozen section of the Yellow River (黄河) in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) is 637 kilometers. After joint consultation and judgment by the water conservancy and meteorological departments, the temperature fluctuation will be relatively stable in the future, and the Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) section of the Yellow River (黄河) has entered a stable icebound period.
As of 10:00 on the 21st, the frozen section of the Yellow River (黄河) in Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) is divided into two sections, upper and lower, with the Haibowan Hydropower Station (海勃湾水利枢纽) as the boundary. The upper section, above the Haibowan Hydropower Station (海勃湾水利枢纽) dam site, is frozen for 34 kilometers, and the lower section, from the Sanshenggong Hydropower Station (三盛公水利枢纽) reservoir area to the Wanjiazhai Hydropower Station (万家寨水利枢纽) dam site, is frozen for 603 kilometers.
It is understood that ice jam is a unique flood situation of the Yellow River (黄河). Because some sections of the Yellow River (黄河) flow from low-latitude to high-latitude areas, there is a time difference between freezing and opening every year, and floods are prone to occur in winter and spring. On November 19, 2025, the Yellow River (黄河) Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) section experienced ice floes in the Sanchakou (三岔口) section to Dachengxi (大城西) section of Baotou City (包头市). The first icebound of the year occurred on December 4, 2025, in the Sanchakou (三岔口) section of Baotou City (包头市) (30 kilometers upstream of Baotou Hydrological Station (包头水文站)). The icebound process was generally slow, showing the characteristics of segmented icebound and repeated processes. The ice situation during the icebound period was generally stable, and no abnormal dangerous situations occurred.
Return to TopOn the morning of January 21st, at the Yantian Port Area of Shenzhen Port (深圳港) in Guangdong Province (广东省), under the guidance of the maritime department's methanol bunkering operation safety guidelines, the "Daqing 268" vessel, registered as "China Qianhai (中国前海)," successfully bunkered 200 tons of green methanol fuel for the international container ship "COSCO Shipping Carnation (中远海运康乃馨)," marking the official establishment of green methanol bunkering service capabilities at Shenzhen Port (深圳港). The photo shows the scene of bunkering green methanol fuel.
Photo by Zhuang Xianrong (庄贤荣) (People's Vision (人民视觉))
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 孙少龙 董博婷 唐健辉
"It is necessary to adhere to the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee as iron rules and rigid constraints, unremittingly rectify the stubborn maladies of 'four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance' (四风), and continuously promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction."
At the end of 2025, in Beijing Zhongnanhai (北京中南海), the annual democratic life meeting of the highest level within the Party was held here. As always, the meeting once again focused on the construction of work style, and listened to a report on the implementation of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee in 2025.
2025 was a very extraordinary year. The "14th Five-Year Plan" came to a successful conclusion, and Chinese-style modernization took new and solid steps.
In the face of profound and complex changes in the domestic and international situation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core deployed in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee throughout the Party, continuously deepened the construction of the Party's work style, let the clean and upright atmosphere inspire the land of China, and gathered the mighty force of unity and struggle to create new glories.
Consistent as Always
Forging a Good Work Style with Iron Discipline
On June 30, 2025, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted its 21st collective study on improving the long-term mechanism for implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and correcting the "four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance" (四风).
At this collective study, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized that self-revolution is the Party's second answer to jumping out of the historical cycle of rise and fall, and that promoting comprehensive and strict Party governance by starting with grasping work style is an important experience of the Party's self-revolution in the new era.
The Party's work style is the Party's image, which is related to the people's support and the Party's survival.
In March 2025, just after the conclusion of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国两会), a concentrated education within the Party that was serious, tough, and carried through to the end—in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee—kicked off throughout the Party.
A few days later, during his inspection in Guizhou (贵州) and Yunnan (云南), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) spoke about the far-reaching considerations of the Party Central Committee's decision to carry out this study and education:
"In recent years, the eight-point regulations have indeed promoted fundamental changes, and the atmosphere has been renewed. Most of the phenomena that were difficult to change in the past are gone. At the same time, it must be seen that some places have loosened up, some aspects still have blind spots and dead corners, and some bad habits have rebounded. Nailing nails, nail them a few more times, and over time, transform customs."
At the critical juncture when the "14th Five-Year Plan" is about to conclude and the "15th Five-Year Plan" is being planned, tightening the ideological string again and sharpening the blade of the original aspiration is related to the Party's foundation of governance and the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization construction.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) attached great importance to this study and education, personally planning and determining the theme of the study and education, checking the direction, providing guidance throughout the process, personally promoting it, and making a series of important instructions and approvals, providing fundamental guidance for the Party to carry out the study and education.
The Leading Group for Party Building Work of the Central Committee earnestly implemented the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee, grasped overall coordination, and firmly grasped the promotion of study and education.
Party organizations at all levels shouldered political responsibilities, carefully organized and implemented, the vast number of party members and cadres actively responded and earnestly participated, the people widely paid attention and enthusiastically supported, and achieved obvious results in promoting learning, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, solving outstanding problems of the "four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance" (四风) in a serious and tough manner, and making up for the shortcomings of the system for work style construction, and achieved the expected goals.
In the very extraordinary year of 2025, the international situation was intricate and complex, and the tasks of domestic reform, development, and stability were arduous and heavy.
The greater the risks, the more challenges, and the heavier the tasks, the more necessary it is to strengthen the construction of the Party's work style, so as to invigorate the spirit, stimulate morale, establish an image, and win the hearts of the people with a good work style.
Over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has made a series of important instructions and approvals on implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and deepening the construction of the Party's work style on many important occasions, pointing out the direction for persistently strengthening the construction of the Party's work style:
Grasping study and education, emphasizing "focusing on the theme, organizing study and education in a simple and pragmatic manner, not engaging in formalism, formalism itself is what the eight-point regulations oppose," "investigating problems must be real, rectification measures must be practical, and ensuring that practical results are achieved";
Adhering to problem orientation, emphasizing "deepening rectification and remediation of recurring problems, resolutely preventing rebound," "establishing and improving a regular mechanism for discovering and solving problems, and carrying out rectification and remediation in a real way";
Promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, emphasizing "adhering to the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee as iron rules and rigid constraints, unremittingly rectifying the stubborn maladies of 'four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance' (四风)," "must implement the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee with the determination and perseverance of fighting a tough battle and a protracted war";
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General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) also made important instructions on rectifying the problem of eating and drinking in violation of regulations and following the Party's mass line in the new era, leading the entire Party to deepen its understanding of the construction of work style from a higher political position, and firmly determined to fight a tough battle and a protracted war.
The giant pen of the times has begun a new writing.
On October 23, 2025, amid thunderous applause, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the "Recommendations of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development."
The planning proposal emphasized adhering to the Party's overall leadership and clearly proposed: unremittingly implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, resolutely curbing all kinds of unhealthy tendencies, and promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction.
Eliminating the turbid and promoting the clear, the atmosphere is ever-changing.
"We have carried out in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, established credibility by moving a tree, strictly governed the Party, promoted self-revolution by eliminating corruption and generating new vitality, and the Party's work style and political style have continued to improve."
In his New Year's message in 2026, reviewing the solid steps of work style construction over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) issued a new call:
"It is necessary to encourage the original aspiration and mission, persevere, and continue to answer the 'cave dwelling question' of Yan'an (延安), and write an answer worthy of the people in the era."
Leading by Example
Setting a Brilliant Example for the Whole Party
On January 22, 2025, the Little New Year in the north. Early in the morning, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took a train all the way north, out of Shanhaiguan (山海关), and came to Liaoning (辽宁).
"I have always been concerned, and I have been learning about the situation here every day during that time." The first stop, the General Secretary went straight to Zhujiagou Village (祝家沟村) in Suizhong County (绥中县), Huludao City (葫芦岛市), which had been severely affected by floods.
"People first, helping the disaster-stricken people is what the Party and the government should do. Do you have any other requirements and hopes?" At the villager's home, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) picked up the photos of the flood and looked at them carefully, and learned in detail whether the government's reconstruction housing subsidies were in place and what the villagers' main sources of income were.
Time flies, but the heart remains the same.
In the drum tower of Zhaoxing Dong Village (肇兴侗寨) in Liping County (黎平县), Guizhou (贵州), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) sat around with village cadres and villager representatives to talk about "doing a better job in rural revitalization," and the earnest entrustment warmed people's hearts and gathered confidence;
Coming to the ancient city of Lijiang (丽江) in Yunnan (云南), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked along the stone road, inspected the style of the ancient city, and had cordial exchanges with shopkeepers and tourists, emphasizing "protecting and inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture";
Walking into the pomelo forest in Nanfu Village (南福村), Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong (广东), General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) walked and watched along the orchard path, observing the growth, talking about the age of the trees, and asking about the harvest, encouraging everyone to "work together and strive for progress";
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Over the past year, from the white mountains and black waters to the coast of the South China Sea, from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Central Plains, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) has gone deep into the grassroots and directly to the front line, and his footprints have spread across 12 provinces and cities, leaving behind warm scenes of being with the people.
Investigation and research are the Party's family heirloom, and the first of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee is to improve investigation and research.
In Shanghai (上海) and Henan (河南), he went into innovative ecological communities and factory workshops respectively, inspected on the spot, stopped and asked questions, and encouraged young innovative talents and industrial workers to devote themselves to independent innovation;
During his inspection in various places, he put forward specific requirements for carrying out in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, and pointed out the methods and paths;
Presided over the symposium on economic and social development in some provinces and cities during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the symposium for non-Party members, and attended the symposium for private enterprises, listened to opinions and suggestions, and strengthened research and argumentation...
Going deep into the grassroots and seeking knowledge through practice. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took "investigation and research to open the way," observed the real situation, emphasized practical results, and set a brilliant example for the whole Party to attach importance to investigation and research, go deep into investigation and research, and be good at investigation and research.
Leading by example is reflected in all aspects.
Domestic inspections are simple and easy, streamlining accompanying personnel; requiring strict frugality in the commemorative activities and preparations for the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War; taking the lead in improving the style of writing and meetings, insisting on holding short meetings and speaking briefly...
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) took the lead in strictly implementing the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee and its implementation rules, demonstrating firm belief with practical actions, and driving the new atmosphere of uprightness to continue to fill the whole society.
Comrades 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 comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee deeply studied and understood General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on strengthening the construction of the Party's work style, and implemented the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee without compromise.
In terms of improving investigation and research, the comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee went to various places to investigate major issues, focusing on in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, adhering to going deep into the grassroots and the masses, and not engaging in layer-by-layer accompaniment.
In terms of streamlining meetings and activities, strictly approving national meetings convened by departments, standardizing online video conferences, and putting forward clear requirements for controlling the scale and simplifying the form.
In terms of streamlining documents and briefings, determining the issuance of documents and the establishment of projects and specifications in a realistic manner, and improving relevant systems such as the review of central documents and the submission of official information briefings.
In terms of standardizing outbound visits, strictly controlling the size of delegations and streamlining accompanying personnel to the greatest extent. Taking transportation according to regulations, and not disturbing foreign personnel and relevant local areas in China when transiting.
In terms of improving news reports, carefully checking the length of articles, the number of words, and the length of time. The content of the reports focuses on key tasks, enriches new media reports, and gives more space to grassroots front-line reports that reflect changes in people's lives and show a new atmosphere of uprightness.
In terms of improving security work, minimizing the scope of security control as much as possible, not closing roads, not clearing the venue, and not restricting normal production and business activities.
In terms of practicing diligence and thrift, revising the "Regulations on Practicing Economy and Opposing Waste by Party and Government Organs" and issuing the "Notice on Party and Government Organs Implementing the Requirements of Living a Tight Life." The comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee strictly implement the system regulations on office space, housing, and vehicles.
Over the past year, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has adhered to deepening ideological and political guidance through concentrated education within the Party, ensuring the overall situation of economic and social development with the construction of work style, adhering to being serious and tough, and rectifying the stubborn maladies of work style in a normal and long-term manner, taking people's satisfaction as the fundamental yardstick, and continuously promoting the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to extend to the grassroots, providing a strong political guarantee for the development of the Party and the country's various undertakings.
Perseverance
Condensing Hearts and Gathering Strength to Start a Business with an Excellent Work Style
At the end of 2025, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Relevant Work During the New Year's Day and Spring Festival in 2026."
The notice clearly proposed "continuously correcting 'four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance' (纠‘四风’) and establishing a new style," and put forward clear requirements for consolidating and expanding the results of in-depth study and education on the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, strictly investigating problems such as eating and drinking in violation of regulations, and firmly establishing and practicing the correct view of performance.
"The formulation and implementation of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee is an act of establishing credibility by moving a tree in the new era of our Party. We must grasp it constantly and work for a long time until it truly becomes a custom, and lead the social atmosphere and people's customs with an excellent Party style."
Over the past year, under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平), the entire Party has deeply grasped the new situation, new tasks, and new requirements for the construction of work style, unremittingly implemented the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, fought a good combination of punches to rectify the "four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance" (四风), educated and guided the vast number of Party members and cadres to promote the style of seeking truth from facts, being honest and clean, and devoting themselves to the development of the cause with high morale.
Consolidating the ideological foundation and promoting the in-depth and solid development of innovative theories—
In the early morning, the Party and mass service center of Naliu Village (那柳村), Huguang Town (湖光镇), Mazhang District (麻章区), Zhanjiang City (湛江市), Guangdong Province (广东省) was packed. On the big screen, the special counseling of "Nanyue Party Member Grand Lecture Hall" was being broadcast live, and the Party members watched attentively and took notes carefully.
In order to promote the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee to be internalized in the heart and externalized in action, Guangdong (广东) relied on the Party member distance education platform to extend the "Nanyue Party Member Grand Lecture Hall" to more than 27,000 village (community) Party organizations throughout the province, so as to temper Party spirit and improve ideological awareness.
From traditional meetings and concentrated learning, to innovative "online lecture halls" to deliver learning to people, to "practice classrooms" to go deep into the fields and workshops...
Over the past year, all regions and departments have taken the opportunity of carrying out study and education to deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on strengthening the construction of the Party's work style, actively expanded the form of learning, and guided the vast number of Party members and cadres to deepen their understanding of the importance and urgency of the construction of work style in in-depth study and careful understanding, and further enhanced their political consciousness in implementing the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee.
Strengthening the deterrent effect, and seeing practical results in rectifying outstanding problems in key areas—
All regions and departments comprehensively and deeply investigated the problems existing in the implementation of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, concentrated on rectifying and publicly reporting typical problems of eating and drinking in violation of regulations, and correcting "institutional diseases" and "衙门作风" (yá mén zuò fēng - "Yamen style," bureaucratic work style). The problems existing in the issuance of official documents were rectified, so as to promote the transformation of work style and the freshness of political style by correcting the style of writing.
At the same time, combined with the relevant negative typical reports such as statistical fraud, warning education was used to promote the prevention and correction of deviations in the view of performance. The problem of arbitrary use of power was seriously rectified, and the illegal construction and luxurious decoration of buildings, halls, and pavilions were continuously corrected.
Data shows that from January to November 2025, more than 250,000 cases of violations of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee were investigated and dealt with nationwide. Many places and departments reflected that the reported cases were like "sobering agents" and "preventive injections," which effectively enhanced the immunity of Party members and cadres to the "four forms of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance" (四风) problems.
Practicing diligence and thrift, and further tightening the "bolts" of Party and government organs taking the lead in living a tight life—
In Zhejiang (浙江), Sichuan (四川), Hubei (湖北), Hunan (湖南), Jiangxi (江西) and other places, official receptions "scan the code to eat" in the cafeteria, which not only reduces the burden of reception, but also avoids over-standard reception.
Not long ago, a batch of desks and chairs that were left over after the concentrated relocation of the Shapingba District (沙坪坝区) Housing and Construction Committee a few years ago came to the service hall of the District Veterans Affairs Bureau through the circulation of the Chongqing (重庆) "Public Goods Warehouse Online" application, which not only saved procurement costs, but also realized the efficient utilization of state-owned assets.
The national administrative affairs departments at all levels took the work of the public goods warehouse as the starting point to promote the revitalization of assets. As of the end of October 2025, the public goods warehouse platform has cumulatively revitalized 382,300 assets.
From strengthening the daily supervision of key areas, deepening the zero-based budget reform, and strictly classifying and managing government investment projects, to strictly controlling the official expenditure and public consumption of organs, and strictly controlling government procurement services...
Over the past year, all regions and departments have adapted to local conditions, used their brains, and continued to deepen the construction of frugal organs, and the atmosphere of the whole society promoting the fine traditions of hard work, diligence and thrift has become increasingly strong.
Tightening the institutional cage and promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction—
In response to the outstanding problems of violating the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, the financial fund expenditure review and management measures for holding festivals and forum activities by central departments were formulated, and the relevant documents on the management of official visits abroad (境) were revised;
Refining the supporting system regulations for the financial system, state-owned assets and central enterprises, and national industry associations and chambers of commerce to implement the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, and strengthening the supervision of key areas;
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Over the past year, in response to the outstanding problems in the field of work style, all regions and departments have turned hard requirements into hard measures and made iron rules grow iron teeth, and further created a strict atmosphere and established a correct atmosphere with rigid institutional constraints, strict institutional implementation, strong supervision and inspection, and strict punishment mechanisms.
The 2025 survey by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that 95.5% of the respondents affirmed the effectiveness of the implementation of the spirit of the eight-point regulations of the Central Committee, and 92.2% of the respondents expressed satisfaction with the effect of the transformation of the Party's work style and political style driving the improvement of the social atmosphere.
Embarking on a new journey, welcoming new challenges, and showing a new style.
Embark on a new journey, embrace new challenges, and showcase a new outlook.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping (习近平) at its core, the entire Party will unremittingly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation, persistently promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, and will surely gather more powerful strength with an excellent work style, providing a strong work style guarantee for 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 21)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 19th. Wang Zheng (王征), former Vice Political Commissar of the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant General, passed away in Beijing (北京) on January 3rd due to illness, at the age of 64.
Wang Zheng (王征) was from Shijiazhuang (石家庄) City, Hebei (河北) Province. He enlisted in the army in 1977 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) in 1981. During his revolutionary career, he served as a soldier, radio technician, deputy political instructor, staff officer, deputy director, director, regimental political commissar, deputy secretary-general of the Air Force Political Department (空军政治部) and director of the Political Work Research Office of the General Office, deputy director of the Propaganda Department, division political commissar, director of the Propaganda Department of the Air Force Political Department (空军政治部), political commissar of the Air Force Equipment Research Institute (空军装备研究院), director of the Political Department of the Jinan Military Region Air Force (济南军区空军), political commissar of the Jinan Military Region Air Force Aftermath Office (济南军区空军善后工作办公室), director of the Political Work Department of the Northern Theater Command Air Force (北部战区空军政治工作部), and director of the Political Work Department of the Navy (海军政治工作部), making contributions to the revolutionary, modern, and standardized construction of the troops.
Wang Zheng (王征) was a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会). He was promoted to the rank of Air Force Major General in 2013 and to the rank of Navy Lieutenant General in 2019.
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"Adhere to integrating learning, thinking, and application; unifying knowledge, belief, and action." Over the past five years, I have spent time at the Hubei Chuyuan Group (湖北楚源集团) five times, witnessing the changes in thinking of the two enterprise leaders, Lao Yang and Xiao Yang (老杨小杨), and the transformation and development of the enterprise. This has deepened my understanding of the weight of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) words.
In the summer of 2022, the initial investigation felt like 隔山打牛 (gé shān dǎ niú - "hitting a cow from across the mountain," an indirect approach that doesn't achieve the desired result).
Hearing that we were going to discuss the "astronomical fine" for environmental protection, both chairmen were apprehensive and cautious. Yang Zhicheng (杨志成) repeatedly emphasized "don't rehash old issues," while Yang Peng (杨鹏) was "squeezing toothpaste" and "playing Tai Chi."
In the deep winter of 2025, the fifth investigation felt like 高山流水 (gāo shān liú shuǐ - "high mountain flowing water," a metaphor for perfect understanding and harmony).
"The astronomical fine was historically inevitable. In the past, we cried injustice, but now we see it as a good thing. The fine promoted early reform and transformation," Xiao Yang (小杨) opened his heart.
The change in thinking of the enterprise leaders demonstrates the power of using the Party's innovative theories to strengthen the soul and build the foundation.
In the past, theoretical study was superficial, not delving into the depths of thought, so it could not be transformed into development practice.
The lack of heartfelt learning is primarily due to cognitive inertia. In the inherent views of Lao Yang and Xiao Yang (老杨小杨), the enterprise made significant contributions to local tax revenue and employment, so environmental protection was "no big deal"?
It is also due to thinking inertia. They were used to "bowing their heads and pulling the cart" and rarely "looking up at the road." Without looking at the direction or understanding the situation, their thinking could not keep up with the times.
The pain of the "astronomical fine," the difficulties of enterprise operation, and the challenges of future development... prompted the two enterprise Party secretaries to truly learn, truly believe, and truly apply, and to understand, grasp, and implement.
Combining their own ideological realities and resolving ideological knots, Lao Yang and Xiao Yang (老杨小杨) opened the door to deepening, internalizing, and transforming theoretical study.
In the past, they solved the problem of "whether or not" to do something; today, they pursue "how well" to do it, and environmental protection is a "huge deal."
The old path of polluting first and then treating is not viable. Ecological priority and green development are the general trend, and jointly protecting the environment and avoiding large-scale development are imperative.
If the enterprise does not seize the opportunity, follow the trend, carry out technological transformation, and transform and upgrade towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, it will inevitably become a laggard of the times and will be eliminated sooner or later.
Thus, they learned a sense of crisis, a sense of opportunity, and, more importantly, a direction for development and a driving force for progress.
Since the new era, through eight centralized Party education campaigns, the Party's innovative theories have been a "lighthouse," a "nutrient," and a "key." Through repeated ideological baptisms, the vast number of Party members and cadres have direction, methods, wisdom, and drive to start businesses and make achievements. The characteristics of good cadres in the new era, who are clean in their work and bold in their actions, are becoming more prominent.
Marx pointed out, "Once theory is grasped by the masses, it also becomes a material force."
Combining the actual development of the enterprise and solving development problems, Lao Yang and Xiao Yang (老杨小杨) found a way to transform theory into practice.
Deeply studying "we cannot separate ecological environmental protection and economic development, let alone oppose them," Chuyuan (楚源) "eats and squeezes dry" waste residue and wastewater. What Xiao Yang (小杨) once regarded as a burden that needed to be disposed of at a cost has become a wealth of the circular economy.
Carefully understanding "investing in things and investing in people are closely combined," Chuyuan (楚源) established a green sharing fund, allowing surrounding residents to share the dividends of enterprise development.
Firmly practicing "the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries can also develop new quality productive forces," Xiao Yang (小杨), who once wanted to "withdraw completely," regained confidence, gave up following the trend of engaging in new energy, focused on the chemical industry, and extended the industrial chain in accordance with local conditions.
Looking at the broader picture, Shanghai (上海), practicing the concept of people's city, has put in enough "embroidery skills" to completely bid farewell to "carrying chamber pots"; studying humanistic economics, Jiangsu (江苏) takes mass participation as the foundation, cultural identity as the link, and industrial integration as the path, making "Su Chao" (苏超) a popular success...
Practice fully proves that the Party's innovative theories are constantly updated and become more effective with use.
Looking back at the "14th Five-Year Plan," China's (中国) economic aggregate has climbed from 110 trillion yuan to 140 trillion yuan, and the 5-year economic increment is equivalent to recreating a Yangtze River Delta (长三角). This is fundamentally the result of the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, under which all Party comrades have armed their minds with the Party's innovative theories, guided practice, and promoted work, leading the people to overcome difficulties and forge ahead.
"Being good at learning is being good at progress."
On January 8, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a meeting, requiring the Secretariat of the Central Committee to "base itself on its responsibilities and guide the development of centralized Party education." Promoting the "active and conscious" and "daily and unconscious" theoretical learning and application of Party members and cadres, we will have thousands upon thousands of firm actors and pragmatists in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
"Live and learn, and cultivate oneself until old age." The Chinese Communists (中国共产党人) in the new era are not afraid of high winds and waves, and always stand at the forefront of the times.
(Written by: Yu Weiliang (禹伟良), Lu Yanan (陆娅楠), Tang Luwei (唐露薇))
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Achieving a leap from "demand response" to "problem prediction" to enhance the foresight and proactiveness in doing people's livelihood work.
When evaluating cadres, some places have set up a "snail award." Departments and cadres who are slow in handling affairs and perfunctory are given this "award," which not only makes them "blush and sweat" but may also be held accountable.
Quickly responding to demands and efficiently solving problems are inherent requirements for better guaranteeing people's livelihood and improving governance capabilities. Previously, some media exposed that a natural karst cave in a certain area was polluted and damaged due to garbage accumulation. The local government responded quickly, organized cleaning and restoration work, investigated potential hazards, and established a normalized protection mechanism. Not long ago, media revisited and found that the problem had been basically solved.
In the digital age, the flow of information is accelerating, and guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood must have both speed and warmth. Observing the improvement of people's livelihood and social governance in recent years, "responsiveness" is an important dimension. It is a common feeling of many people that government departments respond to demands faster, handle things in a shorter cycle, form a closed loop, and are more efficient.
Higher "responsiveness" can not only grasp problems early and small, and improve the satisfaction of the masses, but also resolve contradictions from the source and improve the effectiveness of grassroots governance.
Beijing (北京) is comprehensively promoting "quick compensation for minor injuries" for new employment form labor groups. From compressing materials to increasing the frequency of medical treatment distribution, "quick compensation for minor injuries" saves time and is convenient, and the care for rights and interests is warmer; In Zhanggong District (章贡区), Ganzhou (赣州), Jiangxi (江西) Province, a vocational school implemented differentiated parking fees, which caused dissatisfaction among residents. The local government formed a special team on the same day to answer questions, explain doubts, and coordinate solutions, winning the understanding and support of residents.
Winding up the clock, serving proactively, and responding quickly are like timely rains, responding to the demands of the masses at the first landing point, and avoiding small things from accumulating into big things and big things from intensifying.
Higher "responsiveness" is backed by practicing the correct view of performance, adhering to improving work style, following the mass line, and always maintaining the courage and passion for action.
When Xi Jinping (习近平) was working in Fuzhou (福州), Fujian (福建) Province, he vigorously advocated the work style of "**马上就办，真抓实干**" (mǎ shàng jiù bàn, zhēn zhuā shí gàn - "handle immediately, implement earnestly," emphasizing prompt action and practical work). In the face of the concerns of the masses, we must abandon formalism and bureaucracy and solve the difficulties of people's livelihood with a sense of urgency that time waits for no one.
In Yongchuan District (永川区), Chongqing (重庆), the "One Form Pass" intelligent reporting reform has reduced the burden on grassroots cadres. The time for townships and streets to process one report has been reduced from an average of 2 hours to 10 minutes, and the efficiency of handling mass complaints has been significantly improved. "It is early no matter how late today, and it is late no matter how early tomorrow." With the joint efforts of all parties, doing useful things, doing less useless work, and minimizing "internal friction" and "empty rotation" to the greatest extent can create a good working environment and efficiently serve the masses.
Higher "responsiveness" also reflects the methodology of solving problems, being good at using technology empowerment, mechanism reform, etc., and constantly improving governance effectiveness.
Shijiazhuang (石家庄), Hebei (河北) Province, has built an "Administrative Law Enforcement Supervision and 12345 Hotline Data Analysis Platform." Through big data analysis, it can timely discover law enforcement bottlenecks and realize the transformation from "passive handling" to "active discovery." Using big data and artificial intelligence to analyze people's livelihood demands can not only make the improvement of people's livelihood more precise and efficient, but also achieve a leap from "demand response" to "problem prediction" and enhance the foresight and proactiveness in doing people's livelihood work.
Quanzhou (泉州), Fujian (福建) Province, has independently developed a grassroots governance intelligent management information platform with a "Quick Handling of Public Opinion" module, establishing a closed-loop process of demand reporting, level-by-level distribution, time-limited handling, and evaluation feedback, so that the demands of the masses can be directly reached with one click; In Tengzhou (滕州), Shandong (山东) Province, the town and street direct handling of people's livelihood demands and the "2110" rapid response mechanism for business entities have broken down hierarchical barriers and compressed processing time limits, helping to reduce the overall processing time by more than 20%... With both epistemological clarity and methodological clarity, the governance mechanism is more flexible and orderly, and the guarantee of people's livelihood is more powerful.
People's livelihood is not an abstract concept, but a series of urgent, difficult, and worrying problems around people. Holding a "stopwatch" to solve problems for the people, running the relay race of serving people's livelihood well, the bustling "small family" and the prosperous "big family" will surely join hands to go to a better tomorrow.
Return to TopNot long ago, the General Office of the State Council (国务院办公厅) issued the "List of Key Items for 'Efficiently Handling One Matter' in 2026 (First Batch)," which includes a total of 13 items related to individuals and business entities. From policy support for innovation in science and technology enterprises and intellectual property protection, to applications for childcare subsidies and flexible employment insurance, and then to foreign nationals coming to China to apply for phone cards and the departure of seagoing vessels, the list of measures benefiting the people and enterprises continues to expand, constantly promoting the transformation of government services from "being able to handle" to "easy to handle and easy to do."
This is precisely:
Why frown when handling affairs?
Simplified processes reduce worries.
Diligently add to the list of measures benefiting the people,
The development environment reaches a new level.
Shen Qiuwen (沈丘文)
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When engaged in environmental petition work, people always ask, what is this about? The air smells, the water turns black... Handling these environment-related public opinions and suggestions is my daily work. Many of the opinions and suggestions come from the damage to their own vital interests, and many are clues provided by enthusiastic members of the public out of a sense of responsibility and justice. From the Qinzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Guangxi (广西钦州市生态环境局) to the Qinzhou Branch of the Guangxi Academy of Environmental Protection Science (广西环境保护科学研究院钦州分院), I have been dealing with environmental petitions for 7 years.
Listening to the voices of the people is the starting point of petition work. Listening is not just listening and finishing, but finding the crux of the problem, understanding the emotional demands, and ensuring that every matter has a response and every item has a resolution. When I first started working, I answered nearly 2,000 phone calls throughout the year. The first lesson of the job was not to teach how to answer, but how to listen. At that time, I often kept a tape recorder and a ledger, listening to the visitors "pour out their grievances" one by one, and then categorized, handled, and gave feedback to form a closed loop.
Some people say that petitions are an "emotional dam," and anything can pour in: urgent requests for help, angry complaints, fierce disputes... It sounds like a "punching bag," but I prefer to call it an "emotional transfer station." No matter what kind of emotion, what flows behind it is the desire for fairness and justice and the yearning for a beautiful environment.
The difficulty of petition work lies in being able to receive it and handle it well. Taking environmental petitions as an example, some are bottom-line issues that must be traced to the source and hidden dangers must be investigated; if small problems are ignored, delayed for a long time, or dealt with perfunctorily, they may also escalate into major and difficult problems. For unexplained malodorous odors, conduct a walking investigation to accurately locate them; if someone reports that the equipment noise of a hamburger shop is disturbing the people, introduce third-party testing and repeated consultations, and finally reach a sound insulation plan that satisfies all parties... The key to handling it well lies in classifying policies and prescribing the right medicine. From noise control to atmospheric pollution source analysis and water pollution prevention technology, the accumulation and advantages of research institutions in technology can effectively help resolve petition problems.
Handling it well sometimes requires balancing multiple demands. For example, some people understand standard emissions as "zero emissions" and demand treatment. When dealing with such petitions, it is necessary to coordinate individual feelings with the needs of economic and social development. When dealing with the emission problem of a brick factory enterprise in Nali Town (那丽镇), Qinnan District (钦南区), I and my colleagues visited and investigated in many ways, coordinated with the local management department, explained the meaning of standard emissions to the people, and dispelled everyone's concerns. Cancellation cannot stop at "digesting complaints," but must be based on "mending trust," solving problems and resolving knots.
From handling a petition incident well to solving a class of problems, it ultimately depends on the system. In 2020, Qinzhou (钦州) studied and introduced reward measures for reporting ecological and environmental violations, which stimulated the enthusiasm of the masses to participate in supervision. In 2023, we promoted "closed-loop management" and insisted on "every item must be verified, every link must be supervised, and every item must be revisited." In the same year, the Fourth Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspection Team of Guangxi (广西第四生态环境保护督察组) entered Qinzhou (钦州), and an important part of it was to track and solve the ecological and environmental problems that the people strongly reflected, and a total of 183 mass petitions in 20 batches were handed over, and all were supervised and completed. In recent years, the number of environmental petitions has decreased, but people pay more attention to environmental quality. This is a significant indication of the effectiveness of ecological civilization construction, and it is also the result of the implementation of a series of systems.
Petition work is mass work delivered to your door. To do this mass work well, we need to summarize methods, enhance skills, and, more importantly, "**把屁股端端地坐在老百姓的这一面**" (**bǎ pì gǔ duān duān de zuò zài lǎo bǎi xìng de zhè yī miàn** - "sit squarely on the side of the people," to be firmly on the side of the people). Taking the people's hearts as our hearts and the people's affairs as our priorities, we will solve the people's demands, guide their emotions, and gather their strength one by one.
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Recently, the news that China submitted an application to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for an additional 203,000 satellites has attracted much attention. This is the largest centralized international frequency and orbit application action ever undertaken by China.
200,000 is not a small number. Is China about to have 200,000 satellites? Obviously not at present. The "Fengyun (风云)" and "Beidou (北斗)" series that people are familiar with mostly serve national strategies and are far from the scale of 200,000. Even SpaceX, the American company that took the lead in building "Starlink," currently has only 9,413 satellites in orbit. Therefore, this news needs to be viewed rationally. We must neither ignore its market potential nor blindly exaggerate its commercial value.
What does this application mean? In fact, large-scale satellite launches cannot be separated from advance planning. To be precise, what is being applied for this time is not a "launch permit" but a "constellation," including the "orbit" and "communication frequency" that satellites need to work in space. They directly affect the quality of satellite communications and have a certain degree of exclusivity. Among them, the communication frequency band follows the principle of "**先到先得**" (xiān dào xiān dé - "first come, first served," the principle that priority is given to those who arrive or apply first). Different frequency bands have different propagation losses, and the high-quality frequency bands suitable for satellite communication are limited, facing fierce competition.
China's commercial aerospace industry is on the eve of technological breakthroughs and large-scale applications. Advance planning for satellite frequency and orbit is not only to leave enough space for the market, but also to prepare for participating in international competition. Previously, many countries, including the United States and France, had conducted multiple rounds of applications. Of course, applying does not mean that you can occupy these positions. There are two verification cycles after such batch applications—the first satellite must be launched within the first 7 years and as many indicators as possible must be completed to avoid quota reductions, and all remaining satellites must be sent into orbit within the next 7 years.
To advance towards the established goal, we need technology and patience. From self-developed commercial rocket engines to the development of new fuels; from mastering the core technology for stably executing launch missions to achieving a series of breakthroughs in recoverable rocket body exploration... We can clearly see that, whether it is commercial rockets or civilian satellites, many companies, with the support of patient capital, have overcome the difficulties of the start-up period, gradually broken through technological bottlenecks, and are striding towards a new stage of "producing results."
Many times, technological development is not a linear accumulation, but presents the characteristics of a leap-forward and spiral upward trend, and breakthroughs in key technologies will bring exponential growth. Looking at the great progress and a series of breakthroughs in China's scientific and technological innovation, we have reason to believe that the vision of "Starlink forming a network" is not far away.
(Excerpted and adapted from *Southern Daily*, original title: "The Vision of 'Starlink Forming a Network' is Not Far Away")
Return to TopBy: 李 拯
"Really, it's exactly like Tiananmen (天安门) Square in Beijing (北京) on TV." At the beginning of the new year, the "Tiananmen" in Wuying Village (吴营村), Suiyang District (睢阳区), Shangqiu (商丘), Henan (河南) Province, has attracted tourists from all over to check in. Because of the elderly villagers' wish to "go to Beijing (北京) to see Tiananmen (天安门) Square," Wu Chengyan (吴承言), a young villager, spent five days painting Tiananmen (天安门) on the village wall.
Watching the elderly vying to take photos in front of the "Tiananmen" and being as excited as children, one can feel the joy of wish fulfillment even through the screen. What is even more touching is a detail Wu Chengyan (吴承言) recounted. He said that an old woman, while looking at the Tiananmen (天安门) painting, held his hand and said, "It's so good, so good," and "I could feel her hand trembling." The old woman's emotional outpouring is unforgettable.
When we were kids, classmates all sang "I Love Beijing (北京) Tiananmen (天安门)." At that time, we all yearned for Beijing (北京) and dreamed of going to Beijing (北京) to see Tiananmen (天安门) Square when we grew up. As a symbol of the great motherland, Tiananmen (天安门) is deeply rooted in the collective memory of generations of Chinese people.
Therefore, when a strong yearning is transformed into a "touch" within reach, the elderly tremble with their hands, put on new clothes, and even wipe away tears. That kind of excitement is beyond words but makes people understand. Just as netizens commented, "Beijing (北京) Tiananmen (天安门) is not just a feeling etched in the bones of the elderly, but should be a feeling etched in the bones of every Chinese person," "Every stroke outlines not only 'Tiananmen (天安门),' but also the national sentiment that has never faded in everyone's heart."
National sentiment and national identity are never abstract concepts, but are like seeds buried in everyone's heart. A kind of sentiment and identity can only gain a solid and lasting vitality when it is integrated into daily life and becomes an existence that ordinary people "use every day without realizing it." Just like air and water are indispensable to life.
This kind of national sentiment is an emotion that is hidden deep but can erupt at any time. Chen Xinyan (陈欣妍), a 19-year-old college student, traveled 1,700 kilometers from Hunan (湖南) to Beijing (北京) to climb the Badaling Great Wall (八达岭长城). She recited "Qing Ping Yue·Liupan Mountain (清平乐·六盘山)" on the Great Wall, choking several times. When she recited "He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man," a passing tourist consciously responded, "Calculating the journey is twenty thousand." At this moment, the cultural code of the Chinese people was instantly opened, and emotional resonance could be ignited even between strangers.
Chen Xinyan's (陈欣妍) recitation won millions of likes overnight, touching the national sentiment deeply buried in many people's hearts. Netizens commented, "The city wall was initially just scattered stones, but because of a common belief, they were glued together to become the spine." This hits the point. It is the common belief that gives the city wall life and turns time into meaningful history.
I can empathize with the netizens' emotion. When standing on the Great Wall and looking into the distance, seeing the undulating mountains stretching to the sky, an infinite love for this land will rise in my heart, and a strong sense of belonging to the thousands of years of civilization and history will be generated. I believe that every Chinese person will have a memorable experience of this feeling of connecting the individual with history and the individual with the country at some point.
This kind of national sentiment and national identity will not only flow out of the heart inadvertently, but will also erupt at major historical junctures, gathering extraordinary power. "At this moment, I am penniless and unable to help my family, because we are all serving the revolution and the nation with the spirit of martyrs," which can be the heroic sacrifice during the War of Resistance Against Japan; "I must run faster to outrun time; I must run faster to snatch more patients from the virus," which can be the fearless retrograde during the fight against the epidemic; "As long as there is one Qinglong (晴隆) person who has not been lifted out of poverty, I, the county party secretary, cannot rest," which can be the silent dedication in the fight against poverty... A spirit is enduring and new, like the constancy of the moon, like the rising of the sun, like the longevity of the South Mountain, like the luxuriance of pine and cypress.
**斯文在兹，弦歌不辍** (sī wén zài zī, xián gē bù chuò - "civilization is here, string music does not stop," refers to the continuation of culture and education). Whenever I hear children reciting ancient poems from textbooks, my mind is full of thoughts. For thousands of years, generations of Chinese people have been reciting the same poems since childhood, and national sentiment has been passed down from generation to generation. The "Tiananmen (天安门)" in the village actually represents a common emotion that continues to this day: there is love in the eyes, because there are truly mountains and rivers in the heart.
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The "Kunlong" amphibious aircraft is the world's largest (60 tons) civilian amphibious aircraft by takeoff weight and a major aviation equipment urgently needed for the construction of the national emergency rescue system. From the project's establishment in 2009 to the first flight of the technology demonstrator in 2017, and then to obtaining the type certificate and production license in 2025, the journey has been fraught with difficulties. What kind of development path has the "Kunlong" gone through? The reporter conducted an interview on this.
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Not long ago, in the Songhua Lake (松花湖) waters of Jilin City (吉林市), Jilin Province (吉林省), an AG600 "Kunlong" aircraft (AG600 “鲲龙”飞机) (hereinafter referred to as "AG600") with red and white colors and a wingspan of 38.8 meters gracefully glided from the air to the water surface, completed water collection within 20 seconds, and then lifted to 100 meters in the air. Three minutes later, it accurately poured 12 tons of water into the designated fire extinguishing area. Since then, the large amphibious aircraft AG600, independently developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (中国航空工业集团), has successfully completed its first field water collection and water dropping exercise.
In 2025, AG600 was awarded a production license by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (中国民航局) in Zhuhai (珠海), Guangdong (广东), and the AG600 aircraft officially entered the mass production stage. To date, all three AG600 model batch production aircraft have been completed and delivered.
Breakthroughs
"What we want to design is a flying boat, an airplane that can swim"
In the face of major disasters, the necessity and importance of aviation rescue equipment are self-evident. In 2009, the AG600 development project was officially established. At that time, very few countries in the world could build amphibious aircraft, and it was difficult to find relevant technical information.
Chief Designer Huang Lingcai (黄领才) was then the Deputy Chief Engineer of Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (航空工业哈飞). When the development team was formed, not only was the manpower small, but the average age was only 26 years old. Many people had just graduated from school, and some had never even been on an airplane.
However, it was the development of the AG600 that rekindled Huang Lingcai's childhood dream. Huang Lingcai's hometown is in a rural area of Shuangyashan City (双鸭山市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), in front of the northern foot of the Wanda Mountains (完达山). "When I was 8 years old, there was a forest fire next to the village. At that time, I thought that when I grew up, I would build an airplane that could put out fires." Huang Lingcai resolutely joined the development team and moved his family from Harbin (哈尔滨), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) to Jingmen (荆门), Hubei (湖北), and later moved to Zhuhai (珠海), Guangdong (广东) with the project.
"What we want to design is a flying boat, an airplane that can swim, but it is not easy to achieve this goal." Huang Lingcai said that the original plan was to break through key technologies within a year, but it actually took three years for the design plan to basically take shape. The design team extensively adopted system engineering design methods and integrated optimization design technology for air-water dynamics layout, and boldly innovated in the core design of aircraft overall/aerodynamic/hydrodynamic/structural layout, fuselage/hull aerodynamic shape, etc., and completed the air-water dynamics layout design of AG600.
Water resistance and wave interference are even greater "roadblocks."
Engineers designed the lower part of the AG600 fuselage into a "V" shaped hull, so that the aircraft can float freely on the water like a boat without capsizing. At the same time, the aircraft hull adopts a large aspect ratio design, which greatly reduces the impact of water surface load on the hull during landing and improves the stability of the aircraft when taxiing on the water.
When running on the water, the speed of a general ship is 30 knots (about 56 kilometers/hour), and the speed of the AG600 exceeds 80 knots (about 148 kilometers/hour). The splashed water flow can even penetrate the metal skin. The development team specially designed a high wave resistance hull and added wave suppression grooves on both sides to effectively avoid water splash damage to the aircraft.
In the middle and rear of the hull, there is a shallow "step" called a "step." Cheng Zhihang (程志航), Minister of the Overall Department of the R&D Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft (航空工业通飞研发中心), introduced that when the aircraft is taxiing, the water resistance will tightly "suck" the fuselage. The "step" can provide enough air flow for the rear of the aircraft, reduce the resistance to take off from the water, and allow the aircraft to leave the water. However, where should the "step" be placed? How deep should it be? The team conducted tens of thousands of tests to find the answer.
When Cheng Zhihang first joined the team, he was only in his early 20s, and now he is over forty: "It seems like a long time, but we dare not delay at all. For example, during the test flight, the team was in the outfield for more than 700 days, and completed the number of flights in two years that other aircraft flew in four years."
According to statistics, the AG600 development has overcome 110 key technologies of large amphibious aircraft, of which 18 are basic and common technologies.
Collaboration
"More than 300 scientific research units have united to complete such a large project"
AG600 is China's first large special-purpose aircraft developed in accordance with the requirements of the China Civil Aviation Airworthiness Regulations. 296 enterprises and institutions and 16 universities have joined hands to "pioneer" in the no-man's land of civil aircraft development.
The AG600 has more than 200,000 parts and components, and the safety level requirements are extremely high. "Even a screw must be able to trace back to the raw materials, processing process and production batch." Chen Zhenxing (陈振兴), Minister of Quality and Safety Department of Aviation Industry General Aircraft South China (航空工业通飞华南), said that the company sent resident representatives to major suppliers to jointly guard the quality, and from verification aircraft to mass production, after continuous running-in, the quality system of key suppliers has become increasingly sound, and the reliability of the industrial chain has been effectively improved.
Standard parts are the basic parts of an aircraft. The AG600 has as many as millions of standard parts. The researchers of the Standardization Department of the R&D Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft (航空工业通飞研发中心) supplemented and improved the standard parts specifications through statistical analysis of a large amount of data before carrying out airworthiness compliance verification. Once, a small load-bearing lock got stuck during airworthiness compliance verification. "The product does not have a clear working load and verification method, and the vibration test conditions do not meet the vibration environment on the aircraft." Lu Yuan (卢渊), Deputy Minister of the Standardization Department of the R&D Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft (航空工业通飞研发中心), recalled that everyone worked on multiple lines in parallel, looking for the design party to improve the design requirements, looking for suppliers to confirm the process methods, and looking for the review party to communicate the verification methods... After day and night discussions and demonstrations, the product standard parts specifications were finally improved, and the verification was successfully promoted.
The main flight control system is like the human nervous center. It precisely controls each control surface through high-speed computers, sensor networks, and servo actuation systems to achieve aircraft roll, pitch, and other maneuvers. Before the development of the AG600, China did not have a main flight control system applied to civil large aircraft. Everyone could only try and do it at the same time. "We gathered multiple units to jointly tackle the problem, and everyone came up with solutions together." Yu Xiejin (喻燮晋), Deputy Minister of the System Department of the R&D Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft (航空工业通飞研发中心), said that through close cooperation, China not only has an independent and controllable civil aircraft flight control system, but also improved the technical capabilities of the industrial chain in complex software and hardware development, high-safety design, and other aspects.
"AG600 has become the most localized modern civil aircraft, and has achieved the complete localization of airframe structure, power unit, and main airborne systems for the first time." Ma Jianming (马建明), Deputy General Manager of Aviation Industry General Aircraft South China (航空工业通飞华南), said with emotion that more than 50,000 structural and system parts are all provided by domestic suppliers. "More than 300 scientific research units have united to complete such a large project."
Test Flight
"As understanding deepens, problems can eventually be solved, making us more convinced that there are always more solutions than difficulties"
Test flight is one of the riskiest parts of aircraft development. Unlike ordinary flights that avoid harsh conditions, the AG600's test flight has to actively challenge the limits. From Pucheng (蒲城), Shaanxi (陕西), Jingmen (荆门), Hubei (湖北), to Anshun (安顺), Guizhou (贵州), and Xichang (西昌), Sichuan (四川), the AG600 test flight support team travels to airports all over the country all year round, and sometimes cannot return home for 10 months of the year. From the performance and handling platform, atmospheric data system calibration, to stall characteristics and take-off and landing characteristics, the team must ensure that the aircraft meets airworthiness requirements item by item.
What makes Wang Shifei (王士飞), a designer in the Overall Department of the R&D Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft (航空工业通飞研发中心), the most nervous is the minimum lift-off speed test flight. "This test flight is to verify how low the aircraft can safely lift off, the take-off attitude is large, there is a risk of stall, and it is easy to rub against the tail." Wang Shifei said, "Everyone pondered for more than a year and developed a tail skid system to help the test pilot adjust the aircraft's lift-off angle and attitude."
In 2025, in order to verify the expansion of flight tests, Wang Shifei went to a high-altitude airport at an altitude of nearly 3,000 meters. The plateau is short of oxygen, surrounded by deserts and uninhabited areas, and it is common to have difficulty breathing and not being able to sleep. The test flight team stuck to it for more than 20 days and tested the aircraft's single-engine failure, accelerated stop, take-off and landing, and other items, all of which met the airworthiness verification requirements.
The AG600 must also withstand extreme weather conditions. In the winter of 2023, the team stayed in Hailar (海拉尔), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) for more than half a month to verify whether the aircraft's hydraulic system, fuel system, etc. can operate normally in extremely cold weather. In temperatures close to minus 40 degrees Celsius, eyebrows will freeze after going out for a few minutes; when the weather warms up, the team flew to Erenhot (二连浩特), Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) and Nanchang (南昌), Jiangxi (江西) to do other tests...
Wang Sicai (王斯财), leader of the Performance and Handling Group of the Overall Department of the R&D Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft (航空工业通飞研发中心), said, "Every year during the Spring Festival, the unit sends a letter to the family, writing 'Thank you for your contribution to the national key model.' When my family and I see this sentence, we feel that all the efforts are worth it."
Lu Pan (鲁攀), head of the Flight Test Laboratory of the Test Flight Center of Aviation Industry General Aircraft South China (航空工业通飞华南), stayed at the Zhanghe Reservoir (漳河水库) in Jingmen (荆门) for more than a year. In order to achieve test flights under different wind speeds, they planned up to 9 tasks in one day; when carrying out boundary stability test flights, they studied for more than a month to figure out what pitch angle the aircraft should fly at to be stably controlled.
"The exploration process is like finding a way in the dark. As understanding deepens, problems can eventually be solved, making us more convinced that **办法总比困难多** (bàn fǎ zǒng bǐ kùn nan duō - "there are always more solutions than difficulties," there is always a way to solve a problem)." Lu Pan said.
"Now, the aircraft has proven to be 'easy to use' in emergency rescue practice. The next step is to focus on 'durability', and ultimately hope to achieve 'wide use', so that the technological breakthroughs achieved by the aircraft can empower more models." Fu Peng (付朋), Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Aviation Industry General Aircraft South China (航空工业通飞华南), said.
By: 本报记者 李 蕊
When you first meet Professor Ma Xinshi (马新时) of the School of History at Shandong University (山东大学), she is often engrossed in reading, her long hair cascading naturally over her shoulders. When discussing historical research, she appears capable and composed.
Since the early 1980s, Ma Xinshi has been associated with the study of ancient Chinese rural social history. Since then, she has been engaged in related scientific research and teaching, and has authored more than 20 monographs such as *A Social History of Rural Villages in the Han Dynasty*, and published more than 100 academic papers. She has won the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award (郭沫若中国历史学奖). For decades, her exploration has never stopped.
In 1982, after graduating from Shandong University (山东大学), Ma Xinshi went to Northeast Normal University (东北师范大学) to study for a master's degree under Professor Chen Lianqing (陈连庆), thus embarking on a journey of rural social history research. "Professor Chen determined that my research direction would be the social history of rural villages in the Han Dynasty, and asked me to take remedial foreign language courses," Ma Xinshi recalled.
At an academic conference, Chen Lianqing specifically asked Ma Xinshi to consult a foreign scholar, who introduced the research on ancient Chinese rural society in foreign academic circles, and finally added: "There is no similar research in Chinese academic circles at present."
"I thought of the 'Dunhuang in China, Dunhuang studies abroad' that was hotly debated in academic circles, and I felt very uncomfortable. But I also understood the teacher's intention in determining the direction for me - Chinese learning, Chinese people must have full say," Ma Xinshi said.
When writing her thesis, Ma Xinshi encountered two hurdles: "One is the scarcity of historical materials. Although ancient Chinese historical books are abundant, there are few records of rural society; the second is the lack of referenceable achievements. At that time, there was a lack of systematic research on rural society in domestic academic circles, and most of the main research results came from foreign scholars." In order to complete this topic well, Ma Xinshi devoted herself to collecting historical materials, while fully referring to the research of foreign scholars.
After graduating with a master's degree, Ma Xinshi returned to Shandong University (山东大学) to teach. At that time, rural social research was an unpopular subject, but she was particularly interested in it - "Because in agricultural society, the countryside is the foundation. Without in-depth research on the countryside, it is difficult to understand ancient Chinese agricultural civilization," Ma Xinshi said.
After arriving at Shandong University (山东大学), Ma Xinshi submitted her revised master's thesis to the *Literature, History and Philosophy* (*文史哲*) magazine with a try-it-and-see attitude. "I thought it would be like a 'stone sinking into the sea', but unexpectedly, the article was published quickly and was rated as the third prize of the Shandong Province Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award," Ma Xinshi said, which gave her great encouragement.
However, the road to studying ancient rural social history is not easy. "Especially when studying the Han Dynasty, it felt like walking in the wilderness, with no road and few companions. The relevant materials are both scarce and scattered, and you have to find them yourself. Field investigation is also a must-do homework. Getting lost, missing the bus, and blisters on the soles of your feet are common occurrences," Ma Xinshi said.
After unremitting persistence, in 1997, Ma Xinshi's *A Social History of Rural Villages in the Han Dynasty* was published and received unanimous praise from academic circles. It took 13 years to complete this book.
When *A Social History of Rural Villages in the Han Dynasty* was completed, the study of ancient rural social history had gradually attracted attention, but Ma Xinshi was a little hesitant - when she wanted to further understand the overall picture of ancient Chinese rural social history, she found that most of the relevant research was local and case studies, lacking longitudinal and comprehensive research. Although she wrote a book, many questions were not fully answered. What is the solution?
"The historical process is a long-term process, and both 'trees' and 'forests' are equally important in historical research," Ma Xinshi said. "'Trees' refer to case studies and local research, and 'forests' refer to comprehensive and systematic research. As far as the study of rural society in the Han Dynasty is concerned, without understanding the overall development of ancient Chinese rural social history, it is impossible to truly grasp the rural society of the two Han Dynasties."
Standing at the fork in the road of academics, Ma Xinshi faced a dilemma: one was a smooth road, staying where she was and continuing to deepen local research; the other was a bumpy path, delving into longitudinal long-term research, but it would require a lot of time and energy, and the results were temporarily unknown.
After thinking it over again and again, Ma Xinshi chose the latter. Starting with the difficult part, she started with primitive settlements and successively studied the urban-rural differentiation, village formation, and early village development issues in the origin of civilization, and completed *On the Social History of Ancient China*. Since 2005, Ma Xinshi has further expanded the time span of her research objects and conducted a systematic investigation of the entire ancient Chinese rural society.
After 15 years, at the end of 2020, Ma Xinshi launched the book *Research on the Morphology of Ancient Chinese Villages*, which is the first comprehensive and systematic research work on the development of ancient Chinese villages in domestic academic circles, and provides a detailed interpretation of ancient Chinese agricultural civilization.
On October 20, 2023, Ma Xinshi received a call from a friend. On the other end of the phone, her friend excitedly congratulated her: The results of the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award (郭沫若中国历史学奖) were announced, and *Research on the Morphology of Ancient Chinese Villages* was among them. After a brief joy, Ma Xinshi buried herself in the old papers again to carry out new research.
For more than forty years, Ma Xinshi's pace has become more and more steady. She has conducted a systematic investigation of the entire ancient Chinese rural society, and her achievements have emerged one after another. She has also published two books, *Research on Ancient Chinese Village Culture* and *Research on Ancient Chinese Rural Clans*, and completed the National Social Science Fund project "Research on Urban-Rural Relations in Ancient China".
In addition to studying academics, Ma Xinshi has worked diligently in front of the podium and cultivated a large number of talents in the field of rural social history research. Ma Xinshi said: "Taking students is like moving forward with them."
In her seminar class, students often exclaimed "half joy and half sorrow". "What is worrying is the preparation before class, and what is gratifying is the harvest after class. Only when teachers and students are free and speak freely can knowledge take root deeper in the mind," Ma Xinshi said.
During the interview, a doctor who graduated many years ago took out a set of treasured materials, more than a foot thick. Between the yellowed pages, there were densely packed marks of corrections, from academic paradigms and methods to punctuation marks, meticulous and detailed. "In those years, every time a chapter of the thesis was completed, the teacher would help revise it with 'embroidery skills'. During the defense, the accumulated annotated manuscripts were several times the amount of the final draft." The student, who is now over forty years old, said, "Looking back, I understand the teacher's good intentions of passing on the torch."
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For over forty years, accompanied by the study of ancient Chinese rural social history, Ma Xin (马新) has been committed to using a "microscope" to observe easily forgotten historical corners, guiding more people to understand the profound book of ancient Chinese agricultural civilization.
Using a "microscope" to observe history, the difficulty lies in adjusting the focus. In terms of research direction, Ma Xin (马新) chose a rugged path—focusing her research vision on traditional villages distributed among mountains and rivers, observing the past of rural society, and filling certain gaps in the history of ancient Chinese rural society.
Using a "microscope" to observe history, the value lies in consistent connection. How to interpret the profound Chinese civilization? Ma Xin (马新) chose to conduct a comprehensive and systematic study of the development of ancient Chinese villages, spreading out the historical map of the entire ancient Chinese rural society, and laying a solid foundation for later researchers.
Love can 抵岁月漫长 (dǐ suì yuè màn cháng - "resist the long years," love can overcome the passage of time). Today, Ma Xin (马新) is still constantly exploring the path of academic research, observing the continuation of civilization in the folds of history from a "microscopic" perspective. Under her leadership, more and more young scholars are choosing to take root in the fertile soil of the countryside, writing new footnotes for the study of ancient rural society.
Return to Top(People's Daily, Beijing, January 21) (Reporter Wang Guan (王观)) The latest data released by the State Taxation Administration (国家税务总局) shows that in 2025, China's manufacturing sales revenue was 1.7 percentage points higher than the national overall sales growth rate; manufacturing accounted for 29.7% of the national overall sales, an increase of 0.5 percentage points over the previous year, and the intelligent, green, and integrated development of manufacturing accelerated.
The intelligent upgrade is accelerating. Value-added tax invoice data shows that in 2025, the amount of automated equipment and digital equipment purchased by manufacturing enterprises nationwide increased by 11.3% and 10% year-on-year, respectively, accelerating the intelligent transformation and digital transformation of manufacturing. The intelligent transformation and upgrading of manufacturing has driven the development of related industries. In 2025, the sales revenue of the intelligent equipment manufacturing industry increased by 28.1% year-on-year.
The green transformation continues to advance. Value-added tax invoice data shows that in 2025, the proportion of sales revenue of high-energy-consuming manufacturing in the national manufacturing industry decreased by 1.1 percentage points compared with the previous year, and the industrial structure is constantly optimizing. The amount of environmental governance services purchased by manufacturing enterprises increased by 7.3% year-on-year, of which the amount of environmental governance services purchased by high-energy-consuming manufacturing increased by 14.6% year-on-year, and investment in green governance continued to increase.
Digital integration continues to deepen. Value-added tax invoice data shows that in 2025, the sales revenue of the digital product manufacturing industry increased by 9.4% year-on-year; the amount of digital technology purchased by manufacturing enterprises increased by 10.4% year-on-year, and the integration of the digital economy and the real economy deepened.
Return to TopOn January 21st, inside the Luoyang Locomotive Depot (洛阳机务段) of the China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (中国铁路郑州局集团有限公司), staff were conducting maintenance work on locomotives. With the Spring Festival travel season approaching, employees of the depot are conducting a comprehensive and meticulous inspection and repair of locomotives to ensure their safe and stable operation during the Spring Festival travel season.
Photo by Zhang Yixi (张怡熙) (Image China (影像中国))
Return to TopThis newspaper's Shanghai dispatch on January 21st (Reporter Jiang Hongbing (姜泓冰)) The "Historical Atlas of China," compiled and drawn under the direction of the late renowned historical geographer Tan Qixiang (谭其骧), recently commenced its revision work in Shanghai (上海).
Since its successive volumes began publication in 1982, the "Historical Atlas of China" has become an indispensable reference book for scholars at home and abroad studying Chinese history, and is also one of the most important humanities and social science achievements since the founding of New China.
Now, historical geography, archaeology, history, and related disciplines have achieved fruitful results, and the concepts and technologies for compiling historical maps are also changing with each passing day. Led by the Research Institute for Chinese Historical Geography of Fudan University (复旦大学), the atlas's revision work has been launched with a ten-year timeframe. It will not only undergo a comprehensive revision but also build an intelligent platform to launch an online version. It is reported that the revision work will use the latest national basic geographic information data as a base map, conduct rigorous textual research and supplementation, and will add content related to the origin of early Chinese civilization and a "Republic of China Period" volume. Fudan University (复旦大学) will take the revision work as a leading project to strengthen the construction of new liberal arts, and use this as a basis to produce a batch of high-quality academic and educational achievements. "We must use a rigorous and pragmatic academic attitude and the academic courage to innovate, to create a work that is worthy of the sages, worthy of the times, and worthy of the nation," said Qiu Xin (裘新), Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University (复旦大学).
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Return to TopBy: 本报记者 王乐文 方 敏
Vast fertile land, hundreds of millions of mu of grain fields. Henan (河南), a major agricultural province, lives up to its name, with total grain output remaining stable at over 130 billion jin for nine consecutive years.
Once upon a time, "sweet potato soup and sweet potato buns, life is impossible without sweet potatoes." Tongxu County (通许县) in Kaifeng (开封), Henan (河南), with its loess soil from the Yellow River (黄河), is suitable for growing sweet potatoes. Unfortunately, sweet potatoes were cheap, selling for only a few mao per jin. To change this situation, Tongxu County (通许县) introduced agricultural experts to improve sweet potato seeds; guided enterprises to build factories to deeply process sweet potatoes into hot and sour noodles, etc.; and cultivated e-commerce talents, selling 720 million barrels of hot and sour noodles annually. After this transformation, the annual income increase for Tongxu County (通许县) and surrounding villagers can reach over 2 billion yuan.
How did the "sweet potato transformation" happen? The answer lies in talent and a change in thinking. Leading industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, creating a rural prosperity industrial chain, and transforming from a traditional agricultural economy to a modern agricultural economy.
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized, "We must focus on cultivating a group of rural talents, with emphasis on strengthening the training of village Party organization secretaries and leaders of new agricultural business entities, comprehensively improving the quality and literacy of farmers, and nurturing and making good use of local talents."
To build a strong agricultural province, Henan (河南) has grasped the key – promoting resource "investment in people" and forging a team of agricultural talents for a strong province that can sink down, stay, and fight. According to statistics, Henan (河南) currently has 1.855 million rural practical talents.
Cultivating Talent
Promoting Reform of Higher Agricultural Education
In winter, the night is already deep, and the Muyuan (牧原) Laboratory in Zhengdong New District (郑东新区), Zhengzhou (郑州), is brightly lit. Pushing open the door, you see Liu Chuang (刘闯), who is "obsessed" with doing experiments.
In 2024, Liu Chuang (刘闯) had not yet graduated from Henan Agricultural University (河南农业大学) and was "reserved" by Muyuan Group (牧原集团). During his time at the university, he seized the opportunity to participate in practice with his tutor and solve technical problems in pig farming. "There are many like me in the school," Liu Chuang (刘闯) said with a shy smile.
"We are now cultivating composite talents who know and love agriculture. In 2025 alone, more than 7,000 students from our school will be engaged in agricultural scientific research, grassroots frontline work, and agricultural enterprises," said Yue Jiyong (岳杰勇), Secretary of the Party Committee of Henan Agricultural University (河南农业大学).
Agricultural modernization, higher agricultural education is the cornerstone. Henan (河南) has many agricultural universities, but the problem of "emphasizing theory and neglecting practice" has long existed, leading to an insufficient supply of specialized talents.
Breaking the situation starts with reform. Henan (河南) launched the "Double First-Class" construction project in 2021, covering 7 universities including Henan Agricultural University (河南农业大学) and Henan University of Technology (河南工业大学), as well as 11 disciplines including agronomy and food science and engineering. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the province invested 5.5 billion yuan to support the development of universities, setting up 100 million yuan of construction guarantee funds for each discipline every year, with agricultural universities being a key focus.
At the same time, promote the "reform, increase, and integration" of the discipline system. "Reform", the traditional aquaculture discipline is transforming to modern fisheries; "increase", adding 19 emerging majors such as smart agriculture; "integration", cross-integration of bio-breeding, food engineering, etc.
Multiple measures are taken to cultivate more new types of talents who know and love agriculture. Today, Henan (河南) has 228 agricultural undergraduate and vocational college majors, with 170,000 students, and batches of new talents are growing up.
From "laying a solid foundation" to "climbing to the peak", Henan (河南) guides and supports agricultural universities to build major scientific and technological infrastructure, form interdisciplinary tackling teams, participate in international large-scale scientific programs, and strive to cultivate strategic scientists who can break through "bottleneck" problems.
Xinxiang Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (新乡中原农谷), the experimental field is filled with cold air, and corn breeding expert Tang Jihua (汤继华) is still working hard on experiments. Overcoming southern rust, breeding 22 improved varieties, promoting over 170 million mu... With remarkable achievements, he said: "This is not my achievement alone, but relies on a good platform, a good team, and good policies."
Since the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs implemented the "Shennong Talents" program in 2022, a total of 2 people from agricultural units in Henan Province (河南省) have been selected as "Shennong Leading Talents" and 14 people have been selected as "Shennong Young Talents". Henan (河南) has 6 academicians of the two academies in Henan (河南) in the agricultural field, 33 Zhongyuan Scholars (中原学者), and 53 Zhongyuan Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talents (中原科技创新领军人才).
Attracting Talent
Giving Benefits, Building Platforms, and Encouraging Innovation
Ningling County (宁陵县), Shangqiu (商丘), is home to the only pear industry academician workstation in the country.
As a traditional pear town, Ningling (宁陵) was also limited in its development and eager for industrial upgrading. Enterprises "sought help" from the government: Can you invite top experts?
The government responded immediately, investing money, building platforms, and sincerely inviting. Finally, Zhang Shaoling (张绍铃), academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief scientist of the National Modern Agricultural (Pear) Industry Technology System, settled here, built the Ningling Pear Industry Research Institute (宁陵梨产业研究院), tackled key technologies, and bred self-pollinating new varieties such as "Ningcui" (宁翠) and "Ningsumi" (宁酥蜜), accelerating the implementation of scientific research results.
"Promulgate the '1+20' talent policy package; give special funds to top leading talents; allocate no less than 200 senior professional title quotas each year, specifically for young talents..." Yang Jianguo (杨建国), Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Talent Office, enumerated the practical measures to attract talents.
The province gives policies to support scientific research talents to leave their posts to engage in scientific and technological achievements transformation activities, retaining personnel relations within 5 years, and calculating continuous working years. At the same time, carry out high-level talent agreement salary system, equity option incentive and other distribution methods, so that talents can reasonably and legally enjoy innovation income.
The county gives platforms, establishes academician expert studios for talents, equipped with full-time research assistants, and the company provides sufficient funds to support each year; designates the organization member of the office as a "talent service specialist" to provide "one-on-one" service, and enjoy talent-benefiting policies such as regular physical examinations and housing subsidies.
Attracting them is important, but retaining and using them well is even more important. At the Wanfengyuan (万丰源) planting professional cooperative planting base in Dancheng County (郸城县), Zhoukou (周口), nearly 2,000 mu of corn fields, dozens of varieties "compete" on the same stage. Guo Shulei (郭书磊), associate researcher at the Institute of Food Crops, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (河南省农科院粮食作物研究所), said: "There are massive samples available for research here, and talents in the agricultural field have a real place to use their talents."
At the same time, Henan (河南) is focusing on building high-level platforms. Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷) relies on the technology incubation and achievement transformation center to open up the "scientific research - teaching - application" chain; build a full seed industry science and technology innovation system covering "high-level laboratories + key common technology platforms + germplasm resource banks + smart breeding platforms"; explore "dual employment and dual cross" and other models, scientific researchers can simultaneously serve in universities, research institutes and enterprises... The three mechanisms of science and education integration, platform leadership, and talent sharing operate in coordination, policies, funds, and scientific research forces continue to converge, and by concentrating the province's agricultural science and education resources, a national regional "agricultural Silicon Valley" is being built.
At present, Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷) has gathered 67 provincial-level and above agricultural scientific research platforms, 88 seed industry enterprises, and 68 scientific research teams, and a seed industry innovation system integrating breeding, propagation, and promotion is accelerating its formation.
Here, Li Lihui (李立会), a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and his team introduced high-yield, disease-resistant, and stress-resistant genes from wild related plant ice grass into wheat, realizing "wheat-ice grass" distant hybridization, and the new variety "Pubing 03" (普冰03) became the first distant hybridization variety in China to pass the national review.
"In the past, foreign experts said that introducing ice grass genes into wheat would not work," Li Lihui (李立会) proudly showed a cluster of wheat with large ears and short stalks, "In Zhongyuan Agricultural Valley (中原农谷), we have made it work!"
Currently, Henan (河南) has built 4 agricultural provincial laboratories, including Shennong Seed Industry (神农种业), Longhu Modern Immunity (龙湖现代免疫), Zhongyuan Food (中原食品), and Muyuan (牧原), and also has Zhoukou National Agricultural High-tech Zone (周口国家农高区), the Comprehensive Innovation Base of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (中国农科院综合创新基地), 13 national agricultural science and technology parks, 2 provincial agricultural high-tech zones, and 62 provincial agricultural science and technology parks. The scale and number of agricultural parks rank among the top in the country.
Becoming Talented
Building an Agricultural Skills Training System
Zhongmu County (中牟县), Zhengzhou (郑州), Daduanzhuang Village (大段庄村), Guandu Town (官渡镇), the continuous vegetable greenhouses are endless.
The greenhouse is warm as spring, and the cucumber vines are growing vigorously. "One greenhouse produces 30,000 jin a year, making a net profit of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan!" Villager Wang Liuxing (王六兴) said that the operation is automated, and one person can manage two or three greenhouses.
Where does the technology come from? The villagers pointed to Wang Dongbo (王东波), the head of the Guandu Dongbo Vegetable Planting Farmers Professional Cooperative (官渡东波蔬菜种植农民专业合作社). Wang Dongbo (王东波) admitted: "The county organized us to participate in high-quality farmer training at Henan Agricultural University (河南农业大学), which opened our eyes and learned skills."
Since 2023, Henan (河南) has systematically promoted the construction of "Skills Henan" in the agricultural field. Funds, venues, and teachers continue to be invested, building a full-chain system of training, evaluation, and certification.
How to make the training truly effective? The organization department takes the lead, Party members learn first, and then drive other villagers. The courses are rich and tailored to individual needs: rural e-commerce, planting and breeding experts, rural craftsmen, governance leaders... The villagers jokingly call it a "**满汉全席**" (mǎn hàn quán xí - "Manchu Han banquet," a lavish and comprehensive feast), which is satisfying and thirst-quenching. In addition, online and offline are carried out in parallel, offline training classes are opened to counties and villages, and the online "San Nong Classroom" has been studied hundreds of millions of times.
The new farmers who have returned from their studies have quickly become a new force in promoting the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside.
Ma Mingpan (马明盼) from Ruyang County (汝阳县), known as the "Melon King", started with two greenhouses and has now developed to 125, leading 16 farmers to become rich together.
Cui Haoshan (崔豪山) from Huojia County (获嘉县) has built a 300-mu plum base, promoting the "base + farmer" model, driving 52 households to increase their annual income by more than 30,000 yuan.
In 2025, Henan (河南) completed 730,000 person-times of various agricultural skills training. A batch of "local experts", "field talents", and rural craftsmen have taken root in the fields. The villagers exclaimed: "With new farmers in the village, farming is no longer the old way."
In order to give play to the leading and supporting role of talents, Henan (河南) starts from the provincial party committee and the provincial government and implements it layer by layer to the fields. With the continuous achievement of new results in the construction of agricultural talent teams, the high-quality development of agriculture in Henan Province (河南省) is also constantly showing new features -
The level of agricultural scientific research is constantly improving. The level of wheat and corn breeding ranks among the leading positions in the country, the contribution rate of agricultural scientific and technological progress has exceeded 67%, and the agricultural technology extension system has basically taken shape.
The foundation of grain production is constantly being consolidated. In 2025, the total grain output of Henan (河南) reached 135 billion jin, remaining stable at over 130 billion jin for nine consecutive years.
The agricultural industry is climbing to the middle and high end of the value chain, and a trillion-yuan modern food industry cluster is rising in the Central Plains.
Farmers' pockets are getting richer and richer. The growth rate of per capita disposable income of rural residents in Henan (河南) has exceeded that of urban residents for more than 10 consecutive years. In 2025, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Henan (河南) increased by 6.0%, which is 1.4 percentage points higher than that of urban residents.
Starting with the development of "San Nong" (三农) and ending with the interests of the masses, meticulously drawing the revitalization of the countryside and writing for the great plan for thousands of years. On the land of the Central Plains, agricultural talents are striving and busy, converging into a vibrant force.
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As the lights come on, stepping into an immersive Quyi (曲艺, traditional Chinese performing arts) small theater in Qianmen (前门), Beijing (北京), the actors on stage are witty and humorous, and the audience cheers. This scene is staged every day and is a vivid footnote to Beijing's (北京) construction of a "Capital of Performing Arts."
Xiangsheng (相声, cross-talk), Pingshu (评书, storytelling), Guqu (鼓曲, drum ballad), and Kuaibanshu (快板书, clapper talk) – these art forms from the streets and fields all belong to the category of Quyi (曲艺). I have loved Quyi (曲艺) art since I was a child, loving to sing and perform. In 2018, I came to the Chinese Quyi Artists Association (中国文联曲艺艺术中心) and began to engage in serving and connecting with the vast number of Quyi (曲艺) art practitioners, building creative exchange platforms, and researching Quyi (曲艺) cultural relics and historical materials.
Some people think that most traditional Quyi (曲艺) is liked by older people. In fact, Quyi (曲艺) art has been passed down for thousands of years and has endured. The charm of the Han Dynasty (汉代) drum-playing and storytelling figurines is inherited in today's Guqu (鼓曲) performance scene; the performance program of the "Canghu Play Military Officer" (苍鹘戏参军) from the Tang Dynasty (唐代) has been transformed into the "praise and tease" structure of Xiangsheng (相声); the storytelling stalls in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" (《清明上河图》) are reflected in today's viewing experience in Quyi (曲艺) small theaters... From the popular culture of storytelling about ancient and modern times in the past, to the continuous emergence of new forms such as immersive performances, cross-border integration, and cloud communication, Quyi (曲艺) is increasingly becoming a new social choice and cultural symbol loved by young people.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the proportion of those born after 1995 and 2000 in the audience of Beijing's (北京) main Quyi (曲艺) performance venues has increased significantly. While appreciating and loving traditional art, they actively participate and interact, and conduct "secondary creation" on social media, forming a healthy cultural communication ecology. In addition, the market potential behind the Quyi (曲艺) craze is increasingly evident. In 2025, Beijing (北京) held (ticketed) commercial performances exceeding 60,000, with an audience of over 14 million, and box office revenue exceeding 5 billion yuan.
Currently, traditional Quyi (曲艺) is deeply colliding with new comedy, technology, and other elements, and is actively exploring industrial operation models. Not long ago, I participated in the key project of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association (中国曲协) – Quyi (曲艺) poetic and pictorial "Isabel" (《伊莎白》). This is an in-depth exploration of "cross-genre + technology empowerment." The work takes the century-long life of international friend Isabel Crook (伊莎白·柯鲁克) as the narrative context, cleverly integrating more than 10 kinds of Quyi (曲艺) forms such as Hubei Dagu (湖北大鼓), Shaanxi Shuoshu (陕北说书), Sichuan Qingyin (四川清音), and Changzi Gushu (长子鼓书), and innovatively introducing symphonic accompaniment and multimedia visual art. At the premiere, a post-90s audience member said: "I didn't expect Quyi (曲艺) to be so modern."
At present, Beijing (北京) has cultivated a total of 148 new performing arts spaces, opening up more diverse stages for Quyi (曲艺) performances. The re-opened old guild halls, the renovated old factories, and the bustling commercial complexes have become stages for Quyi (曲艺) performances to bloom, allowing more people to experience the charm of traditional art.
Under the joint promotion of policy guidance, content innovation, and market vitality, it is believed that Quyi (曲艺) performances will continue to release industrial energy and cultural attraction, become a powerful engine for driving urban consumption, and allow more people to get close to tradition and experience classics in laughter.
(The author is a cadre of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association (中国文联曲艺艺术中心), interviewed and compiled by Shi Fang (施芳), a reporter from this newspaper)
Return to TopBy: 杨越明
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Beijing (北京市) proposed the strategic goal of building a "Capital of Performing Arts," and the vitality of the performing arts market continues to burst forth.
High-quality performances gather, demonstrating cultural leadership. The National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院) stages an average of over 900 various high-quality dramas annually, attracting top art troupes from across the country and even the world to perform. The Tianqiao Performing Arts Center (天桥艺术中心) focuses on the international musical market, with original multilingual dramas being staged in succession, highlighting the characteristics of international popular culture.
New performing arts spaces are flourishing, expanding the boundaries of viewing. Under the guidance of policies, Beijing (北京) is actively promoting the construction of "performing arts +" integrated scenarios, and a number of new performing arts spaces have appeared in the city's cultural blocks, business districts, and parks. Immersive drama blockbusters emerge frequently at 77 Theater (77剧场) and Mahua FunAge Theater (开心麻花剧场), driving the gathering of young performing arts consumers; Yanliao Guild Hall (颜料会馆), Zhengyici Theater (正乙祠) and other century-old ancient opera houses have been renovated and unveiled, blending traditional opera with modern aesthetics.
Performing arts drive new consumption, activating new momentum for cultural and tourism integration. Themed catering and cultural and creative products are constantly derived around performance IPs. The opera-themed creative coffee at the Jixiang Grand Theater (吉祥大戏院) and the Shakespeare-themed creative catering at the Fanxing Theatre Arts Center (繁星戏剧社) make performing arts no longer just "watching a play," but a comprehensive cultural lifestyle integrating socializing, consumption, and experience.
From content creation to presentation form, from physical space to business model, innovative thinking runs through all aspects of the high-quality development of the performing arts industry. Performing arts have gradually moved from "niche appreciation" to "mass sharing." In the future, more people should be able to enjoy high-quality, participatory, and resonant cultural experiences at their doorsteps, so as to better stimulate the city's humanistic and artistic vitality.
(The author is a professor at the Institute for Cultural Innovation and Communication of Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学), and this article was compiled by Shi Fang (施芳), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to Top(People's Daily, January 21, Hefei) (Reporter Li Junjie (李俊杰)) The reporter learned from a press conference held by the Anhui Provincial Government Information Office (安徽省政府新闻办): Currently, the water diversion project for the people in northern Anhui has achieved comprehensive and stable water supply, realizing the replacement of groundwater sources for approximately 30 million urban and rural residents in northern Anhui.
According to reports, the northern Anhui region has flat terrain and a shortage of surface water resources. It mainly relies on mid-to-deep groundwater as a water source, making it difficult to guarantee the quantity and quality of domestic water for urban and rural residents. In 2021, Anhui (安徽) began implementing the water diversion project for the people in northern Anhui, relying on surface water from the Huai River (淮河) main stream and tributaries, as well as water diversion projects such as the water diversion from the Yangtze River to the Huai River (引江济淮工程), to comprehensively solve the drinking water and urban-rural development water problems of the people in northern Anhui.
On January 20, the Lin'nan Surface Water Plant (临南地表水厂) in Linquan County (临泉县) completed its trial operation, marking the normal operation of all 45 newly built and renovated surface water plants in this project, realizing the replacement of groundwater sources for approximately 30 million urban and rural residents in 28 counties (cities, districts) in 6 cities in northern Anhui.
The project coordinates the integrated urban-rural water supply layout, completing the construction of 738 kilometers of water transmission pipelines and 17,600 kilometers of water distribution pipelines in stages, realizing the replacement of groundwater sources in different regions, and achieving interconnection, joint regulation, and joint supply of water networks in the water receiving area.
In recent years, the amount of groundwater extraction in the replacement areas of northern Anhui has decreased year by year, the groundwater level has gradually risen, and the over-extraction of groundwater has been effectively curbed. In 2025, the amount of groundwater extraction in northern Anhui will be reduced by 30.96% compared to 2020.
Return to TopIn recent days, low-temperature rain, snow, and freezing weather have affected most parts of China. Temperatures in the southern regions have experienced a "cliff-like" drop, and some areas have encountered freezing rain, leading to a surge in demand for heating electricity. At the same time, some transmission lines have experienced ice coating, posing a challenge to the safe and stable operation of the power grid. To ensure the supply of electricity, intelligent equipment such as de-icing robots, snow-sweeping robots, infrared thermometers, and various types of drones have shown their skills, making ice resistance and power protection more precise and efficient.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our newspaper in Beijing on January 21st (Reporter: Sun Xiuyan (孙秀艳)), the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) recently issued the "Establishment Guidelines for Medical Service Price Items for Surgical and Therapeutic Auxiliary Operations (Trial)" (《手术和治疗辅助操作类医疗服务价格项目立项指南（试行）》). Focusing on cutting-edge medical technology achievements, and centering around medical technology innovation achievements such as 3D printing, tracer-enhanced imaging, energy devices, intraoperative image guidance, robotic arms, and remote surgery, the guidelines carry out unified price establishment, standardizing the formation of 37 price items, 5 additional charge items, and 1 expansion item, using price establishment to lead medical technology upgrades and guide the transformation from "traditional treatment" to "precision medicine."
The establishment guidelines focus on the degree of participation of surgical robots in surgery and the clinical value of promoting precision surgery, establishing three price items in different grades: navigation, participation in execution, and precision execution. Surgical robots with higher participation, more comprehensive functions, and more precise execution can obtain higher charging coefficients, guiding medical institutions to actively prioritize the application of surgical robots to complex surgeries and prevent abuse. On the one hand, considering that the amortization cost of surgical robots in the initial stage of clinical entry is relatively high, the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) will guide various regions to study and establish reasonable charging standards to set a bottom line; on the other hand, considering the accessibility of patients using surgical robots, the National Healthcare Security Administration (国家医保局) will guide various regions to simultaneously set a ceiling on charging standards. The establishment guidelines also clearly include the necessary exclusive consumables during the use of robotic arms into the price composition.
In order to adapt to the new model of clinical surgery, the establishment guidelines separately establish a "remote surgery auxiliary operation fee." Medical institutions that use platforms to remotely control surgical instruments to participate in key steps or complete all surgeries can charge according to this fee, and the price standard is linked to the main surgery.
Return to TopUrumqi, January 21st (People's Daily reporter Shang Rongzheng (尚嵘峥)) As of January 20th, China's first natural gas storage cluster in the Northwest region—the PetroChina Turpan-Hami Oilfield Wenjisang Gas Storage Cluster—has cumulatively exceeded 600 million cubic meters in this round of gas production, reaching 633 million cubic meters, providing a stable energy guarantee for people's livelihood heating and industrial production in many places along the West-East Gas Pipeline.
In recent days, some parts of China have experienced sustained low temperatures, and the demand for heating has increased, with the winter natural gas supply entering a critical period. Since the third cycle of gas production began on November 14, 2023, the gas production of the Wenjisang Gas Storage Cluster has steadily increased, and the daily gas production has gradually increased from the initial 4.8 million cubic meters to 6.2 million cubic meters, setting a new historical high for daily gas production.
In order to ensure that gas can be "extracted and supplied" at critical moments, the staff carried out comprehensive maintenance and testing of the safety instrument system and automatic control system, investigated potential hazards in key equipment and facilities, repeatedly deduced the gas production process, and organized multiple rounds of emergency drills to ensure the stable operation of equipment and the smooth and safe process in extremely cold weather.
In the next step, the Turpan-Hami Oilfield Gas Storage Company will continue to track temperature changes and downstream gas demand, dynamically adjust the gas production plan, strengthen safety production control, and do a good job in winter supply guarantee.
Return to TopBy: 大兴安岭日报记者 陶 然
Currently, the lowest temperature in Mohe City (漠河市), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) has dropped below -30 degrees Celsius.
At the Huaneng Guojian Mohe Extreme Cold Empirical Base (环能国检漠河极寒实证基地), engineers from the Building Environment and Energy Testing Institute of China Academy of Building Research Jianke Huaneng Technology Co., Ltd. (中国建研院建科环能科技有限公司建筑环境与能源检测院) are wearing cold-proof clothing and non-slip shoes, carrying out daily routine inspections, parameter settings, and test recording work.
In the biting cold wind, fine ice crystals form on everyone's eyelashes, and the white breath exhaled disappears into the wind in an instant.
"This time, we will complete the testing, certification, and application evaluation of heat pump air-conditioning equipment for 16 companies, which is both a response to market demand and to promote technological breakthroughs and industry standard upgrades," said Yang Qiang (杨强), Chief Professional Engineer of the company's Building Environment and Energy Testing Institute.
This test cycle lasts nearly 5 months, from December 2025 to the end of April 2026, covering the coldest time of the year in Mohe (漠河).
Since tests can also be carried out in the laboratory, why bother running to Mohe (漠河) to 自讨苦吃 (zì tǎo kǔ chī - "ask for trouble," to bring trouble upon oneself)? Faced with the reporter's doubts, Yang Qiang (杨强) gave the answer.
"We want to verify the reliability and energy efficiency of products under extreme low-temperature conditions in a real environment. In our daily work, we often see inconsistencies between actual product operating data and laboratory data. Conventional laboratories can hardly reach the low-temperature and high-humidity environmental conditions of Mohe (漠河). This fully demonstrates the necessity of real environment testing, and also provides solid data support for product optimization and industry technology upgrades, helping to promote the gradual improvement of relevant national standards," said Yang Qiang (杨强).
In the air-conditioning industry, it is often said that "refrigeration and heating are both hard skills." The heating capacity in extremely cold environments is the key to testing the product's true strength. This test not only focuses on core heating performance but also focuses on identifying abnormal noise and electrical safety hazards during low-temperature operation, and simultaneously verifies the cold resistance limits of key components such as compressors and heat exchangers. Through laboratory simulation, on-site testing in Mohe (漠河), and multi-dimensional evaluation of user feedback, a complete quality loop is formed to make product performance more guaranteed.
In order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, Yang Qiang (杨强) and his team have explored a set of interlocking work processes: understanding the unit's performance under different weather conditions in advance to ensure that the heating temperature is normal in the later tests; inspecting the test equipment every 4 hours during the day to check the working status of the sensors and the operating conditions of the unit; summarizing and analyzing the data collected on the day in the evening, and feeding back the test results and equipment operating videos to the manufacturer.
In terms of quality control, the team has established strict standards: the water temperature difference error is strictly controlled within ±0.1 degrees Celsius, the data collection frequency is set to once per minute, and all test results must be cross-checked and confirmed by two people to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Such extreme cold tests are not only happening in the field of heat pump air conditioners. At the Honghe Valley (红河谷) test base in Beiji Village (北极村), Mohe City (漠河市), the roar of engines breaks through the cold fog, and test vehicles speed, brake suddenly, and climb slopes on the road, with the wheels crushing the snow and raising bursts of snow mist. Since late October 2025, 37 car companies and more than 1,000 engineers have arrived in Mohe (漠河) with more than 700 test vehicles to start winter testing.
Nowadays, Mohe's (漠河) cold-weather testing has covered multiple fields such as aircraft, automobiles, electricity, and new materials, with more than 1,600 vehicles tested annually, and 23,000 pieces of new materials, electronic components, car covers, and car films tested.
Extreme cold is no longer an obstacle restricting industrial development, but has become a "whetstone" for promoting technological breakthroughs and a "test field" for tempering hardcore technology.
The value of cold-weather testing goes far beyond checking whether products are qualified. Through long-term testing in Mohe (漠河), companies can accurately find technological breakthroughs—the low-temperature and high-efficiency heating design of heat pumps is iteratively upgraded, the low-temperature start-up system of automobiles is becoming more stable, and the cold-resistant coating performance of photovoltaic modules is continuously optimized. These technological achievements that emerge from the extreme cold will eventually be transformed into more reliable products and enter thousands of households.
As technologies emerge from the extreme cold, Mohe's (漠河) cold-weather testing quietly weaves a complete industrial chain. With the continuous increase in testing demand, practical experience is gradually accumulated in road conditions, site guarantees, test organization, and service support, making cold-weather testing "carried out regularly," which also brings considerable economic benefits to Mohe (漠河).
Mohe (漠河), a land once sparsely populated due to severe cold, has become a fertile ground for nurturing industrial upgrades and a frontier for witnessing innovation breakthroughs with the help of technology—this is the "true chapter" above extreme cold.
Return to TopBy: 杨笑雨
How much energy can winning a local football match generate?
The "Xiang Super" (湘超), which concluded not long ago, saw the Yongzhou team's (永州队) spirit of striving for victory against all odds, touching fans in many regions. A Jiangsu (江苏) netizen placed billboards on the streets of Yongzhou (永州), Hunan (湖南) to celebrate, and Yongzhou reciprocated this enthusiasm with navel oranges as gifts. Subsequently, many online bloggers went deep into Yongzhou villages to promote agriculture through live broadcasts, encouraging consumers to buy Yongzhou navel oranges... This celebration, which began with sports, did not stop at warm interactions between regions, but like a stone thrown into a lake, stirred up layers of ripples, endowing this victory with rich connotations far beyond competition. Even more valuable is that the story did not stop at one-way "agricultural assistance" - the two places quickly introduced measures such as "free admission to scenic spots," turning this interaction across mountains and rivers into a two-way rush that is reciprocal and grows closer as it progresses.
The seemingly accidental breakout is an extension from event traffic to emotional resonance. The spontaneous actions of Jiangsu netizens are a tribute to and empathy with the spirit of hard work. Local events break through geographical boundaries, demonstrating the powerful force of sports in uniting people and becoming an emotional bond connecting everyone.
This stream of goodwill is a sublimation from emotional resonance to industrial assistance. Yongzhou keenly transformed online attention into concrete actions, guiding benevolent online traffic to irrigate "local orchards," helping external cheers turn into tangible income for farmers.
This warm feedback is an upgrade from "unilateral benefit" to "two-way circulation." The two places extended sincere invitations to each other with policies such as "free admission to scenic spots," completing a heartwarming closed loop from "harvesting agricultural assistance orders" to "actively reciprocating with open arms," and opening up a sustainable cooperation paradigm of "gathering emotions through events, linking industries, and promoting integration through culture and tourism."
From "winning the championship" to "helping farmers" and then to "cultural and tourism interaction," the positive energy trajectory run by this relay vividly shows that in today's deeply interconnected world, a positive starting point - a game, a helping hand to farmers, a preferential offer - can all promote multiple developments through active guidance. When more places learn to create and cherish this model of using goodwill to inspire goodwill and consolidating win-win situations with win-win results, regional coordinated development will present more vivid and heartwarming stories.
Return to TopThe railway department will expand the scope of "quiet carriage" service.
According to Xinhua News Agency, in order to further enhance the travel experience of passengers, starting from February 1 this year, the "quiet carriage" service will be expanded to "D"-series and "G"-series distributed power EMU trains, excluding sleeper trains. By then, the number of trains providing "quiet carriage" services on the national railway will increase to over 8,000.
The "quiet carriage" implements the principle of "voluntary compliance, joint maintenance, and moderate intervention," and passengers can choose to ride independently. Trains providing "quiet carriage" services are marked with the character "静" on the railway 12306 ticketing interface. Passengers must agree to the quiet agreement when purchasing tickets in order to purchase "quiet carriage" tickets.
Zhejiang Ningbo Zhoushan Port (浙江宁波舟山港) Opens First New Foreign Trade Route of the Year
Zhejiang Daily Ningbo (浙江日报宁波) January 21st (Reporter Li Hua (李华)) - Recently, Zhejiang Ningbo Zhoushan Port (浙江宁波舟山港) welcomed its first new route of 2026. This newly opened route directly connects the three major domestic ports of Qingdao (青岛), Shanghai (上海), and Ningbo (宁波) with the two major Australian ports of Brisbane (布里斯班) and Sydney (悉尼), providing domestic enterprises with more logistics options for exploring the Oceania market.
The new route is expected to invest 7 international navigation ships and operate on a weekly basis.
Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏), Issues Housing Vouchers for Young Talents
This newspaper, Nanjing (南京), January 21st (Reporter Bai Guangdi (白光迪)) In early 2026, Nanjing (南京), Jiangsu (江苏) released "Talent Policy 2.0," among which the housing voucher policy for young talents has received widespread attention, clarifying the issuance of special housing subsidies for eligible young talents.
According to reports, housing vouchers can be combined with rental subsidies; purchasing new homes with vouchers can enjoy double the housing provident fund loan, with a maximum of 1.6 million yuan for individuals and 2 million yuan for families, significantly lowering the threshold for home purchases.
China Coffee Brewing Championship National Finals Held
This newspaper, Kunming (昆明), January 21st (Reporter Zhang Chi (张驰)) Recently, the 2025 China Coffee Brewing Championship National Finals was held in Baoshan City (保山市), Yunnan (云南).
Since its inception in 2015, the China Coffee Brewing Championship has held 290 competitions in 207 cities, bringing more opportunities for the development of the coffee industry in these cities.
Ningxia's (宁夏) First Onion Rail-Sea Intermodal Train of the Year Departs
Ningxia Daily Yinchuan (宁夏日报银川) January 21st (Reporter Pei Yunyun (裴云云)) Recently, a refrigerated cargo train carrying 390 tons of Ningxia (宁夏) onions departed from Yinchuan City (银川市) and headed to Qingdao Port (青岛港), Shandong (山东) via "single bill" rail-sea intermodal transport.
This batch of onions will be shipped overseas through the port to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Malaysia.
"Qinghai Family Banquet" Brand Building Action to be Launched
Qinghai Daily Xining (青海日报西宁) January 21st (Reporter Dong Jie (董洁)) In 2026, Qinghai (青海) will launch a three-year action to build the "Qinghai Family Banquet" brand, focusing on tasks such as main body cultivation, standard construction, publicity and promotion, and business integration.
The action includes compiling a 2.0 version of food albums, weekly calendars, and food maps, and releasing "Qinghai Family Banquet" popular recommended dishes; at the same time, it will promote Qinghai (青海) cuisine to aid-Qinghai provinces and cities and key domestic consumer cities, create a characteristic consumption chain, and deeply integrate plateau delicacies with cultural tourism resources.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 季觉苏
Adjustable kitchen cabinets make it easier and more convenient to retrieve items, and new electric wheelchairs attract citizens to come specifically for a "test drive"... Recently, the "Shanghai Elderly Care Expo Innovation Product Experience Hall" (Shanghai Silver Hair Store (上海银发商店)) opened in Putuo District (普陀区), Shanghai (上海). As of January 21, the store's cumulative sales reached 505,000 yuan, and the intended order amount for aging-friendly renovations and other services was approximately 1.49 million yuan.
Extending the Elderly Care Expo from its exhibition period to everyday life, the store is Shanghai's first silver hair store, attracting many elderly people. With the exhibition strategy of "scene as experience, experience as transformation," the store revolves around the five dimensions of elderly people's needs: "clothing, food, housing, transportation, and entertainment." It breaks away from the traditional shelf-style display and achieves an integrated closed loop of "exhibition, experience, sales, and inquiry" through "thematic scene construction + quarterly rotation mechanism + high-profile flash events," creating a truly "browsable, tangible, and purchasable" new field for silver hair consumption.
Return to TopBy: 新华社记者 颜之宏
Which hotel to stay in when traveling, which brand of coffee machine to buy... As generative AI search tools become increasingly mature, people are gradually getting used to "asking AI" before making decisions. But are the search results given by AI necessarily "objective"?
Some AI search results contain hidden advertisements. "I wanted to buy a coffee machine and asked AI to choose one for me, but I ended up with a bad product," said Ms. Zhang (张女士), a citizen of Guangzhou (广州), Guangdong (广东). People think that AI outputs objective results given by large models (natural learning results), but in reality, it may be grabbing an advertisement from the Internet.
Some advertisers use "fake experts" to conduct fake science popularization. In the recommendation results obtained after a reporter searched on a certain platform, a "science popularization video" by the "Deputy Chief Physician of Plastic Surgery Department of a Grade III A Hospital in Hunan (湖南) Province" was captured. After verification, this "expert" was not an employee of the hospital.
On some e-commerce platforms, some sellers sell tools that claim to be able to perform generative engine optimization. The main function of these tools is "soft article generation and distribution." Buyers can generate soft articles with the products and brand names they want to appear in generative searches according to their own needs, and distribute them to major content platforms with one click.
China's Advertising Law stipulates that advertisements should be identifiable and enable consumers to distinguish them as advertisements; advertisements published through mass media should clearly indicate "advertisement" to distinguish them from other non-advertising information, and should not mislead consumers.
Experts suggest that relevant departments can guide relevant institutions to improve industry standards in a targeted manner according to the practical problems faced by generative engine optimization, so that the industry can develop in a standardized manner.
(According to Xinhua News Agency (新华社))
Return to TopBy: 内蒙古日报记者 郝 飚
Early in the morning, in the "Warm Heart Inside" service station of Fuqiang Community, Sandaokan Subdistrict, Wuda District, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, Ji Hui (冀慧), Deputy Secretary of the Community Party Committee, walked towards the key custody cabinet. Her eyes scanned the 89 keys neatly hanging—each corresponding to a temporarily vacant home.
Ji Hui (冀慧) took a key, ready to start the first home visit inspection of the day. The owner of this key is far away in the south, and the house has been unoccupied for two months. Through the community's "Warm Heart Nest Guarding" service project, his home is well taken care of.
In order to solve the problems of some residents being away for a long time and their homes not being taken care of, Fuqiang Community explored the "Warm Heart Nest Guarding" service project, uniformly keeping the house keys of residents who are away for a long time. Initially, residents had concerns, and there were only 7 keys when the project started. Once, the water pipe in the home of a resident who lived far away burst. Community staff discovered it during routine inspections and dealt with it in a timely manner, avoiding the expansion of losses. Residents saw the sincerity and ability of the community service, and the 7 keys gradually increased to 89.
"These keys are connected to a heavy trust and responsibility." Meng Yanyan (孟艳艳), Secretary of the Fuqiang Community (富强社区) Party Committee, said that the community regularly conducts safety inspections and has successfully rectified many safety hazards.
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 隋成峰
In Donggang City (东港市), Liaoning Province, the ice harvesting season is from New Year's Day to the Beginning of Spring every year. In other non-coastal areas of Northeast China, winter ice harvesting is mostly for making ice sculptures; while in Donggang (东港), ice harvesting is mainly used for seafood preservation.
Donggang City (东港市) is one of the main seafood producing areas in northern China. Throughout the year, whether it is fishing boats going out to sea or seafood transportation, a large amount of natural ice is needed to ensure the freshness and quality of seafood.
For ice harvesters, the colder the weather, the safer the ice harvesting. This is also the main reason why locals only harvest ice during the coldest time of the year. In the early days, local ice harvesting relied entirely on manual ice chiseling, lifting, and transporting. With the continuous upgrading of ice harvesting methods, motorized saws, electric conveyor belts and other modern mechanical equipment have gradually become the main "labor force," and manual labor has gradually retreated to auxiliary roles.
The ice harvesting season in Donggang (东港) is short, and ice harvesters must seize the time to work to ensure the annual ice consumption of local marine fisheries production, seafood transportation and other industries. The harvested natural ice blocks are generally about 40 centimeters thick and weigh about 100 kilograms, and are mostly transported to large and small ice rinks near the northern Yellow Sea (北黄海). At the end of January every year, dozens of high ice stacks are piled up along the coast of the northern Yellow Sea (北黄海), which is quite spectacular. The locals have a long history of ice harvesting and storage, and will take multi-layer insulation measures to store the ice blocks to ensure that the natural ice in the ice stacks melts less in the spring, summer and autumn seasons.
Return to TopBy: 西藏日报记者 汪 纯 赵书彬
In Muren Anju Yuan (牧人安居苑), Ali Town (阿扎镇), Jiali County (嘉黎县), Nagqu City (那曲市), Tibet (西藏), which has an average altitude of 4,500 meters, a community governance brand called "Herdsmen's Tea House" is continuously releasing vitality. Water supply renovation, small bathhouse construction, community games... one practical thing after another concerning people's livelihood has been implemented, allowing 805 households in the community to truly feel the warmth and benefits brought about by the improvement of people's livelihood.
Since May 2025, the village work teams stationed in Deji Community (德吉社区) and Yajie Community (雅杰社区) in Ali Town (阿扎镇) have taken the creation of the "Herdsmen's Tea House" community governance brand as a starting point, integrating various forces to implement people's livelihood projects. "The tea house is a place for the masses to eat and relax. We hope to listen to public opinions in daily scenes and solve everyone's urgent and difficult problems," introduced Zhaxi Sangmu (扎西桑姆), a member of the village work team stationed in Deji Community (德吉社区).
In response to the problem of water use on high floors reflected by residents, the village work team strived for funds to complete the water supply renovation, benefiting more than 270 households living on high floors; it invested about 600,000 yuan to build a solar-powered small bathhouse to facilitate herders' bathing in severe cold weather. The village work team also built a new era civilization practice station, a national unity exhibition hall, etc., and organized community games and other special activities to attract public participation.
"With more activities, everyone often gathers together, and the relationship is getting closer and closer," said resident Jiumei (久美). In fun sports collaboration, learning exchange and interaction, the extension of community governance has been effectively expanded, and the community's cohesion has been continuously enhanced.
Return to TopBy: 本报通讯员 李中迪
The sound of keyboards is dense, and the images on the screen jump frame by frame... On January 20th, at a technology company in the Yunyan Economic Development Zone (云岩经开区), Guizhou (贵州), data labelers were either intently comparing the target selection range in the images or meticulously verifying the accuracy of the speech-to-text transcription.
As the first company in Yunyan District (云岩区) introduced from Shanghai (上海) to deeply cultivate data labeling and AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) animation production, this company delivers hundreds of works to multiple platforms every year. Zhou Lizhi (周立志), the chairman of the company, introduced that it traditionally takes about a month for a manual team to produce a 150-minute drama series. Relying on the "data labeling + AI" model, a team of 5 people can complete the same volume of work in a week. Currently, the company has participated in the production of several leading AIGC animations, with total orders exceeding 50 million yuan.
In recent years, Yunyan District (云岩区) has established data labeling, a fundamental aspect of artificial intelligence, as an important engine for promoting regional industrial upgrading. Currently, the district has introduced 23 data labeling companies, with business types covering autonomous driving, large models, animation, digital content, and more.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 靳 博
"Sea View Subway," "Commute Line Turns into Scenic Line"... Recently, the first phase (northern section) of Tianjin Rail Transit Line Z4 was officially opened, with trains departing in both directions from Zhaishang Station (寨上站) and Beitang Station (北塘站). Many citizens rushed to take the first train to experience it. For a time, this subway line became popular on social media platforms, with various experience short videos constantly emerging.
The opening of the first phase (northern section) of Tianjin Rail Transit Line Z4 marks the official passenger operation of this backbone line connecting the north and south areas and the core area of Tianjin Binhai New Area (天津滨海新区). This subway line offers beautiful sea views along the way and is known as the "Sea View Subway."
As a key project of Tianjin's "14th Five-Year Plan" and one of the 20 public welfare projects for 2025, the opening of this line will greatly shorten the travel time from Zhaishang Station (寨上站) to Beitang Station (北塘站), and will powerfully promote urban renewal and industrial upgrading along the line. During the train journey, views such as the National Maritime Museum of China (国家海洋博物馆), the Aircraft Carrier Theme Park, and the Bohai Sea (渤海) seascape appear outside the windows, which is quite unique.
Return to TopBy: 新疆日报记者 阿比拜
At 10:00 AM on January 15th, the branch of Xinjiang Hetian Xinhua Bookstore Co., Ltd. (新疆和田新华书店有限责任公司) in Daliyabuyi Township (达里雅布依乡), Yutian County (于田县), Xinjiang (新疆) opened its doors on time. Shop assistant Maihemutihan Sidike (买合木提汗·司地克) entered the store to clean and organize the bookshelves.
This bookstore is located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠). "When it first opened in 2022, the bookstore was located in a vacant house of local villagers," Maihemutihan (买合木提汗) recalled. "At that time, all the villagers came to see the excitement."
"It used to be difficult to buy a book, you had to go to the county seat," she remembered. Initially, there was a washbasin in the yard. "People who came in would wash their hands first, afraid of dirtying the new books."
After the bookstore opened, people came to browse every day, and many were willing to sit in the yard and read quietly. In April 2025, with the coordination of the local government, the bookstore moved into the Daliyabuyi (达里雅布依) Tourist Center. Now, the six bookshelves in this dozen-square-meter bookstore are packed full. Tourists are often attracted by this bookstore on the edge of the desert, coming in to buy books, read, take photos, and shoot videos, and the villagers come even more frequently.
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By: 李志明
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized at the opening ceremony of the seminar for leading provincial and ministerial-level cadres on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee: "Economic development and social development are mutually reinforcing and must advance in a coordinated manner. We must take improving people's livelihoods as the focus of promoting social development and steadily improve the quality of people's lives while developing the economy." Ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development is a major task of Chinese-style modernization, and many works in the first volume of *Xi Jinping's Economic Anthology* provide profound interpretations of this. For example, *How to View the New Normal and How to Work in the New Normal* points out: "We must continuously improve people's livelihoods on the basis of economic development, especially to improve the quantity and quality of basic public services such as education and medical care, and promote educational equity"; *Solidly Promoting Common Prosperity* points out: "Only by promoting common prosperity, increasing the income of urban and rural residents, and enhancing human capital can we improve total factor productivity and consolidate the driving force for high-quality development"; and so on. These important expositions profoundly reveal the dialectical relationship between promoting economic development and ensuring and improving people's livelihoods. Promoting economic development provides solid support and stable guarantees for ensuring and improving people's livelihoods, while ensuring and improving people's livelihoods anchors the value direction and expands the potential space for promoting economic development. The two are interdependent and mutually reinforcing.
The *Suggestions* of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee take adhering to the people-centered approach as a principle that must be followed for economic and social development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and propose "focusing on ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development, and expanding development space in meeting people's livelihood needs." The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year clarified the key tasks of this year's economic work, including "adhering to the principle of putting people's livelihoods first and striving to do practical things for the people." To implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, we must take benefiting the people as the fundamental value orientation, adhere to ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development, and open up a new realm of high-quality development in ensuring and improving people's livelihoods.
People's Livelihood Needs Provide Endogenous动力 (nèi shēng dòng lì - "endogenous power," internal driving force) for Promoting High-Quality Development
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *Adhering to the People-Centered Development Thought and Promoting the Process of Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects*: "Promoting the construction of a moderately prosperous society in all respects starting from solving the prominent problems of universal concern to the people is in line with the requirements of supply-side structural reform and is conducive to creating new growth points and improving long-term growth potential. The supply formed from the realistic and potential needs of the people has a foundation." This important exposition accurately clarifies the promoting role of people's livelihood needs in promoting high-quality development. The people's yearning for a better life not only reflects the value purpose of people's livelihood work, but also is the driving engine of economic development. Entering the new era, the main social contradiction in our country has undergone a transformation, and people's livelihood needs have shifted from "whether there is" to "whether it is good," and are leaping from survival-oriented and material-oriented to development-oriented and quality-oriented. The iterative upgrading of the demand structure not only clarifies the direction for ensuring and improving people's livelihoods, but also becomes an important force for promoting industrial transformation and upgrading and shaping new development momentum, opening up broad space for high-quality development.
In the field of health, the concept of proactive health promotes new industrial paradigms. Health is the foundation of people's happy life and the basic condition for economic and social development. One of the most important indicators of modernization is people's health, which is also an inevitable requirement for promoting people's all-round development. With the improvement of our country's economic and social development level, the people's health awareness has been enhanced, and health needs have also shifted from "disease treatment" to "whole life cycle protection," promoting the rapid development of the big health industry. Data shows that the scale of China's big health industry has been steadily expanding in recent years and will continue to expand in the future, which is of great significance for driving economic growth. Various regions, based on their own advantages, have promoted the innovative development of the health industry and formed a number of vivid practices. Zhejiang (浙江) relies on the construction of the "Health Brain" to realize real-time interconnection of data between secondary and above public medical institutions and primary medical institutions throughout the province, and has cumulatively mutually recognized hundreds of medical examination and testing projects, which has driven the rapid development of the digital medical industry while saving medical expenses for the masses; Jiangsu (江苏) has built sports promotion and health institutions covering urban and rural areas, and promoted the deep integration of fitness and leisure and medical services. In addition, on the consumer side, the segmented markets of the big health industry such as household medical equipment and online fitness platforms are growing rapidly, further promoting the innovation and upgrading of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and building a virtuous cycle of "demand-driven innovation and innovation-led consumption."
In the field of elderly care, the needs of the silver-haired group illuminate the new blue ocean of the industry. In recent years, the aging of the population in our country has been rapid. At the end of 2025, the population aged 65 and above in our country will exceed 220 million, accounting for 15.9% of the total population. At present, the elderly group's demand for elderly care services is shifting from the traditional "survival guarantee" to the modern "quality life," and diversified, differentiated, and personalized needs are becoming more and more vigorous and urgent. According to the needs of the elderly group, providing accurate services by classification and grading, and incorporating the care of disabled elderly people into the focus of the construction of the elderly care service system, can not only better meet the elderly's demand for elderly care services, but also contain huge development opportunities. Various regions, based on the needs of the elderly group, take the deep integration of aging-friendly transformation and smart elderly care as the starting point, and build an "institution-community-home" elderly care service network, realizing the resonance of people's livelihood security and industrial development. Beijing (北京) has launched the "Time Bank" mutual assistance elderly care model, which effectively activates the endogenous power of community elderly care through the storage and exchange of volunteer service hours, and solves the problem of insufficient supply of professional elderly care services to a certain extent; Shanghai (上海) focuses on the pain points of the "digital divide" of the elderly group, and promotes convenient services such as "one-click taxi hailing" and "remote health monitoring," which has become an important part of the construction of smart cities. In addition, new business forms such as travel and cultural elderly care are booming, the special food market is growing rapidly, and the research and development of intelligent equipment in the field of disability care continues to break through. These vivid practices fully reflect the strong driving effect of the demand for elderly care services on industrial upgrading, and build a virtuous cycle of "people's livelihood improvement-industrial upgrading-service quality improvement."
In the field of housing, quality demand leads a new leap in spatial revolution. Living in a place to live is an important part of the people's yearning for a better life. At the end of 2025, the urbanization rate of the permanent resident population in our country reached 67.89%, and urbanization is turning to a stable development period, and urban development is shifting from a large-scale incremental expansion stage to a stage mainly focused on stock quality improvement and efficiency enhancement. In this process, the development of housing in our country has shifted from "whether there is" to "whether it is good," and housing construction has transformed from "living in a place to live" to "living in a place to live well." In line with this trend, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, more than 240,000 old urban communities across the country have been renovated, aging-friendly and barrier-free renovation projects have been implemented in 56,000 communities, more than 28 million square meters of new cultural and leisure and sports fitness venues have been added, and 64,000 community service facilities such as elderly care and childcare have been added, which has greatly improved the quality of residents' living. As a place for the masses to settle down and live, the quality and safety of housing is of utmost importance. Under the guidance of green and intelligent transformation, the area of newly built green buildings in urban areas in 2024 accounted for 97.9% of the area of newly built buildings in urban areas in the same year, the application of smart home furnishings has gradually become popular, and the quality of housing supply has been significantly improved. Various regions have carried out characteristic explorations in combination with urban positioning, and have formed a diversified development path for quality housing. Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东), in response to the problem of tight land resources, has promoted the "industrial building upstairs" project, and has realized the efficient unity of industrial upgrading and space utilization through high plot ratio design and functional composite layout; Chengdu (成都), Sichuan (四川), has continued to promote the construction of a park city demonstration area, strengthened the construction of park green spaces and community greenways, and transformed ecological advantages into residential quality advantages. These practices not only accurately respond to the people's demand for quality housing, but also promote the upgrading of urban functions and the optimization of industrial structure, realizing the dual leap of people's livelihood improvement and urban development.
In general, changes in residents' consumption demand have spawned a large number of new industries, new business forms, and new models, which have not only expanded development space, but also shaped new development momentum. Different from extensive growth, demand-driven development presents distinct endogenous and sustainable characteristics. This is not only an important feature of high-quality development, but also an important focus for ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development.
High-Quality Development Consolidates the Foundation for Ensuring and Improving People's Livelihoods
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *Jointly Promoting Global Development to a New Stage of Balanced, Coordinated and Inclusive Development*: "Development is the key to realizing people's happiness"; in *China's Economy Has Shifted from a High-Speed Growth Stage to a High-Quality Development Stage*: "High-quality development is development that can well meet the people's growing needs for a better life." Enhancing people's well-being is not a castle in the air, and must be built on a solid foundation. High-quality development is the key to consolidating this foundation. Ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in promoting high-quality development requires handling the relationship between efficiency and fairness, both adhering to the unity of winning by quality and giving play to the scale effect, consolidating the foundation of people's happiness by continuously making the "cake" bigger, and also dividing the "cake" well, so that the fruits of reform and development can benefit all the people more and more fairly, and stimulate the vitality of further making the "cake" bigger.
To promote high-quality development, we must improve the quality and efficiency of economic development through deepening reform and innovation-driven development, produce more and better material and spiritual products, and continuously meet the people's growing material and cultural needs. In practice, we have implemented the new development concept, promoted the construction of a new development pattern, implemented supply-side structural reform, and formulated a series of major regional strategies with overall significance, and have continuously promoted the quality change, efficiency change, and power change of economic development, and high-quality development has been steadily promoted. For example, the accessibility of infrastructure and the support of industrial supporting facilities are not only the embodiment of the achievements of high-quality development, but also build a three-dimensional security network for enhancing people's well-being. In the field of transportation, the national high-speed rail operating mileage exceeds 50,000 kilometers, weaving a rapid transportation network running from north to south and connecting east to west, making "returning from Jiangling in a day" a reality; the technical grade and pavement quality of rural roads have been significantly improved, and the proportion of graded roads has been continuously increased, which not only connects rural areas with cities, but also unblocks the channel for agricultural products to go to larger markets, allowing mountain specialties to reach the market directly and bulging the pockets of farmers. In the field of communication, 5G networks have covered 95% of administrative villages, the construction of digital villages has been continuously deepened, driving the continuous rise of rural online retail sales and the increase of farmers' income, and people in remote areas can enjoy remote education and online medical care through a mobile phone, sharing the development dividends of the digital age. These vivid practices have all transformed the achievements of high-quality development in the new era into tangible and accessible people's livelihood facts for the masses.
To promote high-quality development, we must take the concept of shared development as the guide, adhere to the development for the people, the development relying on the people, and the development results shared by the people, better safeguard social fairness and justice, and steadily promote the common prosperity of all the people. In practice, we have continuously improved the basic socialist economic system, accelerated the improvement of the social fairness guarantee system with equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal rules as the main content, built a diversified investment mechanism with government overall guidance, active market efforts, and broad social coordination, and promoted the leap of people's livelihood security from the bottom-line supply of "whether there is" to the quality upgrade of "whether it is good." For example, in the field of social security, we have used modern information technology means such as big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to build a unified, efficient, compatible, convenient, and safe medical security information platform nationwide, and promoted the gradual expansion of the scope of direct cross-provincial settlement from hospitalization to general outpatient clinics and 10 types of outpatient chronic and special diseases, benefiting more insured persons and making medical reimbursement for mobile personnel more worry-free; in the field of housing, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, our country has built and raised more than 11 million sets (rooms) of various types of guaranteed housing and resettlement housing for urban villages and urban dilapidated houses, benefiting more than 30 million people, and the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security has been significantly improved, and more new citizens and young people not only "have a place to live," but also "live well"; in terms of the equalization of basic public services, our country has continued to promote the standardized construction of basic public services, breaking the restrictions of household registration and region, and whether they are urban residents or rural people, they can enjoy roughly the same services in the fields of education, medical care, and culture. The dual empowerment of material support and institutional guarantees has realized the organic unity of development quality and people's livelihood temperature, and has steadily promoted the common prosperity of all the people.
Practice has fully proved that only by unswervingly promoting high-quality development can we continuously consolidate the material foundation for ensuring and improving people's livelihoods, ensure the people's equal participation and equal development rights, allow all the people to move forward steadily on the road to common prosperity, and make Chinese-style modernization always full of warmth and strength.
Forming a Virtuous Cycle of Promoting Economic Development and Ensuring and Improving People's Livelihoods
General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) pointed out in *Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Strong Country and the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation with Chinese-Style Modernization*: "Chinese-style modernization must not only create higher efficiency than capitalism, but also more effectively safeguard social fairness and better realize the combination, promotion, and unity of efficiency and fairness." The improvement of the level and the optimization of the structure of people's livelihood needs have provided broad space for industrial iteration and upgrading, and the quality and efficiency improvement of industrial development has provided solid support for people's livelihood improvement. Expanding development space in meeting people's livelihood needs requires building a virtuous cycle of "industrial development-people's livelihood improvement-consumption upgrading-industrial development." This is a vivid practice of the people-centered development thought, which not only reflects the fundamental purpose of development, but also reveals the internal law of development.
The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year required "focusing on continuously enhancing people's well-being and increasing efforts to guarantee and improve people's livelihoods," which pointed out the direction for us to adhere to ensuring and improving people's livelihoods in development. At present, China's development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and there are more uncertain and unpredictable factors, and the economy is at a major juncture of climbing over slopes and crossing ridges in high-quality development, and the people's needs for a better life are growing and becoming more extensive. This requires us to grasp the dialectical unity relationship between economic development and people's livelihood improvement, adhere to systematic thinking, both meet the diversified needs of the masses through precise policies, release consumption potential, and expand industrial space; and enhance the quality and level of people's livelihood security through industrial upgrading and enhance development momentum. We must work together to accurately connect needs, strengthen policy guarantees, and stimulate development vitality, promote the formation of a vivid situation of mutual promotion and spiral rise between the two, activate the endogenous power of high-quality development, expand the broad space of high-quality development, and allow the fruits of reform and development to benefit all the people more and more fairly, and write a warm and profound people's livelihood answer sheet on the new journey of building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation.
Accurately connect with people's livelihood needs and transform "what the masses expect" into "what development does." People's livelihood needs have both diversity and hierarchy, from basic life security to quality life pursuit, from inclusive public services to personalized consumption experience, presenting the distinct characteristics of diversification and personalization. This requires promoting the transformation of people's livelihood services from the extensive supply of "flood irrigation" to the precise supply of "precise drip irrigation," using new needs to lead new supply, using new supply to create new needs, and promoting the virtuous interaction between consumption and investment, supply and demand. To this end, we must conduct front-line research in depth in communities, villages, and enterprises, accurately capture the pain points and difficulties in the fields of education, medical care, elderly care, housing, and employment, and at the same time be good at digging out the growth points of industrial development from the needs, find the best combination point between people's livelihood improvement and industrial upgrading, and open up new development space through adhering to the coordinated efforts and dynamic balance on both the supply and demand sides.
Strengthen policy coordination and support, and promote the resonance of people's livelihood improvement and economic development. Building a virtuous cycle of promoting economic development and people's livelihood improvement is inseparable from the systematic design and coordinated efforts of macro policies. As an important regulatory tool, macro policies must both guard the "bottom line" of people's livelihood security, promote the equalization of basic public services, and allow the masses to share the fruits of reform and development; and pull up the "high line" of industrial development, guide resources to gather in high-quality fields, stimulate the vitality of business entities, and realize the organic unity of inclusiveness and guidance. In policy design, we can focus on strengthening the coordination between people's livelihood policies and industrial policies, improve the institutional system for guaranteeing and improving people's livelihoods, deeply integrate people's livelihood security measures with industrial development guidance, enhance the consistency of policy orientation, and avoid policy fragmentation.
Stimulate endogenous动力 (nèi shēng dòng lì - "internal driving force," inherent power or motivation), and let the masses become participants and beneficiaries of promoting development. The people are not only the creators of history, but also the main force of development. In the cycle of people's livelihood and development, the people are both the proposers of people's livelihood needs and the participants, promoters, and beneficiaries of industrial development. Only by fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the people can we inject inexhaustible动力 (dòng lì - "driving force," power or impetus) into the cycle of people's livelihood and development. We must adhere to co-construction and sharing, form a vivid situation in which everyone participates, everyone does their best, and everyone has a sense of accomplishment, not only allowing the masses to obtain tangible benefits through the improvement of people's livelihood, enhancing their sense of gain, happiness, and security, but also building a platform for the masses to participate in development, allowing the people to increase their income and realize their value through participation.
(The author is a researcher at the Xi Jinping (习近平) Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Research Center of the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance) (中央党校（国家行政学院）).)
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Seeking truth from facts (实事求是 (shí shì qiú shì - "seek truth find facts," be practical and realistic; approach things in a down-to-earth manner)) is our Party's fundamental ideological method, working method, and leadership method. Whether analyzing the situation, planning decisions, or summarizing work, we must adhere to seeking truth from facts, stating one as one and two as two, both acknowledging achievements and addressing problems. General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) emphasized: "The real situation learned in the work should be reflected in a timely, objective and comprehensive manner, and only good news should not be reported, but not bad news." The "Several Guidelines on Political Life within the Party under the New Situation" proposes: "Report the situation to the Party truthfully" and "Oppose concealing the truth and reporting only good news but not bad news." The "Work Plan on Conducting Investigation and Research in the Whole Party" proposes: "State one as one and two as two, report both good news and bad news, and only seek truth from facts, not from books or superiors." General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important expositions and the Party Central Committee's important requirements have put forward fundamental action guidelines and defined clear behavioral boundaries for the majority of party members and cadres to promote work and perform their duties.
Reporting good news is an objective presentation of the effectiveness of hard work and an important foundation for building confidence. The achievements made through hard work have powerfully promoted the development of the Party and the people's cause. Presenting these achievements truthfully can not only allow superiors to fully grasp the progress of the work, but also better motivate cadres and the masses to strengthen their confidence and continue to struggle. For example, the fruitful results of scientific and technological innovation, the improvement of people's well-being, and the progress of rural construction are all solid achievements worth fully discussing. However, when talking about achievements, we must adhere to the bottom line of objectivity, truthfulness, and seeking truth from facts, and we must not exaggerate or make false reports, let alone "say it as done it" or "do it as done it." Achievements must stand the test of practice, the people, and history, and truly become a "gas station" for gathering the strength to forge ahead.
Reporting bad news is a sober understanding of contradictions and problems, reflecting a pragmatic working attitude and a clear awareness of problems. The development of any work cannot be smooth sailing, and it is constantly advanced by solving one problem after another. Problems in development and contradictions in progress are objectively existing and will not disappear on their own because of avoidance or concealment. In reality, some party members and cadres avoid talking about contradictions and problems in their work, turn a blind eye to pain points and difficulties in development, and even transform work summaries and situation reports into "merit books" in disguise. This one-sided approach not only fails to truly reflect the actual situation of the work, leading to inaccurate and unfocused decision-making, but also allows small problems to evolve into big problems and individual problems to develop into common problems, ultimately missing the best opportunity to solve the problems and harming the fundamental interests of the Party and the people.
Seeking truth from facts to report both good news and bad news, and truthfully and comprehensively reflecting the work situation, is essentially being responsible to the cause of the Party and the country and to the people, and is a direct reflection of the political consciousness and sense of responsibility of party members and cadres. In work, it is often easier to report good news than to report bad news. Some party members and cadres have a misunderstanding that reporting bad news is equivalent to picking faults or even discrediting. In fact, reporting bad news is not picking faults, but a key to promoting development; it is not discrediting, but a prerequisite for solving problems. Only by accurately raising the problems can we find out the crux of the matter and prescribe the right medicine, provide a scientific basis for decision-making, provide a clear direction for the next step of work, and inject impetus into entrepreneurship, so that the work is more in line with the actual situation and more in line with the will of the people.
When reporting bad news, it is even more important to be good at solving problems. Reporting bad news is not the goal, and solving problems is the ultimate goal. While reporting bad news, the majority of party members and cadres should also deeply analyze and think about the root causes of the problems and propose practical and feasible solutions. With a sense of responsibility of "always being uneasy," we should face up to the blockages, stagnations, and difficulties in development, establish a list of problems that are "reported," clarify responsibilities, supervise and handle them, and carry them out to the end to achieve practical results. We must not only dare to raise problems, but also be good at solving problems, so that reporting bad news becomes a "fulcrum" for leveraging work improvement and is transformed into a driving force for promoting the development of the cause.
On the new journey, we face a more complex situation and more arduous tasks, and we need party members and cadres to carry forward the spirit of seeking truth from facts and daring to take responsibility. Party members and cadres must always keep their original aspirations and missions firmly in mind, adhere to everything starting from reality, be good at summarizing achievements and inspiring confidence, and dare to face problems and take responsibility. With a broad mind of not avoiding contradictions and not concealing problems, and with the spirit of pioneering and enterprising to open roads when encountering mountains and build bridges when encountering water (逢山开路、遇水架桥 (féng shān kāi lù, yù shuǐ jià qiáo - "meet mountain open road, meet water build bridge," overcome all difficulties)), we will constantly promote the development of the Party and the country's cause by facing up to problems and solving problems.
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To comprehensively advance the building of a strong nation and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, both strong material strength and strong spiritual strength are needed. During the 2023 National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping (习近平) proposed "Humanistic Economics," pointing out that "places with highly developed cultures also tend to have economies that are at the forefront. We can study the humanistic economics involved here." This important exposition enriches and develops Xi Jinping's Economic Thought and Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture, providing scientific guidance for promoting the coordinated development of people's material affluence and spiritual enrichment in the process of Chinese-style modernization, and is a new development in socialist political economics with Chinese characteristics. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed the main goals of economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, including "significant achievements in high-quality development," "significant improvement in the level of social civilization," and "continuous improvement in the quality of people's lives." We must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping's Economic Thought and Xi Jinping's Thought on Culture, accurately grasp the rich connotation and practical requirements of humanistic economics, and provide an important impetus for creating a new situation in the construction of Chinese-style modernization.
Material civilization is the sum of the material achievements of human beings in transforming nature, and spiritual civilization is the sum of the spiritual wealth created by human beings in the process of practice. Material civilization and spiritual civilization are like two wheels of a car and two wings of a bird, jointly promoting the development and progress of human society. To comprehensively advance the building of a strong nation and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, both the accumulation of material civilization and the sublimation of spiritual civilization are needed. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, China promoted the mutual integration and promotion of economy and culture, and its development has a more solid material foundation and a more proactive spiritual force. The "15th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for laying the foundation and fully exerting efforts to basically realize socialist modernization. Promoting the effective improvement of the quality and the reasonable growth of the quantity of the economy, and promoting the solid progress of the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of all people, will lay a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035.
Adhere to putting the people first, and promote the realization of high-quality development and high-quality life. Chinese-style modernization takes high-quality development as its primary task, and gathers a strong joint force to promote high-quality development; it continuously creates a high-quality life, so that the fruits of modernization construction can benefit all people more and more fairly. It should be seen that high-quality development and high-quality life are organically unified. High-quality development is the practical foundation and material premise for creating a high-quality life, and a high-quality life is the goal orientation for promoting high-quality development. The value orientation of both is "people." To promote the vigorous development of humanistic economics in the process of advancing Chinese-style modernization, we must adhere to the people-centered development thought. People are the most active and revolutionary factor in the productive forces. The essence of modernization is the modernization of people. People are not only the creators of material wealth, but also the creators of spiritual wealth. To this end, on the one hand, we must adhere to the fundamental position of Marxist political economics that development is for the people, give full play to the natural advantages of humanistic economics in providing diversified and multi-level products and services, effectively meet the people's growing needs for a better life, let the fruits of development benefit all people more and more fairly, and enhance people's sense of belonging, gain, and happiness. On the other hand, we must adhere to development relying on the people, respect the people's principal position, give full play to people's subjective initiative, and build platforms and create conditions for the people to participate in economic construction and cultural creation.
Adhere to overall planning and coordination, and promote the integrated mutual promotion of cultural prosperity and economic development. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee not only put forward requirements for "consolidating and strengthening the foundation of the real economy" and "leading the development of new quality productive forces," but also clearly deployed the strategic task of "promoting the prosperity and development of socialist culture," emphasizing "empowering economic and social development with culture." To implement this requirement, it is necessary to grasp the internal logic of the integrated mutual promotion of cultural prosperity and economic development, and promote cultural prosperity and economic development in a coordinated manner. On the one hand, economic development can provide support for cultural prosperity in terms of funds, technology, and talent, and activate the social and economic benefits of cultural resources through market-oriented mechanisms and industrialization models. On the other hand, as a spiritual achievement created in the process of human social development, culture has a strong guiding force, appeal, and influence on people's ways of thinking and behavior. At present, humanistic economics has gone beyond the scope of the cultural industry and is integrating into various industries of the national economy, becoming an important carrier of cultural development and an important pillar of economic development. To promote the vigorous development of humanistic economics in the process of advancing Chinese-style modernization, it is necessary to handle the relationship between the government and the market well, give play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, give better play to the role of the government, provide important support for the development of humanistic economics with the effectiveness of high-quality development; take the core socialist values as the guide, regulate the economic behavior of various business entities, and cultivate modern business entities that abide by ethical norms and have correct values; promote the integration of excellent cultural elements into relevant economic activities and production, distribution, circulation, consumption, and other links, effectively enhance the added value of products, promote the continuous extension of the industrial chain, spawn new economic growth points and new business forms and models, and promote industrial structure upgrading and economic structure optimization.
Adhere to innovation and creation, and promote technological innovation to better empower humanistic economics. Science and technology are an important engine of economic development and a propeller of cultural innovation and creation. The "Suggestions" of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed: "Promote the integration of culture and technology, promote the digital and intelligent empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction, and develop new cultural formats." At present, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is developing rapidly, the supporting capacity of science and technology for economic and social development is constantly enhanced, and better conditions are also provided for cultural innovation and creation. To promote the vigorous development of humanistic economics in the process of advancing Chinese-style modernization, it is necessary to make good use of the enabling role of technological innovation and explore innovative development paths for humanistic economics. For example, using digital and intelligent technology to empower the development of humanistic economics can implant cultural elements into economic and social development scenarios in accordance with local conditions, upgrade the cultural industry ecosystem from the supply side to the demand side, reconstruct the entire chain of cultural production, dissemination, and consumption, spawn new cultural formats such as digital publishing and the manufacture of intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles for entertainment, promote the integration of technological innovation achievements into the development of humanistic economics, effectively improve the quality and efficiency of cultural industry development, and powerfully activate new momentum for economic and social development. Standing at a new historical starting point to develop humanistic economics, it is necessary to seize the historical opportunities of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, further comprehensively deepen reform, strengthen policy support, improve institutional guarantees, increase investment in the research and development of core technologies in the cultural industry, vigorously develop new cultural formats, actively explore effective mechanisms for promoting the integration of culture and technology, expand the depth and breadth of the integration of culture and technology, and inject new momentum and open up new space for the high-quality development of humanistic economics.
(The author is a special researcher at the Fujian Provincial Research Center for Xi Jinping (习近平)'s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 韩 鑫 窦瀚洋
As severe winter approaches, a "warm wind" from China is warming the world—
Cold and warm air all-in-one machines, with both "winter heating and summer cooling" functions, are receiving continuous repeat orders in Central Asian countries;
Multi-faceted heaters, with a top that can heat tea and four sides that can provide warmth, are receiving large orders in Japan and South Korea;
Floor heating-grade heating carpets, which can intelligently control temperature and automatically cut off power at high temperatures, are popular in many European markets.
These inconspicuous small household appliances are being transformed with new ideas by Chinese manufacturers, expanding the international market. Data shows that from January to November 2025, exports of electric heaters, electric blankets, and other electric space heaters reached 106.15 million units, an increase of 6.18% year-on-year.
Why are small heating appliances selling well overseas? What cold reflections are behind the export boom? The reporter brings first-hand observations from Cixi (慈溪) and Yiwu (义乌) in Zhejiang (浙江) Province.
Market Hot: Small Orders, Quick Returns, Full Operation
In a family in Hamburg (汉堡), Germany (德国), a multi-functional heater from Ningbo (宁波), Zhejiang (浙江) is quietly operating, dispelling the cold while filtering harmful substances from the air.
Moving the view south, an appliance store in downtown Istanbul (伊斯坦布尔), Turkey (土耳其) is bustling with people. The shelves are filled with 3D simulated flame fireplaces, wall-mounted heaters, cold and warm fans... many are marked with "Made in China" (中国制造).
The market heat spans thousands of miles, powerfully transmitting to the supply side—
Cixi (慈溪), Ningbo (宁波), is the capital of small household appliances in China. Inside the workshop, the heater assembly line is operating at full capacity, with workers quickly assembling and testing; outside the factory area, trucks are ready to depart... Cen Yipin (岑逸品), general manager of Zhejiang Jiuyou Electric Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江久友电器科技有限公司), said that the output in 2025 reached 300,000 units, an increase of nearly 30% year-on-year.
Yiwu (义乌), Zhejiang (浙江), is the world's capital of small commodities. Just after New Year's Day, in the small household appliance area of District 2 of the International Trade City (国际商贸城), foreign buyers from Central Asia, Europe, and other places are dragging suitcases and holding sample books, shuttling between dense shops to inquire about prices.
"Recently, I have received more than a dozen groups of customers every day, many of whom are familiar faces, and the repeat orders are particularly fast," Zhang Changjun (张长军), head of Yiwu Chichao Trading Co., Ltd. (义乌驰超贸易有限公司), told reporters that the heater market has the characteristics of small orders and quick returns. An old customer from Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦) placed three repeat orders last year and just placed a new order worth 28,000 yuan.
The micro-scenes of hot production and active trade converge into an upward-climbing growth curve.
Alibaba International Station (阿里巴巴国际站) data shows that as of the end of November 2025, the cumulative transaction scale of electric blankets increased by 224% month-on-month. Customs statistics show that from January to November 2025, Cixi's (慈溪) heater exports amounted to 3.32 billion yuan, of which 1.28 billion yuan were exported to the European Union (欧盟), an increase of 8.4% year-on-year; Yiwu's (义乌) heater exports amounted to 290 million yuan, an increase of 32% year-on-year, with products sold to Europe, America, the Middle East, Latin America, and other regions.
Enterprise Flexibility: Adapting to Changes, Acting Agilely
Why can Chinese heaters sell well overseas? Market feedback is the most sincere—
A foreign businessman in Yiwu (义乌) told reporters that Chinese businessmen have "too sensitive noses," "wherever there is a market opportunity, you can quickly see their figures."
A German (德国) distributor of Jiuyou Electric (久友电器) said that Chinese manufacturing companies are "very quick," "they act very efficiently and can immediately switch to products with market prospects."
"Sensitive noses" means that Chinese foreign trade merchants are sensitive to market reactions.
In Yiwu International Trade City (义乌国际商贸城), operator Cao Kun (曹堃) picked up the "hit product" in the store—the cold and warm air all-in-one machine. "Our early market research found that customers now not only want heating but also need a sense of atmosphere," Cao Kun (曹堃) said. This product mainly targets European and Middle Eastern family markets. It not only has heating and cooling functions but also simulates a fireplace effect. It has sold tens of thousands of units shortly after its launch.
"The demand varies significantly in different regions. For example, the Middle East and Europe prefer products with strong decorative properties; Russia and Central Asia tend to prefer space-saving wall-mounted models; Southeast Asia prefers portable charging small appliances," Cao Kun (曹堃) said, "We make whatever the customer wants."
Foreign trade companies that adapt to changes are the key to the strong resilience of China's foreign trade. "With the rise of global economic uncertainty, Yiwu (义乌) merchants use fast, accurate, and new strategies to transform the cold wave into opportunities, continuously injecting 'Chinese warmth' into the world," said Luo Hongying (骆洪英), president of the Yiwu Small Household Appliance Industry Chamber of Commerce (义乌小家电行业商会).
"Quick hands and feet" means that Chinese manufacturing companies act agilely.
In Cixi (慈溪), how fast can a new heater be produced? "From design and manufacturing to production and off-line, it takes less than 2 months," said Xu Songlie (徐松烈), head of Fuyun Electric Co., Ltd. (富运电器有限公司).
Behind the rapid response and agile action is strong manufacturing capabilities. Cixi's (慈溪) heater exports account for nearly 1/3 of the country, and a relatively complete industrial cluster has been formed. Producing heaters here can "use local materials." Whether it is a switch or a radiator, you can quickly find a source of supply.
"The hot sales of heaters are a reflection of the advantages of my country's complete industrial system," said Xu Dongsheng (徐东生), vice chairman of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association (中国家用电器协会). In the long-term market competition, the home appliance industry has formed a complete and mature supply chain system. The industrial chain cluster effect meets the one-stop needs of enterprises, making Chinese home appliance companies more competitive in sailing overseas.
Breaking Internal Competition: Collaborative Innovation, Seeking Newness Outward
Along with the good export trend is the increasingly fierce competition in the industry.
In the interview, many companies reflected that the heater industry has basically achieved independent supporting facilities, and market competition is increasingly shifting from a single-point competition between enterprises to a comprehensive competition of the collaborative capabilities of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.
Faced with the new competitive landscape, many foreign trade companies have taken the initiative to exert their strength and break the internal competition—
Some are breaking through to new heights, focusing on the mid-to-high end.
"We once wanted to develop a product that could blow cold and warm air and purify the air, but we got stuck in the research and development stage," Cen Daiyu (岑代郁), the relevant person in charge of Jiuyou Electric (久友电器), explained that the speed of ordinary motors is less than 1200 rpm. After adding a high-density filter element, the air volume becomes particularly small. In the first half of last year, through upstream and downstream collaborative innovation, the company broke through the high-speed motor chip technology, and the problem was solved.
With the advantages of new technology, Jiuyou Electric (久友电器) quickly received a large order for 10,000 sets, and the customer unit price hit a new high since the company was founded. "This proves that making high-end goods can sell at high-end prices and jump out of low-price competition," Cen Daiyu (岑代郁) said.
Some are internally refining, focusing on reducing costs.
In the production workshop of Shuaige Electric (帅格电器), Chen Wei (陈威), the head of the company, disassembled the new and old electric heaters to reveal the secrets of cost control—
Replacing the traditional dual-axis motor with a DC motor, integrating two independent computer boards into one... After a series of adjustments, the ex-factory price of the new product has dropped from about 130 to 140 yuan per unit to about 110 yuan, but the core functions have not been reduced at all. "Every penny must be used wisely, and quality must never be compromised!" Chen Wei (陈威) said.
Some companies have added injection molding machines to independently produce plastic parts that account for about 15% of the product cost, reducing procurement costs by 10%.
Some are seeking survival externally, opening up new markets.
"Only by constantly going out can we open up new horizons," said Yu Hui (余辉), head of Ningda Electric Co., Ltd. (宁达电器有限公司). In order to open up the Nordic market, the company cooperated with customers to design a minimalist heater. "Customers understand the local market, and we are responsible for product implementation. It sold well as soon as it was launched."
From "opening the door to welcome guests" to "knocking on doors around the world," more and more foreign trade companies are actively expanding new trade channels. In the whole year of 2025, there were more than 230 countries and regions with import and export trade with Yiwu (义乌), of which 156 countries and regions had a trade volume of more than 100 million yuan.
Competition is fierce and pressure is unabated, but most companies are still full of confidence in the future:
"The current orders have been scheduled until April," Xu Songlie (徐松烈) said frankly that looking at the long term and firmly innovating can become the winner in this market promotion competition!
"Trees die when moved, people live when moved. By focusing on demand and following trends, the cold wave can also be turned into an opportunity!" Zhang Changjun (张长军) said with emotion.
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In the cold season, domestically produced heating appliances bring warmth to overseas users. In the workshops, production lines are running at full capacity; in commercial centers, foreign businessmen drag their suitcases, shuttling back and forth to inquire about prices. Behind the frequent "hit products" is the support of China's complete industrial chain system.
"We make whatever the customer wants," from design to mass production, launching a new heater takes less than two months. Whether it's a switch or a radiator, manufacturers can quickly find sources locally. The close linkage of all links in the industrial chain connects market research, product development, component supply, and assembly production into a closed loop, achieving rapid response and accurately hitting the market rhythm.
A complete industrial chain is not only an assembly chain but also an innovation chain. By joining forces with upstream and downstream companies, breakthroughs have been made in high-speed motor chip technology, and high-end products with "cold and warm air + air purification" have been developed. Not only can it provide warmth, but it also has an atmospheric feel; products that simulate the effect of a fireplace have sold tens of thousands of units upon launch. Upstream and downstream enterprises work together to promote the transformation of the industry towards value competition.
The development of the "warmth" industry has hard power. By focusing on the long term and firmly innovating, products will continue to open up new horizons.
Return to TopAccording to the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) on January 21st, Beijing (北京): In 2025, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 50.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.7%. Among them, retail sales of goods increased by 3.8%, and catering revenue increased by 3.2%. Final consumption expenditure contributed 52% to economic growth, continuing to play the role of the main engine of economic development.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the total retail sales of consumer goods successively reached new levels of 40 trillion yuan, 45 trillion yuan, and 50 trillion yuan. According to relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce (商务部), driven by the trade-in policy for consumer goods in 2025, the retail sales of household appliances and communication equipment both exceeded one trillion yuan in 2025, reaching record highs.
The potential for consumption continues to be released. From the perspective of trade-in data, in 2025, over 129 million units of 12 types of household appliances were traded in, and over 91 million units of mobile phones and other digital products were purchased. From the perspective of statistical data, in 2025, the retail sales of household appliances and audio-visual equipment, as well as communication equipment, by units above the designated size increased by 11% and 20.9% respectively.
The trend of consumption upgrading is obvious. According to business big data, the sales of smart glasses, smart watches, and smart bracelets on key platforms all increased by more than 40%. The first-release economy is full of vitality, with new products in the fields of intelligent connected vehicles and smart phones being released intensively, and the first stores of domestic and foreign brands accelerating their landing. The "IP+consumption" is booming, and the sales of film derivatives during the 2025 summer season increased by more than 100% year-on-year.
The transformation and upgrading of industries is accelerating. While boosting consumption, the policy effect of trade-in continues to be transmitted to the supply side, effectively promoting industrial transformation and upgrading, and driving the development of new quality productive forces. Efficiency has been improved. Data from the Ministry of Commerce (商务部) shows that among the 12 types of household appliances traded in, the sales of first-level energy efficiency or water efficiency products accounted for more than 90%. The variety has increased. Data from the China Article Numbering Center (中国物品编码中心) shows that in 2025, 177,800 new types of household appliances were added in China's 12 major categories, an increase of 28.89% year-on-year. Technology has been upgraded. Household appliance companies have significantly shortened order cycles by applying "5G+industrial internet" technology, and mobile phone companies have continuously innovated and made breakthroughs in imaging, battery life, AI and other technologies, further enhancing product added value.
Return to TopThe year 2026 marks the beginning of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. As the core area, demonstration area, and leading area of the Hangzhou City West Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, as well as the main platform for economic development in Yuhang District (余杭区), Hangzhou City (杭州市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), the Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City (杭州未来科技城) (referred to as "Sci-Tech City") is anchoring its goal of creating a national-level high-tech zone. It is closely focusing on the development strategy of "talent-led, innovation-driven," taking innovation as the core, industry as the foundation, and talent as the basis, and is making every effort to transform scientific and technological innovation advantages into development advantages, advancing at full speed on the journey of high-quality development.
Building Nests to Attract Phoenixes, Cultivating Fertile Land for Talent
Talent is the primary resource for innovation. Sci-Tech City is broadening channels for talent gathering through global layout and diversified cooperation. Relying on cooperation with overseas talent service stations and using various forms such as university exchanges and project roadshows, Sci-Tech City is building a bridge connecting global wisdom. Seizing the opportunity to build the Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City Talent Development Innovation Pilot Zone, Sci-Tech City will further strengthen strategic cooperation with enterprises and institutions such as Zhejiang Talent Development Group (浙江省人才发展集团) and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics International Innovation Institute (北京航空航天大学国际创新研究院) in Hangzhou, accelerating the construction of a high-end talent gathering area in the province.
Constructing a full life-cycle talent service system and improving the "introduction, cultivation, retention, and utilization" mechanism. Sci-Tech City is promoting characteristic models such as the "Hai Chuang Future (海创未来)" talent evaluation and joint engineering master's and doctoral training, and is continuously expanding the "top-notch - leading - young" talent echelon. At the same time, Sci-Tech City will rely on major events such as the Global Artificial Intelligence Technology Conference and "Future Science π" to build an ecosystem of "attracting talent through competitions and promoting innovation through investment," promoting the efficient coupling of talent, technology, and capital.
Strengthening the construction of "soft" and "hard" environments to enhance the sense of belonging of talents. Sci-Tech City continues to improve the "three sendings, three givings, and one unveiling (三送三给一揭榜)" mechanism, promotes the implementation of "achievement transformation insurance," and introduces support measures such as the issuance of "computing power coupons" to provide solid support for entrepreneurs. Accelerating the construction of key projects such as Hangzhou Yintai Center (杭州银泰中心) and Hangzhou Future International Performing Arts Center (杭州未来国际演艺中心), creating a functional central axis of the new Hangzhou urban center, and creating a livable and business-friendly environment.
Gathering Momentum on Platforms, Releasing Innovation Vitality
Innovation platforms are "incubators" for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and "boosters" for industrial upgrading. Sci-Tech City has gathered 2,116 national high-tech enterprises and 566 provincial-level specialized and new enterprises. Lingban Technology's (灵伴科技) global ultra-light screenless AI glasses have successfully achieved their overseas debut, and Qiangnao Technology (强脑科技), one of the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons (杭州六小龙)," recently completed a record-breaking large amount of financing in the domestic brain-computer interface field. A series of achievements have emerged one after another.
High-level scientific research platforms consolidate the foundation for original innovation. Four Zhejiang Provincial Laboratories (浙江省实验室) including Zhijiang (之江) and Hupan (湖畔) continue to focus on tackling key areas such as artificial intelligence and life health. The national major scientific and technological infrastructure—the Super-Gravity Centrifugal Simulation and Experiment Device—has been officially launched and will play a boosting role in multidisciplinary research such as deep-sea energy and new materials.
Improving spatial carriers and innovation support networks to promote resource aggregation and collaboration. Model Domain Space (模域空间) and the Brain-Computer Science Innovation Demonstration Center have been built and put into operation successively, working together with characteristic platforms such as Yuhang Artificial Intelligence Town (余杭人工智能小镇) and Dream Town (梦想小镇) to accelerate the gathering of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. 37 provincial-level key laboratories and 136 provincial-level enterprise research institutes have gathered to form a systematic innovation support system.
Empowering Industries, Leading the Future Track
Sci-Tech City is making every effort to promote the construction of the "1+3+X" future industry system, building a distinctive industrial pattern. Taking artificial intelligence as the traction, it consolidates the support of the three iconic industries of future information, future space, and future health, and proactively lays out cutting-edge tracks such as brain-inspired intelligence and embodied intelligence to seize the commanding heights of industrial development.
Focusing on the "AI+" track to cultivate the competitiveness of industrial clusters. There are more than 200 innovation and entrepreneurship enterprises focusing on "AI+" in the region, of which 14 enterprises have been selected into the list of Zhejiang Province's science and technology new little dragon enterprises, demonstrating strong cluster competitiveness.
The three iconic future industries are accelerating their rise and forming clusters. In the field of future information, relying on leading enterprises to tackle cutting-edge technologies such as sixth-generation mobile communication and ultra-high-speed optoelectronic terahertz communication, promoting the large-scale and industrialization of research results. In the field of future space, taking advantage of Hangzhou's selection as one of the first national civil unmanned aerial vehicle test bases (test zones), expanding application scenarios such as drone logistics and distribution and emergency rescue, and highlighting the "China Flying Valley (中国飞谷)" brand. In the field of future health, focusing on cell and gene therapy, high-end medical equipment, and other directions, promoting technological innovation breakthroughs and industrial applications in synthetic biology, brain-computer interaction, and other technologies.
In the first year of the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan," Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City will strengthen its mission and responsibility, make every effort to build a globally competitive talent highland, tackle core technologies that lead the future, bravely act as a pioneer, and depict a development picture with the pen of innovation, providing a strong engine for Yuhang District (余杭区) and even Hangzhou City (杭州市) to achieve a good start to the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan."
Data source: Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City Management Committee (杭州未来科技城管委会)
Return to TopCartography: Zhang Danfeng (张丹峰)
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"Why are you arresting me? The money for the house was all borrowed, and it's clearly written on the IOU." In the detention room, She Qian (佘倩) (pseudonym), the former director of the clinical laboratory of a hospital in Chongqing (重庆), pretended to be calm.
"This time we are taking measures to detain you because we have mastered the clues, so don't try to muddle through! You only paid 50,000 yuan for this house, and the rest was paid by others. How do you explain this?" The staff of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission said sternly.
"We invested together, and I invested 50,000 yuan. What's wrong with that?" No matter how they questioned her, She Qian (佘倩) insisted that the house payment was a "loan," occasionally closing her eyes to rest or spacing out. The staff of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission understood that they had met an "opponent."
She Qian's (佘倩) counter-investigation awareness stemmed from a cooperative investigation in 2007. At that time, She Qian's (佘倩) leader was being investigated, and she was interviewed and asked to assist in the investigation. Although it wasn't her own business, She Qian (佘倩) figured out a "trick" – to build a "firewall" and not leave any direct evidence.
She Qian's (佘倩) professional ability was widely recognized, and she also received many honors. As her position and influence continued to increase, the "switch" in her thinking began to loosen, and her greed grew.
As the director of the hospital's clinical laboratory, She Qian (佘倩) had the power to purchase medical equipment. Many medical companies took the initiative to approach her and give her various kickbacks. She had a special liking for real estate. In order to set up a "firewall," she often asked the other party to take out a loan to purchase real estate for her and hold it on her behalf, without ever showing her face.
Yang (杨), the actual controller of a pharmaceutical company, sought She Qian (佘倩) to "say hello" in order to sell medical equipment and consumables to the hospital, and gave her more than 1.82 million yuan in kickbacks, most of which was used to "lend" to She Qian (佘倩) to buy a house.
In addition to her position in the hospital, She Qian (佘倩) also served as the deputy director of the Chongqing Clinical Laboratory Center (重庆市临床检验中心). She took advantage of various meetings and inspections to happily accept various "lecture fees" and "review fees" – in addition to the compliant amount, she also collected a larger amount of cash.
"When she was on business trips, suppliers provided her with nanny-style services, and everything from meals to transportation was arranged properly," said the case handler. She Qian (佘倩) also engaged in power-money transactions through covert means such as borrowing more and repaying less, accepting dry shares, and option transactions, and had a strong sense of counter-investigation.
Not only did she use her position to amass wealth, but She Qian's (佘倩) family also participated in it. Some pharmaceutical companies arranged for She Qian's (佘倩) family members to receive salaries and part-time compensation in name only, which She Qian (佘倩) gladly accepted.
However, She Qian's (佘倩) favorite thing was still buying houses, because "other investments are easy to lose money, and houses are still reliable." At the end of 2020, businessman Wang (王) paid She Qian (佘倩) more than 1.08 million yuan in the name of paying for the house and renovation costs in order to get his reagents into the Chongqing Clinical Laboratory Center (重庆市临床检验中心) supply chain.
In order to cover up the truth, She Qian (佘倩) first paid a deposit of 50,000 yuan through an intermediary. Wang (王) then went through his sister's classmate, the classmate's husband, and other intermediaries, "detouring" several times, and finally paid the house payment to the real estate sales company by means of transfers and cash deposits. One of the intermediaries had worked in finance and often carried the tail number when transferring money.
However, She Qian's (佘倩) desires were insatiable, and she wanted to buy two more properties a month later. Wang (王) was a little overwhelmed and unwilling to bear the full amount of the house payment. She Qian (佘倩) then arranged for another boss who had a vested interest to transfer money to Wang (王) to make up for the "price difference" and "relay" the house.
Over the past 10 years, She Qian (佘倩) has successively purchased more than 30 properties, spread across Hainan (海南), Zhejiang (浙江), Sichuan (四川), and other places.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏 (tiān wǎng huī huī, shū ér bù lòu - "heaven's net is vast, sparse but not leaking," justice may be late, but it will surely come). In 2023, relevant national departments carried out a centralized rectification of corruption problems in the national pharmaceutical field. The Yuzhong District (渝中区) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission re-examined and deeply investigated the clues of She Qian's (佘倩) problems, peeled back the layers of her house purchase funds, traced the source of each payment, conducted a thorough review, and compared it with the time when the bribe-givers profited, and mastered conclusive evidence.
"Since there are IOUs, why is it still considered bribery? One is to see if she had the ability to pay at the time. We found that she frequently borrowed money when she had sufficient funds in her account; the other is to see if there was any exchange of benefits. The objects of her borrowing were all management service objects, and there were benefit transfers before and after the borrowing," said Wen Xianwen (温贤文), director of the Sixth Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Yuzhong District (渝中区) Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission.
After the investigation was clear, in May 2024, the District Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission took measures to detain She Qian (佘倩). At that time, She Qian (佘倩) still controlled more than 20 properties.
Due to the covert methods, She Qian (佘倩) was "calm and composed" in the early stage of detention and denied the facts of bribery.
The staff was once in trouble. "Because the subject of bribery in the case is hidden and the means of bribery are market-oriented, the evidence we have is not comprehensive enough. In addition, we are worried that rash actions will alert the enemy, so we have not taken measures to detain the bribe-givers, which makes She Qian (佘倩) feel lucky," said Wen Xianwen (温贤文).
In order to verify the evidence of bribery, the District Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission increased its efforts to investigate and took measures to detain Yang (杨), a businessman who had conclusive evidence of bribery crimes, and mastered more of She Qian's (佘倩) criminal facts. Faced with the irrefutable evidence, She Qian (佘倩) gradually began to waver, and finally collapsed and fully confessed to the criminal facts.
According to statistics, from 2005 to 2024, She Qian (佘倩) illegally accepted a total of more than 10.42 million yuan in property given by others. In March 2025, She Qian (佘倩) was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for the crime of bribery, and ordered to return the embezzled money and fined 1 million yuan.
"I have been reduced from a medical worker fighting the virus to a 'corrupt virus' that seriously violates discipline and the law. I am extremely ashamed and have no place to hide." In her confession, She Qian (佘倩) deeply reflected on her criminal behavior and sincerely repented to the organization.
Return to TopBy: 温贤文
She Qian massively accumulated wealth through covert means such as borrowing under false pretenses, borrowing more and returning less, receiving salaries for nominal positions, accepting dry shares, holding real estate on behalf of others, and options trading. This makes the case characterized by the concealment of bribery subjects and the marketization of bribery methods, belonging to a typical new type of corruption and hidden corruption case.
These types of corruption cases are characterized by great deceptiveness and strong concealment in the methods of committing crimes, which poses certain difficulties in investigation and handling. To investigate and handle such cases, first, it is necessary to accurately identify and quickly locate. Closely monitor hidden and mutated forms such as assets held on behalf of others and false transactions, deeply investigate "white gloves," and thoroughly investigate "agents"; second, it is necessary to penetrate evidence collection and standardize characterization. Focus on key points of the evidence chain such as the identity of the subject, the exercise of power, the transfer of benefits, and the causal relationship, and grasp the essence of the "power-money transaction" of corruption problems; third, it is necessary to link governance and long-term prevention and control. Adhere to penetrating investigation and handling, analyze associated information such as funds, projects, and interpersonal relationships, and promote reform and governance through cases to form a closed loop.
To deeply combat corruption in the medical industry, efforts are needed in three aspects: first, technology should be empowered to strengthen supervision, build a "technical defense + human defense" dual defense line, and place more medical procurement activities under the sunlight; second, industry reform should be deepened, procurement needs should be integrated, unified evaluation standards should be established, and the scale of competition should be expanded, greatly reducing the procurement prices of medical equipment, consumables, and drugs, and compressing the space for power rent-seeking from the source; third, ideological construction of the medical team should be strengthened, incorporating ideological and moral qualities into the industry access system, and effectively enhancing industry anti-corruption awareness.
(The author is the Director of the Sixth Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Yuzhong District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Chongqing (重庆市渝中区纪委监委), and this article was compiled and edited from an interview with Liu Xinwu (刘新吾), a reporter from this newspaper.)
Return to TopBy: 王 彪
To be with the people and work practically, one can overcome difficulties and not be afraid of trivial matters, solving problems one by one, and gradually turning the people's yearning for a better life into reality.
"In the past, there was only water during the day, and the faucets would 'go silent' after dark. Bathing and washing clothes had to be timed. Now, there's water 24 hours a day, and even solar water heaters don't need an extra pump. This water is so sweet!" Grandpa Wang, a villager in Suzhuang Village (苏庄村), Sangcun Town (桑村镇), Shanting District (山亭区), Zaozhuang City (枣庄市), Shandong Province (山东省), said with a smile as he turned on the faucet in his kitchen, and clear tap water gushed out.
This "sweet water" was hard-won. Hilly areas account for 88.6% of the total area of Shanting District, and the rural large-scale water supply rate was once only 2.49%. In previous years, many villages relied on small water plants for water supply. The water quality became turbid when it rained, and water was supplied for a limited time during the dry season. The "difficulty in accessing water" became a big stone weighing on the villagers' hearts.
In order to completely gnaw off this "hard bone", the district invited provincial and municipal water conservancy experts to "diagnose" the situation on-site, and also invited experts familiar with local hydrology to offer suggestions. After three months of investigation, they finally explored a large-scale water supply model that conformed to the actual situation of Shanting District: "large plants with small stations, high pools with fine pipes" (大厂小站、高池细管).
Suzhuang Village (苏庄村) in Sangcun Town (桑村镇) was the first village to undergo water supply renovation. Before construction started, Zhou Shengjin (周生金), the secretary of the village Party branch, led the village committee cadres to collect public opinions from door to door to adjust the construction plan, and helped the construction team coordinate the site and solve electricity problems. This "entering the village and entering households" not only did not encounter resistance, but also received support from villagers who actively offered water and lent a hand.
The construction environment for laying pipelines was complex and there were many difficulties. Zhao Jinzhong (赵锦忠), the water supply service section chief of the District Urban and Rural Water Affairs Bureau, monitored the entire process. "The most difficult section of the trench had dense and hard rock layers. More than a dozen people worked for a day and only dug 8 meters." After more than two months of hard work, sweat was exchanged for "sweet water" - a brand-new pipe network reached every villager's home.
Water supply is just the beginning. Ensuring that "happy water" flows continuously into the homes of the people is a long-term task that requires consolidating responsibilities and caring about the people. When a cold wave hit, Xu Ruixin (徐瑞鑫), the water pipe manager of Geshang Village (格上村) in Shancheng Street (山城街道), braved the cold to run around the village for inspection. To prevent the water pipes from cracking, he cut old cotton clothes into strips and wrapped them layer by layer around the pipes. The villagers sighed: "What Xiao Xu is protecting is not just the pipes, but clearly the hearts of our people!"
Today, the rural large-scale water supply rate in Shanting District (山亭区) has reached 97%, the water quality is 100% up to standard, and 141,000 households have access to "happy water". In recent years, Shanting District has taken doing practical things for the people as a standard for testing political achievements, adhering to the principle of "doing whatever the people want", and constantly solving the urgent and difficult problems of the people in the fields of drinking water, education, and medical care.
In recent years, some local people's livelihood projects have been out of touch with the needs of the people. They were launched with great fanfare during construction, but after completion, they became decorations, which not only caused waste but also affected the government's credibility. On the surface, this is a lack of responsibility on the part of party members and cadres. In the final analysis, it is because the concept of political achievement is misplaced, focusing only on "visible achievements" and not on "latent achievements"; only caring about their own gains and losses and ignoring the interests of the people. Grassroots work is trivial and complex, and the more urgent, difficult, and dangerous the situation, the more it tests the work style of party members and cadres. "Adhering to achieving political achievements for the people," being with the people and working practically, one can overcome difficulties and not be afraid of trivial matters, solving problems one by one, and gradually turning the people's yearning for a better life into reality.
(The author is a cadre of the Shanting District (山亭区) Committee of Zaozhuang City (枣庄市), Shandong Province (山东省))
Return to TopBeijing, January 21st (Reported by Liu Wenxin (刘温馨)) The All-China Journalists Association (中国记协) held a press tea party in Beijing on the afternoon of the 21st, inviting Zeng Jianping (曾建平), Deputy Secretary-General of the National Manufacturing Power Construction Strategy Advisory Committee, Wang Yumeng (王于猛), Deputy General Manager of China National Building Material Group Co., Ltd., Wang Junlong (王俊龙), Deputy General Manager of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co., Ltd., Zhu Lei (朱磊), Vice President of Gree Electric Appliances, and Guo Feng (郭锋), Brand Public Relations Director of Seres Group, to exchange ideas with domestic and foreign journalists on the theme of "Intelligent Manufacturing Future, Linking the World" and answer questions from journalists.
The Central Economic Work Conference emphasized strengthening the principal position of enterprises in innovation. The guests stated that they will adhere to scientific and technological innovation, accelerate the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces, and give full play to the role of enterprises as "question setters," "answerers," and "graders," so as to contribute to the solid promotion of high-quality development of advanced manufacturing.
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 21st dispatch (Reporter Jiang Lin (江琳)) Peng Qing'en (彭庆恩), spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, stated at a regular press conference on the 21st that in 2025, despite facing the adverse effects of the external environment and the obstruction and sabotage of the Democratic Progressive Party (民进党) authorities, cross-strait economic and trade exchanges still maintained a steady growth momentum. This fully demonstrates that strengthening cross-strait economic cooperation and deepening cross-strait integrated development are the right path that conforms to the common interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait. Any attempt to promote cross-strait "decoupling and supply chain disruption" and weaken cross-strait economic ties is a reversal of the trend of history and is doomed to failure.
According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs (海关总署), the total cross-strait trade volume in 2025 reached US$314.33 billion, of which mainland exports to Taiwan (台湾) increased by 11.2%, and mainland imports from Taiwan (台湾) increased by 6.0%. Public opinion on the island analyzed that this fully demonstrates that cross-strait economic cooperation has sufficient momentum, strong resilience, and great potential. Peng Qing'en (彭庆恩) made the above statement when commenting on this. He said that with the continuous and healthy development of the mainland economy during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, significant progress has been made in high-level opening-up and the development of an open economy. The foundation for cross-strait economic cooperation and integrated development will be more solid, the fields will be continuously expanded, and the level will be continuously improved, which will better benefit compatriots on both sides of the strait and help strengthen the Chinese nation's economy.
Peng Qing'en (彭庆恩) also stated in his answers that the "1992 Consensus" ("九二共识") clearly defines the nature of cross-strait relations and is the political foundation for the development of cross-strait relations and the anchor of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. The history of cross-strait relations has repeatedly proven that acknowledging the "1992 Consensus" ("九二共识") and adhering to the one-China principle will improve and develop cross-strait relations, and Taiwan (台湾) compatriots will benefit; denying the "1992 Consensus" ("九二共识") and deviating from the one-China principle will lead to tension and turbulence in cross-strait relations, and the interests of Taiwan (台湾) compatriots will be harmed. He emphasized that only by acknowledging the "1992 Consensus" ("九二共识") that embodies the one-China principle can the cross-strait associations restart the dialogue and consultation mechanism, and can cross-strait relations return to the correct track of peaceful development.
Return to TopRecently, the Altay Prefecture (阿勒泰地区) of Xinjiang (新疆) has experienced the strongest cold wave of this winter. Snowfall, strong winds, and temperature drops have successively occurred in various parts of the jurisdiction. Among them, the temperature in Turhong Township (吐尔洪乡), Fuyun County (富蕴县) once dropped to minus 47.4 degrees Celsius, setting a new low in Xinjiang (新疆) since the beginning of winter. In the severe cold, the police officers of various police stations of the Altay Border Management Detachment (阿勒泰边境管理支队) inspected and repaired border defense facilities and increased the intensity of patrols in key areas. The picture shows the police officers of the Kanas Border Police Station (喀纳斯边境派出所) riding horses to perform patrol missions.
Li Yanan (李亚楠), reporter of this newspaper.
Return to TopAccording to a report from our Nanning (南宁) office on January 21st (reporter: Pang Ge Ping (庞革平)), in order to implement the work arrangement of "efficiently handling one matter" and optimize government services, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区) Human Resources and Social Security Department, in conjunction with the Autonomous Region Data Bureau (自治区数据局), recently officially launched the "one matter" initiative to help registered unemployed people find employment, providing more high-quality, convenient, and efficient government services for workers in Guangxi (广西).
Guangxi (广西) has integrated 9 business items such as unemployment registration, unemployment insurance application, and vocational training into "one matter," so whether you need to apply for unemployment insurance after unemployment, or want to find a job, start a business, or participate in skills training, you can achieve "one application, full coordination."
Guangxi (广西) strictly follows the principle of "one-time acceptance, integrated processing," upgrading from the original need to run back and forth up to 8 times to "no need to run once" (online full processing) or "run at most once" (one-window acceptance offline); comprehensively integrating and optimizing business application forms, the handling process of each jointly handled item has been reduced from the original 24 steps to 3 steps, and the required materials have been reduced from the original 31 items to a maximum of 7 items; through data sharing, materials are exempted from repeated submission, realizing "one form application, one set of materials, and one-stop online processing."
Return to TopThis newspaper reported from Haikou on January 21st (Reporter Cao Wenxuan (曹文轩)): Who should enterprises turn to when encountering non-standard law enforcement? How can it be ensured that there is a response to every issue raised? Recently, the Haikou (海口) Municipal Bureau of Justice of Hainan Province (海南省) jointly issued the "Notice on Establishing a Response and Communication Mechanism for Administrative Law Enforcement Requests Involving Enterprises to Further Strengthen the Supervision of Administrative Law Enforcement Involving Enterprises" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") with the Municipal Bureau of Business Environment Construction and the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce, aiming to open up an efficient and transparent "fast track" for enterprises to communicate and protect their rights.
The "Notice" clarifies that the judicial and administrative departments should establish a regular communication and liaison mechanism with the business environment authorities and federations of industry and commerce at the same level. Relying on the 12345 government service hotline, the special business environment seat, and the organizational advantages of the Federation of Industry and Commerce and business associations, they should thoroughly investigate enterprises' demands for administrative law enforcement. Respond quickly to non-standard law enforcement issues reflected by enterprises, and implement classified disposal, tracking feedback, and analysis and research.
The "Notice" requires the establishment of enterprise contact points for administrative law enforcement supervision in enterprises, industry associations, and chambers of commerce to expand the scope of supervision. In-depth analysis of prominent common problems in administrative law enforcement involving enterprises, establish and improve a long-term mechanism to achieve "solve a problem, improve a type of system, and standardize a field" - 解决一个问题、完善一类制度、规范一个领域 (jiě jué yī gè wèn tí, wán shàn yī lèi zhì dù, guī fàn yī gè lǐng yù - "solve one problem, improve one type of system, standardize one field," a comprehensive approach to problem-solving and systemic improvement).
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 刘军国
"We are so busy with orders that we can't keep up. The first quarter of this year will reach a new high!" In Shangyu District (上虞区), Shaoxing City (绍兴市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), Jing Qi (景琦), Executive Deputy General Manager of Zhejiang Baiyun Zhebian Electric Equipment Co., Ltd. (浙江白云浙变电气设备有限公司), looked at the transformer production line with confidence.
Inside the workshop, fully automatic winding machines are running at high speed, and workers are precisely assembling coils and iron cores into the prototype of transformers. Outside the workshop, heavy trucks loaded with special transformers for high-altitude photovoltaic energy storage projects and other products are driving out one after another, heading to domestic and foreign markets.
According to Jing Qi (景琦), the company's orders have been scheduled for the next four months, with another 100 million yuan in pre-orders in reserve, and still climbing. This is just a microcosm of Shangyu District's (上虞区) efforts to "break new ground and seek development."
This year is the opening year of the "15th Five-Year Plan," and Shangyu (上虞) is taking the initiative to seize opportunities and win the initiative. In the Hangzhou Bay Shangyu Economic Development Zone (杭州湾上虞经开区), at the construction site of the Zhengfeng Technology Hangzhou Bay High-end Intelligent Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Innovation Base (正丰科技杭州湾高端智造人工智能创赋基地), piling machines, excavators, and other machines are roaring, and the project construction is changing rapidly. After the completion of the project, it is expected to achieve an annual output value of 2 billion yuan, adding bricks and tiles to the construction of an innovative ecosystem in the region. In Shangyu District (上虞区), such major industrial projects are forming a strong agglomeration effect. Feng Shikai (冯世凯), Deputy District Mayor of Shangyu District (上虞区), said that Shangyu (上虞) adheres to the "four priorities" guidance for major projects, focusing on key tracks such as "two major" and "two new" projects. In the first quarter of this year, the local area is expected to complete fixed asset investment of about 22 billion yuan.
Project promotion requires strength, and enterprise service requires warmth. Shangyu (上虞) regards the business environment as the lifeline of high-quality development, continuously optimizing services, reducing costs, and improving efficiency. Relying on platforms such as the "Government-Enterprise Service Direct Train" (政企服务直通车), "Yu Fast Office" (虞快办), and "Enterprise Service Center" (企业服务中心), Shangyu (上虞) continues to improve the atmosphere of "everyone is a business environment, and everything is related to the business environment," and proposes and continuously practices the service commitment of "no more than one day for complaints, no more than one week for coordination, and no more than one month for fulfillment."
Zhejiang Qin Yan Technology Co., Ltd. (浙江秦燕科技股份有限公司) previously hoped to reduce energy consumption and reserve space for subsequent production line upgrades by introducing a medium-pressure natural gas pipeline to replace the original equipment. After learning about the situation, the Shangyu District Government (上虞区政府) took the initiative to coordinate and connect with relevant departments. Soon, the gas supply plan was successfully implemented, providing solid support for the company's green transformation. "The government 'does not disturb when there is nothing to do, and responds when there is something to do,' which makes the company's development more stable and confident," said Qiu Wenzhong (仇文仲), the head of the company.
Thoughtful service supports the confidence of enterprises to dare to invest and break through, and also paves the fast lane for regional high-quality development. Today, the production in the enterprise workshops is booming, the construction on the project sites is in full swing, and the service closed-loop is smooth and efficient. Shangyu (上虞) is gathering strong momentum for high-quality development with a firm attitude of "moving towards the new and striving for the first."
Return to TopThe morning sun掠过 (lüè guò - swept over) the peak of Meili Snow Mountain (梅里雪山) in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (迪庆藏族自治州), Yunnan Province (云南省). On the viewing platform, tourists hold hot coffee and quietly wait for "Sunlight on the Golden Mountain"; in the Kunming (昆明市) Daguan Zhuanxin Farmers Market (大观篆新农贸市场), which is full of life, citizens who have finished buying vegetables turn into the coffee shop on the corner and order a latte made with Yunnan coffee beans... Today, coffee has deeply integrated into the daily life of Yunnan people, becoming a simple and unique landscape on the red soil.
This mellowness comes from unremitting cultivation between mountains and seas. As of 2025, the coffee planting area in Yunnan has reached 1.463 million mu, with an annual output accounting for more than 98% of the country's total. The coffee fine product rate has increased from less than 8% in 2021 to 31.6%. Behind the data is the industrial transformation of Yunnan coffee from "raw material supply" to "brand formation," as well as the result of many years of cultivation by numerous practitioners.
Rooted: Unique Flavor Produced from Red Soil
In the development landscape of the Yunnan coffee industry, the exploration footprints of individual practitioners depict the path of the coffee industry from the red soil to the world. In Baoshan (保山市), there is a unique "highway coffee shop" by the Shuanghong Bridge (双虹桥) across the Nujiang River (怒江). The river breeze serves as the curtain, the shade of the trees as the roof, and a stone mill platform is simple and elegant. For more than 10 years, in this coffee shop without walls, store manager Li Jinhe (李金合) has been extracting his own coffee beans from Gaoligong Mountain (高黎贡山) in a simple "fire roasting" method, integrating the atmosphere of the canyon with the mellow aroma of coffee to provide consumers with authentic Yunnan flavor. The "highway coffee shop" is a vivid microcosm of the upgrading of the Yunnan coffee industry - coffee has transformed from a fruit produced in the deep mountains into a carrier that can be experienced and shared, and every strand of aroma interprets the value leap of "from branch to hand."
The deep foundation of the industry cannot be separated from the solid cultivation of scale and standardization. In Xinzhai Village (新寨村) in Baoshan (保山市), known as the "No. 1 Coffee Village in China," coffee farmer Xie Xianwen (谢显文) was once troubled by fluctuations in international market prices of coffee beans, and was also unable to improve quality due to decentralized operations. In order to improve the quality and market competitiveness of coffee beans, Xinzhai Village (新寨村) coffee farmers have condensed the original scattered planting forces into a joint force through organized cooperatives, and promoted unified varieties and planting standards. This refined management from the source has built a foundation for the purity of coffee bean flavor and the stability of quality. Based on this, coffee estates integrating planting, processing, and immersive experience have been developed, building a closed value loop from the source of production directly to the consumer terminal. The pursuit and exploration of quality by Xinzhai Village (新寨村) coffee farmers has written a vivid footnote for the Yunnan coffee industry to enhance its intrinsic value through intensive and refined strategies.
Rejuvenation: Industrial Vitality from Innovation
Walking into the fresh coffee fruit processing plant in Puwen Town (普文镇), Jinghong City (景洪市), Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (西双版纳傣族自治州), the global standardized process and closed-loop water circulation system introduced by Sucafina Coffee (Yunnan) Co., Ltd. (苏可菲纳咖啡（云南）有限责任公司) are quietly operating, which not only ensures the excellent stability of product quality, but also achieves zero sewage discharge throughout the production process. This "green intelligent manufacturing" practice is not only a technological upgrade of the factory, but also a vivid microcosm of the Yunnan coffee industry actively benchmarking international advanced standards and reshaping a sustainable development paradigm. At present, the Yunnan coffee processing industry is generally bidding farewell to the traditional model and moving towards a new stage that takes into account both precise quality control and environmental friendliness, laying a solid foundation for product confidence to step onto the international boutique stage.
The vitality and future of the industry are deeply rooted in the innovative development of diversified business formats. The "coffee + cultural tourism" model innovation injects vitality into the Yunnan coffee industry. "Youfeng Coffee Valley" (有风咖谷) in Pu'er City (普洱市) organically combines social capital and rural resources, transforming traditional dwellings into distinctive homestays and coffee culture spaces, creating coffee estates, and providing tourists with travel destinations. While driving local employment, it creates multiple composite benefits of industrial value, cultural experience, and community development, fully demonstrating the possibilities brought about by the extension of the industrial chain.
The splendid bloom of the industry cannot be separated from the recognition and resonance of the consumer side. It is crucial to open up the "last mile" from the field to the consumer through brand storytelling and market communication. Today, a large number of emerging communicators, such as self-media creator Li Wei (李薇), are recording and spreading the coffee story of this red soil through new media, interpreting the terroir code of Yunnan coffee with infectious visual images and words. Coffee festivals and other activities organized by emerging communicators effectively connect the production area and the market, stimulate consumer demand with front-end power, and continuously promote the brand communication and value enhancement of Yunnan coffee.
Growth: A Lifestyle in a Cup of Coffee
The value breakthrough of Yunnan coffee is not only reflected in the increase in export data and the acquisition of international awards, but also in the fact that it quietly reshapes the living habits of local residents.
At the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) in Lijiang City (丽江市), coffee shops facing the snow peak have become popular check-in destinations for travelers. A "Snow Mountain Realm" specially blended with Yunnan coffee beans combines beautiful scenery and delicious taste. In Dali Ancient City (大理古城), independent coffee shops are dotted everywhere, and residents and sojourners alike start a "windy" day with a cup of hand-brewed coffee. In the corner coffee shop of Kunming (昆明市) Daguan Zhuanxin Farmers Market (大观篆新农贸市场), citizens who have finished buying vegetables naturally sit down and order a Baoshan (保山) Americano. The vegetable basket contains fresh mountain delicacies, and the coffee cup contains mellow flavor. A cup of coffee exudes a mellow aroma and integrates it into life.
Growth: Yunnan Coffee Going to the World
Yunnan coffee has formed a solid industrial system, supporting the value reshaping from "raw materials out of Yunnan" to "brands going overseas."
At the breeding end, in the coffee germplasm resource nursery located in Ruili City (瑞丽市), thousands of precious germplasm resources constitute the "chip library" for the independent development of the Yunnan coffee industry. New varieties independently bred, such as "Dere" (德热), "Yunka No. 1" (云咖一号), and "Gaoligong" (高黎贡), not only pursue disease resistance and increased production, but also are committed to shaping unique flavor profiles. At the processing end, in addition to introducing international advanced technology, local enterprises are also continuously improving their deep processing capabilities and building a complete modern industrial chain from fresh fruit processing, deep roasting to flavor extraction. On the market side, in 2025, the CoE (Cup of Excellence) competition was held in Yunnan for the first time, which marks that the origin of Yunnan coffee was included in the authoritative evaluation system of the international coffee industry for the first time; in recent years, "Baoshan Small Grain Coffee" (保山小粒咖啡) has become one of the "national business cards" representing Chinese flavor as a foreign affairs gift. In 2024, Yunnan exported 32,500 tons of coffee, an increase of 358% year-on-year. In the first 11 months of 2025, exports of coffee and its products were 840 million yuan.
Result: A Gorgeous Transformation Across the Century
From the first seedling planted in Zhukula Village (朱苦拉村), Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (大理白族自治州) in 1892, to the current output accounting for more than 98% of the country's total; from a passive follower of international prices to an active contender for global boutique discourse power - Yunnan coffee has completed a profound industrial awakening and value construction through cultivation across the century.
Today, this increasingly profound heritage calls for a clearer and more unified expression. On January 8, the solicitation of Yunnan coffee theme publicity logos and slogans was launched. This is not only a refinement of brand culture, but also a concentrated display of Yunnan's industrial confidence. Yunnan invites everyone to "extract" the essence of the red soil with creativity.
Based on the foundation of "soil," digging into the core of "special," and finding the direction of "production," Yunnan coffee is undergoing a gorgeous transformation. It turns into the daily fragrance of street corners, integrates into the rhythm of life, and is condensed from the "golden beans" on the red soil into a "Chinese business card" that spreads fragrance around the world, showing the unique charm and industrial dreams of oriental coffee to the world.
Data source: Publicity Department of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共云南省委宣传部)
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Core Reading
Landscapes, memorial halls, and revolutionary sites can all become classrooms for ideological and political courses. Shanxi Province breaks down classroom boundaries by deeply exploring red resources and excellent traditional Chinese cultural resources, guiding students to measure the mountains and rivers with their footsteps, while also using new media communication methods to improve the attractiveness and effectiveness of ideological and political courses.
Why did they choose to join the army to resist Japan? What kind of goal can be called "lofty"?...
Not long ago, a special ideological and political class was held in the history museum of Chengcheng Middle School (成成中学) in Taiyuan (太原), Shanxi Province, with students from junior and senior high schools as the target audience. "We went out of the classroom, broke the limitations of school sections, and allowed students of different grades to ask each other questions and think together while visiting the exhibition." said Yang Yuyu (杨钰钰), an ideological and political teacher at Chengcheng Middle School (成成中学).
The walking ideological and political class is an innovative exploration of Shanxi Province's implementation of the "Soul-Casting Project for Newcomers of the Times" ("时代新人铸魂工程") and the "'Grand Ideological and Political Class' Construction Project" ("‘大思政课’建设工程"). By deeply exploring red resources and excellent traditional Chinese cultural resources, it continuously promotes the integrated reform of ideological and political courses in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, guiding students to measure the mountains and rivers with their footsteps, set lofty aspirations, and be strivers.
School-Museum Linkage
Immersive Experience of Ideological and Political Courses
In the school history museum, teachers and students carefully watched the exhibition board photos and video materials. Chengcheng Middle School (成成中学), founded in 1924, is a school with a red revolutionary history.
A group of sculptures left a deep impression on Wang Qiwei (王麒玮), a senior high school student: three young people holding knives and guns, with a sense of righteousness. The Yan Huanjing (阎焕景), Yan Huanyao (阎焕曜), and Yan Huanchun (阎焕春) brothers were once students of Chengcheng Middle School (成成中学). At a time when the nation was in peril, they resolutely joined the army and rushed to the front line, and later unfortunately sacrificed their lives.
Wang Qiwei (王麒玮) took the lead in asking: "Some people have very good family backgrounds and could have lived a stable life. Why did they choose to join the army to resist Japan?" "Because of patriotism, it was their duty at that moment." "Because the nation was in imminent danger, everyone had to unite."... The students answered enthusiastically.
Zhou Qijun (周琦珺), a junior high school student, continued to ask: "Life is very stable now. What is the significance of the great spirit of resistance against Japan today?" "The great spirit of resistance against Japan has rich connotations, and we still need this spirit today. For example, the road of scientific research also requires patriotic feelings, heroic spirit, and the belief in victory." Yang Yuyu (杨钰钰) inspired everyone.
These questions stemmed from a sentence Yang Yuyu (杨钰钰) once saw: Why does a person need "mountains of the spirit"? The students wrote down many answers: "For individuals, those who have aspirations will succeed. For the country and the nation, when people are of one mind, they can move Mount Tai." "We must seek truth and be pragmatic, but also have lofty aspirations."
"Integrate personal dreams into national dreams." Yang Yuyu (杨钰钰) quoted the school motto: "Achieve oneself and achieve others. While achieving something for oneself, one must also strive to enable others and external things to achieve something."
"The profound school history is a living textbook for our ideological and political education. Penetration-style and thematic ideological and political courses are moving from a course to an ecology." said Zhang Weimin (张卫民), principal of Chengcheng Middle School (成成中学).
Walking into the ideological and political classroom of the senior high school department of Datong No. 2 Middle School (大同市第二中学校), the students became "explorers" of their hometown's development - some started from changes in family life, and some compared the past and present of Datong (大同), outlining the city's development context through image displays and other methods. Zhang Yuanyuan (张媛媛), a post-90s ideological and political teacher, said that students have become the protagonists of the classroom, and the immersive and experiential ideological and political classroom atmosphere is warm and profound.
In recent years, Shanxi Province has vigorously developed high-quality courses, selected 67 "Grand Ideological and Political Class" practical teaching bases, such as the Red Army's Eastern Expedition Memorial Hall (红军东征纪念馆) and the Liu Hulan Memorial Hall (刘胡兰纪念馆), and supported school-museum cooperation to develop "ideological and political courses in venues." In order to improve the quality of courses, Shanxi Province has established a system of demonstration training for primary and secondary school ideological and political teachers and full-staff rotational training and study tours for college ideological and political teachers. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, a total of 14.53 million yuan of special funds were invested in demonstration training for ideological and political teachers.
Three-Color Classroom
Ideological and Political Education Integrated into Rural Practice
In Yangquan City (阳泉市), Shanxi Province, ideological and political courses have 3 colors - red represents patriotism education, green represents ecological civilization education, and blue represents industrial science and technology education.
Guanshan (冠山) in Puding County (平定县), Yangquan (阳泉), is rich in forsythia, and many locals make a living by picking tea.
"Can we design a 'ecological green' characteristic course to allow students to more directly appreciate the new development concept by contacting local specialties?" Fan Shengyan (樊盛艳), a teacher at Puding County No. 2 Middle School (平定县第二中学校), decided to divide the students into several groups, and the teachers and students went to Guanshan (冠山) to pick tea together, visited the enterprises at the foot of the mountain, investigated the processing links such as drying tea and fermentation, and learned about the market sales situation.
To her surprise, without any requirements, the children initially drew a tea industry chain, "Everyone has a perceptual understanding of '**绿水青山就是金山银山**' (lǜ shuǐ qīng shān jiù shì jīn shān yín shān - "Green mountains and clear waters are gold and silver mountains," ecological environment is invaluable)." This characteristic course was selected as a Shanxi Province "What is Shanxi" ideological and political boutique course.
Last year, Niangziguan Middle School (娘子关中学) in Puding County (平定县) organized students to visit the anti-Japanese war sites near Niangziguan (娘子关). At the old site of the Mohetan Battle (磨河滩战斗), many students stroked the dense bullet holes on the wall back and forth. "These bullet holes witnessed the tragic battle at that time..." Hu Yansheng (胡彦盛), a history teacher at Niangziguan Middle School (娘子关中学), told the students the story of the bloody battle of Mohetan (磨河滩).
Hu Yansheng (胡彦盛) said that on September 3 last year, when the students collectively watched the live broadcast of the September 3rd military parade, they were very proud to see the banner of the "Steel Company of the Bloody Battle of Mohetan" ("血战磨河滩钢铁连") fluttering in the battle flag phalanx.
"Ideological and political courses are moving from a specialized discipline to 'curriculum ideology and politics' involving all types of courses." Cui Xiaoliang (崔晓亮), director of the Yangquan Municipal Education Bureau (阳泉市教育局), introduced, "Yangquan City (阳泉市) has rich resources. We are actively building a 'Grand Ideological and Political Class' curriculum system represented by three theme colors of red, green, and blue, so that ideological and political education can enhance its vitality in practice."
Shanxi Province effectively integrates the small classroom of ideological and political education with the large classroom of society, builds a "What is Shanxi" ideological and political boutique course resource library, deeply explores the moral education elements contained in language, history, geography and other courses, and promotes all types of courses to go in the same direction as ideological and political courses.
Walking to Educate People
Red Culture is Passed Down
Relying on red resources, Shanxi Province continues to launch "walking ideological and political courses" to enable students to better understand the national conditions and public opinions and establish lofty ideals.
The reporter found in the interview that most of the teachers and students in Yangquan (阳泉) have a common experience during their studies - walking from the school to the Shinao Mountain (狮脑山), the site of the Hundred Regiments Battle Memorial Hall (百团大战纪念馆), to pay their respects and study.
Yangquan No. 14 Middle School (阳泉市第十四中学校) has organized newly enrolled students to walk to Shinao Mountain (狮脑山) every Qingming Festival since 2021. Singing red songs and learning history along the way, and offering flowers to the martyrs in the memorial hall have become characteristic ideological and political courses.
"For junior high school students in lower grades, the focus is on immersive experience; while for students in higher grades, they are required to express themselves appropriately and think about things." said Feng Liping (冯丽萍), secretary of the Party branch of Yangquan No. 14 Middle School (阳泉市第十四中学校).
Encouraged by the school, many student associations began to walk out of the campus to publicize red stories. Yao Jiaqi (姚嘉琪), a senior high school student, and her classmates performed the revolutionary scene drama "Mountains and Rivers as a Mirror" ("山河为鉴") in the community square. She found that "revolutionary dramas are very popular, and many people are moved to tears."
"We build a 'classroom + society' practice platform, organize students to go to the Datong Museum (大同市博物馆) during holidays to provide explanation services, and the 'Boxing Blue' volunteer service has lasted for 20 years." Wang Li (王丽), secretary of the Party Committee of Datong No. 2 Middle School (大同市第二中学校), introduced, "We hope to link ideological and political courses inside and outside the campus to enable students to strengthen their ideals and beliefs and cultivate patriotic feelings. At the same time, we also subtly carry out moral education in the process of students caring about their hometown and serving others."
Mountains and rivers are the scroll, and footsteps educate people; the original intention is as firm as a rock, and the fire is passed down. The Shanxi Provincial Department of Education (山西省教育厅) issued a notice to open a special column for "Walking Ideological and Political Courses," jointly compiled and printed a teaching supplement to the Hundred Regiments Battle (百团大战) with relevant departments, and organized students across the province to attend the "Promoting the Great Spirit of Resistance Against Japan and Being a Glorious and Proud Chinese" ("弘扬伟大抗战精神 做光荣自豪中国人") grand ideological and political class to promote the revolutionary spirit into the minds and hearts of the people.
Datong (大同) innovatively formed a "joint community for the construction of ideological and political courses in public-run and private-run schools," Taiyuan (太原) carried out the theme activity of "Retracing Taihang and Lvliang and Paying Tribute to Immortal Monuments" ("重走太行吕梁 致敬不朽丰碑"), and Yangquan (阳泉) carried out research activities such as "Young Pioneers Narrating Red History" ("红领巾讲解员讲述红色历史")... More explorations are still ongoing.
"In the next step, we will continue to adhere to taking the ideological and moral construction of minors as a strategic and fundamental task, continue to promote the in-depth and solid development of ideal and belief education, deepen reform and innovation, expand practical carriers, and use new media communication methods to improve the attractiveness and effectiveness of ideological and political courses." said Ma Jun (马骏), secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and director of the Shanxi Provincial Department of Education (山西省教育厅厅长).
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Speak well, let beautiful expression accompany life, and use the power of language to inspire people. We look forward to more youthful voices, confidently and firmly echoing across the land.
"The sky is high, the clouds are pale, and the southward-bound geese are out of sight." A video of Chen Xinyan (陈欣妍), a student from Hunan First Normal University (湖南第一师范学院), reciting "Qing Ping Yue · Liupan Mountain" (清平乐·六盘山) on the Badaling Great Wall (八达岭长城) in Beijing (北京) touched many netizens. Heroic aspirations transcend time and space, and a sincere heart leaps onto the screen. Ascending to historical sites and reciting poems and prose is a tradition that has continued for thousands of years in China, and it is also a trend embraced by young people today.
Language is not only a tool for communication, but also a carrier for understanding the world and expressing emotions. When magnificent mountains and rivers echo with heroic literary works, this resonance across time and space deeply touches our hearts. For adolescents who are in a period of growth, personally experiencing the beauty of language will plant seeds of beauty in their hearts, thereby stimulating the desire to express themselves in an upward and beautiful way.
As the philosopher said, language is the "home of existence" for people. In the network age of information surge, how to guide young people to cultivate the beauty of language and improve the quality of expression is particularly important.
Adolescents are easily attracted to fragmented information, and over time, they may develop a reading habit of scratching the surface. How to guide them in a positive direction? In response, we have witnessed a series of warm and creative practices. Inside the exhibition hall, "Digital Poetry Road" uses light and shadow technology to bring the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers in poetry to life. Young people can immerse themselves in the scene of dialogue with the ancients and appreciate the profound meaning of "words without refinement will not go far." On campus, poetry and drama clubs have built shining stages, encouraging students to transform their thoughts into practice with elegant conversation and delicate writing, and to experience the joy of 文思泉涌 (wén sī quán yǒng - "literary thoughts gush like a spring," a rapid flow of ideas in writing) and 妙笔生花 (miào bǐ shēng huā - "a wonderful writing brush produces flowers," a gifted writer). In addition, this nourishment is quietly integrated into daily life - the lines of poetry in the community corridors convey affection in every word, the chanting in front of the scenic spot is heartfelt, and the time for family parent-child reading is gentle and long, "silently moistening things at night, gently moistening things without sound."
This effort also extends to the online space. In recent years, some inappropriate online slang has spread widely among young people, and some "dark language" and "rotten jokes" even convey incorrect values. Faced with a complex language ecology, many teachers explain historical backgrounds and analyze the connotations of words, allowing students to trace the origins of Chinese characters, interpret the cultural codes between pen and ink, and consciously yearn for the realm of 文质彬彬 (wén zhì bīn bīn - "refined in manner," gentle and cultivated). Real life and the online space echo each other, jointly guarding a pure and rich expression of the soil, so that excellent traditional culture can nourish the hearts of young people.
Words are the voice of the heart, and writing reflects the person. Speak well, let beautiful expression accompany life, and use the power of language to inspire people. We look forward to more youthful voices, confidently and firmly echoing across the land.
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How did ancient people "judge horses"? What methods were there for driving horses? As the lunar year of Bingwu (丙午) approaches, the "Tsinghua University Collection of Warring States Bamboo Slips (XV)" was released on January 19, showcasing a collection of unprecedented documents on horse administration. The research team at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University (清华大学出土文献研究与保护中心) introduced that this collection includes five bamboo books: "Xi Ma (胥马)," "Fan Ma Zhi Ji (凡马之疾)," "Xun Ma (驯马)," "Yu Shu (驭术)," and "Yu Ma Zhi Dao (驭马之道)," which are the earliest known and valuable materials in China specifically discussing horse judging, horse healing, horse taming, and horse driving.
Jia Lianxiang (贾连翔), a professor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University, introduced that the "Xi Ma (胥马)" chapter focuses on the art of judging horses, detailing the morphological characteristics of 12 types of horses and clarifying their identification criteria, which is of great value for studying ancient horse judging techniques, livestock history, and animal archaeology.
The "Fan Ma Zhi Ji (凡马之疾)" chapter systematically records various diseases of horses and their symptoms, and is the earliest specialized document on horse healing discovered so far, which is of great significance for the study of the history of veterinary medicine in ancient China.
The content of the "Xun Ma (驯马)" chapter is a summary of horse taming experience, mainly recording the changes in horse taming methods and the arrangement and adjustment of different diets. "The bamboo slips show that as early as the Warring States period, people had already noticed the close relationship between horse taming and feeding, and attached importance to ensuring the health of horses through reasonable training and animal husbandry," said Shi Xiaoli (石小力), an associate professor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University.
The "Yu Shu (驭术)" chapter is a document that systematically introduces the technology of driving horse-drawn carriages. Before driving a horse, let the horse reach the state of "six comforts," take "stillness" as the main principle, pay attention to the limb movements such as the horse's ears, master the gait system from "walking" to "galloping," and use the reins and commands reasonably... "As a practical skill, ancient Chinese literature lacks records of driving horse-drawn carriages. 'Yu Shu (驭术)' fills this gap and has important documentary value for studying ancient Chinese driving skills," said Shi Xiaoli (石小力). "Yu Shu (驭术)' reflects the complexity and superbness of ancient driving skills, and also has certain reference value for modern equestrianism."
The "Yu Ma Zhi Dao (驭马之道)" chapter mainly discusses the general principles of horse driving. Cheng Hao (程浩), an associate professor at the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University, introduced that the ideological context of the document has many similarities with the Legalist school during the Warring States period.
"The domestication of horses, the introduction of improved breeds, the accumulation of grazing experience, and the improvement of driving skills are directly related to the improvement of ancient transportation and war capabilities. The records of pre-Qin horse administration in handed down documents are relatively scarce. The five documents published in the fifteenth collection of Tsinghua bamboo slips are the earliest systematic written materials on horse judging, horse healing, horse taming, and horse driving in the pre-Qin period, which are of great documentary value for studying the horse administration of the Chu State (楚国) during the Warring States period, as well as the history of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine in China," said Huang Dekuan (黄德宽), director of the Research and Conservation Center for Unearthed Documents of Tsinghua University.
Volumes 5-8 of the "Tsinghua University Collection of Warring States Bamboo Slips Interpretation" Second Series and "Research and English Translation 7 of the 'Tsinghua University Collection of Warring States Bamboo Slips'" were also released simultaneously.
The Tsinghua bamboo slips were collected by Tsinghua University (清华大学) in 2008, with a total of nearly 2,500 slips. Their content is mostly classics, history, and philosophical literature, involving important content of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Huang Dekuan (黄德宽) said that the Tsinghua bamboo slips collation report is expected to launch 16 collections, and the collation work has entered the final stage, striving to publish the last collection report to the society and academia as soon as possible.
Return to TopThis newspaper's Beijing (北京) dispatch on January 21st (Reporter He Siqi (何思琦)) "Protecting Cultural Heritage: We Are Taking Action" publicity campaign was held on the 21st in Langzhong (阆中) City, Sichuan (四川) Province. The event thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's (习近平) important exposition on the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, implemented the deployments of the National Conference of Ministers of Propaganda and the National Conference of Directors of the Office of the Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization, widely mobilized social forces to participate in the protection of cultural heritage, effectively enhanced the public's cultural self-confidence and awareness of responsibility for protection, and strived to build a new pattern of protection featuring "government leadership, social participation, and universal co-construction," promoting the continuous inheritance and vigorous development of the millennium-old cultural heritage in the new era.
In the thematic presentation session, youth volunteer Ran Xiaomei (冉小妹), Professor Cai Dongzhou (蔡东洲) of Xihua Normal University (西华师范大学), Zhu Zhangyi (朱章义), former curator of the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum (成都金沙遗址博物馆), and Ma Zhaolingyun (马赵凌云), representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Emei (峨眉) martial arts, shared their practices and reflections on protecting and inheriting cultural heritage from the perspectives of universal protection of ancient cities, meticulous care for the Shu Road (蜀道), protection and inheritance of cultural relics, and innovative dissemination of intangible cultural heritage, jointly exploring the paths and methods for cultural heritage to "come alive and be passed down." At the event site, representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, cultural tourism practitioners, and representatives of the masses from Langzhong Ancient City (阆中古城) jointly released messages for the protection of cultural heritage. On the day of the event, the Jinxiu Sichuan (锦绣四川) Intangible Cultural Heritage Grand Fair and social practice activities for cultural heritage protection were carried out simultaneously in the historical and cultural blocks of Langzhong Ancient City, allowing citizens and tourists to experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage projects such as Shu brocade (蜀锦), Shu embroidery (蜀绣), and Langzhong embroidery (阆中刺绣) through immersive experiences.
In recent years, all parts of the country have adhered to the principles of "protection first, inheritance priority," strengthened publicity and guidance, and fostered practical development, enhanced the public's awareness of protection and inheritance, built a socialized network of joint prevention and joint protection, ensuring that everything that should be protected is protected, and promoted the systematic protection of cultural heritage to go deeper and become more solid.
The selection of Langzhong (阆中) as the site for this event is based on its profound historical heritage and vivid protection practices. Langzhong Ancient City (阆中古城) has a history of more than 2,300 years of city construction. In 1986, Langzhong (阆中) was named a National Historical and Cultural City by the State Council (国务院). In order to protect and inherit historical and cultural heritage, the local government established the Langzhong Ancient City Scenic Area Administration (阆中古城景区管理局) and established a collaborative mechanism of "expert argumentation, departmental approval, joint law enforcement, and mass participation."
This event was jointly sponsored by the Bureau of Civilization Creation of the Central Propaganda Department (中央宣传部文明创建局), the Department of Building Energy Conservation and Technology of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (住房城乡建设部建筑节能与科技司), the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (文化和旅游部非物质文化遗产司), and the Supervision Department of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局督察司).
Return to TopBeijing, January 21st (Reported by Li Junqi (李君强)) The reporter learned from the National Space Administration (国家航天局): In 2025, China's commercial aerospace will maintain rapid development, completing 50 launches throughout the year, accounting for 54% of China's total aerospace launches for the year. Among them, commercial launch vehicles will launch 25 times; the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site (海南商业航天发射场) will be put into use and implement 9 launches; and other commercial satellites will launch 16 times.
A total of 311 commercial satellites will be put into orbit throughout the year, accounting for 84% of the total number of satellites put into orbit in China throughout the year. Reusable launch vehicle technology is accelerating breakthroughs. The Zhuque-3 reusable launch vehicle completed its first flight, achieving successful orbit of the second stage, and carrying out core technology verification such as first-stage re-entry and return.
Return to TopThis newspaper Guangzhou (广州) January 21st (Reporter Jiang Xiaodan (姜晓丹)) Pyrite-induced gold precipitation is a key step in the formation of high-grade gold deposits, but its interfacial dynamic mechanism is not yet clear. Previous studies have mostly relied on post-reaction offline analysis, making it difficult to capture the instantaneous process of gold precipitation. Recently, 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) and its collaborative team used in-situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy technology to capture for the first time, at the nanoscale in-situ, the dynamic process of the formation of gold nanoparticles on the surface of pyrite in nature, and proposed a new mechanism for pyrite-induced gold precipitation.
The study shows that gold nanoparticles are not produced "out of thin air" in solution, but are born in a "dense liquid layer" that is closely attached to the surface of pyrite. This liquid layer is like an efficient "nano-factory" that can effectively catalyze the nucleation, growth, and enrichment of gold, even in fluids with extremely low gold concentrations (only a few parts per billion). This provides a new perspective for understanding the genesis of gold deposits. The new mechanism discovered in this study is also applicable to hydrothermal gold deposits and supergene gold enrichment processes.
The research results challenge the traditional view that "gold mainly comes from deep hydrothermal fluids," providing microscopic kinetic observations for understanding the extraordinary enrichment of gold in hydrothermal gold deposits and supergene environments, and also opening up a new path for elucidating nanoparticle-driven mineralization processes in nature. From an application perspective, this mechanism is also of great guiding significance for interfacial regulation in green gold leaching processes.
Return to TopHengdaohezi Town (横道河子镇), Hailin City (海林市), Heilongjiang Province (黑龙江省), preserves more than 200 historical buildings, where simple and elegant old houses coexist harmoniously with modern lifestyles. The picture shows the Hengdaohezi (横道河子) romantic town after the snow.
Photo by He Huawen (何华文) (Image China)
Return to TopThis newspaper Beijing (北京) January 21st (Reporter Wang Jue (王珏)) -- A few days ago, under the guidance of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局), the "Shuangxing Yaoshi (双星耀世)"--Sanxingdui (三星堆) - Jinsha Site (金沙遗址) Ancient Shu Civilization Exhibition, hosted by the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) and the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau (四川省文物局), opened at the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆), with an exhibition period of 7 months. The exhibition displays more than 200 pieces (sets) of cultural relics unearthed from the Sanxingdui (三星堆) - Jinsha Site (金沙遗址), presenting the archaeological history and rich cultural heritage of the Sanxingdui (三星堆) - Jinsha Site (金沙遗址), reflecting the life and spiritual world of the ancient Shu ancestors, and revealing the close connection between the ancient Shu civilization and the Central Plains region and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
The exhibits come from the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆), the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum (成都金沙遗址博物馆), the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology (四川省文物考古研究院), the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology (成都市文物考古研究院), and the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆). This exhibition coincides with the closure of the Jinsha Site Museum (成都金沙遗址博物馆) for the implementation of protection and display improvement projects, and 37 pieces (sets) of cultural relics were exhibited outside the museum for the first time, including a batch of iconic objects such as the bronze standing figure and the jade zhang decorated with animal heads. The crowned vertical-eyed mask from the Sanxingdui Museum (三星堆博物馆) and the crowned vertical-eyed mask from the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) are exhibited side by side in this exhibition. This is the first time that two iconic bronze masks have been exhibited on the same stage since the excavation of the Sanxingdui (三星堆) sacrificial pits in 1986. This exhibition is equipped with Braille introductions, NFC sensing, touchable exhibits, and voice guide QR codes, allowing visitors to perceive the ancient Shu civilization in multiple dimensions.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 江 萌
"The Tibetan chickens eat highland barley and drink mountain spring water. We also provide them with health care!" In the Tibetan chicken breeding base in Gaduo Township (尕朵乡), Chengduo County (称多县), Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (玉树藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省), 28-year-old Tibetan girl Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) is squatting next to the chicken coop, filming short videos with her mobile phone.
Who would have thought that this expert in Tibetan chicken breeding on the plateau was once a college nursing graduate who received an employment notice from a hospital in Shanghai (上海).
"This time I'm going home not to nurse people, but to nurse chickens."
Speaking of why she wanted to raise Tibetan chickens, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) smiled and said, "The idea sprouted from a chance encounter in college."
At that time, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) was studying nursing at a university in Shanghai (上海). During a vacation back to her hometown, she met a student from Lanzhou University (兰州大学) on a bus. "He came here to travel. I gave him directions, chatted a few words, and we got to know each other," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) recalled.
"Later, he came here to do research and asked me to do Tibetan translation," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said. "When we visited door-to-door, we found that almost every family raised Tibetan chickens, not many in number, but the Tibetan chickens were small, well-proportioned, with their heads held high and tails cocked, and they walked with great energy. We all felt at the time that if these Tibetan chickens were raised well, they would definitely be successful! That's when I got the idea of raising Tibetan chickens."
How special are Tibetan chickens? The more Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) learned, the more fascinated she became: "They can survive on the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), their meat and eggs are fragrant, and they have high nutritional value. I remembered that once when I went home for vacation, I saw a herdsman wiping away tears at the sight of dead chicks. I wondered if the aseptic operation and disease observation knowledge I learned in nursing class could also be tried on Tibetan chickens?"
"I had already received an employment notice from a hospital in Shanghai (上海) at that time, but I always wondered, doesn't my hometown need me more?" Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) packed all her nursing books into her suitcase and took them back. "This time I'm going home not to nurse people, but to nurse chickens."
In 2022, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) raised 20,000 yuan in start-up capital and prepared for a small-scale trial. She simply tidied up the unused space in her yard and started her chicken farming business.
Less than 3 days after the first batch of chicks was introduced, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) was hit hard – nearly half of the 2,000 chicks died. "What should I do?" Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) carefully recalled the nursing knowledge she had learned before, "I have to record the condition of the chickens in advance in the future."
She moved her bedding directly into the small wooden house next to the chicken coop and recorded the feed intake, water intake, and stool form of the chickens every day, just like taking care of patients in a hospital. Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) drew on the concept of aseptic nursing and formulated a "disinfection schedule" for the chicken coop, disinfecting every place from the ground to the feeding trough according to the specifications.
"Chickens are like people, they can only grow well if they eat healthy." Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) repeatedly studied the "nutritional support" section of the nursing textbook and adjusted the feed ratio in combination with the plateau climate. "I have to take care of the chickens' eating, drinking, and excretion. If I encounter problems that I can't solve, I will consult my veterinary classmates in Shanghai (上海)."
**功夫不负有心人** (gōng fū bù fù yǒu xīn rén - "efforts will not fail those who put their heart into it," perseverance leads to success). Three years have passed, and the survival rate of chicks has increased from less than 50% to 80%. "Mom, my major was not in vain!" Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) cried, hugging her mother.
"In addition to Tibetan eggs, other products also sell well."
With the experience of successful breeding, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) became more motivated. She founded her own Tibetan chicken agricultural and livestock products company to carry out Tibetan chicken breeding, Tibetan egg sales, and breeding chicken breeding.
"I have integrated the nursing concept into the whole process of breeding," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said. "Daily observation, disease prevention, scientific feeding... Now, our Tibetan chicken breeding process has standards, and our products are guaranteed."
With the new technology of Tibetan chicken breeding, in 2023, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) won the silver award in the Chengduo County (称多县) Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and received a support bonus of 40,000 yuan. In 2024, she won the first prize in the Yushu Prefecture (玉树州) Entrepreneurship Competition with Tibetan chickens and Tibetan eggs, and received a bonus of 10,000 yuan. "These are both honors and spurs," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said. "I used these bonuses to buy chicks and build chicken coops."
"I have received a lot of support, and the company has been identified as a key support enterprise of the Yushu Prefecture (玉树州) Entrepreneurship Incubation Base," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said. With the support of relevant policies, the company obtained 330,000 yuan of funds from the Chengduo County (称多县) Plateau Tibetan Chicken Whole Industry Chain Award-for-Subsidy project.
In order to expand sales channels, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) started live broadcasting. During her first live broadcast, she was so nervous that she couldn't speak, so she simply pointed the camera at the chicken coop to show the "nursing and disinfection process." Unexpectedly, some netizens praised: "Tibetan chickens raised so carefully must be good!"
In July 2025, at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Achievement Exhibition held in Yushu Prefecture (玉树州), Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) received orders for a total of 3,000 Tibetan eggs in two hours.
"In addition to Tibetan eggs, other products also sell well," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said. Tibetan onion is a local specialty of Yushu (玉树) and is often used to make Tibetan seasonings. She found that using Tibetan chicken manure as organic fertilizer can make Tibetan onions grow particularly well. "The income from Tibetan onion planting alone can be 50,000 yuan per year, and it also solves the problem of chicken manure disposal, realizing the recycling of resources."
"Seeing everyone making money is happier than getting the bonus myself."
"Now that I have achieved some success in entrepreneurship, I want to lead the villagers to become rich together," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said. In the past two years, she has organized more than a dozen free breeding training sessions, and more than 80 villagers have followed her to learn scientific Tibetan chicken breeding.
In order to make it easier for the villagers to learn, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) has compiled breeding techniques such as disease observation points and daily nursing techniques into easy-to-understand bilingual (Chinese and Tibetan) rhymes.
Villager Tsering Songmo (才仁松毛) was afraid to try at first. Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) took her own "chicken breeding and nursing record" and taught her how to observe the mental state of the chickens and do daily disinfection of the chicken coop. With the help of Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛), Tsering Songmo (才仁松毛) earned 3,000 yuan from selling eggs for the first time.
With the support of the government, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) also took the lead in establishing a cooperative. She promised to more than 20 farmers: "I will give you the chicks, I will teach you the technology, and I will collect the eggs." "Seeing everyone making money is happier than getting the bonus myself," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said.
On the road to entrepreneurship, Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) always remembers the help of the villagers when she was studying. "I send Tibetan eggs to the nursing home every once in a while. The old people eat them with relish, and my heart is warm," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) said emotionally. She also established a micro-fund for student aid and sponsored 3 students in need. "Now that I have the ability, I want to help them."
"The professional knowledge I have learned should be used where it is most needed. The most beautiful growth is to become better together with my hometown," Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) exclaimed.
In Qinghai (青海), there are more and more new farmers like Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛). They use professional knowledge and innovative thinking to inject vitality into the development of their hometowns. In recent years, Qinghai (青海) has continued to stimulate entrepreneurship to drive employment, support college graduates and other key groups to start entrepreneurial projects with less investment and less risk, and build an entrepreneurial service mechanism integrating business consulting, guidance and assistance, incubation services, and financing support, providing entrepreneurial services to 11,900 people annually, and driving entrepreneurship and employment of more than 400,000 people through 49 labor brands.
As dusk gradually dyes the sky, the chickens return to their pens. Tsering Drolma (才仁卓玛) looks up at the distance: "I believe that on the land of my hometown, youth can bloom the most beautiful flowers!"
Return to TopAccording to the 2026 National Spring Festival Travel Season (Chunyun) Video Conference, it is estimated that the total cross-regional personnel flow in the whole society during this year's Spring Festival travel season will reach 9.5 billion person-times, and the total cross-regional personnel flow and railway and civil aviation passenger traffic in the whole society are expected to reach record highs for the same period in history. Self-driving travel will still be the main mode of transportation, and there will be greater pressure on road congestion relief, safety risk prevention, and extreme weather response. It is necessary to take effective measures to effectively ensure the safety of people's travel.
The meeting proposed that all regions, relevant departments and units should earnestly improve their political stance, make every effort to do a good job in all aspects of the Spring Festival travel season, and ensure that the people can travel safely and smoothly.
Resolutely strengthen transportation organization. Strengthen the dynamic analysis and judgment of passenger flow, fully tap the transportation potential, do a good job in the overall allocation of transportation capacity, increase the supply of transportation capacity in key areas, popular routes, and peak periods, and meet the travel needs of the masses to the greatest extent.
Optimize and improve travel services. Continue to optimize online ticket purchases, self-service security checks, waiting and transfer services, strengthen road congestion relief, strengthen self-driving travel service guarantees, and strengthen the guidance of students, migrant workers, tourists and other people to travel during off-peak hours.
Improve the safety level of the Spring Festival travel season. Adhere to the principle of putting the people first and putting life first (人民至上、生命至上 (rén mín zhì shàng, shēng mìng zhì shàng - "people first, life first," emphasizing the paramount importance of people's well-being and safety)), consolidate the safety responsibilities of all parties, focus on key and weak links, strengthen hidden danger investigation, conduct in-depth safety supervision and inspection, and severely crack down on illegal and irregular behaviors.
Strengthen the response to extreme weather. Strengthen the forecast and early warning of disastrous weather, do a good job in traffic control and service guarantees under extreme weather conditions, strengthen the comprehensive coordination of coal, electricity, oil and gas and other factors, and refine and improve various emergency plans.
Do a good job in the transportation guarantee of key materials. Coordinate the transportation of important energy materials, people's livelihood materials, spring farming preparation materials, and emergency materials, and ensure the orderly delivery of New Year's goods and other people's livelihood materials during the Spring Festival travel season.
Create a warm and enthusiastic atmosphere for the Spring Festival travel season. Conduct in-depth Spring Festival travel season volunteer services, do a good job in travel services for key groups such as students, migrant workers, and soldiers, strengthen Spring Festival travel season publicity, and care for front-line employees of the Spring Festival travel season.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 赵景锋 李祉瑶
Recently, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区) has experienced extremely cold weather. To effectively ensure the safety of people's lives and property, and to protect the people to spend the winter safely, various parts of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) have acted quickly and comprehensively deployed emergency protection work.
Affected by strong cold air, starting from January 18, the temperature in most parts of central and western Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) dropped sharply, with extreme low-temperature events occurring intensively. The minimum temperature in the central and western regions fell below minus 20 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature in the entire region reached minus 44.5 degrees Celsius. This cold wave has a wide range of impact, strong winds, and is accompanied by snowfall, which may lead to severe low-temperature rain, snow, ice, and snowstorms in some areas, which have a greater impact on people's lives.
Various parts of Inner Mongolia (内蒙古) have taken multiple measures to build a warm defense line. Heating units in Hulunbuir City (呼伦贝尔市), Xilingol League (锡林郭勒盟), and other places are operating boilers at full capacity, increasing water supply temperatures, storing sufficient coal, and increasing the inspection of equipment and pipelines; some areas are conducting door-to-door temperature measurement and maintenance for old communities and special groups to ensure that the room temperature of the masses meets standards. In addition, Ordos City (鄂尔多斯市) has ensured 1.394 million tons of coal for local and surrounding farmers and herdsmen and 5.781 million tons of coal for centralized heating, and distributed 299,000 tons of warm coal within the city.
In terms of transportation, a "carpet-style" investigation of the entire region's highway network was carried out, identifying 701 road sections prone to snow and ice accumulation to achieve refined risk management; clarifying the distribution of 501 emergency teams with a total of 6,389 people and 490 material pre-positioning points. As of 17:00 on January 20, the entire region had cumulatively invested 328 maintenance operation teams 2,726 times, 1,350 sets of snow removal equipment, 415.2 cubic meters of anti-skid materials, and a circulating snow removal mileage of 41,000 kilometers.
In terms of energy and electricity, State Grid Inner Mongolia Eastern Electric Power Co., Ltd. (国网内蒙古东部电力有限公司) launched an emergency response. The entire network strengthened inspections, implemented cold and freeze prevention measures, and promoted measures such as full-area special inspection and monitoring, coordinated emergency repair personnel, equipment, materials, and vehicles, and strictly implemented a 24-hour duty system to ensure the safe and stable operation of the power grid.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 陈晨曦 刘硕阳
In the early hours of January 21st, Beijing time, at the AFC U23 (Under-23) Asian Cup semi-final held in Saudi Arabia, the Chinese team defeated the Vietnamese team 3-0, entering the final of the event for the first time in history.
Entering the final with an undefeated record and without conceding a single goal, the Chinese team's performance exceeded expectations.
The first U23 Asian Cup was held in 2014. Due to problems such as neglecting youth training and a talent gap in Chinese football, the team had three group stage defeats and bottom finishes in the past five competitions, winning only two out of a total of 15 matches, and never advancing from the group stage.
In 2015, the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" was issued, and a systematic youth training system gradually took shape, with more young people entering the stadium, expanding the selection pool. The Chinese players participating in this competition are composed of players in the 2003-2006 age group, who are the first generation of players cultivated after systematic reforms.
A diverse range of youth training paths has become a significant feature of this U23 national team. Many players entered the professional club梯队 (tī duì - youth team) to receive systematic training from a young age, while some outstanding representatives emerged from the campus football system, and some players chose to study abroad.
A stable coaching team is also a major factor in the team's accumulated strength. Spanish coach Antonio Puche served as the head coach of the Chinese U16 national men's football team in 2018, and in January 2020, he took over as the head coach of the Chinese U17 national men's football team, starting more than six years of cooperation and common growth with this group of players.
In the 2023 U20 Asian Cup, Antonio led the team into the quarter-finals, narrowly losing to the South Korean team in extra time in the 1/4 finals, failing to qualify for the World Youth Championship. Players such as Xu Bin (徐彬) and Li Hao (李昊) began to stand out. Subsequently, the 2005-2006 age group U20 national team also failed to reach the semi-finals of the Asian Cup. For Chinese football, although these two attempts ended in failure, they have allowed fans to see a glimmer of hope.
In this competition, Antonio's on-the-spot command was remarkable, fully leveraging the characteristics of this team. In the group stage and 1/4 finals, he based the team on defense, using a "532" defensive counter-attack formation to compete with opponents; in the semi-final against the Vietnamese team, he significantly rotated the starting lineup, and the proactive ball-control tactics made the opponents very uncomfortable for a time, scoring two goals in quick succession shortly after the start of the second half to secure the victory.
In this U23 Asian Cup, the well-prepared Chinese team finally broke through this "window paper." Although the Chinese team's performance in most games was not dominant, the players achieved a breakthrough with effective tactics, faithful execution of tactical discipline, and a spirit of daring to fight.
It is worth mentioning that the professional league is the stage for these players to train and grow. Almost all members of this U23 national team play for Chinese Super League (中超) and China League One (中甲) teams, and most players have become key players in their teams. Center-back Peng Xiao (彭啸), who has scored two goals, is the annual best young player in China League Two (中乙), and was recruited into the first team of Shandong Taishan Football Club (山东泰山俱乐部) to play in the Chinese Super League last season; forward Xiang Yuwang (向余望), who scored the second goal against the Vietnamese team, was the top local scorer in the 2025 China League One season, scoring 18 goals; Wang Yudong (王钰栋), who scored the third goal, plays for Zhejiang Professional Football Club (浙江职业足球俱乐部) and scored 11 goals in the 2025 Chinese Super League season. "We have all grown up. After a few years in the Chinese Super League, China League One, or other leagues, the entire team has been greatly trained," said goalkeeper Li Hao (李昊), who performed brilliantly in this competition.
At Beijing time on the evening of January 24, the Chinese team will compete with the Japanese team for the championship of this U23 Asian Cup. It has been 22 years since the last time the Chinese men's national football team at all levels entered the final of a continental competition. We look forward to Chinese football, which is standing on a new starting point, taking it a step further.
This issue's coordinator: Wang Zhe (王者)
■ Further Reading
What is the use of the small note in the penalty shootout?
In the quarter-final of the U23 Men's Asian Cup, the Chinese team and the Uzbekistan team drew after 120 minutes of play, and the match went into a penalty shootout. In the fourth round, Chinese goalkeeper Li Hao correctly judged the direction of the opponent's penalty kick and successfully saved the opponent's penalty. In the end, the Chinese team successfully eliminated the opponent.
During the penalty shootout, Li Hao walked to the back of the net and carefully checked the small note attached to the water bottle. What was written on this small note? What is its function?
The small note is actually a tactical choice within the scope allowed by the rules, reflecting the coaching team's full preparation for the game. Before the game, the coaching team repeatedly watched the opponent's game videos, analyzed the opponent's run-up rhythm, usual direction, and other penalty habits, and organized and condensed them on a small note to give the goalkeeper a reminder, helping the goalkeeper to maintain clear thinking under pressure and make accurate judgments when saving. At the same time, the small note is also a psychological tactic. When the opponent sees that they have been studied, they will hesitate whether to change the direction of the shot, posture, etc., which can easily create psychological pressure.
Taking the 1/4 final of the 2006 World Cup between Germany and Argentina as an example, before the penalty shootout, German goalkeeping coach Köpke handed goalkeeper Lehmann a small note, which clearly marked the penalty habits of the Argentine players. With the help of the small note, Lehmann correctly judged the direction of all the Argentine players' penalties and successfully saved two penalties, helping the German team win the penalty shootout and advance smoothly.
(Reported by Wang Zhe (王者), this newspaper)
Return to TopPulling the sail ropes, adjusting the angles, stabilizing the center of gravity... Accompanied by the crisp starting gun, the sailboats dashed out from the starting line, sometimes sailing straight with the wind, sometimes tacking against the wind, the atmosphere was tense and lively. Recently, the first Keshenketeng Ice Sailing Competition was held in the Xilamulun Grand Canyon (西拉沐沦大峡谷) of Keshenketeng Banner (克什克腾旗), Chifeng City (赤峰市), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). The event attracted 65 Chinese and foreign athletes to participate.
Ice sailing, also known as "ice speedboat," is an outdoor sport that has emerged in recent years. Unlike ordinary sailing competitions, the venue for ice sailing is not the sea, but a smooth, mirror-like ice surface. The unique feature of ice sailing is that the hull is equipped with ice blades, and the athletes manipulate the sails, relying solely on natural wind power to sail on the ice. Compared to ordinary sailboats, ice sailing is easier to operate. The ice blades are equivalent to wheels, and the sails are equivalent to the engine. The competition venue is more than 200 meters wide and more than 700 meters long, with the wind force steadily maintained at level 2 or above. During the competition, athletes lie in the sailboat to reduce wind resistance.
After the start of the race, the athletes must steer the sailboat in the prescribed direction, and after passing specific markers, they can travel freely without direction restrictions. Each sailboat must round a windward mark and sprint to the finish line after completing the prescribed number of laps.
During the competition, athletes need to wear thick coats, gloves, boots, helmets, and goggles to resist strong winds and other injuries. When ice sailing glides on the ice, due to the extremely low friction, if a collision occurs, the impact force will be instantly released due to "sliding," and personnel and boats are not easily damaged. To ensure safety, the staff will check whether the participating hulls, ice blades, masts, sails, safety facilities, etc. are in good condition before the competition, and will also avoid dangerous areas such as ice cracks, ice holes, and protrusions when selecting the venue.
(Reported by Zhao Jingfeng (赵景锋), reporter of this newspaper)
Return to TopThe second stop of the 2025-2026 International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup recently concluded in Shenyang (沈阳), Liaoning (辽宁). This event was the final qualifying round for the event before the Milan Winter Olympics, with more than 200 athletes from 22 countries and regions fiercely competing for tickets to the Winter Olympics.
According to the Milan Winter Olympics participation points acquisition method, Chinese female athletes Yongqing Lamu (拥青拉姆) and Pang Chuyuan (逄储源) obtained Winter Olympics qualifications.
Return to TopThe World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (Winter Davos) recently kicked off, and China UnionPay (中国银联) was invited to attend. As a major provider of global payment services, UnionPay (中国银联), based in China and serving the world, is building a global payment "collaborative and progressive" interconnected network with the new "four-party model" as its foundation and QR code interconnection as its breakthrough point, achieving breakthrough progress in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and other regions.
"Technology Adaptation + Rule Collaboration" UnionPay (中国银联) Actively Responds to New Changes in Market Demand
At present, global cross-border trade, cross-border tourism and other activities are becoming increasingly frequent, putting forward higher requirements for efficient, convenient and safe cross-border payment services. With the in-depth advancement of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路), payment interconnection has become an important infrastructure to promote economic and trade exchanges and people's livelihood interconnection between co-construction countries.
At the same time, QR code payment, with its characteristics of low cost and easy promotion, has become a mainstream payment form in the world. Standard QR code payment systems led by central banks in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand's PromptPay and Indonesia's QRIS cover more than 10 million merchants locally; Brazil relies on the Pix system to accelerate the digital transformation of payments, and Turkey builds a unified payment framework through the BKM national transfer network. In these countries and regions, QR code payment presents the development characteristics of "official promotion, unified standards, and rapid popularization", which lays a solid foundation for cross-border payment interconnection. This ecological pattern of "**自上而下建标准、自下而上广应用**" (zì shàng ér xià jiàn biāo zhǔn, zì xià ér shàng guǎng yìng yòng - "establish standards from top to bottom, widely apply from bottom to top," a hierarchical approach to standardization and implementation) is highly consistent with UnionPay's (中国银联) cooperation concept of "technology adaptation + rule collaboration" and has become an important prerequisite for UnionPay (中国银联) to respond to changes in market demand and promote international cooperation.
"Dual-Track Parallel + Technology Empowerment" UnionPay (中国银联) Builds a New Paradigm for Cross-border Payment Cooperation
The regional breakthrough of UnionPay's (中国银联) cross-border QR code interconnection is backed by the triple resonance of policy fit, model innovation and technology empowerment.
At the policy level, UnionPay (中国银联) serves the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" (一带一路) with precise practice, deeply integrates the Chinese payment standard system with the infrastructure construction of co-construction countries, and helps the local digital economy development. Strengthening the interconnection with overseas payment markets, UnionPay's (中国银联) exploration is a positive response to relevant policy guidance.
At the model level, UnionPay (中国银联) innovatively launched a dual-track parallel mechanism of government-to-government (G2G) and network-to-network (N2N). In countries and regions such as Indonesia and Vietnam, a top-level cooperation framework is built through the G2G model led by the central banks of both sides to achieve mutual recognition of payment standards and system docking; in countries and regions such as Singapore and South Korea, the N2N model of commercial cooperation is used to quickly respond to market demand and flexibly promote the implementation of interconnection projects.
At the technical level, UnionPay (中国银联) relies on the standardized interface system of a unified gateway to provide overseas cooperative institutions with a "one-stop" technical docking solution, which greatly reduces the access cost of overseas institutions. Overseas cooperative institutions only need one technical development to access UnionPay's (中国银联) global payment network. This efficient adaptation capability can quickly incorporate small and micro scenarios such as street shops and night market stalls in Southeast Asia into the cross-border payment interconnection system.
Significant Results of Interconnection UnionPay's (中国银联) Global Payment Network Continues to Expand
The value of payment interconnection is ultimately reflected in the upgraded consumption experience of domestic and foreign users.
Up to now, UnionPay (中国银联) has reached or promoted QR code interconnection cooperation in about 50 countries and regions, and is gradually building a cross-border payment network with wide coverage and two-way smooth flow. In terms of "internal package external use", in 2025, UnionPay (中国银联) launched QR code interconnection cooperation in 7 overseas markets, allowing domestic users' payment tools to be unimpeded overseas; in terms of "external package internal use", it has carried out QR code payment cooperation with more than 200 overseas wallet institutions to help overseas users conveniently enjoy the Chinese consumer market.
Data shows that in 2025, the number of QR code consumption transactions of UnionPay's (中国银联) network "internal package external use" and "external package internal use" increased by 124% and 100% year-on-year respectively. This impressive achievement confirms the feasibility and attractiveness of UnionPay's (中国银联) cross-border payment interconnection model, and also demonstrates the competitiveness of Chinese payment services in the global market.
Weaving a Global Acceptance "One Network" to Help Smooth the Domestic and International Dual Circulation
Looking to the future, UnionPay (中国银联) will continue to consolidate the construction of a global acceptance network to provide a solid payment guarantee for the two-way exchange of "going out" and "bringing in". Based on the perfect three-dimensional interconnection network layout, UnionPay (中国银联) will adhere to the "G2G+N2N" dual-track parallel strategy, accelerate the promotion of QR code interconnection cooperation with Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and other regional markets, and promote smoother domestic and international dual circulation.
At the same time, UnionPay (中国银联) will accelerate the construction of a new "four-party model" for cross-border payment, promote the integration of high-quality resources in the upstream and downstream of the payment industry chain, and jointly build an open and collaborative global payment ecosystem.
A small QR code connects the big world. UnionPay (中国银联) is taking payment interconnection as a starting point to integrate into the "big network" of global economic and trade exchanges, making payment "collaborative and progressive" a vivid practice of international collaborative cooperation, and injecting continuous impetus into global economic growth.
Data source: China UnionPay (中国银联)
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In recent years, Chinese micro-dramas, relying on streaming media platforms, have shown a bright performance in overseas markets, especially in Southeast Asia. According to statistics, more than 300 Chinese micro-drama overseas applications have been launched on various streaming media channels. The global cumulative downloads are expected to reach 1.21 billion in 2025, and the total revenue in overseas markets is expected to reach 2.38 billion US dollars, showing a strong growth momentum. With the characteristics of vivid plots, tight rhythm, and cultural resonance, Chinese micro-dramas have set off a craze for chasing dramas in Southeast Asia, becoming a new carrier for cultural exchange and interaction between China and neighboring countries.
Short dramas go overseas, triggering a craze for viewers to follow dramas.
"The picture is as beautiful as a painting!" "I heard about Suzhou fans for the first time, and now I especially want to learn more!" "Seeking Thai subtitles, I want to watch it with my parents!"... In the comment area of the Chinese micro-drama "A Dream Pillow of Stars" on the TikTok platform, netizens from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries shared their viewing experiences in different languages, from the development of the plot to Chinese intangible cultural heritage, from urban features to youth stories. The comment area has become a "small square" for cross-cultural exchange.
"A Dream Pillow of Stars" is set in Suzhou (苏州), telling the story of a representative inheritor of Suzhou fan intangible cultural heritage and an overseas-returned ancient city protection engineer working together to protect the ancient city and inherit intangible cultural heritage. The drama cleverly integrates intangible cultural heritage elements such as Suzhou embroidery, Song brocade, Kesi, Pingtan, and Kunqu Opera, which not only shows the cultural charm of Suzhou's blend of ancient and modern times, but also conveys the responsibility of the younger generation to protect traditional culture. Since its launch on a new media platform in Singapore in June 2024, the drama has resonated deeply with Southeast Asian audiences on the common topic of "inheritance of traditional culture."
In recent years, the Chinese micro-drama industry has accelerated its layout overseas, and Southeast Asia is a key expansion area. These micro-dramas are presented in vertical screens, with a tight rhythm and clear themes. Each episode lasts no more than 3 minutes, and the total number of episodes is between 50 and 90, covering diverse themes such as urban love, family ethics, fantasy suspense, etc. Strong plot conflicts and positive emotional expressions have immersed many Southeast Asian audiences in them, forming a habit of continuous viewing. The Chinese natural scenery, traditional costumes, and urban features shown in the drama have also aroused strong interest in China among many Southeast Asian audiences, directly driving a surge in the download volume of Chinese short drama overseas applications.
With the acceleration of going overseas, the content themes of Chinese micro-dramas in Southeast Asia are becoming more abundant, and the communication channels are becoming more diversified. In August 2024, the rural food-themed micro-drama "A Kind of Taste Called Qingxi" was launched simultaneously on new media and television platforms in Singapore and Malaysia, using pastoral life as an entry point to show overseas audiences the unique charm and food culture of Chinese villages. "Escape from the British Museum," "The Bone Whistle of Hemudu," "Don't Bother Me Farming," and other works that won the "2024 International Micro-Drama Competition" awards, covering modern cities, historical culture, rural revitalization, and intangible cultural heritage, have also been widely praised by Southeast Asian audiences on platforms such as TikTok. Since 2025, the cooperation model between the two sides has continued to deepen. Indonesia's largest telecommunications operator, Telkom Indonesia, has cooperated with the Chinese micro-drama platform FlexTV to launch exclusive packages ranging in price from 22,200 Indonesian rupiahs (1 yuan is about 2383.12 Indonesian rupiahs) to 77,700 Indonesian rupiahs, allowing Indonesian users to watch Chinese micro-dramas in a more convenient and affordable way. DramaBox, a platform under Dianzhong Technology, has joined hands with local Southeast Asian operators to launch a "traffic + content" bundled service, further lowering the threshold for users to watch.
"The popularity of Chinese micro-dramas in Southeast Asia continues to increase. This is not only a cultural phenomenon, but also reflects the natural affinity between Chinese culture and Southeast Asian culture." Luo Chuanyu (罗传钰), Deputy Dean of the China-ASEAN Research Institute of Guangxi University (广西大学), said in an interview with this reporter that micro-dramas break down language and cultural barriers with vivid stories and a strong atmosphere of life, allowing Southeast Asian audiences to feel the charm of Chinese culture while watching dramas. At the same time, micro-dramas show a large number of contemporary Chinese urban life and technological applications, presenting Southeast Asian audiences with a more vivid and realistic picture of modern China, playing the role of "cultural moistening without sound" and further stimulating two-way cultural exchanges and localization innovation.
Emotional resonance, consolidating the foundation for overseas communication.
"I always like to watch Chinese micro-dramas in my spare time, and I also downloaded several short drama mobile applications." Indonesian college student Farrell (法雷尔) told reporters that he is most concerned about dramas about the lives of Chinese youth, "I can see the daily life of Chinese peers, and I feel particularly kind." Although he has never been to China, Farrell is full of curiosity about Chinese cities through the modern urban features in the drama, and he is also fascinated by the traditional costumes and cultural elements in costume dramas. "Southeast Asia and China have many similarities. I often resonate when watching dramas, and it also gives me more imagination about China," Farrell said.
This cultural resonance is one of the core reasons why Chinese micro-dramas are popular in Southeast Asia. Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报) pointed out that the large Chinese community in Southeast Asia is an important link. In terms of family ethics, marriage concepts, and workplace concepts, Southeast Asian people and Chinese people have many common points. In the early years, Chinese classic dramas such as "Justice Bao" (包青天), "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (射雕英雄传), and "Journey to the West" (西游记) have accumulated a large number of fans in the local Chinese community, laying a deep foundation of cultural identity for the spread of micro-dramas.
The market consumption characteristics of Southeast Asia also provide fertile ground for micro-dramas to go overseas. A report released by the micro-drama professional institution "Short Drama Self-Study Room" shows that Southeast Asia has a young population structure, a high proportion of young people, an open and flexible consumption concept, and a high acceptance of emerging cultural and entertainment content, with strong market growth potential. At the same time, the huge scale of Internet users, the continuously rising Internet penetration rate, and the long online time have gradually cultivated local users' digital payment habits, providing good conditions for the dissemination and commercial promotion of micro-dramas. Data shows that in 2025, the number of paid users of micro-dramas in Southeast Asia will increase by 28% year-on-year, and the click-through rate of advertisements for free users will remain among the top in the world, becoming a core market with both commercial value and user base.
In addition, the relatively low production cost is also an important factor for Chinese micro-dramas to quickly open up the Southeast Asian market. Singapore's Asia News Channel website published an article stating that compared with traditional film and television dramas, micro-dramas mostly do not use first-line stars, the scenery and costumes pay more attention to practicality, and the actors are mainly newcomers. The overall production is efficient and convenient. "The characteristics of small investment and quick return make micro-dramas a very attractive form of cultural going overseas."
"The plot settings in Chinese micro-dramas are in line with the Southeast Asian people's yearning for fairness, hope, and a better life, and it is easy to trigger emotional resonance." Indonesian sociologist Derajat Kartono (德拉贾特·卡托诺) of Sebelas Maret University (三一一大学) analyzed that while watching the plot, the audience is also accepting the positive values conveyed in the drama. "This kind of content that is close to reality and in line with the psychological expectations of the public can often break through cultural differences and gain wide recognition."
Deeply cultivate the local area and expand cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
In recent years, the cultural "new three items" represented by Chinese online literature, online film and television dramas, and online games have set off a "Chinese style" around the world. Among them, micro-dramas in online film and television dramas, in a lightweight and down-to-earth form, allow excellent Chinese traditional culture and contemporary Chinese features to approach overseas people through mobile phone screens, becoming a new bridge to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and foreign countries. An article in the US "MIT Technology Review" believes that the rise of micro-dramas provides a new opportunity for Chinese culture to go to the world: on the one hand, it helps the Chinese entertainment industry to better grasp global market demand, and on the other hand, it opens a new window for the international community to better understand a real, three-dimensional, and comprehensive China.
"Although Chinese micro-dramas have a strong momentum in Southeast Asia, it is still necessary to face the challenges brought by cultural diversity." Luo Chuanyu (罗传钰) believes that Southeast Asian countries and ethnic groups are numerous, and religions and languages are diverse. Although they have commonalities with Chinese culture, "simple going overseas" is difficult to achieve long-term development. To achieve sustainable development, the entire process from content development to drama promotion must be integrated into local cultural elements, transforming from "product output" to "ecological output," and building a symbiotic system that integrates China's industrialized production capacity and Southeast Asia's local cultural creativity. Only in this way can we truly cross the gap of cultural differences and allow Chinese micro-dramas to move from "phenomenal" popularity to sustainable "normalized" development, and ultimately become a solid bridge to promote cultural exchanges between China and Southeast Asia.
In order to solve this problem, many Chinese short drama companies are trying to extend the overseas industrial chain and establish production centers in Thailand, the Philippines and other places to explore a new path of "localized creation + localized communication." JX Kyushu Culture Media Co., Ltd. (嘉兴九州文化传媒有限公司) implemented the "Ride the Wind Plan," deeply cooperating with local Southeast Asian short drama production teams, building content creation centers locally, and launching exclusive micro-drama platforms for Southeast Asian audiences. For example, in Malaysia, the company jointly filmed short dramas with Chinese directors and foreign actors to make the content closer to local life scenes and cultural contexts. As of now, Kyushu Culture has created more than 600 micro-dramas for overseas markets, of which about 20% are originally produced by overseas teams, and the total number of overseas viewers has exceeded 10 million.
Copyright output and model reference have also become important directions for localization exploration. Indonesian digital media operator IDN Times has introduced the copyright of Chinese micro-dramas, and has also established a local production department, drawing on the narrative rhythm and creative style of Chinese micro-dramas to create local content that meets the aesthetic tastes of local audiences. "Micro-dramas are particularly in line with the viewing habits of young audiences today and are an effective cultural bridge connecting young people from different countries." Indonesian well-known director Garin Nugroho (加林·努格罗) told this reporter that the potential of this form of communication is "not to be underestimated."
(Reported by this newspaper in Jakarta on January 21)
Return to TopBy: 全炳瑞
Recently, institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have predicted that the South Korean economy is expected to achieve a moderate recovery in 2026, benefiting from the recovery of exports of semiconductors and high-end manufacturing. This positive outlook mainly stems from South Korea's continued investment in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced semiconductors, and green technology, which is gradually cultivating new economic growth momentum.
Currently, the South Korean economy is at a critical stage of structural transformation. Traditional advantageous industries such as automobiles, communication equipment, and shipbuilding have entered a mature period, and growth is slowing down. In this context, South Korea is striving to transcend its existing positioning as a "strong country in memory chips" and accelerate its expansion into high value-added fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced semiconductors, biomedicine, and future mobility (such as electric and hydrogen vehicles, and autonomous driving). This adjustment is not only a practical measure to cope with the restructuring of the global supply chain and the weak domestic demand in the environment of high inflation and high interest rates, but also a strategic choice to maintain competitiveness in the global technology industry chain.
To this end, the South Korean government is systematically promoting the development of emerging industries through a policy mix of increasing tax incentives, relaxing regulatory restrictions, and strengthening R&D support. This path emphasizes shifting from "quantity expansion" to "quality improvement," which is highly consistent with China's advocated concept of developing new quality productive forces - only by relying on technological innovation can we shape the core driving force for future growth.
In this transformation process, digital and green (or ecological) transformation have become two core pillars, and are also key directions for coordinated efforts between the government and enterprises. On the one hand, the global challenges brought about by climate change are becoming increasingly urgent; on the other hand, technological competition is becoming increasingly fierce, and mastering core technologies has become the key to national competitiveness. South Korea regards artificial intelligence and semiconductors, cutting-edge biology, and quantum technology as the "three game changers" for key development strategies, concentrating policy forces and expanding government investment to achieve breakthroughs, so as to build a capacity base to support future industries.
Take the artificial intelligence industry as an example. As President Lee Jae-myung (李在明) said, in the era of industrialization, being one day late means being one month behind; in the era of informationization, being one day late means being one year behind; and in the era of artificial intelligence, being one day late may mean being one generation behind. Based on this judgment, the government is cooperating with enterprises to build large-scale artificial intelligence data centers in major regions, and vigorously promoting the deep integration of AI technology with manufacturing and service industries, so as to achieve revolutionary optimization of productivity and cost structure. These measures not only strengthen South Korea's own technological foundation, but also consolidate its position as a key node in the global supply chain.
In terms of digital transformation, South Korea has leading information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, as well as a relatively mature "government-private sector collaboration" implementation mechanism. Among them, the "K-Cloud" project is a typical case - this is a national-level cloud service promotion plan led by the South Korean government, which aims to promote the widespread adoption of local cloud platforms by the public sector and private enterprises through unified standards, providing subsidies and security certifications, striving to get rid of the passive pattern of simply relying on imported hardware in the past, and emphasizing the construction of core infrastructure in the era of artificial intelligence with independently developed technology, so as to enhance digital sovereignty and digital efficiency.
In terms of green transformation, South Korea is systematically building a "hydrogen energy economy ecosystem," that is, building a complete industrial chain around the production, storage, transportation, and application of hydrogen energy, specifically including promoting hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, accelerating the layout of hydrogen refueling station networks, and developing low-cost clean hydrogen production technologies (such as using renewable energy to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen). This strategy not only responds to the global trend of carbon reduction, but also provides a new path for traditional heavy industries such as automobiles and shipbuilding to transform to a low-carbon structure.
Of course, the risks and challenges facing the South Korean economy are still severe. From the outside, geopolitical tensions, supply chain restructuring, and the rise of trade protectionism pose a continuous pressure on the South Korean economy, which is highly dependent on exports; from the inside, low birth rates and an aging population lead to a shrinking labor force, coupled with the over-concentration of industrial structure in a few large enterprises and specific industries, which also restricts economic resilience. These problems are difficult to solve by one country alone, and require strategic cooperation with reliable countries.
In this context, deepening regional cooperation is particularly important. South Korea and China are important economic and trade partners to each other, and their industrial and supply chains are deeply integrated. China has been South Korea's largest trading partner for 21 consecutive years, and South Korea is China's second largest trading partner. Against the backdrop of increasing global uncertainty, strengthening cooperation between the two sides will not only benefit their respective development, but also inject certainty into regional stability and world economic recovery. Looking to the future, "manufacturing innovation" and "service industry collaboration" are expected to become new pillars of South Korea-China bilateral economic and trade relations. As long as we adhere to the principles of pragmatism, mutual trust, and win-win cooperation, and continue to promote policy communication and industrial docking, the prospects for South Korea-China economic cooperation will be broader and more solid.
(The author is the director of the Korea China Economic and Financial Research Institute)
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Tokyo, January 21st (Reporter Liu Chunyan (刘春燕), Li Shimeng (李诗萌)) - A report released on the 21st by the Japan National Tourism Organization showed that the number of visitors to Japan from mainland China in December of last year was 330,400, a significant decrease of 45.3% compared to the same period of the previous year.
The data shows that since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) made erroneous remarks regarding Taiwan in November of last year, the number of tourists from mainland China to Japan has begun to decline significantly. In November of last year, the number of visitors to Japan from mainland China was 562,600, while in October of last year, this figure was 715,700.
Japanese media and experts have pointed out that, affected by Takaichi's remarks, the continued tension in Sino-Japanese relations has had a negative impact on various fields of Japan's economy and society, such as retail, accommodation, and catering. Japan Travel Bureau (日本交通公社), Japan's largest travel agency, predicts that due to the uncertain prospects for visitors from mainland China to Japan, the number of tourists entering Japan in 2026 may decrease by 3%.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 李志伟
In recent times, the United States has continuously tightened its social media scrutiny when international students apply for visas to study in the U.S. The latest statistics from the Common Application system for U.S. universities show that as of January 1, the number of international students applying to U.S. universities for the 2025-2026 academic year has decreased by 7% year-on-year. Previously, the "Overview of International Student Enrollment in Fall 2025" report released by the Institute of International Education (IIE) showed that the number of newly enrolled international students at U.S. universities in the fall of 2025 decreased by 17% year-on-year, with 57% of universities nationwide experiencing a decline in student enrollment. Analysts believe that the U.S. government's visa policies not only impact the finances of U.S. universities but also weaken their global education and talent competitiveness.
India is one of the largest source countries of international students for U.S. universities. According to *The New York Times*, the number of international students entering the U.S. in August 2025 decreased by 19% year-on-year, with Indian students decreasing by 44%, Chinese students decreasing by 12%, Korean students decreasing by 11%, and African students decreasing by 32%. The IIE report also showed that the decrease in the number of newly enrolled international students has led to increasingly prominent problems such as vacancies in research assistant positions and insufficient manpower in laboratories at U.S. universities. For example, in the graduate programs at the University of Texas at Dallas, international students account for approximately 62%, and the shortage of new students has directly affected the progress of research projects.
Surveys show that 96% of surveyed universities attribute the reduction in international students to obstacles in visa applications. *The Washington Post* reported that since 2025, the U.S. government's measures such as suspending student visa interviews and extending review cycles have caused a large number of students to miss enrollment deadlines, and stricter social media scrutiny and entry restrictions targeting specific countries have exacerbated the difficulty for international students to enter the U.S. In addition, the White House has repeatedly threatened to cut research funding for universities with a large number of international students, revoke the visas of students participating in protests related to Palestine, and promote universities to prioritize enrollment opportunities for domestic students, further weakening the willingness of international students to study in the U.S. A survey by NAFSA: Association of International Educators shows that even if some universities offer deferred enrollment options, 37% of admitted international students still choose to give up and apply to countries with more stable policies. "Whether a visa is approved or not is like opening a blind box, and no one wants to gamble their future on an uncertain wait," said an international student who gave up admission to a U.S. university.
The chain reaction brought about by the tightening of policies is spreading from university campuses to the U.S. economy and innovation sector. International students usually pay full tuition and are an important financial pillar of U.S. universities. Data from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows that international students contribute approximately $55 billion to the U.S. economy annually through tuition and living expenses, supporting more than 400,000 jobs. A report by NAFSA stated that the reduction in new students in the fall of 2025 alone has led to a loss of nearly $1.1 billion to the U.S. economy, reducing approximately 23,000 related jobs. The *Financial Times* of the United Kingdom estimated that even if the number of international students decreases by only 10%, it will lead to a loss of nearly $3 billion in tuition revenue for the U.S. New York University (纽约大学), Northeastern University (东北大学) and other major international enrollment institutions have begun to freeze administrative position recruitment, and some small and medium-sized universities are facing operational crises. Columbia University (哥伦比亚大学) has laid off nearly 180 people due to the revocation of federal funding, and multiple research projects have been forced to scale back. The impact is particularly significant in the field of innovation. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that more than 50% of graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs are international students, and this proportion is even higher in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors. Professor Chris Glass of Boston College (波士顿学院) pointed out that international students not only bring tuition fees but also maintain the vitality of the U.S. research system, and their reduction is a "strategic setback to the U.S.'s position as a global innovation center."
A report recently released by the Higher Education Policy Institute in the United Kingdom shows that countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia are accelerating the introduction of visa preferential policies and cooperation projects to divert international talent that originally flowed to the United States. *USA Today* stated that the trend of international students avoiding U.S. universities is becoming increasingly obvious. Bloomberg (彭博社) further analyzed that this may cut off the talent supply chain for the U.S. high-tech industry and weaken its global competitive advantage.
(Reported from Washington (华盛顿) on January 21 by this newspaper)
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, London, January 21st (Reporter Zheng Bofei (郑博非)) - According to a report by the British "Financial Times" on the 21st, a Ukrainian reconstruction plan worth 800 billion US dollars, originally planned to be announced during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, has been postponed due to serious differences between Europe and the United States.
According to reports, the reason for the postponement of the plan's announcement lies in the serious differences between Europe and the United States regarding the issue of Greenland and the so-called "Peace Committee" established by the US government to oversee the post-war transitional governance of the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The report quoted multiple officials as saying that "everything related to signing the (Ukrainian reconstruction) plan has been temporarily suspended."
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Islamabad, January 21st (Reporter Yang Kai (杨恺)) Pakistani police stated on the 21st that the death toll from the fire at a shopping center in Karachi (卡拉奇), the capital of Sindh Province (信德省) in southern Pakistan, on the 17th has risen to 60.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, New York, January 20 (Reporter Xu Jing (徐静)) Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and heightened market risk aversion, spot gold and gold and silver futures prices rose sharply on the 20th, hitting new historical highs.
The U.S. COMEX February gold futures price and the London spot gold price both briefly broke through the $4,800 per ounce mark on the day, with gold prices rising more than 78% in the past 12 months; the March silver futures price briefly broke through $95 per ounce, up more than 230% since the beginning of 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump (特朗普) posted on social media on the 17th, announcing that the United States would impose a 10% tariff on goods imported from Denmark (丹麦), Norway (挪威), Sweden (瑞典), France (法国), Germany (德国), the United Kingdom (英国), the Netherlands (荷兰), and Finland (芬兰) starting from February 1. The tariff rate will increase to 25% from June 1 until the relevant parties reach an agreement on the United States' "comprehensive and thorough purchase of Greenland (格陵兰岛)." On the 19th, after learning that French President Emmanuel Macron (马克龙) had no intention of joining the U.S.-led so-called "peace committee" to oversee the post-war transitional governance of the Gaza Strip (加沙地带), Trump (特朗普) threatened to impose a 200% tariff on French wine and champagne.
Several EU countries are considering imposing tariffs on $93 billion worth of U.S. goods imported into Europe. In addition, the upcoming ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the legality of large-scale tariffs has also exacerbated the current tense situation.
Trump's (特朗普) imposition of "island-grabbing" tariffs on European allies and market concerns about the independence of the Federal Reserve (美联储) and the path of monetary policy, analysts at BNP Paribas (法国巴黎银行) believe that these two key uncertainties will continue to drive gold prices to new highs.
BNP Paribas (法国巴黎银行) expects silver prices to reach $100 per ounce soon. However, as the physical shortage factors driving up silver prices in 2025 improve, silver prices are about to usher in a correction. In addition, the current silver market trading volume is small, and once some speculative funds begin to take profits, prices are likely to experience a significant correction.
Return to TopXinhua News Agency, Paris, January 21 (Reporter Cui Kexin (崔可欣)) The International Energy Agency released its latest monthly report on the 21st, predicting that global oil demand will increase by an average of 930,000 barrels per day in 2026, higher than the average daily increase of 860,000 barrels predicted in the December monthly report last year. The report also pointed out that the growth in global oil demand in 2026 will still come entirely from non-OECD countries.
The report predicts that global crude oil supply will increase by an average of 2.5 million barrels per day in 2026, reaching 108.7 million barrels. The report pointed out that in January of this year, affected by factors such as the situation in Iran (伊朗) and Venezuela (委内瑞拉), the benchmark crude oil price once rose by $6 per barrel, but as geopolitical tensions eased, oil prices began to fall back from the middle of the month. The report said that the global economy has adapted to and recovered from the impact of the US's (美国) excessive tariffs in 2025, and oil prices have fallen compared with the same period last year. These factors have driven an increase in global oil demand.
Reuters (路透社) reported that global oil supply is expected to exceed demand by an average of 3.69 million barrels per day this year, slightly narrowing the surplus scale reported previously.
Return to TopAccording to Xinhua News Agency, Gaza, January 21st (Reporters Huang Zemin (黄泽民) and Zhao Weihong (赵伟宏)) - According to the Palestinian News Agency on January 21st, Israeli forces attacked multiple locations in the Gaza Strip on the same day, resulting in at least 11 deaths.
The report stated that an Israeli military attack in the central Gaza Strip resulted in 7 deaths, including 3 journalists whose vehicle was bombed by Israeli forces. In addition, Israeli forces also attacked the northern and southern Gaza Strip, resulting in 4 deaths. The Israeli military has not yet responded to this.
In addition, Hazem Qassem (哈齐姆·卡西姆), a spokesperson for the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) (巴勒斯坦伊斯兰抵抗运动（哈马斯）), issued a statement on January 21st stating that Hamas is coordinating with mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza to recover the last body of an Israeli detainee in the Gaza Strip. The statement said that Hamas has provided all relevant information and has responded positively to the search efforts. The statement accused Israel of using the fact that the body has not yet been recovered to evade its obligations in the first phase of the ceasefire.
Return to TopBy: 本报记者 孟祥夫 刘博通
China's path to modernization is inseparable from the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. The Central Rural Work Conference held at the end of last year emphasized the need to "stabilize grain and oil production," "continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation," and "deeply implement the construction project of civilized rural customs." How can we implement the spirit of the Central Rural Work Conference and effectively promote the implementation of various tasks? We invited members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from relevant fields to conduct discussions and put forward opinions and suggestions on doing a good job in the "San Nong" (三农) work in 2026, promoting new progress in the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, and bringing agricultural and rural modernization to a new level.
——Editor
Interview Guests:
Cheng Yongbo (程永波), Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC, President of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (南京财经大学)
Liu Muhua (刘木华), Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Vice President of Jiangxi Agricultural University (江西农业大学)
Huang Liping (黄丽萍), Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Deputy Mayor of Wenluo Town (文罗镇), Lingshui Li Autonomous County (陵水黎族自治县), Hainan Province, Secretary of the Party Branch of Wuxing Village (五星村)
Wang Chuanxi (王传喜), Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Secretary of the Party Committee of Daicun Village (代村), Bianzhuang Subdistrict (卞庄街道), Lanling County (兰陵县), Shandong Province
Unremittingly Grasp Grain Production and Improve the Effectiveness of Policies to Strengthen Agriculture, Benefit Farmers, and Enrich Farmers
[Scene] In the fully controlled industrial greenhouse of the Zhuke Modern Facility Agriculture Base in Meizhou (梅州), Guangdong Province, operation foreman Rao Xiaolu (饶晓璐) is operating an electric picking lift back and forth in the greenhouse, picking string tomatoes. "With the 'powerful assistant' of the lift, high-altitude operations have become easy and safe," said Rao Xiaolu (饶晓璐).
Liu Muhua (刘木华): Food security is a **国之大者** (guó zhī dà zhě - "a matter of great importance to the country," a crucial national priority). To grasp grain production and achieve stable production and increased efficiency, it is necessary to do a good job in the integrated application of "good fields, good seeds, good machines, and good methods." At present, the aging of the rural labor force is prominent, and there is a lack of agricultural machinery operators, making the role of "good machines" even more prominent. After investigating some agricultural service centers in Jiangxi (江西), I found that the shortage of agricultural machinery operators basically reached more than 50%; the number of agricultural machinery professionals has decreased severely, young people have a low willingness to engage in the agricultural machinery industry, and the agricultural machinery operator team has many "old faces" and few "new masters."
Therefore, it is necessary to vigorously develop simplified and "tech-savvy" mechanized production models, accelerate the promotion and application of unmanned agricultural machinery technology and smart agriculture technology, establish relevant technical training programs, so that farmers can deeply understand new agricultural machinery technology and improve their willingness to use it. Further optimize the formulation of high-standard farmland construction and acceptance standards according to local conditions, strengthen the infrastructure transformation to adapt to the application of agricultural artificial intelligence unmanned driving, and pay attention to the improvement of machine-耕 roads. It is necessary to combine the opportunity of high-standard farmland construction to build the farmland road infrastructure well, and also to transform the machine-耕 roads in terraced rice planting plots.
Cheng Yongbo (程永波): The Central Rural Work Conference emphasized the need to "do everything possible to promote the stable income increase of farmers and improve the income guarantee mechanism for grain farmers." The results of surveys in many places show that the current bottleneck in agricultural income increase has shifted from the "difficulty in output" at the production end to the "difficulty in sales" at the circulation end. To stabilize farmers' income in price fluctuations, it is urgent to exert efforts in the circulation link and open up the "first kilometer" of agricultural product sales. The practice of the Fengxian (丰县) Supply and Marketing Cooperative in Jiangsu (江苏) impressed me deeply. The cooperative directly faced the pain point of small farmers having difficulty connecting with large markets and created a three-level agricultural product purchase and sales service network at the county, town, and village levels. At the county level, it transformed and upgraded the original fruit company to build a county-level agricultural product circulation service center integrating information docking and comprehensive services; at the town and street level, it relied on grassroots outlets to standardize the construction of agricultural and sideline product purchase and sales stations; at the village level, it coordinated the layout of more than 100 agricultural product purchase and sales stations to realize "sales as soon as agricultural products leave the door." At the same time, by connecting with national agricultural product wholesale markets offline and actively integrating into the construction of "digital supply and marketing" online, it reduces circulation links and leaves more income in the county and in the hands of farmers.
In order to improve policy effectiveness and promote the stable income increase of farmers, it is recommended to: increase support for the construction of grassroots outlets in the supply and marketing system, making them a solid reliance for regulating rural market supply and demand, stabilizing price fluctuations, and protecting farmers' interests; issue special policies to encourage supermarkets and e-commerce companies to establish long-term and stable "direct procurement from production areas" relationships with supply and marketing cooperatives in production areas; through intensive acquisition, standardized processing, and cold chain direct delivery, greatly reduce intermediate losses and circulation costs, and transform the dividends of supply chain optimization into tangible income for farmers; deepen "digital commerce to revitalize agriculture," focusing on supporting county-level circulation entities with service capabilities, forming professional e-commerce teams, and using the "supply and marketing cooperative + Internet + farmer" model to allow farmers to share the dividends of digital economic development.
Continuously Consolidate and Expand the Achievements in Poverty Alleviation and Solidly Promote the Comprehensive Revitalization of the Countryside
[Scene] In the cold winter season, the machines are roaring in the Qiangcun Fumin Toy Workshop in Mengxi Town (孟溪镇), Songtao Miao Autonomous County (松桃苗族自治县), Tongren City (铜仁市), Guizhou Province (贵州省). Previously, a company in Dongguan City (东莞市), Guangdong Province (广东省), signed a contract with the county to establish a cultural and creative company locally. The company promotes the industrial development model of "headquarters factory + township micro-workshop," extending processes such as toy assembly directly to the doorsteps of the masses, allowing women, the elderly, and other groups who are inconvenient to travel far to achieve stable employment. At present, the first batch of 10 micro-workshops have all been put into use, adding more than 800 new jobs and driving the average annual income increase of the masses by more than 40,000 yuan.
Wang Chuanxi (王传喜): In recent years, I have conducted research and learning in many rural areas and personally felt that the achievements in poverty alleviation are real. The Central Rural Work Conference pointed out the need to "continuously consolidate and expand the achievements in poverty alleviation." 2025 is the last year of the transition period for consolidating and expanding the achievements in poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization, and 2026 is the first year of carrying out normalized assistance. From a practical point of view, normalized assistance lies in the role of the mechanism on the one hand, and the need to come up with pragmatic and effective measures on the other hand. It is recommended to continue to promote assistance through industry. Taking Daicun (代村) as an example, in 2018, we built the "Impression Daicun" ancient street tourism project, which generates 4.8 million yuan in revenue each year, and this revenue can ensure that the impoverished households do not return to poverty. In recent years, we have helped impoverished households increase their income and become rich through building projects, providing funds, and arranging employment. We must consolidate the poverty alleviation industries that have been formed. At the same time, higher-level departments should strengthen policy and financial support, promote a new round of assistance-oriented industrial development, and provide a platform for the masses to continuously increase their income. On the basis of coordinating the prevention of large-scale return to poverty, prevent individual families from returning to poverty. In reality, if a family member suffers from a serious illness, the family may fall into poverty. It is necessary to ensure that no one is left behind by increasing the proportion of reimbursement for serious illnesses, carrying out public welfare assistance for orphans, impoverished children, and the elderly, and giving priority to arranging public welfare positions.
Cheng Yongbo (程永波): To revitalize the countryside, industry is key. From the survey situation, the reason why some local industries cannot develop is not that they lack resources, but that they have not found a way to turn resources into cash. Industrial revitalization must rely on the unique resource endowment of the local area and turn agricultural specialty products into large industries. Ainong Township (爱农乡), Baiquan County (拜泉县), Heilongjiang (黑龙江) Province, explored a path to industrial revitalization. The township used its abundant corn stalk resources to vigorously develop yellow beef cattle breeding. This model of "straw passing through the abdomen to increase value" not only greatly reduces feeding costs, but also realizes the ecological closed loop of "planting-breeding-returning to the field." More importantly, the local government did not stop at guidance, but built a complete service system, organized agricultural technicians to provide full guidance, and solved the problem of farmers' breeding technology.
Combining the exploration of Ainong Township (爱农乡), in order to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside, it is recommended to: establish an industry screening mechanism based on resource endowment according to local conditions. Industrial development should avoid blindly following the trend, fully tap its own resource potential, and build a low-cost and sustainable competitive advantage. Strengthen technology embedding and build a full-cycle agricultural socialization service system. In response to the pain point of weak technology among impoverished households, shift the focus of assistance from "giving funds" to "giving services," organize agricultural technicians to go to the front line to provide full technical trusteeship, and enhance the risk resistance capabilities of small farmers. At the same time, extend the industrial chain, improve the interest linkage mechanism, increase investment in processing, cold chain, and brand building, guide leading enterprises to sign guaranteed orders with farmers, keep the added value income in the county, and stabilize farmers' income.
Learn and Apply the Experience of the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" Project and Promote the Construction of Livable, Workable, and Beautiful Villages
[Scene] Walking into Jiufanggou Village (酒房沟村), Lingjia Town (凌家镇), Neijiang City (内江市), Sichuan Province (四川省), the hardened household roads are flat and clean. In the winter, the fruits and vegetables in the micro-vegetable garden are growing vigorously. In the micro-garden next to it, various characteristic potted plants are arranged neatly, and cold-resistant green plants and small flowers complement each other. "In the past, the roads in the village were difficult to walk, and our feet were covered in mud on rainy days. Now the courtyards are repaired smoothly, the small roads lead to the doorsteps, and there are places to dump garbage, so it is much more comfortable to live here!" said villager Pan Yuming (潘玉明).
Huang Liping (黄丽萍): I have worked at the grassroots level for 26 years and participated in many studies and investigations on rural work. I truly feel the tremendous changes brought about by the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project experience to rural governance. Wuxing Village (五星村), where I am located, used to be a remote small village with muddy roads and garbage everywhere. In recent years, we have actively learned from the "Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation" project experience and formulated development plans according to local conditions. Improve infrastructure and strengthen the construction of five networks; divide garbage disposal points and arrange special personnel to clean them; carry out sanitation competitions and establish an points system to enhance villagers' enthusiasm for participating in governance; build a village stage to enrich villagers' spiritual and cultural life... By carrying out governance in multiple ways, the village has completely changed, and villagers' sense of happiness has greatly improved.
Based on the practice of Wuxing Village (五星村), on how to better carry out rural governance, it is recommended to: give full play to the role of grassroots party organizations as fighting fortresses and the exemplary role of party members, so that party members take the lead in participating in rural governance and demonstrate and drive more villagers to join. Strengthen talent support, attract college students, veterans, and others to return to their hometowns to start businesses, and inject new vitality into rural governance. Improve the governance mechanism, establish and improve villagers' councils, supervisory committees, and other organizations to allow villagers to fully participate in decision-making and supervision. Hold regular villagers' meetings to discuss major issues related to the development of the village and enhance villagers' enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity in participating in the governance and development of the village.
Wang Chuanxi (王传喜): Promoting the transformation of customs and habits and governing outdated customs and bad habits is an important part of improving rural governance. "Other people's standards for handling affairs are high, and I want to be even higher than them." Some villagers blindly compare themselves. When two families are holding weddings, the man hopes for less betrothal money, and the woman asks for more betrothal money. If the two sides cannot agree, the wedding cannot be held for a while. In response, we wrote "prohibiting high betrothal gifts from the perspective of respecting the feelings of both young people" into the village rules and regulations. Once, a young man in our village wanted to marry a girl from another village, but the woman thought the betrothal gift was too small, and the man could not come up with more money. The two sides were at a stalemate, so we asked the village cadres and the person in charge of the village's wedding and funeral council to come forward and go to the woman's house to do work, explaining the village's policies, villagers' treatment, social security, development prospects, etc. We moved them with emotion, reasoned with them, unified their opinions, and everyone was happy. To promote the transformation of customs and habits in rural areas, we cannot rely solely on rigid constraints, but also require cadres to be good at doing ideological work for the masses, master the flexible method of heart-to-heart talks, compare hearts to hearts, exchange sincerity for true feelings, and gain the understanding and support of the masses.
Return to TopBy: 谢 茹
Soil is the foundation of agricultural production and the key to firmly holding China's rice bowl. Red soil is distributed in more than 10 provinces south of the Yangtze River (长江) in China, covering important grain production bases and fruit, vegetable, tea, and oil supply bases. However, affected by high temperature and high humidity environments and long-term high-intensity utilization, the red soil area has prominent problems of being "large but not fertile" and "acidic, infertile, sticky, barren, and hardened," which restricts the potential for cultivated land productivity, product quality improvement, and increased agricultural benefits.
To tap the potential of red soil and make the granary more abundant, I have found in recent years after conducting research in many places that many places have achieved positive results in red soil improvement and utilization by strengthening scientific and technological innovation and comprehensive management. For example, the Nanjing Institute of Soil Science (南京土壤研究所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院) and the Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (江西省农业科学院) have jointly developed a thick and fertile cultivated layer construction technology, which has improved the quality of cultivated land and increased the yield of rice, corn, and other crops by more than 15%. Adhering to storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology, red soil improvement is an important starting point. To this end, the following is suggested:
Strengthen top-level design and grasp red soil improvement in the same way as black soil protection and saline-alkali land management. Carry out a healthy red soil cultivation action, focusing on the implementation of acidification control, organic matter improvement, and heavy metal control projects. Improve the red soil quality survey and monitoring mechanism, take the third national soil census as an opportunity, establish a dynamic database and intelligent monitoring platform for red soil quality, find out the current situation, and achieve precise management through "one policy for each land." At the same time, coordinate the efforts of departments such as the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Ministry of Natural Resources to form a joint working force.
Establish a long-term and diversified investment guarantee mechanism to solve the funding bottleneck. The red soil improvement cycle is long and requires a large investment, which is difficult to maintain by relying solely on finance. Red soil improvement can be included in the key areas of special transfer payments for cultivated land protection. Improve the cross-regional cooperation investment and benefit compensation mechanism. Guide the main grain sales areas to participate in red soil improvement and utilization through financial support and the establishment of stable grain purchase and sales relationships with red soil area provinces. Innovate financial support and guide financial institutions to launch green credit and special bonds. In particular, we must make good use of the strong carbon sequestration capacity of red soil, incorporate red soil improvement into the farmland carbon sequestration improvement action, explore the establishment of an accounting system and trading mechanism, and stimulate the "new momentum" of improvement with "carbon value."
Strengthen the tackling of key technologies and develop new quality agricultural productivity. Establish a major science and technology project for "long-term acid control and quality improvement of red soil," focusing on core problems to organize collaborative research. Support the construction of red soil improvement research and development platforms and pilot test bases to open up the "last mile" from the laboratory to the experimental field. Build an integrated "space-air-ground" intelligent monitoring network to realize dynamic perception, real-time early warning, and precise management of key indicators such as soil acidity, organic matter, nutrients, and soil moisture. Strengthen the construction of grass-roots agricultural technology extension teams, solve the dilemma of "one person managing one county," and better help farmers strengthen the concept of green and low-carbon, change agricultural planting methods, and achieve a virtuous cycle of combining land use and land conservation and improving red soil fertility.
Adhere to adapting to local conditions and promote effective experience by combining points and areas. There are various types of red soil in the south, and management cannot be achieved 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù - "accomplish in one kick," to achieve something in one step; to be done in one fell swoop). A medium- and long-term implementation plan for comprehensive management of red soil in the south can be formulated to support counties with good basic conditions to take the lead in piloting, integrate project funds such as high-standard farmland construction and comprehensive utilization of straw, and explore the "county-wide promotion" model. In response to the causes of degradation in different regions, carry out pilot demonstration projects for red soil improvement and utilization by region and category, and promote high-quality agricultural development in red soil areas by summarizing and promoting a batch of typical experiences that can be replicated and learned from. For example, some places have explored the "livestock and poultry breeding-manure treatment-organic fertilizer returning to the field-green planting" model, "green manure + rotation" and "green manure + deep soil loosening" agricultural machinery and agronomic integration technologies according to local conditions, which effectively realize the increase of red soil fertility, the improvement of agricultural product quality, and the improvement of the ecological environment, which is worth promoting.
Land is the lifeline of agricultural production and the foundation for ensuring national food security. Improving and utilizing this "red land" with a large area and high grain yield will surely make the foundation of the "great power granary" more stable and the "Chinese rice bowl" held more firmly.
(The author is a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全国政协常委) and Vice Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (江西省政协副主席))
Return to TopProposer: China National Democratic Construction Association (民建中央)
Motion: In recent years, the state has actively promoted the construction of an inclusive childcare service system, with remarkable results, effectively alleviating the burden of family birth and raising. However, some problems still exist in practice. For example, the cost of establishing inclusive childcare institutions is high, financial support is insufficient, professional childcare talents are scarce and have high mobility, and the operation and supervision of inclusive childcare service institutions are difficult.
Suggestions: Clarify public attributes and increase policy support. Clarify the public attributes of inclusive childcare services, incorporate them into the overall economic and social development plan, and formulate a special plan for the development of inclusive childcare services. Encourage and support social forces to establish inclusive childcare service institutions through financial subsidies, tax reductions, and priority land use, and increase the supply of inclusive childcare services.
Improve relevant laws and regulations and standards for childcare services. Establish and improve the relevant laws and regulations and standard system for childcare services, incorporate them into the basic public service system, and provide legal guarantees for the development of inclusive childcare services. Formulate setting standards, management specifications, and service quality standards for inclusive childcare institutions, strengthen the supervision and evaluation of inclusive childcare institutions, and ensure service quality.
Build a three-dimensional and multi-level childcare service talent training system. Accelerate the construction of the system, encourage and support universities, research institutions, and vocational and technical colleges to offer childcare service-related degrees, majors, or courses, strengthen vocational training for childcare practitioners, and improve the professional quality and service capabilities of childcare service personnel.
Explore and promote diversified childcare service models. Encourage and support various entities to establish childcare service institutions, and promote the formation of a diversified and multi-level childcare service supply system. Support kindergartens to carry out childcare services for infants and young children under 3 years old. Increase the supply of community childcare services, use the public service facilities built in residential communities and renovated in old communities to support inclusive childcare services. Establish urban childcare comprehensive service centers, gather various childcare institutions and family childcare points, serve families with infants and young children under 3 years old, strengthen the construction of smart childcare, and comprehensively improve the management of childcare services, the care of institutions, and the ability of families to raise children scientifically.
(Text organized by Tong (通))
By: 杨 昊 鲍蔓华
"In the future, this place should not only be a place to display and sell tea, but also a window for the world to understand Chinese tea culture." On a winter day in Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇), Xihu District (西湖区), Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang (浙江), Xu Qingxiang (徐庆祥), a member of the Xihu District Political Consultative Conference and general manager of Zhejiang Xihui Construction Co., Ltd. (浙江西汇建设有限公司), said with emotion in front of the Hangzhou Tea Expo Conference and Exhibition Center (杭州茶叶博览会会议会展中心), "In the past, people only knew that Longwu (龙坞) was the origin of West Lake Longjing (西湖龙井); now, when Longwu (龙坞) is mentioned, people will think of artistic homestays, vibrant young tea farmers, and creative tea drinks."
In recent years, the Xihu District Political Consultative Conference (西湖区政协), under the entrustment of the District Party Committee (区委) and the District Government (区政府), has deeply participated in the construction and development of Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇). From the initial design optimization to the mid-term construction, and then to the later operation and long-term development, the members have performed their duties, offered suggestions, and used golden ideas to "illuminate" the ancient tea town.
In order to plan and construct the Hangzhou Tea Expo Conference and Exhibition Center (杭州茶叶博览会会议会展中心) well, the Xihu District Political Consultative Conference (西湖区政协) set up a consultation platform at the project site and held several special "People's Livelihood Discussion Hall" consultation activities in Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇). The members went deep into the tea mountains and into the construction site, set up a table under the tower crane, and the design institute, the operator, and the village representatives "showed the blueprints" together to jointly negotiate and solve the problems in the construction and development of Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇) on the spot.
The original plan for the exterior of the exhibition center was to use a glass curtain wall. Some villagers suggested that "the reflection would startle birds." Lu Huafang (鲁华芳), a member of the Xihu District Political Consultative Conference (西湖区政协) and general manager of Hangzhou Meilong Tea Culture Co., Ltd. (杭州梅龙茶文化有限公司), immediately linked up with members of the architectural sector to conduct on-site temperature and reflection measurements. After research, they jointly submitted an alternative plan of "terracotta panels + vertical greening." After the plan was adopted, it not only solved the problem of reflection, but also increased the project's energy saving rate by 18% and obtained green building certification.
A first-class venue requires first-class supporting facilities. "No matter how beautiful the exhibition center is built, it will be a failure if guests cannot get in, cannot stop, or cannot stay," Xu Qingxiang (徐庆祥) said. Through research, he proposed a "three-level diversion" traffic strategy, systematically planning a three-dimensional plan from the scheduling of vehicles for large-scale events to the shared bicycle network and the long-term rail transit.
"Tea is not only a commodity, but also a culture and a way of life." Li Hong (李宏), a member of the Xihu District Political Consultative Conference (西湖区政协) and a researcher at the Hangzhou Research Institute of Culture and History (杭州文史研究馆), has long been concerned about the development of the tea industry and the dissemination of tea culture. He suggested empowering the ancient tea town with culture to revitalize it with the vitality of the times. "We should build a tea transaction service platform, an international auction center, and a tea culture external publicity mechanism to promote the tea industry to climb to the high end of the value chain," Li Hong (李宏) said.
Focusing on the key word "tea," the members promoted the deep integration of culture, technology, and industry in their consultation and suggestions: focusing on the "group-style" development of the eight villages in Longwu (龙坞), making good use of the tourism economic dividend of Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇) to broaden the income channels of villagers; based on strengthening agriculture through science and technology, striving for project support for the characteristic development of the tea industry to improve the external visibility of Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇); giving full play to the leading role of Fan Shenghua (樊生华), the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project "West Lake Longjing Picking and Production Techniques" (西湖龙井采摘和制作技艺), to promote the inheritance of the West Lake Longjing (西湖龙井) tea frying skills team... From the continuous cultural tourism activities throughout the four seasons to the rise of artistic homestay clusters, the "golden ideas" generated by the members in the consultation are constantly being transformed into tangible "golden fruits."
The tea town is changing, and the tea fragrance is becoming stronger. In 2025, the brand value of West Lake Longjing (西湖龙井) has reached 8.639 billion yuan, Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇) has received more than 7.45 million tourists, and the comprehensive revenue has reached 500 million yuan. The lives of the villagers are getting better and better. From "breaking the problem" of environmental remediation to "establishing the new" of industrial upgrading, from the "tackling" of specific projects to the "planning" of long-term plans, the relevant person in charge of the Xihu District Political Consultative Conference (西湖区政协) said that the members conduct in-depth front-line research, provide accurate and professional suggestions, and build consensus through consultation. The development of Longwu Tea Town (龙坞茶镇) is a vivid portrayal of the transformation of the advantages of the political consultation system into the effectiveness of grassroots governance.
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The Yellow River, surging for thousands of miles, enters the sea in Shandong (山东).
Shandong Province (山东省), as the only area where the Yellow River (黄河) and the sea converge, is the main battlefield for ecological protection in the lower reaches. How does the judiciary safeguard ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin? In recent years, the Shandong Provincial Court System (山东省法院系统) has firmly established and practiced the concept that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets," and has built a number of mechanisms such as circuit trials, ecological restoration, and government-court linkage, constructing an all-round judicial protection system to provide strong service and guarantee for the implementation and effectiveness of the major national strategy of the Yellow River.
"Adjudicating a case and educating an area," allowing environmental protection laws and regulations to grow "teeth."
"The actions of the defendants Li Mouhu (李某虎) and Li Mou'an (李某安) constitute the crime of illegal mining. Li Mouhu (李某虎) is sentenced to ten months of imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 yuan; Li Mou'an (李某安) is sentenced to eight months of imprisonment and a fine of 8,000 yuan." In the Dongping County People's Court (东平县人民法院) in Tai'an City (泰安市), with the sound of the gavel, the two defendants were severely punished by law for illegal sand mining.
It turned out that, in order to make profits, the two had the idea of illegally mining sand in the Yellow River (黄河) channel. The two had a clear division of labor: Li Mouhu (李某虎) hired others to use sand mining vessels to carry out sand mining operations in the Yellow River (黄河) channel, and Li Mou'an (李某安) contacted the sand drying site. After the incident, it was determined by surveying that the two illegally mined a total of more than 15,000 cubic meters of river sand, with a total value of more than 310,000 yuan.
"Yellow River (黄河) river sand is an important part of the riverbed. A reasonable distribution of river sand can buffer the scouring of the riverbank by the water flow, prevent riverbank collapse and river channel deformation, ensure the safety of river channel flood discharge, and play a key role in maintaining the riverbed shape and stability." Cui Yong (崔勇), Director of the Environmental Resources Tribunal of the Shandong Provincial High People's Court (山东省高级人民法院环境资源审判庭庭长), said that protecting the ecological environment with the strictest system and the most stringent rule of law, making those who damage environmental resources bear the corresponding legal responsibilities, and making environmental protection laws and regulations strict rules and iron laws that grow "teeth."
In the Yellow River Ecological City Court (黄河生态城法庭) of the Qihe County People's Court (齐河县人民法院) in Dezhou City (德州市), an environmental pollution case was publicly tried.
The defendants Li Mou (李某), Gao Mou (高某), and others illegally purchased waste engine oil from several auto repair shops and transported it to a residential house in a village on the bank of the Yellow River (黄河) in order to obtain illegal benefits. After storing a certain amount, they sold it to the outside at a higher price. Because the vehicle collecting waste engine oil was modified by self-installing baffles without any protective measures, it was at risk of overflowing, leaking, and causing environmental pollution during transportation, and the interior of the residential house storing waste engine oil was not equipped with any anti-seepage measures. The waste engine oil spilled on the ground during pumping, causing ground pollution. According to identification, waste engine oil is a hazardous waste with toxic substance content characteristics, which caused serious pollution to the soil in 8 plots at the storage site.
On the basis of legally determining the facts of the case, the collegial panel publicly pronounced the judgment after comprehensively considering the guilty plea and repentance of the persons involved, sentencing Gao Mou (高某) and other defendants to fixed-term imprisonment and fines for the crime of polluting the environment.
In order to better protect the ecological environment of the Yellow River Basin, the Qihe County People's Court (齐河县人民法院) specially established the Yellow River Ecological City Court (黄河生态城法庭) to centrally administer ecological and environmental resource cases within the county. At the same time, through public trials, circuit trials, and other forms, the judicial coverage and influence of environmental resources are further expanded to achieve "adjudicating a case and educating an area."
Making good use of characteristic judicial enforcement methods such as afforestation and labor substitution.
Regularly returning to the滩地 on the bank of the Yellow River (黄河) to understand the progress of land restoration is an important task for Song Xuemin (宋学民), Vice President of the Dongying Intermediate People's Court (东营市中级人民法院).
A few years ago, in the wetland area of the Yellow River (黄河) estuary, Liu Mou (刘某) successively leased 1005.6 mu of land from a company in the name of individuals and agricultural cooperatives to engage in agricultural production. During this period, Liu Mou (刘某), with the help of Xiao Mou (肖某), arbitrarily leased machinery to dig the leveled滩地 into pits several meters deep for fishery farming and lotus root planting. He also constructed buildings and structures and sold some of the earthwork.
Liu Mou's (刘某) illegal activities led to the destruction of the soil structure of a large area of wetlands, and the water storage and soil conservation functions were seriously damaged. After the court trial, Liu Mou (刘某) was sentenced to seven years and six months of imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 yuan for the crime of illegally occupying agricultural land and other crimes.
After punishing the crime, how should the damaged land be restored?
"According to professional assessment, the ecological damage to the land has exceeded the natural restoration capacity. If no timely intervention is taken, it will affect the ecological chain of the Yellow River (黄河) estuary wetland." Li Min (李敏), the then Director of the Environmental Resources Tribunal of the Dongying Intermediate People's Court (东营市中级人民法院环境资源审判庭庭长), introduced that the procuratorial organ filed a civil public interest lawsuit against Liu Mou (刘某) and Xiao Mou (肖某), requesting that Liu Mou (刘某) be ordered to bear various ecological environment damage costs of more than 24 million yuan, and Xiao Mou (肖某) bear joint and several liability within the scope of more than 14 million yuan.
However, both of them are individual operators and it is difficult to pay huge compensation at one time. How to solve the problem?
"After in-depth analysis of the case, after comprehensively considering the fact that the public interest of the environment was damaged, and the fact that a certain company, the land user of the land involved, had a regulatory obligation for the change of land use as the lessee, the company was added as a third party to the case according to its authority." Li Min (李敏) introduced that, after communication, the company took the initiative to fulfill the main restoration obligations such as land leveling and soil improvement, so that the destroyed滩地 reappeared with a flat landform.
On this basis, the court repeatedly organized on-site inspections of land restoration and held coordination meetings to promote the public interest litigation plaintiff and the defendant to reach a mediation agreement: the two defendants shall bear civil liability for ecological environment infringement through the payment of compensation and labor substitution.
In order to better implement the agreement, the Dongying Intermediate People's Court (东营中院) organized experts to repeatedly demonstrate and formulate a more detailed implementation plan: After Liu Mou (刘某) is released from prison, he will pay off the ecological environment damage compensation in 10 years, 134,700 yuan per year; Xiao Mou (肖某) will maintain more than 12,000 public welfare forests on about 100 mu of land in the Yellow River (黄河) ecological corridor for a period of 2 years, and participate in volunteer services such as garbage cleaning in the Yellow River (黄河)滩区 for no less than 500 hours.
"In handling criminal cases such as polluting the environment, illegally felling trees, and illegal fishing, the method of restorative judgment such as afforestation and stocking is applied to promote the timely and effective restoration of the damaged ecological environment by the judiciary." The relevant person in charge of the Dongying Intermediate People's Court (东营中院) said that the People's Court will further establish the orientation of ecological priority and green development, continue to make good use of characteristic judicial enforcement methods such as afforestation and labor substitution, improve the compensation and restoration mechanism for ecological environment damage, and wholeheartedly protect the good ecological environment, the most inclusive people's livelihood and well-being.
Lawfully and properly hear cases involving new quality productive forces, industrial and energy structures, and other types of cases.
Shandong (山东), as a national pilot zone for green, low-carbon, and high-quality development, how can judicial trials provide legal guarantees for the high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin? Promoting the green transformation of enterprises under the China Huaneng Group (华能集团) is a good example.
Zhanhua Power Plant (沾化电厂), located in Binzhou (滨州), Shandong (山东), under the China Huaneng Group (华能集团), was once the main power plant in the local area. However, with the changes and adjustments in the energy industry, the power plant gradually fell into a deadlock in the wave of green development and entered bankruptcy proceedings.
"To go bankrupt, first solve the problem of land reclamation and restoration!" In addition to employees and their families, the news of the power plant's bankruptcy also affected the hearts of 50 farmers.
Previously, the power plant had leased 296.69 mu of land from a village for use as an ash storage yard. Due to long-term ash storage, the fertility of the land has declined. What about future reclamation? At the same time, the power plant is a key emission unit managed by the national carbon emission trading market quota. At the time of bankruptcy, there was still an obligation to pay 89,000 tons of carbon emission quotas. How to solve it?
Environmental protection has become an important aspect of concern for the judges handling the case. After professional team assessment, the cost of land reclamation and carbon emissions is about 20 million yuan. If these costs are used as ordinary claims, the repayment ratio is less than 10%, the rights and interests of farmers cannot be guaranteed, and the sustainable use of land resources is out of the question.
"According to the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, bankruptcy expenses and common benefit debts shall be paid at any time from the debtor's property." Wu Zunzhong (吴遵忠), the judge in charge of the Zhanhua District People's Court (沾化区人民法院), introduced that after repeated research and judgment, the court finally determined that the two expenses were incurred in order to protect the public interests of the human environment such as soil and atmosphere. The creditors' meeting finally confirmed that the two debts were common benefit debts and were paid first and in full from the bankruptcy property.
After that, the carbon emission fee arrears were paid; the funds required for the reclamation of coal ash land were fully deposited for special purposes to ensure that the soil fertility, road construction, and vegetation coverage meet national standards.
With the funds in place, the company's environmental responsibilities have been effectively fulfilled, and 50 villagers have also unloaded their heavy burdens.
Get rid of the "high-energy burden" and embrace new green production capacity. China Huaneng Group (华能集团) introduced new investment and built a wind and solar power station in the same field, moving towards a new road of green and low-carbon development.
From handling a case well to solving a class of problems, the court is also exploring and refining work experience in similar cases: the Binzhou Intermediate People's Court (滨州市中级人民法院) has formulated the "Operating Rules for the Connection Mechanism between Bankruptcy and Environmental Resources Trial" to provide guidance for handling similar cases.
It is understood that in recent years, the Shandong Provincial Court System (山东省法院系统) has given full play to its functional role and provided judicial trial services to guarantee green, low-carbon, and high-quality development. For new types of cases involving carbon emissions and carbon trading, actively apply responsibility-bearing methods such as technological transformation deduction, capacity replacement, and carbon sink purchase; lawfully and properly hear cases involving new quality productive forces, industrial and energy structures, and other types of cases to help optimize and upgrade the industrial structure in a green manner; regularly carry out corporate environmental protection legal service day activities to protect corporate green development.
The rule of law escorts the Yellow River (黄河) to become a happy river that benefits the people. "Adhere to taking the protection of the ecological environment of the Yellow River Basin as the benchmark for planning development and promoting high-quality development, and inject judicial impetus into the development of new quality productive forces." Lu Tao (吕涛), Vice President of the Shandong Provincial High People's Court (山东省高级人民法院副院长), said that in the next step, the Shandong Provincial Court System (山东省法院系统) will focus on creating the "Qilu Qingweiliao (齐鲁青未了)" environmental resource judicial brand, and promote ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin with strict and fair justice.
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"AI voice packs" that mimic the voices of public figures are selling well on online platforms; automatically generated "digital humans" are speaking eloquently in live streaming rooms; the voices and smiles of deceased individuals are being "digitally resurrected"... In the digital age, artificial intelligence technology can imitate, replicate, and even "create" a person's voice, image, and even fragments of their personality. Therefore, how can we better protect the "unique" rights of personality?
The independent compilation of personality rights is an important innovation in China's Civil Code. Since the implementation of the Civil Code more than 5 years ago, the Personality Rights section has provided strong legal system support for the comprehensive protection of personal dignity, playing an important role in preventing insults, defamation, and abuse of portrait rights. However, when images are deeply faked, voices are intelligently synthesized, and personalities are replicated by algorithms, acts infringing on personality rights extend from the physical world to the digital space. Traditional rights boundaries and infringement identification models urgently need to be updated, and the strength and methods of rights protection also need to keep pace with the times in order to build a solid legal barrier for the protection of personality rights in the digital age.
Judicial practice bears the task of preliminary exploration. Some judicial rulings have determined that the rights of natural persons to their voices extend to AI-generated voices, that using AI software to create "digital virtual human" images of others or to spoof or uglify their portraits constitutes infringement of portrait rights, and that "AI face-swapping" of videos containing others' portraits constitutes an infringement of their personal information rights.
These explorations send a clear signal: technological applications should be regulated and punished by law as long as they substantially constitute an infringement of personality rights. Faced with the continuous emergence of new technological forms, it is necessary to summarize and refine adjudication rules from specific cases within the existing legal framework, and to continuously clarify the criteria for judging new types of tortious acts, so as to ensure that technological innovation is always carried out on the track of respecting personality rights.
To strengthen the protection of personality rights in the digital age, attention should be paid to the weighing of multiple interests and the promotion of a virtuous interaction between personality rights and technological innovation. For example, "digital resurrection" technology often involves multiple demands: respect for the deceased, the emotions of relatives, the exploration of researchers, the value of commercial development, and even the historical memory of the public. The significance of the rule of law lies in reasonably distinguishing scenarios and clearly defining rules. For acts that directly infringe on personal dignity, such as defamation, it is necessary to clearly define the red line and impose severe punishment. For some uses for purposes such as commemoration, specific artistic expression, historical research, and public interest, it is possible to explore a normative path of "reasonable use" under the principles of strictly following informed consent, minimal necessity, and respecting public order and good customs. In cases involving public figures, emphasis should be placed on considering whether the purpose is legitimate and whether it exceeds the necessary limits, and a prudent balance should be sought between the protection of personality rights and the social public interests such as public awareness and public opinion supervision.
To strengthen the protection of personality rights in the digital age, all parties should also work together to regulate and guide technological applications to be virtuous and beneficial. The law not only defines the red lines that cannot be crossed, but also provides victims with a basis for safeguarding their rights by clarifying tort liability and remedies. Platforms should become forward "outposts," not only strictly implementing the obligation to clearly mark deeply synthesized content, making "AI generation" clear at a glance, but also proactively establishing efficient monitoring and review mechanisms to provide early warning and interception of high-risk content. Developers need to integrate ethical considerations into the entire process of technological design and research and development, establish internal ethical review mechanisms, and embed the value principles of respecting personal dignity into the source of products. For the public, it is necessary to continuously improve digital rights awareness, not only to learn to identify technological risks and protect personal rights, but also to adhere to the bottom line when participating in communication and avoid becoming "second-hand dealers" of infringing acts.
Building a solid legal barrier for the protection of personality rights in the digital age is not only a firm defense of personal dignity, but also the inherent meaning of the continuous and healthy development of the Internet. Only by better clarifying boundaries, balancing interests, and building consensus on the track of the rule of law can technology develop upward and beneficially on the premise of respecting and protecting people, and continuously release innovative vitality.
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"Planning an off-road vehicle trip from Shenzhen (深圳) to Xinjiang (新疆). Only 4 people, expenses shared (AA), one-way cost approximately 1500 yuan..." Previously, Zhang (张) posted a recruitment notice for travel companions on an online platform, detailing the specific itinerary, duration, route, and expense sharing arrangements for a 32-day self-driving tour from Shenzhen (深圳), Guangdong (广东) to Xinjiang (新疆).
Zhao (赵) saw the online post and contacted Zhang (张) via WeChat, expressing interest in joining. Before departure, Zhang (张) repeatedly confirmed the itinerary and expenses with Zhao (赵) via WeChat. During this time, Zhang (张) sent Zhao (赵) a "Voluntary Companion Travel Safety Disclaimer" (hereinafter referred to as the "Disclaimer"), stating "The format of this activity is cost-sharing... If a participant leaves the team midway, they should inform the team members in advance and bear all safety and responsibility issues after leaving the team." Zhao (赵) had no objection to the above agreement.
The 4-person team, including Zhang (张) and Zhao (赵), drove to Kuqa City (库车市), Xinjiang (新疆), and according to the plan, entered the Wusun Ancient Road (乌孙古道) for a 7-day trek. During the journey, Zhao (赵) left the team on his own due to physical exhaustion, failed to arrive at the meeting point as agreed, and then requested to retrieve his luggage and withdraw from the trip without prior notice. Zhang (张) believed that Zhao's (赵) mid-way withdrawal increased the travel costs for other members and demanded that he pay for the return trip. The two parties therefore had a dispute, which was not resolved through mediation by the public security authorities.
Due to the early departure of the "travel buddy," Zhang's (张) and other members' travel plans were disrupted, the original travel time was shortened by 9 days, and the planned self-driving return trip was abandoned, with the group returning to Shenzhen (深圳) by plane. After returning to Shenzhen (深圳), Zhang (张) demanded that Zhao (赵) pay for vehicle wear and tear and a penalty for early departure. Zhao (赵) ignored this, and Zhang (张) sued to the Longhua District People's Court (深圳市龙华区人民法院) in Shenzhen (深圳).
The court held that this case was a contract dispute. According to relevant provisions of the Civil Code, when performing a contract, the parties shall follow the principle of good faith and perform obligations such as notification, assistance, and confidentiality in accordance with the nature, purpose, and trade practices of the contract. According to the online post screenshots and chat records between Zhang (张) and Zhao (赵), Zhao (赵) expressed agreement with the itinerary posted by Zhang (张) and did not object to the "Disclaimer" sent by Zhang (张), which should be regarded as agreeing to the itinerary and accepting the terms and conditions stated in the "Disclaimer".
In this case, Zhao (赵) separated from the team midway through the trip, failed to notify the team members in advance as agreed in the "Disclaimer", and subsequently refused to pay the promised return trip expenses. His behavior clearly violated the contract agreement and the principle of good faith, constituting a breach of contract and should bear the corresponding liability for breach of contract.
In addition, Zhao's (赵) early departure not only led to Zhang (张) terminating the travel itinerary early, but also triggered Zhang (张) to change the return method, thereby increasing expenses such as air tickets and vehicle consignment, objectively causing losses to Zhang (张). However, the contract between the two parties did not clearly stipulate the amount of liquidated damages for early departure, and Zhang (张) also failed to provide evidence to prove the specific amount of losses caused by Zhao's (赵) early departure. The court, based on the actual situation, determined the amount of compensation to be paid by Zhao (赵), ordering Zhao (赵) to compensate Zhang (张) for a total loss of 2,600 yuan and rejecting Zhang's (张) other claims. The judgment has taken effect.
Currently, finding "travel buddies" for travel is becoming increasingly popular due to its high cost-effectiveness and customizable nature. The judge reminds that consumption models such as "group buying," "carpooling," and "room sharing" have uncertain risk factors. It is recommended to sign a formal contract with the relevant parties before the transaction and to specify important content such as consumption methods, amounts, division of responsibilities, and breach of contract clauses in the contract in detail. Consumers can log in to the "Contract Template Library" website of the State Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局) to query and refer to relevant contract templates to improve contract content. During the transaction and performance period, consumers should pay attention to preserving communication records on online platforms and various consumption vouchers in order to protect their legitimate rights and interests in the event of disputes.
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In Heshun Ancient Town (和顺古镇), Tengchong City (腾冲市), Baoshan (保山), Yunnan (云南), the bluestone streets carry the enthusiasm of tourists from all directions. In the early morning, the large screen in the police affairs command room of the scenic area police station is already dynamically flashing, with real-time updates on data such as passenger flow at the 9 main entrances, density of popular attractions, and parking space availability. Yang Ziwen (杨自文), director of the Heshun Police Station (和顺派出所), closely monitors the screen for precise dispatch: "Crowds are gathering near the former residence of Ai Siqi (艾思奇故居), patrol team number 2 go to疏导." Two minutes later, police officers and auxiliary police appear at the corner of the alley, promptly carrying out疏导 work.
Relying on the "one network gathering, integrated operation" smart policing system, the Heshun Police Station embeds precise protection into every alley of the ancient town, painting a safe background for the cultural tourism picture scroll. This scene is a vivid microcosm of the innovative policing mechanisms of public security organs at all levels in Yunnan Province (云南省), escorting the high-quality development of cultural tourism.
The power of wisdom also makes the protection of rural tourism more efficient and considerate. Tugua Chong Village (土瓜冲村) in Malong District (马龙区), Qujing City (曲靖市) is a popular tourist destination, attracting many tourists to drive here and immerse themselves in the feeling of "There is a life called Yunnan (有一种叫云南的生活)."
As the flow of vehicles and people increases, the rural paths become congested, and tourists show anxiety. At a critical moment, a police drone hovers in the air broadcasting guidance: "Tourists going to the hydrangea flower sea, please note that there are still 10 parking spaces available in the parking lot 100 meters ahead, please proceed in an orderly manner." The command center of the Malong Branch (马龙分局) of the Qujing Public Security Bureau (曲靖市公安局) relies on the real-time images returned by the drone to precisely dispatch ground traffic police to疏导 at key nodes. The congestion that originally required 1 hour to alleviate is restored to smooth flow in just 10 minutes. "Precise dispatch does not delay the itinerary!" Mr. Wang (王先生), a tourist from Sichuan (四川), successfully parks his car and starts a pleasant tourist time with his family.
Heart-warming protection and precise service are everywhere in Yunnan's cultural tourism scenes. Qiaojia County (巧家县) in Zhaotong City (昭通市) has a pleasant climate and has become a popular winter tourist destination for RV tourists. At the Chestnut-throated Bee-eater RV Camp (栗喉蜂虎房车营地), two tourists once argued over parking spaces. The police immediately rushed to the scene, handed over mineral water to appease their emotions, and after both parties calmed down, conducted an on-site survey to find a suitable parking space to facilitate a reconciliation.
In response to the tens of thousands of RV tourists who come to Qiaojia (巧家) every year to escape the cold, the Qiaojia County Public Security Bureau (巧家县公安局) has launched a "combination punch" of services: setting up a 24-hour lit mobile police office in the RV camp, and the "White Crane Mounted Police Team (白鹤骑警队)" and "White Crane Mediation Team (白鹤调解队)" patiently resolve various frictions.
On the shore of Dianchi Lake (滇池), red-billed gulls dance and play, and more than 100,000 tourists flock to this invitation between man and nature every day. Recently, Ms. Chen's (陈女士) 4-year-old child, a tourist, was lost in the crowd of seagull watchers. After anxiously calling the police, the Dianchi National Tourism Resort Branch (滇池国家旅游度假区分局) of the Kunming Public Security Bureau (昆明市公安局) quickly synchronized the information to the "Seagull Watching Season" linkage work group, and a mobile search network covering the entire area with multi-departmental linkage was immediately launched. In just 30 minutes, the child was safely found at the entrance of the park restaurant.
In order to build a solid safety防线 on the edge of Dianchi Lake (滇池), the Kunming public security organs have created a "mobile service station" through "personnel shoreline patrol, boat water patrol, video online patrol, and drone air patrol." In response to water safety, the "Yunfu (云凫)" water search and rescue team was formed, and a voluntary search and rescue team was formed in conjunction with the scenic spot to draw a heat map of drowning police situations, realizing a response to rescue within 3 minutes. The police also independently developed a "people-serving visual salvage rod," which has successfully helped tourists salvage dozens of mobile phones that fell into the water, recovering economic losses of more than 200,000 yuan. Convenient drinking water points and rest areas are set up in the police service booths, 4 emergency channels are planned, and hospitals are linked to open a "green channel" for treatment, making every effort to protect the lives and safety of tourists.
During the seagull watching season, Kunming police used a multi-police type linkage and multi-departmental coordinated emergency response model. Since 2025, the average traffic delay index at major nodes in the scenic spot has decreased by 19.4%; the number of police reports involving seagulls has decreased by 42.8% year-on-year.
Police and the people work together to jointly protect the beautiful experience of tourists. At the beginning of the new year, while visiting the Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forest (景迈山古茶林) in Pu'er (普洱), Ms. Li (李女士), a tourist from Zhejiang (浙江), accidentally lost her backpack and anxiously sought help from the Huimin Police Station (惠民派出所). The police comforted her while coordinating with villagers and merchant volunteers to search along the tour route, and the backpack was found in less than two hours. During the New Year's Day holiday, the police station deployed an average of more than 20 police officers to guard 37 locations, providing consultation and assistance services to 43,400 tourists.
In November 2025, the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department (云南省公安厅) and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (省文化和旅游厅) jointly released several measures to coordinate and promote the high-quality development of the cultural tourism industry, escorting the high-quality development of cultural tourism. Local public security organs have also introduced characteristic police services in accordance with local conditions.
The Dali (大理) police opened a 24-hour public security convenience service supermarket; the Lijiang (丽江) police optimized the "Lijing Online (丽警在线)" mini program to make tourists' demands "zero delay"; the Chuxiong (楚雄) police integrated legal popularization, convenient services, and cultural tourism experience; the Jinuo Mountain Police Station (基诺山派出所) in Jinghong City (景洪市), Xishuangbanna (西双版纳), formed a rainforest hiking service team, which not only protects the safety of tourists, but also protects the ecological environment...
"The Yunnan public security organs have always deeply integrated police work into the overall situation of cultural tourism development, taking the new police model of 'professional + mechanism + big data' as the starting point, integrating safety protection, precise governance, and heart-warming services into cultural tourism scenarios, adding 'police' to add color, making 'There is a life called Yunnan (有一种叫云南的生活)' more warm and more confident," said Xiao Feng (肖峰), Deputy Director of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department (云南省公安厅副厅长).
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Performance sessions increased by 15.04% year-on-year, box office revenue increased by 7.55% year-on-year, Chinese musicals and imported original versions each occupy "half of the country," and audiences under the age of 35 account for nearly 80%... The recently released "2025 China Musical Market Annual Report" provides an accurate picture of the current musical industry.
As one of the stage art forms with the highest degree of industrialization, the musical market has flourished and burst with vitality in recent years, bringing new inspiration for enriching the supply of cultural products and enhancing cultural originality. This reporter interviewed industry insiders to decipher the vitality code of the musical market through three questions.
Question 1: Why has the national musical box office increased more than 3 times in 6 years?
Reporter: According to statistics, the national musical box office in 2019 was about 600 million yuan, and in 2025 it was 1.807 billion yuan. In 6 years, it has increased more than 3 times, which is eye-catching in many performing arts formats. Why has the scale of the musical market increased so much?
Pan Yan: Indeed, the scale of some theater performances has declined, while the musical market has achieved growth against the trend. There are many reasons for this. As a comprehensive art, musicals integrate various art forms such as drama, music, and dance, and are relatively popular with the public. However, as an imported art form, most of the domestic musical performances were previously imported foreign classics, and the popularity was limited. In recent years, the broadcast of variety shows represented by "Super-Vocal" (《声入人心》) has brought attention to a group of excellent vocal actors, many of whom are from musical theater backgrounds, and more young audiences have approached musicals as a result.
In addition, the rise of immersive performing arts spaces in Shanghai has enabled the creation and performance of musicals to achieve scale and clustering. Today, in Huangpu District (黄浦区), in the performing arts new space cluster centered on Shanghai Great World (上海大世界), Asia Building (亚洲大厦), Shimao Plaza (世茂广场), and No. 1 Department Store (第一百货), more than 90% of the resident projects are musicals, and the siphon effect of repertoire and talents has accelerated the development of the industry.
Yang Shucong: Musicals began to appear internationally in the 1920s, and they were formed with the logic of industry. Simply put, it is an art category formed with the public's demand for the sinking of artistic aesthetics. This market-oriented gene is its special feature. On the other hand, the current art consumption habits of young people have changed, preferring performing arts forms with stronger interactivity and experience, and immersive musicals in small theaters can just meet this demand.
In 2025, the national performance box office will exceed 60 billion yuan, and the 1.8 billion yuan of musicals is only a small part of it, covering only more than 8 million people, and the future is more worthy of expectation.
Question 2: How can Chinese musicals and imported original versions be evenly divided?
Reporter: The prosperity of the market is inevitably inseparable from rich and high-quality works. What highlights are worth paying attention to in the current musical creation?
Pan Yan: Six years ago, imported original musicals once occupied 90% of the domestic musical market share; now, Chinese musicals and imported original versions basically each occupy "half of the country." Behind this is the overall rapid growth in the quality, type, and quantity of original works. Audiences have more choices and pay more attention to word-of-mouth.
The creation of main theme themes is more active. "Looking for Li Ergou" (《寻找李二狗》), "Harbin Under the Night" (《夜幕下的哈尔滨》), "The Message" (《风声》), "A Must-Drive in This Life" (《此生必驾》) and other performances are delicate, well-produced, and have high stage presentation quality, exploring more possibilities for musicals. What is even more surprising is that in 2025, a batch of Chinese-style musicals became popular, breaking the arrangement format of Western musicals and embarking on a path of nationalization of musicals. For example, the Cantonese musical "The Great Lawyer Wang" (《大状王》), the music is very rich in Lingnan regional cultural characteristics; the music and dance of "Jinyiwei: Knife and Flower" (《锦衣卫之刀与花》) well integrate traditional opera elements, and the stage design also draws on the performance methods of opera.
Some excellent plays have moved to the international stage. The musical "Nan Kong" (《南孔》) completed its first round of international tours in 2025, and the musical "Baoyu" (《宝玉》) has been invited to the Daegu International Musical Festival in South Korea and will tour multiple cities. The Korean versions of small theater musicals "#0528" and "Butterfly Transformation" (《蝶变》) are resident in Seoul for a long period. In 2020, the musical "Altar Boyz", which was imported from South Korea, became a hit, igniting the spark of musicals in Shanghai's new performing arts spaces, and in just a few years, it has become a prairie fire. Now, our original works have begun to be exported in reverse, which shows the progress and growth of musical creation.
Question 3: Will over-reliance on actor traffic harm the musical art itself?
Reporter: The cast (actor lineup) has a great impact on the presentation of musicals, which makes "chasing cards" and "collecting cards" type of drama watching a unique phenomenon of musicals. Some people think this helps the development of the industry, while others worry that over-reliance on actor traffic will harm the musical art itself. What do you two think?
Yang Shucong: For performing arts, actors and the works themselves are inseparable. The same work, performed by different actors, may have very different effects, which is precisely the charm of stage performances. "Card-chasing" audiences like the performances of specific actors, and "card-collecting" audiences want to experience different versions of the work. No matter which way of watching dramas, it is a normal phenomenon under market rules, of course, it also needs to be appropriately guided.
Pan Yan: Worried that the influence of the cast is too great, the producers may invest more resources in the cast, which affects the creation - there is indeed such a voice in the industry. But I don't think there is too much to worry about at present. "Card-chasing" is not quite the same as star-chasing in the general sense. Musical live performances do not have shooting special effects, post-production, or stand-ins. Popular casts are all solid performances that have won word-of-mouth, which requires the foundation of live performance. At present, musical promotion mainly relies on online sharing on social platforms, on the basis of which word-of-mouth fission is formed. In the long run, works that are light on creation and rely on traffic will naturally be eliminated by the market.
Reporter: Looking to the future, what are the weak links in Chinese musicals?
Pan Yan: There are not enough high-quality works and actors. Compared with the large shortage of actors three or five years ago, a team of actors has now been established, but the quality is uneven. Musical performance has very high requirements for the comprehensive quality of actors, not only requiring training in colleges and universities, but also requiring long-term stage training. On the current musical stage, many are students participating in performances, which is a very good joint training model, but it also reflects the reality that there are not enough high-quality mature actors. In terms of creation, many works follow the market, such as preferring suspense and thriller themes, and adopting the currently popular double male lead and double female lead routines, etc. Popularity and marketization are not problems in themselves, but the core of the work still needs to be deeply explored, and the ideological and artistic nature needs to be improved.
Yang Shucong: The entire industry is still in its initial stage, and creation, production, vocational training, art popularization... need to be comprehensively improved. When the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center (北京天桥艺术中心) was established, it regarded musicals as a "strategic product" and strived to build a complete ecological chain. In 2025, the "Tianqiao No. 1" project was launched, planning to set up 10 small theaters for resident performances to form a musical performance cluster, and in the future, it may also build art blocks and other supporting facilities. I hope that after many years, the Tianqiao area of Beijing can become a landmark position of domestic musical art like New York's Broadway and London's West End.
Return to TopBy: 古丽米娜·麦麦提
My journey into Kucha dance began with an "unexpected encounter." Many years ago, I first stepped into the Kizil Grottoes (克孜尔千佛洞). The mottled murals in the caves, depicting celestial musicians and dancers, combined the gentle beauty of the Central Plains with the bold spirit of the Western Regions, deeply shocking me.
"Dancing while playing, playing while dancing" is a prominent performance characteristic of Kucha music and dance. I collaborated with folk music performer Fang Jinlong (方锦龙) on the live music and dance piece "Spring" (泉). His five-stringed pipa flowed with the elegance of a thousand years, and we used dance to outline the dynamism of ancient Kucha. That was my first "immersive" transmission of the charm of Kucha music and dance. In the "Ancient Call" dance segment of the dance drama "Five Stars Rise in the East" (五星出东方), I tried to integrate Kucha dance into historical narratives, making the fusion of Silk Road civilization concrete. In cultural programs such as "National Treasure" (国家宝藏), I repeatedly performed Kucha music and dance, allowing the art deeply hidden in the grottoes to step out of the caves and into the sight of more people.
In the short film "Kucha" (龟兹), we showcased the gorgeous and graceful beauty of Kucha music and dance, and also presented the weathering, incompleteness, and destruction faced by the grottoes to the audience. When the camera swept over those mottled and peeling murals, when the dancers' movements carried regret and heartache for the passing of civilization, I deeply realized that the charm of Kucha culture lies in its past brilliance, and even more so in its present vitality—those scars and imperfections are precisely the alarm bells for cultural inheritance and preservation; the cultural memories not buried by the yellow sand have been integrated into the glorious chapters of Chinese civilization. From that moment on, an idea grew stronger and stronger in my heart: I want to create a dance drama, a dance drama that can present the depth and vicissitudes of Kucha civilization, and the inheritance and perseverance of culture.
In preparing the dance drama "Her Kucha" (她的龟兹), we established the goal of "telling Chinese stories well through art." Kuche (库车), formerly known as Kucha, this cultural pearl of the Silk Road, hides the code of the diverse integration of Chinese civilization—we deeply explored Kucha murals and musical dance relics, transforming millennial elements such as "flying apsaras" (飞天) and "Hu Xuan dance" (胡旋) into dance vocabulary, hoping to allow the light of civilization that cannot be covered by the wind and sand to bloom in the contemporary era.
In the play, I play a modern cultural relic restorer deeply connected to Kucha civilization. When interpreting the role, I am always touched by the connection between "people" and civilization—facing incomplete murals, she travels through time and space, persistently exploring, witnessing the glory of civilization, and also feeling the heartache of civilization being wounded. Her ideological clashes with explorers are actually ordinary people's attachment to the roots of civilization. We adhere to the artistic expression of the integration of tradition and modernity, the narrative of interlaced time and space, and seeing the big from the small. The director's proposed "train" imagery has profound meaning. In my performance, I pay special attention to capturing the emotional fluctuations of the character when facing the "wheels of the times." The cross-temporal emotional resonance allowed me to deeply understand the profound meaning of "giving civilization to the years" in the script: the murals will eventually weather, but the protection of civilization's brilliance will be continued through the perseverance of each "her."
The dual identity of producer and lead actress allows me to more clearly perceive the weight of this work. We use humorous segments to adjust the rhythm, use musical melodies that run through the entire piece to highlight artistic charm, and use a visual language that intertwines modernity and traditional beauty to present the collision and integration of cultures. We hope that when the audience walks into the theater, they can understand the diversity and inclusiveness of civilization in the splendor and vicissitudes of Kucha murals, and feel the deep connection between individuals and historical culture. What this play carries is "her" Kucha, and even more so, everyone's Kucha—Kucha culture is not a distant historical symbol, but a vivid witness to the diversity and unity of Chinese culture, and a spiritual wealth jointly created by all ethnic groups.
The inheritance and development of outstanding traditional Chinese culture requires us literary and art workers to excavate its spiritual core with awe and give it contemporary expression with innovative power. In the future, we plan to have "Her Kucha" perform through "touring + residency" performances, using dance to convey the poetry of life and the spirit of the nation. Just as writer Liu Liangcheng (刘亮程) wrote in the short film "Kucha": the dancers, monks, patrons in the murals and us are sisters and brothers recognized eye to eye, and between hand gestures and foot movements, we become the same person.
(The author is a professor at the Dance Academy of Minzu University of China (中央民族大学))
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About two years ago, He Shifei (何是非), a producer at Daolai Media (稻来传媒), discussed with me how historical culture could be expressed through food programs. Chinese culinary culture is profound and extensive; any aspect you pick can be discussed for a thousand and one nights. The problem is, in an era of fragmented reading and viewing, how do you make the audience interested in these "old antiques"? This is a big problem.
When I received the proposal for "100 Ancient Dishes" in early August 2025, I finally felt relieved. They found food blogger Gao Wenqi (高文麒) to host the show. Gao Wenqi (高文麒) has a large enough influence on new media, which creates a sense of closeness with the audience. In terms of format, Gao Wenqi (高文麒) and guests such as Chen Xiaoqing (陈晓卿), including myself, recreate dishes from hundreds or thousands of years ago, which avoids being boring. The guests are not professional chefs, and the ancient dishes they choose to present vary in difficulty, which makes the entire restoration process uncertain, allowing the audience to understand the real side of ancient cuisine and making the show "easy and fun."
Historical materials are simple and dry, while the presentation needs to be interesting and dare to break through. Handling this contradiction requires a rigorous academic attitude and a lighthearted performance, which is not easy. I participated in the making of three dishes in the film: Xinglao Yang (杏酪羊), mentioned by Su Dongpo (苏东坡) in "Laotao Fu (老饕赋)"; Shanhai Dou (山海兜) from Lin Hong's (林洪) "Shanjia Qinggong (山家清供)" in the Southern Song Dynasty; and Yang Zhongcheng Tofu (杨中丞豆腐) mentioned by Yuan Mei (袁枚) in "Suiyuan Shidan (随园食单)". Coincidentally, these are the main topics I have been researching in the past two years. Finding the most essential parts from the numerous historical materials and turning these essences into cited materials, presented on the screen through text, is both well-founded and avoids the dryness and difficulty of reading classical Chinese, which tests learning ability.
Classical Chinese is 惜字如金 (xī zì rú jīn - "cherish words like gold," to be very concise in writing), and often only a few simple words are used to describe a dish, which makes restoration difficult. When Su Dongpo (苏东坡) was exiled to Danzhou (儋州), Hainan (海南), he wrote "Laotao Fu (老饕赋)" while 画饼充饥 (huà bǐng chōng jī - "draw a cake to satisfy hunger," to console oneself with illusions) and mentioned "Weng Xinglao Zhi Zheng Gao (滃杏酪之蒸羔)," which is only six characters. "Weng (滃)" refers to the rise of water, which can be understood as boiling. "Weng Xinglao (滃杏酪)" means boiling almonds into a thick juice, which is "Xinglao (杏酪)," and "Zheng Gao (蒸羔)" means steamed lamb. In six characters, the two main ingredients and the two required methods are clearly explained. The method of making Xinglao (杏酪) is recorded by Yuan Mei (袁枚) in "Suiyuan Shidan·Dianxin Dan (随园食单·点心单)": "Pound almonds into a paste, remove the residue, mix with rice flour, and cook with sugar." Zhu Yizun's (朱彝尊) "Shixian Hongmi (食宪鸿秘)," a scholar in the early Qing Dynasty, also recorded the ancient method of removing the skin of almonds, grinding them into a paste, and boiling them into a cheese. When we replicated this dish, we were once confused by the fact that Xinglao (杏酪) is sweet, and paired with steamed lamb, would it be delicious with both sweet and salty flavors? But when we were pounding almonds into a paste, we suddenly had a brainstorm: Who said that sugar must be added to make boiled Xinglao (杏酪)? In the era of Su Dongpo (苏东坡), sugar was not easy to obtain. We were misled by Yuan Mei (袁枚). The Xinglao (杏酪) mentioned in "Shixian Hongmi (食宪鸿秘)" did not contain sugar, and neither does the making of cheese! Once the idea was opened up, we steamed the lamb on one side and boiled the Xinglao (杏酪) on the other. Finally, we poured the Xinglao (杏酪) on the steamed lamb and tasted it. The taste was amazing. The freshness of the lamb was enhanced with fruity and floral aromas, which was incredible. As soon as the filming ended, this plate of Xinglao Yang (杏酪羊) was snapped up by my friends, and everyone used practical actions to express their affirmation of Su Dongpo (苏东坡) as a gourmet.
"A gentleman stays away from the kitchen." Most ancient intellectuals were ashamed to talk about eating and drinking. Talking about eating and drinking was more about expressing their own thoughts and attitudes. While we were cooking, we talked about the culture behind these delicacies: Su Dongpo's (苏东坡) recollection of Xinglao Yang (杏酪羊) in Hainan (海南) was a refusal to succumb to the difficult environment; Lin Hong's (林洪) discussion of Shanhai Dou (山海兜), a court dish, in "Shanjia Qinggong (山家清供)" was the scholar-official's "worrying about his ruler when far away from the court"; Yuan Mei's (袁枚) repeated discussion of Yang Zhongcheng Tofu (杨中丞豆腐) was a remembrance of his old friend Yang Chaoguan (杨潮观). The food is also full of friendship.
There is no shortage of food around the world, and each has its own wonderful aspects, but few are as rich in history and culture as Chinese cuisine. We live in an era of material abundance, and in addition to tasting delicious food, we can also appreciate the beauty of Chinese history and culture. This is also the significance of "100 Ancient Dishes."
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Do you like "scrolling" through short dramas? Have you "scrolled" to "cute baby short dramas"? Most of these short dramas graft so-called cute baby elements into popular plot tropes, some featuring super-powered cute babies in rebirth and time-travel scenarios, others featuring cute babies who help their parents fall in love, and still others featuring cute babies as heirs in fantasy bloodline stories, and so on. In these short dramas, children are not playing children, but rather playing roles with the complex settings described above, performing stories that children themselves cannot understand for adults.
"Cute baby short dramas" have become a new traffic code for the short drama industry. According to statistics, in the first half of 2025 alone, the popularity of "cute baby" themes has jumped to seventh place in the market, with the number of followers ranking among the top. News media have also reported that during winter and summer vacations, short drama studios in Hengdian (横店) gather parents and child actors, with child actors playing leading roles filming for as long as 10 hours a day.
With cute babies becoming a growth point for traffic, is acting in short dramas beneficial to their physical and mental health, and who will protect their rights? If parents are willing and actively help their children participate in performances, is the mass production of such short dramas reasonable?
The protection of children's rights has never been a problem for individual families. China has always actively fulfilled the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and is committed to the cause of child protection. In 2019, the State Administration of Radio and Television (国家广电总局) issued the "Regulations on the Administration of Programs for Minors," which clearly pointed out that "when inviting minors to participate in program production, their clothing and performances should conform to the age characteristics and characteristics of the times of minors, and they must not be induced to talk about fame, fortune, love and other topics." The explosively growing short dramas are new things, but they should not be outside this management regulation.
Faced with the surging temptation of traffic, parents should be the first line of defense to protect their children. Becoming a child star is a risky thing for the physical and mental development of children. Children who are still in the process of knowing themselves and the world find it difficult to distinguish between reality and falsehood, and are very likely to have strong confusion about whether they are the self in the plot or the real self. In addition, there are division levels of child actors within the short drama industry, such as 6-7 years old being the "peak period of cute babies" and 8-10 years old being the "golden segment for adaptation," that is, when child actors grow up and lose their so-called cuteness, they have to face the cruel reality of no longer being favored by the industry. Child actors in short dramas are placed in the adult evaluation system too early, which is full of uncertainty for the formation of self-awareness and the establishment of self-confidence. What's more, putting children whose bodies are in development in an adult working environment and disrupting their normal routine will bring huge risks to their physical development, personal safety, and mental health.
The healthy growth of children is related to the future of a country, society, and nation, and is the common interest of the whole society. Respecting the laws of children's growth and protecting children's rights should be the unshirkable responsibility of the whole society.
With the recent release of management tips for children's micro-short dramas by the Network Audiovisual Program Management Department of the State Administration of Radio and Television (国家广电总局网络视听司), it is hoped that the chaos in the industry can be corrected in time, that children's participation in short dramas can be strictly supervised, and that micro-short dramas, which are sometimes "out of control" under the temptation of traffic and commercial interests, can continue to move on the healthy track of high-quality development.
(The author is a professor at the Communication University of China (中国传媒大学))
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At the beginning of the new year, nearly ten thousand poinsettias in Yufeng Park (鱼峰公园), Liuzhou (柳州), Guangxi (广西) are full of vitality, and the emerald green Xiaolongtan (小龙潭) is teeming with fish. "Fish Leaping in the Southern Pond" is the top of the ancient eight scenic spots in Liuzhou. Because of the legend of Liu Sanjie (刘三姐) riding a fish to ascend to heaven here, this place has added a lot of romantic aura. It is the most lively time in the afternoon, and when you walk into Yufeng Park, the sound of folk songs is endless.
People come here for the scenery and the songs.
"Don't forget the leafy branches when enjoying the shade, don't forget the foundation stone when the house is tall, don't forget the well digger when drinking water, don't forget the mother's support when growing up..." The singing is gentle and娓娓道来. Following the sound, the audience is surrounding a young elder sister in ethnic costume.
The elder sister is 27 years old, named Wei Zhongxiu (韦忠秀), and has over one million fans on short video platforms. Some people follow her from offline to online, and some people follow her from online to offline. "The folks in Yufeng (鱼峰) are so enthusiastic that every time I come to sing, I am surrounded and can hardly move," Wei Zhongxiu said with a smile.
Expressing things with songs and expressing emotions with songs. On short video platforms, Wei Zhongxiu often appears as the classic image of Liu Sanjie, either in mountain forests and streams, or in rural fields, or in scenic parks, singing old tunes with new words, singing about the philosophy of life and praising the landscape.
Fans praised, "Folk songs are not vulgar pop songs that can't be put on the stage. Teacher Wei has raised folk songs to a higher level."
"Folk songs include love songs and teasing songs. It's very interesting to listen to masters singing folk songs. Listen, they are all improvised lyrics, and you need to be quick to react." On a sunny day, Liuzhou citizen Wei Yunde (韦运德) brought his 7-year-old child to observe.
Some audiences also find solace in the singing, "When I was young, I often heard old people singing folk songs while farming. They sang about life. I haven't heard them since they passed away. I'm very happy to hear them again now."
Inside the park, with different folk singers as the center, the surrounding crowds spontaneously formed circles of various sizes. Folk songs are like the spring river water, with one wave higher than another.
In front of many singers, dozens of live streaming mobile phones are densely placed, with single-person live streams and team live streams. Folk songs are like golden phoenixes that can hatch golden eggs. Some singers increase their income through folk song live streams, and some singers have started companies with folk song live streams as their main business, with more than 200 artists under their banner, cultivating a group of new-generation singers who can sing folk songs and understand the Internet.
Making friends with songs, everyone can be "Liu Sanjie." Liuzhou folk songs are impromptu, humorous, neatly rhymed, with a tone close to spoken language, and easy to understand. There are solo, duet, and chorus forms, among which duet is the most commonly used and characteristic form of traditional folk songs. In Yufeng Park, you can often see elderly people with white hair sitting on small stools, basking in the sun, and singing duets in a low voice, as if they are chatting about everyday life. Locals say that this is the original form of the song fair.
"This is where 'gods fight'. Those who have not experienced the Yufeng Song Fair are not considered masters," said Wei Yuhuan (韦玉欢), a senior folk song enthusiast who knows the ropes well.
Singers and listeners from all over the country and various ethnic groups gather together for a common love of music. The audience either takes photos, applauds and laughs, or studies attentively, all enjoying it. Even people who don't understand folk songs at all will be infected by its pure and enthusiastic atmosphere when they walk into it.
As an autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage and a national public cultural service system demonstration project, behind the grand occasion of the "Liuzhou Yufeng Song Fair" is the two-way effort of the masses and government departments.
In 2025, the Yufeng Park Management Office (鱼峰公园管理处) joined forces with nearly 10 departments including public security, law enforcement, and street offices to innovatively implement the park entry activity reporting and zoning numbering management, completed the filing for 82 activity entities, and planned 18 fixed entertainment spots. Today's Yufeng Park is more orderly in singing folk songs.
Liuzhou City (柳州市) also encourages inheritors to appropriately improve the Liuzhou folk song singing style and enrich the folk song tunes for young people. At present, Yufeng District (鱼峰区) has built a total of 55 intangible cultural heritage display and inheritance sites, 14 "Yufeng Song Fair" folk custom demonstration schools, and 1 "Yufeng Song Fair" research and development center.
Since 2014, Liuzhou City has continuously held the "China·Liuzhou 'Yufeng Song Fair' National Folk Song Invitational Tournament". Taking song as a medium has driven the rapid development of cultural tourism in Yufeng District. In 2025, the annual reception of domestic tourists and tourism consumption in Yufeng District maintained double-digit growth. The "Liuzhou Yufeng Song Fair" has changed from being sung by locals to being sung together by the whole country.
Standing beside Yufeng, the songs are like the sea. This singing will continue to float into the distance.
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